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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Tennessee has relatively lax laws when it comes to collecting large animals that are found dead on the side of the road – except for bears.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) states on its website that “all big game found dead should be left where found and need not be reported.”
Big game refers to deer, turkey, elk and black bears in Tennessee, TWRA spokesperson Matthew Cameron told News Channel 11. That list used to include boar, but the species is now no longer considered big game due to its destructive nature.
While large roadkill is usually left alone, Cameron said Tennesseans are actually encouraged to take dead big game home in most instances.
“In Tennessee, if you find roadkill big game animals, you’re allowed to take them home and use them for personal consumption, and we encourage that because if not, they’re just going to go to waste or feed the vultures and coyotes,” Cameron said. “But there are some things you have to keep in mind if you want to take a roadkill big game animal home.”
Cameron said for deer and turkey found dead, anyone who wants to take the animals home must contact TWRA or a local law enforcement agency within 48 hours of taking them. That information will be documented after a phone call, and then those animals can be consumed or used without issue.
There is one exception to that rule, however. Cameron told News Channel 11 that bears killed by a vehicle cannot be possessed without extra steps taken.
“Bears on the other hand require that a TWRA agent come out and issue you a receipt for a black bear,” Cameron said. “So a little bit different situation.”
That physical receipt must be issued to anyone hoping to claim a roadkill bear before it is collected.
“The reason for that is that the bear population isn’t as high as our deer and our turkey populations, per se,” Cameron said. “We have less black bears. We want to keep track of the population, and it helps us know where our black bears are because sometimes they get hit in unusual places and it helps us track their population expansion.”
According to Cameron, the receipt process allows the agency to actually see the animal and also harvest a tooth from the bear.
“We can take a tooth, which our biologists will use for aging purposes,” Cameron said. “They take the tooth, they send it to a laboratory, the lab cuts it and opens it up and is able to count the annual rings inside it. It’s kind of like how a tree puts on annual rings and you can count the tree’s age; it’s very similar to a bear.”
Lastly, Cameron said the documentation process for collecting roadkill bears helps limit the sale of bear parts on the black market.
“There is a black market for black bear parts, and it’s highly illegal to sell any kind of bear parts in the state of Tennessee,” Cameron said. “But it does happen.”
By making sure hunters document any bears they kill in the state and keeping track of any that are collected after being struck by vehicles, Cameron said the TWRA is able to create a track record of bear parts and combat the black market.
If anyone planned to take a dead bear to a meat processor or taxidermist in Tennessee, they would be required to present their receipt from the TWRA to prove it had not been illegally harvested.
Outside of Tennessee’s four big game animals, there are other rules for roadkill. In most cases, small game can be collected without filing any reports or contacting any authorities. Cameron said animals like rabbit, raccoons, squirrels, skunks and the like can be taken home without any notification necessary.
However, there are some protected species like owls, hawks and other birds of prey that cannot be possessed by anyone.
“You cannot possess those. We cannot give you a receipt even to take those types of animals home,” Cameron said. “Any protected, non-game animal, we can’t give you any kind of receipt to keep those, and you could be cited for possession of an illegal animal if you do decide to take one of those home.”
Cameron said protected animals that are found dead should be left where they are. The TWRA can be notified in those instances, and a biologist from the agency may choose to collect the specimen for learning purposes. | https://www.wjhl.com/outdoors-appalachia/can-you-take-home-a-dead-bear-found-in-tennessee/ | 2022-11-18 21:35:43 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/outdoors-appalachia/can-you-take-home-a-dead-bear-found-in-tennessee/ |
A Pell City man has been charged in connection with the death of two people in Ragland Monday night, and “is being detained,” according to a press release, in connection with two shooting deaths in Birmingham earlier in the night.
Daniel P. Watson, 28, of Pell City, has been arrested and charged with capital murder, and an additional count of murder with a gun.
In the Ragland case, police responded to a call on Ivy Drive just after midnight early Tuesday morning.
A female victim, Amber L. Manning, 37, of Ragland, was located and pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds, according to a news release from the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office. Another gunshot victim, Timothy R. Davidson, 62, of Ragland, was airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham where he later died.
The relation of the Ragland victims are not known at this time.
The news release stated that Watson “is being detained” in connection with two additional homicides in Birmingham earlier last night prior to his alleged involvement with the shootings in Ragland.
Authorities gave limited information on the two cases’ link to one another and gave no answer as to the motive behind the shootings at the two locations or if this was a random attack.
St. Clair County Sheriff Bill Murray stated in the release that numerous agencies assisted in processing the scene and gave thanks to those agencies which include Leeds, Birmingham, Ragland, and Wattsville Fire.
Staff Writer Ashley Morrison: 256-236-1551. On Twitter: @AshMorrison1105. | https://www.annistonstar.com/news/crime/pell-city-man-charged-in-ragland-shooting-deaths/article_abe232ee-c28a-11ed-8ec1-4b179e1f87d1.html | 2023-03-14 17:34:00 | 1 | https://www.annistonstar.com/news/crime/pell-city-man-charged-in-ragland-shooting-deaths/article_abe232ee-c28a-11ed-8ec1-4b179e1f87d1.html |
FLOWER MOUND, Texas, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GDS Wealth Management is pleased to announce that they were voted the 2022 Best Financial Planning Firm in Denton County, and their founder and president, Glen D. Smith, was ranked in the top 3 Best Financial Planners. GDS Wealth Management would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to everyone who nominated and voted for them. They appreciate all of their clients and are proud to be a part of helping people reach their financial goals.
The Best of Denton County awards showcase local businesses that demonstrate a combination of outstanding customer service, commitment to the community, professionalism, and traditional southern charm. This prestigious award allows the citizens of Denton County to choose the businesses that most represent the standards this community values. Receiving this award is a true honor, and GDS Wealth Management is grateful for the privilege of working with the people of Denton County.
GDS Wealth Management has been a staple in the DFW area for many years, and they look forward to continuing to serve their clients and community in the coming years. GDS Wealth Management is dedicated to providing the excellent service that their company has become known for. Whether you are an individual with personal and family goals or the person charged with the financial goals of your organization, GDS Wealth Management is here to provide you with an array of financial and investment planning services essential to your success. Their experienced team of financial planners is proud to offer both the credentialed guidance and expertise needed to help you reach your lifelong financial goals.
Along with winning the 2022 Best Financial Planning Firm in Denton County, GDS Wealth Management has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, NBC, and Fox Business. Glen D. Smith, president of GDS Wealth Management, has also been named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Wealth Advisors for the past four years. These awards represent the hard work and dedication of the GDS Wealth Management team. They understand that managing your wealth is highly personal, and they take that task very seriously. As investment advisor representatives, they work alongside you, focusing not only on the management of your finances but also the role these decisions play in the grander scheme of things. They strategically formulate investing services for high net worth into your plans and goals, taking careful consideration at each step to ensure you're happy with the plan. If your financial goals change at any point along the way, changing or fine-tuning your investment strategy to better accommodate your goals is always your choice.
The client is truly at the heart of GDS Wealth Management's work. As Glen D. Smith says, "More than just saying the words 'we care,' the GDS team strives to actually fulfill that commitment and provide clients with the highest possible level of service and standards." Throughout the year, the team hosts client appreciation events that are dedicated to thanking their clients. These events are always a fantastic time – recently, the team hosted an intimate event at a Frisco RoughRiders game and an event at the Circle R Ranch in Flower Mound, where former Navy SEAL, Robert O'Neill, spoke to attendees about his time on SEAL Team Six. In every part of their business, it is abundantly clear that the highest priority at GDS Wealth Management is the clients themselves.
If you are interested in learning more about GDS Wealth Management's team and mission, please visit www.gdswealth.com or call (469) 212-8072. They would love to speak with you and discuss the goals that will allow you to achieve the financial future of your dreams.
GDS Wealth Management is an investment adviser in Flower Mound, TX. GDS Wealth Management is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration of an investment adviser does not imply any specific level of skill or training and does not constitute an endorsement of the firm by the Commission. GDS Wealth Management only transacts business in states in which it is properly registered or is excluded or exempted from registration. A copy of GDS Wealth Management 's current written disclosure brochure filed with the SEC which discusses among other things, GDS Wealth Management's business practices, services and fees, is available through the SEC's website at: www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. GDS Wealth Management is not affiliated with and does not endorse the opinions, products, or services of Robert O'Neill. Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors ranking was developed by SHOOK Research and is based on in-person, virtual, and telephone due diligence meetings to measure best practices; also considered are: client retention, industry experience, credentials, review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, such as: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms. Investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. SHOOK's research and rankings provide opinions intended to help investors choose the right financial advisor and are not indicative of future performance or representative of any one client's experience. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Neither Forbes nor SHOOK Research receive compensation in exchange for placement on the ranking. For more information, please visit www.SHOOKresearch.com. SHOOK is a registered trademark of SHOOK Research, LLC. Data provided by SHOOK® Research, LLC. Data as of 6/30/21. Neither GDS Wealth Management nor any of its Financial Planners or RIA firms pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating. Visit https://www.forbes.com/best-in-state-wealth-advisors/ to learn more. Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® (with plaque design) and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements. All investing involves risks. The use of a professional advisor does not guarantee your objectives will be met. Best in Denton ranking was developed by Murray Media Group and is based on nominations and votes from Denton residents. Neither GDS Wealth Management nor any of its Financial Planners or RIA firms pay a fee in exchange for this award/rating. Rating based on voting that occurred between 07/20/22 and 08/17/22. Winners were announced 08/26/22. Visit https://bestofdentoncounty.com/ to learn more.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — La Crosse police are investigating nine recent drug overdose deaths amid concerns that a powerful animal tranquilizer may be present in the local illicit opioid supply.
The La Crosse Police Department, the city’s mayor, Gundersen Health System and Tri-State Ambulance warned the community Tuesday about the high number of fatal overdoses during 2023′s first three weeks.
Toxicology reports on those overdose deaths are pending, and it may take weeks to complete, the La Crosse Tribune reported.
But the deaths have raised concerns that the animal tranquilizer xylazine, known as “tranq,” may have entered local illicit supplies of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine. The tranquilizer can leave users in an hours-long stupor, and it also causes slowed breathing that interferes with the effectiveness of naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.
“We want those who are struggling with substance abuse to know there is possibly a dangerous mix here in our community,” said Jason Melby, La Crosse’s assistant chief of police.
The ineffectiveness of naloxone in treating the recent overdoses highlights the importance of emergency care, such as supportive breathing, that can keep overdose patients alive even if the medication fails, said Dr. Chris Eberlein with emergency medicine at Gundersen Health System.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
09-16-19-32-48, Star Ball: 5, ASB: 3
(nine, sixteen, nineteen, thirty-two, forty-eight; Star Ball: five; ASB: three)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
09-16-19-32-48, Star Ball: 5, ASB: 3
(nine, sixteen, nineteen, thirty-two, forty-eight; Star Ball: five; ASB: three) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-America-game-17598504.php | 2022-11-20 05:52:56 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-America-game-17598504.php |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, November 20, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
224 PM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island
and Bolivar Peninsula Counties.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...This wind advisory is issued in conjunction
with a Gale Warning on the Gulf of Mexico.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents along Gulf facing beaches.
and Bolivar Peninsula.
* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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The 21-story, 785,000-square-foot facility in Bethesda, Maryland will be home to corporate associates supporting over 8,100 hotels in 139 countries and territories
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After six years of planning, design, and construction, Marriott International has opened its global headquarters in downtown Bethesda, Maryland. The 21-story, 785,000-square-foot, LEEDv4 Gold-certified building is the new workplace for corporate associates, supporting over 8,100 hotels in 139 countries and territories around the world.
"We are thrilled to be welcoming associates to our new headquarters," said Anthony Capuano, Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International. "The campus has been designed to better connect our global workforce in support of our hotels and teams around the world. Empowering associates and accelerating innovation were our key priorities and central in every decision we made to deliver a compelling environment for associates to work, learn and thrive."
Marriott's new HQ campus, which includes the new Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ hotel next door, is designed to enable connectivity, collaboration, growth, ideation, and wellbeing through diverse and dynamic spaces and state-of-the-art technology. The new building will also serve as a global hub for Marriott's research and development operation, featuring its Innovation and Design Lab, a premium test kitchen and beverage bar, as well as "model" hotel rooms in the adjacent Marriott hotel, where new concepts, design elements, service approaches, and amenities will be tested for potential use across the company's portfolio of 30 brands.
"Unveiling our new global headquarters is an exceptional way to celebrate our 95 years of culture and innovation," said David Marriott, Chairman of the Board, Marriott International. "This campus honors our storied history and roots in the local community, while showcasing Marriott's exciting next chapter of growth as we remain dedicated to our purpose of connecting people through the power of travel."
Empowering Associates Through Flexibility, Collaboration, Growth and Well-being
Marriott believes a blend of in-person and virtual connectivity enhances the associate experience, enables collaboration for its global workforce, and fuels business performance. This flexible model of work is responsive to associate feedback and will enable Marriott to continue to attract, grow, and retain top talent. The decision to adopt a hybrid work model was made in the spirit of the company's values to "Put People First and Embrace Change," and this new building will enable that model through design choices and seamless technology.
Offices, including executive offices, line the core interior of the building, so each associate workstation comes with a view outside through floor-to-ceiling windows, and every desk will have access to natural light, a sit-stand desk and an ergonomic chair. Informal, mixed-seating collaboration stations line the windows on each work floor. More formal meeting rooms with state-of-the-art technology, writable surfaces, and video capabilities are also available for larger meetings.
As part of the company's commitment to put people first, Marriott has created a best-in-class associate growth center, located on the top floor of the new headquarters, and named for the company's long-time Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of the Board, J.W. Marriott, Jr., who is now the company's Chairman Emeritus. The J.W. Marriott, Jr. Associate Growth Center represents the company's commitment to its people-first culture – one that both physically and figuratively puts associates at the top. The Growth Center will host a multitude of experiences – both live and virtual to enable participation by the company's global workforce – including leadership development programs, skill development curriculum, featured speakers, new hire orientation, and networking events.
True to its fundamental belief that the foundation for success depends on the well-being of its associates, Marriott has prioritized childcare, family support and wellness as core offerings in its new headquarters. Building amenities include a 7,500-square-foot state-of-the-art health and fitness center; a Wellness Suite which includes a lactation space, meditation rooms, massage chairs and treadmill desks; wellness, medical resources and health advisors; and a nearly 11,000-square-foot childcare center for up to 91 children (from infant through age five), with approximately 6,600 square feet of outdoor covered space for all-weather play, among many other associate-focused features. For its commitment to advancing associate well-being through design and operations, Marriott's headquarters has earned a Fitwel® 3-star rating. This is the highest rating achievable from Fitwel®, the leading global health certification system.
Accelerating Innovation Through State-of-the-Art Research and Design Facilities
Since its founding, Marriott has made innovation a key priority and the company's new headquarters underscores this commitment. Marriott's Design Lab is an 8,400 square foot research and design lab for the hotel industry, where Marriott's partnerships and collaborations with forward-looking companies that touch every aspect of hospitality – from textiles to technology to service – are explored, product-tested, and further developed for scaling, first within its hotel brands, and eventually throughout the industry. Room27, the main Design Lab space, is named after the year of the company's founding in 1927. It will be co-located with the F+B Design Studio, an approximately 4,400-square-foot fully functioning test kitchen and bar space, designed studio-style for onsite educational presentations, virtual food and beverage demonstrations, and testing the latest trends in culinary and beverage innovations from hotels around the world.
The Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ, located directly next door, will serve as an extension of Marriott's Design Lab, containing 13 sample "test rooms," each customizable to reflect different brands. Dubbed Floor57 after the year the company first entered the lodging business, these active rooms are ready to deploy design, technology, and new product and service offerings with customers and other key stakeholders.
Part of the Bethesda Community
Marriott's new headquarters has several features that are designed to enable interaction between the company and the Bethesda community where the new HQ is located. The company intends to name the outdoor public plaza between the hotel and new headquarters building Sorenson Plaza, in honor of the Company's late Chief Executive Officer, Arne M. Sorenson, who passed away in 2021. Arne was highly involved in the design of the new headquarters and was excited about the prospect that the plaza would be a gathering place for associates and a vibrant space for the community. In addition, a portion of the main lobby is also open to the public. The lobby features a public Café, which offers interior and open-air seating that extends into the plaza, and an eye-catching "Cabinet of Curiosities," a collection of historic and compelling items from Marriott's past and present. This space leads into the main lobby of the building, serving as an entryway for associates, as well as a food and beverage, retail, and future pop-up space for special events.
By the Numbers: New Marriott HQ Features
Marriott's new headquarters includes several unique elements:
- 7,600 square feet of outdoor garden space accessible by associates on the 20th floor; additionally, the building has a green, planted roof
- Associate cafeteria, named The Hot Shoppe in a nod to the company's first restaurant, with 9,500 square feet for dining, including 350 indoor seats and 100 outdoor seats
- Grand floating staircase with mixed seating allowing for large-scale gatherings
- 20-foot-tall moving work of digital art in an ultra-high-resolution video wall that wraps around the elevator bay. The digital art wall is visible from the outside and provides immersive experiences with places and environments from around the world
- 2,842 workspaces, including offices, workstations and flexible spaces
- 180 conference rooms
- Daylight in majority of occupied spaces
- Nearly 20,000 square feet of open, flexible, modular, and virtually collaborative workspace for individuals or group meetings
- Proximity to the Bethesda Metro Station, Capital Crescent Bike Trail, and multiple bus routes.
- Five levels of parking under the building, including 66 EV charging stations
- Lockable bicycle parking inside garage for 100 bikes; dedicated locker rooms adjacent to bike storage for cycling commuters
- Certified LEED Gold Core and Shell, LEED Gold Commercial and Interiors (pending), and Fitwel® 3-star certification
Design Team
The building was designed by Gensler, a global design firm and workplace strategy partner. Gensler is the project architect of record, with Hensel Phelps serving as the project's general contractor for the building's core structure. Rand* Construction, a woman-owned business, served as the project's general contractor for the building's interior. The building is owned by The Bernstein Companies and Boston Properties. Marriott officially celebrated the completion of its phased move-in on September 19, 2022, in a ribbon cutting celebration.
About Marriott International
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and encompasses a portfolio of more than 8,100 properties under 30 leading brands spanning 139 countries and territories. Marriott operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts all around the world. The company offers Marriott Bonvoy®, its highly awarded travel program. For more information, please visit our website at www.marriott.com, and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com. In addition, connect with us on Facebook and @MarriottIntl on Twitter and Instagram.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Christopher Waller, a member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, said Thursday that he would be open to supporting a huge 1 percentage point increase in the Fed's key short-term interest rate later this month if upcoming economic data points to robust consumer spending.
Such an increase would mark a further ramping up of the Fed's rate hikes as it intensifies its fight against accelerating inflation. Faster rate increases would heighten the risk that the central bank's anti-inflationary policies would cause a recession. The Fed hasn't raised its rate by 1 percentage point since 1981.
In prepared remarks for a speech in Idaho, Waller said he still supports a 0.75% point increase at the central bank's next policymaking meeting in two weeks, even after a government report Wednesday showed consumer inflation accelerating to a new 40-year high.
But further economic data — including a report Friday on June retail sales and several reports on home sales and prices — will be released before the Fed's next meeting. If those figures “come in materially stronger than expected,” Waller said Thursday, “it would make me lean towards a larger hike."
Wednesday's inflation report showed that prices spiked 9.1% in June from 12 months earlier, the biggest such increase since 1981. Though much of the inflation was driven by higher costs for food and gas, price increases were widespread and in many cases accelerating in such areas as rents, restaurant meals and other economic services.
Financial markets have increasingly priced in expectations for a 1 percentage point increase at the Fed's July 26-27 meeting, though most analysts still think a 0.75% point increase is more likely.
But after Wednesday's inflation report, Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, suggested that “everything is in play” at that Fed meeting — including a potential 1 point rate hike.
In an interview on Bloomberg TV on Wednesday evening, Loretta Mester, head of the Cleveland Fed, declined to say what size rate hike might be considered at the Fed's next meeting. But she said the consumer inflation report "was uniformly bad — there was no good news in that report at all.”
In his remarks Thursday, Waller discounted concerns that the economy might be nearing a recession. He pointed to healthy job gains this year and an unemployment rate that is near a half-century low.
Those job gains, he said, “leave me feeling fairly confident that the U.S. economy did not enter a recession in the first half of 2022 and that the economic expansion will continue.”
As a result, a “soft landing” in which the economy grows at a slower pace, bringing inflation toward the Fed’s 2% target, “is very plausible.”
With the economy still growing, the Fed must focus on inflation, Waller added. Wednesday's inflation report “was a major league disappointment.”
“No matter how you look at the data, inflation is far too high, and my job is to move it down toward our 2% target,” he said. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Fed-board-member-opens-door-to-1-point-hike-if-17304833.php | 2022-07-14 16:49:20 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Fed-board-member-opens-door-to-1-point-hike-if-17304833.php |
‘Abortion Talks’: How six women found respect despite disagreement
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When a gunman killed two women at two abortion clinics in Massachusetts in 1994, everyone knew the rhetoric had passed from toxic to dangerous. So six leaders in the abortion debate – all women, three from each side – agreed to begin talking.
This week, the National Week of Conversation convenes people with these same hopes – the realization that a healthy democracy does not mean agreement, it means respect. “The Abortion Talks: A Documentary” is being released and shown in coordination with the week’s events.
Why We Wrote This
On issues like abortion, the tendency can be to think the goal is persuade or defeat your “enemy.” But six women found the opposite. They could maintain their values and still care about the other side.
For two of the participants, the talks were life-changing. “It has been an amazing part of my life, a very moving experience,” says Frances Hogan. Another participant, the Rev. Anne Fowler, adds: “There was a lot of healing that went on. And there was a lot of healing in me. I was healed of anger and disrespect and dehumanizing of the other.”
But none of them changed their positions one bit. For the woman to helped organize the talks, that’s just how it was supposed to be. “You don’t have to fear losing your identity or values by engaging in respectful conversation with those who disagree with you when you bring curiosity into the conversation.”
The Rev. Anne Fowler and Frances Hogan talked about abortion for six years and neither changed their mind. But both saw their lives changed.
The two women were part of what became known as the Abortion Talks. After a gunman killed two women an injured five others at two abortion clinics in Massachusetts in 1994, there was a recognition that rhetoric had passed from toxic to dangerous. So six leaders in the abortion debate – all women, three from each side – agreed to begin talking.
The product was not common ground. If anything, at the end of six years of wrenching conversations, the women were only more committed to their activism. Instead, the product was genuine affection, no small amount of laughter, and a deep understanding of people who before had only been enemies.
Why We Wrote This
On issues like abortion, the tendency can be to think the goal is persuade or defeat your “enemy.” But six women found the opposite. They could maintain their values and still care about the other side.
This week, the National Week of Conversation convenes people with these same hopes – the realization that a healthy democracy does not mean agreement, it means respect. “The Abortion Talks: A Documentary” is being released and shown in coordination with the week’s events.
Years later, as the Supreme Court dramatically shifts abortion law, the women’s conviction is undimmed: The path to changing the national conversation about abortion – or any divisive topic – is not in agreement, but in the vulnerability to honestly listen and love.
What was apparent from the first session what that there was no way even to start the conversation. Each side was speaking a different language – a language that felt intentionally harmful to the other side. Before anything could begin, they had to agree on a common language.
“The process held it all together,” says Ms. Hogan, a lawyer and president of Women Affirming Life. “We didn’t have the words to discuss things with one another. ... It took forever to decide what we would call an unborn child.”
After much discussion, they settled on “human fetus,” which none found terribly satisfying. They also settled on “pro-choice” and “pro-life” for the two sides and asked for those terms to be used in this article.
Ms. Fowler, an Episcopal priest and member of the board of directors for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, came to the talks somewhat more prepared – or so she thought.
“I had been participating in dialogue talks with our church – we called them “sacred conversations” – to develop ways to talk across differences. So when this program came up, I was very honored to be selected. This is part of my calling, part of my ministry. ... I knew what to expect, and yet I didn’t.”
All three pro-life participants were Roman Catholic, which put Fowler – as the only pro-choice member of faith – in a uniquely uncomfortable position.
“I’m representing the Episcopal Church. I needed to stand up against three Vatican Catholics,” she says. “They didn’t know what to make of me. They didn’t understand how a person calling herself a Christian could be pro-choice. I felt I was being held to a higher standard. Once, I asked them if they felt I was a moral person. They couldn’t answer.”
Ms. Hogan acknowledges that she had significant reservations at the beginning – not only her own scruples, but how her participation might be viewed by fellow pro-life activists.
“At first, I didn’t want any part of it. I didn’t want to talk to anyone on the other side. We felt that if people within our community knew, they’d feel we were caving in.”
So they all kept it a secret. There was a 100% confidentiality rule. That gave them the space to begin talking. But once they started, they found they did not want to stop. The original plan was to hold four meeting over the course of a month. But every time they came to the end, they asked if the talks could continue – for another six years.
None of them were changing their positions. If anything, the talks were deepening their commitment to the positions they held before the talks began.
“It freed you to dig very deeply,” Ms. Hogan says. “Why do you believe what you do, and do you really believe it?”
For Ms. Fowler, the experience was even more intense.
“It is very rare to have an opportunity to spend time with people with whom you profoundly disagree, talking specifically about the thing you disagree about. I had to repeatedly explain my beliefs to people who disagreed with me,” she says.
But the result was strengthening. “I came away from the experience more committed to my activism as a priest,” she adds. “I’ve worked very hard to be able to articulate a Christian pro-choice theology – to get a personal theology of compassion for women undergoing difficult decisions has been very important.”
What was changing was the women’s views of one another – and the ability to turn the toxic rhetoric into something constructive, even energizing.
“We talked a lot about respect. Can you respect people if you don’t respect their position? One ought to be able to. I found it difficult,” Ms. Fowler says. “But the other side became humanized. They became real people I did not necessarily respect but I had a kind of love for. We had a lot of laughs. We all can understand the passion of the other side.”
Ms. Hogan struggled with the same contradictions.
“As we came to know each other we came to like each other. We knew there would never be common ground, and there never was. But that didn’t stop us from being friends,” she says. “We were able to open channels of communication that never existed before. We’re all human. We share humanity. I never had any respect for their position, but I had tremendous respect for them as human beings.”
To Susan Podziba, who convened the group and crafted the ground rules with her colleague, Laura Chasin, this is what she calls “civic fusion” – the counterintuitive fact that “people can bond across differences.”
“At the end of the meetings, the participants would say it felt sacred. There is energy in the contradictions,” she says. “There can be a love and and respect, but there is also a sadness that there is a space you are unable to get across. The reality is that there are always differences. The question is how we deal with deep differences.”
For Ms. Hogan and Ms. Fowler, the answers were both intensely personal and of profound importance for a nation politically defined by hyperpolarization.
For Ms. Hogan, that began with learning what it is to listen.
“It’s amazing how often what you heard is not what they actually said. The ability to really listen and respond to what was really said, not what you thought was said,” she says. “Very few people had the experience we had, but if they had, our conversation would be at a different level.”
“It has been an amazing part of my life, a very moving experience,” she adds.
Ms. Fowler agrees.
“There was a lot of healing that went on. And there was a lot of healing in me. I was healed of anger and disrespect and dehumanizing of the other,” she says.
If the whole country could take that journey, what would change?
“There would be a great comfort,” she says. “I feel very comfortable with the others [in the group]. I feel fond of them. We care about each other. Minds might not change, but we were not enemies to one another. If people could stop seeing the other side as enemies, it could be the coming of the promised land.“
The crucial step to broadening such fellowship, says Ms. Podziba, is a willingness to see differences not as threatening, but the invigorating force of a healthy democracy.
