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Rebels 3, Raiders 0
First Period
1. Red Deer, Grubbe 4 (Lind, Sedoff) 9:03 (pp).
Penalties — Allan Pa (boarding) 8:33; Mayo Rd (boarding) 10:07; Fabrizi Rd (holding) 17:49.
Second Period
2. Red Deer, Isley 5 (Josephson, Formanek) 5:16 (pp).
3. Red Deer, Larson 7 (Isley, Formanek) 9:15 (pp).
Penalties — Christensen Pa (cross checking) 3:47; Christensen Pa (holding) 7:32; Bawa Rd (tripping) 9:22; Goldsmith Pa (cross checking) 14:08; Sedoff Rd (interference) 18:30; Herman Pa, Josephson Rd (roughing) 18:30.
Third Period
No Scoring.
Penalties — Sorensen Pa, Uchacz Rd (roughing) 0:00; Isley Rd (tripping) 6:22; Anderson Pa (cross checking) 7:58; Bawa Rd (interference) 9:59; Isley Rd (roughing) 15:38; Boucher Pa (slashing) 15:38; Christensen Pa, Goldsmith Pa, Larson Rd (roughing) 17:02.
Shots on goal by
Goal — Prince Albert: Chaika (L, ). Red Deer: Stoesser (W, ).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Prince Albert: 0-6; Red Deer: 3-6.
Referees — Jeff Ingram, Brian MacDonald. Linesmen — Ty Elliot, Scott Fulmer.
Attendance — 5,223 at Red Deer. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Sums-Prince-Albert-Red-Deer-17527997.php | 2022-10-23 04:54:51 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Sums-Prince-Albert-Red-Deer-17527997.php |
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A man pretended to be a student and lived in several Stanford University dorms for at least 10 months, a university official said Tuesday.
The university’s Department of Public Safety cited the man for violating the law the first time he was found living in a dorm in December 2021, but that didn't deter him, Stanford spokeswoman Dee Mostofi said in a statement.
Since then, campus police officers have obtained multiple stay-away letters, a prerequisite to citing someone for trespass on campus, but they weren't able to locate the man until last Thursday, when they gave him a stay-away letter and removed him from campus, Mostofi said.
She said the university has protocols and policies to prevent non-students from entering and living in the dorms, but that the man's "persistence and ability to ingratiate himself with our student community has made it clear that gaps exist in those protocols.”
Some staff in individual dorms were notified of the man’s presence, but “there were no broad communications about him to all Stanford residences,” Mostofi said.
She said the university will review its procedures to prevent such an incident from happening again.
Mostofi didn't provide any other information or answer questions emailed to her.
The Stanford Daily reported Monday that the man had been living in a dorm's basement when police found him last week and that he had lived in at least five dorms. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Pretend-Stanford-student-lived-in-dorms-for-10-17550230.php | 2022-11-01 20:09:17 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Pretend-Stanford-student-lived-in-dorms-for-10-17550230.php |
The House 1/6 committee is set to hear from the caretakers of American democracy — elections workers and local officials — who fended off Donald Trump's pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election, at times despite frightening personal attacks.Related video above: Jan. 6 panel details pressure campaign toward PenceThe hearings investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol resume Tuesday with a focus on Trump's relentless effort to undo Joe Biden's victory in the most local way — by leaning on officials in key battleground states to reject ballots outright or to submit alternative electors for the final tally in Congress. The pressure was fueled by the defeated president's false claims of voter fraud which, the panel says, led directly to the riot at the Capitol.Embattled Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is scheduled to testify about Trump's phone call asking him to "find 11,780" votes that could flip the state to prevent Biden's election victory.Raffensperger, with his deputy Gabe Sterling and Arizona's Republican state House Speaker Rusty Bowers, are scheduled to be key witnesses, along with Wandrea "Shay" Moss, a former Georgia election worker who, with her mother, have said they faced such severe public harassment from Trump allies they felt unable to live normal lives."I'm appalled at what I saw," Bowers said in an interview Monday with The Associated Press after arriving in Washington. "I think it illuminates something we need to see big-time and take stock of ourselves. And I hope it would sober us."The public hearing, the fourth by the panel this month, stems from its yearlong investigation into Trump's unprecedented attempt to remain in power, a sprawling scheme that the chairman of the Jan. 6 committee has likened to an "attempted coup."Tuesday's focus will review how Trump was repeatedly told his pressure campaign could potentially cause violence against the local officials and their families but pursued it anyway, according to a select committee aide. And it will underscore that fallout from Trump's lies continues to this day, with elections officers facing ongoing public harassment and political challengers trying to take over their jobs.While the committee cannot charge Trump with any crimes, the Justice Department is watching the panel's work closely. Trump's actions in Georgia are also the subject of a grand jury investigation, with the district attorney expected to announce findings this year."We will show during a hearing what the president's role was in trying to get states to name alternate slates of electors, how that scheme depended initially on hopes that the legislatures would reconvene and bless it," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.Schiff, who will lead much of Tuesday's session, said the hearing will also dig into the "intimate role" the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had in the plot to pressure Georgia state legislators and elections officials.Raffensperger, Georgia's top election official, rebuffed Trump's request that he "find" enough votes to overturn Biden's win in the state — a request caught on tape during a phone call days before the Jan. 6 attack.During the call, Trump repeatedly cited disproven claims of fraud and raised the prospect of a "criminal offense" if Georgia officials did not change the vote count. The state had counted its votes three times before certifying Biden's win by an 11,779-vote margin.The public testimony from Raffensperger comes weeks after he appeared before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to intervene in the state's 2020 election and after Raffensperger beat a Trump-backed challenger in last month's primary election.Sterling, Raffensperger's chief operating officer, became a notable figure in Georgia's long post-election counting, and recounting, of the presidential ballots, with his regular updates often broadcast live to a divided nation. At one point, the soft-spoken Republican implored Americans to tone down the heated rhetoric."Death threats, physical threats, intimidation — it's too much, it's not right," he said.Bowers is expected to discuss the pressure he faced to overturn Arizona's results — requests from Trump advisers that the Republican state leader on Monday called "juvenile."In an interview with the AP after arriving in Washington ahead of the hearing, Bowers said he is expected to be asked about a call with Trump during which lawyer Rudy Giuliani floated an idea to replace Arizona's electors with those who would vote for Trump.Bowers also revealed a second phone call with Trump in December 2020 that he said was mainly small talk, although Trump also referenced their first conversation.Moss, who had worked for the Fulton County elections department since 2012, and her mother, Ruby Freeman, a temporary election worker, filed a defamation lawsuit in December 2021. Moss claimed conservative outlet One America News Network and Giuliani falsely spread allegations that she and her mother engaged in ballot fraud during the election. The case against OAN has since been dismissed with a settlement.Both Bowers and Moss, along with Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the panel's vice chair, were among recipients of this year's John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage award "for their courage to protect and defend democracy."The select committee also plans to untangle the elaborate "fake electors" scheme that sought to have representatives in as many as seven battlegrounds — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico — sign certificates falsely stating that Trump, not Biden, had won their states.Conservative law professor John Eastman, a lawyer for Trump, pushed the fake electors in the weeks after the election. Trump and Eastman convened hundreds of electors on a call on Jan. 2, 2021, encouraging them to send alternative slates from their states where Trump's team was claiming fraud.The fake electors idea was designed to set up a challenge on Jan. 6, 2021 when Congress met in joint session, with Vice President Mike Pence presiding over what is typically a ceremonial role to accept the states' vote tallies. But the effort collapsed, as Pence refused Trump's repeated demands that he simply halt the certification of Biden's win — a power he believed he did not possess in his purely ceremonial role.At least 20 people in connection with the fake electors scheme were subpoenaed by the House panel. The committee says it will also show that it has gathered enough evidence through its more than 1,000 interviews and tens of thousands of documents to connect the varying efforts to overturn the election directly to Trump.__Associated Press writer Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this report.
WASHINGTON — The House 1/6 committee is set to hear from the caretakers of American democracy — elections workers and local officials — who fended off Donald Trump's pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election, at times despite frightening personal attacks.
Related video above: Jan. 6 panel details pressure campaign toward Pence
The hearings investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol resume Tuesday with a focus on Trump's relentless effort to undo Joe Biden's victory in the most local way — by leaning on officials in key battleground states to reject ballots outright or to submit alternative electors for the final tally in Congress. The pressure was fueled by the defeated president's false claims of voter fraud which, the panel says, led directly to the riot at the Capitol.
Embattled Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is scheduled to testify about Trump's phone call asking him to "find 11,780" votes that could flip the state to prevent Biden's election victory.
Raffensperger, with his deputy Gabe Sterling and Arizona's Republican state House Speaker Rusty Bowers, are scheduled to be key witnesses, along with Wandrea "Shay" Moss, a former Georgia election worker who, with her mother, have said they faced such severe public harassment from Trump allies they felt unable to live normal lives.
"I'm appalled at what I saw," Bowers said in an interview Monday with The Associated Press after arriving in Washington. "I think it illuminates something we need to see big-time and take stock of ourselves. And I hope it would sober us."
Ross D. Franklin / AP File Photo
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the Arizona Capitol on April 18, 2019, in Phoenix.
The public hearing, the fourth by the panel this month, stems from its yearlong investigation into Trump's unprecedented attempt to remain in power, a sprawling scheme that the chairman of the Jan. 6 committee has likened to an "attempted coup."
Tuesday's focus will review how Trump was repeatedly told his pressure campaign could potentially cause violence against the local officials and their families but pursued it anyway, according to a select committee aide. And it will underscore that fallout from Trump's lies continues to this day, with elections officers facing ongoing public harassment and political challengers trying to take over their jobs.
While the committee cannot charge Trump with any crimes, the Justice Department is watching the panel's work closely. Trump's actions in Georgia are also the subject of a grand jury investigation, with the district attorney expected to announce findings this year.
"We will show during a hearing what the president's role was in trying to get states to name alternate slates of electors, how that scheme depended initially on hopes that the legislatures would reconvene and bless it," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
Schiff, who will lead much of Tuesday's session, said the hearing will also dig into the "intimate role" the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had in the plot to pressure Georgia state legislators and elections officials.
Raffensperger, Georgia's top election official, rebuffed Trump's request that he "find" enough votes to overturn Biden's win in the state — a request caught on tape during a phone call days before the Jan. 6 attack.
Ben Gray / AP File Photo
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, center, and his wife Tricia arrive for an election night party on May 24, 2022, in Peachtree Corners, Ga.
During the call, Trump repeatedly cited disproven claims of fraud and raised the prospect of a "criminal offense" if Georgia officials did not change the vote count. The state had counted its votes three times before certifying Biden's win by an 11,779-vote margin.
The public testimony from Raffensperger comes weeks after he appeared before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to intervene in the state's 2020 election and after Raffensperger beat a Trump-backed challenger in last month's primary election.
Sterling, Raffensperger's chief operating officer, became a notable figure in Georgia's long post-election counting, and recounting, of the presidential ballots, with his regular updates often broadcast live to a divided nation. At one point, the soft-spoken Republican implored Americans to tone down the heated rhetoric.
"Death threats, physical threats, intimidation — it's too much, it's not right," he said.
Bowers is expected to discuss the pressure he faced to overturn Arizona's results — requests from Trump advisers that the Republican state leader on Monday called "juvenile."
In an interview with the AP after arriving in Washington ahead of the hearing, Bowers said he is expected to be asked about a call with Trump during which lawyer Rudy Giuliani floated an idea to replace Arizona's electors with those who would vote for Trump.
Bowers also revealed a second phone call with Trump in December 2020 that he said was mainly small talk, although Trump also referenced their first conversation.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo
A video exhibit plays as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2022.
Moss, who had worked for the Fulton County elections department since 2012, and her mother, Ruby Freeman, a temporary election worker, filed a defamation lawsuit in December 2021. Moss claimed conservative outlet One America News Network and Giuliani falsely spread allegations that she and her mother engaged in ballot fraud during the election. The case against OAN has since been dismissed with a settlement.
Both Bowers and Moss, along with Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the panel's vice chair, were among recipients of this year's John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage award "for their courage to protect and defend democracy."
The select committee also plans to untangle the elaborate "fake electors" scheme that sought to have representatives in as many as seven battlegrounds — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico — sign certificates falsely stating that Trump, not Biden, had won their states.
Conservative law professor John Eastman, a lawyer for Trump, pushed the fake electors in the weeks after the election. Trump and Eastman convened hundreds of electors on a call on Jan. 2, 2021, encouraging them to send alternative slates from their states where Trump's team was claiming fraud.
The fake electors idea was designed to set up a challenge on Jan. 6, 2021 when Congress met in joint session, with Vice President Mike Pence presiding over what is typically a ceremonial role to accept the states' vote tallies. But the effort collapsed, as Pence refused Trump's repeated demands that he simply halt the certification of Biden's win — a power he believed he did not possess in his purely ceremonial role.
At least 20 people in connection with the fake electors scheme were subpoenaed by the House panel. The committee says it will also show that it has gathered enough evidence through its more than 1,000 interviews and tens of thousands of documents to connect the varying efforts to overturn the election directly to Trump.
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Associated Press writer Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this report. | https://www.wtae.com/article/house-jan-6-hearing-june-21-2022/40359383 | 2022-06-21 15:45:57 | 1 | https://www.wtae.com/article/house-jan-6-hearing-june-21-2022/40359383 |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
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‘Catfishing’ cop shot himself with service weapon after killing California girl’s family, officials say
The Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed three family members of a Riverside teenager he had allegedly been “grooming” used his service weapon to fatally shoot himself at the end of a chase with law enforcement, authorities said Friday.
Austin Lee Edwards, 28, a deputy with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, had “catfished” the 15-year-old girl, posing as someone else to form an exploitative relationship with her online, investigators said.
Last month, Edwards made the cross-country drive from Virginia and arrived at the Riverside home, where he killed Mark Winek, 69; his wife, Sharie Winek, 65; and their daughter Brooke Winek, 38, on Nov. 25 before setting fire to the home and leaving with Brooke Winek’s 15-year-old daughter.
Hours after he fled the scene, Edwards’ vehicle was spotted nearly 200 miles away in a remote part of San Bernardino County.
A SWAT team attempted to stop the vehicle, but Edwards led police on a pursuit during which he reportedly fired at the SWAT vehicle, striking it multiple times.
A cellphone video shows deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office taking a trash bag from the Virginia property of Austin Lee Edwards.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department had originally said the pursuit ended when Edwards was shot by deputies after swerving off the road and exiting the vehicle. The girl was physically unharmed.
Last week, however, sheriff’s officials said Edwards’ cause of death had been determined to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“Detectives determined the gun used was Edwards’ department issued semi-automatic service pistol,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Friday in an email to The Times.
At the time of the incident, Edwards had been employed with the Washington County Sheriff’s Department for less than 2 weeks. He had previously had a short stint with Virginia state police before resigning Oct. 28.
It is still unclear how long Edwards and the girl had been in contact.
The deaths of the three people at the Riverside home are still under investigation.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – On Newsmaker Sunday, Local 5’s Tom Zalaski caught up with Amanda Jolitz, an early education advocate to talk about child care. Bob Pekol, a business child advocate, also joined Zalaski.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Churchill Downs suspended trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. indefinitely on Thursday, and Lord Miles, trained by Joseph, was scratched from the Kentucky Derby just days after the sudden death of two of his horses.
The suspension prohibits Joseph, or any trainer directly or indirectly employed by Joseph, from entering horses in races or applying for stall occupancy at all Churchill Downs Incorporated racetracks.
The decision comes after the deaths of Joseph’s horses, Parents Pride on Saturday and Chasing Artie on Tuesday, at Churchill Downs.
“Given the unexplained sudden deaths, we have reasonable concerns about the condition of his horses, and decided to suspend him indefinitely until details are analyzed and understood,” Bill Mudd, president and chief operating officer of CDI, said in a statement. “The safety of our equine and human athletes and integrity of our sport is our highest priority. We feel these measures are our duty and responsibility.”
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Investigators have yet to find any cause in the deaths of four horses over the past week at Churchill Downs, including two from the same barn within 72 hours, casting a pall over final preparations for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said Thursday he was questioned by investigators from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Churchill Downs.
“They found no wrongdoing on our part,” he said.
His horses — 4-year-old Parents Pride last weekend and 5-year-old Chasing Artie on Tuesday — collapsed on the track and died after races.
“This is the worst part of the game,” said Mike Repole, co-owner of early Derby favorite Forte. “It's very sad.”
Joseph received permission from the KHRC to scratch five horses from races on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, according to the Daily Racing Form. He already had scratched one on Wednesday. He told reporters earlier in the day that he scratched any horse that had been in contact with the two that died out of an abundance of caution.
However, he still plans to run Lord Miles in the Kentucky Derby. The colt arrived from Florida; the two dead horses had been at Keeneland in Lexington.
“It’s not going to be easy going over there. It’s going to be nerve-wracking,” said Joseph, a 36-year-old third-generation trainer. “The pressure on me is enormous.”
Meanwhile, two horses dumped their exercise riders during on-track training Thursday, including Derby entrant Verifying. Neither rider was injured.
Joseph said investigators examined his barn, checked the horses' veterinary records and took blood samples from each of his horses, which showed nothing abnormal. The feed, hay, straw and supplements used by the horses were checked, too.
The deaths are the first for Joseph, who came to Florida in 2011 after training in his native Barbados.
“It crushes you. It knocks your confidence, it makes you doubt everything,” he said.
At the same time, he added, “There’s two ways: You can run away from it and pretend it didn’t happen or you could face it and find out what we can do.”
Besides Joseph's horses, Derby long shot Wild On Ice and 3-year-old filly Take Charge Briana broke down with musculoskeletal injuries during training or racing at Churchill Downs. Both were euthanized.
Joseph said the first necropsy done on his horse didn't reveal a cause of death.
“We're living on unknown terms right now, so that's the uneasy part,” he said.
Spectators at morning training were startled when Verifying, one of trainer Brad Cox's four Derby runners, got loose on the track, triggering a warning siren. The colt was caught by an outrider and turned over to Cox, who led him back to the barn. The exercise rider dislocated his right shoulder.
“He was galloping by and looked great. Next thing I know the rider was on the ground,” Cox said. "We got lucky, we dodged a bullet.”
Dox said he had “no concern” about any issues with the track as a result of the horse deaths.
Not long after, And Tell Me Nolies reared and dumped her rider before tearing off the track at full speed and rampaging through the stable area in search of her barn. Trainer Peter Miller said the filly appeared to be fine and is scheduled to start in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday.
“Luckily, she didn’t go down or anything, so she’s OK,” he said.
Repole believes it would help if the sport did more to reassure the public how seriously it takes safety.
“People will understand injuries," he said. "People won’t understand injuries with death.”
The industry was rocked in 2019, when more than 40 horses died at Santa Anita in California. As a result, a raft of safety reforms were enacted that have spread around the country.
“The horses get great care and we do our best to prevent these kind of things, but they still happen,” Joseph said. “A lot of times in those sudden deaths you never get answers.”
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Hundreds of golden retrievers gather in Scotland for anniversary of breed’s founding
SCOTLAND - Hundreds of golden retrievers gathered in Scotland Thursday to mark the 155th anniversary of the breed’s founding.
According to the Golden Retriever Club of Scotland, which organized the celebration, the event was held at the Guisachan Estate of Lord Tweedmouth in the Highlands – where the dog breed was first bred.
Footage, captured by Darren Stocker, shows hundreds of dogs and their owners congregating in a grassy area on the estate as people take photographs.
Owners from across the United Kingdom, continental Europe, North America, Australia and Japan have been meeting at the ruins of Guisachan House, according to the BBC. The event was expected to be one of the world's largest gatherings of the breed in one place.
The Golden Retriever Club of Scotland organized the celebration. (Credit: Darren Stocker via Storyful)
Carol Henry, secretary of the club, told the news outlet that the aim of the gathering was to keep alive knowledge of the breed.
"We want to hold on to the confidence, the biddability, the companionship and loyalty – all the things the golden retriever was built on," Henry shared.
Hundreds of people gathered with their pets to celebrate the anniversary. (Credit: Darren Stocker via Storyful)
The event, which runs through Friday, July 14 features daily activities and events, including workshops, talks, demonstrations and a night-time procession.
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POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Houses on fire. Artillery blasting through thick apartment walls. People hiding in basements without electricity, water or gas as their towns are pulverized above them.
In shock, sometimes fighting off tears, civilians fleeing areas near the eastern front in the war in Ukraine described scenes of devastation as their towns and villages came under sustained attack from Russian forces.
More than 270 people boarded an evacuation train Sunday heading west to safer areas of Ukraine from the town of Pokrovsk, most brought there on buses from areas near the fighting.
“Ashes, ruins. The northern parts, the southern parts, all are ruined,” said 83-year-old Lida Chuhay, who fled the hard-hit town of Lyman, near the front line in the eastern Luhansk province. “Literally everything is on fire: houses, buildings, everything.”
She and others who fled Lyman said the town was coming under sustained attack and much of it had been reduced to rubble. Those still left there were hiding in shelters. Barely anyone ventures outside as it’s too dangerous to walk in the streets.
“They ruined everything,” said Olha Medvedeva, sitting opposite Chuhay on the train. “The five-story building where we were living, everything flew away — the windows, the doors.”
Everyone now lives in basements, she said, as projectiles fly overhead.
Petro Demidov, sitting opposite her on the train, said they hid in a supermarket while they waited for the bus to pick them up and take them to the train. Above them, the ceiling shook from the force of the explosions outside.
“We got away under heavy fire,” he said.
Russia has apparently made slow grinding moves forward against Ukrainian troops in the eastern industrial Donbas area in recent days. It intensified efforts to capture Sieverodonetsk, the main city under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, which together with the neighboring Donetsk province makes up the Donbas.
“Horror. There’s nothing to speak of, especially in the center,” 76-year-old Lyubov Chudnyk said of Lyman, the town she has lived in for 42 years. “The schools are damaged, the monuments. Lyman is terrible now.”
She used to support Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Now “I want to strangle him with my own hands,” Chudnyk said.
About 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Lyman, the small town of Soledar was also badly hit, said Denys Uperaka, 34. He had already sent his wife and 3-year-old son away earlier in the war. Now he, too, had to leave.
He was lucky, he said, to live in a valley, so “everything was flying over us.” But it just got to be too much. On Sunday, the Russians started shelling at 4 a.m.
“It’s impossible to be there anymore,” he said, adding that Russian forces had taken over the nearby village of Volodymyrivka, just to the east of Soledar.
To the north of Soledar, the village of Yakovlivka was also coming under sustained attack, said 59-year-old Valentina Domanshenko. The village no longer has electricity, running water or gas, she said. People were surviving by cooking on open fires outdoors. She saw people die of shrapnel wounds in the street.
“The shelling is every day, the houses tremble. Many people left, but there are still some there,” said Domanshenko, breaking down in tears. “I’m very worried about them.”
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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Cameron Brink scored 25 points and made all 15 of her free throws, the last of which put Stanford ahead for good, and the third-ranked Cardinal beat No. 17 UCLA 71-66 on Monday night in their final regular-season home game.
Brink swatted two more shots to give her 102 blocks for the season, and her 15 free throws were the most without a miss by a Stanford player since at least 1999. Haley Jones added 18 points and converted a layup with 1:22 remaining to put the Cardinal ahead by three.
Stanford (26-3, 14-2 Pac-12) has won four straight and is closing in on a third straight Pac-12 regular-season title with games remaining this week at No. 21 Colorado and No. 8 Utah.
Jones hit a go-ahead jumper with 2:45 to play before Lina Sontag answered with a 3 moments later to put UCLA ahead 65-64. Brink's final two free throws made it 66-65 with 1:53 left.
Londynn Jones scored 14 points for the Bruins (21-7, 10-6), who dropped one spot in the AP Top 25 this week and had their four-game winning streak snapped. UCLA pounded the boards for a 36-33 advantage, getting 17 on the offensive glass.
Brink also converted a go-ahead three-point play with 8:55 remaining. The 6-foot-4 junior reached 100 blocks for the first time in her stellar career and set the all-time Stanford record during Friday's 50-47 win over Southern California — and she still has another collegiate season left to play. Brink has 280 blocks, having topped Jayne Appel’s mark of 273 set from 2006-10.
Stanford won the first meeting 72-59 on Jan. 13 after the teams were tied after three quarters. UCLA made it interesting until the end this time.
The cold-shooting Bruins began 3 of 11 and went 5:39 without a basket in the second quarter, missing 10 straight shots as the Cardinal went on a 6-0 run. Christeen Iwuala's putback with 3:36 left in the quarter ended a nearly six-minute stretch without a field goal by UCLA.
But the Bruins came out energized after halftime, using a 25-point third quarter — they had just 26 points at halftime — while holding Stanford to just four field goals in the period to take a 51-50 lead heading into the final 10 minutes.
CURRY SUPPORTS
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry attended his second straight Stanford game. He has been a regular this season at women's games on The Farm and also at California in Berkeley. He sat on the baseline with Brink's parents, Michelle and Greg.
The reigning NBA Finals MVP's family is close with the Brinks.
“When I was growing up I played with a lot of young girls, we played a lot of pickup together,” Curry said. “I love that the game is growing and getting some more exposure. I grew up watching sports and now to drive awareness on how good the women's game is, all that stuff matters. I've had my daughters here with me to watch, I've had my son here with me to watch the game, and they love it. And I'm supporting family, too.”
SENIOR NIGHT
The Cardinal recognized their seniors in a postgame ceremony but also acknowledged each UCLA senior before the game. The four Stanford seniors have won 116 games during their careers.
BIG PICTURE
UCLA: Scored 14 points off Stanford's 15 turnovers. ... The Bruins were 2 of 11 on 3s in the first half and 7 for 25 overall, with freshman Kiki Rice going 0 for 3. ... UCLA has lost six of the last seven in the series.
Stanford: Brink has scored in double figures in 21 straight games. ... After Stanford limited USC to 22% shooting Friday for its lowest by an opponent since 2010, UCLA finished at 36%.
UP NEXT
UCLA: Hosts Washington State on Thursday night.
Stanford: Visits Colorado on Thursday.
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Universally acclaimed Oscar-, BAFTA-,Olivier and Emmy-winning actor, Mark Rylance portrays Maurice Flitcroft, a truly inept would-be golfer who in 1974 easily managed to get into the prestigious British Open – and score the tournament’s worst score ever. Rylance sees ‘The Phantom of the Open’ not as broad comedy but a humanistic character study of a man who is definitely marching to his own drum. The Rylance HERALD interview was via Zoom from London. These are edited excerpts:
Q: We find out at the end of ‘Phantom’ with the newsreel footage what Maurice really looked like — and it’s nothing like Mark Rylance at all. When you’re playing a real person but not a well-known person, was that a factor at all in doing this? Did you say at first, Maybe I should try to put on a nose or something? and try to resemble him.
MARK RYLANCE: I do a number of things to resemble him. That was a fashion at that time to have all your teeth shaved off. In Scotland brides would do it as a wedding gift to their husbands. Maurice was part of that and so all his were teeth shaved off in his 20s; he had false teeth. So I have kind of cheap false teeth as Maurice. I think also I did certain things to my face. But I don’t like prosthetics and I didn’t feel it was necessary for me to look exactly l him. But I wanted to change something just to get a feel that was right. I’m not a mimic and I didn’t feel that that was what was required for the job.
Q: Because we see so much about total prosthetic makeovers, where the actors don’t resemble the person they’re playing at all. Like in ‘The Batman’ movie with the Irish actor [Colin Farrell] who’s unrecognizable.
MR: Yeah, sometimes, with Adam McKay’s film about the Bush Vice President —
Q: Yes ‘Vice.’
MR: What I mean is Christian Bale, that was an amazingly successful use of prosthetics wasn’t it? And an amazing performance. I didn’t feel this was quite necessary with Maurice because he’s not so well known as Cheney.
Q: When you were offered this a couple of years ago had you heard of him at all? Were you familiar with his story? Was this a big surprise?
MR: Oh yes, a surprise.
Q: When you said yes did you read the source novel? Or just the screenplay? Or go back and try to find a video?
MR: I think I said yes just reading the screenplay. But then when I read the source novel, I met with the director and writer Simon and Craig talked about things that I liked in the novel. Things where I felt that rather than a comedy I thought that we can play just truthfully. It would be funny that we didn’t need to be heightening the comedy in a way the early drafts of the screenplay, naturally, nervously, were heightening things a little bit more than I felt was necessary. Then I went up and met the family and just immersed myself in the whole thing to get a feel for it.
Q: Any career has its ups and downs. When you have a run –we talked about ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘The Trial of the Chicago Seven’ was a big, big hit — do you worry, ‘Oh, I just had two tremendous successes. Now I’m going to be inevitably hitting a downswing’ kind of thing.?
MR: I mean, fleetingly. That’s such a familiar myth isn’t it? A story that’s almost like a Catholic myth, isn’t it? The pendulum will swing and karma will come. I don’t know. Maybe more when I was in my 20s and 30s. I’m aware of certain films doing better than others. But you’re not really there with the audience in film. The experience of making a film was on the set, acting it. The rest of it, you don’t really have anything to do with it. It appears to interviews like this that you’re an essential part of the film. But you’re not really, you’re a very small part of it. It’s more concerning in the theater. If you’re in a play and it doesn’t do well, then you know you’ve got a hard run ahead, with small audiences and perhaps people who have a negative opinion when they come into the theater. But in film, I’m not there in the cinema with people. So it doesn’t affect me so much.
Q: You’ve returned to ‘Jerusalem,’ one of your most successful stage roles ever. Was that a wish to sort of just reconnect with something wonderful that you had done and maybe, I don’t know, change it a little bit because it’s always going to be live? It’ll always be a little different.
MR: It is always different when live, you’re right. That would be the case whatever play I was doing. ‘Jerusalem’ in England had a very, very powerful effect on people and I was always meeting people who really talked about it in deep ways. To some degree the situation ‘Jerusalem’ was talking about has gotten more intense. The recent events have allowed the state in both of our countries to impose more controls on us. And there’s less and less wild space and freedom in society. So, it just felt that the story might be still very powerful — and powerful in a different way. And it’s turned out to be true.
You know in the old days before film and television, if an actor hit in a successful play — and say Jimmy Stewart if ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ had been a play, he would have been reviving that every few years so that people could see it because everyone would want to see it. The way they revive ‘A Christmas Carol’ in a lot of theaters every Christmas time. And I was struck by that. That this is a particular role and a particular play that’s been very much loved and had a powerful effect on people, and so why not revive it as long as I can in my life? I hope to revive it every 10 years. Maybe I’m 62 now, so hopefully when I’m 70 Maybe when I’m 82.
Q: Wow. Maybe in New York, you’ll bring it?
MR: I don’t think so. It had a good run in New York and it was well-received. But it was never Sold Out at the Music Box [theatre]. It’s a very, very English play and I think we did enough time in New York. Another play I’ve done with friends recently, ‘Dr. Semmelweis,’ about the Hungarian pioneer in medicine, I’d very much like to bring that to New York. So I think my time in New York will be soon and it’ll be something new, particularly for that wonderful New York audience.
NEW DVDs:
REALLY HOSTILE Produced, scripted and directed by Brian Presley, ‘Hostile Territory’ (Blu-ray, Well Go USA, R) is a classic Western, set soon after the Civil War in the 1860s. Presley’s Jack Calgrove, released as a prisoner of war, seeks to be re-united with his family and discovers his wife is dead and his children are on a train heading West thru dangerous territory. Nicely enough, he’s joined by a fellow Union soldier, a freed slave (she’s searching for her own missing daughter) and Native American sharpshooters as they race to the speeding train.
