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MILAN (AP) — It was nipples out on the Milan Fashion Week runway this season, one of the clear trends emerging from a week of previews of mostly womenswear collections for next fall and winter.
Wherever there is a trend, there is always the counter-current, and holding out for what he described as “the dignity of women” was Giorgio Armani. Where sheer fabrics were employed in his collection, it was with modesty.
Armani's show closed out fashion week on Sunday. Here are highlights from the last day of live runway shows:
TOMO KOIZUMI PUTS A SMILEY FACE ON FASHION
With swirls of colored taffeta and satin gathered into crushed roses, Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi put a smiley face on a rainy Sunday.
The exuberant looks were spasms of color fashioned into ruffles on a minidress constructed from stripes of knitwear, elaborate skirts and dresses with southern belle silhouettes. These are occasion pieces that would be standouts on any red carpet or party stage; imagine the lucky girl wearing one to prom.
The runway show was in collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana, which supplied textiles as well as handbags and shoes, Koizumi said. He turned a print from one of the Italian house's recent collections into a series of 3-D floral creations.
“I took inspiration from Dolce & Gabbana, and I also got powerful support, which allowed me to push myself even harder,’’ Koizumi said.
Koizumi also put out there his dream: “To be hired by as creative director of a major fashion house.”
GIORGIO ARMANI’S INTIMATE PEEK INSIDE
Giorgio Armani once again gave the fashion world a glimpse of idealized life inside Milan’s stately palazzi, populated by women for whom dressing in comfort and style are not a contradiction.
Satiny loungewear in soothing earthy tones skimmed the form and were grounded in more structured pieces, such as leather motorcycle jackets or contrasting black vests. The looks were elegantly layered, with long dresses over a translucent ribbed trouser suggesting lingerie.
Where sheer fabrics were employed, it was with modesty, for example, over a dark tight, and with a bandeau top of velvet.
Beaded fringe, velvet bows and a flower motif underlined the femininity in the collection. And before the Armani woman walks out into the street, one last touch of face powder …
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC) today has released its Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Results and Supplemental Information by posting it to the Investor Relations section of its website at www.macerich.com (Investors, Financial Information Section).
As previously announced, management will hold a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time) today, Thursday, November 3, 2022, to discuss quarterly results. Interested parties can listen to a live webcast of the call on the Macerich website at www.macerich.com (Investors, Events & Presentations Section). Alternatively, the call is available by phone at Toll-Free 1-888-256-1007 or International (toll) 1-323-701-0225, Conference ID # 5747475.
A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days following the live webcast in the Investors section of the Company's website at www.macerich.com. In addition, an audio replay of the earnings conference call will be available by telephone until Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at toll-free 1-844-512-2921, or International (toll) 1-412-317-6671, PIN #5747475.
About Macerich: Macerich is a fully integrated, self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). As a leading owner, operator, and developer of high-quality retail real estate in densely populated and attractive U.S. markets, Macerich's portfolio is concentrated in California, the Pacific Northwest, Phoenix/Scottsdale, and the Metro New York to Washington, D.C. corridor. Developing and managing properties that serve as community cornerstones, Macerich currently owns 48 million square feet of real estate consisting primarily of interests in 44 regional town centers. Macerich is firmly dedicated to advancing environmental goals, social good and sound corporate governance. A recognized leader in sustainability, Macerich has achieved a #1 GRESB ranking for the North American retail sector for eight years (2015-2022). For more information, please visit www.Macerich.com.
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Now that Samuel Bankman-Fried has been detained in the Bahamas, US authorities are preparing to finally put the question that everyone’s been trying to ask the chief executive of collapsed crypto exchange FTX: “Where’s the money, Sam?”
Even die-hard crypto bros will have to admit they know what I mean by “real money”: it’s that flimsy, magical construct backed by government imprimatur that we all call fiat currency. Actual dollars, euros and yen. To me, this is one of the most interesting questions that’s far from being answered about the entire crypto bubble. Peak valuation of crypto assets was $3 trillion, but much of that amounts to little more than a high score in a computer game. What was the base money, the real-world cash — which despite rampant inflation we all agree still has a relatively stable value — that was sucked into the crypto machine?
This year’s decimation of crypto has caused minimal pain (so far) to the traditional finance system and there are some simple answers why. One is that people knew it was a bit of a gamble and only invested money they could afford to lose.
Another is that regulators kept crypto separate from the banking system for the most part while they worked out what it was all about. They had good reasons: Its early reputation as a key tool for money laundering and criminal activity for one. But also, as Matt Levine has written about in great depth, many of these digital coins were a weird mix of commodity, a kind of currency and also sort of an equity stake in all the programmable activities based on that token. That’s a novel mix of functions that really doesn’t fit into the financial rules we have, so it was always going to take a long time to figure out how these things would fit in with everything else.
But a third reason why the crypto winter to end all crypto winters hasn’t spread its frostbite so far is maybe that in the scheme of things the amount of real money involved was only ever a fraction of the high score achieved. It would still be a lot of money, the industry does seem to have bought quite a lot of Lamborghinis, beach houses and on-stage appearances by ex-politicians, but maybe the total is something equivalent to a few hundred billion dollars rather than anything close to trillions.
A lot of the supposed value of crypto was just invented out of thin air. Coins were created, traded in ways that made their values appear to be rising, and then used as collateral to borrow other coins in an ever-widening gyre of a financial system that paid very high interest in the form of yet more coins spat out of the process of confirming coin transactions.
Real cash was needed now and again to kick a bit more energy into this flywheel, but how much? It’s a really difficult question to answer. Some real money went in as traditional equity investments in companies that did things in crypto — like exchanges or investment funds. A lot of founders and traders also borrowed real cash against the value of their businesses. These two sources maybe paid for a lot of the fast cars and property.
The money that matters most though is the cash that ordinary people and fund managers handed over to buy crypto assets. This will probably turn out to be the most difficult money to track. Some of it will have been put into crypto and later taken out again by fund managers sensible enough to leave after extended rallies to harvest decent profits without getting greedy about something that ultimately made little sense. Ruffer LLP, a London-based fund manager, did this in 2021, for example. The net gain it made was definitely extra real money that came from somewhere.
But lots of the real cash was passed round between exchanges and investors managing liquidity and buying coins and stakes in businesses from each other — and extracting some profits to live off along the way.
The SEC has started with the easier number: It accused Bankman-Fried of defrauding investors of $1.8 billion, which is what it says FTX raised from equity investors. This money bought computers, office space and salaries, political influence and marketing, and a good bit of fun for those involved.
On top of that, FTX also got money from customers to buy crypto. It’s not certain that we’ll ever know how much. The balance sheet first published by the Financial Times showed that it had more than $5.2 billion of real dollars and euros recorded as liabilities. Crypto assets are recorded at about $16.5 billion worth at October prices on the same balance sheet.
This snapshot of the accounts is sparse, makes little sense and was drawn up on the fly, as plenty of people have written (there’s also the hidden, poorly labeled negative-$8 billion mystery account!). The SEC complaint also alleges that $8 billion of FTX customer deposits were held in bank accounts controlled by FTX. Maybe that overlaps with the other $5 billion in liabilities? Or maybe not? But maybe it starts to illustrate something about the relation of cash to crypto in the system.
A lot of what happened in crypto was a kind of bootstrapping bubble, where one coin was loaned or used as collateral to buy another coin, to be loaned again — each step creating a little more crypto value along the way. The final reckoning by administrators of Three Arrows Capital, a crypto investment fund that collapsed owing $3 billion or more in the summer, might shine a clearer light on the cash-to-crypto multiplier that has been at work. Almost all of its assets and liabilities seem to have been in the form of crypto. It would be fascinating to know how real cash ever came through the front door.
All these collapses and bankruptcy proceedings are described in dollar-equivalent values. That is highly unreliable as a measure of what kind of real cash or real value was ever involved. Crypto’s attempts to masquerade as money itself is a big part of why this is all so shrouded in fog.
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Goldman Sachs Traders Won’t Be Alone in Their Bonus Blues: Paul J. Davies
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Apology Is as Hollow as His Empire: Lionel Laurent
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, today announced several leadership changes designed to support the company's long-term strategy for growth and transformation.
- Tom Twitty has been named Senior Vice President - Supply Chain Management effective April 1, 2023. Twitty currently serves as District Vice President in the company's Richmond district. In his new role, he will lead Graybar's strategies for delivering an exceptional customer experience and supporting profitable growth through the company's operational platform, service capabilities and logistics network.
- David Bender has been named Regional Vice President, with responsibility for the company's Minneapolis, St. Louis, Dallas, Seattle, Southwest and California districts. Bender currently serves as Vice President - Business Performance and will move into his new role on January 1, 2023.
- Brian Delaney has been named Vice President - Subsidiaries, with responsibility for Graybar's U.S.-based subsidiaries, also effective January 1, 2023. Delaney currently serves as Vice President - Marketing and Strategic Planning.
"Graybar continues to make strategic investments in acquisitions, technology and supply chain capabilities, all of which are designed to position the company for many more years of success," said Kathleen M. Mazzarella, Graybar's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Tom, David and Brian are proven leaders who will translate these investments into positive results for the company and those we serve. We congratulate them and wish them success in their new roles."
Graybar, a Fortune 500 corporation and one of the largest employee-owned companies in North America, is a leader in the distribution of high quality electrical, communications and data networking products, and specializes in related supply chain management and logistics services. Through its network of more than 300 North American distribution facilities, it stocks and sells products from thousands of manufacturers, helping its customers power, network, automate and secure their facilities with speed, intelligence and efficiency. For more information, visit www.graybar.com or call 1-800-GRAYBAR.
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MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 26-year old man who used a sword to attack two men in Eastern Connecticut before going on a crime spree that included killing a former classmate and kidnapping a woman before during a multistate manhunt was sentenced Wednesday to 55 years in prison.
Peter Manfredonia pleaded guilty in February to murder, kidnapping and other charges in the shooting death of Nicholas Eisele, 23, and the kidnapping of Eisele's girlfriend.
Friends and family of Eisele wore T-shirts to Milford Superior Court emblazoned with his photo inside a heart with words reading “As long as I breathe you'll be remembered. Justice for Nick.”
Manfredonia apologized separately to the Eisele family and kidnapping victim Shannon Spies.
“There are no words that can possibly atone for what I have done. My actions were nothing short of reprehensible,” he said. “What I did was inexcusably horrendous and I will regret it every day for the rest of my life.”
Manfredonia has also pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the sword attack and is scheduled to be sentenced for those crimes on Thursday.
Police and prosecutors said Manfredonia killed Ted DeMers, 62, and seriously wounded an 80-year-old man who lost several fingers and part of his ear in a Samurai sword attack in Willington, Connecticut on May 22, 2020.
It’s not clear why Manfredonia attacked the men, but an acquaintance of his lived near DeMers’ home and told police she had recently stopped seeing him.
After the sword attack, police said Manfredonia broke into another man’s house in Willington and held him hostage for about 24 hours before taking off with his truck and firearms. The man later told police that Manfredonia told him “he just flipped.”
Two days later, Manfredonia went to Derby, Connecticut, to the home of Eisele, a high school friend, and fatally shot him, authorities said. He then forced Eisele’s girlfriend into her car and fled the state, police said.
The violence in Connecticut was followed by a six-day search in several states.
After Manfredonia let the woman go near Columbia, New Jersey, investigators tracked him to Pennsylvania, where police said he took an Uber to a Walmart in East Stroudsburg. Authorities searched the area but didn’t find him. A man fitting his description was later spotted near Scranton, Pennsylvania, prompting another search there.
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Debut of New Collection, Landau Forward, is First from Chief Product Officer Sallian Song
Elevated Look and Comprehensive Marketing Campaign for Landau Unveiled
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kindthread, the leading healthcare apparel company, today debuted the relaunch of the iconic Landau brand, modernizing the 70-year-old brand with a trailblazing visual identity and a new high-performance product line, Landau Forward. The debut of Landau Forward marks the first phase of a full rebrand for Landau, including an all new go-to-market approach, a full digital refresh, and an enhanced marketing campaign shot earlier this summer by celebrated fashion photographer Sebastian Kim. The collection marks the first from Kindthread's Chief Product Officer Sallian Song, the industry-renowned designer behind some of today's most popular scrubs.
Landau Forward is a full range of modern, performance-driven scrubs, and features advanced, sustainably-sourced fabrics alongside high-performing design. "Landau has represented quality and reliability for generations and with Landau Forward, we are elevating that celebrated legacy and introducing the brand to a new generation of healthcare professionals," said David Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of Kindthread. "Our team is dedicated to delivering best-in-class products, service, and experiences, and the new Landau represents a significant next chapter for the brand. While the look and feel reflect a more modern aesthetic, the traditions of durability and value are stronger than ever."
The new offering from Landau is available for retail partners to pre-book now, and to healthcare professionals on December 1, 2022. It features a full range collection of five core styles in seven colors inspired by global fashion trends, including tops, joggers and jacket options. The line incorporates CiCLO sustainable fabric which delivers advanced comfort, fit, and durability while also being kinder to the planet. CiCLO technology allows synthetic plastic-based fibers to behave more like natural fibers, such as wool, but improves on natural fibers by biodegrading faster and helping reduce the accumulation of plastic waste in landfills and plastic pollution in our oceans.
"We put healthcare professionals at the center of everything we do. When we began designing Landau Forward, we set out to create a collection that was both comfortable and sustainable, in an elevated professional style," said Sallian Song. "Landau Forward is a prime example of the innovation, comfort, fit, and attention to detail that will be infused into all of our future products."
The Landau Forward collection is moisture-wicking and provides a four-way stretch. Each piece is breathable, wrinkle-resistant, and fade-resistant with flexible panels and ribbed trims. The range is expected to expand in the summer of 2023 with an extended men's collection and additional colors.
Kindthread was founded earlier this year when the company acquired legacy healthcare apparel brands Landau, White Cross, Scrubs & Beyond, as well as leading uniform provider, Chefwear. Kindthread aims to disrupt the sector by offering consumers and industry partners the highest quality apparel through a data-driven omni-channel distribution network.
About Landau
Landau is one of the most trusted makers of healthcare apparel in the U.S. Since our foundation in 1938, we have become known for meticulous craftsmanship, innovative design, and enduring value. Today we continue this legacy by offering a wide range of practical, durable, and stylish products designed to support medical professionals not just on every shift, but at every stage of their careers. We believe that we're on a journey with our customers , and that's why everything we make comes with a clear promise of Landau quality. For more information, please visit www.landau.com.
About Kindthread
Kindthread is a modern, digitally-forward, customer-obsessed organization, dedicated to serving healthcare professionals while driving positive community impact. Our global ecosystem of trusted brands and highly coveted products creates an unprecedented retail experience for healthcare professionals worldwide. The Kindthread portfolio of brands includes Landau, Chefwear, White Cross, and industry leader Scrubs & Beyond.
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DALLAS FORT WORTH, Texas, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Robin Autopilot, a leading provider of robotic mowing and landscaping technology, and Graze, Inc., a leading developer of fully autonomous commercial electric lawn mowers, have announced an initative that will test both companies' eco-friendly solutions for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) (2nd busiest airport in the world), which manages over 14,000 acres of grass.
Robin Autopilot's solutions include robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) technology that enables clients in the lawn maintenance and landscaping industry to offer environmentally friendly, cost-efficient and labor-saving services for residential and commercial landscapes. Its multi-manufacturer platform includes partnerships with several leading equipment manufacturers, including Graze, Husqvarna, ECHO, NexMow and Spider, offering clients a wide range of solutions to choose from.
Graze's autonomous electric mowers are designed to serve large-scale properties such as airports, golf courses, parks and government facilities, including properties with high security requirements. The company provides solutions that can increase profitability, reduce expenses, and enhance the safety of landscaping operations. Its mowers offer better quality cutting than gasoline-powered mowers, as well as environmental benefits to help companies achieve their sustainability goals.
Robin launched a multi-manufacturer initative at DFW in June, focusing on landscaping maintenance across the airport's campus, including its corporate headquarters, Founders Plaza, and dams. "Graze and Husqvarna mowers tested extremely well in both effectiveness and efficiency for the project," said Logan Fahey, Chairman of Robin Autopilot and Chief Executive Officer of Graze.
"We are excited about the success of this initiative and we look forward to the possibility of expanding it and other key programs to serve enterprise-level customers in the rapidly growing autonomous mowing industry throughout Texas," Fahey said.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Graze plans to open an office in the DFW area later this year to focus on serving new clients, particularly airports and golf courses, throughout the region. Graze's mowers will be on display in both Dallas and Austin for institutions to view.
About Robin Autopilot
Robin's mission is to make lawn care eco-friendly and reliable while improving the health and appearance of commercial and consumer lawns using the power of autonomous lawnmowers. Member companies receive everything they need to run a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business, including proprietary products (software, operating manual, robotic door for homes with fences, and more), as well as non-proprietary products (marketing program, training and support, and financing for robots and doors). Businesses powered by Robin are able to become more profitable, competitive and sustainable in the long term by providing a five-star customer experience and an innovative alternative to traditional lawncare.
About Graze
Graze is a developer of fully autonomous commercial lawn mowers built for a variety of applications such as airports, sports facilities and government properties. Graze's mowers can serve the needs of massive areas, such as golf courses, parks, medians and other commercial properties, with solutions that increase profitability, reduce expenses and enhance safety. Its breakthrough autonomous mowers can do everything a traditional mower can do, but faster and more efficiently. Users simply set the mowing boundaries, and Graze's technology does the rest.
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Which whisk is best?
As an essential part of any kitchen utensil lineup, the whisk blends, mixes and aerates ingredients, allowing you to easily make batter, creams and sauces.
While a whisk may seem like a simple device — a handle attached to wired loops — materials and design influence its effectiveness and quality. When some recipes call for whisking at length, the right one can determine how quickly and comfortably the process goes.
With a proper whisk like this top pick from OXO, cooking and baking become much easier. Learn more about whisks, so you can find the right one for your kitchen.
What to know before you buy a whisk
Types
- Balloon: These are the most popular and versatile. With wide loops, they’re best for whipping and blending batter, creams and soups — they’re the go-to whisk.
- French: Similar to balloon options, French whisks are a bit narrower and thinner. These offer more precision and an ability to be used in smaller bowls.
- Ball: With straight wires featuring balls at their ends, ball whisks are useful for adding air to mixtures, particularly any that are dry and thin.
- Flat: This design features one layer of wire loops with a bit of a curve at the end. Use them in shallow bowls or pans, particularly for gravy or sauce.
- Spiral: With spiral whisks, a wire loop is at the end of a handle, with a second piece of wire attached to that loop in a series of spirals. These are useful for mixing sauces, gravies and dressings.
- Dough: These whisks are meant to tackle tougher, thicker tasks.
Size
Most whisks are 10-12 inches in length. However, you may find some as small as 6 inches or as large as 14. The size of the bowl you’re using should influence the size of whisk you use.
What to look for in a quality whisk
Material
Stainless steel whisks are among the most durable. Stainless steel provides strong and simple operation; it’s easy to clean and dishwasher-safe. Be careful with certain pots and pans, particularly nonstick options, as stainless steel utensils can scratch and damage them.
Silicone is a smart choice because it won’t scratch nonstick pans. It’s both flexible and durable and typically less expensive than stainless steel options.
Plastic whisks are the least expensive option and also the least durable. They can’t withstand high temperatures but can help out if you’re in a pinch.
Handle
When you’re whisking for a long period of time, you want a handle that’s light and comfortable in your hand. Molded silicone is preferred, since it prevents fatigue but also allows for a strong grip. You may find some handles ergonomically designed for maximum support. Make sure the handle is sealed — this prevents food or liquid from getting inside and setting.
How much you can expect to spend on a whisk
Quality whisks, particularly those made of stainless steel and silicone, cost $10-$20. Large-size options or sets of whisks can run up to and over $30.
Whisk FAQ
What type of whisk is most useful?
A. If you can only choose one whisk, the balloon design should cover common tasks like whipping and mixing. If you need two, then a flat whisk is also useful, providing a complementary design that can tend to the jobs the balloon whisk struggles with.
How should I clean a whisk?
A. A dishwasher-safe whisk offers convenient cleaning. If it requires hand washing, however, soak the whisk in a bowl of warm water and soap. Move it around to shake free food and residue, then rinse under hot water. It’s best to wash the whisk as soon as possible after use to avoid food setting.
What’s the best whisk to buy?
Top whisk
OXO Good Grips Silicone Balloon Whisk
What you need to know: This high-quality silicone whisk from a trusted kitchen brand offers both power and comfort.
What you’ll love: This versatile balloon whisk can be used safely on nonstick pans. It provides more power than most silicone options, and it features a comfy grip. It’s dishwasher-safe.
What you should consider: This style is not as firm as stainless steel.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top whisk for the money
OXO Good Grips Better Balloon Whisk
What you should know: This is a stainless steel whisk that’s useful for smaller spaces and comes at a solid price.
What you’ll love: It’s a durable whisk that’s easy to use and comfortable to hold. It’s powerful enough for large tasks but fits in smaller spaces. It’s dishwasher-safe.
What you should consider: Cleaning can be tedious if it isn’t rinsed immediately.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
KitchenAid Classic Utility Whisk
What you should know: This is an effective whisk from a trusted brand that boasts comfort and efficiency.
What you’ll love: The plastic ergonomic handle is lightweight. The stainless steel head provides power and longevity. It’s dishwasher-safe.
What you should consider: The plastic can be flimsy and delicate.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The new partners come with a strong international operational background, highly experienced in building management teams, and scaling companies to sales of hundreds of millions of dollars. Given the current challenges facing the tech sector, it is all the more salient to have such an experienced team of partners to strengthen JVP's tech companies in Israel and New York. In 2021-2022, JVP led funding rounds totaling more than $1.5 billion for its portfolio companies to propel them to become category leaders
JERUSALEM and NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JVP, one of the top ten venture capital firms in the world, as ranked by Preqin, is expanding its activities in New York. Along with new investments in FinTech, Blockchain, Cyber, ClimaTech, FoodTech, and Digital Health, the fund has focused on growth and providing robust support to its companies over the past two years. In 2021-2022, JVP led funding rounds totaling more than $1.5 billion for its portfolio companies to propel them to become category leaders.
As part of the fund investment strategy, JVP has expanded its international activities, strengthened its management team, and most recently, welcomes new partners and executives to its ranks. The new partners will join JVP's current roster of partners that lead investments in the most important high-tech companies in Israel and internationally in tandem with working closely with the Fund's portfolio companies, with the goal of significantly expanding and advancing their business operations. Each new partner joins JVP with a strong international operations background, along with experience in building management teams and implementing growth strategies that have translated into hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. In the backdrop of tightening markets, each partners' expertise and experience will support and further strengthen each of JVP's portfolio companies in Israel and internationally.
JVP is renowned for its Centers of Innovation including Media and AI in Jerusalem, FoodTech in the Galilee, FinTech in Tel Aviv, Digital Health in Haifa, Cyber Security in Beer Sheva, and the International Cyber Center in New York.
"We welcome our new partners to JVP" says Erel Margalit, JVP Founder, and Executive Chairman. "It is precisely in these challenging times that category leaders are made. We must support our companies to reach these heights, enabling them to scale and reach sales of $100-300 million. Along with our existing roster of partners, our new partners bring robust business and strategic experience to further our companies in Israel, North America, and penetration into the Asian and European markets."
Marge Breya joins as a JVP partner in New York. Marge brings over 20 years of experience as CMO and COO in global companies including SAP, HP, Informatica Business Objects, and others. Marge will leverage her robust experience to propel JVP's portfolio companies to become international market leaders. Today, among other roles, she is the CMO of LeadSpace, in which JVP is a leading shareholder.
Sara Thomas was appointed as a JVP partner in London and New York. Founder and one of the owners of Aspen Group, she has led strategic processes in leading global technological companies including Salesforce, Orcal, FIS, and Finastra. In recent years, she has worked with JVP to build the management team at Qlik ($2.5 billion market cap) and, CyberArk ($5.6 billion market cap), among others.
Ilan Ron was promoted to JVP AgTech and FoodTech partner. Ilan is an international expert in the world of food. In recent years, he served as the CEO of Kayco Kosher, which control the kosher food market in North America. He serves as a board member on the boards of JVP's portfolio companies InnovoPro, Kinoko, and Next Probiotics.
Riki Mozes was promoted to JVP Chief People Officer. In her previous role, Riki was the Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Amdocs, where she was responsible for a team of 140 HR professionals across 12 countries. Riki also held senior positions at Teva and Ormat.
In addition, Alexandre Dahan was promoted from JVP Analyst to Director of Investments at JVP. Oren Schor joins JVP as a Senior Associate. Karen Kay joins JVP as Head of Strategic Partnerships in New York. Oded Pinero has been appointed CEO of Margalit Startup Cities. Sagi Kedem was promoted to COO, and Gali Timor joined the group as the Head of Margalit Start Up City Haifa - Digital Health.
About JVP
JVP, founded in 1993 by Dr. Erel Margalit, is an internationally renowned VC fund. It is among the pioneering firms of the Israeli VC industry and has raised over $1.6bn. Over the years, JVP has built over 160 companies and has been listed numerous times by Preqin, as one of the top-ten consistently performing VC firms worldwide. JVP has been instrumental in building some of the world's largest companies to emerge, facilitating 12 IPOs on NASDAQ, including CyberArk Software (NASDAQ: CYBR, $4.7 billion mkt. cap.), QLIK Technologies (NASDAQ: QLIK, then $4 billion mkt. cap.) as well as many large industry sales. Over the past decade, JVP has spearheaded the creation of international Centers of Excellence, including the AI and Media center in Jerusalem, the Cyber center in Beer Sheva, the FoodTech center in the Galilee, and the International Cyber and FinTech center in NYC, in partnership with NYC/EDC and the leading universities of the city. https://www.jvpvc.com.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the global LCAM Coalition has launched a six-country digital and social media campaign to raise awareness about the impact of lung cancer. The disease strikes people of all ages, ethnicities and income levels. And, worldwide, lung cancer kills more men than any other cancer.
"Confronting lung cancer is critical to survivorship—and a cure," said Laurie Fenton Ambrose, president of GO2 for Lung Cancer. "We need to come together in the U.S. and globally to end stigma, increase public and private research funding and ensure everyone has access to care."
"Global advocacy is essential to ensuring that everyone living with lung cancer has a voice—and access to optimal care," said Anne-Marie Baird, president of Lung Cancer Europe. "We look forward to working within the LCAM Coalition to build awareness in order to destigmatize lung cancer and bring the attention that is needed to a disease that impacts over 2.2 million people annually."
The campaign, which will run throughout November, is designed to raise public awareness about the importance of early detection to finding treatable and even curable disease. A combination of digital ads will target audiences in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom featuring a clear message—we need more research, more screening and better treatment options for people with lung cancer.
The global LCAM Coalition's fall campaign builds on the momentum of summer campaigns in Brazil and South Africa. More than 30,000 Brazilians are diagnosed with lung cancer each year, many in the late stages of the disease. South Africa has few people with lung cancer—but has rates that are 2x that of the rest of the continent.
The two campaigns demonstrated significant receptivity among the public for lung cancer awareness messaging. The Brazilian campaign led to over 11,000,000 engagements, primarily from individuals seeking to learn more. The South African campaign, which generated over 5,000 engagements, was targeted exclusively to raising awareness among healthcare professionals—particularly about the role that lung cancer screening can have in early detection.
The LCAM Coalition gratefully recognizes the following sponsors for their generous support: AstraZeneca, Novocure, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, Merck, Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis, and Sanofi.
