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WASHINGTON (AP) — Instagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring its users to confirm their age before letting them view posts that offer up information about the procedure.
Over the last day, several Instagram accounts run by abortion rights advocacy groups have found their posts or stories hidden with a warning that described the posts as “sensitive content.”
In one example, Instagram covered a post on one page with more than 25,000 followers that shared text reading: “Abortion in America How You Can Help.” The post went on to encourage followers to donate money to abortion organizations and to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to strip constitutional protections for abortion in the U.S.
The post was slapped with a warning from Instagram that covered the post, reading “This photo may contain graphic or violent content.”
Instagram’s latest issue follows an Associated Press report that Facebook and Instagram were promptly deleting posts that offered to mail out abortion pills in states that restrict their use. The tech platforms said they were deleting the posts because they violated policies against selling or gifting certain products, including pharmaceuticals, drugs and firearms.
Yet, the AP’s review found that similar posts offering to mail a gun or marijuana were not removed by Facebook. The company did not respond to questions about the discrepancy.
Berlin photographer Zoe Noble runs the Instagram page that had its post referencing abortion blocked. The page celebrates women who decide not to have children, for more than a year. Monday was the first time a post mentioning abortion was restricted by Instagram, although she has mentioned it many times before.
“I was really confused because we’ve never had this happen before, and we’ve talked about abortion before,” Noble said. “I was really shocked that the word abortion seemed to be flagged.”
The platform offers no way for users to dispute the restriction.
The AP identified nearly a dozen other posts that mentioned the word “abortion” and were subsequently covered up by Instagram. All of the posts were informational in nature, and none of the posts featured photos of abortions. An Instagram post by an AP reporter that asked people if they were experiencing the problem was also covered by the company on Tuesday, and required users to enter their age in order to view it.
The AP inquired about the problem on Tuesday morning. Hours later, Instagram’s communication department acknowledged the problem on Twitter, describing it as a glitch. A spokesman for Instagram-owner Meta Platforms Inc. said in an email that the company does not place age restrictions around its abortion content.
“We’re hearing that people around the world are seeing our ‘sensitivity screens,’ on many different types of content when they shouldn’t be. We’re looking into this bug and working on a fix now," the company tweeted.
Tech companies like Meta can hide some of the decision-making, including how they tweak algorithms, to subtly manipulate the social media conversation in a way that promotes some posts or keywords, but demotes others, said Brooke Erin Duffy, a professor at Cornell University who studies social media.
“This can all take place behind the scenes, and it can be attributed to a glitch,” Duffy said. “W don’t know what happened. That’s what’s chilling about this.”
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Corey Dickerson tied the game with an infield single and Tyler O'Neill drew a bases-loaded walk, all in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
Nolan Arenado and Andrew Knizner homered for the Cardinals, who claimed their sixth walk-off win of the season.
Brendan Donovan hit a one-out double off Kenley Jansen (5-1) in the ninth and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Jansen walked Paul Goldschmidt and hit Nolan Arenado to load the bases. Dickerson singled to shortstop Dansby Swanson, scoring Donovan and tying the game. Jansen then walked O'Neill on five pitches to blow his fifth save in 34 chances.
Ryan Helsley (8-1) pitched a scoreless ninth in his first appearance since Aug. 16 after missing eight games due to the birth of his first child.
Travis d'Arnaud homered for the Braves and Austin Riley added three hits.
Charlie Morton allowed four runs on five hits and three walks and struck out four batters, but didn't figure in the decision.
Jordan Montgomery allowed five runs on eight hits in five innings after allowing just one run in 25 2/3 innings in his first four starts with St. Louis.
D’Arnaud hit his 14th home run of the season after Matt Olson and Riley led off the fourth inning with singles. Montgomery had retired nine straight batters after Dansby Swanson’s leadoff single.
Michael Harris II drove in William Contreras with a single up the middle later in the fourth inning to push Atlanta’s lead to 4-0.
Knizner hit a two-run homer into the Braves' left-center field bullpen for his second home run of the season, cutting Atlanta’s lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth.
Olson and Riley hit back-to-back doubles with two outs in the fifth inning to give Atlanta a 5-2 lead.
Arenado answered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run home run to left field, his 27th of the season, cutting the Cardinals' deficit to 5-4.
I-55 SHUTTLE:
The Cardinals activated Arenado off the paternity list and recalled LHP Zack Thompson from Triple-A Memphis. The club optioned 1B/OF Juan Yepez and LHP Génesis Cabrera to Memphis. Cabrera allowed five runs on six hits in one inning Friday night and is 1-1 with a 10.38 ERA in 14 outings since July 9.
TRAINER’S ROOM:
Atlanta: Placed RHP Jackson Stephens on the seven-day concussion injured list and recalled RHP Jay Jackson from Triple-A Gwinnett. Stephens left Friday night’s game after being struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Brendan Donovan.
“He got checked out last night,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “ Everything was good. He just has to lay low for a little bit.”
St. Louis: LHP Steven Matz (sprained left MCL) threw 37 pitches off the mound at Busch Stadium pregame as he works to return as a reliever in September.
UP NEXT:
Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright (9-9, 3.11 ERA) will face the team that drafted him 30th overall in 2000. He has the highest career winning percentage (.714) of all active pitchers with at least 15 starts against Atlanta. Braves RHP Jake Odorizzi (5-5, 3.95 ERA), from Highland, Illinois, just 30 miles east of St. Louis, and is 2-1 with a 2.91 ERA in four career starts against his hometown team.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DeepRedSky, the premium NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace connecting collectors with world-class individuals and brands online, has announced it is now accepting Bitcoin (BTC), Solana (SOL), and Dogecoin (DOGE) for NFT purchases and plans to add Ethereum (ETH) and others this summer. While it is common for many NFT markets to only accept the mother currencies of the blockchain upon which a crypto currency is secured, DeepRedSky is excited to democratize NFT collecting as the technology continues to reach an ever-larger global audience of enthusiasts.
"When our team observed the overwhelming majority of our NFT collectors were on mobile devices, we initially focused on the unconventional choice to accept credit card payments for simplicity and convenience," explains Parler CEO, George Farmer, "DeepRedSky's expansion into a multi-chain payment marketplace further opens the NFT platform to deliver great options for new collectors and creators, while providing great confidence and lower fees using the Solana blockchain."
DeepRedSky will also soon accept Ethereum (ETH) and stable coin Tether (USDT), with plans to begin accepting these and other cryptos using the ERC-20 chain and TRON chain later this summer. Learn more at https://deepredsky.io
About DeepRedSky (DRS): The premium marketplace delivers an engaging yet simplified user experience and connects fans and collectors with world-class individuals and brands across politics, media, sports, and the arts. DeepRedSky features creators who share the values of freedom of expression and protection from Big Tech, Big Media, and Big Government. Offering creator-to-peer NFTs with varying degrees of rarity, DeepRedSky is amping up the digital purchase experience through auctions, pack and drops, gumball machine schemas, and instant buys. Collectors can purchase NFTs via credit card and crypto and receive NFTs through any wallet on the Solana blockchain.
About Parler Inc.: Parler has a bold vision to make freedom of expression, security, and privacy a reality through social media and blockchain technology. Over 16 million users have chosen Parler as their social media platform to protect against the authoritarian powers of Big Tech, Big Government, and cancel culture. Parler uses the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as a guide, making it possible for people to speak freely without fear of being suspended or labeled 'dangerous' and banned. Parler is the public town hall where everyone is welcome, and civil debate is encouraged around diverse topics. Founded in 2018, Parler is based in Nashville, TN, and has a growing global community of content creators. To learn more, visit https://parler.com or download on the iOS App Store now.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that claims topped the 230,000 mark and the most in almost six months.
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up 4,000 from the previous week and the most since mid-January, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally track with the number of layoffs. Until early June, claims hadn’t eclipsed 220,000 since January and have often been below 200,000 this year.
The four-week average for claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week volatility, inched up by 750 from the previous week, to 232,500.
The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending June 25 rose by 51,000 from the previous week, to 1,375,000. That figure has hovered near 50-year lows for months.
On Wednesday, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs in May amid signs that the economy is weakening, though the overall demand for workers remained strong.
Employers posted 11.3 million job openings at the end of May, down from nearly 11.7 million in April. Job openings reached 11.9 million in March, the highest level on records dating back more than 20 years. There are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person.
The figures reflect the unusual nature of the post-pandemic economy: Inflation is hammering household budgets, forcing consumers to pull back on spending, and growth is weakening, heightening fears the economy could fall into recession. Yet companies are still scrambling to add workers. Demand has been particularly strong in travel- and entertainment-related services.
The Labor Department releases its May jobs report on Friday and analysts expect that employers filled more than 276,000 jobs. Though not an unhealthy number, it would be the lowest monthly figure in more than a year.
Some highly-visible companies have announced layoffs recently.
The CEO of electric car maker Tesla, Elon Musk, acknowledged that the company was cutting about 10% of its salaried workforce, or 3.5% of its total headcount.
Netflix laid off 150 employees in May and another 300 in June after the streaming entertainment giant reported losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade.
Online automotive retailer Carvana is letting about 2,500 workers go, roughly 12% of its workforce.
Online real estate broker Redfin, under pressure from a housing market that’s cooled due to higher interest rates, is laying off 8% of its workers. Another real estate company, Compass, is shedding 450 employees.
Crypto trading platform Coinbase Global is cutting about 1,100 jobs, about 18% of its global workforce, in the wake of collapsing cryptocurrency prices.
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(KRON) — Three residents of an assisted living facility were mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice and one has since passed away, Nexstar’s KRON has learned.
Saturday morning around 8:30 a.m., three ambulances were called to the Atria Park Senior Living facility in San Mateo to treat patients, according to San Mateo Consolidated Fire. Three people were taken to the hospital after “mistakenly being served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice,” Atria Park confirmed in a statement to KRON.
KRON spoke with one family who said their loved one passed away following the incident. Marcia Cutchin said that her family first heard of the incident involving her mother, 93-year-old Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell, when an Atria staff member called to report that she had ingested a substance and an ambulance was being called.
Atria told her family the substance was an “alkaline cleaning solution that eats protein,” when they were first informed of the incident.
Cutchin explained Maxwell arrived at the hospital with “severe blistering of her mouth and throat and esophagus.” Upon her arrival at the hospital, Maxwell’s family was told there was nothing the medical team could do to treat the blistering.
According to Cutchin, she and her family were told first responders believed the dementia patients had ingested the substance on their own. It would be impossible for Maxwell to do that, Cutchin said, because her mother couldn’t feed herself.
“Many people, like my mother, you have to hold a cup to her mouth and tip it into her mouth,” Cutchin said.
Maxwell leaves eight children and 20 grandchildren behind.
KRON reached out to Atria Senior Living and received the following statement in response:
“We can confirm three of our residents were recently transported to the hospital after mistakenly being served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice. We have been working with local authorities, who have informed us that one resident passed away. Our sincerest condolences are with the family. When this occurred, our staff immediately contacted authorities, and the residents were transported to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. We are conducting our own internal investigation, and the employees involved have been suspended until this investigation concludes. We will continue working with the police and Department of Social Services to fully review and assess the incident, after which we will take additional actions as needed. The safety and well-being of our residents remain our top priorities at all times. Out of respect for the people involved, we cannot comment further.”
Atria Senior Living
As of Monday night, San Mateo Police are continuing to investigate the incident and have not shared any additional information. They say Atria Hillsdale is cooperating with the investigation.
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The Honey Pot Company, one of several Black or women-owned intimate care brands that have risen in popularity in recent years, largely built its appeal on a commitment to products that are “plant-derived” and “free of chemicals.” Therefore, when loyal customers recently discovered that the company had added preservatives and other ingredients to its intimate washes, the online backlash was swift.
The social mediadrubbing prompted co-founder and owner Beatrice Dixon to acknowledge on Instagramand Twitter that the company “should have communicated more directly” about the changes. She also assured users that the washes “continue to be safe, gentle and kind to skin.” In a statement to The Washington Post, Dixon said, “After extensive testing, we have found that these specific preservatives are the best ingredients to ensure our formula, which is rich in herb and plant ingredients, remains effective down to the very last drop.”
But amid the outcry, only a few commenters raised what health experts say is the more fundamental issue: Why are women, particularly those of color, still using these products, which are widely considered unnecessary and can potentially lead to infections or skin irritation, among other concerns? The answer, according to researchers, gynecologists and historians, is a complicated one that involves racism, tradition and targeted advertising.
Diamond Redden, a Honey Pot customer, has used different intimate care products off and on, including vaginal douches, since she started menstruating. Her mother, who washed with Summer’s Eve, wanted to make sure Redden developed a ritual for caring for herself during her period, such as resting, eating well and staying hydrated, said the 32-year-old mother of four daughters from Newark. And, Redden said, her mother’s tips also covered guidance on “intimate washing.”
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Redden’s experience isn’t uncommon. A study based on data from a 2001 to 2004 national U.S. survey of more than 700 women aged 20 to 49 found that a greater proportion of Black women reported using vaginal douches or other feminine washes, wipes, powders and related menstrual products. In a more recent study of about 350 women aged 18 to 34 in California, Black people also reported using intimate care products, including douches, more than other women.
Experts are especially concerned about douching, which is washing the inside of the vagina with water or a specially formulated solution. “We as gynecologists realized a long time ago that vaginal douching was just not a good thing for women to do,” said Tacoma McKnight, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Research has shown that douching may be associated with higher exposures to diethyl phthalate, a type of industrial chemical found in many consumer products. It may also be linked to health risks, such as infertility, vaginal infections and sexually transmitted diseases. In 2002, more than 30 percent of women aged 15 to 44 reported douching, according to the CDC’s National Survey of Family Growth. That figure dropped to around 11 percent in the latest survey, which was conducted from 2017 to 2019.
But the market has since become dominated by other intimate care products, such as external washes and wipes. “There’s a really high interest in using all kinds of ‘feminine products,’” McKnight said. The popularity of such products has been fueled, in part, by word of mouth and social media, she and other experts said.
“There’s this unrealistic standard of what a vulva and vagina should smell like, look like, feel like,” said Fatima Daoud Yilmaz, an OB/GYN in New York. “People with vulvas and vaginas are spending their money chasing after an ideal that’s not rooted in reality or being made to think that their normal, healthy bodily functions are somehow pathologic and need to be addressed.”
And while these standards can influence anyone with a vulva and a vagina, Daoud Yilmaz said people in marginalized groups may feel the effects more greatly because norms around beauty and health often evolve “through a Caucasian lens.”
Astrid Williams, the Environmental Justice Program manager for the organization Black Women for Wellness, agreed. “It’s a multibillion dollar industry that we’re paying into each year at the cost of trying to uphold these beauty standards — and it’s affecting our health.”
An ugly legacy
Modern-day menstrual and intimate care practices have been heavily shaped by historical views about women’s bodies being unclean. This “ingrained thought” can be traced to the practice of sequestering or restricting women during their periods, which has continued in some cultures, and antiquated ideas of the “vagina being dirty,” McKnight said.
But several experts noted that the evolution of common vulvar and vaginal care routines observed within Black communities may have a much more complex and fraught history tied to racism.
“Since the earliest contacts between Europeans and people of African descent, negative olfactory stereotypes have been wielded against those with dark skin,” historian Michelle Ferranti wrote in a 2011 research article.
As part of the racist justification for slavery, White men created a “construct of race” based on so-called “phenotypic differences” that included smell, said Ami Zota, an associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University’s Milken School of Public Health.
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This history of “pervasive olfactory discrimination” was a significant factor in shaping ideas about cleanliness and deodorization among Black people, Ferranti wrote. “For many recently emancipated African-Americans, a clean and odor-free body signified personal progress and enterprise, and the hope for racial assimilation.”
Advertising and generational influence
Strategic advertising focused on Black people may be somewhat to blame for the perpetuation of these ideas, according to Ferranti’s paper. For instance, Ferranti found “no commercials for vaginal deodorants” in all LIFE magazines issues published in 1970, whereas the Ebony magazines from that same year “typically included more than one per issue.”
Her paper included a Lysol advertisement for douching that appeared in a 1958 issue of the Daily Defender, a Black newspaper in Chicago. The ad emphasized “daintiness” and claimed to stop odors, telling consumers “you know you can’t offend.” In a 1982 issue of Jet, an ad for FDS “feminine deodorant spray” stated that the product offered “Important odor protection to keep you feeling fresh and confident all month long.”
“A lot of products for women are often sort of wrapped in a veneer of empowerment,” Ferranti told The Washington Post in an interview.
This type of targeted advertising has exacted a toll on communities of color. In July, the National Council of Negro Women filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson after it was revealed that the company marketed its talcum-based baby powder to Black people in the 2000s, despite evidence that such products could cause cancer.
“This company, through its words and images, told Black women that we were offensive in our natural state and needed to use their products to stay fresh,” Janice Mathis, the council’s executive director said in a statement at the time. “Generations of Black women believed them and made it our daily practice to use their products in ways that put us at risk of cancer — and we taught our daughters to do the same.”
Mathis’s statement highlighted what experts say is a key point about intimate care, particularly among people of color: Ideas and routines are often passed down within families.
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In her two decades of experience as an OB/GYN, Shari Lawson, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins, said she frequently sees that Black and Brown people have “had this idea of feminine hygiene handed down from the women in their lives — mothers, aunts, grandmothers,” which includes “making sure that everything’s very clean, that there’s no odors associated with the vagina or the vulva.”
“These are misinformation, misconceptions, misperceptions that seem right, but they aren’t,” McKnight added, “and they get passed on and it’s just hard to break the cycle.”
Over the years, many of these products have become “part of the African American beauty culture,” Zota said.
Health concerns about intimate care products
No matter where the pressure comes from, Williams and other experts, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, don’t recommend using douches, washes, wipes and other similar products. “The female reproductive system is incredible just completely by itself. It contains its own ecosystem, a microbiome of healthy bacteria. It cleanses itself. It protects itself. It lubricates itself,” Daoud Yilmaz said. “It does all of this, and we expect it to not create some discharge? We expect it to not have a little bit of a smell that is normal and natural and healthy?”
In a statement to The Post, Dixon said the Honey Pot Company is aware that “cleaning one’s vagina is unnecessary.” She added that its products remain free of parabens, dioxides or sulfates and are meant to be used externally on a person’s vulva, which she said “attracts lots of different bacteria and can often be a hostile environment.”
But, experts said, external products can also lead to problems, such as skin irritation. Vulvar skin tends to be thinner and more absorbent, said Alice Watson, a dermatologist and genital skin specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Watson recommends only rinsing the vulva with water or, at most, using a gentle, low-allergen soap. Even many brands of baby wipes have “very common allergens in them and can cause a lot of issues,” she said. Any products with dyes or fragrance should also be avoided, Daoud Yilmaz added.
Health experts say increased education about vulvar and vaginal care is critical. Daoud Yilmaz, for instance, promotes medical education and combats misinformation on Instagram and TikTok.
Redden, who spends about $300 a month on Honey Pot’s menstrual pads, wipes and washes, said she wasn’t aware of the history behind intimate care products, nor did she know that doctors often don’t recommend them. Discussions about using these kinds of products are “not typically in the conversation” during her 10- to 15-minute OB/GYN appointments, she said.
Gabriela Diaz, another Honey Pot customer, said she knows the vagina cleans itself and that “women are not supposed to smell like a unicorn peed through your vulva.”
“But I don’t necessarily want to stink either,” said Diaz, 22 of New York City, who is Dominican. “Even though you could put just water, I feel like it’s not as effective on my body.”
Still, Ferranti would encourage buyers to look into the “very important history” of these products. “If you know a little bit about the history, you can really be a discerning consumer.”
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OREGON, USA — Charlie Neufeldt, 21, is spending the summer building on a future in ecological and biological problem solving.
“This summer, I’m actually working at the Santa Fe Institute, which is a hub for complex systems research,” they said.
The Willamette University student first thought physics was their path, but an internship at a wildlife reserve in South Africa changed that.
“I learned about ecology and ecological monitoring. I also learned about how much mystery there still is on earth,” Neufeldt said. “Now I’d say my interests are more focus on how earth or nature maintains its balance.”
Next, Charlie is eyeing graduate programs on a path they’ve been able to discover through the support of the Harrington Family Foundation’s Oregon Community Leadership Scholarship.
Former Ducks and NFL quarterback Joey Harrington is behind the program. He started the foundation after being drafted as a way to give back.
“The point of a nonprofit is to make your community better; is to help improve,” Joey Harrington said. “We look for people who are unique. We look for people who are invested and then we reward them with a four-year scholarship and help make those connections.”
The foundation seeks out scholarship recipients who’ve shown leadership in their own communities — like Charlie who, when in high school, started a nonprofit program to teach elementary students about creative writing.
“All the experiences I had in forming a nonprofit, in making it a real tangible thing, were a great exercise in figuring out what my interests are, [what my] strengths are and what my weaknesses are — and how to follow through when nobody else is telling you that you have to,” Neufeldt said.
The renewable scholarship relies on donations from supporters like Safeway-Albertsons and donations from individual community members.
Harrington’s goal is to mentor Oregon’s leaders of tomorrow by opening doors to networking and opportunities.
“What I’m looking for is someone who notices a problem, who identifies it, and does something to fix it,” Harrington said.
For Neufeldt, it’s helped pave the way for the future. They say it started with the writing prompt when they applied for the Harrington Family Foundation’s Oregon Community Leadership Program back in high school.
“It forced me to sit down and think about leadership and I ended up writing about — I felt like, sure I’m a natural born leader, but I think I’m better at teaching. I think that’s my strength,” they said.
Donate to the Oregon Community Leadership Program at the Heritage Family Foundation website. Applications for the scholarship open on November 1 and will be available here.
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January 6 hearing: Did Trump commit a crime?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 committee has heard dramatic testimony from former White House aides and others about Donald Trump’s relentless efforts to overturn the 2020 election — and his encouragement of supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol bent on achieving his goal. But the big question remains: Was any of it criminal?
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide in Trump’s White House, added fresh urgency to the question Tuesday as she delivered explosive new testimony about Trump’s actions before and during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. She said Trump was informed that there were armed protesters at his morning rally before he stood onstage and told them to "fight like hell" at the Capitol. Then he argued with his security detail, she said, trying to go with the crowd.
Trump's aides knew there could be legal consequences. Hutchinson said White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told her "we're going to get charged with every crime imaginable" if Trump had gone to the Capitol that day as Congress was certifying President Joe Biden’s win. Cipollone said Trump could be exposing himself to obstruction of justice charges or defrauding the electoral count, she said.
On the heels of Hutchinson's public testimony, the House committee on Wednesday issued a subpoena for Cipollone, saying in a letter that while he had provided an "informal interview" on April 13, his refusal to provide on-the-record testimony made their subpoena necessary.
The Justice Department has recently expanded its investigation into the Jan. 6 attack, targeting some of Trump’s allies in Washington and around the country who participated in his scheme to invalidate Biden's victory. But prosecutors have not indicated whether they will bring a case against the former president.
A look at potential crimes, and what Congress and the Justice Department might do:
WHAT HAS THE EVIDENCE SHOWN?
Witnesses have testified that Trump was repeatedly advised by campaign aides and top government officials that he had lost the election to Biden and that his claims of widespread voter fraud were divorced from reality.
Yet he pressed ahead, shouting the false allegations that culminated in the riot at the Capitol.
Still in office, he leaned on the Justice Department to get government law enforcement officials to take up his cause. He pressured the states — asking Georgia's secretary of state to "find" votes, for example — and Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the joint session of Congress that day.
Hutchinson testified that Trump said he wanted metal detectors removed from the area near where he was delivering a speech on Jan. 6. He said it did not matter to him if the supporters, who were to head to the Capitol, were carrying weapons because they were not there to hurt him.
Trump took to his social media website on Tuesday to deny much of Hutchinson’s testimony, which was based on both her own interactions with Trump and information from others who talked to him that day.
WERE ANY CRIMES COMMITTED BY TRUMP?
He hasn't been charged, but legal experts believe the testimony, presuming it can be corroborated, does give prosecutors avenues to pursue.
Federal law, for instance, makes it a crime to incite, organize, encourage or promote a riot like the one that enveloped the Capitol. But that's a high bar for prosecutors to clear. Trump's exhortation to "fight like hell" could be construed as a more general call to action. He was acquitted by the Senate of an incitement charge in his impeachment trial after the insurrection.
Still, a federal judge in February, in rejecting a request by Trump to toss out conspiracy lawsuits from Democratic lawmakers and two Capitol Police officers, said Trump's words "plausibly" led to the riot. And Hutchinson's first-hand account of hearing Trump complain about metal detectors suggested he was aware that some supporters were capable of violence but brushed it off.
A more likely option for prosecution, said Jimmy Gurule, a former federal prosecutor who is a Notre Dame law professor, would be to pursue a case that Trump conspired to defraud the United States through his wide-ranging efforts to overturn the election and to obstruct the congressional proceeding at which the results were to be certified.
That broad statute was cited by the House committee when it asserted in a March legal filing that it had evidence Trump had engaged in a "criminal conspiracy."
"He was perpetuating the big lie. To what end? To remain in power and to prevent Biden from assuming the reins of the presidency," Gurule said. "It was fraud on the American people."
Some legal experts say it doesn’t matter if Trump believed the election was stolen or not. But others say much would depend on the president’s intent and state of mind and whether he supported activities he knew to be unlawful. Though witnesses have testified under oath about telling Trump he had lost, it would be hard to prove what he actually believed.
"I can confidently say that any serious felony-level federal crime that is going to be charged here is going to require proof beyond a reasonable doubt of criminal intent," said Samuel Buell, a Duke University criminal law professor.
"Any argument that he doesn't believe that he's doing something that is against the law ... is still an argument he can make and still something the prosecutor has to prove."
WILL THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY BRING A CASE?
That's anyone's guess. The congressional hearings have produced eye-popping testimony, but the one-sided presentation of facts, with no opportunities for cross-examination of witnesses, is a far cry from the burden of proof and trial constraints in criminal prosecutions.
One of the more striking accounts from Hutchinson — that Trump, irate at being driven to the White House instead of the Capitol on Jan. 6, tried to grab at the steering wheel of his presidential vehicle — was something she heard second-hand, likely inadmissible before a jury.
There are clear signs prosecutors are moving beyond the rioters, serving subpoenas last week on multiple state Republican Party chairmen in examining a scheme by Trump allies to create slates of alternate, or fake, electors in an attempt to subvert the vote.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, a former federal appeals court judge and circumspect by nature, has pledged the Justice Department will hold accountable wrongdoers "at any level" — more than 800 people have been charged so far — but he has not said one way or another that he's considering a case against Trump.
Some Democrats in Congress have been pressing Garland to act. The Jan. 6 committee itself could make a formal criminal referral based on its more than 1,000 interviews. The Justice Department wouldn’t have to act on such a referral, but it has been pressuring the panel to hand over its interview transcripts as it weighs making its own case.
A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment.
There's no legal bar to prosecuting Trump as a former president. Since he is no longer in office, Justice Department legal opinions that shielded him from criminal charges no longer apply.
But while it may be hard for the department to turn away from a case if the cumulative evidence is provable beyond a reasonable doubt, there are other factors to consider. No former president has ever been prosecuted by the Justice Department, and a criminal case against the already polarizing former president risks dividing the country even further.
Trump has also been laying the groundwork for another presidential run, and the department may want to avoid any perception that it is targeting a political adversary of Biden in the heat of an election.
"It will be," Buell said, "one of the hardest issues that any U.S. attorney general has ever confronted."
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Suspect arrested in Osceola man’s murder
OSCEOLA, Ark. (KAIT) - An Osceola man is being held on a $750,000 bond after a judge found probable cause to charge him with first-degree murder.
Investigators arrested 26-year-old Qurdell Coleman on Tuesday, June 7, in connection with the May 31 shooting death of Regginald Thomas.
According to court documents, police officers found Thomas lying on the ground in front of a home on North Pearl Street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and leg.
An ambulance took Thomas to a hospital where he later died.
A witness at the scene described what happened and identified Coleman as the suspect, the affidavit said.
On Monday, June 6, detectives interviewed Coleman who “admitted to shooting Mr. Thomas.”
After reviewing the case, a judge found probable cause to charge Coleman with first-degree murder, felon in possession of a firearm, and criminal mischief.
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BOSTON (AP) — A former eBay Inc. executive pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included the delivery of live spiders and other disturbing items to their home.
David Harville, eBay’s former director of global resiliency, is the final onetime eBay employee charged in the case to plead guilty. Six others have admitted to their roles in the harassment campaign targeting a Massachusetts couple who publish the newsletter EcommerceBytes, which eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.
The scheme included sending items like a box of live cockroaches, a funeral wreath, and books about surviving the loss of a spouse to the couple’s home with the hopes of getting them to stop publishing negative articles about the company, prosecutors say. eBay employees also set up fake social media accounts to send threatening messages to the couple and posted the couple’s home address online.
Harville and others were charged in June 2020 over the plot, which authorities say was orchestrated by members of eBay’s executive leadership team after the newsletter published an article about a lawsuit filed by eBay accusing Amazon of poaching its sellers, authorities said.
Another former executive who pleaded guilty last month, James Baugh, held meetings to coordinate the harassment campaign and directed Harville to go with him to Boston to spy on the couple, prosecutors say.
Harville flew to Boston from California and bought tools with a plan to break into the couple’s garage and install a GPS tracker on their car, prosecutors say. Over dinner in Boston, he and Baugh joked about what could be left on the couple’s porch, including a bag of human feces, Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Kosto said.
