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JALISCO, Mexico, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OPERADORA DE SERVICIOS MEGA, S.A. DE C.V., SOFOM, E.R. (the "Company") announced today the final results of the previously announced offer to purchase (the "Tender Offer") up to US$100,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the "Tender Cap") of its outstanding 8.250% Senior Notes due 2025 (CUSIP Nos. 68373N AA3/P73699 BH5; ISIN Nos. US68373NAA37/USP73699BH55) (the "Notes"). The Tender Offer expired on December 29, 2022 at 11:59 P.M., New York City time (the "Expiration Time"). The Company further announced that as of the Expiration Time, the Company had received tenders (not validly withdrawn) from the holders of approximately US$12,883,000 of the total outstanding principal amount of the Notes, including US$11,468,000 of the total outstanding principal amount of the Notes that were tendered and not validly withdrawn as of 5:00 P.M., New York City time on December 14, 2022 (the "Early Tender Deadline").
The Company has accepted for purchase all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, dated December 1, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase"). As previously announced, holders of Notes who validly tendered and did not validly withdraw their Notes at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline received on December 16, 2022 (the "Early Payment Date"), an amount equal to US$500 (the "Total Consideration") for every US$1,000 principal amount of the Notes validly tendered at or before the Early Tender Deadline and accepted in the Tender Offer, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date for the Notes to, but not including, the Early Payment Date.
Holders of Notes who validly tendered their Notes after the Early Tender Deadline but at or prior to the Expiration Time will also receive the Total Consideration of US$500 per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date for the Notes to, but not including, the purchase date therefor.
Payment for all Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline and at or prior to the Expiration Time will be made promptly after the Expiration Time, and is expected to be made on December 30, 2022.
The Company's obligations to accept any Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn and to pay the consideration for them are set forth solely in the Offer to Purchase. The Tender Offer was made only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase, and the information in this announcement is qualified by reference to the Offer to Purchase.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. are the dealer managers for the Tender Offer. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been appointed as the tender agent and information agent for the Tender Offer.
Persons with questions regarding the Tender Offer should contact Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at (212) 357-1452 (collect) or (800) 828-3182 (toll-free) and/or HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at (212) 525-5552 (collect) or (888) HSBC-4LM (toll-free).
Holders who would like additional copies of the Offer to Purchase may call the information agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., toll-free at (800) 331-7024. (Banks and brokers may call collect at (212) 269-5550 or email mega@dfking.com).
This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to sell or a solicitation of tenders with respect to any Notes or other securities. The Tender Offer was made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, copies of which were delivered to holders of the Notes, and which set forth the complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. Neither the Offer to Purchase nor any documents related to the Tender Offer have been filed with, and have not been approved or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer to Purchase or any documents related to the Tender Offer, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary.
The Tender Offer does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not permitted by law or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.
In any jurisdiction in which the Tender Offer is required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and in which the dealer manager, or any affiliates thereof, are so licensed, the Tender Offer will be deemed to have been made by such dealer manager, or such affiliates, on behalf of the Company.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies and are identified by our use of terms and phrases such as "believe," "could," "would," "will," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "strategy" and similar terms and phrases, and may include references to assumptions. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are based on numerous assumptions and that our actual results of operations, including our financial condition and liquidity and the development of the Mexican leasing and financing market, may differ materially from (and be more negative than) those made in, or suggested by, any forward-looking statements contained in this release. In addition, even if our results of operations, including our financial condition and liquidity and the development of the industry in which we operate, are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information or future events or developments. More detailed information about these and other factors is set forth in the Offer to Purchase.
About the Company
The Company is a Mexican leasing company based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, with more than 19 years of operating experience specializing in three main business lines: leasing, lending and auto loans. In addition to the Company's headquarters located in Guadalajara, it has five branches throughout Mexico, located in Mexico City, Puebla, Cancun, Queretaro and Leon, and one additional office located in San Diego, California. Through the Company's leasing business line, it offers leases for a variety of machinery and equipment (including computer numerical control (CNC) machines and bending machines), transportation vehicles (including cargo and passenger vehicles) and other capital assets used in a variety of industries in Mexico. Through its lending business line, the Company provides financing to small and medium businesses for the acquisition of durable goods and equipment (such as greenhouses and macro-tunnels), as well as liquidity and financing solutions for their working capital needs. The Company's auto loans business line, based in San Diego, California, specializes in loans for the purchase of pre-owned personal vehicles.
Source: Operadora De Servicios Mega, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.R.
Avenida Patria 1501, Int. 102, Jardines Universidad, 45110
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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How to Watch the Red Sox vs. Athletics Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 18
Jarren Duran and the Boston Red Sox head into the second of a three-game series against Seth Brown and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Tuesday at 9:40 PM ET.
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Red Sox vs. Athletics Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
- Time: 9:40 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBCS-CA
- Location: Oakland, California
- Venue: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
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Red Sox Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Red Sox are 19th in MLB play with 104 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.
- Boston's .435 slugging percentage ranks sixth-best in MLB.
- The Red Sox rank third in the majors with a .265 batting average.
- Boston scores the fifth-most runs in baseball (481 total, 5.1 per game).
- The Red Sox's .333 on-base percentage ranks fourth-best in MLB.
- The Red Sox's 8.2 strikeouts per game rank 11th in the majors.
- Boston's pitching staff ranks 13th in the majors with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Boston's 4.33 team ERA ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.295).
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How to Watch the Lakers vs. Warriors: Streaming & TV Channel Info for Western Conference Semifinals Game 4
Published: May. 8, 2023 at 3:37 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The NBA Playoffs will see the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors face off in the second round, with Game 4 coming up.
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Lakers vs. Warriors Game Info
- When: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET
- Where: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California
- TV: TNT
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Lakers vs Warriors Additional Info
Lakers Stats Insights
- The Lakers are shooting 48.2% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points higher than the 46.9% the Warriors allow to opponents.
- In games Los Angeles shoots higher than 46.9% from the field, it is 33-18 overall.
- The Lakers are the sixth best rebounding team in the league, the Warriors rank eighth.
- The Lakers score 117.2 points per game, only 0.1 more points than the 117.1 the Warriors give up.
- When Los Angeles puts up more than 117.1 points, it is 32-8.
Warriors Stats Insights
- The Warriors have shot at a 47.9% rate from the field this season, one percentage point greater than the 46.9% shooting opponents of the Lakers have averaged.
- This season, Golden State has a 35-14 record in games the team collectively shoots over 46.9% from the field.
- The Lakers are the 18th best rebounding team in the league, the Warriors rank 14th.
- The Warriors' 118.9 points per game are just 2.3 more points than the 116.6 the Lakers allow to opponents.
- Golden State is 35-15 when it scores more than 116.6 points.
Lakers Home & Away Comparison
- The Lakers are posting 117 points per game at home. When playing on the road, they are playing better on offense, averaging 117.3 points per contest.
- At home, Los Angeles is giving up 5.6 fewer points per game (113.8) than when playing on the road (119.4).
- In terms of three-pointers, the Lakers have fared better at home this year, draining 11.2 threes per game with a 35.4% three-point percentage, compared to 10.3 threes per game and a 33.8% three-point percentage in road games.
Warriors Home & Away Comparison
- At home the Warriors are better offensively, scoring 119.7 points per game, compared to 118.2 away. They're also better defensively, conceding 111.7 points per game at home, and 122.5 away.
- In 2022-23 Golden State is conceding 10.8 fewer points per game at home (111.7) than on the road (122.5).
- At home the Warriors are picking up 30.5 assists per game, 1.3 more than away (29.2).
Lakers Injuries
Warriors Injuries
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2023-05-08T21:43:29+00:00
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waff.com
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A third shooter has been identified in the shooting at the Fox Valley apartment complex in Anniston Monday night, officials say.
During the course of an investigation, Anniston police identified Makotrick Lanier Ball, 18, of Anniston, as a third suspect in the shooting that killed two men around 9:45 p.m. Monday, Anniston police Sgt. Jason Hawkins told The Anniston Star.
Initial reports stated the decedents, Carlos Miller and Charrell Brown were involved in an incident where both men subsequently shot each other, both later succumbing to those injuries in the hospital.
APD has charged Ball with murder for Miller’s death. He has not been charged for the death of Brown.
Hawkins said that an Aniah’s Law hearing was held and Ball is being held without bond in the Calhoun County Jail.
Staff Writer Ashley Morrison: 256-236-1551. On Twitter: @AshMorrison1105.
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2023-01-18T15:52:36+00:00
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annistonstar.com
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https://www.annistonstar.com/news/anniston/police-identity-additional-suspect-in-monday-shooting/article_7eed4c16-9741-11ed-a663-6310d8335aa6.html
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Four days after he competed in his first major at the U.S. Open, Brandon Matthews is back on the Korn Ferry Tour.
GOLF: Matthews shoots even par in first round
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2022-06-24T06:21:26+00:00
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Those who cared for an Irrawaddy baby calf that was rescued two months ago in Thailand were shocked when he died unexpectedly last month after it appeared to be doing well.
On Wednesday, the Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Center announced the death of Paradon, the Associated Press reported.
"He started to get sick again on Aug. 31, having difficulty breathing and suffering from diarrhea. He deteriorated so quickly, and he died that night," veterinarian
Oranee Jongkolpath told the news outlet.
According to the news outlet, the group said the Irrawaddy dolphin calf received day and night care from veterinarians and volunteers and showed signs of improvement before dying unexpectedly.
Fishermen rescued Paradon on July 22 after finding it drowning in a tidal pool on Thailand’s shore, the media outlet reported.
The center said they aren't sure yet what the cause of death is, but an initial examination found an infection in his lungs, the Associated Press reported.
According to the media outlet, the cause of death will be determined after the center receives the results of a full laboratory workup.
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2022-09-07T19:17:19+00:00
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ktvh.com
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https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/group-caring-for-rescued-irrawaddy-dolphin-calf-shocked-by-its-sudden-death
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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
Greg Myre is a national security correspondent with a focus on the intelligence community, a position that follows his many years as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts around the globe.
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2023-01-07T13:53:34+00:00
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mtpr.org
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https://www.mtpr.org/2023-01-07/the-u-s-is-sending-ukraine-its-largest-aid-package-yet
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STOCKHOLM, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Skanska has signed a contract with George Mason University to build a new life sciences and engineering building in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. The contract is worth USD 83.6M, about SEK 850M, which will be included in the US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2022.
The new life sciences and engineering building at the university's Prince William County Science and Technology (SciTech) Campus, is approximately 40,000 square meters. The facility includes specialized instructional labs, classrooms, experiential learning laboratories, and faculty and administrative offices to support growing student and faculty communities on the SciTech Campus.
The building will be used by the College of Engineering and Computing, the College of Science, the College of Education and Human Development, and the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Work began December 2022 and is set to be completed in 2025.
For further information please contact:
Ashley Jeffery, Communications Manager, Skanska Building USA, tel +1 813 459 3682
Matti Kataja, Acting Head of Media Relations and Public Affairs, Skanska AB, tel +46 (0)10 449 67 98
Direct line for media, tel +46 (0)10 448 88 99
This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com.
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2023-01-10T09:25:47+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2023/01/10/skanska-builds-life-science-building-virginia-usa-usd-836m-about-sek-850m/
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Back-to-school deals for high school students
Amazon is already running plenty of terrific back-to-school deals for children of all ages. If you have a child in high school, you’ll want to take advantage of many sales since they require more accessories and essentials than younger students.
Whether your child needs a new backpack, a laptop, or sneakers for gym class, you’ll want to check out the hottest Amazon deals for high school students. Also, keep an eye out for even better discounts as the summer winds down.
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Back-to-school essentials for high school students
Going back to school can make any student nervous, but you can help lighten things up for your child by preparing them with everything they need to get off to a good start. High schoolers will need more accessories than younger students since they’re essentially preparing for life after school. Whether that means college, trade school or another field, solid academic performance is crucial.
Stationery supplies such as pencils, pens, markers, highlighters, pencil cases, sticky notes, notebooks and paper are all must-haves for any high schooler. However, you also may want to consider getting them a laptop, calculator, smartwatch and earbuds. A new backpack is also an excellent buy for the new school year, and apparel such as running shoes are essential for sports and gym classes.
Best back-to-school deals for high schoolers
This backpack has padded adjustable shoulder straps for superior comfort and several pockets for keeping binders, books, pencil cases and other school stuff. It has an internal 16-inch computer sleeve, two water bottle pockets and comes in 22 colors.
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This compact lunch bag has advanced thermal insulation for keeping foods warm and beverages cool and is spacious enough to fit up to six soda cans. It’s lightweight, foldable, has side pockets for small items and the interior is easy to clean with a damp cloth.
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A Chromebook is an excellent back-to-school essential for any high school student since it facilitates learning and makes it easy to keep schoolwork organized and streamlined in one place. This lightweight Chromebook has a crisp 11.6-inch high-definition touch screen and a folding mechanism that lets it double as a tablet.
Sold by Amazon
Asics Women’s Gel-Excite 9 Running Shoes
Asics is a top sneaker brand that makes shoes optimized for comfort and performance, making these running shoes perfect for gym class. They have a breathable upper, an Ortholite sock liner with superior moisture management to keep feet cool, and rearfoot get technology for increased shock absorption and softer impact.
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Good organization skills are critical for succeeding in high school, making this pencil case a must-buy for any student with many pens, pencils, markers and accessories. It has a dual-opening design that allows you to open it from the top or side and an extra-large capacity that can hold up to 100 pens.
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Tagry Bluetooth Wireless Earbuds
Wireless earbuds can be effective at helping your child focus during online learning and are also great for music lovers. These waterproof earbuds have a built-in microphone for phone calls, up to 60 hours of total listening and feature an LED battery power display on the case.
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Although a smartwatch isn’t considered essential for high school students, it can be an excellent way for them to keep track of time and stay on top of their health and fitness. This watch offers advanced sleep tracking, automatic workout tracking, body composition analysis and a tough titanium case.
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This 12-count of Sharpie highlighter is a must-buy for students who want to improve their efficiency while taking notes and studying for tests. The see-through tip lets you see text to highlight neatly and evenly, and the chisel tip offers narrow and wide highlighting.
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Samsung 14-Inch Galaxy Book 3 Pro Laptop
This laptop is expensive, making it suitable for juniors and seniors who are laser-focused on their academic priorities. It has a blazing-fast Intel Core i7 processor and a thin, lightweight design that’s perfect for everyday use. The 3K AMOLED screen is ideal for HD streaming, and the full HD webcam offers smooth video calling.
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Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX II CAS Color Graphing Calculator
This calculator offers many functions and features, making it suitable for any math student. It has a 3.5-inch color screen, a rechargeable battery that offers up to two weeks of battery life, easy touch pad navigation and quick alpha keys. Plus, it offers six graph styles and 15 colors for making distinctions.
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The OnePlus Buds Pro 2 offer balanced sound with powerful bass and are terrific for kids who love hip hop, reggae, EDM and other bass-heavy genres. They have three built-in microphones for advanced noise cancellation and a curved design that reduces wind pickup.
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HP Smart-Tank 5101 Wireless All-in-One Ink-Tank Printer
Although much schoolwork is submitted ad reviewed online, most high school students will have to print documents for an assignment or project occasionally, meaning a printer is a must-have. This one offers printing, copying, scanning, a spill-free refill system and supports mobile and wireless connectivity.
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Worth checking out
- These Shuttle Art Dry Erase Markers are excellent for writing smoothly on whiteboards.
- Students who want the ultimate protection for their class notes and documents will love this Avery Heavy-Duty View Three-Ring Binder.
- Help your teen stay hydrated throughout the school day with this Elvira 32-Ounce Motivational Fitness Sports Water Bottle.
- This 12-pack of Rosmonde College Ruled Composition Notebooks will last a whole school year and is an excellent bargain.
- The Samsung Bar Plus 3.1 USB Flash Drive has a sturdy metal body and offers fast read and write speeds.
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2023-07-27T20:12:36+00:00
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kron4.com
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GREAT FALLS — More than 30 students from Great Falls Public Schools got to celebrate a special achievement on Thursday afternoon before their summer break commences. That achievement is the completion of the 45h 'High School House.'
The 'High School House' is an annual program in which Great Falls Public Schools collaborates with NeighborWorks Great Falls to provide a new home for a first-time homebuyer. The process involves another collaboration. That collaboration is between Great Falls High School and CMR High School, where students from each of the schools build a house from the ground up. This year however, Paris Gibson Education Center took part in the program for the first time.
NeighborWorks Great Falls supplies the lot, arranges subcontractors, and finances the construction, while students spend eight months taking on the Montana weather and learn valuable skills as they construct the home from the ground up.
"It's been a great experience," said CMR senior Lane Mitchell. "There has been some downtime too. It's been a lot of cold, harsh days, sometimes siding the winter."
Those challenges, however, didn't stop these dedicated students from working hours on end each week.
GFHS senior AJ Mese said, "It's been fun. There is lots of good times, lots of slow times and lots of really cold times. There was also lots of warm times. Other than that, it's been really fun. It's a good time doing this."
High School House instructor Pete Pace has led the program for more than a decade. He discussed how pleased he was with the students' persistence in completing the house, despite some delays and weather-related challenges.
"I'm very proud of these kids," Pace said. "It was a tough winter to work in, but these kids knuckled up and finished this beautiful home, and I am proud of them."
The house is at 512 Sixth Avenue South and features two bedrooms, in the hopes of being the perfect size for a future homebuyer.
According to NeighborWorks Great Falls, this partnership has produced multiple advantages on all sides. The students get to work in an outdoor work site two hours a day all school year long, escaping from the confines of the classrooms. Some who were at high risk for dropping out of school stay to work on the High School House Program and graduate with their class.
The off-campus classroom settings provide real-world work environments -- snow, wind, and high temperatures -- everything a construction worker must endure. The program also equips the students for future career path decisions and useful training they can put into practice right away.
AJ Mese has been doing construction since his sophomore year. He says the 'High School House' is the first step in helping him on his path towards his career.
"You learn a lot when you go to an actual job site and you understand what you see, so the program worked out really well," Mese said.
Lane Mitchell noted that this type of program provides the everyday skills that people should know how to do.
"I'm going into the trades myself, so I'll have some experience behind me, with the last two years and and 640 hours under my belt, along with a Pre-Apprenticeship that I can actually use towards an Apprenticeship."
NeighborWorks Great Falls director Sherrie Arey said, "This building program is such a great partnership between NeighborWorks and the Great Falls Public Schools system. We couldn't do it without all of those that are in our community and helped to make it possible, whether it'd be those who donated to the school, or to our program, to make sure year after year, we have the supplies, funding and the land to be able to build another home for our community."
As more students begin to hear about the program, Arey said she hopes for some possible expansions in the future, while continuing to express the importance of skilled labor to students.
"I think Great Falls Public Schools saw the need for folks in the construction industry and the trades, way before Covid started. They have done a phenomenal job in helping students understand that this is a path towards a profession, and I can only see it growing and students understanding and embracing the skills that they can learn from this, and hopefully going back to building two homes that we are able to build year after year."
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2023-05-18T22:05:55+00:00
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krtv.com
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The Baltimore Orioles were off and running in the first two games of the pitch clock era.
The Orioles stole five bases in their opener at Boston and then five more in the series’ second game. They became the first team with 10 steals in their first two games since at least 1901. The new clock in the majors means pitchers can’t delay too long when trying to hold runners close, and there’s also a limit on pickoff throws.
One early indication of how this might go came in Baltimore’s 10-9 win over the Red Sox on Thursday. Adam Frazier, who stole 41 bases in the first seven years of his career, got a comically big jump while swiping second in that game. The Orioles already have Jorge Mateo and Cedric Mullins, the American League’s top two base thieves in 2022. Those two have combined for seven steals through three games this year. If players like Frazier are also getting in on the act, look out.
The Orioles actually finished in the middle of the pack with 95 steals last season. Texas led the majors with 128, but if the first few days are any indication, it’ll take a lot more than that to lead the way in 2023. Eleven teams are averaging more than a stolen base a game at this very early stage.
Teams are stealing at a success rate of 83.3% so far, up from 75.4% last year, and there have been 84 stolen base attempts in 50 games — an average of 1.68 per contest. That’s a 24% increase over last year’s average of 1.36 — and consistent with the 26% increase observed at the minor league level from 2019 to 2022 as the pitch clock was being tested.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Anthony Volpe stole a base in each of the New York Yankees’ first three games. The rookie shortstop won the starting job and made his big league debut when the season began.
The other top prospect to make his first major league appearance was Jordan Walker. The St. Louis outfielder had three singles, a double and, yes, a stolen base in his first three games.
Japanese stars Masataka Yoshida and Kodai Senga have looked impressive so far with the Red Sox and New York Mets. Yoshida already has a couple multihit games, and Senga struck out eight in New York’s win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday.
TRIVIA TIME
Only two teams in the live ball era have stolen 300 bases in a season. Who are they?
LINE OF THE WEEK
With apologies to Adley Rutschman, who had five hits and a walk in Baltimore’s opener, this honor goes to Trayce Thompson of the Los Angeles Dodgers for his three-homer, eight-RBI performance in a 10-1 win over Arizona on Saturday.
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK
The Red Sox nearly rallied from a 10-4, eighth-inning deficit in their first game against the Orioles. The following game, they completed the comeback. Down 7-1 in the third Saturday, Boston scored four quick runs on two-run homers by Alex Verdugo and Adam Duvall.
The Red Sox still trailed 8-7 in the bottom of the ninth when Baltimore’s Ryan McKenna dropped a two-out flyball by Yoshida. Duvall took advantage of the miscue, hitting a two-run homer over the Green Monster for a 9-8 victory.
Although they had a hard time stopping the Orioles on the basepaths, the Red Sox scored nine runs in each of their first three games and took two of three in the series.
TRIVIA ANSWER
The Oakland Athletics stole 341 bases in 1976, led by Bill North (75), Bert Campaneris (54) and Don Baylor (52).
The St. Louis Cardinals stole 314 in 1985, led by Vince Coleman (110) and Willie McGee (56).
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2023-04-04T08:24:15+00:00
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Man pointed gun at Milwaukee police, prosecutors say
MILWAUKEE - Daniel Wilson, 24, of Milwaukee has been charged with intentionally pointing a gun at officers.
Police say they were called to a welfare check near 28th and Highland on June 8 and were greeted at the door with Wilson in a shooting stance, pointing a gun at responding officers.
According to a criminal complaint, a neighbor said Wilson knocked on his door holding a gun and asked him to call the police. After the neighbor contacted 911, he handed the phone to Wilson. The neighbor said he told Wilson to go into his apartment while he went downstairs to let in the police.
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The neighbor went on to say that he went down to the lobby and let in two officers, then took the officers to the Wilson's apartment and knocked on the door, per the complaint. Wilson then stated, "bullets flying next." The neighbor said that soon after this statement, Wilson opened the door and stood in a shooting position while pointing a gun.
Police were able to remove the gun from Wilson's hand and take him into custody. No one was injured.
Milwaukee Police Department (MPD)
Police recovered a loaded black Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun from Wilson. There was a cartridge in the chamber.
Wilson's bond was set at $1,500, court documents show. He is due back in court on June 30 for his preliminary hearing.
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2022-06-12T13:26:31+00:00
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fox6now.com
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As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth year, a negative result on a little plastic at-home test feels a bit less comforting than it once did.
Still, you dutifully swab your nostrils before dinner parties, wait 15 minutes for the all-clear and then text the host "negative!" before leaving your KN95 mask at home.
It feels like the right thing to do, right?
The virus has mutated and then mutated again, with the tests offering at least some sense of control as the Greek letters pile up. But some experts caution against putting too much faith in a negative result.
So it's only fitting to do a reality check on what those rapid COVID-19 tests, also called antigen tests, can do — and what they can't.
Is the latest omicron variant tripping up at-home tests?
For the most part, the answer is no.
That's because as the virus evolves, scientists are mainly seeing changes in its spike protein, which is what the virus uses to attack and enter healthy cells. But the rapid antigen tests aren't actually looking for that spike protein.
"[The tests] rely on detection of the nucleocapsid protein, which is the protein that is directly encapsulating the viral RNA," says Dr. Robin Colgrove, a professor at Harvard Medical School and chair of the Diagnostics Committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
He says this interior protein really hasn't changed much as the virus has mutated over the years. So, at least for now, the rapid tests can detect it.
Federal health agencies are monitoring the situation in case that changes. The Food and Drug Administration is working with the National Institutes of Health to study just how well the at-home tests work as the virus continues to evolve.
So far, the agencies have identified only one test — the Luminostics Inc. Clip COVID Rapid Antigen Test — that has been rendered less reliable in the face of new variants. And even then, the FDA says "the impact does not appear to be significant."
Are antigen tests taking longer to show a positive?
Some people report having negative antigen test results for days, despite having a known COVID-19 exposure and the telltale symptoms. Eventually, they test positive, but it can sometimes take as long as a week.
The phenomenon is somewhat mysterious, says Colgrove. He acknowledges that doctors are seeing it, but so far, it's only anecdotal.
"What kind of an experiment would you have to do to answer that question?" he says, explaining that it would be difficult to study.
Many factors could make it seem as though home tests are taking longer to register a positive result, such as the virus multiplying faster somewhere other than the nostrils in some patients, says Dr. Geoffrey Baird, chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
But Baird says perhaps the biggest factor is human error. After all, people doing these tests at home make mistakes and aren't trained like those who are doing COVID-19 tests in a lab.
"There's going to be some people who stick it in their mouth," he says, explaining that not everyone follows the testing instructions as written. Some people even get mucus on the swab, mistakenly thinking mucus will have plenty of virus in it. "Actually you don't want snot on the thing."
And while, on average, people will get a positive antigen test result around the time they become infectious, Baird says it's important to remember that there will always be plenty of people on either side of that average: those who test positive much earlier than most and those who test positive much later.
How well do these tests really work?
Antigen tests can be useful in certain situations (more on that in a minute), but Baird stresses that they have their limits. That was true even before the pandemic.
"Similar technology has existed for influenza for years and the recommendation was not to use them," he says.
Antigen tests look for specific proteins inside the virus. Users typically swab their nostrils, and the tests take about 15 minutes to render a positive or negative result. But these at-home tests need much more virus to generate a positive result than a PCR test, which is done in a lab and involves letting trace amounts of viral genetic material "amplify" over time — usually a day or so. So even if very little virus is present, there should be enough to trigger a positive result (PCR tests may also keep turning up positive long after someone has cleared the infection).
Both kinds of tests have their advantages and disadvantages. And there are two measures of test performance to know about: specificity and sensitivity.
Specificity is how good the test is at avoiding false positives. And sensitivity is how good the test is at finding the virus.
According to the CDC, antigen and PCR tests are both good at avoiding false positives, but PCR tests are generally more sensitive than home tests. That means antigen tests aren't all that useful for ruling out COVID-19, but they can be valuable for confirming that cold really is COVID-19.
If you don't have any symptoms though, don't count on antigen tests to give you a definitive answer on whether or not you're in the clear. This is also what researchers found when they took a look at more than 100 studies of antigen tests and published their findings in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews this past July.
"Rapid antigen tests are considerably less accurate when they are used in people with no signs or symptoms of infection, but do perform better in people who have been in contact with someone who has confirmed COVID‐19," they wrote.
The same researchers also found that not all home tests were equally accurate. Their review included 49 different kinds of tests.
"We saw a lot of variation in the sensitivity of different brands of tests and our overall results combine findings from different studies that evaluated the same tests," lead author Jacqueline Dinnes from the University of Birmingham said in a podcast about the report.
So what are these tests actually good for?
Even though it seems like a good idea to have everyone take a rapid COVID-19 test the day of a gathering to make sure they're negative, experts say that's not how the tests were meant to be used.
"A positive test is almost always true," Colgrove says. "So in a person with an exposure or a person with suggestive symptoms, if they do a test and it's positive, you're done. You have your diagnosis."
It's a slightly different story if you are getting over COVID-19 and are testing to see whether you're still positive.
But a negative "does not rule out" a COVID-19 infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If someone tests negative, they're supposed to take another antigen test 48 hours later to see if it turns positive. And if that person has a known COVID exposure or symptoms, the FDA recommends a third test 48 hours after that.
The best way to use the tests is to know their limits and follow instructions for retesting when you get a negative result.
"In a person who had suggestive symptoms now, in the middle of the epidemic where the prevalence of the infection is high, a single negative test is not enough to rule out infection," Colgrove says.
If you have COVID-19 symptoms, even if your test is negative, it's a good idea to be cautious and just stay home.
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2023-01-19T22:44:04+00:00
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nepm.org
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When Jamal Murray stepped onto the court two weeks ago against Oklahoma City in the Nuggets’ preseason opener, it wasn’t long before traces of the old Murray reappeared.
The first two shots he took, both misses, elicited a palpable buzz from a crowd eager to see the Murray they came to adore prior to him tearing his ACL in April 2021.
On the third try, Murray buried a corner 3-pointer as a smile stole across his face. Then, in the final seconds of the first half, Murray sprinted the length of the court, briefly catching the spirit of the same scorer who torched opponents in the NBA Bubble during the pandemic. When he got near the elbow, swerved and launched off his surgically-repaired knee, his buzzer-beater shed months of doubt and unearthed the steely confidence that’s long defined Murray’s game.
For the first time since the injury, he was back in the spotlight, beckoning the crowd to get louder.
“Yeah, we’re back,” he said. “That was checking off boxes. … That was me two years ago, which is obviously I’m still me, but that was the mentality I was in. I’m back. Everybody knows I’m going to go get this bucket, and everybody has the belief that I’m going to go get this bucket.”
Murray has dreamed about his return “since the first day I got hurt.” He’s wondered what his first bucket will feel like and how the crowd will receive him. On Wednesday night at Utah, after a year-and-a-half-long journey that tested his stubborn nerves, he’ll get his reward.
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In the raw aftermath of Murray’s ACL tear, after he’d grappled with the magnitude of the injury and wondered aloud if the Nuggets planned to trade him, he started plotting his return.
Shortly after his left knee buckled in San Francisco on April 12, 2021, Murray began calculating a target date.
“When I got hurt, I was like, ‘OK, I know the timeframe, playoffs, I’m gonna come around at the playoffs (in 2022),’” he told The Denver Post. “So I was already, from the moment I got hurt, I was already planning how I’m going to come back. I dreamt about it. I envisioned myself playing.”
Murray tried desperately to realize that goal. He conducted rigorous pre-game workouts prior to playoff games, and, behind the scenes, he played 5-on-5 against team staffers and bench players, including Vlatko Cancar, Markus Howard and Facu Campazzo.
“It would go in waves,” a league source said. “He would not really try to do too much and then he’d score eight, 10 points from a spot. You saw the skill, but all the quick movements and quick-twitch-type things that’s needed to guard guys like Steph (Curry), he wasn’t there with that yet.”
The benchmarks Murray looked for of himself weren’t there, either.
There was hesitation in his game, moreso on defense than offense, and the last thing Murray wanted to do was return, in the crucible of the postseason, and freeze. In those private games, Murray was “coasting,” able to rely on his offensive skill enough to be competitive, but still reluctant to commit on defense.
“I couldn’t stay with people,” he said.
When Murray found himself in the paint, grappling for a rebound was an afterthought.
“I wouldn’t even jump,” he said.
When a screen came, he’d pause to re-route his direction, while simultaneously taking contact. All of it was uncomfortable and involved too much uncertainty.