The Lung Cancer Awareness Month Coalition is a global coalition of cancer and related organizations bringing their collective voices together to amplify the conversation around lung cancer. By drawing attention through coordinated media and social media campaigns, the Coalition and its members hope to expand awareness about why it is so important to talk about lung cancer, fund research, and push for new treatment options around the world. For more information, visit https://lcam.org/.
GO2 for Lung Cancer relentlessly confronts lung cancer on every front, every day. Founded by patients and survivors, we are dedicated to increasing survival for those at risk, diagnosed and living with lung cancer. For more information, visit https//go2.org.
Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE) is the voice of people living with lung cancer and their families with lung cancer at the European level. The organization provides a European platform for lung cancer patient advocacy associations and networks and supports the establishment of national lung cancer patient groups in those European countries where such groups do not yet exist. For more information, visit https://www.lungcancereurope.eu/.
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LOS ANGELES — Veteran actor Sheryl Lee Ralph, an ageless stalwart of the industry who won an Emmy as a first-time nominee at the age of 65, relished in her victory by bellowing powerful lyrics about being an “Endangered Species,” and imploring others to never give up on themselves no matter how long it takes to be seen.
Ralph took home television’s highest honor Monday night for best supporting actress in a comedy for her role as Barbara Howard, a beloved, matriarchal Kindergarten teacher on “Abbott Elementary,” the ABC “mockumentary” sitcom about high-spirited teachers in a woefully underfunded Philadelphia public school.
In tears before gathering herself to accept the trophy inside the Microsoft Theater, Ralph opened her acceptance speech with a powerfully delivered acapella version of the song “Endangered Species” by Dianne Reeves, belting: “I am a woman, I am an artist/And I know where my voice belongs.”
“To anyone who has ever, ever had a dream and thought your dream wasn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t come true, I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like,” Ralph declared before pumping her fist. “This is what striving looks like!”
Ralph’s honor comes after decades in the business with multiple iconic roles – from “Dreamgirls” on Broadway in the 1980s, to stepmother to the title character on the 1990s sitcom “Moesha.”
In an interview with the Associated Press, Ralph relayed excitement about diversity at the Emmys, praising the Korean language “Squid Game” as well as her own show, "Abbott Elementary,'' which has a majority-Black cast.
“The fact that this is the first time since the 1980s that people in a majority Black cast have all been nominated, the first time in 40 years,” Ralph said. “The fact that it is my first nomination, my first invitation to the awards and guess what? Nothing before its time. Everything is right on time. And I’m happy to be here because I’m sailing, baby. I’m loving it.”
Ahead of the award show, Ralph spoke on the red carpet about finally being appreciated in Hollywood, saying she initially thought the Mrs. Howard role would be a thankless gig.
“I was just doing my job because I felt like that. I thought that I was just going to be there collecting a check,” Ralph said in an interview with People magazine. “I had no idea that people would see the subtleties in the work. It’s very easy for people to miss the layers that you put in sometimes as an actor. And they saw it all.”
She also recalled how decades ago, legendary actor Robert De Niro advised her to keep going even though Hollywood was “not looking for the Black girls.”
“Thirty years later, I am seeing my nomination, and thank God I didn’t give up on me because it’s been a rough climb, but it’s worth every step,” Ralph said moments before her win.
Ralph was resplendent in a black velvet strapless gown with orange underside and a slit to her upper thigh and rocked a bedazzled high ponytail, with social media taking note of her sexy look that defied her age.
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The 930-Guest Viking Saturn Was Named in the New York Harbor at Manhattan Cruise Terminal
LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® (www.viking.com) today named its newest ocean ship, the Viking Saturn®, with a celebration in New York City. As part of the event, the ship's ceremonial godmother, Ann Ziff, the esteemed philanthropist and Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera, a longtime Viking cultural partner, offered a blessing of good fortune and safe sailing for the ship—a maritime tradition that dates back thousands of years. The ship will now continue her inaugural season, sailing two new Viking voyages: Iconic Iceland, Greenland & Canada, between New York City and Reykjavik, and Iceland & Norway's Arctic Explorer, between Reykjavik and Bergen.
"This is a very proud day for Viking as we name our newest identical ocean ship in New York City, one of the great cultural capitals of the world," said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. "It is especially fitting that Ann Ziff, Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera—one of the world's greatest cultural institutions—has honored us by serving as godmother of the Viking Saturn. We thank Ann for her loyalty as a Viking guest, as well as her many impressive contributions to the arts and other important causes."
"It is an honor to be godmother of the new Viking Saturn and celebrate this momentous occasion in New York," said Ann Ziff. "Viking and the Metropolitan Opera share a common goal in creating enriching experiences throughout the world and there is no doubt the Viking Saturn will do just that for her guests."
In keeping with the naming tradition, during the ceremony Ziff used the steel sword from the Metropolitan Opera's production of Verdi's Il Trovatore to cut a ribbon that allowed a bottle of Norwegian aquavit to break on the ship's hull. The prop sword was originally used by baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the role of Count di Luna in David McVicar's production, which premiered in the 2008-2009 season. Prior to the ribbon cutting, the sword was presented to Ziff by Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the Countess of Carnarvon, who is also the godmother of the Viking Mars® and a Viking Longship, the Viking Skadi.
As part of the ceremony, guests also enjoyed performances from Sissel Kyrkjebø, one of the world's leading crossover sopranos and godmother of the Viking Jupiter® and Norwegian violinist Tor Jaran Apold. Following a celebratory dinner on board the ship, stars of the Metropolitan Opera—soprano Susanna Phillips, tenor Charles Castronovo, and baritone Quinn Kelsey—treated guests to a performance of opera classics, including selections from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka, Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème, as well as a collection of American musical classics from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern and others.
Ann Ziff, Godmother of the Viking Saturn
A dedicated philanthropist focused on the arts, education, culture and environmental conservation, Ann Ziff is Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera and serves on several boards, including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Sing for Hope, the World Science Festival and the Los Angeles Opera. Passionate about bringing culture and arts into the lives of children in need, she co-founded Smile Train and was a board member at Maloto, an organization that provides education and housing for abused and abandoned girls in Malawi. Ms. Ziff also has an eponymous fine jewelry brand, Tamsen Z, where she designs and creates one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by her love of culture, art and music as well as her travels as a loyal Viking guest.
Viking and the Metropolitan Opera
As one of the world's foremost cultural institutions and the largest classical music organization in North America, the Metropolitan Opera is home to the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, and artists around the world and has been a Viking cultural partner since 2016. On board Viking's ocean ships, guests are treated to the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning Live in HD series, including an exclusive viewing of Mozart's The Magic Flute. As part of Viking's continued commitment to support enriching, cultural programming, other premier partnerships and sponsorships include Ballet Sun Valley, BBC, Highclere Castle, Los Angeles Philharmonic, PBS' MASTERPIECE, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Oslo's Munch Museum, TED and many others.
The Viking Saturn
The Viking Saturn is the newest ship in Viking's award-winning ocean fleet of identical sister ships, which also includes the Viking Star®, the Viking Sea®, the Viking Sky®, the Viking Orion®, the Viking Jupiter®, the Viking Venus®, the Viking Mars®, and the Viking Neptune®. Classified by Cruise Critic as "small ships," Viking's ocean vessels have a gross tonnage of 47,800 tons, with 465 staterooms that can host 930 guests; the ships feature all veranda staterooms, Scandinavian design, light-filled public spaces and abundant al fresco dining options.
The naming of the Viking Saturn comes as the company continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary and its most successful single month of bookings in January 2023, following recent years of strong growth. Since 2020, Viking has welcomed 17 new ships to its fleet—including eight new Viking Longships on the rivers of Europe; new purpose-built vessels on the Mekong, Nile and Mississippi rivers; four new, identical ocean ships; and two Polar Class expedition vessels. Most recently, Viking was voted "Best Cruise Line" by Food & Wine readers in the publication's inaugural Global Tastemakers Awards. In March 2023, the company dominated Cruise Critic's Cruisers' Choice Awards, receiving top honors in six categories including "Best Overall Line," "Best River Line," and "Best Dining" for its ocean and expedition voyages. Additionally, Viking has been named both the #1 Ocean Line and #1 River Line by both Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler, making it the first line ever to simultaneously earn #1 in its categories from both publications.
Booking Details
From now through June 30, 2023, Viking is offering a 25th Anniversary Sale, with a $25 deposit, special savings, and up to free international airfare on river, ocean and expedition voyages. Call Viking toll free at 1-855-8-VIKING (1-855-884-5464) or contact a travel agent for details.
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Viking was founded in 1997 and provides destination-focused journeys on rivers, oceans and lakes around the world. Designed for experienced travelers with interests in science, history, culture and cuisine, Chairman Torstein Hagen often says Viking offers experiences for The Thinking Person™. Viking has more than 250 awards to its name, including being the first cruise line to ever be named both the #1 Ocean Line and the #1 River Line in a single year in Travel + Leisure's 2022 "World's Best" Awards. Viking has also been rated the #1 River Line and #1 Ocean Line by Condé Nast Traveler in the publication's 2022 and 2021 Readers' Choice Awards. For additional information, contact Viking at 1-800-2-VIKING (1-800-284-5464) or visit www.viking.com. For Viking's award-winning enrichment channel, visit www.viking.tv.
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MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. (WNCT) — Crews from Duplin and Wayne County responded to a hazardous materials incident that happened at the Butterball plant near Mount Olive on Thursday morning.
In a media release from Duplin County Emergency Management, officials said emergency response agencies from both counties responded to the Butterball LLC processing facility on Garner Chapel Road near Mount Olive.
First responders were notified by Butterball personnel of a potential problem with an on-site chemical contained in a storage tank. Crews worked with faculty members to ensure there was no chemical release or injuries.
The agencies that responded included:
- Butterball, LLC
- Pleasant Grove VFD
- Albertson VFD
- Oak Wolfe VFD
- Pricetown VFD
- Seven Springs VFD
- Mount Olive FD
- Duplin County Emergency Management
- Duplin County Fire Marshal
- Duplin County EMS
- Duplin County 911 Communications
- NC Hazardous Materials Regional Response Team
- NC Emergency Management
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Representatives from Butterball said they would remain on the scene to monitor conditions and to ensure no further mitigation was needed.
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Kindergartner hit by car while walking home from school
By Melanie Johnson
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CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Illinois (KMOV) — School-zone safety upgrades are coming to a Metro East school district after a 5-year-old student was hit by a car. Fortunately, the student walked away alive with only scrapes and bruises.
“It’s just heartbreaking that people don’t care,” says the boy’s mother, Sadie Nolen.
The Elizabeth Morris Elementary kindergartener was walking across the street when he was struck just steps away from his home. His mom tells News 4 it happened on the second day of school, the driver tried to bypass a line of cars waiting to pick up students.
“The car was stopped so he could go across the street to come home,” she says. “You should have waited in line just like the rest of the parents were waiting in line.”
The Cahokia School District along with Cahokia Height’s mayor are now working to bring new safety upgrades and precautions to the school zone.
“We’ve added a second officer at dismissal time. That security team with tremendous support from the families is rerouting the pickup process and system and rerouting it differently,” says Cahokia District Deputy Superintendent Tanya Mitchell.
Despite plans to fix the dangerous stretch of road, the young student is still traumatized from the collision.
“He’s really scared. Every time we try to cross the street, he’s like, ‘Mommy I don’t want to get hit by a car,” says Nolen.
There is no word on if the driver will face any charges.
“What if it was your child? Wouldn’t you be upset that somebody hit him and there’s nothing you can do about it?” says Nolen. “I’ve sat here and watched quite a few kids dodge cars from people driving.”
The student’s family hopes this close call brings awareness to drivers and changes to school districts on both sides of the river.
“Keep an eye out. Go the speed limit,” says Nolen. “Don’t be in such a rush.”
The district plans to take the new safety proposals to the school board for immediate approval.
“Our kids are our most precious gifts so please help us,” says Mitchell. Everyone do their part to keep all of our kiddos safe this school year.”
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SHANGHAI, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Asieris Pharmaceuticals (688176), a global biopharma company specializing in discovering, developing and commercializing innovative drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and other related diseases, announced that the registration applications for the single-use, handheld electronic cystoscope cannula Uro-G and the electronic endoscope image processor Uro-3500 it represents have been accepted by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).
Compared with the widely used cystoscopes currently available on the market, the Uro-G insertion cannula has a flexible structure that can significantly reduce pain and improve comfort. In addition, the Uro-G offers a viewing angle of 120°, both 210° upward and 130° downward motion angles, and a 90° angle of rotation clockwise and counterclockwise. These angles provide doctors with the flexibility to manipulate the lens, allowing them to view the panorama of the bladder while looking directly at the screen, which also reduces blind spots. The Uro-G also has its own operating orifice, so that doctors don't have to change the equipment frequently. The cystoscope also contains an LED light source at the tip to provide intracavity illumination for enhanced visualization during cystoscopy.
Used together with the uniquely designed handheld Uro-3500 electronic endoscope image processor, the images collected by the Uro-G can be processed and transmitted to the display screen for image visualization, so that the target tissue, the equipment, and the endoscope image remain in doctors' direct line of sight, facilitating examination. The integrated, portable design of the cystoscope enables doctors to complete a cystoscopy single-handedly, thereby increasing its applicability.
The standard disinfection process for conventional endoscopes involves scrubbing them in disinfectant solutions, which are prone to bacterial residues and pose a hidden risk of infection. From 2017 to 2021, the FDA received more than 450 medical device reports (MDRs) associated with urological endoscope related infections1. Uro-G is disposed after use on one patient and thus simplifies the clinical disinfection and sterilization process mandated for conventional cystoscopy, thereby reducing the risk of cross infection caused by repeated use and ensuring safer examination for patients. Additionally, the Uro-G is more economical than conventional reusable flexible endoscopes as far as acquisition cost, service life, turnover frequency, disinfection difficulty, maintenance cost, etc.
Uro-G and Uro-3500 were developed by Uroviu Corporation, and both received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance in 2018 and 2021, respectively. Asieris Pharmaceuticals signed a collaboration agreement with UroViu in May 2021, and obtained the commercialization rights of UroViu's single-use cystoscopy system in China. Uro-G and Uro-3500 have completed their first domestic use case for bladder cancer diagnosis and perfusion at Hainan Provincial People's Hospital in Boao Lecheng in August 2022.
"We are pleased that the registration applications for Uro-G and Uro-3500 have been accepted by NMPA, which is an important milestone for the company to realize its commercial strategy for integrated diagnosis and treatment." Mr. Jiang Xinming, Vice President of Marketing Department of Asieris said, "As a leading global innovator in the pharmaceutical industry, Asieris is committed to advancing the research, development, and promotion of cutting-edge medical technologies and products that are both high-quality and highly effective. Our goal is to continuously raise the standard of medical care and provide better health services for patients all around the world."
About Asieris
Asieris Pharmaceuticals (688176.SH), founded in March 2010, is a global biopharma company specializing in discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative drugs for the treatment of genitourinary tumors and other related diseases. We strive to improve human health and help people live more dignified life. We aim to become a global pharma leader that integrates R&D, manufacturing, and commercialization in our areas of focus, as we provide best-in-class integrated diagnosis and treatment solutions for patients in China and worldwide.
The company has been developing its proprietary R&D platform and core technologies, exploring new mechanisms of action, and efficiently screening and evaluating drug candidates. With a well-established in-house R&D system and expertise in global drug development, Asieris is committed to launching first-in-class drugs and other innovative products to address huge unmet needs in its areas of focus.
Asieris is also enhancing its pipeline for genitourinary diseases via proprietary R&D and strategic partnerships, while closely following cutting-edge technologies and therapeutics. The company strives to discover and identify unmet clinical needs and adopts a forward-looking approach to product planning and life-cycle management. We aim to establish an outstanding portfolio that covers diagnosis and treatment in a bid to benefit more patients in China and globally.
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Turkeys, potatoes, stuffing and pumpkin pie.
Unfortunately, all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal are going to cost more this fall.
Hot inflation has cooked pocketbooks this year, peaking at 9.1% in June but slowing last month. This has hit everything from rent to healthcare costs, and grocery prices alone have gone up 12.4% in a year.
“There’s really no escaping the higher food prices this holiday season,” said Michigan State University food economist David Ortega.
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Overall, market research firm IRI predicts Thanksgiving dinners will cost 13.5% more this year. That’s up from the $53.31 average cost of a Thanksgiving meal for 10 in 2021 and $46.90 two years ago, according to the American Farm Bureau.
Everything from lingering supply chain issues, the war in Ukraine and climate change have played a role in rising costs.
Let’s look at a few grocery items that will have bigger price tags:
Turkey carving a chunk out of budgets
Turkey is the centerpiece on many Thanksgiving tables.
But turkey prices have risen nearly 17% annually now costing roughly $2.45 per pound compared to $1.75 this time last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture national retail report.
Ortega says this is caused by “a combination of various things.”
Predominantly, 5.4 million turkeys – or 2.5% of all turkeys slaughtered for meat in 2021 – were killed this year to slow the spread of a deadly avian flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in July. Another 1.79 million turkeys died during a second wave of the flu this fall.
Related: What you need to know about avian flu in Michigan
High costs of feed, fertilizer and fuel paired with high seasonal demand also pushed up prices.
“It’s not just one thing. It’s multiple,” Ortega said. ”When you look at a Thanksgiving meal you can really see where all these factors are playing a role in raising prices.”
Even though wholesale turkey prices are up shoppers might not see sky-high sticker prices.
Ortega says it’s common for turkeys to be a “loss leader,” meaning grocery stores will lower the price to draw more customers. Then stores will markup prices on other items like stuffing, cranberry sauce and fried onions to top your green bean casserole.
This makes it hard to predict exactly what turkey prices shoppers will see this year.
“We’re still a few weeks away, but there are indications that some grocery retailers are going to be using turkeys as a bit of loss leader to provide relief in at least this one staple item,” Ortega said.
Potatoes, green beans, pies – oh my!
Fruits and vegetables are also costing more partly due to climate change.
“When you look at the Thanksgiving meal, fruit and vegetable production has been affected domestically out west by some of this adverse weather,” Ortega said.
Extreme drought plagued the western United States this year, likely impacting food prices. In mid-July, federal officials said more than 32% of the land in California, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico was experiencing “extreme or exceptional drought.”
“That’s not just affecting yields and productivity but it’s also posting challenges for supply chains and transportation,” Ortega said.
Potatoes, another Thanksgiving staple, cost nearly $1 a pound compared to 80 cents last year.
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Holiday sweets and treats are also not immune to price hikes. The cost of butter, eggs and sugar have increased, and grains jumped earlier this year due to the war in Ukraine.
“All of those prices were going up prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which sent commodity prices for things like grains and vegetable oils surging,” Ortega said. “They’ve come down substantially since their highs in the late spring, but it takes time for those decreased costs to make their way down to the consumer.”
When will shoppers see relief?
As you can see, food inflation is complicated.
And there isn’t one fix that can bring relief to Americans burdened by high grocery costs.
It is important to note those hardest hit are low-income families and households, Ortega said. “These are the individuals who spent over a quarter of their income on food. They’re going to be making some tough decisions in terms of how to get food on the table.”
Related: Rent, gas, food: 4 takeaways from inflation easing to 7.7% in October
But the most recent consumer price index showed signs of some reprieve.
Annual inflation, stuck above 8% since March, cooled slightly to 7.7% in October. And rising food prices slowed down to a 0.4% monthly increase after ticking up by more than a percentage point each month during the spring and summer.
But Ortega warns this doesn’t mean things will get cheaper.
“It just means they’re not getting as expensive as quickly,” he said.
Want to read more about the economy? See all our inflation coverage here.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Plans are moving forward in the legislature to tackle Oregon’s healthcare staffing crisis. House Bill 2697 would require hospitals to make staffing plans to improve frontline working conditions.
But those rallying for change say that’s just the first step.
Hospitals and healthcare unions across the state are teaming up with state lawmakers as Oregon faces a growing healthcare worker shortage – which has been exacerbated by the pandemic and burnout as more leave the industry.
“It’s critical, the workforce is very fatigued, the working conditions are quite poor. And so folks aren’t staying,” said Matt Calzia, a registered nurse and director of Nursing Practice and Professional Development for the Oregon Nurses Association.
He said it’s a problem of recruitment, but even more of a problem of retention.
“Even if hospitals are able to recruit and the education system is able to create a lot of nurses, if you aren’t retaining them, we’re never going to get ahead of the problem and fix the problem,” Calzia said.
Now, HB 2697 would require hospitals to make staffing plans to reduce patient assignments and high workload, while also improving conditions that could then entice more workers to come to the state.
Citing studies through leading medical programs and the National Institutes of Health, Rep. Travis Nelson, one of the co-chief sponsors of the bill says this staffing crisis goes beyond the employees.
“There’s research from Johns Hopkins University that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in this country. There was a recent study put out by the New England Journal of Medicine showing that one out of every four patients in the hospital will experience some type of adverse event and both of those things are related to staffing,” said Rep. Nelson. “We know for sure that short staffing leads to death and unwanted injury in hospitals and I don’t think that should be overlooked.”
This week, the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, came together with many of the healthcare unions like the Oregon Nurses Association to make changes to the bill that work for different types of hospital settings across the state.
This includes adjusting the number of patients assigned to each nurse.
“I think that it’ll improve working conditions, but there’s a lot more that the health systems are going to have to do,” Calzia said. “There’s a lot more collaboration that’s going to have to be done with frontline staff of all disciplines, and those in the leadership positions in the health systems to start to really rebuild the workforce and fix the work environment.”
As other measures also make their way through the session, tackling hospital capacity and healthcare costs, lawmakers and hospital advocates tell KOIN 6 the goal is to not only help current frontline workers and hospitals, but also bring new nurses to the state.
“Nurses are suffering from moral distress and burnout and we’re in this vicious cycle,” Nelson said. “Nurses continue to work, they get burned out, which leads to more short staffing. We’re hoping to interrupt that cycle. We’re also hoping to attract nurses to Oregon, as well.”
The proposed changes to the bill will now head to the House Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care on Monday.
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North Dakota lawmakers are advancing transparency requirements for who is leasing buildings to the state government.
The bill is tied to the issue of lawmakers who are landlords to the state, notably a Bismarck-area representative who co-owns a building leased by the late attorney general and involved in a construction cost overrun uncovered last year.
The North Dakota Senate on Tuesday passed House Bill 1288 by Rep. Shannon Roers Jones, R-Fargo, in a 46-1 vote with no discussion.
The state House of Representatives last month passed the bill, 87-3. The bill goes back to the House for concurrence on the Senate amendments.
The bill would require state leases and rental agreements to list owners with an interest of 10% or more in the leased property, as well as owners of state-contracted property management companies with an interest of 10% of more.
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Sen. Kristin Roers, R-Fargo, said the amendments add "sunshine requirements" of the bidding process for projects using public funds, including advertising requirements and acceptance of "the lowest responsible bidder."
"We found a couple sections of code where there was ability for projects to happen using public funds but not having to follow these two sunshine requirements," Roers told the Senate.
Another amendment also does not require the disclosure of a third-party property manager, or one hired by the building owner, not the state.
The bill follows an interim legislative study on leasing as well as new Attorney General Drew Wrigley's disclosure last June of the $1.8 million building cost overrun incurred under his late predecessor, Wayne Stenehjem, who died in January 2022 at age 68 due to cardiac arrest.
An investigative report prepared for lawmakers by State Auditor Josh Gallion last fall noted Rep. Jason Dockter, R-Bismarck, as a co-owner of the attorney general’s leased building at 1720 Burlington Drive in south Bismarck. Dockter also co-owns Parkway Property Management, which upgraded the building for the attorney general.
Dockter was Stenehjem's campaign treasurer in 2016 and 2018. The lawmaker has said he and Stenehejm were friends, "but it didn't have anything to do with" the building.
Roers Jones has said her bill seeks transparency and “is not specifically directed at one episode or issue.”
The 2021 Legislature arranged for the interim Government Administration Committee to research state-leased property and whether any restrictions or prohibitions should be imposed on state officials and lawmakers who lease to state government. That included reviewing a list of state agency space needs and leases, including lessors. Some corporations didn’t provide or refused to provide names of their owners.
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As defense begins its case, R. Kelly tells judge he won't testify at ongoing trial
R. Kelly's lawyers began mounting a defense Thursday in Chicago against federal charges of child pornography, enticement of minors for sex and fixing his 2008 state trial, with an initial witness contending the singer was himself a victim of blackmail.
The presentation to jurors won't include Kelly taking the witness stand.
Judge Harry Leinenweber asked Kelly directly on Thursday morning if he would testify, and the Grammy Award winner responded that he would not.
The judge raised the issue minutes before attorneys for Kelly and two co-defendants began calling their first witnesses, endeavoring to counter two weeks of government testimony — including from four women who accused Kelly of sexual abuse.
Co-defendant Derrel McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, is accused of helping Kelly rig the 2008 trial, at which Kelly was acquitted. McDavid said he will testify. Co-defendant Milton Brown is charged with receiving child pornography. Like Kelly, he said he wouldn't testify.
Testifying would have been risky. At times, Kelly has exploded in anger under tough questioning, which could hurt his defense.
He lost his cool in a 2019 interview with Gayle King on “CBS This Morning.” As she pressed him about accusations of sexual abuse, he jumped up, crying and gesticulating. “I didn’t do this stuff!" he shouted. "This is not me! I’m fighting for my ... life!”
Lawyers for all three defendants are essentially sharing witnesses. McDavid's legal team called the first defense witness, McDavid's friend and former police officer Christopher G. Wilson. He testified that McDavid told him in 2001 that a merchandising agent for Kelly, Charles Freeman, was trying to blackmail the R&B star.
Freeman testified earlier for the government that Kelly and his associates agreed to pay him $1 million to hunt down and return a video that featured Kelly, describing how he was handed bags full of cash as payment. He said the money was for services rendered, not an extortion bid. Prosecutors say the payments were part of a conspiracy to obstruct investigators leading up to Kelly's 2008 trial.
Under cross-examination, Wilson conceded he didn't directly witness anyone trying to extort Kelly, saying he was relying on what McDavid told him.
A conviction on just one or two of the charges at the Chicago trial could add years to a 30-year sentence Kelly already received from a New York federal judge in June for convictions on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
Via witnesses Thursday, the defense also sought to raise doubts about the ages of a few accusers, saying at least one may have been 17, the age of consent in Illinois, at the time Kelly pursued her for sex.
There was nothing necessarily sinister about Kelly or his workers dealing in cash, another defense witness, former Kelly studio intern Tom Arnold, told jurors. Kelly rarely used his own credit cards and preferred cash transactions added Arnold, who said he once carried $125,000 to Kelly in a backpack.
The highlight of prosecutors’ presentation was the testimony two weeks ago of a 37-year-old woman who used the pseudonym “Jane.” She described Kelly sexually abusing her hundreds of times starting in 1998 when she was 14 and Kelly was around 30.
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MILWAUKEE (AP)Eric Lauer pitched seven strong innings, Rowdy Tellez and Tyrone Taylor homered, and the Milwaukee Brewers shook out of their post-trade deadline funk with a 5-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
NL Central-leading Milwaukee had lost three straight since dealing All-Star closer Josh Hader to San Diego on Monday.
Tellez hit a two-run shot in the first inning off Robert Dugger (0-1), and Taylor followed with a three-run blast in the third.
”We’ve played good baseball, and we know when we play good baseball, we win,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. ”Pitched very well tonight, couple home runs with some guys on base and played solid defense.”
