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I believe our elections are free and safe. Somehow we have gotten stuck in a ditch of lies that it is not. These lies are breaking down our social structure and taking up precious time and energy on a problem that does not exist. The 2020 election has been studied even by the election deniers. No fraud was found. It is time to quit chasing windmills and admit that we do have a system of free and safe elections.
In order to have free and safe elections, we must continue to vote and have confidence in our election system. We must increase voter participation and be informed voters. It is up to our political parties to tell us the truth and not dwell on lies of a stolen election. In particular, the Republicans representing their party must admit that Biden was and is the duly elected president in 2020, which is well documented. Without this, the lie self-perpetuates and clouds all elections. We have always had winners and losers throughout the history of elections in this country. Al Gore had more votes that George Bush, but the election in Florida resulted in the Supreme Court just declaring Bush the winner. We moved on then and accepted the result. Why can’t we do that now?
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Carol Christianson, Bismarck | https://bismarcktribune.com/opinion/letters/letter-dwelling-on-lies-clouds-all-elections/article_c64bb72a-4d75-11ed-89f8-e3cbd0f09efb.html | 2022-10-17 07:36:45 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/opinion/letters/letter-dwelling-on-lies-clouds-all-elections/article_c64bb72a-4d75-11ed-89f8-e3cbd0f09efb.html |
New Jersey native Gaten Matarazzo is taking on the Big Apple in a big way. The “Stranger Things” star recently moved to New York City and is set to return to Broadway in “Dear Evan Hansen.”
This is not Matarazzo’s first time on Broadway. As a child, he performed in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and “Les Miserables.” He will step into the role of “Jared Kleinman” in the award-winning musical on July 19.
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JOSHIMATH, India (AP) — Inside a shrine overlooking snow-capped mountains, Hindu priests heaped spoonfuls of puffed rice and ghee into a crackling fire. They closed their eyes and chanted in Sanskrit, hoping their prayers would somehow turn back time and save their holy — and sinking — town.
For months, the roughly 20,000 residents in Joshimath, burrowed in the Himalayas and revered by Hindu and Sikh pilgrims, have watched the earth slowly swallow their community. They pleaded for help that never arrived, and in January their desperate plight made it into the international spotlight.
But by then, Joshimath was already a disaster zone. Multistoried hotels slumped to one side; cracked roads gaped open. More than 860 homes were uninhabitable, splayed by deep fissures that snaked through ceilings, floors and walls. And instead of saviors they got bulldozers that razed whole lopsided swaths of the town.
The holy town was built on piles of debris left behind by years of landslides and earthquakes. Scientists have warned for decades, including in a 1976 report, that Joshimath could not withstand the level of heavy construction that has recently been taking place.
“Cracks are widening every day and people are in fear. We have been saying for years this is not just a disaster, but a disaster in the making… it’s a time bomb,” said Atul Sati, an activist with the Save Joshimath Committee.
Joshimath’s future is at risk, experts and activists say, due in part to a push backed by the prime minister’s political party to grow religious tourism in Uttarakhand, the holy town’s home state. On top of climate change, extensive new construction to accommodate more tourists and accelerate hydropower projects in the region is exacerbating subsidence — the sinking of land.
Located 1,890 meters (6,200 feet) above sea level, Joshimath is said to have special spiritual powers and believed to be where Hindu guru Adi Shankaracharya found enlightenment in the 8th century before going on to establish four monasteries across India, including one in Joshimath.
Visitors pass through the town on their way to the famous Sikh shrine, Hemkund Sahib, and the Hindu temple, Badrinath.
“It must be protected,” said Brahmachari Mukundanand, a local priest who called Joshimath the “brain of North India” and explained that “Our body can still function if some limbs are cut off. But if anything happens to our brain, we can’t function. … Its survival is extremely important.”
The town’s loose topsoil and soft rocks can only support so much and that limit, according to environmentalist Vimlendu Jha, may have already been breached.
“You can’t just construct anything anywhere just because it is allowed,” he said. “In the short term, you might think it’s development. But in the long term, it is actually devastation.”
At least 240 families have been forced to relocate without knowing if they would be able to return.
Prabha Sati, who fled Joshimath in a panic last month when her home began to crack and tilt, came back to grab the television, idols of Hindu gods and some shoes before state officials demolished her home.
“We built this house with so much difficulty. Now I will have to leave everything behind. Every small piece of it will be destroyed,” she said, blinking back tears.
Authorities, ignoring expert warnings, have continued to move forward with costly projects in the region, including a slew of hydropower stations and a lengthy highway. The latter is aimed at further boosting religious tourism, a key plank of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
In 2021, Modi promised a prosperous decade ahead for Uttarakhand. It is dotted with several holy shrines and improving the state’s infrastructure has already led to a steady rise in pilgrims over the decades. Nearly 500,000 passed through Joshimath in 2019, state data shows.
“In the next 10 years, the state will receive more tourists than it did in the last 100 years,” Modi said.
A big Uttarakhand tourism draw is the Char Dham pilgrimage, one of the toughest in India.
The route takes people to four, high-altitude Hindu temples. Pilgrims traverse challenging terrain, dropping oxygen levels and harsh weather between Badrinath, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Yamunotri temples. In 2022, over 200 out of the 250,000 pilgrims died while making the journey. Authorities said the rise in visitors was straining existing infrastructure.
Already underway, the Char Dham infrastructure project, aims to make the journey more accessible via a 10-meter (32-foot) wide and 889-kilometer (552 miles) long all-weather highway as well as a 327-kilometer (203-mile) railway line that would crisscross through the mountains.
It is a controversial project with some experts saying it will exacerbate the fragile situation in the upper Himalayas where several towns are built atop landslide debris.
Veteran environmentalist Ravi Chopra called the project a desecration when he resigned from a court-ordered committee studying its impact. To create such wide roads, engineers would need to smash boulders, cut trees and strip shrubbery, which he said will weaken slopes and make them “more susceptible to natural disasters.”
Urban planning expert Kiran Shinde suggested a pedestrian corridor instead, noting these places were never meant for cars nor crowds numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
“The highway is the most disastrous thing to happen to the Char Dham,” said Shinde, a professor at Australia’s La Trobe University who has written on religious tourism. “Let people walk.”
Cracks continue to form. Located near a rail line construction site, Sangeeta Krishali’s home in Lachmoli, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Joshimath, has them. She fears for her safety: “It happened there, it can happen here, too.”
In Joshimath’s foothills, construction was paused on a road for the Char Dham project that would ferry tourists faster to the Badrinath temple after cracks emerged in people’s homes.
Locals feared it was too late. A long, jagged crack running across one of the front walls in the famed Adi Shankaracharya monastery had deepened worryingly in recent weeks, said Vishnu Priyanand, one of the priests.
“Let places of worship remain as places of worship. Don’t make them tourist spots,” he pleaded.
It’s not just the highways. For the past 17 years, Atul Sati, the Save Joshimath Committee member, has been convinced that a hydropower station located near his town could one day ruin it. He isn’t alone. In late January, hundreds of residents protested against the National Thermal Power Corporation’s Tapovan project. Posters reading ‘Go back NTPC’ are plastered across the town’s main market.
“Our town is on the verge of destruction because of this project,” Sati said.
Locals say construction blasts for a 12-kilometer (7-mile) tunnel for the station are causing their homes to crumble. Work has been suspended but NTPC officials deny any link to Joshimath’s subsidence. An expert committee is still investigating the cause, but state officials earlier blamed faulty drainage systems.
The state government announced interim relief packages, including compensation worth 150,000 rupees ($1,813) to each affected family, said Himanshu Khurana, the officer in charge of Chamoli district where Joshimath is located. Various government agencies were conducting surveys to determine what caused the damage, he added.
The crisis in Joshimath has reignited questions over whether India’s quest for more hydropower in the mountains to cut its reliance on coal can be achieved sustainably. Uttarakhand, home to more than 30 rivers and surrounded by melting glaciers, has around 100 hydropower projects in varying stages.
In 2021, 200 people died after the Tapovan plant near Joshimath was submerged by severe floods caused in part by fast shrinking glaciers, and over 6,000 were killed in the state after a devastating cloudburst in 2013.
The heavy construction required for hydropower, like blasting boulders, diverting river flows and cutting through forests, in a region already vulnerable to climate change, could do irreparable damage, experts warn.
It could also displace entire villages, as residents of a hamlet near Joshimath found out.
Haat, a village along the Alaknanda River, was once a sacred hamlet that traced its origins to the guru Adi Shankaracharya, who is said to have established another temple here in the 8th Century.
Today, it is a dumping site for waste and a storage pit for construction materials after the village was acquired in 2009 by an energy enterprise to build a hydropower project.
The Laxmi Narayan temple, encircled by grey stacks of cement, is the only part of the village still standing. All of its residents left over the years as authorities began razing down their homes, said Rajendra Hatwal, once the village chief who now lives in another town nearby.
The project, he fumed, had killed Haat.
“What sort of development requires destroying these priceless places? We don’t want any part of it.”
A court last year directed authorities to stop dumping waste near the historic temple, which was once the last rest stop for devotees on their pilgrimage to Badrinath.
Hatwal and a few others still check in on the temple often. A caretaker, who refused to leave, lives in a makeshift room next to it. He sweeps the grounds, cleans the idols and prepares tea for the odd guest who comes through.
They feared its days, like their homes, were also numbered.
“We are fighting to protect the temple. We want to preserve our ancient culture to pass on to a new generation,” said Hatwal. “They have not only destroyed a village – they have finished a 1,200 year old culture.”
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AP photojournalist Rajesh Kumar Singh contributed to this report.
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Senate launches late night votes to stave off US default, wrap up Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rushing to prevent a U.S. debt default, the Senate pressed ahead Thursday night to give final passage to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a late night floor schedule with nearly a dozen amendments up for debate to the package that Biden negotiated with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, though none was expected to be approved or change the overall deal.
“Let’s finish the job,” Schumer implored his colleagues.
Passage in the Senate will require cooperation between Democrats and Republicans, much the way the narrowly divided House was able to approve the compromise late Wednesday night. Fast action is vital if Washington is to meet next Monday’s deadline when Treasury has said the U.S. will start running short of cash to pay its bills, risking a devastating default.
Having remained largely on the sidelines during much of the Biden-McCarthy negotiations, several senators were insisting on debate over their ideas to reshape the package. Conservative Republican senators proposed amendments including to further cut spending, while a Democrat sought to remove a controversial natural gas pipeline from the package.
Defense hawks complained that military spending, though boosted in the deal, was not increased enough — particularly as they eye supplemental spending that will be needed this summer to support Ukraine in the war against Russia.
“We need safety and security,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. “To my House colleagues, I can’t believe you did this.”
But making any changes at this stage seemed unlikely, and even opponents of the final deal said they would not hold it up.
Like Schumer, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell signaled he wanted to waste no time.
Touting the House package with its budget cuts, McConnell said Thursday, “The Senate has a chance to make that important progress a reality.”
The hard-fought compromise pleased few in its entirety, but lawmakers assessed it was better than the alternative — economic upheaval at home and abroad if Congress failed to act. Tensions had run high in the House as hard-right Republicans refused the deal, but Biden and McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition, with Democrats ensuring passage on a robust 314-117 vote.
“We did pretty dang good,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said afterward.
As for discontent from Republicans who said the spending restrictions did not go far enough, McCarthy said it was only a “first step.”
Biden, watching the tally from Colorado Springs where he delivered the commencement address Thursday at the U.S. Air Force Academy, phoned McCarthy and the other congressional leaders after the vote. In a statement, he called the outcome “good news for the American people and the American economy.”
The White House immediately turned its attention to the Senate, its top staff phoning individual senators.
Overall, the 99-page bill restricts spending for the next two years, suspends the debt ceiling into January 2025 and changes some policies, including imposing new work requirements for older Americans receiving food aid and greenlighting an Appalachian natural gas line that many Democrats oppose.
It bolsters funds for defense and veterans, cuts back new money for Internal Revenue Service agents and rejects Biden’s call to roll back Trump-era tax breaks on corporations and the wealthy to help cover the nation’s deficits.
Raising the nation’s debt limit, now $31.4 trillion, would ensure Treasury could borrow to pay already incurred U.S. debts.
For weeks negotiators labored late into the night to strike the deal with the White House, and for days McCarthy had worked to build support among skeptics.
The speaker faced a tough crowd, as conservatives from the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, cheered on by outside groups, lambasted the compromise as falling well short of the needed spending cuts. Ominously, the conservatives warned of possibly trying to oust McCarthy over the issue.
One influential Republican, former President Donald Trump, held his fire: “It is what it is,” he said of the deal in an interview with Iowa radio host Simon Conway.
Democrats also had complaints, decrying the new work requirements for older Americans, those 50-54, in the food aid program, the changes to the landmark National Environmental Policy Act and approval of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline natural gas project they argue is unhelpful in fighting climate change.
The energy pipeline is important to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and he defended the development running through his state, saying the country cannot run without the power of gas, coal, wind and all available energy sources.
But, offering an amendment to strip the pipeline from the package, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said it would not be fair for Congress to step into a controversial project that he said would also course through his state and scoop up lands in Appalachia that have been in families for generations.
Facing Republican resistance overall to even allowing more borrowing to cover the nation’s debts, Democrats powered the House bill to passage late Wednesday. All told, 71 House Republicans broke with McCarthy rejecting the deal.
As the House tally faltered on an initial procedural vote, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries stood silently and raised his green voting card, signaling that the Democrats would fill in the gap to ensure passage. In the 435-member chamber, where 218 votes were needed for approval..
“Once again, House Democrats to the rescue to avoid a dangerous default,” said Jeffries, D-N.Y. “What does that say about this extreme MAGA Republican majority?” he said about the party aligned with Trump’s ”Make America Great Again” political stance.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the spending restrictions in the package would reduce deficits by $1.5 trillion over the decade, a top goal for the Republicans trying to curb the debt load.
In a surprise that complicated Republicans’ support, however, the CBO said their drive to impose work requirements on older Americans receiving food stamps would end up boosting spending by $2.1 billion over the time period. That’s because the final deal exempts veterans and homeless people, expanding the food stamp rolls by 78,000 people monthly, the CBO said.
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AP White House Correspondent Zeke Miller, AP writers Mary Clare Jalonick, Seung Min Kim and Jill Colvin and video journalist Nathan Ellgren contributed to this report.
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Pizza Man has moved to a new East Side location, 2060 N. Humboldt Blvd., after a decade on Downer Avenue. Fans of the 53-year-old restaurant can still find the classics Pizza Man has been known for—a variety of thin crust pizzas, appetizers like the eggplant fries, and an extensive wine selection— along with exciting new options like Roman style pizza.
Pizza Man’s new home is the former site of Stubby’s Gastropub. Holli Behrens, general manager of Pizza Man, explains that Stubby’s had more of a bar vibe, with a pool table and large bar. “We brought a lot of the Pizza Man charm from the Downer Avenue location,” she says. Those touches include artistic chandeliers made from wine bottles, and the wood take-out stand, which was disassembled and brought to the new space.
The wooden booths were brought over from Downer Avenue, including the popular Booth 17, which is etched and scrawled with the names of people who had dined at Pizza Man over the years. The booth lives on in an intimate corner that’s ideal for a date night.
“This booth was under stairs on Downer,” says Behrens. “When word got out that the Downer location was closing and we planned to move, many people asked about this booth and wanted to buy it.”
The former Stubby’s space included an extensive 53-line tap system. Regional General Manger Jay Culp says they had originally planned to use all of the tap lines, but because they contain brass, it would have affected the flavor of the wines on tap. The system had to be modified, which Behrens notes slightly delayed opening. There are 36 lines in use, with 12 wines on tap, 16 craft beers, and four craft cocktails such as cherry-lime mojito or honey bourbon sour.
Approximately 50 different wines are available by the glass and/or bottle. Guests can also choose from canned or bottled domestic, import and craft beers, hard seltzers and non-alcoholic options.
The new location allows for a spacious patio, which seats 75 and offers serene views of the Milwaukee River. There are high-top and low-top tables, mounted TVs, a heater and a fireplace.
Traditional and New Pizza Concepts
Pizza Man has built a reputation over the years for creative pizza offerings that please both traditional and adventurous palates. The specialty pizzas feature thin cracker-style crust and include choices such as the Milwaukee ($18/$20/$24), with tomato sauce, Vinny’s Italian sausage, mushrooms and yellow onion.
The Bianca ($18/$20/$24), a customer favorite and one of the vegetarian options, has garlic cream sauce, cream cheese, American Grana Padano and arugula, with truffle oil that lends a pleasing slightly earthy taste.
In addition to the dozen-plus pizza varieties, there are built-you-own options, along with appetizers; salads like shaved Brussel sprouts with arugula and dried Door County cherries; and sandwiches such as the popular Chicken Parmesan.
Chef John Levine is enthusiastic to introduce the Roman style pizza, a rare treat not offered by many other pizza restaurants in Wisconsin. Roman style pizza features an airy, honeycomb crust akin to focaccia or ciabatta bread. The crust is crispy on top and fluffy in the middle. The dough requires a three-day fermentation process.
Levine was inspired to craft Roman style pizza by researching cookbooks, along with local ingredients and flavors. Pizza Man’s Roman style pizza is available in Margherita, Fig and Prosciutto, and a rotating featured variety. It’s cut rectangularly and can be purchased by the slice, half-pan or whole-pan. A breakfast variety is coming soon.
Pizza Man was formed in 1970 by the late Mike Amidzich. The restaurant was a fixture on the corner of Oakland and North Avenues until 2010, when a fire destroyed the building the housed Pizza Man, two cafes, a nightclub and apartments on the second level. Pizza Man reopened on Downer Avenue in 2013 under the ownership of Zak and Sarah Baker. Pizza Man is currently operated by F Street Hospitality. There is a second Pizza Man Location at 11500 W. Burleigh St., Wauwatosa.
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(NEXSTAR) — Hospitals throughout the country have been reporting an uptick in children being hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus, commonly known as RSV. Amid a flu season expected to be serious and with COVID-19 still infecting thousands each week, some are warning that we could be entering a challenging few months.
“We have already seen above what we expect for October any given year in terms of RSV locally and around the country,” Diego Hijano, an infectious disease specialist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, told The Hill. Over the last week, nearly 7,000 RSV tests came back positive, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, well above the roughly 30 reported during the same time last year.
Dr. Julie Holland, vice president of Pediatric Primary Care for Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance tells Nexstar’s WGN there are concerns patients could get all three viruses at once.
So how can you tell these viruses apart?
First, it’s important to note the most serious symptom: difficulty breathing. If your child is struggling to breathe, regardless of why, seek immediate medical attention. Signs of this may include being able to see your child’s ribs while they are breathing, their lips becoming pale or blue, or the area below your child’s Adam’s apple collapsing.
Who is most at risk?
Anyone can get these viruses, but infants are among the most vulnerable, as are older adults and those with weakened immune systems.
In the case of RSV, a young child’s smaller airways make them more susceptible.
“Their airways are smaller, so inflammation and extra mucus make it harder for them to breathe,” Dr. Joe Childs with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital explained to Nexstar’s WATE. “Especially in the first few months of life, it can be very nasty.”
Their younger immune systems can also leave them more vulnerable to the flu. Holland says that when it comes to the flu and RSV, “the younger you are, the sicker you get.”
While young children can get COVID, many that do catch it have been found to have no symptoms, according to Harvard Medical School. If they do have symptoms, they tend to be milder. Children are, however, at risk of experiencing a severe complication known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, after being exposed to or having the virus that causes COVID. MIS-C can lead to problems with the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin eyes, or gastrointestinal organs, according to the CDC.
What are the symptoms?
All three viruses have similar symptoms among young children, Michael Meyer, medical director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for Children’s Wisconsin wrote in a Monday blog post.
“These include a stuffy or runny nose, a cough, headache, and a low fever,” Meyer writes. “Their appetite may also be lower, and for nursing babies that can mean less wet diapers.”
These symptoms are similar to those listed for COVID by the CDC and the flu by John Hopkins Medicine. The flu does include additional symptoms, such as high fever, body aches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Among younger children, RSV, an upper respiratory infection, can also cause wheezing and respiratory distress, Holland said. But she added that you can’t tell what virus someone is experiencing just by observing their symptoms. Instead, you’ll need a diagnosis from a medical professional.
How are the viruses diagnosed?
A COVID diagnosis requires a nasal swab test, either with a PCR test or an antigen test. Testing for RSV, though usually not necessary according to the American Lung Association, is commonly done using a mouth swab or blood test. If your doctor suspects your child has the flu, testing may include nasal or throat swabs.
How to keep your child safe
While telling the viruses apart can be difficult, protections for your child are the same for all of them.
Meyer encourages washing your hands often and ensuring anyone coming in contact with your child has washed their hands. If your child or anyone else in your home isn’t feeling well, they should remain at home. Those who aren’t feeling well also shouldn’t visit your home. He further recommends keeping surfaces clean since viruses can live on hard surfaces.
There is no vaccine for RSV, but vaccines are available for COVID and the flu.
The flu vaccine is recommended for most children that are 6 months and older, according to John Hopkins.
Two COVID vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna — have been approved for children as young as 6 months old. A third vaccine, Novavax, has been approved for children as young as 12 years old.
During RSV season, an injection of an antibody-based medicine is sometimes prescribed to protect premature infants and other very vulnerable babies. Infants of mothers who had RSV while pregnant may have some immunity as well.
Regardless of whether your child has RSV, the flu, or COVID, if you’re worried your child is having a severe breathing problem, “do not hesitate” to go to an emergency department or call 911, said Dr. Russell Migita of Seattle Children’s Hospital.
For less severe medical problems, Migita said, call your regular health care provider for advice, use telehealth or go to urgent care.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris awarded former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor Tuesday for their bravery in NASA's SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space Station in 2020. Hurley and Behnken are the first recipients of the honor since 2006 and accepted the awards during a televised event in Washington.
"Bob and Doug, together, have written the first page of a new chapter in the history of American spaceflight," said Harris, who chairs the National Space Council. "Bob and Doug represent the best of our nation – there's no question about it. The courage; the commitment; the brilliance; the vision; the ability to see and understand what is possible and then to go for it, represents the best of who we are as a nation."
The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by Congress in 1969 to recognize an astronaut who in the performance of duties has distinguished himself or herself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the nation and humanity. The honor now has been awarded to 30 people, including the crews of the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia disasters who received the award posthumously.
"The American story is about innovation, exploration, and pioneers who forge ahead. And Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken represent the American story," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "When Doug and Bob launched into history, a new era of human spaceflight took flight. The Demo-2 mission showcased American leadership and technological ingenuity and inspired countless minds to dare to dream to fly among the stars. Congratulations to Doug and Bob on this well-deserved honor!"
On May 30, 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off to the space station, marking the first mission to launch with astronauts as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Demo-2, a mission more than a decade in the making, was the first time American astronauts had launched from American soil on an American rocket since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.
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The United States Supreme Court announced a series of decisions in June, with rulings on abortion, guns, and civil rights all attracting widespread attention.
Some users on social media have pointed to other decisions made by the court that have not attracted the same level of attention, but which may nonetheless have significant implications.
One viral post on TikTok claimed one such decision was a ruling to overturn the Clean Water Act, a law passed in 1972 that gave the government the authority to protect rivers and other water sources from pollution.
“I'm literally losing sleep over the fact that the Supreme Court overturned our Clean Water Act, and there's no one really talking about it,” the woman said in the video, which has been viewed more than a hundred thousand times. “And they did it in a closed docket.”
THE QUESTION
Did the Supreme Court overturn the Clean Water Act?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, the Supreme Court did not overturn the Clean Water Act.
WHAT WE FOUND
While the Supreme Court did issue a ruling on a case involving the Clean Water Act this year, the law itself was not being challenged in that case. Instead, how that law is enforced was at question; the court temporarily limited states’ power to use the act to reject certain projects. That means overturning the Clean Water Act was never on the table.
The debate centered around federal rulemaking, the process that decides how laws actually get enforced by regulatory agencies. The Supreme Court weighed in via their emergency docket, a process by which justices can make temporary rulings without oral argument or publishing written opinions. To understand exactly what their ruling actually does, we need to first understand both how rulemaking and the emergency docket work.
FEDERAL RULEMAKING
After bills become law, those laws need to be enforced. Usually that’s done by federal agencies (in the case of the Clean Water Act, the EPA), which draft, take public comment on, and then release a set of rules and regulations.
Because these rules are made by agencies of the executive branch, presidents can order agencies to change how they enforce laws. That makes enforcement susceptible to the political whims of new administrations, to a point. Rules need to stay within the confines of the law they were created to enforce, and changes can only be made with good reason. If agencies stray from these principles, rule changes can be blocked by Congress or courts.
EMERGENCY DOCKET
Ordinary Supreme Court cases – the ones that receive the most public attention – go through a specific process. Lower courts issue rulings on cases, those rulings are appealed, and eventually the Supreme Court may agree to hear the case. The justices receive written briefs, hear oral arguments, and then months later issue decisions and their written opinions.
But sometimes lower courts issue rulings with significant and immediate impacts, and a majority of justices agree to delay those rulings from taking effect until after they’ve had time to review the case. To do that, rather than let the lower court ruling remain in effect during the often-lengthy appeals process, the Supreme Court may decide to issue a stay. This temporarily prevents the ruling from taking effect.
Then, the appeals court can hear the case. After the appeals court rules, the Supreme Court can decide to take up the case in full, hear oral arguments, and issue a final ruling on the matter. Or, the justices could decide not to take it up, in which case the appeals court ruling is final and takes immediate effect.
When justices intervene temporarily like this, the cases are considered part of the “emergency docket.” Since these interventions don’t come with public hearings or even explanations from the justices for their decisions, this is also sometimes referred to as the “shadow docket.”
An April 6 ruling on a case on the emergency docket – Louisiana v. American Rivers – dealt with enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
CLEAN WATER ACT
An important piece of the Clean Water Act is known as Section 401. That section requires that companies get approval from states or tribal governments before building any project that could affect water sources in the region.
When the law was passed in the 1970s, the EPA issued its set of rules for how to enforce that section. Those rules remained largely unchanged until the Trump administration.
For decades, the EPA interpreted Section 401 to give states broad authority to reject projects. Some companies felt that authority was too broad. Energy companies in particular felt some states were rejecting their projects not based on their potential to directly pollute rivers, but based on those projects’ more general impacts on climate change.
President Trump, viewing this interpretation as obstructive, signed an executive order directing the EPA to draft a new set of regulations that was friendlier to projects.
The new rule took effect in 2020, and it said states could only reject projects using Section 401 for reasons specifically to do with the potential of the project to discharge pollution into waters.
Environmental groups, alongside several states that had been using the Clean Water Act to block projects related to fossil fuels, sued to stop the rule change. They argued there was not a good reason for the administration to change decades of precedent.
A district court judge agreed. He issued an order vacating the rule change, giving states back their broader authority to reject projects.
Energy groups, alongside several other states, appealed. And that’s where the Supreme Court stepped in.
SCOTUS decided to take up the district court judge’s ruling on its emergency docket. And in a 5-4 decision, a majority of the justices sided with the energy groups and issued a stay on the lower court ruling. That means for now, the Trump administration rule – the one that’s more lax when it comes to approving projects and doesn’t allow states as much authority to reject them using the Clean Water Act – is back in effect.
As is typical with emergency docket rulings, the five conservative justices in the majority did not issue a written opinion. The three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts did issue a dissent, written by Justice Elena Kagan.
The dissent did not speak at length about the merits of the rule change, and instead focused on the merits of the decision by the court to take up the issue on the emergency docket to begin with.
Kagan argued the energy groups did not provide enough evidence that reinstating the more restrictive regulations constituted an emergency.
“That renders the court’s emergency docket not for emergencies at all,” she wrote. “The docket becomes only another place for merits determinations—except made without full briefing and argument.”
The Supreme Court may wind up having a full briefing and argument on the issue, depending on the outcome of the case in the appeals court. Until that’s decided, the more lax interpretation of the Clean Water Act will remain in effect. But regardless, the Clean Water Act itself was not in danger of being overturned, and the claims made in the TikTok are false.
FUTURE CHANGES
Even if the more lax Trump-era rule ultimately survives the court battle, it may wind up eventually being overruled anyway. The Biden EPA has long indicated it intends to issue a new rule, similar to the pre-Trump regulations, that gives states and tribes more authority to reject projects.
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~ Bollywood Meets Blockchain: Shemaroo is set to create new opportunities for industry & consumers ~
MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shemaroo, one of India's leading Media & Entertainment players with 60 years of enriching history has created another milestone by entering the Web 3.0 space in partnership with leading blockchain technology company Seracle, thus leading the Web 3.0 initiatives in the media and entertainment industry. The rising demand for enhanced user experience and increasing advancements in connectivity are the key factors driving Web 3.0 market revenue growth and with this new partnership, Shemaroo has taken giant strides to create a strong foundation.
Since its inception, Shemaroo has fostered a culture of innovation and technology that has enabled the brand to stay ahead and cater to the evolving needs of the consumers. Web3 technology is expanding at a breakneck speed and is going to favourably impact the entertainment sector as well. Seracle is a Web 3.0 full stack infrastructure company, building decentralized applications globally. With their enterprise blockchain expertise, Shemaroo will be unleashing the value of intellectual properties to democratize creativity, ownership, and applications in the new frontier using Blockchain technology.
Hiren Gada, CEO - Shemaroo Entertainment, said, "Web 3.0 provides limitless opportunities, especially for the entertainment industry. Shemaroo's expansion into this space is a strategic decision and to be the innovator which will lead the transformation in the ever-evolving M&E industry. We are happy to partner with Seracle for our Web 3.0 expansions and keep the brand future-ready to capture this emerging space by creating a fresh alternative for our tech-savvy consumers."
