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From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, Tiny Desk is celebrating Latinx Heritage Month with an "El Tiny" takeover, featuring Jessie Reyez, Susana Baca and more musicians from all corners of Latinidad.
What a way to get our second annual El Tiny series going! Omar Apollo kicks off Latinx Heritage Month with a full-band rendition of "En El Olvido," backed by Las Mariachis Lindas, as he channels a childhood spent listening to Juan Gabriel into his performance of the Mexican corrido.
In the eternal wisdom of Alt.Latino co-host Anamaria Sayre, it's not a Mexican party until someone starts crying, and Apollo embraces esta melancolía as the band slips into the easy R&B number "Evergreen." "We're about to get more sad," he says to the crowd with a grin.
Despite the heartbreak and unrequited love songs, there's a sense of ease in this Tiny Desk concert — an easy camaraderie among the group as the members sing through "Evergreen" and "Petrified" before finishing with the (slightly) more upbeat "Endlessly." El corazón puede estar adolorido, but in community, the pain never seems hopeless.
As Apollo's Tiny Desk comes to an end, he offers the audience a homework assignment for self-improvement, for putting the negative behind you and making yourself available to participate in building community: "I want y'all to think about something," he says. "I want you to go home, I want you to meditate and I want you to just burn the bridge." He laughs. "I'm playing!" But as his and the band's joyful energy attests, in the world of Omar Apollo, there's only room for building each other up.
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A jersey worn by basketball legend Michael Jordan has been sold for $10.1 million — becoming the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia ever bought at an auction.
The item was sold on Thursday at Sotheby's "INVICTUS" a two-part auction of sports artifacts. The bright red shirt with the words, "Bulls 23," amassed 20 bids, Sotheby's told NPR.
Jordan wore the jersey during Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals. His team, the Chicago Bulls, would go on to win the championship series against the Utah Jazz.
The season is widely known as Jordan's "Last Dance" because it concluded a historic run of wins for the Bulls in the 1990s, which included six NBA championships. Jordan went on to temporary retire in 1999. In 2001, he returned to play for another two years. Jordan officially retired in 2003 at age 40.
The jersey toppled the previous record for game-worn collectibles — a jersey worn by the late soccer player Diego Maradona during the 1986 World Cup sold for $9.28 million.
A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card still holds the title for generally the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia sold at an auction, with a price tag of $12.6 million.
The jersey is also considered the most valuable Jordan-relate item ever sold at an auction. In 2021, a pair of sneakers he wore during his first season with the Bulls was sold for nearly $1.5 million.
Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's head of streetwear and modern collectables, told NPR that Jordan's jersey stirred excitement from both sports fans and avid collectors.
He said the "record-breaking result, with an astounding 20 bids, solidifies Michael Jordan as the undisputed GOAT, proving his name and incomparable legacy is just as relevant as it was nearly 25 years ago."
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Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and FX’s “Atlanta” return with new seasons this week.
Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee checks in with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans.
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Harry Styles with a purse. Taylor Swift in gold. Steven Spielberg's love song to his late parents. After two years in the dark, with movie theaters shuttered and studios in existential struggle, the Toronto International Film Festival returned this week with a blockbuster, largely unmasked edition.
Structured as a sprawling public festival with sidebar industry meetings and critic-led buzz, Toronto has become the leading bellwether for the annual award season, where commerce and art converge. This year, though, as opposed to smaller, idiosyncratic and independent cinema that led the way through Covid, it was Hollywood studios and celebrity entourages that led the march back into sold-out cinemas.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Woman King, and a major studio's first gay theatrical romcom Bros made their international debut in Toronto, with full casts in attendance and rapturous audience reactions. Jordan Peele introduced a special IMAX screening of Nope alongside cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema to help Universal launch an Oscar campaign for his summer extravaganza.
La La Land director Damien Chazelle took a break from the editing suite to debut the fever dream trailer for his 1920s Hollywood epic, Babylon. But nothing quite shifted the energy and excitement at this year's edition than Steven Spielberg's Toronto debut with The Fabelmans: a wistful, and deeply personal film about his parents' divorce and his filmmaking career as an irreplaceable avenue for catharsis.
Spielberg wasn't alone in his earnest ode to a medium facing a fragile and uncertain future. Hollywood and cinemas themselves are playing a starring role in several of this year's award-season films, in what at felt times like a collective industrial campaign to insist upon cinemas as sacred endangered spaces.
After his Bond films, Sam Mendes returned to his theatrical roots with Empire of Light, a portrait of a movie theatre manager in 1980s England played by Olivia Colman. The director assembled cinematographer Roger Deakins and composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to create a distinctly big screen portrait of mental health, friendship, and cinema's power to inspire and heal.
Current viewing trends may prove otherwise but the studio pictures on screen were big, ambitious, and well-received examples of Hollywood polish.
Despite the festival's insistence on the triumphant return to red carpets and widescreen projection, certain fundamental shifts in the making and distribution of film are impossible to ignore. Streamers Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime threw some of this year's biggest soirees, as they came to Toronto with a roster of splashy documentaries and feature films - from Harry Styles as a closeted English police officer in Amazon's My Policeman to an extraordinary new documentary about Sidney Poitier called Sidney produced by Oprah Winfrey for Apple.
But the biggest coup was certainly Netflix's new Knives Out film, Glass Onion which features Daniel Craig's return as Inspector Benoit Blanc and an ensemble of would-be murderers including Kate Hudson, Ed Norton, and Janelle Monáe. It remains unclear if the film will receive an extended theatrical run before its Netflix premiere but it's bound to be one of the biggest international hits for the streamer when it debuts on December 23.
For cinephiles targeted by fall's more serious entertainments, some of this year's wintry dramas returned to classic award-season themes - war, political exile, repressed desires, and unresolved memories. Added to the mix in this post-Covid edition were several portraits of mental health, including Causeway with Jennifer Lawrence as a returning Afghanistan war veteran with invisible wounds - and Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman as parents of a depressed teenage son in The Son by the French filmmaker Florian Zeller.
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras arrived in Toronto directly after winning this year's top prize at the Venice Film Festival for her film All The Beauty and the Bloodshed. It follows acclaimed photographer Nan Goldin's campaign against the Sackler family's institutional relationship with art museums, and is also an intimate portrait of opioid addiction and corporate malfeasance. It is provocative and powerful, and bound to be in contention for the year's best-of lists.
That said, in contrast to all of my previous festivals, this year there seemed to be less emphasis on award season prognostication and argumentative predictions. This was evident in the concurrent coverage of the Emmy Awards on Monday night as several critics took a pause from film screenings to write scathing reviews of the telecast and the Emmys' cultural relevance.
As for the Oscars – the ongoing stories of racial exclusion, nosediving ratings – not to mention this year's 'slap' - have damaged the Academy Awards as a unifying brand and pinnacle for film festival season. In conversations and coverage, there was less focus on likely frontrunners and inevitable Best Pictures. Instead, there was broad excitement for a wide-ranging and high-quality season of new films from across genres and cultures. Queer desire in Pakistan's first international breakout film Joyland debuted alongside the scathing social satire and Palme d'Or winner Triangle of Sadness from Swedish director Ruben Ostlund.
Above all, there was cautious hope that widescreen storytelling on a human scale can survive the onslaught of televised dragons and endless superhero sequels. If Toronto's annual empires of light were any indication, this fall there will be a feast of possibilities.
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A federal judge in Florida denied the Justice Department’s request to stay the order for a special master and named federal Judge Raymond Dearie to review materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson talks with NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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The 50 or so migrants on Martha’s Vineyard are trying to figure out their next steps.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis orchestrated the political stunt, flying the migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, earlier this week. Many of the migrants are seeking asylum.
Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee speaks with Bianca Padró Ocasio, political writer for the Miami Herald.
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Acclaimed Nigerian author and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has lectured and traveled all over the world. We caught up with him on a recent visit to the United States. The writer spoke to us about the relationship between the British Monarchy and his homeland of Nigeria, and the legacy of colonialism.
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Mother demands justice after dismissal of daycare director’s child abuse case
WOODSTOCK, Va. (WHSV) - A mother in Harrisonburg is demanding justice after a Shenandoah County child abuse case was dropped earlier this week.
On Monday, a Shenandoah County Circuit Court Judge dismissed charges against Jamie Pence, the former director of Pollywog Place, a daycare center in Woodstock.
“My daughter was going to Pollywog, and we got a notice from the school that there was an investigation of child abuse. A couple of months went by, and then I got a call from Virginia State Police saying that my daughter was one of the ones who was abused,” said Katie Thompson, whose daughter was 14 months old at the time of the alleged abuse.
In January 2020, Jamie Pence and her former employee Katie LeDane were arrested for child abuse at the daycare center. Pence was facing a felony child endangerment charge and a misdemeanor for failing to report child abuse.
According to online court records, Katie LeDane was initially charged with four felony counts of child endangerment and two misdemeanor counts of assault and battery. However, a plea deal that was reached last year reduced LeDane’s four felony charges to misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The deal was made in exchange for LeDane to testify against Pence during a jury trial that was originally scheduled for this week.
“Her abuse was proven. It was on video. There was extensive evidence of her abuse toward my child and other children at the school, and she was let off for this plea deal, all for nothing,” said Thompson. “That’s really upsetting that a known child abuser gets off so easily without any sort of real punishment. It doesn’t feel right.”
Pence’s jury trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, but online court records show the case was concluded by Nolle Prosequi, meaning the prosecutor, Shenandoah County Commonwealth’s Attorney Amanda Wiseley, motioned to dismiss the case and the judge granted the motion.
“To have this be dragged out for three years and to not feel like justice was served or have closure, it’s been really hard,” said Thompson. “This has been a really big source of pain and stress for my family. It did happen, and it just didn’t feel right to let it go and not say something.”
Thompson said she felt that her family was left out of the loop throughout the court process and said the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office never connected them with the families of the other victims.
“I was shocked to hear on Monday that the charges for the director had been dropped without consulting the families, without letting us know in advance. I had taken off work to show up and be there (at the trial) and the ball definitely got dropped,” she said.
Thompson hopes that bringing attention to what happened will help justice find a way.
“I’m hoping that at least if we’re speaking about it, it will be taken seriously, and maybe the folks in power will think twice about speaking with victims’ families a little better. I’m speaking up and advocating for my child because justice was not served,” she said.
Because the case against Pence was concluded by Nolle Prosequi, the Commonwealth can still bring back the charges against her at any time. Commonwealth’s Attorney Amanda Wiseley could not be reached for comment on Friday despite multiple attempts being made.
Katie LeDane will be back in court on Oct. 6. It is unclear what impact the dismissal of Pence’s case will have on LeDane’s.
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UVA Board of Governors approves one-time credit amid tuition hike
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The University of Virginia’s Board of Governors has approved a one-time credit for in-state students equal to the school’s most recent tuition hike.
This comes on the heels of a recommendation from UVA’s Board of Visitors earlier this week.
The Washington Post reports the credit would come to about $690 per student, and cost UVA about $7.5 million.
Governor Glenn Youngkin is pushing to hold tuition flat at the state’s public universities, but UVA approved its tuition rate before he took office.
Here is the full statement from UVA:
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors today approved a one-time $690 credit to in-state undergraduate students for the 2022-2023 academic year. The credit is equivalent to the 4.7% increase in tuition that was adopted in 2021 for this academic year.
Tuition and mandatory fees for 2022-2023 were approved by the Board of Visitors in December 2021.
University leaders said the decision to issue a credit reflects changing conditions that include significant additional state funding for higher education (including funds specifically designated to support affordable access for in-state undergraduate students), cost efficiencies, and the recommendation from Gov. Glenn Youngkin for all Virginia public colleges and universities to find ways to hold tuition flat for the current academic year.”
Setting tuition is one of the most important decisions the management and board of any university makes,” said Whittington Clement, the rector of the University Board of Visitors. “Over the past several months, we have done careful work to evaluate the governor’s request and several other key factors that made it easier to proceed with this credit, while maintaining our University’s strong financial position. This step is a positive outcome for the University and for the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
Following the governor’s request, the Board of Visitors reconstituted its Subcommittee on Tuition and charged the group with gathering information and making a recommendation about any changes to tuition that may be warranted due to changing circumstances like increased state funding.
“Our highest priority is maintaining excellence, access and affordability here at UVA,” said University President Jim Ryan. “By taking the time and evaluating new streams of revenue, we were able to offer this credit in a manner that protects those important priorities. I want to thank the members of the University Board of Visitors and the UVA leadership team for the careful and deliberative work that went into this important decision.”
Earlier this week, UVA rose to the No. 3 best public college in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges ranking. The University was also ranked by U.S. News as the top public college for graduation and retention, a testament to its commitment to provide students with a quality education and ensure on-time graduation. Students graduating on-time is one of the biggest values of a UVA education, saving families years of additional tuition by leading the country in graduation rates.
Last April, The Princeton Review ranked UVA as the best public university in the country for financial aid, and the No. 3 best value public school. In May, Money Magazine ranked UVA the No. 3 best value college in the United States. Students will receive a credit on their student accounts for the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters. The Board of Visitors also voted to approve a one-time credit of $182 for the 2022-2023 school year for in-state undergraduates at UVA Wise, which previously had approved a 3% increase in base tuition for the current academic year.
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BOOMERANG page plan for WEEKEND, Sept. 17
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After serious breach, Uber says services operational
(AP) - The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services are operational following what security professionals were calling a major data breach. It said there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data.
What appeared to be a lone hacker announced the breach on Thursday after apparently tricking an Uber employee into providing credentials.
Screenshots the hacker shared with security researchers indicate this person obtained full access to the cloud-based systems where Uber stores sensitive customer and financial data.
It is not known how much data the hacker stole or how long they were inside Uber’s network. Two researchers who communicated directly with the person — who self-identified as an 18-year-old to one of them— said they appeared interested in publicity. There was no indication they destroyed data.
But files shared with the researchers and posted widely on Twitter and other social media indicated the hacker was able to access Uber’s most crucial internal systems.
“It was really bad the access he had. It’s awful,” said Corbin Leo, one of the researchers who chatted with the hacker online.
He said screenshots the person shared showed the intruder got access to systems stored on Amazon and Google cloud-based servers where Uber keeps source code, financial data and customer data such as driver’s licenses.
“If he had keys to the kingdom he could start stopping services. He could delete stuff. He could download customer data, change people’s passwords,” said Leo, a researcher and head of business development at the security company Zellic.
Screenshots the hacker shared — many of which found their way online — showed they had accessed sensitive financial data and internal databases. Among them was one in which the hacker announced the breach on Uber’s internal Slack collaboration ssytem.
Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who also communicated with the hacker, said there was no indication that the hacker had done any damage or was interested in anything more than publicity. “My gut feeling is that it seems like they are out to get as much attention as possible.”
Curry said he spoke to several Uber employees Thursday who said they were “working to lock down everything internally” to restrict the hacker’s access. That included the San Francisco company’s Slack network, he said.
In a statement posted online Friday, Uber said “internal software tools that we took down as a precaution yesterday are coming back online.”
It said all its services — including Uber Eats and Uber Freight — were operational.
The company did not respond to questions from The Associated Press including about whether the hacker gained access to customer data and if that data was stored encrypted. The company said there was no evidence that the intruder accessed “sensitive user data” such as trip history.
Curry and Leo said the hacker did not indicate how much data was copied. Uber did not recommend any specific actions for its users, such as changing passwords.
The hacker alerted the researchers to the intrusion Thursday by using an internal Uber account on the company’s network used to post vulnerabilities identified through its bug-bounty program, which pays ethical hackers to ferret out network weaknesses.
After commenting on those posts, the hacker provided a Telegram account address. Curry and other researchers then engaged them in a separate conversation, where the intruder provided screenshots of various pages from Uber’s cloud providers to prove they broke in.
The AP attempted to contact the hacker at the Telegram account, but received no response.
Screenshots posted on Twitter appeared to confirm what the researchers said the hacker claimed: That they obtained privileged access to Uber’s most critical systems through social engineering. Effectively, the hacker discovered the password of an Uber employee. Then, posing as a fellow worker, the hacker bombarded the employee with text messages asking them to confirm that they had logged into their account. Ultimately, the employee caved and provided a two-factor authentication code the hacker used to log in.
Social engineering is a popular hacking strategy, as humans tend to be the weakest link in any network. Teenagers used it in 2020 to hack Twitter and it has more recently been used in hacks of the tech companies Twilio and Cloudflare.
Uber has been hacked before.
Its former chief security officer, Joseph Sullivan, is currently on trial for allegedly arranging to pay hackers $100,000 to cover up a 2016 high-tech heist in which the personal information of about 57 million customers and drivers was stolen.
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Hurricane Isabel: Archive video from 2003
Published: Sep. 16, 2022 at 4:08 PM EDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
Below are four videos that aired on WHSV after devastating flooding hit the area from hurricane Isabel in September of 2003.
FLOODING IN WAYNESBORO
Downtown Waynesboro
FLOODING EFFECTS FROM ISABEL
DAMAGE IN LYNDHURST
AFTER ISABEL, ONE YEAR LATER
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Sarah Sanders undergoes surgery for thyroid cancer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who is running for governor in Arkansas, underwent surgery Friday for thyroid cancer.
Sanders announced she underwent the surgery after a biopsy earlier this month revealed that she had thyroid cancer.
“Today, I underwent a successful surgery to remove my thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes and by the grace of God I am now cancer-free,” Sanders said in a statement released by her campaign. “I want to thank the Arkansas doctors and nurses for their world-class care, as well as my family and friends for their love, prayers, and support.”
Sanders, 40, said she looked forward to returning to the campaign trail soon. Sanders’ last public event was at the Arkansas Razorbacks football game on Saturday.
Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman until 2019, is running against Democratic nominee Chris Jones. She is the daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Sanders, who has shattered fundraising records in the race, is heavily favored in the predominantly Republican state of Arkansas. The state’s current Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, is leaving office in January due to term limits.
A doctor for Sanders said in a statement that he expected her to be back on her feet within the next 24 hours. Dr. John R. Sims, a surgeon at CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock, said Sanders will need adjuvant treatment with radioactive iodine and continued long follow up care.
Sims said Sanders’ cancer was a stage 1 papillary thyroid carcinoma, the most common type of thyroid cancer and said she has an “excellent” prognosis.
“I think it’s fair to say she’s now cancer free, and I don’t anticipate any of this slowing her down,” Sims said.
During Sanders’ nearly two-year tenure at the White House, she scaled back daily televised briefings after repeatedly sparring with reporters and faced questions about her credibility. But she also earned reporters’ respect working behind the scenes to develop relationships with the media.
Sanders was well known in Arkansas politics before launching her governor’s bid, going back to when she appeared in ads for her father’s campaigns. She managed Sen. John Boozman’s 2010 election and worked as an adviser to Sen. Tom Cotton’s in 2014.
She’s run primarily on national issues in the Arkansas race, promising to use the governor’s office to fight President Joe Biden and the “radical left.”
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Woman gets 18-60 years in prison for repeated rape of 6-year-old boy, DA says
LOCK HAVEN, Penn. (Gray News) – A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to 18 to 60 years in prison for the repeated rape of a 6-year-old boy.
According to the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office, 38-year-old Tonya Krout was sentenced this week following her arrest in 2021.
The DA’s office said Krout admitted to Judge J. Michael Salisbury that she repeatedly raped the victim between 2010 and 2015, starting when the boy was 6 years old.
Salisbury sentenced Krout to a minimum of 18 years in prison to a maximum of 60 years. Krout will be eligible for parole after serving the first 18 years when she is 56 years old.
Salisbury said he believes Krout is “absolutely likely to re-offend if given the opportunity to abuse another child” and insisted that she stay in prison for a long time in order to protect other children who she might otherwise encounter.
According to the DA’s office, Krout was previously convicted in New York in 2016 for a separate sexual abuse case involving a 4-year-old child.
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| 2022-09-16T21:01:20Z
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Backpack drive for foster children in Princeton
PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - Braley & Thompson Foster Care Agency is holding a backpack drive for children in the foster system. For the entirety of September, backpacks can be dropped off at the agency or two other drop off points on Mercer Street. The other locations are the Princeton Public Library and the Appalachian Coffee House.
“We want kids coming into our program to know they are welcomed and to come with things that are going to make them feel that they are apart of us.” said Tine Russell, supervisor of training and recruiting at the agency.
Sometimes children have to placed into foster care so quickly that they lack basic supplies, the agency says this drive is to help counteract the problem.
“Sometimes these children are placed in their homes in the middle of the night and just to make sure that that child has everything they need on such a short notice, anything we can get for them can help. And you know having that backpack to send that child for the first day of school, possibly at a new school is a tremendous help as well.” said Melanie Lambert, a recruiter/trainer for Braley and Thompson.
The drive lasts until Sept. 30. Donations of school supplies are accepted as well.
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Scientists have debated its existence. Tiny traces provided clues. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of a celestial diamond after finding it on Earth's surface.
The stone, called lonsdaleite, has a hardness and strength that exceeds that of a regular diamond. The rare mineral arrived here by way of a meteorite, new research has suggested.
What's more, the natural chemical process through which scientists believe lonsdaleite formed could inspire a way to manufacture super-durable industrial components, according to the authors of the study published September 12 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The revelation started to unfold when geologist Andy Tomkins, a professor at Monash University in Australia, was out in the field categorizing meteorites. He came across a strange "bended" kind of diamond in a space rock in Northwest Africa, said study coauthor Alan Salek, a doctoral student and researcher at RMIT University in Australia.
Tomkins theorized the meteorite that held the lonsdaleite came from the mantle of a dwarf planet that existed about 4.5 billion years, Salek said.
"The dwarf planet was then catastrophically struck by an asteroid, releasing pressure and leading to the formation of these really strange diamonds," he added.
With its cutting-edge methods and possibilities for the future, the discovery is exciting, said Paul Asimow, a professor of geology and geochemistry at the California Institute of Technology. Asimow was not involved in the study.