Lauer (8-3) worked out of trouble early, loading the bases in the first and putting two aboard in each of the next two frames. But the Reds couldn’t cash in until Kyle Farmer’s RBI single in the fifth.
”It’s way nicer pitching with a lead, pitching when you’re out in front,” Lauer said. ”You have some wiggle room. You can just go out there, pound the zone and really attack guys.”
Cincinnati threatened in the ninth, putting two on with one out against Trevor Gott. The Brewers then turned to Devin Williams, who fanned Matt Reynolds and Jonathan India for his seventh save of the season and his first since taking over for Hader.
”We were putting something together in the ninth but Williams came in and did a nice job,” Cincinnati manager David Bell said. ”We just have to keep going.”
NO REGRETS
Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns and principal owner Mark Attanasio stood by the decision to trade Hader.
”Cost-cutting had absolutely nothing to do with this,” Attanasio said. ”Every player that was available, we had the resources to pick up – not just for the balance of (this) season but for (any remaining) seasons on their contract.”
Stearns noted the Brewers’ payroll went up after he picked up reliever Trevor Rosenthal, and he was in talks about other deals.
”We were engaged with a number of players the day before the deadline and the day of the deadline that had we been able to pull off a deal, our payroll would have gone up even further,” Stearns said. ”Ultimately, we didn’t make those deals because I made a decision that the talent asked was too high.”
RUNNERS-UP HONORED
The 40th anniversary of the Brewers’ only World Series appearance, in 1982, was commemorated during a pregame ceremony. Hall of Famers Paul Molitor, Robin Yount and Rollie Fingers were in attendance.
”They’re just a unique bunch of guys, as a fan you form a bond with one of them, they’re your favorite,” Counsell said. ”That’s what makes it last. They were a great baseball team, too, for a number of years.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: RHP Hunter Greene was placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained right shoulder, and reliever Ryan Hendrix was recalled from Triple-A Louisville. … RHP Jeff Hoffman (right forearm) was slated to throw a bullpen session Friday and could return to the team as early as next week. … RHP Art Warren (right flexor strain) is expected to start a minor-league rehab assignment sometime in the next few days.
Brewers: Counsell said it’s too early to determine the severity of C Omar Narvaez’s strained quad.
UP NEXT
Brewers left-hander Aaron Ashby (2-9, 4.13 ERA) faces Cincinnati lefty Nick Lodolo (3-3, 4.23) on Saturday night.
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This story has been corrected to show that the Brewers were the American League champions, not the World Series champions, in 1982. The Brewers lost the World Series to the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals.
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Four Republicans seeking to overhaul how elections are run by becoming their state’s chief election official said Saturday they were fighting against a corrupt system — even pointing a finger at mysterious forces within their own party.
The candidates — Arizona’s Mark Finchem, Michigan’s Kristina Karamo, Nevada’s Jim Marchant and New Mexico’s Audrey Trujillo — appeared at a conference inside a South Florida hotel ballroom that featured numerous speakers falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.
“Our biggest enemy is our own party,” said Marchant, a businessman and former state lawmaker who was among Trump’s most ardent supporters challenging President Joe Biden’s 2020 win in Nevada. “Even though we are Republicans, we are kind of the outsiders. We have a battle, but we’re not giving up.”
All are members of the America First Secretary of State Coalition, which calls for large-scale changes to elections. Eliminating voting machines, mailed ballots and early voting are among their plans. The coalition also supports hand-counting of all ballots and a single day of voting for all Americans with few exceptions. They did not say whether Election Day should be a national holiday.
Many of their ideas are based on unfounded claims that voting machines are being manipulated. Nearly two years after the 2020 election, no evidence has emerged to suggest widespread fraud or manipulation while reviews in state after state have upheld the results showing Biden won.
The four are among the nearly 1 in 3 Republican candidates running for statewide offices that play a role in overseeing, certifying or defending elections who have supported overturning the results of the 2020 presidential contest, according to an Associated Press review.
Election experts say candidates who dispute the results of a valid election in which there has been no evidence of wrongdoing pose a danger of interfering in future elections. They warn it could trigger chaos if they refuse to accept or challenge results they don’t like.
With less than nine weeks before the November election, the candidates took time off the campaign trail in their own states to appear at the event, organized by the secretary of state coalition and the Florida affiliate of The America Project. The America Project was founded by Michael Flynn, the retired lieutenant general and Trump’s former national security adviser, and Patrick Byrne, founder of Overstock.com.
It was the latest in a nationwide effort to question the results of the 2020 election and promote conspiracy theories about voting machines and the workings of election offices. The forums, held for well over a year, have helped to undermine confidence in elections among broad swaths of the Republican Party.
A few hundred people attended Saturday’s conference, which featured numerous panels claiming that elections are being manipulated in a variety of ways. One panel was comprised of former candidates — Democrats and Republicans from around the country — who sought to cast doubt on their election losses in bids to challenge elected officials in their states.
Karamo, a community college professor, gained prominence after the 2020 election for claiming she saw irregularities in the processing of handling mailed ballots while serving as an election observer in Detroit. She called the election system corrupt.
“This is not a partisan issue. It’s a liberty issue,” Karamo said. “That’s why you see people in our own party, claiming to be Republicans, trying to silence us and stop us. Even though we are the Republican nominees of this office, we have people in our own party trying to make us lose. Because they are in on it.”
A wide-ranging review of the 2020 election in Michigan by Republicans who control the state Legislature found no systemic fraud and no issues that would have changed the results. Similar reviews in other battleground states have come to the same conclusion. Dozens of court cases brought by Trump and his allies were turned away, and even the former president’s own Justice Department found no evidence of widespread fraud.
Nevertheless, the Republican secretary of state candidates speaking Saturday spoke of a system they see as hopelessly corrupted.
Finchem said he did his job as a state lawmaker in calling a public hearing to discuss election concerns and noted how Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican in his final term, dismissed the effort: “How do you like me now, Doug?” Finchem said.
He added: “We are in battle against a cartel.”
Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before Trump backers attacked Congress and has pushed for Biden’s win in Arizona to be withdrawn, something the law provides no way to do.
False claims about the 2020 election have led to death threats against election officials and workers, prompting some to leave the profession and raising concerns about a loss of experienced professionals overseeing elections in November.
The repeated false claims of a stolen election also have eroded confidence in U.S. elections. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll in 2021 found that about two-thirds of Republicans say they do not think Biden was legitimately elected.
Trujillo, a small business owner from the central New Mexico town of Corrales, said she wants the state’s officials to follow the law when it comes to elections and to increase transparency. For example, she raised concerns about the security of drop boxes used to return mailed ballots, even though there is no evidence of widespread problems with drop boxes.
She also criticized election officials for being dismissive or even condescending to voters who have doubts.
“We have questions as voters and we should get to ask them,” Trujillo said in an interview after speaking as part of the panel. “We shouldn’t feel like, ‘OK, we can’t ask that because it’s taboo and we’ll look like we’re trying to question the elections.’ Because the integrity needs to be there. It needs to be very transparent.”
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges investors in Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HASI) who have suffered significant losses to submit your losses now.
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Specifically, Muddy Waters alleges Hanon Armstrong overstates its bottom line three ways: "1) Through a loophole in the arcana of accounting for renewables subsidies, HASI books non-cash unrealizable income relating to third parties' tax credits that will be reversed; 2) HASI produces non-cash income by manipulating the discount rate it applies to residual assets to implausibly low levels, thereby inflating its gains on securitizations; and, 3) HASI books interest income from non-cash 'Paid in Kind' ('PIK') interest payments, which are essentially IOUs from stressed borrowers."
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- First Horizon Corporation (NYSE: FHN) today announced that Chief Financial Officer Hope Dmuchowski will participate at the Morgan Stanley US Financials, Payments & CRE Conference on June 14, 2023, at 3:15 pm ET.
A live webcast of the event along with an audio replay will be available via the events and presentations section of https://ir.firsthorizon.com/.
The presentation and any related materials may contain forward-looking statements, including guidance, involving significant risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking information. Those factors include general economic and financial market conditions, including expectations of and actual timing and amount of interest-rate movements including the slope of the yield curve, competition, customer and investor responses to these conditions, ability to execute business plans, geopolitical developments, recent and future legislative and regulatory developments, natural disasters, and items mentioned in the materials, as well as critical accounting estimates and other factors described in FHN's recent filings with the SEC. FHN disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.
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First Horizon Corp. (NYSE: FHN), with $80.7 billion in assets as of March 31, 2023, is a leading regional financial services company, dedicated to helping our clients, communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, the banking subsidiary First Horizon Bank operates in 12 states across the southern U.S. The Company and its subsidiaries offer commercial, private banking, consumer, small business, wealth and trust management, retail brokerage, capital markets, fixed income, and mortgage banking services. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers by Fortune and Forbes magazines and a Top 10 Most Reputable U.S. Bank. More information is available at www.FirstHorizon.com.
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- Best July ever: Crosstrek
CAMDEN, N.J., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today reported 41,536 vehicle sales for July 2022, a 17.1 percent decrease compared with July 2021 (50,125) while Crosstrek had its best July sales ever. The automaker also reported year-to-date sales of 305,331 a 17.8 percent decrease compared with the same period in 2021. Subaru continues to face inventory challenges as the result of microchip and supply chain issues affecting automakers across the globe.
"Customers know they can look to Subaru for the adventure-ready, family-friendly and safe vehicles they can count on, despite low inventory impacting the entire auto industry," said Thomas J. Doll, President and CEO of Subaru of America, Inc. "We are thankful for customers' loyalty to our brand, even with supply chain challenges, and know this in large part to our goal of being More Than A Car Company®. We're proud our retailers deliver impeccable customer service and continue to build relationships with our customers."
In July, Crosstrek was a top performer by volume, and set a record of its best July ever, with 14,076 sales. The Impreza saw a 215 percent increase compared to July 2021, while the WRX increased by 9.8 percent. Year to date, the Ascent posted a 6 percent increase, while the BRZ carline posted an increase of 162 percent compared to the same period in 2021.
"While we continue to feel the effects of the ongoing supply chain issues, we are focused on delivering the high-quality vehicles Subaru is known for," said Jeff Walters, Senior Vice President of Sales. "Demand for Subaru vehicles remains high, and we look forward to rolling out our competitively priced, 2023 model year vehicles this fall, including the updated Subaru Ascent, Outback, and Legacy."
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $270 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged nearly 78,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do. For additional information visit media.subaru.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Company's record-breaking year helped businesses grow; strengthened business performance through equitable access to cash flow
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, January 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- C2FO, the world's on-demand working capital platform, finished 2022 strong in the face of shifting global financial conditions. The company's focus on providing fast, flexible and equitable access to cash flow became an even more significant asset to businesses in 2022, particularly for small businesses and minority- and women-owned businesses, which typically have more challenges accessing capital. Facing high inflation and multiple interest rate increases throughout the year, businesses took control of their finances by utilizing C2FO's platform and working capital products.
C2FO delivered a record-breaking $78 billion in funding to businesses worldwide, a 42% increase over 2021. This is $78 billion that the company's supplier customers accessed without having to take on any form of debt, better positioning them for growth in 2023. The company's buyer customers unlocked better returns on their cash, with the average buyer customer gaining more than $1 million in gross profit and EBITDA from C2FO in the fourth quarter alone. The launch of the C2FO CashFlow+™ Card, a Tearsheet's finalist for the 2022 Most Innovative Payments award, and new strategic partnerships also contributed to C2FO customer growth.
"At the heart of our business is the desire to see our clients succeed and for all businesses to thrive. Because they chose to make C2FO an integral part of their cash flow management strategy in 2022, our customers were able to maximize returns, plan for the future, add jobs, stock inventory and more," said C2FO founder and Chief Executive Officer Alexander "Sandy" Kemper.
Throughout 2022, C2FO stayed focused on its mission to ensure all businesses have the capital they need to thrive. On-demand access to capital, particularly in the face of dueling headwinds of rising inflation and interest rates, continued to highlight the importance of C2FO's work and businesses' needs to reduce costs and the timelines to receiving payment from their customers. C2FO helped companies reduce their cash conversion cycles by shrinking payment times by an average of 31.7 days through its Early Payment platform.
Because companies on the C2FO platform could access funding on their terms, they could innovate, purchase inventory and grow their businesses by adding vital positions to their teams, even in the face of increasingly challenging economic conditions. "Alfay Designs started using C2FO in 2020 when we had the opportunity to double our business with a customer, but at the same time, our terms increased to 60 days. C2FO helped us close that gap, and maintain our cash flow, and we continue to use it today. In 2022, this allowed us to focus on growth and think less about cash constraints," said Jayme Smaldone, President of Alfay Designs.
"Companies like Alfay Designs are inspiring for our whole team. This is why we do what we do – so hundreds of thousands of businesses around the world have the capital they need to grow and thrive. For our supplier customers, this work has translated into $225 billion in lifetime funding that isn't tied to a loan or tethered to a traditional financial intermediary. And our buyer customers benefit directly too — working with C2FO strengthened their supply chains and meaningfully improved their margins," Kemper added.
C2FO's global impact was further reinforced at the G20 and B20 Annual Summit in Indonesia. Attending representatives recognized C2FO as a way governments could "make a tangible difference toward supporting sustainable and inclusive long-term economic growth" and highlighted the company in a major policy paper published at the meeting.
Looking Ahead
C2FO's customer growth in 2022 further showcases the company as a solid partner for businesses to incorporate into their financial strategies for 2023, a year many economists predict will be rife with financial challenges as business loans are expected to get more expensive. As the cost of loans continues to grow, qualifying for a loan will be even more challenging for businesses, in particular for small- and medium-sized businesses and businesses with diverse ownership. In light of this continuing challenge, C2FO's Early Payment platform and suite of working capital products are the cornerstones of the company's work to build a better, more inclusive financial system and remove traditional barriers to capital for all businesses.
About C2FO
C2FO is the world's on-demand working capital platform, providing fast, flexible and equitable access to low-cost capital to nearly 2 million businesses worldwide. Using patented Name Your Rate® technology and a suite of working capital solutions, companies can get paid sooner by the world's largest enterprises — unlocking billions in risk-free capital. With a mission of ensuring that every business has the capital needed to thrive, C2FO has delivered more than $225 billion in funding around the world. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Kansas City, USA, with offices around the globe, C2FO is working to build a better, more inclusive financial system every day. To learn more, visit C2FO.com.
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SHANGHAI, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mabwell (688062.SH), an innovative biopharmaceutical company with the entire value chain of the pharmaceutical industry, announced the clinical trial application of its self-developed 9MW3811 injection for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As China's First anti-IL-11 monoclonal antibody approved to clinical study, 9MW3811 has received IND clearance in three countries (AUS, CN & USA).
9MW3811 is a humanized monoclonal antibody against human interleukin-11 (IL-11) independently developed by Mabwell. 9MW3811 can effectively block the activation of the downstream signaling pathway of IL-11 and inhibit the pathophysiological functions induced by IL-11, thereby achieving the therapeutic effect on fibrosis and tumor.
Preclinical study showed that 9MW3811 bound to IL-11 with high affinity, effectively blocked the activation of IL-11 signaling pathway, specifically regulated the interaction of tumor cells with T cells, macrophages, and tumor-associated fibroblasts, and thus enhanced the release of inflammatory cytokines in the tumor microenvironment, and increased the infiltration of T cells. Combination anti-tumor efficacy with anti-PD1 antibodies has been observed in a variety of solid tumor models. In preclinical studies of fibrotic diseases, 9MW3811 significantly reduced the area of pulmonary fibrosis, reduced the content of lung collagen and improved lung function in mice with fibrosis, making it a promising therapeutic agent for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other diseases.
9MW3811 is in dose escalation study in Australia and expected to have good safety profile according to existing data.
About Mabwell
Mabwell (688062.SH) is an innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company with the entire value chain of the pharmaceutical industry. We provide more effective and accessible therapy and innovative medicines to fulfill global medical needs. Since 2017, an advanced R&D system which covers target discovery, early discovery, druggability, preclinical, clinical research and manufacturing transformation was established. Mabwell has 14 pipeline products in different R&D stages based on a world-class and state-of-the-art R&D engine, including 10 novel drug candidates and 4 biosimilars. We focus on the therapeutic areas of auto-immune diseases, oncology, metabolic disorders, ophthalmologic diseases and infectious diseases, etc. Of these, 2 products have been approved and commercialized, 1 product has been filed for MA approval, 3 products are in pivotal trials. We have also undertaken 1 national major scientific and technological special project for "Significant New Drugs Development", 2 projects for National Key R&D Programmes, and several provincial and municipal science and technological innovation projects. Mabwell's Taizhou factory possesses robust in-house manufacturing capability compliant with international GMP standards regulated by the NMPA, FDA and EMA, and has passed the EU QP Audit. The large-scale manufacturing base located in Shanghai is under construction. Our mission is "Explore Life, Benefit Health" and our vision is "Innovation, from ideas to reality". For more information, please visit www.mabwell.com.
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CARMEL, Ind., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- (Nasdaq: MBIN) Merchants Capital is pleased to announce the closing of Merchants Capital Tax Credit Equity Fund X, L.P. (Merchants Fund X). Merchants Fund X represents the company's second and largest national multi-investor fund with a total capital raise of $180 million from 15 institutional investors, including eight repeat and seven new investors. Merchants Fund X will infuse equity into 18 affordable housing properties that will create or preserve more than 2,400 affordable homes in 12 states.
"With an average rent discount to market of 34%, the affordable homes supported by Merchants Fund X offer families a meaningful boost in quality of life that would not be possible without the creativity, dedication and hard work of our investor and development partners," said Julie Sharp, Executive Vice President at Merchants Capital.
"With more than $30 billion in capital provided to multifamily housing since inception, our company has emerged as a leading debt and equity provider for affordable housing across the United States," said Linda Hill, Executive Vice President of Tax Credit Equity at Merchants Capital. "We remain focused on financing quality, safe affordable housing through a variety of debt and equity executions across the United States."
The 18 properties included in Merchants Fund X are in California, Texas, North Carolina, Connecticut, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Oregon.
To learn more about Merchants Capital and its services, visit www.merchantscapital.com or find Merchants Capital on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
ABOUT MERCHANTS CAPITAL
Established in 1990, Merchants Capital is one of the nation's top lenders for the refinance, acquisition, new construction and substantial rehabilitation of multifamily, affordable, senior and student housing. Whether you are considering tax credit syndication, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HUD/FHA insured or balance sheet financing, let our personalized services help you meet your financing objectives. Experience the creativity of a small lender, with all the capabilities of a large institution. To learn more about Merchants Capital, visit www.merchantscapital.com.
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New speculative building will be 150,574 square feet and strategically located near Interstate 40 at 98th Street
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Titan Development ("Titan") has broken ground on its first speculative building at Westpointe40, a business park located at I-40 and 98th Street in Albuquerque, New Mexico, containing 106-acres of shovel-ready sites. Building 1 is a Class A, institutional-grade facility with 150,574 square feet of space targeted for completion in the second quarter of 2023.
Westpointe40 will be ideally located within a one-minute drive of Interstate 40, a major thoroughfare for warehousing and distribution users, and Titan will target these users in addition to light manufacturing companies. Many major cities, including Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas and Oklahoma City, are within an eight-hour drive of Albuquerque, making the city and Westpointe40 an important hub for commerce. The park is also in close proximity to Interstate 25, Albuquerque International Airport and within close driving distance to most of the city's labor force.
Building 1 at Westpointe40 has been designed to accommodate a wide variety of warehousing, distribution, light manufacturing and services users, with a rear-load configuration, 32' clear height, dock-high and grade-level doors and ample trailer parking. The building is designed for users between 50,000 and 150,000 square feet, with 54,000 square feet pre-leased to an undisclosed tenant. Wilger Enterprises is the general contractor for the project, GBA is the architect, Tierra West is the civil engineer and Consensus Planning serves as an entitlement consultant. Riley McKee, Alex Pulliam, Jim Wible and Jim Hakeem of NAI SunVista are currently marketing the property for lease.
Titan's efforts at Westpointe40 follow its strong industrial successes over the last several years in the Texas markets of Austin and San Antonio where demand is surging. Titan has also received strong support and interest from the Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance (AREA) in exploring options and opportunities to create new jobs for the community.
"Thirteen years ago, Titan, the city and county elected officials joined together to reach an agreement to address jurisdictional challenges, multiple landowners, ongoing zoning issues and neighborhood concerns, in order to allow this 106-acre area to be properly developed," said Kurt Browning, Partner at Titan Development. "This groundbreaking reflects the fulfillment of these efforts and the guidance and support of the late Councilor Ken Sanchez."
"I am thrilled to see the first piece of this industrial project come to fruition at Westpointe40, which will drive job growth for the Westside," said District 1 Albuquerque City Councilor Louie Sanchez. "The completion of the Daytona Road/Loop at Westpointe40 will also create a route for trucks to avoid the nearby neighborhood and improve overall quality of life for residents."
"With industrial vacancy rates at an all-time record low in Albuquerque, we know Westpointe40 is just one step in the right direction to creating an industrial hub in New Mexico," said Brian Patterson, PE and Senior Vice President at Titan.
"The first 54,000 square feet pre-leased not only demonstrates the strong demand for industrial space in our area, but also the trust that comes in developing with Titan," said Sal Perdomo, Director of Acquisitions and Development. "Titan's experience developing industrial buildings over the past twenty years gives confidence to potential tenants that a quality project will be delivered on time and on budget."
About Titan Development
Titan Development is a leading Southwest full-service development and real estate investment firm with proven returns, via diversified asset classes across varied geographic markets. Titan has completed more than $2.5 billion in project cost since the firm was formed in 1999. Titan Development has a wealth of real estate development experience in many asset classes including private equity fund investment and management, and has offices in Albuquerque, NM and Austin, TX.
Titan Development recently announced the close of its third fund, Titan Development Real Estate Fund III (TDREF III) at $122 million on May 12, 2022, continuing its successful strategy of focusing on multifamily and industrial investing in secondary and tertiary markets. Titan's previous fund, TDREF II, which raised $95 million, commenced in November of 2020, has identified all fund projects and is investing in 13 projects in TX, NM, CO and CA. Titan's inaugural fund, TDREF I, raised $112 million and invested in a variety of real estate asset classes.
To learn more, please visit www.titan-development.com.
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JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life.
The pandemic changed his mind.
A year after high school, Hart is directing a youth theater program in Jackson, Tennessee. He got into every college he applied to but turned them all down. Cost was a big factor, but a year of remote learning also gave him the time and confidence to forge his own path.
“There were a lot of us with the pandemic, we kind of had a do-it-yourself kind of attitude of like, ‘Oh — I can figure this out,’” he said. “Why do I want to put in all the money to get a piece of paper that really isn’t going to help with what I’m doing right now?”
Hart is among hundreds of thousands of young people who came of age during the pandemic but didn’t go to college. Many have turned to hourly jobs or careers that don’t require a degree, while others have been deterred by high tuition and the prospect of student debt.
What first looked like a pandemic blip has turned into a crisis. Nationwide, undergraduate college enrollment dropped 8% from 2019 to 2022, with declines even after returning to in-person classes, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse. The slide in the college-going rate since 2018 is the steepest on record, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Economists say the impact could be dire.
At worst, it could signal a new generation with little faith in the value of a college degree. At minimum, it appears those who passed on college during the pandemic are opting out for good. Predictions that they would enroll after a year or two haven’t borne out.
Fewer college graduates could worsen labor shortages in fields from health care to information technology. For those who forgo college, it usually means lower lifetime earnings — 75% less compared with those who get bachelor’s degrees, according to Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. And when the economy sours, those without degrees are more likely to lose jobs.
“It’s quite a dangerous proposition for the strength of our national economy,” said Zack Mabel, a Georgetown researcher.
In dozens of interviews with The Associated Press, educators, researchers and students described a generation jaded by education institutions. Largely left on their own amid remote learning, many took part-time jobs. Some felt they weren’t learning anything, and the idea of four more years of school, or even two, held little appeal.
At the same time, the nation’s student debt has soared. The issue has loomed large in the minds of young Americans as President Joe Biden pushes to cancel huge swaths of debt, an effort the Supreme Court appears poised to block.
As a kid, Hart dreamed of going to Penn State to study musical theater. His family encouraged college, and he went to a private Christian high school where it’s an expectation.
But when classes went online, he spent more time pursuing creative outlets. He felt a new sense of independence, and the stress of school faded.
“I was like, ‘OK, what’s this thing that’s not on my back constantly?’” Hart said. “I can do things that I can enjoy. I can also do things that are important to me. And I kind of relaxed more in life and enjoyed life.”
He started working at a smoothie shop and realized he could earn a steady paycheck without a degree. By the time he graduated, he had left college plans behind.
It happened at public as well as private schools. Some counselors and principals were shocked to see graduates flocking to jobs at Amazon warehouses or scratching together income in the gig economy.
The shift has been stark in Jackson, where just four in 10 of the county’s public high school graduates immediately went to college in 2021, down from six in 10 in 2019. That drop is far steeper than the nation overall, which declined from 66% to 62%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jackson’s leaders say young people are taking restaurant and retail jobs that pay more than ever. Some are being recruited by manufacturing companies that have aggressively raised wages to fill shortages.
“Students can’t seem to resist sign-on bonuses and wages that far exceed any that they’ve seen before,” said Vicki Bunch, the head of workforce development for the area’s chamber of commerce.
Across Tennessee, there’s growing concern the slide will only accelerate with the opening of several new manufacturing plants. The biggest is a $5.6 billion Ford plant near Jackson that will produce electric trucks and batteries. It promises to create 5,000 jobs, and its construction is already drawing young workers.
Daniel Moody, 19, was recruited to run plumbing for the plant after graduating from a Memphis high school in 2021. Now earning $24 an hour, he’s glad he passed on college.
“If I would have gone to college after school, I would be dead broke,” he said. “The type of money we’re making out here, you’re not going to be making that while you’re trying to go to college.”
America’s college-going rate was generally on the upswing until the pandemic reversed decades of progress. Rates fell even as the nation’s population of high school graduates grew, and despite economic upheaval, which typically drives more people into higher education.
In Tennessee, education officials issued a “call to action” after finding just 53% of public high school graduates were enrolling in college in 2021, far below the national average. It was a shock for a state that in 2014 made community college free, leading to a surge in the college-going rate. Now it’s at its lowest point since at least 2009.
Searching for answers, education officials crossed the state last year and heard that easy access to jobs, coupled with student debt worries, made college less attractive.
“This generation is different,” said Jamia Stokes, a senior director at SCORE, an education nonprofit. “They’re more pragmatic about the way they work, about the way they spend their time and their money.”
Most states are still collecting data on recent college rates, but early figures are troubling.
In Arkansas, the number of new high school graduates going to college fell from 49% to 42% during the pandemic. Kentucky slid by a similar amount, to 54%. The latest data in Indiana showed a 12-point drop from 2015 to 2020, leading the higher education chief to warn the “future of our state is at risk.”
Even more alarming are the figures for Black, Hispanic and low-income students, who saw the largest slides in many states. In Tennessee’s class of 2021, just 35% of Hispanic graduates and 44% of Black graduates enrolled in college, compared with 58% of their white peers.
There’s some hope the worst has passed. The number of freshmen enrolling at U.S. colleges increased slightly from 2021 to 2022. But that figure, along with total college enrollment, remains far below pre-pandemic levels.
Amid the chaos of the pandemic, many students fell through the cracks, said Scott Campbell, executive director of Persist Nashville, a nonprofit that offers college coaching.
