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MINNEAPOLIS — The July 4th parade mass shooting in Highland Park Illinois continues to stir up questions, like how the shooter was able to own guns despite several red flags.
Currently, 19 states have red flag laws on the books. Illinois is one of them, and the laws there are considered some of the strongest in the nation.
But officials say those laws did nothing to stop the Highland Park shooter from owning and obtaining guns.
"It seems like a potential situation where a red flag law could have applied,” University of St .Thomas law professor Rachel Moran said.
Moran says there are several reasons why red flag laws didn't work in this case.
First, a firearm restraining order isn't automatic, a family member or law enforcement official who is concerned, must file a request with a judge.
"And in this case, neither group did so,” Moran said.
Despite law enforcement being called to the shooter's home twice in 2019.
Moran says even if those incidents prompted someone to file a firearm restraining order, orders themselves can only last for six months. Orders can be extended, but Moran says it's unclear if that order could have been extended long enough to be in effect when this recent shooting took place.
"Nothing about the 2019 situations alone ensure that a court would still have removed his right to own guns in 2022,” Moran said.
Gun owners also have the right to challenge these restraining orders in court. Plus, the red flag laws in Illinois have only been around since 2019.
"I think most people don't understand how they work,” Moran says.
According to Speak for Safety Illinois, a group that tracks firearm restraining orders, in 2019, only 34 orders were filed in the entire state of Illinois. In 2020, 19 orders were filed.
The state of Minnesota does not have any red flag laws on the books, but the issue has been discussed several times at the state capitol.
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(The Hill) – Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), who staffed the Jan. 6 Committee until April, said on Friday that the White House switchboard connected with the phone of a rioter at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection.
“You get a real ‘a-ha’ moment when you see that the White House switchboard had connected to a rioter’s phone while it’s happening,” said Riggleman, former senior technical adviser for the committee, according to a clip from CBS’s upcoming episode of “60 Minutes.”
When asked by host Bill Whitaker to confirm that someone in the White House was calling an insurrectionist during the riot, Riggleman said: “On January 6th, absolutely.”
Riggleman, author of upcoming book “The Breach,” said that the call raised a red flag from his perspective as a former military intelligence officer working in counterterrorism.
“I only know one end of that call. I don’t know the White House end, which I believe is more important,” he said.
“But the thing is, the American people need to know that there are link connections that need to be explored more.”
Whitaker inquired whether there is a “simple, innocent explanation” for the call, to which Riggleman responded: “Was it an accidental call?”
“When the White House just happened to call numbers, that somebody misdialed a rioter that day, on January 6th? Probably not,” he continued.
Riggleman was ousted from his congressional seat in 2020 after outrage from members of his party that he officiated a same-sex wedding.
The former representative elaborated on his role as an adviser to the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, where he led a digital investigation.
“We were able to do things, I think, in a way that had never been done before with millions of lines of data. And to actually create a graph that shows how these groups actually intermingled,” Riggleman told “60 Minutes.”
Communications have been highly scrutinized following the Capitol riot, including text messages from the phones of top Trump administration officials.
In August, a watchdog group reported that the Department of Defense failed to retain texts from a number of its top officials on Jan. 6. In addition, numerous officials from the Department of Homeland Security also had their messages erased during the transition, including former acting Secretary Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The county clerk in Idaho’s largest county has won the GOP primary for secretary of state by defeating two candidates who denied former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane defeated state Rep. Dorothy Moon and state Sen. Mary Souza in a race called Wednesday following voting in Tuesday’s primary.
McGrane had about 43% of the vote compared to just more than 41% for Moon and roughly 16% for Souza.
McGrane had the backing of establishment Republicans, including Gov. Brad Little and former Govs. C.L. “Butch” Otter, Phil Batt and Dirk Kempthorne. He also had the support of former Secretary of State Ben Ysursa.
The secretary of state, besides being the state's top election official, sits on the Idaho Land Board, which manages 3,900 square miles (10,000 square kilometers) of state-owned land that makes money mainly for public schools. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ada-County-clerk-wins-GOP-race-for-secretary-of-17181583.php | 2022-05-18 16:54:12 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ada-County-clerk-wins-GOP-race-for-secretary-of-17181583.php |
Biden, López Obrador, Trudeau meet in Mexico City for summit
By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS SHERMAN
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are meeting for a series of talks on migration, trade and climate change on Tuesday as the three leaders try to mend tensions that have divided the continent.
The three-way gathering is held most years, although there was a hiatus while Donald Trump was U.S. president. It’s often called the “three amigos summit,” a reference to the deep diplomatic and economic ties between the countries.
However, the leaders still found themselves at odds, especially as they struggle to handle an influx of migrants and to crack down on smugglers who profit from persuading people to make the dangerous trip to the United States.
In addition, Canada and the U.S. accuse López Obrador of violating a free trade pact by favoring Mexico’s state-owed utility over power plants built by foreign and private investors. Meanwhile, Trudeau and López Obrador are concerned about Biden’s efforts to boost domestic manufacturing, creating concerns that U.S. neighbors could be left behind.
The centerpiece of the summit will be hours of talks with all three leaders, but Biden will start Tuesday with a bilateral meeting with Trudeau. It’s unlikely to be as contentious as his sitdown with López Obrador on Monday.
During that meeting, the Mexican leader challenged Biden to improve life across the region, telling him that “you hold the key in your hand.”
“This is the moment for us to determine to do away with this abandonment, this disdain, and this forgetfulness for Latin America and the Caribbean,” Lopez Obrador said.
Biden responded by pointing to the billions of dollars that the United States spends in foreign aid around the world, saying that “unfortunately our responsibility just doesn’t end in the Western Hemisphere.”
It was a noticeably sharp exchange after the two leaders had smiled and embraced and shaken hands for the cameras.
Biden and López Obrador haven’t been on particularly good terms for the past two years. The Mexican leader made no secret of his admiration for Trump, and last year he skipped a Los Angeles summit of the Americas because Biden didn’t invite the authoritarian regimes of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
However, there have been attempts to thaw the relationship. Biden made a point of flying into the new Felipe Angeles International Airport, a prized project of the Mexican president even though it’s been a source of controversy.
The airport, which is expected to cost $4.1 billion when finished, is more than an hour’s drive north of the city center, has few flights and until recently lacked consistent drinking water. However, it’s one of the keystone projects that López Obrador is racing to finish before his term ends next year.
The U.S. and Mexico have also reached an agreement on a major shift in migration policy, which Biden announced last week.
Under the plan, the U.S. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela back across the border from among those who entered the U.S. illegally. Migrants who arrive from those four countries are not easily returned to their home countries for a variety of reasons.
In addition, 30,000 people per month from those four nations who get sponsors, background checks and an airline flight to the U.S. will get the ability to work legally in the country for two years.
On Monday, before the summit began, López Obrador said he would consider accepting more migrants than previously announced.
“We don’t want to anticipate things, but this is part of what we are going to talk about at the summit,” López Obrador said. “We support this type of measures, to give people options, alternatives,” he said, adding that “the numbers may be increased.”
Mexico would likely require an increase in those receiving work authorization in the U.S. in order to receive more migrants who are being expelled.
Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, cautioned that nothing was decided yet.
“What we need is to see how the program announced last week works in practice, what if any adjustments need to be made to that program and then we can talk about taking the next steps,” he said.
The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has risen dramatically during Biden’s first two years in office. There were more than 2.38 million stops during the year that ended Sept. 30, the first time the number topped 2 million.
Biden is expected to follow up his first trip to Mexico as president with another to Canada, although it has not yet been scheduled.
A senior Canadian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Canada is working with Americans on a visit in the near future.
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Associated Press writers Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza in Mexico City; Rob Gillies in Toronto; and Chris Megerian and Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2023/01/09/biden-lopez-obrador-trudeau-meet-in-mexico-city-for-summit/ | 2023-01-10 07:37:39 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2023/01/09/biden-lopez-obrador-trudeau-meet-in-mexico-city-for-summit/ |
(CNN) — A boat crashed into a home near the Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday night, injuring all eight people on board and extensively damaging the house, according to Missouri law enforcement.
The boat’s occupants were thrown from the vessel when it crashed at the 1.5-mile mark of the main channel, Missouri State Highway Patrol said on Twitter.
“The boat ran aground and struck a home, causing it to overturn, ejecting all eight passengers,” the tweet read.
The driver of the boat, aged 46, was arrested for boating while intoxicated, the highway patrol said. His passengers were all adults, according to the incident report.
All eight people were transported to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. Six sustained serious injuries and two had moderate injuries, the report said.
The boat involved was a 2014 Nor-Tech, it said.
“The home sustained extensive damage,” according to the highway patrol.
Troopers are reconstructing the crash scene using a drone, the highway patrol said Sunday.
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BOULDER, Colo. and IRVINE, Calif., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NICE Recovery Systems (NICE), an invention company in the sports and injury recovery space, and Aspen Medical Products (ASPEN), the industry leader in solutions for mobility and pain management, are proud to announce a strategic partnership that aims to bring more precise recovery and pain management solutions to patients and medical professionals alike.
The partnership leverages NICE's advanced cold compression technology with Aspen's effective bracing solutions to deliver pain management and post-operative care to patients recovering from surgery or injury. NICE therapy pads seamlessly attach to the market-leading Vista Cervical Collar and the Horizon 637, allowing patients to receive cold therapy pneumatic compression in an all-in-one, easy-to-use device. This reduces symptoms of swelling, assists with lymphatic drainage and improves recovery outcomes.
"Integrating our groundbreaking NICE iceless cold and compression system with Aspen's world-renowned Vista Cervical Collar and Horizon brace will provide unparalleled relief and recovery to thousands of patients," said Michael Ross, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of NICE Recovery Systems. "Our two companies share a passion for U.S.-based innovation, manufacturing and service and we are proud to have co-created such powerful tools for injury and surgery recovery."
The NICE system delivers precise cold therapy without ice – with programmable and customizable pneumatic compression – and has been quickly adopted by clinicians as a tool to help people recover faster and manage pain.
"Aspen's partnership with NICE Recovery Systems affirms our commitment to furthering innovation in mobility and pain management," said Jim Cloar, Aspen's Chief Executive Officer. "Our bracing solutions now deliver additional therapies with NICE cold compression therapy while retaining the same trusted fit and functionality, bringing patients unmatched pain control and post-operative care."
The system will be unveiled and available for demonstration at Spine Summit in Miami Beach, Florida on March 16. Visit booth #227 for more information.
Clinicians with post-operative patients or patients in need of pain management should visit nicerecovery.com to contact a representative. To review the comprehensive bracing solutions provided by Aspen Medical Products, visit www.aspenmp.com.
ABOUT NICE RECOVERY SYSTEMS
NICE is an invention company in the sports and injury recovery space. Its NICE1 iceless cold and compression therapy tool has established itself as the market leader in technology and design embraced by leading orthopedic surgeons, athletic trainers and professional athletes, including the Steadman Clinic, CU Sports Medicine, New York Yankees and US Ski & Snowboard Team. NICE technology is designed and manufactured in the United States at its headquarters in Boulder, CO. www.nicerecovery.com
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Japan racks up trade deficit as exports, imports hit records
TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked a trade deficit for the 15th month in a row in October, as both imports and exports reached record highs amid the soaring costs of energy and food and a drooping yen.
The deficit, at 2.16 trillion yen ($15 billion), was the highest for the month of October since comparable data was first compiled in 1979, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
The huge deficit came despite a solid growth in exports, which rose 25.3% last month to 9 trillion yen ($64 billion) from a year ago. Among the products boosting exports were vehicles, medical products and electrical machinery, according to the ministry.
Imports totaled 11 trillion yen ($79 billion), surging 53.5% from the previous year. Japan is dependent on both energy and food imports at a time when inflation pressures have been rising globally.
Japan’s trade balance has fluctuated in recent years partly because of disruptions to production and other problems related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Also critical to the rising cost of imports is the declining value of the Japanese currency. The U.S. dollar, trading at about 110 yen a year ago, has risen lately to nearly 150 yen. The drop has eased in recent weeks, with the dollar now trading at about 140 yen.
By nation, October exports grew to the U.S., as well as to Asia, particularly Indonesia, Vietnam and South Korea. Imports grew from those nations as well, but also from Taiwan, Malaysia and Germany. Imports from the Middle East soared 87%.
The war in Ukraine and other global factors have set off the recent steep rise in energy costs. Japan imports almost all its oil.
The weak yen tends to work as a boon for Japan’s giant exporters, like Toyota and Nintendo, by raising the value of overseas earnings when converted in yen. But such perks often aren’t enough to counter the rising costs of components, energy, raw materials and other goods.
Lower interest rates tend to send that nation’s currency lower against those nations with higher interest rates. The Bank of Japan has maintained a negative interest rate policy, to keep economic activity going, while the U.S. Federal Reserve has repeatedly tightened monetary policy to combat growing inflation pressures.
But the cheap yen is almost certain to be a plus for tourism, a key revenue for the world’s third largest economy. After basically closing borders to tourists over worries about COVID-19 infections, Japan has now switched to welcoming them.
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Five9 will resell the Aceyus VUE solution on the Five9 CX Marketplace, providing actionable data to contact centers.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aceyus, a global leader in customer experience, reporting, and analytics, is excited to announce an expanded partnership with Five9, an industry-leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center.
The partnership authorizes Five9 to resell Aceyus VUE, a software solution that delivers complete data aggregation to help contact center agents increase productivity, improve customer experience, and pinpoint trends to improve employee experience.
Aceyus VUE eliminates data silos, integrates multi-domain solutions as well as addressing hierarchy, BI, and AI visualization needs for enterprise businesses. The Five9 platform facilitates billions of call minutes annually and provides digital engagement, analytics, workflow automation, workforce optimization, and practical AI to create more human customer experiences, engage and empower contact center agents, and deliver tangible business results.
Aceyus VUE is now available on the Five9 CX Marketplace, making it easy for businesses to integrate the Aceyus VUE solution with the Five9 Intelligent Cloud Contact Center. Aceyus and Five9 already have numerous deployments in place around the globe that accommodate agent seats numbering in the tens of thousands.
"The scalability and adaptability of Aceyus VUE makes it an optimal data-management platform for Five9 to feature in its CX Marketplace," says Mike Ary, Aceyus' CEO, President, and Co-Founder. "We look forward to providing Five9 and its customers with exceptional products, service, and support."
"We value our partnership with Aceyus, and this expansion enables us to directly offer our customers a solution to aid in visibility to critical data," says Jake Butterbaugh, SVP, Global Partner Sales, Five9. "We are thrilled to now offer Aceyus VUE on our CX Marketplace, where we innovate with our partners to build and offer enterprise customers cloud solutions to make agents happier and to deliver more productive customer experiences."
Aceyus specializes in data management, transformation, integration, and standardization in the contact center space. Aceyus easily adapts to the constant changes of customer interactions, resulting in higher productivity and customer satisfaction. Aceyus is proud to work with many innovative global customers and government organizations.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Throw another mammoth on the barbie?
An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to fire up public debate about the hi-tech treat.
The launch in an Amsterdam science museum came just days before April 1 so there was an elephant in the room: Is this for real?
“This is not an April Fools joke,” said Tim Noakesmith, founder of Australian startup Vow. “This is a real innovation.”
Cultivated meat — also called cultured or cell-based meat — is made from animal cells. Livestock doesn’t need to be killed to produce it, which advocates say is better not just for the animals but also for the environment.
Vow used publicly available genetic information from the mammoth, filled missing parts with genetic data from its closest living relative, the African elephant, and inserted it into a sheep cell, Noakesmith said. Given the right conditions in a lab, the cells multiplied until there were enough to roll up into the meatball.
More than 100 companies around the world are working on cultivated meat products, many of them startups like Vow.
Experts say that if the technology is widely adopted, it could vastly reduce the environmental impact of global meat production in the future. Currently, billions of acres of land are used for agriculture worldwide.
But don’t expect this to land on plates around the world any time soon. So far, tiny Singapore is the only country to have approved cell-based meat for consumption. Vow is hoping to sell its first product there — a cultivated Japanese quail meat — later this year.
The mammoth meatball is a one-off and has not been tasted, even by its creators, nor is it planned to be put into commercial production. Instead, it was presented as a source of protein that would get people talking about the future of meat.
“We wanted to get people excited about the future of food being different to potentially what we had before. That there are things that are unique and better than the meats that we’re necessarily eating now, and we thought the mammoth would be a conversation starter and get people excited about this new future,” Noakesmith told The Associated Press.
“But also the woolly mammoth has been traditionally a symbol of loss. We know now that it died from climate change. And so what we wanted to do was see if we could create something that was a symbol of a more exciting future that’s not only better for us, but also better for the planet,” he added.
Seren Kell, science and technology manager at Good Food Institute, a nonprofit that promotes plant- and cell-based alternatives to animal products, said he hopes the project “will open up new conversations about cultivated meat’s extraordinary potential to produce more sustainable foods, reduce the climate impact of our existing food system and free up land for less intensive farming practices.”
He said the mammoth project with its unconventional gene source was an outlier in the new meat cultivation sector, which commonly focuses on traditional livestock — cattle, pigs and poultry.
“By cultivating beef, pork, chicken, and seafood, we can have the most impact in terms of reducing emissions from conventional animal agriculture and satisfying growing global demand for meat while meeting our climate targets,” he said.
The jumbo meatball on show in Amsterdam — sized somewhere between a softball and a volleyball — was for show only and had been glazed to ensure it didn’t get damaged on its journey from Sydney.
But when it was being prepared — first slow baked and then finished off on the outside with a blow torch — it smelled good.
“The folks who were there, they said the aroma was something similar to another prototype that we produced before, which was crocodile,” Noakesmith said. “So, super fascinating to think that adding the protein from an animal that went extinct 4,000 years ago gave it a totally unique and new aroma, something we haven’t smelled as a population for a very long time.”
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Associated Press reporter Laura Ungar contributed from Louisville, Kentucky. | https://www.ksn.com/science/ap-science/elephant-in-the-dining-room-startup-makes-mammoth-meatball/ | 2023-03-29 00:43:12 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/science/ap-science/elephant-in-the-dining-room-startup-makes-mammoth-meatball/ |
Percentages: FG .508, FT .652.
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3-Point Goals: 4-9, .444 (Scott 3-6, Berze 1-2, Shumate 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 1.
Blocked Shots: None.
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Turnovers: 8 (Massie 4, Shumate 2, Francois, Oday).
Steals: 3 (Massie, Scott, Shumate).
Technical Fouls: Massie, 9:46 second.
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Percentages: FG .450, FT .750.
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Steals: 5 (Demonia 3, Roberts, Williams).
Technical Fouls: None.
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By AMY BETH HANSON, BRITTANY PETERSON and SAM METZ (Associated Press)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr spent her first day in legislative exile Thursday relegated to a bench in a noisy hallway across from a snack bar outside the state House chambers where she is no longer allowed.
Zephyr defiantly stayed put even after the Republican House speaker said she couldn’t be there and a House security officer threatened to move the bench where she had set up her laptop. She listened to debate and voted remotely from there, with a pink sticky note on the wall above her head with “Seat 31” written on it, her seat assignment in the house.
Republicans had wanted Zephyr to participate from behind the doors of the House Minority’s offices a day after they voted to ban her from the House floor for the rest of the session, which ends early next week.
Her refusal to do so came as Democrats sought to keep Zephyr’s banishment in plain view after a week’s worth of nationwide public scrutiny over Republicans’ unprecedented actions to silence her.
“I walked out yesterday with my head held high and I walked in with my head held high today, ready to do my job,” Zephyr told The Associated Press.
As cameras snapped and espresso beans churned in a machine nearby, Zephyr and Democratic leaders promised she would remain in the public eye unless Republicans elected to further limit where she could go in the Capitol.
“There are many more eyes on Montana now,” Zephyr said. “But you do the same thing you’ve always done. You stand up in defense of your community and you … stand for the principles that they elected you to stand for.”
The motion Republicans passed bars Zephyr from the marble-pillared House, the gallery above it and a waiting room, but not the public space in the hall where she set up. Minority Leader Kim Abbott said the lawmaker would be voting there, within public view.
Zephyr was prevented from speaking in the House after telling lawmakers backing a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors that they would have blood on their hands — a phrase that has been used recurrently by both Republicans and Democrats discussing the nation’s most polarizing issues.
The Republican response to her comments, and her refusal to apologize for them as demanded, have transformed Zephyr into a prominent figure in the nationwide battle for transgender rights and placed her at the center of the ongoing debate over the muffling of dissent in statehouses.
The attention is a new phenomenon for Zephyr, a 34-year-old serving her first term representing a western Montana college town after being elected in November.
In her interview with the AP, Zephyr likened efforts to silence her to the decision by Tennessee lawmakers to expel two Black representatives for disrupting proceedings when they participated in a gun control protest after a school shooting in Nashville. The two were quickly reinstated.
Tennessee lawmakers not only rejected gun control laws, but by expelling the lawmakers they sent a message saying: “’Your voices shouldn’t be here. We’re going to send you away,’” Zephyr said.
As in Montana, GOP leaders in Tennessee had said their actions were necessary to avoid setting a precedent that lawmakers’ disruptions of House proceedings through protest would be tolerated.
Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson, one of the lawmakers who was expelled earlier this month, called the Montana standoff anti-democratic earlier this week and Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt likened her fight to Zephyr’s after being served notice Wednesday of a complaint filed against her that she said was an effort to silence her voice on a gender-affirming care ban under consideration.
“It’s so important that we not be silent about this from state to state to state. And it’s so important that people stand up against this rising movement, this radical movement, and say it is not welcome,” she said.
Zephyr is undeterred. She said throughout the events of the past week, she has both aimed to rise and meet the moment and continue doing the job she was elected to do: representing her community and constituents.
“It’s queer people across the world and it’s also the constituents of other representatives who are saying, ‘They won’t listen’ when it comes to these issues. It’s staff in this building who, when no one is looking, come up and say ‘Thank you,’” she said.
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Metz reported from Salt Lake City. Associated Press reporter Margery Beck in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report. | https://www.twincities.com/2023/04/27/montana-lawmaker-fights-on-during-1st-day-of-exile/ | 2023-04-27 18:53:51 | 0 | https://www.twincities.com/2023/04/27/montana-lawmaker-fights-on-during-1st-day-of-exile/ |
Local agency gives back to storm victims in Amory
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) – A homegrown relief agency and a major home improvement chain are teaming up to help Monroe County residents who are working to rebuild after a devastating tornado.
Katina Holliday is an Aberdeen native who continues to give back to the community she grew up in. Holliday said she saw a need and wanted to fill it but today’s giveaway is just the beginning.
Katina Holliday and her team at Holliday’s Helping Hands, along with partners from other agencies including home depot teamed up to give out food and essential items to storm victims in Amory.
Dozens of people lined the streets for a home depot bucket filled with household needs and a hot meal.
“It’s what we do, we’re here to be a blessing to others so partnering with Ms. Latoya and home depot has been a great partnership, they gave us over 20 thousand dollars to give back to the community as well as our grocery store freshly’s provides the food so that we can feed the community,” said Holliday.
Holliday and her team put together 500 buckets to give out. It’s been more than a month since an EF3 tornado hit the town, but there is still a need for daily essentials.
Holliday said she wanted to provide that; as well as help mothers.
“The companies got together yesterday in the parking lot and were packing up all these buckets to give away and one of the other motivations is it’s pre-Mother’s Day so we wanted to be a blessing to mothers and give them something because initially, we knew everybody was giving giving giving,” said Holliday.
It doesn’t stop there, Holliday said an apartment complex will be closing in Amory and will impact many families so she and her crew are gearing up to help some of those families until they can get back to a sense of normalcy.
“What we’re doing in the city of Aberdeen is creating a dormitory-size shelter at one of the churches that will be done within the next week and we’ll be able to provide housing there for free for five families,” said Holliday.
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End-to-end solution makes it easier for organizations to create a reusable, flexible semantic data layer for enterprise data analytics
ARLINGTON, Va., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stardog, the leading Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform provider, today unveiled Stardog 8.0, which contains new innovations to streamline data exploration and discovery for all citizen data users. Stardog 8.0's new capabilities eliminate the need for specialized skills when querying a reusable, flexible semantic data layer, making it easier than ever before to accelerate data-driven insights across the enterprise.
The new Advanced Query tool empowers citizen data users to ask complex business questions via the semantic layer more easily. By removing the need to learn a graph query language, users can self-serve from across their enterprise data landscape.
According to Gartner®[1], data and analytics leaders need to adopt a semantic approach to their enterprise data; otherwise, they will face an endless battle with data silos. Stardog 8.0 makes it easier for organizations to create and use a semantic layer for enterprise data analytics. A commissioned Forrester Consulting study found that enterprises using Stardog realized 75-95% improvement in productivity of data engineers and data scientists.
"Stardog's approach to data integration and analytics acceleration has always been a powerful game changer; every enterprise needs a reusable semantic data layer powered by Stardog," said Kendall Clark, cofounder and CEO at Stardog. "I'm excited about Stardog 8.0 because for the first time that power is available for mainstream data citizens to build and use a semantic layer to make knowledge-informed decisions faster."
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- View Stardog 8.0 documentation and release notes: https://docs.stardog.com/release-notes/stardog-platform
- Read the Stardog 8.0 blog: https://www.stardog.com/blog/introducing-stardog-8.0/
- Register for the webinar where Stardog product experts will provide a live overview, demonstration, and Q&A of Stardog 8.0: https://info.stardog.com/stardog-product-release-8.0
- Visit the DataStars Community: https://community.stardog.com/
Additional Resources
- The FRONTdoor Collective selects Stardog to unlock the value of data in e-commerce supply chain
- Caden taps Stardog to provide unique semantic and data virtualization capabilities for its suite of products
- Boehringer Ingelheim upgrades their data lake into a data fabric with Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph
- Build your data fabric with Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph
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EDISON, N.J., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of peak-performing fleet operations in the Americas, NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA), the vehicle fleet industry's largest membership association, announces the opening of applications for the 2023 100 Best Fleets in the Americas contest.
The 2023 contest has expanded to include a Commercial Fleets contest, as well as awards for top-performing fleet professionals. With the enhancement of this competition, NAFA will award a 100 Best Fleets list for public fleets, and a 100 Best Fleets list for corporate fleets and for-profit businesses. In addition, NAFA will award the inaugural Fleet Professional of the Year Award and the Fleet Technician of the Year.
With the expansion of the 100 Best program, "all fleets will have the opportunity to experience unprecedented industry recognition. There is no better opportunity to benchmark operational performance and no better time to enter into the "Gold Standard" of fleet recognition programs," said NAFA CEO, Bill Schankel, CAE.
The 100 Best Fleets program identifies and encourages ever-increasing levels of performance, improvement, and innovation within the fleet industry of the Americas. For more than 20 years, the vehicular fleet industry has relied on this program to cultivate pride in the industry, while also building recognition and encouraging more individuals to consider fleet operations as a career choice.
The winners of the 100 Best Contest will be announced at the 2023 NAFA Institute & Expo taking place April 17-19, 2023 in Baltimore, MD.
Additional details and online application can be found at www.nafa.org/awards/the-100-best-fleets/. The submission deadline is Friday, January 31, 2023.
NAFA Fleet Management Association is the membership organization for professionals who manage the mobility requirements of vehicle fleets that include commercial, public safety, trucks, and buses of all types and sizes, and a wide range of military and off-road equipment for corporations, governments, universities, utility fleets, and law enforcement in North America and across the globe. NAFA's members are responsible for the specification, acquisition, maintenance, repair, fueling, risk management, and remarketing of more than 4.6 million vehicles that drive an estimated 50 billion miles each year. NAFA's members control assets and services well above $100 billion each year.
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"Defense Innovation Unit Clears Inspired Flight's IF750 & IF1200 Aircraft for DOD Usage"
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspired Flight Technologies, Inc., - A San Luis Obispo, CA, manufacturer of commercial sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) is proud to announce receiving Blue sUAS 2.0 clearance from The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Both product lines from Inspired Flight were accepted to the program, the medium-lift IF750 Quadcopter, and the heavy-lift IF1200 Hexacopter. All Inspired Flight products are immediately available on a standard 3 week lead time.
The Blue sUAS Program is a Department of Defense led effort to certify aircraft from US manufacturers for compliance with all Supply Chain & Cybersecurity requirements surrounding the use of UAS by Military operators. This enables DOD and other Government customers to purchase Inspired Flight products directly from the GSA schedule without need for further approvals.
CEO, Rick Stollmeyer adds, "This milestone will enable Inspired Flight to scale its DOD customer base and further establishes this company as a leader in the American UAS manufacturing industry." Rick goes on to say, "As a veteran-owned small business, this means a lot to our company, our employees and for Americans in general. It's a big win!"
The IF750 is a compact, versatile electric quadcopter designed for third party sensor integration. Its quick deploying and commercially transportable design provides a simple and repeatable workflow for the operator in the field. Ease of maintenance and user-repairability is a key component that minimizes operator downtime.
The IF1200 is a ruggedized, electric heavy-lift hexacopter designed to adapt to a specific requirement set. Minimal vibration and a compact footprint allow the IF1200 to integrate with any third party payload such as LiDAR, radiation detection sensors, gimbaled EO/IR sensors, and delivery capabilities.