Rahul Mishra, Head – Web 3.0 Initiatives, Shemaroo Entertainment, commented, "With this partnership, we look at cementing our position as the chosen entertainment platform at the national and global level and extend the value-added experience for consumers in the Web3.0, NFT, and Metaverse. With evolved virtual-reality experience, we aim to connect the traditional fandom with the Web3.0 ecosystem and uncap the huge growth potential for the brand."
Shrikant Bhalerao, CEO, Seracle, Web 3.0 Infrastructure, commented, "We are proud to partner with Shemaroo in realising their vision and business goals in the Web3.0 space. Web3.0, NFT, and Metaverse will open avenues for the entertainment sector – keeping up with the digital burst, elevating the individual experience in personalised entertainment content space. We are happy to be instrumental in levelling up the industry standards through this partnership."
As per recently published data, the global Web 3.0 market size will reach USD 81.5 Billion in 2030 with a compound annual growth rate of 43.7%. Another research data predicts the NFT transaction will rise from 24 million in 2022 to 40 million by 2027, globally. Web 3.0 and Blockchain market is projected to add USD 1.1 Trillion to India's GDP by 2032 and most certainly Media & entertainment industry will be a key player in driving this growth.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — WASHINGTON (AP) — CoStar Group Inc. (CSGP) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $124.4 million.
On a per-share basis, the Washington-based company said it had net income of 31 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, were 38 cents per share.
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The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 34 cents per share.
The commercial real estate information and marketing provider posted revenue of $573.3 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $568 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $369.5 million, or 93 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $2.18 billion.
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For the current quarter ending in March, CoStar expects its per-share earnings to range from 25 cents to 26 cents.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $575 million to $580 million for the fiscal first quarter.
CoStar expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.06 to $1.09 per share, with revenue ranging from $2.46 billion to $2.48 billion.
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- 18 additional cryptocurrencies included in OKX Proof of Reserves, available to be verified using trustless tools
HONG KONG, April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OKX, the world's second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume and a leading Web3 technology company, today announced the biggest upgrade to its Proof of Reserves (PoR) yet, introducing zk-STARK zero-knowledge technology which allows users to independently verify exchange solvency and confirm their assets are backed by OKX reserves. The latest PoR report showed USD10.4 billion in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT, a 39% increase since January 2023.
Zero-Knowledge Scalable Transparent Argument of Knowledge (zk-STARK) is a secure cryptographic method that verifies the accuracy and authenticity of OKX's PoR while upholding user privacy - no account balances are visible to other parties.
Current OKX reserve ratios:
- BTC: 103%
- ETH: 103%
- USDT: 103%
For the first time, 18 additional crypto assets are available for the public to verify, bringing the total to 21. The additional assets covered are: USDC, XRP, DOGE, SOL, OKB, APT, DASH, DOT, ELF, EOS, ETC, FIL, LINK, OKT, PEOPLE, TON, TRX and UNI.
Lennix Lai, Chief Commercial Officer at OKX, said: "Proof of Reserves is an indispensable way to demonstrate transparency and guarantee solvency, and builds user confidence and trust in the industry as a whole. OKX is committed to leading the crypto space when it comes to empowering users to verify reserves and liabilities in real time using trustless 'future tools' like Proof of Reserves."
OKX PoR has raised the bar for transparency in the industry, having published tens of thousands of addresses for its Merkle tree program. OKX is one of the only major platforms to release monthly PoR.
As part of its commitment to transparency, OKX will continue to publish PoR on a monthly basis.
What is Proof-of-Reserves?
Proof of Reserves is a report of crypto assets that ensures the exchange (OKX) holds the assets it claims to hold on behalf of its users. OKX uses the Merkle tree (hash tree) to prove this claim in two ways. First, users can find their balance in the tree and prove their assets are held in the total OKX balance. Second, the total OKX balance is compared to the publicized OKX on-chain wallet balance to determine Proof of Reserves.
About OKX
OKX is a world-leading technology company building the future of Web3. Known as the fastest and most reliable crypto trading platform for investors and professional traders everywhere, OKX's crypto exchange is the second largest globally by trading volume.
OKX's leading self-custody solutions include the Web3-compatible OKX Wallet, which allows users greater control of their assets while expanding access to DEXs, NFT marketplaces, DeFi, GameFi and thousands of dApps.
OKX partners with a number of the world's top brands and athletes, including: English Premier League champions Manchester City F.C., McLaren Formula 1, The Tribeca Festival, golfer Ian Poulter, Olympian Scotty James, and F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo.
OKX is committed to transparency and security and publishes its Proof of Reserves on a monthly basis.
To learn more about OKX, download our app or visit: okx.com
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This announcement is provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide any investment, tax, or legal advice, nor should it be considered an offer to purchase, sell, or hold digital assets. Digital assets, including stablecoins, involve a high degree of risk, can fluctuate greatly, and can even become worthless. You should carefully consider whether trading or holding digital assets is suitable for you in light of your financial condition. Please consult your legal/tax/investment professional for questions about your specific circumstances.
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Theoretically, opening-round contests matchup No. 4 and No. 5 seeds should be promising showdowns.
That’s certainly the case in the Sun Belt Tournament at 4 p.m. Wednesday when the No. 4 UL Ragin’ Cajuns tackle No. 5 South Alabama at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama.
“It’s probably our toughest draw,” UL coach Matt Deggs said. “It’s two teams with coaching staffs with a lot of grit, a lot of fight and they’re going to play each other tooth and nail. That matchup there is going to be a tough one. There’s a lot of respect there between both ball clubs.
“It’s going to come down to the wire. You’re going to have pitch it, you’re going to have to make plays, you’re going to have to get two-out hits.”
The winner plays in the 7:30 p.m. game Thursday, while the loser would play the 12:30 p.m. elimination game.
UL (33-21, 19-11) took two of three games in Lafayette from March 25-27 – winning the opener 5-4 in 11 innings, losing 6-5 Saturday and winning 6-3 in the finale.
Expected South Alabama (31-22, 17-13) starter Matt Boswell had a complete-game performance in the Jags’ lone win – giving up five runs on four hits, one walk and striking out eight on 116 pitches.
Southpaw Brandon Talley has been starting game ones throughout the Sun Belt season after discovering weekend starters being the No. 1 question mark coming into the Cajuns’ season.
“I feel like we’ve gotten after it and checked every single box,” Deggs said. “The rotation is a little bit of a surprise. They’re certainly overachieved. The hitters are not where they’re going to be, but they have gotten a lot better. Before it’s all said and done with, I think they’re going to be a force.”
Leading that charge all season long as been Carson Roccaforte (.392, 1 HRs, 66 RBIs, 23 SBs), followed by Heath Hood (.341, 4 HRs, 32 RBIs, 14 SBs), Connor Kimple (.321, 9 HRs, 36 RBIs), Tyler Robertson (.319, 3 HRs, 29 RBIs) and Julian Brock (.306, 6 HRs, 31 RBIs).
“It’s been fun to watch,” Deggs said of Roccaforte. “He’s just a good player. He’s going to put up great numbers. It’s just been a special, special year for him. The amount of the load he’s had to carry and done so consistently has been really fun to watch.”
If UL’s offense can hit the Cajuns through the tournament, the speedy Max Marusak (.257, 2 HRs, 22 RBIs, 21 SBs) may be need to return to form.
“It’s a set-up adjustment,” Deggs said of Marusak. “He just doesn’t have enough at-bats yet at this level to try to rely on timing. A little bit more rhythm flow, direction and extension helped him out (last weekend). That helped him get out of the box faster as well.”
Also, stranding runners in scoring position has become an issue for the Cajuns in recent weeks.
"We’ve got to start driving in runs consistently," Deggs insisted. "We’ve hit a little lull with our production and that’s got to change starting Wednesday afternoon."
Moreover. to win the tournament, the Cajuns will likely need some non-regulars to shine in the tournament.
Offensively, versatile junior C.J. Willis (.239, 6 RBIs) or Trey LaFleur (.323, 2 HRs, 7 RBIs) are possibilities.
“You’ve got to be able to adjust and you’ve got to be able to adapt,” Deggs said of Willis. “I think you saw him do some that Saturday. It’s a game of adjustments. Hopefully, he can stick with it and be productive for us.”
On the mound, senior Austin Perrin (3-0, 2.78 ERA) or perhaps David Christie (1-0, 4.32) are potential unsung heroes this weekend.
“AP’s been pitching incredible,” Deggs said of Perrin. “He’s been one of our hottest guys down the stretch. He’s definitely going to have to be a factor for us to be successful.”
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Breakthrough cement-free ready-mix concrete is essentially CO2-emission free and actually absorbs CO2 over time, helping to push the construction industry toward net-zero emissions
SAN LEANDRO, Calif., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- C-Crete Technologies proudly unveiled its groundbreaking cement-free concrete, a first-of-its-kind innovation in the construction industry, with its debut pour in a commercial building in Seattle. The sustainable alternative to Portland cement produces almost no carbon dioxide in its manufacturing and actually absorbs CO2 from the air over time.
Portland cement is responsible for around 7 percent of total CO2 emissions worldwide. If used instead, the new material can help substantially reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry. Each ton of C-Crete binder that replaces Portland cement prevents approximately 1 ton of CO2 emissions. Furthermore, the product utilizes a suite of natural minerals and industrial by-products, ensuring an abundant feedstock.
Approximately 60 tons of the cement-free concrete were poured in the foundations and shear walls of the Seattle project at 7200 Woodlawn, an adaptive re-use development of a 120-year-old historic brick building that used concrete as part of a seismic retrofit.
The concrete had great flowability, was pumped and achieved a loading strength of over 5,000 pounds per square inch, greater than the ASTM standard of about 4,000 psi for most residential, commercial and infrastructure concrete applications. It also meets other key industry standards, shows outstanding durability — such as resistance to freeze-thaw cycles, alkali-silica reactions, and chloride and acid penetrations — and is compatible with conventional concrete admixtures, allowing for easy integration into existing construction practices.
"We are thrilled to introduce our cement-free concrete, a game-changer in sustainable construction," said C-Crete's founder and president, Rouzbeh Savary, PhD. "Our binder is a drop-in replacement for Portland cement that drastically reduces carbon emissions. Given that our product meets industry standards and has cost-parity with conventional concrete, it opens up an entirely new era in construction."
C-Crete used Heidelberg Materials, a worldwide building materials and ready-mix concrete company, to deliver the cement-free concrete for this project.
Donald Davies is owner of the Seattle building and chair of Building Transparency, a nonprofit dedicated to enabling the building industry to address embodied carbon's role in climate change. "As a developer, a structural engineer of 33 years, and a leader in low-carbon construction, I'm seeing many lower-carbon concretes being discussed," Davies said. "I'm seeing exciting advancements, but few are ready to scale into production the way C-Crete can now. No-cement, and low-carbon concrete isn't just a pipe dream. It is real, it is now, and it works. This project proves it's possible, today."
With the successful application of its concrete in Seattle, C-Crete is now poised to transform the construction landscape nationwide and beyond. The company looks forward to collaborating with architects, designers, general contractors, ready-mix companies, building owners and decision-makers for infrastructure projects to accelerate the adoption of its sustainable concrete.
About C-Crete Technologies: C-Crete Technologies is a leading materials science company committed to inventing, building, and scaling up the next generation of infrastructure materials with an ultra-low or negative CO2 footprint. With a relentless focus on environmental stewardship and technological innovation, C-Crete aims to address the global challenges of climate change while delivering scalable materials for everyday use.
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AAM Delivers Solid Financial Results and Cash Flow Generation
DETROIT, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), (NYSE: AXL) today reported its financial results for the second quarter 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Results
- Sales of $1.44 billion
- Net income of $22.9 million, or 1.6% of sales
- Adjusted EBITDA of $195.1 million, or 13.6% of sales
- Diluted earnings per share of $0.19; Adjusted earnings per share of $0.22
- Net cash provided by operating activities of $146.7 million; Adjusted free cash flow of $114.3 million
"AAM delivered solid second quarter financial results and cash flow conversion while operating in a volatile industry environment," said AAM's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David C. Dauch. "In addition, we are excited to close on our recent Tekfor acquisition and begin the integration process. We also remain focused on our future to be the supplier of choice in electric propulsion while maintaining our leadership position in our existing product segments."
AAM's sales in the second quarter of 2022 were $1.44 billion as compared to $1.28 billion in the second quarter of 2021. AAM estimates, on a year-over-year basis, sales for the second quarter of 2022 were favorably impacted by supply chain improvements, volume and mix, and the Tekfor acquisition. In addition, metal market pass-throughs to customers and foreign exchange added approximately $27 million in sales to the quarter.
AAM's net income in the second quarter of 2022 was $22.9 million, or $0.19 per share, as compared to $16.0 million, or $0.13 per share in the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted earnings per share in the second quarter of 2022 was $0.22 compared to $0.29 in the second quarter of 2021.
In the second quarter of 2022, Adjusted EBITDA was $195.1 million, or 13.6% of sales, as compared to $222.6 million, or 17.3% of sales, in the second quarter of 2021.
AAM's net cash provided by operating activities for the second quarter of 2022 was $146.7 million as compared to $167.1 million for the second quarter of 2021.
AAM's Adjusted free cash flow for the second quarter of 2022 was $114.3 million as compared to $136.1 million for the second quarter of 2021.
AAM's 2022 Updated Financial Outlook
AAM's full year 2022 financial targets are as follows:
- AAM is targeting sales in the range of $5.75 - $5.95 billion vs. $5.6 - $5.8 billion prior.
- AAM is targeting Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $790 - $830 million vs. $785 - $830 million prior.
- AAM is targeting Adjusted free cash flow in the range of $300 - $350 million; this target assumes capital spending of approximately 3.5% - 4.0% of sales.
- The updated financial outlook now reflects the acquisition of Tekfor Group which became effective on June 1, 2022 with cost synergies on track for 2023.
These targets are based on the following assumptions for 2022:
- North American light vehicle production of approximately 14.3 - 14.7 million units and the current operating environment.
Second Quarter 2022 Conference Call Information
A conference call to review AAM's second quarter results is scheduled today at 10:00 a.m. ET. Interested participants may listen to the live conference call by logging onto AAM's investor website at http://investor.aam.com or calling (877) 883-0383 from the United States or (412) 902-6506 from outside the United States with access code 0706393. A replay will be available one hour after the call is complete until August 12, 2022 by dialing (877) 344-7529 from the United States or (412) 317-0088 from outside the United States. When prompted, callers should enter replay access code 2211523.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to the results reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) included within this press release, AAM has provided certain information, which includes non-GAAP financial measures such as Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted earnings per share and Adjusted free cash flow. Such information is reconciled to its closest GAAP measure in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and is included in the attached supplemental data.
Certain of the forward-looking financial measures included in this earnings release are provided on a non-GAAP basis. A reconciliation of non-GAAP forward-looking financial measures to the most directly comparable forward-looking financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP has been provided. The amounts in these reconciliations are based on our current estimates and actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking estimates for many reasons, including potential event driven transactional and other non-core operating items and their related effects in any future period, the magnitude of which may be significant.
Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to management, investors, and banking institutions in their analysis of the Company's business and operating performance. Management also uses this information for operational planning and decision-making purposes.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not and should not be considered a substitute for any GAAP measure. Additionally, non-GAAP financial measures as presented by AAM may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
Definition of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
AAM defines Adjusted earnings per share to be diluted earnings per share excluding the impact of restructuring and acquisition-related costs, debt refinancing and redemption costs, loss on sale of business, impairment charges, pension settlements, certain accelerated depreciation, unrealized gains or losses on equity securities and non-recurring items, including the tax effect thereon.
AAM defines EBITDA to be earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA excluding the impact of restructuring and acquisition-related costs, debt refinancing and redemption costs, loss on sale of business, impairment charges, pension settlements, unrealized gains or losses on equity securities and non-recurring items.
AAM defines free cash flow to be net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures net of proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment. Adjusted free cash flow is defined as free cash flow excluding the impact of cash payments for restructuring and acquisition-related costs, and cash payments related to the Malvern fire, including payments for capital expenditures, net of recoveries.
Company Description
As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM (NYSE: AXL) designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Headquartered in Detroit with nearly 85 facilities in 18 countries, AAM is bringing the future faster for a safer and more sustainable tomorrow. To learn more, visit aam.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Lonterry Harrison found guilty of capital murder in 2018 shooting of teen in East Gadsden
It took jurors less than an hour to find Lonterry Orlando Harrison Jr. guilty of capital murder in the January 2018 shooting death of a Gadsden teenager.
Sentencing for Harrison is set for Dec. 14 for the death of Aaron Joseph "A.J." Huff, 18.
Huff was shot and killed Jan. 4, 2018, at the intersection of Hoke Street and Litchfield Avenue. He was one of five people charged in connection with the shooting death.
Jessie James Altman Jr., who was a 17-year-old football standout for Etowah High School when the crime occurred, was found guilty last year of conspiracy to commit a robbery and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Broderick Pearson, who was 18 when the shooting occurred, and Tyler Abbott, then 17, are awaiting trial in connection with the incident.
Kaleb Whitworth, 16 at the time of the crime, was fatally shot at an Attalla residence in October 2019.
Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in trying Harrison.
While defense attorneys Michael Hanle and Jonathan Brown pointed to inconsistencies in witness testimony, and questioned ballistics testing in the case, prosecutors hammered on a consistency: Witness after witness testified that Harrison fired the shot that killed Huff.
Those witnesses included three friends of Huff and Pearson.
Huff's friends were victims in the case as well; Harrison also was charged with, and convicted of, discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
Etowah County District Attorney Jody Willoughby said the state was thankful for the jury's service in the week-long case. "All parties were given the jury's full attention to of the facts and evidence presented," Willoughby said. "I'm thankful for the strength shown by the victims who testified, as well as that of the families involved."
He thanked the "most amazing trial team," led by Deputy District Attorney Brynn Crain, with the assistance of Chief Deputy District Attorney Marcus Reid.
Abbott told jurors during Harrison's trial that he was at his father's home in Hanceville when Whitworth contacted him about setting up Huff for a robbery. He contacted Huff through Facebook Messenger asking about buying marijuana. Jurors saw messages between Abbott and Huff, with Huff agreeing to meet at Starnes Park for the drug deal.
Abbott said he was messaging Whitworth at the same time, and Whitworth was telling him what to message to Huff.
Testimony indicated Whitworth was with Altman, Harrison and Pearson that night. Pearson told jurors he didn't know of the intentions that night, but Abbott said the plan was rob Huff of the marijuana.
According to testimony, Harrison's group was not the only one bent on deceit. Huff went to meet them with a group of six other teens; some testified he didn't have marijuana — that he put a potato in a Spiderman backpack, and intended to sell it instead.
Based on testimony, however, Huff believed he was dealing with Abbott.
Huff was a passenger in a silver van that went to meet where Abbott instructed — at Starnes Park. Abbott testified he sent messages trying to keep Huff at the rendezvous until Whitworth and the others, in a black Chevrolet Impala, arrived.
When both vehicles arrived, neither Huff nor people from the Impala would get out to approach the other vehicle. Pearson told jurors Harrison handed Altman a gun and Altman started to get out of the vehicle, but the van pulled away. Altman got back in and the Impala followed the van to the intersection of Hoke and Litchfield, pulling behind the van when it stopped at the intersection.
Witnesses Abby Lightsey, Kaylea Santana and Tyler Finley all identified Harrison as the man who jumped from the Impala, ran up beside the van, stuck his arm inside the window and fired the shot that struck Huff.
Pearson told jurors he and Harrison got out of the Impala and ran toward the van. He said Harrison fired as the van pulled away — one of the discrepancies in testimony that defense attorneys pointed out to jurors.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Naylor hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning — his third go-ahead homer in three days in that same inning — and the Cleveland Guardians held on for a 4-3 win over the Los Angles Angels on Sunday.
Naylor drove a 2-0 pitch from reliever Carlos Estévez over the wall in right for his latest late-inning heroics.
On Friday, he belted a solo homer to give Cleveland a 4-3 lead, and Saturday night Naylor's three-run highlighted a six-run inning as the Guardians rallied to win 8-6.
As he rounded third, Naylor bumped into a cameraman trying to record another memorable moment by the chunky slugger, who has had a knack for drama the past two seasons. He's hit an MLB-best eight homers after the eighth inning since 2021.
Naylor's homer also pinned a tough loss on Angels starter Patrick Sandoval (3-2), who held the Guardians to five hits in 7 2/3 innings while matching Guardians starter Tanner Bibee, his former high school teammate.
James Karinchak (1-4) got one out in the eighth, retiring pinch-hitter Mike Trout on a drive to center knocked down by the wind, as the Guardians won the series.
But not before closer Emmanuel Clase had another harrowing ninth. The right-hander gave up two runs, one on an RBI single by Shohei Ohtani, before retiring Brandon Drury on a grounder for the final out and his 14th save.
For seven innings, Bibee dominated the Angels in his fourth starter before they pushed a tying across against him in the eighth. He allowed just two singles — both by Taylor Ward — and struck out seven without a walk.
The 11:35 a.m. start may have helped Bibee him as well as LA's players were still on West Coast time and their bats looked a little sleepy.
The right-hander retired the first 12 hitters without any trouble before giving up a leadoff single to Taylor Ward in the fifth. But the Angels took themselves out of any scoring threat with a baserunning gaffe.
Drury followed Ward's single with a hard ground shortstop Amed Rosario snared and flipped to second for a force. Second baseman Andrés Giménez's return throw was wide of first, and Drury made a motion toward second and was alertly tagged out by catcher Mike Zunino, who was backing up the play.
TROUT DOWN
Trout wasn't in the starting lineup, getting a planned off day.
It gave the superstar a chance to recover after a rough two games in Cleveland. He crashed into outfield wall on Friday making a catch and was drilled in the left elbow by Cal Quantrill on Saturday.
Manager Phil Nevin said the pitch also hit Trout's thigh.
“He got dinged pretty good, but he'll be all right,” Nevin said.
WAKE-UP CALL
The morning game is part of MLB's contract with NBC and Peacock, which began streaming Sunday games last year.
The 11:35 a.m. first pitch was especially challenging for the Angels, whose body clocks were three hours behind. They have two more early games scheduled later this season.
“It is difficult,” Nevin said. "I'm not going to sugar coat it. I'm confused with the scheduling and West Coast teams coming out here right away and having to play a game. I don't think it's right, but we've got to play it.
"It's not an excuse. They have to get up early, too."
TRAINERS' ROOM
Angels: 3B Anthony Rendon (groin) was out of the lineup after getting hurt in Saturday's game. Nevin said Rendon will be evaluated and it's likely he'll miss at least a couple days. “We don't want to push it,” Nevin said. ‘Hopefully this is a short thing and he’ll be back, but we're certainly going to miss his bat." ... 1B Jared Walsh (headaches, insomnia) had his second solid game a Triple-A Salt Lake City on Saturday. Nevin planned to connect with him at some point.
UP NEXT
Angels: Ohtani (4-1, 2.74 ERA) starts the opener of a four-game series at Baltimore. The right-hander leads the majors in opponent batting average (.143).
Guardians: Cleveland is off on Monday before opening a three-game series in Chicago with Shane Bieber (3-1, 2.81 ERA) facing the White Sox, who have not yet named their starter.
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China sanctions US Congress member for Taiwan visit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China sanctioned a United States lawmaker Thursday for his visit to Taiwan, saying he violated the “One China” principle that says Beijing has sovereignty over the island.
The mainland’s ruling Communist Party says Taiwan, which split from the mainland in 1949 amid a civil war, must be reunited with China by force if necessary. Beijing says Taipei has no right to conduct foreign relations and views visits by U.S. lawmakers to the island as violating its claims of sovereignty.
The sanctions against Rep. Michael McCaul include freezing his assets and properties in China, prohibiting any organization or individual in China from conducting transactions or working with him, and denying him a visa to enter the country, according to a statement Thursday from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It’s one of several rounds of sanctions China announced as tensions build between Beijing and Washington.
China retaliated for U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s meeting on April 5 with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen by sanctioning the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other organizations, adding to strains over the self-governed island democracy Beijing claims as part of its territory. It then launched a large-scale three-day military exercise surrounding the island, sending more than 200 warplanes toward Taiwan.
McCaul, R-Texas, visited Taiwan from April 6 to 8 to discuss weapons deals between the U.S. and Taiwan, shortly after the sensitive meeting that drew China’s ire.
“Being sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party is a badge of honor,” McCaul said in a statement. “Nothing will deter the United States from supporting free, democratic nations — including Taiwan.”
McCaul, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has been advocating for a hard-line stance against China and closer ties with Taiwan.
Relations between the U.S. and China have sunk to historic lows. The U.S. has been increasingly critical of China’s human rights record, its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its actions in Hong Kong in clamping down on protests. China, on the other hand, has been accusing the U.S. of meddling in its internal affairs, and pursuing a containment strategy against China to prevent the country’s rise.
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ZURICH, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Neoss Group is pleased to announce that Professor Neil Meredith will again be an integral part of the Neoss family. Professor Meredith, together with Fredrik Engman, founded Neoss back in 2000 and served as the CEO for a decade, leading the company from a start-up to an established dental implant company with exceptional growth and success.
"It is with great pleasure to welcome Professor Neil Meredith back to Neoss. Neil was not only one of the founders of Neoss, he invented the RFA, the diagnostic technique that has since become Osstell. I really look forward to working with Neil."
Dr. Robert Gottlander, CEO and President of Neoss Group
Professor Meredith has been placing and restoring dental implants for over thirty years. After completing an MSc in Fixed Prosthodontics at the Eastman in London in 1987 he was awarded a PhD at Imperial College in 1992. In that same year he invented the use of Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) to measure dental implant stability, a technique that has now become the international benchmark known as Osstell. He undertook research with P-I Brånemark and Tomas Albrektsson in Gothenburg, Sweden and was awarded a second PhD from the University of Gothenburg for the RFA in 1996. He then returned to the UK, where he served as Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials at Leeds University. Driven by his entrepreneurial spirit, he subsequently co-founded Neoss with Fredrik Engman.
"I´m very happy and excited to rejoin Neoss and to resume my involvement in what I helped to create. I´m looking forward to the journey with both fresh faces and the familiar ones from the early days. Thanks to Robert for providing me with this opportunity and looking forward to being a part of the continued success of Neoss"
Professor Neil Meredith, Specialist Prosthodontist in Brisbane, Australia
Professor Meredith moved to Australia to return to Academia as Professor of Dental Implantology and Prosthodontics at University of Queensland. He practices clinically as a surgeon and specialist prosthodontist. In 2015 Neil became Head of Dentistry at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia. In 2020 Neil left his university ties to work in specialist practice. He continues to teach as the Dean of the Post Graduate Institute of Dental Surgery.
About Neoss®
Neoss offers intelligent solutions that are intuitively easy to use. Our products allow dental professionals to provide reliable and cost-effective treatments to their patients with predictable long-term results. Leading the market with ingenuity and integrity, we strive to set new standards. In developing smart treatment solutions and working closely with our customers. Neoss makes the complex less complicated. We call that Intelligent Simplicity. Headquartered in Harrogate, UK, with research and development based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the company has established a global footprint with a long-standing presence in key markets. To find out more visit https://www.neoss.com.
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Integration of the companies' platforms to enhance delivery of value-based care
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arine, a next-generation medication intelligence company, and Gemini Health LLC, a drug cost transparency platform, today announced an integration of the two companies' platforms to optimize value-based care for members of Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield). The collaborative effort will bolster the ability of Blue Shield's care team and affiliated pharmacist provider network to coach and counsel Blue Shield members with real-time and accurate medication recommendations and related cost information. This integration is designed to help members take and stay on the right medications while minimizing out-of-pocket expenditures.
"The medical evidence demonstrates that higher out-of-pocket medication costs, suboptimal drug choice and dosages, and medication non-adherence are associated with more medical visits, hospitalizations, and other adverse events," said Salina Wong, PharmD, senior director of Clinical Pharmacy Programs at Blue Shield of California. "Blue Shield of California is committed to creating a healthcare system that is sustainably affordable, and the integration between Arine and Gemini provides pharmacy care teams with medication insights and cost transparency information that empower them to provide highly personalized medication consultations with each member. This new process is a major leap from looking up a static formulary and helps support us in reaching our goals."
The Arine-Gemini collaboration incorporates Gemini's real-time, patient-specific benefits data into the Arine platform, which generates recommendations for targeted and personalized medication interventions. The integration of the two companies' platforms enables safe and effective therapy at the lowest available costs.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Gemini to help Blue Shield of California deliver affordable, accessible, and high-quality health care," said Yoona Kim, PharmD, PhD, Arine's co-founder and CEO. "Combining our complementary services allows Blue Shield care teams to provide members with data-driven recommendations that resolve medication gaps while potentially lowering member out-of-pocket costs."
"We see great synergies between Arine's medication intelligence and our real-time benefits capabilities to materially improve cost and quality medication outcomes in a reproducible and scalable manner," commented Ed Fotsch, Gemini Health CEO. "The integrated offering will help Blue Shield of California reach the next level of personalized medication management for its members."
The integration is already paying off. To date, more than a third of members identified as non-adherent have benefited from tailored interventions to improve adherence with cost savings alternatives.