NOT ERASED Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1996 starred in ‘Eraser,’ a big, big hit where he starred as an agent for the Federal Witness Protection Program or WPP. Why it’s taken over a quarter century to come up with this direct-to-video successor ‘Eraser Reborn’ (Blu-ray + Digital Code, WB, R) can onlybe answered by studio execs. Dominic Sherwood stars as US Marshal Mason Pollard who specializes in engineering fake deaths of witnesses who cannot leave a trace if they are to … not die… horribly. Here Pollard must help a crime boss’s wife flee to South Africa. Only there are nasty murderous assassins on their trail. And Pollard discovers, oops! He’s been set-up. Double-crossed. Will he be the one to be permanently erased?
GREASED LIGHTNING DIDN’T STRIKE TWICE When ‘Grease,’ a long-running if minor Broadway musical, became a gigantic box-office hit in its 1978 screen version, it was inevitable that Paramount Pictures would want a sequel. Which means: More of the same, only different. Here is Rydell High, back for ‘Grease 2’ (Blu-ray Limited Edition Steelbook + Digital Code, Paramount, PG) with a new greaser (Maxwell Caufield) and in her first leading role Michelle Pfeiffer. Among the ‘50s veterans making a pit stop: Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens and Sid Caesar.
INDY’S DEBUT Steven Spielberg’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (4K Ultra HD + Digital, Limited Edition, Steelbook, Paramount, PG) in 1981 was an old-fashioned Thirties’ style Hollywood adventure story with a dashing hero in Indiana Jones. Originally Indy was to be played by Tom Selleck, TV’s Magnum. But as happened so often in that era, TV stars were often prevented from doing career-launching movies – it happened so often with John Travolta, the original ‘Grease’ and ‘Saturday Night Fever’ star, that Richard Gere’s early career was built on Travolta’s inaccessibility. Harrison Ford easily slipped into Indy’s formidable shoes and continues to be identified with the role these many decades later.
DARING CIVIL WAR MISSION John Ford’s 1959 ‘The Horse Soldiers’ (Blu-ray, KL Studio Classics, Not Rated) stands as this great filmmaker’s only feature-length Civil War picture, a true story about a daring Union raid into the heart of the Deep South in 1863. Joseph McBride, the celebrated Ford biographer and film critic, analyzes the production in a virtually encyclopedic audio commentary. To make the film the producers demanded that Ford cast 2 stars. Ford regular John Wayne stars as the Union Army Commander Marlowe, who led nearly 1,700 troops secretly 500 miles into the heart of the South, destroying rail lines and communications and fatally crippling the Confederates. He lost just 3 men.
To co-star William Holden, an Oscar winner (Billy Wilder’s ‘Stalag 17’) at the peak of his ‘50s popularity (‘The Bridge on the River Kwai,’ ‘Picnic’), had to be given equal screentime as the doctor who accompanies Marlowe on the mission, a supporting character in the actual raid and the novel upon which the picture is based. Ford, despite his aw shucks modesty, was a voracious reader – his library had 6,000 volumes – and he defined himself as a Civil War student, not a filmmaker. As part of the lead-up to the 1961 100th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, a government committee decreed that movies not intensely upset moviegoers with forceful or disturbing depictions of slavery in this civil rights era.
Ford cast Althea Gibson, a 2-time Wimbledon and French Open tennis champion who had broken tennis’s color barrier in 1950, as the companion/slave to Constance Towers’ Southern belle. Gibson refused to wear the stereotypical cotton head scarf and rewrote her embarrassing dialogue. Ford, an Irish immigrant who long supported Black civil rights, wouldn’t allow Gibson to suffer on location with separate rooms and such in the segregated South. All of her scenes were filmed in LA; doubles were used for the outdoor shots. When Holden assists in the birth of a baby, the script and novel had it as white. Ford changed it to a Black child, adding depth and dimension to his portrait. A standout in the supporting cast: Bing Russell, father of superstar Kirk, as a soldier whose leg is forcibly amputated to save his life.
OH’S POSSESSED The Korean word for mother is ‘Umma’ (Blu-ray + Digital, Stages, PG-13) and for Sandra Oh, it means mighty bouts of terror. Oh’s Amanda lives quietly in America on a farm with her daughter. That benign existence becomes very troubled when Amanda receives the remains of her estranged mother. Why does she worry that soon she will be possessed by the dead woman! Why does she become so haunted? With Dermot Mulroney.
THE ORIGINAL & STILL BEST A wonderful gay-friendly British comedy-drama, ‘Kinky Boots’ (Blu-ray + Digital Code, Paramount, PG-13) inspired the long-running Tony winning Broadway musical. But this 2006 original is far superior with a cast led by Joel Edgerton (‘Red Sparrow’) as a dutiful son trying to save his family’s old-fashioned men’s shoe-making business through hard times and Chiwetel Ejiofor in top form as the drag diva whose need for kinky boots with a steel support makes for the shop’s miraculous recovery. Perfectly constructed for Pride month!
DEVILISH FUN? In ‘Lucifer: The Complete Fifth Season’ (DVD, 16 episodes, 4 discs, WB, Not Rated), Lucifer’s twin Michael secretly takes the Devil’s place when Lucifer decides to sit in Hell and decide the long-awaited answer to the fans’ continued question: Will he and Chloe marry or not? Adding complication in the season’s 2nd half is the appearance of God. Lucifer can’t exactly send his Dad back and that means a messing up of his life. The final episode is (rightfully) titled: ‘A Chance At a Happy Ending.’ Doesn’t everybody, even Lucifer, deserve that? Deleted scenes/gag reel.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE With our democracy threatened by those who would instill dictatorial rule, maybe it’s the perfect time to be reminded of how the Constitution of the USA came to be and what it means. Here is a 50th anniversary director’s cut of Broadway’s Tony-winning hit musical ‘1776’ (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital, Columbia, Unrated). Bonus: A Blu-ray Special Features Disc which has the theatrical version and the extended LaserDisc Version which has director Peter H. Hunt’s optional commentary. The Blu-ray disc extras include a commentary with Hunt and stars Ken Howard (he’s Thomas Jefferson) and William Daniels (John Adams). Deleted & alternate scenes are here, along with 9 screentests and another commentary with Hunt and Peter Stone who wrote the book and screenplay.
EXOTIC ’50S JUNGLE FANTASY This brand-new 2K Master resurrects ‘Love Slaves of the Amazons’ (Blu-ray, KL Studio Classics, Not Rated), a lost film of the noted German émigré director Curt Siodmak whose horror classics include ‘The Wolf Man,’ ‘I Walk with a Zombie’ and ‘Donovan’s Brain.’ This 1957 color fantasy, which Siodmak wrote, produced AND directed, has Don Taylor (he married Elizabeth Taylor in ‘Father of the Bride’ before transitioning to directing) and his partner captured by a lost tribe of women warriors (why aren’t they called Amazons?) who will turn the men into ‘love slaves.’ Filmed in Argentina simultaneously with Siodmak’s 1956 monster movie ‘Curucu, Beast of the Amazon.’ Siodmak had said he made ‘Love Slaves’ because he had 10,000 feet of color film when he finished ‘Curucu.’ Bonus: An audio commentary! | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/15/stephen-schaefers-hollywood-mine-118/ | 2022-06-15 15:13:29 | 0 | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/15/stephen-schaefers-hollywood-mine-118/ |
Maryland’s Jarrett entering NFL draft, will skip bowl
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland receiver Rakim Jarrett is entering the NFL draft. Jarrett also says he’ll skip the Duke’s Mayo Bowl against N.C. State. In three seasons with the Terrapins, he had 119 catches for 1,552 yards and 10 touchdowns. Star quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa says he’ll discuss his future with his family and likely make a decision after the bowl on whether to return to Maryland next season. Tagovailoa does plan to play in the bowl. Tagovailoa is the school’s career passing leader. He also holds single-season passing marks in yards, touchdowns and completions. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/13/marylands-jarrett-entering-nfl-draft-will-skip-bowl/ | 2022-12-13 23:54:34 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/13/marylands-jarrett-entering-nfl-draft-will-skip-bowl/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — It took less than a day for the Jan. 6 report to go from public unveiling to the bestseller list on Amazon.com.
By late Friday, three editions of the Congressional probe of the 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump were in the top 30 on Amazon. The editions include one with a foreword by MSNBC anchor Ari Melber, published by Harper Paperbacks; A Celadon Books release with a foreword by New Yorker editor David Remnick and an epilogue by Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and member of the House Select Committee; and a volume by the Hachette Book Group imprint Twelve, published in coordination with The New York Times.
The 814-page document, released late Thursday, is not copyrighted, can be published by anyone and is otherwise available for free on various government and media web sites. Previous government publications, from the Sept. 11 commission report to Robert Mueller’s probe into Trump’s ties to Russian officials when he ran for president in 2016, have been bestsellers. The Sept. 11 report was even a finalist in 2004 for the National Book Award.
As with other government releases, publishers have rushed to get their books out quickly to capitalize on public interest. All three bestselling editions will be out within the next two weeks, along with books from Random House and Melville House Books.
The Jan. 6 report culminates an 18-month investigation, which included more than 1,000 witness interviews and more than a million pages of source material. The committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans blamed the insurrection on Trump, finding a “multi-part conspiracy” orchestrated by the president and his closest allies in an effort to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump, a Republican, has already announced his candidacy for 2024. | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/editions-of-jan-6-report-already-on-amazon-best-seller-list/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-12-24 03:01:40 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/editions-of-jan-6-report-already-on-amazon-best-seller-list/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Jessy Wilson on ‘Keep Rising’ anthem and the hope it brings
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jessy Wilson was ready to give up her musical dream when a film about female African warriors showed her the power of perseverance.
Wilson’s Grammy -nominated song “Keep Rising,” was picked by director Gina Prince-Bythewood to be featured in her action epic “The Woman King.”
Wilson and her co-writers Angelique Kidjo and Jeremy Lutito are nominated alongside Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Billie Eilish in the category of best song written for visual media during Sunday’s ceremony.
“’The Woman King’ really brought me back to life, truly,” said Wilson.
The anthemic, uplifting song came after the darkest period in Wilson’s life. The pandemic had left her questioning her career after decades of singing and writing not only for her own records, but for other artists as well.
When she and her husband found out she was pregnant in 2021, Wilson was ready to devote her attention instead to being a mother. But four months into her pregnancy, she had a miscarriage.
“Sometimes in life, you can just hit a patch and you feel like, ‘This is it. This is going to take me out. This is going to be the way I am forever. I’m going to always be depressed. I’m going to always feel dark and like I can’t see my way up from here,’” Wilson recalls.
The song, which she had written months prior, reminded her of the need to hold onto hope. “It was just sort of this two-way sensation, this two-way nuance thing for me of like speaking to people, but also speaking to myself,” Wilson said.
The Brooklyn-born Wilson has been performing since she was 7 in musical theater and in clubs in New York. She was a backup singer for Alicia Keys, then started working with John Legend, who encouraged her to start songwriting.
“He is such a phenomenal songwriter and a lot of the ways that I approach songwriting today is because I watched him from start to finish, how he developed the song and how it was conceived and all of those things,” Wilson said.
Legend invited her to a songwriting trip to Nashville, Tennessee, to write with country star Faith Hill and felt so encouraged by the musical community there that she later relocated.
In Nashville, she explored different musical interests, forming a rootsy rock duo with singer Kallie North called Muddy Magnolias and then working with The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney for her solo record “Phase” in 2019.
“It was an artistic statement and it’s a beautiful, beautiful album,” said Wilson “And I’m super proud of the chances that I’m willing to take as an artist along my journey.”
Right around the same time as she was working on her solo album, she got a message on Instagram from rapper and producer Tyler, The Creator, who asked her to help him with background vocals on his 2019 critically acclaimed “Igor” record. That record went on to win best rap album at the Grammy Awards in 2020.
But the pandemic upturned her career and life. Her father, a health care worker in New York, caught COVID-19 in April 2020, when the city was hit hard by the deadly pandemic. He survived after days of being on a ventilator.
She couldn’t perform and songwriting over Zoom left her uninspired. But before she left her publishing deal, she recorded an unfinished version of “Keep Rising.”
With input from Prince-Bythewood and the studio, lyrics were added to fit the film’s storyline of a West African kingdom led by an all-female group of warriors. They also brought in Kidjo, the hugely influential activist and Grammy-winning singer, to sing along with Wilson.
Wilson said she immediately connected on a personal level to the film’s cast of darker-skinned Black women, including actors like Oscar-winner Viola Davis.
“I definitely experienced being told that I wasn’t the right kind of pretty or the right kind of marketable because of my skin tone,” said Wilson. “And it was really empowering to see a cast full of beautiful brown women existing in their power, existing in their strength and intelligence.”
The signs from the universe seemed to be telling her that she shouldn’t give up on her music. The day that she heard from the studio that her song was going to be in the movie was the due date for her son, Willing Reve. Now she’s writing again and hopes “The Woman King” opens more doors for her to write songs for films.
“I still have so much to say. My voice is important,” she said. “And I should, like the song says, keep rising.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 has learned that voter fraud charges have been dropped for another one of the 20 people across Florida accused by Gov. Ron DeSantis in August of voting illegally in the 2020 election.
Tony Patterson’s charges were dropped Monday out of Hillsborough County, though he is heading to prison for another charge.
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The attorney general’s office sent News 6 this statement on Tuesday saying, “The defendant was recently sentenced for failing to register as a sex offender in two separate cases and is headed to prison. Further, the Office of Statewide Prosecution received additional information which led it to conclude that the charge of providing false information to a supervisor was beyond the statute of limitation.”
They went on to say, “This case was a unique set of circumstances, the remaining cases are still pending and will be handled individually.”
Court documents from Hillsborough County also cite “information received” from the Hillsborough County elections supervisor as a reason for the charges being dropped.
News 6 has learned that most, if not all of those arrested back in August thought their rights had been restored because they were allowed to register to vote – people like Peter Washington who lives here in Central Florida.
“They sent me a voter registration card,” said Washington. “That’s what made me think I was eligible to vote or my rights were restored.”
Washington’s lawyer in Orange County, Roger Weeden, has filed a motion to dismiss Washington’s voting charges saying in part “the allegations do not demonstrate that he participated in a multi-jurisdiction criminal act” and that “the office of stateside prosecution lacks the authority to prosecute.”
“The allegations only occurred in one county. There really is no allegation, no criminal activity occurred in Leon county,” said Weeden.
Weeden said while we don’t have all of the circumstances or knowledge about why Mr. Patterson’s charges were dropped in Tampa, the statewide prosecutor should drop his client’s cases too.
“In terms of how it impacts my case, I don’t see any direct impact, but I certainly do appreciate the trend of these cases being resolved with a dismissal,” Weeden said.
Weeden represents two clients in Central Florida arrested for voting illegally, including Michelle Stribling. He said he’s waiting to file a motion to dismiss her case until after the court resolves her competency hearing case.
Neil Volz is the deputy director for the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, an organization that advocates for more rights for returning citizens.
“As it relates to the dismissal, we know that this is just another step toward the direction of us coming together around this idea that really the system isn’t working the way it should,” said Volz.
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1 dead, multiple others wounded in Albuquerque shooting
Published: Feb. 23, 2023 at 12:34 PM EST|Updated: 16 minutes ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One person was killed and several others wounded after a shooting in Albuquerque’s North Valley, police said Thursday.
Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said the scene was still active and it was unclear how many people were shot or if a suspect was in custody.
Police were called to the scene Thursday morning and reported finding multiple people with apparent gunshot wounds.
Gallegos said one person was taken to a hospital, where that person died.
The name, age and gender of the victim wasn’t immediately released.
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- Majority of Votes Withheld from All Incumbent Nickel 28 Directors
- Board Has Lost Mandate of Shareholders to Lead the Company
- Reconstitution of the Board with Truly Independent Directors Representative of Shareholders is the Only Honorable and Appropriate Course of Action
NEW YORK, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Pelham Investment Partners LP ("Pelham", "we", "our" and similar pronouns), a New York-based investment fund and the single largest shareholder of Nickel 28 Capital Corp. (formerly Conic Metals Corp.) (TSXV: NKL) (FSE: 3JC0) ("Nickel 28" or the "Company") comments on the recent announcement by the Company regarding the voting results of its annual general meeting of shareholders of Nickel 28, held yesterday, June 12, 2023 (the "AGM" or the "Meeting").
As disclosed by the Company, every management-nominated board candidate received substantially more withhold votes than votes in favour of their election, losing by an average margin of 41.6% votes in favour, to 58.4% votes withheld. Notably, the average margin of 41.6% of votes cast in favor of the management nominees includes the roughly 19.2 million shares (30.1% of the total voted) owned by insiders. Excluding these shares from the vote totals, a staggering 83.6% of all votes cast called for the replacement of the Company's board of directors (the "Board").
Ned Collery, as Pelham's representative, attended the AGM in person, together with his advisors. While management and the Chair of the Meeting refused to disclose how much the Company spent resisting shareholders' demands for change, the facts remain that it was a large amount; that it represented a waste of corporate resources; and that it had little effect. The result of the vote was overwhelming, and the conclusion is clear – shareholders have lost confidence in the Board and no longer want them managing the Company's affairs.
Certainly, by the time Pelham submitted its director nominees to the Company, it should have been clear to the Board that the Company's shareholders wanted substantial change. Rather than implement this change, the Board resorted to technical arguments and the expenditure of Company funds to entrench itself; it bears noting that some of the Board's defensive actions had the effect of rendering the Meeting uncontested. Directors have a legal and moral obligation to act in the best interests of a company and its owners. That Nickel 28's directors have failed to meet this obligation is manifestly clear.
The Board's stubborn refusal to implement the change so clearly demanded by the Company's owners can, in Pelham's view, only be explained by an unwillingness to forego the ludicrously excessive compensation and other benefits that Board members have lavished on themselves.
In its latest news release, the Company states that the Board "is considering the application of the Company's majority voting policy with respect to the [Meeting]". By this, the Company means that it is considering whether or not to honor shareholders' clearly expressed will and the principle that a company's owners are entitled to have its affairs managed as they see fit. At the Company's most recent Meeting, Nickel 28's Board could have exercised their discretion as fiduciaries and afforded shareholders a free and fair opportunity to express their wishes. Instead, the Board relied upon a technicality to deny shareholders their voice and force an uncontested election of directors.
Given the circumstances, that the Board even needs to "consider" the appropriateness of resigning is yet another sign that it cannot be trusted to lead Nickel 28. Shareholder democracy is a cornerstone of effective and productive capital markets and, as such, we call on the Board of Nickel 28 to heed the clear wishes of its owners. This farce has gone on long enough – it is time to accept reality. As the Board no longer has any mandate to lead the Company, it is incumbent on each individual member to resign and begin the process of reconstituting the board with input from, representation among, and the approval of the Company's shareholders.
Pelham Investment Partners LP is private investment firm located in New York, managed and founded by Edward (Ned) Collery in 2021. We are long-term and value-oriented investors. Pelham, the single largest shareholder of the Company, has held an investment in Nickel 28 since the firm's founding in 2021.
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Casual Dining Leader Continues Franchise Growth with Expansive Two-Story Location in Costa Rica
COSTA MESA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), the creator of California-style pizza, announced the opening of a new franchise location in Costa Rica, further expanding CPK's global footprint in Latin America. The restaurant will be located at the Multiplaza mall in Escazu, outside of San Jose. This newest CPK franchise builds on a momentous year for the brand, which opened new restaurants in Canada, India, and Chile earlier this year.
CPK's latest franchise location will be owned and operated by Byron Mora Porras, Chairman of Conceptos Gastronomicos, part of a larger company that currently operates restaurants and retail stores in eleven countries throughout Central and South America.
"We are happy to be working with partners like Byron and his team who have the same brand principles and values that CPK has been executing for over 35 years. We look forward to working with his team to bring CPK's fresh California inspired cuisine to Costa Rica," said Giorgio Minardi, Executive Vice President of Global and Franchise Operations for CPK. "A vibrant, cultural melting pot, Costa Rica is the ideal place to grow our incredible brand and we plan to open an additional location there soon."
Located just outside the lively capital city of San Jose in the popular district of Escazu, the new restaurant is part of the newly renovated Multiplaza mall which caters to both local Costa Ricans and tourists alike. The expansive, two-story restaurant features floor-to-ceiling windows and a large outdoor patio area to embrace the warm, tropical climate of Costa Rica. Shoppers looking for a place to relax for lunch or grab dinner with family and friends can enjoy the spacious indoor dining area filled with California themed accents celebrating the state's sunny, laid-back vibe. In addition to its classic California-inspired hand-tossed pizzas, pastas, and desserts, the menu will feature special items like CPK's Carbonara Pasta, Dynamite Shrimp, Hot Wings, and the new West Coast Burger which launched this past October. The West Coast Burger is made with a signature beef blend of Wagyu, Chuck and Brisket topped with melted American cheese, Nueske's applewood smoked bacon, caramelized onions, tomato, pickles, lettuce and house-made burger sauce and is served with crispy potatoes.
"While working with consumers across the globe, we know California Pizza Kitchen's innovative cuisines and cooking styles will resonate heavily with Costa Ricans," Byron Mora Porras, Chairman of Conceptos Gastronomicos. "We're grateful that CPK has given us the flexibility to tailor our menu and restaurant design to meet the needs of our customers here in Costa Rica. With a beautiful, multi-level outdoor space, this restaurant will provide a place for Costa Ricans to experience the taste and feel of California in their own home country."
The new restaurant is located at Boulevard Camino Real, off Autopista Prospero Fernandez Hwy, Escazu, Costa Rica, 10201 and is open from 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM daily. For more information, follow @cpkcostarica on Instagram.
California Pizza Kitchen provides franchisees flexibility with customizable menus, design layouts, and multiple daypart offerings so that each location can individually align with local market needs. These key differentiators have positioned the brand as an attractive investment by experienced multi-unit franchisees. To learn more about franchise development opportunities and available markets with the brand, visit www.cpk.com/franchise.
About California Pizza Kitchen
In 1985, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) opened its first restaurant in Beverly Hills and introduced diners to gourmet California inspired pizza. With a passion for combining fresh, seasonal ingredients with flavor inspirations from around the world, today CPK is a global brand serving creative California cuisine in more than 180 restaurants across 11 countries and U.S. territories. From its innovative, hearth-baked pizzas such as The Original BBQ Chicken, Thai Chicken, and California Club, to inventive salads, and unique pasta dishes that combine the old world with the new, CPK does everything with an imaginative California-inspired twist that guests love.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Alex Bowman said Wednesday he will miss the next three NASCAR races with a concussion he suffered last month in a crash in NASCAR’s new Next Gen car.
Bowman, who sat out the past two races, will miss this weekend at Las Vegas, then sit out at Homestead and Martinsville. He won at Las Vegas in the spring.
Bowman said he was evaluated Wednesday by Dr. Micky Collins, clinical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program.
“We have a tremendous amount of respect for the entire staff at UPMC,” said Jeff Andrews, president and general manager of Hendrick Motorsports, in a statement. “Our priority continues to be Alex’s recovery and long-term health, and we will follow the plan that Dr. Collins and his team recommend. We’re not looking past the next three races and will evaluate plans for the season finale as the event approaches.”
Bowman posted a statement on social media that stated: “I am continuing to focus my efforts on getting my health back to 100% so that I can return racing as soon as possible.”
He did not rule out returning for next month’s season finale at his home track, Phoenix Raceway.
Noah Gragson will continue to fill in for Bowman in the No. 48 car.
Bowman and Kurt Busch have both been sidelined with concussions suffered in what should have been routine hits in NASCAR’s new car. NASCAR held a meeting with drivers Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway to go over findings it found in testing that should be implemented to the car by the start of next season; NASCAR has said it will pay for the new parts and corrections for all the teams.
Busch, meanwhile, has a scheduled news conference for this Saturday at Las Vegas, his home track. He’s missed 13 consecutive races so far.
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Japan faces Spain in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a competition between the world’s best international soccer teams, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 (12/1/22) at Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan.
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Here’s what you need to know:
What: 2022 FIFA World Cup
Who: Japan vs. Spain
When: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022
Where: Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Time: 2 p.m. ET
TV (English): FOX
TV (Spanish): Telemundo, Peacock
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Here’s the complete 2022 World Cup schedule (all times eastern time):
Group A schedule
November, 20: Qatar vs Ecuador – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 12 p.m.
November, 21: Senegal vs Netherlands – Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor – 5 a.m.
November, 25: Qatar vs Senegal – Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor – 8 a.m.
November, 25: Netherlands vs Ecuador – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 11 a.m.
November, 29: Netherlands vs Qatar – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 10 a.m.
November, 29: Ecuador vs Senegal – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 10 a.m.
Group B schedule
November, 21: England vs Iran – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 8 a.m.
November, 21: USA vs Wales- Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan – 2p.m.
November, 25: England vs USA – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 2p.m.
November, 25: Wales vs Iran – Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan – 5 a.m.
November, 29: Wales vs England – Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan – 2p.m.
November, 29: Iran vs USA – Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor – 2p.m.
Group C schedule
November, 22: Mexico vs Poland – Stadium 974, Doha – 11 amtadium, Lusail – 5 a.m.
November, 22: Mexico vs Poland – Stadium 974, Doha – 11 a.m.
November, 26: Argentina vs Mexico – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 2p.m.
November, 26: Poland vs Saudi Arabia – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 8 a.m.
November, 30: Poland vs Argentina – Stadium 974, Doha – 2p.m.
November, 30: Saudi Arabia vs Mexico – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 2p.m.
Group D schedule
November, 22: France vs Australia – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah – 2p.m.
November, 22: Denmark vs Tunisia – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 8 a.m.
November, 26: France vs Denmark – Stadium 974, Doha – 11 a.m.
November, 26: Tunisia vs Australia – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah – 5 a.m.
November, 30: Tunisia vs France – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 10 a.m.
November, 30: Australia vs Denmark – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah – 10 a.m.
Group E schedule
November, 23: Spain vs Costa Rica- Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor – 11 a.m.
November, 23: Germany vs Japan – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 8 a.m.
November, 27: Spain vs Germany – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 2p.m.
November, 27: Japan vs Costa Rica – Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan – 5 a.m.
December, 1: Japan vs Spain – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 2p.m.
December, 1: Costa Rica vs Germany – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 2p.m.
Group F schedule
November, 23: Belgium vs Canada – Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan – 2p.m.
November, 23: Morocco vs Croatia – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 5 a.m.
November, 27: Belgium vs Morocco – Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor – 8 a.m.
November, 27: Croatia vs Canada – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 11 a.m.
December, 1: Croatia vs Belgium – Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan – 10 a.m.
December, 1: Canada vs Morocco – Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor – 10 a.m.
Group G schedule
November, 24: Brazil vs Serbia – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 2p.m.
November, 24: Switzerland vs Cameroon – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah – 5 a.m.
November, 28: Brazil vs Switzerland – Stadium 974, Doha – 11 a.m.
November, 28: Cameroon vs Serbia – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah – 5 a.m.
December, 2: Cameroon vs Brazil – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 2p.m.
December, 2: Serbia vs Switzerland – Stadium 974, Doha – 2p.m.
Group H schedule
November, 24: Portugal vs Ghana – Stadium 974, Doha – 11 a.m.
November, 24: Uruguay vs South Korea – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 8 a.m.
November, 28: Portugal vs Uruguay – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 2p.m.
November, 28: South Korea vs Ghana – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 8 a.m.
December, 2: South Korea vs Portugal – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 10 a.m.
December, 2: Ghana vs Uruguay – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah – 10 a.m.
Round of 16 schedule
Match 49 – December, 3: Winner Group A vs Runners up Group B – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 10 a.m.
Match 50 – December, 3: Winners Group C vs Runners up Group D – Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan – 2p.m.
Match 52 -December, 4: Winners Group D vs Runners up Group C – Al Thumama Stadium, Doha – 10 a.m.
Match 51 – December, 4: Winners Group B vs Runners up Group A – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 2p.m.
Match 53 -December, 5: Winners Group E vs Runners up Group F – Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah – 10 a.m.
Match 54 – December, 5: Winners Group G vs Runners up Group H – Stadium 974, Doha – 2p.m.
Match 55 – December, 6: Winners Group F vs Runners up Group E – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 10 a.m.
Match 56 – December, 6: Winners Group H vs Runners up Group G – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 2 p.m.
Quarterfinal schedule
Match 58 – December, 9: Winners Match 53 vs Winners Match 54 – Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan – 10 a.m.
Match 57 – December, 9: Winners Match 49 vs Winners Match 50 – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 10 a.m.
Match 60 – December, 10: Winners Match 55 vs Winners Match 56 – Al Thumama Stadium, Doha – 10 a.m.
Match 59 – December, 10: Winners Match 51 vs Winners Match 52 – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 2 p.m.
Semifinal schedule
Match 61 – December, 13: Winners Match 57 vs Winners Match 58 – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 2 p.m.
Match 62 – December, 14: Winners Match 59 vs Winners Match 60 – Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor – 2 p.m.
Third-place play-off
Match 63 – December, 17: Losers Match 61 vs Losers Match 62 – Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan – 2 p.m.
Final
Match 64 – December, 18: Winners Match 61 vs Winners Match 62 – Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail – 10 a.m.
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With the 2022 NFL season fast approaching, the South Florida Sun Sentinel takes a look at 10 storylines to watch for in a 10-part series ahead of the Miami Dolphins’ first day of training camp, which is set for July 27.
If the second half of Tyreek Hill’s career matches the first six seasons, he’ll be a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and might be worthy of a first-ballot induction.
That’s how impressive a start to an career it has been for the three-time Pro Bowler, who has averaged an eye-opening 11 touchdowns a season. But the Miami Dolphins’ newest playmaker didn’t amass that type of offensive production on his own. He started his career with a Pro Bowl quarterback in Alex Smith, then helped usher in the Patrick Mahomes era of the NFL.
And it wasn’t just top-notch quarterbacks he played with because Andy Reid is one of the legendary offensive coaches of this era.
But the one thing he will have around him is talent, a unit that potentially features a better overall supporting cast of receivers and tight ends than Hill had in Kansas City, and that’s saying plenty considering Travis Kelce, a seven-time Pro Bowl selection, was his running mate on the Chiefs offense.
Kelce’s presence explains why Hill only finished the season as the Chiefs’ top targeted player once in six years.
While Mike Gesicki isn’t Kelce, who himself is on a Hall of Fame track, and will arguably be in the conversation for best tight end of all-time, he’s no slouch.
Gesicki, who has pulled down 177 passes and scored 13 touchdowns the past three seasons, is a seam threat, a talent who has proven he’s a go-to player in the passing game. And if that wasn’t good enough, there’s Durham Smythe, Adam Shaheen and second-year player Hunter Long to round out the tight end unit.
Gesicki, Smythe and Shaheen have spent the past two seasons setting franchise records for productivity at that position, and it is possible that unit could continue to trend upward with a playmaker like Hill on the field demanding double teams. The Dolphins haven’t had that type of talent on the field since Brandon Marshall was in Miami, so it will be intriguing to see how everyone else eats off the meal Hill cooks.
Jaylen Waddle, a former Alabama standout who the Dolphins selected with the sixth pick in the 2021 draft, was so impressive as a rookie he set an NFL record for receptions in a season.
