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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity sued Bowling Green State University on Thursday, alleging the Ohio school knew about but didn’t stop hazing in Greek life there and should be held responsible.
The university characterized the death of 20-year-old Stone Foltz as a tragedy but called the family's lawsuit meritless. In a written statement, BGSU spokesperson Alex Solis suggested the suit in the Ohio Court of Claims undermines the school's efforts to eradicate hazing.
The family's wrongful death complaint seeks compensatory damages and references a desire for more proactive measures to stop hazing on college campuses.
Foltz's death already led to criminal convictions for several fraternity members and tougher penalties for hazing in Ohio. The university made changes, too, including hiring a hazing prevention coordinator and expelling the fraternity Foltz was joining.
His parents settled part of a wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity and several of its members for $2.4 million. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Family-sues-Bowling-Green-State-University-over-17261755.php | 2022-06-23 21:45:25 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Family-sues-Bowling-Green-State-University-over-17261755.php |
Delivery driver claims his electric bike stolen while making pickup at Philadelphia Wawa
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia food delivery driver says he out of a job after his expensive bike was stolen while he was picking up orders.
Dajon Murray told FOX 29 that he was making his last stop of the night at the Wawa on 37th and Spruce streets in University City early Friday morning.
Murray said when he left his bike near the front of the store and when he turned around to pickup the order someone stole it.
Wawa employees shared surveillance video with Murray that he says captures the bike thief in the act.
Dajon Murray said he was getting a pickup order at a Philadelphia Wawa when someone stole his expensive electric bike. Murray said the electric bike costed more than $600 and he only had it for about a month.
"Soon as I turned around the corner, I just saw my bike missing," Murray told FOX 29's Shawnette Wilson.
Murray said the electric bike costed more than $600 and he only had it for about a month.
"It gets around pretty good, I would say, so it was great for work," Murray said. "Especially with these gas prices going on, it's beautiful outside so might as well get it."
Murray says he's now unable to work because he doesn't have transportation.
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"Hurt because a lot of stuff I'm going through right now, like I'm really trying to be on a straight path, stuff from the past moving forward from, so karma is not on my side on this," Murray said.
Murray's mother, Charmaine Mills, said the bike theft is a setback for her son.
"I was very shocked and I knew that was his only form of income and now he has to come back home with me, he's not working, I have to be there to help my son out and it was just a sad situation bevause he worked really hard," Mills said.
Murray has started a GoFundMe campaign to help raise money to buy a new bike. Meanwhile, he has filed a police report in hopes that the bike thief is caught. | https://www.fox29.com/news/delivery-driver-claims-his-electric-bike-stolen-while-making-pickup-at-philadelphia-wawa | 2022-08-27 04:39:20 | 1 | https://www.fox29.com/news/delivery-driver-claims-his-electric-bike-stolen-while-making-pickup-at-philadelphia-wawa |
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Asher Woods' 21 points helped VMI defeat Regent 108-58 on Saturday.
Woods shot 8 for 10 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free throw line for the Keydets (2-5). Sean Conway shot 7 for 8, including 6 for 7 from beyond the arc to add 20 points. Devin Butler finished 5 of 6 from 3-point range to finish with 16 points, while adding six rebounds.
The Royals were led in scoring by Matthew Mealy, who finished with 18 points. Darrin Clark added 12 points and two steals for Regent. In addition, Stanley Adjei had eight points and eight rebounds.
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Chinese-designed nuclear energy project launched in Pakistan, part of clean-energy push
Pakistan's leadership calls China their 'Iron Brother'
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday launched the construction of a 1,200-megawatt Chinese-designed nuclear energy project, which will be built at a cost of $3.5 billion as part of the government efforts to generate more clean energy in the Islamic nation.
The ceremony marking the start of the project comes less than a month after Pakistan signed an agreement with China’s National Nuclear Corporation Overseas in the capital, Islamabad, to construct a Hualong One reactor — a third-generation nuclear reactor and is considered safer because of the latest security features.
Pakistan and China are longtime allies. Pakistan’s relations with Beijing are so close that its leadership calls China their "Iron Brother." China is also building roads, bridges, power plants, and railways to link its far west with the Chinese-built port of Gwadar on the Indian Ocean.
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The nuclear power plant known as Chashma-5 will be constructed at a site along the left embankment of the fast-flowing Indus River in Mianwali, a district in the eastern Punjab province. The site is already home to four Chinese-supplied nuclear power plants that were built in recent decades.
Sharif, in his televised remarks at a gathering of Pakistani and Chinese officials in Mianwali, said the Chashma-5 nuclear energy project by itself was a "huge milestone, a huge success story, and a wonderful symbol of the cooperation between two great friends."
Pakistan will get clean, efficient and cheaper energy at the completion of the project, he said.
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Pakistan got its first nuclear power plant from Canada and currently generates only 8% of its electricity from nuclear power plants. It plans to increase that figure to 20% by 2030.
In recent months, China gave $5 billion in loans to Pakistan to help it unlock a bailout from the International Monetary Fund to tackle a serious economic crisis. The IMF approved a $3-billion bailout Wednesday, after keeping it on hold since December.
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On Friday, Sharif said his country will never forget the Chinese financial assistance that was given to his country when it faced a risk of default. It was a "very valuable contribution at a very difficult time, and the nation will never forget it," he said.
Sharif, whose term as premier ends in August, said Pakistan is no longer at risk of a default. | https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinese-designed-nuclear-energy-project-launched-pakistan-clean-energy | 2023-07-14 16:25:36 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinese-designed-nuclear-energy-project-launched-pakistan-clean-energy |
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Four people were displaced Wednesday morning after a fire broke out at Southwest Oaks Apartments in the 4600 block of Oakwood, according to the City.
Odessa Fire Rescue responded to the scene and said the fire started in the kitchen of one of the units, however, the cause of the fire is still under investigation. No injuries were reported. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/4-displaced-in-wednesday-morning-fire/ | 2023-04-26 17:49:55 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/4-displaced-in-wednesday-morning-fire/ |
MIAMI (AP) — USA Basketball practice was winding down for the day. Players scattered about the Miami Heat practice court to go shoot some free throws and jumpers, with assistant coaches and other team staffers chatting with them and grabbing rebounds.
This was when Jim Boylen needed some alone time.
He grabbed a folding chair, carried it across the court, set it up at midcourt on the far sideline and spent a few minutes all by himself, surveying the scene, taking notes and checking things off the day’s practice plan.
“I was asking myself, ‘Did we get done what we have to get done today?’” said Boylen, the former University of Utah and Chicago Bulls head coach. “Because we can’t skip steps, we don’t have time to change course, and we’ve got a lot to get done.”
Boylen’s current job is a largely thankless and massive undertaking. He’s coaching USA Basketball in another window of World Cup qualifying — with games Friday at Puerto Rico and Monday at Cuba set to complete the first round of the tournament. The Americans (3-1) have already qualified for the second round, and going 2-0 in these next two games would move them significantly closer to clinching a spot in next year’s Basketball World Cup.
“I’ve said this before, and if I’m repeating myself, I’m sorry, but this is the most competitive thing I’ve ever done,” Boylen said. “And this is why: You have 10 days to put the team together, you have 11 days together as a team, seven practices, travel, and you play meaningful games that we need to win. You’re fighting a lot of issues. That makes it the most competitive thing.”
He’s not taking the Olympic team to Puerto Rico and Cuba. As usual, the Americans are using a team composed primarily of either G League players or others who are playing in overseas leagues. Most of the 12-man U.S. roster has some NBA experience, but many had not played together before arriving for camp in Miami last week.
That’s the difference: the teams that the U.S. will face on this trip have largely been together for years. The Americans, by comparison, installed their first out-of-bounds play on Saturday, four days before heading to Puerto Rico.
“It’s very difficult to come together and really play as a team,” said David Stockton, a World Cup qualifying veteran for the U.S. who was going to be part of this team until getting sidelined by a hand injury. “I think Coach does a great job of getting us back to the basics and bringing us together in such a short time to go against these teams that have played forever. You know how hyped up those teams are to play us, and all that comes with representing the best team in the world and having USA on your chest.”
That is a major selling point for Boylen and the Americans, although it apparently doesn’t have to be. Boylen said most players, when approached about playing for this team, said yes before the question could even be asked.
The second round of qualifying starts in August, and the records from the six games played in the first round will carry over. When the second round ends the teams will have played 12 qualifying games; the U.S. will likely need at least seven wins to grab one of the seven available World Cup spots from the FIBA Americas region.
A pair of wins on this trip would move the Americans that much closer. And while the U.S. is the four-time defending Olympic champions, plus the top-ranked nation in the world by FIBA, international games — especially in qualifying — are just different. Some rules of play differ than what U.S. players are typically dealing with, quarters are 10 minutes long instead of 12, and games often get quite physical, especially on the road.
“There’s a misconception, and I tell our guys this: We’re playing they’re game,” Boylen said. “We can’t have this ego where like we invented basketball. And we definitely didn’t invent World Cup qualifier basketball or FIBA Basketball, right? We are playing their game, on their turf, and it’s going to be a challenge. We have to have the appropriate fear, and respect our opponent, but we’re not going to be scared.”
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Sands China's 9th straight year participating in global LVS initiative
MACAO, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Local community group volunteers joined Sands China team members at The Venetian® Macao Dec. 12 to assemble 28,500 hygiene kits for Clean the World. The international social enterprise helps prevent the spread of disease worldwide by distributing hygiene supplies essential for good health to populations in need around the globe.
The annual hygiene kit build is an initiative of Sands China's parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), and helps Clean the World distribute emergency response hygiene kits to assist with on-the-ground, immediate needs in times of crisis and disaster. In 2014, Sands China became the first integrated operator in Macao to launch such an event. The company and its community partners have assembled more than 328,000 kits in the nine consecutive years since 2014.
Each hygiene kit contains soap that has been collected from hotels at Sands China's integrated resorts and recycled through Clean the World's process of sterilising and remanufacturing soap. The kits also contain shampoo, conditioner, bath gel, a toothbrush set, and an encouraging message from Sands China and Clean the World.
Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd., said: "Clean the World continues to be one of our valuable partners in giving back to society as we carry out our corporate social responsibility. Clean the World's creative approach to addressing a critical global health issue by recycling soap is a natural fit for a large integrated resort operator like Sands China that utilises supplies like soap on a substantial scale. We are grateful for our successful long-term partnership, as we are for the volunteer efforts of our team members and our community partners."
Approximately 250 volunteers from Sands China and the Association of Parents of the People with Intellectual Disabilities of Macau worked together to build this year's 28,500 hygiene kits at Cotai Expo. The finished kits get sent to global charity Children International, who will then distribute them in the Philippines, where they will be given to families in need to provide them with hygiene supplies that are essential in times of crisis.
Shawn Seipler, founder and chief executive officer of Clean the World, said: "This is the 9th consecutive year that Sands China Limited has assembled hygiene kits for the people and families in need across Asia. Their amazing team has put together 28,500 hygiene kits, each containing a recycled bar of life-saving soap. Sands China's ongoing support and incredible partnership has shaped who we are as an organisation and this event further demonstrates their commitment to positively impact the lives of others."
Sands China's support of Clean the World is part of Sands Cares, the global corporate citizenship programme of Las Vegas Sands Corp., and the Sands ECO360 global sustainability strategy.
About Sands China Ltd.
Sands China Ltd. (Sands China or the Company) is incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx: 1928). Sands China is the largest operator of integrated resorts in Macao. The Company's integrated resorts on the Cotai Strip comprise The Venetian® Macao, The Plaza® Macao, The Parisian Macao and The Londoner® Macao. The Company also owns and operates Sands® Macao on the Macao peninsula. The Company's portfolio features a diversified mix of leisure and business attractions and transportation operations, including large meeting and convention facilities; a wide range of restaurants; shopping malls; world-class entertainment at the Cotai Arena, The Venetian Theatre, The Parisian Theatre, the Londoner Theatre and the Sands Theatre; and a high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service between Hong Kong and Macao. The Company's Cotai Strip portfolio has the goal of contributing to Macao's transformation into a world centre of tourism and leisure. Sands China is a subsidiary of global resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS).
For more information, please visit www.sandschina.com.
Sands Cares
A firm believer in the importance of corporate social responsibility, Sands China Ltd. engages with the local Macao community as a part of Sands Cares – the charitable giving programme of parent company Las Vegas Sands Corp. Sands Cares integrates the company's philanthropic work worldwide in four key areas: financial giving, community problem solving and collaboration, in-kind donations, and team member volunteerism.
Key areas of Sands Cares in Macao include the Sands Cares Ambassador programme for volunteering in the local community; charitable contributions to NGOs and community organisations; and sponsorship of community events.
For more information, please visit www.sands.com/sands-cares/
About Clean the World
Clean the World is a social enterprise dedicated to WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and sustainability. It operates soap recycling centres and offices in Orlando, Montreal, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, London, and Punta Cana and leads a "Global Hygiene Revolution" to distribute recycled soap and hygiene products from more than 8,100 hotel, resort and cruise partners. Clean the World's foundation provides WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programming to benefit global communities with high pre-adolescent death rates due to acute respiratory infection (pneumonia) and diarrheal diseases (cholera) – which are two of the top killers of children under the age of five. Since 2009, the foundation has served over 15 million individuals and distributed 73 million bars of soap and 5 million hygiene kits in 127 countries.
For more information on how you can participate in Clean the World's world-renowned recycling program, please visit https://cleantheworld.org/get-involved/hotel-recycling-program/.
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With what3words, Yext customers can better manage precise address information for physical locations around the world.
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the Answers company, today announced a partnership with what3words, a platform that's revolutionizing the way we communicate location.
Through this partnership, businesses can more easily direct their customers to any precise location using a unique combination of three random words: a what3words address. For example, the exact 10ft tile representing the front door of the Yext NYC headquarters is ///lance.member.pines, whereas ///usual.trying.highs will take you to a spot that offers the best view of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Yext customers who install the what3words app will automatically add what3words addresses to each of their location entities and can sync this new information across the Yext Publisher Network.
"A traditional street address will not always direct you to a location's front door, and business owners will often drop a map pin onto the center of a building's physical footprint and call it a day," said Fernando Ollveira, VP of Data and Product Partnerships at Yext. "With what3words, Yext customers can now tell users exactly where they need to go in the simplest way possible. This level of detail will help businesses dramatically improve navigational experiences and will differentiate brands in an increasingly digital landscape."
Yext syncs critical business information to more than 100 million listings and pushes over a billion updates annually across the industry's largest network of direct integration partners, which includes platforms like Google, Amazon Alexa, Apple Maps, Facebook, and many others. Added support for what3words is the latest example of continued innovation that has propelled Yext to the top of G2's Local Listings Management category for seven consecutive quarters.
"We're proud to integrate with a platform that has been a pioneer in the local listings space for over a decade," said Chris Sheldrick, Co-founder and CEO of what3words. "With Yext, we can expand the reach of our transformative technology and deliver the benefits of precise address information to thousands of businesses worldwide."
Download the free what3words app, available for iOS and Android, and access the online map to explore what3words addresses in more than 50 languages.
Learn more about Yext's best-in-class Location Listings solution and install the what3words application here.
About Yext
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the Answers Company and is on a mission to empower every company in the world to provide authoritative answers to every question about their organization. Yext leverages AI to collect and organize a company's information and deliver it — in the form of answers — to customers, employees, and partners. Yext's Answers Platform works by pulling in information, organizing it into a Knowledge Graph and then delivering it via a set of platform services, including Listings, Search, Pages & Reviews. Brands like Verizon, Subway and Marriott — as well as organizations like the U.S. State Department — trust Yext to radically improve their business and deliver perfect answers everywhere.
About what3words
Co-founded in London in 2013 by Chris Sheldrick, what3words is the simplest way to talk about location. A what3words address is a human-friendly way to share very precise locations with other people, or to input them into platforms and machines such as ride-hailing apps or e-commerce checkouts. Millions of what3words addresses are in use around the world, with thousands of businesses using them to save money, be more efficient, and provide a better customer experience.
what3words has a team of over 150 people, across offices in the UK, US, Germany, India and Mongolia. The company has raised over £100 million in capital from investors such as Intel, Ingka (Ikea), Mercedes-Benz, Aramex, Deutsche Bahn, Subaru and Sony Innovation Fund.
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WASHINGTON — Consumer safety officials once again warned parents Monday about two 2019 infant sleeper chair recalls — the Fisher-Price Rock n' Play and the Kids2 Rocking Sleeper — saying more deaths were reported after the recalls were announced.
Editor's note: The video above is from the initial Rock n' Play recall in 2019.
"We are issuing this announcement because, despite their removal from the marketplace and a prohibition on their sale, babies continue to die in these products," Consumer Product Safety Commission Chair Alexander Hoehn-Saric said in a statement. He warned families who still have the sleepers to stop using them immediately.
A new CPSC notice said approximately 70 infant deaths have been reported since Fisher-Price's 2019 recall of 4.7 million Rock n' Play sleepers. Most of those happened before the recall and were reported later, but some happened afterwards — when the products were off the shelves.
"We now know of approximately 100 infant deaths in the Rock n' Play, including eight that happened after the recall was announced," Hoehn-Saric said.
Another notice reannounced a smaller 2019 recall of Kids2's Rocking Sleepers, which included 694,000 sleepers in total. It said 11 reported deaths happened before the recall, and another four happened after the recall was announced.
"Unfortunately, today’s announcement highlights the fact that these products are still in too many homes, and babies continue to be put at risk," Hoehn-Saric said.
Both recalls included all models of the sleepers, which were sold online and at big retailers like Walmart and Target for years until April 2019.
According to the notices, infants died in the sleepers after they "rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances."
It is illegal to sell or give away recalled consumer products like the sleepers. Hoehn-Saric urged resellers and donation centers to make sure they're not distributing recalled products. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/fisher-price-rock-n-play-kids-2-sleeper-recalls/507-a98b940c-2da7-472e-9626-ee365a3e74dc | 2023-01-09 18:13:00 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/fisher-price-rock-n-play-kids-2-sleeper-recalls/507-a98b940c-2da7-472e-9626-ee365a3e74dc |
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously blacklisted as terrorist organizations early Thursday, sealing entrances and declaring them closed.
Western diplomats visited one of the offices hours later in a show of support for the outlawed groups. The U.S. State Department expressed concern about the raids and said it was seeking more information from senior Israeli officials.
The raids marked a major escalation against the civil society organizations, which Israel has outlawed over claims that they have ties to a militant group, a charge they deny. Israel has provided little evidence to back up its accusations. Nine European countries have rejected Israel's charges against the groups, citing a lack of evidence.
Israel claims the groups are linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular, left-wing movement with a political party as well as an armed wing that has carried out deadly attacks against Israelis. Israel outlawed the groups last year.
Shawan Jabarin, director of al-Haq, one of the targeted groups, said he and his staffers are still examining whether any documents were confiscated.
Israeli troops "came, blew up the door, got inside, and messed with the files,” he told The Associated Press. They then sealed the entrance to the office, he said.
Another of the groups, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, circulated video showing soldiers in full battle gear searching their office and moving equipment.
Rights defenders have described Israel's moves against the groups as part of a decades-long crackdown on political activism in the occupied territories. Last month, nine EU member states said Israel hasn't backed up its allegations and that they will continue working with the groups.
A delegation of mostly European diplomats visited al-Haq's office hours after the raid in a show of support.
“We express our solidarity with our partners, which we have been supporting for many, many years,” said Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, the EU representative to the Palestinian territories, who led the delegation. He said their work in supporting human rights was “indispensable.”
State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters in Washington that the U.S. was “concerned” about the raids and closures, adding that civil society is an “integral element to thriving democracies.”
He said Israeli officials have pledged to provide further information, without detailing what has been received so far or what conclusions U.S. officials have drawn from it.
The Israeli military said it closed seven institutions and seized their property in Thursday’s raids. The military did not immediately explain the discrepancy in the numbers, between groups designated and groups raided.
On Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz's office reiterated its claim that the groups "operate under the guise of performing humanitarian activities to further the goals of the PFLP terrorist organization, to strengthen the organization and to recruit operatives.”
Most of the targeted organizations document alleged human rights violations by Israel as well as the Palestinian Authority, both of which routinely detain Palestinian activists.
The groups reportedly raided include al-Haq, a veteran, internationally respected Palestinian rights group; Addameer, which advocates for Palestinian prisoners; Defense for Children International-Palestine; the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees; the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Bisan Center for Research and Development.
Jabarin said “neighbors and strangers” who were nearby during Thursday's raid had opened the office in Ramallah as soo as the Israeli forces left, and that al-Haq’s staff were inside and resuming their work.
“We don’t take permission from any Israeli military or political official. We are proceeding, encouraged by our belief in accountability and the international law,” he said.
Troops raiding al-Haq's office broke through a door leading to the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church compound, which rents the office space to the group, according to the church rector, Rev. Fadi Diab. The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem condemned what it said was a “flagrant attack” on the compound, saying the al-Haq office had its own separate entrance.
The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the church statement.
Thursday's raids come seven months after Israel outlawed Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan and others.
The Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank described the closure of the organizations as a “dangerous escalation and an attempt to silence the voice of truth and justice.” Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official, said the PA will appeal to the international community to reopen the institutions.
Israel and Western countries consider the PFLP a terrorist organization.
A Defense Ministry statement last year said some of the outlawed groups are “controlled by senior leaders” of the PFLP and employ its members, including some who have “participated in terror activity.”
It said the groups serve as a “central source” of financing for the PFLP and had received “large sums of money from European countries and international organizations,” without elaborating.
Israel has long accused human rights groups and international bodies of being biased against it and of singling it out while ignoring graver violations by other countries.
Also Thursday, the Israeli military said Palestinian gunmen fired at soldiers who were escorting Jewish worshippers to a shrine in the West Bank city of Nablus and that the soldiers returned fire. The army was referring to an incident in the early hours in which Palestinians said an 18-year-old Palestinian, Waseem Khalifa, was killed.
Joseph’s Tomb is a flashpoint prayer site. Some Jews believe the biblical Joseph is buried in the tomb, while Muslims say a local sheikh is buried there. The army escorts Jewish worshippers to the site several times a year, in coordination with Palestinian security forces. Clashes sometimes break out at the site.
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Akram reported from Gaza City. Associated Press writers Joseph Krauss in Ottawa, Ontario and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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Sexual assault reports increase at US military academies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, The Associated Press has learned.
A Pentagon report on reported assaults at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies shows an overall 18% jump in assaults reported by students compared with the previous year. The increase was driven largely by the Navy, which had nearly double the number of reported assaults in 2022, compared with 2021. It’s unclear whether the phasing out of COVID-19-related restrictions contributed to the increase, including at the U.S. Naval Academy, which is directly adjacent to bars in downtown Annapolis, Maryland.
An anonymous student survey accompanying the report shows increases in all types of unwanted sexual contact —- from touching to rape — at all the schools. And it cites alcohol as a key factor.
The military services and the academies have struggled for years to combat sexual assault and harassment, with a myriad of prevention, education and treatment programs every year. But despite reams of research, recommendations and a shift to more independent prosecutions, the numbers continue to grow.
The increases have triggered outrage on Capitol Hill and a steady stream of legislation. But as yet, the changes have not appeared to make a dent in the problem, although officials argue that improved treatment programs have encouraged more victims to report the crimes.
According to U.S. officials, 155 students reported assaults during the 2022 school year, compared with 131 the previous year. Of those, students at the U.S. Naval Academy reported 61 — nearly double the school’s total for the previous year, when there were 33, which was by far the lowest of all the academies for that year.
Cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado reported 52, the same as the previous year, and those at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York reported 42, a slight decrease from last year’s 46.
Not all of the assaults included in the report happened while the students were enrolled in the academies. Because students at the academies are encouraged to report assaults, they sometimes will come forward to talk about events that happened in the years before they started school there. As a result, 16 students reported an assault in the 2021-22 school year that occurred prior to joining the military.
Another 35 cases involved civilians, active-duty service members and prep school students who allegedly were assaulted by someone who was a student. All together, the total number of reported assaults with any connection to a student was 206 — about 28% higher than last year’s total of 161.
U.S. officials provided details about the findings on the condition of anonymity because the report had not yet been publicly released. The report was expected to be released later Friday.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a brief dip in cases at the academies during the shortened 2019-20 school year, when in-person classes were canceled and students were sent home in the spring to finish the semester online.
At the start of the 2020-21 school year, students faced a number of restrictions due to the ongoing pandemic. But those were reduced a bit over time, and bars and restaurants reopened. By the end of that year, the numbers began to increase again, and officials said it’s hard to tell what, if any, impact COVID-19 had on the 2021 school year.
The Pentagon puts out two reports every year on the number of sexual assaults reported by military academy students and by U.S. service members. But because sexual assault is such an underreported crime, the department also conducts anonymous surveys every two years to get a clearer picture of the problem among both the students and the active duty population. Pentagon leaders believe the survey provides a more accurate depiction of the assaults and the contributing factors.
Based on the surveys, students at the academies are also less likely to report an assault than service members who are out of school. Students may worry more about the impact on their military career or even on the career of their attacker.
According to the latest survey of academy students, 21.4% of women said they experienced unwanted sexual contact in the 2022 school year, compared with about 16% in 2018, the last year the survey was done, due to COVID-19 restrictions. For men, the rate went from 2.6% in 2018 to 4.4% in 2022.
Based on the survey, attacks against women were most often by a male who was usually in the same class year and more than half the time knew them from school or other activities. Attacks on men were more often — 55% of the time — by a female who was in the same class year and knew them.
Alcohol use was involved in well more than half of the cases reported in the survey, with a high of 65% at the Naval Academy. The report recommends additional alcohol use policies.
The report also found that sophomores and junior men were most at risk. And women are still far more likely to actually report an assault than men.
Pentagon leaders have for years pushed public campaigns urging students to report any attacks, and they argue that an increase in assault reports suggests that students feel more comfortable coming forward to seek help.
According to the report, the rates of unwanted sexual contact reported in the survey are “at or above civilian rates” based on 2014 and 2018 statistics from the American Association of Universities. No other more recent statistics were available, so it’s difficult to accurately compare the military academies with other non-military universities.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing a close, with 15 slayings — a perilous situation underlined by a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of the country’s most prominent journalists.
Two gunmen astride a motorcycle shot up radio and television journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva’s armored vehicle 200 yards from his home Thursday night. The journalist described the attack and posted photos of his vehicle to social media.
Solidarity has grown among Mexico’s press corps amid the carnage, and its members are making increasing noise after each killing. They also have pushed back against a longtime government narrative that the victims weren’t real journalists or were corrupt.
Still, the killings — 15 counted by The Associated Press — have continued to rise.
This year, many of the dead were small town reporters running their own outlets on a shoestring. Others were freelancers, including for national publications, in big cities like Tijuana.
Also on Thursday, assailants took aim at journalist Flavio Reyes de Dios, director of an online news site in Palenque, a town in the southern state of Chiapas. A vehicle without license plates followed him and then ran his motorcycle off the road, injuring the journalist, the press advocacy group Article 19 said.
That incident drew little notice. But it was national news that shots were fired at Gómez Leyva, who is one of Mexico’s best known journalists. He is a regular critic of the government and a frequent target of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s tirades against press criticism.
Nevertheless, López Obrador on Friday condemned the attempt against Gómez Leyva. While acknowledging they had their differences, the president said, “It is completely reprehensible for anyone to be attacked.”
Jan-Albert Hootsen, the Mexico representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said that this year the only nation to see more journalists killed is Ukraine, which is fighting the Russian invasion.
“We started gathering data on homicides of journalists in 1992, and it’s been both the highest number of journalist killings in a single year, and we can also say that so far it looks to be the deadliest ‘sexenio’ (Mexico’s six-year presidential term), which means the deadliest period of a single Mexican president if the trend as things stand right now continues,” Hootsen said.
“Andrés Manuel López Obrador, both during the campaign and as president, has successfully politicized journalism in Mexico more than it has ever been in recent memory,” Hootsen said.
Katherine Corcoran, author of “In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-up and the True Cost of Silencing the Press,” said a big reason that journalist killings have remained stubbornly high in Mexico is that government officials are behind many of them.
“It’s some kind of government corruption that’s being threatened or some kind of government empire that’s being threatened when they go after these journalists,” said Corcoran, a former Associated Press bureau chief in Mexico.
The other factor is that Mexico’s press has become more independent and aggressive, she said. “The reporters really are hitting a nerve and that’s what’s getting them killed.”
Corcoran’s book focused on the 2012 killing one such journalist, Regina Martínez from the national news magazine Proceso. She said Martínez’s murder in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz overturned the government narrative that had long painted journalists who were killed as victims of their own corruption. Martínez was well-known, respected, ethical and believed to be beyond reproach.
Since Martínez was slain in April 2012, at least 86 other journalists and media workers have been killed in Mexico, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ data.
