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VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Saltworks Technologies Inc. (Saltworks) is delighted to formally announce its Lithium Test Center, dedicated to accelerating and de-risking lithium processing projects. The new center incorporates end-to-end lithium processing pilot plants and technical expertise in the production of battery-grade lithium chemicals. This development consolidates and expands the company's ongoing lithium offerings, including:
- Processing direct lithium extraction (DLE) eluents to battery-grade lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide through Saltworks' concentration, refining and converting (CRC) technologies,
- Refining and upgrading lithium hydroxide using its SaltMaker MVR crystallizer technology, and
- Producing metals from recycled lithium-ion battery hydrometallurgy processes.
"Saltworks' technologies and engineering expertise are supporting the growth of the lithium extraction, refining and recycling industries at bench-, pilot- and full-scale," said Saltworks' CEO, Benjamin Sparrow. "Our new Lithium Test Center delivers rapid results and project advancement based on proven, scalable technologies. Our full-scale plants are assembled right next door, in Saltworks' manufacturing headquarters, ensuring that our pilot projects are representative of full-scale performance. By dedicating more resources to serving lithium clients, Saltworks intends to fast-track more projects, putting them on the path to clean, economic, full-scale solutions and enabling the transition to clean energy."
"We are proud to build on Saltworks' history of providing everything from scientific and engineering expertise to design and manufacturing for full-scale project delivery in the lithium mining and refining space," said Saltworks' Lithium Test Center Leader, Megan Low.
Saltworks has delivered scalable, battery-grade lithium carbonate for multiple clients, as described in one client's press release. Saltworks' offerings for lithium projects are detailed on its website, and the Lithium Test Center can be reached there. Those with lithium or industrial water projects at any stage of development are encouraged to share project inquiries with Saltworks for a swift, expert response.
Saltworks Technologies Inc. is a leader in the development and delivery of solutions for lithium refining and industrial wastewater treatment. By working with customers to understand their unique challenges and focusing on continuous innovation, Saltworks' solutions provide best-in-class performance and reliability. From its headquarters in British Columbia, Canada, Saltworks designs, builds and operates full-scale plants, and offers comprehensive offsite and onsite testing services with its fleet of mobile pilots.
https://www.saltworkstech.com/applications/lithium-extraction-and-refining/
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2023-01-25T11:33:12+00:00
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wafb.com
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https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2023/01/25/saltworks-lithium-refining-test-center-opens-accelerate-lithium-projects/
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- The partnership will focus on increasing domestic users and establishing communities in line with the global launch of 'Honor of Kings' in the future
- Along with fostering global talents by forming a team to participate in a competition that is taking place in Nov-Dec and opening GGA's Honor of Kings class
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global esports company Gen.G Esports announced that it has signed a partnership with Tencent's TiMi Esports, in order to promote 'Honor of Kings' in the global market. Gen.G will build a team to participate in an international competition, and the two will cooperate in various ways in line with the global launch of 'Honor of Kings', which is expected in near future.
As a part of the partnership, Gen.G will take part as a guest team at the 2022 Honor of Kings International Champions (KIC), scheduled from November to December 2022. The competition will be held online in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, and Seoul, South Korea, with a total prize of USD 10 million. The Gen.G Honor of Kings team will play in the wild card selection before the finals schedule which will be held from December 3rd to December 30th. Additionally, Gen.G will open a GGA class to foster global talents for the game.
"It is an honor to partner with Tencent, China's largest IT company, and participate in the KIC competition," said Gen.G Esports CEO Arnold Hur. "As much as Honor of Kings is a very well known mobile game, we will make a greater effort to strengthen our domestic influence and build a community in Korea."
"The cooperation of global esports company Gen.G and 'Timi Esports' 'Honor of Kings' for global expansion is very meaningful. We look forward to working with Gen.G in various ways and gaining popularity in Korea," said TiMi Esports spokesperson.
Meanwhile, released in 2015, 'Honor of Kings' is the world's most played mobile MOBA with 100 million daily players. Thanks to this popularity, it was not only selected as the demonstration event at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games but also chosen as the official esports event at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games along with 'League of Legends,' 'Hearthstone,' and 'Dota 2.'
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2022-10-12T07:02:25+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/10/12/geng-esports-signs-partnership-with-tencents-timi-esports-cooperate-expanding-global-market-honor-kings/
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Michigan’s high court puts abortion question on Nov. ballot
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Voters will determine whether to place abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution, the state Supreme Court declared Thursday, settling the issue a day before the fall ballot must be completed.
Abortion rights would be guaranteed if the amendment passes on Nov. 8. A 1931 state law makes it a crime to perform most abortions, but the law was suspended in May and a judge this week followed up by striking it down as unconstitutional.
Though appeals of that decision are likely, the law would be trumped if voters approve the amendment in the fall election.
There are political implications beyond the ballot question itself. Democrats say the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is mobilizing voters and will help Democratic candidates this fall, when top races including governor, secretary of state and attorney general are on the Michigan ballot. They point to conservative Kansas, where voters overwhelmingly defeated a measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright.
A state elections board on Aug. 31 deadlocked along party lines on whether the abortion initiative should appear on the ballot, with Republicans voting no and Democrats voting yes. The 2-2 vote meant the measure wasn’t certified for the ballot.
Supporters submitted more than 700,000 signatures, easily clearing the minimum threshold. But Republicans and abortion opponents argued the petitions had improper or no spacing between certain words and were confusing to voters.
“What a sad marker of the times,” Chief Justice Bridget McCormack said in a brief statement that accompanied the 5-2 order.
McCormack said “there is no dispute” that every word was legible and in the correct order.
Republican members of the Board of State Canvassers “would disenfranchise millions of Michiganders not because they believe the many thousands of Michiganders who signed the proposal were confused by it, but because they think they have identified a technicality that allows them to do so, a game of gotcha gone very bad,” McCormack said.
The majority was made up of McCormack, three other Democratic justices and a Republican justice. Two Republicans dissented.
The court ordered the Board of State Canvassers, which meets again Friday, to sign off on the ballot question.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the state Supreme Court to settle the status of the 1931 law, but the court hasn’t decided whether to intervene.
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Burnett reported from Chicago and White reported from Detroit.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2022-09-08T22:07:29+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/2022/09/08/michigans-high-court-puts-abortion-question-nov-ballot/
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
(two, one, four)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
2-1-4
(two, one, four)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
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2022-11-08T04:36:53+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Pick-3-game-17566261.php
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former Arkansas football lineman Brian Wallace has died at the age of 26.
Wallace played for the Razorbacks from 2014 to 2018, starting all games for the Hogs during his final season.
5NEWS' Tegna affiliate KSDK out of St. Louis, Wallace's hometown, reports that he suffered a double heart attack on Monday and had been in a coma.
Arkansas football tweeted out a remembrance of Wallace on Friday, April 15, following his passing.
Former players and others connected to the Razorback football program have also spoken about Wallace's untimely death.
Stick with the 5NEWS sports team as more information as more community reaction comes in.
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2022-04-15T23:08:34+00:00
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5newsonline.com
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https://www.5newsonline.com/article/sports/locked-on/college-podcast/arkansas-razorbacks-show/brian-wallace-death-razorbacks-reaction/527-686b5359-61ad-4585-9bc3-8047a6d883aa
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Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on “Law & Order,” has died. He was 83.
His publicist Roger Neal said he died Monday morning in Indiana of natural causes.
“Our hearts are broken, there will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life, and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage,” his wife, Dee Dee Sorvino, said in a statement.
In his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television, playing an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty’s “Reds,” Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” and mob boss Eddie Valentine in “The Rocketeer.” He would often say that while he might be best known for playing gangsters, his real passions were poetry, painting and opera.
Born in Brooklyn in 1939 to a mother who taught piano and father who was a foreman in a robe factory, Sorvino was musically inclined from a young age and attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York where he fell for the theater. He made his Broadway debut in 1964 in “Bajour” and his film debut in Carl Reiner’s “Where’s Poppa?” in 1970.
Sorvino had three children from his first marriage, including Academy Award-winning actor Mira Sorvino. When he learned that his daughter had been among the women allegedly sexually harassed and blacklisted by Harvey Weinstein in the midst of the #MeToo reckoning, he told TMZ that if he had known, Weinstein, “Would not be walking. He’d be in a wheelchair.”
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2022-07-25T22:02:52+00:00
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pahomepage.com
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https://www.pahomepage.com/news/paul-sorvino-goodfellas-law-order-actor-dies-at-83/
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Teacher finds rare prehistoric fish washed ashore
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) – A fish considered a living fossil washed ashore in Mobile Bay this weekend.
“When I was coming back from the pier, I noticed something in the water. It was large and upside-down. Floating upside-down,” said May, who did not disclose her last name.
May is a science teacher and knew she had found something rare.
The teacher suspected she had found a sturgeon and called a friend at the University of Southern Mississippi to confirm.
“I called him, and I sent him a picture, and I said, ‘Is this a sturgeon?’ And he said it absolutely is,” May said.
The teacher measured the fish, took pictures and officially reported the finding to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by email.
Gulf sturgeons have been around for at least 200 million years and can live up to 50 years, WALA reported. They can grow up to 9 feet long and weigh up to 50 pounds.
The sturgeon is now at the University of Southern Mississippi so researchers can learn more about the prehistoric fish.
Copyright 2023 WALA via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2023-01-11T19:50:11+00:00
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ktiv.com
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https://www.ktiv.com/2023/01/11/teacher-finds-rare-prehistoric-fish-washed-ashore/
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US opens probe into Freightliner trucks automatically braking without obstacle in road
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that the automatic emergency braking on big Freightliner trucks can stop unexpectedly for no apparent reason.
It’s at least the third recent investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into glitches with the technology, which has the potential to save lives because it can make vehicles stop or slow down for stopped or slowed traffic.
The probe covers about a quarter-million trucks made by Daimler from the 2017 through 2022 model years.
The agency says in documents posted on its website Tuesday that it has 18 complaints from owners alleging that brakes on Freightliner Cascadia trucks can come on without an obstacle in the road.
The reports say the trucks can brake without warning or any input from the driver. The braking ranges from partial application with little loss of speed to full application, bringing the trucks to a complete stop on the road.
The agency says it tested one of the trucks, and it stopped for a steel trench plate on the road. Daimler Trucks said the trench plate does not represent real-world driving.
NHTSA says it will determine whether the braking problem is an unreasonable risk to safety.
The complaints don’t cite any crashes or injuries due to the problem.
In February of 2022, the agency began investigating complaints that Teslas operating on the automaker’s partially automated driving systems can suddenly stop on roadways for no apparent reason. NHTSA says more than 750 Tesla owners have complained of false braking.
During the same month, the agency opened an investigation of more than 1.7 million Hondas for a similar problem. At the time NHTSA said it had 278 complaints about the problem.
The U.S. government is in the process of adopting regulations to require automatic emergency braking on all new passenger vehicles and heavy trucks.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2023-05-30T16:51:34+00:00
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newschannel10.com
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https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/05/30/us-opens-probe-into-freightliner-trucks-automatically-braking-without-obstacle-road/
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Inside The Stutz Controversy
THE LIFE CYCLE of a vacant industrial building typically goes one of two ways: abandoned for years and left to decay until it’s finally razed, or neglected for years until someone with money and a bright idea steps in. What happens next in that second scenario, says one Indianapolis artist, is: “You put a couple of weird artists and musicians in there. Before you know it, the caffeine spot shows up, the brewery shows up, you see a couple of pride flags. Then, once you see that woman jogging in yoga pants with the baby stroller, it’s over, man. That’s when you know you can’t afford the rent or you’re not going to get your lease renewed.”
The Stutz Building seems to be following that second path. The home of the Stutz Motor Car Company (1914–37), then Eli Lilly & Company’s packaging division (1940–82), the site sat vacant for a decade until developer Turner Woodard purchased it in 1993 and created a home for small businesses. To quote The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, “Artists soon followed.” At its peak, almost 90 painters and sculptors had studios in the Stutz, and their annual open house was a highlight of the city’s arts calendar.
“Turner took somewhat of a risk taking on that hulking property,” says Marsh Davis, president of Indiana Landmarks. “He really brought it to life.”
Last year, Woodard sold the Stutz (seven connected buildings at 10th Street and Capitol Avenue, and an eighth nearby) to New York–based developer SomeraRoad, which has been investing in Indiana properties for a few years. Since the purchase, the company has been replacing the windows, installing new heating and air conditioning, and repairing the façade, with plans to convert the building into a “creative office campus or vertical village.” The new Stutz promises to be a destination for nearby IU Health workers, and soon will be home to restaurants (Cafe Patachou, Barista Parlor, Amelia’s Bread, Taqueria de Julieta), fitness facilities (Myriad Health and Fitness), an event venue (VisionLoft), retail (Grounded Plant and Floral Co.), a nonprofit (Pattern), and coworking office space (Industrious). “A highly curated collection of the best Indianapolis has to offer, creating a walkable amenity package for office tenants that is unmatched in the market,” according to SomeraRoad’s quarterly investor update.
It’s not hard to see what caught the eye of Basel Bataineh, one of SomeraRoad’s partners. He was driving around downtown Indianapolis when he noticed the Stutz Building and, “as a real estate investor, I thought it was beautiful. I thought the architecture was unique. I thought the alleyways running through the buildings were really cool. The old historic character was largely intact, and I wanted to learn more.” When he and his partners found out more, they envisioned something like Ponce City Market in Atlanta, a former Sears, Roebuck & Co. store and warehouse that now houses shops, restaurants, apartments, and an amusement park on the roof. Or Industry City in Brooklyn, a repurposed industrial space that now calls itself “a one-stop destination of experiences, eateries, events, and everything in between.”
Woodard had been approached many times about selling the Stutz, but had always resisted. “The history was important, and that included the artist community,” he says. “Other developers didn’t quite understand or appreciate those thoughts, but SomeraRoad impressed me. They seemed sincere.” Though SomeraRoad didn’t give him a written guarantee that it would accommodate the artists working there, Woodard says he expects them to be embraced.
Bataineh says the number of artist studios in the new Stutz will depend on demand. “We create space, and people who want to lease that space are welcome to lease it,” he says. But he won’t commit to a particular price just yet. “They will be commensurate with the capital being invested in the space. We’ve agreed to set aside some spaces that are more raw—not unlike the artist studios that the Stutz has housed in the past—and those spaces will generally lease for cheaper than if a marketing company asks us to fit out their offices.” At the very least, there will be public art and art shows, like BUTTER, a multiday fine-art fair held at the Stutz last September that showcased the works of Black visual artists from across the country.
Artist Phil Campbell has seen this kind of transformation before. He was in Broad Ripple in the late 1980s when Broad Ripple Avenue switched from art galleries to bars; on Mass Ave in the ’90s when that street went from art galleries to restaurants; in the Faris Building just south of downtown when it was sold to Lilly; in the Murphy Building, which he owned until the housing market boomed, his lender called the loan, and he lost the building. He’s been in the Stutz since 2013, and hopes to have two more years there. But he’s skeptical about SomeraRoad’s intentions.
“If you want high-quality artists who don’t have a wealthy spouse paying for their studio,” he says, “you have to keep the rents affordable.”
Monty Matuka, founder and creative director of the clothing company MELI, moved into the Stutz in July 2020. By September 2021, he was asked to leave to make way for a new elevator shaft. “With me being a minority business and the only fashion business in the building, I would have thought they would have wanted to keep me for diversity and bring in more of my audience into the building,” he says. MELI is now located in the Murphy Building, a “super-warm, super-welcoming” space.
Constance Scopelitis moved into the Stutz in 1993, a space on the third floor with a wooden floor (which is good for standing for a long time), a southern window exposure (which she loves for the light), and the visibility of working around other artists in one location. She’s credited with starting the open houses, which ran for 28 years. “When the new owners came in and bought the property, I thought, They’ve got an awesome, modern, contemporary plan,” she says. “But as an artist, I need to take control of where I’m going to continue to work.” She’s leaving to build a 1,200-square-foot studio at her house in Rocky Ripple.
Photographer Faith Blackwell—at 10 years, a relative newcomer to the Stutz—hopes to stay. “It’s a true community of artists,” she says. “I can walk around the building, pop my head into anybody’s studio, and we can toss ideas off one another. I’m trying to be optimistic about everything, because from the renderings, it looks like a beautiful space.”
Stuart Alter, the president of the Stutz Artists Association, is measured when he talks about the future. He’s upset with SomeraRoad—“They have dismantled a thriving, vibrant arts community”—but also realistic. “If you take three art studios, knock down the walls, and make it an office, all of a sudden you’re making 10 times the rent. I understand that. That’s their prerogative,” he says. “But I think they missed the boat in not leveraging the Stutz artist community. They should have more strategically integrated that into their plan.”
Woodard, who also has a studio in the Stutz, plans to stay. He says the artists’ concerns are justifiable, “but I think it will be just fine a couple of years from now.”
Perhaps no one exemplifies the importance of the Stutz to the local arts community better than Greg Hull. The dean of the Herron School of Art & Design was also the first artist-in-residence at the Stutz in 1996, which gave him free studio space for a year and helped establish him in Indianapolis after moving here from Dallas. He stayed at the Stutz for three years because space was affordable, then found an industrial space east of downtown before building a studio at his home. Hull sees the Stutz as a microcosm of the city, and he hopes SomeraRoad will, too.
“I want the new owners to understand that the arts are one of the most effective barometers for the health of any ecosystem, and the economic impact of the arts on every community, we’re finally recognizing, is huge,” he says. “This is a quality-of-life issue.”
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2022-07-15T00:01:23+00:00
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indianapolismonthly.com
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https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-and-opinion/business/inside-the-stutz-controversy
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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is preparing to launch his third campaign for the White House on Tuesday, looking to move on from disappointing midterm defeats and defy history amid signs that his grip on the Republican Party is waning.
Trump had hoped to use the GOP's expected gains in last week's elections as a springboard to vault himself to his party's nomination. Instead, he finds himself being blamed for backing a series of losing candidates after Republicans failed to take control of the Senate. While the party was on the cusp of retaking control of the House on Tuesday, it could end up with its narrowest majority in decades.
“Hopefully, tomorrow will turn out to be one of the most important days in the history of our Country!” Trump wrote on his social media network on Monday. An announcement was expected at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday from his club in Palm Beach.
Another campaign is a remarkable turn for any former president, much less one who made history as the first to be impeached twice and whose term ended with his supporters violently storming the U.S. Capitol in a deadly bid to halt the peaceful transition of power on Jan. 6, 2021. Just one president in U.S. history has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms: Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892.
Trump is also facing a series of intensifying criminal investigations, including a Justice Department probe into the hundreds of documents with classified markings that were discovered in boxes and drawers at his Mar-a-Lago club.
Aides and allies had urged Trump to wait until after the midterms were over — and then until after a Dec. 6 Senate runoff election in Georgia — to announce his plans. But Trump, eager to return to the spotlight, is also hoping to stave off a long list of potential challengers, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who cruised to reelection last week and is now being urged by many in his party to run for president a well.
Trump has tried to blame Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for the GOP’s performance — and McConnell allies have criticized Rick Scott, the Florida senator who heads the Senate Republicans’ campaign committee.
However, Trump has received the brunt of criticism for elevating candidates in states like Pennsylvania and Arizona who were unappealing to general election voters because they embraced his lies about the 2020 election or held hard-line views on issues like abortion that were out of step with the mainstream.
While Trump has the backing of the No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Elise Stefanik, others were already moving on.
Asked whether she would endorse Trump in 2024, Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming told reporters Monday: “I don’t think that’s the right question. I think the question is, who is the current leader of the Republican Party?”
Her answer to that question: “Ron DeSantis.”
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, a longtime Trump critic, compared Trump to a pitcher who keeps losing after GOP disappointments in 2018, 2020 and now 2022.
“He’s been on the mound and lost three straight games. If we want to start winning, we need someone else on the mound. And we’ve got a very strong bench that can come out," Romney said. "I know, there’s some fans that love him. Just like, you know, an aging pitcher, they’re always fans that want to keep them there forever. But if you keep losing games, try to put some new players on the field.”
Others expressed concern that Trump’s announcement would be a distraction from the Georgia race and urged potential candidates to focus there.
“What’s really important for anybody who wants to be a 2024 candidate is to help us right now in 2022 to finish the cycle by winning the state of Georgia," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
“We obviously had higher expectation in the Senate, which didn’t pan out. I think there are a lot of different things that contribute to that," Thune added. “But I do think that, you know, folks who were unduly focused on the 2020 election, that’s not a winning strategy with independent voices.”
Even the former president’s right-flank allies in the House Freedom Caucus kept their distance ahead of Trump's announcement.
“I am focused on what’s happening here,” said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the Freedom Caucus chairman, as lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday. “I’m just not paying attention to any of those things, so I don’t want to comment on that.”
Meanwhile, in Utah, 86 Republican lawmakers on Monday sent out a news release urging DeSantis to run, reflecting dissatisfaction with having Trump as their party’s standard-bearer. The state’s Mormon majority has long been skeptical of Trump’s isolationism and foul language.
And in Michigan, Paul Cordes, chief of staff of the Michigan Republican Party, penned a four-page internal memo that criticized Trump-backed candidates for “statewide sweeps” that will give Democrats full control of the state's government for the first time in 40 years. That includes Tudor Dixon, who lost the governor’s race to Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer by double digits.
Trump, Cordes wrote, was “popular amongst our grassroots and a motivating factor for his supporters, but provided challenges on a statewide ballot, especially with independents and women in the midterm election.”
Rep. Liz Cheney, another Trump critic who is considering her own run in 2024, highlighted losses by Trump-backed candidates while speaking Tuesday morning at The Washington Post’s Global Women’s Summit.
“This is certainly not the rollout I’m sure Donald Trump wanted for his announcement tonight. But it’s also not the first time he’s been totally detached from reality,” Cheney said. “There’s no question he’s unfit for office. And I feel confident he will never be president again.”
Meanwhile, Josh Holmes, a Republican consultant close to McConnell, said Trump remains “far and away the favorite" as he enters the race. But Holmes also said that a third presidential bid will be considerably different for Trump.
“There’s never once been a primary victory by a presidential nominee that is waged in a backward-looking fashion. Everything is about the future,” Holmes said.
As for DeSantis, Holmes said: “His national profile right now is undeniable. ... We’re going to find out” whether he can maintain that strength.
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Associates Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking in Washington, Samuel Metz in Salt Lake City, Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan, Steve Peoples in New York and Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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2022-11-15T18:12:11+00:00
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springfieldnewssun.com
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https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/trump-prepares-to-launch-3rd-campaign-for-the-white-house/7CMSB3YVR5DRNAXBKGCW3I5RN4/
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McALLEN, Texas (KVEO) — A man was arrested at a Texas checkpoint after allegedly transporting more than 180 pounds of cocaine hidden in his truck’s gas tank, authorities said.
Glafiro Valle Jr. was booked Jan. 14 on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, federal records show.
A criminal complaint obtained by Nexstar’s KVEO details that federal DEA agents in McAllen began investigating Valle on the suspicion he was transporting cocaine from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston.
On Jan. 14, agents were notified that he was detained at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias after 75 bricks of cocaine were found in an “aftermarket compartment to a diesel fuel tank” located in the bed of his truck, the complaint stated.
According to the complaint, Valle was nervous and would not make eye contact with U.S. Border Patrol agents while being questioned. He was then asked if his vehicle could be scanned by X-ray, which he agreed to, authorities said.
The X-ray detected “anomalies” in the diesel gas tank, the complaint stated.
Valle asked to speak to a supervisor and “freely and voluntarily” told the supervisor that they were going to find 75 kilograms of cocaine in the truck, the complaint stated.
Authorities found 75 bricks of cocaine, weighing a total of 181 pounds, the complaint alleged.
According to the document, Valle told agents he was transporting the cocaine to Houston.
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2023-01-18T01:48:15+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/feds-mans-gas-tank-hid-180-pounds-of-cocaine-at-texas-border-checkpoint/
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Stars vs. Blues: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats
Published: Apr. 12, 2023 at 6:46 AM CDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
The Dallas Stars (45-21-14) will attempt to continue a four-game win streak when they take on the St. Louis Blues (37-36-7) on the road on Wednesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM ET on TNT.
Stars vs. Blues Game Info
- When: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT
- Where: Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri
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Stars Betting Insights
- The Stars have been favored on the moneyline 56 times this season, and have finished 36-20 in those games.
- When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -165 or shorter, Dallas has a 21-10 record (winning 67.7% of its games).
- The Stars have a 62.3% chance to win this game based on the moneyline's implied probability.
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- Dallas went over in three of its past 10 games.
- In their last 10 games, the Stars are putting up 1.3 more goals per game than their season-long average.
- The Stars' 275 goals this season make them the seventh-best scoring team in the league.
- The Stars have allowed the third-fewest goals in league action this season, 213 (2.7 per game).
- The team's goal differential is fourth-best in the league at +62.
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2023-04-12T12:38:35+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/sports/betting/2023/04/12/stars-vs-blues-nhl-betting-trends-stats/
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Cellphone video captured the moment fists started flying in an apparent road rage incident along a busy thoroughfare in the Granada Hills section of Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Alessandra Forte and her daughters were in their car when they came to an intersection at around 3:30 p.m.
Video footage shows a white Dodge pickup truck along with a motorcycle lying in the road and blocking the middle lanes, but it was the fight between the drivers that halted traffic.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is really happening, it’s happening,’” Forte told KTLA. “We got a little scared because you don’t know what these people are going to pull out. Are they going to pull out a gun and start shooting? What do we do?”
Gabriella, one of Forte’s daughters, started recording the fight on her phone, while her other daughter, Giulia, called the police.
It’s unclear exactly what triggered the incident, but Forte and her daughters say the driver of the pickup truck confronted the motorcyclist, and shortly thereafter, video shows the two exchanging punches. The motorcyclist can be seen getting the upper hand as the truck’s driver, in a white shirt, falls to the ground and takes repeated blows from the motorcyclist.
A passenger, wearing a black shirt, is also seen getting out of the truck and walking around to the driver’s side of the vehicle, but he does not attempt to intervene as the other two men are fighting.
The motorcyclist eventually stops throwing blows and walks back to his motorcycle. The driver of the truck also gets up. His shirt appears to be ripped as he walks around the truck and gets in the passenger seat and the man in the black shirt drives off in the pickup. The motorcyclist also pulls away, traveling in the opposite direction.
Police responded to the 911 call, but all the involved parties had already left. Officials said they are investigating and have since labeled the driver of the pickup truck as the battery suspect.
“You people just need to calm down,” Forte said. “I’m serious, really just think twice. It takes a second to make a big mistake.”
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2023-06-14T16:06:17+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/road-rage-brawl-in-los-angeles-caught-on-camera/
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Pregnancy is often talked about as though it's a light switch. You're a regular person walking around and then a switch flips — presto, you're pregnant.
The reality is more nuanced.
"Sex ed really oversimplified it: 'The egg has been fertilized and it has implanted,'" says Carmel Shachar, who runs the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. "What people don't realize is that there's a whole, very complex journey before that, that honestly usually is invisible."
Lots of steps need to happen, she says, from the time an egg and sperm meet to the moment a person tests positive on a pregnancy test.
The more scientists learn, the more they realize that the start of pregnancy isn't a moment, but a process that often ends before it really begins. As many as 1 in 3 fertilized eggs either won't implant or will end in miscarriage. In fact, most pregnancy loss happens before the fertilized egg implants.
Defining exactly when a pregnancy begins is a hot topic in some state legislatures and U.S. courts at the moment. While federal law has long said pregnancy starts after a fertilized egg has implanted in the uterus, state law in Kentucky, for example, calls someone pregnant as soon as a sperm meets the egg.
With so much riding on biology that's often misunderstood, let's break down what is known: Here's how the run-up to a pregnancy begins in that very first week of action, from the minute a single egg, the size of a grain of table salt, bursts forth from an ovary.
DAY 0
Ovulation
Starting at puberty, a process called ovulation begins. That's when — roughly once a month — a single mature egg breaks through its surrounding capsule, or follicle, and is released from one of the ovaries.
If you were born with ovaries, you were born with all the eggs you'll ever have — roughly 1 million to 2 million. Each month, about 1,000 eggs are activated but never develop further, while one (or sometimes a couple) fully matures. This happens until menopause, usually several decades later, when there aren't many eggs left.
After it's released from the follicle, the egg is scooped up and enveloped by the nearby, fingerlike projections (also known as fimbriae) at the end of one of the two slender uterine tubes (sometimes called fallopian tubes) that lead to the uterus.
The egg is protected by two layers. The inner one is called the zona pellucida, a jelly cushion of protein. The outer layer is called the corona radiata — a sunlike array of helper cells that have been nurturing the egg inside the ovary. These protective layers become even more important later.
Anatomy of the human egg
(Assisted reproductive technologies have greatly expanded how ovulation and fertilization can happen so that many more people can have babies. What we're describing here is what happens when that assistance isn't needed.)
The uterine tube acts as a kind of pulsing walkway; it's lined with cilia (small hairlike structures) that beat rhythmically, moving the egg along. Once the egg leaves the ovary, there's only a short window — less than 24 hours — for fertilization to happen.
Meanwhile, a lot has been happening in the uterus. For weeks, rising levels of the hormone estrogen have prompted a thickening of the endometrium — that's the cushiony lining of the uterus. The endometrium is one of the fastest-growing tissues in the body — in a monthlong menstrual cycle, it can grow to eight times its initial thickness.
The 28-day cycle of the endometrium
If sexual intercourse happens the same day as ovulation (or even several days beforehand), that's when sperm may enter the picture.
Every ejaculation contains tens of millions of sperm, and sperm can survive up to five days or so inside the uterus or uterine tubes.
Anatomy of a sperm
Now, despite what you may have heard, sperm cells are not a mighty infantry on a self-propelled mission to get to the passive egg.
Those little tails do give sperm some mobility by moving in a corkscrew motion, but sperm don't have enough energy or directional ability to get to an egg on their own.
In fact, most sperm don't get very far. Crossing the uterus to get to the egg in whichever uterine tube it is in means navigating an immense distance with lots of crevices to get lost in and immune cells to evade.
Scientists think waves of fluid inside the uterus, body heat, chemical signals, beating cilia and muscular contractions of the uterus (possibly from sex) play a role in how quickly sperm get to one of the uterine tubes. Some can get there within an hour of intercourse!
Only a small percentage of the sperm make it that far.
DAY 1
Fertilization
Once inside the uterine tube, the sperm become hyperactivated (for reasons researchers still don't understand) and begin to move more vigorously.
When they reach the egg, the sperm still aren't done. There are those two layers that encapsulate the egg — the corona radiata and the jellylike zona pellucida — to get through before fertilization can happen.
Enzymes released by the sperm help break down these layers. When the first sperm gets through the corona radiata, through the zona pellucida and, finally, through the membrane of the egg itself, the egg releases enzymes that quickly harden the zona. No other sperm can get in at this point. The first sperm that reaches the egg and attaches to its outer membrane releases its genetic material into the egg.
This is the moment of fertilization, otherwise known as conception. It has been less than a day since the egg was released from the ovary, and there are still many uncertainties to overcome before this fertilized egg becomes an embryo.
The egg and sperm each have 23 chromosomes (most other cells in the body have 46 — in 23 pairs). Through the process of fertilization, the 23 chromosomes from the egg and the 23 from the sperm join together and mix a bit to create a new, unique genetic blueprint.
The egg, now fertilized and containing its new set of 23 pairs of chromosomes, is called a zygote. The genes that will influence hundreds of characteristics — ranging from biological sex to hair color and eye color — are determined instantly.
DAY 2
Division
Very quickly, the one-celled zygote starts to divide and travel again through the uterine tube. One cell becomes two, then four, then eight, then 16. The cells of the corona radiata that had been surrounding the egg start to fall off, disperse and eventually disappear.
DAYS 3 and 4
Travel time
The eight-to-32-cell stage looks kind of like a berry, so the bundle is called a morula, which is Latin for mulberry.
Even as the morula continues to divide into dozens of cells and then hundreds, its outer case, the now-hardened zona, keeps it from expanding in size — so it's still only about as big as a grain of salt. That's crucial to keep the little ball of cells from getting stuck as it moves through the slender uterine tube.
DAY 5
Entering the uterus
Four days after fertilization, the fertilized egg has become a blastocyst — a bundle of cells with certain structures. Some will become the placenta, and others the embryo.
The blastocyst has now traveled all the way down the uterine tube. Around this time, the bundle of cells breaks out of its zona covering so it's able to implant in the lining of the uterus — the endometrium.
Now inside the uterus, a week or so after ovulation, the blastocyst has about four days to implant in the soft-tissue lining of the uterus.
DAY 6
Implantation begins
Voilà — this is implantation, considered the start of pregnancy under U.S. federal law.
At this point — about a week after ovulation — the person who has had all these changes happening inside their body still has no idea it has been going on. It will take an additional week after implantation (at the earliest) before there's enough of a hormone called hCG in their urine to turn a home pregnancy test positive. That's right around the time some people with very regular cycles might notice that their period is late.
For all the fascinating things scientists know about how all this happens, there's still so much that's not yet well understood. Early pregnancy remains something of a black box. At the moment, there's limited technology to be able to observe — let alone intervene — in very early pregnancy, which is why so many of the details are still unknown. "It's happening inside a person, and it's very difficult to study without disturbing the pregnancy," notes Shachar, the Harvard bioethicist.
That's a challenge for laws that try to regulate pregnancy, Shachar says. "The take-away is that a lot of legislation in this area doesn't reflect scientific knowledge, especially because laws don't work well with scientific uncertainty."
As science and politics continue to clash over when life begins, understanding the process of early pregnancy as fully as possible is more important than ever.
Thanks to the many scientists who offered guidance and advice for this story, including Ripla Arora of Michigan State University, David Miller of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Joanne Muter of the University of Warwick, among others.
Illustrations by LA Johnson; edited by Meredith Rizzo and Deborah Franklin; visual design by LA Johnson, Meredith Rizzo, Alyson Hurt; researched and fact-checked by Will Chase; copyedited by Preeti Aroon.
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2023-04-13T17:28:09+00:00
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kanw.com
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https://www.kanw.com/npr-news/npr-news/2023-04-12/the-surprising-science-of-how-pregnancy-begins
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawmakers should take action to address a judge’s ruling that Pennsylvania’s system of funding public schools violates the constitutional rights of students in poorer school districts now that the decision won’t be appealed, lawyers for the districts and groups that sued said Monday.
The deadline to appeal the February decision came and went over the weekend, the lawyers said.
The lawsuit, filed in 2014, argued that Pennsylvania’s system of paying for public schools is failing the poorest districts and lawyers for the plaintiffs contend that billions more dollars are necessary to meet the state’s constitutional obligation.
While the judge agreed, she also did not direct the Legislature on how much state aid to distribute, or how. Lawyers for the plaintiffs — including six school districts, the NAACP and the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools — want lawmakers to comply with the judge’s ruling.
“The decision is now final and there is no excuse for state lawmakers to delay action any further,” the plaintiffs’ lawyers — from the Public Interest Law Center, the Education Law Center and the law firm of O’Melveny — said in a statement.
RELATED: How a landmark school funding lawsuit is shaping Pa. state budget negotiations
Leaders of the House and Senate Republicans in Pennsylvania had opposed the lawsuit. They hadn’t previously said whether they would appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court and did not immediately comment Monday.
Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, had supported the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs are seeking more money for poor districts. They presented evidence during last year’s trial that schools are underfunded by $4.6 billion, an estimate that they said doesn’t account for gaps in spending on special education, school buildings and other facilities.
Litigation in the case may not necessarily end.
Neither Shapiro nor lawmakers have assembled a plan to address the court’s findings and the experience in other states suggests there’s no guarantee of swift, significant or longstanding change for the poorer school districts that sued.
The judge wrote that students in areas with low property values and incomes “are deprived of the same opportunities and resources” as those in more affluent areas.
That disparity is unjustified, violating both the state’s obligations to educate students and the equal protection rights of students, the judge wrote.
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2023-07-24T17:30:22+00:00
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pennlive.com
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https://www.pennlive.com/education/2023/07/pa-schools-say-court-verdict-is-final-and-legislature-needs-to-increase-funding.html
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On Tuesday evening, the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission hosted a special called and regular work session to discuss finances, traffic, and housing issues. The commission entered into a special called session to designate members of staff in the absence of ACC Clerk of Commission Jean Spratlin, who will be taking a leave. The motion was approved.