“We didn’t try to reach consensus on abortion policy, because that was not possible,” she says. “Our common goal was to change the rhetoric in the abortion debate and to reduce violence against born people and property.”
Both women agree the talks unequivocally succeeded.
Adds Ms. Podziba: “You don’t have to fear losing your identity or values by engaging in respectful conversation with those who disagree with you when you bring curiosity into the conversation.” | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/0418/Abortion-Talks-How-six-women-found-respect-despite-disagreement | 2023-04-19 11:52:33 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/0418/Abortion-Talks-How-six-women-found-respect-despite-disagreement |
FTC sues to block Microsoft’s takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard
(AP) – The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft from completing its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard, the latest antitrust challenge to the proposed merger but one that could hasten its conclusion.
The FTC’s Monday filing in a federal court in San Francisco seeks a restraining order and injunction to stop Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of the California gaming company behind hit franchises such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.
Microsoft, maker of the Xbox game system, has been struggling to win worldwide approval for the deal with just over a month before the deadline to close it, according to the contract it signed with Activision.
“We welcome the opportunity to present our case in federal court,” said a statement Monday from Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president. “We believe accelerating the legal process in the U.S will ultimately bring more choice and competition to the market.”
The FTC already took Microsoft to court to block the merger, but that was before the U.S. agency’s in-house judge in a trial set to start on Aug. 2. That administrative process doesn’t preclude the parties from closing the deal.
The contract between Microsoft and Activision required the deal to close by July 18, but the FTC’s latest action seeks to stop that from happening.
“Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have represented in the past that they cannot close their deal due to antitrust reviews of the transaction in other jurisdictions,” the FTC said in a statement Monday. “But Microsoft and Activision have not provided assurances that they will maintain that position. In light of that, and public reporting that Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are considering closing their deal imminently, we have filed a request for a temporary restraining order to prevent them from closing while review continues.”
Microsoft’s other main obstacle is in the United Kingdom, where antitrust regulators have also taken action to block the acquisition.
The all-cash deal announced in January 2022 has been scrutinized by regulators around the world over fears that it would give Microsoft and its Xbox console control of Activision’s hit franchises and give it an unfair boost in the emerging business of cloud-based game subscriptions. It could be the priciest tech industry merger in history.
Fierce opposition has been driven by rival Sony, which makes the PlayStation gaming system.
Microsoft sought to counter the resistance by striking a deal with Nintendo to license Activision titles like Call of Duty for 10 years and offering the same to Sony if the deal went ahead.
European regulators representing the 27-nation bloc approved the deal last month on condition that Microsoft make some promises meant to boost competition in the cloud-based gaming market. A number of other countries, including China, Japan, Brazil and South Korea, have also approved it.
But the blockbuster deal has remained in jeopardy because of the surprise April decision by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority and the ongoing case in the U.S.
Microsoft in late May filed an appeal of the British regulator’s decision and has also voiced strong public opposition directed at top government officials.
U.S.-based consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, an opponent of the deal, welcomed the FTC’s move Monday.
“Although the agency has already used its authority to block the merger through administrative proceedings, Microsoft is pushing to culminate the purchase of Activision before the agency can finish its process,” said a statement from Public Citizen’s competition policy advocate Matt Kent. “”By filing in federal court to enjoin the transaction, the FTC is showing that it won’t back down in the face of Microsoft’s escalatory tactics.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kttc.com/2023/06/12/ftc-sues-block-microsofts-takeover-video-game-maker-activision-blizzard/ | 2023-06-12 21:46:40 | 0 | https://www.kttc.com/2023/06/12/ftc-sues-block-microsofts-takeover-video-game-maker-activision-blizzard/ |
Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins, an original member of the influential musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic, has died. He was 81.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted Haskins along with other core Parliament-Funkadelic members in 1997, confirmed the death to NPR in a statement.
Born in Elkins, W.V., in 1941, Haskins started out singing in the 1950s and '60s in New Jersey in the doo-wop vocal quintet The Parliaments.
Named after the American cigarette brand and led by charismatic musician and producer George Clinton, the group didn't achieve great success until they scored a hit in 1967 with "I Wanna Testify."
After their small Detroit record label dissolved, Clinton teamed The Parliaments up with a group called Funkadelic. Eventually known as Parliament-Funkadelic or P-Funk, the musical collective made a big impact on the 1970s R&B and funk scenes.
According to his biography on Clinton's website, "He was known, during live P-Funk shows, to don skin-tight bodysuits and gyrate against the microphone pole as he whipped the crowd into a frenzy, especially when they performed 'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On.' "
"Parliament-Funkadelic pushed boundaries further and further on classic albums like Mothership Connection and Maggot Brain, and set a futuristic pace for Black music," said Rock & Roll Hall of Fame spokesperson Dawn Wayt. "But Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins kept things connected to their street corner harmony roots."
Starting in the mid-1970s Haskins developed a solo career, but continued to perform and record with various P-Funk members on and off over the years.
P-Funk member Bootsy Collins paid tribute to Haskins on social media. "We lost his frequency today," wrote the musician on Twitter. "We will miss you my friend, bandmate and soul brother."
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Prayer's going out to Clarence "Fuzzys" Haskins family & friends.🙏 We lost his frequency today
— Bootsy Collins (@Bootsy_Collins) March 18, 2023
3-17- 23. He was an original Parliament/Funkadelic inducted in the RHOF.🤘We will miss u my friend, bandmate & Soul brother!😢 Thx u for ur guidance in my pup year's. Bootsy baby!!!🤩 pic.twitter.com/IQI6crS8sS | https://www.apr.org/arts-life/2023-03-18/parliament-funkadelic-singer-clarence-fuzzy-haskins-dies-at-81 | 2023-03-19 01:05:41 | 0 | https://www.apr.org/arts-life/2023-03-18/parliament-funkadelic-singer-clarence-fuzzy-haskins-dies-at-81 |
Charles officially announced as king at royal ceremony
King Charles III was officially announced as Britain's monarch Saturday, in a ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism — and, for the first time, broadcast live.
Charles automatically became king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday, but the accession ceremony is a key constitutional and ceremonial step in introducing the new monarch to the country.
Scores of senior politicians past and present, including Prime Minister Liz Truss and five of her predecessors, gathered in the ornate state apartments at St. James's Palace for the meeting of the Accession Council.
They met without Charles, officially confirming his title, King Charles III. The king joined them to make a personal declaration, vowing to follow his mother's "inspiring example" as he took on the duties of monarch.
"I know how deeply you and the entire nation, and I think I may say the whole world, sympathize with me in this irreparable loss we have all suffered," he said.
It's the first time the ceremony has been held since 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II took the throne.
Video above: Timeline of King Charles III's life
Charles is accompanied at the ceremony by his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, and his eldest son Prince William. William is now heir to the throne and known by the title Charles long held, Prince of Wales.
After the ceremony, an official will read the proclamation aloud from a balcony at St. James's Palace. It will also be read out in the medieval City of London and at other locations across the U.K.
Two days after the 96-year-old queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland following an unprecedented 70 years on the throne, people still came in their thousands to pay their respects outside Buckingham Palace in London. The scene was repeated at other royal residences across the U.K. and at British embassies around the world.
The monarch set the tone for his reign on Friday, vowing in a televised address to carry on the queen's "lifelong service," with his own modernizing stamp.
Charles looked to both the past — noting his mother's unwavering "dedication and devotion as sovereign" — and the future, seeking to strike a reassuring note of constancy while signaling that his will be a 21st-century monarchy.
He reflected on how the country had changed dramatically during the queen's reign into a society "of many cultures and many faiths," and pledged to serve people in Britain and the 14 other countries where he is king "whatever may be your background or beliefs."
He also tried to overcome a reputation for aloofness in his first hours as monarch, spending time shaking hands with some of the thousands who came to leave flowers and pay tribute to the queen at the gates of Buckingham Palace. He was greeted with shouts of "Well done, Charlie!" and "God save the king!" One woman gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Britain is holding a period of mourning for the queen, with days of carefully choreographed ceremonies marking the death of the only monarch most people have ever known.
In the next few days, the queen's body will be brought from Balmoral, first to Edinburgh and then to London, where she will lie in state before a funeral at Westminster Abbey, expected around Sept. 19.
In his speech, Charles struck a personal note, speaking of his sorrow at the loss of "my darling Mama."
"Thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years," he said, ending with a quote from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" — "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.'" | https://www.wesh.com/article/charles-officially-proclaimed-king/41145711 | 2022-09-10 10:08:50 | 0 | https://www.wesh.com/article/charles-officially-proclaimed-king/41145711 |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the eve of Miami playing for a place in its first Final Four, the quiet conversation floating through the team hotel did not revolve around all that the Hurricanes had accomplished this season. Instead, they talked about what had happened to bring last season to a close.
The sting of an Elite Eight defeat was fresh to those who were there. And they made everyone else feel it, too.
“That loss sat with me for a really long time,” the Hurricanes’ Jordan Miller said. “It doesn’t go away, and the fact that we had the opportunity to come back and make amends, make it right, that’s what was pushing me.”
Miller responded with a perfect performance against second-seeded Texas in the Midwest Region final Sunday. Along with Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year Isaiah Wong and March dynamo Nijel Pack, Miller rallied the Hurricanes from a 13-point second-half deficit for an 88-81 victory that clinched that long-awaited trip to the national semifinals.
“How hard we fought to come back in this game, especially on a stage like this, it’s an amazing feeling,” said Pack, one of Miami’s newcomers. “I know how much these guys wanted to win this game, especially being here last year and losing the Elite Eight, and now being able to take it to the Final Four is something special.”
Miller finished with 27 points, going 7 of 7 from the field and 13 of 13 from the foul line, while Wong scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half against the Longhorns, who had been the top remaining seed in a topsy-turvy NCAA Tournament.
Now, the No. 5 seed Hurricanes (29-7) have a date with No. 4 seed UConn on Saturday night in Houston. Two more Final Four newbies, fifth-seeded San Diego State and No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic, will play in the other national semifinal.
It’s the first time since seeding began in 1979 that no team seeded better than No. 4 made the Final Four, so perhaps it is fitting that Miami coach Jim Larrañaga is involved. He took George Mason there as an 11 seed 17 years ago to the day.
Miami was a 10 seed last year when it lost 76-50 to eventual national champion Kansas in a regional final.
“No one wanted to go home,” said Miller, coincidentally a George Mason transfer, who joined Duke’s Christian Laettner as the only players since 1960 to go 20 for 20 combined from the field and foul line in an NCAA tourney game. “We came together. We stuck together. We showed really good perseverance and the will — the will to just want to get there.”
After Miami climbed back from a 64-51 deficit with 13:22 to play, the game was tied at 79-all when Norchad Omier was fouled by the Longhorns’ Brock Cunningham while going for a loose ball. He made both of the foul shots to give the Hurricanes the lead, then stole the ball from Texas star Marcus Carr at the other end, and Wong made to more free throws with 34 seconds remaining to keep them ahead for good.
Miller kept drilling foul shots down the stretch to ice the Midwest Region title for the Hurricanes.
Wooga Poplar scored 16 points, and Pack followed up his virtuoso performance against top-seeded Houston with 15, as the same school that once dropped hoops entirely in the 1970s advanced to the game’s biggest stage.
“You just love when your players accomplish a goal they set out before the season,” Larrañaga said.
Carr led the Longhorns (29-9) with 17 points, though he was bothered by a hamstring injury late in the game. Timmy Allen added 16 and Sir’Jabari Rice had 15 in the finale of a season that began with the firing of Chris Beard over domestic violence charges that were later dropped and ended with interim coach Rodney Terry consoling a heartbroken team.
“These guys more than any group I’ve worked with in 32 years of coaching have really embodied, in terms of staying the course, being a team,” Terry said, choking up so hard on the postgame dais that he could barely speak. “They were so unselfish as a team, and they gave us everything they had. They really did.”
The Longhorns revealed about 90 minutes before tipoff that Dylan Disu, the Big 12 tourney MVP and early star of the NCAA Tournament, would miss the game with a foot injury. He hurt it in the second round against Penn State and only played about 90 seconds in the Sweet 16 against Xavier before watching the rest of that game in a walking boot.
Without their 6-foot-9 star, the Longhorns’ deep group of dangerous guards resorted to potshots from the perimeter against Miami’s porous defense. Rice hit two 3s early, Carr two of his own, and the Longhorns stormed to a 45-37 halftime lead.
On the other end, Texas tried to keep Pack and Wong from producing a sequel to their 3-point barrage against Houston.
Pack, who dropped seven 3s in the regional semifinal, didn’t even attempt one until there were 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half, and his best shot — a looping rainbow as he fell out of bounds — didn’t even count because it went over the backboard.
Wong took as many shots and scored as many points (two) as he had turnovers in the game’s first 20 minutes.
The Longhorns’ advantage stretched to 13 in the second half, and tension built on the Miami bench. At one point, Harlond Beverly and Larrañaga got into a verbal spat and the 73-year-old coach yanked the backup guard from the game.
Fortunately for the ’Canes, Pack and Wong were poised, Poplar and Miller seemingly possessed.
Still trailing 72-64 with about eight minutes to play, Pack and Wong joined Miller and Omier in turbocharging a 13-3 run to give the Hurricanes a 77-75 lead, their first since the opening minutes. When Rice answered at the other end for Texas, Miller calmly made two go-ahead free throws to begin his late-game parade to the line.
Carr made a nifty turnaround jumper to tie the game again for Texas, but the Miami momentum never slowed. Omier made two free throws with a minute left, swiped the ball from Carr at the other end, and Miller and Co. finished it off.
“We just all bought into staying together, keeping that hope alive,” Miller said, “and the way we just willed this one through, I think everybody played really well, and I think it really shows the poise of this squad.”
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The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas is temporarily halting the closure of Delaware County Memorial Hospital.
Visiting Judge Robert Shenkin, who comes from Chester County, granted the nonprofit Foundation for Delaware County a preliminary injunction Tuesday in its petition against Crozer Health, the four-hospital system in Delco, and its parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings.
Shenkin is ordering Crozer and Prospect to suspend “any actions materially altering the present operation” of DCMH while the court looks over the case.
Crozer and Prospect decided to shut down DCMH in September within 60 days and transition it into a behavioral health facility. The choice to close shop would drastically reduce access to emergency medical care for Delco’s more than 573,000 residents.
The Foundation first filed its legal petition with support of the county about a week later.
The nonprofit holds legal standing in the case because of the initial sale of the Crozer-Keystone Health System to Prospect back in 2016. This subsequently turned Crozer into a for-profit entity. The Foundation for Delaware County argues that part of the deal requires Prospect to keep acute care services at its four hospitals open for a period of no less than 10 years.
This would mean that Prospect wouldn’t be allowed to close shop until 2026. The foundation deemed Prospect’s decision to close DCMH as “a public health emergency.”
Last week, the court held its first hearing on the matter and Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that his office would be intervening in the litigation in favor of the Foundation for Delaware County.
“Every Pennsylvanian should have access to affordable healthcare,” Shapiro said in a written statement at the time announcing his legal action. “My office will do everything within our power to force Prospect to live up to the commitments they made to Delaware County residents and to protect access to care for all Pennsylvanians.”
The judge is now asking the parties to meet in person within two days to discuss Crozer and Prospect’s plan for changing the operations of DCMH and to report in writing the results of those discussions. | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/delco-court-temporarily-stopping-closure-of-delaware-county-memorial-hospital/article_87d117ee-5202-515e-970e-2a5e4ed47f24.html | 2022-10-12 19:16:25 | 1 | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/delco-court-temporarily-stopping-closure-of-delaware-county-memorial-hospital/article_87d117ee-5202-515e-970e-2a5e4ed47f24.html |
Hyundai Motor Group will invest more than $5.5 billion in a new U.S. plant for electric vehicles, which the automaker is calling a Metaplant.
The plant will be located in Bryan County, Georgia, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the site on Wednesday, with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in attendance.
Rivian also announced plans for an EV plant in the state last December, but may lose some tax credits for the plant due to the usage restrictions of the land.
Production at the Hyundai plant is scheduled to start in the first half of 2025 and the initial capacity will be 300,000 units annually. Hyundai and its partners will also establish a local supply chain to include the production of batteries and other EV components. Altogether, more than 8,100 jobs are expected to be created by the initiative.
As part of Hyundai’s commitment to sustainability, the plant will primarily rely on renewable energy. Emission-reduction technologies will also be used at the site, the automaker said.
Hyundai plans to build vehicles from not only its own brand at the site, but also Genesis and Kia. An electric Genesis GV70 is already scheduled to start production in December at Hyundai’s current plant in Montgomery, Alabama.
EVs are also expected to be built at Kia’s current plant in West Point, Georgia, though details are yet to be finalized.
Hyundai’s plant announcement is the latest of several recent multibillion-dollar investments in U.S. EV production following the passing of legislation that encourages domestic production, specifically the Inflation Reduction Act and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. With these policies, automakers are able to avoid tariffs or qualify for financial incentives by producing domestically.
Shown above are three electric vehicles, the current Hyundai Ioniq 5 and upcoming Ioniq 6 electric sedan, plus a concept previewing an Ioniq 7 electric SUV due around 2024.
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Patrick Mahomes is the graybeard of the quarterbacks in the AFC playoffs even though he's only 27 and wasn't even born yet when Tom Brady was a freshman at the University of Michigan in 1995.
With Tua Tagovailoa (concussion) out and Teddy Bridgewater, 30, also hurt, the Miami Dolphins are preparing rookie Skylar Thompson, 25, to start at Buffalo this weekend.
That would make Mahomes the oldest starting quarterback in the AFC field.
Mahomes said he certainly feels as if he's entered a new phase in which he's no longer the puerile passer who took the league by storm in 2018 when he threw for 50 touchdowns and was the league MVP in his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs' starter.
“Yeah, I feel like it’s changed. I have two kids now, I’m married. I’m kind of an old soul, so I am kind of the oldest — I am literally the oldest — quarterback in the AFC,” Mahomes said.
“It speaks to the talent that we have in the AFC and the guys that I’m looking around at are going to be there for the long time. So, I’ll be the old head in the AFC for a while now and I’ll try to use that experience to my advantage.”
Buffalo's Josh Allen and Cincinnati's Joe Burrow are both 26. Chargers QB Justin Herbert and Ravens QB Tyler Huntley, who's filling in for Lamar Jackson (knee), are both 24, and Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence is 23.
Not that he'll be reclining in a rocking chair, but Mahomes gets to sit out wild-card weekend after the Chiefs earned the top seed in the AFC for the third time in his five seasons as the starter.
If they win in the divisional round, the Chiefs would host the conference championship game for a record-extending fifth consecutive year so long as the opponent isn't the Bills (13-3), whose game at Cincinnati was canceled after safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on Jan 2.
If the Bills and Chiefs reach the AFC title game, it will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The league brokered the neutral site deal because Buffalo could have been the top seed with a victory over the Bengals.
It all starts Saturday when the Chargers (10-7) visit the Jaguars (9-8) for the playoff debuts of Herbert and Lawrence. On Sunday, the Dolphins (9-8) visit the Bills (13-3) and the Ravens (10-7) visit the Bengals (12-4).
1. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (14-3). Two Lombardi trophies in four Super Bowl appearances: lost to Packers 35-10 in Super Bowl 1, beat Vikings 23-7 in Super Bowl 4, beat 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl 54, lost to Buccaneers 31-9 in Super Bowl 55. Last year: No. 2 seed, beat Steelers 42-21 in wild-card round, beat Bills 42-36 (OT) in divisional round, lost to Bengals 27-24 (OT) in AFC championship game. Eighth consecutive trip to the playoffs. Seventh consecutive AFC West title.
Plan the parade: Because of Patrick Mahomes. It’s the same reason as last year and the three years before, all of which ended in the AFC title game or beyond. He has never failed to advance past the divisional round as the full-time starter in Kansas City. Mahomes was better than ever this season despite losing Tyreek Hill in a trade with Miami. He threw for 5,250 yards to break his own franchise record along with a league-best 41 TD throws.
Hold the confetti: Turnovers, penalties and special teams. The Chiefs were minus-3 in turnover differential this season, putting them squarely in the bottom half of the league. They also were in the bottom half in penalty yards. And long a strong suit for Kansas City, special teams have been a headache. Skyy Moore and Kadarius Toney have had trouble with fumbles on punt returns and Harrison Butker is a career-worst 18 of 24 on field-goal attempts with three missed PATs.
“We had a lot of close games this year where we had to step up, and guys had to step up, in big moments, and even though it doesn’t make it easy as a fan watching it, I think it shows that we have guys that will compete at the end of the games and make these plays to win football games." — Mahomes.
2. BUFFALO BILLS (13-3). No Lombardi trophies in four Super Bowl appearances: lost to Giants 20-19 in Super Bowl 25, lost to Washington 37-24 in Super Bowl 26, lost to Cowboys 52-17 in Super Bowl 27, lost to Cowboys 30-13 in Super Bowl 28. Last year: 11-6, No. 3 seed, beat Patriots 47-17 in wild-card round, lost to Chiefs 42-36 (OT) in divisional round. Third straight AFC East title.
Plan the parade: With Josh Allen at quarterback, any objective is achievable. Though he's thrown 14 interceptions, he’s also shown an ability to carry the Bills on his back. Buffalo is 8-3 when trailing at any juncture of a game this season after going 2-6 last year. The Bills' three losses have been decided by three points or fewer. The team is also battle-tested in having overcome much adversity in closing out the season winning seven straight and matching a single-season record for victories. The Bills have won despite having their schedule disrupted by two major winter storms, and they rallied to close the season by beating New England following an emotionally draining week following Hamlin's collapse at Cincinnati.
Cancel the confetti: Injuries are becoming an issue with the most notable to Von Miller, who significantly muscled up Buffalo’s middling pass rush before sustaining a season-ending knee injury in November. Miller was the missing piece on a defense that had trouble generating pressure at Kansas City in the playoffs last year. Buffalo’s secondary is also thin. Hamlin was starting in place of Micah Hyde, who has been sidelined by a neck injury since September. CB Tre’Davious White is gradually returning to form since being activated in November after missing a calendar year with a knee injury.
“I’m so proud of our organization, our team, just so many people, the way we’ve dealt with so much this year.” — GM Brandon Beane.
3. CINCINNATI BENGALS (12-4). No Lombardi trophies in three Super Bowl appearances: lost to 49ers 26-21 in Super Bowl 16, lost to 49ers 20-16 in Super Bowl 23, lost to Rams 23-20 in Super Bowl 56. Last year: 10-7, No. 4 seed, beat Raiders 26-19 in wild-card round, beat Titans 19-16 in divisional round, beat Chiefs 27-24 (OT) in AFC championship, lost to Rams 23-20 in Super Bowl 56. Second straight AFC North title.
Plan the parade: Third-year QB Joe Burrow has a knack for finding creative ways to win. He passed for 4,475 yards in 16 games and his 35 TDs tied him with Allen for second most in the league behind Mahomes’ 41. He has two 1,000-yard receivers in Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins along with veteran Tyler Boyd and others who have stepped up big. The defense has outstanding edge rushers in Sam Hubbard and Trey Hendrickson along with run-stopping DT DJ Reader and a pair of versatile linebackers in Logan Wilson and Germaine Pratt. The Bengals haven't lost since Oct. 31.
Cancel the confetti: RB Joe Mixon is tough in fighting for extra yards, but the Bengals running game hasn’t been a huge factor. He topped 100 yards just once this season. The Bengals will have to start backups in both offensive line positions on the right side after injuries to La’el Collins and Alex Cappa. The offense has shown a tendency to be flat for parts of some games. Depth in the secondary also has been an issue.
“We’ve adjusted to what teams are doing to us throughout the year. The beginning of the year was a lot of ups and downs. Then, as the season went on, we made some tweaks and adjustments that have been really good for us both in the run game and pass game, understanding how to win games.” — Burrow.
4. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (9-8). One of four teams with no Super Bowl appearances. Last year: 3-14, missed the playoffs. First playoff appearance since 2017, when they lost to the Patriots 24-20 in AFC championship game. Won AFC South in Doug Pederson's first season as head coach in Jacksonville.
Plan the parade: Trevor Lawrence is a rising star in a conference stacked with young, stellar quarterbacks. At 23, Lawrence is the youngest QB in the playoffs. He completed 66.3% of his passes for 4,113 yards, 25 TDs and eight INTs, in his second season. He also has five rushing scores. Fumbles have been his biggest issue — he has lost nine — but he’s clearly figuring out what it takes to get it done at the most important position in professional sports.
Cancel the confetti: Although Jacksonville’s defense has played well down the stretch, allowing a combined 22 points in victories over the Jets, Texans and Titans, that success came against a slew of bottom-tier QBs: Zach Wilson and Chris Streveler for the Jets; Davis Mills and Jeff Driskel for the Texans; and Joshua Dobbs for the Titans. The Jaguars’ pass rush has been mostly suspect against top-flight passers, although takeaways keep coming and LB Josh Allen is showing signs of becoming the dominant force the team expected when it drafted him seventh overall in 2019.
“We’re ready to take over. We’re not in this for no reason. We worked our butts off to get to this point.” — Allen.
5. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (10-7). No Lombardi trophies in one Super Bowl appearance: lost to 49ers 49-26 in Super Bowl 29. Last year: 9-8, missed the playoffs. First playoff appearance since 2018 when they beat Ravens 23-17 in wild-card round and lost to Patriots 41-28 in divisional round.
Plan the parade: After dealing with injuries for most of the season, the Chargers are finally healthy and playing their best football. Los Angeles has won four of its past five, the offense is showing a semblance of balance with more consistency in the run game and the defense has done a good job of generating pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Justin Herbert threw for at least 300 yards in every game this season.
Hold the confetti: Brandon Staley is going into his first playoffs as a head coach. He is one of the most aggressive coaches in the league, but this is the time of year when the wrong decision could have huge ramifications. The Chargers also have one of the worst run defenses in the league. They allowed 5.42 yards per carry, the worst average by any team since the 1970 merger, while 10 running backs had 100-yard games against the Chargers.
“I think that we have a team that is full of quality experiences, and it has been fun to watch this group take shape together to carve its own path here with the Chargers. We get a big opportunity on Saturday to really make our mark.” — Staley on not having a lot of playoff experience on his roster.
6. BALTIMORE RAVENS (10-7). Two Lombardi trophies in two appearances: beat Giants 34-7 in Super Bowl 35 and beat 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl 47. Last year: 8-9, missed the playoffs. Fourth playoff appearance in five years.
Plan the parade: Since acquiring LB Roquan Smith in a trade, the Ravens are allowing just 14.7 points per game. If they can do that in the playoffs, they can hang with anyone, even if QB Lamar Jackson remains out because of his knee injury he sustained last month. RB J.K. Dobbins has looked refreshed and healthy since returning from injured reserve, averaging nearly 100 yards rushing in four outings. The Ravens also have one of the league’s great clutch performers in a close game in K Justin Tucker. And if Jackson can actually return at some point ...
Cancel the confetti: Jackson hasn’t even practiced since his injury in early December when he was tackled by Broncos OLB Jonathan Cooper, so expecting him to provide a major lift is fanciful at this point. Furthermore, QB2 Tyler Huntley hasn’t been totally healthy, either. The Ravens benefitted from a favorable schedule down the stretch and grinded out enough wins to make the playoffs, but asking their defense to dominate against a team such as the Bengals — and the perhaps the Chiefs or Bills later in the postseason — is a different thing entirely.
“This team has been through a lot. There’s been a lot of ups, there’s been a lot of downs, and one thing that we keep on doing is fighting.”—TE Mark Andrews.
7. MIAMI DOLPHINS (9-8). Two Lombardi trophies in five appearances: lost to Cowboys 24-3 in Super Bowl 6, beat Washington 14-7 in Super Bowl 7, beat Vikings 24-7 in Super Bowl 8, lost to Washington 27-17 in Super Bowl 17, lost to 49ers 38-16 in Super Bowl 19.
