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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company.
Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, currently the company’s biggest individual shareholder, has proposed buying the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn’t already own at $54.20 per share, an offer worth more than $43 billion.
Musk called that price his best and final offer, although he provided no details on financing. The offer is non-binding and subject to financing and other conditions.
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk said in the filing. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
Twitter shares rose to $47.83, up 4.3% but well below Musk’s offer price, a sign that some investors may doubt the deal will go through. The stock is still down from its 52-week high of about $73.
Twitter said it has received Musk’s offer and will decide whether it is in the best interests of shareholders to accept or continue to operate as a publicly traded company.
Analyst Daniel Ives of Wedbush said in a client note that he believes “this soap opera will end with Musk owning Twitter after this aggressive hostile takeover of the company.” He thinks it would be hard for any other bidders or consortium to come forward and said Twitter’s board will likely be forced to accept Musk’s offer or start a process to sell the company.
Musk revealed in regulatory filings over recent weeks that he’d been buying shares in almost daily batches starting Jan. 31, ending up with a stake of about 9%. Only Vanguard Group’s suite of mutual funds and ETFs controls more Twitter shares. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York federal court alleged that Musk illegally delayed disclosing his stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower prices.
The billionaire has been a vocal critic of Twitter in recent weeks, mostly over his belief that it falls short on free speech principles. The social media platform has angered followers of Donald Trump and other far-right political figures who’ve had their accounts suspended for violating its content standards on violence, hate or harmful misinformation. Musk has described himself as a “free speech absolutist” but is also known for blocking other Twitter users who question or disagree with him.
After Musk announced his stake, Twitter quickly offered him a seat on its board on the condition that he not own more than 14.9% of the company’s outstanding stock, according to a filing. But the company said five days later that he’d declined.
He didn’t explain why, but the decision coincided with a barrage of now-deleted tweets from Musk proposing major changes to the company, such as dropping ads — its chief source of revenue — and transforming its San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter.
Twitter hasn’t done as well as its social media rivals and lost money last year. The company reported a net loss of $221 million for 2021 largely tied to the settlement of a lawsuit by shareholders who said the company misled investors about how much its user base was growing and how much users interacted with its platform. Its co-founder Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO in late November and was replaced by new CEO Parag Agrawal.
Musk’s more than 81 million Twitter followers make him one of the most popular figures on the platform, rivaling pop stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga. But his prolific tweeting has sometimes gotten him into trouble with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and others.
Musk and Tesla in 2018 agreed to pay $40 million in civil fines and for Musk to have his tweets approved by a corporate lawyer after he tweeted about having the money to take Tesla private at $420 per share. That didn’t happen, but the tweet caused Tesla’s stock price to jump. Musk’s latest trouble with the SEC could be his delay in notifying regulators of his growing stake in Twitter.
Both his 2018 comments about taking Tesla private at $420 per share and his latest bid to take Twitter private at $54.20 per share seemed to jokingly reference the number 420, a slang reference to marijuana.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest economic data and corporate earnings amid lingering concerns about inflation and rising interest rates.
The S&P 500 fell 0.5% as of 10:21 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 108 points, or 0.3%, to 34,673 and the Nasdaq fell 1%.
Industrial stocks and companies that make household and personal goods gained ground. Airlines and other travel-related stocks made solid gains for a second day following an upbeat outlook from Delta Air Lines on Wednesday. Caterpillar rose 2.6% and Delta gained 3.4%.
Technology stocks fell and offset gains elsewhere in the market. Pricey valuations for many of the bigger technology companies give them more sway in directing the broader market higher or lower. Microsoft slipped 1.4%.
Investors again turned their attention to the drama surrounding Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk and Twitter. Musk offered to buy the social media company for $54.20 a share, two weeks after revealing he’d accumulated a 9% stake. Twitter rose 2.9% to $47.19, remaining below Musk’s offering price.
Wall Street had mixed economic data to review following several hot inflation reports earlier in the week. The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.5% in March, boosted by higher prices for gasoline, as consumers continue to spend despite high inflation.
Inflation remains at its highest levels in 40 years in the U.S. and that has economists and analysts closely watching how consumers react to higher prices on everything from food to clothing and gasoline. Concerns about inflation have worsened amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has made for more volatile energy prices and contributed to rising oil and wheat prices globally.
U.S. crude oil prices were relatively stable on Thursday, but are up roughly 40% for the year.
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia’s war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world’s countries and reaffirmed the danger high inflation presents to the global economy.
Rising prices are driving the Federal Reserve and many other central banks to tighten monetary policy by raising interest rates, among other measures, to help cool the surging demand that is contributing to the problem.
Investors received another update on the recovery in the jobs market. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week, according to the Labor Department, but remained at a historically low level. The data reflect a robust U.S. labor market with near record-high job openings and few layoffs.
Earnings season is underway and Thursday featured reports from insurer UnitedHealth Group and several banks.
UnitedHealth rose 1.7% after reporting solid first-quarter results and raising its 2022 forecasts.
Investors had mixed reactions to results from four of the nation’s largest banks, all of which reported noticeable declines in their first-quarter profits as the volatile markets and war in Ukraine caused deal-making to dry up while a slowdown in the housing market meant fewer people sought mortgages.
Citigroup rose 2.1% while Wells Fargo fell 6.5%. Morgan Stanley rose 1.8% and Goldman Sachs rose 1.1%.
Investors are closely watching the latest round of corporate earnings to determine how companies have been dealing with rising costs and whether consumers have pulled back their spending.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --"I thought there should be a safe and simple way to retrieve your phone if it accidentally falls into a body of water while fishing, boating or at the pool," said an inventor, from Greenbelt, Md., "so I invented the ANTI SINKING DEVICE. My design ensures that the device is not lost forever."
The invention prevents a dropped phone from sinking into a body of water. In doing so, it allows the phone to be easily retrieved. As a result, it increases convenience and it could help to prevent phone loss. The invention features a durable design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for the owners of mobile phones, water sports enthusiasts, boaters, etc. Additionally, a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Washington D.C. sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-WDH-2699, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a modified caulking gun that would be easier to handle and manipulate in tight or hard-to-reach spaces," said an inventor, from Tampa, Fla., "so I invented the MINI CAULK GUN + ACCESSORIES. My design enables you to apply caulking or adhesive without the struggle, frustration or mess."
The patent-pending invention provides an easier way to apply caulk and adhesives in tight spaces. In doing so, it offers an alternative to struggling with traditional caulking guns. As a result, it saves time and effort and it reduces waste. The invention features a compact design that is easy to use so it is ideal for professional laborers and do-it-yourselfers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Tallahassee sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLS-139, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are deeply divided over how much children in K-12 schools should be taught about racism and sexuality, according to a new poll released as Republicans across the country aim to make parental involvement in education a central campaign theme this election year.
Overall, Americans lean slightly toward expanding — not cutting back — discussions of racism and sexuality, but roughly 4 in 10 say the current approach is about right, including similar percentages across party lines. Still, the poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows stark differences between Republicans and Democrats who want to see schools make adjustments.
About 4 in 10 Republicans say teachers in local public schools discuss issues related to sexuality too much, while only about 1 in 10 say too little. Among Democrats, those numbers are reversed.
The findings reflect a sharply politicized national debate that has consumed local school boards and, increasingly, state capitols. Republicans see the fight over school curriculum as a winning culture war issue that will motivate their voters in the midterm elections.
In the meantime, a flurry of new state laws has been introduced, meant to curtail teaching about racism and sexuality and to establish a “parents’ bill of rights” that would champion curriculum transparency and allow parents to file complaints against teachers.
The push for legislation grew out of an elevated focus on K-12 schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, when angry parents crowded school board meetings to voice opposition to school closures, mask mandates and other restrictive measures intended to prevent the spread of illness.
“All that that’s happening these days kind of goes against the longer history of school boards being relatively low salience government institutions and, in a lot of cases, they are nonpartisan offices,” said Adam Zelizer, a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School researching school board legislation.
What distinguishes this moment, Zelizer said, is the “grassroots anger” in response to school policies and the national, coordinated effort to recruit partisan candidates for school boards and local offices.
What started as parents’ concern about virtual learning and mask wearing has morphed into something larger, said Republican pollster Robert Blizzard, describing parents as thinking: “OK, now that we have the schools open, what are these kids learning in school?”
The poll shows 50% of Americans say parents have too little influence on curriculum, while 20% say they have too much and 27% say it’s about right. About half also say teachers have too little influence.
Kendra Schultz said she and her husband have decided their 1-year-old daughter will be homeschooled, at least initially, because of what friends have told them about their experiences with schools in Columbia, Missouri.
Most recently, she said, one 4-year-old’s pre-K class talked about gender pronouns. Schultz offered that and mask requirements as examples of how the public school system “doesn’t align with what we believe or how we would like to see our children educated.”
“I’m just like, you’re a little kid, you should be learning your ABCs and your numbers and things like that,” said Schultz, a 30-year-old conservative. “That’s just not something that me and my husband would be interested in having teachers share with our children.”
In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in March signed into law a bill barring instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Opponents, including the White House, have dubbed it the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The poll shows Americans are slightly more likely to say the focus on sex and sexuality in local schools is too little rather than too much, 31% to 23%, but 40% say it’s about right. The poll didn’t ask about specific grade levels.
Blizzard, who has been working with a group called N2 America to help GOP candidates in suburbs, said the schools issue resonates with the Republican base and can motivate voters.
In the Virginia governor’s race last year, Republican Glenn Youngkin won after campaigning on boosting parental involvement in schools and banning critical race theory, an academic framework about systemic racism that has become a catch-all phrase for teaching about race in U.S. history. His Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, had said in a debate that parents shouldn’t tell schools what to teach.
The poll also shows Americans have mixed views about schools’ focus on racism in the U.S.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said parents and teachers alike are frustrated after pandemic disruptions and should partner to help kids recover. The efforts to predetermine curriculum and restrict teaching are getting in the way, she said.
“The people who are proposing them, they’ve been pretty clear ... they just want to sow doubt and distrust because they want to end public education as we know it,” Weingarten said.
Parents of school-age children aren’t more likely than other adults to say parents have too little influence in schools. But there is a wide partisan gap, with 65% of Republicans saying that, compared with 38% of Democrats.
Michael Henry, a father of three in Dacula, Georgia, says he’s wrestled over what the right level of involvement is. It didn’t sit right with him, for example, that his 6-year-old was taught about Christopher Columbus in an entirely positive light. He says he’s reflected on “some of the lies” and “glorifications of history” in his own public school education and thinks race needs to be talked about more.
But ultimately, school curriculum is “outside my area of expertise,” said Henry, 31, an actuary who is also the acting president of the Gwinnett County Young Democrats.
“I have to do a lot of studying and work to be able to make informed decisions, and I don’t feel like parents generally have that kind of skill set” for curriculum, he said. “I think professionals should mostly be determining what the curriculum should be.”
Henry worries that new restrictions are “adding extra hassle for teachers, who already have a lot on their plate, to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”
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AP Education Writer Collin Binkley in Boston contributed to this report.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple and sanitary way to lift a toilet seat when going to the bathroom," said an inventor, from Tampa, Fla., "so I invented the LAZY RAZE. My design would provide added protection and peace of mind for users."
The patent-pending invention provides a hands-free way to lift a toilet seat. In doing so, it eliminates the need to touch a germy toilet seat. As a result, it increases sanitary conditions and it could help to reduce the spread of germs and bacteria. The invention features a practical design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for households and commercial restrooms. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Tallahassee sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLS-110, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are deeply divided over how much children in K-12 schools should be taught about racism and sexuality, according to a new poll released as Republicans across the country aim to make parental involvement in education a central campaign theme this election year.
Overall, Americans lean slightly toward expanding — not cutting back — discussions of racism and sexuality, but roughly 4 in 10 say the current approach is about right, including similar percentages across party lines. Still, the poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows stark differences between Republicans and Democrats who want to see schools make adjustments.
About 4 in 10 Republicans say teachers in local public schools discuss issues related to sexuality too much, while only about 1 in 10 say too little. Among Democrats, those numbers are reversed.
The findings reflect a sharply politicized national debate that has consumed local school boards and, increasingly, state capitols. Republicans see the fight over school curriculum as a winning culture war issue that will motivate their voters in the midterm elections.
In the meantime, a flurry of new state laws has been introduced, meant to curtail teaching about racism and sexuality and to establish a “parents’ bill of rights” that would champion curriculum transparency and allow parents to file complaints against teachers.
The push for legislation grew out of an elevated focus on K-12 schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, when angry parents crowded school board meetings to voice opposition to school closures, mask mandates and other restrictive measures intended to prevent the spread of illness.
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“All that that’s happening these days kind of goes against the longer history of school boards being relatively low salience government institutions and, in a lot of cases, they are nonpartisan offices,” said Adam Zelizer, a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School researching school board legislation.
What distinguishes this moment, Zelizer said, is the “grassroots anger” in response to school policies and the national, coordinated effort to recruit partisan candidates for school boards and local offices.
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What started as parents’ concern about virtual learning and mask wearing has morphed into something larger, said Republican pollster Robert Blizzard, describing parents as thinking: “OK, now that we have the schools open, what are these kids learning in school?”
The poll shows 50% of Americans say parents have too little influence on curriculum, while 20% say they have too much and 27% say it’s about right. About half also say teachers have too little influence.
Kendra Schultz said she and her husband have decided their 1-year-old daughter will be homeschooled, at least initially, because of what friends have told them about their experiences with schools in Columbia, Missouri.
Most recently, she said, one 4-year-old’s pre-K class talked about gender pronouns. Schultz offered that and mask requirements as examples of how the public school system “doesn’t align with what we believe or how we would like to see our children educated.”
“I’m just like, you’re a little kid, you should be learning your ABCs and your numbers and things like that,” said Schultz, a 30-year-old conservative. “That’s just not something that me and my husband would be interested in having teachers share with our children.”
In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in March signed into law a bill barring instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Opponents, including the White House, have dubbed it the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The poll shows Americans are slightly more likely to say the focus on sex and sexuality in local schools is too little rather than too much, 31% to 23%, but 40% say it’s about right. The poll didn’t ask about specific grade levels.
Blizzard, who has been working with a group called N2 America to help GOP candidates in suburbs, said the schools issue resonates with the Republican base and can motivate voters.
In the Virginia governor’s race last year, Republican Glenn Youngkin won after campaigning on boosting parental involvement in schools and banning critical race theory, an academic framework about systemic racism that has become a catch-all phrase for teaching about race in U.S. history. His Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, had said in a debate that parents shouldn’t tell schools what to teach.
The poll also shows Americans have mixed views about schools’ focus on racism in the U.S.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said parents and teachers alike are frustrated after pandemic disruptions and should partner to help kids recover. The efforts to predetermine curriculum and restrict teaching are getting in the way, she said.
“The people who are proposing them, they’ve been pretty clear ... they just want to sow doubt and distrust because they want to end public education as we know it,” Weingarten said.
Parents of school-age children aren’t more likely than other adults to say parents have too little influence in schools. But there is a wide partisan gap, with 65% of Republicans saying that, compared with 38% of Democrats.
Michael Henry, a father of three in Dacula, Georgia, says he’s wrestled over what the right level of involvement is. It didn’t sit right with him, for example, that his 6-year-old was taught about Christopher Columbus in an entirely positive light. He says he’s reflected on “some of the lies” and “glorifications of history” in his own public school education and thinks race needs to be talked about more.
But ultimately, school curriculum is “outside my area of expertise,” said Henry, 31, an actuary who is also the acting president of the Gwinnett County Young Democrats.
“I have to do a lot of studying and work to be able to make informed decisions, and I don’t feel like parents generally have that kind of skill set” for curriculum, he said. “I think professionals should mostly be determining what the curriculum should be.”
Henry worries that new restrictions are “adding extra hassle for teachers, who already have a lot on their plate, to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”
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AP Education Writer Collin Binkley in Boston contributed to this report.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a safe and convenient way for patrons to house face masks at a restaurant or bar," said an inventor, from Mac Dougall, N.Y., "so I invented the MASK CLIP. My design provides the perfect place to keep your mask while dining during the pandemic."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to store a face mask at a restaurant or bar. In doing so, it eliminates the need to place the mask on the table or in a pocket. As a result, it enhances sanitation and safety and it ensures that the mask is readily accessible if needed. The invention features a simple design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for restaurants, bars and other commercial locations. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TOT-484, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to enhance cell phone privacy by preventing unauthorized viewing or listening by hackers," said an inventor, from Calgary, AB, Canada, "so I invented the SECURE CASE. My design offers a portable means of protecting the mobile device."
The invention provides an improved protective case for cell phones. In doing so, it prevents unauthorized viewing from the camera and listening via the microphone. As a result, it increases security and it provides added peace of mind. The patent-pending invention features a simple and effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the owners of cell phones. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Toronto sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TRO-490, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a device to remove accumulations of dust, pet dander, pollen and mold on the inner surfaces of forced air heating system ducts," said one of three inventors, from St. Petersburg, Fla., "so we invented the DUCT BUSTER. Our design could benefit the respiratory health of individuals in the home or business."
The invention provides a new way to clean HVAC system ducts. In doing so, it offers an improved alternative to traditional methods and machinery. As a result, it increases convenience. The invention features a simple design that is easy to operate so it is ideal for HVAC workers and do-it-yourselfers. Additionally, it can be adapted for use in most typical forced air heating and cooling systems.
The original design was submitted to the Tampa sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TPA-3059, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a simple and accessible hand sanitizer unit for inside the car," said an inventor, from Syracuse, N.Y., "so we invented the BAKER SANI PUMP. Our design eliminates the need to search for a traditional bottle of hand sanitizer."
The patent-pending invention ensures that hand sanitizer is readily accessible within a vehicle interior. In doing so, it helps to prevent the spread of germs and viruses. As a result, it enhances safety and sanitation and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a concealed and convenient design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners and professional drivers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TOT-491, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there should be a quick and easy way to facilitate the lifting and alignment process when changing a flat tire," said one of two inventors, from West Valley City, Utah, "so we invented the RON BAR. Our design eliminates the need to kneel or bend over and it minimizes the handling of a dirty tire."
The patent-pending invention provides an easier way to lift and position a tire. In doing so, it increases leverage. It also helps to reduce back strain and discomfort and it saves time and effort. The invention features a durable and portable design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Salt Lake City sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-STU-2364, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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The only solution built for mass scale in the digital age, Ironclad now powers more contracts than any other contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform on the market
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ironclad, the leading digital contracting platform, today announced it has powered more than one billion contracts on the platform, and is currently on track to process another one billion in 2022 alone. The company, which has helped innovative customers like MasterCard, L'Oreal, Snap, Inc., and Demostack digitize their contracting process from start to finish within a single, browser-based platform, grew users on the platform by more than 195% year over year.
"The world is changing, and companies are moving to the digital sphere en masse. The pandemic has played a big role in fueling this innovation out of necessity, but many companies in the CLM space are fundamentally unequipped for this digital future," said Mallun Yen, General Partner of Operator Collective, an investor in Ironclad. "Companies are dealing with higher volume requirements than ever before, so having this 'digital readiness' is the only way to keep up. Because of this, Ironclad has emerged as the most powerful solution on the market, and we're excited to join them as they shape the future of digital contracting."
Ironclad is a digital contracting platform that lets companies create, manage, execute, and extract data-driven insights from any type of business contract. The only solution on the market with a completely self-service workflow designer and 100% DOCX-native, browser-based editor, Ironclad also streamlines contract collaboration through shared drafts, track changes and version history, commenting functionality, and more.
Companies like Snap, Inc and Demostack use Ironclad to solve complex contracting problems by streamlining their contracting in innovative ways – from managing massive volumes of contracts to creating scalable, easy-to-use processes for managing contracts.
Snap, Inc. is a camera company that uses Ironclad Clickwrap to handle the massive scale at which they execute their commercial service agreements (CSAs). The team at Snap chose Ironclad Clickwrap to streamline these high-volume CSAs.
"A single ad account can have dozens of work orders a year, and although the overall campaign would be high-value, the CSAs themselves would be relatively low dollar values. This was causing a lot of friction with advertisers needing escalations and internal legal approvals," said Sheena Ferrari, Head of Global Legal Operations at Snap. "Since we started using Ironclad Clickwrap, time to acceptance is down a ton, so our reps are happy, and our legal team is saving dozens of hours a month not having to field questions or manage these lower value agreements."
Demostack, a company that lets revenue teams create demo environments within minutes, uses Ironclad CLM to manage contracts across the entire company, from sales, to finance, procurement and more. Ironclad's user-friendly nature has led to a high level of adoption within the company, which allows them to gain valuable data-driven insights from the platform.
"My goal is to deliver a process in a system that people want to use. If I don't get high adoption, I'm never going to get the results I want, like robust analytics, a clean contract repository, etc," said David Wieseneck, CFO of Demostack. "By moving our contracts out of emails and shared folders and into Ironclad, we eliminate confusion around the contracting process. Ironclad has given us robust business insights beyond what you typically get with a CLM, and is accelerating business outcomes in ways we didn't really think were possible. Most companies wait way too long to implement this type of technology – we invested early and it's paying dividends."
"We're seeing a rapid, cross-industry shift of business contracting moving online, which means vendors need to meet users where they live – on their browsers and in their apps," said Ironclad CEO and co-founder, Jason Boehmig. "And this is something that's happening as we speak, not in some near-distant future. Contracting in industries like eCommerce, whose business models require online experiences and massive scale contracting, hint at the future of contracts. Ironclad allows our customers to be ahead of the curve with innovative solutions like clickwrap and API-driven contracting in order to capitalize on that future."
To learn more about Ironclad, visit https://ironcladapp.com.
Ironclad is the #1 contract lifecycle management platform for innovative companies. L'Oréal, Staples, Mastercard, and other leading innovators use Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence. It's the only platform flexible enough to handle every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA. The company is a Leader on the Forrester Wave for Contract Lifecycle Management, was named a Company to Bet Your Career On in 2022 by Business Insider, and is backed by leading investors like Accel, Sequoia, Y Combinator, BOND, and Franklin Templeton's Franklin Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Landmark social impact investment fund will be increased to $400 million to extend the organization's efforts to improve community conditions
OAKLAND, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest nonprofit integrated health system, is increasing its financial commitment to economic development and investing in affordable housing across the United States by doubling the capital in its Thriving Communities social impact investment fund to $400 million. This step comes as part of Kaiser Permanente's efforts to address the impact of COVID-19 among underrepresented communities, including low-income and communities of color, whose health and economic wellbeing have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
The Thriving Communities Fund, which represented a pioneering approach for a health care organization when it was launched in 2018 with $200 million, is on track to create and preserve 15,000 units of affordable housing by 2025. Doubling the fund to $400 million will double the impact to create or preserve 30,000 units before 2030, while also advancing inclusive economic development in communities to address systemic economic disadvantage and discrimination that underpin the housing crisis.
Impact investing is a form of values-based investment that is used to deliver positive, measurable social and environmental benefits in areas such as affordable housing, community social services, and inclusive small-business financing to contribute to economic health and well-being in communities. Kaiser Permanente views impact investing as a meaningful way to support healthy, financially strong communities– where all people can keep a roof over their heads, put food on the table, get the medical care they need when they need it, and lead the lives they want to live. This further commitment to the impact investment strategy deepens the investment into the communities served by Kaiser Permanente, supporting the thriving economies and high-quality affordable housing that are the foundations for overall health and wellbeing.
"I had already been in therapy for my mental health challenges for 5 years. Getting housed gave me the ability to focus on my mental health and really make therapy work for me. I didn't have the stability in my life to be able to do those things before," said Donte Lewis, a 44-year-old previously homeless veteran in Baltimore who was housed through a Thriving Communities Fund investment. "I have a different outlook and attitude, and I've grown. My friends and family hadn't seen me like this before."
Health systems are ideally suited to be impact investors, deploying their resources to reach upstream and move the economic levers that drive community health. Directing investments to high-impact assets like affordable housing and local businesses has the potential for strong, long-term returns on community health.
"By bringing together the capabilities of the health and investment sectors, Kaiser Permanente can strengthen neighborhoods, improve health and help communities thrive," said Bechara Choucair, senior vice president and Chief Health Officer for Kaiser Permanente. "Kaiser Permanente supports equitable economic opportunity through its approaches to hiring, purchasing, building, investing, and partnering with communities. Ultimately, this work will help our communities overcome systemic and structural economic disadvantages."
The fund's preliminary financial performance results are in line with expectations and have demonstrated how impact investing can be aligned with Kaiser Permanente's broader responsible investment approach. The fund is also creating social change for the people and communities it reaches, in the form of increased affordable housing supply and increased financial resources to neighborhoods and entrepreneurs of color.
The Thriving Communities Fund's outcomes to date include:
- Preservation or production of over 7,000 affordable housing units located across the U.S. in Los Angeles; Oakland; Sacramento; San Diego; Sonoma County, CA ; Portland, OR; Atlanta; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Prince George's County, MD; Denver; and Seattle.
- A $50 million investment in SDS Capital Group's rapid housing development fund catalyzing an additional $100 million in investments from other funders, allowing 1,800 supportive housing units to be built across California at half the typical development cost and three times faster than the average construction timeline.
- Providing critical predevelopment loan capital to transform a previously underutilized 8-acre area in Washington, DC, with mixed-income housing, public health resources, and retail, office, and arts space.