Commission finances
Samuel Latimer, representing the Rushton Firm, presented a summary of commission finances over the past year. This was the first year the Rushton Firm has represented the county. Latimer said there were no “significant deficiencies or material weaknesses.”
Latimer said the audit revealed that the county has operated above the minimum fiscal policy for the past four years and has had above average revenues. Public safety expenses make up most of the commission spending.
“Having such a good bill of health here for our finances is admirable and makes me feel even more confident of our staff and our finances,” District 8 Commissioner Carol Myers said.
Neighbor Traffic Management Program
Traffic engineer Tim Griffeth and Vision Zero transportation planner, Shirelle Hallum, presented the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. The program is designed to minimize traffic concerns and provide safety measures for pedestrians.
The program requires public participation and has faced challenges with only two staff members in the studies division. It plans on creating more curb extensions and traffic circles as well as monitoring speed and number of vehicles.
Currently, six neighborhoods have finalized plans however the program is in need of more funding. The program is also looking to prioritize underserved neighborhoods.
District 10 Commissioner Mike Hamby suggested including streets without sidewalks as a criteria for priority and rewriting the policy that requires 65 percent of homeowners on the street to approve the changes. District 6 Commissioner Jesse Houle, seconded the motion to rewrite the policy to better represent renters and suggested including crash data to determine priority.
District 9 Commissioner Ovita Thornton, requested that streets with schools be made a priority, however, Hallum mentioned that most schools are located on collector or arterial roads which will be brought up in later policies, such as the Speed Management Toolkit.
The program is accepting applications from May through July of this year and will begin conducting studies in August. Any late applications will roll into consideration for 2024.
SPLOST Broadband project
Chief information officer Travis Cooper presented the idea for the SPLOST 2020 Project number 22, Broadband, to enhance broadband internet access in communities. The project took into consideration the current level of service, cost of build out, and the likelihood of residents signing up for service.
The project plans to work with the Athens-Clarke County government to help underserved communities. The “huts” are small buildings in which the connection is based and will span across multiple districts, both aerially and underground.
Athens homelessness and affordable housing
Alejandra Calva and Marci Irwin of the Athens-Clarke County Housing and Community Development staff presented the HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Allocation Plan . The plan consists of stricter regulations than the American Rescue Plan as it focuses on helping qualifying populations such as residents experiencing homelessness, those at risk of homelessness, victims of domestic violence and veterans.
The plan will provide production and preservation of affordable rental housing, supportive services such as mental health care and homeless shelters with private rooms. According to the data collected in January 2022, there were 283 people experiencing homelessness in Athens, at least 74 of which were unsheltered when the count was taken.
“All indicators are sure we’re going to have an increase in the unsheltered population,” Irwin said.
Families that are considered financially burdened and at risk of homelessness spend more than half of their income on housing. The top priorities of the program are affordable rental housing, financial assistance, and mental health support, and they are proposing the construction of an additional five to 10 nonprofit units.
Hamby expressed concerns about the limited number of units proposed in the program.
“We need to start thinking a bit bigger on how we’re addressing affordable housing problems in this community,” Hamby said.
The Athens-Clarke County Housing and Community Development staff will be accepting public comments until March 7, at the scheduled commission public hearing.
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2023-02-16T01:34:55+00:00
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redandblack.com
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https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/athens-commission-discusses-finances-traffic-and-housing-issues-in-work-session/article_f25de80c-ad8c-11ed-8a17-13b9b10ce80a.html
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‘Most loving, kind person’: Friends remember woman killed after being impaled by beach umbrella in Garden City
Horry County is investigating the details of the incident.
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - A woman was impaled Wednesday in Garden City by a beach umbrella in what appeared to be a freak accident.
According to the Horry County Coroner, Tammy Perreault, 63, of Surfside Beach, was struck and impaled by a beach umbrella that was carried by the wind around 12:40 p.m.
Sherry White, who was one of Perreault’s best friends, was there when the tragic accident happened.
“A gust of wind that came through took an umbrella through the air and it just kept going and going. Everyone says, “Duck,” and we did, but unfortunately she was in the line of fire,” White explained.
Suffering from chest trauma, she was taken to Waccamaw ER where she succumbed to her injuries at 1:33 p.m.
Perreault was initially provided medical care by off-duty medical professionals and good Samaritans while awaiting first responders according to Thomas Bell, a spokesperson for Horry County Emergency Management.
“This is a terrible loss, and we know our community is hurting,” said Bell. “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim as they navigate through this difficult time.”
White said Perreault would do anything for anyone and had a love for life and her friends.
“She was the most loving and kind person I think I ever met. She never had a bad word to say about anybody,” White said. “She always put others first and her husband and her were inseparable. If you saw Mike, you saw Tammy. They had a great passion and love for each other.
Scotty’s Beach Bar in Surfside Beach also posted on social media about Perreault and the loss.
“Today with heavy hearts we mourn the loss of a dear friend and kind-hearted local, Tammy Perreault. Some things we will never begin to understand but what we do know is no one has a bad thing to say about this woman. To be as sweet as her day in and day out should be a goal for all.”
Perreault’s family has also set up a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses.
It’s not unheard of for beach umbrellas to cause serious injuries or death.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that there were roughly 2,800 unconfirmed beach umbrella-related injuries between 2010-2018.
Horry County is investigating the details of the incident.
Stay with WMBF for updates.
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2022-08-12T21:08:57+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/2022/08/12/most-loving-kind-person-friends-remember-woman-killed-after-being-impaled-by-beach-umbrella-garden-city/
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LONDON (AP) — Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at 81.
Westwood's eponymous fashion house announced her death on social media platforms, saying she died peacefully. A cause was not disclosed.
"Vivienne continued to do the things she loved, up until the last moment, designing, working on her art, writing her book, and changing the world for the better," the statement said.
Westwood's fashion career began in the 1970s when her radical approach to urban street style took the world by storm. But she went on to enjoy a long career highlighted by a string of triumphant runway shows and museum exhibitions.
The name Westwood became synonymous with style and attitude even as she shifted focus from year to year, her range vast and her work never predictable.
As her stature grew, she seemed to transcend fashion. The young woman who had scorned the British establishment eventually became one of its leading lights, even as she kept her hair dyed that trademark bright shade of orange.
Andrew Bolton, curator of The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, said Westwood and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren — her onetime partners — "gave the punk movement a look, a style, and it was so radical it broke from anything in the past."
"The ripped shirts, the safety pins, the provocative slogans," Bolton said. "She introduced postmodernism. It was so influential from the mid-70s. The punk movement has never dissipated — it's become part of our fashion vocabulary. It's mainstream now."
Westwood's long career was full of contradictions: She was a lifelong rebel honored several times by Queen Elizabeth II. She dressed like a teenager even in her 60s and became an outspoken advocate of fighting climate change, warning of planetary doom.
In her punk days, Westwood's clothes were often intentionally shocking: T-shirts decorated with drawings of naked boys and "bondage pants" with sadomasochistic overtones were standard fare in her popular London shops. But Westwood was able to transition from punk to haute couture without missing a beat, keeping her career going without stooping to self-caricature.
"She was always trying to reinvent fashion. Her work is provocative, it's transgressive. It's very much rooted in the English tradition of pastiche and irony and satire. She is very proud of her Englishness, and still she sends it up," Bolton said.
One of those contentious designs featured a swastika, an inverted image of Jesus Christ on the cross and the word "Destroy." In an autobiography written with Ian Kelly, she said it was meant as part of a statement against politicians torturing people, citing Chile's Augusto Pinochet. When asked if she regretted the swastika in a 2009 interview with Time magazine, Westwood said no.
"I don't, because we were just saying to the older generation, 'We don't accept your values or your taboos, and you're all fascists,'" she responded.
She approached her work with gusto in her early years, but later seemed to tire of the clamor and buzz. After decades of designing, she sometimes spoke wistfully of moving beyond fashion so she could concentrate on environmental matters and educational projects.
"Fashion can be so boring," she told The Associated Press after unveiling one of her new collections at a 2010 show. "I'm trying to find something else to do."
Her runway shows were always the most chic events, drawing stars from the glittery world of film, music, and television who wanted to bask in Westwood's reflected glory. But still she spoke out against consumerism and conspicuous consumption, even urging people not to buy her expensive, beautifully made clothes.
"I just tell people, stop buying clothes," she said. "Why not protect this gift of life while we have it? I don't take the attitude that destruction is inevitable. Some of us would like to stop that and help people survive."
Westwood's activism extended to supporting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, posing in a giant birdcage in 2020 to try to halt his extradition to the U.S. She even designed the dress Stella Moris wore when she married Assange this past March at a London prison.
Westwood was self-taught, with no formal fashion training. She told Marie Claire magazine that she learned how to make her own clothes as a teenager by following patterns. When she wanted to sell 1950s-style clothes at her first shop, she found old clothes in markets and took them apart to understand the cut and construction.
Westwood was born in the Derbyshire village of Glossop on April 8, 1941. Her family moved to London in 1957 and she attended art school for one term.
She met McLaren in the 1960s while working as a primary school teacher after separating from her first husband, Derek Westwood. She and McLaren opened a small shop in Chelsea in 1971, the tail end of the "Swinging London" era ushered in by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
The shop changed its name and focus several times, operating as "SEX" — Westwood and McLaren were fined in 1975 for an "indecent exhibition" there — and "World's End" and "Seditionaries."
Among the workers at their shop was Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, who called Westwood "a one off, driven, single minded, talented lady" in a statement to The Associated Press.
He said it was a privilege "to have rubbed shoulders with her in the mid '70s at what was the birth of punk and the worldwide waves it created that still continue to echo and resound today for the disaffected, hipper and wised up around the globe."
"Vivienne is gone and the world is already a less interesting place," tweeted Chrissie Hynde, the frontwoman of the Pretenders and another former employee.
Westwood moved into a fresh type of designing with her "Pirates" collection, exhibited in her first catwalk show in 1981. That breakthrough is credited with taking Westwood in a more traditional direction, showing her interest in incorporating historical British designs into contemporary clothes.
It was also an important step in an ongoing rapprochement between Westwood and the fashion world. The rebel eventually became one of its most celebrated stars, known for reinterpreting opulent dresses from the past and often finding inspiration in 18th century paintings.
But she still found ways to shock: Her Statue of Liberty corset in 1987 is remembered as the start of "underwear as outerwear" trend.
She eventually branched out into a range of business activities, including an alliance with Italian designer Giorgio Armani, and developed her ready-to-wear Red Label line, her more exclusive Gold Label line, a menswear collection and fragrances called Boudoir and Libertine. Westwood shops opened in New York, Hong Kong, Milan and several other major cities.
She was named designer of the year by the British Fashion Council in 1990 and 1991.
Her uneasy relationship with the British establishment is perhaps best exemplified by her 1992 trip to Buckingham Palace to receive an Order of the British Empire medal: She wore no underwear, and posed for photographers in a way that made that abundantly clear.
Apparently the queen was not offended: Westwood was invited back to receive the even more auspicious designation of Dame Commander of the British Empire — the female equivalent of a knighthood — in 2006.
Westwood is survived by her second husband, the Austrian-born designer Andreas Kronthaler who had a fashion line under her brand, and two sons.
The first, fashion photographer Ben Westwood, was her son with Derek Westwood. The second, Joe Corre — her son with McLaren — co-founded the upscale Agent Provocateur lingerie line and once burned what he said was a collection of punk memorabilia worth millions: "Punk was never, never meant to be nostalgic," he said.
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Katz, a longtime correspondent for The Associated Press who died in 2020, was the principal writer of this obituary. AP journalist Nardos Haile contributed to this report from New York.
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2022-12-29T23:58:34+00:00
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wrtv.com
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https://www.wrtv.com/news/world/vivienne-westwood-influential-fashion-maverick-dies-at-81
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Which slow cookers are best?
A slow cooker can be a convenient, useful addition to your kitchen. With some simple prep work, all you have to do is toss in the ingredients before letting the slow cooker do its thing for hours at a time, filling your house with the aromas of a delicious meal. The best slow cookers can maintain a high cooking temperature for long periods while also enabling cooking techniques such as sauteing and steaming.
For a high-end slow cooker that will also look great on your dinner table, consider the All-Clad Slow Cooker.
What to know before you buy a slow cooker
Temperature
It is essential that a slow cooker accurately maintains temperature while cooking. Slow cookers work by braising foods, simmering them over time at a constant temperature and allowing heat to transfer evenly throughout. This makes a slow cooker ideal for making recipes that call for soft vegetables and rich, succulent meats. It is best if a slow cooker’s temperature does not rise above 180 degrees so that it does not overcook foods such as meats.
Removable lining material
Depending on the slow cooker, the insertable pot inside may be made of metal, ceramic or porcelain. These materials conduct heat well, but note that both ceramic and porcelain linings will be more susceptible to damage if dropped and are heavier than metal linings.
“Keep warm” function
The keep-warm function on a slow cooker allows food to continue to simmer after cooking. This function ensures that the food does not go cold without overcooking it, and it is an essential aspect of any slow cooker.
What to look for in a quality slow cooker
Capacity
Many slow cookers range in sizes between 1.5 to 8.5 quarts. When deciding on size, consider what meals you intend to make with your slow cooker. For most households, a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker would be ideal. However, if you plan on entertaining guests for functions or parties, get a larger slow cooker or a casserole dish.
Shape
Most slow cookers will be round or oval-shaped. This does not affect the cooking process too much, but you might prefer one shape over the other depending on the types of dishes you wish to prepare. For stews and soups, circular slow cookers work perfectly, but certain cuts of meat might fit better in an oval-shaped slow cooker.
Controls
Some slow cookers have a dial or knob that is adjusted to set temperature and cooking time for your meal. However, other slow cookers come with complete LED displays with controls for determining temperature, type of cooking and timers.
How much you can expect to spend on a slow cooker
Basic slow cookers can cost anywhere between $15-$50. Higher-end, programmable slow cookers with multiple cooking modes and other features can cost anywhere between $50-$150.
Slow cooker FAQ
Can slow cookers be used when I’m not home?
A. Most slow cookers can continue to cook while being left unattended, making them great for multitasking. However, it is still recommended that users keep an eye on their slow cooker.
How do I clean a slow cooker?
A. Most slow cookers have inserts that can be removed from the base to wash. Some are dishwasher-safe, while others should be washed by hand.
What’s the best slow cooker to buy?
Top slow cooker
What you need to know: The All-Clad slow cooker is a high-end model with one of the best digital displays on the market.
What you’ll love: This slow cooker offers cook times between four and 20 hours and has a keep-warm mode that can work up to six hours. It also is sleek enough to double as a serving dish.
What you should consider: Some users have reported that the glass lid is prone to shattering when handled roughly.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Top slow cooker for the money
Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker
What you need to know: The Instant Pot Duo is a 7-in-1 multi-cooker that can operate as a great slow cooker and meal prepper.
What you’ll love: Other features of this cooker include steaming, sauteing and warming. It has a delay capacity of up to 24 hours.
What you should consider: Some users have reported faulty heating after several years of extended use.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
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What you need to know: This versatile cooker is excellent for those who will be making a wide variety of dishes with their slow cooker.
What you’ll love: It includes options for slow cooking, sauteing and steaming and can switch between modes at the touch of a button. The cooking pot is also dishwasher-safe.
What you should consider: This product does not come with a delay timer.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon and Bed Bath & Beyond
Maxi-Matic Electric Slow Cooker
What you need to know: The Maxi-Matic slow cooker has an attractive stainless steel finish and ceramic insert pot.
What you’ll love: With an intuitive and straightforward knob design, you can choose the temperature and how long you would like to cook. Great for meals such as soups, stews and fondue.
What you should consider: Some users have reported that the pot’s exterior can get incredibly hot.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Crock-Pot Oval Manual Slow Cooker
What you need to know: This 7-quart slow cooker can serve more than nine people, making it ideal for dinner parties and gatherings.
What you’ll love: Features a keep-warm setting that can keep food at its optimal serving temperature for hours. Additionally, it is safe to use in both the microwave and oven up to 400 degrees.
What you should consider: Some users have reported that the lid does not fit snugly.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia's defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local separatist militia "have established full control over the city of Lysychansk,” Russian news agencies reported.
Ukrainian fighters spent weeks trying to defend Lysychansk and to keep it from falling to Russia, as neighboring Sievierodonetsk did a week ago. A presidential adviser predicted late Saturday that the city's fate could be determined within days.
Ukrainian officials did not immediately provide an update on its status.
Earlier Sunday, Luhansk's governor said Russian forces were strengthening their positions in a grueling fight to capture the last stronghold of resistance in the province.
“The occupiers threw all their forces on Lysychansk. They attacked the city with incomprehensibly cruel tactics,” Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said on the Telegram messaging app. “They suffer significant losses, but stubbornly advance. They are gaining a foothold in the city.”
A river separates Lysychansk from Sievierodonetsk. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, said during an online interview late Saturday that Russian forces had managed for the first time to cross the river from the north, creating a “threatening” situation.
Arestovych said they had not reached the center of the city but that the course of the fighting indicated the battle for Lysychansk would be decided by Monday.
Luhansk and neighboring Donetsk are the two provinces that make up the Donbas, where Russia has focused its offensive since pulling back from northern Ukraine and the capital, Kyiv, in the spring.
Pro-Russia separatists have held portions of both eastern provinces since 2014, and Moscow recognizes all of Luhansk and Donetsk as sovereign republics. Syria’s government said Wednesday that it would also recognize the “independence and sovereignty” of the two areas.
Taking Lysychansk would open the way for the Russians to move west into Donetsk province, where the sizable Ukrainian-held city of Slovyansk has come under rocket attacks several times since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Elsewhere in the war, the exiled mayor of the Russia-occupied city of Melitopol said Sunday that Ukrainian rockets destroyed one of four Russian military bases in the city.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine also launched missile and drone attacks in western Russia, on the cities of Kursk and Belgorod, but that the aerial weapons were shot down. Kursk regional governor Roman Starovoit said the town of Tetkino, on the Ukraine border, came under mortar fire.
The leader of neighboring Belarus, a Russian ally, claimed Saturday that Ukraine fired missiles at military targets on Belarusian territory several days ago but all were intercepted by an air defense system. President Alexander Lukashenko described the alleged strike as a provocation and noted that no Belarusian soldiers were fighting in Ukraine.
There was no immediate response from the Ukrainian military.
Belarus hosts Russian military units and was used as a staging ground for Russia’s invasion. Last week, just hours before Lukashenko was to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian long-range bombers fired missiles on Ukraine from Belarusian airspace for the first time.
Lukashenko has so far resisted efforts to draw his army into the war. But during their meeting, Putin announced that Russia planned to supply Belarus with the Iskander-M missile system and reminded Lukashenko that his government depends on economic support from Russia.
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2022-07-04T13:54:31+00:00
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The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of the world's high-income countries. Death rates remain the highest among Black women, and have more than doubled over the last 20 years.
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The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of the world's high-income countries. Death rates remain the highest among Black women, and have more than doubled over the last 20 years.
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CLEVELAND, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Mark 4, leading supplier of Kalmar Ottawa yard trucks and exclusive parts inventory, is pleased to announce that Mike Tozzi has been named President, effective immediately. Being an energetic leader, Tozzi brings years of sales, business development, and operations experience to the position.
Tozzi formerly was the acting Operations Manager at GNCO Inc., the parent corporation of multiple material handling companies across the U.S., responsible for overseeing Eagle Mark 4, Wilson Barrett, Towlift Rental, Warehouse Systems, and Trackmobile Departments.
"We are excited to recognize Mike's leadership and business development skills. He will continue strengthening relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and partners that will lead Eagle Mark 4 to the next level," said Matt Adams, GNCO President. "More importantly, he's a great fit within our culture, demonstrating our vision, mission, and values both inside and out of work."
"My goal is to ensure that the company continues to succeed and that our employees have all the support they need," said Tozzi. "We have plans to expand our footprint out West, positioning us to better serve our customers on a national scale."
"The biggest challenge Eagle Mark 4 faces right now is keeping up with the amount of growth we have experienced both regionally and nationally," said Tozzi, "Our success is a testament to the current employees' efforts and to continue to succeed, we need to further develop and support our employees as well as recruit talented new hires."
Tozzi helped Eagle Mark 4 achieve record revenue growth, including a 44.5% percent increase in year-to-date revenue in 2022 when compared with 2021, earning the Kalmar Ottawa Premier Partner award for the 2022 year.
As one of the country's largest yard truck parts providers, Tozzi managed the development and launching of Eagle Mark 4's online B2B Parts Warehouse, yardtruckparts.com, making it possible for businesses to buy yard truck parts from the comfort of their computer or mobile device.
Tozzi, 29, was captain of John Carroll University's football team while earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Leadership ('16) and holds various certificates in Leadership Development and Supervision. Tozzi was a Towlift Sales and Marketing Intern before returning as a Business Development Associate.
Tozzi is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and the Professional Gridiron Group, as well as a volunteer for the non-profit Global Empathy Now. Tozzi also serves on the board for ProtecTozz, a polycarbonate cleat guard that protects football players' feet from injury, that he invented with his father, Dr. Mark Tozzi. In his free time, you can find Tozzi working to transition his football skills to golf, focusing on fitness, or traveling.
To learn more about Eagle Mark 4, visit www.eaglemark4.com
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2023-01-17T15:53:06+00:00
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DC residents demand police action after 13-year-old killed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of a middle-school student has sparked public uproar as the nation’s capital struggles with rising tensions about violent crime and racial justice.
Police said they found 13-year-old Karon Blake early Saturday morning suffering from multiple gunshot wounds after having been shot by a local resident, who said Blake had been breaking into area cars.
According to the police media report on the incident, the resident “heard noises and observed someone that appeared to be tampering with vehicles. The male resident went outside, armed with a registered firearm, to further investigate. There was an interaction between a juvenile male and the male resident. During the interaction, the male resident discharged his firearm striking the victim.”
Blake died of his injuries at the hospital, and his death has sparked a fierce community response from activists demanding that the shooter be arrested and his name be made public.
The shooter has not been charged with a crime or publicly identified, but police and the U.S. Attorney’s Office say the investigation is ongoing.
A community meeting Tuesday night drew more than 300 angry citizens, packing a community center adjacent to Brookland Middle School, which Blake attended.
“I didn’t know you could just kill somebody over property damage. That’s just crazy,” said Sean Long, the teen’s grandfather.
Struggling to speak over the shouts of the crowd, Assistant Police Chief Morgan Kane of the Metropolitan Police Department said she could not share the shooter’s identity or any details about the investigation in progress.
“We want the same thing you want,” Kane said. “We want to find out what happened and whatever chips fall, they fall.”
Area resident Tracey Lucas addressed Kane and accused the MPD of taking a soft approach to what she said was vigilante violence against a young Black man. She compared the shooting to the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman — an event that led to the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“I don’t see why you are protecting his name,” Lucas said. “Knowing who the killer is does not breach this investigation.”
At one point, the crowd broke into a loud chant protesting D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s absence, shouting, “Where is the mayor?”
Earlier in the day, MPD Chief Robert Contee pleaded for patience and warned against misinformation and hysteria.
“There has been too much misinformation swirling around this incident,” Contee said. “Too many people have made assumptions about this case and it is unfair to the grieving family.”
The controversy comes at a delicate time for Bowser, who is regarded by Black Lives Matter and other activist groups as a staunch police defender. Last week, Bowser, who just began a third term in office, vetoed a sweeping revision of the city’s criminal code that would, among other things, reduce the maximum penalties for offenses such as burglary, carjacking and robbery.
In coming out against the bill, Bowser stated, “Anytime there’s a policy that reduces penalties, I think it sends the wrong message.”
The D.C. Council, which unanimously approved the revision, appears likely to override her decision.
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2023-01-11T04:57:24+00:00
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BOSTON (AP) — Michael Wacha and the last-place Red Sox made short work of the AL East-leading New York Yankees.
Pitching for the first time in almost seven weeks, Wacha returned from a shoulder injury to limit New York to a pair of singles in seven innings, and Boston beat the Yankees 3-0 on Sunday night.
It all lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes — tying for the shortest game between the two teams since 1994.
“I feel like I work better that way,” said Wacha, who took a perfect game into the fifth inning. “That’s the mentality that I was facing: Get back in the dugout as quick as possible and let the guys keep getting a crack at their guy.”
Rafael Devers homered, and Tommy Pham had three hits for the Red Sox, who took two of three from New York — their first win in a multigame series against a division foe in 13 tries.
Officially, Boston is credited with a “series” win when it beat the Orioles in a one-game visit on Thursday. But manager Alex Cora was hesitant to count that one.
“Finally we won against the East,” he said with a smirk. “Or, that’s two in a row. Sorry.”
New York has lost nine of its last 11 games but still has a double-digit lead in the division; the Red Sox are seventh in the race for the AL’s three wild-card spots.
Activated from the injured list earlier in the day and pitching for the first time since June 28, Wacha (7-1) allowed one walk and struck out nine — including major league home run leader Aaron Judge twice.
Ryan Brasier pitched a perfect eighth and Garrett Whitlock pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fourth save, striking out Judge to end a nine-pitch at-bat and then getting Josh Donaldson on a slow bouncer that second baseman Christian Arroyo bare-handed to make the throw to first and end it.
Jameson Taillon (11-3) allowed three runs on six hits, striking out four to pick up his first loss since July 5.
The Red Sox and Yankees on national television often runs over four hours. But the teams finished in 2:15 on Aug. 3, 2018; they hadn’t played a shorter game since a 2:13 matchup in 1994.
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Judge was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts, snapping a string of 14 straight games of reaching base. He had walked at least twice in each of the previous four games.
“He’s having a heck of a season this year, and he’s one of the best in the league,” Wacha said. “I try to keep the guys off of base in front of him and make quality pitches to that type of guy.”
THANKS, PHAM
Asked about the offense, Cora said, “Tommy did a good job.”
A trade deadline acquisition, Pham doubled and scored Boston’s first run to lead off the bottom of the first. He has 14 hits in 23 at-bats over his last five games, including a walk-off single in the 10th against the Yankees on Friday.
BROOKS DEVERS
Devers hit his 25th homer of the season — a two-run shot in the sixth — that was just his second since Aug. 2. It’s his third career 25-homer season, tied with Ted Williams, Tony Conigliaro, Jim Rice and Nomar Garciaparra for most in Red Sox history through his age 25 year.
But Devers also made a big stop at third base in the fifth, when the Yankees had two of their three baserunners in the game for their only real rally.
With runners on first and second and two outs, Kyle Higashioka hit a hard line drive down the third base line that Devers backhanded and threw to first for the out.
“That’s something people don’t often talk about,” Cora said. “(Yankees manager Aaron Boone) always says that he plays like Brooks Robinson against the Yankees. When he hears people say he struggles (on defense), he’s like, ‘Not against us.’”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (Achilles tendon) will take batting practice on Monday at Yankee Stadium. If all goes well, he will begin a minor league rehab assignment.
Red Sox: Kiké Hernández (hip) and Rob Refsnyder (knee) are expected to be activated for the start of the series in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
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Yankees: Gerrit Cole (9-4) will start against Tampa Bay.
Red Sox: After an off day on Monday, the Red Sox open a three-game series against the Pirates. Nick Pivetta is expected to start the opener.
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2022-08-16T01:03:04+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — Customs officers at New York's Kennedy International Airport seized $450,000 worth of cocaine from a traveler who was smuggling the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair, federal authorities announced.
The bust happened Nov. 10 when Customs and Border Patrol officers stopped a woman traveling from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with a wheelchair whose wheels weren't turning, agency officials said.
The officers X-rayed the wheelchair and noticed an “anomaly” in all four wheels, CPB officials said in a news release. Officers checked the tires and found a white powder that tested positive for cocaine, they said.
A total of 28 pounds (12.7 kilos) of cocaine with a street value of $450,000 was removed from the wheels, officials said.
The woman, a Dominican citizen named Emelinda Paulino De Rivas, was arrested on smuggling charges and turned over to Homeland Security Investigations. It wasn't clear if she had an attorney who could comment.
“CBP stands steadfast and determined in working with our partners to identify the trans-national criminal networks responsible for importing these deadly drugs into our neighborhoods.” Francis J. Russo, Director of CBP’s New York field operations, said. “CBP’s mission is to guard the borders and ports of entry 24/7, 365 days a year to prevent these dangerous drugs from potentially killing our family, friends, and neighbors.”
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2022-11-15T18:27:30+00:00
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
8-5-3-1, FIREBALL: 2
(eight, five, three, one; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
8-5-3-1, FIREBALL: 2
(eight, five, three, one; FIREBALL: two)
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2023-01-08T00:27:38+00:00
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https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17702085.php
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KCBX News internJennaca Ortiz attends Cuesta College and is the editor-in-chief for the award-winning student publication, The Cuestonian. Born and raised in California's Central Valley, Jennaca now lives in Morro Bay. While this is her first time as an official resident of the Central Coast, she spent many summers here as a kid. She enjoys listening to the radio, swimming, drawing, and traveling.
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2023-02-11T01:13:37+00:00
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INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — Indiana’s growing technology ecosystem is garnering attention at London Tech Week, a global summit exploring the power and growing innovation of all things tech. The state’s efforts to advance entrepreneurial efforts were highlighted by California-based Startup Genone, a policy advisory and research organization, that released its 2022 Global Startup Ecosystem Report.
The Hoosier State was ranked as a Global Top 40 Emerging Ecosystem. The ranking is based on venture capital funding, affordability, and a business-friendly climate.
“The Start Up Genome Top 40 ranking is an exciting validation of the hard work of our entrepreneurs—but there is still more, as a state, we can do,” said Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers. “We are leaning in and finding innovative new ways to enable our immensely talented young people to propel our economy forward.”
Indiana also placed high on several subsets, including named as a Top 15 North American Ecosystem in Affordable Talent. The state is also ranked as a Top 20 North American Ecosystem in “Bang for Buck,” which indicates how much tech funding startups are able to secure in venture capital.
In November, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. commissioned a study with Startup Genome to examine Indiana’s entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem development. It looked at strengths and weaknesses and create benchmarks against peers and top global startup ecosystems.
“We are excited about Indiana’s startup community’s future because of the increasing investment in its innovative entrepreneurs,” said JF Gauthier, founder and CEO of Startup Genome.
Click here to learn more about the GSE report.
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2022-06-14T18:46:15+00:00
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Tuesday that navigating the rift between former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shows his ability to bring together Republican factions as he seeks to break through a crowded GOP primary for governor in 2023.
Facing the challenge of an ultra-competitive primary fight in the red state, Cameron has found himself caught in the middle of the feud between Trump — who has endorsed Cameron's gubernatorial bid — and McConnell, the attorney general's home-state political mentor.
Cameron hedged Tuesday when asked about the feud after he filed his candidacy papers in his bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. Cameron expressed support for Trump's bid for the presidency in 2024 while pointing to his deep ties to McConnell, the state's senior senator. Cameron once served as McConnell’s legal counsel.
“They’ve got their differences,” Cameron told reporters at the Kentucky Capitol. "I think what our candidacy means is that we’re able to transcend a lot of different factions within the Republican Party and bring people together. And I think that is what ultimately this candidacy represents.”
Trump, who remains popular with the party’s base, has repeatedly lashed out at McConnell at rallies and in social media posts ever since McConnell agreed to formally certify Trump's 2020 Electoral College loss to Joe Biden and criticized the former president in a blistering floor speech. The two GOP heavyweights have engaged in a volley of caustic public statements ever since as they wrestle over what their party should look like going forward.
Cameron showed no signs of wanting to stray into the middle of the fray when asked about Trump's social media attacks against McConnell.
“I’m proud to know him, honored to have worked for him," Cameron said of McConnell. “He has meant a great deal to our family. And I’m going to continue to support his work. As Sen. McConnell has noted, he’s a big boy and can fight his own battles. He doesn’t need me to step in.”
Cameron acknowledged that Biden “was legitimately elected the president of the United States," contradicting baseless claims by Trump that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Cameron also declined to weigh in on the House Jan. 6 committee's decision urging that criminal charges be brought against Trump for the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection.
“I’ll let others in the Department of Justice make a determination about that,” Cameron said, adding that he's running a campaign “focused on Kentucky.”
Cameron had no qualms about ripping into Biden's presidency, especially his handling of economic and energy issues, navigating toward safer political ground for a GOP primary candidate as he tried to tie Beshear to the Democratic president.
“It’s the reason we have runaway inflation," Cameron said. "It’s the reason that I’m constantly having to fight against an administration in Washington, D.C., that wants to destroy the fossil fuels industry.”
Cameron expressed his support for Kentucky's coal industry, which has been in decline for years but remains a potent issue in the state's coalfields in eastern and western Kentucky.
Beshear has remained popular during a term overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic and weather disasters. He was lauded for his response to tornadoes that hit western Kentucky in late 2021 and historic flooding that inundated parts of eastern Kentucky last summer. He has clashed with the GOP-dominated legislature, but his record includes some of the biggest economic development successes in the state’s history.
Cameron is part of a crowded GOP field for the May gubernatorial primary that includes state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft, state Auditor Mike Harmon and retired attorney Eric Deters.
Cameron on Tuesday continued to tout his opposition to abortion, his legal fight against Beshear’s pandemic-related restrictions and his work to combat the state’s opioid epidemic.
“I think you need somebody, particularly in today’s environment, that will do this job with a smile on their face but will stand for principle and stand for values,” Cameron said. “I think we demonstrated that.”
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2023-01-03T19:33:57+00:00
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ATLANTA (AP) — A dinosaur exhibition linked to the Jurassic Park movie franchise has temporarily closed its Atlanta location after police say people broke in and caused more than $250,000 in damage.
Atlanta police say they responded Monday to a burglary call at the exhibition, which had just opened Friday at Pullman Yards, an event space east of downtown Atlanta.
The general manager told police that four people broke in around 9:30 p.m. Surveillance footage showed one person sitting atop of one of the animatronic dinosaurs while “ripping off the skin covering,” according to an incident report obtained by local news outlets.
A suspect also stole four custom-made dinosaur shirts valued at $6,000 each, the report said.
A security guard took a picture of an intruder at 6:30 a.m. Monday at a restaurant on the property. Atlanta police later identified and arrested 19-year-old Acauan Carvalho Van Deusen, charging him with second-degree burglary. It’s unclear if Van Deusen has a lawyer who could speak for him.
None of the other suspects have been publicly identified.
The publicist for the exhibition said organizers hope to reopen June 7, saying people who had bought tickets have been sent emails on how to rebook.
“We are excited to host everyone once the exhibition has reopened,” organizers said in a statement.
Everette Wadley told WANF-TV that the damage ruined a special occasion for her child.
“It was a little disappointing because it was supposed to be a surprise, but we are going to make the best of it,” Wadley said. “Can you imagine trying to tell an 8-year-old we’re not going to be able to see that today?”
Promoters earlier told WAGA-TV that Animax Designs of Nashville, Tennessee, took 18 months to design and build the animatronic dinosaurs included in exhibition, which draws on six Jurassic Park movies and an animated Netflix series.
Two other similar exhibitions are currently running near Toronto and in Cologne, Germany, part of a group that has been touring world cities since 2016.
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2023-05-31T19:23:04+00:00
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Keeping hope alive when global problems feel too big
In the course of a single year, University of Maine climate scientist Jacquelyn Gill lost both her mother and her stepfather. She struggled with infertility, then during research in the Arctic, she developed embolisms in both lungs, was transferred to an intensive care unit in Siberia and nearly died. She was airlifted back home and later had a hysterectomy. Then the pandemic hit.
Her trials and her perseverance, she said, seemed to make her a magnet for emails and direct messages on Twitter “asking me how to be hopeful, asking me, like, what keeps me going?”
Gill said she has accepted the idea that she is “everybody’s climate midwife” and coaches them to hope through action.
Hope and optimism often blossom in the experts toiling in the gloomy fields of global warming, COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s disease.
‘Seeing a pathway’: How climate scientists like Gill or emergency room doctors during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic cope with their depressing day-to-day work, yet remain hopeful, can offer help to ordinary people dealing with a world going off the rails, psychologists said.
“I think it’s because they see a way out. They see that things can be done,” said Pennsylvania State University psychology professor Janet Swim. “Hope is seeing a pathway, even though the pathway seems far, far away.”