About Arine
Arine is a next-generation medication intelligence company led by some of the world's top experts in pharmacotherapy, data analytics, health economics, engineering, and software development. Arine's platform helps customers devise appropriate, just-in-time interventions to optimize medication management for their patients or members. Health plans using Arine's technology are able to achieve significant ROI, shaving billions of dollars in unnecessary spending within the US healthcare system while doing the right thing by clinicians and patients. Visit www.arine.io or follow us on LinkedIn.
About Gemini
Gemini Health LLC delivers Drug Cost Transparency Services to providers and members to reduce drug and administrative costs for patients, providers, and payers. The four Gemini Drug-Cost Transparency Services focus on new and existing medications and deliver decision support for busy providers and pharmacists integrated into their workflows, including actual patient-specific costs of drugs, lower-cost clinically equivalent alternative drugs and lower-cost pharmacies when applicable. The alternatives and costs are based upon the patient's pharmacy benefit and related health plan coverage details. Gemini serves provider and payer partners, with a focus on Blue plans. For more information, visit www.gemini.health.
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WYALUSING, Pa., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peoples Ltd. (OTC: PPLL). Anthony J. Gabello, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peoples Ltd., holding company for PS Bank, has announced results for the third quarter 2022. Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $1,870,000 or $2.53 per share. Net income for the third quarter of 2022 represents an increase of 9.03% from the third quarter 2021 net income of $1,715,000.
Consolidated net income year-to-date was $5,076,000 or $6.88 earnings per share, a decrease of 0.57% from consolidated year-to-date income of $5,105,000 or $6.92 earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. Year to date bank results were achieved despite an 80.61% decrease in gross mortgage sales and servicing rights income from $1,795,000 for first nine months of 2021 to $348,000 for first nine months of 2022, due to the sharp rise in mortgage interest rates throughout 2022. Additionally, the bank recognized approximately $695,000 less in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fees year-to-date in 2022 versus same year-to-date 2021, and has substantially concluded its PPP program at this time. These income reductions were offset through increased net interest income levels and strong balance sheet growth.
Year-to-date return on assets was 1.35% as of September 30, 2022 compared to 1.46% for the same period in 2021. Year-to-date return on average equity was 15.59% as of September 30, 2022 compared to the prior year-to-date of 15.39%.
Total assets increased 9.60% to $523,097,000 from $477,295,000 as of December 31, 2021. Deposits increased 12.85% to $473,984,000 compared to $420,024,000 as of December 31, 2021. Loans increased 8.25% from $280,587,000 year-end 2021 to $303,735,000 as of September 30, 2022.
"Our bank continued its positive performance in the third quarter, with net income ending 9.03% higher than prior year's third quarter, despite the dramatic decrease in mortgage sales and servicing rights income and the elimination of PPP fees. Improved third quarter net income is primarily attributable to loan growth, increased loan and investments yields, and controlled interest and other expenses. Balance sheet growth continued to be strong in the third quarter, with both loans and deposits continuing their growth trends in the first nine months of 2022.
During the third quarter we completed work on our PS Bank Business Center in South Abington Township and officially opened for business in August. The positive reaction from the community, our customers, and our employees has been overwhelmingly positive and we look forward to the continued opportunities for success it will provide in the future," stated Gabello.
Note: This press release may contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements due to various factors. These factors include operating, legal and regulatory risks; changing economic and competitive conditions and other risks and uncertainties.
Peoples Ltd. is the holding company for PS Bank. PS Bank is an independent community bank, established 1914, with locations throughout Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming, Lackawanna, and Susquehanna counties. Peoples Ltd. is traded in the Over-the-Counter market under the symbol PPLL. Learn more about PS Bank at PSBanking.com.
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FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A potential challenger to Republican first-term Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah took a major step Thursday toward jumping into next year’s race, expected to be one of the GOP’s hardest-fought primary contests in 2024.
With memories of Romney’s two votes to impeach former President Donald Trump stillfresh, Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson announced he was forming an exploratory committee 14 months before the scheduled primary.
Utah needs a “conservative fighter” who represents its values, not a “professional career politician,” Wilson told The Associated Press in an interview at his real estate office in northern Utah.
“I don’t have any illusions that, as speaker of the house, I’m a household name. But that’s really not what this is about. What this is about is me going out and understanding what people care about,” he said.
The move is just shy of making his campaign official and allows Wilson to raise money and campaign statewide.
Romney has not yet announced plans to seek reelection, but earlier this week filed preliminary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. He declined to comment on his statement of candidacy or Wilson’s announcement on Thursday.
Wilson’s exploratory committee potentially sets up the latest test of Republican Party attitudes toward members willing to criticize Trump after others, such as former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, were punished in GOP primaries or opted not to seek reelection.
Romney, 76, has long been revered in Utah as one of the most prominent members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a person who helped save the 2002 Winter Olympics after a bribery scandal. But the Republican Party’s rightward lurch and his stance as an outspoken Trump antagonist has sparked a growing chorus of questions about his reelection prospects.
The June 2024 primary campaign will overlap with the GOP’s presidential primary season, and should Romney run, Trump’s presence in that race will likely further focus attention on his criticism of the ex-president.
Romney’s willingness to buck his own party has routinely angered GOP activists in Utah and but did little to puncture support for him in his last Senate primary in 2018, when he lost a state party convention ballot but ultimately won with voters in the primary itself, by almost 43 percentage points.
Utah Republican Party Chair Carson Jorgensen said he does not expect Romney to seek reelection given his absences at recent state GOP events. Regardless, he said the party has changed since Romney last ran in ways that will affect the presidential and Senate races and how they become entangled.
Jorgensen added that he anticipates high voter turnout in both contests due to negative attitudes toward President Joe Biden among Utahns. That Romney hasn’t publicly made a decision could encourage many challengers to enter, since Senate seats open up so rarely, he added.
“The list of rumored names goes on and on. I’ve heard Trent Staggs. I’ve heard John Curtis,” Jorgensen said, referring to the mayor of Riverton and 3rd District congressman, respectively. Curtis and Wilson are both fixtures at Republican events, he noted.
Though Wilson is the first to launch an exploratory committee, former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz said in February that he was thinking about running. A representative for state Attorney General Sean Reyes has said many were pressuring him to run as well.
Wilson told AP on Thursday that his decision to consider a primary challenge has little to do with presidential politics or Romney’s impeachment votes. However, he emphasized his background as a native Utahn and his support for Trump to draw a contrast with the Senator, who was born in Michigan, served as governor in Massachusetts and has said he didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020.
“I’m going to do what I have done every election cycle: I will vote for the Republican nominee. I have in the past, and I will again. I think that’s what’s best for our country,” Wilson said.
He declined to say whether he intends to support Trump’s 2024 bid or seek his endorsement.
Jason Perry, director of the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics, said polling shows Romney remains popular with moderate Republicans but less so among conservatives.
In a potential primary, he said, “The space that’s more wide open is to the right.”
Wilson, who grew up with 11 siblings in Kaysville, was first elected to Utah’s House in 2010 and has been Speaker his last three terms. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on spurring development, cutting taxes and confronting environmental challenges facing the Great Salt Lake.
He has satisfied conservatives by supporting restrictions on abortion and transgender youth health care and participation in sports. On other issues he has forged a more moderate path, including changing the name of southern Utah’s Dixie State University to Utah Tech University and helping squash a 2020 push to formally rebuke Romney over the impeachment votes.
Like Romney, Wilson has criticized Biden on government spending and energy policy, earlier this year calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s limits on pollution from power plants an “assault on our energy through rule making.”
“I think this is this is a sign of a very interesting election to come,” Perry, the political scientist, said of Wilson’s Thursday announcement. | https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/romney-faces-first-potential-challenge-in-utah-senate-race/ | 2023-04-14 18:53:04 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/romney-faces-first-potential-challenge-in-utah-senate-race/ |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When the United States was desperate for a spark, Lindsey Horan channeled her anger into a much-needed goal to keep the Americans unbeaten at the Women’s World Cup.
Horan was fuming after she was knocked over by Danielle van de Donk in the second half of Thursday’s rematch of the 2019 women’s final, when the United States beat the Netherlands to win their second consecutive World Cup title.
She got her revenge minutes after the tackle in a sequence that included Horan cursing about van de Donk before shoving her, as well. The two trash-talked and were separated by a referee before Horan scored the game-saving goal for the United States.
Horan scored on a well-timed header off a corner kick from Rose Lavelle in the 62nd minute to give the Americans the goal they needed to sneak out a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands. The United States remained unbeaten in 19 consecutive matches.
“I don’t think you ever want to get me mad because I don’t react in a good way,” Horan said. “I just want something more. I want to win more, I want to score more and I want more for my team.”
Horan and van de Donk were smiling after the game — van de Donk was wearing a swimming cap because of a cut to her head from a later collision — but almost anything goes in the World Cup. The two are professional teammates for French club Lyon.
“Dan is that type of player that, when she’s on my team, it’s incredible because she’s going to fight to the last second to win the game, and go into that last tackle, and that’s what she did,” Horan said. “Unfortunately, I did not take it in a good way, I got a little heated, and she got to hear it.”
Horan already has one yellow card from the opening win over Vietnam, and she had to be calmed by American defender Julie Ertz.
“She was like, `Linds, don’t get another yellow card, just score this goal to shut everyone up,'” Horan said.
She did just that, scoring her 29th career goal for the U.S. team and fourth in a World Cup. Horan knew her shot was good before it even crossed the goal line. Her expression gave her away.
Van de Donk knew she had lit a fire in Horan.
“She got a bit feisty and she came over, we just had a little talk,” van de Donk said. “The referee came in between, it wasn’t very necessary. I mean, we just played football again after that.”
The draw meant neither team earned a spot in the knockout round yet. The United States and the Netherlands are tied atop the Group E standings, but the Americans have the edge, 4-2 in goals scored so far this tournament.
Portugal defeated Vietnam 2-0 Thursday in the late Group E match in Hamilton. The United States plays Portugal in its group finale on Tuesday in Auckland, and the Netherlands plays Vietnam the same day in Dunedin.
The game was a rematch from four years ago when the Americans beat the Dutch 2-0 in the final at Lyon to clinch back-to-back titles, and fourth overall.
Jill Roord helped the Netherlands pounce first on a strike from atop the box that went though Horan’s legs in the 17th minute. They held that 1-0 lead at halftime — just the sixth time the United States had trailed at the half in 52 World Cup matches, and first time since 2011 against Sweden.
Lavelle, who scored four years ago in the final but has been hampered by injury, subbed in and gave the United States instant energy. Then came the tackle on Horan, and the United States was back in the game.
“I think the first half, we feel a little bit disappointed in how we played, but I think we fixed things right away, the pressure that we got on, and the amount of chances and opportunities that came from it,” Horan said.
The U.S. roster has 14 World Cup newcomers this year, and coach Vlatko Andonovski was pleased with how the team found its way in the second half.
“I thought it was a very good match for our team, especially for a group of young players,” he said. “They grew throughout the game individually, but also as a team we grew throughout.”
Megan Rapinoe, the American star who came in as a substitute in the opening game against Vietnam for her 200th appearance with the team, was not used in Thursday’s match. Rapinoe has announced that this is her final World Cup and she will retire at the end of the season.
The Dutch were without forward Lineth Beerensteyn, who was hurt early in her team’s 1-0 victory over Portugal to open the tournament, and leading scorer Vivianne Miedema, who ruptured her ACL while playing for Arsenal in December.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the U.S. team at their hotel on the eve of the match and was at the game. Blinken was in Wellington for a formal bilateral meeting with New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta, and he will also meet with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
The top finisher in the group opens the knockout round in Sydney against the second-place finisher in Group G, which includes Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina. The second-place finisher heads to Melbourne against the top Group G team.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's legislature was preparing plans Monday to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy should the Ukraine president decide to come to Brussels to attend an EU summit later this week.
Two sources in the parliament, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said such plans are only meant to prepare the legislature to host Zelenskyy if security conditions permit him to attend Thursday's meeting.
“When he would come, we would be ready,” said one of the sources, stressing that because of security concerns any decision could only come at the last moment.
EU leaders from 27-nation bloc will be gathering for Thursday's summit in Brussels, enabling Zelenskyy to meet all major leaders of the bloc in one day. Zelenskyy has often addressed EU summits only through video calls from Ukraine.
Zelenskyy has long had an open invitation to come to Brussels if he chose to.
It remains unclear whether Zelenskyy would be able to travel as Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with attacks in the eastern Donbas region amid concern that of a new Russian offensive could be in the offing.
EU Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv last Friday where they told Zelenskyy he had the bloc's unrelenting support in Ukraine's fight against Russia.
The only trip outside Ukraine that Zelenskyy has made was a visit to Washington in December to seek further aid for the war and to thank Ukraine's major financial and military back for its support.
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(CNN NEWSOURCE) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott says rape victims in his state can take Plan B, known as the "Morning-after pill."
His remarks follow the Lone Star State's restrictive abortion trigger-law taking effect, which does not include exceptions for rape and incest.
The governor says rape victims can get a Plan B pill if they access health care immediately after, and report the crime to law enforcement.
The Plan B emergency contraceptive is intended for use within 72 hours after sex but is most effective if taken within 24 hours.
Texas bars abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, prohibiting the procedure before many women even know they are pregnant. | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/texas/abbott-says-rape-victims-can-take-plan-b-morning-after-pill | 2022-09-04 19:18:30 | 1 | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/texas/abbott-says-rape-victims-can-take-plan-b-morning-after-pill |
MIAMI (AP) _ WhiteHorse Finance Inc. (WHF) on Monday reported third-quarter net income of $3.8 million.
On a per-share basis, the Miami-based company said it had net income of 17 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 37 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 36 cents per share.
The lender to small companies posted revenue of $21.6 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $21.2 million.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Action-packed police thriller “Raging Fire” won best film and three other awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards Sunday, beating out a crowd favorite film about late Cantopop singer Anita Mui.
The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards took place Sunday, after it was postponed thrice from April following the city’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak. It was also the first time that the awards were held in-person since 2019.
“Raging Fire” sees action star Donnie Yen play an incorruptible policeman who ends up going head-to-head with a former mentee played by Nicholas Tse, who wants revenge after Yen’s character put him in prison.
The movie is a swansong by director Benny Chan, who died of cancer in August 2020 while the movie was still in post-production.
Chan posthumously won the Best Director Award on Sunday. “Raging Fire” also won for Best Editing as well as Best Action Choreography.
The film that took home the most awards for the night was “Anita,” a biographical drama film about Mui.
“Anita,” which was the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in 2021, bagged a total of five awards for Best Costume and Design, Best Visual Effects as well as Best Sound Design.
The film topped the box office in Hong Kong upon release, eventually grossing $18.5 million in total box office sales. It topped the Hong Kong box office upon debut, grossing some 61 million Hong Kong dollars ($7.8 million) in about seven weeks.
“Anita” also earned more than 10 million yuan ($1.48 million) on its opening day at the Chinese box office.
Louise Wong, who played Mui in the film, won Best New Performer.
“Honestly, it wasn’t a day (or) overnight that I could play the role Anita,” said Wong. “I’m grateful for the team’s support and encouragement.”
“They helped me gradually understand Anita and the role,” she said. “I’m very grateful that I could experience her life.”
Malaysian actor Fish Liew, who played Mui’s sister Ann Mui, won Best Supporting Actress.
Another big winner at Sunday’s awards was crime thriller film “Limbo” which is based on the novel Wisdom Tooth by Chinese author Lei Mi. The film follows two policemen in their efforts to hunt down a serial killer.
The film won Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.
Cya Liu, who played a drug addict who becomes a target for the serial killer, won Best Actress for her portrayal of the role.
“I’m grateful for the chance to perform in this movie and for director Soi Cheang’s trust and recognition,” said Liu.
“With his encouragement, I could completely engage in playing the role and act. Today is the first time in my life … that I feel the recognition as an actress.”
Meanwhile, 85-year-old Patrick Tse took home the award for best actor for his performance in the film “Time,” which centers on the city’s neglected elderly population. He was given a standing ovation while receiving his award.
Comedian and actor Michael Hui was also presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the comedy genre in Hong Kong’s film industry. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/raging-fire-wins-best-film-at-hong-kong-film-awards/ | 2022-07-18 18:20:52 | 0 | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/raging-fire-wins-best-film-at-hong-kong-film-awards/ |
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SEATTLE — Experiencing the food and flavors of Southeast Asia just got a lot easier thanks to a new restaurant in downtown Seattle. Asean StrEAT Food Hall pays tribute to the popular food markets found across the region.
Owner Punya Tipyasothi is a restaurateur and avid traveler. With this latest venture he wanted to share his passion for street food.
"In Southeast Asia people get in and get out very easy," said Tipyasothi. "Whenever you want to eat, you just go on the street and they have food carts everywhere."
The food hall features about 10 stalls. Each one serves dishes from a different country. Tipyasithi says the goal is for customers to try a new cuisine each time they visit. One day you might have Hainan Chicken from Singapore. The next day it might be a Vietnamese seafood boil or Tom Yum Noodle Soup from Thailand. You can finish it all off with dessert or a colorful matcha tea latte.
"For the food we picked the best ones from each country," said Tipyasothi. "People can come in and choose what they like."
Tipyasothi also tried to capture the look and feel of a Southeast Asian street market. The food hall is decorated with bright colors and vibrant lights – a welcome escape from the often dreary winter days in Seattle. No plane ticket required.
Asean StrEAT Food Hall is located in downtown Seattle at Westlake Center on the corner of Pine Street and 4th Avenue. It's open seven days a week for lunch and dinner.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former Delaware police officer charged with evidence tampering and lying to investigators in connection with his shooting and wounding of a carjacking suspect has lost a bid to dismiss the case.
A Superior Court judge on Friday refused to dismiss the indictment against former Wilmington police officer James MacColl, or to exclude statements he made in internal affairs interviews after the 2019 shooting.
MacColl is charged with felony counts of tampering with physical evidence and making a false statement to law enforcement, and a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct.
Prosecutors claim MacColl changed the barrel of his department-issued handgun sometime after shooting 18-year-old Yahim Harris in February 2019. Harris was shot several times while running from a stolen car. He survived his injuries and sued Wilmington police, claiming they used excessive force and violated his rights “after he alighted from the vehicle, helpless, unarmed, and non-threatening.”
The lawsuit was settled earlier this year.
The indictment alleges that MacColl, knowing his gun would be confiscated by investigators, reinstalled the factory barrel and then lied about modifying the handgun without authorization.
MacColl argued that, under a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the state is prohibited from prosecuting him for statements he made during internal affairs interviews because he made them under penalty of termination. He also argued that forms he signed before the interviews explained that any “admissions” he made would not be used in any subsequent criminal proceeding. The defense also argued that any incriminating statements in the internal affairs files are protected from disclosure by Delaware’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, or LEOBOR.
Superior Court Judge Charles Butler rejected those arguments, noting that the Supreme Court ruling protects only truthful statements made by police officers under penalty of termination. The judge also refused to accept MacColl’s argument that any statement he made in the interviews should be inadmissible.
“MacColl’s statements are not admissions,” Butler wrote. ”... Admissions acknowledge truth. MacColl’s statement are allegedly false.”
Butler also said MacColl, who was terminated from the police force for an unrelated violation, lacked standing to bring his LEOBOR claim.
MacColl argued that LEOBOR prevents prosecutors from requesting, and the police department from disclosing, internal affairs files.
Butler noted that LEOBOR rights apply only to police disciplinary proceedings, and that MacColl directed his LEOBOR claim against prosecutors who subpoenaed the internal affairs files, not the police department.
“Notably, he did not sue WPD for wrongful termination or for violating LEOBOR’s disciplinary procedures,” the judge wrote.
“A ruling that excludes evidence or dismisses an indictment in a criminal case due to a LEOBOR violation would grant a law enforcement officer immunities afforded no other class of citizens anywhere,” Butler added.
The Delaware Department of Justice cleared MacColl of any criminal wrongdoing for using deadly force against Harris. A report issued in November 2019 noted police had been told by a dispatcher that the carjacking suspects were armed, and that MacColl did not fire his weapon until Harris, who had been driving the stolen vehicle, turned toward him and extended his arm while holding a black object in his hand.
While being questioned by police after the shooting, Harris denied being the driver of the vehicle and said he ran because he was on probation at the time. He also told investigators he had a cellphone in his hand as he ran and denied hearing any commands from MacColl.
MacColl told investigators that while officers were rendering first aid to Harris, he asked “Why did you shoot me? I didn’t have the gun anymore.”
Investigators found that MacColl’s recollection of events was corroborated by surveillance video and medical records of the injuries to Harris. They also noted that a handgun was found underneath the passenger side of the stolen vehicle. A juvenile who was a passenger in the car was later found delinquent in Family Court for possession of a firearm by a prohibited juvenile.
A ballistics report issued about two weeks after the shooting matched spent shell casings at the scene to MacColl’s handgun but found that markings on the bullets recovered at the scene did not match the rifling of the barrel on the weapon MacColl turned in.
Authorities have said MacColl previously admitted replacing the standard issue barrel on his gun with an aftermarket barrel in 2017 to improve his firing accuracy, but that he denied switching barrels after shooting Harris.
Prosecutors dropped charges against Harris in March 2020, noting that MacColl’s “total lack of candor” during the shooting investigation called into question his credibility as a witness. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Former-officer-charged-with-tampering-lying-17280283.php | 2022-07-01 23:22:18 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Former-officer-charged-with-tampering-lying-17280283.php |
(The Hill) — President Joe Biden celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday, becoming the first octogenarian to serve in the Oval Office.
Biden marked his birthday with a brunch hosted by First Lady Jill Biden, according to White House Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the day after the Saturday wedding of his granddaughter Naomi Biden on the White House South Lawn.
“A perfect birthday celebration filled with so much love — and Joe’s favorite coconut cake!” the first lady tweeted, sharing a photo of the Biden family gathered around a table as the president blew out a birthday candle.
Biden also made a call to the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team as the FIFA World Cup got underway Sunday in Qatar.
“Coach, put me in, I’m ready to play You guys, I know you’re the underdog, but I’ll tell you what man, you’ve got some of the best players in the world on your team and you’re representing this country and I know you’re going to play your hearts out, so let’s go shock ‘em all,” Biden told the players.
The U.S. team is set to play their first game against Wales on Monday.
In a break from birthday levity, the president also addressed the deadly shooting at the LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., where a gunman killed five people and wounded 18 others.
“Today, yet another community in America has been torn apart by gun violence. More families left with an empty chair at the table and hole in their lives that cannot be filled. When will we decide we’ve had enough? We must address the public health epidemic of gun violence in all of its forms,” Biden said.
Biden also joined other lawmakers to mark Transgender Day of Rememberance in the wake of the shooting.
“There is no place for violence, hatred, and bigotry in America. Yet, tragically, as last night’s attack in Colorado Springs reminds us, too many LGBTQI+ people in the United States—and around the world—continue to face unconscionable attacks,” Biden said in a statement.
The president’s 80th birthday comes as the political focus shifts from the midterms to the 2024 presidential election, with former President Trump last week announcing he’ll mount another run to reclaim the White House.
Biden, already the oldest president to enter office, has acknowledged his age as a concern for voters but insisted he intends to run again. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/how-biden-spent-his-80th-birthday/ | 2022-11-21 13:53:49 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/how-biden-spent-his-80th-birthday/ |
Kim Kardashian's launch of her new skincare brand SKKN BY KIM is proving to be less smooth than desired.
New York businesswoman and esthetician Cydnie Lunsford has sued the reality star for trademark infringement over the "SKKN" name. Kardashian's lawyer, Michael Rhodes, denied any wrongdoing by his client and has vowed to fight the case in court.
"We think the case is less about the law of trademarks and more about trying to leverage a settlement by threatening to harm Ms. Kardashian's name and reputation," he said in a statement to E! News. "That's not going to work and we look forward to presenting our case in court."
In her lawsuit, filed June 28, Lunsford states that her company, Beauty Concepts, has "conducted business continuously under the SKKN+ brand in Washington, DC and/or New York, New York, since at least August 2018." She notes that the group has "used the SKKN+ Marks" in connection with offering high end salon services as well as products sold in a physical retail store and online. The domain www.skknplus.com and the company's Instagram page were also started in 2018, with the first post containing its SKKN+ logo and advertising skincare services.
"Beauty Concepts actively seeks to advertise, market to, and serve clients of all genders, races, and ethnicities, specializing in corrective skincare for all skin types," the lawsuit states. "Notably, Beauty Concepts is a Black-owned business and seeks to ensure its services specifically serve Black women and other women of color, who have been historically underserved, excluded, and diminished by the beauty industry."
However, as Kardashian's lawyer told E! News, "We applaud Ms. Lunsford for being a small business owner and following her dreams. But that doesn't give her the right to wrongfully claim that we've done something wrong."
On March 28, 2021, Beauty Concepts filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark its SKKN+ design mark, or stylized logo, for use in beauty salon and skincare services, records show.
On March 30, 2021, Kardashian filed several trademark applications to be able to use the term "SKKN BY KIM" for skincare products and a variety of merchandise. The following July, the reality star filed to trademark just the word "SKKN" for use in skincare products, without any specific styling, according to a USPTO filing.
Lunsford's lawsuit states that her company learned in July 2021 that Kim was "going to launch a new skin-care line under the brand SKKN and/or SKKN BY KIM" and that Beauty Concepts then reached out to her team to "request that they abandon their plans to use a mark incorporating the most significant elements of Beauty Concepts' mark SKKN+, namely the letters 'SKKN.'"
"Mid-last year, we received a letter from Beauty Concepts, an esthetician studio in Brooklyn owned by Ms. Lunsford," Kardashian's lawyer said. "In its letter, Beauty Concepts claimed to own rights to a logo made up of SKKN+, and had just filed for trademark protection for that logo. To our knowledge, Beauty Concepts sold no products under the SKKN+ name."
Rhodes continued, "Beauty Concepts asked that we drop the SKKN name. Of course we said no."
Lunsford's filing states that after negotiations with Kardashian's team "failed," Beauty Concepts began its legal efforts to stop them from usurping its intellectual property rights." Several months ago, they filed opposition proceedings with the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to try to stop Kardashian from using the name "SKKN BY KIM." Their case is pending, records show.
Kardashian's lawyer said that "several times we reached out to Beauty Concepts, trying to find a sensible path to coexistence. We pointed out that running a small esthetician business in Brooklyn does not give it the right to shut down a global skin care line." He added, "Since we've done nothing wrong, we stood our ground."
On June 21, Kim officially launched her SKKN BY KIM brand.
Meanwhile, Lunsford's lawsuit also states that on June 26, Beauty Concept filed new applications to trademark the SKKN+ word mark—which does not require the name to be styled a certain way—for use in connection with store services featuring skincare products, plus skincare, salon, spa and esthetician services.
Lunsford is suing Kardashian for trademark infringement and unfair competition, unlawful deceptive acts and business practices, civil conspiracy, common law unjust enrichment and reverse confusion—alleging that Kardashian's "actions have led and are likely to continue to lead the public to conclude, incorrectly," that Lunsford's "goods originate from" the reality star. Lunsford is suing for an undisclosed amount of damages and has demanded a jury trial.
"Were it not for the willful infringement and usurpation of the SKKN+ Brand by [Kim's team], Ms. Lunsford's and Beauty Concepts' growth trajectory and future success were assured," the lawsuit states. "They are now in jeopardy due to the willful and improper actions of the Defendants." | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1336254/kim-kardashian-responds-to-skkn-trademark-lawsuit-after-skincare-brand-launch?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-06-29 20:38:52 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1336254/kim-kardashian-responds-to-skkn-trademark-lawsuit-after-skincare-brand-launch?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories |
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ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor in Atlanta investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia said Monday she expects to announce charging decisions in the case this summer and urged “heightened security.”
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wrote in a letter to county Sheriff Pat Labat that she expects to announce the decisions sometime between July 11 and Sept. 1. She said she wanted to give Labat time to coordinate with local, state and federal agencies “to ensure that our law enforcement community is ready to protect the public.”
“Open-source intelligence has indicated the announcement of decisions in this case may provoke a significant public reaction,” Willis wrote in the letter, adding that some could involve “acts of violence that will endanger the safety of our community.”
As leaders, they need to be prepared, she wrote, adding that her team would be in touch to talk about arrangements.
The letter was first reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which reported that letters were also sent to Atlanta's police chief and the head of the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency.
Willis has been investigating whether Trump and his allies broke any laws as they tried to overturn his narrow election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in Georgia.
She opened the investigation in early 2021, shortly after a recording of a phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was made public. In that call, Trump suggested the state's top elections official could help “find” the votes needed to overturn his loss in the state.
It has become clear since then that the scope of her investigation has expanded far beyond that call.
Trump, who last fall announced a 2024 bid for the White House, already faces criminal charges in New York. A Manhattan grand jury in March indicted him on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payments to a porn actor during the 2016 presidential election.
New York police had said ahead of his arraignment there that they were ready for large protests by the former president's supporters, who believe any charges against him are politically motivated. And while hundreds of onlookers, protesters, journalists and some politicians did show up, fears that unruly crowds would cause chaos ultimately proved unfounded.
Meanwhile in Washington, federal grand juries are investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election and the potential mishandling of classified documents by Trump at his Florida estate. Justice Department prosecutors have questioned numerous Trump administration officials before the grand jury. It’s not clear when those probes, both overseen by a special counsel appointed last fall, might conclude or who if anyone might be charged. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/da-to-decide-on-georgia-election-probe-charges-in-17915957.php | 2023-04-24 22:22:50 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/da-to-decide-on-georgia-election-probe-charges-in-17915957.php |
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, October 21st, the fourth season of David Meltzer's "pitch only" show 2 Minute Drill premieres on Apple TV in over 100 countries upon its release.