“I’m like, ‘Man, I gotta think, and obviously I can’t go guard Steph like that,” he said.
Murray knew Klay Thompson’s opinion. He’d read Thompson’s comments in The Post during Denver’s first-round playoff series, urging him not to “put your whole future at risk,” which was a message that’d been amplified dozens of times around him.
“(Klay) told me the same thing: ‘You’re gonna want to play, you’re gonna have that urge, people are gonna want you back, but you just gotta make sure you know where you’re at at that point,’” Murray said.
“… I went to my dad and I told him, ‘I want to play,’ but I couldn’t do it yet.”
Murray said he almost forced a premature return, further jeopardizing what’s already proven to be a fragile championship window for Denver. His dad, Roger Murray, and former Nuggets president Tim Connelly intervened.
“‘We’re just gonna shut it down, let you recover the way you should and just take the pressure off,’” they told him.
The pressure bubbled over when Murray, unable to prove how hard he was working in the gym, tweeted: “Y’all don’t think I want to be out there huh … crazy.”
Murray’s missive came in the wake of Game 2 when the gap between the Warriors and Nuggets stretched both sides of the San Francisco Bay. The noise had gotten to him.
“People are like, ‘Oh, I thought he was mentally strong,’” Murray said. “It’s not about that. I’m doing everything in my power to come back, it’s just, time needs time.”
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When the season ended, Murray took what he needed. For two or three weeks, he detached. He stayed to himself, barely working out, slowly decompressing from the stress of his non-return.
He returned home to Kitchener, Ontario, where he spent quality time with family before he began plotting and calculating … again. With a few months before training camp, this time, Murray’s return was non-negotiable.
After the brief respite, Murray bounced between Denver and Phoenix, where he had specific trainers cater to his rehab. In Toronto, where he worked out with Team Canada, he had someone there, too.
During one stop in Denver, general manager Calvin Booth made it a priority to check in with Murray. Over dinner, the two talked about the shared opportunity ahead of them — the one Booth has in his first season running a championship contender, and the one Murray has in reminding everybody who he is.
In Booth’s estimation, given what the last 18 months have looked like for him, Murray has a different mentality heading into this season.
“Jamal’s much more prepared and he’s played a lot more this summer than in years past,” Booth said.
In early July, Murray played some pick-up with the Nuggets when the team was in Las Vegas for Summer League. He also filmed a New Balance commercial with fellow reps Zach LaVine, Kawhi Leonard and Dejounte Murray. LaVine, who tore his ACL in 2017, has made two consecutive All-Star teams. Last season, despite tearing his ACL in 2018, Dejounte Murray made his first. Leonard is part of the ignominious club, too. The five-time All-Star is returning this season from a partially torn ACL.
While in Las Vegas, the Nuggets’ guard said he peppered LaVine and Murray with questions about their own returns.
“Any time you get outside of basketball, you’re able to relate with people on a personal level, it’s really fun,” LaVine said of his conversations with Murray.
Leonard was less insightful.
“Kawhi don’t talk a lot in general,” LaVine joked.
But Murray and LaVine text every so often, and the Bulls’ guard told him to reach out with any questions about his return. His parting message to Murray, though, was a reminder to embrace what wasn’t there.
“Take each day, remember how it felt to miss the game of basketball,” LaVine said.
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Murray doesn’t need LaVine, Leonard or Marcus Smart to gauge where he’s at along his arduous 18-month recovery from ACL surgery. These days, he just needs his house.
“I always use the stairs as a marker,” Murray said. “It’s landing, and it’s take off. I wake up, I go downstairs, I’m like, ‘Damn, sore today. What did I do yesterday?’”
Now, just hours away from a comeback that’s seen numerous stops and starts, the answer can finally be NBA basketball. Not that Murray’s return will be seamless or linear.
Four nights after his triumphant moment vs. Oklahoma City, as Murray was working through a difficult start in Chicago, a hamstring tweak ended his night, and eventually, his preseason. Perhaps impatient with the process, Murray conveyed his emotions to his coach.
“He apologized to me at one point,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “I said, ‘Don’t ever apologize to me.’ You’re out here finding a rhythm. You missed 539 days of basketball.
“… I’ll go to war with Jamal Murray.”
On Wednesday night, Murray will soak it in, an 18-month void replaced by the game.
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2022-10-19T03:41:30+00:00
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Prestigious International Annual Awards Program Recognizes Standout Marketing, Advertising and Sales Technology Around the World
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global ad security and threat intelligence provider, Confiant, today announced that it has been selected as the winner of the "Best Ad Analytics Solution" award in the 5th annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MarTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global marketing, sales and advertising technology industry today.
Confiant is a cybersecurity, ad tech and malware prevention service provider that enables enterprises, publishers and platforms to regain control of the ad experience. The Company's cybersecurity ad verification, security, quality, and privacy solutions protect reputation, revenue, and resources by providing real-time verification of digital advertisements.
Confiant's technology actively monitors billions of ad impressions and trillions of ad auctions each month to detect and block malicious activity, and low-quality ads, providing a safeguard against cyber threats including malware, phishing, scams, as well as disruptive ads, and consent violations.
"Our goal has always been to be world class in our cyber protection solutions. Overseeing the ad tech industry's infrastructure, tracking, and acting to protect it from malicious actors hijacking it is what Confiant is committed to," said Louis-David Mangin, CEO and Cofounder of Confiant Inc. "Malvertising is increasing in criminal sophistication in parallel to the ad tech industry's increasing in technical sophistication. The mapping of the threat vector, which we published at matrix.confiant.com, is testament to our industry leading expertise at JavaScript threats and reverse cloaking technologies."
The mission of the MarTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of marketing, sales and advertising technology related categories, including marketing automation, market research and customer experience, AdTech, Sales Tech, marketing analytics, content and social marketing, mobile marketing and many more. This year's program attracted more than 2,950 nominations from over 18 different countries throughout the world.
"Confiant empowers and protects financial institutions, digital publishers and premium ad platforms with actionable data to ensure the digital ad ecosystem is safe and secure for everyone," said James Johnson, Managing Director at MarTech Breakthrough. "Confiant's team of security and privacy engineers identify threat actors, malvertising, security, quality, and privacy issues in the ad ecosystem that affect enterprises, publishers, platforms and their customers. We extend our sincere congratulations to the Confiant team on being our choice for 'Best Ad Analytics Solution' in 2022."
Confiant's mission is to make the digital world safe for everyone.
Confiant is a cybersecurity provider specialized in detecting and stopping threats that leverage advertising technology infrastructure, also known as Malvertising. We help digital publishers and advertising technology platforms around the world take back control of the ad experience in real-time. In addition, Confiant helps enterprises protect themselves and their customers from threat actors performing these attacks. Confiant oversees trillions of monthly ad impressions with innovative integrations embedded deep into the ad tech ecosystem, giving us a unique vantage point. Our superior detection set for phishing, crypto scams and malware attacks using ads as a vector is one-of-a-kind in the industry. Confiant executes our mission everyday to protect users and organizations of all sizes, including Microsoft, Orange, Paramount and IBM. We offer unique and actionable insights into threats that systematically target brands, businesses, individuals and supply chains via ads. Our recently published Malvertising Matrix maps the tactics, techniques and procedures active in Malvertising today, inclusive of emerging Web3 Layer 4 threats. To learn more about Confiant and our technology visit: www.confiant.com
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the MarTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in marketing, ad and sales technology companies, products and people. The MarTech Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough marketing technology companies and products in categories including marketing automation, AdTech, SalesTech, marketing analytics, CRM, content and social marketing, website, SEM, mobile marketing and more. For more information, visit MarTechBreakthrough.com.
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2022-08-16T12:47:01+00:00
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/16/confiant-wins-best-ad-analytics-solution-2022-martech-breakthrough-awards-program/
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Which Natasha Denona product is best?
Natasha Denona products can take you from an elevated day look to an all-out glam aesthetic. With them, you can adorn yourself with glowing highlights, rosy blushes and stunning lip hues. But it’s the brand’s eye palettes that first drew notice for their versatility, vivid payoff and long-lasting pigments.
The Natasha Denona My Dream Eyeshadow Palette is a top pick because its matte element-inspired shades can create elegant day looks, and its highly pigmented chrome shadows add drama for evenings out.
What to know before you buy a Natasha Denona product
About Natasha Denona products
Founded by Croatia-born makeup artist Natasha Denona, the brand emphasizes dramatic smoky eyes, a glowing complexion and a nude lip. It also has gorgeous neutrals, violets and rose palettes that build stunning day-to-night looks that last hours.
Many of Natasha Denona’s collections are cruelty-free, paraben-free and made in Italy. Some are allergen-free and vegan as well.
Natasha Denona product types
There are five Natasha Denona product lines.
- Base: Formulas for your face, such as primers and foundations.
- Cheeks: Powdered and cream blushes and highlighters.
- Accessories: Makeup essentials such as brushes and tools.
- Eyes: Pressed-powder eyeshadows, liquid eyeshadows and eyeliners.
- Lips: Lip solutions such as lipsticks, lip-glosses and lip liners.
Natasha Denona product collections
Natasha Denona has six collections with shades that follow a strategic color story.
- My Dream Collection: This combines some of the brand’s best-selling hues with new complementary element-inspired shades.
- I Need a Rose: An array of rose-hued lipsticks with lip glosses and pencils.
- Smoke In Vision: An assortment of eyeshadows with eyeliners, crayons and tools to craft the perfect smoky cat eye.
- Mini Love Story: A variety of cheek and eye hues in glowing pinks and purples.
- I Need a Nude: This collection has a glowing highlighter with a lipstick and a liner in barely-there shades.
- Bronze: A line of eye, face and lip colors in burnt umbers, bronzes and coppers.
What to look for in a quality Natasha Denona product
Long-wearing
Long-wear cosmetics are the difference between all-day touchups and a day of low-maintenance wear. These items save you the time and hassle of reapplying and last longer, so you don’t have to replenish your stock as often. To ensure that your Natasha Denona makeup will last, look for formulas labeled waterproof, long-lasting or transfer-resistant.
Versatile
Getting an all-glam palette can be an excellent choice if you already have a solid cosmetics supply. However, if you’re building your collection, it’s not the most sustainable choice. Start with a versatile palette that can easily transform your face for any occasion.
For example, you can find an eyeshadow palette that gives you bright, dazzling shades, and as long as it also includes neutrals, you’re far more apt to get your money’s worth. The same is true about bronzers, highlighters and blushes. If you get a kit that mixes blushes with bronzers or highlighters, you have everything you need to transform your look with one item that can quickly become your go-to.
Vivid colors
Cosmetics payoff boils down to how vivid the hue appears once applied to your skin. For example, an eyeshadow with a low payoff can look brilliant in its packaging, but once you add it to your eyelid, it might fail to resemble the color in its pan. To avoid that, look for cosmetics that state they’re highly pigmented, are high-impact or have an ultra-high payoff.
How much you can expect to spend on a Natasha Denona product
Depending on the product type and size, prices range from $15-$130. Smaller items, such as lip liners, mini or small palettes and lipsticks, cost $15-$30, while larger palettes run $48-$130.
Natasha Denona product FAQ
Can you prevent your eyeshadow from creasing?
A. You can; excess oil on your lids often leads to creasing. Try adding a layer of setting powder before applying your eyeshadow.
How can you get your eyeshadow to stay longer?
A. Using an eyeshadow primer can help you prepare your eyelid’s texture for a smoother application and longer-lasting hues.
What’s the best Natasha Denona product to buy?
Top Natasha Denona product
Natasha Denona My Dream Eyeshadow Palette
What you need to know: This versatile palette comes with 15 vibrant multi-chrome hues.
What you’ll love: It can take you from day to night with a low-key neutral, dramatic smoky cat eye or an evening glam look. Its shade story is vibrant, element-inspired hues with matte, high-impact foil and sparkling finishes. The eyeshadows are also waterproof and long-wearing.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said they felt there were too many matte colors in this palette.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora
Top Natasha Denona product for the money
Natasha Denona Mini Nude Eyeshadow Palette
What you need to know: This is a signature pressed palette with nude shades that are universally flattering and go anywhere.
What you’ll love: It is a mini-palette with one chrome, two matte and two metallic neutral shades that are highly pigmented and complement any skin tone. The set is free of parabens, and its compact size makes it an excellent travel companion.
What you should consider: Some people reported that the shimmer faded after a couple of hours.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sephora
Worth checking out
Natasha Denona Glam Face And Eye Palette
What you need to know: This cheek and eye palette gives you an intense glow.
What you’ll love: It comes with five flattering go-anywhere eyeshadows, a cream blush and a highlighter. Each formula is highly pigmented, long-wearing and built to give you an illuminating radiance. The makeup is also paraben- and cruelty-free.
What you should consider: Some people reported that the cream blush was a bit too dry.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sephora
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2023-04-01T20:51:07+00:00
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wcia.com
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LANSING, Michigan (KFOR/Storyful) – A group of concerned neighbors in Lansing, Michigan reached out to an animal rescue group when a deer they named “Lucky” was seen for two weeks walking around the area with an orange, plastic Halloween candy bucket stuck to its head.
South Lyon Murphy Lost Animal Recovery specializes in trapping animals and returning them to their owners, but in this case, they used a remote-controlled net to trap Lucky, remove the bucket, then set him free.
The group hoisted a large net over a backyard where Lucky liked to forage.
Once Lucky was positioned directly underneath the center of the net, volunteers clicked the remote, trapping Lucky. Members then came racing out of nearby homes, where they had been watching and waiting.
In less than three minutes, the men and women were able to free Lucky and broke out into cheers when Lucky kicked away, free of the orange helmet he had been sporting for far too long.
“Lucky has been released from his pumpkin prison,” the group posted. “On Halloween remind the folks that are trick or treating to cut the handles. We can prevent this. Deer are sooooo curious, like all life is. We are stewards of nature and we all can do a better job.”
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2023-01-23T21:18:58+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/news/dont-miss/deer-with-halloween-bucket-stuck-on-head-freed/
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Humpback whales use sandy ocean floors for exfoliating ‘spa day,’ researchers find
Humans have discovered ways to get rid of old, dead skin cells – and it turns out humpback whales have made this self-care advancement, too.
Whales will roll around in sandy, shallow bay areas to remove dead skin cells and barnacles, a new study from Griffith University found.
Certain tagged whales were caught performing this routine on high-definition video in Queensland, Australia.
The whales were seen "performing full and side rolls" in water that was up to 160 feet deep and lined with fine sand or rubble, according to Griffith University.
The video was captured between August 2021 and October 2022 during the whales’ southern migration to cooler waters.
"On all occasions of sand rolling, the whales were observed on video to be slowly moving forward with their head first into the sand followed by rolling to one side or a full roll," said marine ecologist Dr. Olaf Meynecke.
Meynecke added that researchers most commonly saw the whales’ sand rolling in the context of socializing, such as following courtship or competition.
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Whales can remove some dead skin and barnacles through surface activity such as breaching, according to Meynecke, but sand rolling also plays an integral role – especially in removing barnacles.
Barnacles need to be addressed frequently so they don’t lead to drag and energy loss.
Fish seen feeding on a whale's dead skin cells. Credit: Griffith University/Dr. Olaf Meynecke via Storyful
Skin from the whales was observed to be falling off during the process of all identified rolls, the university said, and some smaller fish were even seen feeding from the whales’ skin.
This story was reported from Detroit.
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2023-04-29T20:09:36+00:00
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fox9.com
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https://www.fox9.com/news/humpback-whales-use-sandy-ocean-floors-for-exfoliating-spa-day-researchers-find
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A third-party auditor will review the New York state government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including efforts by the administration of the previous governor to downplay the number of deaths of nursing home residents.
The state plans to select an auditor, who would have until late 2023 to deliver a final report, under a timeline released Tuesday by the office of current Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat. Initial findings are expected in May.
The report will include a planning guide for future emergencies and will explore issues from the transfer of nursing home patients to the reopening of schools and businesses to efforts to purchase needed medical supplies.
The governor, who is running for her first full term in November and won the recent June Democratic gubernatorial primary, promised in mid-March to eventually launch a review of the state’s COVID-19 response.
Critics, including Republicans and Democratic Assemblymember Ron Kim, have said the Hochul administration has waited far too long to launch an investigation.
Hochul’s spokesperson, Hazel Crampton-Hays, said the timing of the investigation is not connected to politics.
“New Yorkers who have lived through being at the epicenter of a global pandemic, lost loved ones, and experienced economic hardship deserve a thoughtful, meaningful, and independent after action review, and we won’t rush through this important work for the political calendar,” Crampton-Hays said in a statement.
Several state bodies have already probed the response to the pandemic in New York — including an ongoing investigation into nursing homes led by state Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat.
It’s unclear what new information this probe could uncover. The auditor will lack subpoena power, for example. That’s in contrast to an investigation, overseen by James, into sexual harassment allegations against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat.
The auditor will also report directly to Hochul’s office.
“In this regard, the flow of information is controlled by the governor’s office, not an independent commission,” elder abuse attorney John Dalli said.
The Democratic-led Legislature has failed to approve a bill to launch a bipartisan commission with subpoena power to probe New York’s COVID-19 response in nursing homes.
Kim said the auditors must probe the handling of COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, including the impact of the Cuomo administration’s efforts to obscure the death toll by excluding out-of-facility deaths.
That toll excluded the deaths of over 4,000 New Yorkers, according to numbers released by the state in January 2021 in the wake of a damning attorney general report. James’ report also found a lack of infection controls at nursing homes put residents at increased risk of harm.
What “was the intent behind hiding the accurate death toll numbers, which precluded the legislators from intervening sooner on behalf of their panicked constituents?” Kim, a Queens lawmaker who has said his uncle died of suspected COVID-19 in a New York nursing home, said in a statement.
Cuomo and his administration used that incomplete data to erroneously claim that New York’s share of COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents was among the nation’s lowest. A March report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli called that claim “misleading” and said Cuomo officials should have known its data wasn’t comparable to other states that included out-of-facility deaths.
Kim also wants scrutiny of a March 2020 directive that barred nursing homes from rejecting recovering coronavirus patients being discharged from hospitals.
James’ report found that directive “may have contributed to increased risk of nursing home resident infection and subsequent fatalities.”
But James said the state needs additional data and analysis to conclusively prove such a link.
Kim said auditors should investigate a state law that provided nursing homes and hospitals one of the broadest legal protections in the nation from both lawsuits and criminal prosecutions.
Meanwhile, DiNapoli found “persistent underinvestment in public health” may have hampered New York’s pandemic response, as local and state health agencies struggled with inadequate staffing.
Hospitals fearing supply shortages in spring 2020 instituted policies in some cases requiring use of a single surgical mask for a week.
In early 2020, as concern over COVID-19 mounted, Zucker repeatedly assured the public that New York had enough stockpiles of medical supplies.
But AP’s review of state expenditure reports found Zucker’s agency only began spending far above average on medical supplies by March 19, when spending jumped from $1.6 million to $9 million.
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2022-07-22T18:12:16+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/independent-review-planned-for-new-yorks-covid-19-response/
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SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) (the "Company") will release 2022 third quarter results before the market opens on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, by 7:00 a.m. and will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
The conference call number is 1-833-927-1758 (U.S. callers) and 1-929-526-1599 (international callers), and the access code for both is 913379. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the "Events and Presentations" section of the Company's website (www.investor.clearchannel.com). The related earnings materials, including reconciliations of any non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures and any other applicable disclosures, will be available on the "Financials" section of the Company's website after 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Approximately two hours after the live conference call, a replay of the webcast will be available for a period of thirty days on the "Events and Presentations" section of the Company's website.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) is at the forefront of driving innovation in the out-of-home advertising industry. Our dynamic advertising platform is broadening the pool of advertisers using our medium through the expansion of digital billboards and displays and the integration of data analytics and programmatic capabilities that deliver measurable campaigns that are simpler to buy. By leveraging the scale, reach and flexibility of our diverse portfolio of assets, we connect advertisers with millions of consumers every month across more than 500,000 print and digital displays in 25 countries.
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2022-10-07T11:23:31+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/10/07/clear-channel-outdoor-holdings-inc-announces-date-2022-third-quarter-earnings-release-conference-call/
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G-20 to condemn Russia’s Ukraine invasion, urge an end
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Leaders of most of the world’s economic powers are nearing approval of a declaration strongly denouncing Russia’s invasion that has devastated Ukraine and roiled the global economy. Even China, which has mostly declined to censure Russia until now, and India, which buys weapons from Russia, are providing encouraging words.
On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed fellow leaders for a robust condemnation of Russia’s nuclear threats and food embargoes.
More discussion and a possible vote come Wednesday at the summit, which has proved unusually eventful, even including a COVID-19 scare when Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen tested positive and flew home. No other leaders were reported positive.
A draft declaration by leaders of the Group of 20 echoes the United Nations’ condemnation of Russia’s war on Ukraine, though acknowledging differing views among members.
The careful wording of the statement reflects tensions prevailing at the gathering, which includes leaders from Russia and China, and the challenge facing the U.S. and its allies to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government. Some nations want badly to avoid becoming entangled in antagonisms between the biggest powers.
Still, if adopted in its current form, the declaration would be a strong rebuke of the war that has killed thousands, heightened global security tensions and disrupted the world economy. That would be an especially significant step since China and India abstained from condemning Russia’s aggression in the March U.N. resolution.
The draft statement seen Tuesday by The Associated Press “deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation” and “demands its complete and unconditional withdrawal from the territory of Ukraine.” The G-20 statement does note that there are different views on the situation and on sanctions against Russia, saying that the G-20 is not the forum for resolving security issues.
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan decried Russia’s latest strikes in Ukraine.
“It is not lost on us that, as world leaders meet at the G-20 in Bali to discuss the issues of significant importance to the lives and livelihoods of people around the world, Russia again threatens those lives and destroys Ukraine’s critical infrastructure,” he said in a statement.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who led the Russian delegation to Indonesia in place of Putin, denounced the Biden administration push to condemn Moscow.
“All problems are on the Ukrainian side that categorically refuses to hold any talks and comes up with conditions obviously unrealistic and inadequate to this situation,” Lavrov said.
Another big problem for the global economy the past two years has been the COVID-19 pandemic. Though no cases were reported at the summit other than the Cambodian prime minister, many of the leaders had attended meetings with him just days earlier during a separate summit in Cambodia of the Association of Southeast Asian nations.
Biden skipped an evening gala Tuesday hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, to attend to unspecified matters. Biden sent his regrets to Widodo and said he would attend a planned tree planting with fellow G-20 leaders on Wednesday, according to a White House official. The official, who was not authorized to comment and spoke on the condition of anonymity, noted it had been a “full day” for the president but insisted that Biden’s absence was not related to COVID-19.
Back at the G-20’s main business, Zelenskyy delivered a video address trying to persuade the group to further isolate Russia diplomatically and economically, despite the financial worries that have tested many nations’ resolve.
Inflation and slowing economies already are weighing on countries that have imposed penalties on Russia for starting the war. Higher costs for energy and food have hurt business activity around the world, as much of Europe prepares to brave the winter without imports of Russian natural gas.
Indonesia’s Widodo said ominously, “If the war does not end, it will be difficult for the world to move forward.”
Zelenskyy reiterated 10 conditions for ending the conflict that began in February, among them a complete withdrawal of Russian troops and full restoration of Ukrainian control of its territory. He spoke days after Ukraine retook the strategic city of Kherson from Russian forces, in his country’s latest counteroffensive that has forced Moscow to withdraw some forces from occupied areas.
“Ukraine should not be offered to conclude compromises with its conscience, sovereignty, territory and independence,” he said. “Ukraine has always been a leader in peacekeeping efforts, and the world has witnessed it. And if Russia says that it supposedly wants to end this war, let it prove it with actions.”
At the summit, Biden met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who played a pivotal role this summer in brokering a deal to open up Ukrainian grain exports to ease global food shortages. Biden also met briefly with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose cooperation is needed to secure a U.S.-sought price cap on Russian oil to limit the profits Moscow uses to invest in its defense base.
Modi, whose country will assume the G-20 presidency after Indonesia, reiterated his call for “the path of ceasefire and diplomacy” in the war in Ukraine and spoke about efforts by world leaders in World War II to pursue a “path of peace.”
Separately, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a lengthy meeting Tuesday with Lavrov to discuss the Black Sea Grain Initiative, said U.N. spokesperson Florencia Soto Niño. The deal, which allowed major grain exporter Ukraine to resume exports from ports that had been blocked due to the war, is up for renewal on Saturday.
The U.S. and its allies have responded to Russia’s invasion with their own export controls and other sanctions, making it harder for Russia’s military to access key technologies and resupply with drones, artillery and other weapons.
Chinese officials have largely refrained from public criticism of Russia’s war, although Beijing has avoided direct support of the Russians, such as supplying arms. Biden said that during his meeting Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping they discussed the war and “reaffirmed our shared belief” that the use or even the threat of nuclear weapons was “totally unacceptable” — a reference to Moscow’s thinly veiled threats to use atomic weapons as its invasion of Ukraine has faltered.
Xi told G-20 leaders the global economy should not be weaponized.
“We must resolutely oppose the attempt to politicize food and energy issues or use them as tools and weapons,” he said in translated remarks.
After meeting with Xi, French President Emmanuel Macron said they had called for “respect of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.”
In a tweet, Macron said France and China were determined to “put an end to the escalation of the war in Ukraine and deal with its consequences.”
The summit is the first for two critical new partners in Biden’s effort: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.
Sunak, who took office last month, has promised to continue his conservative predecessors’ steadfast support for Ukraine. He and Biden were set to strategize during their Wednesday meeting on new ways to bolster Ukraine’s defenses for the long haul.
Meloni has pledged to continue to provide arms and aid for Ukraine, but questions remain over her far-right coalition’s commitment to stand up to Russia. She and Biden met on the sidelines of the summit on Tuesday and discussed China, the climate crisis, the impact of Russia’s invasion on the global energy market, and their commitment to providing Ukraine support, according to a White House statement.
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AP writers Niniek Karmini, Foster Klug and Adam Schreck in Nusa Dua, Indonesia and Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed.
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2022-11-15T19:58:29+00:00
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kob.com
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https://www.kob.com/news/business-money/g-20-to-condemn-russias-ukraine-invasion-urge-an-end/
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DETROIT (AP) — A judge blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from appealing a key ruling in a long-running lawsuit claiming negligence by the federal government in Flint’s lead-contaminated water in 2014-15.
U.S. District Judge Judith Levy ruled in 2020 that Flint residents could sue the EPA. Now, two years later, she said she won’t put the case on hold to allow the government to appeal that decision to a higher court.
Levy said more work must be done by lawyers to develop the case.
“The United States characterizes this complex case as one of merely a series of discrete, clean legal questions — questions it says are all independently controlling, wrongly decided, and subject to reasonable disagreement,” the judge said. “But this is far from the case.”
An appeal in the middle of things fits “only where the quick resolution of a clean question of law could meaningfully speed up the litigation,” Levy said Wednesday.
Starting in April 2014, Flint pulled water from the Flint River for 18 months without treating it to reduce corrosion. The water caused lead to be released from old pipes and into kitchen taps, bathrooms and water heaters.
Much of the blame rested with regulators in Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration who didn’t require corrosion control. The state agreed to pay much of a $626 million settlement with Flint residents, mostly children, who were exposed to the water.
But residents are also suing the EPA, which was aware of complaints about the water and had authority to aggressively intervene. The EPA’s inspector general found that a regional office failed to establish clear roles and responsibilities.
A federal agency has defenses to negligence claims in court, but Levy so far has rejected them. A separate but similar lawsuit against the EPA is being heard by U.S. District Judge Linda Parker.
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2022-09-11T13:24:37+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-epa-loses-key-ruling-as-flint-residents-pursue-water-claims/
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Former NFL linebacker Willie McGinest Jr. was arrested Monday in connection with an assault at a Southern California nightclub, authorities said.
The incident occurred Dec. 9 at a West Hollywood club and witnesses identified McGinest as one of the people who were involved, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
McGinest was arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon after coming to the West Hollywood sheriff’s station to give a statement about the incident.
He posted bond and was released, the sheriff’s statement said. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney to comment on the allegation.
McGinest spent 15 years in the NFL with New England and Cleveland after playing college ball at the University of Southern California.
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2022-12-20T16:10:10+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/sports/ap-willie-mcginest-jr-arrested-in-alleged-assault-in-california/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Say goodbye to virtual wine tastings, and bust out the karaoke. Love them or hate them, company holiday parties are back — in a toned-down kind of way.
After more than two years of working in pajama bottoms and clinking glasses over Zoom, many office workers seem to be yearning for a bit of glamour. The same is true for some front-line workers who saw festivities canceled even as they showed up to work every day during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It just always makes me feel special,” said Shobha Surya, who missed treating herself to a new dress every year for the dinner and karaoke party thrown by Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, a Japanese-owned company based in the Chicago area. She was so excited the party was back for the first time in two years that she picked out her black-and-white cocktail dress two months in advance.
“Everybody let loose,” she said, smiling the Monday after the party, where she accepted a recognition award for 15 years at the company. “It gets you into the holiday season.”
More than 57% of companies are planning in-person holiday celebrations this year, according to a survey of 252 U.S.-based companies conducted by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a hiring firm. While that’s still notably fewer than the 75% that threw parties in 2019, it’s a big leap from 26% in 2021 and 5% in 2020.
Still, not everyone is ready to party like it’s 2019.
Many parties will be more intimate, as companies try to accommodate workers who are increasingly remote and far-flung. Some businesses are opting for spas, juggling shows and even private movie theater showings to lure out employees who have relished working from home. And a few are sticking to the bonuses or extra time off that they offered instead of parties during the pandemic.
Cari Snavely’s team of 20 opted for an afternoon of pickleball when her Boston-based software company gave them a budget to decide on their own how to celebrate.
It’s a far cry from the giant bashes she remembers from her days just a few years ago working at Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta, but Snavely said it’s a better way to break the ice for people who haven’t worked together in person much. Besides, she said, many of her teammates wanted the chance to leave work and get home early.
“We really wanted to make sure that as many people as possible could go,” said Snavely, who works in finance. “People have home commitments, kids.”
Quickbase has 700 employees but many of them are remote — and as far away as Bulgaria — so it didn’t make sense to have a big party at headquarters, said Chief People Officer Sherri Kottmann. Instead, the company left it to individual teams to organize their own fun. Even in Boston, she said only 30% to 40% of employees come to the office in the middle of the week, when it’s busiest.
But one thing seems sure: People are fed up with getting on screens for cocktail mixing or secret Santa exchanges. Fewer than 2% of companies are hosting virtual celebrations this year, compared to 7% last year and 17% in 2020, Challenger’s survey found.
Jeff Consoletti, founder of Los Angeles event production company JJLA, said he has received zero requests this year for the gift boxes and cheese-and-wine pairing kits that helped keep his business afloat for the past two years. Instead, he has seen a 100% increase in bookings for in-person events, though they are much smaller than the 5,000-person revelries he often staged before the pandemic.
Ksenia Kulynych, director of operations at Monarch Rooftop & Indoor Lounge in New York, said she’s seen a more than 30% increase in small group reservations this year — and often, a drastic undercount or overcount of guests as planners struggle to gauge how deep the enthusiasm for parties goes. Lunches are surprisingly popular, and Fridays are out.
“We will pitch away on Fridays and the response is always, ‘no one’s in the office. It’s too hard to get anyone to come into the office. No one’s going to come into the city on a Friday,’” Kulynych said.