Harville pleaded guilty during a hearing held via videoconference before a Boston federal court judge. An email seeking comment was sent to his lawyers on Thursday.
The couple, Ina and David Steiner, sued eBay and several employees including former CEO Devin Wenig last summer over what they described as a conspiracy to “intimidate, threaten to kill, torture, terrorize, stalk and silence them” in order to “stifle their reporting on eBay.”
Wenig was not criminally charged, has denied any knowledge of the harassment campaign, and his lawyers have asked that the Steiners’ claims against him be dismissed. He stepped down as CEO of eBay in 2019.
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BOSTON (AP)All-Star Alek Manoah pitched six sharp innings as the Toronto Blue Jays relied more on his arm than their bats to keep up their season-long dominance of the Red Sox, beating Boston 4-1 Saturday.
A day after Toronto set a team record for runs – and posted the most ever scored against the Red Sox – in a 28-5 romp, Manoah set the tone.
”When he’s on the mound, we know we have a chance to win,” Toronto interim manager John Schneider said. ”It’s easy to get up for a game when he’s on the mound.”
Boston lost for the eighth time in nine games. Red Sox fans were sure to get a cheer on Sunday, however, when former slugger David Ortiz was inducted into the Hall of Fame – plenty of them headed to Cooperstown, New York, to see Big Papi enshrined.
”It’s very challenging and tough, but no one will feel sorry for you, especially the opposing team. They feel it’s a perfect situation for them,” Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts said. ”We need to go out with the team and the lineup we have. We’re all here for a reason. We can play.”
Manoah (11-4) allowed one run, on a homer by Bobby Dalbec that cleared everything in left field in the second, and seven hits. He walked none, struck out seven and lowered his ERA to 2.24.
”My competitiveness is something that I know I can control,” Manoah said. ”Having that will to win and expecting nothing less is what I’m trying to do every day.”
The animated Manoah barked at the Boston bench after ending his outing with three straight strikeouts. He fanned fellow All-Star Bogaerts to start that late flourish.
”He’s an emotional guy and that’s what makes him elite – the way he competes,” Schneider said. ”Just make sure your emotions don’t get the best of you and show up your opponent, but you couldn’t ask much more from him out of that inning.”
Jordan Romano pitched a scoreless ninth for his league-leading 21st save.
Toronto got seven hits a day after pounding out 29, and improved to 9-3 against the Red Sox this year. The Blue Jays are 3 1/2 games ahead of Boston for the AL’s final wild card spot.
Toronto pieced together a three-run third off rookie Kutter Crawford (2-3). Santiago Espinal and George Springer hit RBI singles and Alejandro Kirk had a sacrifice fly.
DEVERS OUT
The Red Sox put All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers on the 10-day injured list because of right hamstring inflammation, making the move one day after his early exit in the fifth inning.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (neck strain) delivered five innings of two-hit shutout ball in a rehab start for Triple-A Buffalo on Friday. The lefty finished with four strikeouts and three walks while throwing 43 of his 77 pitches for strikes. Interim manager John Schneider said the next 72 hours will be key before plotting the next course of action for a pitcher who has posted a 5.12 ERA in 16 starts before getting placed on the 15-day injured list earlier this month.
Red Sox: Back spasms kept All-Star DH J.D. Martinez out of the lineup for the second straight game. ”He doesn’t feel great,” manager Alex Cora said. ”Hopefully by tomorrow (Sunday) or Monday, he’ll be back in the lineup.” . Rich Hill (left knee sprain) has a bullpen session scheduled for Sunday. The lefty pitcher has been on the IL since July 2. . Cora says RHP Matt Barnes (shoulder inflammation) was in good spirits following Friday’s rehab appearance with Worcester. He is scheduled to throw an inning for the WooSox on Sunday. . INF/OF Kike Hernandez (hip flexor strain) was transferred to the 60-day IL. …. 2B Trevor Story (bruised right hand) is throwing but still hasn’t swung a bat since landing on the injured list on July 16.
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Blue Jays: Ross Stripling (5-3, 3.03) will look to continue to build on what’s been a strong July. The right-hander has posted a 2.70 ERA in his previous three starts this month.
Red Sox: Top pitching prospect Brayan Bello (0-1, 10.13 ERA) makes his third start on Sunday. The 23-year-old is still searching for his first MLB win and will be looking to pitch into the fifth inning – something he didn’t do in each of his first two starts with Boston.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government is investing in machines that suck giant amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air in the hopes of reducing damage from climate change.
The Department of Energy said Thursday it will release $3.5 billion to groups developing direct air capture and other technologies that remove carbon dioxide, which when released into the atmosphere causes global warming.
Climate scientists say humans have already allowed too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to prevent dangerous rises in global temperatures. They say on top of curbing emissions we must also remove carbon dioxide from the air that's already been released.
“This past month we saw the highest levels of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere in history, underscoring the fact that our efforts to tackle climate change will be inconsequential if we don’t act now to manage the greenhouse gas emissions that are currently putting public health and our environment at risk,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in a statement.
Companies such as Carbon Engineering and Climeworks are building direct air capture facilities that use giant fans to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and store it underground, or capture it to make synthetic fuel, soft drinks or concrete. But the facilities built so far remove just a tiny fraction of the carbon dioxide that scientists say is necessary to make a difference.
Developers are hoping the investment can help boost an industry that will need to scale up.
“If you want to reduce long-run climate risks, we will need to take CO2 out of the air,” said David Keith, professor of environmental science and engineering at Harvard and founder of Carbon Engineering, which designed a plant that captures carbon dioxide and turns it into synthetic fuel. “The best way to figure out what these methods cost and what their environmental impacts might be is to actually go build hardware that can stand up to public scrutiny.”
Carbon Engineering is working with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and 1PointFive to develop a facility in the Permian Basin which would capture 1 million tons of CO2 annually.
The DOE money will support four large-scale regional direct air capture hubs that will include a network of carbon dioxide removal projects that each have the capacity to remove 1 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. Those projects will prioritize community engagement and environmental justice, the DOE said.
“I expect the impacts on health and land use in communities will be an important consideration,” said Roger Aines, energy program chief scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, noting that facilities would use land in communities and would run on renewable energy, which would mean placing solar panels or wind turbines around them.
“The time is right for this,” Aines said. “And the only way to really know whether we’re going to like this kind of approach is to try it out.”
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Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday he will lead the legal fight on behalf of Randy Cox, a Black man who was seriously injured in the back of a police van in Connecticut when the driver braked suddenly.
Crump also called for a federal civil rights investigation into the treatment of Cox, 36, who was being taken June 19 to a police station in New Haven, Connecticut, for processing on a weapons charge when his head struck the back wall of the van.
Crump said police mocked Cox’s cries for help and later dragged him by his feet from the van and placed him in a holding cell before he was taken to a hospital. Cox, whose legal first name is Richard, is in intensive care, paralyzed from the chest down, Crump said.
At a news conference Tuesday in front of New Haven Superior Court, Crump, who has been called Black America’s attorney general for his work on civil rights cases,led a crowd in chants of “Justice for Randy Cox.”
His co-counsel, Jack O’Donnell, said the legal team expects to file a federal lawsuit within 60 days, once it has reviewed all the evidence, including more than two hours of video.
Some of that, including footage from a camera that recorded the moments when Cox was injured, has been released publicly.
“I am here because when I looked at that video, it shocked my conscience,” Crump said. “And I believe when you all see that video, it’s going to shock your conscience. The only question is, why, when the police look at Randy Cox saying, ‘I can’t move,’ why doesn’t it shock their conscience?”
Five members of the New Haven police department who were involved in the transport have been put on leave while the episode is investigated.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and acting Police Chief Regina Rush-Kittle said they are committed to being transparent with the facts. They have released all videos to the public and have given all evidence to state police, who have been called in to conduct an independent investigation, they said.
“I’ve watched the videos many times,” Elicker said. “I, in my own view, did not see malice on the part of the officers. I saw some bad decisions, an extreme lack of compassion. I think what we focus on, what we can control here in New Haven, that is ensuring that we have accountability in our city.”
Cox was handcuffed when he was in the back of the New Haven police van, which was not equipped with seat belts. He flew headfirst into a wall when Officer Oscar Diaz braked hard; he said it was to avoid a collision, police said.
Diaz resumed driving to the police department, despite Cox calling for help and saying he was injured and couldn’t move, according to the video and officials. A few minutes later, Diaz stopped the van to check on Cox, who was lying motionless on the floor.
Diaz then called paramedics but told them to meet him at the station instead of waiting for them where he was, police said.
At the station, officers dragged Cox out of the van by his feet and put him in a wheelchair, video shows. Police then booked Cox, took him out of the wheelchair and dragged him into a cell, where he was left on the floor, video shows.
Paramedics arrived minutes later and took Cox to a hospital, officials said.
Crump said Cox was accused of lying and told to get up several times by police.
“Where’s the first aid training? Where’s the on the job training? Where’s the accountability?” said Latoya Boomer, Crump’s sister, who attended the news conference with several other family members. “I want to know, where’s the person who sees what’s going on and says, ’Maybe he’s not joking. Maybe he’s not drunk. Maybe he is in distress.”
Scot Esdaile, the president of the Connecticut branch of the NAACP, said he is not convinced the hard braking of the van was an accident.
“People from the community have been coming to us for years talking about how they torture people in the back of paddy wagons,” he said. “They put people in the back of the paddy wagon; they go real fast and then they slam the brakes.”
Elicker said last week that prisoner transport vans not equipped with seatbelts have been taken out of service and that the police department is working to install seatbelts in them. He said Tuesday that department will be also be implementing more training for officers in response to the incident.
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Video: Mugger pistol-whips victim in Queens
NEW YORK - The NYPD is hunting for a man seen in a surveillance video beating his victim with a handgun during a mugging in Queens.
According to police, the victim, a 24-year-old man, was walking on a sidewalk on 89th Avenue and 217th Street at around 9:30 a.m. on May 13 in Queens Village when the suspect approached him from behind.
Authorities say a physical struggle between the pair ensued, followed by the suspect producing a gun and beginning to beat his victim with it.
Police say the suspect hit the victim about the head with the firearm several times before taking roughly $4,200 and running away.
The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition for bleeding and lacerations to the head.
The NYPD is seeking a suspect in connection to a violent mugging in Queens.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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Ten years ago, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab celebrated the successful landing of its fourth robot on Mars, The Curiosity rover.
Now old enough to enter the fifth grade, the Curiosity rover was set on its mission in 2012 to determine whether the red planet could have ever supported life.
The robot is about the size of a car, and is decked out with scientific instruments used to study the planet's climate and geology. So, how did the mission go? And what can the Curiosity rover teach us about the past, and potential future of space exploration?
Clear signs of life
Dr. Ashwin Vasavada is the head scientist of the Curiosity team, and says that the mission was a huge success.
"[We learned] it was not only habitable at one moment in time in Mars' history, but probably habitable for millions, or tens of millions, of years," he said.
While the rover had the capacity to detect signs of life, that didn't necessarily mean that Mars itself harbored life. Vasavada said that their initial goal was to find out if life was simply even possible there.
"We've explored Mars enough to know that there are no dinosaur footprints, no big life forms around today," he said. "So if life ever did take hold, it probably never got beyond kind of a microbial stage."
A sharp change
So, what kind of life was there on Mars? And was there any specific event that made it uninhabitable for life?
Vasavada thinks it's likely a combination of events.
"You can see evidence that rivers once coursed along the surface, that maybe even an ocean existed at one point. So early Mars, we're talking three or four billion years ago, was a much more Earth-like place than Mars is today," he said.
And it seems that the size of the planet may have been the main factor in ending the development of life.
"Ultimately, it's a smaller planet than Earth, [so] that allowed it to cool faster. Once it cooled faster, it lost its ability to generate a magnetic field," he said. "Once the magnetic field stopped, the atmosphere was stripped away by radiation in space. And that led to its inability to, at that point, stay warm and have liquid water."
From that point on, the planet became the cold and inhospitable desert that it is known as today.
A unique landing point
Even the spot that the Curiosity rover initially descended on 10 years ago was able to provide new insights for the team working to understand Mars.
The rover landed in an area called the Gale Crater. Known as an impact crater, the cavity was formed when a large space rock hit the surface of the planet. Later on, it was filled with sediment deposited in lakes, and formed layers of mud that built up over time into the sides of a mountain.
"What this meant is that we could land there, and see if that sediment really was deposited within liquid water environments, like lakes and streams," Vasavada said. "We could read the early history of Mars by driving up these rock layers, and determining whether any of those periods of Mars' time had these habitable conditions."
After 10 years, the success of the mission still surprises the scientist.
"We've now driven up over 2,000 vertical feet on the mountain, and for the most part, every layer we've looked at formed in a wet environment and had conditions that would have been favorable to life."
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CHONGQING, China, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In mid-May, a press conference was held to introduce Chongqing's first annual report on the Comprehensive Pilot Program for Service Sector Opening.
Chongqing is located in China's western region which is home to 400 million people and one of the country's most promising areas. Statistics showed that the total value of Chongqing's foreign trade has grown from 53.2 billion US dollars in 2012 to over 120 billion in 2021, setting a record high, according to Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce. In recent years, Chongqing has been approved to implement pilot projects of FTZ, comprehensve innovative development of trade in services, service sector opening and international consumption central city.
As one of the five provincial-level regions in China and the only one in central and western China which has been added to the Comprehensive Pilot Program for Service Sector Opening, Chongqing has been focusing on building inland modern service industry development pilot zone, strengthening top-level design and system integration, and making steady progress in sevice sector opening since it has been approved as a pilot city in this regard.
After one year's innovative practice and reform exploration, Chongqing has implemented 69 (82%) items out of the 86 tasks in the Overall Planning for Chongqing's Service Sector Opening approved by the State Council. More than 40 pioneering reform explorations have been carried out, and 356 modern service industry projects have been set up, driving forward the high-quality development of service industry and Chongqing as a pacesetter of inland opening-up.
In the past year, Chongqing has expanded and opened up its service industry in key areas such as science and technology, trade and cultural tourism, education, finance, health care, data, rule of law, talents, investment facilitation, logistics and customs clearance etc.
For example, in the field of science and technology, pilot projects have been carried out to grant researchers the ownership or long-term right of use of their scientific and technological achievements. In the financial sector, the QDLP pilot program was implemented and cross-border financing for science and technology enterprieses and exchange rate hedging services come true. In the field of logistics customs clearance, Chongqing has pioneered customs supervision mode of bonded aviation materials with each airline as one supervision unit. In the field of commerce, culture and tourism, innovative pilot projects have been carried out to display and trade imported commodities.
Due to a series of institutional innovations, a number of opening-up dividends have gradually emerged. Chongqing now ranks first in the number of new R&D institutions in the west of China, has become the only national logistics hub city covering water, land and air transport in China, and has built the Western China Data Exchange Center. China(Chongqing)-Singapore Cancer Hospital, the city's first Sino-foreign joint venture non-profit medical institution, is now in operation. The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor International Consumption Center, a bonded trade exhibition center, has been established. Chongqing's first Sino-foreign cooperative vocational school and three Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run schools have been set up.
The opening of service industry has also become an important driver for optimizing the business environment. Chongqing has optimized the complaint-handling mechanism for foreign-invested enterprises, innovated the customs tax guarantee mode, and refined the intellectual property protection and litigation mechanism. It also established a fast track for foreign talents, expanded the application of cross-border financial blockchain service platform, and initiated convenient services such as online foreign exchange collection and payment, service trade settlement business and smart customs declaration system. All these efforts make Chongqing's business environment more market-oriented, law-based and global-oriented.
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Iconic movies shot in 15 major U.S. cities
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Iconic movies shot in 15 major U.S. cities
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in a scene from ‘All the Presidents Men’
Walt Disney Pictures
Atlanta
Chadwick Boseman, Danai Guria and Lupita Nyong’o in a scene from ‘Black Panther’
Twentieth Century Fox
Austin
David Herman, Ron Livingston, and Ajay Naidu in a scene from ‘Office Space’
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Boston
Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from ‘The Departed’
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Chicago
Heath Ledger in a scene from ‘The Dark Knight’
Warner Bros.
Denver
Clint Eastwood in a scene from ‘Every Which Way but Loose’
Annapurna Pictures
Detroit
Will Poulter in a scene from ‘Detroit’
Twentieth Century Fox
Houston
Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in a scene from ‘Independence Day’
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Los Angeles
Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from ‘Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood’
Universal Pictures
Miami
Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell in a scene from ‘Miami Vice’
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Minneapolis
Frances McDormond in a scene from ‘Fargo’
A24
New York
Adam Sandler, Kevin Garnett and Maksud Agadjani in a scene from ‘Uncut Gems’
Paramount Pictures
Phoenix
Janet Leigh in a scene from ‘Psycho’
Sony Pictures Classics
San Francisco
Cate Blanchett in a scene from ‘Blue Jasmine’
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Seattle
Elvis Presley and Joan O’Brien in ‘It Happened at the World’s Fair’
Warner Bros.
Washington, D.C.
Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in a scene from ‘All the Presidents Men’
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TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Propane Gas Association welcomes an overdue discussion of looming consumer costs anticipated from New Jersey's Energy Master Plan (EMP). Not surprisingly, the Brattle Group's study, accepted by the BPU August 17, relies on key assumptions and omissions to suggest, erroneously, that the EMP will cost consumers only a little bit more, compared to their current energy bills.
Yet, by their own admission, the Brattle study omits any discussion of capital costs for equipment conversions, building retrofits and other "up-front" costs. These costs are huge for all classes of customers but conveniently ignored in the Brattle study.
The report also assumes significant new savings from energy efficiency and conservation efforts, as if customers are wasting expensive energy today, and can afford even more up-front costs.
Then there's the assumption that natural gas price increases will gallop far more than electricity increases by 2030, partly because of state-mandated conversions away from fossil fuels. So the state will help to cause the gas rate increases that will allegedly justify electric conversions. Of course, there's no discussion of the ratepayer costs of wind or solar farms which don't exist yet, their transmission lines, substations and distribution systems, not to mention the continued reliance on nuclear plants whose state-approved subsidies will expire, and gas-fired peaking units.
Lower-income customers might be spared some impacts because more state subsidies might be available to cover the huge costs of conversion and operation of electric appliances.
But, not to worry, customers can still keep their gas-fired cooking and non-heating equipment.
And, the cost projections are based on customers served by South Jersey Gas and Atlantic City Electric, neither of which serves the majority of New Jersey homeowners, and neither of which has the highest rates in New Jersey. New Jersey's overall electric rates are already among the highest in the country, and the Master Plan will do nothing to ease the burden.
And finally, the report suggests that the state will save $1.7 billion due to lower greenhouse gas emissions, and, in the same section, notes this estimate was never actually calculated for the study.
New Jerseyans have been waiting since the Energy Master Plan's 2019 update to learn what it will actually cost. With this latest study, we're no closer to finding out, and it's unlikely to be only a little bit more.
NJPGA is the statewide trade association representing propane distribution and service companies who serve more than 120,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers who rely on propane for their energy needs including space heating, water heating, cooking, recreational uses, manufacturing processes and transportation.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schools in Bangladesh will close an additional day each week and government offices and banks will shorten their work days by an hour to reduce electricity usage amid concerns over rising fuel prices and the impact of the Ukraine war.
The reduced hours take effect Wednesday. In Bangladesh, most schools are closed on Fridays, but now will also close on Saturdays, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said Monday.
He said government offices and banks will cut their work days to seven hours from the previous eight hours, but that private offices will be allowed to set their own schedules.
Supply disruptions caused by the Ukraine war have led to soaring world prices for energy and food.
Bangladesh has been taking measures in recent weeks to ease pressure on its declining foreign currency reserves. Last month, fuel prices were raised by more than 50%. The government says it is exploring options to get cheaper fuel from Russia under a special arrangement.
The decision has drawn criticism, but the government said it is necessary to cut losses amid rising international fuel prices. Small street protests against the higher prices have taken place in recent weeks, and the government said domestic prices will be adjusted after international prices ease.
The country has been suffering more frequent power cuts after the government suspended operations of all diesel-run power plants, reducing daily electricity production by 1,000 megawatts.
But authorities have promised to continue supplying power to industrial zones to help support the country’s $416 billion economy, which has been growing rapidly over the last decade.
The country’s opposition has accused the government of failing to control corruption and eliminate losses in the energy sector.
In July, Bangladesh sought an unspecified loan from the International Monetary Fund, becoming the third country in South Asia to do so recently after Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Rahul Anand, division chief in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, said in a recent consultation that Bangladesh was not in a crisis situation and its external position was “very different from several countries in the region.”
“Bangladesh has a low risk of debt distress and is very different from Sri Lanka,” he was quoted as saying by the Dhaka-based The Business Standard Daily.
Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves have dwindled to around $40 billion.
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The following cases were reported by the Northwest District Court of North Dakota:
Joshua Samuel Sanders, 40, of Williston, North Dakota pleaded guilty to one count of domestic violence with serious bodily injury and was sentenced by Judge Daniel El-Dweek to two years confinement with 625 days suspended and credit for 105 days served (90 days served with credit for 15 days good behavior). Sanders was also placed on two years supervised probation and must complete the Domestic Violence Treatment Program in McKenzie County and must pay administrative fees totaling $1,025. He is also prohibited from having any contact with the victim. Two counts of terrorizing an adult victim and three counts of domestic violence causing bodily injury were dismissed.
Justin Michael Wood, 33, of Watford City, North Dakota pleaded guilty to one count of interference with a phone during an emergency call and one count of conspiracy to commit theft ($1,000-10,000). Wood was sentenced by Judge Robin Schmidt to 18 months confinement for each offense. For the first offense, Wood was credited for 94 days served with one year, 88 days suspended. He was also placed on supervised probation for 18 months and must pay $525 in administrative fees. On the second count, Wood was credited for 34 days and placed on probation for 18 months to run concurrently with count one. He was also ordered to pay $3,619.54 in restitution and $525 in administrative fees.
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DULUTH, Ga. (AP) _ Agco Corp. (AGCO) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $151.8 million.
The Duluth, Georgia-based company said it had net income of $2.03 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $2.39 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.88 per share.
The farm equipment maker posted revenue of $2.69 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.64 billion.
Agco expects full-year earnings to be $11.70 to $11.90 per share, with revenue in the range of $12.5 billion to $12.7 billion.
Agco shares have climbed 11% since the beginning of the year. The stock has fallen 12% in the last 12 months.
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BERLIN, Md. (AP) — Nearly 200 years ago, the child who would grow up to be known as the “Grandfather of Gospel” and “Prince of Preachers” once called the quaint, small town of Berlin, Maryland, home.
Born in 1851, during a time when slavery was commonly practiced, the Rev. Charles Albert Tindley faced impossible odds.
Born to Charles Tindley, a slave, and Hester Miller Tindley, a free woman, he was denied a proper education. He became an orphan as a toddler, when he lost his mother and became separated from his father. Longing for schooling, Tindley took it upon himself to learn how to read and write, a skill that would, ultimately, change his life in his rise within the church.
Today, Berlin has captured the historic charm of its downtown buildings and draws nearby beach tourists to a day of shopping and exploring the arts. But a gap in its historic recognition exists. Now the town looks to honor the accomplishments of African American people including Tindley.
Tindley married Daisy Henry and moved to Philadelphia at the age of 17.
There, he worked as a sexton in the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, a job that granted him access to the minister’s books. Determined to further his education, he began to study books and take night classes, later earning a doctor of divinity degree and becoming the pastor in 1902 of the aforementioned church, where he was once employed as a janitor.
Over the years, Tindley was stationed at churches in Pocomoke City and Fairmount in Maryland; Odessa and Wilmington in Delaware; and Cape May, New Jersey.
The Methodist Episcopal minister became immortalized by the city of Philadelphia in 1924 when his place of worship was renamed the Tindley Temple United Methodist Church, against his wishes.
Parishioners were drawn to Tindley’s powerful sermons and at the time of his death, in 1933, the church membership had reached well over 10,000. His congregation became one of the largest Methodist churches in the United States in the early 1900s.
Preaching was not Tindley’s sole passion. He was also a lyricist and dedicated much of his time to composing powerful gospel music.
Among some of his most popular songs are “Nothing between,” “What Are They Doing in Heaven?”, “Leave It There” and “I Know the Lord Will Make a Way.” One hymn, “I’ll Overcome Some Day,” written in 1901, became the basis for the song titled, “We Shall Overcome,” the anthem of the civil rights movement. Today, the song remains one of the most revered and cherished songs in American history.
In 1905, according to The Washington Post, he published some of the oldest and greatest songs of the Black gospel music tradition: “Stand By Me,” “The Storm Is Passing Over” and “We’ll Understand It Better By and By.”
Now, Berlin is honoring Tindley for his legacy.
The Calvin B. Taylor House Museum, located at 208 Main St., has officially unveiled a new exhibit centered around the prolific minister.
“We created what we call a community committee and invited people in the community to help us put this exhibit together,” said Melissa Reid, president of the museum. “We had so many voices that made this so much more dynamic than it otherwise would have been.”
The exhibit features unique audio and visual components, the first being a short film created by Bryan Russo, a local singer/songwriter and former journalist; and, the second, audio clips of Tindley’s hymns and sermons narrated by Gregory Purnell, a local historian.
Clara Small, a former history professor at Salisbury University, also contributed her knowledge of Tindley to the museum.
“Take the time to visit the museum and learn as much as you can about individuals such as Rev. Tindley,” Small said. “In many instances, people believe that African American history and American history are totally separate — they’re not, they’re not.”
“What we need to do is open our hearts and our minds, think critically and analytically, and look at this shared history that we have. I think people would come to appreciate each other more. We can always learn from each other,” said Small.
Tindley’s image will also soon grace downtown Berlin.
The life-like mural of Tindley, approved by Berlin’s Historic District Commission, will include text from his hymns, as well as his name, the year he was born and his famous monikers, “Grandfather of Gospel” and “Prince of Preachers”. The art will be created on Commerce Street on the wall of Bruder Hill.
Passersby can scan a QR code, taking them to the Beach to Bay Heritage website to learn more about Tindley and his life story, along with other African American heritage projects on Maryland’s lower Eastern Shore.
Jay F. Coleman, a muralist, painter and sculptor based out of Washington, D.C., will work on the project. According to his website, he specializes in realistic and arbitrary color murals. Lisa Challenger, executive director of Beach to Bay Heritage Area and project manager for the mural, said Coleman was expected to begin painting soon.
Challenger believes this project is long overdue.
“We need to do a better job at remembering him and honoring him,” Challenger said. “Philadelphia has embraced Tindley as theirs, but we felt that it was time to recognize that he is from here.”
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Friday, July 1st, is the USA premiere of the Costa Rican feature film Clara Sola, directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén.
The Central American film opens Friday, July 1st at the IFC Center in New York and the Landmark Westwood in Los Angeles on July 8th, before rolling out to other cinemas across the United States.
Synopsis:
CLARA, 40, is believed to have a special connection to God. As a "healer", she sustains a family and a village in need of hope, while she finds solace in her relationship with the natural world. After years of being controlled by her mother's repressive care, Clara's sexual desires are stirred by her attraction to her niece's new boyfriend. This newly awakened force takes Clara to unexplored territory, allowing her to cross boundaries, both physical and mystical. Empowered by her self-discovery, Clara gradually frees herself from her role as "saint" and begins to heal herself.
Opening and Q&A
At the New York opening, The IFC Center will be hosting a post-screening Q&A with director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and star Wendy Chinchilla Araya moderated by the Film Critic and journalist, Jennifer Merin.
On Saturday, July 2nd at 7:20 p.m the Q&A Will be moderated by Kerensa Cadenas (editorial director of entertainment at Thrillist) and on Sunday, July 3rd following the 4:50pm show with moderated by critic Alissa Wilkinson
At Landmark Westwood in L.A. the Director Nathalie Alvarez Mesén will be on July 8th and 9th.
"Come meet our Clara on a big screen a little film with a big soul - about healing, desire, self-love, and the right to choose. Maybe, a film about someone with superpowers. Expect animal friends." said the Director.
Clara Sola is a movie produced by a Costa Rica, Sweden, United States, Belgium, and Germany collaboration, exalting the importance of the coproduction within the Central American & Caribbean region.
The Costa Rica Film Commission and Essential Costa Rica have been working hard in supporting the national film industry through the presence of Costa Rican delegations in the main festivals and markets worldwide, promoting the content, talent, services and locations.
For more information about the movie screenings https://clarasola.oscilloscope.net
More information about Costa Rica Film Industry www.costaricafilmcommission.org
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(NerdWallet) – The “will he, won’t he” summer of student debt cancellation is upon us.
The “he” is, of course, President Joe Biden.
Some 43 million borrowers are hanging onto hope that Biden will take executive action to relieve at least some of their collective $1.7 trillion debt.
Rumors fly on social media. The Department of Education says it will be ready whenever a cancellation happens. And the White House has been leaking potential details to the press.
“It comes up all day, every day from borrowers,” says Betsy Mayotte, president and founder of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, a nonprofit. “They’re getting frustrated about the messaging.”
So what is Biden waiting for?
What’s happened so far
President Biden campaigned on the promise of student debt relief, but his commitment to delivering it wavered once he took office.
Biden at first asked Congress to send him student debt relief legislation — rather than acting on his own — despite the unlikelihood of such a proposal passing with a slim Democratic majority. But, in doing so, he raised questions concerning his legal authority to take executive action to cancel the debt. In addition, he said he would not support canceling debt for borrowers with an Ivy League education.