"It really takes advantage of a number of recent developments in microscopy to do what they did as well as they did it," Asimow said.
The team was able to analyze the meteorite with the help of electron microscopy and advanced synchrotron techniques, which built maps of the space object's components, including lonsdaleite, diamond and graphite, according to the study.
Diamonds and lonsdaleite can form in three ways. It can be through high pressure and temperature over a long period of time, which is how diamonds form on the Earth's surface; the shock of a hypervelocity collision of a meteor; or the release of vapors from broken-up graphite that would attach to a small diamond fragment and build upon it, Asimow said.
The method that creates the mineral can influence its size, he added. Researchers proposed in this study that the third method formed the larger sample that they had found.
"Nature has thus provided us with a process to try and replicate in industry," Tomkins said in a news release. "We think that lonsdaleite could be used to make tiny, ultra-hard machine parts if we can develop an industrial process that promotes replacement of pre-shaped graphite parts by lonsdaleite."
What is it exactly?
Long before this discovery, scientists have debated the existence of lonsdaleite, Asimow said.
"It seems like a strange claim that we have a name for a thing, and we all agree what it is," he added, "and yet there are claims in the community that it's not a real mineral, it's not a real crystal, that you could have a macroscopic scale."
Scientists first identified bits of the mineral in 1967, but they were minute -- about 1 to 2 nanometers, which is 1,000 times smaller than what was found in the most recent discovery, Salek said.
Finding a bigger sample has shown that lonsdaleite is not just an anomaly from other diamonds, Asimow said.
Regular diamonds, such as the ones you see in fine jewelry, are made out of carbon and have a cubic atomic structure, Salek said. As the hardest material known up until now, they are also used in manufacturing.
Lonsdaleite is also made of carbon, but it has an unusual hexagonal structure instead, he added.
Researchers have come up with models for the structure of lonsdaleite before, and they theorized the hexagonal structure could make it up to 58% harder than regular diamonds, Salek said. This hardness could make the rare space diamond a valuable resource for industrial applications if scientists can find a way to use the new method of production to create minerals that are big enough.
What does it mean for us?
Now that scientists know about this mineral, the discovery raises the question of whether they can replicate it.
Tools such as saw blades, drill bits and mining sites need to be durably hard and wear resistant, so a ready supply of lonsdaleite could make them perform even better, Salek said. And now with a credible scientific theory as to how these larger deposits formed, a rough blueprint exists to make lonsdaleite in a lab.
From this discovery, we can also learn more about the interactions of the universe, said Phil Sutton, a senior lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom. Sutton was not involved in the research.
In uncovering the story of where we come from and how we evolved, he added, it's important to know that materials were exchanged between environments -- even across solar systems.
Scientists named lonsdaleite after crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, who in 1945 became one of the first women elected as a fellow to the Royal Society of London.
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Apply for the 2022 Racial and Health Equity Learning Lab
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Louisiana Public Health Institute, in partnership with Healthy Blue Louisiana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, has announced that applications are being accepted until Oct. 15 for participation in the 2022 Racial and Health Equity Learning Lab.
The Learning Lab is a twelve-month program where cohort members increase their knowledge of core racial equity concepts and receive guidance as they incubate strategies designed to address systemic and institutional racism in their organizations and communities throughout the state. At the conclusion of the program, members present team plans at a funders forum where selected proposals can receive funding and support by Healthy Blue Louisiana, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation, and other funders from across the state who have a commitment to achieving health equity in Louisiana.
The first Learning Lab cohort launched shortly after LPHI and Health Blue Louisiana held the inaugural Symposium on Racial and Health Equity in Louisiana in March 2021. The 2021 Learning Lab cohort was made up of 30 individuals from organizations throughout Louisiana. Two teams from within the cohort each received $25,000 to implement their Applied Community Projects which included expanding access to Art Therapy services in New Orleans and creating training recommendations for medical providers to improve the quality of care of BIPOC LGBTQ+ patients in the state.
“The Learning Labs allow us to amplify the energy and extend the impact of the Symposium throughout the year in a concentrated way,” said Shelina Davis, CEO of LPHI. “We are proud to offer this opportunity to guide the cohort members through this experience once again and greatly appreciate our partnership with Healthy Blue Louisiana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation.”
The 2022 Learning Lab follows the second annual Symposium on Racial and Health Equity in Louisiana that was held in April 2022, where over 570 individuals from organizations across Louisiana explored how systemic racism has impacted maternal and child mortality, digital equity, disaster recovery, and more.
“The work Healthy Blue Louisiana has already completed with LPHI has increased the capacity to address systemic barriers and social inequities caused by racism throughout the state, and that gives me confidence that as we continue our innovative Learning Lab efforts through 2022, we will be successful in dramatically improving health and lives by making Louisiana a more equitable place for everyone,” said Dr. Christy Valentine-Theard, president of Healthy Blue Louisiana.
The application for participation and additional information about the 2022 Learning Lab can be found at RacialAndHealthEquityLA.com.
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| 2022-09-16T21:27:59Z
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Fidelity Bank Wins National Award for P.O.W.E.R. Plates Initiative
NEW ORLEANS — From Fidelity Bank:
Fidelity Bank was honored by the American Bankers Association’s Brand Slam Awards at this week’s Annual Marketing Conference in Denver.
ABA’s panel of 52 credentialed marketing professionals judged hundreds of entries from elite banks of all sizes across the United States and awarded Fidelity for the Best Public Relations and Community Engagement campaign in the country for its P.O.W.E.R. Plates initiative. P.O.W.E.R. Plates is a monthlong celebration of women in the state’s hospitality industry held each July.
P.O.W.E.R. is Fidelity’s “Potential of Women Entrepreneurs Realized” (P.O.W.E.R.) program, which positively impacts thousands of female-owned businesses. The P.O.W.E.R. Plates goal is to raise awareness of, and drive business to, women-led restaurants in the southeast Louisiana region, as well as support LHF’s dedication of supporting hospitality industry workers through educational and crisis grants.
P.O.W.E.R. Plates mission is to help support this critical hospitality industry by driving business to these women-led restaurants which makes up a vital industry in our busy tourist state.” said Elizabeth Broekman, Fidelity Bank vice president and director of P.O.W.E.R. “We all need to support Louisiana’s hospitality industry workforce during times of personal crisis for our workers in such an important industry in Louisiana.”
The ABA marketing conference PR and Community Engagement Award is based on the entry which generates positive buzz and fosters goodwill in the community.
“Bank marketing is critical to driving growth and steering the organization’s entire customer experience,” said Jim Edrington, ABA’s chief member engagement officer. “These award winners each exhibited an exceptional ability to understand their customers’ needs and tailor their interactions accordingly.”
Each participating restaurant registered their “P.O.W.E.R.ful woman” to highlight, as well as a featured dish and/or drink. Each restaurant or bar also committed to donating $1 per unit sold during the month of July. Fidelity Bank committed to market the program, as well as match up to $2,500 of the giving dollars raised. The 2021 campaign greatly exceeded participation goals and raised nearly $20,000 in donations.
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| 2022-09-16T21:28:05Z
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Louisiana Judge Tosses Permits for $9.4B Plastics Complex
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge has thrown out air quality permits for a Taiwanese company’s planned $9.4 billion plastics complex between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, a rare win for environmentalists in a heavily industrialized stretch of the Mississippi River often referred to as “Cancer Alley.”
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality brushed off its environmental justice analysis while violating the Clean Air Act and the agency’s duty to protect the public, District Judge Trudy White wrote.
Opponents of the plans called Wednesday’s ruling in Baton Rouge a victory for environmental justice. FG LA, the local Formosa Plastics affiliate, said Thursday that it would appeal.
“Stopping Formosa Plastics has been a fight for our lives, and today David has toppled Goliath,” said Sharon Lavigne, who founded the group Rise St. James in 2018 to fight plans for the plant. “The judge’s decision sends a message to polluters like Formosa that communities of color have a right to clean air, and we must not be sacrifice zones.”
The judge, who is Black, wrote that for Lavigne and other residents, “the blood, sweat and tears of their Ancestors is tied to the land” once dominated by plantations where enslaved people labored.
Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing the ruling and has no immediate comment, press secretary Gregory Langley said in an email Thursday.
FG LA wants to build 10 chemical plants and four other major facilities on 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) in St. James Parish near Welcome, a mostly Black community of about 670.
“FG respectfully disagrees with Judge White’s conclusion,” the company, which intervened in the lawsuit to support the department, said in a statement emailed Thursday. “We believe the permits issued to FG by LDEQ are sound and the agency properly performed its duty to protect the environment in the issuance of those air permits.”
The complex is among current and proposed facilities involved in an Environmental Protection Agency investigation of whether state health and environmental agencies have discriminated against Black residents. And the Army Corps of Engineers has been reviewing its environmental assessment of Formosa’s wetlands permits since August 2021, under orders from a civilian Pentagon official.
Gov. John Bel Edwards and local officials have promoted the project, saying it could generate 1,200 permanent jobs and millions of dollars in taxes.
White’s 35-page ruling said Louisiana’s environmental justice analysis ignored EPA evidence that cancer risk from industrial pollution already makes Welcome “one of the most burdened communities in the United States.”
“LDEQ never weighed the impacts associated with the 13.6 million tons per year of greenhouse gases that LDEQ has authorized … against the purported benefits of the project, and the added environmental burden to already over-burdened majority-Black communities,” she wrote.
And, she wrote in bold italics, the agency “must take special care to consider the impact of climate-driven disasters fueled by greenhouse gases on environmental justice communities and their ability to recover.”
Nikki Reisch, director of the climate and energy program at the Center for International Environmental Law, called the ruling “a win for environmental justice, for climate justice, and for human rights.”
“It sends a clear message to the government of Louisiana and to the Formosa Plastics Group and to states and corporations everywhere: You cannot write off communities or edit out the reality of environmental racism and climate change,” she wrote.
The judge also wrote that the permits would go against EPA standards for 24-hour exposure to soot, also called “fine particulate matter,” and nitrogen dioxide, which contributes to ozone formation.
A new source must provide computer models to show that it won’t “cause or contribute to” violations of the standards or of allowable increases, she wrote. But she said that under FG LA’s modeling “the violations are not even close in some instances.”
The state acknowledged this but argued that EPA memoranda let it could “allow contributions below a level LDEQ determines significant.”
It can’t do that, White ruled.
She said the department violated its duty to protect the public by dismissing threats to health as unrealistic “when the record shows the opposite.”
The company’s air quality model shows that emissions would increase violations of air quality standards even if it complied with the permit, and doesn’t explain how that would avoid a requirement to avoid harm to the maximum extent possible, White wrote.
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Louisiana’s $91M Electric Vehicle Charger Plan Receives Federal Approval
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — Louisiana’s $91 million plan to install a network of electric vehicle chargers across the state gained approval this week from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The department’s Federal Highway Administration reviewed and approved the Louisiana Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan required under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, created by Congress in last year’s infrastructure law.
“Today, with funding in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are taking an important step to build a nationwide electric vehicle charging network where finding a charge is as easy as locating a gas station,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday. “With the first set of approvals we are announcing today, 35 states across the country – with Democratic and Republican governors – will be moving forward to use these funds to install EV chargers at regular, reliable intervals along their highways.”
The infrastructure law provides $5 billion over the next five years to help states meet President Biden’s goal of creating a nationwide network of 500,000 charging stations spaced out every 50 miles along designated alternative fuel corridors.
Wednesday’s approval unlocks $10.8 million in federal funds, with an estimated $15.6 million more for the current fiscal year and the following three. Over the five year program, Louisiana is expected to receive about $73.3 million in NEVI funding.
Louisiana’s EV infrastructure plan identifies approximately $91 million available, which includes the NEVI funding and $18 million from a required 20% match from grant recipients.
“Accordingly, the state estimates that it will be able to install 300-760 charging ports based on these numbers,” the EV plan reads. “The wide range is due to unpredictable factors such as inflation, (cost differences in estimates), supply chain change, site-specific variations, and other changes in hardware or labor costs over the funding period, which could all result in more or fewer allocated chargers from the available funds.”
Through mid-July, Louisiana had a total of 153 electric vehicle chargers across the state, though many are accessible only to Tesla owners. Of those, a dozen are non-Tesla fast charging stations, and only one currently meets the requirements for alternative fuel corridors in the federal guidance.
Louisiana’s EV plan identifies all 943 miles of interstate highways as EV corridors, as well as stretches of future Interstate 49 near New Orleans and State Highways 1 and 3235 near Port Fourchon, all of which were deemed eligible for the NEVI program.
The plan calls for two phases to spend NEVI funds, the first for 30 new or updated fast charging stations to meet the federal 50-mile spacing requirement, and a second for “installation of additional chargers along and off the nominated corridors to better serve high use areas and to achieve redundancy in underserved areas.”
“To make all nominated (alternative fuel corridor) segments compliant, the modeling suggest that 96 (fast chargers) at 24 sites should be installed at various locations along I-10, I-12, I-20, I-49, I-55, US-90, and a few local highways in the southern part of the state,” according to the plan.
Through the end of 2021, there were 3,065 electric vehicles registered in Louisiana, up about 63% from the year prior, though the vast majority are located near New Orleans and Baton Rouge. About half of the state’s 64 parishes have five or fewer registered EVs.
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New Orleans & Company Announces 2nd ‘Nola X Nola’ Music Series
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – New Orleans & Company, in partnership with the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund, 3090 x 3090 LLC and a coalition of New Orleans nightclubs and music venues will kick off the second annual NOLA X NOLA event on Sept. 23. Special performances are scheduled through Oct. 9. To date, there are more than 50 venues and 300 musical performances around New Orleans over the 16-day festival.
NOLAxNOLA was born in the fall of 2021 when Jazz Fest had to be canceled due to the ongoing pandemic, and it was such a success that we are making it an annual tradition. Building on the success of last year’s NOLA X NOLA, including many sold-out performances, the festival will once again promote New Orleans’ deep inventory of music options and concerts, and showcase the many talented musicians that comprise the musical landscape of the city.
“It’s important for our organization to support our music culture and New Orleans & Company is proud to be the presenting sponsor,” said Stephen Perry, president and CEO of New Orleans & Company, the official destination sales and marketing organization for New Orleans’ tourism industry. “In creating this unique festival in 2021, we wanted to send a clear message that despite the challenges our hospitality industry faced due to the pandemic, the show must go on. New Orleanians and our critical visitor economy deserve a rich array of music, and along with the return of the music festivals that fill our dynamic event calendar, we believe it is vital to continue this new unique musical tradition, perhaps the only one like it anywhere.”
In its first year, 35 venues from nearly every neighborhood in the city participated over a span of two weeks, including Tipitinas, Preservation Hall, The Howlin’ Wolf, d.b.a. and more. In total there were more than 300 shows over 10 days in October.
Weeks later, a two-night virtual event was held in celebration of the overwhelming success of the inaugural citywide festival, a fundraiser showcasing never-before seen performances by some of New Orleans’ most iconic artists and legends, benefiting community-based nonprofits dedicated to fostering the music culture of New Orleans. More venues are expected to take part in the event in 2022, according to event organizers.
“NOTCF is elated to join forces with New Orleans & Company and 3090 x 3090 LLC to support and celebrate music and entertainment venues during one of the best times of year,” said Lisa D. Alexis, president and CEO of the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund. “NOLA x NOLA checks the boxes of our mantra, ‘Culture is Our Open Door’ and provides economic stimulation to our cultural industries and culture bearers.”
“The inaugural NOLA X NOLA was an incredibly meaningful display of support for our musician’s community,” said Sig Greenebaum, founder and CEO, Sigfest Events. “Our initial intention in collaborating with New Orleans & Company was to help music venues, and by extension musicians recoup some of the much-needed revenue lost to the pandemic closures and cancellations. It ended up being a tremendous shot in the arm and many venues said they had their best-ever October in 2021 because of NOLAxNOLA. Thanks to the added economic infusion from the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund, we look forward to this second year with a wide variety of performances that will demonstrate the richness and depth of the musical heritage of our city.”
For more information on the line-up and venues and to purchase tickets, visit www.neworleans.com/nolaxnola.
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Susan Maclay Named Interim Director for Office of State Museums
NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser announced the selection of Susan Maclay as the interim director for the Louisiana Office of State Museums. Since 2001, she has served as the executive director of the Louisiana Museum Foundation in New Orleans. The foundation is a public-private partnership providing support and services to the Office of Louisiana State Museums.
“I look forward to working with Susan and the Louisiana State Museum board of directors to advance the mission of our state museum system. I feel Susan’s experience with the Louisiana Museum Foundation will prove beneficial to the work of the board, and the museums as a whole,” said Nungesser.
Maclay holds degrees in history and political science from the University of Southern California, as well as a Masters of Public Administration. She has held director positions with the Preservation Resource Center and the Bureau of Governmental Research in New Orleans. Additionally, she has served as the president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West.
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Week in Review, Sept. 12-16: Leadership Change at Ochsner and More
NEW ORLEANS – On Sept. 13, Ochsner Health’s board of directors announced that Warner Thomas, the health system’s current CEO, is leaving to take the top job at Sutter Health, a Sacramento, Ca.-based nonprofit. Thomas worked at Ochsner for 24 years and served as CEO for the last decade. The board has unanimously voted to appoint Pete November, Ochsner’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, as his successor beginning, appropriately enough, at the beginning of November.
“It’s bittersweet,” Thomas said while recording this week’s episode of the Biz New Orleans “Biz Talks” podcast with November. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity. Sutter Health Center is a great organization and has a long storied history dating back to the mid 1800s, but I’m also sad that I’m leaving. Ochsner is my family, my friends. We’ve gone through thick and thin together, and I really feel like we’ve made history together over the past 24 years.”
Listen to Thomas and November discuss the transition on this week’s Biz Talks podcast.
Here, from staff and wire reports, are more of the week’s top business stories:
The T. Parker Host group of companies has announced a $500,000 donation to support the NOLA Coalition and other charitable organizations. Avondale Marine, the former Avondale Shipyard, is a Host company. $350,000 will go to support the implementation of Youth Master Plans Grants via the NOLA Coalition Fund. $100,000 will go to support similar causes in Bridge City in Jefferson Parish, the east bank of Plaquemines Parish and West Baton Rouge. Finally, $50,000 will go to GNO Inc. for sustained management of the coalition. The funding will be spread over the next three years, and brings the total amount that the NOLA Coalition has raised to approximately $3.5 million.
Louisiana legislators are once again discussing a possible path toward eliminating state income tax. Lawmakers acknowledged, during Tuesday’s tax-writing committee meeting, that proposals to rid income tax is bound to meet massive fiscal hurdles, but others say it is necessary to help keep and attract residents, businesses and corporations to Louisiana. Republican Rep. Richard Nelson, who steered the conversation, described an overhaul of the state’s tax system as a “mousetrap” — allowing it to compete with states without income tax, such as neighboring Texas, that have seen faster and more significant growth. “When you look at the state and you look at the trajectory that we’re going, I think the tax structure in Louisiana is one of the fundamental things that’s holding us back,” Nelson said during the House Ways and Means committee meeting. (AP)
The Biden administration accepted nearly $190 million Wednesday in bids from an offshore oil and gas lease sale that was held nearly a year ago but rejected by a federal judge. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s action was required by the climate bill that was signed Aug. 16 — a disappointment to environmentalists who worry about the climate impacts of offshore drilling, but praised by industry as a return to longstanding practice after an 18-month delay imposed by the Biden administration. The bill had a 30-day deadline for accepting the bids. It also requires the bureau to reschedule three sales that had been put on hold by a moratorium ordered by President Joe Biden, with the first of them to be held by Dec. 31. “We are pleased that the Department of the Interior has finally offered the first offshore leases of this administration, but it is disappointing that it took 19 months and an act of Congress to get us to this point,” said Cole Ramsey, vice president of upstream policy for the American Petroleum Institute. (AP)
New Orleans & Company, in partnership with the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund, 3090 x 3090 LLC and a coalition of New Orleans nightclubs and music venues will kick off the second annual NOLA X NOLA event on Sept. 23. Special performances are scheduled through Oct. 9. To date, there are more than 50 venues and 300 musical performances around New Orleans over the 16-day festival. NOLAxNOLA was born in the fall of 2021 when Jazz Fest had to be canceled due to the ongoing pandemic, and it was such a success that we are making it an annual tradition. Building on the success of last year’s NOLA X NOLA, including many sold-out performances, the festival will once again promote New Orleans’ deep inventory of music options and concerts, and showcase the many talented musicians that comprise the musical landscape of the city. “It’s important for our organization to support our music culture and New Orleans & Company is proud to be the presenting sponsor,” said Stephen Perry, president and CEO of New Orleans & Company, the official destination sales and marketing organization for New Orleans’ tourism industry.
A Louisiana judge has thrown out air quality permits for a Taiwanese company’s planned $9.4 billion plastics complex between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, a rare win for environmentalists in a heavily industrialized stretch of the Mississippi River often referred to as “Cancer Alley.” The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality brushed off its environmental justice analysis while violating the Clean Air Act and the agency’s duty to protect the public, District Judge Trudy White wrote. Opponents of the plans called Wednesday’s ruling in Baton Rouge a victory for environmental justice. FG LA, the local Formosa Plastics affiliate, said Thursday that it would appeal. “Stopping Formosa Plastics has been a fight for our lives, and today David has toppled Goliath,” said Sharon Lavigne, who founded the group Rise St. James in 2018 to fight plans for the plant. “The judge’s decision sends a message to polluters like Formosa that communities of color have a right to clean air, and we must not be sacrifice zones.” (AP)
Louisiana’s $91 million plan to install a network of electric vehicle chargers across the state gained approval this week from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The department’s Federal Highway Administration reviewed and approved the Louisiana Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan required under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, created by Congress in last year’s infrastructure law. “Today, with funding in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are taking an important step to build a nationwide electric vehicle charging network where finding a charge is as easy as locating a gas station,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday. “With the first set of approvals we are announcing today, 35 states across the country – with Democratic and Republican governors – will be moving forward to use these funds to install EV chargers at regular, reliable intervals along their highways.” (The Center Square)
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Music teacher charged with repeated sexual battery of 15-year-old student, sheriff says
TAMPA, Fla. (Gray News) – A music teacher in Florida has been arrested and charged with sexual battery after he had sexual contact multiple times with a 15-year-old student, officials said.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Jason Troche, 34, admitted to investigators that he knew the victim was underage and admitted to the sex acts with the student.