Plan the parade: The speed of WRs Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle has given defenses fits all season, and Miami’s timing-based offense is at its best when those two find openings over the middle of the field. Hill was second in yards (1,710) and receptions (119) during the regular season and has the playoff experience to help carry Miami’s passing game. Waddle was seventh with 1,356 yards.
Hold the confetti: Injuries. The O-line is banged up, and the QB situation seems ever-changing. Tagovailoa was among the NFL’s highest-rated passers all season, but he hasn’t been cleared to return to football activities yet after being diagnosed with a concussion and it’s unclear when the Dolphins will see him back on the field. While Thompson did just enough to lead the Dolphins to a playoff-clinching win over the Jets, Miami’s offense, which was waning even with Tagovailoa toward the end of the season, is severely limited without him.
“There’s still confidence in this team, confidence in this whole building. I feel like you never lose that as a competitor." — Hill.
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New York (AP) — New York City has begun to convert public school gymnasiums into housing for international migrants, its latest effort to accommodate a growing population of asylum-seekers who have overwhelmed the city's homeless shelter system.
The move to use the gyms as shelters with six weeks still to go in the school year touched off an immediate backlash, with parents organizing protests at several schools and threatening to keep their kids home once migrants arrive.
Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, acknowledged Tuesday that the use of the schools was “drastic” but insisted the city is out of options. Around 4,200 migrants sought space in city shelters last week alone, he said.
Twenty school gyms are currently being considered for temporary housing. At least one of them, in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, was housing migrants on Tuesday. Several others have been supplied in recent days with green cots and emergency rations. The mayor said the school gyms were intended to be used only for short periods, with the goal being to move people out quickly.
“This is one of the last places we want to look at,” Adams said.
Following the expiration of a pandemic-era immigration policy last week, the number of migrants entering the U.S. has slowed significantly. But several cities say they have seen a swell of new arrivals -- many of whom crossed the southern border prior to the change in policy.
In Chicago, where officials have reported nearly 9,000 people arriving since August, hundreds of migrants who have come since mid-April have slept on the floors of city police stations. This month the city turned several park fieldhouses into “temporary respite centers,” canceling or relocated summer programs, prompting complaints from some parents.
In Denver, Colorado, new arrivals are being turned away from overcrowded shelters.
In New York City, where a court-ordered mandate guarantees all people a right to shelter, local officials have explored various unconventional ideas for housing its newest residents. Over the weekend, the city announced it had struck a deal to convert a shuttered historic hotel into a shelter with as many as 1,000 rooms.
They have placed migrants in an NYPD academy and petitioned the federal government to reopen a former military airfield.
The city has also placed migrants on buses bound for northern suburbs, prompting anger and lawsuits from upstate officials.
The decision to use school gyms, though, struck a nerve.
Parents protested Tuesday morning outside a public school in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, where a squat brick gym was being prepared for the arrival of migrants. In the afternoon, after classes dismissed for the day, the playground was unusually quiet. Parents said their kids were told they couldn’t play outside and that all after school programs were being held indoors.
“There’s usually hundreds of kids running around right now, playing sports, getting their energy out,” said Maureen Steinel, a mother of 8th grade twins, gesturing to an empty stretch of asphalt now lined with orange cones and a stack of police barricades.
A self-identified progressive, Steinel said she wanted to help migrants, but couldn’t understand the decision to take away space from school kids. She ticked off a list of preferable options: city-owned community centers and college campuses, an armory, empty luxury condos.
City officials said there were advantages to school buildings, which are municipally owned, and come with built-in staff and security. Many of the gymnasiums were previously used for vaccine distribution during the pandemic.
Adams also said all the gyms under consideration were stand-alone facilities, not directly connected to school buildings. It wasn’t immediately clear whether they would be used by single men or families, or how long the migrants would be allowed to stay.
Josh Goldfein, an attorney with the Legal Aid Society, which helps monitor the city’s treatment of homeless individuals, said there were problems with the city’s decision to go outside their standard shelter options, such as hotel rooms. He pointed to a lack of shower access and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities at some school gymnasiums.
“If they move people into spaces that have not been typically used before like office buildings, tents, gyms, we have a much greater level of concern,” Goldfein said.
Adams has repeatedly said New York, a city long known for its openness to immigrants, has reached its limit on new arrivals. He has called on the federal government for help, both in providing funding to the city and in slowing entrances at the border.
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MILWAUKEE — Two-time All-Star right-hander Julio Teheran was to make his first major league appearance in over two years Thursday, for the Milwaukee Brewers against the San Francisco Giants.
Teheran can earn $1 million in performance bonuses: $150,000 for five starts or 10 relief appearances, $400,000 for 10 or 17, and $450,000 for 15 or 24.
Teheran was an All-Star with the Atlanta Braves in 2014 and 2016. He hasn’t pitched in the majors since April 3, 2021, when he allowed one run over five innings to earn the win in the Detroit Tigers’ 5-2 victory over Cleveland. He went on the injured list with a strained shoulder less than a week later.
Teheran had gone 4-2 with a 5.63 ERA in eight starts this season with the San Diego Padres’ Triple-A affiliate in El Paso, Texas. He opted out of a minor league deal with the Padres earlier this week.
The Brewers hope he can provide some stability for their pitching staff while two-time All-Star Brandon Woodruff, Wade Miley, Eric Lauer and Aaron Ashby are on the injured list with shoulder problems.
Teheran has a 78-77 record with a 3.80 ERA in 240 appearances for Atlanta (2011-19), the Los Angeles Angels (2020) and Detroit (2021).
Right-hander Jake Cousins was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.
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(The Center Square) — New York Republicans are pushing for tougher criminal sanctions for livestock theft in response to concerns about “rescue” campaigns by animal rights activists targeting upstate farms.
Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt said he plans to file legislation to amend New York law to update second-degree burglary changes, including unlawfully entering or remaining on farmland with intent to commit a crime.
He said the proposal was prompted by recent concerns that animal rights activists seek to “steal” livestock from upstate farms as part of a new campaign.
“Let’s be clear – these are not ‘advocates’, these are extremists who believe they have a right to steal from our hard working local farmers,” Ortt said. “These extremists are threatening our farmers’ property and their livelihoods.”
Last week, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office issued a “public alert” for farmers warning that animal rights activists were organizing on social media websites to conduct “animal rescues” and actively recruiting individuals for the efforts.
The notice said two farms had recently reported “suspicious activity.” It warned other farmers to “be aware and stay alert” of any surveillance of their properties and report any incidents to law enforcement officials.
“The intent of the surveillance is to gather information for a potential rescue of farm animals,” Niagara Sheriff Michael J. Filicetti said in a statement. “Any illegal action taken by these individuals will be treated as criminal activity.”
One of the bill’s co-sponsors, state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, said most upstate New York farms are family-owned operations that don’t mistreat their livestock and say activists are “misguided” if they believe the animals need to be rescued.
“Upstate New York farms are about as far from corporate ‘factory farms’ as you can get,” he said. “Family farms have well cared for animals that would be traumatized if they were taken from their environment and caretakers.”
Ortt said under the proposal, violators could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. They could also be charged with larceny, depending on the value of the livestock stolen.
“Our farmers are already struggling with the after effects of the pandemic and crushing mandates from Albany,” he said. “These men and women who work on our farms are making an honest living, the last thing they need are radical extremists further threatening their livelihood.”
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Which glass cutting board is best?
If you’re fed up with lingering stains and odors, you might be considering a glass cutting board. Due to their nonporous, scratch-resistant surfaces, these boards don’t act as breeding grounds for bacteria either.
You have plenty to consider before you buy a glass board. Are you looking for something big or small? Do you want a plain board or one with a design? The Light in the Dark Tempered Glass Cutting Board is the top choice if you need a large cutting board.
What to know before you buy a glass cutting board
Size
Glass boards range in size from approximately 10 by 12 inches to 18 by 24 inches.
- Small boards are easier to pick up and move around, so if you want one you can easily lift to tip your ingredients into a pan, choose one that’s relatively compact.
- Large boards are great for prepping several ingredients at the same time. This lets you chop all the veggies for one recipe on the same board without running out of space.
Design
Plain, transparent glass is the default for these cutting boards, but you can also find them with designs. They’re printed or painted onto the underside of the glass, so you can clearly see them but won’t scratch them when you chop ingredients.
You can find all kinds of designs on glass boards, including floral prints, fruits and pastoral scenes. You can even buy circular boards designed to look like a vinyl record. In addition to pictures and patterns, you’ll also find plain colored glass boards.
Durability
Glass cutting boards are made from tempered glass. This is glass that’s been treated to make it extra tough. While tempered glass can still chip or break if you drop it or drop something heavy onto it, it’s more durable than you might think.
In fact, it’s harder than knives are, so you won’t end up with score marks in your cutting board — not only unsightly, but a place where bacteria can breed. The downside is that glass dulls knives over time, so it’s important to regularly sharpen them.
What to look for in a quality glass cutting board
Textured surface
Most glass boards have textured surfaces, not smooth ones like glass in a windowpane. This keeps the ingredients you’re chopping from sliding around all over the board.
Nonslip feet
Without nonslip feet, your cutting board will move around on the counter as you chop ingredients. These feet should be adhered with strong glue so they don’t fall off while you’re washing the board.
Heat-resistant
Tempered glass is heat-resistant, which means you can use your cutting board as a trivet to put pots and pans on when they come off the stove or out of the oven. This saves your counters from burn marks or melted spots.
Dishwasher-safe
Some glass boards are dishwasher-safe, which makes cleaning them a breeze. That said, they’ll last longer if you put in the extra time to wash them by hand.
How much you can expect to spend on a glass cutting board
Expect to pay anywhere from $10-$50. Small, plain boards cost less than large ones and those with elaborate designs.
Glass cutting board FAQ
Why use a glass cutting board?
A. One of the main reasons to use a glass chopping board is for hygiene. Glass is completely nonporous, so there’s no chance of bacteria lingering on the surface as long as you wash it after use. Also, boards made from glass don’t hold onto stains or odors, while wood and plastic cutting boards can easily stain or harbor odors and bacteria if you aren’t meticulous about scrubbing them.
Glass boards also are multifunctional. Because they’re heat-resistant, you can put hot pots and pans on them. You can also use them as serving platters for foods, such as cheese and crudites.
How do you clean a glass chopping board?
A. Some are dishwasher-safe, or you can wash them with hot, soapy water like you’d wash any other dishes. Even those that claim to be dishwasher-safe can chip or lose their nonslip feet in the dishwasher.
What’s the best glass cutting board to buy?
Top glass cutting board
Light in the Dark Tempered Glass Cutting Board
What you need to know: This extra-large model is perfect for people who want to prep a range of ingredients on the same board.
What you’ll love: It measures an impressive 16 by 20 inches. It is durable and won’t scratch or shatter. Cleaning it is easy because it’s dishwasher-safe. The nonslip feet keep it from sliding around the counter.
What you should consider: It’s a little too large for some people.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top glass cutting board for the money
Farberware Glass Utility Cutting Board
What you need to know: Measuring 12 by 14 inches, this board is a manageable size for everyday use.
What you’ll love: Made from durable tempered glass, it’s a strong board that won’t get chipped or scratched by knives. It has nonslip feet to keep it in place while you chop.
What you should consider: Reviewers say the nonslip feet on the base can come off in the dishwasher.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
CounterArt Sunflower Fields Tempered Glass Cutting Board
What you need to know: Great for anyone who wants a decorative cutting board, it has an attractive sunflower design.
What you’ll love: It’s made in the USA from high-quality tempered glass that’s heat-resistant up to 400 degrees. The textured surface keeps food from sliding around, while the non-slip feet keep the board in place.
What you should consider: It’s on the thin side for a glass chopping board.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Trucking company Yellow shuts down after 99 years, putting 30,000 out of work
NEW YORK (CNN) — Yellow Corp., a 99-year-old trucking company that was once a dominant player in its field, halted operations Sunday and will lay off all 30,000 of its workers.
The unionized company has been in a battle with the Teamsters Union, which represents about 22,000 drivers and dock workers at the company. Just a week ago the union canceled a threatened strike that had been prompted by the company failing to contribute to its pension and health insurance plans. The union granted the company an extra month to make the required payments.
But by midweek last week, the company had stopped picking up freight from its customers and was making deliveries only of freight already in its system, according to both the union and Satish Jindel, a trucking industry consultant.
While the union agreed not to go on strike against Yellow, it could not reach an agreement on a new contract with the trucking company, according to a memo sent to local unions Thursday by the Teamsters’ negotiating committee. The union said early Monday that it had been notified of the shutdown.
“Today’s news is unfortunate but not surprising. Yellow has historically proven that it could not manage itself despite billions of dollars in worker concessions and hundreds of millions in bailout funding from the federal government. This is a sad day for workers and the American freight industry,” said Teamsters President Sean O’Brien in a statement.
Company officials did nor respond to numerous requests for comment Sunday and Monday.
There were reports last week that a bankruptcy filing would come by July 31, although the company said last week only that it continued to be in talks with the Teamsters and that it was considering all of its options. The Teamsters said Monday the company is filing for bankruptcy.
The closing is bad news not only for its employees and its customers, who generally used Yellow because it offered some of the cheapest rates in the trucking sector, but also for US taxpayers.
The company received a $700 million loan from the federal government in 2020, a loan that resulted in taxpayers holding 30% of its outstanding stock. And the company still owed the Treasury Department more than $700 million according to its most recent quarterly report, nearly half of the long-term debt on its books.
Yellow’s stock lost 82% of its value between the time of that loan and Thursday’s close after reports of the bankruptcy plans, closing at only 57 cents a share. It bumped up 14 cents a share on Friday, but still remained a so-called penny stock.
The company had received that loan during the pandemic, despite the fact that at the time it was facing charges of defrauding the government by overbilling on shipments of items for the US military. The company eventually settled the dispute without admitting wrongdoing but was forced to pay a $6.85 million fine.
Yellow handles pallet-sized shipments of freight, moving shipments from numerous customers in the same truck, a segment of the trucking industry known as less-than-truckload, or LTL. The company had been claiming as recently as June that it was the nation’s third largest LTL carrier.
But the company handled only about 7% of the nation’s 720,000 daily LTL shipments last year, said Jindel. He said there is about 8% to 10% excess capacity in the LTL sector right now, so the closure of Yellow shouldn’t cause a significant disruption in supply chains. But he said it will cause higher rates for shippers who depend on LTL carriers, since it was the excess capacity that sent prices lower.
Higher prices will hit Yellow customers, Jindel said.
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The partnership supports growing demand for electric mobility and affordable home solar power
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enel X Way, the Enel Group's global e-mobility business, today announced a partnership with Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN), the nation's leading home solar, battery storage and clean energy service provider, to supply smart Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for the company's recently launched EV charger offering. The new co-branded home EV chargers expand Sunrun's suite of energy management solutions and support the growing demand for electric cars and trucks nationwide.
The Edison Electric Institute projects 26.4 million EVs will be on U.S. roads by 2030 and according to BloombergNEF's 2022 EV Charging Infrastructure Outlook report, the U.S. needs 21.7 million private chargers by 2030 to support growing demand.
"With one-third of Enel X Way EV charger owners using solar to power their homes, there's no denying the strong correlation between solar adopters and EV owners," said Chris Baker, Head of Enel X Way North America. "Not only does this partnership mark a pivotal convergence between two adjacent industries, the ability to combine efforts and use solar energy to power charging also furthers our progress toward national decarbonization targets. We're honored to partner with Sunrun to offer an affordable, smart EV charging solution for climate-conscious customers."
Enel X Way's Level 2 EV chargers work seamlessly with Sunrun's home solar solutions, enabling customers to charge their vehicles at home using abundant and affordable solar energy. The integrated offering delivers potential cost savings to customers while also providing a means to manage home energy consumption.
Recognized by CNET, Car and Driver, Popular Mechanics, and Road & Track as "the best overall EV charger," the Enel X Way Level 2 EV charger is grid-connected, meaning it uses off-peak and automated charging to help balance the grid, delivering energy cost savings that allow EV owners to maximize their investments. The award-winning chargers are also compact, weather-proof and can recharge EVs up to nine times faster than other charging equipment, providing owners with a best-in-class experience.
"Home solar and EVs are the perfect match," said Mary Powell, Chief Executive Officer of Sunrun. "EV owners want to charge their vehicles with a more cost effective, clean, and reliable energy source —saving money and time with home charging convenience. By combining Enel X Way's EV charging expertise and Sunrun's ability to right-size home solar systems, we're helping prepare customers for a carbon-free energy future."
The co-branded EV charging stations are available today in select markets, including California, New Jersey and Vermont, and are expected to be available nationwide by the beginning of 2023. The smart home EV chargers will be sold as an optional add-on for bundling with a Sunrun home solar-plus-battery system.
About Enel X Way
Enel X Way is a subsidiary company of Fortune 200 renewable energy leader, the Enel Group, and is dedicated to electric mobility. Enel X Way operates in 16 countries and manages over 380,000 charging ports worldwide and around 150,000 in North America, both directly and through roaming agreements. As a global platform for e-Mobility, the company is focused on developing flexible charging technologies and solutions to improve the customer experience and to enable the electrification of transport for consumers, businesses, cities and public administrations. Enel X Way's flagship home charging station, the JuiceBox, has been named the "best EV charger overall" by CNET, Car and Driver, Popular Mechanics, and Road & Track. For more information, visit our website and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
About Sunrun
Sunrun Inc. (Nasdaq: RUN) is the nation's leading home solar, battery storage, and energy services company. Founded in 2007, Sunrun pioneered home solar service plans to make local clean energy more accessible to everyone for little to no upfront cost. Sunrun's innovative home battery solutions bring families affordable, resilient, and reliable energy. The company can also manage and share stored solar energy from the batteries to provide benefits to households, utilities, and the electric grid while reducing our reliance on polluting energy sources. For more information, please visit www.sunrun.com.
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FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq: LRCX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $1.725 per share of common stock. The dividend payment will be made on April 5, 2023 to holders of record on March 15, 2023. Future dividend payments are subject to review and approval by the Board of Directors.
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Lam Research Corporation is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam's equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with operations around the globe. Learn more at www.lamresearch.com. (LRCX-F)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New Titans general manager Ran Carthon has made his biggest move yet by agreeing Friday to a four-year contract extension with two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons, according to a person familiar with the deal.
The Titans picked up the two-time defensive captain's fifth-year option for 2023 for $10.76 million last April. The person confirmed the extension on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the Titans had not announced the deal.
ESPN.com first reported the deal was worth up to $94 million with $66 million guaranteed, including a $24 million signing bonus.
Agent Paul DeRousselle did not return messages from the AP. He shared a photo of himself and Simmons on social media along with Simmons' own social media post that he wasn't done in Tennessee
“We have so much work to do!” Simmons wrote.
The four-year extension gives some much-needed space under the salary cap for Tennessee, ranked 23rd in the NFL with $7.4 million according to Spotrac.com.
The extension includes Simmons' fifth-year option, keeping him under contract through 2027 for an annual average of $23.5 million per year. Among NFL defensive tackles, that trails only the $31.6 million per year averaged by three-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams.
Simmons was the 19th pick overall in the 2019 draft, dropping to Tennessee after tearing his left ACL in February preparing for the draft.
The 6-foot-4, 305-pound lineman wound up starting seven of nine games played as a rookie in 2019, and he has started 54 of 56 games played. Simmons missed two games last season with an injured ankle and said at the end of the season he needed shots in his ankle to finish the season.
Simmons has been a Pro Bowl pick each of the past two seasons. He set a career-high with 8 1/2 sacks in 2021, and he finished second last season with 7 1/2 sacks, leading the Titans in sacks in five games. He also had nine tackles for loss with 43 quarterback pressures with 53 tackles.
Carthon, hired in January, replaced Jon Robinson who was fired Dec. 6 after the Titans used more players in each of the past two seasons than any other team in the NFL. Tennessee lost its final seven games to finish 7-10 and just missed a third straight AFC South title.
This extension means the new general manager has taken care of the Titans' biggest issue in keeping a top player happy. Robinson traded wide receiver A.J. Brown to Philadelphia during the first round of the draft last year after being unable to agree on a new contract.
Carthon still has to decide what to do about quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who has a cap hit of $36.6 million, and three-time Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry, with his own $16.3 million salary cap hit. Both are in the final year of their current contracts.
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K-State named FWAA National Team of the Week
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The awards keep coming in for the Wildcats on Monday, as the team was named the Cheez-It Bowl National Team of the Week, the Football Writers Association of America.
This is the sixth time the Wildcats have been honored as the team of the week by the FWAA since the organization started the award in 2002. The last time was in 2019 when K-State defeated fifth-ranked Oklahoma in Manhattan.
QB Adrian Martinez teamed with running back Deuce Vaughn (116 yards) to give K-State two players with 100 yards rushing in the same game since the 2017 Cactus Bowl and the first against a Big 12 team since the 2017 Oklahoma game. That was part of 509 total offensive yards for the Wildcats on Saturday, the most by the Wildcats since the 2019 Bowling Green game (521 yards) and the most against a Big 12 opponent since the 2014 Texas Tech game (535 yards).
The K-State defense forced OU to score eight points under its points-per-game average and 15 points less than the Sooners scored the previous week at Oklahoma. The Wildcats excelled getting off the field as Oklahoma was 4-of-5 on third downs with 1-3 yards to go but was 0-of-8 on third-down attempts that were four yards or longer.
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LIMA, OH (WLIO)- Kids may dream about becoming the next doctor, astronaut, or even a meteorologist; however, for those dreams to become a reality, there is one important ingredient for success: real life inspiration.
That was the case Friday afternoon at Heir Force Community School in Lima. The students participated in a hands-on STEM workshop with engineers from Proctor and Gamble. The focus of Friday's workshop revolved around electricity through the construction of integrated circuits while considering the physical concepts of resistors, capacitors, and Ohm's Law to produce light and electricity. With real-life exposure to the electrical concepts of physics, organizers and school officials strive to spark that light of inspiration in STEM for these students.
"Often when you are working with something that is STEM related, you'll understand part of the puzzle, but there will be some one item that becomes a barrier. And until you can overcome that barrier, you're just stuck. By doing this in-person and with support with having people around them that can help them pass those individuals barriers, they have a chance to experience complete success," says David Sporles, a retired engineer from Proctor & Gamble.
Dr. Willie Heggins, Executive Director of Heir Force Community School, adds that, "[m]athematics and science are those critical core content areas that they need to excel at. So, we work hard at that in the classroom, and opportunities like today, you know, give students, as I said before, that opportunity to really kind of apply what they are learning in the classroom environment in a practical setting."
The STEM workshop was organized by the Central District Makerspace.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elliott Investment Management L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Elliott") today released the following statement on behalf of Managing Partner Jesse Cohn and Senior Portfolio Manager Marc Steinberg regarding Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE: PINS) (the "Company" or "Pinterest"):
Pinterest is a highly strategic business with significant potential for growth, and our conviction in the value-creation opportunity at Pinterest today has led us to become the Company's largest investor. As the market-leading platform at the intersection of social media, search and commerce, Pinterest occupies a unique position in the advertising and shopping ecosystems, and CEO Bill Ready is the right leader to oversee Pinterest's next phase of growth. We commend Ben Silbermann and the Board on the leadership transition, and we look forward to continuing our collaborative work with Ben, Bill and the Board as they drive toward realizing Pinterest's full potential.
Elliott Investment Management L.P. manages approximately $55.7 billion of assets. Its flagship fund, Elliott Associates, L.P., was founded in 1977, making it one of the oldest funds under continuous management. The Elliott funds' investors include pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, funds-of-funds, high net worth individuals and families, and employees of the firm.
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LOS ANGELES, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Giving Paws, a new LA-based pet supply company, is offering unique products for cats and dogs that are affordable, functional and durable with an added benefit — dedication to animal welfare. Every purchase will support local shelters and rescues with the goal of improving conditions and quality of life as animals await their forever homes. Giving Paws will donate 20% of their profits to animal rescues, starting with organizations in Los Angeles.
"Our products fill the practical needs of pet owners and are based on the knowledge of pet-care professionals," said Giving Paws founder, Gina Castagnozzi. "Our mission is to offer top-quality items that improve life for pets and their owners, while giving back to their local animal communities."
The products offered through Giving Paws were developed by Castagnozzi, who has worked with dogs professionally for over 10 years. It was through her professional work with dogs that she was introduced to the world of rescue. In her time volunteering with shelters and rescues, Castagnozzi observed the challenges of overcrowding and underfunding that these organizations face. She has combined her professional expertise with her compassion to found Giving Paws and create its product line.
Giving Paws cat and dog products are available online at givingpaws.com and at select independent pet stores throughout Los Angeles. Items include:
- Vegan leather collars and leashes
- Plant-based dog waste bags
- Compostable, plant-based and plastic-free dog waste bag dispensers
- Original design blankets made of soft Sherpa and polyester printed fleece
Other products including padded reflective nylon collars, quick-release martingale dog collars, padded reflective nylon dog leashes with traffic handles, colorful cat collars, leashes, and harness sets, and dog bandanas, including "adopt me" options for purchase to send as gifts to shelters, will be available in late summer/early fall 2022.
Giving Paws was created out of a deeply rooted love for all animals and a passion to help those who need it most. We are committed to supporting shelters and rescues across the country through monetary donations made from the sale of top-quality pet products developed by the people who use them most. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of homeless pets. For more information, please visit givingpaws.com.
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In its search for a new superintendent, the Kenosha Unified School District identified two finalists to move on to the last round of Board of Education interviews, which will take place Sept. 6, according to a press release Thursday.
The board, along with members of the district’s Leadership Council and Daniel Nerad of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, met in executive session Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, to host the first round of interviews with the six initial applicants chosen to move forward in the superintendent search process.
Following the interviews, Jason Nault and Jeffrey Weiss were identified as finalists.
According to a bio provided by KUSD, Nault has served as an educator and educational leader since 2000. His career in education began as a social studies teacher at South High in Bakersfield, Calif.
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His work as an educational leader began in 2005 when he served as a Dean of Students at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Ill. Since that time, he has held a variety of leadership positions, including assistant principal in Chicago, Ill., principal residency in Chicago, Ill., adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University and high school principal in Chicago, Ill. and Coral Springs, Fla.
Nault began his work as the associate superintendent in the Waukegan School District in 2018, where he currently serves.
Nault received his Bachelor of Science degree from UW-La Crosse in 1999, his Master of Education from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2005, and his Doctorate of Education from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2005.
According to a bio provided by KUSD, Weiss has served as an educator and educational leader since 1995. His career in education began as an English/reading specialist at Zion-Benton Township High School.
Weiss' work as an educational leader began in 2003 when he served as a subschool principal at Washington Park High School in Racine. Since that time, he has held a variety of leadership positions, including supervisor of English/language arts, director of curriculum and instruction and assistant superintendent for elementary education in the Racine Unified School District.
In 2013, he began his work as superintendent in the Richmond School District and held that position for six years before being named superintendent of the School District of South Milwaukee in 2019 where he currently serves.
Weiss received his Bachelor of Arts degree from UW-Parkside in 1993, his Master of Science in Education in 2004 from Carthage College and his Doctorate of Education from Cardinal Stritch University in 2017.
KUSD will host a superintendent candidate forum to allow for stakeholder input. The forum will be held in the Educational Support Center’s boardroom, 3600 52nd St., Sept. 6, from 5- to 7:15 p.m. Stakeholders who participate will provide feedback on the candidates, and as such must be available for the entire session.
Due to room capacity, space for the forum is limited to 100 participants. Interested parties must RSVP via this form or by calling the Superintendent’s Office at 262-359-6320, by Sept. 1.
Confirmation of participation will be sent via email Sept. 2. Alternatively, stakeholders may watch the meeting live at youtube.com/kenoshaschools.