It seemed as if debt cancellation might remain a pipe dream of borrowers and activists.
But in recent months, Biden’s prior public resistance to canceling student debt through executive order has softened. Most hints from the White House lately have been about the timing and logistics rather than the legal mechanism.
So, will he? Most observers say yes. The real questions now are when, how much, and how many will benefit?
When?
Signs show borrowers could see a cancellation announcement as early as this summer.
Persis Yu, policy director and managing counsel at Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit advocacy organization, says she thinks an announcement is likely before the federal payment pause ends after Aug. 31.
“We need to see some action before that happens so that we don’t have borrowers making payments on loans they don’t owe anymore,” says Yu. “Hopefully the White House is taking the time to make sure they’re getting it right.”
The White House is clearly in no hurry.
On April 28, Biden told reporters he would have an answer on student debt cancellation “in a couple of weeks.” On May 3, Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary, said Biden was considering tying relief to a borrower’s income level. It seemed an announcement was imminent.
Then nothing happened.
The Washington Post reported on May 27 that Biden had hoped to announce cancellation during the University of Delaware commencement the following day but opted not to in light of the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, earlier that week.
By June 6, a White House leak to The Wall Street Journal pushed expectations to July or August. That would put an announcement closer to the anticipated restart of federal student loans on Sept. 1.
How much?
While campaigning in 2020, Biden promised to forgive $10,000 in federal student loans. Once he became president, the $10,000 number stuck, despite calls from some Democratic lawmakers to cancel $50,000. Biden has consistently rebuffed this higher figure throughout his presidency.
Recent White House leaks to the press suggest that $10,000 is the figure borrowers can expect.
How many will benefit?
The cancellation of $10,000 would likely wipe the slate clean for a potential 15.2 million borrowers, federal data shows. For 30.5 million others, $10,000 in cancellation would put them closer to repaying their debt, so long as interest doesn’t accumulate faster than they can repay.
The White House told The Washington Post in a May 27 article that it was debating limiting cancellation to borrowers who earned less than $150,000 in the prior year or less than $300,000 for borrowers who filed jointly.
Income limits complicate cancellation. Borrowers would have to consent to the Internal Revenue Service sharing their income information with the Department of Education. Otherwise, the Education Department won’t have access to it. This barrier to entry means borrowers could miss out on cancellation even if they’re eligible.
“I get why they are talking about means testing for it because it takes some of the political arguments off the table,” says Mayotte. “But it means borrowers will have to take some kind of action.”
What’s standing in the way?
Several moving parts could influence Biden’s decision to cancel debt (or not):
- The federal student loan payment pause is set to end on Aug. 31; economists say many borrowers aren’t prepared and another extension is possible, even likely.
- Midterm elections in November — and the calculus around political pushback.
- Aggressively rising inflation, which recently spurred the Federal Reserve to announce the highest interest rate hike in decades.
- Potential legal challenges to any cancellation. But it’s hard to tell whether that could impact delivery to borrowers. Yu, an attorney, says she is confident Biden has the legal authority to cancel the debt.
- Whether the Education Department and student loan servicers have the resources to take on a cancellation application process.
Biden has already forgiven some debt
It’s worth noting that the Biden administration has already canceled more student loan debt than any other presidential administration through targeted forgiveness programs: Roughly 1.3 million borrowers have already received around $25 billion in debt cancellation.
That includes:
- $6.8 billion for more than 113,000 public servants through a limited waiver for Public Service Loan Forgiveness that expires Oct. 31.
- $8.5 billion for more than 400,000 borrowers with a total and permanent disability.
- $7.9 billion for 690,000 borrowers whose institutions defrauded them or closed before they could get their degrees.
What borrowers can do while they wait
Unless you have $10,000 or less in student loan debt, you still have to consider what you’ll do when payments restart. Use the time while you wait to make a plan, which means contacting your servicer now to find out about repayment options. It’s unlikely that cancellation will change the amount you will pay each month.
If you work for a public service employer, now is also a good time to apply for the PSLF waiver, which would count previously ineligible payments toward the 120 needed for cancellation.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although the San Diego Padres made plenty of noise at the trade deadline, it’s already been drowned out by the relentless drumbeat of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ march toward October.
Will Smith homered and drove in three runs, and the Dodgers continued to pull away from the rest of the NL West with their seventh consecutive victory, 8-3 over the second-place Padres on Saturday night.
Max Muncy hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning for the Dodgers, who boosted their division lead to a season-high 14 1/2 games with their 16th win in the last 18 meetings with San Diego. A few days after the Padres signaled their World Series intentions by adding Juan Soto, Josh Bell and Brandon Drury to the lineup, Los Angeles has calmly outscored San Diego 16-4 in back-to-back big victories at Chavez Ravine.
“Tonight was a clinic, (a) team offensive clinic,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. ”Using the entire field, situationally, it’s as good as you can draw it up. … Just a good, professional way to approach a game in every facet.”
The Dodgers have won six consecutive series against the Padres, whose bold trade deadline moves haven’t yet overcome their powerhouse rivals’ everyday excellence. Los Angeles improved the majors’ best record to 74-33 with its 14th win in 17 games since hosting the All-Star Game last month.
“We’re a really, really good lineup,” said Muncy, who is on an upward surge after a largely dismal season. “Kind of seems like our lineup has been forgotten with some of the things that have been happening, and it feels good to go out and prove we have a really good lineup.”
Drury had an RBI double during a three-run fourth inning for the Padres, who have lost three straight. San Diego is 1-3 since adding three shiny new bats, and manager Bob Melvin is eager to see a return on his team’s big investments.
“We’ll play better than this, (but) unfortunately we didn’t get off to a good start,” said Melvin, whose club has 19 hits and no homers in its three straight defeats. “The first day was great, and we haven’t followed it up yet. These guys, we’ve got to solve (the Dodgers) at some point.”
Soto has a hit in every game with San Diego, but he managed only a soft single Saturday night. Bell went 0 for 4, while Drury’s double was his only hit.
“We brought (the new hitters) in here late in the season to do it now,” Melvin said. “After the first game, we haven’t been as good as we should be.”
Mike Clevinger (3-4) yielded seven hits and five runs while pitching into the fifth inning for San Diego. The Padres took a 3-2 lead into the fifth, but Muncy chased Clevinger by driving his 11th homer into the visitors’ bullpen.
“They’re good at capitalizing on mistakes, and I feel like two pitches cost us the ballgame,” Clevinger said.
Andrew Heaney lowered his ERA to 0.66 while pitching 4 2/3 innings of four-hit ball in his sixth start of the season for the Dodgers, his third since returning from three injury-plagued months. San Diego went ahead with three unearned runs in a rally abetted by second baseman Gavin Lux’s error on Bell’s easy one-out grounder.
Chris Martin (3-0) ended the fifth by striking out Manny Machado, earning his second victory in four games with his new club.
Smith led off the second with his 16th homer, extending his hitting streak to nine games. The slugging catcher, who had three hits in Friday’s series opener, then drove in Mookie Betts with a two-out single in the third.
Freddie Freeman and Smith had sacrifice flies in the seventh. Betts started the rally with a single before Machado made a key error — to the delight of the Dodgers fans who boo their former infielder relentlessly.
Cody Bellinger added an RBI double off the wall in the eighth.
KERSH’S HEALTH
Clayton Kershaw had an epidural injection for his lower back pain, and an MRI exam revealed nothing new, Roberts said. The team hasn’t decided when Kershaw will pick up a baseball again, but Roberts thinks “it’s going to be shorter-term, rather than longer-term.”
BIG TICKET
Dodger Stadium was packed for the second straight night, with 52,124 fans watching the Southern California rivals. One night earlier, the Dodgers’ celebration of Vin Scully was one of the hottest tickets in recent LA history.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: RHP Robert Suárez returned from the 60-day injured list and yielded two hits and a run in the eighth. He had been out since June 5 after knee surgery.
Dodgers: Dodgers relievers Blake Treinen (shoulder) and Brusdar Graterol (shoulder) both threw an inning in a simulated game, and both came out “really good,” Roberts said. Graterol is still about 10 days from returning, and Treinen isn’t expected back until September.
UP NEXT
Dodgers All-Star Tyler Anderson (12-1, 2.89 ERA) looks to remain unbeaten since June in the series finale. Yu Darvish (10-4, 3.30) takes the mound against his old team for San Diego after going 6-1 in his last 10 starts.
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Why Steve Martin’s career is worth celebrating
Steve Martin has been an entertainer for over 60 years. As he was getting ready to wind down his multifaceted career, “Only Murders in the Building” became Hulu’s most-watched original comedy. Then came a tour and a new book and an upcoming documentary. Martin seems to be busier than ever.
But in a recent interview, the comedic legend commented that it might be time to let his career slow down naturally. With the last episode of Season 2 of “Only Murders in the Building” airing on Aug. 23, now is the perfect time for a Steve Martin-themed watch party.
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Why Steve Martin is an entertainment icon
Martin began his career as a magician
In 1960, Steve Martin worked at Disney’s famed Magic Shop. This early training set the groundwork for bits he would later incorporate into his stand-up routine. During his stint, he learned how to perform magic, how to juggle and how to create balloon animals.
He wrote for some of the best shows on TV
From 1967 to 1973, Martin was a comedy writer. During that time, he wrote for some of the biggest television shows, including “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” “The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour” and “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”
Martin has appeared as a guest on numerous TV shows
Besides working behind the scenes, Martin forged an unforgettable identity as an outrageous performer. Back when careers were made with guest appearances, he was on such notable shows as “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” “Saturday Night Live” and “The Muppet show.”
He incorporated simple props into his stand-up act
From very early in his career, Steve Martin was a master at incorporating simple props into his stand-up routine. One of his earliest and most memorable bits included struggling to make an unrecognizable puppy out of balloons. But inflatable creatures weren’t his only go-to sight gags. Martin also wore a fake arrow through his head and played a banjo between jokes.
Martin understood the importance of a great catchphrase
Throughout his career, Steve Martin has created countless phrases that have become part of pop culture. Arguably, his biggest was an exaggerated “Well, excuse me!” Another unforgettable phrase came from when Martin played one of the Festrunk brothers on “Saturday Night Live” with Dan Aykroyd where he would proclaim, “We’re two wild and crazy guys!”
His humor was rooted in philosophy
Martin’s twisted take on humor reportedly originated when he was studying philosophy in college. He realized the absurdity of non sequiturs. The more he built up a punchline, the harder he would turn away from what was expected. Getting rid of logic opened the doors to allow him to let his jokes land anywhere, keeping the audience off balance.
Martin utilizes all of his tools and skills
Besides taking balloon animals and making them part of his stand-up act, Martin incorporated other skills he learned into various aspects of his impressive career. For instance, in his breakout movie, “The Jerk,” Martin’s character is asked to help put an end to the inhumane act of cat juggling. And during one of his many appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” he performed one of the most comically absurd magic acts ever seen on television. Martin appeared as The Great Flydini, a magician who had the uncanny ability to make anything appear out of the fly in his pants.
He is serious about his comedy
The illusion of being exceptionally skilled is you make it look effortless, and Steve Martin makes what he does seem like second nature. He understands his job and how important it is to be prepared. Martin reportedly spends months working up material for a brief live appearance, just to make sure he can give his best performance.
Martin is an accomplished musician (with five Grammy awards)
While Martin has released several noteworthy comedy albums, such as the platinum-selling, award-winning “Let’s Get Small,” and his Billboard Top-20 hit “King Tut,” the prolific recording artist has won more Grammy awards for his serious music in country, bluegrass and American roots genres.
He writes more than comedy
Although he is known for his comedy writing, Martin has also had success as a screenwriter, a playwright, penned notable essays, collaborated with “New Yorker” cartoonists and written such acclaimed novellas as “The Pleasure of My Company” and “Shopgirl.”
At 77, Martin is still writing relatable and wildly entertaining material
In this age of fleeting attention spans, it’s hard to keep a career going for a few years, let alone several decades. Steve Martin’s expansive repertoire of work remains engaging, relevant and entertaining.
What you need to throw a Steve Martin-themed watch party
If you’re serious about being an entertainer of Martin’s caliber, you need a banjo. This model from Ibanez has a mahogany back, neck and sides, so it looks as good as it sounds.
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Martin’s first job was performing as a magician. With this fun kit from Melissa and Doug, you can follow in his footsteps and be the life of the party.
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Want to learn how to make a balloon puppy? This kit gives you everything you need to make balloon animals. It comes with balloons, instructions and a pump.
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You can’t be a wild and crazy guy without your bling. This oversized gold medallion will let potential partners know you’re a swinging guy.
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You don’t have to incur the wrath of PETA to juggle. Entertain your friends humanely by keeping three of these plush cats rotating in the air.
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If you and your friends want to live “Murders in the Building,” this popular board game will let you do just that. Figure out the perpetrator, place and weapon involved in the crime before the other players to win the game.
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BARCELONA, Spain, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Poly (NYSE: POLY) today published a new report titled The Journey to Hybrid Working: Twelve Considerations, in partnership with workplace research platform WORKTECH Academy. The new report explores twelve considerations for companies to navigate hybrid working, and identifies the key challenges around people, technology, and spaces that employers face.
Hybrid working is here to stay as an increasingly permanent fixture, not a short-term fad, but many organizations are struggling to make the new model a success. The report looks at the differences between in-person and virtual presence in the workplace, and the need to create meeting equality irrespective of where employees are located, utilizing the right tools and technologies.
Key areas that Poly and WORKTECH Academy explore are:
- Balancing always-on culture against employee overwork: Organizations must clearly outline expectations around etiquette in a world where time and place is becoming increasingly blurred
- Redrawing the rules of informal and formal collaboration for a hybrid workforce: Organizations must know their workforce to understand behaviors and preferences
- Weighing up the benefits of personalized versus standardized approaches to hybrid working: Organizations should balance being prescriptive, and allowing employees choice and personalization on how they work and collaborate
- Moving physical comfort for people to psychological comfort: Hybrid work environments will need the right technology investment to extend employees sense of purpose and belonging outside the office
- Creating workplaces that are diverse and inclusive: Equality of experience will be at the heart of inclusive organizations that allow everyone to feel involved regardless of their location and individual characteristics
Poly is working with the research team at WORKTECH Academy on a rolling program to create new thinking, define the main challenges and explore emerging opportunities around hybrid working. The report identifies key themes that will be addressed in subsequent research and analysis.
Jeremy Myerson, Director at WORKTECH Academy, says, "For organizations to seize the opportunities created by hybrid working, first they have to understand the complex contours of the model and recognize some inherent dichotomies. Our first report with Poly sets out some of the key debates around hybrid working and an agenda for employees to equip themselves to face a flexible future with confidence."
John Goodwin, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Poly, comments, "Hybrid working is here to stay, but there are significant hurdles to overcome before organizations can call it a success. By identifying the 12 considerations of hybrid working, Poly is outlining some of the key themes and challenges organizations will face in the future as they start to implement hybrid working models. Our data found that, within the organizations we surveyed, 48 per cent have already adopted a hybrid approach. The same survey found that 37 per cent of decision makers said they are prepared for hybrid working in the short-term, but they haven't thought about their long-term plans. Key to this will be understanding how to make the most of your spaces, how best your people work, and where to best invest your money in technologies that will enable a seamless hybrid experience. Identifying the challenges and opportunities in hybrid working now, will pave the way for organizations to plot successful hybrid working strategies."
The Journey to Hybrid Working: Twelve Considerations report highlights the latest research and workplace surveys in the field, including Poly's own study of more than 2,500 decision makers from firms with over 100 employees, and is available to download here.
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday said it has reached a verdict in Johnny Depp’s libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who testified that Depp physically and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions.
The jury also has reached a verdict regarding a $100 million counterclaim Heard filed against Depp. Heard said she was defamed when Depp’s lawyer called her abuse allegations a hoax.
The verdicts were expected to be read inside the Virginia court at 3 p.m. Wednesday, but the judge sent the jury back because it had not completely filled out the verdict form. The seven-person civil jury had to come to a unanimous decision to reach each verdict. They deliberated for about 12 hours over three days.
Depp is suing his ex-wife for $50 million, accusing her of libeling him with a 2018 op-ed she wrote describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax. Each accuses the other of destroying their career.
Testimony during the six-week trial has included lurid details of their short and volatile marriage. Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times. Depp said he never struck Heard, that she concocted the abuse allegations, and that she was the one who physically attacked him, multiple times.
Jurors must decide both claims based on whether or not the statements were made with “actual malice,” meaning they knew what they were saying was false, or were acting with a reckless disregard for the truth.
During closing arguments, both sides told the jury that a verdict in their favor would give their clients their lives back.
Depp hasn’t been waiting in Virginia for the decision. He’s spent the last few days on stage, singing and playing guitar with Jeff Beck in the United Kingdom.
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(Our Auto Expert) — Car buying is a massive challenge right now, high fuel prices make it difficult to get also because of the chip shortage. And of course, you have to find the right vehicle that fits your lifestyle. Honda has a great hit with the Civic, It was the number one vehicle for Millennials and the number one vehicle for new car buyers.
And now those people getting into vehicles of the millennial age. Of course, young families wanted to get into a crossover. So the new HR-V has appeared on the market. Hopefully, it satisfies everything that a young family is looking for who lives in a metropolitan area and who likes weekend adventures, and the fact that it looks good happens to be a bonus. So, what does the new HR-V offer? Well, it offers good styling. It has things like 17-inch wheels. It has a fuel economy of up to 30 miles, a gallon on the highway and for the second generation, more room, more technology, including better safety and room for all your groceries in the back, plus more room in the second row and room for a child seat. If you’re going in the family Direction and it keeps the same price under twenty-four thousand dollars of a starting price and up to around twenty-seven thousand dollars If you’re looking for all the bells and whistles.
It’s a good price. It’s good styling and good safety. Good technology and good room. But does it drive well? Once on the road, there are a few things to note in this vehicle. First of all, it is more comfortable than the previous generation and the horsepower is improved to 158 out of the 2-liter engine. I think gas prices and the Chip crisis might be averted a little by Honda and put a little bit of a smile on some people’s faces.
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Lamb set to be No. 1 as injuries mount for Cowboys receivers
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Pro Football Writer
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — CeeDee Lamb says he’s ready to be the No. 1 receiver for the Dallas Cowboys.
He probably wasn’t thinking he’d be the only one.
Lamb resembles the last man standing a week into training camp after free agent pickup James Washington broke a foot, and with Michael Gallup declaring he won’t be ready for the opener as he continues to recover from knee surgery.
Dallas’ first-round pick two years ago, Lamb is the only healthy receiver on the roster with a touchdown catch in the NFL. And owner/general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday he didn’t see that changing soon.
“I look strictly at this time in training camp as an excellent time for these young guys to see an opening and see a chance to really get on this roster,” Jones said. “We’ve already been looking ahead and we were going to have trouble cutting our numbers at receiver. Because we like the way some of these guys are starting to show.”
The offseason trade of Amari Cooper to Cleveland in a cost-cutting move cleared the way for Lamb to be Dak Prescott’s top target.
A few days into camp, Lamb said he was prepared to be the focal point, and his game wouldn’t change. After an injury that is likely to sideline Washington into October, Lamb’s answer wasn’t much different.
“I don’t think that changes anything as far as the focal point,” said Lamb, who led the Cowboys in catches (79) and yards receiving (1,102) last season. “Losing a guy like that is always tough.”
The Cowboys signed Washington after the 2018 second-round pick by Pittsburgh had four seasons of modest numbers with the Steelers. He was viewed as a veteran presence as much as anything.
With Washington out for the rest of camp, and headed back to the Dallas area for surgery, the Cowboys still don’t seem inclined to fill the void in experience — for now.
“I think you’ll definitely see these young guys improve with these opportunities, particularly once you get past the install phase,” coach Mike McCarthy said. “As far as veterans and understanding what’s going at each and every position, player acquisition is constant. So if we go that way, it’s to be determined. But it’s not a focus of mine.”
Lamb made a point of noting soon after arriving at camp that he was still close to the youngest receiver in the group (he’s 23) even though he’s going into his third season. He said he’s good either way on adding a veteran.
“I’m never against having help but I like my young guys here now,” Lamb said. “I want to see what they can do in the heat of battle and then we got Tampa in September (season opener). There’s only one way to find out.”
Noah Brown is the next-most experienced receiver — and the oldest at 26, three months older than Washington — but has just 39 catches for 425 yards in five years since the Cowboys drafted him in the seventh round.
Second-year player Simi Fehoko has had some bright spots in the first week of camp, and rookie third-round pick Jalen Tolbert could end up starting.
Former TCU speedster KaVontae Turpin, trying to make an NFL roster four years after his college career ended following his arrest in a domestic violence case, became a more intriguing option with Washington’s injury.
“We talk about growth. We talk about depth and develop. Here it is. This is what it’s all about,” McCarthy said. “Each and every team that I’ve been a head coach of there’s always some level of projection and growth that has to occur.”
NOTES: The Cowboys might have a tight end shortage as well after rookie Jake Ferguson injured a hamstring early in practice Tuesday while Jeremy Sprinkle was already sidelined with a sore Achilles tendon. McCarthy said he didn’t think either injury was long term. … Dallas hired a new vice president of communications in Tad Carper, who held a similar role with the Cleveland Cavaliers for two decades. Carper replaces Rich Dalrymple, who retired in February a few weeks before a report that the Cowboys paid a $2.4 million settlement to four members of the team’s cheerleading squad. They accused Dalrymple of watching them undress in their locker room during a 2015 event at AT&T Stadium.
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Avalanche 1st to advance to 2nd round with sweep of Predators
Avalanche now are in the Western Conference semifinals for a fourth straight season
The Colorado Avalanche are happy they got a bit of a challenge before sweeping the Nashville Predators.
They actually had to rally for the first time in the first round.
Valeri Nichushkin scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:58 left, and the Avalanche became the first team to advance to the second round Monday night beating the Predators 5-3 Monday night.
"We found a way," Colorado center Nathan MacKinnon said. "That’s the key. You can’t always win when you have your best, you have to find ways when you’re not. Tonight was one of those cases. We just know with all the skill and talent we have that we were going to get one."
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The Avalanche now are in the Western Conference semifinals for a fourth straight season and second consecutive after sweeping their first-round opponent. They improved to 6-0 since the franchise relocated to Denver in best-of-seven series after winning the first three games with their fourth sweep in that span.
They now get to wait for either St. Louis or Minnesota.
"The big thing is now we can take a breath, get a couple days off for our guys, give them some rest and we’ll still get some real good practice time before we get ready for our next opponent," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.
Andre Burakovsky and Cale Makar each had a goal and two assists for Colorado, and Devon Toews added a goal. MacKinnon sealed the victory with an empty-net goal on the man advantage with 55.9 seconds remaining.
Yakov Trenin scored twice for Nashville, which was swept for the first time in franchise history in its 15th playoff appearance. Filip Forsberg scored his first of the series giving Nashville its first lead this series at 3:58 of the third, and it lasted less than 5 minutes.
"The fact that we weren’t able to win a game is something that we all take personal for sure," Nashville coach John Hynes said.
Colorado scored three times over the final 11:05 to wrap up a series by outscoring Nashville 21-9. After Toews tied it 3-3 at 8:55 of the third, Nichushkin scored on a snap shot from the right circle to put the Avs ahead to stay.
The Predators had a few open seats midway into the first period. Not even having Walker Zimmerman, a defender for MLS’ Nashville SC, wave the pre-game rally towel helped.
Colorado wound up scoring on its first shot attempt of the game for the second time this series, even if replay was needed to call it a goal.
Burakovsky’s wrister sent the puck through the back net, a shot that had the Avalanche starting to celebrate before an official immediately waved it off During a stoppage at 1:56, officials reviewed the play and saw the puck go through the net needing an official to fix the net behind Predators rookie goalie Connor Ingram.
The rookie goalie had to make a save on a short-handed attempt by the Avs on Nashville’s first power play, and Colorado had two more shot attempts than the Predators. The Avs outshot Nashville 13-6 dominating the first until Trenin got his second of this series on a wrister from the slot with 61 seconds left in the period.
Makar put Colorado up 2-1 with a snap shot from near the blue line at 13:33 of the second, and he nearly scored again on a breakaway about 2 minutes later only to have Ingram stop the puck with his left pad.
"Anytime you get a chance to end a team’s season, you take it and run," Makar said. "You try at least. For us tonight, there was a lot of ups and downs, but we wanted this one. I think just the resilience in general showed from our group."
Trenin tied it again, this time with 3:11 left in the second. He spun in the right circle and fired a wrister past Pavel Francouz.
Forsberg scored into an open net behind Francouz off a cross-ice pass from Mattias Ekholm, giving Nashville a 3-2 lead in the third.
"You never want to go out 4-nothing," Nashville captain Roman Josi said. "It’s tough right now. ... I thought our two home games, we played a lot better. But yeah we didn't get it done. We didn’t get a win, so yeah it's definitely disappointing."
SWEEP TIME
The Avalanche also swept St. Louis in the first round of the 2021 playoffs, Vancouver in the Western quarterfinals in 2001 and the 1996 Stanley Cup Final against Florida.
NORRIS TROPHY FINALISTS
Josi and Makar were announced as finalists earlier Monday for the Norris Trophy. Josi won the Norris in 2020, and he posted the best scoring season since Phil Housley in 1992-93 with 96 points — a franchise record for the Predators.
Makar is a finalist for a second straight season. He led defensemen with 28 goals, and he became the eighth defenseman in NHL history with seven or more points through the first three games of a postseason and first since John Carlson also had seven in 2018. Now he has a league-high 10 points.
"He might be the best player in the league right now," MacKinnon said of Makar.
MUSIC CITY FINALE?
Forsberg is in the final year of his contract, though Nashville hopes to sign him to a contract extension before free agency opens. Forsberg took an extra wide lap waving to fans after the handshake line before heading off the ice.
TRENIN'S NIGHT
The Predators forward became the fourth NHL player in 26 years with multiple tying goals in an elimination game. Joel Kiviranta did it in Game 7 of the second round in 2020, Scott Hartnell in Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final with Philadelphia and Matt Cooke in Game 7 of the 2004 conference quarterfinal.
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Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers renewed his criticism of Federal Reserve economic forecasts, saying that the US unemployment rate would need to increase by much more than policy makers anticipate in order to quell inflation.
“I still think the Fed and most market participants are underestimating the gravity of our situation,” Summers told Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” with David Westin.
Fed policy makers, in their outlook released on Wednesday, signaled they see inflation easing from above 6% today to below 3% next year and near 2% in 2024. The median forecast showed unemployment rising to 4.1% by 2024, from 3.6% in May.
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Summers said that while the latest predictions mark an “epic” revision from the March outlook, they still look more like an optimistic risk scenario rather than a baseline forecast.
“A better judgment is that there’s no reduction to normality without a significant increase in unemployment of perhaps 2 percentage points or more at some point down the road,” said Summers, a Harvard University professor and paid contributor to Bloomberg Television.
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Summers’s scenario would have the jobless rate going to 5.6% or higher. The median projections of economists surveyed by Bloomberg are for rates below 4% both next year and in 2024.
“I would be very, very surprised if we saw inflation come down to 2.5% without also having seen a recession,” Summers also said. The more likely scenario is that the recession won’t bring consumer-price gains “all the way down” to 2.5% -- “that’s why I think the central tendency is towards stagflation.”
Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said that policy makers aren’t trying to “induce a recession now,” but that the “pathways” to overcoming inflation while maintaining a strong job market “have become much more challenging due to factors that are not under our control.” He cited continuing fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine among the supply-side constraints on the economy.
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“I don’t think that the recession that Chair Powell says he’s willing to tolerate necessarily a large enough recession to do what would be necessary with respect to inflation,” Summers said. There remains “very substantial ambiguity” about what the Fed is prepared to do, he said.
The former Treasury chief said that a fresh challenge could emerge in the next month is geopolitical tensions with Iran. That could “feed through into energy markets,” he said.
Summers judged that while the US is going through difficulties now, history shows a record of bouncing back.
President Jimmy Carter declared the nation to be suffering a “crisis of confidence” in 1979 remarks known as the “malaise speech.” But the malaise debate “looked kind of ridiculous several years later,” Summers noted, referring to the economic boom that ignited in the mid-1980s.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 32-year-old man who grew up on the same streets in the same gang as Nipsey Hussle was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting of the Grammy-winning rapper, who rose above his circumstances to become an inspiration to the neighborhood where he was eventually gunned down.
The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter for gunfire that hit other men at the scene. Prosecutors had sought two counts of attempted murder. Holder also was found guilty of two counts of assault with a firearm on the same men.
Holder, wearing a blue suit and face mask, stood up in the small court room next to his lawyer as the verdict was read. He had no visible reaction. His lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Aaron Jansen, conceded during the trial that Holder shot Hussle, 33, whose legal name is Ermias Asghedom, but had sought a lesser verdict of voluntary manslaughter.
Jansen said in an email that he was deeply disappointed in the first-degree murder verdict.
“It was always going to be tough given the high profile circumstances surrounding the case,” Jansen said.
He added that he and Holder were grateful that the jury agreed that the attempted murder counts were overcharged. They plan to appeal the murder conviction, he said.
A jury of nine women and three men deliberated for about six hours over two days before reaching the verdict. Most of their deliberations took place Friday, and they promptly came to their unanimous decision Wednesday, briefly reconvening after a four-day break. A pair of typos on the verdict form discovered as the results were read forced jurors to briefly return to deliberations before the outcome could be made official, but they had no bearing on the outcome.