Even before the remote work revolution, some people were pushing back at the idea of “forced fun” at work, particularly in corporate cultures where heavy drinking is intertwined with networking.
Shwetha Pai, who works from home in Cincinnati for a small workplace analytics firm, said big holiday parties stir up memories of her early career days in investment banking, when her guard was always up at male-dominated nights out, and she often used her commute home as an excuse to leave early.
“People make bad decisions in those situations. They just do,” said Pai, 41, head of operations and marketing at Worklytics. “There is definitely this expectation that you take part in all of it because that’s part of ‘team bonding.’ But in fact, for women, it’s really fraught with a lot of challenges and risk.”
Bill MacQueen, 46, is far removed from big city nightlife as assistant director of commercialization at Ajinomoto’s manufacturing plant in Eddyville, Iowa. And he doesn’t drink.
But count him in for bingo.
MacQueen said his heart gave a “leap for joy that we were back to pre-COVID” when he got his bingo card at the entrance of Ajinomoto’s dinner party for its plant workers, an event he has cherished since he started working there 28 years ago, two days after graduating high school.
“It was just so nice to hear everyone in that hall talking and laughing, and people teasing each other,” MacQueen said. “And sounding cheesy, it was just kind of like a family reunion.”
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2022-12-15T05:38:15+00:00
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valleycentral.com
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https://www.valleycentral.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-company-holiday-parties-are-back-but-with-some-restraint/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is putting pressure on Mexico over energy policies that Washington says unfairly favor Mexico’s state-owned electricity and oil companies over American competitors and clean-energy suppliers.
The U.S. is demanding talks to resolve the dispute, starting a process Wednesday that could end in trade sanctions against Mexico.
“We have repeatedly expressed serious concerns about a series of changes in Mexico’s energy policies and their consistency with Mexico’s commitments,” U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a statement. She said “U.S. companies continue to face unfair treatment in Mexico.”
Mexico acknowledged Wednesday it had received a similar request for consultations from Canada. Mexico’s Economy Department said because the Canadian request “has certain elements in common” with the U.S. request, Mexico “will seek to maintain a coordinated process with both trading partners.”
Among the specific issues in dispute is an amendment to Mexican law last year that the United States says gives an unfair edge to electricity produced by Mexico’s state-owned utility Federal Electricity Commission over energy from private companies and over cleaner sources such as wind and solar.
The United States also protests a 2019 regulation that gives only state oil and gas company Petroleos Mexicanos extra time to comply with tougher environmental standards limiting the sulfur allowed in automotive diesel fuel.
The U.S. also accused Mexico of delaying, rejecting or failing to act on private companies’ applications for permits to operate in the energy business and of revoking or suspending existing permits.
“Mexico’s policies have largely cut off U.S. and other investment in the country’s clean energy infrastructure, including significant steps to roll back reforms Mexico previously made to meet its climate goals under the Paris Agreement,” Tai’s office said in a statement.
The Mexican government tried to downplay the controversy, presenting it as an ordinary process between countries.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday relations with the U.S. government were good and that the dispute was driven by Mexican companies opposed to his administration and who lobby on the issue.
If the two countries cannot reach an agreement after 75 days of talks, the U.S. can request intervention by a dispute resolution panel under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA, that could result in sanctions against Mexico if the United States prevails. The pact, negotiated by President Donald Trump, replaced the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
“The government of Mexico expresses its willingness to reach a mutually satisfactory solution during the consultation phase,” the Economy Ministry said in a statement.
That ministry, which will lead the negotiations, pointed out that this is the fourth time this mechanism has been used since the free-trade agreement went into effect two years ago. It was first employed by the U.S. against Canada over milk quotas, then by Canada against the U.S. over tariffs on Canadian solar panels. Mexico and Canada used it to challenge the U.S. interpretation of a provision about where auto parts have to originate to qualify for duty-free status under the deal.
López Obrador said there was “no complaint” on the subject during his meeting with U.S. and Mexican businessmen in Washington earlier this month and that he told Biden that Mexico is investing in the update of hydroelectric plants and will create new solar plants in the northern border.
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Verza reported from Mexico City.
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2022-07-21T04:33:28+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/news/business/ap-business/us-demands-talks-on-mexican-energy-policies-it-calls-unfair/
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LONDON (AP) — Canadian-American writer Ruth Ozeki won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for “The Book of Form and Emptiness,” a playful, philosophical novel that explores people’s relationship to possessions.
Ozeki was awarded the 30,000 pound ($36,000) prize at a ceremony in London for her story of a bereaved boy’s relationship with books and the objects in his house — all of which speak to him. His world becomes increasingly cacophonous as his widowed mother deals with her grief by hoarding.
Ozeki, 66, was raised in Connecticut by a Japanese mother and an American father, and says she began thinking about our relationship with objects as she was clearing out her parents’ house after their deaths.
“They were both children of the Depression, so they never threw anything away,” she said. “Every piece of plastic wrap, every piece of tinfoil, had been carefully washed and saved. I kept thinking, as I was going through this stuff, ‘If only these things could talk.’”
“As children, things always are speaking to us and we are always making things speak,” she added. “And (I was) trying to get back in touch with that imaginary world — what it’s like to be a child and see the whole world as being alive.”
A professor of English at Smith College in Massachusetts, Ozeki is also a filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest, and her novel was inspired in part by Buddhist philosophy — and by the decluttering doyenne Marie Kondo.
“What she is teaching is nothing more than a traditional Japanese way of approaching possessions and objects,” Ozeki said of Kondo. “You take care of your things. The built-in obsolescence that most of our objects have these days seems to me problematic.”
Ozeki is the author of three previous novels, including the environmentally themed “My Year of Meats” and “All Over Creation.” She was a Booker Prize finalist in 2013 for “A Tale for the Time Being,” a Pacific-spanning story set after Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
British journalist Mary Ann Sieghart, who chaired the Women’s Prize judging panel, said Ozeki’s winning novel “stood out for its sparkling writing, warmth, intelligence, humor and poignancy.”
“A celebration of the power of books and reading, it tackles big issues of life and death, and is a complete joy to read,” she said.
Bookmakers had ranked Ozeki’s book a longshot to win, behind New Zealand author Meg Mason’s “Sorrow and Bliss,” Turkish-British author Elif Shafak’s “The Island of Missing Trees” and American writer Maggie Shipstead’s “Great Circle.” This year’s other finalists were U.S. writer Louise Erdrich’s “The Sentence” and Trinidadian author Lisa Allen-Agostini’s “The Bread the Devil Knead.”
“This is absurd — I don’t win things,” Ozeki said as she was handed her trophy.
She told The Associated Press that winning the Women’s Prize was especially meaningful.
“I feel like I wouldn’t be writing if it wasn’t for the support of women and women’s institutions,” she said.
The Women’s Prize, founded in 1996, is open to female English-language writers from around the world. Previous winners include Zadie Smith, Tayari Jones and Maggie O’Farrell. Last year’s winner was Susanna Clarke for her literary fantasy “Piranesi.”
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2022-06-16T02:39:30+00:00
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fox44news.com
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https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ruth-ozekis-book-of-form-and-emptiness-wins-womens-prize/
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It didn’t take long for Falls police to find their suspect in the city’s latest homicide.
Michael O. Hamilton actually found them.
Hamilton, 37, of the Falls, walked into police headquarters Wednesday night and surrendered to Criminal Investigation Division detectives who had been searching for him for most of the day. By Wednesday evening, the U.S. Marshals Violent Felony Fugitive Task Force had joined the hunt for Hamilton who had been identified as the prime suspect in the shooting death of Jason C. Chapman.
Chapman, 22, of Buffalo, was gunned down late Tuesday afternoon in the 900 block of Pine Avenue. It was the city’s sixth homicide of the year.
Hamilton reportedly surrendered to detectives after, in the words of a law enforcement source, “finding it difficult to hide from the marshals.” The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office and North Tonawanda Police Department also assisted in the search for Hamilton.
He was arraigned Thursday morning in Falls City Court and pleaded not guilty to single counts of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. After entering his plea, Hamilton was ordered held without bail pending further proceedings July 19.
Patrol officers were dispatched at around 5:45 p.m. to the 900 block of Pine Avenue for an initial call of “a man down” and then calls of “shots fired.” When the first officers arrived at the scene, they found Chapman’s body “lying in a pool of blood” in the center of the street.
Officers said they administered first aid to Chapman, but he was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later by EMTs.
Sources at the scene said Chapman was in the Falls to attend a party and may have been buying alcohol at a nearby liquor store.
Unconfirmed reports indicated that Chapman may have been involved in an argument prior to being shot. Investigators believe Chapman was not shot in the street, but fell there after being wounded.
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2022-07-15T05:32:11+00:00
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niagara-gazette.com
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https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/crime/suspect-surrenders-in-falls-homicide-case/article_893866fe-03b9-11ed-84f3-636c05404d68.html
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Clayton Kershaw reached 200 victories this past week — a reminder of both the left-hander’s excellence and the near-impossibility of a pitcher reaching 300 wins nowadays.
The active leader in victories is Justin Verlander with 244, and he’s 40 years old. Only four active pitchers even have 200 wins — Verlander, Zack Greinke (223), Max Scherzer (203) and Kershaw, who made it to 201 by the end of the week. Adam Wainwright is at 195 and could join that group, but he hasn’t pitched yet this year because of a groin injury.
The 35-year-old Kershaw is pitching on a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but if he keeps going into 2024, he could reach 3,000 strikeouts. He’s 161 shy of that mark.
And if 300 wins is increasingly out of the question, given current patterns of starting pitcher workloads, 300 quality starts is still a possibility for today’s stars. Verlander (327) and Greinke (317) have already surpassed that mark amid little fanfare. Kershaw is at 287.
TRIVIA TIME
Of the 24 pitchers with 300 wins, which one had the fewest losses?
PAYING OFF
The Texas Rangers spent lavishly the past couple offseasons to acquire Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Jacob deGrom. They lost 94 games last year, but 2023 has been a different story so far.
Texas is 14-7 and has the second-best run differential in the major leagues behind Tampa Bay. Seager is out with a hamstring injury, but has hit .359 when he has played. And Semien is batting around .300.
Perhaps most importantly, the same five pitchers — deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi, Jon Gray, Andrew Heaney and Martin Perez — have started every game so far. That’s a good sign, given the injury problems those players have endured in the past.
TOP TIER
All five teams in the AL East have winning records, and they’ve been impressive when playing outside the division. Tampa Bay is 14-1 against non-AL East opponents and Baltimore is 12-3.
As a whole, the AL East is 55-23 against other divisions, and that’s something to keep in mind with this year’s more balanced schedule.
At the other end of the spectrum, the AL Central is 33-57 against other divisions and has only one team (Minnesota) above .500.
RETURN
Fernando Tatis Jr. is back from his drug suspension and hit his first homer of the season Saturday night. San Diego could use its 24-year-old star. The Padres are just 12-12 this year.
Even after that slow start, San Diego is only a half-game out of first place in the NL West, but the Padres are hitting a National League-worst .216. Juan Soto is batting .198 and Manny Machado is at .220.
LINE OF THE WEEK
Adolis García hit three home runs and two doubles in Texas’ 18-3 victory over Oakland on Saturday night. García had eight RBIs, and his 16 total bases were the most in a major league game since Alex Dickerson of San Francisco also had three homers and two doubles in 2020.
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK
The Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-8 in a wild game Saturday night. The Angels trailed 6-4 before scoring two runs in the sixth and then two more in the eighth. After falling behind 8-6, Kansas City’s win probability was at 6.8%, according to Baseball Savant.
In the ninth, however, Kyle Isbel doubled home a run and then scored on Edward Olivares’ tying single. The Royals went ahead 9-8 when MJ Melendez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and then Hunter Dozier capped the five-run inning with a two-run single.
TRIVIA ANSWER
Lefty Grove, who was 300-141 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox.
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The World Cup group stage format for 2026 was changed to 12 groups of four teams from 16 groups of three teams by FIFA’s Council on Tuesday, increasing the total to 104 matches from 64 in the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
NEW FORMAT
To win a World Cup, a nation will have to play eight games, up from the seven in place since 1974.
The top two teams in each group and the top eight third-place teams will advance to a new round of 32 that starts the knockout phase. Advancement for third-place teams was eliminated for 1998, when the tournament expanded from 24 teams to 32.
MORE GAMES
The change means there will be 104 matches, double the 52 at the 1994 World Cup in the U.S., up from the 64 at each tournament from 1998 through 2022 and an increase from the 80 under the original 2026 format. That means more content for television broadcasters and more tickets to sell, increasing revenue for FIFA.
WHY CHANGE?
The original format for the 2026 tournament in the U.S., Mexico and Canada was adopted by the Council in January 2017 when the World Cup was expanded from 32 nations to 48 starting in 2026. That format would have meant two teams playing on the final day of the group with one team off, which could lead to corruption. The current schedule of having all teams in a group kick off simultaneously on the final day was adopted after the Disgrace of Gijón at the 1982 World Cup in Spain when West Germany and Austria knew that a one- or two-goal win by the Germans would advance both nations at the expense of Algeria, which played a day earlier. Horst Hrubesch scored in the 10th minute and neither team threatened after that as West Germany won 1-0.
LENGTH
FIFA announced the final will be on July 19. The site has not yet been announced, with East Rutherford, New Jersey; Arlington, Texas; and Inglewood, California, the three leading contenders.
No length has been specified for the tournament, which is likely to be between 38 and 42 days. That is up from 29 for last year’s tournament in Qatar and 32 for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 1994 tournament was held from June 17 to July 17.
IMPACT ON PLAYERS AND CLUBS
FIFA announced the mandatory release date for players to be made available to national teams by their clubs will be May 25, a day after leagues must play their final pre-World Cup matches. However, continental finals such as the Champions League may take place through May 30, subject to FIFA approval. The release date is followed by a rest period — which means training allowed but national team friendlies prohibited. FIFA said the 56 days of rest, release and tournament remain identical to the 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups.
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2023-03-15T03:15:57+00:00
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General Motors has announced plans to use Tesla’s charging network for its electric vehicles (EVs) going forward. It follows rival Ford Motors in partnering with the EV technology leader for its unrivaled network. This is just the latest effort to widen EV network capability in the U.S.
Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s “Full Disclosure” joins host Anthony Brooks to discuss the implications for the companies, EV viability and consumer costs.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Two Lyons Middle/Senior teachers opened a wall between their classrooms Thursday, allowing them to address the entire sixth-grade class at the small school.
Julie Vasquez — who teaches language arts, social studies and speech and debate — and Kevin Schafer — who teaches math and science — introduced their “oops” passes program.
Each student starts with 20 “oops” passes they can use to excuse late homework, forgetting supplies and other mistakes. The tickets they don’t end up using can be “spent” on candy, soda, a turn holding the class pet ball pythons and other treats.
“We want you to be responsible,” Schafer said. “We like to reward you.”
About 33,000 St. Vrain Valley students started school this week for what’s expected to be a more typical year, without pandemic disruptions or detailed health protocols. Current Boulder County COVID-19 guidance doesn’t require masks in schools or quarantines following routine virus exposures.
“After a tough couple of years in the pandemic, families and students are just really excited to jump back in,” said Lyons Middle/Senior Principal Christopher Frank, who is new to Lyons after previously working at Longmont’s Altona Middle School.
Thursday, he joined teachers in the main hall during passing periods, helping with jammed lockers and answering student questions.
“We’re really setting the tone for the year,” he said.
St. Vrain’s sixth- and ninth-graders attended an orientation day Wednesday, while Thursday was the first day back for the rest of the middle and high school students. Elementary students also started Wednesday, except for kindergartners, whose first day is Friday.
At Lyons Middle/Senior, which enrolls about 375 students, it’s an easier transition to high school since most students have been there since sixth grade. But, Frank said, the school still tries to make high school a new and unique experience.
To start the year, the new freshmen class hiked to the “L” painted on the hill near the school, where they wrote letters to their future selves to read as seniors.
“As seniors, they can look back on their journey and who they have become,” he said.
For the sixth-graders, orientation day included practice opening lockers, finding classes and going over middle school expectations.
“The transition to sixth grade is the big one,” said Vasquez, who grew up in Lyons and graduated from Lyons Middle/Senior. “The first days are all about relationships and getting to know them. We try to just have fun right out of the gate.”
Even with the extra locker practice, sixth-grader Max Elson said, he can open every locker he has tried except his own. Locker challenges aside, he’s looking forward to middle school.
“You have a lot more sports options,” he said. “You have more freedom.”
Classmate Pearl Cohen, who was homeschooled for most of elementary school, said it didn’t take long for her to get comfortable in her new school. It’s small enough that it’s easy to navigate, she added.
“It’s not hard to find your classes,” she said.
Over at Lyons Elementary, the 270-student school is starting the year with a new STEM focus on environmental leadership. The new STEM coordinator and teacher, Sarah Wegert, will lead the work, co-teaching STEM lessons with the classroom teachers in each grade level once every other week.
She worked with teachers to develop the lessons and is planning new projects, as well as expanding existing projects. An existing project is fifth grade’s Trout in the Classroom program, with students raising trout from eggs and releasing them. She plans to add student biology teams and tech teams to the existing water testing team.
The school is still working on adding a dedicated STEM space. In the meantime, the youngest students will work on projects in their classrooms, while second- through fifth-graders will go to the middle/senior to use a middle school lab.
Lyons Elementary Principal Andrew Moore said every school project includes an element of helping the community.
For fourth-graders, who study Colorado history, that means working closely with the Lyons Redstone Museum that’s next to the school. Last school year, the students created exhibits for display at the museum. Students also care for a large school garden, then donate the produce to a food bank.
“It allows students to have a positive impact on their community, even as a young child,” he said.
He added the first week is all about creating a welcoming environment, especially for those who are new to the school.
“We want families and students to know they belong here,” he said.
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2022-08-19T03:34:50+00:00
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Moderna shares slipped Tuesday morning after the COVID-19 vaccine developer said its potential flu vaccine needs more study in a late-stage clinical trial.
The company said an independent data and safety monitory board found that the potential vaccine “did not meet the statistical threshold necessary to declare early success” in the study.
The board recommended that the trial should continue.
Moderna is developing the vaccine, labeled mRNA-1010, to guard against seasonal flu. It is testing the vaccine in two, late-stage studies in the Southern and Northern hemispheres.
The vaccine developer said Tuesday it expects to launch six vaccines in the next few years.
The company’s COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, has been its main revenue generator so far. It brought in more than $18 billion in sales last year.
Moderna also is developing potential vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.
Shares of Moderna Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, fell nearly 5% to $152.50 before markets opened Tuesday.
The stock had already slipped about 11% so far this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed slightly.
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2023-04-12T09:30:23+00:00
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/moderna-says-potential-flu-vaccine-needs-more-study/
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HONG KONG, June 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) ( "Akeso" ), a China-based biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutic antibodies for Oncology & Immunology, released clinical details in poster presentation featuring phase Ib/II study of its Ivonescimab (PD-1/VEGF BsAbs, AK112) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting.
Summary of the clinical results:
- AK112 was safe and well tolerated, with no significant difference between squamous NSCLC (SQ-NSCLC) and non-squamous NSCLC (NSQ-NSCLC) patients. The incidence rate of grade 3-4 TRAE was 13.5%, with no TRAE leading to permanent treatment discontinuation.
- Among 54 treatment-naïve patients with PD-L1 positive (PD-L1 TPS≥1%) who had at least one post-treatment tumor assessment, the objective response rate (ORR) was 50.0% and disease control rate (DCR) was 96.3%.
- Among 50 treatment-naïve patients receiving AK112 >10 mg/kg Q3W, AK112 presented encouraging anti-tumor efficacy in different PD-L1 expression levels:
This is a multicenter, phase Ib/II, open-label study of AK112 monotherapy in advanced NSCLC (NCT04900363). As of 4 March, 2022, 96 patients were enrolled, 90 of whom had at least one post-treatment tumor assessment. The dose-selection part was divided into four different dosing regimens including 10 mg/kg Q3W, 20 mg/kg Q2W, 20 mg/kg Q3W or 30 mg/kg Q3W, with safety and ORR as the primary endpoints.
Akeso is conducting a phase III study of AK112 monotherapy versus Pembrolizumab monotherapy as the first-line treatment for NSCLC patients with positive PD-L1 expression. In addition, a phase III study of AK112 plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy in EGFR+ advanced non-squamous NSCLC that failed in prior EGFR-TKI therapy (NCT05184712) is ongoing. AK112 has been investigated for different stages of treatment for both NSCLC and small cell lung cancer.
Related Study
KEYNOTE-042 study is a clinical study in patients with PD-L1 positive (TPS ≥ 1%) locally advanced/metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without EGFR/ALK alterations. According to this study, ORR was 27.0% in patients with PD-L1 TPS≥1%) and 39.0% in patients with TPS≥50% in the Pembrolizumab group.[1][2]
Reference
[1] Mok TSK, Wu YL, Kudaba I, et al. KEYNOTE-042 Investigators. Pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy for previously untreated, PD-L1-expressing, locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (KEYNOTE-042): a randomised, open-label, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2019 May 4;393(10183):1819-1830. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32409-7.
[2] Disclaimer: the study mentioned above is for reference only. It doesn't necessarily represent the latest clinical study ongoing for the same indication, and it is not a head-to-head study derived from AK112 clinical trial.
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WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, August 4, 2022
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Global Healthcare Fulfillment and Supply Chain Management Company Complements Lab Logistics' Business.
WEST HAVEN, Conn., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lab Logistics Management, a leading provider of outsourced medical supplies, kitting and logistics services to the healthcare industry and portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital, announced today the acquisition of The Allied Group, a leading fulfillment services provider offering printing, kitting, and mailing services to healthcare and life science organizations worldwide.
Founded in 1946, The Allied Group provides a comprehensive suite of services including design, print, assembly, and fulfillment of over 2.5 million diagnostic kits annually, as well as associated collateral for healthcare and life science companies. Specimen collection kits are used to detect hereditary diseases, RNA, DNA and genetic screening, genome testing, and other analyses. The Allied Group operates from an FDA approved assembly facility with fulfillment centers able to serve North America and Europe with prompt response times and full track and traceability via a customer portal. The Allied Group is headquartered in Cranston, RI and was a portfolio company of Compass Group Equity Partners.
Ruth Abdulmassih, Chief Executive Officer of Lab Logistics, commented, "The addition of The Allied Group is a compelling strategic combination that demonstrates our commitment to expanding and deepening our product and kitting offering, further expansion in the pharma services customer sector and expands our domestic and international reach. The Allied Group's shared expertise and turnkey solutions and shared service-first culture is perfectly aligned with our growth vision. We look forward to welcoming The Allied Group team to the Lab Logistics family."
Bob Clement, CEO of The Allied Group, said, "As CEO of The Allied Group for over 25 years I am incredibly grateful to all the dedicated team members, partners and customers who have supported us and helped build this great company. Lab Logistics offers a strong cultural fit for our company and was clearly the right partner for our employees and customers. I look forward to working with Ruth and the Lab Logistics team to ensure a smooth transition for our all of our stakeholders and continuing our mission of delivering great service to customers and being a great place to work for our employees."
Andy Wilkins, Chairman of Lab Logistics and Managing Partner at Atlantic Street Capital, added, "The acquisition of The Allied Group reflects our desire to grow and invest in the Lab Logistics platform and specifically our product and kitting offering. This is a key piece in achieving our vision of building a world class organization and we are actively seeking other complementary add-on acquisitions to round out our products and service portfolio."
About Lab Logistics
Founded in 2012, Lab Logistics Management provides mission critical, supplies, kitting and asset-light same day logistics solutions, exclusively focused on the medical laboratory and hospital industry, serving university health systems, independent laboratories, contract research organizations and national health systems. The company is noted for its leading technology and customized software that allows for real-time ordering and tracking of courier and specimen locations, and route optimization. Lab Logistics is based in West Haven, CT. Visit https://www.lablogistics.com.
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Chris Tofalli Public Relations, LLC
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2022-05-24T12:33:30+00:00
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https://www.live5news.com/prnewswire/2022/05/24/lab-logistics-announces-acquisition-allied-group/
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Buffalo is reeling from a racist attack that killed 10 people. Investigators are looking at a statement posted online in relation to the shooting. The U.S. nears another grim COVID-19 milestone.
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Buffalo is reeling from a racist attack that killed 10 people. Investigators are looking at a statement posted online in relation to the shooting. The U.S. nears another grim COVID-19 milestone.
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2022-05-16T10:51:10+00:00
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What’s the best Under Armour product for kids?
With a strong presence in the activewear and sports apparel market, Under Armour has become one of the go-to brands for adults and kids who live an active lifestyle. There are plenty of great options for kids sports and day-to-day wear.
A great product for use in almost any situation is the Under Armour Unisex Assert 8 Sneaker. It’s a great choice for everyday life, the school playground or organized sports.
What to know before you buy Under Armour kids products
Versatility
The best products can be used in multiple settings or for multiple years. Unless your child is really into a specific sport, limited-use items might not spend as much time being utilized as you would like. Versatile things such as shoes, bags and apparel can be used both on and off the field.
Longevity
Invest in things that your child can still use as they grow. Things that are one-size-fits-all are great for this. Duf/fel bags (one of Under Armour’s top-selling items), coolers and hats all fall in this category. Other things, such as sports equipment, can last for multiple seasons with the right care.
Cost vs. benefits
Under Armour items are expensive, but while there are cheaper alternatives, Under Armour has the edge in both quality and performance. Its shoes have arch support to support your child’s growing feet and are made with high-quality leather and rubber soles for maximum durability. Its tech-fabric apparel is a particularly good value, with moisture-wicking and quick-drying aspects to keep your kids cool.
What to look for in a quality Under Armour product for kids
Clothes for hot and cold weather
Ensuring your child is comfortable while playing in any weather often comes down to the right apparel. Under Armour has fleece-lined gear for cold weather and moisture-wicking apparel for hot, sweaty days. Making sure that your child has weather-appropriate clothing not only helps them enjoy their game or activity, it can also help them stay safe.
Gear for sports
Under Armour is synonymous with sports. While its apparel can often go from the game to the classroom, many of its best items are geared toward specific sports. It offers everything from youth baseball gloves to insulated coolers for the parent cheering section. While expensive, Under Armour sporting equipment gets top marks on design for safe and effective use during the big game.
Healthy development
Active kids need the right gear to make sure they can play safely. Rather than just sizing down adult equipment, Under Armour redesigns everything from baseball gloves to helmets to fit child proportions. Their protective equipment, including helmets and pads, ensure your child’s body is supported as they move and protected if they’re hit. If your child spends a lot of time in this gear, it is well worth the price.
How much you can expect to spend on Under Armour products for kids
Under Armour apparel and equipment are on the expensive side, ranging from $3 for socks to over $300 for a baseball mitt. Expect to spend more on sports equipment that will last through multiple seasons.
Under Armour kids products FAQ
Are Under Armour kids products worth the cost?
A. Under Armour apparel is durable and can be worn to play sports, go on active adventures, and at school, making it a top value. Shoes made with long-lasting materials such as solid rubber outsoles and a rubberized front cap for the toe are also on the list of Under Armour products well worth their price. Specialized sports equipment may not be worth it unless your child already has an established interest and you are confident they will use it regularly.
What products does Under Armour make for kids?
A. Under Armour makes apparel, shoes, socks, and sports equipment for kids. It also has a great line of duffel bags and sports gear bags designed for kids that can work for multiple years and stages.
What’s the best Under Armour kids product to buy?
Top Under Armour product for kids
Under Armour Unisex Assert 8 Sneaker
What you need to know: This shoe can go from the classroom to the sports field and everywhere in between.
What you’ll love: It has 10 color options and comes in half sizes for a great fit. There is even a preschool version with an alternate closure.
What you should consider: The shoe is a bit expensive for kids who are growing quickly. Look for sales or consider a different color for extra savings.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Under Armour product for the money
Under Armour Youth Essential 2.0 Lightweight No-Show Socks
What you need to know: These socks provide just the right amount of cushion and support.
What you’ll love: They’ll help your child keep their feet comfortable and moisture-free during play and sports. with breathable material, arch support and a fitted heel.
What you should consider: There are multiple sizes and colors, which can make matching them in the laundry a chore. For the easiest use, buy a bulk pack all in the same color.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
Under Armour Boys’ Storm Scrimmage Backpack
What you need to know: This youth backpack works for sports and school. The design is specifically geared for smaller bodies.
What you’ll love: The adjustable straps, padded back and water-repelling technology will work for your kid in rain or shine. Exterior pockets and water bottle pockets also come in handy.
What you should consider: It is marketed as a boys’ backpack but can work for any kid who likes the color and design.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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2022-05-28T18:08:11+00:00
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After decades, high school sweethearts finally get married Published March 17, 2023 at 4:15 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email In this week's StoryCorps, we hear about a couple who met in high school and got married later in life. Copyright 2023 NPR
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2023-03-17T10:17:08+00:00
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Attacks by armed gangs on motorcycles are blamed for the deaths of at least 32 people in rural northwestern Nigeria, residents told The Associated Press.
The gunmen attacked four villages in the Kajuru area of Kaduna state on Sunday, said Monday Solomon, a resident of the area about 230 kilometers (143 miles) from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The attackers moved from village to village for hours before leaving, he said.
Poor telecommunications delayed residents from reporting the attacks as is often the case in parts of Nigeria's north.
News of the killings in Kaduna state comes shortly after more than 30 people were killed in an attack on a Catholic church on Sunday in southwestern Ondo, a state previously known as one of Nigeria’s safest.
Nigeria's National Security Council said Thursday that the attack in Ondo was carried out by extremist rebels under the Islamic State West Africa Province group, confirming alarms raised in the past by local authorities and security analysts that the militants who have been restricted to the northeast for many years are looking to expand their influence and reach to other parts of the country.
Following the recent attack in Kaduna state, at least 32 bodies have been recovered from the villages, according to the Adara Development Association. It said survivors continue to “comb surrounding bushes for more corpses.” Twenty-eight people have so far been buried, said residents.
In the Kajuru area, attackers arrived on more than 100 motorcycles, said resident Usman Danladi. Many villagers “took to their hills and ran into the bush (but) they (the attackers) followed them with motorcycles and killed many of them,” said Danladi.
“Twenty-eight people have been buried as of yesterday and we cannot say if they are all because many of the dead bodies are being picked from the bush,” said Danladi.
More than 20 people were kidnapped and the abductors are demanding money for their release, he added.
Such attacks have become frequent in Nigeria’s troubled northwest. Thousands have been killed in the violence, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations. Residents are often abducted and kept in detention for weeks usually in forest reserves until ransoms are paid.
The gunmen in the latest violence were “armed Fulani militia,” said resident Danladi. “That is the language they were speaking. That was their outlook. They are not new to our environment because this is not the first time they were attacking," he said.
The Fulani herdsmen, who are mostly Muslim, have been in conflict for decades against the settled farmers over access to land for grazing. The rivalry has become deadly in recent years as gangs of gunmen attack rural communities.
In one of the villages, residents were able to repel them at first before a helicopter arrived and “started gunning the youths from the air,” Awemi Dio Maisamari, the Adara association national president, said in a statement.
Neither the police nor Kaduna state officials have yet confirmed the attacks. The limited security presence in many remote communities in Nigeria makes it difficult for government forces to protect residents from the attacks or quickly arrest the perpetrators, analysts say.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of not doing enough to end the country's security woes, a key campaign promise the former military general made when he sought election in 2015. Buhari's tenure as president ends in May next year after eight years in office.