Forum questions also may be submitted for consideration via this form. Questions for the forum will be selected and asked by the moderator to comply with hiring guidelines.
The community forum schedule will begin with Nault at 5 p.m. and Weiss at 6:15 p.m.
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WESTWOOD, Mass. (AP) _ Chase Corp. (CCF) on Monday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $15.5 million.
On a per-share basis, the Westwood, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of $1.64. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.60 per share.
The protective materials maker posted revenue of $88.6 million in the period.
Chase shares have fallen 22% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $78.15, a drop of 29% in the last 12 months.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita-based Freddy’s Frozen Custard is giving a treat to all of their company-owned locations in the Wichita and the Kansas City area.
Wichita, Derby, El Dorado, and the Kansas City-area Freddy’s locations will all close at 4 p.m. so employees can watch the Super Bowl.
A company spokesperson says it’s just a way for them to reward their staff and allow them to watch the game.
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Xander Schauffele received a nice bump in the Official World Golf Ranking, but wasn’t able to crack the top 10 after his win at the Travelers Championship.
The 2021 Olympic gold medalist jumped four spots from 15th to 11th, overtaking Billy Horschel, Hideki Matsuyama, Will Zalatoris and Jordan Spieth.
Patrick Cantlay, Schauffele’s playing partner yesterday at TPC River Highlands, started the final round one stroke back of the lead, but shot a final-round 76 to finish T-13. The poor finish resulted in Cantlay dropping one spot in the world ranking to seventh, just behind Cam Smith.
Sahith Theegala, who double bogeyed the 18th hole Sunday to finish T-2, jumped to the highest world ranking of his career at 66th.
Rory McIlroy finished T-19, which wasn’t enough to stay at No. 2 in the world. Jon Rahm leapfrogged the Northern Irishman to reclaim his spot behind World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
Scheffler picked up a few more world ranking points with a T-8 finish, further increasing his lead over Rahm. The gap from Scheffler to Rahm is bigger than the gap from Rahm to world No. 15 Horschel. | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/xander-schauffele-jumps-11th-world-after-winning-travelers-championship | 2022-06-27 15:47:20 | 0 | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/xander-schauffele-jumps-11th-world-after-winning-travelers-championship |
BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered in Germany’s capital Saturday to show solidarity with antigovernment protesters in Iran, where a movement sparked by the death of a woman in the custody of morality police has evolved into a challenge to the Islamic Republic.
Berlin police estimated that 37,000 people had joined the German demonstration by late afternoon. Participants held up Iranian flags and signs criticizing Iran’s leaders, many with the tagline “Women, Life, Freedom” in both English and German.
The demonstration, organized by the Woman(asterisk) Life Freedom Collective, began at the Victory Column in Berlin’s Tiergarten park and continued as a march through central Berlin.
Some demonstrators said they had come from elsewhere in Germany and other European countries to show their support.
“It is so important for us to be here, to be the voice of the people of Iran, who are killed on the streets,” said Shakib Lolo, who is from Iran but lives in the Netherlands. “And this is not a protest anymore, this is a revolution, in Iran. And the people of the world have to see it.”
Other issues were the focus of demonstrations in Berlin as well, including one calling for social solidarity in the wake of a potential energy crisis and another advocating a speed limit on German highways.
In Tehran, more antigovernment protests took place Saturday at several universities. The nationwide movement in Iran first focused on the country’s mandatory hijab following the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police.
Security forces have dispersed gatherings with live ammunition and tear gas, leaving over 200 people dead, according to rights groups.
The government in Tehran also has been in the spotlight in European capitals due to allegations that Iran has supplied explosive drones that Russian troops are using in Ukraine. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-protest-against-iranian-regime-draws-thousands-in-berlin/ | 2022-10-23 11:09:42 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-protest-against-iranian-regime-draws-thousands-in-berlin/ |
Tiger Woods’ lawyers try to stop ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit
(AP) - Attorneys for golf superstar Tiger Woods are expected to argue Tuesday during a court hearing that his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit against him should be halted because she signed a nondisclosure agreement requiring that any disagreements between them be settled in private by an arbitrator.
Erica Herman, 39, is suing Woods to get out of the agreement, saying she was the victim of his sexual harassment. She has also filed a separate $30 million illegal eviction lawsuit against the trust that owns his $54 million Florida mansion.
Herman, who managed Woods’ Palm Beach County restaurant before and during the first years of their romantic relationship, argues that the nondisclosure agreement is unenforceable under a new federal law that says such contracts can be voided when sexual abuse or sexual harassment occurred. Her attorney, Benjamin Hodas, contends that Woods’ alleged threat to fire her if she didn’t sign the contract was harassment.
“A boss imposing different work conditions on his employee because of their sexual relationship is sexual harassment,” Hodas said.
Woods’ attorney, J.B. Murray, denies that the 47-year-old golfer ever sexually assaulted or harassed Herman, calling her accusations in court documents “utterly meritless.” It is unknown if Woods will attend the hearing before Circuit Judge Elizabeth Metzger, the first in what could be a lengthy court battle.
In Herman’s lawsuit against Woods, she wants Metzger to either void the nondisclosure agreement or at least give her guidance about what she can say publicly. For example, can she discuss events that happened before their agreement or after their breakup? What about information she learned about Woods from others? She is also arguing that the contract covers only her work relationship with Woods, not their personal matters.
In her unlawful eviction lawsuit against the trust, she is basing her $30 million claim on how much it would cost to rent a property like Woods’ beachfront mansion north of Palm Beach for six years of residence she was allegedly promised by the golfer and then denied.
When Hodas filed her lawsuit against the trust in October, he checked a box on a standardized form saying the case did not involve sexual abuse. In Herman’s March lawsuit against Woods, Hodas checked the box saying that case does involve abuse. Hodas has not explained the apparent discrepancy.
Before they dated, Woods hired Herman in 2014 to help develop and then operate the golfer’s The Woods sports bar and restaurant in nearby Jupiter — but they do not agree when their romantic relationship and cohabitation began.
Herman says in her court filings that their romantic relationship began in 2015 and that in late 2016 she moved into Woods’ nearly 30,000-square-foot (2,800-square-meter) mansion in the ritzy Hobe Sound community. She says that in 2017, Woods verbally promised she could live there at least 11 more years.
Woods, in his court documents, says their romantic relationship began in 2017, shortly before she moved in with him that August — about the time the nondisclosure agreement was signed. In March 2017, Woods had placed the mansion into the Jupiter Island Irrevocable Homestead Trust, an entity he created that has only himself and his two children as beneficiaries. Forbes Magazine estimates Woods’ net worth at $1.1 billion.
Court documents filed by Woods’ attorneys on Monday include an August 2017 email exchange between Herman and Christopher Hubman, the chief financial officer of Tiger Woods Ventures. Herman says she will sign the nondisclosure agreement, but expresses concern about how her romantic and professional lives are now intertwined.
“My only concern is if by chance TW does something that brings our relationship to an end, do I automatically (lose) my job?” she wrote. “I don’t have any problem with what’s in the document because I wouldn’t go public or use anything I know to hurt him or the kids but with my whole life in his hands now I would want to have some kind of control over my future in the business.
“If something happened 5-10 years down the road I don’t want to be in my 40s, heartbroken and jobless,” she wrote.
Herman says Woods pressured her to quit her job managing his restaurant in 2020, saying he wanted her to spend more time taking care of him and his children.
Herman says Woods evicted her through “trickery.” She says Woods told her they were going on a weekend trip to the Bahamas, so she packed a small bag and he drove her to the airport, where they parked near a private plane.
But instead of boarding, Woods told Herman to talk to his lawyer and left, she says.
“Out of the blue,” the lawyer told her the relationship was over and that she was being evicted, she says. She says she refused to sign another nondisclosure agreement the lawyer tried to force upon her.
When Woods’ lawyers returned her personal belongings, they kept $40,000 in cash, “making scurrilous and defamatory allegations” about how she obtained it, she alleges.
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — With his team's winless run stretching to six games in all competitions, Chelsea manager Graham Potter is facing a critical point of his early reign.
Potter, who is only five months into the job, has so far had the faith of American owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. Supporters, however, have started to turn against him and an online petition calling for him to be fired has received more than 40,000 signatures.
The 2-0 loss to Premier League rival Tottenham on Sunday was the final straw for some. And with games coming up against Leeds in the Premier League and Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16 of the Champions League, Potter needs results to turn quickly.
Chelsea has spent more than $660 million on players since Boehly and Clearlake bought the club for $2.5 billion last May. One Twitter poll, which received more than 110,000 votes, gave a binary choice of "Potter in" or "Potter out." The result was 80% calling for the former Brighton manager to go.
Last week, Potter revealed he had received anonymous emails wishing death on him and his family.
At matches, there hasn't been a widespread show of dissent from fans. That could change if Chelsea is knocked out of the Champions League next Tuesday, less than two years after it won the title under then-manager Thomas Tuchel.
Tuchel, who was hugely popular among supporters, was an early casualty of the Boehly-Clearlake regime. He was fired only seven games into the season.
Potter was quickly installed as the first managerial appointment by the new owners and there has been a clear intention to give him time to integrate the new signings after 16 players were brought in over the past two transfer windows. But Boehly and Clearlake are unlikely to have anticipated such an alarming sequence of results, especially after delivering marquee signings like Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez — a World Cup winner in Qatar — and highly-rated Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk in a bid to turn the season around in January.
Fernandez became the most expensive player in British soccer history in a deal worth $131 million. Mudryk cost $108 million.
Despite going undefeated in his first nine games, things have unravelled for Potter with Chelsea winning only one of its last 11 in all competitions. The London club is closer to the relegation zone than the Champions League qualifying places.
Chelsea won every major trophy under former owner Roman Abramovich, including two Champions Leagues and five Premier League titles. Last February, Abramovich completed a full set of trophies when Chelsea won the Club World Cup.
Part of that success came from his ruthless approach to firing managers, with Jose Mourinho twice losing his job despite winning three league titles during those two spells.
Carlo Ancelotti was fired a year after winning a league and FA Cup double in his first season in charge.
Boehly and Clearlake looked to be following the same path when they dispensed with Tuchel, who won the Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup in his 20 months at the club.
There haven’t been any snap judgements in the case of Potter. That is likely in acknowledgement of the difficult position in which he’s been placed during a period of such upheaval both on and off the field with a new ownership and a much-changed squad.
The pressure, however, will only grow if Chelsea’s form does not improve.
After losing at home to last-place Southampton this month, relegation-fighting Leeds on Saturday is another game fraught with danger. That will be followed by the Champions League match against Dortmund, which the German team leads 1-0 on aggregate after the first leg.
Potter’s task has not been helped by a host of injuries to key players, including N’Golo Kante, Raheem Sterling, Reece James and Wesley Fofana. And he was given a further blow after scans confirmed Tuesday that defender Thiago Silva has knee ligament damage.
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Trick-or-treaters with allergies have to be extra careful on Halloween — the Teal Pumpkin Project is making the day a little less scary for them.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Female Afghan employees of the United Nation have been banned by the ruling Taliban from working in the country, U.N. officials said Tuesday.
The U.N. mission expressed “serious concern” after its female staffers were prevented from reporting to work in eastern Nangarhar province.
“We will continue to pursue all avenues to ensure that we can reach the most vulnerable people, especially women and girls,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
He said U.N. officials were told through “various conduits” that the ban applied to the whole country.
Taliban spokesmen were not immediately available for comment, and the group did not issue a statement.
Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during its previous stint in power, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing power in 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces were pulling out of Afghanistan after two decades of war.
Girls are banned from education beyond sixth grade. Women are barred from working, studying, traveling without a male companion, and even going to parks. Women must also cover themselves from head to toe.
Afghan women were also barred from working at national and international non-governmental organizations, disrupting the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Women working for the U.N. were not included in the NGO ban, but the U.N. raised fears that women working for the U.N. could be targeted.
Dujarric told reporters Tuesday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that “any such ban would be unacceptable and frankly, inconceivable.”
“We’re still looking into how this development would affect our operations in the country, and we are expected to have more meetings with the de facto authorities tomorrow in Kabul in which we’re trying to seek some clarity.”
Dujarric said female staff members are essential to executing life-saving U.N. operations on the ground, saying that out of a population of about 40 million people, “we’re trying to reach 23 million men, women and children with humanitarian aid.”
The U.N. has about 3,900 staff in Afghanistan, approximately 3,300 Afghans and 600 international personnel, he said, including 600 Afghan women and 200 women from other countries.
Dujarric wouldn’t speculate when asked if the U.N. can continue to operate in Afghanistan if the Taliban don’t reverse the ban on Afghan women.
The U.N. contingency plan “is almost too tragic to contemplate,” he added later.
The U.N. political mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, is headed by a woman, Roza Otunbayeva, a former president and foreign minister of the Kyrgyz Republic. She was appointed by the secretary-general in coordination with the U.N. Security Council. Dujarric said there’s been no Taliban action regarding the U.N.’s senior leadership.
Taliban restrictions in Afghanistan, especially the bans on education and NGO work, have drawn fierce international condemnation. But the Taliban have shown no signs of backing down, claiming the bans are temporary suspensions in place allegedly because women were not wearing the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, correctly and because gender segregation rules were not being followed.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s reelection campaign released a new video Tuesday accusing Republican Mark Ronchetti of wanting to defund the police — the latest attack ad in what has become an increasingly bitter race for governor.
The campaign used Ronchetti’s own words from a televised debate in May when Ronchetti was still seeking the GOP nomination for governor to make its case.
But the snippet in Lujan Grisham’s attack ad doesn’t tell the whole story, prompting Ronchetti’s campaign to hit back and accuse the Democratic incumbent of making “distortions so severe they’re laughable.”
“It’s insulting to the intelligence of voters that Michelle Lujan Grisham thinks she can reinvent her image and ignore her miserable record of allowing runaway crime in New Mexico,” Enrique Knell, Ronchetti’s campaign spokesman, said in a statement.
In a news release issued hours after Lujan Grisham’s video hit social media, Ronchetti’s campaign said the ad “immediately drew fire” from Robert Parra, the president of the New Mexico Fraternal Order of Police.
The FOP, a law enforcement advocate, “is surprised to hear fabrications that Mr. Ronchetti is anti-law enforcement or is planning to defund the police,” Parra said in a statement issued by Ronchetti’s campaign. “On the contrary, according to his crime plan and our numerous discussions with him personally, Mr. Ronchetti is a strong supporter of law enforcement.”
Parra said in a telephone interview Lujan Grisham’s video was circulating among FOP members after its release Tuesday morning.
Parra said he was “quite surprised” by the accusations in the video because they stand in stark contrast to conversations his organization has had with Ronchetti’s team.
“I have no reason to doubt his sincereness or his campaign team’s,” he said.
Asked whether law enforcement in New Mexico is better off under Lujan Grisham’s tenure, Parra was guarded in his response. The FOP is in the process of reviewing candidates for public office and has not yet made any endorsements in the governor’s race.
“There’s always room for improvement regarding law enforcement support in the state of New Mexico,” Parra said.
Crime has been a hot-button issue in the governor’s race and escalated with the release of the video, which asserts Ronchetti, a former longtime television meteorologist turned politician, plans to cut police funding in New Mexico if he’s elected governor.
“In his own words, Ronchetti has said New Mexico’s law enforcement ‘don’t want more money, and they don’t want more guns,’ ” Lujan Grisham’s campaign wrote in a news release. “The weatherman also opposes Governor Lujan Grisham’s budget that provided for 16% raises for state police officers and $72 million to hire and train police officers in local law enforcement agencies around the state.”
During the televised debate in May, Ronchetti and the four other Republicans seeking the nomination for governor were asked to explain “the root of the crime problem” in Albuquerque and their solution.
In response, Ronchetti said criminals were the root cause of crime.
“We have criminals that we catch, we bring them into jail and we turn them right back out on the street,” he said, adding policies advocated by the Lujan Grisham administration have “made it far more difficult to be a police officer than … a criminal.
“Remember, when this governor took office, we continued to see a climb and climb in the violent crime rate across New Mexico,” he said. “What was the answer from this governor? It was to target police and then make doing their jobs more difficult by removing qualified immunity. We have to back the blue. We have to tell them we will support them no matter what they need from us.”
The comment that followed is what is being featured in the attack ad.
“When you ask them, ‘What do you need? What would help you?’ The answer is simple. They don’t want more money, and they don’t want more guns,” Ronchetti said at the debate — words that also served as ammunition for some of his Republican rivals in the primary.
What Ronchetti said next wasn’t included in Lujan Grisham’s campaign video, which isn’t airing on TV but only being shared on social media.
“They want to know that the governor of the state of New Mexico and their leaders back them up,” he said at the debate.
Ronchetti’s campaign said Lujan Grisham’s team took a phrase out of context.
Kendall Witmer, the governor’s campaign spokeswoman, defended the video on Twitter.
“If [Ronchetti] didn’t want to have to answer for his statements about defunding the police, he shouldn’t have said they don’t need money,” she tweeted. “And he also shouldn’t have said he opposed the [governor’s] budget which included record [money] for police hiring and a 16 percent raise for state police.” | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lujan-grisham-attacks-ronchetti-on-police-sound-bite-in-new-ad/article_621763be-129f-11ed-8d52-ab32a53a50e1.html | 2022-08-03 06:40:17 | 1 | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lujan-grisham-attacks-ronchetti-on-police-sound-bite-in-new-ad/article_621763be-129f-11ed-8d52-ab32a53a50e1.html |
ATLANTA, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CereTax, the sales tax automation platform, and OneBill Software, the modern agile billing and monetization platform, announced their integration and partnership, which will transform the way telecommunications businesses handle their sales tax automation, along with their billing and subscription management.
The integration between the CereTax and OneBill platforms will give companies the flexibility and scalability not found in many modern billing and sales tax solutions. This versatility is a must-have for the communications industry with the expansion of the "as a Service" marketplace and the abundance of new regulations that obstruct the day-to-day financial operations of businesses.
"This integration was built with the limitless scalability needs of the communications market in mind. The complexity of the communications industry compounds over time and we needed a powerful integration that could manage the difficulty of both subscription and billing management along with sales tax automation. This integration would not have worked without a revolutionary true-cloud sales tax platform that was built to manage that complexity and the world-class billing and subscription management platform that OneBill has established,'' said Brent Reeves, Co-Founder and CRO of CereTax.
The vast telecommunications, sales tax, and billing expertise on both teams created a partnership and integration that is a game changer for the communications marketplace and other multi-vertical industries. This partnership was built not only for the integration but also to change the way the billing and sales tax automation process is done for finance departments everywhere.
"We are thrilled to partner with CereTax to empower our Communications Industry customers with the capability to efficiently and effectively keep on top of their sales taxation obligations. It is another way that we can ensure that the revenue stream for businesses can remain airtight," said JK Chelladurai, Founder and CEO of OneBill.
The CereTax and OneBill partnership will make a massive difference in how finance departments handle the ever-evolving world of billing and subscription management alongside the multivariate world of sales tax management. Learn more at CereTax.com and OneBillSoftware.com
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The parents of three transgender children in Florida are trying to get a federal judge to block a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, a signature policy of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as he nears his presidential campaign.
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle on Friday heard arguments from an attorney representing the three families in a case that argues they are being stripped of the right to make medical decisions for their children.
DeSantis has curtailed transgender medical treatments for minors in the state — often describing the issue in terms that are at odds with the nation’s major medical associations — as he leans into cultural divides that animate the Republican base ahead of his anticipated presidential run.
Florida’s law, signed this week by DeSantis, prohibits the prescription of puberty-blocking, hormone and hormone antagonist therapies to treat gender dysphoria in minors. It also bans gender-affirming medical procedures or surgeries for minors.
The law also bans the use of state money for gender-affirming care and places new restrictions on adults seeking treatment. Among those restrictions are a requirement that people meet face to face with a doctor — not a nurse or nurse practitioner — and not through telemedicine. Private organizations that provide such care could be risking any state funding they receive.
Transgender medical treatment for children and teenagers has increasingly been subject to restrictions or outright bans from Republicans across the country.
At least 17 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, including Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and Oklahoma. Federal judges have blocked enforcement of laws in Alabama and Arkansas, and Oklahoma has agreed to not enforce its ban while opponents seek a temporary court order blocking it. Several other states are considering bills this year to restrict or ban care.
The treatments have been available in the United States for more than a decade and are endorsed by major medical associations as appropriate care for people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Guidelines say surgery generally should be reserved for those ages 18 and older.
Treatment typically begins with an evaluation for the distress caused when gender identity doesn’t match a person’s assigned sex. With parental consent, persistent dysphoria can be treated with hormones, but typically not until age 16.
The parents did not appear in court Friday. It is unclear when the judge could issue a ruling on their request to block the law. Attorney Jennifer Levi, said the law is discriminatory against transgender people and hopes the judge moves quickly.
“My hope is that what it means for these adolescents is that they will very quickly be able to be moving forward in getting the care that they need, but the judge is going to set the timeframe for that,” Levi said. | https://www.koin.com/news/national/ap-parents-of-transgender-kids-seek-to-block-desantis-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/ | 2023-05-19 19:38:15 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/national/ap-parents-of-transgender-kids-seek-to-block-desantis-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/ |
Milam County Sheriff, 911 dispatchers lobby lawmakers for mental health leave
“In law enforcement, the dispatcher is our lifeline.”
CAMERON, Texas (KBTX) -911 dispatchers across the Lone Star State are hoping to be designated as first responders through proposed House Bill 1486.
Despite being the first point of contact during emergencies, these telecommunication officers are not recognized as first responders like their peers.
House Bill 1486, introduced by Representative Stan Gerdes of House District 17, proposes to grant mental health leave for 911 telecommunicators and dispatchers.
This bill differs from Senate Bill 1359, which took effect on September 1, 2021, and requires law enforcement agencies to create and implement a mental health leave policy for peace officers who experience trauma on the job.
House Bill 1486 would require law enforcement and state agencies with full-time telecommunicators to implement mental health leave for those affected by workplace trauma. The bill would provide clear and objective guidelines establishing the circumstances under which a telecommunicator is granted and may use mental health leave, entitle a telecommunicator to mental health leave without a deduction in salary or other compensation, enumerate the number of mental health leave days available to a telecommunicator, and detail the level of anonymity for a telecommunicator who takes mental health leave.
Milam County Sheriff Mike Clore recently testified in front of the Texas House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, voicing his support for the bill. He says telecommunication officers are the lifeline of numerous men and women who patrol the streets of Milam County.
“We count on these individuals to relay pertinent information, guide us into God-awful scenarios, expect them to stay on the line with victims of horrible crimes, hear all the madness, and continue to function without delay,” says Clore. “A lot of people don’t know what the dispatcher does. They don’t realize that as a law enforcement officer, the dispatcher is our lifeline.”
Clore contends that despite not being out in the field, telecommunication officers face similar challenges and difficulties while on the job. As they know and work with everyone, it is tough for dispatchers to send their colleagues or family members to dangerous situations and hear about them over the radio. This bill recognizes the impact such situations have on the officers and provides support for their mental health.
“We know everybody. We know each other. And for a dispatcher to have to send one of their family members, their deputies into a bad situation and have to hear what’s going on over the radio, it’s just as bad for them because they can’t see it,” says Clore. “They’re gonna sit there and they’re gonna think about it harder. They’re gonna linger, they’re gonna imagine what it was like there. They’re gonna worry about their teammate, their friend, and their family members. So, I wanted to express that in this bill.”
The issue hits close to home for Bettyna Cooper, a Milam County Telecommunications Officer who took the call when her colleague, Deputy Samuel Ferguson IV, was shot while responding to a mental health call last October. She says situations like these make her and fellow dispatchers feel vulnerable.
“Once they get on the scene everything goes quiet, and you kind of just there like what’s going on, what’s happening. I need to know why I feel helpless, and why can’t I do more. I just need to know, someone, call me to let me know they’re ok,” says Cooper.
Cooper encourages everyone to support the legislation, but more importantly, she urges her fellow colleagues to seek the help they need.
“Don’t hesitate, get help it’s not embarrassing, it’s nothing to be ashamed of, and hopefully, this bill is passed that we won’t have to feel so small in an agency that we have the help and the resources,” says Cooper.
Cooper says that working for a sheriff’s department that advocates for and values its telecommunications team is a great feeling.
“My guys in blue, my girls in blue, they’re family. I will do anything and everything, move heaven and earth to get them home safe,” says Cooper. “So to know that they’re willing to take care of family, to push for this bill, that’s not something that was included in the bill that was already out. They are willing to create a bill or help create a bill to take care of us as well.”
Clore thanked Gerdes for authoring the bill and pushing it through, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the crucial role that dispatchers and telecommunicators play in the community.
Sheriff Clore’s testimony before the Texas House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety
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New Jersey goes deep into their wallets to find a tip
In the restaurant business, there has been a big concern with inflation, cost of goods going through the roof and increased energy costs that servers here in New Jersey will suffer in their tip jar because of the trickledown effect consumers and restaurant owners are experiencing.
According to a national survey by CNET on ranking the worst tipping states and a survey by the payment company Toast, there are some interesting results.
I have good news and I have some bad news. First the good news. While restaurant prices are up nationally 7.6% from July 2021 to July 2022, tipping is up by an average of about 10% during the same time period. The theory is that consumers feel the pain of the server in these tough times.
Now here is the bad news: Here in New Jersey, we rank close to the bottom as the worst state in tipping percentage. The national average for tipping in a full-service restaurant is 19.7%. New Jersey tippers average 18.9%, which ranks 42nd in the country as the worst tipping state.
New Jersey consumers go out to restaurants a little more than the average consumer so maybe that increased amount of trips to restaurants affect the number and percentage of tips.
Indiana is the best state for tipping at 21.0%, followed by West Virginia at 20.8%. I wouldn’t have guessed that. I would have thought the Mid West would be more conservative in their tipping but they are the best for servers. Ohio, Kentucky, Delaware and Wyoming are all up there in providing a good tip for their server.
I’ve always tipped a little over because I have had friends and family members that have been in the service industry and they have shared some incredible stories. Times are tough and I know we are going out a little less because our wallets are a little lighter but if you do go out take care of your server.
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From a stretched, stressed-out workforce to outdated technologies, a new national report reveals frontline attitudes on the challenges facing America's 9-1-1 centers
NEW YORK, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbyne, the global leader in cloud-native emergency call management, in partnership with NENA: The 9-1-1 Association, today announced the groundbreaking findings of the inaugural Pulse of 9-1-1 State of the Industry Survey. This first-of-its-kind survey unveils compelling insights into the critical challenges faced by the 9-1-1 call center staff.
The study, capturing the perspectives of 9-1-1 directors, managers, supervisors, and dispatchers, paints a picture of an industry under immense pressure. It reveals a seasoned, overstressed workforce grappling with surging call volumes, complex compounded emergencies, outdated technologies, and insufficient support.
Results from the survey are being presented on July 25, 2023, at a national online conference featuring industry experts and government leaders discussing solutions to the growing challenges of 9-1-1 emergency response.
"This is a very insightful report on the current state of 9-1-1. I believe it will be a springboard for important discussions and, more importantly, actions to improve 9-1-1," said Brian Fontes, CEO of NENA: The 9-1-1 Association.
Key findings from the Pulse of 9-1-1 Survey include:
- Staffing: A staggering 82% of centers reported being understaffed and struggling with hiring and retention, with respondents citing stress and low pay as the top obstacles to attracting and keeping staff. The data also shows a growing shortfall in younger workers to replace those who are retiring or burning out.
- Technology: The data shows a substantial number of respondents are unfamiliar with emerging technologies and their potential to help solve problems such as staffing shortages and call surges. 83% of participants say their centers experience high call volumes on multiple days each week. Fewer than half can gain accurate location information from mobile callers, and fewer than 20% are able to accept video calls.