Increasing access to affordable housing and supporting longer term economic stability in communities provides residents with hope and security while improving conditions for health and equity on a broader scale.
Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America's leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente has a mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve 12.5 million members in 8 states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal Permanente Medical Group physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery, and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education, and the support of community health. For more information, go to about.kp.org
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The Vets has expanded to 12 cities and hired 100 veterinary professionals to treat 15,000 pets, with plans to service half the nation by end of 2022
NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vets, a mobile veterinary service bringing high-quality pet care into the home, celebrates nearly one year of service with over 12,000 appointments to date. The company's tremendous growth of healing 15,000 animals and providing 100+ jobs to veterinarians and vet technicians, demonstrates its commitment to innovating the antiquated industry and shows the importance of connecting with the customer to provide more personalization and care to each appointment. The tech-enabled provider is dedicated to improving how the veterinary industry operates to provide the utmost care for pets and flexible work hours to providers across the nation.
Since launching in Miami, FL in 2021, The Vets have expanded services to 12 cities nationwide with their 30 mobile units, offering in-home visits at a flat rate regardless of the number of pets seen during that visit. With The Vets, pets can receive nose-to-tail exams and other services including, wellness exams, home lab tests, microchipping, vaccinations, health travel certificates and more without ever leaving the comfort of home.
With over 23 million households gaining a pet in 2021 and the pet humanization trend driving the pet care industry, The Vets is adapting to meet demands and offer its mobile veterinary services to half the nation by the end of 2022, with goals to service all 50 states.
The Vets' key successes from the past year include:
- Treating on average ~1,000 pets per month
- Secured 12,000+ appointments since launching
- Over half of customers book a second appointment within 30 days
- 30% Month-over-month customer growth
- 85% of Veterinarians on staff are Female
- Reduced the industry-average wait time for an appointment from 21 days to six days
Traditionally, mobile pet care has been used in rural areas of the United States to serve large animals, with the vast majority of household pet care happening at clinics. What separates The Vets from others within the space, is bringing world-class veterinarians into customers' homes to ensure that what can't be seen through the screen in telehealth appointments or in a high-stress clinic, is accurately diagnosed and treated or prescribed in person, at home. As a result, The Vets earned a 91 Net Promoter Score.
The Vets are available in cities across the US, including; Austin, Brooklyn, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle and Tampa. For more information, visit thevets.com.
About The Vets
Founded in 2021, The Vets is bringing pet care home. The Vets are a tech-enabled veterinary care provider, removing undue stress and bringing comprehensive pet care into the comfort of your home. They pride themselves in building a team of industry leading veterinarians supported through training, development and advanced medical technologies to deliver the most comprehensive health care for your pet, all in a stress-free environment. Powered by a group of over 180 employees, The Vets currently operate in 12 cities with plans to expand to 22 by the end of 2022.
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Will elevate and drive interdisciplinary research in theoretical and computational quantum science, quantum chemistry, and materials physics.
LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Professor Prineha Narang, a renowned scholar in theoretical and computational science, will join the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) faculty in chemistry as the Howard Reiss Development Chair.
Currently an Assistant Professor at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, Professor Narang will transition NarangLab, her interdisciplinary group founded at Harvard, to UCLA where she and her team will continue to explore topics at the intersection of computational science, condensed matter theory, quantum photonics, and quantum information science.
Her appointment is effective July 1st of this year.
"We are delighted to welcome Pri to UCLA," said Professor Miguel García-Garibay, UCLA's Dean of Physical Sciences. "She is a pioneer in theoretical and computational quantum matter with a bold vision for the field that we are eager to see realized here." "Her work holds tremendous potential for breakthroughs across areas of the physical sciences; and will unlock new avenues of research for the broader experimental chemical science, condensed matter, ultrafast science, and quantum information communities at UCLA," added García-Garibay.
In the last year alone, Professor Narang's work has been recognized internationally by many awards and a variety of special designations, including the Mildred Dresselhaus Prize for her "outstanding contributions to the field of quantum science and technology", the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics for her "pioneering achievements in computational nanophotonics, quantum plasmonics and ab initio descriptions of ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials", a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (Bessel Prize) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and a Max Planck Sabbatical Award from the Max Planck Society. Narang also received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2020, was named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for innovations in quantum science and technology, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a Top Innovator by MIT Tech Review (MIT TR35), and a Young Scientist by the World Economic Forum in 2018. In 2017, she was named by Forbes Magazine on their "30 under 30" list for her work in atom-by-atom quantum engineering.
"Pri's arrival will elevate our department," said Distinguished Professor Neil Garg, the Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. "She'll dramatically expand our lead in theoretical and computational chemistry, bringing top undergraduate and graduate students interested in theory to our program because of the strength of our faculty in this area."
"It's a privilege and an honor to join the UCLA science and academic community," said Narang. "With its tremendous faculty and broad student base, it's an ideal environment to execute on the vision I've had for some time for NarangLab to focus on fundamental questions in quantum phenomena, how to predict non-equilibrium dynamics in molecules and materials, and create new building blocks for scalable quantum information technology." Interactions with the broader UCLA community include the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), where Narang has been involved in long programs, and the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE).
"Pri is an extraordinary scientist and a force of nature," said Prof. Paul Weiss, the UC Presidential Chair, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and of Materials Science and Engineering. "Her impact will extend across campus as she is highly collaborative and breaks new ground across a range of fields. She works closely with both experimentalists and theorists, and we are tremendously excited to have her join us to pursue new directions in quantum materials and chemistry together," noted Weiss.
Prior to starting on the Harvard faculty in 2017, was a Environmental Fellow at HUCE, and worked as a research scholar in condensed matter theory in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on new theoretical methods to describe interactions in quantum matter. She received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) supported by a Resnick Fellowship and an NSF Graduate Fellowship. Narang holds leadership roles in various Department of Energy, Department of Defense and National Science Foundation centers, and her continued service to the community includes Chairing the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting (2022) and the MRS-Kavli Foundation Future of Materials Workshop: Computational Materials Science (2021), as an Associate Editor for ACS Nano, and most recently a leadership role in APS' Division of Materials Physics. In addition to her academic accomplishments, Narang is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aliro, a quantum network platform company she co-founded in 2019.
On a personal note, as a committed Ironman-triathlon racer and marathon runner, Narang looks forward to training in the Southern California sun.
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M&T partnering with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology to offer six-week program
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M&T Bank is looking for as many as 40 entrepreneurs to participate in its first Capital Region Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab – a program designed to provide multicultural business owners with the guidance and skills needed to build strong businesses, spur economic growth for Harrisburg's Capital Region and help build generational wealth for their families.
The new six-week program, in partnership with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology's Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), will focus on business planning, establishing credit, accessing capital, marketing, branding and networking, and conclude with a pitch competition and opportunity to win grants up to $5,000 funded by M&T. The Innovation Lab launches May 5 with weekly courses held at Harrisburg University through June 9.
Entrepreneurs interested in participating in the program must complete an online application by April 25 and meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx or Asian American;
- In business no more than three years; and,
- Annual business revenue of $350,000 or less.
Qualified applicants will be enrolled in the free program on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Capital Region Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab is an outcome of focus group meetings M&T Bank held with various multicultural community leaders who described the challenges their communities face when launching and growing their businesses in the region.
"The Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab is all about providing access to the information and tools entrepreneurs need to accelerate the growth of their businesses and empowering them to do so," said Nora Habig, M&T Bank's regional president for Central and Western Pennsylvania. "The program's curriculum was intentionally developed to create an environment that helps multicultural small businesses overcome obstacles to success, and we look forward to partnering with Harrisburg University to offer it in the Capital Region."
The launch of the Capital Region Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab also is part of M&T's bank-wide mission to build a culturally fluent bank that understands the needs of the communities it serves and helps to provide expertise and other resources required to address those needs. In 2020, M&T created its Multicultural Banking & Diverse Market Strategy segment to specifically prioritize the needs of multicultural communities, businesses and individuals.
Last year, the bank kicked off its Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab series in Buffalo, N.Y., with a similar program that serves as the model for the Capital Region's Innovation Lab and may be replicated throughout the bank's 12-state footprint. M&T is considering launching additional small-business innovation labs this year in Buffalo, Harlem, N.Y., and Bridgeport, Conn. – one of the Northeast markets the bank entered following its recently closed merger with People's United Financial, Inc.
"When people of diverse racial, ethnic or cultural backgrounds take the risk of starting a business and pursuing a dream, we need to be there and support their success," said David Femi, head of M&T Bank's Multicultural Banking & Diverse Market Strategy. "Our Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab series is an important step in M&T's work to encourage and invest in entrepreneurism in the communities we serve. These multicultural businesses, when guided and supported, can make a difference in people's lives and uplift our communities."
The Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab comes at a time when the number of minority-owned businesses in Harrisburg is growing. Of the 60 new businesses started in the city since the beginning of the year, nearly half are owned by Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx or Middle Eastern entrepreneurs, according to city officials.
"Since our administration has taken office, we have seen a boom in multicultural small businesses across the city," Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams said. "When our residents of all backgrounds are represented by a diverse collection of business leaders, this is when we are at our best. The City of Harrisburg is beyond excited to partner with M&T Bank and Harrisburg University to usher in a new era of minority-owned businesses throughout the Capital City."
Jamal Jones, CIE's program manager, said: "CIE looks to be the hub that connects businesses with mentoring, research, and technology, and we acknowledge the challenges faced by business owners from underrepresented groups. By participating in the Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab, CIE will help create an ecosystem of resources and supports for entrepreneurs who need our help the most."
To apply for the Capital Region Multicultural Small Business Innovation Lab, click here.
About M&T Bank
M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provides banking products and services in 12 states across the northeastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Trust-related services are provided in select markets in the U.S. and abroad by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank. For more information about M&T Bank, visit www.mtb.com.
About Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Harrisburg University is a private nonprofit university offering bachelor and graduate degree programs in science, technology, and math fields. For more information on the University's affordable demand-driven undergraduate and graduate programs, call 717-901-5146 or email, Connect@HarrisburgU.edu. Follow on Twitter (@HarrisburgU) and Facebook (Facebook.com/HarrisburgU).
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METAIRIE, La., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Maritime Partners is proud to be named Marine Money 2021 Preferred Equity Deal of the Year. For its quarterly issue, Marine Money evaluated an extraordinary number of outstanding transactions, before ultimately awarding to Maritime Partners for a deal they considered "artful."
When asked about the annual awards, Marine Money President Matt McCleery said, "Marine Money's Deal of the Year awards recognize the global bankers, financial advisors, and legal teams who execute transactions that we believe are exceptional. Our criteria for selection include value creation for stakeholders, creativity, overcoming execution challenges and innovation." In what market experts consider "the first of its kind," the "triple-handed transaction" included Maritime Partners, e1 Marine, and Ardmore Shipping for the issuance of $40 Million 8.5% Series A Perpetual Preferred Shares.
"From groundbreaking sustainability linked loans to transformative acquisitions to creative business combinations to wildly successful capital markets offerings," said Marine Money Editor George Weltman, adding "we had an amazing slate of nominated transactions to consider."
Founded in 2015 by Bick Brooks and Austin Sperry, Maritime Partners has quickly become the leader in maritime financing solutions serving the domestic Jones Act trade and beyond. With Gulf Coast roots and global capabilities and a fleet of over 1,600 vessels, state-of-the-art pushboats, towboats, and a variety of barges, such as covered, and tank barges, Maritime Partners offers a host of solutions for projects of any size and scope with inland bareboat charters and flexible lending options throughout the world.
Marine Money's Deal of the Year Awards will be acknowledged at Marine Money Week at The Pierre Hotel in New York City, June 21-23, 2022.
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announces today that Martha Stewart Living magazine will no longer be published after the May 2022 issue. Subscribers will still be able to visit MarthaStewart.com for content and Martha.com to shop. Martha is asking her followers to go to her new commerce website, Martha.com and join a new VIP program called, Martha Now.
"It's always been my philosophy that when you're through changing, you're through. As consumers continue to search digital platforms for information, I am thrilled to be building Martha.com into the kind of e-commerce digital experience I've always wanted for my readers," said Martha Stewart. "With Martha.com, MarthaStewart.com, along with my other growing digital channels, I look forward to bringing more inspiration, more ideas and more how-to information to an even larger devoted following."
Stewart's audience continues to expand through new and growing channels, such as Martha.com, TikTok and Instagram, streaming video, and an upcoming podcast series with iHeartRadio. Long-standing brand principles, such as "teach, make, buy" will come to life in exciting formats with more integrated digital experiences.
Current Martha Stewart Living readers can go to Martha.com to join the new Martha Now program, which will offer access to experiences, shopping, and VIP rewards. Martha Now will be integrated into her recently launched digital platform, Martha.com, where content mixes with products created and curated by the original influencer herself.
Neil Fiske, CEO of Marquee Brands, added "The media landscape is evolving so quickly, and Martha has always been at the forefront of innovation and change. We are excited to partner with her as we enter this next chapter where Martha will bring her unmatched authority, unstoppable energy, and creativity into more modern digital formats. No doubt, she will blaze a new trail for others to follow, as she's done many times before."
About Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart is the founder of the first multi-channel lifestyle company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, an entrepreneur, bestselling author of 99 (to date) lifestyle books and Emmy Award-winning television show host. Reaching more than 100 million devoted fans on a monthly basis through multi-media platforms and products for the home, sold through Martha.com and an extensive retail network, Martha is the "go-to" authority on the encompassing topic of Living and Celebrating your best life. She and her talented staff provide trusted, timely, and useful information on all aspects of everyday living: cooking, entertaining, gardening, home renovating, collecting, organizing, crafting, healthy living, holidays, weddings and pet care, across many media formats.
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40-year Surgical Technology Veteran and 18-Year Educator Loves Serving Others, Is Committed to Taking Association to the Next Level
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. , April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga Surgical Technology Program Director Barbara Kitchens, a 40-year surgical technology veteran who "loves serving others," was recently elected and sworn in as the next President of the Tennessee Association of Surgical Technologists (TNAST).
"I believe in what we do as a profession. As president I promise to continue to work hard at making Tennessee the best assembly in the nation," says Kitchens. "I believe in encouraging others to get involved so they may share their time, gifts and talents. We are stronger together."
Surgical Technologists assist surgeons by preparing patients and the operating room for surgical procedures. Over the span of her career, Kitchens has worked across many surgical specialties and served as the private technologist for four different surgeons.
Kitchens has been a Surgical Technology Instructor and Program Director at Miller-Motte for 15 years. As leader of the Surgical Technology program, Kitchens is responsible for all aspects of the program from teaching and advising to review and analysis of program data and outcomes.
"We are so proud of Barbara and the impact and contributions she has made and continues to make in the surgical industry. She is an amazing educator and leader in her field and we look forward to seeing all of the great things she will accomplish as President as the Tennessee Association of Surgical Technologists," said Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga Executive Director Jay Frank.
Kitchens has been involved with TNAST since 2009 and worked with the TNAST board since 2016, serving as a volunteer, a board member and Vice President. Additionally, Kitchens has assisted in facilitating conferences at both state and national meetings. During her tenure with TNAST she has also registered students as new TNAST members.
Kitchens says one of her goals as President is to increase the TNSAT territory by creating a welcoming atmosphere that will attract and keep new members, present members, inactive members and students to the assembly. "I am ready to take our journey to the next level," she says.
About Miller-Motte College
Miller-Motte College has convenient locations located across the country and offers training programs in Business, Healthcare, and Skilled Trades. Miller-Motte College also has online learning for those interested in pursuing careers in Healthcare, Technology, Education and Business. Graduates have access to Career Assistance which includes guidance from our Career Services team, resume updates, workshops, and more. Learn more at www.miller-motte.edu.
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While new North American headquarters remains open, new policy requires no minimum number of days in the office
FRANKLIN, Tenn., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today announced a new work-from-home policy that affords flexibility to employees whose jobs can be performed from home, with no required minimum number of days in the office, a benefit more common among cutting-edge technology companies than automotive brands. This announcement comes as the company reports strong sales across the first quarter of 2022 and builds on its momentum as the fastest-growing, non-luxury brand in the industry.
"Our new work from home policy comes down to one thing: tremendous trust in our employee team," said recently appointed MMNA CEO Mark Chaffin. "Over the last two years, our employees have risen to the challenges of a global pandemic and historic supply chain disruptions, and they've propelled the brand to record-breaking sales success. They've demonstrated they can do it all, while working from their home and company offices. That commitment should be rewarded with confidence and flexibility, and today, that's what we're doing."
In mid-2019, MMNA relocated its operations from Cypress, Calif. to Franklin, Tenn., just outside of Nashville, in a move to reinvent every aspect of the brand. In April 2020, its new-from-the-ground-up, state-of-the-art North American headquarters opened, featuring open-and-airy, sunlit workspaces. In spite of the pandemic, MMNA hired more than 150 new team members, and the office remained open for those who wished to come in, providing they followed strict COVID protocols.
Although this new policy will allow employees to choose to continue working from home, MMNA will continue its commitment to investing, volunteering and hiring locally in the communities where its offices are located.
"If you're looking for an inclusive company, with a bright future, that respects you as an individual and as a professional, I can think of no better place than Mitsubishi Motors. One of our corporate values is 'People First,' and we are putting that value into action in every facet of the employee experience." said Chaffin.
About Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Through a network of approximately 330 dealer partners across the United States, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is responsible for the sales, marketing and customer service of Mitsubishi Motors vehicles in the U.S. MMNA was the top-ranked Japanese brand in the J.D. Power 2021 Initial Quality Study, ranking third overall and tied with Lexus. In its Environmental Targets 2030, MMNA's parent company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has set a goal of a 40 percent reduction in the CO2 emissions of its new cars by 2030 through leveraging EVs — with PHEVs as the centerpiece — to help create a sustainable society.
With headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee, and corporate operations in California, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, Florida and Virginia, MMNA directly and indirectly employs more than 8,000 people across the United States.
For more information on Mitsubishi vehicles, please contact the Mitsubishi Motors News Bureau at 615-257-2698 or visit media.mitsubishicars.com.
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will present Flower Craft, on view May 14 through June 26, 2022 and featuring the creative visions of six botanical artists working at the forefront of contemporary floral design. "Flower Craft investigates floral artistry as an overlooked chapter in the history of craft and design," said Elissa Auther, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator. "As these artists expand the boundaries of materials and creative expression, they are also in dialogue with a variety of aesthetic traditions, from early modern European still life painting to the eighteenth-century picturesque to the hyper-reality of the twenty-first-century digital realm—all of which will be explored in the exhibition."
The exhibition is curated by Auther and Sarah Bedford, the founder of the acclaimed floral design studio, Bedford & Company. Each week of the exhibition will be dedicated to a single artist, who will install spectacular fresh floral creations in the gallery. There will also be a curated selection of vessels in a range of mediums, complementing the emphasis on the craft and design of flower arrangement. Artists in this section of the exhibition will include Emily Mullins and Jolie Ngo, as well as a new video performance by Cauleen Smith.
The Flower Craft botanical artists are:
Kristin Alpaugh is founder of Los Angeles-based FLWR PSTL, a studio whose high-profile clients include Katy Perry, SZA, and Doja Cat, as well as major cosmetic and fashion brands. Alpaugh melds botanicals with various media to tell unique and compelling stories. She was recently featured in HBOMax's floral competition series, Full Bloom.
Doan Ly, founder of a.p. bio, is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice integrates the fields of floral design, photography, and video. Ly's work has been published in Vogue Spain, China, and Italy; The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Kinfolk, among others. Her commercial clients include Moschino, Victoria's Secret, Carolina Herrera, Zara, and many more.
Lutfi Janania is a Honduran botanical artist raised on a bioreserve among the rain forest and mountains in San Pedro Sula. His sculptures, comprised of exquisite dry and hydrated natural materials, are surreal, unrealized portraits of the artist's imagined worlds. Janania was the winner of season two of HBOMax's Full Bloom.
Noritaka Noda is president of the Ikenobo Ikebana NYC Chapter, as well as the first and only US special professor recognized by the Ikenobo Headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. Noda is known for his unusual arrangements, which combine traditional and modern materials in different scales. His clients include American and Japanese corporations, restaurants, retail, and museums.
Emily Thompson is the founder of Emily Thompson Flowers in New York City. Born in Vermont, Thompson earned an MFA in sculpture from UCLA. Inspired by the eighteenth-century theory of the picturesque, she has designed dramatic naturalistic arrangements and installations for the Obama White House, MoMA's Modern restaurant, Bergdorf Goodman, T Magazine, Jason Wu, and other notable clients.
Manu Torres is an artist based in Portland, Oregon. His floral arrangements often involve a dialogue between the artificial and the natural; incorporating paper, fabric, paint, and feathers to imitate and exaggerate natural beauty in a hyperreal way. His recent solo exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery was an ArtForum Critic's Pick.
During the run of the exhibition, the Flower Craft gallery will function as a studio classroom for MAD's Flower Craft Atelier taught by the exhibition artists, as well as a variety of intergenerational workshops. Surrounded by the extraordinary display of innovative floral design, audiences of all ages and skill levels will be able to explore floral creativity with an inspiring collective of artists and designers.
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TULSA, Okla., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mystic Medicinal, LLC is happy to announce its licensure by the OMMA (Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority), and can now provide Oklahoma medical marijuana patients with the highest quality medicine.
Joshua Freeman, master grower, or mastermind behind Mystic Medicinal's craft cannabis cultivation, said "Oklahomans deserve to have the best sativa, indica and hybrid medicines made available to them. Clean, chemical free, and pesticide free. Pure herbs containing the highest medicinal value possible. Because of my lifetime of experience, I can say without a doubt that Mystic Medicinal has some of the finest craft cannabis in the world."
Mystic Medicinal's therapeutic bud brand is pungent as it is potent, sticky as it is stinky, and invites Oklahoma patients to be among the first to purchase and experience it. In celebration of this company milestone, Mystic Medicinal is excited to announce their product launch and 1st Annual Patient Appreciation 420 Celebration event with Nature Cures Dispensary at Sesh Lounge on Wednesday April 20th 2022 from 3pm-9pm.
"We're proud to be unveiling three of our premiere strains, Papaya Punch, Knuckle Sandwich and Mystic Dream. Mystic Medicinal's unique cannabis genetics are grown with skill and care to showcase the full potential that each legendary strain possesses when grown right. We're confident Oklahoma's medical marijuana connoisseurs will love Tulsa's true top-shelf brand."
Mystic Medicinal's product launch and 420 event includes free entry, free food, and a raffle with gift bag winners hourly throughout the party. Plus, four lucky patients will win big, including a grand prize package winner receiving an ounce of Mystic Medicinal flower among other top gifts! Be early to increase your chances of winning, because you must be present to win. Main drawing starts promptly at 7:15pm. Also, enjoy live Music with local top DJs Phenetic, Ant Lion, Skanka and Speed Bump. Need directions? Tulsa's ultimate four twenty destination is Sesh Lounge at: 7737 42nd Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145.
Oklahoma medical marijuana dispensaries are highly encouraged to contact Mystic Medicinal for their patients by ordering as soon as possible. Don't miss out! Make sure you'll have Mystic Medicinal in stock for your patients this Spring. Limited quantities available to dispensaries on a first come first serve basis.
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WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to advance racial equity in the federal government, NASA has released its first-ever Equity Action Plan. The plan establishes key focus areas that will allow the agency to track progress toward improved diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility both internally and externally to NASA.
"At NASA, all of our missions depend on our steadfast commitment to equal opportunity," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "The Equity Action plan deepens our commitment to further identify and remove the barriers that limit opportunity in underserved and underrepresented communities. This framework anchors fairness as a core component in every NASA mission to make the work we do in space and beyond more accessible to all."
The four focus areas the plan addresses are:
- Increasing integration and utilization of contractors and businesses from underserved communities and expanding equity in NASA's procurement process
- Enhancing grants and cooperative agreements to advance opportunities, access, and representation for underserved communities
- Leveraging Earth Science and socioeconomic data to help mitigate environmental challenges in underserved communities
- Advancing external civil rights compliance and expanding access to limited English proficient populations within underserved communities
NASA will lean into the focus areas by further analyzing and assessing feedback received from an initial request for information. The initial request solicited insight from the public on whether, and to what extent, NASA programs and policies perpetuate barriers and limit benefits for people of color and other underserved communities. The agency also will work to implement enhancements to policies and programs that bridge gaps and provide more opportunities within NASA, the aerospace industry, and STEM fields.
This action plan is the latest step in the agency's Mission Equity initiative announced last year in response to White House Executive Order 13985, "Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government."
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SPECIAL EVENTS WILL CONNECT PEOPLE AND PARKS APRIL 16-24
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Park Week, April 16 through 24, encourages everyone to discover something new about their national parks. With more than 400 national parks hosting a mix of special programs, activities, and digital experiences, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite all to explore and enjoy national parks during this annual event. The week begins on April 16 with free entrance to every national park.
"Since Yellowstone National Park was established 150 years ago, over 400 extraordinary places have been added to the National Park System," said National Park Service Director Chuck Sams. "Throughout the country, these sites are sources of inspiration, recreation, and education—each one preserving and sharing a part of our national story. I hope National Park Week provides a spark to visit a nearby national park and make some memories."