He shattered the mark set by Anquan Boldin in 2003, catching 104 passes for 1,015 yards and scoring seven touchdowns in 2021. And that was while serving as the passing game’s primary playmaker, the one beacon of light on an injury-decimated receiving corp.
Just imagine what Waddle, who runs a legitimate sub 4.4 time in the 40-yard dash and averaged 18.9 yards per reception during his collegiate career, can do with someone like Hill on the opposite side of him, occupying a safety?
“Just having another speed guy on the other side of you,” Hill said when asked about Waddle earlier this summer. “That definitely puts a lot of fear in a lot of D-coordinators’ minds.”
And let’s not forget about Cedrick Wilson, who will be working underneath on passing downs, serving as the Dolphins’ new slot receiver and the quarterback’s safety valve.
Wilson, a five-year veteran who the Dolphins signed to a three-year, $22 million deal this offseason, caught 45 of the 61 passes thrown his way last season in Dallas, where he turned those receptions into 602 yards and six touchdowns.
“The defense is looking at them the whole time so usually I get one-on-one,” Wilson said, referring to Hill and Waddle, the team’s two speedsters. “That’s my job to win.”
If Miami’s receivers and tight ends are complemented with an efficient rushing attack, the newly installed West Coast offense should be effective if Tua Tagovailoa takes the next step in his third season as the team’s starting quarterback by delivering more clutch throws.
The Dolphins traded a treasure chest of draft picks to acquire Hill with the goal of ensuring that the field is more open for Tagovailoa than it was in the past.
“To bring in a guy that’s one of, if not the best, at what he does in this league, it’s only going to help everybody in this offense,” Gesicki said about Waddle. “It’s going to help our run game, it’s going to help our pass game, it’s going to help Tua. It’s going to help me. It’s going to help Jaylen. It’s going to help everybody.”
Sentinel Sports Final
And maybe everybody finds a way to be productive with their opportunities, which would in turn help Hill remain one of the NFL’s most feared playmakers.
Previously addressed
Can Dolphins get same production from Tyreek Hill in Miami?
Will Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer be able to prove he doesn’t need Brian Flores’ help?
In what ways can Mike McDaniel’s coaching style, offensive mind benefit Dolphins?
Can wide-zone scheme jump-start Dolphins’ run game?
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Dr Pepper introduces new flavor, ‘Strawberries & Cream’
Published: Feb. 2, 2023 at 11:47 AM CST|Updated: 33 minutes ago
(Gray News) - Dr Pepper announced a new “flavor innovation” is joining its lineup of beverages.
The company released Dr Pepper “Strawberries & Cream” as part of its permanent lineup on Wednesday.
According to a press release from the company, the new drink includes the 23 flavors that make up a regular Dr Pepper as well as “layers of refreshing strawberry flavor and a smooth, creamy finish.”
Dr Pepper said the new soda will be hitting stores nationwide this month. It will be available in 12-ounce 12 packs in both regular and zero sugar.
They also said a new social campaign involving “Strawberries & Cream” will be launching this spring.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a person was killed in a shooting on Indy’s east side.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said officers responded to the area of East 24th Street and North Kitley Avenue shortly before Noon Thursday on a report of a person shot. This is near the intersection of East 21st Street and Shadeland Avenue.
One neighbor claims she saw a man standing in the street shooting into the passenger side of a silver car. The suspect then ran away down the street.
Police found the victim dead in the driver’s seat of a car.
“What we know is that when we arrived we found a male inside the vehicle with a gunshot wound. We don’t have any other info to believe there’s any other scenes. We believe it is isolated to this area,” said IMPD officer Samone Burris.
While some neighbors reported hearing gunshots and seeing one possible gunman flee from the scene, those witnesses did not know what sparked the shooting. Police admit the motive so far remains a mystery.
“A community is devastated. A family is devastated. A life has been lost today, taken from our community members. It’s not okay. It will never be okay,” said Burris.
The killing marks the 221st homicide of the year in Indianapolis. With just over two weeks left in the year that number remains the third deadliest year in the city’s history.
For their part, police asked for the public’s help solving this case while also pleading with the community for a peaceful end to the year.
“Gun violence is not the answer to solve anything. Our community members, we want to encourage them to put the weapons down and put the guns down,” said Burris. “Again we want to get this case solved. We want to ensure the family gets justice for the life that was lost today.”
So far no arrests have been made in the case. Anyone with information can still contact either IMPD’s homicide office or Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.
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Global Wealth Management is the official partner of Florida Atlantic University Athletics
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Wealth Management has proudly sponsored the Florida Atlantic University Owls over the past year and a half and is ecstatic that they have achieved their first ever March Madness spot in their win against the Memphis Tigers on March 19th. Global Wealth Management looks forward to continuing to sponsor their athletics department throughout 2023 and hopes to continue to see their athletes excel under their sponsorship.
About Global Wealth Management
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CDC adds popular Middle Eastern destination and tiny Dutch island to ‘high’ risk category
By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN
A popular Middle Eastern destination and a tiny Dutch Caribbean island were added to the CDC’s “high” risk category for travel on Monday.
Jordan and Sint Eustatius were the only two additions to the Level 3, “high” risk category.
Jordan is home to relics of many of the world’s great civilizations and a newly recognized UNESCO site. Also called Statia, Sint Eustatius is just 6 miles (10 km) long and up to 3 miles (5 km) wide, and the island is dominated by the Quill, a dormant volcano.
Level 3 locations account for more than half of the roughly 235 places monitored by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Level 3 became the top rung in terms of risk level in April after the CDC overhauled its ratings system for assessing Covid-19 risk for travelers.
The designation applies to places that have had more than 100 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days. Level 2 and Level 1 are considered “moderate” and “low” risk, respectively.
To recap, these two destinations were added to Level 3 on August 8:
• Jordan
• Sint Eustatius
Level 4, previously the highest risk category, is now reserved only for special circumstances, such as extremely high case counts, emergence of a new variant of concern or health care infrastructure collapse. Under the new system, no destinations have been placed at Level 4 so far.
More on Level 3
Much of Europe has been stubbornly lodged at Level 3 for months with the summer travel season now in a traditionally busy August. The following popular European destinations were among those remaining at Level 3 as of August 8:
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Ireland
• Italy
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Portugal
• Spain
• United Kingdom
Those aren’t the only high-profile spots that find themselves at Level 3. Numerous other destinations around the world are among those in the “high” risk category, including the following:
• Brazil
• Canada
• Costa Rica
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• South Korea
• Thailand
• Turkey
The CDC advises that you get up to date with your Covid-19 vaccines before traveling to a Level 3 destination. Being “up to date” means you have had not only the full initial vaccinations but any boosters for which you’re eligible.
Level 2
Destinations carrying the “Level 2: Covid-19 Moderate” designation reported 50 to 100 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days. The CDC designated three new Level 2 places on Monday:
• Azerbaijan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Senegal
The move was bad news for all three locations, which were all previously listed at Level 1. There are 20 places listed at Level 2 this week.
You can view the CDC’s risk levels for any global destination on the agency’s travel recommendations page.
In its broader travel guidance, the CDC recommends being up to date with your vaccines before traveling internationally.
Level 1
To be listed as “Level 1: Covid-19 Low,” a destination must have had 49 or fewer new cases per 100,000 residents over the past 28 days. Two places were added to the category on August 8:
• Suriname
• Zimbabwe
Both destinations moved to a lower risk level. Suriname was previously listed at Level 3, and Zimbabwe was previously listed at Level 2.
There are about 25 places in the “low” risk category this week. A couple of the more popular places in the “low” risk category this week include Egypt and Tanzania.
Unknown
Finally, there are the destinations the CDC has deemed to be of “unknown” risk because of a lack of information. Usually, but not always, these are small, remote places or places with ongoing warfare or unrest.
Just one destination was added this week: Malawi.
The CDC advises against travel to these places precisely because the risks are unknown. Other destinations in this category that typically draw more tourist attention include the Azores, Hungary and the Maldives.
There are about 65 places listed as “unknown” this week, making up more than one-quarter of all the places monitored.
A medical expert weighs in on risk levels
Transmission rates are just “one guidepost” for travelers’ personal risk calculations, according to CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen.
We’ve moved into “a phase in the pandemic where people need to make their own decisions based on their medical circumstances as well as their risk tolerance when it comes to contracting Covid-19,” said Wen, who is an emergency physician and professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.
There are other factors to weigh in addition to transmission rates, according to Wen.
“Another is what precautions are required and followed in the place that you’re going and then the third is what are you planning to do once you’re there,” she said.
“Are you planning to visit a lot of attractions and go to indoor bars? That’s very different from you’re going somewhere where you’re planning to lie on the beach all day and not interact with anyone else. That’s very different. Those are very different levels of risk.”
Vaccination is the most significant safety factor for travel, since unvaccinated travelers are more likely to become ill and transmit Covid-19 to others, Wen said.
And it’s also important to consider what you would do if you end up testing positive away from home.
While US-bound travelers no longer have to present a negative Covid-19 test to get home from international destinations, the CDC still advises testing before boarding flights back to the States and not traveling if you are sick.
“Of course, if people have symptoms or exposure while traveling, they need to get tested, and if they test positive, to follow CDC’s isolation guidelines,” Wen told CNN Travel recently.
If you’re concerned about a travel-specific health situation not related to Covid-19, check here.
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LA Times Today: The making of ‘Wildcat,’ a life-affirming documentary of human and beast
Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.
Amazon Prime’s “Wildcat” documentary follows a British veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.
After returning from Afghanistan, he develops an unlikely relationship in the Peruvian Amazon while working at a wildlife rehabilitation center.
The directors of “Wildcat,” Melissa Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost, brought L.A. Times Today more about this incredible story.
After returning from Afghanistan, he develops an unlikely relationship in the Peruvian Amazon while working at a wildlife rehabilitation center.
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Former President Trump on Tuesday lashed into New York State Attorney General Letitia James (D) over her lawsuit against the former president and his three older children.
Trump, in an appearance on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats at Night Show” with host John Catsimatidis, accused James of targeting him in order to raise her political profile.
“You look at this Letitia James. She’s a disaster,” Trump said. “She spends years going after me … She said I maybe misrepresented to banks, which frankly, I didn’t … She goes after me on … banks that are fully paid. Totally satisfied. Happy. They got their money back … In the meantime, we have murderers walking down the street.”
“She’s a horror show. She doesn’t care about violent crime. She doesn’t care about anything except trying to use Trump’s name to get elected,” he added. “And she’s a disaster and everybody knows it.”
Trump also reiterated his familiar refrain that an uptick in crime has led residents to flee Democratic-run areas in the state.
“[If] this continues, I don’t know what’s going to happen to New York … It’s not just New York City. It’s all over the state. The crime is just incredible in Democrat-run areas. Letitia James has done absolutely nothing on violent crime. She wants nothing to do with it. She’s a disaster,” Trump said.
Trump’s remarks come a week after James announced that her office had filed a lawsuit against him and his three children, Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr., alleging that all four family members committed business fraud.
The lawsuit is a culmination of a three-year investigation by James and her office into whether the former president’s company, the Trump Organization, misled tax investors and tax authorities by inflating property values to get investments, subsequently deflating them to receive tax and loan benefits.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ("Univar Solutions" or "the Company"), a leading global solutions provider to users of specialty ingredients and chemicals, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
First Quarter 2023 Highlights
- Net income of $83.1 million compared to $180.8 million in the prior-year first quarter. Adjusted net income(1) of $100.9 million compared to $183.4 million in the prior-year first quarter.
- Earnings per diluted share of $0.52 compared to $1.06 per diluted share in the prior-year first quarter. Adjusted earnings per diluted share(1) of $0.63 compared to $1.07 in the prior-year first quarter.
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) was $215.4 million compared to $319.3 million in the prior-year first quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin(1) of 8.0 percent compared to 11.1 percent in the prior-year first quarter.
- Net cash used by operating activities decreased to $2.9 million from $134.4 million in the prior-year first quarter.
"Over the past three years, we have successfully executed and delivered on our strategic plan, which has enabled us to successfully navigate the dynamic macroeconomic environment," said David Jukes, president, and chief executive officer. "We have continued to put the customer at the centre of all we do whilst solidifying our market leadership in North America. This gives us confidence in our ability to navigate uncertain market conditions, while fulfilling our purpose and commitments to our people and communities. We remain focused on delivering our business strategy and leveraging our global strengths in Ingredients and Specialties."
Company Performance
Univar Solutions' operating performance results are described below and, unless otherwise indicated, compare first quarter 2023 results with first quarter 2022 results.
Consolidated Results
Univar Solutions reported net sales of $2.7 billion, a decrease of 6.9 percent on a reported basis and 5.5 percent on a constant currency basis(1) compared to the prior-year first quarter. Lower sales were attributable to lower demand, partially offset by pricing discipline.
Gross profit (exclusive of depreciation), which represents net sales less cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation), of $639.3 million decreased 12.4 percent on a reported basis and 11.1 percent on a constant currency basis(1) compared to the prior-year first quarter. Lower gross profit was driven primarily by lower demand and higher input cost inflation, partially offset by pricing discipline. Gross margin decreased 150 basis points to 23.8 percent compared to the prior-year first quarter, primarily due to higher input cost inflation, partially offset by pricing discipline.
Net income was $83.1 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, compared to net income of $180.8 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, in the prior-year first quarter. Lower net income was driven primarily by lower gross profit (exclusive of depreciation) and higher Warehousing, Selling, and Administrative costs (WS&A), operating expenses, and interest expense. The decrease in net income was partially offset by lower income tax expense.
Adjusted earnings per diluted share(1) of $0.63 in the quarter decreased from $1.07 in the prior-year first quarter primarily due to lower net income.
Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $215.4 million decreased $103.9 million, or 32.5 percent, compared to the prior-year first quarter, or a decrease of 31.2 percent on a constant currency basis(1). The decrease was driven primarily by lower gross profit and higher WS&A and operating costs.
Net cash used by operating activities decreased to $2.9 million from $134.4 million in the prior-year first quarter, primarily driven by lower net working capital use and partially offset by lower net income.
Liquidity was $1,147.6 million as of March 31, 2023, inclusive of $377.7 million of cash on hand and availability under committed, asset-based credit facilities.
Our leverage ratio(1) was 2.3x at March 31, 2023, compared to 2.0x at December 31, 2022. We define leverage ratio(1) as net debt(1) divided by last twelve months ("LTM") Adjusted EBITDA(1). Net debt(1) of $2,155 million at March 31, 2023 reflects total short-term and long-term debt of $2,531 million less cash and cash equivalents of $378 million. For the twelve months ended March 31, 2023, LTM net income was $448 million and LTM Adjusted EBITDA(1) was $946 million, as discussed in more detail in the schedules to this press release.
Proposed Acquisition of Univar Solutions
On March 14, 2023, Univar Solutions announced that it entered into a definitive merger agreement with affiliates of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., an alternative asset manager, that provides for the acquisition of Univar Solutions in an all-cash transaction that values Univar Solutions at an enterprise value of approximately $8.1 billion. The transaction includes a minority investment from an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. The merger agreement provides that Univar Solutions shareholders will receive $36.15 in cash for each share of common stock they own. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Univar Solutions shareholders and receipt of regulatory approvals. Due to the pending merger transaction, Univar Solutions will not provide updated guidance or host a conference call or webcast to review the first quarter 2023 financial results.
About Univar Solutions
Univar Solutions (NYSE: UNVR) is a leading global specialty chemical and ingredient distributor representing a premier portfolio from the world's leading producers. With the industry's largest private transportation fleet and technical sales force, unparalleled logistics know-how, deep market and regulatory knowledge, formulation and recipe development, and leading digital tools, the Company is well-positioned to offer tailored solutions and value-added services to a wide range of markets, industries, and applications. While fulfilling its purpose to help keep communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe, Univar Solutions is committed to helping customers and suppliers innovate and focus on Growing Together. Learn more at www.univarsolutions.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
In this press release, the Company's financial results are provided both in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and using certain Non-GAAP financial measures. In particular, the Company presents the Non-GAAP financial measures of gross profit (exclusive of depreciation), gross margin (defined as gross profit (exclusive of depreciation) divided by net sales on a consolidated basis and by external sales on a segment level, as applicable), Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin (defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by net sales on a consolidated basis and by external sales on a segment level, as applicable), Adjusted net income, Adjusted earnings per diluted share, leverage ratio, and results on a constant currency basis. The Non-GAAP financial measures are included as a complement to results provided in accordance with GAAP because management believes these Non-GAAP financial measures help investors' ability to analyze underlying trends in the Company's business, evaluate its performance relative to other companies in its industry, and provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of the Company's core operating results. Additionally, the Company has used, and may continue to use, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted earnings per diluted share in setting performance incentive targets to more closely align management compensation with operational performance.
The Company evaluates its results of operations on both an as reported and a constant currency basis. The constant currency presentation is a Non-GAAP financial measure, which excludes the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company believes providing information on a constant currency basis provides valuable supplemental information regarding its results of operations, consistent with how it evaluates its performance. The Company calculates constant currency percentages and other information by converting its financial results in local currency for a period using the average exchange rate for the prior period to which it is comparing.
The Non-GAAP financial measures noted above are not calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA and other such metrics differently than the Company does, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. For further information related to the Company's use of Non-GAAP financial measures, and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, see the schedules attached hereto.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes certain statements relating to future events and our intentions, beliefs, expectations, and outlook for the future, which are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding, the Company's market opportunities, strategic plan, business objectives, and other initiatives, as well as statements regarding the expected timing of the completion of the proposed acquisition of Univar Solutions referred to in this press release and the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which may be beyond the Company's control. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations and assumptions. Potential factors that could affect such forward-looking statements include, among others: that a condition to the closing of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied; the occurrence of any event that can give rise to termination of the proposed transaction; the failure to obtain approval of the proposed transaction by the Company's shareholders; the failure to obtain certain required regulatory approvals or the failure to satisfy any of the other closing conditions to the completion of the proposed transaction within the expected timeframes or at all; management's time and attention being diverted to issues related to the proposed transaction; the Company's ability to meet expectations regarding the timing and completion of the proposed transaction; disruption from the proposed transaction making it more difficult to maintain business, contractual and operational relationships; the institution of legal proceedings against the Company or the other parties to the proposed transaction and their affiliates related to the proposed transaction; the Company becoming unable to retain or hire key personnel due to the proposed transaction; the announcement of the proposed transaction having a negative effect on the market price of the Company's common stock or operating results; certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction that may impact the Company's ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; the Company's ability to meet expectations regarding the accounting and tax treatments of the proposed transaction; economic conditions, particularly fluctuations in industrial production and consumption and the timing and extent of economic downturns; significant changes in the business strategies of producers or in the operations of our customers; delivery failures or hazards and risks related to our operations and the hazardous materials we handle; potential inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; increased competitive pressures, including as a result of competitor consolidation; potential supply chain disruptions; significant changes in the pricing, demand and availability of chemicals; potential cybersecurity incidents, including security breaches; our indebtedness, the restrictions imposed by, and costs associated with, our debt instruments, and our ability to obtain additional financing; the broad spectrum of laws and regulations that we are subject to, including extensive environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and changes in tax laws; an inability to generate sufficient working capital; transportation related challenges, including increases in transportation and fuel costs, changes in our relationship with third party transportation providers, and ability to attract and retain qualified drivers; accidents, safety failures, environmental damage, and product quality issues; ongoing litigation, potential product liability claims and recalls, and other environmental, legal and regulatory risks; challenges associated with international operations; exposure to interest rate and currency fluctuations; an inability to integrate the business and systems of companies we acquire, including failure to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions; possible impairment of goodwill and intangible assets; our ability to attract or retain a qualified and diverse workforce; negative developments affecting our pension plans and multi-employer pensions; labor disruptions associated with the unionized portion of our workforce; our ability to execute on our initiatives and goals related to environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") matters and the increasing legal and regulatory focus on ESG; the impacts resulting from the conflict in Ukraine or related geopolitical tensions; the ability of the Company to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problem due to a hurricane, flood, earthquake, terrorist attack, war, conflict, pandemic, security breach, cyber-attack, power loss, telecommunications failure, or other natural or man-made event, including the ability to function remotely during long-term disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic; the impact of public health crises, such as pandemics (including the COVID-19 pandemic) and epidemics and any related Company or governmental policies and actions to protect the health and safety of individuals or governmental policies or actions to maintain the functioning of national or global economies and markets, including any quarantine, "shelter in place," "stay at home," workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, or similar actions and policies; actions by third parties, including government agencies; and the other factors described in the Company's filings with the SEC. For additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those projected herein, please refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as other documents filed by the Company with the SEC, including subsequent Current Reports on Form 8-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. In addition, the Company discusses certain of these risks in greater detail, and other risks associated with the proposed transaction, in the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on May 2, 2023. We caution you that the forward-looking information presented in this press release is not a guarantee of future events or results, and that actual events or results may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking information contained in this press release. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "plan," "seek, "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe" or "continue" or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. Any forward-looking information presented herein is made only as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. on Monday criticized new Israeli plans to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, but gave no indication it would take any action against its close Middle Eastern ally.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced the plans late Sunday, saying they were in response to recent deadly Palestinian violence.
It said Israel would legalize nine settlement outposts that were built without authorization and convene a special planning committee in the coming days to approve additional settlement construction.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a hard-line settler whose responsibilities also include authority over settlement construction, said some 10,000 housing units were set to be approved. Netanyahu's new government is dominated by Israeli ultranationalists who support settlement construction and oppose Palestinian independence.
The United States opposes settlement construction on occupied territories claimed by the Palestinians. Over 700,000 Jewish Israelis now live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem — territories captured in the 1967 Mideast war and sought by the Palestinians for their future state.
In Washington, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was "deeply troubled" by the Israeli decision. "We strongly oppose such unilateral measures, which exacerbate tensions and undermind the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution."
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A surveillance video of the fire that killed at least 40 people at an immigration processing center in Ciudad Juárez on Monday night appears to show detainees trapped in a locked cell as uniformed immigration agents are seen walking away.
Over the 32-second clip, officials appear to ignore the men behind bars, as well as the flames that are quickly engulfing them. No agents attempts to free the men, some of whom can be seen kicking and yanking on a cell door before the screen is completely obscured by dense smoke.
Still, the footage is brief, and though it's unclear what happened before or after the clip, it is haunting.
Mexican authorities announced on Wednesday that eight security guards and officials are being investigated for possible misconduct.
In many respects the incident encapsulates what migrant advocates say are the inhumane conditions created in the border city due to decades of failed immigration policies by the U.S. and Mexico. Those conditions have only been exacerbated by Title 42, a Trump-era policy that invokes a public health rule to push asylum seekers out of the U.S. and into Mexico, regardless of whether they might qualify for asylum.
The policy is set to expire on May 11, per a Supreme Court ruling. While the Biden administration has been pushing for an end to it, officials are rolling out plans that would continue to restrict migrants' access to asylum for those who show up at the southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through.
U.S. policies have created a loop for asylum seekers and overwhelmed resources
Tania Guerrero, a lawyer with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network who has worked in Juárez, told NPR that as the United States tightened asylum policies, the safety of migrants was deemphasized.
She added that the deadliness of Monday's fire can be traced back to these policies, which have evolved to allow Mexican officials in Juárez to conduct regular roundups of mostly men and detaining them in makeshift facilities that were never intended to house migrants, including the center where the fire broke out.
"The U.S. and Mexican governments have prioritized the deterrence, the criminalization, the militarization, the discrimination versus the well-being of those seeking protection," Guerrero said.
Since it was first implemented in 2020, the government has used Title 42 to expel migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border nearly 2.7 million times. That has created a loop in which the U.S. government returns thousands of displaced people on a daily basis to some of Mexico's most dangerous border cities, leaving them stranded until they can try to cross again.
The influx has overwhelmed shelters in Juárez and put intense strain on what little infrastructure is in place to deal with the constant deluge of new arrivals. That leaves migrants — mostly from Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti — subject to kidnapping, extortion and violence while they remain in limbo.
"The United States is pushing for other countries, and in this case Mexico, to house and to actually even create obstacles [for asylum seekers] to be able to reach safety," Guerrero said.
Law enforcement is accused of abuse and violence against migrants
The ripple effects of the current policies have transformed nearly every aspect of daily life in the city, particularly the downtown area. Street corners, parks and plazas are teeming with desperate people begging for food and money as they jostle for asylum appointment openings on the government's new smartphone application, which has been rife with bugs since it was rolled out.
"What stands out is the extreme vulnerability of the migrants – not just to coyotes who want to exploit them but from Mexican law enforcement, too," Howard Campbell, a cultural anthropologist from the University of Texas El Paso, told NPR, using the term for human smugglers.
Campbell is the author of Downtown Juárez: Underworlds of Violence and Abuse and has been researching and writing about the city for more than three decades.
In recent months, the Mexican National Guard has sent hundreds of additional troops to Juárez, according to Campbell.
"There are soldiers all over the place and especially close to the immigration area [nearest the border]," he said, adding that they walk around holding automatic weapons, or ride around on trucks mounted with machine guns.
The militarized presence has only intensified tensions on the ground. "And that's what people, mostly the Venezuelans, are pushing up against," Campbell explained.
Earlier this month, dozens of migrant advocacy groups urged the city to investigate what they deem abuses by police and immigration officials in an open letter. It accused authorities of abusing migrants and using excessive force in rounding them up, often to keep them from begging on the streets. It said municipal police stopped people without cause to question them about their immigration status. In some instances, the groups allege, police extorted and stole money from them and destroyed their documents.
According to family members who spoke to NPR, many if not all of the men killed in the fire were detained at the immigration facility in a similar roundup by local police and immigration authorities.
A day before the letter was made public, the National Guard, National Migration Institute immigration police and about 50 local police officers attempted to raid a hotel in Juárez that's home to mostly Venezuelan migrants. Local news outlets reported that "the migrants, mostly young men, threw stones" at officials and a brawl ensued. Campbell said that authorities eventually abandoned their mission.
In another incident described in the letter, and corroborated in interviews by Campbell, authorities raided a church and dragged off a number of Venezuelan migrants who had been given sanctuary there. Some, Campbell said, were beaten "and essentially tortured."
About a week later, hundreds of protesting migrants stormed the Paso del Norte international bridge, leading into El Paso, Texas, shutting down the port of entry for several hours.
In response, Juárez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar pledged to launch a widespread crack down to curb further disruptions and panhandling.
"The truth is that our patience level is running low," he said, noting that the demonstration had impacted the economies of Juárez, El Paso and Las Cruces, N.M.
Anti-immigrant sentiments are spreading
Campbell said the mayor's comments reflect yet another shift in Juárez: local residents' changing, less tolerant attitudes toward immigrants.
Juárez has always served as a final stop along the path for people to the U.S. For much of Mexican history, that has meant mostly Mexicans from further south traveling through as they head for jobs in American factories or farm fields. Central and South Americans have also historically traversed the city on their way to the U.S. but in much smaller numbers until recent decades.
Campbell said that created a culture where the local population has been at best welcoming to those passing through and, at worst, indifferent. That sort of attitude held steadfast even as massive caravans of migrants from Central and South America began appearing about six years ago.
But with the arrival of Cuban immigrants in 2018, things began to shift, according to Campbell.
"They stood out a great deal, because many of them actually established businesses in downtown quarters and had a kind of cultural presence in the city," he said, adding that within their new enterprises many displayed Cuban flags and played Cuban music on the streets. "And that just seemed to rub people the wrong way."
Previously, arriving immigrants stayed on the margins of local life and tried to blend in, he explained.
Then suddenly, the Cubans seemed to vanish. More than 220,000 Cubans migrated to the U.S. in the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Not long afterward, Title 42 was expanded to apply to Cuban migrants.
By then they were replaced by masses of much poorer asylum seekers, including Haitians. "They stood out dramatically because almost all of them are very dark skinned people with few resources and they speak Creole or French so they don't blend into the population much," Campbell said.
Most recently, the city population has swelled with extremely poor Venezuelans. Campbell said local residents complain that they feel outnumbered by the South Americans, who they believe also look different and speak Spanish with very different accents.
"It's a dramatic migrant situation that is probably analogous to what happened in Europe a few years ago with people coming from Syria and other countries in the Middle East," Campbell said. "They are desperate people with no resources at all, mostly young women and men with children."
The deluge has been so overwhelming that people who were once sympathetic are now saying that they are a drain on the local government, resources and the economy.
Campbell noted that anti-immigrant rhetoric is also spilling over into the local media. He said he has observed a rise in stories about foreign men allegedly harassing women.
Following the demonstration on the bridge a couple weeks ago, the mayor urged residents not to give money to migrants who are on the city's streets, saying many don't want to work because they get more money from panhandling.
The municipal Secretary of Public Security César Omar Muñoz Morales said that women have complained about feeling "intimidated by migrants" when they're traveling along. He said the government will launch a campaign focused on migrants and sexual harassment.
The end of Title 42
With the end of the national COVID-19 emergency declarations in the U.S. about six weeks away, it is still unclear how things will change on the ground in Juárez, or if it will improve conditions for asylum seekers who have been trapped across the border.
The Biden administration, which expanded Title 42 to expel Venezuelans and deport thousands of Haitian refugees, has said it will deny entry to any asylum seekers that have not previously applied for asylum in another country they might have passed through.
And as NPR reported, the administration is considering whether to revive the practice of detaining migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, at least for short periods of time.
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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 the 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.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/ohio-teachers-retirement-fund-takes-massive-hit-in-silicon-valley-bank-collapse/ | 2023-03-16 21:01:10 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/ohio-teachers-retirement-fund-takes-massive-hit-in-silicon-valley-bank-collapse/ |
Consumers can enter for a chance to win a VIP immersive music festival experience
NEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ketel One Botanical is celebrating warmer days ahead and springtime's most sought after occasion, festival season. Starting today, cocktail and music fans 25 and over can enter a nationwide sweepstakes for the ultimate Palm Springs festival experience, the grand prize of which includes an immersive homestay at a private Palm Springs residence for a winner and three friends (who also must be 25 or over), round trip air travel, VIP festival tickets, and plenty of purely delightful surprises along the way.
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Storm Prediction Ctr, Norman, OK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 28, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 156
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
823 PM CDT WED APR 27 2022
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 156 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
DALLAM HANSFORD HARTLEY
HUTCHINSON LIPSCOMB MOORE
OCHILTREE OLDHAM ROBERTS
SHERMAN
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARTLEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES...
At 822 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest of
Sunray, or 15 miles northeast of Dumas, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Cactus and Sunray.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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MIAMI (AP) — Derek Jeter's first significant hire when he was leading the Miami Marlins is no longer with the club.
The Marlins said they parted ways with Gary Denbo, who had been the team's vice president of player development and scouting. The move happened earlier this week.
Jeter left the Marlins in February after 4 1/2 years as CEO and one of the shareholders in the ownership group. When he came on board in Miami, one of his very first moves was to hire Denbo — one of the Hall of Fame player's mentors when he was a shortstop for the New York Yankees.
Jeter was a minor leaguer in the early 1990s when he first met Denbo, who was a coach in the Yankees’ minor league system at that time and one of Jeter's first managers at the minor league level.
Jeter brought Denbo to Miami to oversee player development and amateur scouting.
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Global IoT services provider Trackunit has started 2023 with a bang after it closed a deal in early January for Berlin-based ConTech startup Flexcavo.
AALBORG, Denmark, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global IoT services provider Trackunit has this month closed a deal for Germany's Flexcavo enabling the telematics specialist to extend its reach in the contractor market.