“We are both proud and I am a little relieved that the verdict came in a complete, absolute agreement with the charges that Eric Holder murdered Ermias Asghedom in cold blood,” Deputy District Attorney John McKinney said outside the courtroom. “We hope that today is a day in which the Asghedom family and the friends and fans of Nipsey Hussle around the world will find some measure of closure.”
No relatives of Hussle were in the room when the verdict was read, nor did any attend the trial.
The judge has a wide range of options when he sentences Holder on Sept. 15. The first-degree murder charge alone carries a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
“Obviously nothing that happened here today can heal the wound, nothing that happened here today can restore Mr. Asghedom to this world, but we hope that there is some resounding peace in the fact that his killer will be in prison likely for the rest of his life,” McKinney said.
The verdict brings an end to a legal saga that has lasted more than three years and a trial that was often delayed because of the pandemic.
Hussle and Holder had known each other for years growing up as members of the Rollin’ 60s in South Los Angeles when a chance meeting outside the clothing store the rapper opened in his neighborhood led to the shooting, and his death.
The evidence against Holder was overwhelming, from eyewitnesses to surveillance cameras from local businesses that captured his arrival, the shooting and his departure.
The shooting followed a conversation the two men had about rumors that Holder had been acting as an informant for authorities. Jansen argued that being publicly accused of being a “snitch” by a person as prominent as Hussle brought on a “heat of passion” in Holder that made him not guilty of first-degree murder.
Hussle’s close friend Herman “Cowboy” Douglas, who was standing next to him when he was shot and testified at the trial, said the conversation he heard does not explain the killing for him.
“It feels good to get some closure, but I still need to know why,” Douglas said after the verdict.
After years of grinding that won him underground acclaim — his nickname was both a play on the name of comedian Nipsey Russell and a nod to the hustle the future hip-hop star showed in making music and selling CDs — Hussle had just released his major-label debut album and earned his first Grammy nomination when he was killed.
He was a widely beloved figure in Los Angeles, especially in the South LA area where he grew up and remained after gaining fame, buying property and opening businesses.
A year after his death, Hussle was mourned at a memorial at the arena then known as Staples Center, and celebrated in a performance at the Grammy Awards that included DJ Khaled and John Legend.
It was more than two years after that when the man who shot him would go on trial.
“Today was really about Nipsey Hussle and the legacy that he leaves behind,” McKinney said Wednesday. “This verdict and the story of his life will be talked about for sure at Crenshaw and Slauson, but the meaning of it will carry far beyond those streets.”
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Data-driven report analyzes emerging cyber threats and trends that will dominate into 2023
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intel 471, the premier provider of cyber threat intelligence for leading intelligence, security, and fraud teams across the globe, today released The 471 Cyber Threat Report; 2022-2023 Trends & Predictions. This research analyzes recent and commonly used tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that have been adopted by prominent threat actors, how these threats have affected enterprises, along with predictive intelligence assessments on threats that organizations should be prepared to thwart over the next year.
The report details the most impactful threats that fueled the cybercrime ecosystem over the past year and the TTPs employed by the actors behind them. It provides recommended steps organizations should take to protect themselves against existing and emerging threats on the horizon.
"It is important to not only draw attention to the TTPs commonly used by the most capable threat actors but also to provide rich context for how these TTPs can impact organizations at every stage of the cyberattack chain, and how they can be countered by tactical defenders and senior decision makers," said Intel 471 Chief Intelligence Officer, Michael DeBolt. "The findings of our latest research will help arm organizations with the adversary, credential, malware and vulnerability intelligence they need to refine their cyber defense strategy, adjust their security practices and prepare for 2023."
Other key takeaways from the report include:
- Prominent cyber threats observed over the past year include compromised access and data, ransomware, return of Emotet malware and exploitation of vulnerabilities. Many of these can be mitigated with a comprehensive identity access password program and a patching and update policy, as well as continuous monitoring for compromised credential breaches across third parties.
- Evolving threats included hacktivism, one-time password (OTP) bypass services, supply chain attacks and information-stealer malware. It is crucial to foster a culture of cybersecurity awareness to combat employee negligence synonymous with both OTP and information stealer malware.
- The threat landscape will continue to be shaped by an increase in ransomware attacks and a demand for network access, threat actors will persist in capitalizing on security vulnerabilities and hacktivism will likely remain a threat.
Intel 471 also identified a number of cyber threat trends that will likely dominate the landscape in 2023 and beyond:
- As prominent ransomware groups such as LockBit continue to offer evolving products with targeted services, vulnerabilities have reduced in quantity whilst increasing in severity. In fact, last year several vulnerabilities accounted for some of the biggest threats faced by organizations.
- World events have further complicated the threat landscape, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine acting as a catalyst for further polarization of the underground. The most prolific threat to date has been KillNet, a pro-Russian group who gained notoriety through orchestrating distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against pro-NATO countries and organizations.
- Threat actors monetized criminal services to great success in 2022. Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is a common security practice, and threat actors are turning to OTP bypass services to circumvent this layer of security. This area of the underground ecosystem will likely grow as demand increases for these services in the future.
- The use of information-stealers will continue into 2023; since the beginning of 2022, there has been a substantial uptick in offering when compared to the same period of 2021.
"With the constant evolution throughout the cyber threat landscape and resilience that threat actors continue to display, organizations need insights based on research and intelligence surrounding the most prominent threat actors to understand their activities and to stay ahead of the next attack," DeBolt added. "Just as threat actors and groups are adjusting their methods to remain resilient against new and emerging security measures, organizations should be staying abreast of key TTPs employed by adversaries and adjusting their security systems based on that intelligence to tackle new and refined ways of being compromised."
The report also includes case studies on LockBit 2.0, the most impactful ransomware strain observed by Intel 471 from November 2021 through May 2022, and the release of version 3.0, which is shaping up to be just as impactful as 2.0, as well as on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent appearance of pro-Russian hacktivist groups.
To help organizations protect themselves from threat actors and their continuously evolving TTPs, The 471 Cyber Threat Report includes a series of mitigation recommendations to help organizations and their security teams harden their security practices, detect potential threats, and isolate their sensitive information to avoid falling victim to new ransomware strains and malware.
You can download the full report here.
Intel 471 empowers enterprises, government agencies, and other organizations to win the cybersecurity war using near-real-time insights into the latest malicious actors, relationships, threat patterns, and imminent attacks relevant to their businesses.
The company's TITAN platform collects, interprets, structures, and validates human-led, automation-enhanced results. Clients across the globe leverage this threat intelligence with our proprietary framework to map the criminal underground, zero in on key activity, and align their resources and reporting to business requirements. Intel 471 serves as a trusted advisor to security teams, offering ongoing trend analysis and supporting your use of the platform. Learn more at https://intel471.com/.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s top schools administrator has been cited in the case of a pickup truck that illegally passed a school bus while it was stopped to pick up students in a residential subdivision last week.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was cited on Thursday after speaking with an officer, said Helena Police Lt. Jayson Zander said.
According to a police report, a school bus driver said a vehicle driven by Arntzen pass his bus while it was stopped to pick up children just after 7:30 a.m. on May 19 in a Helena subdivision.
The bus driver recognized Arntzen and recorded the license plate number on the red pickup truck, the police report said.
A video of the incident reportedly “does not show the license plate of the vehicle involved,” Arntzen’s office said in a statement Friday.
“Superintendent Arntzen does not recall the alleged incident,” Brian O’Leary, spokesman for the Office of Public Instruction, said in a statement on Thursday. “She does acknowledge she drives a red pickup and lives in the area.”
Montana’s 2021 Legislature passed a bill to improve bus safety after a student in northwestern Montana was hit and critically injured by a driver who passed a stopped bus in November 2019.
Arntzen testified during a February 2021 legislative committee hearing in support of the bill, which called for schools to use extended stop arms in cases where students would have to cross a lane of traffic and doubled the fine for illegally passing a school bus to a maximum of $1,000.
Her office on Friday thanked the bus driver who saw the pickup truck pass his bus for being vigilant. The case now goes to Helena Municipal Court.
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PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Port Orchard man says he wants his AR-15 rifle destroyed after the deadly shooting that killed 19 children and two adults in Texas.
Jeff Gearhart is an avid hunter with several guns, but he said he has no need for his AR-15 anymore. He also doesn't want the gun to ever fall into the wrong hands.
Gearhart's daughter-in-law is a teacher and he has two grandchildren. He was moved to get rid of the AR-15 and several magazines along with it.
"So this was just something like, hey, push[ed] me that little extra step, to actually get rid of my AR-15," Gearhart said. "And I still have the other guns locked up in my safe, but I don't need an AR-15."
The Washington State Patrol said a gun owner giving up their firearm to law enforcement is rare, however there are procedures in place for when it happens.
After verifying gun ownership and serial numbers, authorities will check crime databases, and then notify the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that the firearm has been destroyed.
Anyone who wants to hand over a firearm can call their local police agency's non-emergency number, and authorities can walk them through the process.
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Follow live coverage of Hood River and The Dalles athletes in the OSAA State Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The 4A/5A/6A schools begin finals today. Field events began at 9 a.m. and running events are slated to start at 12:30 p.m. with the 4A girls 4x100m Relay.
5A GIRLS TRIPLE JUMP RESULTS UPDATED. See below 5A Girls 1500m.
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Saturday, 3:25 p.m.
5A Boys Pole Vault
The Dalles’ pole vaulter Taylor Morehouse came into the state championships with the highest recorded height of the season at 15-feet. Morehouse’s first attempt at 13-feet was successful.
Saturday, 1:54 p.m.
5A Boys 1500m
The Dalles’ Juan Diego Contreras and Hood River’s Elliot Hawley ran in the 5A boys 1500m race. Contreras finished sixth overall and a time of 4:04.45, HRV’s Hawley came in behind him with a time of 4:08.72.
Saturday, 1:42 p.m.
5A Girls 1500m
Hood River distance runners Phoebe Wood and Maeve Woodruff qualified for the finals in the 5A girls 1500m. Woodruff finished 11th with a time of 5:06.49, and Wood followed her with a time of 5:06.51.
Saturday, 1:32 p.m.
5A Girls Triple Jump
The Dalles’ jumper Zoe Dunn is trying to best her second place finish in the 5A girls long jump yesterday. Dunn entered the competition with the third longest jump this season in 5A. After a scratch on her first attempt, Dunn managed a jump of 36’ 5.75” for a second place finish.
Saturday, 12:42 p.m.
5A Girls 4x100m (timed finals)
Prior to the race, The Dalles’ girls 4x100m relay team held the second fastest time in 5A, behind Thurston. Lilly Adams, Madelyn Harrison, Zoe Dunn, Amyrah Hill finished fourth overall in the timed finals with a time of 50.848 seconds — 0.006 seconds behind third place, Silverton.
Saturday, 11:30 a.m.
5A Boys Triple Jump
Hood River jumper Shaw Burns competes in his second event at the state championships in Eugene, Ore. Burns failed to make the finals in the 100m dash, but placed 11th in the 5A boys triple jump with a jump of 39' 8.75".
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The Uvalde Little League team has returned to play in recent weeks after several of its players were killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24.
Opponents have provided tributes to the community, and other little league teams nationwide have honored the young ballplayers lost. The league’s age 9-11 baseball squad, which was the age of many of the students killed in the shooting, qualified for this weekend’s sectional playoff.
Even members of the Houston Astros have joined in the tributes, rooting on the team.
“Hey Uvalde, this is Jeremy Pena from the Houston Astros. Good luck in the playoffs and stay Uvalde strong,” the MLB shortstop said in a video sent to the team.
The team has garnered the backing of the victims’ families.
“In speaking with some of the family members of the little leaguers that we lost, they encouraged us to continue moving forward,” JJ Suarez, Uvalde Little League President, told KTRK.
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A speech pathology clerk who hid during the May 24, 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary has started court proceedings against gunmaker Daniel Defense.
It is the first reported legal action taken as a result of the mass shooting, which killed 21 children and two adults. While not a full-blown lawsuit, the filing seeks to determine if the gun manufacturer can be sued for how it promotes firearms.
"They're marketing to people who it's not reasonable should have guns ... and we think that may be young people," said attorney Don Flanary.
The gunman was 18 and legally purchased the weapons and ammunition used in the killing.
In court documents filed Thursday in the 38th Judicial District, the clerk, Emilia "Amy" Marin, 56, petitioned the court to force the company to sit for a deposition, as well as to produce materials related to its website, profits, lobbying, sales and marketing of AR-15-style rifles like the one used at the shooting.
In Texas, parties can begin collecting evidence before bringing a lawsuit under Rule 202. The filing, called a pre-suit deposition, can be used to compel testimony that will be used in an anticipated lawsuit, or to investigate a potential claim or suit.
Marin's petition also requests information regarding the four Daniel Defense AR-15-style rifles found in the hotel room of the 2017 Las Vegas shooter. Her attorney says they want to examine whether the gun manufacturer did anything differently around its marketing after its guns were used for that crime.
Daniel Defense, based in Georgia, manufactured one of the two AR-15 style assault rifles purchased by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos before he attacked the Uvalde school.
Ramos shared a screenshot of the receipt for the gun, which he had bought online, to people he was friends with on Instagram, according to the Daily Dot.
The gunmaker has not yet responded to a request for comment on the filing. It's website acknowledges the tragedy and says it will cooperate with federal, state and local investigators regarding the shooting. "We will keep the families of the victims and the entire Uvalde community in our thoughts and our prayers," the statement says.
Marin, though not by name, was said to have propped open a back door, allowing the shooter to enter the school. The Texas Department of Public Safety walked back that information after Flanary, the attorney, shared her version of what happened with the San Antonio Express-News. Video footage from the school showed Marin closing the door shut behind her, according to DPS.
While being falsely blamed was painful, Flanary said Marin ultimately seeks justice from those who encouraged the attack, not those who responded to it.
"Going after the police officers who made a mistake isn't going to prevent it from happening at other places," he says. "She feels like if if we go this direction, we can make a change."
Through her attorney, Marin declined to talk directly about her experience or the suit. Flanary says she has been receiving medical treatment for her psychological trauma.
Modeled on Sandy Hook lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by parents of children killed during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 is the model for this and other legal action pending against gunmakers. But experts say odds of success in Texas may be long.
Under the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), gun manufacturers cannot be held liable for "the misuse of firearms by third parties, including criminals."
That law has protected manufacturers so thoroughly, that afterward "litigation really slowed to a trickle," said Timothy Lytton, distinguished university professor at Georgia State University College of Law.
But it does allow for some exceptions to this immunity.
Rather than seek damages for the deaths themselves, plaintiffs in the Sandy Hook lawsuit instead took aim at how Remington, the maker of the gun used in that attack, advertised its firearms.
"What they argued in Sandy Hook is that the marketing practices of the company were designed to appeal to people who are at high risk of criminal misuse of the weapon," said Lytton. Court documents filed by the Sandy Hook families accused Remington of promoting a "lone gunman" narrative by selling civilian customers military-style weapons designed to outgun any opposition they may face.
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a case against the manufacturer could proceed under the state's Unfair Trade Practices Act, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene.
Earlier this year, Remington's insurers settled the civil suit for $73 million. The company is currently in bankruptcy proceedings.
A victim of the Brooklyn subway shooting in April has sued the gunmaker Glock under a similar pretext.
Daniel Defense's weapons, which include a Star Wars-themed rifle, riff on popular culture and could be construed as targeting teen buyers, according to the New York Times.
On the day Ramos purchased a weapon from the company, Daniel Defense posted a picture on Twitter of a young child cradling an assault rifle.
However, it's not clear if a suit against the maker would have the same success in Texas as the Sandy Hook families had in Connecticut.
For one thing, the main Texas state consumer protection law does not have the same broad language as the one in Connecticut. Lytton said Texas courts may also not be as sympathetic to the suit as those in Connecticut.
"We're realistic about our our path forward," says Flanary. At the same time, he adds, "Things are changing and we have to put the pressure on."
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Celebrated American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino can now add doctor to his long list of titles.
The actor, director, screenwriter and author received an honorary doctorate from Israel’s Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday.
The university said it was recognizing the two-time Academy Award-winner for his “critically acclaimed cinematic success as a writer, director, and actor.”
Tarantino, who in 2018 married Israeli singer and model Daniella Pick, splits his time between Tel Aviv and Hollywood.
The university noted Tarantino’s “strong ties to Israel through his wife Daniella, and for making Israel his second home.”
Tarantino’s films are known for their signature dark humor. They have garnered global recognition, including seven Academy Awards. His films “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained” won him Oscars for best original screenplay.
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 11, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
242 PM PDT Sun Sep 11 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...The highway 14 cooridor in the Santa Clarita Valley,
within Los Angeles County.
* WHEN...Until 445 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 237 PM PDT, radar indicated a slow moving thunderstorm
producing heavy rain, with estimated totals so far between
0.5-1 inch.This will cause minor urban and small stream
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Santa Clarita and Sylmar.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly advanced a plan to ban nearly all abortions in the state, despite opposition from abortion-rights supporters, who say the bill goes too far, and anti-abortion activists, who say it doesn’t go far enough.
Indiana has one of the first Republican-run state legislatures to debate tighter abortion laws since the U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v. Wade. Its debate comes amid an evolving landscape of abortion politics across the country as Republicans face some party divisions and Democrats see a possible election-year boost.
The U.S. Supreme Court formally issued its judgment Tuesday in the June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson ruling — a step that allows some state trigger laws to ban abortion to take effect.
In Indiana, chants from anti-abortion activists, such as “Let their heart beat,” could be heard inside the Senate chamber as a committee wrapped up two days of testimony during which none of the more than 60 people speaking voiced support for the Republican-sponsored bill. Indiana Right to Life, the state’s most prominent anti-abortion group, organized a rally that drew several hundred protesters to the Statehouse, and the group’s president, Mike Fichter, warned that conservative lawmakers need to act or explain themselves to voters in November.
A national poll taken this month found overwhelming majorities believe their state should generally allow abortion in specific cases, including if a pregnant woman’s life is endangered or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Few think abortion should always be illegal, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.
Indiana’s measure would prohibit abortions from the time a fertilized egg implants in a uterus with limited exceptions — in cases of rape, incest and to protect the mother’s life. Abortion-rights supporters object to the bill’s tighter restrictions on the procedure, while abortion opponents say it’s too lenient with its exceptions and lacks enforcement teeth.
A top legislative Republican, Senate Majority Leader Mark Messmer, voted against the measure, lamenting the “near impossibility of threading the perfect needle” on the issue during a short special legislative session that GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb originally called to address a tax rebate plan. He has not said whether he supports the abortion ban that’s being discussed.
In West Virginia, the Republican-dominated Legislature rejected for the second time in two days efforts by Democrats to add exceptions for rape and incest victims to a bill banning abortion in almost all cases. It would make performing the procedure a felony punishable by three to 10 years in prison.
The Indiana proposal followed a political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from neighboring Ohio to end a pregnancy. The case gained attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child had to come to Indiana because a newly imposed Ohio law bans abortions if cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo or fetus, possibly as early as six weeks of pregnancy.
Such abortions would still be allowed under the Indiana proposal, though lawmakers voted Tuesday to limit how long rape and incest victims have. Those 16 or older could get an abortion until eight weeks of pregnancy, while people younger than 16 would have until 12 weeks.
The committee voted 7-5 in favor of the ban after also adding provisions under which doctors could face felony criminal charges and up to six years in prison for performing an illegal abortion. That’s the same potential penalty for performing abortions under Indiana’s current 20-week ban.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which has sued over previous abortion restrictions, said the ban would endanger women.
“Indiana legislators are putting the health and safety of Hoosier women at risk, and again surrendering to the demands of a small group of anti-abortion extremists,” said Katie Blair, the organization’s advocacy director.
Cathie Humbarger, a longtime leader of the Fort Wayne-based Right to Life chapter, also opposes the bill — for very different reasons.
“It is totally unenforceable and as such renders it basically worthless,” Humbarger told the committee. “You can, and must, do better.”
More amendments to the bill could be debated by the full Senate on Thursday.
Indiana Republican Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said lawmakers were struggling to deal with issues they hadn’t faced before Roe v. Wade was overturned.
“We’re working in earnest to try and find a path forward, listening to everybody that’s out there,” Bray said.
Elsewhere Tuesday, a South Carolina judge denied a request to temporarily block enforcement of that state’s six-week abortion ban. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and other plaintiffs had asked the judge for an injunction while courts determine whether the law violates the state constitution.
And in Louisiana, a judge rejected a request from state officials to lift his order blocking a ban while they pursue an appeal. That means abortions remain accessible in that state.
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Arleigh Rodgers is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Rodgers on Twitter at https://twitter.com/arleighrodgers
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SEPT. 1-11, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 20th year, the annual Pay it Forward 9/11 campaign is encouraging individuals, companies, schools and houses of worship to unify during the 11 Days of Kindness & Unity campaign (Sept. 1-11) leading up to the anniversary of 9/11, a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Everyone may register their commitment on the website payitforward911.org and perform three random acts of kindness for strangers. Each act recognizes the life of a 9/11 victim and may inspire a ripple effect of kindness and unity.
Day 1 (Sept 1) acts of kindness include volunteers serving free Starbucks coffee to random strangers walking public sidewalks in New York City near Xavier Mission; donating 500 backpacks with school supplies to Brown Elementary students in Austin Tx.; and hundreds of Pre-K through 8th grade students at St. Matthew Elementary in Franklin, TN will document their acts of kindness during the 11 days. Other commitments are listed on payitforward911.org.
Created in Austin in 2002 to honor compassionate Canadians in Newfoundland and Labrador, Pay It Forward 9/11 was started by Kevin Tuerff, one of thousands of airline passengers from 90 countries stranded there on 9/11. After receiving free food, clothing and shelter from the good people of Gander, he created Pay It Forward 9/11 to honor those killed in the 9/11 attacks and express gratitude to the compassionate Newfoundlanders. The "11 Days of Kindness & Unity" campaign encourages acts of compassion anytime, and anywhere.
"After the 9/11 attacks, people all over the world used the words 'united we stand' and came together as one to help each other and support those in need," said founder Kevin Tuerff. "We invite everyone to register their commitment and share stories on social media to start the ripple effect and inspire others."
The 20th anniversary of Pay it Forward 9/11 is generously supported by the producers and writers of Come From Away musical, Dell Technologies, Tito's Handmade Vodka, Gallin & Son, and University Federal Credit Union (UFCU).
Learn more at http://payitforward911.org, the book Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11, or Facebook. Pay it Forward 9/11, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization registered in New York.
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LUND, Sweden, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hansa Biopharma AB, "Hansa" (Nasdaq Stockholm: HNSA), pioneer in enzyme technology for rare immunological conditions, has today on June 30, 2022 held its Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting was conducted by advance voting only, without physical presence of shareholders, proxies and third parties. The Annual General Meeting of Hansa Biopharma AB (publ) (the "Company") passed the following resolutions.
Resolution regarding the adoption of the income statement and the balance sheet as well as consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet, appropriation of result and discharge from liability.
The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt the income statement and balance sheet, consolidated income statement and balance sheet for 2021. Furthermore, it was resolved that the Company's results shall be carried forward and thus no dividend will be distributed. The Annual General Meeting also resolved to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from liability.
The number of members of the Board of Directors and auditors, election of the Board of Directors and auditor and remuneration to the Board of Directors and the auditor
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the members of the Board of Directors shall be six with no deputy members.
The Annual General Meeting resolved that Anders Gersel Pedersen, Andreas Eggert, Eva Nilsagård, Hilary Malone and Mats Blom are re-elected as members of the Board of Directors and election of Peter Nicklin as a new member of the Board of Directors for the period until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting further resolved to elect Peter Nicklin as chair of the Board of Directors for the period until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting resolved to re-elect KPMG AB as auditor for the period until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the fees for the Board of Directors, for the period until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, shall remain unchanged from the previous year and shall be SEK 900,000 to the chair of the Board and SEK 300,000 each to the other Board members. It was further resolved that the remuneration to the chair of the Audit Committee should be SEK 150,000 and SEK 75,000 to each other member in the Audit Committee, SEK 40,000 to the chair of the Remuneration Committee and SEK 25,000 to each other member in the Remuneration Committee, SEK 25,000 to each member in the Scientific Committee and USD 20,000 to the chair of the U.S. Committee. It was further resolved that the remuneration to the auditor shall be paid as per approved current account.
Resolution regarding principles for the appointment of the nomination committee
The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt the proposed principles for appointment of the Nomination Committee.
Approval of the Board of Directors' remuneration report
The Annual General meeting approved the Board of Directors' remuneration report.
Resolution on guidelines for remuneration to members of management
The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt the proposed guidelines for executive remuneration,
Resolution on amendment of the articles of association
The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to adopt the proposed amendments of the articles of association, whereby a new section is inserted in the articles of association which will set out the forum for resolving certain U.S. securities related complaints. The insertion of the section is conditional on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declaring the registration statement on Form F-1 relating to a potential initial public offering of American Depositary Shares in the U.S. representing common shares in Hansa Biopharma effective.
Resolution to adopt a long-term incentive program based on performance-based share rights for employees at Hansa Biopharma
The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to adopt a long-term incentive program based on performance-based share rights for employees of the Hansa Biopharma group ("Share Rights Program 2022"), whereby not more than 45 individuals within the Hansa Biopharma group may participate. The participants will receive performance based share rights which, subject to certain conditions being met, give the right to receive ordinary shares in the Company. A maximum of 624,615 share rights may be allotted to participants under the program. The Annual General Meeting further resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to adopt certain hedging arrangements to ensure delivery of shares based on share rights to participants of the Share Rights Program 2022, the Option Program 2022 (as defined below) and the previously adopted and outstanding incentive programs approved by the Annual General Meetings held 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, as well as to cover any social charges arising as a result of the programs. The hedging arrangements include an authorization for the Board of Directors to issue new class C shares, authorization to repurchase the issued class C shares and, following the reclassification into ordinary shares, resolution to transfer the ordinary shares free of charge to participants of the Share Rights Program 2022, the Option Program 2022 (as defined below) and the previously adopted and outstanding incentive programs approved by the annual general meetings held 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 as well as in the market in order to secure possible social contributions.
Resolution to adopt a long-term incentive program based on employee stock options for employees in Hansa Biopharma
The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to adopt a long-term incentive program for employees in Hansa Biopharma ("Option Program 2022"), whereby not more than 15 individuals within the Hansa Biopharma group may participate. The Option Program 2022 consists of employee stock options that have a vesting period of three (3) years, after which the holder is entitled to exercise the options for ordinary shares during a period of three (3) years. A maximum of 452,307 options may be allotted to participants under the program. The Annual General Meeting further resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to authorize the Board of Directors to issue new class C shares, authorization to repurchase the issued class C shares and, following the reclassification into ordinary shares, resolution to transfer the ordinary shares free of charge to participants of the Option Program 2022, the Share Rights Program 2022 and the previously adopted and outstanding incentive programs approved by the annual general meetings held 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 as well as in the market in order to secure possible social contributions.
Resolution to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on issue of ordinary shares and warrants and/or convertibles
The Annual General Meeting further resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to authorize the Board of Directors to, until the next Annual General Meeting, on one or more occasions, decide upon issuances of new ordinary shares, warrants and/or convertibles. New issues of ordinary shares and issues of warrants and/or convertibles may occur with or without preferential rights for shareholders of the Company and may be made either in cash and/or by way of set-off or contribution in kind or otherwise on specific terms. The number of shares issued, or number of shares created in connection with exercise of warrants or conversion of convertibles, may not correspond to a dilution of more than twenty per cent of the total number of shares outstanding at the Annual General Meeting's resolution on the authorization, after full exercise of the authorization. In the current position of the Company, it is of high importance for the Company's ability to build and maximize shareholder value to have, and it is the purpose of the proposed authorization to provide, sufficient financial flexibility and a broad acting scope for the Board of Directors, in particular to match significant commercial and pipeline growth acceleration opportunities with the available financing mandate, provide flexibility to quickly respond to strategic opportunities such as partnerships or collaborations or to expand the shareholder constituency in certain investor markets or in connection with the listing of the shares on a U.S. stock exchange.
More information about the resolutions is available in the notice and the complete propisals which are available on the Company's website, www.hansabiopharma.com.
The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 12:30 CEST on June 30, 2022
CONTACT:
For further information, please contact:
Klaus Sindahl, Head of Investor Relations
Hansa Biopharma
Mobile: +46 (0) 709-298 269
E-mail: klaus.sindahl@hansabiopharma.com
Katja Margell
Head of Corporate Communications
Hansa Biopharma
Mobile: +46 (0) 768-198 326
E-mail: katja.margell@hansabiopharma.com
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Firefighters rescue lost ram, re-home it at their station
GRAHAM, Wash. (KING) - While some firefighters rescue cats stuck in trees, firefighters in Graham, Washington, rescued a ram wandering the streets last week.
For now, they’re keeping it outside the fire department, alongside their pet goats.
“They’re so funny,” Graham Fire and Rescue’s Captain Andrew Kolabis said.
When he’s not putting out fires, Kolabis cares for the station’s two goats, Drip and Torch.
“We don’t have a station dog, so we have a station goat,” he said.
The goats keep the yards surrounding the station trimmed, and they’re popular with tour groups. The firefighters even made them their mascots.
So, last week Graham Fire and Rescue crews felt pretty comfortable rescuing a stray ram.
“Animal control said they could come get it in a few days but they said they’d probably end up putting it down,” Kolabis said. “So he was kind of at a loss for what to do. We’re already set up for animals like that, so it seemed like a pretty natural thing to just grab it, re-home it here and try to find its owner.”
