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What to Know
- On February 25, 1957, a boy between the ages of 3 and 7 was found dead, naked and severely beaten in a cardboard box on the side of Susquehanna Road in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood.
- On Wednesday, sources confirmed with NBC10 police have finally identified the boy and found the child’s birth certificate through DNA evidence.
- Officials are expected to announce the child’s name at an upcoming news conference next week.
More than six decades since an unidentified boy was found dead and abandoned in Philadelphia, police have identified the child and are set to reveal the boy's name next week, sources confirmed with NBC10.
On February 25, 1957, a boy between the ages of 3 and 7, was found dead, naked and severely beaten in a cardboard box on the side of Susquehanna Road in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase neighborhood.
The child was unidentified for decades and was known as "the Boy in the Box."
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“The longest continuously investigated homicide in the history of the Philadelphia Police Department,” Bill Fleisher, of the Vidocq Society, a volunteer organization, told NBC10.
The Vidocq Society is made up of retired law enforcement and forensic professionals who examine cold cases.
“A lot of people took up interest in this,” Fleisher said.
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The area where the boy was found is now developed with homes.
“He was one of these throwaway, forgotten children,” Fleisher said.
On Wednesday, sources confirmed with NBC10 police have finally identified the boy and found the child’s birth certificate through DNA evidence.
Officials are expected to announce the child’s name at an upcoming news conference next week.
The NBC10 Investigators had spoken with Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith last year just as detectives were on the verge of breaking the case.
"There have been rapid developments as it pertains to that investigation," Smith said.
Smith told NBC10 he couldn't discuss the new revelation ahead of the scheduled news conference. He had previously said that identifying the boy was just the beginning.
"The investigation will start all over again and then we'll start searching for a suspect," he said.
Throughout the years, numerous leads and theories have emerged regarding who the boy was and what happened to him.
"We thought maybe he was a Hungarian kid who came over in '56 when they had the Hungarian Revolution," Fleisher said. "We had all these theories. Thought maybe he was in the military."
Most of the tips and theories have been debunked however.
The boy's body has been exhumed twice and DNA was extracted each time.
Sources told NBC10 the most recent DNA sample finally led investigators to the child's identity. The sources say the DNA traced the child to a prominent family in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
"It's a Philadelphia story," Fleisher said.
The boy's headstone at Ivy Hill Cemetery reads, "America's Unknown Child." As soon as next week however, that headstone could finally have a name.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
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2022-12-01T16:18:47+00:00
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nbcchicago.com
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https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/philadelphia-police-to-reveal-identity-of-boy-in-the-box-next-week-sources-say/3010297/
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Iconic Craft Soda Leader to Award Dorm-Sized Refrigerators, Bottled Soda and More
SEATTLE, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jones Soda Co. (CSE: JSDA,OTCQB: JSDA) ("Jones" or the "Company"), the original craft soda known for its unconventional flavors and user-submitted photo labels, today announced a nationwide Jones College Cooler contest giving college and university students an opportunity to win dorm-sized refrigerators, plenty of Jones Soda to share, wearables and other surprise items.
The contest will feature three weekly photo challenges asking entrants to grab a few friends to create fun images involving activities such as spelling words with their bodies, repurposing glass bottles, and expressing in pictures why they need a Jones refrigerator.
Specifics will be announced each week at https://www.jonessoda.com/pages/college-cooler. The first week's challenge and deadline will be announced on September 29.
Entries must be submitted with a valid .EDU email address. Each week, refrigerators and Jones Soda will be awarded to 10 winners for their dorm rooms, shared apartments, and fraternity or sorority houses. Winners will also receive limited-edition Turkey and Gravy and Sugar Cookie soda flavors to share with family and friends this holiday season.
"This photo contest is a variation on one of the cornerstones of the Jones Soda brand personality: constantly changing bottle labels showcasing photos submitted by Jones fans," said Eric Chastain, President of the Jones Soda Beverage Division. "Now we're taking that photo focus one step further to give college students a way to share cold Jones Soda with their friends. Get creative, have fun, and good luck!"