Hosted by Legendary Entrepreneur, Investor, and Best-Selling Author, David Meltzer, 2 Minute Drill features entrepreneurs from all walks of life competing each week for more than $50,000 in cash and prizes. Five contestants have just two minutes to deliver their most convincing pitch. Find out who will fold under the pressure and who will thrive.
On this season, David is joined by judges such as UFC star Michael Chandler, running back for the Los Angeles Chargers Austin Ekeler, Rick Jordan, Investor and Cybersecurity Expert, Grammy-nominated multi-platinum producer, DJ, songwriter, and author, Clinton Sparks, and Rory Cutaia, CEO of Verb Technologies (NASDAQ: VERB). Other featured judges include Laura Jakobsen, Founder & CEO of RIOT Energy as well as Shawne Merriman, CEO of the Lights Out brand, Fox Sports Analyst, and Former All-Pro NFL Linebacker.
In addition to the overall winner for each episode, one entrepreneur will be honored with the JA Impact award in recognition of their positive influence in their community. One of the world's largest NGOs, JA Worldwide, was nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Meltzer serving as Chief Chancellor of JA University Worldwide.
"I'm so excited for this new season to launch on one of the world's most popular streaming platforms, Apple TV," explains Executive Producer, David Meltzer. "It's my mission to create content that gives entrepreneurs the tools to be their best, and I can't wait to share this new season with the world."
The fourth season will feature new "Entrepreneur Showcase" segments each week, which highlight leading entrepreneurs and executives sharing their insights on the art of the pitch and how to thrive in business. 2 Minute Drill has also teamed up with partners like National Business Capital, ReachOut Technology, EPIC Financial Strategies, and Kennected this newest season.
Apple TV also features additional content from David Meltzer, who has been selected as a top entrepreneur contributor. Shows include his top podcast "The Playbook", as well as the first late-night entrepreneurial show, "Office Hours", which features the world's most insightful millionaires, billionaires, and entrepreneurs, from the business, sports, and entertainment industries to talk about success, failure, and everything in between. David continues to develop further shows with the world's top business leaders.
David Meltzer is the Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. He is one of the world's top Entrepreneurs, Investors and Business coaches. David has been recognized by Variety Magazine as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year and awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
David is the Executive Producer of the Apple TV series 2 Minute Drill and Office Hours. He is also the executive producer of Entrepreneur's #1 digital business show, Elevator Pitch. David is featured in many books, movies, and TV shows such as World's Greatest Motivators, Think and Grow Rich and Beyond the Secret featured on Netflix. His life's mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! This simple yet powerful mission has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing… VALUE. In all his content, and communication that's exactly what you'll receive.
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Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service honors Station 9 shooting victims through blood drive
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - On Wednesday, Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) honored firefighters Jordan Melton and Jamal Jones by hosting a blood drive.
Melton and Jones were shot while at Station 9 on Wednesday, July 12. Melton passed away from his injuries on Monday.
BFRS usually holds two blood drives a year. Lieutenant Catina Williams said they are used to helping the public, and this is a way for the public to help them. She said they are thankful for the communities continued prayers, and expected a large turnout on Wednesday because of the community’s desire to help.
“This is for a great cause, giving blood period. But we had two firefighters that were at work doing what they needed to do to survive, to take care of their family and this horrible thing happened. So if that’s not a good enough reason to come out and give back, I don’t know what would be,” said Lieutenant Williams.
At this time, there are no suspects in the case.
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HANGZHOU, China, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikvision enhances ColorVu, its high quality full-color technology, with Super Confocal and Smart Hybrid Light technologies. With these enhanced ColorVu offerings, even sharper imaging is made possible, with precise focusing in ultra-low light and flexible "hybrid" lighting modes to fit the scenario.
"By upgrading ColorVu technology, we aim to elevate our customers' night vision experience in any setting with always-sharply-focused imaging and versatile lighting options," says Rubio Hong, the Product Director at Hikvision, "We are very proud of our ultra-low-light technology, which eliminates the headache of darkness and unclear footage."
Improved low-light imaging performance with the Super Confocal Technology
Hikvision's industry-leading ColorVu technology provides full-color footage 24 hours a day, so users see the same sharply rendered images at night as they would see in broad daylight. Now boosted by Super Confocal Technology, ColorVu's performance in low lighting gets even more stable and precise.
As infrared light focuses differently than visible light, it's very difficult for dual-light cameras to create sharp images in low light. Given that cameras with ColorVu are equipped with large-aperture, high-resolution lenses, the focus depth is too small for the frame, which makes infrared imaging even more difficult.
But now, to solve this problem, Hikvision has infused Super Confocal Technology. This is a high-caliber-lens design which reduces optical light dispersion to ensure that the point of focus on the sensor for the infrared light is virtually the same as that of the visible light (thus, "con"-focal). Focusing both types of light at the same spot helps prevent blur and improves the user's viewing experience by rendering clear, vivid images both in color and black-white. Achieving confocal imaging with F1.0 super aperture is also an industry-first.
Flexible lighting options with the Smart Hybrid Light technology
Hikvision's Smart Hybrid Light technology can automatically switch from IR light to visible white (supplemental) lighting at night. Equipped with this technology, cameras offer three supplemental lighting options to suit a user's unique nighttime scenario, depending on the need. The white or visible light mode establishes color imaging; the IR mode (invisible to humans) enables continual black-and-white imaging at night with no light pollution; and the "smart" mode enables the light to automatically change between the two modes based on perimeter events.
With the smart mode turned on, the camera maintains infrared illumination at night until an event triggers color imaging to capture critical details. This means that once human or vehicle motion is detected by the camera, it switches to regular lights and turns to full color. This helps in two critical ways: first, the camera's color imaging captures better footage which can be used to identify the intruder. Secondly, the triggered light acts as a deterrent to would-be trespassers who might potentially get startled and flee the scene.
Great potential for use in both indoor and outdoor applications
Recording "no action" footage at night or in poorly lit areas with infrared mode, the cameras' location won't be given away, and the chance of a camera being seen and vandalized by intruders is vastly reduced. On the other hand, a bright light triggered by a security event and flooding the area helps deter intruders while recording with the same vibrant, colorful images as in daylight.
Therefore, cameras with ColorVu are ideal for both indoor and outdoor scenarios, such as warehouses, retail stores, public parks, and residential settings, where little or no movement is expected at night but discretion is desired for security cameras. Smart, automated lighting options combined with extremely accurate and sharply-focused details creates a camera that truly goes above and beyond current security industry expectations and performance.
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To discover more key features and capabilities of the ColorVu technology, please visit Hikvision's website: https://www.hikvision.com/en/products/smart-hybrid-light-cameras-with-colorvu
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Community mourns wife of Carter County Judge Executive killed in crash
GRAYSON, Ky. (WSAZ) - Black ribbons are placed on the entrances of the Carter County Courthouse, as the community prays for the recovery of Judge Executive Mike Malone and mourns the loss of his wife Rose.
Officials say the couple was travelling on Interstate 64 in a truck Wednesday morning when they went off the road and down an embankment near the Morehead exit.
Rose Malone, 74, was pronounced dead at the scene. Mike Malone was flown to a hospital in Lexington.
Mike Malone is also the owner of Malone Funeral Home in Grayson, where Bob Thomas is the managing partner. Mike was Bob’s best man at his wedding.
“She was as beautiful outside as she was inside,” Thomas said of Rose, who was a retired school teacher. “She loved her family better than anything.”
Malone’s second and final term as judge executive has been winding down as he’s looked forward to retirement. Bob says he’d been eager to doing things he hasn’t had time to do, including travelling and spending more time with his family and wife.
“I guess that kind of shows you how precious life is that in an instant, it can change,” Thomas said. “We can make a lot of plans for tomorrow, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’re going to get to fulfill them. I hate that part for him, but people who know him know how strong he is. He went through the loss of a son, the loss of a grandson, and the loss of a brother. They were all very close, and he remained strong and got through it.”
Working at a funeral home, they’re regularly in the position of trying to comfort others after a loss. Now they’re on the other end as many in the community are doing the consoling.
“The outpouring of prayers and concerns has been truly awesome,” Thomas said.
Mike Malone remained in the hospital as of Thursday night.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official urged lawmakers on Wednesday to end general election runoffs — this month’s bitter Senate contest was the latest example — but offered no specific proposals, saying there is a “wide range of options.”
The push by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to discard the unusual format for general elections comes after high-profile Senate races went into overtime this year and in 2020, with Democrats winning each time. Democrat Raphael Warnock has twice won runoffs, including his Dec. 6 victory over GOP challenger Herschel Walker.
Raffensperger said in a statement that Georgia is “one of the only states that always seems to have a runoff” and that the legislature should “consider reforms.” Georgia is one of four states that have runoffs in general elections, though only Georgia and Louisiana use them for all races. Nine states hold runoffs in primaries, though the rules vary.
Georgia lawmakers said possible options include lowering the threshold for winning an election to a 45% plurality or using ranked choice ballots for voters, as some other states do, to designate additional choices beyond a first candidate, allowing for an instant runoff.
Under current Georgia law, if no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in a primary or general election, the top two finishers advance to a runoff election.
In most states, the candidate who earns the greatest number of votes, even if that is far short of a majority, wins a party primary or general election. But most Southern states require runoffs in primaries, an outgrowth of a time when white supremacist Democrats were the overwhelming majority and sought to consolidate support behind one candidate to prevent splits in general elections that could threaten their rule.
Georgia went one step further in the 1960s and also required runoffs for general elections, a move the sponsor said was meant to bolster white rule.
Raffensperger’s spokesman said the secretary of state was unavailable for interviews this week and that it is up to lawmakers to decide on any changes. Raffensperger is not proposing altering the requirement for runoffs after party primaries.
GOP Gov. Brian Kemp, incoming Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who will preside over the state Senate, and representatives of the state Republican and Democratic parties did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday. A big turnover among the General Assembly’s leadership is expected to mean a slow start to legislating and possibly a limited appetite for big changes in the session that begins Jan. 9.
State Rep. Alan Powell, a Republican who has been the vice chairman of the House Special Committee on Election Integrity, said he would not support changes that would let people win elections with less than a majority.
“As a philosophical point, if you’re going to have an elected person represent you, they need to have at least 50 plus 1% of the voters to ratify their elections,” Powell said Wednesday.
But Democratic state Sen. Elena Parent said she had heard discussion about lowering the threshold to avoid a runoff from the current majority to a requirement of 45%. Parent said she would be in favor of at least a trial of instant runoffs because runoffs in many local elections have very low turnout, which she said is a “very undemocratic” way of determining elections.
State Sen. Michelle Au, a Democrat, said she would be “shocked if we didn’t see several versions of plurality or instant runoff proposed.”
Powell said ranked choice voting was discussed in 2021 when Georgia overhauled its election law, but that it only won support for overseas voters as a way to cut the time for runoffs from nine weeks to four weeks.
When no one reached the 50% threshold in either of two U.S. Senate races two years ago, the runoff election was held nine weeks later, on Jan. 5, 2021. Warnock and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, respectively.
Changes in a 2021 election law meant that the final day of voting in this year’s runoff election was just four weeks after the general election. That shortened runoff period presented a challenge for county election officials, particularly with the Thanksgiving holiday falling in the middle.
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Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young became the latest player to have an adversarial relationship with New York Knicks fans when Atlanta defeated the Knicks during the 2020-21 NBA Playoffs.
Young’s stardom elevated during the series as he led Atlanta to a five-game victory over New York, and Knicks fans let him have it at Madison Square Garden.
The series led to the perception that Young plays the role of the villain in the NBA, a topic Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green dove into with Young on the latest episode of "The Draymond Green Show."
"New York Knicks fans are f------ delusional and miserable," Green told Young. "And I love New York, so don’t ban me from y’all city. But they’re hard. They’re a hard fan base.
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"You go into The Garden, you hitting the shots, you bowing. Every timely shot you need to make, you make. You’re making every play. And what I actually think now, and continuing to watch and continuing to pay attention to it, is you are very much so a showman. But yet that’s been flipped. And again, talking agendas, into being this villain. And I’ll be the first to say it, being the villain sucks. It’s no fun.
"But when it's up against you, you either fold or you stand up to it, you go into it. I've stepped right into it. And people have now made you out to be this villain, when in fact, the way you shoot the ball, the way you play the game, they don't vilify guys that do that. But they've done that to you."
While it has appeared that Young enjoys playing the role of villain, the two-time All-Star told Green he "doesn't really like being that way."
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"Like you said, s--- ain’t really fun being a villain," Young said when asked if he embraces the role of villain at times.
"I really just feed off the crowd. I really don’t like being that way. But it’s been that way from high school when I was averaging 40 my senior year in high school. That’s kind of what it was. I was going into other arenas, and they were chanting 'overrated' if I wasn’t scoring.
"I’m not like that type of person," Young added. "I’d rather just go out there, put on a show, have fun, smile and get the win. But if it happens that way, like you said, I ain’t about to turn down from anything."
There might not be a player better suited to sympathize with Young on the issue of filling the role of a villain than Green.
During the 2021-2022 NBA Finals, Green heard numerous "f--- you, Draymond" chants from the Boston Celtics crowd, and he drew the ire of the Sacramento Kings fan base after stomping on the chest of Domantas Sabonis during Golden State’s playoff series in April. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/draymond-green-discusses-origins-of-trae-young-s-villain-role-calls-knicks-fans-f-/article_8a408f8b-9d37-5326-b134-6a13f0f3a537.html | 2023-07-19 06:02:37 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/draymond-green-discusses-origins-of-trae-young-s-villain-role-calls-knicks-fans-f-/article_8a408f8b-9d37-5326-b134-6a13f0f3a537.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Shake It Up Cocktail Lounge & Eatery, 105 W. Front St. in downtown Bloomington, is this week's pick for Eats of the Week.
The restaurant, which opened Dec. 18, is owned by Patrick Whitaker and Tyler Porter, also co-owners of the No Ceiling Hospitality group. The two met while working at DR McKay's, where they discovered they shared the same goal of opening their own bar.
"The whole point of the Shake It Up is to take things that we know everybody loves and shake it up a little bit," said Porter, whose first job in the restaurant industry came at his uncle's pizza shop when he was 14. "So we don't just have burgers, we have elevated craft burgers. Our sandwiches are unique, and our cocktails are twists on classics, so they're familiar but different to everybody."
The downtown location was previously the home of Tony's Tacos, the Eleven restaurant and Shannon's Federal Café.
Shake It Up offers lunch and dinner, indoor dining on two levels, and curbside pickup. Its upstairs lounge is open on Fridays and Saturdays, and that is available to rent out for private parties and events. Other activities include Twin City Trivia on Wednesday nights and music bingo from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sundays.
"It's just a nice, relaxed atmosphere," Porter said. "It seems more upscale but it still has a nice relaxed environment where you don't feel like kind of super uptight, like some places I feel like kind of can be.
"So it's just a little something for everybody. I think it's the real aspect of why people like coming here."
Popular menu items include the ranger burger, adobo chicken sandwich and several varieties of bruschetta — the Carmela, the Paulie and the Silvio — named after characters from "The Sopranos."
The most popular cocktails include the French martini, the pear-and-ginger old fashioned, and the banana hammock, which is made with Caribbean rum and lit on fire when served. The restaurant also offers "mocktails" made without alcohol but with its signature flair.
Shake It Up offers a monthly sandwich special and daily specials that correspond to days of the week, such as $8 burger baskets on Tuesdays and $10 signature cocktails on Thursdays. A happy hour menu is available from 3 to 6 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays.
For night owls, a late menu with items like duck wontons and loaded fries starts at 10 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. The menu is offered until 12:30 a.m. on Thursdays and until 1:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Porter praised the restaurant's supportive staff and customer base, and said there are plans to expand to other restaurants in the future.
"I love that Bloomington-Normal generally really loves supporting local. It always seems like a great place to start something," Porter said. "We were really happy to find this place on Front Street because I love it. It's kind of like a little away from the college, but not fully.
"You still get to be a part of the downtown community which is also fantastic." | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/shake-it-up-offers-twists-on-classics-in-downtown-bloomington/article_219ec886-d261-11ed-a818-3bf9e50854d9.html | 2023-04-04 21:23:32 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/business/local/shake-it-up-offers-twists-on-classics-in-downtown-bloomington/article_219ec886-d261-11ed-a818-3bf9e50854d9.html |
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At CES 2023 on January 5th, Leica Cine 1 was displayed at the Hisense booth, which has become a witness to the strong partnership between both sides. In the next phase, as Stephan Albrecht, Managing Director of Leica Smart Projection GmbH, said, Hisense and Leica Camera will continue to consolidate their technology collaboration in the Laser TV segment by launching new products, all in premium segment and all oriented to the next level of image quality.
Reasons Behind the Cooperation Between Hisense and Leica
In recent years, Hisense has been looking for ways to advance the Laser TV industry, and Leica Camera has been seeking to branch out into Laser TV projection field. The two giant brands decided to join hands for the further development of the TV industry.
When taking about the reasons for this cooperation, Matthias Harsch, CEO of Leica Camera AG, said that Leica has been interested to enter the strongly growing Laser TV market, but this would not have been possible without Hisense since it has become a global pioneer in the field of Laser TV with 1,700 related patents.
For Hisense, it has long realized the importance of partnership and working with Leica is in line with its own development needs. Leica's superior optical technology enables Hisense's Laser TVs to deliver sharper and more detailed images, which can lay a solid foundation for the further development of its home theatre and short-focus Laser TVs.
Leica Displayed Its Laser TV, Leica Cine 1, at Hisense Booth at CES 2023
With its innovative triple-RGB laser powered by Hisense's Laser TV technology, Leica Cine 1, displayed at CES 2023, uses the Leica projection lens expertise and the Leica Image Optimization (LIOTM) technology to optimize picture quality and to deliver an ultimate cinematic viewing experience. Over the next years, Hisense and Leica will develop further technologies, all oriented to the next level of premium image quality, making the global Laser TV industry more dynamic.
With Leica's optical expertise, Hisense aims to further expand its global influence as an international company. As Dr. Liu Xianrong, chief scientist and general manager of Hisense Laser Display Co.Ltd. remarked, "The combination of the unique charm of Laser display and Leica's traditional image quality can provide a better viewing experience to consumers."
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Housekeepers struggle as US hotels ditch daily room cleaning
HONOLULU (AP) — After guests checked out of a corner room at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort on Waikiki beach, housekeeper Luz Espejo collected enough trash, some strewn under beds, to stuff seven large garbage bags.
She stripped the linens from the beds, wiped built-up dust off furniture and scrubbed away layers of grime on the toilet and bathtub. She even got on her hands and knees to pick confetti from the carpet that a heavy-duty vacuum failed to swallow up.
Like many other hotels across the United States, the Hilton Hawaiian Village has done away with daily housekeeping service, making what was already one of the toughest jobs in the hospitality industry even more grueling.
Industry insiders say the move away from daily cleaning, which gained traction during the pandemic, is driven by customer preferences. But others say it has more to do with profit and has allowed hotels to cut the number of housekeepers at a time when many of the mostly immigrant women who take those jobs are still reeling from lost work during coronavirus shutdowns.
Many housekeepers still employed say their hours have been cut and they are being asked to do far more work in that time.
“It’s a big change for us,” said Espejo, a 60-year-old originally from the Philippines who has cleaned rooms at the world’s largest Hilton for 18 years, minus about a year she was laid off during the pandemic. “We are so busy at work now. We cannot finish cleaning our rooms.”
Before the pandemic there were 670 housekeepers working at Espejo’s resort. More than two years later, 150 of them haven’t been hired back or are on-call status, spending each day from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. waiting for a phone call saying there’s work for them. The number not hired back or on call stood at 300 just a few weeks ago.
“This is all about more money in the owners’ pocket by putting a greater workload on the frontline workers and eliminating jobs,” said D. Taylor, president of UNITE HERE, a union representing hotel workers.
While some hotels started experimenting with less frequent cleaning in the name of sustainability, it became far more widespread early in the pandemic, when to promote social distancing and other safety protocols, many hotels switched to offering room cleaning only if a guest requested, and sometimes only after staying a certain number of days. Guests were instructed to leave trash outside their door and call the front desk for clean towels.
But even as safety restrictions fade and demand picks up as the country enters peak travel season, many hotels are keeping their new cleaning policies in place.
A spokesperson for the Hilton Hawaiian Village said no Hilton representative was available for an interview about such policies at any Hilton property. Representatives for several major hotel chains, including Marriott and Caesars Entertainment, either declined to be interviewed or didn’t respond to Associated Press requests for comment.
Chip Rogers, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, a trade group whose members include hotel brands, owners and management companies, said it was the demands of guests — not hotel profits — that guided decisions about pandemic housekeeper services.
“A lot of guests, to this day, don’t want people coming into their room during their stay,” he said. “To force something onto a guest that they don’t want is the antithesis of what it means to work in the hospitality industry.”
The pandemic changed the standard of most hotel guests wanting daily cleaning, he said, adding it’s not yet clear if that will result in a permanent shift.
Housekeeping policies vary based on the type of hotel, Rogers said, with luxury hotels tending to provide daily housekeeping unless guests opt out.
Ben McLeod, of Bend, Oregon, and his family didn’t request housekeeping during a four-night stay at the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort on Hawaii’s Big Island in March.
“My wife and I just have never really understood why there would be daily housekeeping ... when that’s not the case at home and it’s wasteful,” he said.
He said he expects his kids to tidy up after themselves.
“I’m a Type-A, so I get out of bed and I make my bed, so I don’t need someone else to make my bed,” he said.
Unionized hotel workers are trying get the message out that turning down daily room cleaning is hurting housekeepers and threatening jobs.
Martha Bonilla, who has spent 10 years working at the Caesars Atlantic City Hotel & Casino in New Jersey, said she wants guests to ask for daily cleaning, noting it makes her job less difficult. Even though hotels in New Jersey are required by law to offer daily cleaning, some guests still turn it down.
“When I come home from work now, the only thing I want to do is go to bed,” said Bonilla, originally from the Dominican Republic and a single mother of a 6-year-old daughter. “I am physically exhausted.”
It’s not just partying guests like the ones who threw confetti around in Hawaii that leave behind filthy rooms, housekeepers say. Even with typical use, rooms left uncleaned for days become much harder to restore to the gleaming, pristine rooms guests expect when they check in.
Elvia Angulo, a housekeeper at the Oakland Marriott City Center for 17 years, is the main breadwinner in her family.
For the first year of the pandemic, she worked a day or two a month. She has regained her 40 hours a week, but with rooms no longer cleaned daily the number of people working each shift has been cut in half, from 25 to 12.
“Thank God I have seniority here so I now have my five days again, and my salary is the same,” said Angulo, 54, who is from Mexico. “But the work really is now harder. If you don’t clean a room for five days you have five days of scum in the bathrooms. It’s scum over scum.”
Many housekeepers still aren’t getting enough hours to qualify for benefits.
Sonia Guevara, who has worked at a Seattle Hilton for seven years, used to really enjoy the benefits at her job. But since returning to work after being laid off for 18 months, she hasn’t qualified for health insurance.
“At first I was thinking to get a new job, but I feel like I want to wait,” she said. “I want to see if my hours change at the hotel.”
She said there are few other job options with hours conducive for having two children in school.
Now politicians are picking up on the issue, including Hawaii state Rep. Sonny Ganaden, who represents Kalihi, a Honolulu neighborhood where many hotel workers live.
“Almost every time I talk to people at their doors, I meet someone who works in a hotel and then we talk about how they are overworked and what is happening and working conditions,” he said. “You’ve got a lot of first- and second-generation immigrant folks that are kind of left high and dry by these non-daily room cleaning requirements.”
Ganaden is among the lawmakers who introduced a resolution requesting Hawaii hotels “immediately rehire or recall employees who were laid off or placed on leave” because of the pandemic.
If that’s not enough, Ganaden said he would be open to more forceful measures like some other places have taken.
Washington, D.C.’s city council in April passed emergency legislation requiring hotels in the district to service rooms daily unless guests opt-out.
Amal Hligue, an immigrant from Morocco, hopes the rules mean more hours at the Washington Hilton where she has worked for 22 years. She needs them so her husband can get health insurance.
“I hope he has this month because I worked last month,” she said.
At 57 years old, she doesn’t want to find a new job. “I’m not young, you know,” she said. “I have to stay.”
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Snow reported from Phoenix.
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Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) leads incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson (R) by 7 percentage points in their race for Johnson’s seat, according to a poll from Marquette University Law School released Wednesday.
The survey found that Barnes received support from 51 percent of respondents, compared to Johnson’s 44 percent. Barnes expanded his lead from Marquette’s June poll in which he led Johnson by only 2 points, within the margin of error.
Barnes was still competing for the Democratic nomination at the time of the June poll but clinched the primary earlier this month.
The poll released Wednesday shows a sharp partisan divide between the candidates, with 95 percent of Democrats supporting Barnes and 92 percent of Republicans supporting Johnson. But Barnes leads among independents, 52 percent to 38 percent.
The two candidates were tied among independents in the June poll.
Barnes also has an advantage in favorability rating over Johnson.
The lieutenant governor is viewed favorably by 37 percent of respondents and unfavorably by 22 percent. Three in 10 respondents said they did not know enough about Barnes to respond, but that figure is down from 57 percent who said so in June.
Johnson is viewed favorably by 38 percent and unfavorably by 47 percent, while only 9 percent said they did not know enough to respond.
Johnson’s seat is considered a prime pickup opportunity for Democrats, who are seeking to maintain and expand their control of the Senate in the November midterm elections.
Johnson has become a controversial figure as he has been a close ally for former President Trump.
The conservative senator has faced sharp pushback after he said earlier this month that Social Security and Medicare should be categorized as discretionary spending, requiring Congress to approve their budgets every year instead of allowing them to rise annually.
Democrats also released an ad this week targeting Johnson for his vote against implementing a $35 per month cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs for individuals with private insurance.
The poll was conducted from Aug. 10 to 15 among 811 registered voters. The margin of error was 4.2 points. | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/barnes-tops-johnson-by-7-points-in-wisconsin-senate-race-poll/ | 2022-08-17 23:51:51 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/barnes-tops-johnson-by-7-points-in-wisconsin-senate-race-poll/ |
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The start of tax season is officially underway.
There are two big dates to keep in mind: Monday marks the first day you can file your taxes and April 18 is the deadline to file without an extension.
As you move through the process, it's important to have all the information you need before you file, as filing a complete and accurate tax return can avoid extensive processing and refund delays as well as avoid the possibility of needing to file an amended tax return.
The Internal Revenue Service encourages people to carefully review their taxes to make sure they don't overlook important tax credit that they may be eligible for, and when it comes to whether to use a professional or do your taxes on your own, experts have some advice.
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"A lot of times I've seen this in the past where someone does their own tax return, they don't realize there might be a credit out there for an electric vehicle or solar panels, or maybe they didn't calculate the Child Tax Credit correctly. You know, those are all things that by going to a professional, they can help you with, as well as ask the right questions," said Andrew Lattimer, a tax principal.
If you are planning on hiring a tax preparer, right now is a good time to find someone. If you delay the process, they may not be taking new clients in the tax season.
For anyone using a software, it's also a good time to compare your choices, including IRS Free File, which is available if your 2022 adjusted gross income is $73,000 or less.
With either option, experts suggest beginning the process as quickly as possible.
"If you send stuff late, you know, maybe what ends up happening is maybe you have to go on extension so that takes more time if you're going to get money back, but again, the later that you do it, the more compression there is," Lattimer added.
The IRS anticipates most taxpayers will receive their refund within 21 days of when they file electronically.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation in San Angelo has announced that US 277 Northbound traffic will be detoured to RM 584 (Knickerbocker Road) over the next two days after 9 a.m. starting Tuesday, Nov. 22 while crews place a “fog seal” on a portion of the highway.
The fog seal will be put in to seal any narrow cracks on the road to restore any lost flexibility to the pavement surface.
During the maintenance work, pilot cars will be directing traffic on US 277 Southbound in an effort to prevent long backups. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/local-news/txdot-announces-us-277-northbound-detour/ | 2022-11-22 00:22:48 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/local-news/txdot-announces-us-277-northbound-detour/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Ben Savage, who starred as a child in the ABC teen sitcom “Boy Meets World,” is running for a U.S. House seat in California, marking his latest attempt to make the jump from Hollywood to politics.
Savage, a Democrat, said in an Instagram post Monday that “it’s time to restore faith in government” and that voters want leaders “unhindered by political divisions and special interests.”
“I firmly believe in standing up for what is right, ensuring equality and expanding opportunities for all,” he wrote.
Savage joins a crowded field for the seat held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, who is running for U.S. Senate. Other candidates include former Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and Democratic state Assemblywoman Laura Friedman.
The heavily Democratic 30th District includes a swath of Los Angeles, including Hollywood and the trendy neighborhoods of Silver Lake and Echo Park, and also cuts through neighboring cities including Pasadena, Glendale and West Hollywood.
Savage starred in “Boy Meets World” for seven seasons in the ’90s, in which viewers saw his character Cory Matthews go from awkward sixth grader to a college student married to his high-school sweetheart.
He ran for a seat on the West Hollywood City Council last year but only garnered about 6% of the vote.
He said on his website that his priorities include working for safer streets, and addressing homelessness and affordable housing.
“I support a robust public safety presence to keep the community safe and vibrant,” Savage wrote. “We need to support our law enforcement officers and provide them with the resources they need to keep businesses, residents and visitors safe.”