The agreement, which closed on January 1, will see Flexcavo continue to build its software solution to contractors and rental clients across Europe. Berlin-based Flexcavo specializes in data-enabled workflow and process management through the construction sector enabling contractors and rental companies to increase their efficiency, lower costs and improve the team's collaboration across construction sites, yards, and headquarters.
"We're delighted to welcome Flexcavo into the Trackunit group and this significantly strengthens our offering to contractors and those with mixed fleets," said Soeren Brogaard, CEO of Trackunit. "We're looking forward to leveraging Flexcavo's expertise and make sure we're serving our customers in the best way possible moving forward.
"Our team has doubled in the last 18 months and with the acquisition of Flexcavo, we're on track to continue growing," said Brogaard. "We're ambitious and this move fits perfectly with our overall strategy."
Trackunit currently has just under 400 employees.
"We are excited and proud to join forces with Trackunit," said Flexcavo Co-Founder Benedict Aicher. "This enables us to double down on our ambition to be the leading partner for every contractor who strives for excellence and wants to make the most of every single job.
"Being part of the Trackunit ecosystem allows for a deeper integration into the contractor value chain and beyond," he said. "I know the Trackunit team shares our commitment to build the most useful industry for the world, and I can't wait to get started."
Fellow Co-Founder Leonhard Fricke additionally highlights the potential for Flexcavo, which employs approximately 30 staff, to make their solutions for customers even better.
"It will boost our developing capabilities significantly so that contractors and rental companies can benefit from even faster feature releases, real-time data across all machinery, and even more automation of processes between site, yard, and headquarters," he said. "Making our offering available in other key markets and supporting customers in their digitization efforts will be our key mission going forward."
Brogaard added that the acquisition should also enable Trackunit to manage the rental/contractor relationship even better in the future.
"It's adding new capabilities and will allow rentals and contractors to smooth out any hiccups relating to machine usage, efficiencies and productivity," he said. "It fits with the industry-wide purpose to eliminate downtime and any move that brings us closer to that goal can only make construction better."
Trackunit is the leading SaaS-based IoT solution and machine insights provider to the global construction equipment industry. Trackunit collects and analyzes machine data in real-time to deliver actionable, proactive, and predictive information, empowering customers with data-driven foresight.
Trackunit promises to lead the technology engagement to help eliminate downtime. The ambition of this mission is not only to recover from budget and schedule overruns, but also to re-establish the reputation of the industry for innovation and leadership.
From operator safety and machine health to business optimization, Trackunit's industry-leading telematics software, hardware and fleet management services benefit the everyday operations of the customers worldwide. Trackunit services its customers worldwide from its offices in Denmark, Canada, United States, and Singapore, Sweden, Norway, France, Holland, Germany, UK, Australia, and Japan.
Visit Trackunit.com to learn more.
Flexcavo was founded in July 2020 by Benedict Aicher and Leonhard Fricke with the goal of accelerating the digitalization of the construction industry. The company's platform helps to streamline construction projects by providing data-driven resource scheduling and telematics enabled workflow automation.
As a pioneer in the digitalization of the construction industry, Flexcavo enables the exchange of machine and logistics data between new and existing IT systems through API interfaces. This creates an orchestrated ecosystem across construction-sites with automated workflows for construction machines, equipment, and material, making the construction process more efficient and effective. With its innovative approach and cutting-edge technology, Flexcavo is revolutionizing the way the construction industry operates.
Visit www.flexcavo.com to learn more.
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(CNN) — US students give their schools an overall B- grade on average, according to a new report released Wednesday that asked fifth through twelfth graders to assess their school’s quality in multiple categories, including teaching, effectiveness in preparing them for the future and mental health support.
Two-thirds of students graded their school overall an A or a B, according to the report released by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation. Nearly a quarter, 24%, gave their school a C and one-tenth gave either a D or F.
The average grades for each individual metric ranged from C+ to B.
“Whether because of the challenges schools faced during three years of dire disruption to learning during the pandemic or longer-term issues, there is clearly room for improvement,” the researchers wrote in the report.
The report is based on 2,062 responses from adolescents in fifth through twelfth grade at public, charter and private schools in the US. The students were surveyed between late April and early May.
Schools received the worst grades on metrics about student engagement and preparedness, according to the report. Students gave an average grade of a C+ for how well their schools teach about potential careers, foster excitement about learning, and teach in ways that adapt to unique learning needs. Students gave a B- for the quality of teaching, with only 23% giving an A.
Schools also earned an average grade of C+ for how well they support mental health, with less than a quarter, 22%, of students giving an A for the metric.
Schools received the best grades for safety and respect, receiving an average grade of a B for each category. According to the report, 48% of students gave their school an A for respecting who they are and 43% gave an A for keeping them physically safe.
However, the responses for these two metrics varied based on race, the report said. Only one-third of Black students gave their school an A for making them feel respected. That’s compared to half of White students and 53% of Hispanic students.
Meanwhile, 37% of Black students gave their school an A for safety, while 41% of Hispanic and 46% of White students did.
“These are the largest negative disparities observed among Black students across all metrics assessed,” the researchers wrote.
Student responses vary based on academic performance, grade level
Students’ ratings of their schools “closely align” with their academic performance, as higher-performing students are “much more likely” to give their schools higher grades than lower-performing students, the report said.
Six in 10 students who earned excellent or good grades gave their school an A or B for teaching them based on their unique learning needs, compared to only three in 10 of those who received fair or poor grades.
Among students at public schools, middle schoolers gave more positive grades across all metrics than high schoolers, according to the report. Nearly a quarter, 23%, of public middle school students gave their school an overall A grade, while only 17% of public high school students did.
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Franco’s 2-run homer carries Nationals past Pirates 3-2
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maikel Franco hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the eighth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 in the opener of a three-game series. Luis García had three hits for Washington, which has won five of its last seven games. Top prospect Oneil Cruz hit his first homer of the season for Pittsburgh, which has lost the first four games of its road trip by a combined five runs. Pirates reliever Chris Stratton was an out away from working around García’s leadoff double in the eighth when Franco launched a first-pitch slider to left-center, giving the Nationals their first lead of the night. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/06/27/francos-2-run-homer-carries-nationals-past-pirates-3-2/ | 2022-06-28 03:58:28 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/06/27/francos-2-run-homer-carries-nationals-past-pirates-3-2/ |
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local):
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4:54 p.m.
Rafael Nadal is one set away from a 14th French Open championship and 22nd Grand Slam title in all.
Nadal has grabbed the first two sets of Sunday’s final against Casper Ruud and leads 6-3, 6-3.
Ruud led 3-1 in the second set after Nadal double-faulted to get broken at love. But Nadal righted himself to claim the next five games.
The match is 1 hour, 42 minutes old and the clouds overhead at Court Philippe Chatrier have given way to a blue sky.
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4:01 p.m.
Rafael Nadal has taken the opening set of the French Open men’s final against Casper Ruud by a 6-3 score.
The match began with three consecutive breaks of serve. That put Nadal ahead 2-1. He would break again to lead 4-1.
It is cloudy and breezy but there has been none of the rain predicted in the forecast.
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3:12 p.m.
The French Open men’s singles final between Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud has started under a cloudy sky and with the temperature at about 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 Celsius).
There is rain in the forecast for Sunday. Court Philippe Chatrier has a retractable roof that is open to begin the match.
Nadal is seeking a 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd major trophy overall.
Ruud is playing in his first Grand Slam final.
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2:30 p.m.
French Tennis Federation president Gilles Moretton says this year’s French Open topped 300 million euros — about $320 million — in revenue, a record for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament.
Moretton said the last pre-pandemic Roland Garros with full attendance, in 2019, had 262 million euros in revenue, which is about $280 million.
The 2022 attendance was 613,500 spectators at the refurbished site, a jump from 519,000 three years ago. Crowds were limited by restrictions imposed in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Both Moretton and first-year tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said at Sunday’s news conference before the men’s singles final between Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud that a full review of the 2022 event would be held soon.
Moretton praised Mauresmo’s work as head of the tournament.
Mauresmo said she was surprised by the “harsh comments” directed her way after she told reporters at a news conference Wednesday that only one of 10 night sessions during the French Open showcased women’s matches because she thinks men’s tennis currently has more “appeal.”
Mauresmo, who later apologized in a TV interview, referred Sunday to what she said about women’s tennis as “this clumsiness of mine.”
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1:30 p.m.
France’s Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic have earned their second women’s doubles championship at Roland Garros as a team with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over the American pairing of singles runner-up Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
Sunday’s final came a day after the 18-year-old Gauff lost to Iga Swiatek in the singles title match.
Garcia and Mladenovic also won the French Open together in 2016. Mladenovic now owns six Grand Slam women’s doubles trophies in all, including four that she won with Timea Babos as her partner.
Gauff, who is from Florida, and Pegula, a 28-year-old from New York, were appearing in a major doubles event together for the first time.
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12:25 p.m.
Alexander Zverev says “it looks like” he tore “several lateral ligaments” in his right foot during his French Open semifinal against Rafael Nadal.
Zverev posted on Instagram a photo of himself standing in front of an airplane with a pair of crutches and with a walking boot on his lower right leg.
“Based on the first medical checks, it looks like I have torn several lateral ligaments in my right foot,” Zverev wrote. “I will be flying to Germany on Monday to make further examinations and to determine the best and quickest way for me to recover.”
The 25-year-old German hurt himself while chasing after a shot late in the second set against Nadal on Friday. Zverev crumpled to the ground, grabbed his right ankle and wailed in agony.
He was taken off the court in a wheelchair, then returned on crutches to say he was retiring from the match.
The third-seeded Zverev was appearing in the semifinals at Roland Garros for the second year in a row. He was the runner-up at the 2020 U.S. Open and won a gold medal in singles at the Tokyo Olympics last year.
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12 p.m.
Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud will meet in the men’s singles final at Roland Garros on a cool, cloudy and breezy afternoon.
The temperature is around 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 Celsius) and there is rain in the forecast. Court Philippe Chatrier has a retractable roof, which was closed for Nadal’s semifinal.
Also on Sunday’s schedule is the women’s doubles final, with singles runner-up Coco Gauff and her American partner, Jessica Pegula, facing France’s pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia. That match has started.
Nadal is seeking his 14th championship at the French Open and 22nd Grand Slam title overall. Both of those totals would extend records he already owns.
Ruud is playing in a major final for the first time.
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Amber Heard to take stand in Johnny Depp’s libel suit
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Actor Amber Heard is expected to take the stand in her own defense Wednesday in a civil suit filed by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
Heard’s anticipated testimony comes after a psychologist hired by her lawyers testified that Heard suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from multiple acts of abuse, including sexual violence, inflicted on her by Depp.
Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote a December 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article never mentions Depp by name, but Depp’s lawyers say he was defamed nevertheless because it clearly referred to accusations she made in 2016 during their divorce proceedings.
Depp spent four days on the stand earlier in the trial, testifying he never struck Heard and that he was the abuse victim. He said he was punched and struck by her on many occasions, and that she threw things at him. He described Heard as having a “need for conflict.”
Psychologist Dawn Hughes, in her testimony Tuesday, acknowledged that Heard at times perpetrated physical violence against Depp, but said it paled in comparison to violence she suffered, which left her intimidated and fearful for her safety.
The trial, now in its fourth week, continues to capture public attention. More than 100 people were lined up Wednesday before 7 a.m. — the proceedings don’t begin until 10 a.m. — outside the courthouse for the 100 seats made available in the courtroom. Most are Depp supporters and fans.
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OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – Entering the theater, an usher shows arriving patrons a cover of a printed program and says, “First act.” The usher then flips the program, bottom to top, and says, “Second act.”
First act cover: “Oshkosh Community Players… Drop Dead! A Farce.” In small type are the playwrights’ names – Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore.
Second act cover: “Weisenheimer Theatre Presents: Drop Dead.” At the bottom: “Directed by Victor Le Pewe, Produced by P.G. Banks, Written by Alabama Miller.”
Inside the stunt program are two sets of biographies. One set is the truth. The other is comical – phony bios of the characters in the goofy “Weisenheimer Theatre” production that a sillily slipshod theater company is preparing.
The audience at The Grand Oshkosh sees, first, the dress rehearsal for a theatrical concoction about a British murder mystery. The director is a martinet just out of therapy, and his cast members display a wide assortment of personality disorders. This is all for the sake of haywire comedy. The playwright also is on hand – teed off that her precious 500-something page script is clipped down to 18 pages.
Act II is opening night of the play, very much changed and with the playwright infusing herself into the action with lofty monologues that had been cut. Psychosis erupts in the company, and characters end up getting shot and killed as if for real (an iffy bit of humor for this comedic play).
The audience knows both stories are shoddy. This is on-purpose, wobbly-wheel stuff for laughs. For-real director Ambre Neuser-Gajewski has her players throwing themselves into their over-the-top characters with full over-the-topness. Overacting to the level of OVERACTING is achieved.
Here are a few bits that happen:
+ The role of an aged mother is played by a stone-deaf actress (portrayed by Anne Caylor), who provides triple trouble by not knowing her lines or where to be. The rehearsal is total turmoil, including some earthy moments with sight gags as the character is plopped on a sofa with her legs askew. In the second act, the character is outfitted with a hearing device for line cues, but the channel is set so the audience hears what she is told. And then she speaks action cues and confuses everyone. And then the director (Dalton Zanin), dressed and bewigged as the character, forces his way into the action to replace her.
+ The role of the British butler (Adam Baurain) in the rehearsal flips to being French in the second, and each time there is much wild physical kind-of gymnastics flopping about.
+ One running joke is the character of an “elite” actor (Justin Drabek) can never correctly say the name of his stage wife (Madysen Schmidt), and “Penelope” comes out as “Pen a lope” and dozens of other variations along the way.
+ Another running joke is the stage manager (Nate Scheuers) does everything at the drop of the hat – build the set for $35, cue lines, fix broken set parts, handle an actor’s chewing gum, search out errant actors – all for love… that goes off the rails.
Tons of jokes and goofball situations load this show. It’s a formula thing – behind-the-scenes shabby play group puts on a perfectly messed-up performance – that’s been done in a bunch of variations. The Oshkosh Community Players ensemble cranks up the energy level all around.
***
Running time: One hour, 56 minutes
Remaining performances: 7:30 p.m. May 27; 2 and 7:30 p.m. May 28
Info: thegrandoshkosh.org
Creative: Playwrights – Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore; director – Ambre Neuser-Gajewski; stage manager – Austin Borgardt; set designers – Ambre Neuser-Gajewski, Cameron Fails; prop master – Kylie Montee; sound designers – Andy Birchfield, Aubrey Parrish; lighting designers – Tom Hanson, Nate Scheuers; fight choreographer – Abbi Dusing; lightboard operator – Josiah Dempsey; soundboard operator – Quinton Kingswan; photographer – Abbi Dusing
Cast (in no particular order)
Dick Scorsese – Brian Zimmerman
Chaz Looney – Adam Baurain
Constance Crawford – Anne Caylor
Candy Apples – Madysen Schmidt
Brent Reynolds – Justin Drabek
Alabama Miller – Debbie Ransbottom
Phillip – Nate Scheuers
Victor LePewe – Dalton Zanin
P.G. Banks – Booras
Mona Monet – Aubrey Parrish
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THE VENUE: Located at 100 High Ave. in Oshkosh, the 550-seat Grand Opera House is one of Wisconsin’s showcase surviving theaters. Built for live performance well before the arrival of movies, the theater opened Aug. 9, 1883. Designed by architect William Waters, the building reflects the opulence of the era and the strength of Oshkosh at the time. Roman influences abound in columns and support elements. Ceiling and wall artistry is elaborately detailed. A portrait of William Shakespeare above the stage gives the impression he is overseeing everything. See thegrandoshkosh.org/history for details on the theater’s rich history and ongoing challenges. When you are there, wander around the building – up and down stairways and in and around nooks and crannies – and savor the details along with vintage photos and displays. For instance, in the balcony are elaborate sections everywhere. In the rear ceiling are rectangles fringed by flowers and vines. The largest rectangle includes a crossing pattern with a square at the center that’s angled like a diamond. In the front ceiling, a crossing pattern in the central square leads to a circle which depicts cherubs at play, one riding a fly. The top edge on side walls is curved, with images being a series of potted trumpet vines interspersed with maize. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The building is owned by and receives financial support from the City of Oshkosh. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/critic-at-large/warren-gerds-review-drop-dead-a-farce-doubly-wild/ | 2022-05-27 18:01:20 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/critic-at-large/warren-gerds-review-drop-dead-a-farce-doubly-wild/ |
TO THE EDITOR:
Deputy United States Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi’s commentary reveals that not only does the Office of the USTR continue to support the current tariff levels, but it’s weighing imposing further tariffs as part of its mandatory review of Section 301.
Bianchi has said, that the Biden administration may increase tariffs on Chinese imports in a rebuke of Beijing’s failure to uphold its commitment in the Phase One agreement of Section 301. The Trump administration first-imposed Section 301 tariffs in 2018 in the aftermath of its Phase One trade agreement with China. The deal itself largely amounted to a nothing, expanding China’s purchase of U.S. goods and services (it failed to meet even this simple commitment by billions of dollars, you may recall), while neglecting to address some of China’s most egregious trade practices such as industrial overcapacity.
President Trump promised a Phase Two agreement to tackle these issues, but none ever materialized. However, Section 301 tariffs on more than $300 billion worth of Chinese goods came into play following a USTR study that concluded that China utilized unfair trade practices relating to U.S. technology and intellectual property, and the Biden administration chose to sustain the tariffs.
The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S., a key part of his climate agenda.
The House vote would overturn Biden’s action last year pausing threatened tariffs that had led to delays or cancellations of hundreds of solar projects across the United States. Trump’s administration set Section 301 tariffs into law. It accomplished next to nothing as stated above. Biden wants to expand on Section 301.
As stated above, Biden put a pause on solar panel imports tariffs so the solar projects already in the works will not be delayed or cancelled, causing the lost of thousands of jobs here in the United States.
This is the real reason Congressman John Moolenaar voted to overturn Biden’s actions last year to pause solar tariffs and stop Biden’s climate agenda.
CHARLES RUSSIAN
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More than 20 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President Biden has shifted the way America fights the war on terror by launching fewer drone strikes, embracing an over-the-horizon approach to killing terrorists in Afghanistan and leveraging alliances.
Following last year’s pullout of U.S. forces from Afghanistan — ending a war that the 9/11 attacks tipped off — Biden has placed more emphasis on working with and through allies to target both new and long-standing foreign terrorist groups.
Meanwhile, Biden is also prioritizing keeping a light footprint abroad, including by using drones and special forces. This marks a major shift from the large numbers of American service members sent overseas to fight the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as to far-flung locations including Syria and Somalia.
But as the Biden administration pushes forward with its counterterrorism strategy, it will have to balance its efforts to combat foreign terrorists with addressing the threat of domestic extremism, experts say.
“I think this is the challenge that the Biden administration is juggling — I’d say generally [it] is doing well,” said Bruce Hoffman, a senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations.
“Certainly, I think [he’s] taking this range of threats quite seriously. But part of it I think is not being lulled into a sense of complacency that very resilient and determined long-standing adversaries like al Qaeda have disappeared, even ISIS have disappeared and no longer pose a threat,” he continued.
In keeping its footprint small in the Middle East, the U.S. maintains about 900 troops in Syria to counter ISIS in the country and has re-deployed troops to Somalia to counter al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab — a reversal of former President Trump’s decision to withdraw the 700 troops that were there.
The administration sought to prove that it could still fight terrorists from afar while maintaining that small footprint in early August, when it conducted an over-the-horizon drone strike — which didn’t involve troops directly on the ground — that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. But whether the over-the-horizon approach works is still up for debate.
“Al-Zawahiri was tracked to Kabul, but he was hiding in plain sight. I’m not sure that it’s proof of the over-the-horizon strategy working. That’s disrupting major terrorist plots and taking out the mid-level commanders, and the operations personnel,” Hoffman said.
Some terrorism experts see Biden shifting toward a broader, longer-term strategy to approaching counterterrorism that isn’t very reliant on boots on the ground, but rather one that focuses on zeroing in on how terrorist groups grow.
Audrey Kurth Cronin, a professor in the School of International Service at American University, said a big part of this is the Department of Defense’s recent efforts to mitigate civilian harm resulting from U.S. military activities. The Pentagon unveiled the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan on Aug. 25, which directs sweeping changes in military planning, training, doctrine and policy for future conflicts.
Not only would a plan like this protect local civilians — who are always impacted by terrorism — but it helps when dealing with terrorist groups that rely on mobilizing grassroots support.
“The only way that you can end groups that rely on mobilization — groups like al Qaeda and also ISIS — is to reduce the number of people that are likely to either actively or passively support them,” she said. “One way to do that … is to absolutely minimize the impact on civilians and to be very transparent with how you do that.”
Others see the move as a direct reaction to the political fallout of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, which included surging troops to the countries by the thousands with no clear ending in sight.
“My strong sense is that the lesson in every subsequent administration has been to try and keep military action off the front pages as absolutely as much as possible,” said Ret. Army Col. Gregory Daddis, a professor of U.S. military history at the San Diego State University who served in Iraq.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., the administration has looked to combat domestic terrorism, which the FBI defines as violent, criminal acts committed by people or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences.
The White House released a strategy in June 2021 to combat domestic terrorism, centered around federal agencies enhancing and improving how they share domestic terrorism-related information, preventing domestic terrorists from mobilizing Americans, disrupting their activities before they yield violence and addressing the long-term issues that contribute to domestic terrorism.
Cronin warned that domestic terrorism is difficult to address because efforts to do so can easily bleed into current domestic polarization by giving the appearance of making largely political choices.
“It’s a situation in the United States where our domestic laws are much more difficult to align with, compared to the laws that we use in order to fight international terrorism,” she said. “That’s for a good reason — we’re protecting domestic rights, we have a Constitution, [it’s] very tricky to define exactly what terrorism means domestically without becoming very political.”
Moving forward, experts say that Biden will have to be able to allocate resources wisely as he deals with multiple counterterrorism challenges — particularly as acute threats caused by Russia, China and the pandemic emerge.
“I think the American public and republics of many countries throughout the world, not just in the West, are tired of the War on Terror the same way they’re tired of the global pandemic, and they want to put both of them in the rearview mirror. I think the main challenge for the Biden administration is to be able to develop a flexible and adaptive security strategy that enables us to focus on the array of really unprecedented threats that a presidential administration faces now,” Hoffman said. | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/heres-how-biden-has-shifted-the-war-on-terror/ | 2022-09-13 01:07:32 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/heres-how-biden-has-shifted-the-war-on-terror/ |
What are the best gifts for mothers who love crossword puzzles?
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- “The Million Word Crossword Dictionary”
- The Unemployed Philosophers Guild Crossword Puzzle Coffee Mug
- Glocusent LED Neck Reading Light
Are you trying to think of a gift that shows your mother how much you care? While that’s a frightening task, moms will love anything that comes from the heart. That doesn’t mean you should wait until the last minute and grab a card from your local grocery store.
If your mother loves crossword puzzles, getting a related gift shows you know her well. Whether she’s a crossword enthusiast or enjoys relaxing with a daily puzzle, here are the best gifts for mothers who love crossword puzzles.
Tips for choosing a Mother’s Day gift
Choose your budget
While you can’t put a price on the love you have for your mother, she wouldn’t want you spending all your money on her gift. So even though you think she deserves an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii, it’s the thought that counts.
Setting a budget helps you narrow down potential gift ideas and ensure you’re being financially responsible. Also, remember not to stress about what you can or cannot afford. After all, Mother’s Day isn’t about fancy things — it’s about being together.
Personal touch
Is your mom sentimental? Does she still have the handprint ornament you made for Mother’s Day in kindergarten? If so, you might consider a homemade gift, such as creating your own crossword puzzle. If you’re not crafty, a gift with a personal note is also a great touch. But don’t be afraid of practical gifts. Many moms appreciate a useful gift.
Combine her interests
The best Mother’s Day gift is something that shows you’re thinking about her, whether it’s homemade or store-bought. For example, if your mom likes crossword puzzles and reading, get her a Kindle with a pre-downloaded book of crosswords. It’s a great way show that you pay attention to her interests. If she is competitive when it comes to her crossword puzzle, she might like a puzzle game that will give her a challenge.
Best gifts for mothers who love crossword puzzles
“The Million Word Crossword Dictionary”
With over one million words, this crossword dictionary will help her become a crossword puzzle pro. It includes slang terms, literary works, films, automobile models and famous people from all fields.
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Make sure your mom is comfortable while doing her daily crossword puzzle. This reading pillow measures 18 inches high by 15 inches wide. It features two side pockets to keep a phone, a pen, glasses or a remote control at your fingertips.
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“Curious History of the Crossword: 100 Puzzles from Then and Now”
Those who appreciate history will fall in love with this book that explores the past 100 years of the crossword puzzle (starting in 1913). Every chapter compares crossword puzzles from then to now and includes challenging puzzles.
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The Unemployed Philosophers Guild Crossword Puzzle Coffee Mug
Mothers who enjoy completing their crossword puzzle while drinking a steaming cup of coffee need this coffee mug and pencil. Plus, new puzzles are being added all the time, so you can wash off the old answers and begin a new puzzle.
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Glocusent LED Neck Reading Light
If she’s too busy during the day to do her crossword puzzle, this neck reading light helps her finish it at night without disturbing anyone. It has three color temperatures and three brightness levels.
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This heated blanket will ensure she stays warm whether she’s doing the crossword puzzle or snuggling up to watch a movie. It features 10 heat settings and a 12-hour automatic shut-off to avoid overheating.
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Royal Craft Wood Luxury Bathtub Caddy Tray
Whether she likes to do her crossword puzzle in the bathtub or simply enjoys a nice soak, this bathtub tray ensures she has everything she needs. It’s adjustable to fit your bathtub and made from sustainable premium bamboo.
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PITTSBURGH..., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I got tired of playing at pool halls where the tables are used all the time and the balls wouldn't roll straight. I've seen how they cleaned the felt and thought there got to be a better way." said inventor from California "so I invented the POOL SHARK VACUUM. My idea is unique because it is hands free! Set it and walk away. People will like it because it saves time and saves the felt from chalk build up."
The patent pending invention would enhance performance among billiard players. It would also eliminate the need to remove chalk dust from a pool table's surface manually, which would save time and effort! This innovative invention would ensure the surface of the table is clean and uniform so that billiard balls rolled straight along their intended trajectories. Invention comes in different sizes.
The original design was submitted to the California sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-LAX-1422, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Mother charged with 12-year-old son’s death, tried to kill 4-year-old son, police in Tennessee say
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A Shelbyville mother is charged with killing her 12-year-old son and attempting to kill her 4-year-old son before disappearing on Monday night.
According to Shelbyville Police, the 12-year-old, named Esteban, was found unresponsive by his father at their residence on Barksdale Lane around 10 p.m. on Monday. Neighbors assisted the father and called 911.
The investigation then centered around the boy’s mother, 32-year-old Patricia Sylvester, and the 4-year-old son, Rafael Sylvester. An Endangered Child Alert was issued for the boy, who was believed to be with his mother and traveling in a Dodge Caravan.
Sylvester and her son Rafael were found alive shortly after the alert was issued on Tuesday morning and were quickly questioned by Shelbyville Police. Sylvester admitted to strangling her son, Esteban, to death, and attempting to kill Rafael, the 4-year-old.
Patricia Sylvester is charged with one count of criminal homicide and one count of attempted criminal homicide. She remains in custody.
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Arkansas has more churches, per capita, than any other state in the union, according to the newly released 2020 U.S. Religion Census.
The Natural State has 7,428 houses of worship -- a rate of 246.7 for every 100,000 people.
The national average is 107.6.
A lot of the churches are Baptist, particularly in Arkansas.
Roughly one in five, or 1,551, of the state's congregations are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The nation's largest Protestant denomination has 607,751 adherents -- roughly one out of every five Arkansans.
Three other Baptist bodies made the state's top 10 list.
When grouped together, independent or nondenominational churches were second, with 248,994 adherents spread across 861 congregations.
The Catholic Church, which had 129 congregations listed, was third. Over the past four decades, the number of Catholics in Arkansas has nearly tripled, growing from 56,911 in 1980 to 153,358.
The United Methodist Church, the state's second-largest religious group for more than a century, is now fourth, with 134,454 adherents.
The Assemblies of God, which was founded in Hot Springs in 1914, was seventh, with 69,916 adherents.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than quadrupled in Arkansas since 1980, rising from 7,480 adherents to 32,307 adherents. It is now ninth.
During that same period, Presbyterian Church (USA) adherents have fallen from 30,654 to 12,805 and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) have dropped from 13,309 to 3,309.
Nationwide, Presbyterians, Disciples and other mainline Protestant groups have been struggling for generations.
Many evangelical denominations, which grew in the second half of the 20th century, are now struggling in the 21st.
The Catholic Church remains the country's largest religious group, with 61.9 million adherents, up from 58.9 million in 2010. The Southern Baptist Convention dropped from 19.9 million to 17.6 million.
The number of Arkansas Southern Baptists declined by 53,631 over the previous decade, when it was 661,382. That's a drop of roughly 8%.
The number of nondenominational congregations rose from 35,496 to 44,319 and their number of adherents climbed from 12.2 million to 21.1 million.
Nationwide, the census identified 161,371,931 adherents in 356,723 congregations. The number of adherents was equal to 48.7% of the overall population.
An estimated 4.5 million Muslims now live in the U.S. Orthodox Judaism, with 941,480 adherents, is now larger than Reform Judaism, with 662,104 adherents and Conservative Judaism, with 417,316 adherents.
Hindu temples reported 831,229 adherents.
Arkansas had an estimated 6,765 Muslims, 2,778 Theravada Buddhists, 1,321 Baha'is and just under 1,100 Jewish adherents included in the census.
NONDENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES
A team of roughly seven researchers worked for a year and a half to find as many nondenominational congregations as possible, using lists of old churches and scouring the internet and mailing lists for new ones, according to Scott Thumma, director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford International University and the person who oversaw the nondenominational count.
Even so, it's possible that a few were overlooked or miscategorized, researchers said.
"I would never bet my house on it being 100% perfect, but I think it is a fairly accurate representation, even if we've missed some," Thumma said.
Their sizes range immensely, but some are massive.
A majority of the 100-largest Protestant megachurches in the U.S. are nondenominational, he said.
And they're growing, researchers said.
Nationally, "the big gainers are the nondenominational churches," said Rich Houseal, Research Director at the Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center.
"My guess is that a lot of them are new, that the entrepreneurs are starting their own new churches, not affiliating with a denomination, and they seem to have ... picked up [adherents] from the losses in both mainline and evangelical churches."
Because there's no single list of nondenominational churches, it's particularly hard to quantify them.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
While the Catholic Church has a sizeable presence in almost every state, Southern Baptists are abundant, not only in the South, but also in border states and across much of the Southwest.
There are 1 million or more Southern Baptists in each of six states (Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida) but also nearly 636,327 in Missouri and 497,030 in California.
Church adherence varies widely by state. It is highest, at 76.1% in Utah, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is predominant. Arkansas, at 57.8%, is sixth. New Hampshire, at 27.2%, is lowest, followed by Maine (30.8%) and Oregon (33.2%).
Prior to World War II, the federal government collected and published data about religious affiliation. Since then, the task has been tackled by the private sector, initially by the National Council of Churches, more recently by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.