Jones Soda Co.® (CSE: JSDA,OTCQB: JSDA) is a leading craft soda manufacturer with a subsidiary dedicated to cannabis products. The company markets and distributes premium craft sodas under the Jones® Soda and Lemoncocco® brands, and a variety of cannabis products under the Mary Jones brand. Jones' mainstream soda line is sold across North America in glass bottles, cans and on fountain through traditional beverage outlets, restaurants, and alternative accounts. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. For more information, visit www.jonessoda.com, www.myjones.com, www.drinklemoncocco.com or https://gomaryjones.com
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2022-09-23T19:48:57+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/09/23/jones-soda-announces-photo-challenge-contest-college-students/
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More evidence is mounting that French performance marque Alpine may be serious about gaining a foothold in the U.S.
The latest is Alpine’s announcement on Tuesday that it will enter the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with a specially prepared version of its A110 sports car.
The A110 is Alpine’s sole model at present, and confirmed by the automaker as its last to feature an internal-combustion engine. Power in the A110 normally taps out at 296 hp but the A110 Pikes Peak racer delivers nearly 500 hp from a tuned version of the sports car’s mid-mounted 1.8-liter turbo-4. One of the key modifications is a roof scoop designed to force more air into the engine.
There’s also the radical body work designed to generate downforce in the thin air the A110 Pikes Peak will experience as it approaches the finish line at 14,115 feet above sea level. Alpine said significant weight-saving modifications were also employed to reduce the car’s weight to 2,094 pounds.
Alpine said it is working with French racing team Signatech, its current partner in endurance racing, on the Pikes Peak program. The automaker has also confirmed Raphaël Astier as the driver that will pilot the car. He is a successful racing driver with wins in the 2022 FIA R-GT Cup, achieved with Alpine’s A110 Rally. He’s also previously attempted Pikes Peak on four occasions.
Testing of the A110 Pikes Peak is currently underway at locations in the south of France. This year’s Pikes Peak race is scheduled for June 25.
Racing at Pikes Peak, together with continued participation in Formula 1, will further help build awareness of Alpine in the U.S. While the automaker hasn’t confirmed plans to enter this market, its CEO in January said U.S. sales is a key goal for the brand. Reports then followed in February that Alpine may partner with dealership group AutoNation to sell cars in the U.S.
All future models from Alpine will be electric. The first of these new Alpines will be a hot hatch dubbed the A290. It will be previewed next week ahead of its market debut in 2024.
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2023-05-03T01:33:43+00:00
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pahomepage.com
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https://www.pahomepage.com/automotive/internet-brands/alpine-a110-with-nearly-500-hp-to-tackle-pikes-peak/
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Novi actress Leah Jeffries hosts "Beast" movie screening
Prior to the release of the film "Beast", 12 year old actress from Novi, Leah Jeffries, hosted a screening in Detroit Saturday night for friends and family to watch her role on the big screen.
"I'm so happy to see them (friends and family) after a long time being gone filming other shows and movies," Jeffries said. "I cannot wait for my family to see this, I'm just super excited."
The thriller film, directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Idris Elba as Dr. Nate Daniels, will hit theaters on August 19. Jeffries plays the role of Norah Samuels in the film, one of Elba's character's two daughters. The role of his other daughter is portrayed by Iyana Halley.
After the recent loss of his wife, Dr. Daniels travels with his daughters to a game reserve in South Africa owned by a friend and wildlife biologist. However, the trip takes a turn when the family becomes threatened by a violent, man-hunting lion.
Jeffries discussed the experience of working in South Africa during the creation of the film.
"I loved filming with the cast, especially, and just filming in South Africa and seeing all the beautiful views and just having the time of my life filming with the people I love."
Prior to her role in "Beast", Jeffries can be recognized from her previous work in "PawParazzi", "Rel", "Faith Under Fire" and "Empire". She said she is looking forward to her future roles in "Something from Tiffany's" and "Percy Jackson & The Olympians".