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2022-06-09T15:27:34+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Gunmen-kill-32-in-northwest-Nigeria-villages-say-17230307.php
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ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER • Adam Thomas starts harvesting soybeans on his Illinois farm when the dew burns off in the morning. This year, dry weather accelerated the work, allowing him to start early. His problem was getting the soybeans to market.
About 60% of the Midwest and northern Great Plain states are in a drought. Nearly the entire stretch of the Mississippi River — from Minnesota to the river's mouth in Louisiana — has experienced below average rainfall over the past two months. As a result, water levels on the river have dropped to near-record lows, disrupting ship and barge traffic that is critical for moving recently harvested agricultural goods such as soybeans and corn downriver for export.
Although scientists say climate change is raising temperatures and making droughts more common and intense, a weather expert says this latest drought affecting the central United States is more likely a short-term weather phenomenon.
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The lack of rain has seriously affected commerce. The river moves more than half of all U.S. grain exports but the drought has reduced the flow of goods by about 45%, according to industry estimates cited by the federal government. Prices for rail shipments, an alternative for sending goods by barge, are also up.
"It just means lower income, basically," said Mike Doherty, a senior economist with the Illinois Farm Bureau.
Thomas farms at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and doesn't own enough grain storage to wait out the high costs of shipping.
"I've had to take a price discount," he said.
Climate change is generally driving wetter conditions in the Upper Mississippi River region but in recent months, lower water levels have revealed parts that are usually inaccessible. Thousands of visitors last weekend walked across typically submerged riverbed to Tower Rock, a protruding formation about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southeast of St. Louis. It's the first time since 2012 that tourists could make the trek and stay dry. On the border of Tennessee and Missouri where the river is a half-mile wide, four-wheeler tracks snake across vast stretches of exposed riverbed.
In a badly needed break from the dry weather earlier this week, the region finally received some rain.
"It is kind of taking the edge off the pain of the low water, but it is not going to completely alleviate it," said Kai Roth of the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, adding that the river needs several rounds of "good, soaking rain."
Barges are at risk of hitting bottom and getting stuck in the mud. Earlier this month, the U.S. Coast Guard said there had been at least eight such "groundings." Some barges touch the bottom but don't get stuck. Others need salvage companies to help them out. Barges are cautioned to lighten their loads to prevent them from sinking too deep in the water, but that means they can carry fewer goods.
To ensure that vessels can travel safely, federal officials regularly meet, consider the depth of the river and talk to the shipping industry to determine local closures and traffic restrictions. When a stretch is temporarily closed, hundreds of barges may line up to wait.
"It's very dynamic: Things are changing constantly," said Eric Carrero, the Coast Guard's director of western rivers and waterways. "Every day, when we are doing our surveys, we're finding areas that are shallow and they need to dredge."
After a closed-down section is dredged, officials mark a safe channel and barges can once again pass through.
In some places, storage at barge terminals is filling up, preventing more goods from coming in, according to Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition. He said the influx of grain into a compromised river transportation system is like "attaching a garden hose to a fire hydrant." High costs for farmers have led some to wait to ship their goods, he added.
For tourists, much of the river is still accessible. Cruise ships are built to withstand the river's extremes: Big engines fight fast currents in the spring and shallow drafts keep the boats moving in a drought, said Charles Robertson, president and CEO of American Cruise Lines, which operates five cruise ships that can carry 150 to 190 passengers each.
Nighttime operations are limited, however, to help ships avoid new obstacles that the drought has exposed. And some landing areas aren't accessible because of low water — the river is dried out along the edges. In Vicksburg, Mississippi, a cruise ship couldn't get to a ramp that typically loads passengers, so the city, with help from townspeople, laid gravel and plywood to create a makeshift walkway. For some, it adds to the adventure.
"They're experiencing the headlines that most of the rest of the country is reading," Robertson said.
Drought is a prolonged problem in California, which just recorded its driest three-year stretch on record, a situation that has stressed water supplies and increased wildfire risk. Climate change is raising temperatures and making droughts more common and worse.
"The drier areas are going to continue to get drier and the wetter areas are going to continue to get wetter," said Jen Brady, a data analyst at Climate Central, a nonprofit group of scientists and researchers that reports on climate change.
Brad Pugh, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said however, that the current drought in the Midwest is likely "driven by short-term weather patterns" and he wouldn't link it to climate change.
In the Midwest, climate change is increasing the intensity of some rainstorms. Flood severity on the upper Mississippi River is growing faster than any other area of the country, according to NOAA.
Some worry that fertilizer and manure have accumulated on farms and could quickly wash off in a hard rain, reducing oxygen levels in rivers and streams and threatening aquatic life.
In rare cases, communities are moving to alternate sources of drinking water away from the Mississippi. The drought also is threatening to dry out drinking-water wells in Iowa and Nebraska, NOAA says.
It's unclear how much longer the drought will last. In the near term, there is a chance for rain, but NOAA notes that in November, below average rainfall is more likely in central states such as Missouri, which would extend shipping problems on the river. In some northern states including Michigan, the winter may bring more moisture, but less rain is expected in southern states.
"It does take a lot of rainfall to really get the river to rise," Roth said.
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2022-10-30T16:16:38+00:00
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https://www.djournal.com/news/business/drought-snarls-mississippi-river-transit-in-blow-to-farmers/article_42d5e256-47ee-50d1-b66b-7272d5f750e0.html
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it has conducted submarine-launched cruise missile tests, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops to be ready to repel its rivals’ “frantic war preparation moves.”
The test on Sunday came a day before the U.S. and South Korean militaries begin large-scale joint military drills that North Korea views as a rehearsal for invasion.
The official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that the missile launches were meant to confirm the reliability of the weapons system and gauge underwater-to-surface offensive operations of the country’s submarine units.
Coming off a record year in missile testing, North Korea’s weapons demonstrations this year include test launches of an intercontinental ballistic missile, short-range missiles and a purported long-range cruise missile system in recent weeks.
Experts say North Korea’s escalated testing and threats are meant to claim an ability to conduct nuclear strikes in South Korea and against the U.S. mainland. Kim, who sees his nuclear arsenal as his strongest guarantee of survival, is trying to force the United States into accepting the North as a nuclear power and wants to negotiate badly needed economic concessions from a position of strength, analysts say. Sunday’s missile tests show the North’s resolve to respond with “overwhelming powerful forces” to “the U.S. imperialists and the South Korean puppet forces,” which the news agency said “are getting evermore undisguised in their anti-(North Korea) military maneuvers.”
North Korea has been pushing hard for years to acquire the ability to fire nuclear-armed missiles from submarines, the next key piece in an arsenal that includes weapons with the potential range to reach the U.S. mainland.
Earlier Monday, South Korea’s military said it had detected the launch from a submarine in waters near the North’s eastern port city of Sinpo on Sunday.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities were analyzing details of the operation.
North Korea sees regular South Korea-U.S. military exercises as a major security threat, though the allies say their drills are defensive. Some observers say North Korea uses its rivals’ drills as a pretext to test weapons and modernize its nuclear arsenal to secure an upper hand in dealings with the United States.
Last Thursday, Kim supervised a live-fire artillery drill simulating attacks on a South Korean airfield. He ordered his military to maintain the capability to “overwhelmingly respond to and contain” action by enemies, which he said included “all sorts of more frantic war preparation moves,” according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.
KCNA reported Sunday that Kim also convened a key meeting on military affairs to adopt unspecified practical steps to make “more effective, powerful and offensive use of the war deterrent” in light of U.S. and South Korean maneuvers.
South Korean-U.S. drills are to run until March 23. They include a computer simulation called the Freedom Shield 23 and several combined field training exercises, collectively known as the Warrior Shield FTX.
The Freedom Shield 23 is designed to strengthen the allies’ defense and response capabilities amid North Korea’s increasing nuclear threats and other changing security environments, according to the South Korean and U.S. militaries.
The allies’ last large field training, called Foal Eagle, was held in 2018, the militaries said.
In past years, the U.S. and South Korea had cancelled or scaled back some of their regular drills as part of diplomatic efforts to denuclearize North Korea and out of concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. But the two countries began expanding their exercises after North Korea conducted a record number of missile tests in 2022 and adopted an increasingly aggressive nuclear doctrine.
In recent weeks, the U.S. flew powerful, long-range bombers for joint aerial drills with South Korean fighter jets. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said the deployment demonstrated U.S. commitment to use a full range of military capabilities, including nuclear, to defend its Asian ally in the event of outright conflict with North Korea.
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2023-03-12T22:23:14+00:00
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wivb.com
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https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/seoul-north-korea-conducts-submarine-launched-missile-test/
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Elevation Gold Mining Corp. (TSXV: ELVT) (OTCQX: EVGDF) (the "Company" or "Elevation Gold") announces that Michael G. Allen has stepped down as President of the Company, effective immediately. Elevation Gold would like to thank Mr. Allen for his contributions and wishes him well in his future endeavors.
The Company's current Chief Operating Officer, Tim Swendseid, has been appointed President of Elevation Gold Mining Corp. effective immediately.
Douglas J. Hurst, Chairman and Director of Elevation Gold, stated, "The Board of Directors is very pleased to welcome Mr. Swendseid to his new role of President of the Company. Tim is an experienced mining professional with proven accomplishments in complex operations. He is a strong mentor, a champion of safe operations and is the ideal candidate to advance the Company's growth and strategic objectives. Under Tim's leadership as COO, the Moss Mine has witnessed improved fragmentation, increased crusher throughput and the successful construction of Leach Pad 2C."
Mr. Swendseid has over 35 years of worldwide experience in operating, technical and financial aspects of mining projects. Prior to joining the Company at the end of 2021, Tim held senior industry management positions including Chief Operating Officer of Boroo Mining Company, SVP Operations and Technical at CMOC International, President of Consulting Services, Americas at RPM Global, General Manager for the Mulatos Mine at Alamos Gold, VP Engineering at Frontera Copper and various management and technical roles at Phelps Dodge Corp. Tim holds a B. S. in Mining Engineering from Montana Tech, an MBA from the University of Arizona and is a CFA Charterholder.
Tim Swendseid, President of Elevation Gold, stated "I am excited to continue working with the Elevation Gold team to realize a strong future due to improved ore grade from East Pit, the completion of 2022's major capital projects and improved understanding of the Moss Mine orebody. The mature staff at the Moss Mine, including the new General Manager, the management team and the entire workforce are highly experienced and continue to perform exceptionally."
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Douglas J. Hurst"
Douglas J. Hurst, Chairman and Director
Elevation Gold is a publicly listed gold and silver producer, engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of mineral properties located in the United States. Elevation Gold's common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") in Canada under the ticker symbol ELVT and on the NASDAQ OTC in the United States under the ticker symbol EVGDF. The Company's principal operation is the 100% owned Moss Mine in the Mohave County of Arizona. Elevation also holds the title to the Hercules exploration property, located in Lyon County, Nevada.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Certain of the statements made and information contained herein is "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this document constitute forward-looking information, including but not limited to statements regarding the Company's plans with respect to appointing a new President. Words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "contemplate", "target", "plan", "goal", "aim", "intend", "continue", "budget", "estimate", "may", "will", "can", "could", "should", "schedule" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. All of the forward-looking statements made in this document are qualified by these cautionary statements. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, forecast or intended and readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions which may have been used. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking information. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate and forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance. Readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein speaks only as of the date of this document. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward–looking information or to explain any material difference between such and subsequent actual events, except as required by applicable law.
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2022-08-09T21:37:51+00:00
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https://www.wsfa.com/prnewswire/2022/08/09/elevation-gold-announces-management-change/
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state’s sweeping abortion ban, but they largely don’t know the specifics of what’s in the law as it stands today, according to new Vanderbilt University polling.
The disconnect comes in a state that votes consistently for Republicans and has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. Three out of four people polled think that abortion should be legal if the pregnancy results from rape or incest, an exception that doesn’t exist in current law. But fewer than 1 in 5 were able to pick which of the statements Vanderbilt provided that most closely described the current abortion law’s requirements, according to Vanderbilt pollsters.
Asked about six descriptions, 36% of respondents said they did not know enough to say what the law entails, while 23% chose the option “illegal except in the case of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.”
Tennessee’s ban doesn’t have an explicit exemption for the mother’s life. Instead, it shifts the burden to the doctor to make a case in criminal court, if charged with a felony under the law, that an abortion was needed to save the mother’s life or spare her from irreversible, severe impairment.
In legalese, the ban spells out an “affirmative defense” to protect the mother’s life, which Republican officials say translates to making exceptions to protect pregnant women’s health, even though it leaves the onus on the doctor to prove that the abortion was necessary.
They passed the law in 2019, only directing it to take effect if the Supreme Court struck down the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling.
The law makes performing an abortion a Class C felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
The views of Tennesseans on rape and incest exceptions to the abortion ban — which even saw support from 6 out of 10 Republicans — echo, at least in part, what voters voiced nationally when they cast ballots last month.
Nationwide, about two-thirds of voters say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 90,000 voters across the country. Only about 1 in 10 say abortion should be illegal in all cases.
About 6 in 10 also say the Supreme Court’s abortion decision in June overturning Roe v. Wade made them dissatisfied or angry, compared with fewer who say they were happy or satisfied.
While elections nationwide left the country with a split control of Congress, Republicans continued to cruise in Tennessee. Republican Gov. Bill Lee won in a landslide, despite facing attacks from his Democratic opponent over the abortion law, which he supported and signed. Through a redistricting maneuver that carved up Democratic Nashville to favor the GOP, Republicans also managed to gain a seat in the U.S. House without any close calls. The GOP kept its supermajorities in the state Legislature, as well.
Additionally, this year’s Vanderbilt poll found that 37% of those surveyed said they were “pro-choice,” or in favor of abortion rights, up 15 percentage points from a decade ago, when only 22% favored “pro-choice” policies. Support for a “pro-life,” or anti-abortion, position fell from 46% in 2012 to 36% now.
In Tennessee, where voters don’t register by political party, those polled indicated they would be widely on board with abortion restrictions if they were significantly scaled back. Nearly 7 in 10 of voters polled — including almost 1 in 2 Democrats — indicated they think “abortion should be illegal after 15 weeks except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.”
John Geer, dean of Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science and co-director of the poll, said that nationally, he didn’t think information got out as effectively as it could have on various post-Roe abortion restrictions.
“A lot of what is going on, I think, is that legislators are reacting to where the competition lies,” Geer said. “And because of the redistricting and because Tennessee is such a Republican state, their main threat is from their flank, not from the center. Consequently, they are prepared to support these kinds of laws, even though they know that probably the broader public is not necessarily in support of them.”
To date, Lee has downplayed concerns that the abortion ban’s current language surrounding exemptions has sparked confusion and fear from the medical community. As a vocal opponent of abortion, Lee has maintained that doctors can use “their best judgment” to save the life of the mother.
Many medical officials in Tennessee disagree with Lee’s assessment and have since reached out to lawmakers, pleading for them to add more flexibility and clarification.
In response, a small pocket of Republican lawmakers have begun advocating for some exceptions to be added to the current ban. It’s unknown how successful those efforts will be when the General Assembly meets next month.
Vanderbilt conducted the survey of 1,180 registered Tennessee voters between Nov. 8 and Nov. 28. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
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2022-12-14T17:35:35+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/tennesseans-misunderstand-abortion-law-want-exceptions/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
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17-year-old died in wood chipper accident, coroner says
Published: Aug. 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM CDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. (Gray News) – A teenager from Pennsylvania died Tuesday after being pulled into a wood chipper, according to the coroner.
Authorities said the 17-year-old was partially pulled into a commercial wood chipper at a home in Lehigh County, which is in the eastern part of the state.
Troopers and EMS personnel provided medical assistance to the teen before he was airlifted to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
An autopsy confirmed the cause of death was a result of multiple traumatic injuries, according to the coroner.
Several agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, are investigating this death.
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2022-08-11T15:25:07+00:00
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https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/08/11/17-year-old-died-wood-chipper-accident-coroner-says/
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Morris Udeze scored 25 points to lead New Mexico to a 94-80 win Tuesday night over Fresno State.
Udeze was 11-of-13 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds for New Mexico (21-9, 8-9 Mountain West Conference). Jaelen House made 6 of 9 from the field, 3 of 4 from 3-point range and 9 of 11 from the free-throw line to finish with 24 points for the Lobos. Jamal Mashburn Jr. added 13 points.
Jermarl Baker led Fresno State (10-19, 6-12) with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting (3 of 4 from 3-point ragne). Eduardo Andre added 12 points. Anthony Holland and Jordan Campbell each scored 10 points for the Bulldogs.
The Lobos, who wrap up their regular season Friday at Colorado State, kept their chances for a top-5 seed — and a first-round bye that goes with it — in the conference tournament, which begins March 8 in Las Vegas.
Fresno State concludes its regular season when it plays host to Chicago State on Saturday.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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2023-03-01T13:06:31+00:00
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kanw.com
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https://www.kanw.com/new-mexico-news/2023-03-01/udeze-scores-25-to-help-new-mexico-beat-fresno-st-94-80
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TEXARKANA, Ark. (KTAL/KSHV) – Following President Biden’s student loan forgiveness announcement, Arkansans could be taxed by the state on the amount forgiven.
According to Scott Hardin with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Arkansas is one of 13 states that could potentially charge income tax to those who benefit from loan forgiveness.
Hardin says most states are non-conformity states, meaning they automatically adapt when the government changes the tax code at the federal level. Arkansas is not one of those states.
“What we’re doing now is looking at this and saying, ‘Ok, based on the existing tax law, is this taxable income, and will this ultimately be taxed,'” said Hardin. “We want to be sure that Arkansans understand that it’s not a matter of whether or not the state wants the money or thinks that it’s appropriate to tax them. It’s just a matter of looking at existing law and making that decision.”
Hardin says he expects an answer to come within the next few days.
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2022-09-21T12:30:56+00:00
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ktalnews.com
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https://www.ktalnews.com/money-matters/arkansans-could-be-taxed-on-canceled-student-loan-debt/
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about what I think makes a classic Oktoberfest beer. Now that we are smack dab in the middle of Oktoberfest season (traditionally from the second to last Saturday in September to the first Sunday of October), I have a few local Oktoberfest celebrations to let you know about.
Some of these fall outside the traditional timeframe, but, hey, we’re in the U.S., not Germany. Here, in chronological order, are a few Western and Central Massachusetts festivals you might want to enjoy:
Oktoberfest! at Jack’s Abby, Friday-Sunday: The Framingham brewery will celebrate the festivities in style with three days that will include beer, German food, live oompah music, keg tossing and a stein-hoisting competition. Come dressed in your best German garb and have a chance at a $100 gift certificate. Sunday’s activities also include face-painting for kids. Jack’s Abby is at 100 Clinton St. in Framingham;
Oktoberfest October First at Building 8 Brewing, Saturday: The tile gives the date away, and this celebration will feature the brewery’s annual Oktoberfest (Märzen) offering (one of my personal favorites), along with several other of the venue’s tasty beers. Building 8 is at 320 Riverside Drive in Northampton;
Oktoberfest! Springfield Museums, Oct. 6: I will be writing a full preview of this event, but for our purposes here today, let’s just say that this annual event is back after a few years away due to the pandemic. Its thrust is a beer tasting on the green at the Quadrangle, featuring both professional brewers and homebrewers. There will also be hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar for other beverage options. The museums are at 21 Edwards St. in Springfield; and
Oktoberfest on Fort Street, Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant, Oct. 7 and 8: This popular event will feature great German beers, food and a slate of tribute bands over two days. The venues are well-known for their authentic German brews and bratwurst. The Fort and Student Prince is at 8 Fort St. in Springfield. (Note: This event is not a sit-down dinner. To dine at a table at either eatery, call for reservations.)
Later in the month, Munich Haus in Chicopee will have four nights of Oktoberfest celebrations over two weekends. The festivities will include a buffet and a live band. The dates are Oct. 21, 22, 28, and 29. Munich Haus is at 13 Center St. in Chicopee.
I’m not sure how many of these events I can make it to, but hope to see you somewhere. Prost!
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2022-09-29T13:50:56+00:00
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masslive.com
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https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2022/09/beer-nut-western-massachusetts-oktoberfest-celebrations-are-on-tap.html
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before taking a shot, Ukrainian sniper Andriy buries his face in a foldout mat, breathing slowly and deliberately.
“I need to be completely relaxed, to find a place where I will not move the rifle when I pull the trigger,” he says. “I don’t think about anything. It’s a kind of vacuum.”
In a semicircle around his head are boxes of bullets, printouts of charts, a heavy-duty stapler and a roll of tape.
Strapped to his wrist is a monitor, which is the shape of a jewelry box. It’s a ballistics calculator to factor in the wind and other surrounding conditions. Bees persistently circling his head and scope are ignored.
After a long pause, he says the word “shot” in Ukrainian.
Crack! A sound not unlike a starting gun used at sporting events produces a reflexive jolt in people unaccustomed to war.
Six months ago, the noise might have startled Andriy, who had moved to Western Europe to pursue a career in engineering.
His experience resembles that of many Ukrainians who returned home to the war, abruptly pulled from civilian life to embrace fighting methods ‒ modern but also makeshift ‒ that have held back the far larger Russian military.
Andriy comes from Bucha, a district near Kyiv’s airport that was hammered during the Russian advance. Hundreds of civilian killings took place there, the bodies found in mass graves or left lying where they were shot in what the United Nations describes as potential war crimes.
Tall and with a good command of English, the sniper spoke to The Associated Press while practicing alone at an informal firing range near Kyiv, hoping to resolve some issues with his weapon through hours of trial and error before his next deployment.
He asked only to be identified by his first name and that some details of his civilian life remain private.
Andriy scrambled home, taking a flight to Budapest and arranging an 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) overland route that included paying “a big amount of money” to a driver willing to take a risky journey eastward. Within a few days he had joined the ferocious fight around Kyiv, adopting the war nickname “Samurai.”
He bought his own gear and a U.S.-made sniper rifle, and began receiving training from a special forces instructor, connected through friends in the military.
“Early in the morning on Feb. 24, I received a call from my mother. She lives in Bucha and told me the war had started. She could hear helicopters, airplanes, bombing and explosions. I decided to return,” he said.
While not allowed to discuss any specifics of his operational activity, Andriy describes Ukraine’s military as a force that prides itself on flexibility, harnessing a wide range of skills from its personnel to become more versatile in combat.
Snipers, he said, are often used to spot Russian military positions for artillery targeting.
“I have also gained experience in tactical medicine, with drones and shooting with assault rifles,” he said.
Military specialists are encouraged to learn new skills and even find their own equipment, with Western suppliers still delivering to Ukraine in a private market that is monitored by the army.
To protect his hearing, Andriy acquired a set of hunter’s headphones that suppress the noise from his rifle while amplifying voices. “You really need these,” he says.
Russia has more than doubled the territory it controls in Ukraine since launching the invasion in February, to about 20% of the country, but Andriy shares the optimism of many fellow Ukrainians that victory will be possible after the winter.
“I think with the help of our friends in Europe and the United States that we can push them out of our territory,” he said.
His desire to become a sniper came from a familiarity with hunting rifles, common in Ukraine, and playing the role of a distance shooter in video games.
But his goal at war: “It’s to return to my home, to my family,” he says.
“No one of us wanted to be a warrior, a shooter, a sniper. It’s just a necessity to be here now and do what we’re doing here.”
After a pause he adds: “I don’t know how to explain this: I don’t like to kill people. It’s not something you want to do, but it’s something you have to do.”
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2022-08-31T00:19:50+00:00
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TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elect officers for 2023 during its Fall 2022 National Meeting plenary.
The following officers were elected for 2023:
- President: Missouri Insurance Director Chlora Lindley-Myers. Chlora Lindley-Myers was confirmed as the director of the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance on April 13, 2017.
- President-Elect: Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais. Andrew N. Mais was nominated as the commissioner of the Connecticut Insurance Department effective March 4, 2019.
- Vice President: North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread. Jon Godfread was first elected as the commissioner of the North Dakota Insurance Department on November 8, 2016.
- Secretary-Treasurer: Virginia Insurance Commissioner Scott A. White. Scott A. White was appointed Commissioner of the Virginia Bureau of Insurance effective January 1, 2018.
Lindley-Myers, whose background includes nearly 40 years of insurance regulatory experience, is the NAIC's first woman of color elected to the officer position of President.
The newly elected officers will assume their roles effective January 1, 2023.
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2022-12-16T20:20:20+00:00
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https://www.wymt.com/prnewswire/2022/12/16/naic-members-elect-2023-officers/
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Which carpet steam cleaner is best?
If you live in a large household or share your life with a furry friend, chances are good that your carpets could use some attention. Regularly steam cleaning your carpets extends their life and keeps them looking — and smelling — like new. This is also important to remove potentially harmful dirt and bacteria tracked in by household members and pets.
Make this task easier by choosing the best carpet steam cleaner. If you are ready to invest in a commercial-grade machine, the Bissell Big Green Professional Carpet Cleaner is an excellent choice.
What to know before you buy a carpet steam cleaner
Weight
When you think about the weight, consider not only the weight of the carpet cleaner but also the water that it contains. Some cleaners can weigh 20 pounds or more and hold two gallons of water. At eight pounds per gallon, you are looking at cleaning carpets with 36 pounds of machine.
Tank size
The tank size matters in terms of how frequently you need to fill the tank but also in how much the machine weighs overall. A larger tank allows you to cover more ground without stopping, but it also translates into a heavier cleaner.
Carpet cleaner size
Even some upright carpet steam cleaners take up more space than a regular vacuum. Take this into consideration when you are looking for the best one for you. If space is an issue, retractable handles result in a smaller machine for easier storage.
What to look for in a quality carpet steam cleaner
Powered brushes
The more rows of brushes your cleaner comes with, the better it is at lifting and scrubbing tough dirt and stains. Powered brushes move on their own, which makes them more efficient at their job.
Long hose
A long hose means you won’t need to drag the carpet cleaner everywhere you go. This is helpful if you select a commercial machine, but it also works well or machines that do not come with attachments. It lets you clean stairs without having to precariously balance a carpet steam cleaner on a step.
Attachments
More attachments means more cleaning ability. A versatile carpet steam cleaner includes attachments for:
- Upholstery
- Stairs
- Curtains
How to get the best results with your carpet steam cleaner
- Wipe up spills when they occur.
- Remove all furniture and anything else on the floor before you begin cleaning.
- Vacuum thoroughly to remove as much loose dirt as possible.
- Pretreat tough stains.
- Follow the directions on the carpet cleaning solution you select.
- Test the cleaning solution on a small area first to make sure it does not stain or bleach your carpet.
- Start steam cleaning at the farthest point from the door.
- Follow a straight line and overlap as you clean.
- Spend more time scrubbing stubborn stains and areas that get more foot traffic.
- Do not use too much water — don’t saturate the carpet.
- If your carpet steam cleaner comes with a rinse function, use it.
- To accelerate the drying time, leave windows and doors open if possible.
- Set a regular schedule of cleaning to prevent carpets from getting too dirty.
How much you can expect to spend on a carpet steam cleaner
These cleaning tools range in price based on the features they have and whether or not they are commercial machines. Expect to spend $100-$450.
Carpet steam cleaner FAQ
Will a steam cleaner damage your carpet?
A. This depends on the type of carpet you have and the cleaner you use on it. Delicate carpets with fragile fibers may be damaged by cleaners with rotating brushes. Carpets of all types can also be damaged by harsh cleaning solutions. This is why it is important to spot test the cleaner on a hidden area of the carpet before applying it to the whole area.
How long do you need to stay off the carpet after cleaning?
A. In a perfect world, your household and pets should stay off the carpet until it’s completely dry. This can take up to six hours.
Realistically, though, there are times when you need to cross a freshly cleaned carpet. If this is the case, wait for at least 30 minutes, then remove your shoes and cross in a clean pair of socks.
What’s the best carpet steam cleaner to buy?
Top carpet steam cleaner
Bissell Big Green Professional Carpet Cleaner
What you need to know: There’s no need to head for a commercial rental when you have this workhorse on hand.
What you’ll love: With an XL DirtLifter PowerBrush and eight rows of bristles this cleaner is great at loosening stubborn dirt in high-pile carpet. It features a long reach hose and a stain tool to clean stairs, Upholstery and other hard-to-reach places. It has two large tanks to keep your clean and dirty water separate. The handle adjusts for comfort.
What you should consider: This is a heavy, expensive machine.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top carpet steam cleaner for the money
Hoover Power Scrub Deluxe Carpet Cleaner
What you need to know: It is lightweight and works just like a regular vacuum.
What you’ll love: The 20-foot cord makes it easy to do multiple rooms without unplugging. It has two tanks and a hot air drying option. Easily clean stairs with the onboard attachments and hoses.
What you should consider: Some users reported leaks.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Bissell Turboclean Powerbrush Pet Carpet Cleaner
What you need to know: It is an affordable steam cleaner designed specifically for homes with pets.
What you’ll love: The four-row dirt lifter power brush attacks deep dirt in carpet. It weighs just 12 pounds and uses a two-tank system so you won’t be cleaning with dirty water.
What you should consider: Some say it’s not the best for larger jobs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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With Miami’s win over Philadelphia on Thursday night, the Heat will advance to take on either Boston or Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference Finals. Here’s the schedule for the best-of-seven series.
Game 1: Tue., May 17 — MIL/BOS at Miami, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 2: Thu., May 19 — MIL/BOS at Miami, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 3: Sat., May 21 — Miami at MIL/BOS, 8:30 p.m. (ABC)
Game 4: Mon., May 23 — Miami at MIL/BOS, 8:30 p.m. (ABC)
Game 5: Wed., May 25 — BOS/MIL at Miami, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)*
Game 6: Fri., May 27 — Miami at BOS/MIL, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)*
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Christopher Price can be reached at christopher.price@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at cpriceglobe.
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2022-05-13T05:00:27+00:00
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bostonglobe.com
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/13/sports/nba-announces-schedule-eastern-conference-finals/
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DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 564,000 older small SUVs because road salt can cause the frame to rust and rear suspension parts to come loose.
The recall covers certain CR-Vs from 2007 through 2011 that were sold or registered in states where salt is used to clear roads in the winter.
U.S. safety regulators say in documents posted Thursday that salt can accumulate and cause corrosion, and the rear trailing arm can detach. That can cause drivers to lose control, increasing the risk of a crash. Rear trailing arms connect the rear axle to the chassis.
The recalled CR-Vs were either sold or registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.
Dealers will inspect the SUVs and install a support brace or repair the rear frame if needed. If the frame is badly damaged, Honda may offer to buy the vehicle. Owners will be notified by letter starting May 8.
The CR-Vs already have been recalled in Canada. Honda says in documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it has 61 customer complaints in the U.S. but no deaths or injuries.
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2023-04-06T20:40:43+00:00
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pix11.com
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https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/honda-recalls-cr-vs-in-cold-states-over-rust-problem/
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Since March 2020, tens of millions of federal student loan borrowers have had the option to take a break from paying back their student loans without earning additional interest.
Now, after five extensions, three years and two presidents, that pause looks set to end.
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will vote on a deal to avoid a historic government debt default by raising the nation's debt ceiling for roughly two years. As part of a bipartisan compromise, the legislation includes a provision to restart student loan payments.