- Mental Health and Wellness: 74% of respondents revealed that their 9-1-1 centers are plagued by staff burnout, with many others exhibiting mental health warning signs such as anxiety, fatigue, and low energy levels. And while over 90% of 9-1-1 employers provide wellness support services, only 18% of respondents make use of them.
- Training: Less than half of the respondents felt adequately equipped to handle every incident type. Around 38% felt ill-prepared to deal with an active shooter situation, 25% felt they lacked training for mental health calls, and 18% were uncomfortable managing civil disturbances or bias-related events.
- DEI: While a majority (56%) of respondents felt their workplaces were mostly or entirely inclusive, 42% observed a lack of diversity within their leadership ranks. A quarter of participants reported that their center's demographics do not accurately reflect the communities they serve.
"For more than 50 years, the 9-1-1 community has done a remarkable job of serving the public, answering millions of calls a year, and dispatching aid where it is needed," Fontes said. "However, the 9-1-1 landscape is changing dramatically, and 9-1-1 centers must adapt."
"Technology has the power to transform the 9-1-1 industry by mitigating the challenges our emergency telecommunicators face and giving them respite," said Amir Elichai, Carbyne CEO. "It enables us to enhance emergency response, improve accuracy, and optimize workflows. By harnessing the potential of advanced call-handling platforms, we can bridge gaps in communication, provide real-time situational awareness, and deliver faster, more effective assistance to those in need. Let's embrace technology as a powerful tool in our quest to revolutionize emergency services and ensure safer, more resilient communities."
In May, NENA and Carbyne surveyed a random sample of Emergency Communications Center personnel across North America, receiving 841 responses from communities and ECCs of all sizes, one of the largest-ever sample sizes of its kind. The respondents included dispatchers and telecommunicators, managers and shift supervisors, Assistant Directors and Directors, as well as Deputy and Sheriff titles.
About NENA: The 9-1-1 Association
NENA: The 9-1-1 Association empowers its members and the greater 9-1-1 community to provide the best possible emergency response through standards development, training, thought leadership, outreach, and advocacy. Our vision is a public made safer by 9-1-1 services delivered by highly trained emergency-communications professionals and powered by the latest technologies. Learn more at nena.org.
About Carbyne
Carbyne, headquartered in New York, is a leading global provider of cloud-native emergency communications center solutions. Carbyne is one of the largest rich-data providers for emergency response centers, delivering over 250M data points per year, all in a unified platform. Our technologies enable emergency communication centers and select enterprises to connect with callers as well as connected devices via highly secure communication channels without needing to download a consumer app. With a mission to redefine emergency collaboration and connect the dots between people, enterprises, and governments, Carbyne provides a unified cloud-native solution that provides live actionable data that can lead to more efficient and transparent operations and ultimately save lives. With Carbyne, every person counts. Learn more at carbyne.com
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 25, 2023 a Midland Jury, sitting in the courtroom of Hon. Stephen Carras awarded a verdict against Mid-Michigan Medical Center in the amount of $31,600,000.00, on behalf of a brain-damaged child. Matthew Patterson of Beam Legal Team and of Counsel to Fieger Law, tried the case for three weeks.
Kendall Berthiaume was born on December 20, 2018. The Fetal Monitor Strips showed the baby was in fetal distress and needed to be born by immediate C-section due to Pitocin driven excessive uterine activity. The Pitocin was not stopped, and delivery was not timely done, and Kendall suffered severe brain damage from a lack of oxygen as a result. Kendall is now 4 years old and has spastic quadriplegia, cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder. The Midland County Jury, based on the evidence presented at trial, was able to find truth and do justice for this little girl in order to provide for her future healthcare needs.
Matthew Patterson of Beam Legal Team stated:
"The minor here, Kendall, is severely injured and will forever be permanently disabled. The verdict in this case can never bring Kendall back, but it does provide her justice for her horrible injuries. It shows that no matter where you are, even in the smallest of counties, justice can be served when the facts deserve it. The Berthiaume family wants to thank Judge Carras and the entire Midland County Court Staff for their professionalism in providing the parties a fair and just trial."
The jury deliberated for over 9 hours before returning the verdict on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
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A Christian boarding school in Missouri that's been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations announced Wednesday that it will close later this month due to financial hardship.
Agape Boarding School in Stockton has been the subject of state and location investigations and several lawsuits from former students. It will stop providing service effective Jan. 20, according to a statement from the school for boys.
Attendance at Agape plummeted after abuse allegations surfaced. Agape had 132 students 13 months ago, its lawyer, John Schultz said. It now has 12.
The school’s focus now is “on getting the boys who remain in the program safely transitioned to their parents or to foster care, other group homes or residential programs," its former director, Bryan Clemensen, said in a statement.
Clemensen said the decision to close "is voluntary and solely due to the lack of financial resources to continue caring for the boys.”
Agape's trouble began in 2020 when former students came forward with abuse allegations. One former student said he was raped at Agape and called “seizure boy” because of his epilepsy. Others said they suffered permanent injuries from being disciplined or forced to work long hours of manual labor.
Allegations of physical and sexual abuse at Agape and Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch prompted a state law in 2021 requiring stricter oversight of such facilities. Missouri previously had virtually no oversight for religious boarding schools.
In 2021, Agape’s longtime doctor, David Smock, was charged with child sex crimes and five employees were charged with low-level abuse counts. Then-Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office contended that 22 workers should have been charged, and with more serious crimes. But in Missouri, only the local prosecutor can file charges, and Cedar County Prosecuting Attorney Ty Gaither has said no additional employees would be charged.
Meanwhile, the husband-and-wife founders of Circle of Hope, Boyd and Stephanie Householder, face a combined 99 charges that include child abuse and neglect, sex crimes and other counts. The school closed in 2020 amid investigations.
Several lawsuits filed on behalf of former students also have named Agape and Circle of Hope. One former Agape student who sued, Robert Bucklin, said the closure means justice “has finally prevailed."
“Today, the many victims who have come forth can rest assured that no more children will be hurt at Agape Boarding School,” Bucklin said in a text. “The healing process can start for so many.”
Among other things, the new state law allows state or local authorities to petition the court for closure of a facility if children's safety or health are believed to be in immediate danger.
Schmitt last year asked a Cedar County judge to close Agape, but the judge had not yet issued a decision. Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate last year and sworn in this month. The newly appointed attorney general, Andrew Bailey, had said he planned to continue pursuing closure. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Missouri-boarding-school-under-investigation-will-17711351.php | 2023-01-11 21:30:43 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Missouri-boarding-school-under-investigation-will-17711351.php |
Matchbox is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a line of limited-edition toy cars due to hit stores throughout the year.
The lineup boasts impressive variety, including classic race cars such as the Porsche 908 and Jaguar D-Type, modern vehicles such as the Chevrolet Corvette C8 and GMC Hummer EV pickup, plus fire trucks, a London double-decker bus, even a Boeing 747.
Each toy car gets platinum elements in reference to Matchbox’s 70th anniversary (70 is the platinum anniversary), and many have moving parts, such as the engine cover on the C8 and the Hummer EV’s frunk.
The limited editions are also made with recycled zinc to highlight Matchbox’s sustainability efforts. The toy brand in 2022 unveiled a Tesla Roadster made from 99% recycled materials, and aims to make all of its products and packaging from 100% recycled, recycle-ready, or bio-based plastic by 2030.
Matchbox was created in 1953 by Jack Odell, a British army World War II veteran turned engineer who originally set out to make a toy for his daughter to bring to school. He made a miniature steam roller that was small enough to fit in a match box. When other children saw the toy and wanted one of their own, the idea—and the name—stuck. Matchbox was bought by Mattel, maker of the rival Hot Wheels line of toy cars, in 1997.
Matchbox plans to release seven assortments of 70th anniversary cars throughout 2023, at the same major retailers that stock the brand’s other products. This is just one way Matchbox plans to celebrate 70 years of making toy cars, with more announcements to come in July.
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RNP) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on June 30, 2022 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In December 2017, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. The policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. In addition, distributions from the Fund's investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) may later be characterized as capital gains and/or a return of capital, depending on the character of the dividends reported to the Fund after year-end by REITs held by the Fund. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES
The Fund's Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2022 (January 1, 2022 through May 31, 2022) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Fund's Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2022. In addition, the Fund's Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending May 31, 2022 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Fund's Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2022. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Fund's net asset value per share (NAV). The Fund's NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Fund's investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholder's individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
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Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expense of the Fund carefully before investing. You can obtain the Fund's most recent periodic reports, when available, and other regulatory filings by contacting your financial advisor or visiting cohenandsteers.com. These reports and other filings can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR Database. You should read these reports and other filings carefully before investing.
Shareholders should not use the information provided here in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report Fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
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About Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers is a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, including real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. Founded in 1986, the firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Dublin, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
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Denmark vs. China: Live Stream, TV Channel & Game Info - July 22
Published: Jul. 18, 2023 at 8:38 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
In the opening round of group-stage matches, Denmark will face China at the 2023 Women's World Cup on July 22 at 8:00 AM ET.
Go to FOX US to watch Denmark play China.
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How to Watch Denmark vs. China
- Game Day: Saturday, July 22, 2023
- Game Time: 8:00 AM ET
- TV Channel: FOX US
- Location: Perth, Australia
- Venue: HBF Park
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Denmark Group Stage Schedule
Denmark's Recent Performance
- Denmark failed to qualify for the 2019 World Cup in France.
- So far this year, Denmark is 3-0-2 versus fellow 2023 Women's World Cup teams, with a goal differential of +1. In 2022, it went 2-0-7 in such matches (-12 goal differential).
- Denmark's 2-0 loss to Spain earlier this year on July 5 was the last time it squared off against a team participating in the 2023 Women's World Cup.
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Denmark's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster
- Lene Christensen #1
- Josefine Hasbo #2
- Stine Ballisager Pedersen #3
- Rikke Sevecke #4
- Simone Boye Sorensen #5
- Karen Holmgaard #6
- Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen #7
- Emma Snerle #8
- Amalie Vangsgaard #9
- Pernille Harder #10
- Katrine Veje #11
- Kathrine Kuhl #12
- Sofie Junge Pedersen #13
- Nicoline Sorensen #14
- Frederikke Thogersen #15
- Kathrine Larsen #16
- Rikke Madsen #17
- Luna Gewitz #18
- Janni Thomsen #19
- Signe Bruun #20
- Mille Gejl Jensen #21
- Maja Bay Ostergaard #22
- Sofie Svava #23
China Group Stage Schedule
China's Recent Performance
- China was beaten by Italy, 2-0, in the Round of 16 of the last World Cup held in 2019.
- During the event, Li Ying scored one goal.
- Zhang Rui also contributed to the cause, posting one assist.
- China was 3-2-0 in 2022 against teams participating in the 2023 Women's World Cup, with a goal differential of +3. This year, its record is 0-2-2 versus fellow World Cup squads (-6 goal differential).
- China's last match against a World Cup team came earlier in 2023, when it lost to Spain 3-0 on April 11.
China's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster
- Zhu Yu #1
- Mengwen Li #2
- Jiaxing Dou #3
- LinLin Wang #4
- Wu Haiyan #5
- Xin Zhang #6
- Wang Shuang #7
- Yao Wei #8
- Mengyu Shen #9
- Zhang Rui #10
- Wang Shanshan #11
- Xu Huan #12
- Lina Yang #13
- Lou Jiahui #14
- Qiaozhu Chen #15
- Lingwei Yao #16
- Wu Cheng Shu #17
- Jiali Tang #18
- Linyan Zhang #19
- Yuyi Xiao #20
- Gu Yasha #21
- Hongyan Pan #22
- Chen Gao #23
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DALLAS (KDAF) — If you’re feeling a little weather deja vu, that’s because you’ve felt this heat before, yes that’s right, NWS Fort Worth says it will be hot and breezy… again on Thursday in North Texas.
The western portion of the region could reach into triple digits while the more east you travel in North Texas the more the temps will decline, but only into the low 90s.
“It’ll be another hot and breezy day with highs in the 90s to low 100s. Winds will be out of the south around 10-20 mph with gusts to 35 mph. There is a low chance (<10%) of an isolated shower or storm over the Big Country late in the afternoon. Gusty winds are possible under any shower or storm that is able to develop,” NWS Fort Worth says. | https://cw33.com/news/local/what-to-know-about-the-weather-on-this-hot-thursday-in-north-texas/ | 2022-05-19 16:54:22 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/what-to-know-about-the-weather-on-this-hot-thursday-in-north-texas/ |
If you’ve ever walked past a flowering gardenia plant, you know just how powerfully fragrant they are. The scent casts a wide net, stretching out to anyone who walks in relative proximity and is also known to linger. Its aroma is frequently used in perfume making and forms the heart of many popular perfumes on the market today. The scent of a gardenia is very sweetly floral and is balanced by spicy green notes and creamy undertones.
Gardenias bring a lot of visual appeal to your garden, and having them on hand is a gift, as they can be clipped and brought into the home to add beauty and fragrance. If you want to add gardenias to your garden, continue reading to learn everything you need to know about this gorgeous flower.
Where Does The Gardenia Plant Come From?
The gardenia plant, also known as Gardenia jasminoides, belongs to the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants (the same one that includes coffee). The flower, which is native to southern China, Korea and Japan, was introduced to the Western world after European traders discovered it and decided to plant it in southern Africa en route back home. While they intended to introduce the flower to Europe, it did not favor the European climate and failed to thrive.
The flower eventually found its way to American soil and was named after a Scottish botanist named Alexander Garden who lived in the U.S. and traded American plants. Garden ended up being the first person to plant gardenia in the U.S. in 1752, and the flower has been a favorite of gardeners ever since.
Key Gardenia Plant Facts
Gardenia flowers grow on evergreen shrubs, which range in height between 3 to 8 feet and can be equally as wide. The flowers of the gardenia shrub are creamy-white in color, and their leaves are dark green and waxy. The leaves are between 2 to 4 inches long, and 1 to 2 inches wide. Flowers can be anywhere between 2 to 4 inches, and some varieties have double flowers that are larger and have more petals. When planted outdoors, gardenia flowers bloom from late in the spring up to fall.
There are currently more than 200 varieties of gardenia. They are known for being a somewhat difficult plant, and can only survive in places where the temperature is consistently 60 degrees Fahrenheit or above.
Gardenia Planting and Growing Requirements
As mentioned, gardenia plants thrive in warm climates and can only grow in USDA plant hardiness zones 8 to 11. When it comes time to plant, they prefer to be placed in areas with abundant sunshine and only partial shade. Experts say that while they do prefer sun, some shade is also helpful to prevent their leaves from scorching and their buds from falling off. If they are being grown in a hot climate, they’ll thrive in a place where they receive sunshine in the morning and shade in the afternoon. If the temperature is cooler, it’s OK for them to receive sun all day. They also thrive in humid climates, so you can help them along by misting the plant daily.
They prefer to grow in moist, well-drained and acidic soil. It’s important to stay on top of watering and make sure the soil is consistently moist without allowing it to get too wet. In general, they should receive about an inch of water each week.
It’s recommended to lay down between 2 to 4 inches of mulch, which can include compost. Gardenia plants should be fertilized in the spring after frost is over with an extended-release fertilizer that is meant for plants that thrive in acidic soils. Follow up by fertilizing in six weeks, and avoid fertilizing them in the fall before they go into dormancy.
When it comes to pruning, be sure to only prune gardenias every other year, and only after blooming is complete. If you want to keep your bushes small and tight, you can prune more frequently, but it is only truly necessary to trim every other season. Be sure to make sure your garden shears are sharp.
If you don’t live in a warm climate, it is still possible to grow gardenia plants indoors. Be sure to plant them in a place where they can receive good sunlight (but not direct sunlight), such as near a window that gets sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon. Be sure to follow all other guidelines regarding soil pH, and fertilizing.
Pests And Diseases To Look Out For
Gardenia plants are prone to pests, including whiteflies, aphids and spider mites, to name a few. Whiteflies are most problematic in the southern U.S., and will pierce the leaves of the plant and suck its sap. Their presence eventually leads to an unpleasant black mold that covers and further damages the leaves. To control whiteflies you can use a pesticide spray or apply a horticultural oil to the plant.
Diseases that affect gardenias include powdery mildew, anthracnose, and the aforementioned soot mold. While some of these diseases can be controlled with fungicides, it’s also possible that some plants will need to be uprooted and thrown away.
As you can see, gardenias require a lot of care and attention, but we think the payoff is more than worth it for the gorgeous and fragrant blooms they provide.
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Rays vs. Orioles: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
Anthony Santander and the Baltimore Orioles hit the field on Tuesday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against Zach Eflin, who is the named starter for the Tampa Bay Rays. First pitch is at 6:35 PM ET.
Bookmakers list the Rays as -125 favorites on the moneyline, while giving the underdog Orioles +105 moneyline odds to win. The total is 8.5 runs for the contest.
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Rays vs. Orioles Odds & Info
- Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
- Time: 6:35 PM ET
- TV: MASN
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Rays Recent Betting Performance
- The Rays have played as the favorite in nine of their past 10 games and have gone 7-2 in those contests.
- When it comes to hitting the over, the Rays and their opponents are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games with a total.
- The Rays have not played a game with a spread over their last 10 outings.
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Rays Betting Records & Stats
- The Rays have put together a 28-6 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 82.4% of those games).
- When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter, Tampa Bay has a 28-5 record (winning 84.8% of its games).
- Based on this matchup's moneyline, the Rays' implied win probability is 55.6%.
- Tampa Bay has played in 36 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 19 times (19-14-3).
- The Rays have covered 100% of their games this season, going 4-0-0 against the spread.
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LONDON (AP) — Paramount+ flexed the star power of its shows as it prepares to launch in the United Kingdom with an event attended by Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Kevin Costner, Jessica Chastain and more.
The expansion delivers overseas some popular programs like Costner’s “Yellowstone” and “Star Trek Discovery” to U.K. audiences. Subscribers will also get to see Stallone’s scripted television debut in “Tulsa King,” in which he plays a Mafia capo.
“It’s just something I’ve always wanted to do, and I don’t know how I’ve avoided playing a mobster my whole life. I don’t get it — that’s the way people look at me anyway. So finally, an opportunity comes along,” Stallone said.
The service launches Wednesday.
Paramount+ joins an already crowded market of streaming giants in the U.K. and will compete with Amazon, Netflix and others. It arrives with more than 8,000 hours of programs, including the expanding “Yellowstone” series. Paramount and MTV Entertainment Studios announced Monday that its next spinoff starring Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford would be titled “1923” and would focus on the Prohibition era following World War I.
Chastain stars with Michael Shannon in the series “George & Tammy,” while Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson appear in “The First Lady,” about U.S. presidents’ wives.
Sonequa Martin-Green was thrilled that her series “Star Trek Discovery” will reach a wider audience. “Especially with ‘Trek,’ I think it should always be globally celebrated because of what it represents and because of what it’s done.”
Miranda Cosgrove’s hit series “iCarly” will also feature on the streaming platform.
“Hopefully it’ll make people happy here like it did in the United States,” said the 29-year-old actor, singer and producer. “I’ve played the character Carly for most of my life. So, yeah, it’s definitely something that I hold very dear to my heart.” | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/stallone-costner-chastain-help-launch-paramount-in-uk/ | 2022-06-21 14:02:31 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/stallone-costner-chastain-help-launch-paramount-in-uk/ |
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Casetext, the leading provider of A.I.-powered legal technology, and James Publishing, a trusted provider of practical law books, is excited to announce a partnership that will bring James' practice guides to the Casetext platform.
The partnership is part of Casetext's strategy to increase its content offerings, in line with the company's mission to enable greater access to justice by providing a comprehensive legal research platform to law firms and in-house legal departments of every size and budget. These guides will be accessible on Casetext at a cost-effective per book or complete collection subscription price.
James Publishing guides provide lawyers with time-saving tools, forms, and practice tips for both federal and state practice. In addition to state-specific guidance for California, New York, Illinois, Florida, and Texas, James Publishing has several titles with broad jurisdictional coverage, as well as publications focused on discreet practice areas such as employment law, criminal defense, and personal injury.
"By offering our clients affordable access to the high-quality practical guides produced by James Publishing, we are helping lawyers practice more efficiently," said Chris Lafferty, Senior Vice President of Content at Casetext. "We are thrilled to partner with James Publishing to provide greater value for our clients."
"Offering James Publishing treatises through Casetext is an exciting step forward for our company, which is still very much a traditional book publisher on the publishing side of the business," says Kara Prior, President of James Publishing. "The integration allows us to broaden the reach of our content to find new audiences, with the added bonus of being supported by cutting-edge legal research technology."
James Publishing is a leading affordable legal publisher. Since 1981, James Publishing has provided practical law books that are loaded with time-saving motions and pleadings, client letters, and step-by-step procedural checklists, pattern arguments, model questions, and practice tips.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The eighth-largest lottery jackpot will be up for grabs when numbers are drawn for an estimated $700 million Powerball grand prize.
The $700 million jackpot is for those who take an annuity option, paid out annually over 29 years. Winners nearly always opt for cash, which for Wednesday’s drawing would be an estimated $335.7 million before taxes.
The biggest lottery jackpot was a $1.586 billion Powerball prize that three ticket holders won in 2016.
Powerball is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/powerball-jackpot-rises-to-700m-8th-largest-lottery-prize/2022/10/25/7daacaf0-5479-11ed-ac8b-08bbfab1c5a5_story.html | 2022-10-25 16:53:35 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/powerball-jackpot-rises-to-700m-8th-largest-lottery-prize/2022/10/25/7daacaf0-5479-11ed-ac8b-08bbfab1c5a5_story.html |
President Biden made an appearance in his home state of Delaware Friday as he visited Delaware State University to talk about the student loan debt relief program that he introduced two months earlier.
The President was introduced by a DSU student and drew enthusiastic cheers at the Dover campus. Mr. Biden repeatedly provided the website address and encouraged people to apply at www.studentaid.gov
"I want to be clear who's going to benefit most- working people, middle class folks who earn up to 125-grand, you get up to $10,000 knocked off the debt and if you earn under 125-grand and receive the Pell grant, you get 20,000 bucks knocked off," Mr. Biden said.
The president added that in total about 40-million Americans would benefit from this relief.
"Here at Del State over 75% of the students are Pell grant recipients. That matters, for millions of working and middle class people," Mr. Biden said. He also cautioned against believing anyone who calls and offers to help with a student loan relief application in exchange for money - that, he said, would be fraud.
With less than three weeks remaining until the midterm elections, the President also criticized Republican elected officials who have been critical of the debt relief program while also having their own loans forgiven through the government's COVID-19 relief programs. He also said he would be "coming back and going to eliminate assault weapons again" and said there was "more work to be done on voting rights, restoring a woman's right to choose" and he said he would work to codify Roe v. Wade in every state.
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(AP) — Independence Day has arrived as the United States is rocked by hearings over the Jan. 6 insurrection, awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns and struggling to maintain the bonds that keep it together.
Yet many also see cause to celebrate Monday: the deadly danger of the pandemic has lessened and, despite its fault lines, America’s democracy survives.
“The Fourth of July is a sacred day in our country — it’s a time to celebrate the goodness of our nation, the only nation on Earth founded based on an idea: that all people are created equal,” President Joe Biden tweeted on Monday. “Make no mistake, our best days still lie ahead.”
Even as the holiday gave a roiled nation an occasion to pause, for many, the celebrations felt tinged with political turmoil.
“I think many of us are feeling conflicted about celebrating 4th of July right now,” obstacle race champion and attorney Amelia Boone tweeted as the week gave way to the long holiday weekend.
In her eyes, patriotism is also about fighting for change: “I’m not giving up on the US,” she added.
That sentiment is no doubt shared by millions who on Monday will be celebrating the nation’s 246th birthday and anniversary of independence from British rule.
It’s a day for taking off work, flocking to parades, devouring hot dogs and burgers at backyard barbecues and gathering under a canopy of stars and exploding fireworks — in many cases, for the first time in three years amid easing coronavirus precautions.
Baltimore, for one, is resuming its Independence Day celebrations after a two-year hiatus, to the delight of residents like Steven Williams.
“I used to actually be up there every year. Then it stopped,” Williams told WBAL-TV. “I haven’t seen them in a couple of years.”
Colorful displays big and small will light up the night sky in cities from New York to Seattle to Chicago to Dallas. However others, particularly in drought-stricken and wildfire-prone regions of the West, will forgo them.
Phoenix is also again going without fireworks — not because of the pandemic or fire concerns but due to supply-chain issues.
In emotional ceremonies across the country, some will swear oaths of citizenship, qualifying them to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.
To be sure, these are precarious times: An economic recession lurks, and the national psyche is raw from mass shootings like those seen recently at a Texas elementary school and a New York supermarket.
Sharp social and political divisions have also been laid bare by recent Supreme Court decisions overturning the constitutional right to abortion and striking down a New York law limiting who may carry a gun in public.
But for many, July 4 is also a chance to set aside political differences and to celebrate unity, reflecting on the revolution that gave rise to history’s longest-living democracy.
“There’s always something to divide or unite us,” says Eli Merritt, a political historian at Vanderbilt University whose upcoming book traces the fraught founding of the United States in 1776.
But he sees the Jan. 6 hearings probing last year’s storming of the U.S. Capitol as a reason for hope, an opportunity to rally behind democratic institutions. Even though not all Americans or their elected representatives agree with the committee’s work, Merritt is heartened by the fact that it’s at least somewhat bipartisan with some Republicans joining in.
“Moral courage as a locus for Americans to place hope, the willingness to stand up for what is right and true in spite of negative consequences to oneself,” he said. “That is an essential glue of constitutional democracy.” | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/77615/a-turbulent-us-this-july-4-but-many-see-cause-to-celebrate | 2022-07-04 23:40:30 | 1 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/77615/a-turbulent-us-this-july-4-but-many-see-cause-to-celebrate |
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
Musk and Twitter have been bracing for a legal fight since the billionaire said Friday he was backing off of his April agreement to buy the company.
Twitter’s lawsuit opens with a sharply-worded accusation: “Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests.”
“Having mounted a public spectacle to put Twitter in play, and having proposed and then signed a seller-friendly merger agreement, Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away,” the suit says.
Twitter filed its lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, which frequently handles business disputes among the many corporations, including Twitter, that are incorporated there.
As part of the April deal, Musk and Twitter had agreed to pay each other a $1 billion breakup fee if either was responsible for the deal falling through. The company could have pushed Musk to pay the hefty fee but is going farther than that, trying to force him to complete the full $44 billion purchase approved by the company’s board.
“Oh the irony lol,” Musk tweeted after Twitter filed the lawsuit, without explanation.
The arguments and evidence laid out by Twitter are “very strong and compelling” and likely to get a receptive ear in the Delaware court, which doesn’t look kindly on sophisticated buyers backing off of deals, said Brian Quinn, a law professor at Boston College.
“They make a very strong argument that this is just buyer’s remorse,” Quinn said. “You have to eat your mistakes in the Delaware Chancery Court. That’s going to work very favorably for Twitter.”
Musk alleged Friday that Twitter has failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts on its service. Twitter said last month that it was making available to Musk a ″fire hose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets.
The company has said for years in regulatory filings that it believes about 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake. Musk is also alleging that Twitter broke the acquisition agreement when it fired two top managers and laid off a third of its talent-acquisition team.
Twitter’s suit repeatedly emphasizes Musk’s contemplation of starting a Twitter competitor -- an alternative option he sometimes aired publicly and sometimes privately to Twitter’s executives and board members. While the company has said it cooperated in providing the spam bot data he requested, the lawsuit suggests there was concern that disclosing too much “highly sensitive information” could expose Twitter to competitive harm if shared.
The biggest surprise for Quinn was how much evidence Twitter has -- for instance, communications with Musk about whether to retain or lay off employees, as well as the billionaire’s own public tweets -- to reject his arguments for backing out.