Jeffries grew up in Novi and now lives in Los Angeles. She said at first, it was difficult to get used to seeing her face on the big screen. However, now she finds it fun and exciting to watch herself act.
"At first, I was like 'oh my gosh, my face, ew' but now I love seeing my face on the big screen like 'wow, this is really it'," she said.
Jeffries' cousin, Carin Poole, Southfield, 49, shared her anticipation to see her relative in a big film. As a close knit family, she expressed they feel Leah has fulfilled her purpose in this world as an actress.
"Just seeing her on a larger platform than we ever imagined," Poole said. "We've gone through all of the journey with Leah, from the commercials, to Empire to now the big screen. We're just so proud of her talent...she's just a poised and well prepared young lady."
Additionally, Jeffries' grandmother Carol Stacks, Farmington, was eager to watch Leah in "Beast" for the first time.
"(It's been exciting) just seeing her grow from starting as a little girl in commercials and hair products, to series and movies, and now to this."
Joining the crowd at the Emagine theater in Royal Oak, Jeffries' hair stylist since she was two years old, Peaches Johnson, was thrilled to attend the screening.
"(I've) seen her grow up and become the intelligent young lady that she has became," she said. "She's very, very outspoken and she knows what she's talking about. She's very confident in herself, so I know she's going to be very successful."
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2022-08-14T02:52:07+00:00
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detroitnews.com
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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/08/13/leah-jeffries-beast-movie-screening/10287443002/
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WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – A major Waco event gets a new name, and is coming back bigger and better than ever.
The Chalk Waco chalk art festival and vendor market returns to the Heart of Downtown Waco on Austin Avenue this Saturday and Sunday. Creative Waco is partnering with the Waco Downtown Farmers Market, the Eastside Market, LuluBelle’s Market, the STORIES Market, and MC Art Supplies to transform Austin Avenue – from 5th Street to 9th Street – into a showcase of local art, food, fashion and fun for all.
Throughout this free two-day event, Chalk Waco 2022 will feature 60 chalk street and wall murals representing local businesses, four vendor markets, a Family Fun Zone featuring hands-on activities and performances, a main stage featuring music and theatre, a roller skating rink and the Every Color is Beautiful Fashion Show.
The event will take place this Saturday from noon until 8:00 p.m. and this Sunday from noon until 5:00 p.m.
“Last year’s event was such a win for everyone who participated – even in the pandemic,” said Creative Waco Executive Director Fiona Bond. “We are thrilled to be able to do even more this year to showcase our community’s amazing artists, musicians, designers, creative entrepreneurs, local businesses, non-profits, and the vibrant, diverse spirit of Waco, Texas.”
60 local artists have been partnered with 60 local businesses and organizations to collaborate and create chalk murals representing each business – which will make a vibrant carpet of art along Austin Avenue between 5th and 9th Streets.
There will also be two wall mural galleries in the 7th Street Pedestrian Plaza and the 7th Street Walkway, between Austin’s On the Avenue and The Edison Building. Many wall artists’ works are in progress, and street artists will start chalking the street from early Saturday morning in order to have their artwork finished by the time the markets open at noon.
The chalk murals will last on the street for at least a week, and the wall mural gallery artworks can last upwards to a year. Visitors will have the opportunity to participate in a live chalk art judging competition to vote for their favorite artwork. There will be a juried competition and final award ceremony on the Main Stage at 4:00 pm on Sunday.
“I enjoyed seeing so many beautiful passions and people coming together (art + local businesses + the community) come together as one again after sooo long,” said a 2021 event participant.
Waco is home to a collection of local markets which became an integral avenue for local small businesses and entrepreneurs to connect with the community and their customers throughout the pandemic. The Waco Downtown Farmers Market, the Eastside Market, LuluBelle’s Market and the STORIES Market will each host a curated area in parking lots lining the street artwork – with over 100 vendors and food trucks in total participating.