He added that he supports “checks and balances to root out corruption” in law enforcement, and working to improve relations between police and underserved communities. | https://www.pahomepage.com/entertainment-news/boy-meets-world-star-ben-savage-enters-us-house-race-in-la/ | 2023-03-08 01:24:50 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/entertainment-news/boy-meets-world-star-ben-savage-enters-us-house-race-in-la/ |
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Prime Day 2023 was record-breaking. Here’s what shoppers bought
The bestsellers of Amazon’s Prime Day 2023 sale
Amazon Prime Day 2023 is in the books and was a massive success with millions of online shoppers saving big on the hottest products. The 2023 sale was the biggest yet and broke records when it came to total purchases and money saved.
The hottest items include expensive things such as robot vacuums, TVs, tablets, headphones, furniture and kitchen appliances. However, we have stats about which items were the top sellers.
Record-breaking sale
Prime Day is always huge, but Amazon recently announced that the first day of the sale, July 11, was the single largest sales day in the company’s history. Over 375 million items were purchased worldwide throughout the two-day sales event, and it’s estimated that customers saved over $2.5 billion on deals.
Recognized brands such as Apple, Sony, Samsung, iRobot, Google and Amazon ran many discounts on hot items. However, small and medium-sized businesses such as Caraway, True Classic and Tushy also benefited from the sale.
Bestsellers of Prime Day 2023
Transform any TV into a smart TV for streaming content from popular services such as Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Disney+ and more. This streaming device is easy to set up, offers crystal-clear 4K streaming and has a built-in Alexa function on the remote to search for titles.
Sold by Amazon
Cracked lips are an unfortunate side effect of being under direct sunlight or dry weather in the winter, making this balm a must-buy for those looking to keep their lips hydrated. It contains murumuru and shea butter for fast-acting and long-lasting hydration and is available in five flavors.
Sold by Amazon
These all-purpose wireless earbuds offer over 24 hours of total listening time and quick access to Siri. In-ear detection automatically pauses playback when you remove them, and the H1 chip allows for stable, latency-free connections so you can listen to your favorite tunes without interruptions.
Sold by Amazon
Bissell Little Green Multi-Purpose
Those with lots of carpet in their home will love this portable cleaner. It’s excellent for removing tough pet spots and stains and works great for cleaning upholstery and car interiors. It has a large 48-ounce water tank, and the cleaning formula uses Febreze Freshness to eliminate odors.
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The Apple Watch Series 8 was a big hit on Prime Day, and you can actually still get it on sale right now. This watch offers advanced health tracking features, innovative safety features such as fall detection and an always-on display. It has an IPX6 water protection rating, making it safe for swimming.
Sold by Amazon
Those seeking a top-of-the-line robot vacuum to handle housecleaning duties will not be disappointed with the iRobot Roomba S9+. This robot vacuum offers Imprint Smart Mapping to control and schedule which rooms are cleaned and when and PerfectEdge technology for thoroughly cleaning your home.
Sold by Amazon
The Fitbit Charge 5 retains the original design of fitness trackers, making it suitable for those who want to keep track of health metrics without their wrist feeling weighed down. You can keep track of blood oxygen levels, heart rate variability, skin temperature variation, heart rate, calories burned and more.
Sold by Amazon
Peace of mind is essential, which is why this video doorbell was such a big hit on Prime Day. It lets you see visitors on your phone, and advanced detection notifies you before they even ring your doorbell. It records video in 1080p high definition and is compatible with Alexa devices.
Sold by Amazon
Other top-selling products
- This Shark NV352 Upright Vacuum is excellent for cleaning carpets, stairs and bare floors.
- Keep track of personal belongings such as your keys and wallet with the Apple AirTag 4-Pack.
- DIYers will love this high-performance DeWalt 20V Max Cordless Drill and Driver Kit.
- The Echo Dot 5th Generation is an excellent smart home device for playing music and managing other smart devices.
- Those who want smooth and high-quality video streaming during calls will love this Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.
- Enjoy summertime weather and embark on a water adventure with a friend on this Intex Explorer K2 Kayak.
- This Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus 2.0 Hair Dryer and Hot Air Brush is great for styling and works with all hair types.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for a group of Tesla shareholders are asking the Delaware Supreme Court to overturn a judge’s decision in favor of CEO Elon Musk in a lawsuit challenging the electric car maker’s $2.4 billion acquisition of a solar panel company founded by two of his cousins.
The plaintiffs argued Wednesday that a Chancery Court judge erred in finding that Tesla’s deal to acquire SolarCity in 2016 was “entirely fair,” even though the judge found that the process by which Tesla’s board of directors negotiated and recommended the deal to shareholders was “far from perfect.”
“Elon was more involved in the process than a conflicted fiduciary should be. And conflicts among other Tesla Board members were not completely neutralized," former Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights wrote last year. “With that said, the Tesla board meaningfully vetted the acquisition, and Elon did not stand in its way. Equally if not more important, the preponderance of the evidence reveals that Tesla paid a fair price — SolarCity was, at a minimum, worth what Tesla paid for it, and the acquisition otherwise was highly beneficial to Tesla.”
At the time of the acquisition, Musk owned about 22% of Tesla’s common stock and was the largest stockholder of SolarCity, as well as chairman of its board of directors.
A key issue presented to the Supreme Court is Slights' conclusion that the deal met the heightened scrutiny of Delaware’s “entire fairness” standard.
Typically, under Delaware’s “business judgment” rule, courts give deference to a corporate board’s decision-making unless there is evidence that directors had conflicts or acted in bad faith. If a plaintiff can overcome the business judgment rule’s presumption because the deal involved a controlling shareholder or because directors might have been conflicted, the board’s action is subject to an “entire fairness” analysis. That shifts the burden to the corporation to show that the deal involved both fair dealing and fair price.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Michael Hanrahan argued Wednesday that Slights put too much emphasis on the price Tesla paid for SolarCity, and not enough on the deal process, which the plaintiffs contend was tainted by the failure to appoint an independent committee to negotiate the deal. He also argued that the judge’s analysis of the deal price was flawed, and that shareholders who voted to approve the deal, even though the vote was not required under Delaware law, were not properly informed.
“Musk’s pervasive and undisclosed interference in the process require a legal conclusion of unfair dealing,” Hanrahan said.
“The trial court misapplied entire fairness because it essentially wrote fair dealing out of the standard, holding that the linchpin of entire fairness is fair price,” Hanrahan added. “...Because the Court of Chancery made fair price the foundation of its opinion, if its fair price finding was wrong, the whole house of cards comes down.”
Evan Chesler, an attorney for Musk, noted that the SolarCity acquisition had been a strategic objective for Tesla for 10 years before the deal was completed, belying the argument that it was a last-minute “bailout” to save an insolvent SolarCity from bankruptcy.
Chesler also noted that, despite the judge's concerns about Musk’s involvement, his ruling includes 10 pages discussing the strengths of the deal process.
“Basically, the appellants seek reversal because they don’t agree with the way the trial court marshaled and weighed the evidence,” he said.
Slights’ ruling last April followed a July 2021 court appearance in which a defiant Musk defended the deal and sparred with attorneys for the plaintiffs, calling one lawyer “a bad human being.” Musk chose to fight the lawsuit in court even after other directors on Tesla’s board reached a $60 million settlement, without admitting fault.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling within 90 days.
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The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday publicly reprimanded a Camden County judge for misconduct during a brief tenure in family court last year, saying the behavior constituted a complete departure from ethical standards.
State Superior Court Judge Michael Kassel, who usually works in Camden County’s civil division, was temporarily assigned to the family division in April 2021 when he, “remarked to litigants and their counsel that he lacked familiarity with their case, was ignorant of the applicable law and inexperienced in adjudicating family court matters, and expressed dissatisfaction with the temporary assignment and the method by which that assignment was made,” the Advisory Committee on Judicial Misconduct wrote in its decision.
Kassel’s remarks, “undermine the integrity of the Judiciary and the judicial process, and trivialize the parties’ legitimate interests in seeking redress with the court,” the advisory committee said. | https://www.nj.com/camden/2023/04/judge-reprimanded-for-saying-he-didnt-know-the-law-refusing-to-wear-judicial-robes.html | 2023-04-13 15:55:09 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/camden/2023/04/judge-reprimanded-for-saying-he-didnt-know-the-law-refusing-to-wear-judicial-robes.html |
High school AgriTech program setting students up for careers
SouthTech Academy in Boynton Beach is officially launching its AgriTech program where students can earn professional agricultural certifications.
"The certifications that we offer include agricultural associate, which is offered to our ninth grade students and this is kind of a general introduction to the agricultural industry," said Eileen Turenne, the principal at SouthTech Academy.
"Also in ninth grade, we offer natural resources specialist, which can prepare students to work for agencies such as water management, or other environmental agencies," Turenne said.
As the students advance to being sophomores, they can become agricultural biology specialists.
"This qualifies students to become lab technicians and work in water quality testing," said Turenne.
395 students at SouthTech have earn agriculture industry certifications. In addition, the students are doing over 100 different independent experiments.
"In this lab students grow the seedlings for hydroponic towers, they grow microgreens they care for and maintain all of the different plants. We have hydroponic towers and about 10 to 12 different classrooms, and they help us raise the mushrooms," said Meghan Hess-Shamdasani, the AgriTech coordinator.
The students are growing produce and herbs that are used in the school's culinary academy.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup organizers will ban the sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight stadiums used for the soccer tournament, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
The decision comes only two days before games start in Qatar.
Non-alcoholic beer will still be available for fans at the 64 matches, the person said.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because organizers have not yet announced the decision.
Budweiser’s parent company, AB InBev, pays tens of millions of dollars at each World Cup for exclusive rights to sell beer. The company’s partnership with FIFA started at the 1986 tournament.
When Qatar launched its bid to host the World Cup, the country agreed to respect FIFA’s commercial partners, and again when signing contracts after winning the vote in 2010.
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13 people held in France in gas-meter pension protest dump
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — French police say they arrested 13 people after gas and power meters were strewn Monday outside a government building in an unusual trade union demonstration against unpopular pension reforms.
The act of disobedience in the southern city of Marseille comes amid an uproarious climate of protest in France sparked by President Emmanuel Macron’s push to increase the French retirement age from 62 to 64.
Macron will address the nation on television on Monday evening.
Before his address, in a protest against the retirement changes, disused gas and electricity meters were dumped in front of a regional administration building in Marseille by striking energy workers, said Gilbert Benhamou, a former leader of the energy workers branch of the CGT union in the city, who was at the demonstration.
He said the strikers also let off a small firecracker.
Marseille-region police said there was a loud blast as the meters were being spilled and that a police officer on guard was hit by flying debris.
Police said officers then chased after a truck that dumped the meters, stopped it and arrested 13 people who were aboard.
The 13 are all CGT Energy union members who were striking against the pension reforms, Benhamou said in a phone interview.
Police say they are investigating.
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Humboldt's version of rock-solid defense completely stymied Hampton-Dumont-CAL 39-0 in an Iowa high school football matchup on October 28.
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Only 9% of All U.S. Hospitals are Recognized with the Elite National Credential with the Nation's Largest Children's Hospital now among the less than 1% of US Hospitals to have Sustained the Designation for this Duration
HOUSTON, April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital is proud to recognize its talented nursing team and world-renowned physicians who consistently deliver an extraordinary quality of patient care to receive Magnet® Designation for Nursing Excellence for the fifth consecutive year. The honor awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) acknowledges the steadfast commitment to nursing excellence and innovation of select healthcare organizations and their personnel.
"I am immensely grateful for our incredible nursing staff, our superb nursing leaders, our world-renowned physicians and every team member who impacts patient care across the organization," said Texas Children's President & CEO Mark A. Wallace. "Achieving Magnet® designation for 20 years is exceptional and a testament to our structure and the strength of our nursing leadership team. Our ability to consistently improve the care and treatment we provide to our patients is the ultimate reason our One Amazing Team is truly beyond compare."
Texas Children's Hospital, the largest children's hospital in the United States, the top ranked children's hospital in Texas and one of the top ranked children's hospitals in nation, was first presented with Magnet® Designation for Nursing Excellence in 2003. With this 5th consecutive year of having received this elite credential, Texas Children's Hospital is now among the less than 1% of US hospitals to have sustained the designation for this duration. Awarded every four years, the designation reflects Texas Children's ongoing commitment to providing quality patient care and advancing nursing practice.
"There are no words to describe how truly thankful I am to everyone who engaged in our virtual site visit and showcased our ongoing commitment to advancing nursing excellence," said System Chief Nurse Executive Jackie Ward. "The enthusiasm and warmth of our team made the appraisers feel like they were physically present with us, and enabled them to appreciate our unique Texas Children's culture. Being recognized for 20 years by ANCC for nursing excellence is a huge accomplishment we can all be proud of and I'm honored to lead and work alongside this inspiring team every day!"
To achieve Magnet® status, healthcare organizations must submit an application and complete a thorough review process that requires system-wide engagement from nursing, physicians and multidisciplinary teams. When applying for designation, the ANCC requires organizations to provide documentation and supporting evidence that aligns with Magnet® standards and demonstrates improvement and sustainability in quality nursing care and outcomes.
ABOUT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Texas Children's Hospital, a not-for-profit health care organization, is committed to creating a healthier future for children and women throughout the global community by leading in patient care, education and research. Consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation, Texas Children's has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthroughs in pediatric and women's health. The hospital includes the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute; the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston. The organization also created Texas Children's HealthPlan, the nation's first HMO for children; has the largest pediatric primary care network in the country, Texas Children's Pediatrics; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that's channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Global Health program leads efforts that advance health care equity through innovative collaboration in care, education and research for underserved populations globally. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. For more information, go towww.texaschildrens.org. Get the latest news by visiting the online newsroom and Twitter at twitter.com/texaschildrens.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Singularity Future Technology Ltd. ("Singularity" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SGLY) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Singularity investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between February 12, 2021 and November 17, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SGLY investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company had misrepresented the true educational background of its former CEO, Yang Jie; 2) Yang Jie had an outstanding arrest warrant in China, had committed forgery, and was the largest shareholder and VP of Finance for a Nasdaq-listed lending company, China Commercial Credit ("CCC"), which failed after reporting massive losses; (3) there existed material related party transactions with SOS Information Technology New York Inc. (where Jie's wife was Vice President) and Rich Trading, whose CEO was defendant Lei Nie, the husband of Singularity CFO Tuo Pan; (4) Singularity director John Levy had been a director at CCC from January 2013 through December 2016 as CCC failed amidst detailed allegations that Jie, when he was an executive and shareholder in CCC, misappropriated assets; (5) the Company lacked adequate internal controls, and as a result had a heightened risk of scrutiny and was ultimately subject to a United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and SEC investigation and action as well as a potential delisting by NASDAQ; and (6) as a result, the Company's statements during the class period about the historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of the Company, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a factual basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Singularity during the relevant time frame, you have until February 7, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Mother shares video of son being beaten in Platte Canyon High School locker room, calls for bullying prevention program
By RICK SALLINGER
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DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — The Park County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report of violent bullying at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey. Janet Ball’s son was the victim in the incident, which took place inside a locker room and was caught on camera.
“My son came home and he warned me. He said ‘One of those boys that have been harassing me came up to me and said ‘You mess with one of us. You’re going to mess with all of us,”” she said.
That conversation took place soon after her son had gotten into an altercation with another boy following a dance. The locker room beating happened after that.
In a video posted on social media and provided to CBS News Colorado by Ball, viewers can see the boy punched, kicked repeatedly and being punched again.
Ball cried while viewing the video and after hearing the sounds.
“I can’t listen to the video with it up. Because of the screaming,” she said.
In another video captured shortly afterwards, the fight continues as Ball’s older son tries to help his brother.
“When he called me he was screaming on the phone that he had been jumped and assaulted. And it was probably the most horrifying phone call. I ever got,” she said.
A school resource officer was on hand quickly after the incident, and the school district told CBS News Colorado it will not comment on any details regarding discipline from the incident.
Ball says she wants school administrators to start a bullying prevention program.
“Stand up against bullying because, you know, kids shouldn’t have to go through this at school. It should be a safe environment, you know free of bullying to receive the education that they need,” she said.
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Synergy Land's demo game is now live ahead of a planned release by Q4 2022. Users can now buy the exclusive Synergian badge - availing exclusive perks and benefits including an In-Game Character.
VALENCIA, Spain, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synergy Games' latest blockchain multiplier ARPG, Synergyland announces its demo, allowing players to experience the world of Synergy Land ahead of a full release later this year. Synergy Land's exclusive 'Synergian' badges are now on sale, allowing users to snap up limited edition badges which confer ongoing perks and benefits in the game world.
Synergy Land is a Play-to-Earn (P2E) multiplayer ARPG game set in a fantasy world divided into four unique ecosystems, each based on one of four elements: earth, water, fire and cold. Inspired by well-known games such as Diablo and Path Of Exile, the game combines the best aspects of these worlds while introducing regular and hardcore players to a vibrant, dynamic, P2E gameplay experience.
The newly launched Synergy Land demo gives players a much-anticipated glimpse of the fantasy game world where players take advantage of a dynamic spell system which sees them combine various elements to create powerful spells, earn rare resources, upgrade their NFTs and spell decks, and win token rewards that can be traded for real monetary value.
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Players can now also purchase rare, exclusive Synergian badges for the first time, which bestow certain unique perks on the player. Synergian badges can be worn as a piece of apparel in the game world and come in 6 tiers: Solo, Crew, Squad, Clan, Legion, and Empire. Each tier of the Synergian badge delivers a set amount of the game's SNG tokens to players, ranging from 1,000 SNG for the lowest tier to 50,000 SNG for the highest tier. Users who signed up to the Synergy Land whitelist will be able to purchase Synergian badges starting on July 20. The public badge sale will commence one day later, on July 21.
Synergy Games CEO, Carlos Bolanos, said: "We're delighted to finally give our community a glimpse of the Synergy Land gameworld with the launch of our demo. The upcoming public sale of Synergian badges gives users a chance to get set up in the best way possible prior to the game's full release, and the enthusiastic participation we've seen in the sale's whitelist gives us great confidence moving forward."
The creators of Synergy Land, Synergy Games, is made up of professionals with more than 15 years in the AAA gaming industry. Its team members have worked for significant mainstream studios such as Ubisoft, 2K Games, MercurySteam, Ilion Studios, Konami, Nintendo, Riot Games and Pyro Studios, among others. The team has previously contributed to games such as Assassin Creed, Metroid, Castlevania Lords of Shadow, Warhammer Vermintide, Ghost Recon, Mafia III, Commandos, and more.
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By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
Mike Leach, the gruff, pioneering and unfiltered college football coach who helped revolutionize the game with the Air Raid offense, has died following complications from a heart condition, Mississippi State said Tuesday. He was 61.
Leach, who was in his third season as head coach at Mississippi State, fell ill Sunday at his home in Starkville, Mississippi. He was treated at a local hospital before being airlifted to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, about 120 miles (200 kilometers) away. He died Monday night.
“Mike was a giving and attentive husband, father and grandfather. He was able to participate in organ donation at UMMC as a final act of charity,” the family said in a statement issued by Mississippi State. “We are supported and uplifted by the outpouring of love and prayers from family, friends, Mississippi State University, the hospital staff, and football fans around the world. Thank you for sharing in the joy of our beloved husband and father’s life.”
In 21 seasons as a head coach at Texas Tech, Washington State and Mississippi State, Leach went 158-107.
Leach fought through a bout with pneumonia late in this season, coughing uncontrollably at times during news conferences, but seemed to be improving, according to those who worked with him.
News of him falling gravely ill swept through college football the past few days and left many who knew him stunned, hoping and praying for Leach’s recovery under grim circumstances.
His impact on all levels of football — from high school to the NFL — over the last two decades runs deep and will continue for years to come.
“Mike’s keen intellect and unvarnished candor made him one of the nation’s true coaching legends,” Mississippi State President Mark Keenum said. “His passing brings great sadness to our university, to the Southeastern Conference, and to all who loved college football. I will miss Mike’s profound curiosity, his honesty, and his wide-open approach to pursuing excellence in all things.”
Leach was known for his pass-happy offense, wide-ranging interests — he wrote a book about Native American leader Geronimo, had a passion for pirates and taught a class about insurgent warfare — and rambling, off-the-cuff news conferences.
An interview with Leach was as likely to veer off into politics, wedding planning or hypothetical mascot fights as it was to stick to football. He considered Donald Trump a friend before the billionaire businessman ran for president and then campaigned for him in 2016.
He traveled all over the world and his curiosity knew no bounds. He most appreciated those who stepped outside of their expertise.
“One of the biggest things I admire about Michael Jordan, he got condemned a lot for playing baseball. I completely admired that,” Leach told The Associated Press last spring. “I mean, you’re gonna be dead in 100 years anyway. You’ve mastered basketball and you’re gonna go try to master something else, and stick your neck out and you’re not afraid to do it, and know that a lot of people are gonna be watching you while you do it. I thought it was awesome.”
Leach’s teams were consistent winners at programs where success did not come easy. And his quarterbacks put up massive passing statistics, running a relatively simple offense called the Air Raid that he did not invent but certainly mastered.
As much as Leach enjoyed digging into topics other than football, he was excellent at the X’s and O’s.
Six of the 20 best passing seasons in major college football history were by quarterbacks who played for Leach, including four of the top six.
Calling plays from a folded piece of paper smaller than an index card, Leach turned passers such as B.J. Symons (448.7 yards per game), Graham Harrell (438.8), Connor Halliday (430.3) and Anthony Gordon (429.2) into record-setters and Heisman Trophy contenders.
“You have to make choices and limit what you’re going to teach and what you’re going to do. That’s the hard part,” Leach told the AP about the Air Raid’s economical playbook.
Leach also had a penchant for butting heads with authority, and he wasn’t shy about criticizing players he felt were not playing with enough toughness.
A convergence of those traits cost Leach his first head coaching job. He went 84-43 with the Red Raiders, never having a losing season at the Big 12 school and reaching No. 2 in the country in 2008 with a team that went 11-2 and matched a school record for victories.
But he was fired by Texas Tech in December 2009 after being accused of mistreating a player, Adam Jones — the son of former ESPN announcer and NFL player Craig James — who had suffered a concussion.
He clashed with his bosses instead of apologizing for the conflict, and eventually sued Texas Tech for wrongful termination. The school was protected by state law, but Leach never stopped trying to fight that case. He also filed a lawsuit against ESPN and Craig James that was later dismissed.
Leach was out of coaching for two seasons. He and his wife, Sharon, bought a home in Key West, Florida, where he spent time riding his bike around town and knocking back drinks at the local bars.
He returned to coaching but never gave up that beloved home in the Keys.
Leach landed in the Pac-12 at Washington State in 2012. After three losing seasons, the Cougars soon looked very much like his Texas Tech teams. In 2018, Washington State went 11-2, setting a school record for victories, and was ranked as high as No. 7 in the country.
Leach moved to the Southeastern Conference in 2020, taking over at Mississippi State.
After years of questions about whether Leach’s spread offense could be successful in the nation’s most talented football conference, the Bulldogs set an SEC record for yards passing in his very first game against defending national champion LSU.
Born March 9, 1961, in tiny Susanville, California, Leach grew up in even smaller Cody, Wyoming. Raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he attended BYU and later got a law degree from Pepperdine.
“It was hard for me when I was in college, narrowing down what to study,” Leach told the AP.
Leach didn’t play college football, but watching the innovative passing attack used by then-Cougars coach LaVell Edwards at a time when most teams were still run-heavy piqued his interest in drawing up plays.
In 1987, he broke into college coaching at Cal Poly, but it was at Iowa Wesleyan where he found his muse. Head coach Hal Mumme had invented the Air Raid while coaching high school in Texas. At Iowa Wesleyan, with Leach as offensive coordinator, it began to take hold and fundamentally change the way football was played.
Leach followed Mumme to Valdosta State and then to the SEC at Kentucky, smashing passing records along the way. He spent one season as Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator in 1999 before getting his own program at Texas Tech.
From there, the Air Raid spread like wild and became the predominant way offense was run in the Big 12.
Leach’s extensive coaching tree includes USC’s Lincoln Riley, TCU’s Sonny Dykes, Houston’s Dana Holgorsen and Kliff Kingsbury of the Arizona Cardinals.
“Coach — You will certainly be missed, but your impact on so many will live on — Thankful for every moment. You changed my life and so many others,” Riley posted on Twitter.
This past season, Leach’s Mississippi State team finished 8-4, including a 24-22 victory Thanksgiving night over Mississippi in the intense rivalry known as the Egg Bowl. It was his final game.
Leach is survived by his wife and four children, Janeen, Kimberly, Cody and Kiersten.
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HARLEM, N.Y. (WPIX) — Police arrested a 64-year-old man on Monday, decades after a mother and her daughter were strangled to death inside a Harlem apartment.
Larry Atkinson was arrested on murder charges in connection with the 1994 deaths of Sarah Roberts, 57, and Sharon Roberts, 27, officials said. The arrest was made using DNA evidence.
The women were found unconscious and unresponsive inside the bedroom of the apartment on Feb. 20, 1994, police said. The Medical Examiner’s office determined they’d both been strangled.
A home attendant found their bodies, WPIX reported in 1994. The door was unlocked when the attendant arrived, and there were no signs of forced entry.
The mother suffered from emphysema, police said at the time. The daughter had a woolen stocking wrapped around her neck when her body was found.
Atkinson had been dating the home attendant who found the bodies, sources told WPIX. The home attendant was not considered a suspect at the time and was cleared.
Decades later, cold case detectives once again ran DNA found at the crime scene through national databases and determined it was a match to Atkinson.
Atkinson is an ex-convict with 13 prior arrests. He was convicted five times and served time under different aliases, according to state records.
He had been living at a home in Manhattan, New York, where he was arrested Monday. He told police he wasn’t feeling well and was taken to a hospital after his arrest.
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ROME (AP) — Italian news agency Lapresse says film star Gina Lollobrigida has died in a Rome clinic at age 95.
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HOUSTON, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Talos Energy Inc. ("Talos" or the "Company") (NYSE: TALO) today provided select estimated operational and financial results for the second quarter of 2022.
Preliminary estimated results for the second quarter include:
- Average daily production between 65.0 and 65.5 thousand barrels of oil equivalent ("MBoe/d"), comprised of approximately 67% oil and 75% liquids.
- Realized prices before hedges of approximately $108 per barrel of oil, $37.75 per barrel of NGLs and $8 per Mcf of natural gas.
- Realized cash hedge losses of approximately $160 million.
- Repaid $146 million of debt in the second quarter, including $140 million repayment on the revolver – reducing the Company's credit facility balance to $200 million – and $6 million retirement at maturity of its 7.5% Notes.
- Initiation of the HP-1 facility dry-dock maintenance process, previously scheduled to begin in June, was deferred until early August and thus had no production impact on second quarter results.
Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) is a technically driven independent exploration and production company focused on safely and efficiently maximizing long-term value through its operations, currently in the United States and offshore Mexico, both upstream through oil and gas exploration and production and downstream through the development of future carbon capture and storage opportunities. As one of the Gulf of Mexico's largest public independent producers, we leverage decades of technical and offshore operational expertise towards the acquisition, exploration and development of assets in key geological trends that are present in many offshore basins around the world. With a focus on environmental stewardship, we are also utilizing our expertise to explore opportunities to reduce industrial emissions through our carbon capture and storage initiatives along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico. For more information, visit www.talosenergy.com.
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Specifically, the preliminary estimates included herein for the second quarter of 2022 are derived from our internal records and are based on the most current information available to management. Our normal reporting processes with respect to such preliminary estimates have not been fully completed. Actual results for the second quarter of 2022 could differ from the estimates discussed herein.
We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks include, but are not limited to, the success of our carbon capture and sequestration projects; commodity price volatility due to the continued impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19), including any new strains or variants, and governmental measures related thereto on global demand for oil and natural gas and on the operations of our business; the lack of a resolution to the war in Ukraine and its impact on certain commodity markets; the ability or willingness of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ("OPEC") and non-OPEC countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, to set and maintain oil production levels and the impact of any such actions, lack of transportation and storage capacity as a result of oversupply, government regulations and actions or other factors, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in estimating reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures, the possibility that the anticipated benefits of recent acquisitions are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of such acquisitions, and other factors that may affect our future results and business, generally, including those discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed on February 25, 2022 and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 filed on May 5, 2022.
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Several booked into Noble County Jail
ALBION — Several people were booked into the Noble County Jail from Thursday morning through Monday morning, according to jail records.
Shaun M. Berry, 42, of the 800 block of Linn Hipsher Road, Marion, Ohio, was arrested at 8:06 p.m. Thursday by Noble County police on a warrant charging a probation violation. Berry was held without bond.
William A. Tallent, 51, of the 500 block of Peterson Street, Auburn, was arrested at 9:51 a.m. Thursday by Noble County police on a warrant charging a Level 6 felony. No further charging information provided. Tallent was held without bond.
William M. Thomas, 47, of the 300 block of Mercer Street, Ligonier, was arrested at 8:33 p.m. Thursday by Noble County police on two warrants charging Level 6 felonies. No further charging information provided. Thomas was held on $2,500 bond.
Mark T. Boger Jr., 21, of the 200 block of Water Street, Ligonier, was arrested at 2:11 p.m. Friday on a prosecutor’s hold relating to a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 3 felony. Boger was held without bond.
Mallory L. Frye, 32, of the 100 block of West Wayne Street, Kendallville, was arrested at 10:07 p.m. Friday on a hold order issued by another jurisdiction. No charging information provided. No bond information provided.