While there is more solidarity among Mexico’s journalists, they still receive little support from the Mexican public. When a journalist is killed, dozens of colleagues gather to protest, but there is generally not an outpouring of anger from society in general.
Corcoran said that stems from a long period when much of Mexico’s press was part of the government machine and took significant amounts of money in exchange for positive coverage.
“That idea of paying the press is going to haunt the press in Mexico forever, because it did exist and intermittently came back,” she said.
López Obrador frequently hammers that point during his daily news conferences. His administration cut much of those government payments and he says that is the reason he receives critical coverage. Much like former U.S. President Donald Trump did, López Obrador dismisses any critical press coverage as coming from corrupt reporters he calls his adversaries.
Last February, after five journalists had already been killed, the president said journalists “lie like they breathe.”
Still, Hootsen said there is not any evidence that federal officials in the current administration are behind violence targeting journalists. However, he said, “it is very disappointing to see that even though the government is not actively persecuting journalists, it has done very little to prevent the persecution of journalists by other actors, either state or non-state.”
In the absence of that protection, Mexican journalists have become much better prepared for situations of violence by creating formal and informal networks of support and rapid response, as well as strengthening ties to civil society organizations, he said.
But when there are attacks on journalists they seldom lead to arrests and even more rarely to convictions.
“In terms of impunity, we are still seeing just about the same numbers that we’ve always seen, which means that more than 95% of all the murders of journalists linger in impunity,” Hootsen said. | https://www.ksn.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-2022-is-deadliest-year-on-record-for-mexican-journalists/ | 2022-12-18 16:28:32 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-2022-is-deadliest-year-on-record-for-mexican-journalists/ |
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Researchers from the University of Edinburgh working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Baton Rouge, Louisiana say they discovered that parasites associated with an ancient disease appear to be able to potentially help regenerate livers.
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BENSALEM, Pa., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Weber Inc. ("Weber" or the "Company") (NYSE: WEBR).
Class Period: August 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 27, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Weber investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) that, as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) that, due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) that the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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 Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
SUMMARY Notice of Proposed Settlement, Final Approval Hearing, and Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Reimbursement of Litigation Expenses
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA (THE "COURT").
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, U. S. STEEL, OR ANY OTHER DEFENDANT, OR THEIR COUNSEL, REGARDING THIS NOTICE.
ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE, THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, OR YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LEAD COUNSEL OR THE CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BELOW.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and an Order of the Court, that the Settlement Class in the above-captioned litigation (the "Action") has been preliminarily certified for the purposes of the proposed Settlement only.
YOU ARE ALSO NOTIFIED that Lead Plaintiff Christakis Vrakas and Plaintiff Leeann Reed ("Plaintiffs"), on behalf of themselves and the proposed Settlement Class, and the U. S. Steel Defendants have reached a proposed settlement of the Action for $40 million in cash (the "Settlement Amount"), that, if approved, will resolve all claims in the Action (the "Settlement").
A hearing (the "Final Approval Hearing") will be held before the Honorable Cathy Bissoon, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, either via telephonic or video conference, or in Courtroom 3A, 3rd Floor, Joseph F. Weis, Jr. U.S. Courthouse, 700 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 at 2:15 p.m. on March 20, 2023, to, among other things, determine whether: (i) the proposed Settlement should be approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (ii) the Action should be dismissed with prejudice against the U. S. Steel Defendants, as set forth in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement ("Stipulation"), dated May 20, 2022; (iii) the proposed Plan of Allocation for distribution of the Settlement Fund, and any interest earned thereon, less Taxes, Notice and Administration Costs, Litigation Expenses awarded by the Court, attorneys' fees awarded by the Court, any award to pay the costs and expenses of Plaintiffs awarded by the Court, and any other costs, expenses, or amounts as may be approved by the Court (the "Net Settlement Fund"), should be approved as fair and reasonable; (iv) the application of Lead Counsel for an award of attorneys' fees and reimbursement of Litigation Expenses should be approved; and (v) the application for an award to pay the costs and expenses of Plaintiffs should be approved.1 The Court may change the date of the hearing without providing another notice. You do NOT need to attend the Final Approval Hearing in order to receive a distribution from the Net Settlement Fund.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SHARE IN THE NET SETTLEMENT FUND. If you have not yet received (i) the printed Notice of Proposed Settlement, Final Approval Hearing, and Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Reimbursement of Litigation Expenses ("Notice"), or (ii) the Proof of Claim and Release Form ("Claim Form"), you can obtain a copy of those documents on the website www.ussteellitigation.com or by contacting the Claims Administrator:
In re U. S. Steel Securities Litigation
c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
P.O. Box 170500
Milwaukee, WI 53217
877-868-2084
info@ussteellitigation.com
Please refer to the website for more detailed information and to review the Settlement documents. Inquiries other than requests for information about the status of a claim may also be made to Lead Counsel:
Shannon L. Hopkins
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
1111 Summer Street, Suite 403
Stamford, CT 06905
Telephone: (203) 992-4523
If you are a Settlement Class Member, to be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, you must timely submit a valid Claim Form, which can be found on the website listed above, postmarked or submitted via www.ussteellitigation.com no later than March 1, 2023. If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not submit a valid Claim Form, you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, but you will nevertheless be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action.
If you are a Settlement Class Member, have not previously requested exclusion in connection with the Class Notice, and wish to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you must submit a written request for exclusion in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice, postmarked no later than February 20, 2023. If you properly exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will not be eligible to share in the proceeds of the Settlement. If you are a Settlement Class member and do not timely exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action.
Any objections to the proposed Settlement, Plan of Allocation, or Lead Counsel's application for attorneys' fees and reimbursement of Litigation Expenses must be submitted to the Court in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice, including by filing with the Court no later than February 20, 2023, and postmarked or emailed to the Settling Parties' counsel no later than February 20, 2023.
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A library where Rosa Parks, John Lewis and other civil rights leaders forged strategies that would change the world is mired in controversy over who gets to tell its story.
On one side are preservationists who want to turn the Highlander Folk School library into a historic site. On the other, political organizers say Highlander never stopped pursuing social justice and should recover the building as a stolen part of its legacy.
Enraged by race-mixing at the Highlander Folk School in the 1950s, Tennessee officials confiscated the property and auctioned it off in pieces in a vain attempt at stifling the civil rights movement. The library is one of the few remaining campus buildings.
But Highlander as an institution never really closed — it just moved locations. It lives on today as the Highlander Research and Education Center, whose leaders are rallying opposition to listing the library in the National Register of Historic Places, saying they were frozen out of the process.
David Currey, a board member at the Tennessee Preservation Trust, has managed the library’s restoration since the trust bought the site in 2014, saving it from redevelopment. He said his goal has always been to preserve the site so that visitors can learn about the momentous events that happened there in the first half of the 20th Century. There would be few books or movies if stories could only be told by those directly involved, he said, and “Nobody owns the past.”
“It’s a myth that they are best suited to tell our history,” said Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Highlander’s first Black co-director. “People who made that history are still alive.”
A letter Highlander sent to the historic registry says the Trust is not fit to serve as stewards, stoking racial tension over a place that promoted a shared struggle for interracial harmony.
“Approving the nomination of the Highlander Folk School Library in its current form will allow an elite, white-led institution to coopt and control the historical narrative of a site most significant for its work with Black, multiracial, poor and working-class communities,” states the letter, which also accuses trust members of having glorified the Confederacy.
Currey, who is white, frames the issue much differently. He says the trust stepped in to preserve the property when no one else would, and plans to celebrate Highlander’s past accomplishments.
“Our cause from the start has been an honorable endeavor to recognize and pay tribute to the history and legacy of the early 20th century’s social justice movements in Tennessee, including labor struggles and Civil Rights, and its leaders,” Currey wrote in an email to the AP.
Founded in the 1930s as a center for union organizing, the school in Monteagle, Tenn., counted first lady Eleanor Roosevelt among its early supporters. Protest music was integral to its work, with Woody Guthrie leading singalongs to inspire future demonstrations, and Pete Seeger workshopping “We Shall Overcome” into an anthem sung by activists ever since.
Highlander’s co-founder and longtime leader, Myles Horton, a white man, created a space almost unique in the Jim Crow South, where activists white and Black could build and strengthen alliances.
Parks attended a Highlander workshop a few months before refusing to move to the back of a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. “It was one of the few times in my life up to that point when I did not feel hostility from white people,” she wrote in her autobiography.
Lewis had a similar experience, long before he became a civil rights icon and congressman. Highlander “was the first time in my life that I saw black people and white people not just sitting down together at long tables for shared meals, but also cleaning up together afterward, doing the dishes together, gathering together late into the night in deep discussion,” he wrote in a memoir.
The school’s success made it a target — labeled communist, investigated by the FBI and raided by the state of Tennessee, which eventually revoked its charter. Original buildings were destroyed. The library was converted to a single-family home.
But Highlander didn’t disappear — it just moved three hours northeast to New Market, Tenn., near Knoxville.
“The property was stolen from us because it was bringing Black and white people together to preserve democracy,” Henderson said. “The land should be repatriated, back to the Highlander Folk School, which is now the Highlander Research and Education Center.”
The trust has spent seven years restoring the library to its original form. Local Grundy County donors contributed most of the funding, but Currey said he’s also spent thousands of his own dollars. His vision is to spin off a nonprofit, separate from the trust, that would own and operate the library as both a historic site and community resource, and Highlander could run a program explaining its ongoing justice and education work.
Henderson said she’s grateful the trust stepped in when the center couldn’t afford to, but she doesn’t see the old Folk School as separate from Highlander now, which is celebrating 90 years of organizing with a homecoming later this month. She said the center recently offered to buy the library from the trust, but got no definitive answer.
“If there’s going to be a transfer, why wouldn’t it be to Highlander?” Co-director Allyn Maxfield-Steele asked. If Highlander controlled the building, it would develop a plan for its use together with “folks on the ground in Grundy County,” he said.
Currey still hopes the trust and center can work together to promote the legacy of a building both organizations see as incredibly important.
Getting listed in the National Registry would open up new sources of funding in a state that doesn’t provide tax incentives for historic preservation, Currey said. He worries that the controversy over Highlander will make preservationists less likely to take on a similar project in the future.
“It’s already so difficult in Tennessee to save some of our historic resources,” Currey said. “This may be one of the most high-profile civil rights sites — as John Lewis told me — in the nation.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-who-gets-to-tell-the-story-of-a-historic-civil-rights-site/ | 2022-09-04 02:09:57 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-who-gets-to-tell-the-story-of-a-historic-civil-rights-site/ |
LONDON (AP) — Steven Knight looks astounded, almost lost for words. He’s just watched contemporary dance company Rambert run through scenes from the first act of their “Peaky Blinders” production, based on the hit TV show that he wrote and created.
Watching the immediate connection between the dancers’ movements and the audience is a revelation for Knight, who has teamed up for a full-length theater dance show that fills in some of the 1920s gangster drama’s backstory.
“I was never into dance. Dance was never a thing for me. I certainly can’t dance myself,” Knight says.
He was so impressed with the power of dance that he wrote a ballet scene into the show’s fifth season.
Recently Knight watched rehearsals of several scenes of the stage show, “Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,” which has its world premiere at the Birmingham Hippodrome on Tuesday before touring around the U.K.
“I want other people to experience what I experience, which is when you see it, it’s like there’s no barrier between you and it,” explains Knight, who wrote the script for the show.
“It’s not like opera, which I’m sure is fantastic, but you don’t need to be literate in opera or to understand or know the story or anything. Just human beings doing what they do to music. And it’s just astonishingly direct.”
Rambert Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer is directing and choreographing the production.
“(Knight) said to me, well, you convey an idea in 30 seconds, and when I do it in the series, it takes me hours to convey that idea. So that’s the power of dance. Dance for me and for everyone. You don’t need to learn the language. It’s the body,” Pouffer says. “We speak internationally, so it doesn’t matter where you’re from. You will understand the story.”
And that goes for people who have never seen “Peaky Blinders.”
“We are starting in a way in World War I, which is not what we see in the series. And that explains why Peaky Blinders, are Peaky Blinders,” he says.
Fans of the BBC series will certainly be familiar with the love story at the heart of the production between crime boss Tommy Shelby and undercover spy Grace Burgess, portrayed on television by Cillian Murphy and Annabelle Wallis.
“Tommy’s life is difficult. He makes a rod for his own back. He causes his own problems, of course. He’s very conflicted, he’s all of those things that he is in the TV show,” says Knight.
“But I think with dance — maybe that you don’t see in other forms — is the joy, when there is joy, you see the joy of it. But also even in the tragedy, you see the beauty of it. So it’s a really interesting way of telling the story.”
Tommy and Grace are being played by two different sets of dancers, with one of the couples, Guillaume Quéau and Naya Lovell, well aware of their responsibility to the “Peaky Blinders” fanbase.
“If the fans watch the show maybe they have certain expectations about what the personas should look like as Grace or Tommy Shelby and I feel this creates also an opportunity to find a middle ground between dance and Benoit’s vision and Rambert’s vision and ‘Peaky Blinders’,” says Quéau.
“There is an essence of it, but it’s also, I wouldn’t say modernized version of it, but it’s our version of the story.”
After the war, the Peaky Blinders run Birmingham their own way, with torture, shooting and stabbing as frequent methods of persuasion.
This violence is steeped into the movements of the dancers.
“I was thinking, please stop because you’re going to hurt each other because it’s real.
“You feel the conflict and the violence quite strongly in the form of dance,” says Knight. “That was another revelation to me, the way that that a fight scene can be beautiful and choreographed and yet really quite full on.” | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/ap-tv-hit-peaky-blinders-expands-story-through-dance-show/ | 2022-09-27 00:25:49 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/ap-tv-hit-peaky-blinders-expands-story-through-dance-show/ |
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira fired a 2-under 68 on Sunday to lead the No. 13 seed University of Arkansas men’s golf team to a team score of 6-over 286 and into the final 15 at the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Country Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Fernandez de Oliveira had one birdie and one bogey through 12 holes after teeing off on No. 10, but the junior finished the 7,289-yard, par 70 Raptor Course with birdies on Nos. 4 and 8 to turn in the Razorbacks’ best round at the championships.
“Mateo had a great day,” Arkansas Coach Brad McMakin said. “He made one bogey today, which is very difficult, and shot 68. He’s just been so consistent all year.
Fernandez de Oliveira will begin the final round of stroke play in a tie with Texas’ Parker Coody, North Carolina’s David Ford and Ryan Burnett for fifth at 2-under 210.
Arkansas, playing in the morning wave with more manageable greens and winds, began the day in sixth place and fell back two slots to eighth, comfortably under the cut line of 15 teams heading into the final round of stroke play. The individual winner and the final eight teams will be determined today, with the first round of match play scheduled for Tuesday.
“We got off to a bad start this morning and played extremely well on the back nine,” McMakin said immediately after the Razorbacks’ round with the afternoon wave just beginning its day. “The wind picked up a little bit that was probably the best nine holes we’ve played all year long. I was really pleased with the guys coming down the stretch.
“We’ve put ourselves in good position for tomorrow and we’ll see where we stand and go out and try to finish this thing off.”
No. 1 Oklahoma fired a 3-under 277 to surge into first place at 1 under for the tourney, four shots ahead of No. 2 Oklahoma State, which also shot 277.
No. 3 Vanderbilt, the second-round leader, had a 281 on Sunday and dropped back to 5 over for the tournament. The Commodores were followed by No. 4 North Carolina (+9) and defending champion and No. 5 Pepperdine (+13). Arizona State (+19) is sixth and Texas is seventh at 2o-over.
The Razorbacks (+26) are 27 strokes behind first place.
Senior Julian Perico had an adventurous 72 on Sunday, with two bogeys and a double bogey on the back nine, followed by birdies on 4, 6 and 8 and a closing bogey. Perico is at 6 over and in a tie for 32nd.
Seniors Luke Long and Segundo Oliva Pinto carded matching 3 overs on Sunday. Pinto had four bogeys and a birdie, while Long turned in five bogeys and two birdies. Pinto continues to lead the field with 42 pars out of his 54 holes, while Fernandez de Oliveira has 38.
The Razorbacks’ non-counting score belong to Wil Gibson, who shot a 79.
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DAS42 helps joint customers leverage the full power of the Snowflake Media Data Cloud
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DAS42 today announced that it has been awarded the Snowflake Media Competency badge for its data analytics solutions in the Snowflake Media Data Cloud. We are extending the depth of our modern data stack advisory and implementation services, unlocking new ways to transform the industry and accelerate data-driven outcomes for customers.
DAS42 and Snowflake can help joint customers build Snowflake-based data platforms that deliver industry best practices in data management, business intelligence, and analytics. As a Snowflake Elite Services Partner and Media Data Cloud Launch Partner, we have worked closely with Snowflake for years to empower enterprises with the Snowflake Data Cloud.
The Snowflake Partner Network Competency Program, unveiled at Snowflake Summit 2022, validates Snowflake partners for the depth of their Snowflake expertise and commitment to driving customer impact across the Data Cloud ecosystem. DAS42 has been a leader in helping organizations leverage the power of Snowflake's platform and the Snowflake Media Data Cloud to transform the way enterprises in the Media industry store and access data.
"We're proud to receive this recognition for our years of work bringing the power of Snowflake to the Media industry," said DAS42 CEO Nick Amabile. "Media is one of the core industries we serve, and one that is especially reliant on high-quality, up-to-the-minute data. Snowflake and its groundbreaking innovations, like the Snowflake Media Data Cloud, make it possible for us to deliver the kind of exceptional data analytics platforms today's Media companies need. We look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship with Snowflake in the months and years ahead."
"DAS42 has delivered amazing support and accomplishments in their work for us," said Glen MacKay, Director of Data Engineering at Big Fish Games. "They've been highly valued members of our Data Engineering organization, and a key strategic partner."
"Snowflake and DAS42 continue to reimagine what's possible with data in the Media industry by helping joint customers enable data connectivity and collaboration in a privacy compliant manner for transparent and secure advertising capabilities," said Bill Stratton, Global Industry GTM Lead, Media, Entertainment and Advertising, Snowflake. "DAS42's Media Competency badge underscores the company's continued innovation in the Data Cloud, and their alignment with Snowflake's mission to mobilize the world's data to transform the advertising ecosystem. We look forward to our bright future together."
DAS42 is a leading provider of cloud-based data analytics consulting and professional services. Based in New York and with offices across the United States, our clients include some of the world's largest companies. We work with cutting-edge technology partners to help organizations use data to improve their operations, reduce the time to actionable insights, and empower them to make better decisions, faster. Learn more at das42.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter.
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Mississippi’s Lane Kiffin sought experienced players who could fill immediate needs.
“I just looked at it like you would in the NFL,” Kiffin said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Sometimes there are years you need to go sign more free agents than you do other years based off what you have and your needs. That part excites me about it, that you can fix problems fast.”
Kiffin is trying to build off a 10-win season that ended in the Sugar Bowl. His group of 17 transfers is ranked as the No. 2 portal class in the nation, according to 247Sports, and is headed by quarterback Jaxson Dart — last season’s starter at USC.
Dart left the Trojans a week after Riley’s starter at Oklahoma, Caleb Williams, announced he would join his coach in Los Angeles. Williams and Biletnikoff Award-winning receiver Jordan Addison from Pittsburgh are the biggest names Riley landed in his portal class of 20 that’s ranked No. 1.
USC won just four games last season, the fewest since 1991, but the addition of so much talent has earned the Trojans a No. 14 preseason ranking and made them a contender to win the Pac-12.
“The people we brought in here, the staff we brought in here, we didn’t come here to play for second. We are not wired that way,” Riley said. “We came here competitively to win championships, win them now and to win them for a long time. That will always be our expectation.”
Kelly's charge at LSU is to revive a program that dropped off significantly since winning the national championship in 2019 under Ed Orgeron.
Kelly’s group of 15 portal additions is ranked No. 3 and especially strong on the defensive side. The transfers of Arkansas three-year starting defensive backs Joe Foucha and Greg Brooks to LSU illustrate how cutthroat the game can be. Kelly acknowledges bringing in players from an SEC West rival isn’t ideal. On the other hand, two LSU players transferred to the Razorbacks.
“I know many don’t like to see that happen within the league. I’m not crazy about it, either,” Kelly said. “But these are two Louisiana kids that wanted to play at LSU, and they have been great additions. I would say that when we were looking into the transfer portal, we wanted young men that had SEC experience and had ties to the state of Louisiana. Brooks and Foucha fit that to the T.”
Nebraska's Frost, 15-29 in four years, desperately needs a turnaround after taking a $1 million pay cut and firing four offensive assistants near the end of a 3-9 season.
His 15 portal additions are ranked No. 7, and seven or eight probably will start in the opener. The biggest names are defensive end Ochaun Mathis (TCU) and quarterback Casey Thompson (Texas).
Frost said the number of transfers he’ll pursue will vary from year to year and that 15 probably is on the high end.
No matter how many players are added, Frost said, there always is a concern about how transfers blend with returning players. So far, he’s been pleased with the chemistry, and a trip to Ireland to play Northwestern on Saturday provides another opportunity for bonding.
“I couldn’t be happier with that piece and the meshing of these parts,” Frost said. “We haven’t hit any adversity yet, and I think the first test of that will be when we hit some adversity.”
Kiffin said he sees the portal evolving from being a way to add complementary pieces to a team to becoming the primary recruiting tool for some schools.
Kiffin likes to compare the portal and high school recruiting with NFL free agency and the draft. Pro teams frequently misjudge draft prospects because those players have never competed against NFL talent, Kiffin said, whereas a free agent with five years of experience is a known quantity.
“You’re going to miss on a number of high school kids because you’re just watching high school film,” Kiffin said. “What’s the talent level where they’re at? And they’re 16, 17 years old?
“These (transfer) guys, you’re not going to miss on as much because you’re getting to watch them play Division I football, getting to talk to people that have coached them. And so the margin of error is less.”
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AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo contributed from Oxford, Mississippi.
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Powerball prize soars to $1.2B after no winners found Monday
There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, as none of the tickets sold matched all six numbers. The lack of a winner means the next drawing Wednesday night will be for a massive $1.2 billion jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Monday were: white balls 13, 19, 36, 39, 59 and the red power ball 13. The increased jackpot will be the 4th-largest in U.S. history. The biggest prize was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won by three ticketholders in 2016. Massive lottery jackpots have become more common in recent years as lottery officials have adjusted game rules and ticket prices to pump up the top prizes.
Indiana drugstore worker held in 2017 killings of teen girls
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a drugstore worker in the slayings of two teenage girls who were killed in the woods outside their small town in northern Indiana nearly six years ago. State Police said Monday that 50-year-old Richard Matthew Allen is being held on two murder counts in the killings of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams. The girls vanished after saying they were going for a hike on Feb. 14, 2017. Authorities long suspected the killer had some connection to Delphi, a city of just 3,000 people. Authorities called Allen's arrest a step in the right direction and encouraged the community to come forward with more information. Allen has pleaded not guilty.
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World Series rainout, Astros-Phils to play Game 3 Tuesday
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Game 3 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros has been postponed because of rain with the matchup tied 1-1, pushing the entire Fall Classic schedule back one day. The rainout moved Game 3 to Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, when the weather was supposed to be all clear. Game 4 will now be played Wednesday and Game 5 is set for the scheduled travel day on Thursday night. Game 5 will compete with the NFL game that has, of all teams, the Philadelphia Eagles in Houston against the Texans. There will now be a travel day Friday, with Game 6 has been rescheduled for Saturday and Game 7 would be Sunday. All games will start at 8:03 p.m. ET.
Fans in 'Fight Antisemitism' shirts courtside at Nets game
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans wearing “Fight Antisemitism” shirts occupied some courtside seats at the Brooklyn-Indiana game on Monday night, days after Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out a link to a film that includes anti-Jewish tropes. Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash says that he hopes the organization will grow together in the aftermath of Irving sharing the link. Irving has been criticized for sharing the link by the NBA, the Anti-Defamation League and Nets owner Joe Tsai, among others. The star guard of the Nets has said he embraced all religions and defiantly defended his right to post whatever he believes.
Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing
BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai Disneyland has closed as a COVID-19 precaution and visitors temporarily kept in the park for virus testing. Postings on social media said some amusements kept operating for guests who were blocked from leaving. Walt Disney Co. and the city government said the park closed Monday for virus testing of staff and visitors but gave no details of a possible outbreak. Disney said Tuesday that all guests had left the park following testing. While other countries are easing anti-virus measures, China has stuck to a severe “Zero COVID” strategy that aims to isolate every case. Last week, 1.3 million residents of one Shanghai district were told to stay in their homes while they underwent virus tests.
Tunes with teeth: Edison might have left his mark on piano
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) — Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music. As someone played, the great inventor would lean in close to the instrument, right above the keys, and he’d bite the piano. Pressing his teeth into the wood helped Edison experience the vibrations in his skull. He said it allowed him to “hear through my teeth.” Robert Friedman recently showed off marks on a Steinway grand piano once owned by Edison — a cluster of shallow indentations roughing up the black lacquer above the keyboard. Friedman sees the marks as toothy signatures left by the inventor of the phonograph. He’s looking for a home for the novel historical artifact he bought last year.
Bidens dole out Halloween candy to first responders' kids
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have doled out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters dressed up as everything from Spider-Man to a flamingo to a monk to a zombie founding father. The soggy celebration on the south side of the White House was their first time welcoming trick-or-treaters as president and first lady. Some 5,000 guests — children and their adult chaperones — were expected to stream through the event. The invitation list included children of local firefighters, nurses, police officers and National Guard members. Children of administration officials joined the group as well.
Biden admin relaxes rules for student debt forgiveness
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving forward with an overhaul of several student debt forgiveness programs, aiming to make it easier for borrowers to get cancellation if they are duped by their colleges or if they put in a decade of work as public servants. The Education Department on Monday finalized a package of rules that it proposed earlier this year. The new rules take hold in July and are separate from President Joe Biden’s sweeping student debt forgiveness plan, which has been held up in court amid a legal challenge. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said his agency is “fixing a broken system and putting borrowers first.”
China launches 3rd and final space station component
BEIJING (AP) — China’s third and final module docked with its its permanent space station and further a more than decade-long effort to maintain a constantly crewed presence in orbit. Mengtian was blasted into space on Monday from a launch center on the southern island province of Hainan aboard a Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket, one of China’s most powerful launch vehicles. A large crowd of amateur photographers and space enthusiasts watched is it rose into the sky. Mengtian is the second laboratory module for the space station, connecting to a core module where the crew lives and works. The module is currently populated by two male and one female astronauts. Monday's launch is uncrewed.
Asian shares advance, shrugging off Wall Street retreat
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher after Wall Street declined and a survey of Chinese manufacturing showed activity improved. Hong Kong jumped more than 5%. Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul also advanced. The Chinese manufacturing survey by Caixin, a business news magazine, helped to counter renewed concern about coronavirus outbreaks. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index slipped for the day but ended October with an 8% monthly gain. Investors are looking ahead to the Federal Reserve's meeting this week for what is expected to be another big interest rate hike to cool surging inflation. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-trending-summarybrief-at-3-10-a-m-edt/article_c0b6273b-8e7b-5aa1-bbed-b91a5f46ec58.html | 2022-11-01 08:31:59 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-trending-summarybrief-at-3-10-a-m-edt/article_c0b6273b-8e7b-5aa1-bbed-b91a5f46ec58.html |
Webb telescope captures its first direct image of an exoplanet
Astronomers have captured the first direct image of an exoplanet with the James Webb Space Telescope.
The exoplanet, or planet outside of our solar system, is a gas giant about six to 12 times the mass of Jupiter. The planet, called HIP 65426 b, is about 15 to 20 million years old — just a baby planet when compared to Earth, which is 4.5 billion years old.
It's located about 385 light-years away from Earth.
The planet can be seen in four different bands of infrared light as taken by Webb's different instruments. Webb sees the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye — and makes it the perfect space observatory to reveal details about distant worlds.
"This is a transformative moment, not only for Webb but also for astronomy generally," said Sasha Hinkley, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, in a statement.
Hinkley led the observations within an international collaboration.
The exoplanet was first discovered in 2017 using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and its SPHERE instrument, located in Chile. The instrument took images of the planet then through short infrared wavelengths, but Webb's ability to see longer infrared wavelengths can shed light on new details.
Scientists are analyzing Webb's data of HIP 65426 b and a forthcoming study will be submitted to journals for peer review.
The exoplanet is about 100 times farther from its host star than Earth is from the sun, which allowed Webb and its instruments to separate the planet from its star. Some of Webb's instruments are armed with coronographs, or masks that can block starlight, enabling the telescope to capture direct images of exoplanets.
Stars are much brighter than planets and in this case, HIP 65426 b is more than 10,000 times fainter than its host star in near-infrared light.
"Obtaining this image felt like digging for space treasure," said Aarynn Carter, analysis lead for the images and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in a statement. "At first all I could see was light from the star, but with careful image processing I was able to remove that light and uncover the planet."