It doesn’t have a name yet since the firefighters don’t want to get too attached if the owner shows up. He does have a couple of tags on him, but it’s not clear who he belongs to.
In the meantime, he’s getting along well with his new girlfriends and the rescue crew.
“Oh yeah, they’re definitely therapy goats,” Kolabis said.
For years, the station has treated the backyard as a place to escape the stress of the job.
“Laughter is the best medicine, I think,” Kolabis said. “So, it’s always fun to come out, if you’re feeling down or have a rough call, you can come out here, and I can just about guarantee within a few minutes of being out here, they’ll be head butting you or looking for treats in your pocket. You end up giggling no matter what’s going on. So that helps.”
Graham Fire and Rescue said they have plenty of space for their animals but wanted it to be made clear it is not a place they want people dropping off their stray animals.
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8 injured after flight hits 'severe turbulence' over Florida, officials say
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An American Airlines plane bound for Nashville, Tennessee, with 56 people from Tampa, Florida, was diverted Wednesday to an Alabama airport after hitting severe turbulence, and at least eight minor injuries were reported, authorities said.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service responded at 3:15 p.m. to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, fire Capt. Orlando Reynolds told news outlets. The plane hit unexpected turbulence over the Pensacola area of the Florida Panhandle and was diverted, officials said.
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Reynolds said 52 passengers were aboard the Embraer E175 plane along with two pilots and two flight attendants. Ten people were evaluated, and two flight attendants and six passengers were taken to an area hospital with minor injuries, the airline said in a statement. It did not elaborate on their conditions.
The airline said it was bringing in another aircraft for the other passengers to board later Wednesday and continue on to Tennessee.
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LOS ANGELES — Leon Vitali, the “Barry Lyndon” actor who became one of Stanley Kubrick’s closest associates, has died. He was 74.
Vitali died Friday in Los Angeles, his family told The Associated Press Sunday.
Though Vitali was often described as Kubrick’s assistant, Tony Zierra’s 2017 documentary “Filmworker” shed light on Vitali’s enormous and largely unsung contributions to the work of one of cinema’s greatest figures from “The Shining” through “Eyes Wide Shut.” He did everything from casting and coaching actors to overseeing restorations. Vitali even once set up a video monitor so that Kubrick could keep an eye on his dying cat.
Matthew Modine, who starred in Kubrick's “Full Metal Jacket,” tweeted his condolences Sunday.
“There are people we meet who have a profound impact upon our lives. Leon Vitali was one such person in mine,” Modine wrote. “An artist in every aspect of his life. A loving father & friend to so many. A kind, generous & forgiving nature. He exemplified & personified grace.”
Filmmaker Lee Unkrich also tweeted that he was, "Completely heartbroken to hear about the passing of Leon Vitali. He helped me (asterisk)enormously(asterisk) with my Shining book and I’m gutted that he won’t see it. He was a sweet, kind, humble, generous man and a vital part of Stanley Kubrick’s team.”
Before meeting Kubrick, Vitali was a rising actor in England, appearing in several British television shows including “Softly, Softly,” “Follyfoot,” “Z Cars” and “Notorious Woman.” Then in 1974 he got his biggest break yet, when he was cast in “Barry Lyndon” as Lord Bullingdon, the stepson of Ryan O’Neal’s title character.
Vitali was so fascinated by Kubrick and his processes that he made an unusual decision: He gave up on acting and devoted himself entirely to the famously demanding director for over two decades. His next Kubrick credit was as “personal assistant to the director” on “The Shining,” though that’s only part of the story — Vitali famously helped cast 4-year-old Danny Lloyd to play Danny Torrance and Louise and Lisa Burns as the creepy Grady twins (citing Diane Arbus as inspiration).
“I made one truly, truly radical change in my life and that was when I said, ‘I’m more interested in that’ than I was in the acting,” Vitali told the Associated Press in 2017. “That’s the biggest conscious decision I’ve ever made. There were some sacrifices, but there were gains too.”
After Kubrick’s death in 1999, Vitali oversaw restorations for many of Kubrick’s films. He received a Cinema Audio Society award for his work. He later worked with director Todd Field on his films “Little Children” and “In the Bedroom.”
Vitali died surrounded by loved ones including his three children, Masha, Max and Vera.
“Leon was a special and lovely man driven by his curiosity, who spread love and warmth wherever he went,” his children said in a statement provided by Masha Vitali. “He will be remembered with love and be hugely missed by the many people he touched.”
Before making the documentary, Zierra said that he and many Kubrick-obsessed fans knew Vitali for his performances in “Barry Lyndon” and “Eyes Wide Shut,” in which he played Red Cloak, and as a key member of Kubrick’s inner circle. But when they finally met Vitali to make the film, they were struck by “his kindness, humility and the fascinating scope of his story.”
Zierra is working on a director’s cut of “Filmworker” that will include new footage that he and Vitali wanted in the film, but couldn’t get done in time for its Cannes debut in 2017.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half has promoted George Denlinger to operational president, overseeing U.S. operations for technology, marketing and legal talent solutions. In this role, he will also lead the company's national technology accounts, managed technology solutions and managed creative solutions.
A 24-year veteran of Robert Half, Denlinger has held many leadership roles, including regional vice president for technology and creative talent solutions, district president for the legal practice group and, most recently, operational president for professional talent solutions in the Central United States.
"With the demand for specialized talent on the rise, we will continue to find innovative solutions to meet the needs of our customers in the technology, marketing and legal space," said Paul F. Gentzkow, president and CEO of talent solutions at Robert Half. "George has the knowledge, tenure and passion we need to lead this critical business unit and take it to new heights."
In addition to his work at Robert Half, Denlinger is involved in several nonprofit organizations, including Food Bank of the Rockies, Ronald McDonald House, Project Angel Heart and Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. A champion for diversity, equity and inclusion, Denlinger is also an executive sponsor of Robert Half's Somos Familia Employee Network Group and leads the company's partnership with ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals for America).
About Robert Half
Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm that connects people with meaningful work and provides clients with the talent and subject matter expertise they need to confidently compete and grow. Visit roberthalf.com and download the company's award-winning mobile app.
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FRISCO, Texas — FC Dallas announced Tuesday that the club was exercising a permanent transfer on goalkeeper Maarten Paes, who was on a short-term loan from Eredivisie’s FC Utrecht.
Paes has started in 14 MLS matches this season for FC Dallas, logging 28 saves and a 6-3-5 record while in goal. He has recorded four shutouts this season and boasts a 1.00 goals against average (GAA), which ranks third in the league among starting goalkeepers.
FC Dallas is ranked fourth in the Western Conference standings with 26 points. The club is 4-3-3 in their last 10 matches, including a 2-2 draw in their latest match in Austin.
The 24-year-old goalkeeper has also been called up to the Netherlands youth national teams. Paes was a member of the Netherlands U-19 national teams that participated in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship but did not make any appearances. He last appeared in a UEFA European U-21 Championship Qualifier against Belarus U-21 on Nov. 15, 2020.
With the move, Paes stays on FC Dallas and his contract runs through December 2025 with club options for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
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VAUGHAN, ON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE: GFL) (TSX: GFL) ("GFL" or the "Company") today announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has declared a cash dividend of US$0.012 for each outstanding subordinate voting share and multiple voting share of the Company for the second quarter of 2022.
The cash dividend will be paid on July 29, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 18, 2022. The Company has designated this dividend as an eligible dividend within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
About GFL
GFL, headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario, is the fourth largest diversified environmental services company in North America, providing a comprehensive line of solid waste management, liquid waste management and soil remediation services through its platform of facilities throughout Canada and in more than half of the U.S. states. Across its organization, GFL has a workforce of more than 18,000 employees.
Forward Looking Statements
This release includes certain "forward-looking statements", which are not guarantees or assurances of future performance. Because forward-looking statements are related to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. GFL undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable securities laws. The declaration, timing, amount and payment of any future dividends remains at the discretion of GFL's Board of Directors.
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Hunt scholarship boosts successful outcomes for more DACC students
LAS CRUCES - Each of their journeys follows a path as unique as their fingerprints.
Some of these students have taken a traditional route, pursuing a degree right after high school. For others, education was always on the horizon but unreachable — for numerous reasons — until many years later.
Within this group are preschool teachers and nurses. Future graduates hope to work in the fashion industry, law and fields in between.
They all, however, are the recipients of the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation scholarships at Doña Ana Community College. Since 2013, thanks to the Hunt Family Foundation, nearly 250 DACC students have earned the scholarship, propelling them to their educational goals. Those funds are matched by the Jon Wynne scholarship endowment at the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico.
“It has been really dramatic, the impact,” said Kristi Martin, who has worked at DACC for many years and is now serving as interim vice president for external affairs.
For the Hunt family, that’s the goal, just as it has been for decades.
“Expanding higher education opportunities in our region is one of the main pillars that our Foundation has supported for over 35 years to ensure that students from the Borderplex have the ability to pursue and complete a college education,” said Woody L. Hunt, chairman of the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation. “There are many talented students in Doña Ana County that are deserving of a pathway to college that is not impaired by financial constraints. We are incredibly proud to create scholarship opportunities that allow them to achieve their college dreams and create a more competitive region.”
That impact manifests itself in many ways.
First, there are the numbers.
When compared to the general population of DACC students, the Hunt scholarship recipients are twice as likely to have a successful outcome, which means they completed their degree program, are progressing toward it, or have transferred to New Mexico State University in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree.
Further, they were more than three times as likely to earn their associate degree than the rest of DACC students.
“The completion rates for the associate, that’s really amazing,” Martin said.
She added that the scholarship’s consistency — it was recently renewed again for another four years — gives students something to count on.
The impact of the Hunt scholarships isn’t just measurable with institutional data. Based on thank-you letters from some of the most recent scholarship awardees, that influence radiates from the recipients who benefited from them, those around them and the greater community.
In her letter, Maria Antonia Herrera said she wanted to “set an example for my little brother and show him no matter how old you are it’s never too late to get a new dream.”
Herrera had been struggling to balance school and working two jobs through the pandemic, particularly when she lost one job and had to search for another. For Herrera, the “scholarship means so much because I don’t have to worry about the stress of paying for school,” she wrote. “I can work less and focus more on my education.”
After receiving a Hunt scholarship, many of the students expressed a newfound desire to pay it forward by helping others in some way, whether that be in their new careers, as a mentor to another future student or even as somebody who donates money for such a scholarship in years to come.
For Nadine Yudith Calderon, the Hunt scholarship provided hope.
Calderon wrote, “I’ve never had this kind of support system and it gives me hope that people out there are willing to help students like me.”
To apply for this or any NMSU scholarship, go to scholarships.nmsu.edu.
A version of this story was first published in the spring 2022 issue of Panorama, NMSU’s alumni and friends magazine. To read the issue, visit https://panorama.nmsu.edu.
James Staley writes for NMSU's Marketing and Communications. He can be reached at jastaley@ad.nmsu.edu.
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The court cited prosecutorial misconduct in tossing Annmarie Drago's convictions for criminally negligent homicide, petit larceny, and criminal mischief.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney put out a statement distancing himself from the 2020 prosecution, which was handled by former district attorney Timothy Sini.
"This trial took place before I took office as District Attorney," Tierney said. "The court's decision to reverse the trial verdict was based upon a finding of prosecutorial misconduct committed in the summation by the assigned prosecutor. That prosecutor, as well as those supervisors from the prior administration who oversaw the trial and reviewed those remarks prior to the summation, were not retained by me and are no longer with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. We respect the appellate court's decision and will, of course, abide by the ruling as we evaluate how best to proceed in light of this decision."
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It is unclear at this time if Tierney will retry Drago, who was convicted in the 2018 incident and sentenced to nine months in prison.
Drago has been out of prison while her conviction was appealed.
The deaths of 16-year-old Kayla Cuevas and her 15-year-old friend Nisa Mickens sparked Rodriguez into becoming a leading voice against street gangs.
Drago allegedly stole some items from the memorial and then intentionally destroyed another part of it, and Rodriguez confronted Drago about it, which is when she was run over.
News 12 Long Island reporter Eileen Lehpamer was there to cover the vigil and frantically called 911 after witnessing the incident.
"Evelyn Rodriguez was just run over," she can be heard screaming on the call.
The defense insisted that Drago was only trying to escape after Rodriguez and her companion flew into a rage.
"She is scared to death of these people and what they are going to do," defense attorney Stephen Kunken argued at the time. "There was only one way to escape from this onslaught. She did not intend to cause harm to anybody. It was a tragic accident...You either fight the situation or you try to get away from it. That's what she was trying to do."
The entire incident was captured on video, which was shown to the jury.
"I will take my punishment," Drago said after the verdict. "I hope it will help you in your healing process...There is not a day that I don't think of you girls and your loss as a result of my actions."
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BRISTOW, Va., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MurLarkey® Distilled Spirits is excited to announce that its first bourbon release, MurLarkey Birthright™ Straight Bourbon Whiskey, has won the Double Gold medal at the 13th Annual New York International Spirits Competition.
The NYISC is recognized as one of the most respected and influential international spirits competitions in the industry. This year, over 1400 spirits from around the world competed in a blind tasting judged by top spirits buyers. Birthright received a 96 rating and Double Gold honors, a unanimous decision by the NYISC panelists.
"It's been an amazing year and I'm incredibly proud of our team and give special thanks to Head Distiller Kevin Szady and Master Distiller George "Papi" Zwetkow," said Tom Murray, MurLarkey CEO. "First Salsa takes Gold and Best of Category at ADI, and now Birthright takes Double Gold at NYISC no less. Both amazing accomplishments, and to do it with two radically different spirits is a true testament to the skilled magic of MurLarkey."
Earlier this year, MurLarkey Papi's Salsa Borracha Whiskey earned a Gold Medal in the American Distilling Institute's 2022 International Spirits Competition. The judges noted the whiskey's "incredible flavor construction" and how the corn whiskey spirit "tastes so much like actual salsa."
"From our first sips, we all loved the profile of Papi's Salsa Borracha Whiskey," said Jim Larkin, MurLarkey COO. "It is a spirit like no other. We are honored to be awarded Gold and Best of Category by the ADI judges for this truly unique and delicious spirit."
MurLarkey has now won at least Gold in international competition in five categories: Vodka (Divine Clarity Vodka), Gin (Imagination Gin), Aged Whiskey (Smokehouse Whiskey), Flavored Whiskey (Papi's Salsa Borracha Whiskey), and Bourbon (Birthright™ Straight Bourbon Whiskey), an achievement to our knowledge no other craft distillery can claim.
Since 2016, MurLarkey has continued to challenge convention, producing a broad array of handcrafted, award-winning spirits and RTDs. Using only the finest, all-natural ingredients, MurLarkey spirits are produced to uncompromising standards.
MurLarkey is currently distributed by Virginia ABC and Breakthru Beverage Group. For more information about MurLarkey, product spec sheets, or press ready photos, contact Nicole Murray at nicole@murlarkey.com or visit www.murlarkey.com.
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WILSON, North Carolina — Less than a year ago, President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. $108 Billion of that is set aside for public transportation. Right now, 45% of Americans are without some form of public transportation.
Most people across the United States have likely never heard of Wilson, North Carolina, but there is a community similar to it in states across the country. About 50,000 people live in this town and nearly every single one of them has somewhere they need to go. Rodger Lentz is the assistant city manager of the town. Their transportation issues have been going on for years.
"Really when I got here in 2007, transportation was an issue like getting people to work or getting people essential services, the bus runs just once an hour," Lentz said. "Our bus system wasn't even connecting people to the highest paying jobs in the community."
However, all changed two years ago when they embraced a microtransit model; replacing their city buses with ride share type vans that can be ordered on an app or called through a number, and only cost $1.50 to go anywhere in the city.
"I mean by the fourth week we already matched what the buses were doing and now were approaching 4,000 trips every week," Lentz said.
As a driver, Kutina Winston hears stories from riders every day about the freedom and access this partnership with Via has given them.
"I mean everybody that we drive, that's the first thing they say, I am so glad that you all are in place because the buses were horrible," Winston said. "Yes we take people to the grocery store but mainly to work and doctors appointments."
Wilson used to have five fixed bus routes that ran once an hour. They only reached 40% of the city but now with Via they reach 100%. Cities with more than 100,000 people like Arlington Texas, Cape Coral Florida and Broken Arrow Oklahoma have had no public transportation but organizations like Via are trying to change that. Chris Snyder, the co-COO of Via, acknowledges this microtransit model is by no means meant to replace public transit in every city.
"45% of Americans basically have no access to public transit, so it's sort of an equity issue," Snyder said. "There is one New York city in the country, there are thousands of Wilsons."
The idea is to keep what's working while also filling the necessary gaps. In Wilson that meant access.
"The question was how can we do more with the same budget and how can we expand access to many more people into a bigger part of the cities," Snyder said.
In a place like Jersey City, the problems were very different because of the expansive, successful transit systems in place.
"And the question was really more about how do we get people to that kind of core backbone of the public transit infrastructure which we need to enhance," Snyder said.
Via is now in over 600 cities across the world, providing individualized solutions to each city's transit needs.
"This was a blessing to Wilson and I know it can be a blessing to other cities and states as well," Winston said.
This concept is meant to be integrated into public transportation, keeping the systems affordable and equitable.
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ANGEL, Megan Christine
Oct. 7, 1984 ~
Sept. 10, 2022 (age 37)
37, passed away on September 10, 2022. She was born October 7, 1984, in Hamilton, Ohio, to Claude and Terri (nee Carpenter) Angel. Megan was a 2003 graduate of Fairfield Senior High School. She held various positions during her career, with her last job at M.C. Tank. She is survived by her parents, her dedicated partner Bobby Miracle and his parents Lonnie and Donna Miracle, her adored son Ulric, sister Gretchen (Will) Price, her cherished niece Virginia, uncle and aunt Mike and Susan Carpenter, aunt Rebecca Angel, grandmother Jeanne Carpenter, grandfather Albert (Zella) Carpenter, and many cousins. She is preceded in death by her brother Brandon Angel, her grandparents William and Kathryn Angel and her uncle Robin Angel. Family and friends are invited to attend a gathering to celebrate Megan's life on Monday, September 19, 2022, from 4-7 pm at the Michael Colligan Lodge in Veterans Park, 20 New London Road, Hamilton, Ohio. Megan's family would like to give special thanks to her nurse Mike and all of the staff in MICU at UC Medical Center.
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There are 32 groups within the NFL, and over the course of league historical past, no quarterback has ever misplaced to all of them, however that is one thing that might change in 2022.
As pointed out by Pro Football Talk, Colts quarterback Matt Ryan is on the verge of setting an NFL document that no QB desires to set. Since his rookie 12 months in 2008, Ryan has misplaced to 29 of the league’s 32 groups, and there is a likelihood that by the tip of the 2022 season, he may turn into the primary quarterback in NFL historical past to lose to all 32 groups.
Even when he would not hit the 32-team mark, Ryan may nonetheless set the document. If he simply loses to 31 totally different groups, he would turn into the primary QB in league historical past to lose to that many alternative groups. Though there have been seven quarterbacks which have misplaced to 30 groups, no QB has ever hit the 31-team mark.
So what has to occur for Ryan to set this ugly document? Let’s have a look.
In line with Pro Football Reference, there are solely three groups that Ryan has by no means suffered a loss in opposition to — the Raiders, Jaguars and Falcons — and he’ll be going through two of these three groups in the course of the 2022 common season.
The Colts will play at Jacksonville in Week 2, and though that looks like a assured win for Indy, I feel we will all agree that is not the case. If we discovered one factor from final season, it is that there isn’t any such factor as a assured win for the Colts once they play in Jacksonville. The Colts have misplaced seven straight video games on the highway in opposition to the Jags relationship again to 2015. Even when the Colts win in Week 2, the Jags will get one other shot to beat Ryan in Week 6.
If the Jags do pull off a minimum of one win, that may put Ryan in a state of affairs the place he is misplaced to 30 totally different groups. At that time, Ryan would break the document if the Colts have been to lose to the Raiders in Week 10. If the Jags and Raiders each beat the Colts, Ryan would turn into the primary QB to lose to 31 totally different groups.
Ryan may theoretically hit the 32-team mark this season, however issues must get a little bit loopy. To lose to all 32 groups, Ryan must additionally lose a sport to the Falcons, which will not be simple since Atlanta is not on Indy’s schedule this 12 months. The one means the 2 groups may play in 2022 is that if they face one another within the Tremendous Bowl. Though the thought of the Falcons attending to the Tremendous Bowl appears far-fetched, most individuals thought the identical factor a few Bengals’ Tremendous Bowl look in 2021, and everyone knows what occurred there.
If Ryan performed the Falcons within the Tremendous Bowl and misplaced, that may give him a loss to every of the NFL’s 32 groups. If Ryan solely loses to one of many three groups this 12 months, he would have misplaced to 30 totally different groups, which might put him in a tie with Carson Palmer, Brett Favre, Jon Kitna, Alex Smith, Drew Bledsoe, Drew Brees and Matt Hasselbeck because the quarterbacks who’ve misplaced to essentially the most groups.
Derek Carr may additionally hit the 30-team mark if the Raiders lose to the Saints this 12 months. Carr has misplaced to a complete of 29 totally different groups, and of the three he is by no means misplaced to — the Saints, Panthers and Raiders — New Orleans is the one one he’ll be going through this season.
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As for Ryan, though he may turn into the primary QB to lose to all 32 groups, he may additionally be a part of the quick checklist of quarterbacks who’ve crushed all 32 groups. There are solely three groups Ryan has by no means crushed — Falcons, Patriots and Steelers — and the Colts might be going through two of them in 2022 (New England and Pittsburgh). If he beats the Patriots and Steelers, Ryan may hit the 32-team mark with a win over Atlanta, however for that to occur, the Falcons must make the Tremendous Bowl.
The excellent news — or unhealthy information — for Ryan is that even when the Falcons do not make the Tremendous Bowl, he will not have to attend lengthy to face them. The Colts are scheduled to play the Falcons in the course of the 2023 common season, and by the point that sport rolls round, a win may make Ryan simply the fifth QB to beat all 32 groups or a loss may make him the primary QB to lose to all 32.
As issues at the moment stand, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Brett Favre are the one 4 quarterbacks who’ve crushed all 32 groups.
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Omaha officer disciplined after use of force controversy
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha Police officer will be disciplined after a use of force incident earlier this year sparked controversy.
A video of 40-year-old Jennifer Carter being arrested by Omaha Police made the rounds online when it allegedly showed an officer stomping on her leg.
According to Omaha Police, a 911 caller claimed a woman, identified by police as Carter, was trespassing and attempting to destroy property. Carter had been previously cited for damaging an apartment door on the same property and ordered not to return.
Omaha Police say officers saw Carter walking toward the property and she turned away when she saw the police. The officers then began to arrest Carter for trespassing.
Police claim Carter was resisting arrest and that’s when an officer, now identified by Omaha Police as 16-year police veteran Dave Stewart, used force to restrain her.
A bystander caught the altercation on video, which allegedly showed Officer Stewart stomping on Carter’s ankle.
Carter’s mother says she is mentally handicapped and was handcuffed when she was hit by the police officer.
Carter later pleaded guilty to trespassing and resisting arrest. The charges for disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia were dropped. She received a one-week sentence.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer authorized an internal investigation into the incident.
Police say the investigation showed that Officer Stewart’s actions were not in accordance with the Omaha Police Policy and Procedures Manual. The chief is allowed to issue diciplinary action ranging anywhere from a performance interview to a 20-day suspension without pay, or termination.
Omaha Police did not reveal the exact details of Officer Stewart’s discipline, allegedly because of the Omaha Police Collective Bargaining Agreement and personnel rights.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz can pinpoint when he realized the 23-year-old mass murderer still has “irrational thoughts” — the two were making small talk when Cruz began describing plans for an eventual life outside prison.
Wesley Center, a Texas counselor, said that happened last year at the Broward County jail as he fitted Cruz's scalp with probes for a scan to map his brain. The defense at hearings this week will try to convince Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer that Center and other experts should be allowed to testify at Cruz's ongoing trial about what their tests showed, something the prosecution wants barred.
“He had some sort of epiphany while he was in (jail) that would focus his thoughts on being able to help people,” transcripts show Center told prosecutors during a pretrial interview this year. “His life's purpose was to be helping others.”
Cruz, of course, will never be free. Since his arrest about an hour after he murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, there has never been any doubt his remaining years would be behind bars, sentenced to death or life without parole. Surveillance video shows him mowing down his victims with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle and he confessed, eventually pleading guilty in October.
Prosecutors made their argument for death to the seven-man, five-woman jury and 10 alternates over three weeks, resting their case Aug. 4 after the panel toured the still-bloodstained, bullet-pocked classroom building where the massacre happened.
The jurors also watched graphic surveillance videos; saw gruesome crime scene and autopsy photos; received emotional testimony from teachers and students who witnessed others die; and heard from tearful and angry parents, spouses and other family members about the victims and how their loved one's death impacted their lives. They watched video of the former Stoneman Douglas student calmly ordering an Icee minutes after the shooting and, nine months later, attacking a jail guard.
Soon, it will be Cruz's attorneys arguing why he should be spared, hoping to convince at least one juror their mitigating factors outweigh the prosecution's aggravating circumstances — a death sentence must be unanimous.
But first, the trial took last week off to accommodate some jurors' requests to deal with personal matters. The jury will also be absent this week as the sides argue before Scherer, who will decide whether brain scans, tests and other evidence the defense wants to present starting Aug. 22 is scientifically valid or junk, as the prosecution contends.
Center's test and its findings will be subject to contentious debate. Called a “quantitative electroencephalogram” or “qEEG," its backers say it provides useful support to such diagnoses as fetal alcohol syndrome, which Cruz's attorneys contend created his lifelong mental and emotional problems.
EEGs have been common in medicine for a century, measuring brainwaves to help doctors diagnose epilepsy and other brain ailments. But the qEEG analysis, which has been around since the 1970s, goes a step farther — a patient's EEG results are compared to a database of brainwaves taken from normal or “neurotypical” people. While qEEG findings cannot be used to make a diagnosis, they can support findings based on the patient's history, examination, behavior and other tests, supporters contend.
A “qEEG can confirm what you already know, but you can't create new knowledge," Center told prosecutors in his interview.
Dr. Charles Epstein, an Emory University neurology professor, reviewed Center's findings for the prosecution. In a written statement to Scherer, he said EEGs using only external scalp probes like the one given Cruz are imprecise, making Center's qEEG results worthless.
“Garbage in, garbage out,” he wrote.
Florida judges have given mixed rulings about allowing qEEGs since 2010, when the test helped a Miami-area man escape a death sentence for fatally stabbing his wife and severely wounding her mentally disabled 11-year-old daughter. Some judges have since allowed their admission, while others barred them. Scherer, who is overseeing her first death penalty trial, has never had a case where the defense tried to present a qEEG report.
Even if Scherer bars the test, lead defense attorney Melisa McNeill and her team still have evidence that Cruz's brain likely suffered damage in the womb, including statements by his late birth mother that she abused alcohol and cocaine during pregnancy.
They also have reports giving circumstantial evidence of his mental illness. Cruz got kicked out of preschool for hurting other children. During his years in public school, he spent significant time at a center for students with emotional issues. He also received years of mental health treatment.
Then there are his life circumstances. Cruz's adoptive father died in front of him when he was 5; he was bullied by his younger brother and his brother's friends; he was allegedly abused sexually by a “trusted peer;” he cut himself and abused animals; and his adoptive mother died less than four months before the shooting.
His youth will also be an issue — he was 19 when the shooting happened.
Attorneys not involved in the case say if Scherer wants to avoid having a possible death sentence overturned on appeal, she should give the defense wide latitude on what it presents so jurors can fully assess his life and mental health.
“If it's a close call, I think she is going to bend to the defense — and the prosecution is not going to be happy,” said David S. Weinstein, a Miami criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.
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RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is excited to announce that Betsy Bailey, CAE, has received the Bob Slocum Award for Outstanding Government Affairs & Advocacy from the Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC). Betsy, who has been with CAGC since 2015, serves as the North Carolina Government Relations and Building Director.
One of Betsy's recent government relations accomplishments includes leading successful legislative efforts in 2021 to get approval of $5.5 million for the CAGC Foundation for the creation of a Historically Underutilized Academy (HUB) and Construction Bootcamp Academies to help with the workforce shortage. This follows her successful efforts in 2020 when she received legislative approval of $3.75 million for the CAGC Foundation for COVID relief and safety in the construction industry.
"Betsy Bailey has consistently done excellent work in government relations through the years and is widely known as one of the most influential lobbyists in the North Carolina General Assembly," said Dave Simpson, CAGC President & CEO. "Her leadership has benefited the construction industry—as well as the State of North Carolina—mightily, and we are so proud to have her on our outstanding government relations team, which also includes Victor Barbour (NC Government Relations & Highway-Heavy Director) and Leslie Clark (VP of Operations and SC Director of Government Relations & Divisions)."
In her CAGC role, Betsy's responsibilities also include overseeing government relations strategy and direct lobbying, primarily with state lawmakers and public officials at all levels of government in North Carolina. Additional duties include supervising the CAGC Foundation and its programs and managing the Association's human resource and diversity and inclusion programs. Betsy's other significant accomplishments include:
- Successfully helped lead efforts for Connect NC $2 Billion Bond for public infrastructure and raised $200K for bond campaign.