“They are marshaling many of Musk’s own tweets to hoist him on his own petard,” he said.
When Musk offered to buy the company and take it private in mid-April, the board initially tried to block him by deploying a financial maneuver that would have made the acquisition prohibitively expensive.
By April 25, though, Twitter had reconsidered the offer, concluding that selling the company to Musk for $54.20 a share was in the best interest of shareholders. In a joint press release, Musk pledged to “unlock” the social media company’s potential by loosening restrictions on speech and rooting out fake accounts.
But his confidence didn’t last long. Tesla’s stock — Musk’s primary source of wealth — plummeted amid a broader stock market selloff in May, and Musk soon seemed less enthusiastic about owning Twitter.
Twitter's suit calls Musk's tactics “a model of hypocrisy,” noting that he had emphasized plans to take Twitter private in order to rid it of spam accounts. Once the market declined, however, Twitter noted that "Musk shifted his narrative, suddenly demanding ‘verification’ that spam was not a serious problem on Twitter’s platform, and claiming a burning need to conduct ‘diligence’ he had expressly forsworn.”
Similarly, the company charges that Musk operated in bad faith, accusing him of requesting company information in order to accuse Twitter of providing “misrepresentations” about its business to regulators and investors.
Musk “has been acting against this deal since the market started turning, and has breached the merger agreement repeatedly in the process," the suit charges. "He has purported to put the deal on ‘hold’ pending satisfaction of imaginary conditions, breached his financing efforts obligations in the process, violated his obligations to treat requests for consent reasonably and to provide information about financing status, violated his non-disparagement obligation, misused confidential information, and otherwise failed to employ required efforts to consummate the acquisition.”
Twitter’s lawsuit alleges that the company “has suffered and will continue to suffer irreparable harm” as a result of Musk’s contractual breaches that “cast a pall over Twitter and its business.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/twitter-sues-to-force-elon-musk-to-complete-acquisition/507-fc2c393b-afda-4d53-916c-ad405daceb00 | 2022-07-13 00:33:16 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/twitter-sues-to-force-elon-musk-to-complete-acquisition/507-fc2c393b-afda-4d53-916c-ad405daceb00 |
Ford is working on a mid-cycle update for its current F-150, and it will be unveiled in September at the 2023 Detroit auto show.
The information was revealed by Ford CEO Jim Farley last week during a press conference for the company’s second quarter earnings results, according to Automotive News (subscription required).
The updated F-150 will likely arrive as a 2024 model. The current F-150 arrived for 2021, and the update will likely be the only notable improvements until the arrival of a next-generation model, likely for the 2027 model year.
Prototypes for the updated F-150 have been spotted. Camouflage gear on the test vehicles points to new designs for the lights at both ends, a revised grille, and possibly a multi-function tailgate. A revised dash with a portrait-oriented infotainment screen is also thought to be coming.
Updated versions of the F-150 Raptor and F-150 Raptor R should also be coming, though timing for the high-performance variants isn’t clear.
Ford may also place more focus on the hybrid F-150 this time around. Speaking during the conference, Farley said Ford has been “surprised” by the popularity of the hybrid F-150. He said more than 10% of F-150 buyers opt for the powertrain, which pairs a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 with a single electric motor for a combined 430 hp.
The updated F-150 is thought to be one of six debuts planned by the Detroit 3 automakers for this year’s Detroit auto show. Organizers have said double the number of brands will participate compared to last year.
The show runs Sept. 13-24 and will include new attractions, including a track dedicated to electric vehicles and other outdoor events. The bulk of the action will still take place at Detroit’s Huntington Place (previously the TCF Center; before that, Cobo), which has held the show since 1965.
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is holding the first meeting of his new Cabinet before facing the opposition in Parliament on Wednesday for the first time as leader.
Sunak took office on Tuesday and appointed a government mixing allies with experienced ministers from the governments of his two immediate predecessors, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, as he tries to tackle Britain's multiple economic problems.
Sunak’s office said the lineup “effects a unified party” and aims to ensure “that at this uncertain time, there is continuity at the heart of government.”
But during the regular House of Commons session known as Prime Minister’s Questions, opposition politicians are likely to focus on the baggage the new ministers carry from the governments of Johnson – who quit in July after a slew of ethics scandals – and Truss, whose government lasted just seven weeks.
A package of unfunded tax cuts Truss unveiled last month spooked financial markets with the prospect of ballooning debt, drove the pound to record lows and forced the Bank of England to intervene — weakening Britain’s fragile economy and obliterating Truss’ authority within the Conservative Party.
Sunak is seen by Conservatives as a safe pair of hands they hope can stabilize an economy sliding toward recession — and stem the party's plunging popularity.
Sunak brought in people from different wings of the Conservative Party for his Cabinet. He removed about a dozen members of Truss’ government but kept several senior figures in place, including Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
He faces a backlash for reappointing Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who resigned last week after breaching ethics rules by sending a sensitive government email from a private account. She used her resignation letter to criticize Truss, hastening the then-prime minister’s demise.
A leading light of the Conservatives’ right wing who infuriates liberals, Braverman is tasked with fulfilling a controversial, stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers arriving in Britain on a one-way trip to Rwanda.
Opponents expressed astonishment that Braverman could be back in her job less than a week after her resignation and before an investigation of her breach of the ethics rules.
Cleverly defended the choice.
“People make mistakes in their work,” he told the BBC. “No one goes to work with the intention of making a mistake.”
Sunak also kept in place Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt, whom Truss appointed two weeks ago to steady the markets. His removal likely would have set off new tremors.
Hunt is scheduled to set out soon how the government plans to come up with billions of pounds (dollars) to fill a fiscal hole created by soaring inflation and a sluggish economy, and exacerbated by Truss’ destabilizing plans.
The government has not confirmed whether Hunt’s statement, due on Oct. 31, will be delayed because of the change of prime minister.
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Leading eyewear brand teams up with Super Bowl LVI champion as newest brand ambassador
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blenders Eyewear, a part of the Safilo Group, one of the eyewear industry's key players, announced today an exciting new partnership with football safety of the Los Angeles Rams, Taylor Rapp. Through this exciting new partnership, Rapp marks the newest addition to the company's quickly growing athlete roster and will serve as an official brand ambassador.
Having started football at an early age, Rapp played college football at the University of Washington before he was selected by the Rams in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Finishing the 2021 football season as a Super Bowl LVI champion with 94 tackles, six pass deflections, a career-high of four interceptions, and a Player of the Week recognition, Rapp is widely known as one of the NFL's top defenders.
"Taylor is incredibly talented on the football field, and off the field, he's a positive role model," said Christian Scott, Vice President of Marketing at Blenders Eyewear. "He embodies everything this brand stands for and we're excited to add him to the Blenders family."
Blenders Eyewear is backed by a variety of professional athletes within sports ranging from surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking, soccer, beach volleyball, and more. This exciting new partnership with Rapp is the brand's second NFL player and extends Blenders Eyewear's impressive roster of leading athletes.
"Football means everything to me – I'm able to be employed by playing a game that I've grown up to love," said Taylor Rapp. "Life in forward motion has always been my motto. I'm always one to believe that you can never be perfect in anything. You can always improve and move forward in whatever it is you're focusing on. The future is bright and I'm looking forward to this next season with the Rams."
Blenders Eyewear was founded in 2012 by Fisher in San Diego, California and manufacturers sunglasses, snow goggles and prescription eyewear. With a variety of bright, colorful, and fun eyewear designed to suit an active lifestyle, Blenders Eyewear aims to inspire all to take on its company-wide motto of, "Life in Forward Motion."
For more information on Blenders Eyewear and to stay up-to-date on the collections, please visit BlendersEyewear.com, and follow @BlendersEyewear on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Blenders Eyewear was founded in 2012 by Chase Fisher in San Diego, California. Since 2020, it is part of Safilo Group, one of the eyewear industry's key players in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of prescription frames, sunglasses, outdoor eyewear, goggles, and helmets. Blenders produces a wide range of men's and women's sunglasses and snow goggles. Driven by a company-wide motto of "life in forward motion," its products are predicated upon a bold aesthetic that emphasizes progressive colorways aimed at an active lifestyle. For more information on Blenders Eyewear and to stay up-to-date on the collections, please visit BlendersEyewear.com, and follow @BlendersEyewear on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A gang member has received his sentence for a shooting on a Fresno County highway in 2020.
On Thursday, the court sentenced Shane Enrique Bernal to 20 years in state prison for the attempted murder on Highway 41.
Bernal shot at a car stopped at a red light on Highway 41 and Adams Avenue in Fresno County.
A passenger was shot multiple times. He survived his injuries.
Two children under the age of 10 were inside the car when the shooting happened.
Bernal plead no contest to attempted murder and admitted to the gang activity.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from a previous broadcast and will be updated. | https://abc30.com/highway-41-gang-shooting-fresno-county-man-sentenced-attempted-murder/12117776/ | 2022-08-11 19:13:01 | 1 | https://abc30.com/highway-41-gang-shooting-fresno-county-man-sentenced-attempted-murder/12117776/ |
BREWER — The Penobscot County Conservation Association is holding its annual hunters breakfast on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 4:30-9 a.m. at their clubhouse at 570 North Main Street. PCCA is noted for its full breakfast menu for an enjoyable breakfast experience.
PCCA is a non-profit organization with a mission to educate and preserve conservation through many projects. One of their most popular projects is to provide for local youth through giving scholarships to Conservation Camps, holding winter ice fishing at their pond at the Brewer property and holding a family fun day every summer supporting all kinds of conservation activities. | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/11/09/bdn-maine/penobscot-county-conservation-association-hunters-breakfast-saturday/ | 2022-11-09 17:57:43 | 1 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/11/09/bdn-maine/penobscot-county-conservation-association-hunters-breakfast-saturday/ |
Boy Scout dead in boating accident on New Hampshire lake
Incident reported on Manning Lake in Gilmanton, NH
A Boy Scout has died in a boating accident on a New Hampshire lake while attending camp, authorities said.
SOUTH DAKOTA TEEN KILLED IN BOATING COLLISION WITH JET SKI, REPORTS SAY
First responders received a 911 call about a boating accident on Manning Lake in Gilmanton on Friday afternoon, reporting that a young child was injured while on a boat. The young male, who was part of a group of campers at the Boy Scouts camp, was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene, the New Hampshire Department of Safety said. No other details were released.
US MARINE VET DIES IN BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS BOATING ACCIDENT, LEAVING YOUNG DAUGHTER ORPHANED
A Scouts' representative confirmed to WMUR-TV that the boy was from Lexington, Massachusetts.
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"We are heartbroken to confirm the death of a Scout ... following a tragic accident on Manning Lake in Gilmanton," the Boy Scouts of America Daniel Webster Council in New Hampshire said in a statement. "We offer our deepest condolences to the Scout’s family and ask everyone to please join in keeping this young man and his loved ones in their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time." | https://www.foxnews.com/us/boy-scout-dead-boating-accident-new-hampshire-lake | 2023-07-10 20:24:59 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/boy-scout-dead-boating-accident-new-hampshire-lake |
For all the pain it causes, inflation makes old debts easier to pay off. A silver-lining for countries burdened by pandemic debt? Maybe. But if history is any guide, that shine may be short-lived.
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For all the pain it causes, inflation makes old debts easier to pay off. A silver-lining for countries burdened by pandemic debt? Maybe. But if history is any guide, that shine may be short-lived.
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6-year-old boy severely burned trying to protect younger brother in car fire
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) – A 6-year-old boy was severely burned as he tried to shield his 4-year-old brother from flames when their mother’s car caught fire in a parking lot.
Lesha Newson left her two sons in the car when she went into a store to pick up a prescription, WOIO reports.
When she came out of the store, she saw her car on fire.
Newson said Dean, 6, put his brother, Elijah, 4, in the trunk and stood in front of him so he wouldn’t get burned.
“That’s very selfless for a 6-year-old,” Newson said.
A few good Samaritans helped rescue Elijah who told them his brother was still in the car.
“Right as they pulled Dean out of the car, it exploded,” Newson said.
He is recovering from second and third-degree burns on his face, arms and legs at Metro Health in Cleveland.
“He said, ‘I’m Spider-Man, Mom. I saved my brother.’ That was the first thing he said to me when we got here and he woke up,” Newson said.
Newson said she learned a lot from this heart-dropping experience and won’t leave her children unattended in the car again.
“In three minutes, you never know what can happen,” she said.
Newson said she bought her car two months ago. It is unclear how the fire started.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday made a pitch to overhaul how elections are run in the District of Columbia, employing a conservative playbook to tighten voting rules that has been used in Georgia, Texas and other GOP-controlled states.
Democrats characterized the effort as an abuse of the authority Congress has over the District and a first step in imposing voting restrictions and stripping voter protections nationwide if Republicans regain full political power in Washington during next year’s elections.
Republicans used a joint committee hearing to criticize what they see as serious flaws and missteps in how the District has run elections. Although they provided no evidence of widespread fraud, they said election officials have mailed ballots to undeliverable addresses, failed to purge the rolls after voters die and neglected security measures to make their systems less susceptible to foreign interference.
“For years, DC’s elections have been mismanaged,” said Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil, chairman of the House Administration Committee. “Our nation’s capital should be a beacon of democracy and a national model for excellence in election administration. This isn’t about who wins or loses elections, but rather ensuring voters have confidence in our elections.”
The Republican bill seeks numerous changes that have been pushed by GOP lawmakers across the country. Among other changes, it would prohibit mail ballots from being automatically sent to all voters, require all mail ballots — except those from military and overseas voters — to be received by the time polls close, restrict the use of drop boxes and eliminate same-day voter registration.
Republicans also want to revive a failed effort from earlier this year that would prevent non-citizens from being able to vote. The District is one of roughly 15 municipalities across the U.S. where non-citizens are allowed to cast a ballot in local elections.
The election proposals follow a successful effort in Congress earlier this year to nullify an overhaul of the District’s criminal code, which President Joe Biden signed in March. It also is the latest flashpoint between the predominantly Democratic city and congressional Republicans, who have promised to investigate everything from crime in the District to the way it’s managed.
Under a 1970s-era law called the Home Rule Act, the District can pass its own laws — but they then must survive a 60-day review period during which Congress and the president can override them.
The rejection of the criminal code overhaul earlier this year embittered members of the D.C. City Council and was seen by many Democrats as part of a wider trend across the U.S. of predominantly white legislative bodies dictating how cities with large minority populations can operate.
On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight and Administration committees criticized the effort to tighten the district’s voting rules as part of a similar strategy. Several said the legislation, called the American Confidence in Elections Act, was an attempt to use the nation’s capital as a model for undermining voting rights and making access to the polls more difficult.
“If we are being honest, this hearing is not actually about Washington, D.C. This hearing, and the entire ACE Act, is about giving Republicans a platform to impose extreme restrictions on voters across this country,” said Democratic Rep. Joe Morelle, a member of the Administration committee.
In a statement, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said there is no evidence of widespread election irregularities or voter fraud in the District, where roughly 77 percent of registered voters are Democrats. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also questioned the need for the legislation, which she described as a way to strip voter protections in a city with a large Black population.
“If there is no valid reason, I think it stands to conclude that the only real reason that we see this push is political,” said Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Oversight committee. “To even have the idea of proposing the federal government strip voting rights in one of the Blackest cities of this country, that has a history of enslavement, a history of freed people seeking refuge here and then being punished with disenfranchisement, this cuts to the core of not just the present moment but American history.”
The hearing also deepened the tension between District leaders’ desire to have full power over their own policies and the unusual authority Congress has over them. Democratic Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s non-voting delegate in Congress, said it was another reason to continue pushing for D.C. statehood.
Wendy Weiser, the vice president of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said: “D.C residents, like all citizens, desire and deserve self-political, self-determination, a say over what happens in their community, and a voice in the national government over what happens in the country as well.”
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Woman dies after apartment building fire in Aberdeen, NJ
ABERDEEN – A woman died after an apartment complex fire that displaced 14 residents Thursday afternoon.
The fire started around 12:30 p.m. in a building at the Tree Haven III apartment complex off Aberdeen Road. Video of the fire shows thick black smoke curling upward from under the roof of the two-story brick building.
Four families were assisted by the Red Cross New Jersey with temporary lodging, food, clothing and other immediate needs. Residents told News 12 New Jersey that four apartments were affected by the fire.
Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Mark Spivey said the identity of the woman was not disclosed pending notification of her family.
Spivey said the prosecutor was investigating the case with the Aberdeen Township Police Department and Monmouth County Fire Marshal’s Office.
Dan Alexander is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at dan.alexander@townsquaremedia.com
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NFL ends Pro Bowl; skills competitions, flag game instead
(AP) - The NFL is replacing the Pro Bowl with weeklong skills competitions and a flag football game, The Associated Press has learned.
The new event will replace the full-contact showcase started in 1951. It will be renamed “The Pro Bowl Games” and will feature AFC and NFC players showcasing their football and non-football skills in challenges over several days. The 2023 Games will be held in Las Vegas, and the flag football game at Allegiant Stadium is Feb. 5.
Peyton Manning and his Omaha Productions company will help shape programming and promote the event’s content throughout the week. Manning, a 14-time Pro Bowl pick during his Hall of Fame career, will provide his perspective and will also be a part of the coaching staff for flag game.
“The Pro Bowl is something that we’ve been looking at for a while, really continuing to evolve,” NFL executive Peter O’Reilly told The Associated Press. “Coming out of last year’s game, we really made the decision based on a lot of internal conversations, getting feedback from GMs and coaches, getting a lot of feedback from players. We think there’s a real opportunity to do something wholly different here and move away from the traditional tackle football game. We decided the goal is to celebrate 88 of the biggest stars in the NFL in a really positive, fun, yet competitive way.
“The feedback very directly from guys who had been in the Pro Bowl recently was to keep the construct of the week, make sure you’re having that multi-day element. It was overwhelmingly positive both from players as well as from clubs.”
The Pro Bowl debuted in January of 1951 in Los Angeles and stayed there for 21 seasons before the game moved to different cities from 1972-80. Hawaii hosted from 1980-2009, and the game has had several homes in the years since, including Miami, Phoenix, Orlando and Las Vegas.
Quality of play in the Pro Bowl has often been criticized. Players, understandably concerned about getting hurt, treat it as an exhibition more than competition. A flag football game could increase competition while avoiding potential injuries resulting from tackling, blocking and hitting.
The NFL has a major interest in flag football. The league partnered with the International Federation of American Football to bring flag football to The World Games in July with an eye on the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
“You tap into all the stuff that feels great about Pro Bowl week, the skills, the helmets off, the engagement and then culminate that, keeping the AFC-NFC construct, in something that’s really important, which is flag football and that opportunity to have the best athletes in the NFL out there playing this game that is so much about the future of our sport,” said O’Reilly, the league’s executive vice president, club business and league events. “It’s been an evolution, but coming out of Las Vegas last year, we really focused on how do we reinvent and celebrate our all-stars even better.”
The league plans to announce the new format on Monday.
“The Pro Bowl has always been a time to step back and celebrate the game of football with teammates, fans and family,” Manning told the AP. “I’m thankful I can continue to be part of the week as all of us at Omaha Productions work with the NFL to reimagine The Pro Bowl Games. Making Sunday’s game a flag football game is great to see. Youth football has been extremely important to me, and knowing NFL FLAG will help grow this sport, I hope boys and girls can see themselves playing the same game as the best players in the world.”
Fan voting will still help determine the AFC and NFC team rosters. Tom Brady has the most invitations to the Pro Bowl with 15. Four players got 14 invites, including Manning. The East-West Shrine Bowl will be held at Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 2.
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The red-hot Waterloo Bucks won for the fifth consecutive time Tuesday with a 6-3 win over the Eau Claire Express in Northwoods League action.
Brodie Kresser went 4-for-5 with a run and a RBI, while Ben Gallaher went 1-for-4 with 2 RBIs.
Kory Bunselmeyer worked six innings to earn his second win with Dylan Warda, Jack Laird and Sam Skarich combined to pitch three innings of relief allowing just one hit in the process.
On Monday, the Bucks won their fourth consecutive game beating the Express, 16-9.
Down 9-7 in the top of the ninth inning, Waterloo’s bats came alive in a big way with nine runs.
Marcus Heusohn went five-for-six with five RBIs and Elliot Good went four-for-five with three RBIs in the slugfest.
The scoring started in the second for the Bucks with an RBI single from catcher Max Shor. Waterloo got another in the third when Michael Lippe knocked Good home on a fielder’s choice. The Bucks made it 4-0 with two more in the fourth.
However, Eau Claire instantly erased Waterloo’s lead in the bottom of the sixth with five runs.
The Bucks tied it up in the top of the seventh with a single from Cole Hill, but the Express had another surge in the bottom of the inning. Dylan O’Connell hit in two with a double, followed by two RBI sac flies by Latimer and Nagelbach.
In the eighth, Waterloo chipped away at the lead with a two-RBI single from Good. Then in the ninth, the Bucks took off the white gloves.
Heusohn started it off with a three-run shot to instantly retake the lead. Then Brodie Kresser and Fish teamed up for back-to-back RBI doubles. Fish then got home after a walk with the bases loaded. Waterloo then held Eau Claire down in the bottom of the ninth to secure the win.
Photos: Clarksville softball vs. St. Ansgar regional, July 10
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Members of the Clarksville softball team celebrate a win over the St. Ansgar Saints in the Class 1A Region 6 final in Clarksville, which earned the Indians a spot in the state tournament, on July 10.
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Clarksville senior Cailyn Hardy releases a pitch in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10.
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Clarksville junior Katie Kampman looks for the ball after knocking it down in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10.
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Clarksville junior Katie Kampman gets under a pop up in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10.
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Clarksville freshman Paige Kampman sticks her tongue out after hitting a double in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10.
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St. Ansgar sophomore Josie Juhl releases a pitch in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10.
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St. Ansgar sophomore Josie Juhl releases a pitch in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville senior Rachel Borchardt connects with a pitch in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville freshman Paige Kampman slides home safely to score the opening run in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville freshman Paige Kampman catches a deep fly ball on the warning track in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville freshman Paige Kampman squares up a bunt in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville senior Jenna Myers hits a grounder in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville
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St. Ansgar junior Josie Jahr connects on a pitch in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville junior Mollie Bloker makes a grab after nearly colliding with teammate Claire Lodge (19) in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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St. Ansgar junior Aspen Falk reaches first as a throw to first sails wide in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10 in Clarksville.
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St. Ansgar junior Lia Halfman makes the catch in the outfield in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville sophomore Emmalee Manwarren looks to beat the tag at home in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville. St. Ansgar junior Josie Jahr applied the tag in time, preventing a run from scoring.
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Clarksville junior Katie Kampman makes the catch on an infield fly in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville senior Rachel Borchart makes a catch on an infield fly in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville senior Rachel Borchardt slides into second in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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St. Ansgar junior Kinsey Anderson is safe at third, recording a triple, in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10 in Clarksville.
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St. Ansgar freshman Maci Mayer swings at a pitch in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10 in Clarksville.
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St. Ansgar freshman Makenna Norby backhands a ground ball in the Class 1A Region 6 final against Clarksville on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville junior Katie Kampman fouls off a pitch in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Clarksville senior Rachel Borchardt hits a line drive in the Class 1A Region 6 final against St. Ansgar on July 10 in Clarksville.
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Members of the Clarksville softball team celebrate a win over the St. Ansgar Saints in the Class 1A Region 6 final in Clarksville, which earned the Indians a spot in the state tournament, on July 10.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee on Friday subpoenaed former President Donald Trump – an extraordinary but not unprecedented move as the panel works to wrap up its investigation of the 2021 Capitol insurrection.
The committee is asking Trump to hand over documents by Nov. 4 and provide testimony “on or about” Nov. 14 and possibly longer. While the nine-member panel has already interviewed more than 1,000 people, many of them close to Trump, lawmakers say there are details that only he can confirm.
In a letter accompanying the subpoena, the committee said that Trump personally oversaw a multi-part effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, that he knew it was illegal and that he knew his claims about the election were false.
What the House Jan. 6 committee wants from Trump:
TEXTS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
Most of the panel’s 19 requests for information are for text messages, logs of phone calls or other communications. The panel specifically mentions the encrypted messaging app Signal in all but three of the requests, asking Trump for “communications sent through Signal or any other means.” The app was frequently used by Trump’s aides and allies.
The panel is asking Trump for records of all calls and messages “placed or received by you at your direction,” including any conference calls, on Jan. 6, 2021.
Lawmakers are also seeking communications with members of Congress and others in the weeks before the insurrection and on that day, about the 2020 election and the joint session that Trump’s protesters interrupted. The requests include any communications referring to extremist groups who were coming to Washington, pressure on state legislators to overturn the vote and messages about Vice President Mike Pence, whom Trump was pushing to object to President Joe Biden’s victory.
The panel is also requesting communications with a list of key Trump allies, and any “relating or referring in any way to efforts to encourage or summon individuals to travel to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.”
PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO RECORDINGS
The committee is asking Trump to provide any photos and video “relating in any way” to his own Jan. 6 rally, the joint session or the violence at the Capitol.
The Jan. 6 committee has distinguished itself from other congressional investigations with extensive multimedia presentations and its use of video evidence, including raw footage from the insurrection.
PERSONAL NOTES
The sweeping request to Trump also asks for electronic or handwritten notes or any other documents “memorializing conversations” about the joint session of Congress or the violence. The committee specifically asks Trump to include any notes about his “possible travel to the Capitol that day.”
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the committee last summer that Trump wanted to join his supporters in their march to the Capitol, or to meet them there. Several people have testified to the committee that Trump was extremely angry when security officials blocked that plan.
LIVE TESTIMONY
The committee wrote that they want to speak to Trump because of his “central role” in a multi-pronged effort to overturn his defeat.
The letter accompanying the subpoena specifically asks for testimony about his dealings with several of his closest allies, all of whom have asserted their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination to the committee. They include Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark and Kelli Ward — all of whom were in touch with, and sympathetic to, Trump as he tried to overturn Biden’s victory in the election.
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The Maine teenager who allegedly attacked three NYPD officers in Manhattan with a machete on New Year’s Eve told investigators he wanted to kill an officer in uniform, court records indicate.
The information was contained in a two-page affidavit in the case against Trevor Bickford, 19, of Wells, Maine.
Bickford, who’s charged with multiple crimes including three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, was slated for arraignment Wednesday in a New York City courtroom. Arraignment results weren’t immediately available.
NYPD Detective Kim Strafella of the Joint Terrorist Task Force wrote in the legal filing that she interviewed Bickford after the attack, which occurred near Times Square and which left one officer with head lacerations and skull fractures. Two additional officers suffered head lacerations, and one of them was concussed, according to the filing.
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One of the officers shot Bickford in the shoulder.
“Deponent further states she interviewed defendant and defendant stated (in substance): I WANTED TO KILL AN OFFICER IN UNIFORM,” Stafella wrote in the filing, which the Portland Press Herald reported on previously. “ ‘I SAW THE OFFICER AND WAITED UNTIL HE WAS ALONE. I SAID ALLAUH AKBAR. I WALKED UP AND HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH A KUKRI. I CHARGED ANOTHER OFFICER BUT DROPPED THE KNIFE AND I TRIED TO GET THE POLICE OFFICER’S GUN BUT COULDN’T.’”
It wasn’t immediately clear if Bickford had retained counsel.
The New York Times reported this week that Bickford wrote a farewell letter to his family before the attack that authorities found on him afterward. Bickford recently converted to Islam, the Times reported, and was angered by the persecution of Muslims and had decided to go overseas to fight.
Material from prior Globe stories was used in this report. This breaking news story will be updated when more information becomes available.
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KENAI, Ala. (WJW) – A moose was caught on security camera heading into a movie theater and helping itself to some popcorn Wednesday.
In Kenai, Alaska, the moose is seen on video released by Kenai Cinemas walking inside and shocking the employee working behind the snack counter.