While the Hubble Space Telescope was the first to capture direct images of exoplanets, Webb's infrared exploration of exoplanets is just beginning. The telescope has already shared the first spectrum of an exoplanet by detecting a water signature in its atmosphere and found the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet's atmosphere.
And the space observatory only began making scientific observations this summer.
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STOCKHOLM, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the period May 30 - June 3, 2022 AB Electrolux (LEI code 549300Y3HHZB1ZGFPJ93) has repurchased in total 278,374 own series B shares (ISIN: SE0016589188) as part of the buyback program initiated by the Board of Directors in order to optimize the company's capital structure.
The share buybacks form part of the buyback program of a maximum of 8,000,000 series B shares for a total maximum amount of SEK 1,250 million, which AB Electrolux announced on April 29, 2022. The buyback program, which runs between May 2, 2022 - October 21, 2022, is being carried out in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR") and the Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/1052 (the "Safe Harbour Regulation"). The objective of the share buybacks is to optimize the company's capital structure and the intention is to reduce Electrolux share capital through subsequent share cancellations.
Series B shares in AB Electrolux have been repurchased (in SEK) as follows:
All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG on behalf of AB Electrolux. Following the above acquisitions, AB Electrolux holding of own shares as of June 3, 2022 amounts to 6,899,989 series B shares. The total number of shares in AB Electrolux amounts to 283,077,393.
A full breakdown of the transactions pursuant to article 5.3 of MAR and article 2.3 of the Safe Harbour Regulation is attached to this announcement.
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How to keep mosquitoes away
The warm summer months signal the return of one of the most despised pests –– the mosquito. While mosquito bites are undeniably annoying and even painful at times, these pesky insects can also transmit dangerous diseases to humans. That is why it is increasingly important to protect yourself and others from itchy bites.
Several effective methods can help prevent being swarmed by mosquitoes, whether you’re relaxing around your home or spending time outdoors during the morning and evening hours. From insect traps to netting to beneficial plants and flowers, a combination of these solutions can help lead to a bite-free summer.
What attracts mosquitoes?
While it may not be practical to completely avoid all of these scenarios, trying your best to reduce and minimize attractors can be highly beneficial.
Standing water
It has long been known that shallow standing water can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes, as their larvae need the water to grow and survive. Therefore, if your home has planters, birdbaths, gutters or any other places where stagnant water can collect, it is best to empty and clean them often to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs and multiplying.
Tallgrass or bushes
Tallgrass, damp leaves or cool shrubs can attract mosquitoes during the heat of the day as they attempt to escape the hot sun. By keeping your yard or outdoor areas tidy, you can cut down on the number of mosquitoes attracted to your home.
Sweat and heat
Have you ever noticed that mosquitoes seem to be drawn to your skin after a run, hike or other forms of outdoor exercise? This is because the moisture from your sweat, the heat produced from your body and the buildup of lactic acid are major attractors for them. Avoid spending prolonged periods outdoors in the early morning or late evening if you want to minimize your interactions with mosquitoes.
Carbon dioxide
Every time we breathe, we release carbon dioxide into the air. When exercising or exerting ourselves, we tend to breathe heavier, releasing more carbon dioxide. Mosquitoes are drawn towards areas with increased CO2, which is why reducing strenuous activity during peak mosquito hours can help prevent bites.
Specific fragrances, food and drinks
People who wear floral-scented perfume and cologne, or even those who use scented soap and body wash, can actually attract mosquitoes. In addition, eating sweet or salty foods as well as drinking alcohol is associated with a potential increase in mosquito bites. However, some foods, such as garlic and onion, have been shown to help repel mosquitoes.
Clothing color
Whenever possible, wear light-colored clothing as it is less likely to attract these pests. Darker and bolder colors allow them to more easily see your shape, letting them zero in on their next meal.
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Use a fan
A reliable way to repel mosquitoes when trying to spend a relaxing evening outdoors is to create a breeze. By using an outdoor fan, like this oscillating tower fan, you can not only keep yourself cool but also create enough airflow to keep the bugs at bay. The weather-resistant design also makes it safe to use in a variety of conditions.
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Buy a bug zapper
Bug zappers may not be the most aesthetically appealing option for a patio, porch or yard, but they can get the job done. This electric zapper is a budget-friendly option with a powerful 4,200-volt electric grid, offering plenty of outdoor protection.
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Set up insect traps
Though similar to bug zappers, insect traps are significantly quieter, using a UV light and fan to trap mosquitoes inside. This insect trap has an impressive ½-acre coverage zone to silently and effortlessly rid the area of mosquitoes and other biting insects. The removable cage makes for easy cleanup and won’t leave the ground littered with dead bugs.
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Change your lighting
BlueX Yellow LED Bug Light Bulbs
Outdoor lighting matters when it comes to repelling insects. Studies have shown that mosquitoes are less likely to be attracted to LED lighting, especially ones with a yellow glow. However, this two-pack of yellow-light bulbs can turn your outdoor area from a bug magnet into a mosquito-free zone.
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Burn a citronella candle
Citronella candles aren’t necessarily the most foolproof mosquito repellent option, but they can definitely be effective, especially when used alongside other prevention methods. This insect repellent candle has a 40-hour burn time and can be used on a deck, patio or while sitting around a campsite.
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Wear a mosquito net
Ben’s Head Net for Insect Protection
Wearing a mosquito net isn’t the most fashionable option, but it can keep you well protected. While mosquito nets may not be needed at home or around your neighborhood, when camping or hiking in mosquito-infested woods, they can be a lifesaver. This Ben’s model uses fine mesh to keep bugs out without reducing your visibility.
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Plant certain flowers
Gaea’s Blessing Seeds – English Lavender Seeds
Some flowers may indeed attract mosquitoes, but others do a good job at keeping them far away. Consider planting flowers such as lavender or marigolds, which have distinct scents and oils unfavorable to mosquitoes. Other common mosquito repellent plants include lemon balm, citronella grass, catnip, rosemary and more.
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Utilize mosquito dunks
Not everyone has heard of mosquito dunks, but those living near areas of standing water may want to look into this convenient solution. Mosquito dunks are designed to be placed directly in water in order to kill mosquito larvae before they reach the adult stage. Safe for use around fish and other aquatic life, these small circular repellents are unique and effective.
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Grab the bug spray
Sawyer Products Picaridin 20 Percent Insect Repellent
When all else fails, sometimes the best solution is to simply apply some bug spray. This fragrance-free topical insect repellent with 20 percent Picaridin is a great and effective alternative to sprays containing DEET. Though, for those times when nothing seems to be working against the most voracious biters, this Ben’s 100 maximum formula spray can do the trick.
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Prevent the itch
Even when we do our best to prevent bites, there are bound to be the occasional mosquitoes that just can’t be deterred. In the event that you get bit, After Bite Itch Eraser can reduce and soothe the annoying, painful and bothersome side effects.
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LONDON (AP) — The second leg of Manchester City’s treble mission is secure.
Add the FA Cup, after a 2-1 win over great rival Manchester United on Saturday, to its latest Premier League title.
Now only a first ever Champions League title stands between City and immortality in English soccer.
“We’re in a position,” City manager Pep Guardiola said, “that we’ll probably never be in again.”
Ilkay Gundogan scored two goals — the first inside 13 seconds, for the quickest in 142 years of FA Cup finals — to lead City to a 16th trophy since 2011 in what is looking like the crowning season in the tenure of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family.
If the Germany midfielder’s opener, a perfectly executed volley from the edge of area, was probably his best goal of his seven years at City, his 51st-minute winner at Wembley Stadium might be one of his scrappiest.
This time it was a volley with his left foot after being picked out by Kevin De Bruyne’s free kick from the right wing. The ball bobbled between two United defenders and squirmed past goalkeeper David De Gea, who might have been slightly unsighted but should have done better.
United was looking to protect its proud status as the only team to win the league-FA Cup-European Cup treble, in 1999, and equalized against the run of play through a penalty by Bruno Fernandes in the 33rd minute.
Late pressure saw United hit the crossbar through Raphael Varane. The team needs a favor from Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul next Saturday to thwart’s City’s treble bid.
“What a privilege — we are one game away,” Guardiola said.
City’s class of 2023 became the 13th team in English soccer history to clinch a league-and-FA Cup double. It has happened twice under Guardiola, who has won 13 trophies in his seven years at the club and 34 in his managerial career.
The latest haul of titles has come in the same season the club was charged by the Premier League with more than 100 breaches of financial rules. City denies the charges and the players certainly weren’t thinking of them after the final whistle blew as they ran from the halfway line and jumped for joy in front of their fans waving blue and white flags.
Right at the heart of the celebrations was Gundogan, who — as it stands — will be leaving City after the Champions League final because he is out of contract. He would depart as a club great and a FA Cup record-breaker.
The opening goal was timed by British broadcaster BBC at 12.91 seconds and came after Gundogan, City’s captain, took the kickoff himself. He passed the ball back to goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, who booted it forward for Erling Haaland to flick on. United defender Victor Lindelof could only partially clear to Gundogan, who volleyed in right-footed from 20 meters.
“We aimed for that, to aim for Erling and to try to get the second ball quick,” Gundogan said.
The goal jolted United, which was outplayed until a controversial decision to award a penalty against Jack Grealish for handball as he raised his arms while jumping to block a header into the box by United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Play continued and there were few on-field appeals by United’s players, but the incident was reviewed by VAR and a penalty was awarded after the referee looked at the pitchside monitor.
Fernandes sauntered up to the ball and sent Ortega the wrong way.
Gundogan ultimately had the final say, just like he did in City’s final game of last season when he scored two late goals to complete a turnaround from 2-0 down against Aston Villa and clinch the Premier League with a 3-2 win.
United was looking to clinch a double of domestic trophies in Erik ten Hag’s first year in charge, having won the League Cup in February, but more importantly ensure its class of 1999’s legacy was preserved.
The 142nd FA Cup final — the first between the two Manchester clubs — was largely one-sided, though, and Ten Hag conceded his team was beaten by “the best team in the world.”
United’s players stayed on the field and watched as City walked up the steps to collect their winners’ medals from Prince William.
“You have to feel it in your stomach,” Ten Hag said. “It has to be the fuel.”
All roads lead to Istanbul as Guardiola and City chase another piece of history.
“We have to win the Champions League,” he said, “to be recognized how the team deserves to be recognized.”
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse formally introduced new men’s basketball coach Adrian Autry on Friday, but it turned into more of a celebration of Jim Boeheim, the Hall of Fame coach Autry is succeeding.
The practice facility was packed with Syracuse officials and coaches, current and former players, and Otto the Orange, the mascot.
All of them were there to watch the passing of the torch from the 78-year-old Boeheim, who led the program for 47 years and turned it into a national brand, to Autry, who played for Boeheim from 1990-94, became an assistant coach prior to the 2011-12 season and promoted to associate head coach in March 2017.
Autry told the crowd he was committed to the “Orange standard” Boeheim had built, “the history of winning, the history of playing hard and competing for championships.” He added that decisions were yet to be made on his coaching staff, but noted that his teams would be “versatile” on defense as opposed to sticking 100% with Boeheim’s legendary 2-3 zone.
But when Boeheim walked onto the gym’s floor — accompanied by his wife Juli and daughter Jamie — it became apparent this was his day. Boeheim coached his final game Wednesday, a 77-74 buzzer-beater loss to Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Director of Athletics John Wildhack reviewed Boeheim’s myriad accomplishments, numbers he called “extraordinary” — “35 NCAA Tournament appearances, five Final Fours, 2003 national championship, 20 Sweet 16 appearances … enshrinement in the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2005.”
Wildhack then introduced Boeheim, who received a 20-second standing ovation and spoke for 11 minutes, interspersing his comments with humor, characteristic defiance and uncharacteristic emotion. Boeheim also got in another shot at the media: “The only reason I got a standing ovation from the press is because they’re standing.”
After coaching sons Buddy and Jimmy in the 2021-2022 season, Boeheim said he wanted one more year and that Wildhack and Syracuse Chancellor Kent Syverud agreed.
“Obviously, when we hit that stretch where I didn’t coach very good and we didn’t play very good (four straight losses by more than 17 points), I felt this was the time,” Boeheim said.
He said he spoke to Wildhack a week ago to put the wheels in motion for retirement, adding that while there was a plan in place, the details hadn’t been finalized until Thursday. That lack of clarity led to awkward events Wednesday, when Boeheim engaged in a back-and-forth postgame news conference about his future.
Two hours later, the university issued a news release saying that Autry was taking over. The word “retirement” wasn’t used and there was no quote from Boeheim.
“We hadn’t had a chance to meet, me, John and the chancellor,” Boeheim said, noting there’s no friction between him and the administration. “People took that, like they always do, as me not talking or the university not (talking).”
Wildhack concurred Friday, saying: “There are twists and turns to ultimately where you want to get to but we got to the right ending. Coach Boeheim is with us. Coach Autry is the next coach. We executed the plan.”
During Friday’s speech, Boeheim thanked his coaches and players, his family — including his two sons for one of his “most rewarding seasons ever” — and fans who braved upstate New York winters to come to the Carrier Dome in record numbers: “Zero degrees. Minus-10 wind chill. Six feet of snow on the ground. That’s what Syracuse basketball is. It’s not me. It’s not Adrian. It’s the fans. They made our program.”
Boeheim also finally uttered the “r” word many thought they’d never hear: “I’m thrilled to be retired. I’ve felt the best the last two days that I’ve felt in 47 years.”
He also gave an enthusiastic show of support to Autry, whom he’s known since Autry was 16, calling him “a great coach.”
“I think someone said that Adrian should get an older mentor to help him coach,” Boeheim said. “Adrian Autry does not need an older mentor to help him coach. He can coach. He knows how to coach. The program is in good hands.”
Boeheim said he will have a yet-undefined role with the school that he attended as an undergrad — “I wouldn’t know what else to do anyway,” he joked.
“When I picked Syracuse University as a place I wanted to live a long time ago, (coach and friend) Rick Pitino and our wives picked Paris, Bermuda, and California. I picked Syracuse. They all walked away. Guess what? I’m still here. Thank you.”
And he left, to one last standing ovation.
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Country music singer/songwriter T. Graham Brown brings flood relief donations from Nashville
PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Country music singer and songwriter T. Graham Brown brought donations from the Music City for people in our region.
“We got 436 gallons of cleaner and washing detergent, and all kinds of stuff like that,” said Brown.
He also got a first-hand look at the devastation left behind.
”You know, man, it’s horrible, you seen it on TV,” he said. “Even when you’re there in person, you’re like good Lord almighty what is this?”
He recalled an interview he watched on TV with a man who lost everything during the flood.
”It’s horrible, and my heart bleeds for this area, it sincerely really does,” he added. “I’m heart broken and I know a lot of my friends are, too.”
He is also raising money by selling ‘Come Hell or High Water’ t-shirts for $25. The proceeds go to flood relief.
”We’re able to sell these t-shirts online, get the cash, and get it to the people and let them get what they need, he said.
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Police negotiated Thursday afternoon in a suburban Detroit hotel room with an armed man they say wounded one person in gunfire that led to evacuations and lockdowns in a popular dining and shopping area.The shooting stemmed from a dispute over money with staff at the Hampton Inn in Dearborn, police Chief Issa Shahin said at a news briefing. The wounded person was taken to a hospital. Their name and condition were not released.The suspect was contained in the hotel and armed with a long gun, police Cpl. Dan Bartok told reporters.“Negotiators are working trying to resolve this peacefully,” Bartok said.Shots were reported shortly after 1 p.m. at the hotel in the busy district in Dearborn, a city of over 100,000 people just west and southwest of Detroit.Police evacuated the hotel and surrounding businesses. Traffic into the busy downtown was blocked, Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw said.Earlier, state police tweeted that the “situation is active and dangerous” and that shots still “were being fired by the suspect.”Officers in tactical gear could be seen, as well as emergency vehicles.Some businesses near the hotel, including Dearborn Federal Savings Bank and Better Health Market, locked down with customers inside."There are police everywhere,” said Cheryl Seguin, a security officer at the bank. “Police from multiple jurisdictions and federal, county, state agencies. Multiple police cars and other types of units -- EMS, just about everything.”Patrick Collins, manager of the Better Health Market, described seeing police, automatic weapons and ambulances. Three customers were inside the market.“There’s a lot going on,” he said.
DEARBORN, Mich. — Police negotiated Thursday afternoon in a suburban Detroit hotel room with an armed man they say wounded one person in gunfire that led to evacuations and lockdowns in a popular dining and shopping area.
The shooting stemmed from a dispute over money with staff at the Hampton Inn in Dearborn, police Chief Issa Shahin said at a news briefing. The wounded person was taken to a hospital. Their name and condition were not released.
The suspect was contained in the hotel and armed with a long gun, police Cpl. Dan Bartok told reporters.
“Negotiators are working trying to resolve this peacefully,” Bartok said.
Shots were reported shortly after 1 p.m. at the hotel in the busy district in Dearborn, a city of over 100,000 people just west and southwest of Detroit.
Police evacuated the hotel and surrounding businesses. Traffic into the busy downtown was blocked, Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw said.
Earlier, state police tweeted that the “situation is active and dangerous” and that shots still “were being fired by the suspect.”
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Police evacuate people from buildings near the Hampton Inn in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Police negotiated Thursday afternoon with a suspected gunman inside the suburban Detroit hotel after reports of gunfire led to evacuations and lockdowns in a popular dining and shopping area.
Officers in tactical gear could be seen, as well as emergency vehicles.
Some businesses near the hotel, including Dearborn Federal Savings Bank and Better Health Market, locked down with customers inside.
"There are police everywhere,” said Cheryl Seguin, a security officer at the bank. “Police from multiple jurisdictions and federal, county, state agencies. Multiple police cars and other types of units -- EMS, just about everything.”
Patrick Collins, manager of the Better Health Market, described seeing police, automatic weapons and ambulances. Three customers were inside the market.
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THE DALLES — When Tyler Smith and his family moved from Provo, Utah, to The Dalles in 2019 he was less than thrilled with the available recreational opportunities for his children. When Kay Jewelers left from their downtown location at the corner of Federal and Second Street in The Dalles, Smith jumped at the opportunity to open his own gaming lounge. In March, Smith debuted CyberMind Gaming. Outfitted with several plasma TV’s that show popular video game streamers, a dozen gaming “stations” and a back room that will soon be available for party rentals, Smith and CyberMind want to provide a safe space for everyone.
“It’s meant to be a hangout spot,” said Smith. “I’m trying to make it as inclusive and accessible as I can and accommodate everyone.”
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed a lot of people away from each other, but video games kept many connected, virtually. Players could sit at home and continue to socialize with their friends “online” who play the same game. Video games can also give a platform for those with interests to find others with similar fascinations. Although they may be playing the same game they are still separated and Smith wants to help cultivate those shared experiences that video games can provide.
“The experience is completely different when you share it with somebody,” said Smith. “It’s usually something that people don’t appreciate until they do it.”
Smith explained his affinity for gaming stems from his background in computers and information technology. When he was 17 years old he earned his A+, Network+ and Linux+ computer and information technology certifications where he learned about different hardware and networking strategies. At that time Smith chose to work for a startup company and earn a salary plus benefits, rather than finish high school.
“I was sitting next to the guys that had bachelor’s degrees, doing the same thing. I just don’t ever see any point,” said Smith on deciding to forgo a college degree.
He eventually went back to earn his GED and joined the team full-time. Today, he wants to help middle and high schoolers access scholarships and opportunities that come with gaming. Esports has been on the rise and Smith sees potential among the gaming community in The Dalles. The Dalles High School robotics team won the Oregon State VEX Robotics Championships and did well enough in the national competition to advance to the World Championships held in Dallas, Texas, on May 5-7. Smith’s niece, Makalya Williamson, is on the team and he praises the coach and teams effort on making it to the World Championships.
Smith has held discussions with school administrators to start an Esports team, but with a limited budget and high turnover at the high school, he has put the idea on the back burner — for now.
“It’s been a little bit of a struggle to find that niche,” said Smith. “I am also trying to gather evidence that it could work.”
CyberMind has offerings for any schedule. Smith runs the gaming lounge by himself and is open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and sometimes 10. Users can come for just an hour or stay for as long as they like. Smith splits the schedule into “basic time” and “premium time.” Basic time is anytime before 5 p.m. and premium time is from 5 p.m. to close. To accommodate everyone, he lowers the prices for basic time for the younger audience. Smith also has a day pass for $50, and a VIP membership for $30 a month. VIP members get half off all hourly gametime purchases, 10% off CyberMind merchandise and 1,000 monthly bonus tokens that can be used for snacks, swag and additional gametime.
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VIDEO: UPS driver makes impressive basketball shot while making a delivery
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. (KSFY/Gray News) - This week, a South Dakota homeowner captured an endearing moment on their Ring security camera.
KSFY shared the video that shows a UPS driver joining in on a basketball game with a few kids while making a delivery.
The group was in a Dell Rapids neighborhood on their driveway when the driver stopped at the house to deliver a package.
The basketball could be seen in the video starting to roll into the street when the driver was returning to his vehicle.
He stopped the ball, and the kids encouraged him to attempt a shot near his truck.
The delivery driver ended up making a one-handed bank shot from the edge of the yard, sending the kids into a frenzy.
The video capturing the impressive shot has since been shared multiple times on social media.
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42Gears customers can continue to manage their upgraded iOS and iPadOS devices using its MDM suite
FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 42Gears today announced that all its products are ready to offer zero-day support for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16. After the new version is released on September 12th, IT admins can continue to monitor and secure their upgraded iPhones and iPads effortlessly using SureMDM, 42Gears' flagship mobile device management solution.
The latest iOS and iPadOS version-16 comes with added features, some minor tweaks, and modifications that will improve the performance and overall experience of Apple devices. To stay relevant and align with the latest release, 42Gears is all set to help customers around the globe manage their iOS and iPadOS devices with its industry-leading device management solution.
"We want to support our customers every step of the way. By providing zero-day support for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, we ensure that our customers don't have to think twice before updating to iOS 16 and iPadOS 16. Our products will work as smoothly after the upgrade as they do now. As IT admins have a lot on their plates, we aim to make their lives a little easier by proactively ensuring that they don't have to worry about the new version not being supported by the device management solution they use," stated Prakash Gupta, co-founder and COO of 42Gears.
Customers can either download and install iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 from their iPhones and iPads Settings or use SureMDM to roll out the latest update to all of their devices. "Our customer-first approach always motivates us to follow the most recent trends and assist customers in maximizing their benefits. We look forward to seeing the changes that iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 would bring to the MDM space," concluded Prakash.
To learn more about 42Gears' zero-day support for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, please click here.
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People are bringing red hats, coats and room for plenty of beer on Saturday as the annual SantaCon celebration returns in New York City.
The holiday-themed pub crawl emerged after Santa Claus-dressed attendees first gathered in a kind of performance art in the 1990s and began frequenting bars in the early 2000s. It's now a full-scale operation with organizers, drink specials and a charity drive.
The festivities began at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Broadway Ave. and West 39th St. and continued at bars across midtown Manhattan.
As pubcrawlers navigate the city, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is enforcing an alcohol ban from 4 a.m. Saturday until noon on Sunday.
SantaCon was suspended in 2020 due to COVID but revived a year ago. This year, city health authorities are warning of a resurgence of COVID cases, as well as flu and RSV, and advised mask-wearing in crowded outdoor settings and public indoor settings.
SantaCon pub crawls are also taking place outside of New York City. There are dozens of SantaCons taking place on Saturday and throughout the week, from Los Angeles to Louisville, Ky., according to SantaCon.info, a site tracking all the events.
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TORONTO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Westbridge Energy Corporation (TSXV: WEB) (OTCQB: WEGYF) (FRA: PUQ3) ("Westbridge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Pandelis Vassilakakis to the role of Chief Business Development Officer to oversee the expansion of its solar PV portfolio. Westbridge currently has projects in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Mr. Vassilakakis' track record in the renewable energy industry includes developing and building over 5 GW of solar PV and wind farms over the span of his 17-year career. Mr. Vassilakakis served as VP Business Development EMEA at Talesun Energy in London, where he successfully originated and developed 150 MW of solar PV across Europe. He was also a key member of Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) team in New York where he served as Senior Director of Business Development and was instrumental in the origination and development of over 1,200 MW of solar PV worldwide. Prior to his corporate roles, Mr. Vassilakakis was the Founder and CEO of LEA Innovazione SRL, where he led the development and construction of over 200 MW of solar PV.
Stefano Romanin, CEO commented, "We are excited to have Pandelis join our team and lead the expansion of our solar PV portfolio. We see tremendous opportunity in the markets where we operate and beyond, with strong government support for a net zero economy. With our first project monetization expected this year, adding his caliber of expertise ensures our continued growth and expansion of our project pipeline."
Westbridge Energy Corporation develops best-in-class solar PV projects. The Company plans to deliver attractive, long-term returns by originating, executing, and developing an international portfolio of renewable assets for investors and utilities. Management has a strong track-record with 40+ projects developed worldwide, obtaining, and executing permits on time and within budget. As one of the very few listed pure-play Canadian solar development companies, Westbridge provides its investors with valuable access to greenfield solar projects. This means the Company can invest at the earliest stage of solar energy development benefiting from the full value chain as well as the expected wider adoption of renewable energy going forward. Westbridge brings together regulators, corporate buyers, and landowners with the goal of delivering clean, sustainable electricity to end users.
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Westbridge Energy Corporation,
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This news release contains forward-looking statements about the Company's appointment of Pandelis Vassilakakis as the Company's new Chief Business Development Officer and the timing therefor, Mr. Vassilakakis' skills, knowledge and expertise and the benefits the Company expects to derive therefrom, the expansion of the Company's solar PV portfolio, if at all and anticipated steps, timing and costs thereof, exits of projects, if any, the Company's objectives and strategies, the ability of the Company to achieve its goals, each of which are forward-looking in nature and, as a result, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them as actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include general business, economic, competitive, regulatory, policy and social uncertainties, and availability of permits and financing upon terms acceptable to the Company or at all. Applicable risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to regulatory risks, risks related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, changes in laws, market risks, operating history, competition, and the other risks identified under the headings "Risk Factors" in the Company's management's discussion and analysis dated March 29, 2022 and other disclosure documents available on the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, except as required by law.
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LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez made an emotional speech about how believers and skeptics contributed to her success, as she accepted a career achievement honor at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday.
"I want to thank the people who gave me joy and the ones who broke my heart — the ones who were true and the ones who lied to me," said Lopez, who nabbed this year's Generation Award for actors whose diverse contributions have made them household names. She also took home best song — a new category — for the track "On My Way" from the "Marry Me" soundtrack.
MTV's youth-focused celebration of film and TV offered a lighter, breezier awards show, with 26 categories in gender-neutral categories like best villain, best kiss and new category "here for the hookup." Hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, the ceremony returned to a live format after being pre-recorded for several years.
Lopez shed tears as she thanked fans, her longtime manager and children for "teaching me to love," bringing the audience to their feet at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
"I want to thank the people who gave me this life," said Lopez, 52, later adding, "You're only as good as the people who you work with. But if you're lucky, they make you better. I've been very lucky in that regard."
Lopez's first breakthrough came as a dancer on the 1990s sketch comedy series "In Living Color." She pursued an acting career and landed a leading role in "Selena" in 1997. She would go on to appear in such films including "Anaconda," "Out of Sight," "The Wedding Planner," "Hustlers" and her latest, "Marry Me."
As a singer, Lopez has earned success on the pop and Latin charts with multiple hit songs and albums. She released her multi-hit debut "On the 6" in 1999 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with songs like "If You Had My Love," "All I Have" and the remixes of "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny."
And in 2020, Lopez performed during the Super Bowl halftime show alongside Shakira.
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" entered the awards as the leading nominee with seven. It took home best movie, and the film's star Tom Holland won for best performance in a movie. With almost $1.9 billion earned at the box office, it was the biggest film of the year and a fan favorite, but was largely overlooked by the major awards shows.
Zendaya won for best performance in a show for her role in "Euphoria," which came away with best show. The HBO series also won here for the hookup.
Early in the broadcast, 19-year-old singer Olivia Rodrigo won best music documentary for her project "Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u." Rodrigo, who won three Grammys this year including best new artist, spoke about the importance of creating the film, which involves a road trip, live performances and reflections on her debut album "Sour."
"I made 'driving home 2 u' for the fans, especially those who couldn't come to see me on tour," Rodrigo said.
Jack Black also received a career achievement award, Comic Genius. He ran onstage and seemed almost out of breathe before giving his acceptance speech.
"I need a little blast of oxygen," he said before rattling off several films he starred in, like "School of Rock" and two "Jumanji" films. He played in other comedies including "Shallow Hal," "Tropic Thunder" and the animated "Kung Fu Panda" franchise films, where Black voiced the main character.
"Comedic genius. C'mon are you kidding? For what?" he said. "I don't deserve this, but I'll take it."