Inspired Flight's aircraft are ready to tackle complex and high-value commercial and government applications. The company's focus on critical infrastructure & public safety verticals means its technology is used in life-saving and mission-critical ecosystems across North America. With customers spanning the energy utility, infrastructure, first responder, and government space, Inspired Flight is building towards its purpose statement of, "Conserving resources, creating jobs, and saving lives by leading the American small unmanned aerial systems ("sUAS") Industry".
For more information about our Blue UAS aircraft, please visit: https://www.diu.mil/blue-suas-2
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New Contract Protecting Nearly 8,000 Workers Overwhelmingly Approved
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters have overwhelmingly ratified a new national contract at TForce Freight by 81 percent. The five-year master agreement provides members with significant improvements to wages and benefits, and safeguards against subcontracting and technology.
"Teamsters at TForce have set a powerful example for how to take on the employer and win a strong agreement. Over the next five years, TForce workers will continue to establish better standards for freight under this contract, including the most lucrative economic package in the industry and vital protections for technology, pension, health care, and safety," said Sean M. O'Brien, Teamsters General President and Chair of the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC).
The agreement will go into effect August 1, 2023, and expire July 31, 2028. Contract highlights include:
- Wage Increases: The highest wage increases in the history of the national contract. Full-time local cartage and clerks will receive increases of $4.50 per hour over the life of the agreement. Road drivers will receive industry-leading increases to their current mileage rate over the length of the deal, starting at $0.7557 in August 2023 and increasing to $0.8257 by January 2028. The agreement eliminates split wage increases and two-tier wages.
- Health, Welfare, and Pension Contributions: TForce is required to increase its contributions to health, welfare, and pension plans. These contributions will provide vital support for members' health care and retirement needs.
- Technology Safeguards: The agreement includes provisions to safeguard members' rights and well-being from invasive technology. It prevents discipline from cameras and prohibits the use of robots, driverless vehicles, drones, or other technology to move freight or replace drivers, clerks, or dockworkers.
- Additional Holiday: Martin Luther King Day has been added as a paid holiday.
- Safety: All newly purchased equipment and vehicles must have air conditioning.
- Discretionary Days and Vacation: Starting January 1, 2024, two additional discretionary days will be added to the contractual floor, increasing the minimum number of paid days from four to six. There will be no blackout dates.
- Work Rule Protections: Shuttle and drayage work will not count towards the guarantee covered under the agreement. Road drivers will only perform road work and cannot work the docks except for the current mini-hub operations. TForce must have approval from the Teamsters for any other expansion of mini-hub operations.
- Protections Against Subcontracting: Road drivers would be protected against subcontracting. Penalties have been put in place to ensure rail and subcontracting come back into the bargaining unit.
"Our members at TForce have spoken loud and clear, and they overwhelmingly agree this new contract will deliver massive economic gains and non-economic improvements," said John A. Murphy, Teamsters National Freight Director and TNFINC Co-Chair. "The entire union thanks our lead negotiators Kris Taylor and Ed Thompson and the full negotiating team for their efforts to bargain an industry-defining agreement. Most of all, we thank the tireless and dedicated rank-and-filers who served on the negotiating committee to improve the lives of their fellow Teamsters at TForce."
Teamsters voted in-person last week and ballots were counted on Sunday. The agreement covers approximately 7,800 Teamsters at 126 local unions throughout the U.S.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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The Prudential Center is the arena you don’t want to skip this summer.
From SZA, Anita Baker and Suga, there is no shortage when it comes to the variety of artists heading to the Prudential Center this summer.
Below is a roundup of all the concerts heading to the Newark venue from now through October with dates, times and links to buy tickets.
Anyone using Vivid Seats for the first time can get $20 off orders over $200 with promo code NJ20 at checkout.
Here’s the full list of the Prudential Center concerts and events in 2023:
Rick Ross and Jeezy’s “Legendz of the Streetz” tour
April 21 at 7:00 p.m.
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WDHA’s “Rock the Rock Fest”
April 28 at 5:30 p.m.
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Suga’s “Agust D” tour
April 29 at 8:00 p.m.
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Anita Baker’s “The Songstress” tour
May 10 at 7:00 p.m.
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DJ Cassidy’s “Pass the Mic Live”
May 12 at 8:00 p.m.
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McDonald’s “Gospelfest”
May 13 at 5:00 p.m.
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Anuel AA’s “Legends Never Die” tour
May 27 at 8:00 p.m.
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Cirque du Soleil’s “Corteo”
June 15-18
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Santana’s “1001 Rainbows Tour”
June 21 at 8:00 p.m.
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Alanis Morissette’s tour
June 22 at 8:00 p.m.
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Jazmine Sullivan and Jehné Aiko’s tour
June 23 at 8:00 p.m.
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Bill Burr’s “Bill Burr Live”
June 24 at 8:00 p.m.
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The Original Misfits’ tour
July 8 at 7:00 p.m.
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Erykah Badu’s “Unfollow Me Tour”
July 11 at 7:30 p.m.
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Santa Fe Klan’s “Todo y Nada” tour
July 13 at 7:30 p.m.
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NF’s “Hope Tour”
July 20 at 8:00 p.m.
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Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake’s “Summer Worship Nights”
Aug. 13 at 7:00 p.m.
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Fuerza Regida’s “Otra Peda Tour”
Sept. 22 at 8:00 p.m.
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Marco Antonio Solis’ “El Buki World Tour 2023″
Sept. 30 at 8:00 p.m.
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SZA’s “SOS Tour”
Oct. 1 at 8:00 p.m.
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Lauren Daigle’s “The Kaleidoscope Tour”
Oct. 20 at 7:00 p.m.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Enviva Inc. ("Enviva") (NYSE: EVA) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between February 21, 2019 and October 11, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Enviva, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
https://www.wongesq.com/pslra-1/enviva-inc-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?prid=33597&wire=4
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Enviva includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Enviva had misrepresented the environmental sustainability of its wood pellet production and procurement; (ii) Enviva had similarly overstated the true measure of cash flow generated by the Company's platform; (iii) accordingly, Enviva had misrepresented its business model and the Company's ability to achieve the level of growth that defendants had represented to investors; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: January 3, 2023
Aggrieved Enviva investors only have until January 3, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s 2024 bid is likely to put his criticism of Donald Trump front and center, offering a test of just how much appetite there is in the GOP for an explicitly anti-Trump candidate.
Christie’s expected presidential bid has been greeted with skepticism from Republicans, some of whom suggest his candidacy is a mere vanity project, while others are quick to point out that Christie, while a vocal Trump critic now, had worked closely to help reelect the former president in 2020.
But even some of those Republicans acknowledge that the former New Jersey governor’s pugilistic style could have an impact on the field, and potentially even damage Trump to a degree.
“If it’s not a vanity campaign, I think its value…is that he can go in there and throw the hard punches and maybe other candidates in the field can benefit from that,” said GOP strategist Jason Cabel Roe, who worked on presidential campaigns for Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in 2008 and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in 2016.
Much of the 2024 GOP field has largely avoided taking on Trump as Republican contenders navigate the tricky dance of embracing positions and policies that were popular among conservatives during the Trump administration while differentiating themselves from the former president himself.
While presidential primaries generally see candidates volley attacks at each other, 2024 Republican contenders are also keenly aware that attacking Trump could risk alienating those voters they’ll need to win over who still admire the former president.
But unlike most of the 2024 GOP field, Christie hasn’t shied away from taking jabs at the former president. Following disappointing midterm results last November for Republicans, the former New Jersey governor pointed to a number of Trump-backed candidates who lost their races, saying it was a “huge loss for Trump.”
“And again, it shows that his political instincts are not about the party, they’re not about the country, they’re about him,” he added at the time.
During Trump’s appearance at CPAC earlier this year, Christie also took a shot at the former president and the size of his audience attending his speech.
“You saw the scenes at CPAC, that room was half-full,” Christie said in March. “The reason I don’t think the rallies are going on … I don’t think the rallies would be nearly as big as they were before.”
Arizona-based GOP strategist and Trump campaign alum Brian Seitchik believed Christie’s anti-Trump focus might come with some long-term benefits if another Republican gets the nomination and wins the presidency, but suggested it’s not likely to win over GOP voters for Christie himself.
“If Trump loses New Hampshire, Christie is going to be a part of it, but I just don’t see the voters rewarding him as a result,” Seitchik said.
“Now, that may lead to a future Republican nominee and president rewarding him with [naming him] attorney general, which is not a bad consolation prize, but it’s hard to see how Christie gets to be the [nominee] playing the role of junkyard dog in this race.”
GOP strategist Keith Naughton suggested Christie would focus mainly on Trump rather than some kind of different vision for the party.
“I don’t think he’s going to offer really some type of alternative platform or anything, I think he’s mostly going to be talking about Trump and trying to pick fights with him,” Naughton said.
At the same time, members of the party acknowledge that Christie’s feistiness has been effective in the past and could possibly knock Trump down a few pegs. Christie took a number of jabs at Rubio during a 2016 New Hampshire debate, slamming him for returning to a “memorized 25-second speech,” and has been credited for seriously damaging the Florida senator’s presidential bid.
Rubio later placed fifth in the New Hampshire primary while Christie placed sixth, with the Florida senator acknowledging that he didn’t do well the night of the debate.
Unlike most of the pack, Christie’s also the only one who has debated Trump before in 2016. He also assisted the former president in debate prep during the 2020 cycle, giving him better insight into the ins and outs of Trump’s thinking on a debate stage.
Republican strategist and former Christie aide Colin Reed suggested that forcibly going after Trump would benefit him.
“History shows that just sitting back and waiting for Donald Trump to implode is not a recipe for success politically,” Reed said.
“The one thing that I think distinguishes him so far from the rest of the field is he’s not going to hesitate or shy away from critiques of the former president in articulating why [Trump’s] not the right candidate to become the next president,” he added.
Reed also pushed back on the notion that Christie’s candidacy wasn’t a serious one, saying “he wouldn’t be embarking on this endeavor if he didn’t think there was [a] viable pathway for his own candidacy.”
Other Republicans, too, are stressing that members of the party need to have an open mind about the burgeoning field, saying it’s too early to write off candidates like Christie.
“Donald Trump’s the frontrunner, and when he ran the first time, no one gave him a chance. And so I think there’s some of those same conversations going on about Mike Pence, right? If Donald Trump is to somehow get knocked off or falter, the race potentially resets,” GOP strategist Doug Heye explained.
“…DeSantis is probably in the strongest position of anybody, but if the race resets, no one is smart enough to know exactly in what direction that will happen. And so it’s premature at this point to write somebody off, especially somebody with the political and communication skills of a Chris Christie,” he added. | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/christies-2024-bid-set-to-make-criticism-of-trump-a-central-focus/ | 2023-06-03 23:44:01 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/christies-2024-bid-set-to-make-criticism-of-trump-a-central-focus/ |
(NEXSTAR) – The next cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients is projected to be slightly better than previously estimated, but still the lowest in years, the Senior Citizen’s League predicts.
The Senior Citizen’s League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior advocacy group, had estimated in mid-June that 2024’s COLA increase could be somewhere around 2.7% — a huge drop-off from 2023’s 8.7% increase.
The group’s revised estimate, issued Thursday following the publication of the Labor Bureau’s Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners (CPI-W), now puts that number at 3%, they say.
Three percent, however, would still amount to the lowest COLA increase since 2020.
“There are still three more months of data before the COLA is announced in October, and this estimate could change,” TSCL wrote in a Thursday news release, warning that CPI-W data in the coming months could still swing the percentages lower.
TSCL’s latest, slightly larger estimate comes despite cooling inflation, which generally has the opposite effect on Social Security benefit adjustments: For instance, soaring prices on consumer goods and services in 2022 fueled 2023’s benefits increase of 8.7%, to keep pace with inflation.
But, even when taking the higher 2024 estimate into consideration, representatives for TSCL have said that the CPI-W — an index which estimates the average cost for consumer goods and services, and which the Social Security Administration uses to calculate yearly COLA increases — is not necessarily a good metric for determining the average senior’s spending habits. Specifically, TSCL said the CPI-W does not reflect the “stubbornly high” prices that seniors continue to pay on key items, including prescription drugs, food, housing or dental services (which are generally not covered by Medicare).
“Inflation is moderating, but a lower inflation rate has not necessarily meant that prices have decreased” for those items, TSCL wrote in a study published in May.
Social Security benefits have lost about a third of their buying power since 2000, even when accounting for every COLA increase over the last 22 years, TSCL added.
TSCL also noted in Thursday’s news release that Medicare Part B premiums, which are automatically deducted from Social Security checks, have yet to be announced.
“In many years, the Part B premium increase can take most, or even all, the COLA leaving little else to cover other rising prices,” TSCL wrote.
Mary Johnson, the Social Security and Medicare policy analyst for TSCL, told Nexstar in 2022 that the Social Security Administration may need to reanalyze how COLA increases are determined.
“It’s not like we have a target number we were hoping for. We want to see an approach that’s more comprehensive than that,” Johnson said. “People are also living longer lives in retirement, so it’s hard for anyone to save for that.” | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/2024s-social-security-cola-increase-might-be-slightly-larger-than-last-estimated-but-it-wont-match-2023/ | 2023-07-14 14:28:58 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/2024s-social-security-cola-increase-might-be-slightly-larger-than-last-estimated-but-it-wont-match-2023/ |
Teen sisters jump into icy pond to save 2 kids: ‘Just get them out’
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Two teenage sisters from Iowa are being recognized as heroes after they saved two kids who fell through the ice into a pond behind their apartment building.
Sisters Jacora and Jasmine Morris were scrolling through TikTok on Saturday when they happened to look out their third story window at the right time. Two kids were playing on a frozen pond behind the apartment building when they fell through the ice.
As soon as the sisters noticed what had happened, they sprang into action.
“I immediately screamed, ‘They’re drowning.’ And then, me and my sister, we ran downstairs… We were falling down the stairs to get back here,” said Jasmine Morris, who is 15 years old.
“I just stopped what I was doing, got up and I was just running out. I was just in shoes, shorts and a tank top,” said Jacora Morris, who is 17 years old.
The sisters didn’t hesitate to jump into the icy water to help the kids, who they say were around 7 or 8 years old.
“I’m numb. So, those kids, they’ve been in there longer than me. They’ve got to be numb. At some point, they were going to just stop moving, and I didn’t want them to just stop moving,” Jasmine Morris said. “So, it was just, ‘Come on, just get them out. You can get out later. Just get them out.’”
One boy was trapped underneath the ice with only a finger above the surface.
“I grabbed his middle finger. That is how I pulled him up, and we got him up there,” Jacora Morris said.
The sisters turned into heroes in seconds. Their quick thinking meant the two kids made it out of the icy water, alive and well.
“You could see the relief and the happiness that he was out the water and both of them were safe,” Jasmine Morris said.
The rescue happened so fast that medics didn’t get there until it was all over.
“I was amazed. Not many children would drop what they’re doing – or adults – and just run out and wade into water up to their shoulders to pull two other kids out,” said West Des Moines EMS Division Chief Doug Harms.
Jacqueline Morris, the teens’ mom, now says all those years of swimming lessons paid off.
“I’m very proud. I really don’t have the words to say because every time like, ‘Wow, those were my girls,’” she said.
But the sisters aren’t looking for praise – they are just overjoyed at the outcome and thankful for their quick reactions.
“I’m just happy they’re OK,” Jasmine Morris said. “[I learned] I have quick reaction skills, and when I have a sense to just look up and do something, I need to look up.”
The city of West Des Moines plans to recognize the Morris sisters with a lifesaving award at a later date.
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Trailing by as many as 16 points in the third quarter, Class A No. 9 Lincoln Southwest rallied to outscore No. 8 Lincoln Southeast 24-7 in the fourth quarter to edge the Knights 78-76 Friday night at Lincoln Southwest.
The Silver Hawks (6-3) got the game-winning bucket from senior guard Lukas Helms with 26.2 seconds left.
Trailing 69-54 after three quarters, Southwest cut the Southeast lead to 71-65 in less than three minutes to start the fourth period.
The Silver Hawks went ahead 74-73 on Rylan Smith’s three-pointer with about two minutes to go before BJ Bradford answered with a triple of his own seconds later to put Southeast up 76-74.
Southwest then scored the game’s final four points, getting a tying layup from Braden Frager off a Southeast turnover before Helms’ game-winner.
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Frager, a sophomore, led Southwest with 28 points. Smith had 16, while Chuck Love finished with 11.
Bradford and Taye Moore each scored 15 for Southeast. Bangot Dak had 14, with Jake Hilkemann adding 13.
There won’t be much time for either team to reflect on the outcome. Southwest plays at No. 4 Lincoln High on Saturday, while Southeast hosts Lincoln Northeast in a rematch of the teams’ Heartland Athletic Conference Tournament game that went to double overtime.
Lincoln Pius X 65, North Platte 56: Lincoln Pius X was able to build an eight point lead going into halftime, which proved to be crucial after a closely contested second half. Jackson Kessler had a team-high 15 points for the Thunderbolts.
Lincoln Northeast 46, Grand Island 39: Christian Winn led the way for the Rockets with a team-high 24 points and made four three-point shots. Porter Bazil scored 9 points as well to help Lincoln Northeast hold off Grand Island in their seven point victory.
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Lincoln Pius X 61, North Platte 17: Class A No. 6 Lincoln Pius X turned a 19-5 first-quarter run at Pius X into a 37-5 halftime lead behind 13 of Adison Markowski's 15 points. The Bolts had 11 of their 14 players that got on the floor score. Sidda Hagedorn came off the Pius X bench to finish with eight points.
Lincoln Northeast 55, Grand Island 26: Class A No. 7 Lincoln Northeast dominated the Islanders in Grand Island, outscoring them 30-9 in the second half. Khadijah Phillis led all scorers with 12 points. Serena Heeren was the other Rocket to finish in double-digit scoring with 11 points.
Freeman 40, Parkview Christian 39: Brooklyn Veerhusen had seven of her team-high nine points in the fourth quarter to lead Freeman past Class D-6 No. 8 Parkview Christian in Lincoln. Veerhusen made two free throws in the final minute to seal the victory. Isabel Minatti had a game-high 15 points and Aisha Dos Santos added 11 for the Patriots.
Wahoo 37, Norris 36: Ava Lausterer had a team-high 12 points to lead Class C-1 No. 6 Wahoo past Class B No. 3 Norris in Firth. Wahoo went on a 12-2 run in the fourth quarter to come back on the road at Norris. Sammy Leu and Sidney Smart scored in double figures for the Warriors with each recording 10 points.
WRESTLING
Norm Manstedt Invitational: Lincoln East is off to a hot start on the first day of the Norm Manstedt Invitational in Columbus, leading the 21-team field with 84 points. The Spartans have 11 wrestlers who have not lost and are in championship contention. Gabe Turman (29-3) went 5-0 with three pins.
Lincoln North Star Invitational: Joe Andreasen (182 pounds) and Matt Bohy (220) won back-to-back weight classes for Lincoln Pius X as the Bolts finished third with 114 points. Sam Andres suffered a loss in the 170-pound semifinals, but bounced back with back-to-back pins to finish third. Andres recorded four pins in the tournament.
Lincoln North Star had 101½ points for fourth place. Carter Geschke (113), Jordan O'Connor) and Juan Manzo (160) finished second for the Gators.
Lincoln Southeast finished eighth with 85. Caleb Durr won the 145 class, while Cole Schroder (152) and Cooper Johnson (285) took second.
The Lincoln Southeast girls took third with 72 points behind a first-place finish from Maia Ruben (115) with two pins. They were Ruben's first two victories of the season. Campbell Colborn (120) and Katelyn Ruttledge (135) finished second in their weight classes. Lincoln Southwest's Taylor Siefken captured the 100-pound class with three pins and a forfeit and Azariah Vanzuela captured two victories by pin for the 170 title.
Fremont won the team title with 72 points, followed by 48 from Omaha Central.
Southwest finished fourth (34), while North Star finished with 30 points for fifth. Lincoln Pius X finished sixth with 14. | https://journalstar.com/sports/high-school/basketball/boys/prep-glance-southwest-boys-rally-to-stun-southeast/article_526bba40-94e5-5f16-aa06-acc62c8ec424.html | 2023-01-07 06:44:50 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/sports/high-school/basketball/boys/prep-glance-southwest-boys-rally-to-stun-southeast/article_526bba40-94e5-5f16-aa06-acc62c8ec424.html |
150,000 active job postings in metro area, with nearly 40,000 added in the last week alone, according to new PeopleReady analysis
INDIANAPOLIS, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As summer approaches, the job market is red hot in Indianapolis and the surrounding metropolitan area, with nearly 40,000 new jobs being posted in the last seven days, according to a new analysis being released today by staffing firm PeopleReady. This addition brings the total number of active open jobs in the region to 150,000, a 12% increase in job openings from the same time last year.
Industries with the most job growth in the Indianapolis area include retail, manufacturing and food services, finds the PeopleReady analysis. The staffing leader also shares some of the region's most in-demand jobs:
- Retail sales associates
- Warehouse workers
- Customer service representatives
- Food service workers
- Building and general maintenance technicians
"Job seekers looking for immediate work in the Indianapolis area have a variety of opportunities available to them right now," said Kristy Willis, chief sales and operations officer at PeopleReady. "With new jobs being added at a high rate in many industries, PeopleReady remains deeply committed to helping connect people and work in local communities around Indianapolis and throughout the country."
As the official staffing partner of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES, PeopleReady is looking forward to driving home its mission of connecting people and work and making a difference in local communities at the GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis this Saturday. The PeopleReady Force for Good Challenge, a partnership between PeopleReady and INDYCAR, gives drivers a chance to win $1 million to be split between themselves and a charity of their choice. With a victory on Saturday, Josef Newgarden will claim the $1 million prize for taking the checkered flag on all three types of INDYCAR tracks this season. Keep up with the leaderboard here.
PeopleReady is also offering an additional $10,000 to the winner of every race this season, also to be split with their chosen charity. This season, PeopleReady is the primary sponsor of Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) Racing's rookie of the year candidate Christian Lundgaard.
PeopleReady has a variety of ways for job seekers to access job opportunities via app (JobStack) and online (jobs.peopleready.com).
About PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), specializes in quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers. PeopleReady supports a wide range of blue-collar industries, including construction, manufacturing and logistics, waste and recycling, and hospitality. Leveraging its game-changing JobStack platform and 600-plus branch offices across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, PeopleReady served approximately 94,000 businesses and put approximately 220,000 people to work in 2021. Learn more at www.peopleready.com.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Beam Global (BEEM) on Thursday reported a loss of $6.8 million in its third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 67 cents.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 24 cents per share.
The company posted revenue of $6.6 million in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.5 million.
Beam Global shares have fallen 29% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $13.22, a decrease of 61% in the last 12 months.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-8-7
(six, eight, seven)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-8-7
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of NeoGenomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEO).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased NeoGenomics between February 27, 2020 and April 26, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until February 6, 2023 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, NeoGenomics, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants represented to investors that it had a "comprehensive menu" of cancer tests with "every kind of testing modality that you can use for cancer, including some of the fast-growing new ones, like next-generation sequencing," which positioned the Company as a "one-stop-shop" for pathologists and gave NeoGenomics "a competitive advantage" as a "go-to reference lab with a comprehensive menu for just about any kind of tests that you want to have done in cancer"; and (2) defendants represented that NeoGenomics could "leverage" the supposedly "fixed cost" structure of its business to improve profitability as revenue increased and touted the Company's "robust Compliance Program . . . to ensure compliance with the myriad of . . . laws, regulations and governmental guidance applicable to our business."
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Several adult children among the 13 siblings freed in 2018 from virtual imprisonment in their abusive parents’ Southern California home found themselves a year later feeling pressured by the county’s guardian to move to an apartment in disrepair in a crime-ridden area, court documents showed.
In a 2019 court filing, an attorney for the adult children of David and Louise Turpin wrote that three of the siblings were taken to see the apartment by an employee for the Riverside County Public Guardian’s office and were “fearful to object so they indicated that the apartment was okay with the expectation that other apartments would be viewed.”
When they raised concern about the safety of the neighborhood, the agency said the lease was already signed and the only alternative would be to split up the siblings and place them in a board and care facility, according to the filing by attorney Jack Osborn, who represented the seven adult children after they were freed from their parents’ home.
The Turpins were arrested more than four years ago after one of their children escaped from their their Perris, California, home and reported they had been shackled to beds, starved and held largely in isolation from the world. All but the 2-year-old were severely underweight and hadn’t bathed for months. Investigators concluded the youngest child was the only one not abused by the couple, who pleaded guilty to torture and abuse in 2019 and have been sentenced to life in prison.
The document release comes after ABC reported that Riverside County’s social service system failed in various instances to help the seven adult and six minor children transition to new lives. The county has hired a private law firm to look into the allegations.
Messages seeking comment were left for Osborn and the office of the Public Guardian, which is the county agency tasked with assisting adults unable to properly care for themselves or manage their finances. Brooke Federico, a spokeswoman for Riverside County, declined to discuss details of the case said the release of the court documents will assist with the law firm’s review.
Not all court documents in the case have been unsealed. It was not immediately known whether the five adult children moved to the apartment described as “in a state of significant disrepair” in Osborn’s filing, and if so, how long they stayed. In his filing, Osborn wrote that the Public Guardian’s office said the apartment was going to be fixed.
But the account is similar to comments aired by two of the Turpin children in an interview last year with ABC and by Melissa Donaldson, Riverside County’s director of victim services, who said at times the children did not have a safe place to stay or enough food.
The comments were especially surprising because in the days after their release, the adult and minor children were taken to hospitals for treatment and donations and support poured in from around the world.
In a separate filing this year, Osborn raised questions about $1.2 million reportedly collected in donations to assist the siblings in the days and weeks after their release and how the one of the siblings who remains under a conservatorship with the Public Guardian can access these charities.
That sibling, in 2019, objected to being sent to a board and care facility rather than remaining with her family as they moved to the apartment, Osborn wrote at that time.
Her siblings contended that “immediate separation from her brothers and sisters will continue the trauma that she has suffered,” Osborn wrote, particularly since she never complained about the abuse and followed the house rules, which they believe “has resulted in some significant developmental issues.”
A few weeks later, the siblings dropped the objection so long as she had frequent contact with them, court papers showed. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/freed-california-siblings-feared-opposing-rundown-housing/2022/05/20/302f4b96-d893-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html | 2022-05-20 23:34:29 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/freed-california-siblings-feared-opposing-rundown-housing/2022/05/20/302f4b96-d893-11ec-be17-286164974c54_story.html |
OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Back in October 2021, BTCEX launched the first edition of its copy trading service, providing novice investors with easier access to gain profit and acquire the experience and expertise needed for trading. This January, BTCEX introduced a brand new one-click copy trading, allowing traders more flexibility and enhanced risk management.
What is Copy Trading?
Copy trading is a strategy that enables beginners to trade following the steps taken by professional traders. Copying trades allows novice traders to learn about the world of trading much quickly and efficiently while avoiding potential loss that may result from lack of expertise or experience. Trading knowledge and strategies can be acquired by analyzing the actions taken by experienced traders.
All New BTCEX One-Click Copy Trading
In comparison to the previous edition, the new BTCEX one-click copy trading optimizes the copy mode, which is similar to fund investment. Copy trader's position management and margin mode will be identical to those of his/her lead trader. This new edition includes:
A copy trader can:
- Copy a maximum of 6 portfolios managed by different lead traders utilizing different trading strategies simultaneously;
- Sync traders' openings and closings automatically;
- Choose when to open and close portfolio;
- Adjust their copy amount;
- Set a stop loss or take profit.
A lead trader can:
- Create and manage a maximum of six portfolios;
- Receive your share from copy traders' profits;
- Extend community exposure.
The new copy trading feature supports cross/isolated margins and conditional orders. On the homepage of copy trading, you can see detailed information about the portfolios.
The aim of BTCEX is to be the go-to crypto trading platform for all crypto traders. BTCEX reduces the transaction threshold by introducing copy trading. Anyone can enter and become a part of cryptocurrency trading.
About BTCEX
A full-category digital asset trading platform, BTCEX was launched in July 2021. The company is registered in Seychelles and has obtained key licenses in countries such as Canada, Lithuania, and Estonia.
BTCEX offers a comprehensive product line, dedicated to empowering investors to make a better future, from beginner-friendly copy trading to crypto derivatives such as perpetual contracts.
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WASHINGTON (WDVM) — Smithsonian National Zoo staff found something no zookeeper ever wants to find when checking in on the flamingo flock on Monday morning: officials said 25 flamingos and one Northern pintail duck were killed after a wild fox broke in.
Staff found the dead flamingos early in the morning on Monday and saw the fox, who escaped, in the outdoor flamingo yards. The surviving flamingos were moved into a barn, and the ducks were moved to a “covered, secure outdoor space.” Three injured flamingos were taken to the zoo’s vet for treatments.
“Devastating. No question,” said Senior Curator Bryan Amaral. “In our business, it’s something that you never want to see. Now that we’ve seen it, we never want to see it again.”
The statement said that staff had last inspected the outdoor yards on Monday at 2:30 p.m. This inspection did not find any areas of concern, but a new inspection Tuesday morning found a “new softball-sized hole” in the mesh around the yard. This mesh was last replaced in 2017.
They said that the mesh around the yard has been reinforced and live traps and digital camera traps have been set around the yard.