In the video, the moose then eats from a container of popcorn before leaving the movie theater with its nose stuck in a McDonald’s Happy Meal box.
Nick Fowler, a wildlife biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, told the Anchorage Daily News that human food isn’t always good for moose.
“I do not know if a Happy Meal is good for a moose or not. However, I can confidently say that it’s not in its natural diet,” Fowler said.
Moose actually consume large quantities of willow, birch, and aspen twigs for their diet, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. In the summer months, moose feed on vegetation in shallow ponds, forbs, and the leaves of birch, willow, and aspen, according to the department. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/moose-caught-snacking-on-popcorn-at-alaska-movie-theater/ | 2023-04-24 15:25:29 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/moose-caught-snacking-on-popcorn-at-alaska-movie-theater/ |
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leap Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:LPTX), a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted and immuno-oncology therapeutics, today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the randomized controlled Part C of the ongoing DisTinGuish study to evaluate DKN-01, Leap's anti-Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) antibody, in combination with tislelizumab, BeiGene's anti-PD-1 antibody, and chemotherapy compared to a tislelizumab and chemotherapy control arm, in patients with gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer (G/GEJ).
"We are excited to announce another important milestone for our DKN-01 clinical program in combination with our partner BeiGene's tislelizumab, advancing this unique combination therapy into Part C of the DisTinGuish study," said Cynthia Sirard M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Leap Therapeutics. "The data to date from the DisTinGuish study show the DKN-01 plus tislelizumab combination therapy to be a compelling potential treatment for patients with G/GEJ cancer with response rates and survival outcomes that exceeded the benchmarks. This first randomized controlled study for DKN-01 will characterize the treatment effect in first-line patients, with a particular emphasis on those in the aggressive DKK1-high population."
The DisTinGuish study (NCT04363801) is a Phase 2 study of DKN-01 in combination with tislelizumab and standard of care (SOC) chemotherapy in patients with inoperable, locally advanced, G/GEJ adenocarcinoma. Part C of the DisTinGuish study will enroll approximately 160 first-line, HER2-negative patients. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to evaluate DKN-01 in combination with tislelizumab and standard of care (SOC) chemotherapy, compared to tislelizumab and SOC chemotherapy. The primary objective is progression-free survival (PFS) in DKK1-high patients. Secondary objectives of Part C include PFS in all patients regardless of DKK1 expression, as well as overall survival and objective response rate as measured by RECIST v1.1 in DKK1-high and all patients.
DKN-01 is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to and blocks the activity of the Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) protein. DKK1 modulates the Wnt/Beta-catenin and PI3kinase/AKT signaling pathways and has an important role in promoting tumor proliferation, metastasis, angiogenesis, and in mediating an immune suppressive tumor microenvironment through enhancing the activity of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and downregulating NK cell ligands on tumor cells. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted DKN-01 Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer and Fast Track Designation in combination with tislelizumab for the treatment of patients with gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma whose tumors express high DKK1 protein, following disease progression on or after prior fluoropyrimidine- and platinum- containing chemotherapy and if appropriate, human epidermal receptor growth factor (HER2)/neu-targeted therapy.
Leap Therapeutics (Nasdaq: LPTX) is focused on developing targeted and immuno-oncology therapeutics. Leap's most advanced clinical candidate, DKN-01, is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) protein. DKN-01 is being developed in patients with esophagogastric, gynecologic, and colorectal cancers. Leap has entered into a strategic collaboration with BeiGene, Ltd. for the rights to develop DKN-01 in Asia (excluding Japan), Australia, and New Zealand. For more information about Leap Therapeutics, visit http://www.leaptx.com or view our public filings with the SEC that are available via EDGAR at http://www.sec.gov or via https://investors.leaptx.com/.
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FRIDAY
Pumpkin Painting, noon to 1 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main, Meeting Rooms A and B, 220 N. Union St., Kokomo. Kids up to age 11 will receive pumpkins to paint. Dress to get messy. For more information, visit khcpl.org.
Al-Anon, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Faith Presbyterian Church, 1608 Kirk Row, enter through door 1.
Edge of Insanity Haunted Attraction, 8 p.m. to midnight every Friday and Saturday through Oct. 29, 5635 N. 00 East West, Kokomo. Cost is $15 per ticket. Time slot tickets are available at weitlesasylum.com.
Fuse Beads at KHCPL, 3-4 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library South, 1755 E. Center Road, Kokomo. Children ages 6 to 11 can come in for a fuse bead craft project, where they will create either a cactus or an avocado and then add a magnet for display purposes. Registration is required and can be done online at khcpl.org under “events” or by calling any KHCPL location.
Friday and Saturday
From the Dark Pages murder mystery tour, tours depart at 6:30, 7:40, 8:50 and 10 p.m., Seiberling Mansion, 1200 W. Sycamore St., Kokomo. Show up approximately 30 minutes early to enjoy activities and refreshments before departing on your tour. Tickets are $30 and available at eventbrite.com/e/405258066787. For more information, call 765-452-4314.
Saturday
Kindermusik Laugh and Learn, 10-10:30 a.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library South, 1755 E. Center Road, Kokomo. Ages 18 months to 5 years can come participate in a fun program of singing, dancing and instrument play that can help promote cognitive development in children.
Family movie night in the park, 7:30 p.m., Jackson Morrow Park, 4200 S. Park Road, Kokomo. Come down to the park for a free screening of “Scooby Doo.” For more information, call 765-456-7275.
Pumpkin Painting, 10-11 a.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Russiaville, 315 Mesa Drive, Russiaville. Kids up to age 11 will receive pumpkins to paint. Dress to get messy. For more information, visit khcpl.org.
Pitfest 2022, 1-10 p.m., Howard County Vietnam Veterans Grounds, 8313 E. 400 South, Greentown. See a lineup of bands in this series of shows. Concessions will be available. Admission and parking is free. To see the complete band line up and learn more about this event, visit facebook.com/events/803187847715408.
Cellphone Photography with Jonathan Kaufman, 1-2 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main, Meeting Rooms A and B, 220 N. Union St., Kokomo. Learn about taking photos with your cell phone and learn to edit photos with free software. Register at khcpl.org.
Sunday
Ever Never Ball at KHCPL, 3-4 p.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library South, 1755 E. Center Road, Kokomo. Dress as a Never or an Ever from “The School for Good and Evil” and come on down to KHCPL for an Ever Never Ball. Children ages six to 11 will be able to use stability balls to train in the boot camp. Registration is required, and can be done online at khcpl.org under “events”, or by calling any KHCPL location.
Monday
GriefShare Grief Recovery Seminar and Support Group, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Bible Baptist Church, 2635 S. Dixon Road, Kokomo. GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics and is designed for individuals who have lost a family member or friend find help and healing. Each weekly video seminar is combined with a small group discussion to allow group participants to talk about the content of the video and about how they are dealing with the death of their loved one. For more information, call Bible Baptist Church at 765-455-1444, or Gail Ambrose at 765-860-9919.
Homeschool Book Club meeting, 10-11 a.m., Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main, 220 N. Union St., Kokomo. Students who are homeschooled can read and discuss books from a variety of genres. Call 765-626-0827 for the current booklist.
Tuesday
Bow-making Workshop, Greentown Public Library, 6-7 p.m., 421 S. Harrison St., Greentown. Make a gorgeous handmade bow that will add a nice touch to your wreath. To register, call 765-628-3534.
KHCPL Author Event featuring Sherri L. Smith, 7-8 p.m., IU Kokomo, 2300 S. Washington St., Kokomo. Author Sherri L. Smith will talk about her book “Flygirl”, the 2022 Howard County Reads Book of the Year. Tickets are free, but you must have one to attend. Tickets are available at any Kokomo-Howard County Public Library location or at the IUK library. For more information, visit khcpl.org.
Free Fall Concert, 7 p.m., Tipton County 4-H Building, 1200 S Main St, Tipton. Come out to see the Tipton Community Band, under direction of Rod (Top) Fletcher, performing famous jazz numbers, Halloween music and much more. | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/area_briefs/calendar-oct-21-2022/article_3e93b4ee-50a0-11ed-9d05-2f0f12c892c7.html | 2022-10-21 06:25:26 | 0 | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/area_briefs/calendar-oct-21-2022/article_3e93b4ee-50a0-11ed-9d05-2f0f12c892c7.html |
McMaster weighs in on ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine invasion
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster shared his support for the Ukrainian people abroad while criticizing the Biden Administration.
McMaster visited Mount Pleasant Tuesday for the ribbon cutting for the newly-restored Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary.
Speaking to reporters, he called out Russia for committing “war crimes” and said their invasion of Ukraine was “a very unfortunate situation.” He also slammed the White House for its “weakness.”
“I think everyone agrees that these are war crimes being committed,” the governor said. “It’s atrocious to watch. Unfortunately, I think the weakness of the current administration is what encouraged this to happen. They didn’t want it to happen, but it’s happening. It’s a horrible situation.”
McMaster said South Carolina will “of course” do anything it can to help the situation in Ukraine.
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Smith has deep roots in the solar industry, having helped grow Sunrun, Vivint Solar and Brite Energy
LEHI, Utah, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumio, the preeminent leader in personalized renewable energy, announced today the appointment of Brendan Smith as its chief operations officer (COO). Smith is a seasoned executive with decades of experience growing home services and green energy companies. Prior to this new role, Smith was the COO for WeLink communications, one of the fastest-growing and most innovative ISPs in the United States. In his first year at WeLink, he helped grow subscribers by 250%, increase revenue by 325% and reduce operating expenses by 35% – all while helping the company expand into three new markets.
"I have had the pleasure of working with Brendan before and have seen his commitment and dedication to his team as he has achieved incredible results time and time again," said Greg Butterfield, CEO at Lumio. "He has a deep understanding of our industry, understands the needs of the customer and will be an enormous asset to our C-suite as we continue to scale. We are thrilled to have him on our team."
Smith is known for helping companies profitably scale their operations while maintaining a world-class customer experience. Prior to his role as COO at WeLink, Smith was the SVP of operations at Sunrun, a publicly traded solar integrator, the SVP of Field Operations for Vivint Solar and Vice president of Field Operations at Brite Energy. At Sunrun, he led the integration efforts with the Vivint Solar acquisition and led a team of over 4,000 employees across 20 states and 60 branches.
"Having spent most of my career in green energy, I have been very impressed with Lumio's unique approach to personalizing renewable energy and how well this approach has fostered the company's growth," said Smith. "It is an honor to join a team with a wealth of expertise at such a unique company. Furthermore, I am thrilled to be working amongst such an amazing team, many of whom I am lucky enough to call friends."
Smith's deep industry knowledge and experience scaling companies will support Lumio as it continues to grow to meet the challenging demands of the renewable energy industry. In addition, his operational experience will support growth throughout the company and strengthen its foundation for continued growth. As COO, Smith's ability to translate high level strategic goals and initiatives into operational processes and actions which are both realistic and measurable, will make him an enormous asset to the team.
About Lumio
Lumio changed the residential solar industry by merging five regional leaders into a powerful national brand in December 2020. Today, Lumio leads the industry in customer experience, quality, and technological innovation. The company's vision to make power personal diversifies and decentralizes power production via good clean sun energy—making electricity cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable for homeowners across the country. Lumio's more than 5,000 team members are dedicated to their stewardship with nature and crafting earth's best home experience.
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NATCHEZ, Miss. – (WNTZ) – Visit Natchez is pleased to announce the appointment of Mallory Lancaster as community and programs manager. Lancaster most recently served as the front office receptionist at Miss-Lou Family Dentistry in Natchez.
With ten years of experience in the service and hospitality industry, Lancaster is very familiar with Natchez and will be responsible for delivering high-quality programming for Visit Natchez and building relationships with residents and community partners.
“Mallory’s hands-on experiences in the hospitality industry, especially in regard to organization and customer service, make her the perfect asset to our team at Visit Natchez,” says Devin Heath, executive director of Visit Natchez. “We look forward to continued success at Visit Natchez with Mallory’s new perspective and insights.”
Lancaster has served in multiple other roles during her career including assistant at Gregg Dental Center and hostess and waitress at The Castle Restaurant and Pub. She is a graduate of the Baton Rouge Dental Assistant Academy.
Editor’s Note: For a headshot of Mallory Lancaster, visit https://spaces.hightail.com/space/j5ThBs7Id9.
About Natchez
Natchez, Mississippi, located 80 miles north of Baton Rouge, is quickly becoming a sought-after cultural tourism destination. Attracting over 670,000 visitors annually from around the world, Natchez is known for its culture and history, offering more historic structures than any other location in the United States. It is also the Bed and Breakfast Capital of the South, and “The Biscuit Capital of the World.” Natchez is one of the oldest continuous settlements on the Mississippi River and its evolution over 300 years has provided an astounding array of ways to discover and enjoy southwest Mississippi. For more information about Natchez, visit www.visitnatchez.org or call 800-647-6724. | https://www.cenlanow.com/business/visit-natchez-announces-new-community-and-programs-manager/ | 2023-02-06 21:13:54 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/business/visit-natchez-announces-new-community-and-programs-manager/ |
WAUSAU, Wis. (WFRV) – Wisconsin is home to countless birds – and to something famous that’s all about our fine feathered friends.
This is the season for the big “Birds in Art” exhibition in Wausau.
Each year, artist from around the world let their imaginations fly.
Viewing “Birds in Art” is an experience in pleasure.
Admission to Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is free. Info: lywam.org.
Also, you can take photographs.
Right there in front of you are creations from across the United States – and Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Wisconsin is represented by 11 artists among the 118 artists overall.
Of the field, 95 were selected by the jury in addition to 23 who were named Master Artists during previous “Birds in Art” exhibitions.
Wood master Gary Eigenberger of Green Bay again is among the artists, this time with a handsome whippoorwill.
Fine, fine work can be admired up close, with the museum even supplying magnifying glasses.
The artists tell stories in different ways, like American artist Gary Staab saying sorry to the extinct Dodo in a lasting bronze sculpture titled “The Last Stand.”
Nearby is an oil painting by Australian artist Tony Pridham, with “Amazonia” showing a green-crowned brilliant gleaming at a distance but telling a different story up close: In the bird’s eye is the image of Amazon jungle destruction in Ecuador.
Birds can apply any way in the exhibition, including as decoration for a motel in American artist David Milton’s “Blue Swallow Motel.”
I like American artist Kimberly Beck’s “The Skeptics” because the six chickens in it remind me of the comical song, “Pick a Little, Talk a Little” in the popular musical “The Music Man.”
“Birds in Art” continues to Nov. 27 before moving on to displays at Newington Cropsey Foundation in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; Muscatine Art Center in Muscatine, Iowa; and Hansen Museum in Logan, Kansas.
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The Nation's Weather for Sunday, May 29, 2022
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
The Northeast will begin a stretch of dry, warm weather
today following a stormy start to the holiday weekend. These
tranquil conditions will extend westward to the southern
Plains and southward across the interior Southeast under a
broad area of high pressure. Thunderstorms are likely to
rumble over the Florida Peninsula throughout the day. A
significant risk for damaging thunderstorms is forecast from
Nebraska to Minnesota late in the afternoon and overnight.
Meanwhile, a pocket of cool air high in the atmosphere will
touch off widespread showers of rain and high-elevation snow
from the Pacific Northwest to the northern and central
Rockies. Gusty winds will pick up farther south across the
Four Corners states, leading to an elevated fire risk.
SPECIAL WEATHER
No new information for this time period.
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS
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DAILY EXTREMES
National High Saturday 108 at Eloy, AZ
National Low Saturday 14 at Bodie State Park, CA
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Raising a family can sometimes involve moving to another state. To help compare states and ease the evaluation process, WalletHub compared all 50 states across 51 key indicators of family-friendliness.
The rankings from the 2023’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family study looked at factors across five key factors: family fun, health and safety, education and child care, affordability, and socio-economics. These were all scaled to determine each state’s place.
WalletHub ranks Kansas 29 of 50, just behind Missouri but ahead of Delaware.
Interactive map:
2023’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family:
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- New York
- North Dakota
- Vermont
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- Washington
- Illinois
- South Dakota
- Utah
- Maine
- Wisconsin
- Pennsylvania
- Maryland
- Colorado
- Virginia
- California
- Hawaii
- Oregon
- Montana
- Texas
- Wyoming
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Delaware
- Ohio
- Florida
- Tennessee
- Indiana
- Idaho
- Michigan
- Kentucky
- Alaska
- North Carolina
- Nevada
- Arizona
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- Arkansas
- Alabama
- South Carolina
- Louisiana
- West Virginia
- New Mexico
- Mississippi
What should families consider when choosing a place to set down roots?
“Families’ primary roles are socialization; therefore, I think that families settle in places that adequately suit their immediate and future needs of socializing their children and preparing them to navigate their social world. For example, if you have young children and intend to have more children (particularly of an age where they cannot be unattended), thinking about areas that offer quality child care (via relatives or facilities) and places for social interaction would be ideal unless one partner is a stay-at-home parent,” said Professor of Sociology Dr. Alicia D. Bonaparte. “In the latter instance, it would be useful to consider places that allow for children to explore and for parents to be able to meet with and create play dates with other parents to create community. This creation of community is important to the socialization process and allows for families to develop stability in their family life.”
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Audio Out-of-Home leader expands executive team, fueling significant growth
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vibenomics, the nation's premier retail audio advertising provider, has welcomed Sarah Jacobs as its new Senior Vice President of Ad Sales. Jacobs will lead the Ad Sales team in identifying and delivering new revenue opportunities for Vibenomics, positioning the company for continued growth.
"Vibenomics has expanded its offerings of in-store audio advertising over the past few months at an astounding rate," says Brent Oakley, CEO and Co-Founder of Vibenomics. "One of our priorities after our most recent funding round was to make strategic hires that allow us to continue offering excellent advertising services to our clients. Between Vibenomics' role in the launch of the In-Store Marketplace and the general growth the company is experiencing, I believe her skill set pairs perfectly with the job at hand – elevating the advertising experience for Vibenomics customers."
Over the past year, Vibenomics has announced its successful $12.3 M Series B funding round, backed by Panoramic Ventures, and its role in the launch of the In-Store Marketplace, along with other retail media providers and experts.
Amid this rapid growth, Jacobs will provide expertise and leadership by introducing innovative business strategies to drive new processes and business models designed to increase profits and create a culture of success and retention. She brings a wealth of sales experience across multiple markets, including TV and grocery.
"I am thrilled to join the Vibenomics team during such a pivotal time for the company," says Jacobs. "As a leader, I seek to analyze business practices and implement strategies for continued growth. I look forward to bringing fresh perspectives and strategic recommendations to the Vibenomics team."
In her new role, Jacobs will collaborate with Oakley and the executive team to develop, communicate, execute, evaluate and advance revenue generation and growth strategies. She will own responsibility for the performance, design and alignment of revenue-generating activities across the organization – including growing revenue from the client base, creating a sustainable plan for future business development and delivering accurate revenue projections.
Vibenomics has nearly 45 employees, with 80% based out of Indianapolis and 20% working remotely. The company expects to continue to increase its sales and marketing departments throughout the end of 2022.
About Vibenomics:
Vibenomics, Inc. is a location-based Audio Out-of-Home™ advertising and experience company that powers audio channels for retailers, giving brands the ability to talk to shoppers directly at the point of sale. With its powerful cloud-based technology, licensed background music library, data integration capabilities, full-service team of audio experience experts, and network of on-demand professional voice talent, the company provides the right revenue-enhancing vibe for over 150 advertisers in more than 6,000 locations across 49 states, reaching over 210 million people.
Delivered through flexible plug-and-play, proprietary, IoT-enabled media players, Vibenomics dynamically broadcasts hyper-targeted, on-demand audio advertisements and curated playlists within any combination of locations across its swiftly growing national footprint, unlocking a powerful new shopper marketing channel for reaching consumers during the critical final footsteps along the path to purchase. Through a first-of-its-kind partner program, retailers can receive a portion of revenue for all advertisements sold by Vibenomics that play within their locations, giving them the ability to monetize their private airwaves and transform a legacy expense into a new profit center. To learn more about Vibenomics, visit https://www.vibenomics.com.
Media Contact:
Abby Lewis
BLASTmedia for Vibenomics
317.806.1900 x 136
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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County attorney arrested on conspiracy charge in connection to Jerrell Powe kidnapping case, police say
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) - The county attorney for the Wayne County Board of Supervisors, who was present during an emergency session Thursday afternoon, was arrested later that night on an active warrant for conspiracy.
According to Assistant Chief Tony Willridge with the Ridgeland Police Department, members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested 40-year-old Cooper M. Leggett around 11 p.m. on Thursday at his home in Wayne County.
Leggett was booked into the Madison County Detention Center. He’s charged with one count of conspiracy.
Willridge said the arrest was in connection to a kidnapping investigation involving former Ole Miss and NFL football player Jerrell Powe. However, he could not disclose Leggett’s relationship with either Powe or Gavin Bates, who was also arrested in connection to the case.
The assistant chief also could not disclose what this conspiracy charge entailed.
Leggett was expected to have his initial appearance at the Ridgeland Municipal Court sometime on Friday.
According to the court, Leggett’s bond was set at $20,000.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One photograph shows a kneeling soldier kissing a child inside a subway station, where Ukraine families shelter from Russian airstrikes. In another, an infant and a woman who appears on the brink of tears look out from a departing train car as a man peers inside, his hand spread across the window in a gesture of goodbye.
In an uplifting Father’s Day message Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted 10 photos of parents and children set against the grim backdrop of war, praising fathers who “protect and defend the most precious.”
There are scenes of childbirth, as a man and woman look toward a swaddled baby in what appears to be a hospital room where the spackled walls show scars of fighting. In another, a man lifts a child over a fence toward a woman with outstretched arms on a train platform.
“Being a father is a great responsibility and a great happiness,” Zelenskyy wrote in English text that followed the Ukrainian on Instagram. “It is strength, wisdom, motivation to go forward and not to give up.”
He urged his nation’s fighters to endure for the “future of your family, your children, and therefore the whole of Ukraine.”
His message came as four months of war in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders. NATO’s chief warned the fighting could drag on for “years.”
“Combat units from both sides are committed to intense combat in the Donbas and are likely experiencing variable morale,” Britain’s defense ministry said in its daily assessment of the war.
“Ukrainian forces have likely suffered desertions in recent weeks,” the assessment said, but added that “Russian morale highly likely remains especially troubled.”
It said “cases of whole Russian units refusing orders and armed stand-offs between officers and their troops continue to occur.”
Separately, the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate released what it said were intercepted phone calls in which Russian soldiers complained about front-line conditions, poor equipment, and overall lack of personnel, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War.
In an interview published on Sunday in the German weekly Bild am Sonntag, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that “nobody knows” how long the war could last. “We need to be prepared for it to last for years,” he said.
He also urged allies ”not to weaken support for Ukraine, even if the costs are high, not only in terms of military aid, but also because of the increase in energy and food goods prices.”
In recent days, Gazprom, the Russian gas company, has reduced supplies to two major European clients — Germany and Italy. In Italy’s case, energy officials are expected to huddle this week about the situation. The head of Italian energy giant ENI said on Saturday that with additional gas purchased from other sources, Italy should make it through the coming winter, but he warned Italians that “restrictions” affecting gas use might be necessary.
Germany will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible shortages caused by a reduction in supplies from Russia, the country’s economy minister said on Sunday. Germany has been trying to fill its gas storage facilities to capacity ahead of the cold winter months.
Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that Germany will try to compensate for the move by increasing the burning of coal, a more polluting fossil fuel. “That’s bitter, but it’s simply necessary in this situation to lower gas usage,” he said.
Stoltenberg stressed, though, that “the costs of food and fuel are nothing compared with those paid daily by the Ukrainians on the front line.”
Stoltenberg added: What’s more, if Russian President Vladimir Putin should reach his objectives in Ukraine, like when he annexed Crimea in 2014, “we would have to pay an even greater price.”
Britain’s defense ministry said that both Russia and Ukraine have continued to conduct heavy artillery bombardments on axes to the north, east and south of the Sieverodonetsk pocket, but with little change in the front line.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said via Telegram on Sunday: “It is a very difficult situation in Sievierodonetsk, where the enemy in the middle of the city is conducting round-the-clock aerial reconnaissance with drones, adjusting fire, quickly adjusting to our changes.”
Russia’s defense ministry claimed on Sunday that Russian and separatist forces have taken control of Metolkine, a settlement just to the east of Sievierodonetsk.
Bakhmut, a city in the Donbas, is 55 kilometers (33 miles) southwest of the twin cities of Lysyhansk and Siervierodonetsk, where fierce military clashes have been raging. Every day, Russian artillery pummels Bakhmut.
But Bakhmut’s people try to go about their daily lives, including shopping in markets that have opened again in recent weeks.
“In principle, it can be calm in the morning,” said one resident, Oleg Drobelnnikov. ”The shelling starts at about 7 or 8 in the evening.” Still, he said, it has been pretty calm in the last 10 days or so.
“You can buy food at small farmer markets,” said Drobelnnikov, a teacher. ”It is not a problem. In principle, educational institutions, like schools or kindergartens, are not working due to the situation. The institutions moved to other regions. There is no work here.”
Ukraine’s east has been the main focus of Russia’s attacks for more than two months.
On Saturday, Zelenskyy made a trip south from Kyiv to visit troops and hospital workers in the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions along the Black Sea. He handed out awards to dozens of people at every stop, shaking their hands and thanking them again and again for their service.
Zelenskyy, in a recorded address aboard a train back to Kyiv, vowed to defend the country’s south.
“We will not give away the south to anyone. We will return everything that’s ours and the sea will be Ukrainian and safe.”
He added: “Russia does not have as many missiles as our people have a desire to live.”
Zelenskyy also condemned the Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports amid weeks of inconclusive negotiations on safe corridors so millions of tons of siloed grain can be shipped out before the approaching new harvest season.
In other attacks in the south, Ukraine’s southern military operational command said Sunday that two people were killed in shelling of the Galitsyn community in the Mykolaiv region and that shelling of the Bashtansky district is continuing.
Russia’s defense ministry said seaborne missiles destroyed a plant in Mykolaiv city where Western-supplied howitzers and armored vehicles were stored.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed concerns “that a bit of Ukraine fatigue is starting to set in around the world.”
“It would be a catastrophe if Putin won. He’d love nothing more than to say, ‘Let’s freeze this conflict, let’s have a cease-fire,'” Johnson said on Saturday, a day after a surprise visit to Kyiv, where he met with Zelenskyy and offered offer continued aid and military training.
Western-supplied heavy weapons are reaching front lines. But Ukraine’s leaders have insisted for weeks that they need more arms and they need them sooner.
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Sylvia Hui in London, Frank Jordans in Berlin, Frances D’Emilio in Rome, and Srdjan Nedeljkovic in Bakhmut, Ukraine, contributed to this report.
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Beyoncé’s “Renaissance World Tour” debuted in Stockholm last night, and fans showed up to match the queen’s chic swag with their fashion! From embellished cowgirl hats to graphic denim jackets, the beehive brought the “Energy” to the Friends Arena, and we are here for it!
Beyoncé’s concerts are more than just a brilliant music experience that will forever live rent-free in your head after witnessing it. They are productions full of entertainment, fancy costumes, many emotions, and, most importantly, dedicated fans who go all out to make their love for Bey known. Of course, the main show is on the stage, but the opening acts are the fashions the fans don while strutting into the arena. While some fans wear their regular threads to the concerts, others pay homage to the queen by rocking their best Beyonce looks. The fans were heavy on the cowgirl attire for this tour, and they served!
The “Renaissance World Tour” represents freedom of self-expression, and the fans conveyed their love for the “Heated” singer by delivering style on a silver platter. Jump in below to see the unique ensembles fans wore to the most anticipated concert of the year!