- Effectively leveraged partnerships with other stakeholders to lobby legislators to pass an unprecedented capital appropriation for public infrastructure ($1.4 billion over two years) for 2019-20.
- Persuaded the North Carolina legislature to appropriate funding to the NC Community College System for construction career awareness. Developed new CAGC Build Your Career website and marketing materials.
- Expanded partnership with the NC Community College System resulting in more construction program offerings at the 58 campuses and a new summer camp at Durham Technical Community College, which will expand to more colleges next year.
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is a construction trade association made up of contractors and construction-related firms that perform work in North Carolina and South Carolina. CAGC is a chapter of the AGC of America (AGC) and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Our members are both small and large general contractors, specialty contractors, material/equipment suppliers, and service providers.
Media Contact: Lori McGovern at lmcgovern@carolinasagc.org.
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Forecasting Our Future: How some are pitching in to combat severe weather
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Lifeguard Mackenzi Jones, 17, scans the pool on opening day at Kenosha’s Washington Park Pool on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. During the 2022 season, however, the city is struggling to find enough lifeguards to staff both of its pools (the other is at Anderson Park) and is on a schedule that would allow the pools to be open on alternating days.
SEAN KRAJACIC, Kenosha News
The Washington Park Pool is shown on its last day of the 2015 season. The City seeks lifeguard applicants for the 2022 season and will reimburse successful applicants the cost of their water safety training.
If you're looking to keep cool this week, city officials want you to know that their pools and splashpads will be open.
However, a shortage of lifeguards is affecting the city parks' ability to keep both of its pools open on regular basis. As a result, city officials on Tuesday said that the pools at Anderson Park, 8730 22nd Ave., and Washington Park, 1821 Washington Road, will operate on alternating days this week. Anderson pool opened on Tuesday.
Weather and sufficient staff permitting, Washington pool will be open (today) Wednesday and Friday this week, and also Sunday, June 19; meanwhile, Anderson pool will be closed those days. Anderson pool will be open Thursday and Saturday this week while Washington pool will be closed those days.
Splashpads will operate daily at Roosevelt (6801 34th Ave.) and Schulte (4400 87th Place) parks and at the lakefront. The splashpad at Anderson will be open on pool days only.
The city continues to seek enough lifeguards to run pools at full capacity and with all the features they offer.
Lifeguard salary is $12.58-$14.15 per hour. The City of Kenosha will reimburse up to $125, for lifeguards who complete and pass the American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification or (Re)certification and complete 30 working days. Please note that employees must sign the Lifeguard (Re)Certification Agreement prior to being reimbursed.
For further details on lifeguard positions, visit the employment page of the city's web site: www.kenosha.org
The city will update the page regarding operations, including feature closures, capacity limitations or pool closures. Regular pool hours are 10 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. The pools are closed on Mondays, including the Fourth of July.
Daily pool fees are $5 for individuals, age 3 and up, and $3 for adults over 60. The daily fee for a non-swimming adult is $3. Children age 2 and younger are admitted free with a paid adult with a maximum of three children per adult.
Lifeguard Mackenzi Jones, 17, scans the pool on opening day at Kenosha’s Washington Park Pool on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. During the 2022 season, however, the city is struggling to find enough lifeguards to staff both of its pools (the other is at Anderson Park) and is on a schedule that would allow the pools to be open on alternating days.
The Washington Park Pool is shown on its last day of the 2015 season. The City seeks lifeguard applicants for the 2022 season and will reimburse successful applicants the cost of their water safety training.
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Los Angeles took a safety when returner Brandon Powell ran out of the end zone on punt formation after a three-and-out. After the free kick, Atlanta had one final chance at the Falcons 40, but Mariota was sacked before he could get a Hail Mary attempt off on the final play.
Stafford completed his first 12 passes en route to going 27 of 36. Kupp had 11 catches for 108 yards and touchdowns on consecutive drives in the second and third quarters.
Kupp caught a 3-yard TD with 18 seconds remaining in the first half to give the Rams a 21-3 lead. The Super Bowl MVP's first score came three plays after Rams rookie cornerback Cobie Durant picked off a pass bobbled by Cordarrelle Patterson and returned it 51 yards up the right sideline to the Falcons 9.
The Rams then took the second half kickoff and extended their lead by another touchdown when Kupp made an over-the-shoulder catch on a fade pattern on third-and-4 from Atlanta's 10.
Mariota was 17 of 26 for 196 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
London, the No. 8 overall pick who went to college at Southern California, had eight catches for 86 yards, including his first touchdown during the third quarter.
The Falcons were able to move the ball in the first half, but were done in by mistakes. They got the opening kickoff and went 49 yards before Younghoe Koo was wide left on a 44-yard field goal attempt. Los Angeles would convert that into a touchdown when Stafford connected with Allen Robinson for a 1-yard TD.
Atlanta then turned it over on downs on its next possession when Patterson was stopped by Bobby Wagner and Greg Gaines. The Rams made took advantage of the short field and scored eight plays later when Darrell Henderson went 8 yards around right guard to make it 14-0 with 9:34 remaining in the second quarter.
INJURIES
Falcons: CB A.J. Terrell was evaluated for a head injury in the first half and was cleared to return.
Rams: RG Tremayne Anchrum suffered an ankle injury on the opening series and did not return. ... CB Troy Hill (questionable) was also injured in the first half.
UP NEXT
Falcons: Travel to face the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday.
Rams: Travel to take on the Arizona Cardinals next Sunday.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota scrambles during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota scrambles during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Allen Robinson II, right, can't make the catch in the end zone as Atlanta Falcons cornerback Darren Hall defends during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Allen Robinson II, right, can't make the catch in the end zone as Atlanta Falcons cornerback Darren Hall defends during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp can't haul in a catch as Atlanta Falcons cornerback Mike Ford defends during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp can't haul in a catch as Atlanta Falcons cornerback Mike Ford defends during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Drake London scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Drake London scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald (99) is kept away from Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota (1) by Atlanta Falcons offensive tackle Elijah Wilkinson during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald (99) is kept away from Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota (1) by Atlanta Falcons offensive tackle Elijah Wilkinson during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) makes a catch in the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game as Atlanta Falcons cornerback Casey Hayward (29) defends, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) makes a catch in the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game as Atlanta Falcons cornerback Casey Hayward (29) defends, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams safety Nick Scott takes the field before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams safety Nick Scott takes the field before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams cornerback Cobie Durant celebrates his interception during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams cornerback Cobie Durant celebrates his interception during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, right, gets away from Atlanta Falcons safety Jaylinn Hawkins as he scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, right, gets away from Atlanta Falcons safety Jaylinn Hawkins as he scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Progress Solar Solutions® www.progresssolarsolutions.com announces this week at the Sustainable Fleet Technology Conference & Expo in Durham, NC a new mobile solar EV charging model using its industry leading mobile solar platform. With several variants available including all solar and solar-hybrid models, this mobile equipment is a great new step in supporting the EV market's need to provide a clean charge to vehicles in more locations. The models charge EVs with a standard Level 2 EV charger that is powered from stored energy in a battery bank. The battery bank is charged with up to 3200 watts of solar and options for wind generation and backup generator. Progress Solar Solutions has the most compact, mobile, and largest energy producing off-grid mobile platform available.
Dan McKenzie, President of Progress Solar, said, "This new product shows our commitment to innovation and use of our mobile solar solutions to support the needs of the market. The cost avoidance of installation of grid powered EV stations and flexibility with its mobility is a great solution for many customers looking to add EV charging to their location or fleet."
Progress Solar Solutions® www.progresssolarsolutions.com of Raleigh, North Carolina was the first to introduce a commercial quality mobile solar light tower durable enough and powerful enough to address the rental equipment and military markets. Progress Solar® continues to offer the broadest product line of portable solar light towers, Solar/Wind, and Solar/Hybrid light towers and generators to industries interested in providing portable, clean and quiet outdoor lighting and power generation and storage applications. The Progress Solar® Light Tower resembles a traditional portable diesel light tower but is powered by solar energy giving it a much lower total cost of ownership.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — Several Indiana-based breweries took home medals at this year’s World Beer Cup Competition. The event featured more than 10,000 entries from nearly 2,500 breweries around the world.
Sun King Brewery and Metazoa Brewing Co., both in Indianapolis, received three medals each. Sun King’s wins include:
- Gold – Churrolicious – Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer category
- Silver – Soul Shakedown Party – Experimental Wood-Aged Beer category
- Silver – Sunlight Cream Ale – Golden or Blonde Ale category
“We are honored to have won three World Beer Cup awards this year for our delicious craft beers,” Dave Colt, co-founder of Sun King Brewery, said in written remarks. “Our entire team works tirelessly to create unique core, seasonal and specialty beers that we are very proud of, and that craft beer fans across the U.S. love.”
Metazoa Brewing’s medals include:
- Silver – Ruh Roh – Extra Special Bitter category
- Bronze – Klipspringer – American-Belgo-Style Ale category
- Bronze – Irish Setter – Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout category
Additionally, Moontown Brewing Co. in Whitestown won a Gold medal in the German-Style Maerzen or Franconian-Style Rotbier category for its Follow the Lederhosen beer.
ZwanzigZ Brewing in Columbus also won a Gold medal in the American-Style Imperial Stout category for its Fulcrum Imperial Stout.
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OWASSO, Okla. , April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- coreNOC, Inc., a leader in 5G telecommunications equipment deployment, announced they have entered into a Strategic Consulting Agreement with the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida). coreNOC, Inc., a Native American owned business, understands the challenges and struggles Indian tribes across North America face due to the existing digital divide.
Earlier this year, Tlingit and Haida gathered responses from two broadband surveys that underscored the critical need for better broadband in rural Southeast Alaska communities. Many communities still lack the connectivity needed to access healthcare, education, remote employment opportunities and business resources.
Since 2019, Tlingit and Haida have been working with Southeast Alaska village tribes to secure the mid-band spectrum licenses. They created a comprehensive plan to offer broadband services to 10,000 people in Southeast Alaska who currently have limited or no access in their area. Recently, the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) issued the broadband license for deployment. Funding has been secured for a pilot project in Wrangell, Alaska, to be completed under their new Tidal Network department that will focus on extending fixed wireless internet service to provide broadband services to the community.
"The bottom line and sole focus of the work we are doing under Tidal Network is to ensure reliable internet to our underserved rural communities in Southeast Alaska," said Chief Development Officer Will Ware.
"We are committed to helping our communities secure the high-speed internet access they deserve," said President Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson. "The disparity and lack of reliable internet in our rural communities is apparent and it's critical our villages are not left behind in this digital age. I want to thank Second Vice President Will Micklin for his many years of advocacy and work to get better broadband access to our people and communities."
"coreNOC, Inc is honored to be selected as a strategic consulting partner to help deploy a state-of-the-art broadband network. Our years of experience with launching new telecommunication markets is a perfect fit for our new partners. We will leverage our industry expertise to bring broadband services to those who currently have limited or no broadband options." Stated Johnie Johnson, CEO, coreNOC, Inc.
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BEIJING and HANGZHOU, China, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roan Holdings Group Co., Ltd. ("Roan" or the "Company") (OTC Pink Sheets: RAHGF and RONWF), a comprehensive solution provider for industrial operations and capital market services, announced today that it has entered into a Letter of Intent (the "LOI") with Zhejiang Shangyu Cao'e River Economic Development Zone (the "Shangyu") as the Company executes on its strategic plan to provide planning, support, and operations for new energy storage, new materials and semiconductor related projects.
Pursuant to the LOI, the Company will be responsible for the initial planning, regulatory approvals such as environmental and safety assessments, and industrial operations for a new industrial park whose target tenants would engage in new energy storage production, system equipment manufacturing, new materials and semiconductor, with supporting upstream and downstream projects (collectively, the "Project"). Pursuant to the LOI, Zhejiang Shangyu Cao'e River Economic Development Zone will provide support and assistance to the Project, including but not limited to favorable government policy, funding, and other resources. The Project is strategically located less than one hour drive from Hangzhou City, and it is positioned as a high-end technology manufacturing industrial park with 66 Acres of land available for development. The Company will assist its project partners to set up an entire industrial chain in the industrial park and to build a sustainable industrial ecosystem by providing comprehensive industrial operations and capital solutions services for the following projects: energy core storage production, energy storage power plant system equipment manufacturing, new alloy material research and development production, micro display chip module and terminal equipment production and other related upstream and downstream projects.
"We are truly excited about this cooperation as the Project at Shangyu is a significant second step for our strategic expansion in the new energy, new materials and semiconductor industrial parks operations and development, following on the heels of our ongoing work in support of the establishment of a first new energy storage industrial park in Jiaxing. We believe that the new energy equipment manufacturing involved in this Project will supplement the new energy storage and battery projects in Jiaxing. We will adhere to our strategy of providing 'whole process and life cycle' comprehensive industrial operation solutions and services by connecting tenants in the Project upstream and downstream in the industrial chain. Rooted in Zhejiang Province, we will continue our expansion in the Yangtse River Delta Region and eventually grow nationwide. We further believe that our tailored industrial operation solutions for the industrial parks will help the industrial development of Hangzhou city and its nearby regions. In addition, our experience in the cooperating with multiple government agencies on major projects lay a solid foundation for further cooperation opportunities. With the implementation of the projects, our industrial operation services segment will create further value for our investors and shareholders in the future," commented Mr. Junfeng Wang, Chairman of the Company.
About Roan Holdings Group Co., Ltd.
Founded in 2009, Roan Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (OTC Pink: RAHGF and RONWF) is a comprehensive solution provider for industrial operation and capital market services. Adhering to the platform strategy of "cross collaboration, technology empowerment, sustainability and stability, and combination of operation and finance resources", the Company's services focus on the new energy, new materials, and semiconductor industries. At the same time, the Company focuses on the application of innovative technologies in the consumer industry with respect to financial consumption, cultural and tourism consumption, and great health ecosystem. Roan aims to provide comprehensive solutions and supporting services for diversified institutional and local government clients across the entire industry chain. Roan has offices in Hangzhou and Beijing and subsidiaries in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing and Tianjin. For more information, please visit: www.roanholdingsgroup.com.
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This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to, among others, the consummation of the proposed transaction, and can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. Examples of such statements include our belief that the new energy equipment manufacturing involved in this Project will supplement the new energy storage and battery projects in Jiaxing, that we will adhere to our strategy of providing "whole process and life cycle" comprehensive industrial operation solutions and services, our further belief that our tailored industrial operation solutions for the industrial parks will help the industrial development of Hangzhou city and its nearby regions, that our experience in the cooperating with multiple government agencies on major projects lay a solid foundation for further cooperation opportunities, and our view that our industrial operation services segment will create further value for our investors and shareholders in the future, Such statements are based upon management's current expectations of the consummation of the proposed transaction, and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control. Examples of such risks include whether the Project or the Jiaxing project will come to fruition, whether Shangyu will fund the project, whether there is demand for tenants in the project, and whether we can connect the tenants both upstream and downstream in the industrial chain. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors are included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under law.
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PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Interstate 80 is busy on a normal day, but on this day the road is even busier with people traveling for the Fourth of July holiday.
"They've been pretty congested but overall it's been better than I expected," said Melissa Swenda, Pittsburgh.
"I feel like it's been fairly good, a couple of clusters but other than that no issues," said Stacey Varano, Jamestown.
AAA estimates car travel will set a new record this weekend with nearly 42 million people on the roads.
"I'm going to New Jersey and in Cape Cod to see my family," said Sienna Perkins, Pittsburgh.
"Seaside Heights, New Jersey. That sounds nice, are you visiting family? Well we are visiting my son just north of East Stroudsburg and then continue on the next day," said Bill Yanek, Dubois.
"My son and his girlfriend live right on the edge of New Jersey, and we're going into New York {{-L3 HEADLINE-}} to see the fireworks though," said Andrea Hill, Reynoldsburg.
Travelers tell Newswatch 16 that despite the high prices at the pump it's not stopping them from hitting the roads.
According to AAA the national average gas price is $4.84 a gallon.
In Pennsylvania, it's slightly higher at $4.92.
"It is what it is, what can you do about it? It wasn't for us. So far we've only filled up once so it hasn't been too bad," Said Hill.
"We hadn't traveled a lot the last couple of years so I feel like this summer we actually have a few trips planned and are just sort of eating the cost and accepting it," said Swenda.
"Family is more important I feel like so we just went with it," said Varano.
AAA recommends checking your vehicle's battery, engine and tires before you travel this holiday weekend.
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FELTHAM, England, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nomad Foods Limited (NYSE: NOMD) today announced it will report results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 before New York Stock Exchange market open on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. A conference call with members of the executive management team will be held to discuss the results with additional comments and details.
The conference call is scheduled to begin at 8:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. To participate on the live call listeners in North America may dial +1-877-300-8521 and international listeners may dial +1-412-317-6026. Additionally, there will be a presentation to accompany the conference call and the call is being webcast. Both can be accessed at the Nomad Foods website at www.nomadfoods.com under Investor Relations. A replay of the conference call will be available on the Company website for two weeks following the event and can be accessed by listeners in North America by dialing +1-844-512-2921 and by international listeners by dialing +1-412-317-6671; the replay pin number is 10169497.
About Nomad Foods
Nomad Foods (NYSE: NOMD) is Europe's leading frozen food company. The company's portfolio of iconic brands, which includes Birds Eye, Findus, iglo, Ledo and Frikom, have been a part of consumers' meals for generations, standing for great tasting food that is convenient, high quality and nutritious. Nomad Foods is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Additional information may be found at www.nomadfoods.com.
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RICHMOND, Va. — The average price for a gallon of gas in Metro Richmond increased more than 10 cents after a few weeks of relief.
AAA Mid-Atlantic reports the statewide average for a gallon of unleaded gas is now $4.05. The current average in Richmond is $4.06, which accounts for a 10 cent and 11 cent increase, respectively.
Central Virginia drivers are also paying $1.33 more a gallon compared to this day last year.
Morgan Dean with AAA said the switch from winter blend gas to summer blend will also help drive up prices.
“We’re continuing to see crude oil prices stay at a very high level,” said spokesman Morgan Dean. “Crude oil prices continue to sit high, there's a tight and global supply of crude oil. Then here in the US, we're right on the cusp of the summer travel season, which is higher demand at the pumps."
Diesel fuel hit another record high locally on Tuesday at $5.30 per gallon.
Chase Lehman gassed up his Toyota at the Staples Mill Road Wawa for $4.09 per gallon.
“It costs about $41 to fill up my car now. It used to cost maybe $23 dollars to fill it up — at most,” Lehman stated.
He has already changed his driving habits to save money on gasoline, but hasn’t stopped driving altogether.
“It’s starting to get ridiculous, but $5 a gallon will probably make it where I would draw the line there,” he explained.
In a recent poll, by AAA of Virginia residents, more than 40% said gas prices were not even a consideration in their travel planning. However, almost 45% said they were taking fewer or shorter trips because of gas prices.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Major League Baseball to pay $185 million to settle lawsuit by minor leaguers alleging violation of minimum wage laws.
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Marcus Jade recorded his Tiny Desk Contest entry with a camera nestled among houseplants in his bedroom in New York City — a space that he hasn't always had. When submitting to this year's Contest, Jade told NPR Music he's "been houseless and homeless numerous times" and that recording his entry was "the first time [he's] been stable enough to make a video like that in a long time." His Contest entry, "Legs and Bones," a remarkable soulful blues song, is one of a handful of entries we're featuring this month on Weekend Edition.
"[There] was a space and time where sometimes it just felt like I didn't know where I was going to go," Jade tells Weekend Edition's Scott Simon. "There were people that did look out and offered me a couch or extra room when it was there. But a lot of that time, there was just wandering ... and I really held onto my music to help me always have a place to be. And so that kind of really made the difference."
Jade's music and support system eventually got him off the streets, but he still holds on to all the journals he wrote in during those hard times. "That's [what] I feel makes my story a little bit more valid," he explains. He says he also held onto his guitars and used them as "a vehicle to kind of keep me afloat when I couldn't have a job or didn't have a steady income."
Jade's old journals include "pieces of poems, pieces of just real time, moments of resolution and moments of absolute uncertainty." He says those journals reflect how consistently he's been writing music over time, and how passionate he's been about wanting to tell his own story. "The more that I just try to write my own story, the more that I really feel free," shares Jade.
Reflecting on his journey now, he would like people to know that "even in the worst of my times, I was still trying to make the most of what was going on." He says, "That sense of resilience, even when I don't know where I'm going, is always something that my parents and my family really instilled in me."
He adds: "I am happy with just the way that things have been going. I really feel like my life has turned in some ways a complete 360, and I really feel like there was a lot of grace that has been given to me and I should be happy about that. ... The music really makes me happy."
Web adaptation by Elle Mannion. You can head here to read, listen and watch more from the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest.
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — They hail from their states’ most prominent Republican families. They have been among the GOP’s sharpest critics of former President Donald Trump. And after the Jan. 6 insurrection, they supported his impeachment.
But for all their similarities, the political fortunes of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming are poised to diverge on Tuesday when they’re each on the ballot in closely watched primary elections.
Cheney faces daunting prospects in her effort to fend off the Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, increasingly looking at a life beyond Capitol Hill that could include a possible presidential campaign. Murkowski, however, is expected to advance from her primary and is already planning to compete in the November general election.
The anticipated outcomes at least partially stem from the nuanced politics of each state. Wyoming is a Republican stronghold, delivering Trump his strongest victory of any state in the 2020 campaign. Alaska, meanwhile, has a history of rewarding candidates with an independent streak.
But Murkowski enjoys an additional advantage in the way elections are being conducted in Alaska this year. Winner-take-all party primaries, like the one Cheney is facing, have been replaced by a voter-approved process in which all candidates are listed together. The four who get the most votes, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election in which ranked voting will be used.
Murkowski benefits from avoiding a Republican primary, “which she would have had a zero percent — I mean zero percent — chance of winning,” said Alaska pollster Ivan Moore.
Murkowski has 18 challengers in her primary, the most prominent being Republican Kelly Tshibaka, whom Trump has endorsed. The Alaska Democratic Party, meanwhile, has endorsed Pat Chesbro, a retired educator.
In an interview, Murkowski insisted she would be among the candidates advancing from the primary and said her success requires, in part, coalition building.
“That’s kind of my strong suit, that’s what I do,” she said.
For his part, Trump has been harsh in his assessment of Murkowski. At a rally in Anchorage last month with Tshibaka and Sarah Palin, whom he’s endorsed for Alaska’s only House seat, he called Murkowski “the worst. I rate her No. 1 bad.”
Trump participated in a telerally for Tshibaka on Thursday while Murkowski mingled with supporters at a campaign office opening in Juneau, which boasted a spread that included moose chili and smoked salmon dip. Murkowski said Trump isn’t a factor in the campaign she’s running.
“He is going to do what he’s going to do,” she said. But she told supporters the campaign will be challenging.
Murkowski was censured by Alaska Republican Party leaders last year over numerous grievances, including the impeachment vote and speaking critically of Trump and her support of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s nomination.
Tuckerman Babcock, a former state Republican Party chair who is running for state Senate, said Murkowski has lost the support of many Alaska Republicans, which he called a “political reality over a record of many years.”
Republicans in Alaska are “almost unanimous in their opposition to Lisa Murkowski,” he said. “Are they divided on other issues? Of course.”
Babcock said the new elections system lets candidates “self-identify” with a party and is not an improvement over the old party primary process.
Chuck Kopp, a Republican former state legislator, is hopeful about the new system. Kopp lost his 2020 Republican primary after being part of a bipartisan state House majority composed largely of Democrats.
“It’s only the fringe that is clinging like a death grip on a failed paradigm, and that paradigm is extreme partisanship at all costs,” he said. “I think Alaska is going to take a leadership role in moving away from that. That’s what I’m hoping for.”
Kopp said that while he has not always supported Murkowski, she has been “fearless when it counts for this country.”
“I think she has shown that personality cults aren’t conservative, conspiracy theories aren’t conservative and treating politics like a religion is not conservative,” Kopp said. He said he thinks Murkowski has more support throughout Alaska than party activists give her credit for.
The Senate seat has been held by a Murkowski since 1981; before Lisa Murkowski, it was her father, Republican Frank Murkowski. He appointed his daughter to succeed him in 2002 after he became governor. Murkowski won the seat in her own right in 2004.
Murkowski has not cracked 50% of the vote in a Senate general election, and needing to build a coalition of support is nothing new to her. She won a write-in campaign in 2010 after losing that year’s Republican primary to tea party favorite Joe Miller.
Murkowski overwhelmingly won her Republican primary against little-known opponents in 2016, the year Trump was elected.
Rosita Worl, an Alaska Native leader, referred to the 2010 primary as “the debacle” and said Alaska Natives rallied around Murkowski and her write-in bid. Worl, who attended Murkowski’s Juneau campaign event, said she is not a Republican herself but sees Murkowski as an Alaskan and said the senator has “always supported our issues.”
State Rep. Zack Fields, a Democrat seeking reelection to an Anchorage legislative seat, said there are yards in his district with signs for him and Murkowski. He said he doesn’t agree with Murkowski on the “majority of votes that she’s cast over her career.”
“But she has shown that she believes in democracy and will work with people to accomplish things that are the right thing for citizens. That actually is at risk right now,” he said.
Fields called the insurrection “horrifying.”
“But what was even frankly more terrifying than that is that so many elected officials and high-ranking so-called leaders would excuse it, justify it and otherwise embolden those who threaten democracy,” he said.
Cheney is the vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot. The insurrection was a big issue during a June debate between Cheney and Republican challengers, including Hageman. Hageman said the committee was “not focused on things that are important to the people of Wyoming.”
Entering the final stretch of her primary campaign, Cheney hasn’t backed down. She released a video on Thursday with a closing message reinforcing her criticism of Trump.
“The lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is insidious,” Cheney said. “It preys on those who love their country. It is a door Donald Trump opened to manipulate Americans to abandon their principles, to sacrifice their freedom, to justify violence, to ignore the rulings of our courts and the rule of law.”
She added, “This is Donald Trump’s legacy, but it cannot be the future of our nation.”
In the interview, Murkowski said Cheney has shown courage.
“I think she has looked at this and said, this is not about Liz Cheney,” Murkowski said. “This is about … the difference between right and wrong. And she is doing her job under very challenging circumstances. But I think she’s doing it because she believes she has to.”
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has hired former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team.
Scarlet Knights coach Coquese Washington announced the hiring Tuesday, a day after adding former Rutgers star Tasha Pointer as an assistant coach.
McCray-Penson has 15 years of college coaching experience, most recently as head coach at Mississippi State and Old Dominion. She played nine seasons in the WNBA and won gold medals with Team USA at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
“Simply put, Nikki is a winner,” Washington said of her former Indiana Fever teammate from 2002-03. “She has excelled at the highest levels of our game. Her experience as a college All-American, a WNBA All-Star, an Olympic gold medalist, and her national championship-caliber coaching pedigree provides us with tremendous knowledge and wisdom."
McCray-Penson has won championships at all levels. Besides the Olympics, she was an assistant when South Carolina won the national championship in 2017 and led the Columbus Quest to the 1997 ABL Championship. In college, she helped Tennessee win three SEC regular-season championships, two SEC Tournament titles, and make a Final Four appearance in 1995.
McCray-Penson was named best defensive player for Tennessee in each of her four years.
After two straight 20-win seasons at Old Dominon, she left to become the head coach at Mississippi State in 2020-21. She coached the Bulldogs to 10 wins before stepping down after one season to focus on her health.
McCray-Penson also served as head coach at Western Kentucky.
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EUGENE, Ore. — Enjoying retired life, Allyson Felix was eating hot wings and sipping on a root beer float in Los Angeles when the phone rang.
She was needed back in Oregon for the prelims of the 4x400 women's relay. Could she return to world championships? She was on her way.
The most decorated sprinter in U.S. history jumped on a plane and was on the track Saturday night for the “last” time to help the Americans advance to the final.
Back into retirement she goes. She said she will watch the final of the women's 4x400 on Sunday from the seats.
That's the plan — for now. She did have the fastest one-lap split of her teammates as the U.S. posted the fastest qualifying time of 3 minutes, 23.38 seconds.
“From what I know,” the 36-year-old Felix said of whether this is really the end. “But you know, what do I know?”
Last Friday, she went through an emotional send-off after helping the 4x400 mixed relay team to a bronze medal. That was supposed to be it.
She went back to Los Angeles for the ESPY Awards and was a few hot wings in when she was summoned to the track for an encore performance.
Talitha Diggs ran the opening leg for the U.S. before handing off to Felix. She powered around the track and gave the baton to Kaylin Whitney, the sprinter who grew up idolizing Felix. Jaide Stepter Baynes brought it home.
“It’s kind of coming full circle, literally,” Whitney said of passing the baton to Felix. “To be able to run alongside her, as well as these other great ladies, is always a privilege. I can’t be happier.”
Soon after her run, Felix crouched down by the scoreboard and then sat on the grass to watch. When it was over, she hugged her teammates.
“I was well on my way (to retirement)," said Felix, who had her Saysh spikes — a footwear company she launched — dangling from her shoulder. “I had no plans to be back here for the rest of the meet. But things happen. I felt good. It was really cool to run when the stadium was full and just get all the love, and run with this amazing group of women. It's really set the team up to go after the title.”
The American contingent in the final figures to be 400-meter hurdle world champion Sydney McLaughlin, fresh off her world-record performance Friday, and Dalilah Muhammad, who won bronze in the race. They were on the winning 4x400 team at the Tokyo Games. So were Felix and Athing Mu. But Mu has the final of the 800 on the same day.