“This is a heartbreaking loss for us and everyone who cares about our animals. The barrier we used passed inspection and is used by other accredited zoos across the country. Our focus now is on the well-being of the remaining flock and fortifying our habitats,” Brandie Smith, John and Adrienne Mars director for Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, said in a release.
“It’s pretty sad that the animals were supposed to be safe here in their habitat but got attacked by some of the wild animals anyway,” resident Joanna Hwu said.
The flock previously had 74 birds and has been at the Zoo since the ’70s. The Bird House has been closed to the public due to major renovation. According to the Smithsonian, the median life expectancy is 26 years, but their ‘matriarch’ — who passed away in February of this year — lived until 67. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/25-flamingos-1-duck-dead-after-fox-attack-at-smithsonian-national-zoo/ | 2022-05-04 00:06:00 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/25-flamingos-1-duck-dead-after-fox-attack-at-smithsonian-national-zoo/ |
RICHMOND, Va. — A man who was sentenced to serve 36 years in prison for the murder of a Virginia State Police special agent could get additional time in prison after being convicted in two prison assaults.
Ball’s convictions for the prison attacks have drawn the attention of Richmond prosecutors, who have filed a motion seeking to revoke the suspended life sentence Ball received in Walter’s murder, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. A hearing is scheduled for March 10.
When Ball was sentenced in 2018 for Walter’s killing, a judge imposed a life sentence, but suspended all but 36 years of that time.
Prosecutors had sought a 60-year term, the maximum allowed under a plea deal that guaranteed that Ball would be convicted of a capital crime, which is typically punishable by death or life in prison.
As a condition of his suspended life sentence, Ball, now 33, was ordered to “keep the peace and be of good behavior” and not violate any other state laws.
About 12 months into his sentence, Ball stabbed and seriously injured another inmate with a shank. Then in April 2022, Ball joined another inmate at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in beating and choking a third inmate over an insult about a gang affiliation.
The five-year sentence Ball received for the first attack will be served concurrently with the sentence he received for killing Walter. In the second attack, prosecutors succeeded in adding 15 years to Ball’s existing term.
In addition, a federal judge in 2020 sentenced Ball to a 10-year consecutive sentence on his conviction for possessing the .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol he used to fatally shoot Walter. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/man-convicted-in-police-killing-could-get-more-prison-time/2023/01/02/7fa1503a-8ada-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html | 2023-01-02 20:52:54 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/man-convicted-in-police-killing-could-get-more-prison-time/2023/01/02/7fa1503a-8ada-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html |
Company expects continued demand amid uncertain macroeconomic environment
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, today reported first quarter results for 2023.
Net earnings per diluted share was $0.50 for the first quarter of 2023 compared with $1.54 for the first quarter of 2022. In 2022, we had significant gains on dispositions while we had minimal in the first quarter of 2023.
Core funds from operations (Core FFO)* per diluted share was $1.22 for the first quarter of 2023, compared with $1.09 for the same period in 2022.
"We continue to deliver record results driven by the unparalleled quality of our portfolio and customer solutions," said Hamid R. Moghadam, co-founder and CEO, Prologis. "Demand remains healthy, despite some moderating in terms of decision-making. Given the macroenvironment, we continue to operate our business with a degree of caution. We foresee any potential impact on demand as likely to overlap with a deceleration in new deliveries, sustaining momentum with favorable conditions for high occupancy and continued rent growth into 2024."
OPERATING PERFORMANCE
DEPLOYMENT ACTIVITY
BALANCE SHEET STRENGTH & LIQUIDITY
"Our liquidity position of $6.7 billion, inclusive of $1.0 billion of additional line of credit capacity closed in April, is at an all-time high, providing further flexibility to capitalize as opportunities arise," said Timothy D. Arndt, chief financial officer, Prologis. "We are well-positioned to deliver superior growth given our embedded rent upside and proven ability to create value from the build-out of our land bank."
During the first quarter, Prologis and its co-investment ventures issued $3.6 billion of debt at a weighted average interest rate of 4.5%, and a weighted average term of 13.7 years. This activity included $3.2 billion of global bond raises. Additionally, on April 5, 2023, Prologis upsized its revolving line of credit capacity by $1.0 billion.
At March 31, 2023, debt as a percentage of total market capitalization was 19.1%, and the company's weighted average interest rate on its share of total debt was 2.6%, with a weighted average term of 9.7 years. In addition, the company has no significant debt maturities until 2026.
FOREIGN CURRENCY STRATEGY
Prologis hedges its exposure to foreign currency fluctuations by borrowing in the currencies in which it invests and using derivative financial instruments. At March 31, 2023, 96% of Prologis' equity was in USD and earnings forecasted in foreign currencies for 2023, 2024, and 2025 were 98%, 97% and 96%, respectively, hedged through derivative contracts.
2023 GUIDANCE
Prologis' guidance for Net earnings is included in the table below as well as guidance for Core FFO*, which are both reconciled in our supplemental information.
The earnings guidance described above includes potential gains recognized from real estate transactions but excludes any future or potential foreign currency or derivative gains or losses as our guidance assumes constant foreign currency rates. In reconciling from net earnings to Core FFO*, Prologis makes certain adjustments, including but not limited to real estate depreciation and amortization expense, gains (losses) recognized from real estate transactions and early extinguishment of debt, impairment charges, deferred taxes and unrealized gains or losses on foreign currency or derivative activity. The difference between the company's Core FFO* and net earnings guidance for 2023 relates predominantly to these items. Please refer to our quarterly Supplemental Information, which is available on our Investor Relations website at https://ir.prologis.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov for a definition of Core FFO* and other non-GAAP measures used by Prologis, along with reconciliations of these items to the closest GAAP measure for our results and guidance.
APRIL 18, 2023, CALL DETAILS
The call will take place on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET. To access a live broadcast of the call, please dial +1 (877) 897-2615 (toll-free from the United States and Canada) or +1 (201) 689-8514 (from all other countries). A live webcast can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of www.prologis.com.
A telephonic replay will be available April 18 – May 2 at +1 (877) 660-6853 (from the United States and Canada) or +1 (201) 612-7415 (from all other countries) using access code 13737336. The webcast replay will be posted in the Investor Relations section of www.prologis.com under "Events & Presentations."
ABOUT PROLOGIS
Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with a focus on high-barrier, high-growth markets. At March 31, 2023, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 1.2 billion square feet (113 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 6,600 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact our financial results. Words such as "expects" "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," and "estimates" including variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future—including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, acquisition and development activity, contribution and disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt, capital structure and financial position, our ability to earn revenues from co-investment ventures, form new co-investment ventures and the availability of capital in existing or new co-investment ventures—are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and, therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) international, national, regional and local economic and political climates and conditions; (ii) changes in global financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties; (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties, including the integration of the operations of significant real estate portfolios; (v) maintenance of Real Estate Investment Trust status, tax structuring and changes in income tax laws and rates; (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings; (vii) risks related to our investments in our co-investment ventures, including our ability to establish new co-investment ventures; (viii) risks of doing business internationally, including currency risks; (ix) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters; (x) risks related to global pandemics; and (xi) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by us under the heading "Risk Factors." We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this document except as may be required by law.
Adjusted EBITDA. We use Adjusted EBITDA attributable to common stockholders/unitholders ("Adjusted EBITDA"), a non-GAAP financial measure, as a measure of our operating performance. The most directly comparable GAAP measure to Adjusted EBITDA is net earnings.
We calculate Adjusted EBITDA by beginning with consolidated net earnings attributable to common stockholders and removing the effect of: interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, impairment charges, gains or losses from the disposition of investments in real estate (excluding development properties and land), gains from the revaluation of equity investments upon acquisition of a controlling interest, gains or losses on early extinguishment of debt and derivative contracts (including cash charges), similar adjustments we make to our FFO measures (see definition below), and other items, such as, amortization of stock based compensation and unrealized gains or losses on foreign currency and derivatives. We also include a pro forma adjustment to reflect a full period of NOI on the operating properties we acquire or stabilize during the quarter and to remove NOI on properties we dispose of during the quarter, assuming all transactions occurred at the beginning of the quarter. The pro forma adjustment also includes economic ownership changes in our ventures to reflect the full quarter at the new ownership percentage.
We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides investors relevant and useful information because it permits investors to view our operating performance, analyze our ability to meet interest payment obligations and make quarterly preferred stock dividends on an unleveraged basis before the effects of income tax, depreciation and amortization expense, gains and losses on the disposition of non-development properties and other items (outlined above), that affect comparability. While all items are not infrequent or unusual in nature, these items may result from market fluctuations that can have inconsistent effects on our results of operations. The economics underlying these items reflect market and financing conditions in the short-term but can obscure our performance and the value of our long-term investment decisions and strategies.
We calculate our Adjusted EBITDA, based on our proportionate ownership share of both our unconsolidated and consolidated ventures. We reflect our share of our Adjusted EBITDA measures for unconsolidated ventures by applying our average ownership percentage for the period to the applicable reconciling items on an entity by entity basis. We reflect our share for consolidated ventures in which we do not own 100% of the equity by adjusting our Adjusted EBITDA measures to remove the noncontrolling interests share of the applicable reconciling items based on our average ownership percentage for the applicable periods.
While we believe Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure, it should not be used alone because it excludes significant components of net earnings, such as our historical cash expenditures or future cash requirements for working capital, capital expenditures, distribution requirements, contractual commitments or interest and principal payments on our outstanding debt and is therefore limited as an analytical tool.
Our computation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to EBITDA reported by other companies in both the real estate industry and other industries. We compensate for the limitations of Adjusted EBITDA by providing investors with financial statements prepared according to GAAP, along with this detailed discussion of Adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA from consolidated net earnings attributable to common stockholders.
Business Line Reporting is a non-GAAP financial measure. Core FFO and development gains are generated by our three lines of business: (i) real estate operations; (ii) strategic capital; and (iii) development. The real estate operations line of business represents total Prologis Core FFO, less the amount allocated to the strategic capital line of business. The amount of Core FFO allocated to the strategic capital line of business represents the third-party share of asset management fees and transactional fees that we earn from our consolidated and unconsolidated co-investment ventures less costs directly associated with our strategic capital group and Net Promote Income. Realized development gains include our share of gains on dispositions of development properties and land, net of taxes. To calculate the per share amount, the amount generated by each line of business is divided by the weighted average diluted common shares outstanding used in our Core FFO per share calculation. Management believes evaluating our results by line of business is a useful supplemental measure of our operating performance because it helps the investing public compare the operating performance of Prologis' respective businesses to other companies' comparable businesses. Prologis' computation of FFO by line of business may not be comparable to that reported by other real estate companies as they may use different methodologies in computing such measures.
Calculation of Per Share Amounts
Development Portfolio includes industrial and non-industrial properties, yards and parking lots that are under development and properties that are developed but have not met Stabilization. At March 31, 2023, total TEI for yards, parking lots and non-industrial assets was $218.8 million and $209.7 million on an Owned and Managed and Prologis Share basis, respectively. We do not disclose square footage for yards and parking lots.
Estimated Value Creation represents the value that we expect to create through our development and leasing activities. We calculate Estimated Value Creation by estimating the Stabilized NOI that the property will generate and applying a stabilized capitalization rate applicable to that property. Estimated Value Creation is calculated as the amount by which the value exceeds our TEI and does not include any fees or promotes we may earn.
Estimated Weighted Average Margin is calculated on development properties as Estimated Value Creation, less estimated closing costs and taxes, if any, on properties expected to be sold or contributed, divided by TEI.
Estimated Weighted Average Stabilized Yield is calculated on the properties in the Development Portfolio as Stabilized NOI divided by TEI. The yields on a Prologis Share basis were as follows:
FFO, as modified by Prologis attributable to common stockholders/unitholders ("FFO, as modified by Prologis"); Core FFO attributable to common stockholders/unitholders ("Core FFO"); AFFO attributable to common stockholders/unitholders ("AFFO"); (collectively referred to as "FFO"). FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure that is commonly used in the real estate industry. The most directly comparable GAAP measure to FFO is net earnings.
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") defines FFO as earnings computed under GAAP to exclude historical cost depreciation and gains and losses from sales net of any related tax, along with impairment charges, of previously depreciated properties. We also exclude the gains on revaluation of equity investments upon acquisition of a controlling interest and the gain recognized from a partial sale of our investment, as these are similar to gains from the sales of previously depreciated properties. We exclude similar adjustments from our unconsolidated entities and the third parties' share of our consolidated co-investment ventures.
Our FFO Measures
Our FFO measures begin with NAREIT's definition and we make certain adjustments to reflect our business and the way that management plans and executes our business strategy. While not infrequent or unusual, the additional items we adjust for in calculating FFO, as modified by Prologis, Core FFO and AFFO, as defined below, are subject to significant fluctuations from period to period. Although these items may have a material impact on our operations and are reflected in our financial statements, the removal of the effects of these items allows us to better understand the core operating performance of our properties over the long term. These items have both positive and negative short-term effects on our results of operations in inconsistent and unpredictable directions that are not relevant to our long-term outlook.
We calculate our FFO measures, as defined below, based on our proportionate ownership share of both our unconsolidated and consolidated ventures. We reflect our share of our FFO measures for unconsolidated ventures by applying our average ownership percentage for the period to the applicable reconciling items on an entity by entity basis. We reflect our share for consolidated ventures in which we do not own 100% of the equity by adjusting our FFO measures to remove the noncontrolling interests share of the applicable reconciling items based on our average ownership percentage for the applicable periods.
These FFO measures are used by management as supplemental financial measures of operating performance and we believe that it is important that stockholders, potential investors and financial analysts understand the measures management uses. We do not use our FFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net earnings computed under GAAP, as indicators of our operating performance, as alternatives to cash from operating activities computed under GAAP or as indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.
We analyze our operating performance principally by the rental revenues of our real estate and the revenues from our strategic capital business, net of operating, administrative and financing expenses. This income stream is not directly impacted by fluctuations in the market value of our investments in real estate or debt securities.
FFO, as modified by Prologis
To arrive at FFO, as modified by Prologis, we adjust the NAREIT defined FFO measure to exclude the impact of foreign currency related items and deferred tax, specifically:
We use FFO, as modified by Prologis, so that management, analysts and investors are able to evaluate our performance against other REITs that do not have similar operations or operations in jurisdictions outside the U.S.
Core FFO
In addition to FFO, as modified by Prologis, we also use Core FFO. To arrive at Core FFO, we adjust FFO, as modified by Prologis, to exclude the following recurring and nonrecurring items that we recognize directly in FFO, as modified by Prologis:
We use Core FFO, including by segment and region, to: (i) assess our operating performance as compared to other real estate companies; (ii) evaluate our performance and the performance of our properties in comparison with expected results and results of previous periods; (iii) evaluate the performance of our management; (iv) budget and forecast future results to assist in the allocation of resources; (v) provide guidance to the financial markets to understand our expected operating performance; and (vi) evaluate how a specific potential investment will impact our future results.
AFFO
To arrive at AFFO, we adjust Core FFO to include realized gains from the disposition of land and development properties, net of current tax expense, and recurring capital expenditures and exclude the following items that we recognize directly in Core FFO:
We use AFFO to (i) assess our operating performance as compared to other real estate companies; (ii) evaluate our performance and the performance of our properties in comparison with expected results and results of previous periods; (iii) evaluate the performance of our management; (iv) budget and forecast future results to assist in the allocation of resources; and (v) evaluate how a specific potential investment will impact our future results.
Limitations on the use of our FFO measures
While we believe our modified FFO measures are important supplemental measures, neither NAREIT's nor our measures of FFO should be used alone because they exclude significant economic components of net earnings computed under GAAP and are, therefore, limited as an analytical tool. Accordingly, these are only a few of the many measures we use when analyzing our business. Some of the limitations are:
- The current income tax expenses that are excluded from our modified FFO measures represent the taxes that are payable.
- Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets are economic costs that are excluded from FFO. FFO is limited, as it does not reflect the cash requirements that may be necessary for future replacements of the real estate assets. Furthermore, the amortization of capital expenditures and leasing costs necessary to maintain the operating performance of logistics facilities are not reflected in FFO.
- Gains or losses from property dispositions and impairment charges related to expected dispositions represent changes in value of the properties. By excluding these gains and losses, FFO does not capture realized changes in the value of disposed properties arising from changes in market conditions.
- The deferred income tax benefits and expenses that are excluded from our modified FFO measures result from the creation of a deferred income tax asset or liability that may have to be settled at some future point. Our modified FFO measures do not currently reflect any income or expense that may result from such settlement.
- The foreign currency exchange gains and losses that are excluded from our modified FFO measures are generally recognized based on movements in foreign currency exchange rates through a specific point in time. The ultimate settlement of our foreign currency-denominated net assets is indefinite as to timing and amount. Our FFO measures are limited in that they do not reflect the current period changes in these net assets that result from periodic foreign currency exchange rate movements.
- The gains and losses on extinguishment of debt or preferred stock that we exclude from our Core FFO, may provide a benefit or cost to us as we may be settling our obligation at less or more than our future obligation.
- The natural disaster expenses that we exclude from Core FFO are costs that we have incurred.
We compensate for these limitations by using our FFO measures only in conjunction with net earnings computed under GAAP when making our decisions. This information should be read with our complete Consolidated Financial Statements prepared under GAAP. To assist investors in compensating for these limitations, we reconcile our modified FFO measures to our net earnings computed under GAAP.
Guidance. The following is a reconciliation of our annual guided Net Earnings per share to our guided Core FFO per share:
Market Capitalization equals Market Equity, less liquidation preference of the preferred shares/units, plus our share of total debt.
Market Equity equals outstanding shares of common stock and units multiplied by the closing stock price plus the liquidation preference of the preferred shares/units.
Net Promote Income is promote revenue earned from third-party investors during the period, net of related cash and stock compensation expenses, and taxes and foreign currency derivative gains and losses, if applicable.
Operating Portfolio represents industrial properties in our Owned and Managed portfolio that have reached Stabilization. Assets held for sale, Non-Strategic Assets and non-industrial assets are excluded from the portfolio. Prologis Share of NOI excludes termination fees and adjustments and includes NOI for the properties contributed to or acquired from co-investment ventures at our actual share prior to and subsequent to change in ownership.
Owned and Managed represents the consolidated properties as well as properties owned by our unconsolidated co-investment ventures, which we manage.
Prologis Share represents our proportionate economic ownership of each entity, or property included in our total Owned and Managed portfolio, whether consolidated or unconsolidated.
Rent Change (Cash) represents the percentage change in starting rental rates per the lease agreement, on new and renewed leases, commenced during the period compared with the previous ending rental rates in that same space. This measure excludes any short-term leases of less than one-year, holdover payments, free rent periods and introductory (teaser rates) defined as 50% or less of the stabilized rate.
Rent Change (Net Effective) represents the percentage change in net effective rental rates (average rate over the lease term), on new and renewed leases, commenced during the period compared with the previous net effective rental rates in that same space. This measure excludes any short-term leases of less than one year and holdover payments.
Retention is the square footage of all leases commenced during the period that are rented by existing tenants divided by the square footage of all expiring and in-place leases during the reporting period. The square footage of tenants that default or buy-out prior to expiration of their lease and short-term leases of less than one year, are not included in the calculation.
Same Store. Our same store metrics are non-GAAP financial measures, which are commonly used in the real estate industry and expected from the financial community, on both a net effective and cash basis. We evaluate the performance of the operating properties we own and manage using a "same store" analysis because the population of properties in this analysis is consistent from period to period, which allows us and investors to analyze our ongoing business operations. We determine our same store metrics on property NOI, which is calculated as rental revenue less rental expense for the applicable properties in the same store population for both consolidated and unconsolidated properties based on our ownership interest, as further defined below.
We define our same store population for the three months ended March 31, 2023 as the properties in our Owned and Managed Operating Portfolio, including the property NOI for both consolidated properties and properties owned by the unconsolidated co-investment ventures at January 1, 2022 and owned throughout the same three-month period in both 2022 and 2023.
We believe the drivers of property NOI for the consolidated portfolio are generally the same for the properties owned by the ventures in which we invest and therefore we evaluate the same store metrics of the Owned and Managed portfolio based on Prologis' ownership in the properties ("Prologis Share"). The same store population excludes properties held for sale to third parties, along with development properties that were not stabilized at the beginning of the period (January 1, 2022) and properties acquired or disposed of to third parties during the period. To derive an appropriate measure of period-to-period operating performance, we remove the effects of foreign currency exchange rate movements by using the reported period-end exchange rate to translate from local currency into the U.S. dollar, for both periods.
As non-GAAP financial measures, the same store metrics have certain limitations as an analytical tool and may vary among real estate companies. As a result, we provide a reconciliation of Rental Revenues less Rental Expenses ("Property NOI") (from our Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP) to our Same Store Property NOI measures, as follows:
Stabilization is defined as the earlier of when a property that was developed has been completed for one year, is contributed to a co-investment venture following completion or is 90% occupied. Upon Stabilization, a property is moved into our Operating Portfolio.
Weighted Average Interest Rate is based on the effective rate, which includes the amortization of related premiums and discounts and finance costs.
Weighted Average Stabilized Capitalization ("Cap") Rate is calculated as Stabilized NOI divided by the Acquisition Price.
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(STACKER) — The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly shifted the job market in cities and towns across the country. Millions of layoffs in early 2020 forced workers to search elsewhere for jobs. Record numbers of workers have quit their jobs in the past year in favor of new pursuits in different locales. And concerns over virus spread in population-dense areas also inspired many to leave urban areas, and their jobs, in favor of rural ones.
Emerging job markets in places like Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and Salt Lake City reflect cultural shifts in what workers are looking for in their jobs and their places of residence: year-round warmth that makes outdoor activities easy, lower income taxes, and tech-focused employers.
Stacker compiled a list of metros where the most people from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA found new jobs using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Jobs-to-Jobs Flows. Metros are ranked by the number of people that started a new job from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in the first quarter of 2021.
30. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Started a new job in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 79
— 0.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA in Q1 2021: 194
— #24 most common destination from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA - Net job flow: 115 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
29. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Started a new job in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 81
— 0.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA in Q1 2021: 128
— #28 most common destination from Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA - Net job flow: 47 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
28. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- Started a new job in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 90
— 0.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI in Q1 2021: 98
— #67 (tie) most common destination from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI - Net job flow: 8 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
27. Bellingham, WA
- Started a new job in Bellingham, WA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 90
— 0.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Bellingham, WA in Q1 2021: 68
— #2 most common destination from Bellingham, WA - Net job flow: 22 to Bellingham, WA
26. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
- Started a new job in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 92
— 0.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX in Q1 2021: 88
— #62 most common destination from Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX - Net job flow: 4 to Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
25. Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
- Started a new job in Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 99
— 0.7% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX in Q1 2021: 60
— #32 most common destination from Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX - Net job flow: 39 to Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
24. Yakima, WA
- Started a new job in Yakima, WA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 104
— 0.7% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Yakima, WA in Q1 2021: 107
— #5 most common destination from Yakima, WA - Net job flow: 3 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
23. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- Started a new job in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 117
— 0.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA in Q1 2021: 126
— #25 most common destination from Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA - Net job flow: 9 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
22. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Started a new job in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 121
— 0.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV in Q1 2021: 132
— #16 most common destination from Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV - Net job flow: 11 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
21. Grants Pass, OR
- Started a new job in Grants Pass, OR from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 126
— 0.9% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Grants Pass, OR in Q1 2021: 131
— #1 most common destination from Grants Pass, OR - Net job flow: 5 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
20. Salt Lake City, UT
- Started a new job in Salt Lake City, UT from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 127
— 0.9% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Salt Lake City, UT in Q1 2021: 101
— #15 most common destination from Salt Lake City, UT - Net job flow: 26 to Salt Lake City, UT
19. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Started a new job in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 131
— 0.9% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA in Q1 2021: 163
— #51 (tie) most common destination from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA - Net job flow: 32 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
18. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- Started a new job in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 132
— 0.9% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA in Q1 2021: 198
— #24 most common destination from San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA - Net job flow: 66 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
17. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
- Started a new job in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 142
— 1.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO in Q1 2021: 141
— #25 most common destination from Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO - Net job flow: 1 to Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
16. Kennewick-Richland, WA
- Started a new job in Kennewick-Richland, WA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 153
— 1.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Kennewick-Richland, WA in Q1 2021: 289
— #5 most common destination from Kennewick-Richland, WA - Net job flow: 136 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
15. Boise City, ID
- Started a new job in Boise City, ID from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 207
— 1.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Boise City, ID in Q1 2021: 105
— #7 (tie) most common destination from Boise City, ID - Net job flow: 102 to Boise City, ID
14. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Started a new job in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 217
— 1.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX in Q1 2021: 125
— #52 most common destination from Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX - Net job flow: 92 to Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
13. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- Started a new job in San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 227
— 1.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA in Q1 2021: 565
— #22 most common destination from San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA - Net job flow: 338 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
12. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
- Started a new job in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 228
— 1.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA in Q1 2021: 201
— #3 most common destination from Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA - Net job flow: 27 to Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
11. Corvallis, OR
- Started a new job in Corvallis, OR from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 243
— 1.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Corvallis, OR in Q1 2021: 254
— #-1 most common destination from Corvallis, OR - Net job flow: 11 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
10. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Started a new job in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 267
— 1.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA in Q1 2021: 599
— #29 most common destination from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA - Net job flow: 332 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
9. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Started a new job in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 290
— 2.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA in Q1 2021: 255
— #4 most common destination from Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA - Net job flow: 35 to Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- Started a new job in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 351
— 2.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ in Q1 2021: 254
— #17 most common destination from Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ - Net job flow: 97 to Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
7. Albany-Lebanon, OR
- Started a new job in Albany-Lebanon, OR from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 432
— 2.9% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Albany-Lebanon, OR in Q1 2021: 419
— #0 most common destination from Albany-Lebanon, OR - Net job flow: 13 to Albany-Lebanon, OR
6. Longview, WA
- Started a new job in Longview, WA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 443
— 3.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Longview, WA in Q1 2021: 387
— #0 most common destination from Longview, WA - Net job flow: 56 to Longview, WA
5. Medford, OR
- Started a new job in Medford, OR from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 521
— 3.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Medford, OR in Q1 2021: 523
— #0 most common destination from Medford, OR - Net job flow: 2 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
4. Bend, OR
- Started a new job in Bend, OR from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 778
— 5.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Bend, OR in Q1 2021: 723
— #0 most common destination from Bend, OR - Net job flow: 55 to Bend, OR
3. Eugene-Springfield, OR
- Started a new job in Eugene-Springfield, OR from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 1,041
— 7.1% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Eugene-Springfield, OR in Q1 2021: 1,118
— #0 most common destination from Eugene-Springfield, OR - Net job flow: 77 to Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2. Salem, OR
- Started a new job in Salem, OR from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 2,399
— 16.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Salem, OR in Q1 2021: 2,230
— #0 most common destination from Salem, OR - Net job flow: 169 to Salem, OR
1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Started a new job in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA from Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA in Q1 2021: 2,777
— 18.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs - Started a new job in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA in Q1 2021: 2,385
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Sam Hartman is transferring to Notre Dame, giving the Fighting Irish a dynamic quarterback for coach Marcus Freeman’s second season.
The 23-year-old Hartman holds the Atlantic Coast Conference record for passing touchdowns with 110. He has one year of eligibility remaining.
He completed a career-best 63.1% of his passes this past season for 3,701 yards with 38 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, leading the Demon Deacons to an 8-5 record and a victory in the Gasparilla Bowl on Dec. 23.
In 2021, Hartman threw for 4,228 yards and 39 touchdowns as Wake Forest went 11-3, finished 15th in the final AP poll and lost the ACC title game to Pitt.
Hartman threw 16 TD passes for the Demon Deacons as a freshman in 2018, but was relegated to a backup role the following year, playing in four games and preserving a year of eligibility. He then got an extra year because of the pandemic.
Notre Dame went 9-4 under Freeman, who took over as coach after Brian Kelly departed for LSU. The Fighting Irish began the season ranked No. 5 in the AP Top 25 but lost their first two games. They moved back into the rankings with a late five-game winning streak and are currently 19th. Notre Dame concluded its season with a 45-38 victory over No. 20 South Carolina in the Gator Bowl.
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GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The situation with the poll watcher had gotten so bad that Anne Risku, the election director in North Carolina’s Wayne County, had to intervene via speakerphone.
“You need to back off!” Risku recalled hollering after the woman wedged herself between a voter and the machine where the voter was trying to cast his ballot at a precinct about 60 miles southeast of Raleigh.
The man eventually was able to vote, but the incident was one of several Risku cited from the May primary that made her worry about a wave of newly aggressive poll watchers. Many have spent the past two years steeped in lies about the accuracy of the 2020 election.
Those fears led the North Carolina State Board of Elections in August to tighten rules governing poll watchers. But the state’s rules review board, appointed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, blocked the new poll watcher regulations in late September, leaving election officials such as Risku without additional tools to control behavior on Election Day, Nov. 8.
“It becomes complete babysitting,” Risku said in an interview. “The back and forth for the precinct officials, having somebody constantly on you for every little thing that you do — not because you’re doing it wrong, but because they don’t agree with what you’re doing.”
Poll watchers have traditionally been an essential element of electoral transparency, the eyes and ears for the two major political parties who help ensure that the actual mechanics of voting are administered fairly and accurately. But election officials fear that a surge of conspiracy believers are signing up for those positions this year and are being trained by others who have propagated the lie spread by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 presidential election was riddled with fraud.