With at least one in every state, national parks provide close-to-home opportunities to engage the senses and experience something different during each visit. Every park has remarkable features and lesser-known gems so consider adding some new places to your bucket list and explore a path less taken.
The best place to start any national park trip is with a stop at NPS.gov or the official NPS app. You can search for parks by state, activity, or topic and get the latest updates and details about each park. Involve the kids in planning your next park visit by using the new online Junior Ranger Park Explorer program "Ready, Set, Go" where they can complete activities and print a badge.
In partnership with the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation and more than 450 park partner groups help support and raise awareness about the full range of national parks across the country, including those off the beaten path.
"National Park Week is a great time to explore a lesser-known site," said National Park Foundation President and CEO Will Shafroth. "In 2021, most park visits occurred in just 25 parks. This National Park Week, try something new. There is so much beauty and cultural heritage to experience in your own backyard."
The overall theme for National Park Week is "sPark Connections." Throughout the week, individual theme days highlight various ties that can help ensure the enjoyment of national parks for current and future visitors.
Saturday, April 16: sPark Discovery National Park Week kicks off with a fee-free day to encourage everyone to find something new by visiting a national park, especially one that may be close to home, a park you haven't considered visiting, or one you never realized is a national park! What new national park will you discover?
Sunday, April 17: sPark Creativity National parks have inspired artistic expression and creativity for generations. Which park features inspire your creativity?
Monday, April 18: sPark Collaboration Partners and friends expand the reach and offerings of national parks. How can you get involved or participate in opportunities?
Tuesday, April 19: sPark Innovation Long needed and significant investments are being made in national park infrastructure. New technology is helping tackle the climate crisis. What's new in parks and how will the efforts improve the visitor experience?
Wednesday, April 20: sPark Opportunities Learn about the employment opportunities available in national parks through the federal government and a variety of partner organizations. Are you interested in working with us?
Thursday, April 21: sPark Preservation The National Park Service, park partners, and visitors share in the responsibility to preserve historic, cultural, natural and recreational resources. What role do you play in the recreate responsibly movement?
Friday, April 22: sPark Action On Earth Day we look at the health of the environment and how we impact its wellbeing and vice versa. What actions can we all take to help?
Saturday, April 23: sPark Curiosity Hmm, how did…? Through Junior Ranger programs and other activities, find the answers to questions you have about geology, wildlife, history, or dozens of other topics related to national parks.
Sunday, April 24: sPark Memories Generations of visitors have created life-long memories in national parks. Do you have lasting memories or traditions created during visits to national parks?
A Twitter chat preview of National Park Week will take place today, April 14 at 1 p.m. EDT. Join the conversation and share favorite memories, tips and stories about national parks using the hashtag #NationalParkWeek and #sParkConnections. For more information about National Park week, please visit NPS.gov/npweek and nationalparkweek.org.
More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 423 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
The National Park Foundation works to protect wildlife and park lands, preserve history and culture, educate and engage youth, and connect people everywhere to the wonder of parks. We do it in collaboration with the National Park Service, the park partner community, and with the generous support of donors, without whom our work would not be possible. Learn more at nationalparks.org.
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RICHMOND, BC, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Nature's Path, North America's largest certified organic breakfast and snack food company, today announced the winners of their annual Gardens for Good program, which supports community gardens across North America and recognizes the integral role they play in increasing accessibility of fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables in their communities.
With 274 received applications, Nature's Path will donate $5,000 each to 22 deserving gardens, totaling more than $100,000. The winners were selected using a comprehensive judging process which includes: public voting, the ability to establish and maintain a garden, the compelling nature in which the garden is described, and the demonstrated need within the community. Special consideration was given to gardens run by and serving BIPOC communities impacted by food apartheid.
"It's inspiring to learn about the amazing work these community gardens do, and we're excited to be able to support their plans through Gardens for Good", says Jyoti Stephens, VP of Mission and Strategy. "We know how important it is to create greater access to healthy organic food, and we're honored to support these incredible gardens that have stepped up to nourish their communities."
Submissions to this year's program included various community gardens with a shared vision of providing nutritious and organic food to those without access to it in their communities. Community gardens provide numerous benefits including the provision of healthy foods, community gathering places, and educational programs on horticulture, nutrition and food preparation.
The winners of the Gardens for Good grants include:
- Bowman Elementary's Urban Garden Program
- Deep Roots Homeless Shelter
- Michigan Urban Farming Initiative
- Ben Jones Community Garden
- Green Acre Community Garden
- The Grove Garden Project
- Healthy for Life Garden Program
- Chelsea Urban Farm
- Pitney Meadows Community Gardens
- Project Sweetie Pie
- New Start Community Garden
- West Broad Street YMCA Garden
- Variety Garden and Greenhouse
- YES Prep Public Schools - North Forest Elementary
- Indigenous Roots Forever
- The Everybody Eats Together Garden
- Jardin communautaire de Shippagan
- Tsi'thotuhutsya:te (The Creators Land)
- Cultivating Change at 509 Hanson!
- Downtown Eastside Urban Farm
- VEG (Valleycliffe Edible Garden) and Beyond
- West Island Mission - Food Bank
In addition to the $5,000 grant, all winners will receive a bundle of garden goodies from Grow Organic, a package of Nature's Path Organic food products, and a commemorative plaque.
With this year's contribution, Nature's Path has donated over $615,000 and supported 74 community garden projects globally. To learn more about the Gardens For Good Program, visit www.naturespath.com/gardens or follow them on Twitter @NaturesPath and Instagram @NaturesPathOrganic.
Nature's Path Organic Foods is North America's largest organic breakfast and snack food company and produces USDA and Canadian Certified Organic and Non-GMO Project Verified breakfast and snack foods sold in grocery and natural food stores in over 50 countries around the world. Committed to the triple bottom line— socially responsible, environmentally sustainable and financially viable, Nature's Path works diligently to support communities and champion the cause of people and planet. Brands include Nature's Path®, Love Crunch®, Qi'a®, Que Pasa®, Flax Plus®, and EnviroKidz®. Founded in 1985, Nature's Path is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia and employs hundreds of valued team members at its four facilities in Canada and the United States.
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The Newest Member of the Long Beach Aerospace Community is Transforming the Way People Travel
LONG BEACH, Calf., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Odys Aviation, the innovative aircraft startup building hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for regional mobility, is excited to announce its relocation to Long Beach, also known as "Space Beach." Odys Aviation recently raised a $12.4M seed funding round to meet its anticipated goal of making door-to-door regional travel simpler, quieter, greener, and more efficient.
Odys Aviation has received $18M in total funding and is accelerating development to join the top-tier companies of the Advanced Air Mobility market. The 15,000 square foot facility on the Long Beach Airport (LGB) will support advanced testing of Odys' VTOL technology, as well as construction and assembly of their first human-scale demonstrators, which will be tested and flown at an off-site test facility outside of Long Beach. The proximity to other innovative entities within the aviation and aerospace industry will help cement Odys' position as a major player among the local community of aerospace startups. Odys expects their aircraft to enter service in 2027.
"We're thrilled to establish our footprint in Long Beach and engage with like-minded aerospace and aviation companies," said James Dorris, Co-founder and CEO of Odys Aviation. "The forward-thinking members of the Space Beach community make this an ideal homebase for Odys to build the future of sustainable, hassle-free travel."
"We're excited to have Odys Aviation join us in Space Beach as they work to improve the commercial flight experience," said Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia. "Their mission to make regional travel more innovative, affordable and environmentally friendly fits perfectly with the values and legacy of Long Beach and we're excited to welcome them."
Long Beach has an extended history of hosting some of the aerospace industry's premier companies, including Boeing, Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit, and Relativity Space. Long Beach meets all of the needs for growing aerospace and aviation companies, such as a diverse pool of talent in the area, proximity to the Los Angeles Airforce Base, Long Beach's airport, and nearby industrial space. Odys Aviation is proud to be the newest member of the Space Beach community as it seeks to re-think the future of travel in a new location with a community that is focused on fostering innovation.
For more information, visit www.odysaviation.com.
About Odys Aviation
Odys Aviation is an advanced air mobility startup that was established in 2019 to make travel seamless and sustainable. The innovative company is building vertical take-off and landing aircraft for the world's busiest travel corridors. With a mission to make door-to-door regional travel smooth, sustainable, and affordable, Odys is transforming aviation to bring everyone closer to everything.
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OXYGEN ESPORTS WELCOMES JON RAHM AND OTHER STRATEGIC INVESTORS TO THE FAMILY
FOXBOROUGH, Mass., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxygen Esports LLC (OXG), fresh off its successful launch of the Call of Duty League's (CDL) 12th team, the Boston Breach, is excited to announce the closing of its $20M Series A financing round. With the launch of the Boston Breach, OXG has solidified itself as New England's premier esports organization and one of the largest esports organizations in North America.
"Since the completion of our deal with Kraft Sports & Entertainment to acquire the Boston Uprising, we've seen tremendous reception from investors and fans alike surrounding the integration of the Boston Uprising roster into OXG," said Murphy Vandervelde, Executive Chairman of Oxygen Esports. "Furthermore, we had a feeling Boston was ready for a CDL franchise but had no idea how excited the entire community would be to rally behind the Breach and welcome our new brand to the league."
Following an impressive first two stages by the Breach, OXG is excited to announce the on-boarding of multiple strategic financial partners, as well as welcoming Official Golf World Rankings #3 Golfer and CDL super fan, Jon Rahm, to the OXG family. Rahm joins the likes of the Kraft Family, Danny Ainge, Banner Ventures and Rob Gronkowski as an investor in OXG.
"My love for Call of Duty and the Call of Duty League is widely known and the opportunity to invest in OXG alongside partners like the Kraft Family, Danny Ainge, and the Gronkowskis was a no-brainer. I'm excited to support Oxygen Esports, the Boston Breach and the Boston Uprising – their focus on competitive engagement and community development resonates with me on and off the course," said Rahm.
In addition to further building a competitive, word class esports asset, OXG will leverage the latest round of financing to invest in re-homing more of its rosters to the Boston area, as well as investing in the amateur eco-system and talent pipeline across New England.
"We made a significant investment in the future of regionalized esports by bringing the Boston Uprising and the Boston Breach under one roof," said Vandervelde. "We believe that to build a sustainable, local eco-system we must build an infrastructure to support a transparent talent pipeline while providing digital and physical esports programming for players of all ages and skill levels. By educating and engaging the next generation of gamers at home and at our facilities, we believe the next era of esports fans will be more accustomed to playing and watching video games outside of their homes, which is key to our strategy moving forward."
About Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports ("OXG"), established in 2020, is New England's premier multi-title esports organization. Headquartered in Foxboro, Massachusetts and backed by some of Boston's most prominent sports and gaming experts, OXG is breathing new life into the team landscape with a data driven approach to talent acquisition and fan base engagement, proven in the market by its track record of success.
Today, OXG competes in some of the most prestigious esports leagues, including Call of Duty League (Boston Breach), Overwatch League (Boston Uprising), Rainbow Six Siege North American League, Rocket League Championship Series, Valorant Champions Tour and others.
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- Aiming to manage business for payments and marketing in LatAm
LONDON, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pagsmile, the cutting-edge LatAm fintech company, along with LinkME, the leading global marketing consultant, participated in ICE London, 12th-14th April, 2022.
ICE London is the world's leading innovation event for the gaming industry. This year, the event, held at Excel venue, gathered 30,000+ attendees with a solid 90%+ of decision-makers present on ICE London show floor, discovering the latest gaming innovation across all sectors.
Occupying Booth S4-358, Pagsmile attracted attention with its game changing and all-round payment solution capability. As one of the top 3 payment facilitator in LatAm, Pagsmile has thrived in the payment market for years, covering Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, etc with +100 APM for the region, efficiently and swiftly, serving over 400 enterprises with 100M+ yearly orders, 20M+ paid users with local payment licenses in LatAm, aiming for MSO for HK, MSB for US, EMI for EU. Based on LatAm, Pagsmile helps various segments like gaming, entertainment, e-commerce and finance to explore new business opportunities and bring new highlights and success to the market.
LinkME (LinkME Branding & LinkME Ads) also expresses its uniqueness and expertise, providing online/offline branding marketing programs and data-driven user growth solutions, LinkME helps cross-boarder companies to establish their brand image, engaging the target audience, generating brand exposure worldwide and boosting the rapid growth of products. Currently LinkME Branding offers 500K global influencers, celebrities endorsements, hosting of events/BTL, TVC, E-sports, PR Services etc. Meanwhile, LinkME Ads provides global programmatic solutions for performance marketers. Based on a CPI/CPA price model, LinkME Ads specializes in the user acquisition and re-targeting model. And according to Appsflyer Performance Index 2022, LinkME Ads volume is ranked fourth at Finance category in LatAm (only behind Google Ads, Meta Ads and TikTok for Business).
"The way of survival of numerous industries will be deeply changed in the post-COVID-19 period", said Mr. Di Liu, the founder and CEO of Pagsmile and LinkMe, "With the expansion of our business around the world, we'll offer the existing and potential partners with the most impeccable solution through a better technology, wider network and comprehensive service for global businesses."
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The Pawtocol Pet Fund Will Deliver 100% of the Cryptocurrency Raised Directly to Rescues and Shelters in Need
AVENTURA, Fla., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Pawtocol, creator of blockchain-powered solutions that improve the lives of pets and pet owners, today announced the creation of the Pawtocol Pet Fund, the world's first blockchain-powered fund exclusively dedicated to helping animal rescues and shelters. Unlike other cryptocurrency funds or donation platforms that only donate a portion of their proceeds, 100% of the cryptocurrency raised in the Pawtocol Pet Fund will be donated directly to the animal rescues and shelters in need.
"Our team is incredibly excited about the launch of the Pawtocol Pet Fund as it is the first of many blockchain-powered solutions that we are developing to fulfill our vision of creating better lives for pets and pet owners worldwide," said Colin Jordan, CEO of Pawtocol. "By leveraging blockchain technology we are able to create full transparency around the funds we raise - who the funds go to, when the funds go there, and how much is going. Now, when people support Pawtocol they can be confident about where their hard-earned money is going and see the positive impact it has on rescues and shelters all over the world."
Pawtocol has not only pledged to donate a portion of all revenue moving forward, but they are starting the fund with a $5,000 donation that will be distributed among the early rescue and shelter partners. As of today, Pawtocol has already secured partnerships with two Arizona-based animal rescues – Almost There Rescue and Dawgs, Tailz & Wagz.
"As a nonprofit rescue, we rely on donations to continue our life-saving work. As an unprecedented $30+ trillion wealth transfer from Baby Boomers to Millennials occurs, the importance of accepting Crypto gifts is becoming more apparent," said Heidi Leyva, Development Director at Almost There Rescue. "Thanks to Pawtocol, we will soon be able to accept such donations, as well as benefit from Pawtocol's community and philanthropic giving."
"Dawgz, Tailz & Wagz is thrilled to partner with Pawtocol because of the new opportunities they will create for us and the support they will give us in accomplishing our goal to rescue more pets," said Wendy Kirsner, President of Dawgz, Tailz & Wagz. "We are excited to start accepting donations in the form of cryptocurrency and be one of the pioneers in our industry, which will hopefully open us up to a whole new generation of generous benefactors that will join us in our fight to lower the homeless pet population."
Pawtocol is continuing to grow their network of rescue and shelter partners, looking for registered 501(c)3 organizations that would like to be a part of their community.
"While Pawtocol takes great pride in donating resources to the pet community, it is even more important for us to educate animal rescues and shelters about the benefits of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology," said Marlina Cotter, Animal Rescue Coordinator at Pawtocol. "Through this education we will help rescues and shelters unlock a whole new world of possibilities for them to create stronger connections with their community, facilitate growth, and ultimately broaden the impact they can make."
To learn more about the Pawtocol Pet Fund, visit their website.
Pawtocol Holding Corp. ("Pawtocol"), is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Wave Holding Corp. ("New Wave") (CSE:SPOR, FWB: 0XM2, OTCPK: TRMNK).
Pawtocol is an ecosystem of blockchain-powered solutions that make a positive impact on the lives of pets and pet owners all over the world. Utilizing blockchain technology provides continuity, transparency, and data ownership opportunities that have never been seen before in the pet industry. Our goal is to deliver a new level of value to each and every member of our community, including the rescues and shelters that desperately need our support in their efforts to lower the homeless pet population and end kill shelters in America.
New Wave Holdings Corp. (CSE: SPOR, FWB: 0XM2, OTCPK: TRMNF) is an investment issuer that has been focused on supporting innovative and fast-growing companies within the esports, NFT, Metaverse, Blockchain, and Web3 sectors.
Investors interested in connecting with New Wave Holdings can learn more about the company and contact the team at http://newwavecorp.com.
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READING, Pa., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Truck Leasing recently held a dedication ceremony at the WyoTech campus in Laramie, Wyoming, as the company branded a diesel training classroom. The classroom will be utilized for hands-on diesel technology training, which introduces students to various training such as diagnostics, fuel and engine exhaust system, maintenance and repair, industry certifications and career opportunities in the industry.
Over the last 10 years, Penske has hired more than 280 WyoTech graduates nationally to work as technicians in its regional operations.
"Diesel technicians are vital to Penske and the entire industry," said Fred Haddad, area vice president of Penske Truck Leasing. "The technicians graduating from WyoTech and that subsequently get hired to work in trucking, maintain vehicle uptime and supply chain efficiency."
Diesel technicians are a key component in keeping essential supply chains moving; nearly every good consumed in the U.S. is transported by truck. The U.S. trucking industry hauls more than 70% of all transported freight. Penske works with leading technical schools, and related organizations such as SkillsUSA and the TechForce Foundation, to meet the current and future demand of technicians.
"WyoTech is proud to support Penske in delivering entry level technicians to meet the needs of Penske's job openings," says Shawn Nunley, vice president of training at WyoTech. "The partnership we have with Penske provides a pathway for career opportunities after our students nine months of training at WyoTech. Having a classroom branded with the Penske name is aspirational for our students while they are here. A reminder to show up and work hard for the opportunity to work at a company like Penske. We love to see our graduates land with great employers."
Penske Truck Leasing operates and maintains one of the industry's largest fleets with its truck maintenance technician workforce comprising about 9,450 of the company's 39,000-plus associates. Visit Penske's career site: https://technician.penske.jobs to learn more about technician careers and to apply for technician openings across North America.
WyoTech, is a for-profit, technical college founded in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1966. WyoTech provides career training programs that prepare students for careers as technicians in the automotive and diesel industry with nine-month training programs that focus on hands-on experience.
Penske Truck Leasing is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania. A leading global transportation services provider, Penske Truck Leasing operates more than 372,000 vehicles and serves customers from more than 1,300 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Product lines include full-service truck leasing, contract maintenance, commercial and consumer truck rentals, used truck sales, transportation and warehousing management and supply chain management solutions. Visit www.pensketruckleasing.com to learn more.
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Free, 2-day event for licensed mental health and healing professionals
EAU CLAIRE, Wis., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PESI Inc., a non-profit continuing education company, is partnering with David Kessler, grief expert and founder of Grief.com, to present Grief Summit 2022: Counseling and Treatment Tools for the Changing Face of Grief and Loss.
This free, two-day virtual training will take place April 28th and 29th and represent the world's largest gathering of professionals working with the grief and loss pervasive in today's clients. Up to 12 hours of continuing education credit for attendance will be available for purchase for licensed therapists and other healing professionals.
David Kessler, event co-host and world-renowned grief authority, will kick off the second annual event with the keynote address "The 6th Stage of Grief: Why Meaning Making is More Important Than Ever."
Two days of live sessions will follow with Megan Devine, LPC, best-selling author of the book It's Ok That You're Not Ok and 7 other top experts in the field. These experts will provide tools and techniques for working with today's biggest issues in grief including:
- Collective grief and pandemic fatigue
- Moving clients from loss to resiliency
- Creating safe spaces for culturally diverse clients to grieve
- Navigating grief and uncertainty
- Rehumanizing grief care
- Giving grieving children a voice
- Ethics, personal loss, and self-disclosure in grief support
- Survivors' guilt, regret, and shame
- EMDR for traumatic grief and mourning
Each session will include handouts and conclude with a live Q&A discussion with the speaker. Registrants will receive 14 days of access to summit recordings. CE credit for both live and self-study attendance is available for purchase during registration.
About PESI, Inc
PESI Inc. is a nonprofit organization committed to creating superior continuing education programs for counselors, social workers, psychologists, nurses, and other mental health professionals.
Designed to be adaptable and convenient for all learning styles, PESI trainings include online courses, live and home study webinars, and hundreds of free resources and CE hours. Plus, it's easy to access trainings, and satisfy state CE requirements, using the PESI app.
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SEATTLE, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Replenium, the leading auto-replenishment and predictive shopping platform provider, today announces research findings that substantiate strong consumer demand for online auto-replenishment capabilities from retailers. Conducted via Kantar Marketplace, Replenium's shopper research surveyed over 2,300 Amazon Prime members to learn about behaviors, motivations, and desires around automated repeat shopping for routinely purchased grocery and household items.
Key findings from the research include:
- One in four shoppers are already using repeat shopping automation for products they need regularly
- A wide-range of product categories, from personal care to perishable food, are included in repeat shopping purchases
- Appetite for repeat shopping automation also exists across a wide array of retail formats, with one in three indicating they'd consider using in mass retail, one in four in grocery, and one in five in drug, if offered, over the next six months
- Over two-thirds of shoppers indicate they would allocate some of their spend at their favorite retailer to repeat shopping automation, if offered. Offering the capability across shoppers' favorite retailers is estimated to lead to a 33% increase in spend, among those spending $101+/month on the capability, a result of more shoppers moving into this spend bracket.
- Convenience, in the form of delivery and time savings, product discounts, and the ability to stay in stock on most frequently used items are top reasons shoppers like repeat shopping automation
A critical distinction between traditional online subscription programs and a robust auto-replenishment platform like Replenium's is the static versus dynamic nature of the program. Replenium's Auto-Replenishment platform provides retailers with the ability to activate their entire product assortment and provide personalized recommendations to shoppers through a user interface that provides ease, flexibility, and control. In this way, shoppers can activate the comprehensive benefits of repeat shopping automation they seek
"Our findings further substantiate well-established shopper needs for convenience, value, and personalization and demonstrate that full-basket auto-replenishment can address each of these needs in ways legacy subscription programs cannot," said Kate Walker, Replenium's Director of Insights. "As Amazon heavily promotes their Subscribe & Save offering via network television, we view this as a vital time for others to capitalize on marketplace momentum and shopper proclivity to purchase the same items time and time again."
More information on the shopper research study and a published report on the findings can be found here.
About Replenium
Replenium is the most powerful, flexible, and intelligent customer experience auto-replenishment platform that enables any retailer or brand to harness the power of frictionless shopping. Shoppers, who are comforted knowing they will never run out of the products they need, discover products through a machine-learning engine and schedule product replenishments based on recommended and historical usage. They can easily manage preferences, set schedules, skip orders, update payment options and more. Replenium's leadership team led large-scale businesses at Amazon and the creation of several shopping innovations, including Recommendations and Subscribe & Save before founding Replenium. See www.replenium.com for more information.
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Metroplex's Only Aviation and Aerospace Centric High School
ADDISON, Texas, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rising Aviation High School will host a Ribbon Cutting and Open House at their Addison campus on Thursday, April 21st, 2022, from 11AM-2PM. A first of its kind, aviation and aerospace centric high school in North Texas, Rising Aviation's mission is to educate the next generation of aviation and aerospace professionals in a real-world environment right on the tarmac.
The innovative educational program is built on the foundations of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) curriculum emphasized in many modern academic institutions. But it is uniquely enhanced through the coupling of STEM with aviation technology studies, practical aviation applications, and course completion through content mastery, not merely seat time.
"As a former Texas public school administrator, Certified Flight Instructor and lifelong aviation enthusiast, this is dream job," said Rising Aviation's Principal, Brent "Fitz" Fitzgerald. "Rising Aviation is bringing a world class aviation and aerospace education to the masses. Whether your child wants to be a pilot, drone pilot, mechanic or design the next rocket ship to outer space, Rising Aviation will provide a solid foundation for their future."
The event, co-sponsored by the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce, will kick off at 11AM at Rising Aviation High School at 15506 Wright Brothers Drive in Addison, TX. Please sign up on their home page if you plan to attend – all are welcome. Light refreshments will be provided, and prizes awarded including the chance win a FREE discovery flight!
About Rising Aviation High School
Rising Aviation High School educates students who have career aspirations in aviation, wish to expand their aviation industry skill set, or simply want a challenging STEM educational experience in a safe and secure private school setting. We provide a solid foundation for virtually any future academic or career pursuit. Individuals who require an accelerated education schedule, flexibility to maintain attendance, help with credit recovery, or simply desire an immersive learning experience, will all receive a personalized educational "flight" plan designed, from an affordable private school, for their success in aviation and in life.
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Shareholders with $25,000 losses or more are encouraged to contact the firm.
LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Rivian Automotive, Inc. ("Rivian" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RIVN).