The ceremony kicked off with "Loki" star Sophia Di Martino winning breakthrough performance for her role as Sylvie on the Disney Plus television series. After the actor claimed her trophy, she talked about being 9 months pregnant when she was offered the role, and her baby being just 3 months old when she started filming.
"It's been quite the journey, so this really means a lot to me," she said. "Thank you to the audience. It's all for you. Thank you for letting Sylvie into your imaginations."
Daniel Radcliffe won best villain for his portrayal of a billionaire in the adventure comedy "The Lost City."
Diplo and Swae Lee performed "Tupelo Shuffle" from the upcoming "Elvis" biopic from director Baz Luhrmann.
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Kosovo police and the local media on Sunday reported explosions, shooting and road blocks overnight in the north of the country, where the popoulation is mostly ethnic Serb, despite the postponement of the Dec. 18 municipal election the Serbs were opposed to. No injuries have been reported.
The European Union rule of law mission, known as EULEX, also reported that “a stun grenade was thrown at an EULEX reconnaissance patrol last night,” causing no injury or material damage.
EULEX, which has some 134 Polish, Italian and Lithuanian police officers deployed in the north, called on “those responsible to refrain from more provocative actions" and said it urged the Kosovo institutions "to bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Recent tensions remain high, with Serbia and Kosovo intensifying their exchange of words.
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Serbia’s president on Saturday said he would formally request NATO permission to deploy Serbian troops in northern Kosovo, while conceding this was most unlikely to be granted.
Serbian officials claim a U.N. resolution that formally ended the country’s bloody crackdown against majority Kosovo Albanian separatists in 1999 allows for some 1,000 Serb troops to return to Kosovo. NATO bombed Serbia to end the war and push its troops out of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008.
The NATO-led peacekeepers who have been working in Kosovo since the war would have to give a green light for Serb troops to go there, something that’s highly unlikely because it would de-facto mean handing over security of Kosovo’s Serb-populated northern regions to Serbian forces, a move that could dramatically increase tensions in the Balkans.
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“We do not want a conflict. We want peace and progress but we shall respond to aggression with all our powers,’ Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti posted on social media.
Kurti told the European Union and the United States that not denouncing such violence, which he said was orchestrated by Belgrade, “would push it destabilize Kosovo.”
Tension in the north has been high this week ahead of the polls initially planned for Dec. 18. They have now been postponed to April 23 in an attempt to defuse the situation.
The election was due after ethnic Serb representatives resigned their posts in November to protest a decision by Kosovo’s government to ban Serbia-issued vehicle license plates.
Serb lawmakers, prosecutors and police officers also abandoned local government posts.
Tensions have been high in Kosovo ever since it proclaimed independence from Serbia, despite attempts by the European Union and U.S. officials to defuse them. Serbia, supported by its allies Russia and China, has refused to recognize Kosovo’s statehood.
Both Serbia and Kosovo want to join the EU but Brussels has warned they must resolve their dispute and normalize relations to be eligible for membership in the bloc.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the NATO-led mission in Kosovo “remains vigilant.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/kosovo-sees-overnight-violence-in-north-causing-serbia-to-request-troop-access/3991687/ | 2022-12-11 12:55:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/kosovo-sees-overnight-violence-in-north-causing-serbia-to-request-troop-access/3991687/ |
Woodstown’s Tulana Mingin and Our Lady of Mercy Academy’s Emma Douglas are table-setters by trade, and they were both on-base machines on Monday for Tri/Cape in the opening day of the softball Carpenter Cup.
Mingin reached base eight times in three games on seven hits and a walk, while scoring five runs as Tri/Cape went 2-0-1 on the day, winning its pool and advancing to Wednesday’s quarterfinals. In the morning session, Jersey Shore won its pool with a dominating 3-0 record.
Eight teams punched their ticket on Monday and eight more will move on Tuesday. Burlington County, Mercer County and Olympic/Colonial will be participating on Tuesday.
Douglas walked three times, scored three times and contributed a hit on the day while picking up the win with four innings in the final 13-5 victory over Chester County that clinched its spot atop the pool.
Tri/Cape also defeated Delaware North, 5-3, and tied Berks, 8-8, after watching a four-run lead slip away in the last two innings.
A seven-run second inning propelled Tri/Cape to the decisive Game 3 win. Douglas walked to start the inning and Mingin later added a base on balls - two of four in the inning for the South Jersey all-stars - with Courtney Chew (GCIT) and Kendall Mazur (Millville) contributing two-run singles.
“That’s our job as slappers (to get on base),” said Mingin. “I wasn’t stressed at all. I was just going out there playing. It was fun to hit around this lineup and run around the bases. I felt special because all these girls are really good.”
Meanwhile, Douglas used a strange double play to stay out of a big first inning. She allowed singles to the first three batters she faced but on the third hit, the two trail runners were both caught in the basepaths after the lead runner stopped at third. Douglas threw to second to nab one runner, while the second was gunned down retreating to first while the run scored.
“Those were big outs, put me and the team overall in a better position,” said Douglas.
Douglas then yielded a double but settled down and finished with just two runs allowed over the four innings, making an adjustment since Chester was jumping on the first pitch in the opening inning.
“It took a minute but we worked things out,” said Douglas, who tied a state record with 31 strikeouts in a single game this year. “Coach (Pam) Pickett told me work around the strike zone a little bit more.”
Tri/Cape’s huge inning came right after Chester’s big inning was nipped in the bud. Pickett was impressed with the hitters’ patience and took note of Mingin’s impressive overall day.
“She’s a tough out, she pops it in and can go long,” said Pickett, who won her 700th game at Buena this season.
Douglas was the last of five pitchers to work for Tri/Cape joining Madison Dollard (Egg Harbor), Ava Fisher (St. Joseph Hamm.), Aubrey Miller (GCIT) and Liz Martin (Cedar Creek).
“I was impressed, I was very impressed, offensively we took care of the ball nicely, some nice long balls and had short-ball hitters as well,” said Pickett. “We told them you’re all good hitters. You can hit with two strikes, so don’t go out and chase their pitch. They were patient most of the day.
“We had solid pitching, it’s nice to have that kind of arsenal. Going into the last game, we felt we let the second game get away and we knew we had to come into that last game with a little more force. They answered the call.”
A perennial contender at the tournament which won the title in 2014, Tri/Cape was 3-0 last year - including a victory over eventual champion Mid Penn - before having to forfeit its quarterfinal because of COVID protocols.
“That was a little upsetting, so hopefully everybody will be healthy and back on Wednesday,” said Pickett.
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Chico — The city’s internal affairs committee on Monday reviewed and passed its Urban Forest Master Plan with no significant changes toward its listed goal to achieve a city-wide tree canopy coverage of 40% by 2062.
The urban forest master plan, according to the city, serves as the roadmap and planning document to manage city owned trees and increase canopy cover in the course of the next few decades.
Councilors went through about 25 action items; most of which were clarifications to obligations set by the plan, as well as some items being removed for redundancy.
Ten speakers were in favor of the plan as a whole, two speakers had concerns about enforcement of parking lot shade coverage mandates and one speaker was against any further enforcement or regulations on developers.
Four items drew most of the attention for the meeting.
Trees planting
The committee made a change to an action item requiring the city to plant 500 more trees than it will have removed per year.
Public Works Director Erik Gustafson said the goal can be difficult to achieve if a storm takes out more trees than anticipated, and suggested a change to simply plant 500 trees per year regardless of trees removed.
Addison said the change may be a significant step down in achieving canopy goals for the city to which Gustafson said he doesn’t see a significant hindrance in the future.
Adding context, Urban Forester Richie Bamlet said the city removes between one and two hundred trees per year.
City tree nursery
One goal of the plan is to explore a possible city tree nursery to produce desirable tree species in partnership with civic and nonprofit groups.
Bamlet said the nursery would be a small-scale, grassroots community operation.
City Councilor Tom van Overbeek recommended the city seek private nurseries as an alternative before establishing a city-owned nursery.
Parking Lots
The plan set forth an action to enforce city code that requires parking lots to have 50% shade coverage within 15 years after being developed.
Van Overbeek and developers who submit comments expressed concerns about retroactive enforcement on parking lots that failed to reach the 50% shade requirement.
Councilors were in agreement that the goal could be difficult and expensive to achieve and Gustafson suggested adding language to explore grants and other funding for developers to meet the 50% shade goal.
The commission made a change to no longer enforce the code requiring 50% shade coverage, rather, to work with developers on how to achieve the goal.
Van Overbeek suggested the city explore options and follow examples of developments whose parking lots are doing well with the 50% shade goal.
Private tree ordinances
An action item in the plan suggests exploring the development of a private tree ordinance that would protect trees not associate with development.
Van Overbeek was at first against the ordinance and asked what kind of ordinances exist.
Bamlet said other cities put in regulations for private trees including regulation of oak trees, native trees, trees over a certain size or standards of work for tree trimming companies. He also said a private tree ordinance would be explored in year six of the plan.
Vice Mayor Kasey Reynolds said the city already has its own trees to take care of and was against the item, but all three councilors on the commission accepted the action as-is.
Performance Bond
An action item suggested establishing a performance bond process for developments to ensure trees are successful five years after planting.
The council accepted striking the action item because it could achieve the goal through code enforcement. | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/05/02/urban-forest-plan-approved-with-minor-changes/ | 2023-05-02 12:53:41 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/05/02/urban-forest-plan-approved-with-minor-changes/ |
HERNDON, Va., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Deltek, the leading global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, announced the release of its 14th annual Deltek Clarity Government Contracting Industry Study. The study is designed to identify industry performance benchmarks, impactful market conditions and the current market outlook, including specific analysis of top challenges impacting business development, project & risk management, finance & financial compliance, manufacturing, contract management & procurement, human capital management and information technology & security professionals.
Every year, Deltek analyzes survey responses from hundreds of government contracting leaders on their previous year's performance, uncovering insights on the entire government contracting market. The resulting report is a unique and trusted resource that helps performance-minded businesses identify areas to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, help set business goals, inform business development strategy and better understand how they compare to their competition.
This year, more than 700 government contractors responded to the survey, which comes at a key inflection point as government contracting firms are facing ongoing supply chain challenges, economic inflation and more. Despite these challenges, 88% of businesses reported revenue growth as the same or higher in 2022 and have developed strategies and tools to continue moving forward optimistically into 2023 with 93% reporting same or higher expected revenue. The Government Contractor Confidence Index (GCCI) calculated within the report also reflects this upward trend, increasing 1.6% from 2022, showing positive signs for recovery to – and even exceeding – pre-pandemic levels.
Several key themes arose from the survey that are applicable across a variety of government contracting sectors, including:
- Positive growth and revenue outlook: 49% of respondents reported increasing government sales revenue in 2022 while more than half expect increasing government sales revenue in 2023. 57% of respondents report the number of their overall federal contracts increasing.
- Cybersecurity investment: Cybersecurity tops the list of tech investment for government contractors, with 68% of respondents naming it a top concern for their IT teams.
- Small business vulnerability: Small businesses share the overall positive outlook found among respondents but are lagging larger competitors when it comes to growth and profit margins. Only 37% of self-reported small businesses reported growth in government contracts within the last year, compared to 49% overall and 58% of the largest companies.
- Internal process optimization: Business development challenges, such as a lack of face-to-face opportunities with decision makers, along with increased competition, have led respondents to focus on optimizing processes, specifically improving sales processes and effectiveness.
- Labor market challenges: 37% of respondents note that labor costs are seen as the most significant driver impacting their companies' business, with these costs being further compounded by inflation and a tightening market for talent.
Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek commented, "This year, we found an optimistic outlook for increased government sales revenue and win rates in 2023, and the expectation to get back to, and possibly even exceed, pre-pandemic successes. The challenges companies are facing primarily relate to the labor markets, including shrinking headcounts and wage inflation making it difficult to deliver the best value on contracts, along with ongoing obstacles presented by evolving compliance requirements."
The full results are now available in the 2023 Deltek Clarity Government Contracting Industry Report. Watch this Clarity webinar to learn more about the industry market study.
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The mayor of San Francisco has declared a state of emergency around monkeypox, a move officials say will allow them to access more tools quickly in the fight against the virus.
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Love is in the air this holiday season, especially in the kitchen! The Oprah Winfrey Network is releasing a special original movie for this year's OWN for the Holidays titled The Great Holiday Bake War and ET is exclusively debuting the trailer.
Starring LeToya Luckett and Finesse Mitchell, the film follows former pastry school rivals Julian (Mitchell) and Brianna (Luckett) who meet years later in a TV baking competition. As the trailer shows, when the two come together, the sparks -- and the flour -- fly! They each have their unique plans for the winning prize money, but only one can win... unless they work together.
But of course, neither the baking process nor finding love is ever easy, and Brianna and Julian find they have a rocky path ahead of themselves. While Brianna struggles to support her daughter Willow (Naomi Sogbein) and Julian longs to escape his mother's shadow, they learn that collaboration can create a new recipe for success -- and love.
The Great Holiday Bake War is one of two new holiday films premiering on OWN this holiday season. The network is also releasing A Christmas Fumble, starring Eva Marcille and Devale Ellis, which premieres on Saturday, Dec. 10.
A Christmas Fumble introduces the "queen of crisis management," Nicole Barnes (Marcille), who gets the toughest assignment of her career when she's asked to handle a breaking scandal for former pro-footballer-turned-TV-commentator Jordan Davies (Ellis).
Davies' network contract isn't going to be renewed because of a violation going back to his college days. However, Nicole fails to disclose that she and Jordan were once boyfriend and girlfriend -- a conflict of interest that could end her own hopes of being made partner at her firm. To make matters worse, Nicole's efforts to rehabilitate Jordan's image are constantly undermined by Jordan's shallow entertainment reporter fiancée.
Fans will get to dive into the complicated love story of Nicole and Jordan after The Great Holiday Bake War premieres on OWN Saturday, Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Clouds continue to spill in ahead of our Halloween storm.
The storm arrives on Halloween. Showers arrive in the morning and linger through much of the afternoon. Expect on-and-off again spooky showers under gray skies. It does look like showers could linger for trick-or-treaters in the evening on their hunt for candy.
Showers and gray skies keep temperatures cool again with highs in the middle 60s. It will still feel damp for trick-or-treating.
The last of showers is Tuesday morning, with just clouds lingering Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures start to rebound with highs in the lower 70s.
There’s one small chance of a shower on Wednesday, otherwise, it looks like we’ll dry out late week with temperatures rebounding into the low to middle 70s.
Today: Cloudy & cool, spotty showers. High: 62.
Tonight: Cloudy, spotty showers. Low: 54.
Tomorrow, Halloween: Cloudy, spooky showers. High: 66. | https://www.qcnews.com/charlotte/sunday-outlook-gray-skies-temps-stretch-into-the-60s-in-charlotte/ | 2022-10-30 19:23:08 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/charlotte/sunday-outlook-gray-skies-temps-stretch-into-the-60s-in-charlotte/ |
NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the stock of Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBU): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the offering documents and related prospectus issued in connection with the Company's 2021 initial public offering conducted on or about July 23, 2021 (the "IPO" or "Offering"); and/or (ii) between July 23, 2021 and December 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 11, 2023.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Caribou securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Caribou class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=11988 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than April 11, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, Also according to the lawsuit, the Offering Documents and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) CB-010's treatment effect was not as durable as defendants had led investors to believe; (2) accordingly, CB-010's clinical and commercial prospects were overstated; and (3) as a result, the Offering Documents and defendants' public statements throughout the Class Period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bono's next tour will be without U2 and without a new album to support.
He will instead be promoting his memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” which comes out Nov. 1.
Live Nation and Penguin Random House announced Monday that the 62-year-old superstar will visit 14 cities in November, starting at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan on Nov. 2 and ending Nov. 28 at the Teatro Coliseum in Madrid.
“I miss being on stage and the closeness of U2’s audience,” Bono said in a statement released Monday. “In these shows I’ve got some stories to sing, and some songs to tell… Plus I want to have some fun presenting my ME-moir, Surrender, is really more of a WE-moir if I think of all the people who helped me get from there to here.”
Other stops include the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and the 3Olympia Theatre in Bono's native Dublin. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Bookish-Bono-U2-singer-to-promote-memoir-with-17484034.php | 2022-10-03 20:50:08 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Bookish-Bono-U2-singer-to-promote-memoir-with-17484034.php |
TANZANIA – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”
The warning came Monday as a pandemic-delayed conference opened to review the 50-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and eventually achieving a nuclear-free world.
The threat of nuclear catastrophe was also raised by the United States, Japan, Germany, the U.N. nuclear chief and many other opening speakers.
Russia, which came under criticism from some speakers, didn’t give its address in its scheduled slot Monday but was expected to speak Tuesday. China’s representative was scheduled to speak Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said North Korea is preparing to conduct its seventh nuclear test, Iran “has either been unwilling or unable” to accept a deal to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement aimed at reining in its nuclear program, and Russia is “engaged in reckless, dangerous nuclear saber-rattling” in Ukraine.
He cited Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning after its Feb. 24 invasion that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen,” emphasizing that his country is “one of the most potent nuclear powers.”
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said divisions in the world since the last review conference in 2015, which ended without a consensus document, have become greater, adding that Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war has contributed “to worldwide concern that yet another catastrophe by nuclear weapon use is a real possibility.”
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Moscow's “reckless nuclear rhetoric” since its invasion of its smaller neighbor “is putting at risk everything the NPT has achieved in five decades.”
Putin appeared to roll back on his nuclear warning in a message of greetings to NPT participants posted on his website Monday.
“We believe that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, and we stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community,” the Russian leader said.
Blinken also noted Russia seized Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya and is using it as a military base to fire at Ukrainians, “knowing that they can’t and won’t shoot back because they might accidentally strike a nuclear reactor or highly radioactive waste in storage.” He said this brings the notion of having “a human shield to an entirely different and horrific level.”
Russia’s delegation to the NPT issued a statement Monday night strongly rejecting Blinken’s contention that Russia is using the Zaporizhzhya plant as a military base, saying a limited number of servicemen are there “to ensure safety and security at the power plant.”
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the Ukraine conflict is “so grave that the specter of a potential nuclear confrontation, or accident, has raised its terrifying head again.”
He warned that at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant “the situation is becoming more perilous by the day,” and he urged all countries to help make possible his visit to the plant with a team of IAEA safety and security experts, saying his efforts for the past two months have been unsuccessful.
Guterres said the month-long review conference is taking place “at a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.”
The conference is “an opportunity to hammer out the measures that will help avoid certain disaster, and to put humanity on a new path towards a world free of nuclear weapons,” he said.
But Guterres warned that “geopolitical weapons are reaching new highs,” almost 13,000 nuclear weapons are in arsenals around the world, and countries seeking “false security” are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on “doomsday weapons.”
“All this at a time when the risks of proliferation are growing and guardrails to prevent escalation are weakening,” he said, “And when crises -- with nuclear undertones -- are festering from the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and to many other factors around the world.”
Guterres called on conference participants to take several actions: urgently reinforce and reaffirm “the 77-year-old norm against the use of nuclear weapons,” work relentlessly toward eliminating nuclear weapons with new commitments to reduce arsenals, address “the simmering tensions in the Middle Est and Asia” and promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology.
“Future generations are counting on your commitment to step back from the abyss,” he implored the ministers and diplomats. “This is our moment to meet this fundamental test and lift the cloud of nuclear annihilation once and for all.”
Japan’s Kishida, recalling his home city of Hiroshima where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August 1945, echoed many of Guterres’ points saying the path to a world without nuclear weapons has become harder but “giving up is not an option.”
In force since 1970, the Nonproliferation Treaty has the widest adherence of any arms control agreement, with some 191 countries that are members.
Under its provisions, the five original nuclear powers -- the United States, China, Russia (then the Soviet Union), Britain and France -- agreed to negotiate toward eliminating their arsenals someday and nations without nuclear weapons promised not to acquire them in exchange for a guarantee to be able to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
India and Pakistan, which didn’t join the NPT, went on to get the bomb. So did North Korea, which ratified the pact but later announced it was withdrawing. Non-signatory Israel is believed to have a nuclear arsenal but neither confirms nor denies it.
The meeting, which ends Aug. 26, aims to generate a consensus on next steps, but expectations are low for a substantial — if any — agreement.
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Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz contributed to this report. | https://www.wsls.com/news/2022/08/02/world-one-step-from-nuclear-annihilation-un-chief-warns/ | 2022-08-02 04:35:51 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/2022/08/02/world-one-step-from-nuclear-annihilation-un-chief-warns/ |
GOP senators had a message for a group of current and incoming House Republicans threatening to stop any bill supported by someone who votes for the omnibus spending package in its tracks: We don’t care.
Thirteen Republican representatives and representatives-elect on Monday sent a letter calling for any legislative priorities backed by a GOP senator who supports the $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill to be thwarted in the 118th Congress.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who is trying to lock down enough votes to be elected Speaker, endorsed the letter on Tuesday.
That message was met with dismissiveness and some derision from across the Capitol.
“It’s not [good]. … I mean, really? If you just think about what they’re suggesting, it flies in the face of maturity and the ability to lead,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who plans to vote against the omnibus spending bill. “The reality is this kind of chest thumping and immaturity doesn’t instill confidence in their ability to lead. Now, maybe it helps Kevin get elected Speaker — I hope it does. I hope he becomes Speaker. I want him to become Speaker, but it’s not a good start to leading.”
Cramer, a former member of the lower chamber, added that the 13 House Republicans are putting the GOP leader in a “horrible spot.”
The Senate early Tuesday morning unveiled the $1.7 trillion bill, negotiated between Democrats and Republicans, to fund the government through the end of fiscal 2023. The current weeklong stopgap bill keeping the government operating expires on Friday at midnight.
The letter’s signatories included five who have said or strongly indicated they will not vote for McCarthy for Speaker: Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Matt Rosendale (Mont.), Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Ralph Norman (S.C.) and Bob Good (Va.).
“Further, we are obliged to inform you that if any omnibus passes in the remaining days of this Congress, we will oppose and whip opposition to any legislative priority of those senators who vote for this bill – including the Republican leader,” the letter said. “We will oppose any rule, any consent request, suspension voice vote, or roll call vote of any such Senate bill, and will otherwise do everything in our power to thwart even the smallest legislative and policy efforts of those senators.”
McCarthy on Tuesday tweeted his approval.
“Agreed. Except no need to whip—when I’m Speaker, their bills will be dead on arrival in the House if this nearly $2T monstrosity is allowed to move forward over our objections and the will of the American people,” he said.
Later on Tuesday, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) office sent out a notice recommending a “no” vote on the spending bill.
Leading Senate Republicans didn’t appear to take the threat from the 13 lawmakers seriously.
“That doesn’t sound like a recipe for working together in the best interest of the country, so I think this is just words spoken during the heat of passion,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is an “aye” vote for the omnibus. “Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail.”
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) labeled the letter “an idle threat.”
“I think respect for people’s votes is what [these] whole institutions are built on, and that we all have different reasons for making different votes, whether it’s who we represent, what lens we’re looking through,” Capito said. “I think they need to settle their Speakership quickly, and I hope Kevin’s the Speaker.”
Capito, the newly minted No. 5 member of Senate GOP leadership, added that it’s “pretty obvious” that the letter and McCarthy’s support are a byproduct of the Speaker’s race.
Whether the threat has any teeth in a divided Congress remains to be seen.
Despite the letter, top Senate Republicans are still hopeful McCarthy makes it across the finish line. McConnell on Tuesday told reporters that he is “pulling” for the California Republican to win the top job despite a number of barbs McCarthy has thrown in the Senate GOP leader’s direction in recent weeks.
“I think Kevin McCarthy will probably be able to ultimately become Speaker of the House,” Cramer said. “I just hope he doesn’t live to regret it.” | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/senate-gop-pans-immaturity-by-house-republicans-with-omnibus-threat/ | 2022-12-21 00:54:24 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/senate-gop-pans-immaturity-by-house-republicans-with-omnibus-threat/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Afro-Colombian politician who studied in the Soviet Union and fled his homeland after being kidnapped by a paramilitary group has been tapped to become Colombia’s first Black ambassador to the United States.
In a brief message posted on Twitter on Tuesday, leftist President elect Gustavo Petro wrote that Luis Gilberto Murillo would take Colombia’s most important diplomatic post when he’s sworn into office next month.
Murillo, 55, has a long record maneuvering in Washington’s power circles, having established himself there more than two decades ago when fleeing death threats from right wing paramilitary groups.
Among his powerful supporters is Rep. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who helped craft aid programs for the traditionally marginalized Afro-Colombian population as part of negotiations over a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.
Murillo also has U.S. citizenship — something he’ll have to renounce to take up his diplomatic post.
But as ambassador for Colombia’s first leftist government, he’ll need more than deep connections to stabilize a bilateral relationship in what some fear could be a rocky transition.
During the hard fought presidential campaign, Petro, a former guerrilla, took aim at forced coca eradication and extradition — centerpieces of the U.S.-backed drug war in Colombia — as well as the free trade agreement with the U.S. he blames for impoverishing local farmers.
He’s also vowed to immediately re-establish diplomatic relations with Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government in neighboring Venezuela.
Murillo’s own background could help ease any tensions, according to Adam Isacson, a longtime observer of Colombia for the Washington Office on Latin America
During Colombia’s latest presidential election, Murillo ran as the vice presidential candidate for Sergio Fajardo, a centrist politician from Medellin. He only endorsed Petro after his own candidate failed to get enough votes to qualify for a run-off vote.
“His appointment is probably reassuring to a lot of people in the Biden administration,” said Isacson. “He’s not a hard leftist and he’ll be able to maneuver pretty well to show people that Petro isn’t a radical either.”
Murillo was born into a poor family in the largely Afro-Colombian province of Choco, along Colombia’s Pacific Coast. The region is one of Colombia’s poorest and home to a large population of descendants of African slaves who have long been underrepresented in business and politics.
He studied engineering in the Soviet Union on a scholarship, along the way meeting his Russian wife. He served twice as governor of his home province and has also been Colombia’s environment minister.
In 2000, Murillo was kidnapped by paramilitary groups and later fled to Washington with his family. One of his first jobs in the capital was to work as a bouncer at a night club. Eventually he found work in several international development agencies including the World Bank.
“It is a great responsibility to lead bilateral relations with the US,” Murillo said on Twitter. “We will work to strengthen the paths of peace and carry out coordinated work to bring greater prosperity to our two nations.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/afro-colombian-politician-tapped-as-ambassador-to-washington/ | 2022-07-13 22:28:23 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/afro-colombian-politician-tapped-as-ambassador-to-washington/ |
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Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig have won the 2022 Nobel Prize in economics "for research on banks and financial crises."
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Monday named Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig as the winners of this year's Nobel economics award.
It said the US-based trio won the award "for research on banks and financial crises."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters opposed to the Supreme Court's decision overturning abortion rights briefly interrupted arguments at the court Wednesday and urged women to vote in next week's elections.
It was the first courtroom disruption since the court’s decision in June that stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade.
Three people stood up in the courtroom in the first few minutes of Wednesday's session to denounce the abortion ruling, which came in a case from Mississippi, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“Our right to choose will not be taken away,” one protester said. “Women, vote for our right to choose."
The justices did not appear to react to the disruption. The protesters did not resist when police led them away.
The court had no immediate information on arrests.
The justices heard arguments Wednesday in a case involving reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act. After a 19-month closure because of the coronavirus pandemic, the courtroom was reopened to the public in October.
The last time Supreme Court arguments were interrupted was in 2015 when opponents of rulings that lifted limits on money in political campaigns voiced their protest and even managed to get a camera past court security.
Seven people were arrested in the January 2015 protest that took place on the fifth anniversary of the court’s Citizen United ruling that freed corporations and labor unions to spend as much as they want on elections for Congress and president.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Angels starter Reid Detmers became the first pitcher in seven years with a no-hitter and an immaculate inning in the same season, achieving the latter against the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
The Rangers matched the 1979 San Francisco Giants as the only lineups to have three immaculate innings thrown against them in a season. Houston got Texas for two immaculate innings in the same game June 15.
Detmers, who pitched a no-hitter against Tampa Bay on May 10, struck out three Texas hitters on nine pitches in the second inning for the 109th immaculate inning in baseball history.
The left-handed Detmers struck out Ezequiel Duran, Kole Calhoun and Charlie Culberson. It is the fourth immaculate inning in the majors this year.
The Rangers became the first team to have it happen twice in the same game when Astros starter Luis Garcia retired the side in the second inning and reliever Phil Maton did it in the seventh on June 15.
Duran has been one of the batters in all three against the Rangers, a first according to MLB.com.
Detmers has struggled since his no-hitter. He was sent down to Triple-A Salt Lake for a couple weeks before being recalled.
Before Detmers, Houston’s Mike Fiers in 2015 was the last to do the immaculate/no-hitter double in the same year.