"The committee that they appoint to do this study are all volunteers, so we all have other jobs," noted Houseal, the Nazarene statistician and the association's secretary-treasurer.
"It's about a four-year process, from start to finish," he said.
The 2020 census includes statistics for more than 370 religious groups and was sponsored by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, the Association of Religion Data Archives and the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
EXTENSIVE DATA
The amount of work is staggering, according to Ryan Burge, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill., who uses the data extensively.
"It's an impossible task," he said.
The census results are a godsend for academics who study religion, he noted.
"If you didn't have this, what would you have? The answer is 'Not much,'" he said. "I'm happy this exists because it keeps me in business. Hundreds of papers are written every year using this data as well, so it's a totally valuable tool," he said.
Available at usreligioncensus.org/node/1639, it offers voluminous data about religious adherence on a federal, state and county level, also providing groupings for metropolitan and micropolitan areas.
In the Little Rock area, there are roughly three Southern Baptists for every Catholic (113,133 to 36,343).
In the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan area, there are 87,469 Southern Baptists but 65,566 Catholics.
Nationwide, Catholics were the largest faith group in 1,231 of the nation's 3,143 counties, followed by Southern Baptists (1,055 counties), nondenominational (281 counties), United Methodists (155 counties), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (146 counties) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (101 counties).
CONGREGATIONS GREW
While the number of Southern Baptist adherents fell, the number of Southern Baptist congregations nationwide increased from 50,816 in 2010 to 51,379 in 2020.
Arkansas' Southern Baptist congregations, as well, grew from 1,515 a decade earlier to 1,551.
Archie Mason, senior pastor of Central Baptist Church in Jonesboro since 2005, said Southern Baptists are continually planting new congregations -- in their own communities and around the globe.
Average Sunday attendance at Central Baptist has grown, during Mason's tenure, from about 800 to 3,000. These days, it is helping to launch new congregations in its own backyard.
"We planted two in Jonesboro. We planted one in Newport and we have one that we are planting at Paragould right now," he said.
Baptists launch new churches, he said, in order to follow Jesus' command.
"He tells us in the Great Commission at the end of Matthew, to go and make disciples of all nations and to teach them," he said. "We believe we're being faithful."
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has seen sharp growth in Arkansas and elsewhere, has also placed an emphasis on evangelism, sending missionaries to every corner of the country.
In an email, Carlton Wing, Stake President for the North Little Rock Arkansas Stake, portrayed the increase as a positive development.
"Having witnessed that growth personally throughout my life I've come to understand that when the faith community grows it strengthens the overall community. It is good for everyone regardless of religious persuasion to have active community instruction on loving your neighbors, serving the needy, being kind and compassionate. This is what Jesus Christ teaches," he said. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/19/adding-it-all-up/ | 2022-11-19 12:19:33 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/19/adding-it-all-up/ |
BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s workhorse destroyer went into production more than 30 years ago, when Tom Stevens was a young welder.
Now, the Navy is getting ready to turn the page as it looks to a future ship brimming with lasers that can shoot down missiles and attack enemies with hypersonic missiles topping 3,800 mph.
Stevens, 52, said the warship provides an opportunity to build something new after a historic production run of the Arleigh Burke class.
“It will be an impressive destroyer that will absolutely launch us into the next generation of ships,” said Stevens, director of ground assembly at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works.
The stakes are high when it comes to a replacement for the backbone of the fleet as the Navy faces a growing threat from China, whose numerical advantage becomes greater each year.
The first design contracts were awarded this summer to General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works in Maine and Huntington Ingalls Industries in Mississippi for a large surface warship that would eventually follow production of the ubiquitous Burke destroyers.
All of that warfighting gear won’t come cheap. The average cost of each new vessel, dubbed DDG(X), is projected to be a third more expensive than Burkes, the latest of which cost of about $2.2 billion apiece, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The Navy has vowed that it won’t repeat recent shipbuilding debacles when it rushed production and crammed too much new tech into ships, leading to delays and added expense with littoral combat ships, stealthy Zumwalt-class destroyers, and the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier.
“Rather than tying the success of DDG(X) to developmental technology, we’re using known, mature technologies on a flexible platform that can be upgraded for decades to come, as the technology of tomorrow is matured and demonstrated,” said Jamie Koehler, a Navy spokesperson.
A shipyard in Wisconsin started construction last week of the first in a new class of frigates, which are smaller than destroyers. Those ships used an existing design, and there are no new weapon systems.
Still, there continues to be concern about the destroyer’s cost. A high price tag would reduce the number of ships the Navy can afford to build, said Bryan Clark, defense analyst at the Hudson Institute.
“You’ll end up with the surface fleet that, instead of growing, it would be shrinking,” Clark said.
Production of the new ship is still years away.
For now, shipyards continue to produce Burke-class destroyers, which earned a spot in the record book for a production run that has outlasted every other battleship, cruiser, destroyer and frigate in U.S. Navy history. By the time the last Burke is built, it could surpass even the Nimitz aircraft carrier, which had a four-decade production run.
At Bath Iron Works, shipbuilders have worked nearly exclusively on Burkes, save for the three Zumwalt-class destroyers, and they have a backlog that’ll carry through the end of the decade.
Shipfitter Tim Garland, 57, started work in 1988 on the first Arleigh Burke destroyer, making ballistic doors and hatches. Over the years, he’s worked on just about every component of the ship, during freezing winter days and steamy hot summer days.
The shipfitter never figured that the same ship — upgraded over the years — would enjoy such longevity.
“We figured there would be a replacement ship well before now. But if it ain’t broke. Don’t fix it,” he said.
The Navy originally wanted to replace Burkes with stealthy Zumwalt-class destroyers with electric propulsion, unusual tumblehome hull and angular shape to minimize radar signature. The program was ultimately truncated from 32 ships to three because of the high cost but supporters said the technological leaps could be useful for future ships.
Indeed, the new destroyers will draw on that ship’s electric power plant to energize lasers while using a conventional hull and a radar and weapon system that’s similar to what’s currently in use, the Navy said.
Matt Caris, an analyst with Avascent, said the Navy is going to great lengths to prevent spending from getting out of control, from its view on mature technology and overall acquisition process to timetable. The first in the class of ship wouldn’t be commissioned until the mid-2030s.
“The Navy is trying to thread the needle with some potentially revolutionary capabilities in as low risk and evolutionary process as possible,” he said.
Others worry that the cost will become a drain on the rest of the fleet.
It’s possible that the Navy could afford only one of the ships per year, compared to current destroyer build rates of two to three per year, shrinking the size of the fleet over time, Clark said.
“They want to pile every mission on the the DDG(X) to make it sort of death star. They’re putting all their eggs in one basket financially,” he said.
The new destroyer represents the high end of the Navy’s aspirations.
At the other end, the Navy is also speeding research into less expensive drone ships that would extend the Navy’s sensors and offensive capability, working in concert with crewed ships that would be kept farther from harm’s way. Such a networked fleet would be spread out and harder to destroy.
In Bath, there’s a new generation of shipbuilders — thousands of them including Tom Stevens’ son, Shane Stevens — who are eager for the new program and a long stretch of steady work.
Big contracts ensure workers are busy for years to come, but there’s also enthusiasm about trying something new, Shane Stevens said.
“I’m always excited when I get to learn about something new that’s high tech. That’s what I’m excited about,” the 29-year-old said.
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JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Amid a series of mass shootings in the U.S., Mississippi education officials made clear that school districts in the state can make their own rules for letting armed people with enhanced carry licenses onto school property.
Following killings at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School, a July Fourth parade near Chicago and an Indiana mall, the Mississippi Board of Education voted Thursday to update a 1990 internal policy that prohibited anyone other than law enforcement from carrying guns on public school campuses.
Thursday’s step removed language from the 1990 policy, which the department said conflicted with Mississippi’s 2011 enhanced conceal carry law. The department also argued that the old policy “predates any notable school shootings.”
“A school district may, in its discretion, prohibit or allow its employees who hold enhanced conceal carry licenses to possess weapons at the school,” said Jean Cook, director of communication for the Mississippi Department of Education.
The 2011 law allows individuals with enhanced carry licenses to carry guns on public school campuses. Enhanced licenses require training and allow gun owners to carry in several places where those with basic permits cannot.
At the boarding meeting, Erin Meyer, the education department’s general counsel, said state law provides “local school districts with the authority and discretion to determine” its weapons policies. School districts can decide for themselves whether or not employees who hold enhanced carry licenses can bring guns onto school property.
School districts must also adopt policies that apply to non-employees. A 2013 state attorney general’s opinion argued teachers or administrators can refuse to meet with armed people in a “non-public” school area. Mississippi K-12 schools are closed to the public, but a school concert, play or sporting event is open to the public, Cook said.
Patricia Ice, a volunteer with the Mississippi chapter of Moms Demand Action, a gun reform organization, urged school districts to adopt policies that limit firearms on campus.
“Allowing teachers and members of the public to carry guns in our K-12 schools is a dangerous idea that will further jeopardize the safety of students and staff alike,” Ice said. “We need the adults in the room to make evidence-based policy decisions that will actually keep our children safe, rather than making decisions that will put more guns in their classrooms and put our kids at risk.”
Erich Pratt, senior vice president with Gun Owners of America, said the group fully supports policies to allow willing teachers, administrators and support staff to carry concealed weapons on school campuses.
“Not only will they serve as a concrete deterrent against those who consider acts of evil, but should someone still try to attack a school, these policies will help to neutralize the threat and mitigate any loss of life,” Pratt said.
At an Indiana mall in July, a bystander shot and killed a man carrying out a shooting that claimed the lives of three people and wounded two others. But it is rare in the U.S. for an active shooter to be stopped in such fashion. From 2000 to 2021, fewer than 3% of 433 active attacks in the U.S. ended with a civilian firing back, according to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University.
School districts are still required to have a policy regulating firearms on campus, but they have the authority to determine what these policies entail. Possessing a gun on school property without an enhanced concealed carry license is a felony under Mississippi law.
Research conducted by Everytown, another gun reform organization, found that Mississippi is one of the seven states that allow permit holders to carry guns in schools.
The state department of education moved to adopt new language Thursday, but the conflict with state law arose based on legislation that passed a decade ago. When asked about the timing of Thursday’s vote, Cook said the policy update is “part of an ongoing review of State Board policies to make sure all are up to date and in compliance with current law. About 30 policies have been updated over the past six months.”
Public schools in Mississippi have the authority to use funds to train employees to use guns. Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, said the policy raises questions about whether teachers can be trained to use firearms for students’ protection.
“I don’t know that we can find the time in teachers’ schedules to be training them to that level, both physically and mentally, to have all those skills,” Canady said.
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Updated May 6, 2023 at 9:06 PM ET
Nine people were transported to local hospitals following an afternoon shooting at an outlet mall in a Dallas suburb on Saturday, police said. Local news reports said children were among the victims and that the shooter had been killed.
The Allen Police Department said in a tweet that one of its officers heard gunshots at Allen Premium Outlets at 3:36 p.m. while out on an unrelated call.
"The officer engaged the suspect and neutralized the threat," it said. "He then called for emergency personnel."
The Collin County sheriff told the ABC affiliate WFAA that children were among the victims and that the shooter died on the scene.
The department said that a multi-agency response helped secure the mall.
A dash cam video posted on social media appears to show a shooter exiting a vehicle on the driver's side before opening fire in front of the outlet mall.
Several police vehicles, armored trucks and ambulances responded to the scene as authorities evacuated scores of people from the area.
Brian Harvey, police chief for the Allen Police Department, said: "I hope it goes without saying that our deepest sympathies are with the families of the victims."
"This is a tragedy," Harvey said. "People will be looking for answers. And we're just sorry that those families are experiencing that loss."
The Dallas office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said in a tweet that it was also responding to the active shooter incident.
Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott issued a statement saying he had been in contact with Allen Mayor Ken Fulk and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw. "Our hearts are with the people of Allen, Texas tonight during this unspeakable tragedy," the governor said, adding that he had "offered the full support of the State of Texas to local officials to ensure all needed assistance and resources are swiftly deployed, including DPS officers, Texas Rangers, and investigative resources."
U.S. Rep. Keith Self, whose congressional district includes Collin County, the scene of the incident, tweeted that the Allen Police Department was in "full control of the scene."
"We are devastated by the tragic news of the shootings that took place at the Allen Premium Outlets today. Our prayers are with the victims and their families and all law enforcement on the scene," Self wrote.
A White House official released a statement saying President Biden had been briefed on the shooting. "The White House is closely monitoring the situation and is in touch with law enforcement and local officials to offer support," it said.
Allen, with a population of about 109,000 people, is located about 25 miles north of downtown Dallas.
This is a developing story. Some things reported by the media will later turn out to be wrong. We will focus on reports from police officials and other authorities, credible news outlets and reporters who are at the scene. We will update as the situation develops.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months, U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
The original plan was to send Ukraine 31 of the newer M1A2 Abrams, which could have taken a year or two to build and ship. But officials said the decision was made to send the older M1A1 version, which can be taken from Army stocks and could be there before the end of the year. Officials said the M1A1 also will be easier for Ukrainian forces to learn to use and maintain as they fight Russia’s invasion.
The officials spoke on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity because the plan has not yet been publicly announced. Pentagon officials are expected to make the announcement Tuesday.
The Biden administration announced in January that it would send the tanks to Ukraine — after insisting for months that they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair. The decision was part of a broader political maneuver that opened the door for Germany to announce it would send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow Poland and other allies to do the same.
It’s unclear how soon the U.S. would begin training Ukrainian forces on how to use, maintain and repair the tanks. The intention would be to have the training of the troops coincide with the refurbishment of the tanks, so that both would be ready for battle at the same time later this year. The Pentagon will also have to ensure that Ukrainian forces have an adequate supply chain for all the parts needed to keep the tanks running.
Any delivery of the tanks would not likely happen in the spring months, when both Russia and Ukraine are expected to launch more intensive offensives. The two sides have been largely in a stalemate, trading small slices of land over the winter.
The fiercest battles have been in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russia is struggling to encircle the city of Bakhmut in the face of dogged Ukrainian defense. Local Gov. Petro Kyrylenko on Tuesday said on Ukrainian TV that Russian shelling there over the previous day killed one civilian and wounded another.
During a visit to the Lima, Ohio, tank plant in February, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth met with officials there at length to determine the best options for getting the tanks to Ukraine.
“Part of it is figuring out — among the different options — what’s the best one that can allow us to get the Ukrainians tanks in as timely a fashion as we can,” without disrupting foreign military sales, Wormuth said at the time.
Officials at the plant, which is owned by the Army and operated by Reston, Virginia-based General Dynamics, said production totals can vary, based on contract demands. And while they are currently building 15-20 armored vehicles per month, including tanks, they can easily boost that to 33 a month and could add another shift of workers and build even more if needed.
Development of tanks for Ukraine would have to be squeezed in between the current contracts for foreign sales, which include 250 of the newest versions for Poland and about 75 for Australia. During Wormuth’s tour of the facility, workers were preparing to build an updated version of the vehicle for Poland.
Ukrainian leaders have persistently pressed for the Abrams, which first deployed to war in 1991 and has thick armor, a 120 mm main gun, armor-piercing capabilities and advanced targeting systems. It runs on thick tracked wheels and has a 1,500-horsepower turbine engine with a top speed of about 42 miles per hour (68 kilometers per hour).
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The owner and operator of several Subways who’s accused of issuing employees $265,000 in bad checks has been slapped with a preliminary federal court injunction. He’s also accused of violating child labor laws, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Meza owns and operates 14 Subway franchise locations around California’s Bay Area. The injunction comes in the midst of allegations made by investigators with the DOL Wage and Hour Division.
According to investigators, Meza instructed employees as young as 14 and 15 to operate dangerous equipment, allowed children to work longer hours at times not permitted by law, issued hundreds of bad checks to employees, failed to pay wages, and kept tips.
Meza also interfered with the investigation and coerced employees not to cooperate, threatening children who expressed concerns or tried to exercise their legal rights, the DOL said. Investigators determined that several workers at Meza’s restaurants suffered burns and other injuries.
“Our investigators learned this Subway franchisee directed young teenagers to operate ovens, toasters, cardboard balers and other equipment, all of which are considered dangerous jobs,” said Assistant District Director Alberto Raymond with the Wage and Hour Division in San Francisco. “The court has ordered the employer to stop jeopardizing the safety and well-being of minor-aged workers, to pay workers as the law requires and to ensure that workers can participate in our investigation without fear.”
The federal injunction bars Meza, his two Brentwood-based companies — MZS Enterprises LLC and Crave Brands LLC — his wife Jessica Leyva Meza, and associate Hamza Ayesh from:
- Violating child labor laws
- Harassing or threatening labor investigators or employers
- Taking retaliatory action such as termination or reduction of hours
- Threatening to report employees to law enforcement — including immigration authorities
Meza was also ordered to stop issuing employees checks drawn from accounts with insufficient funds and not to pay his workers using non-payroll accounts. An accounting of all bounced checks from August 1, 2019, to May 19, 2023, was also ordered.
The franchisee was also instructed to cease withholding $265,294 in unpaid wages from bounced checks and to reimburse employees for bad check fees incurred from their financial institutions.
The 14 Subway franchise locations operated by Meza and his companies are:
- Antioch — 2777 Lone Tree Way
- Clayton — 1026 Oak St., Suite #103
- Concord — 301 Sun Valley Mall
- Cotati — 8500 Gravestein Highway, Unit B
- Napa — 2375 California Blvd.
- Napa — 3214 Jefferson Way
- Napa — 902 Enterprise Way, Unit A
- Petaluma — 2620 Lakeville Highway, Unit #320
- Petaluma — 221 North McDowell Blvd.
- Petaluma — 961 Lakeville Highway
- San Pablo — 13501 San Pablo Ave.
- Santa Rosa — 124-B Calistoga Road
- Vallejo — 199 Lincoln Road West, C
- Windsor — 6400 Hembree Lane, Unit #100
“The preliminary injunction we obtained is one tool we will use to prevent further exploitation and intimidation of young, vulnerable workers,” explained Regional Solicitor of Labor Marc Pilotin in San Francisco. “The department will take expeditious legal action when workers’ safety is threatened and when their employers intimidate them or otherwise attempt to obstruct an investigation.” | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/subway-owner-who-allegedly-paid-workers-265k-in-bounced-checks-hit-with-federal-injunction/ | 2023-05-26 23:03:27 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/subway-owner-who-allegedly-paid-workers-265k-in-bounced-checks-hit-with-federal-injunction/ |
Re: JOHN JR & ROSE PAQUETTE
Trustee Sale # 090890-WA Title # 200033730-WA-MSI Notice of Trustee’s Sale Grantor(s): JOHN PAQUETTE, JR AND ROSE L. PAQUETTE, HUSBAND AND WIFE Grantee(s): ATTORNEY’S TITLE OF WASHINGTON, INC, as Trustee Original beneficiary of the deed of trust: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS DESIGNATED NOMINEE FOR CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, BENEFICIARY OF THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Current beneficiary of the deed of trust: CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Current trustee of the deed of trust: CLEAR RECON CORP Current mortgage servicer of the deed of trust: Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc Reference number of the deed of trust: 201901160097 Parcel number(s): 5001040740 LOT 74, HIDDEN GARDENS PH. 1 I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLEAR RECON CORP, 601 West 1st Avenue, Suite 1400, Spokane, WA 99201, Trustee will on 1/6/2023 at 10:00 AM OUTSIDE THE SECOND FLOOR ENTRY PLAZA OUTSIDE THE PIERCE COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 930 TACOMA AVENUE SOUTH, TACOMA, WA 98402 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Pierce, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 74, HIDDEN GARDENS PHASE I, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 20, 1994 UNDER RECORDING NO. 9404200612, IN PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF PIERCE, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Commonly known as: 19606 13TH AVE E SPANAWAY, WA 98387 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 1/11/2019, recorded 1/16/2019, as Auditor’s File No. 201901160097, records of Pierce County, Washington, from JOHN PAQUETTE, JR AND ROSE L. PAQUETTE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), to ATTORNEY’S TITLE OF WASHINGTON, INC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS DESIGNATED NOMINEE FOR CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, BENEFICIARY OF THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned to CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, under an Assignment recorded under Auditor’s File No 202002210693. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust or the Beneficiary’s successor is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $82,420.55 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $333,389.02, together with interest as provided in the Note from 9/1/2019, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 1/6/2023. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 12/26/2022, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 12/26/2022 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 12/26/2022 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the or the Grantor’s successor interest or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “1” by both first class and certified mail on 7/1/2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. If you are a servicemember or a dependent of a servicemember, you may be entitled to certain protections under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any comparable state laws regarding the risk of foreclosure. If you believe you may be entitled to these protections, please contact our office immediately. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission Telephone: 1-877-894-HOME(1-877-894-4663) . Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Telephone: 1-800-569-4287 Web site: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: Aug 10, 2022 CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee Monica Chavez, Authorized Signor For additional information or service you may contact: Clear Recon Corp 601 West 1st Avenue, Suite 1400 Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: (206) 707-9599
EXHIBIT “1”
NAME
ADDRESS
JOHN PAQUETTE, JR 19606 13TH AVE E
SPANAWAY, WA 98387
ROSE L. PAQUETTE 19606 13TH AVE E
SPANAWAY, WA 98387
ROSE PAQUETTE 19606 13TH AVE E
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Miss Teen Volunteer pageant to begin Thursday
JACKSON, Tenn. — Contestants from all across the country are in Jackson to compete.
The second annual Miss Teen Volunteer America Pageant will begin on Thursday at the Carl Perkins Civics Center.
Miss Volunteer America is a nationwide, service-oriented scholarship program based in Tennessee.
It also seeks to empower young women through educational scholarships and also get them connected to many extraordinary opportunities.
“I’ve had so many opportunities. So many doors have been opened through winning Miss Teen Volunteer America. I’ve made so many friendships. Not only in the pageant, but in the community as well. Jackson has been so welcoming to all of us. It’s just been an amazing organization,” said Ellie Schmidt, of Enumclaw, Washington, who was crowned the inaugural Miss Teen Volunteer America on April 30, 2022.
Jackson has found itself as the home for pageants throughout the years.
“There’s no place that I could do this other than my hometown of Jackson, Tennessee. It’s the perfect place where as centrally located as you can get. Jackson’s the perfect sized city. We have a wonderful city mayor. We have a wonderful county mayor. We’re so grateful for their support. The Community Economic Development Division has been so supportive. As well as Lori Nunnery and everybody at Visit Jackson, TN. They are incredibly wonderful and supportive to us, and we couldn’t do it without them,” said Allison Alderson Demarcus, the founder of Miss Volunteer America.
People involved with these competitions believe it is more than just scholarship money. It is about uplifting young women as they move on throughout their life.
“I mean, in our second year alone we have given over $200,000 in scholarship money to young women. So, yes, we are encouraging young women to further their careers, their ambitions, their educational goals. However, I really feel like we are proving to young women that you are relevant, that what you have to say means something, and it has weight. So I think, honestly, when it boils down to it, Miss Volunteer America stands for, ‘Yes, you can,'” said Alexa Knutzen, of Utah, who was crowned Miss Volunteer America on May 7, 2022.
Miss Utah Volunteer was crowned Miss Volunteer America with Miss Volunteer America.
The pageant will go from Thursday to Saturday. It will begin Thursday and Friday 7 p.m. and on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
The winner of the competition will spend the next year traveling around the country, making appearances, and doing service work.
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Announcements Include Launch of Hyperledger Solang, Release of Hyperledger FireFly 1.1, Details on Hyperledger Besu Ethereum Client Incentive Program, Introduction of Free Self-Sovereign Identity Training Course
SAN FRANCISCO and DUBLIN, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperledger Foundation, the open, global ecosystem for enterprise blockchain technologies, today announced news from across its diverse and expanding ecosystem at Hyperledger Global Forum 2022 (#HyperledgerForum, HGF). From launches and releases on the Hyperledger project front to new products, partnership, deployments and innovations from Hyperledger Members, there is a surround sound of developments being unveiled at this week's event.
The opening keynote today addresses one of the biggest developments on the horizon. The talk, Hyperledger Besu and the Upcoming Merge, will feature Tim Beiko of the Ethereum Foundation and Hart Montgomery, CTO of the Hyperledger Foundation.
Other keynotes taking place today include:
- Blockchain as a Public Good: How Public Infrastructure Networks are Driving Adoption and Making an Impact across Europe and Latin America - Juan Jiménez Zaballos, Alastria; Ilan Melendez Lugo, LACChain / LACNet; Hilary Carter, Linux Foundation
- ESG with a Bit of Help from Indy - Dr. Andreas Kind, Vice President Cybersecurity & Trust, Siemens AG
- Decentralized Identity: Where We Are and Where We Going - Heather Dahl, CEO, Indicio; Kaliya Young, Identity Expert, Identity Woman; Marie Wallace, Distinguished Engineer, IBM; Drummond Reed, Director of Trust Services, Avast
Free live streaming of keynotes is available here.
"The energy and excitement of the global Hyperledger community is on full display here at Hyperledger Global Forum," said Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation, and General Manager Blockchain, Healthcare and Identity at the Linux Foundation. "From demos and workshops to keynotes and case studies, there is endless evidence of the scope and scale of what we are building together and the growing market impact of this collective work. And, as this line-up of news from across the community shows, we are just getting started. The innovation and adoption will only accelerate from here."
Project and Ecosystem News
New Project: Hyperledger Solang
The Hyperledger Technical Steering committee approved a new project, Hyperledger Solang, which is a compiler for Solidity source code and targets different blockchains. The Solidity programming language is the most popular language for smart contracts, and there is clear interest from many blockchains to have support for it. Although some blockchains emulate an EVM environment to maintain compatibility with Solidity built with Solc, they then cannot access features that are missing from Ethereum. Hyperledger Solan offers the ability to compile Solidity to the native execution environment, opening up access to new features and creating many possibilities for innovation in the Solidity language.
Currently, Hyperledger Solang supports Solana and Polkadot (Substrate).
Hyperledger FireFly 1.1 Release
A new Hyperledger FireFly release, version 1.1, includes new functionality that makes it possible for FireFly users to deploy multiple blockchain applications connecting to multiple chains from a single console. The FireFly Supernode now supports two operation modes: Web3 Gateway and Consortium. Web3 Gateway mode configures the FireFly Supernode to connect to a number of chains with transaction orchestration and state indexing. A revamped and expanded connector framework now includes EVMconnect, a robust connector for simple connection management to public blockchains with templates available for Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, BNB Chain, and more. Consortium mode activates a number of capabilities for FireFly nodes to connect in a B2B network and exchange data through off-chain and on-chain rails. FireFly also now supports multi-tenancy through the use of namespaces. These new features enable enterprises to accelerate their web3 adoption.
Creation of Hyperledger Cacti
In a Hyperledger first, the community has decided to merge two systems (architectures as well as code bases). Hyperledger Cactus and Weaver, a Hyperledger Lab, will come together to be Hyperledger Cacti, a multi-faceted interoperability platform that will draw on the cutting-edge technical features of Cactus and Weaver and provide a clear path forward for users of both technologies.
Hyperledger Besu Client Incentive Program Kicks Off
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has opted to include Hyperledger Besu in the Execution Layer Client Incentive Program (ELCIP) to foster the community development of enterprise-grade blockchain software. The program, which kicks off with the Merge, will provide execution-layer client teams with locked ETH in the form of live validators to be released according to certain milestones, including post-merge performance and progress towards enabling withdrawals from the beacon chain.
Hyperledger Besu is one of the top three most popular Ethereum execution clients according to Ethernode. EF is making this strategic investment to engage the Hyperledger Besu community in ensuring a diversity of clients and overall health of the network.
"The diverse community is what makes Ethereum special, empowering from builders in underserved or emerging economies to leading enterprises and beyond," said Aya Miyaguchi, Executive Director at Ethereum Foundation. "Similarly a diverse client distribution helps keep Ethereum distributed and healthy, and I applaud the Hyperledger Besu team for their Execution Layer work for Ethereum, and wish you all a great Global Forum this year."
New, Free "Getting Started with Self-Sovereign Identity" Course
To make it easier for enterprises to implement Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) to put their users at the center of their digital identity, Linux Foundation Training & Certification has released a new online training course, Getting Started with Self-Sovereign Identity (LFS178x). The free, six-to-seven hour course is geared to business and government decision makers looking to get started with SSI on a solid foundation. The course provides a 360 degree overview of its evolutionary journey, key concepts, standards, technological building blocks, use cases, real-world examples and implementation considerations.
Hyperledger Foundation is also hosting an In-depth Member Webinar with Indicio on "Scaling verifiable digital credentials using open source technology" on October 5.
Hyperledger Member News
BTP – announced the general availability of its blockchain-backed, domain-agnostic provenance solution Chronicle. Organizations across industries can now take advantage of Chronicle's capabilities, and keep immutable provenance records that capture the origin and life journey of their physical and digital assets, including ownership history. By recording it on a distributed ledger, provenance information becomes more trustworthy, and its management is more efficient. Chronicle is available with Hyperledger Sawtooth as its default backing ledger, with support for other industry-leading distributed ledgers in the pipeline. Read the full press release here.
BTP – upgraded its blockchain management platform Sextant, by adding support for the distributed ledger software Hyperledger Fabric 2.0. Fabric is now joining Hyperledger Besu and Hyperledger Sawtooth, which the company's clients have already been using in production. Sextant's makeover also includes a marketplace for deployments that will allow users to easily select the option that best suits their needs and use case requirements. Chronicle on Sawtooth will now appear as a new deployment option – in this marketplace – that clients can choose. Read the full press release here.
Espeo Blockchain – recently connected Microsoft Sharepoint technology with a transparent and immutable layer of Hyperledger Fabric for HLB, which is a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms. The new blockchain backend is a game changer in terms of transparency. It's because only verified, approved and standardized data points will be added to the blockchain ledger. At the same time, users still work with the same Microsoft UI they are used to. That enables member firms to access and verify referral and project data in real-time. It also eliminates the need for a siloed process of reconciliation, which makes settlements far simpler and more reliable. More information is available at https://espeoblockchain.com/
Indicio – recently announced the launch of Indicio Proven™, a complete, open source solution for authenticating and sharing high value data in a privacy-preserving way using verifiable digital credentials. Built on Hyperledger Aries, Hyperledger Ursa, Hyperledger Indy, AnonCreds, and DIDComm, Proven is designed to make implementing and using these open source codebases simple, providing users with a fully-owned solution that's easy to integrate with existing systems, to innovate on, and to scale. Proven uses the Indicio Network (TempNet, TestNet, DemoNet, MainNet), a professionally maintained, enterprise grade Hyperledger Indy-based network for the exchange of verifiable credentials. Learn more at Indicio.tech.
IoBuilders – has coordinated, designed and implemented a digital bond platform as partner of the Spanish Stock exchange BME. Using the platform, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with the help of BBVA, issued a two year $10 million blockchain-based bond, the first Spanish bond to be listed on a regulated market. The platform uses a private network based on Hyperledger Besu Ethereum client, where the bond and the money are tokenized, and overall security and cash payment are settled. Read more about it here.
Kaleido – has introduced support for enterprise App Chains, an exciting technology allowing the creation of highly scalable, application-specific chains that can connect to the Web3 ecosystem via bridges or rollups. The first App Chain framework to be supported on the Kaleido Platform is Polygon Edge, and we have formed a partnership with Polygon to accelerate enterprise web3 adoption. Kaleido is also pleased to announce that Hyperledger FireFly version 1.1 is now supported on Kaleido's Blockchain Business Cloud. With the new functionality in FireFly, users will be able to manage multiple blockchain use cases from a single console and connect with leading public blockchains including Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Moonbeam, Fantom and more.