United Nations Environment Programme Director Inger Andersen said she simply cannot do her job without being an optimist.
“I do not wish to sound naive in choosing to be the ‘realistic optimist,’ but the alternative to being the realistic optimist is either to hold one’s ears and wait for doomsday or to party while the orchestra of the Titanic plays,” Andersen said. “I do not subscribe to either.”
Dr. Kristina Goff works in the intensive care unit at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and said at times she felt overwhelmed during the pandemic. She keeps a file folder at home of “little notes that say ‘hey you made a difference.’”
“I think half of the battle in my job is learning to take what could be a very overwhelming anxiety and turn it into productivity and resilience,” Goff said. “You just have to focus on these little areas where you can make a difference.”
Alzheimer’s disease may be one of the bleakest diagnoses a physician can convey, one where the future can appear hopeless. Yet Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s research center and a man colleagues describe as optimistic and passionate, doesn’t see it that way.
“I don’t think it’s depressing. I don’t think it’s gloomy. It’s difficult. It’s challenging,” Petersen said. But “we’re so much better off today than five years ago, 10 years ago.”
Taking action: The coping technique these scientists have in common is doing something to help. The word they often use is “agency.” It’s especially true for climate researchers — tarred as doomsayers by political types who reject the science.
Gill, who describes herself as a lifelong cheerleader, has also battled with depression. She said what’s key in fighting eco-anxiety is that “regular depression and regular anxiety tools work just as well. And so that’s why I tell people: ‘Be a doer. Get other there. Don’t just doomscroll.’ There are entry level ways that anyone, literally anyone, can help out. And the more we do that, ‘Oh, it actually works,’ it turns out.”
It’s not just about individual actions, like giving up air travel, or becoming a vegetarian, it’s about working together with other people in a common effort, Gill said. Individual action is helpful on climate change, but is not enough, she said. To bend the curve of rising temperatures and the buildup of heat-trapping gases, steady collective action, such as the youth climate activism movement and voting, gives true agency.
“I think maybe that’s helped stave off some of this hopelessness,” she said. “I go to a scientific meeting and I look around at the thousands of scientists that are working on this. And I’m like ‘Yeah, we’re doing this.’”
Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini said that, at 35, he figures it’s his relative youth that gives him hope.
“When I think about would could be, I gain a sense of optimism and create an attitude that this is something I can do something about,” Gensini said.
The U.N.’s Andersen is a veteran of decades of work on ecological issues and thinks this experience has made her optimistic.
Leading to change: “I have seen shifts on other critical environmental issues such as banning of toxic material, better air quality standards, the repair of the ozone hole, the phase-out of leaded petrol and much more,” Andersen said. “I know that hard work, underpinned by science, underpinned by strong policy and yes, underpinned by multilateral and activist action, can lead to change.”
Deke Arndt, chief of climate science and services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Center for Environmental Information, said what buoys him with an overwhelming optimism is his personal faith, and remembering all the people who have helped his family over the generations — through the Dust Bowl for his grandparents and through infertility and then neonatal issues for his son.
“We’ve experienced the miracle of hands-on care from fellow human beings,” Arndt said. “You kind of spend the rest of your life trying to repay.”
“Where people are suffering not through their own purchase, that makes me want to recommit as a scientist and a Catholic,” Arndt said. “We’ve got to do as much as we can.”
What’s more, Gill and several others said, the science tells them that it is not game over for Earth.
“The work that I do inherently lends me a sense of agency,” Gill said. “As a paleo-ecologist (who studies the past) and climatologist, I have a better sense of Earth’s resilience than a lot of people do.”
‘What a gut punch’: It helps that she studies plants and deals with changes on a glacial timescale. She pointed to Georgia Tech climate scientist Kim Cobb, who spent much of her career diving and studying the same coral reef in the Pacific, only to return in 2016 and find it dead: “God, I cannot imagine what a gut punch.”
Cobb laughed heartily when she heard how Gill described the life of a reef scientist.
From 1997 to 2016, Cobb dived at one of the tiny islands of Kiritimati in the Pacific, monitoring the effects of climate change and El Nino on a delicate coral reef there. Super hot water killed it in 2016, with only faint signs of life clinging on.
That fall, Cobb made one last trip. It was during the elections. A big Hillary Clinton fan, Cobb was wearing a Madame President shirt when she heard the news that Donald Trump was elected. She said fell into a pit of despair that lasted maybe a couple of months.
“And then on New Year’s Eve, I decided that I probably had enough and I know my husband had enough, my kids had had enough. So people needed their mother and their wife back,” Cobb said. “I decided to grope for another path out there.”
“I am not able to wallow for so long before I start asking myself some questions like, ‘Look you know how you can put your position to work? How can you put your resources to work?’” Cobb said.
She and her family cut their personal carbon emissions 80%. She doesn’t fly on planes anymore. She went vegan, composts, installed solar panels. She works on larger climate action instead of her more focused previous research. And she bikes everywhere, which she said is like mental health therapy.
She tells people when they are anxious about climate change, “there’s not going to be a win, a shining moment where we can declare success,” but “it’s never going to be too late to act. It’s never going to be too late to fix this.”
NOAA’s Arndt said the climate of the 20th century he grew up with is gone forever. He grieves the loss of that, but also finds mourning what’s gone “weirdly liberating.”
With climate change “we have to kind of hold hope and grief at the same time, like they’re kind of twins that we’re cradling,” Maine’s Gill said. “We have to both understand and witness what has happened and what we’ve lost. And then fiercely commit to protecting what remains. And I don’t think you can do that from a place of hopelessness.”
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2022-05-09T13:46:36+00:00
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yorkdispatch.com
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https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2022/05/08/keeping-hope-alive-global-problems-feel-big/50204401/
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Among the most enjoyable aspects of Erik Spoelstra’s offseason was meeting with Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel.
It also was one of the most sobering.
Spoelstra, 51, used to be the young gun among South Florida coaches. Now that torch has been passed to McDaniel, 39.
“I really like these trips and connecting with people outside of our industry,” Spoelstra said Thursday, as the Miami Heat continued their training camp at the Baha Mar resort. “You have a little bit of a different perspective on the same kind of challenges and problems that we’re all trying to solve. So you’ll end up learning a lot from that. And then, talking to younger coaches, it used to be that I would never find a younger coach.
“And so now, I’m starting to turn into this veteran coach, which I don’t want to accept yet. I still think it’s a misprint when it says I’m starting my 15th year as a head coach. When Pat [Riley] told me that 10 years would go by in the snap of a finger, I think I rolled my eyes at him. And then 14 years have flown by in the snap of a finger and it kind of freaks me out.”
Spoelstra often has visited with football coaches during the offseason across the age spectrum, including with Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, 71.
He said the time with McDaniel was particularly refreshing.
“He just comes across as really experienced, extremely sharp,” Spoelstra said. “I feel like when I was that age and just starting off, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I certainly didn’t know how to develop my coaching voice. That took me two or three years.
“It’s fun. We really enjoyed going to practice and talking some shop. But then, afterwards, seeing what the process was, very innovative thinkers in that building, and obviously their start has been really enjoyable for everybody.”
The meeting was set up through Dolphins CEO Tom Garfinkel.
“I met with Tom last year over dinner. It was something I wanted to do last year and it didn’t work out with the schedule,” Spoelstra said of the NBA calendar having been reset in previous years due to the pandemic. “We had a little bit more time, a more normal offseason, so the schedules aligned and we were able to have it. It was a lot of fun.”
Right place
Spoelstra said he appreciates the benefits of the Heat’s third camp in the Bahamas, first since 2017.
“It gives us an opportunity to get away and spend a lot of time together,” he said. “Meal rooms, in between practice time, evening meetings, dinners together, we want to build that connection. This is a great way to do it. And we love the Bahamas. We do.
“Our guys are here during the offseason quite a bit, All-Star break, right after the season. Even last year, the players came here right before the playoffs. It’s a beautiful place and it’s a great setting to start the season.”
For Spoelstra, it has been a case of joining camp in progress, having missed Tuesday’s opening session following the Monday birth of his daughter.
“Right now, I’m late to the party,” he said. “So I’m just trying to fast track and make sure I’m organized for the practices. It’s going by fast. I can’t believe we only have two more days of camp.”
Haslem sits
Udonis Haslem was the lone player held out of Thursday’s practice, with the 42-year-old veteran forward held out for rest.
Spoelstra said Haslem’s mentoring presence has been tangible.
“I wish all of our players could have that kind of mentality,” he said. “Eventually, I want my kids to have that same kind of mindset. It’s a very giving mindset.”
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2022-09-29T17:32:52+00:00
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bostonherald.com
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https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/09/29/heats-erik-spoelstra-impressed-with-miami-dolphins-coach-mike-mcdaniel/
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Survey: Most Black Americans say focus on racial inequality hasn’t brought about improvements
(CNN) - Two-thirds of Black Americans said increased focus on race and racial inequality in the U.S. has not led to changes that are improving the lives of Black people, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
It comes after a 2020 survey found that 56% of Black adults felt the added attention following protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd would lead to positive changes.
But in the new survey, 65% of Black adults said such changes haven’t materialized.
Just 13% see it as extremely or very likely that Black people in the U.S. will achieve equality, which many say will require systemic changes.
There was little variation in that figure by age, gender, region or education level.
The Pew Research Center’s survey was conducted last fall and included more than 3,900 Black Americans.
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2022-08-31T13:19:49+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/2022/08/31/survey-most-black-americans-say-focus-racial-inequality-hasnt-brought-about-improvements/
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has expressed his desire to keep the internal-combustion engine alive in motorsport’s top echelon, despite the push by some automakers and governments to fully embrace electric vehicles.
In an in-depth interview with Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore published on Monday, Domenicali said F1 “will never go electric” when asked how the sport fits in the era of sustainability and electric mobility.
He added that F1 aims to be carbon neutral by 2030, and that the lofty goal can be achieved by switching to 100% sustainable fuel—something F1 and its partners are developing in time for the 2026 season.
Sustainable fuel, often called E-fuel, is any fuel in which the carbon circle is completely neutral so the carbon utilized to produce the fuel is the same quantity as the carbon emitted from the internal-combustion engine when burning the fuel. The production process typically involves some form of carbon capture technology.
Key partners in F1’s sustainable fuel project include motorsport’s organizing body, the FIA, as well as Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company and a major sponsor of F1. Porsche and its partners already have a pilot plant in Chile producing sustainable fuel.
But F1 is not only developing the fuel for use in its race cars. The fuel is being developed with a view to having it eventually produced in quantities sufficient enough to supply most cars across the world.
In his interview, Domenicali said by 2035, when some governments including the European Union have mandated that only vehicles with zero carbon emissions can be sold, there will still be around two billion cars on the road equipped with internal-combustion engines, and that the carbon emissions of these could potentially be offset with sustainable fuel, like the one F1 is developing.
“Zero emissions can be achieved without having to change engines or throw away the entire fleet of vehicles that already exists,” he said.
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2023-02-24T16:06:26+00:00
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kron4.com
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https://www.kron4.com/automotive/internet-brands/f1-ceo-we-will-never-go-electric/
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2022-11-23T00:54:17+00:00
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wtmj.com
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https://wtmj.com/sports/2022/11/20/ap-top-sports-news-at-815-p-m-est/
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LONDON (AP) — Railroad workers across England walked off the job Tuesday, disrupting trains throughout the U.K. and starting what is expected to be a month of strikes by public service workers demanding higher pay as soaring inflation erodes living standards.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union has called two 48-hour strikes this week, canceling most services on Tuesday and Wednesday then again on Friday and Saturday. The strikes come after unions rejected the latest offer on pay and working conditions from Network Rail, which runs the rail network, and 14 train operating companies.
Nurses, border guards and ambulance drivers are among the other workers set to strike this month, forcing the government to discuss mobilizing the army to staff vital public services this winter. The strikes also threaten to curtail business for shops, hotels and restaurants that rely on the Christmas season to boost revenue.
Labor unrest has increased in recent months after rising food and energy prices pushed inflation to a 41-year high of 11.1% and employer pay offers failed to keep pace with the cost of living. Some 417,000 working days were lost to strikes in October, the highest number in a decade.
RMT leader Mick Lynch insisted his members have the support of the public and blamed the government for the impasse.
“I have no intention of spoiling people’s Christmas,’’ he told British broadcaster ITV. “The government is contributing to that spoiling of the people’s Christmas because they’ve brought these strikes on by stopping the companies from making suitable proposals.”
In addition to seeking higher pay, the RMT is opposed to proposals it says will lead to job losses, force employees to work more nights and weekends and compromise the safety of the network.
Train companies and the government say they need to change the way the rail network operates to control costs after the pandemic reduced passenger traffic.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper rejected reports that he blocked an offer that would have increased pay for rail workers by 10% over two years.
“I haven’t blocked any offers,” he told the BBC. “Quite the reverse … I made sure there was an improved offer on the table. It’s a very fair and reasonable offer.”
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2022-12-13T14:29:09+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-rail-workers-walk-off-job-to-start-month-of-uk-strikes/
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Cedric the Entertainer has novel coming in September
NEW YORK (AP) — Call him the Cedric the Novelist.
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that it will publish a novel in September by Cedric the Entertainer. “Flipping Boxcars,” billed as a “valentine” to 1940s crime fiction, is scheduled for Sept. 12.
“Flipping Boxcars is an homage to my grandfather, who I never met, but I’ve been told I am a lot like,” Cedric the Entertainer, who stars in the CBS-TV comedy “The Neighborhood” and has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, said in a statement. “This is an intriguing novel filled with surprises, thrills, triumphs, and the heartaches of a family connected through time and circumstance.”
The novel is co-written by Alan Eisenstock, who has worked on books with George Lopez and Robert Schimmel.
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2023-04-26T19:49:32+00:00
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kob.com
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https://www.kob.com/news/us-and-world-news/cedric-the-entertainer-has-novel-coming-in-september/
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 45-year-old female Asian elephant was euthanized because of her deteriorating health from age-related problems, the San Diego Zoo announced Friday.
Devi had been undergoing therapy but her mobility had declined and wildlife care specialists “made the difficult decision” on Thursday to euthanize her, the zoo said in a Facebook posting.
“The San Diego Zoo family is heartbroken,” the zoo said.
Devi arrived at the zoo in 1977 from an elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka.
“She inspired guests from all over the world to understand the importance of elephant conservation and leaves behind a remarkable legacy as an ambassador for her species,” the zoo said.
Devi was the second oldest of five elephants at the zoo. Mary, a 58-year-old Asian elephant, and African elephant Shaba, 42, lived with her at the Elephant Care Center.
After Devi died, the two were allowed to view her body and “make their goodbyes,” the zoo said.
Elephants in the wild are highly social animals and scientists say some have been observed performing behaviors that in humans might indicate mourning for a dead acquaintance.
The Asian elephant can live for decades in the wild and in captivity. It is considered endangered because of poaching and habitat loss, with an estimated wild population of about 50,000.
The San Diego Zoo has euthanized two other elephants for health reasons in the past six years. Ranchipur, a 50-year-old Asian male, died in 2016 and Tembo, a 48-year-old African female, was euthanized in 2019.
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2022-11-05T11:51:45+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national/ap-devi-the-elephant-45-euthanized-at-san-diego-zoo/
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WHL
All Times Local
Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Friday's results
Swift Current 4 Lethbridge 3
Regina 4 Prince Albert 3 (OT)
Brandon 11 Moose Jaw 2
Winnipeg 2 Saskatoon 0
Red Deer 6 Edmonton 2
Kamloops 4 Prince George 2
Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 (SO)
Spokane 2 Tri-City 1
Seattle 4 Kelowna 1
Portland 5 Everett 1
Saturday's results
Moose Jaw 6 Brandon 2
Winnipeg 2 Saskatoon 1 (OT)
Swift Current 4 Medicine Hat 3 (OT)
Portland 7 Everett 2
Prince George 10 Kamloops 6
Seattle 2 Kelowna 0
Tri-City 7 Spokane 6 (OT)
Sunday's results
Red Deer 5 Calgary 3
Lethbridge 4 Edmonton 2
Prince Albert 5 Regina 2
Tuesday's games
Calgary at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Everett at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Friday's games
Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Portland at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Everett at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Vancouver at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Red Deer at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Everett at Prince George, 6 p.m.
Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
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2023-01-03T01:35:39+00:00
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expressnews.com
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17690419.php
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NEW YORK, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
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2023-06-12T16:03:08+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/06/12/futu-investor-news-rosen-trusted-investor-counsel-encourages-futu-holdings-limited-investors-inquire-about-securities-class-action-investigation-futu/
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I remember when Americans were proud to be American and were willing to fight to defend it if need be. I remember when young men and sometimes women were willing to go to work and willing to start at the bottom if need be and work up in order to be able to support a family or whatever. I remember when people took pride in the way they dressed and looked in public. All these memories seem to be shattering in today’s people.
I remember when words such as gay, pride, and sadly other misused words meant happy or being proud of what you can do, not descriptive of certain lifestyles and rainbows were a sight of beauty after a storm. Now we can’t say certain words without being accused of some kind of “ism,” we can’t display a rainbow without practicing a certain lifestyle, there is very little we can do without offending someone. Life just ain’t what it used to be.
It seems that corporate America is dividing us into two groups, the very wealthy and the not so wealthy. I remember when the “not so wealthy” people with hard work and determination could possibly become wealthy without being born into it. Corporate America and our elected officials have pretty much stymied that from happening.
I often wonder what will happen to this great country when the last of my generation finally dies off. Will there be anyone left to love and defend all that previous generations have fought and died for? God bless America and long may she live.
Timothy Smyth
Millinocket
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2022-08-24T11:23:14+00:00
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bangordailynews.com
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https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/08/23/opinion/letters/letter-what-will-happen-to-america/
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CHICAGO (AP) — The father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct, prosecutors announced Friday.
Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said Robert Crimo Jr. surrendered to police on Friday and will have a bond hearing Saturday. Rinehart said the charges are based on Crimo sponsoring his then 19-year-old son’s application for a gun license in 2019.
“Parents and guardians are in the best position to decide whether their teenagers should have a weapon,” Rinehart said. “In this case, the system failed when Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son. He knew what he knew and he signed the form anyway.”
Rinehart wouldn’t further discuss what led his office to file the charges this week. Authorities have previously said the accused shooter, Robert Crimo III, attempted suicide by machete in April 2019 and in September 2019 was accused by a family member of making threats to “kill everyone.”
Both those reports came months before Crimo Jr. sponsored his son’s application in December 2019.
Chicago-area attorney George M. Gomez said by phone Friday that he was representing Robert Crimo Jr. in the newly announced criminal case. He declined to answer questions but emailed a statement that described the charges as “baseless and unprecedented.”
“This decision should alarm every single parent in the United States of America who according to the Lake County State’s Attorney knows exactly what is going on with their 19 year old adult children and can be held criminally liable for actions taken nearly three years later,” the statement from Gomez said. “These charges are absurd and we will fight them every step of the way.
Gomez said Crimo Jr. “continues to sympathize and feel terrible for the individuals and families who were injured and lost loved ones,” but the attorney called the charges “politically motivated and a distraction from the real change that needs to happen in this country.”
A grand jury in July indicted Robert Crimo III on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the seven people killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a beloved holiday event in Highland Park.
Until Friday, Rinehart had refused to discuss whether the man’s parents could face charges connected to the killings.
Legal experts have said it’s rare for an accused shooter’s parent or guardian to face charges — in part because it’s difficult to prove such charges.
In one notable exception, a Michigan prosecutor last year filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of a teen accused of fatally shooting four students at his high school. A January trial date in that case has been delayed while the state appeals court considers an appeal by the parents.
Authorities have previously said that Illinois State Police reviewed Crimo III’s December 2019 gun license application and found no reason to deny it because he had no arrests, no criminal record, no serious mental health problems, no orders of protection and no other behavior that would disqualify him.
But following the parade shooting, public records showed that Crimo III attempted suicide by machete in April 2019, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press that noted a “history of attempts.”
In September 2019, police received a report from a family member that Crimo III had a collection of knives and had threatened to “kill everyone.”
Both Crimo III and his mother disputed the threat of violence at the time. Police have said father Robert Crimo Jr. later told investigators the knives belonged to him, and authorities returned them.
Robert Crimo Jr. has shown up at several pretrial hearings for his son this year, nodding in greeting when he son entered the courtroom shackled and flanked by guards. The father is a longtime resident of Highland Park and a familiar face around the city, where he was once a mayoral candidate and was well known for operating convenience stores.
In media interviews after the shooting, Robert Crimo Jr. had said he did not expect to face charges and did not believe he did anything wrong by helping his son get a gun license through the state’s established process.
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2022-12-17T03:13:22+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/ap-father-of-july-4-parade-shooting-suspect-charged-with-felony/
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LOS ANGELES , June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ricardo Lara for Insurance Commissioner Campaign is proud to announce endorsements from an extensive coalition of Democratic leaders, including Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Democratic Party in support of his re-election, as well as teachers, nurses, firefighters and farmworkers.
Statewide & Congressional Leaders Endorsing RICARDO LARA FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
- Governor Gavin Newsom
- Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
- Attorney General Rob Bonta
- Secretary of State Shirley Weber
- Treasurer Fiona Ma
- Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
- Former Governor Jerry Brown
- Former Governor Gray Davis
- Former Treasurer and Controller John Chiang
- Former Attorney General and Treasurer Bill Lockyer
- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla
- Congressmember Karen Bass
- Congressmember Julia Brownley
- Congressmember Salud Carbajal
- Congressmember Tony Cárdenas
- Congressmember Judy Chu
- Congressmember Lou Correa
- Congressmember Mark DeSaulnier
- Congressmember John Garamendi
- Congressmember Jimmy Gomez
- Congressmember Sara Jacobs
- Congressmember Ted Lieu
- Congressmember Jimmy Panetta
- Congressmember Scott Peters
- Congressmember Eric Swalwell
- Congressmember Mark Takano
- Congressmember Norma Torres
- Congressmember Juan Vargas
California Legislators:
- Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins
- Senator Bob Archuleta
- Senator Steve Bradford
- Senator Anna Caballero
- Senator Bill Dodd
- Senator María Elena Durazo
- Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman
- Senator Lena Gonzalez
- Senator Bob Hertzberg
- Senator Ben Hueso
- Senator Sydney Kamlager
- Senator John Laird
- Senator Connie Leyva
- Senator Monique Limon
- Senator Mike McGuire
- Senator Dave Min
- Senator Josh Newman
- Senator Richard Pan
- Senator Anthony Portantino
- Senator Richard Roth
- Senator Susan Rubio
- Senator Nancy Skinner
- Senator Henry Stern
- Senator Tom Umberg
- Senator Scott Wiener
- Senator Robert Wieckowski
- Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
- Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
- Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula
- Assemblymember Marc Berman
- Assemblymember Richard Bloom
- Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath
- Assemblymember Isaac Bryan
- Assemblymember Autumn Burke
- Assemblymember Lisa Calderon
- Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo
- Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes
- Assemblymember Jim Cooper
- Assemblymember Mike Fong
- Assemblymember Laura Friedman
- Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel
- Assemblymember Cristina Garcia
- Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia
- Assemblymember Mike Gipson
- Assemblymember Tim Grayson
- Assemblymember Chris Holden
- Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin
- Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer
- Assemblymember Ash Kalra
- Assemblymember Alex Lee
- Assemblymember Evan Low
- Assemblymember Brain Maienschein
- Assemblymember Chad Mayes
- Assemblymember Jose Medina
- Assemblymember Kevin Mullin
- Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
- Assemblymember Patrick O'Donnell
- Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva
- Assemblymember Eloise Reyes Gómez
- Assemblymember Luz Rivas
- Assemblymember Robert Rivas
- Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez
- Assemblymember Blanca Rubio
- Assemblymember Rudy Salas
- Assemblymember Miguel Santiago
- Assemblymember Mark Stone
- Assemblymember Phil Ting
- Assemblymember Chris Ward
- Assemblymember Jim Wood
Local Leaders, Labor & Progressive Organizations:
- California Labor Federation
- AFSCME California
- California Federation of Teachers
- California Teachers Association
- California Faculty Association
- California Professional Firefighters
- California Nurses Association
- United Farm Workers of America
- Professional Engineers in California Government
- State Building and Construction Trades of California
- Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades
- Monterey-Santa Cruz Building & Construction Trades Council
- San Diego Building and Construction Trades
- Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
- California State Association of Electrical Workers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11
- Southern California District Council of Laborers
- Laborers International Union of North America Local 300
- Laborers International Union of North America Local 652
- Laborers International Union of North America Local 1309
- California State Pipe Trades Council
- Pipe Trades District Council 16
- UA Journeymen & Apprentices Local 250
- International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 13
- Service Employees International Union California State Council
- Service Employees International Union Local 2015
- Service Employees International Union Local 721
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters DRIVE Committee
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 7
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 396
- United Food and Commercial Workers International
- United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770
- Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1277
- International Union of Operating Engineers Local 3
- International Union of Operating Engineers Local 12
- Alameda Labor Council
- California Democratic Party
- California Young Democrats
- Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley
- California Environmental Voters
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Planned Parenthood California
- Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
- Equality California
- CHIRLA Action Fund
- Latino Victory Fund
- LGBTQ Victory Fund
- Southern California Armenian Democrats
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At the Vanguard and Heart of the Life Science Ecosystem™
NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT and the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, today celebrates the grand opening of Alexandria LaunchLabs® at Columbia, which was created in a strategic collaboration with Columbia University. As the company's second LaunchLabs site in New York City, Alexandria LaunchLabs at Columbia builds upon the success of the flagship LaunchLabs site at the Alexandria Center® for Life Science – New York City, which reached its fifth anniversary this month. The grand opening event marks an important milestone for the unique and leading life science startup platform purpose-built to accelerate innovation and growth for promising early-stage companies. With over 10,000 diseases known to humankind and less than 10% currently addressable with therapies, Alexandria LaunchLabs at Columbia is playing an essential role in catalyzing the translation of scientific research emerging from Columbia University and other leading NYC academic and medical research institutions into treatments and cures to help meet humanity's massive unmet medical need and alleviate patient suffering.
"For years, there has been an explosion of new startup creation emerging from Columbia's research labs (over 25 new startups per year), as well as from the labs of our fellow NYC research institutions," said Orin Herskowitz, executive director of Columbia Technology Ventures. "The integration of the Alexandria LaunchLabs platform into Columbia's campus provides a further boost to the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem, Columbia's startups, other New York City startups and the city overall. We couldn't be more pleased to have the Alexandria LaunchLabs platform on campus."
Alexandria led the pioneering effort to create the NYC commercial life science cluster through the development of the Alexandria Center for Life Science, the city's first and only commercial life science campus. Since opening this flagship campus in 2010, Alexandria has successfully led, catalyzed and nurtured a collaborative ecosystem that coalesces translational innovation, leading scientific and managerial talent and sophisticated capital with world-renowned academic and medical institutions to drive the discovery, development and commercialization of groundbreaking therapies and cures that can extend, improve and save patients' lives. Leveraging its position as a key leader and collaborator in the life science ecosystem, the company has profoundly contributed to the success of many of the city's most promising life science companies. Intra-Cellular Therapies, which has received FDA approval for the treatment of bipolar depression and schizophrenia in adults, is a tremendous example of an Alexandria tenant that has taken scientific insights from the bench and successfully translated them to enable the delivery of novel medicines to patients around the world suffering from these intractable central nervous system disorders.
"We are immensely proud to be a leader and first mover in the catalyzation, growth and evolution of the New York City commercial life science ecosystem and cluster, where we have amplified the value of our mission-critical laboratory real estate through our strategic venture activity and guidance, thought leadership and ecosystem-building programs, as well as our innovative proprietary offerings such as LaunchLabs," said Joel S. Marcus, executive chairman and founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. and Alexandria Venture Investments. "Embedding our proven LaunchLabs platform at Columbia is crucial to advancing transformative medicines for the benefit of society, and we are honored to expand our longstanding relationship with Columbia, an exceptional institution that has made rich contributions to human health, in this mission-critical and meaningful endeavor."
"As LaunchLabs celebrates one year of operations at Columbia, we have diligently curated a stellar group of member companies from across the local ecosystem that are utilizing novel therapeutic and diagnostic platforms to address a broad range of diseases, including difficult-to-treat cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and autoimmune disorders, as well as metabolic and rare genetic diseases," said Michael Norsen, principal of science and technology at Alexandria Venture Investments and head of Alexandria LaunchLabs at Columbia for Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. "The opportunity to strategically expand our LaunchLabs platform in collaboration with Columbia enhances our ability to bolster life science entrepreneurship, nurture the city's most promising biotech startups and continue to attract and retain top talent within the local NYC ecosystem."
In addition to its grand opening event at the Alexandria LaunchLabs at Columbia, today Alexandria is convening its annual New York City Life Science Innovation Showcase at the Alexandria Center for Life Science – NYC. This showcase celebrates a curated group of preeminent life science entrepreneurs and startups from NYC's top academic and medical research institutions. The program will include rapid-fire company pitches interspersed with panel discussions featuring some of the city's most notable founders, executives and venture investors, all with the common goal of accelerating the translation of novel discoveries into biomedical realities to address many of the most challenging diseases known to humankind.
About Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an S&P 500® urban office REIT, is the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, with an asset base in North America of 74.2 million SF as of March 31, 2022. The asset base in North America includes 41.9 million RSF of operating properties and 5.4 million RSF of Class A properties undergoing construction, 10.4 million RSF of near-term and intermediate-term development and redevelopment projects and 16.5 million SF of future development projects. Founded in 1994, Alexandria pioneered this niche and has since established a significant market presence in key locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland and Research Triangle. Alexandria has a longstanding and proven track record of developing Class A properties clustered in urban life science, agtech and technology campuses that provide our innovative tenants with highly dynamic and collaborative environments that enhance their ability to successfully recruit and retain world-class talent and inspire productivity, efficiency, creativity and success. Alexandria also provides strategic capital to transformative life science, agtech and technology companies through our venture capital platform. We believe our unique business model and diligent underwriting ensure a high-quality and diverse tenant base that results in higher occupancy levels, longer lease terms, higher rental income, higher returns and greater long-term asset value. For additional information on Alexandria, please visit www.are.com.
About Alexandria LaunchLabs
Alexandria LaunchLabs, created by the pioneer of mission-critical Labspace® real estate, is the premier life science startup platform purpose-built to accelerate the growth of transformative early-stage companies, empowering the advancement of groundbreaking discoveries within Alexandria's thriving life science ecosystems in New York City, Cambridge, Research Triangle, Seattle and Stanford Research Park. Alexandria LaunchLabs is unmatched in equipping early-stage life science companies with dedicated laboratory/office space and core equipment, vital operational services, curated introductions to our preeminent network, access to capital through Alexandria Venture Investments and the Alexandria Seed Capital Platform and expert support from our best-in-class teams — all developed to provide our curated community of member companies with a scalable path for growth. Alexandria LaunchLabs is currently accepting applications for all locations. For more information, please visit www.alexandrialaunchlabs.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the potential impacts of Alexandria LaunchLabs at Columbia University on Alexandria's and its tenants' business, continued growth, goals and ability to recruit and retain talent as well as the impact on the broader life science industry. These forward-looking statements are based on the company's present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by the company's forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties detailed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the company assumes no obligation to update this information. For more discussion relating to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the company's forward-looking statements, and risks and uncertainties to the company's business in general, please refer to the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
CONTACT: Sara Kabakoff, Vice President – Communications, (626) 788‑5578, skabakoff@are.com
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Nick’s Bistro in Marietta is under new management and there will soon be a new owner for the restaurant that will be renamed Marietta Tavern on Market.
The 125-seat restaurant at 324 W. Market St. has been owned by Nick Liazis since 2014. He originally opened it with a business partner as Wild Cherry’s Sports Bar before changing the name to Nick’s Bistro. Liazis, who also previously owned the Mount Joy Family Restaurant, is planning to retire.
The restaurant’s real estate and liquor licenses are being purchased by Brandi Erisman, who said her fiance Brandon Woodard will be the restaurant’s general manager.
Erisman said she is still finalizing some of the planned changes as she awaits the liquor license transfer. She said they plan to update the menu, add a late night menu and bring in more live entertainment. Some upgrades will also be done inside and outside the building, she said.
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2022-10-09T11:56:48+00:00
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Honors include 2023 "Best Buy" in Franchise Times' Zor Awards and a spot in
Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 10+ Club
NEW YORK, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Crunch Fitness, a leading high-value, low-price gym, has been recognized for ongoing success with a prestigious award and acknowledgment, including The Zor Awards, an exclusive program by Franchise Times designed to answer the question "What is the best franchise to buy?" and Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 10+ Club, honoring an elite group of franchises that have earned a spot on the Franchise 500 list for 10 or more consecutive years.
Crunch is the fastest-growing full-size fitness franchise with a solid track record of club openings, including more than 425 gyms currently, and commitments to open an additional 1,000+ franchise locations. Offering the best value in the low-price gym segment, Crunch provides its more than two million members spacious, modern clubs, leading proprietary group fitness programming, the HIITZone™, a unique high-intensity interval group training program, top-notch personal trainers, and essential Relax and Recover areas all centered on Crunch's "No Judgments" environment that originated in the '90s.
"We learned of these two outstanding recognitions in the same week, and it really reinforces for us the successful model and opportunity we are offering in the fitness franchising industry," said Ben Midgley, CEO of Crunch Franchising. "We're honored to receive an exclusive Zor Award from Franchise Times and to have made it into Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 10+ club for 10 years of excellence— both prestigious recognitions that provide the prospective franchisee with insights into making the most educated and rewarding choice. These awards have been given to Crunch thanks to our amazing team and our dedicated members."
The Zor Awards by Franchise Times aids individuals that are actively exploring franchising by showing them how to make a selection using an astute business mindset. Crunch Franchise was named in the "Sweat It Out" category for a gym franchise reflecting industry momentum and appealing segments within franchising that examine profitability for the franchisee, management teams, product or service offerings, unit openings and closings, recent litigation and financial backing of the brand. Finalists were drawn from the Franchise Times Top 500 database, which is a 24-year-old research tool covering more than 650 U.S.-based franchise systems.
Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 10+ Club honors an elite group of franchises that have earned a spot on the list for 10 or more consecutive years. Crunch was named to the list for the 10th time this past winter for successfully adapting and evolving to meet the unique challenges and changes that have shaped the franchise industry over the last year. In recent years, the list has offered a comprehensive overview of the state of the franchise world as it emerges from the most challenging days of the pandemic into uncertain economic conditions.
Additionally, Crunch was listed as #30 on Entrepreneur's Top Global Franchises list among those successful franchises with international opportunities.
Crunch is the original founder of the "No Judgments" philosophy, providing members and franchisees alike with a culture of positivity, encouragement, and inclusivity, all while being a place for fun, fitness and entertainment.
Crunch is a gym that believes in making serious exercise fun by fusing fitness and entertainment and pioneering a philosophy of 'No Judgments.' Crunch serves a fitness community for all kinds of people with all types of goals, exercising all different ways, working it out at the same place together. Today, we are renowned for creating one-of-a-kind group fitness classes and unique programming for our wildly diverse members. Headquartered in New York City, Crunch serves two million members with over 425 gyms worldwide in 37 states, the District of Columbia, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Spain. Crunch is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and around the globe.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic clearly is not done dominating his sport.
He says so.
His coach says so.
And, most importantly, his performances throughout a draining run to a record-extending 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title, plus his return Monday to No. 1 in the ATP rankings, say so.
His message Sunday night, essentially, was: Look out.
“I still have lots of motivation. Let’s see how far it takes me. I really don’t want to stop here. I don’t have intention to stop here,” the 35-year-old Djokovic said after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas, a man more than a decade his junior, by a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) score in the final at Melbourne Park. “I feel great about my tennis. I know that when I’m feeling good physically, (and) mentally present, I have a chance to win any Slam against anybody.”
Hard to argue.
Not only has no man won more major trophies ( Rafael Nadal also has 22; Margaret Court, with 24, and Serena Williams, with 23, are the only players in history with more), but Djokovic just keeps applying constant pressure on opponents — regardless of the surface or any apparent obstacles in his way.
He returned to Australia with some trepidation, unsure of what sort of reception awaited a year after he was deported for not being vaccinated against COVID-19, and was fine. He dealt with a sore left hamstring, and was fine, dropping one set along the way to the title. He was bothered by the unusual circumstances that kept his father — who had last attended the Australian Open 15 years ago — away from Rod Laver Arena for Djokovic’s semifinal and final, and was fine.