It is only the third immaculate inning in Angels history, with all three occurring in the second inning. Nolan Ryan was the first on July 9, 1972 against Boston and Garrett Richards accomplished it on June 4, 2014 at Houston.
Immaculate innings remain special, but aren’t as rare as they once were. This is the 10th since 2020 and 61st since 2000. There were none recorded from 1929-52.
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Joc Pederson returns to Giants eager to get back to playoffs
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Still miffed about missing the playoffs, Joc Pederson is determined to stick by the San Francisco Giants and help them return to their winning ways of 2021.
The outspoken outfielder accepted a $19.65 million, one-year qualifying offer from the Giants on Tuesday for the 2023 season.
“I think we definitely underperformed,” Pederson said. “We’re going to get back to winning ballgames and back to the playoffs. I’m definitely looking forward to that.”
San Francisco finished 81-81 for third place in the NL West after a franchise-best 107 wins and a division title in 2021 before losing the best-of-five NL Division Series in five games to the rival Dodgers.
Pederson batted .274 with 23 home runs and 70 RBIs this year, finding a groove with his swing down the stretch that was encouraging to see for Giants brass.
President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi said there were discussions with Pederson’s representatives about a multiyear contract, but one year ended up being best. Pederson did call it “a tough decision” because he could have landed with other contending clubs, but ultimately he had a comfort level with his hometown team that he called “probably the best I’ve been part of.”
“He was part of our Plan A for 2023. He was such an offensive force for us this past season,” Zaidi said. “I think he’s happy here. He had a good year, he wants to be here. That was never a doubt.”
The 30-year-old Pederson, who grew up in the Bay Area, won a World Series title with the Atlanta Braves before joining the Giants — so he was expecting another playoff run.
On Sept. 27, Pederson expressed his frustration about being out of the race.
“Just not fun. I like playing in the playoffs,” Pederson said. “I signed up here after this team won 107 games expecting to compete again. Things didn’t go our way, it happens, but I don’t enjoy not playing meaningful baseball.”
A free agent can be given a qualifying offer only if he has been with the same team continuously since opening day and has never received a qualifying offer before.
Among other roster moves by San Francisco on Tuesday, the Giants acquired minor league infielder Brett Wisely from Tampa Bay for minor league outfielder Tristan Peters.
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Capriotti's and Wing Zone CEO, Ashley Morris, Named Top 25 Executives of 2023
LAS VEGAS, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and Wing Zone today announced both brands were named to the top 10 most successful brands on Fast Casual's 2023 Top 100 Movers & Shakers list. The brands ranked together at No. 10 this year, marking the first time in either brand's history that they cracked the top 10 and the fourth consecutive year that Capriotti's was included in Fast Casual's Top 100. Another accolade to come out of the ranking by Fast Casual was that Capriotti's and Wing Zone CEO, Ashley Morris, was named Top 25 Executives for 2023.
While the ranking does factor in the most profitable or fastest-growing brands, the criteria favors companies that show the best knowledge of fresh ideas and revolutionary tactics to offer guests something unique. Fast Casual's list rewards the companies for their outside-the-box thinking with improving its individual brand, which by extension improves the food industry as a whole.
"To have broken into the top-10 for this prestigious ranking is a significant indicator that our brands are on the right path towards achieving the vision we've established for both of them," said Ashley Morris, CEO of Capriotti's and Wing Zone. "When you have two unique concepts that are operated by a passionate and talented team, results will always be there. So, this accomplishment is really a testament to the men and women that make our brands what they are today."
With over 250 restaurants open and operating across the country and hundreds more in development between the sister brands, Capriotti's and Wing Zone are set to make their mark internationally with 15 Capriotti's and 25 Wing Zones. Domestically, the brands will add 50 Capriotti's and 25 Wing Zones this year. A record-breaking 2022 saw the addition of 92 new locations for the year.
In 2022, the company made it a point to help franchisees through software that helps sponsor posts, drive traffic, implement assessments and more. The technology innovation continued on its upward trajectory last year as the brands launched a SOCI and Olo integration to combine its marketing and POS platforms. They partnered with Epsilon to gain brand-specific consumer profiles and insights to go along with the set-up of Olo Wisely to enable personalized marketing and tracking, and an all-new website was launched. Franchisees continue to gain improved visibility on their product spend and inventory levels through inventory management systems like ArrowStream. Lastly, Capriotti's cut cooking time of cheesesteaks in half with Capriotti's 3.0, tripling the number of orders restaurants can fulfill. Customers will soon reap the technology benefits that Capriotti's and Wing Zone offers as the company explores the testing of voice artificial intelligence ordering and installing order kiosks to add convenience.
Founded in 1976, Capriotti's is most famous for its 40-year nightly tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house and hand-shredding them each morning to feature in a variety of subs. This includes The Bobbie, the shop's acclaimed best-seller, made with homemade turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and mayo on a soft roll. Founded in 1993, Wing Zone is an international fast-casual restaurant franchise known for its cooked-to-order, flavor-fused chicken wings, and tenders. Both brands are backed by a corporate leadership team that offers a continuous support program for franchise partners through online and field programs, which provides significant support for marketing, retail sales, operations, and growth strategies through every stage of their ownership.
For more information about Capriotti's franchise opportunity, please visit http://www.ownacapriottis.com. For more information about the Wing Zone franchise opportunity, please visit https://wingzonefranchise.com/.
About Capriotti's Sandwich Shop
Founded in 1976, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop is an award-winning national franchised restaurant chain that remains true to its 40-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house every day. Capriotti's cold, grilled, and vegetarian subs, cheesesteaks and salads are available at more than 175 locations across the United States. Capriotti's signature sub, The Bobbie®, was voted "The Greatest Sandwich in America" by thousands of readers across the country, as reported by AOL.com. Capriotti's fans can also download the CAPAddicts Rewards app for iOS and Android, where they can earn and redeem rewards. Capriotti's plans to grow to over 500 locations by 2025 and was ranked on Fast Casual's Top Movers & Shakers List each of the last three years (2020-22). For more information, visit capriottis.com. Like Capriotti's on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Instagram.
About Wing Zone
Founded in 1993, Wing Zone is an international fast-casual restaurant franchise known for its cooked-to-order, flavor-fused chicken wings, and tenders. Wing Zone's award-winning flavors are available at more than 31 locations in North American and its 30 restaurants internationally. The brand plans to grow to 200 profitable restaurants by 2025. For more information, visit www.wingzone.com. Like Wing Zone on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Instagram.
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FRANKLIN FURNACE, Ohio (WCMH) – A jailbreak at an Ohio correctional facility saw five prisoners escape, and the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office said one of them remains at large.
The sheriff’s office got a heads up Saturday from the STAR Community Justice Center in Franklin Furnace that staff had witnessed several inmates escape by climbing the fence at the facility. Sheriff’s deputies and the Ohio State Patrol then began searching for the escapees.
Staff at the prison told the sheriff’s office that they saw a woman near the fence before the escape happened. There, investigators found Allie Angelo, 32, who matched the woman’s description. When asked if she witnessed anything to do with the escape, she told them no. The deputies detained her.
The sheriff’s office said it later found out that Angelo had come to the prison with Matthew Sladen, her ex-husband, to help her new fiancé, Jeffrey Randle Fields, escape.
Before the end of the day, authorities found two of the five escaped inmates. A deputy found Fields, 37, on Junior Furnace Road — about an hour’s walk from the correctional facility — and arrested him. OSHP troopers found another inmate, Clifford Tyler Morris, 33, on the same road and also took him into custody.
Sladen, 31, was found at a local Walmart and detained.
As of Saturday night, three inmates were still missing. The next morning, deputies went to Wheelersburg — about a three-hour walk from the STAR Community Justice Center — after getting a report of two suspicious people there.
When they got there, they found two men heading for the highway. The pair ran from the deputies, and Portsmouth police were called out to help, authorities said.
One of the escapees, Aaron Brigeman, 43, had been hiding in the woods and came out to walk on railroad property. The sheriff’s office said that’s where a deputy found him and detained him.
Brigeman gave up the location of the other inmate, the sheriff’s office said, telling the deputy to look near a mobile home. Authorities found the fourth inmate, Walker Pence, 22, hiding in the woods near the home.
The last inmate to escape — Thomas Charles Comberger, 46, of Wilmington — remains at large as of Monday.
Angelo and Sladen have been charged with crimes for allegedly aiding in the jailbreak.
All of the inmates who broke out were low level, non-violent drug offenders, according to the sheriff’s office. They will now all face new charges for the escape. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/woman-breaks-fiance-4-others-out-of-ohio-prison-sheriff-says/ | 2022-06-06 23:34:07 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/woman-breaks-fiance-4-others-out-of-ohio-prison-sheriff-says/ |
Finding an affordable home in 2023 is like finding a needle in a haystack made of other needles.
At least, that’s the sentiment expressed by most U.S. renters.
A new study found that 72% of renters are convinced they’ll never be able to afford a home. The findings come from Home Bay, a real estate education platform, which polled 1,000 renters about their feelings toward homeownership, the housing market, and the American Dream.
The answers reveal a fundamental pessimism about the trajectory of the real estate market. Two in three renters, 66%, said current home prices make them feel hopeless, and just over a quarter, 28%, said homeownership used to be, but is no longer, part of the American Dream.
The New Generational Gap
Renters’ view of the housing market is stark, especially since they’ve spent the last few years watching house-rich homeowners benefit from price appreciation – fueling the perception of haves and have-nots.
Quite often, the line between the two is generational. About 61% of renters believe millennials and Gen Z will “never reach the same homeownership rates as baby boomers.”
At the moment, their pessimism seems justified. Millennials currently trail baby boomers by a whopping 30 percentage points in the metric, according to U.S. Census data.
There might be some hope for them, though. Gary Painter, a professor at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, believes the younger generations will make up ground eventually.
“A portion of millennials and zoomers may have homeowning grandparents,” Painter said. “At some point, these (generations) may be able to buy due to inheritances, but will likely become homeowners after their parents did.”
Renters know they’re behind, and the overwhelming majority blame high home prices. Nearly three-quarters of respondents, 72%, thought they’d be homeowners by now, and 86% say home prices are too expensive nationwide. Although many blame inflation, home price increases have far exceeded inflation in most parts of the country.
As renters blame sky-high prices for their inability to buy a house, Painter and other experts say soaring prices are just a symptom of the real problem – low housing supply.
Since 2016, inventory has dropped by 60%, while prices have risen by 50%. That mismatch between supply and demand is one of the biggest culprits behind the country’s affordable housing crisis.
Mounting Debts and Stagnant Wages
Forget buying a house – most renters are prioritizing simply getting out of debt.
Student debt has been an undeniable drag on young Americans’ finances, Business Insider reporting that student debt is actively preventing 36% of millennials from buying a house.
The Home Bay survey found that 71% of renters consider being debt free a very important milestone. Significantly fewer renters, 51%, consider owning a home to be very important to them, behind having a comfortable retirement, 66%, and owning a car, 59%.
The findings underscore how priorities have shifted among younger generations, at least in part due to financial necessity.
After paying their bills, most renters don’t have much income left to save for a down payment. In fact, 73% of renters said they can’t afford to put any money towards a down payment.
Considering that the average sale price for a home in late 2022 was $535,000, according to Federal Reserve data, many Americans have nowhere near enough income to purchase a home on their own.
Even with a 20% down payment, experts say affording the mortgage on a home that price would likely require an annual income of about $138,000.
The median worker makes less than half of that – $54,000 per year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A Light at The End of The Tunnel?
America’s housing problems didn’t pop up overnight – they’re the result of years of home prices outpacing wages. Consequently, housing can’t be solved overnight, and Painter said it begins with more emphasis on construction.
Additionally, Painter noted that wealthy countries with better housing situations typically have policies to support low-income households. For example, he suggested providing tax credits to households paying more than 50% of their income in rent.
However, solving this crisis won’t be easy – and resistance could come from unexpected quarters.
“Current homeowners have a selfish incentive to support policies that restrict the building of housing,” Painter said, “because it increases their home equity.”
It’s a reminder that there are two sides to every story and that one buyer’s affordability crisis is another homeowner’s good fortune.
This article was produced by Home Bay and syndicated by Wealth of Geeks. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/25/renters-lament-homeownership/ | 2023-05-25 23:46:10 | 1 | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/25/renters-lament-homeownership/ |
KYIV, Ukraine — A small explosive device carried by a makeshift drone blew up Sunday at the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean Peninsula, wounding six people and prompting the cancellation of ceremonies there honoring Russia's navy, authorities said.
Meanwhile, one of Ukraine's richest men, a grain merchant, was killed in what Ukrainian authorities said was a carefully targeted Russian missile strike on his home.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the drone explosion in a courtyard at the naval headquarters in the city of Sevastopol. But the seemingly improvised, small-scale nature of the attack raised the possibility that it was the work of Ukrainian insurgents trying to drive out Russian forces.
A Russian lawmaker from Crimea, Olga Kovitidi, told Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti that the drone was launched from Sevastopol itself. She said the incident was being treated as a terrorist act, the news agency said.
Crimean authorities raised the terrorism threat level for the region to "yellow," the second-highest tier.
Sevastopol, which was seized along with the rest of Crimea from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, is about 100 miles south of the Ukrainian mainland. Russian forces control much of the mainland along the Black Sea.
The Black Sea Fleet's press service said the drone appeared to be homemade. It described the explosive device as "low-power." Sevastopol Mayor Mikhail Razvozhaev said six people were wounded. Observances of Russia's Navy Day holiday were canceled in the city.
Ukraine's navy and an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the reported drone attack underlined the weakness of Russian air defenses.
"Did the occupiers admit the helplessness of their air defense system? Or their helplessness in front of the Crimean partisans?" Oleksiy Arestovich said on Telegram.
If such an attack is possible by Ukraine, he said, "the destruction of the Crimean bridge in such situations no longer sounds unrealistic" — a reference to the span that Russia built to connect its mainland to Crimea after the annexation.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, the mayor of the major port city of Mykolaiv, Vitaliy Kim, said shelling killed one of Ukraine's wealthiest men, Oleksiy Vadatursky, and his wife, Raisa. Vadatursky headed a grain production and export business.
Another presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, said Vadatursky was specifically targeted.
It "was not an accident, but a well-thought-out and organized premeditated murder. Vadatursky was one of the largest farmers in the country, a key person in the region and a major employer. That the exact hit of a rocket was not just in a house, but in a specific wing, the bedroom, leaves no doubt about aiming and adjusting the strike," he said.
Vadatursky's agribusiness, Nibulon, includes a fleet of ships for sending grain abroad.
In the Sumy region in Ukraine's north, near the Russian border, shelling killed one person, the regional administration said. And three people died in attacks over the past day in the Donetsk region, which is partly under the control of Russian-backed separatist forces, said regional Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko.
Podolyak said on Twitter that images of the prison where at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in an explosion on Friday indicated that the blast came from within the building in Olenivka, which is under Russian control.
Russian officials have claimed the building was attacked by Ukraine with the aim of silencing POWs who might be giving information about Ukrainian military operations. Ukraine has blamed Russia for the explosion.
Satellite photos taken before and after show that a small, squarish building in the middle of the prison complex was demolished, its roof in splinters.
Podolyak said those images and the lack of damage to adjacent structures showed that the building was not attacked from the air or by artillery. He contended the evidence was consistent with a thermobaric bomb, a powerful device sometimes called a vacuum bomb, being set off inside.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese panda fans bid teary farewells to their idols Xiang Xiang, “super papa” Eimei and his twin daughters who were sent to China on Tuesday to swap their home at the zoo for a protected facility in Sichuan province.
Hundreds of people who waited outside Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo took photos, wiped tears with handkerchiefs and waved at a white truck carrying Xiang Xiang as it slowly drove past them on its way to the airport. Others trooped to Narita International Airport to wave their last goodbyes as a plane carrying Xiang Xiang took off.
The last public viewing of Xiang Xiang on Sunday was limited to 2,600 lucky ones who won their tickets in an extremely competitive lottery of more than half a million applicants.
Xiang Xiang was escorted by two zoo staff on the flight to Chengdu. She was in good health and relaxed during her departure proceedings at the airport, where she ate her favorite snacks of bamboo shoots and apples, the Ueno Zoo tweeted.
Ueno Zoo Director Yutaka Fukuda said he will miss her as he had seen her grow since her birth in 2017. “I want to thank her for making so many people happy,” he said. “I hope she will contribute to panda conservation research after safely completing her journey.”
Xiang Xiang, the first naturally conceived panda at the zoo, was originally set to be returned to China in December 2020, but her trip was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
China sends pandas abroad as a sign of goodwill but maintains ownership over the animals and any cubs they produce. The animals are native to southwestern China and are an unofficial national mascot.
At the Adventure World, another zoo in a central Japanese coastal town of Shirahama, three other pandas appeared before the public for the last time on Tuesday, one day before they head back to China. They are elderly male Eimei, who was sent from China in 1994 and has since fathered 16 cubs, earning him the nickname “super papa,” as well as two of his Japanese-born daughters Ouhin and Touhin.
The reproductive-age twin sisters will move to Sichuan to find suitable partners. They did not show interest in males at the Japanese zoo. Four other female pandas will stay behind, and the park is seeking a male panda for them to be sent from China.
Visitors signed messages for their favorite pandas. “Thank you Eimei, stay health and live long!” one of them said. Local media carried their profiles and history along with their cuddly photos of them growing up.
Despite strained political ties between Japan and China, pandas have connected people in both countries and contributed to the friendship, Japanese fans say. The Chinese Embassy called them “the cutest messengers of friendship” who have bonded people’s hearts in both countries, and said it hopes that Japanese will continue to follow their progress after their return to China.
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QUINCY, Mass., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CFSB Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFSB) (the "Company"), the holding company for Colonial Federal Savings Bank (the "Bank"), reported net income of $544,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, and net income of $442,000 for the twelve months ended June 30, 2022, compared to net income of $396,000 and $1,392,000 for the same periods in 2021.
President and Chief Executive Officer Michael E. McFarland said "In the year ended June 30, 2022 we completed our reorganization from a mutual savings bank into a two-tier mutual holding company form of organization. Colonial Federal saw improvements in both interest earning assets and net interest margin over the year. Our mortgage portfolio experienced increased purchase volume and less refinancing volume due to the rising rate environment. Our asset quality remains excellent and expenses were very well controlled during the year. We expect performance to improve due to rising interest rates for the remainder of the year."
On January 12, 2022, the Company became the holding company for the Bank when it completed the reorganization of the Bank into a two-tier mutual holding company form of organization. In connection with the reorganization, the Company sold 2,804,306 shares of common stock at a price of $10.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $28.0 million. The Company also contributed 130,433 shares of common stock and $250,000 in cash to the Colonial Federal Savings Bank Charitable Foundation and issued 3,586,903 shares of common stock to 15 Beach, MHC, its federally-chartered mutual holding company.
COVID-19 Impact
The Bank's initiative to work with borrowers that were unable to meet their contractual obligations because of the effects of COVID-19 have been successful. As of June 30, 2022, we had 10 loans with $32,000 of remaining deferred principal, all of which were performing in accordance with their contractual terms.
Income Statement Analysis
Net interest income increased $200,000, or 10.2%, to $2.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $2.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Net interest income increased $798,000, or 10.8%, to $8.2 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2022, from $7.4 million for the twelve months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was due to an increase in average net interest-earning assets of $13.4 million combined with an increase in our net interest rate spread to 2.37% for the year ended June 30, 2022 from 2.15% for the year ended June 30, 2021. Our net interest margin increased to 2.47% for the year ended June 30, 2022 compared to 2.32% for the year ended June 30, 2021. The increase in the net interest rate spread was primarily a result of the yield on interest-earning assets decreasing at a slower rate than the decline in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities.
We recorded a provision for loan losses of $0 and $15,000 for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively, and $26,000 and $60,000 for the twelve-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively. The allowance for loan losses was $1.7 million, or 1.00%, of total loans, at June 30, 2022, compared to $1.7 million, or 0.98%, of total loans, at June 30, 2021. We did not have any non-performing loans at either June 30, 2022 or 2021. We had $1,000 and $0 in charge-offs for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We had no recoveries for the years ended June 30, 2022 or 2021.
Non-interest income increased $21,000, or 14.4%, to $167,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $146,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2022, non-interest income increased $52,000, or 8.1%, to $695,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022 from $643,000 for the year ended June 30, 2021. The increase was due to a $12,000 increase in customer service fees, a $24,000 increase in income on bank-owned life insurance, a $56,000 increase in gain on sale and call of securities offset by a decrease of $40,000 in other income.
Non-interest expense increased $210,000, or 13.5%, to $1.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was primarily due to a $42,000 increase in salaries and employee benefit expense due to normal employee annual merit salary benefit increases and the expense recognized in connection with the ESOP, a $27,000 increase in occupancy expense, a $13,000 increase in data processing expense and a $128,000 increase in other expenses due to increased consultant and audit expenses. For the twelve months ended June 30, 2022 non-interest expense increased $2.1 million, or 33.6%, to $8.5 million from $6.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2021. The increase was due primarily to the $1.6 million funding of the new charitable foundation, a $103,000 increase in salaries and employee benefit expense due to normal employee annual merit salary benefit increases, a $52,000 increase in occupancy expense, a $38,000 increase in advertising expense and a $378,000 in other expenses due primarily to increased consultant and audit expenses.
Balance Sheet Analysis
Total assets increased $27.3 million, or 8.1%, to $366.2 million at June 30, 2022 from $338.9 million at June 30, 2021. The increase resulted primarily from increases in securities held to maturity of $40.1 million, or 38.2%, and bank-owned life insurance of $894,000, or 9.7%, offset by decreases in cash and cash equivalents of $9.0 million, or 22.1%, available for sale securities of $2.1 million and net loans of $1.8 million, or 1.0%.
Securities available for sale decreased $2.1 million to $199,000 at June 30, 2022 from $2.3 million at June 30, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to the sale in July 2021 of a $2.0 million seven-year U.S. Treasury security that was purchased in March 2021. The security was sold for a pre-tax gain of $48,000.
Securities held to maturity increased $40.1 million, or 38.2%, to $145.2 million at June 30, 2022 from $105.1 million at June 30, 2021, as we invested excess cash into securities to increase our overall yield on interest-earning assets. A corporate bond, held to maturity, was called creating a pre-tax gain of $8,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
Net loans decreased $1.8 million, or 1.0% to $172.6, million at June 30, 2022 from $174.4 million at June 30, 2021. The decrease was due to decreases of $1.6 million, or 10.1%, in multi-family real estate loans, $484,000, or 19.7%, in second mortgages and $1.6 million, or 9.8%, in commercial real estate loans, offset by increases of $1.7 million, or 1.2%, in one- to-four family residential real estate loans and $89,000, or 4.2%, in other loans. The decreases in multi-family and commercial real estate loans reflected payoffs on properties sold by the borrower and repayments exceeding originations during the year ended June 30, 2022.
Cash and cash equivalents decreased $9.0 million, or 22.1%, to $31.7 million at June 30, 2022 from $40.7 million at June 30, 2021. The decrease was a result of an increase in securities held to maturity, as we invested excess cash into securities to increase our overall yield on interest-earning assets.
Total stockholders' equity increased $25.7 million, or 52.6%, to $74.3 million at June 30, 2022 from $48.6 million at June 30, 2021. The increase was due to $27.7 million in funds received from the stock offering and net income of $442,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022 offset by $2.6 million for the purchase of 255,648 shares of common stock by the ESOP.
About CFSB Bancorp, Inc.
CFSB Bancorp, Inc. is a federal corporation organized as the mid-tier holding company of Colonial Federal Savings Bank and is the majority-owned subsidiary of 15 Beach, MHC. Colonial Federal Savings Bank is a federally chartered stock savings bank that has served the banking needs of its customers on the south shore of Massachusetts since 1889. It operates from three full-service offices and one limited-service office in Quincy, Holbrook and Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which can be identified by the use of words such as "estimate," "project," "believe," "intend," "anticipate," "assume," "plan," "seek," "expect," "will," "may," "should," "indicate," "would," "believe," "contemplate," "continue," "target" and words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions with respect to future business strategies and decisions that are subject to change. Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include increased competitive pressures, changes in the interest rate environment, general economic conditions or conditions within the securities markets, changes in the quality, size and composition of our loan and securities portfolios, changes in demand for our products and services, legislative, accounting, tax and regulatory changes and a failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, including cyberattacks that could adversely affect the Company's financial condition and results of operations and the business in which the Company and the Bank are engaged.
Further, given the ongoing and dynamic nature of the pandemic, we cannot predict the continuing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on our business and on our prospects. The extent of such impact will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, including when the pandemic can be controlled and abated. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related adverse economic consequences, we could be subject to any of the following risks, any of which could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, and results of operations: demand for our products and services may decline, making it difficult to grow assets and income; if the economy worsens, loan delinquencies, problem assets and foreclosures may increase, resulting in increased expenses and reduced income; collateral for loans, especially real estate, may decline in value, which could cause loan losses to increase; our allowance for loan losses may have to be increased if borrowers experience financial difficulties, which will adversely affect our net income; the net worth and liquidity of loan guarantors may decline, impairing their ability to honor commitments to us; it may be challenging to grow our business if the recovery from the economic impact caused by COVID-19 is slow or unpredictable; we rely on third-party vendors for certain services and the unavailability of a critical service due to the COVID-19 outbreak could have an adverse effect on us; and FDIC deposit insurance premiums may increase if the FDIC experiences increased resolution costs.
Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. CFSB Bancorp, Inc. undertakes no obligation to revise these forward-looking statements or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
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Lucio previously served 10 years on PenFed Supervisory Committee
TYSONS, Va., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PenFed Credit Union, the nation's second-largest federal credit union, today announced the appointment of LCDR USNR-Retired Ed Lucio to its board of directors. Lucio has served on the PenFed Supervisory Committee for 10 years and is appointed to a vacant director position with a three-year term that expires in May of 2023.
"PenFed is proud to announce the appointment of Ed Lucio to our board of directors," said PenFed Credit Union Chairman Ed Cody. "Ed brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in business, finance and information systems. He's demonstrated a strong commitment to serving our members through his service on the PenFed Supervisory Committee over the last decade, and we are looking forward to his continued service on the board of directors."
Lucio is a Naval Academy graduate and served as a Naval Aviator participating in Operation Shining Hope aboard the USS Inchon and accumulated over 1,500 flight hours on the H-53 Sea Dragon, H-3 Sea King and C-12 King Air. Upon leaving active duty, he started his new career as a business and financial analyst with the Federal Reserve Board, specializing in bank operations and data management, and currently serves as a data engineer. Lucio is a Certified Public Accountant and a Project Management Professional and earned master's degrees in business administration, finance, and information systems.
"I feel honored for the opportunity to serve our 2.9 million current members and all future members seeking great financial services," said Lucio.
About PenFed Credit Union
Established in 1935, Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) is America's second-largest federal credit union, serving 2.9 million members worldwide with $36.6 billion in assets as of June 30, 2022. PenFed Credit Union offers market-leading certificates, checking, credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, auto loans, student loans, and a wide range of other financial services. Our mission is to empower members of our community to achieve their financial well-being. PenFed Credit Union is federally insured by the NCUA and is an Equal Housing Lender. To learn more about PenFed Credit Union, visit PenFed.org, like us on Facebook and follow us @PenFed on Twitter. Interested in working for PenFed? Check us out on LinkedIn. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A report by Global Times:
Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering the writers' sentiments, friendship, and expectations.
During the past decade, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, has managed to find time to reply to some letters from ordinary people despite his busy work schedule.
Through his letters, Xi has also corresponded with international friends from all walks of life on numerous occasions, part of a series of excellent stories of China's international exchanges in the new era. The letters have also added vivid color to the diplomacy between China and other countries in the last decade.
Ahead of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and over the last few months, the Global Times reporters traced and contacted some of the recipients of Xi's letters, to hear their inspiring stories.
After sharing the first four stories in the previous issue, today we shall publish six other stories, inspired by letters sent from the Chinese president to young people around the world.
"In the future, I would like to stay in China and be part of its development. Because I am still curious about China's future and want to personally participate in the rapid development of China."
Andrea dal Mas, a Italian graduate of Peking University
In the spring of 2021, ahead of the 100th founding anniversary of the CPC, 45 foreign student representatives from 32 countries at Peking University jointly wrote a letter to Xi.
In the letter, they wrote about their academic life at Peking University and their experience of living in China, sharing their observations on China's achievements in economic development, poverty alleviation, and other aspects.
Much to their surprise, a response letter from Xi arrived in June.
In his letter, Xi encouraged foreign students at Peking University to gain a deeper understanding of China as it really is, urging them to share their thoughts and experiences with more people and play an active role in promoting friendship between the peoples of all countries.
"To understand today's China, one must understand the CPC," Xi wrote in the letter. "The CPC is committed to these aims because it is a political party that strives for both the well-being of the Chinese people and human progress."