Class Period: November 10, 2021 – March 10, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 6, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Rivian lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/rivian-automotive-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that Rivian had underpriced the R1T and R1S to such a degree that Rivian would be forced to raise prices shortly after the IPO; (2) the potential for significant reputational damage and cancellation of fully refundable preorders for the R1T and R1S that would result from Company's need to address its underpriced EVs by raising prices shortly after the IPO; and (3) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Nationally syndicated show to honor civil rights pioneers, legends in media, community leaders, and gospels music's first family in celebration of women of the movement
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the true essence of Sisterhood, Café Mocha radio network celebrates Black women in their fullness on Sunday May 8, 2022, during the 12th Annual Salute Her Awards, presented by AARP and Toyota. Just in time for Mother's Day, the show will stream across Café Mocha and SaluteHer.com social media channels. This year, Café Mocha will honor esteemed select Mothers who have been intricate in paving the way for those coming behind them as thought leaders within our community.
As a tribute to Coretta Scott King and the many women that have been the backbone of the civil rights movement, the 2022 Salute Her Awards show will be coming from The King Center in Atlanta, Georgia featuring special musical tribute performances from male balladeers; Howard Hewitt and Raheem DeVaughn. Additionally, the show will feature 'herstory' honoree vignettes and hosted by Café Mocha co-host Emmy, NAACP Image and Gracie Award-winning comedienne Loni Love.
With a strong herstory of powerful women being celebrated, Café Mocha proudly announces an array of honorees led by Arndrea Waters King, President of the Drum Major Institute, and Yolanda Renee King, the only granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., in the Family Legacy category. Honored for her work as a civil rights leader and pioneer in the broadcasting industry is executive Ms. Xernona Clayton, founder and CEO of the Trumpet Awards receiving the Legend Award.
For their profound impact in journalism, past and present, two female publishers will be honored as Media Trailblazers: Regina Jones, Co-founder and Publisher of SOUL Magazine, will receive the Media Legend Award, and Morgan DuBaun, Founder and CEO of Blavity, will be honored as a Media Innovator for changing the digital news landscape for millennials.
Kiesha Nix, the first Black woman Vice President of Charitable Affairs for the Los Angeles Lakers, will receive the Bridging the Gap Award for her relentless climb to the top of the corporate ladder while reaching back for others. Socially conscious publicist for the Mothers of the Movement and Founder of Incarcerated Relief Resource Center, Nadia Fischer will be honored as this year's Game Changer for her steadfast work in the community.
In honor of Mrs. Coretta Scott King's legacy, Ebony Underwood was chosen for her commitment to human rights and social change. As Founder and CEO of WE GOT US NOW, she will receive the Community Activist award for her tireless effort to organize and advocate for young children impacted by parental incarceration.
Fresh off her three Grammy wins, Gospel Award-winning songstress CeCe Winans will be honored along with daughter Ashley Phillips and Winans family matriarch Delores Winans. The first family of Gospel will receive the Spirit Award representing a collective family legacy of music that has inspired generations.
The 'Saluting Our Culture' Salute Her & Salute THEM Award series was created to preserve the legacy and pay tribute to current trailblazers. Over the past 11 years, Café Mocha, the #1 nationally syndicated radio show for women of color, has paid tribute to over 200 distinguished women and men who significantly impact their communities and industries.
"There has never been a shortage of high achieving women and men to be honored and that's why we created the 'Saluting Our Culture' award series. There is so much to be gained when we lean into the power of one another and salute it!" says Sheila Eldridge, Cafe Mocha creator and CEO of Miles Ahead Entertainment and Broadcasting.
2021 honorees included Dr. Kizmekia Corbett, Luvvie Ajayi, Pam Grier, Marla Gibbs, Lamman Rucker, Cynthia Erivo, Dr. Bernice Kine, prima ballerina Misty Copeland, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Wendy Williams, Iyanla Vanzant and more.
Support from the Saluting Our Culture' Salute Her & Salute THEM Award series benefit the Mocha Cares Foundation that provides products and services to help families in local shelters transition into homes.
About Café Mocha Show and Salute Awards Series And AARP
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Independent Miami-based team formerly with Insigneo chooses partnered independence with Sanctuary Global
MIAMI, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanctuary Wealth, home to the next generation of elite advisors, continues its rapid global expansion with the addition of independent advisor AZ Apice Capital Management to its network of partner firms on the Sanctuary Global platform. Headquartered in Sanctuary's Miami office, the four-person team is led by Managing Partners Walter Alves and Bruno Gorgatti and advises on more than $400 million in client assets under management, primarily for clients domiciled in Brazil. The team was formerly affiliated with Insigneo.
"Sanctuary is enjoying phenomenal growth on all fronts, in number of partner firms and assets under management, both domestically and internationally," said Jim Dickson, CEO and Founder of Sanctuary Wealth. "AZ Apice was already successful as an independent firm before joining Sanctuary, which shows that Sanctuary Global is filing a need in the marketplace and providing resources and services that haven't otherwise been available to these firms."
Bruno Gorgatti and Walter Alves both earned MBAs from Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and have been business partners focusing on the Brazilian market for more than 20 years. They are fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. They first joined forces at Lehman Brothers and then worked as a team within Morgan Stanley's Private Wealth Management Division, where they were Executive Directors, before declaring their independence and launching AZ Apice in 2016.
"We have been following Sanctuary's success for the past few years and were thrilled when they extended their offering to internationally focused teams. The choices for supported independence for international advisors had been extremely limited prior to Sanctuary," said Walter Alves, Managing Partner, AZ Apice. "After conducting thorough due diligence, we knew that we wanted to be part of the Sanctuary network. Sanctuary provides a wide range of solutions for our clients, efficiencies that will enhance our business, and a culture of excellence."
Joining Bruno Gorgatti and Walter Alves at AZ Apice will be Daniella Martins, Sales Supervisor, Compliance Associate, and an AZ Apice team member since 2020, and Pietra Coquieri, Sales Associate, who joined the team in 2022.
"Sanctuary Global is proud to welcome Walter, Bruno, and AZ Apice as our latest partners in our growing Miami office. They are outstanding advisors with a strong international clientele, and we look forward to helping grow both their client base and the assets they manage," said Robert Walter, President of Sanctuary Wealth.
Sanctuary Wealth (sanctuarywealth.com/) is the advanced platform for the next generation of elite advisors, who have the entrepreneurial spirit to build and own their own practices and desire the freedom to deliver the tailored service their clients deserve. Sanctuary's ecosystem of partnered independence provides a complete technology and operations platform, as well as support from a community of like-minded advisors and the resources of invaluable affiliated businesses. Currently, the Sanctuary Wealth network includes partner firms across 23 states with over $20.0 billion in assets under advisement. The Sanctuary Wealth Group includes the fully owned subsidiaries Sanctuary Advisors, a registered investment adviser, and the broker-dealer Sanctuary Securities, as well as Sanctuary Asset Management, Sanctuary Insurance Solutions, Sanctuary Global, and Sanctuary Global Tax and Family Office.
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A year after inception, the Fund for Inclusive Recovery announces its first set of grantees
SEATTLE, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle Foundation is pleased to announce that the Fund for Inclusive Recovery is awarding a total of $12.6 million to 21 organizations that are led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals – those with intimate knowledge of the obstacles their communities face. Organizations with a deep history of community justice and advocacy work will receive $200,000 a year for three years. Selected grantees include organizations like Casa Latina, Rainier Beach Action Coalition, and the Native Action Network.
"As we work to build back our region, centering BIPOC communities ensures solutions go beyond pandemic recovery, address structural racism and inequities, and contribute to a future that is healthy, thriving, and prosperous for all," said Seattle Foundation's Chief Impact Officer Kris Hermanns. "These resources will further expand and sustain the capacity and infrastructure for groups to take on even more organizing, building community leadership, and engaging policymakers to reinvent our public structures and systems."
Resources from the Fund for Inclusive Recovery are flexible and can be used as grantee organizations see fit for projects, programs, or general operating expenses in support of their community power and base building work. Seattle Foundation and its community partners view these resources as critical investments in the leadership and infrastructure for organizations, movements, and coalitions to mobilize their base of support and prepare for future policy work. The Fund is a key element of Seattle Foundation's strategy to advance racial and economic equity in the Puget Sound region, known as the Blueprint for Impact.
The Fund for Inclusive Recovery exemplifies philanthropy that is responsive and built on trusting relationships with community organizations. The Fund has been co-designed with a Community Advisory Group of local BIPOC leaders who come from the communities most impacted by racism and economic inequities. The Fund was led by their guidance and insights into community priorities and the best ways to invest philanthropic dollars. Over the next few years, the Fund will continue to support organizations and provide a pathway for inclusive recovery from the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on historically underserved communities.
Ubax Gardheere, a member of the Community Advisory Group, points to the uniqueness of this effort. "The Fund for Inclusive Recovery teaches philanthropists that the insights of the community should be valued, especially when determining grant allocations. It has been transformational to see Seattle Foundation co-create the Fund with community members. Our hope is that more philanthropists will see this process and invest in the Fund – and similar efforts – to advance racial equity across the country," Gardheere shared.
The Fund is based on trusting partnerships with community grant partners. Grant dollars are flexible and can be used wherever organizations see the greatest need and opportunity to further build community power that will transform our broken systems. Seattle Foundation ensured that the application process was intentionally streamlined and created space for conversation with those that were invited to submit a full proposal. The depth and potential of the work of these organizations were prioritized – selecting grantees based on their approach, experience, community leadership, and relationships. Each of the finalists and selected grantees received a $2,000 honorarium. This financial support acknowledges the time, energy, and resources spent applying to the Fund.
The Fund launched with a network of cross-sector funders and individual donors in March 2021. To date, it has raised over $13 million from generous supporters, with a goal to raise another $37 million. It was announced one year after the COVID-19 Response Fund, which was also hosted by Seattle Foundation. Both efforts reveal the power of community coming together to respond to crises.
"While our entire community struggled with the immediate impacts of the pandemic, the Fund for Inclusive Recovery was a strong signal that 'getting back to the status quo' isn't enough. The disruption caused by COVID-19 is an opportunity for us to build a more equitable and prosperous Puget Sound for all who live here, and Tableau Foundation is proud to be a part of that effort," said Neal Myrick, Global Head of Tableau Foundation, which was an early contributor to the Fund.
Other funders include The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Butler Community Foundation, Deloitte LLP, Delta Dental of Washington, DOWL, The Peach Foundation, The Raikes Foundation, The Seattle Mariners, The Seattle Seahawks, The Sunderland Foundation, and Umpqua Bank. These funders are joined by contributions from more than a hundred individual donors.
Read more about the Fund for Inclusive Recovery here. View the full announcement and list of grantees here.
ABOUT SEATTLE FOUNDATION
Seattle Foundation ignites powerful, rewarding philanthropy to make Greater Seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all. As a community foundation, it works to advance equity, shared prosperity, and belonging throughout the region while strengthening the impact of the philanthropists it serves. Founded in 1946 and with more than $1.3 billion in assets, the Foundation pursues its mission with a combination of deep community insight, civic leadership, philanthropic advising, and judicious financial stewardship.
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MILWAUKEE, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Vidler (NASDAQ: VWTR) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with D.R. Horton.
Click here to learn how to join the action: https://www.ademilaw.com/case/vidler-water-resources-inc or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Ademi LLP alleges Vidler's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet Vidler shareholders will receive only $15.75 per share. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for Vidler by prohibiting solicitation of further bids, and imposing a significant penalty if Vidler accepts a superior bid. Vidler insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of Vidler's board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for Vidler.
If you own Vidler common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at gademi@ademilaw.com or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or https://www.ademilaw.com/case/vidler-water-resources-inc.
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This funding round marks the largest venture-backed Series A for a supply chain software startup in industry history
SEATTLE, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shipium, the technology-driven supply chain and logistics company seeking to solve "the Prime problem," today announced the raise of its $27.5M Series A led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners. Shipium was founded by the veteran teams that built the technology powering Amazon Prime and Zulily's supply chain. This round brings Shipium's total funding to $38.7M since its inception in 2019, furthering its mission to help retailers compete for customer growth and loyalty through a premium shipping experience.
Last-mile delivery is the highest operating expense in e-commerce, typically around 12% of annual online sales. Meanwhile, fast and free shipping has been the key competitive growth driver for Amazon's continual expansion. The rest of the industry struggles to reconcile how to reduce shipping costs while improving delivery speeds as a way to compete for customer growth and loyalty. The secret is coordination across fundamental stages of the supply chain, and that's where Shipium helps. This Series A validates the idea that retailers are finally prioritizing the shipping experience just as much as the shopping experience, a key in the fight for market share.
"The pandemic has accelerated e-commerce growth to unprecedented heights, but major retailers continue to grow in both revenue and market share, largely due to its superior shipping experience," said Brad Fiedler, Vice President of Insight Partners. "Jason, Mac, and the team's background positions them as the foremost experts on how to help the rest of the retail industry compete for customer growth and loyalty. Insight Partners is excited to invest in Shipium to further help change the landscape of the e-commerce industry."
The key ingredient to Shipium is data modeling. The platform takes decisions that are currently done via human-driven rules and spreadsheets, such as choosing the cheapest and fastest shipping method, and automates them via machine learning and logic. Shipium is able to achieve desired outcomes around cheaper shipping costs and faster delivery speeds due to the platform's coordination of previously fragmented and static decisions across the supply chain. The company will use the Series A funding to invest in engineering talent to expand platform capabilities that coordinate more parts of the supply chain, including network optimization and sophisticated order routing.
"Prime is the problem for everyone else because it focuses on what customers want, like faster and cheaper shipping options and a better delivery experience," said Jason Murray, CEO and co-founder of Shipium. "Modern technology that unifies decisions throughout the supply chain in service of those last-mile goals is the only way to compete for customer growth and loyalty. This Series A funding indicates that the industry is understanding this. We're excited to extend our offerings to retailers in order to give consumers what they want."
Demand for the Shipium platform has been so strong that the company is on pace to break 100 million shipments processed by the end of 2022. To learn more about Shipium, visit www.shipium.com.
About Shipium
Shipium is a technology-driven supply chain and logistics company seeking to solve "the Prime problem" for companies facing heightened customer expectations. The company aims to help e-commerce companies ship their orders fast, free, and on-time better than anyone else by improving supply chain decisions, which can reduce shipping costs over 5% and speed up estimated delivery by several days. Shipium provides the missing piece of technology that retailers need to meet changing consumer preferences while profitably scaling e-commerce operations.
About Insight Partners
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of February 24, 2022, the closing of the firm's recent fundraise, Fund XII, brings Insight Partners regulatory assets under management to over $90B. Insight Partners has invested in more than 600 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on software expertise to foster long-term success. Insight Partners meets great software leaders where they are in their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter @insightpartners.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Slatt Capital Commercial Mortgage Banker Niko Tsiplakos, along with analyst Dominic Sestito, recently arranged the $43,500,000 refinance of a ±130,000 square foot live-work mixed-use property located in Palo Alto, California. The 10-year interest-only non-recourse loan was secured through an insurance company lender at a highly competitive interest rate sub 3%.
Slatt Capital was engaged for this transaction due to their local presence, ability to generate a competitive market for the client's transaction, and their proven track record of successfully closing complex transactions.
About Slatt Capital:
Slatt Capital is a long-standing and respected institution with more than 50 years of experience in commercial mortgage banking. Slatt Capital has correspondent relationships with several of the most prestigious lenders in the country, providing custom-tailored solutions for borrowers' needs. In addition to assisting clients with debt placement nationwide, Slatt Capital manages a $5.0 billion servicing portfolio. To learn more, visit us at www.slatt.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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Leading open source network operating system enabling dis-aggregation for data centers now hosted by the Linux Foundation to enable neutral governance in a software ecosystem
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC, an open source networking operating system), is now part of the Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation provides a venue for continued ecosystem, developer growth and diversity, as well as collaboration across the open source networking stack.
"We are pleased to welcome SONiC to the Linux Foundation family of open networking projects," said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge, and IoT, the Linux Foundation. "SONiC is a leader in open source data center NOS deployments, and we're looking forward to growing its developer community."
The Linux Foundation will primarily focus on the software component of SONiC, and continue to partner with Open Compute Platform(OCP) on aligning hardware and specifications like SAI.
"Microsoft founded SONiC to bring high reliability and fast innovation to the routers in Azure cloud data centers. We created it as open source so the entire networking ecosystem would grow stronger. SONiC already runs on millions of ports in the networks of cloud scalers, enterprises, and fintechs. The SONiC project is thrilled to be joining the Linux Foundation to take the community to its next jump in scale, participation, and usage," said Dave Maltz, Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure Networking.
About SONiC
Created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers, SONiC is an open source network operating system (NOS) based on Linux that runs on over 100 different switches from multiple vendors and ASICs. It offers a full-suite of network functionality, like BGP and RDMA, that has been production-hardened in the data centers of some of the largest cloud-service providers. It offers teams the flexibility to create the network solutions they need while leveraging the collective strength of a large ecosystem and community.
Existing Ecosystem
SONiC brings a strong existing ecosystem, with premier members including Alibaba, Broadcom, Dell, Google, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA and 50+ global partners.
The SONiC community will host its first hackathon later this year. Stay tuned for details and registration information.
More information about SONiC, including how to join, is available at SONiC (azure.github.io).
Support from Key Stakeholders & Customers
Alibaba
"This is a big milestone for the SONiC community. After joining the Linux Foundation, the SONiC community will play a much more important role in the networking ecosystem," said Dennis Cai, Head of Network Infrastructure, Alibaba Cloud. "Congratulations! As one of the pioneering SONiC users and contributors, Alibaba Cloud has widely deployed SONiC- based whitebox switches in our data centers, edge computing cloud, P4- based network gateways, and will extend the deployment to Wide Area Networks. With modern network OS design and operation- friendly features, we already gained tremendous value from the large-scale deployments. Alibaba is committed to the SONiC community, and will continue bringing our large-scale deployment best practices to the community, such as open hardware specs , network in-band telemetry, high performance networking, and network resiliency features, SRv6, etc."
Broadcom
"Large hyperscalers agree that merchant silicon, hardware independence, and open source protocol and management stack are essential for running their data center networks. Broadcom has wholeheartedly supported this vision with leading-edge, predictable silicon execution and contributions to the SONiC project. We are excited to see the SONiC initiative join the Linux Foundation and look forward to working with the streamlined ecosystem to drive the data center and hyperscale needs of the future," said Mohammad Hanif, senior director of engineering, Core Switching Group, Broadcom.
Dell Technologies
"We believe SONiC will continue its accelerated adoption into the modern data center, delivering the scale, flexibility and programmability needed to run enterprise-level networks," said Dave Lincoln, vice president of product management at Dell Technologies. "As a leading SONiC contributor, we see the advantages it brings to the supporting open source community and customers. As we continue the drive to take open-source-based solutions mainstream, we look forward to working with the Linux Foundation and its supporting communities to drive SONIC's development and adoption."
EBay
"eBay operates a large-scale network infrastructure to support its growing global business. eBay cares about the openness and quality of NOS to operate its network infrastructure. eBay is an active participant in the SONiC community and deploys SONiC at scale in its infrastructure. eBay is excited to see this next step of growth of the SONiC community," said Parantap Lahiri, vice president, Network and Datacenter Engineering at eBay.
EPFL
"At EPFL, we have been looking for a vendor neutral and flexible NOS that can provide HaaS capabilities for our Private Cloud Environment. SONiC OS provides us the solution we have been looking for in our Data Centre, allowing us to migrate to a powerful and modern Data Centre network. We are looking forward to this next phase in the SONiC community," said Julien Demierre, Network and System architect at EPFL.
"We believe moving SONiC to the Linux Foundation is very important as it will further enhance collaboration across the open source network, community and ecosystem. Google has more than a decade of experience in SDN; our data centers and WAN are exclusively SDN controlled, and we are excited to have helped bring SDN capabilities to SONiC . We fully support the move to the LF and intend to continue making significant upstream contributions to drive feature velocity and make it easier for operators to realize the benefits of SDN with PINS/SONiC and P4," said Dan Lenoski, vice president, Engineering, Network Infrastructure, Google.
Intel
"Intel has a strong history of working with SONiC and the Linux Foundation to help to propel innovation in an open, cooperative environment where ideas are shared and iterated. We continually promote open collaboration, encompassing open-source technologies such as the Infrastructure Programmer Developer Kit and P4 integrated networking stack (PINS), using Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Infrastructure Processing Units and Tofino Intelligent Fabric Processors as base hardware," said Ed Doe, vice president and general manager, Switch and Fabric Group at Intel. "Joining the Linux Foundation will help SONiC to flourish, and in turn create greater benefit for cloud service providers, network operators and enterprises to create customized network solutions and transform data-intensive workloads from data center to the edge."
NVIDIA
"This is an important milestone for SONiC and the community behind it," said Amit Katz, vice president of Ethernet Switches at NVIDIA. "NVIDIA is committed to supporting the community version of SONiC that is 100 percent open source, enabling data center operators to control the code inside their cloud fabrics, accelerated by state-of-the-art platforms with SONiC support, such as NVIDIA's Spectrum family of switches."
Open Compute Project
"The Open Compute Project Foundation is pleased to continue its collaboration with SONIC as part of the OCP's new hardware – software co-design strategy. The open source SONiC Network Operating System is enabling rapid innovation across the network ecosystem, and it began with the definition of the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) at OCP. Hardware – software co-design focuses on software that requires intimate knowledge of the hardware to drive maximum hardware performance, and speed time-to-market for hardware where system performance and ecological footprint can be highly dependent on software and hardware interactions," said George Tchaparian, CEO Open Compute Project Foundation.
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world's top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zendure's SuperBase Pro has raised nearly $2M USD in crowdfunding and recently received several other distinctions.
SuperBase Pro, Zendure's flagship power station, has received the illustrious iF Design Award in outdoor products from iF Design in Germany. The globally recognized awards celebrate products that excel in design, and the winners are selected by jurors from around the world.
Zendure's power station is called "the world's fastest recharging IoT portable power station", capable of an 80% recharge in just one hour. It sports 14 output ports (12 in the EU version) and has built-in wheels and an extending handle for easy portability. It can provide 2,000W of pure sine wave AC power, with a surge capability of 4,000W for high inductive loads like refrigerators, compressors and air conditioners.
Internal IoT hardware gives SuperBase Pro several features that other power stations on the market do not have. Through Zendure's companion app, users can monitor and control various aspects of the power station, see its location through GPS, and even track carbon offset and green energy usage.
The power station launched on Indiegogo last year and on Makuake in Japan earlier this year, raising nearly $2 million USD from backers all around the world. It has been popular among campers, outdoor enthusiasts and van-lifers, and is also quickly becoming a staple in emergency preparedness kits. Unlike a traditional gas-powered generator, SuperBase Pro is safe to use indoors and does not require fuel to operate.
Zendure's power station is solar friendly, so even if a disaster weakens crucial infrastructure, users can collect solar energy and power their essential devices. Photovoltaic arrays of up to 1,800W are supported by SuperBase Pro.
SuperBase Pro 2000 can be ordered from Zendure.com, with delivery to the US projected for the end of May.
Zendure is a portable power company with a focus on sustainable energy located in Silicon Valley in the United States and the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area in China. Since its establishment, Zendure has continuously launched innovative products, made rapid breakthroughs in the core technologies of energy storage and power supplies, and continues to bring pleasant surprises to the user experience. The company recently received a multi-million dollar series-A round of funding through a joint investment from Shanghai GP Capital and YOTRIO group.
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PASADENA, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After over three years of community engagement and collaboration with the City of Pasadena, numerous community organizations, stakeholders and local community leaders, Sweet Flower, Los Angeles' largest owned and operated cannabis retail chain, is delighted to announce the opening of Sweet Flower Pasadena.
Pasadena remains the most competitive merit-based license process undertaken by any municipality in California, and Sweet Flower's selection as one of only four stores to open in Pasadena (from a field of 122 original applicants) reflects Sweet Flower's stalwart commitment to the communities it serves throughout California, and its best-in-class operational track record.
"Sweet Flower Pasadena is the culmination of over three years of community engagement and ongoing commitment to the City of Pasadena. We are honored by the trust shown in us by the City of Pasadena, its City Council and by all the communities we serve in this great city, and we look forward to continuing to fulfill our commitment to Pasadena," said Timothy Dodd, CEO and co-founder of Sweet Flower. "Successful cannabis businesses are built on meaningful community engagement. Sweet Flower Pasadena will bring to Pasadena thousands of hours of volunteer engagement, an ongoing commitment to hiring locally, inclusively and diversely through our groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding with the Pasadena Community Coalition, ongoing contributions to local non-profits under the direction of our local Community Advisory Board, and deep partnerships with local businesses and local entrepreneurs.
"Sweet Flower reached out over a year ago to build a deeper relationship with the communities in Pasadena most negatively impacted by the war on drugs, the only cannabis operator in Pasadena to do so," said Martin Gordon, CEO of the Pasadena Community Coalition. "Through our Memorandum of Understanding, Sweet Flower has hosted multiple job fairs in Pasadena, funded expungement clinics for Pasadena residents and launched Pasadena's first African-American owned cannabis brand at all its stores, long before being open in Pasadena. Sweet Flower shows up and follows through; it says what it will do, and then does what it says, and we look forward to their opening and to their ongoing community engagement in Pasadena."
"Sweet Flower respects its workers' right to organize, and we are proud to work with Sweet Flower to bring a locally owned and operated, best-in-class operation to Pasadena," said United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770 President John Grant. "We look forward to continuing to build a partnership that will ensure Sweet Flower and its employees grow and thrive together."