The National FinTech Center at Morgan State University – announced The 3rd Annual National HBCU Blockchain and FinTech Conference. This conference is The Center's premier event for connecting with university leaders, faculty, and students discussing today's challenges and opportunities, and shaping the future of FinTech education and research. On November 06-08, 2022 in Orlando, FL, The National FinTech Center will provide a forum for the faculty, students, and administrators in the FinTech Center's HBCU Network to hear and discuss the findings of sponsored research, outcomes of sponsored innovative blockchain projects at various HBCUs, FinTech workshops, and HBCU Presidents' Summit: Digital Transformation, Research, and Education at HBCUs. Click HERE for more information. Any questions, please contact tyneissa.walters@morgan.edu.
SIMBA Chain - recently released SIMBA Blocks, a Smart-Contract as a Service platform. Blocks allows users to build on private, public and hybrid chains, including Hyperledger Fabric, with no chain lock-in. The SIMBA Blocks platform auto-generates virtual REST APIs that connect to smart contracts on various protocols - letting you write once and deploy to many with minor configuration. These chain-agnostic APIs simplify application integrations, reducing deployment times by weeks or months. Learn why companies like Boeing (using Hyperledger Fabric to track F/A-18 parts across four data warehouses) rely on SIMBA Chain for their blockchain solutions at simbachain.com.
Zeeve – introduced a major upgrade to its platform, a best-in-class offering for enterprise-grade Hyperledger Fabric automation. Now users can add more organizations to their deployed Hyperledger Fabric networks on runtime and scale up/down the number of nodes. Zeeve has also improved network monitoring & alerting and added the ability to directly download connection profiles of Fabric networks to applications. In addition, in addition to support for Golang, Zeeve has added NodeJS chaincodes support in CD pipelines using Zeeve CLI. Learn more: https://www.zeeve.io/blockchain-protocols/deploy-hyperledger-fabric/
Zeeve – launched IPFS as a service for decentralized applications with two options:- endpoints and dedicated nodes. The focus has been to make it very easy for any business application to switch to the power decentralized file storage without having to worry about the learning curve of infrastructure or development. This has been possible with the ZDFS (Zeeve Distributed File System) service, which allows users to have dedicated or shared endpoint services for IPFS, while ZDFS SDK makes integration with IPFS very seamless. Users can create access credentials for their applications for data APIs as well as pinning services of IPFS. IPFS comes with console-based resource management and an in-depth analysis of consumption for ZDFS services. Learn more: https://zeeve.io/zeeve-distributed-file-system/
About Hyperledger Global Forum (#HyperledgerForum)
Hyperledger Global Forum is the biggest annual gathering of the global Hyperledger community. It is a unique opportunity for contributors, members, service providers and enterprise end users from around the world to meet, align, plan and hack together in person. The event is open to everyone involved or interested in using, developing or learning more about Hyperledger's open source enterprise blockchain technologies. Attendees will hear directly from those who are actively developing and deploying Hyperledger technologies as well as technology and business leaders who are shaping the future of enterprise blockchain. They will also have the chance to talk directly with Hyperledger project maintainers and the Technical Steering Committee, collaborate with other organizations on ideas that will directly impact the future of Hyperledger Foundation, and promote their work among the communities.
Event sponsors and partners include Accenture (Diamond and Keynote Translation), Siemens (Platinum), Digital Asset (Gold and Developer Lounge), Zeeve (Gold), AWS (Silver), BONbLOC (Silver), ConsenSys (Silver), Corsha (Silver), Espeo Blockchain (Bronze), Huawei (Bronze), Kaleido (Bronze), DTTC (Diversity Scholarship), IBM (Birds of a Feather), Black Women Blockchain Council (Community Partner), Blockchain Ireland (Community Partner), Blockchain Research Institute (Community Partner), Digital Euro Association (Community Partner), Diversity in Blockchain (Community Partner), European Blockchain Association (Community Partner), Global Blockchain Business Council (Community Partner), Kerala Blockchain Academy (Community Partner), International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (Community Partner),Trusted Blockchain Initiatives (Community Partner), Trust over IP Foundation (Community Partner), Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (Community Partner), Blocknews (Media Partner), BeinCrypto (Media Partner), Cointelegraph (Media Partner), CoinSpeaker (Media Partner), Forkast (Media Partner), Ledger Insights (Media Partner) and Merge by Fintech Nexus (Media Partner).
About Hyperledger Foundation
Hyperledger Foundation was founded in 2015 to bring transparency and efficiency to the enterprise market by fostering a thriving ecosystem around open source blockchain software technologies. As a project of the Linux Foundation, Hyperledger Foundation coordinates a community of member and non member organizations, individual contributors and software developers building enterprise-grade platforms, libraries, tools and solutions for multi-party systems using blockchain, distributed ledger, and related technologies. Organizations join Hyperledger Foundation to demonstrate technical leadership, collaborate and network with others, and raise awareness around their efforts in the enterprise blockchain community. Members include industry-leading organizations in finance, banking, healthcare, supply chains, manufacturing, technology and beyond. All Hyperledger code is built publicly and available under the Apache license. To learn more, visit: https://www.hyperledger.org/.
About the Linux Foundation
Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation and its projects are supported by more than 2,950 members. The Linux Foundation is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation's projects, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, Hyperledger Foundation, RISC-V, and more, are critical to the world's infrastructure. The Linux Foundation's methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
2-1-6-7
(two, one, six, seven)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
2-1-6-7
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NORWALK, Conn., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TriRx Pharmaceutical Services, LLC, a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), welcomed the UK Government's recent announcement on England's second Investment Zone, focused on Life Sciences in the Liverpool City Region.
TriRx Speke Ltd. is the first investor and is well-positioned to further advance its capabilities by adding upstream technologies to manufacture monoclonal antibodies to an existing large-scale biotech purification facility. The current facility has significant capacity to support the high-growth large-molecule pharmaceutical market. Monoclonal antibodies (also referred to as mAbs) are a type of immunotherapy that work by blocking certain diseases from affecting healthy cells and are used to treat numerous types of diseases including cancers, arthritis and skin conditions. This additional investment to augment the TriRx facility at Speke will foster economic growth, create high-value jobs and complement the existing Speke Biopharmaceutical cluster in the region.
"We are delighted to be expanding our capability in this critical immunotherapy area, to become a worldwide center of technical excellence located in the UK in the monoclonal antibody development and manufacturing field to serve the human and animal pharmaceutical markets," said Tim Tyson, Chairman and CEO of TriRx.
About TriRx Pharmaceutical Services:
TriRx Pharmaceutical Services is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) serving global pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and animal health markets. Headquartered approximately 50 miles outside of New York City in Norwalk, Connecticut, TriRx operates facilities in multiple regions providing state-of-the-art laboratory, manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, and technical service capabilities. Founded and led by a team of pharmaceutical industry executives, who have served as both contract service providers and outsourcing customers, TriRx has a profound and multifaceted understanding of client needs. It has the knowledge and commitment to deliver an exceptional experience on every project, consistently meeting or exceeding quality standards, regulatory requirements, on-time-in-full (OTIF) delivery, and all other customer requirements and expectations. Learn more at Trirx.com
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A dish of living brain cells has learned to play the 1970s arcade game Pong.
About 800,000 cells linked to a computer gradually learned to sense the position of the game's electronic ball and control a virtual paddle, a team reports in the journal Neuron.
The novel achievement is part of an effort to understand how the brain learns, and how to make computers more intelligent.
"We've made huge strides with silicon computing, but they're still rigid and inflexible," says Brett Kagan, an author of the study and chief scientific officer at Cortical Labs in Melbourne, Australia. "That's something we don't see with biology."
For example, both computers and people can learn to make a cup of tea, Kagan says. But people are able to generalize what they've learned in a way a computer can't.
"You might have never been to someone else's house, but with a bit of rummaging and searching you can probably make a decent cup of tea as long as I've got the ingredients," he says. But even a very powerful computer would struggle to carry out that task in an unfamiliar environment.
So Cortical Labs has been trying to understand how living brain cells acquire this sort of intelligence. And Kagan says the Pong experiment was a way for the company to answer a key question about how a network of brain cells learns to change its behavior:
"If we allow these cells to know the outcome of their actions, will they actually be able to change in some sort of goal-directed way," Kagan says.
To find out, the scientists used a system they've developed called DishBrain.
A layer of living neurons is grown on a special silicon chip at the bottom of a thumb-size dish filled with nutrients. The chip, which is linked to a computer, can both detect electrical signals produced by the neurons, and deliver electrical signals to them.
To test the learning ability of the cells, the computer generated a game of Pong, a two-dimensional version of table tennis that gained a cult following as one of the first and most basic video games.
Pong is played on a video screen. A black rectangle defines the table, and a white cursor represents each player's paddle, which can be moved up or down to intercept a white ball.
In the simplified version used in the experiment, there was a single paddle on the left side of the virtual table, and the ball would carom off the other sides until it evaded the paddle.
To allow the brain cells to play the game, the computer sent signals to them indicating where the bouncing ball was. At the same time, it began monitoring information coming from the cells in the form of electrical pulses.
"We took that information and we allowed it to influence this Pong game that they were playing," Kagan says. "So they could move the paddle around."
At first, the cells didn't understand the signals coming from the computer, or know what signals to send the other direction. They also had no reason to play the game.
So the scientists tried to motivate the cells using electrical stimulation: a nicely organized burst of electrical activity if they got it right. When they got it wrong, the result was a chaotic stream of white noise.
"If they hit the ball, we gave them something predictable," Kagan says. "When they missed it, they got something that was totally unpredictable."
The strategy was based on the Free Energy Principle, which states that brain cells want to be able to predict what's going on in their environment. So they would choose predictable stimulation over unpredictable stimulation.
The approach worked. Cells began to learn to generate patterns of electrical activity that would move the paddle in front of the ball, and gradually rallies got longer.
The brain cells never got that good at Pong. But interestingly, human brain cells seemed to achieve a slightly higher level of play than mouse brain cells, Kagan says.
And the level of play was remarkable, considering that each network contained fewer cells than the brain of a cockroach, Kagan says.
"If you could see a cockroach playing a game of Pong and it was able to hit the ball twice as often as it was missing it, you would be pretty impressed with that cockroach," he says.
The results hint at a future in which biology helps computers become more intelligent by changing the way that they learn, Kagan says.
But that future is probably still a long way off, says Steve M. Potter, an adjunct associate professor at Georgia Tech.
"The idea of a computer that has some living components is exciting and it's starting to become a reality," he says. "However, the kinds of learning that these things can accomplish is quite rudimentary right now."
Even so, Potter says the system that allowed cells to learn Pong could be a great tool for doing research.
"This is sort of a semi-living animal model that one can use to study all sorts of mechanisms in the nervous system, not just learning," he says.
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STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) plans to report its fourth quarter 2022 results on Monday, January 23, 2023. The earnings release and presentation materials are scheduled to be released and posted to the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, www.investors.synchronyfinancial.com, at approximately 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A conference call to discuss Synchrony's results will be held at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on that day; the live audio webcast and replay can be accessed through the same website under Events and Presentations.
Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry's most complete digitally-enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoor, pet and more. We have an established and diverse group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations and healthcare service providers, which we refer to as our "partners." We connect our partners and consumers through our dynamic financial ecosystem and provide them with a diverse set of financing solutions and innovative digital capabilities to address their specific needs and deliver seamless, omnichannel experiences. We offer the right financing products to the right customers in their channel of choice. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com and Twitter: @Synchrony.
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the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the
evening, then slight chance of rain and snow after midnight. Lows
in the lower to mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Lows in the
lower 20s to lower 30s.
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morning, then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 40.
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.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
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around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
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the southwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 10 to 15.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow after
midnight. Lows around 20.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow. Highs in
the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance
of snow. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. Highs in the mid 30s to
lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow after
midnight. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
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At the Daniyle camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, hundreds of people who've fled from drought-stricken areas of Somalia are now crammed into a dusty lot. They've erected makeshift shelters out of sticks covered with tarps, burlap bags and bits of plastic sheeting. The ground is dry and powdery. Puffs of dust rise around each footfall.
Khadijo Noor Ali arrived at the Daniyle camp two months ago with 7 children in tow. Khadijo says they had to come after the crops in her village in the Lower Shabelle region failed for the fourth season in a row.
"We fled from the drought," she says. "We had nothing to eat. We ran away from our home."
Khadijo is single mother. She has five kids from her first marriage, a 4-year-old from her second and a frail 8-year-old relative whose parents died several years ago.
In her village, she worked as a farm laborer tending crops. But without rain there was no work.
"The owner of the farm saw the lives we were living," Khadijo says, sitting with her children in front of her shelter. "He paid for the bus fares for us to come here."
Daniyle is one of hundreds of displaced persons camps that have sprung up this year around the Somali capital and other cities. According to volunteers who helped build latrines and a set of water taps at the camp, there are now more than 300 families living in Daniyle alone and between 20 to 30 more families arrive each week. The United Nations now calculates that more than 1.7 million Somalis – in a country of just over 16 million people — have been uprooted from their homes this year due to the food crisis and fighting involving the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.
Khadijo says she came to Mogadishu because she heard that international aid agencies were providing food to the residents of the camps. But once she arrived, she found that wasn't happening.
"We have been here for two months and we haven't gotten any assistance at all except for the toilets and the water taps," she says. The camp chairwoman confirms that there are no food distributions happening at Daniyle although food assistance is provided at some of the other displaced persons camps that were set up years ago by Somalis fleeing earlier disasters.
Khadijo feeds her children by doing casual labor, she says, usually washing laundry for families in Mogadishu. But she says she can't always find work.
"We are living in very hard conditions," she says. "If I get work, I'll buy food and cook it. If I get nothing, I tell the children to go to bed, to sleep with hunger."
The 8-year-old orphan, Dahiro, appears to be suffering the most from the lack of food. Her arms are thin and hang limply at her sides. Her hair has faded to a reddish color, a classic sign of malnutrition.
According to a consortium of aid agencies, including the U.N.'s World Food Programme, 5.6 million Somalis are already "experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity."
As the worst drought on record continues to scorch the Horn of Africa, the consortium predicts that more than half the country, some 8 million Somalis, could be going hungry by April of 2023. The number of people facing catastrophic food shortages, basically at risk of starvation, could top 700,000.
And the food crisis is already claiming lives. Doctors say they are treating children who are already dying of malnutrition.
Drought is only part of the problem
At the Bay Regional Hospital in the southwestern city of Baidoa, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim, who works on pediatric malnutrition wards, says the food crisis in Somalia is about more than just failed crops.
"Food prices were really high earlier this year," he says. Prior to the war in Ukraine, Somalia got 90% of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine. The doctor says grain prices have come down somewhat but still remain high. He adds that water prices have also jumped dramatically, adding to the financial burden on families. Looking over the chart of a child in the intensive care unit, Dr. Ibrahim says most malnourished kids — even those on the brink of starvation — can be successfully treated so long as their parents bring them for help. The boy in front of him is 2 years old and weighs just 12 pounds.
"He's half the weight he should be," the doctor says.
The boy's mother, Sowda Mustaf, is 21 years old. Even as she tends to her son in the hospital, a neighbor brings in her 6-month-old daughter to breast feed. Her husband left her, she says, and she survives thanks to her brother, who does day labor in the market in Baidoa.
"When he gets some money, he shares it with us," she says.
Efforts to get international aid to Baidoa and many parts of Somalia have been hampered by al-Shabaab, which controls many rural areas in the south of the country. The armed group controls all of the roads leading into Baidoa, where hundreds of thousands of Somalis have arrived seeking food aid. The leaders of al-Shabaab have banned international aid agencies from working in their territory, claiming that the group will provide assistance on its own. And because al-Shabaab is at war with the government, Somali officials can't offer help. The militants attack aid convoys, forcing humanitarian groups to fly almost all of their supplies into the drought-afflicted areas.
Local shopkeepers in Baidoa say al-Shabaab is also driving up food prices due to what they refer to as "blockages" on the local roads. Shipments of food from Mogadishu can only be arranged by special brokers. Merchants in Baidoa who used to send rice, oil and other staples to vendors at market stalls in outlying villages now say they can't risk having their shipments seized by the armed insurgents.
Bashir Ahmed Saman, 23, runs a dry goods store in Baidoa. He says roads around the city have been blocked ever since he opened his shop two years ago. "I cannot buy everything I want from Mogadishu," he says. "I can only order it from the larger wholesalers. Also, I can't transfer items to another village because of the blockages. That affects me."
The "blockages" hurt his profits and also inflate his prices. "I blame this situation on the lack of a strong government," he says. "Also, the change of the climate. But mainly we don't have leaders who are able to solve the problems of this country."
This camp resident sees just one solution
In one of the displaced persons camps in Baidoa, 32-year-old Farhia Abdi Hussein says the food situation is dire. Residents have no money, she says, and aid from international relief groups has mostly focused on providing toilets, water and tarps.
"Most of the people survive by begging," Farhia says of the residents of the camp. She says some people get medicine from a humanitarian health clinic and then resell it in town to buy food.
Farhia fled her village, which was controlled by al-Shabaab, after her crops failed and most of her goats died.
"I can't go back to where I come from because the area is controlled by al-Shabaab," she says. Al-Shabaab doesn't allow people to freely leave so she fled in the middle of the night. "Once you move from that place you cannot go back there. Even if you left everything there."
She says she doesn't have much faith that the government or international relief agencies will be able to solve the current food crisis in her country. The one thing that could make a difference, she says, would be rain.
"I pray to God that he brings rains so that those who are able to go back can go to their villages and grow their own crops," she says. "But for people like me who cannot go home, I hope they can also get a life in the urban town. They can get something to live on. I hope the rains will come and people will be stable."
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific railroad to make sure a livestock producer gets the grain it needs in California to prevent millions of chickens and hundreds of thousands of cattle from starving.
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board told the railroad it must improve service to Foster Farms to keep it from running out of feed for livestock it raises. It’s is the second time in the past year regulators issued an emergency order related to delivery problems at Foster Farms, which is based in Livingston, California, as the railroad struggled with a shortage of crews.
This time, however, Union Pacific blamed the weather for its problems. Spokesman Mike Jaixen said last month’s extreme cold and blizzard conditions slowed deliveries in 20 of the 23 western states the railroad operated in, and additional problems are possible because of the forecast for more severe winter weather.
“Union Pacific remains committed to serving all of our customers as efficiently as possible, including Foster Farms, weather permitting,” Jaixen said.
Foster Farms called on the STB to get Union Pacific to give priority to grain trains heading from the Midwest to the livestock producer’s facilities in Traver, Turlock, and Delhi, California.
Union Pacific said the problems at Foster Farms should improve once five trains hauling corn that are already en route arrive, but Jaixen declined to provide an update on those trains Tuesday. The railroad is submitting updates to the STB, but it wants to keep that customer-specific information confidential.
Foster Farms attorney Thomas Wilcox said in a letter to regulators that the company has little faith that UP will deliver on its promises because the railroad has failed to deliver any of its grain trains on time in the past two weeks.
So in the meantime, Foster Farms has been buying dozens of truckloads of expensive corn to keep its chickens alive while it waits for the grain trains to be delivered, but those truck deliveries can’t continue to meet its needs.
Union Pacific said its performance has improved since the spring when Foster Farms and many other shippers went before the STB to complain about chronic delivery problems at most of the major freight railroads that were disrupting their businesses.
UP and the other major freight railroads have hired hundreds of new workers since the start of the year to help them better handle all the shipments. But railroad executives acknowledge that their service still isn’t meeting customer expectations and must continue to improve.
Regulators also recently criticized Union Pacific’s practice of imposing limits on customer shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion along the Omaha, Nebraska, based railroad’s network of 32,400 miles (about 52,000 kilometers) of track across the Western half of the United States. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-feds-say-railroad-must-deliver-grain-to-california-chickens/ | 2023-01-04 00:17:29 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-feds-say-railroad-must-deliver-grain-to-california-chickens/ |
WFO BOSTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 28, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
102 PM EDT Sat May 28 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Windham,
northern Tolland, northeastern Hartford, southwestern Worcester,
southeastern Hampshire, southeastern Franklin and southeastern
Hampden Counties through 200 PM EDT...
At 100 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ware to near Enfield. Movement was east at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Brief heavy downpours
can also be expected.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Strong winds could cause minor damage such as downed
branches. Heavy rain may cause ponding of water or minor
flooding in areas that drain water poorly.
Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Chicopee, Enfield, Windsor, Agawam, Ludlow, Holden,
Southbridge, Longmeadow, Suffield, East Longmeadow, Ellington,
Belchertown, Wilbraham, Charlton, Windsor Locks, Palmer, Stafford,
Spencer and Somers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Get indoors when you hear thunder. Do not resume outdoor activities
until at least 30 minutes after the storm has passed.
LAT...LON 4238 7187 4198 7207 4191 7269 4240 7239
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 252DEG 19KT 4225 7233 4195 7259
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Payback was not easy to come by for New Mexico United on Saturday night.
In the end it tasted that much sweeter.
United played a man down for most of the second half but managed to come away with a 2-1 victory over Monterey Bay FC at Isotopes Park.
The script delighted an announced crowd of 9,874 that endured intermittent rain and did its best to motivate the short-handed home squad through some tense closing minutes. New Mexico (3-3-2) avenged an earlier 4-2 road loss to Monterey Bay (3-3-4) and improved to 2-0-1 in its last three USL Championship matches.
Better still for the home fans, New Mexicans Alex Waggoner and Sergio Rivas accounted for United’s scoring. Waggoner, playing on an academy contract, picked up his first goal for NMU. Rivas scored his team-leading third of the season — a short-handed tally that would prove to be the difference.
“I don’t know if I can describe how proud I am of this group right now,” United coach Zach Prince said. “A lot of good execution and the mentality was monstrous, especially playing a man down. Coming away from that with three points is huge.”
It was anything but an easy outing for United, especially after midfielder Sam Hamilton picked up two second-half yellow cards and was sent off with a resulting red card in the 56th minute.
United led just 1-0 at the time, but gave itself some needed breathing room when Rivas cashed in on a well-placed drop pass from Amando Moreno just two minutes later.
New Mexico then did an effective job clearing the ball and breaking up Monterey Bay attacks for most of the remaining time. But MBFC, which came into the contest leading the USLC with 17 goals scored, added to the drama when Adrian Rebollar scored on a Sean Okoli assist in the 81st minute.
Goalkeeper Alex Tambakis and New Mexico’s defense then rose to the occasion, preventing Monterey Bay from getting many opportunities in the closing minutes. Defender Josh Suggs raced toward the stands pumping his fist when the final whistle sounded.
“Once Sam went off, we just said to ourselves, ‘We’re not losing this match,'” said defender Will Seymore, who saved a sure goal with a sliding clearance and made several key plays down the stretch. “Last year we might’ve felt sorry for ourselves a little bit, but the focus and intensity was what it needed to be tonight.”
The first half was played in steady rainfall, but it couldn’t dampen the spirits of United’s singing, chanting supporters. They got even louder in the 23rd minute when Waggoner was in position to finish a well-executed scoring play.
Suggs started it by running down a ball on the left wing just before it crossed the end line, He centered the ball to Moreno, who turned and fired a low shot on frame. MBFC goalkeeper Antony Siaha blocked it, but the rebound trickled to Waggoner, who slipped it past Siaha and into the net.
“It’s an amazing thing to finally get a goal having grown up here,” Waggoner said. “It happened so fast, I didn’t know what to do. I just ran to the fans. It was all adrenaline.”
Monterey Bay finished with a 9-4 shot advantage and had 67% of the possession, even more after Hamilton’s exit. But NMU was remarkably efficient, putting all four of its shots on target with two of them finding the net.
NEW MEXICO UNITED 2, MONTEREY BAY FC 1
Monterey Bay 0 1 — 1
New Mexico 1 1 — 2
Scoring: NM, 23rd, Alex Waggoner; NM, 58th, Sergio Rivas (Amando Moreno); MB, 81st, Adrian Rebollar (Sean Okoli). Shots: NM 4, MB 9. Shots on goal: NM 4, MB 3. Corner kicks: NM 2, MB 5. Goalkeeper saves: NM (Alex Tambakis) 1, MB (Antony Siaha) 2.
Wednesday
New Mexico United at Loudon United FC, 5 p.m., 101.7 FM
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VIEREMÄ, Finland, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ponsse and Epec are introducing the PONSSE EV1, an electric forest machine technology concept. While the forest machine will be commercially available later, Epec's technology can already be used in electric or hybrid-electric commercial vehicles and non-road mobile machines. Ponsse's technological concept is a peek into the future, paving the way for technological development and sustainable harvesting solutions.
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"Technological development is fast and offers us excellent opportunities to develop our solutions further, even in unexpected directions. We have worked hard with our technology company Epec to enable this concept. At the same time, both companies have developed their capabilities, and we have gained significant new knowledge during this project. This launch of a new technology concept is a peek into the future and one of the solutions offered by electric powertrains. Sustainable development is a significant future success factor for Ponsse. We want to strongly develop our solutions with Epec. Our strategy reform has been successful at Epec, and we're very happy with Epec's excellent development," says Juho Nummela, President and CEO, Ponsse Plc.
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Ponsse Studio: Transforming technologies
Juho Nummela, Ponsse's President and CEO, and Jyri Kylä-Kaila, Epec's Managing Director, will be talking about transforming technologies at the online Ponsse Studio event on 17 August 2022. A recording of the online event can be watched later on Ponsse's YouTube channel.
Epec launched the Epec Flow on the Ponsse Studio.
Further information:
Juho Nummela, President and CEO, Ponsse Plc, +358 400 495 690, juho.nummela@ponsse.com
Jyri Kylä-Kaila, Managing Director, Epec Oy, +358 50 317 1178, jyri.kyla-kaila@epec.fi
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BISSELL, a leader in cleaning solutions for your home's floor and air care, introduces the SpinWave® R5, a new intelligent robotic cleaning machine that vacuums and mops at the same time for a 2-in-1 clean.
This latest innovation from BISSELL® is a must-have for busy households, delivering a hands-free, powerful and smart clean. New to the SpinWave® family, the R5 robot has been engineered to utilize 360-degree LiDAR technology, allowing for advanced home mapping and navigation. Complete with strong suction to remove dust and debris from carpets and hard floors and spinning mop pads that scrub sealed hard floors, BISSELL® is ensuring this new tech-forward robot provides a true clean. The SpinWave® R5 also includes a specially designed edge cleaning brush that grabs debris like hair and fine dust from along baseboards.
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Which Ugg boots should you buy?
There’s nothing better than moments where fashion and comfort perfectly align. High heels and artistic shoe design may be pretty to look at, but they’re not always very comfortable or practical to wear.
When colder weather sets in, it’s also nice to have something that complements winter clothing while protecting your feet from the chilly air. Ugg boots provide stylish and comfortable footwear throughout the winter months. Plus, Ugg even offers colorful rain boots, which can serve you well in April showers.
What are Ugg boots?
Ugg is a shoe brand founded in 1978. Brian Smith, a surfer from Australia, moved to California and designed a boot made from sheepskin in a now-iconic design. The slip-on boots quickly became popular in the surfing community, and over the following decades, Ugg boots gained momentum in mainstream fashion throughout the world.
The initial hype around the classic Ugg boot design has died down a bit in recent years. But the brand continues to produce variations of its classic style and has branched out into other types of footwear and apparel, such as Ugg slippers.
One of the defining features of Ugg boots is the quality suede and sheepskin used to make the boots. The material is durable and the inside fleece is super soft and comfortable.
Types of Ugg boots
The general shape and style of Ugg boots is instantly recognizable but, beyond that, Ugg boots generally fall into three main categories:
- Classic: The iconic Ugg boot shape is available in four lengths: ultra mini, mini, short and long. Each pair is made with cow suede and has a sheepskin fleece inner lining. While they’re available in lots of different colors, the most recognizable are neutral colors such as chestnut, black and gray.
- Fashion: Building on the classic Ugg boot aesthetic, the brand often produces different lines that include fresh takes on the standard shape. This includes details such as using faux fur in place of sheepskin and extra detail such as bows on the outside of the boots.
- Rain: Ugg has also branched out from purely fashionable footwear to produce more functional versions of the boots. Since the suede on the classic boots is not suitable for wet weather, you can pick up Ugg rain boots in different lengths and styles made from rubber.
12 best Ugg boots to buy
Ugg Women’s Classic Short II Boot
The short boot is an iconic Ugg style and sits about halfway up the calf, although you can fold down the top to your ankle to expose the sheepskin lining. This style is available in 20 shades ranging from classic, neutral black to bright reds and blues.
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Ugg Women’s Bailey Bow II Boot
If you like to stand out with a little extra detail, this set of short boots has two satin bows on the back of the boots. You can choose from seven different colors and the boots are treated for water-repellency.
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Koolaburra by Ugg Women’s Dezi Short Boot
For an extra edge, this pair of boots combines the classic Ugg shape with an asymmetrical top and fur trim on the outside right down to the ankle. The lining is faux fur in place of the classic sheepskin fleece.
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Ugg Women’s Classic Cardy Boot
Another take on the classic short Ugg boot, the outside of this pair is made from a knit material that is 50% wool and 50% acrylic. The shaft wraps around the calf with button detail on the outside for extra style.
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Ugg Women’s Classic Mini II Winter Boot
This mini version of the Ugg boot is great for times when you want to keep your feet cozy but it’s not quite chilly enough for a longer boot. They also have Ugg Treadlite technology on the sole to keep the boots slip-resistant on wet ground.
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Ugg Women’s Neumel Platform Zip Fashion Boot
The Ugg boot classic suede material should be kept away from water as much as possible, so the extra-tall platform on these ankle boots is great for wet weather. The front zip detail makes them easy to put on.
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Ugg Women’s Tasman X Rain Boot
If you want all the comfort of Ugg boots but the ability to wear them in wet weather, these rain boots are waterproof. The sock lining is made with soft wool and can be removed for washing as needed.
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The classic Ugg boot fit isn’t to everyone’s taste, but these front-lace ankle boots mean you can enjoy the same quality and comfort in a different style. They’re available in 16 colors, from neutral chestnut to flamboyant shades like soda orange.
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Ugg Women’s Classic Clear Mini Ankle Boot
Keeping warm and dry can be a challenge during colder months, but this pair of short Ugg boots combines a waterproof rubber shell with a cozy sheepskin lining. The black bands on the outside are branded with the Ugg logo and the insole is removable.
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Ugg Women’s Classic Tall II Boot
For extra-chilly days, this tall version of the iconic Ugg boot style wraps around the calf and sits just below the knee to keep you extra cozy. They come in four classic colors: black, chestnut, gray and chocolate.
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Koolaburra by Ugg Women’s Victoria Short Fashion Boot
This pair of short boots combines comfortable sheepskin with fashionable faux fur on the inner lining. The lining is exposed on the outside of each boot and decorated with two suede bows for some added detail to the classic look.
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Ugg Women’s Classic Ultra Mini Ankle Boot
This extra short version of the classic Ugg boot sits right under the ankle, making them easy to slip on and off. They’re available in 18 different colors and have extra stitching around the front to add detail and structure.
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When you think of Jeffrey Osborne, his 1982 mega-hit “On the Wings of Love” might immediately come to mind.