The student’s father signed the teen up for guitar lessons with Troche in March at the Music Showcase store in Tampa. The student attended guitar lessons once a week with Troche.
The sheriff’s office said the sexual abuse began in June and continued through this month.
Troche also sent inappropriate messages through social media to the victim, the sheriff’s office said.
Sheriff Chad Chronister said his office will continue to seek justice in the case.
“It’s upsetting that a person put into a position of trust and care for one of our children has violated that trust with his disgusting actions,” Chronister said in a statement.
The sheriff believes there may be more victims of Troche and asks them to call 813-247-8200.
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Reports: ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to close on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Phantom of the Opera” — Broadway’s longest-running show — is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York.
The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts — will play its final performance on Broadway on Feb. 18, a spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday. The closing will come less than a month after its 35th anniversary.
It is a costly musical to sustain, with elaborate sets and costumes as well as a large cast and orchestra. Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic — going as high as over $1 million a week but also dropping to around $850,000. Last week, it hit $867,997 and producers may have seen the writing on the wall.
Based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, “Phantom” tells the story of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish songs include “Masquerade,” ″Angel of Music,” ″All I Ask of You” and “The Music of the Night.”
The first production opened in London in 1986 and since then the show has been seen by more than 145 million people in 183 cities and performed in 17 languages over 70,000 performances. On Broadway alone, the musical has played more than 13,500 performances to 19 million people at The Majestic Theatre.
The closing of “Phantom” would mean the longest running show crown would go to “Chicago,” which started in 1996. “The Lion King” is next, having begun performances in 1997.
Broadway took a pounding during the pandemic, with all theaters closed for more than 18 months. Breaking even usually requires a steady stream of tourists, especially to “Phantom.”
The closure was first reported Friday by the New York Post.
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‘Senseless violence’: 21-year-old college student found shot to death in car, police say
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Police in Louisiana are continuing their investigation into the death of a Louisiana State University student.
The Baton Rouge Police Department said officers found a woman, later identified as 21-year-old Allison Rice, shot to death inside a car on the edge of downtown Baton Rouge on Friday morning.
WAFB reports at least five or six bullets were fired into Rice’s vehicle.
The LSU student was alone in the vehicle when police arrived. Authorities said they found her near railroad tracks.
Investigators said Rice was possibly waiting for a train to pass. However, a train was not present when they arrived at the scene.
According to authorities, Rice was with friends in the Mid City area of Baton Rouge before the shooting. She was a senior at LSU majoring in marketing.
The university issued the following statement after Rice’s death was announced:
“The LSU community is saddened to hear of senior Allison Rice being killed overnight. Her family and friends are in our thoughts, and we encourage anyone who may have more information about this crime to contact Baton Rouge police.”
Rice was a 2019 graduate of Dutchtown High School, where she was on the homecoming court.
Dutchtown High School Principal Matthew Monceaux said the school is “deeply saddened” to learn of Rice’s death while sending condolences to her family and friends.
Rice also worked at The Shed BBQ restaurant near the LSU campus. Luke Forstmann, the restaurant’s owner, said he recently talked to Rice about an internship she had lined up.
“She had just such an amazing, bright future. Everything was just on the up and up and she was about to graduate,” Forstmann said. “It’s just so senseless and devastating that someone as bright as her would be taken from us this early.”
Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome called the shooting “senseless violence and completely unacceptable” as Baton Rouge officers continue to work the case.
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If approved, the Sponsor will make additional monthly contributions to the trust account during the extension period
The proposal will be voted on by stockholders at the upcoming special meeting of stockholders on September 29, 2022
STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantic Avenue Acquisition Corp (NYSE: ASAQ.U, ASAQ, ASAQ WS) (the "Company") announced today that it reaffirmed its intention to support the proposals to amend (i) the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination (the "Extension") from October 6, 2022 (the date that is 24 months from the closing date of the Company's initial public offering of units (the "IPO")), on a monthly basis for up to six times to April 6, 2023 (the date that is 30 months from the closing date of the IPO), and (ii) the Company's Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated October 1, 2020, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the "Trustee"), to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the date on which the Trustee must liquidate the trust account established by the Company in connection with its IPO if the Company has not completed its initial business combination, on a monthly basis for up to six times from October 6, 2022 (the date that is 24 months from the closing date of the IPO) to April 6, 2023 (the date that is 30 months from the closing date of the IPO). In order to support these proposals, the Company and Atlantic Avenue Partners LLC (the "Sponsor") have agreed that, if the proposals are both approved, the Sponsor will deposit (or cause to be deposited) into the trust account, for each one-month extension, the lesser of: (x) $150,000 or (y) $0.05 per share multiplied by the number of public shares that are not redeemed in connection with the upcoming special meeting on September 29, 2022 (each, a "Monthly Contribution").
Each Monthly Contribution will be deposited in the trust account no later than one business day prior to the beginning of the applicable extension period. The Monthly Contribution(s) will bear no interest and will be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor (or its designee(s)) upon consummation of an initial business combination. The loans will be forgiven if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination, except to the extent of any funds held outside of the trust account. In the event the extension is approved by the Company's stockholders and the Sponsor elects to not fund a Monthly Contribution, which it may do in its sole discretion, the Company will dissolve and liquidate in accordance with its charter.
The Extension and Trust Amendment Proposals will be voted on by stockholders at the upcoming special meeting of stockholders on September 29, 2022 (the "Special Meeting") and is described in further detail in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the "Proxy Statement"), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on September 2, 2022.
The Special Meeting will be held virtually at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on September 29, 2022, at https://www.cstproxy.com/asaqspac/2022, or at such other time, on such other date and at such other place at which the meeting may be adjourned or postponed. Further detail related to attendance and voting is described in the Company's Proxy Statement.
Atlantic Avenue Acquisition Corp is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
This release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company's actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Company's commitment to funding the Monthly Contributions, the Company's expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the non-binding letter of intent that it has entered into with a differentiated food tech platform for an initial business combination. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside the Company's control and are difficult to predict. The Company cautions investors not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Company Contact:
Barry Best, CFO, Atlantic Avenue Acquisition Corp, info@asaqspac.com (203) 989-9709
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Atmofizer Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "Atmofizer") (CSE: ATMO) (Frankfurt: J3K) (OTCQB: ATMFF) announces the grant of restricted share units ("RSUs") and incentive stock options ("Options") and to certain directors and officers of the Company.
On September 13, 2022, the Company granted an aggregate of 6,600,000 RSUs and 1,000,000 Options to certain directors and officers of the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company's omnibus incentive plan. An aggregate of 1,650,000 RSUs will vest on each of the 3-month, 6-month, 9-month and 12-month anniversaries from the date of grant. 250,000 Options will vest on each of the 3-month, 6-month, 9-month and 12-month anniversaries from the date of grant.
Atmofizer's consumer and industrial solutions are based on its patent-protected and patent pending technology for ultrafine particle agglomeration and neutralization. This capability creates a revolutionary and more efficient method for addressing the wide range of dangerous nano-scale particles, viruses and bacteria that are too small to be effectively managed by conventional HEPA filters and ultraviolet lights. Atmofizer plans to disrupt the air treatment industry by improving air safety and purification efficiency while lowering customers' operational costs.
Atmofizing air refers to the process of using ultrasonic acoustic waves to agglomerate (cluster together) small particles into a larger target that is then radiated by ultraviolet light to neutralize their harmful properties, making the air you breath less hazardous to your health. Using units that atmofize air in tandem with high efficiency particulate air ("HEPA") filters can make the HEPA filters work more efficiently, enable the use of a less-powerful filter and result in a cleaner and longer-lasting filter that reduces operating costs and is less of a health hazard to clean or replace.
Atmofizer is patent-pending and patent-protected sole source of technology to atmofize air and is applying its proprietary technology in consumer and industrial air purification products currently manufactured under the Atmofizer brand, as well as in retail and commercial devices produced by other companies that integrate Atmofizer technology into their own products under license. Atmofizer's owned and licensed product lines include wearable, portable and mobile use for personal air treatment, as well as larger systems to handle higher air volumes for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential applications.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature may constitute forward-looking information. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by words or phrases such as "may", "will", "expect", "likely", "should", "would", "plan", "anticipate", "intend", "potential", "proposed", "estimate", "believe" or the negative of these terms, or other similar words, expressions and grammatical variations thereof, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" happen, or by discussions of strategy. The forward-looking information contained herein includes, without limitation, the vesting of RSUs and Options and the business and strategic plans of the Company.
By their nature, forward-looking information is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. A variety of factors, including known and unknown risks, many of which are beyond our control, could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information in this press release including, without limitation: the Company's ability to comply with all applicable laws and governmental regulations relating to its commercial products; the ability of the Company to protect its intellectual property; impacts to the business and operations of the Company due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the conflict in eastern Europe; having only a limited operating history, the ability of the Company to access capital to meet future financing needs; the Company's reliance on management and key personnel; competition; changes in consumer trends; foreign currency fluctuations; and general economic, market or business conditions.
Additional risk factors can also be found in the Company's continuous disclosure documents, which have been filed on SEDAR and can be accessed at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this press release and is based on the beliefs, estimates, expectations and opinions of management on the date such forward-looking information is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, estimates or opinions, future events or results or otherwise or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking information, except as required by applicable law.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CHK) ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") today announced that the registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") registering common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("common stock"), of the Company issuable as part of the Company's previously announced exchange offers (each, an "Offer," and collectively, the "Offers") relating to its outstanding (i) Class A warrants (the "Class A warrants"), (ii) Class B warrants (the "Class B warrants") and (iii) Class C warrants (the "Class C warrants," and together with the Class A warrants and the Class B warrants, the "warrants"), each to purchase shares of common stock, has been declared effective by the SEC. As a result, the Company does not expect or intend to extend the expiration date of any Offer, each of which is set to expire at 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on October 7, 2022 (the "Expiration Date"), as described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended. The Company advises holders of warrants who intend and are eligible to participate in the Offers to tender their warrants as soon as possible in the manner described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange and related offering materials previously distributed to each holder.
The Company is offering to all holders of the warrants the opportunity to receive a number of shares of common stock to be determined over a ten trading day volume-weighted average trading price measurement period, in each case, for warrants validly tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Offers, as further described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended.
Tendered warrants may be withdrawn by holders at any time prior to the applicable Expiration Date. The Company may extend or amend an Offer without extending or amending any other Offer.
The Offers are being made pursuant to an amended Prospectus/Offers to Exchange dated September 16, 2022, and an amended Schedule TO, dated September 12, 2022, each of which has been filed with the SEC and more fully set forth the terms and conditions of the Offers.
Chesapeake's common stock, Class A warrants, Class B warrants and Class C warrants are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbols "CHK," "CHKEW," "CHKEZ" and "CHKEL," respectively. As of August 17, 2022, there were 120,848,720 shares of common stock, 9,751,853 Class A warrants, 12,290,669 Class B warrants and 11,269,865 Class C warrants outstanding.
The Company has engaged Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and Intrepid Partners, LLC as the dealer managers for the Offers. Any questions or requests for assistance concerning the Offers may be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1 (212) 723-7914; Cowen and Company, LLC at 1 (646) 562-1010; and Intrepid Partners, LLC at 1 (713) 292-0863. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been appointed as the information agent for the Offers, and Equiniti Trust Company has been appointed as the exchange agent. Requests for documents should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com.
Copies of the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended, will be available free of charge at the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov. Requests for documents may also be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com. A registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the securities to be issued in the Offers has been filed with the SEC and was declared effective on September 16, 2022.
This announcement is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the warrants or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. The Offers are being made only through the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended, and the complete terms and conditions of the Offers are set forth in the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended.
Holders of the warrants are urged to read the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, each, as amended, carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offers because they contain important information, including the various terms of, and conditions to, the Offers.
None of the Company, any of its management or its board of directors, or the information agent, the exchange agent or any dealer manager makes any recommendation as to whether or not holders of warrants should tender warrants for exchange in the Offers.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Chesapeake Energy Corporation is powered by dedicated and innovative employees who are focused on discovering and responsibly developing our leading positions in top U.S. oil and gas plays. With a goal to achieve net-zero direct GHG emissions by 2035, Chesapeake is committed to safely answering the call for affordable, reliable, lower carbon energy.
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are statements other than statements of historical fact. They include statements that give our current expectations, management's outlook guidance or forecasts of future events, expected natural gas and oil growth trajectory, projected cash flow and liquidity, our ability to enhance our cash flow and financial flexibility, dividend plans, future production and commodity mix, plans and objectives for future operations, ESG initiatives, the ability of our employees, portfolio strength and operational leadership to create long-term value, and the assumptions on which such statements are based. Although we believe the expectations and forecasts reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, they are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. No assurance can be given that such forward-looking statements will be correct or achieved or that the assumptions are accurate or will not change over time.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include those described under "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K and any updates to those factors set forth in Chesapeake's subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K (available at http://www.chk.com/investors/sec-filings). These risk factors include: the ability to execute on our business strategy following emergence from bankruptcy; the impact of inflation and commodity price volatility resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, COVID-19 and related supply chain constraints, along with the effect on our business, financial condition, employees, contractors and vendors, and on the global demand for oil and natural gas and U.S. and world financial markets; the acquisitions of Vine Energy Inc. ("Vine") and Chief E&D Holdings, LP and affiliates of Tug Hill, Inc. (together, "Chief"), including our ability to successfully integrate the businesses of Vine and Chief into the Company and achieve the expected synergies from these acquisitions within the expected timeframes; effects of purchase price adjustments and indemnity obligations; the volatility of oil, natural gas and NGL prices; the limitations our level of indebtedness may have on our financial flexibility; our ability to comply with the covenants under our credit facility and other indebtedness; our inability to access the capital markets on favorable terms; the availability of cash flows from operations and other funds to fund cash dividends, repurchases of equity, to finance reserve replacement costs and/or satisfy our debt obligations; write-downs of our oil and natural gas asset carrying values due to low commodity prices; our ability to replace reserves and sustain production; uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and projecting future rates of production and the amount and timing of development expenditures; our ability to generate profits or achieve targeted results in drilling and well operations; leasehold terms expiring before production can be established; commodity derivative activities resulting in lower prices realized on oil, natural gas and NGL sales; the need to secure derivative liabilities and the inability of counterparties to satisfy their obligations; adverse developments or losses from pending or future litigation and regulatory proceedings, including royalty claims; charges incurred in response to market conditions; drilling and operating risks and resulting liabilities; effects of environmental protection laws and regulations on our business and legislative, regulatory and environmental, social and governance ("ESG") initiatives, addressing environmental concerns, including initiatives addressing the impact of global climate change or further regulating hydraulic fracturing, methane emissions, flaring or water disposal; our ability to achieve and maintain ESG goals and certifications; our need to secure adequate supplies of water for our drilling operations and to dispose of or recycle the water used; impacts of potential legislative and regulatory actions addressing climate change; federal and state tax proposals affecting our industry; potential OTC derivatives regulation limiting our ability to hedge against commodity price fluctuations; competition in the oil and gas exploration and production industry; a deterioration in general economic, business or industry conditions; negative public perceptions of our industry; limited control over properties we do not operate; pipeline and gathering system capacity constraints and transportation interruptions; terrorist activities or cyber-attacks adversely impacting our operations; and an interruption in operations at our headquarters due to a catastrophic event.
In addition, disclosures concerning the estimated contribution of derivative contracts to our future results of operations are based upon market information as of a specific date. These market prices are subject to significant volatility. Our production forecasts are also dependent upon many assumptions, including estimates of production decline rates from existing wells and the outcome of future drilling activity. We caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date of this news release, and we undertake no obligation to update any of the information provided in this release, except as required by applicable law. In addition, this news release contains time-sensitive information that reflects management's best judgment only as of the date of this news release.
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HILLSDALE, Mich., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX: CNBB) (the "Company") today announced that after a comprehensive search, Joseph R. Williams has agreed to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and its wholly owned subsidiary, County National Bank (the "Bank"), which will be effective upon his first day of employment with the Company, anticipated to be in early October, 2022. Mr. Williams is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank.
Mr. Williams stated, "I am excited to join CNB full time. They understand community banking and I am looking forward to serving alongside a great executive team. Our focus will be community impact, employee development, client experience, and shareholder return. I am honored and humbled to be part of a great team and build upon the tremendous foundation that has been developed over the last 88 years."
Mr. Williams becomes the President and CEO of the Company with nearly 40 years of banking experience, most recently with Old National Bank (Acquired United Bank and Trust) where he served as its Lenawee County Market President after serving as President and CEO of United Bank and Trust. Mr. Williams will bring to the chief executive officer role substantial experience and leadership skills in the areas of retail and mortgage banking, commercial credit, financial management, wealth management and franchise growth through market development. Mr. Williams has a long and distinguished history of community service, including the last two years serving as President and CEO of the Lenawee Community Foundation and many other endeavors in the areas of healthcare, youth services and the Kiwanis.
Craig S. Connor, Chairman of the Board of the Company and the Bank, remarked, "Our entire board of directors is so very pleased with the selection of Joe as our new President and CEO. He is a talented, experienced and knowledgeable community banker with a track record of strong leadership, team building, and service to the community. The future for all our stakeholders: customers, employees, communities and shareholders just became a little brighter."
About CNB Community Bancorp Inc.
CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX:CNBB) is a one-bank holding company formed in 2005. Its subsidiary bank, County National Bank, is a nationally chartered full-service bank, which has served its local communities since its founding in 1934. CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered in Hillsdale, Michigan and through its subsidiary bank offers banking products along with investment management and trust services to communities located throughout South Central Michigan.
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release and other releases and reports issued by the Company may contain "forward-looking statements." The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company is including this statement for purposes of taking advantage of the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to the inability to attract sufficient investment assets and based on the recommendation of Emles Advisors LLC, the investment adviser to the series of the Emles Trust, the Board of Trustees has decided to liquidate and close the Trust's six Exchange-Traded Funds (the "Funds"). As a result, the Board concluded that liquidating and closing the Funds would be in the best interest of the Funds and shareholders. The Funds to be liquidated are:
- Emles @Home ETF (ticker: LIV)
- Emles Alpha Opportunities ETF (ticker: EOPS)
- Emles Federal Contractors ETF (ticker: FEDX)
- Emles Luxury Goods ETF (ticker: LUXE)
- Emles Made in America ETF (ticker: AMER)
- Emles Real Estate Credit ETF (ticker: REC)
Shareholders of the Funds may sell their shares on the Cboe BZX (the "Exchange") until the market close on October 19th, 2022, where transaction fees from their broker-dealer may be incurred. The shares of the Funds will no longer trade on the Exchange after market close on October 19th, 2022, and shares will subsequently be delisted. The Funds will stop accepting creation orders from Authorized Participants on October 19th, 2022.
The Funds will liquidate on or about October 26th, 2022 (Liquidation Date). Shareholders who continue to hold their shares on the Liquidation Date will receive a liquidating distribution of cash portion of their brokerage accounts equal to the amount of the net asset value of their shares. Proceeds from the liquidation are currently scheduled to be sent to shareholders the day after the Liquidation Date. For tax purposes, shareholders will generally recognize a capital gain or loss equal to the amount received for their shares over their adjusted basis in such shares. Shareholders generally will see a capital gain or loss on the redemptions and should consult with and rely on their own independent tax and legal professionals about potential tax consequences.
The final tax status of distributions made by the Funds will be provided to shareholders with the year-end tax reporting for the Funds (including any portion which may be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes, thereby reducing shareholder's basis in such shares).
To complete their liquidation, each Fund will be increasing its cash position through the sale of portfolio assets and will deviate from the investment objective and strategies stated in the Fund's prospectus. This may adversely affect a Fund's performance. As a result, the Fund's tracking error relative to its benchmark index (where applicable) may be materially impacted.
For the current list of Emles offerings, go to www.emles.com
About Emles Advisors LLC – founded by Gabriel Hammond and Dave Saxena, Emles is an asset manager dedicated to developing unique, differentiated investment strategies for retail investors, financial advisors and institutional clients.
Disclosures
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds carefully before investing. This and other information are contained in the Fund's prospectus, which may be obtained by visiting www.emles.com or by calling +1 (833) 673-2661. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Path Acquisition Corporation (the "Company" or "Golden Path") (NASDAQ: GPCO) today announced the closing of the previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with MC Hologram Inc. (the "MC") pursuant to which the Golden Path Merger Sub ("Golden Path Merger Sub"), a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated for the purpose of effectuating the Business Combination merged with and into MC, with MC surviving the merger to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Path. The Company is a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company or SPAC.
As part of the transaction, the Company changed its name to "MicroCloud Hologram Inc." As a result, the Company expects that its ordinary shares and warrants will begin trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbols "HOLO" and "HOLOW," respectively, starting on or about September 19, 2022, and that its units and rights will cease trading as of the close of business combination on September 16, 2022.
MC focuses on the research and development and application of holographic technology. It is committed to providing leading holographic technology services to its customers worldwide. MC also provides holographic digital twin technology services and has built a holographic digital twin technology resource library.
In connection with the Business Combination, (i) the Company's units, each of which is comprised of one Ordinary Share, one warrant to purchase one-half of one Ordinary Share and one right, have been separated into their component securities, and (ii) the 5,750,000 public rights (including those included in units) have been converted into 575,000 Ordinary Shares. In addition, 270,500 rights held by Greenland Asset Management Corporation have been converted into 27,050 Ordinary Shares.