Ryan D. Frye, 33, of the 100 block of West Wayne Street, Kendallville, was arrested at 10:24 p.m. Friday on a hold order issued by another jurisdiction. No charging information provided. No bond information provided.
Brenden J. Harris, 30, of the 100 block of State Street, Dublin, Indiana, was arrested at 2:43 p.m. Friday by Noble County police on a warrant charging burglary-residential entry, a Class B felony. Harris was held without bond.
Jasmine L. Heizer, 33, of the 100 block of EMS C29A Lane, Warsaw, was arrested at 12:51 a.m. Saturday by the Indiana State Police on a charge of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of 0.15% or more, a Class A misdemeanor. Heizer was held on $2,500 bond.
Jessie E. Hogsett, 26, of the 500 block of North Riley Street, Kendallville, was arrested at 5:26 p.m. Friday on a warrant charging a Class B misdemeanor. No further charging information provided. Hogsett was released on his own recognizance.
Kaylee M. Kiessling, 20, of the 200 block of Water Street, Ligonier, was arrested at 2:11 p.m. Friday by Ligonier police on a charge of maintaining a common nuisance, a Level 6 felony. Kiessling was held without bond.
William A. Whitt, 33, of the 100 block of South Main Street, Ligonier, was arrested at 5:09 a.m. Saturday by Ligonier police on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony. No bond information provided.
Wanda A. Hall, 23, of the 200 block of Water Street, Ligonier, was arrested at 2:22 a.m. Sunday by Ligonier police on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated-endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor. Hall was held on $2,500 bond.
Daniel D. Hutchison, 34, of the 200 block of Kimberly Lane, Kendallville, was booked at 9:38 a.m. Saturday to serve a sentence relating to a court order on a Class A misdemeanor charge.
Justin A. Jackson, 35, of the 1600 block of East Waits Road, Kendallville, was arrested at 11:51 a.m. Saturday on four warrants charging failure to appear for court and a warrant charging a Level 6 felony for which no further charging information was provided. Jackson was held without bond.
Ryan Kever, 40, of the 900 block of Wilt Street, Fort Wayne, was arrested at 1:28 a.m. Sunday by the Indiana State Police on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a passenger less than 18 years of age, a Level 6 felony; and operating a vehicle while intoxicated-endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor. Kever was held on $2,500 bond.
Clifford A. Thacker, 47, of the 900 block of West Lincoln Street, Waterloo, was booked at 9:46 a.m. Saturday to serve a sentence relating to a court order on a Class A misdemeanor charge. No further charging information provided.
Roman F. Torres Jr., 23, of the 100 block of West Hively, Elkhart, was booked at 9:46 a.m. Saturday to serve a sentence relating to a court order. No charging information provided.
Tara S. Barrington, 43, of the 2200 block of Kammerer Road, Kendallville, was arrested at 7:08 a.m. Sunday by Noble County police on a warrant charging a Class B misdemeanor. No further charging information provided. Barrington was released on her own recognizance.
Cassandra E. Cantrell, 44, of the 13100 block of North C.R. 100E, Milford, was arrested at 5:31 p.m. Sunday on a warrant charging a Level 6 felony. No further charging information provided. Cantrell was held without bond.
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City of Cleveland to hold memorial vigil for fallen officer Shane Bartek
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The City of Cleveland continues to honor the life and legacy of fallen police officer Shane Bartek, who was killed while off-duty, with a candlelight vigil Saturday evening.
The Dec. 31 vigil will honor Bartek one year after being murdered.
Officer Bartek, 27, was killed in the 4300 block of Rocky River Drive during a carjacking on Dec. 31, 2022.
A jury found 19-year-old Tamara McLoyd guilty of killing Officer Bartek on Aug. 3, and she was sentenced to lie in prison with eligibility for parole after 54 years on Sept. 27.
McLoyd, who was 18 years old at the time of the crime, fled the scene in Officer Bartek’s personal car after shooting him.
“She was a terrorist on our streets,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley previously said.
The City of Cleveland also renamed a portion of Utopia Avenue, near the intersection of East 152nd Street, after Bartek. This is near the Cleveland Division of Police’s 5th District building, where Bartek served prior to his death.
“Patrol officer Shane Bartek was an officer known for his devotion and commitment to police work and to the citizens of the city of Cleveland,” Chief Wayne Drummond previously said. “The dedication of Utopia Avenue in officer Shane Bartek’s name will serve as a warm remembrance of his legacy to Shane’s family, the community and his fellow officers.”
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Boston authorities have completed a comprehensive inventory of all city-owned property, a sweeping review that identified more than 1,200 vacant and underutilized lots, some of which could be home to future developments that may alleviate the ongoing housing crunch, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Wednesday.
At a news conference in Charlestown, the rhetoric was lofty, with Wu saying the city’s redevelopment efforts will advance the use of “public land for public good.” She pledged to streamline and accelerate the development process to address needs in Boston’s neighborhoods. She envisioned mixed use developments, affordable housing, and public green spaces and spoke of reimagining how residents live, work, and “come together as a city.”
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“We have the resources, the infrastructure, the human capital, and talent to build a more connected, more vibrant, more affordable city,” said Wu. “And now we have a blueprint for how and where to start with city-owned land.”
With the the public release of the audit, Wu makes good on a campaign promise to perform a full assessment of city-owned properties, including ones that fall under Boston Public Schools.
On the campaign trail last year, Wu promised to perform the audit in the first 100 days of her mayoral term. While that deadline came and went months ago (Wu assumed office last November), on Wednesday the mayor insisted the deadline was met internally, adding, “It just wasn’t discussed publicly.”
Wu made her remarks at an expansive parking lot near Bunker Hill Community College. The parcel, owned by the Boston Planning & Development Agency, is among several priority sites identified in the audit.
Other such sites include the Boston Public Health Commission Mattapan Campus, the East Boston A-7 police station, the Boston Water & Sewer Commission parking lots in the South End, the BPS Campbell Resource Center in Dorchester, the BPDA-owned Sargent’s Wharf parking lot in the North End, the Boston Transportation Department-owned Sullivan Square parking lots in Charlestown, the BPDA-owned parking lot located at 290 Tremont St. in Chinatown, and 95-133 Magazine St. in the South End.
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Wu’s administration emphasized that Boston officials “will conduct thorough community engagement to ensure the future use of land reflects the wants and needs of Boston residents.” The audit found that most vacant and underutilized parcels “are already in the pipeline to be developed as affordable housing or preserved as open space.” Still, the city’s land portfolio “does include high-opportunity sites that have not yet been tapped for community-oriented development.”
Specifically, 106 sites, or 9 percent of vacant or underutilized parcels, present high opportunity for development because of their size or proximity to existing transit infrastructure. The audit also turned up plenty of lemons, with 261 sites, or 21 percent of vacant or underutilized parcels, presenting little opportunity for development.
On Wednesday, the city also released an online public mapping tool that can be used to peruse its land inventory, something officials say they will actively maintain to increase transparency and information access.
Wu’s announcement touched on one of the biggest challenges of her still-young mayoral tenure: an intractable housing crisis. But the intersecting scourges of opioids, mental illness, and homelessness that continue to plague the area in and around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard received little attention, with no speaker mentioning the beleaguered area, home to an illicit, open-air drug market, during their prepared remarks.
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During her mayoral campaign, Wu’s pledge to perform the audit was tethered to the Mass. and Cass crises, as taking inventory of city-owned parcels of land or facilities would identify where the city could quickly build supportive housing to alleviate problems in the area.
In response to questions from the press, Wu said Wednesday many of the challenges the city faces are interconnected. The problems of Mass. and Cass, said Wu, are tied to the opioid epidemic but also to the lack of affordable housing in all different parts of the market. She said that city-owned land is ripe for analysis of how quickly the city can create low-threshold housing.
“We’re also ensuring that the city is looking ahead to the next step,” said Wu of Mass. and Cass.
Wu’s administration oversaw the clearing of homeless encampments in the Mass. and Cass area in January. Roughly 175 people were removed from encampments there. At the time, Wu said her administration had identified more than 200 new transitional housing units.
The opioid epidemic continues to ravage Massachusetts. More people died of opioid-related overdoses in the state last year than in any previous year, according to a grim new report made public earlier this month.
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What is a hedge trimmer?
Hedge trimmers are powered yard machines with one or two rows of cutting teeth that slice through small-diameter foliage. People use hedge trimmers to cut back growth, level the tops and sides of hedges and even sculpt shrubs into geometric and fanciful shapes.
How does a hedge trimmer work?
Most hedge trimmers cut the same way as a big pair of scissors, with two cutting blades moving in opposite directions. Budget hedge trimmers have one moving blade and one fixed blade, half as efficient and not as well-balanced.
How to choose the best hedge trimmers
There are three important measurements to keep in mind when choosing a hedge trimmer.
- Cutting width: The length of the blades on the cutting bar determine how wide a swath you can trim with one path.
- Cutting diameter: The spaces between the teeth are what limit the thickness of branches you can cut. Residential hedge trimmers typically have short gaps between their teeth while commercial trimmers are capable of cutting thicker branches.
- Weight: People use hedge trimmers with their arms extended or overhead, positions that can quickly tire you out.
Gas-powered
When assessing gas hedge trimmers, look at the engine displacement, usually shown in cubic centimeters, where larger numbers mean bigger engines and more power.
Best gas-powered hedge trimmers
Echo 24-Inch 2-Stroke Gas Hedge Trimmer
The 24-inch RazorEdge blade is reciprocating and double-sided. The 21.2 cubic centimeter engine uses a 50:1 ratio of 89 or higher octane fuel to motor oil and has a highly efficient air filter for longer engine life.
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DeWalt 22-Inch 27 cc 2-Stroke Gas Articulating Hedge Trimmer
The articulating head has a 135-degree range of motion and is usable with DeWalt string trimmers and other attachments. The ergonomic handles make it easy to guide and control this 17-pound machine.
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Troy-Bilt 22-Inch 2-Stroke Gas Articulating Hedge Trimmer
This 25 cc machine starts easily with its prime, flip and go system and fits all Troy-Bilt attachment accessories. It weighs 11 pounds and has a head that rotates a full 135 degrees for getting in tight spots.
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Battery-powered
Check the numbers for volts and amperes. The larger the numbers, the greater the power and the longer the battery will last on a single charge.
Best battery-powered hedge trimmers
Ryobi 24-inch 40 Volt Cordless Battery Hedge Trimmer
The dual-action steel blades reduce vibration, the rotating gear handle is made for trimming at all angles and the debris remover clears clippings while you trim so you don’t have to. This 8-pound trimmer has the power to cut through 1-inch limbs.
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Black and Decker 20-Volt Max Cordless Battery Powered Hedge Trimmer
This 5.4-pound trimmer is easy to handle and control with its built-in T handle and full-length trigger. The 18-inch dual action blade is made of hardened steel for reduced vibration.
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DeWalt 22-inch 20-Volt Max Lithium-Ion Cordless Hedge Trimmer
The 22-inch blade on this 6.4-pound trimmer has laser-cut hooked teeth for clean, quick cuts up to three-quarters of an inch thick. The battery has a built-in power indicator and a no-load run time of up to 75 minutes per charge.
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Corded
All corded electric hedge trimmers operate on standard 120-volt household current.
Best corded hedge trimmers
Sun Joe 4 Amp 120-Volt Corded Pole Electric Hedge Trimmer
This trimmer has 21-inch hardened steel blades, an adjustable pivoting head and a 95-inch shaft that gives you an effective reach of 13 feet for safe trimming without climbing a ladder. It has a 50-foot cord, weighs 8.8 pounds and can handle branches up to seven-tenths of an inch thick.
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Makita 25-inch 4.8 Amp 120-Volt Corded Electric Trimmer
The two-hand operating design means the motor runs only when the grips are held with both hands. The built-in clutch protects the gears by automatically disengaging when the blade binds and the transparent hand guard gives you a clear view of the work area.
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Earthwise 18-inch 4.5 Amp Pole/Hedge Trimmer Multi-Tool
You get a hedge trimmer and a pole saw with a 16-foot cord and an 8-foot reach in a single tool that weighs less than 10 pounds with the shoulder support strap attached. The trimming head angle adjusts from 60 to -20 degrees to fit in tight places.
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Old school
If you are really interested in sculpting bushes and hedges, use a hand-powered hedge trimmer to get the level of detail you won’t get with a powered hedge trimmer.
Best old-school hedge trimmer
Fiskars 9-inch Power-Lever Steel Telescoping Handle Hedge Shears
You get twice the cutting power with the power-lever technology that extends the handle from 24 to 32 inches and locks at any length in between. The serrated blades are self-sharpening and grip the twigs and branches for clean, sure cuts.
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NAPLES, Fla., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Enveric Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENVB) ("Enveric" or the "Company"), a neuroscience-focused biotechnology company developing next-generation, psychedelic-inspired mental health medicines, today announced that Dr. Joseph Tucker, Chief Executive Officer of Enveric, will participate in three upcoming conferences:
A.G.P.'s Summer Healthcare Conference
Date: June 21st – 22nd, 2022
Location: Virtual
Gravitas' 3rd Los Angeles Summit
Date: Wednesday, June 22nd at 1:30 p.m. PT
Location: Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, CA
H.C. Wainwright 1st Annual Mental Health Conference: Neuropsychiatry, Psychedelics, and Beyond
Date: Monday, June 27th, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Lotte New York Palace Hotel
To attend, please register here.
For more information about the conference, or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Enveric's management team, please contact your appropriate representatives, or send an email to A.G.P. at agpevents@allianceg.com, Gravitas at events@gravitassecurities.com, H.C. Wainwright at lk@hcwco.com or KCSA Strategic Communications at EnvericBio@kcsa.com.
Enveric Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENVB) is a neuroscience-focused pharmaceutical company developing next-generation, psychedelic-inspired mental health medicines. Enveric's robust pipeline supports drug development from the clinic to commercialization aimed to help millions of patients in need around the world suffering from conditions that include cancer-related distress, PTSD and more. For additional information, please visit www.enveric.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements relate to future events or future performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements or information. Generally, forward-looking statements and information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans,"" expects" or "does not expect," "proposed," "is expected," "budgets," "scheduled," "estimates," "forecasts," "intends," "anticipates" or "does not anticipate," or "believes," or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements consist of not purely historical statements, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations, or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, the ability of the company to successfully spin-off its cannabinoid assets; the ability to achieve the value creation contemplated by technical developments; the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Enveric's ongoing and planned clinical trials; the geographic, social and economic impact of COVID-19 on Enveric's ability to conduct its business and raise capital in the future when needed; delays in planned clinical trials; the ability to establish that potential products are efficacious or safe in preclinical or clinical trials; the ability to establish or maintain collaborations on the development of therapeutic candidates; the ability to obtain appropriate or necessary governmental approvals to market potential products; the ability to obtain future funding for developmental products and working capital and to obtain such funding on commercially reasonable terms; Enveric's ability to manufacture product candidates on a commercial scale or in collaborations with third parties; changes in the size and nature of competitors; the ability to retain key executives and scientists; and the ability to secure and enforce legal rights related to Enveric's products, including patent protection. A discussion of these and other factors, including risks and uncertainties with respect to Enveric, is set forth in Enveric's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Enveric disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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The original film, "The Biggest Little Farm" was released in 2018 in theaters and chronicled John and Molly Chester, who abandoned their urban life to live on a barren farm to grow delicious food in harmony with nature. You can watch the first film streaming on Hulu.
They both say they don't miss city life.
"I don't want to jump too quickly to say no, but no, we don't miss city living at all," John said.
"The occasional night you'd want to go to a great restaurant, maybe, but we've got a great local farm-to-table place that we use," Molly said. "We're doing fine!"
A decade after they first moved to the countryside, Apricot Lane Farms is booming and thriving.
"It's bigger than the dreams," Molly said.
"It's amazing when you look back to think of where we've come and what's happened over the last 10 years," John said.
The farm is certified organic, biodynamic, and regenerative organic. That means that everything on the farm has a purpose and contributes to the cycle of farming.
"With this toolbox of biodiversity, the solutions become much more apparent to us and to the natural system trying to find balance," John said.
For example, problematic foxes eating their farm's chickens soon find a feast among gophers destroying their orchard and the Chesters use a flock of ducks to solve the problem of being overrun by snails. The waste created by the ducks eating the snails made the soil richer and benefited the orchard.
The farm regeneratively grows more than 200 varieties of fruits and vegetables, and raises sheep, cows, pigs, chickens, and ducks. John says that raising animals for meat must be done with reverence, respect, and responsibility.
"Not many people know the number of animals that sometimes lose their life just in order to grow avocados and other fruit, that cycle of life is an important part of the process," John said. "But, it doesn't excuse the responsibility of farmers or that we have as people living on this planet to treat all of those animals with the most human resources and natural environments as possible."
There's one part of their Moorpark, California farm they are always more excited to show off to visitors.
"The lookout," Molly said.
"Yeah, Alan York Lookout. I think it encompasses sort of the intensity of what the biodiversity translates as sitting on that hill," John said.
"It's a good spot," Molly said. "It overlooks the fruit basket that has over 75 varieties of fruit and it's just beautiful. John and I, both as kind of artists at heart, showing the aesthetic beauty along with the hard work that it takes to do it is really important for us."
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Substitute İlkay Gündoğan was the hero, as Manchester City came back from 2-0 down against Aston Villa to seal a fourth Premier League title in five years with a 3-2 victory.
Ilkay Gundogan came off the bench to score twice with Rodri also on target as Pep Guardiola's men held off Liverpool's title charge to win the league by a point.
In scenes remiscent of the first of City's now six league titles in 11 seasons when Sergio Aguero scored a 93rd minute winner to deny Manchester United the title on goal difference, the champions produced a remarkable comeback at the Etihad.
Goals from Matty Cash and former Liverpool favourite Philippe Coutinho looked set to gift the Reds the title.
Jurgen Klopp's men did their job by also coming from a goal down to beat Wolves 3-1 at Anfield, but City's rescue act ensured Liverpool's bid for an unprecedented quadruple is over.
Gundogan started the comeback as he headed in Raheem Sterling's cross at the back post.
Rodri then side-footed home from outside the box and Gundogan completed the fightback by tapping home Kevin De Bruyne's cross at the back post.
Guardiola said before the game he wanted no repeat of Aguero's legendary late strike a decade ago.
But the Calatan was the most relieved man in Manchester as he sealed the 10th league title of his coaching career in just 13 seasons.
Fans swarmed onto the pitch to celebrate at full-time and the crossbar at the goal where City scored all of their goals was snapped under the weight of supporters sitting on it.
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- Paris Rhône-LT002 4K UST Projector will make its global debut on Indiegogo this summer
PARIS, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paris Rhône, an electrical appliance company with over 100 years of history, has announced that it will launch its incomparable 4K ultra-short-throw laser projector, Paris Rhône-LT002, on Indiegogo on July 19th, 2022.
The global debut of Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV will mark a new beginning for the century-old brand as it expands into a new segment to bring high-end audio-visual experiences to more people around the world. A highly competitive launch offer will be available for participants in the Indiegogo campaign, as it encourages more people to embrace the future of entertainment with its cost-effective next-generation 4K projector.
Boasting 4K resolution with 8.3 million pixels and HDR 10, Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV delivers crisp images and rich details for unmatched visual enjoyment. 2,000 ANSI lumens of brightness ensure vivid and incredible picture quality in all lighting conditions, even when watching movies during the day; while leading ALPD Technology ensures a wide color gamut, high brightness, and high contrast for truly vibrant projections.
What's more, with a 3000:1 native contrast, Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV clearly projects more details in deep shadows and bright highlights for crystal-clear displays, especially when users view low-light scenes or black and white films. Viewers will also enjoy precise color expressions thanks to a 100% Rec.709 color gamut, while 50W powerful drivers support Dolby audio and DTS decoding for immersive stereo sound.
Featuring an ultra-short-throw rate of 0.233:1, Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV is capable of projecting incredible images ranging from 80-inches to 150-inches from unparalleled distances of just 5.8-inches to 19.6-inches from the wall. This compact frame means users can place Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV against any wall with ease, making it a space-saving way to bring a 4K viewing experience into the home. Moreover, Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV's impressive 25,000-hour lamp life supports viewing of more than 12,000 movies spanning two hours in length.
With multiple ports, Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV is optimized for a variety of entertainment devices, including computers, set-top boxes, speakers, and next-generation gaming consoles. Gamers will enjoy fast, low-latency gaming with the projector: a 60Hz refresh rate, 50ms response time and MEMC motion smoothing technology allows them to truly immerse themselves in the moment and keep up with fast-paced competitive battles.
Whether it's for viewing movies at home, watching sports on the big screen or gaming, Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV is jam-packed with features to enhance the home cinema experience. Paris Rhône 4K Laser TV will make its debut on Indiegogo in July with a competitive launch offer, making it a highly cost-effective 4K option compared to other short-throw projectors on the market.
About Paris Rhône
Since its inception in 1915, Paris Rhône has been dedicated to developing products that add convenience to customers' daily lives and improve their overall quality of life. It has specialized in electronics research and manufacturing for over a century, adapting to new technological advances to improve electrical appliance production, product design, and brand influence development.
The brand and its sub-brands now cover a diverse range of products including air-quality appliances, cleaning appliances, kitchen appliances, audio equipment, and other household appliances. With a century of expertise in pursuing meaningful innovation and industry-leading design, Paris Rhône now has a worldwide reputation for creating exceptional smart home appliances that add value to people's life.
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BAKER, Robert F.
"Bob" "Bake"
83, passed away peacefully at Forest Glen Health Center on June 11, 2022. He was born
October 5, 1938, in Springfield, the son of Louise (Foley) Leach. Bob and his wife Beckie were married in Dobson, North
Carolina, on July 24, 1959. They were married 62 years. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1956 and attended Wittenberg University. He retired from International Harvester after 43 years of service. He loved and was very proud of his three beautiful, talented daughters: Nicki (Matt) Warye, Jodi (John) McKinney and Jamie (Mike) Marshall; wonderful grandchildren, Conner (Megan) Warye, Logan Warye, Sam and Owen McKinney, Caitlin and Kellen Marshall; great grandchildren, Jackson and Drew Warye. He is survived by his loving
sister, Nancy (Dave) Neer; sister-in-law, Patti Kitchen and
several nieces and nephews. Bob was a dedicated weight lifter, runner and student of Karate. He loved his family bow hunting trips to Michigan and trips to the Florida beaches. He found great pleasure working in his yard and always had a large selection of lovely flowers. Bob looked forward to spending crazy vacation times with his high school buddies and their spouses: the Hupps, Howes, Blackstones, Neers and Somers. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louise and John Leach, sister, Darlene Leach, grandparents, Esther and Stewart Foley, brother-in-law, Jim Kitchen and his friend and companion, Rusty. The family would like to extend their
sincere thanks to the entire staff at Forest Glen Health Center and Ohio's Hospice of Dayton for their care, companionship and friendship during Bob's stay. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday at 12:00pm in the CONROY FUNERAL HOME. Visitation will be held one hour prior, beginning at 11:00am in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Wittenberg University Athletic Department. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/baker-robert/XPZUKTMPLBGPZBTYAJ2KBE62UQ/ | 2022-06-17 06:05:30 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/baker-robert/XPZUKTMPLBGPZBTYAJ2KBE62UQ/ |
DHR Health Women’s Hospital receives handmade quilts for babies in NICU
Dozens of NICU babies will be extra cozy tonight after two friends donated handmade quilts to the DHR Health Women's Hospital.
The annual tradition began eight years ago when Janice Teppo became a volunteer for NICU babies.
Teppo’s friend — Nathalie Anderson — sews the quilts for the babies.
“They're warm, they're cuddly, she thinks of the insides to make sure they're all soft for the baby and just to make sure a mom and dad has a new blanket to take their baby home,” Teppo said. “Some have even passed away, and we use these blankets." | https://www.krgv.com/news/dhr-health-women-s-hospital-receives-handmade-quilts-for-babies-in-nicu | 2023-01-06 02:46:45 | 0 | https://www.krgv.com/news/dhr-health-women-s-hospital-receives-handmade-quilts-for-babies-in-nicu |
Gabe Vincent NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Heat vs. Nuggets - June 4
The Miami Heat, Gabe Vincent included, take the court versus the Denver Nuggets at 8:00 PM ET on Sunday in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
If you'd like to place a wager on Vincent's props, we break down his available ones, providing some stats and trends, below.
Gabe Vincent Prop Bets vs. the Nuggets
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Gabe Vincent Insights vs. the Nuggets
- Vincent is responsible for taking 8.1% of his team's field goal attempts this season with 8.3 per game.
- Vincent is averaging 5.1 three-point field goal attempts per game this season, which is 12.3% of his team's shots from beyond the arc.
- The Heat rank 29th in possessions per game with 99.2. His opponents, the Nuggets, have one of the slowest tempos with 99.5 possessions per contest.
- Giving up 112.5 points per contest, the Nuggets are the eighth-ranked squad in the NBA defensively.
- The Nuggets give up 40.8 rebounds per game, best in the league.
- The Nuggets give up 25.7 assists per game, 15th-ranked in the NBA.
- Giving up 11.4 made 3-pointers per game, the Nuggets are the third-ranked squad in the NBA.
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LSU's Harold Perkins didn't know who MJ was before flu game vs. Arkansas originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
LSU freshman linebacker Harold Perkins had himself a day on Saturday, reportedly overcoming sickness to lead the No. 7 Tigers to their eighth win of the season.
When head coach Brian Kelly tried to offer some inspiration before the game -- drawing on Michael Jordan’s iconic “flu game” -- Perkins left the 61-year-old speechless.
“Who’s MJ?”
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Ouch. Looks like the GOAT has lost a step with Gen Z.
Kelly shared the story with the media following his team’s 13-10 win to a cacophony of laughs.
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Perkins was born in September 2004, more than seven years after the original flu game and nearly a year-and-a-half after Jordan retired. Jordan remains arguably the most recognizable name in sports through the acclaimed documentary “The Last Dance”, his ownership of the Charlotte Hornets and of course, his eponymous shoe deal.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Troubled trucking company Yellow Corp. is shutting down and headed for a bankruptcy, the Teamsters said Monday.
An official bankruptcy filing is expected any day for Yellow, after years of financial struggles and growing debt. Its expected liquidation would mark a significant shift for the U.S. transportation industry and shippers nationwide.
“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,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “This is a sad day for workers and the American freight industry.”
Yellow did not have a comment when reached by The Associated Press Monday. As of Monday afternoon, no bankruptcy filings from the company could be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website, but the union confirmed that it had been served legal notice.
The company’s collapse arrives just three years after Yellow, formerly known as YRC Worldwide Inc., received $700 million in pandemic-era loans from the federal government. But the company was in financial trouble long before that — with industry analysts pointing to poor management and strategic decisions dating back decades.
Former Yellow customers and shippers will face higher prices as they take their business to competitors, including FedEx or ABF Freight, experts say — noting that Yellow historically offered the cheapest price points in the industry.
Yellow is one of the nation’s largest less-than-truckload carriers. The closure of the 99-year-old Nashville, Tennessee-based company risks a loss of 30,000 jobs.
Safety vests that appeared to belong to former Yellow workers were zip-tied to the fence of a closed YRC Freight terminal in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday. Names and years worked at the company were written on them.
“Ron Fisher 2017-2023 was here,” one vest read.
Reports of Yellow preparing for bankruptcy emerged last week — as the Nashville, Tennessee-based trucker saw customers leave in large numbers, per The Wall Street Journal and FreightWaves. And the company reportedly stopped freight pickups earlier in the week.
Yellow shut down operations on Sunday, according to The Journal, following the layoffs of hundreds of nonunion employees on Friday.
The bankruptcy preparation reports arrived just days after Yellow averted a strike from the Teamsters, which represents Yellow’s 22,000 unionized workers, amid heated contract negotiations. On July 23, a pension fund agreed to extend health benefits for workers at two Yellow Corp. operating companies, avoiding a planned walkout. The fund gave Yellow “30 days to pay its bills,” notably $50 million that Yellow failed to pay the Central States Health and Welfare Fund earlier in the month.
Yellow has racked up hefty bills over the years. As of late March, Yellow had an outstanding debt of about $1.5 billion. Of that, $729.2 million was owed to the federal government.
In 2020, under the Trump administration, the Treasury Department granted the company a $700 million pandemic-era loan on national security grounds. Last month, a congressional probe concluded that the Treasury and Defense departments “made missteps” in this decision — and noted that Yellow’s “precarious financial position at the time of the loan, and continued struggles, expose taxpayers to a significant risk of loss.”
The government loan is due in September 2024. As of March, Yellow had made $54.8 million in interest payments and repaid just $230 million of the principal owed, according to government documents.
The current financial chaos at Yellow “is probably two decades in the making,” said Stifel research director Bruce Chan, pointing to poor management and strategic decisions dating back to the early 2000s. “At this point, after each party has bailed them out so many times, there is a limited appetite to do that anymore.”
A Wednesday investors note from financial service firm Stephens estimated that Yellow was burning daily amounts of $9 million to $10 million in recent days.
Yellow handled an average of 49,000 shipments per day in 2022 according to Satish Jindel, president of transportation and logistics firm SJ Consulting. On Friday, he estimated that number was down to between 10,000 and 15,000 daily shipments.
Yellow’s prices have historically been the cheapest compared to other carriers, Jindel said. “That’s why they obviously were not making money,” he added. “And while there is capacity with the other LTL carriers to handle the diversions from Yellow, it will come at a high price for (current shippers and customers) of Yellow.”