Andrea dal Mas, one of the students, was impressed by Xi's words. Born in Italy, Mas moved to Beijing at 4 and grew up in China.
"I have lived in China for so long and have truly experienced the CPC's contributions to the country. For instance, the CPC would formulate five-year plans and work toward the goals laid out, which bring people a sense of stability," he told the Global Times.
"Receiving President Xi's letter of reply is a great honor and the most impressive moment of my 12-year experience in China."
Muhammad Arif Mughal, a PhD student at the University of Science and Technology Beijing
Arif was a PhD student at the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the university tried hard and managed to send much-needed masks and other medical supplies to Arif and other Pakistani students when they were staying in Pakistan during holidays, making Arif feel "deeply moved."
Arif, as a gesture of gratitude, wrote a letter along with other 51 Pakistani students from the school to Xi to express their deep appreciation for the help, and elaborated on their enjoyable experience studying in China and their determination to make contributions to China-Pakistan friendship.
Arif was extremely excited about receiving a letter of response from Xi on May 17, 2020.
Xi, in his letter, encouraged the students to communicate more with their Chinese peers and join hands with youth from all countries to contribute to promoting people-to-people connectivity and building a community with a shared future for humanity.for mankind.
"As you have felt, since the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, the Chinese government and schools have always cared for the lives and health of foreign students studying in China, providing all-around help for them," Xi noted.
While welcoming excellent youth from other countries to study in China, Xi encouraged them to learn more about the country, communicate more with their Chinese peers, and tell the world more about the China they see.
"To me, any international force that seriously supports those areas in a win-win approach can be a good opportunity to take. A friend who supports growing and improving your economy is a good friend."
Marcellina Chijoriga, principal of the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School
Rising stars of African politics and business are being nourished by the experience of China's development. The Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School in Tanzania is a party school opened earlier in 2022 for southern African countries.
After the first training workshop with the theme "New Development in the New Era" at the school, the participants wrote a letter "to thank Comrade Xi Jinping for facilitating the training," Chijoriga said.
Xi replied in June to the letter from the participants of the workshop.
In his letter, Xi said he is pleased to know that the workshop was successfully held, during which the participants discussed the important topics of what kind of development a ruling party should lead its country to pursue in the new era and how to pursue it, learned from each other, and gained a better understanding of such topics.
According to the principal of the school, a total of 120 trainees participated. Their average age was 41. There were 55 female and 65 male participants. There were 20 participants from each of the six countries: Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
"The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has created a boom in development and prosperity in Laos, bringing tangible benefits to people's well-being and therefore winning the heartfelt gratitude of the Lao students."
Bounmy Vilaisan, a retired principal at the China-Laos Nongping Primary School
In April 2019, Bounmy, together with several students, attended a sub-forum on people-to-people exchanges during the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, and presented Xi a letter and a picture album titled Our Silk Road Story to express their sincere gratitude for China's assistance in the construction of the school.
On April 29, 2019, Xi sent a letter of reply to the students, encouraging them to study hard and help promote friendship between the Chinese and Lao peoples, after receiving the letter and the picture album.
"Thank you for your letter and the fine picture albums. I can feel your happiness and your yearning for a better life. I am deeply moved," Xi said in the letter of reply.
"It was like a dream," said Bounmy. "It is unprecedented for Lao school children to write to the leader of a major country. It was so lucky to hear back from President Xi who cares so much about the children of Laos."
"Thanks to the close exchanges and cooperation between China and Papua New Guinea (PNG), more and more PNG youth, like me, are gaining a bigger platform for developing in their favorite fields."
Geoffrey Loi, a young PNG table tennis player
"Receiving President Xi's encouragement was one of the happiest and most honorable moments of my life." A letter received back from Xi addressed to Loi has given him a new goal: To contribute more to the friendship between China and PNG.
Loi told the Global Times that he thank China for its contribution to the development of PNG, among which a small table tennis ball has also become a bridge between the two countries.
In September 2019, Loi wrote to Xi to extend his heartfelt gratitude for China's support for the table tennis popularity in PNG, and express his passion for Chinese culture and best wishes for better China-PNG relations.
In the same month, Xi sent a letter of reply to Loi. In the letter, Xi recalled his visit to PNG in 2018, during which he watched Loi and his teammates train with their Chinese coach. Xi congratulated the PNG table tennis team on the good results they won in the Pacific Games, and wished Loi and the rest of the PNG team new successes.
Loi expressed his appreciation for China for funding the Butuka Academy which provides state-of-the-art gymnasium access to advanced facilities.
With the help of Chinese coaches, in July 2019, PNG table tennis team members won two silver medals at the Pacific Games, setting the best record in its history at the time.
"I will continue to make my contributions to promoting cross-cultural exchanges between Japanese and Chinese youths."
Nakashima Daichi, a Japanese youth who studied the Chinese language in college
Nakashima studied Chinese language and literature at college. He has, on multiple occasions, participated in China-related essay contests and visited China.
In 2019, he wrote a letter to Xi ahead of the Chinese leader's trip to Japan for the then-upcoming G20 summit in Osaka.
In his letter, Nakashima extended his greetings and best wishes to the Chinese president, and expressed his willingness to devote himself to the cause of China-Japan friendship.
Xi, in his reply in June 2019, said he is glad to see that Nakashima has been studying the Chinese language and literature for a long time and, by participating in essay contests and exchange activities in China, has learned more about China and strengthened his bonds with Chinese friends.
Xi said he hopes that the youth of China and Japan will strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, enhance mutual understanding, develop long-lasting friendships, and contribute to creating an even brighter future for bilateral relations.
As 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of China-Japan relations, Nakashima said he hopes Japan and China can establish an exchange channel distinguishable from political and economic ones but focusing on the communication of ordinary people.
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RMC secures digital currency mining industry leader Neil Galloway as new COO and increases sales team with two industry veterans.
JACKSON, Wyo., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebel Mining Company (RMC), an industry- leading operator of Blockchain and High-Performance Computing Data Centers, announced today the hiring of three highly experienced industry professionals. Neil Galloway, a seasoned leader in cryptocurrency mining, now serves RMC as Chief Operating Officer, replacing Mason LeGrange as LeGrange steps into a new position at RMC's parent company Pangaea General Management (PGM). The addition of Tyler Abad and Max Niederluecke as Senior Account Executives, also strengthen RMC's place as a premier US-based data center operator.
"Neil is arguably the single most capable, experienced operator in the space, and we are excited to have him running the operations at RMC. Under his command, we can all rest assured that there are adults in the room making sure things get done correctly and on schedule, something this industry needs more of." Said Thomas Guel of PGM.
Neil Galloway, a true industry veteran, has been operating in digital currency mining since 2013. Having operated nearly every ASIC model since, Neil rapidly accelerated his way through the mining industry, working with industry leaders and operating some of the largest sites in this space. As a well-respected professional within the large-scale mining industry, his move to RMC signals the company's momentum and exciting trajectory.
"Rebel Mining Company understands the value in the underlying infrastructure that powers the Bitcoin network," explains Neil. "Owning every aspect of the infrastructure gives us a great amount of control over the operational quality we can provide miners. I'm confident in our ability, and I'm excited to deploy hash power with such a capable and skilled team."
RMC's new sales team hires will further deepen Rebel's ability to provide top-level consultation and service to every RMC client. Tyler Abad, an experienced mining operator in his own right, is uniquely positioned to assist potential and current customers. His work in the legal, government, financial and technical sectors provide him with a broader understanding of customer needs, creating a significantly higher level of support. Max Niederluecke is a seasoned industry expert that has successfully onboarded over 500 megawatts worth of commercial colocation contracts. Having navigated some of the largest deals in this space, Max is uniquely positioned to provide seamless support for even the most complicated deals.
As it continues to expand resources, RMC's focus is to further deepen its core competencies to serve large-scale operators as well as high-net-worth family offices within the mining industry.
About Rebel Mining Company.
Rebel Mining Company (RMC) is a US-based operation strategically developed to support the rapidly growing Blockchain and High-Performance Computing (HPC) industry through power infrastructure, co-location sites, and network solutions that can support and propel any project through this hyper-growth field.
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SPRINGFIELD, MO. (KOLR) – One of the inmates who escaped from a Missouri jail two weeks ago was arrested on Monday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri.
On Friday, June 3, three inmates went missing from the Barry County Jail: Christopher Blevins, Matthew Crawford, and Lance Stevens.
According to the Barry County Sheriff’s Office, Crawford was the inmate arrested on Monday, June 13, in Springfield.
Last week, on June 7, Blevins was arrested in Wyoming after traveling through Kansas, and stealing vehicles along the way.
According to online court records, Blevins faced various charges that include resisting arrest and driving while his license was revoked, Crawford was charged with stealing, and Stephens was in jail for drug-related charges. All are considered to be armed and dangerous.
Stephens’ whereabouts are still unknown. | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/2nd-barry-county-inmate-arrested-in-springfield/ | 2022-06-14 04:16:42 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/2nd-barry-county-inmate-arrested-in-springfield/ |
I-95 South & I-295 West Closed in Bucks County Following Serious Accident on Wednesday Morning
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The roadway has re-opened as of 8:00 am.
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Heads up if you're traveling down I-295 through Bucks County. The roadway is closed if you're heading south through Bucks County.
There's a serious accident right at the I-295 Westbound I-95 Southbound split in the Middletown/Bristol area.
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In fact, the roadway is CLOSED as of 7:30 am. That's between the exit for Business Route 1 (Exit 3) and PA-413 (Exit 39).
Traffic is now backing up on Route 1 as a result of the accident, of course.
We'll keep you updated on this accident and the delays.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After attending the coronation of King Charles III in London, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced the lack of concerted efforts to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent four years in Britain’s Belmarsh Prison.
“It is an embarrassment that a journalist who denounced trickery by one state against another is arrested, condemned to die in jail and we do nothing to free him. It’s a crazy thing,” Lula told reporters. “We talk about freedom of expression; the guy is in prison because he denounced wrongdoing. And the press doesn’t do anything in defense of this journalist. I can’t understand it.”
Lula offered the remarks in response to a question about Assange, who is a native Australian. He said he had forgotten to discuss the matter with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, but that he would write to him upon returning to Brazil.
Assange has been fighting extradition to the United States, and Lula’s comments come at a moment that he has shown little reluctance to voice his differences of opinion with Washington regarding geopolitical matters, particularly in his opposition to providing arms to Ukraine for its war against Russia, and accusing the US and Europe of encouraging the fighting. His stance and repeated statements have drawn sharp rebukes from the White House and Europe.
For its part, Australia has been stepping up diplomatic pressure on the US government to call off its prosecution of Assange.
On Friday, Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. in an interview that “ enough is enough. There is nothing to be served by his ongoing incarceration.” Last November, Albanese told Parliament that his “position is clear and has been made clear to the U.S. administration: That it is time that this matter be brought to a close.”
Assange has battled in British courts for years to avoid being sent to the U.S., where he faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse that stem from WikiLeaks’ publication of a huge trove of classified documents in 2010.
American prosecutors allege he helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.
To his supporters, Assange is a secrecy-busting journalist who exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I think there must be a movement of world press in his defense. Not in regard to his person, but to defend the right to denounce,” Lula told reporters. “The guy didn’t denounce anything vulgar. He denounced that a state was spying on others, and that became a crime against the journalist. The press, which defends freedom of the press, does nothing to free this citizen. It’s sad, but it’s true.”
Last year, Assange’s father John Shipton sought to convince Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to address the issue of his son’s prosecution with the US’ top diplomat, and to get Australia’s Albanese to raise the issue with US President Joe Biden at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
In his comments to reporters on Saturday, Lula also noted that Charles III asked him to take care of the Amazon rainforest, and that he responded he needs resources in order to do so. Prime Minister Sunak on Friday pledged to contribute 80 million pounds ($101 million) to Brazil’s Amazon Fund that aims to stop deforestation, adding to contributions from Norway and Germany, as well as a recent promise from the Biden to seek congressional approval for $500 million.
But Lula told reporters that the amount pledged by Britain “is not sufficient”.
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Experts: Housing market still tough for first-time buyers
Current homes are around 5.7 time the income of the typical first time buyer
InvestigateTV - A recent report from NerdWallet, found homes are still listed about 5.7 times the income of first-time home buyers, which according to experts, makes it difficult for new owners to make their first purchase in the market.
Elizabeth Renter from NerdWallet said buyers should typically look for homes that are three times their yearly income.
Renter said the fact that inflation continues to impact household budgets, plus her prediction that interest rates will remain high, means a lot of first timers may need to wait to buy.
While waiting for the market to be more buyer friendly, Renter suggested two things first time buyers can do:
Continue to save for a bigger down payment: The more you put down, the smaller your mortgage and monthly payment will be.
Work to raise your credit score: The best rates are given to the buyers with the highest scores so even if your score is good, it could always be higher.
Renter said these two things can put in the best position to qualify for a mortgage.
She said if you do see prices come down, be patient and research the specifics of your housing market and talk to local realtors and mortgage specialists.
Finally, Renter advised using an online mortgage calculator to plug in different interest rates in order to see how it affects monthly payments.
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New report reveals extended stays are trending during the winter months, rounds up tips and destinations to "holiday away"
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeus Living, a leading proptech and hospitality platform, today unveiled its 2022 Holiday Report. Based on company data and a study of 1000 Americans, findings show an increasing number of people are spending the holidays in a new destination and are staying longer compared to 2021. The report also includes trending destinations during the season and tips for making the most of the "holiday away."
"Instead of spending the holidays at home, people are meeting their families in the middle or choosing a new destination entirely for the full season," said Anni Jones, Director of PR at Zeus Living. "This trend is clearly fueled by the opportunity to work from anywhere. Compared to years prior, more individuals have the chance to escape the cold and head somewhere sunny — or stay in a winter wonderland. It's great to see people choosing where they want to be, and making new traditions together."
- Among the 1,000 Americans surveyed, 58% want to spend the holiday season in a new destination, while 20% are considering it.
- Zeus Living residents are staying 190 nights on average during the winter, up 65% compared to the same period in 2021.
- The top three most popular holiday destinations based on Zeus Living bookings for 30 days or longer are Washington D.C., San Jose, and San Francisco.
Zeus Living designs and manages modern homes that can be rented for 30 days or longer across more than 125 destinations in the U.S. Through its leading technology platform and the expertise of dedicated hospitality professionals around the country, Zeus Living strives to help people live well, and on their own terms. Zeus Living drives revenue for owners while taking care of their properties, and delivers unparalleled support to residents, ensuring memorable experiences wherever they choose to stay. To date, Zeus Living has raised over $150 million in capital from leading investors and hosted more than 50,000 residents for 1.8 million nights. For more information, visit zeusliving.com or follow @zeusliving on Twitter.
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Priest still missing 6 months after leaving apartment in Milwaukee County
FRANKLIN, Wis. (AP) - A 75-year-old priest is still missing six months after he walked away from his apartment in southeastern Wisconsin retirement community. WISN-TV reports that the Rev. Anthony Kluckman disappeared on July 21, 2022.
Surveillance footage shows him walking out the front doors of his retirement community, Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake Senior Residence in Franklin. Kluckman suffers from dementia. His family has offered a $10,000 reward for information about his disappearance.
Private investigator Russ Prochnow worked on the case for a week last summer. He thinks Kluckman had someone drive him to South Dakota, where he worked as a chaplain at an American Indian school before moving to Wisconsin in 2021.
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GILBERT, South Carolina (WJW) – More than a dozen children are recovering after their school bus collided with a tanker in Gilbert, South Carolina, on Thursday.
The accident sent 18 people, 17 of them children, to the hospital, according to local news outlet WIS-TV.
Footage captured by a nearby surveillance camera shows the bus coming to a stop at an intersection while the tanker approaches from the left. The bus then pulls into the intersection and is struck by the tanker.
Bystanders are soon seen running toward the site of the crash.
Emergency crews later responded to the scene and transported the injured children and the adult to the Lexington Medical Center for treatment. All have since been released, a spokesperson told the Associated Press.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.
Gilbert is about 30 miles (49 kilometers) southwest of South Carolina’s capital of Columbia. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/school-bus-collides-with-tanker-in-south-carolina-video-shows/ | 2023-05-27 20:09:58 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/school-bus-collides-with-tanker-in-south-carolina-video-shows/ |
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has closed its airspace to flights by Armenian aircraft in retaliation for the erection of a monument in the Armenian capital that Ankara says honors people responsible for the killings of Turkish officials, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday.
In an interview with NTV television, Cavusoglu warned that Turkey would take further measures if the monument in Yerevan is not removed.
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The move comes as Turkey and Armenia, which have no diplomatic relations, had been engaged in talks to normalize ties and put decades of acrimony behind. They appointed special envoys who have held several rounds of talks. Their discussions had resulted in an agreement to resume charter flights between Istanbul and Yerevan.
The two countries have a more than century-old bitter relationship over the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in massacres, deportations and forced marches that began in 1915 in Ottoman Turkey.
Historians widely view the event as genocide. Turkey vehemently rejects the label, conceding that many died in that era but insisting that the death toll is inflated and the deaths resulted from civil unrest.
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Cavusoglu said the monument aimed “to glorify” Armenians involved in plans to assassinate Ottoman and Azerbaijani officials in the 1920s and Turkish diplomats in the 1970s and 1980s.
“It is not possible for us to accept this. We can clearly see that their intentions are not good,” Cavusoglu said.
The monument is dedicated to members of “Operation Nemesis” — the codename for a covert operation to avenge the killing and deportation of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces, with seven assassinations carried out by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation between 1920 and 1922.
Operation Nemesis represented “a record of the fact that throughout history, crimes do not go unpunished regardless of how the international community treats it,” Yerevan Deputy Mayor Tigran Avinyan told state news agency Armenpress on the April 25 unveiling of the monument, on which the names of 16 Operation Nemesis members are engraved.
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Armenia’s central aviation committee claimed that it didn't receive official notification from the Turkish side about the airspace closure.
Turkey shut down its border with Armenia in 1993, in a show of solidarity with its close ally Azerbaijan, which was locked in a conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
In 2020, Turkey strongly backed Azerbaijan in the six-week conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, which ended with a Russia-brokered peace deal that saw Azerbaijan gain control of a significant part of the region.
Meanwhile, Armenian parliamentary president Alen Simonyan arrived in Ankara on Wednesday to attend the 30th anniversary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. According to Simonyan’s press secretary, the parliamentary president is set to also meet with the president of the Turkish parliament.
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Elise Morton contributed to this report from London. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/turkey-closes-airspace-to-armenian-flights-over-18075682.php | 2023-05-03 16:30:57 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/turkey-closes-airspace-to-armenian-flights-over-18075682.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Friday:
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United Community Bank Athlete of the Week: Powers Lake’s Tyson Enget
POWERS LAKE, N.D. (KMOT) - He’s a natural.
“Everything he participates in, he excels in,” said Powers Lake-Burke Central Boys Basketball Coach Jordan Carlson.
Tyson Enget is an all-state basketball player, football player and region senior athlete of the year.
“I think they’re a little surprised sometimes. A lot of people are just proud of me, I guess,” said Tyson, a senior at Powers Lake.
Don’t let his stature stump you.
“I’m not very tall,” said Tyson.
Tyson’s competitive edge puts him ahead.
“When Tyson is there, he expects what he puts in out of everyone else and everyone responds really well to that,” said Carlson.
For better or worse.
“You have to let people know that he’s competitive because he might come off as a little rude if you don’t know that, but if you do know that, you’d understand that’s just him,” said Gracin Schroeder, a senior at Powers Lake.
His varsity basketball journey started in eighth grade.
“I learned a lot from that class and my brothers, they taught me a lot from what I know about basketball,” said Tyson.
When his older brother, Terek, tore his ACL.
“We’ve had about 10 years of Engets,” said Carlson.
Tyson took Terek’s role for the state tournament.
“Players like that are one of a kind,” said Carlson.
Tyson averaged 25 points per game in his junior year.
“I scored quite a bit of points,” said Tyson.
He was ready for a role change this season.
“We have more scoring on the court so I’ve been averaging more assists than I ever have,” said Tyson.
When it’s time to compete...
“He always comes with a great attitude, comes ready to play, set the tone, he’s a good leader,” said Carlson.
It’s time for Tyson.
Tyson has football and basketball college offers on the table. The Ranchers play Glenburn on Tuesday in Powers Lake.
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With this new grant, Saga Education will partner with CU Boulder to develop and test AI technology to support the work of tutors.
BOSTON, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Saga Education, the national nonprofit behind one of the most studied personalized tutoring programs in the country, today announced a new collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder on an integrative research project to develop AI technology to enhance tutoring practices and tutors' professional growth and satisfaction through the tutoring analytics and performance support model (TAPS).
The collaborative research project will develop and study an innovative tutoring analytics system for operationalizing this theoretical model, along with a toolkit for embedding it within an on-the-job training paradigm. This integrative research will be conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from CU Boulder and practitioner partners from Saga Education.
"The driving force behind this collaborative effort is to define the way in which AI can support the work of human tutors, rather than replace them, so that tutors can grow professionally and better meet the needs of today's students," said Professor Tamara Sumner. "Saga's current tutoring and tutor training programs provide the ideal structure to develop and study the TAPS model."
Saga has established partnerships with six large U.S. districts – including Providence, Chicago and New York City – serving low income and historically marginalized student populations. Saga's tutoring program emphasizes personalized mathematics instruction, positive and supportive relationships with tutors, and a research-based mathematics curriculum. With this new funding, Saga and CU Boulder aim to enhance tutoring practices and the professional growth of tutors to enhance student success outcomes.
The COVID-19 pandemic has enabled schools throughout the nation to find solutions to support students and teachers recover academically. Accelerated by the pandemic, there is a pressing need for new models of tutor training that support the continual improvement through a combination of ongoing professional development, peer learning communities, and on-the-job feedback. As tutors are poised to become central to the future of work in public schools across the country, Saga Education and CU Boulder will work to find the best practices to improve instructional quality with the latest developments in AI technology.
"Tutors play an important role in addressing the widening achievement and opportunity gaps in our public school system and the demand for effective high-impact tutoring has risen," said Saga Co-founder, AJ Gutierrez. "We are excited for the opportunity to work with CU Boulder on this integrative research so that we can provide ongoing coaching and feedback to rookie educators which is central to implementing tutoring at scale."
The funding to Saga Education and CU Boulder builds on the NSF investment of more than $29 million in research projects designed to increase opportunities for U.S. workers and generate positive societal and economic impacts at the local and national level. The projects are supported by the Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier program, one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas initiatives launched in 2017 to foster bold research at the frontiers of science and engineering. For more information including a complete list of projects, click here.
Since 2013, the University of Chicago Education Lab has researched Saga Education's intensive math tutoring model in Chicago Public Schools and in New York City, finding that it substantially improves academic outcomes for high school students. In two randomized controlled trials, students who received Saga tutoring learned as much as an extra two and a half years of math in one academic year – the equivalent to closing up to 50 percent of the black-white test score gap in one school year. The randomized controlled trials also found that Saga's tutoring model reduced math course failure rates by 60 percent.
Saga Education is an evidence-based, national leader in helping school districts implement high-quality tutoring models that accelerate educational equity. By leveraging the power of human capital and technology to improve student outcomes, Saga seeks to establish high-impact, in-school-day tutoring as an integrated part of a student's education. Saga works alongside school districts nationwide, to design and implement tutoring programs and technology solutions that enable students to thrive.
At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, the University of Colorado Boulder is nationally recognized as one of only 35 AAU public research universities. Established in 1876, CU Boulder is a Tier 1 public research university with five Nobel laureates, nine MacArthur fellows and is the No. 1 public university recipient of NASA awards. CU Boulder is a leader in many fields, including aerospace engineering, earth and environmental science, physics and environmental law.
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SYDNEY (AP) — Bec Allen was instrumental in Australia’s 69-54 win over Serbia scoring 16 points on Sunday in the World Cup.
But her status for the rest of the tournament is in question after getting hurt in the fourth quarter.
Allen was diving for a loose ball in front of the Australia bench when she took a knee to her midsection. She was down on the court for a few minutes before she was helped off by team trainers. She was later taken in a wheelchair to the back with about 20 seconds left in the game.
“We’ll have to wait for the doctor and see,” Australia coach Sandy Brondello said. “It would be really unfortunate as she’s played really well for us and she’s a key member of our team.”
Australia (2-1) avenged a loss to Serbia earlier in the year in a World Cup qualifier.
In other games on Sunday, France beat Mali 74-59 and Canada topped Japan 70-56.
The Opals jumped out to a 18-10 lead after one quarter which delighted the pro-Australian crowd of 9,329 fans. Lauren Jackson scored five points in the period and the team played stellar defense, forcing Serbia into four shotclock violations.
Australia still led by eight at the half and started to pull away in the third quarter. Sami Whitcomb, who added 10 points, had to briefly leave the game in the third quarter when she took a shot to the bridge of her nose, opening up a cut. She sat out for a few minutes while medics stopped the bleeding before returning.
Serbia never really threatened the rest of the way.
Yvonne Anderson scored 16 points to lead Serbia (1-2).
CANADA 70, JAPAN 56
Bridget Carleton scored 19 points and Shay Colley added 13 to help Canada stay perfect in pool play and advance to the quarterfinals.
Canada (3-0) led 28-25 in the second quarter before scoring the final 13 points of the half to blow the game open. Colley had five points during the game-changing run.
Every time Japan (1-2) tried to make a run in the second half, Canada would have an answer.
Japan, which won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year, is in danger of missing the quarterfinals.
Maki Takada scored 11 to lead Japan.
FRANCE 74, MALI 59
Gabby Williams scored 14 points and Alexia Chartereau added 12 to help France beat Mali.
France (2-1) got off to a slow start, trailing 21-17 after the first quarter. Mali led 29-26 midway through the second period before the French closed the half on a 16-3 run.
Mali (0-3) was able to get within 65-57 midway through the fourth quarter before Williams found Sarah Michel for a 3-pointer and France led by double-digits the rest of the way. Williams also had seven rebounds and six assists.
“They played really tough tonight,” Williams said. “It wasn’t as pretty a win as you wanted. They played really hard, but I’m proud of my team.”
Sika Kone led Mali (0-3) with 18 points and 18 rebounds, one short of the World Cup record held by three players, including U.S. great Katrina McClain.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The American Library Association has received a $5.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation that it will use in part to counter the surge in book banning over the past two years,
“At a time when libraries and librarians are facing immense pressure and scrutiny, it is affirming and deeply meaningful to have the support of community champions like the Mellon Foundation, who understand our plight and are willing to invest in our mission,” ALA President Lessa Pelayo-Lozada said in a statement Tuesday.
“This transformational gift will enable ALA to expand its existing programs and establish new initiatives to better serve librarians and communities across the nation.”
The ALA also plans to expand its scholarships and other programs for librarians of color and broaden efforts to increase literacy among adults.
“Libraries remain among the country’s largest providers of adult basic education, literacy, and digital access and instruction," ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall said in a statement. “The Mellon Foundation’s catalytic investment in our work allows us to continue to drive innovation and future-oriented thinking towards service areas that will ultimately help position libraries for long-term impact and their users for personal agency and socioeconomic mobility.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/american-library-association-gets-5-5-million-17739112.php | 2023-01-24 21:39:35 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/american-library-association-gets-5-5-million-17739112.php |
World's most generous hotel rewards program surprising and delighting guests throughout March as it prepares to welcome its 100 millionth enrolled member
PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Rewards® is on track to welcome its 100 millionth enrolled member this month and in celebration, the award-winning rewards program is giving away the hotel minibar—literally. That's right: from free snacks to over a month of free vacations, this is one hotel minibar you needn't be afraid to touch.
Now through the end of March, Wyndham Rewards will be selecting at random 100 members staying at select hotels and resorts across North America or who have entered for a chance to win by email with their very own, limited-edition, Cooluli minibar, fully stocked with free snacks, free nonalcoholic drinks and yes, free stays. Each minibar includes 30,000 Wyndham Rewards points—enough for a weekend stay at thousands of Wyndham Rewards hotels or resorts—while one lucky minibar winner will receive an additional one million Wyndham Rewards points, enough for more than a month's worth of stays, plus an upgrade to Wyndham Rewards Diamond membership. Best of all, when their trip is over, members may have their minibar shipped home to them at no cost.
"We're here because of our members—all 100 million of them—who choose Wyndham Rewards for its generosity, simplicity, and over 50,000 ways to unlock new memories wherever they are in the world," said Dana Rosenberg, SVP marketing, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. "This milestone is not only a testament to our program's commitment to the member experience, but to the incredible people behind it, including our hotel owners and strategic travel partners who, day in and day out, help champion the everyday traveler."