Wei Peng, the new Chairman of the Company, said, "We are entering an exciting phase for our company where the resources of the public capital markets will be available to enhance our R&D efforts and business growth in developing holographic technology. We believe that this will enable us to execute more rapidly and efficiently in delivering and scaling new designs and products to our customers worldwide."
Shaosen Cheng, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, remarked, "We are excited about joining forces with MC Hologram, and we believe that the combination of Golden Path's managerial skills and capital markets experience with MC's experienced management team and their excellent R&D capabilities in the holographic technology will be a powerful combination. We believe this successful transaction will deliver to our shareholders the key benefits of a SPAC structure: capital preservation and an opportunity for growth."
Advisors
Becker & Poliakoff, LLP served as legal advisor to Golden Path. DLA Piper UK LLP served as legal advisor to MC.
About Golden Path Acquisition Corporation
The Company is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
About MC Hologram Inc.
MC Hologram Inc. (the "MC"), a Cayman Islands exempted company, focuses on the research and development and application of holographic technology. MC has been committed to providing leading holographic technology services to its customers worldwide. MC also provides holographic digital twin technology services for customers and has built a holographic digital twin technology resource library.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of Golden Path, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of Golden Path's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Golden Path's expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the business transaction.
Golden Path undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as may be required by law.
Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect the parties' current beliefs, based on information currently available. Certain of these factors are outside the parties' control and may be difficult to predict. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such differences include: business conditions; natural disasters; changing interpretations of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; outcomes of government reviews; inquiries and investigations and related litigation; continued compliance with government regulations; changes in legislation or regulatory environments, requirements or changes adversely affecting the businesses of Golden Path and MC Hologram, including but not limited the reaction of MC Hologram customers to the Business Combination; difficulties in maintaining and managing continued growth; restrictions on the ability to make dividend payments;, general economic conditions; geopolitical events and regulatory changes; and the failure to maintain the listing of Golden Path's securities on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors are contained in Golden Path's filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as may be required by law. Nothing contained herein constitutes or will be deemed to constitute a forecast, projection or estimate of the future financial performance of the Company following the closing of the Business Combination or otherwise.
Contact
Shaosen Cheng
Chief Executive Officer
ceo@goldenpath.cn
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NEW YORK and TORONTO, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc. ("iAnthus" or the "Company") (CSE: IAN) (OTCPK: ITHUF), which owns, operates and partners with regulated cannabis operations across the United States, announces that Marco D'Attanasio has resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"), effective September 15, 2022. Mr. D'Attanasio joined the Board on June 24, 2022 upon completion of the Company's previously announced recapitalization transaction (the "Recapitalization Transaction").
"On behalf of the entire iAnthus team, we thank Marco for his valuable contributions to the Company. We appreciate the opportunity we had to benefit from Marco's extensive professional background, thorough business acumen and the strategic insights he brought to our board after closing the Recapitalization Transaction," said Robert Galvin, iAnthus Interim Chief Executive Officer.
Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement dated June 24, 2022 by and among the Company, iAnthus Capital Management, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and certain Investors (as defined therein), the Investor who nominated Mr. D'Attanasio is entitled to designate a successor nominee for appointment to the Board, and the Company is required to cause such nominee to be appointed to the Board. As of the date hereof, such Investor has not nominated a successor nominee, and the Company has not appointed a replacement for Mr. D'Attanasio. A copy of the Investor Rights Agreement is available on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC's") website at www.sec.gov.
iAnthus owns and operates licensed cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensary facilities throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.iAnthus.com.
The Company may be impacted by business interruptions resulting from pandemics and public health emergencies, including those related to COVID-19. An outbreak of infectious disease, a pandemic, or a similar public health threat, such as the recent outbreak of COVID-19, or a fear of any of the foregoing could adversely impact the Company by causing operating, manufacturing, supply chain, and project development delays and disruptions, labor shortages, travel, and shipping disruption and shutdowns (including as a result of government regulation and prevention measures). It is unknown whether and how the Company may be affected if such a pandemic persists for an extended period of time, including as a result of the waiver of regulatory requirements or the implementation of emergency regulations to which the Company is subject. Although the Company has been deemed essential and/or has been permitted to continue operating its facilities in the states in which it cultivates, processes, manufactures, and sells cannabis during the pendency of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no assurance that the Company's operations will continue to be deemed essential and/or will continue to be permitted to operate. The Company may incur expenses or delays relating to such events outside of its control, which could have a material adverse impact on its business, operating results, financial condition, and the trading price of the Company's common shares.
Statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of management, are not guarantees of performance and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in Company's reports that it files from time to time with the SEC and the Canadian securities regulators which you should review including, but not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. When used in this news release, words such as "will," could," plan," estimate," expect," intend," may," potential," believe, "should" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements relating to the Company's financial performance, business development and results of operations and the nomination and appointment of a replacement/successor director to the Board.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as predictions of future events, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or circumstances discussed or reflected in these statements will be achieved or will occur. If such forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. You should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by the Company or any other person that it will achieve its objectives and plans in any specified timeframe, or at all. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this news release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor the SEC has reviewed, approved or disapproved the content of this news release.
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lear Corporation (NYSE: LEA), a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, will hold a conference call to review the company's third quarter 2022 financial results and related matters on November 1, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
To participate in the conference call:
- Toll-free calls: 877-883-0383
- International calls: 412-902-6506
The conference code is 9206262.
You also may listen to the live audio webcast of the call, in listen-only mode, on Lear's Investor Relations website at ir.lear.com. The webcast replay will be available two hours following the call.
Note: The third quarter 2022 slide presentation will be available on Lear's website before the earnings call begins on November 1, 2022.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pangea Natural Foods Inc. (CSE: PNGA) ("Pangea" or the "Company"), a natural food company, is adding WestJet to the list of airlines distributing the Pangea Munch Mix. This is the third airline distributing the Company's products, with Air Canada (TSX: AC) and British Airways already distributing the Pangea Munchie Mix to their passengers.
"We are very excited about the momentum we have built with a number of airline partners carrying Pangea's Munchie Mix," says Pangea CEO Pratap Sandhu. "The launch of this is yet another way that Pangea aims for its Munchie Mix to become the snack of choice for travelers. We look forward to making Pangea's healthy, GMO-free products readily available to customers not just in Canada and the United States, but globally."
The Pangea Munchie Mix will be available to WestJet's business class passengers on the global carrier's fleet of aircrafts. The airline operates Canada's second largest airline with a fleet of over 160 planes, serving 109 destinations in 24 countries.
Sandhu adds, "The global airline catering business is estimated to be worth US$21 billion by 2024 and Pangea is looking forward to playing a role in the industry.[1] Between British Airways, Air Canada and now WestJet, Pangea's Munchie Mix will be available on over 650 airplanes worldwide. For us, this is just the beginning."
About Pangea Natural Foods Inc.
Pangea Natural Foods Inc. is a food manufacturing company focused on manufacturing and distributing high quality food products that are nutritious and free of GMO ingredients, fillers, antibiotics, hormones, and bioengineered ingredients.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
(signed) "Pratap Sandhu"
CEO, Corporate Secretary and Director
For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.pangeafood.com or contact:
Pangea Natural Foods Inc.
Pratap Sandhu, Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: +1 (604) 765-8069
Email: pratap@pangeafood.com
Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes certain statements and information that constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding the Company's plans to expand distribution of its products in the airline catering market and to customers in Canada, the United States and globally. Generally, forward-looking statements and information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "intends," "anticipates," "it is expected," or variations of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results "may," "could," "should," or "would" occur.
Forward-looking statements are based on certain material assumptions and analyses made by management of the Company and the opinions and estimates of management of the Company as of the date of this news release, including that the Company will be able to widen the distribution of its products. Although the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to them, they may prove to be incorrect, and the forward-looking statements in this release are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such risk factors may include, among others, that the Company will not be able to expand its distribution network, and the other risks and uncertainties applicable to the Company and the business of the Company as set forth in the Company's final long form prospectus dated June 20, 2022 and its other disclosure available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
There can be no assurance that the transactions contemplated in this news release will complete. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements or information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affections such statements and information other than as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations. We seek safe harbor.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Life Insurance Policy Locator (LIPL) helps to connect consumers with their deceased loved ones' lost life insurance policies and annuity contracts.
"Dealing with the financial aftermath in the death of a loved one is difficult and often confusing," said NAIC President and Idaho Insurance Director Dean Cameron.
"You might be asking if they had insurance. Their checking account shows a payment was made to a company, but how do you know if there is coverage? The LIPL can help you through the process. This free online tool is available to anyone and is one of the ways insurance regulators help consumers get their entitled insurance benefits," said Cameron.
The Locator is easy to use. In your web browser, go to naic.org, hover over Consumer, and click Life Insurance Policy Locator under Tools.
- Create an account by entering your email address and name.
- Create a password.
- Wait 30 minutes.
- Login and agree to the process.
- Enter your name and address.
- Submit a search request by entering the deceased's information from the death certificate:
Your request will be stored in a secure, encrypted database where participating life insurance and annuity companies can access the information through a secure portal. You will receive a "Do Not Reply" email confirming the request details you submitted. If a policy is found and you are the beneficiary, the life insurance or annuity company will contact you directly, usually within 90 days.
If no policy is found or you are not the beneficiary, you will not be contacted. Please note that the NAIC has no policy or beneficiary information.
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact your state department of insurance. In each state, there are consumer service personnel eager to assist you. If you do not know how to contact your state department of insurance, follow this link for assistance.
As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) provides expertise, data, and analysis for insurance commissioners to effectively regulate the industry and protect consumers. The U.S. standard-setting organization is governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Through the NAIC, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer reviews, and coordinate regulatory oversight. NAIC staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally.
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Customers will enjoy a friendly grocery shopping experience with healthy resources, 100% organic produce and an array of natural food and products at Always Affordable PricesSM
LAKEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers®, the largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer in the U.S., is pleased to announce the opening of its Brighton, CO store on Friday, September 30th. The store, located at 903 S. 8th Ave., will be Natural Grocers' 43rd location in its home state. At 8:20 a.m. Natural Grocers' good4u® Crew will host an official ribbon-cutting and donation ceremony with Chelsea Manley, Special Events and Promotions Manager, Food Bank of the Rockies. Additional community leaders will help welcome the Brighton community into the new store at 8:30 a.m. with gift card giveaways, fantastic discounts, prize sweepstakes and more.
"We've been looking for the perfect spot in Brighton for several years. It's with great excitement that we're opening our first store in this area. We look forward to bringing healthy food to the Brighton community at prices they can afford—one of the main principles Natural Grocers was founded on and that we still uphold today," said Raquel Isely, Vice President of Marketing for Natural Grocers. "We're also thrilled to have Colorado's own Food Bank of the Rockies join us for our festivities and raise awareness for Hunger Action Month. We welcome the community of Brighton to visit our new store, join in the fun and discover what makes the Natural Grocers shopping experience delightful and unique."
GRAND OPENING EVENTS — SWEEPSTAKES & DISCOUNTS
Grand Opening events and discounts starting September 30th include:
- Mystery Gift Cards for First 150 Customers: The first 150 customers in line on September 30th will receive a mystery Natural Grocers gift card (with varying amounts between $5 - $500)![i]
- Prize Wheel: Customers can spin the Natural Grocers prize wheel on September 30th for a chance to win fun prizes.[ii]
- Grand Opening Sweepstakes[iii] : From September 30th – October 14th, customers will have the chance to win fabulous prizes, such as an Aventon e-bike, a $500 Natural Grocers gift card and more. Entry forms will be available at the store.
- Special Grand Opening Discounts: Customers will enjoy exceptional discounts of up to 49% off from September 30th – October 31st.[iv]
- For even more savings, customers can join {N}power®, Natural Grocers' free loyalty program for exclusive discounts, digital coupons, rewards benefits, and other members-only features.[vi]
QUALITY PRODUCTS/ALWAYS AFFORDABLESM PRICING
Serving Coloradans with a wide range of natural and organic options since 1955, Natural Grocers will support the Brighton community with world-class customer service from its knowledgeable and friendly good4u℠ Crew, healthy recipes for all diets and high product standards. Customers can enjoy access to fresh, 100% USDA certified organic produce, high-quality organic and natural groceries, 100% free-range eggs, 100% pasture-based dairy, 100% non-GMO prepackaged bulk goods, dietary supplements, body care, and household essentials at an Always Affordable Price℠. Natural Grocers also prioritizes humanely sourced and sustainably raised meats.
The Brighton location will include The Cottage Craft Beer℠ section—Natural Grocers' select offerings of curated craft beer, hard kombucha, and hard seltzer, all vetted to meet the same high-quality standards that Natural Grocers is known for. Customers will be able to enjoy a one-stop shopping trip and pick up their favorite adult beverage or try something new from a wide range of organic, gluten-free, options just in time for those Holiday celebrations.
STORE FEATURES
The company, ever-conscious of its environmental impact, has constructed the new space with sustainable building features and energy-saving innovations, such as non-toxic building materials and 100% LED lighting, for a lighter environmental footprint. The Brighton store is also Natural Grocers' first new store featuring a CO2 refrigerant system designed to save energy and provide enhanced environmental protection compared to conventional refrigeration technologies.
NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION
The Brighton community will have the support of Natural Grocers' Nutritional Health Coaches (NHC's) for their health and wellness journeys with free, one-on-one personalized nutritional health coaching sessions. Customers are invited to book a free session, which will be available in person, via phone or video, by visiting www.naturalgrocers.com/nutritional-health-coaches. The contemporary location also includes a Nutrition Education Center, specially designed to be a community space for in-store classes, recipe demonstrations and guest speaker events.
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES PARTNERSHIP
Natural Grocers has partnered with Food Bank of the Rockies across its Colorado stores for over a decade with its "Bring Your Own Bag" program. This community outreach will extend to the Brighton location. Each time a customer brings their own shopping bag, Natural Grocers will donate five cents per shopping trip to the Food Bank, which provides food and necessities to people in need across the state.
"Food Bank of the Rockies is proud of our longtime partnership with Natural Grocers and incredibly appreciative of its conscientious customers, who, by bringing their own bags, help ignite the power of community to feed our neighbors experiencing hunger. Together with Natural Grocers and the Bring Your Own Bag campaign, Food Bank of the Rockies has been able to provide enough food for upwards of 4 million meals, which help nourish and strengthen our communities," said Erin Pulling, President, and CEO of Food Bank of the Rockies.
Natural Grocers will make a special $2,500 donation to Food Bank of the Rockies at the opening ceremonies to honor Hunger Action Month®. Held every September, this campaign is designed to mobilize the public to help nourish their communities.
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ABOUT NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE
Founded in 1955, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) is an expanding specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The products sold by Natural Grocers must meet strict quality guidelines and may not contain artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or sweeteners, or partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils. The Company sells only USDA-certified organic produce and exclusively pasture-raised, non-confinement dairy products, and free-range eggs. Natural Grocers' flexible smaller-store format allows it to offer affordable prices in a shopper-friendly, clean, and convenient retail environment. The Company also provides extensive free science-based Nutrition Education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. With the addition of the Brighton location, the Company will have 164 stores in 21 states. Visit https://www.naturalgrocers.com for more information and store locations.
[i] Quantity limited to first 150 customers in line at Natural Grocers Brighton – 903 S. 8th Ave., Brighton, CO 80601; no rain checks. Limit one gift card per customer 18 years or older. Valid 9/30/22 only. Void where prohibited by law.
[ii] No purchase necessary. Quantity limited to stock on hand, no rain checks.
[iii] No purchase necessary. A purchase or payment of any kind will not increase your chances of winning. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years or older. Void where prohibited by law. Sweepstakes starts on September 30, 2022 and ends on October 14, 2022. Winner will be contacted directly by store after October 14, 2022. For Official Rules and complete details, see store or visit: www.naturalgrocers.com/sweepstakes. Sponsor: Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc.
[iv] Unless otherwise noted, offers are available only from 9/30/22 to 10/31/22 and are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at Natural Grocers' Brighton, CO location. All discounts are on regular prices and cannot be redeemed for store credit or cash and cannot be combined with other offers. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rain checks. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[v] Bacon/Bacon Alternatives and Cheese Shreds and Slices: limit 3 per customer. Offers valid only from 9/30/22 to 10/31/22, are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at Natural Grocers' Brighton, CO location and cannot be combined with other offers. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rain checks. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law.
[vi] Customers can sign up for {N}power here. Message and data rates may apply. See naturalgrocers.com/privacy for our Privacy Policy and naturalgrocers.com/terms for the {N}Power terms of use.
[vii] Must be an {N}power member to receive these discounts. Offers valid only from 9/30/22 to 10/31/22, are redeemable only for in-store customer purchases at Natural Grocers' Brighton, CO location and cannot be combined with other offers. Excludes Canadian bacon and green beans. Quantity limited to stock on hand; no rain checks. Pricing excludes taxes and is subject to change without notice. Natural Grocers reserves the right to correct errors. Void where prohibited by law. Eggs: limit 4 per customer; avocados: limit 4 per customer.
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Kirk Franklin, Grammy-winning Gospel Artist and Host of Podcast Good Words with Kirk Franklin, to Record Live with Chairman and CEO of 300 Elektra Entertainment Kevin Liles
Exclusive Premiere Screening of the Highly Anticipated AMC/AMC+ Series Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire Featuring Special Cast Appearances
The Reigning Queen of Telenovelas Kate del Castillo to Welcome Guests at Premiere Screening of Telemundo's La Reina del Sur
Emmy Award Winner Jimmy Smits to Host Premiere Screening of CBS's East New York
HBO Max Truest Blood Live Podcast Recording with Deborah Ann Woll and Kristin Bauer, Stars of the Hit HBO series True Blood
Come On Down! As Fremantle Brings Host Drew Carey to The Price Is Right Experience
World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters Bring Unrivaled Skill and Comedy to the 52nd Street Court
Formula E Electrifies Fans at PaleyWKND
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Paley Center for Media announces the most recent rollout of celebrity appearances, live podcast recordings, new screenings, and more family experiences for PaleyWKND, a live, immersive, once-in-a-lifetime, family-friendly celebration in the heart of midtown Manhattan. PaleyWKND - the ultimate media, sports, gaming, and entertainment festival - takes place Saturday, October 1 through Sunday, October 2, 2022, kicking off with a Members-only opening night celebration on Friday, September 30. Additional announcements to be made in the lead up to the much-anticipated event.
PaleyWKND will be taking over The Paley Museum and its entire 52nd Street block between 5th and 6th Avenues for an unprecedented weekend of interactive experiences and immersive attractions from over two dozen world-class companies, iconic media brands, and the major sports leagues. The event is free and open to the public. Paley Center Members can experience PaleyWKND in VIP style with exclusive Members-only hours, fast-access lanes, and other VIP experiences and exclusive benefits. Guests can reserve their free tickets for timed entry or access VIP Membership information at www.PaleyWKND.org. Walk-up visitors are welcome, too.
"We are thrilled to announce exciting new additions to PaleyWKND, the ultimate media, sports, gaming, and entertainment festival taking over midtown October 1-2," said Maureen J. Reidy, President & CEO, The Paley Center for Media. "Our one-of-a-kind activations and experiences will feature an expanding roster of celebrities, premiere screenings, and special podcast recordings. This highly anticipated festival will offer best-in-class programming for our Members and the public with more partner additions and celebrity announcements in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!"
AMC Networks, CBS Television, HBO Max, Sony Music Group, and Telemundo join a robust lineup of brands presenting interactive experiences at PaleyWKND, the ultimate media, sports, gaming, and entertainment festival. The complete lineup of organizations and companies at PaleyWKND, members of the host committee, and PaleyWKND supporters can be found here.
Live Podcast Recordings
Live Podcast Watch Party with Kirk Franklin, Host of Good Words with Kirk Franklin
Sixteen-time GRAMMY-winning artist and songwriter Kirk Franklin will be at PaleyWKND for a live recording of his podcast Good Words with Kirk Franklin in Paley's new Podcast Studio. Franklin will be joined by Kevin Liles, Chairman and CEO of 300 Elektra Entertainment. Fans get a chance to be part of the live watch party in the Bennack Theater followed by in-person appearance by Kirk Franklin and photo opportunity.
Saturday, October 1 at 1 pm
Watch a Live Recording of HBO Max's Truest Blood Podcast as the Hosts Sink Their Teeth into the Acclaimed HBO Original, True Blood, to Uncover Behind-the-Scene Moments from the Set
Fans of the HBO hit series True Blood can join co-stars Deborah Ann Woll ("Jessica Hamby") and Kristin Bauer ("Pam De Beaufort") as they record a live episode of the Truest Blood podcast at PaleyWKND. Season two of Truest Blood, the official re-watch podcast for HBO's original series True Blood, returns Monday, October 3. Fans are invited back to the streets of Bon Temps where Deborah and Kristin break down never-before-shared moments from each episode of the Emmy®-nominated series. Season two guests include Stephen Moyer ("Bill Compton"), Rutina Wesley ("Tara Thornton"), Anna Camp ("Sarah Newlin"), and more.
Sunday, October 2 at 12 pm
New Screenings
Watch the Exclusive Premiere Screening of the AMC/AMC+ series Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire Featuring Members of the Star-Studded Cast at PaleyWKND!
Catch a special sneak preview of the first episode of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire before its premiere on AMC and AMC+ on Sunday, October 2 at 10pm ET, immediately following the debut of the final episodes of The Walking Dead. Tune into AMC+ each week for early access to new episodes of both series. A sensuous, contemporary reinvention of Anne Rice's revolutionary gothic novel, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire follows Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid) and Claudia's (Bailey Bass) epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian).