Well, able to bottle all of that up, anyway, until the last point was played. That’s when Djokovic “emotionally collapsed,” as he put it, sobbing in the stadium.
“It required an enormous mental energy, really, to stay present, to stay focused, to take things day by day,” he said, wearing a white zippered jacket with “22” printed on the chest, “and really see how far I can go.”
His strokes are pure as can be. His athleticism, too. His resolve? Off the charts.
“Novak is a player that pushes you to your limits,” is the way Tsitsipas explained it.
He would know. He has lost 10 consecutive matches to Djokovic, two in Grand Slam finals.
“I don’t see this as a curse. I don’t see this as something, like, annoying,” Tsitsipas continued. “This is very good for the sport — to have competitors like him, to have champions like him.”
The “GOAT” debate — “Greatest of All-Time” — has consumed tennis fans for years, comparing Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer. It’s an OK parlor game, sure, although silly on its merits. All three, it goes without saying, are great.
Federer, 41, is retired. Nadal, 37 in June, left Melbourne with an injured left hip flexor. Djokovic, 36 in May, keeps on keeping on.
For how much longer?
“Definitely two, three more years,” said Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 Wimbledon champion who has coached Djokovic since 2019. “The way he’s taking care of his body, the way he (approaches) everything, the food, it’s amazing.”
Djokovic won’t be pinned down on what he has left. Nor should he. Like Federer, like Nadal, like Williams, he can play as long as he pleases.
Let’s just say Djokovic is not satisfied with what he’s done.
“I don’t know how many more years I’m going to play or how many more Slams I’m going to play. It depends on various things. It doesn’t depend only on my body," the father of two said, noting that a proper balance with his family life is important to him, too.
As it is, Djokovic won 10 of the last 19 majors — Nadal has a half-dozen of those — and no one collected more after turning 30. There are youngsters to keep at bay, chief among them Carlos Alcaraz, who won the U.S. Open and rose to No. 1 in September at 19 but missed the Australian Open with a leg injury.
Djokovic wasn't at Flushing Meadows for the same reason he wasn't at Melbourne Park last year, and the United States, unlike Australia, still is not admitting unvaccinated foreigners.
But before that, Djokovic is sure to be the favorite at Roland Garros if Nadal isn't healthy, and at Wimbledon, which he already has won seven times.
“Physically, I can keep myself fit. Of course, 35 is not 25, even though I want to believe it is,” Djokovic said. “But I still feel there is time ahead of me. Let’s see how far I go.”
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Howard Fendrich has been the AP’s tennis writer since 2002. Write to him at hfendrich@ap.org or follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HowardFendrich
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Treasury Department watchdog is examining DeSantis’ flights carrying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
By Priscilla Alvarez and Devan Cole, CNN
The Treasury Department’s inspector general is examining Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ flights carrying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, including whether the Sunshine State improperly used Covid relief funds to transfer the migrants, according to a letter provided to Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey.
Last month, DeSantis claimed credit for a pair of flights carrying migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. Two days after the flights, Markey, along with six other Massachusetts lawmakers, sent a letter to the Treasury Department’s watchdog requesting an investigation into the funds used to transport the migrants.
In response to the lawmakers’ request, Richard Delmar, the department’s deputy inspector general, confirmed that the watchdog’s office “has audit work planned” of Florida’s use of State and Local Fiscal Recovery funds, according to a letter dated October 7.
“We will review the allowability of use of SLFRF funds related to immigration generally, and will specifically confirm whether interest earned on SLFRF funds was utilized by Florida related to immigration activities, and if so, what conditions and limitations apply to such use,” the letter reads.
The Democratic senator applauded the department’s move, saying in a statement: “For the sake of the migrants who were lured onto charter planes under false pretenses, and for the commendable Commonwealth residents who rallied together to offer support, I hope that this investigation sheds light on whether Governor DeSantis misused funds that were intended for Covid relief for Floridians.”
CNN previously reported that the flights may have exceeded the original scope of the state’s plan to transport undocumented individuals.
Records obtained by CNN showed that in the months leading up to those flights, Florida had planned a narrower mission for a controversial new state program to transport migrants to other states.
The goal, according to a callout to contractors and guidelines for the program, was to “relocate out of the state of Florida foreign nationals who are not lawfully present in the United States.”
But that’s not what transpired. On September 14, two planes picked up 48 migrants in San Antonio — not Florida — and dropped them off in Martha’s Vineyard, an island located off the coast of Massachusetts that has long been known as a posh summer destination for wealthy vacationers.
The decision by DeSantis to orchestrate the flights were part of his criticism of the federal government’s immigration and border security policies. Attorneys for the migrants have filed a class action lawsuit, saying they were misled in agreeing to the flights after being told they’d arrive to housing, jobs and help with the immigration process; no one on Martha’s Vineyard knew they were coming, local officials have said.
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TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ExpertInsuranceReviews.com recently released a guide outlining the best strategies for undocumented immigrants to purchase life insurance.
While many assume undocumented immigrants can't get life insurance because they don't have a Social Security Number, most can qualify for coverage with one of the following forms of identification:
- Green Card
- ndividual Taxpayer Identification Number
- Student Visa
All of these forms of identification are suitable for proving an individual's age.
Insurance companies are focused on earning a profit, and they do that by charging premiums that reflect policyholder risk. As a result, insurers consider the same risk factors for migrants that they consider for anyone else. So, if an individual is young, in good health, and living a safe lifestyle, insurance companies tend to offer their best rates regardless of citizenship status.
ExpertInsuranceReviews.com shared some monthly rate examples for undocumented immigrants purchasing $100,000, 10-year term life insurance policies.
- 25-year-old male – $11.14
- 25-year-old female – $10.78
- 35-year-old male – $11.31
- 35-year-old female – $11.34
- .45-year-old male – $15.67
- .45-year-old female – $15.26
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The rates for undocumented immigrants are comparable to the rates for natural-born citizens.
Melanie Musson, a nationally recognized life insurance expert with ExpertInsuranceReviews.com advocates for undocumented immigrants to consider their need for life insurance, "Many undocumented immigrants are uninsured because they don't realize how necessary life insurance is for providing for their loved ones if something happens to them.
"Fortunately, many affordable term life insurance policies are available to this population group."
The ExpertInsuranceReviews.com guide also explains that citizenship status does not impact a life insurance recipient's eligibility because federal law protects life insurance beneficiaries. As a result, undocumented immigrants can receive death benefits from life insurance policies regardless of immigration status.
Read the entire guide here: Life Insurance for Undocumented Immigrants: How to Get the Best Rate.
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Dear Abby: In-laws' visits take toll on woman's body and soul
Dear Abby,
My in-laws live out of state, and they would stay with us when they visited. Once my son was born, I told my husband they would need to stay in a hotel because we no longer have the room. They are also the most disrespectful houseguests, and I have terrible insomnia.
My MIL speaks to me only when my husband is around, and my FIL complains about everything — our streaming services, saying I need to buy more towels and complaining that we don't have soda. I have tried explaining to my husband that they send my anxiety into the next dimension, but because none of this happens when he's around, he doesn't understand. I have had to ask my doctor to give me a small supply of medication for my nerves.
Since they have been staying at a hotel, they complain about the cost and the accommodations. I have offered to pay for a rental. Now she's telling my husband she will buy a sleep sofa for when they visit. I have tried telling my husband all the reasons why this is not a good idea, but it always ends up in an argument.
Am I being unreasonable, and should I just suck it up a few weeks a year, or should they respect the fact that having them as houseguests does not work for our family?
— Defeated in Massachusetts
Your in-laws appear to be quite a handful. Your solution about them staying in a hotel or rental when they visit is sensible since they are unpleasant to be around when their son is absent. If, however, your husband won't back you up, consider spending as much time away from the house as you can during those visits. It will give Grandma and Grandpa more time to bond with the little one and save your sanity.Dear Abby,
My sister ghosted me after learning I was the beneficiary of my late brother's IRA. She was demanding that I share the inheritance with our mother and possibly with her. I refused. I accepted the money to use for Mom because she may need it in her declining years.
So now I have lost a brother AND a sister. Do I just wait for her to begin communicating when she's ready? At times, we need to talk about our 88-year-old mother. Am I guilty of all the things she accuses me of: being greedy, manipulative, a betrayer, a liar? I'm not sure how to mend our rift.
— Sane Sis in Indiana
You did nothing wrong. Your sister has convinced herself that you (and your late brother) have somehow "cheated" her and your mother out of something that was rightfully hers. Aside from splitting the money your brother left you with her, there's nothing you can do to mend that rift — and it's unlikely any amount of money could fix it now.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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providencejournal.com
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GREENSBORO, N.C., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuse Oncology, an oncology healthcare software solutions provider, today announces the promotion of James Bauler, MA, to chief executive officer of the company effective January 1, 2023. Formerly chief financial officer, Bauler has led both previous and current investment rounds, and is directly involved in all business, financial, and operational decisions at Fuse. He replaces founding CEO B.J. Sintay, PhD, DABR, also executive director of radiation oncology and chief physicist at Cone Health, whose plan to step down from the role was determined at the time of the company's founding in 2021 after the core product, S!GNAL, was developed there.
"I leave this role in very capable hands. James is the visionary who proposed we establish Fuse Oncology from the beginning, with a clear and decisive plan for developing our robust S!GNAL technology," Sintay says. "James has used his varied expertise and management skills to guide day-to-day operations and drive bigger-picture goals. I have tremendous confidence in his abilities and strategic mindset that will shape the success of the company."
Bauler is also principal at Cone Health Ventures, which has a portfolio of 16 health technology companies including Fuse, an industry innovator. He has managed international operations in a variety of complex, multinational settings including health system technologies, medical devices, and therapeutics. He is passionate about improving lives and driving health system efficiencies by using technology to reduce errors, optimize staff strengths, and grow revenues.
"It's been a privilege to work alongside B.J. as he led the spinout and launch of Fuse. We have a dynamic team, great partners, and a powerful platform to transform the radiation oncology experience." Bauler says. "If we want to improve healthcare in the U.S., we have to reduce the burden on providers, improve the patient experience, increase the efficiency, and decrease the cost—all while improving outcomes. As CEO, I am excited to see Fuse make this happen in radiation oncology."
In his new role, Bauler will be responsible for accelerating company growth; assembling an expanding, qualified team to support goals; refining business models; and ensuring the Fuse vision is carried out through delivery of a high-quality, intuitive suite of oncology solutions.
"After a broad search with an executive firm, the board determined that James Bauler was the best candidate to lead Fuse Oncology to the next level," says Jay Brennan, chairman of Fuse Oncology. "James, who has been a member of the leadership team from the beginning, has an impressive background in finance and operations that will serve the company well."
About Fuse Oncology: Fuse Oncology delivers SaaS solutions that break down healthcare workflow and data silos to create a seamless experience for clinicians in radiation oncology. By placing the broader electronic medical record system at the center of the architecture, Fuse eliminates duplicative and inefficient effort to enable a future where oncology care moves at the speed of patients.
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2022-12-22T17:51:44+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/12/22/fuse-oncology-names-james-bauler-new-chief-executive-officer/
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CHIPPEWA COUNTY (WQOW) - A portion of Highway 29 was closed mid Thursday after a scary scene along the Chippewa County highway.
A plow truck was rear-ended by a semi on Highway 29 in Chippewa Falls between US 53 and Seymour Cray Boulevard.
According to the Chippewa County Highway Department, despite the semi going fast, both drivers walked away from the crash with just bumps and bruises. Highway commissioner Brian Kelley said the collision was so violent the entire load of salt was ejected from the truck.
WisDOT sent an alert just before noon Thursday saying the lane of Highway 29 is open again.
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2023-02-23T21:57:40+00:00
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wqow.com
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Minneapolis (CNN) — The US labor market isn’t ready to slow down just yet.
Employers added 339,000 jobs in May, according to the monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday.
That’s a much hotter number than the 190,000 that economists were expecting.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.7% from 3.4%. Economists were projecting it to climb to 3.5%, according to Refinitiv.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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2023-06-02T14:07:28+00:00
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WASHINGTON (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol urged ever more strengthening of the U.S.-led security alliance against nuclear-armed North Korea on Thursday, drawing cheers from Congress as he saluted the “great American heroes” who helped preserve his country’s democracy in the Korean War.
Democratic and Republicans lawmakers rose to their feet again and again to applaud during Yoon’s address to a joint meeting of the House and Senate, in a speech that stressed security cooperation at a time of increased tension with both North Korea and China. Yoon also cited U.S.-Korean high-tech trade ties creating thousands of jobs in the United States.
Yoon praised the U.S.-South Korea security partnership since the Korean War seven decades ago as “the linchpin safeguarding our freedom, peace and prosperity.”
Lawmakers roared with approval when the South Korean leader closed with, “God bless our alliance.” They flocked to him afterward on the House floor, pressing him to sign their written copies of his address.
Yoon’s visit to Washington has focused on efforts by both countries and other allies in the Indo-Pacific to make their forces stronger, more nimble, better positioned and more resilient in the event of any conflict in the region.
On Wednesday, Yoon and President Joe Biden announced an agreement for intensified nuclear deterrence to counter any North Korean threat. Biden issued a blunt warning that a nuclear attack would “result in the end of whatever regime” took such action.
North Korea over the past year has carried out a record number of ballistic missile launches, demonstrating its ability to strike targets near and far.
The U.S.-South Korean deterrence effort announced this week calls for periodically docking U.S. nuclear-armed submarines in South Korea for the first time in decades and bolstering training between the two countries.
The Biden administration’s aim in improving the allies’ military readiness in the region is not just to deter North Korea but to discourage and defend against any threats from China, which is also a growing security concern. That concern focuses at present on any possible move against the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.
Still, China is an important market for South Korea’s semiconductors and other advanced technology. Yoon’s remarks, while singling out North Korea as a threat to democracy and peace in his region, made no direct mention of China.
Also from the Indo-Pacific, next week Biden will host Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for Oval Office talks.
Yoon paid tribute Thursday to the nearly 40,000 American troops who died helping South Korea’s democratic government fight back an attempted takeover by the communist north in the 1950s.
“Korea will never forget the great American heroes who fought with us to defend freedom,” he said.
He singled out the granddaughter of one such Korean veteran, Col. William Weber. Dayne Weber stood and waved from the House Gallery in response, placing her hand over her heart as lawmakers applauded.
Col. Weber lost an arm and leg in 1951 defending Wonju, which is roughly 50 miles east of Seoul. He died last year, after successfully advocating for completion of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington.
Yoon, who charmed a White House state dinner the evening before by singing several stanzas of the 1970s pop song “American Pie,” also pointed to economic and cultural bonds forged between the two countries since the war.
Those include a White House visit last year by a Korean pop group with an adoring global following.
“BTS beat me to the White House — but I beat them to Capitol Hill!” Yoon exclaimed.
On trade, South Korea is concerned about its economy suffering collateral damage as the U.S. tries to wean its supply chains from dependence on Chinese imports, and considers additional sanctions if Beijing increases support for Russia after President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Individual lawmakers stood, smiled and applauded when Yoon referenced Korean companies with operations in their home states. Rep Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, received high-fives from his colleagues when Yoon mentioned a Samsung semiconductor plant in Austin.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with Yoon at the Capitol before the joint meeting of Congress. McCarthy pointed out features in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall as they walked to a meeting with other congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Yoon’s address marked roughly the 120th time that the House and Senate have met jointly to hear from a foreign leader. It’s a tradition that congressional researchers say dates back to 1874, starting with King Kalakaua of Hawaii, which was then a sovereign kingdom and not a state.
Lawmakers extend the invitations as an honor to allies. Yoon’s speech comes just weeks after the leaks of highly classified documents that have complicated relations with allies, including South Korea.
The papers, viewed by The Associated Press, describe internal deliberations in which South Korea’s National Security Council “grappled” with the U.S. in early March over an American request to provide artillery ammunition to Ukraine.
The leaked documents, which cited a signals intelligence report, were a political embarrassment at home and abroad for Yoon and other allies cited in the leaks.
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2023-04-27T23:21:09+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/news/politics/concerned-about-north-korea-souths-yoon-seeks-more-us-help/
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CONSUMER REPORTS: What to buy in June 2023
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - June is here! Whether it’s a gift for Dad, a recent “Grad,” or just something nice for yourself, Consumer Reports found money-saving deals on top-tested products -- helping you kickstart your summer just right.
With Father’s Day and graduation season almost here, June is a great month to save big on the items that’ll help you celebrate the ones you love.
Consumer Reports tracks the prices of many of its top-tested products all year long, so it knows exactly when they go on deep discount. Here are the top products to look out for in this month’s Best Time to Buy.
“In the beginning of June, you might still see ongoing Memorial Day sales on things like dishwashers, blenders, and mattresses, and with Father’s Day coming up on June 18th, start looking for discounts on things like tech items and power tools,” said Samantha Gordon with Consumer Reports.
If Dad is a DIY-er, get him something he can use for jobs big and small.
This drill from Dewalt is as low as $105.70 at Amazon. CR says this cordless drill is very powerful and capable of driving even the largest screws.
And for new dads who still want to work out -- what about a jogging stroller?
The Thule Urban Glide 2 is as low as $549.95 at Nordstrom and Pottery Barn Kids. CR says this jogging stroller is easily maneuverable and features a hand brake for better control when jogging.
Need a gift for a recent graduate who likes to geek out on tech? Why not get them a new smartwatch?
This Apple Watch SE is as low as $149 at Walmart. CR says this first-generation Apple Watch did great in its tests and that if you’re ok with foregoing the latest and greatest features on newer models, you can enjoy these big savings.
And finally, an item that will satisfy all inside the kitchen.
The Vitamix One is as low as $149.95 at Wayfair. CR says this blender aced its tests in making smoothies and frozen desserts.
Something cool to jump into summer!
Looking for something else on sale this month? CR says insect repellants, pressure washers, smart speakers, string trimmers and sunscreens are items that typically go on deep discount in June.
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2023-06-05T11:44:27+00:00
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LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization isn’t liable for an elder who raped a member of his congregation more than three decades ago.
The decision overturned rulings by lower courts that awarded 62,000 pounds ($77,500) for the emotional harm suffered by a Welsh woman who was raped in 1990.
Elder Mark Sewell was sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping the woman in his home after the two had been out proselytizing.
The Supreme Court ruled that the concept of vicarious liability — often used to hold an employer responsible for the reckless actions of an employee — didn’t extend to the Witnesses in the case, because it didn’t pass a two-stage test.
While the court said the elder could be considered an employee of the religious organization, the rape at his home wasn’t within the scope of his duties for the congregation.
“The primary reason that the rape took place was not because Mark Sewell was abusing his position as an elder, but because he was abusing his position as a close friend of (the victim),” Justice Andrew Burrows wrote.
Four other justices on the Supreme Court agreed unanimously with Burrows in favor of the Watch Tower and Bible Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the New York-based charitable arm of the Witnesses religious activities, and the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Attorney Thomas Beale, who represented the victim, said the ruling was “devastating for our client, who has shown great bravery and determination.”
While it was loss for his client, Beale said the ruling could be helpful for others because it clarified that an organization could be held responsible for acts by volunteers, which has been the subject of disagreement in the courts.
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2023-04-27T01:10:41+00:00
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kxnet.com
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https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/uk-court-jehovahs-witnesses-not-liable-for-rape-by-elder/
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Just days after leading Oklahoma’s softball team to its third straight national title, pitcher Jordy Bahl announced Monday on social media that she is transferring and heading back to her home state of Nebraska.
Bahl is from Papillion, a suburb of Omaha. She said in the post that she’s homesick and wants to help grow the sport in a state she feels is overlooked at all levels of softball.
“For the last 2 years, despite the amazing opportunities and accomplishments, my love for home and the acknowledgement of my foundation have grown,” she wrote. “Being away from these things has been very tough.”
Bahl was a first-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American this season and a Top 10 finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She finished this season with a 22-1 record and an 0.90 ERA. In 2022, she was NFCA Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-American. In her two years at Oklahoma, she won two national titles and finished with a 44-2 record.
She pitched 24 2/3 scoreless innings at this year’s Women’s College World Series and was named its Most Outstanding Player. She went 4-0 at the World Series in Oklahoma City and earned the save in the decisive championship series victory in Game 2 against Florida State.
Bahl did not say which school she will play for, but there are three Division I programs in the state: Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha. Nebraska and Omaha reached the NCAA Tournament and lost in regional play this season. Creighton went 22-31.
Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said in a statement that the two had a cordial conversation about Bahl’s decision.
“We’re understanding of her situation and certainly want her to be the happiest she can be,” Gasso said. “We are supportive of her and she will always be part of the OU Softball family.”
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2023-06-13T17:08:13+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/sports/oklahoma-softball-ace-jordy-bahl-announces-plans-to-transfer-after-winning-national-title/
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
06-08-11-31-42-45
(six, eight, eleven, thirty-one, forty-two, forty-five)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
06-08-11-31-42-45
(six, eight, eleven, thirty-one, forty-two, forty-five)
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2022-10-16T00:46:49+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Classic-Lotto-47-game-17512032.php
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“The Bachelor 2023″ will begin on Monday, March 13 at 8 p.m. with the 8th episode of its 27th season. This season will star Zach Shallcross, with Jesse Palmer continuing his role as host.
Here’s the information you’ll need to watch a free live stream of “The Bachelor” online without cable.
How to watch ‘The Bachelor’ live without cable. Can you stream ‘The Bachelor’ live?
If you’re a cord-cutter or don’t have cable, it’s easy to live stream “The Bachelor″ on Fubo TV (free trial) or DIRECTV Stream (free trial).
How long is ‘The Bachelor’ tonight? What time is ‘The Bachelor’ on tonight?
“The Bachelor” will continue with the 8th episode of its 27th season on Monday, March 13 at 8 p.m. on ABC. The premiere will run until 10 p.m., at which point it will be followed by a new episode of “The Good Doctor.” Local programming will air after at 11 p.m.
What channel is ABC?
You can use the channel finder on your provider’s website to locate it: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV, Dish.
Ways to watch ‘The Bachelor’ online on-demand
If you missed an episode of “The Bachelor″ or want to binge watch other ABC events online as they become available, check out Fubo TV (free trial) or DIRECTV Stream (free trial).
If you have a cable subscription, “The Bachelor” will be available to watch the day after each episode airs on ABC.com by logging into the website via your cable provider.
What is ‘The Bachelor’ about?
According to the official ABC website: After a heartbreaking departure from Gabby and Rachel’s season of “The Bachelorette,” Zach Shallcross’ journey to find love will continue when he steps in as leading man for the upcoming 27th season of “The Bachelor.” Following an emotional realization about his future with Rachel, Shallcross won Bachelor Nation’s affection when he made the difficult decision to end his journey on “The Bachelorette.” The charismatic California native will begin handing out roses when the season premieres MONDAY, JAN. 23 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. Watch episodes on demand and on Hulu the day following their premieres. The announcement was made by host Jesse Palmer during the emotional live finale of Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia’s season of “The Bachelorette.” An endearing 26-year-old tech executive from Anaheim Hills, California, Shallcross stole Bachelor Nation’s heart on season 19 of “The Bachelorette” with his quiet charm, wit and openness to finding lasting love. Audiences saw Shallcross put himself and his desire to meet “the one” first when he made his emotional exit, opening the door for his “person” to walk through. A family man at heart, Shallcross splits time between Texas and Orange County. His parents, who have been married over 30 years, have shown him what true love looks like. He strives to find a love that echoes the standard they have set for him, and he plans to keep them in mind when looking for a life partner. Home is where the heart is; and with the Bachelor mansion not too far away, Shallcross is eager to begin his journey back home in Southern California. “The Bachelor” is a production of Next Entertainment and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon. Mike Fleiss, Martin Hilton, Nicole Woods, Bennett Graebner, Louis Caric, Peter Geist, Peter Gust, Tim Warner, Jodi Baskerville and Jeff Thomas are the executive producers.
Here’s a look at “The Bachelor,” courtesy of Bachelor Nation’s official YouTube channel:
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2023-03-13T19:51:23+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/tv/2023/03/the-bachelor-2023-episode-8-free-live-stream-how-to-watch-online-without-cable.html
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State and local efforts to attract more cryptocurrency and technology companies to the region, and to get them the electricity and other resources they need, have advanced.
Late Tuesday afternoon, the local power utility announced a long-anticipated contract to deliver the equivalent of about one-fifth of the energy the entire city uses, on average. Some new jobs and other economic development may come along with this.
Black Hills Energy said a crypto mining company recently entered into a five-year service agreement involving up to 45 megawatts, with an option to expand to as much as 75 MW. By year’s end, this facility (which presumably will use a large amount of computing power to virtually create new currency) “will represent one of the largest bitcoin mining operations in the region,” according to the utility.
This appears to be the biggest such power deal in the state, at least that has been made public. This is according to past reporting and to experts including the University of Wyoming’s Steven Lupien, who is the director of UW’s Center for Blockchain & Digital Innovation, as well as to an executive at the new mining company itself.
Partly in a bid to potentially stave off any deregulation of the overall power industry, this forthcoming agreement has been cited by utility stakeholders as evidence that existing law and regulations work as is to get energy-intensive crypto mining operations the electricity they need at close to the prices they want.
The new blockchain interruptible service agreement is with MineOne, a spokesperson for Black Hills Energy wrote in an email Tuesday night to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “MineOne, the general partner, is a New York-based crypto mining company. There will be additional limited partners.” The spokesperson said the local operations will be developed and run by BCB Cheyenne, doing business as Bison Blockchain, a Wyoming-based company.
“As part of operating the mine, Bison expects 20 new permanent jobs to be created in Cheyenne,” Black Hills Energy’s Laurie Farkas wrote to the WTE.
Questions for the investor about the Cheyenne plans went unanswered. Crypto companies are typically reluctant to discuss their expansion and technology plans. However, a Bison executive answered all of the WTE’s questions.
“Bison has expressed a desire to provide learning sessions and facility tours to help educate various stakeholders and the public about the benefits of blockchain,” Farkas wrote. “They are interested in partnering with state universities to provide scholarships for students interested in blockchain technologies.”
Blockchain is the underlying technology concept for virtual currency, in which a widely distributed electronic ledger, of sorts, keeps track of transactions.
Local operations
The tech company’s initial operations will be at the North Range Business Park, which is owned and operated by Cheyenne LEADS, the local economic development organization. The head of this group told the WTE there are no tax incentives or discounted land prices being offered.
The crypto tech company will likely start hiring in the first quarter of next year, Betsey Hale, CEO of Cheyenne LEADS, wrote in an email to the WTE Wednesday. “At full build out, there will likely be 20 jobs. The hiring timeframe will also depend on industry growth.” Starting annual salaries could average $60,000, according to Hale.
The crypto mining will take place in modular units. Although plans are not final, there may be several employees on the site at all times, and they may work in an actual building, while bitcoin is mined in the modular units, Bison Blockchain’s Michael Murphy said by phone Wednesday.
“Our goal is to be up and running at the full 45 megawatts” by Dec. 31, Murphy, one of three co-founders of Bison Blockchain, said about the power pact.
While MineOne is the owner-investor, Murphy’s business will operate the tech mine.
“We are, like, the local presence. We are the ones that are active in the community” and doing the hiring, he said. “From the point where we break ground, it’s all really going to be boots on the ground.”
Although Murphy lives in Denver, he anticipates spending a lot of time here.
“This first application of an innovative blockchain energy rate is a ‘win-win’ for our city, our state and the region,” said Cheyenne LEADS’ Hale said in the utility company’s announcement. “With our energy partner, Black Hills Energy, we are strengthening and thoughtfully growing our local economy.”
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2022-06-24T11:43:42+00:00
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wyomingnews.com
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https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/wyoming-crypto-efforts-get-boost-with-power-agreement/article_55cc88b4-29ce-5cca-b71a-47a6c31b01eb.html
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The European Union and Iran agreed on Saturday to resume negotiations in Vienna in the coming days over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers.
The agreement could help relieve tensions after the talks stalled for months, while Iran enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels under decreasing international oversight.
At a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran, the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borell, said the negotiations would restart soon.
“The coming days means the coming days, I mean quickly, immediately,” Borell said, adding that the United States, which unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018 and imposed tough economic sanctions on Iran, should also return to the negotiations. “Negotiations must resume, and this is a decision that must be made in Tehran and Washington,” he said.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused a “tectonic change” in geopolitics, making it more urgent than ever to reach an agreement that would allow Iran to sell its oil to world markets.
"In such an environment the conclusion of our landmark agreement is more important than ever,” he said.
Amirabdollahian said his country is ready to resume talks: “We’ll try to resolve the issues and differences... what is important for the Islamic Republic of Iran is economically benefiting from the agreement reached in 2015 in full.”
Earlier this month, Iran removed 27 surveillance cameras of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency in what its director warned could deal a “fatal blow” to the nuclear accord.
Former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal in 2018, and the sanctions he imposed severed most of Iran's oil revenues and international financial transactions.
The EU coordinator of the nuclear talks, Enrique Mora, has made several trips in recent months to Tehran in a bid to break the deadlock — but without any result.
Borrell’s visit signals a growing European urgency to revive the Vienna talks — which broke off in March. Hopes for a breakthrough have faded as Iran rapidly advances its nuclear program and decreases international oversight.
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2022-06-25T16:08:16+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Iran-and-EU-say-Vienna-nuke-talks-will-resume-in-17265354.php
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YORK, Pa., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 19, 2023, the Board of Directors of Traditions Bancorp (OTC Pink: TRBK), parent company of Traditions Bank, declared a quarterly cash dividend of eight cents per common share. The dividend will be paid on February 13, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 3, 2023.
Formed in 2002 with administrative headquarters in York, Pennsylvania, Traditions Bank operates seven full-service branch offices located in York, Hanover, and Lancaster, as well as a loan production office in Lemoyne, Cumberland County. With assets of $773 million as of September 30, 2022 and 170 associates, Traditions Bank provides depository and borrowing services to businesses and individuals located in south-central Pennsylvania. The Bank is a leading provider of residential mortgages and has been a Bauer Financial recommended financial institution for more than a decade.
To learn more about Traditions Bancorp, visit www.traditionsbancorp.com.
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2023-01-20T00:15:02+00:00
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https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2023/01/19/traditions-bancorp-announces-fourth-quarter-cash-dividend/
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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — Five St. Louis-area police officers were injured early Wednesday when they were struck by an SUV driven by a suspected drunken driver.
Three of the officers were in serious condition and two suffered moderate injuries, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. A 2-year-old girl in the Jeep Cherokee that struck the officers suffered minor injuries.
The accident happened at 1:42 a.m. on Interstate 270 in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The officers are part of a regional task force that focuses on auto thefts and other crimes.
The officers had chased a suspected car thief who crashed and were handling that wreckage when they were hit. The highway patrol said patrol cars were blocking the two left lanes, waiting for a tow truck to remove the wrecked car, and had their emergency lights flashing.
The Jeep Cherokee tried to swerve but struck a Lake Saint Louis police car, causing one officer to be ejected as the police car spun out of control and struck two other Lake Saint Louis officers standing nearby, the patrol said.
The three officers were seriously injured. Two St. Charles County officers were inside a police car that was also struck, and suffered moderate injuries. The injured officers range in age from 26 to 34.
The 31-year-old driver of the SUV was unhurt. He was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An oil spill has polluted more than 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) of coastline at the city of Lechería, one of Venezuela's top tourist destinations, the city's mayor said Tuesday.
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A journalist who fled Sudan's capital talks about his dangerous journey to Egypt Published May 3, 2023 at 7:16 AM EDT Facebook LinkedIn Email Listen • 6:54 NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Sudanese-American journalist Isma'il Kushkush about fleeing the violence in Khartoum. Copyright 2023 NPR
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BANGKOK – The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1, a powerful symbol of nationalism in a very devout nation.
Journalists were given a preview of the 228-acre (92-hectare) site in the capital, Naypyitaw, which includes small pagodas, ordination halls, rest houses, water fountains, lakes and a park.
The military government’s head, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who is also the project’s patron, supervised installation of various parts of the project, even as a civil war has raged, killing thousands, uprooting millions and causing vast destruction, including to Buddhist monasteries, Christian churches and Islamic mosques.
Min Aung Hlaing has been repeatedly quoted in state media as saying it will be tallest sitting marble Buddha statue in the world, a claim that is difficult to verify.
He also said the building of the Buddha image aimed “to show the flourishing of Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar, to be Myanmar as a focal point of Theravada Buddhism, ensure prosperity of the country and contribute to peace and stability of the world.”
The generals who seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Ky i are engaged in battles covering much of the country, with the army’s vast advantage in manpower and weapons unable to subdue the pro-democracy resistance forces.
The army’s fierce attacks, especially in the countryside, including burning down villages and displacing their inhabitants, make its efforts to win hearts and minds urgent, if also difficult.
The construction of the giant Buddha statues is common in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
Generals who view themselves as the protectors and patrons of Buddhism have stepped up building pagodas and presenting offerings to highly-respected monks, which they believe will bring them religious merit as well as popular support. It also helps cement a long-standing alliance with right-wing monks who share their ultranationalist views and have their own followings, who can be mobilized for political action.
In 2009, under a previous military government, then military ruler Gen. Than Shwe consecrated the Uppatasanti Pagoda, a replica in Naypyitaw of the country’s famous Shwedagon pagoda, which sits in Yangon, the country’s biggest city. He also had a 11.5-meter-high (37.7-foot-high) sitting marble Buddha statue built in Yangon in 2001.
Thein Sein, the general-turned-president who headed a semi-democratic military-backed government, had a 9.7-meter-tall (32-foot-tall) standing marble Buddha statue built in Naypyitaw in 2015.
The new sitting Buddha, including its its throne, is roughly about 24.7 meters (81 feet) high and weighs more than 5,000 tons, according to reports in state-run media. It is carved in the traditional cultural style of the Yadanabon dynasty of the 18th to 19th centuries, the last before the country was colonized by the British.
Reporting on the project’s progress last month to officials and big business backers, Min Aung Hlaing revealed that the plan to build the statue originated when Than Shwe handed over to the military in 2017 a giant piece of raw marble rock that was given him by a mining company.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, released a doctor's note Wednesday saying he is recovering well from a May stroke as he vies for an open seat in a bare-knuckle campaign against Republican Mehmet Oz, who has questioned Fetterman's fitness to serve.
Five months after the medical emergency from which Fetterman said, “I almost died," he is fighting some lingering effects of the stroke — “the elephant in the room,” he called it at a recent rally. The lieutenant governor uses closed-captioning to quickly interpret and respond to questions, and sometimes stumbles over words.
In the one-page letter, Dr. Clifford Chen noted that Fetterman continues to endure effects of the stroke that involve speech and being able to respond quickly. But he said Fetterman exhibited no effects on his “cognitive ability” or his ability to think and reason after the stroke, which occurred just days before the primary election.
Fetterman “is recovering well from his stroke and his health has continued to improve” Chen wrote in the report after examining Fetterman on Friday. Chen, a primary care physician in Duquesne affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, concluded that Fetterman “has no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office.”
Fetterman has declined to release a fuller suite of his medical records or provide access by reporters to his doctors or specialists. Some independent stroke experts consulted by The Associated Press said Fetterman appears to be recovering remarkably well as he campaigns.
Chen did note a couple lingering effects that Fetterman's campaign has disclosed. An auditory processing disorder makes it hard for him to understand what someone might say to him. Fetterman has occasionally stumbled over words while speaking, but Chen said Fetterman's communication is significantly improved after working with a speech therapist.
Fetterman's recovery has played a significant role in the campaign.
Oz, a heart surgeon who has treated stroke patients, has accused Fetterman of lying about his health and suggested that the stroke has left Fetterman unequipped to serve effectively in the Senate.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Squarespace, Inc. (NYSE: SQSP), the all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform, will report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, before market open on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
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NASCAR Power Rankings: Larson to the top after Martinsville win originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Even when Hendrick Motorsports doesn’t dominate a race, they still find a way to win.
In a race where Hendrick drivers led just 30 of 400 laps, Kyle Larson made his way to the front in the closing laps to score his first victory at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. The team has now won a record 28 times at NASCAR’s oldest and smallest track.
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After a race at the shortest track, the Cup Series heads to its largest track – Talladega Superspeedway – this weekend.