Fans Brought The Style To Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance World Tour’ In Stockholm was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
1. All-Black Everything
Source:GettyYou can always go right with an all-black attire. These Beyoncé fans chose to rock leather pants to celebrate the opening of the “Renaissance” tour. One fan chose a sporty black jacket to go with her pants, while the other chose a biker jacket and a cowgirl hat. Both fans completed their look with a Bey t-shirt.
2. Graphic Denim Jacket
Source:GettyMany fans paid homage to Bey’s H-town roots with cowgirl looks. This fan chose a silver cowgirl hat that she paired with a graphic denim jacket that featured the graphic design of Bey’s concert promo pictures.
3. Black and Green Ensembles
Source:GettyAnother fan showed his love for Bey by wearing her t-shirt and pairing it with a black leather coat. While the other fan stood out in an emerald-colored suit.
4. Fringe Cowgirl Hat and Fan
Source:GettyWe love embellishments, and this fan gave us just that with their fringe cowgirl hat and Renaissance fan. They paired the cute accessories with mirror tent sunglasses.
5. Black Graphic Formation Tour Jacket
Source:GettyThis black graphic Formation tour jacket is fire! It’s an ode to Bey’s 2016 tour, which was everything!
6. Black and Silver Fringe Cowgirl Hat
Source:GettyWe love how the fans paid homage to Bey’s roots with their adorned cowgirl hats. This one is giving “I’m That Girl” vibes.
7. Black on Black
Source:GettyThis fan was ready for some Bey action in their black cowgirl hat and velvet jacket. Fabulous! | https://hot1009.com/playlist/fans-brought-the-style-to-beyonces-renaissance-world-tour-in-stockholm/ | 2023-05-13 12:47:23 | 1 | https://hot1009.com/playlist/fans-brought-the-style-to-beyonces-renaissance-world-tour-in-stockholm/ |
VISEGRAD, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three countries end up accumulating behind a trash barrier in the Drina River in eastern Bosnia during the wet weather of winter and early spring.
This week, the barrier once again became the outer edge of a massive floating waste dump crammed with plastic bottles, rusty barrels, used tires, household appliances, driftwood and other garbage picked up by the river from its tributaries.
The river fencing installed by a Bosnian hydroelectric plant, a few kilometers upstream from its dam near Visegrad, has turned the city into an unwilling regional waste site, local environmental activists complain.
Heavy rain and unseasonably warm weather over the past week have caused many rivers and streams in Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro to overflow, flooding the surrounding areas and forcing scores of people from their homes. Temperatures dropped in many areas on Friday as rain turned into snow.
“We had a lot of rainfall and torrential floods in recent days and a huge inflow of water from (the Drina’s tributaries in) Montenegro which is now, fortunately, subsiding,” said Dejan Furtula of the environmental group Eko Centar Visegrad
“Unfortunately, the huge inflow of garbage has not ceased,” he added.
The Drina River runs 346 kilometers (215 miles) from the mountains of northwestern Montenegro through Serbia and Bosnia. and some of its tributaries are known for their emerald color and breathtaking scenery. A section along the border between Bosnia and Serbia is popular with river rafters when it’s not “garbage season.”
Some 10,000 cubic meters (more than 353,000 cubic feet) of waste are estimated to have amassed behind the Drina River trash barrier in recent days, Furtula said. The same amount was pulled in recent years from that area of the river.
Removing the garbage takes up to six months, on average. It ends up at the municipal landfill in Visegrad, which Furtula said “does not even have sufficient capacity to handle (the city’s) municipal waste.”
“The fires on the (municipal) landfill site are always burning,” he said, calling the conditions there “not just a huge environmental and health hazard, but also a big embarrassment for all of us.”
Decades after the devastating 1990s wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Balkans lag behind the rest of Europe both economically and with regard to environmental protection.
The countries of the region have made little progress in building effective, environmentally sound trash disposal systems despite seeking membership in the European Union and adopting some of the EU’s laws and regulations.
Unauthorized waste dumps dot hills and valleys throughout the region, while trash litters roads and plastic bags hang from the trees.
In addition to river pollution, many countries in the western Balkans have other environmental woes. One of the most pressing is the extremely high level of air pollution affecting a number of cities in the region.
“People need to wake up to problems like this,” Visegrad resident Rados Brekalovic said. | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-sections-of-balkan-river-become-floating-garbage-dump/ | 2023-01-21 12:29:49 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-sections-of-balkan-river-become-floating-garbage-dump/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fans lined up Wednesday morning to get a prime spot in downtown Kansas City as the city celebrates the Kansas City Chiefs’ second Super Bowl championship in two years.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid and Super Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes will join teammates, family and Chiefs officials as they ride in open-air vehicles down a main downtown streets to a rally at Union Station.
Most schools, many businesses and some government offices in the Kansas City metro area were closed to allow fans to enjoy the festivities.
Fans endured a chilly wind as the sun came up to wait in long lines for food trucks and merchandise trucks, and even at a tent where a barber was giving free haircuts. Tents of those who slept overnight to get a prime spot dotted the area around Union Station, and some people were fast asleep hours before the parade began.
A group of about 25 Chiefs fans from Kansas City cooked up a breakfast feast, complete with corn on the cob, bacon and potatoes and all the trimmings — and they had steaks ready for later in the day.
Dominic Zamora, 18, of Kansas City, said the friends arrived about 6 a.m. to set up their tailgate, continuing a tradition whenever he and his friends attend Chiefs games. He said he expects to return for more parades in the coming years.
“With Mahomes, there’s more to come,” Zamora said. “It’s going to be fun, and I’m excited to show up.”
Manuel Palacio, 48, of Kansas City, was dressed in a cow’s suit in a tribute to Kansas City’s “Cowtown” nickname.
He said he was a longtime Buffalo Bills fan who converted to the Chiefs in about 1993 after losing a bet with a Chiefs fan.
“I had to convert,” Palacio said. “It’s like being an Oakland Raiders fan; at some point you have to cheer for the team who keeps winning,” he said, laughing.
Palacio said he and his extended family spend the season watching the Chiefs games at home and decided “when — not if — we win the Super Bowl, we’re going to go down there and have some fun, celebrate together.”
Officials began planning the parade even before the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 Sunday on a field goal with 8 seconds remaining in the game.
Officials said that more than 19 local and area law enforcement agencies, along with fire departments and transportation leaders are ready for the anticipated crowd.
The City Council Transportation and Infrastructure Committee agreed to earmark $750,000 for parade-related expenses, and Mayor Quinton Lucas estimated overtime costs for police and firefighters would total more than $1.5 million.
The the Kansas City Sports Commission is expected to contribute another $1 million in private donations, and the Jackson County Legislature voted to add $75,000.
After decades of championship drought, the city is gaining experience with victory parades. Two years ago, the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers for the team’s first Super Bowl championship in 50 years. That followed the Kansas City Royals winning the World Series in 2015, the city’s first baseball championship in 30 years. | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/us-world-sports/ap-kansas-city-ready-to-celebrate-its-latest-super-bowl-win/ | 2023-02-15 17:18:19 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/us-world-sports/ap-kansas-city-ready-to-celebrate-its-latest-super-bowl-win/ |
Motorcycle crash on the Loop 303 in West Valley leaves 1 dead, 2 seriously hurt
NEAR GLENDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating a deadly motorcycle crash in the West Valley early Friday morning.
Troopers say the crash happened around midnight on the Loop 303 near Camelback Road. and involved four vehicles. One person was pronounced dead, and two others were rushed to the hospital. One of those hospitalized had life-threatening injuries while the other is expected to be okay. Detectives say the investigation remains ongoing but early information indicates that say two motorcycles were speeding in the area when one of them crashed into the back of a car. Details on the vehicle two vehicles were not released.
Traffic was affected for part of the early morning, but traffic was moving along in time for the morning commute.
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Bringing Financial Experience in CPG Markets
DENVER, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. ("Charlotte's Web" or the "Company") (TSX: CWEB) (OTCQX: CWBHF), the market leader in hemp CBD extract products, is pleased to announce that Jessica Saxton has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective January 1, 2023. Ms. Saxton has held senior finance positions with some of America's leading companies including Anheuser-Busch InBev, General Motors, and Owens Corning. She has a successful track record in developing business strategies to drive growth and will be part of the senior management team to execute the next phase of the Company's growth plans. Ms. Saxton will transition with outgoing Chief Financial Officer, Greg Gould, ahead of his departure at the end of 2022.
"We are grateful to Greg for serving as CFO during a pivotal time, including completing the transition to SEC reporting and streamlining operations.," said Jacques Tortoroli, Chief Executive Officer of Charlotte's Web. "The actions taken in 2022, including rightsizing our costs, and successfully completing a $57 million financing, have strengthened the foundation for our new partnerships and growth initiatives. We are confident in Jessica's ability to continue driving the business forward."
During her time with Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ms. Saxton has supported the Company's strategy, performance management, treasury, and financial planning. Earlier in her career she supported M&A and other strategic initiatives for publicly listed global companies.
Ms. Saxton also brings small company experience, most recently as Chief Financial Officer for EverGrain Ingredients, which aims to revolutionize sustainable ingredients including non-GMO natural plant compounds. This experience, along with building high performing finance teams and leveraging technology to drive process efficiencies and insights, is well-suited for Charlotte's Web mission-driven culture joining our Leadership Team as we move forward with our strategic priorities.
Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc., a Certified B Corporation headquartered in Denver, is the market leader in innovative hemp extract wellness products under a family of brands that includes Charlotte's Web™, CBD Medic™, and CBD Clinic™. Charlotte's Web whole-plant CBD extracts come in full-spectrum and broad-spectrum (THC-free) options, including the world's only broad-spectrum CBD certified NSF for Sport®, which is the official CBD of Major League Baseball©. Founded by the seven Stanley Brothers, ignited the CBD industry when they came to global prominence with the coverage of a young girl's astounding reaction to their hemp extract. Their advocacy changed laws, public perception, and research around the vast health potential of plant-based solutions. The Stanleys built their business with the mission to bring safe, botanical options to health seekers worldwide. Charlotte's Web branded premium quality products start with proprietary hemp genetics that are American farm-grown using organic and regenerative cultivation practices. The Company's hemp extracts have naturally occurring botanical compounds including cannabidiol ("CBD"), CBC, CBG, terpenes, flavonoids, and other beneficial compounds. The Company's CW Labs R&D division advances hemp science at a center of excellence in Louisville, Colorado. Charlotte's Web product categories include CBD oil tinctures (liquid products) CBD gummies (sleep, stress, exercise recovery), CBD capsules, CBD topical creams and lotions, as well as CBD pet products for dogs. Through its vertically integrated business model, Charlotte's Web maintains stringent control over product quality and consistency with 20+ product lot testing for quality assurance. Charlotte's Web products are distributed to more than 15,000 retailer locations, over 8,000 health care practitioners, and online through the Company's website at www.charlottesweb.com.
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HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, [December 9th, 2022], Zhejiang Doer Biologics Co., Ltd. ("Doer Bio"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative biotherapeutics for metabolic diseases and cancers, today announced that it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA), to investigate Doer Bio's anti-Claudin18.2 antibody DR30303, in combination with MSD's anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), in patients with Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer.
Under this agreement, Doer Bio will conduct a clinical study based on a mutually- agreed and finalized protocol, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of DR30303 in combination with KEYTRUDA® in patients with Claudin18.2-positive, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GC/GEJ) cancer.
"DR30303 is a humanized anti-Claudin18.2 heavy chain antibody Fc fusion protein (VHH-Fc) generated via Doer Bio's proprietary SMART-VHHBody platform. We believe DR30303 exhibits strong and highly selective binding to Claudin18.2, enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity, and low immunogenicity risk. Its smaller size may allow DR30303 to penetrate solid tumors faster and deeper. We believe that DR30303 is a potential best-in-class anti-Claudin18.2 antibody." said Yanshan Huang, Ph.D., founder and Chief Executive Officer of Doer Bio. "DR30303 has shown favorable safety profile in ongoing trials as monotherapy and displayed encouraging anti-tumor signals in patients with Claudin18.2-positive solid tumor. We are excited to test DR30303 in combination with KEYTRUDA® for the treatment of Claudin18.2-positive GC/GEJ cancer." commented Yongliang Fang, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer of Doer Bio.
KEYTRUDA® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.
About DR30303
DR30303 is a humanized anti-Claudin18.2 heavy chain antibody Fc fusion protein (VHH-Fc) generated via Doer Biologics' proprietary SMART-VHHBody platform. Claudin 18.2 is an attractive target for cancer treatment due to its tumor specificity and aberrant overexpression in gastric cancer and pancreatic adenocarcinomas. DR30303 exhibits strong and highly selective binding to Claudin18.2, enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity as a result of Fc engineering, and low immunogenicity risk validated via in-silico T-cell epitope predictor. It demonstrated promising anti-tumor activity, both alone and in combination with chemotherapies and PD-1 checkpoint blockade, in a variety of murine tumor models, and favorable pharmacokinetic properties in preclinical studies.
About Doer Bio
Zhejiang Doer Biologics Co., Ltd. ("Doer Bio") is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery and development of multi-domain based multi-specific biotherapeutics to address unmet medical need in the field of metabolic diseases and cancers.
Doer Bio has developed multiple proprietary platform technologies, including xLONGylation®, MultiBody®, AccuBody®, and SMART-VHHBody. For more information about Doer Bio, please visit www.doerbio.com.
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Oxford community leader Mary Lexa died May 21, 2022, after a sudden illness. One of the achievements she was most proud of was the establishment of the Baptist Cancer Center in Oxford. Mary and her late husband, Jerry, attended every meeting of Mississippi's State Board of Health for more than a year to convince the board of the need for a cancer diagnostic and treatment center. They distributed a questionnaire to the church community— African American and white churches—and civic clubs asking such questions as if you have cancer, how far are you traveling to treatment, is it a financial burden or transportation challenge, and do you know anyone unable to receive treatment because of these challenges? At the time, the closest treatment centers were in Memphis, Tupelo, and Grenada. At the last meeting they attended, representatives from Tupelo and Grenada voiced their opposition. One facility told the board of health they opposed Oxford getting a center because it would take revenue away. The other facility said they never voiced opposition to the Lexas' petition because they never thought two private citizens would get so far along in the hearing process. The board unanimously voted to approve the certificate of need. The Baptist Cancer Center opened in 2002. In the past 20 years, the facility has been expanded twice, and it currently serves more than 1,100 patients a month from more than 17 neighboring counties. In a cruel twist, Mary died seven days after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was 84. Born in Milwaukee, WI, where her husband was also from, she and the family moved to Oxford in 1968 upon Jerry's return from serving in the Vietnam War. He spent the last years of his decorated Marine Corps career at the NROTC unit at the University of Mississippi. When Jerry drove Mary around town the first time, he said, "Well, that's it." She asked, "That's what?" When he told her that was the whole town, she informed him they would stay three years until his retirement and then they were moving. They did, indeed, move—just not the way she envisioned that day. They both were movers in the community. Mary was heavily involved with an ecumenical women's group from St. John's Catholic Church, Oxford-University United Methodist, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, and First Presbyterian to create a food bank and clothes closet for the needy in the late 1960s. First a volunteer at Oxford Elementary, she served as secretary for 25 years. While some joked that she ran the school, she also established an emergency clothes closet for kids at the school and did not hesitate to call friends for help buying winter coats and shoes for needy elementary students. In 2001, Mary was named Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce, and separately Jerry also named a Citizen of the Year, making them the first couple to be so honored. She was a volunteer at the Veterans' Home in Oxford and for many years coordinated the American Legion Auxillary's yearly poppy sale. Mary was also a member of Reach to Recovery and served as secretary of The Pantry. For the last 17 years, she was the "bingo lady," calling bingo three times a week at Azalea Gardens/Elmcroft/Elison Assisted Living Center of Oxford. Following her husband's death in 2010, she assembled her own staff of four-star generals—each having their specific responsibilities—including Priscilla and Ed Koen, everything; Peggy and Bernie Smith, outdoor Christmas decorations and the seasonal changing of all the curtains in the house; Rev. Gene Bramlett, curtain duty and computer assistance while he lived in Oxford; Joe Skinner, anything related to her phone and television; Clark Hunt, spray painter extraordinaire of patio furniture; and Camille Garrett, Amy Knox, and Matthew Knox at Bette's Flowers, who kept her geese bedecked in seasonal ribbons. David and Susan Shaw of Sneed's, now Shaw's Hardware, and their staff installed new batteries in every flashlight and device she brought in. She is survived by daughter, Lauren Lexa of Franklin, Tn; niece Julie Stich, New Berlin, WI; niece Jan (Art) Frank, Las Vegas; niece Mary Beth (Tommy) Denzer, Kansas City, MO; nephew Dick Berger, Kansas City, MO; and niece Charlene Callicoat of Texas. She is also survived by cousins Connie Lane Newman, Chevy Chase, MD; Patrick (Pam) Lane of Australia; Page Sanger, Marietta, GA; Bob (Jolanta) Drake, West Bend, WI; Tom (Judy) Sanger, Chicago; and a host of great nieces and great nephews. Additionally she is survived by a son, Scott Lexa. Mary counted as family the staff at the Baptist Cancer Center, especially Dr. John Cantrell, and Fr. Joe Tonas of St. Richard's Catholic Church (longtime priest at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church). She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 50 years; her siblings Richard Berger, Tom (Betty) Berger; Dolores (Ralph) Stich, and Robert Berger; nieces Victoria Stich and Cheri (John) McEniry; nephew Dr. Thomas J. Berger; and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Berger. At a future date, a memorial mass will be said by Fr. Mark Shoffner at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Oxford, MS. Memorial contributions may be made to Baptist Cancer Center, ATTN: Daniel Lenard, Director, 504 Azalea Drive, Oxford, MS 38655. Please specify the gift be made to the Mary and Gerald Lexa Memorial. Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets fell again Monday as investors wrestled with fears the Federal Reserve and European central banks might be willing to cause a recession to crush inflation.
Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney declined. Oil prices rose by almost $1 per barrel but benchmark U.S. crude stayed below $80.
Wall Street fell Friday after the Fed raised its forecast of how long interest rates have to stay elevated to cool inflation that is near a four-decade high. The European Central Bank warned more rate hikes are coming.
That “hawkish rhetoric” indicates “mounting pipeline risks of a global recession,” said Tan Boon Heng of Mizuho Bank in a report.
The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.3% to 3,127.78 despite China’s ruling Communist Party announcing Friday that it will try to reverse an economic slump by stimulating domestic consumption and the real estate market.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo sank 1.1% to 27,218.28 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 0.7% to 19,316.58.
The Kospi in Seoul retreated 0.4% to 2,350.27 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 was 0.2% lower at 7,137.00. Singapore advanced while New Zealand and other Southeast Asian markets declined.
Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index turned in its second weekly decline after losing 1.1% to 3,852.36 on Friday for its third daily drop. It is down about 19% so far this year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8% to 32,920.46. The Nasdaq composite lost 1% to 10,705.41.
More than 80% of stocks in the benchmark S&P 500 fell. Technology and health care stocks were among the biggest weights on the market. Microsoft fell 1.7% and Pfizer slid 4.1%.
U.S. inflation has eased to 7.1% over a year earlier in November from June’s 9.1% high but still is painfully high.
The Fed on Wednesday raised its benchmark short-term lending rate by one-half percentage point for its seventh hike this year. That dashed hopes the U.S. central bank might ease off increases due to signs inflation and economic activity are cooling.
The federal funds rate stands at a 15-year high of 4.25% to 4.5%. The Fed forecast that will reach a range of 5% to 5.25% by the end of 2023. Its forecast doesn’t call for a rate cut before 2024.
In energy markets, U.S. benchmark crude rose 94 cents to $75.23 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.82 on Friday to $74.29. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, gained $1.01 to $80.05 per barrel in London. It lost $2.17 the previous session to $79.04.
The dollar declined to 136.25 yen from Friday’s 136.56 yen. The euro gained to $1.0609 from $1.0600. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/business/ap-asian-stock-markets-sink-under-global-recession-fears/ | 2022-12-19 22:13:37 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/business/ap-asian-stock-markets-sink-under-global-recession-fears/ |
Watch out for Jordan Davis.
Nick Shook of NFL.com put together a list of his 2023 NFL All-Under-25 Team, which includes many expected names. And Eagles defensive lineman Davis appears on the list of young stars.
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Here’s how Shook backs up his pick:
“He didn’t register a sack as a rookie, so you might not agree with this pick. That’s fine; I believe it will end up proving prescient. Davis was playing an important but understated role for the Eagles last season, occupying blockers and stuffing run lanes. Look no further than Philadelphia’s decision to hit the free-agent wire and sign not one but two veteran defensive tackles to fill the void when the rookie missed time with an ankle injury in the middle of last season. Davis will soon be a household name; I’ll take the hat tips then.”
Last season, Davis finished with 18 combined tackles and a tackle for loss in. He was the 13th overall selection in the 2022 Draft and suffered an ankle injury in Week 8 last season, causing him to miss a month.
The 23-year-old is set to fill a bigger role with Javon Hargrave, Linval Joseph and Ndamukong Suh gone.
“I definitely know what’s expected of me,” Davis said earlier this month via Josh Tolentino of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “And I’m ready to meet those expectations ... I understand that you’re asking a lot more of me and that’s OK, that’s what I’m here for. I’m lucky that I had that experience behind those guys to see what it took. But just try to take those lessons that they gave me and not let it go to waste.”
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On his list, Shook also includes Jets running back Breece Hall, guard Alijah Vera-Tucker and cornerback Sauce Gardner, and Giants offensive tackle Andrew Thomas.
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Bridget Hyland may be reached at bhyland@njadvancemedia.com. | https://www.nj.com/sports/2023/06/nfl-analyst-this-eagles-player-will-soon-be-a-household-name.html | 2023-06-30 13:29:11 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/sports/2023/06/nfl-analyst-this-eagles-player-will-soon-be-a-household-name.html |
The family of a man who hung himself in Clackamas County Jail in 2021 filed a lawsuit last month accusing the county and its medical contractor of negligence.
Jermelle Madison Jr., 23, suffering from schizophrenia, was not put on suicide watch despite telling the police officer who had transported him to jail that he was going to kill himself, according to the legal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Portland. His death led to protests in the streets and a subsequent threat of legal action first reported by KOIN-TV early last year.
In the last two years, Madison’s lawyers have obtained additional documentation from the county detailing the final days of his life. Shortly after being booked in jail on June 20, 2021, Madison’s grandmother called the jail twice to request he be placed on suicide watch. He was not, according to the legal complaint. Officers noted that Madison was “prone to outbursts both verbal and physical” and he was placed in disciplinary segregation, the lawsuit alleges.
A week later, he returned from a court date and demanded a nurse but was ignored, according to the complaint. A half hour later, Madison was found hanging from his bunk and transported to the hospital on life support.
“Mr. Madison’s records show that neither a treatment plan was developed nor was proper documentation kept indicating that he exhibited signs and symptoms of suicidal ideation, despite apparent prior knowledge of this,” the complaint alleges.
The lawsuit makes similar allegations to a $20 million lawsuit filed in May on behalf of the estate of Rhonda Burke, who committed suicide in the same jail a month prior.
Related: Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Following Suicide in Clackamas County Jail
This latest case does not specify damages. “They want answers,” says one of the family’s lawyers, Juan C. Chavez. “And, secondly, fair compensation.”
Chavez says the county needs to drop its for-profit healthcare contractor, Alabama-based NaphCare, which is named in both of the recent lawsuits. Naphcare is contracted by both Clackamas and Washington counties. “These private jail and prison healthcare companies are nickle-and-diming taxpayers— and killing people,” says Chavez. | https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2023/07/13/clackamas-county-faces-another-lawsuit-over-inmate-suicide/ | 2023-07-13 21:02:06 | 0 | https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2023/07/13/clackamas-county-faces-another-lawsuit-over-inmate-suicide/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Victims who receive unsolicited sexually graphic material by text, email, app or other electronic means could sue the sender under a bill that California lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.
The bill targets what's known as “cyber flashing,” where victims receive such unwelcome surprises often from strangers.
“Just as individuals suffer sexual harassment and abuse in their physical, non-digital lives, there’s a growing incidence of individuals being harassed by receiving unsolicited, sexually explicit images and videos including from people they do not know,” said Democratic Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry when the Assembly approved the bill.
The Assembly passed the measure 76-0 on Thursday and the Senate sent the bill to Newsom on a 37-0 roll call Monday. There was no recorded opposition.
The most common recipients are young women, Aguiar-Curry said. The Pew Research Center in a report last year on online harassment found that 33% of women under 35 had been sexually harassed online, three times as often as men.
In a 2017 report, the center said more than half of women age 18-29 had been sent unsolicited explicit images, as had 37% of men in the same age range.
The unsolicited material came in as well by various online dating apps and social media platforms, said Democratic Sen. Connie Leyva, who sought the measure. Sometimes the images were even transferred to devices via Apple’s AirDrop in public areas to unsuspecting recipients, Leyva said.
The bill would allow recipients to recover at least $1,500 and as much as $30,000 from senders of obscene material who are older than age 18, as well as punitive damages and attorney’s fees. They could also seek court orders blocking such behavior in the future.
Supporters dropped an earlier version that would have made cyber flashing a crime punishable by a $750 fine for repeat offenders, after public defenders objected.
A Republican lawmaker who experienced cyber flashing herself initially sought a ban in 2019 at the behest of the dating app Bumble. The move then came after Texas made such acts misdemeanors.
The cyber flashing bill is the latest in the California Legislature's attempts to deter related harassment in an electronic age.
It outlawed “revenge porn” in 2013, making it a misdemeanor to publicly distribute what were intended to be private intimate photos. And it allowed lawsuits against those distributing “deepfakes," or false depictions, in 2019. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/California-lawmakers-allow-lawsuits-against-17390922.php | 2022-08-23 02:32:54 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/California-lawmakers-allow-lawsuits-against-17390922.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday approved the first long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year.
RSV is a cold-like nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening in the very young and the elderly.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the injection for infants and children up to 2 years old who face increased risk of severe RSV.
“Today’s approval addresses the great need for products to help reduce the impact of RSV disease on children, families and the health care system” said FDA’s Dr. John Farley in a statement.
Last year, a surge in RSV cases flooded U.S. hospitals with wheezing children. There are no vaccines for babies yet, though Pfizer and other companies are working on them.
AstraZeneca’s drug, to be sold under the brand name Beyfortus, is a laboratory-made version of an antibody that helps the immune system fight off RSV. Under the FDA approval, babies — including preterm infants — can receive a single injection to protect against their first season of RSV, which typically lasts about five months. Children up to age 2 can receive another dose to protect them during their second season facing the virus.
Beyfortus, which will be marketed in the U.S. by Sanofi, is already approved in Canada, Europe and the U.K. Sanofi did not immediately announce the U.S. price of the treatment.
FDA officials approved the drug based on three studies showing Beyfortus reduced the risk of RSV infection between 70% and 75% among infants and children 2 and younger.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet early next month to recommend exactly who should get the drug.
A similar antibody drug won FDA approval more than 20 years ago, but it’s only recommended for high-risk babies and requires monthly injections. Pediatricians say the drug is underutilized and they expect the longer-lasting effect of AstraZeneca’s shot to improve uptake.
In the U.S., about 58,000 children younger than 5 are hospitalized for RSV each year and several hundred die.
After decades of setbacks for RSV research, drugmakers have made big strides this year, launching the first vaccines against the virus. In May, the FDA approved two RSV vaccines for older adults from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. In August, the FDA is expected to make a decision on approving Pfizer’s vaccine for pregnant women, with the aim of passing along protection to their newborns. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/fda-approves-new-drug-to-protect-babies-toddlers-from-rsv/ | 2023-07-17 18:16:37 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/fda-approves-new-drug-to-protect-babies-toddlers-from-rsv/ |
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