Sweet Flower Pasadena will open Friday April 15, 2022 at 827 E Colorado Blvd., in the Playhouse District, and at opening will feature 30% representation of black- and brown-owned cannabis brands, fifteen times the state average, including numerous social equity brands and Pasadena's African-American owned cannabis brand, Octavius.
Sweet Flower Pasadena solidifies Sweet Flower's position as Southern California's leading independent retailer, following its launch of Sweet Flower Culver City in January 2022, another merit-based selection where Sweet Flower was the highest scoring applicant and the only cannabis retailer to open in Culver City. The addition of Sweet Flower Pasadena brings Sweet Flower to a total of six directly owned and operated retail licenses in greater Los Angeles, in addition to ancillary manufacturing, distribution and delivery licenses, making Sweet Flower the largest directly owned operator in greater Los Angeles.
About Sweet Flower
Sweet Flower is Southern California's largest owned and operated cannabis retailer, owning and operating multiple locations throughout greater Los Angeles, including West Hollywood, the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, Studio City, Culver City and Brentwood/Westwood, with multiple new store openings to come in 2022 throughout California.
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Team RBC players Dustin Johnson and Harold Varner III faced off in unique golf skills challenge for charity
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - At the 2022 RBC Heritage, South Carolina's Dustin Johnson went up against North Carolina's Harold Varner III in a friendly game to test their golf skills. After a series of fun challenges that drew a large crowd of spectators, Harold Varner III came out on top, winning a $10,000 donation from RBC, half of which will go to the HV3 Foundation, and the other half to the Heritage Classic Foundation.
"The RBC Heritage is always a great opportunity to have fun with the playful North Carolina-South Carolina rivalry on Team RBC," said Shannon Cole, Vice-President, Brand Marketing, RBC. "It was so entertaining to watch DJ and Harold face off, and even better to have Harold Varner III dedicate his win to charity."
Johnson and Varner III participated in three challenges: Flop Shot, Carolinas Trivia and Cornhole.
"Participating in the Carolinas Challenge is just one example of the exciting opportunities I have as being part of Team RBC," said Harold Varner III, Team RBC ambassador. "Not only was it a fun competition against my fellow Team RBC player, Dustin Johnson, but being able to dedicate the winnings to my foundation and the Heritage Classic Foundation makes this win extra special."
Varner III became the Carolinas Challenge champion by winning two of the three challenges – flop shot and Carolinas trivia – along with long putt as the tie-breaker after Johnson won in cornhole for double-or-nothing.
"Even though I didn't bring home a win for South Carolina, I had a lot of fun competing against my fellow Team RBC player, Harold Varner III," said Dustin Johnson, Team RBC ambassador. "I'm looking forward to a rematch and until then, I'll be practicing my long putt!"
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 88,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com.
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Users in the United States can now cash in to USDC from their bank account, enabling low-cost trades into 13 supported assets.
SINGAPORE, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telcoin, a decentralized financial technology platform bringing blockchain-powered mobile financial services to consumers worldwide, today announced the ability for Telcoin Application users in the United States to cash in to USDC with a connected bank account. This new on-ramp to the popular stablecoin, which is pegged 1:1 to the price of the US dollar, makes it possible for users to seamlessly cash in and trade USDC for TEL and 12 other supported digital assets across DeFi protocols.
Starting today, US-based users will be able to instantly cash-in up to US$1,000. After the preliminary "quick deposit" threshold is exceeded, users may deposit any amount up to their individual bank's limits, based on standard settlement schedules. Following the initial beta release, Telcoin plans to gradually increase quick deposit limits to allow instant DeFi trading in a safe manner.
"A simple and secure on-ramp to DeFi is something our users have been asking for, and we're excited to make that a reality today," says Paul Neuner, Telcoin CEO. "We now plan to roll out similar stablecoin rails elsewhere, with the goal of providing equal access to digital assets globally and enabling instant, affordable digital remittance using DeFi instead of traditional money transfer services or banks."
Telcoin previously migrated its self-custodial digital asset wallets to the Polygon Network, a popular scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain. Along with the ability to store multiple assets, Polygon enables Telcoin trades that cost pennies instead of dollars or tens of dollars. Trades in the Telcoin App flow through TELx, the Telcoin platform's decentralized liquidity engine, where users who provide liquidity in the form of tradeable asset pairs can earn a share of transaction fees and, in some cases, TEL and other reward tokens.
A growing list of 13 digital assets are currently available for trade in the Telcoin App, including TEL, WBTC, WETH, USDC, AAVE, BAL, QUICK, DFX, CADC, EURS, XSGD, LINK, and MANA. Additional tokens will be added at regular intervals, as Telcoin aims to provide an intuitive and low-cost alternative to existing centralized exchanges.
In addition to securely storing and trading digital assets, the Telcoin App also offers best-in-class digital fiat remittances from the United States and Canada to 24 mobile money platforms in 16 countries. The company aims to bring these two worlds - traditional fintech and the burgeoning crypto economy - closer together in future releases that give users worldwide the most affordable personal financial product at their fingertips.
Telcoin Group is headquartered in Singapore where its operating entity is licensed as a Major Payment Institution. The Group's subsidiaries are also registered as Money Services Business in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Telcoin also supported the Nebraska Financial Innovation Act to create digital asset depository institutions for state-chartered banks. The bill was signed into law in May 2021.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Thinkific Labs Inc. ("Thinkific" or "the Company") (TSX: THNC), a leading cloud-based software platform that enables entrepreneurs and established businesses of all sizes to create, market, and sell online learning products, will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 after market close on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
Management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company's financial and operational results at 2:00pm PT (5:00pm ET) on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
When: Thursday, May 5, 2022
Time: 2:00 pm PT (5:00 pm ET)
Dial In: 1.888.664.6383 (US/Canada Toll-Free) or 1.416.764.8650 (International/Toronto)
The conference call will be available via webcast on the investor relations section of Thinkific's website at investors.thinkific.com/events-and-presentations
A replay will be available commencing at 4:00 pm PT (7:00 pm ET) on May 5, 2022 by dialing 1.888.390.0541 (US/Canada Toll-Free) or 1.416.764.8677 (International/Toronto), and can be accessed using the following passcode: 619030#. The replay will expire at 8:59 pm PT (11:59 pm ET) on May 12, 2022.
Thinkific (TSX: THNC) makes it simple for entrepreneurs and established businesses of any size to scale and generate revenue by teaching what they know. Our platform gives businesses everything they need to build, market, and sell online courses and other learning products, and to run their business seamlessly under their own brand, on their own site. Thinkific's 50,000+ active creators earned hundreds of millions of dollars in direct course sales while teaching tens of millions of students. Thinkific is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with a distributed team.
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AAL, PBR, AGRX, UEC, and DNA.
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for KLDO, RPRX, PCG, NILE, and DAL.
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AAPL, AMD, XOM, WFC, and GS.
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TORONTO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tropical Forest Products proudly announces its new premium Black Label™ brand of curated, certified sustainable collection of tropical hardwoods graded to the highest quality. The brand's lumber portfolio consists of a selection of the finest Ipe, Cumaru, Jatoba, Garapa, Angelim, Pedra, Kebony, ThermoWood and Tigerwood in the world. Exceeding industry standards, Black Label lumber is carefully and 100% legally sourced from South America.
"The Black Label brand is a handpicked selection of the finest lumber nature has to offer," said Kris Kanagenthran, Chief Executive Officer of Tropical Forest Products. "Each piece of lumber must meet our uncompromising quality and sustainability certification standard as we do our part to protect our planet." Tropical maintains that for customers, it truly represents the pinnacle of hardwood for architectural millwork and decking.
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NORTH ROCK SPRINGS -- Island Richards (R-North Rock Springs) announced on Thursday, April 14, that he is putting his name forward as a Republican candidate in the race to fill one of the three county commission seats that will be on the ballot in this year's election.
"I'm excited to get into this race. It's something I've been thinking about for quite awhile now, and I think this is the right time to get involved," Richards said. "The current members of the Sweetwater County Commission are all intelligent and capable individuals, but something isn't working with the current makeup of the board. I hope I can bring a different dynamic to the group, and work with them to really dig down and find solutions to the problems facing Sweetwater County."
Richards continued on to say, "I'm running to be your County Commissioner because I love Sweetwater County! I've lived here most of my life, and will continue to live here for the rest of it. From the Oregon Buttes to the Flaming Gorge, from Seedskadee to Adobe Town, and from Boar's Tusk to Little Mountain, Sweetwater County is home! I've spent the better part of the last three decades working to protect and preserve it, and running for commissioner is the next level of service that I want to give. Together, we can make Sweetwater County better."
Richards, 51, is a 46-year resident of Sweetwater County. He is married to Teresa, and together they have three adult children; all of whom live and work in Sweetwater County, and a five-year-old grandson. He is president and CEO of Kayar Distributing, Incorporated, a local family-owned business that operates three convenience stores in Rock Springs and Sweetwater County; employing between 20 - 30 people in the community, depending on the season.
A lifelong Republican, he has dedicated many years of his life in service to his community by being a part of a successful business, creating jobs and serving on public and private boards, groups and associations. He has strived continuously throughout his life to make both himself, and his community, better.
Richards has previously served as a board member of the Sweetwater County Planning & Zoning Commission, the White Mountain Water & Sewer District, Sweetwater County Fire District No. 1, the Wyoming Retail Association and is currently on the board of directors for the Wyoming State Liquor Association. He has also served as a member of the Sweetwater County Jail Task Force, the Rock Springs Chamber Legislative Committee, and as board member, referee commissioner, coach and FIFA certified referee for the Rock Springs Soccer Association and Avengers Soccer. He enjoys hunting, fishing, mountain biking and off-road adventuring.
For more information, visit www.islandrichards.com.
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SWEETWATER COUNTY – The Rock Springs High School Lady Tigers fell to fourth in the latest WyoPreps.com Coaches and Media Soccer Poll despite playing any games last week.
The Lady Tigers entered the fifth week of the season ranked third in the state rankings. The squad had an open week last week and didn’t play any games from April 1 until April 12.
On Tuesday, April 12, the Lady Tigers returned to action and traveled to Green River to take on their cross-county rivals for a Class 4A West Conference matchup. Rock Springs defeated the Green River High School Lady Wolves, 9-0.
With the win, the Lady Tigers improved to 4-2 on the season and are 3-1 in conference play. The Lady Wolves, however, fall to 3-3 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
Rock Springs had one vote for first, four for second, one for fourth and two more for fifth.
This week’s rankings showed plenty of shakeup, especially in the top five.
Thunder Basin High School remains No. 1 in the state, receiving 11 first-place votes and one second-place vote.
Natrona County High School made the biggest leap this week. After upsetting the previously No. 2 team in Jackson Hole High School in a shutout on Friday, April 8, and then defeating Star Valley High School the next day, the Lady Mustangs went from the No. 5 spot to the No. 2 spot.
Jackson, however, fell all the way to No. 5.
Kelly Walsh High School improved from fourth to third in the rankings.
There is plenty of action to be played this weekend.
The Lady Tigers hosts No. 2 Natrona County at 3 p.m., while the Lady Wolves host Kelly Walsh at the same time on Friday, April 15.
The teams will switch opponents on Saturday, April 16. Rock Springs will host Kelly Walsh and Green River will host Natrona County. Both games are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
Editor’s Note: This article was written prior to publication on Thursday, April 14. The records, rankings and standings of the teams may be different by date of publication.
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GREEN RIVER – Sweetwater County School District No. 2 recently announced the 2022 Green River Hall-of-Fame Class.
Each year, current or former members of the Green River community are recognized during halftime of one of the Green River High School football games.
This year’s hall-of-fame class will be honored at halftime when the Wolves host Rawlins High School at Wolves Stadium on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m.
On Saturday, Sept. 10, a Hall-of-Fame Banquet will take place at GRHS at 5 p.m., which will be followed by a social event at the Hampton Inn in Green River at 7:30 p.m.
The following individuals and organizations were selected to the 2022 Green River Hall-of-Fame Class:
Tom Wilson
-14 Years as GRHS athletic director, starting the Green River Hall-of-Fame in 2009 while in this position
-13 Years as head football coach for GRHS – 53 career wins, all-time wins leader in GRHS football history, all-state football player, represented GRHS in the first ever Shrine Bowl, head coach of Shrine Bowl in 1993
Mike Hamel
-Current Superintendent of Schools in Rawlins, Wyoming and Member of the WHSAA Executive Board -Member of the University of Wyoming Athletic Hall-of-Fame: Wrestling – 3X WAC Champion
-State High School Wrestling Champion, All-Time Career Pin Leader in UW Wrestling Program History
Class of 1974 Athletic and Activities Teams
-The Class of 1974 won 5 State Championship: Football, Golf, Boys & Girls Swimming, and Wrestling
-The Industrial Arts Program won the State Championship and Basketball and Track & Field Placed 3rd at State -GRHS only offered 7 Sports in 1973-74: They won 5 State Titles and Placed 3rd at State in the other 2 Sports
Brent Foster (Originally Selected to the 2021 HOF, will be Honored and Placed in the 2022 HOF)
-U.S. Naval Aviator and Educator at the Office of Naval Research and the Naval War College
-Pioneered the creation and development of the new Maritime Patrol Tactical Air Crew protocols and procedures -Selected as one of the first Naval Tactical Coordinators
Dr. Jeffrey C. Bauer
-Internationally recognized Health Care Futurist and Medical Economist with over 300 Publications -University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Denver) Associate Professor and Assistant Chancellor for Planning and Program Development
-Ph.D. from University of Colorado in Economics, Boettcher Scholar, Ford Foundation Independent Scholar
If you know that contact or other information regarding these HOF selections, email Nancy Rider at nancy.rider@swcsd2.org.
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On Tuesday, April 12, the Rock Springs High School Tigers returned to action and traveled to Green River to take on their cross-county rivals for a Class 4A West Conference matchup. Rock Springs lost the Green River High School Wolves, 2-0. Senior Braxton Cordova scored both goals for the Wolves.
SWEETWATER COUNTY – The Rock Springs High School Tigers fell to fifth in the most recent WyoPreps.com Coaches and Media Soccer Poll.
The Tigers entered the fifth week of the season ranked fourth in the state rankings. The squad had an open week last week and didn’t play any games from April 1 until April 12.
On Tuesday, April 12, the Tigers returned to action and traveled to Green River to take on their cross-county rivals for a Class 4A West Conference matchup. Rock Springs lost the Green River High School Wolves, 2-0. Senior Braxton Cordova scored both goals for the Wolves.
With the win, the Wolves improved to 4-2 on the season and are 3-1 in conference play. The Tigers, however, fell to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
This week’s rankings showed plenty of changes, especially in the top five.
Kelly Walsh High School is now the new team on top of the rankings, receiving 12 first-place votes and one for second.
Jackson Hole High School went from No. 1 to No. 2.
Laramie High School remains at No. 3.
Rock Springs and Sheridan High School switched spots with the Tigers falling to No. 5.
The Wolves received one vote for No. 4.
There is plenty of action to be played this weekend.
The Tigers hosts Natrona County at 5 p.m., while the Wolves host Kelly Walsh at the same time on Friday, April 15.
The teams will switch opponents on Saturday, April 16. Rock Springs will host Kelly Walsh and Green River will host Natrona County. Both games are scheduled to begin at noon.
Editor’s Note: This article was written prior to publication on Thursday, April 14. The records, rankings and standings of the teams may be different by date of publication.
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Thomas A. Oakley, force for regional progress, dies
QUINCY (WGEM) - Thomas A. Oakley, local media executive, entrepreneur, philanthropist and economic development and transportation advocate, died Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at his home. He was 89 years old.
He was born June 24, 1932, in Quincy, a son of Thomas C. and Mary S. Oakley.
He married Anne McDonald of Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 22, 1954, in Raleigh, N.C. She preceded him in death on Jan. 30, 2015.
He graduated from Quincy High School in June 1950, and he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University in Durham, N.C., in 1954.
Oakley joined the U.S. Air Force in 1954, serving for three years, including two years flying a B-47 with Strategic Air Command. He was honorably discharged with the rank of first lieutenant in 1957 and later was a captain in the inactive Reserves.
He was stationed at several air bases around the country, including in Enid, Okla., where he and his wife had their first son, Thomas Crawford Oakley II, in September 1955. Tommy was killed in a car accident on Oct. 11, 1974, when he was a sophomore at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
In October 1956, while stationed in Tucson, Ariz., their second son, Ralph McDonald Oakley, was born.
In August 1957, Oakley and his family returned to Quincy, and in March 1960, their daughter, Mary McDonald Oakley, was born.
Upon returning home, he rejoined his family business, the fourth generation to do so. The family business was Quincy Newspapers Inc., later renamed Quincy Media Inc.
Oakley began his journalism career working as a carrier boy for the Quincy Herald-Whig in 1943 and 1944. During the summer of 1950, he worked for Quincy Broadcasting, and in the summers of 1949, 1951, 1952 and 1953, he worked for the Quincy Herald-Whig.
Oakley was the fourth generation of his family to be involved in the ownership and operation of the company. He was a descendant of Ray M. Oakley, a second-generation family member and a founder of QNI. Oakley’s father, Thomas C. Oakley, a third generation of the family working at the newspaper, pioneered the company’s expansion into radio and television. Under his leadership, the company began the first commercial FM radio station in the area in 1947, bought Quincy Broadcasting Co. and began operating WGEM-AM radio in 1948.
QNI launched WGEM-TV - the first television station to serve this region in 1953. The company also helped build the first cable television system in Quincy, beginning the effort in 1963 during the earliest years of that industry.
When Thomas A. Oakley became president of the company in 1969, the company consisted of the Herald-Whig, WGEM-TV, AM and FM and a portion of ownership of a New Jersey newspaper.
Under Oakley’s leadership, QMI began its major expansion into television. By the time he stepped down as president and CEO in 2008, QMI operated television stations in 10 markets, in addition to two radio stations and two newspapers.
The company was sold in 2021.
When the broadcast operation was purchased by Gray Television, it had been operating television stations in 16 markets, with nearly 100 program streams, as well as 2 radio stations and 2 newspapers.
The newspaper division, comprising the Herald-Whig and Hannibal Courier-Post, was sold to Phillips Media Group in 2021.
Oakley was actively involved in industry affairs, including membership on the National Association of Broadcasters Board and chairman of the Television Bureau of Advertising. He also held leadership positions in the newspaper industry.
In 2020, Oakley was inducted into the prestigious Gold Circle by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The award is one of television’s highest honors.
Despite his very impressive work in the media industry, Oakley’s greatest legacy may be in economic development. Specifically, in the advancement of highway transportation.
He played a leading role in bringing three national corridors through the region that connects Quincy and the tri-state area to the rest of the United States, and are critical infrastructure for economic development.
His leadership was acknowledged in 2009, with a naming of a portion of the Chicago to Kansas City Expressway from Quincy to Macomb, Ill., as the Thomas A. Oakley Highway.
After stepping down from his role as president/CEO of QNI, Oakley remained active in the company through 2017 and remained on its board of directors until the company disbanded in 2021.
He remained active in transportation and economic development until his death.
Earlier this year, he announced a $1 million gift to Culver-Stockton College to establish the Tri-State Development Summit at Culver-Stockton College.
A funeral service is planned for 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Anglican Parish in Quincy with burial to follow at Woodland Cemetery. No visitation is planned.
Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of the arrangements.
RELATED:
- Quincy University receives $6.5M gift, business school gets new name
- $1M gift aims to establish permanent Tri-State Development Summit at Culver-Stockton College
- Thomas A. Oakley receives Gold Circle Award, one of television’s highest honors
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$80 million ‘Field of Dreams’ movie site expansion unveiled
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - The “Field of Dreams” movie site will soon feature more baseball fields, team dormitories, a hotel and an outdoor concert amphitheater.
The new owners of the “Field of Dreams” movie site, Go the Distance Baseball, LLC, unveiled their master plan to expand the site after buying it in September.
The $80 million expansion will add nearly 100 acres to the original 190-acre site. That additional land will provide space for nine new baseball fields, dormitories for youth teams, and a hotel to be completed in phases by the end of 2023.
Other additions include a 100,000-square-foot field house, an outdoor concert amphitheater, an RV park, jogging trails and a large park inclusive for children and adults with disabilities. These additions will be completed in phases through 2025.
In a news release, Go the Distance Baseball said the plan will create a youth baseball and softball oasis while maintaining the property as a working farm.
“I am grateful for all that the game of baseball gave me throughout my career, and now I am proud and excited to lead a team that is building opportunities for players, fans and families to enjoy our national pastime and for teams to train and compete,” said Frank Thomas, CEO of Go the Distance Baseball and a first-ballot member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Go the Distance Baseball also said the development will create about 170 new full-time equivalent jobs.
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COVID relief is stalled in the Senate with lawmakers on a two-week recess
The Senate is debating a $10 billion package that would provide funding to handle another potential surge in COVID-19 cases as the BA.2 subvariant causes cases to rise.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The omicron BA.2 subvariant is causing a rise in COVID-19 cases in certain areas of the country. The uptick has lawmakers on Capitol Hill working on another relief funding package.
The Senate is debating a $10 billion package that would provide funding to help handle another possible nationwide surge in COVID cases. Reps. Susie Lee (D-NV) and Dina Titus (D-NV) argue the bill needs to pass immediately. The package stalled before lawmakers left for a two week recess a week ago.
As parts of the northeast are seeing a surge in cases, lawmakers moved toward passing the bill that would bolster funding for things like therapeutics, testing, and vaccines. The stalemate occurred when Republicans tried to add in language in the bill that would prevent the Biden administration from ending a restrictive immigration policy enacted under President Donald Trump for national health reasons.
In response to the Biden administration’s decision to end the public health order under Title 42, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “This White House is using the pandemic as a pretext to shamelessly pick and choose liberal policies to advance. The effects will be functionally open borders while a state of emergency continues for Americans. Completely unacceptable.”
Lee and Titus said the funding package needs to pass before another nationwide crisis.
“The problem with government is too often it’s reactive as opposed to proactive. So we often wait until something becomes a disaster before we get involved in trying to fix it,” said Titus.
“Make these types of what I call a smart investment in preparedness ahead of the curve. I think it’s incredibly important,” said Lee.
Lawmakers will not return to Capitol Hill until the week of April 25, which means picking back up debate on the package is still more than 10 days away, and passing a final bill is even further off.
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Migrants bused from Texas arrive in Washington, DC
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 1:55 PM EDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
(CNN) - The first round of migrants bused from Texas to Washington, D.C. arrived at Union Station on Wednesday, with a second arriving early Thursday.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started this voluntary transfer of immigrants as a way to blast the Biden administration’s border policies.
Abbott, a Republican, issued a statement saying his state shouldn’t have to “bear the burden of the Biden administration’s failure to secure our border.”
Officials from Catholic Charities D.C. were on hand to meet the migrants and offered assistance, including food and medical care.
So far, there’s been no comment from either the Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Puppy rescued by fire department fostered by firefighter and pit bull advocate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KOVR) – A puppy in California is ready to play after a pretty rough day.
Sacramento fire crews rescued the little guy, covered in burned plastic and with his fur singed, during a debris fire Tuesday.
The captain on the scene knew the puppy needed a good friend, so he called Mike Thawley at Station 19.
“He said ‘Do you want him?’ and I said ‘Yes,’” Thawley said.
Thawley is fostering the pup while Front Street Animal Shelter finds him a forever home. The puppy is already making himself comfortable.
“He perked up pretty good when we gave him water, a bath, some food, started picking off some of the plastic and then yesterday personality started coming out, tail wagging, following us around chewing,” Thawley said.
This isn’t the first time Thawley has fostered a dog the fire crews had rescued. Five years ago, he took in Chunk, an abandoned pit bull found chained to a fence.
Thawley is an advocate for pit bulls. He said knew right away the dog was home. And that’s where she’s been ever since. He had documented her journey on social media.
“We had well over 30 million people following Chunk,” Thawley said. “Donations into Front Street, donations to the bully rescues, Chunk had a two-page article in Women’s World magazine and an award from PETA.”
Thawley said its a doggone shame someone would leave a puppy in such bad conditions. But he said he hopes the rescue tells a tale of how people can help other rescue and shelter animals.
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Team of lawyers work to prove innocence of 14-year-old convicted in mother’s murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – Michael Politte was 14 years old when his mother died.
Rita Politte was beaten, then set on fire in December of 1998. Politte and a friend were sleeping in the next room and say they woke up to smoke.
Despite swearing his innocence, Politte was convicted of killing his mother.
“This kid never had a chance,” Politte’s attorney Megan Crane told KCTV.
He’s now 38 years old and will be released from prison at the end of April due to new sentencing guidelines for juveniles.
The crime
“I remember the hair on the back of my neck rising up – I didn’t know what to do,” said Politte. “What’s a 14-year-old kid supposed to do in that moment?”
After he woke up to smoke, he tried to put the fire out himself with a garden hose, but the hose wouldn’t stretch that far.
Politte remembers kneeling down to see what he could see and saw his mother’s legs covered in blood.
“She was on fire from her waist up,” he recalled.
Police expected Politte to be more emotional at the crime scene, maybe even shed tears. But he didn’t. He was quiet – and angry.