Who’s the driver to beat after the ninth race of 2023? Here’s our latest power rankings:
1. Kyle Larson
Last week: 2
Sunday’s win meant a little extra for Larson on multiple levels. It was his first win at the track, where he has struggled mightily throughout his career. It was also special for his team, which won its first race at Martinsville 39 years ago when it was on the verge of folding. Larson now adds his name to the star-studded list of Hendrick drivers to win at Martinsville.
2. William Byron
Last week: 1
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While one Hendrick driver (Larson) capitalized late in the race to win, another Hendrick driver (Byron) never found his footing. Byron was favored to win at Martinsville after his victory there last year and his chart-topping practice speeds. Instead, he peaked around 10th and then faded in the final run to finish 23rd.
3. Kevin Harvick
Last week: 5
If it weren’t for a flat tire after the final pit stop, Harvick likely would’ve scored his second career Martinsville win. The 47-year-old veteran led 20 laps and won Stage 2 but finished 20th because the issue happened so late in the race. Harvick deserved a better finish than he got, but the No. 4 team clearly has winning speed on short tracks.
4. Ross Chastain
Last week: 4
Chastain struggled in Stage 1, almost getting lapped before using strategy to get to the front. Once he was there, Chastain maintained his track position and led 31 laps before finishing 13th. Now, Chastain’s winless streak reaches one full season after his win at Talladega last spring.
5. Christopher Bell
Last week: 3
Expectations were high for Bell entering Martinsville. He was fresh off a win at Bristol and won the most recent race at Martinsville last fall, but this weekend was a struggle. Bell qualified 22nd, finished 16th and never really ran inside the top-15 while two of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates finished in the top-five.
6. Alex Bowman
Last week: 6
Steady as ever, Bowman continues to rattle off decent finishes. He was 11th at Martinsville, giving the 29-year-old Hendrick driver eight top-15s in nine starts this season. There are definitely concerns about why Bowman isn’t in contention for wins like Larson and Byron, but his consistency will carry him into the playoffs.
7. Joey Logano
Last week: 9
Usually, a two-time champion like Logano would be upset with a second-place finish. In this instance, though, he was thrilled. Logano was so slow that he went a lap down in Stage 1. Using strategy and catching a timely caution, he somehow found his way to the front for the final restart and held on for his third top-five of the year. There are concerns about Team Penske’s short-track speed, but Talladega should be an equalizer for Logano.
8. Tyler Reddick
Last week: 7
Reddick scored 15 stage points and ran in the top-five for most of the race. Then, a slow final pit stop and ill-handling car shuffled him back to 22nd at the finish. On the bright side, that was Reddick’s worst finish in the last seven races. He’s been quick for most of the season and this result shouldn’t change that.
9. Denny Hamlin
Last week: 10
For the first time in five weeks, Hamlin is out of the No. 10 spot. It’s a well-deserved jump as Hamlin enters a stretch on the schedule of his best tracks. He finished fourth at Martinsville, leading 36 laps and scoring 11 stage points. It looked like a sixth Martinsville win was within reach before the late caution came at the wrong time, but he still left Virginia with his first top-five of the season.
10. Kyle Busch
Last week: 9
Busch’s first season with Richard Childress Racing has been up and down. He nearly won the Daytona 500 and then dominated the following week at Fontana. But since then, he’s shown inconsistent speed. Busch finished 21st at Martinsville, which is around where he ran all day. He’s been quicker at drafting tracks, so Talladega could be a bounce-back opportunity.
First four out: Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Chase Briscoe
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COVID-19 broke supply chains. Now on the mend, can they withstand another shock?
The pandemic dislodged the global supply chain, hurling once smoothly running businesses, industries and economies into a state of disarray.
After almost three years of enduring wild swings and extremes, the system is slowly getting up to speed and into better sync: Ocean freight timelines are on a steady decline, ports are less congested, labor strikes have been narrowly averted, product and worker shortages have eased, prices have fallen, warehouses are full (maybe too full), friendshoring, nearshoring and reshoring efforts have accelerated and China has lifted its "zero COVID" policy.
"We've had a fundamental shift that started about six months ago," said Timothy Fiore, chair of the Institute for Supply Management. "There are certain components, like integrated circuits [and] microcontrollers, that still are impacting manufacturers' ability to flow material. But, by and large, the pressure has come off."
However, plenty of potential roadblocks still loom large.
Globally, developments in China and Ukraine remain ongoing question marks, especially if the manufacturing megapower suffers another setback or lockdown, or if conditions worsen with Russia's war in Europe.
Domestically, exports have weakened and the state of consumer demand remains a wild card, said Phil Levy, chief economist with freight forwarder and consultancy firm Flexport.
"I would not describe this as a machine that's humming along at the moment," he said. "It's more getting its bearings and trying to figure out what's next."
Among the potential bottlenecks: Warehousing capacity in certain locales, notably Southern California, is pretty near full, he said. Additionally, the inland distribution network — especially rail and areas where transfers are made from one mode to another — has experienced some challenges, he said.
The system isn't yet at a steady state where businesses have a good sense of how long it will take for production, shipping and, ultimately, selling.
"I don't think we have that," Levy said. "There's still a lot of uncertainty about how long it takes to move stuff. When we see the warehouses piled full, is this because demand is too low? Is it because people moved stuff too early? So there's a lot of stuff that's still sorting out."
Returning to normal
Supply chain activity has yet to normalize, but it's returning to pre-pandemic trajectories, said Zac Rogers, assistant professor of operations and supply chain management at Colorado State University.
"There's a sort of reaction-overreaction pattern that always tends to happen anytime there's a major disruption," Rogers said. "And COVID is the major-est disruption we've had."
Early in the pandemic, businesses canceled orders, believing consumer spending would be crushed. However, trillions of dollars were injected into the economy to try to keep consumers and businesses afloat. Americans, stuck at home with fewer outlets for discretionary spending, turned to e-commerce for their shopping.
The surge in demand for finished goods at a time when supply was severely limited in part due to pandemic-related labor shortages and shutdowns —notably of cities, factories and manufacturing hubs in China — knocked the global logistics system out of whack.
Ports grew congested, lead times got lengthy, and costs climbed considerably higher as shortages spiked throughout the supply chain.
"Everyone way over-ordered, and around February and March of [last] year, everything got here — pretty much right in time for the invasion of Ukraine," Rogers said.
Gas prices and inflation soared, putting a huge dent in consumer spending.
"The challenge for the last 10 months in supply chains has been to try to thread the needle between bringing inventories down to a reasonable level, while also not overreacting, yet again, and [landing] back into a shortage situation," he said. "We're getting back toward the trend line in a way that we haven't in the last few years."
Reshoring and smoother flows
Helping that along is that supply chains are far more resilient now than they were at the end of 2019, Rogers said.
"In 2019, we had basically all of our chips in on one hand, which was, things are built in East Asia, come on a boat through the ports in Southern California, they get on trains that go to Chicago and then on other trains or trucks to distribute to the East Coast," he said.
And while it's nearly impossible to divorce from China, companies are embracing different paths for the supply chain, whether it be in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Central America or domestically, Rogers said.
"Because of that, supply chains are not as brittle as they were three years ago," he said. "And so if there is another shock — particularly if there's a China-centric shock — I think we'll be able to absorb it a little better than we had. ... But you can't price in something like the invasion of Ukraine or a viral outbreak that shuts down the world — no systems are built to handle that smoothly."
Rogers is also a researcher and co-author of the Logistics Managers' Index, a monthly survey of supply chain executives conducted by a team of university researchers and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
The index's December reading — which measures inventory levels and costs; warehousing capacity; utilization and prices; and transportation capacity, utilization and prices — came in at 54.6, a 1-point increase following eight months of declines.
The majority of the LMI metrics were in the range of 40s, 50s and 60s, Rogers said, noting it's the first time since the onset of the pandemic that the indices haven't been in the 70s or 80s.
"If you're in 40, that's contraction, but 50s are normal, healthy rates of growth," he said. "There could be another huge black swan event in a month that throws everything upside down; but for right now, it seems like respondents are predicting steadiness in the supply chain."
If anything, the pandemic's shock to the supply chain should be a wake-up call, said Jack Buffington, director of supply chain and sustainability at First Key Consulting and assistant professor of supply chain management at the University of Denver.
"I would categorize it as 'efficiently broken,'" said Buffington, whose own book about supply chains, "Reinventing the Supply Chain: A 21st Century Covenant with America," had its release delayed due to supply chain issues.
"All supply chains really are is supply and demand, and there's been so much disruption in materials and consumer demand related to labor and inflation and geopolitics," he said. "Inherently, the foundation of the model is broken in comparison to what the demands are for today. The complexities related to a globalized supply chain, human systems aren't capable of handling it."
He added: "COVID wasn't the cause of the problems with the supply chain, it was a trigger to show how bad it was," he said.
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Spring brings new round of rain, snow to California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A strong late-season Pacific storm brought more wind, rain and snow to saturated California on Tuesday as the first full day of spring showed little change from the state’s extraordinary winter.
Forecasters said the storm would focus on the southern half of the state, bringing threats of heavy runoff and mountain snowfall measured in feet.
Ponding water shut down multiple lanes of U.S. 101 in downtown Los Angeles before dawn, and there were numerous reports of cars being disabled by freeway potholes.
The National Weather Service said the storm is a Pacific low pressure system interacting with California’s 12th atmospheric river since late December.
California’s unexpected siege of wet weather after years of drought also included February blizzards powered by arctic air.
The storms have unleashed flooding and loaded mountains with so much snow that roofs have been crushed and crews have struggled to keep highways clear of avalanches.
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Council Suspends McGillicuddy’s For 10 Days
Council committee acts after citing concerns over lax security, noise complaints at bar.
McGillicuddy’s, a bar and restaurant in the East Town neighborhood, will be closed from Nov. 30 until Dec. 9 as a result of a suspension administered by the Common Council.
The council unanimously approved a 10-day suspension Tuesday morning, following a Licenses Committee hearing where nearby residents expressed distress at late-night noise levels and disturbances at the bar, located at 1135 N. Water St.
Goedart added that his principal concern is McGillicuddy’s outdoor speakers, which he said are responsible for the worst of the noise. He said he patronizes the bar on occasion, and has noticed that the indoor music is kept at a similar level to other bars.
During the summer, the bar played music on the outdoor patio, which was covered by a tent. Owner Drew Deuster said he is taking steps to reduce the noise by building an enclosed pavilion in place of the tent. Construction is expected to start this fall.
The council also raised concerns over a two-item police report, which Alderman Bob Bauman called “highly disturbing.”
The incident occurred just two weeks after a May 17 shooting that injured 17 on Water Street, one block south of McGillicuddy’s.
Bauman initially called for a suspension of at least 30 days. “At least in this case, there was essentially zero security in place to prevent firearms from coming onto the premises,” he said. “I find it inexcusable. You complain about the city not doing enough, of everybody else not being responsible, but you can’t even do basic security for your premises.”
Following the firearm incident, Deuster said he purchased metal detector wands, but only uses them during busy times. The bar has also implemented pat-downs, bag searches and additional security, and is in the process of installing a new camera system, according to Deuster.
Duester said the issues McGillicuddy’s is facing are the result of a “shift in culture downtown.” He went on to skewer city officials, who he said are not stepping up to help businesses during unprecedented times.
Duester expressed similar sentiments at his earlier hearing before the Licenses Committee. “For 15 years of doing business Downtown, we haven’t seen that issue before,” he said.
“I disagree,” Ald. Bauman replied. “There were issues last year. Guns on Water Street did not just happen in the summer of 2022.”
No council members objected to the suspension, which will take effect immediately following the current license’s expiration at the end of the month.
Deuster has been involved in operating a number of Milwaukee bars over the years, including Red Rock Saloon, Red, White and Blue and the now-closed DiModa Pizza & Hotspot.
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Our Lady of the Lake is headed to the NAIA Softball World Series for the first time, knocking off Hope International twice by 2-0 scores on Wednesday at St. Mary’s University to win the San Antonio bracket.
The Saints (51-5) lost 1-0 to Hope International (41-16) on Tuesday but rallied to win three straight games in a span of about 18 hours, with Tuesday’s 10-3 win against Taylor finishing after midnight due to a rain delay.
OLLU, the No. 2 team in the NAIA, had never before advanced past the national tournament’s opening round, falling at that stage in 2014 and 2022.
The Saints won the Red River Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships this season, embarking on a record 35-game win streak. OLLU led the NAIA with 70 home runs during the regular season, smashing 22 more than any other team.
Cassandra Valdez led the Saints and tied for fifth nationally with 14 homers while also serving as the team’s No. 1 pitcher. She ranked second in the NAIA in wins with a 27-4 record during the regular season, posting a 1.53 ERA.
Valdez delivered again in Wednesday’s opening game, throwing a complete game shutout allowing one hit and one walk with eight strikeouts. She also scored the first run of the game in the fourth inning on an RBI single from Madison Nunn. Joanna Gonzalez provided an insurance run on a sixth-inning single, plating Emilia Salinas.
In Wednesday’s second matchup, Alyssa Flores plated the only runs of the game with a two-run double in the third inning, scoring Jennifer Estrada and Deandra Vera. Angela Ramirez threw three shutout innings allowing one hit, and Valdez followed with four shutout innings allowing two hits and a walk.
The NAIA Softball World Series runs May 25-31 in Columbus, Ga.
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Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Polina Kudermetova: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Hungarian Grand Prix
In the Hungarian Grand Prix Round of 32 on Monday, No. 77-ranked Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova meets No. 146 Polina Kudermetova.
With -200 odds, Schmiedlova is favored over Kudermetova (+155) in this match.
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Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Polina Kudermetova Match Information
- Tournament: The Hungarian Grand Prix
- Round: Round of 32
- Date: Monday, July 17
- Venue: Romai Tennis Academy
- Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Court Surface: Clay
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Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Polina Kudermetova Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova has a 66.7% chance to win.
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Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Polina Kudermetova Trends and Insights
- In her most recent tournament, the Wimbledon, Schmiedlova was defeated by No. 139-ranked Viktorija Golubic, 3-6, 6-7, in the Round of 128.
- Kudermetova is coming off a 4-6, 2-6 loss at the hands of No. 3-ranked Elena Rybakina in the Round of 32 at the Bett1open.
- Schmiedlova has played 19.9 games per match in her 29 matches over the past year (across all court surfaces).
- In her nine matches on clay over the past year, Schmiedlova has played an average of 20.1 games.
- Kudermetova has played 12 matches in the past year across all court types, averaging 19.1 games per match and winning 51.5% of those games.
- On clay, Kudermetova has played three matches and averaged 17.0 games per match and 8.5 games per set.
- Schmiedlova and Kudermetova have not competed against each other since 2015.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations convened a meeting Friday in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in a fresh effort to organize humanitarian assistance for strife-torn Myanmar.
The hybrid meeting, which some participants joined by video, is being attended by high-level representatives from Myanmar and the other nine member states of ASEAN, its external partners, United Nations specialized agencies and other international organizations. Cambodia is the current chair of ASEAN.
The meeting is part of an attempt to revive a five-point consensus on Myanmar reached by ASEAN in April last year. The effort comes in response to violence that has swept Myanmar after the military in February 2021 seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and used lethal force to quash opposition to its takeover.
The consensus calls for the immediate cessation of violence, a dialogue among concerned parties, mediation by an ASEAN special envoy, provision of humanitarian aid and a visit to Myanmar by the special envoy to meet all concerned parties.
Myanmar agreed to the consensus but has made scant effort to implement it. Its stonewalling led fellow ASEAN members to block Myanmar's leaders since last October from attending major meetings of the regional grouping.
At the same time, armed resistance to military rule has increased to the extent that some U.N. experts say the country is now in a state of civil war. Myanmar’s military has launched large-scale operations, including air strikes in several areas of the country, generating large numbers of displaced people.
In an effort to eliminate havens for armed opponents, the government’s tactics have included burning down entire villages and restricting access to essential supplies such as food.
Some 924,800 people remain displaced across Myanmar as of April 25, including 578,200 people who have fled their homes as a result of conflict and insecurity since the military takeover, according to an assessment by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
“Humanitarian access to conflict-affected and displaced people remains heavily restricted and there are significant gaps in assistance to these communities despite continued efforts by humanitarian partners and local organizations,” it said.
Even if access to those in need was eased, relief efforts face funding challenges. Myanmar is one of the region’s poorest countries, and its economy has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the political upheaval, making foreign assistance an imperative.
The U.N.'s 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan seeks to reach a record 6.2 million people and requires $826 million, the world body announced last month. To date, it is only 4% funded, it said.
Critics of Myanmar’s military government suggest that any attempt to implement the five-point consensus is a waste of time.
”ASEAN’s credibility depends on its ability to act in accordance with the reality of the situation in Myanmar,” the non-partisan group ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights said in an open letter last month to ASEAN leaders. “The group cannot expect the military to abide by the terms of the Five-Point Consensus or to any international or humanitarian norm for that matter.”
The lawmakers’ group said it is “imperative that the member states escalate measures to put real pressure on the military to stop it from brutalizing its own population and turning the country into a failed state.”
Measures it suggested include the suspension of Myanmar’s membership in ASEAN, regional travel bans for Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and members of his ruling military council and targeted sanctions against them that include their sources of economic support. Western nations such as the United States and Britain have already implemented similar bans and sanctions.
“Myanmar’s junta has spent the past year committing atrocities in utter disregard for its commitments to ASEAN,” said Elaine Pearson, acting Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The ASEAN countries leading on Myanmar – Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore – should immediately alter their course to focus on protecting people’s rights and freedoms rather than helping the junta remain in power.”
Critics of Myanmar’s military believe any breakthrough toward resolving Myanmar’s crisis must ultimately involve the country’s self-styled National Unity Government, which is the main organization representing opposition forces. The group, set up by elected lawmakers who were denied their seats by the army takeover, considers itself the country’s legitimate government and has widespread public support. The country’s military leaders, however, have officially designated it an outlawed terrorist organization and refuse to engage with it.
The open letter from the lawmakers’ group called on ASEAN “to immediately and publicly meet with the NUG,” an appeal that met with a positive response on Twitter from Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. He said he had informally met via video with the NUG foreign minister ahead of a conference of ASEAN foreign ministers in February.
Saifuddin later said Malaysia would propose that ASEAN engage informally with the NUG because no progress had been made in a year in implementing the five-point consensus.
“We are not proposing for ASEAN to recognize other governments, but such informal engagement may be conceivable, especially on how humanitarian aid to the people of Myanmar who are still in their country can be delivered,” he said.
Myanmar's Foreign Affairs Ministry quickly rejected his proposal as “irresponsible and reckless."
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Associated Press correspondent Grant Peck in Bangkok contributed to this report.
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2022-05-06T06:54:21+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Dec. 14, 2012, Alex Jones was broadcasting live on his show Infowars. A gunman had entered Sandy Hook Elementary school, ultimately shooting and killing 20 children and six adults.
“It’s more than these dead, poor children. You got to go with your gut,” the Austin-based talk show host told his audience.
Jones speculated about whether the gunman was a “patsy” in a government cover-up or just a “Prozac head,” which is a term he and his team at Infowars used to describe someone taking psychiatric medication. He said he worried the “mainstream media” or government was going to “exploit this tragedy…in the name of taking our guns away.”
The entire, 50-minute show was played before the jury, which is tasked with deciding how much Jones’ owes Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis. They are the parents of Jesse Lewis, who was killed in the shooting that day. They sued Jones and his company for defamation and inflicting emotional damages.
Throughout the trial, the family’s attorneys have played other Infowars videos from the years following the shooting: one where Jones claimed “the whole thing was fake;” another where he speculated the parents of victims were “crisis actors” being paid to pretend they were grieving.
On Thursday morning, Heslin and Lewis sat in the courtroom and watched the full 50 minutes of Jones’ coverage from the day they lost Jesse.
“It’s difficult for them,” their attorney Mark Bankston told KXAN News earlier in the week, when asked about how his clients were feeling. “But they knew this was coming. They have been sort of been emotionally preparing themselves to go through all of this. But it’s not easy.”
Bankston said Heslin and Scarlett know “this case is bigger than them.”
Alex Jones’ attorney, Andino Reynal, has said this case is a fight for the First Amendment. An Infowars producer called to testify, Daria Karpova, has repeatedly insisted Jones was “genuine” in his beliefs and only ever spoke about his own “opinion.”
However, in his opening statements to the jury on Tuesday, Bankston argued there was a clear distinction between protected free speech and defamation. He also reminded the jury that a judge has already found Jones liable for defamation.
“We do not protect defamation, false speech. Speech is free, but lies you have to pay for,” he said.
Bankston told KXAN it was important for Heslin and Lewis to attend these proceedings, while pointing out that Alex Jones has been seen walking “in and out” of the courtroom. Later, his co-counsel Kyle Farrah clarified that Jones has been leaving to conduct his live broadcast, where he has been discussing the trial.
“We’re busy. We’re up in the courthouse. We’re there to have a trial. We’re there to have a day in court,” Bankston said. “He can do all the circus he wants. We’re doing justice inside.”
He added, “One of the things I have learned in this case, is these parents are the bravest people you will ever meet. They have lived in this media spotlight for years, and they know they need to finish this saga and finish it the right way.”
Clip conflict in the courtroom
Before the jury arrived in the courtroom Thursday morning, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble directed attorneys to take any future fights outside the courtroom.
She gave the charge after Wednesday’s court proceedings ended in a public, heated argument between the lead attorneys in the case over which videos from Jones’ show can be admitted as evidence before the jury.
The parents of Jesse Lewis, a child who was killed during the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, have sued the Austin-based conspiracy theorist and talk show host over comments he made on his show claiming the shooting was a hoax. A jury has been tasked with deciding how much Jones owes the family in damages for defamation and inflicting mental anguish, which Jones has already been found liable for by the court.
Judge Gamble told attorneys for both parties if they want to get any more videos admitted as evidence, “Now is your chance.”
The attorneys disagreed about what portions of these videos had already or could be admitted under the rules of discovery.
Reynal said he intended to play longer versions of some of the video clips that are featured on a long list of videos submitted as evidence by the plaintiffs. He said he believed it was important for the jury to see “what kind of atmosphere” his client created with his coverage of the shooting.
Bankston said he worried the content of certain videos Jones’ team was proposing to admit could contain hearsay. He also said he could not verify their authenticity or find their source.
“I don’t know what was done to them,” he said, adding he could not say that “Mr. Jones hasn’t gone back into the editing room and edited these videos.”
The judge asked Reynal, “Were they disclosed properly? At the proper time and the proper way?”
She went on to ask whether this was “another instance” of his team trying to subvert the legal process and ignore the rules of evidence.
In her default ruling against Jones last fall, which found Jones liable in this case, Gamble cited Jones’ “flagrant bad faith and callous disregard” of court orders to turn over documents to the opposing attorneys.
On Thursday morning, Judge Gamble called for a break to review 18 minutes of video Jones’ attorney was attempting to get admitted during the trial. She denied that motion, but the court did watch the 50 minute live broadcast from December 14 and another “special report” produced by Jones and his team.
‘Staged?’
The majority of Wednesday and Thursday’s proceedings saw Infowars producer Daria Karpova on the stand. She told the jury Jones’ demeanor has changed over the last few years.
“I think his mood, his health, his general demeanor… He is always stressed out,” she said. “This whole Sandy Hook thing has weighed heavily on him,” she said.
She said when people hear about Sandy Hook, they think of Alex Jones’ name instead of the name of the gunman.
“They think Alex Jones was responsible,” she said.
The attorney for the family Mark Bankston responded, “So, when people lie about you, it affects you negatively? It affects your well-being and your health? That’s what has happened to Alex Jones? Do you understand the irony and hypocrisy of making that statement in this courtroom right now?”
Later, she stated it was “hard to compare” the grief of the parents to what Alex had suffered because of the “lies” being told about him.
Bankston pushed back on points from Karpova’s earlier testimony, including asking her whether she knew parents of the victims had already tried to speak with Jones, prior to a 2017 segment on his show where he offered to have the parents on to talk.
He then attorney reminded Karpova that earlier in the week, she had already read an email from one of these parents, sent to company, out loud on the stand during her testimony.
When that 2017 Infowars segment was played earlier in the day, Karpova had said that no one responded to his offer and added, “Alex could have been an advocate for these parents.”
The jury go the opportunity to ask the witness questions.
One asked, “Do you believe this trial is a somehow staged event?”
Karpova responded, “I believe this trial is not about Alex Jones. I believe this trial is about chilling free speech.”
The judge reminded her that was not the question and said, “Yes or No will do.”
Karpova then answered, “To a large extent, yes.”
Jones spoke to reporters after Thursday’s proceedings. He maintains his belief that the trial is a “show trial” and that he is being denied a trial by jury, since he was already found liable by the judge in this case.
Jones has said his team turned over all the evidence requested. KXAN asked when those documents were turned over, and Jones replied “years ago,” and claimed the judge referred to “made up” documents when she issued her default ruling.
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2022-07-29T04:51:53+00:00
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TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) (TSX: AEM) ("Agnico Eagle" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at several projects and select mine sites. The Company's exploration focus remains on pipeline projects, near-mine opportunities and mineral reserve and mineral resource replacement and growth. Exploration highlights during the first half of 2022 include:
- Detour Lake – Conversion and expansion drilling continue to return promising results within and immediately adjacent to the current open pit, representing an opportunity to further optimize the recently updated mine plan. By the end of June 2022, more than 84,660 metres of drilling had been completed since the closure of the database in early February 2022 in connection with the most recent mineral resource estimate. Highlight intercepts of 1.1 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold over 55.9 metres at 354 metres depth and 1.4 g/t gold over 78.9 metres at 565 metres depth in hole DLM-22-425 in the Saddle Zone demonstrate the potential to deepen the pit and extend it further north. Step-out drilling returned 32.3 g/t gold over 4.8 metres at 955 metres depth in an intersection located more than two kilometres west of the open pit, demonstrating the potential for a significant extension of the deposit to the west that will be considered for underground mining opportunities
- Odyssey Underground Project at Canadian Malartic – Infill drilling continues to return strong results in the Odyssey South Zone, with recent results of 5.2 g/t gold over 17.0 metres at 359 metres depth. An initial mineral reserve estimate is expected at year-end 2022 and pre-commercial production from the Odyssey South orebody is expected to begin before the end of March 2023. Infill drilling also continues to return wide, high-grade intersections in the core of the East Gouldie deposit, with recent results including 4.9 g/t gold over 45.3 metres at 1,072 metres depth. Eastern extension and western extension of the deposit continues to be tested with recent results of 1.8 g/t gold over 62.9 metres at 1,580 metres depth, extending the zone 225 metres towards the west, filling the gap between the East Gouldie and the Norrie zones and providing potential for mineral resources addition
- Hope Bay – More than 46,000 metres of drilling have been completed year to date with seven drill rigs now operating at the Doris and Madrid deposits. Recent results at Doris confirm the potential to expand the deposit along strike to the north in the BTD Extension Zone and to the south in the Central and West Valley zones and demonstrate the potential for finding additional high grade fold-hinge structures below the historical zones with a recent intersection in the BTD Connector zone of 6.9 g/t gold over 32.2 metres at 495 metres depth
- Kirkland Lake Region – Following the merger with Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (the "Merger") that closed on February 8, 2022, the extension of the ramp from Macassa is now allowing drilling of the Amalgamated Kirkland ("AK") deposit from underground to complement surface drilling and accelerate the infill drilling of AK. The Company believes ore could be sourced for the Macassa mill in early 2024, which could provide flexibility to the operations. Recent results include a highlight intercept of 8.1 g/t gold over 13.8 metres at 208 metres depth. Infill drilling has also been completed at the Upper Beaver deposit, with a recent highlight intercept of 8.8 g/t gold and 0.54% copper over 12.0 metres at 1,600 metres depth. The Company's internal study on Upper Beaver is expected to be updated in 2023 taking into consideration synergy opportunities from the Merger
"The Company's ambitious exploration program for 2022 is yielding exciting results. At Detour Lake, the step-out drilling suggests good potential for an underground operation and extensions to the current open pits. At Canadian Malartic, the step-out drilling continues to significantly extend the East Gouldie deposit to the east and the west. At Hope Bay, the drill results confirm the expansion of the Doris deposit at depth with wide high grade intercepts, well ahead of our expectations," said Ammar Al-Joundi, Agnico Eagle's President and Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, we continue to generate significant exploration results at producing assets including Fosterville, Meliadine, LaRonde and Kittila. With these positive results, we are adding $30 million dollars to our exploration budget in 2022 as we aim to accelerate the realization of the full potential of existing operations and key projects in the Company's pipeline," added Mr. Al-Joundi.
Based on positive exploration results in the first half of 2022, a supplemental exploration budget of $30 million has been approved – The Company has numerous mines and pipeline projects with excellent potential to replace and increase mineral reserves and has prioritized assessing the full potential of its portfolio through exploration (see the Company's news release dated February 23, 2022 for a breakdown of the 2022 exploration budget). Positive exploration results in the first half of 2022 support the focused addition of supplemental budgets at several projects. An update on selected exploration programs and budgets is set out in the sections below.
Targeting growth of the Company's mineral reserves and mineral resources at year-end 2022 from a record level at year-end 2021 – At December 31, 2021, Agnico Eagle's proven and probable mineral reserve estimate totaled approximately 25.7 million ounces of gold, consisting of 2.4 million ounces of gold of proven mineral reserves (38.7 million tonnes grading 1.92 g/t gold) and of 23.3 million ounces of probable mineral reserves (298.3 million tonnes grading 2.43 g/t gold.) This was an increase of approximately 1.6 million ounces of gold (7%) and a 10% increase in grade compared with the prior year. At December 31, 2021, prior to the Merger, Kirkland Lake Gold's proven and probable mineral reserves totaled approximately 18.9 million ounces of gold, consisting of 3.7 million ounces of gold of proven mineral reserves (81.7 million tonnes grading 1.41 g/t gold) and of 15.2 million ounces of probable mineral reserves (502 million tonnes grading 0.94 g/t gold).
For a breakdown of the Company's mineral reserves and mineral resources as at December 31, 2021 by deposit refer to the Company's news release dated February 23, 2022. For Detour Lake's mineral reserves and mineral resources as at March 31, 2022 refer to the Detour Lake section of this new release and the Company's news release dated July 27, 2022.
A wide selection of recent drill results is compiled in a table in the Appendix to this news release, while highlight intercepts are set out in the sections below. Drill hole collar coordinates for the holes in this news release are also set out in the Appendix.
ABITIBI REGION, QUEBEC
Agnico Eagle is Quebec's largest gold producer with a 100% interest in the LaRonde complex (which includes the LaRonde and LaRonde Zone 5 ("LZ5") mines), the Goldex mine and a 50% interest in the Canadian Malartic mine. The Company has a multi-decade track record of exploration success in the Abitibi region, building on the discovery in the 1980s of the world-class LaRonde gold-rich polymetallic volcanic massive sulphide deposit, which has served as an operations and exploration hub that provides operating synergies to the Company's nearby mines and allows for the sharing of technical expertise.
LaRonde Complex – Three Underground Development Drifts Progressing Westward from LaRonde 3 Infrastructure; Drilling on Level 9 Tests Vertical Extension of Zone 3-1; Infill Drilling Confirms Grade and Width of Zone 11-3; Drilling Shows Potential for Westward Extension of LZ5 Mineralization
At the LaRonde complex, the Company now expects to spend approximately $14.8 million in 2022 to drill 43,500 metres and to develop, extend or rehabilitate three new exploration drifts on levels 9, 215 and 290 West from the LaRonde 3 infrastructure towards the west below the LZ5 mine workings.
A total of 13,434 metres of definition and exploration drilling was completed in the first half of 2022, amid a challenging environment for diamond driller staffing and as new exploration drifts are being developed for future drilling.
In the track drift on Level 9, a second drill station has been completed and a drill rig is now operating and targeting the down-plunge extension of the historical Bousquet Zone 3-1.
In the exploration drift on Level 215, the development is progressing faster than budgeted with a total of 1,015 metres developed in the first half of 2022. The rehabilitation work is completed, and the drift is currently being extended further to the west. Considering the good progress being made, the Company has allocated an additional $2.9 million budget to extend the exploration drift compared to the original February budget. A first drill is expected to be mobilized into the drift in the second quarter of 2023. The exploration drilling program from the Level 215 exploration drift will test vertical extensions between 1.5 and 3 kilometres depth of several known mineralized zones — Zone 3-1, Zone 3-4, the Bousquet 1 mine and the LZ5 mine — as the drift is advanced to the west.
In the exploration drift on Level 290 West, development progressed by 136 metres during the first half of 2022 before being paused until year-end to focus on Level 215 and other priority developments in the mine.
At the LZ5 mine, Zone 5 was extended to the west during the first half of 2022, with recent drilling highlights that included: 2.4 g/t gold over 18.1 metres at 692 metres depth in hole BZ-2021-008; 1.4 g/t gold over 16.0 metres at 1,017 metres depth in hole BZ-2021-009; and 2.1 g/t gold over 17.5 metres at 841 metres depth in hole BZ-2022-001. These wide and low-grade intercepts show the potential for the vertical and westward extension of Zone 5 mineral reserves and mineral resources onto the Company's 100%-owned Ellison property, which is immediately adjacent to the infrastructure at the LZ5 mine.
In Zone LR11-3, which is located at depth in the past-producing Bousquet 2 mine, infill drilling was completed to validate historical results and infill the zone prior to development in the ore. Gold production from LR11-3 development ore is expected to begin in late 2022 and full production is expected to start in the first half of 2023.
Selected recent drill results from Zone LR11-3 and the LZ5 mine are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal map below.
[LaRonde Complex – Composite Longitudinal Section]
Goldex – Exploration Continues to Expand South Zone; Drilling Ongoing into Mineralization Below the Deep 2 Zone and in the West Area
At the Goldex mine, the Company expects to spend approximately $5.6 million in 2022 for 45,300 metres of drilling comprised of 39,300 metres of conversion drilling and 6,000 metres of exploration drilling, focused on the South Zone, M Zone, West area and at depth in the Deep 3 Zone.
The main target of exploration at Goldex in 2022 is the South Zone, which is located in the volcanic rocks south of the Goldex main deposit. The South Zone gold mineralization is hosted in multiple quartz-biotite-sulphide veins that have higher grades than those in the primary mineralized zones at Goldex.
Seven drills are currently active on the property and have completed a total of 22,036 metres of capitalized definition drilling and 1,697 metres of expensed exploration drilling during the first half of 2022.
Recent results from the western extension of the South Zone in Sector 2 include a highlight of 14.7 g/t gold over 3.0 metres at 955 metres depth in hole GD96-002. In the eastern extension of the South Zone, in Sector 3, the conversion drilling program continues to return excellent results, including 4.1 g/t gold over 20.0 metres at 1,291 metres depth in hole GD128-057. The Company expects that the South Zone will be an important contributor to the replacement of mineral reserves at Goldex at year-end 2022.
Exploration is also being conducted to test the deposit at depth below the Deep 2 mine and in the West area.
Selected recent drill results from Goldex are set out in the table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal section below.
[Goldex Mine – Composite Longitudinal Section]
Odyssey Project – Infill Drilling Progressing in the Odyssey South Zone with Expectations of Initial Mineral Reserves to be Declared at Year-end 2022 and Pre-commercial Production to Begin before the end of March 2023 from an Underground Ramp; Infill Drilling at East Gouldie Continues to Confirm Grade and Width in the Core of the Deposit while Exploration Drilling Continues to Expand the Zone to the East and West; Underground Development and Surface Construction Progressing on Schedule and on Budget
At the Canadian Malartic mine, the Company expects to spend approximately $11.9 million (50% basis) in 2022 for 136,800 metres (100% basis) of exploration and conversion drilling focused on aggressive infill drilling of the East Gouldie deposit to improve confidence in the mineral resource, to continue the conversion of inferred mineral resources to indicated mineral resources and to refine the geological model. With ramp development continuing as part of the Odyssey mine project, Canadian Malartic GP (the "Partnership") is conducting underground conversion drilling from the ramp.
Twenty drills are currently active on the property, with four underground drills completing infill drilling on the Odyssey South deposit, 12 surface drills focused on infilling and expanding the East Gouldie mineralization and four drills active in regional exploration. The Partnership drilled 95,030 metres (100% basis) during the first half of 2022.