Or maybe you’ll remember his years spent as the lead singer with L.T.D.
Or maybe what you’ll recall is his deep, rich baritone voice, his many recordings, or even his Grammy nominations.
But whatever comes to mind, one thing is certain: Jeffrey Osborne will always be remembered for his marvelous music. And now that unforgettable voice and that marvelous music will be evident when Osborne takes the stage at Rivers Casino Philadelphia, 1001 Delaware Ave., on June 16 and 17.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Osborne was the youngest of 12 children which consisted of five brothers and six sisters.
“And the whole family was musical, starting with my father who was a well-known jazz musician who played with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and Duke Ellington,” Osborne points out. “In fact, some of my siblings also went on to have musical careers of their own.”
Osborne’s own career started when he was just a teenager, when he became a drummer for the American soul band known as L.T.D. At first, Osborne served only as a drummer, sharing vocals from time to time with his brother Billy who was also a member of the band. But several years later, Osborne switched jobs and became the band’s lead singer.
“That was a difficult thing for me to do,” he says. “I had difficulty becoming the lead singer and standing in front of the band facing an audience. I was always the drummer so this was something very new and completely unfamiliar to me.
“So I hired a theater director,” Osborne continues. “Actually, he was the drama teacher at L.A. City College and I worked with him for a couple of months. He taught me how to work in front of an audience, how to draw them in, and how to really reach people with my music. He helped me tremendously, and from that moment on, I never got behind the drums again.”
Although Osborne admits his favorite genre of music is probably jazz because that’s the music he grew up on, when he gets to the casino he says he’ll do as much of L.T.D. material as possible. “People seem to still want to hear that music from the ‘70s, so I’ll try to make them happy,” he laughs.
Obviously, Osborne takes his career and pleasing audiences very seriously. He also takes his health and well-being very seriously as well, and credits his health regime with contributing to his longevity in this business.
He runs several miles a day and has since he was a teenager. He’s also follows a vegan diet. “You know I’ve been singing for all these years and that really takes a toll on your vocal chords, so you have to really take care of yourself.”
And now in his 70s, Osborne’s also cut down on his touring. “I don’t tour anymore, I’m past all that. But I do go out on the weekends. That keeps me happy and in front of audiences. And it keeps my health in check as well.”
Musically, Osborne hasn’t put out anything in a while, but he says he still might. “I also haven’t done TV or film, but I’d probably like to dabble a bit in that. I see some of the people I came up with doing little bits of everything which I think is a good idea. So I might like to collaborate and do much more than you see being done by most people in my generation.”
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A group of House Democrats on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in the wake of reports about luxury gifts he received from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.
Eighteen House Democrats, led by Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), urged Chief Justice John Roberts to establish an independent investigative body to probe alleged ethical lapses of the justices, specifically calling for a “substantial” investigation into Thomas.
They also recommended that the high court create an ethics counsel to advise justices about issues such as disclosure requirements and recusal.
“It has become abundantly clear to us that the current internal mechanism employed by the Court is not sufficient to prevent either the real, or appearance of, impropriety of its members or to hold to account justices who break ethics rules,” the congressmen said in Tuesday’s letter.
Thomas has faced public scrutiny in recent months after reports emerged about previously undisclosed luxury vacations the justice received from Crow. The GOP megadonor also reportedly paid for the private school tuition of Thomas’ great-nephew and purchased several properties owned by Thomas and his family.
More recently, Justice Samuel Alito came under fire for accepting a fishing trip from billionaire hedge fund owner and GOP donor Paul Singer, whose hedge fund later had business before the court.
“Despite the Court’s decision not to conduct a proper investigation into allegations of misconduct by Justices Thomas and Alito, we know that you possess the ability to do such an investigation when you desire,” the letter said.
The group of House Democrats pointed to the Supreme Court’s quick action in the wake of the leaked opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last May.
“We agree that the Dobbs leak was a serious matter that jeopardized the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and merited investigation,” the congressmen said. “But the allegations against Justices Thomas and Alito similarly pose grave threats to the legitimacy of the Court.” | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/hill-politics/house-democrats-call-for-independent-investigation-of-justice-clarence-thomas/ | 2023-06-27 18:51:29 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/hill-politics/house-democrats-call-for-independent-investigation-of-justice-clarence-thomas/ |
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TKO Miller, a leading middle-market investment bank, today announced that Jim Rogers, former Vice President of Corporate Development and M&A for BrandSafway, has joined as Managing Director and Co-Head of its Industrial Services practice. Jim will expand the scale and capabilities of TKO Miller's growing Industrial Services practice, which provides advisory solutions to middle-market and corporate clients.
"The hiring of Jim will be transformational for our industrial services practice," said Tim Oleszczuk, Managing Director and Co-Founder, TKO Miller. Jim brings a long history of executing domestic and international industrial services transactions while at BrandSafway. In addition, his work at Honeywell in Security, Fire Detection, and Personal Protection Equipment will fortify other areas of our practice."
Jim has more than 20 years of financial and strategic experience building global presence by leading mergers and acquisitions around the world. Prior to joining TKO Miller, Jim was the Vice President of Corporate Development for BrandSafway. During his time at BrandSafway, he completed more than 20 transactions in North America and Europe. His previous experience also includes 16 years with Honeywell International where he grew the Security and Fire Detection business units from $425M to over $4B through multiple M&A transactions.
"TKO Miller is a great firm with a superb track record, and I am excited to be part of the team," said Jim Rogers, Managing Director and Co-Head of Industrial Services, TKO Miller. "I look forward to helping the firm grow and expand into new areas in industrial services, including international opportunities."
Jim received his B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting from Wright State University and his MBA from Xavier University. Jim is also a Certified Public Accountant.
TKO Miller, LLC is an independent, advisory-focused, middle-market investment bank. With over 130 years of collective transaction experience, TKO Miller provides merger and acquisition and financial advisory services for privately held and private equity-owned businesses nationwide, with a special focus on family- and founder-held businesses.
TKO Miller aims to bring value to clients by combining outstanding people with a results-oriented, flexible approach to transactions. Our services include company sales, recapitalizations, asset divestitures, and management buyouts. TKO Miller has a generalist focus but has served clients in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, business services, consumer products, and industrial products and services. For more information, visit our website www.tkomiller.com
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The world's first lawsuit search engine makes LGBTQ lawsuits available to the public
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- laWow – the first lawsuit search engine specifically designed for the public, announces the addition of LGBTQ Lawsuits to its search engine. Now, anyone and everyone can have access to lawsuits involving LGBTQ causes at any time.
A search on laWow.org for "LGBTQ" returns results that include the following cases:
- D. N. v. Ron DeSantis
- Musgrove v. the University System of Georgia
- Jane Doe v. Kettle Moraine School District
- B. J. P. v. West Virginia Board of Education
- Pamela Ricard v. Geary County Schools
- Jane Doe v. School Board of the City of Harrisonburg
lawoo.org's platform is a news source for journalists, researchers, employees, stock investors, and anyone else seeking an unaltered source of information without commentary or opinion and only the facts. laWow's is a public utility designed for transparency.
"This public utility is long overdue… an unbiased-facts-only source for information and news is critical now more than ever," said Jonathan Wallentine of lawow.org.
laWow.org is an unaltered source of public information, no commentary, no opinions, just public documents made searchable.
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Peloton to pay $19 million in fines over dangerous treadmill defect
NEW YORK (AP) — Exercise equipment maker Peloton Interactive has agreed to pay roughly $19 million in fines related to its delay in reporting a defect for its treadmills that caused one death and multiple injuries, the federal consumer watchdog said Thursday.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the fine resolves the agency’s charges that Peloton knowingly failed to immediately report to the Commission as required by law, that its Tread+ treadmill contained a defect that could create a substantial product hazard and created an “unreasonable risk of serious injury to consumers. "
The civil penalty also settles charges that Peloton knowingly distributed recalled treadmills in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
The Commission noted that beginning in December 2018 and continuing into 2019, Peloton received more than 150 reports of incidents where users were pulled under or entrapped. That included the death of a child and 13 injuries, including broken bones, lacerations, abrasions and friction burns.
CPSC said that Peloton didn’t immediately report those incidents to the Commission, despite being armed with such information. Peloton and the Commission jointly announced the recall of the Tread+ treadmill on May 5, 2021.
CPSC also charged that after the public announcement of the recall, Peloton knowingly distributed 38 Tread+ recalled treadmills using Peloton personnel and through third-party delivery firms.
As part of the settlement, Peloton is also required to file annual compliance reports for the next five years.
The fines comes as Peloton is struggling to turn around its business after it enjoyed booming sales during the early part of the pandemic when homebound consumers turned to exercise bikes and treadmills in their homes.
Peloton said in a statement that it “remains deeply committed to the safety and well-being of our members and to the continuous improvement of our products.” It said that it looks forward to working cooperatively with the CPSC to further enhance member safety.
Peloton noted that it continues to pursue the CPSC’s approval of a Tread+ rear guard that would further enhance its safety features.
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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — As most of us are decompressing after the holiday, some are stuck in airports around the country. BWI is no different.
Nationally, Southwest has canceled nearly 60% of its flights.
Kay Townsond and her daughter Robin Townsond are in line to try and get a hotel voucher. They are trying to get back to Maine to relieve the cat sitter.
"And in case there is a plane out tomorrow, but I doubt it, and it's probably going to be New Years Eve before we can leave," Kay said.
"I don't know if I want to take Southwest again. I mean, it's not the best. I've had better experiences on other flights," Robin said.
Jimmy Wand of Annapolis is trying to get ahead of the game. On the 29th, he had his flight to New Orleans canceled for a big family get together.
"...here I am caught in this mess," Wand said.
There are a lot of people checking out the boards today and even people without taking problems, that doesn't mean they are without worry.
"We had a late game last night," Martin Keithline said.
Keithline and the his high school team from Forestville, Maryland are in the middle of a full court press. Last night, the team played a tournament in Salisbury.
The game went into five overtimes and they won. Now, they are back here at BWI going to a tournament in Florida. They are traveling with 25 people.
The boys team has tickets, but the girl's teams' flights were canceled.
"So, I've been on the website all day trying to get a hold of somebody. You can't contact anybody at web services. No phone numbers are working right now for Southwest, so it's a little hectic," Keithline said.
BWI is not alone with the Southwest problem, it's happening all across the country. Southwest says they are dealing with weather and staffing issues. These cancellations have people rethinking their travel choices.
I'm not thrilled with Southwest at all," Kay said.
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WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide.
WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn’t come to an end, noting recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The U.N. health agency says that thousands of people are still dying from the virus every week.
“It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
“That does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat,” he said, adding he wouldn’t hesitate to reconvene experts to reassess the situation should COVID-19 “put our world in peril.”
Tedros said the pandemic had been on a downward trend for more than a year, acknowledging that most countries have already returned to life before COVID-19. He bemoaned the damage that COVID-19 had done to the global community, saying the virus had shattered businesses and plunged millions into poverty.
“COVID has changed our world and it has changed us,” he said, warning that the risk of new variants still remained.
When the U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to be an international crisis on Jan. 30, 2020, it hadn’t yet been named COVID-19 and there were no major outbreaks beyond China.
More than three years later, the virus has caused an estimated 764 million cases globally and about 5 billion people have received at least one dose of vaccine.
In the U.S., the public health emergency declaration made regarding COVID-19 is set to expire on May 11, when wide-ranging measures to support the pandemic response, including vaccine mandates, will end. Many other countries, including Germany, France and Britain, dropped many of their provisions against the pandemic last year.
When Tedros declared COVID-19 to be an emergency in 2020, he said his greatest fear was the virus’ potential to spread in countries with weak health systems he described as “ill-prepared.”
In fact, some of the countries that suffered the worst COVID-19 death tolls were previously judged to be the best-prepared for a pandemic, including the U.S. and Britain. According to WHO data, the number of deaths reported in Africa account for just 3% of the global total.
WHO made its decision to lower its highest level of alert on Friday, after convening an expert group on Thursday. The U.N. agency doesn’t “declare” pandemics, but first used the term to describe the outbreak in March 2020, when the virus had spread to every continent except Antarctica, long after many other scientists had said a pandemic was already underway.
WHO is the only agency mandated to coordinate the world’s response to acute health threats, but the organization faltered repeatedly as the coronavirus unfolded. In January 2020, WHO publicly applauded China for its supposed speedy and transparent response, even though recordings of private meetings obtained by The Associated Press showed top officials were frustrated at the country’s lack of cooperation.
WHO also recommended against members of the public wearing masks to protect against COVID-19 for months, a mistake many health officials say cost lives.
Numerous scientists also slammed WHO’s reluctance to acknowledge that COVID-19 was frequently spread in the air and by people without symptoms, criticizing the agency’s lack of strong guidance to prevent such exposure.
Tedros was a vociferous critic of rich countries who hoarded the limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, warning that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” by failing to share shots with poor countries.
Most recently, WHO has been struggling to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, a challenging scientific endeavour that has also become politically fraught.
After a weeks-long visit to China, WHO released a report in 2021 concluding that COVID-19 most likely jumped into humans from animals, dismissing the possibility that it originated in a lab as “extremely unlikely.”
But the U.N. agency backtracked the following year, saying “key pieces of data” were still missing and that it was premature to rule out that COVID-19 might have ties to a lab.
A panel commissioned by WHO to review its performance criticized China and other countries for not moving quicker to stop the virus and said the organization was constrained both by its limited finances and inability to compel countries to act.
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Maria Cheng reported from London.
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Bank chooses fintech to simplify account opening for business clients with end-to-end automation
BOSTON, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DocFox, the leading provider of automated business account opening solutions, today announced InBank has chosen DocFox to automate account onboarding for its business clients.
With locations throughout the Colorado Front Range, southern Colorado and northern New Mexico markets, InBank offers a full suite of commercial, business and personal banking solutions with a focus on personalized service, technology and local decision-making. InBank is led by an experienced and dedicated group of banking professionals and executive team, all of whom understand the nuances of business and value their economic impact.
DocFox was selected for its ability to create streamlined, simplified workflows for all types of businesses the bank encounters, regardless of complexity. InBank embraced the ability to automate document analysis and the robust integration capability to further simplify and streamline processes for its banking and operations teams.
"Over the last several years, InBank has been highly focused on the onboarding experience for our business clients. We've made significant investments in technology and team members, including our dedicated Business Concierge team, to alleviate the pain point of businesses moving their operating accounts to InBank," says Stephen Sahli, Senior Vice President, Director Treasury Management and Payments at InBank. "To continue building on this level of service for our business clients, InBank has partnered with DocFox for a next-level experience. The partnership will enable InBank to deliver a low-friction, digital onboarding experience for our business clients that is simple and streamlined."
"Providing best-in-class service is critical to growing and establishing your bank as an innovative force," explains DocFox CEO Ryan Canin. "With the automated, streamlined business account opening workflows in DocFox, InBank can continue to lead the business banking market in delivering on its promise, no matter how complex the account."
About DocFox
DocFox is the leading provider of automated business account opening software, used by over 250 financial institutions worldwide including banks, credit unions, and fintechs. DocFox uses intelligent automation to create a streamlined onboarding experience, simplifying and automating previously manual tasks for both applicants and financial institutions.
For more information about DocFox and to request a live demo, visit docfox.io.
About InBank
InBank is an independent commercial bank serving the Colorado Front Range, southern Colorado and northern New Mexico markets. InBank offers a full suite of commercial, business and personal banking solutions with a focus on personalized service, technology and local decision-making. InBank was built on the entrepreneurial spirit and is led by a team of experienced banking professionals committed to the mission of positively impacting the lives of its customers, communities and associates. For more information, visit www.InBank.com.
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The global music streaming service launches a 360° marketing campaign in key markets, highlighting how music can elevate moods and perceptions.
PARIS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deezer (DEEZR), is repositioning its brand to attract younger users. As a first step, a new marketing campaign launched on August 22 in France, Germany and Brazil. Award-winning French agency Buzzman was chosen as the main partner for the campaign, and the wider brand development.
With engaging visuals from photographer Lou Escobar, Deezer presents a number of intriguing scenarios that at first glance might not tell the full story. After scanning a QR code on the image, a song will be played which will either elevate or change the perception of the scenario. The artists range from icons such as Edith Piaf, global superstars like Dua Lipa, and local heroes such as Heuss L'enfoiré, Jul, Die Prinzen and Vitor Kley.
"A song has the power to change how you view the world around you. As the home of music, Deezer is the best partner to set the mood in any situation of our users' lives," said Elsa Batigne, VP Brand Marketing, Deezer. "Working with Buzzman, we have created a disruptive, and engaging campaign, where music makes images come to life. We can't wait for our users to interact and play with the concept, and use the power of music to create their own content."
The campaign will show imagery in multiple outdoor formats, including 8 M2 billboards, as well as digital activations, social media, and TV across France, Germany and Brazil. Additionally, Deezer is creating a TikTok challenge where people will enhance or change a situation with the power of music.
ABOUT DEEZER
Deezer is one of the largest independent music streaming platforms in the world, with more than 90 million tracks available in 180 countries, providing access to lossless HiFi audio, innovative recommendation technology and industry defining features. As the home of music, Deezer brings artists and fans together on a scalable and global platform, to unlock the full potential of music through technology. Founded in 2007 in Paris, Deezer is now a global company with a team of over 600 people based in France, Germany, UK, Brazil and the US, all brought together by their passion for music, technology and innovation. Deezer is listed on the Professional Segment of Euronext Paris (Ticker: DEEZR. ISIN: FR001400AYG6) and is also part of the newly-created Euronext Tech Leaders segment, dedicated to European high-growth tech companies, and its associated index.
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Buzzman, voted "Best International Small Agency of the Year award" in 2011 by Ad Age and "Agency of the year" at the Cristal Festival in 2013 and 2016, "Agency of the year" at the Effie Awards France 2016 and 2021, "Most Creative Agency" in 2016, "New Model of Creative Agency" (elected by advertisers) in 2017, "Advertising Agency of the Decade" in 2020 at the Agencies of the year Award and "Most French Creative Agency" in 2019 by BVA Limelight consulting, is an advertising agency creating innovative concepts that go beyond traditional advertising. Winning for several consecutive years at international well-known festivals (D&AD, Cannes Lions, Eurobest, EFFIE, Clio Awards…) as well as nationals, Buzzman is recognized as one of the most creative agencies in Europe.
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No. 4 Arizona is likely looking to take out some frustration after its first loss of the season, which puts winless California in an even tougher spot when the teams meet Sunday in Tucson, Ariz.
The Wildcats (6-1, 0-1 Pac-12) were riding high off a big rise in the polls and coming off the championship of the Maui Invitational when they ran into a Utah brick wall on Thursday night.
Arizona, which entered the matchup leading the country in shooting percentage (60.3) and scoring (97.5 points per game), hit just 35.2 percent from the floor in an 81-66 loss.
“I don’t know if we were fat and happy, or had the Maui hangover, but whatever it was, it wasn’t right and it wasn’t good enough,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said. “We have great dudes, and we’re a high character program, so we’re going to bounce back from this for sure.”
The Wildcats could bounce back in a huge way against Cal (0-8, 0-1), which is off to the worst start in program history despite soft spots in its non-conference schedule that included UC Davis, UC San Diego, Southern and Texas State.
The Bears, who haven’t eclipsed 66 points in any game this season, dropped their conference opener Wednesday night with a 66-51 setback to visiting Southern California.
USC had a 20-0 run to put the game away in the second half, as Cal went eight minutes without scoring.
“Quite frankly, I think, we ran out of gas,” Bears coach Mark Fox said. “We had no juice at the end.”
Bad offense has been a season-long theme for the short-handed Bears, who are averaging 57.5 points per game and shooting 38.7 percent from the floor — including a mere 28.8 percent from 3-point range.
The offense revolves around Devin Askew, who has either led or tied for top honors in the team’s scoring in each game. He’s averaging 17.5 points and takes almost a third of the team’s shots.
Arizona, meanwhile, has waves of offense. The Wildcats love to play fast, unlike the Bears, and thrive by feeding their post players in transition. Big men Oumar Ballo and Azuolas Tubelis are each averaging 19.4 points per game.
Courtney Ramey is averaging 14.8 points, while Kerr Kriisa contributes 13.7 points and 7.7 assists per game.
Lloyd will be looking for high energy from the start against Cal after being outplayed by Utah.
“Overall our enthusiasm and our energy weren’t at an elite level,” Lloyd said. “And if you do that and you let the other team play harder than you and smarter than you, you’re going to struggle.”
Arizona also struggled from the perimeter against the Utes, making just 4 of 28 from 3-point range. Ramey was 3 of 8 from behind the arc.
Arizona has won 11 consecutive games against Cal and has an eight-game winning streak in the series at McKale Center.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say they have busted an organized crime racket reminiscent of the Mafia’s heyday, involving illegal gambling parlors in New York City and Long Island and a police detective accused of helping to protect the lucrative schemes.
Two indictments unsealed Tuesday charged nine people, including the detective, with crimes such as racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Nicknames of the defendants included “Joe Fish,” “Sal the Shoemaker” and “Joe Box.”
The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said the racketeers operated from fronts including a coffee bar, a soccer club and a shoe repair shop.
“Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia continues to pollute our communities with illegal gambling, extortion and violence while using our financial system in service to their criminal schemes,” U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said.
He called the detective’s alleged conduct “shameful.”
The Nassau County Police Department detective, Hector Rosario, is accused of accepting money from the Bonanno crime family in exchange for steering police raids toward competing gambling clubs.
A lawyer for Rosario did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment about Rosario and the charges against him, which include obstructing a grand jury investigation and lying to the FBI.
While the heyday of organized crime is long past in New York — and many types of gambling that were once the exclusive domain of the Mafia are now legal in the state — Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said the indictments were proof that “organized crime is alive and well in our communities.”
She said the Genovese and Bonanno organized crime families were alleged to have operated secret underground gambling parlors since 2012 in local businesses, “generating substantial amounts of money in back rooms while families unknowingly shopped and ate mere feet away.”
Michael Driscoll, head of New York’s FBI office, said members of the five organized crime families “demonstrate every day they are not averse to working together to further their illicit schemes, using the same tired methods to squeeze money from their victims.”
“Our active investigations show the Mafia refuses to learn from history,” Driscoll added, “and accept that at some point they will face justice for their crimes.” | https://www.kark.com/news/national/feds-9-indicted-in-mafia-led-racket-including-detective/ | 2022-08-17 16:26:52 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/national/feds-9-indicted-in-mafia-led-racket-including-detective/ |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
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Nikki Haley's tiny hometown – Bamberg, South Carolina – played a starring role in the launch of her presidential campaign.
A video released online Tuesday announcing her run for president began with images including a set of railroad tracks.
"The railroad divided the town by race," Haley narrated. "I was the proud daughter of Indian immigrants - not Black, not white. I was different."
The next day, during a speech in Charleston kicking off her bid for the 2024 Republican nomination, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Trump said her parents taught Haley and her siblings that "even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in America."
Haley paints a picture of Bamberg – and the country – as a place where race is a reality, but not a limitation.
As the only Indian family, "our little town came to love us, but it wasn't always easy," she said. "Nobody knew who we were, what we were, or why we were there."
Haley was born in 1972, just a few years after her parents moved the family to Bamberg, a town with a current population around 3,000. Her father took a position as a biology professor at a local college and her mother taught school before opening a successful clothing store.
A visit to Bamberg
"No, nobody knew who they were," said Harriet Coker, a retired teacher, on a recent sunny afternoon in Bamberg.
Coker has known the family - the Randhawas - since before Nikki was born. She had Nikki in her seventh-grade social studies class and remembers her as quiet, but smart.
There were challenges. A spokeswoman for Haley's campaign says when they first moved to the area, her parents struggled to find anyone who'd rent to them. Her modest childhood home was featured prominently in Haley's campaign video.
But soon, Coker says, they were just part of the community.
"It didn't take long for people to really get to know them and to realize what wonderful people they are," she says.
As she launched her campaign, Haley pointed to her political resume as a living example of the idea that America is – at its core – a land of opportunity. She pushed back on what she described as a rising "self-loathing," which she said views America as "flawed, rotten, and full of hate" – particularly on the political left.
"Take it from me, the first minority female governor in history, America is not a racist country," Haley said, drawing robust applause from the mostly white crowd.
'It still exists'
Tony Duncan, a local Black business owner, is a few years older than Haley and remembers being in school with her older siblings.
"She comes from good people, and she's good people," Duncan said.
But, growing up in South Carolina in the 1960s and '70s, Duncan says race was always there.
"I think all of us know what this country was built on. And [racism] still exists," he said. "It exists. As people here in America, we have to deal with these things."
Lisa B. Stokes grew up in Bamberg and spent her career as a teacher. She started elementary school right around the time local schools were integrating and spent her first year of grade school in an all-Black class. Stokes has mixed feelings about Haley's comments.
"Yes, there are so many opportunities and we can all make it," Stokes says. "It's a lot easier for some than others."
Slights and racist insults
In her life and her political career, Haley has at times been targeted for her race.
At age 5, Haley was asked, mid-competition, to bow out of the Little Miss Bamberg beauty pageant – which had separate awards for Black children and white children – because they had no category for her, she told the New York Times Magazine in a 2011 interview. After that, the town integrated its pageants and many other social activities.
"I mean, that kind of thing would [make her] say, 'Well, now it's crystal clear. I'm different; I don't fit in," said Sharon Carter, the Bamberg County Republican Party chairwoman.
Carter grew up in Bamberg around the same time as Haley. She says Haley's race was never a significant issue, and the family was well-regarded: "You know, by the time you're in school as elementary-age kids, everybody just all gets along."
In 2010, when Haley was running for governor of South Carolina, a Republican state senator who was an ally of one her primary opponents used a racist slur to refer to Haley, alluding to her parents' Sikh faith.
Coker says despite that "really insulting" incident, Haley pressed forward.
"I don't write many letters to the editor but I had to respond to that, and I said, 'Well you obviously don't know them,'" she said of how she responded to that hate incident. "She ended up winning, and she hasn't slowed down."
Both sides of the tracks
As Haley's star has risen, her hometown – like many other rural small towns, has declined, losing jobs and many of its young people. The interstate bypassed the community, and a textile factory left town. Older residents can remember when the town's main street was bustling and lined with traffic; today, most of the old brick storefronts are empty or covered in plywood.
And there are still racial divisions.
Stokes, who lives a few blocks from the much larger home that Haley's parents eventually moved into, says when she moved into the overwhelmingly white neighborhood around 1990, many of the neighbors actively avoided her.
"It was obvious some were not really pleased we'd moved here," Stokes said. "And even to this day, you know, we're the only African-American couple on the street."
Stokes says she appreciated Haley's work to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol after a white supremacist shot and killed nine people at a historically Black church in Charleston in 2015. But she was disappointed to see Haley – after first criticizing Trump – align herself with him just a few years later.
"It's like, 'Who are you, Nikki Haley?'" she questioned. "Really and truly, who are you?"
Stokes says she is proud of the recognition that Haley has brought to their hometown. But she hopes that Haley will remember the people back home – on both sides of town.
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Flint aims to increase active shooter training
Published: Oct. 5, 2022 at 8:06 PM EDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - The city of Flint is taking steps to improve public safety.
While standing alongside police, Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced the city will make new efforts to improve active shooter training for schools and churches.
“We have to protect those as the most vulnerable,” Neeley said. “Our senior citizens, homes, and our churches or our restaurants and definitely our schools.”
The announcement comes on the heels of a $1.5 million federal grant to reduce crime and gun violence in the vehicle city.
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TULSA, Okla, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE: OGS) will release its second quarter 2022 earnings after the market closes on Monday, August 1, 2022.
The ONE Gas executive management team will participate in a conference call the following day, Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10 a.m. Central Daylight Time).
The call also will be carried live on the ONE Gas website.
If you are unable to participate in the conference call or the webcast, the replay will be available on the ONE Gas website, www.onegas.com, for 30 days. A recording will be available by phone for seven days. The playback call may be accessed at 888-203-1112, pass code 2645252.
ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE: OGS) is a 100-percent regulated natural gas utility, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "OGS." ONE Gas is included in the S&P MidCap 400 Index and is one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States.
Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ONE Gas provides a reliable and affordable energy choice to more than 2.3 million customers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Its divisions include Kansas Gas Service, the largest natural gas distributor in Kansas; Oklahoma Natural Gas, the largest in Oklahoma; and Texas Gas Service, the third largest in Texas, in terms of customers.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark spent part of this week in Manhattan, at ESPN's South Street Seaport studios and also hunkered down in the midtown offices of one of the top public relations firms in the country, trying to “set the narrative” for a conference that has come back from the brink.
Two and half months into his tenure, Yormark is grinding to deliver on his top priorities: Creating new revenue streams and making the Big 12's brand more relevant to both high school recruits and potential business partners.
“One of the reasons I’m here is because I think we can become more commercially viable than we have been,” said Yormark, a former executive at talent agency Roc Nation and CEO of Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Of course, nothing helps more than success on the field and the new commissioner is getting a lot of help from the Big 12's football teams right now.
Half of the conference's 10 schools are in the AP Top 25 this week, and the four highest ranked teams are all Big 12 members for the foreseeable future. No. 22 Texas and Oklahoma, currently on a three-game losing streak, have been overshadowed as they prepare to head out the door to the Southeastern Conference after next season.
This weekend's matchup of undefeated Big 12 teams has No. 8 Oklahoma State at No. 13 TCU.
That follows last weekend's thrilling TCU-Kansas game, which was the site of the most-watched episode of ESPN's “College GameDay” this season.
For the first time since 2007, both Kansas schools are ranked. The 19th-ranked Jayhawks' remarkable rise out off decade-long doldrums under coach Lance Leipold has been one of the top stories of the season.
“We all think we’re great marketers, and we all do what we do better than the next person, but at the end of the day nothing replaces winning,” Yormark said.
A little more than a year ago the Big 12 seemed to be in danger, yet again, of being wiped out of major college sports. Since it's creation in 1996 in an awkward and incomplete merger of the Big Eight and dying Southwest Conference, the Big 12's brand has largely been instability and dysfunction.
Nebraska left. Colorado left. Missouri left. Texas A&M left, running away from Texas.
And then Texas and Oklahoma decided to leave, too, news that staggered the Big 12 in July 2021.
“Well, there was a lot of uncertainty,” Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said, trying to be measured about what could have been a devastating blow.
The Big 12's flagship schools, the only ones to win national titles in the league's short history, will join the SEC by 2025.
Next year, BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston will join the Big 12. They bring recent success in football and men's basketball. They will expand the Big 12's geographic footprint and grow its customer base with huge student bodies.
“I think we’re very galvanized and I think maybe what happened last year galvanized the eight of us remaining even more so,” Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor said.
And there is a chance the Big 12 could keep growing. The pending departures of Southern California and UCLA for the Big Ten have destabilized the Pac-12.
While it seems as if the Big Ten is done — for now — building a West Coast wing, the Big 12 has tried to present itself as a viable option for Pac-12 schools that might find more long-term certainty appealing.
While the Big Ten and SEC use massive media rights deals to separate from their Power Five peers, the race is really to be No. 3, though Yormark is not about to concede that.
The Big 12 now appears positioned to be more stable than the Pac-1 2 and more dynamic and interesting on the football field than the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is locked into a media rights deal with ESPN through 2036.