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Rep Jim Banks demands answers on 'inadequate' DOD Confucius Institute waiver guidance: 'Agents' of the CCP
Confucius Institutes are linked to the CCP-controlled Chinese government
FIRST ON FOX: Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican, demanded answers from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin regarding the Defense Department’s (DOD) "inadequate guidance" for colleges seeking waivers to host Confucius Institutes on campus while maintaining department funding.
Banks, who is running for Senate in Indiana, sent Austin the letter on Friday regarding the DOD guidance for colleges looking to host the Chinese Communist Party-linked entities on campus while still receiving federal funds from the Pentagon.
"This guidance is an invitation for the Chinese Communist Party to double down on its influence and espionage operations at U.S. universities," Banks told Fox News Digital.
BILL LIMITING CHINA-BACKED CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY SENATE
"The Biden administration is again undermining Congress’s efforts to combat Chinese espionage and malign influence, just like they did with their fake TikTok bill and ongoing refusal to enforce Section 117 disclosure requirements," the Indiana Republican continued.
"House Republicans are working day and night on oversight against a president who is dead-set on appeasing Communist China," he added.
In his letter, Banks urged "the DOD to revise this inadequate guidance, which undermines Congress’s intent in Section 1062 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021)."
Banks wrote that in "Sec. 1062 of the FY2021 NDAA, Congress prohibited the DOD from providing any funding to any institution of higher education that hosts a Confucius Institute after October 1, 2023" and that the "prohibition followed a more limited provision in the FY2019 NDAA."
"CIs act as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on U.S. campuses, spreading Party propaganda, monitoring students and dissidents, and providing China a launching pad for espionage against our nation’s most valuable research and technology," Banks warned.
"Congress intended for the Sec. 1062 restriction to encourage the removal of all CIs from U.S. campuses and to remove the espionage threat which CIs pose to DOD-sponsored research and development (R&D)," he continued.
Banks pointed out that the March 28, 2023 guidance from DOD "offers conditions by which a U.S. university may receive DOD funds without closing any Confucius Institutes on campus," but while "the guidance imposes some restrictions on CIs for colleges to qualify for waivers, it also introduces significant loopholes and fails to take seriously the threat posed by CIs to national security."
"The waivers that DOD grants to universities to continue operating with CIs can theoretically last for an unlimited duration. Per the guidance, DOD also relies on the host universities, which often want to preserve their Confucius Institutes, to notify DOD of any changes to their contract with their CI before DOD reviews their waivers. The waiver guidance also requires universities with CIs to report the foreign travel of any staff involved in R&D but does not require any foreign travel reporting for Confucius Institute employees. While the guidance restricts some Confucius Institute employees from accessing any federally funded scientific data, it does not restrict CI employees from accessing this research if they are also employees of the host university."
Banks wrote that the "guidance also fails to address other loopholes related to DOD funding of universities that host CIs" and that while "DOD imposes some constraints on U.S. universities with CIs, DOD can continue funding foreign universities with CIs without any new waiver process whatsoever."
"The guidance also refuses to specify whether, after October 1, 2023, DOD will continue to pay contracts and grants awarded to universities with CIs that did not receive a waiver," Banks wrote. "Given that many federal grants can last for periods of three to five years, this means that DOD may violate the law by continuing to fund universities that did not even succeed at implementing the modest controls required by this guidance."
Banks blasted the guidance as the DOD "bowing to the wishes of academia and the scientific community to continue their deep ties with China, despite the growing threat of CCP propaganda and espionage" and that much "of the recent guidance derives from a report the DOD commissioned from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine earlier this year, which argued in favor of such generous waivers to allow Confucius Institutes to continue operating on U.S. campuses."
Banks peppered Austin with questions, including if DOD will "commit to regularly review institutions’ Sec. 1062 waivers to maintain a CI and not only rely on notifications from universities that their contractual relationship with their CIs has changed."
"As with all his correspondence, the secretary will reply to the author of the letter in due time, and we would not have anything further to offer on this," a Pentagon spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
The DOD guidelines state that the department’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Confucius Institute Waiver Program (CIWP) is responsible for considering and approving or denying waiver applications from any U.S. institution of higher education that is hosting a Confucius Institute and desires a waiver from the prohibition on funding required by Section 1062 of the NDAA for FY 2021."
The guidance recognizes Confucius Institutes being linked to the communist Chinese government and that American "institutions of higher education that are hosting an institute meeting the definition of a Confucius Institute may apply for a waiver from the CIWP."
"A host institution applying to the CIWP for a waiver must provide a waiver application package to the CIWP that includes the following: A letter signed by a senior official at the host institution requesting the waiver from the Secretary of Defense and certifying that the host institution meets the CIWP waiver criteria (listed in section 3, below); The documentation required by the CIWP (also listed in section 3, below); and Attestation that the host institution will notify the DoD of any change in the contractual relationship between the Confucius Institute and the host institution."
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Last month, the Senate unanimously passed a bill this week that clamps down on China’s reach into U.S. universities by tightening restrictions on Confucius Institutes.
The Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States (CONFUCIUS) Act, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., targets Chinese-funded cultural centers on college campuses that lawmakers have said are being utilized for propaganda agendas.
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Immanuel Wilkins is taking cues from the Holy Spirit: The alto saxophonist and composer's foundation in Pentecostal and Baptist churches were an introduction to the concept of becoming a vessel, of creating in service of God. His earliest praise and worship services had a lot in common with jam sessions at The Clef Club, a Philadelphia-based music education program founded by Lovett Hines. That multi-generational exchange instilled the value of humility and craft.
Wilkins moved to New York in 2015 to hone his chops at Julliard. It's where he became familiar with Richard Wagner's term Gesamtkunstwerk, meaning a "total" work of art in which every creative element is in sync. All of these influences made their way through his pen; he experimented with a four-part suite on his debut album, Omega, and expanded the idea in his latest, The 7th Hand, a seven-part suite that merges African diasporic spiritual practices with classical music theory. His collaboration with filmmaker Cauleen Smith, dancer Lana Turner and photographer Satchel Lee brought the visual elements of the music to life.
In this final edition of our Youngblood series, we'll hear highlights from Wilkins' album release show for The 7th Hand, presented by Ars Nova Workshop at PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia.
Immanuel Wilkins is just getting started – and clearly here to stay: "Maybe the ethos amongst our generation is a kind of aspect of thoroughness, of doing the work and being really exhaustive in how we study," Wilkins explains. "We're not cutting corners, even if that means we're playing a longer game."
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Immanuel Wilkins, alto sax; Micah Thomas, piano; Daryl Johns, bass; Kweku Sumbry, drums.
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All music written by Immanuel Wilkins
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Writer and producers: Donelle Wedderburn, Sarah Geledi, Trevor Smith, and Alex Ariff; Assistant Producer: Camilo Garzón; Host: Christian McBride; Consulting Editor: Katie Simon; Episode mix: Ron Scalzo; Project Manager: Suraya Mohamed. Our Immanuel Wilkins concert was produced by Mark Christman at Ars Nova Workshop and Josh Jackson at WRTI; Recording Engineers: Tyler McLure and Paul Marchesani. Vice President of Visuals and Strategy at NPR Music: Keith Jenkins; Executive Producers: Anya Grundmann and Gabrielle Armand.
Special thanks to Cem Kurosman and Mariah Wilkins.
The Jazz Night Youngbloods theme was produced by Raydar Ellis.
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MUMBAI, India, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Motors Limited (the "Company") (BSE: 500570) (BSE: 570001) (NSE: TATAMOTORS) (NSE: TATAMTRDVR) announces that it has on June 12, 2023 filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 (the "Form 20-F") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Form 20-F includes the Company's audited financial statements prepared under the International Financial Reporting Standards for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.
The Form 20-F is available on the website of the Company at http://www.tatamotors.com/investor/sec-filing/ and can also be accessed on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. As mentioned on the Company's website, the holders of the Company's American Depositary Receipts can receive a hard copy of the Form 20-F and the complete audited financial statements, free of charge from the Company, upon submission of a request via an email addressed to inv_rel@tatamotors.com.
About Tata Motors
Part of the USD 128 billion Tata group, Tata Motors Limited (BSE: 500570) (BSE: 570001) (NSE: TATAMOTORS) (NSE: TATAMTRDVR), a USD 42 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, pick-ups, trucks and buses, offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. With 'Connecting Aspirations' at the core of its brand promise, Tata Motors is India's market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top three in the passenger vehicles market.
Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fuelled by state-of-the-art design and R&D centres located in India, UK, US, Italy and South Korea. With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, the company's innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. The company is pioneering India's Electric Vehicle (EV) transition and driving the shift towards sustainable mobility solutions by preparing a tailor-made product strategy, leveraging the synergy between the Group companies and playing an active role liasoning with the Government in developing the policy framework.
With operations in India, the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia, Tata Motors' vehicles are marketed in Africa, Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia and SAARC countries. As of March 31, 2023, Tata Motors' operations inter alia includes 88 consolidated subsidiaries, 2 joint operations, 3 joint ventures and numerous equity-accounted associates, including their subsidiaries, in respect of which the company exercises significant influence.
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The U.S. Marine Corps has released the identities of all five Marines who died in Wednesday's MV-22B Osprey crash in Imperial County, about 150 miles east of San Diego.
The identities of the Marines are listed below:
Cpl. Nathan E. Carlson, 21, of Winnebago, Illinois, a Tiltrotor Crew Chief
Capt. Nicholas P. Losapio, 31, of Rockingham, New Hampshire, an MV-22B Pilot
Cpl. Seth D. Rasmuson, 21, of Johnson, Wyoming, a Tiltrotor Crew Chief
Capt. John J. Sax, 33, of Placer, California, an MV-22B Pilot
Lance Cpl. Evan A. Strickland, 19, of Valencia, New Mexico, a Tiltrotor Crew Chief
"It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of five Marines from the Purple Fox family,” said Lt. Col. John C. Miller, Commanding Officer of VMM-364. “This is an extremely difficult time for VMM-364 and it is hard to express the impact that this loss has had on our squadron and its families. Our primary mission now is taking care of the family members of our fallen Marines and we respectfully request privacy for their families as they navigate this difficult time. We appreciate all the prayers and support from the strong extended Purple Fox family and want them to know that more information will be forthcoming on how to help."
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The crew was engaged in routine flight training when the crash happened. Authorities are investigating the "mishap."
The MV-22B Osprey crashed near Glamis, Calif., at about 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, said 1st Lt. Duane Kampa, a spokesman for the 3rd Marine Air Wing.
All five Marines were based at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, in California and were assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor (VMM) Squadron 364 , Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39 and the 3rd MAW. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/officials-identify-5-marines-killed-in-osprey-crash-in-imperial-county/3268032/ | 2022-06-11 05:11:54 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/officials-identify-5-marines-killed-in-osprey-crash-in-imperial-county/3268032/ |
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You might be familiar with certain products by Dash, such as the Dash Mini Waffle Maker. But perhaps you weren’t aware that the company makes several other useful appliances and gadgets, including a griddle, egg bite maker, and mandoline. They are all being discounted as part of Amazon’s Deal of the Day today.
Dash Deluxe Everyday Griddle
With 4.7 stars and more than 3,200 ratings, the Dash Deluxe Everyday Griddle is ideal for cooking everything from eggs, pancakes and grilled cheese to stir-fry, burgers, quesadillas and even cookies.
Customers who reviewed the Dash Griddle say it’s easy to use and just as simple to clean.
“We ordered this for rainy days in the camper but have ended up using it just about every day inside the house,” reviewer Alison McLean said. “We cook bacon & eggs, pancakes, hamburgers, hotdogs, salmon … just about anything you can cook in a pan we do on this griddle. It is SUPER easy to clean and can be put into the dishwasher.”
The Dash griddle measures 20 by 10.5 inches. Plug it in, set the desired temperature and it will heat up in minutes. It has a PFOA-free, non-stick surface for consistent cooking and includes a drip tray.
The Dash Deluxe Everyday Griddle, which currently comes in Aqua, Black, Grey or Red, is at the lowest price of the year as an Amazon Deal of the Day, dropping from $59.99 to $39.99.
Dash Family Size Egg Bite Maker
For fast, savory breakfasts or healthy, protein-packed snacks, the Dash Family Size Egg Bite Maker couldn’t be simpler to use. All you have to do is whip up your ingredients, pour them into the silicone cups and close the lid.
This egg bite maker measures 12 by 10.25 inches and weighs just two pounds. It features nine silicone cups and a PFOA-free, non-stick surface for mess-free prep and fast cleanup.
Customers who reviewed the appliance say it is ideal for egg bites but can also be used for brownies, biscuits and muffins. With 1,100 ratings and 4.6 stars, this egg bite maker is discounted from $49.99 to $39.99. It’s now available in Aqua, Black, and Red.
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Before you can cook, you have to prep, and the Dash Safe Slice Mandoline Slicer, Julienne + Dicer has you (and your fingers!) covered.
It is uniquely designed to keep your hands away from the built-in blades. You can slice, julienne, matchstick or dice foods to 1-8 mm in thickness with over 30 cutting options.
This slicer is 14 inches high, 4.7 inches wide and 11 inches long. A cleaning brush is included, and the mandoline folds down for more accessible storage.
With more than 17,200 ratings and 4.5 stars, this slicer is highly popular. As an Amazon Deal of the Day, it’s on sale for $31.99.
If you want to add the Dash Griddle, Egg Bite Maker or Mandoline to your kitchen, don’t delay! This sale only lasts one day.
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Fire that killed 2 on a cargo ship in New Jersey is out after nearly a week, officials say
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Crews extinguished the intensely burning fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey after nearly a week and are now beginning their investigation into the blaze that killed two firefighters, officials said Tuesday.
“We can officially declare the fire is out,” Coast Guard Capt. Zeita Merchant, the captain of the Port of New York and New Jersey, said during a news conference in Port Newark.
It could be a while before officials know what led to the blaze that started late Wednesday and left two Newark firefighters dead and five others injured.
Authorities are now also beginning a salvage operation for the Grande Costa d’Avorio, which could take up to two months, Merchant said.
Manifests showed there were no lithium ion battery vehicles onboard when the ship reached Newark, according to Bethann Rooney the port director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
However, it did have electric vehicles onboard when it reached Baltimore, where they were offloaded, she said.
The ship had taken on used vehicles in Newark and was destined to do the same in Providence, Rhode Island, she said, before heading to West Africa.
The National Transportation Safety Board has warned about the possible dangers of electric vehicle battery fires, a hazard that stems from thermal runaway, a chemical reaction that causes uncontrolled battery temperature and pressure increases.
She described the hold of the ship as “essentially a parking garage” with ramps and different levels. She said the cars onboard had “but a spit” of gasoline in their tanks and said it was car components and other parts that were burning.
Killed in the blaze were Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr., whom officials praised for their bravery. Funeral services for the men were set for later this week.
The fire broke out about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. About an hour later, there was a mayday call when two firefighters became trapped inside the ship. Rescue workers rescued Acabou from the ship before midnight and he was later taken a hospital, where he died Thursday morning. Brooks died early Thursday morning after he was recovered. Five other firefighters were injured.
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MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump was set to make his first court appearance Tuesday in a historic criminal case charging the former president with hoarding top secret government documents, boastfully displaying them to visitors and trying to hide them from investigators who demanded them back.
Trump approached his Miami court date with characteristic bravado, insisting as he has done through years of legal woes that he has done nothing wrong and was being persecuted for political purposes. But the gravity of the moment is unmistakable as he answers to 37 felony counts that accuse him of willfully retaining classified records that prosecutors say could have jeopardized national security if exposed.
The case is laden with political implications for Trump, who currently holds the dominant spot in the early days of the 2024 Republican presidential primary. But it also poses profound legal consequences given the prospect of a years-long prison sentence. Even for a defendant whose post-presidential life has been dominated by investigations, the documents probe has stood out for both the apparent volume of evidence amassed by prosecutors and the severity of the allegations.
It’s also a watershed moment for a Justice Department that until last week had never before brought charges against a former president. Attorney General Merrick Garland, an appointee of President Joe Biden, sought to insulate the department from political attacks by handing ownership of the case last year to a special counsel Jack Smith, who on Friday declared, “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone.”
The arraignment, though largely procedural in nature, is the latest in an unprecedented public reckoning this year for Trump, who faces charges in New York arising from hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign as well as ongoing investigations in Washington and Atlanta into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 race. He’s sought to project confidence in the face of unmistakable legal peril, attacking Smith as “deranged,” pledging to stay in the race and scheduling a speech and fundraiser for Tuesday night at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.
“They’re using this because they can’t win the election fairly and squarely,” Trump said Monday in an interview with Americano Media.
The court appearance is also unfolding against the backdrop of potential protests and unrest. Some high-profile backers have used barbed rhetoric to voice support. Trump himself has encouraged supporters to join a planned protest Tuesday at the Miami courthouse, where he is expected to surrender to authorities.
Some Trump supporters were also planning to load buses to head to Miami from other parts of Florida, raising concerns for law enforcement officials who are preparing for the potential of unrest around the courthouse. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said the city would be ready, and police chief Manuel A. Morales said downtown could see anywhere from a few thousand up to 50,000 protesters. He said the city would divert traffic and possibly block streets depending on crowd size.
Unlike in the New York case, where photographers produced images of a somber-faced Trump at the courtroom defense table, the public’s view will limited. Cameras are generally not permitted in federal courts, and a judge Monday night barred reporters from having phones inside the building.
A federal grand jury in Washington had heard testimony for months in the documents case, but the Justice Department filed it in Florida, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is located and where many of the alleged acts of obstruction occurred. Though Trump is set to appear Tuesday before a federal magistrate, the case has been assigned to a District Court judge he appointed, Aileen Cannon, who ruled in his favor last year in a dispute over whether an outside special master could be appointed to review the seized classified documents. A federal appeals panel ultimately overturned her ruling.
It’s unclear what defenses Trump is likely to cite as the case moves forward. Two of his lead lawyers announced their resignation on the morning after his indictment, and the notes and recollections of another attorney, M. Evan Corcoran, are cited repeatedly throughout the 49-page charging document, suggesting that prosecutors may see him as a key witness.
Trump has said he’s looking to add to his legal team though no announcements were made Monday. But that matters because, under the rules of the district, defendants are required to have a local lawyer for an arraignment to proceed.
The Justice Department unsealed Friday an indictment charging Trump with 37 felony counts, 31 relating to the willful retention of national defense information. Other charges include conspiracy to commit obstruction and false statements.
The indictment alleges Trump intentionally retained hundreds of classified documents that he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the presidency in January 2021. The material he stored, including in a bathroom, ballroom, bedroom and shower, included material on nuclear programs, defense and weapons capabilities of the U.S. and foreign governments and a Pentagon “attack plan,” the indictment says. The information, if exposed, could have put at risk members of the military, confidential human sources and intelligence collection methods, prosecutors said.
Beyond that, prosecutors say, he sought to obstruct government efforts to recover the documents, including by directing personal aide Walt Nauta — who was charged alongside Trump — to move boxes to conceal them and also suggesting to his own lawyer that he hide or destroy documents sought by a Justice Department subpoena.
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TCL RayNeo X2 delivers a truly smart wearable experience which unlocks a deeper connection between users, their devices, and the real world
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL, a pioneer in display technology and affordable, premium smart experiences, announces at CES 2023 the launch of TCL RayNeo X2 augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. The revolutionary glasses harness pioneering binocular full-color Micro-LED optical waveguide displays alongside an array of new interactive features to create unparalleled AR experiences for users.
"TCL RayNeo has created the world's first binocular full-color Micro-LED optical waveguide AR glasses," said Howie Li, CEO of TCL RayNeo. "The technology RayNeo has developed will set the bar for future innovations in wearable AR as there is no compromise in top technology, style or ease of use. RayNeo X2 is the new frontier of AR glasses, and we're just getting started."
True AR in a wearable eyeglasses design
TCL RayNeo X2 is the world's first to realize binocular full-color Micro-LED optical waveguide display in AR glasses. Tackling the industry challenge of making AR glasses look like conventional eyeglasses without compromising on tech specs, TCL RayNeo X2 maintains a subtle and lightweight body for everyday wear while serving powerful all-in-one assistant features, from smart navigation and auto-translation to photography and music play.
Significant display upgrades, including a high contrast ratio (CR) of up to 100,000:1 and an outstanding image brightness of up to 1,000 nits, generate enhanced visual effects and make the AR glasses ideal for both indoor and outdoor usage.
Transformative ways to navigate and connect
Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon® XR2 platform, TCL RayNeo X2 harnesses top-notched AR technologies that allow users to see the world in new, exciting ways.
TCL RayNeo X2's smart GPS navigation system uses simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) together with gesture recognition. Its mapping showcases nearby landmarks as you move, turning your leisurely strolls and bike rides into joyful city explorations. Plus, while navigating and on the move, TCL RayNeo X2's Bluetooth-enabled on-screen message and call notifications keep you updated wherever you go.
TCL RayNeo X2 breaks down language barriers and opens new pathways to connect. AI translation interprets multiple languages in real time. When speaking face-to-face, the AR glasses automatically detect and translate in-person conversations with subtitles displaying on the screen - perfect for building business connections and traveling overseas. The translation features create immersive language learning experiences for the wearer.
Create next-level content
TCL RayNeo X2 liberates users to discover new forms of entertainment. The hands-free integrated camera allows wearers to create stills, videos and time-lapse from a distinctive first-person view, helping users to produce new styles of content. Smart features like image stabilization reduce shakes and movement, and auto night mode lets you snap vivid moments even in the dark, helping you to take the perfect shot each time.
Content captured on the glasses can be easily transferred to smartphones, handy when sharing new discoveries with friends on social media. Meanwhile, enjoy your "me time" by listening to your music in unique "whisper mode", effectively preventing sound leakage while also protecting your privacy.
Building a new AR ecosystem
As testament to its commitment to AR innovation, TCLRayNeo will kick off a developer project in Q1 2023 calling for innovative developers to join and build creative, user-driven features for the AR glasses. This is with the goal that TCL RayNeo X2 further evolves with more impressive features, bringing the imagination and application of AR to the next level.
"With the rollout of TCL RayNeo X2, we seek to build a vibrant, comprehensive AR ecosystem to provide our users with rich content and compelling services. Those would include a series of original AR games developed by our team." Howie Li noted.
Revolutionize XR experiences with smart wearable products
Also at CES 2023, TCL NXTWEAR S wearable display glasses makes its debut to the U.S. market. The stylish consumer XR glasses come with a striking display and audio quality upgrades. An equivalent 130-inch, high-definition screen at four meters away, new-generation dual 1080p Micro OLED displays and a unique acoustic phase cancellation mode deliver private, cinema-like audiovisual experience to you at anywhere, anytime.
From TCL NXTWEAR S to TCL RayNeo X2, this series of innovative rollouts demonstrate the robust research and product development capabilities of TCL RayNeo, an industry leader in AR innovation incubated by TCL Electronics.
Availability and Pricing
- TCL RayNeo X2 will be available for the developer community in selected regions by the end of Q1 2023 followed by a commercial launch later. *
- TCL NXTWEAR S will go on sale in the U.S. in Q1 2023 with RRP at $399.
* Some features might be available in phases for some regions.
To learn more about the TCL products announced at CES 2023, please visit: http://www.tcl.com/global/en.html
Media Contact:
Dongyao Nie
Global PR Manager, TCL RayNeo
dongyao.nie@tcl.com
About TCL RayNeo (RayNeo)
TCL RayNeo (RayNeo), incubated by TCL Electronics (1070.HK), is an industry leader in AR innovation, developing some of the world's most revolutionary AR consumer hardware, software and applications. RayNeo specializes in the research and development of AR technologies with industry-leading optics, display, algorithm and device manufacturing.
Established in 2021, RayNeo has launched the world's first full-color Micro-LED optical waveguide AR glasses, achieving several technology breakthroughs in the industry. Alongside winning IDG's "Most Innovative Product" with NXTWEAR AIR, RayNeo also unveiled the innovative consumer XR wearable glasses NXTWEAR S featuring top-tier, cinematic audiovisual experiences.
About TCL Electronics
TCL Electronics (1070.HK) is one of the world's fastest-growing consumer electronics companies and one of the world's leading television and mobile device manufacturers (TCL Communication is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TCL Electronics). For nearly 40 years TCL has operated its own manufacturing and R&D centers worldwide, with products sold in more than 160 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. TCL specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of consumer electronics ranging from TVs, mobile phones, audio devices and smart home products as part of the company's "AI x IoT" strategy. For more information on TCL mobile devices, please visit: http://www.tcl.com/global/en.html.
TCL is a registered trademark of TCL Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Alcatel is a trademark of Nokia used under license by TCL Communication.
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By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Members of the United Auto Workers union appeared on Thursday to favor replacing many of their current leaders in an election that stemmed from a federal bribery and embezzlement scandal involving former union officials.
Reform-minded candidates, many part of the UAW Members United slate, are leading or close in multiple key races with about 68% of the vote counted. Many challengers campaigned on rescinding concessions made to companies in previous contract talks, including cost-of-living pay raises, elimination of a two-tier wage and benefit system, and other items.
That could raise costs for Detroit’s three automakers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — and almost inevitably will drive up already expensive auto prices.
With tallies from six of nine UAW regions counted, incumbent President Ray Curry had a slim lead over Shawn Fain, an international union official who started at a Stellantis plant in Kokomo, Indiana, in a five-candidate race.
Curry had 38.6% of the vote, while Fain was second with 38%. There likely will be a runoff election early next year between Fain and Curry since neither had a majority of the votes.
In the race for three vice presidents, Rich Boyer and Mike Booth, both Members United candidates, are first and second in an eight-candidate field, followed by incumbent Vice President Chuck Browning. A runoff could happen there, too.
Margaret Mock, the Members United candidate for secretary-treasurer, had 62.6% of the vote to lead incumbent Frank Stuglin at 37.4%. Where tallies have been completed, candidates who campaigned on reforming the union also won three of nine regional director positions, with another heading to a runoff.
It wasn’t clear when the vote count would be finished. The ballots are being counted by a company hired by a court-appointed monitor who is overseeing the election and the union.
Fain led the Members United ticket, which campaigned on reforming the 372,000-member UAW after the scandal. The election also has broad implications for contract talks with the Detroit auto companies that start next year.
Fain has advocated for more of a confrontational stance and has accused union leadership of complacency. He has said the UAW has had a philosophy for 40 years of viewing automakers as partners rather than adversaries.
He said it’s too early to declare a winner but said in an interview Thursday that the early vote totals are “a loud and clear message to the companies and the businesses to get ready, we’re coming for you.”
The automakers, he said, are making making the best profits in their history, yet are closing factories and costing union jobs. He gave General Motors’ 2019 closure of its Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant as an example, plus a lack of new vehicles for Stellantis’ Belvidere, Illinois, plant, which he said has lost 3,000 workers.
At a candidates’ forum in September, Fain said union leaders should have reversed concessions made starting in 2007 and should have won job security guarantees.
“We’ve had at least 10 years with perfect conditions for regaining and improving what was lost during the Great Recession,” he said.
The contract talks come at a critical juncture for the union, which faces a transition from internal combustion vehicles to those that run on batteries. With fewer moving parts, fewer people will be needed to make electric vehicles, and jobs making engines and transmissions could be shifted to battery assembly plants that might not be unionized.
The election came after union members last December decided to directly vote on leaders for the first time instead of having them picked by delegates to a convention.
Under the old system, convention delegates were picked by local union offices. But the new slate of officers was selected by the current leadership, and there was rarely any serious opposition.
A company hired by Monitor Neil Barofsky mailed out about 1 million ballots to active and retired union members. But only 106,790, roughly 10.7%, were returned.
The voting happened after 11 union officials and a late official’s spouse pleaded guilty in the corruption probe since 2017, including the two former presidents, Gary Jones and Dennis Williams. Both were sentenced to prison.
To avoid a federal takeover, the union agreed to reforms and Barofsky’s appointment to oversee elections of the 14-member executive board.
Curry, appointed in 2021 to replace retiring Rory Gamble to lead the union, said he has put financial safeguards and reforms in place and has plans to bring union members “back into greater days.” He said at the candidates’ forum that the union also has plans to recruit new members.
“We don’t just make false demands and deliver false hopes,” he said.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phygtl has signed an agreement with FIFA to take football into a new dimension. For the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, Phygtl provides fans with an AR-based social experience where fans join forces to co-create a global first reward: The Golden-Globe-Football™.
Phygtl, a Silicon Valley-based tech startup is on a mission to connect the physical and digital world, providing consumers and fans with a more immersive and rewarding experience than existing social media.
In the experience users obtain a fragment of The Golden-Globe-Football™ and then add their personal twist to it, before climbing a leaderboard thanks to other users' engagement and interactions.
The Golden-Globe-Football™ is the first digital reward made by football fans, all of whom contribute to creating the digital representation of their football fandom.
Co-Founder and CEO, Tommaso Di Bartolo, a seasoned entrepreneur, UC Berkeley Faculty, and author of Navigating the Metaverse said "Phygtl was born to take humankind into a new dimension where we no longer just 'follow' on social media but have the possibility to 'experience' products, places and purposes while being rewarded for our time with tokenized commercial benefits."
Visit phygtl.xyz or fifa.phygtl.xyz to experience football in AR.
Phygtl (/ˈFidgeːit:al/), A Silicon Valley-based startup, is a Web3 AR consumer engagement platform that connects the physical with the digital world. Users and fans can access from the palm of their hands, immersive and rewarding experiences as an augmented reality layer on top of products and places. Available on Android and iOs, Phygtl is built to create tools for people to experience a new dimension.