But, notably, it doesn't touch on another highly-watched issue for borrowers: Biden's plan to erase up to $20,000 in debt. The fate of that broader plan still rests in the hands of the Supreme Court.
Here's what you need to know.
What does the debt deal actually change for borrowers?
The deal spells out when repayments resume: 60 days after June 30. If the legislation passes, that means all federal student loan borrowers will be expected to start making payments again after August 29. Their loans will accrue interest then as well.
And this time, it looks like it would really be the end: The debt deal prohibits the education secretary from extending the pause on federal student loan payments without congressional approval.
The end of this pause will affect some 43 million borrowers who, collectively, owe over a trillion in student loan debt.
But, in effect, the new rules won't change much about the current loan landscape. Even before Biden and McCarthy reached a deal, the Department of Education was readying the return to repayment.
Back in November, the Biden administration said it was planning to end the pause at the end of August, or, at the latest, 60 days after the Supreme Court rules on Biden's broader student debt relief plan.
What's happening with the loan forgiveness plan?
In February, the Supreme Court heard arguments over Biden's broader student loan debt relief plan, which is a separate issue from the repayment pause.
Biden's plan would cancel up to $20,000 of debt for anyone who received a Pell Grant to attend college and up to $10,000 for borrowers earning less than $125,000.
The plan's roll-out has been on ice since a lawsuit brought by a coalition of conservative states made its way to the highest court.
Republicans have been fiercely opposed to the plan, calling it an enormously expensive handout. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated it would cost the government roughly $400 billion.
The Biden administration has said the program is well within its executive powers under the HEROES Act, a 2003 law that gives the Department of Education the power to forgive student loan debt during a national emergency.
The court's six conservative justices showed skepticism towards Biden's arguments in February. A ruling in the case is expected in June or early July.
What are the next steps for the debt deal (and for debt borrowers)?
For now, all eyes are on the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on final passage of the debt deal on Wednesday evening.
The deal narrowly advanced out of the Rules Committee on Tuesday evening with a 7-6 vote that set off a flurry of criticism from some conservative House members.
If the deal passes the House, it then moves to the Senate. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, has said he hoped to pass the legislation by June 5.
Regardless of the specific timing, if the deal passes as is, federal student loan repayments will be set to restart at the end of August.
The Education Department has said it'd notify borrowers before repayments begin.
NPR's Elissa Nadworny and Cory Turner contributed reporting.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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2023-05-31T15:15:31+00:00
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wyomingpublicmedia.org
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https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2023-05-31/is-the-debt-deal-changing-student-loan-repayment-heres-what-you-need-to-know
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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) — Four people were pulled unconscious from a Sunday afternoon fire in Washington Heights, according to FDNY officials.
Calls for the fire came in just before 1 p.m., on the fourth floor of a five-story building on West 190th Street.
Neighbors told PIX11 News that one of the victims is a 98-year-old woman who is affectionately known as ‘Mamita,’ and lived in the building for more than four decades.
“A lot of people were crying, because we knew her and we knew her family,” said neighbor Valery Tabares.
“All of a sudden, they were bringing out the people,” said Tabares. “They were all unconscious. They were just there. And then they started doing CPR.”
Fire officials recovered a burnt e-bike, but do not believe it was the cause of the fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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2023-05-08T05:13:46+00:00
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pix11.com
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https://pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/4-people-in-critical-condition-after-washington-heights-fire-fdny/
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the European Union’s executive arm vowed Wednesday to introduce checks on key EU infrastructure, including energy, after the suspected sabotage of natural-gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the damage last week to the Nord Stream pipelines linking Russia and Germany has “shown how vulnerable our energy infrastructure is” and a comprehensive plan is needed to ensure the safety of key EU networks, including for data.
“We need to stress test our infrastructure,” von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. “We need to identify whether we have weak points and where these weak points are.” She also said that satellite surveillance will be used to detect potential threats.
Amid Russia’s seven-month war against Ukraine and western military support for the Ukrainian government, the Nord Stream damage resulted from undersea blasts caused by several hundred pounds of explosives in four locations off southern Sweden and Denmark. The explosions caused big methane leaks in the Baltic Sea.
Because EU countries are responsible for overseeing energy and other basic infrastructure in the bloc, von der Leyen said her safety push would involve national capitals.
“We will work with member states to ensure effective stress tests in the energy sector,” she said. “This then should be followed by other high-risk sectors, such as the offshore digital and electricity infrastructure.”
Also in Strasbourg on Wednesday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell predicted that the bloc’s 27 national governments would agree to hit Russia with new sanctions in response to its illegal annexation of four regions in Ukraine that make up around 15% of Ukrainian territory.
The planned new penalties include a price cap on Russian oil, curbs on EU exports of aircraft components to the country and limits on imports of Russian steel. EU member-state diplomats were aiming to approve the new package as soon as Wednesday in Brussels.
The new penalties build on already unprecedented European sanctions against Russia as a result of its war against Ukraine since February.
EU measures to date include restrictions on energy supplies from Russia, bans on financial transactions with Russian entities including the central bank and asset freezes against more than 1,000 people and over 100 entities.
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2022-10-05T19:43:13+00:00
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wboy.com
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https://www.wboy.com/news/world/ap-top-eu-official-vows-to-stress-test-pipelines-after-leaks/
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The Colorado Avalanche are professional hockey's new champions — and road warriors with a flair for the dramatic.
The team defeated the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 for the Avalanche's first championship in 21 years and third overall Stanley Cup.
Colorado scored two goals, while the Lightning, which won the Stanley Cup in both 2020 and 2021, scored the game's first goal. The Avalanche's Cale Makar was awarded the series' most valuable player.
Key statistics tell the story of the new NHL champions. Colorado clinched all four of its 2022 playoff series on the road – becoming just the fourth team in NHL history to do so. Its 16-4 playoff record is the second-best in league history. And Colorado's 10 comeback wins during the playoffs tied the record for most in NHL history.
Colorado's championship was years in the making. The team finished the 2016-17 season with the league's worst record. It was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in 2018 and in the second round the past three seasons.
"This is what I've always dreamed of, as a kid, with my buddies, my father," said 34-year-old Colorado defenseman Erik Johnson. "That's what life is all about. You surround yourself with people who believe in you. It truly takes a village, including all the (team's) support staff."
Tampa Bay had aimed to become the NHL's first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Now Colorado will try to create its own title streak.
"They're a team that's looking to become a dynasty," Makar said. "We're a team that's looking to start a legacy."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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https://www.knkx.org/2022-06-26/the-colorado-avalanche-wins-its-first-stanley-cup-in-21-years
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Police: Man killed himself after ramming US Capitol barrier
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol early Sunday and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself, according to police, who said he did not seem to be targeting any member of Congress.
The incident happened just before 4 a.m. at a vehicle barricade set at East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE in Washington.
It comes at a time when law enforcement authorities across the country are facing an increasing number of threats and federal officials have warned about the potential of violent attacks on government buildings in the days since the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The attack is reminiscent of an incident when a man drove a vehicle into two Capitol Police officers at a checkpoint in April 2021, killing an 18-year veteran of the force. And many on Capitol Hill remain on edge after supporters of the then-president stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Authorities said the man, identified as Richard A. York III, 29, of Delaware, crashed into the barricade and that as he was getting out of the car, the vehicle became engulfed in flames. The man then opened fire, firing several shots into the air as police approached.
Capitol Police said the man shot himself as the officers neared. He was later pronounced dead.
Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said officers did not hear the man say anything before he opened fire “indiscriminately” in the street with a handgun and walked toward the Capitol building. Authorities are investigating whether the man may have set his car on fire, the chief said, because the collision did not appear to cause the blaze.
Police officers at the scene saw the man fatally shoot himself as they approached, Manger said.
The chief said investigators located addresses for the man in Delaware and Pennsylvania and learned he had a criminal history in the past decade, though his motive remained unclear and he had no links to the Capitol.,
“We don’t have any information that would indicate his motivation at this point,” Manger said.
Police said “it does not appear the man was targeting any member of Congress” and that investigators are examining the man’s background as they work to try to discern a motive. Both the House and Senate are in recess and very few staff members work in the Capitol complex at that hour.
Authorities said no other injuries were reported and police do not believe any officers returned fire.
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2022-08-15T01:46:48+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/news/2022/08/14/police-man-killed-himself-after-ramming-us-capitol-barrier/
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Question: True or false? Towanda — as in the name of the McLean County town — is an American Indian word whose meaning might indicate there are remains of the American Indian existence beneath that rich soil.
Answer: That’s true. In the American Indians' language, Towanda meant “where we bury our dead.”
Dozens of community organizations and volunteers came together in downtown Bloomington for the free Eggs on the Square event, organized by Second Presbyterian Church and hosted on the lawn of the McLean County Museum of History.
Over 100 dash colors at Bloomington 'Holi Moli' festival
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Pragash Murugesan, 35, of Bloomington, back in center, tosses his arms up as a "Holi Moli" celebration kicks off Saturday in downtown Bloomington. His daughter, Nattrina Pragash, 6, is front left, and family friend Adithi Karthick, 6, is front center. The South Asian Performing Arts Club at Normal Community High School organized the event.
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Celebrators dance in a circle Saturday in downtown Bloomington during a "Holi Moli" festival. Shown center in blue is organizer Karthika Nair.
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Jason Miller, 41, of Bloomington, dashes pink powder into the air Saturday for a downtown Bloomington "Holi Moli" festival.
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Ryan Johnson pours a packet of color dyes onto Tabitha Nowark Saturday during a "Holi Moli" celebration in Bloomington.
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Bloomington Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe empties a packet of color dyes Saturday after speaking at a "Holi Moli" celebration in downtown Bloomington. He said he hopes the festival will return to the city on an annual basis.
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM; HKEX: 9961) ("Trip.com Group" or the "Company"), a leading one-stop travel service provider of accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2022.
Key Highlights for the Third Quarter of 2022
- The Company's China domestic and international business continued to show strong recovery momentum.
- Both domestic hotel and air reservation revenue saw positive year-over-year growth in the third quarter, with the domestic hotel booking revenue increasing by 25% year over year.
- International business maintained rapid recovery, with the overall air-ticket bookings on global platforms increasing over 100% year over year. - The Company delivered strong results in the third quarter of 2022.
- Total net revenue increased by 29% year over year and increased by 72% quarter over quarter, mainly driven by the robust recovery in China's domestic market and overseas markets.
- Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB245 million (US$34 million), which improved from a net loss of RMB868 million for the same period in 2021 and net income of RMB43 million for the previous quarter.
- Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB1.4 billion (US$198 million), representing a 164% increase from RMB537 million for the same period in 2021 and a 300% increase from RMB355 million for the previous quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 21% for the third quarter, compared with 10% for the same period in 2021 and 9% for the previous quarter.
"In the third quarter of 2022, the global markets made continued progress towards normalcy," said James Liang, Executive Chairman. "The EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and America regions maintained strong growth momentum driven by the travel needs in summer. Travel activities also rebounded quickly across the Asia-Pacific region as more and more markets are reopening the borders and lifting quarantine measures. We are excited about the long-term outlook of the global travel industry and the opportunities that lie ahead."
"We achieved strong results in the third quarter despite market volatility in the back half of this quarter. Our domestic hotel bookings showed positive growth over the last year and almost recovered fully to pre-pandemic levels," said Jane Sun, Chief Executive Officer. "Our team delivered solid execution, with the topline and bottom line profitability showing strong improvements. Supported by our strengthened product capabilities and improved operating efficiency, we remain positive and confident about our competitive position in global markets."
Third Quarter of 2022 Financial Results and Business Updates
In the third quarter of 2022, the Company's domestic business has shown robust recovery due to relaxed travel restrictions and strong travel needs in summer, which led to an increased volume of travel bookings. The Company's international business also maintained its growth momentum as countries continued to open up and return to normalcy.
For the third quarter of 2022, Trip.com Group reported net revenue of RMB6.9 billion (US$969 million), representing a 29% increase from the same period in 2021 and a 72% increase from the previous quarter, primarily due to the strong recovery of China's domestic market.
Accommodation reservation revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB2.9 billion (US$408 million), representing a 32% increase from the same period in 2021 and a 114% increase from the previous quarter, primarily due to the strong recovery of China's domestic market.
Transportation ticketing revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB2.6 billion (US$369 million), representing a 44% increase from the same period in 2021 and a 49% increase from the previous quarter, primarily due to the strong recovery of China's domestic market and the overseas market.
Packaged-tour revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was relatively stable at RMB387 million (US$54 million) comparing to the same period in 2021. Packaged-tour revenue increased by 217% from the previous quarter, primarily due to the strong recovery of China's domestic market.
Corporate travel revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB370 million (US$52 million), representing a 9% increase from the same period in 2021 and a 76% increase from the previous quarter, primarily due to the strong recovery of China's domestic market.
Cost of revenue for the third quarter of 2022 increased by 4% to RMB1.3 billion (US$179 million) from the same period in 2021 and increased by 30% from the previous quarter, primarily due to the strong recovery of China's domestic market. Cost of revenue as a percentage of net revenue was 18% for the third quarter of 2022.
Product development expenses for the third quarter of 2022 increased by 8% to RMB2.5 billion (US$350 million) from the same period in 2021 and increased by 41% from the previous quarter, primarily due to an increase in product development personnel related expenses. Product development expenses as a percentage of net revenue was 36% for the third quarter of 2022.
Sales and marketing expenses for the third quarter of 2022 increased by 13% to RMB1.4 billion (US$201 million) from the same period in 2021 and increased by 73% from the previous quarter, primarily due to an increase in expenses relating to sales and marketing promotion activities. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenue was 21% for the third quarter of 2022.
General and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2022 increased by 6% to RMB843 million (US$119 million) from the same period in 2021 and increased by 40% from the previous quarter, primarily due to an increase in general and administrative personnel related expenses. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenue was 12% for the third quarter of 2022.
Income tax expense for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB277 million (US$39 million), compared to RMB95 million for the same period in 2021 and RMB173 million for the previous quarter. The change in Trip.com Group's effective tax rate was primarily due to the combined impacts of changes in respective profitability of its subsidiaries with different tax rates, certain non-taxable income or loss resulting from the fair value changes in equity securities investments and exchangeable senior notes, and changes in valuation allowance provided for deferred tax assets.
Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB245 million (US$34 million), compared to net loss of RMB868 million for the same period in 2021 and net income of RMB43 million for the previous quarter. Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB1.4 billion (US$198 million), compared to RMB537 million for the same period in 2021 and RMB355 million for the previous quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 21% for the third quarter of 2022, compared to 10% for the same period in 2021 and 9% for the previous quarter.
Net income attributable to Trip.com Group's shareholders for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB266 million (US$37 million), compared to net loss attributable to Trip.com Group's shareholders of RMB849 million for the same period in 2021 and net income attributable to Trip.com Group's shareholders of RMB69 million for the previous quarter. Excluding share-based compensation charges, fair value changes of equity securities investments and exchangeable senior notes recorded in other income/(expense) and their tax effects, non-GAAP net income attributable to Trip.com Group's shareholders for the third quarter of 2022 was RMB1.0 billion (US$145 million), compared to non-GAAP net income attributable to Trip.com Group's shareholders of RMB523 million for the same period in 2021 and non-GAAP net loss attributable to Trip.com Group's shareholders of RMB203 million for the previous quarter.
Diluted income per ordinary share and per ADS was RMB0.41 (US$0.06) for the third quarter of 2022. Excluding share-based compensation charges, fair value changes of equity securities investments and exchangeable senior notes and their tax effects, non-GAAP diluted income per ordinary share and per ADS was RMB1.58 (US$0.22) for the third quarter of 2022. Each ADS currently represents one ordinary share of the Company.
In September 2022, the Company repurchased the remaining US$51 million principal amount of the 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2022 and the entire US$25 million principal amount of the 1.25% convertible notes due 2022 issued to a subsidiary of Booking Holdings Inc.
As of September 30, 2022, the balance of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term investment, held to maturity time deposit and financial products was RMB62.0 billion (US$8.7 billion).
Conference Call
Trip.com Group's management team will host a conference call at 7:00 PM EST on December 14, 2022 (or 8:00 AM CST on December 15, 2022) following this announcement.
The conference call will be available live on Webcast and for replay at: https://investors.trip.com. The call will be archived for twelve months on our website.
All participants must pre-register to join this conference call using the Participant Registration link below:
https://register.vevent.com/register/BI824db219146c4652937934eb6277037b.
Upon registration, each participant will receive details for this conference call, including dial-in numbers and a unique access PIN. To join the conference, please dial the number provided, enter your PIN, and you will join the conference instantly.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "future," "intend," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "is/are likely to," "confident" or other similar statements. Among other things, quotations from management in this press release, as well as Trip.com Group's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, severe or prolonged downturn in the global or Chinese economy, general declines or disruptions in the travel industry, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic to Trip.com Group's business operations, volatility in the trading price of Trip.com Group's ADSs or shares, Trip.com Group's reliance on its relationships and contractual arrangements with travel suppliers and strategic alliances, failure to compete against new and existing competitors, failure to successfully manage current growth and potential future growth, risks associated with any strategic investments or acquisitions, seasonality in the travel industry in the relevant jurisdictions where Trip.com Group operates, failure to successfully develop Trip.com Group's existing or future business lines, damage to or failure of Trip.com Group's infrastructure and technology, loss of services of Trip.com Group's key executives, adverse changes in economic and political policies of the PRC government, inflation in China, risks and uncertainties associated with PRC laws and regulations with respect to the ownership structure of Trip.com Group's affiliated Chinese entities and the contractual arrangements among Trip.com Group, its affiliated Chinese entities and their shareholders, and other risks outlined in Trip.com Group's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the issuance, and Trip.com Group does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement Trip.com Group's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), Trip.com Group uses non-GAAP financial information related to adjusted net income attributable to Trip.com Group Limited, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin and adjusted diluted earnings per ordinary share and per ADS, each of which is adjusted from the most comparable GAAP result to exclude the share-based compensation charges that are not tax deductible, fair value changes of equity securities investments and exchangeable senior notes, net of tax, and other applicable items. Trip.com Group's management believes the non-GAAP financial measures facilitate better understanding of operating results from quarter to quarter and provide management with a better capability to plan and forecast future periods.
Non-GAAP information is not prepared in accordance with GAAP, does not have a standardized meaning under GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP methods of accounting and reporting used by other companies. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered a substitute for GAAP results. A limitation of using non-GAAP financial measures is that non-GAAP measures exclude share-based compensation charges, fair value changes of equity securities investments and exchangeable senior notes and their tax effects that have been and will continue to be significant recurring expenses in Trip.com Group's business for the foreseeable future.
Reconciliations of Trip.com Group's non-GAAP financial data to the most comparable GAAP data included in the consolidated statement of operations are included at the end of this press release.
About Trip.com Group Limited
Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM; HKEX: 9961) is a leading global one-stop travel platform, integrating a comprehensive suite of travel products and services and differentiated travel content. It is the go-to destination for travelers in China, and increasingly for travelers around the world, to explore travel, get inspired, make informed and cost-effective travel bookings, enjoy hassle-free on-the-go support, and share travel experience. Founded in 1999 and listed on Nasdaq in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, the Company currently operates under a portfolio of brands, including Ctrip, Qunar, Trip.com and Skyscanner, with the mission "to pursue the perfect trip for a better world."
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations
Trip.com Group Limited
Tel: +86 (21) 3406-4880 X 12229
Email: iremail@trip.com
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2022-12-15T01:23:50+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/12/14/tripcom-group-limited-reports-unaudited-third-quarter-2022-financial-results/
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Police in Las Vegas said they arrested a woman for reportedly skipping out on a restaurant tab and violating airport rules — but not before she alleged the officers were arresting her for being too good-looking, according to an arrest report.
Officers with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department were called to a Chili’s restaurant in Harry Reid International Airport on Aug. 31 for a report of a woman who had left without paying her bill, the report said.
Police searched for the suspect, but could not find her.
“Soon after, officers working D gates were notified by TSA that [a] female matching that description was observed sleeping near the security checkpoint, hindering their operations,” the report said.
Officers later found the woman in the baggage claim area where she was “belligerent with officers, saying she was being harassed because cops [had] never seen anyone as pretty as her,” police said.
Police later learned that the suspect, identified as Hend Bustami, had a warrant out of Las Vegas Municipal Court.
While officers were arresting her, the woman said “she was going to spit on all [the officers] and that officers were perverts and were trying to rape her because they [had] never seen anyone as good looking,” the report said.
The woman was booked into the Clark County Detention Center. A booking photo was not available.
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2022-09-06T17:23:35+00:00
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kdvr.com
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https://kdvr.com/news/woman-arrested-at-las-vegas-airport-tells-police-theyre-only-bothering-her-because-shes-so-good-looking/
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Temperatures soared in England on Saturday and no one was feeling the heat more than Manchester United’s latest manager, Erik ten Hag.
On another humiliating day for a massive club in freefall, United conceded four goals in the first 35 minutes and was swept aside in a 4-0 loss at Brentford in the Premier League.
It’s two matches, two losses so far for Ten Hag, the Dutchman who arrived from Ajax in a bold offseason appointment as United’s fifth manager in nine years and looked shell-shocked in the dug-out as the goals poured in at Brentford Community Stadium.
It was understandable, too. United had never gone into halftime of a Premier League match trailing 4-0. Never before in the Premier League had United conceded so many goals so quickly.
There were so many individual mistakes — goalkeeper David de Gea let a weak shot dribble underneath him for the first goal, Christian Eriksen was tackled inside his own box prior to the second, and Brentford had two free headers at a corner for the third — that Ten Hag probably wanted to change most of his team at halftime.
He made three halftime substitutions, with Cristiano Ronaldo — back in United’s team after an offseason when he pushed to leave the club — staying on and playing the full match. He wore a frustrated look throughout.
“What I asked them to do was play with belief and take responsibility for their performance,” Ten Hag said. “That is what they didn’t do.”
Josh Dasilva, Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee and Bryan Mbeumo were the scorers for Brentford, which pressed relentlessly and blew United away.
“It felt like we were on top of everything,” Jensen said. “They couldn’t cope with our pressure, our second balls, our intensity. You could see they were struggling.”
It might get even worse for Ten Hag and his new team, which opened with a 2-1 home loss to Brighton last weekend. Up next? It’s only fierce rival Liverpool, which will be eager to hand United a fifth straight loss stretching back to last season.
“We are, as a team, in a difficult process,” Ten Hag said. “Of course, you expect a different start. It is not what we expected … It seems like what happened in the past, last season, we bring into the new season. We have to change that really quickly.”
United’s meltdown came in the last of Saturday’s seven games that were played in sweltering conditions that reached as high as 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit).
Manchester City and Arsenal both scored four goals in home wins and continue to set a hot early-season pace.
CITY CRUISE
Man City didn’t even need Erling Haaland to score in its 4-0 thrashing of Bournemouth.
Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden were City’s scorers along with an own-goal, with Haaland barely getting a sight on goal in his first match at Etihad Stadium.
The Norway striker scored both of City’s goals in its opening-weekend 2-0 win at West Ham but was mostly crowded out a week later, making just eight touches before coming off in the 74th.
JESUS’ DOUBLE
A player who left City is thriving at Arsenal.
Gabriel Jesus played a starring role in the 4-2 win over Leicester, scoring the first two before halftime and providing the assists for second-half strikes by Granit Xhaka and Gabriel Martinelli.
Jesus, the Brazil striker who left City in the summer for a reported £45 million ($54 million), was in hot form for Arsenal in preseason and appears to be relishing being the starting striker once again after being in and out of City’s team.
An own-goal by William Saliba and James Maddison’s strike brought Leicester twice to within one goal of Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.
GERRARD TOPS LAMPARD
Teammates for England, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard were rivals in the dugouts as they went head-to-head for the first time as managers on Saturday.
Gerrard came out on top.
Despite a late wobble, Aston Villa beat Everton 2-1 for its first win of the season and left its opponent without a point. Danny Ings and Emi Buendia scored for Villa before an 87th-minute own-goal by Lucas Digne gave Everton hope.
Like Man United, Everton is on zero points after two games.
PENALTY SAVED
Back-to-back draws was probably as much as Fulham could have expected on its return to England’s big time.
It could have been much more, though, with Aleksandar Mitrovic having a late penalty saved in a 0-0 draw at Wolverhampton.
Jose Sa dived to his right to claw away the spot kick from the Serbia international, who scored twice in the 2-2 with Liverpool last weekend and was looking to score his 45th league goal in as many appearances for Fulham.
There were two other draws, with Brighton and Newcastle toiling to a 0-0 stalemate and Southampton coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Leeds.
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2022-08-14T15:23:33+00:00
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keloland.com
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https://www.keloland.com/sports/ap-sports/meltdown-man-united-feels-heat-after-4-0-loss-at-brentford/
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The 1975-1976 Senate select committee chaired by former Idaho senator Frank Church (D) stands out as exceptional in U.S. history for two reasons.
Not all of this was newly revealed. The committee was created in response to a spate of news stories picking out individual examples of those sorts of harassment: Seymour Hersh’s reporting for the New York Times detailing CIA surveillance of Americans, the revelations that followed the Watergate scandal.
The other reason that the committee stands out, particularly in this moment, was that it was a good-faith, bipartisan effort by the legislative branch to hold the executive branch to account. It’s easy to consider the moment through rose-colored glasses and, of course, any action undertaken by politicians has an inherent element of politics. But the history of the committee depicts a sincere process led by collegial actors.
About a decade ago, there were calls for a new Church Committee, predicated on similar targets. Revelations about surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency reported by The Washington Post and others prompted a new effort to review the actions and constraints on the intelligence community. Even former participants in the original committee joined calls for a new, comprehensive examination of the government’s surveillance systems. No such select committee was created.
Since Republicans retook the House after last year’s midterm elections, there have been increasing calls for a select committee mirroring the one led by Church. Earlier this month, as Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was struggling to get the votes needed to be elected speaker of the House, Fox News’s Tucker Carlson — the loudest voice from the right’s more remote regions — suggested that McCarthy’s critics use their leverage for just such a purpose.
They could insist on the creation of a committee, he said, “designed to discover what the FBI and the intel agencies have been doing to control domestic politics in this country. They’ve been doing a lot. … The rot has spread and democracy has withered.”
“The FBI is now a bigger force in American elections than any single group of voters,” he added with characteristic hyperbole.
Carlson even had a nominee to serve in Church’s role: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). And, sure enough, Massie himself appeared on Carlson’s show a few days later to make an announcement: The New Church Committee would be formed. Echoing Carlson’s rhetoric about the need, Massie also tried to set expectations.
“A lot of this is going to play out down in the SCIF,” he said, referring to secure, compartmentalized information facilities used to prevent hostile eavesdropping. “You’re going to have to trust the people on this committee. … A lot of it will be behind closed doors. It’ll be classified information. But if we find anything illegal or unconstitutional, we will bring it forward.”
Then, this week, the committee was created in a party-line vote.
Let’s now apply the two metrics that made the Church Committee successful to the new effort, starting with the process by which it was created and run. After all, Massie warns that we’ll need to trust those participating since much of their research will be conducted behind closed doors.
In 1975, the Church Committee was approved by a bipartisan 82 to 4 vote. The resolution creating it described how its members would be determined:
“The select committee created by this resolution shall consist of eleven Members of the Senate, six to be appointed by the President of the Senate from the majority Members of the Senate upon the recommendation of the majority leader of the Senate, and five minority Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate upon the recommendation of the minority leader.”
Eleven members, six chosen by the majority (the Democrats) and five by the minority.
Now contrast that with the House iteration.
“The select subcommittee shall be composed of the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary, together with not more than 13 other Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than 5 shall be appointed in consultation with the minority leader.”
Thirteen members chosen by the speaker — though the Democratic minority could weigh-in on five of them.
It was not Massie who got the nod to chair the committee, incidentally. Instead it is Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the new chair of the House Judiciary Committee of which the select committee will serve as a subsidiary.
His appointment allows us an interesting point of contrast alone. In 1975, the most ideologically extreme member of the committee was Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), a politician whose 1964 presidential nomination yielded a number of criticisms and advertisements centered on his fringe politics. According to VoteView, his DW-NOMINATE score, a measure of ideology, was 0.641 on a scale from -1 (most liberal) to 1 (most conservative). Church’s was -0.384. Jordan’s is 0.717.
As the GOP has tried to frame its new committee as the descendant of Church’s work, people who worked on the 1975 effort have spoken out in opposition.
One wrote an essay for the Hill rejecting the comparison.
“Who in their right mind would believe that Jim Jordan’s ‘new Church Committee’ is going to — in any way — resemble what took place so many years ago?” wrote Peter Fenn, who was a top aide to Church. “Will this be at all bipartisan? Hard to imagine.”
A similar essay appeared at the conservative site the Bulwark.
“Two of us ([Loch] Johnson and [Frederick] Baron) served in key staff positions on the Church committee,” they wrote. “The comparison is preposterous. The new House subcommittee is not remotely up to the Church committee standard — in origin, composition, or purpose.”
Purpose is, of course, key. The original Church Committee was born of detailed reporting showing ways in which federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies had violated Americans’ rights. The Jordan-led committee is predicated instead on vague, largely unsubstantiated rumors that have been supercharged by right-wing media.
The original Church Committee, for example, included a mandate to examine the “origin and disposition of the so-called Huston Plan to apply United States intelligence agency capabilities against individuals or organizations within the United States.” The new committee has, among its mandates, to probe “the laws, programs, and activities of the executive branch as they relate to the collection of information on citizens of the United States and the sources and methods used for the collection of information on citizens of the United States.”
In other words, nearly everything.
In interviews, Jordan and other Republicans have insisted that there’s a need for the new committee because, for example, there have been alleged FBI whistleblowers who’ve come forward to express concern about politicization in the bureau. Fair enough. But then we have comments like these from Jordan when he was arguing for the creation of the committee on the House floor. He was objecting to a Democrat calling the idea a political ploy.
“A ploy?” Jordan said. “It’s not a ploy when the Department of Justice treats parents as terrorists, moms and dads who are simply showing up at a school board meeting to advocate for their son or daughter.”
“A ploy?” he continued. “It’s not a ploy when the FBI pays Twitter $3 million, not one, not two, but $3 million to censor American citizens.”
Each of those things is misleading or incorrect. The Justice Department did not “treat parents as terrorists” for showing up at school board meetings; it insisted that it would monitor terroristic threats against educators. The FBI didn’t pay Twitter to censor Americans; it reimbursed Twitter for costs incurred by replying to federal subpoenas, in accordance with federal law.
Jordan, who will lead a panel with jurisdiction over the courts and law enforcement, spent much of last year ignoring a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The committee referred him to the House Ethics Committee for failing to honor a subpoena.
What the new committee is, most clearly, is a response to a years-long effort by the GOP, following cues from former president Donald Trump, to diminish the credibility of federal law enforcement. Trump was mad that his 2016 campaign had been part of the investigation into Russian interference in that election and began railing against intelligence officials and the FBI even before he took office.
That pattern continued throughout his presidency, with conservative and right-wing media and Republican elected officials working overtime to appeal to his supporters by ginning up examples of purported bias by government investigators. When the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago last summer in search of documents Trump claimed he didn’t possess, the effort went into overdrive.
So now the GOP has what it presents as a new Church Committee, aimed at — at last — finding evidence that it was right all along.
Consider why the party is so insistent on invoking the name of the 1975 effort. First, it hopes to trade off the Church Committee’s recognized legitimacy, to assume an air of legitimacy by proxy.