Some students fell behind academically and didn’t feel prepared for college. Others lost access to counselors and teachers who help navigate college applications and the complicated process of applying for federal student aid.
“Students feel like schools have let them down,” Campbell said.
In Jackson, Mia Woodard recalls sitting in her bedroom and trying to fill out a few online college applications. No one from her school had talked to her about the process, she said. As she scrolled through the forms, she was sure of her Social Security number and little else.
“None of them even mentioned anything college-wise to me,” said Woodard, who is biracial and transferred high schools to escape racist bullying. “It might be because they didn’t believe in me.”
She says she never heard back from the colleges. She wonders whether to blame her shaky Wi-Fi, or if she simply failed to provide the right information.
A spokesperson for the Jackson school system, Greg Hammond, said it provides several opportunities for students to gain exposure to higher education, including an annual college fair for seniors.
“Mia was an at-risk student,” Hammond said. “Our school counselors provide additional supports for high school students in this category. It is, however, difficult to provide post-secondary planning and assistance to students who don’t participate in these services.”
Woodard, who had hoped to be the first in her family to get a college degree, now works at a restaurant and lives with her dad. She’s looking for a second job so she can afford to live on her own. Then maybe she’ll pursue her dream of getting a culinary arts degree.
“It’s still kind of 50-50,” she said of her chances.
If there’s a bright spot, experts say, it’s that more young people are pursuing education programs other than a four-year degree. Some states are seeing growing demand for apprenticeships in the trades, which usually provide certificates and other credentials.
After a dip in 2020, the number of new apprentices in the U.S. has rebounded to near pre-pandemic levels, according to the Department of Labor.
Before the pandemic, Boone Williams was the type of student colleges compete for. He took advanced classes and got A’s. He grew up around agriculture and thought about going to college for animal science.
But when his school outside Nashville sent students home his junior year, he tuned out. Instead of logging on for virtual classes, he worked at local farms, breaking horses or helping with cattle.
“I stopped applying myself once COVID came around,” the 20-year-old said. “I was focusing on making money rather than going to school.”
When a family friend told him about union apprenticeships, he jumped at the chance to get paid for hands-on work while mastering a craft.
Today he works for a plumbing company and takes night classes at a Nashville union.
The pay is modest, Williams said, but eventually he expects to earn far more than friends who took quick jobs after high school. He even thinks he’s better off than some who went to college — he knows too many who dropped out or took on debt for degrees they never used.
“In the long run, I’m going to be way more set than any of them,” he said.
Back in Jackson, Hart says he’s doing what he loves and contributing to the city’s growing arts community. Still, he wonders what’s next. His job pays enough for stability but not a whole lot more. He sometimes finds himself thinking about Broadway, but he doesn’t have a clear plan for the next 10 years.
“I do worry about the future and what that may look like for me,” he said. “But right now I’m trying to remind myself that I am good where I’m at, and we’ll take it one step at a time.”
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What’s the best Fekkai product?
If you’re looking for luxury hair care that is also vegan and sustainably made, check out the updated Fekkai product line. The brand’s improved collections can brighten, soften, volumize, restore and replenish your hair without the need for harmful chemicals.
The Fekkai Apple Cider Detox Scalp Scrub is the best because it is recommended for all hair types. It also detoxifies your luscious locks as it boosts shine.
What to know before you buy a Fekkai product
About the Fekkai product line
Hair stylist Frederic Fekkai launched his brand and namesake in 1995 to develop luxury products that give users lasting benefits for their hair and scalp. While the founder rebranded to just Fekkai in 2020, luxury hair care is still the central mission, but now all of the products are clean, cruelty-free, sustainable and vegan. They are also free of gluten, sulfates, silicone, parabens and phthalates. Still the same advantages, but cleaner solutions.
Fekkai hair care collections
Each Fekkai collection addresses a different hair concern. The brand focuses on eight types of hair care products:
- Clean Stylers: A line of treatments and styling aids for all hair types.
- Full-Blown Volume: These products deliver lift and volume.
- Apple Cider Detox: This collection detoxifies the hair and scalp.
- Shea Butter: These products help those with wavy, curly and coiled hair cleanse, define and hydrate it.
- Super Strength: This line nourishes, strengthens, repairs and prevents hair loss as it promotes growth.
- Baby Blonde: These products gently brighten and highlight golden strands over time.
- Technician Color: These color-safe solutions protect stained strands with anti-fade formulas that are also sulfate-free.
- Brilliant Glass: These oil-based formulas smooth out frizz and add shine.
Know your hair type
Before you pick your Fekkai products, check the recommended hair type in its description to ensure that it is a good fit for you. There are four main hair types to consider:
- Straight: You have straight hair if your strands naturally have little to no waves.
- Wavy: Your mane is wavy if it is neither straight nor curly and tends to have a lot of texture.
- Curly: Your hair is curly if it naturally grows into an “S” shape.
- Coiled: You have a coiled crown if your hair grows into loose or tight spirals.
What to look for in a quality Fekkai product
Benefits your hair needs
Consider what you need from a new hair care routine. While each collection serves a particular hair type, similar features can be found across each line.
The Fekkai product line can help you address seven issues:
- Clarifying: These remove buildup and contaminants from strands.
- Shine and anti-frizz: They add moisture and nourishment while eliminating frizz.
- Color protection: This is an excellent solution for protecting color-treated hair and increasing shine.
- Volume: These give limp hair a lift and add shine.
- Repair and restore: These address damage with nourishing and restorative ingredients.
- Hydration: They add vibrancy, lock in moisture and softens hair.
- Brightening: These brighten and boost shine with professional glosses and treatments.
Collections that meet your hair goals
While three or more collections, such as Apple Cider Detox, Shea Butter and Technician Color, might apply to your hair, assess your primary hair care goals to find Fekkai products that are best for you.
For example, while you might have color-treated hair, if buildup and dry curls are your main pain points, consider going for the Apple Cider Detox scalp scrub with the Shea Butter shampoo and conditioner.
Simpler styling solutions
The easiest Fekkai products to add to your styling routine are the ones that let you skip steps with all-in-one solutions. Not only is it a more affordable way to shop, it’s also more sustainable.
Evaluate your styling solution needs and find formulas that meet as many of those needs as possible in one product. For example, if you often add heat to your hair but struggle with split ends and frizz, find a heat protectant that also restores and defrizzes your hair.
How much you can expect to spend on a Fekkai product
You can get travel-size items for $8-$15, an excellent way to try new formulas out. Full-size products range from $24-$60, depending on the solution and size.
Fekkai product FAQ
How can I save on Fekkai shampoos and conditioners?
A. If you already know you love a Fekkai shampoo or conditioner, consider going for one of the brand’s liter bottles. You’ll get more of the product you want for less money per ounce.
How can I try an entire Fekkai collection for less?
A. Consider one of Fekkai’s many gift sets, as they typically cost less than buying each item individually.
What’s the best Fekkai product to buy?
Top Fekkai product
Fekkai Apple Cider Detox Scalp Scrub
What you need to know: This solution cleans your scalp and purifies your hair for a fresh start.
What you’ll love: It’s safe for all hair types, even if it is color-treated. It gently removes buildup and stimulates scalp circulation as it detoxifies your strands. It also softens your hair and boosts shine.
What you should consider: It takes some time and effort to use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Ulta Beauty
Top Fekkai product for the money
Fekkai Clean Stylers Straight Balm
What you need to know: This is an excellent all-in-one styling solution.
What you’ll love: It is a straightening solution that uses natural ingredients to protect and restore your hair as it reduces breakage. It also gives your hair heat protection for up to 450 degrees and 24-hour frizz control.
What you should consider: If you have straight, fine hair, this product might be a little too heavy for you.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Ulta Beauty
Worth checking out
Fekkai Brilliant Gloss Multi-Tasker Perfecting Creme
What you need to know: This is a great formula if you need moisture and frizz control.
What you’ll love: This formula adds moisture to your hair as it reduces frizz without leaving buildup behind. Instead of toxic chemicals, it uses clean and natural ingredients such as jojoba and olive oils.
What you should consider: This product might be a little too heavy if you have straight hair.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Ulta Beauty
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(The Hill) – Darren Bailey, an Illinois state senator and the Republican nominee for governor, apologized Monday after saying that people should “move on” from the deadly Highland Park shooting earlier in the day.
Bailey spoke after a July Fourth parade in the town of Skokie was canceled in the wake of the shooting, which left at least six dead and injured at least 24 others.
“Let’s pray for justice to prevail, and then let’s move on and let’s celebrate the independence of this nation,” he said.
Bailey said in a statement released after his comments that he apologizes if he “diminished the pain” being felt across Illinois.
“I am heartbroken by today’s tragic events and the pain and loss felt by so many,” he said. “My intent was to pray for the victims and those affected by today’s tragedy and for the shooter to be caught and prosecuted without further loss.”
Bailey said he hopes people can come together in prayer and to take action to address “rampant” crime and mental health issues to ensure tragedies like the shooting do not happen again.
He posted a tweet on Monday afternoon saying he sends his “heartfelt prayers” to the victims of the shooting.
“July 4th is supposed to be a holiday for families, for parades, for celebrating the American Dream, but when people dont feel safe in their own community, they are deprived of that dream,” he said.
During his earlier comments, Bailey led a prayer for the families of those affected and law enforcement. He said canceling the parade was the right choice because safety needs to come first.
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New Action Against Hunger analysis shows how conflict drives food insecurity.
NEW YORK, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Conflict and violence threatens food security for 85% of 258 million people in 58 countries, according to a new Action Against Hunger report, released today. In "No Matter Who's Fighting, Hunger Always Wins," the global nonprofit organization analyzes evidence from a wide range of conflicts around the world to identify the specific and complex connections between conflict and hunger.
Five years ago today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2417, which recognizes the deadly link between conflict and hunger and declares that using starvation as a weapon may constitute a war crime. Despite this landmark action, there have been no prosecutions for starvation crimes and conflict-driven hunger has been on the rise.
"Conflict is the top driver of hunger around the world, yet both conflict and hunger are preventable," said Michelle Brown, Associate Director of Advocacy for Action Against Hunger. "The alarming resurgence of global hunger goes hand-in-hand with the growing number and intensity of armed conflicts and the flagrant disregard of international humanitarian law by warring parties."
International humanitarian law prohibits blockades, forced displacement, mine contamination, and attacks on land, food, water, and humanitarian workers. Yet, Action Against Hunger and other organizations report that those actions take place with impunity and leave people with few options for feeding themselves and their families.
In 2022, 376,000 people experienced famine conditions in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen – all countries facing protracted conflict or insecurity.
Action Against Hunger's report includes firsthand perspectives on the impacts of conflict on food security in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Syria. One Syrian participant said, "We suffer from all armed people in this country, all of them don't respect the civilians. We planted our lands this year with wheat and barley; the harvesting season is very soon. The rainfall was little this winter, and we can't water the lands from our wells since all the equipment was stolen."
The report details the ways acts of violence drive hunger and offers recommendations for how parties to conflict and UN member states can reduce conflict-driven hunger and invest in peacebuilding to prevent food insecurity.
"The world has made commitments and built frameworks to protect civilians and to stop hunger from being used as a weapon of war. As millions face food insecurity in conflicts, now is the time to translate those promises into meaningful action," said Brown. "We urge UN member states to use their influence and their investments to hold warring parties accountable for violations of international law, to guarantee safe delivery of lifesaving assistance to communities in need, and to build peace and food security globally."
Tomorrow, on May 25, Action Against Hunger and its partners are convening a high-level side event at UN Headquarters in New York to take stock of the impact and implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2417. Representatives from local civil society organizations, communities, and humanitarian agencies will share how conflict-driven hunger impacts civilians in the contexts where they live and work. The event will be livestreamed on UN TV.
About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 24 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 50 countries, our 8,300 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.
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BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spanish company Bioo, led by Pablo Vidarte, has developed a panel that generates energy from the earth, and converts it into electricity without altering the environment. These panels are part of projects within so-called biotech cities, which are now being launched internationally in the US, UK, Spain, Netherlands and France.
Bioo Panels have demonstrated the effectiveness of Bioo's revolutionary energy charging system in multiple buildings and green spaces. The panels generate electricity through the earth, taking advantage of the organic substances found in natural soils and their decomposition by natural microorganisms, without harming the environment. In addition to energy, the use of this biotechnological battery technology provides up to a 50% of savings in irrigation, reduces heat up to 4 degrees, and absorbs more than 338g/m² of CO2.
Bioo has created a variety of technologies that involve using plants as biological switches or generating electricity from nature. Together, these applications increase the property value of buildings by up to 20%, increase visitor traffic by around 30%, and even improve the wellbeing, productivity (by around 15%) and efficiency of those who work in them. The technologies that Bioo has developed seek to integrate into so-called biotech cities: cities that are not only sustainable, but use state-of-the-art technologies to create symbiosis with nature.
Currently, Bioo has already implemented installations in the UK (Eden Project) and in areas of Barcelona, Ibiza, Seville, Paris and Madrid, among others. It is also part of various projects such as the transformation of the Port of Barcelona into a huge green space, in collaboration with the firm ON-A who designed the project, and others in San Jose (Silicon Valley), Boston and Dubai.
As a result, it has been named by the European Parliament as Europe's most innovative company and its founder, Pablo Vidarte, has been included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list. Bioo is mainly funded by the European Union and international technology funds, and is working steadily towards what they are sure is the next technological revolution: the biotechnological evolution.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ American International Group Inc. (AIG) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $3.04 billion.
On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had profit of $3.78. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.19 per share.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.23 per share.
The insurer posted revenue of $14.44 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $10.9 billion.
American International Group shares have decreased 8% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P's 500 index has declined 13%. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $52.27, a climb of almost 3% in the last 12 months.
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Accelerate the evolution towards Zero-touch Network & Service Operations
HOD HASHARON, Israel, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atrinet today announced that NetACE, an Open Cloud-native Network Automation Framework, will integrate with ServiceNow to improve clients' future rollouts of new technology and autonomous network management, powered by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). The Integrations will be available on the ServiceNow Store later this year.
The first integration is with NetACE Auto-Discovery & Reconciliation, ServiceNow Telecom Network Inventory (TNI) and ServiceNow CMDB. It will drive end-to-end network visibility and topology mapping to the ServiceNow CMDB, allowing for autonomous inventory data assurance and closed-loop automation.
The second will be with ServiceNow Telecommunications Service Operations Management (TSOM), NetACE Fault Management (FM) and NetACE Performance Management (PM). The integration will monitor, analyze and provide visibility into network service affecting conditions enabling actionable intelligence and contextual workflows for remediation and proactive customer care.
The third integration will leverage ServiceNow Order Management for Telecommunication (OMT) with NetACE Unified Service Activation & Fulfillment to enable rapid resource activation and service fulfillment across any vendors and technologies.
NetACE Unified Service Activation & Fulfillment orchestrates RFS (resource-facing services) and CFS (customer-facing services) across technologies and domains and the provisioning of the relationships between multi-vendor network services, cross-technology 5G network slices, and subscribers. NetACE solutions support standard Open TMF APIs for integration to ServiceNow.
ServiceNow, and Atrinet, Customers will have better accuracy of network and service inventory data, collect, analyze and prevent performance issues and service failing events, as well as establish and seamlessly provision resources and services.
About Atrinet
Atrinet is a provider of Intelligent Service Automation and resource management solutions for Multi-Vendor, Multi-Technology, and Multi-Domain Networks. Atrinet software and services address the challenges of Service Providers, Enterprises, Vendors, and System Integrators implementing open, virtual, disaggregated networks alongside the traditional siloed network architecture.
Atrinet's NetACE cloud-native, microservice-based product suite offers a unique low-code approach to Automating all Discovery, Provisioning, and Network Management Processes under an open network unified management system.
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and leaders from India and Central Asian nations headed to Uzbekistan on Thursday for a summit of a security group formed by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to U.S. influence.
The meeting of the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization comes at a time when Putin is isolated abroad following his invasion of Ukraine. Beijing's relations with Washington, Europe, Japan and India are strained by disputes over technology, security and territory.
The event in the ancient sultanate of Samarkand is part of Xi's first foreign trip since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic 2 1/2 years ago, underscoring Beijing's desire to assert itself as a regional power.
Xi was greeted at the Samarkand airport by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. Musicians played a fanfare on karnays, a traditional wind instrument that resembles a long trumpet.
Putin and Xi were due to meet one-on-one and discuss Ukraine, according to the Russian president's foreign affairs adviser.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was due to arrive Thursday, according to his government, though there was no indication whether he might meet separately with Xi or Putin.
Chinese-Indian relations are strained due to clashes between soldiers from the two sides in a dispute over a border in a remote area of the Himalayas.
Other SCO governments include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Observers include Iran and Afghanistan.
The Chinese leader is promoting a “Global Security Initiative” announced in April following the formation of the Quad by Washington, Japan, Australia and India in response to Beijing’s more assertive foreign policy. Xi has given few details, but U.S. officials complain it echoes Russian arguments in support of Moscow’s attack on Ukraine.
The region is part of China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative to expand trade by building ports, railways and other infrastructure across an arc of dozens of countries from the South Pacific through Asia to the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
China’s economic inroads into Central Asia have fueled unease in Russia, which sees the region as its sphere of influence. Kazakhstan and its neighbors are trying to attract Chinese investment without upsetting Moscow.
Xi made a one-day visit Wednesday to Kazakhstan en route to Uzbekistan.
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DETROIT – Jakub Vrana’s return to the Detroit Red Wings lineup has been put off for at least another week because he has extended his conditioning stint with the Grand Rapids Griffins.
Vrana will play three more AHL games this week, all at Van Andel Arena – Wednesday vs. Cleveland and Friday and Saturday against Texas.
“He’s going to use the full two weeks, which I think is good,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “I think he felt good about his last game and will play three more games this week.
“I think ultimately Steve (general manager Yzerman) put it on him, what he wanted to do, and it’s a credit to him he wanted to get some more touches that way.”
Vrana had no points, nine shots on goal and a minus-5 rating in three games with Grand Rapids last week.
He came out of the players assistance program on Dec. 9, at which point he was on the Red Wings’ 23-man roster, even during the conditioning stint. | https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2023/01/red-wings-jakub-vrana-extends-conditioning-stint-with-grand-rapids.html | 2023-01-02 23:38:02 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2023/01/red-wings-jakub-vrana-extends-conditioning-stint-with-grand-rapids.html |
LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson has caved in to a Conservative Party revolt after months of ethics scandals and resigned as party leader, but he remains Britain’s prime minister — for now — while a successor is chosen.
With British politics in turmoil, here’s a look at what will happen next:
WHY IS BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNING?
Johnson’s resignation on Thursday comes after he weathered numerous scandals during a tumultuous three years in power in which he brazenly bent and sometimes broke the rules of British politics.
He survived a no-confidence vote last month. But recent revelations that Johnson knew about sexual misconduct allegations against a lawmaker before he promoted the man to a senior position in his government led to Johnson’s resignation.
SO IS JOHNSON STILL PRIME MINISTER?
Yes, for now.
His resignation, which came after dozens of ministers quit his government in protest, sparks a party contest to replace him as leader. All Conservative lawmakers are eligible to run, and party officials could open the nominations within hours.
After candidates have come forward, Conservative lawmakers vote in a series of elimination rounds. The candidate with the lowest number of votes drops out, and voting continues until there are two contenders left. Depending on the number of candidates, the process could be completed within days.
The final two candidates will be put to a vote of the full party membership across the country — about 180,000 people — by postal ballot. That process is expected to take several weeks, with the exact timetable up to the 1922 Committee that runs party elections.
The winner of the vote will become both Conservative leader and prime minister, without the need for a national election.
WHO COULD BECOME THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER?
Already the list of likely contenders is long and growing, from recently resigned Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, his successor in that job Nadhim Zahawi, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Attorney General Suella Braverman and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
WHILE A NEW LEADER IS BEING CHOSEN, WILL BORIS JOHNSON REMAIN PRIME MINISTER?
Johnson has resigned as party leader, but he is still prime minister until his successor is elected.
His predecessor, Theresa May, remained in office for more than a month between announcing her resignation and the selection of Johnson as the new Tory leader.
But many Conservatives say Johnson can’t stay in office — he has simply lost too many ministers through resignations to be able to govern. They are demanding he step down as prime minister and let an interim leader take the reins. If he does that, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is a likely caretaker candidate.
WHAT’S THE LIKELIHOOD OF JOHNSON LEAVING BEFORE A NEW PARTY LEADER IS PICKED?
Johnson shows no signs of going early.
He appointed several new Cabinet ministers on Thursday to replace those he has lost, and said they would “serve as I will until a new leader is in place.”
If party officials press Johnson to quit sooner and he refuses, the chaos engulfing the government could worsen in the short term. Already the government has had to cancel business in Parliament because it has no ministers available to attend.
Gavin Barwell, who served as chief of staff to Prime Minister Theresa May, said “there was a “question whether the PM will be able to lead a caretaker government in the meantime — will enough ministers agree to serve?” | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/whats-next-for-uk-boris-johnson-quits-but-not-gone-yet/ | 2022-07-07 14:13:14 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/whats-next-for-uk-boris-johnson-quits-but-not-gone-yet/ |
ALBANY — Real Soap. Real Simple. That’s the motto Albany artisans Old Goat Soap Company live by.
But the mission of Amanda Ketchum and her husband, Chris, is about more than just bringing good quality, handmade soap to the community. The second arm of the company is the Soap for Hope project aimed at providing much-needed supplies to the homeless community.
“Giving has always been a value of ours, and we’ve worked hard to instill this value in our children, Chris Ketchum said. “When we started Old Goat Soap Company, we saw an opportunity that would allow us to help more and that’s when we created our Soap for Hope Project.”
Old Goat Soap will partner with Pretoria Fields Brewing and Few Miles South Friday to host the third annual Soap for Hope charity event.
In the past, the Ketchums have travelled to St. Petersburg, Fla., where Chris used to live, and Pigeon Forge, Tenn., to donate items provided by the Soap for Hope event. Their goal for this year’s fundraiser is to provide clothing, shoes, blankets, personal care items and toiletries to 100 men, women and children in the Savannah area.
“While in Savannah on a business trip, I learned of an encampment under a bridge,” Chris Ketchum said. “It is an incredible little city within a city. While walking around, I was able to meet some of these folks and, by the end of my trip, I knew we were coming to Savannah.”
The fundraiser will take place at Pretoria Fields Brewery from 6-10 p.m. on Friday. There will be a donation bin for clothing, shoes and blankets as well as a silent auction.
Attendees should come thirsty, as the brewery has pledged to donate $1 for every pint sold.
Details on the silent auction are available on the Old Goat Soap Company Facebook page, and inquires about donating an item for the auction should be directed to support@oldgoatsoapco.com
“This event gives everyone a chance to be a part of something greater,” Ketchum said. “We believe that a lot more people would help if they just knew how to get started. This eliminates the questions of how to start.”
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Lon Kruger to be inducted into College Basketball Hall of Fame
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WIBW) - Former Kansas State player and head coach Lon Kruger is set to be inducted to the National College Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022.
As a point guard, he led the Wildcats to back-to-back Big Eight Championships in 1972 and 1973. He was named the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1973 and 1974, and also played shortstop for the Kansas State Baseball team.
Kruger was the 9th overall pick to the Atlanta Hawks in the 1974 NBA Draft. He played professionally in Israel, and also played a season of Minor League Baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, and was even invited to training camp with the Dallas Cowboys as a quarterback.
Kruger served as head basketball coach of the Wildcats from 1986 to 1990. He led them to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, and the Elite Eight in 1988.
He then held head coaching jobs with Florida and Illinois, and went back to the NBA as the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks from 2000-2003. He then went back to college coaching with UNLV and Oklahoma before retiring in March, 2021.
He was named SEC Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1994. Kruger is joined in the Class of 2022 by former KU head coach Roy Williams.
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Monday After: National Park in Stark and Tuscarawas counties? It almost happened
When former U.S. Rep. John F. Seiberling Jr., who represented the Akron area in Congress for 16 years, died at 89 in 2008, fellow Ohio Congressman Ralph Regula was generous with praise of the man considered a father of the national park north of Canton and Akron.
"Without John Seiberling, there would be no Cuyahoga Valley National Park," Regula said. "He was the original environmentalist. He was green way back when. He really was ahead of his time."
Similar words of admiration were spoken about Canton-area representative Regula when he passed at age 92 in 2017. The long-serving Regula "helped protect public lands," the Washington Post said in an obituary. Regula "pushed for acquiring the properties that now make up the Cuyahoga Valley National Park," noted the New York Times.
The two are forever tied by the time they spent seeking approval for the park. Seiberling, a Democrat representing Ohio's 14th District, and Regula, a Republican representing the 16th District, worked across the congressional aisle and walked over the political boundaries drawn on a state map to "co-parent" the park between Akron and Cleveland.
Regula pushed for park to stretch south
Always looking for ways to serve constituents, Regula envisioned the Cuyahoga Valley park project stretching farther south from Cuyahoga and Summit counties extending its reach into Stark and Tuscarawas counties.
A reflective "Through A Century" item that appeared Friday in The Canton Repository recalled Regula looking out for lovers of both history and nature. It reminded newspaper readers how Regula spoke to participants in a seminar at Imperial House Hotel in Stark County in 1973 — the year he arrived in Congress — and outlined his plan to introduce legislation linking the Tuscarawas River Valley to the proposed national park along the Cuyahoga River.
"There should be no illusion about this happening easily," Regula told the group 50 years ago. "Getting a national park in Stark County will take a lot of persistence."
Persistence was a quality the hard-working congressman possessed in abundance.
Within a month, Regula had introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to establish an Ohio and Erie Canal National Historical Park, encompassing about 36 miles of canal along the Tuscarawas River in Summit, Stark and Tuscarawas counties.
As Regula had originally planned, his Stark and Tuscarawas park legislation was to accompany the pending bill authorizing what was then called the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area.
Parks pushed to open
According to a history offered at the park's website, the Cuyahoga Valley park initially met with resistance from the National Park Service, whose officials worried about "initiatives that diverted funds from western 'crown jewels' such as Yellowstone." The history noted that the Park Service director at the time went so far as to say, "I will tell you one thing. (The Cuyahoga Valley) will be a park over my dead body."
During hearings for the bill, Regula championed the concept of a park for Ohio.
"We could be the architects in preserving this heritage for future generations, it goes far beyond today in terms of the potential," he said.
Over the director's still-quite-alive body, the bill passed in 1974. Seiberling, Regula, former Republican National Committee Chairman Ray Bliss of Akron, and other Ohio leaders "encouraged a reluctant President Gerald Ford to sign the bill."
Ford did so on Dec. 27, 1974.
Regula "helped guide over $200 million (in appropriations) to the park to purchase land, restore nearly 100 historic structures, and establish activities for the public’s enjoyment."
In 2000, Regula spearheaded a campaign to change the park’s name to Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Both Seiberling and Regula continued to foster solutions to environmental and recreational issues, most notably Regula's vision to link the Cuyahoga Valley with the Tuscarawas River Valley.
"In 1996 Regula sponsored legislation to create the Ohio & Erie Canalway, a 110-mile national heritage area from Cleveland to New Philadelphia that extends the Towpath Trail and Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad," notes the National Park Service website page for Cuyahoga Valley. "The Canalway physically connects the national park to local parks and 40 communities."
With that, the final piece of Regula's original national park plan for Ohio was slipped into place.
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The Defense Department is reporting high levels of toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water near several of its bases, according to new data released by the department.
Drinking water testing near bases in Washington state, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan found levels of the chemicals well above a health threshold set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
PFAS is the name for a group of thousands of chemicals, some of which have been linked to health issues such as kidney and testicular cancer and liver damage.