FIFA exists to govern football and to develop the game around the world. Since 2016, the organization has been fast evolving into a body that can more effectively serve our game for the benefit of the entire world. The new FIFA is modernizing football to be global, accessible, and inclusive in all aspects. Not just on one or two continents, but everywhere.
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Phone: +1 (650) 353-7065
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Company Transforming into a Pure Play in the Social Ecommerce Market in China
JINJIANG, China, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (NASDAQ Capital Market: AEHL) ("Antelope Enterprise" or the "Company"), which operates KylinCloud, a leading online social ecommerce and live broadcast streaming platform with 200,000+ anchors and influencers, and a legacy ceramic tile manufacturing business in China, today announced that on December 30, 2022, it entered into a share purchase agreement (the "Disposition SPA") to divest of its ceramic tile manufacturing business.
"We are pleased to enter into this agreement which will enable us to to focus all of our resources and energies on China's high growth social ecommerce sector," commented Antelope Enterprise CEO Weilai 'Will' Zhang. "The ceramic tile business has faced significant hurdles due to the significant slowdown of the real estate sector and the impacts of Covid-19 in China. Meanwhile, we have been experiencing strong growth momentum in KylinCloud, our social ecommerce business. Therefore, this divesture represents an important step for our strategic transformation to focus on developing the social ecommerce market, expanding our new ecommerce team and further strengthening our already dynamic corporate culture."
"Our KylinCloud subsidiary operates an SaaS+ systems platform that promotes and amplifies marketing sales for consumer brand companies by leveraging the platform's growing list of broadcasters and influencers. We believe that our core competencies and competitive advantage will enable us to capitalize upon the projected high growth of China's social ecommerce and live streaming sector for years to come," concluded CEO Will Zhang.
On December 30, 2022, the Company and New Stonehenge Limited (the "Buyer"), a British Virgin Islands exempt company which is not an affiliate of the Company or any of its directors or officers, entered into a Disposition SPA. Pursuant to the Disposition SPA, the Buyer agreed to purchase the Company's ceramic tile business, and in exchange the Buyer will issue a 5% unsecured promissory note (the "Note") to the Company with the principal amount of $8.5 million and a maturity date that is the fourth anniversary of its issuance. The 5% interest and the principal amount on the Note is to be paid in four annual installments according to the schedule as set forth in the Note. Upon the closing of the transaction contemplated by the Disposition SPA, the Buyer will become the sole shareholder of the Company's ceramic tile business and, as a result, assume all of its assets and liabilities and those of its subsidiaries.
The closing of the Disposition SPA is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions including the receipt of a fariness opinion from an independent firm, approval of a majority of the Company's shareholders, and all consents required to be obtained from or made with any governmental authorities.
More complete information of the Disposition SPA is set forth in the Form 6-K and its exhibits filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2023.
About Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited
Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited holds a 51% ownership position in Hainan Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd ("KylinCloud"), which operates a leading online social ecommerce and live broadcast streaming platform with 200,000+ anchors and influencers, and the Company also operates a legacy ceramic tile manufacturing business in China.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.aehltd.com, or follow the Company on Twitter at https://twitter.com/aehl_ltd. To receive the Company's public announcements, please email investor@aehltd.com.
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Certain of the statements made in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning and protections of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance, capital, ownership or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, the continued stable macroeconomic environment in the PRC, the PRC real estate, construction and technology sectors continuing to exhibit sound long-term fundamentals, our ability to bring additional ceramic tile production capacity online going forward as our business improves, our ceramic tile customers continuing to adjust to our product price increases, our ability to sustain our average selling price increases and to continue to build volume in the quarters ahead, and whether our enhanced marketing efforts will help to produce wider customer acceptance of the new price points; and our ability to continue to grow our business management, information system consulting, and online social commerce and live streaming business. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as "may," "will," "anticipate," "assume," "should," "indicate," "would," "believe," "contemplate," "expect," "estimate," "continue," "plan," "point to," "project," "could," "intend," "target" and other similar words and expressions of the future.
All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties described in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 and otherwise in our SEC reports and filings. Such reports are available upon request from the Company, or from the Securities and Exchange Commission, including through the SEC's Internet website at http://www.sec.gov. We have no obligation and do not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements after the date hereof, or after the respective dates on which any such statements otherwise are made.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Abby Finkenauer 's bid to clinch the Democratic nomination for an Iowa U.S. Senate seat wasn't supposed to be so fraught.
She's one of the more prominent Democrats in the state, building a wunderkind reputation in the Legislature before toppling a Republican congressman in 2018. She was the second-youngest woman elected to Congress, helping Democrats retake control of the U.S. House that year.
And though she would go on to lose the Democratic-leaning district in 2020, her stature suffered little. She raised her profile on cable television and aggressive email attacks on incumbent GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, all of which helped her raise millions of dollars ahead of her Senate run.
But Finkenauer's campaign faced unexpected trouble last month when, at least for a moment, it appeared she wouldn't be allowed to compete in the June 7 primary. A judge found errors in Finkenauer's nominating petitions after Republican activists challenged her filings.
Though the Iowa Supreme Court ultimately assured her spot on the ballot, the turmoil — and Finkenauer's response — prompted some prominent Democrats to give another look to her chief primary rival, retired Navy admiral Mike Franken. Some Democrats blame Finkenauer, who blasted the Republican-appointed state judge's ruling as "deeply partisan," for quickly blaming political motivations and not acknowledging her own campaign's organizational mistakes.
“It really just struck me the wrong way,” said Bonnie Campbell, a former Iowa attorney general and past Democratic nominee for governor.
Campbell had contributed money to Finkenauer’s campaign but also had been eying Franken. Finkenauer’s remarks tipped the scales, she said.
"It's the same thing Donald Trump says, that this is all about politics," Campbell said. "I thought, what are my alternatives?"
Finkenauer's campaign declined a request for an interview for this story.
There's little reliable polling in the primary and whoever survives the Democratic contest faces a daunting challenge in Grassley, who raised more money through March than Finkenauer and Franken combined.
Adding to the challenge, Iowa has shifted sharply to the right over the past decade, making the Democratic Senate primary a kind of test case for the party in Iowa and other once-competitive northern rural states about the path back to power.
Still, Finkenauer retains the backing of more Democratic state legislators than Franken. She received the endorsement last month of the Iowa Federation of Labor, Iowa's largest union organization. She also had raised more than $3 million to Franken's $1.8 million, according to the most recent finance filings.
Finkenauer has a higher national profile in addition to the cable news appearances, in part as a regular spokeswoman on the presidential campaign trail for Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election.
But Franken has quietly built a competitive campaign, backed by senior former party officials such as Campbell and former Lieutenant Gov. Sally Pederson. Franken, a distant second-place finisher in Iowa's 2020 Senate primary, also raised more money in the first quarter of 2022 than Finkenauer, and had more money on hand entering the second quarter. Franken was also first to begin airing TV ads, which began in April. Finkenauer planned to begin advertising next week.
Though Finkenauer and Franken are a close match on policy, they present strikingly different profiles.
At 33, Finkenauer is more than 30 years younger than the 64-year-old Franken. Her message leans heavily on her working-class upbringing in blue-collar Dubuque, as it did in her two congressional campaigns and campaigns for state legislature. Often with a wide smile, she campaigns with an impassioned edge, as she did at a recent state Democratic fundraiser.
“I will never ever forget where I come from and who I fight for," Finkenauer promised 600 state party activists at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.
Tall, graying and standing ramrod straight, Franken's approach is understated. With a dry sense of humor, Franken spends most of his campaign time answering audience questions, promoting a standard progressive platform but with a calm unfamiliar in much of politics today.
“I'm also running to dial down political tension to achieve these things," Franken told the crowd at the Des Moines banquet.
Finkenauer has been on a political course since college when she volunteered as a college student for Joe Biden's 2008 campaign and later as a legislative page. She won an Iowa House seat at age 24 in 2014, earning a reputation as a vocal member in the minority party, and U.S. House seat four years later.
Franken has skippered ships around the world, but also worked on Capitol Hill longer than Finkenauer, as a legislative aide to the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and the Department of the Navy's legislative liaison during the Obama administration.
It's Finkenauer's stylistic contrast with the 88-year-old, gravelly-voiced Grassley that make her the better choice for Andrea Phillips, a former deputy state Democratic Party chairwoman.
“The contrasts with Abby — you know, younger, fresh ideas, newer generation — it presents voters with a clearer choice," said Phillips.
Phillips, though, would like to have heard Finkenauer take responsibility for her campaign's administrative mistake. When asked repeatedly by reporters, Finkenauer has not said she was at fault for errors the Iowa Supreme Court found not significant enough to keep her off the ballot.
Finkenauer's campaign offered the bare minimum of signatures needed from different counties, leaving herself almost no margin for error. But the judge found a small handful of signatures out of the 5,000 obtained by Finkenauer’s campaign were not properly dated, as required by state law.
“As a supporter I probably would have liked her to come out and apologize," Phillips said. “As a supporter I would have liked to have seen an email from her saying that."
At the party fundraiser, Des Moines Democrats Suzanne and Tom Fross were split on the impact of the episode. Suzanne Fross, a retired state employee, said, “She handled it fine. It was a Republican ambush." Her husband, a manufacturing manager, said, “It was embarrassing. She should have owned up to it."
Yet, neither have decided who they'll support with less than a month to go.
Veteran Dubuque Democratic party volunteer Diane Gibson said she “didn't need much of a nudge" to consider Franken after the episode.
“Abby hasn't taken responsibility for her own campaign's failure to do the job," said Gibson. “That's the mark of a rookie."
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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department (WBFD) wants you to stay safe this Summer, so they have released some fire safety tips for those around BBQ Grills, Fire Pits, and Fireplaces.
According to a press release, each year the city’s fire department responds to numerous calls for something openly burning and bbq grill fires. The WBFD has already responded to 27 similar calls, this year.
“Responsibility and respect for your neighbor should also offer guidance to everyone who uses an outdoor fire pit,” said Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Delaney.
Outdoor grills, firepits, and fireplaces are regulated by a city ordinance and enforced by the City’s Fire, Police, Health Code, and Building Code Enforcement Departments. In order to use an outdoor firepit and or fireplace, residents must adhere to the following rules:
- Barbecue grills may not be used on any common covered area or balcony or any over-hanging portion on any residential dwelling or within five (5) feet of any part of a residential dwelling.
Now, open burning in the City of Wilkes-Barre is a little different, it usually is not allowed and unregulated burning may also cause a threat to the safety of others living within the vicinity. Open burning may also be a threat or damaging to the property it’s burning on.
According to the Wilkes-Barre City Council, an ordinance has been enacted to keep everyone safe from harm.
To begin, in general, there is no Open Burning within the City of Wilkes-Barre unless specifically authorized by the WBFD.
Exceptions to the outdoor burning rules are:
- The burning of charcoal, clean wood, or cooking fuels used in cooking.
- The burning of clean untreated wood in a commercially manufactured outdoor fire pit or outdoor fireplace provided that:
- The fire is wholly contained in the fire pit.
- The fire pit is covered by a screen to control the emission of ash and embers.
- The fire does not constitute a nuisance.
- The fire is not within 15 feet of combustible materials or adjacent property lines.
- The fire is not unattended.
- There is not more than one fire pit or fireplace located on the lot.
- The fire is not located on a lot containing more than two dwelling units or at a fraternity, sorority, or similar housing.
- Burning for bona fide ceremonial or bona fide religious purposes
The WBFD says even if the burning would otherwise be allowed, no open burning will occur if the WBFD says the burning would cause a nuisance by presenting a danger to the public’s safety, health or welfare.
The use of outdoor fire pits or fireplaces is not authorized between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Officials say penalties for violating the BBQ Grill ordinance is a fine ranging from $300 to $1,000 and the penalty for Open Burning will be subject to a fine of no more than $250.
“Open Burning should be reported as it occurs, to the WBFD by calling 911. This allows the fire department to be dispatched to investigate the complaint and enforce the open burning ordinance,” says Mayor George C. Brown.
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• Donald E. Clark of Aurora, Illinois, although incapacitated, the result of the loss of his right arm resulting from an accident several months ago, performed an unusual feat here in Kendallville yesterday afternoon when he swam across Bixler Lake and back, covering the distance of over a mile without showing any signs of fatigue. Accompanying him were Jack Plum, also of Aurora and Donald M. Whiteman of Kendallville. The boys swam from the new diving tower to the old pier on the east shore of the lake and back. Clark and Plum are visiting the latter’s mother, Mrs. Mae Piepenbrink, here. | https://www.kpcnews.com/opinions/article_2c10894b-3e3d-589e-bd5e-7f33678dcdd5.html | 2023-06-17 05:55:56 | 1 | https://www.kpcnews.com/opinions/article_2c10894b-3e3d-589e-bd5e-7f33678dcdd5.html |
The United States is trying to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in order to meet its climate goals under the Paris climate agreement. A major contributor to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions is the energy sector, which accounts for about 25% of total emissions.
The Biden administration wants to significantly reduce this figure and is pushing the development on offshore wind along America's coasts. Its goal is to have 30 gigawatts of offshore wind online by 2030 and that will require thousands of new jobs, especially in the construction sector.
It's one of the reasons why President Biden often brings up the idea of new economic opportunities when he talks about tackling climate change.
While countries in Europe and Asia have been exploring offshore wind for years, it's still a fairly nascent industry in the U.S. The first offshore wind farm in the U.S. started operations in 2016. That's 25 years after the first offshore wind turbines started turning in Europe.
Though other renewable energy sources, such as solar and onshore wind, have been around for decades in the U.S., they often lack the protection and job security provided by unions. Offshore wind wants to change this by unionizing large parts of its workforce.
This could also entice more fossil fuel workers to look for a future in clean energy. As a 2021 study has shown, the average compensation in the clean energy sectors still lags behind those in the fossil fuel industry. In California, for example, the average compensation for a clean energy worker is about $86,000. For a fossil fuel worker it's about $130,000.
"Higher unionization rates should promote gains in compensation and better working conditions," according to the study.
North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), a labor organization representing more than 3 million workers across 14 unions in the U.S. and Canada, is preparing its members to compete for those upcoming opportunities.
"I think offshore wind energy is poised to support good paying union jobs, middle class wages, we're seeing a lot of positive movement for it," says Trevor Falk, who is a special assistant for energy policy at NABTU.
Maximo Decaba, an industrial painter, experienced this first hand. He had the opportunity to work on the country's first offshore wind farm - the Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island.
"With that job, I made enough money to buy my first home," says Decaba, who has been working as a painter since he was 15. "It's time we get off fossil fuels, and it's time people make an honest living with green energy."
Decaba was one of four union painters who went out to sea to provide to give the five wind turbines a fresh coat of paint. Overall, the project created more than 300 construction jobs.
"It took us two-and-a-half months to do it," he says. "Now every time I see a commercial [for the wind farm], I tell everybody that's in the room, 'I painted that. I was one of the painters there.'"
Decaba enjoyed the Block Island project so much that he's back working on another wind farm. But this time, he's only doing the onshore work.
Currently, there are only two offshore wind farms in operation in the U.S. with a combined capacity of 42 megawatts. Several other projects are at various stages of permitting and construction. Getting to 30 GW of offshore wind by the end of this decade will require a construction boom along the U.S. coastlines.
And even though there are many projects in the pipeline, the current economic conditions of rising interest rates and high inflation, as well as supply chain constraints present significant challenges that could delay the growth of America's offshore wind industry.
Offshore wind work requires a certain lifestyle. Being out at sea for weeks or months at a time is not for everyone, but Jennifer Cullen, senior manager of Labor Relations & Workforce Development for Vineyard Wind, says interest in the company's offshore wind project remains high.
Workers can find opportunity on other offshore wind farms, but the lifestyle is tough, she says.
Vineyard Wind is building the country's first commercial-scale offshore wind project. The 800 MW wind farm will be located 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. That's enough to power more than 400,000 homes.
The project will employ 1,700 workers over 25 years, according to an analysis by the former UMass Dartmouth Public Policy Center.
Vineyard Wind signed a project labor agreement (PLA) with local labor organization Southeastern Massachusetts Building Trades Council in 2021, which will result in at least 500 union jobs.
Last year, Ørsted, signed a PLA with NABTU that covers all of its U.S. offshore wind projects. Tom Kriger, NABTU's research and education director, says these agreements are making offshore jobs more attractive than other clean energy jobs.
"Clean energy jobs are not by definition good jobs," he says, it takes commitment from companies, tradespeople, and governments to "create good jobs."
Unions provide apprenticeship training through registered programs. The average starting salary in U.S. for apprentice who completed the program is $77,000, although it varies by industries.
Due to the higher safety risks of working on a offshore wind farm, six-figure salaries are not out of the ordinary.
Alex Barham, an instructor with labor union Ironworkers 5 in Maryland, says that all that is required to get going is a high school diploma or GED.
"They're getting on-the-job training. And then for two weeks every six months - so we have two semesters a year — they'll come to class, but they get the majority of their training, actual specifics in the field," Barham says.
This type of registered apprenticeship program takes four years to complete. The building trades unions call it the other four-year degree.
With hundreds of square miles of untapped potential along American shores, offshore wind will grow exponentially in the coming years, and both American workers and the environment will benefit from it.
This digital piece was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi. contributed to this story
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Mom, grandma charged with murder after young child found dead in hotel room, police say
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A mother and a grandmother are facing first-degree murder charges after a young child was found dead inside a hotel room Monday afternoon, police said.
According to the Asheville Police Department, officers responded to the Rodeway Inn and Suites for a welfare check when they found a small child lying dead on the floor inside a room. Investigators said the child appeared extremely malnourished.
Police did not disclose the age of the child.
Police said the child’s mother, 29-year-Chantarica Nasha Matthews, and the child’s grandmother, 50-year-old Inga Torrence Matthews, were inside the room with the child when officers arrived.
Following an investigation, both women were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, felony child abuse, and concealment of death. They were both booked into the Buncombe County Detention Center and are being held without bond.
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LIMA, OH (WLIO)- Mercy Health-St. Rita's talks about new upgrades for stroke patients.
Local stroke victims will no longer have to be sent to Toledo, Dayton, Columbus, or Fort Wayne for treatment. Six weeks ago, the hospital became a certified comprehensive stroke center. This means Mercy Health-St. Rita's is now able to care for strokes ranging from acute to complex, including hemorrhagic strokes and neurovascular disease. St Rita's is the 14th hospital in the state, and the first in the region, to receive the certification of being a comprehensive stroke center.
"The most exciting part of this is that we can complete this procedure called a thrombectomy. Essentially, in that procedure, the physician goes in the groin, similar to a cath people are familiar with. They actually go through the groin, bypass the heart, go into the brain, grab the clot, and take the clot out of the brain. That's really what's exciting and we weren't able to do that before," said Lisa Rampe, director of neuroscience and rehab services at Mercy Health-St. Rita's.
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Nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force, while responding to the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd, according to a report released Monday by a civilian review board.
The city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, or CCRB, also found that many officers disciplined by the police department received punishment that was less than the panel recommended, and in some cases officers found to have committed misconduct were not disciplined at all.
Investigations into more than 600 complaints about police conduct during the protests had to be closed because officers could not be identified. In many cases that was because police purposely wore mourning bands over their badges or refused to provide their names, or because the department failed to track where officers were deployed, the 590-page report says.
The board received 321 complaints during the protests that were determined to be within its jurisdiction and 226 were investigated.
The document describes, for example, police actions during one protest in Brooklyn on May 30, 2020, that drew numerous complaints.
An officer drove a police vehicle into the crowd and knocked protesters to the ground. Another officer pulled down a demonstrator’s coronvirus-protecting mask and pepper sprayed him in the face. On the Brooklyn Bridge that day, officers tackled protestors and hit them in the head with batons, the report says.
The panel substantiated 269 allegations of misconduct against 146 officers, including 140 allegations of excessive force and 72 claims of abuse of authority, including officers refusing to provide their names or obstructing their badges. The allegations that were sustained included 34 for improperly striking people with batons and 28 for improperly using pepper spray.
“Protests against police brutality bred more instances of police misconduct,” Arva Rice, the review board’s chair, said in a statement. “If this misconduct goes unaddressed, it will never be reformed.”
The document includes recommendations for change.
The NYPD said it objects to many of the board’s characterizations. In a statement, it said many, of not all, of the review board’s recommendations already have been implemented in response to the department’s own review and proposals by other agencies.
“A key element missing from this report is any acknowledgement that officers were performing their utmost duty, protecting the city and its people, under what were often sustained, dangerous conditions,” the department said.
The agency also said the 226 complaints reviewed by the board contained 1,800 allegations, and only 15% of those were substantiated. The number of officers found to have committed misconduct was only a fraction of the more than 20,000 on-duty daily at the height of the protests. Some demonstrators were looting, setting fires and destroying property, the department noted.
The NYPD said more than 400 officers were injured during the protests, including 250 who were hospitalized.
Patrick Lynch, the head of the Police Benevolent Association, also was critical.
“Once again, the anti-cop activists at CCRB are trying to pin the blame on individual police officers for management failures and the chaos created by violent agitators,” he said in a statement. “We are still awaiting ‘accountability’ for the city leaders who sent us out with no plan and no support, and for the criminals who injured more than 400 of our brothers and sisters.”
The board recommended charges and other discipline against 89 officers. Of those cases, three were resolved through guilty pleas, four officers forfeited vacation days, five officers retired or resigned before disciplinary action could be taken, nine officers were not disciplined by the department and administrative proceedings are pending against 62 officers, the report said.
It made a series of recommendations including that all officers get updated training on crowd control tactics. The board also said police should not interfere with members of the press, that officers’ names and shield numbers should be visible at all times and that the department should assess how it uses various tactics and tools during protests.
The New York Civil Liberties Union said the report shows how officers responded with violence.
“This report gives the public a new window into the scale of officer misconduct, crucial access to troves of internal records and, in the end, stark evidence of the NYPD’s unwillingness to hold officers accountable,” Molly Biklen, the New York ACLU’s deputy legal director, said in a statement. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/146-nyc-police-committed-misconduct-in-2020-protests-report/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-02-07 01:02:24 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/146-nyc-police-committed-misconduct-in-2020-protests-report/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
OpenRoad Poetry has put together an afternoon of poetic, lyrical, acoustic, and mixed genre performances for Rescue Poetix Birthday Poetry Showcase and Open Mic Fundraiser at The Box Cafe in Jersey City on Sunday, Dec. 4, from noon to 2 p.m.
OpenRoad Poetry is a partnership between Jersey City-based women owned businesses, Crystal Letters and Rescue Poetix, the 2020-2022 Jersey City Poet Laureate.
The event will feature poet and spoken word artists Mwikali Words, Dujuana Sharese, Porta Rock, and Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal in celebration of Rescue Poetix’s birthday. Ticket proceeds will benefit the artists and Jersey City Dog Rescue organization, Rescue Treats.
Music and sounds will be provided by Soulful Cypher and there will also be a custom cake from Jersey City’s Sincerely Sweet Confections.
The event will also include a 10 Person Open Mic, and you can register for a slot online at https://bit.ly/3GXvsey. There will be three-to-five-minute timeline.
The schedule for the event is as follows:
Rescue Poetix, Jersey City Poet Laureate, at 12:10 p.m.; Mwikali Words, poet, author, writing coach, at 12:15 p.m.; Dujuana Sharese, spoken word performance artist, at 12:30 p.m.; Porta Rock, Nuyorican poet, at 12:45 p.m.; Ameerah Shabazz Bilal, poet and photographer, at 1 p.m.; Crystal Letters, poet, painter, writer, at 1:15 p.m.; and open mic at 1:30 p.m.
Early bird tickets are $20 and $25 on the day-of-event, seating is limited. RSVP in advance at https://www.openroadpoetry.com/events. The Box Cafe is located at 115 Palisade Ave., Jersey City. | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/11/music-poetry-and-open-mic-performances-celebrate-birthday-of-jersey-city-poet-laureate.html | 2022-11-30 15:23:25 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/11/music-poetry-and-open-mic-performances-celebrate-birthday-of-jersey-city-poet-laureate.html |
High-pressure system continues to dominate the region, and it will do so all week, allowing for above-average temperatures ranging in the 80’s, nearing record highs. Conditions will be calm, quiet, and dry. Coming up this weekend, a system will be passed near WNY with slightly increased shower chances possible. Highs will continue to stay above average into early next week. While a stray sprinkle will be possible across the hills late Saturday, most of our area will have to wait until later next week for our next window for rain.
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The announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus appears to be another attempt to raise the stakes in the conflict in Ukraine.
It follows Putin’s warnings that Moscow is ready to use “all available means,” to fend off attacks on Russian territory, a reference to its nuclear arsenal.
A look at Putin’s statement and its implications:
HOW DID PUTIN EXPLAIN HIS MOVE?
Putin said President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has long urged Moscow to station its nuclear weapons in his country, which has close military ties with Russia and was a staging ground for the invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
Russia already has helped modernize Belarusian warplanes to make them capable of carrying nuclear weapons — something that Belarus’ authoritarian leader has repeatedly mentioned.
In remarks broadcast Saturday, Putin said the immediate trigger for the deployment of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus was Britain’s decision to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing shells containing depleted uranium. Putin toned down his language after first falsely claiming that such rounds have nuclear components, but he insisted they pose an additional danger to the civilian population and could contaminate the environment.
Putin also said that by stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia will be doing what the United States has done for decades by putting its nuclear weapons in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. He alleged the Russian move doesn’t violate an international treaty banning the proliferation of nuclear weapons, even though Moscow has argued before that the U.S. has breached the pact by deploying them on the territory of its NATO allies.
Putin’s move contrasted with a statement he and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued after their talks in the Kremlin last week, which spoke against nuclear powers deploying atomic weapons outside their territories, in an apparent jab at the United States.
WHAT ARE TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
Tactical nuclear weapons are intended to destroy enemy troops and weapons on the battlefield. They have a relatively short range and a much lower yield than nuclear warheads fitted to long-range strategic missiles that are capable of obliterating whole cities.
Unlike the strategic weapons, which have been subject to arms control agreements between Moscow and Washington, the tactical weapons never have been limited by any such pacts, and Russia hasn’t released any numbers in its arsenal or other specifics related to them.
The U.S. government believes Russia has about 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons, which include bombs that can be carried by aircraft, warheads for short-range missiles and artillery rounds.
While strategic nuclear weapons are fitted to land- or submarine-based intercontinental ballistic missiles that are constantly ready for launch, tactical nuclear weapons are stored at a few tightly guarded storage facilities in Russia, and it takes time to deliver them to combat units.
Some Russian hawks long have urged the Kremlin to send a warning to the West by moving some tactical nuclear weapons closer to the aircraft and missiles intended to deliver them.
WHAT EXACTLY WILL RUSSIA DO?
Putin said Russia already has helped upgrade 10 Belarusian aircraft to allow them to carry nuclear weapons and their crews will start training to use them from April 3. He noted Russia also has given Belarus the Iskander short-range missile systems that can be fitted with conventional or nuclear warheads.
He said the construction of storage facilities for nuclear weapons in Belarus will be completed by July 1. He didn’t say how many nuclear weapons will be stationed there or when they will be deployed.
Putin emphasized that Russia will retain control over any nuclear weapons deployed to Belarus, just like the U.S. controls its tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of its NATO allies.
If Moscow sends nuclear weapons to Belarus, it will mark their first deployment outside Russian borders since the early 1990s. Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan inherited massive nuclear arsenals after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 but agreed to ship them to Russia in the following years.
WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES BEHIND PUTIN’S MOVE?
With his latest statement, Putin again is dangling the nuclear threat to signal Moscow’s readiness to escalate the war in Ukraine.
The deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, which has a 1,084-kilometer (673-mile) border with Ukraine, would allow Russian aircraft and missiles to reach potential targets there more easily and quickly if Moscow decides to use them. It would also extend Russia’s capability to target several NATO members in Eastern and Central Europe.
The move comes as Kyiv is poised for a counteroffensive to reclaim territory occupied by Russia.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, warned last week that attempts by Ukraine to reclaim control over Crimea was a threat to “the very existence of the Russian state,” something that warrants a nuclear response under the country’s security doctrine. Russia illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
“Every day of supplying Western weapons to Ukraine makes the nuclear apocalypse closer,” Medvedev said.
Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said Putin’s goal is to discourage Ukraine’s Western allies from providing Kyiv with more weapons ahead of any counteroffensive.
Putin is “using nuclear blackmail in a bid to influence the situation on the battlefield and force Western partners to reduce supplies of weapons and equipment under the threat of nuclear escalation,” Zhdanov said. “The Belarusian nuclear balcony will be looming over not only Ukraine, but Europe as well, creating a constant threat, raising tensions and rattling the nerves of Ukrainians and their Western partners.”
WHAT ARE UKRAINE AND THE WEST SAYING?
Ukraine has responded to Putin’s move by calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.
“The world must be united against someone who endangers the future of human civilization,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday that U.S. officials “haven’t seen any movement of any tactical nuclear weapons or anything of that kind” since Putin’s announcement on Belarus. He has said Washington has seen nothing to prompt a change in its strategic deterrent posture.
NATO rejects Putin’s claim that Russia only is doing what the U.S. has done for decades, saying the Western allies act with full respect of their international commitments.
“Russia’s nuclear rhetoric is dangerous and irresponsible,” NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said, adding that the alliance hasn’t yet seen any change in Russia’s nuclear posture.
Lithuania, which borders Belarus, described Putin’s statement as “yet another attempt by two unpredictable dictatorial regimes to threaten their neighbors and the entire European continent,” calling them “desperate moves by Putin and Lukashenko to create another wave of tension and destabilization in Europe.”
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Aamer Madhani in Washington and Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia contributed to this report.
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