Underground development in the first half of 2022 completed 685 metres of ramp and 2,622 metres of lateral development, with the ramp now reaching a depth of 380 metres below surface.
Selected recent exploration drill results from Odyssey South, East Gouldie and the regional program on the wider Canadian Malartic property portfolio are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal section below.
[Canadian Malartic Mine – Composite Longitudinal Section]
Odyssey South
Drilling from underground gradually increased during the first half of 2022 as ramp development provided access to new diamond drill bays to test the Odyssey South and Odyssey Internal zones. Recent results continue to confirm the grades of these zones and the Company expects that the core portion of the Odyssey South deposit will be classified as mineral reserves at year-end 2022, with pre-commercial production to begin before the end of March 2023. The new underground access also allowed for additional drilling into the Odyssey internal zones where recent results continue to better define the continuity of zones within the porphyry, which is expected to have a positive impact on the mineral resources update at year-end.
East Gouldie
With the continued success at infilling East Gouldie at 75-metre spacing in the core of the deposit, the Company expects a significant portion of the East Gouldie deposit to be classified as indicated mineral resources at year-end 2022.
Recent expansion drilling to the west at depth is producing positive results, with highlight hole MEX22-231 returning 1.8 g/t gold over 62.9 metres at 1,580 metres depth in the western extension of the East Gouldie deposit approximately 225 metres west of the current mineral resources outline (previously reported on July 27, 2022). This intercept is approximately halfway between the East Gouldie deposit and the Norrie Zone to the west and shows the potential for East Gouldie to connect with other mineral inventories in the Norrie and South Sladen mineralized zones that are not yet classified as mineral resources.
Regional Exploration
In regional exploration at Canadian Malartic, the Company is planning to spend approximately $4.1 million (50% basis) in 2022 on 21,900 metres (100% basis) primarily to expand mineralization towards the east in the East Gouldie horizon and the new Titan zone at depth on the Rand Malartic property. During the first half of 2022, 18,896 metres (100% basis) were completed on the Rand Malartic, East Amphi and Midway properties.
Rand Malartic
On the Rand Malartic property, the priority remains to test the eastern extension of the East Gouldie deposit while also testing the eastern extension of the Odyssey North and Odyssey South zones associated with porphyry mineralization within the Piché Group. As previously disclosed during the first quarter of 2022, the Partnership repurchased the 2% NSR royalty on the Rand Malartic property for $7 million.
Recent hole RD20-4677B has intersected a new mineralized porphyry intrusion, returning 1.6 g/t gold over 29.3 metres (core length) at 1,208 metres depth approximately 820 metres east of the easternmost limit of Odyssey South Zone mineral resources, demonstrating potential to discover "Odyssey North and South" style of mineralization as exploration drilling advances towards the east.
In the eastern extension of East Gouldie, previously reported hole RD21-4689AA intersected 3.1 g/t gold over 7.9 metres (core length) at 2,537 metres depth, making it the deepest and easternmost drill hole to date. This intersection extends the East Gouldie mineralized corridor eastward by 500 metres, to approximately 1,700 metres east of the current mineral resources outline. Mineralization remains open to the east.
East Amphi and Camflo
Elsewhere on the Partnership's 13,582 hectare land position, exploration continues with work testing the deep extension of the East Amphi deposit and the ongoing compilation of all historical information around the Camflo deposit on the Camflo property, which the Partnership acquired in 2021.
The Camflo property lies to the north of the Odyssey project and includes the past producing Camflo mine which had historical production of approximately 1.6 million ounces of gold.
The Partnership's initial evaluation of the Camflo property has identified porphyry hosted gold mineralization that could potentially be mined via an open pit. Additional studies are underway to evaluate this mineralization and additional potential mineralization in adjacent rock types. A follow-up exploration program is planned for Camflo in 2023.
ABITIBI REGION, ONTARIO
Agnico Eagle acquired the Detour Lake and Macassa mines on February 8, 2022 as a result of the Merger. With the inclusion of these two assets in its portfolio, the Company is now Ontario's largest gold producer. Furthermore, the proximity of these mines to the Company's operations located in the Abitibi region of Quebec provides operating synergies and allows for the sharing of technical expertise.
Detour Lake – Drilling Confirms a Broad Corridor of Mineralization Extending from the Main Pit Continuing Through to the Planned West Pit; Potential to Continue Growing "Out-pit" Mineralization Two Kilometres West of the Current Resource Pit
At the Detour Lake mine, the Company expects to spend approximately $35.8 million in 2022 for 194,000 metres of capitalized drilling to expand mineral resources at depth and to the west, and $10.1 million for 40,000 metres for exploration drilling to continue to investigate the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone to the east and west of the current pit's mineral resources.
During the first half of 2022 at Detour Lake, the Company completed 99 holes totalling 108,023 metres of combined capitalized and expensed drilling. Approximately 84,660 metres of the drilling completed in the first half of 2022 was not included in the latest mineral reserve and mineral resource update for Detour Lake, which utilized a database that closed on February 5, 2022.
Selected recent drill intercepts from Detour Lake are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the plan map and composite longitudinal section below.
[Detour Lake Mine – Plan Map and Composite Longitudinal Section]
During the first half of 2022, drill results inside and proximate to the Saddle and future West Pit areas continue to confirm the presence of a broad corridor of mineralization extending from the Main Pit and continuing through to the planned West Pit. Recent results have been positive and are expected to support further resource upgrades and the identification of new resources north and below the current resource pit shell.
Highlights from recent drilling inside and near the future West Pit area include: hole DLM21-348A, which intersected 1.0 g/t gold over 41.0 metres at 488 metres depth and 5.0 g/t gold over 4.6 metres at 614 metres depth; hole DLM22-414, which intersected 2.1 g/t gold over 27.4 metres at 561 metres depth; hole DLM22-425, which intersected 1.1 g/t gold over 55.9 metres at 354 metres depth and 1.4 g/t gold over 78.9 metres at 565 metres depth; and hole DLM22-450W, which intersected 19.9 g/t gold over 2.7 metres at 315 metres depth and 2.2 g/t gold over 21.0 metres at 548 metres depth.
Drilling in the westerly plunge of the deposit both below and west of the future West Pit has continued to return wide intervals inclusive of a higher grade portion that support the potential to continue growing the "out-pit" mineralization, which now extends two kilometres west of the current resource pit. Recent drill results include the intersection of a new mineralized zone south and below the western extent of the West Pit resources.
Highlights from recent drilling below and immediately west of the West Pit include: hole DLM22-404W, which intersected 2.3 g/t gold over 88.2 metres at 806 metres depth, including 3.6 g/t gold over 45.1 metres at 822 metres depth; hole DLM22-446, which intersected 1.0 g/t gold over 53.0 metres at 691 metres depth and 2.1 g/t gold over 37.0 metres at 739 metres depth; hole DLM22-451, which intersected 1.8 g/t gold over 22.3 metres at 684 metres depth, and 1.0 g/t gold over 71.0 metres at 753 metres depth; and hole DLM22-422W, which intersected 13.1 g/t gold over 9.2 metres at 689 metres depth.
Continued drilling along the West Pit Extension has been encouraging, with mineralization occurring both within the Chloritic Greenstone (CG) unit, a marker horizon associated with mineral reserves and mineral resources in both the Main Pit and West Pit, and within altered mafic pillow flows, below and footwall to the CG unit, which is similar in nature to the mineralized zones in the West Pit.
In the first half of 2022, drilling intersected wide zones of mineralization with some containing high grade inclusions. In addition to holes highlighted in the July 27, 2022 news release (DLM22-448, which returned 32.3 g/t gold over 4.8 metres at 955 metres depth and hole DLM22-453, which returned 6.0 g/t gold over 5.6 metres at 940 metres depth and 4.9 g/t gold over 3.7 metres at 1,019 metres depth), hole DLM22-469 intersected 5.8 g/t gold over 13.1 metres at 917 metres depth, including 24.5 g/t gold over 2.6 metres at 913 metres depth; hole DLM-22-471 intersected 0.9 g/t gold over 30.3 metres at 951 metres depth and hole DLM22-430A intersected 3.6 g/t gold over 7.3 metres at 669 metres depth.
Results obtained during the first half of 2022 after the closure of the database on February 5, 2022, combined with results during the second half of 2022, are expected to have a positive impact on the mineral reserves and mineral resources estimate for the open pit at year-end 2022.
In addition, continued success in extending the mineralized zone outside of the pit towards the west is expected to result in an initial mineral resource estimate at year-end 2022 that would be the basis for potential underground mining scenarios. As part of the ongoing optimization of the Detour Lake mine, an evaluation of the underground potential has been initiated and is expected to be completed by year-end 2023.
Regional drilling planned at Detour Lake for the remainder of 2022 includes targets further west along the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone and the West Pit Extension. These targets have been optimized by the completion of ground geophysical surveying in the second quarter of 2022 which surveyed a 105 kilometre grid west and north of Hopper Lake along main structural trends. Investigative drilling East of the Main Pit is also planned to gather new geological information at depth in relatively untested ground.
As set out in the news release of July 27, 2022, the Company increased the mineral reserves at Detour Lake by 38% as at March 31, 2022 compared to the mineral reserves as at December 31, 2021.
At March 31, 2022, the Detour Lake mine is estimated to contain proven mineral reserves of 77.6 million tonnes grading 1.12 g/t gold for approximately 2.8 million ounces of gold and probable mineral reserves of 757.5 million tonnes grading 0.72 g/t gold for approximately 17.6 million ounces of gold.
Detour Lake's measured mineral resources totaled 1.3 million ounces of gold (27.8 million tonnes grading 1.44 g/t gold) and indicated mineral resources totaled 12.9 million ounces of gold (562.3 million tonnes grading 0.71 g/t gold) at March 31, 2022. In addition, Detour Lake contained inferred mineral resources of 1.8 million ounces of gold (75.2 million tonnes grading 0.75 g/t gold) at March 31, 2022.
Macassa and AK Deposit – Underground Drilling at Macassa Intersects High Grade Gold Mineralization on Four Mine Levels; New Exploration Ramp Provides Platform to Test AK Deposit from Underground; AK Surface Drilling Completed to Support Underground Project Development
With the completion of the Merger, Agnico Eagle's land position in the Kirkland Lake area of northeastern Ontario is now centered around the Macassa mine and covers over 29,469 hectares (approximately 35 kilometres long by up to 17 kilometres wide) of this prolific mining district. The Company's assets within the camp include the Macassa mine, the adjacent AK deposit, the Upper Beaver and Upper Canada deposits farther east as well as several other occurrences and adjacent joint venture interests.
This year at Macassa, the Company expects to spend approximately $20.3 million to develop exploration drifts to support 99,850 metres of capitalized drilling to expand mineral resources and $18.9 million for 89,700 metres of exploration drilling to investigate the South Mine Complex and Main Break along strike and at depth as well as the development of an exploration drift to support drilling and access to the AK deposit.
In the first half of 2022, the Company completed approximately 49,578 metres of underground drilling at Macassa, using up to nine underground drills on the 3400, 5100, 5300 and 5800 levels.
Selected recent drill intercepts from Macassa and AK are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal sections below.
[Macassa Mine and AK Deposit – Composite Longitudinal Section]
[AK Deposit – Composite Longitudinal Section]
Drilling from the 3410 Incline targeted an underexplored area of the '04/Main Break west of historic mining areas.
The 5100 level drill program is targeting the '04 Break west of the Amikougami Cross Fault where little historic drilling was completed. At the end of the second quarter, a total of 6,863 metres of drilling had been completed in 16 holes, with hole 51-656 returning 3.7 g/t gold over 2.3 metres at 1,506 metres depth.
Drilling on the 5300 level was focused on extending and infilling the South Mine Complex to the east, with 13,009 metres of drilling completed in 36 holes during the first half of 2022. This program continues to see favourable results from both the extension and infill drilling with highlights including: 62.7 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 1,635 metres depth in infill hole 53-4587; 47.3 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 1,834 metres depth and 41.8 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 1,841 metres depth in infill hole 53-4581; 14.2 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 1,659 metres depth in extension hole 53-4552; and 14.1 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 1,784 metres depth in extension hole 53-4544. Development advanced 185 metres in the first half of 2022 and included the excavation of two diamond drill bays.
Drilling on the 5300 level was also focused on extending and infilling the Lower South Mine Complex and South Mine Complex West. During the first half of 2022, a total of 6,477 metres of drilling was completed in 14 holes into these two targets, with highlights that include: 12.2 g/t gold over 2.0 metres (core length) at 1,946 metres depth in hole 53-4578 in the Lower South Mine Complex; and 30.9 g/t gold over 2.1 metres (core length) at 1,639 metres depth in hole 53-4580 in the South Mine Complex West.
Drilling from the 5807 Decline mainly tested the Deep Main Break east of Shaft #4 below the Kirkland Minerals property. Exploration development continued to advance in the first half of 2022 with 120 metres completed. At the end of the second quarter of 2022, a total of 11,040 metres of drilling had been completed in 21 holes, with highlights that include: 17.5 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 2,362 metres depth in hole 58-730; 20.5 g/t gold over 1.7 metres at 2,211 metres depth in hole 58-723; and 12.7 g/t over 2.0 metres (core length) at 1,831 metres depth in hole 58-721. Drilling into this target will continue for the remainder of the year as development continues.
AK Deposit
Following completion of the Merger, the Company initiated development of an exploration decline from the existing near surface ramp infrastructure at Macassa to provide platforms to test the AK deposit from underground.
Mineralization at the AK deposit is generally vertical and controlled by quartz-carbonate veinlet envelopes that pinch and swell vertically and laterally, varying from 1 to 15 metres in thickness with local high grade, visible gold intercepts.
Out of a planned 982 metres, a total of 809 metres of exploration ramp development has been completed to date, including the excavation of five new underground drill platforms.
An underground diamond drilling program commenced in May 2022 and, by the end of the second quarter of 2022, a total of 3,068 metres of drilling from three platforms had been completed, testing the continuity of the higher-grade area of the AK deposit. Recent highlights from this underground program include: 14.1 g/t gold over 6.5 metres at 222 metres depth in hole KLAK-010; and 23.9 g/t gold over 2.0 metres at 112 metres depth in hole KLAK-011. This phase of the underground program at AK is on schedule for completion late in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Resource conversion drilling was also conducted from surface into the AK deposit, with 48 drill holes totalling 12,692 metres completed during the first half of 2022.
The surface infill drilling confirmed the grade, continuity and thickness of the higher-grade portions of the mineralized panel at AK. Recent highlights include hole KLAKC22-162 returning 8.7 g/t gold over 7.6 metres at 146 metres depth; and hole KLAKC22-152 returning 12.9 g/t gold over 12.6 metres at 171 metres depth.
Several deeper holes drilled into AK from the surface also returned positive results, including: hole KLAKC22-163W2, which intersected 18.3 g/t gold over 2.4 metres at 407 metres depth; and hole KLAKC22-166W2, which intersected 13.0 g/t gold over 2.5 metres at 496 metres depth.
The recent drill results from surface and underground will provide additional information for the technical evaluation of the AK deposit with an expected inclusion of AK mineralization in the mine's mineral reserves in 2023.
Once drilling from underground is advanced at AK, the Company will consider developing into the AK deposit and conducting a bulk sample. The AK deposit has the potential to be beneficial to the Macassa mine operation by providing a near surface, ramp accessible source of ore to supplement underground production.
The further expansion potential of the AK deposit is now being assessed, as the elimination of property boundaries as a result of the Merger simplifies targeting and exploration in the eastern extension of the deposit.
Regional exploration will also benefit from the recent land consolidation resulting from the Merger. The historic Main Break deposit of Kirkland Lake, where over 25 million ounces of gold have been produced historically, is now consolidated from its most western known extension at Macassa to the past-producing Sylvanite mine.
The Company has applied to obtain an Exploration License of Occupation for the Toburn mine, the easternmost past-producer on the Main Break. If granted this exploration license will permit the Company to carry out a comprehensive interpretation of the Main Break orebody and identify exploration targets similar to the South Mine Complex-type mineralization east of current mining operations at Macassa.
Upper Beaver – Resource Conversion Drilling Completed and New Target Areas Being Tested Outside the Mineral Resources Footprint
The Upper Beaver deposit is a gold-copper rich orebody that contains both vein and replacement-style mineralization. It extends from surface to approximately two kilometres below surface and remains open at depth. Gold mineralization occurs either as free/visible gold that is relatively common throughout the deposit or associated with sulphides. Copper mineralization occurs predominantly as chalcopyrite and occasionally as bornite in disseminations or in stringers/stockwork veinlets.
A total of 30 holes for 14,292 metres were drilled at the Upper Beaver project during the first half of 2022.
Selected recent drill intercepts from Upper Beaver set out in a table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal section below.
[Upper Beaver – Composite Longitudinal Section]
The recently completed resource conversion drilling program at Upper Beaver achieved multiple objectives that will benefit the technical evaluation and mineral reserve and mineral resource update expected in 2023. Among them, the recent drilling filled in gaps in the eastern portion of the Footwall Zone mineralized corridor, located between 800 and 1,000 metres below surface. Highlight intercepts include 16.7 g/t gold over 7.0 metres at 865 metres depth in hole KLUB22-751W3 and 12.4 g/t gold over 9.0 metres at 920 metres depth in hole KLUB21-137W5.
An increase in mineral resources is expected from this newly drilled gap area where no information was available for previous mineral resource estimates for Upper Beaver.
In addition, all drill holes targeting the gap areas of the Footwall Zone provided the opportunity to add drilling intercepts in the main Porphyry Zone, resulting in tighter spacing and increased confidence in the shape and continuity of the zone. For example, hole KLUB22-137W5, reported above, also returned 5.0 g/t gold over 14.1 metres in the Porphyry Zone at 839 metres depth.
Deeper conversion drilling also returned results confirming grades and thicknesses for both the Porphyry and Footwall zones of the Upper Beaver deposit. Hole KLUB21-328W11 returned 4.7 g/t gold and 0.3% copper over 7.0 metres at 1,550 metres depth in the Porphyry Zone and hole KLUB21-328W15 returned 8.8 g/t gold and 0.5% copper over 12.0 metres at 1,600 metres depth in the Footwall Zone.
With the resource conversion drilling completed, the focus of drilling at Upper Beaver has shifted outside of the mineral resources footprint to identify areas of potential future mineral resource growth and two areas have already delivered promising results.
Approximately 500 metres east of the main Upper Beaver deposit, hole KLUB22-172E intersected veining and alteration typical of the mineralization observed at Upper Beaver and assays returned 3.6 g/t gold and 1.1% copper over 1.2 metres (core length) at 1,550 metres depth. Follow-up hole KLUB22-172W2 returned 11.3 g/t gold and 0.1% copper over 0.7 metres (core length) at 1,464 metres depth in the same area, and more drilling is underway to further assess this new discovery.
To the west and approximately 800 metres north of the main Upper Beaver deposit, hole KLUB22-768 intersected low-angle veining with visible gold returning 11.5 g/t gold over 5.5 metres (core length) at 618 metres depth and 51.5 g/t gold over 5.2 metres (core length) at 629 metres depth. This mineralization is interpreted as the possible faulted and offset extension of the known North Basalt zone. Exploration drilling is ongoing to define the geometry of this new mineralization.
Regional exploration activity in the greater Upper Beaver area includes diamond drilling, geophysical and geochemical surveying, mapping and prospection. The objective is to develop additional mill feed for a future Upper Beaver mining operation, which includes target areas such as Upper Canada, Anoki-McBean, Munro and Bidgood.
NUNAVUT REGION
Agnico Eagle has identified Nunavut as a politically attractive and stable jurisdiction with enormous geological potential. With the Company's Meliadine mine and Meadowbank complex (including the Amaruq satellite deposit), together with the Hope Bay project and other exploration projects, Nunavut is a strategic operating platform that builds on the Company's established infrastructure, access roads, procurement synergies and the region's tremendous geological potential, with the ability to generate strong gold production and cash flows over several decades.
Meliadine – Significant Exploration and Conversion Results from Pump Deposit Near Surface and Down-Plunge at Depth
The Meliadine property includes seven gold deposits, six of which are part of the current mine plan. Tiriganiaq is the largest of the deposits with a strike length of approximately 3.0 kilometres at surface and a known depth of 812 metres.
Exploration during the first half of 2022 at the Meliadine mine site and surrounding areas totaled 35,606 metres, with work focused on three areas: deep exploration and conversion drilling at the Pump deposit, infill drilling of inferred mineral resources at depth in the Wesmeg and Tiriganiaq deposits and exploration drilling at the F-Zone deposit.
Selected recent exploration drill intercepts from the Pump deposit at the Meliadine property are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the plan map and composite longitudinal section below.
[Meliadine Mine – Plan Map & Pump Composite Longitudinal Section]
During the first half of 2022 at the Pump deposit, the Company completed 51 holes from surface totalling 16,890 metres to convert and expand the mineral resources at the Pump South and North zones.
The positive results from infill drilling at shallow depth into the Pump South Zone are expected to convert a portion of inferred mineral resources into indicated mineral resources in the eastern (main) ore plunge. Highlights include: hole M22-3364, which intersected 6.5 g/t gold over 4.1 metres at 143 metres depth; and hole M22-3361, drilled 36 metres to the east, which intersected 11.7 g/t gold over 4.2 metres at 125 metres depth. Other notable infill drilling results include hole M22-3362, drilled 51 metres further east, which returned 6.4 g/t gold over 5.4 metres at 76 metres depth; and hole M22-3360, drilled 93 metres east of hole M22-3364, which returned 9.4 g/t gold over 3.0 metres at 87 metres depth.
Approximately 200 metres deeper down-plunge in the same gold-mineralized oreshoot, hole M22-3380A intersected 9.3 g/t gold over 4.2 metres at 328 metres depth. Hole M22-3382A, drilled 33 metres to the east, intersected 7.7 g/t gold over 5.0 metres at 321 metres depth and hole M22-3384, drilled 80 metres east of hole M22-3364, intersected 20.4 g/t gold over 3.7 metres at 339 metres depth. These holes are expected to convert inferred mineral resources located between two substantial areas of indicated mineral resources.
In 2021, the exploration drilling program identified an important mineral inventory at the limits of the mineral resource along the main plunge. This year's follow-up drilling program has confirmed the grade, thickness and continuity of this new mineralized zone. Hole M22-3391, which returned 18.8 g/t gold over 5.3 metres at 565 metres depth, is expected to extend the inferred mineral resources down plunge. Hole M22-3401, drilled into inferred mineral resources located 106 metres to the east, returned 10.1 g/t gold over 5.0 metres at 488 metres depth.
Drilling of the Pump North and Pump South targets is planned to resume next winter. An internal study is underway of the underground portion of the Pump deposit and is due for completion in early 2023.
Elsewhere on the Meliadine property in the first half of 2022, a total of 18,716 metres of exploration and conversion drilling was carried out in Tiriganiaq and Wesmeg deposits from the newly developed exploration drift as well as from surface in the F-Zone deposit.
Based on recent success of the exploration programs at Meliadine in the first half of 2022, $6 million of the additional $30 million in exploration expenditure will be dedicated to drill an additional 40,000 metres to support mineral resources to mineral reserves conversion and the addition of mineral resources in the extensions of the known deposits.
Meadowbank – Infill Drilling at Whale Tail Underground Confirms Grade and Width of Stopes with Underground Production to Ramp Up in the Second Half of 2022; Exploration Drilling in Gap Between IVR Pit and IVR Underground Returns Positive Results; Deep Drilling Campaign Underway Below Whale Tail, IVR and Mammoth
The exploration program at Amaruq in 2022 is budgeted at $19.5 million for a planned 61,800 metres of exploration and conversion drilling, with 31,996 metres of drilling completed during the first half of 2022.
The exploration drilling in 2022 has several objectives: completing definition drilling of mineral resources to allow evaluation for possible Whale Tail Pit extension at its western end toward the Mammoth prospect as well as extending mineral resources at depth in the Whale Tail, IVR and Mammoth deposits; below the IVR pit, testing a gap between the open pit and the underground mineral resources; and continuing delineation drilling in the underground mine in the Whale Tail deposit to confirm the final shapes of stopes as production will gradually ramp up in the second half of 2022.
Selected recent drill intercepts from the exploration and conversion drilling at Amaruq are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal section below.
[Meadowbank Complex – Amaruq Composite Longitudinal Section]
Underground infill drilling in the Whale Tail deposit during the first half of 2022 has increased confidence in the geological modelling of the deposit and better defined the stopes that are scheduled for production during the second half of 2022.
Highlights from this infill drilling include: hole AMQ-290-200-F1 returning 5.2 g/t gold over 7.2 metres at 285 metres depth and 5.5 g/t gold over 20.8 metres at 284 metres depth; hole AMQ-320-200-U1 returning 5.6 g/t gold over 27.0 metres at 305 metres depth; hole AMQ-320-201-U1 returning 3.4 g/t gold over 25.2 metres at 299 metres depth; hole AMQ-320-204-F1 returning 6.3 g/t gold over 20.0 metres at 314 metres depth; and hole AMQ-320-205-U1A returning 9.3 g/t gold over 21.2 metres at 282 metres depth.
Drilling into the gap between the IVR pit and the underground IVR mineral resources intersected significant mineralization that will likely contribute to increased mineral resources and the conversion of inferred mineral resources into indicated mineral resources in the upper portion of the underground IVR mineral resources. Highlights from this drilling include 6.8 g/t gold over 5.9 metres at 223 metres depth in hole AMQ21-2729, 5.3 g/t gold over 8.1 metres at 352 metres depth in hole AMQ21-2707A, 5.4 g/t gold over 9.5 metres at 296 metres depth in hole AMQ21-2745 and 20.3 g/t gold over 5.1 metres at 336 metres depth in hole AMQ21-2728A.
Drilling along the western limits of the IVR deposit resulted in highlights such as 13.5 g/t gold over 5.2 metres at 360 metres depth and 7.3 g/t gold over 3.3 metres at 401 metres depth in hole AMQ21-2690A. In the central portion of the IVR deposit, conversion hole AMQ21-2680 returned 6.0 g/t gold over 22.4 metres at 391 metres depth.
A deep drilling campaign began at Amaruq in late April with the objective of extending underground mineral resources under the Whale Tail, IVR and Mammoth known orebodies. To date, two deep holes at Whale Tail and two others at Mammoth were completed and intersected the targeted mineralized horizons, with all results pending. Drilling is also ongoing at IVR at depth where the deposit remains open.
Hope Bay – Drilling Tests Extensions of High-Grade Zones at Doris; Larger Production Scenarios Continue to be Evaluated
On February 18, 2022, the Company announced that it decided to maintain the suspension of production activities at the Hope Bay mine in order to dedicate the infrastructure of the Hope Bay site to exploration activities. Infrastructure work for water treatment and camp maintenance is also underway while the Company is studying larger production scenarios integrating the most recent results and the progress of the ongoing exploration campaign.
The exploration program is continuing to ramp up at Hope Bay, with 136 drill holes totalling 46,658 metres completed from surface and underground during the first half of 2022. Three drill rigs are now operating underground at the Doris deposit, three drill rigs are targeting deep extensions of the Doris deposit from surface and a seventh surface drill rig is operating at the Madrid deposit.
Doris Deposit
During the first half of 2022 at the Doris deposit, three drill rigs operating underground explored extensions of the BTD Extension, BTD Connector, Connector, Central and West Valley zones, and three drill rigs at surface tested deep extensions of the BTD Connector and BTD Central zones.
Selected recent drill intercepts from these zones extensions at Doris are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal section below.
[Doris Deposit at Hope Bay Mine – Composite Longitudinal Section]
Drill results continue to demonstrate the excellent potential to grow the Doris deposit at depth below the dike in the BTD Extension and BTD Connector zones, and in the West Valley Zone above the dike to the south.
Drilling in the northernmost portion of the BTD Extension Zone has confirmed that the main hinge zone extends further north. Recent highlights include 20.9 g/t gold over 2.3 metres at 344 metres depth in hole HBDBE22-50888 and 20.9 g/t gold over 3.5 metres at 327 metres depth in hole HBDBE22-50886. Follow up drilling is ongoing in this area.
Drilling in the BTD Connector Zone has continued to confirm the northern and southern extensions of the West Limb and has extended the East Limb at depth. Recent highlights from BTD Connector include hole HBD22-036, which intersected 6.9 g/t gold over 32.2 metres at 495 metres depth, including 25.9 g/t gold over 5.0 metres at 494 metres depth; hole HBD22-030, which intersected 12.2 g/t gold over 7.1 metres at 492 metres depth; and hole HBD22-026, which intersected 20.4 g/t gold over 3.3 metres at 550 metres depth.
Drilling in the West Valley Zone has confirmed the extension of the zone by 77 metres to the south and above the dike, and the zone appears to continue into a gap of drilling immediately below the 210-metre level. Highlights from this drilling include; 25.4 g/t gold over 3.0 metres at 286 metres depth and 21.6 g/t gold over 3.1 metres at 292 metres depth in hole HBDWV22-50979; and 25.2 g/t gold over 3.4 metres at 250 metres depth and 14.1 g/t gold over 3.3 metres at 258 metres depth in hole HBDWV22-50953.
The results further demonstrate the potential to significantly grow the Doris mineral resources to support the development of additional underground exploration drifts and platforms to further confirm the size, shape and grade of these high-grade mineralized zone extensions.
During the second half of 2022 at Doris, work will continue extending the exploration drifts and investigating the deposit from underground and surface drill rigs.
Madrid Deposit
During the first half of 2022 at the Madrid deposit, one surface drill rig was in operation and mainly targeting the inflexion zone in the Naartok East area and the vertical extension of the Suluk zone.
The first result from the 2022 campaign at Madrid was from hole HBM22-040, which was drilled outside the Naartok East inflexion zone and intersected 7.0 g/t over 7.0 metres at 385 metres depth. Results from Suluk are pending.
During the second half of 2022, two drill rigs are planned to be in operation at Madrid targeting the Suluk vertical extension and the Naartok East Zone at greater depth.
The Suluk drilling will follow-up on two historical holes (HB03PMD225 and HBTMMSU-19-00023) that respectively returned 5.6 g/t over 9.0 metres at 540 metres depth and 10.8 g/t over 4.4 metres at 698 metres depth. These two holes are the deepest intersections of the Suluk Zone to date, and the zone remains open in all directions.
The Naartok East "below the dike" drilling will target areas below a barren (non gold-bearing) diabase dike where previous operators had ended their exploration holes. A recent reinterpretation of the geology at Naartok East and Naartok West suggests there is potential for near-surface gold mineralization to continue below the dike in a manner similar to the geological setting at the Doris deposit.
Selected recent drill intercepts from Madrid are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal section below.
[Madrid Deposit at Hope Bay Mine – Composite Longitudinal Section]
Boston Deposit
The Boston deposit is located 60 kilometres south of the Doris processing facility and is accessible by helicopter support or via a winter trail for supply and has an airstrip for small fixed-wing aircraft.
At the camp, maintenance work is underway to refurbish the various facilities prior to resuming exploration drilling activities in the area in 2023.
The Boston deposit remains open in all direction with one of the best historical results at depth returning 56.6 g/t over 8.8 metres at 1,014 metres depth, demonstrating great potential to expand this high grade deposit further in all directions. There are also several near surface high grade occurrences that have not yet been drilled. Compilation and validation of the historical exploration database at Boston is underway, and the geological and structural models for the deposit will be updated to help generate new drill targets for the 2023 campaign.
Regional field exploration
This year's regional field exploration program began in early June, with geological teams set to evaluate more than 50 showings identified by previous explorers near current infrastructure in the northern portion of the Hope Bay property. The aim of the program is to increase understanding of the structural controls on mineralization and generate regional drill targets.
Exploration Plan and Budget
Based on recent success identifying deposit extensions and discovering new mineralized zones at depth in the Doris and Madrid deposits, the Company has allocated $24 million of the additional $30 million in exploration expenditure to continue drilling and development of exploration drifts at Doris in order to accelerate exploration from underground in the high potential areas that will ease future definition drilling for mineral resources conversion and mine development for future production resumption. The Company is now expected to spend approximately $56 million at Hope Bay in 2022 to develop new exploration drifts and for surface and underground exploration drilling at Doris and for surface exploration drilling on exploration at Madrid and other regional targets along the Hope Bay greenstone belt.
Exploration at Hope Bay is expected to continue through 2023 while larger production scenarios are being evaluated.
AUSTRALIA
Agnico Eagle acquired the Fosterville mine on February 8, 2022 as a result of the Merger. As the largest gold producer in the state of Victoria, Australia, the 100% owned Fosterville mine is a high-grade underground gold mine, located 20 kilometres from the city of Bendigo. The operation features low-cost gold production, as well as extensive in-mine and district scale exploration potential.
Fosterville – Exploration Ramp Completed Reaching the Robbins Hill Deposit; Drilling Extends the Lower Phoenix Zone
The Fosterville mine is hosted by Paleozoic rocks of the Bendigo zone. Gold mineralization is associated with high grade quartz lode within a wider refractory pyrite-arsenopyrite disseminated mineralization. The 2,857 hectare Fosterville mine property is surrounded by four exploration licences totalling 107,959 hectares and by 118,384 hectares of exploration (118,300 hectares) and mine (84 hectares) lease applications. The mineralization is hosted within the Fosterville and O'Dwyer's trends, which are parallel structures that host ore shoots associated with fold closures and multiple faulting and splay features.
Near mine exploration remains the main focus at Fosterville as the deposits remains open at depth, along plunge and laterally in the Lower Phoenix and Robbins Hill zones. A primary exploration objective at Fosterville remains to investigate for high grade quartz vein structures similar to the Swan Zone within the wider sulphide-mineralized envelope in the Lower Phoenix and Robbins Hill zones.
At the Fosterville mine in 2022, the Company expects to spend approximately $57.3 million for 234,000 metres of expensed and capitalized drilling and the completion of the Robbins Hill exploration ramp. During the first half of 2022 at the Fosterville mine, expensed exploration drilling totaled 26,957 metres and capitalized conversion drilling totaled 46,792 metres.
Recent results in the Lower Phoenix Zone from the Phoenix 3912 Drill Drive returned significant results in the down plunge extension of the zone. Close to the current limit of the mineral resources, hole UDH4378 returned 31.5 g/t gold over 8.0 metres at 1,581 metres depth, including 306.8 g/t gold over 0.7 metres at 1,583 metres depth. And approximately 81 metres away from the current mineral resources limit, hole UDH4372A returned 226.2 g/t gold over 1.4 metres at 1,716 metres depth, including 420.2 g/t gold over 0.8 metres, demonstrating the potential for the addition of mineral resources. Ongoing conversion and exploration drilling is aiming to fully replace the gold ounces mined out in 2022.
The decline into the Robbins Hill is now complete and is allowing access to drill into the mineral resources area. In the down plunge extension of the Robbins Hill, hole UDR003A returned 5.1 g/t gold over 6.1 metres at 1,377 metres depth, approximately 427 metres from the current mineral resource envelope, further demonstrating potential for the addition of mineral resources. Closer to the mineral resources area, hole UDR015 returned 68.0 g/t gold over 4.9 metres at 1,106 metres depth, including 390.2 g/t gold over 0.7 metres at 1,106 metres depth, approximately 75 metres away from the current mineral resources outline. The very high gold grades intersected in hole UDR015 down-plunge of the Robbins Hill mineral resources are due to the presence of visible gold in quartz vein mineralization — a style of mineralization similar to what is seen in the Swan Zone.
The ramp will now allow ongoing infill and expansion drilling with the objective of converting mineral resources into mineral reserves by year-end 2022.
Selected recent drill results from Fosterville are set out in the table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal sections below.
[Fosterville Mine – Composite Longitudinal Section]
[Lower Phoenix – Composite Longitudinal Section]
FINLAND
Agnico Eagle's Kittila mine in Finland is the largest primary gold producer in Europe. An underground shaft is under construction and is expected to be commissioned in late 2022 or early 2023.
Kittila – Drilling Confirms and Extends Main and Sisar Zones in Rimpi, Roura and Suuri Areas; Mineralization Confirmed in New Target Area Below Shaft Currently Under Construction
The Kittila mine and the Suurikuusikko property are hosted by Proterozoic rocks of the Svecofennian province. Gold mineralization is refractory with the gold occurring mainly associated with arsenopyrite and pyrite within the Suurikiisikko break. The large 20,466 hectare Kittila property hosts additional parallel structures that have similarities to the Suurikuusikko main break.