The substances have been used in products such as firefighting foam, which is used by the military. For this reason, PFAS can be found near military bases and can contaminate nearby water.
They are often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they build up in the human body and environment instead of breaking down over time.
While it has long been known that PFAS have leached into groundwater near military installations, the new data provides an official glimpse into how it is impacting nearby drinking water.
While the EPA has said that levels of two types of PFAS called PFOA and PFOS should not exceed 70 parts per trillion (ppt) — and states have called for even lower levels — findings at some of the bases far exceed that.
One assessment from October found a sample of drinking water near the Naval Air Station at Washington State’s Whidbey Island contained 4,720 ppt of PFOS. In September, a sample containing 208 ppt of PFOA was detected.
Meanwhile, a drinking water sample near Washington state’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center was found to have 800 ppt of PFOS in January. A separate sample from January at the base was found to have 130 ppt of PFOA.
A sample from near Pennsylvania’s Willow Grove base was found to have 864 ppt of PFOS in October.
Meanwhile an August sample from around Florida’s Naval Air Station Whiting Field was found to have 206 ppt of PFOA in August. A sample from December was found to have 130 ppt of PFOS.
A November sample from Michigan’s Camp Grayling Army Airfield was found to have 119 ppt of PFOA.
“These levels are extremely high,” Jared Hayes, policy analyst at the Environmental Working Group, said in a statement.
“For too long, service members and people living in communities near military installations have been the victims of the Pentagon’s failure to act,” Hayes added.
A Department of Defense (DOD) spokesperson did not immediately respond to request for comment. but the findings note that where PFOA or PFOS levels exceeded the EPA’s advisory as a result of department activities, the DOD “immediately took actions to address the drinking water exposure.”
The department was required to disclose the drinking water testing under fiscal 2022’s National Defense Authorization Act. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/pentagon-reports-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-near-bases/ | 2022-06-01 13:27:04 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/pentagon-reports-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-near-bases/ |
Feb. 27, 1930—April 3, 2023
TWIN FALLS—Loa Jean Barden (Schultz), age 93, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away in Buhl, Idaho at Autumn Breeze Assisted Living on April 3, 2023.
Loa Jean was born in Cottonwood, Arizona on February 27, 1930 to Michael and Beulah Schultz. In 1949, Loa Jean moved to Missoula, Montana and began working at St. Patrick’s Hospital. After a few weeks, she was invited to attend a square dancing party. It was there that she met her future husband, Patrick Barden. Oh boy could they cut a rug! They were married in Missoula, Montana on August 22, 1951.
Loa Jean and Pat welcomed two children into their union, Sandra and Timothy.
The couple eventually relocated their family to Boise, Idaho. It was there that Loa Jean began working in the State Government. She served as a 911 Dispatcher and eventually became a Court Clerk in the Idaho State Court system before retiring as a Federal Court Clerk.
Upon retirement, Loa Jean and Patrick moved to Cascade, Idaho. They embraced the snowbird lifestyle and traveled around the United States, serving as campground hosts wherever they went. They were always up for an adventure.
Loa Jean and Patrick moved to Twin Falls in the mid 1990’s. She was a volunteer at the Twin Falls Visitors Center for many years. Loa Jean also volunteered at Perrine Elementary School, where she was “Grandma Loa” to many.
If you knew Loa Jean, you knew she had a knack for storytelling. Two of her favorite stories to tell included the time she was in grade school in Boulder City, Nevada, and met President Franklin Roosevelt and even got to sit on his lap. Another story Loa Jean loved to tell was while on a trip to Alaska, she and Pat spent the night in an igloo.
Loa Jean loved to paint, crochet, garden, camp, spend time with her children, her grandson and her tribe of Schnauzer’s.
Loa Jean was predeceased by her husband, Patrick in 2006. She is survived by her daughter—Sandra L. and (David) Rasmussen of Buhl, Idaho, son – Timothy Barden (Beverly Wise) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grandson – Christian (Kerie) Tarter of Buhl, Idaho.
The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the staff at Autumn Breeze as well as the staff at Visions for the loving care and attention they showed Loa Jean.
A Celebration of Loa Jean’s life will be held at Clear Lake Country Club, Buhl, Idaho, on May 1, 2023 from 1:00-3:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Twin Falls Visitor Center or a charity of your choice. To share memories or condolences, go to www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/loa-jean-barden/article_5b056f0e-4494-5ad3-978a-c42c98932376.html | 2023-04-16 06:53:35 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/obituaries/loa-jean-barden/article_5b056f0e-4494-5ad3-978a-c42c98932376.html |
NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are probing the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and federal regulators have seized Signature Bank in New York.
From Wall Street to individual accounts to investment plans, the ripple effect of the two banks' collapse is being felt across the globe.
The fallout is also being felt in North Carolina.
Wednesday, ABC11 confirmed state pension plans included millions in stock from both banks.
"We have small exposures to both Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as shareholders of their stock. As of February 28, we had a total of approximately $9.9 million of Silicon Valley Bank stock as well as approximately $7.8 million of Signature Bank stock across the DB Plan, the DC Plan, and our AGPIP portfolios. This equates to less than 0.01% of the value of all three of these portfolios," State Treasurer Dale Folwell said.
He says the investments equate to less than one percent of the portfolio and pensions really won't be impacted.
"We're not in crisis," said Folwell. "We don't like losing any pennies or any paper clips at the Treasurer's Office, but in the grant scheme - the fact that we managed nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars here - we're very pleased our exposure was this small."
Silicon Valley has an office located on Glenwood Avenue in Downtown Raleigh.
Scot Wingo is CEO of Spiffy. His start-up is an on-demand car care company and it's headquartered in the Triangle. Wingo sent out a message to investors letting them there are no ties these days to Silicon Valley Bank, but that was not so long ago.
"It's kind of ironic. 18 months ago we were with Silicon Valley Bank and they fired us as a client, as we were too risky," said Wingo.
However, Wingo does worry that there could be a domino effect of banks falling and he's making adjustments.
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"These banking crises are scary because we don't know how long it's going to last or how deep it's going to go," said Wingo. "We've diversified where we keep our cash. We're being very conservative as we head into these next six months as we see is this a crazy thunderstorm we're heading into or is the worse behind us. We just don't know yet."
Monday, President Biden addressed the nation in an effort to ease consumers' fears and angst as the news for the banks collapse broke.
The stock market tumbled hard Monday and rebounded Tuesday. However, upon opening Wednesday it tumbled again, erasing all of Tuesday's gain.
The DOJ and SEC probes, which are separate, are in the preliminary stages and it is not clear whether any wrongdoing has been committed. It is not uncommon after a large public collapse of a bank or company for the Justice Department or SEC to step in and investigate, ABC News reports.
The regulatory takeover of a New York-based crypto-focused Signature Bank was intended to send a message to U.S. banks to stay away from the cryptocurrency business, a former member of Congress who was on the bank's board told ABC News. | https://abc11.com/business-nc-pensions-stocks-silicon-valley-signature-bank/12958053/ | 2023-03-15 20:28:52 | 0 | https://abc11.com/business-nc-pensions-stocks-silicon-valley-signature-bank/12958053/ |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There are few corners of the globe where the echoes of mariachi music have yet to reach, filling street corners with the sounds of the blasting trumpets and strumming guitars that form the backbone of Mexico’s traditional genre.
Now, all that festive fever is being packed into a tiny U.S. postage stamp.
The U.S. Postal Service on Friday celebrated the release of a new series of stamps honoring mariachi. The first-day-of-issue ceremony was held in New Mexico’s largest city as musicians and fans from around the world convened for a weekend of concerts hosted by the 30th annual Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque.
The five graphic stamps were the creation of artist Rafael López, who lives and works in both Mexico and San Diego. Each features an individual performer dressed in traditional clothing with their instrument. While the outfits are ornate, the backgrounds are simple and bright, inspired by the palette of another Mexican craft — papel picado, the banners of elaborate paper cutouts that are often put up for parties and other events.
While mystery surrounds the origins of mariachi, López said there’s no doubt the beats and rhythms that evolved over centuries in tiny Mexican villages are now known around the globe. There’s something special about mariachi’s celebratory nature and Latinos are proud to be able to share that with other cultures, López said.
And having it recognized now on the stamps is a bonus, said Robert Palacios, executive director of the Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference, which is held every November in the border city.
Palacios, 32, plays the guitarrón and credits the music for keeping him out of trouble when he was in middle school.
“It just turned things around for me,” he said. “That’s what I wanted to do and now 20 years later I’m the director of the mariachi conference and just working to keep it alive. So it’s full circle for me, being a student and now being able to share that passion.”
The effect of mariachi can be like magic, Lopez said, leaving people in a festive mood and turning strangers into quick friends. But he can’t explain whether it’s the beat, the outfits, the singing or everything combined.
“It’s a universal thing that mariachi has and it’s hard to explain,” he said, during an interview from his studio in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
“We all need a little bit of a moment to relax and feel happy once in a while and this music does it,” he added. “So I think that’s something that makes us Latinos very proud to see something that started in this region of Mexico and all of a sudden it becomes part of the Southwest culture, it becomes part of the United States as well. Before you know it, it’s universal, it’s international.”
López grew up in Mexico City surrounded by mariachi music. He plays the guitar, the violin and the six-string guitarrón that provides the bass line for a mariachi ensemble.
He knows where each band member needs to place their hands to create that special tone. And that’s reflected in the images on the postage stamps.
The images also were inspired by movie posters from Mexico’s golden era of cinema during the 1940s and ’50s and by travel posters put out by the U.S. government in the late 1930s and early ’40s.
“I wanted to have that quality of nostalgia,” said López, who also created the Latin Music Legend Series Merengue stamp and illustrated a children’s book by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “I didn’t want it to look modern but rather like something we would remember from when we were kids.”
For the next generation, Palacios said he’s hopeful this new wave of attention will spur more inspiration.
“This is a big step for our culture, a beautiful step,” he said. | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/mexican-art-of-mariachi-takes-center-stage-on-us-stamps/ | 2022-07-16 19:07:58 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/mexican-art-of-mariachi-takes-center-stage-on-us-stamps/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Amid recent reports of so-called “forever chemicals” found in drinking water, it’s not hard to imagine that some Americans might be hypersensitive when it comes to the taste of their tap water this summer.
If you do notice an odd taste, however, the reason might be more benign than you think.
Complaints of an “earthy” or “musty” taste or smell might just be the result of a regular summer phenomenon for many water systems, the accelerated growth of some algae compounds thanks to warmer weather.
“Specifically, it is metabolites from the algae that are producing the slightly off-putting smell and taste,” Wilmington, Delaware, officials said in a news release at the end of June. “The City said the water is safe to drink and there is no need to boil the water.”
Cyanobacteria, formerly referred to as blue-green algae, can create two compounds – geosmin and methylisoborneol (MIB) – that are responsible for the unpleasant odor and taste. City utilities treat drinking water to kill the bacteria that causes the compounds, but the harmless compounds may remain.
“While the taste and odor can be unpleasant, geosmin and MIB are not toxic or harmful,” the City of Sacramento’s website advises. “Chilling your water or adding lemon is known to help diminish the musty or earthy taste.”
Health officials warn, however, that cyanobacteria in the rivers, lakes and reservoirs that feed drinking water systems can be dangerous while untreated. Tampa, Florida officials warned residents Friday that the algae had been found locally and could potentially kill pets within minutes of exposure.
Conventional water treatment can generally remove cyanotoxins from the bacteria in the source waters, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but such systems can “face challenges” during a severe bloom event.
If you have further questions about the quality of your tap water, the EPA has provided contact information for local health officials in all U.S. states and territories. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/tap-water-tasting-off-this-summer-this-may-be-why/ | 2022-07-09 18:43:42 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/tap-water-tasting-off-this-summer-this-may-be-why/ |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy consumer and retail industry press releases from PR Newswire, including new cold brews from Dutch Bros and Rita's Italian Ice.
NEW YORK, April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the consumer and retail industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- Dutch Bros launches new drink for National Cold Brew Day
The Chocolate Crunch Cold Brew is a triple chocolate delight and will be available at all 700+ Dutch Bros locations beginning April 20. - McDonald's USA is Serving Up its Hottest, Juiciest and Tastiest Burgers Yet
Our chefs have been cooking up small but tasty improvements to the Big Mac® sandwich, McDouble® burger and our classic Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger and Hamburger – and we can't wait for fans across the U.S. to get a taste. - Vanity Fair® Lingerie Partners with Comedian Leanne Morgan to Support Women with a $25,000 Award Program
Inspired by Morgan's message for women to get started on whatever makes them happy, Vanity Fair® Lingerie created the "Vanity Fair® Lingerie Support Award," designed to give five women a jumpstart on pursuing their passions by providing each with a $5,000 cash award. - Reese's Is Settling the Great Debate Once and For All - Creamy or Crunchy Peanut Butter?
Will Team Creamy or Team Crunchy come out on top? Reese's will announce America's favorite peanut butter in the most fitting way possible – on National I Love Reese's Day on May 18 of course. - Revolution Beauty Launches a New Collection at Walmart
Known for delivering low cost, high quality cosmetics that have earned virality across social platforms, including TikTok and Instagram, Revolution Beauty is recognized as one of the world's biggest players in the fast beauty space. - Russell Stover Chocolates is the new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title holder for the Largest Box of Chocolates
The oversized replica of the classic Russell Stover assorted gift box breaks the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title by holding over 5,000 pounds of chocolate. - Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard Creates a Jolt with New Cold Brew Frozen Coffees
Available at all Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard locations for a limited time only, new Cold Brew Frozen Coffees come in three flavors – Original Cold Brew, Mocha, and Caramel. Each Cold Brew Frozen Coffee is crafted with Rita's vanilla ice and custard, to create an indulgent, unique flavorful coffee experience. - David's Bridal to Continue Marketing and Sale Process Under Chapter 11 Protection as Stores Remain Open and Orders are Fulfilled
James Marcum, Chief Executive Officer of David's Bridal, said, "Over the last several years, we have taken meaningful strides in our transformation to fulfill the needs of the brides of today and tomorrow…Nonetheless, our business continues to be challenged by the post-COVID environment and uncertain economic conditions, leading us to take this step to identify a buyer who can continue to operate our business going forward." - Bring Your Own Cup Day Returns to 7-Eleven this Spring
Customers are encouraged to tap into their creativity and grab their favorite cup, astronaut helmet, mason jar, pie tin, or any other unconventional container and fill with their favorite flavor of Slurpee drink for just $1.99. - Jack Link's Creates Wild Cargo Shorts Designed for Trail Snacking to Celebrate National Park Week
The Jargo (jerkified cargo) Shorts feature an astounding 20 pockets custom fit to hikers' favorite meat snacks for the trails. - Missha Announces Actress Elizabeth Olsen as Global Brand Ambassador Missha's global brand campaign 'Beauty is Reality' captures beautiful moments in daily life and presents the idea that beauty should not be overly dramatized or based on inflated luxurious sentiments.
- Dole Seeks Those Who Have Yet to Taste the World's Most Popular Fruit
Dole will award a year of free DOLE® Bananas and an assortment of the most popular banana recipes from its vast online recipe library to those posting the most convincing cases of how and why they have elected a banana-free life. - Stretch Your Dollars Further with The Toy Insider's 2023 Spring & Summer Gift Guide
This year's annual guide has more than 250 toys, with dozens of travel and budget-friendly finds, toys that teach, screen-free options, outdoor play must-haves, and water toys for summertime splashing. - Pete Davidson and Taco Bell® Partner Once More to Shake Up Morning Routines and Breakfast Cravings
In the broadcast ad titled "Breakfast with Peter" airing on April 23, Peter (not Pete) Davidson embraces a toned-down persona and explains to viewers what they can expect from breakfast-at-the-Bell. - Men's Wearhouse Unveils Wedding Wingman: The Ultimate Online Concierge for Grooms Seeking a Stress-Free Wedding Planning Experience
The tool was created in response to customer feedback and insights indicating that nearly half of all grooms find the wedding planning process too difficult or time-consuming.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Facing the possibility of criminal charges, Donald Trump waited it out in Florida on Tuesday as New York braced for disruptions that could follow an indictment. Republican contenders in the 2024 race sized up the impact a prosecution could have on a campaign in which the former president is a leading contender.
Trump over the weekend claimed without evidence that he would be arrested on Tuesday, but there was no indication that prediction would come true. A Manhattan grand jury did appear to take an important step forward on Monday by hearing from a witness favorable to Trump, presumably so prosecutors could ensure the panel had a chance to consider any testimony supporting his version of events.
The next steps were unclear, and it was uncertain if additional witnesses might be summoned. But a city mindful of the riot by Trump loyalists at the U.S. Capitol more than two years ago took steps to protect itself from any violence that could accompany the unprecedented prosecution of a former president.
Monday’s testimony from Robert Costello, a lawyer with close ties to numerous key Trump aides, appeared to be a final opportunity for allies to steer the grand jury away from an indictment. Costello was invited by prosecutors to appear after saying he had information to undercut the credibility of Michael Cohen, a former lawyer and fixer for Trump who later turned against him and then became a key witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation.
Costello had provided Cohen legal services several years ago after Cohen himself became entangled in the federal investigation into the hush money payments. In a news conference after his grand jury appearance, Costello told reporters he had come forward because he did not believe Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal crimes and served time in prison.
“If they want to go after Donald Trump and they have solid evidence, then so be it,” Costello said. “But Michael Cohen is far from solid evidence.”
Responding on MSNBC, Cohen said that Costello was never his lawyer and “he lacks any sense of veracity.”
There were no signs that Costello’s testimony had affected the course of the investigation. Cohen had been available for over two hours in case prosecutors wanted him to rebut Costello’s testimony but he was told he was not needed, his attorney said.
The testimony came two days after Trump said he expected to face criminal charges and urged supporters to protest his possible arrest. In social media posts through the weekend, he criticized the investigation, directing particularly hostile rhetoric toward Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat.
New York officials have been monitoring online chatter of threats of varying specificity, but even as portable metal barricades were dropped off to safeguard streets and sidewalks, there were no immediate signs that Trump’s calls for protests were being heeded.
On Tuesday morning, Manhattan court proceedings were temporarily halted by a bomb threat called in via 911, according to a court spokesman. That delayed the start of a hearing in a separate case, the New York attorney general’s lawsuit accusing Trump and his company of a yearslong fraud scheme.
Costello briefly acted as a legal adviser to Cohen after the FBI raided Cohen’s home and apartment in 2018. At the time, Cohen was being investigated for both tax evasion and for payments he helped orchestrate in 2016 to buy the silence of two women who claimed to have had sexual encounters with Trump.
For several months, it was unclear whether Cohen, a longtime lawyer and fixer for the Trump Organization who once boasted that he would “take a bullet” for his boss, would remain loyal to the president.
Cohen ultimately decided to plead guilty in connection with the payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal, which he said were directed by Trump. Since then, he has been a vociferous Trump critic, testifying before Congress and then to the grand jury.
Trump, who has denied having sex with either woman, has branded Cohen a liar.
As the New York investigation pushes toward conclusion, Trump faces other criminal probes in Atlanta and Washington that, taken together, pose significant legal peril and carry the prospect of upending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Some of his likely opponents have tried to strike a balance between condemning a potential prosecution as politically motivated while avoiding condoning the conduct at issue.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an expected GOP presidential candidate, criticized the investigation but also jabbed at Trump.
“I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some kind of alleged affair,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Panama City. “I can’t speak to that.”
Switching to criticism of the district attorney, he said, “What I can speak to is that if you have a prosecutor who is ignoring crimes happening every single day in his jurisdiction and he chooses to go back many, many years ago to try to use something about porn star hush money payments, that’s an example of pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office. And I think that’s fundamentally wrong.”
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Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press journalists Michelle L. Price, Aaron Morrison, Jill Colvin, Ted Shaffrey, David R. Martin, Noreen Nasir, Seth Wenig and Larry Neumeister contributed to this report.
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Dog remains unclaimed at animal shelter after owner hit, killed by truck on walk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - Police in Tennessee are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a dog owner earlier this week.
WSMV reports a 50-year-old visually impaired woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday morning while she was walking her dog named Patch.
The woman was discovered by a passerby and transported to Skyline Medical Center, but she was pronounced dead, police said.
According to authorities, Patch was uninjured and walked himself home. He was found sitting at the front door of the woman’s apartment when police arrived.
Patch was turned into Metro Nashville Animal Care and Control. The team said they are looking to reconnect the dog with the woman’s family.
As of Friday, they had not heard from any family members about taking ownership of the dog. If left unclaimed, Patch would likely be put up for adoption or put into a rescue.
“We have had a few rescue groups reach out about him already. It does appear he might have had a life as a service dog,” shelter spokesperson Matthew Peters said. “Our main focus is still locating his family.”
Nashville detectives said they believe a Ford F-150 is the vehicle that killed Patch’s owner.
The shelter advised anyone with information regarding Patch’s family to contact 615-862-7928.
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Well, maybe there won’t be any appeals of Wednesday’s mixed-bag ruling in the Brian Flores litigation.
In a statement provided earlier this evening to PFT, the NFL seems to indicate that it will proceed to arbitration with the claims that will be arbitrated, and that it will proceed to litigation with the claims that will be litigated.
“Diversity and inclusion throughout the NFL make us a better organization,” Chief NFL Spokesman Brian McCarthy said. “We recognize there is more work to be done and we are deeply committed to doing it. That said, we are pleased with the court’s decision, which correctly holds that the vast majority of claims in this case are properly arbitrable by the Commissioner under binding agreements signed by each plaintiff. We intend to move forward promptly with arbitrations as directed by the court and will seek to dismiss the remaining claims.”
This means that, instead of appealing the decision to submit the other claims to the normal litigation channels, the league will file a motion to dismiss the claims made by Flores against the Broncos, Giants, and Texans. If successful, those claims end. If not, those claims head toward trial.
It also appears that Flores, Steve Wilks, and Ray Horton will not be appealing the ruling regarding claims that must be submitted to arbitration.
“We are pleased that Coach Flores’ class claims of systematic discrimination against the NFL and several teams will proceed in court and ultimately before a jury of his peers,” attorney Doug Wigdor said in a statement. “We are disappointed the court compelled arbitration of any claims before Mr. Goodell as he is obviously biased and unqualified to rule on these matters. We expect him to delegate those matters to a truly neutral arbitrator as a matter of fundamental fairness. We look forward to pursuing all these claims to trial in their various forums.”
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"Best Lawyers" Named James Scott Farrin Attorney Barry Jennings a 2023 'Lawyer of the Year' and Recognized 21 of the Firm's Attorneys on 2023 'Best Lawyers' and 'Ones to Watch' Lists.*
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is pleased to announce that the commitment and hard work of 21 of its attorneys were highlighted in the 29th edition of the "Best Lawyers in America" publication. Eight of its attorneys were recognized on the 'Best Lawyers' list, 13 of its attorneys were named to the third edition of the 'Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch' list, and one attorney was named a '2023 Lawyer of the Year.'*
This year marks the 41st year for the 'Best Lawyers' list. 2023 awardees are recognized as top lawyers in the country and are chosen by thorough peer review surveys. The James Scott Farrin attorneys named to the 2023 'Best Lawyers' list are:
- Douglas E. Berger - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Brian Clemmons - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Matt Harbin - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Matthew S. Healey - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
- Gary W. Jackson - Litigation - Insurance
- Barry C. Jennings - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Michael F. Roessler - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Susan Vanderweert - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
All eight attorneys have been recognized on this list in previous years.
Barry Jennings received additional recognition and was selected by peer review as a 2023 'Lawyer of the Year' for his work in Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants in Raleigh.* Only one lawyer is recognized as 'Lawyer of the Year' for each practice area and location, and individuals who received this distinction had the highest overall peer feedback for that practice area and location.
Awardees for the 2023 "Best Lawyers" 'Ones to Watch' list are recognized as outstanding attorneys who have typically been in private practice for fewer than ten years and are nominated and reviewed by their peers.* The James Scott Farrin attorneys named to the 2023 'Ones to Watch' list are:
- Christopher Bagley - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Vanessa Beltrán - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Kenneth L. Bryan - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Patrick Clare - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Casey T. Day - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Kaitlyn Fudge - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Jennie R. Glish - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Leila Hicks - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Kelley Solomon Johnson - Elder Law
- Daniel Lehrer - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Ali Overby - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
- Chelsea Ragan - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Joshua D. Smith - Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
It was the first year for Clare, Fudge, and Johnson to be listed as 'Ones to Watch' in their practice areas, while the other 10 attorneys were honored in previous years.
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Jamestown Public School District using “swatting” cases as learning opportunities
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) - The Jamestown Public School District is debriefing and analyzing all levels to learn from the recent “swatting” incident that occurred Oct. 13.
“Swatting” is the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address. Jamestown High School was one of several schools involved in the state. Superintendent Dr. Rob Lech says they’ve been debriefing with all the schools and administrators in the district to look at different things done well and what can be addressed.
Dr. Lech says in what turned out to be an elaborate drill at the Jamestown High School, not learning something from it would be a “missed opportunity.” He added school administrators would be meeting with local law enforcement this week to do a coordination debrief and communicate what went well and what can be fixed in the event of future incidents.
In other school news, Food Service Coordinator Cindy Wall informed the school board that they are no longer serving an alternative meal regardless of unpaid meals in the district. Wall says if a student continues to go into the negative, conversations are held with councils and later Superintendent Dr. Rob Lech to remedy the situation.
You can view the most recent Jamestown Public School Board meeting here.
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BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Chunks of thick, twisted metal and wood splinters lie among the swings and slides in the playground outside a bombed-out school. Some streets away, a yellow bathtub dangles over the void left when part of an apartment building collapsed in a bombing.
Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian forces in the Donbas for eight years and hold large swaths of territory. Sieverodonetsk and neighboring cities are the only part of the Donbas’ Luhansk region still under Ukrainian government control.
Most of Bakhmut’s population has already fled, and more are leaving every day. Evacuation minibuses run mainly by volunteers shuttle back and forth, sometimes even during bombardments, to get people out.
“Now it’s a question of saving the children,” said Olga Hordiyenko, 51, as she stood in a playground on Tuesday near her apartment building. “The Russians are shelling us, so there’s this burning issue to get the children out of here.”
Ignoring the repeated background sounds of shelling, her three grandchildren, girls ages 7, 9 and 11, focused on learning dance moves from a video on their mother’s mobile phone.
Hordiyenko and her daughter Anna Dyachenko, 28, wanted to leave on Tuesday but there was no room on the bus for them, they said. Instead, they would be leaving on Wednesday, heading to western Ukraine initially and then abroad to relatives.
“People say it’s time to go, and we’re happy to leave,” Dyachenko said. But they still fear they will have nothing to come home to once the war is over.
“Here we have our apartment, our house,” she said. “Everything will be smashed and destroyed.”
With a pre-war population of around 85,000, there are now around 30,000 people left, Bakhmut City Council Secretary Ganna Petrieynko-Poluhina said. While authorities are encouraging more people to leave, some are hesitant, she said.
“Life is the most important thing for a person. But people are tied to their homes, to what they remember,” Petrieynko-Poluhina said. “Every day we see that shelling happens more often, and people leave. We would like that more people leave.”
The shelling has increased in recent days, and it’s becoming harder to get humanitarian aid into the town, she said. As if to prove her point, the thudding of artillery reverberated, and the city council staff headed toward the bomb shelter.
Strikes in Bakhmut have hit everything from apartment blocks to dormitories, houses and even schools.