In Michigan, groups that have spread falsehoods about that race are recruiting poll watchers. In Nevada, the Republican Party’s nominee for secretary of state, Jim Marchant, denies President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory and was a featured speaker at a party poll watcher training.
Cleta Mitchell, a prominent conservative lawyer and North Carolina resident, is running a group recruiting poll watchers and workers in eight swing states. Mitchell was on the phone with Trump when the then-president called Georgia’s secretary of state in January 2021 and asked that official to “find” enough votes for Trump to be declared the state’s winner.
Chris Harvey, who was Georgia’s election director in 2020 when Trump claimed the election was being stolen from him, recalled how swarms of Trump backers came as self-appointed poll watchers to observe the state’s manual recounts, harassing election workers and disrupting the process. Harvey fears a repeat this year.
“The whole tension that we’re expecting to see at polling places is something we’re talking to election officials about, something we’re talking to law enforcement about,” said Harvey, who is advising a group of election officials and law enforcement before November.
The laws governing poll watchers vary from state to state. Their role is generally to observe, question any deviations from required procedure and, in some states, lodge formal complaints or provide testimony for objections filed in court.
The worries this year are similar to those during the 2020 election, when Trump began railing against mail voting and the Republican National Committee launched its first national operation in decades. It had recently been freed from a consent decree that limited its poll watching operation after it previously was found to have targeted Black and Latino voters. But voting went smoothly that November.
Mitchell said her organization, the Election Integrity Network, is just trying to ensure that everyone follows the law.
“We are not a threat,” she told The Associated Press during a text message exchange. “Unless you think elections that are conducted according to the rule of law are a threat. We train people to follow the law.”
Risku said there were issues with poll watchers from both parties during the primary in May. But of the 13 incidents she reported to the North Carolina board from Wayne County, all involved Republicans.
In addition to the poll watcher who had to be ejected, Risku said another Republican poll watcher in her district waited after hours in the parking lot of the Mount Olive Train Depot early voting site until Chief Judge Susan Wiley began carrying boxes of marked ballots to her car.
On two occasions, the man tried to follow her back to the elections office in Goldsboro, about a 20-minute drive.
Recognizing that the job has become “a scary ordeal” in the last year, Risku said she has stepped up security before November and offered raises to entice precinct officials to stay. She expects many won’t return after this year.
The North Carolina GOP chairman, Michael Whatley, said that’s not what the party is teaching its poll watchers.
“What we saw in terms of some of the activities that were at play may have been coming from Republicans but were not things that we have been teaching people in our training sessions,” Whatley said. “What we want to do is make sure that we have people that are in the room that are going to be very respectful of the election officials at all times, be very respectful of the voters at all times and, if they see issues, then report them in.”
He has declined to allow reporters to attend the training sessions, which he said have trained 7,000 potential poll watchers so far this year.
As in many states, poll watchers are only permitted in North Carolina if they have been designated by the major parties. But in Michigan, organizations that register with local election offices also can provide poll watchers. A coalition of groups that have questioned the 2020 election are scrambling to get as many of their members in place as possible in the politically critical state.
“The best I can do is put a whole bunch of eyeballs on it to make sure that anything that doesn’t look right gets a further look,” said Sandy Kiesel, executive director of the Michigan Election Integrity Fund and Force, part of a coalition that recruited 5,000 poll watchers for the state’s August primary.
Kiesel said several of her coalition’s poll watchers and poll challengers — Michigan law allows one person to observe and another person to formally lodge challenges at precincts — were prevented from observing or escorted out of polling places in August.
Michigan election officials are bracing for more confrontations in November. Patrick Colbeck, a former Republican state senator and prominent election conspiracy theorist who is part of Kiesel’s coalition, announced this past week that a comprehensive fall push to scrutinize every aspect of voting would be called “Operation Overwatch.”
“They are talking about intimidating people who have the right to vote,” said Barb Byrum, clerk of Michigan’s Ingham County, which includes Lansing, the state capital.
In a sign of the importance the state’s Republicans place on poll watchers, the GOP-controlled Legislature last week agreed to let election offices throughout Michigan start processing mailed ballots two days before Election Day — something most states with mail voting allow long before then — but only if they allow poll watchers to observe. The ballots are not actually counted until Election Day.
In Texas, a new law allows every candidate to assign up to two poll watchers, raising the potential that observers could pack polling locations, particularly around big cities such as Dallas and Houston where ballots are the longest.
According to records from the secretary of state’s office, more than 900 people in Texas already had received poll watching certification in the three weeks after the state opened required training on Sept. 1.
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Riccardi reported from Denver. Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan, Gabe Stern in Reno, Nevada, and Paul Weber in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
249 AM PST Sat Jan 28 2023
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. 1 to 3 inches possible between 3000-
4000 feet, 4 to 9 inches possible between 4000-6000 feet, 7 to
10 inches possible between 6000-7000 feet, up to 12 inches
possible above 7000 feet. Wind gusts 30 to 50 mph with peak
gusts to 60 mph possible at the windiest desert slope locations.
* WHERE...San Bernardino County Mountains.
* WHEN...From Sunday morning through late Monday night.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.
Including on the I-15 through the Cajon Pass. Strong winds
could cause tree damage.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow levels will start between 4500-5000
feet Sunday, dropping to 3500 feet by Monday morning and down to
3000 feet Monday night. Light snow accumulations possible on
the I-15 through the Cajon Pass..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. 1 to 3 inches possible between 3500
and 4500 feet, 4 to 6 inches possible between 4500 and 5500
feet, 6 to 10 inches possible above 6000 feet. Wind gusts 30 to
50 mph with peak gusts to 60 mph possible at the windiest desert
slope locations.
* WHERE...Riverside County Mountains.
* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through late Monday night.
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. Strong
winds could cause tree damage.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow levels will start between 4500 and
5000 feet Sunday, dropping to 3500 to 4000 feet on Monday.
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. 1 to 3 inches possible between 4000
to 5000 feet. 3 to 7 inches possible above 5000 feet. Wind
gusts 30 to 50 mph with peak gusts to 60 mph possible at the
windiest desert slope locations.
* WHERE...San Diego County Mountains.
* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Tuesday morning.
5000 feet Sunday, dropping to 3500 to 4000 feet by Monday
afternoon. Light snow accumulations possible on I-8 in eastern
San Diego County.
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The Biden Administration is exploring "other options" to ensure Iran never receives a nuclear weapon as a diplomatic solution appears to be off the table.
White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby told Scripps News that while the president would prefer to use diplomacy in achieving that goal, "diplomacy right now is not possible."
"Iran was negotiating in good faith, and now, based on everything else they're doing — supporting Russia and Ukraine by sending them drones, killing and brutalizing their own people who are protesting, in addition to all the other destabilizing activities that Iran is doing in the region, it's clear that a return to the Iran deal diplomatically is not on the agenda," he explained.
The comment comes after reporting from The Times of Israel in which Yaakov Amidror, a former head of Israel's National Security Council (2011-2013) said Israel needs to be ready for war with Iran without the U.S.
"We need to prepare for war. It's possible that we will reach a point where we have to attack Iran even without American assistance," Amidror, a hawkish former general who served as National Security Council chief under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2011-2013, said in an interview with Radio 103 FM.
Just weeks ago, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley made waves while testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, saying "Iran will not have a fielded nuclear weapon."
The term "fielded" caused concern the administration would allow Iran to have one as long as it was not deployed.
Gen. Milley also told lawmakers "Iran could produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks and would only take several more months to produce an actual nuclear weapon."
Kirby emphasized that the president's goal has always been to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
"Period. That's his policy. And we're sticking to that," he said.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dan Hurley got choked up when asked about his dad on the eve of UConn's Sweet 16 game.
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Tears flowed again before the Huskies' Elite Eight game, this time from thinking about what he considers his other family.
“I love coaching this team. I’ve gotten emotional,” Hurley said after UConn steamrolled Gonzaga Saturday night. “I just can’t think about coaching this group for the last time. It makes me sad.”
Hurley will get to coach them at least one more game, next week in Houston.
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UConn has blitzed its way through the bracket so far, winning each of its four NCAA Tournament games by at least 15 points.
The Huskies turned what was supposed to a dream Elite Eight game into a nightmare for Gonzaga.
UConn dominated at both ends, beating the Zags 82-54 in the fourth-most lopsided Elite Eight game since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
That puts the Huskies in the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2014 national title and back on track to once again being an elite program.
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UConn will play Texas or Miami next Saturday in Houston.
“I saw them in November and I just thought they were such a complete team there,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “They’ve got great size. They have depth. Their bigs are different. So they bring different qualities.”
The run has been a gratifying one for Hurley.
His father, Bob, is one of the few high school coaches to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, a demanding coach who led St. Anthony High School to 26 New Jersey state titles.
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Bobby Hurley, Dan's brother, won two national titles as a player at Duke and led Arizona State to its third NCAA Tournament since 2018 this season.
Dan played at Seton Hall before working his way up the coaching ladder. He spent two years at Wagner before leading Rhode Island to consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
Tasked with returning UConn to national prominence, Hurley gradually rebuilt the program, leading the Huskies to their first NCAA Tournament berth in five years in 2021.
The knock on Hurley: he couldn't win in March. UConn got bounced out of the NCAA Tournament's first round each of the previous two seasons, including to No. 12 seed New Mexico State last year.
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The Huskies looked like national title contenders early this season, went through a funk, then started playing their best basketball at the perfect time.
After the win over Gonzaga, Dan now has some bragging rights of his own and celebrated with hugs from his family after clinching a Final Four spot Saturday night along The Strip in Las Vegas.
“We’re just blessed that we grew up in Jersey City and found basketball and had a dad that pushed us,” Hurley said. “And I’m just proud that he’s been able to travel with us and now I get to take my dad to a Final Four.”
And he's taking that other family with him.
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Collegiate athletics create a unique experience, the countless hours spent together chasing a common goal. College basketball players spend up to 11 months a year with each other between the season and offseason workouts, so bonds come naturally.
Some teams are closer than others. These Huskies are a tight-knit pack.
“You truly are — you’re family,” Hurley said. “And to do this together is special, not just the great moments, but having to pick each other up after great failures. Just doing it all together, the roller coaster ride. It’s like it’s a bond that you have with other people that most people don’t get to experience.”
Next up for Hurley and the Huskies is a truly unique experience: playing in the Final Four.
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End-to-end IP management solution empowers IP operations team
LONDON, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform the world, announced today that Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has chosen IPfolio™ from Clarivate to optimize management of its intellectual property (IP) operations. With the implementation of this solution, Mitsubishi Electric has been able to reform its IP operations by improving IP work quality and efficiency, achieving seamless communication and enhancing IP strategic activities.
Gordon Samson, President, Intellectual Property, Clarivate, said, "We are very pleased to help Mitsubishi Electric drive innovation while effectively managing and protecting its critical IP assets. With deep knowledge of patents, trademarks, case law and non-patent literature, we are offering contextualized insight to businesses at all stages of the innovation lifecycle, from ideation through protection and commercialization. The implementation at Mitsubishi Electric is another great outcome from our mission to advance the success of people and organizations."
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Research shows Black Americans are audited more often as other taxpayers. Analysts say the IRS' practice is unfair and produces less money for the government than a more equitable system would.
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Billionaire Elon Musk sold off more Tesla shares as he gears up for his court battle with social media company Twitter.
According to regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed on Tuesday, Musk sold off nearly eight million shares recently, worth about $7 billion, the Associated Press reported.
CNBC reported that this marks the first time since April that Musk sold off Tesla shares, having sold about $8.4 billion.
News of Musk offloading the shares comes as he prepares for his lawsuit against Twitter, which is set to begin on Oct. 17.
Musk and Twitter agreed in April for the Tesla CEO to acquire the company for $44 billion.
But in July, Musk's lawyers filed a letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission saying that he wanted to pull out of the deal because the social media company was in “material breach” of their agreement.
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In the wake of racist comments by its creator, the cartoon “Dilbert” has been dropped by its distributor, ending the comic strip’s long run in hundreds of newspapers, including the Union Leader.
Andrews McMeel Universal, based in Kansas City, Mo., released a statement on Sunday that the syndicator was “severing” its relationship with Scott Adams.
Adams’ “Dilbert”, which satirized workplace culture, first appeared in 1989 and began running in the Sunday News in 1996.
Andrews McMeel’s decision to end distribution means the strip soon will disappear from the Union Leader’s comics page. Because of production schedules, the exact date is not yet known.
On YouTube last week, Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” and suggested white Americans “get the hell away from Black people.” His remarks were in response to a conservative organization’s poll purporting to show that many African Americans do not think it’s OK to be white.
“If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people ... that’s a hate group,” Adams said on his YouTube channel on Wednesday. “And I don’t want to have anything to do with them.”
The divorce, Andrews McMeel said, extends to all areas of its business with Adams, which includes books and licensing for calendars, apparel and dozens of other products.
On Sunday, the company removed “Dilbert” from its GoComics platform.
The features syndicate said it “values free speech,” but “recent comments by Scott Adams regarding race and race relations do not align with our core values as a company.”
“We are proud to promote and share many different voices and perspectives. But we will never support any commentary rooted in discrimination or hate,” read the statement, which was signed by both the chair and CEO.
“Our vision and principles are not compatible” with Adams, they wrote.
The Associated Press reported that in a YouTube episode released Monday, Adams said new “Dilbert” strips will be available only on his subscription service on the Locals platform.
“They made a business decision, which I don’t consider anything like censorship,” he said of Andrews McMeel, adding that his comments about Black people were hyperbole.
Before Andrews McMeel’s decision, hundreds of newspapers had announced they planned to end publication of the comic, including the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Washington Post, as well as the USA Today network of more than 100 dailies. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/dilbert-to-end-newspaper-publication-after-distributor-drops-creator/article_707a44b3-d110-57dc-8109-541295615020.html | 2023-02-28 00:08:56 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/dilbert-to-end-newspaper-publication-after-distributor-drops-creator/article_707a44b3-d110-57dc-8109-541295615020.html |
The adoption of FastReactPlan helped VT Garment secure the prestigious 'Golden Award' at the Thailand Lean Award 2017 in recognition of its outstanding LEAN manufacturing and management processes
BANGKOK, and LONDON, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Coats Digital is delighted to announce that following the adoption of Coats Digital's FastReactPlan solution, award-winning, global manufacturer of outerwear, sportswear and specialised protective equipment, VT Garment Co. Ltd., has realised an unprecedented 95% productivity improvement; increased its capacity plan accuracy by 92%; and doubled its On Time Delivery Performance. The solution has also optimised overall planning time by 57%; reduced time spent loading orders by 67% and significantly reduced people hours spent recording plan variations from 4 hours to just 10 minutes. Since the implementation, the company has additionally eliminated unnecessary overtime staff hours altogether and boosted staff morale by simplifying the often challenging and stressful task of planning which had negatively impacted the whole business.
The adoption of FastReactPlan, the market-leading solution for production planning and control, was instrumental in helping VT Garment secure the coveted 'Golden Award' at the 'Thailand Lean Award 2017,'. Award winners serve as exemplary leaders to others who are looking to adopt lean management for quality, savings, delivery and speed.
Chalumpon Lotharukpong, Managing Director, VT Garment, said: "Manually creating each plan would take an average of one hour per plan. So, with four typical plans it would take four hours to complete. With FastReactPlan, we are now able to quickly evaluate the efficiency of each plan variation, which has reduced the time spent on planning from four hours to 10 minutes. This has helped us reduce planning time by 57%, reduce order plan loading by 67% and improved our overall productivity efficiency by 95% across the whole business."
Following the implementation of FastReactPlan, VT Garment has the ability to view capacity plans from multiple perspectives, resulting in a comprehensive understanding of its production capabilities and limitations. The solution has enabled VT Garment to easily compare different plans and select the most optimal option based on factors such as cost, efficiency and delivery time.
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NASCAR Cup Series, Ambetter 301, USA, 3 p.m.
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MWL, Lansing-TinCaps, Comcast 81, 1 p.m.
MLB, teams TBD, MLB Net, 1:30 p.m.
MLB, Detroit-Cleveland, Bally Detroit, 1:30 p.m.
MLB, N.Y. Mets-Chicago Cubs, Marquee, 2 p.m.
MLB, Cincinnati-St. Louis, Bally Indiana, 2 p.m.
MLB, White Sox-Minnesota, NBC Chicago, 2 p.m.
MLB, draft, ESPN, 7 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA, Las Vegas-Connecticut, ABC, 1 p.m.
BIG3, Week 5, CBS, 3 p.m.
NBA, Portland-New York, ESPN, 3 p.m.
NBA, Phoenix-Indiana, ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
WNBA, Indiana-Seattle, CBS Sports, 6 p.m.
NBA, Washington vs. Golden State, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
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Tour de France, USA, 8 a.m.
GOLF
British Open, USA, 4 a.m./NBC, 7 a.m.
PGA, Barracuda Championship, TGC, 6 p.m.
SOCCER
UEFA, women, Switzerland-Netherlands, ESPN, 11:30 a.m.
MLS, Orlando City SC-Atlanta United FC, ABC, 3 p.m.
MLS, NY City FC-NY Red Bulls, ESPN, 5 p.m.
MLS, FC Cincinnati-Columbus Crew, FS1, 7:30 p.m.
The America Cup, Chile-Bolivia, FS1, 4:55 p.m.
TRACK & FIELD
World Championships, NBC, 2 p.m./10 p.m.
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BASEBALL
MWL, Lansing-TinCaps, 1380 AM, 1 p.m.
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Two gold awards solidify UST's reputation as a leading Human Capital Management performer in the technology sector
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has won a total of nine coveted Brandon Hall Group awards for excellence in Human Capital Management (HCM) across a range of categories. UST received two golds, two silvers, and five bronze awards, a testament to the outstanding work that the teams are doing to achieve boundless impact, immersive employee learning experiences, and training programs.
UST received excellence awards for entries in the following categories: Best Advance in Competencies and Skill Development, Best Advance in Leadership and Development for Women, Best Advance in Talent Management Technology Implementation, Best Advance in Leadership Development, Best New Hire Onboarding Program, Best Use of a Blended Learning Program, Best Advance in Corporate Culture Transformation and twice for Best Results of a Learning Program.
UST received gold recognition in two categories, Best Advance in Talent Management Technology Implementation for its Career Velocity initiative as well as Best Results of a Learning Program for the Automation for Efficiency campaign. Career Velocity is an innovative program that allows employees to chart a career path by examining the advancement opportunities that accompany a range of skill sets. Managers and employees use resources from Career Velocity to uncover career preferences and discover how best to expand skills. Furthermore, the learning intervention put in place by UST through the Automation for Efficiency campaign has been successful across various geographies and has fulfilled a range of business needs.
The entries were evaluated by a panel of independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts and executives who found that UST has established a robust HCM leadership development program based on its unique Servant Leadership philosophy. Servant Leadership incorporates the ideals of empowerment, team building, participatory management and the customer service ethic under a single leadership philosophy. This dynamic leadership methodology makes UST a leader in HCM and emphasizes service to others, a holistic approach to work, promoting a sense of community and the sharing of power in decision making.
UST was recognized for placing employees at the center of everything that the company does and striking an ideal balance between results and relationships. Partnerships with leading companies such as Udemy, ProGrad and Enparadigm allow for continuing education for UST team members, ensuring that they are able to gain the skills needed for career advancement. Brandon Hall Group evaluated entries based upon these criteria: how well they fit the need, the design of the program, functionality, innovation and overall measurable benefits.
"Digital upskilling is critical at all levels of a corporation, especially for leaders who must be equipped with the technical, data and management skills necessary to execute successful transformation. Our award-winning programs are deepened by collaboration across the organization and give us a framework as well as the necessary tools to support change from within. Our core tenet at UST is 'Born To Learn'. These awards are a reflection of how much it is ingrained into everything we do every single day at UST. Winning nine Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards underscore UST as an organization that is an elite Human Capital Management innovator," said Kavita Kurup, Global Head for Human Resources, UST.
"As a leading digital services partner to our clients, we have focused on creating a digital culture within our organization first. An overarching Servant Leadership Philosophy and the Born to learn Culture has helped us accelerate our internal Digital Transformation. I am delighted to see that Industry Benchmarking and research bodies like Brandon Hall are noticing such efforts. The awards are a true testimony to UST's continuing focus on making ourselves an employer of choice and a Digital Transformation partner of choice," said Madana Kumar, Global Head – Leadership Development, UST.
"Excellence Award winners distinguish themselves through their growing understanding that all the functions of HCM are integrated and must work together to move businesses forward. It is a pleasure to see more organizations collaborating across functions and getting more sophisticated and accomplished at delivering measurable benefit through ground-breaking HCM practices. We saw more alignment between HCM and business objectives than ever before," said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer, Brandon Hall Group.
For more information about careers at UST, please visit https://www.ust.com/careers
About UST
For more than 22 years, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Through our nimble approach, we identify their core challenges, and craft disruptive solutions that bring their vision to life. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, we embed innovation and agility into our clients' organizations—delivering measurable value and lasting change across industries, and around the world. Together, with over 30,000 employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com
About Brandon Hall Group
Brandon Hall Group operates the largest and longest running awards program in Human Capital Management. As an independent HCM research and analyst firm they conduct studies in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Talent Acquisition and HR/Workforce Management. These benchmark studies help organizations by providing strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results.
Coupling the research studies with the best practice from the awards, Brandon Hall Group has helped more than 10,000 clients globally and more than 28 years of delivering world-class research and advisory. At the core of our offerings is a membership program that combines research, benchmarking and unlimited access to data and analysts. Membership enables executives and practitioners to make the right decisions about people, processes, and systems, coalesced with analyst advisory services which aim to put the research into action in a way that is practical and efficient.
Brandon Hall Group has also launched professional certifications for business and human capital management professionals to upskill themselves and gain credentials for career advancement. (www.brandonhall.com)
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HOUSTON, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the American Waterways Operators Winter Safety Meeting in Houston, AWO announced the inaugural awardees of its newly-launched American Waterways Honor & Excellence in Rescue Operations (HERO) Award, to document and recognize rescues undertaken by AWO member company employees that demonstrate selflessness, skill and bravery.
Qualifying events for the award include, among others: rescuing commercial or recreational mariners; responding to a medical emergency onboard; recovering a person who has fallen overboard; responding to a person in distress while traveling to/from the boat; and other selfless service actions that reflect the safety culture of the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry.
The inaugural American Waterways HERO awardees include six vessel crews employed by three different AWO member companies:
- The crew aboard MV Ron Callegan, American Commercial Barge Line, for rescuing a crew member from a fall overboard near the Plaquemine, Louisiana ferry
- The crew aboard MV Safety Explorer, American Commercial Barge Line, for rescuing a crew member who had fallen overboard from another vessel
- The crew working for Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, LLC who, while working on the Houston Ship Channel Project, rescued three civilians from the water after their boat caught fire
- The crew aboard MV Mary K. Cavarra, Ingram Barge Company, for rescuing a person in the water near the St. Paul City Front
- The crew aboard MV Michael J. Granger, Ingram Barge Company, for rescuing a distressed automobile driver who had entered the water near Paducah, Kentucky
- The crew aboard MV Midland, Ingram Barge Company, who responded to a health emergency on their vessel, rendering immediate care and supporting an airlift evacuation on the Illinois River
AWO President & CEO Jennifer Carpenter commented: "We are proud to recognize the inaugural recipients of the American Waterways HERO Award and we congratulate them on this achievement. These crews exemplify the purpose of our launching this award: to recognize the heroism of the men and women of America's tugboat, towboat and barge industry, whose actions prevent harm and save lives on the water every day. We look forward to highlighting such acts of professionalism and selflessness, and at the same time learning from those efforts to continue improving safety across our industry."
Mary McCarthy, Director of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Moran Towing Corporation, and Co-Chair of the AWO Safety Leadership Advisory Panel Distracted Operations Subcommittee, commented: "We always say that our mariners are the eyes and ears of the waterways, but sometimes they're the hands as well – first on the scene to help someone in need. The mariners that conduct rescues on the water often do so behind the scenes and humbly refer to their life-saving actions as 'just part of the job.' We're excited to bring those stories to the forefront to show our mariners' valuable contributions to communities on the water, and share learnings from them to help all of us improve as operators and responders."
Companies wishing to nominate employees for an American Waterways HERO Award can fill out an informational form. Information submitted through the program may be shared by AWO with members and the public to support safety efforts such as lessons-learned presentations or safety trending reports, and to raise public awareness of the industry's role in ensuring safety on America's waterways.
About American Waterways Operators:
The American Waterways Operators is the tugboat, towboat and barge industry's advocate, resource and united voice for safe, sustainable and efficient transportation on America's waterways, oceans and coasts. Industry vessels move more than 665 million tons of America's commerce each year on the U.S. inland and intracoastal waterways, the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes.
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CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — A 70-year-old hotel manager has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges after prosecutors said he took advantage and exploited a vulnerable worker who was trying to get her life back on track.
The Department of Justice announced Shreesh Tiwari pleaded guilty on June 1. He started managing the Budgetel Motel in Cartersville in 2020. According to prosecutors, he hired the victim to work as a maid.
"Tiwari knew that, prior to arriving at the Budgetel, the victim had experienced homelessness, struggled with a heroin addiction and lost custody of her young child," according to a DOJ news release. "Tiwari promised the victim that he would help her regain custody of her child by providing her with pay, an apartment, and an attorney."
He didn't follow through on his promises, the DOJ said.
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Instead, prosecutors said Tiwari forbade her from speaking with motel guests and employees and even made several sexual advances to the victim. When he got angry with the woman, he threatened to evict her from the motel room he offered her -- even locking her out of the room without warning to prove his point.
His threats extended as far as him blackmailing her, saying he would report the woman's drug use to law enforcement or child welfare agencies, according to DOJ officials.
Prosecutors said Tiwari eventually began to regularly evict the victim and required her to perform oral sex on him to stay.
"This conviction demonstrates that the Justice Department is committed to prosecuting motel operators and other landlords who misuse and abuse their position of power over tenants to compel them to engage in commercial sex acts," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in the news release.
Tiwari's sentencing is set for Sept. 6. He faces 20 years in prison as well as a $250,000 fine. According to the DOJ, Tiwari agreed to pay about $40,000 in mandatory restitution to the victims of offense as part of his plea deal.
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PLANSPONSOR magazine recognizes Paychex as the top 401(k) Recordkeeper by number of plans, total number of DC plans added in 2021, and number of 401(k) plans with less than $10MM in assets
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the twelfth year in a row, Paychex, Inc. has earned PLANSPONSOR magazine's distinction of being the nation's largest 401(k) recordkeeper by total number of plans. Paychex, a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services, serves over 100,000 plans.
Paychex also earned recognition as the industry leader in the number of plans added in 2021, with 20,290 new plans. The company was also recognized as the leading provider of 401(k) plans with less than $10 million in assets.
"The SECURE Act and other federal and state initiatives are helping to expand retirement savings access across the U.S.," said Michael Majors, vice president of HR Services Sales at Paychex. "With the introduction of our Pooled Employer Plan and other retirement offerings, Paychex is doing our part to ensure business owners and their employees have the opportunity to save for a secure retirement. This recognition speaks to the innovative tools, intuitive technology, and expert service that are at the heart of everything Paychex does."
Paychex offers affordable, comprehensive 401(k) plans for businesses of any size. Customers and participants enjoy:
- Full integration with Paychex Flex®. Users can integrate their 401(k) plans with the company's SaaS-based HR suite Paychex Flex, including payroll, HR, insurance, and other services, to reduce administrative time and cost, improve reporting, and meet fiduciary obligations.
- Pooled Employer Plan option. Paychex's Pooled Employer 401(k) Plan (PEP) gives business owners a simpler, more cost-effective way to offer comprehensive retirement benefits to employees. Paychex acts as both plan sponsor and plan administrator of the PEP, reducing employers' fiduciary and administrative burdens. The PEP is especially well-suited for small to mid-sized businesses that may have been unable to offer a retirement plan due to the lack of affordable plan options, time, or resources needed to manage complex plan administration. PEPs also offer a feature-rich alternative to the growing number of state-mandated retirement plan programs and can be a beneficial option for employers with an existing plan looking to reduce fiduciary and administrative responsibilities. Since its launch in January 2021, the Paychex PEP has added more than 10,000 clients.
- Accessible investment management and self-service tools. Paychex's tools allow participants to take control of their experiences. Users can enroll in, view, and adjust their plans in just a few clicks on any device. Paychex's mobile-first technology lets participants view and manage retirement plans from their smartphone, tablet, or desktop. Other tools—like savings calculators and automatic contribution increases—help participants maximize their retirement savings, and personalized investment advice from third-party experts helps them make more informed decisions for their futures.
- Fee transparency. Paychex plans make visibility a top priority. Participants and employers get clear explanations of any fees they pay related to the account. With a return of concessions feature, most 401(k) plans with Paychex return revenue sharing payments to the plan, ensuring fee equalization, share class neutrality and fee transparency.
- Investment flexibility and fiduciary solutions. Plan sponsors can choose from thousands of plan investment choices, with no proprietary requirements, or get help managing investments from third-party 3(38) and 3(21) investment service providers which help plan sponsors select investment choices and help alleviate fiduciary risk.
For more information, visit Paychex's 401(k) and Retirement Services website. Financial services professionals seeking to offer flexible retirement plans to their clients can learn more at Financial Advisor Partnerships with Paychex.