Chalk Waco has incorporated three new elements into this year’s event. The Waco Downtown Public Improvement District is presenting the Family Fun Zone run by the Heart of Texas Children’s Theatre, featuring hands on activities and performances. Performances on the main stage throughout the event will be coordinated by Keep Waco Loud. The Markets will also host their own musicians and performers in each market area.
Creative Waco is also partnering with Logan Allison, the famous “Heart Hatter”, to present the Every Color Is Beautiful Fashion Show from 6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Saturday in the 7th Street Pedestrian Plaza at Austin Avenue and 7th Street. The show will showcase eight local fashion designers and stylists Heart Hatter, RKJ, Couture tailoring by Roxana Robles, Rocco Moon, SAGE, 11:38, Ms Yik, Fortississimo, music by Chicano Country artist Romeo Vaughn, and DJ Matt At Home.
VIP tickets are $60 and include refreshments from Balcones, Brotherwell Brewing, Milo All Day, and Tru Jamaica. Promenade tickets are $30 and allow a standing view of the show, with a cash bar and food vendors to enjoy. This is the only ticketed event during Chalk Waco.
Creative Waco, the Waco Downtown Farmers Market, the Eastside Market and LuluBelle’s Market piloted this event last year under the name Wacotown Chalk + Walk. It was the first major community event as the City of Waco lifted gathering restrictions due to the pandemic. It safely brought together around 12,000 community members from across McLennan County, featured chalk artworks by 52 local artists representing 52 local businesses, and hosted 102 vendors among the three markets.
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2022-05-10T17:16:48+00:00
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fox44news.com
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https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/mclennan-county/chalk-waco-fest-market-coming-this-weekend/
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DeKalb, Ill., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After serving the DeKalb/Sycamore community for the last year with in-home ABA services, Westside Children's Therapy officially opened a clinic in mid July.
The multi-disciplinary pediatric therapy clinic is located at 2572 Sycamore Road. The clinic is next to Panera Bread, Egg Haven Pancakes & Cafe, and Aldi.
The clinic offers Autism (ABA) services, and will also offer Physical, Occupational, Speech, Feeding, Child and Family Counseling. The cross collaboration allows kids to get multiple therapies in the same day if needed.
Westside made its footprint in DeKalb by offering in-home ABA services with DeKalb native Allison Peters, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, leading the effort. Since then, she and a team of dedicated RBTs have spearheaded the opening of this clinic and shared the same passion of making life-long impacts on families they serve
Westside has been family-owned and operated for more than 25 years in the Chicagoland and surrounding areas. During that time, Westside has opened more than 20 clinics to succeed in its mission to support families, while making access to care convenient.
The DeKalb clinic offers custom-designed therapy gyms (ziplines, crash pits, monkey bars, slides and more), as well as 1:1 private spaces for children and adolescents to work toward therapeutic goals.
Therapy at Westside is individualized to each child. Westside therapists complete evaluations with the child and their parents to determine a therapy plan that is right for them. But one thing is for certain: Therapy is going to be fun, and impactful for the whole family.
"We're proud to have been a part of the DeKalb community this past year and look forward to continuing being a resource for families," Allison Peters said. "We've had so much fun being a part of community events like Pumpkin Fest, Family Fun Fest and meeting new families."
Visit westsidect.com or call (815) 469-1500 for more information.
Westside Children's Therapy believes that the heart and soul of what it does is driven by an obsessive pursuit to ensure that this is not "just another" therapy provider. Westside provides an environment where everyone feels part of the Westside Family. These qualities show in all the services provided by Westside. For more information visit westsidect.com/, call (815) 469-1500, or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
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2022-08-03T16:14:52+00:00
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wagmtv.com
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https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/03/westside-childrens-therapy-opens-clinic-dekalb/
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Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar vote against sex abuse survivors, of course
Opinion: Many of the same members of the GOP who attack teachers and members of the LGBTQ community with unfounded claims of sexually 'grooming' children voted against the bill.
Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, along with a small band of GOP guerrillas, have spent recent days humiliating, weakening and exacting several pounds of political flesh from House speaker-wannabe Kevin McCarthy, a pathetic victim of his own ambition.