Second, and more important, it is itself an effort to win a communications fight against the intelligence community. If this is a new Church Committee, then surely there must be significant revelations to come akin to what was revealed in that committee’s final reports, right? If we need a new Church Committee, then there must be egregious actions to be uncovered, just as there were then. Ergo, the GOP had a point all along.
None of this is to say that the committee won’t find something politically useful. That’s the nature of fishing expeditions: You’re just trying to catch something, regardless of what it happens to be.
And with access to the full range of governmental decision-making and information — and perhaps shielded from scrutiny of any broader context by the secrecy Massie pledged — there may well be a range of revelations that aid the party politically. Or, at least, with its base. That’s been the story since 2015: Find isolated things from which a conspiratorial latticework can be constructed.
The Church Committee it is not.
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2023-01-13T16:42:30+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/13/republicans-committee-jim-jordan/
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Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin: Live Stream, TV Channel, How to Watch | Wimbledon
Published: Jul. 3, 2023 at 11:33 AM EDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
The Round of 128 at Wimbledon will feature Dominic Stephan Stricker and Alexei Popyrin matching up on Tuesday, July 4.
Tune in to ESPN to see Stricker and Popyrin take the court.
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Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin Date and TV Info
- Round: Round of 128
- Date: Tuesday, July 4
- TV Channel: ESPN (Watch on Fubo)
- Court Surface: Grass
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Stricker vs. Popyrin Matchup Info
- In the qualifying round on Thursday, Stricker eliminated No. 160-ranked Mattia Bellucci, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
- In his previous tournament (French Open), Stricker was defeated by Tommy Paul 3-6, 2-6, 4-6 on May 30, in the round of 128.
- Popyrin is coming off a 4-6, 4-6 defeat to No. 76-ranked Jordan Thompson in the Round of 32 at cinch Championships.
- Stricker and Popyrin haven't played each other in the last five years.
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2023-07-03T16:12:28+00:00
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wfsb.com
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https://www.wfsb.com/sports/betting/2023/07/04/dominic-stephan-stricker-vs-alexei-popyrin-tennis-how-to-watch-online-live-stream-wimbledon/
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Downtown Opelika business fire under investigation
OPELIKA, Ala. (WSFA) - A business fire in downtown Opelika Thursday morning is under investigation.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at a restaurant on South Railroad Avenue after 1 a.m., Opelika Fire Chief Shane Boyd said in a Facebook video on Opelika Police Department’s page
According to officials, the fire progressed and police established a perimeter around downtown.
Boyd said they were able to keep most of the fire damage to the building. There was some smoke and water damage to adjoining structures.
Boyd said no one was inside the business and no one was injured.
Police said in a Facebook post that South Railroad Avenue and Avenue C between South 8th Street and 9th Street, and South 8th Street and 9th Street between Avenue A and South Railroad are closed. South 7th Street at South Railroad Avenue is also closed.
Police say the streets will remain closed until further notice. Officials are working with downtown businesses that were not impacted by the fire to open to foot traffic only.
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2022-07-21T13:04:11+00:00
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It's that time of year. Notebooks are new, pencils are sharp, and that hope is in the air that this school year will be the best school year.
But, even more important, that fresh notebook includes the ability to manage time and organize surroundings. These 10 productivity tips are designed to bring success for students:
1. Give kids an "office": School books and supplies need not be scattered all over the house. School is the most important job a child will ever hold. Give him or her a place that is comfortable, well-lighted, and stocked with colored pencils, a sharpener, tape, glue, paper for the printer, and all the essentials. Set your child up for success.
2. Use a student planner: The planner provides a place to trap commitments as soon as they arrive. Learning the trick of letting your "system" do the remembering provides control and peace of mind that lasts a lifetime. Mobile phones are becoming ubiquitous for teens. They are also becoming more accepted in schools. Phones are expensive, so why not get the most out of them? Leverage the tool by using a digital calendar such as Google Calendar and a task app such as Remember The Milk (RememberTheMilk.com). Sync those apps with the desktop computer so that vital information is accessible from anywhere.
3. Get calendars in sync: Create a Google Calendar for every family member. Share each calendar with Mom and Dad. That way, parents can see all activities in one place.
4. Work from an organized to-do list: As soon as a task arrives, throw it on the list. Each night, put the tasks in order for the next day. A digital list makes the process easier. Put everything on the list: assignments to complete, long-term projects broken into small tasks, reminders to study for tests. Add items related to personal tasks and hobbies. Make the list a one-stop shop and put an end to "I forgot."
5. Establish an "Inbox" for Mom and Dad: School generates papers parents need to examine. All those papers need to be in one place. Anything for parent's attention goes in the "Inbox." Make handling every item in it an every-evening ritual.
6. Identify repeating tasks and put them on autopilot: The school year is cyclical. Many projects and events happen annually. Capture the related "to-dos" and make them repeating tasks on the list.
7. Maximize "waiting time": Have something productive to do at all times. Read assignments and review notes from today's classes. Read a library book. Write a thank-you note. Handle email, respond to text messages, and make needed phone calls. It's amazing how many small tasks one can handle during those spare minutes.
8. Get everything ready the night before: Early morning is a terrible time to finish homework and make decisions about what to wear. Lay out clothes and pack the book bag the night before. The next morning, "grab and go."
9. Organize reference information digitally: Evernote (Evernote.com) allows for easy access and the ability to edit information from anywhere. The search capabilities make retrieval easy.
10. Give the gift of organization: Organization and time management are teachable skills that benefit people of all ages. While we often think some people are "born organized," a closer look reveals learned habits. We live in a complex world and good systems make it easier to navigate. We shouldn't make young people figure this one out for themselves.
Frank Buck is the author of the books Get Organized! and Get Organized Digitally! "Global Gurus Top 30" named him No. 1 in the Time Management category for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Dr. Buck speaks throughout the United States and internationally about organization and time management. You can reach him through his website: FrankBuck.org. Follow him on Twitter @DrFrankBuck.
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2022-08-21T00:20:31+00:00
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annistonstar.com
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https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_life/get-organized-10-productivity-tips-for-the-new-school-year/article_fa0c9d94-20cb-11ed-b8d4-0fc9cd2546ae.html
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Marg Helgenberger is feeling the love as she reprises her role as Catherine Willows in season 2 of CSI: Vegas. The veteran actress steps back into her iconic character's shoes, reintegrating herself back onto the CSI team following the departures of original CSI stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox.
"Everybody has been excruciatingly welcoming, excessively welcoming," Helgenberger told reporters Friday during CBS' virtual Television Critics Association press tour. "I feel the love. I feel their respect towards me. I'm so grateful for that. I'm having a hell of a lot of fun working with everybody. The feelings are mutual that I have for each and every one of the actors, each and every one of the writers, the crew of course. It's fun. It's been, you know, the set is vastly different than our original set. I'm still discovering new rooms, in fact!"
"Of course, I miss some of the old gang, but I got over that pretty quickly because everyone's been so welcoming and gracious," the 63-year-old actress added.
One of the driving forces behind Helgenberger's decision to come back to the world of CSI was her curiosity over where Catherine was at this point in her life and career. Putting her back in a familiar world, but alongside a new team intrigued her.
"Just like in life, there's so many things that happen in your life that changes you a little bit. Hopefully it enriches your life instead of brings you down. I just wanted to get back to that character to see where she is. I love the fact that she still has that passion, still has that much fire and still wants to make a difference," Helgenberger explained. "And I wanted to do it with a whole new group of people that, like I said, have been so welcoming. So, I'm still discovering exactly where she is at this point in her life and what makes her tick."
Helgenberger's relationship with the character has been an ebb and flow. Her CSI: Vegas debut marks the third time she's returned to the franchise, following her initial 12-season run and the 2015 series finale of the original show.
"When I left midway through season 12 of the original series, I kind of needed to step back because I had been [playing her] for so long and she was such a part of my life. I felt like she had become part of my identity a little bit," she said. "Having that perspective, being away from her and coming back in a big way as this, I did miss her actually. I missed her passion, I missed her swagger, I missed her spunk. Now it's been 22 years later since the launch of the show. Just like in life, I'm like, who is this person? How I do I keep improving myself and make the world a better place? All those things."
Helgenberger, producers shared, was high on their list of original cast members to bring back initially for season 1. However, conflicts with her other series, All Rise, made it difficult to make that possible. So when the opportunity arose again prior to season 2, showrunner/executive producer Jason Tracey revealed they called her "immediately" when the stars aligned. But "it wasn't an immediate 'hell yes,'" as Helgenberger acknowledged, though she did tune in to a few episodes in the first season ("Sure, there were moments where I was like, 'I want to be in there!'" she quipped.)
"I wanted to make sure there was a reason why Catherine would come back to this job," she said. "Why would Catherine, at this age, why should she come back? That was really important to me, so I had several conversations with Jason about that and we wanted to get it right and I think we did. We're going to continue to do that as the season progresses."
In the upcoming sophomore season, there will be a special Catherine-centric hour that was particularly touching for both Helgenberger and CSI creator Anthony Zuiker.
"Marg and I went to the Beverly Hills Hotel and had a wonderful breakfast and had a collaboration story session. Obviously I missed writing for the original cast, I was so happy that Marg is back. It's always fun to do a single A story, especially around a fantastic star like Marg," Zuiker said.
"That morning that we met for breakfast in that little lounge, I reached out to you because your mother had passed and my mother had passed, and for me... some of the motivation for doing that episode was in honor of my mom," Helgenberger said, as she got visibly emotional. "So thank you for giving me that opportunity. I didn't mean to get so emotional about that. I just wanted to share that with you and with everybody, just so those who might be watching the episode, that was the [motivation] for both of us."
Watch the extended season 2 trailer below.
CSI: Vegas premieres Thursday, Sept. 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
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2022-09-17T19:40:10+00:00
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https://www.ktvb.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/csi-vegas-marg-helgenberger-reveals-why-she-didnt-immediately-say-yes-to-returning-as-catherine/603-3008179c-f0f3-43a7-beea-b1e6340d32e6
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Cadence Broomfield, a three-story, 165-unit senior-living complex, will break ground June 8, the developer announced in a news release.
The complex will be located at 4275 W. 121st Ave., facilitating easy access to the city’s transportation, retail, health care and trail systems. It will consist of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, with options for independent living, assisted living and memory care.
The property is being developed by Minnesota-based The Opus Group. It is slated to open in 2024.
This article was first published by BizWest, an independent news organization, and is published under a license agreement. © 2022 BizWest Media LLC.
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2022-06-03T00:23:47+00:00
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dailycamera.com
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https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/06/02/senior-living-complex-in-broomfield-to-break-ground-june-8/
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Weinstein returns to NY prison system after LA conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has returned to the New York prison system after spending nearly two years in California, where he was tried and convicted of raping an Italian actor and model.
Weinstein, whose December 2022 conviction in Los Angeles followed his February 2020 New York conviction on rape and sexual assault charges, will be housed at the Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome, New York, state prison officials said.
Prior to being extradited to California in 2021, Weinstein was serving his New York sentence at the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo.
Weinstein was flown back on New York on April 5. A spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the department chose to transfer Weinstein to the medium-security Mohawk facility in central New York after reviewing his treatment and program needs.
Weinstein, who co-founded the entertainment company Miramax with his brother Bob, was one of the movie industry’s most powerful executives until multiple women went public with accusations of rape, assault and sexual harassment against him starting in 2017. His accusers included well-known actors like Annabella Sciorra and Ashley Judd.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison on his New York conviction for rape and sexual assault against two women and another 16 years for his Los Angeles conviction.
His lawyers have said that the 71-year-old Weinstein suffers from health problems including cardiac issues, diabetes, sleep apnea and eye problems.
Weinstein’s spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said Wednesday, “It was our expectation that he would have been returned to Wende CF where he was previously in protective custody and where all the doctors that treated his very serious medical ailments and diminishing eyesight are located.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2023-04-12T19:02:47+00:00
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kttc.com
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https://www.kttc.com/2023/04/12/weinstein-returns-ny-prison-system-after-la-conviction/
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BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron, who led the Boston Bruins to the 2011 championship and two other trips to the Stanley Cup Final over two decades in which he established himself as the NHL’s dominant two-way forward and one of the most respected players in the game, announced Tuesday “with a full heart and a lot of gratitude” that he was retiring.
“I have given the game everything that I have physically and emotionally, and the game has given me back more than I could have ever imagined,” the Bruins captain said in a statement posted on social media. “As I step away today, I have no regrets. I have only gratitude that I lived my dream, and excitement for what is next for my family and I. I left everything out there and I’m humbled and honored it was representing this incredible city and for the Boston Bruins fans.”
The Bruins are expected to retire Bergeron’s No. 37, making him the 12th player so honored. He is a certain first-ballot inductee for the Hockey Hall of Fame when he is eligible in three years.
“Patrice is a perfect example of what Boston Bruins hockey is all about,” said team president Cam Neely, himself a Hall of Fame player whose number has been retired by the Original Six franchise. “He has been an amazing teammate and extraordinary leader, helping establish a culture of work ethic, respect and selflessness.”
Bergeron, who turned 38 on Monday, considered retirement last summer only to return for another season. With him as the captain and the first-line center, the Bruins set NHL records with 65 wins and 135 points, and Bergeron won an unprecedented sixth Selke Trophy as the NHL’s top defensive forward.
But Bergeron missed the first four games of the playoffs with a herniated disk, and the Presidents Trophy winners lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Florida Panthers.
Bergeron wrote Tuesday that he knows “how blessed and lucky I feel to have had the career that I have had, and that I have the opportunity to leave the game I love on my terms.”
“It wasn’t a decision that I came to lightly,” he said. “But after listening to my body, and talking with my family, I know in my heart that this is the right time to step away from playing the game I love.”
In all, Bergeron scored 427 goals with 613 assists in 19 seasons with the Bruins, who selected him in the second round of the 2003 draft. He added 50 more goals and 78 points in the playoffs, leading the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Final three times, and scoring twice — one of them shorthanded — in the Game 7 clincher against Vancouver. The French-speaking native of the Quebec City suburbs also won two Olympic gold medals with Canada.
He is third all-time for the 100-year-old franchise in goals, points (1,040) and games played (1,294), and fourth in assists behind only Hall of Famers Ray Bourque, Johnny Bucyk and Bobby Orr. With Bergeron’s retirement, Brad Marchand becomes the only remaining member of the 2011 championship team, though Milan Lucic re-signed with the team this summer after eight seasons away.
To his teammates, Bergeron wrote: “I have tried to learn something from each and every one of you and I always tried to be the best teammate that I could be. I will never forget your trust, the laughs, the endless memories, the ups and downs, and ultimately the long lasting friendships. I will forever be grateful being a part of such an exceptional group of men, and I will carry the pride of winning in 2011 with me forever.”
He also thanked the Bruins management and staff, the Boston fans and media, and his teammates and family and ended with a message to the next generation of hockey players.
“I had a dream at 12 years old, and through hard work and perseverance my dreams came true more than I ever could have imagined,” he wrote. “Respect the game and your peers. Welcome adversity and simply enjoy yourself. No matter where you go from there the game will bring you so much happiness.”
Kent Hughes, a longtime agent of Bergeron who is now general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, said in a statement his client unknowingly taught him a lot along the way.
“I am proud and thankful to have been a small part of your journey,” Hughes said. “You arrived in Boston as an 18-year-old speaking broken English, and you leave the game today a man, husband, father and one of the greatest leaders the National Hockey League has ever known.”
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2023-07-26T00:43:16+00:00
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https://cbs4indy.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-patrice-bergeron-boston-bruins-forward-and-captain-announces-retirement-after-19-seasons/
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The New York Police Department is searching Tuesday for two suspects captured on video robbing an electronics store worker after reportedly posing as FedEx employees to enter the business.
The victims of the April 21 heist in Manhattan were identified by NBC New York as the owner of Canal Sound and Light and his 72-year-old wife, who was seen being thrown to the ground by one of the suspects in footage shared with the station.
"Stop yelling. Stop yelling ... you want your granddaughter to be hurt when she comes back from school? Open the door," one of the unidentified attackers is heard telling a man in the video, before being told no.
That man appeared to be wearing clothing with the FedEx logo on it.
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"One of the individuals displayed a firearm and struck the male store employee in the back of the head with it while the other male forcibly removed approximately $1,500 dollars from the victim’s wallet," the NYPD said In a statement to Fox News Digital.
"The individuals also attempted to forcibly open a safe inside the store but were unsuccessful and fled the location in an unknown direction. The 72-year-old male victim was treated by EMS at the scene."
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In footage released by investigators, the suspect who appeared to threaten the victim’s granddaughter can be seen tripping over a box that fell to the ground while the other suspect was engaged in a struggle.
Both suspects are wanted for robbery, and additional footage aired by NBC New York showed one bystander outside the store trying to prevent one of them from escaping by swinging around a broom.
The station reported that the suspects showed a fake invoice and then shoved the business owner to the ground after he opened the front door.
Jeffrey Kwan told NBC New York his parents have operated the electronics store 46 years. The business sells audio and lighting equipment.
"They just knew certain things about us. Kind of disturbing," Kwan said, noting that the suspects may have examined the store prior to the robbery, according to NBC New York.
"[The suspects] have a lot of information about us. They threatened the grandkids," he added.
The station, citing Kwan, reports that his father suffered a laceration to his head while his mother had minor cuts and bruises.
The NYPD says the robbery happened around 7:30 a.m.
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2023-04-25T21:03:27+00:00
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https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/video-shows-suspects-threatening-electronic-store-owners-family-in-armed-robbery/article_667c0861-9278-572c-aaac-ef2c3d47c825.html
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Recent articles have spurred some thoughts about the annual recognition known as the Golden Snowball. For more than two years, our esteemed leadership has not personally claimed and brought this trophy back to Buffalo. Buffalo State professor Stephen Vermette took it upon himself to drive to retrieve the trophy. It took a civic-minded teacher to bring this trophy to its rightful city. If it was the Vince Lombardi Trophy or Stanley Cup, would he have to go get it for us?
We have seen our share of winters. Some were memorable, like the Blizzard of 1977. We’ve also seen winters when news media would call us the “Miami of the North” for the unseasonable warmth. Let’s face it: We are known for snow. We embrace the snow. We don’t fight it; we accept it. We laugh when the national media covers Buffalo blizzards that would paralyze most any other city. We plow it away, brush off our cars, reopen the schools and carry on.
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So why not embrace “The Golden Snowball” that others mock us for winning? Why don’t we celebrate it? Why not have a parade with it?
Would we ignore a Super Bowl trophy or Stanley Cup if either the Bills or the Sabres brought one to the Queen City? No way! It would be a party the likes no one had ever seen, including commemorative hats, T-shirts and jubilation throughout Western New York.
I have some suggestions for celebrating our recently “repatriated” trophy. It is now late summer, a perfect time to create a festival to celebrate a homecoming. Festivals are in our Buffalo DNA. We have festivals celebrating everything from Greek heritage to peaches – we’ll have them for almost any reason. Then, why not the Golden Snowball festival?
While for sports championships, a parade of athletes leads the march, I propose the creation of a team of “Snow-Thletes.” These would be the collective weather personnel of Buffalo media. These members of our Buffalo snow team spend the winter reveling in reporting weather events, much as the sports reporters who cover the Bills and Sabres do.
They’re the ones who provide pre-snow predictions such as how much snow we will get and where it will pile up. And then they guide us through the events, letting us know how much more we’re in for and when sunny skies will return.
These collective meteorologists are now the Buffalo Snow-Thletes. They have gone to school to earn their degrees in weather.
Our Snow-Thletes get a chance to rest and recover during summer and fall when all there is to talk about is warm or cooler temperatures and rainfall. Rarely does anything as newsworthy as a blizzard happen during these seasons. It’s a bit of an offseason, much like professional athletes get, with rare exceptions.
That brings me back to what to do with the Golden Snowball. After the parade is over, we should copy the NHL’s model with the Stanley Cup. Each member of our Snow-Thletes team who reports on snowstorms from (roughly) November until May should have a day with the Golden Snowball as NHL players do.
It can rotate between each meteorologist’s home. Each can invite friends and family over for parties with the Golden Snowball.
Mr. Mayor, are you up for a parade and festival? Once around City Hall might be a good start. The gourmet food item? ... Of course: “sno-cones.”
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2022-09-12T21:36:54+00:00
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buffalonews.com
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https://buffalonews.com/opinion/my-view-lets-celebrate-the-golden-snowball/article_39d07086-32ab-11ed-ae67-53e6f3e46872.html
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NEW YORK (AP) — Seven months after being fired by CNN, Chris Cuomo is emerging publicly with a new podcast and plans to host a prime-time television show again starting this fall on NewsNation.
Cuomo made the latter announcement Tuesday on NewsNation, a fledgling cable news outlet created by Nexstar Communications in 2020 to replace WGN America. He was interviewed by Dan Abrams, who hosts a prime-time show there.
“I've been jealous of you while I've been away, out watching and I want to help,” Cuomo told Abrams. “I want to find a way to help people.”
NewsNation said Wednesday that Alexandra “Dusty” Cohen, who spent 20 years behind the scenes at “The View,” will be Cuomo's executive producer. No show name, time slot or premiere date has been announced.
Cuomo, once CNN's most popular prime-time personality, was fired in December after the network said he wasn't forthcoming about the extent to which he was helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, try to weather a sexual harassment scandal.
During the inaugural episode of “The Chris Cuomo Project” that appeared on YouTube and on podcast services last week, Cuomo said that, “as for CNN, I'll never be a hater.” He does, however, consider his firing unfair and has asked an arbitrator to award him $125 million.
“This has been a very heavy period for me personally,” Cuomo told Abrams. “I didn't really see what was coming my way.”
Cuomo cited the litigation in not responding specifically to some of Abrams' questions about the circumstances surrounding his firing. “I'm telling you, I never lied and there were no secrets,” he said.
In NewsNation, he'll join a network that has ambitions to be a 24-hour news outlet but currently airs news in morning and evening hours. Ashleigh Banfield and Leland Vittert, formerly of MSNBC and Fox News, respectively, have prime-time shows.
Last year, the network had a prime-time average audience of 46,000 viewers, compared to CNN's 1.1 million, the Nielsen company said.
CNN has not named a full-time host to replace Cuomo in the 9 p.m. Eastern slot.
Cuomo's free-wheeling YouTube show was filmed in his house. The first episode stretched to two hours, including a 45-minute interview with actor Sean Penn conducted through a video service. They talked about Penn's Ukraine documentary, and Cuomo also showed video from his recent visit to the war zone.
“Thank you for checking in on me and the family and for telling me to get back here,” Cuomo said in an opening monologue. “I really appreciate it more than you could imagine.”
Through Wednesday afternoon, “The Chris Cuomo Project” had received more than 47,000 views on YouTube in nearly a week.
Cuomo told listeners that “now more than ever before, I'm talking to you as me... these words are only my own. Nobody is telling me to stay on a story even if it has been run into the ground.”
The son and brother of two men who spent more than two decades as Democratic governors of New York, Cuomo said that he was not a Democrat. Or a Republican. He said he was “anti two-party partisanship.”
He also revealed that his first vote — while his father was governor in 1988 — was for Republican George H.W. Bush for president.
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2022-07-27T22:01:06+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ex-CNN-anchor-Chris-Cuomo-returning-with-online-17333154.php
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After denying requests for them for months, Oklahoma purchasing officials have released details on more than 1,400 projects asking for billions in federal pandemic relief under the American Rescue Plan Act.
The project applications range from $141 million for the Oklahoma Pandemic Center for Innovation and Excellence in Stillwater and $220 million for capital improvements at state parks to $10 million for a Joint Operations Center for the Oklahoma National Guard. Others are locally based, like funding for a new public safety building in Norman, $100,000 for an annual dance festival in Tulsa and patio improvements for a microbrewery in Oklahoma City.
Former University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer and his wife, Becky, requested $50 million for a national training center for their Ground Zero Emergency nonprofit that trains canines on emergency response. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce asked for $145 million for upgrades at the MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor to attract Project Ocean, thought to involve a battery manufacturing plant by Panasonic.
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services released the applications last week after first denying Open Records Act requests by Oklahoma Watch for the information. The agency originally cited an internal purchasing memo that treated all the applications as confidential under a single bid. It said the applications were “temporarily confidential” until the projects were approved.
Oklahoma Watch, aided by the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, filed a lawsuit against the agency in April.
An Oklahoma Watch reporter asked Gov. Kevin Stitt about the records request denial and lawsuit during a press conference on Thursday. Stitt said he was unaware of the lawsuit but thought the records should be publicly available. His administration released the applications a short while later.
Frustrated with the slow pace of project approvals by Stitt, the Legislature earlier this month voted itself into a concurrent special session to provide more oversight and vetting of the projects applying for federal pandemic relief funds. Though the regular session adjourned on Friday, legislative leaders gave themselves the flexibility to come back this summer or fall to vote on projects.
Senate Minority Leader Kay Floyd, D-Oklahoma City, said Friday Oklahoma ranked 40th in the country for spending its federal relief funds.
“We’ve got that back on track now, at least that’s the hope, in order to get the money back into the Legislature in an appropriations process,” Floyd said. “I think you’re going to see more meetings and subcommittees, more projects being approved and the money being sent out.”
The money for the projects must be allocated by the end of 2024 and spent by the end of 2026 under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Almost a year ago, the Legislature set up the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding to oversee the process. It formed working groups to consider requests for funding in several broad categories under the law, including health care, behavioral health, workforce development, infrastructure and water and sewage projects.
The Joint Committee came about because the Legislature was dissatisfied with the way the governor spent money under the first round of coronavirus relief to states under the federal CARES Act. Lawmakers passed House Bill 2932 last year limiting the executive branch’s use of that federal relief fund. Several other states, including Connecticut, Indiana and Kentucky, had similar skirmishes over who has the authority to spend the federal money, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Project Details
The state’s Office of Management and Enterprises Services set up an online portal in October to collect ideas and requests for funding under the American Rescue Plan Act. The portal closed April 1. More than 1,400 applications were submitted, totaling $17.8 billion. The state has $1.87 billion to spend in the program.
More than $4.2 billion in relief funding requests came from state agencies. County hospitals and health departments requested another $356 million for various projects. Municipal governments put in more than 450 applications totaling $2.57 billion.
Meanwhile, large and small nonprofits requested more than $5.76 billion in relief funds. Large and small businesses requested more than $4.78 billion in funding across 150 applications.
Broadband projects accounted for the two largest requests by businesses. Flash Networks Group applied for $1 billion in funds to build a statewide broadband network. AT&T Oklahoma applied for $600 million to expand and enhance broadband coverage for more than 700,000 customers.
The largest single government request was a $648 million application by the Alfalfa County Rural Water District to update its drinking water system. The current system is more than 60 years old and has a waitlist for customers who can’t be added until improvements are made.
“(Alfalfa County Rural Water District) will add additional lines, well fields, booster stations and standpipes to extend and update the system with larger lines and pressure to serve the county border to border,” the application said.
Special Sessions
Unhappy with some of the tax cuts and inflation relief programs in the budget, Stitt last week called lawmakers back to a special session on June 13 to consider two plans he announced in his State of the State address in February. He wants lawmakers to eliminate or reduce the state’s 4.5% sales tax on groceries and cut the personal income tax rate by ¼ of a percentage point.
Stitt vetoed budget bills that would have given individuals $75 and married people $150 in on-time payments to help with inflationary pressures. He also vetoed another bill that got rid of the 1.25% sales tax on vehicles.
The Senate overrode the vehicle sales tax veto on Friday, although the House brought both plans up on override votes but failed to give either a single override vote. Those actions highlighted some lawmakers’ displeasure with the governor’s call for a special session two weeks before the primary election on June 28.
House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, said Friday he expects lawmakers to add inflation relief to their own special session for pandemic relief funds. They can also consider changes to two large economic development incentives, a $700 million package to attract what is thought to be a battery manufacturing plant by Panasonic and a $250 million fund for rural economic development.
Before the Legislature adjourned its regular session, lawmakers met several times in concurrent special session to set up the framework for later action on the pandemic relief funds. Each chamber passed scores of shell bills with placeholder amounts, then they amended each bill, rejected amendments from the other chamber and sent the bills to conference committees. The legislative maneuvers will allow them to keep the bills alive in the special session and come back later to approve projects for final approval by the governor.
The new framework means the federal relief funds approval will function much more like the typical budget process.
“Every ARPA dollar is going to go through a filed bill that is going to be debated by both chambers and sent to the governor for his signature,” Senate Majority Floor Leader Greg McCortney, R-Ada, said when lawmakers announced their special session May 18.
Oklahoma Watch, at oklahomawatch.org, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers public-policy issues facing the state.
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LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The true cost to the public of California's oil and gas combustion is estimated to reach $10 trillion by 2045, a new report released today by Consumer Watchdog finds. Californians will be paying more than $400 billion annually in public costs caused by fossil fuels between now and 2045 when the state aims to be carbon neutral.
"According to the oil industry, California oil and gas production is indispensable," the Consumer Watchdog report states. "But a rough tally of costs in the form of harm to public health from oil and gas pollution, fossil-fuel accelerated global warming, exacerbated wildfires and drought, and fiscal risk to taxpayers, shows that the true cost of California's oil and gas is staggering and unsustainable."
The report is based on a review and application of published sources, including state, nonprofit, and scientific studies. For the report, Black Gold: The $10 Trillion Cost Of California's Oil, see: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/costofoil
Here are how the costs break down through 2045:
"The true cost of oil in the form of worsening climate change, wildfires and drought, causing health effects from smoke inhalation to death, is eye-popping," said the report's author, consumer advocate Liza Tucker. "These astronomical costs confirm that we have to act faster than we currently are to get off fossil fuels for the sake of Californians' health and futures."
The report is promoted today in a full-page Sacramento Bee ad by Greenpeace, Consumer Watchdog, CA Nurses for Environmental Health & Justice, and environmental justice coalition VISION (Voices in Solidarity Against Oil In Neighborhoods). The groups are members of Last Chance Alliance, a 900-member strong alliance of organizations urging Governor Gavin Newsom to stop awarding drilling permits, drop current drilling in favor of a fast transition to renewables, and to end all neighborhood drilling in the state.
The ad points out oil and gas companies spent nearly $77.5 million on lobbying in California over the last three years to defeat climate and public health policies. Oil companies in the U.S. stand to collect $126 billion in wartime profits this year, while leaving Californians paying almost four times more annually than these profits in harm to their health and their futures. The ad links to an LCA letter urging Newsom to rein in polluter greed and protect Californians.
For the ad and the letter, see: http://www.lastchancealliance.org/rein-in-polluter-greed
The report concludes: "Governor Newsom's goal for the state to be carbon neutral by 2045 will not come to pass if his Administration continues to approve oil and gas permits for new wells and to rework existing wells. The permit count has gone past 10,000 permits since he took office in January 2019, rivaling the number issued by former Governor Jerry Brown, a major oil industry supporter. ….Tardiness invites irreversible destruction. Meanwhile the costs of fossil fuels on California are only going in one direction—up."
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NEW YORK (AP) — The first photograph Roger Deakins ever took, in 1969 Bournemouth, England, shows a man and a woman quietly eating lunch on a bench outside a ladies room. A sign reads: “Keep it to yourself.”
Deakins has taken countless images since that first snap. He’s photographed “Fargo,” “Kundun” and “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.” He’s shot “No Country for Old Men,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There” and “Skyfall.” He’s been nominated for 15 Oscars and won two. He’s been knighted.