To be automatically entered for a chance to receive a limited-edition Wyndham Rewards minibar, guests must book direct at a participating property this March. Winners will be selected weekly and must be members of Wyndham Rewards to be eligible. Twenty hotels and resorts are participating in the giveaways, including locations like The New Yorker, a Wyndham Hotel; TRYP by Wyndham Orlando and La Quinta by Wyndham Nashville Downtown. Alternatively, members can enter by sending an email with their name, date of birth, email address, and their closest participating hotel to wyndhamrewardssweeps@dja.com. Minibars are not available upon request. A full list of locations, along with official rules, can be found at www.wyndhamrewards.com/minibar.
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MUSIC
Absolute Queen – The Ultimate Queen Tribute: 7 p.m.; May 12; House of Blues, 1490 E. Buena Vista Drive in Lake Buena Vista; $17.50-$70
Alexis y Fido: 9 p.m.; May 12; Mango’s Tropical Cafe, 8126 International Drive in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Ali Siddiq: 7 p.m.; May 12, May 13; Improv, 9101 International Drive Suite 2310 inOrlando; bandsintown.com
Blistur: 7 p.m.; May 12; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave. Sanford; bandsintown.com
Chimbala: 7 p.m.; May 12; House of Blues, 1490 E Buena Vista Drive in Lake Buena Vista; $62.25-$128.25
The Company: 10:30 p.m.; May 12; Tanqueray’s, 100 S. Orange Ave. in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Contra Dance: 7 p.m.; May 12; Winter Park Ballroom Dance Co., 6904 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park; orlandoatplay.com
Daniela Soledade and Nate Najar: Love & Bossa Nova: 8 p.m.; May 12; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave. in Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951; bluebambooartcenter.com
Diveana & Miriam Cruz: 9 p.m.; May 12; MG celebrations event center, 9655 S. Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Figurehead: Music & Mayhem in Orlando’s Underground: 10 a.m.; May 12-18; Orange County Regional History Center, 65 E. Central Blvd. in Orlando; $6-$8; 407-836-8500; thehistorycenter.org
The Lee Boys, Melody Trucks, and John Dorney’s Speed Trap: This event is for those 18 and older. 8 p.m.; May 12; Will’s Pub, 1040 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando; $15
Maharajah Flamenco Trio: 7:30 p.m.; May 12; Timucua, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. in Orlando; $25; orlandoatplay.com
Mr Richard: 10 a.m.; May 12; Infusion Tea, 1600 Edgewater Drive in Orlando; free; 407-999-5255; mrrichard.net
NGHTMRE Presents: DRMVRSE: 9 p.m.; May 12; The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave. in Orlando; bandsintown.com
When I Grow Up concert at St. Luke’s: Featuring favorite songs from Broadway, pop, and Disney. 7 p.m.; May 12-14; St. Luke’s Methodist Church, 4851 S. Apopka-Vineland Road in Orlando; $12-$15; st.lukes.org
Will Clarke: 9 p.m.; May 12; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St. in Orlando
Woe is Me, Prison, The Funeral Portrait, Not Enough Space, and Crash the Funeral in Orlando: This event is for those 18 and older. 7 p.m.; May 12; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park; $20
Charlie Aponte: 9 p.m.; May 13; Legends Resto & Lounge, 5250 International Drive in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Donzii, Leatherette, Mother Juno, and Sandy Smiles: This event is for those 18 and older. 8 p.m.; May 13; Will’s Pub, 1040 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando; $12
Lulu Santos: 7 p.m.; May 13; House of Blues, 1490 E Buena Vista Drive in Lake Buena Vista; $45
Orlando Philharmonic, Let’s Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter: 3:30 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.; May 13; Steinmetz Hall, 445 S. Magnolia Ave. in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Sinatra Saturday: 7 p.m.; May 13; Lake Mary Social, 3005 W. Lake Mary Blvd., #120 in Lake Mary; free; orlandoweddingsinger.com
Swifties Night: 5 p.m.; May 13; Windermere Brewing Company, 111 W. 5th Ave. in Windermere; free
TRANSVIOLET: 8 p.m.; May 13; Henao Contemporary Center, 5601 Edgewater Drive in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan: 8 p.m.; May 13; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 Gemini Blvd. North in Orlando; $69-$259; bandsintown.com
Void. Terror. Silence: Goth and Darkwave Night: This event is for those 21 and older. 8 p.m.; May 13; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park; free
Wahh World Fusion Band: The band combines Indian and Eastern influences with contemporary styles like rock, jazz, and funk. 7:30 p.m.; May 13; Timucua, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. in Orlando; $25; orlandoatplay.com
“La Fiesta: Celebrating Chick Corea”: Award-winning pianist Dr. Zachary Bartholomew and his trio deliver a performance remembering the legendary pianist, composer, and jazz icon. 8 p.m.; May 13; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave. in Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951; bluebambooartcenter.com
Bleu Clair: 6 p.m.; May 14; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St. in Orlando
Flamenco Color: 3 p.m.; May 14; Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave. in Sanford; $25.50-$32.50; 407-321-8111; orlandoatplay.com
Maitland Stage Band: Under direction of trumpeter Rick Ingoglia, hear the sounds of a big band. 4 p.m.; May 14; Venue on the Lake – Maitland Civic Center, 641 Maitland Ave. South in Maitland; $20
Mother’s Day Jazz Revue: 3:30 p.m.; May 14; Mount Dora Musical Hall, 520 Baker St. in Mount Dora; free; mountdora.com
Ricky Sylvia and the Buzzcatz: Vegas Legends: 3 p.m.; May 14; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave. in Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951; bluebambooartcenter.com
Future Bartenderz, The Palmettes, Fatties: This event is for those 21 and older. 8 p.m.; May 15; Will’s Pub, 1040 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando; $7
Musical Monday: Think New York City piano bar with weekly special guests and an open mic with a live pianist. 7:30 p.m.; May 15; Renaissance Theatre Company, 415 Princeton St. in Orlando; $10; rentheatre.com
Samiam, Swingin’ Utters, Bouncing Souls & Pet Needs: 6 p.m.; May 15; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave. in Orlando; bandsintown.com
What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat, & Tears?: 6:30 p.m.; May 15; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave. in Maitland; 407-629-1088; enzian.org
Arch Echo: 7 p.m.; May 16; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave. in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Good Kid: 7 p.m.; May 16; Will’s Pub, 1040 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Korine, CD Ghost, and Super Passive in Orlando: This event is for those 18 and older. 7 p.m.; May 16; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park; $15
Open Mic Night: 8 p.m.; May 16; Copper Rocket Pub, 106 Lake Ave. in Maitland; free; 407-984-7799
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die: 7 p.m.; May 16; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Candi Carpenter: 7 p.m.; May 17; Hard Rock Live Orlando, 6050 Universal Boulevard Orlando; bandsintown.com
David Roberts & The Sounds of Sinatra: 6 p.m.; May 17; MYLounge, 7958 Via Dellagio Way in Orlando; free; 407-864-0600
Deep Listening with Keith Lay: This is a composer’s sound practice devised by composer and thought leader Pauline Oliveros. 7 p.m.; May 17; Timucua, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. in Orlando; $10-$20; orlandoatplay.com
Diversify Our Bands: May 17-18; Wyndham Orlando Resort, 8001 International Drive in Orlando; free; orlandoatplay.com
Bobby Koelble Quartet: The guitarist’s genres range from straight-ahead jazz, to classical, heavy metal, blues and everything in between. 8 p.m.; May 17; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave. in Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951; bluebambooartcenter.com
NEKROGOBLIKON: The Goblin Mode Tour: This event is for those 18 and older. 6 p.m.; May 17; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park; $22
Prom Night, featuring Raspberry Pie and Oklahoma Stackhouse: This event is for those 18 and older. 8 p.m.; May 17; Will’s Pub, 1040 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando; $10
Rainbow Kitten Surprise: 8 p.m.; May 17; Hard Rock Live Orlando, 6050 Universal Blvd. in Orlando; $46.50-$72; 407-351-5483
Spotlight Cabaret Series featuring Carol Stein: 7:30 p.m.; May 17-18; The Winter Park Playhouse, 711 Orange Ave., Suite C in Winter Park; $10-$20; winterparkplayhouse.org
Tove Lo – Dirt Femme Tour with Special Guest Slayyyter: Based on the latest local guidelines, attendees are no longer required to provide proof of negative COVID-19 test AND/OR vaccination for entry into this event. 7 p.m.; May 17; House of Blues, 1490 E Buena Vista Drive in Lake Buena Vista; $36.50-$86;
Tove Lo & Slayyyter: 7 p.m.; May 17; House of Blues, 1490 E. Buena Vista Drive in Lake Buena Vista; bandsintown.com
Bach Vocal Artists: Marriage of Music and Poetry: 7:30 p.m.; May 18; Tiedtke Concert Hall, 1000 Holt Ave. in Winter Park; 407-646-2182; bachfestivalflorida.org
Cody Clayton Eagle: 10 p.m.; May 18; Caribe Royale Orlando, 8101 World Center Drive in Orlando; bandsintown.com
Damon Fowler: 7 p.m.; May 18; The Alley, 114 S. Park Ave. in Sanford; $15-$20; 407-328-4848; bandsintown.com
Margaret Bonds Credo & Andre J. Thomas Mass: Presented by the Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus. 7:30 p.m.; May 18; First United Methodist Church of Orlando, 142 E. Jackson St. in Orlando; orlandoatplay.com
Pat Barrett Acoustic Nights Tour: 7 p.m.; May 18; LifeBridge Church – Windermere, 12120 Chase Road in Windermere; $15-$55; bandsintown.com
Thursday Night Hang: The weekly event features jazz. 8 p.m.; May 18; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave. in Winter Park; free; 407-636-9951; bluebambooartcenter.com
Winona Forever with Special Guests 0 Miles Per Hour and Sage: This event is for those 18 and older. 8 p.m.; May 18; Will’s Pub, 1040 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando; $12 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/11/things-to-do-orlando-music-listings-may-12-18/ | 2023-05-12 07:30:12 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/11/things-to-do-orlando-music-listings-may-12-18/ |
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right politics.
Da Silva received 50.9% of the vote and Bolsonaro 49.1%, according to the country’s election authority. Yet the morning after the results came in — and congratulations had poured in from world leaders — Bolsonaro still had yet to publicly concede or react in any way, even as truckers blockaded some roads across the country in protest.
Bolsonaro’s campaign had made repeated — unproven — claims of possible electoral manipulation before the vote, raising fears that, if he lost, he would not accept defeat and try to challenge the results.
For da Silva, the high-stakes election was a stunning comeback. His imprisonment for corruption sidelined him from the 2018 election won by Bolsonaro, who has used the presidency to promote conservative social values while also delivering incendiary speeches and testing democratic institutions.
“Today the only winner is the Brazilian people,” da Silva said in a speech Sunday evening at a hotel in downtown Sao Paulo. “It’s the victory of a democratic movement that formed above political parties, personal interests and ideologies so that democracy came out victorious.”
Da Silva is promising to govern beyond his party. He says he wants to bring in centrists and even some leaning to the right, and to restore the kind of prosperity the country enjoyed when he last served as president from 2003-2010. Yet he faces headwinds in a politically polarized society.
Bolsonaro’s four years in office have been marked by proclaimed conservatism and defense of traditional Christian values. He claimed that his rival’s return to power would usher in communism, legalized drugs, abortion and the persecution of churches – things that didn’t happen during da Silva’s earlier eight years in office.
This was the country’s tightest election since its return to democracy in 1985, and the first time that a sitting president failed to win reelection. Just over 2 million votes separated the two candidates; the previous closest race, in 2014, was decided by a margin of roughly 3.5 million votes.
Some of Bolsonaro’s supporters outside his home in Rio on Sunday night screamed about electoral fraud. And overnight, truck drivers who backed Bolsonaro blocked several roads across the country, including a stretch of the Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo highway, local media reported. Videos posted on social media early Monday morning showed traffic at a complete halt. Similar reports popped up in several other states.
Da Silva’s win extended a wave of recent leftist triumphs across the region, including Chile, Colombia and Argentina.
The president-elect will inherit a nation straining against itself after he is inaugurated on Jan. 1, said Thomas Traumann, an independent political analyst who compared Sunday’s results to Biden’s 2020 victory.
“The huge challenge that Lula has will be to pacify the country,” he said. “People are not only polarized on political matters, but also have different values, identity and opinions. What’s more, they don’t care what the other side’s values, identities and opinions are.”
Among world leaders offering congratulations on Sunday night was U.S. President Joe Biden, who in a statement highlighted the country’s “free, fair, and credible elections.” The European Union also commended the electoral authority for its effectiveness and transparency throughout the campaign.
Bolsonaro had been leading throughout the first half of the count and, as soon as da Silva overtook him, cars in the streets of downtown Sao Paulo began honking their horns. People in the streets of Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema neighborhood could be heard shouting, “It turned!”
Da Silva’s headquarters in downtown Sao Paulo hotel only erupted once the final result was announced, underscoring the tension that was a hallmark of this race.
“Four years waiting for this,” said Gabriela Souto, one of the few supporters allowed in due to heavy security.
Outside Bolsonaro’s home in Rio, ground-zero for his support base, a woman atop a truck delivered a prayer over a speaker, then sang excitedly, trying to generate some energy as the tally grew for da Silva. But supporters decked out in green and yellow barely responded. Many perked up when the national anthem played, singing along loudly with hands over their hearts.
For months, it appeared that da Silva was headed for easy victory as he kindled nostalgia for his presidency, when Brazil’s economy was booming.
Bolsonaro’s administration has been widely criticized for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 15 years. But he has built a devoted base by presenting himself as protection from leftist policies that he says infringe on personal liberties while producing economic turmoil and moral rot. He sought to shore up support in an election year with vast government spending.
“We did not face an opponent, a candidate. We faced the machine of the Brazilian state put at his service so we could not win the election,” da Silva told the crowd in Sao Paulo.
Da Silva built an extensive social welfare program during his tenure at president that helped lift tens of millions into the middle class. The man universally known as Lula left office with an approval rating above 80%, prompting then U.S. President Barack Obama to call him “the most popular politician on Earth.”
But he is also remembered for his administration’s involvement in vast corruption revealed by sprawling investigations.
Da Silva was jailed for 580 days for corruption and money laundering. His convictions were later annulled by Brazil’s top court, which ruled the presiding judge had been biased and colluded with prosecutors. That enabled da Silva to run for president for the sixth time.
Da Silva has pledged to boost spending on the poor, reestablish relationships with foreign governments and take bold action to eliminate illegal clear-cutting in the Amazon rainforest.
“We will once again monitor and do surveillance in the Amazon. We will fight every illegal activity,” da Silva said in his speech. “At the same time, we will promote sustainable development of communities in the Amazon.”
The president-elect has pledged to install a ministry for Brazil’s original peoples, which will be run by an Indigenous person.
But as da Silva tries to achieve these and other goals, he will be confronted by strong opposition from conservative lawmakers.
Unemployment this year has fallen to its lowest level since 2015 and, although overall inflation slowed during the campaign, food prices are increasing at a double-digit rate. Bolsonaro’s welfare payments helped many Brazilians get by, but da Silva has been presenting himself as the candidate more willing to sustain aid going forward and raise the minimum wage.
In April, he tapped center-right Geraldo Alckmin, a former rival, to be his running mate. It was another key part of an effort to create a broad, pro-democracy front to not just unseat Bolsonaro, but to make it easier to govern.
Building bridges among a diverse — and divided — country will be key to his success, said Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo.
“If Lula manages to talk to voters who didn’t vote for him, which Bolsonaro never tried, and seeks negotiated solutions to the economic, social and political crisis we have,” Melo said, “then he could reconnect Brazil to a time in which people could disagree and still get some things done.”
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WESTAMPTON – The Burlington County Health Department is holding more COVID-19 vaccination clinics next month to try to help get as many residents vaccinated or boosted in advance of a possible fall or winter surge of the virus.
The August clinics will be by appointment only each Friday, Aug. 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Burlington County Health Department, 15 Pioneer Boulevard, Westampton. The clinics are open to all Burlington County adults, teens and children as young as 6 months old.
“We’re starting to see a rise in COVID cases and hospitalizations so now is the time for those who are still unvaccinated or eligible for a booster to act to get protected,” said Burlington County Health Department Director Dr. Herb Conaway. “Whether you’re an adult, senior or young child, the vaccines are your best possible defense against severe disease and the worst possible outcomes. We want as many of our residents protected as possible, so we’re holding these clinics to help ensure they have access.”
To make an appointment for one of the Health Department vaccine clinics, go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/bchdaugustclinics
The Moderna, Pfizer and NovaVax vaccines will be available for all eligible age groups, including the special doses of Pfizer and Moderna for children under 5.
As always pediatric vaccine dosage amounts are tailored to account for the smaller size and age-related immune system differences of our young ones.
The NovaVax shot is a new vaccine available for adults 18 and up. It is a traditional protein-based vaccine rather than the mRNA vaccines like Moderna and Pfizer. Federal health officials hope residents skeptical of the mRNA vaccines will consider it rather than going unvaccinated.
New Jersey Department of Health statistics show more than 359,000 Burlington County residents have now received at least one primary dose of vaccine. More than 222,000 county residents have also now received at least one booster dose.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to recommend children 5 and up get boosted 5 months after their first series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines and 2 months after receiving a single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. A second booster dose is also recommended for all residents 50 and older and for anyone 12 and up who are considered high-risk for COVID complications.
While there have been discussions about expanding eligibility for the additional booster in the fall when the shots are expected to be reformulated to better protect against newer variants, Conaway and other health experts stress that those eligible for an additional dose should not wait.
“The vaccines still offer protection against severe disease, even from the newest variants, so if you qualify for a second booster now – don’t wait until fall. Get the extra protection now,” Conaway said.
Burlington County Commissioner Felicia Hopson, the Board’s liaison to the Health Department, said she was proud of the County’s response throughout the pandemic.
“From COVID-19 vaccines and testing clinics to distributing protective equipment and groceries, our County has responded to help our residents overcome the challenges of COVID,” Hopson said. “We will continue to make that help and resources available for as long as it’s needed.”
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UK pledges missiles to Ukraine; new US ambassador in Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Britain pledged Thursday to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany in equipping the embattled nation with advanced weapons for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery.
Western arms have been critical to Ukraine’s success in stymieing Russia’s much larger and better-equipped military during a war now in its 99th day. But as Russian forces closed in on a key city in recent days, the Ukrainian government said its fighters needed better rocket launchers to prevail.
Russian forces continued to pound towns and cities overnight and to tighten their grip on the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk. The U.K. Defense Ministry reported that Russia had captured most of the city, one of two in Luhansk province that had remained under Ukrainian control.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the U.K. would send an unspecified number of M270 launchers, which can fire precision-guided rockets up to 80 kilometers (50 miles). Ukrainian troops will be trained in the U.K. to use the equipment, he said.
The British government says the decision to provide the launchers was coordinated closely with the U.S. government, which said Wednesday that it would supply High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Ukraine.
The two missile systems are similar, though the American one has wheels while the British one -- also U.S.-built -- runs on tracks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for more and better weapons and sometimes accused the West of moving too slowly in providing them. After Western-supplied arms helped Ukraine fend off Russian attempts to storm the capital, Moscow shifted its focus to seizing all of eastern Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region.
Military analysts think Russia is hoping to overrun the Donbas before any weapons that might turn the tide arrive. It will take at least three weeks to get the precision U.S. weapons and trained troops onto the battlefield, the Pentagon said. But Defense Undersecretary Colin Kahl said he believes they will arrive in time to make a difference in the fight.
Kyiv also is set to get a diplomatic boost with the formal installation of a new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink was set to hand her credentials to Zelenskyy on Thursday.
Brink will be Washington’s first ambassador in Kyiv since former U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly forced out Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in 2019. Yovanovitch later became a key figure in the first impeachment proceedings against Trump.
Ahead of her Senate confirmation last month, Brink promised senators she would work to make Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “strategic failure.” Her work in Kyiv is expected to focus on coordinating Western weapon shipments.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that Moscow does not trust assurances that Ukraine will not use its new rocket launchers to fire on Russian territory. “We believe that the U.S. is deliberately and diligently pouring fuel on the fire,” he said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Ukraine’s repeated push for more weapons was a “direct provocation intended to draw the West into the fighting.” He warned that U.S.-supplied multiple rocket launchers would raise the risk of an expanded conflict.
Meanwhile, Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the Donbas and other parts of Ukraine while ground troops made an inching advance in the east,
A regional governor said Russian forces now control 80% of Sievierodonetsk, a city that is key to Moscow’s efforts to complete its capture of the Donbas. Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists have fought in the eastern region for eight years, and the separatists held swaths of territory before the Russian invasion.
The only other city in Luhansk province that the Russians have not yet captured, Lysychansk, is still fully under Ukrainian control, he said, but is likely to be the next target. The two cities are separated by a river.
Moscow’s forces also stormed the town of Komyshuvakha in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, large parts of which are under Russian control, the Ukrainian General Staff said Thursday.
In the western Lviv region, a Russian missile hit rail lines that were a key conduit for supplies of Western weapons and other supplies, officials said.
Zelenskyy has said Ukraine was losing between 60 and 100 soldiers a day in the fighting.
He turned the focus to children in his nightly video address, saying 243 of them have been killed in the war, 446 have been wounded and 139 are missing. The real numbers could be higher, he added, as his government doesn’t have a full picture of areas under Russian occupation.
Zelenskyy also said 200,000 children are among the Ukrainians who have been forcefully taken to Russia and dispersed across that vast country: “The purpose of this criminal policy is not just to steal people but to make those who are deported forget about Ukraine and unable to return.”
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Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Ukraine, and Associated Press reporters around the world contributed to this report.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers aspire to be like Randy Johnson.
Zac Gallen unintentionally got real close in emulating the Hall of Famer.
While warming up in the outfield before Arizona's game at Oakland on Wednesday, Gallen threw a curveball that hit a bird in midflight, killing the animal.
“I don’t really know what happened, honestly,” Gallen said. “I just know that the ball changed directions really. I saw what happened. It's kind of a freak accident. It's unfortunate.”
The throw was captured by cameras for Diamondbacks' broadcaster Bally Sports Arizona.
Johnson infamously killed a bird during a spring training game in 2001. While throwing a pitch against the San Francisco Giants, a bird crossed in front of home plate and was destroyed by the baseball.
Gallen was only 5 when that happened.
“I don’t remember it as a kid,” he said. “But I've seen the clip many times.”
Gallen's incident happened one day before the anniversary of Johnson pitching a perfect game for Arizona against the Atlanta Braves in 2004. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/diamondbacks-pitcher-accidentally-kills-bird-with-pitch/507-44900d36-e5b6-45b6-a4ed-947eb29d296d | 2023-05-18 14:43:27 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/diamondbacks-pitcher-accidentally-kills-bird-with-pitch/507-44900d36-e5b6-45b6-a4ed-947eb29d296d |
HAIKOU, China, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: CPHI) ("China Pharma", the "Company" or "We"), an NYSE American-listed corporation with a fully-integrated specialty pharmaceuticals subsidiary based in China, today announced the launch of N95 medical protective mask ("N95 mask").
On December 26, Hainan Medical Products Administration issued the Registration Certificate of N95 medical protective masks to Hainan Helpson Medical & Biotechnology Co., Ltd., providing a strong material guarantee for further optimizing the industrial layout, production capacity and reserves of epidemic prevention materials in Hainan Province.
N95 Mask is a medical-level protection mask. It is used to filter particles, block droplets, blood, body fluids, secretions, etc. in the air under the medical work environment.
Recently, China has completely ended its strict quarantine and zero case policies in response to COVID-19 pandemic in the past three years. The number of COVID-19 infected people has exploded in all parts of China, and the demand of medical institutions and the public for high-level medical protective masks has increased significantly. The market is in short supply, and N95 masks at drugstores and other retailers are out of stock on a large scale.
Ms. Li Zhilin, CEO of China Pharma said: "Under the time the number of infected people has increased dramatically, and many of our colleagues have stuck to their posts under the epidemic situation. Thanks to our professional pharmaceutical production facilities, Hainan Medical Products Administration has treated our registration application as a special issue. Through providing us the green channel, they gave us advance technical guidance, to issue us the Registration Certificate at the fastest speed. Our fast reaction in expanding our product lines to N95 medical protective masks have demonstrated our firm commitment to providing excellent health products for the public."
About China Pharma Holdings, Inc.
China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: CPHI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and markets a diversified portfolio of products, focusing on conditions with high incidence and high mortality rates in China, including cardiovascular, CNS, infectious, and digestive diseases. The Company's cost-effective business model is driven by market demand and supported by new GMP-certified product lines covering the major dosage forms. In addition, the Company has a broad and expanding nationwide distribution network across all major cities and provinces in China. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Hainan Helpson Medical & Biotechnology Co., Ltd., is located in Haikou City, Hainan Province. For more information about China Pharma Holdings, Inc., please visit www.chinapharmaholdings.com. The Company routinely posts important information on its website.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — Several City of San Angelo departments are without network or phone service Monday because of lighting strikes over the weekend.
The sites include, but are not limited to:
- Stormwater
- Street & Bridge
- Traffic
- Fleet Maintenance
- Station 618 & Recreation administration
- Fairmount Cemetery
- Fort Concho
- Water Lab
- Water Production
According to an email from the City, there is no ETA for when service will be restored.
COSA will share updates as new information becomes available. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/lightning-strikes-leave-some-city-of-san-angelo-departments-without-networkphone-service/504-90b76bde-96bc-41ef-80bb-c3627181baab | 2022-12-12 18:26:45 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/lightning-strikes-leave-some-city-of-san-angelo-departments-without-networkphone-service/504-90b76bde-96bc-41ef-80bb-c3627181baab |
Indianapolis inmate charged with murder of sheriff's deputy in escape attempt, faces death penalty
IN inmate had been awaiting trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend
A jail inmate accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in Indianapolis during an escape attempt while he was being moved in a van was charged Thursday with murder and prosecutors said they are seeking the death penalty against him.
Orlando Mitchell, 34, used his handcuff chain to strangle Deputy John Durm, 61, as the deputy was returning him Monday to the Criminal Justice Center in Indianapolis following a hospital visit, authorities said.
Mitchell was formally charged Thursday with two counts of murder and one count each of robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and escape.
Marion County prosecutors filed court paperwork Thursday seeking the death penalty against Mitchell if he's convicted in Durm's slaying. That filing cites four aggravating circumstances, including that Durm was killed while performing "his duty as a law enforcement officer."
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At the time of Durm's killing, Mitchell was awaiting trial for the killing of his ex-girlfriend, Krystal Walton. He had been jailed in that killing since September 2022.
"For decades, Deputy John Durm served our community with honor and dignity. Now, it is our duty to secure justice for Deputy Durm and his family," prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a statement.
The Marion County public defender's office, which is representing Mitchell, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about the case.
Authorities said Durm was returning Mitchell to the Criminal Justice Center on Monday when the inmate used his handcuff chain to strangle the deputy after he opened the van's rear door.
Mitchell then found Durm’s handcuff key, unlocked himself and drove the van a short distance from the detention center before crashing into a wooden pole, authorities said. Other deputies then returned him to custody. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/indianapolis-inmate-charged-murder-sheriffs-deputy-escape-attempt-faces-death-penalty | 2023-07-13 22:05:55 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/indianapolis-inmate-charged-murder-sheriffs-deputy-escape-attempt-faces-death-penalty |
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal provide practical cooking advice that you can’t find on Google. We try to answer questions like “How do I get my pizza dough to roll out easier?” and “What’s the difference between cured and uncured bacon?”
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LANGHORNE, Pa. (WHTM) – Sesame Place has responded to claims that a performer at the popular Pennsylvania theme park intentionally ignored her two Black girls during a parade.
The mother of the two children shared her complaints on Instagram earlier this week, along with a video showing “Sesame Street” character Rosita high-fiving parade watchers. When Rosita was approached by the two girls in the now-viral clip, the character appeared to wave them away.
“We were on our way out of sesame place and the kids wanted to stop to see the characters,” the girls’ mother wrote in the caption. “THIS DISGUSTING person blatantly told our kids NO then proceeded to hug the little white girl next to us!
“Then when I went to complain about it, they looking at me like I’m crazy,” the mom added.
Sesame Place, a theme park outside Philadelphia designed to mirror the popular kids television show Sesame Street, released a statement on Instagram responding to the incident. The park claims the performer “did not intertidally ignore the girls and is devastated about the misunderstanding.”
“The performer portraying the Rosita character confirmed that the ‘no’ hand gesture seen several times in the video was not directed at any specific person, rather it was a response to multiple requests from someone in the crowd who asked Rosita to hold their child for a photo which is not permitted,” reads the statement.
The park added that the costumes worn by performers can make it difficult to see below eye-level. Officials at Sesame Place have also spoken with the family to apologize, and have invited them for a special meet-and-greet with the characters, according to the statement.