Any chance Felix may leave the seats to run again?
“I was asked to run in the prelim,” Felix said.
Should the group bring home a medal — the team is a big favorite — it would be Felix's 20th medal at world championships, extending a record she already held. She also has 11 Olympic medals.
“It was just about being a team player and putting them in position to run their best (Sunday),” Felix said.
Her immediate plans revolve around one thing — more hot wings.
“I only got a few of them,” Felix said. “I’ll finish them now.”
A LANE BY HERSELF
Belgian hurdler Anne Zagre will always have a cool story of how she ran all by herself in a heat at worlds. She will probably have the scars to prove it, too.
Zagre ran all alone in lane six because in a round one heat during the morning session, defending champion Nia Ali crashed into the 10th hurdle and impeded Zagre’s lane. The jury of appeal made the decision to have Zagre run in a substitute heat for a chance to advance. She hit the last hurdle and fell across the finish line. She had bandages on her left shoulder and hand, along with both knees.
“Such a pity that I touched the last hurdle and fell down,” Zagre said. “I have no words. I actually have mixed feelings. Just crazy.”
END OF REIGN
For Ali, her reign as world champion comes to an end. The 33-year-old mother of three hit the ninth hurdle while in the lead and fell into the 10th. She took the setback in stride.
“It’s part of my journey. I have to embrace every part of it,” Ali said. "I am not incredibly happy about it but I have to overcome it. I wanted to do my very best in front of the home crowd. I was prepared to show a fast time.”
Those who made it through round one of the hurdles included Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico and world-record holder Keni Harrison of the U.S.
“This is a pretty special moment," Harrison said. "To hear the crowd cheer for me brings a smile to my face.”
The semifinal and final will be Sunday.
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1 dead, multiple injured in shooting near Valley Indoor Swap Meet in Panorama City
One person was dead and multiple others were injured in a shooting Wednesday near the Valley Indoor Swap Meet in Panorama City, Los Angeles police officials said.
The incident was reported at 2:27 p.m. near the intersection of Parthenia Street and Tobias Avenue.
Los Angeles police issued an alert indicating that a murder had occurred, with at least three gunshot victims found at the scene. It was unclear whether the gunshot victims included the deceased person.
A suspect described as a male in his 20s was seen leaving the area in a BMW with dark tinted windows, police said.
Los Angeles Fire Department officials said five people with injuries have been found at the scene with at least three people transported to hospitals by ambulance.
LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said the shooting is not related to the nearby Valley Indoor Swap Meet, and the number of injured is still being determined.
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Fauci tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’
(AP) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of Health.
Fauci has not recently been in close contact with President Joe Biden or other senior government officials. He tested positive on a rapid antigen test. He is following public health guidelines and his doctor’s advice, and will return to work at the NIH when he tests negative, according to the statement.
Fauci is Biden’s chief medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He was a leading member of the White House coronavirus task force under former President Donald Trump.
Earlier this week, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for the virus. It was the second time Becerra had come down with symptoms and tested positive.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Furious about surging prices at the gasoline station and the supermarket, many consumers feel they know just where to cast blame: On greedy companies that relentlessly jack up prices and pocket the profits.
Responding to that sentiment, the Democratic-led House of Representatives last month passed on a party-line vote — most Democrats for, all Republicans against — a bill designed to crack down on alleged price gouging by energy producers.
Likewise, Britain last month announced plans to impose a temporary 25% windfall tax on oil and gas company profits and to funnel the proceeds to financially struggling households.
Yet for all the public’s resentment, most economists say corporate price gouging is, at most, one of many causes of runaway inflation — and not the primary one.
“There are much more plausible candidates for what’s going on,” said Jose Azar an economist at Spain’s University of Navarra.
They include: Supply disruptions at factories, ports and freight yards. Worker shortages. President Joe Biden’s enormous pandemic aid program. COVID 19-caused shutdowns in China. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And, not least, a Federal Reserve that kept interest rates ultra-low longer than experts say it should have.
Most of all, though, economists say resurgent spending by consumers and governments drove inflation up.
The blame game is, if anything, intensifying after the U.S. government reported that inflation hit 8.6% in May from a year earlier, the biggest price spike since 1981.
To fight inflation, the Fed is now belatedly tightening credit aggressively. On June 15, it raised its benchmark short-term rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike since 1994 — and signaled that more large rate hikes are coming. The Fed hopes to achieve a notoriously difficult “soft landing” — slowing growth enough to curb inflation without causing the economy to slide into recession.
For years, inflation had remained at or below the Fed’s 2% annual target, even while unemployment sank to a half-century low. But when the economy rebounded from the pandemic recession with startling speed and strength, the U.S. consumer price index rose steadily — from a 2.6% year-over-year increase in March 2021 to last month’s four-decade high.
For a while at least — before profit margins at S&P 500 companies dipped early this year — the inflation surge coincided with swelling corporate earnings. It was easy for consumers to connect the dots: Companies, it seemed, were engaged in price-gouging. This wasn’t just inflation. It was greedflation.
Asked to name the culprits behind the spike in gasoline prices, 72% of the 1,055 Americans polled in late April and early May by the Washington Post and George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government blamed profit-seeking corporations, more than the share who pointed to Russia’s war against Ukraine (69%) or Biden (58%) or pandemic disruptions (58%). And the verdict was bipartisan: 86% of Democrats and 52% of Republicans blamed corporations for inflated gas prices.
“It’s very natural for consumers to see prices rising and get angry about it and then look for someone to blame,’’ said Christopher Conlon, an economist at New York University’s Stern School of Business who studies corporate competition. “You and I don’t get to set prices at the supermarket, the gas station or the car dealership. So people naturally blame corporations, since those are the ones they see raising prices.’’
Yet Conlon and many other economists are reluctant to indict — or to favor punishing — Corporate America. When the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business asked economists this month whether they’d support a law to bar big companies from selling their goods or services at an “unconscionably excessive price’’ during a market shock, 65% said no. Only 5% backed the idea.
Just what combination of factors is most responsible for causing prices to soar “is still an open question,’’ economist Azar acknowledges. COVID-19 and its aftermath have made it hard to assess the state of the economy. Today’s economists have no experience analyzing the financial aftermath of a pandemic.
Policymakers and analysts have been repeatedly blindsided by the path the economy has taken since COVID struck in March 2020: They didn’t expect the swift recovery from the downturn, fueled by vast government spending and record-low rates engineered by the Fed and other central banks. Then they were slow to recognize the gathering threat of high inflation pressures, dismissing them at first as merely a temporary consequence of supply disruptions.
One aspect of the economy, though, is undisputed: A wave of mergers in recent decades has killed or shrunk competition among airlines, banks, meatpacking companies and many other industries. That consolidation has given the surviving companies the leverage to demand price cuts from suppliers, to hold down workers’ pay and to pass on higher costs to customers who don’t have much choice but to pay up.
Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston have found that less competition made it easier for companies to pass along higher costs to customers, calling it an “amplifying factor’’ in the resurgence of inflation.
Josh Bivens, research director at the liberal Economic Policy Institute, has estimated that nearly 54% of the price increases in nonfinancial businesses since mid-2020 can be attributed to “fatter profit margins,” versus just 11% from 1979 through 2019.
Bivens conceded that neither corporate greed nor market clout has likely grown significantly in the past two years. But he suggested that during the COVID inflationary spike, companies have redirected how they use their market power: Many have shifted away from pressuring suppliers to cut costs and limiting workers’ pay and have instead boosted prices for customers.
In a study of nearly 3,700 companies released last week, the left-leaning Roosevelt Institute concluded that markups and profit margins last year reached their highest level since the 1950s. It also found that companies that had aggressively raised prices before the pandemic were more likely to do so after it struck, “suggesting a role for market power as an explanatory driver of inflation.”
Yet many economists aren’t convinced that corporate greed is the main culprit. Jason Furman, a top economic adviser in the Obama White House, said that some evidence even suggests that monopolies are slower than companies that face stiff competition to raise prices when their own costs rise, “in part because their prices were high to begin with.’’
Likewise, NYU’s Conlon cites examples where prices have soared in competitive markets. Used cars, for example, are sold in lots across the country and by numerous individuals. Yet average used-car prices have skyrocketed 16% over the past year. Similarly, the average price of major appliances, another market with plenty of competitors, jumped nearly 10% last month from a year earlier.
By contrast, the price of alcoholic beverages has risen just 4% from a year ago even though the beer market is dominated by AB-Inbev and spirits by Bacardi and Diageo.
“It is hard to imagine that AB-Inbev isn’t as greedy as Maytag,’’ Conlon said.
So what has most driven the inflationary spike?
“Demand,’’ said Furman, now at Harvard University. “Lots of government spending, lots of monetary support — all combined together to support extraordinarily high levels of demand. Supply couldn’t keep up, so prices rose.’’
Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco estimate that government aid to the economy during the pandemic, which put money in consumers’ pockets to help them endure the crisis and set off a spending spree, has raised inflation by about 3 percentage points since the first half of 2021.
In report released in April, researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis blamed global supply chain bottlenecks for playing a “significant role” in inflating factory costs. They found that it added a staggering 20 percentage points to wholesale inflation in manufacturing last November, raising it to 30%.
Still, even some economists who don’t blame greedflation for the price spike of the past year say they think governments should try to restrict the market power of monopolies, perhaps by blocking mergers that reduce competition. The idea is that more companies vying for the same customers would encourage innovation and makes the economy more productive.
Even so, tougher antitrust policies wouldn’t likely do much to slow inflation anytime soon.
“I find it helpful to think about competition like diet and exercise,” NYU’s Conlon said. “More competition is a good thing. But, like diet and exercise, the payoffs are long term.
“Right now, the patient is in the emergency room. Sure, diet and exercise are still a good thing. But we need to treat the acute problem of inflation.’’
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MIAMI, Aug. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Eyewear, Inc. ("Innovative Eyewear" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LUCY; LUCYW), a developer and retailer of cutting-edge eyeglasses and sunglasses designed to allow the users to remain connected to their digital lives, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 980,000 units consisting of 980,000 shares of its common stock and two accompanying Warrants to purchase up to 1,960,000 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock is being sold together with two Warrants, each to purchase one share of common stock with an exercise price of $7.50 per share at a combined offering price of $7.50, for gross proceeds of approximately $7.35 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. In addition, Innovative Eyewear has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 147,000 shares of common stock and/or Warrants to purchase up to 294,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting discount. All of the shares of common stock and warrants are being offered by the Company.
The shares of common stock and warrants are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on August 15, 2022, under the symbols "LUCY" and "LUCYW," respectively. The offering is expected to close on August 17, 2022, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use substantially all of the net proceeds from the offering for advancing its sales and marketing, expanding inventory, updating and producing in-store displays, developing new styles and sizes of the Company's smart eyewear, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Maxim Group LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager in connection with the offering.
A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-261616) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which became effective on August 12, 2022. A final prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. Electronic copies of the prospectus relating to this offering, when available, may be obtained from Maxim Group LLC, 300 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10022, at (212) 895-3745. Before investing in this offering, interested parties should read in its entirety the registration statement that the Company has filed with the SEC, which provides additional information about the Company and this offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Innovative Eyewear, Inc.
Innovative Eyewear is a developer and retailer of smart eyewear, which are designed to allow the users to remain connected to their digital lives, while also offering prescription eyewear and sun protection. The Company believes that traditional frames, no matter how attractive, do not possess the functionality that many eyeglass wearers need and want. Smart eyewear is a multifunctional product that addresses the needs of the optical, hearables and digital assistant markets. We believe that the Company's products are well positioned in this rapidly growing wearables ecosystem, with the mission to Upgrade Your Eyewear®. For more information, please visit www.lucyd.co.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including those relating to the anticipated timing of completion of the offering and other statements that are predictive in nature. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current expectations and assumptions. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe-harbor for forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking expressions, including, but not limited to, "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "future," "intend," "may," "outlook," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "would" and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the intended use of proceeds, expected date the Company's common stock and warrants will begin trading, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the expected date of the closing of the offering. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its registration statement on Form S-1, as amended from time to time, under the caption "Risk Factors."
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Man accused of security breach, causing airport chaos ‘couldn’t wait for flight,’ police say
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Authorities say a man accused of causing chaos at a Las Vegas airport has been arrested and is facing several charges from incidents over the weekend.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 33-year-old Stefan Hutchison is accused of violating airport conduct, resisting arrest and burglary at Harry Reid International Airport.
According to KVVU, Hutchison was involved in two separate incidents, one on Aug. 13 and another on Aug. 14, leading to several delayed flights and cancellations.
Police said they first made contact with Hutchison on Aug. 13 when an officer was flagged down by a Transportation Security Administration agent after the 33-year-old reportedly breached a security checkpoint.
TSA agents said they tried to stop Hutchison multiple times, even standing in front of him and making a stop motion with their hands, but Hutchison didn’t comply.
According to police, Hutchison reportedly walked out of a store with a pair of sunglasses and yelled inside the terminal before resisting arrest.
On Aug. 14, at about 4:35 a.m., police said Hutchison was involved in another incident when an officer reported hearing loud banging sounds from the ticketing area.
The officer said he went to the ticketing area and a Spirit Airlines employee told him that a man, later identified as Hutchison, pushed past employees through a door to the secured area.
Authorities said three Spirit Airlines employees had caught Hutchison after the breach and the 33-year-old was taken into custody. However, the loud noises, which were later identified as line dividers falling to the floor, had sent thousands of travelers fleeing the area.
According to Hutchison’s arrest report, the officer said the airport was extremely busy at the time of the incident, which sent hundreds of travelers running through security without being screened along with people getting trampled as they escaped the ticketing area.
Police said Hutchison told them he arrived in Las Vegas on Aug. 12. However, he said he was ready to return home as soon as possible and couldn’t wait for his scheduled Monday flight.
Las Vegas police said that the hundreds of travelers who rushed through the security checkpoints without being cleared had to be called back for proper screening before being allowed to board their flights.
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Like father, like son.
Tristan Thompson took to his Instagram Stories over the weekend to post a twinning moment with his 5-year-old son Prince Thompson, who he shares with his ex Jordan Craig. In the selfie, Tristan and his little boy both smile from ear to ear while rocking white T-shirts. As for accessories, Prince paired his tee with a gold chain necklace.
As the NBA star wrote alongside the pic, "Matching."
Back in December 2020, Tristan penned a birthday tribute for Prince, noting that he is a great big brother to his little sister, True Thompson, 4, who Tristan shares with ex Khloe Kardashian.
"Your heart and soul is pure gold," he wrote. "Your sister is soo lucky to have a big brother like you to watch and protect her."
Tristan is also dad to 7-month-old son Theo with Maralee Nichols. And his family is about to grow more. On July 13, E! News confirmed that Tristan is expecting his second child with Khloe via surrogate.
Although the duo are expanding their brood, a source close to the Good American co-founder shared that the pair are not a couple and are simply co-parents.
"Khloe and Tristan are not back together and have not spoken since December outside of co-parenting matters," the source said. "The baby was conceived via surrogate before it was revealed to Khloe and the public that Tristan was having a baby with someone else."
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Food and Beverage Technology Association (IFBTA) announced today the newest programs added to its growing roster of industry resources including a TechCamp certification program, an industry-wide Community platform, and a global resource Exchange.
As the trade association focused on technology and providing education and networking to the global food and beverage industry, the IFBTA has created an online community inclusive of both end users and suppliers of technology. "The IFBTA Community acts as a centralized hub for anything related to food and beverage technology within the foodservice, hospitality, and retail industries," said IFBTA CEO, Rob Grimes. "We welcome everyone in the industry to join the Community, share resources and opportunities, and network with peers. This Community brings together professionals from all over the industry to gather, learn, and share: a mission of the IFBTA."
Included in the Community platform are channels focused on various industry segments, IFBTA chapters, and an Exchange providing research, education, and technology resources bringing the most pertinent and updated information to the industry in real-time.
Additionally, and adding to the success of the IFBTA's web-based Certified Foodservice Technology Professional (CFTP) certification program, is the introduction of TechCamp. With in-person and mobile instruction focused on Guest Facing, Behind the Scenes, and Management Technologies, TechCamp participants have an opportunity to take a final exam and receive their CFTP accreditation at the end of the course. TechCamp allows foodservice professionals to learn on the go via a mobile platform or in person at various industry events. TechCamp is taught by industry leaders and educators who bring decades of experience and expertise to viewers and participants. TechCamp covers all facets of food and beverage technology and is supported live and virtually.
This is the beginning of a series of new initiatives and offerings for the IFBTA that will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information on the IFBTA and these programs, visit www.IFBTA.org.
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(The Hill) – At least 47 multinational companies with a presence in Russia, including gas giant BP and aircraft behemoth Boeing, are at risk of having key assets seized by the Russian government.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February spurred dozens of major international companies to pull out of the country amid sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies.
A report that will be published next week from the Russian monitoring organization the Moral Rating Agency says the Kremlin may soon seize or redirect assets of those companies to a friendlier firm.
Other at risk firms include Shell, Samsung, PepsiCo, Nissan, Intel, Microsoft, Toyota and Ford. In total, the 47 companies at risk of losing assets to Russia make up 24 percent of the 200 largest corporations in the world, according to the Moral Rating Agency.
The founder of the agency, Mark Dixon, said in a statement the organizations anticipates “a tsunami of expropriations or blackmailed concessions over the next couple of months,” potentially affecting the U.S. stock market, which recently dipped into bear market territory.
“Even corporations with a mix of assets at risk and non-asset activities may suffer on both lines of business because it will be difficult for corporations to keep trading with a country that illegally expropriates its factory or assets,” Dixon said.
The report comes after Russia has already moved to seize assets from some companies.
On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing a new Russian firm to take complete control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil energy project in Russia’s east, according to Reuters. The gas project accounts for about four percent of the world’s liquefied natural gas.
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell and Japanese corporations Mitsui and Mitsubishi together held just under a 50 percent stake in the Sakhalin Energy Investment company, the outlet noted.
Moscow is also set to pass a law that will allow the Kremlin to seize assets from other western and international corporations.
Russia has been adapting to its new reality as a corporate pariah. In May, a Russian business owner — who purchased 850 restaurant stores from McDonalds— launched a rebranded restaurant chain using its buildings.
The Moral Rating Agency, which earlier this month called out companies for not following through to pull services out of Russia, ranked the 47 corporations in its upcoming report with a threat level rate ranging from one to 10.
On the top of the list is energy giant BP, which has a nearly 20 percent stake in the Russian oil and gas company Rosneft. BP announced it would end its shareholding stake with Rosneft shortly after the Russian invasion.
Snack and drink corporation PepsiCo, which has two plants in Moscow that make up around five percent of its total revenue, is also at the top of the threat list. In March, PepsiCo announced it was suspending the sale of its beverages in Russia.
LG Electronics, which makes Android smartphones, is at a medium threat risk with one production plant in Moscow. Nestlé, known for its candy and chocolate drinks, also holds a medium risk of Russia seizing a subsidiary company that makes up about two percent of its total revenue. Nestlé suspended KitKat and Nesquik sales in Russia, while LG also halted shipments to the country.
Other major corporations — Microsoft, Boeing, Toyota, Volkswagen, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Ford —are at a low risk of the Kremlin seizing or redirecting a small share of assets the companies hold in Russia.
The Moral Rating Agency said several companies made the correct decision when they exited early and sold their assets, including McDonalds, Alphabet (which owns Google), Amazon and Honda.
In his statement, Dixon said Putin is using the threat of expropriation, or seizing assets, as part of his plan to “follow his usual pattern of dividing the enemy.”
“In this case, he will seek to drive a wedge between the corporate and public sectors,” Dixon said. “He’s aware that companies are free to act independently of their governments and will often act selfishly if they are being threatened.”
“He is probably hoping that large corporations will lobby governments not to act in ways that will lose them their assets,” he added. “Putin is trying to throw a cat among the pigeons.”
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‘Owen was in the best hands’: Newborn baby receives world’s first partial heart transplant
DURHAM, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - A newborn baby in North Carolina received the first known partial heart transplant.
According to Duke Health, living arteries and valves from a donated heart were fused into a baby’s heart on April 22.
Duke officials said the surgery was performed on Owen Monroe, a 5-pound newborn.
“As harrowing of an experience as it was for our family, we knew from the beginning that Owen was in the best hands,” said Nick Monroe, Owen’s father.
WECT reports Owen’s family is from Leland, North Carolina, but the baby was born at Duke after his parents learned that he had a condition called truncus arteriosus, in which his two main heart arteries were fused together.
Duke Health said one of Monroe’s vessels was also equipped with a leaky valve, making it unlikely he could survive the wait for a full heart transplant.
According to the medical team, this scenario usually calls for preserved cadaver arteries with valves, but the non-living tissue requires repeated open-heart surgeries to be replaced as the person grows up. But by transplanting living tissue, the heart will grow over time as usual without needing those follow-up surgeries.
A partial transplant reportedly allows for portions of a heart to be used that would otherwise not be viable for a full transplant.
“Our greatest hope is that Owen’s success story will change the way organ donation and transplants are handled not only for congenital heart disease babies but for all patients,” Nick Monroe said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willson and William Contreras turned a goal into reality last month when they played on the same major league diamond. On Tuesday night, they'll make an even bigger dream come true when they suit up together in the All-Star Game.
The Contreras brothers will become the fifth siblings to start together in the Midsummer Classic — and they're batting back to back in the National League's lineup.
Willson, the Chicago Cubs catcher, will bat sixth while William, a catcher for the Atlanta Braves, is seventh as the designated hitter. William was elevated to the starting lineup after Philadelphia Phillies’ slugger Bryce Harper could not play due to injury.
The two brothers were side by side in the middle of the second row for the NL All-Star photo taken before workouts at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
“This is once in a lifetime and one of those experiences we will never forget,” said Willson, who is making his third appearance. “It is amazing for my family. I'm proud of everything that we have done. Hopefully we can expect to spend more together.
“The whole family is here — my parents, older brother, nieces and sister-in-law. This is something that I feel like they deserve to be here because of everything that we go through as a family. We are just enjoying the moment.”
It is the first time since Roberto and Sandy Alomar Jr. in 1992 that siblings have been on the same team and only the second time brothers are hitting back-to-back. Dixie and Harry Walker did it in the 1947 game for the NL.
William Contreras said he and Willson had dinner Sunday night in Los Angeles and hoped they would be next to each other in the lineup.
“We're really happy for that,” the first-time All-Star said via a translator. “Even in the back of the lineup it is something special for us to share.”
Brothers on the same team have had mixed results. The best was by Joe and Dom DiMaggio, who combined for four hits and four RBIs in the AL's 11-7 victory in the 1949 game.
The Alomars each had a hit in the 1992 contest while the Walkers were 0 for 4. Mort and Walker Cooper were the starting pitcher and catcher for the NL in the 1942 and '43 games — both losses.
The Contreras bothers are separated by six years and had not been on the same field since Little League in Venezuela until last month at Chicago's Wrigley Field. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that was the first time that brothers started against each other in the majors since Yadier and José Molina on June 10, 2014.
William, 24, has played in only 46 games this season but is tied for third among NL catchers with 11 home runs. He is one of four Atlanta players selected for the first time.
Even with the offense, Willson lauded his brother's defense as a strength.
“Framing pitches. He's way, way better than I was when I was 24,” Willson said. “I'm still working on that part of my game. I'm not going to give up.”
Willson has 13 home runs, second among NL catchers with at least 100 plate appearances, and leads in extra-base hits with 31.
“He can catch, throw and hit. He doesn’t see any weakness,” William said of his brother through an interpreter.
Willson joins Gabby Hartnett as the only Cubs catchers to make three All-Star Game starts, but many are wondering if this will be his final one for Chicago. The 31-year-old can become a free agent at the end of the season and has become the subject of trade speculation as the deadline nears.
Willson doesn't see the end of his Cubs career coming anytime soon.
“To be honest, I don’t feel like this is just gonna be my last time in a Cubs uniform. I don’t know why. I haven’t talked with the team or anything. it’s just a feeling that I have,” he said. “It’s been hard with the losing but I also understood that this is part of a rebuild. I know that the Cubs are trying to put a lot of pieces together. But I also want to do my best to guide the younger guys, because they need someone with a little more experience.”
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TOP STORY: TRUMP MAY COME
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill June 10 aimed at expanding the state’s mental health workforce and improving access to mental and behavioral health services throughout the state.
A poll late last week from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago radio station WBEZ shows downstate state Sen. Darren Bailey with a 15-point lead on Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in the GOP governor race, a major reversal with days days to go before polls close on June 28.
The state’s “rainy day” fund — spent down to essentially nothing during the 2015-2017 budget impasse — now has its highest-ever balance of $750 million after a $320 million deposit last week.
The number of recreational marijuana shops in Illinois is due to more than double after the state announced its plans to issue 185 new dispensary licenses comes after courts lifted bans on issuing the licenses while litigation continues.
More than 1,000 people gathered in Chicago's Loop on June 11 to rally against gun violence, while dozens of others participated in a city gun turn-in program at a St. Sabina Church, in a day of initiative and advocacy to stop gun violence.
Three men were wounded, one critically, early Saturday morning in a shooting near Shedd Aquarium, Chicago police said.
Public health officials have identified a DuPage County man as having the state's third case of monkeypox a week after the first two cases appeared in Illinois.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly dismissed a charge of wire fraud on June 10 against construction contractor Debra Fazio as part of an alleged $700,000 kickback scheme with the highway commissioner of Bloomingdale Township, near Chicago.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined 31 other state attorneys general to urge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reject marketing authorization for non-tobacco nicotine products.
An Oak Lawn man, apparently frustrated that his 8-week-old daughter would not settle down after giving her a bottle and trying to rock her to sleep, slammed the baby on her back several times against a couch cushion, causing injuries that resulted in her death, according to a court document.
Newly unsealed search warrants in the Commonwealth Edison bribery probe centered on former House Speaker Michael Madigan provide the greatest detail yet about an alleged behind-the-scenes effort to kill an energy bill supported by Madigan’s daughter Lisa, the then-Illinois attorney general.
A white Chicago police officer captured on video struggling with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefront park in August 2021 has resigned from the department.
The federal government said June 10 that it will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River to help them control farm runoff and other pollution that contribute to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
A Chicago man was arrested for throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington, according to a criminal complaint filed June 10.
ODDS AND ENDS
As people take to the lakes and rivers this summer, state officials are reminding people to use caution when there are occurrences of algal blooms, which are naturally occurring in bodies of water and can be toxic.
Harness racing will kick off grandstand activities Aug. 11 at the 2022 Illinois State Fair.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Sweden is holding an election Sunday to elect lawmakers to the 349-seat Riksdag as well as to local offices across the nation of 10 million people. Early voting began on Aug. 24, so many people will have already cast their ballots by election day. Here are some key things to know about the vote.
WHAT IS AT STAKE?
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is fighting to keep her center-left Social Democrats at the helm of a left-wing coalition but is facing a strong challenge from the right.
Sweden is known for being a cradle-to-grave welfare society and Andersson would like to preserve the social protections that have long defined Sweden, and reverse some of the market-oriented changes by an earlier government. Her party feels that some of the changes, like state subsidies going to private schools, are creating greater inequalities.
The once mighty Social Democrats have been in power since 2014. But as the party’s popularity sinks compared with its heyday in the 20th century, it has been forced it to preside over a weaker government relying more on other parties to pass laws, a situation which has produced political instability over the past eight years.
WHO IS LIKELY TO WIN?
There are two major blocs, with four parties on the left and four on the right. The polls leading up to the election showed the two blocs in a near dead heat, with the outcome impossible to predict.
Under Swedish law, it falls to the party that wins the most seats to form a government. Polls show that this is likely to be Andersson’s party, in which case it would be up to her first to try to form a coalition government with majority support in the legislature.
But if the left as a whole has a poor showing, she might not be able to form a coalition. In that case, the baton would be passed to the second-largest party to try to form a government.
WHICH PARTY IS IN THE NO. 2 SPOT?
In the last election, in 2018, the Moderates led by Ulf Kristersson, a center-right party, won the second highest number of seats. The conservative party promotes a market economy, lower taxes and a smaller role for government in a country with a generous welfare state supported by high taxes.
But like the Social Democrats, and many other mainstream parties across Europe for that matter, the Moderates have also seen their popularity with voters decline amid a populist challenge coming from further right.
WHO ARE THE POPULISTS?
The Sweden Democrats, a populist right-wing party which takes a hard line on immigration and crime, first entered parliament in 2010 and has been growing steadily ever since.
The party won 13% of the vote in 2018, becoming the third-largest force in parliament. Polls show that is likely to improve on that showing on Sunday.
Some Swedes describe the party as Trumpist and feel put off by the fact that it was founded by far-right extremists decades ago, not quite certain whether to trust it in its transformation to a more traditional conservative party.
The party is led by Jimmie Akesson, a 43-year-old former web designer who has been the driving force in trying to moderate the party’s image.
The party has clearly tapped into the social mood, however. Its success can be measured also by the fact that other parties have been moving closer to its positions as many Swedes believe that they can no longer bear the costs of the generous refugee policies of the past, and are seeking a crackdown on crime.
Once treated as a pariah, other conservative parties have grown increasingly willing to deal with the Sweden Democrats.
HOW SERIOUS IS CRIME IN SWEDEN?
Some of the immigrants who have been welcomed in Sweden in past years have had difficulties assimilating into Swedish society, leading to segregated neighborhoods with high crime rates.