“It was a usual school, children studied, then there was a bomb,” said local resident Olena Kryvobok as she walked around a playing field and children’s playground just outside what was left of the school. Students’ notebooks lie tattered in the grass, a child’s drawing still pinned to the wall of what used to be a classroom.
“I don’t even know what to say, because I have so much indignation, so many emotions,” Kryvobok said, adding that it was pure luck that there had been no children in the playing field when the bomb struck.
“In one moment, everything crashed,” she said. “I don’t know, it is horror.”
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A celebration of life has been planned for the former Atlanta City Council president and retired Fulton County judge Marvin Arrington Sr.
The family of the Atlanta legend will hold a series of events to honor his legacy.
Arrington died peacefully last Wednesday morning at his home surrounded by his loved ones at the age of 82.
His funeral will be held on Friday, July 28 at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church at 11 a.m.
It will be followed by an interment at the Greenwood Ceremony and repast at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church.
Arrington lived his life in service to others, according to his family. Back in 1969, he was elected to the city council, which was called the Atlanta Board of Aldermen at the time. He served as the president for 17 years.
Leading up to his funeral, the series of events will begin on Wednesday, July 26 with a memorial service from his Divine Nine fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Arrington will also lie in the state at the Atlanta City Hall Chambers on Thursday, July 27.
"Even in this time of mourning, we are grateful for his loving dedication as a committed father and grandfather, and for his example of a lifetime of service," family said in their statement when they announced his passing.
Arrington graduated from Emory University Law School and Clark Atlanta University.
He was the youngest Black person to be be elected into Atlanta's city council, according to an archived version of his Fulton County Judge profile. Under his work as the city council president, he introduced legislation to tackle segregation around the metro, contributed a resolution that supported elevating women to high-ranking positions and more, the bio added.
Over the years, he received awards and recognition for his impact on Atlanta.
After the funeral, a screening of a documentary of his life called “Bo Legs: Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. – An Atlanta Story” will be showing at the Lindsay Street Baptist Church on Saturday, July 29 starting at 2 p.m.
11Alive most recently discussed Arrington's legacy during Black History Month, when the documentary about his life and work was released. 11Alive's Cheryl Preheim's spoke Arrington's son and the filmmaker. Click here to watch the full interview.
The family is asking that the community contributes to the Marvin S. Arrington, Sr. Legal Foundation, which will award scholars to students.
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POTEAU, Okla. — Poteau police officers were called to a home on Vista Grande after a report of a shooting just after 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 23.
When officers arrived, they found 55-year-old Leslie Dave Edwards dead in the home. Poteau police said Edwards had been shot.
Poteau Police Department investigators, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation forensics and an investigator with the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office responded to the scene.
According to Poteau Assistant Police Chief Greg Russell, "preliminary investigation indicated that Edwards was shot in self-defense in a domestic violence incident."
A 56-year-old Poteau woman was interviewed by investigators and released.
Once the city's investigation into Edwards' death is finished, it will be turned over to the District Attorney's office.
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Coupa's user-friendly design, prescriptive community insights, and co-innovation with customers are among the strengths recognized
SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), a leader in Business Spend Management (BSM), has been positioned in the Leaders Category in both the Enterprise and Midmarket IDC MarketScape for Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Travel and Expense Applications. For a complimentary copy of the report, click here.
This is the third time IDC has recognized Coupa for its Travel and Expense (T&E) solution. IDC named Coupa as a Leader based on its heavy investment in applied AI through Community.ai, strength in tirelessly integrating customer feedback, and steadfast focus on delivering user-centric design.
"We're incredibly proud to be recognized by IDC as a Leader in T&E. Building from the ground up with our customers has allowed us to co-innovate features that were a necessity but also deliver a radically different solution. By harnessing the power of Coupa's platform and trillions of dollars of spending, our T&E solution provides organizations with powerful benchmarking and prescriptive recommendations to help increase efficiency and drive greater savings," said Raja Hammoud, executive vice president of products at Coupa.
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Anonymous graffiti artist Banksy, who is known for sending political messages, has revealed a new mural on a building destroyed by shelling in Ukraine.
Banksy's work, which the artist posted on Instagram Friday to 11.2 million followers, features a gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble with her hands. The Instagram post is captioned "Borodyanka, Ukraine."
Russian forces invaded Borodyanka, about 30 miles northwest of Kyiv, earlier this year, and Ukrainian officials said they deliberately bombed civilian areas. Burned cars, collapsed buildings, and power lines splayed on the ground in the area after Russia withdrew, NPR reported from the town in April.
Other new murals with a similar style have been spotted in the area and are suspected to have been created by Banksy, but the British artist has not publicly claimed credit.
One shows two children using a metal tank trap as a seesaw and another features a young boy flipping over a large man in a judo match. Some have speculated the man might represent Russian leader Vladimir Putin, known to be a martial arts fan. Earlier this year, World Taekwondo withdrew Putin's honorary black belt after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Another mural in Irpin, about 15 miles northwest of Kyiv, depicts a young rhythmic gymnast balancing on a hole in the side of a building, waving a ribbon in the air.
Ukraine scored a military win on Friday after Russia withdrew all its troops from Kherson, Ukraine. Ukrainian troops have retaken the city, and Ukrainians have reportedly hoisted Ukrainian flags atop buildings and torn down Russian billboard signs.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is running for a second term against Republican Chris Chaffee.
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Van Hollen, 63, was elected to the Senate in 2016 after serving seven terms in the U.S. House.
In May, Van Hollen suffered a minor stroke. He said he was told there were no long-term effects or damage, but doctors advised him to remain under observation at the hospital for a few days.
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A Bold Soldier is how the Westside Ministers' Union tagged me in 1990. Proud to have been a part of selecting the seven that were sworn in last night (Jan. 26), more importantly to have led the effort to change the Pine Bluff School District election process from at-large to zone elections.
Last evening (Jan. 26) was exciting, wonderful and gratifying. While sitting in the M.D. Jordan/R.N. Chaney School Administration Building, my mind carried me back to the fight we had to name this administrative center after two bold local African American academicians.
When the fight was over, we had won the war to have these black men's names placed on this building. However, the sign only says Jordan/Chaney, leaving future generations wondering who is Jordan/Chaney.
Well, in the process of naming the administration building, the then-Pine Bluff School Board and PBICVR (Pine Bluff Interested Citizens for Voter Registration) wondered aloud for months who is Carver on Carver Elementary School. Finally, after searching, the district placed the complete name "George Washington Carver" on the school.
Black history in Pine Bluff is hidden in plain view. Pine Bluff is approximately 77 percent African American. CRT is a political weapon used to stir the emotions of Black people; yet blacks are emotionless when it comes to their local history, which remains hidden.
Rev. Jesse C. Turner, executive director,
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BILLERICA, Mass. (AP) _ Entegris Inc. (ENTG) on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss of $73.7 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
The Billerica, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 50 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 85 cents per share.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 98 cents per share.
The maker of equipment used in chip manufacturing posted revenue of $993.8 million in the period, which also did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.01 billion.
For the current quarter ending in December, Entegris expects its per-share earnings to range from 75 cents to 80 cents.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $930 million to $970 million for the fiscal fourth quarter.
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Two weeks after San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' city-rocking announcement that she would not pursue murder charges in a Walgreens security guard's killing of Banko Brown, Jenkins now says she won't bring any charges at all.
Jenkins announced on Monday that she has declined to file criminal charges against Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, the 33-year-old who shot and killed Brown after the 24-year-old was allegedly shoplifting on April 27.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office, which also published footage of the killing and police reports on Monday, said there was "insufficient evidence" to press criminal charges after an investigation determined "Anthony acted in lawful self-defense when he fired his weapon at Brown."
"Given the totality of the circumstances, including the threat that Anthony believed, and could reasonably believe, the evidence shows that Brown's shooting was not a criminal act because Anthony acted in lawful self-defense," the district attorney's office wrote in the report. "Thus, Anthony is not criminally liable for the death of Brown."
John Burris, the Oakland civil rights attorney representing Brown's family as they pursue a wrongful death lawsuit, told The Examiner that the "horrible, horrendous" video of Anthony shooting Brown had "no basis to use deadly force" in a shoplifting case, "particularly when it was the security guard who was the aggressor."
"And I think, under the circumstances, this was a situation where a security officer creates the confrontation as an aggressor and then ultimately he claims self-defense as he shoots himself out of it, which is wrong," Burris told The Examiner.
"I disagree with no charges being filed, and I think manslaughter charges clearly could be filed and should be filed."
Security footage from inside the Walgreens that prosecutors published on Monday shows Brown attempting to leave the 825 Market St. store with a bag.
Warning: The footage embedded below is graphic, and reader discretion is advised.
Anthony told investigators he saw Brown "take and conceal" items within his bag that day. The security company contracted by Walgreens that employed Brown, Kingdom Group Protective Services, had recently directed guards to be "hands-on" in recovering stolen merchandise, according to prosecutors' report.
In the video, Anthony attempts to stop Brown from leaving the store when Brown bumps into him. The two shove each other before Anthony swings his right arm at Brown multiple times. Brown stumbles over a display of products, with items from his bag strewn across the floor.
As Brown attempts to get up, Anthony wrestles him to the ground, places him in a chokehold as he stands and then wrestles him to the ground again.
Anthony told investigators that Brown repeatedly threatened to stab him as they "wrestled" and after saying he would let Brown go if the 24-year-old "calmed down," although he didn't see Brown carrying a knife. Police didn't find a knife in Brown's possession.
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As Brown gathers his belongings, Anthony removes his gun from his holster. With Brown standing in the front walkway of the Walgreens, Anthony walks toward him. Anthony told investigators that he tried "to create distance" from Brown.
Brown then flares his shoulders forward before Anthony shoots him. According to prosecutors, Anthony said he felt Brown's spit hit his face after shooting Brown, and that fired his weapon "out of fear of Brown's intentions" after "Brown advanced towards him."
"I felt like I was in danger," Anthony told police. "I felt like I was going to be stabbed, and I didn't know what to expect after the hostility."
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office wrote in its report that footage showed "Brown turning back and making a lunging motion in Anthony's direction" as he stood in the doorway. Burris, the Brown family's attorney, didn't think that was a fair characterization.
"Even if he had lunged and made any kind of move, which I don't see, that in and of itself does not justify the use of deadly force," Burris said. "You can't use more force than you're being confronted with. If a person has nothing in their hands, and they're carrying a package, and you have a gun, well, you can't then use deadly force against that person."
Brown, a transgender Black man, was a volunteer at the Young Women's Freedom Center in The City at the time of his passing. The center said after Brown's death last month that he had struggled to find housing for more than a decade.
The Young Women's Freedom Center said on Monday that "(we) do not need to see the video to know that Banko Brown's killing was unjustified."
"Banko deserved to live. He deserved to be protected and cherished. He deserved housing and to have his basic needs met," the center said.
His friends, family and a number of residents called upon Jenkins to reconsider her initial decision not to file charges against Anthony. Jenkins later chalked up that decision to a charging deadline.
The Board of Supervisors formally asked Jenkins to release footage of the killing last week. Its vote followed a second consecutive meeting featuring emotional public comment from people who demanded justice for Brown. Before the vote, Jenkins committed to releasing a full report if her office opted not to file charges.
Aaron Peskin, the board's president and a co-sponsor on last week's resolution, said in a statement that he would introduce legislation this week calling upon the California Attorney General or the U.S. Department of Justice to review evidence in Brown's killing.
"This is not who we are," Peskin said. "Stealing a bag of candy does not warrant the death penalty. I understand people are afraid of crime, a fear being stoked by too many politicians and their political allies. But this is not a choice between justice and safety — we can have both. And allowing what appears, at a minimum, to be an unjustified shooting does not make us safer. It does not make us better. It should make us ashamed."
Supervisor Shamann Walton said he would join Peskin in calling for a state or federal review. Supervisor Dean Preston, who said last week that he would draft legislation to limit security guards' use of guns, quickly rebuked Jenkins' decision not to pursue charges.
"I am horrified by this video which appears to show Banko Brown being executed for shoplifting," Preston said in a statement. "I do not understand how the District Attorney could have reviewed this video and concluded that the guard 'believed he was in mortal danger and acted in self defense." | https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/crime/sf-da-brooke-jenkins-files-no-charges-in-banko-brown-killing/article_b013fff6-f353-11ed-a93e-3f25a8c9cfff.html | 2023-05-16 00:47:31 | 0 | https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/crime/sf-da-brooke-jenkins-files-no-charges-in-banko-brown-killing/article_b013fff6-f353-11ed-a93e-3f25a8c9cfff.html |
Off to one of the best starts in school history, Illinois cracked The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll for the first time in 23 years on Monday.
The Illini (14-3) are ranked No. 24 in their first Top 25 appearance since Nov. 27, 2000. It’s been a remarkable turnaround under first-year coach Shauna Green. The team was 7-20 last season and just 1-13 in the Big Ten. Illinois hasn’t had a winning season since 2012-13.
“It means a lot. I understand how far we’ve come in a really short time,” said Green, who came to Illinois after a successful run coaching at Dayton. “Most of the kids weren’t alive the last time we were ranked. I was a sophomore in college.”
South Carolina remained the No. 1 team, garnering all 28 votes from a national media panel. The Gamecocks have been No. 1 for 29 consecutive weeks. They were followed in the poll by Stanford and Ohio State, which rallied to beat Illinois on Sunday.
UConn moved up one spot to fourth. The Huskies had their game against DePaul on Sunday postponed when they had only six scholarship players available because of injuries.
LSU moved up two spots to fifth. It’s the first time the Tigers have been that high since Dec. 14, 2009, when they were also fifth. LSU (16-0) is off to the best start in school history, besting the mark held by the 2002-03 team that won its first 15 games.
South Carolina, Ohio State and LSU are the only remaining unbeaten teams in the country. The Gamecocks and Tigers meet on Feb. 12 in South Carolina.
Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA, Maryland and Utah rounded out the top 10. The Utes lost their first game of the season, falling at Colorado last Friday.
The Illini, who haven’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2003, ended a 14-game losing streak last week to Northwestern. That gave Illinois 14 wins in its first 16 games, which was the best start ever for the school. Its losses have come to Indiana, Ohio State and Delaware.
“If you would have told me in the summer we’d be up 17 at Ohio State and have a chance to win I’d tell you were crazy,” Green said. “Perspective changes really quickly. (Getting ranked) is something we got to be happy about, Be proud of it, It has to motivate us even more.”
Villanova also re-entered the poll this week coming in at No. 25. The Wildcats had a five-week run in the poll earlier this season.
St. John’s and Creighton fell out of the poll.
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Baylor moved to 3-0 in the Big 12 after knocking off then-No. 17 Oklahoma and No. 21 Kansas last week. Caitlin Bickle was a big reason why, posting double-doubles in both games. The Bears moved up five spots to No. 18 in the poll this week.
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Texas sees further loss of power, lives as winter storm rages on
The storm's icy conditions have caused at least 10 traffic deaths
Thousands of frustrated Texans shivered in their homes Thursday after more than a day without power, including many in the state capital, as an icy winter storm that has been blamed for at least 10 traffic deaths lingered across much of the southern U.S.
A warming trend was expected to bring some relief later Thursday — just in time for an Arctic front to drop from Canada and threaten northern states, and in particular those in New England, with the coldest weather in decades. Wind chills could dive lower than minus 50.
Across Texas, 430,000 customers lacked power Thursday, according to PowerOutage.us. But the failures were most widespread in Austin, where frustration mounted among more than 156,000 customers over 24 hours after their electricity went out, which for many also meant their heat. Power failures have affected about 30% of customers in the city of nearly a million at any given time since Wednesday.
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Allison Rizzolo, who lost power in Austin, told KEYE-TV that she wished there were more clarity from the city on what to do or expect.
"I get that there’s a fine line between preparedness and panic, but I wish they’d been more aggressive in their communications," Rizzolo said.
For many Texans, it was the second time in three years that a February freeze — temperatures were in the 30s Thursday with wind chills below freezing — caused prolonged outages and uncertainty over when the lights would come back on.
Mayor Kirk Watson, at a news conference Thursday, said city officials will review their communication protocols in future disasters.
"I know that top of mind for everyone is restoring power to each and every home, and crews are working even as we speak and have through the night," the mayor said. "Because of the length and nature of this storm, it has proven very challenging."
Unlike the 2021 blackouts in Texas, when hundreds of people died after the state’s grid was pushed to the brink of total failure because of a lack of generation, the outages in Austin this time were largely the result of frozen equipment and ice-burdened trees and limbs falling on power lines. The city’s utility warned all power may not be restored until Friday as ice continued causing outages even as repairs were finished elsewhere.
"It feels like two steps forward and three steps back," said Jackie Sargent, general manager of Austin Energy.
School systems in the Dallas and Austin area, plus many in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee, closed Thursday as snow, sleet and freezing rain continued to push through. Public transportation in Dallas also experienced "major delays" early Thursday, according to a statement from Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
Hundreds more flights were canceled again in Texas, although not as many as in previous days.
Airport crews battled ice to keep runways open. By Thursday morning, airlines had canceled more than 500 flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport — more than a quarter of all flights scheduled for the day. Still, that was down from about 1,300 cancellations on Wednesday and more than 1,000 on Tuesday, according to FlightAware.com.
Dozens more flights were canceled at Dallas Love Field and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Watches and warnings about wintry conditions stretched from the West Texas border with Mexico through Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana and into western Tennessee and northern Mississippi.
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At least 10 people have died due to treacherous road conditions since Monday, including seven in Texas, two in Oklahoma and one in Arkansas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged people not to drive.
And another wave of frigid weather in the U.S. is on the horizon, with an Arctic cold front expected to move from Canada into the northern Plains and Upper Midwest and sweep into the Northeast by Friday.
In a briefing Thursday with the federal Weather Prediction Center, New Englanders were warned that wind chills — the combined effect of wind and cold air on exposed skin — in the minus 50s "could be the coldest felt in decades."
The strong winds and cold air will create wind chills "rarely seen in northern and eastern Maine," according to an advisory from the National Weather Service office in Caribou, Maine.
Jay Broccolo, director of weather operations at an observatory on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington — which for decades held the world record for the fastest wind gust — said Thursday that wind speeds could top 100 mph.
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"We take safety really seriously in the higher summits," Broccolo said, "and this weekend’s forecast is looking pretty gnarly, even for our standards." | https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-sees-further-loss-power-lives-winter-storm-rages | 2023-02-02 21:21:33 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-sees-further-loss-power-lives-winter-storm-rages |
This story will be updated when more information becomes available.
BLOOMINGTON — For weeks, the Main Street pavement through downtown Bloomington has featured hundreds of rainbow-colored hearts to celebrate Pride Fest. Now, the city has ordered them washed away.
Jan Lancaster, owner of The Bistro at 316 N. Main, installed the hearts with chalk-paint for the annual festival that was held Aug. 13. The paint is made to wash away over time, but the hearts remained visible on the street as of Thursday afternoon.
In a Facebook post Tuesday, Lancaster wrote that a city official had given her permission to paint the hearts on the street, but she has since been ordered to remove them.
She said she was told that if they were not removed, "it would jeopardize future PRIDE events."
In the post, Lancaster asked for the community's help in removing the hearts and said, "This makes me very sad; for me it represents a beautiful message of LOVE and only enhances Downtown."
City Manager Tim Gleason could not be immediately reached for comment.
Photos: Check out all the fun from the Bistro’s Pride Fest 2022
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Ken Bays, Jan Lancaster, Bloomington Police Chief Jamal Simington
Garrett VanDerHeide, Brandon Shaffer
Former Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner, Celeste Randolph, Kris Williams holding Abby, Vicki Hightower
Julie and Steve Kubsch with Theo and Oliver
Bethany, Sylvie, Lennox and Katie Martin
Aianna Zachary, Santino Lamancusa
Laura and Michael O’Connor, Beth Fritz
Christina Rogers, Jen Hooker
Madeline Smith, Thom Rakestraw, Tom Smith
Geri Bastian, Renee Rongey, Vicki Tilton
David Braun, General Manager of Connect Transit manning their Pride booth
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Enjoying the day
Tom Smith, DJ Rakestraw, DJ Squeesa
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Jan Lancaster, Pride organizer, enjoys the show
Crowds cheer on the drag queens
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Dawn Peters, Mike Mash, Wayne Thomas Jerica Etheridge
The Hangar Art Co. interactive art piece
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Street of hearts
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David Koehler, Tari Renner
Marcus Scott, Roxy R.
Kimi and Ty Schroeder
Chris Henry, Jeff Parker
Todd and Denise Wyetlispach
Emily Bestow, RJ McCracken with Sophie
Chef Allen Chambers, Letoyia Miller
Jonathan Fry and Natasha Caudle with the Hangar Art. Co. interactive art piece
Ty Schroeder with the Hangar Art. Co. interactive art piece
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Rivian vehicle on display
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The streets of Downtown were packed
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Lawrence Lair taking a photo of Anita Dockery and Angelica Gonzalez
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Emily Raschke, Blair Broughton
Bistro owner/Pride organizer Jan Lancaster
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Ben, Meighan, Will and Maddy Hopper
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Filming for a commercial on Tuesday closed Allentown’s Eighth Street Bridge to traffic, city police said.
Traffic on the bridge and on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard underneath was closed for most of the morning, but reopened as of 11:15 a.m., police said.
Also named the Albertus L. Meyers bridge, the bridges connects the city’s south side to Downtown Allentown, and crosses over Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Little Lehigh Creek, Harrison Street and Fountain Park. | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/traffic/2022/08/filming-closes-allentowns-eighth-street-bridge.html | 2022-08-30 16:09:06 | 0 | https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/traffic/2022/08/filming-closes-allentowns-eighth-street-bridge.html |
Hyundai has put a price tag on the Ioniq 6 electric sedan for the U.S., and its starting price lands just $70 less than the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric crossover.
The price of the 2023 Ioniq 6 Standard Range is $42,715, including the $1,115 destination fee. This version carries a 53-kwh battery pack and an estimated EPA driving range of 240 miles.
Especially of note is the Ioniq 6 SE Long Range—the version that offers an EPA-rated driving range of 361 miles, beating the Tesla Model 3 Long Range, from a 77.4-kwh battery pack. It starts at $46,615.
Both prices are only slightly below those of the Ioniq 5 crossover. The entry price of the Ioniq 5 stands at $42,785 for the Standard Range version and $46,835 for the Long Range version, including its higher $1,335 destination fee.
Dual-motor models of the Ioniq 6 start with the 316-mile SE AWD Long Range, at $50,115, while the top-of-the-line Limited AWD costs $57,215 and delivers a 270-mile range.
Green Car Reports drove the Ioniq 6 last year in South Korea and found it to offer distinctive styling, a quiet ride, and a crisp, clear interface essentially carried over from the Ioniq 5. Rear headroom is the only obvious compromise of the tapered, aerodynamically efficient roofline.
Beyond the 5, Hyundai has also tweaked the propulsion system in the 6 for improved efficiency, and it’s including both a heat pump and battery heating system—perhaps making its peak charging time of 10-80% in just 18 minutes on a 350-kw fast charger a little more accessible. It’s also the first model from Hyundai to offer over-the-air updates for the complete car, not just the infotainment system.
Because the Ioniq 6 is made in South Korea, it will not qualify for the revamped EV tax credit, termed Clean Vehicle Credit—although it might qualify for some state credits.
Amid constantly evolving Tesla prices, the Model 3 currently costs $44,380 in Standard Range form, with a 272-mile range. At the time of writing, Long Range versions of the Model 3 are indicated as no longer available. It is however eligible for a $7,500 credit now, with an expected $3,750 credit after tighter raw materials requirements are introduced in March.
The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 has been hard to get at anything close to retail price. Last year, when the 5 was eligible for the EV tax credit, “market adjustment” surcharges of up to $10,000 were not uncommon, as dealerships exploited the situation. The Ioniq models still aren’t available in all U.S. Hyundai dealerships, but Hyundai says that it now spans 39 states.
Hyundai says that most trim levels of the Ioniq 6 will be available at U.S. dealerships starting this spring, with Standard Range deliveries to follow this summer.
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Delta Air Lines reported a $695 million third-quarter profit as higher average fares this summer and a lucrative credit-card business more than offset higher fuel prices.
The airline forecast that revenue during the final three months of the year will top pre-pandemic levels. Delta’s CEO said he sees no indication that anxiety over inflation and the economy will discourage people from traveling over the holidays.
Shares jumped 4% before the opening bell Thursday.
“It’s going to be a very strong holiday season — Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s,” said CEO Ed Bastian. “Consumers are still relatively healthy. They have deferred spending, but where they have deferred it is the acquisition of things.”
Delta’s third-quarter numbers support that view. The airline’s operating revenue rose 11% above 2019 levels even with an 18% drop in passenger traffic. That was possible because the average passenger paid 23% more per mile than during the same months of 2019. Revenue from premium customers rose, while money from the main cabin dipped slightly.
Summer got off to a rocky start for U.S. airlines, as 2,400 flights were canceled and one in five flights was delayed over the extended July 4 holiday weekend. Despite threats from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, airlines didn’t do much better until September, when kids were back in school and the number of vacation travelers subsided.
Bastian said Delta is ready for the holiday season. Atlanta-based Delta and other airlines have trimmed schedules and hired more workers to fix an understaffing problem that caused many of the flight cancellations.
“We are largely done with hiring,” Bastian said. “We are moving people out of the hiring queue and into the production queue.”
Delta’s $695 million profit is below the $1.5 billion the airline reported in the same quarter of 2019, before the pandemic. Including gains from investments and other non-core functions, the airline reported adjusted profit of $1.51 per share, two cents per share less than forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey.
Airlines use 2019 as a more reliable comparison for typical business operations because the pandemic had such an outsize effect on travel over the past three years.
Revenue rose to $13.98 billion, which includes $1.13 billion from Delta’s refinery near Philadelphia. The total was up from $12.56 billion in the third quarter of 2019, when the refinery contributed only $6 million.
Delta received a quarterly record $1.4 billion from credit cards issued by American Express. The airline expects to reap $5.5 billion from the cards this year.
On the cost side, the airline spent $3.3 billion on fuel and related taxes, up 48% from the same quarter in 2019. Delta paid an average of $3.53 a gallon — it was $1.96 three years ago.
Spending on labor rose 2% over 2019, to $3.05 billion.
Revenue was trimmed by $35 million in September due to flight cancellations from Hurricane Ian, which made landfall on September 28 and it expects a similar storm-related hit in the fourth quarter.
Delta executives will speak about the quarterly performance with industry analysts later Thursday. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-delta-posts-695-million-profit-sees-busy-holiday-season/ | 2022-10-13 14:20:36 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-delta-posts-695-million-profit-sees-busy-holiday-season/ |
BOSTON, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE: PDT) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC (the "Adviser") and subadvised by Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC (the "Subadviser"), announced today that its Board of Trustees voted to amend its current managed distribution plan (the "Plan"), decreasing the amount of its monthly distribution by 15 percent.
Under the Plan, the Fund will make monthly distributions of an amount equal to $0.0825 per share, a decrease from the previous monthly distribution of $0.0975 per share. This new amount will be paid monthly until further notice.
Pursuant to its Plan, the Fund declared its monthly distribution today as follows:
Declaration Date: June 30, 2023
Ex Date: July 12, 2023
Record Date: July 13, 2023
Payment Date: July 31, 2023
This new distribution amount equates to an annualized distribution rate of 8.53% based on the Fund's NAV of $11.61 and 8.58% based on the closing share price of $11.54 as of June 29, 2023.