Saturday, October 1st at 5 pm
The Reigning Queen of Telenovelas Kate del Castillo to Welcome Guests at Premiere Screening of Telemundo's La Reina del Sur
Kate del Castillo, star of Telemundo's hit show La Reina del Sur will make a special appearance and introduce an exclusive preview screening of the acclaimed Super Series' debut episode of Season 3. This Hispanic Heritage Month event is made possible by Verizon.
Sunday, October 2 at 1:30 pm and 2 pm
Emmy Award-Winning Actor Jimmy Smits to Host Premiere Screening of the New CBS Original Series East New York
Emmy Award-winning actor Jimmy Smits joins PaleyWKND for an in-person, exclusive screening of the new CBS Original series East New York in advance of the show's premiere Sunday, October 2, on CBS and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. This Hispanic Heritage Month event is made possible by Verizon.
Sunday, October 2 at 4 pm
TelevisaUnivision's ViX+ Presents 'Mirreyes contra Godínez 2: El Retiro' (Mirreyes vs. Godinez 2: The Retreat)
Fans will enjoy this hilarious sequel to Mirreyes contra Godínez, a blockbuster film considered one of Mexico's most successful movies in 2019. Things are going well at the company until a tempting offer comes along that puts the team against each other. To solve their problems, they travel to a corporate retreat where they will try to reunite as a team.
Saturday, October 1 at 4pm
New Family Programming
Come On Down! As Fremantle Brings Host Drew Carey, Announcer George Gray, and Model Devin Goda from The Price Is Right to PaleyWKND!
Presented by Fremantle, producer of some of the most iconic game shows throughout history: join us for a celebration of 50 years of The Price is Right on CBS, as well as Drew Carey's 15th season as host. Drew Carey and the "Come on Down" national tour join PaleyWKND for a celebration of television's longest running game show. Fans can play iconic games like Plinko and spin the wheel with Drew, George, and Devin.
Saturday, October 1 at 11 am
World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters Bring their Unrivaled Skill and Trademark Humor to the 52nd Street Basketball Court
Come see the stars of Hearst Media Production Group's new show, Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward, premiering on NBC, October 1. Join the pioneers of basketball as they make a special appearance at the basketball court on West 52nd Street to play with fans and show their signature ball handling skills. Paley Members will have the opportunity to take photos with the Globetrotters and receive exclusive Harlem Globetrotter giveaways.
Sunday, October 2 at 2 pm
Formula E Electrifies Fans at PaleyWKND
Formula E x PaleyWKND: 200mph electric street racing through iconic cities. This is next gen motorsport as you've never seen it before.
Available throughout PaleyWKND
PaleyWKND VIP Access with a Paley Center Membership
Throughout the weekend, Paley Center Members will enjoy VIP access with exclusive, Members-only hours, Paley Member fast-track lanes, exclusive celebrity, athlete, and character meet & greets, as well as an invitation to the Red Carpet Preview Cocktail Reception, which kicks off PaleyWKND on Friday, September 30. The Paley Center invites all New Yorkers and visitors to officially join its special membership community and enjoy these and other benefits year-round. Please note individual and family memberships are fully tax deductible.
Stay up to date on announcements and additions to the PaleyWKND lineup at PaleyWKND.org.
Events and participants subject to change.
The Paley Center for Media is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has proudly made its home in NYC for over 45 years and operates the iconic Paley Museum. Through its respected programming, The Paley Center leads the discussion about the cultural, creative, and social significance of media, drawing upon its curatorial expertise, an international collection, and close relationships with the media community. The general public can participate in Paley programs in both New York and Los Angeles that explore and celebrate the creativity, the innovations, the talent and the leaders who are shaping media. The public can also access the Paley Center's permanent media collection, The Paley Archive, often referred to as a national treasure, containing over 160,000 television and radio programs and advertisements. Through the global programs of its Media Council and International Council, the Paley Center also serves as a neutral setting where media professionals can engage in discussion and debate about the evolving media landscape. Previously known as The Museum of Television & Radio, The Paley Center was founded in 1975 by William S. Paley, a pioneering innovator in the industry.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider that builds agility into the world's leading organizations, today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share, maintaining the company's current dividend program. The Q4 2022 dividend will be paid on October 17, 2022 to shareholders of record as of October 3, 2022.
Pega provides a powerful low-code platform that builds agility into the world's leading organizations so they can adapt to change. Clients use our AI-powered decisioning and workflow automation to solve their most pressing business challenges – from personalizing engagement to automating service to streamlining operations. Since 1983, we've built our scalable and flexible architecture to help enterprises meet today's customer demands while continuously transforming for tomorrow. For more information on Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA), visit www.pega.com.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At its regular meeting held today, the Board of Directors of PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) declared the regular quarterly dividend of $0.3475 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable November 10, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business October 27, 2022.
PNM Resources (NYSE: PNM) is an energy holding company based in Albuquerque, N.M., with preliminary 2021 consolidated operating revenues of $1.8 billion. Through its regulated utilities, PNM and TNMP, PNM Resources provides electricity to approximately 800,000 homes and businesses in New Mexico and Texas. PNM serves its customers with a diverse mix of generation and purchased power resources totaling 3.1 gigawatts of capacity, with a goal to achieve 100% emissions-free energy by 2040. For more information, visit the company's website at www.PNMResources.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the progress America has made throughout its history, race relations continues to be a plaguing theme for the nation. Award-winning author Jack Lessenberry's provocative book, Reason vs. Racism: A Newspaper Family, Race and Justice, provides an inside look at how one family approached racism in America through journalism. Lessenberry has written for the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Vanity Fair.
Centered around a newspaper family, Reason vs. Racism is the fascinating story of the Block family and how they dealt with race and fairness over the years, covering issues such as slavery, Jim Crow, the newspaper's relationship with Abraham Lincoln, and more. Highlighted in the book are stories about undercover work to expose racism, and even a politician involved with the Klu Klux Klan.
The Block family and Block Communications (owner of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Toledo Blade, and several other entities) wanted to take an honest look at how they handled race relations through their publications. So, they charged investigative writer Jack Lessenberry with the task of researching and examining their history. Lessenberry didn't gloss over his findings; he shares the raw truth in his riveting accounts in the book.
Released in 2020, this book is still a must-read for 2022/23 as this nation goes through a current period of heightened racial awareness and tension.
"I am very concerned about how divided our country is on race. I believe this book provides needed education as it addresses issues of fairness and how our papers have handled stories and hiring practices," says John Block, publisher of the Toledo Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "In our current environment, our hope is to create meaningful dialogue around race in America."
Reason vs. Racism: A Newspaper Family, Race and Justice is available on Amazon.
Block Communications, Inc., (BCI) is a 118-year-old privately held diversified media holding company headquartered in Toledo, OH. It has primary operations in cable television, newspaper publishing, high-speed Internet and residential telephone services. Publications owned by Block Communications, Inc. include The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Toledo Blade.
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Rumble Stock to Trade on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange Under the Symbol "RUM"
Rumble Retains Nearly All Cash in Trust Due to Total Redemptions of 0.1%
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. and NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rumble Inc. ("Rumble"), the video-sharing platform, and CF Acquisition Corp. VI (Nasdaq: CFVI) today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination. The merger, which closed today, was approved at a special meeting of stockholders of CFVI on September 15, 2022. The combined company will operate as Rumble Inc. going forward and its common shares and warrants are expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols "RUM" and "RUMBW" respectively, beginning on Monday, September 19, 2022.
The transaction provides Rumble with approximately $400 million in gross proceeds, including approximately $85 million of proceeds from a PIPE financing, $15 million from a Forward Purchase Investment, and approximately $300 million of cash held in a trust account. After payment of transaction expenses, the net proceeds will be used to attract new content creators to the Rumble and Locals platforms, continue to build out Rumble's independent infrastructure, expand Rumble's teams, begin robust marketing of the platform and services, finance future acquisitions, and for other general corporate purposes.
"Today marks an amazing milestone for our company, and one that I have been looking forward to for a long time," said Chris Pavlovski, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rumble. "This transaction allows Rumble to fund a wide range of business initiatives, including the development of our independent infrastructure while we continue to add top creators to our platforms. I am extremely excited to report that despite current market conditions, we have retained nearly all the cash in trust, with nearly zero redemptions from CFVI shareholders. This is truly a vote of confidence in our mission and platform, and I look forward to further delivering for all our constituents going forward.
Lastly, I would like to thank Rumble's employees who have worked tirelessly to get us where we are today. Congratulations to the entire Rumble team on this incredible achievement," concluded Chris Pavlovski.
Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and CFVI, stated, "With its massive growth in users and engagement, this is an exciting time for Rumble to become public. I am excited to see 'RUM' shares trading in the marketplace."
Cantor Fitzgerald acted as financial and capital markets advisor to CFVI. Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Bennett Jones LLP, and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP acted as legal advisors to CFVI.
Guggenheim Securities, LLC acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Rumble. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and D.A. Davidson & Co. acted as capital market advisors to Rumble. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and DLA Piper Canada LLP acted as legal advisors to Rumble.
Cantor Fitzgerald and Guggenheim Securities, LLC served as placement agents for the PIPE financing.
Rumble is a high-growth neutral video platform that is creating the rails and independent infrastructure designed to be immune to cancel culture. Rumble's mission is to restore the Internet to its roots by making it free and open once again. For more information, please visit investors.rumble.com.
CFVI is a blank check company led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick and sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald.
Cantor Fitzgerald, with over 12,000 employees, is a leading global financial services group at the forefront of financial and technological innovation and has been a proven and resilient leader for 77 years. Cantor Fitzgerald is a preeminent investment bank serving more than 5,000 institutional clients around the world, recognized for its strengths in fixed income and equity capital markets, investment banking, SPAC underwriting and PIPE placements, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate on its global distribution platform. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is one of 24 primary dealers transacting business with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. For more information, please visit www.cantor.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Rumble's and its management team's expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. The words "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "could", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "might", "plan", "possible", "potential", "predict", "project", "should", "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Rumble. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward looking-statements in this press release, including but not limited, to failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the business combination; the risk that the business combination disrupts current plans and operations of Rumble; costs related to the business combination; the impact of competitors on Rumble's current and future business; unanticipated costs; the ability to maintain the listing of Rumble's stock on Nasdaq, changes in laws and regulations affecting Rumble's business, the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the business combination, and identify and realize additional opportunities, risks related to Rumble's limited operating history, the rollout of Rumble's business and the timing of expected business milestones, risks related to Rumble's potential inability to achieve or maintain profitability and generate cash, current and future conditions in the global economy, including as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their impact on Rumble, its business and markets in which it operates, the ability of Rumble to retain existing content providers and users and attract new content providers and customers, the potential inability of Rumble to manage growth effectively, the enforceability of Rumble's intellectual property, including its patents and the potential infringement on the intellectual property rights of others, the potential for and impact of cyber related attacks, events or issues effecting Rumble, its business and operations, and the ability to recruit, train and retain qualified personnel. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of the registration statement on Form S-4, which was filed by CFVI with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 12, 2022, CFVI's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022 and other filings that CFVI and Rumble have filed or will file with the SEC from time to time. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Rumble assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Rumble does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
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Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors Ra Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: RMED) in connection with the proposed merger of the Company with Catheter Precision, Inc. ("Catheter Precision"). The Merger is structured as a stock for stock reverse merger whereby all of Catheter Precision's outstanding convertible promissory notes and equity interests are to be exchanged for shares of RMED common stock and Catheter Precision options assumed by RMED. Upon completion of the transaction, Catheter Precision shareholders are expected to own approximately 80% of the combined company, and RMED equity holders are expected to only own approximately 20% of the combined company. If you own RMED shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/rmed
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of CyberOptics Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBE) in connection with the proposed acquisition of CYBE by Nordson Corporation. Under the terms of the merger agreement, CYBE shareholders will receive $54.00 in cash for each share of CYBE common stock owned. If you own CYBE shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/cybe
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and violations of the federal securities laws by the Board of Directors and certain Company officers of Lottery.com Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRY) relating to: (i) an admitted lack of adequate internal controls and procedures over financial reporting, including the failure to report entry into to a line of credit, failure to properly recognize revenue and the reporting of cash, and the inability to continue as a going concern; and (ii) noncompliance with state and federal laws governing the sale of lottery tickets. . If you own LTRY shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/ltry
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and violations of the federal securities laws by the directors and officers of MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) concerning MSTR's mounting losses tied to its Bitcoin purchases and holdings. If you own MSTR shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/mstr
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SWZ), a non-diversified registered closed-end investment company (the "Fund"), announced today that the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held as scheduled and concluded. Based upon the voting results, 1) Andrew Dakos, Richard Dayan, Phillip F. Goldstein, Gerald Hellerman and Moritz A. Sell were elected as Directors to serve for a one-year term until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his respective successor is duly elected and qualifies and 2) stockholders ratified the selection by the Fund's Board of Directors of Tait, Weller & Baker, LLP as the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.
The Fund (www.swzfund.com) is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company seeking long-term capital appreciation through investment in equity and equity-linked securities of Swiss companies. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "SWZ." The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing generally in Swiss equity and equity-linked securities that are traded on a Swiss stock exchange, traded at the pre-bourse level of one or more Swiss stock exchanges, traded through a market maker or traded over the counter in Switzerland. The Fund also may invest in Swiss equity and equity-linked securities of Swiss companies that are traded on other major European stock exchanges.
Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. Typically, shares of closed-end funds are sold in the open market through a stock exchange. Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount to net asset value. The price of the Fund's shares is determined by a number of factors, several of which are beyond the control of the Fund. Therefore, the Fund cannot predict whether its shares will trade at, below or above net asset value.
The Fund is managed by Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. and Schroder Investment Management North America Limited, investment advisors registered with the U.S. SEC, are units of Schroders plc (SDR.L), a global asset management company with approximately $939.2 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2022. Schroder's clients include major financial institutions including banks and insurance companies, as well as local and public authorities, public and private pension funds, endowments and foundations, intermediaries and advisors, as well as high net worth individuals and retail investors. The firm has built one of the largest networks of offices of any dedicated asset management company with more than 500 portfolio managers and analysts covering the world's investment markets, offering a comprehensive range of products and services.
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. provides asset management products and services to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Schroders plc, a U.K. public company with shares listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taoping Inc. (NASDAQ: TAOP, the "Company" or "TAOP"), today announced that on September 16, 2022, it received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq"), notifying the Company that it is currently not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), which requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Based on the closing bid price of the Company's ordinary shares for the 30 consecutive business days from August 4, 2022 through September 15, 2022, the Company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement. This press release is issued pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(b), which requires prompt disclosure of receipt of a deficiency notification. The notification has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company's ordinary shares, which will continue to trade uninterrupted on Nasdaq under the ticker "TAOP".
Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until March 15, 2023 (the "Compliance Period"), to regain compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement. If at any time during the Compliance Period, the closing bid price per share of the Company's ordinary shares is at least $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide the Company a written confirmation of compliance and the matter will be closed.
In the event the Company does not regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by March 15, 2023, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period. If the Company does not qualify for the second compliance period or fails to regain compliance during the second 180-day period, then Nasdaq will notify the Company of its determination to delist the Company's ordinary shares, at which point the Company will have an opportunity to appeal the delisting determination to a Hearings Panel.
About Taoping Inc.
Taoping Inc. (NASDAQ: TAOP) is a blockchain technology and smart cloud services provider. The Company is dedicated to the research and application of blockchain technology and digital assets, and continues to improve computing power and create value for the encrypted digital currency industry. Relying on its self-developed smart cloud platform, TAOP also provides solutions and cloud services to industries such as smart community, new media and artificial intelligence. To learn more, please visit www.taop.com.
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After serious breach, Uber says services operational
(AP) - The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services are operational following what security professionals were calling a major data breach. It said there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data.
What appeared to be a lone hacker announced the breach on Thursday after apparently tricking an Uber employee into providing credentials.
Screenshots the hacker shared with security researchers indicate this person obtained full access to the cloud-based systems where Uber stores sensitive customer and financial data.
It is not known how much data the hacker stole or how long they were inside Uber’s network. Two researchers who communicated directly with the person — who self-identified as an 18-year-old to one of them— said they appeared interested in publicity. There was no indication they destroyed data.
But files shared with the researchers and posted widely on Twitter and other social media indicated the hacker was able to access Uber’s most crucial internal systems.
“It was really bad the access he had. It’s awful,” said Corbin Leo, one of the researchers who chatted with the hacker online.
He said screenshots the person shared showed the intruder got access to systems stored on Amazon and Google cloud-based servers where Uber keeps source code, financial data and customer data such as driver’s licenses.
“If he had keys to the kingdom he could start stopping services. He could delete stuff. He could download customer data, change people’s passwords,” said Leo, a researcher and head of business development at the security company Zellic.
Screenshots the hacker shared — many of which found their way online — showed they had accessed sensitive financial data and internal databases. Among them was one in which the hacker announced the breach on Uber’s internal Slack collaboration ssytem.
Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who also communicated with the hacker, said there was no indication that the hacker had done any damage or was interested in anything more than publicity. “My gut feeling is that it seems like they are out to get as much attention as possible.”
Curry said he spoke to several Uber employees Thursday who said they were “working to lock down everything internally” to restrict the hacker’s access. That included the San Francisco company’s Slack network, he said.
In a statement posted online Friday, Uber said “internal software tools that we took down as a precaution yesterday are coming back online.”
It said all its services — including Uber Eats and Uber Freight — were operational.
The company did not respond to questions from The Associated Press including about whether the hacker gained access to customer data and if that data was stored encrypted. The company said there was no evidence that the intruder accessed “sensitive user data” such as trip history.
Curry and Leo said the hacker did not indicate how much data was copied. Uber did not recommend any specific actions for its users, such as changing passwords.
The hacker alerted the researchers to the intrusion Thursday by using an internal Uber account on the company’s network used to post vulnerabilities identified through its bug-bounty program, which pays ethical hackers to ferret out network weaknesses.
After commenting on those posts, the hacker provided a Telegram account address. Curry and other researchers then engaged them in a separate conversation, where the intruder provided screenshots of various pages from Uber’s cloud providers to prove they broke in.
The AP attempted to contact the hacker at the Telegram account, but received no response.
Screenshots posted on Twitter appeared to confirm what the researchers said the hacker claimed: That they obtained privileged access to Uber’s most critical systems through social engineering. Effectively, the hacker discovered the password of an Uber employee. Then, posing as a fellow worker, the hacker bombarded the employee with text messages asking them to confirm that they had logged into their account. Ultimately, the employee caved and provided a two-factor authentication code the hacker used to log in.
Social engineering is a popular hacking strategy, as humans tend to be the weakest link in any network. Teenagers used it in 2020 to hack Twitter and it has more recently been used in hacks of the tech companies Twilio and Cloudflare.
Uber has been hacked before.
Its former chief security officer, Joseph Sullivan, is currently on trial for allegedly arranging to pay hackers $100,000 to cover up a 2016 high-tech heist in which the personal information of about 57 million customers and drivers was stolen.
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Music teacher charged with repeated sexual battery of 15-year-old student, sheriff says
TAMPA, Fla. (Gray News) – A music teacher in Florida has been arrested and charged with sexual battery after he had sexual contact multiple times with a 15-year-old student, officials said.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Jason Troche, 34, admitted to investigators that he knew the victim was underage and admitted to the sex acts with the student.
The student’s father signed the teen up for guitar lessons with Troche in March at the Music Showcase store in Tampa. The student attended guitar lessons once a week with Troche.
The sheriff’s office said the sexual abuse began in June and continued through this month.
Troche also sent inappropriate messages through social media to the victim, the sheriff’s office said.
Sheriff Chad Chronister said his office will continue to seek justice in the case.
“It’s upsetting that a person put into a position of trust and care for one of our children has violated that trust with his disgusting actions,” Chronister said in a statement.
The sheriff believes there may be more victims of Troche and asks them to call 813-247-8200.
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Reports: ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to close on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Phantom of the Opera” — Broadway’s longest-running show — is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York.
The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts — will play its final performance on Broadway on Feb. 18, a spokesperson told The Associated Press on Friday. The closing will come less than a month after its 35th anniversary.
It is a costly musical to sustain, with elaborate sets and costumes as well as a large cast and orchestra. Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic — going as high as over $1 million a week but also dropping to around $850,000. Last week, it hit $867,997 and producers may have seen the writing on the wall.
Based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, “Phantom” tells the story of a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish songs include “Masquerade,” ″Angel of Music,” ″All I Ask of You” and “The Music of the Night.”
The first production opened in London in 1986 and since then the show has been seen by more than 145 million people in 183 cities and performed in 17 languages over 70,000 performances. On Broadway alone, the musical has played more than 13,500 performances to 19 million people at The Majestic Theatre.
The closing of “Phantom” would mean the longest running show crown would go to “Chicago,” which started in 1996. “The Lion King” is next, having begun performances in 1997.
Broadway took a pounding during the pandemic, with all theaters closed for more than 18 months. Breaking even usually requires a steady stream of tourists, especially to “Phantom.”
The closure was first reported Friday by the New York Post.
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Sarah Sanders undergoes surgery for thyroid cancer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who is running for governor in Arkansas, underwent surgery Friday for thyroid cancer.
Sanders announced she underwent the surgery after a biopsy earlier this month revealed that she had thyroid cancer.
“Today, I underwent a successful surgery to remove my thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes and by the grace of God I am now cancer-free,” Sanders said in a statement released by her campaign. “I want to thank the Arkansas doctors and nurses for their world-class care, as well as my family and friends for their love, prayers, and support.”
Sanders, 40, said she looked forward to returning to the campaign trail soon. Sanders’ last public event was at the Arkansas Razorbacks football game on Saturday.
Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman until 2019, is running against Democratic nominee Chris Jones. She is the daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Sanders, who has shattered fundraising records in the race, is heavily favored in the predominantly Republican state of Arkansas. The state’s current Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, is leaving office in January due to term limits.
A doctor for Sanders said in a statement that he expected her to be back on her feet within the next 24 hours. Dr. John R. Sims, a surgeon at CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock, said Sanders will need adjuvant treatment with radioactive iodine and continued long follow up care.