To view the complete results of the 2022 Recordkeeping survey, visit PLANSPONSOR's website.
About the Survey
The annual PLANSPONSOR Recordkeeping Survey was conducted this June via an online questionnaire. Recordkeepers of defined contribution (DC) plans participated in the survey and provided the information within the report. All data from this survey are reported as of December 31, 2021.
About Paychex
Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services. By combining innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 50 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves more than 730,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2022, in the U.S. and Europe, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. Learn more about Paychex by visiting www.paychex.com and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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LANGLEY, United Kingdom, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, today announced the acquisition of Deem, a leading corporate travel management platform. Since launching the company's next-generation marketplace, Travelport+, Travelport has continued its investment in innovation, with the acquisition of Deem being the latest example.
"The game-changing acquisition of Deem by Travelport will fulfill a growing, post-pandemic need for a tight, fully-integrated corporate tool that will provide access to all multi-source content, including NDC," said Greg Webb, CEO of Travelport. "We've been laser-focused on investing in technology innovation, and Travelport+ has simplified the agency workflow, upgraded how travel content is curated, and enabled modern travel retailing. Now with the acquisition of Deem, Travelport will provide corporate travel with award-winning, complementary tools that are as revolutionary, modern, and easy-to-use as Travelport+."
Previously owned by Enterprise Holdings, a leading provider of mobility solutions, Deem has long been recognized as the foremost modern technology for the corporate travel industry. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2022, Deem has pioneered its suite of online booking and travel technology products for business travelers, travel managers, travel-management companies and suppliers, making the corporate travel experience more efficient for all. Deem has continued to grow its share of the corporate travel business, and Travelport's investment intends to further accelerate that growth on a global scale.
"Deem is pleased to be joining the Travelport family," said David Grace, President of Deem. "We are proud of the growth and success Deem has achieved in recent years. The acquisition by Travelport will enable a strong future of global growth for Deem and help accelerate the delivery of travel management solutions in a rapidly evolving industry. We want to express our sincere appreciation to our customers, as well as recognize the hard work and dedication of our Deem team members."
Travelport established itself as a leader in NDC by launching the industry's first end-to-end solution for American Airlines' NDC content. Travelport plans to build on its leadership position by implementing a swift technical integration to enable Deem's access to NDC offers, products and services. Access to this content is becoming critical for travel agencies, corporations, and travelers, particularly those in North America where airlines are beginning to shift some content exclusively to NDC. This acquisition will dramatically improve Deem's speed to market, allowing it to seamlessly integrate multisource content.
"We are committed to ensuring a smooth transition for Deem employees, partners, and customers, and look forward to welcoming them to Travelport," Webb continued. "Having a one-stop source for all content on a single corporate tool has been the main goal of our customers for a long time. Together with the Deem team, Travelport will deliver that."
For more information, please visit Travelport.com.
About Travelport:
Travelport is a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide. Buyers and sellers of travel are connected by the company's next generation marketplace, Travelport+, which simplifies how brands connect, upgrades how travel is sold, and enables modern digital retailing. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom and operating in more than 180 countries around the world, Travelport is focused on driving innovation that simplifies the complex travel ecosystem.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. government efforts to shift production of processor chips from Asia to the United States will double their cost and slow the spread of their use in phones, cars and other products, the billionaire founder of the global industry’s biggest manufacturer warned Thursday.
Morris Chang of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. said he supports U.S. efforts to slow China’s development of chip technology on security grounds. But Chang said he can’t understand why Washington wants to move so much manufacturing from efficient Asian sites to the United States.
The Biden administration is promising tens of billions of dollars to support construction of U.S. chip foundries and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers, which Washington sees as a security weakness. TSMC is building an Arizona facility and plans a second for a total investment of $40 billion.
TSMC has estimated chip costs in Arizona at 50% above its flagship production line in Taiwan, but the real level looks closer to double, said Chang. The veteran of Texas Instruments Inc. founded the company in 1987 and was its chairman until 2018.
“Maybe it’s double the cost,” Chang said. “When the cost goes up, the pervasiveness of chips will either stop or slow down considerably.”
TSMC said in 2021 that it planned to invest $100 billion over three years in expanding its manufacturing capacity and supporting research and development. It also is building a $7 billion computer chip plant in southern Japan with Japanese entertainment and electronics giant Sony Corp.
Chang, 91, is regarded as the founder of the semiconductor industry that made Taiwan, with 22 million people, a global tech center.
Processor chips are a sore point in U.S.-Chinese relations that increasingly are strained by conflicts over security, technology, human rights and territorial disputes.
China’s ruling Communist Party is spending billions of dollars to develop its own chip vendors and reduce reliance on imports. Washington has tried to slow that by restricting access to chips, manufacturing equipment and design technology on security grounds.
U.S. unease about relying on Asian chip suppliers has increased as the government of Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped up efforts to intimidate Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.
The self-ruled island democracy split with the mainland in 1949 and never has been part of the People’s Republic of China. Beijing says Taiwan is obliged to unite with the mainland, by force if necessary. Xi’s government has flown fighter planes and fired missiles into the sea near the island.
U.S. policy is “to slow down China’s progress in chips,” Chang said. “I really have no quarrel with that. In fact, I might say, I support it.”
However, Chang said he didn’t understand why Washington wants to move so much manufacturing from Taiwan to the United States. He said U.S. officials don’t see Taiwan as a site for “friend shoring,” or using manufacturing in allied countries to reduce exposure to global supply risks.
The United States accounts for about 11% of global chip manufacturing, according to Chang. He said that should be more than enough for military needs.
“If it’s just for national security, it doesn’t have to be that high,” Chang said. “National security, defense (need) maybe only a couple of percent of chip manufacturing.”
TSMC was the first foundry to produce chips only for customers without designing its own. That allowed smaller designers to compete with industry giants without spending billions of dollars to build a factory.
TSMC has grown into the biggest chip producer, supplying Apple Inc., Qualcomm Inc. and other customers. TSMC-produced chips are in millions of smartphones, automobiles and high-end computers.
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A fire at a scrap plastics business in Indiana raises numerous health concerns for people in the area — particularly with the discovery of asbestos in debris, experts said Friday.
An evacuation order for about 1,500 residents of the town of Richmond near the Ohio line remained in effect as firefighters doused hot spots while federal, state and local agencies monitored air and water for contamination. It might take weeks for the fire to be fully extinguished, officials said.
Plans are being developed to deal with asbestos fragments in nearby neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said. Inhaling asbestos can cause lung diseases, including cancer.
“Probably the worst thing you can do if you have debris in your yard would be to mow and break up that material” and possibly inhale it, EPA on-scene coordinator Jason Sewell said.
Crews were taking air measurements at 34 sites, he said, with some samples being sent for laboratory analysis. Monitors in the evacuation zone detected hydrogen cyanide, benzene, chlorine, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds. Also spotted was particulate matter, or soot, which is common with fires.
WHAT IS ASBESTOS, AND WHY IS IT DANGEROUS?
Asbestos is a group of naturally occurring mineral fibers in many soils and rocks. Because of its strength and resistance to heat, chemicals and corrosion, it was used widely in building construction. Floor and ceiling tiles, insulation, pipes, adhesives and boilers were among products made with asbestos.
Although not inherently toxic, asbestos fibers that people breathe in can stick to lungs and irritate the tissues. Prolonged inhalation causes scarring that can lead to breathing problems.
In some cases, asbestos can cause a variety of cancers including mesothelioma, a rare form that affects membranes lining internal organs. It can take decades after exposure to appear, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
IS IT STILL USED?
In 1989, EPA banned manufacture, import, processing and distribution of some products with asbestos and outlawed new uses. Asbestos mining in the U.S. stopped in 2002, although some is imported and still used in construction.
Many homes and other buildings have materials, particularly insulation, with asbestos.
HOW MIGHT THE RICHMOND FIRE HAVE SPREAD ASBESTOS AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS?
Any significant disturbance, such as a structural failure, can release microscopic asbestos fibers, said Neil Donahue, a Carnegie Mellon University chemistry professor.
“If you had a wall that collapsed, dust gets generated and a fire plume is the perfect place to take that dust and lift it up and disperse it,” he said.
EPA collected two samples of “bulk debris” that blew away and were found roughly 1.5 miles from the fire site, Sewell said. One tested positive for asbestos.
Smoke from virtually any fire will spread particulate matter, which can drift for miles and stay in the air until rain carries it to the ground.
WHAT POLLUTANTS DO PLASTIC FIRES GENERATE?
Volatile organic compounds — human-made chemicals used in thousands of products, from paints and drugs to cleaning supplies and office equipment.
They can cause eye, nose and throat irritation, breathing difficulty and nausea. Heavy exposure causes nervous system and organ damage, while some are linked to cancer.
Burning plastic also can release hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and heavy metals.
Another potential danger comes from dioxins, which experts say can be generated when vinyl chloride — the chemical used to make rigid PVC pipes — is burned. EPA ordered testing for the highly toxic compounds after a Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that caused vinyl chloride releases.
“They're incredibly long-lived, not floating in the air as much as stuck in the soil,” said John Anderson, a University of Chicago chemistry professor. “Those are the things people nearby should be worried about for long-term exposure. Smoke, air pollution, tends to be transient. It moves and disperses.”
Dioxins enter human bodies primarily through consumption of tainted meat or other foods.
WHAT CAN LOCAL RESIDENTS DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES?
While smoke remains visible, avoid the area as much as possible and consider wearing an N95 mask — a type used widely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Anderson said.
Inhaling asbestos over a few days should cause little lung scarring, he said. “But if you're there for weeks and being exposed to this, it can be a real problem.”
Typically the people who are highly exposed to asbestos are those who mine it or work with it, such as construction laborers, Anderson said.
Residents should stay informed about testing by government agencies, Donahue said. Air, groundwater and soil are pathways for contaminants to reach human bodies.
“Who's thinking about the various places that toxic residue from this event might wind up? I would want to know who's doing that, and how can I confirm and verify what they're finding,” Donahue said. “What concentrations are they worrying about and why, and what they're actually seeing."
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F-35s arrive in Madison at Truax Field
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Four F-35A Lightning IIs landed in Madison on Tuesday, the first time the fighter jets have touched down in the city. Three are staying as the start of a new, high-tech fleet at the Truax Field, Air National Guard base, joining the 115th Fighter Wing.
“Fighter training has been the number one mission here for 75 years, so this is just the next step in having a current and capable aircraft for what today’s threats are,” said Col. Bart Van Roo.
The colonel says it will take roughly a year to gather all 20 jets at the base, time for the ground crews to train in on the aircraft as they prep for the full training regiment with the new birds. Three years of training is required for a pilot to fly an F-35.
“This is the most advanced fighter system that the air force has ever fielded, and Wisconsin is only the second national guard in the nation to be entrusted with this mission,” said Maj. General Paul Knapp.
Knapp says from ground crews to pilots, introducing the F-35s to replace the F-16s brings them all to the cutting edge of the latest technology. It is a leap forward into the present that pilot Lt. Col. Mike Koob says is a significant difference in the cockpit.
“I think of my first car, a 1988 Bonneville; it was the same vintage of our F-16s here,” said Koob. “{They} were 86′ to 88′, and now to be in a brand new F-35, it’s quite a difference. Now those aircraft were well maintained and prepared for the fight, but you can imagine the technological differences between something made in the 80′s and something made today.”
The Waunakee native says it was a special day to bring the $100 million jet to a base in Wisconsin. Knapp adds it is just the second Air National Guard base in the country to hold the F-35s, a mission over 10 years in the making.
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A historic effort from Alyssa Thomas helped the Connecticut Sun stave off elimination again.
Thomas had the first triple-double in WNBA Finals history, and the Sun beat the Las Vegas Aces 105-76 in Game 3 on Thursday night.
She finished with 16 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists for the Sun, who have now won all four of their elimination games in these playoffs, topping Dallas on the road in the first round and beating Chicago in Games 4 and 5 to close out that series.
“We’ve been struggling offensively and we finally got a game back at home and my teammates were hitting shots,” Thomas said. “None of this would have been possible without them.”
Las Vegas leads the best-of-five series 2-1 with Game 4 on Sunday in Connecticut.
The Aces got off to a fast start, scoring nine of the first 11 points and forcing Connecticut to call a timeout. That settled the Sun down and they took over, outscoring the Aces 32-10 the rest of the quarter, including 25 of the final 29 points. Connecticut made 14 of its 17 shots in the period and DeWanna Bonner was a big reason why.
Bonner struggled in the first two games of the series, scoring five points total while missing 16 of her 18 shots. She had seven points in the opening 8 minutes on Thursday night and finished with 18.
“She was huge. She’s been here before. She’s won it. So, we lean on her,” Thomas said. “And she’s been struggling offensively, but we had nothing but faith in her and she came out and did her thing tonight.”
Jonquel Jones led the Sun with 20 points.
Jones, Bonner and Thomas helped Connecticut dominate inside as the Sun set a Finals record with 64 points in the paint while holding Las Vegas to 26.
“That’s been the M.O. of the playoffs,” Jones said. “Even the Chicago series, the team that won the paint, won the game. That’s where it’s done. A long time ago, I talked to Lisa Leslie and she said to win a championship you have to win the paint. I see it now and feel it now. I can go back to that and see she was right.”
Connecticut used that advantage to lead 53-34 with 1:44 left in the second quarter before the Aces closed the period by scoring the final nine points, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Kelsey Plum from just inside half-court.
The Sun seized momentum back to start the third quarter, scoring the first five points. Las Vegas couldn’t get closer than six the rest of the game.
“That’s a team that is very resilient. If you could encapsulate Connecticut it’s physical and very resilient,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “They are physical and resilient and we didn’t match that tonight in any category.”
Jackie Young scored 22 points and A’ja Wilson added 19 for the Aces.
Las Vegas was thwarted in its first attempt at winning the franchise’s inaugural WNBA championship. The team had been in the Finals twice before and got swept in 2008 and 2020.
SHE SAID IT
“I went to a UFC fight the other night. … I would not want to get in the cage with her.” — Hammon on Thomas’ toughness.
TRIPLE THREAT
Thomas now has three triple-doubles in her career — all this season. This was the third in WNBA playoff history. Chicago’s Courtney Vandersloot and Houston’s Sheryl Swoopes had the others.
TIP-INS
Former Aces president and coach Bill Laimbeer sat courtside. He took over the franchise when it moved to Las Vegas in 2018 before retiring at the end of last season. Laimbeer was instrumental in assembling the championship roster by drafting Wilson first in 2018 and getting Gray to come to the team last season as a free agent. … Aces owner Mark Davis sat on the baseline. … Had the Aces been able to complete the comeback, they would have broken the mark for biggest rally in WNBA Finals history. The New York Liberty came back from 18 down in 1999 against Houston when Teresa Weatherspoon hit a game-winning shot from half-court. Hammon played for the Liberty in that game.
HONORED
Wilson and Seattle’s Breanna Stewart were unanimous choices for the All-WNBA first team that was announced Thursday. Plum also was on the first team as well as Phoenix’s Skylar Diggins-Smith and Chicago’s Candace Parker. Thomas and Jones were on the second team along with New York’s Sabrina Ionescu, Los Angeles’s Nneka Ogwumike and Minnesota’s Sylvia Fowles.
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MIDLAND, Texas — The Bush Family Home has been officially named a Texas Historic Site.
The landmark was welcomed by the Texas Historical Commission, which made it one of 36 historical sites in the Lone Star State after pushing for more state funding to help keep the home up and running.
"And so the funds that the Texas Historic Commissioners are able to apply to this are going to mean that not only that the home will be preserved, updated, and maintained, but will be viewed by many more thousands of people than we were able to do as a small organization," said Former Executive Director of the Bush Family home Paul St. Hilaire. "The tours and the focus of the home will be more on the entire Bush family. The scope of the presentation will be more inclusive than it has been in the past."
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom nominates state Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Guerrero as next chief justice.
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Vermont vs. Albany Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - America East Tournament Championship
Published: Mar. 10, 2023 at 11:40 AM EST|Updated: 54 minutes ago
Friday's contest between the Vermont Catamounts (24-6) and Albany Great Danes (22-10) going head to head at Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium has a projected final score of 61-54 (according to our computer prediction) in favor of Vermont, who is listed as the favorite by our model. The game will begin at 5:00 PM ET on March 10.
Their last time out, the Catamounts won on Sunday 75-63 against UMBC.
Vermont vs. Albany Game Info
- When: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM ET
- Where: Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium in Burlington, Vermont
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Vermont vs. Albany Score Prediction
- Prediction: Vermont 61, Albany 54
Vermont Schedule Analysis
- On December 20, the Catamounts captured their signature win of the season, a 64-34 victory over the Holy Cross Crusaders, who are ranked outside the top 100 (No. 161) in our computer rankings.
- Vermont has 21 wins over Quadrant 4 opponents, tied for the fifth-most in the country.
Vermont 2022-23 Best Wins
- 64-34 on the road over Holy Cross (No. 161) on December 20
- 53-49 at home over Albany (No. 198) on February 4
- 68-60 at home over Maine (No. 201) on February 8
- 61-52 on the road over Maine (No. 201) on January 18
- 57-51 at home over Siena (No. 229) on November 27
Albany Schedule Analysis
- The Great Danes took down the No. 147-ranked (according to our computer rankings) Vermont Catamounts, 60-46, on December 29, which goes down as their best victory of the season.
- Albany has 20 wins over Quadrant 4 opponents, tied for the seventh-most in the nation.
Albany 2022-23 Best Wins
- 60-46 at home over Vermont (No. 147) on December 29
- 72-64 at home over Maine (No. 201) on March 5
- 53-50 at home over Maine (No. 201) on February 18
- 64-57 on the road over Siena (No. 229) on November 13
- 61-53 at home over UMBC (No. 273) on January 4
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Vermont Performance Insights
- The Catamounts average 62.4 points per game (240th in college basketball) while giving up 53.4 per contest (ninth in college basketball). They have a +270 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by nine points per game.
- With 61 points per game in America East contests, Vermont is putting up 1.4 fewer points per game in conference games compared to its season average (62.4 PPG).
- In home games, the Catamounts are scoring 3.5 more points per game (64) than they are in road games (60.5).
- Defensively, Vermont has been better in home games this year, ceding 52.6 points per game, compared to 54.3 in road games.
- In their last 10 games, the Catamounts have been racking up 63.3 points per contest, an average that's a little higher than the 62.4 they've scored over the course of the 2022-23 season.
Albany Performance Insights
- The Great Danes are outscoring opponents by 4.2 points per game, with a +134 scoring differential overall. They put up 59.1 points per game (294th in college basketball) and allow 54.9 per contest (18th in college basketball).
- In conference action, Albany is putting up more points (61.2 per game) than it is overall (59.1) in 2022-23.
- In 2022-23 the Great Danes are scoring 0.6 fewer points per game at home (59.9) than away (60.5).
- In 2022-23 Albany is giving up 4.3 fewer points per game at home (52.5) than on the road (56.8).
- In their last 10 games, the Great Danes are compiling 59.1 points per contest, the same number of points as their season average.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
09-21-24-29-36, Lucky Ball: 15
(nine, twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty-six; Lucky Ball: fifteen)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
09-21-24-29-36, Lucky Ball: 15
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MOOSIC, Pa. — Christmas Tree Shops is expected to start closing its remaining stores across the country by the end of the week.
In May, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Now documents filed in federal bankruptcy court show Christmas Tree Shops plans to liquidate and close all of its stores unless someone buys the company.
Those liquidation sales are set to start as soon as Thursday.
Christmas Tree Shops has a store at the Shoppes at Montage in Moosic.
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“Meet the Press” is marking a milestone 75 years in the making.
The NBC Sunday morning show — the longest-running TV program in history — celebrated its 75th anniversary with a bash at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington on Monday.
Chuck Todd, the show’s moderator since 2014, told a packed crowd of lawmakers, journalists, and political insiders, “What I always like to say about ‘Meet the Press’ is I hope you’re uncomfortable for five minutes every Sunday.”
“I hope something you hear, something that’s reported, challenges your views, because we’re not here to tell you what you want to here. We’re here to tell you what you need to hear,” Todd said.
“I don’t cover politics as I wish it were, I cover politics as it is,” he added, saying “arrows get thrown” at him by critics on both sides of the aisle.
“Why do we have politics in the first place? We have politics to settle disputes without violence,” Todd, 50, said.
“It is OK to compromise. It is OK to disagree. But at some point, you got to figure it out so that we don’t resort to violence to get our way. And I’ll be honest with you, when I first got handed this baton, I never thought I’d have to say that,” he continued.
“But sadly, politics has become a little pugilistic.”
A who’s who of Washington was seen mixing and mingling as classic clips from “Meet the Press’s” history — including a 1959 sit-down with Cuba’s Fidel Castro, a 1963 interview with Martin Luther King Jr., and more recent history when then-President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said in 2018 that “truth isn’t truth” — played on TV screens.
“Not every show has a 75th anniversary, right?” Betsy Fischer Martin, “Meet the Press’s” longtime former executive producer, told ITK. “No show does — it’s the longest running one!” she exclaimed.
Martin said working Sunday mornings for so long, she still has some flashbacks to her weekends getting blown up by earthshaking and rundown-shattering headlines.
“If there’s breaking news on a Saturday night at like 2 in the morning, I have a moment of like, ‘Thank God I don’t have to deal with it!’ ” Martin said.
Asked if he’s able to sleep in on Mondays, Todd quipped, “You don’t get to sleep in if you have kids or dogs. I have both!”
“Monday is just a day I don’t have to worry about shaving,” Todd grinned.
But in a changing media landscape, does the show’s 12th moderator think one day “Meet the Press” will be marking its 150th anniversary?
“I think that’s the whole point of trying to make ‘Meet the Press’ a brand and not a TV show, so that it does survive the next step or the next iteration,” Todd told ITK. The daily “Meet the Press NOW” launched on the streaming platform NBC News NOW in June.
“I also believe that with every new technology there’s fragmentation, and then we come back — trusted brands survive,” he said.
“If people don’t gather on Sunday morning at that same time, that doesn’t mean you still don’t want that show to exist.”
Among the political figures eyed: former White House press secretary-turned-Peacock host Jen Psaki in conversation with White House senior adviser Mitch Landrieu; Anthony Fauci chatting with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Luke Russert, a former Capitol Hill reporter and son of late “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert, hugging and catching up with Todd; Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio); Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Blake Moore (R-Utah), Ben Cline (R-Va.), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) and Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.); White House senior adviser Neera Tanden; President Biden senior adviser Anita Dunn; under secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones and former Vice President Mike Pence chief of staff Marc Short.
Other media personalities at the anniversary shindig included: MSNBC President Rashida Jones, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim, NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde, “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt, NBC News chief Washington correspondent Andrea Mitchell, MSNBC anchor Symone Sanders, NBC News chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker, “Meet the Press” senior vice president Carrie Budoff Brown, NBC News senior White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell, CNBC President KC Sullivan, NBC News senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson, former “Meet the Press” executive producer Barbara Cochran, Maureen Orth, Bill Press, Doug Heye, Cook Political Report’s Jessica Taylor, Jackie Kucinich, USA Today White House correspondent Francesca Chambers and Michael Moroney, Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason and CNN’s Sam Feist, Jim Acosta and Matt Dornic.
Todd joked to the crowd that whenever he’s introduced, it’s noted that “Meet the Press” is the longest-running TV show ever. Upon that introduction, Todd said he thinks to himself, “I just don’t want to be the last moderator.”
“I don’t own this,” Todd said of his “Meet the Press” role.
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Blake Masters’s chances of toppling Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) got a boost this week when Libertarian candidate Marc Victor dropped out and threw his support behind the GOP nominee, handing Republicans a last-minute lifeline in a race that has narrowed.
Kelly has been considered the favorite to win reelection since Masters emerged from the early August primary battered and underfunded.
But the wind has seemingly shifted and recent surveys show Masters gaining momentum at a crucial moment.
Victor’s announcement Tuesday added to the positive news for the Peter Thiel protégé. The Libertarian candidate was pulling between 2.7 percent and 6 percent support in recent public polls, opening the door to his decision having an impact on what is already a close race.
“I think it could be a difference maker. There are a lot of ballots out there, and if the Libertarian pulls a couple percent, it can have an impact,” said Daniel Scarpinato, who served as a top aide to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R).
“We’ve seen that in Arizona in many cycles,” he added, pointing to past congressional races where a Libertarian candidate has helped play spoiler.
In 2012, for example, the Libertarian candidate in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District pulled in more than 15,000 votes — or 6,500 more than separated the Democratic and Republican candidates.
Victor’s name, however, will remain on the ballot, meaning that he will still be a visible option for voters. And, as of Wednesday morning, more that 1 million voters have already returned their ballots since early voting began on Oct. 12.
Some Republicans are skeptical the move by Victor will swing the race in Masters’s direction — but they also argue it can’t hurt.
“Most of Marc Victor’s support comes from the fact that he’s not Blake Masters or Mark Kelly. Him pulling out doesn’t change that fact,” said Barrett Marson, an Arizona-based GOP strategist. “But in an uber-close race, it will definitely be helpful. But I don’t think the race will turn on it.”
Victor’s backing in polls ranged from 1 percent to as high as 6 percent. His announcement came a day after he and Masters met to discuss the possibility, with the Libertarian subsequently calling on his supporters to “vote for Blake Masters.”
“While we don’t see eye-to-eye on everything, I feel very confident after that conversation that Blake Masters is going to do everything he possibly can to further the interests of the Live and Let Live Global Peace Movement,” said Victor, pointing to an initiative he founded in 2019.
“Will he likely do some things that I’m not excited about? Yeah, I think so,” Victor continued. “Is he likely to do other things that I’m very happy with? Yes. There’s no perfect choices here, I think we have to recognize that.”
Kelly is widely viewed as one of the Democratic Party’s best candidates on the 2022 map. A former astronaut, he is a prolific fundraiser and has taken steps to distance himself from President Biden on some issues, including immigration.
Through Oct. 19, Kelly’s campaign raised more than $81 million. By contrast, Masters raised only $10 million. He has led in the race since Masters emerged from a contentious primary in early August.
But the race has narrowed. Several recent polls have shown the race in a dead heat. According to the latest RealClearPolitics average of surveys, Kelly leads Masters by a 2.3-percentage point margin. And the nonpartisan election forecaster Cook Political Report last put the race back into its “toss-up” column, a month after shifting it to “lean Democrat.”
While the Senate Leadership Fund, which is run by allies of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), has not jumped back in with big dollars after pulling out of the state, other groups have. The Club For Growth’s dropped an additional $5.5 million in over the weekend and Saving Arizona, a group backed by Thiel, added $3.7 million in ads of its own.
The Kelly campaign dismissed the impact Tuesday’s announcement would have on the race.
“With just one week to Election Day and nearly a million ballots already cast, Senator Kelly is proud of the broad coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents who have come out in support of his re-election campaign,” said Sarah Guggenheimer, a Kelly spokeswoman, in a statement. “After Blake Masters spent the last year and a half sharing beliefs like giving tax handouts to billionaires and corporations while privatizing Social Security, instituting a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, and caving at the slightest sign of pressure to lie about the 2020 election, nothing can distract from his dangerous and harmful agenda.”
The main question is whether the Masters campaign can make Victor’s decision to drop out count. As one Democratic operative with Arizona ties noted, it’s too late to target Libertarian voters with messages on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, and a direct mail effort likely isn’t feasible with the shrunken time frame. Masters will likely have to rely on earned media to get that message out.
“They are notably limited,” the operative said. “It matters if they make it matter. If the Masters campaign wants to spend their closing arguments talking up another guy in the race with actual paid dollars, that’s one thing. That detracts from their ability to make a closing argument.”
In a statement, Masters called the endorsement “another major boost of momentum.”
“Marc Victor joins a growing list of Arizonans from across the political spectrum who are fed up with open borders, big government corruption, and rising crime,” Masters said. “We are building a broad coalition to defeat the worst Senator in America. This is another major boost of momentum as we consolidate our support against the extreme and radical policies of Mark Kelly and Joe Biden.”
Nevertheless, Republicans are left to wish Victor had made this decision earlier.
“If it had been two weeks ago, that would have been a lot nicer,” Marson added. | https://www.kark.com/hill-politics/how-a-third-party-candidate-dropping-out-could-shake-up-arizonas-close-senate-race/ | 2022-11-03 12:59:49 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/hill-politics/how-a-third-party-candidate-dropping-out-could-shake-up-arizonas-close-senate-race/ |
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Today in History
Today is Saturday, June 25, the 176th day of 2022. There are 189 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.
On this date:
In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.
In 1942, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany.
In 1947, “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published.
In 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South.
In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that recitation of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.
In 1973, former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up.
In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its first “right-to-die” decision, ruled that family members could be barred from ending the lives of persistently comatose relatives who had not made their wishes known conclusively.
In 1993, Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada’s 19th prime minister, the first woman to hold the post.
In 1996, a truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
In 2009, death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” in Los Angeles at age 50 and actor Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, California, at age 62.
In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in a 6-3 ruling that preserved health insurance for millions of Americans.
In 2016, Pope Francis visited Armenia, where he recognized the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians as a genocide, prompting a harsh rebuttal from Turkey.
Ten years ago: A divided U.S. Supreme Court threw out major parts of Arizona’s tough crackdown on people living in the U.S. without legal permission, while unanimously upholding the law’s most-discussed provision: requiring police to check the immigration status of those they stop for other reasons, but limiting the legal consequences.