Last month, however, Biggs and Gosar found time to turn their backs on actual victims.
It didn’t receive the attention it deserved.
Shortly before Christmas, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure designed to improve how the Federal Bureau of Investigations handles sex abuse cases involving children.
The proposal had wide bipartisan support, winning approval by a vote of 385 to 28.
All of the opposing votes came from Republicans. And two of those no votes came from … do I need to print their names?
Bipartisan effort to 'prevent re-traumatization'
The bill was formulated after testimony from Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and others concerning sex abuse by one-time USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
The investigation into Nassar (now serving a 200-plus year prison sentence) had numerous problems.
Another view:Biggs, Gosar refuse to help Ukraine. They're wrong
The bill passed by the House requires the FBI to form multi-disciplinary teams to aid sex abuse victims and their families. The idea is to keep cases from being dropped and to prevent re-traumatization of victims during active investigations.
This is done through a team that includes “investigative personnel, mental health professionals, medical personnel, family advocacy workers, child advocacy workers, and prosecutors.”
Biggs, Gosar and 26 other Republicans voted no.
Biggs, Gosar would rather spread conspiracies
Many of those casting votes against protection for sex abuse victims are the same members of the GOP who attack teachers and members of the LGBTQ community with unfounded claims of sexually “grooming” children.
Like when Biggs tweeted: “Many public schools today are grooming American children. Why is there such an effort to sexualize our children when test scores in virtually every academic subject are hitting historic lows?”
And when Gosar tweeted:
“Children do not belong to the government, the public school system, or the groomers that have infiltrated them.”
Politicians like this are more interested in spreading fearmongering conspiracy theories than in seeking solutions that come to light through the testimony of actual victims.
Bill offers training to help victims
The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Democratic U.S. Sens. Chris Coons and Amy Klobuchar and Republicans John Cornyn and Lindsey Graham.
In a statement, Sen. Cornyn said in part, “This legislation requires the FBI to include trauma-informed experts in interviews with victims to ensure they are not retraumatized during the interview process, and I urge President Biden to swiftly sign it into law.”
Sen. Klobuchar added, “As we work to support survivors of child sexual abuse and trafficking, we need to provide law enforcement with the training and skills they need to investigate these crimes and help victims. Our bipartisan legislation will ensure law enforcement officers can partner with child advocacy centers to use the most effective techniques when conducting these critical investigations.”
Geez, who would vote against that?
Do I even need to print their names?
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2023-01-05T15:43:09+00:00
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azcentral.com
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https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2023/01/05/andy-biggs-paul-gosar-vote-against-sex-abuse-survivors/69779845007/
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What sorts of lies and falsehoods are circulating on the internet? Taylor Agajanian used her summer job to help answer this question, one post at a time. It often gets squishy.
She reviewed a social media post where someone had shared a news story about vaccines with the comment "Hmmm, that's interesting." Was the person actually saying that the news story was interesting, or insinuating that the story isn't true?
Agajanian read around and between the lines often while working at University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, where she reviewed social media posts and recorded misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines.
As the midterm election approaches, researchers and private sector firms are racing to track false claims about everything from ballot harvesting to voting machine conspiracies. But the field is still in its infancy even as the threats to the democratic process posed by viral lies loom. Getting a sense of which falsehoods people online talk about might sound like a straightforward exercise, but it isn't.
"The broader question is, can anyone ever know what everybody is saying?" says Welton Chang, CEO of Pyrra, a startup that tracks smaller social media platforms. (NPR has used Pyrra's data in several stories.)
Automating some of the steps the University of Washington team uses humans for, Pyrra uses artificial intelligence to extract names, places and topics from social media posts. Using the same technologies that in recent years enable AI to write remarkably like humans, the platform generates summaries of trending topics. An analyst reviews the summaries, weeds out irrelevant items like advertising campaigns, gives them a light edit and shares them with clients.
A recent digest of such summaries include the unsubstantiated claim "Energy infrastructure under globalist attack."