Distributions under the Plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital. The Fund intends to fund its distributions, to the extent appropriate, through the realization of long-term capital gains when the distribution amount exceeds net investment income. The Fund will seek to realize capital gains for this purpose in a manner which the Adviser and Subadviser believe is consistent with prudent portfolio management and the investment objective, policies and guidelines of the Fund. The estimated character of each distribution is disclosed to shareholders with each distribution notice.
The Fund may also make additional distributions (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the Fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular monthly distributions. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of the Fund's distributions or from the terms of the Plan.
Although the Fund has adopted the Plan, it may discontinue the Plan. The Board of Trustees of the Fund may amend the terms of the Plan or terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to the Fund's shareholders. The Plan will be subject to periodic review by the Fund's Board of Trustees.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined by the United States securities laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they are subject to uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Fund's control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
An investor should consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing.
A company of Manulife Investment Management, we serve investors through a unique multimanager approach, complementing our extensive in-house capabilities with an unrivaled network of specialized asset managers, backed by some of the most rigorous investment oversight in the industry. The result is a diverse lineup of time-tested investments from a premier asset manager with a heritage of financial stewardship.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
0-2-8, FIREBALL: 3
(zero, two, eight; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
0-2-8, FIREBALL: 3
(zero, two, eight; FIREBALL: three) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17348247.php | 2022-08-03 16:07:38 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17348247.php |
TONIGHT: A large storm system over the Gulf of Mexico will begin to move north tonight. This will bring increasing clouds to Arkansas tonight. No rain is expected. Low temperatures will be in the mid 50s with a southeast wind of around 5 mph.
THURSDAY: That storm system will continue to spin clouds over Arkansas. Most of us will stay dry, but folks in southeast Arkansas (Chico, Desha, Ashley, Drew, Arkansas Counties) could see some light rain Thursday afternoon. Temperatures will range from near 80° in west Arkansas to the low 70s east.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny skies will return Friday. More sun along with a south wind 5-10 mph will warm temperatures into the mid 80s across the state!
WEEKEND: Saturday will start dry, warm, and breezy. Highs will get into the mid 80s by Saturday afternoon. A cold front will swing through Arkansas Saturday evening bringing thunderstorms and the risk of severe weather.
Sunday will be dry, sunny, and cooler with highs in the low 70s!
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Market-leading virtual care operating platform to add digital front door capabilities, integrated language services, and innovative health system customers to help healthcare organizations simplify care delivery
PHOENIX, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- eVisit, the leading virtual care operating platform for health systems and large, complex healthcare delivery organizations, today announced it has acquired Bluestream Health, an innovative digital front door and virtual care workflow solution that manages patient and provider interactions throughout the care delivery process. Terms of the acquisition were not announced.
With this acquisition, eVisit augments its highly innovative capabilities with complementary digital front doors and integrated language services for patients to seamlessly access care. eVisit's operating platform automates patient navigation and organizes patients and clinicians in one streamlined view, helping clinicians manage patient volumes more efficiently. The platform supports the distribution of digital care strategies that enable multiple clinicians to serve many patients simultaneously. This results in increased satisfaction for patients and clinicians, improved outcomes, and financial resiliency for healthcare delivery organizations.
"We are honored to welcome Bluestream Health's customers and talented team to eVisit," said Sachin Agrawal, CEO of eVisit. "eVisit and Bluestream share a common ethos of empowering complex healthcare delivery organizations in their journey to transform care with a digital-first approach. We believe that such organizations require a dedicated operating platform to combine historically-disparate capabilities. Bluestream accelerates the execution of eVisit's strategic value to the organizations we serve."
eVisit now empowers over 100 healthcare delivery organizations spanning 2,000 sites of care with a highly-configurable platform to deliver high-quality virtual care. Over 275,000 clinicians across all 50 states have access to eVisit to facilitate the delivery of millions of encounters annually.
"eVisit is the right strategic partner to further Bluestream's mission of bringing virtual care to patients, developing innovative workflow tools, and driving better health outcomes," said Matthew Davidge, CEO of Bluestream Health.
One of Bluestream's most successful client partnerships has served MedStar Health, the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, in becoming nationally recognized for leveraging connected care models to strengthen patient access, clinical teams, and innovation outcomes.
"eVisit takes its core strategy of creating the market-leading virtual care platform for health systems and other complex healthcare delivery organizations to the next level with their acquisition of Bluestream Health," said Bill Sheahan, Chief Innovation Officer, MedStar Health, and Executive Director, MedStar Institute for Innovation. "Our partnership with Bluestream has been essential in establishing and scaling telehealth throughout MedStar Health and it has enhanced visit quality, provider satisfaction, and business results in the process. With this news, MedStar Health welcomes advancing this successful partnership with eVisit to further accelerate the functionality, integration, and innovative possibilities of telehealth offerings within our care delivery model."
About eVisit
eVisit is the leading virtual care operating platform for innovative health systems and large, complex healthcare delivery organizations. Backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the platform supports seamless integration of virtual care initiatives across service lines with configurable workflows to increase access, improve quality, and optimize clinical teams to utilize their full skills and experience while improving financial resilience for the health system. eVisit is trusted by leading health systems, and other large, complex healthcare delivery organizations. For more information, visit evisit.com.
About Bluestream Health
Bluestream Health is a virtual care Platform-as-a-Service delivering broad patient care access and operational efficiency for providers. It combines lightweight and flexible tools to design and deploy digital front doors for healthcare with patented workflow systems to manage complex clinical delivery. Leading healthcare organizations use Bluestream to deliver ambulatory visits, virtual-first healthcare, emergency medicine, behavioral health consults, language interpreting, and other mission-critical initiatives.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A southeastern city in Iran that was the scene of a bloody crackdown last month awoke to new destruction on Saturday, state TV showed, after tensions erupted the day before.
Meanwhile, witnesses said antigovernment protests erupted at several universities in Tehran amid heavy security on Saturday, the latest unrest in the nationwide movement first sparked by the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Germany’s capita l to show solidarity with the anti-government protesters in Iran. Berlin police estimated that 37,000 people had joined the German demonstration by late afternoon
Although the protests across Iran first focused on the country’s mandatory hijab, they have transformed into the greatest challenge to the Islamic Republic since the 2009 Green Movement over disputed elections. Security forces have dispersed gatherings with live ammunition and tear gas, leaving over 200 people dead, according to rights groups.
In Zahedan, a southeastern city with an ethnic Baluch population, protests after Friday prayers left the city battered. Shops gaped open to the street, their windows smashed. Sidewalks were littered with broken glass. ATMs were damaged. Cleaning crews came out, sweeping debris from vandalized stores.
Iran’s deputy interior minister for security, Majid Mirahmadi, told the state-run IRNA news agency the unrest in Zahedan had subsided on Saturday.
Violence first broke out in the restive city of Zahedan on Sept. 30 — a day that activists describe as the deadliest since the nationwide protests began. Outrage spread after allegations that a Baluch teenager had been raped by a police officer, fueling deep tensions in the underdeveloped region home to minority Sunni Muslims in the Shiite theocracy.
Rights groups say dozens of people were killed in what residents refer to as “Bloody Friday,” as security forces opened fire on the crowds. The Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights puts the death toll at more than 90. Iranian authorities have described the Zahedan violence as involving unnamed separatists, without providing details or evidence.
With anger simmering over the deadly crackdown, unrest in the city flared again Friday, according to video footage that purportedly showed crowds gathering after noon prayers in Zahedan chanting “I will kill the one who killed my brother!” The scale of the clashes remained unclear, but Iranian state TV aired footage of the aftermath, blaming 150 “rioters” for the trail of destruction.
IRNA said protesters shouted slogans, hurled stones at motorists and damaged banks and other private property. Authorities said they arrested 57 demonstrators, among the estimated thousands who have landed in jail over the protests. The provincial police commander, Ahmad Taheri, said security forces were searching for more culprits.
More unrest loomed across the country five weeks after the protests first erupted. Security was exceptionally tight on the streets of Tehran on Saturday. Riot police and members of the Basij militia, armed with batons, were out in force near Tehran University and at major intersections in the capital.
Students gathered to chant against the government at universities across the city, according to witnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. Similar demonstrations took place Saturday in the cities of Tabriz, Shiraz, Yazd and Mashhad, according to videos on social media. At Yazd University of Art and Architecture in the central city, footage purportedly showed students chanting around a red-dyed pool to protest the authorities’ bloody crackdown.
A teachers’ union in Iran also called for a nationwide strike on Sunday and Monday in protest over the deaths and detention of students in the country, according to the association’s statement on Telegram.
“We know very well that the military and security forces are invading the sanctity of schools and educational spaces,” the association said. “They have taken the lives of a number of students and children in the most cruel way.”
Iranian officials have repeatedly blamed the protests on foreign interference, without offering evidence. On Saturday, Iran’s deputy judiciary chief, Kazem Gharibabadi, vowed Iran would file a case in Tehran court against the United States government and London-based Farsi language media outlets over their alleged role in fomenting unrest.
“Due to the direct involvement and meddling of America in the recent disturbances, it was decided to open a legal case to assess the damages and issue a verdict,” Gharibabadi told judiciary news website Mizan.news.
It’s unlikely such a lawsuit, like a raft of previous Iranian cases against the U.S. over years of enmity, would gain traction; there are no American assets to confiscate in the Islamic Republic. | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-east-iran-city-scene-of-bloody-crackdown-sees-new-protests/ | 2022-10-22 21:46:55 | 1 | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-east-iran-city-scene-of-bloody-crackdown-sees-new-protests/ |
Superintendent: School District of Philadelphia knew about Building 21 asbestos issues years ago
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Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington revealed Tuesday that officials with the School District of Philadelphia knew about asbestos dangers inside West Oak Lane’s Building 21 about two years ago.
Watlington announced the revelation in a letter to parents saying, “They found that the records indicate asbestos damage has existed in the auditorium since June 2021, and possibly longer.”
School officials first stated that the asbestos was found in the auditorium and stairwells of the West Oak Lane school during an inspection last week.
Watlington cited transparency as the reason why he made the revelation on Tuesday.
“This lack of oversight can be attributed to the district’s historic underfunding that has led to the deterioration of our buildings and inadequate record-keeping processes,” added Watlington in the letter.
Since Monday, Building 21 students have been going to Strawberry Mansion High School, but not everyone has been happy about it.
Watlington says the Pennsylvania Department of Education has approved the district’s request to transfer students to virtual learning as the asbestos removal process continues.
The request was made after many Building 21 students failed to show up for class.
The majority of families cited safety concerns with traveling to Strawberry Mansion High School for in-person learning.
However, in order to transition to virtual learning, Building 21 parents still need to provide the school district with a written excusal demonstrating their concerns.
Meanwhile, parents are still worried.
“If you knew something like that why wouldn’t you take heed when you found out about the situation?” asked Shaneka Lewis who lives across the street from the school. “Now you want to know, like, do they know about all the other buildings in the schools and everything?”
In a letter to the Building 21 community, Watlington said “crews have conducted two types of air-quality tests that measure fibers in the air. All tests have returned results for samples from the auditorium that are well below acceptable limits.”
It remains unclear when Building 21 will reopen.
Read Watlington’s full statement to the Building 21 community below:
Dear Building 21 Community,
First, I want to thank parents and caretakers who attended the Open House at Strawberry Mansion High School on Sunday, March 5, 2023. We heard and appreciate your feedback and acknowledge the profound effect that this has had on our families. Accordingly, I want to update you that the Pennsylvania Department of Education has approved our request to transfer Building 21 students to virtual learning. My staff is developing plans and you will receive additional information about this transition by the end of the week. As we prepare for the transition, students who do not feel safe traveling to Strawberry Mansion High School for in-person learning will continue to be marked as excused. Families will need to provide the administration with a written excusal demonstrating their concern. Students must still complete the classroom assignments.
As you are aware, on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, during a routine Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) re-inspection of Building 21, inspectors observed areas of damaged plaster and paint in the auditorium balcony. The damaged plaster contains asbestos. In response, the auditorium was closed off and restricted so that students and staff could not enter the space. The School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Environmental Management Services retained Pepper Environmental to begin working on repairs the next day. Additionally, all repair work is being monitored by asbestos inspectors licensed by the City of Philadelphia. To date, crews have conducted two types of air-quality tests that measure fibers in the air. All tests have returned results for samples from the auditorium that are well below acceptable limits.
However, as the Office of Environmental Management Services and consultants continued their investigation, they found that the records indicate asbestos damage has existed in the auditorium since June 2021, and possibly longer. This lack of oversight can be attributed to the District’s historic underfunding that has led to the deterioration of our buildings and inadequate record-keeping processes. While this happened prior to my tenure, I am absolutely committed to continuing to improve the process and transparently communicating with our Building 21 school community. I will investigate how this information was not immediately available and I will require accountability. In addition, I will align my budget recommendations to address these longstanding challenges.
In the spirit of transparency, I will continue to work in partnership with you and update you as new information becomes available during our ongoing assessments throughout the building. We also intend to meet with the Building 21 school community in the near future.
In partnership,
Tony B. Watlington Sr., Ed.D.
Superintendent
The School District of Philadelphia
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For years, when the tiny Alaska Native village of Rampart’s awful internet service would go down, the only way to reach the outside world was to await the small airplane that touched down daily with supplies and the occasional visitor.
“We had no way of getting ahold of anybody out of Rampart other than going to the airport and telling the pilot,” said tribal administrator Margaret Moses. The pilot would relay messages — including word of medical emergencies — after flying 100 miles (161 kilometers) to Fairbanks.
The Koyukon Athabascan village of about 50 people eventually upgraded to a satellite company, at a hefty price of $3,000 a month.
It’s one of scores of Alaska Native villages where spotty and expensive internet coverage is the norm — if it’s available at all. And such service can be the only lifeline for remote communities, many of which can be reached only by boat or plane.
Now, efforts to address inequities in a longstanding digital divide are underway across the nation’s largest state by land area, particularly in Alaska Native villages, with funding provided by the 2021 infrastructure bill and other federal programs as part of the Biden administration’s Internet for All initiative.
Overall, the bill provides $65 billion in funding to improve broadband access in the U.S. Every federally recognized tribe, including 229 in Alaska, can receive up to $500,000.
Jill Biden visited the southwest Alaska community of Bethel late Wednesday on a stopover to Japan to highlight progress being made under the program, including the award of $125 million last year for two broadband infrastructure projects in the area. In doing so, it was the the first visit by a first lady to Bethel, which is about 400 miles (644 kilometers) west of Anchorage and accessible only by air.
“With high-speed internet, you’ll have better access to critical health care, new educational tools, and remote job opportunities,” the Anchorage Daily News reported Biden told a crowd at the local high school.
“It will change lives. It will save lives,” said Biden, who was accompanied by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, an Alaska Democrat, and Alaska first lady Rose Dunleavy.
Dunleavy said the broadband investments in the Bethel area will help create jobs. She told the crowd: “Rural Alaska has always been on the wrong side of the digital divide until today.”
An additional $5 million in grants were awarded Wednesday, including $500,000 to the Hoonah Indian Association of southeast Alaska to help train people for jobs created by a tourism boom.
Nine other $500,000 grants were awarded to three tribes in California, helping increase the speed to 314 tribal households for the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians; providing equipment and training to the Seminole Tribe of Florida; and upgrading 17 households with high speed internet service in the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake) in Michigan.
Other grants went to tribes in Minnesota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
“What’s been hard in administering this program is the need is just so immense when you look at the totality of Indian Country as a whole and the lack of critical infrastructure that hasn’t been made available previously to most of these communities,” said Adam Geisler, a division chief with the administration’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration..
Three-quarters of the 574 federally recognized tribes in the U.S. applied for over $5.8 billion in funding when the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program launched. However, the program is currently funded at just short of $3 billion, most if it from the infrastructure bill. So far, nearly $1.8 billion has been awarded to 157 tribal entities to improve broadband access.
In Alaska, 21 projects have received more than $386 million.
In the Yupik subsistence community of Akiak, 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Bethel, tribal officials provided free broadband to the village’s 100 homes during the COVID-19 pandemic until grant money was exhausted.
The Akiak Native Community tribe wanted to use its $500,000 to at least subsidize that service. However, its grant was assigned to its Alaska Native regional corporation, which will have an internet provider eventually bring fiber broadband to Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta villages.
That’s left subsistence residents in Akiak, where a quarter of all families fall below the poverty line, to either pay $90 a month for their own satellite service or wait for fiber.
Kevin Hamer is general manager of the Yukon Delta Tribal Broadband Consortium, a nonprofit tribal organization made up of 18 tribal governments in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta area, including Akiak. He believes there should be flexibility in the government funding to provide immediate, affordable broadband while tribal communities wait for fiber broadband, which could take years.
Tribal communities often have expensive and terrible internet service unless they can afford to pay for their own satellite service, including shelling out $600 for the equipment. Without satellite service, there is no video classrooms for children, telehealth with medical professionals, or telecommuting.
“You are excluded from all the benefits of the digital economy,” Hamer said. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/ap-digital-divide-jill-biden-visit-touts-efforts-to-connect-alaska-native-villages-to-outside-world/ | 2023-05-19 06:17:08 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/ap-digital-divide-jill-biden-visit-touts-efforts-to-connect-alaska-native-villages-to-outside-world/ |
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E. Jean Carroll testified in sometimes searing detail about the day she says Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room two decades before he became president, allegations the Republican has repeatedly and vehemently denied.
Taking the witness stand in support of Carroll this week, two friends told jurors that they spoke with the former magazine columnist shortly after the alleged 1996 attack, and that they believe she is telling the truth. Other women testified about separate encounters; one said Trump grabbed and groped her while they were on a flight in the late 1970s, the other told jurors he forcibly kissed her at his Florida home in 2005.
The accounts, shared during the civil trial on Carroll's claims of battery and defamation against Trump, mark the first time that any of the numerous allegations of sexual misconduct against the former president have been heard in a court trial. Given a chance to rebut Carroll's accusations on the witness stand, Trump declined to make an appearance, instead traveling overseas. He told reporters in Ireland that he may still testify in person, though his attorney said in court that he will not and that they will not present other witnesses.
For most politicians, the allegations laid out in a New York courtroom would be enough to torpedo any future aspirations. But Trump isn't the average politician, a fact that became clear when he won the 2016 presidential contest a month after the release of an “Access Hollywood” tape in which he boasted about sexually assaulting women and said that as a star, “you can do anything.”
Now, as Trump campaigns for a 2024 presidential bid, the Carroll case provides another test of Trump's ability to survive scandals that would sink others. Some political observers say the public already has hardened opinions of the former president — love him or hate him — and that claims about him abusing women aren’t new.
“At this point, the American people have a pretty good sense of Donald Trump’s character, so it is unlikely that the Carroll trial will change many voters’ minds,” said Christina Wolbrecht, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies politics and gender.
She said a more relevant question is whether a verdict against Trump in this trial, or convictions in other cases, will scare away potential donors or advisers.
In addition to the Carroll case, Trump was recently charged in New York with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a hush-money scheme to cover up allegations of extramarital affairs during the 2016 campaign. He is also under criminal investigation over his attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss and his retention of classified documents after leaving office.
Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, who has worked with President Joe Biden, said that during recent focus groups she's been conducting with Democratic and independent likely voters on Trump and his legal troubles, women kept volunteering that the case they were most troubled by is “the rape case.” That has left Lake thinking the trial testimony could be more damaging than she initially assumed.
“I was flabbergasted, because I thought this was baked in” to how voters feel about Trump, Lake said. “They knew he didn’t respect women and that he was a real playboy, but rape is different.”
Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign, did not respond to a message seeking comment for this story.
Trump's other legal issues have so far brought limited political fallout, but that could change, according to a poll last month by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
It found only 4 in 10 U.S. adults believe Trump acted illegally in the New York hush-money case. About half of voters believe he broke the law in Georgia, where he is under investigation for interfering in the 2020 election vote count, the poll found.
It also showed about half feel similarly about Trump's role in his supporters' storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and his handling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. The poll did not ask about the Carroll case.
Carroll filed a defamation suit against Trump while he was still president, over denials and insults he made about her. She filed the rape claim in November, under a New York state law that temporarily allows sexual assault victims to sue over alleged attacks that happened even decades ago. Because it is a civil and not criminal case, Trump faces no prison time; Carroll is seeking unspecified monetary damages.
Jurors did see parts of a recorded deposition in which Trump answered questions under oath last fall. He called Carroll a “nut job” and “mentally sick," adding, “She said that I did something to her that never took place." The jury also was shown the “Access Hollywood” tape.
Trump, his attorneys and his supporters have dismissed Carroll’s allegations as politically motivated attacks and an attempt to sell more copies of her memoir. Trump has said he wasn’t at the department store with Carroll and had no clue who she was when she first aired the story publicly. On his social media network last week, Trump called the case “a made up SCAM.”
At trial, Trump’s attorney also questioned why Carroll didn’t report the alleged assault to police at the time; Carroll, 79, said many people her age were conditioned to keep quiet about such attacks. Carroll, a registered Democrat, also testified that she voted for Trump’s Democratic opponents in 2016 and 2020 but said that has nothing to do with her lawsuit.
Rachel O'Leary Carmona, executive director of Women's March, said she is hopeful that Carroll's case will mobilize voters. After Trump's election, millions of people turned out to protest him at women's marches across the country, and the events have been credited with sparking increased political involvement by women, including seeing a record number of women elected to the U.S. House in the 2018 midterms.
“I hope that we can take this moment as another proof point of the absolutely dire, critically dire need to build women’s political power in this country,” she said.
The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll has done.
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Associated Press writer Michelle Price in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/trump-is-accused-in-court-of-rape-will-it-matter-18080480.php | 2023-05-05 05:27:47 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/trump-is-accused-in-court-of-rape-will-it-matter-18080480.php |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
1-9-7
(one, nine, seven)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
1-9-7
(one, nine, seven) | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17211141.php | 2022-06-01 04:50:45 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17211141.php |
Update: Judge releases names of Antioch officers accused of racist text messaging
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ANTIOCH, California (KPIX) — A Contra Costa County judge has released the names of 17 Antioch police officers accused of using racist slurs, jokes and memes in text messages over a period of more than two years.
The judicial action took place on Friday and was reported by the East Bay Times.
In releasing the names, Judge Clare Maier urged caution, saying the content of the messages was so offensive it could “incite further hate or racial animus.”
Included on the list according to the newspaper was Rick Hoffman, the president of the Antioch Police Association, who is currently on administrative leave.
“There are no words to express my profound disappointment given that one of the officers serves as president of the Antioch Police union,” Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe said in a Saturday statement posted on Youtube. “This will undoubtedly leave an embarrassing stain on our community. The culture at the Antioch Police Department is a problem and has long been a huge financial and legal liability to the city.”
“The culture of the department requires further exploration including how the hell all this alleged misconduct could go on for so long without anyone on our command staff noticing,” Thorpe continued. “From lieutenant on up to chief.”
Thorpe called for an outside audit of the internal affairs process stemming back six years.
Five of the officers are already under investigation by the FBI for alleged crimes. Of the 11 others the judge named at least eight have been put on leave over the racially offensive group texts.
Maier said she took the action because the information did not deserve protection under the California evidence code.
The existence of the text messages became known last month as a result of an ongoing federal probe into Antioch and Pittsburg police officers.
According to the East Bay Times, the FBI — which is investigating alleged fraud, bribery, drug distribution and civil rights violations related to the use of force in the department — found the messages after agents served search warrants on a number of officers’ homes.
Federal agents also showed up at the police department, seizing phones and other personal items.
At a March 30 news conference, Thorpe said several police officers have been placed on administrative leave due to policy violations.
However, Thorpe did not reveal any names or details of the investigation.
“To say that I am outraged is an understatement as it relates to this matter,” Thorpe told reporters.
Thorpe said he wasn’t sure about current police staffing levels. At least eight of the city’s then-57 police officers were under investigation last year for what the District Attorney’s Office said was related to “crimes of moral turpitude” involving Antioch and Pittsburg police officers.
The Pittsburg Police Department has said on social media that the investigation “involves several local police officers, including three current Pittsburg police officers.”
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CHICAGO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading fully integrated owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, today announced that its board of directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.295 per share/unit for the quarter ending June 30, 2022 payable on July 18, 2022 to stockholders of record on June 30, 2022.
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) is a leading fully integrated owner, operator, and developer of industrial real estate with a track record of providing industry-leading customer service to multinational corporations and regional customers. Across major markets in the United States, our local market experts manage, lease, buy, (re)develop, and sell bulk and regional distribution centers, light industrial, and other industrial facility types. In total, we own and have under development approximately 68.6 million square feet of industrial space as of March 31, 2022. For more information, please visit us at www.firstindustrial.com.
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is trying to ramp up pressure on President Biden to negotiate a package of fiscal reforms in exchange for raising the debt limit, but Democrats still refuse to sit down with him, setting the stage for a high-stakes standoff this summer.
McCarthy on Tuesday tried to kickstart negotiations by laying out his first broad proposals for spending reforms in a letter to Biden.
He called for cutting nondefense discretionary spending, reclaiming unspent COVID-19 relief funding, strengthening work requirements for social safety net programs and creating policies to lower energy costs and secure the U.S.-Mexico border to stem the flow of illegal drugs.
McCarthy accused the president of putting the economy at risk by refusing to address the nation’s $31 trillion debt.
“I am incredibly concerned that you are putting an already fragile economy in jeopardy by insisting upon your extreme position of refusing to negotiate any meaningful changes to out-of-control government spending alongside an increase of the debt limit,” he wrote.
But McCarthy also admitted Tuesday that he is growing pessimistic about reaching any deal with the White House, which has steadfastly ignored his calls for spending cuts and instead rolled out a budget proposal this month that called for nearly $5 trillion in tax increases.
“I am more concerned than I have ever been to be able to get this debt ceiling done because he refuses to meet with anybody and misleads the American public,” McCarthy said of Biden in an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday.
Democrats, meanwhile, say they won’t negotiate with McCarthy until he shows he has the votes to pass a package of fiscal reforms with top-line spending numbers.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday dismissed McCarthy’s letter as not doing anything to advance the discussion and said it showed the Speaker is feeling pressure to show conservatives in the House that he’s getting somewhere with the president.
“I think he’s really feeling pressure, but he has no solution. So he keeps saying the same thing, ‘sit down and negotiate.’ But as I said, if you sit down and negotiate, we have a plan, he doesn’t. What are they going to do? Talk about the weather?” Schumer said, also calling McCarthy’s broad suggestions “vague” and “amorphous.”
“No, he didn’t advance the ball. It was just another sign of the pressure he’s under but he’s not moving forward,” he added.
Biden on Tuesday evening responded to McCarthy’s letter, asking him to submit a budget plan before Congress leaves for a two-week recess on Thursday “so that we can have an in-depth conversation when you return.”
But he added, “As I have repeatedly said, that conversation must be separate from prompt action on the Congress’ basic obligation to pay the Nation’s bills and avoid economic catastrophe.”
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), one of McCarthy’s closest friends in the House, told Punchbowl Tuesday that the Speaker is losing hope of getting anywhere with Biden.
“I’ve never seen him more pessimistic about an issue than he is about the debt ceiling increase,” he said. “At the moment, I don’t see how we get there. And this a marked change from where I’ve been.”
McHenry said he didn’t “even see a path” to a debt ceiling agreement.
There’s a growing expectation among senators in both parties that Biden and McCarthy won’t be able to come to any debt limit agreement, and that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will step in later this year to cut a deal to avoid a national default, as he has done in the past.