“For over 40 years Sesame Place has worked to uphold the values of respect, inclusion and belonging, the statement continued. “We are committed to doing a better job making children and families feel special, seen and included when they come to our parks. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/sesame-place-responds-to-claim-that-costumed-character-ignored-black-children/ | 2022-07-19 17:00:39 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/sesame-place-responds-to-claim-that-costumed-character-ignored-black-children/ |
The integration is beneficial for both financial institutions and account holders.
SAN ANTONIO, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SWIVEL™ Transactions, LLC, in collaboration with Eltropy, is pleased to announce the launch of enhanced payment reminder and acceptance capabilities.
PayPrompt™, SWIVEL's automated payment reminder and acceptance service, is now more effective to launch through Eltropy's world-class digital conversations platform. SWIVEL and Eltropy worked together to add powerful new features as a progression of the partnership, which was first announced in 2021. These capabilities make it easier than ever for a financial institution to launch fully integrated payment reminder and acceptance as part of its enterprise messaging strategy.
In addition to being easier and faster to launch payment reminder initiatives for the financial institution, account holders also benefit from the latest features. This integration creates short links specific to each account holder, which in turn enables authenticated account holders to easily submit payments.
"These new services further simplify the delivery of a frictionless payment collection process, without compromising security or exposing systems to unnecessary PCI requirements. The integration is the natural evolution in the SWIVEL/Eltropy partnership, providing yet another avenue to support our mutual clients in leveraging their digital channels for continued servicing of their customers," said Jason O'Brien, CEO of SWIVEL.
"Today marks a special milestone in our wonderful partnership with SWBC's SWIVEL," said Ashish Garg, Co-founder and CEO of Eltropy. "Text messaging is 40 times more effective than phone calls for payment reminders. Through this partnership, we are now combining text plus payments to give consumers a seamless and easy experience, all while ensuring compliance and data security – critical for financial institutions."
About SWIVEL Transactions, LLC
SWIVEL Transactions, LLC, is a financial technology and services company providing specialized, integrated transaction enablement solutions that remove friction for account holders, borrowers, and departments across financial institutions, as well as collections agencies and departments, while also mitigating risks associated with moving funds in digital domains. More than 800 financial institutions use SWIVEL's payment solutions across the United States. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SWBC, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. For more information about SWIVEL and its innovative solutions, visit getswivel.io.
About SWBC
As a diversified financial services company, SWBC provides financial institutions, businesses, and individuals a wide range of services, including insurance, mortgages, wealth management, employee benefits, and more. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, SWBC has partners and divisions across all 50 states and manages business around the world. No matter how wide its reach, SWBC always listens to its customers' needs, analyzes their current situations, and recommends customized solutions. For more information about our innovative approach to personalized service, visit SWBC's website at swbc.com.
About Eltropy
Eltropy is the leading digital conversations platform for community financial institutions (CFIs). Its AI-driven communications tools empower CFIs to communicate, automate, improve operations and engagement, and increase productivity across the institution – all while maintaining the highest standards of security and compliance. Using Eltropy's platform, CFIs can connect with their consumers anytime, anywhere via Text, Video, Secure Chat, co-browsing, screensharing, and chatbot technology – all integrated into a single platform. For more information, please visit eltropy.com.
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Graphic novelist, 9 other writers win $50,000 Whiting Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — A graphic novelist based in Hawaii, a reporter for an offshoot of The Economist and a contributor to The New Yorker are among this year’s winners of the Whiting Award, a $50,000 honor given annually to 10 emerging fiction and nonfiction writers.
R. Kikuo Johnson is the first graphic novelist to receive a Whiting since the prize was established in 1985, according to the Whiting Foundation, which announced the awards Wednesday night. Other winners include Linda Kinstler, who writes for The Economist’s 1843 magazine; New Yorker writer Stephania Taladrid; fiction writers Marcia Douglas, Sidik Fofana and Carribean Fragoza; poets Tommye Blount and Ama Codjoe; dramatist Mia Chung and poet-dramatist Emma Wippermann.
“Every year we look to the new Whiting Award winners, writing fearlessly at the edge of imagination, to reveal the pathways of our thought and our acts before we know them ourselves,” Courtney Hodell, Whiting’s director of literary programs, said in a statement. “The prize is meant to create a space of ease in which such transforming work can be made.”
Previous winners include David Foster Wallace, Jeffrey Eugenides and Suzan-Lori Parks.
The Whiting Foundation bestows the awards annually on 10 new writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama who show early accomplishment and the promise of making a lasting mark on literary culture.
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HOUSTON, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surge Energy US Holdings Company ("Surge" or the "Company") announces it entered into an agreement with Gravity Water Midstream, LLC ("Gravity") to install a produced water recycling facility in Howard County, Texas.
Surge initially began utilizing recycled produced water for completion operations in 2017. This practice both conserves fresh water and reduces operating expenses. This new facility built with Gravity will be the fourth recycling facility commissioned to support Surge's acreage position and will allow Surge to use recycled produced water in substantially all completions going forward while reducing the water volumes distributed to saltwater disposal wells in the area.
"Surge has a long track record of using recycled produced water for fracking as demonstrated by the conservation of over 3.5 billion gallons of freshwater since we initiated the practice in 2017 and we are now expanding this practice with this facility to the acreage acquired in 2021," stated Linhua Guan, Surge's CEO. "We are excited to expand our partnership with Gravity on this project based on both companies' shared commitment to protecting the environment."
"Gravity is excited to enter into this partnership with Surge as we continue to expand our produced water recycling operations leveraging our dominant Howard County produced water gathering, disposal, and reuse supersystem," says Trace Hight, Gravity's Chief Commercial Officer. "This project with Surge will mark the 5th E&P operator in Howard County we have helped this year to reduce their freshwater sourcing needs by increasing delivery of our cost-effective and environmentally friendly produced water recycling solutions."
About Gravity
Gravity Water Midstream, backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., is a leading provider of water management services to oil and gas companies in the Permian and Bakken basins. Gravity owns and operates more than 50 active saltwater disposal wells with more than 1.5 million barrels per day of permitted disposal capacity with the leading market share position by volumes in the Midland Basin. More information is available at www.gvty.com.
About Surge
Surge is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development, exploitation, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas reserves in the Midland Basin of West Texas, one of three primary sub-basins of the Permian Basin. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and currently holds approximately 114,000 net acres in the Permian Basin. For more information, visit our website at www.SurgeEnergyA.com.
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—CM-101 Met Primary Endpoint of Safety and Tolerability and Showed Positive Activity Across Multiple Liver Fibrosis Biomarkers and Physiologic Assessments—
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemomab Therapeutics, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CMMB) (Chemomab), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for fibrotic and inflammatory diseases with high unmet need, today reported top-line results from its Phase 2a trial assessing CM-101, its first-in-class CCL24-neutralizing monoclonal antibody, in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients. The trial met its primary endpoint of safety and tolerability, and CM-101 achieved reductions in secondary endpoints that include a range of liver fibrosis biomarkers and physiologic assessments measured at baseline and at week 20.
The randomized, placebo-controlled trial enrolled 23 NASH patients with stage F1c, F2 and F3 disease who were randomized to receive either CM-101 or placebo. Patients received eight doses of 5 mg/kg of CM-101 or placebo, administered by subcutaneous (SC) injection once every two weeks, for a treatment period of 16 weeks. This trial was primarily designed to assess the subcutaneous formulation of CM-101 and to evaluate the drug's impact on liver fibrosis biomarkers relevant to both NASH and the rare fibro-inflammatory conditions that represent the focus for the company, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Dale Pfost, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Chemomab, said, "It is noteworthy that this trial confirmed the safety and tolerability of CM-101 and the pharmacokinetics of our subcutaneous formulation, while providing biomarker data further demonstrating the anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic activity of CM-101. We are especially pleased with these encouraging findings given the small size of the study, the short duration of treatment and the relatively low dose of CM-101 that was administered."
Dr. Pfost continued, "This is the third clinical trial in patients demonstrating the activity of CM-101 as measured by fibro-inflammatory biomarkers and physiological assessments. It confirms similar data we reported in our Phase 1b study in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and in our recently reported investigator study of acute lung injury in COVID patients. Collectively, these data encompassing diverse organs and conditions reinforce our optimism about our ongoing Phase 2 trial in primary sclerosing cholangitis and our Phase 2 trial in systemic sclerosis that is scheduled to begin early this year."
Key findings of the CM-101 Phase 2a trial included the following.
- CM-101 continues to appear safe and was well tolerated when administered subcutaneously. Most reported adverse events observed were mild, with one unrelated serious adverse event reported. No significant injection site reactions were observed and no anti-drug antibodies were detected.
- CM-101 administered subcutaneously demonstrated favorable pharmacokinetics and target engagement profiles as expected; they were similar to what the company has previously reported.
- CM-101-treated patients showed greater improvements than the placebo group in a number of liver fibrosis-related biomarkers, including ProC-3, ProC-4, ProC-18, TIMP-1 and ELF.
- A majority of CM-101-treated patients showed improvements in more than one liver fibrosis-related biomarker—almost 60% of CM-101-treated patients responded in at least three biomarkers at week 20, compared to no patients in the placebo group.
- CM-101-treated patients with higher CCL24 levels at baseline showed greater reductions in fibrosis-related biomarkers than patients with lower CCL24 levels. Patients with higher CCL24 at baseline were also more likely to be responders in multiple fibrosis-related biomarkers than patients with lower CCL24 levels, adding to the growing body of evidence validating the role of CCL24 in the pathophysiology of fibrotic liver disease.
- A higher proportion of patients in the CM-101-treated group showed improvement in a physiologic measure of liver stiffness as compared to placebo (reduction of at least one grade of fibrosis score as assessed by the non-invasive elastography method known as FibroScan®).
- After completion of the study, the unblinded data showed that patients in the CM-101-treated group had higher baseline levels of fibrosis compared to placebo-treated patients. The impact of this difference on the results, if any, is unknown.
Massimo Pinzani, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Director of the University College London (UCL) Institute for Liver and Digestive Health and the Sheila Sherlock Chair of Hepatology at UCL, commented, "These encouraging Phase 2a results for CM-101 are a good example of what one is seeking in a successful biomarker study–sets of multiple biomarkers moving together in a positive direction. Based on these early findings, CM-101 may have the potential to interrupt the inflammatory and fibrotic vicious cycle characterizing conditions such as PSC, systemic sclerosis and other fibro-inflammatory diseases, providing the potential for much-needed disease-modifying therapy."
Rifaat Safadi, MD, Professor in Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem; a Visiting Scholar at the Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and Principal Investigator of the Phase 2a study noted, "The results from this early trial confirm previous clinical and preclinical research suggesting that neutralizing the pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory effects of CCL24 may have a therapeutic benefit for patients battling intractable fibro-inflammatory diseases such as PSC and systemic sclerosis, and support the conduct of additional clinical trials to address this unmet medical need. I want to thank the patients who participated in this trial and the team members at the clinical sites who helped make these encouraging results possible."
For more information on Chemomab's Phase 2 SPRING trial In patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, visit www.chemomab.com/trials/psc/, or click here for information for potential participants.
Chemomab is a clinical stage biotechnology company focusing on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for fibrotic and inflammatory diseases with high unmet need. Based on the unique and pivotal role of the soluble protein CCL24 in promoting fibrosis and inflammation, Chemomab developed CM-101, a monoclonal antibody designed to bind and block CCL24 activity. CM-101 has demonstrated the potential to treat multiple severe and life-threatening fibrotic and inflammatory diseases. A Phase 2 liver fibrosis biomarker study in NASH patients was recently completed and a Phase 2 trial in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients is ongoing. Chemomab expects to begin enrolling patients in a Phase 2 trial in systemic sclerosis early in 2023. For more information on Chemomab, visit chemomab.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding the clinical development pathway for CM-101 and the results of the Phase 2a Liver Fibrosis Biomarker trial in NASH patients on future development plans; the future operations of Chemomab and its ability to successfully initiate and complete clinical trials and achieve regulatory milestones; the nature, strategy and focus of Chemomab; the development and commercial potential and potential benefits of any product candidates of Chemomab; and that the product candidates have the potential to address high unmet needs of patients with serious fibrosis-related diseases and conditions. Any statements contained in this communication that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon Chemomab's current expectations. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Because such statements deal with future events and are based on Chemomab's current expectations, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual results, performance or achievements of Chemomab could differ materially from those described in or implied by the statements in this presentation, including: risks related to Chemomab's ability to effectively implement the revised clinical strategy and its ability to achieve the anticipated results; risks related to the projections and associated benefits in pursuing the contemplated changes to the clinical strategy; risks associated with the ongoing transitions of certain of our executive officers, including Chemomab's new Chief Executive Officer; the uncertain and time-consuming regulatory approval process; risks related to Chemomab's ability to correctly manage its operating expenses and its expenses; Chemomab's plans to develop and commercialize its product candidates, focusing on CM-101; the timing of initiation of Chemomab's planned clinical trials; the timing of the availability of data from Chemomab's clinical trials including any potential delays associated with Chemomab's contemplated revised clinical strategy; the timing of any planned investigational new drug application or new drug application; Chemomab's plans to research, develop and commercialize its current and future product candidates; the clinical utility, potential benefits and market acceptance of Chemomab's product candidates; Chemomab's commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy; Chemomab's ability to protect its intellectual property position; and the requirement for additional capital to continue to advance these product candidates, which may not be available on favorable terms or at all. Additional risks and uncertainties relating to Chemomab's and its business can be found under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Chemomab's filings and reports with the SEC. Chemomab expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Chemomab's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators' allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users' data over a six-year span.
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement on Wednesday with Twitter. The regulators allege that Twitter violated a 2011 FTC order by deceiving users about how well the company maintained and protected the privacy and security of their nonpublic contact information.
The government alleged that the violations occurred from May 2013 to September 2019.
“Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users with ads,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. “This practice affected more than 140 million Twitter users, while boosting Twitter’s primary source of revenue.” | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/social-media-giant-twitter-to-pay-150m-penalty-over-the-privacy-of-users-data | 2022-05-26 01:28:13 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/social-media-giant-twitter-to-pay-150m-penalty-over-the-privacy-of-users-data |
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, buoyed by a rebound in online advertising after a post-pandemic slump.
The Menlo Park, California-based company earned $7.79 billion, or $2.98 per share, in the April-June period. That’s up 16% from $6.69 billion, or $2.46 per share, in the same period a year earlier.
Revenue jumped 11% to $32 billion from $28.82 billion in the year-ago quarter. It’s the first double-digit revenue growth for the company since 2021.
Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $2.91 per share on revenue of $31.08 billion, according to a poll by FactSet Research.
Facebook had 3.03 billion monthly active users as of June 30, up 3% year-over-year.
Squeezed by a slump in online advertising and uncertainty around the global economy, Meta has cut more than 20,000 jobs since last November. It had 71,469 employees as of June 30, down 14% from a year earlier.
Many other tech companies, including Google parent Alphabet and Amazon, have also cut thousands of jobs.
“There’s a lot to feel good about when it comes to Meta right now. It has been able to maintain decent growth in monthly and daily active users across both Facebook and its family of apps, and it has seen strong performance from Advantage, its AI-driven suite of ad automation tools,” said Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst with Insider Intelligence.
For the current quarter, Meta is forecasting revenue of $32 billion to $34.5 billion. That’s above the $31.22 billion that analysts are expecting.
Meta’s rebound followed a solid earnings report from Alphabet a day earlier.
Meta’s stock jumped $14.45, or 4.8%, to $313.02 in after-hours trading in response to the results. | https://www.wjhl.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-facebook-parent-meta-posts-higher-profit-revenue-for-q2-as-advertising-rebounds/ | 2023-07-27 20:58:56 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-facebook-parent-meta-posts-higher-profit-revenue-for-q2-as-advertising-rebounds/ |
Team "Weiskopf's Warriors" is Supported by Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Aims to Raise Money to Advance Progress Against the Disease that Took Her Husband in 2022
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PanCAN PurpleStride Takes Place in 60 Communities Nationwide on April 29, 2023 –
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LOS ANGELES, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) announced "Weiskopf's Warriors," a team created by Laurie Weiskopf in honor of her late husband, professional golfer, Tom Weiskopf, for PanCAN PurpleStride, the ultimate walk to end pancreatic cancer. Tom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late 2020 and passed from the disease in August 2022. Tom played on the PGA Tour, the Champions Tour and designed 70 golf courses around the world. Coming together in memory of Tom and joining his wife Laurie are professional golfers Gary Player who list his wife, Vivienne, to the disease and Barbara and Jack Nicklaus whose father, Charlie, passed from pancreatic cancer.
"Weiskopf's Warriors" goal is to raise at least $50,000 for PanCAN in Tom's memory and the team will be walking on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at PurpleStride Phoenix, taking place at Salt River Fields.
"Tom brought joy, warmth, love and wit to everyone who knew him. He was a consummate competitor who fought pancreatic cancer with the same commitment that he drove every fairway and green," said Laurie Weiskopf. "I formed the Weiskopf's Warriors PurpleStride team to help accelerate progress against pancreatic cancer – and pay tribute to Tom's incredible legacy. With every dollar we raise, more patients can benefit from PanCAN's free, one-on-one support, and personalized resources that can make a real difference in their lives."
PanCAN PurpleStride is the number one way PanCAN raises funds to fuel its mission and the dollars raised change the lives of people facing pancreatic cancer and advance progress against the disease. City by city, supporters will walk the nation in solidarity on Saturday, April 29, 2023 to raise national awareness and much-needed funds for pancreatic cancer. This year's goal is to raise $19 million in nearly 60 communities nationwide. Approximately 70,000 participants are expected to come together in person, and anyone can register to participate for free at www.purplestride.org.
"We are so grateful to Laurie and everyone who is participating in PanCAN PurpleStride. Their efforts are making a difference," said Julie Fleshman, JD, MBA, president and CEO of PanCAN. "PanCAN PurpleStride gives everyone affected by this disease the opportunity to make an impact through greater awareness and fundraising."
Progress is being made. In January, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer reached a new all-time high of 12%, an increase of one percentage point from last year. This is the first time since 2017 that the survival rate has increased two consecutive years, a promising upward trend in the fight against this tough disease. However, pancreatic cancer is currently the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. and is on track to become the second leading cause.
Other notable individuals who have passed in recent years from the disease include "JEOPARDY!" host Alex Trebek, actor Willie Garson, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and U.S. Representative John Lewis.
To find and register for a PanCAN PurpleStride event in your community, visit www.purplestride.org. Those who are unable to attend an event locally can still participate by joining the nationwide event, PurpleStride USA, and registering for free.
For more information on the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its urgent mission to save lives, visit pancan.org or follow PanCAN on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
About the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) leads the way in accelerating critical progress for pancreatic cancer patients. PanCAN takes bold action by funding life-saving research, providing personalized patient services and creating a community of supporters and volunteers who will stop at nothing to create a world in which all pancreatic cancer patients will thrive. For 18 years in a row, PanCAN has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator – the highest rating an organization can receive. This rating designates PanCAN as an official "Give with Confidence" charity, indicating strong financial health, ongoing accountability and transparency.
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St. Luke’s Home Care Earns Prestigious 2022 Home Health Honors Elite Recognition
St. Luke’s Home Care has been named a 2022 Home Health Honors Elite recipient by HEALTHCAREfirst.
The prestigious annual review recognizes agencies that continuously provide a positive patient experience and high-quality care as measured from the patient’s point of view.
“Nothing is more important to us than providing our patients with the best quality of care in a home-based setting,” Stephanie Keppers-Anderson, St. Luke’s Director of Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care said. “We are deeply honored to know our dedication to our patients and work is being recognized.”
The award acknowledges the highest achieving agencies by analyzing performance in 19 areas from April 2021 through March 2022. This recognition is given to home health agencies which score above HEALTHCAREfirst national average on 100% of the evaluated questions.
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Industry-first AI Integration Will Change the Ticketing Industry
NEW YORK, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FEVO, a leading social commerce technology company, has announced the launch of an AI beta for its social commerce and ticketing platform, the industry's first generative AI toolkit.
This groundbreaking innovation will leverage large language models (LLMs) to enhance FEVO's enterprise platform for merchants, providing sellers and marketers with unparalleled efficiency at every step of the conversion funnel, from audience segmentation and targeting to the deployment of new sales campaigns.
"At our very core, we are a productivity platform for merchants and consumers," said FEVO CEO and Founder Ari Daie. "Our mission is to make our clients' lives easier, and enabling AI on our platform will give them hours back in their day, allowing them to create differentiated campaigns at scale in seconds. Not only will this drive sales and efficiency — it also means more time to focus on the things that only a human can accomplish, like cultivating relationships with customers, partners and investors. And for the consumers, we'll leverage AI to make their transactions and interactions with the brands we service more intuitive, fun and seamless. Combined, these innovations will have multiplier effects on loyalty, revenue and consumer satisfaction."
FEVO will utilize generative AI in three key areas:
- Automation of workflows and offer creation
- Productivity tools to give sellers and marketers more time for other tasks
- Automation of campaign management
Since its inception in 2016, FEVO has been a pioneer in social commerce, introducing industry-first sharing and networking tools into the ticketing process for more than 750 blue-chip brands in sports, music and live entertainment. Now, FEVO will bundle its sophisticated social-commerce tech with smart AI, another first in ticketing and live events.
FEVO's mission from day one has been to operate at the bleeding edge of culture and commerce, analyzing trends in technology and consumer behavior to better prepare its partners for the future of online shopping. And there is no technology trend more important in 2023 than Generative AI, which uses machine learning to analyze large amounts of data and then turn that data into new ideas, solutions and content.
FEVO's AI beta will roll out in a phased approach starting this summer and is set to reshape the ticketing and social commerce industry.
About FEVO
FEVO is helping the biggest brands in the world reimagine online shopping. Our Social Checkout™ makes it easy for fans to shop together on any ticketing website, restoring the vital human elements of in-person shopping without sacrificing the efficiency and convenience of e-commerce. Since launching in 2016, FEVO has become a dominant force in live events, helping 700+ blue-chip brands in sports, music and entertainment sell more than 15 million tickets to 4 million consumers. For more information, visit FEVO.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – A pair of Delaware lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would make it easier for some previously ineligible public workers to qualify for loan relief under a federal program. This is the latest attempt to make changes to the 15-year-old program as Americans await a decision on widespread student loan forgiveness by the Biden administration.
Senator Bob Menendez and Representative Donald Norcross, both Democrats from New Jersey, introduced the “Second Chance at Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act” on Thursday. The bill proposes fixing “long-standing problems” with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, or PSLF, and allowing “millions of previously ineligible public servants” the chance to have their loans forgiven.
PSLF was created in 2007 to help certain workers in the public sector have their loans forgiven after 120 payments over 10 years. The number of applicants actually having their loans forgiven has been low: Just 1 in 5 of the 1.3 million borrowers pursuing debt discharge through PSLF are on track to see relief by 2026, according to a September report by the Student Borrower Protection Center.
In 2021, the U.S. Department of Education announced a change that temporarily waives specific PSLF requirements to grant borrowers credit toward loan cancellation regardless of their federal loan type or if they had been enrolled in a specific payment plan, as long as they consolidated their debt into a Direct Loan before the end of the waiver.
Prior to the waiver, borrowers needed to have a specific federal loan — a Direct Loan — to qualify for PSLF. Borrowers could consolidate their debt into Direct Loans for PSLF, but any payments made on the loans before consolidation didn’t count toward the required tally.
This waiver is currently set to expire after October 31, 2022, meaning eligible borrowers have less than four months to apply.
The newly proposed bill calls for the provisions in the PSLF waiver to be codified and for issues raised by borrowers and advocacy groups to be tackled. That includes allowing public servants with loans or public service before the program was created to qualify for relief, replacing the 120-payments requirement with 10 years of public service, ensuring Parent PLUS Loans qualify, expanding eligibility to those working 30 hours a week, and providing additional definitions of public service employment.
The act would also allow for teachers to qualify for both PSLF and the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program simultaneously.
Last week, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) introduced a similar bill to make it easier for public workers to have their student loans forgiven. The proposal includes cutting the amount of time it takes to get relief in half by reducing the number of payments needed to qualify for PSLF relief from 120 over 10 years to 60 over five years for borrowers working with an eligible employer. It would also allow previous payments made to count toward the necessary payments, regardless of loan type, payment plan, or if the payments were made on time.
Courtney’s bill would expand PSLF access for active-duty military and Peace Corp volunteers who had their loans placed in deferment while they were serving. Currently, certain loan deferments are not eligible for PSLF relief.
Additionally, under Courtney’s bill, parents with PLUS loans — otherwise known as Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students — or couples who joint-consolidated their loans into a Federal Family Education Loan, or FFEL, would be allowed to re-consolidated their loans into a Direct Loan, which would then be eligible for PSLF.
Earlier this month, the Biden administration proposed sweeping changes to the federal student loan system, including a permanent change to PSLF that would allow more payments to qualify for the program, including partial, lump-sum and late payments. It also would allow particular kinds of deferments and forbearances to count toward PSLF, and it would create a formal reconsideration process for applicants who were denied access to the program.
President Biden, when questioned about student loans on Wednesday, said he would make a decision “by the end of August.” The current payment pause on federal student loans is set to expire on August 31. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/lawmakers-propose-bill-to-give-public-workers-second-chance-at-student-loan-relief/ | 2022-07-21 22:01:09 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/lawmakers-propose-bill-to-give-public-workers-second-chance-at-student-loan-relief/ |
Boston serial rape suspect Matthew Nilo now accused of attacking 8 women
The new charges against Nilo stem from a series of attacks in Boston's North End, where he grew up
New charges have been filed against a New Jersey lawyer recently accused of a series of rapes in Boston between 2007 and 2008.
A Suffolk County grand jury on Tuesday afternoon indicted Matthew Nilo, a 35-year-old Boston native, on seven charges, including one count of rape, one count of aggravated rape, three counts of assault with intent to rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery.
"Mr. Nilo denies all the allegations including the latest charges," his attorney told Fox News Digital. "You can expect both a legal and factual challenge to the government's case."
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in a Tuesday statement that "DNA evidence played a role in these new indictments."
BOSTON SERIAL RAPE SUSPECT MATTHEW NILO RELEASED ON BAIIL
"I can also tell you that the cooperation and coordination between our office, the Boston Police Department and the FBI has played a major role in our ability to secure today’s indictments and to give the survivors of these crimes the ability to see their attacker held accountable for his actions," he said.
Last month, authorities charged Nilo with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape and one count of indecent assault and battery.
ALLEGED BOSTON RAPE VICTIM FEARS SUSPECT MATTHEW NILO ‘COULD GET AWAY’ AFTER RELEASE ON BAIL
The initial charges were filed in connection with attacks on four women between 2007 and 2008 in the Terminal Street area of Charlestown after DNA linked him to the four alleged crimes.
He is now accused of attacking four more women in the North End, where he grew up, according to the Suffolk County DA's office.
One of the victims was attacked twice over the course of 11 days, the DA's office said.
"[N]o attack will go uninvestigated, no suspect will go unpursued, and no amount of time will insulate a criminal from a crime."
Nilo was fitted for a GPS monitor and released on $500,000 bail from the Suffolk County Jail on June 15 following his arraignment and a bail hearing.
The suspect's next court appearance in Suffolk County is scheduled for July 13.
One of his accusers, Lori Pinkham, told reporters on June 15 before his release that she feared Nilo could be a danger to the community if he is allowed out on bail.
"I'm so upset that he's able to get bail because for the first time… I've waited so long to have my day in court with him, and the fact that now he's able to just go back to his life and walk around for a year, and he could get away, and he could do it to somebody else, it's just sad," she said, adding that she understands the court has a "process."
Pinkham, who said she was working as a bar manager in Cambridge at the time of the 2007 attack, alleged that Nilo forced her into a vehicle at gunpoint near Government Center in downtown Boston.
Nilo's attorney, Joseph Cataldo, questioned what he describes as "the suspicious nature in which the DNA was recovered, but we'll get to that in due course" in comments to reporters at the Suffolk County Superior Court on June 15.
The Boston Police Department and FBI said last month that they linked Nilo to the sexual assaults through forensic genealogy and DNA analysis. The attacks were DNA-linked, authorities said when they arrested the suspect at his residence in New Jersey.
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He would have been a 19- or 20-year-old college student at the time of the attacks. Nilo went on to study law in California and become a cyber attorney in New York City. He was apparently engaged weeks before his arrest, according to his social media. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-serial-rape-suspect-matthew-nilo-now-accused-attacking-8-women | 2023-06-28 14:13:31 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-serial-rape-suspect-matthew-nilo-now-accused-attacking-8-women |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. (HR) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations.
The real estate investment trust, based in Nashville, Tennessee, said it had funds from operations of $68.3 million, or 43 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 45 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $42.2 million, or 28 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $142.9 million in the period, topping Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $140.5 million.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
3-1-1, FIREBALL: 2
(three, one, one; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
3-1-1, FIREBALL: 2
(three, one, one; FIREBALL: two) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17589273.php | 2022-11-16 17:45:43 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17589273.php |
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