But if given the chance, he’d take that first black-and-white shot exactly the same way.
“I would take the same photograph now with the same situation, the same frame, the same lens,” Deakins says, chuckling. “I don’t think my eye has changed much at all.”
For decades, Deakins’ eye has been one of the keenest in movies. It’s not easy to pinpoint what makes a film’s cinematography identifiably Deakins’ work and yet it’s obvious. Something about how seamlessly the images connect. A sometimes wry perspective. “I try to find a bit of humor,” he said in a recent interview from outside London.
Deakins’ latest is Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light,” starring Olivia Colman and Michael Ward as workers at a 1980s shoreline cinema in the south of England. The film, currently in theaters, returns Deakins to the coastal setting that he knew growing up in the English county of Devon and that deeply influenced him as a cinematographer and occasional still photographer. Deakins recently published some of his early photos in the stunning collection “Byways.”
Deakins and his wife and collaborator, James Deakins, also maintain one of the most essential podcasts on moviemaking. In each episode of “Team Deakins,” they interview craftspeople, offering a window into the behind-the-scenes arts of filmmaking.
Deakins, a widely revered master of the form, has built an empire of light of his own. On a recent fall day, the 73-year-old, reflected on his life in image-making, his concern for the future of filmmaking and why “Byways” and the podcast shouldn’t be taken as a new backward-looking impulse.
“When people come up to you and gush over your career and stuff, there are moments like that where you go, ‘I suppose I have done a lot,'” Deakins says. “But I don’t really think about it. You just go from project to project, year to year, and just see how things go. That’s how I live my life, really.”
Remarks have been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.
AP: Cinematography is a hard-to-define art sometimes compared to painting or described as a grammar. To you, cinematography is…
Deakins: A visual interpretation of a story. To aid the director in a visual interpretation of a story, really. Filmmaking is a collaborative process. Where does directing end and cinematography begin? Where does production design begin and end? Wardrobe, costume, acting. The lines change depending on the combination of characters involved. It’s what’s always been so interesting, really, about doing movies. It can even change project to project with the same people.
AP: Is the solitary nature of still-photography part of its appeal to you?
Deakins: It is, frankly. I find working on movies as a cinematographer really stressful. And it doesn’t get any less stressful the more experience I get, which is strange, really. I find more and more just wandering around with a still camera a great relaxation, really, because I don’t have any great pressure but my own pressure, I suppose.
AP: When you go out shooting, do you take a lot of pictures?
Deakins. I went out the other day for about five hours wandering around the coastline and I took one shot. (Laughs) Which is OK. It’s quite good if a get a shot. No, I don’t take very many. I enjoy the experience of just looking around and walking. The camera is kind of an excuse to do that, in a way.
AP: There are images in “Byways” not so distant from some of the coastal scenes of “Empire of Light.”
Deakins: Well, yeah. I grew up in Torquay and we have a place in Devon. I’ve lived by the coast all my life. We mainly live in L.A., but in Santa Monica so we’re only a few blocks from the beach. I don’t think I could live far from the ocean. I find it hard shooting in New Mexico or something for four months. Where’s the sea? I like that sense of the beyond, I suppose.
AP: Is it true you once studied meteorology?
Deakins: I did, yeah, as a kid. When I went to art college, in the first year you had to do some other discipline as well as art. I took some meteorology courses. Mainly meteorology came because I spent a lot of my time as a kid fishing. In fact, I was fishing today out in my boat. Of course that’s very weather-dependent. It’s all connected.
AP: You’ve surely spent many hours on film productions waiting for the weather to change. Do you have a good sense for it?
Deakins: Yeah, I do pretty well. Especially down here in Dedham because I’ve lived here most of my life. Nowadays, you can just log on to the Met Office surface pressure charts. If you can read them, you know what’s coming. It’s kind of amazing. I never had those when I was a teenager going fishing. We had to use whether the seaweed was wet or dry. My granny used to hang seaweed in the back of the house. When it was wet, it was going to rain.
AP: Directors must often turn to you to ask when the sun is coming out.
Deakins: Yeah, that’s one of the big pressures on a set, especially when you’re shooting a lot of exteriors. Like on “1917,” that was a huge pressure because we didn’t want to shoot anything in the sun. Sam would say to me, “It’s not your responsibility, Rog. You can’t control the weather.” I said, “But, yeah, everyone’s looking at me.”
AP: You’ve said you wished you could have made a film with John Huston (“The Maltese Falcon,” “Key Largo”). Is there a style of moviemaking that doesn’t exist anymore that you wish you could have been a part of?
Deakins: I do see films moving in a direction of everything’s got to be so naturalistic and softly lit. I used to love film noir and black-and-white cinematography, especially people like James Wong Howe or Ossie Morris, their use of light. I think that’s kind of changed. There’s not that stylization and I think there’s a place for that. Of course, there’s a place for total naturalism. And I should talk because I do quite a lot of naturalism. But I think we are losing that whole range of ways of creating a world through cinema.
AP: “Empire of Light” seems to be participating in a dialogue about movies’ shifting place in culture. Do you ever fear for the future of the medium?
Deakins: I have for a while. My heroes when I was starting out, when I was a teenager and first turned on to movies, were Jean-Pierre Melville and (Andrei) Tarkovsky and Peter Watkins. They’re people that were telling stories in different ways. They weren’t linear narratives. It wasn’t a series of talking heads. Especially with Tarkovsky, there’s a structure to his movies that is a kind of visual poetry. But it’s more than poetry because it’s visuals and it’s sounds and it’s a whole bunch of things. I can’t talk about it, but it leaves me emotionally drained watching “Stalker.” You can’t put your finger on it, and that, to me, is real film. (Michelangelo) Antonioni could do it and (Luchino) Visconti did it. I don’t see much of that now. I see a lot of talking heads and linear narrative storytelling and, frankly, it bores the hell out of me.
AP: You’ve been thinking this way for a while?
Deakins: I’ve been very lucky. Some of the films I’ve done like “The Assassination of Jesse James” with Andrew Dominik or “Kundun” with Martin Scorsese. There’s something about those movie that’s more than just a story. They’re attempting to do something that’s pure cinema. I don’t see so much of that. The films that are being made, some of them are great. But I don’t see that range.
AP: Why do you think that shift happened?
Deakins: I don’t know. There’s also the kind of action films as well. It’s becoming a very narrow vision. I don’t know. Maybe because it’s easy. It guaranteed they’re going to make money on those kind of films. But I don’t see producers and studios taking chances now so much. For me, the best year of cinema ever was 1969. You had “Army of Shadows.” You had “The Wild Bunch.” You had “Z.” I mean, it was an amazing number of films that one year, and you think the equivalent hasn’t happened since. And they were all so different. One of (Sergio) Leone’s films came out that year, as well. The difference in stylistic approach in the same genre, you don’t see that now. To Leone, film is like opera or something. It shouldn’t work but it does. It’s so over-the-top it’s just absolutely awesome. I watch “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” or “Once Upon a Time in the West” quite regularly because they’re so moving.
AP: Your father had a construction business. What did he make of you pursuing filmmaking?
Deakins: For a long time, he thought I would be ending up going back to the company and taking it over from him. It wasn’t until many, many years later that he came to L.A. for one time. It just happened to be the premiere of “Kundun.” It was at that he said, “Now I really understand why you do it.”
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Rudy Giuliani set to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse to testify before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
It’s unclear how much the former New York mayor and attorney for Trump will be willing to say now that his lawyers have been informed he’s a target of the investigation. Questioning will take place behind closed doors Wednesday because the special grand jury proceedings are secret.
Yet Giuliani’s appearance is another high-profile step in a rapidly escalating investigation that has ensnared several Trump allies and brought heightened scrutiny to the desperate and ultimately failed efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 election win. It’s one of several investigations into Trump’s actions in office as he lays the groundwork for another run at the White House in 2024.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation after the disclosure of a remarkable Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. On the call, Trump suggested that Raffensperger could “find” the exact number of votes that would be needed to flip the election results in Georgia.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing. He has described the call as “perfect.”
Willis last month filed petitions to compel testimony from seven Trump associates and advisers. She has also said she’s considering calling Trump himself to testify, and the former president has hired a legal team in Atlanta that includes a prominent criminal defense attorney.
In seeking Giuliani’s testimony, Willis noted that he was both a personal attorney for Trump and a lead attorney for his 2020 campaign.
She recalled in a petition how Giuliani and others appeared at a state Senate committee meeting in late 2020 and presented a video that Giuliani said showed election workers producing “suitcases” of unlawful ballots from unknown sources, outside the view of election poll watchers. The claims of fraud were debunked by Georgia election officials within 24 hours. Yet Giuliani continued to make statements to the public and in subsequent legislative hearings claiming widespread election fraud using the debunked video, Willis noted in her filing.
Two of the election workers seen in the video, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, said they faced relentless harassment online and in person after it was shown at the Dec. 3 Georgia legislative hearing in which Giuliani appeared. At another hearing a week later, Giuliani said the footage showed the women “surreptitiously passing around USB ports as if they are vials of heroin or cocaine.” They actually were passing a piece of candy.
Willis wrote in the court filing that Giuliani’s hearing appearance and testimony were “part of a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
Willis also wrote in a petition seeking the testimony of attorney Kenneth Chesebro that he worked with Giuliani to coordinate and carry out a plan to have Georgia Republicans serve as fake electors. Those 16 people signed a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the 2020 presidential election and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors even though Biden had won the state and a slate of Democratic electors was certified.
Giuliani’s attorneys tried to delay his appearance before the special grand jury, saying he was unable to fly due to heart stent surgery in early July.
But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, said during a hearing last week that Giuliani needed to be in Atlanta on Wednesday and could travel by bus, car or train if necessary.
Other Trump allies have also been swept up in the probe. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, received a subpoena ordering him to appear for testimony on Aug. 23. Graham has challenged that subpoena, citing his protections as a member of Congress. A judge on Monday rejected that argument and said he must testify. Graham has said he’ll appeal.
Willis has indicated she is interested in calls between Graham and Raffensberger about the results in Georgia in the weeks after the election.
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2022-08-17T12:20:58+00:00
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized and developing nations grappled Thursday with deepening rifts in their ranks as they held contentious talks dominated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s moves to boost its global influence.
Host India appealed for all members of the fractured Group of 20 to reach consensus on issues of deep concern to poorer countries even if the broader East-West split over Ukraine cannot be resolved.
And while others, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, chose to highlight their positive roles in addressing world crises, the divide was palpable.
In a video address to the assembled foreign ministers in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged them not to allow current tensions to destroy agreements that might be reached on food and energy security, climate change and debt.
“We are meeting at a time of deep global divisions,” Modi told the group, which included Blinken, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and their Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, whose discussions would naturally be “affected by the geopolitical tensions of the day.”
“We all have our positions and our perspectives on how these tensions should be resolved,” he said, adding that: “We should not allow issues that we cannot resolve together to come in the way of those we can.”
In a nod to fears that the increasingly bitter rift between the United States and its allies on one side and Russia and China on the other appears likely to widen further, Modi said that "multilateralism is in crisis today.”
He lamented that the two main goals of the post-World War II international order — preventing conflict and fostering cooperation — were elusive. “The experience of the last two years, financial crisis, pandemic, terrorism and wars clearly shows that global governance has failed in both its mandates,” he said.
Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar then addressed the group in person, telling them that they “must find common ground and provide direction.”
Blinken, according to remarks released by the State Department, spent much of his time describing U.S. efforts to bolster energy and food security. But he also told the ministers pointedly that Russia's war with Ukraine could not go unchallenged.
“Unfortunately, this meeting has again been marred by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine, deliberate campaign of destruction against civilian targets, and its attack on the core principles of the UN Charter,” he said.
“We must continue to call on Russia to end its war of aggression and withdraw from Ukraine for the sake of international peace and economic stability," Blinken said. He noted that 141 countries had voted to condemn Russia at the United Nations on the one-year anniversary of the invasion.
However, several members of the G-20, including India, China and South Africa, chose to abstain in that vote.
While they were all in the same room, there was no sign that Blinken would sit down with either his Russian or Chinese counterparts. Ahead of the meeting, Blinken said he had no plans to meet with them individually but expected to see them in group settings.
In addition to attending the G-20 and seeing Modi and Jaishankar individually on Thursday, Blinken met separately with the foreign ministers of Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria and South Africa, and was also scheduled to hold talks with the foreign ministers of the Netherlands and Mexico.
As at most international events since last year, the split over the war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security will overshadow the proceedings. But as the conflict has dragged on over the past 12 months, the divide has grown and now threatens to become a principal irritant in U.S.-China ties that were already on the rocks for other reasons.
A Chinese peace proposal for Ukraine that has drawn praise from Russia but dismissals from the West has done nothing to improve matters as U.S. officials have repeatedly accused China in recent days of considering the provision of weapons to Russia for use in the war.
Blinken said Wednesday that the Chinese plan rang hollow given its focus on “sovereignty” compared to its own recent actions.
“China can’t have it both ways,” Blinken told reporters in Tashkent, Uzbekistan before traveling to New Delhi. “It can’t be putting itself out as a force for peace in public, while in one way or another, it continues to fuel the flames of this fire that Vladimir Putin started.”
He also said there is “zero evidence” that Putin is genuinely prepared for diplomacy to end the war. “To the contrary, the evidence is all in the other direction,” he said.
China on Thursday hit back at those comments, accusing the U.S. of promoting war by supplying Ukraine with weapons and violating Chinese sovereignty with support for Taiwan.
“The U.S. says it wants peace, but it is waging wars around the world and inciting confrontation,” Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters in Beijing.
“While emphasizing the need to respect and maintain the international order, the U.S. has vigorously pursued illegal unilateral sanctions, putting domestic law above international law,” she said. “What the U.S. should do is to reflect on itself, stop confusing the public and making irresponsible remarks, earnestly shoulder its responsibilities, and do something to promote the de-escalation of the situation and peace talks.”
In the meantime, Moscow has been unrelenting in pushing its view that the West, led by the U.S., is trying to destroy Russia.
Ahead of the meeting, the Russian Foreign Ministry slammed U.S. policies, saying that Lavrov and his delegation would use the G-20 to “focus on the attempts by the West to take revenge for the inevitable disappearance of the levers of dominance from its hands."
The antagonism has left India in the unenviable position of trying to reconcile clearly irreconcilable differences.
The meeting is particularly crucial for India’s hopes to use its chairmanship of the group to leverage its position on the global stage and adopt a neutral stance on Ukraine in order to focus on issues of importance to developing nations like rising inflation, debt stress, health, climate change and food and energy security.
But just last week, India was forced to issue a chair’s summary at the conclusion of the G-20 finance ministers’ meeting after Russia and China objected to a joint communique that retained language on the war in Ukraine drawn directly from the declaration from last year’s G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
India hopes to avert a repeat of that, but prospects appear dim. U.S. officials said discussions were ongoing about language that could be used in a final statement but could not predict if they would succeed.
So far, though, India has refrained from directly criticizing Russia, its major Cold War-era ally, while increasing imports of Russian oil, even as it has increasingly faced pressure to take a firm stand on Moscow.
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2023-03-02T09:22:22+00:00
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s debut for the Browns is tentative and subject to change.
The same is true for his first season in Cleveland.
Watson is scheduled to start the exhibition opener — his first game action since 2020 — at Jacksonville on Friday while the quarterback waits to see if the NFL succeeds in keeping him off the field for the entire season.
The three-time Pro Bowler is facing a potential year-long suspension and fine from the league for alleged sexual misconduct against two dozen women while he played for the Houston Texans.
Last week, an independent arbitrator suspended Watson for six games, but the league wasn’t satisfied with the decision, appealed and is h oping for a much lengthier punishment as well as a significant fine and that he undergo treatment before being considered for reinstatement.
That decision is expected soon.
In the meantime, the Browns are planning to see Watson play in a game. They’re not sure when they might get to again.
For now, Watson’s scheduled appearance against the Jaguars will be his first in a game since Jan. 3, 2021, his final one with the Texans.
The 26-year-old Watson sat out last season after demanding a trade and before he was accused of assault and harassment by the women during massage therapy sessions he scheduled on Instagram.
Watson has denied any wrongdoing. Two separate grand juries in Texas declined to indict him and he settled 23 of 24 civil lawsuits.
The Browns decided to move on from 2018 No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield, traded three first-round picks to the Texans and signed Watson to a five-year, $230 million contract in March despite his legal entanglement.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski plans to play Watson and “most” of Cleveland’s starters against the Jaguars. The team did not get any more specific about Stefanski’s plans before flying to Florida.
Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday that quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville starters will play “a couple series.”
Of course, it’s still possible Watson won’t play against the Jaguars.
Watson and the Browns thought he would only miss six games after league disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a retired federal judge ruled the quarterback violated the league’s personal conduct policy. She also mandated that he schedule future massages to only team-approved therapists for the rest of his career.
However, the league, which has been pushing for an indefinite suspension and fine, felt Robinson’s penalty was too light and appealed on Aug. 3.
Watson’s playing future is now being decided by Peter C. Harvey, appointed by Commissioner Roger Goodell to handle the appeal. Harvey’s a former New Jersey Attorney General who has arbitrated other league cases and is a member of the NFL’s Diversity Advisory Committee.
There is no timeframe on a decision from Harvey.
At the owner’s meetings on Tuesday, Goodell said the league’s appeal was warranted based on the league’s own investigation and Robinson’s ruling.
“Because we’ve seen the evidence,” Goodell told reporters. “She was very clear about the evidence. She reinforced the evidence, that there was multiple violations here and they were egregious, and that it was predatory behavior.”
Robinson found that the league proved its case that Watson violated three provisions of the conduct policy: sexual assault as defined by the NFL, posing a genuine danger to the safety and well-being of another and undermining or putting at the league’s integrity at risk.
Watson has taken most of the snaps during training camp. The Browns have planned to start veteran Jacoby Brissett while Watson is out, but the team could explore bringing in anther QB if Watson is suspended for double-digit games or longer.
Stefanski had the Browns travel two days early for their preseason opener because he has undisclosed team bonding activities planned.
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2022-08-11T00:28:14+00:00
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Ukraine and Russia each say the other is planning to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. They've been trading accusations over the past year, but now they say an attack is imminent.
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2023-07-05T22:27:05+00:00
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has announced a plan inspired by Norway’s system of prisons to transform the state’s San Quentin prison into a rehabilitation facility for prisoners.
The California governor’s office said in a tweet that the state is transforming its most notorious prison to the “most innovative rehabilitation facility” in the country. San Quentin houses the country’s highest number of people on death row, but it is being “repurposed” for rehabilitating inmates, educating them and breaking “cycles of crime.”
The office said incarcerated individuals will have access to programs that will provide them with skills and tools that they can use to be successful inside and outside of prison.
“California is advancing a more effective judicial system that builds safer communities,” a video that the office posted states.
The facility will be renamed from San Quentin State Prison to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, and the more than 500 inmates who are currently on death row will be moved to another local in the state prison system.
Newsom said at a press conference on Friday that the change is designed to help incarcerated individuals reintegrate into society once they complete their sentences. He said 30,000 people come out of the state prison system every year.
“And how are people coming back? Are they ready to reintegrate in society? They ready to be fully participatory in the life of their city and their county, our state and our nation? Or are they bitter?” Newsom said.
“And so for us, this is about real public safety. This is about keeping communities safe. This is about getting serious about addressing the issue of crime and violence in our state,” he continued.
Newsom said about 800 people are released from San Quentin every year, and the goal for the reimagining of the facility is to prevent them from committing another crime and returning to prison, which would make communities safer.
The office said in its tweet that the plan will take the best practices from countries like Norway, which has among the lowest rates of repeat offenders in the world.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials toured Norwegian prisons in 2019 and noted that cells even in maximum security prisons have additional furniture like chairs and desks and potentially televisions. They also have access to a kitchen.
Oregon and North Dakota have also been inspired by Norway’s style of prisons in developing their own.
San Quentin is the oldest prison in California’s history, having been established in the 1850s. Some of its most notable prisoners during its history have been serial killer Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Robert Kennedy.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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2023-03-18T01:58:29+00:00
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MONTPELIER, Ind. (WXIN) — Family and neighbors are mourning the loss of an Indiana man and his young great-grandson who were killed when a suspected drunk driver plowed through a home and into a porch filled with people.
Jerry “Jake” Michael, 74, and Jenson Reynolds, 5, were killed on June 2, after a driver veered off a street in Montepelier, drove through the backyard, crashed into the back of the house and exited through the front porch.
Two other people were hurt, including Jenson’s young sister and the children’s father. Both were airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital.
“The grandpa, Jake, the one that got killed, they was all super nice over there,” said neighbor Jamie Winningham. “If you needed anything they would help.”
Police arrested Brandi Bare, 46, after witnesses at the scene identified her as the driver. According to court documents, police said her speech was slurred, her eyes were bloodshot, and she smelled of alcohol.
Bare also slipped out of a squad car shortly after police placed her in the back, and tried to flee before officers caught up with her, according to a police affidavit.
Bare is charged with two counts each of causing death when driving while intoxicated, reckless homicide and causing serious bodily injury when driving while intoxicated.
As of Tuesday morning, Bare was still an inmate at the Blackford County Jail. But her bond had been set at $5,000 — something that doesn’t sit well with Jerry Michael, the son of Jake and the uncle of Jenson.
“She has a $5,000 bond. Is that all my family is worth?” Michael asked. “She destroyed a family. She killed my dad, killed my nephew. It should have never happened.”
Supporters of the Michael family held a protest Monday at the city hall in Hartford City, WANE reported. They called for the $5,000 bond to be revoked.
“We’re hurting,” Jenson’s uncle Braxton told WANE. “It’s amazing this whole community came together … I have no words. It’s just unbelievable.
A Change.org petition was also started to revoke Bare’s bond. As of Wednesday morning, it had more than 9,000 signatures.
“We’re tough, were made of steel … We might bend but we ain’t gonna break,” said Jerry Michael.
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2022-06-08T17:20:32+00:00
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wboy.com
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SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida pet owner is relieved after both of her precious animals were found after running from a frightening car accident.
Angel and Sparkle are now both recovered.
Just before 6 p.m., Tuesday, Angel was recovered from the wooded area she fled into, Saturday night. She was found hurt and will be checked out by a vet.
Sparkle, meanwhile, is safe, fed and bathed all thanks to those at Bruno Happy Dogs in Southwest Ranches. Sparkle was found Monday morning roaming around the neighborhood, about two miles from the crash site.
Sparkle’s owner was able to hear that her dog was found safe, Tuesday.
The black labrador mix first went missing Saturday night.
“Very slowly with a lot of calm, we went towards her, and immediately when we touched her, she was just like giving kisses and licking, it seems like she comes from a very lovable family, and you can see that from first glance,” Helena Nunez said.
But Sparkle has been in good hands at Bruno Happy Dogs.
“So, our first piece of information, of course, was the collar that had her name and the phone number, so we first contacted that,” Nunez said.
Sparkle’s owner, Gwen McClellan, did not answer their call because she is in the hospital recovering from a bad crash that happened Saturday night.
The crash happened along Sheridan Street, near Northwest 130th Avenue.
Her four dogs were with her in the van. Two were recovered, but her two labradors mixes, Angel and Sparkle, ran off.
“I want to find my babies and bring them back home. They’ve never been away from me,” McClellan said as she fought back tears.
After watching her story on 7News, Nunez said they made the connection.
“Hi, Gwen, how are you? I’m calling from Bruno Happy Dogs. We just want to let you know that Sparkle is with us,” Nunez said.
7News was there when she told McClellan that Sparkle had been found and is safe.
“I really thank you very much, I really really do. I don’t know what to say. I’m just so happy they found her,” McClellan said on the phone.
They told McClellan that they are happy to take care of Sparkle as she recovers.
“Beyond the accident, losing your four dogs, we believe it might have been the biggest pain,” Nunez said, “so if we can just help her by taking Sparkle for the moment, that’s what gives us the most tranquility knowing that we can provide for Sparkle, at least for the moment, a place that she’s safe, and beyond that that she’s happy and well taken care of.”
McClellan told 7News she is grateful that Bruno Happy Dogs will be able to house Sparkle for now.
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2022-10-11T23:20:25+00:00
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wsvn.com
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https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/2-dogs-missing-after-owner-injured-in-pembroke-pines-crash-found/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Donaldson didn’t run hard. He didn’t answer questions about it, either.
The veteran slugger went into a home run trot too soon — and his latest failure to hustle turned into an embarrassing out in the playoffs.
Leading off the fifth inning for the New York Yankees in their AL Division Series opener Tuesday night, Donaldson sent an opposite-field drive to right against Cleveland starter Cal Quantrill with the score tied 1-all.
Certain the ball would clear the short porch at Yankee Stadium, Donaldson put his head down and slapped hands with first base coach Travis Chapman as he jogged around the bag.
“I thought for sure it was a home run,” teammate Anthony Rizzo said.
Little did Donaldson realize, though, the ball was still in play. As a fan in a Yankees jersey reached for it, the ball ricocheted off the top of the fence right back to rookie Óscar González, who alertly fired to shortstop Amed Rosario at second base.
By the time Donaldson looked up, he was trapped between first and second. He tried to scramble back to first, but Rosario threw to first baseman Josh Naylor, who tagged out Donaldson as he dove headfirst back toward the bag.
“He ain’t the fleetest of foot. So we have to make sure we’re getting where we need to get to,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
A confused Donaldson pointed toward right field and spread his arms — but replays showed the ball never cleared the wall. A video review confirmed the call by right field umpire Mark Ripperger that it was not a home run and the ball stayed in play.
Donaldson was credited with a single.
After the Yankees won, he was not available to reporters in the clubhouse.
“It’s a unique one down that line like that. You’re kind of body-languaging it,” Boone said.
“I haven’t even seen the play yet because I was getting out of the way of some people to see where — because I thought it was a home run off the bat. So I have got to look at it a little bit better.”
It was hardly the first time Donaldson’s lack of hustle became an issue for the Yankees this year.
In his first season with the team after arriving from Minnesota in a March trade, the 2015 AL MVP failed to run hard on a groundout in May — and Boone took notice.
“Donaldson probably took his eye off it for a second,” Boone said then. “Now and then, you’ve got to say something. I’ve not said something yet.”
But on Sept. 5, the 36-year-old Donaldson was tagged out at second on an RBI single off the base of the left field wall. Appearing to think he had homered, Donaldson broke slowly out of the box, and Aaron Judge scored on the play just before Donaldson was tagged out.
Boone pulled Donaldson aside and had a word with him.
“Let’s not let that happen,” Boone said he told Donaldson.
“I don’t really worry about him from the game or hooked up standpoint; he’s locked in,” the manager added. “Yeah, that’s one of those, you’ve got to make sure. You better be sure.”
New York scored a run in the fifth following Donaldson’s gaffe, and Rizzo added a two-run homer in the sixth on the way to a 4-1 victory.
“I’m glad it didn’t end up hurting us,” Boone said.
Game 2 in the best-of-five series is Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
Matt Bateman, a 44-year-old fan from Brooklyn, was the man closest to Donaldson’s drive who reached for the ball.
“It was hit right at us,” Bateman said. “It seemed like the ball hit the top of the wall. It hit my hand a little bit also, like my fingertip, and it caromed.”
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AP freelance writer Larry Fleisher contributed to this report.
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2022-10-13T00:46:43+00:00
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/sports/ap-yankees-donaldson-trots-too-soon-thrown-out-on-near-hr/
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LSU Head Coach Brian Kelly and family donate $1 million to student-athletes
The following information is from LSU Athletic Communications:
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU Football head coach Brian Kelly and his family have committed $1 million to the Tiger Athletic Foundation to support the construction of a new and improved athletic training room and recovery suite within the LSU Football Operations Facility, TAF announced Friday.
The contribution from the Kelly Family – the largest by a sitting head coach in university history – will assist with the proposed expansion and enhancement of the existing athletic training space within the football operations building, pending approval by the cLSU Board of Supervisors. The athletic training room and recovery suite will be open to and impact all 21 varsity athletics programs at LSU, prioritizing the health and wellness of student-athletes and ensuring generations of Tigers continue to receive world-class care.
“Investing in the health and well-being of student-athletes is among the most important commitments a coach can make, and my family and I are honored and privileged to contribute to the expansion of our athletic training room and recovery suite,” Kelly said. “The commitment from TAF, LSU Athletics, and our partners in the community to provide the best sports medicine and comprehensive care to generations of Tigers is unwavering and unmatched, and we are grateful to be able to give back to all of our student-athletes.”
“We are incredibly appreciative and thankful to Coach Kelly and his family for this generous commitment to student-athlete health and wellness,” said Matt Borman, President and CEO of TAF. “Nothing is more important than providing the very best care and facilities possible for our student-athletes, and we are thankful to the Kelly Family for helping to make this transformational space a reality.”
The expanded athletic training room and recovery suite will further demonstrate LSU Sports Medicine’s lifelong commitment and dedication to the health and wellness of elite student-athletes. Included in the new space will be an X-ray suite, sleep lab, upgraded physicians’ offices, infrared sauna, steam room, hyperbaric chamber, hydrotherapy and cryotherapy spaces, and more. Further details and information on the expansion will be released as they are finalized and approved.
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2022-10-07T17:03:13+00:00
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RA'ANANA, Israel, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspira™ Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd. (NASDAQ: IINN) (NASDAQ: IINNW) (the "Company" or "Inspira Technologies"), a groundbreaking respiratory support technology company, announced today that the Israeli Patent Office (ILPO) granted a patent for a key safety component of the INSPIRA™ ART system.
The component is to be located on the patient's neck and is designed to secure a neck cannula from moving or dislodging. Cannula movement can occur during a change of a patient's posture in bed, during physiotherapy treatment, while an awake patient is taken by the medical staff out of bed for a short walk and/or during transportation within and between hospitals.
"We believe that the grant of this patent is another validation of our innovation and supports our core mission for the INSPIRA ART system – to reduce the dependency on invasive mechanical ventilation and improve patient safety and outcomes," stated Inspira's CEO, Dagi Ben-Noon. "This patent is part of the Company's portfolio of patents that are at various phases of the filing process and which we expect to see progress to grant status."
The ILPO is a certified International Searching and Examining Authority (ISA), appointed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and a party to the PCT-PPH Program, an international initiative amongst 30+ national patent offices to promote work-sharing and enable accelerated patent applicant processing. The Company plans to file for patent coverage in additional countries.
Enhances Usability and Medical Value of INSPIRA ART System
The newly patented technology shall be a key component of the INSPIRA ART system, a potential new mode of acute respiratory care under development, designed to minimize the need for invasive mechanical ventilation allowing the patient to remain awake and maintain spontaneous breathing
The component will be utilized during INSPIRA ART treatment with awake patients, potentially allowing them to be mobile with reduced risk of cannula movement and subsequent bleeding. The Company believes that such improvement in patient safety and mobilization increases patient benefit and enhances the INSPIRA ART system's usability and comprehensive medical value to both patient and medical staff, which may accelerate market adoption.
Potential Use For ECMO
While the component was initially intended to be a part of the INSPIRA ART system, the Company will also explore the potential early release of the component for the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) device market. The current ECMO market size (including devices) is estimated at $531 million per annum, with approximately 35,000 ECMO procedures performed each year.
About Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd.