“I mean, I can still hear it – I can hear the fire crackling,” said Politte. “There are times I wake up in the morning that I can smell (it). It’s with me forever.”
Politte was defiant throughout the investigation. A police dog alerted investigators to his shoes – three times. Testing revealed gasoline on them.
When the case went to trial, Politte had a public defender. He believed in the system and that the truth would come out.
But with no explanation for gasoline on the shoes, a jury convicted Politte and the judge sentenced him to life in prison.
He’s lived more than half of his life behind bars.
“I can’t describe the feeling of helplessness,” said Politte. “There’s no reason to exist anymore.”
Nagging questions
In the years since Politte’s conviction, many people question whether the court got it right.
His case attracted the attention of the Midwest Innocence Project, the MacArthur Justice Institute and a Kansas City law firm, Langdon & Emison, in part, because of his age.
“According to law enforcement, he just wasn’t acting right. He wasn’t emotional. He wasn’t crying. He wasn’t upset. But psychologists tell us that’s what trauma often looks like, especially in a kid,” Crane explained.
Politte’s attorneys point the court to another possible motive for the murder.
The week of Rita Politte’s murder she was granted alimony, child support and part of her ex-husband’s pension and 401K.
They also argue that her ex-husband, Ed Politte, responded, “You will never see the day when you’ll get the money.”
Investigators found a boot print behind the burning trailer, but Ed Politte was quickly dismissed as a suspect in the case. He had an alibi. He was at work at the time of the murder.
Politte’s current lawyers sent investigators back to Hopewell to conduct new interviews.
That investigation turned up witnesses who place one of Ed’s cousins near the scene of the crime the morning of the fire. Circumstantial evidence suggests he had a financial windfall shortly after the murder. They argue the evidence implicates the cousins in a murder-for-hire scheme.
Ed released the following statement in response to the accusation:
I’m grateful and happy Mike is being released. Now about me, I did a dozen or so interviews with the law. I did a lie detector test, a blood test, a DNA test and fingerprints. I cooperated 100% with the law. I don’t know what else I could have done. My place of work was checked out. My coworkers were interviewed, I have a couple dozen witnesses that placed me 85 miles from my ex…. That’s all I have to say. Your (sic) a reporter I’m sure you can verify what I’ve said. I will discuss this no further. Thank you for atleast(sic) getting my side.
New evidence supports Michael’s innocence claim
More than 20 years after the murder, evidence is now on Politte’s side.
A new test revealed there is no gasoline on the shoes that helped convict him. The newer test can tell the difference between accelerants. The earlier test was positive for the adhesive in the shoes – information that was revealed six years ago.
The majority of jurors who are still alive and even a former member of the sheriff’s office are now advocating for Michael Politte’s release.
“It shouldn’t be this hard. We’re the greatest country in the world, but yet here I am, after six years of discovering that I was wrongfully convicted with false science, my jury was lied to, and I’m still sitting in a prison cell,” Politte said. “I don’t want to be angry – I just want to live.”
Release is not “The End”
As it turns out, Politte will be released from prison at the end of April. Not because a judge ruled in his favor, but because the parole board granted his release due to new sentencing guidelines for juveniles.
Politte plans to visit his mother’s grave soon after his release.
“She can probably finally rest,” he said. “I don’t think she’s been resting since she passed away knowing what happened in the aftermath.”
Politte said he will fight to clear his name. He hopes the local prosecutor will reopen the case and look at new evidence.
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Railroads face the same challenges as every other American business: Struggling to find workers, dealing with supply-chain disruptions, and meeting real-time customer demands. The difference is rail is the backbone of America’s supply chain and when it has slowdowns, it affects the entire economy.
Which is why, freight rail advocates argue, this is the wrong time to impose more federal regulations on the industry, particularly rules that could make it harder for rail to meet market demand.
Federal regulators are considering a federal reciprocal switching rule regulating how rail companies charge for the use of their facilities and customers by their competitors.
“Shippers argue reciprocal switching would create more competition in a consolidated industry, and in turn pressure carriers to offer lower rates and better service,” wrote Supply Chain Dive editor Sarah Zimmerman. “Railroads argue the opposite, saying it could exacerbate delays by forcing additional complexity into their operations.”
Economist Robert Shapiro believes the math is clear: “This regulation — if it were to be approved — would dampen investment in railroad networks,” he said during a transportation roundtable hosted by InsideSources. “For consumers, their costs would go up.”
The concept of “switching” — private companies allowing their competitors to share their infrastructure or networks — is relatively common in the private sector. At issue in the new regulation is the federal government forcing a large number of switches that, rail advocates say, is much more complicated than it sounds. The result, whereby railroads would turn traffic over to competitors, would be inefficiencies and delays at a time when rail is already battling labor and equipment shortages.
“By imposing it, mandating it, you run into a whole problem of potential bottlenecks and delays and unrecoverable costs with investment and gross inefficiencies,” said Stephen Pociask with American Consumer Institute. “If someone gets favorable pricing as a result, then who is going to pay more for it? It’s either going to raise the rates on the other shippers, or you’re going to affect the earnings, or you’re going to do both.”
The Associated Press reports lack of rail capacity is already leading to farmers being turned away from full grain elevators and ethanol plants cutting production while waiting for empty railcars to arrive. The speakers argued the solution is to keep rail profitable so the industry will continue to draw investment and expand its services. Raising fees and cutting profits would have the opposite effect.
Still, it would appear the Surface Transportation Board (STB) is giving this regulation serious consideration. That was after an executive order from President Biden in 2021 to further policies aimed at increasing competition. In terms of rail, Biden said railroads tend to own their tracks and put their freight above that of others. STB was told to require track owners to, among other things, strengthen rules for fair treatment of competing freight companies.
U.S. Wheat Associates is among the suppliers asking STB for reciprocal switching. “Except for the Pacific Northwest, U.S. wheat production is not close to river transportation, and export facilities are too far away to rely on trucking,” wrote USW Market Analyst Michael Anderson in March. “As a result, railroads play a key role in the export supply system (but) over the last decade, rail rates have increased exponentially, and rates to ship wheat are higher than for other commodities with similar handling characteristics.”
Shapiro, who served in the Clinton administration and was an economic adviser to President Barack Obama, conceded there are “certain goods that can realistically really only be shipped by rail, such as coal and wheat.”
However, he rejected the monopoly argument. “Advocates of this regulation say this only applies to certain pieces of the network in which a single railroad has a monopoly,” Shapiro said. “But there is, in effect, no monopoly because the fact that there is only one railroad serving one particular location between two points doesn’t mean that the shipment has to use that route.”
There are often other competitive forces at play that shippers can use that will avoid that single service place, Shapiro said. “There is plenty of competition apart from other goods that can be shipped by truck as well as rail or by barge if the single service facility is over a body of water.”
Railroads point to “product and geographic competition” as factors to consider, meaning manufacturers can substitute products for production to not rely on rail service oftentimes, or get the same product from different regions, thereby changing the equation for how the product arrives — including by rail.
Pociask pointed to another potential effect of the proposed regulations: Moving more freight off rail and onto roads and highways.
Switching mandates could lead to rail bottlenecks, which would drive up costs and delay goods from reaching the marketplace. And because trucks produce significantly more emissions per ton of freight moved — rail reduces emissions by 75 percent on average compared to trucking — the effects will be felt beyond the rail yard.
Chris Woodward writes about industry and technology for InsideSources.com.
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Dystopian and distressing images from Shanghai display dogs being rounded up and culled by hazmat suit wearing medical guards, food shortages and drones with facial recognition technology blasting pandemic orders to the city’s 25.6 million residents who have been locked down because of new COVID cases.
The Chinese government’s draconian shutdowns of Shanghai and other cities are also poised to have significant economic impacts on already troubled global supply chains. Those impacts will be felt in the U.S. — including Oregon.
Shanghai has the busiest port in the world handling more than 47 million shipping containers in 2021. Chinese ports have significant links to their counterparts along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
Scores of cargo ships as well as trucks and railroads have been stuck in limbo during China’s latest COVID shutdowns which has brought logistics, manufacturing and technology operations to a standstill.
“The area under full or partial lockdowns account for 40% of China’s economy — 40% of their GDP,” said John Rosen, an adjunct economics and business professor with the University of New Haven and an executive director with MCAworks, a strategic marketing firm.
Rosen said the shutdown of Shanghai’s port as well as other manufacturing operations are going to be felt throughout the Pacific Rim and in the U.S. — including west coast markets. “Thirty different electronics companies in Taiwan have had to shut down because they can’t get what they need from Shanghai,” Rosen said.
He said the shutdowns will also impact U.S. markets which could have issues importing technology components, steel girders and other construction components along with consumer goods such as toys and apparel. Those will impact consumers as well as manufacturing, technology and other companies.
Rosen said it will take significant time for already challenged supply chains to recover from the weeks-long disruptions in China. “You can’t turn things on like with a light switch. When you stop, then everything backs up,” said Rosen. He said it could take “at least a year” for some supply chains to get to normal.
That comes with the U.S. economy facing continued inflation. The Consumer Price Index posted an 8.5% increase in March — the biggest jump since 1981. Continued supply chain problems will not help ease inflation, Rosen said.
Oregon impact
China is Oregon’s biggest trading partner. Oregon companies exported more than $10.6 billion worth of goods to China in 2021, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
That is up from $7.2 billion in 2019 (before the coronavirus pandemic) and up from $2.7 billion in 2012. Oregon-based Nike Inc. has major operations in China including as many as 8,000 workers at its Shanghai corporate base. Much of Nike’s manufacturing operations are in Asia, including China.
Shanghai has a population of 25.6 million people and is the third most populous city in the world behind only Tokyo and Delhi. Oregon’s population is 4.2 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New York City has 18.8 million people.
The Chinese government has adopted sweeping shutdowns and quarantines — including major cities and economic hubs — to try to control the spread of the coronavirus. Surveillance drones and robot dogs have been deployed to blast COVID lockdown orders to residents, many of whom are not allowed to leave their homes.
The lockdowns have required residents to stay inside their homes and apartments. Violators face severe sanctions and significant numbers of Chinese soldiers have been deployed to lockdown zones.
Social media posts of the Shanghai lockdown because of renewed increase in COVID cases show dogs and cats being rounded up and killed, children being separated from parents because of quarantine polices, food shortages for many residents and displays of mental health breakdowns and suicide attempts.
“It really is like a dystopian environment in some movie,” said Rosen of the social media videos coming from Shanghai.
Disturbing images of dog killings by hazmat wearing Chinese medical guards on social media have sparked criticism of the Chinese government — including from some animal rights groups. Chinese authorities have conducted some pet cullings over concerns about COVID spreads.
“It’s extremely rare for dogs and cats to contract COVID-19, so an order to kill these household animals is a case of senseless panic based on unfounded fears — and it has horrified decent people all over the world and no doubt traumatized the families of the beloved animals who may already have been killed,” said Jason Baker, senior vice president for PETA Asia.
The Asian arm of the Virginia-based animal rights group wants the Chinese government to instead close down live-animal markets which have been linked to disease and food-borne illnesses outbreaks.
New York-based Human Rights Watch also said the lockdowns have also cut off medical care for some non-COVID patients.
“The Chinese government’s ‘Zero-COVID’ approach to pandemic control by imposing stringent citywide lockdowns has resulted in the systematic denial of medical needs of people with serious but non-COVID related illnesses,” said Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher for Human Rights Watch. “Authorities should treat the health of citizens as the end goal, not a zero COVID infection rate.”
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The Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion at the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources recently broke ground on a demonstration house made of coal-derived carbon building materials and char bricks.
The house is being built in tandem with a second house made from conventional building products and Pacific Clay bricks. The coal-derived bricks are made using low-energy, eco-friendly process technologies developed in the CCCC.
“The goal of the project is to see how the coal-derived building materials, especially char bricks, stand up to different environmental conditions and compare to conventional building materials that are currently used in the market,” said ChooiKim Lau, the UW Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management graduate student leading the project. “Our team will evaluate performance characteristics, such as the mechanical integrity, thermal resistance, light weight, fire resistance, toxicity and electromagnetic radiation tolerance, with comparative durability, noise resistance, moisture absorption and weathering.”
Originally from Alor Setar, Malaysia, and now a resident of Laramie as a U.S. citizen, Lau is working alongside undergraduate students Noah Scott and Jon Scott of Cheyenne. They work under the direction of Kam Ng, an associate professor in the UW Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering within the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
The goal of the demonstration is to showcase the various building materials that are made from Wyoming coal and, in particular, the coal-derived char bricks.
Focusing on the future of Wyoming coal, the project is part of the Carbon Engineering Initiative at the CCCC dedicated to discovering and advancing new uses for coal by making commodity products that are nonenergy and fuel based.
In addition to the char bricks, researchers at UW have developed a multitude of coal-derived building materials, including mortar, plaster, flooring materials, roofing, insulation and structural units to supplement concrete, timber and steel.
“The goal is to ultimately utilize all of these materials to build a completely coal-derived carbon-based house,” Ng said. “While the other materials are in varying stages of development, the char bricks are well advanced and to the point that we can really find out how they compare to the industry-standard clay bricks, and also determine how well they work with existing construction materials and in conventional building designs.”
Last summer, the team manufactured more than 4,000 coal-derived char bricks in the span of 30 days using basic tools and equipment. The bricks were produced using a zero-waste construction method in which they can be manufactured, transformed and recycled in a comprehensive life cycle, minimizing residual materials.
“Our bricks are completely sustainable and unique, in that they are created from coal byproducts,” Lau said. “We use pyrolyzed char from coal as the feedstock for the bricks. The char is one of the byproducts from processing coal through an integrated pyrolysis and solvent extraction process. Furthermore, lower-quality bricks can be broken down and recycled as feedstock to make new, high-quality bricks.”
The initial findings regarding the properties of the char bricks show attributes that are superior to clay. They are lighter weight, provide better insulation and have the ability to regulate the moisture content in the building.
“The porosity and thermal properties of the coal char bricks are such that they have the ability to absorb moisture from inside buildings on humid days and release moisture on dry days, which means that the building is consuming less energy,” Lau said. “Additionally, according to the industry-standard fire endurance test, char bricks receive a rating of Class A, which is the highest score possible.”
The char bricks also are more economical to produce. The team made each individual brick by hand and used the Wyoming summer sun to dry and cure the bricks, bypassing the costly firing process used in the manufacturing of clay bricks.
Richard Horner, the CCCC’s director, said products derived from coal are an extremely important step forward for Wyoming.
“Our objective in the School of Energy Resources is not just to do research, but also to commercialize these efforts and create new jobs and industries in Wyoming,” he said. “Currently, coal is a main source of income for the state, so efforts to keep mines operating will allow us to have a continued revenue stream for our state to invest in education, infrastructure, medical care, emergency services and the overall well-being of Wyoming citizens.”
The efforts also will play a major role in growing Wyoming and creating diversification opportunities in the manufacturing industry, he said.
“The people in Wyoming coal communities have extensive knowledge of our coal and reserves and, therefore, their skills are very valuable,” Horner said. “The more mines we keep open, the more jobs we retain and, in the event a mine closes, we hope to have created a new employment opportunity in the manufacturing sector.”
Once construction of the demonstration houses is completed, the team will carry out yearlong performance monitoring tests to provide a baseline to see how the coal-derived building materials perform compared to conventional building materials. The data and results then will be shared with interested industry partners with the hope they’ll take the technology to market.
The team is optimistic about the feasibility for the scale-up or mass production of the technology.
“We are eager to gather performance data on our building materials,” Ng said. “We hope that our research will highlight the competitive advantages of our coal-derived char bricks to the construction industry and increase the products’ marketability, usage and consumption, further advancing to the next stage of commercialization and production.”
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2 bird flu cases confirmed in US zoos as virus spreads
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two cases of bird flu have been confirmed in U.S. zoos, but officials said they won’t order widespread euthanasia of zoo birds the way they have on farms.
U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman Mike Stepien declined to release any details about the zoo cases Thursday, including which two zoos were involved.
Many zoos across the country have closed down their aviaries and moved birds inside whenever possible to help protect them from avian influenza that officials believe is primarily being spread by the droppings of wild birds.
At many zoos, penguins might be the only birds visitors can see because they are generally kept inside behind glass where they are shielded from the virus.
Nearly 27 million chickens and turkeys have been slaughtered in 26 states to limit the spread of bird flu during this year’s outbreak. Officials order entire flocks to be killed when the virus is found on farms.
Stepien said zoos work with state veterinary officials when the virus is found, but unlike farms, zoos are generally allowed to isolate and treat an infected bird as long as they take precautions to protect the other birds in their collections.
Health officials emphasize that bird flu doesn’t jeopardize food safety because infected birds aren’t allowed into the food supply and properly cooking meat and eggs to 165 degrees Fahrenheit will kill any viruses. The disease also doesn’t represent any immediate public health threat, and no human cases have been found in America.
This year’s outbreak is the worst one since 2015 when roughly 50 million chickens and turkeys were slaughtered because of the virus. Stepien said that there were very few bird flu cases in captive wild birds in 2015 and none in large zoos, and no wild birds at zoos were euthanized that year.
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Alabama administrators suspend students following swap of high schools for senior prank
CHILTON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - Some high school seniors in Alabama are saying the punishments they’ve received from school administrators for a senior prank are too harsh.
The students planned the prank through a Snapchat group message, according to WBRC. The idea was that students from two different high schools would attend the other school for the day. Close to two dozen students from Chilton County High School and Jemison High School participated. Now, several feel the consequences for the prank are over the top.
“My scholarships are in jeopardy because of this,” Haileigh Greer, a senior at Jemison High School, said.
Greer was not the only Jemison senior who participated in the senior prank. Kathryn Blow did as well, and believes the district’s punishment is far too harsh for what they call a harmless prank.
“I just don’t think that’s very fair. I think it’s really blown out of proportion,” Blow said.
Some Chilton County High School students agree. That includes Colby Hughes, who says past pranks were way worse.
“Past classes have peed on the gym floor, put desks on the ceiling, and pigs in the school, and all we did was swap schools and we got suspended for three days -- goes on our transcripts, all of that,” Hughes said.
Several students fear this will hurt their grades and chances to pick up scholarships. While Greer knows the students must face punishment, she never suspected she would be stripped of her passion -- softball.
“I don’t mind the three day suspension. I understand,” she said. “But we shouldn’t have gotten kicked off the teams. I mean, I have played softball since I was 8 and I got kicked off my senior year.”
Some people argued online that this is about student safety, and that’s why the district must be so strict.
Students like Chilton County Senior Austin Knight believe that isn’t the responsibility of the senior class.
“I think that’s the main thing they are upset about. It’s not our fault that your security is not as good,” Knight said.
WBRC reached out to the district for a comment.
Superintendent Jason Griffin stated, “Due to safety protocols, employee and student privacy rights, I will be unable to provide a statement or response.”
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CUTE: Firefighters save baby owl that fell from nest
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 3:06 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (CNN) - The Los Angeles Fire Department saved a baby owl that fell from its nest.
The baby got separated from its mom after taking a tumble from high atop a house in Woodland Hills.
The people who live there found the little bird, and firefighters showed up to make sure the baby got back home safe and sound.
With a gentle touch – and a ladder – the feathered family was finally reunited.
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Man blaming Trump’s ‘orders’ for riot actions found guilty
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio man who testified that he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol was convicted Thursday of obstructing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
A federal jury also found Dustin Byron Thompson, 38, guilty of stealing a coat rack from an office inside the Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Thompson’s jury trial was the third among hundreds of Capitol riot cases prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department. In the first two cases, jurors convicted both defendants of all charges.
Thompson, an exterminator who lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic, was the first Capitol riot defendant to mount a trial defense blaming Trump and members of his inner circle for the insurrection.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury began deliberating Thursday in the trial of an Ohio man who testified he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol last year.
Jurors heard attorneys’ closing arguments in the trial of Dustin Byron Thompson, who is charged with obstructing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory and stealing a coat rack from a Capitol office during the riot on Jan. 6 of last year.
Thompson, 38, of Columbus, Ohio, is the fifth defendant to be tried among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. He is the first to mount a defense blaming Trump and members of the president’s inner circle for the insurrection.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William Dreher said that Thompson, a college-educated exterminator who lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic, knew he was breaking the law when he joined the mob that attacked the Capitol and, in his case, looted the Senate parliamentarian’s office. The prosecutor told jurors that Thompson’s lawyer “wants you to think you have to choose between President Trump and his client.”
“You don’t have to choose because this is not President Trump’s trial. This is the trial for Dustin Thompson because of what he did at the Capitol on the afternoon on Jan. 6,” Dreher said.
Defense attorney Samuel Shamansky said Thompson hasn’t avoided taking responsibility for his conduct that day.
“This shameful chapter in our history is all on TV,” Shamansky told jurors.
But he said Thompson, unemployed and consumed by a steady diet of conspiracy theories, was vulnerable to Trump’s lies about a stolen election. He described Thompson as a “pawn” and Trump as a “gangster” who abused his power to manipulate supporters.
“The vulnerable are seduced by the strong, and that’s what happened here,” Shamansky said.
Thompson’s jury trial is the third among hundreds of Capitol riot cases prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department. In the first two cases, jurors convicted the defendants of all charges.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton barred Thompson’s lawyer from calling Trump and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as trial witnesses. But the judge ruled that jurors could hear recordings of speeches that Trump and Giuliani delivered on Jan. 6, before the riot erupted. A recording of Trump’s remarks was played.
Shamansky claimed that Giuliani incited rioters by encouraging them to engage in “trial by combat” and that Trump provoked the mob by saying that “if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
Dreher told jurors that neither Trump nor Giuliani had the authority to “make legal” what Thompson did at the Capitol.
Thompson, who testified on Wednesday, admitted that he joined the mob’s attack and stole the coat rack and a bottle of bourbon from the Senate parliamentarian’s office. He said he regretted his “disgraceful” behavior.
“I can’t believe the things that I did,” he said. “Mob mentality and group think is very real and very dangerous.”
Thompson said he believed Trump’s false claim that the election was stolen and was trying to stand up for the lame duck president.
“If the president is giving you almost an order to do something, I felt obligated to do that,” he testified.
Thompson is charged with six counts: obstructing Congress’ joint session to certify the Electoral College vote, theft of government property, entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
The obstruction count is the only felony charge. The rest are misdemeanors.
Thompson drove from Ohio to Washington with a friend, Robert Lyon, who also was arrested less than a month after the riot. Lyon pleaded guilty in March to two misdemeanors — theft of government property and disorderly conduct — and is to be sentenced June 3.
Thompson and Lyon took an Uber ride into Washington on the morning of Jan. 6. After Trump’s speech, they headed to the Capitol.
Thompson was wearing a bulletproof vest when he entered the building and went to the parliamentarian’s office, The FBI said agents later searched Lyon’s cellphone and found a video that showed a ransacked office and Thompson yelling: “Wooooo! ‘Merica Hey! This is our house!”
“(Trump) didn’t force you to go. He didn’t force you to walk every step of the way to the Capitol building, did he?” Dreher asked Thompson on Wednesday.
“No,” Thompson said.
“You chose to do that?” Dreher asked.
“I was following presidential orders, but yes,” Thompson said.
More than 770 people have been charged with federal crimes arising from the riot. Over 250 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. Thompson is the fifth person to be tried on riot-related charges.
On Monday, a jury convicted a former Virginia police officer, Thomas Robertson, of storming the Capitol with another off-duty officer. Last month, a jury convicted a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of storming the building with a holstered handgun.
A judge hearing testimony without a jury decided cases against two other Capitol riot defendants at separate bench trials. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden acquitted one of them of all charges and partially acquitted the other.
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Associated Press reporter Jacques Billeaud contributed from Phoenix.
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Raleigh General Hospital receives annual check from Mountain State Golf Classic
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - Raleigh General Hospital (RGH) now has more resources to share with the community.
On Thursday, the hospital received its annual check from the proceeds of the Mountain State Golf Classic, a tournament held each year in July.
In 2020, the event raised $6,000, a portion of which RGH delegated to the Alzheimer’s Association. In 2021, a record-breaking $8,000 was collected. Debbie Peyton, a staff member at RGH and the Volunteer Director of Senior Friends, which delegates the funds collected by the golf tournament, says the funds are saved and then pushed out to the community when needed.
“Just knowing that we are going to have this money just really makes it possible for us to look at more and to know that if somebody asks that we do have the funds that we can provide more than what we have been able to do in the past.”
A portion of this year’s funds has already been disbursed. Raleigh General says more checks will be handed out soon.
The AWAY Center in Beckley will be the next recipient.
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Three major drug dealers arrested in Wythe County
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Through controlled drug buys and gaining information over the past several months the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office has been able to arrest 3 major drug dealers.
Antonio Isaiah Reynolds, 23, of Roanoke was arrested on April 12 after he brought 181 grams of methamphetamine into Wythe County with the intentions of selling it. While trying to leave the area, Reynolds struck a Wythe County Sheriff’s vehicle.
Reynolds was arrested and charged with possessing 100 or more grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
On April 13, the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Aaron Darnell Edwards, 20, of Princeton and Qunzell Gavan Payne, 20, of Bluefield, after they brought 2,900 grams (6lbs) of methamphetamine into Wythe County to sell.
During their arrest deputies found them to also be in possession of a Smith and Wesson 9 mm loaded handgun.