Five years ago: In eastern Pakistan, an overturned oil tanker burst into flames, killing at least 150 people who had rushed to the scene to gather leaking fuel.
One year ago: Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations. Searchers used big machines and their hands to comb through a twisted, shifting heap of concrete and metal, a day after an oceanside condominium building near Miami collapsed into a smoldering pile of rubble, killing 98 people. The Justice Department sued Georgia over the state’s new election law, saying it was intended to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot. (The lawsuit is pending.)
Today’s Birthdays: Actor June Lockhart is 97. Civil rights activist James Meredith is 89. R&B singer Eddie Floyd is 85. Actor Barbara Montgomery is 83. Actor Mary Beth Peil (peel) is 82. Basketball Hall of Famer Willis Reed is 80. Singer Carly Simon is 77. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 75. Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 74. Rock singer Tim Finn is 70. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 68. Rock musician David Paich (Toto) is 68. Actor Michael Sabatino is 67. Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais (jer-VAYZ’) is 61. Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 59. Actor Erica Gimpel is 58. Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo (dih-KEHM’-bay moo-TAHM’-boh) is 56. Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 55. Actor Angela Kinsey is 51. Rock musician Mike Kroeger (KROO’-gur) (Nickelback) is 50. Rock musician Mario Calire is 48. Actor Linda Cardellini is 47. Actor Busy Philipps is 43. Jazz musician Joey Alexander is 19. | https://www.gjsentinel.com/today-in-history-june-25-2022/article_9c684a10-ecd4-11ec-b66c-7764f273bfb2.html | 2022-06-15 19:51:42 | 0 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/today-in-history-june-25-2022/article_9c684a10-ecd4-11ec-b66c-7764f273bfb2.html |
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work® for the third year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current team members say about their experience working at IEHP. This year, 92% of employees said IEHP is a Great Place To Work® – 35 points higher than the average U.S. company.
Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience and leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
"At IEHP, our team members are at the heart of everything we do," said IEHP's Chief Executive Officer Jarrod McNaughton. "Their effort and engagement are what makes us truly a Great Place to Work. We will continue to strive for excellence and ensure that IEHP remains a place where all people feel valued, supported and empowered to achieve their full potential."
IEHP's mission is to "heal and inspire the human spirit," and its team members are vital to that mission, serving 1.6 million members residing in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Life at IEHP includes a wide range of benefits and resources for employees to assist with health and wellness and job growth, including on-site or remote fitness classes, a computer lab, on-site partner agencies connecting people with vital social services and career coaching.
Of IEHP's 3,184 employees, 90% completed the survey that covered a variety of workplace quality-related experiences, including pride in the organization's impact on the community, its reputation within areas served and the level of camaraderie created within the company. Highlights from the survey showed:
- 96% feel good about ways the organization contributes to its community.
- 95% report having special and unique company benefits.
- 94% are proud to tell others their place of employment.
"Great Place To Work® Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience," says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place To Work®. She emphasizes that certification is the sole official recognition earned by the real-time feedback of employees regarding their company culture. "By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that IEHP stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees."
Later this year, IEHP will know if the organization made the list of the Top 100 Best Workplaces in Healthcare for a second year in a row.
According to Great Place To Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company's profits and have a fair chance at promotion.
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With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. In its 27th year, IEHP supports more than 1.6 million residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medicaid or IEHP DualChoice (those with both Medi-Cal and Medicare). IEHP has a growing network of nearly 6,800 Providers and more than 3,000 team members. Through dynamic partnerships with providers and community organizations, paired with award-winning service and a tradition of quality care, IEHP is fully committed to their vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. For more information, visit iehp.org
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Antetokounmpo scores 54 points, Bucks beat Clippers 106-105
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 54 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 21-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-105 for their sixth consecutive victory
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrated his most famous 50-point performance by ordering 50 chicken nuggets at a Chick-fil-A drive-through the next day.
He already has an idea how to commemorate reaching that plateau for the third time in the last month.
Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 54 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 21-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-105 on Thursday night for their sixth consecutive victory.
“Tomorrow I think I'm going to go to Culver's,” said Antetokounmpo, who also had 18 rebounds. “I'll go get 50 cheeseburgers and try to eat as many as I can. The rest, I'll have my son eat them or I give them to my dog."
The Greek star has scored at least 50 points in three of his last 11 games. He had a career-high 55 on Jan. 3 in a 123-113 victory over Washington and scored 50 in only 30 minutes Sunday in a 135-110 triumph over New Orleans.
Antetokounmpo now has reached the half-century mark in six career regular-season games. That doesn't include his 50-point outburst against the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the 2021 NBA Finals, which gave the Bucks their first title since 1971 and led to his trip to Chick-fil-A.
He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players in Bucks history to have at least three 50-point games in a season.
“It's a great compliment to be up there with Kareem,” Antetokounmpo said. “Man, I never thought I was going to score 50 in the NBA when I got drafted. It's an insane, crazy journey.”
Over his last six games, Antetokounmpo has averaged 40.2 points and 14.5 rebounds. His two free throws with 1:47 remaining put Milwaukee ahead 106-105 for its first lead since the second quarter as the Bucks scored the final seven points of the game.
Antetokounmpo squandered an opportunity to put Milwaukee in front when he missed two free throws in a 105-104 game with 2:13 left. But he drove to the basket again on the Bucks' next possession, drew Ivica Zubac's sixth foul and hit his free throws this time around.
“He's relentless,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “He's going to put himself in position to help us win. Whatever it takes for us to win, he's going to do it. He's fearless and relentless. That's what you saw going down the stretch.”
The Clippers failed to capitalize on a couple of Milwaukee turnovers in the closing seconds. Kawhi Leonard missed an 18-footer in the final second while being guarded by Wesley Matthews with help from Pat Connaughton.
“I've been doing that since my mom told me I've got to guard the best player when I was 4 years old,” Matthews said. “That's just who I am. Nothing but respect for those guys. I feel like those guys have that same (respect) toward me. The best way to pay them respect is to try and stop them. The best way they can pay me respect is to go after me.”
The Clippers had plenty of chances to pull back ahead.
Paul George stole the ball from Jrue Holiday and the Clippers called a timeout with 27.1 seconds left in a one-point game, but Leonard missed a jumper. Antetokounmpo got the rebound but threw the ball out of bounds, giving Los Angeles possession with 15.1 seconds to go.
The Clippers again got the ball to Leonard, who missed once more.
“We wanted to run it to Connaughton, but they switched the matchup," Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. "They brought Matthews into it. He did a good job of climbing into Kawhi, making him uncomfortable and making him back up a little bit so he couldn’t get right downhill.”
Norman Powell scored 26 points to lead the Clippers. Leonard had 17 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, but shot 7 of 26. Marcus Morris and George had 16 points each. Zubac had 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Khris Middleton had 16 points and Holiday added 12 for the Bucks. Holiday missed his first eight shots and didn’t get his first basket until late in the third quarter.
TIP-INS
Clippers: Morris returned after missing four games with a bruised rib. …George earned his eighth career All-Star selection earlier in the day.
Bucks: Holiday was named an All-Star reserve, marking his first All-Star selection since 2013 with the Philadelphia 76ers. He joins Antetokounmpo on the All-Star team. This is the fourth time in the last five seasons that the Bucks have had multiple All-Stars.
UP NEXT
Clippers: At New York on Saturday night.
Bucks: Host Miami on Saturday night.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone on Friday and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. offer to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detainee, Paul Whelan
It was Blinken's first talk with his Russian counterpart since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.
Blinken did not provide details of Lavrov’s response to what he had previously called a “substantial proposal" for Russia to release Whelan and Griner. Blinken had publicly requested the call and revealed the existence of the offer to Russia — which people familiar with it say involves a swap for Whelan and Griner with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Blinken described the call as “a frank and direct conversation” centered primarily on the proposal for the release of the Americans.
“I urged Foreign Minister Lavrov to move forward with that proposal. I can’t give you an assessment of whether that is any more or less likely.”
Blinken also said he had pressed Lavrov on the importance of Russia following through on an agreement to allow Ukrainian grain shipments to leave the Black Sea and warned him of consequences should Moscow move ahead with suspected plans to annex portions of eastern and southern Ukraine.
Blinken said he told Lavrov that the world will “never recognize” any annexation of Ukrainian territory, which he said would ““will result in significant additional costs for Russia.”
He declined to comment on how Lavrov replied to his messages. “I don’t want to characterize any of Foreign Minister Lavrov’s responses.” | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Blinken-says-he-spoke-to-Russia-FM-about-detained-17338458.php | 2022-07-29 18:10:02 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Blinken-says-he-spoke-to-Russia-FM-about-detained-17338458.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers pride themselves on the dynamism of their metropolis, where it can feel totally different on the next block, where tourists walking in Chinatown quickly find themselves in Little Italy, where a neighborhood can be a proxy for a lifestyle or worldview.
Figuring out the city’s complexities is tough even for locals — and complaints are pouring in claiming that the two outsiders redrawing New York’s congressional districts have bungled the job by linking and slicing communities they don’t understand.
The retooling of the state’s political district maps was taken over this spring by a rural judge seated about five hours by car from New York City after a court sided with Republicans and ruled Democrats controlling the Legislature had engaged in illegal gerrymandering.
The judge, Patrick McAllister, hired a redistricting expert based in Pittsburgh to quickly come up with new maps. After new proposed congressional districts were unveiled Monday, New Yorkers sent more than 2,000 letters to the court imploring the judge and his out-of-state expert to make changes before the maps are finalized Friday.
Letters have poured in from around the state, but some of the most specific complaints are coming from New York City, where some complained the maps would divide culturally united neighborhoods and dilute the voting power of communities of color.
Among other things, the new maps would sweep the districts of four Black members of Congress into one new district, potentially forcing them to run either against each other or try to get elected in a district in which they do not live.
“It would make Jim Crow blush,” U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Brooklyn Democrat, said of the map Tuesday.
He said it would fracture Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, which he represents. The neighborhood is a Black cultural hub once represented by Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Jeffries chafed at the idea that the new maps for the city were created under the supervision of a court in western New York’s Steuben County, along the Pennsylvania border.
“I don’t know where Steuben County is. Had no idea it existed. Neither do the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers,” Jeffries complained. “It’s in the village of Bath. Closer to Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Toronto, Canada.”
Overall, the maps produced by the court’s outside expert, Jonathan Cervas, are more favorable to Republicans and more competitive than previous maps drawn by the state Legislature, including a New York City district centered on Staten Island that would be more favorable to Republicans.
The speedy schedule, with a public comment period on the draft maps ending Wednesday, is an attempt to give candidates enough time to campaign in the new districts for an already-postponed primary election in August.
Cervas, a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Politics and Strategy, declined to be interviewed or respond to some of the criticisms, but he did send an email saying he pledged to review the emailed commentary being sent to the court and to his own email address, which some New Yorkers had tracked down.
“My team and I will review every single one of them and give them each full consideration and consult with Justice McAllister,” he said.
The correspondence cited multiple sins in drawing the district lines. Some Manhattanites blasted a proposal to merge the Upper East Side and Upper West Side neighborhoods, which are divided by Central Park.
The neighborhoods have long been in separate congressional districts and are currently represented by Democratic Reps. Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, who have each served in the House for nearly three decades and now may run against each other if the lines are not changed.
The Upper East Side is largely residential and one of the most affluent areas in the city, while the Upper West Side, though also largely residential with extremely affluent areas, is known for cultural and intellectual institutions like Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History and the Lincoln Center.
“If ever there were two distinct communities of interest, it is the Upper West Side and Upper East Side of Manhattan,” Monica Atiya wrote in a letter to the court requesting the areas be kept separated. “Divided by more than a massive manmade park we are two unique communities with our own story, character and local interests in common.”
A Staten Island man said his borough — the only one now represented by in Congress by a Republican — should not be connected in a district that spans the East River and links it with Brooklyn’s Red Hook and Sunset Park, which is home to many Chinese and Latin American immigrants.
“Those communities have very little in common with ours,” Al Carbonella wrote.
Closer to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, resident Anand Modi said one proposed district line would bisect the main commercial street in his neighborhood, making it confusing for residents.
“I would walk across the street to talk to a neighbor about upcoming elections and find that there was no point — despite living close enough to be able to have that conversation without stepping off our respective porches, we would have different representatives in Congress,” Modi wrote.
On the other side of the park, a woman invited the court and expert to see for themselves why one local thoroughfare make sense as a dividing line.
“Come take a short walk on St. Marks Place or Flatbush Avenue and you will see and feel what I am describing here,” Julia McEvoy wrote.
In the Bronx, some residents complained the new boundaries could potentially reduce the voting clout of Black communities.
“It seems very deliberate because the new map will strengthen the voting power among wealthy, White suburbanites,” resident Rodney Callahan wrote.
New Yorkers also objected generally to the entire process, roiled by the limited window to submit feedback to the remote court.
One person summed it up with a simple email: “NO!!!!!!!”
The redistricting process was once expected to be conducted by a bipartisan commission, which couldn’t ultimately agree on maps. It later moved to the Democratic-controlled Legislature, which came up with maps that were struck down by a court last month, ruling that they were unconstitutional.
Before the maps were released this week, initial public feedback was limited to written comments submitted to the court and a one-day hearing this month at which people had to travel to Bath, which is about 280 miles away, to comment.
Jeffries noted there’s no airport in the county, Amtrak doesn’t run train service there, and the lone bus route would require someone to leave New York City around 1 a.m. in order to arrive by late morning. | https://www.wivb.com/news/new-yorks-hasty-redistricting-rewrite-draws-ire-of-locals/ | 2022-05-20 14:37:42 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/new-yorks-hasty-redistricting-rewrite-draws-ire-of-locals/ |
Will Enable CIBO Partners to Leverage the Project Directly or as a Reference Design for Their Project
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CIBO, the science-based technology company that provides partners with a complete platform to manage ag carbon and nature-based climate programs, today announced the acceptance of their Project Description Document (PDD) to Verra entitled "The CIBO Initiative for Scaling Regenerative Agriculture." The PDD was submitted under Verra Carbon Standard VM0042 (Methodology for Improved Agricultural Land Management, v1.0).
Verra is the global leader in voluntary carbon market quality assurance. They have developed over 200 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and sequestration standards, known as methodologies. Each standard can be used to develop programs that create meaningful environmental and social value with high quality and confidence.
For the first time, a company looking to bring a registered carbon program to their growers or stakeholder groups in the U.S. now has a project infrastructure that they can leverage through credit registration or as a reference design for their own project. The CIBO Initiative for Scaling Regenerative Agriculture is the first project under VM0042 to be submitted and listed in the pipeline in the United States and the first to be listed as "Under Validation" globally. The project is a comprehensive effort to provide financial and technical support to U.S. commodity crop growers that results in their adoption of improved agricultural land management practices and, as a result, GHG reductions, GHG removals, and improved land resiliency. Named practices include cover crop adoption, reduced tillage and reduced nitrogen.
Under the new Verra Program, CIBO's proprietary software platform is combined with technical and financial support from both CIBO and enterprise partners. The resulting programs will deliver incentives, a financial safety net, and expert guidance that farmers across the Corn Belt region of the United States need to overcome barriers to widespread adoption of regenerative agriculture.
CIBO's Verra project was designed from the ground up to support enterprises throughout the food and agriculture value chain, including: CPGs; input companies; grain and commodities companies; ethanol producers; and others with agricultural commodities in their customer base or supply chain.
"We are excited to have achieved this milestone which will further accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture," said Daniel Ryan, CEO of CIBO Technologies. "Once the project is reviewed and accepted by the team at Verra and an independent verification body, it will be made available to support our partners with development of their own carbon programs and climate commitments."
"It's encouraging to see the CIBO Initiative for Scaling Regenerative Agriculture project enter the validation phase under VM0042 Methodology for Improved Agricultural Land Management," said Toby Janson-Smith, Chief Program Development and Innovation Officer at Verra. "Once validated, the project will create a pathway for growers in the United States to generate verifiable, transparent, and robust carbon reduction and sequestration credits, and demonstrate the key role the U.S. agricultural sector can play in tackling climate change."
Founded by Flagship Pioneering in 2015, CIBO applies advanced technologies to deliver a deep understanding of agricultural systems to create a sustainable future by helping to mitigate climate change, secure the food supply and improve grower outcomes. CIBO is a 2021 Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards finalist and was named 2021 AgTech Breakthrough "AI-based AgTech Company of the Year." Learn more at cibotechnologies.com.
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By RENATA BRITO and DEREK GATOPOULOS
Associated Press
ATHENS (AP) — A much-anticipated report by the European Union’s anti-fraud watchdog into the EU border agency Frontex has concluded that Frontex employees were involved in covering up the illegal pushbacks of migrants from Greece to Turkey in violation of their “fundamental rights.”
The 120-page OLAF report was made public Thursday by the Germany-based freedom of information portal FragDenStaat together with media organizations Der Spiegel and Lighthouse Reports.
Top managers at Frontex committed “serious misconduct and other irregularities” in covering up pushback incidents, not investigating them or handling them correctly, the report found, but names were redacted.
“In doing so, they hindered the capacity of Frontex to fully comply with its responsibilities, namely ensuring for the protection and promotion of fundamental rights,” the report read.
Frontex coordinates search-and-rescue and border interception operations on behalf of the 27 EU countries. Pushbacks, the forcible return of people across an international border without an assessment of their rights to apply for asylum or other protection, violate both international and EU law.
OLAF investigators poured over information from open sources and media reports, sought documents from Frontex and the European Commission and interviewed 20 witnesses to investigate accusations of possible involvement or covering up of illegal pushbacks and accusations of misconduct or irregularities.
“OLAF concludes, based on the evidence collected during the investigation, that the allegations are proven,” the report read.
There was no immediate comment from Frontex or Greek authorities on the report but both have previously denied any wrongdoing.
Earlier this year Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri resigned following the OLAF report, which was concluded in February, as well as repeated media investigations that accused the agency of involvement in pushbacks.
The report details how pushback accusations — which include reports of migrants being put in liferafts and left adrift at sea — and evidence of them were mishandled, often not reported or not investigated according to Frontex’s own rules.
Frontex officers also may have failed to report alleged pushbacks due to fear of repercussions from Greece, the report said. In one case, the report said the EU border agency’s surveillance plane flew away from the scene of an alleged pushback “to avoid witnessing incidents in the Aegean Sea.”
On August 5, 2020 a member of Frontex reported his concerns in an email after a Frontex plane witnessed Greek authorities forcing a flimsy migrant boat back into Turkish waters.
“Towing an overcrowded fragile boat in the night towards the open sea is a situation that can seriously endanger the lives of the passengers,” the email said. “Our aircraft was immediately instructed to fly away from the scene by the Hellenic coast guard expert.”
EU investigators also said Frontex shared incorrect or biased information with EU institutions, including members of the European Commission and Parliament, who are responsible for holding the agency accountable, as well as OLAF investigators.
“I welcome that the OLAF report is finally public, as it should have been from the very beginning,” said Cornelia Ernst, a European lawmaker in the parliament’s Left group, who confirmed the report’s authenticity.
“It proves once again black on white what we have been saying for many years: Frontex is systematically involved in human rights violations and their coverup at the EU’s external borders,” Ernst added.
Other lawmakers were less critical.
“There was misconduct within the agency concerning three people,” said Lena Düpont, a lawmaker with the European People’s Party. “The way the agency was structured by them was not helpful, the way they dealt with the allegations was also not helpful.”
Düpont described Leggeri’s resignation as the “correct” thing to do and welcomed the structural changes taking place at Frontex to address these issues.
Greece granted Leggeri a state award in January, thanking him for helping the country lower the rate of incoming migrants. The award was presented by Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi, who was mocked Thursday by a prominent Greek lawmaker.
“Now with the leak of the entire damning report, everyone can now understand what was going on and who has been covering it up,” said Kostas Arvanitis, a left-wing member of the European Parliament.
The OLAF report raises questions about how Frontex will continue operating in Greece. According to its own regulations, the agency’s leader should suspend or terminate its activity if they see “violations of fundamental rights or international protection obligations that are of a serious nature or are likely to persist.”
Last week, front-LEX, a non-governmental organization challenging EU migration policies, filed a case at the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg seeking the immediate termination of Frontex operations in Greece based on the findings of the OLAF report.
“As long as Frontex is there, the Greek government has carte blanche to continue throwing migrants in the water to drown,” front-LEX lawyers Omer Shatz and Iftach Cohen told The Associated Press.
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Brito reported from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Mask options for high-temperature weather
Even though we’ve lived in this pandemic world for over two years, there’s not a lot that is known about long COVID. The best defense that allows you to live a reasonably normal life is getting vaccinated and wearing a mask. These actions not only inhibit the spread of the virus but can also diminish its overall impact on your body.
However, with the rise of the BA.5 variant, the playing field is again changing. BA.5 seems capable of evading the immunity created by vaccines and prior infections. This means a mask and hand sanitizer will once again be the first line of defense for many. Unfortunately, the heat blanketing the U.S. makes wearing masks less than comfortable. Here is what you need to know about masking up this summer.
Why is the BA.5 COVID variant worrisome?
A virus mutates to survive. Fortunately, that doesn’t always mean the mutation makes the virus stronger.
Think of antibodies as a door. If you don’t have any antibodies, you have no door to keep the virus out. If you have antibodies from a previous infection or a vaccination, you have a solid door that is strong enough to keep most of the virus from entering your body. To combat this, the virus changes and BA.5 has adapted.
This does not mean the door is useless. It is still there, providing a great deal of protection against all the other variants. It is just this new one that is troublesome.
What does a mask do?
According to the CDC, a mask contains “droplets and particles you breathe, cough, or sneeze out. If they fit closely to the face, they can also provide you some protection from particles spread by others.”
In short, you can think of a mask as a door-draft blocker that blocks the gap beneath the door where BA.5 is slipping in or out.
Different masks offer different levels of protection
In early 2022, the CDC posted a report that revealed that “Any face mask or respirator use in indoor public settings was associated with significantly lower odds of a positive test result compared with never using a face mask or respirator.”
Specifically, this report found that people who always wore a cloth mask in an indoor public setting had a 56% lower chance of testing positive for COVID-19. People wearing surgical masks had a 66% lower chance of testing positive for COVID-19. And people who wore an n95 respirator had an 83% lower chance of testing positive for COVID-19.
This means wearing a cloth mask still provides protection, just not quite as much as a surgical mask or an N95 respirator.
Is it safe to wear a mask in hot weather?
The Mayo Clinic concluded that while a mask may feel awkward or uncomfortable during moderate to strenuous aerobic physical activity, it does not significantly affect your heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen level or time of exhaustion.
However, other factors can come into play when your body is exposed to extreme heat. The most dangerous is perspiration. Once your mask gets damp, it might not allow oxygen through and you will need to remove it. Likewise, if you feel lightheaded, fatigued or weak when wearing a mask in hotter weather, listen to your body and remove the mask. Also, get out of direct sunlight, hydrate and to cool down.
Most comfortable face masks to wear in the summer heat
It is important to note that these face masks were hand-picked primarily for comfort. As such, they provide different levels of protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Outdoor Research Essential Filtered Face Mask Kit
This filter-equipped mask is made of quick-drying polyester that helps wick away moisture. The high filtration blocks 95% of virus and bacteria particles. It is comfortable, has an adjustable fit, comes with three filters and is machine washable.
Sold by Backcountry
Herbsville Three-Layer Washable Reusable Face Mask
The middle layer of fabric in this triple-layer mask features a silver ion antibacterial cloth to inhibit bacterial growth. It has a 3D fit that lets the mask wrap comfortably around your chin. The built-in pocket accepts a PM 2.5 activated carbon filter that is not included.
Sold by Home Depot
Wecolor 100-Count Disposable 3 Ply Face Masks
The three-ply masks in this value pack are designated for indoor and outdoor use. They are lightweight, which can help make mask wearing more bearable in muggy weather. If they begin to collect moisture, you should discard and use a fresh mask to maintain optimum comfort.
Sold by Amazon
Kimberly-Clark Professional N95 Pouch Respirator
This is an N95 pouch respirator. It features two headbands to achieve an ideal fit. The design of this respirator makes it up to 75% more breathable than the NIOSH minimum requirement while still providing exceptional protection.
Sold by Amazon
WeCare Disposable Face Masks For Kids
Kids require special care. These masks take that into account by offering a comfortable fit and bright, child-friendly colors that encourage use. Since each mask is individually sealed, it is easy to transport without fear of contamination or damage before use. The masks are lightweight, comfortable and have three layers of protection to help keep your kids safe.
Sold by Amazon
Sunday Afternoons Adult UVShield Cool Face Mask
Every aspect of this mask is designed for comfort in hot weather. It is made from a chemical-free cooling fabric that helps distribute body heat. It is moisture-wicking, quick-drying, comfortable and protects from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays.
Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Silver Lake Three-Pack Bamboo Face Masks With Pocket and Filter
Bamboo is not only a breathable material that stays cool in the summer, it is also eco-friendly. Additionally, bamboo feels soft on the face and the purchase includes a PM 2.5 carbon filter that can filter out 99% of pollen, dust and smoke.
Sold by Amazon
AceFashionUSA Perfect for Summer Lightweight Series Cotton Face Mask
These double-layer cotton masks are specifically designed for summer use. They are comfortable, lightweight, breathable and washable. They are also available in a wide variety of vibrant colors so you can express your individuality.
Sold by Etsy
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RZESZOW – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv on Thursday as the Biden administration announced major new military aid worth more than $2 billion for Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia.
In meetings with senior Ukrainian officials, Blinken said the Biden administration had notified Congress of its intent to provide $2 billion in long-term Foreign Military Financing to Ukraine and 18 of its neighbors, including NATO members and regional security partners, that are “most potentially at risk for future Russian aggression."
Pending expected congressional approval, about $1 billion of that will go to Ukraine and the rest will be divided among Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, the State Department said.
It will go to help those countries “deter and defend against emergent threats to their sovereignty and territorial integrity" by enhancing their military integration with NATO and countering “Russian influence and aggression," the department said.
“This assistance demonstrates yet again our unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s future as a democratic, sovereign, and independent state, as well as the security of allies and partners across the region,” it said.
Foreign Military Financing, or FMF, allows recipients to purchase U.S.-made defense equipment, often depending on their specific needs.
The financing comes on top of a $675 million package of heavy weaponry, ammunition and armored vehicles for Ukraine alone that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced earlier Thursday at a conference in Ramstein, Germany.
That package includes howitzers, artillery munitions, Humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems and more.
Austin said that “the war is at another key moment,” with Ukrainian forces beginning their counteroffensive in the south of the country. He said that “now we’re seeing the demonstrable success of our common efforts on the battlefield.”
“The face of the war is changing and so is the mission of this contact group,” Austin told the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which was attended by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine’s defense minister as well as officials from allied countries.
Germany and the Netherlands will provide training in demining to Ukrainian soldiers as well as demining equipment, the countries’ defense ministers said on the sidelines of the meeting with Austin. The training will be carried out in Germany. The two countries previously joined forces to send howitzers to Ukraine.
Thursday's contributions bring total U.S. aid to Ukraine to $15.2 billion since Biden took office. U.S. officials said the new commitments were intended to show that American support for the country in the face of Russia's invasion is unwavering.
The announcements came as fighting between Ukraine and Russia has intensified in recent days, with Ukrainian forces mounting a counteroffensive to retake Russian-held areas in the south and east.
Shelling has continued near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, with the warring sides trading blame again amid dire warnings from the U.N. atomic watchdog for the creation of a safe zone to prevent a catastrophe.
On Wednesday, the U.S. accused Moscow of interrogating, detaining and forcibly deporting hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to Russia. Russian officials immediately rejected the claim as “fantasy."
In Kyiv before meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Blinken visited the U.S. embassy and then the National Specialized Children’s Hospital Ohmatdyt, where he saw boys and girls injured during Russian bombardments, including Maryna, a 6-year-old from the city of Kherson who lost a leg after a rocket struck her house.
In the hospital lobby, Blinken also met “Patron,” a Jack Russell terrier that has helped Ukraine’s military find more than 200 mines laid by Russian forces. Blinken kneeled down, petted the dog and presented it with treats, saying the canine was “world famous.”
In one ward, Blinken brought a basket of stuffed animals, which the children quickly dangled in front of Patron to get his attention.
Blinken told parents that “the spirit of your children sends a very strong message around the world.”
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Company ranked in the top 20 on 2022 list
BLUE BELL, Pa., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced Forbes has recognized the company in its 2022 America's Best Employers for Women list. The annual ranking identifies leading companies that support the personal and professional development of women and have women at the executive and board levels. Unisys is ranked in the top 20 of the 400 companies on the list.
Unisys has long been committed to increasing the representation of women at all levels of the company, including through its Women+ Network and Empower-U Associate Impact Groups. The company has also been recognized by 50/50 Women on Boards™, the leading non-profit education and advocacy campaign driving the movement toward gender balance and diversity on corporate boards, for its strong representation of women on its board.
"Unisys is proud to be recognized by Forbes for our leadership in supporting the personal and professional development of women," said Katie Ebrahimi, senior vice president and chief human resources officer of Unisys. "Fostering an inclusive environment is at the core of who Unisys is, and we continue to empower women in every aspect of our business."