Sims said Sanders’ cancer was a stage 1 papillary thyroid carcinoma, the most common type of thyroid cancer and said she has an “excellent” prognosis.
“I think it’s fair to say she’s now cancer free, and I don’t anticipate any of this slowing her down,” Sims said.
During Sanders’ nearly two-year tenure at the White House, she scaled back daily televised briefings after repeatedly sparring with reporters and faced questions about her credibility. But she also earned reporters’ respect working behind the scenes to develop relationships with the media.
Sanders was well known in Arkansas politics before launching her governor’s bid, going back to when she appeared in ads for her father’s campaigns. She managed Sen. John Boozman’s 2010 election and worked as an adviser to Sen. Tom Cotton’s in 2014.
She’s run primarily on national issues in the Arkansas race, promising to use the governor’s office to fight President Joe Biden and the “radical left.”
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‘Senseless violence’: 21-year-old college student found shot to death in car, police say
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Police in Louisiana are continuing their investigation into the death of a Louisiana State University student.
The Baton Rouge Police Department said officers found a woman, later identified as 21-year-old Allison Rice, shot to death inside a car on the edge of downtown Baton Rouge on Friday morning.
WAFB reports at least five or six bullets were fired into Rice’s vehicle.
The LSU student was alone in the vehicle when police arrived. Authorities said they found her near railroad tracks.
Investigators said Rice was possibly waiting for a train to pass. However, a train was not present when they arrived at the scene.
According to authorities, Rice was with friends in the Mid City area of Baton Rouge before the shooting. She was a senior at LSU majoring in marketing.
The university issued the following statement after Rice’s death was announced:
“The LSU community is saddened to hear of senior Allison Rice being killed overnight. Her family and friends are in our thoughts, and we encourage anyone who may have more information about this crime to contact Baton Rouge police.”
Rice was a 2019 graduate of Dutchtown High School, where she was on the homecoming court.
Dutchtown High School Principal Matthew Monceaux said the school is “deeply saddened” to learn of Rice’s death while sending condolences to her family and friends.
Rice also worked at The Shed BBQ restaurant near the LSU campus. Luke Forstmann, the restaurant’s owner, said he recently talked to Rice about an internship she had lined up.
“She had just such an amazing, bright future. Everything was just on the up and up and she was about to graduate,” Forstmann said. “It’s just so senseless and devastating that someone as bright as her would be taken from us this early.”
Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome called the shooting “senseless violence and completely unacceptable” as Baton Rouge officers continue to work the case.
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Warm & dry weather is expected through the weekend
Temps will rise, but rain chances should stay minimal in the coming days
High pressure will keep any rain at bay over the next several days, so we’ve got more warm & dry afternoons, and more cool and dry nights to look forward to!
This evening, as the sun sets we’ll cool off under mostly clear skies and eventually see some areas of fog. Lows tonight will fall into the upper 40s-mid 50s.
Saturday will bring sun, some afternoon clouds, and low humidity still. Temps Saturday afternoon should top off in the upper 70s and low 80s. Saturday night looks mainly clear and quiet with lows in the 50s.
Sunday will bring much of the same; sun, some passing clouds and highs just on either side of the 80 degree mark.
A weak frontal boundary could bring a stray shower or two and a bit more mugginess to the area early next week, but the chance of rain still looks pretty low overall.
The start of FALL IS NEXT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND! We look to see above average temps to start the new season, but could get a bit of a cool-down again by next weekend...
STAY TUNED!
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Woman gets 18-60 years in prison for repeated rape of 6-year-old boy, DA says
LOCK HAVEN, Penn. (Gray News) – A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to 18 to 60 years in prison for the repeated rape of a 6-year-old boy.
According to the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office, 38-year-old Tonya Krout was sentenced this week following her arrest in 2021.
The DA’s office said Krout admitted to Judge J. Michael Salisbury that she repeatedly raped the victim between 2010 and 2015, starting when the boy was 6 years old.
Salisbury sentenced Krout to a minimum of 18 years in prison to a maximum of 60 years. Krout will be eligible for parole after serving the first 18 years when she is 56 years old.
Salisbury said he believes Krout is “absolutely likely to re-offend if given the opportunity to abuse another child” and insisted that she stay in prison for a long time in order to protect other children who she might otherwise encounter.
According to the DA’s office, Krout was previously convicted in New York in 2016 for a separate sexual abuse case involving a 4-year-old child.
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"A time of great peril."
That's how the head of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres, sums up the state of things.
In a press conference this week, as the annual U.N. General Assembly began in New York City, Guterres pointed to wars, poverty, hunger, and what he described as "climate chaos."
He called for solidarity and cooperation, even while acknowledging that the global response to all these challenges seems "paralyzed."
Guterres joined All Things Considered to discuss five things going on in the world right now that he is worried about: fighting near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power; fertilizer availability; Europe's energy crisis; Russia's invasion of Ukraine; and the climate crisis.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Interview highlights
On rising concerns about fighting near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine
It was my belief since the beginning that the parties should agree there should be no shooting from the plant, or into the plant. We have suggested the creation of a perimeter in which Russian troops would not enter, but also in relation to which the Ukrainian troops would commit not to enter. I don't think that we are approaching a solution of this type. I know the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is exploring as much as possible the concept of a safe zone, and the negotiations are taking place between the IAEA and the parties.
But I'm not very optimistic. In any case, the six reactors now are not working. The question is that they need to have the supply of electricity to guarantee the cooling together with other parts in all contexts. So I hope that this kind of stalemate will not bring any catastrophic situation. But of course, there is a major concern with what's happening there.
On U.N. efforts to export grain to countries impacted by supply chain issues
We have already [transported] more than 3 million tons that went out from the Black Sea from Ukraine. And it's going on and on. And I think that the movement is taking place in a very positive way.
Our biggest problem in relation to food security now is not food in itself, but fertilizers. The fertilizers from Belarus are sanctioned, and being a landlocked country, they cannot export their fertilizers through the European Union. It is absolutely essential to remove the obstacles that still exist. And we are cooperating with the U.S. government, and also with the European Union to make sure that what has always been said, that no sanctions apply to food and fertilizers, is translated into practice.
And this is having a dramatic impact in West Africa, for instance. We have concrete data that farmers are already planning to farm less than the land available because of the fertilizer price and its availability.
On whether Russia can be held accountable for manufacturing an energy crisis in Europe
This is an area where we have no capacity. Let's be frank, energy is something that is dealt with by a number of very powerful countries and a number of very powerful companies. And the influence of the United Nations there is much more reduced. With the grain, we were able to get to the agreements. We got a lot of commitment with a lot of persistence. It took four months, but it was possible because there were no major interests against it. When you talk about energy, there are many major interests and it's very difficult for us to be able to create the conditions for the energy market to normalize. I'm very worried about that.
On any hopes of making progress between Russia and Ukraine during the general assembly
I do not hope to make progress here in New York. I don't think there will be any chance to have any kind of dialogue between the Russians and the Ukrainians, the Russians and the Americans, the Russians or Europeans. But we are working hard in order to, first of all, put together a fact finding mission that will go to the place where so many prisoners of war would be.
In relation to the key question, which is peace, I think we are still very far from creating the conditions to get it. And for us, peace must be in line with the U.N. Charter and in line with international law.
On a lack of action on the climate crisis
I think we have problems in mitigation, which means reduction of emission, and we are probably in a position which means we need to focus on building resilience and supporting communities that can be impacted. And we have problems in finance in the reduction of emissions.
Developed countries have been able to announce a meaningful reduction in the next few years, but most emerging economies do not have that capacity, which means that we risk having an increase in emissions during this decade instead of the reduction of 45%, which is what's needed.
There are arguments from both sides against each other and what we need is effective cooperation for the developed country to support the emerging economies, for them to accelerate their financing, to move from coal and other fossil fuels into renewables. And for that they need financing and they need technology.
So for all of these things to be prevented or to be minimized in their impact, they need a massive investment in adaptation. And there has been no money for that. It's essential that there is money for that. Military expenditure is increasing everywhere. There must be money to rescue the planet.
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The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services are operational following what security professionals were calling a major data breach. It said there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data.
What appeared to be a lone hacker announced the breach on Thursday after apparently tricking an Uber employee into providing credentials.
Screenshots the hacker shared with security researchers indicate this person obtained full access to the cloud-based systems where Uber stores sensitive customer and financial data.
It is not known how much data the hacker stole or how long they were inside Uber's network. Two researchers who communicated directly with the person — who self-identified as an 18-year-old to one of them— said they appeared interested in publicity. There was no indication they destroyed data.
But files shared with the researchers and posted widely on Twitter and other social media indicated the hacker was able to access Uber's most crucial internal systems.
"It was really bad the access he had. It's awful," said Corbin Leo, one of the researchers who chatted with the hacker online.
He said screenshots the person shared showed the intruder got access to systems stored on Amazon and Google cloud-based servers where Uber keeps source code, financial data and customer data such as driver's licenses.
"If he had keys to the kingdom he could start stopping services. He could delete stuff. He could download customer data, change people's passwords," said Leo, a researcher and head of business development at the security company Zellic.
Screenshots the hacker shared — many of which found their way online — showed they had accessed sensitive financial data and internal databases. Among them was one in which the hacker announced the breach on Uber's internal Slack collaboration ssytem.
Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who also communicated with the hacker, said there was no indication that the hacker had done any damage or was interested in anything more than publicity. "My gut feeling is that it seems like they are out to get as much attention as possible."
Curry said he spoke to several Uber employees Thursday who said they were "working to lock down everything internally" to restrict the hacker's access. That included the San Francisco company's Slack network, he said.
In a statement posted online Friday, Uber said "internal software tools that we took down as a precaution yesterday are coming back online."
It said all its services — including Uber Eats and Uber Freight — were operational.
The company did not respond to questions from The Associated Press including about whether the hacker gained access to customer data and if that data was stored encrypted. The company said there was no evidence that the intruder accessed "sensitive user data" such as trip history.
Curry and Leo said the hacker did not indicate how much data was copied. Uber did not recommend any specific actions for its users, such as changing passwords.
The hacker alerted the researchers to the intrusion Thursday by using an internal Uber account on the company's network used to post vulnerabilities identified through its bug-bounty program, which pays ethical hackers to ferret out network weaknesses.
After commenting on those posts, the hacker provided a Telegram account address. Curry and other researchers then engaged them in a separate conversation, where the intruder provided screenshots of various pages from Uber's cloud providers to prove they broke in.
The AP attempted to contact the hacker at the Telegram account, but received no response.
Screenshots posted on Twitter appeared to confirm what the researchers said the hacker claimed: That they obtained privileged access to Uber's most critical systems through social engineering. Effectively, the hacker discovered the password of an Uber employee. Then, posing as a fellow worker, the hacker bombarded the employee with text messages asking them to confirm that they had logged into their account. Ultimately, the employee caved and provided a two-factor authentication code the hacker used to log in.
Social engineering is a popular hacking strategy, as humans tend to be the weakest link in any network. Teenagers used it in 2020 to hack Twitter and it has more recently been used in hacks of the tech companies Twilio and Cloudflare.
Uber has been hacked before.
Its former chief security officer, Joseph Sullivan, is currently on trial for allegedly arranging to pay hackers $100,000 to cover up a 2016 high-tech heist in which the personal information of about 57 million customers and drivers was stolen.
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Argentines are partying hard in Buenos Aires' bustling bars, despite inflation. Across the pond, German companies are switching gears in response to high gas prices, as Russia shuts off its supply.
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China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi are among the world leaders in Uzbekistan for a security forum. What unites them is a distrust of the American-led world order.
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China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi are among the world leaders in Uzbekistan for a security forum. What unites them is a distrust of the American-led world order.
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Here's what's happening for the migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard NPR | By Eve Zuckoff Published September 16, 2022 at 3:06 PM MDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Flipboard Listen • 3:35 Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by Florida's governor have said they feel like they're being manipulated and are confused. Copyright 2022 NPR
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The city of Izium, Ukraine, was occupied by Russia in early March and became their hub of operations in the region. It was liberated just last week. Residents describe surviving months of occupation.
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The city of Izium, Ukraine, was occupied by Russia in early March and became their hub of operations in the region. It was liberated just last week. Residents describe surviving months of occupation.
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It's a strange moment in the pandemic. For most vaccinated people, the risk of severe illness has gone way down. But hundreds are dying of COVID-19 every day. So how dangerous is the virus now?
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It's a strange moment in the pandemic. For most vaccinated people, the risk of severe illness has gone way down. But hundreds are dying of COVID-19 every day. So how dangerous is the virus now?
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Authorities in Massachusetts are moving the dozens of migrants who arrived earlier this week in Martha's Vineyard to Cape Cod.
The office for Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday that the state's emergency management agency relocated the migrants to Joint Base Cape Cod. There, the state will provide shelter, food and other essential services, Baker said.
Baker also plans to activate 125 members of the state National Guard to assist.
"We are grateful to the providers, volunteers and local officials that stepped up on Martha's Vineyard over the past few days to provide immediate services to these individuals," Baker said in a statement. "Our Administration has been working across state government to develop a plan to ensure these individuals will have access to the services they need going forward, and Joint Base Cape Cod is well equipped to serve these needs."
The migrants' arrival in Martha's Vineyard earlier this week was a surprise to local officials, who had no idea that they were coming. The immigrants, many of whom were from Venezuela, were surprised themselves, since they had been told they were being sent to Boston for work opportunities. They arrived on two separate planes that took off from San Antonio, Texas, and that were arranged and paid for by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Since Wednesday, state and local organizations have scrambled to assist the new arrivals, many of whom speak little to no English.
According to GBH, Joint Base Cape Cod's southern portion has a small town usually reserved for housing soldiers and their families. It has provided humanitarian assistance in the past, including when residents from Louisiana stayed there after fleeing Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with director Brett Morgen on his documentary on David Bowie, Moonage Daydream. It's the first film since Bowie's death in 2016 that had the full cooperation of his estate.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with director Brett Morgen on his documentary on David Bowie, Moonage Daydream. It's the first film since Bowie's death in 2016 that had the full cooperation of his estate.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about Mississippi officials' misappropriation of welfare funds and former NFL player Brett Favre's involvement in the scandal.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about Mississippi officials' misappropriation of welfare funds and former NFL player Brett Favre's involvement in the scandal.
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NPR's Juana Summers chats with Marcus Mumford about his debut solo album, Self-Titled, which is a deeply personal exploration of healing, mercy and forgiveness.
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NPR's Juana Summers chats with Marcus Mumford about his debut solo album, Self-Titled, which is a deeply personal exploration of healing, mercy and forgiveness.
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The queen is still head of state in Canada. While her death is mourned there by many, the future role of the royals is being widely debated.
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The queen is still head of state in Canada. While her death is mourned there by many, the future role of the royals is being widely debated.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who is running for governor in Arkansas, underwent surgery Friday for thyroid cancer.
Sanders announced she underwent the surgery after a biopsy earlier this month revealed that she had thyroid cancer.
"Today, I underwent a successful surgery to remove my thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes and by the grace of God I am now cancer-free," Sanders said in a statement released by her campaign. "I want to thank the Arkansas doctors and nurses for their world-class care, as well as my family and friends for their love, prayers, and support."
Sanders, 40, said she looked forward to returning to the campaign trail soon. Sanders' last public event was at the Arkansas Razorbacks football game on Saturday.
Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump's spokeswoman until 2019, is running against Democratic nominee Chris Jones. She is the daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Sanders, who has shattered fundraising records in the race, is heavily favored in the predominantly Republican state of Arkansas. The state's current Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, is leaving office in January due to term limits.
A doctor for Sanders said in a statement that he expected her to be back on her feet within the next 24 hours. Dr. John R. Sims, a surgeon at CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock, said Sanders will need adjuvant treatment with radioactive iodine and continued long follow up care.
Sims said Sanders' cancer was a stage 1 papillary thyroid carcinoma, the most common type of thyroid cancer and said she has an "excellent" prognosis.
"I think it's fair to say she's now cancer free, and I don't anticipate any of this slowing her down," Sims said.
During Sanders' nearly two-year tenure at the White House, she scaled back daily televised briefings after repeatedly sparring with reporters and faced questions about her credibility. But she also earned reporters' respect working behind the scenes to develop relationships with the media.
Sanders was well known in Arkansas politics before launching her governor's bid, going back to when she appeared in ads for her father's campaigns. She managed Sen. John Boozman's 2010 election and worked as an adviser to Sen. Tom Cotton's in 2014.
She's run primarily on national issues in the Arkansas race, promising to use the governor's office to fight President Joe Biden and the "radical left."
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U.S. natural gas prices are soaring as suppliers step up exports to Europe, which is no longer getting natural gas from Russia. How expensive will it be for Americans to heat their homes this winter?
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U.S. natural gas prices are soaring as suppliers step up exports to Europe, which is no longer getting natural gas from Russia. How expensive will it be for Americans to heat their homes this winter?
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A massive line has formed in London as tens of thousands wait to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. The waiting time is over 20 hours.
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A massive line has formed in London as tens of thousands wait to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. The waiting time is over 20 hours.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Oren Sellstrom, litigation director at Lawyers for Civil Rights, about what's next for the nearly 50 migrants that were flown to Martha's Vineyard from Texas.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Oren Sellstrom, litigation director at Lawyers for Civil Rights, about what's next for the nearly 50 migrants that were flown to Martha's Vineyard from Texas.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is wrapping up its wild horse adoption events in the coming weeks. This is almost a year after one of the largest roundups in state history.
The BLM held 32 wild horse adoption events in Wyoming since late April. At the adoption event at Cheyenne Frontier Days, 15 horses and burros were available and all were adopted, according to Azure Hall, the public affairs specialist with the Wyoming BLM.
Hall said the goal is to find a home for all the animals, but owning them takes work.
“The amount of training that they need is definitely something that people need to take into consideration,” she said. “You're not just buying a decoration for a farm, because they are originally wild animals.”
The BLM gathered more than 4,000 wild horses last winter in southwest Wyoming, making it one of their largest roundups to date. However, Hall said this did not affect the number of adoption events this year.
“Most of the facilities that we work with that adopt our BLM horses kind of already have their schedule set for the year regardless of roundups,” said Hall.
As of August, there were more than 4,000 horses in the state that have not been adopted and remain in holding facilities, which can include corrals, pastures and training facilities. Wyoming has two wild horses training facilities at the Mantle Ranch and Riverton Prison.
The final three adoption events will be at the Mantle Ranch in Wheatland Sept. 17 and at the Wheatland Off Range Corral Oct. 7 and Oct. 21. Additionally, horses are available for adoption online. Hall added that wild horses are typically offered for adoption three times before going to long-term facilities or eco-sanctuaries permanently.
Hall said there will likely be another wild horse roundup before the end of the year.
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KABUL, Afghanistan – In the year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, they have used their muscle to restrict the education and curiosity of girls. They've been banned from high school, told to cover up and stay home. But in one secret book club in Kabul, about a dozen teenagers are defying the Taliban to continue learning – and along the way have connected to a girl from a different time and place who was also forced to live her life in secret.
"She had hope. She was fighting. She was studying. She was resisting her fate," says Zahra. She's in the basement of a building on a side alley on the outskirts of Kabul where the book club met on a recent August day with two young volunteers who act as facilitators, steering the conversation and asking questions.
Zahra is speaking of Anne Frank.
The girls are reading and discussing the teenager's famous diary, which she began writing at age 13. And they are struck by the parallels: Just like them, Anne was only a kid – one who was starting to learn about the world – when she was forced into hiding because of a violent, oppressive government.
Another book club member summarizes the diary at a facilitator's urging: "In the beginning Anne has a good life, but after Hitler takes over, he places strict laws and regulations against Jews. They go into hiding. They can't make noise. They have to walk softly."
Four volunteers set up this weekly book club for teenage girls shortly after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August last year.
(NPR is only using the first names of the girls to protect them from any Taliban reprisals for violating the education ban and not identifying the club's organizers, who fear the Taliban could shut down the book club and punish them for educating the girls.)
The origins of the secret book club
The girls in this book club come from a heart-wrenching cohort: Nearly all of them have survived suicide bombings over the past few years. Some were wounded; others suffered psychological harm. Some lost family. They lost friends. They all belong to a persecuted ethnic minority called Hazaras. Living under the Taliban's rule has added to their hardships..
The four volunteers are young men and women who have worked in education and community service for years. They hope the girls will be able to process the events of their own lives through reading and talking about the classics of Persian and Western literature, translated into Farsi.
"We come here, we talk about the books, and then we understand ourselves, our thoughts," says one of the young book club members, Arzou. "It is like, so amazing."
Some of the books are intended to show the girls how other minorities have survived persecution – or not – through personal stories of resistance and suffering, like Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
Bringing a Jewish voice to Kabul
It is a remarkable effort in a culture and region where there have been no substantial Jewish communities for decades and where clerics have often maligned Jews, without evidence, as seeking to undermine Muslim communities and Islam itself.
But the Hazara volunteers who lead this book club understand the European Jewish experience differently: a minority that was once unspeakably persecuted as part of the Nazi effort to exterminate the Jewish people, with millions killed, but which has since thrived. They hope the girls will see that too.
Volunteers who facilitate the book club assigned Frank's diary to the girls in late July. They agreed to meet weeks later with NPR to talk about it.
The book, which has been translated into over 70 languages and sold some 30 million copies, was translated into Farsi by a 61-year-old Afghan refugee named Khalil Wedad who lives in the Netherlands.
Wedad said when he first came across the book in a class he attended on Dutch language and culture, he was taken by how Anne Frank's story of a girl in hiding resonated with the experience of many Afghans living through decades of war. He hoped that if he were to translate the book, Afghan girls would see themselves in her story.
Wedad told NPR that he was supported by the Anne Frank House, which oversaw the translation and paid for publishing about 1,500 copies.