They both were charged with the distribution of methamphetamine of 250 grams or more which is punishable by a mandatory minimum of 40 years to life in prison.
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W.Va. regional jail system responds to FOIA request on water issues
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - A paralegal for the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation has responded to a request for correspondence and communication related to the provision of water to inmates and related complaints in the regional jail system.
WVVA News made the request after former inmates, family of inmates, and staff members at Southern Regional Jail reported water issues at the facility. Many of those complaints came from the quarantine section of the jail, where a Dept. of Homeland Security spokesperson previously denied any inmates were being restricted from accessing water. Two correctional officers during the Pandemic have since backed up the claim, saying there were no water or juice coolers in the quarantine section of the jail, making it difficult for staff to hand deliver water to all of the inmates in that particular section.
An officer inside the facility said the situation has since been rectified with an officer specifically designated for that particular section.
Other water issues at SRJ have also been reported to WVVA News, including toilets flooding in multiple pods and inmates forced to sleep on mats soaked in water.
In response to WVVA’s FOIA request for documentation related to provision of water to inmates and related complaints, the state provided roughly 500 pages, including multiple complaints at different locations as well as extensive documentation on efforts each facility took to rectify those issues. When it came to SRJ, the jail provided a single page saying “We are not aware of any concerns regarding this request other than the recent news article. If something becomes available, we will forward to you.”
A Beckley attorney, Robert Dunlap, who represents multiple clients at the jail responded to their report on Thursday, saying he has heard from multiple clients confirming water issues at the facility.
“When you hear a story so many times that’s identical, you have a tendency to believe it. So many inmates have told me about how their pod has working toilets, across the way it doesn’t. They say I flush my commode on my side, my urine and feces come up in the pod across the way. That wouldn’t be the worst of things if we weren’t also dealing with overcrowding, having some sleeping in bunks and other sleeping on foam mattresses on the floor. What does a foam mattress do when it’s soaked in bodily fluid? It becomes uninhabitable.”
Dunlap went on “I have one inmate in her pod say explicitly say the water in her pod was working but across the way it was not. A female said she was in there a number of days without water and resorted to toilet water simply to sustain life.”
At last check, the Dept. of Homeland Security’s investigation into conditions at SRJ was still ongoing.
WVVA News will continue to monitor developments with this story closely and will release the results of that probe once they are made available.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) – A man barricaded inside an apartment in the Kapahulu area has forced some residents to be evacuated and caused police to shut down a section of Winam Avenue, Thursday.
According to police, the suspect, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant, barricaded himself inside an apartment near Winam Avenue and Makaleka Avenue just before 5 a.m. Authorities say he is possibly armed.
Authorities would not comment the nature of the outstanding warrant and they have not identified the suspect. No other people are believed to be inside the apartment with the suspect.
HPD shut down Winam Avenue from Ekela Avenue to Kapahulu Avenue around 6 a.m. There is no estimated time for when the roadway will be re-opened.
A large police presence has gathered in the area including an HPD SWAT team, a K9 unit and the criminal investigations division.
Police said residents inside the apartment building and some adjacent properties have been evacuated. The situation is in a containment stage and officials say their primary tactic at this time is negotiation.
This is a developing story. Check back with KTIV4 for more information.
Matthew has been the digital content manager for KITV4 since September 2021. Matthew is a prolific writer, editor, and self-described "newsie" who's worked in television markets in Oklahoma, California, and Hawaii.
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DENVER (AP) — Frontier Airlines has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by a group of flight attendants who claimed the carrier discriminated against them during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Denver-based Frontier agreed to keep or change several policies to address the needs of pregnant and lactating personnel in settling the litigation, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, which represented the employees, announced Wednesday.
In their 2019 federal lawsuit, the four employees alleged that Frontier forced them to take unpaid leave for pregnancy-related absences and did not make it possible for them to pump breast milk while working.
Frontier at the time insisted that it offered “a number of accommodations for pregnant and lactating pilots and flight attendants within the bounds of protecting public safety, which is always our top priority.”
Under the settlement, Frontier agreed to clarify that pregnancy-related absences are not subject to disciplinary action, The Denver Gazette reported.
Flight attendants unable to fly because of pregnancy or lactation will be provided the same accommodations as those with other medical conditions, including medical leave or temporary ground duty.
The airline also will keep in place a recent change allowing flight attendants to use wearable breast pumps during flight, provide lactation facilities at its base locations and provide information on lactation facilities at other airports.
“Future flight attendants won’t have to worry about how they are going to fit in pumping between flights or wonder where they will be able to pump safely,” plaintiff Melissa Hodgkins said in a statement released by the ACLU. “I gave up breastfeeding to provide for my family, and no one should have to make that choice again.”
“We’re proud to be at the forefront of accommodating the needs of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in the airline industry,” said Jacalyn Peter, Frontier’s vice president of labor relations.
Two lawsuits originally were filed in 2019 by a New York law firm, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado and the Women’s Rights Project of the ACLU Foundation.
Attorneys filed two lawsuits because Frontier’s policies for flight attendants and pilots were different, according to the ACLU. The litigation involving the four female pilots continues in federal court in Denver.
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CASPER — Outdoor recreation is poised to become more accessible.
A bill to modernize mapping of federal lands that was championed by Wyoming’s U.S. senators cleared Congress last week and headed to the president’s desk.
The Modernizing Access to Our Public Land, or MAPLand, Act allocates $47 million to federal land management agencies for the digitization and online publication of maps detailing how public lands can be accessed, when roads and trails are open or closed, what types of vehicles are permitted on those roads and where certain activities, such as hunting, fishing and shooting, are allowed.
It also requires federal officials to update the maps at least twice per year.
Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, R-WY, both co-sponsored the bill, which was introduced in the Senate a year ago and in the House of Representatives last May.
The bill “isn’t just great for land owners and Americans who love the outdoors, it’s great for America’s economy too,” Barrasso wrote in a Star-Tribune column following the bill’s introduction in the House. “The legislation will help boost our growing outdoor recreation industry, as well as the many businesses located near or on public lands.”
Much of Wyoming’s public land is surrounded on all sides by private land. Under current state law, it’s unclear whether the controversial practice of corner crossing — stepping from the corner of one private-landlocked parcel of public land to another — is legal or not.
However, as Barrasso’s column noted, non-digitized agency records, including agreements with landowners allowing access to public lands via private property, can be inaccessible to recreators.
Approved by the House in March with a vote of 414 to nine (Rep. Liz Cheney, R-WY, voted in favor), the bill cleared the Senate by unanimous consent vote last week.
The only opposing votes came from Republicans representing states east of Wyoming, including three from Texas.
“The bill will help fishermen, hunters, and hikers to easily plan their adventures,” Barrasso said in a statement on Friday. “The people of Wyoming understand the importance of promoting outdoor access while ensuring private property rights are protected.”
Some of the West’s most prominent outdoors and conservation groups have watched the bill’s progress closely and celebrated its passage last week.
“Inadequate or faulty data can spell disaster for the public land hunter,” Land Tawney, president and CEO of Montana-based Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, said in a statement. “The importance of reliable, comprehensive information on access opportunities on our public lands cannot be overstated.”
This story was published on April 14, 2022.
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CODY — The Park County Republican Party may be setting its sights on a new target of animosity even before its campaign against U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney has completed. That target is U.S. Sen. John Barrasso.
“It’s a disgrace,” Park County committeeman Tim Lasseter said. “He’s headed down the path of Liz Cheney.”
At its meeting last Thursday, the party voted unanimously to send a letter reprimanding Barrasso for his vote to support the $1.5 trillion government spending bill that passed through the Senate on March 15. Within this dense, 2,741 page legislation is funding that can be used by Planned Parenthood, the biggest abortion provider in the United States.
Barrasso was the lone member of Wyoming’s delegation to vote for the bill.
The bill passed with a 68-31 vote, with U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis voting against it, as did Cheney in the House.
The bill provides more than $286 million for family planning and additional $575 million for family planning internationally.
Due to the Hyde Amendment, family planning organizations like Planned Parenthood cannot used governmental funds directly toward performing abortion services, but the Catholic News Agency reports that pro-life groups argue that by receiving funds for certain services it can free up other monies for performing abortions.
“While this legislation was far from perfect, Republicans in the Senate negotiated nearly $65 billion in savings over President Biden’s budget request,” Barrasso’s secretary Gaby Hurt said. “The bill secured increased funding for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, increased funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and restored $2 billion in funding for border wall construction.”
The county party censured Cheney in 2021 for speaking out against former President Donald Trump and his alleged role in sparking the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In August, the county party sent a letter saying it no longer recognized her as a Republican, followed by the State GOP a few months later.
“Next time he’s next,” Park County Committeeman Troy Bray said, referring to Barrasso’s next election race, which if he decides to run in, would take place in 2024.
The criticism against Cheney has nothing to do with abortion. In fact, the representative has been one of the staunchest opponents of abortion, as has Barrasso.
Planned Parenthood and Pro Choice America both gave Barrasso a zero score four years in a row due to his votes on abortion issues. Similarly, pro life organization Susan B. Anthony List gave Barasso an A+ grade.
“Senator Barrasso has stood up against extremist nominees of the pro-abortion Biden-Harris administration, against pro-abortion action both in the administration and through legislation advanced by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,” the List reported. “Sen. Barrasso has voted consistently to defend the lives of the unborn and infants. This includes stopping hard-earned tax dollars from paying for abortion, whether domestically or internationally, and protecting health care provider rights for those who refuse to engage in brutal abortions.”
The organization also said Barrasso spoke in opposition to the confirmation of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra due to his stance on abortion.
But if voting with a flawless conservative record or in lockstep with former President Donald Trump is the mark to meet, Barrasso does come up a little short, which may be part of the Park County GOP’s hostility for the fourth-term senator.
According to political database FiveThirtyEight, 11% of Barrasso’s career votes were not aligned with Trump, including his vote to certify the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania and Arizona. Cheney agreed with Trump on all but 7.1% of issues over her career.
In a recent phone conversation with Barrasso, Park County GOP Chairman Martin Kimmet said the senator defended his vote by saying the money cannot be used for performing abortions.
“He said, ‘It’s just one vote,’” Kimmet recalled.
This prompted committeeman Brad Kolb of Powell to chime in and describe the senator as “one vote Barasso,” bringing great laughter from the audience and a few more references to this moniker over the course of the meeting.
The Planned Parenthood appropriation made up less than .1% of the total bill funding.
Certain members of Congress have gained a reputation for not fully reading through all of the bills they are voting on, a speculation a few committee members attributed to Barrasso in this instance.
Kimmet said if Barrasso had voted against the bill, “he could’ve turned the 18 other (Republican) votes in the Senate and turned that bill,” because of his leadership and influence within the body. Barrasso is the Chair of the Senate Republican Conference and is a ranking member of the Senate Energy Committee.
Lasseter said constituents are doing a much better job following the actions of their elected officials than they had in the past. He said he initially supported a formal censure of Barasso, but stepped back from that idea when decided it would have weakened the impact of the Cheney censure.
The Park County GOP has, of late, been one of the first county parties to react in Wyoming when it comes to chastising elected officials deemed not conservative enough. When it came to the Cheney censure, 19 other county parties followed suit along with the state party. The Republican National Committee censured her in February.
“It’s now more important than ever to hold electeds accountable,” committeeman Richard Jones said.
This story was published on April 13, 2022.
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After a chilly night tonight, we’ll have a sunny and seasonable Friday
Temps drop into the 30s for many overnight, but we will climb into the 60s and 70s again tomorrow
Northwesterly wind flow will keep us company tonight, ushering in cooler, but drier air. We look to be mainly clear overnight, and lows will fall into the 30s for most.
As high pressure takes control on Friday, we will remain fair to end the workweek. Tomorrow looks mostly sunny, with highs around or just above normal in the mid-60s to low-70s. By tomorrow evening, we will see a bit more cloud cover move in, but we look to stay dry. Friday night, low temps won’t be as cold, falling into the 40s and low 50s.
Saturday, a weak cold front will push into the area. While wider-spread, heavier rain is expected to our south, most of our area will only see a few scattered showers here & there throughout the day. We’ll otherwise be partly sunny and breezy at times, with highs in the 60s.
Colder air will move in again behind the front into Saturday night- lows will fall into the 30s but we look to stay dry.
Easter Sunday will bring a mix of sun and clouds, and the slim chance for a few rain showers, especially Sunday evening.
A stronger frontal system will bring a wider-spread chance of rain Monday, and possibly a few snowflakes mixing in at higher spots Monday night. Stay tuned!
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Florida high school senior gets into 27 schools, including Ivy League
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG//Gray News) - A senior at a Florida high school has been admitted into all of the 27 schools he applied to. Among those include multiple Ivy League universities such as Harvard, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Walker said he is ecstatic about his future.
“That’s such a rare thing to occur, but the fact that it did happen, I’m so excited about it,” Walker told WJHG.
The 18-year-old is in the International Baccalaureate Program, which means he completed college-level classes in his junior and senior years of high school. The program covers all subjects and gives students college credits after they complete multiple assessments.
He also loves sports and is on the school’s football team. Besides extracurricular activities and making time for a social life, Walker is also an inventor. He said he wants to help people, so he created a device that helps the deaf and blind. It’s currently in the process of being patented.
Walker said he made sure to take his time during the application process.
“It’s really just like writing a set of essays for one college and then tweaking them specifically for the colleges,” Walker said.
His advice for students applying to colleges is to make sure they are passionate and put in the hard work.
“Keep grinding no matter what,” Walker said.
Walker has received scholarship offers totaling over $4 million from all the schools. He is still deciding which school he will attend.
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GRAPHIC: Husband of Food Network star pleads guilty in 3-year-old’s beating death
GRAPHIC WARNING: The details of this story may disturb some readers.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina/Gray News) – The husband of a Food Network star pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in the death of the couple’s 3-year-old foster daughter.
Jerry “Austin” Robinson pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse in the death of Victoria “Tori” Smith.
Prosecutors say Tori died in January 2021 after she was beaten by Ariel Robinson, the winner of season 20 of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America.”
Jerry Robinson will remain on house arrest until his wife’s trial.
Prosecutors said Jerry Robinson claims he never physically hurt Tori but told investigators Ariel Robinson would beat the child with different items, including a belt.
Ariel Robinson was angry with Tori the night before her death because she vomited on herself on the way to church, Jerry Robinson told investigators. The next morning, he said Ariel Robinson was frustrated with Tori for not eating her pancakes fast enough.
He described hearing Ariel Robinson giving Tori a “whooping” with a belt that was audible from outside the home. According to prosecutors, when Jerry Robinson went inside, he saw his wife standing over Tori with the belt, saying, “You don’t get to tell me when you’re done.”
Jerry Robinson claims he told his wife, “You’ve gone too far. You went too far this time.” He went to CVS to buy liquid Tylenol to try to bring Tori’s bruising down, attorneys said, and then gave the child an Epsom salt bath.
Jerry Robinson called 911 hours later, and when first responders arrived at the home, Tori was in cardiac arrest.
Jerry Robinson’s attorney asked the judge to take his cooperation with the investigation into account when considering sentencing. He faces 10 to 20 years minimum in prison. He will be sentenced after Ariel Robinson’s trial.
Ariel Robinson will go to trial on May 9.
Prosecutors asked for body camera footage from when first responders responded to the 911 call to be admissible in court during Ariel Robinson’s trial. The body camera footage captures first responders’ “horrified” reactions when they found the bruising on Tori’s body, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said Ariel Robinson told first responders the bruising on Tori’s abdomen was caused by the force she used trying to do CPR. She claimed the bruising on Tori’s legs was caused by her then-7-year-old brother, according to prosecutors.
However, Ariel Robinson’s attorney has pushed for the body camera footage to be inadmissible since she was not read her Miranda Rights on the scene at the time.
The judge will decide Friday whether the body camera footage is admissible in Ariel Robinson’s trial.
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New Jersey to start recreational marijuana sales April 21
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey for those 21 and older will begin April 21, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday.
Murphy’s announcement on Twitter comes just three days after state regulators green lighted permits for seven facilities that already sell medical cannabis to begin retailing recreational marijuana.
“This is a historic step in our work to create a new cannabis industry,” Murphy said.
The news comes about a year after the state’s regulatory commission started operating, and a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to permit recreational marijuana for people 21 and older.
New Jersey is one of 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized recreational marijuana. There also are 37 states, including New Jersey, that have legalized medical marijuana.
Three of the seven facilities, known as alternative treatment centers, are in the northern part of the state. Three are in the south, and one is in central New Jersey.
To get approval, the centers agreed that the coming influx of recreational buyers won’t interrupt access for patients. The facilities said they would reserve parking spaces for patients as well as keep hours specifically for patients only.
There are about 130,000 medical marijuana patients in the state, with an estimated roughly 800,000 potential recreational consumers, and fewer than 800,000 estimated “tourism” consumers, according to the commission.
The alternative treatment centers that already had medical cannabis retail sales are getting a head start in the recreational market, but regulators have attached strings to their advantage. The centers have to meet social equity standards, such as providing technical knowledge to new marijuana businesses, especially social equity applicants — those located in economically struggling parts of the state or people who have had cannabis-related offenses.
“We remain committed to social equity,” Cannabis Regulatory Commission Chair Dianna Houenou said in a statement. “We promised to build this market on the pillars of social equity and safety. Ultimately, we hope to see businesses and a workforce that reflect the diversity of the state.”
How much tax revenue New Jersey gets from recreational marijuana isn’t clear. Murphy’s fiscal year 2023 budget, which is pending before the Democrat-led Legislature, estimates revenues of just $19 million in a nearly $49 billion budget. In 2019, as legalization of recreational marijuana was still just pending before voters, he had estimated about $60 million in revenue.
Legislation governing the recreational market calls for the 6.625% sales tax to apply, with 70% of the proceeds going to areas disproportionately affected by marijuana-related arrests. Black residents were likelier — up to three times as much — to face marijuana charges than white residents. Towns can also levy a tax of up to 2%.
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Police: 183 animals found in man’s freezer, some frozen alive
GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. (Gray News) - An Arizona man is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities found numerous dead animals in his freezer.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said a woman reported that Michael Patrick Turland, 43, hadn’t returned snakes she’d lent him for breeding and that several animals, including hers, were located in his freezer.
According to police, the property owner told the woman that a freezer full of dead animals was found in the garage while they were cleaning after Turland and his wife, Brooklyn Beck, had left the state.
Deputies and Animal Control officers entered the property and said they located the freezer, which contained approximately 183 frozen animals of different breeds.
According to the sheriff’s office, dogs, turtles, lizards, birds, snakes and rabbits were among the animals found in the freezer. Several of the animals also appeared to have been frozen alive due to their body positioning.
On April 13, deputies were notified that Turland returned to the residence, where he was then taken into custody.
Police said the 43-year-old eventually admitted to placing some of the animals in the freezer when they were still alive.
Turland was arrested on 94 counts of animal cruelty. He was taken to the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility in Kingman, Ariz.
The sheriff’s office said it is also looking to speak to Turland’s wife regarding the incident.
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Softball umpire speaks after parent attack leaves her with severe nerve damage
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) - An umpire in Mississippi is speaking out while she recovers from being punched in the face after a softball game for 12-year-old children.
Kristie Moore was filling in for an umpire who got sick, something she said she has been doing for several years with 10 years of experience calling games.
However, during this game, the coach asked one of the athlete’s mothers to leave the game for excessive cursing. Instead of going home, the woman is accused of waiting to confront Moore after the game, punching her and then running away.
Moore told WDAM that the parent became irate after a call she made at second base, but the coaches and other officials had no opposition to the call.
The 10-year umpire said abuse to referees, whether physical or verbal, is becoming too familiar and leading to an umpire shortage.
“This is not a Laurel thing or a Mississippi thing,” Moore said. “This is a nationwide thing for officials across the board. It’s harder and harder, every weekend because of the abuse that umpires and officials across the board are experiencing.”
According to police, the parent in question, Kiara Thomas, was arrested after the incident and charged with simple assault.
Moore said she wants people to understand that umpires are just human.
“Officials in any sport are expected to be perfect and we’re not,” Moore said. “We never will be.”
Moore experienced a severe contusion and nerve damage in her left eye, but it won’t stop her from umpiring.
She hopes that her story will bring awareness to the umpire shortage and brings consequences for similar actions.
“There definitely needs to be stricter consequences and laws to stop and to deter this from happening to anyone else,” Moore said.
Earlier this year, a bill was introduced in the legislature that would make assaulting a referee or umpire a felony as aggravated assault. That bill, however, did not make the calendar.
Moore said she hopes after this incident lawmakers will take a second look at the bill.
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Texas lawmakers respond as second bus of immigrants arrives in DC
A second bus of undocumented immigrants arrived in Washington from Texas Thursday. According to Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas), it’s part of his response to President Biden’s decision to end Title 42 expulsions.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A second bus of undocumented immigrants arrived in Washington from Texas Thursday. According to Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas), it’s part of his response to President Biden’s decision to end Title 42 expulsions.
Some Texas lawmakers support Gov. Abbott’s plan, but some of their colleagues are calling the bus trip a political stunt.
Noting that Texas is bearing the burden of an unsecured border, Gov. Greg Abbott began bussing migrants, who are awaiting deportation trials to Washington D.C.
Two buses have arrived so far, filled with only those who, according to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), volunteered for the trip.
“[It] wouldn’t surprise me if we take people to Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, but we’re trying to move people to where they want to go as an option,” Sessions said. “I support what the governor is doing.”
But it’s the location: Washington D.C., that feeds into concerns that the bus trips are purely political.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said the governor is using the trips to make a political point, though he does agree with Abbott on some facets of immigration, such as his push to keep Title 42.
“He’s trying to get publicity. But, you know, that’s the whole key I think people need to understand that, that we at the border, we’re the ones that see the whole thing. We’re the ones who see the migrants,” Cuellar said.
Politically, this is all part of broader conflict at the border. Immigration has been one of the most divisive issues between the primary parties and it remains so, as the next election cycle nears.
Title 42 was first written decades ago to prevent sick immigrants from crossing the U.S. border. It was enforced during the coronavirus pandemic, but now, it’s set to end next month.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A final decision Wednesday on a controversial proposal to ban short-term vacation rentals in most residential neighborhoods on Oahu.
There were more than 100 testifiers Wednesday at the Honolulu City Council, making last-ditch efforts to sway the council decision.
And in the end, the vote was eight to one to pass the bill.
Many residents gave heartfelt arguments both for and against short-term vacation rentals across the island.
Some claim the rentals are helping families struggling to make ends meet, while others contend it's actually making life harder for local residents.
"I think the Airbnb concept is very important for a well diversified and healthy economy because it does offer the possibility for individuals that can have additional income rather than just living out of their paychecks," Henrique Regina, owner of a short-term vacation rental, told KITV. "Life is not easy in Hawaii."
Kekoa McClellan, a lobbyist for the American Hotel and Lodging Association in Hawaii, insists these vacation rentals are devastating for the local population.
"Hundreds of residents -- people who actually live here and not simply own an extra home or an extra handful of homes -- but permanent residents from all walks of life who are being priced out of their various homes and pushed out of their communities," he said.
The measure increases the minimum length of stay for a short-term vacation rental from the current 30 days to 90.
The bill keeps the initial registration fee at $1,000, and reduces renewal fees to $500 a year instead of the current $2,000.
The proposal also allows for new permits only in resort districts such as Waikiki.
The bill now goes to Mayor Rick Blangiardi who has previously indicated his strong support for the measure.
Kristen joined KITV4 in March 2021 after working for the past two decades as a newspaper reporter. Kristen's goal is to produce meaningful journalism that educates, enlightens and inspires to affect positive change in society.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The suspect in an hours-long standoff in the Kapahulu area has been arrested.
That suspect has been identified as Christian Chang Perry. According to police, Perry was wanted on a $30,000 outstanding warrant for unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle.
A bounty hunter attempted to apprehend Perry at an apartment near Winam Avenue and Makaleka Avenue around 3 a.m. Thursday before calling for backup from Honolulu Police (HPD).
Police arrived just before 5 a.m., where Perry had allegedly holed up inside the apartment -- forcing authorities to evacuate residents inside the apartment building and some adjacent properties. Police also had to shut down Winam Avenue, from Ekela Avenue to Kapahulu Avenue, while crews negotiated with Perry.
A large police presence gathered in the area including an HPD SWAT team, a K9 unit and the criminal investigations division.
Just after 12:30 p.m., HPD arrested Perry without incident. No one else was reportedly inside the apartment with Perry when he barricaded himself and there has been no word of injuries.
No other details have been released and the case remains under investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back with KTIV4 for more information.
Matthew has been the digital content manager for KITV4 since September 2021. Matthew is a prolific writer, editor, and self-described "newsie" who's worked in television markets in Oklahoma, California, and Hawaii.
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The US Coast Guard rescued four people after their boat became disabled 180 miles off the Hawaii Island coast.
Coast Guard Sector Honolulu received a report from the crew aboard the Shyska -- a 38-foot sailing vessel -- on April 9, stating the vessel was disabled 180 nautical miles northeast of Hawaii Island after sustaining damage to their rudder.
The crew reported they were in good health, with emergency supplies for several days. But they said their vessel’s sails had been battered in a recent storm while their engine was inoperable.