Forking paths and interconnected webs
The University of Washington and Pyrra's approaches are on the more extreme ends in terms of automation - few teams have so many staff - around 15 - just to monitor social media, or rely so heavily on algorithms as to have it synthesize material and output.
All methods carry caveats. Manually monitoring and coding content could miss out on developments; and while capable of processing huge amounts of data, artificial intelligence struggles to handle the nuances of distinguishing satire from sarcasm.
Although incomplete, having a sense of what's circulating in the online discourse allows society to respond. Research into voting-related misinformation in 2020 has helped inform election officials and voting rights groups about what messages to emphasize this year.
For responses to be proportionate, society also needs to evaluate the impact of false narratives. Journalists have covered misinformation spreaders who seem to have very high total engagement numbers but limited impact, which risks "spreading further hysteria over the state of online operations," wrote Ben Nimmo, who now investigates global threats at Meta, Facebook's parent company.
While language can be ambiguous, it's more straight forward to track who's been following and retweeting whom. Other researchers analyze networks of actors as well as narratives.
The plethora of approaches is typical of a field that's just forming, says Jevin West, who studies the origins of academic disciplines at University of Washington's Information School. Researchers come from different fields and bring methods they're comfortable with to start, he says.
West corralled research papers from academic database Semantic Scholar mentioning 'misinformation' or 'disinformation' in their title or abstract, and found that many papers are from medicine, computer science, psychology and there also geology, mathematics and art.
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"If we're a qualitative researcher, we'll go...and literally code everything that we see." West says. More quantitative researchers do large scale analysis like mapping topics on Twitter.
Projects often use a mix of methods. "If [different methods] start converging on similar kinds of...conclusions, then I think we'll feel a little bit better about it." West says.
Grappling with basic questions
One of the very first steps of misinformation research - before someone like Agajanian starts tagging posts - is identifying relevant content under a topic. Many researchers start their search with expressions they think people talking about the topic could use, see what other phrases and hashtags appear in the search results, add that to the query, and repeat the process.
It's possible to miss out on keywords and hashtags, not to mention that they change over time.
"You have to use some sort of keyword analysis. " West says, "Of course, that's very rudimentary, but you have to start somewhere."
Some teams build algorithmic tools to help. A team at Michigan State University manually sorted over 10,000 tweets to pro-vaccine, anti-vaccine, neutral and irrelevant as training data. The team then used the training data to build a tool that sorted over 120 million tweets into these buckets.
For the automatic sorting to remain relatively accurate as the social conversation evolves, humans have to keep annotating new tweets and feed them the training set, Pang-Ning Tan, a co-author of the project, told NPR in an email.
If the interplay between machine detection - human review rings familiar, that might be because you've heard of large social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Tik Tok describing similar processes to moderate content.
Unlike the platforms, another fundamental challenge researchers have to face is data access. Much misinformation research uses Twitter data, in part because Twitter is one of the few social media platforms that easily lets users tap into its data pipeline - known as Application Programming Interface or API. This allows researchers to easily download and analyze large numbers of tweets and user profiles.
The data pipelines of smaller platforms tend to be less well-documented and could change on short notice.
Take the recently-deplatformed Kiwi Farms as an example. The site served as a forum for anti-LGBTQ activists to harass gay and trans people. "When it first went down, we had to wait for it to basically pop back up somewhere, and then for people to talk about where that somewhere is." says Chang.
"And then we can identify, okay, the site is now here - it has this similar structure, the API is the same, it's just been replicated somewhere else. And so we're redirecting the data ingestion and pulling content from there."
Facebook's data service CrowdTangle, while purporting to serve up all publicly available posts, has been found to not have consistently done so. On another occasion, Facebook bungled data sharing with researchers Most recently, Meta is winding down CrowdTangle, with no alternatives announced set to be in place.
Other large platforms, like YouTube and TikTok, do not have an accessible API , a data service or collaboration with researchers at all. Tik Tok has promised more transparency for researchers.
In such a vast, fragmented, and shifting landscape, West says there's no great way at this point to say what's the state of misinformation on a given topic.