"At first it may seem surprising that these girls relate so powerfully to Anne Frank, but for young people who experience terror and oppression who have to hide for their lives, there's somehow comfort to know they're not alone," says Doyle Stevick, executive director of the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina. (The center is the official partner of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam).
"The diary helps us recall our common humanity no matter what our differences may be," Stevick says. "Anne's strong spirited determination not to give into despair has inspired people around the world."
In 2005, after the Farsi edition of the book was published, Wedad said he traveled back to Afghanistan and held small meetings with journalists and civil society activists to introduce the book. He even held readings with Afghan teenage girls.
Wedad said he hadn't heard about the secret book club but was pleased to learn that young Afghan women are finding meaning in Anne Frank's story. "It feels like his mission was kind of fulfilled," Wedad's son Khaled told NPR, translating for his dad, who does not speak English.
'I think Anne Frank is ... a friend for me.'
Arzou, one of the book club participants, said it was the first time they had read the firsthand account of a teenage girl living through extreme hardship. "I think Anne Frank is like, as a friend for me," she said.
"Something is in common with me and Anne Frank," Arzou says. "We are both the victims of war. I mean, Anne Frank is suffering from war and I am too. And Anne Frank cannot go to school, cannot, like go out very freely. And I have the same situation."
Like Anne Frank, Arzou says, "we are just in a dark place and there isn't any light," she says. "And we don't understand what would come after this."
Before the Taliban came to power, Arzou says her grades were so high that she expected to apply to colleges abroad to study computer science. That dream is over.
She's 17, but her hair is streaked with gray – a startling sight set against the pimples on her teenage face. She thinks the grays are because she holds in the suffering she's experienced.
But she says she's learning that other people, like the Jews of Europe, like Anne Frank, lived through worse.
"I found the Anne Frank situation more harder than us," Arzou says. "They cannot go out, and every minute they are thinking of being free, but in the end, they even die. So if I think of my situation. I am very grateful because I have these people that I can share my ideas with. We can gather together and talk about anything that we want."
Another girl, 17-year-old Masouma, wearing a lavender headscarf and purple robe, raises her hand to talk. She says she relates to how Anne Frank faced the real fear that she'd be killed even as she wrote about her typical teenage problems, including her crush on a teenage boy who shared their hiding place and her clashes with her mother.
"I loved the whole book. It was like a friend of mine telling me her pain, her stories. When she called her diary Kitty, I smiled and I imagined that I was Kitty, and that we are best friends," Masouma says smiling.
Masouma is referring to this moment in Frank's diary: "All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer and that's the problem. Maybe it's my fault that we don't confide in each other. In any case, that's just how things are, and unfortunately they're not liable to change. This is why I've started the diary."
"To enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don't want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would do, but I want the diary to be my friend, and I'm going to call this friend Kitty."
Masouma says she admires Anne Frank for trying to have a sense of perspective: She was sad because she couldn't go to school in hiding. But she knew it was worse out in the world. She wrote in her diary in 1942 about Jews being transported to camps: "We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed. Perhaps that's the quickest way to die."
And she says, Anne Frank didn't give up on education. She tried to continue her education in secret, even taking a shorthand course by correspondence. Masouma is trying to keep up her education as well.
Despite the Taliban's ban on secondary education for girls, Masouma and other girls were sneaking into a high school that was secretly letting them attend the boys-only classes. They were ducking into the school gate in tiny numbers, hoping they wouldn't be noticed.
"But there were too many of us," Masouma says. She says the school principal feared local Taliban security forces would notice the girls coming in and out, and so they were told to go home. "The girls were all crying," Masouma recalls. "My sister is still traumatized and now she doesn't want to try to get an education."
Masouma and the other girls say they find comfort in Anne Frank's diary, even though they know how it ends. Anne Frank died of typhus in 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after her family was betrayed and their hiding place revealed. She was 16.
Zahra, the young woman who described Anne Frank as resisting her fate, says knowing the end didn't depress her at all. "Nobody knows how long I will live, or when I will die," she shrugs. "The only thing you can do is leave something behind for the world that gives your life meaning."
Like Anne Frank, who left behind her diary, published in 1947.
"Right now, the Taliban are in power," Zahra says. "One day, they will be gone. Maybe people will forget what they did to girls like me."
She says that she wants to write a book as Anne Frank did so the world will know about the teenage girls of Afghanistan as well.
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"A time of great peril."
That's how the head of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres, sums up the state of things.
In a press conference this week, as the annual U.N. General Assembly began in New York City, Guterres pointed to wars, poverty, hunger, and what he described as "climate chaos."
He called for solidarity and cooperation, even while acknowledging that the global response to all these challenges seems "paralyzed."
Guterres joined All Things Considered to discuss five things going on in the world right now that he is worried about: fighting near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power; fertilizer availability; Europe's energy crisis; Russia's invasion of Ukraine; and the climate crisis.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Interview highlights
On rising concerns about fighting near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine
It was my belief since the beginning that the parties should agree there should be no shooting from the plant, or into the plant. We have suggested the creation of a perimeter in which Russian troops would not enter, but also in relation to which the Ukrainian troops would commit not to enter. I don't think that we are approaching a solution of this type. I know the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is exploring as much as possible the concept of a safe zone, and the negotiations are taking place between the IAEA and the parties.
But I'm not very optimistic. In any case, the six reactors now are not working. The question is that they need to have the supply of electricity to guarantee the cooling together with other parts in all contexts. So I hope that this kind of stalemate will not bring any catastrophic situation. But of course, there is a major concern with what's happening there.
On U.N. efforts to export grain to countries impacted by supply chain issues
We have already [transported] more than 3 million tons that went out from the Black Sea from Ukraine. And it's going on and on. And I think that the movement is taking place in a very positive way.
Our biggest problem in relation to food security now is not food in itself, but fertilizers. The fertilizers from Belarus are sanctioned, and being a landlocked country, they cannot export their fertilizers through the European Union. It is absolutely essential to remove the obstacles that still exist. And we are cooperating with the U.S. government, and also with the European Union to make sure that what has always been said, that no sanctions apply to food and fertilizers, is translated into practice.
And this is having a dramatic impact in West Africa, for instance. We have concrete data that farmers are already planning to farm less than the land available because of the fertilizer price and its availability.
On whether Russia can be held accountable for manufacturing an energy crisis in Europe
This is an area where we have no capacity. Let's be frank, energy is something that is dealt with by a number of very powerful countries and a number of very powerful companies. And the influence of the United Nations there is much more reduced. With the grain, we were able to get to the agreements. We got a lot of commitment with a lot of persistence. It took four months, but it was possible because there were no major interests against it. When you talk about energy, there are many major interests and it's very difficult for us to be able to create the conditions for the energy market to normalize. I'm very worried about that.
On any hopes of making progress between Russia and Ukraine during the general assembly
I do not hope to make progress here in New York. I don't think there will be any chance to have any kind of dialogue between the Russians and the Ukrainians, the Russians and the Americans, the Russians or Europeans. But we are working hard in order to, first of all, put together a fact finding mission that will go to the place where so many prisoners of war would be.
In relation to the key question, which is peace, I think we are still very far from creating the conditions to get it. And for us, peace must be in line with the U.N. Charter and in line with international law.
On a lack of action on the climate crisis
I think we have problems in mitigation, which means reduction of emission, and we are probably in a position which means we need to focus on building resilience and supporting communities that can be impacted. And we have problems in finance in the reduction of emissions.
Developed countries have been able to announce a meaningful reduction in the next few years, but most emerging economies do not have that capacity, which means that we risk having an increase in emissions during this decade instead of the reduction of 45%, which is what's needed.
There are arguments from both sides against each other and what we need is effective cooperation for the developed country to support the emerging economies, for them to accelerate their financing, to move from coal and other fossil fuels into renewables. And for that they need financing and they need technology.
So for all of these things to be prevented or to be minimized in their impact, they need a massive investment in adaptation. And there has been no money for that. It's essential that there is money for that. Military expenditure is increasing everywhere. There must be money to rescue the planet.
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Argentines are partying hard in Buenos Aires' bustling bars, despite inflation. Across the pond, German companies are switching gears in response to high gas prices, as Russia shuts off its supply.
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SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — On the fourth floor of an apartment building, Larisa lives alone. The 76-year-old uses a walker to move around, and she can't go up or down stairs. She hasn't ventured outside since before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Only three people remain in her building, a reflection of how this front-line city in the east has fared. The hallways in the building are still littered with broken glass, the windows shattered from a recent missile strike that hit the building across the street.
It's a lonely existence for Larisa, whose brother and sister both live elsewhere in Ukraine. But she says it would be even harder if Svitlana Domoratska, a city social worker, didn't visit multiple times a week.
"I rely on her,'" says Larisa, who asked NPR not to use her last name since she lives close to the fighting. "I try to do a lot of things myself, but it's very hard."
Many of those living along the front lines of the war in Ukraine are older people. Because of their advanced age or poor health, they stay behind — and struggle with difficult access to food, water, heat and medicine.
They're also living with nightly shelling and missile attacks. About 15 miles from the front line, Sloviansk has been experiencing these attacks for more than six months. Just 20% of its more than 100,000 prewar residents are still here, according to the mayor. Many of them are over 60.
It's Domoratska's job, as one of 10 social workers who remain in Sloviansk, to visit older residents multiple times a week and make sure they're doing OK. Before the war, there were 40 social workers in the city.
"The people I visit, they don't want to leave," she says. "They're all alone, but they're also in their familiar environment. This is what they know. And in some cases, this is all they have."
At Larisa's apartment, Domoratska, 43, helps with cooking and cleaning. She brings food and medicine and keeps Larisa company. Together, they often watch a travel show on TV — "a distraction," says Larisa, from the nearly constant air raid sirens and explosions.
Even as the sirens wail, Larisa's biggest worry is not the war. It's winter. The city's natural gas supply has been disrupted by shelling, and it won't be restored in time for the heating season. Because of that, there's an evacuation order for Slovyansk.
Larisa's apartment does have electricity, and she points to an electric heater that's already turned on, even though it's only September.
"When it gets colder, I'll wear all my sweaters," she says. "I'll wear my fur coat."
Domoratska says she's worried about winter, too. Even in the spring and summer, seniors who lived alone in Sloviansk were dying in their apartments. They didn't have food — and in some cases, the city or their families didn't know.
The city intensified evacuation assistance, according to Svitlana Viunychenko, the mayor's assistant. But with so many unable or unwilling to leave, she says, they turned to social workers to check in.
When the war first started, Domoratska stayed home with her husband, young child and pets. She has elderly parents herself, so she didn't want to leave Sloviansk. But over time, she realized she had to get back to work: there were people who needed her.
Her husband, who is out of work because of the war, often drives her to her visits, so she doesn't have to walk. Most days, she visits four to six people, and she works six days a week. She has a dozen clients in total.
This week, a missile hit a building where two of her clients — a married couple in their 90s — live. When she arrived to visit them, she found their apartment filled with soil, tree roots and pieces of glass. She helped clean it up. "It was a miracle that they survived," she says.
A few blocks from Larisa's apartment, Domoratska climbs the stairs to visit another woman. There are several loud booms — nearby explosions.
"It's normal now," she says. "Even if there are sirens, even if there are explosions, I still visit. They expect me. They prepare for me to come."
She pounds on a door two floors up.
"It's Svitlana," she yells through the door.
A few minutes later, a woman with a cane opens the door. She's dressed in layers and a thick sheepskin and wool vest.
Anna, 86, has impaired hearing and is partially blind. Like Larisa, she is afraid of using her surname during the war and asked NPR to use her first name.
Domoratska has brought her a loaf of bread, and the timing is perfect: Anna only has two slices left.
"I call her 'Firefly,'" Anna says, sitting on her bed. "She brings light in a dark time." Tacked to the walls behind her, there are pictures of the Virgin Mary with Jesus. Flies swarm around food remnants on a side table.
"I was born in Sloviansk," Anna says. "In the past, life was much better. I was a teacher."
She takes out photos of her students. Before the war, they used to visit. But lately, she says, it's been really lonely. "Loneliness is the worst thing that a person can ever experience," she says. Her niece, who is in her 60s, calls to check in when there are air raid sirens, and visits when she can. Anna's other family members have either moved away or died.
Living alone in wartime has taken its toll.
"I am afraid. I don't sleep at night," she says, sobbing. "If I do fall asleep, I don't know if I'll ever wake up."
As she speaks, there are multiple explosions. The windows, covered by lace curtains, rattle after each boom. She sighs deeply and kisses the cross necklace she wears and wipes her eyes.
She says a prayer — she asks for safety from the explosions.
"Every Babushka would all do the same," she says, using the Ukrainian word for grandmother. "We all just want peace."
Hanna Palamorenko contributed to this report.
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China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi are among the world leaders in Uzbekistan for a security forum. What unites them is a distrust of the American-led world order.
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China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi are among the world leaders in Uzbekistan for a security forum. What unites them is a distrust of the American-led world order.
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Harry Styles with a purse. Taylor Swift in gold. Steven Spielberg's love song to his late parents. After two years in the dark, with movie theaters shuttered and studios in existential struggle, the Toronto International Film Festival returned this week with a blockbuster, largely unmasked edition.
Structured as a sprawling public festival with sidebar industry meetings and critic-led buzz, Toronto has become the leading bellwether for the annual award season, where commerce and art converge. This year, though, as opposed to smaller, idiosyncratic and independent cinema that led the way through Covid, it was Hollywood studios and celebrity entourages that led the march back into sold-out cinemas.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Woman King, and a major studio's first gay theatrical romcom Bros made their international debut in Toronto, with full casts in attendance and rapturous audience reactions. Jordan Peele introduced a special IMAX screening of Nope alongside cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema to help Universal launch an Oscar campaign for his summer extravaganza.
La La Land director Damien Chazelle took a break from the editing suite to debut the fever dream trailer for his 1920s Hollywood epic, Babylon. But nothing quite shifted the energy and excitement at this year's edition than Steven Spielberg's Toronto debut with The Fabelmans: a wistful, and deeply personal film about his parents' divorce and his filmmaking career as an irreplaceable avenue for catharsis.
Spielberg wasn't alone in his earnest ode to a medium facing a fragile and uncertain future. Hollywood and cinemas themselves are playing a starring role in several of this year's award-season films, in what at felt times like a collective industrial campaign to insist upon cinemas as sacred endangered spaces.
After his Bond films, Sam Mendes returned to his theatrical roots with Empire of Light, a portrait of a movie theatre manager in 1980s England played by Olivia Colman. The director assembled cinematographer Roger Deakins and composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to create a distinctly big screen portrait of mental health, friendship, and cinema's power to inspire and heal.
Current viewing trends may prove otherwise but the studio pictures on screen were big, ambitious, and well-received examples of Hollywood polish.
Despite the festival's insistence on the triumphant return to red carpets and widescreen projection, certain fundamental shifts in the making and distribution of film are impossible to ignore. Streamers Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime threw some of this year's biggest soirees, as they came to Toronto with a roster of splashy documentaries and feature films - from Harry Styles as a closeted English police officer in Amazon's My Policeman to an extraordinary new documentary about Sidney Poitier called Sidney produced by Oprah Winfrey for Apple.
But the biggest coup was certainly Netflix's new Knives Out film, Glass Onion which features Daniel Craig's return as Inspector Benoit Blanc and an ensemble of would-be murderers including Kate Hudson, Ed Norton, and Janelle Monáe. It remains unclear if the film will receive an extended theatrical run before its Netflix premiere but it's bound to be one of the biggest international hits for the streamer when it debuts on December 23.
For cinephiles targeted by fall's more serious entertainments, some of this year's wintry dramas returned to classic award-season themes - war, political exile, repressed desires, and unresolved memories. Added to the mix in this post-Covid edition were several portraits of mental health, including Causeway with Jennifer Lawrence as a returning Afghanistan war veteran with invisible wounds - and Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman as parents of a depressed teenage son in The Son by the French filmmaker Florian Zeller.
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras arrived in Toronto directly after winning this year's top prize at the Venice Film Festival for her film All The Beauty and the Bloodshed. It follows acclaimed photographer Nan Goldin's campaign against the Sackler family's institutional relationship with art museums, and is also an intimate portrait of opioid addiction and corporate malfeasance. It is provocative and powerful, and bound to be in contention for the year's best-of lists.
That said, in contrast to all of my previous festivals, this year there seemed to be less emphasis on award season prognostication and argumentative predictions. This was evident in the concurrent coverage of the Emmy Awards on Monday night as several critics took a pause from film screenings to write scathing reviews of the telecast and the Emmys' cultural relevance.
As for the Oscars – the ongoing stories of racial exclusion, nosediving ratings – not to mention this year's 'slap' - have damaged the Academy Awards as a unifying brand and pinnacle for film festival season. In conversations and coverage, there was less focus on likely frontrunners and inevitable Best Pictures. Instead, there was broad excitement for a wide-ranging and high-quality season of new films from across genres and cultures. Queer desire in Pakistan's first international breakout film Joyland debuted alongside the scathing social satire and Palme d'Or winner Triangle of Sadness from Swedish director Ruben Ostlund.
Above all, there was cautious hope that widescreen storytelling on a human scale can survive the onslaught of televised dragons and endless superhero sequels. If Toronto's annual empires of light were any indication, this fall there will be a feast of possibilities.
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Here's what's happening for the migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard By Eve Zuckoff Published September 16, 2022 at 4:06 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:35 Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by Florida's governor have said they feel like they're being manipulated and are confused. Copyright 2022 NPR
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The city of Izium, Ukraine, was occupied by Russia in early March and became their hub of operations in the region. It was liberated just last week. Residents describe surviving months of occupation.
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The city of Izium, Ukraine, was occupied by Russia in early March and became their hub of operations in the region. It was liberated just last week. Residents describe surviving months of occupation.
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It's a strange moment in the pandemic. For most vaccinated people, the risk of severe illness has gone way down. But hundreds are dying of COVID-19 every day. So how dangerous is the virus now?
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It's a strange moment in the pandemic. For most vaccinated people, the risk of severe illness has gone way down. But hundreds are dying of COVID-19 every day. So how dangerous is the virus now?
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with director Brett Morgen on his documentary on David Bowie, Moonage Daydream. It's the first film since Bowie's death in 2016 that had the full cooperation of his estate.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with director Brett Morgen on his documentary on David Bowie, Moonage Daydream. It's the first film since Bowie's death in 2016 that had the full cooperation of his estate.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about Mississippi officials' misappropriation of welfare funds and former NFL player Brett Favre's involvement in the scandal.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe about Mississippi officials' misappropriation of welfare funds and former NFL player Brett Favre's involvement in the scandal.
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NPR's Juana Summers chats with Marcus Mumford about his debut solo album, Self-Titled, which is a deeply personal exploration of healing, mercy and forgiveness.
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NPR's Juana Summers chats with Marcus Mumford about his debut solo album, Self-Titled, which is a deeply personal exploration of healing, mercy and forgiveness.
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The queen is still head of state in Canada. While her death is mourned there by many, the future role of the royals is being widely debated.
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The queen is still head of state in Canada. While her death is mourned there by many, the future role of the royals is being widely debated.
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U.S. natural gas prices are soaring as suppliers step up exports to Europe, which is no longer getting natural gas from Russia. How expensive will it be for Americans to heat their homes this winter?
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U.S. natural gas prices are soaring as suppliers step up exports to Europe, which is no longer getting natural gas from Russia. How expensive will it be for Americans to heat their homes this winter?
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A massive line has formed in London as tens of thousands wait to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. The waiting time is over 20 hours.
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A massive line has formed in London as tens of thousands wait to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. The waiting time is over 20 hours.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Oren Sellstrom, litigation director at Lawyers for Civil Rights, about what's next for the nearly 50 migrants that were flown to Martha's Vineyard from Texas.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Oren Sellstrom, litigation director at Lawyers for Civil Rights, about what's next for the nearly 50 migrants that were flown to Martha's Vineyard from Texas.
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Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms
ATLANTA (AP) — Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting software available for download. Ballot-counting machines inspected by people not supposed to have access.
The list of suspected security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations underway in at least three states -- Colorado, Georgia and Michigan. The stakes appeared to rise this week when the existence of a federal probe came to light involving a prominent loyalist to former President Donald Trump who has been promoting voting machine conspiracy theories across the country.
While much remains unknown about the investigations, one of the most pressing questions is what it all could mean for security of voting machines with the midterm elections less than two months away.
Election security experts say the breaches by themselves have not necessarily increased threats to the November voting. Election officials already assume hostile foreign governments might have the sensitive data, and so they take precautions to protect their voting systems.
The more immediate concern is the possibility that rogue election workers, including those sympathetic to lies about the 2020 presidential election, might use their access to election equipment and the knowledge gained through the breaches to launch an attack from within. That could be intended to gain an advantage for their desired candidate or party, or to introduce system problems that would sow further distrust in the election results.
In some of the suspected security breaches, authorities are investigating whether local officials provided unauthorized access to people who copied software and hard drive data, and in several cases shared it publicly.
After the Georgia breach, a group of election security experts said the unauthorized copying and sharing of election data from rural Coffee County presented “serious threats” to the November election. They urged the state election board to replace the touchscreen devices used throughout the state and use only hand-marked paper ballots.
Harri Hursti, a leading expert in voting security, said he is concerned about another use of the breached data. Access to the voting equipment data or software can be used to develop a realistic looking video in which someone claims to have manipulated a voting system, he said.
Such a fake video posted online or to social media on or after Election Day could create chaos for an election office and cause voters to challenge the accuracy of the results.
“If you have those rogue images, now you can start manufacturing false, compelling evidence — false evidence of wrongdoing that never happened,” Hursti said. “You can start creating very compelling imaginary evidence.”
There has been no evidence that voting machines have been manipulated, either during the 2020 election or in this year’s primaries. But conspiracy theories widely promoted among some conservatives have led to calls for replacing the machines with hand-marked and hand-counted ballots and raised concerns that they could be targeted by people working inside election offices or at polling places.