On April 10, a Coast Guard crew aboard the Joseph Gerczak began towing the damaged vessel back to Honolulu. While being towed, the Coast Guard crew passed tools and fuel to the Shyska crew and they were able to make repairs to their vessel while at sea.
The Shyska was able to sail under its own power, but the Coast Guard crew monitored its travels until 3 p.m. on April 13, when it safely made it back to the Ala Wai Harbor on Oahu.
“With the Sector Honolulu Command Center and our crew’s decades of wisdom and collective creativity we were able to ensure the safety of the Shyska’s crew during their navigation to Oahu,” said LT Joseph Blinsky, the Joseph Gerczak’s commanding officer. “Our team trains hard to ensure we are prepared for cases just like this one and we were able to conduct this difficult operation in seas over 10 feet and winds above 20 mph.”
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There are 19 candidates listed on the Republican side of the Oregon gubernatorial race.
Four of those candidates appeared in front of Klamath County voters on Wednesday night at Oregon Tech in a forum sponsored by the county's chamber of commerce in an effort to answer questions and win over the Republican voters of the county ahead of the primary that is set for May 17.
Former Superintendent of Schools for the Alsea School District Marc Thielman, tech CEO Nick Hess, attorney Bob Tiernan, and CEO Jessica Gomez were in attendance. Brandon Merritt and Christine Drazen were originally scheduled to attend, but both were unable to make it because of adverse travel conditions.
The four candidates answered a litany of questions that were written by attendees on index cards. The questions, asked by Klamath County Chamber of Commerce vice president Joe Spendolini, ranged in content from the Second Amendment, to business structure and tax burdens.
Generally, the candidates were in agreement on most issues. Some candidates were more extreme on certain issues, but all of the candidates seemed to agree and build upon the answers of their opponents.
When asked about how as governor, the candidates would keep the government from infringing upon Second Amendment rights, all of the candidates said that they were in support of the amendment.
Gomez and Hess said they would repeal bills they felt infringed upon Second Amendment rights, while Tiernan said “guns are your friends.” Thielman took a slightly different approach. He said he would attempt to implement mandatory firearm safety training in all Oregon public schools and that it would help “urban students be exposed to guns in a positive way.” This idea garnered positive reactions from the crowd of about 50 attendees.
The candidates all agreed on the need to change the business climate in the state to support local small businesses. Several candidates said they would start by replacing most, if not all, department heads of state agencies to appoint people that are better suited to support the people the agencies of the state serve.
An issue that Gomez seemed to disagree with her opponents was the Oregon Corporate Activity Tax (CAT). Gomez didn;t specifically say she would repeal the bill that created the tax that has raised the price of doing business in the state of Oregon by an estimated 10 to 15%, but she did say that prescription medications and items that are necessary for life should be exempt from being taxed. The other three candidates on the panel said they'd repeal the tax as a whole.
One question that was asked several times related to how, if elected, the candidates would interact with local government entities. All of the candidates agreed they would attempt to decentralize the state government and give the power back to the individual counties. The main topic was that the state can't be run from Salem. The candidates agreed that politicians in Salem are unable to make decisions for each county as they don't know what happens in each rural county in the state.
Drought and water issues were brought up. Candidates were asked what steps they would take to ensure citizens had rights to water for irrigation.
Tiernan said the government needs to stop sacrificing people and jobs for sucker fish, while Hess said there are other solutions that involve the use of technology. Hess suggested placing a desalination facility on the Oregon coast and pumping water inland into the drought-stricken communities.
Thielman took the stance that the government “has the resources but lacks the common sense” to solve the issue. He made the claim more than 17 billion acre-feet feet of water would be flushed down the river and that there is no reason to do so as it will not help the sucker fish population.
One of the final questions the panel was asked involved how they would maintain and foster relationships with the recognized tribes in the state.
All of the candidates agreed the state government needs to include the tribes in decision-making as well as general state government practices. Gomez said several times in her response, “we need to listen to all perspectives.”
Thielman started his statement by saying he spent a lot of time on various reservations and enjoys listening to the perspectives of the tribes.
He then made a statement that ended up garnering a negative reaction from some members of the audience.
“If they (tribes) were entrepreneurial, which they have been with casinos and other things,” said Thielman, “they could do a whole lot of things that could be of great service ... one of my favorites is I think the tribes need to go into the prison business because Governor Brown doesn’t like prisons.”
Some members of the audience shouted out that the comment was offensive.
The candidates ended the two-hour forum by, once again, asking for the votes of those in attendance in their closing statements.
The Republican primary is scheduled for May 17. The top Republican candidate and the top Democratic candidate will appear alongside third party candidates on the general election ballot in November.
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The Mt. Shasta Ski Park is seeking public input on the resort’s attempts to add a new chairlift, the Gray Butte, which would service higher elevation, challenging terrain and provide assess to the area’s backcountry.
“In order to receive the required permit to install a new lift on Gray Butte, the county (Siskiyou County) is requesting public input. We hope they hear the same support we hear from all of you,” Shasta Ski officials said in a statement.
Adding a new chairlift for downhill skiers and snowboarders has been discussed for years, but not happened. As proposed, the Gray Butte fixed quad lift will be the area’s longest with 14 towers and rise from a base elevation of 6,400-feet to a top elevation of 7,500-feet, an elevation gain of 1,154 vertical feet. The chair, with its 9-1/2-minute ride, will offer a long run of slightly more than three miles and access 88 acres of skiable, intermediate terrain on five new runs.
The project site is in an unincorporated area of Siskiyou County near the base of Mount Shasta, about six miles north of McCloud. Most of the proposed project is on Shasta Ski’s undeveloped property.
The project will be discussed at a public hearing for 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 20, in the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 311 Fourth St., Yreka. Comments can also be made by emailing planning@co.siskiyou.ca.us. For more information email richard@skipark.com.
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CHEYENNE – Official records filed with Vital Statistics Services, which is part of the Wyoming Department of Health, show another sharp increase in deaths last year over what would have been expected before the COVID-19 pandemic; there were also more births, more marriages and fewer divorces among residents.
Among Wyoming residents, there were 6,572 deaths recorded in 2021, 5,986 deaths recorded in 2020 and 5,122 deaths in 2019, according to official death certificate information. Death certificates are completed by attending physicians and coroners and then filed with VSS.
“Before the pandemic, our data has shown steady, small increases in deaths for several years, largely due to our state’s aging population. That’s something we would have reasonably expected to continue,” Guy Beaudoin, VSS deputy state registrar with WDH, said in a news release. “However, the dramatically increased numbers of deaths over the last two years are unprecedented in Wyoming. It’s clear COVID-19 was a driving factor.”
Beaudoin noted the top five causes of death in Wyoming for 2021 were cancers (1,151), heart diseases (1,113), COVID-19 (1,025), various types of accidents and adverse effects (379) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related conditions (355).
“Unfortunately, Wyoming continues to have a high suicide rate,” Beaudoin said. “There were small increases in the number of suicide completions in each of the last two years, but there have been other times over the last decade with significantly larger year-over-year jumps, as well as some years with reductions.”
In 2021, 189 (+7 over 2020) suicides were recorded among Wyoming residents, compared to 182 in 2020 (+13 over 2019). Previously, there were 169 in 2019 (+22 over 2018), 147 in 2018 (-8 over 2017), 155 in 2017 (+12 over 2016), 143 in 2016 (-12 over 2015), 155 in 2015 (+36 over 2014), 119 in 2014 (-9 over 213), 128 in 2013 (-44 over 2012) and 172 in 2012.
Wyoming’s data shows that about 72% of suicide deaths in 2021 were due to firearms, with 22% due to hanging and 4% due to poisoning.
“Deaths attributed to overdoses are another area of interest where over time we have seen increases between some years and decreases between others,” Beaudoin said. “Of note, we do continue to see the percentage of overdose deaths caused by illicit drugs rather than prescription drugs as growing within our state.”
In 2021, there were 95 (+5 over 2020) overdose deaths recorded among Wyoming residents, compared to 90 in 2020 (+9 over 2019). Previously, there were 81 in 2019 (+16 over 2018), 65 in 2018 (+5 over 2017), 60 in 2017 (-34 over 2016), 94 in 2016 (-1 over 2015), 95 in 2015 (-12 over 2014), 107 in 2014 (+11 over 2013), 96 in 2013 (-3 over 2012), and 99 in 2012.
“Last year was the first in quite some time with an increase recorded in the number of new babies in Wyoming,” Beaudoin said. “Previously, we had seen an ongoing significant downward trend over several years.”
There were 6,232 births among Wyoming resident mothers in 2021, compared with 6,132 in 2020. The high over the past decade was in 2015, with 7,678 resident births.
VSS also holds marriage and divorce records. There were 4,274 marriages recorded in Wyoming last year, compared to 3,986 in 2020 and 4,062 in 2019, before the pandemic. As far as divorces, there were 2,158 finalized in 2021, compared with 2,227 divorces in 2020 and 2,253 in 2019, before the pandemic.
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We believe everyone can give something to those in need, and when that happens, everyone benefits. That’s why we created “Everyone gives, Everyone gains,” a way to spotlight some of the ways you can help people in Laramie County. To have an item published, email Managing Editor Brian Martin at bmartin@wyomingnews.com or send it to Everyone gives, Everyone gains, c/o Brian Martin, Wyoming Tribune Eagle, 702 W. Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001.
To give your money
Dodgeball event to help fund Grief Support Group
What: 3rd Annual Glow in the Dark Dodgeball fundraiser to help fund the Laramie County Grief Support Group
When: Saturday, April 16
Where: Event Center at Archer, 3801 Archer Parkway, Cheyenne
Cost: $200 per co-ed team
More information: The 3rd Annual Glow in the Dark Dodgeball Tournament of Champions is an event that brings Laramie County community members together for friendly competition and to support a great cause. All proceeds earned from tournament registration go to Laramie County Grief Support Group to assist families that have lost a loved one.
Teams should consist of a minimum of six players, with a maximum of eight to allow for substitutions. ALL members of a team must play at least one game per match, unless injured. All teams will be co-ed, and must have three men and three women on the court when each game begins.
All team members must be wearing reflective or neon clothing (no dark clothing). We encourage teams to be creative when deciding on team uniforms.
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ROCK SPRINGS – The Bureau of Land Management's Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility will kick off BLM Wyoming’s 2022 adoption schedule with an event April 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
BLM will offer approximately 50 wild horses for this adoption, including weanlings/yearlings. The weanlings/yearlings were gathered in 2021 from the Divide Basin, Salt Wells, Adobe Town, White Mountain and Little Colorado herd management areas. There will also be approximately eight 4- to 8-year-old mares from Antelope Hills and Lost Creek herd management areas that were gathered in 2020.
The offered horses will be available for adoption on a first-come, first-served basis. Any person wishing to adopt a wild horse must fill out an application, be able to conform to the BLM’s minimum adoption requirements and have their application approved by the BLM. BLM specialists will be on hand to answer questions and assist with the adoption applications.
“Wyoming wild horses make great companions and trail animals,” Supervisory Wild Horse Specialist Jake Benson said in a news release. “We want to see them all adopted into good homes.”
To reach the holding facility from I-80, take Elk Street Exit 104 and go north one mile, then turn right onto Lionkol Road and follow for a half-mile.
To learn more about BLM Wyoming’s wild horse adoption program, or the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility, visit www.blm.gov/WHB.
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CHEYENNE – Gov. Mark Gordon has announced that Wyoming is among the states joining a lawsuit filed by Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri challenging the Biden administration’s revocation of Title 42 border control measures.
These Trump-era border policies helped reduce the flow of illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border, according to a Thursday news release from Gordon's office.
Last fall, Gordon visited the southern border and joined 25 other governors in releasing 10 policy solutions that the Biden administration could enact immediately to address the crisis at the southern border. Among those solutions was a continuation of the Title 42 orders, an effective tool at limiting border crossings and supporting public health, Gordon's office said.
“The Biden administration’s continued failure to fulfill its constitutional duty and secure our border impacts all Americans,” Gordon said in the release. “When the federal government does not fulfill its responsibilities, states are compelled to take legal action to protect their residents from the impacts of this border crisis. Wyoming will stand by our fellow states to protect our borders.”
The lawsuit “challenges an imminent, man-made, self-inflicted calamity: the abrupt elimination of the only safety valve preventing this administration’s disastrous border policies from devolving into unmitigated chaos and catastrophe.” A copy of the complaint is available at https://tinyurl.com/border-policy-lawsuit.
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BUFFALO — Nationwide, concern is rising about the potential for Russian cyberattacks, and cybersecurity experts are warning that Wyoming is not immune to that threat.
“It really depends on whether they can get in (and) whether they can trick you, not necessarily your size or where you live,” said Laura Baker, executive director of CyberWyoming.
President Joe Biden's administration has warned repeatedly that Russia may launch cyberattacks against U.S. entities in retaliation for economic sanctions meant to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Locally, those in the cyber- security field say they've seen a marked increase in attacks originating from Russia, though it's difficult to say if they are directed or sponsored by the Russian government.
According to Baker, at a February CyberWyoming meeting, the group's members agreed that they'd seen a dramatic increase in attempted attacks.
One even said they'd seen a 100-fold jump, Baker said.
Those attacks aren't unprecedented, though, according to Shane Brown, CEO of the information technology and cybersecurity firm DigeTekS.
DigeTekS contracts with various entities in Johnson County to provide security, including the county, the Johnson County Healthcare Center and First Northern Bank, which received first place in a cybersecurity competition in 2019.
While the number of attacks nationwide has increased significantly in the past few months, the same kinds of attacks have been deployed for years by hackers in Russia and throughout the world, Brown said. While small targets — like those in Buffalo — may not seem as appealing as large ones, successfully attacking enough small targets can turn a profit quickly, Brown said.
"Even if they can get 10 bucks from something that costs less than a cent to send out, I mean, that adds up after they put it on time and time and time again,” Brown said.
A small bank might see anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 attempted attacks in just one day, Brown said, whereas a small liquor store might see 1,000 attempted attacks in a day.
Not all of those attempts are readily evident; many of them are just automated scans probing for vulnerabilities. If no vulnerabilities are found, the hackers will move on.
For many hackers, including those based in Russia, the interest is financial, Brown said.
But others infiltrate systems without intending to do anything immediately. In time, they might be able to use their access to launch a separate attack or gain access to a more important system. Doing so from another computer also makes the attack more difficult to track, Brown said.
Baker added that, from her experience, the Russian government's goal is to disrupt the course of everyday life, everything from the operations of a small business to spreading misinformation and disinformation online.
Hackers, Russian and otherwise, have pivoted from attacking big cities to attacking small communities, where governments and businesses aren't used to combatting significant assaults, Brown said.
According to an FBI white paper distributed at the end of March, local governments are often targeted by hackers, leading to the disruption of essential services. Many of those local governments targeted are small counties or municipalities, in part because small communities often lack the resources to keep their security systems up to date.
"What they've determined is that rural areas, smaller areas, typically don't have the same capabilities that they're finding when they get to bigger areas,” Brown said.
But Marilyn Connolly, Johnson County's emergency management director, said she and the county take cybersecurity seriously.
About three years ago, the county conducted a cybersecurity assessment that revealed potential vulnerabilities in their system. That led the county to contract with DigeTekS and begin ramping up its security. While the extra layers of protection — such as changing passwords more often and using multi-factor authentication — can sometimes seem like a nuisance, it's worth the extra effort, Connolly said.
"You'd think it wouldn't be a problem in Buffalo, Wyoming, but it's amazing how many things our IT guys pick up on a daily basis,” Connolly said.
Other entities in Wyoming have suffered serious cyberattacks, and healthcare facilities are at particular risk, according to the FBI's 2021 Internet Crime Report.
In 2019, Campbell County Memorial Hospital was hit with a ransomware attack that blocked access to 1,500 computers, according to reporting by the Gillette News Record. It took the hospital almost three months to begin operating as normal again.
In December, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center's payroll software was hit by a ransomware attack, causing 55% of its employees to be overpaid and 45% percent to be underpaid, according to Wyoming Tribune Eagle reporting.
And in March, the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County suffered a ransomware attack, a statement released by the hospital said.
Ransomware attacks are increasingly common and sophisticated, according to the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a federal agency created in 2018. Such attacks involve the distribution of a virus that blocks access to computers and the information on them. Affected organizations or individuals can regain access to the information — for a price — or wipe their computers, losing the data forever (unless it is backed up on a separate system).
But while those threats are real, there are things governments, businesses and individuals can do to protect themselves, Baker and Brown said, such as purchasing antiviral software or following best cybersecurity practices. Hackers are looking for the weak link, they said, and if they encounter much resistance, they're likely to move on.
Right now, the most important thing people can do is educate themselves and remain aware of the threat, Baker and Brown said.
“If we start talking about (cybersecurity issues) at the library and the dinner table, we're all going to be more secure,” Baker said.
This story was posted on April 14, 2022
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| 2022-04-14T23:26:37Z
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How local communities weigh poor surface ratings in planning road construction
If you look at a recent map of major roads around St. Clair County, just over a third appear to show long streaks of red.
Some of those roads often identified to have a surface in “poor” condition — via a Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating system in most municipalities — may be a year or two or more, away from improvement.
But local communities still have plenty of roadwork slated for this construction season.
In Marysville, Barry Kreiner, the city’s public services director, said they target roads annually where they can in a balance of available funding and what aging roadways can be addressed with simpler projects like resurfacing versus a rebuild.
“We could spend five-six million dollars every single year, but we still don’t have that money to spend getting roads up to good or fair,” he said this week.
Kreiner and other officials said they do weigh road conditions when prioritizing which roads are penciled in when, noting those costs and plans can change over time.
According to a map through the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, Marysville is like other cities with major roads, or those outside of neighborhood side streets. Most are in good or fair condition and noted in green and yellow, respectively, on maps.
SEMCOG's map shows that 43% of centerline miles of those roadways, which are characterized as eligible for federal funding, have surfaces in poor condition. For total lane miles at 1,473, it's 44%. In both categories, it was just over 20% and 30% for roads with ratings in good or fair condition.
The agency, which covers seven counties, lists conditions broken up into the three settings based on ratings of 1-10. No data was collected in 2020, and PASER data was collected on all federal aid roads in 2021.
Some of the busiest roads in Marysville like Busha Highway and Gratiot Boulevard are marked red for poor in areas, and some are marked fair. They’re also state highways.
Other major roads like Michigan Avenue or River Road, for example — both also with areas rated in poor condition — are Marysville’s and on tap to be addressed down the road, Kreiner said.
“That one is about four or five years out still,” he said of Michigan, which is eligible for Act 51 dollars through the state and stretches nearly three miles between Ravenswood and Cuttle roads.
On River Road, Kreiner said, “There’s a part that’s rated as poor. Now, that is going to be proposed in, not this coming fiscal year, but the following. So, two years away.”
Smaller projects help maintain good, fair condition roads
Meanwhile, Marysville does have a few other things slated for the rest of 2022.
With mill-and-fills, Kreiner said they’ve targeted Colorado Avenue from Huron Boulevard to 18th Street, St. Bernard Street from Bunce Avenue to Gratiot, and Fifth Street between Connecticut and Kelli avenues, among others.
Then, Connecticut from 15th to 18th, Kreiner said, will see a redone water main, as well as crush and shape later this year. There’s also a fourth phase of work on Huron by the end of August from Busha to River, where he said they’ll replace panels of pavement.
“So, it’s not an entire road, but the bad spots are going to come out,” he said.
Much of the work slated around the county is similar — projects that are less than rebuilds aimed to keep roadways from falling to a lower rating.
Port Huron Public Works Director Eric Witter said the county seat is also focusing on a larger mill and resurfacing project starting this fall and continuing into the spring of 2023.
They’re catching up on maintaining conditions where some of the city’s earliest sewer separate work reshaped local roads two decades ago, spending $4 million to $6 million in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
“Right now, we’re focusing between 10th and 16th (streets), and Cedar up from around Pine Street,” Witter said. “It’s an optimum time. … We have a lot of pavements that are around 20 years old, and this is the time to capture them so you don’t have to do a reconstruct. So, the (sewer-separations) started in (late ‘90s), and then, really got to be a pretty large undertaking from that point forward.
“We have a lot of roads that are aging pretty much at the same time. Our goal is going to capture those fair condition roads and bring them up to good condition, and it gets a longer lifespan out of them.”
Many of those roadways wouldn't show up on maps about roads eligible for federal funds. All encompassed in a 72-block area, according to the PASER map Port Huron shares on its website, the older neighborhood streets affected by sewer-separation work range between good and fair condition and being rated as poor.
However, that map is according to ratings reported in 2018.
Catching up on PASER ratings for all roads
Witter said Port Huron is in a process of having its road ratings updated, adding the 2018 PASER ratings listed are the most recent.
“COVID slowed down pretty much every road agency,” he said.
Much of what goes into ratings, Witter said, comes from the county and MDOT. “That’s got to get pulled together, then that would be produced,” he added. “The ratings are going to change. As time goes on, the roads, good become fair, fair become poor, and poor stays poor.”
A regional MDOT spokesperson wasn’t immediately available for comment this week, but rating maps show most of the state’s roadways in the area are not in “good” condition, though a large stretch of Interstate 69, for example, is.
Pine Grove Avenue, as part of M-25, is mid-construction in Port Huron and Fort Gratiot — and that’s all red between Hancock Street and M-136.
Originally, north-end residents were in for a much more hectic construction season this year with work and closures slated for Gratiot Avenue, which is also rated “poor” in Port Huron.
But Witter said cost estimates came back much higher in the planning process and they had to amend the project through the federal program through which its eligible to receive funding help.
Now, they’ll start reconstruction and other utility improvements next spring on Gratiot between Elmwood Street and Holland Avenue.
“We’re trying to balance the money we have and what roads to do. We’ve got a pretty significant portion of funds for Gratiot, so that’s helping,” Witter said. Including some federal aid, he put overall construction at around $6.7 million.
Annually for the last seven years, the city has also done major reconstruction of roads in its downtown. McMorran Boulevard and Michigan and Quay streets have already been addressed, while Fort Street reconstruction began this month.
To learn more about major road ratings, visit https://maps.semcog.org/PavementCondition.
Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Jackie20Smith.
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| 2022-04-14T23:36:57Z
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Agencies begin crackdown on speeding and distracted driving in work zones
MERCER COUNTY, W.Va. (WVVA) - Last year alone there were nearly 900 crashes reported in work zones in the Mountain State. More than 300 were hurt and five people died according to the state. The West Virginia Department of Transportation and law enforcement are planning a crack down on speeding and distracted driving in work zones. Their goal is to reduce the number of lives lost to zero.
On Wednesday the department of transportation displayed 61 empty orange vests draped over traffic cones to represent road workers who have lost their lives in highway work zones over the years. An untold number of those workers might still be alive today if drivers had only given them a break.
“I can tell the citizens of the state of West Virginia that the worst thing as a law enforcement officer is delivering that death message to a loved one. So I think people will agree that they would rather have that citation issued to them for that speeding in a work zone than they would a law enforcement officer going to their family and telling them they’ve passed away in a car crash because they were speeding in a work zone,” said West Virginia State Trooper, Chris Zirkle.
Officials say officers will be patrolling these work zones for not only speeding drivers but also those under the influence. This includes areas that are being patched and ditched.
“Anytime we have an area with high crash, high fatalities, high injuries, speed issues we try to put enough police officers out there to enforce the law. Our job is to work on driver behavior issues. So that’s what we try to do, wear a seat belt, speeding, drunk driving, drugged driving those are our main issues that we deal with,” said Director of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, Bob Tipton.
Those with the DOT say anyone driving on West Virginia’s roads should help in the common goal of having zero deaths on the highways this summer.
“Anybody and everybody that has a vested interest in being able to go from point a to point b this is your responsibility to make the investment to be safe on the roadways to pay attention to slow down in these work zones,” said WV DOT Secretary, Jimmy Wriston.
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| 2022-04-14T23:51:30Z
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Best friends become ‘perfect match’ for kidney transplant
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - A Texas middle school administrative assistant is getting a new kidney thanks to a surprise by one of her best friends and co-workers.
KBTX reports Dawn Oden received her first kidney transplant back in 2014, which was donated by her brother.
However, this time around it was looking a bit different. Oden said she had a 22% chance of finding a match and was in need of someone to step up.
“Back in December 2020, I got COVID and I already had a transplanted kidney. I was doing well, but since I got COVID it’s been kind of a rough road,” Oden said.
The middle school assistant said she was worried about finding a donor until she got a surprise.
“We found out someone had stepped up but wanted to remain anonymous,” Oden said.
Little did she know her “anonymous” donor was one of her best friends, attendance clerk Jamie Alvarado.
According to Alvarado, she secretly went and got tested to see if she would be a match to donate her kidney, and she ended up matching.
“I knew it was a long shot, but it worked out,” Alvarado said. “We need her, her boys need her, her grandchild needs her. To have that opportunity to get to do that, whether it worked out or not, I knew I had to give it a shot.”
When Oden found out who the donor was, she said she was stunned.
“Shocked, but not surprised because that’s just the heart Jamie has,” Oden said.
On Thursday, students and fellow staff at College Station Middle School sent the two women off before the scheduled transplant surgery next week.
“I don’t know exactly how I would be handling it if I did not have the support system that I have,” Oden said.
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