Republican lawmakers say McCarthy needed to do something to get the stalled talks moving. He and Biden last met at the White House on Feb. 1.
“I think it’s a good move. Let’s get people back to the table again, and hopefully this will act as a jumpstart,” Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) said.
Members discussed McCarthy’s letter during a House GOP conference meeting on Tuesday morning, and Republicans across the ideological spectrum expressed approval of McCarthy’s outline — including members of the House Freedom Caucus and allied hard-line members.
“I extend my gratitude to Mr. McCarthy, Speaker McCarthy,” said Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), a former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. “His letter to President Biden this morning is a positive move.”
“The conference is united. Speaker McCarthy in this conference is largely saying the same thing, talking about cutting 3 to 4 trillion dollars in spending, going back to 2019 nondefense discretionary spending, ’20 to ’22 spending overall,” said Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.).
Republicans also derided the White House for seeming to attempt to run out the clock by refusing to sit down with McCarthy. That would then put pressure on Republicans to agree to a clean debt ceiling increase over the summer, possibly only days away from a default.
“I also don’t know why the President feels that it’s important to wait. That seems like a delay tactic,” said Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), chairman of the Main Street Caucus.
Schumer says Democrats have a plan: to vote and pass a clean bill to raise the debt limit.
And Democrats point out that Biden submitted his $6.8 trillion budget plan to Congress on March 9.
Schumer also criticized McCarthy for calling for trillions of dollars in spending reforms without laying out in more detail how he would achieve those savings.
“Today he said, ‘What about $4 trillion in cuts?’ Well, what are they? A number is not a plan, especially a plan that is so vague and amorphous,” he told reporters. “The reason he doesn’t want to do it in my humble judgment is that he can’t get 218 votes for any plan.”
But McCarthy argued Schumer does not yet having the votes to pass a clean debt ceiling increase — necessitating the need for negotiation with Biden.
“If they think they can just raise the debt limit, why don’t they do it in the Senate tomorrow?” McCarthy said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted in a statement Tuesday that Republicans agreed to pass clean debt limit increases three times under former President Trump.
“Business leaders and economists have warned that the threat of a default risks the livelihoods of American small businesses, retirees, and working families and would hand a massive win to China — and recent events underscore the need for Congress to address the debt limit as soon as possible. It’s time for Republicans to stop playing games, pass a clean debt ceiling bill, and quit threatening our economic recovery,” she said.
Thune, who is standing in for McConnell while the Kentucky lawmaker recuperates from a concussion, said McCarthy didn’t coordinate his letter ahead of time with Senate Republicans but said his proposals will attract broad GOP support.
“I know that he’s working with his members … I think those are all items that there’d probably be general, pretty broad agreement among Republicans in both the House and Senate on,” he said. | https://www.koin.com/hill-politics/mccarthy-tries-to-drag-biden-to-negotiating-table-on-debt-limit/ | 2023-03-29 12:01:27 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/hill-politics/mccarthy-tries-to-drag-biden-to-negotiating-table-on-debt-limit/ |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
5-0-3-1, FIREBALL: 7
(five, zero, three, one; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
5-0-3-1, FIREBALL: 7
(five, zero, three, one; FIREBALL: seven) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17347289.php | 2022-08-03 04:32:04 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17347289.php |
Montana farmers see improvement from last year’s harvest, but issues persist
LAMBERT, M.T. (KUMV) - Harvest season is progressing for farmers across North Dakota and Montana. While high amounts of precipitation helped alleviate the drought this year, farmers still had several issues to deal with.
Dylan Klasna is finishing up his work on the farm near Lambert, Montana this week. He says it has been an up and down year as they were able to get moisture throughout the spring, but increased fertilizer costs and grasshoppers led to some difficulties.
“The crop is a little below average, but it’s nice to see we have a crop worth cutting this year,” said Klasna.
That sentiment is being shared by many farmers this year following the historic 2021 drought that left much to be desired.
“We got a lot of good moisture early on. We had some late April snowstorms and good spring moisture, so better than last year. Yields are about average and in some parts of the county a little bit better than average,” said Marley Manoukian, Richland County Ag Extension agent.
Meteorologists are predicting a warm and dry September, with equal chances of precipitation going into December. Klasna said late rains and some snow are needed to recharge the soil and destroy grasshopper eggs.
“Any moisture now, if it’s a significant amount, will put a hit on the grasshoppers going into next year,” said Klasna.
As harvest concludes, farmers will now look into planting winter wheat and ranchers prepare for weaning.
Drought conditions remain a concern throughout north and central Montana, with some areas classified under “extreme” drought.
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PHOENIX (AP) — FBI agents looking into events surrounding former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss have subpoenaed Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, who orchestrated a discredited review of the election.
A second Republican senator who has aggressively promoted the lie that Trump lost because of fraud, Kelly Townsend, also received a subpoena last week, Senate spokeswoman Kin Quintero confirmed.
The FBI actions are part of a flurry of recent activity by the Department of Justice as it seeks information from people involved in efforts to discredit the 2020 election results. It is separate from the congressional inquiry into the Capitol insurrection.
Fann said on Friday that virtually all her email and text message communications are already public. That's because of records requests and lawsuits by news media groups and American Oversight, a watchdog group that has sought records related to the Senate's “audit” of election results in the state's most populous county.
“I’m pretty sure every single thing that they’re requesting is stuff that’s already out there,” Fann said in a Friday interview. “I told him, 'You know what, I have been FOIA-ed almost every week for 18 months. And so I don’t think there’s anything left there that everybody hasn’t seen yet.”
FOIA is an acronym for freedom of information request.
Fann said an FBI agent called her last week seeking to interview her about her contacts with more than a dozen people, but she told him he would need to put the request in writing.
The subpoena was served on June 22 and accepted by a Senate lawyer, Fann said. That was the day after Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers testified before the congressional committee investigating the attack on the Capitol about Trump's efforts to get him to replace Arizona electors committed to Joe Biden.
Fann declined to identify the people listed on the subpoena or provide other details, saying the subpoena instructed her not to discuss its contents.
The same day Fann was served, federal agents searched the home of a former top Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark, who was known for championing Trump's false claims of election fraud. Party leaders in Nevada and Georgia, states that went for President Joe Biden and where Trump allies created slates of “alternate electors” intended to subvert the vote, also got subpoenas. And Republicans in two other states — Michigan and Pennsylvania — disclosed they had been interviewed by the FBI.
Arizona Republicans also submitted a slate of fake electors, and the Jan. 6 committee has sought information from state Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and state Rep. Mark Finchem, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Secretary of State, Arizona's top election official.
Fann said she will cooperate fully and believes the Justice Department is trying to get information from anyone at all connected to Trump's effort, no matter how innocuous. She has consistently said the Senate's audit was not part of any effort to overturn the election, just a way to determine if questions about the election raised by Republicans were justified.
“So anybody and everybody," she said. "And the mere fact that I’m the Senate President and our Senate caucus ordered the audit to answer our constituents' questions, therefore, I’m part of the mix at this point because I dared to ask for an audit to see if our laws were being followed or not.”
Fann hired inexperienced consultants to run what she characterized as “a forensic audit” of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, which includes the Phoenix area. The review was led by Trump supporters who promoted his false narrative about election fraud and produced a report that supported President Joe Biden's victory in the county but raised discredited allegations of wrongdoing. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/FBI-subpoenas-Republican-Arizona-Senate-17280273.php | 2022-07-01 23:25:14 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/FBI-subpoenas-Republican-Arizona-Senate-17280273.php |
Gov. Beshear says FEMA flooding response improving
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WSAZ) - A week after criticizing FEMA and their lack of approval for eastern Kentucky flood victims, Gov. Andy Beshear says it is starting to get better.
On Tuesday, FEMA officials announced some additional steps they were taking to get more people approved, and Thursday the governor says numbers are going up.
Since then, the application approval has gone from 30 to 50%.
While Beshear says that’s not high enough, he said the other 50% should try and get to their FEMA location where they can help figure out what you need to be approved.
“Still not enough but it is progress, and when our federal partners, even when we’re frustrated sometimes, are making real progress we want to say thank you while also continuing to push FEMA to help out our families,” Beshear said.
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New crude export terminal on the way to Texas coast
Posted/updated on: November 25, 2022 at 3:44 pmANGLETON (KRLD) – A company wins approval to build a new crude oil export terminal on the Texas coast. The Oyster Creek Terminal will be about four miles southeast of Angleton but will also be connected to an existing terminal in Harris County. The full name for the new project is the Sea Port Oil Terminal, or SPOT. It’s been approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration. Developers say it will provide a reliable source of crude oil to U.S. allies through a network of pipelines connecting Harris County to a deep-water port near Surfside Beach. Environmental groups had opposed the project because of concerns about greenhouse gases from fossil fuels, and some local officials in Southeast Texas had also expressed concerns. | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1182325 | 2022-11-25 22:08:44 | 0 | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1182325 |
LEADING ENDOCRINOLOGIST DR. CAROLINE MESSER'S SECOND PRACTICE FOCUSES ON WEIGHT LOSS AND OTHER METABOLIC ISSUES
NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Caroline Messer, a Manhattan-based endocrinologist with over 20 years of experience, has just opened a second practice, Well by Messer, focused on metabolic health and wellness.
Dr. Messer stated, "for too long, people have sought to lose weight in an ad hoc, uncoordinated fashion. Weight gain is often due to a complex combination of factors, such as hormonal disturbances, hereditary metabolic issues, excessive appetite and emotional eating patterns. Successful attainment of a body weight goal often requires far more than simple willpower or dietary instruction."
The new practice, located at a state-of-the-art space at Park Avenue and 60th Street, is comprised of a team of endocrinologists, psychologists, registered dietitians and trainers who are dedicated to a mind/body approach to weight loss. The Well by Messer practice is determined to support successful outcomes through a personalized and balanced approach using evidenced-based medicine and wellness programs.
Patients at Well by Messer will also have access to the practice's wellness offerings. From support sessions led by psychologists to seminars conducted by leading physicians, trained professionals are easily accessible. On-site cooking demonstrations and group mindfulness sessions, such as yoga and meditation, add to the wide variety of health programs available at this new location. Streamlined access to a referral service which connects patients to various outside professionals in the field, including personal chefs, personal trainers, and health coaches, helps simplify what can otherwise be a daunting experience.
Dr. Messer added, "at Well by Messer, we understand that weight loss is a journey and that each individual's path is different. By tackling all of the root causes of weight gain simultaneously, using the most advanced medical techniques and wellness services available, we craft a weight loss program designed to address each person's specific needs."
Interested in learning more? Contact Well by Messer at (646) 760-3256 or go to: www.wellbymesser.com
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Made in America is back in town. The Jay-Z-curated festival arrives at Ben Franklin Parkway on Labor Day weekend, and will offer 30-plus performances, including headliners Tyler, the Creator and Bad Bunny.
Whether you are ready to sing along with Benito or feel the “Earfquake,” here is what you need to know about the Made in America 2022 festival.
Hours
Rain or shine, the festival will be held on Sept. 3 to 4, 2022. Doors open at noon.
Schedule
This year brings a mix of English and Spanish performances with artists such as Ryan Castro, Lil Uzi Vert, Fuerza Regida, Victoria Monét, Chimbala, Baby Face Ray, and GloRilla sharing stages. Check the complete lineup, including music critic Dan DeLuca’s festival picks, here.
Tickets
Tickets are currently on sale on the Made in America website. There is a limit of eight two-day tickets per person. You will need to pay a service fee in addition to the ticket price:
General admission for Saturday or Sunday is $99, plus a $33.51 service fee.
A two-day pass is $150; the service fee is $37.56.
VIP pass for Saturday or Sunday is $375, plus a $55.44 fee.
Two-day VIP is $750; the service fee is $85.24.
Food and drink
There will be 27 food trucks in the park, from traditional festival food like hot dogs, sandwiches, and ice cream to Thai, Puerto Rican, and African foods from vendors like Thai Jai Dee, The Spirit of San Juan, and Manna, among others.
Events
In between sets, explore Cause village, the festival’s social impact hub, where you can learn and get involved with organizations currently working to address local and national social issues. This year’s participants include The Pennsylvania Prison Society, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, The Gathering for Justice, Dare 2 Hope, and Black Voters Matter Fund.
Check out the Cause Village’s 20-foot-tall art installation, a sculpture featuring the work of 11 local artists meant to show the power of organizing for a cause.
❌ What you can’t bring
Weapons (regardless of permit), alcohol, drugs, food, glass containers, bottles, coolers (unless for medical reasons), bicycles, scooters, skateboards, glow sticks, laser pointers, spray paint, balls, balloons, Frisbees, ladders, step stools, flags, signs, banners, fireworks, lawn chairs, instruments, professional cameras, Bota bags, CamelBaks, or any bag bigger than 12 by 12 inches. No pets (except service animals).
Smoking and audio or video recording won’t be allowed. And if you appear drunk at the entrance, security won’t let you enter the festival.
Parking
Made in America doesn’t have a designated parking location, so drivers will have to find a garage or street parking near the Ben Franklin Parkway. Other options to get to the festival:
🚇 Subway: If you take the Market-Frankford El, 30th Street Station is the closest to the Parkway; you will have to walk 15 minutes. Hopping off on Race-Vine, on the Broad Street line, will save you two minutes of walking.
🚌 Bus: Lines 7, 32, 33, 38, 48, and 49 can take you within a two-minute walking distance of the entrance.
🚴♀️ Bicycle: The Parkway is a 13-minute ride from many locations in Center City. If you rent an Indego bike, there are four stations to return it near the festival area. | https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/made-in-america-2022-philadelphia.html | 2022-08-25 14:04:04 | 0 | https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/made-in-america-2022-philadelphia.html |
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Wayne triumphs in strong showing over Bishop Luers 60-37
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Wayne showed little mercy and even less remorse in overpowering Bishop Luers 60-37 in Indiana boys basketball on January 27.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – The Smith Mountain Lake community got to hear more about why some of the lake water has been a blueish-green color.
WSLS 10 News has been following the harmful algal bloom situation for some time. Back in June, the Virginia Department of Health issued a Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Swimming Advisory for the entire Blackwater arm of Smith Mountain Lake.
The VDH reported that while very low concentrations of toxins are present in the samples collected in the Blackwater arm of SML, none of the samples contain toxin levels above the regulatory threshold.
Regardless of low levels of toxins, VDH advises that you can still experience multiple symptoms by either drinking or swimming in the water. VDH’s Waterborne Hazards Program Coordinator, Margaret Smigo, advises to stay out of the water in the Blackwater arm of SML.
“Vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, fatigue, headaches … we could also experience tingling sensations or burning sensations,” Smigo said.
VDH is working alongside several other groups including the Department of Environmental Equality, the Smith Mountain Lake Association, and Ferrum College’s Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Program.
Bob Pohlad is a scientist on the Ferrum College team who says the program has been monitoring Smith Mountain Lake for over 30 years. With the current situation, the group is able to be the first step into getting water tested.
“We can be sort of first responders, interacting with the residents that are already our monitors. Get the samples, I can look with the students under a microscope and say no that’s not one that can be a problem, this is one that can be a problem,” Pohlad said.
Keri Green with the Smith Mountain Lake Association wants people to be clear that there are other parts of the late deemed safe.
“We’re all still enjoying the lake. The lake is not closed. You’re able to boat, you’re able to swim outside of the advisory area,” Green said.
You can find updates to the Harmful Algal Blooms or make a report by visiting this link. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/07/the-lake-is-not-closed-smith-mountain-lake-community-hears-update-to-harmful-algal-blooms/ | 2023-07-07 04:10:34 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/07/07/the-lake-is-not-closed-smith-mountain-lake-community-hears-update-to-harmful-algal-blooms/ |
Retirement funds for public workers in Ohio lost millions after the Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week, sending the tech and bank industries into a spiral.
The Columbus Dispatch reported that Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System took the hardest hit amid the banking crisis. Before the shutdown, the system had shares invested in Silicon Valley Bank worth $27.2 million that made up about 0.3 percent of the system’s total fund, Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System said in a statement.
The Dispatch reported that the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System had shares that were worth $3.2 million and also shares in Signature Bank worth $2.2 million. The report added that the combined losses only made up 0.0058 percent of the system’s entire portfolio.
The Ohio Police and Fire Fund said on Monday that it did not have direct investments in either Silicon Valley Bank or Signature Bank, which was also shut down over the weekend.
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio was also affected by bank closures, losing about $929,000 worth of shares in Silicon Valley Bank and $636,983 worth of shares in Signature Bank. The system noted in a press release that the shares lost made up 0.01 percent of its $17 billion fund.
Multiple federal agencies are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which federal regulators took over on Friday. These probes could lead to increased scrutiny of the rest of the banking industry as some lawmakers demand answers and action with regards to banking regulation in the wake of the bank’s failure. | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/ohio-teachers-retirement-fund-takes-massive-hit-in-silicon-valley-bank-collapse/ | 2023-03-16 21:21:00 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/ohio-teachers-retirement-fund-takes-massive-hit-in-silicon-valley-bank-collapse/ |
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda) (Nasdaq: VNDA) today announced the results from its Phase III study of tradipitant in motion sickness, confirming the previously reported results demonstrating that tradipitant is effective in the prevention of vomiting associated with motion sickness. The Phase III study was conducted in real-world conditions on boats in the coastal waters of the United States (U.S.).
The Motion Syros study was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study where 365 participants embarked on boat trips under varied sea conditions and received tradipitant 170 mg, tradipitant 85 mg, or placebo. Study participants had a prior history of motion sickness and were distributed across thirty-four boat trips that took place between November 2021 and April 2023. Sea conditions and participant evaluation of the symptoms of motion sickness were recorded for each trip. The primary endpoint of the study was the effect of tradipitant on vomiting induced by motion sickness.
Both 170 mg and 85 mg tradipitant doses were shown to be superior to placebo in preventing vomiting with only 18.3% and 19.5% of participants experiencing vomiting on tradipitant 170 mg and 85 mg respectively, as compared to 44.3% of participants on placebo (p < 0.0001 for both).
Motion sickness remains an unmet need as various pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions suffer from low efficacy, substantial side effects, or both. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved a new medication for motion sickness in over forty years, since the approval of scopolamine, a transdermal patch placed behind the ear, in 1979.
Vanda plans to continue the motion sickness clinical program and pursue FDA approval upon completion of additional efficacy and safety studies.
Table 1: Results of Motion Syros study for the Overall population across all sea conditions
Motion sickness
Motion sickness is a disorder characterized by a constellation of symptoms, with nausea and vomiting being the primary ones1. Motion sickness has plagued travelers for thousands of years, as evidenced by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates who wrote "sailing on the sea proves motion disorders the body"1. Historians theorize that motion sickness may have changed the fate of civilization on several occasions, notably the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English in 1588 and the negative effects on Napoleon's camel corps during the Egyptian campaign in 17982.
It is believed that a discrepancy between actual body position and perceived body position triggers the maladaptive response of motion sickness3. Approximately 30% of the general population is reported to suffer from motion sickness under ordinary travel conditions that include sea, air and land travel4.
According to IQVIA data, approximately two to three million doses of Dramamine, a common motion sickness remedy, are purchased monthly in the U.S. Dramamine treated patients represent only a fraction of the people treated monthly for motion sickness.
Motion sickness is one of the most prevalent episodic disorders in the world, whose prevalence has dramatically increased with world population mobility over the last 100 years.
The U.S. Department of Transportation reports 10 billion trips per year in mass transit (buses and trains), with an additional 965 million passenger trips in domestic and international air travel5.
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About Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Vanda is a leading global biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies to address high unmet medical needs and improve the lives of patients. For more on Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., please visit www.vandapharma.com and follow us on Twitter @vandapharma.
About Tradipitant
Tradipitant is a neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist licensed by Vanda from Eli Lilly and Company. Tradipitant is currently in clinical development for gastroparesis and motion sickness. The FDA has imposed a partial clinical hold on tradipitant clinical protocols of longer than 12 weeks duration.
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Various statements in this press release, including, but not limited to statements regarding Vanda's plans to continue the tradipitant motion sickness clinical program and pursue FDA approval, are "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws. Forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations that involve risks, changes in circumstances, assumptions and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in Vanda's forward-looking statements include, among others, Vanda's ability to successfully conduct additional efficacy and safety studies and complete the clinical development of tradipitant in motion sickness. Therefore, no assurance can be given that the results or developments anticipated by Vanda will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, Vanda. Forward-looking statements in this press release should be evaluated together with the various risks and uncertainties that affect Vanda's business and market, particularly those identified in the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements", "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Vanda's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as updated by Vanda's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at www.sec.gov.
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LONDON, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg announced today that GAM Investments, a leading independent pure-play asset manager, has adopted an integrated suite of Bloomberg buy-side workflow solutions to streamline risk and portfolio management across the enterprise. The suite provides GAM with the ability to seamlessly manage market risk exposure and liquidity and investment risk, notably with Bloomberg's new factor risk models.
Buy-side firms are increasingly looking for a technology partner that can help them manage portfolios and risks in a flexible and transparent way, generate alpha for clients and ensure they stay resilient in various market conditions.
Bloomberg's integrated buy-side workflow solutions enable GAM's traders, portfolio and risk managers to seamlessly manage strategies and portfolios throughout the full risk management process from pre-trade, intraday and end of day, to regulatory reporting. The offering covers asset classes ranging from simple cash assets to the most complex bespoke structures. It provides GAM with consistent and consolidated pricing and valuation services to assess and manage market risk exposure through a full revaluation engine, as well as liquidity and portfolio risks in all market environments.
David Dowsett, Head of Investment at GAM, said: "By working with Bloomberg we have access to robust and easily scalable solutions that enable us to streamline our risk management processes across asset classes and portfolios. This also helps us to facilitate even greater collaboration between teams, resulting in efficiencies from better decision-making to deeper insights."
Jose Ribas, Global Head of Risk and Pricing at Bloomberg, said: "Bloomberg's offering combines multiple complementary solutions – pricing, risk analytics, market data – that amount to much more than the sum of those parts. We're pleased to work with GAM Investments to provide them with our robust and flexible solutions, powered by the depth and quality of data and analytics that is synonymous with Bloomberg."
The solutions adopted by GAM include:
MARS, Bloomberg's Multi Asset Risk System, a suite of risk management solutions delivered on the Terminal and via APIs that enables front office, risk and collateral professionals to analyze trading and investment portfolios, manage portfolio exposure and market risk.
LQA, its Liquidity Assessment solution, uses Bloomberg's robust financial datasets to provide a quantitative evaluation of market liquidity that is calibrated daily to quickly capture changing market conditions across multiple asset classes. The solution is also available "as a Service" to enable seamless integration of liquidity analytics throughout an enterprise facilitating regulatory compliance, and enhanced risk management and investment processes.
PORT Enterprise, its multi-asset portfolio and risk analytics solution, which GAM has been using since 2020, allowing the firm to benefit from the new MAC3 GRM (multi-asset class global risk model), an advanced suite of risk factor models that delivers forecast accuracy for all types of portfolios, universes, and investment styles.
About GAM
GAM is a leading independent, pure-play asset manager. The company provides active investment solutions and products for institutions, financial intermediaries, and private investors through three businesses: Investment Management, Fund Management Services and Wealth Management. GAM employed 605 FTEs in 14 countries with investment centres in London, Cambridge, Zurich, Hong Kong, New York, Milan, and Lugano as at 31 December 2021. The investment managers are supported by an extensive global distribution network. Headquartered in Zurich, GAM is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange with the symbol 'GAM'. The Group has AuM of CHF 94.8 billion (USD 103 billion) as at 31 March 2022.
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California investigating whether DeSantis involved in flying asylum-seekers from Texas to Sacramento
Jun 5, 2023, 9:49 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials were investigating Tuesday whether Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flew them — apparently without their knowledge — to California’s capital, even as faith-based groups scrambled to find housing and food for them.
About 20 people ranging in age from 21 to 30 were flown by private jet to Sacramento on Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. It was the second such flight in four days.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and faith-based groups who have been assisting the migrants scheduled a news conference Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, California Gov. Gavin Newsom lashed out at DeSantis as a “small, pathetic man” and suggested the state could pursue kidnapping charges.
DeSantis and other Florida state officials were mum, as they were initially last year when they flew 49 Venezuelan migrants to the upscale Massachusetts enclave of Martha’s Vineyard, luring them onto private jets from a shelter in San Antonio.
DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican nomination to run for president, has been a fierce critic of federal immigration policy under President Joe Biden and has heavily publicized Florida’s role in past instances in which migrants were transported to Democratic-led states.
He has made the Vertol Systems Co., which was paid by Florida to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, appears to be behind the flights to Sacramento on Monday and last Friday, Bonta said, adding that the migrants were carrying “an official document from the state of Florida” that mentions the company. The company didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.
Altogether, more than three dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento on flights last Friday and on Monday. Most are from Colombia and Venezuela. California had not been their intended destination and shelters and aid workers were taken by surprise, authorities said.
Friday’s group was dropped off at the Roman Catholic Church diocese’s headquarters in Sacramento. U.S. immigration officials had already processed them in Texas and given them court dates for their asylum cases, and none had planned to arrive in California, said Eddie Carmona, campaign director at PICO California, a faith-based group helping the migrants in Sacramento.
Asylum seekers can change the location of their court appearances, but many are reluctant to try and instead prefer sticking with a firm date, at least for their initial appearances. They figure it is a guarantee, even if horribly inconvenient.
The Republican governors of Texas and Arizona have previously sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., but the rare charter flights by DeSantis mark an escalation in tactics. The two groups sent to Sacramento never went through Florida. Instead, they were approached in El Paso by people with Florida-linked paperwork, sent to New Mexico, then put on private flights to California’s capital, California officials and advocates said.
Bonta, who met with some of the migrants who arrived Friday, said they told him they were approached by two women who spoke broken Spanish and promised them jobs. The women traveled with them by land from El Paso to Deming, New Mexico, where two men then accompanied them on the flight to Sacramento. The same men were on the flight Monday, Bonta said.
“To see leaders and governments of other states and the state of Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis, acting with cruelty and inhumanity and moral bankruptcy and being petty and small and hurtful and harmful to those vulnerable asylum seekers is blood-boiling,” Bonta said in a Monday interview.
Some of the migrants who arrived Friday told Bonta they met on their nearly three-month journey to the United States and decided to stick together to keep each other safe as they slept on the streets in several countries, he said.
As the migrants arrived in California Monday, a Texas sheriff’s office announced it has recommended criminal charges over the two flights to Martha’s Vineyard last year.
Johnny Garcia, a spokesman for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, said that at this time the office is not naming suspects. It’s not clear whether the local district attorney will pursue the charges, which include misdemeanor and felony counts of unlawful restraint, according to the sheriff’s office.
The office of New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had no specifics as to why the immigrants were taken from Texas to New Mexico before being flown to California.
“Gov. Lujan Grisham stresses, yet again, the urgent need for comprehensive, thoughtful federal immigration reform which is rooted in a humanitarian response that keeps border communities in mind,” the governor’s spokesperson, Caroline Sweeney, said Monday.
Last year, DeSantis directed Republican lawmakers in Florida to create a program in his office dedicated to migrant relocations. It specified that the state could transport migrants from locations anywhere in the country. The law was designed to get around questions about the legality of transporting people on a flight that originated in Texas.
Florida’s alleged role in the arrival of the two groups in Sacramento is sure to escalate the political feud between DeSantis and Newsom, who have offered conflicting visions on immigration, abortion and a host of other issues. ___
Rodriguez reported from San Francisco. Associated Press writers Anthony Izaguirre in Tallahassee, Fla., Paul J. Weber in Austin, Texas, Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed.
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