The suspected breaches appear to be orchestrated or encouraged by people who falsely claim the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. In several of the cases, employees of local election offices or election boards gave access to voting systems to people who were not authorized to have it. The incidents emerged into public view after the voting system passwords for Mesa County, Colorado, were posted online, prompting a local investigation and a successful effort to replace the county clerk from overseeing elections.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who has organized or attended forums around the U.S. peddling conspiracy theories about voting machines, said this week that he had received a subpoena from a federal grand jury investigating the breach in Colorado and was ordered to hand over his cellphone to FBI agents who approached him at a fast-food restaurant in Minnesota.
“And they told me not to tell anybody,” Lindell said in a video afterward. “OK, I won’t. But I am.”
Lindell and others have been traveling the country over the past year, holding events where attendees are told that voting machines have been corrupted, that officials are “selected” rather than elected and that widespread fraud cost Trump the 2020 election.
In an interview with the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Lindell said FBI agents questioned him about the Colorado breach and Dominion Voting Systems. The company provides voting equipment used in about 30 states and has had its machines targeted in the Colorado, Georgia and Michigan breaches.
When agents asked him why he flies between different states, Linden told them, “I’m going to attorney generals and politicians, and I’m trying to get them to get rid of these voting machines in our country.”
The Justice Department did not respond when asked for details about its investigation.
Dominion has sued Lindell and others, accusing them of defamation. In a statement this week, the company said it would not comment about ongoing investigations but said its systems are secure. It noted that no credible evidence has been provided to show that its machines “did anything other than count votes accurately and reliably in all states.”
The scope of the federal grand jury probe in Colorado isn’t known, but local authorities have charged Mesa County clerk Tina Peters in what they described as a “deceptive scheme which was designed to influence public servants, breach security protocols, exceed permissible access to voting equipment and set in motion the eventual distribution of confidential information to unauthorized people.”
Peters has pleaded not guilty and said she had the authority to investigate concerns that the voting equipment had been manipulated. She has appeared at numerous events with Lindell over the past year, including Lindell’s “cybersymposium” last August in which a digital copy of Mesa County’s election management system was distributed.
David Becker, a former U.S. Justice Department attorney who now leads the Center for Election Innovation & Research, notes the irony of those who raise alarms about voting equipment being involved in allegations of breaches of the same systems.
“The people who have been attacking the integrity of elections are destroying the actual integrity of elections,” he said.
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Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo contributed to this report.
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Schools across the nation are switching to solar energy
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A new report from Generation 180 shows that solar energy usage has tripled in schools across the nation since 2015.
Schools with low to high ranging budgets are accessing benefits that come from this switch.
“In our recent report, we found that nearly 1 in 10 K-12 schools around the country have gone solar, and Charlottesville and Albemarle county are amongst that top 10% in the country,” said Tish Tablan, program director at Generation 180.
Some of it is to send a message, but a bigger reason may be money.
“Energy is the second largest expense for schools after staffing, and by going solar, they can lower their electricity bills and reinvest those savings back into student learning,” Tablan said.
Generation 180 hopes that by bringing solar onto schools and into classrooms, they’re creating real teaching moments.
“The most exciting part about schools going solar is bringing the technology into the classroom, and allowing students to enhance their understanding of science, technology and engineering, and also have the opportunity to train for jobs of the future,” Tablan said. “Students have access to solar technology and to the data about how much energy solar energy those schools are producing, and they can use that in the classroom to study science and engineering and learn about energy.”
The full report can be found here.
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Smith Mountain Lake gets ready for annual wine festival to return
BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Smith Mountain Lake is getting ready to bring back its annual wine festival this weekend.
After a two-year hiatus, the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce is welcoming dozens of wineries, bands and local vendors to Mariner’s Landing Resort. The chamber’s executive director explained the excitement for the return.
“We have decided after taking two years off, we are going to blow out all the stops and put on a party like we never have before,” Andy Bruns said.
For the first year, the wine festival is including vineyards from California and international wines. The owner of The Landing Restaurant, one of the festival’s hosts this year, explained how organizers are looking forward to making this festival unique.
“It’s changing the event and the new wines are making it a different experience,” Tiffany Silva said. “It’s something new after we haven’t done it for a couple years and it’s great to come out and see something completely different than what it was before.”
Workers spent Friday setting up the stage for several bands that will perform over the weekend. Tickets have been sold to people in 21 states and more than 300 zip codes.
One local vendor explained how the festival is important for businesses.
“This is huge for us as a community,” Jessica Bishop said. “As a business owner, this is huge for us to be able to really showcase what we have in a whole different light.”
Bishop owns J Bond Bishop Mercantile near Smith Mountain Lake. She explained how the festival has a huge economic impact on the community.
“As somebody who’s lived in this community my whole life, I’ve always welcomed the fact that we are a tourist community,” Bishop said. “Because without the folks that come to visit here, we wouldn’t have the things that we have.”
Tickets can be bought online or at the gate Saturday and Sunday.
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CHEYENNE – The general election takes place Nov. 8, but voters can cast their ballots early beginning Sept. 23, when Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee opens the polling site in the atrium of the county building at 309 W. 20th St. in Cheyenne.
Lee said the atrium polling site will be open to voters from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, from Sept. 23 through Nov. 7, with the exception of county holidays. Voters will enter the atrium door on Carey Avenue to vote or register. Sample ballots will also be available for voters to take home.
Voters are reminded to present acceptable identification in order to receive a ballot. Among the IDs a voter can present are:
Wyoming driver’s license
Wyoming ID
Student ID from the University of Wyoming
Student ID from Wyoming community colleges or public school
Driver’s license or ID from another state
Valid U.S. passport
U.S. military ID
Tribal ID
Valid Medicare or Medicaid card
Persons who do not have one of these documents may obtain one free of charge from the Wyoming Department of Transportation Driver’s Services; call 307-777-3835.
If an individual isn't registered yet, they can register through Oct. 24 at the County Clerk’s election office in the Laramie County Governmental Complex, 309 W. 20th St., or during early voting or on Election Day.
Requirements for registration include U.S. citizenship, Laramie County residency, age 18 by the date of the election, not adjudicated mentally incompetent, and if convicted of a felony, voting rights must have been restored. New registrants need to bring their driver’s license or state- issued ID, U.S. military ID, U.S. passport, Wyoming student ID or tribal ID.
Absentee voting
Next week, the Clerk’s office will mail General Election absentee ballots to the nearly 4,000 voters who have requested them.
Lee said registered voters who want an absentee ballot may call the election office at 307-633-4242 or email election@laramiecountywy.gov with subject line "Absentee (your name)." Persons requesting a ballot must provide their name as it appears on the voter registration list, date of birth, residential address in the county, mailing address and contact telephone number.
The county clerk will conduct a public test of voting equipment in advance of early voting on Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. in the atrium. Political parties, candidates, media and the public are invited to observe the test and familiarize themselves with the ballot and the voting equipment.
For more information on elections or voter registration, visit https://elections.laramiecountyclerk.com/ or call the election office of the county clerk at 307-633-4242.
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CHEYENNE – The city has just announced the first human case of West Nile virus in Laramie County this year has been reported in the Cheyenne area.
"Precautions should be taken across Cheyenne and throughout Laramie County," said an emailed announcement on Friday afternoon. "Moisture and warm weather provide ideal conditions for mosquitos to multiply, feed from infected birds and transmit West Nile virus to humans and other animals."
"A bite from an infected mosquito can cause severe illness and, in some instances, death," wrote the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department. "Not everyone infected with West Nile virus will become ill, but those who do can have symptoms that range from a mild flu-like illness to a more serious condition such as encephalitis or meningitis."
Those who are 60 and older face the most risk for serious illness, the health department said. "Severe symptoms can include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, vision loss and paralysis."
The locality said Cheyenne Weed and Pest and the health's department's mosquito control program "are doing their utmost to protect the community. We ask that you do your part in checking your property to eliminate any standing water where mosquitos could breed."
Other suggestions from the health agency:
Stay indoors when mosquitoes are more active around dusk and dawn.
"Cover-up as completely as possible" outside: "Wear shoes, socks, long pants and a long-sleeved shirt when outdoors for long periods or when mosquitoes are more active."
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the rising Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, otherwise known as inflation, for states including Wyoming. Screenshot taken Wednesday from a BLS announcement.
CORRECTION: This updated article's fifth paragraph now correctly identifies economist Julie Percival as from the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) and not with BLM, an unrelated federal agency.
CHEYENNE – Inflation isn't just high in the nation as a whole, it's also surging locally and in the western part of the country, newly released figures show.
When the federal government on Tuesday issued these statistics for the nation, it drew considerable attention, and analysts said it contributed to a decline in stock prices and to an increase in expectations the Federal Reserve may increase interest rates at a faster pace. At around the same time, comparable figures were released for geographic areas that are more specific to Wyoming.
The numbers show that in one multi-state area that includes the Cowboy State, inflation has been increasing recently at an even faster clip than nationally. This is according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and per a brief phone conversation and email exchange between the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and a BLS representative.
As was widely reported Tuesday, consumer prices across the country rose 8.3% in August from a year earlier, BLS says. In the agency's Mountain region, a similar economic stat, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, rose by an even higher percentage.
The region's CPI-U gained 9.6% in the 12 months ended in August 2022, BLS rep Julie Percival told the WTE on Wednesday. The region includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, according to Percival, a regional economist for the Southwest/Mountain Plains Information Office.
There is another region that also includes Wyoming, although for this wide swath of land, inflation actually grew a little more slowly than throughout the U.S. In the West region, CPI-U increased 8.1%, BLS reported. That's two-tenths of a percentage point less than for the country. There are 13 states in the West region, and they include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washington state and, of course, Wyoming.
BLS explained this inflation trend as reflecting the fact that food prices advanced 10.8%. And energy prices rose 20%, the government explained, "largely the result of an increase in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy rose 6.7 percent over the year."
In recent months, gas prices have been declining. Experts expect this to eventually lead to lower inflation, or to be at least one less reason for prices consumers pay to be surging.
According to the AAA motorists service and association, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas across the country was $3.70 on Wednesday. While that is about 14% more than the cost exactly a year ago, it's also down by about a third from the record reached in June of just above $5. Gas costs a little more across Wyoming on average, at $3.80 per gallon, than it does nationally, although it's selling for less here in Laramie County.
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The Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy Facebook page shared this photo on Sept. 9, 2020, with the caption: “Cadets have been busy and focused on completing classes and setting up a plan for their futures. Recently, they virtually met with military recruiters and Job Corps representatives to explore just a couple of the options they have once they graduate from WCCA. It’s great seeing the cadets show their Courage to Change!”
The Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy Facebook page shared this photo on Sept. 9, 2020, with the caption: “Cadets have been busy and focused on completing classes and setting up a plan for their futures. Recently, they virtually met with military recruiters and Job Corps representatives to explore just a couple of the options they have once they graduate from WCCA. It’s great seeing the cadets show their Courage to Change!”
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. David Pritchett is pictured in this previously taken photo that was provided Thursday by the Wyoming Military Department.
CHEYENNE – A quasi-military academy in Guernsey is closing and may not soon reopen, officials indicated Thursday. Officials with the Wyoming National Guard will look to move the facility elsewhere in the state, with the goal of possibly reopening in a few years.
According to a two-page news release emailed Wednesday evening by the Wyoming Military Department after the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s inquiries, the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy “will shut down for an indefinite amount of time based on the inability to recruit and retain staff.” The release said “shutdown procedures are underway” and indicated the organization has operated for almost 20 years.
It was so difficult to hire civilians to work at the academy, the government has been using several members of the military who stepped forward to work at the facility. Even with their help, it still was a few people short of having all of the allocated staff. The positions of the almost 40 current civilian employees are fully funded through this year, and after that, they may need to look for work elsewhere, officials told the WTE Thursday.
Most immediately, the closure will affect the current cadet class of about 60 participants, who are 16 to 18 years old. Those students can choose to go to other states’ similar academies, they can continue their studies remotely once the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy ceases in-person learning at month’s end, or they can simply go back home on Oct. 1. This is according to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. David Pritchett, who helps to oversee the academy, among other duties, as director of the Wyoming Military Department’s joint staff.
“The first piece of this is we are trying to place all these cadets” at other academies, Pritchett said by phone. And then officials will assess “when can we, with some degree of confidence, start the program back” up, he added. “We can’t sustain it here, so we are not going to come back in two years and try to do it here.”
Those who might have applied to the program for future sessions – there were two, five-and-a-half month classes held annually – can instead go to other states’ programs. There is a special arrangement with Nevada’s academy, so that Wyomingites aren’t completely left in the lurch.
Filled a gap
Politicians and other stakeholders, who shared their reaction to the news, said they are sad the facility will close. (Their comments will be included in a follow-up news article.) The academy’s Facebook page also saw an outpouring of disappointment over the action.
“The decision to close the Wyoming Challenge Academy was not made lightly, and (was) made in consultation with” Gov. Mark Gordon, his spokesman, Michael Pearlman, wrote in an email to the WTE. “It is directly related to the inability to staff the facility in a manner that ensures a safe environment for the cadets that attend. The health and safety of those cadets and its staff are the governor’s number one priority.” Pearlman said “staff attrition that occurred since the current cohort of cadets started has exacerbated a challenging staffing situation.”
Stakeholders all agreed the Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy met an important need to provide a different kind of eduction to teenagers who experienced difficulties at home and/or at traditional high schools. They said that given its remote location and the difficulty employers here and across the U.S. are experiencing in being fully staffed, continuing to operate with fill-in military employees was not a viable long-term option.
“We will likely look at where (there) are some larger areas, if you will, that have a little bit more of a talent base to draw from,” Pritchett predicted. He said it’s possible the new location could be at a mothballed school, which would then be retrofit with barracks and dining and other facilities.
Such a search process could start soon, and might take a few years. Hopefully, everything could be in place in time to have a class of cadets who would start in July 2025, the officer said. “I think that is a realistic timeline.”
Cost
The federal government paid the bulk of the cost for Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy, officials said. For 2022 and 2023, there was $5.2 million budgeted from the feds, with another $2.3 million from the state, Pritchett said.
According to the announcement of the closure, the current cadet class has almost 60 members, and almost 1,500 have graduated from the program through the years.
“We understand the hardship this places on families and cadets, but we simply cannot sustain our current program, given our staffing issues,” said Maj. Gen. Gregory Porter, the adjutant general of the Wyoming National Guard, in the prepared statement. “We are committed to helping the cadets achieve their educational and individual goals, and will work with them to find alternate means to meet them.”
Following the residential academy, there is a year-long “mentorship program, designed to provide structure, instill discipline, and help young men and women recognize and achieve their potential in a quasi-military training environment,” the release said. “All cadets volunteer to take part in the program.” The goal is for “nontraditional learners” to “improve their educational level and employment potential and become responsible productive citizens of” Wyoming.
The mentorship meant adult volunteers would check in with their mentees, according to those who have been involved with the process. They credited the program with helping participants get their necessary high school credits or certificate, so they could either go on to community or other colleges or enter the workforce.
Jonathan Make is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s assistant managing editor and editor of the Wyoming Business Report. He can be reached at jmake@wyomingnews.com or 307-633-3129. Follow him on Twitter @makejdm.
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Mark Stege, vice president of Wyoming operations for Black Hills Energy/Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Co., speaks earlier in 2022 at the Public Service Commission. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Transmission lines are seen in a photo on the website for Black Hills Energy's Ready Wyoming project. Taken via screenshot on April 5, 2022.
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Mark Stege, vice president of Wyoming operations for Black Hills Energy/Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Co., speaks earlier in 2022 at the Public Service Commission. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – The local natural gas provider plans to emit, on a net basis, no greenhouse gas emissions from such operations by 2035, it was just announced.
On Thursday, the utility, Black Hills Energy unveiled what it described as "an updated clean energy target to further reduce methane emissions associated with its natural gas utility system." The company is also the primary electricity provider in this geographic area.
The new target of "Net Zero by 2035” doubles the business' previous commitment of halving greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) intensity for mains and services by 2035, according to a news release. It "expands the scope of the goal to include all sources of methane emissions in the company’s distribution system."
Meanwhile, "on the electric side of our business, we have already achieved over a one-third reduction in GHG intensity since 2005, reaching a nearly 10% reduction across our multi-state electric utility system since announcing our goal in 2020,” said Mark Stege, Black Hills Energy’s vice president of operations in Wyoming. His comments came in a written statement that was distributed via email.
Stege continued that “we have plans in place today, without reliance on future technologies, to achieve our corporate climate goals calling for a 40% reduction in GHG intensity from our electric utility operations by 2030 and 70% by 2040.”
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Biden meeting with families of Whelan, Griner at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is meeting Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detained in Russia, Paul Whelan.
The meetings at the White House are the first face-to-face encounter between the president and the relatives of Griner and Whelan. The meetings, held in the Oval Office, began shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday, the White House said.
Administration officials said the sessions are meant to underscore Biden’s commitment to bringing home Americans held overseas and to establish a personal connection, but are not an indication that negotiations with Russia for their release have reached a breakthrough.
John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said Friday that Russia has not responded to what administration officials have called a substantial and serious offer to secure Griner and Whelan’s release.
“The president is not going to let up,” Kirby told reporters on Friday ahead of the president’s meetings with the families. “He’s confident that this is going to remain in the forefront of his mind and his team’s mind, and they’re going to continue to work as hard as they can.”
Griner has been held in Russia since February on drug-related charges. She was sentenced last month to nine years in prison after pleading guilty and has appealed the punishment. Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence on espionage-related charges that he and his family say are false. The U.S. government regards both as wrongfully detained, placing their cases with the office of its top hostage negotiator.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the unusual step of announcing two months ago that the administration had made a substantial proposal to Russia. Though he did not elaborate on the proposal, a person familiar with the matter has said the U.S. has offered to release convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
The administration carried out a prisoner swap last April, with Moscow releasing Marine veteran Trevor Reed in exchange for the U.S. releasing a Russian pilot, Konstantin Yaroshenko, convicted in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
Jake Sullivan, the president’s national security adviser, is participating in both meetings. Biden is sitting down with Elizabeth Whelan, the sister of Paul Whelan. In a separate session, the president is meeting with Cherelle Griner, the wife of Brittney Griner, as well as the player’s agent, Lindsay Colas, according to the White House.
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EDMONTON, AB, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today, the Chair of Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Dhillon to the Board, effective October 1, 2022.
"We are very pleased to welcome Bob Dhillon as an AIMCo Board member," said Mark Wiseman, Chairperson of AIMCo. "He shares our vision of delivering sustainable long-term performance to AIMCo's clients through scale, sophisicated investment capabilities, and sound corporate governance. His experience and leadership will be a significant compliment to our experienced Board."
Based in Calgary Alberta, Mr. Dhillon is an experienced senior executive with an extensive career in the real estate and financial services industries. As President & CEO of Mainstreet Equity Corp (MEQ), he has spent 22 years providing consistent year-over-year, double digit returns through continued organic growth to MEQ investors. Mr. Dhillon is also the owner of National Payments, a Visa and MasterCard approved merchant-processing business in the financial services sector.
In addition, Mr. Dhillon was appointed as Officer of the Order of Canada in 2021 for his achievements in business and for his commitment to philanthropy and higher education, awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012 for his dedication and accomplishments in his work and community, and has been the Honorary Consul General of Belize for Canada since 1999.
He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Lethbridge, 2019, and an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce from Lakehead University, 2017.
Both Mr. Roger Renaud and Dr. Kenneth Kroner have been reappointed to the board following their term expiry. The appointment of Mr. Bob Dhillon fills the vacancy left by Mr. Bob Kelly who will be leaving the board effective September 30, 2022.
"On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to extend our sincerest gratitude to Bob Kelly for his dedication to AIMCo." added Mark Wiseman. "His contributions during his tenure have ensured AIMCo's continued evolution towards excellence serves the best interests of our clients, and of all Albertans."
In accordance with the Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act, the Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the management of the business and affairs of AIMCo. Guided by this mandate, the Board sets the strategic direction of the Corporation and oversees the development and implementation of policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day conduct of AIMCo's business. All directors are appointed to the Board by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and are fully independent of management.
AIMCo is one of Canada's largest and most diversified institutional investment managers with more than $160 billion of assets under management. AIMCo was established on January 1, 2008 with a mandate to provide superior long-term investment results for its clients. AIMCo operates at arms-length from the Government of Alberta and invests globally on behalf of 32 pension, endowment and government funds in the Province of Alberta. For more information about AIMCo please visit www.aimco.ca or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Connect Holding II LLC d/b/a Brightspeed ("Brightspeed") today commenced marketing to potential lenders and investors the debt financing for its previously announced acquisition (the "Acquisition") of the incumbent local exchange carrier business of Lumen Technologies, Inc. located in 20 states across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States.
Brightspeed expects the debt financing to be comprised of approximately $5.465 billion of secured debt, including a $600 million revolving credit facility, which is expected to be (i) guaranteed by all of Brightspeed's subsidiaries, including Embarq Corporation ("Embarq") and its transferred subsidiaries, and (ii) secured by substantially all of the assets of Brightspeed and its subsidiary guarantors, other than the assets of Embarq and certain subsidiaries of Embarq that are "restricted subsidiaries" under the indenture governing Embarq's 7.995% senior notes due 2036 (the "Embarq Notes").
In connection with the Acquisition, Embarq will be acquired by Brightspeed and the Embarq Notes are expected to remain outstanding as obligations of Embarq. The Embarq Notes are not expected to be guaranteed by any of Embarq's subsidiaries (or by Brightspeed or other subsidiaries of Brightspeed) or secured by any assets of Embarq or its subsidiaries (or assets of Brightspeed or other subsidiaries of Brightspeed).
The debt financing is subject to market and other conditions, and may not occur on the terms described above or at all.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
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About Brightspeed
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and expected to have assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed will provide broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than 6 million homes and businesses. The company aims to bridge the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. For more information about Brightspeed, visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
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