The Big 12 is banking on top-to-bottom competitiveness to make up for a lack of marquee national brands in football. Its leaders believe the conference can become as deep with quality football teams as it has been in men's basketball
“We sell it a lot because people want to play in the best (conference), and every coach believes there conference is the best,” Baylor men’s basketball coach Scott Drew said. "But statistically, analytically, there can only be one No. 1. And in the last nine years the Big 12, six of those nine years has been the top-ranked conference RPI-wise or analytically."
Depth is great. National championships are better and Kansas, one of the bluest bloods in college basketball, and Baylor have won the last two NCAA men's tournaments. Texas Tech played for a title in 2019. There has been a Big 12 team in the men’s Final Four every year since 2018 and in 2021, incoming Big 12 member Houston made it, too.
College basketball is more conducive to a bigger pool of title contenders and upward mobility into its elite tier than football. The future Big 12 will have two schools that have won football national titles: TCU in 1938 and BYU in 1984.
Hence, Yormark's brand build. The Big 12 can't match the century-old prestige of the Big Ten or the packed trophy case of the SEC, but maybe it can close the gap by being the coolest conference.
Feel free to be skeptical, but there is peace in the Big 12 for the first time in a long time and hope that along with it will come prosperity.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s government and al-Qaida-linked fighters both claimed more than 100 people were killed Friday in their deadliest battle since the government launched a major military offensive against the extremists in August.
The government in a statement asserted that more than 100 al-Shabab extremists died after they attacked a Somali National Army base in the Galgudud region village of Galcad that was recently retaken from the fighters’ control.
The government statement said seven soldiers, including an officer from the elite, U.S.-trained Danab brigade, were killed in the “intense attack” but asserted that the military remained in control of the base. The government expressed gratitude to international allies that assisted in the battle.
A spokesman for the Al-Shabab extremists, Sheikh Abu Musab, asserted that more than 150 Somali soldiers and officers were killed.
Neither side’s claim could be independently verified, but Galcad resident Abukar Uluso told The Associated Press there was heavy gunfire exchanged.
“It was during the dawn prayer when I heard the sound of explosions followed by an exchange of gunfire,” Uluso said. “Most fatalities were among the two sides, and the civilian casualties are minimal since the attack took place inside the army base.”
Somalia’s government last year declared “total war” against al-Shabab. The extremist group has thousands of fighters and has long held parts of central and southern Somalia, and often carries out high-profile attacks in the capital, Mogadishu.
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The 81st edition of the Magic City Classic is finally here. This afternoon at 2:30 p.m. the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs and the Alabama State University Hornets will face off in their historic gridiron rivalry at Birmingham’s Legion Field Stadium.
Planning to head to the game? Here’s what to know about road closures, parking, and how to get to Legion Field.
Road Closures:
Around 5 a.m. Saturday, the city of Birmingham closed roads near Legion Field to accommodate the Magic City Classic football game.
Here are the roads that are closed:
- Arkadelphia Road at 8th Court West
- Arkadelphia Road at 8th Terrence West
- Arkadelphia Road at 8th Ave. West
- Arkadelphia Road at Graymont Ave.
- 8th Ave. West at 1st St. West through Center St. (including Jasper Road and 5th Place West)
- Graymont Ave. West at Center St. through 7th St. West, including Jasper Road.
- 6th Ave. North at 1st St. North through 7th St. North
Parking:
If you’re hoping for parking immediately outside of Legion Field, you’re out of luck. The city of Birmingham has closed the perimeter around Legion Field Stadium-- North at I 20/59, South at 3rd Avenue West, East at Center Street, and West at Arkadelphia Road.
Handicapped accessible parking and parking for people with disabilities is available on a first come, first served basis. Those spots are available in Lot F near Graymont Avenue. (For more information on these parking spots, contact Legion Field at (205)254-2391).
Game Day Shuttles:
The easiest way to get Legion Field Stadium on Saturday afternoon is to use the shuttles. Three shuttles sponsored by Shipt will run until 10:30 p.m. to help fans avoid gameday traffic. The shuttles are $5 round trip. Children six years old and under ride free. The shuttles will be available at the Birmingham Crossplex, Park Place, and 7th Ave N & 23rd St N in downtown Birmingham. All three shuttles will only accept credit and debit cards as forms of payment.
SHIPT SHUTTLE LOCATIONS:
Birmingham Crossplex
Hours: 9 a.m. to 10:30 pm
Location: 2331 Bessemer Rd. | Birmingham, AL 35208
Estimated ride time: 20 minutes
Click here for map & directions
Park Place
The Park Place location is near the parade route. If you plan to drive to the shuttle location, one option is to park in the Boutwell Auditorium parking deck located at 801 19th St North, Birmingham, AL 35203 and walk across the street to the shuttle pickup.
Hours: 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Pick Up Location: Park Place | Birmingham, AL 35203 (located across the street from the Boutwell Auditorium parking deck at 801 19th St North, Birmingham, AL 35203)
Estimated ride time: 15 minutes
Click here for map & directions
7th Ave N & 23rd St N – Downtown
This downtown shuttle location is near several of the downtown and Southside hotels, as well as parking garages.
Hours: 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Location: 7th Ave N & 23rd St N | Birmingham, AL 35203
Estimated ride time: 15 minutes
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SAN FRANCISCO , June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new market study published by Global Industry Analysts Inc., (GIA) the premier market research company, today released its report titled "Healthcare IT - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics". The report presents fresh perspectives on opportunities and challenges in a significantly transformed post COVID-19 marketplace.
FACTS AT A GLANCE
What's New for 2022?
- Global competitiveness and key competitor percentage market shares
- Market presence across multiple geographies - Strong/Active/Niche/Trivial
- Online interactive peer-to-peer collaborative bespoke updates
- Access to our digital archives and MarketGlass Research Platform
- Complimentary updates for one year
Edition: 20; Released: February 2022
Executive Pool: 91392
Companies: 353 - Players covered include Agfa Healthcare NV; Allscripts Healthcare, LLC; Anju Software, INC.; athenahealth, Inc.; Carestream Health, Inc.; Cerner Corporation; Change Healthcare; CPSI; DXC Technology; eClinicalWorks; Epic Systems Corporation; GE Healthcare; HealthCare Management Systems; McKesson Corporation; Medidata Solutions; Omnicell, Inc.; Philips Healthcare; Vizient Inc. and Others.
Coverage: All major geographies and key segments
Segments: Component (Services, Software, Hardware); Solution (Revenue Cycle Management, Electronic Health Record, mHealth, Healthcare Analytics, Telehealth, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Other Solutions); End-Use (Healthcare Providers, Healthcare Payers)
Geographies: World; USA; Canada; Japan; China; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; UK; Spain; Russia; Rest of Europe; Asia-Pacific; Australia; India; South Korea; Rest of Asia-Pacific; Latin America; Argentina; Brazil; Mexico; Rest of Latin America; Middle East; Iran; Israel; Saudi Arabia; UAE; Rest of Middle East; Africa.
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ABSTRACT-
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Healthcare IT estimated at US$291.7 Billion in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$536.8 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 16.8% over the analysis period. Increasing focus on reducing healthcare costs, rising demand for better and faster care delivery and the need to eliminate medical errors are fostering growth in the healthcare IT market. Rising demand for clinical information technology, administrative solutions and services, and integrated healthcare systems are providing opportunities for growth in the global healthcare IT market. The need to transform legacy systems into advanced information systems by integrating clinical, business, and technical assets to achieve profitability and offer services targeting fast changing consumer demands, while maintaining high degree of service quality and efficiency, is also driving hospitals to invest in healthcare IT. Growing importance of IT in healthcare industry can also be put to perspective by the fact that the industry is already regarded as one of the key sectors poised to contribute towards the growth of software industry in the coming years. Pressing need to improve administrative and clinical workflow of hospitals, and increasing demand for efficient, faster and error-free healthcare delivery are also stimulating growth in the healthcare IT market.
The market is also benefiting from the growth in medical tourism across developing regions, rise in aging population, and rising incidences of chronic disorders. Increasing emphasis on healthcare cost containment against the backdrop of widening government deficits, focus on developing healthcare infrastructure and quality of services, growing role played by private healthcare in the healthcare ecosystem, rising acceptance of m-Health and e-Health, and intensifying competition in the healthcare sector are favorably influencing the healthcare IT market. At present, healthcare's digital transformation is evolving, and several companies are using significant funds to upgrade infrastructure and increasing productivity using collaboration tools. Growing consumer expectations are expected to transform the entire health sector. With the increasingly health-conscious consumers adopting new disruptive technologies, the traditional business models of payers are expected to change and allow a more proactive role to patients in order to provide them with cost-effective, personalized treatments. The future of health care is full of promises for improved wellness, and a set of new standards for managing public health as well as promoting business across sectors. Companies aim at creating improved experiences for patient engagement and access. This is expected to drive investments in digital healthcare technologies.
On the technology landscape, major technological advances such as computing power, wireless technology, and miniaturization are driving an exponential increase in the scale and pace of the emergence of digital health care innovations, and impacting both business and clinical operations. In addition, these advances are contributing to increased consumer expectations, which is replacing "going digital" with "being digital" as the new requirement for all health care organizations. Innovations in digital health care are emerging in an increasingly greater scale and pace. Digital technologies provide support to the health systems in their efforts of transitioning to new patient-centered care models and help them adopt "smart health" approaches that would increase access and improve quality at lower costs. Disruptive technologies such as virtual and digital reality, artificial intelligence (AI), Cloud, RPA, Blockchain, robotics, and internet of medical things (IoMT) are helping diagnosis and treatment in terms of speed, accuracy, and quality, and enhancing overall patient experience. Spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a widespread proliferation of next generation innovative technologies and newest technological trends in the world healthcare sector. With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing the inefficiencies and gaps of healthcare systems, more sophisticated and advanced healthcare technologies are getting considerable attention. The harsh scenario is pressuring participants in the healthcare sector, who in the past were reluctant to move away from long-standing healthcare practices and adopt new tech-enabled models, pro-actively revaluate their strategies so as to deliver the most effective treatment for their patients. A few technology trends have already grabbed the attention of healthcare industry participants and a few are actively seeking to integrate into the healthcare sector in the immediate future.
The healthcare sector is likely to progressive adoption of several new technologies on a massive scale. While the adoption of Artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to scale up in the healthcare set up, telehealth and mHealth growth would continue with new vigor, and home healthcare and direct primary care are likely to further expand their overall footprint. At the same time, retail healthcare is expected to evolve into a mainstream technology, cloud adoption is likely to accelerate in the healthcare IT networks, and providers and payers are more likely to emphasize new partnerships in order to sustain their businesses and better cater to the needs of patients. AR is already aiding researchers and medical practitioners in obtaining training on new healthcare technologies. AR offers trainees an immersive experience which enables them to view the virtual and the real worlds together. AR is touted as the key benefit with healthcare IT. More apps are anticipated to be developed in the near future, with AR as an important feature. Another technology with immense potential to offer benefits to both medical students and practitioners is VR. With VR, doctors are able to obtain training with extended reality based solutions. AppStudio and such other companies are already able to transform the way healthcare businesses and institutions work with their advanced VR solutions. VR is therefore anticipated to emerge as one of the important healthcare technologies in the years ahead.
Increase in the number of support networks would be another major healthcare trend in the years ahead. Online communities offer support to patients in almost all pathologies and help them in taking critical decisions. Already, support networks are proving their usefulness in situations like fertility treatments, mental health issues and cancers among others. Knowledge through these support networks is shared between professionals and patients. Another prominent healthcare trend would be mobile health or mHealth. This concept of health-on-demand is offering round-the-clock chat platforms as well as video consultations. mHealth enables creation of support networks. It allows requests for specialized doctor consultations to be had at home. Intelligent stethoscopes and smart glasses would enable provision of such healthcare in the future. More
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Sullivan replaces Gregory N. Dudkin, who is on extended medical leave
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced today it has promoted Francis X. Sullivan to executive vice president and chief operating officer effective Jan. 1, 2023. Sullivan succeeds Gregory N. Dudkin, who is on extended medical leave and not expected to return to PPL.
In his new position, Sullivan will report to PPL President and Chief Executive Officer Vincent Sorgi and oversee PPL's regulated utility operations, with the presidents of PPL's Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island utility companies reporting to him. Dudkin will remain executive vice president while on medical leave.
"Greg has been an exceptional leader and colleague, someone who has always been focused on delivering the highest levels of service to our customers, developing high-performing teams and inspiring a culture of innovation within PPL," said Sorgi.
"He will be missed, and we wish Greg and his family the very best as they deal with these difficult times. At the same time, I have complete confidence in Fran and our operations leadership team as we continue our focus on creating the utilities of the future, executing our clean energy strategy and driving long-term value for our customers and shareowners."
Sullivan brings more than four decades of energy industry experience to his new role. He joined PPL as vice president–Operations Performance on Oct. 1, 2021. Prior to PPL, he served as senior operations advisor for Kindle Energy LLC for more than two years and as an independent consultant to the power sector since 2018.
From 2008 to 2018, Sullivan served as NRG Energy's senior vice president of operations and was accountable for one of largest portfolios of generation assets in the U.S. While at NRG, Sullivan was instrumental in driving operational excellence that resulted in a decade of continuous improvement in safety, environmental compliance, generation availability and operational efficiency.
Prior to that, he served for more than a decade in a variety of leadership roles with Public Service Enterprise Group. He has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Union College and a master's in business administration from Drexel University.
"Fran's strong leadership skills, insight and experience will make him an excellent addition to our executive leadership team as we continue to transform PPL and to position it for growth and success in a changing energy landscape," said Sorgi.
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MONTREAL (AP) — OG Anunoby scored 32 points and Scottie Barnes added 25 as the Toronto Raptors defeated the Boston Celtics 137-134 in overtime Friday on the final night of NBA preseason play.
Precious Achiuwa had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Raptors, including the game-sealing rebound after Boston's Payton Pritchard missed a potential game-tying shot and a chance to force a second OT.
Khem Birch, playing in his hometown, was the starting center for the Raptors. He finished with four points, four rebounds and two assists. The Bell Centre crowd got a chance to cheer on their local player when Birch drove to the net for a dunk in the first quarter.
Derrick White and Jaylen Brown each scored 23 points for the Celtics. Jayson Tatum added 21 points and five assists. Marcus Smart finished with 15 points.
The teams were tied at 127 at the end of regulation after Toronto’s Josh Jackson made one of two free throws with 21.5 seconds left. The Celtics had a chance to avoid overtime, but shots by Pritchard and Sam Hauser in the closing seconds were off the mark.
In the extra period, Toronto scored the first seven points and held on for the win.
ROCKETS 122, PACERS 114
Jalen Green hit 10 of 15 shots and scored 33 points as Houston beat host Indiana to finish the preseason with four wins in five games.
Green made 4 of 7 shots from 3-point range and all nine of his free throws. Kevin Porter Jr. had 22 points and seven rebounds, and Alperen Sengun finished with 12 points, five assists and four rebounds.
Buddy Hield led the Pacers with 19 points. Bennedict Mathurin, the sixth overall pick in last summer’s draft from Arizona, continued his solid preseason play by posting 18 points and five rebounds.
MAGIC 114, CAVALIERS 108
Paolo Banchero, the top pick in this year’s draft, scored 17 points on 6-for-12 shooting as host Orlando used a second-half rally to beat Cleveland.
Banchero also had five rebounds and two assists. Cole Anthony scored 14 points, and Franz Wagner added 13. Caleb Houstan scored 11 for Orlando, which outscored Cleveland 62-53 after halftime.
Isaac Okoro led the Cavaliers with 17 points on 6-for-7 shooting. Claris LeVert had 15 points, and Lamar Stevens added 12.
The Cavaliers gave most of their starters, including Kevin Love, Darius Garland and recently acquired Donovan Mitchell, the night off. But Cleveland big man Evan Mobley was back in the lineup after injuring his right ankle earlier in the preseason.
Mobley finished with eight points, going 1 for 4 from the field and making 6 of 8 free throws in 17 minutes.
KNICKS 105, WIZARDS 89
Jalen Brunson, signed in the offseason with hopes of providing steady point guard play, scored 27 points to lead host New York past Washington.
Brunson, who signed a four-year deal with the Knicks, was 10 of 16 from the field and handed out five assists. Mitchell Robinson scored 20 and RJ Barrett added 19. Robinson and Barrett each had 12 rebounds as the Knicks controlled the boards 66-40.
New York dominating inside throughout, outscoring Washington in the paint 58-36.
Rui Hachimura led the Wizards with 20 points and eight rebounds. Bradley Beal finished with 16 points, five rebounds and three steals in 30 minutes. Monte Morris chipped in 10 points.
NETS 112, TIMBERWOLVES 102
Kyrie Irving scored 26 points in 30 minutes as visiting Brooklyn defeated Minnesota.
Kevin Durant added 20 points in 31 minutes for the Nets, and Day’Ron Sharped added 15 points. Ben Simmons fouled out in 13 minutes, scoring two points and handing out six assists.
The game provided a look at the Timberwolves bigger front line with Rudy Gobert, acquired in the summer, and Karl-Anthony Towns. Gobert was perfect on six shots and finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and four steals in 30 minutes. Towns had 15 points and nine rebounds in 33.
D’Angelo Russell led the Timberwolves with 17 points and six assists, while Anthony Edwards added 12 points on 4-for-14 shooting from the field.
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Renowned women's ready-to-wear brand chooses Infor CloudSuite Fashion ERP to modernize its entire information system and provide a global supply chain, with an omnichannel approach
RUEIL MALMAISON, Paris, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Anne Fontaine, a women's ready-to-wear and accessories brand known for its white blouses marketed with noble materials (such as silk, lace, linen or cotton) and numerous finishing details, has just opted for Infor CloudSuite Fashion, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution specifically designed for the fashion, textile and luxury industries. This choice is part of a vast project to modernize the company's information system, with the aim of introducing OMS (Order Management System) functionalities, i.e. automated tracking and management of sales, orders, inventory and order fulfillment, all with a view to creating a truly omnichannel customer experience.
With 350 employees and sales of €60 million, the company is present in Asia, the United States and Europe through subsidiaries and some 50 boutiques,mainly in its own name. All Anne Fontaine's creations are designed in France, in the founder's Honfleur workshop, and each of her inspirations begins with a simple sketch on paper. Capturing the elegance and sophistication of Parisian women, her creations are characterized by impeccable attention to detail, exceptional materials and flawless craftsmanship.
Ari Zlotkin, CEO of Anne Fontaine, comments: "Our brand has been gradually built up over time and, as our needs evolved, our system became increasingly obsolete. Today, manufacturing is at the heart of the issues facing brands, and we want to quickly gain in efficiency by equipping ourselves with a modern, scalable ERP solution."
Anne Fontaine called on Prodware, a true partner in the digital transformation of companies, to identify all of the company's needs and select various suppliers. The Infor solution was chosen at the end of 2022, in view of its functional richness and its ability to evolve in the multi-tenant cloud for greater modularity and interoperability (notably with marketplaces). The rollout of Infor CloudSuite Fashion is scheduled for the end of 2023 in France and the United States, then progressively in other countries, all within a high-availability cloud environment hosted by AWS (Amazon Web Services). ELCIMAÏ Group, a long-standing Infor integrator partner, will conduct the implementation.
Bruno Kientzel, managing director of ELCIMAÏ Business Solutions, comments: "This is a particularly ambitious digital transformation project in the Infor cloud, with a very broad application and geographical scope at the outset, the first batch integrating logistics flows for 16 subsidiaries in 13 countries, and the implementation of international finance for seven subsidiaries in four countries. Added to this is the integration of almost 50 boutiques, checkout management, five marketplaces, an e-commerce site, PLM (product lifecycle management), a warehouse management system in the U.S. and the dematerialization of supplier invoices. This project is in line with our strategy of carrying out significant international digital transformation projects based on the Infor CloudSuite."
Philippe Maillet, Infor's sales director for channel in France & Iberia, comments: "Infor's solution enables fashion brands to manage all their activities — accounting, production, purchasing, inventory and warehouse management — within a single, integrated solution and, de facto, to manage all their intersubsidiary flows, as well as localization and compliance obligations at country level."
The company is also working on other parallel projects, such as implementing a new customer relationship management (CRM) system, and developing interfaces between Infor's solution and other applications: These include C-DESIGN PLM software (which organizes product development data into a single, reliable interface for monitoring the progress of a collection), the Magento e-commerce platform, Yourcegid Retail Y2 store management and omnichannel control software, and, eventually, a solution for dematerializing invoices.
Zlotkin concludes: "We are enthusiastic and eager to have access to all these modern tools, which should enable us not only to improve performance and customer satisfaction, but also to develop our market share by increasing our online sales, thanks to an accurate, real-time view of our stocks. The development of e-commerce is one of our main concerns, although all the points, such as CRM, PLM and tax compliance, should also contribute to the success of this project."
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About Anne Fontaine
Anne Fontaine is a French ready-to-wear brand founded in 1993. It offers a complete wardrobe centered around the white shirt, accompanied by a line of accessories. The brand embodies fashion and femininity as well as a synergy between creation and technical knowledge and artisanship. Anne Fontaine has grown to become an internationally recognized luxury label, serving clients in Europe, the United States and Asia. The brand has over 200 employees worldwide and offers its creations in more than 50 boutiques. Visit https://www.annefontaine.fr/
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Founded 30 years ago by Pascal Denier, the ELCIMAÏ Group, headquartered in France, is a diversified holding company organized around 2 divisions:
-A professional real estate division (design and construction of new buildings and refurbishments) and environmental, industrial and logistics consultancy. ELCIMAÏ has the architects, engineers and design offices needed to design and build complex buildings, as well as consultants working in a wide range of private and public sectors.
-An IT division with two business lines addressing different markets: a software publisher dedicated to the worlds of banking, mutual insurance, provident societies and insurance, and an ESN (Entreprise de Services Numériques) business line: ERP and specific solutions integration, application outsourcing for the banking, mutual insurance, insurance, industry, logistics/distribution and associated services markets (local authorities, EPICs, business support, etc.). ELCIMAÏ has been an Infor partner since 1999.
The complementary nature of its offerings enables it to respond to large-scale projects involving major organizational and productivity challenges, both in France and abroad. The ELCIMAÏ Group employs nearly 400 people at 14 sites across France.
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Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. We develop complete solutions for our focus industries. Infor's mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time to value. Over 60,000 organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor's 17,000 employees to help achieve their business goals. As a Koch company, our financial strength, ownership structure, and long-term view empower us to foster enduring, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers. Visit www.infor.com.
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COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Alex Murdaugh is expected to take the stand Thursday in his double-murder trial.
Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife Margaret and youngest son Paul at their family property in June of 2021.
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Murdaugh’s lawyers laid the groundwork for the testimony Wednesday when defense attorney Jim Griffin asked Judge Clifton Newman to limit the scope of the prosecution’s cross-examination of Murdaugh, noting that Murdaugh is on trial for murder, not financial crimes. Griffin brought up Murdaugh’s right against self-incrimination for the financial crimes while he is testifying about the murder.
State prosecutor Creighton Waters argued that questions about the financial crimes are fair game, as they lend to Murdaugh’s credibility (or lack thereof). Judge Newman denied the request, saying some sort of blanket order limiting the scope of cross-examination was unheard of. Murdaugh is expected to take the stand Thursday, but that is subject to change.
The jury also heard Wednesday from Murdaugh’s former law partner and longtime friend, Mark Ball. Ball described Murdaugh’s betrayal of the law firm as a devastating blow both personally and professionally, but said that committing financial crimes doesn’t necessarily make someone a murderer.
Defense also called crime scene expert Ken Zercie to the stand, hoping to further their theory that SLED dropped the ball on the investigation. Zercie said that more could’ve been done and SLED failed to follow some of their own protocols, but that he does not know what limitations they may have had. He said they may have done the best they could do under the given conditions.
Three other witnesses took the stand Wednesday: an attorney representing Murdaugh in the boat crash case, a housekeeper for Murdaugh’s parents, and a cell phone forensics expert.
Court is set to resume at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
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10:45 a.m. – Murdaugh is called to the stand.
Defense attorney Jim Griffin presents a shotgun and immediately asks if Murdaugh blew his son’s brains out. Murdaugh says no.
He presents a 300-Blackout and asks if Murdaugh shot Maggie. Murdaugh says no.
Murdaugh appears to be holding back tears.
Griffin asks if it is Murdaugh on the kennel video. Murdaugh says yes. He says he lied to SLED. Murdaugh says he lied because of his opioid addiction. He says little things would make him paranoid. His partners told him not to talk to anyone without Danny (Henderson, Murdaugh’s attorney) with him.
Murdaugh said that he was paranoid because of the trauma of finding Maggie and Paul, everyone asking about his relationship with his wife and son, taking GSR tests of his hand, etc. He says he wasn’t thinking clearly and doesn’t think he was capable of reasoning.
He says he lied about being down there and he is so sorry that he did. He apologizes directly to Buster, Maggie’s parents, their families, and Maggie and Paul. Through tears, he says he would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them.
Griffin asks why Murdaugh kept the lie up. Murdaugh says “oh what a tangled web we weave.” He says once he told the lie he felt like he had to keep lying.
Griffin asks Murdaugh to go through the day of June 7.
Murdaugh says it was a regular day. Maggie was going to a doctor’s appointment in Charleston and had stuff to do at the Edisto house.
10:19 a.m. – The jury is sent to the jury room for a break. Harpootlian says that Murdaugh does not want to consult with his lawyers more before taking the stand, but that he does need to use the restroom.
9:59 a.m. – Prosecution begins cross-examination.
Prosecution asks about his relationship with Paul. Tuten again says Paul was like his little brother.
Paul’s cell phone use is again brought up. Tuten confirms Paul was an avid user.
They discuss Paul’s 300-Blackout going missing. Tuten says they went to a Halloween party, Paul left it in his car, and it was gone when they returned to the car. Tuten believes it was stolen.
When Paul’s was stolen, Paul started using Buster’s 300-Blackout.
Prosecution asks if Paul was unpredictable. Tuten says yes. He was all over the place from Columbia to Hampton to Charleston.
Prosecution asks about June 7. Tuten confirms he talked to Paul multiple times that day. They were going to plow the sunflowers, but Tuten got stuck at work.
Paul sent Tuten a Snapchat later that evening of a piece of equipment leaking.
Prosecution asks about the kennel video. Tuten identifies Paul, Maggie, and Murdaugh’s voices.
Prosecution asks if you could see the kennels from the house at night if all the lights at the kennel were turned on. Tuten says yes.
Tuten says that his mom told him something was going on at Moselle that night. He tried to call and text Paul and got no response, so he went over as fast as he could.
Tuten says that when he got there he saw first responders by the kennels, so he tried to pull in there, but they wouldn’t let him in. He went through the other entrance instead.
When he got there, the bodies were still at the crime scene. He says the immediate crime scene was sort of roped off, but people were still around the area.
Tuten says that Murdaugh brought up the boat wreck to him twice that night.
Murdaugh also asked Tuten to get in touch with Rogan Gibson.
9:50 a.m. – Defense calls Nolen Tuten to the stand.
Tuten is the brother of Nathan Tuten, who previously testified. He has known the Murdaugh family his whole life. He says Paul was one of his best friends and like a brother.
He says that the family had a good relationship and that Paul and his father were close.
Tuten describes Maggie as a very sweet woman who treated him as one of her own.
Tuten says that he and Paul would never walk to the kennels, but sometimes Maggie would. She would walk, drive, ride a bike, etc.
Tuten was supposed to go help Paul plow sunflowers on the evening of June 7, 2021, but got stuck at work.
He get a call about the murders around 10:00 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. and went straight to Moselle. He said that when got there, Murdaugh was crying. They hugged.
9:35 a.m. – Court is in session. Murdaugh’s attorneys again bring up whether prosecution will be allowed to question him about financial crimes, saying their advice to Murdaugh about whether to take the stand will differ based on that. Harpootlian also says that questioning on all the financial matters will extend the trial by a week.
Judge Newman says that those matters have already been admitted and the court will not make a special exception for Murdaugh.
Judge Newman explains to Murdaugh his rights.
He explains that Murdaugh is not required to testify, but he has the right to testify on his own behalf. If Murdaugh decides not to testify, Judge Newman says that the jurors will be instructed not to give that any consideration or let it prejudice their decision against Murdaugh in any way.
Judge Newman asks Murdaugh if he wants to testify. Murdaugh says yes.
There will be one witness before Murdaugh takes the stand.
9:00 a.m. – Alex Murdaugh arrives at the Colleton County Courthouse.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The founder of a California-based porn empire that coerced young women into filming adult videos has been arrested in Spain, three years after he fled while facing federal sex-trafficking charges, the FBI announced.
Michael James Pratt was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. Spanish National Police arrested him Wednesday in Madrid, the FBI’s San Diego field office said in a statement Thursday.
Pratt, a New Zealand native, will be held in Spain pending extradition to San Diego to face charges of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a minor, production of child pornography and money laundering conspiracy.
Pratt, 40, founded the now-defunct GirlsDoPorn website in San Diego. In 2019, he and others were charged in San Diego with sex crimes after being targeted in a civil lawsuit by 22 women who claimed they were victimized by fraud and breach of contract.
The women said they were plied with alcohol and marijuana before being rushed through signing a contract, which they were not allowed to read. Some said they were sexually assaulted and held in hotel rooms unwillingly until adult filming had ended.
A judge found in favor of the women and handed down a $12.7 million judgment against Pratt, Matthew Isaac Wolfe and adult producer and performer Ruben Andre Garcia.
Wolfe, who handled day-to-day operations, finances, marketing and filming for the website, pleaded guilty this year to a single federal count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. He awaits sentencing.
The other co-defendants also pleaded guilty. Garcia was sentenced to 20 years in prison and cameraman Theodore Gyi received a four-year sentence.
Valorie Moser, a former bookkeeper for GirlsDoPorn, also pleaded guilty last year. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/porn-site-founder-accused-of-sex-trafficking-caught-in-spain/ | 2022-12-27 21:22:34 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/porn-site-founder-accused-of-sex-trafficking-caught-in-spain/ |
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists have killed 14 Malian soldiers and wounded nearly a dozen, the army said.
Multiple improvised explosive devices detonated between Dia and Diafarabe villages as well as between Koumara and Macina towns in central Mali, said Col. Souleymane Dembele, the director of public relations for the army, in a statement Wednesday.
During the same attacks, which occurred earlier this week, Mali’s forces killed more than 30 “terrorists,” Dembele said.
The West African nation has been riddled with violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group for a decade. Thousands of people have been killed.
Mali’s ruling junta, which seized power in two coups starting in 2020, has been struggling to beat back the jihadis, especially since French troops pulled out of the country in August amid frayed relations with the junta. France has been in the region since 2013 when it sent in troops to Mali to push back extremists encroaching on the capital, Bamako, but the jihadis have since regrouped.
Since December 2021, the junta has been working with Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, but the Russians have also been unable to stem the violence. In August, 42 soldiers were killed when their military barracks was attacked.
“Extremists groups continue to wreak havoc in the Sahelian nation despite the junta’s employment of mercenaries to stem the rise of violence. It’s clearly not working,” said Laith Alkhouri, CEO of Intelonyx Intelligence Advisory, which provides intelligence analysis.
“The high casualty count underscores an untiring effort of extremist groups to weaken any remaining resolve of Malian soldiers. If more of these attacks take place, the junta will need to resort to additional security assistance,” he said. | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/ap-14-malian-soldiers-killed-by-explosives-in-multiple-attacks/ | 2023-01-12 12:54:32 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/ap-14-malian-soldiers-killed-by-explosives-in-multiple-attacks/ |
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