Near mine exploration remains the main focus as the deposit is open at depth and laterally and exploration drilling in recent years has succeeded in deepening the Kittila mineral resources limit by approximately 560 metres to 2,100 metres depth. A primary exploration objective at Kittila is to grow and develop the Sisar Zone as a new mining horizon parallel to the producing Main Zone.
At the Kittila mine in 2022, the Company expects to spend approximately $12.4 million for 69,600 metres of drilling focused on the Main zone in the Roura and Rimpi areas as well as the Sisar zone. The drilling includes 46,800 metres of capitalized conversion drilling at the mine and 22,800 metres of expensed exploration drilling. The expensed drilling is focused on targets beyond the current mineral reserve area, especially from 1,500 to 2,000 metres depth and at shallower depths in the area north of the mine.
During the first half of 2022 at the Kittila mine, exploration drilling totaled 35 holes (18,678 metres) and conversion drilling totaled 63 holes (21,518 metres).
Selected recent drill results from Kittila are set out in the table in the Appendix and in the composite longitudinal section below.
[Kittila Mine – Composite Longitudinal Section]
Deep exploration drilling is ongoing around hole ROD15-704D (reported in February 2016) in a target area located approximately 1,700 to 1,900 metres below surface in the Sisar Zone. In early 2022, drilling confirmed the potential to extend the gold mineralization in this target area, with highlight hole RIE21-700E returning two intercepts in the Sisar Zone of 6.3 g/t gold over 13.6 metres at 1,948 metres depth (released on February 23, 2022) and 5.7 g/t gold over 3.7 metres at 1,973 metres depth (released on April 28, 2022). Newly reported hole RIE21-700F intersected 3.0 g/t gold over 3.7 metres at 1,958 metres depth within the target area, further extending the Sisar zone at depth to the north.
At shallower depths in the northernmost portion of the Sisar Zone, hole RIE21-608 intersected 6.4 g/t gold over 4.9 metres at 1,067 metres depth, demonstrating the potential for further extension of the Sisar Zone to the north.
Exploration drilling completed in the first half of 2022 in the contact area between the Suuri and Roura areas extended gold mineralization down-plunge from the Suuri area within both the Main and Sisar zones. Highlights from this target area include: hole ROU21-600, which intersected 4.3 g/t gold over 6.0 metres at 1,046 metres depth in the Main Zone; hole ROU22-600, which intersected 7.0 g/t gold over 3.1 metres at 1,120 metres depth in the Sisar Zone; and hole ROU22-603, which intersected 5.3 g/t gold over 4.7 metres at 1,206 metres depth in the Sisar Zone.
Positive exploration results were also achieved further north in the Roura area. In the Main Zone, highlight intersections include 3.1 g/t gold over 7.7 metres at 1,058 metres depth and 4.8 g/t gold over 3.2 metres at 1,087 metres depth in hole ROD21-711B; 3.6 g/t gold over 6.2 metres at 1,057 metres depth in hole ROU22-605; and 3.7 g/t gold over 5.6 metres at 1,048 metres depth in hole ROD21-707. In the Sisar zone, hole ROD21-705 returned 5.2 g/t gold over 3.0 metres at 1,402 metres depth.
Exploration drilling is also ongoing in the deepest portion of the Suuri area in proximity to the proposed bottom of the new shaft currently under construction. In the Sisar Zone highlights from the first half of 2022 include 4.2 g/t gold over 4.7 metres at 1,121 metres depth in hole SUU22-600 and 3.8 g/t gold over 4.9 metres at 1,366 metres depth in hole SUU22-601. These intercepts have extended Suuri at depth, where mineralization in both the Main and Sisar zones remains open at depth and to the north and south.
MEXICO
Agnico Eagle's operations in Mexico have been a solid source of precious metals production (gold and silver) since 2009.
Pinos Altos – Drilling at Cubiro and Pinos Altos Deep Confirms and Extends High-Grade Gold Mineralization
At the Pinos Altos mine in 2022, the Company expects to spend approximately $4.3 million for 22,400 metres of drilling, including 17,400 metres of exploration expensed drilling and 5,000 metres of definition capitalized drilling.
Exploration drilling during the first half of 2022 focused on two targets: the Cubiro deposit, located nine kilometres northwest of the Pinos Altos mine site; and the deep extensions of the Cerro Colorado and Oberon de Weber zones at the Pinos Altos mine. The expensed exploration drilling totaled 7,671 metres and definition and conversion drilling totaled 2,238 metres.
At Cubiro, infill drilling was undertaken on the western part of the main Cubiro corridor. Exploration was also conducted to confirm and extend the North Cubiro structure laterally towards the southeast, leading to the discovery of a new mineralized ore shoot with a highlight result of 2.2 g/t gold and 24 g/t silver over 11.0 metres at 210 metres depth, including 10.0 g/t gold and 73 g/t silver over 2.7 metres in hole CBUG-22-175.
At the Pinos Altos Deep project, exploration holes were drilled in the vertical extension of the Cerro Colorado and Oberon de Weber zones, with the aim of extending structures at depth below the lowest production level. Highlights include 3.1 g/t gold and 301 g/t silver over 11.6 metres at 649 metres depth, including 4.1 g/t gold and 679 g/t silver over 5.8 metres at 648 metres depth in hole UG22-283.
Exploration at Pinos Altos will continue to investigate extensions of known mineralized zones and test new targets for the remainder of 2022.
Selected recent intercepts from drilling at the Cubiro deposit and the Pinos Altos Deep project at the Pinos Altos mine are set out in the table in the Appendix and in the plan map and composite longitudinal sections below.
[Pinos Altos Mine – Cubiro and Pinos Altos Plan Map]
[Pinos Altos Mine – Pinos Altos Composite Longitudinal Section]
[Pinos Altos Mine – Cubiro Composite Longitudinal Section]
La India – Drilling in Main Zone Shows Potential to Enlarge Open Pit to the West; Regional Exploration at La India Remains Focused on Chipriona Deposit and Other Sulphide Opportunities
At the La India mine in 2022, the Company expects to spend approximately $2.8 million for 13,000 metres of expensed exploration drilling near the mine and $3.0 million for 5,000 metres of expensed regional exploration drilling, field work including geological sampling, and new target generation.
Exploration drilling during the first half of 2022 had two objectives: testing the western extension of the Main Zone, with expensed exploration drilling totalling 5,412 metres (46 drill holes); and conducting infill drilling in the Chipriona deposit totalling 10,026 metres (58 drill holes). Regional exploration of early stage targets totaled another 5,038 metres (20 drill holes).
In the Main Zone, recent drilling has demonstrated a potential opportunity to enlarge the open pit towards an extension on the western fringe of the pit, with a recent highlight intersection of 1.1 g/t gold over 31.4 metres at 113 metres depth in hole INMRC22-2512.
Infill drilling at Chipriona continued to return high grade polymetallic mineralization throughout the deposit, with recent highlight intersections in hole CHP22-134 of 8.6 g/t gold, 452 g/t silver, 0.29% lead and 0.49% zinc over 14.5 metres at 139 metres depth, including 37.1 g/t gold, 1,520 g/t silver, 0.18% lead and 0.41% zinc over 3.0 metres at 134 metres depth. The Company is evaluating further drilling at Chipriona along strike to grow the mineral resources as it continues to study options to process sulphide ore at La India.
In regional exploration at La India, the Company continued to investigate for new oxide and sulphide mineralization targets including La Rocossa, Los Pinos, Ramona and Tres de Mayo.
Selected recent drill intercepts from the Main Zone and Chipriona deposit are set out in the table in the Appendix and in the plan map below.
[La India Mine – Chipriona Geology Plan Map]
Santa Gertrudis – Infill Drilling Program Targets Wide, Shallow Oxide Mineralization in Multiple Targets; Regional Exploration Grows Shallow Oxides and Investigates Potential for High-Grade Feeder System at Depth
At the Santa Gertrudis project in 2022, the Company expects to spend approximately $13.9 million for 43,150 metres of drilling, including 16,500 metres of infill drilling in the Cristina deposit and the series of deposits in the Zona Central trend as well as 26,650 metres of exploration drilling in several deposits including Amelia and Santa Teresa with a focus on growing mineral resources.
During the first half of 2022 at Santa Gertrudis, exploration drilling totaled 56 holes (26,780 metres) and infill drilling totaled 160 holes (14,712 metres).
Infill drilling completed in the first half of 2022 targeted shallow oxide mineralization in several deposits: Zona Central, Corridor Corral, Escondida, Greta and Cristina to advance scenarios to initiate mining in the oxide mineralization. Drilling at Cristina returned near-surface, broad intercepts of oxide mineralization. Highlights include 1.1 g/t gold over 54.8 metres at 59 metres depth in hole SG21-048 and 0.8 g/t gold over 34.0 metres at 45 metres depth in hole SG22-179.
Exploration drilling continued on several deposits during first half of 2022. At the Santa Teresa deposit, shallow oxide mineralization continued to grow with highlight results of 1.4 g/t gold over 9.6 metres at 123 metres depth in hole SGE22-567. At the Amelia deposit, exploration in the eastern, western and deep fringes of the deposit continued with highlight results of 5.3 g/t gold over 6.1 metres at 842 metres depth in hole SGE21-524. Elsewhere on the property, exploration continued to investigate for a high-grade feeder system below several shallow deposits including Toro, Centauro and Bertha with a highlight of 10.0 g/t gold over 6.1 metres at 72 metres depth in hole SGE21-525 in the Toro deposit.
Exploration at the Santa Gertrudis property for the rest of the year will continue the investigation by drilling of several targets generated by field work with the objective of growing the mineral resources while different scenarios for future project development are being considered.
Selected recent drill results from the Santa Gertrudis project are set out in a table in the Appendix and in the local geology map below.
[Santa Gertrudis Project – Local Geology Map]
About Agnico Eagle
Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company, producing precious metals from operations in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico. It has a pipeline of high-quality exploration and development projects in these countries as well as in the United States and Colombia. Agnico Eagle is a partner of choice within the mining industry, recognized globally for its leading environmental, social and governance practices. The Company was founded in 1957 and has consistently created value for its shareholders, declaring a cash dividend every year since 1983.
Further Information
For further information regarding Agnico Eagle, contact Investor Relations at info@agnicoeagle.com or call (416) 947-1212.
Forward-Looking Statements
The information in this news release has been prepared as at August 11, 2022. Certain statements contained in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" under the provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws and are referred to herein as "forward-looking statements". All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address circumstances, events, activities or developments that could, or may or will occur are forward looking statements. When used in this news release, the words "anticipate", "could", "estimate", "expect", "forecast", "future", "plan", "possible", "potential", "will" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements include, without limitation: the Company's forward-looking guidance, including metal production, estimated ore grades, recovery rates, project timelines, drilling results and life of mine estimates; the estimated timing and conclusions of technical studies and evaluations; the methods by which ore will be extracted or processed; statements concerning the Company's expansion plans at Detour, Kittila, Meliadine Phase 2, the Amaruq underground project and the Odyssey project, including the timing, funding, completion and commissioning thereof and production therefrom; statements about the Company's plans at the Hope Bay mine; statements concerning other expansion projects, recovery rates, mill throughput, optimization and projected exploration, including costs and other estimates upon which such projections are based; estimates of future mineral reserves, mineral resources, mineral production and sales; the projected development of certain ore deposits, including estimates of exploration, development and production and other capital costs and estimates of the timing of such exploration, development and production or decisions with respect to such exploration, development and production; estimates of mineral reserves and mineral resources and the effect of drill results on future mineral reserves and mineral resources; statements regarding the Company's ability to obtain the necessary permits and authorizations in connection with its proposed or current exploration, development and mining operations and the anticipated timing thereof; statements regarding operations at and expansion of the Kitilla mine; statements regarding anticipated future exploration; the anticipated timing of events with respect to the Company's mine sites; and statements regarding anticipated trends with respect to the Company's operations, exploration and the funding thereof. Such statements reflect the Company's views as at the date of this news release and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of factors and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Agnico Eagle as of the date of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. The material factors and assumptions used in the preparation of the forward looking statements contained herein, which may prove to be incorrect, include, but are not limited to, the assumptions set forth herein and in management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") and the Company's Annual Information Form ("AIF") for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with Canadian securities regulators and that are included in its Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 ("Form 40-F") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") as well as: that governments, the Company or others do not take additional measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise that, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect the Company's ability to operate its business; that cautionary measures taken in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic do not affect productivity; that measures taken relating to, or other effects of, the COVID-19 pandemic do not affect the Company's ability to obtain necessary supplies and deliver them to its mine sites; that there are no significant disruptions affecting operations; that production, permitting, development, expansion and the ramp up of operations at each of Agnico Eagle's properties proceeds on a basis consistent with current expectations and plans; that the relevant metal prices, foreign exchange rates and prices for key mining and construction supplies (including labour) will be consistent with Agnico Eagle's expectations; that Agnico Eagle's current estimates of mineral reserves, mineral resources, mineral grades and metal recovery are accurate; that there are no material delays in the timing for completion of ongoing growth projects; that seismic activity at the Company's operations at LaRonde, Goldex and other properties is as expected by the Company; that the Company's current plans to optimize production are successful; and that there are no material variations in the current tax and regulatory environment. Many factors, known and unknown, could cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to: the extent and manner to which COVID-19, and measures taken by governments, the Company or others to attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19, may affect the Company, whether directly or through effects on employee health, workforce productivity and availability (including the ability to transport personnel to fly-in/fly-out camps), travel restrictions, contractor availability, supply availability, ability to sell or deliver gold dore bars or concentrate, availability of insurance and the cost thereof, the ability to procure inputs required for the Company's operations and projects or other aspects of the Company's business; uncertainties with respect to the effect on the global economy associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to reduce the spread of COVID-19, any of which could negatively affect financial markets, including the trading price of the Company's shares and the price of gold, and could adversely affect the Company's ability to raise capital; the volatility of prices of gold and other metals; uncertainty of mineral reserves, mineral resources, mineral grades and mineral recovery estimates; uncertainty of future production, project development, capital expenditures and other costs; foreign exchange rate fluctuations; financing of additional capital requirements; cost of exploration and development programs; seismic activity at the Company's operations, including the LaRonde complex and Goldex mine; mining risks; community protests, including by First Nations groups; risks associated with foreign operations; governmental and environmental regulation; the volatility of the Company's stock price; and risks associated with the Company's currency, fuel and by-product metal derivative strategies. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors that may affect the Company's ability to achieve the expectations set forth in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release, see the AIF and MD&A filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and included in the Form 40-F filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov, as well as the Company's other filings with the Canadian securities regulators and the SEC. Other than as required by law, the Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements.
Notes to Investors Regarding the Use of Mineral Resources
The mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates contained in this news release have been prepared in accordance with the Canadian securities administrators' (the "CSA") National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").
For United States reporting purposes, the SEC adopted amendments to its disclosure rules (the "SEC Modernization Rules") to modernize the mining property disclosure requirements for issuers whose securities are registered with the SEC under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), which became effective February 25, 2019. The SEC Modernization Rules more closely align the SEC's disclosure requirements and policies for mining properties with current industry and global regulatory practices and standards, including NI 43-101, and replace the historical property disclosure requirements for mining registrants that were included in SEC Industry Guide 7. Issuers were required to comply with the SEC Modernization Rules in their first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021, though Canadian issuers that report in the United States using the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System ("MJDS") may still use NI 43-101 rather than the SEC Modernization Rules when using the SEC's MJDS registration statement and annual report forms. Accordingly, mineral reserve and mineral resource information contained in this news release may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by United States companies.
As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources." In addition, the SEC has amended definitions of "proven mineral reserves" and "probable mineral reserves" in the SEC Modernization Rules, with definitions that are substantially similar to those used in NI 43-101.
Investors are cautioned that while the SEC now recognizes "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources", investors should not assume that any part or all of the mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into a higher category of mineral resources or into mineral reserves. These terms have a great amount of uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. Under Canadian regulations, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in limited circumstances. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources", or "inferred mineral resources" that the Company reports in this news release are or will be economically or legally mineable.
Further, "inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that any part or all of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category.
The mineral reserve and mineral resource data set out in this news release are estimates, and no assurance can be given that the anticipated tonnages and grades will be achieved or that the indicated level of recovery will be realized. The Company does not include equivalent gold ounces for by-product metals contained in mineral reserves in its calculation of contained ounces and mineral reserves are not reported as a subset of mineral resources.
Scientific and Technical Information
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release relating to exploration, mineral reserves and mineral resources have been approved by Guy Gosselin, Eng. and P.Geo., Executive Vice President, Exploration and Eric Kallio, P.Geo, Executive Vice President, Exploration Strategy & Growth, each of whom is a "Qualified Person" for the purposes of NI 43-101.
Additional Information
Additional information about each of the Company's material mineral projects as at December 31, 2021, including information regarding data verification, key assumptions, parameters and methods used to estimate mineral reserves and mineral resources and the risks that could materially affect the development of the mineral reserves and mineral resources required by sections 3.2 and 3.3 and paragraphs 3.4(a), (c) and (d) of NI 43-101 can be found in the Company's AIF and MD&A filed on SEDAR each of which forms a part of the Company's Form 40-F filed with the SEC on EDGAR and in the following technical reports filed on SEDAR in respect of the Company's material mineral properties: 2005 LaRonde Mineral Resource & Mineral Reserve Estimate Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. LaRonde Division (March 23, 2005); NI 43-101 Technical Report Canadian Malartic Mine, Québec, Canada (March 25, 2021); Technical Report on the Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves at Meadowbank Gold Complex including the Amaruq Satellite Mine Development, Nunavut, Canada as at December 31, 2017 (February 14, 2018); the Updated Technical Report on the Meliadine Gold Project, Nunavut, Canada (February 11, 2015); the Detour Lake Operation Ontario, Canada NI 43-101 Technical report as at July 26, 2021 (October 15, 2021); and the Updated NI 43-101 Technical Report Fosterville Gold Mine in the State of Victoria, Australia as at December 31, 2018 (April 1, 2019).
Note Regarding Drill Results Tables
The pierce points for the drill results in this news release are shown on accompanying composite longitudinal sections. The drill collar coordinates for each hole are set out in a table in the Appendix. Intercepts reported show uncapped and capped grades when appropriate over estimated true widths, based on geological interpretation that is being updated as new information becomes available with further drilling.
APPENDIX
Recent Selected Exploration Drill Results
LZ5 mine and Zone 11-3 at LaRonde complex
South Zone at Goldex
Odyssey South Zone and East Gouldie deposit at Canadian Malartic
Saddle, West Pit and West Pit Extension zones at Detour Lake
Macassa and AK deposit
Upper Beaver deposit at Kirkland Lake Regional
Pump deposit at Meliadine
IVR and Whale Tail deposits at Amaruq
Doris and Madrid deposits at Hope Bay
Fosterville
Main and Sisar zones in the Rimpi, Roura and Suuri areas at Kittila
Cubiro deposit and Pinos Altos Deep project at Pinos Altos
Main Zone and Chipriona deposit at La India
Santa Gertrudis
EXPLORATION DRILL HOLE COLLAR COORDINATES
SOURCE Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
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MIAMI — Steven Okert threw 19 pitches for the Miami Marlins in the sixth inning Tuesday night. Nine were nowhere close to the strike zone. Nine others were either just off the plate or inside an edge for the lefty reliever, who was protecting a one-run lead. And one, the seventh and final pitch to Nelson Cruz, was a slider over the plate, something Cruz typically could handle to jolt the Washington Nationals’ offense awake.
But Cruz swung through it, stranding the bases loaded in an eventual 5-1 loss to the Marlins at LoanDepot Park. The 41-year-old designated hitter dropped to 5 for 36 against left-handed pitchers. Washington, in turn, dropped another series to the Marlins (17-19), who are 5-0 against the Nationals (12-26).
The visitors couldn’t touch Miami starter Cody Poteet. They couldn’t prey on Okert’s shaky command. They also couldn’t support Joan Adon, who worked 4⅔ innings and was tagged with a double, two dribblers, a well-struck single and Miguel Rojas’s solo shot in the fifth, amounting to one run.
Six of the Nationals’ seven hits were singles, a troubling trend. They have scored two or fewer runs in six of their past eight games. To no surprise, they are 2-6 in those contests, following the simple logic that you can’t win if you don’t score. On top of that, they have often made it harder for themselves with repeated mistakes on the base paths and in the field.
On Tuesday, that was Victor Robles singling to center with one out in the sixth and getting promptly picked off at first, clearing the bases before they were loaded and Cruz struck out. The Nationals logged two walks and two hits in the frame and did not push a run across. And an inning later, in the bottom of the seventh, the nightly circus returned with a pair of errors for reliever Erasmo Ramírez.
The first one was quiet, as Ramírez fumbled Erik Gonzalez’s soft grounder after yielding a double to Rojas. Yet the second one, a pickoff attempt to first, triggered the sort of play that’s been way too common this season. Ramírez’s throw skipped past Josh Bell and down the right field line, bringing in Rojas. Bell then tried to heroically throw Gonzalez out at third, which went poorly. His throw flew past Maikel Franco, Gonzalez scored from first and the Marlins’ lead doubled, stunting Washington’s shot at a comeback.
The Nationals have provided two such defensive messes in back-to-back losses here. They finished Tuesday with the same number of losses as the Cincinnati Reds, who traded most of their valuable players before the season and are often called bad for the sport.
Before Soto chopped an infield single in the fourth, the Nationals were 0 for 30 in their past 30 appearances against Marlins starters. Sandy Alcántara retired the final 20 batters he faced Monday night. Poteet set down the first 10 he saw Tuesday on 30 pitches — which came after capping the third at 26, a rate of fewer than nine an inning. There’s efficiency, and then there’s what Miami’s rotation has done to Washington so far this week.
When Poteet exited, the Nationals’ only two base-runners were on Soto’s hit and a walk for Yadiel Hernandez. And Soto’s hit traveled one foot, shot into the air and gave him just enough time to beat Jazz Chisholm Jr. 's throw.
Poteet entered with a 0.55 ERA in 16⅓ innings as a bulk reliever. A starter last season, he got this turn because Jesús Luzardo, Washington’s former top prospect, is on the injured list with a forearm strain. Miami Manager Don Mattingly pulled Poteet at 54 pitches with two down in the fifth. The Nationals were lucky he wasn’t stretched out for a full start.
But behind Poteet, relievers Anthony Bender, Okert, Anthony Bass and Tanner Scott finished the job. The Marlins stretched their lead on Jesús Sánchez’s solo homer off Steve Cishek before the Nationals gifted them two runs. Washington’s golden chance was Cruz in a full count with the bases full, back when the game was in reach. Cruz just couldn’t touch the payoff pitch.
What stood out in Joan Adon’s eighth start? An uptick in fastball velocity. Entering the night, Adon had thrown only one pitch harder than 97 mph this season. But while recording 14 outs against the Marlins, he threw 11 fastballs at 97 mph or higher. He touched 98.1 in the first, his hardest pitch of the season, and threw his four-seamer for 62 of his 84 pitches.
The velo spike did not lead to more strikeouts for the 23-year-old. Adon notched two, walked none and mostly kept the ball on the ground. His rookie season has included a lot of head-scratching. He had a long bout of tipping his pitches. In his last outing, a 4-1 loss to the New York Mets, he totally lost command and walked five batters. And now he’s flashed a next gear of velocity, an encouraging sign.
When did the Nationals last win a series? Between April 29 and May 1, Washington took two of three from the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park. The Nationals have won just two of their 12 series (the other on the road against the Atlanta Braves in early April).
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CALGARY, AB, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) (Enbridge or the Company) announced today that it does not intend to exercise its right to redeem its currently outstanding Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series L (Series L Shares) (TSX: ENB.PF.U) on September 1, 2022. As a result, subject to certain conditions, the holders of the Series L Shares have the right to convert all or part of their Series L Shares on a one-for-one basis into Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series M of Enbridge (Series M Shares) on September 1, 2022. Holders who do not exercise their right to convert their Series L Shares into Series M Shares will retain their Series L Shares.
The foregoing conversion right is subject to the conditions that: (i) if Enbridge determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series L Shares outstanding after September 1, 2022, then all remaining Series L Shares will automatically be converted into Series M Shares on a one-for-one basis on September 1, 2022; and (ii) alternatively, if Enbridge determines that there would be less than 1,000,000 Series M Shares outstanding after September 1, 2022, no Series L Shares will be converted into Series M Shares. There are currently 16,000,000 Series L Shares outstanding.
With respect to any Series L Shares that remain outstanding after September 1, 2022, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly fixed cumulative preferential cash dividends, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Enbridge. The new annual dividend rate applicable to the Series L Shares for the five-year period commencing on September 1, 2022 to, but excluding, September 1, 2027 will be 5.85790 percent, being equal to the five-year United States Government treasury bond yield of 2.70790 percent determined as of today plus 3.15 percent in accordance with the terms of the Series L Shares.
With respect to any Series M Shares that may be issued on September 1, 2022, holders thereof will be entitled to receive quarterly floating rate cumulative preferential cash dividends, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Enbridge. The dividend rate applicable to the Series M Shares for the three-month floating rate period commencing on September 1, 2022 to, but excluding, December 1, 2022 will be 1.41611 percent, based on the annual rate on three month United States Government treasury bills for the most recent treasury bills auction of 2.53 percent plus 3.15 percent in accordance with the terms of the Series M Shares (the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate). The Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate will be reset every quarter.
Beneficial holders of Series L Shares who wish to exercise their right of conversion during the conversion period, which runs from August 2, 2022 until 5:00 p.m. (EST) on August 17, 2022, should communicate as soon as possible with their broker or other intermediary for more information. It is recommended that this be done well in advance of the deadline in order to provide the broker or other intermediary time to complete the necessary steps. Any notices received after this deadline will not be valid.
Forward-looking information, or forward-looking statements, have been included in this news release to provide information about Enbridge, including statements with respect to the conversion of all or part of the Series L Shares into Series M Shares on September 1, 2022, the annual dividend rate that will apply to any outstanding Series L Shares on September 1, 2022, the quarterly dividend rate that will apply to any outstanding Series M Shares on September 1, 2022, and the declaration of dividends by the Board of Directors of Enbridge. This information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Although Enbridge believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available on the date such statements are made and on processes used to prepare the information, such statements are not guarantees of future events and readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Material assumptions include assumptions about whether holders of Series L Shares will exercise their right to convert their Series L Shares into Series M Shares.
Enbridge's forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to those risks and uncertainties discussed in this news release and in the Company's other filings with Canadian and United States securities regulators. The impact of any one risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as these are interdependent and Enbridge's future course of action depends on management's assessment of all information available at the relevant time. Except to the extent required by applicable law, Enbridge assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made in this news release or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Enbridge or persons acting on its behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
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2022-08-02T22:26:22+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/08/02/enbridge-provides-notice-series-l-preferred-shares-conversion-right-announces-reset-dividend-rates/
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Angela Bassett won entertainer of the year at Saturday’s NAACP Image Awards on a night that also saw her take home an acting trophy for the television series “9-1-1.”
The Bassett-led Marvel superhero sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” won best motion picture at the ceremony, which was broadcast live on BET from Pasadena, California.
Viola Davis won outstanding actress for the action epic “The Woman King,” a project she championed and starred in. Will Smith won for the slavery drama “Emancipation,” his first release since last year’s Academy Awards, where he slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage before winning his first best actor trophy.
“I never want to not be brave enough as a woman, as a Black woman, as an artist,” Davis said, referencing a quote from her character in the film, which she called her magnum opus. “I thank everyone who was involved with ‘The Woman King’ because that was just nothing but high-octane bravery.”
“Abbott Elementary” won for outstanding comedy series. Creator and series star Quinta Brunson invited her costars onstage and praised shows like “black-ish” for paving the way for her series.
The 54 NAACP Image Awards were presented Saturday in Pasadena, California, with Queen Latifah hosting. Serena Williams received the Jackie Robinson Sports award, which recognizes individuals in sports for high achievement in athletics along with their pursuit of social justice, civil rights and community involvement.
The ceremony, which honors entertainers, athletes and writers of color, was hosted by Queen Latifah. Special honorees included Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union and civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
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For more coverage of Hollywood’s awards season, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/awards-season
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2023-02-26T19:27:38+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-angela-bassett-wakanda-forever-top-naacp-image-awards/
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BERLIN (AP) — The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Munich Olympics are close to reaching a deal with the German government over a long-disputed compensation claim, German and Israeli media reported Wednesday.
Earlier this month, the families had threatened to boycott Monday’s 50-year anniversary ceremony in Munich organized by German authorities because they said the amount they had been offered was too low.
Several media reported Wednesday that Germany increased its offer to the families to around 28 million euros (dollars), but that a final deal, while close, had not yet been signed.
German media have reported that during negotiations over the last few weeks, the German government initially offered 10 million euros to the families, which would include the payments already made. The government has not publicly revealed how much money it has offered.
The negotiations over the amount of the compensation underscores a lingering point of friction between the two countries that have built strong ties despite the enduring legacy of the Nazi Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were murdered during World War II.
Members of the Palestinian group Black September broke into the Olympic Village, killed two athletes from Israel’s national team and took nine more hostage on Sept. 5, 1972. The attackers hoped to force the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel as well as two left-wing extremists in West German jails.
All nine hostages and a West German police officer died during a rescue attempt by German forces. Relatives of the athletes accuse Germany of failing to secure the Olympic Village, refusing Israeli help and then botching the rescue operation.
Immediately after the attack, Germany made payments to relatives of the victims amounting to about 4.19 million marks (about 2 million euros or dollars), according to the the country’s interior ministry. In 2002, the surviving relatives received an additional 3 million euros, Germany’s dpa news agency reported.
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2022-08-31T14:03:40+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/ap-olympics-attack-victims-families-close-to-deal-with-germany/
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Mother turns to social media as baby formula shortage grows
PHOENIX (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - One mother has discovered that finding the specific type of formula she needs for her infant son is becoming increasingly more difficult amid supply chain issues.
Arizona’s Family reports Jessica Contreras’ son Hartford, who is 6 months old, is dealing with medical issues that limit the type of formula he can use. Hartford has severe allergies and battles moderate eczema.
“Our routine consists of steroids twice a day, pretty much throughout his body,” Contreras said. “Two different types of steroids, moisturizing ointment a few times a day, daily allergy medicine, probiotics and bleach baths three to four times a week.”
The skin conditions have left Hartford with scabs, cuts and bruises all over his skin.
“We found out he was allergic to eggs and casein, which is a protein found in most mammals’ milk, cow’s milk and goat’s milk, so that was helpful because we found out the formula he was using had casein, which most formulas do,” Contreras said.
Contreras can’t breastfeed Hartford, so she turned to social media for help finding the right formula for her child.
“It was beyond what I ever imagined when I posted on Facebook. I really thought I was just asking my friends and family to keep an eye out when they went to the store,” Contreras said. “Within days, I had moms not only in Arizona but throughout the country offering to help me.”
Hartford now has enough formula for a few months, and Contreras acknowledges she is lucky.
“I purchased some formula on OfferUp, and I sent money to women throughout the country, and thankfully they returned formula, but that’s not always the case,” she said.
Contreras now hopes to pay it forward, already sending formula she will not be using to other moms in need.
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2022-05-06T19:44:04+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/2022/05/06/mother-turns-social-media-baby-formula-shortage-grows/
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How to Watch the Hurricanes vs. Devils Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 2
Published: May. 4, 2023 at 8:12 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Carolina Hurricanes host the New Jersey Devils Friday at PNC Arena for Game 2 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round, beginning at 8:00 PM ET on TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS. The Hurricanes hold a 1-0 lead in the series.
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You can tune in on TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS as the Hurricanes take on the Devils.
Hurricanes Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Friday, May 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Hurricanes vs Devils Additional Info
Hurricanes vs. Devils Head-to-Head
Hurricanes Stats & Trends
- The Hurricanes have conceded 210 total goals (2.6 per game), ranking second in NHL play for the fewest goals against.
- The Hurricanes' 262 total goals (3.2 per game) make them the 15th-ranked scoring team in the NHL.
- In the past 10 games, the Hurricanes have claimed 85.0% of the possible points with a 7-3-0 record.
- Over on the defensive end, the Hurricanes have allowed 2.3 goals per game (23 total) over those 10 outings.
- They are scoring at a 3.3 goals-per-game average (33 total) during that span.
Hurricanes Key Players
Devils Stats & Trends
- The Devils give up 2.7 goals per game (222 in total), the eighth-fewest in the NHL.
- With 289 goals (3.5 per game), the Devils have the NHL's fourth-best offense.
- Over the past 10 contests, the Devils have gone 6-4-0 (80.0% of possible points).
- Defensively, the Devils have allowed 26 goals (2.6 per game) in those 10 outings.
- They are scoring at a 2.9 goals-per-game average (29 total) over that span.
Devils Key Players
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2023-05-05T18:20:59+00:00
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live5news.com
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No country in South America has been hit harder by the global cost of living crisis than Peru, where half the population is now suffering from food insecurity as a result of rising prices.
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No country in South America has been hit harder by the global cost of living crisis than Peru, where half the population is now suffering from food insecurity as a result of rising prices.
Copyright 2022 NPR
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2022-09-27T21:05:50+00:00
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wbfo.org
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https://www.wbfo.org/2022-09-27/half-of-perus-population-is-food-insecure
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The first conference night game at Rutgers in five years will be played in front of a full house.
The Scarlet Knights sold all tickets available to the general public for Saturday night’s Big Ten opener against Iowa at SHI Stadium, the athletics department announced Friday afternoon. Student tickets are still available for the game, which kicks off at 7 p.m. ET.
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The game against the Hawkeyes (2-1) will be the first night game with fans in the stands at SHI Stadium since 2017 and has the potential to be the best home atmosphere for the Scarlet Knights since they produced their first Big Ten win in 2014 against Michigan.
It marks the 10th sellout since the school expanded the stadium in 2009 during head coach Greg Schiano’s first tenure as head coach. SHI Stadium’s listed capacity is 52,454, but the biggest crowd in school history was 53,774 in Sept. 2014 when Rutgers hosted Penn State in its first game as a Big Ten member, a game that ended in a 13-10 loss.
Rutgers’ last sellout crowd for a Big Ten game was in October 2016, when 53,292 attended the Scarlet Knights’ infamous 78-0 loss to Michigan. The last game with an announced attendance over 50,000 was last season’s 52-13 loss to Ohio State in October; prior to that, the last crowd over 50,000 was a 39-0 loss to Penn State in November of 2016.
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The Scarlet Knights, who are off to a 3-0 start for the second season in a row, have the chance to pick up one of their most important wins of Schiano’s second stint Saturday. Iowa (2-1) was one of the preseason favorites to win the Big Ten West and has looked as stout defensively as any team in the nation. Still, the Hawkeyes — like the Scarlet Knights — have struggled offensively, making this a potential low-scoring game, where defense can feed off the crowd’s energy.
“Growing up, you always dream of games like this,” senior linebacker Deion Jennings said. “This is what we play the game for ... night’s like it’s going to be Saturday. I can’t wait for it.”
(NJ Advance Media’s Pat Lanni contributed to this report).
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Brian Fonseca may be reached at bfonseca@njadvancemedia.com.
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2022-09-23T18:53:58+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/09/rutgers-football-says-big-ten-opener-vs-iowa-is-sold-out.html
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The gala celebrates twenty-two years of women entrepreneurs defying the odds and transforming industries.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Springboard Enterprises, a women-founded and led growth accelerator, is proud to honor and celebrate twenty-two years of women entrepreneurs, inventors, and investors at its 14th annual gala on October 25th, 2022 at the historic Central Park Boathouse in New York City. After the pandemic-induced two-year hiatus, the gala dinner and cocktail hour reception is an opportunity for the Springboard team to recognize award recipients and honorees for their work supporting women-led businesses and fundraising for the organization.
"We have an extremely specific mission and it works," said Co-founder and Chairman of Springboard Enterprises Kay Koplovitz. "Our group of women-led companies is given access to essential resources and a global network of entrepreneurs, advisors, and investors dedicated to building high-growth companies led by women. The results speak for themselves – in our 22 years of operation, Springboard has accelerated the growth of 880+ women-led companies that have generated $36B in value. We look forward to celebrating these milestones at our annual gala."