The 2022 list was created through an independent survey conducted by Statista, a statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Forbes collected input from 50,000 people in the U.S. — including 30,000 women — employed at companies with at least 1,000 employees. The 2022 list recognizes the top 400 companies ranking highest based on four criteria:
- General work topics: Employees' opinion on a series of statements surrounding the likelihood of recommendation, atmosphere and development, image, working conditions, salary and wage, workplace and diversity regarding their employer.
- Topics relevant to women: Women rated their employers regarding parental leave, family support, flexibility, discrimination, representation and career and pay equity.
- Indirect recommendations: Women respondents evaluated other employers in their respective industries that stand out positively or negatively regarding diversity.
- Diversity among top executives/board: After extensive research, an index was built based on the share of women in executive management or board positions.
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A relationship is more than Harry Jowsey can handle at the moment.
In an exclusive interview with E! News, the Too Hot to Handle season one alum reflected on how his outlook for finding love has changed since his time on the Netflix reality series and why involves going it solo for the time being.
When asked whether there was a new lady in his life at the Holiday House at Netflix at The Grove event on Dec. 2, Harry replied, "No I'm staying single until I'm 28."
After appearing on season one of Too Hot to Handle in 2020, Harry had an on and off relationship with his co-star Francesca Farago. He was last linked to the Netflix show's season three star, Georgia Hassarati.
The reality TV star went on to explain how his previous relationships have led him to the decision to prioritize his mental health.
"Yeah, officially staying single. I'm just, I'm not having much luck," he admitted. "And I started therapy after this last breakup. I think that I just need to focus on myself a little bit because this last breakups have possibly been the hardest thing I've ever been through."
Harry added, "It just hasn't hasn't been good for me mentally and emotionally."
The Dating Harry Jowsey podcast founder went on to clarify that he holds no animosity towards his exes.
"I've just been trying to focus on myself but no bad feelings towards my ex," he said. "It's just just when you picture your entire life with someone, and then you hear everything you want to hear and then kind of gets ripped away from you, it really sucks."
As for why 28 feels like a good age to start looking for love again, he noted, "I just think that when I first came off the show [Too Hot to Handle], I was a bit of a fuck boy."
He added that his relationship with Georgia, with whom he split earlier this fall, put his dating goals into perspective.
"After this last relationship, I realized how powerful love is and that feeling just how important is to have one person who's your best friend and someone that you can lean on and rely on," Harry continued. "Georgia is such an incredible person and it really made me go okay, like, ‘This is the most fulfilling feeling and the happiest I've ever been is in this situation.' So I want to not spend my energy out on anyone unless I'm dating to marry."
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The driver of the semitruck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, court documents show.
A grand jury in Marion County Court on Tuesday indicted Lincoln Smith, a 52-year-old truck driver from California, on 12 counts, including seven charges of manslaughter, reckless driving and driving under the influence of intoxicants.
His court-appointed defense attorney, Tiffany Humphrey, said she couldn’t comment on the open case. The Marion County District Attorney’s office, which filed the charges against Smith, said it won’t comment on the case until it has concluded.
Smith was being held without bail in Marion County Jail, the sheriff’s office website showed.
On May 18, seven people died and four more were injured when Smith’s semitruck ran off I-5 and slammed into their van as it was parked on the roadside near Albany, in an agricultural area of the Willamette Valley in western Oregon. The van was carrying 11 agricultural laborers who were heading home after working in the harvest, the state’s farmworkers union said.
The Woodburn, Oregon-based union, PCUN, organized an online fundraiser that has raised over $70,000 to help support the families of the victims.
Smith was allegedly driving while under the influence of a combination of a controlled substance and an inhalant, according to the indictment.
At his arraignment on May 19, a district attorney said he had refused a field sobriety test and was unable to focus and answer basic questions, the Salem Statesman Journal reported. The prosecutor also said Smith acknowledged taking speed the day before the crash and was in possession of methamphetamine, according to the paper.
Witnesses said the truck was weaving on and off the road before the collision, the paper reported.
The people who died were identified by Oregon State Police as: Eduardo Lopez, 31; Alejandro Jimenez Hernandez, 36; Josue Garcia Garcia, 30; Luis Enrique Gomez Reyes, 30; Javier Suarez, 58; Alejandra Espinoza Carpio, 39; and Juan Carlos Leyva Carrillo, 37.
Those with serious injuries have been identified as Maria Flores Martinez, 60; Hector Galindo, 45; and Jose Eduardo Solis Flores, 41. Adan Garcia Garcia, 40, suffered an injury police described as minor. Martinez, Galindo and Solis Flores were still at medical facilities receiving treatment as of last Monday, authorities said. State police on Tuesday didn’t have an update on their conditions.
The Mexican Consulate in Portland said all of those killed and injured were farmworkers of Mexican nationality. All but one were listed by police as living in Oregon cities near the crash.
The consulate also said it was assisting the families of the victims and guiding them through the process of transferring remains to Mexico. It added that it is still in close communication with law enforcement.
The crash is one of the deadliest in Oregon in recent years.
A head-on collision on a remote road in Harney County in eastern Oregon in August 2018 killed a family of seven, including five young children. Eight people died in total.
In December 2012, nine people died after a tour bus careened on an icy Interstate 84 and crashed through a guardrail, plunging several hundred feet down a steep embankment. The bus was carrying about 40 people when the accident occurred in an area near Pendleton called Deadman Pass.
Another crash in 1988, also near Albany on I-5, killed 7 people and injured 37 more. Two infants were among those killed in the fiery 23-vehicle pileup.
Albany lies between Salem and Eugene and is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south of Portland. I-5 is the main north-south interstate highway on the West Coast.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An officer-involved shooting in Indianapolis left a suspect hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced the shooting in a tweet, saying “the suspect involved in this OIS was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.”
No officers were injured, IMPD said.
Local news reports said the incident shut down traffic in the area of Interstate 65 and Kessler Boulevard on the city's northwest side.
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, FORTUNE Education published its first-ever ranking of the Best Online Master's in Cybersecurity Degrees. University of California—Berkeley took the top honors, followed by Yeshiva University (Katz), and Western Governors University.
The ongoing pandemic has both been an accelerant for both the digital economy and for online education. That's why FORTUNE built a ranking of online cybersecurity programs. After all, the cyber industry was among the biggest winners of this digital transformation.
FORTUNE Education Editorial Director Lance Lambert says, "The pre-pandemic world of higher education is never coming back. At least not all the way. Online education is now the preferred way to learn by many of the nation's best and brightest students. To help guide the next generation of business leaders, FORTUNE ranked the nation's best online cybersecurity programs."
The combined enrollment of the 20 online cybersecurity programs on our list totals 3,064. The median base salary for students who complete UC Berkeley's online cybersecurity program is a staggering $200,000. For comparison, Harvard Business School's latest MBA class netted a median base salary of $150,500.
FORTUNE's Top 10 Online Cybersecurity Programs in 2022 are:
- University of California—Berkeley
- Yeshiva University (Katz)
- Western Governors University
- Indiana University—Bloomington
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Arizona
- California State University—San Marcos
- Robert Morris University
- University of San Diego
- Roger Williams University
The final ranking was determined using three components: a Selectivity Score, which considers the average undergraduate GPA of incoming students, as well as acceptance rates, a Success Score determined by one-year retention rates and graduation rates, and a Demand Score measuring the total size of program's most recent graduating class.
Curated by a team of expert journalists, FORTUNE Education is a destination for articles, insights, and ongoing reporting about what prospective students should know to make the best, most impactful decisions for their careers. FORTUNE Education also produces rankings and ratings of graduate, post-graduate, executive education, and personal and professional improvement programs, informed by FORTUNE's unparalleled understanding of which skills matter to businesses today.
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Babies may soon get protection from RSV.
The Food and Drug Administration has accepted an application from Pfizer to review its RSV vaccine for pregnant individuals.
“If approved, RSVpreF would help protect infants at their first breath from the devastating effects of this infectious disease, which though well-known, has been particularly evident throughout this RSV season,” said Annaliesa Anderson, chief scientific officer of vaccine research and development for Pfizer.
Pfizer says a large international study found vaccinating moms-to-be was nearly 82% effective at preventing severe cases of RSV in their babies’ most vulnerable first 90 days of life. At age 6 months, the vaccine still was proving 69% effective against serious illness — and there were no signs of safety problems in mothers or babies.
There is currently no vaccine to prevent RSV, which can be serious and even life-threatening for very young children.
In the U.S., about 58,000 children younger than 5 are hospitalized for RSV each year and several hundred die from the virus.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Jordan Gainey had 26 points in South Carolina Upstate's 93-59 victory over Columbia International on Wednesday night.
Gainey added five steals for the Spartans (3-4). Nick Alves scored 15 points and added three steals. Floyd Rideau shot 5 for 8, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points.
Jaylon Jeter led the Rams in scoring, finishing with 15 points. Jalen Brinson added 11 points and DiAnthony Heathcock finished with six points.
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Man traveling out of state for birth of his 4th grandchild wins $4M lottery prize
CHICOPEE, Mass. (Gray News) – A Florida grandfather visiting Massachusetts for the birth of his newest grandchild won a massive lottery prize during his trip.
According to the Massachusetts Lottery, James Devine won the $4 million top prize on an instant ticket game.
The lottery said Devine and his wife were in Massachusetts visiting family after the birth of their fourth grandchild.
Devine purchased the winning ticket at a Nouria convenience store in the town of Chicopee.
Devine chose the cash option and received a one-time payment of $2.6 million. According to the lottery, he plans on using some of his money to buy a new golf cart in Florida.
The Nouria store will also receive a $40,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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Oklahoma is seeing a sharp increase in foreign investment interest, especially in its renewable energy sector, and is on the cusp of signing large new deals with firms in Switzerland and Asia, Governor Kevin Stitt told Reuters on Wednesday.
Stitt said Oklahoma, which just signed a trade agreement with Britain, said foreign governments were increasingly looking to bypass what he called "dysfunction" in the U.S. Congress to forge favorable trade deals with states like his.
"If you want a manufacturing center in the U.S., there's not a better state to be located in than Oklahoma. We're dead center located in the middle of the U.S.," he said, citing a big push by countries and companies to diversify their supply chains and reduce reliance on China.
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The state's low energy costs - about one-third the cost of energy in Europe and the lowest in the United States - were a big draw, Stitt said, adding that Oklahoma derived about 45% of its electricity from renewable sources.
He said he had met recently with officials from Germany, Switzerland, South Korea, Taiwan, France and Qatar, and was in talks with various firms about potential deals valued at around $1 billion, but ranging higher.
One Asian firm was preparing to finalize an investment deal valued at $5 billion, with another deal imminent with a Swiss firm in the "green energy" space, he said.
WOMAN RAPED BY OKLAHOMA KILLER AS TEEN BLASTS HIS PRISON RELEASE
Stitt, in Washington for the SelectUSA Investment Summit, gave no further details about the companies involved.
Japan's Panasonic Holdings, a battery supplier to electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc, said on Sunday it is considering building a battery plant in Oklahoma, its third in the United States.
Stitt said agriculture and rare earths production were other promising areas.
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There’s always been a taste for antique furnishings. These days, a widely acquired taste.
Antiques are hot partly because of supply chain delays and higher prices for many custom or mass-market pieces. There’s also the public's turn toward sustainability: Environmentally-conscious buyers are averse to throwaway furniture, and are trying to reuse and recycle.
And as always, pop culture plays a role. Period-specific shows like “Bridgerton,” “Downton Abbey” and “Outlander” have given the styles of bygone eras a romantic glow. “Mad Men” stoked a hot market in midcentury modern furniture. And designers cite renewed interest in ’70s and ’80s decor, too.
It's all led to crowds of designers and regular people at auctions, antique shops and estate sales. Online platforms, like vintage furniture retailer Chairish and collectibles site 1stDibs, also say sales are up.
The good news from a design perspective is that it's easy and trendy to blend antiques into any room and mix them with pieces from any era, designers say.
A classic 18th century cherry dresser might be given glamorous, brushed-copper modern handles. A curvy '60s floor lamp might light a room wrapped in prim Laura Ashley wallpaper.
More 20th century vintage pieces are popping up, whether it's a finely carved Edwardian side table, a Le Corbusier chaise, a Pop Art-era mirror, or something as charming and small as a vintage book or ceramic.
The variety of old stuff is swelling beyond the boundaries of “traditional” décor. And a mix creates interesting stories in a room.
ANTIQUES AFICIONADOS PAST AND PRESENT
Designers who became famous for expertly blending periods include Billy Baldwin, whom Architectural Digest called “America’s dean of interior decoration in the 1950s and 1960s." He created swanky homes for society figures, and favored a mix of modern and antique furniture. Baldwin said an older piece ‘"gives a room flavor.”
Jay Spectre, known for sleek, dramatic interiors, was enamored of Art Deco. And female decorators like Elsie de Wolfe and Sister Parish excelled at giving elegant, turn-of-the-century European furniture room to breathe in light-filled modern spaces.
Today, designer Kelly Wearstler, for instance, brings an adventurous style to homes as well as to boutique hotels.
“My aesthetic is about mixology; always something old and something new, raw and refined, masculine and feminine,” she says.
Georgia Zikas, a designer in West Hartford, Connecticut, says modern art and an achromatic rug create a nice foundation for mixed furniture styles and dispel any dowdiness.
An example of an easy update: One of Zikas' clients had a beautiful pair of vintage, crystal, Waterford lamps from her mother. They replaced the dated pleated shades with crisp, white, tapered ones.
REGIONAL ACCENTS
Different parts of the country seem to lean in certain directions concerning antiques.
“For example, in the South, where I’m based, French antiques are most coveted because of our historically French heritage," says Lance Thomas, lead designer at Thomas Guy Interiors in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
"I’ve found that coastal cities like West Palm Beach in Florida, and Malibu in California, gravitate toward vintage and antique Italian contemporary pieces. The Midwest leans toward American antiques.”
Thomas says more clients than ever are asking for antiques. He and his team recently took a two-week buying trip to France to seek them out.
HOW TO BUY
If you're purchasing antiques sight unseen, Thomas says, use a reliable auction site.
“There are some very good fakes, and reproductions that would fool even the most experienced buyers,” he says. "A reputable auction site will usually vet and list whether or not the item is authentic.”
Some of his tips for identifying true antiques: With mirrors, “pay attention to spotting. Old mirrors were made of tin and mercury or silver, and over time have oxidized to create a waviness and splotching on the front. This patina is a good sign that it’s an antique."
For cabinets and dressers, check how well they're constructed. Look at the back of the piece, where it’s less likely to be painted. “Are there dovetail joints rather than well-hidden Phillips screws? And look for the hinging mechanisms – are they hand-forged or machine-made?” says Thomas.
Carved and painted details can help confirm a piece's age because they indicate the furniture-making capabilities of the era.
“Many pieces in the 18th century will have similar embellishments to those of their 20th century counterparts. But the precision and exactness improved drastically between these two time periods,” says Thomas. Curvy floral details, for example, probably won’t be as rounded on an 18th century piece, because they didn’t have the tools to create a perfect curve.
Beau Ciolino, who with Matt Armato wrote the new book “Probably This Housewarming” (Abrams), recommends the app www.estatesales.net to get alerts about sales in your area.
“The best part about antiquing is that it can be so accessible,” says Ciolino. “While the old-school auction houses have a reputation for fine antiques, we also love perusing Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, consignment stores and estate sales.”
Other options include EBay, Etsy and ZZ Driggs, which both sells and rents vintage furnishings. You might not be able to swing the $3,000 for a James Mont Art Deco leather lounge chair, but maybe you can afford its $75 monthly rent for a year.
One source that used to be reserved for the design trade has opened its doors to the public in New York City. The Gallery @ 200 Lex is 33,000 square feet of vintage and antique furniture from dozens of dealers. You can also see what The Gallery’s dealers have posted on Incollect.
FURNITURE FLIPPING
Ciolino and Armato say they've seen a “furniture flipping” trend.
“While house-flipping may require a large amount of cash and time, many furniture flippers are taking worn pieces and either revitalizing them to their original glory or creating a completely new piece by re-staining, painting and replacing the hardware, and then selling them or keeping them for their own homes," says Ciolino.
He says it’s usually best to leave reupholstering to the pros.
Wooden items, especially those without intricate details, are perfect for beginner DIYers, says Armato. “Dressers or side tables can typically use just a light sanding, paint or stain if you like, and a coat of sealant like clear enamel or linseed oil. Some metal pieces like outdoor iron chairs are also very DIY-friendly.”
Mary Maloney of Bee’s Knees Interior Design in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, reawakens old wooden furniture by painting it in cheery hues.
“My mom taught me how to spot great pieces in need of a little love and reinventing,” Maloney says. “I still treasure my first purchase – a sweet little dresser that I found on an antique excursion with her over 40 years ago. When I was updating our guest bedroom, I painted it a sunny yellow.”
Antique furniture usually needs a gentle overall cleaning before any removal or covering of unwanted scuffs and scratches. Unless antique lamps have already been rewired, it’s best to bring them to a pro. And you’ll probably want to update the shades.
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JT Realmuto leaves game against Rockies with a sprained right pinky
The Phillies catcher jammed his finger while trying to extend a double into a triple in the top of the fifth inning.
DENVER — Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto exited Friday’s game against the Rockies with a sprained right pinky finger, according to the team.
Realmuto jammed his finger while trying to extend a double into a triple in the top of the fifth inning. He jammed his finger into third base as he slid, and was seen shaking his hand afterward.
Realmuto remained behind the plate for another inning but was swapped out in the seventh when Garrett Stubbs came into pinch-hit for him with two outs. It’s unclear how severe the injury is. Realmuto was on a hot after a slow start, hitting .302/.316/.509 over his past 15 games.
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Arizona Coyotes' Tempe, ASU arena situation defended by Gary Bettman: 'Not unprecedented'
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the Arizona Coyotes' arena situation with reporters in his State of the League news conference on Wednesday.
Questions and concerns have circulated over the size of the Coyotes' temporary home at Arizona State, but Bettman attempted to quash those questions in his meeting with the media.
ASU's arena, which will be the home of the Sun Devils hockey team, has less than 5,000 seats.
"I know a lot is being made about the temporary facility and its size," Bettman said. "It's not unprecedented. When the Flames moved from Atlanta to Calgary, they played for a couple of years in a very small venue. When the Tampa Bay Lightning came into the league, they played in the Fairgrounds in a very small venue. The San Jose Sharks played in the Cow Palace while they were building the new arena in San Jose.
"And even the NFL, when they were doing the relocation recently to Los Angeles, had an NFL team (the Chargers) playing in a, 15- to 20,000 seat soccer venue. You do what you have to do if you believe in a market for the long term and that is what the commitment is for. We remain excited and optimistic about the project and we're glad it has taken an important step forward."
More:Arizona Coyotes 'humble and grateful' as Tempe arena talks OK'd
The Coyotes are expected to play at Arizona State for at least the next three seasons as they continues to try to find a new home in Arizona.
That new home could be in Tempe after the Tempe City Council voted 5-2 earlier this month in a meeting in favor of the Coyotes’ bid to build an arena and entertainment district on city-owned land, opening the door for the team and the city to move forward in negotiations.
Before the council voted, Bettman called in during the meeting and stated that if the arena was built, the league would guarantee an All-Star Game and draft in Tempe.
The proposal also included a 30-year non-relocation agreement.
The decision to allow the team to move forward in negotiations in Tempe is a big step for the organization, but it does not guarantee an arena. The city and representatives of the team will undergo a months-long negotiations process over the city-owned land at Rio Salado Parkway and Priest Drive, along the dry Salt River just west of Tempe Town Lake.
"I am very pleased, grateful that the Tempe City Council voted 5-2 to move forward with the project," Bettman said Wednesday. "Obviously there is some work to be done before we can get a shovel in the ground, but from all the reports I get, everybody is doing what they need to be doing as efficiently as possible."
More:Tempe OKs talks with Arizona Coyotes over nearly $2B arena and entertainment district deal
The ASU arena is managed by the Oak View Group, which has been involved in other NHL facilities.
The Coyotes recently entered a one-year agreement with the group to jointly market and sell sponsorships at ASU’s new multipurpose arena for Coyotes games.
Bettman addressed the group in his news conference.
"The Oak View Group has been very constructive for us on new facilities," he said. "Their track record includes the transformed arena in Seattle, Climate Pledge Arena, and it includes UBS (Arena, home of the New York Islanders) on Long Island. So they do a very good job of putting arenas together."
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The Republic's Jenna Ortiz contributed to this story.
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‘Lower that baby’s voice’: Passenger has meltdown on plane because of crying infant
(CNN) – Flights aren’t comfortable for most people, especially babies.
They let out their frustrations the only way they know how: by screaming.
One passenger on a Southwest flight got fed up with a crying infant and had his own epic meltdown.
It’s difficult enough listening to a baby cry while on the ground let alone up in the air. It can turn even a grown man into a crybaby himself.
“We are in a ******* tin can with a baby in a *** **** echo chamber,” the man was caught on video saying.
When he was told to lower his voice by airline staff, he responded saying they should “lower that baby’s voice.”
Mark Grabowski was a passenger on the same flight. Even while recording a video of the events, he couldn’t stifle a smile.
The Southwest flight from Baltimore to Fort Lauderdale was circling due to bad weather.
Grabowski said the baby had been crying for about half an hour when the unidentified passenger blew up.
He said most of the people on the flight were against the man’s outbursts.
Online commenters also shared their opinions on the man’s meltdown.
“The only baby on that flight is the grown adult having a petulant meltdown,” one person said.
Another person said the man “said the quiet part out loud.”
Even the woman traveling with the man seemed to get tired of his ranting, as she put her head in her hands during the altercation.
The crying baby was distanced from the irate guy. Grabowski said the party with the baby was taken to the front of the plane, and people willingly gave up their seats for them.
The plane was diverted to Orlando, and police there spoke with the angry passenger but did not arrest him.
Southwest released a statement on the incident saying they “appreciate the patience” of the other customers who had to “experience such unacceptable behavior.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Unfounded claims about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines proliferated in the hours and days after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during Monday’s game, revealing how pervasive vaccine misinformation remains three years after the pandemic began.
Even before Hamlin was carried off the field in Cincinnati, posts amassing thousands of shares and millions of views began circulating online claiming without evidence that complications from COVID-19 vaccines caused his health emergency.
While cardiac specialists say it’s too soon to know what caused Hamlin’s heart to stop, they’ve offered a rare type of trauma called commotio cordis as among the possible culprits. Physicians interviewed by The Associated Press say there’s no indication Hamlin’s vaccine status played a role, and said there’s no evidence to support claims that a number of young athletes have died as a result of COVID vaccinations.
Peter McCullough, a Dallas cardiologist and outspoken vaccine critic, amplified the theories on a Fox News segment hosted by Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, speculating that “vaccine-induced myocarditis,” may have caused Hamlin’s episode. While the Bills have not said whether Hamlin was vaccinated, about 95% of NFL players have received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the league.
In his Tuesday segment, Carlson claimed McCullough and another researcher found that “more than 1,500 cardiac arrests” have occurred among European athletes “since the vax campaign began.”
But Carlson was citing a letter in which the authors’ evidence was a dubious blog that lists news reports of people all over the world, of all ages, dying or experiencing medical emergencies. The blog proves no relationship between the incidents and COVID-19 vaccines; it also includes in its count reported deaths from cancer and emergencies of unknown causes.
“It’s not real research, but he quotes it as if it’s real research,” said Dr. Matthew Martinez, director of sports cardiology at Atlantic Health System in Morristown Medical Center. “Anybody can write a letter to the editor and then quote an article that has no academic rigor.”
Many social media users have also shared deceptive videos that purport to show athletes collapsing on-field because of COVID-19 vaccines. However, several of the cases shown have been proven to be from other causes.
Though anti-vaccine influencers have insisted that sudden cardiac arrests during sports games are unprecedented, cardiologists say they’ve observed these traumatic events throughout their careers, and long before the COVID-19 pandemic.
“There have always been cases of athletes having sudden cardiac death or cardiac arrest,” said Dr. Lawrence Phillips, sports health expert and cardiologist at NYU Langone Health. “I have not seen a change in the prevalence of them over the last couple of years versus earlier in my career.”
In fact, Phillips said, these rare medical emergencies are the main reason that doctors and activists have spent years campaigning for defibrillators to be on standby at sporting events.
That push, and the implementation of emergency action plans, has improved outcomes after cardiac events on the playing field, even as the number of such events has remained “remarkably stable,” Martinez said.
Martinez, who has worked for the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and Major League Soccer, said he has investigated but not seen any signal that COVID-19 or vaccines are causing an increased incidence of cardiac events among athletes.
His research shows that among professional athletes who have had COVID-19, rates of inflammatory heart disease were about 0.6% — showing no increased risk compared to other viruses.
Online posts mentioning Hamlin and vaccines soared into the thousands within one hour of Hamlin’s collapse, according to an analysis conducted for the AP by Zignal Labs, a San Francisco-based media intelligence company.
It’s not surprising that misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines surged following Hamlin’s cardiac arrest, given how much vaccine misinformation has spread since the pandemic began, said Jeanine Guidry, a Virginia Commonwealth University professor who researches health misinformation and vaccine hesitancy.
High-profile public events like Hamlin’s collapse often create new waves of misinformation as people grasp for explanations. For people concerned about vaccine safety, Hamlin’s sudden collapse served to affirm and justify their beliefs, Guidry said.
“This happened to a person in the prime of their life, on primetime television, and the people watching didn’t immediately know why,” she said. “We like to have clear answers that make us feel safer. Especially after the last three years, I think this is coming from fear and uncertainty.”
Similarly unfounded claims about vaccine injuries surged last month following the death of sports journalist Grant Wahl, who died of a ruptured blood vessel in his heart while covering the World Cup in Qatar. His death was not related to vaccines.
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How to Watch the Heat vs. Knicks: Streaming & TV Channel Info for Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 3
Published: May. 6, 2023 at 8:31 AM CDT|Updated: 23 minutes ago
The Miami Heat will play the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs.
Keep reading for everything you need to know about this matchup between the Heat and Knicks, including how to catch the action live with a free trial to Fubo.
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Heat vs. Knicks Game Info
- When: Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET
- Where: FTX Arena in Miami, Florida
- TV: ABC
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Heat vs Knicks Additional Info
Heat Stats Insights
- The Heat make 46.0% of their shots from the field this season, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than the Knicks have allowed to their opponents (46.2%).
- Miami has a 25-12 straight-up record in games it shoots higher than 46.2% from the field.
- The Heat are the 27th best rebounding team in the league, the Knicks rank second.
- The Heat average just 3.6 fewer points per game (109.5) than the Knicks allow (113.1).
- Miami is 19-6 when scoring more than 113.1 points.
Knicks Stats Insights
- The Knicks' 47.0% shooting percentage from the field this season is the same as the Heat have allowed to their opponents.
- This season, New York has a 21-12 record in games the team collectively shoots better than 48.2% from the field.
- The Heat are the 20th best rebounding team in the league, the Knicks rank third.
- The Knicks' 116.0 points per game are 6.2 more points than the 109.8 the Heat allow.
- When it scores more than 109.8 points, New York is 35-19.
Heat Home & Away Comparison
- At home, the Heat are averaging 3.9 more points per game (111.4) than they are in road games (107.5).
- Miami is ceding 110.2 points per game this season in home games, which is 0.9 more points than it is allowing on the road (109.3).
- In terms of threes, the Heat have been equally balanced when playing at home and on the road this season, averaging 12.0 per game no matter the location. Meanwhile, they've put up a 36.0% three-point percentage at home and a 32.9% mark in away games.
Knicks Home & Away Comparison
- The Knicks score more points per game at home (117.3) than on the road (114.8), and also allow fewer points at home (113.0) than away (113.2).
- At home New York is conceding 113.0 points per game, 0.2 fewer points than it is on the road (113.2).
- This year the Knicks are picking up more assists at home (23.5 per game) than on the road (22.4).
Heat Injuries
Knicks Injuries
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Unlock the full potential of 5G Standalone (SA) operation over n48 CBRS Spectrum
RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BEC Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LTE and 5G wireless broadband network connectivity solutions, today announced the launch of its latest addition to the AirConnect® Series 5G portfolio. The AirConnect® 8231 5G CBRS Outdoor Router enables 5G standalone (SA) network connectivity over n48 CBRS, an industry first.
The AirConnect® 8231 unlocks diverse fixed wireless access (FWA) market opportunities unlocking the full potential of 5G. Operators can harness the power of 5G Standalone (SA) over CBRS delivering ultra-fast data rates, lower latency, and unmatched coverage for a subscriber broadband experience surpassing rivals.
The AirConnect® 8231 is 3GPP Release 16 compliant, an FCC Part 96 authorized CAT-B CPE-CBSD, and OnGo™ Certified to ensure multi-vendor interoperability for 5G n48 CBRS deployments of any scale.
Designed for performance, the AirConnect® 8231 will deliver maximum channel bandwidth and support sub-6 GHz carrier aggregation providing increased capacity with higher data rates.
The rugged IP68 enclosure integrates BEC's patented antenna technology with 15.5 dBi gain, 38 dBm maximum EIRP, and enhanced uplink 2x2 MIMO and 4x4 MIMO downlink ensuring fast, efficient bi-directional transmission.