Gang violence mostly takes place among criminal networks dealing drugs or involved in other illicit activity. But there have been recent cases of innocent bystanders being hurt. So far this year, 48 people have been killed by firearms in Sweden, three more than in all of 2021.
The fears triggered by constant news of shootings and explosions in disadvantaged neighborhoods have made crime one of the most pressing issues for voters.
“Shootings and explosions of bombs have increased in the last few years and (this violence) is now considered a great social problem. I wouldn’t say that it’s as bad as Mexico, but we are on the way,” said Anders Sannerstedt, a political scientist at Lund University in southern Sweden.
THE GENDER FACTOR
Andersson became Sweden’s first female prime minister less than a year ago — a milestone late in coming for a country that in many ways is an example of gender equality.
“I was really proud,” said Ulrika Hoonk, a 39-year-old who voted early in Stockholm on Friday evening, saying it took “far too long” for that to happen.
Polls show that Andersson’s party is especially popular with women, with men tending to vote more conservative.
Even though Andersson is the first prime minister, there are still many women represented in positions of authority. Four party leaders are women and one party has a woman and a man sharing the leadership. In parliament, the gender balance has long been split roughly 50-50.
Several women interviewed this week said that finally having a woman in the top leadership job was very important for them, and one factor they considered when choosing which party to support.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested Tuesday that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report for claiming he was assaulted by a heckler who clapped him on the back Sunday at a Staten Island grocery store.
“Someone needs to remind former Mayor Giuliani that falsely reporting a crime is a crime," Adams told reporters, saying he'd watched security video that undercut Giuliani’s harrowing account.
Giuliani, 78, described being hit so hard it felt like being shot with a gun.
The heckler, who police said cried out “What’s up scumbag?” as he walked away from Giuliani, was arrested and spent more than 24 hours in jail before his arraignment Monday on misdemeanor charges including third-degree assault.
Adams said he thinks Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon “has the wrong person that he’s investigating.
“When you look at the video, the guy basically walked by and patted him on the back,” Adams said. “It was clear that he was not punched in the head. It was clear that it didn’t feel like a bullet. It was clear that he wasn’t about to fall to the ground.”
Adams and McMahon are Democrats.
Giuliani, a Republican, served as mayor from 1994 to 2001, gaining widespread praise for his leadership after 9/11. Now suspended from practicing law, he served as the personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump and took on a leading role in disputing the results of Trump’s 2020 election loss.
Sunday’s supermarket incident happened as Giuliani was campaigning for his son, Andrew, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor in Tuesday’s primary.
McMahon’s office declined comment on Adams' calls for an investigation into Giuliani. A message seeking comment was left with the New York City police department, where Adams once served as a captain.
Giuliani gave a profanity laced response when asked about Adams’ comments by the New York Post. He called the mayor a "scumbag.”
The heckler was released without bail Monday. He is due back in court Aug. 17. Court records indicate he is now represented by a private lawyer, who did not respond to a message seeking comment Tuesday. A public defender group that represented him at his arraignment decried the man’s arrest.
Giuliani was standing with a group of people when a man walking past reached out, touched his back with an open palm and then said something as he walked away.
Giuliani said the man accused him of being “a woman killer,” which he took to be a reference to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
In security video, Giuliani barely reacts when his back was touched, but speaking to fellow Republican radio host Curtis Sliwa on WABC, he said it felt “like somebody shot me.” Later, in a news conference on Facebook, he said it was “as if a boulder hit me.”
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LONDON — A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.
Parliament’s digital committee asked the Tesla CEO on Wednesday to give evidence about his proposals “in more depth.” “At a time when social media companies face the prospect of tighter regulations around the world, we’re keen to learn more about how Mr Musk will balance his clear commitment to free speech with new obligations to protect Twitter’s users from online harms,” said Julian Knight in a statement.
Knight is the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the U.K.
Musk said it’s too early to give an answer because shareholders haven't voted on the Twitter deal yet.
The committee said it’s interested in Musk’s plans, especially his intention to roll out verification for all users, which echoes its own recommendations.
The U.K. government's online safety bill would give regulators wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies.
Musk recently bought the social media platform for $44 billion.
The U.K. Parliament has previously summoned Musk.
It summoned Musk, along with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2018 to a hearing on the data privacy scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.
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Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, June 3, and there’s a new contender in the San Francisco District Six supervisor’s race this fall. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Virus updates
Alameda County is the first in the Bay Area to reinstate its indoor mask mandate.
As coronavirus infection rates remain alarmingly high in the region, public health experts in the East Bay say it’s time to keep face coverings on in public indoor places such as grocery stores and restaurants.
With daily case rates now approaching the height of the winter surge in late 2020 to early 2021, experts are trying to keep hospitalization rates from hitting the highs from that period. Other Bay Area counties aren’t making masks mandatory again, but are strongly urging people to continue wearing them.
Read more from Catherine Ho.
• The White House expects vaccines for kids ages 5 and younger this month. Read more live updates about COVID in the Bay Area.
Police and Pride
After a prolonged, heated debate, San Francisco Police Department officers will march in the city’s Pride parade after all.
A limited number of officers will be allowed to wear special dress uniforms while participating in the parade. Originally, Pride organizers had asked the department not to wear their uniforms — though they could wear other police memorabilia — because participants had voiced discomfort with their presence at Pride.
The compromise brings to an end a boycott from San Francisco’s police, fire and sheriff’s departments.
Read more from Ryan Kost.
What to eat
After a yearlong closure, Kitchen Door in Napa is reopening in a new downtown space, this time with a full bar. Expect staples such as Korean short ribs and cream of mushroom soup, but also new menu items such as fish a la plancha with truffle meuniére sauce.
In San Francisco, the quiet West Portal neighborhood is becoming home to Unwined, a new wine bar. Owners Dino Lettieri and John Loufas want to bring the energy of downtown happy hours to what is arguably one of San Francisco’s most residential communities, with both approachable and special-occasion bottles on the menu.
Looking for somewhere to eat in the city? Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho has updated their list of the top San Francisco restaurants, with a recommendation for just about anything you could crave.
Around the Bay
• In Wine Country: A prominent Sonoma County restaurateur accused of sexual harassment has been denied a liquor license after opponents told officials he lacks the “professional and moral character to be allowed to operate an alcohol-related business.”
• Warriors lose: Golden State had a 12-point lead against Boston after three quarters in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but was crushed by the Celtics’ 40-point fourth to lose 120-108.
• District Six: Honey Mahogany, former S.F. Supervisor Matt Haney’s chief of staff, is throwing her hat in the ring for November’s election. If she wins, she could be the first transgender supervisor.
• ‘It didn’t have to happen’: Body camera footage of San Francisco officers fatally shooting two homeless men has policing experts concerned about how the incident unfolded.
• Personnel change: The chief executive officer of Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco is stepping down as the skilled nursing facility faces financial troubles.
• End of a run: A Berkeley City Council candidate is dropping out of the race, saying he was “priced out” of the city.
• Tragedy: A San Jose man who went missing after a swim in Stanislaus National Forest’s “God’s Bath” was found dead by a hiker.
• Housing crisis: The owners of a Marin apartment complex refused to rent to people with Section 8 housing vouchers. Now, they’ve reached a settlement with an anti-discrimination group that sued them.
• Redevelopment: A plan to jazz up San Francisco’s Piers 38-40 includes an international food market, a floating swimming pool and ferries.
At the top
As we near summer, it’s the best season to climb Mount Shasta.
Even experienced hikers need to prepare to properly scale the 14,000-foot volcano, which is summitable only when snow covers its slopes and provides smooth ground for people to climb it.
There’s no established trail, but we have a guide on the handful of trails that divide the mountain into quadrants, the gear you’ll need and the services that can help you climb “the Everest of Silicon Valley.”
Read more from Gregory Thomas.
• Plus: I tried to climb Mount Shasta but turned back just short of the summit. Here’s what happened.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up in an attempt to connect mobile devices through a network of satellites, providing coverage to even the most isolated places.
Under the plan, T-Mobile’s wireless network would be routed through SpaceX Starlink satellites that are in low Earth orbit.
T-Mobile said that the vast majority of smartphones already on its network will be compatible with the new service using the device’s existing radio.
The companies are looking to provide text coverage, including SMS, MMS and participating messaging apps, nearly everywhere in the continental U.S., Hawaii, parts of Alaska, Puerto Rico and territorial waters starting with a beta in select areas by the end of next year. They want to add voice and data coverage at a later time.
T-Mobile and SpaceX say they are ready to partner with other carriers to help expand the service worldwide.
“The important thing about this is that it means there's no dead zones anywhere in the world for your cellphone," Elon Musk said during a live event at a SpaceX facility in Texas on Thursday.
The billionaire and Tesla CEO who is engaged in a legal battle with Twitter, emphasized that one of the key benefits of the service will be that it can help people who are in life threatening situations in remote areas, potentially saving lives.
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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PiLab Technology, a blockchain technology company that has developed the multichain middleware platform BIFROST, announced the official launch of its own NFT Marketplace, "BMall'' which focuses on the growth of NFT communities and individual holders. With the launch of BMall, BIFROST will be further expanding its ecosystem into the NFT sector.
BMall currently supports NFT collections on Ethereum, Polygon and Klaytn chains, and anyone can freely trade NFTs by connecting either a Biport or Metamask wallet.
BMall is the newest marketplace to enter the market based on the firm belief that NFT holders should enjoy more benefits in today's NFT market. Notably, BMall is the very first marketplace to introduce a transaction fee sharing system. For every NFT traded on BMall, a portion of the transaction fee is shared among members who belong to the particular NFT community.
To commemorate the official launch, BMall is hosting a weekly NFT raffle event. Winners of the raffle can purchase a trendy NFT for a mere $1.
Visit BMall here.
PiLab Technology is a blockchain-based technology company that has developed multiple multichain services, including BIFROST and BiFi. With the mission of enabling dApps to operate on top of multiple protocols, Dohyun Pak founded the company with Jonghyup Lee, CTO, and Changhyun Yoo, COO, in 2017.
Recognized for its innovative technology and proving the scalability of its products, PiLab has raised $8.4 million in Series A led by Korea Investment Partners, STIC Ventures, and Yuanta Investment.
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CAAS announces the conference call and webcast information for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Friday, August 26, 2022 at 9:00 AM local time, or 9:00 PM EDT on August 25, 2022
WUHAN, China, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Automotive Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAAS) ("CAAS" or the "Company"), a leading power steering components and systems supplier in China, today announced the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of China Automotive Systems, Inc. will be held on Friday, August 26, 2022 at 9:00 AM local time at the Second Floor Meeting Room, D8 Henglong Building, Optics Valley Software Park, No. 1 Guanshan First Avenue, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, the People's Republic of China. The Company has also set up a conference room on August 25, 2022 at 9:00 PM at Henglong USA Corporation, 2546 Elliott Drive, Troy, Michigan, U.S., for the Company's shareholders to participate via a WebEx connection.
Shareholders may access the annual meeting by dialing U.S./Canada +1-408-792-6300, pin number 2632 965 7608, and ask for the China Automotive Systems AGM conference call.
A live webcast of the conference call will be available at: https://caas-usa.webex.com/caas-usa/j.php?MTID=m93d47af4c7da5c6291044a30454ca9b9
Meeting number (access code): 2632 965 7608
Meeting password: GHzJcrH37F3
About China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Based in Hubei Province, the People's Republic of China, China Automotive Systems, Inc. is a leading supplier of power steering components and systems to the Chinese automotive industry, operating through ten Sino-foreign joint ventures. The Company offers a full range of steering system parts for passenger automobiles and commercial vehicles. The Company currently offers four separate series of power steering with an annual production capacity of over 6 million sets of steering gears, columns and steering hoses. Its customer base is comprised of leading auto manufacturers, such as China FAW Group, Corp., Dongfeng Auto Group Co., Ltd., BYD Auto Company Limited, Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. and Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. in China, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Ford Motor Company in North America. For more information, please visit: http://www.caasauto.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the qualitative and quantitative effects of the accounting errors, the periods involved, the nature of the Company's review and any anticipated conclusions of the Company or its management and other statements that are not historical facts. Our actual results may differ materially from the results described in or anticipated by our forward-looking statements due to certain risks and uncertainties. As a result, the Company's actual results could differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2022, and in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the outbreak of COVID-19 is not effectively and timely controlled, our business operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected as a result of the deteriorating market outlook for automobile sales, the slowdown in regional and national economic growth, weakened liquidity and financial condition of our customers or other factors that we cannot foresee. Any of these factors and other factors beyond our control, could have an adverse effect on the overall business environment, cause uncertainties in the regions where we conduct business, cause our business to suffer in ways that we cannot predict and materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. A prolonged disruption or any further unforeseen delay in our operations of the manufacturing, delivery and assembly process within any of our production facilities could continue to result in delays in the shipment of products to our customers, increased costs and reduced revenue. We expressly disclaim any duty to provide updates to any forward-looking statements made in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact:
Jie Li
Chief Financial Officer
China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Email: jieli@chl.com.cn
Kevin Theiss
Investor Relations
Tel: +1-212-510-8922
Email: Kevin@awakenlab.com
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MINNETONKA, Minn., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Table Trac, Inc. (OTCQX: TBTC) announced today that the Lucky Strike Casino, located at 444 E Williams Street, Carson City, Nevada, will soon have Table Trac, Inc.'s CasinoTrac casino management system installed.
Stillwater Gaming owns and operates multiple casino properties located in Carson Valley, Churchill County and Lyon County all in Nevada. These locations feature slot machines as well as entertainment, hotels, bars and restaurants.
"CasinoTrac's full featured online CMS system for customer facing and back of the house casino operations is gaining a reputation for reliability and value for casino operators. We are proud to be expanding with Stillwater Gaming with that reliability and value," said Chad Hoehne, President of Table Trac Inc.
"When I think about CasinoTrac, I see great value. The system is developed and supported by professionals who are truly focused on the end user – casino guests," said Scott Tate, Stillwater Gaming, LLC. "I am impressed with the stability of the CasinoTrac system as we have utilized it over the last couple of years at two of our casinos. Additionally, I particularly like the fact that Table Trac is a company dedicated completely to gaming systems. That focus appears to be what drives the quality of the system and the culture of the Table Trac Team."
About Table Trac, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Table Trac, Inc. designs, develops and sells casino management systems. CasinoTrac is currently operating in casinos across 13 countries including the United States, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Australia. More information is available at http://www.tabletrac.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For more information:
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Table Trac, Inc.
952-548-8877
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Biden administration officials are frustrated that Moscow has yet to respond in a meaningful way to their proposal to release convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout and secure the release of U.S. citizens Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.The Kremlin said Thursday that "so far, there is no agreement" on the possible offer by the U.S."So far, there is no agreement on this issue," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said during a conference call with journalists when asked about the offer.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he expected a call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, his counterpart in the country, this week to discuss a "substantial proposal" presented to Moscow "weeks ago" to try to secure the release of Whelan and Griner, who are classified as wrongfully detained. Blinken told reporters he hopes that by speaking with Lavrov, "I can advance the efforts to bring them home."Frustration at Russia's lack of substantive response to the deal was an underlying factor in the administration's decision to publicize that an agreement from the U.S. is on the table."We communicated a substantial offer that we believe could be successful based on a history of conversations with the Russians," a senior administration official told CNN Wednesday.However, there was acknowledgment within the administration that negotiations to try to free detained Americans are often difficult."We start all negotiations to bring home Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained with a bad actor on the other side. We start all of these with somebody who has taken a human being American and treated them as a bargaining chip," the senior official said."So in some ways, it's not surprising, even if it's disheartening, when those same actors don't necessarily respond directly to our offers, don't engage constructively in negotiations," they said.Asked Thursday about Blinken's comments, Peskov said, "Well, look, since there are no agreements now that would be finalized, then, accordingly, I have nothing more to add to what has been said."CNN previously reported that the plan to exchange Bout for Whelan and Griner received the backing of President Joe Biden after being under discussion since earlier this year, according to sources briefed on the matter. Biden's support for the swap overrides opposition from the Department of Justice, which is generally against prisoner trades.Among senior Biden administration officials, the idea of prisoner swaps gained new momentum earlier this year after the successful release of Trevor Reed, a former Marine who was held captive in Russia for more than two years. Reed was traded for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot then serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for cocaine smuggling conspiracy.A senior administration official suggested Moscow has not been responsive to the "substantial offer" first presented in June, telling CNN "it takes two to tango.""We start all negotiations to bring home Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained with a bad actor on the other side. We start all of these with somebody who has taken a human being American and treated them as a bargaining chip," the official said. "So in some ways, it's not surprising, even if it's disheartening, when those same actors don't necessarily respond directly to our offers, don't engage constructively in negotiations.The families of WNBA star Griner, jailed in Moscow for drug possession since February, and Whelan, who has been held by Russia for alleged espionage since 2018, have pleaded with the Biden administration to secure their release, including via a prisoner exchange if necessary.A senior administration official spoke with the families prior to Blinken's announcement about the "substantial proposal," National Security Council Strategic Coordinator for Communications John Kirby said Wednesday. Biden recently spoke by phone with Griner's wife, Cherelle, and Whelan's sister, Elizabeth.Kirby offered some new details Thursday on the decision to go public with the proposal but did not offer any updates on its status."We have made that decision seriously, in terms of whether we were going to go public with it, and I could just tell you that there was a lot that went into that decision. A lot of context here, both in terms of what was happening, what wasn't happening, and certainly in the context of Mrs. Griner having to testify yesterday," Kirby said during an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America."Kirby continued: "There was an awful lot of discussion about whether we should even acknowledge that there was a proposal but ultimately, we came down on the side that it was important to put this out there ... the American people know how seriously President Biden takes his responsibilities to bring American citizens home when they've been unjustly detained. But we also thought it was important for the world to know how seriously America takes that responsibility."Griner, who pleaded guilty earlier this month but said she unintentionally brought cannabis into Russia, testified in a Russian courtroom Wednesday as part of her ongoing trial on drug charges, for which she faces up to 10 years in prison. It is understood that her trial will have to conclude prior to a deal being finalized, according to U.S. officials familiar with the Russian judicial process and the inner workings of U.S.-Russia negotiations.
Biden administration officials are frustrated that Moscow has yet to respond in a meaningful way to their proposal to release convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout and secure the release of U.S. citizens Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.
The Kremlin said Thursday that "so far, there is no agreement" on the possible offer by the U.S.
"So far, there is no agreement on this issue," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said during a conference call with journalists when asked about the offer.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he expected a call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, his counterpart in the country, this week to discuss a "substantial proposal" presented to Moscow "weeks ago" to try to secure the release of Whelan and Griner, who are classified as wrongfully detained. Blinken told reporters he hopes that by speaking with Lavrov, "I can advance the efforts to bring them home."
U.S. Department of Justice via Getty Images
In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, former Soviet military officer and arms trafficking suspect Viktor Bout (C) deplanes after arriving at Westchester County Airport Nov. 16, 2010 in White Plains, New York.
Frustration at Russia's lack of substantive response to the deal was an underlying factor in the administration's decision to publicize that an agreement from the U.S. is on the table.
"We communicated a substantial offer that we believe could be successful based on a history of conversations with the Russians," a senior administration official told CNN Wednesday.
However, there was acknowledgment within the administration that negotiations to try to free detained Americans are often difficult.
"We start all negotiations to bring home Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained with a bad actor on the other side. We start all of these with somebody who has taken a human being American and treated them as a bargaining chip," the senior official said.
"So in some ways, it's not surprising, even if it's disheartening, when those same actors don't necessarily respond directly to our offers, don't engage constructively in negotiations," they said.
Asked Thursday about Blinken's comments, Peskov said, "Well, look, since there are no agreements now that would be finalized, then, accordingly, I have nothing more to add to what has been said."
CNN previously reported that the plan to exchange Bout for Whelan and Griner received the backing of President Joe Biden after being under discussion since earlier this year, according to sources briefed on the matter. Biden's support for the swap overrides opposition from the Department of Justice, which is generally against prisoner trades.
Among senior Biden administration officials, the idea of prisoner swaps gained new momentum earlier this year after the successful release of Trevor Reed, a former Marine who was held captive in Russia for more than two years. Reed was traded for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot then serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for cocaine smuggling conspiracy.
A senior administration official suggested Moscow has not been responsive to the "substantial offer" first presented in June, telling CNN "it takes two to tango."
"We start all negotiations to bring home Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained with a bad actor on the other side. We start all of these with somebody who has taken a human being American and treated them as a bargaining chip," the official said. "So in some ways, it's not surprising, even if it's disheartening, when those same actors don't necessarily respond directly to our offers, don't engage constructively in negotiations.
The families of WNBA star Griner, jailed in Moscow for drug possession since February, and Whelan, who has been held by Russia for alleged espionage since 2018, have pleaded with the Biden administration to secure their release, including via a prisoner exchange if necessary.
A senior administration official spoke with the families prior to Blinken's announcement about the "substantial proposal," National Security Council Strategic Coordinator for Communications John Kirby said Wednesday. Biden recently spoke by phone with Griner's wife, Cherelle, and Whelan's sister, Elizabeth.
Kirby offered some new details Thursday on the decision to go public with the proposal but did not offer any updates on its status.
"We have made that decision seriously, in terms of whether we were going to go public with it, and I could just tell you that there was a lot that went into that decision. A lot of context here, both in terms of what was happening, what wasn't happening, and certainly in the context of Mrs. Griner having to testify yesterday," Kirby said during an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Kirby continued: "There was an awful lot of discussion about whether we should even acknowledge that there was a proposal but ultimately, we came down on the side that it was important to put this out there ... the American people know how seriously President Biden takes his responsibilities to bring American citizens home when they've been unjustly detained. But we also thought it was important for the world to know how seriously America takes that responsibility."
Griner, who pleaded guilty earlier this month but said she unintentionally brought cannabis into Russia, testified in a Russian courtroom Wednesday as part of her ongoing trial on drug charges, for which she faces up to 10 years in prison. It is understood that her trial will have to conclude prior to a deal being finalized, according to U.S. officials familiar with the Russian judicial process and the inner workings of U.S.-Russia negotiations.
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https://www.koat.com/article/brittney-griner-paul-whelan-proposed-us-russia-prisoner-swap/40742295
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MOSCOW (AP) — The chairman of the board of Russia’s largest private oil company Lukoil has died with Russian news agencies on Thursday citing sources saying that he had fallen from a hospital window in what may have been a suicide.
A Lukoil statement said Ravil Maganov “passed away after a severe illness” but did not give further details.
Russian news reports said his body was found on the grounds of the Central Clinical Hospital, where Russia’s political and business elite are often treated. He appeared to have fallen from a sixth-story window, the reports said.
State news agency Tass cited an unnamed law enforcement source as saying Maganov had committed suicide and that he had been admitted to the hospital after a heart attack. The news site RBK also said police were investigating the possibility of suicide.
Lukoil was one of a few Russian companies to publicly call for an end to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, calling in March for the “immediate cessation of the armed conflict.”
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/business/ap-russian-top-oil-executive-dies-reports-suggest-suicide/
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Annette Marchioli first adopted Gracie, a 4-year-old beagle rescued from the Envigo breeding facility, she was so timid and frightened that she was shaking and losing fistfuls of hair.
“She looked so pitiful and puny,” Marchioli said of the first time she saw Gracie. “Tommy DeSanto from the Richmond SPCA was carrying her in his arms. She was so tiny and timid. Her tail wouldn’t come out from between her legs.”
But after just a few days at her new family’s home in Henrico County’s Lakeside neighborhood, along with the help of new beagle brother Rocky, Gracie has grown “leaps and bounds,” Marchioli said.
“I thought it would take years for her to adjust, but in a matter of days, we saw her tail come out from between her legs. She wags her tail. She’s so loving and cozy. She’s the best cuddler,” Marchioli said.
Gracie is one of 4,000 beagles rescued in July from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding facility in Cumberland County.
Described as a “house of horrors,” Envigo housed thousands of beagles in inhumane conditions. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, authorities said they were kept in filthy conditions, fed moldy food and suffered from untreated medical issues. The dogs spent their lives in cages, never setting their paws on grass. Some beagles were euthanized without pain relief, and others were left for dead.
But in an “unprecedented case,” Envigo agreed to release 4,000 beagles from the plant and shut down operations. The U.S. government worked swiftly to transfer the dogs to the Humane Society of the United States, which has been working with shelters and organizations across the nation to place dogs and puppies for adoption.
In national news, even Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adopted a rescue beagle named Mia from the Virginia breeding facility.
In the Richmond area, Envigo beagles have arrived at the Richmond SPCA, Richmond Animal Care and Control, Powhatan County Animal Control, the Fredericksburg Regional SPCA and Green Dogs Unleashed, just to name a few.
Richmond Animal Care and Control has received 84 beagles to date, and the shelter has 41 dogs left in late August. Moms and puppies are currently in foster care, with the puppies waiting to be old enough to be put up for adoption, which is typically around eight weeks.
“A lot of the puppies we received in July were literally just a day old,” said Robin Young, a spokesperson for RACC. Once the puppies hit eight weeks, they’re ready to be weaned, get vaccinated and be scheduled to be spayed or neutered, Young said.
RACC said the shelter will post the dogs on social media when they are available for adoption with directions on how to apply.
Homeward Trails, a rescue based in Alexandria, was one of the first Virginia shelters to receive roughly 500 beagles from the Envigo facility.
“The first night after we announced we’d have some of the beagles, I woke up to over 1,000 emails. And that continued every day for three weeks. I was getting emails from people as far away as Australia and Puerto Rico wanting to adopt these dogs,” said Sue Bell, executive director for the shelter.
Bell said that like the experience of Annette Marchioli and her husband, Ron Stilwell, with Gracie, the adult beagles are often shy and timid at first, but they quickly adapt.
“The most rewarding thing is to watch them put their feet on grass for the first time — watching their little brains start to process, put their noses to the ground and run. They were running and leaping like deer. They had never done it before,” Bell said.
Homeward Trails gave the dogs a “spa day” and their first baths. That was followed by a Netflix night, where they called in volunteers to sit and watch “Homeward Bound,” and snuggle with the beagles in their new beds.
“I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and it was absolutely one of the best nights of my life,” Bell said.
She estimates that the shelter has spent $1,000 per beagle from Envigo to prepare the dogs for adoption. Those costs go to vaccines, spay/neuter, heartworm and medical treatment, and dental care.
“The dogs came to us with horrific teeth. Every dog required dental cleaning or extraction, which runs $300 to $800,” Bell said. All of those beagles have since been placed for adoption.
Some of the adult beagles have problems with house training, walking on a leash or going up and down stairs. But shelters are encouraging new homeowners to be patient.
“We still have some issues with Gracie. She seems to be really worried about food: getting it and protecting it,” Marchioli said. “She still has accidents in the house, but we’ve only had her for two weeks. The positives so outweigh anything else.”
Christi Hast and her husband, Justin, adopted a 3-year-old beagle named Dita from the Richmond SPCA to join their “pack” of three other rescue beagles and hound dogs.
“She’s an amazing dog, very happy and fun, so easygoing, really sweet and snuggly. She’s super confident, not shy at all,” Christi Hast said. Like many of the adult dogs from Envigo, Dita has a green, six-letter serial number tattooed inside one of her ears.
“I know a lot of people want the puppies, but I think it’s important not to forget the mama dogs. They’re really wonderful, sweet pets,” Christi Hast said.
She and her husband live in Gum Spring in Goochland County with plenty of property for the dogs to roam and play. “I think having the other dogs around has helped her blossom,” she said.
“This is truly an unprecedented case and one of the largest dog rescue efforts ever coordinated,” Bell said. “To know that these dogs will get to have the lives they deserve and not languish in cages for the rest of their lives is just so rewarding.”
Another positive is that the public is learning more about how beagles are used in medical research. Envigo is the second-largest producer of dogs for medical research, and breeds roughly 25% of the beagles used in medical and drug research in the U.S., according to the Los Angeles Times.
“I’ve had so many people tell me they didn’t know that beagles were used for medical research,” Bell said. “We’re hoping to harness this momentum and educate the public.”
And while interest in the Envigo beagles remains high, Richmond shelters — and rescue dog owners like Hast — urge future pet owners to consider adopting one of the thousands of dogs available at area shelters.
“Many thousands more dogs find themselves homeless for any other number of unrelated reasons but are nevertheless in need of good homes,” said Tamsen Kingry, CEO of the Richmond SPCA. “Visiting a shelter or rescue in search of your next pet is always the best decision you can make.”
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HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — What do Dolly Parton, Babe Ruth, and Renee Jewell have in common? All three are Hall of Famers in their fields.
Jewell, the cafeteria manager at Washington-Henry Elementary School in Hanover County, was inducted into Virginia’s School Lunch Hall of Fame this month.
No Kid Hungry Virginia runs the Hall of Fame.
“This is very special to me, and I'm honored to be recognized,” Jewell said. “My favorite part of my job is seeing these sweet little faces every day and knowing that I'm making a small difference in their day by providing them with a good meal."
Jewell is a 15-year veteran of Hanover County Schools.
She started as a cafeteria monitor at Cool Spring Elementary School and Chickahominy Middle School.
She later became cafeteria manager at Washington-Henry Elementary.
A parent nominated Jewell for the honor. That parent praised Jewell's "work in making sure her daughter's school meals and snacks are free from ingredients that trigger her severe food allergies."
“In spite of the challenges presented this year, Mrs. Jewell has consistently made certain that our students and staff are fed nutritious and tasty meals each day,” principal Shalone Morgan said. “She goes above and beyond to let students have choices in their meal selections.”
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