The gala is returning with a prestigious guest list of women entrepreneurs and sponsors including William Blair, the New York Stock Exchange, and CVS Health Foundation. Honors are bestowed on visionary leaders whose actions and impact serve to advance entrepreneurship. The 2022 honorees include:
- Northstar Honoree: Michelle Longmire, Co-founder and CEO of Medable
- Stakeholder Honoree: Accenture
- Investor of the Year: Portfolia
- Exit of the Year: Vanessa Ogle, Founder of Enseo
- Ellen Hancock Honoree: Iya Khalil- Global Head, AI Innovation Lab-Novartis
The gala is part of a multi-day celebration followed by the Life Sciences and Healthcare Demo Day and Springboard's trademark Dolphin Tank Pitch Program both taking place on October 26, 2022. To learn more about how you can be part of these programs and meet Springboard's prestigious network of entrepreneurs and advisors, please visit https://sb.co/events/. Tickets for the Springboard 2022 Gala Dinner are available here.
For more information on the events, a media pass, and/or a media request, please contact Evelyn Torres at evelyn@springboardenterprises.org.
Springboard's mission is to accelerate the growth of entrepreneurial companies led by women through access to essential resources and a global community of experts. It is the leading network of influencers, investors and innovators dedicated to building high-growth companies led by women who are transforming industries in technology and life science. The measure of our success is in the results. Since we started in 2000, 850+ Springboard portfolio companies have created more than $36.4B in value, executed over 225 exits to strategic acquirers, and achieved 27 IPOs. Learn more about Springboard here.
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2022-10-21T13:48:41+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2022/10/21/springboard-enterprises-returns-with-its-14th-annual-gala-celebrating-women-entrepreneurs/
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NEW YORK , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. ("Lilium" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LILM) (NASDAQ: QELL). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Lilium and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On March 14, 2022, Iceberg Research published a short report entitled "Lilium NV – The Losing Horse in the eVTOL [electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft] Race" (the "Iceberg Report"). The Iceberg Report asserted, among other issues, that "[m]any experts have raised serious doubts about" the viability of the Company's Lilium Jet reaching its objective of "fly[ing] up to 155 miles[,]" citing "its configuration of 36 ducted fans (recently reduced to 30) that devour power during takeoff and landing (hovering), and leaves little power for actual flight." The Iceberg Report also noted that while "Lilium promises its Jet has ready access to battery cells with energy density of 320-330 Wh/kg[,]" "[o]ne of the sources it relies on to show these batteries are within reach is . . . a 34.8% Lilium-owned associated company whose CEO Sujeet Kumar was accused by General Motors of misrepresenting battery performance, while at his previous company Envia Systems." The Iceberg Report further noted that Lilium's Chief Executive Officer "had no meaningful professional aerospace experience before starting Lilium in 2015" and "estimate[d] that Lilium has about 18 months before its cash runs dry."
On this news, Lilium's stock price fell $1.25 per share, or 33.88%, to close at $2.44 per share on March 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.
CONTACT:
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2022-06-09T02:59:24+00:00
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Johanna Drucker is Breslauer professor and distinguished professor emerita in information studies at UCLA. She is the author of “Inventing the Alphabet: The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present.”
The letter X carries so many connotations — many more than almost any other letter — though it was not among the original alphabetic signs in the Proto-Canaanite script that stabilized around 1700 B.C. Long before then, however, human sign systems consisted of very basic marks — stick figures for humans and animals, straight lines for tallies, circles, crosses and X signs. They show up on prehistoric masonry in Crete; they show up in prehistoric Byblos in Syria; they show up on stones marked between 20,000 and 10,000 years ago in the French area of Mas d’Azil.
X, in other words, was a sign before it was a letter — one that appears everywhere. Even a child, asked to invent a script, will include an X or other crosses.
The modern letter X derives from the Semitic sign “samekh” and was the 15th letter in the original alphabetic sequence. It consisted of a single vertical line with three horizontal bars, a fairly complicated sign compared with the circle, simple zigzags or letters of fewer strokes. The samekh represented the “s” sound, but when adopted by the Greeks, it was used to represent “xi.”
The Romans approached letterforms with the same formal precision they brought to engineering roads, arches and aqueducts. Roman letters have a geometric quality based on systems of carefully designed and executed proportion. And the Romans were the ones who created the more monumental, two-stroke X and moved it to the 24th place in the alphabet and let it designate a sound closer to “ks.”
Letter forms shift — just like costume — depending on whether they are made with pen, brush, chisel or other materials. But, remarkably, the sequence of letters, the sounds they represent and their names remain quite stable across millennia. Moving a letter to a different place in the alphabet was therefore dramatic and happened very little.
What about the symbolic values associated with the letter? It seems to suggest mystery — in the sense of “Who is Madame X?” X began its career as an algebraic sign for the unknown, the value that had to be calculated, in the 16th century, when Europeans adopted Persian mathematics. Descartes is responsible for putting the X and Y designations on axes to graph values. X also has the power of multiplication and is used in designating dimensions in measures of space — 10x10.
The mystery of X and its power also derive from the acts of deletion, crossing out and negation with which it is associated. The cancellation power of two bold strokes across a sheet of paper or an image is irrefutable. French writer Victor Hugo had his own idiosyncratic interpretations of letters and saw X as crossed swords in combat with an unknown outcome, not quite a negation but hardly positive. Who, or what, will be canceled in the struggle?
Keep in mind that X is the sign used by illiterates when asked to make “their” mark, when someone who cannot write alphabetically has to leave a sign of agreeing to a contract. X was adopted by Malcolm Little to represent his unknown African name and stand for his missing, lost, tribal affiliation. X marks loss, something absent, but also stands for kisses in the final line of a message.
In the Middle Ages, some official church documents were sealed with an X as a sign of faith. X is often used to designate the Christian symbol — and as an abbreviation — e.g., Xmas. There is a double resonance of the Chi-Rho symbol of Christ and the symbol made from the Greek letters including a cross.
In the world of commerce, because of X’s association with “Xtra,” it seems to suggest something Xceptional or Xtradordinary — a specialness that cannot quite be specified even though it adds value. In “X marks the spot,” it serves as a conspicuous sign. Something has been designated, noted, through a deliberate act that cannot be confused with natural tracks. Perhaps that designatory power — my sign, my mark — is the gesture of X most likely to appeal to the self-promotional Musk.
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2023-07-27T13:29:41+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-meaning/
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CombiSet SMARTECH™ Offers Innovative New Design and Simplifies Use
WALTHAM, Mass., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresenius Medical Care North America's (FMCNA) Renal Therapies Group today announced the availability of the CombiSet SMARTECHTM, the first available single-use bloodline with an integrated Crit-Line® blood chamber (CLiC™) that simplifies use by reducing the number of manual connections required. The CLICTM Blood Chamber is built into the bloodline itself and is designed to provide optimal performance with the 2008® series hemodialysis machines.
Crit-Line technology is designed to continuously monitor the percent change in blood volume, plasma refill, oxygen saturation and other key parameters during the hemodialysis treatment. This data can guide the clinician to intervene, if necessary, by adjusting the ultrafiltration rates to provide a more effective dialysis treatment. Fluid overload, or hypervolemia, is a common complication of kidney disease, particularly in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis. It is often associated with adverse outcomes including hypertension, exacerbation of congestive heart failure (CHF), and increased risk of death.1
"By combining these two components into one bloodline, we are simplifying the set-up process which will hopefully encourage increased use of Crit-Line technology," said Dr. Mike Anger, SVP and Chief Medical Officer for FMCNA's Renal Therapies Group. "This new bloodline is designed to make fluid management even easier, providing insights that can help better manage the fluid status of dialysis patients."
The CombiSet SMARTECH offers key advantages when providing hemodialysis to patients in outpatient or acute settings:
- Increased Ease of Use: Less product to manage at point of care; less inventory to maintain.
- Fewer Connections: The new integrated bloodline line has only one connection, eliminating the need for additional components and simplifying the connection process.
"This introduction of this new bloodline is part of our commitment to bring innovations to market that improve patient care, making the dialysis process simpler and safer for our patients," said Pat McCarthy, SVP of FMCNA's Renal Therapies Group. "This new integrated system is a step forward within our already trusted and reliable bloodline product offerings."
For more information about CombiSet SMARTECH, along with the benefits and features of the Crit-Line technology, visit https://fmcna.com/combiset-smartech.
About Fresenius Medical Care North America
Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) is the premier healthcare company focused on providing the highest quality care to people with renal and other chronic conditions. Through its industry-leading network of dialysis facilities and outpatient cardiac and vascular labs, Fresenius Medical Care North America provides coordinated healthcare services at pivotal care points for hundreds of thousands of chronically ill customers throughout the continent. As the world's largest fully integrated renal company, it offers specialty pharmacy and laboratory services, and manufactures and distributes the most comprehensive line of dialysis equipment, disposable products, and renal pharmaceuticals. For more information, visit the FMCNA website at https://fmcna.com/.
Disclaimer
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, including changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory reforms, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, and the availability of financing. These and other risks and uncertainties are detailed in Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.
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1 Arneson TJ, et al., Hospital treatment for fluid overload in the Medicare hemodialysis population. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5(6):1054-1063.
Indication for Use:
Crit-Line Technology is designed to non-invasively measure hematocrit, oxygen saturation and percent change in blood volume. The technology employs a sensor clip which emits multiple wavelengths of light to trans-illuminate the blood in the Crit-Line blood chamber. The differences in light absorption between blood constituents allow for the identification and measurement of the hematocrit. The measurement of hematocrit, percent change in blood volume and oxygen saturation in real-time during hemodialysis is intended to provide a more effective treatment for both the dialysis patient and the clinician. Based on the data that the monitor provides, the clinician/nurse, under physician direction, can intervene (i.e., by increasing or decreasing the rate at which fluid is removed from the blood) to remove the maximum amount of fluid from the dialysis patient without the patient experiencing the common complications of dialysis which include nausea, cramping and vomiting. The technology is available as a stand-alone device (Crit-Line IV Monitor) or as an optional module on the 2008T hemodialysis machine series (CLiC™ device).
CombiSet SMARTECH Hemodialysis Blood Tubing Set
- The Blood Tubing Set is a sterile, single use, disposable indicated for use with a prescribed hemodialyzer. The suitability of a particular bloodline/hemodialyzer configuration is the responsibility of the physician.
- The Blood Tubing Set is intended for acute and chronic hemodialysis therapy.
- The Blood Tubing Set is intended to be used with Fresenius Medical Care 2008® Series K, K2, and T Hemodialysis Machines equipped with Crit-Line hardware.
- The Crit-Line Blood Chamber is an optical cuvette designed for use with the Crit-Line monitor's sensor clip during acute and chronic hemodialysis therapy to noninvasively measure hematocrit, percent change in blood volume, and oxygen saturation.
Caution: Federal (US) law restricts these devices to sale by or on the order of a physician.
Note: Read the Instructions for Use for safe and proper use of these devices. For a complete description of hazards, contraindications, side effects and precautions, see full package labeling at www.fmcna.com.
© 2021 Fresenius Medical Care. All Rights Reserved. Fresenius Medical Care, the triangle logo, Fresenius Renal Technologies, 2008, Crit-Line CLiC, CombiSet, and CombiSet SMARTECH are trademarks of Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., or its affiliated companies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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2022-07-27T13:03:40+00:00
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LONDON – At Sophia Sutton-Jones' bakery in North London, the electricity bill has more than tripled since the start of the year. It now costs 5,500 pounds ($6,260) a month to power the ovens and keep the lights on at Sourdough Sophia.
“Where should I magically take 4,000 pounds per month extra that I didn’t calculate for?” she said. To cope with rising costs, she's had to borrow 50,000 pounds and raise prices twice this year for her loaves, baguettes and pretzels.
She doubts that even a massive support package announced this week by the U.K. government will make much difference to businesses like hers struggling with soaring energy costs.
Pubs, restaurants, breweries, retailers and other businesses across the United Kingdom are being pushed to the brink by skyrocketing energy bills that have helped send inflation to a four-decade high and fuel a cost-of-living crisis.
Forced to take action by cost increases that threaten to tip the British economy into recession, new Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government released details Wednesday that wholesale energy bills for businesses will be capped this winter.
The government will pick up some of the tab for six months starting Oct. 1 so businesses pay discounted rates that are “less than half the wholesale prices anticipated this winter.”
It's also capping household energy bills and expected to detail more economic intervention Friday.
Energy price increases were stoked first by the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent fuel demand soaring, and then by aftershocks of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The U.K. gets only a fraction of its gas from Russia, but it's more vulnerable to volatile spot market prices because it has less nuclear and renewable energy and little gas storage capacity.
The support package “will hopefully reduce the immediate risk of business collapse and job losses,” said Jamie Stewart, deputy director of the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Energy Policy. “It should also limit the need for businesses to pass on costs through putting up prices on their goods and services and compounding already acute cost-of-living pressures.”
Business groups generally welcomed the announcement, but some raised concerns about whether the aid would end abruptly after six months. The government said it would hold a review after three months.
Business owners like Sutton-Jones complained that relief has been too slow to arrive.
“There is no backdating, so essentially we cannot benefit fully from the support package, and many employers will be forced to shut,” she said. “What happens to the huge debt many businesses have already racked up?”
The Federation of Small Businesses shared the concern and urged a hardship fund for companies that fall through the cracks.
The British Beer and Pub Association called the energy support “a lifeline for many pubs and brewers this winter.”
Britain’s famed pubs barely had time to recover from the pandemic before getting hit with supply chain problems, labor shortages and across-the-board price increases that, combined with sky-high energy bills, has "for many businesses, more than wiped out their total net income,” seven pub, brewing and hospitality groups said last week in a letter to the U.K. finance chief.
At the King’s Head pub in northern England, rising electricity prices forced manager Cherylanne Lowther to stop serving food on some days because it’s too costly to operate the kitchen’s energy-guzzling oven, double boiler, three deep fryers and dishwasher.
She said her latest electric bill jumped to 800 pounds a month from the usual 500 and had been set to double to 1,600 pounds.
Even if the new government support keeps her bill at the previous level, “I couldn’t afford the 800," Lowther said.
As winter approaches, she also is bracing for higher heating oil costs, saying kerosene for the pub's outdated heating system “costs a fortune at the moment.”
On top of that, she has a contract with a brewing company that is raising alcohol prices just as customers in the village of Cockfield, saddled with their own rising costs, are staying home more often.
On some recent nights, she’s turned a profit of just 20 pounds.
Since she started running the pub 10 months ago, she’s burned through the reserve funds and now “there’s no money left to pay anything,” Lowther said.
“All the time I’ve been in the pub, I’ve never been able to take a wage,” said Lowther, who worries about going into debt.
Even a bigger pub operator, London-based chain Fuller, Smith and Turner Plc, said this week that energy costs for its 385 pubs have risen to “unprecedented levels."
Without factoring in the U.K. government's support measures, Fuller's expects to spend 18 million pounds on gas and electricity this year, up from 8 million last year.
Small manufacturers are under pressure, too.
Exeter Charcoal has been forced to hike the price of its small mobile “retorts” — devices used to make charcoal by heating wood — by 3,000 pounds, to 17,450 pounds. Metal for the machines is cut with a precision laser by a nearby engineering firm.
“We’ve just taken a massive hit on the laser-cutting costs,” company director Robin Rawle said. The engineering firm’s “energy costs are going through the roof.”
Buyers include woodland owners, schools and local governments that have extra timber they can turn into charcoal to sell. But alongside rising labor and raw material costs, “the whole thing is getting beyond what most of our customers can afford,” Rawle said.
The company would be able to weather the crisis by making a smaller, cheaper version that's proved popular, he said.
But Rawle worried that the government's plan was fiscally irresponsible. Officials haven't detailed how much the support package will cost, but it's expected to be many billions of pounds.
“What Liz Truss is planning is, I find, particularly scary," Rawle said. "The amount of money involved — all we’re doing is building up debt. And as a businessperson, you can’t really spend money you don’t have.”
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MINNEAPOLIS – A former Twin Cities psychiatrist has been sentenced to spend additional time behind bars for repeatedly sexually assaulting a patient.
Gavin P. Meany was sentenced to a term of 12¾ years after pleading guilty to criminal sexual conduct.
He was initially sentenced in 2020 to a term of 7½ years, with five of those to be served in prison.
But Meany won an appeal of his initial sentence claiming he was misled to believe that his supervised release would be 10 years and not for life. As it turned out, Meany’s second sentence was lengthier than his first.
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2022-11-27T00:53:41+00:00
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DETROIT, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a fourth quarter 2022 cash dividend on the company's outstanding common stock of $0.09 per share payable Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, to all common shareholders of record as of the close of trading on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.
General Motors (NYSE:GM) is a global company focused on advancing an all-electric future that is inclusive and accessible to all. At the heart of this strategy is the Ultium battery platform, which will power everything from mass-market to high-performance vehicles. General Motors, its subsidiaries and its joint venture entities sell vehicles under the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Baojun and Wuling brands. More information on the company and its subsidiaries, including OnStar, a global leader in vehicle safety and security services, can be found at https://www.gm.com.
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2022-10-24T20:23:25+00:00
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Training camp for the Chicago Bears began this week — which means summer is over, Chicago.
Well, for my family, anyway.
This is the 10th season my husband, Patrick Finley, has covered the Bears for the Chicago Sun-Times and his ninth training camp. If you are familiar with local sportswriters, he’s the one who creates chicken-scratch drawings representing key moments when photos aren’t allowed to be taken by the media during practice.
His first training camp experience in 2013 (or, three head coaches ago) was similar to that of the players — days began early and continued under an unforgiving sun followed by uncomfortable nights trying to sleep on an extra-long twin bed in a dormitory room at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais. While photographers captured players lugging toilet paper, giant televisions and even massage chairs into their temporary quarters, Pat brought a newly purchased mini-fridge for his space — just like his freshman year at the University of Missouri.
Through the decades, the venue for Bears training camp has changed with the times, even taking the team to Indiana and Wisconsin.
This is the second season (whoops, Pat tells me it’s actually the third year) the Bears have stayed home to practice at their recently expanded and remodeled headquarters in Lake Forest. Instead of dorm rooms, players live at home or in hotel rooms near Halas Hall. While our son and I enjoy that Pat now comes home each night during camp, I think Pat misses the camaraderie that only happens when reporters — tired from a day capturing, editing and sending along their takes on all things notable — are away from their families for days or weeks, but are looking for someone to grab dinner or a beer with.
Those bonds forged during training camp continue throughout the season when the team’s game and practice schedule takes precedence over birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. That’s why it’s bittersweet to begin another cycle without two members of this hodge-podge fraternity — Jeff Dickerson and John “Moon” Mullin.
Still, training camp also combines the excitement and possibility of what could happen for the Bears this NFL season. And that’s why I wanted to highlight some of that electricity, humor and optimism found in moments from camps decades ago and more recent.
I hope these recollections from the Tribune’s archives rekindle the joy that comes with new beginnings and fresh starts — even if you’re not a Bears fan or reporter.
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Thanks for reading. See you next week! Bear down!
— Kori Rumore, visual reporter
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Photo gallery: Bears training camps through the years
Relive highlights of training camps from 1940 onward. See more photos here.
1975: The first Bears training camp in Lake Forest
“It is 9:30. Truth time. The flashy car, newspaper clippings, praise from a college coach — all are no help now. Practice is a time for sweating intelligently, for the head to know what to do and the body to be able to do it. It is a time when jobs are won and lost,” longtime Tribune reporter Charles Leroux wrote about the first day of Bears training camp at Lake Forest College in 1975. Read more here.
Walter Payton: ‘Sweetness’ skips traffic, takes helicopter ride to camp
Payton paid $400 an hour for the hour and 20-minute ride to Platteville, Wis., and he had to buy the round trip.
‘’It was the only way I could get up here fast enough without getting a ticket,’ he said.
Payton had been “involved in litigation in Chicago with his restaurants,” the Tribune reported, causing him to miss the first two days of camp. Read more here.
- Walter Payton was bored, restless, searching for a way to entertain himself and his teammates in the dead of summer at Bears training camp in 1984. So he tossed a firecracker into the dormitory — at 4 a.m.
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 1, Walter Payton
Jim McMahon: Gives himself a Mohawk
“I just kept trimming and trimming and it kept getting worse and worse,” he said. Read more here.
- ‘Punky’ best describes McMahon era with Bears
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 56, Jim McMahon
William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry: Loved by London
The Bears broke camp to play in the inaugural American Bowl at London’s Wembley Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys. Though the game didn’t generate many headlines in the local papers, the Bears’ defensive tackle sure did.
“Reporters had considered and analyzed everything from his dietary habits to his love life,” the Tribune reported. Read more here.
- Photo gallery: Chicago Bears play in London in 1986
- Photo gallery: Take a look back at Bears’ trips to London in 1986 and 2011
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 99, William Perry
Jay Cutler: Chills in a customized conversion van
A year earlier, the Bears quarterback arrived in Bourbonnais driving a Cadillac Escalade. Read more here.
- Cutler on overconfidence: ‘We haven’t done anything yet’
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 78, Jay Cutler
Photo gallery: What Bears players brought to training camp
From TVs to toilet paper to a guitar. See more photos here.
Mike Glennon: Joins the cupping craze
“Cupping seems to have increased in popularity since American swimmer Michael Phelps’s body was all dotted up at the Summer Olympics in Brazil in 2016. Since about that time, the Bears have been using it too,” the Tribune reported in 2017. Read more here.
Tarik Cohen: Drives Batmobile-esque sports car to camp
In the 1980s, Jay Hilgenberg and Tom Thayer made the 180-mile trek from Chicago to Platteville on motorcycles.
Running back Tarik Cohen drove 90 miles from Vernon Hills to Bourbonnais in 2019 in his own custom three-wheeled version known as a Slingshot.
“I only do the speed limit,” he insisted. Read more here.
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Video shows man stealing 6-foot gorilla statue from antique store
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (Gray News) - Security video from an antique store in Maryland shows a thief stealing a giant statue of a gorilla.
The Montgomery County Police Department said the theft happened at 3:18 a.m. Wednesday.
Video shows a man pull up in an older model Chevrolet Colorado Z71, get out of the vehicle and walk up to the statue. He then cuts the cable that was locking the gorilla to the front of the store, loads it into the truck and leaves the scene.
The owner of the antique store said the statue, named “Murphy,” had already been sold, but still needed to be shipped to a hotel in Africa.
Police are looking for the suspect in the video and asking for the public’s help in identifying him.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Solvers of Montgomery County at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. Callers can remain anonymous.
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2023-01-26T22:45:33+00:00
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BROWN COUNTY, Ind. — Country music star Lee Greenwood will perform in Brown County in October. Greenwood's concert will be at the Brown County Music Center in Nashville on Thursday, Oct. 20.
Greenwood has earned CMA and ACM Awards, a Grammy Award for Top Male Vocal Performance with “I.O.U,” in 1985, and multiple other awards. Greenwood's work spans 22 studio albums, seven compilation albums, seven No. 1 hits and 38 singles.
NOTE: The above video is from a report on tips for avoiding ticket confusion at concerts.
Among Greenwood's notable songs are “It Turns Me Inside Out,” “Ring On Her Finger, Time on Her Hands,” “She’s Lying,” “I Don’t Mind the Thorns if You’re the Rose,” “Dixie Road,” “Somebody’s Gonna Love You,” “Going Going Gone,” and “You Got A Good Love Comin'." His hit "God Bless the U.S.A." reached the top five on the country music charts in 1991, 2001 and 2003.
Tickets go on sale Friday, June 10 at 10 a.m. ET. They're available at the music center's website or on Ticketmaster.
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2022-06-06T14:38:26+00:00
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President Biden and his team are approaching the prospect of a debt ceiling escape hatch that hinges on the 14th Amendment with extreme caution ahead of a pivotal meeting with congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday.
Some officials have openly voiced concerns about the legal standing of using the 14th Amendment to solve the debt crisis and the potential financial ripple effects of going that route.
There is also a desire to avoid undercutting talks with lawmakers on either a short- or long-term deal on the debt ceiling by vowing to go around Congress.
While not entirely ruling it out, Biden and other senior officials are hardly embracing the idea, which revolves around language in the 14th Amendment that says the public debt “shall not be questioned.”
The idea of using that language to allow Biden to unilaterally continue to issue debt has reportedly been floated privately within the administration.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday, however, said using the 14th Amendment would trigger a constitutional crisis. She argued lawmakers should not let it get to that point.
“There is no way to protect our financial system and our economy other than Congress doing its job and raising the debt ceiling and enabling us to pay our bills,” Yellen said on ABC. “And we should not get to the point where we need to consider whether the president can go on issuing debt. This would be a constitutional crisis.”
Yellen would not explicitly say the idea was not being considered but described it as “one of the not good options” if Congress fails to act.
More from The Hill: Yellen calls invoking 14th Amendment a ‘constitutional crisis’
Biden was asked in an MSNBC interview last Friday about using the 14th Amendment and said, “I’ve not gotten there yet.”
The president has previously expressed opposition to changes to the traditional debt ceiling process. Asked last October about abolishing the debt ceiling entirely, Biden called the idea “irresponsible.”
Talk of whether the debt limit is constitutional under the 14th Amendment — which generally deals with citizenship and was added to the Constitution after the Civil War — has heated up inside the Beltway as concerns that the U.S. could default grow increasingly urgent.
Yellen has warned lawmakers the U.S. could breach the debt limit by early June, meaning the country would default if Congress does not act. A default would lead to increased interest rates, the potential loss of jobs, a likely drop in the stock market and delayed Social Security payments, among other consequences.
More from The Hill: Yellen says drop-dead date for debt ceiling is June 1
There are some administration allies who see the 14th Amendment as a potential way out of an impending crisis should Congress fail to act, but one that is not without its own consequences.
Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics who is often cited by Biden administration officials, told senators in March that a 14th Amendment declaration “seems the most viable option” if the nation is about to breach the debt limit.
“Investors would rightly wonder if using the 14th Amendment to abrogate the debt limit law would stand up in the courts, and even if so, what it means for our political system’s checks and balances. Given the constitutional crisis this would set off, financial markets would still be roiled, and a recession would ensue,” Zandi said in testimony before a Senate subcommittee on economic policy.
Administration officials are likely to be particularly sensitive about discussing a way to work around Congress entirely ahead of Tuesday’s meeting among Biden, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
For Biden to invoke the power would almost certainly spark litigation, but the debt ceiling itself is now also facing a legal challenge.
A lawsuit from the National Association of Government Employees contends the debt ceiling is unconstitutional because if the limit is reached, Yellen would be forced to decide which payments to prioritize, violating the separation of powers by taking over Congress’s spending authority.
The White House on Tuesday declined to comment on the lawsuit.
While some legal scholars have promoted the 14th Amendment as a way to sidestep the debt ceiling, many caution such a move may not be legal.
Anita Krishnakumar, a professor at Georgetown Law, said the Constitution under Article 1 gives Congress the power to pay debts and “borrow money on the credit of the United States.”
In 1917 Congress refined that process, giving the Treasury secretary the power to borrow money up to a certain amount without lawmakers’ approval, but the authority to borrow money still rests with Congress itself, she said.
“Just because we think it would violate the public debt clause not to pay the interest on our loan applications, for example, doesn’t mean that you can violate another provision of the Constitution in order to do that,” Krishnakumar said.
“If and when the Congress in some kind of political gamesmanship decides not to increase the debt unless it gets some concessions from the president — and that act could cause us potentially to not pay our public debt — I don’t think that threat means that you can just ignore Article 1 Section 8, which gives Congress the power to borrow money.”
As battles over the debt ceiling become a more frequent occurrence, however, some who previously shot down the 14th Amendment prospect are now embracing it.
Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe previously opposed the idea, but he said while overarching issues remain, “they are the wrong ones for us to be asking.”
“The right question is whether Congress — after passing the spending bills that created these debts in the first place — can invoke an arbitrary dollar limit to force the president and his administration to do its bidding,” he wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times.
“The president should remind Congress and the nation, ‘I’m bound by my oath to preserve and protect the Constitution to prevent the country from defaulting on its debts for the first time in our entire history.’”
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2023-05-08T22:56:05+00:00
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- New solution empowers homeowners with enhanced functionality, app-based control, and energy monitoring, providing a cost-effective way to manage home energy and reduce utility costs
- Modular, flexible solution allows homeowners nationwide to easily add cutting-edge functionality to meet their specific needs, without incurring significant costs
BOSTON, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the launch of a new modular, flexible solution to add smart panel functionality to standard home electrical systems. This solution, including new Square D™ Control Relays and the Schneider Energy Monitor, offer homeowners nationwide app-based control with easier installation and at a lower cost than current smart panel options.
Installing this solution will provide millions of homeowners with smart panel benefits, including circuit-level-control to save energy and enhance safety, and system-wide energy monitoring. Whether updating their existing Square D™ QO™ Plug-on Neutral electrical panel or installing a new panel, this will allow homeowners to inexpensively add smart functionality only where it's needed to better manage their energy use and reduce their utility bills.
"We are facing new and increasing challenges in powering our homes with resiliency issues from the electrical grid and the rising cost of utility power," said Pape Ndaw, Senior Vice President, Home & Distribution Hub-North America, Schneider Electric. "We are excited to bring to market an easy-to-install solution that empowers homeowners nationwide to address these issues. Unlike some smart panels, this allows homeowners to control only the loads they need to control with the app, making this a cost-effective solution for app-based monitoring and control of home energy usage."
Schneider Electric is the industry leader in powering smart, sustainable homes and a pioneer in home energy management with solutions for homeowners at any stage in their sustainability journey. In 2021, the Square D™ Energy Center was launched for new homes in California seamlessly enabling the convergence of residential distributed energy resources, including utility power, solar power, energy storage, and generators. In January, the company introduced Schneider Home, a complete energy management solution, including a home battery for clean energy storage, a high-power solar inverter, a smart electrical panel, an electric vehicle charger, and connected electric sockets and light switches – all controlled by the easy-to-use Schneider Home app. This launch of the Square D Control Relays and Schneider Energy Monitor follows those innovations offering homeowners across the nation an affordable and easy way to control energy usage and live more sustainably.
Available at electrical distributors nationwide, these solutions can be quickly and easily installed by a licensed electrician. The Square D Control Relays are designed to snap directly onto the Square D QO Plug-on Neutral breakers, while the Schneider Energy Monitor can be added directly into the panel at the same time. Commissioning for both devices can be done quickly through the app, allowing the homeowner to now monitor and control their energy use conveniently from their mobile device.
Discover the full line of home energy management solutions from Schneider Electric by visiting https://www.se.com/us/en/home/offers/connected-home/.
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2023-07-19T12:58:31+00:00
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BEND, Ore. — The Sunday evening shooting at a Safeway in Bend ended just four minutes after police were called, and one of the two victims who died was an employee who attempted to disarm the shooter and likely prevented further violence, Bend police said at a news conference Monday afternoon.
At an initial news conference Sunday evening, police said a man carrying an assault-style rifle came from an adjacent residential area and began shooting in the parking lot of the Forum Shopping Center at around 7 p.m. Sunday.
He then headed into the Safeway, shooting and killing one person near the front of the store and another toward the back. Police entered the store and found the suspect dead, with an AR-15 style rifle and a shotgun near him.
At the Monday news conference, police identified the two victims as 84-year-old Glenn Edward Bennett and 66-year-old Donald Ray Surrett Jr., both of whom were Bend residents.
Bennett was a customer and was the victim killed near the front of the store, police said; Surrett Jr. was an employee and was the victim killed near the rear of the store. Surrett was unarmed, police said, and physically attacked the shooter to try to disarm him.
Surrett "acted heroically" and "may very well have prevented further deaths," Bend Police Department communications manager Sheila Miller said.
At least two other people suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, she said.
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Police began receiving calls reporting a shooting at 7:04 p.m., Miller said, and officers arrived at the scene two or three minutes later and entered the Safeway immediately from the front and rear. Shots could still be heard coming from inside the building when police entered, she said.
Officers found the shooter in the produce section at 7:08 p.m., she said, dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police did not fire any shots during the incident.
Police received multiple reports of a second shooter and of shootings in other places in Bend Sunday evening, Miller said, but they investigated all the leads and found no evidence of any other shooters or shootings. Police believe there is no further threat to the community, she said.
Police identified the shooter as 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller, and said he was a resident of the Fox Hollow apartment complex, located across the street to the rear of the Safeway.
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Police obtained a warrant to search the alleged shooter's apartment, according to Bend police chief Mike Krantz, but had to wait to execute it because they learned of possible explosives at the site, so the Oregon State Police bomb squad had to be called in first. The apartment complex was evacuated in the interim.
Miller said police found three Molotov cocktails and a sawed-off shotgun in the suspect's car and spare ammunition and "digital devices" in his apartment. She said police don't yet know whether the shooter obtained his firearms legally, but added that he had no criminal history in the area.
Investigators are expected to remain on the scene throughout Monday and Tuesday, Miller said.
Krantz and Miller also said police have not yet determined how many shots the shooter fired or how many people were in the store at the time, although Krantz described the parking lot as very busy Sunday evening, and said police continued to speak to witnesses throughout the night.
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They acknowledged that there have been discussions on social media in the past 24 hours about an online account allegedly belonging to the shooter and the possibility that he posted a manifesto beforehand and may have initially planned to attack a school.
However, Krantz declined to comment on the information in the online discussions, and said police are still investigating and it was too soon to release any official information about the shooter's motives.
Miller said that a community support center would be set up at Pilot Butte Middle School from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for anyone who needs support.
Anthony Boardman, mayor pro-tem of Bend, also briefly spoke at the news conference and urged the community to "guard against the cynicism" of coming to think of these sorts of shootings as regular and unavoidable events.
"I won't accept that," he said. "I know the community of Bend won't accept that."
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2022-08-30T10:59:27+00:00
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson can finally go watch the replay. The one of the race where she gave away her chance to be an Olympic champion.
She’s now a world champion, a more-than-satisfying reward after a year in which she trained with the goal of never making the same mistake again.
The 28-year-old executed the curve perfectly and ran the 200 meters in the second-fastest time ever, 21.45 seconds, to lead a Jamaican 1-2 finish on Thursday night at the world championships. She beat 100-meter champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to the finish line by 0.36.
Jackson was among the medal favorites last year in Tokyo, but a miscalculation midway through her preliminary heat caused her to slow down. By the time she’d realized what happened, she couldn’t catch up. She finished fourth and didn’t get to run in the final.
It ate at her so much that she refused to watch a replay of the race. Only learn from it.
“Sometimes, disappointment is hard to come back from,” Jackson said. “I don’t want to have that. I want to win whenever I’m competing.”
For support, she’s leaned on Fraser-Pryce, the 35-year-old who shows no signs of slowing down. That was the case in Tokyo, when Jackson was reduced to tears and Fraser-Pryce was there to comfort her. That was the case again Thursday when they shared a far more pleasant emotion — elation.
“It’s something you can take for your own self when you see others bounce back from disappointment,” Fraser-Pryce said. “It’s really wonderful to see her have that run.”
Defending champion Dina Asher-Smith of Britain took bronze and prevented this from being a back-to-back sprint sweep for the Jamaicans, a la what the Americans did in the men’s 100 and 200. Elaine Thompson-Herah, who won the 200 in the Olympics and finished third here at worlds in the 100, finished seventh in this race.
“We were hoping for 1-2-3. We’ll celebrate 1-2,” Jackson said. “We came out here to do our best and our best was good enough. We delivered big two medals for the country. We are so grateful.”
Seconds after the win, sprint icon Usain Bolt tweeted “Brilliant” and punctuated it with two Jamaican flags — one each for Jackson and Fraser-Pryce.
This is how fast Jackson was: Her time was second only to one of the most hallowed marks on the books — the 21.34 by Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Jackson blew away the old world-championship record of 21.63 set by Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands in 2015.
Records, though, aren’t on the mind of Jackson.
“Great execution will bring fast times,” Jackson explained. “You don’t think about breaking a world record because when you go into a race with time in your head, and don’t meet those expectations, you end up disappointing yourself.”
Not this time. Not at Hayward Field.
Jackson not only adds this to her silver medal from Sunday night in the 100, but eases a painful memory from the Tokyo Games that’s long fueled her. She said she plans to finally watch that race and then another.
“The 200 tonight,” Jackson said.
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2022-07-22T18:33:43+00:00
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