The AirConnect® 8231 seamlessly connects to BECentral® CloudEdge. Our Industry-leading cloud-based service platform provides valuable insights and essential network visibility at the edge. In addition, operators will benefit from zero-touch provisioning, SAS domain proxy, real-time analytics dashboards, detailed reporting, historical analysis, performance monitoring, and a host of additional functionality to improve operational efficiencies and optimize service delivery.
"Our connectivity solutions are trusted and widely deployed by leading telecommunications providers. As a result, we expect to see continued growth in adopting our AirConnect® 8231," said D'Andre Ladson, VP of Marketing. "We are committed to driving the adoption of fixed wireless access with innovative hardware, software, and next-generation technologies such as 5G n48 SA."
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La. teacher accused of raping student expected to turn himself in
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - A Louisiana high school gym teacher and athletic coach accused of raping a student is expected to surrender to deputies after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
The suspect, identified in an arrest warrant as Johnnie Butler, is facing a third-degree rape charge and an additional charge of prohibited sexual contact between an educator and student. He is a track coach and physical education instructor at Istrouma High School.
Judge Gail Ray signed the warrant Tuesday, WAFB reports.
Deputies with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office interviewed Butler and a female student in addition to obtaining text messages between Butler and the student, according to the warrant. Deputies also obtained video from the school’s gym where the alleged incident happened, the warrant says.
The investigation began last Wednesday after the student reported the alleged non-consensual sex at a local hospital, according to the warrant. The student also provided investigators with text messages between her and Butler, which helped deputies get a clearer timeline into alleged inappropriate interactions with Butler.
In one message, Butler allegedly describes wanting to “lay” the student down to “get the full effect” after having trouble getting aroused because he was “hearing noises,” the warrant says.
Deputies wrote that messages from the day of the incident show Butler texted the student a location where she should meet him just before the incident happened. Deputies also matched the video with text messages to get a better idea of how the incident played out, according to the warrant.
The video shows the student enter the school’s gymnasium after Butler messages her that he has unlocked it, the warrant continues. The two leave the gym for about six minutes before he comes back into view of the camera, according to the warrant.
Butler exits the gym then messages the student that he would let her know when to leave, the warrant says.
In her interview, the student told investigators that Butler had “pushed her into a closet” and had sex with her without her permission, according to the warrant.
The student told deputies she “froze and could not say anything because she was in a state of shock,” the warrant says.
In his interview, Butler denied having sex with the student and said he did not remember sending the messages to her, the warrant says. He also allegedly admitted to deleting text messages between him and the student before being questioned, according to the warrant.
The deputy noted that Butler seemed to know exactly which case was being probed before investigators even mentioned the victim’s name and added that Butler said there was nothing strange about him deleting the messages.
Butler remains on paid leave from his job at Istrouma High School as the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s own investigation into the case plays out.
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—Bringing Fifth Wall's total capital raised to $2.9 billion; the third
most of any venture capital firm founded in the last five years—
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth Wall announced the close of $1.5B of new funds in 2022, including a $866M Real Estate Tech Fund III, €140M European Fund and $500M Climate Fund. Since 2016, Fifth Wall has raised the third-most capital of any venture firm globally ($2.9B), according to SEC Form D filings. Separately, a Fifth Wall affiliate raised $620M between two SPACs, including FWAA, which completed a merger with the Fifth Wall portfolio company SmartRent in 2021, and FWAC, which announced a merger with Mobile Infrastructure Corporation in 2022. In addition, Fifth Wall grew its team to 75 investment professionals across five offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and recently opened Singapore office.
Fifth Wall is the largest and most active investor in real estate tech (or "PropTech"). Today, the firm's funds represent 64% of capital raised for dedicated PropTech funds. In addition to its PropTech funds, Fifth Wall recently started investing in Climate Tech to decarbonize the global real estate industry, raising $740M across early-stage and growth stage funds. Separately, the firm launched its climate infrastructure strategy led by Alok Sindher. Fifth Wall is also today's largest VC fund that is a certified B Corp.
Since the launch of its first $212M fund in May 2017, Fifth Wall has benefited from the explosive growth of PropTech and Climate Tech, which each now represent some of the largest venture capital categories. The firm became an early investor in many successful PropTech companies including Aurora Solar, VTS, and Lessen which recently acquired SMS Assist in the largest PropTech M&A transaction in history. In addition, Fifth Wall has invested in six companies that have gone public such as Procore—which recently became an investor in the firm's Real Estate Tech Fund III—Opendoor, Blend, Doma, Hippo, and SmartRent—which completed a merger with Fifth Wall-sponsored FWAA in 2021. Nine of the Firm's portfolio companies became unicorns in 2022, including Bilt, Cargomatic, ICON, Material Bank, ONE, SOURCE, Turntide Technologies, Veev, and VTS, totaling more than 25 portfolio companies that have become unicorns since Fifth Wall's inception.
Founded in North America, Fifth Wall has rapidly expanded internationally with its European Fund, London and Singapore offices, and more than 110 strategic Limited Partners who represent some of today's largest real estate owners from 15 different countries such as DAMAC (United Arab Emirates), British Land (United Kingdom), MERLIN Properties (Spain), MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD. (Japan) and NZ Super Fund (New Zealand), among many others. Fifth Wall boasts strategic Limited Partners from each major asset class across the real estate value chain, including Industrial (Prologis), Retail (Macerich), Multifamily (Camden Property Trust), Single Family (Invitation Homes), Homebuilding (Lennar), Healthcare (Physicians Realty Trust), Hotels (Hilton), Services (CBRE), and Listings (News Corp / Move, Inc.), among others.
"Fifth Wall was fortunate to be one of the first venture funds to identify the secular collision between the two largest industries in the U.S., real estate and technology. Because of our consistent track record of investing in category-leading businesses at this intersection, we have been able to meaningfully participate in fiscal as well as strategic value that has been created in what we today call PropTech," shared Brendan Wallace, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Fifth Wall. "Our position at the driver's seat in part comes from pioneering a unique model of boasting the largest real estate organizations in the world as our Limited Partners, because they are the biggest customers and end-users of the companies that we are investing in."
Fifth Wall's Inception
Fifth Wall was founded by Wallace and Brad Greiwe in a Philz Coffee shop in Santa Monica, when they were in their early 30's. A graduate of Princeton, Wallace began his career with Goldman Sachs' and Blackstone's real estate groups before going on to found two successful companies out of Stanford Business School, including one that was sold to Workday. Similarly, Greiwe, a Harvard graduate, started his career in investment banking at UBS and private equity with Tishman Speyer as well as Starwood Capital Group, before co-founding and serving as CTO for Invitation Homes, the largest owner of single family homes within the United States and now an investor in Fifth Wall's PropTech and Climate Tech funds.
Fifth Wall was founded on an unproven idea, as no institutional-scale funds existed in PropTech and no funds had attracted real estate corporates as Limited Partners in 2016. After closing its first $75M that grew to $212M, the firm gained momentum, investing in many startups that have since become synonymous with PropTech such as Blend, Doma, Hippo, Lessen, Opendoor, and VTS. Its investments in 2016 to 2018 have already returned a net amount of more than $493M to-date to investors.
In turn, Fifth Wall became synonymous with PropTech and is sought out by leading entrepreneurs and venture capital funds to help accelerate their businesses through the Firm's distribution lanes which grew from seven to more than 110 Limited Partners in seven years across every major subsector of the real estate industry. The firm followed up its $212M Fund I with its $503M Fund II and $866 Fund III, each of which were the largest PropTech funds at the time they closed.
Fifth Wall earned the reputation as a firm that can accelerate its portfolio companies through partnerships with its strategic Limited Partner base, among the Firm's most notable partnerships is Opendoor & Lennar.
"What makes Fifth Wall's model so powerful is that it delivers specific, differentiated value through its unmatched network of real estate relationships with many of the most influential firms in North America and globally," stated Max Simkoff, Founder & CEO of Doma, a Fifth Wall portfolio company that acquired North American Title—a subsidiary of Fifth Wall Limited Partner, Lennar—in 2019.
In addition to its numerous funds, Fifth Wall IPO'ed $620M across two SPACs, "FWAA" and "FWAC." FWAA merged with the Firm's portfolio company SmartRent, which included a $150M PIPE from Fifth Wall's Limited Partners and SmartRent's customers including Lennar. FWAC, recently announced its merger with Mobile Infrastructure Corporation.
Fifth Wall leveraged its leadership position in PropTech to build its Climate business, which emerged as the largest investor in tech to decarbonize the built environment, raising $740M. The Firm has invested in pioneering Climate Tech businesses such as Ascend Elements, Electric Hydrogen, RoadRunner, Runwise, SPAN, and Sealed, as well as announced Alok Sindher as a Partner to expand into infrastructure investing.
About Fifth Wall
Founded in 2016, Fifth Wall, a Certified B Corporation, is the largest venture capital firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry. With approximately $3.2B in commitments and capital under management, Fifth Wall connects many of the world's largest owners and operators of real estate with the entrepreneurs who are redefining the future of the Built World. Fifth Wall is backed by a global mix of more than 110 strategic Limited Partners from more than 15 countries, including BNP Paribas Real Estate, British Land, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Hilton, Hines, Host Hotels & Resorts, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Kimco Realty Corporation, Lennar, Lowe's Home Improvement, Marriott International, MetLife Investment Management, MGM Resorts, Starwood Capital, Toll Brothers, and others. Fifth Wall believes this consortium represents one of the largest groups of potential partners in the global Built World ecosystem, which can result in transformational investments and collaborations with promising portfolio companies as well as decarbonization technologies. For more info about Fifth Wall, its Limited Partners, and portfolio, visit www.fifthwall.com.
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Despite being second in the LPGA's Race to the CME Globe standings, it's been "tough" for Danielle Kang lately.
After failing to notch a win in 2021, Kang rang in the new year by winning the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. She then posted a runner-up the very next week and followed that up with consecutive top-10 finishes.
Since then, the world No. 11's past five events haven't been as shiny. Her best finish was a T-17 at the Chevron Championship, and she withdrew after Round 1 in two of her last three tournaments due to an ailing back, Kang revealed Tuesday.
"I've been seeing a lot of specialists," Kang said at Shadow Creek, the site of this week's Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play. "Been some issues in my back that the details — I've never really been very honest about my injuries necessarily. Talked openly about mental health and things like that."
Kang saw a specialist as recently as Monday and wasn't in "any shape or form to come out on the golf course yesterday, but [Tuesday] was much better."
The 29-year-old has dealt with back issues before, which has helped her stay positive during her most recent setback. Kang said she's taken 12 Advils during rounds in the past "just to play," and even did so when she won in Shanghai a few years ago.
Match tee times from the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play
If Shadow Creek wasn't Kang's home course, she "probably" wouldn't be playing this week. However, she had this tournament circled on her calendar for weeks and decided to give it an attempt.
"I'm actually mentally in a really good place because I've taken time, got my team, especially in Vegas," she said. "Whether I play well or not, I just want to try. That was my goal four weeks ago when I WDed out of everything, is to have the opportunity to play, instead of feeling like I did at (the DIO Implant LA Open) and (the Palos Verdes Championship) and (the Lotte Championship in Hawaii), just pushing through to accomplish what really?"
Kang hopes this week will provide clarity on where her game stands as she looks ahead to the upcoming major championships and then the season's home stretch.
"It's not just about this week," she said. "I'm just trying to somehow get ready for the [U.S. Women's Open] as well. The preparation hasn't been the way I wanted it to be, but doing the best that I can off the golf course, and see how the rest of the year goes." | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/danielle-kang-back-testing-out-game-match-play-prepping-majors | 2022-05-25 00:26:44 | 1 | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/danielle-kang-back-testing-out-game-match-play-prepping-majors |
Ford has filed a patent application for roof-mounted airbags that would deploy from a vehicle’s headliner and surround occupants for added crash protection.
The application was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on April 7, 2021, and published Oct. 13, 2022. It shows ring-like housings mounted above each of the seats, from which airbags would deploy.
“Airbag” doesn’t quite describe what Ford is proposing, though. Instead of conventional airbags, the patent application’s drawings show ovoid elements that would encircle vehicle occupants, each covered with cylinders that would inflate and provide an impact-absorbing effect similar to conventional airbags.
Ford said this technology was designed to work in passenger and commercial vehicles of different body styles, including sedans, coupes, pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans. But it will likely be easier to package roof-mounted airbags in an Expedition than a Mustang.
The Blue Oval also said these airbags were designed with autonomous vehicles in mind. Some of the drawings even show two rows of seats facing each other—a layout that seems to hint at a self-driving car. It’s worth noting that, shortly after this patent application was published, Ford and the Volkswagen Group pulled funding from autonomous-driving tech startup Argo AI, forcing it to shut down.
Ford’s interest in self-driving cars might be wavering, but the automaker is continuing to experiment with new safety tech for conventional cars. Ford also recently filed a patent application for an external airbag system that would deploy from behind a vehicle’s grille during collisions. But a patent application doesn’t automatically translate to production plans, so it’s unclear if we’ll see either of these novel airbag systems on vehicles sold to customers.
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Billy Williams found an empty table adjacent to the agility field at the Chicago Cubs spring training complex and grabbed a seat.
For the past week, the Baseball Hall of Famer was a staple at Cubs camp. He addressed the team March 6 after being introduced by manager David Ross, who rattled off Williams’ impressive career feats.
And each morning, Williams sat in the patio area near the door to the clubhouse, watching as players gathered to stretch and go through their warmup routines before making his way to the main practice field. Most days, someone would stop on his way to say hello and chat with Williams.
That engagement was fueled by Williams’ decision to make himself noticeably available to players during workouts. His desire to be a resource stems from when he was in his early 20s and trying to establish his big-league career. Back then, when old-timers games were played, Williams made sure he was never in the clubhouse, preferring to mingle with the former ballplayers.
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What he learned then inspired Williams, 84, to do things differently now.
“I realize when these kids come up to me they’re looking for something, and hopefully I could give it to them,” Williams told the Tribune. “You’re talking to a guy who not only played for this team, but you’re talking about a player who played so many years and made it to the Hall of Fame. I enjoy it because it always takes you back.”
Cubs top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong was among the players to approach Williams, leading to an unexpected 10-minute conversation.
“It was very cool. That’s something I’m still digesting,” Crow-Armstrong told the Tribune. “As a 20-year-old, it’s a blessing for sure. It’s an honor to talk to a guy like that. He made me feel very comfortable. I thought it would be a fly-by hi and actually started to walk off a couple times and he kept talking. It’s an example of crazy generosity.”
Without the legendary Buck O’Neil’s influence, Williams’ 16 seasons with the Cubs en route to the Hall of Fame — and his weeklong conversations at camp — might never have happened.
In 1959, Williams, then 21, was playing for the Cubs’ Double-A affiliate in San Antonio. And he was over it.
As a Black man in the South at that time, segregation and racism was rampant. There wasn’t a singular incident that inspired Williams to leave the team. On road trips, he wasn’t allowed to eat in restaurants with teammates, so Williams depended on someone to bring him food, which he would eat on the team bus. He roomed in private homes where, he said with a smile, at least he could enjoy good home-cooked food unlike players who stayed in the hotel.
The totality of it all weighed on him.
“To hell with this, I’m fed up with it,” Williams recalled thinking. “A lot of people felt sorry for me I guess.”
A conversation with one of his three brothers back home in Whistler, Ala., highlighted what he was missing out on being away from his family. Williams’ father, Frank, wasn’t happy he left his Double-A team and didn’t understand why he was willing to give up on his baseball dreams after all of his hard work. About three days into Williams’ return home, he noticed a Plymouth Fury making its way up the long driveway.
Williams knew exactly whom that car belonged to and thought, “Oh, I’m in trouble now.” O’Neil greeted Williams and immediately asked what was wrong.
“They’re expecting big things for you in Chicago,” O’Neil told him.
O’Neil had known Williams since high school when O’Neil worked as a regional scout in the South for the Cubs. While Williams contemplated his baseball future, O’Neil stuck around for a few days, at one point taking Williams to his old local baseball field, where he was reminded of how much fun he had playing.
Within another day or two, Williams rejoined the Double-A team in San Antonio. On Aug. 6 that year, Williams made his major league debut, the first of 2,213 games in a Cubs uniform.
If not for O’Neil’s visit and encouragement, Williams’ stint away from baseball might have become a prolonged absence, if not a permanent departure. He suspects his father and O’Neil spoke about the situation, adding: “If Buck hadn’t done it, I think my father would have convinced me. He knew what I wanted.
“Most of the time, every town I went in, there were great people and that made me want to come back too. But the progress I was making, I started to play real good and people started to talk about (Ron) Santo and myself. So that was great.”
Williams’ friendship with O’Neil, who became the first Black coach in the big leagues with the Cubs in 1962, spanned decades until O’Neil’s death in 2006 at 94. O’Neil’s influence on Williams’ and Ernie Banks’ careers — and on establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. — is part of his wide-ranging legacy in the sport as a player, coach and scout.
Williams said he was thrilled by O’Neil’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame last year, an honor that eluded O’Neil during his life.
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The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Xiyu Lin
Xiyu Lin will be among those playing the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship in Évian-les-Bains, France at Evian Resort Golf Club from July 27-30.
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Xiyu Lin Insights
- Lin has finished below par on 11 occasions, completed her day without a bogey four times and finished 13 rounds with a better-than-average score over her last 18 rounds played.
- She has carded the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five five times and with a top-10 score in seven of her last 18 rounds played.
- Over her last 18 rounds, Lin has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round seven times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 10 occasions.
- Lin has finished in the top five in three of her past five events.
- Lin has finished with a score better than the tournament average in four of her past five tournaments, including two finishes within three shots of the leader.
- Lin has a top-20 finish in four consecutive tournaments.
- Lin will attempt to make the cut for the fifth straight time by making it to the weekend in this tournament.
Over the last year
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- The par-71 course measures 6,527 yards this week, which is 490 yards shorter than the average Tour stop during the past 12 months.
- Evian Resort Golf Club has seen an average tournament score of -6 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- Evian Resort Golf Club is 6,527 yards, 24 yards shorter than the average course Lin has played in the past year (6,551).
- The tournaments she has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -6.
Lin's Last Time Out
- Lin was in the 84th percentile on par 3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, with an average of 2.81 strokes on the 16 par-3 holes.
- She averaged 3.86 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 44) at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, which was strong enough to place her in the 92nd percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.01).
- Lin shot better than 79% of the competitors at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic on par-5 holes, averaging 4.58 strokes per hole, compared to the field average of 4.76.
- Lin recorded a birdie or better on four of 16 par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic (the other golfers averaged 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, Lin had one bogey or worse (less than the field average of 1.6).
- Lin's 10 birdies or better on par-4s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic were more than the field average of 5.4.
- At that last tournament, Lin had a bogey or worse on three of 44 par-4s (the field averaged 5.8).
- Lin ended the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic outperforming the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (2.9) with five on the 12 par-5 holes.
- The field at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic averaged 0.8 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but Lin finished without one.
Amundi Evian Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par: 71 / 6,527 yards
- Lin Odds to Win: +1600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Juliana Guerrero-Gobert of Browning, MT is awarded $2,500 CodeWizardsHQ Educational Scholarship.
BROWNING, Mont. , Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CodeWizardsHQ, the leading online coding school for kids and teens, awarded their annual $2,500 Educational Scholarship. The scholarship had over 200 applicants this year and supports students in their pursuit of a college education.
Juliana Guerrero-Gobert was chosen for her excellent GPA and commitment to pursuing a career in forensic sciences. She will be attending the University of Montana in fall of this year. Juliana hopes to make a positive impact on her Native American community and is a strong representative for both women and minorities in the STEM career field.
"I think it's important for kids to study STEM topics because it gives you a deeper understanding of the world as in .. all the important things that make the world run and that need to happen for society to thrive. I also think that diversifying STEM is important and I hope that young people can look to me or other role models and have the courage to go into those harder topics people normally wouldn't go into."
Juliana Guerrero-Gobert, Scholarship Winner
CodeWizardsHQ teaches live, online coding classes to kids ages 8-18. It also offers the only real-world high school coding internship after completion of their program. The Educational Scholarship is awarded annually as a part of their mission to promote STEM education.
"STEM skills are increasingly valued in the workforce and increased diversity in these fields will lead to continued advancements. We encourage students to consider STEM careers and to start early in their studies. This scholarship is an extension of our mission as a company and we're honored to support Juliana in her pursuit of a college education."
Jey Iyempandi, CodeWizardsHQ Founder
Students must meet below criteria to be eligible for the Educational Scholarship:
- High school seniors and incoming college freshman
- 3.5 or higher GPA
- Priority to STEM program applicants
The 2023 scholarship application is currently open at codewizardshq.com/scholarship.
About CodeWizardsHQ
CodeWizardsHQ is the leading online coding school for kids and teens ages 8-18. Classes are taught by a live teacher with a student-first approach where they learn real programming languages. Each course is tailored to engage elementary, middle, and high-school students with a curriculum that is comprehensive, developmental, challenging, and fun! Learn more and enroll students in upcoming classes at CodeWizardsHQ.com.
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Who could have “gnome” that friendly bearded characters in cute hats would be dominating this year’s holiday decor?
Holiday gnomes are popping up everywhere this season, from cozy bedding to festive entertaining essentials. They’ve even become one of the season’s top-selling characters featured on novelty clothing, right up there with the likes of Santa Claus and Buddy the Elf.
Even though we’re deep into the season at this point, there’s still time to add friendly gnomes to your home in time for holiday festivities.
What you need to know about holiday gnomes
What are gnomes?
Gnomes are whimsical characters with roots dating back to Roman mythology. They’ve appeared in numerous European folklore stories, most notably those from Germany, Scandinavian nations and the UK.
Gnomes often appear in popular culture as benevolent characters that oversee the well-being of the land’s flora and fauna. In the 19th century, they were popularized as garden ornaments, as they were said to bring good fortune for better crop yields.
While gnomes have appeared in various forms throughout stories, they traditionally have pointed red hats, long white beards and simple boots, or long braids and floor-length dresses with aprons.
Gnome home decor trends
Gnome decor trends touch every corner of the home, from bedrooms to bathrooms. Many people have chosen gnomes as their main seasonal design theme and literally deck the halls with the mythical character. Other people prefer a pared-down version of gnome decor and stick to simple accents like bathroom towels, throw pillows or plush figurines.
As far as decorations are concerned, gnome-inspired welcome mats, flags and inflatable yard decorations emerged as festive favorites this year. Some individuals took wreath-making into their own hands and used textiles like felt, pompoms and LED lights to create gnome-inspired designs.
How much you can expect to spend on holiday gnome items
Festive gnome decor starts at $10 and less for towels and tiny knickknacks, whereas home goods like bedding, throw pillows and larger gnome figurines cost $25-$75. Gnome decor made with fine materials, such as glass or ceramic, may cost $60-$250.
Join the holiday gnome craze with these products
Northlight Gnome with Flip Sequin Hat
This 17-inch gnome plush is a nice addition to any mantle or tabletop. The bedazzled hat complements red-and-green holiday decor.
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Levtex Home Gnome Sweet Gnome Pillow
The gnome-inspired accent pillow, suitable for beds and sofas, adds a cozy touch with fluffy red pompoms and fluffy beards.
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ASTANFY Printed Gnome Long-Sleeve T-Shirt
Because of its versatility, this gnome shirt lends itself to plenty of wear throughout the season. It’s a favorite for holiday festivities.
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Stupell Home Decor Gnome Welcome Sign
If you’re looking for inviting wall art to impress holiday guests, this cheery gnome welcome sign is the top choice.
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“Tomten Saves Christmas” by Linda Liebrand
Kids who love gnomes will love this Swedish Christmas tale about Farm Tomten, a grumpy gnome who soon finds himself excited for the upcoming holiday.
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St. Nicholas Square Gnomes Quilt Set
Upgrade your seasonal bedding with this reversible quilt and shams set, made with soft cotton and machine-washable.
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If you’re not ready to bid farewell to gnomes after the holiday season, this solar LED gnome light can take up permanent residency in your garden.
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Updated February 2, 2023 at 12:44 PM ET
The brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by police officers in Memphis. Shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, two of more than 50 mass shootings in the United States in the month of January alone, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
The news of these incidents have been unavoidable, and parents around the country have found themselves in the uncomfortable position of talking to their young children about traumatic events.
But there is help from an unexpected source: Sesame Street.
In 2017, Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street, started the Sesame Street in Communities program. Through resources like games, stories and videos featuring children's favorite muppets, the program aimed to help parents and caregivers tackle difficult issues.
In one video, Elmo asks his Black friend Wes and Wes's dad why they all have different colored skin. In another, a traumatized Big Bird seeks comfort with a hug from his friend, Alan.
The tools aren't just for kids. The website also includes guides for those in the "circle of care." "So it's not only parents and caregivers," says Jeanette Betancourt, the senior vice president for U.S. Social Impact at Sesame Workshop.
"It's early childhood educators, the pediatric community, child welfare or social workers, health care workers, all the influencers on young children's well-being."
Betancourt says the program uses what they call the "Sesame Workshop Model" to develop new teaching material. It includes research and development in partnership with experts from national partners such as the American Academy of Pediatrics or the American Psychological Association.
Talking about traumatic incidents
Betancourt believes that when talking to children about traumatic incidents, it is crucial to make them feel comfortable and secure.
Here are a few ways she recommends:
Although it may be helpful to use these tools to plan important conversations, Betancourt says that these conversations don't have to be perfectly planned.
"In fact, the more you make it an everyday explanation, a moment when the little one asks a question or shows a sign of distress, it's especially important to take advantage of these resources."
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- Shows potent and rapid antibacterial activity against clinical isolates in Europe and Korea both
- CDL200, a novel endolysin pipeline for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI)
- The world's first endolysin in capsule formulation to be administered orally
BOSTON and SEOUL, South Korea, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iNtRON Biotechnology ("iNtRON", www.intodeworld.com) announced today that CDL200, a novel biological drug candidate under the development of the world's first enteric colon-targeted capsule formulation for the treatment of intractable and recurrent CDI (Clostridioides difficile Infection), confirmed the strong efficacy against clinical isolates from CDI patients.
A company official explained that the antibacterial activity of CDL200 was evaluated for 20 clinical isolates from patients in Europe and Korea, and rapid lysis effect within few minutes (1-5 minutes) after treatment was confirmed from all of the tested strains. In particular, even though majority of the tested strains are resistant strains to the commonly used antibiotics such as Metronidazole, Vancomycin, and Rifaximin, CDL200 showed very potent and rapid bactericidal activity.
CDL200 is an endolysin-based novel biological drug candidate for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection, a hard-to-treat and recurrent bowel diseases. CDL200 has innovative drug properties that can eradicate bacteria much faster than the conventional antibiotics in the market, and also can be used for the infection caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria and/or highly virulent bacteria.
CDI patient population has been increasing globally and resulting in high mortality rate due to resistance to the existing antibiotics and serious complications such as toxic megacolon, sepsis, and intestinal perforation. Although there is growing interest in refractory CDI that does not respond well to primary treatment, there are only few studies on effective treatment yet. The more serious problem is the frequency of recurrent CDI is increasing, since the risk of subsequent recurrence is over 45% in patients who have had at least one recurrence.
The conventional treatment based on Metronidazole and Vancomycin is not effective for CDI with severe intractability and repeating recurrence. And the recently attempted FMT (fecal microbiota transplantation), that is, the treatment of administering donor feces to the patient's intestinal tract, has advantages such as not suppressing the intestinal flora and not creating resistant strains, but the treatment brings objection to the general public and is limited in that there is a possibility that other pathogens from the donor may be transmitted.
The mortality rate of CDI was about 3-4% in the past, but due to intensification of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the emergence of highly virulent strain (NAP1/027), the recent mortality rate has been rapidly increased to over 10%, which makes global awareness growing.
Dr. KANG, Sang Hyeon, CTO of iNtRON, said, "We have a number of new endolysin pipelines under the development utilizing our unique itLysin® technology for the serious infection that the development of effective therapeutic agents are urgently needed."
Mr. YOON, Kyung Won, CEO of iNtRON added, "Based on the development experience of SAL200, we will strive to enhance the value of our rich itLysin® pipelines and will continue to secure global competitiveness in the endolysin field."
About CDL200
CDL200 is a novel endolysin-based anti- Clostridioides difficile causes an infection of the large intestine (colon), which is often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff. CDL200 showed potent and rapid activity against 100% clinical isolates from multi-nation and has no disturbance of the normal flora in human's gut. The potential clinical usage and indications are CDI and IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), and the targeted administration route of CDL200 is oral in capsule formulation. CDL200 is under non-clinical stage development and IND enabling studies will be conducted throughout the year.
About iNtRON Biotechnology, Inc.
iNtRON is a leader in bacteriophage-based technology with aim to develop and investigate into the 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' market. While pursuing global research and business development (R&BD) investments since their foundation and accelerated development after entering its IPO in KOSDAQ, the company honed in on innovating BIO New Drugs by developing various 'First-in-Concept' bio-drugs and conducting clinical studies in phases. The Company is committed to development of innovative innovation in the infectious diseases and 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' area.
About iNtODEWORLD, Inc.
iNtRON has established its wholly owned US subsidiary, iNtODEWORLD, Inc. in 2017. iNtODEWORLD was initially registered in Delaware and the headquarter office is currently located in Boston. iNtODEWORLD provides news, updates and platform development progresses of iNtRON to its potential global partners and collaborators along with its own R&BD works in the US.
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