Inspira Technologies is an innovative medical technology company in the respiratory treatment arena. The Company has developed a breakthrough Augmented Respiration Technology (INSPIRA ART), designed to rebalance patient oxygen saturation levels. This technology potentially allows patients to remain awake during treatment while minimizing the need for highly invasive, risky, and costly mechanical ventilation systems that require intubation and medically induced coma. The Company's products have not yet been tested or used in humans and has not been approved by any regulatory entity.
For more information, please visit our corporate website: https://inspirao2.com
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
This press release contains express or implied forward-looking statements pursuant to U.S. Federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements and their implications are based on the current expectations of the management of the Company only and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. For example, the Company is using forward-looking statements when it discusses the potential benefits to be realized by the newly patented component, the Company's ART System, that it intends to file for additional patent protections for other components in other jurisdictions, that the ART system's benefits may accelerate market adoption, and the Company's plan to explore the potential early release of our products and solutions for the ECMO device market.. These forward-looking statements and their implications are based solely on the current expectations of the Company's management and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which is available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov
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2022-11-10T15:03:45+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/11/10/inspira-technologies-granted-patent-by-israeli-patent-office-key-safety-component-inspira-art-system/
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As Russia's war with Ukraine reaches the one-year mark, many say the war is entering a critical phase. But some Republican lawmakers are raising questions about the ongoing support from the U.S.
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As Russia's war with Ukraine reaches the one-year mark, many say the war is entering a critical phase. But some Republican lawmakers are raising questions about the ongoing support from the U.S.
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2023-02-22T23:20:03+00:00
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NPR Breaking News Colleen Oakley's grandma inspired the intergenerational friendship in her new novel Published March 28, 2023 at 4:16 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Colleen Oakley about her new book "The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise." Copyright 2023 NPR
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2023-03-28T20:46:22+00:00
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Spartanburg Co. EMS hosts 'Safety Blitz Program' to bring community together
Spartanburg Co. EMS hosts 'Safety Blitz Program' to bring community together
Spartanburg Co. EMS hosts 'Safety Blitz Program' to bring community together
Spartanburg Co. EMS hosts 'Safety Blitz Program' to bring community together
Having a weather radio and a working smoke detector in your home can make you feel a whole lot safer.
On Monday, Spartanburg County Emergency Management, local fire departments and the American Red Cross teamed up to make sure people in mobile home parks can be just as safe through their safety blitz program.
They are simple tools that can have a huge impact.
"A smoke detector and an emergency weather radio are probably two of the most important devices in a home for people to be able to protect themselves. We want to provide that to people who may not necessarily have provided it for themselves," volunteer Lee Gosnell said.
People who live in mobile homes can be the most in danger.
"They are the most vulnerable. They are the most likely to sustain heavier damage in a tornado or a high wind emergency," Gosnell said.
Leaders hope to give out more than 1,200 devices across the county.
Jesus Mendez Sarate said he’s seen a few of his neighbor’s homes catch on fire over the years and understands the importance of this equipment.
“I don’t know. I feel many trailers don’t have alarms. You understand. I feel it’s good that they worry. What the officials bring is very good so we can be safe," Sarate said.
Rosie Lopez says she’s happier knowing her daughter is safer.
“I feel more safe. They already gave me three. I have one but they explained to me it didn’t work well. They gave me three and I feel safer with these three installed with the radio," Lopez said.
However, they both said it means more to them that the county is going the extra mile to make everyone is safe.
“it’s good the county is thinking about our community because it’s very important that every family is safe. Every community. I am very grateful that the county is doing this,” Lopez said.
The final stop in their safety blitz program is at the Lakewood mobile home park off Cleveland Chapel Road. It starts at 5 p.m.
However, if you do not live in this area and would like a smoke detector or weather radio, please reach out to the Spartanburg County Emergency Management or your local fire department.
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2022-07-19T04:20:54+00:00
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wyff4.com
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https://www.wyff4.com/article/spartanburg-co-ems-hosts-safety-blitz-program-to-bring-community-together/40646139
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For four hours, Raymond V. Buelna, a cultural leader for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, sat on a metal bench in a concrete holding space at the U.S.-Mexico border, separated from the two people he was taking to an Easter ceremony on tribal land in Arizona and wondering when they might be released.
It was February 2022 and Buelna, a U.S. citizen, was driving the pair — both from the sovereign Native American nation's related tribal community in northwestern Mexico — from their home to the reservation southwest of Tucson. They'd been authorized by U.S. officials to cross the border. But when Buelna asked an agent why they were detained, he was told to wait for the officer who brought him in.
“They know that we’re coming," said Buelna, who has made the trip for a variety of ceremonies for 20 years. “We did all this work and then we’re still sitting there.”
Now, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe is trying to change this — for themselves and potentially dozens of other tribes in the U.S.
Tribal officials have drafted regulations to formalize the border-crossing process, working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's recently formed Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council, comprised of 15 Native officials across the U.S.
Their work could provide a template for dozens of Native American nations whose homelands, like those of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, were sliced in two by modern-day U.S. borders.
If approved, the rules would become the first clearly established U.S. border crossing procedures specific to a Native American tribe that could then be used by others, according to Christina Leza, associate professor of anthropology at Colorado College.
The regulations would last five years, to be renewed and amended as needed, and require training local U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and consular personnel on the tribe’s cultural heritage, language and traditions. It would require a Yaqui interpreter to be available when needed. It also would require close coordination with the tribe so border crossings are prompt.
“This is just something that will help everybody,” said Fred Urbina, attorney general for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. “It will make things more efficient."
Urbina said the tribe has met with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the proposal. DHS did not immediately respond to repeated requests for comment by phone and email on the status of the regulations.
When family members, deer dancers or musicians living in Sonora, Mexico, make the trip into the U.S. for ceremonies, tribal recognition celebrations or family events, they are typically issued an ID card from the tribe and a visitor visa or parole permit from the U.S. government. Still, they still face border officials who they say lack the cultural awareness to process them without problems.
In the last two years, Buelna said, he has made the roundtrip about 18 times and was detained on four of them. He said border officials question the people he’s escorting, whose first language is Yaqui, without an interpreter, and cultural objects, such as deer and pig hooves, have been confiscated. Officials have touched ceremonial objects, despite only certain people being permitted by the tribe to do so.
Urbina explained that the tribe encountered new challenges when Homeland Security was formed after 9/11 and border security was heightened. It became more pronounced in 2020, when the U.S. prohibited “non-essential” travel across the border to control the spread of the coronavirus. That ban ended this week, but new restrictions are in place.
As a sovereignty issue, Native American nations should be able to determine their people’s ability to cross the border to preserve the ceremonial life of their communities, Leza said.
“If the federal government is saying our particular priorities, our interests in terms of securing our borders, trump your interests as a sovereign nation, then that’s not really a recognition of the sovereignty of those tribal nations,” she said.
Tribes along the U.S.-Canada border face similar problems.
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is headquartered in Michigan, but 173 of its more than 49,000 enrolled members live in Canada. Kimberly Hampton, the tribe’s officer-secretary and vice chair of the Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council, said those members cross the border for powwows, fasting and to visit with traditional healers and family, but border officials have rudely rifled through eagle feathers and other cultural objects they are carrying.
Hampton wants an agreement that includes having tribal liaisons at border crossings and training developed by the tribe for border personnel.
Members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, which has about 8,000 members in the U.S. and about 8,000 in Canada, said they have also been asked at the border to prove that they possess at least 50% "blood of the American Indian race." It stems from a requirement under the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act that “American Indians” born in Canada cannot be denied entry into the U.S. if they can prove this — often through a letter from the tribe.
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Chief Michael L. Conners wants to eliminate the requirement and boost education for border agents on local and national tribal issues. Drafting regulations specific to the tribe, like the ones the Pascua Yaqui are doing, “would bring a lot of peace of mind to our whole community,” he said.
For Buelna, waiting in that concrete holding space, he was reunited with the pair only after he told a border official he thought they'd been overlooked following a shift change, he said.
“Why can’t there be a system?” Buelna asked. “Why can’t there be already a line for us where we can present the proper paperwork, everything that we need and go about our way?”
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2023-05-13T22:43:12+00:00
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timesdaily.com
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PHOENIX (AP) — Public school advocates who oppose a massive expansion of Arizona’s private school voucher system enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in July filed enough signatures Friday to block it from taking effect.
The law, which extends the program to every child in the state, will be on hold instead of taking effect Saturday. If a review finds that Save Our Schools Arizona has met the requirement for nearly 119,000 valid signatures — and if those signatures survive any court challenges filed by voucher backers — it will remain blocked until the November 2024 election.
Beth Lewis, executive director of the grassroots group formed when a similar expansion passed in 2017 and was successfully challenged at the polls, said Friday that the group turned in 141,714 signatures. That’s fewer than they hoped, since groups trying to refer laws to the voters or get initiatives on the ballot usually aim for at least a 25% cushion.
Voters rejected the earlier expansion by a 2/3 majority in the 2018 election.
Lewis put part of the blame on Ducey, who held onto the bill for 10 days after the Legislature adjourned, a move that cut the amount of time opponents had to collect signatures from 90 to 80 days.
“We definitely wish we would have had those 10 days that Ducey stole from the voters to build our cushion,” Lewis said. “But we have enough that we feel confident that with the validity of our signatures we can turn in and get through the processing and get it on the ballot.”
Voucher opponents say the program siphons money away from the state’s public schools, which have been underfunded for decades and educate the vast majority of the state’s students, although Ducey and the Legislature have pumped cash into the system over the past several years. Backers of the voucher program say it allows parents to choose the best school for their children. Ducey is a major “school choice” backer and touted the expansion at a ceremonial bill signing in August.
Supporters of the expansion of the state’s voucher program, technically called Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, organized to try to persuade voters not to sign the petitions. They showed up at signing events with “Decline to Sign” signs and called businesses to tell them petition circulators were in their parking lots.
Among those who back the expansion are national “school choice” groups like the American Federation for Children, founded and once led by Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education in the Trump Administration.
Scott Smith, a Republican former state senator who is now the state director for the AFC, said he expects “any and all” efforts to defeat the voter referendum, either in the courts or at the ballot box.
“Rest assured, whatever happens, I’m sure it’s safe to say myself and others and the parents will do whatever we can to protect their rights to educate their kids how they see best,” Smith said.
Under the state constitution, voters can block most laws passed by the Legislature by collecting signatures. To allow that, most new laws take effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns, which is the deadline for a referral.
Although about a third of Arizona students qualify for the existing voucher program — mainly those living in low-income areas — only about 12,000 students statewide currently use the system.
The expansion Ducey signed will let every parent in Arizona take public money now sent to the K-12 public school system and use it to pay for their children’s private school tuition, homeschool materials or other education costs.
Arizona already has the most expansive education options in the nation and will have the most comprehensive voucher system if the law takes effect.
An estimated 60,000 currently-enrolled private school students and about 38,000 homeschooled students would immediately be eligible for up to $7,000 per year, although a small number already get vouchers. All 1.1 million students who attend traditional district and charter schools would also qualify to leave their public schools and receive money to attend private schools.
Since the state education department opened a new portal for parents to apply under the universal eligibility law, more than 10,000 applications have been received.
Many parents of private school students currently get tuition money through one of several tax credit programs. That pays less, however, so many are likely to switch to a voucher.
Lewis and other opponents of the program say they worry that as much as $1 billion could be lost from the public school system funding. K-12 schools currently get about $8 billion a year in state funding.
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2022-09-24T02:03:25+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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"The end of the world is just a destination." Special Interest, the dance-punk band from New Orleans, repeats that line at the end of its new album, a record that illustrates the resistance and escapism necessary in a society hurtling toward its breaking point. An invigorating sonic playground of discordant guitar squalls, disco basslines and thumping beats pushes the listener into sweaty nightclubs, rat-infested apartments and burning warzones; the band observe brutal capitalist conditions, cruelty and oppression, and the urgent freedoms and pleasures that we seek within them. The record is titled one encapsulating word: Endure.
"There's so much to endure, and more endurance is to come," explains vocalist Alli Logout. "But I think that's also why I like the word. When I think of it, I hear future within it. We can hold all these really intense and painful things, but there is also this future that we're all pushing towards."
The band — Logout, guitarist Maria Elena, synth and drum programmer Ruth Mascelli and bassist Nathan Cassiani — formed in 2015; its previous albums, 2018's Spiraling and 2020's The Passion Of, feature claustrophobic, politically incensed no-wave experiments with abrasiveness and noise. Collectively, the band members come from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Texas, and their early gateways to music include Nirvana (Cassiani), Nine Inch Nails (Mascelli), Erykah Badu (Logout) and David Bowie (Elena). The diversity of these backgrounds feeds a shrugged-shoulders approach to claiming a genre and sound. "We were just f****** around," says Logout of the band's beginnings, "and we have continued f****** around to this day."
Work on Endure began in summer 2020; the band was fortunate to have a practice space large enough for physical distancing, and writing sessions became one of the few sources of any social contact for the four members. As a natural reaction to the strange creative circumstances, the music that resulted treads exciting new ground. Instead of using drum machines and electronics to create chaos as they had previously, they were using them to craft danceable, often playful tunes.
"I was interested in our sound developing — I didn't wanna make the same record again — and I've always been interested in pop production and the way things are layered," explains Cassiani. "Mostly, the way I engage with music in a live setting is going to clubs, and I really missed that during the pandemic, like a lot of people did. So when we were writing, trying to experience that feeling in some way was important for me."
Music is like a spell. It has the power to push you to name all the things you feel like sometimes you can't say.
Also new was that the band couldn't use the sounding board of a live audience to help define the shape and feel of songs. Instead, there was a feeling of mutation and mystery during the process. "It was terrifying to not test any of the songs [live], 'cause it got weird pretty quick. But then it just got loose, [and] it kept showing itself," says Elena.
"A lot of songs took really different turns than I thought they would," Mascelli adds. "I feel like we follow them where they take us, so it's unexpected." The epic closing track "LA Blues," on which Logout delivers an intense, multifaceted vocal performance across eight minutes, was one example of a song that was thrillingly unpredictable, according to Mascelli. "When I heard the vocals for the first time I was completely blown away. We had been playing it as this long instrumental dirge for months, and I had no idea it was gonna go that hard."
Lyrically, Endure is unflinching in its assessment of an inhumane society. "Foul" exposes the physical and mental degradation of working under capitalism — back pain, sleep deprivation, UTIs — via nervy, frenzied punk. The droning, dread-infused "Kurdish Radio" connects the dots between imperialism and domestic white supremacy. "Concerning Peace" is a manifesto for violent resistance: "Violence in its complexity is the only tool against indignity." Yet it isn't all dark; groovy lead single "(Herman's) House" is an ode to hope and liberation via the story of the late Black activist Herman Wallace, on which Logout promises, "Won't lose myself in this world that wants my end." And tracks like the ecstatic "Cherry Blue Intention" and the sensual "Midnight Legend" explore visceral, personal sources of joy too — dancing, sex, community.
"Those are the two things that we're all holding at once — [one is] our own experience and personal growth, and the other is all the things you can't change that are going on outside of you." says Logout. "Joy is this quite fleeting emotion, but there is so much joy in literally just the little things. If we don't have that or don't find it, then what do we have? A life without joy is a life that's not worth living, in my opinion."
Anger, and knowing how to wield it, is an important tool in Special Interest's arsenal too, Logout goes on to explain. "When thinking of songs like 'Concerning Peace,' I was trying to name all the injustice that I feel like needed to be named, and the deeply maddening effect of this respectability politics situation here in America with Blackness," they say. "I am watching daily the devastating effects of anti-Blackness within this country — it's unreal and it's otherworldly."
There's deeply palpable anger as well on tracks like "Foul," where it's directed at a system that demands a worker's entire life and spirit, and "Impulse Control," where Logout spits rage toward "nepotistic dumb f****." "I think anger has been really useful in my life in a lot of ways to move through things in a way that I don't think I could have once upon a time," Logout says. "I've also found that living too much in anger for me has been destructive. But I think I just know now how to experience that in a way that is more useful."
"Music is like a spell," they add. "It has the power to push you to name all the things you feel like sometimes you can't say, and be able to sit with them and feel them, and also to move you forward."
It's tough not to feel moved by Endure, in the figurative and literal sense of the word. "It's something for your mind and something for your body," opines Mascelli. "We're trying to make something that moves us physically on a level beyond having to put it into words. And I think it makes the message more impactful, when it connects to you on that level where you can feel the beat."
That musical dynamism and fluidity also keeps things fun while performing, which is crucial during a set that can undoubtedly become heavy in subject matter. "Some songs, I feel a little bit too much sometimes, and it can send me there in an unpleasant way," says Logout. "I feel like over time I've learned how to separate that, but also be able to channel it when I need it." All four band members ease that burden through their personal friendship, too; tours are punctuated by clubbing excursions and karaoke nights, for example.
Endure is an album marked by juxtaposition and contrasts. It presents the circumstances we must endure, and the tools we have with which to do so; the pain and yearning of feeling beaten down, and a resolve to fight back. It puts words and music to a personal set of challenges, yet with an encouraging assertion of communality. And all the while, it provides a host of sounds that alternately energize, challenge and soothe, to create a map for figuring out how to endure together.
"It's kind of like you're walking down the street and there's music playing from a store on one side, and then there's a car accident over here, and people laughing up ahead," Mascelli says. "All this stuff is going on all at once, [and we're] trying to capture the feeling of vertigo between it all."
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. ("Protagonist" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PTGX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Protagonist and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On April 13, 2022, Protagonist disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that "[t]he Company has received a letter from United States Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") indicating the FDA's intent to rescind Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the Company's rusfertide product candidate in polycythemia vera," citing "observed malignancies[.]"
On this news, Protagonist's stock price fell $5.57 per share, or 21.83%, to close at $19.95 per share on April 14, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com.
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2022-05-12T00:42:21+00:00
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/05/11/shareholder-alert-pomerantz-law-firm-investigates-claims-behalf-investors-protagonist-therapeutics-inc-ptgx/
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ROME (AP) — With its dozens of “revolving door” governments, Italy might give the impression that carving out new ruling coalitions is quick work.
But the process can take weeks, even months, especially if a new government's formation is prompted by the premature demise of Parliament. That's the case now.
On Thursday, when newly elected lawmakers take their seats, the process of giving the country a new government formally began.
Giorgia Meloni, who scored a solid victory in the Sept. 25 election, is well-positioned to become the first far-right leader of an Italian government since the end of World War II and the first female premier.
A number of rituals must happen first though.
GETTING SEATED
Italy’s governments require the backing of Parliament. Before a new ruling coalition can be formed, newly elected lawmakers must take their seats in the legislature. According to the constitution, that has to happen within 20 days of an election. On Thursday, both the Senate, Parliament’s upper chamber, and the lower Chamber of Deputies, will formally hold their first session since the election.
This time, there will be fewer lawmakers. Under a reform to streamline the legislature and reduce spending, the new Senate now has 200 members, down from 315. Similarly, the Chamber of Deputies, has 400 instead of 630. Their main order of business is electing each chamber's president.
On Thursday, Ignazio La Russa of Meloni's Brothers of Italy party was elected Senate president; the chamber president is expected to be elected by Friday.
MAKING THE ROUNDS
After parliamentary elections, Italy’s president, as head of state, has to task someone with trying to cobble together a government — formally called “conferring a mandate.”
The clear winner of last month's election was far-right Brothers of Italy leader Meloni.
With her main coalition partners – Matteo Salvini's League and former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia — Meloni should be able to command a comfortable majority in Parliament.
But before President Sergio Mattarella asks Meloni to see if she can assemble a viable coalition, he is expected — but not obliged — to hold a round of consultations with party leaders, including from the potential opposition in the legislature. Those huddles could take two or three days.
RESERVATIONS
Barring surprises, the presidential Quirinal Palace will announce that Meloni has accepted “with reservation” the task of trying to create a new government.
But that doesn’t mean she has any doubts she'll succeed — it's a customary phrase used by the president's office.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Once tapped, Meloni and her allied leaders will confer — separately or together — on how to divvy up Cabinet posts.
That’s where it can get sticky, as each party jockeys for the most high-profile ministries.
Since Meloni’s party won a bigger share of the votes than Salvini’s and Berlusconi’s forces put together, her campaign allies will have somewhat limited bargaining power.
REPORT TIME
Once Meloni is confident that she has nailed down a solid Cabinet that will pass Mattarella’s muster, she’ll meet with him to present her list of ministers.
Any disagreement over names is usually dealt with outside of the public eye. But after the 2018 election, Mattarella vetoed the pick of a euroskeptic economist for finance minister. That veto angered the coalition's populist leaders, but ultimately forced selection of another minister acceptable to the president.
UNVEILING
Should Meloni succeed in forming a Cabinet, as journalists wait in a salon of the hilltop Quirinal Palace and a pair of towering, helmeted Corazzieri Carabinieri stand guard, the palace secretary general will emerge and announce that the political leader has “dissolved the reservation” — a formulaic way of saying she has formed a government.
Generally, the premier-to-be then makes a brief statement and reads out the names of the Cabinet ministers.
IT’S OFFICIAL
Then it’s back to the Quirinal Palace — usually the next day — for the new government's swearing-in ceremony.
The new premier and each minister pledge to be faithful to the republic, to loyally observe its constitution and laws and to exercise their powers “in the exclusive interest of the nation.”
PASS THAT BELL
After the oath-taking, the new premier heads a few blocks away to Chigi Palace, the premier's office, for an official photo.
The outgoing premier hands the incoming one the bell used to open Cabinet meetings. Typically, the protagonists smile for posterity.
But in 2014, as he handed over the bell, outgoing Premier Enrico Letta refused to smile or even look at newly-minted Premier Matteo Renzi, who had ousted him from office through backroom party maneuvers.
FULL POWERS
Italy's constitution requires all new governments to face a confidence vote in each chamber of Parliament within 10 days of the Cabinet's formation. Only then is the government considered to be fully in power.
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2022-10-13T12:10:28+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/business/article/EXPLAINER-Rituals-play-role-in-creating-Italian-17505910.php
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Puttshack Strengthens Leadership Team with Chief Technology Officer Appointment
CHICAGO, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Puttshack, the world's first and only upscale tech-infused mini golf experience featuring craft cocktails, local beers, and globally inspired dishes, today announced the promotion of Ben Shepherd to serve as the company's Chief Information and Technology Officer. Shepherd will lead Puttshack's technology department forward and oversee all technical and business aspects of the company's technology strategy. This role enhances Puttshack's senior leadership team as the company readies for continued growth across the United States. Shepherd will report directly to Global President and CFO Logan Powell.
Shepherd transitions to his new role after being hired as Puttshack's Executive Vice President of Software Engineering & Architecture two years ago– leading the development of Puttshack's gaming software, as well as its information and cloud architecture. Since his beginnings at Puttshack, Shepherd has been instrumental in helping the company expand from two locations to nine, with two more expected to open their doors before the end of the year. Puttshack anticipates opening 8-10 additional venues throughout 2024.
In his new role, Shepherd will identify ways to optimize implementation of Puttshack's technologies that set the company apart from all competitors by creating a seamless, intuitive guest experience. Puttshack has more than two million lines of proprietary code that drive its website, cloud, analytics, in-venue screens, and mini-golf game. In support of Puttshack's plans for expansion across the U.S., Shepherd has led an evolving technology team in the creation of a new cloud foundation built on a container-based, streaming microservices architecture, further enabling Puttshack's rapid growth.
"Puttshack's proprietary cloud technology sets us above the rest of the industry, and I am ecstatic to work with our growing team as we continue to lead the competitive socializing sector," said Shepherd. "Our use of technology as a key component in creating an unparalleled guest experience makes this an ideal opportunity to attract and build a top-level team to support our infrastructure as we grow rapidly."
Puttshack's cloud architecture powers a new booking experience, in-venue kiosks, and other applications, integrates Puttshack and third-party services, and feeds a central data lake house to enable real-time analysis and reporting from Puttshack venues. Shepherd and his team will build on various mini-golf innovations, enhancements, and new products, as well as the IT and technology structure to accelerate the opening of new venues nationwide.
"Since coming on board two years ago, Ben has cemented himself as an invaluable asset not only to our executive team, but to Puttshack as a whole, as we embark on ambitious growth plans," said Puttshack Global President, Logan Powell. "We could not be more thrilled to make this announcement and strongly position ourselves for continued growth and success."
Shepherd has amassed more than 25 years of experience in diverse leadership and technical roles in software engineering, hardware engineering, and IT for notable Fortune 500 companies like Hilton Worldwide and Lexmark International. Shepherd's prior experience has helped ideally position him to lead Puttshack's innovative technology strategies and offerings, highlighted by the company's patented Trackaball™ technology– which allows for seamless mechanized scoring, bonus point opportunities, and interactive games at each hole. The Puttshack technology team will also continue its work on the company's other groundbreaking software, enabling gameplay to be updated remotely and quickly, meaning guests can enjoy uninterrupted mini golf.
For all media inquiries, including interviews and additional asset requests, please reach out to puttshackpr@revolutionworld.com.
About Puttshack
Puttshack is a leading concept in the emerging and growing market of competitive socializing. Combining a tech-infused mini golf game with exceptional food and beverage offering, Puttshack has multi-generational appeal. Patented Trackaball™ technology allows guests to play a point-scoring game within an upscale and exciting environment. Puttshack is the perfect place for a date, a night out with friends and family, celebrating birthdays or hosting a company outing. Since opening its first location in 2018, Puttshack now has nine U.S. locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh, Scottsdale, and St. Louis, along with four London locations, with additional global expansion plans. The company has its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, with a U.K. headquarters in London. For more information, please visit puttshack.com.
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2023-07-25T15:59:31+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2023/07/25/puttshack-announces-promotion-key-technology-executive/
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
07-20-22-31-38
(seven, twenty, twenty-two, thirty-one, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $500,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
07-20-22-31-38
(seven, twenty, twenty-two, thirty-one, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $500,000
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2022-09-04T19:14:00+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-LuckyDay-Lotto-Midday-17418937.php
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Georgia dad will not be retried in son’s hot car-related death, DA says
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/Gray News) - A district attorney’s office has dismissed charges against a dad who left his 22-month-old son in a hot car while he was at work, resulting in the child’s death.
The Cobb County District Attorney’s Office says it will not be retrying Justin Ross Harris on murder charges related to his son Cooper’s death.
On June 22, 2022, the Supreme Court of Georgia overturned Harris’ murder conviction in connection to his son’s death.
“Although we disagree with the outcome of the majority opinion and agree with the reasoning set forth by the dissenting justices, we are bound by the majority’s decision,” the district attorney’s office said.
“For the last 11 months, the office has conducted a thorough review of the entire case file,” it said. “Crucial motive evidence that was admitted at the first trial in 2016 is no longer available to the state due to the majority decision of the Supreme Court.
“Therefore, after much thought and deliberation, we have made the difficult decision to not retry Justin Ross Harris on the reversed counts of the indictment.”
The office said Harris remains convicted of the remaining counts of the indictment, including criminal attempt to commit sexual exploitation of children and dissemination of harmful material to minors.
Harris left Cooper in his car in June 2014. Harris was supposed to drop his son off at daycare on the way to his job at Home Depot but did not do so.
Cooper was discovered seven hours later in the back seat of his father’s car outside his office in Atlanta. The temperature that day was in the 80s.
Harris claimed it was an accident and blamed sleep deprivation. Prosecutors claimed that Harris wanted to get out of his marriage because he wanted to have sex with as many women as possible. Harris reportedly had exchanged sexual text messages with multiple women on the day his son died. One of the text exchanges was with a 16-year-old.
Harris has not challenged his convictions for the sexual crimes he committed and will continue to serve time for them.
“Barring a decision from the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, he will continue to serve his sentence of 12 years on those counts as ordered by the trial court,” the office said.
Harris’ attorneys released the following statement:
“Almost 9 years after the tragic death of Cooper Harris on June 18, 2014, the murder and child cruelty charges against Justin Ross Harris, Cooper’s father, have been dismissed. Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert Leonard signed an order today which terminates the prosecution of our client. Ross has always accepted the moral responsibility for Cooper’s death. But after all these years of investigation and review, this dismissal of charges confirms that Cooper’s death was unintentional and therefore not a crime.
“We are grateful for the support of Janette Fennell and Amber Rollins of KidsAndCars.org and of Dr. David Diamond for their work preventing hot car deaths. Their guidance helped us understand how Cooper’s death tragically fits the pattern of how children are unintentionally left in cars.
“The statistics are clear - on average, 39 children die in hot cars every year in the U.S. And criminalizing unintentional deaths, like in this case, is not a deterrent to future hot car tragedies. Charging a grieving parent for an unintentional memory failure does nothing to prevent the tragedy from happening to another. In fact, child fatalities from hot cars increased after Ross’ 2016 trial, the most widely reported hot car death case in history. Sadly, 2018 & 2019 were the worst 2 years in history for child hot car deaths with 54 & 53 fatalities respectively.
“This nine-year experience has led us to agree with the advocates at KidsAndCars.org that charging parents like Ross further perpetuates the very common, but false, belief that only bad parents can have a memory failure resulting in a child forgotten in a car.
“Indeed, throughout the course of representing Ross, we have learned that these tragic accidents often happen while the child is in the care of a loving parent. Ross was no different. He deeply loved Cooper. Ross is no doubt relieved at the dismissal of the charges against him, but he is also thankful that today’s dismissal may begin to restore Cooper’s legacy as a child much loved by his parents.”
For the 10th straight year, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning is calling for families and caregivers of children to increase awareness of the dangers of leaving children unattended in vehicles.
This year’s “Look Again” campaign comes just ahead of Memorial Day, and hopes to ensure that families, child care providers, and the public understand how to prevent pediatric vehicular heatstroke during this time.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has proclaimed May 22-26, 2023, as Look Again Week in Georgia.
Nationally, 33 children died from pediatric vehicular heatstroke in 2022 and three have died so far this year, the department said.
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2023-05-26T09:49:15+00:00
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wymt.com
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https://www.wymt.com/2023/05/26/georgia-dad-will-not-be-retried-sons-hot-car-related-death-da-says/
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the global leader in connected public safety technologies, today announced that it will report second quarter 2022 financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Axon will host a live Zoom video webinar to discuss the company's financial results at 5 p.m. ET that same day.
The live webinar to discuss financial results, followed by Q&A, will be linked from Axon's investor relations website at https://investor.axon.com. An archived replay will be available after the call ends.
Axon is a network of devices, apps and people that helps public safety personnel become smarter and safer. With a mission of protecting life, our technologies give customers the confidence, focus and time they need to keep their communities safe. Our products impact every aspect of a public safety officer's day-to-day experience with the goal of helping everyone get home safe.
We work hard for those who put themselves in harm's way for all of us. To date, more than 269,000 lives and countless dollars have been saved with the Axon network of devices, apps and people. Learn more at www.axon.com or by calling (800) 978-2737. Axon is a global company with headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. and global software engineering hub in Seattle, as well as additional offices in Australia, Canada, Finland, Vietnam, the UK and the Netherlands.
Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc., Twitter is a trademark of Twitter, Inc., and Zoom is a trademark of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Axon and the Delta Logo are trademarks of Axon Enterprise, Inc., some of which are registered in the US and other countries. For more information, visit www.axon.com/legal. All rights reserved.
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2022-07-27T13:22:58+00:00
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wsfa.com
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https://www.wsfa.com/prnewswire/2022/07/27/axon-release-second-quarter-2022-earnings-august-9-2022/
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