"If you were to ask Mark Zuckerberg, what are people saying on Facebook today? I don't think he could tell you." says Chang.
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2022-10-13T11:09:59+00:00
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kunm.org
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man accused of driving a vehicle on Las Vegas Strip sidewalks before police pinned his car between patrol vehicles and it caught fire will undergo a competency evaluation before facing multiple felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon, a judge decided Thursday.
Wilson Reyes-Gonzales, 25, stood in shackles and said nothing in court after balking at his transfer in custody to face the judge on Tuesday.
His court-appointed public defender, Ben Little, asked Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia to let doctors evaluate his client’s mental health to determine whether he can understand charges against him.
Letizia said Reyes will remain jailed pending a Jan. 5 appearance before a state court judge.
Reyes was arrested Nov. 30 after police said he nearly struck pedestrians and a patrol officer during a vehicle chase through casino hotel parking structures, at least one valet stand, on walkways, and across streets in the busy tourist corridor.
Police say Reyes continued revving the engine of the Scion sedan he was driving while it was pinned between police cruisers. The vehicle tires popped in a cloud of acrid smoke and tire rims spun until flames ignited.
Reyes was pulled by police from his burning car and a police vehicle was damaged by fire, according to an arrest report. Police noted that Reyes was treated at a hospital, refused to talk with investigators or provide his name, and was identified by family members.
No other injuries were reported.
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2022-12-08T20:39:12+00:00
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expressnews.com
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Mental-exam-set-for-man-held-in-Vegas-Strip-17640843.php
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
We have one more picture of the election that concludes next Tuesday.
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll surveyed an election in which many people have already voted. Control of Congress is at stake, along with many governors' offices and legislatures. The polling shows a close election but with an advantage to Republicans.
INSKEEP: Domenico Montanaro is NPR's senior political editor and correspondent. Domenico, good morning.
DOMENICO MONTANARO, BYLINE: Hey there, Steve.
INSKEEP: What do you see in the numbers?
MONTANARO: Well, look; there are crosscurrents in this election that are making for a lot of uncertainty and volatility. I mean, on the one hand, voters continue to say inflation is top of mind, and they overwhelmingly said in our poll, by 20 points, that they trust Republicans to handle the issue more than Democrats. They also gave Republicans double-digit advantages on crime and immigration. You know, Democrats, on the other hand, continuing to hammer Republican opponents for their positions on reproductive rights, and voters are giving Democrats the advantage on abortion as well as preserving democracy.
INSKEEP: Can I stop you right there? Because preserving democracy would seem to be a special issue, a standout issue, since it is whether the people who win are going to support self-government at all. How important is that to voters?
MONTANARO: You know, it's No. 2 on the list, actually, but it's tops for Democrats, not Republicans or independents. And on how people are looking at this election, we've heard so much about election deniers, people who falsely believe the election in 2020 was stolen. Four out of five Republicans said they would be likely to vote for one of them as long as they agreed with their policy positions. You know, Republicans were also more likely to say that if their candidate lost, that their candidate definitely should not concede the race. And this is really what we've seen with former President Trump's rhetoric and how it's filtered down in these races. You know, if there is a ray of light in this about U.S. elections, it's that three-quarters of people say they trust their local and state elections officials to run a fair and accurate election.
INSKEEP: After all this rhetoric, a bedrock of trust in the system. But how do people say they mean to vote?
MONTANARO: Well, when we asked which party voters would go for if the election was held today, it was dead even - 46-46. Now, this is going to sound a bit counterintuitive, but historically, that kind of number is actually bad news for Democrats. In recent elections, they've needed an advantage on that question of about six points or more to make gains in the House. That's because, really, of how districts have been drawn, with so many in right-leaning areas.
Another warning sign for Democrats, even though white women with college degrees appear to be fired up, and they are a vital portion of the Democratic base, other pillars of the Democratic base are not so fired up. Black voters, Latinos, young voters are all far down on the list of enthusiasm, while Trump voters, rural voters and older voters are near the top. You know, just to show how wide the gap is, 87% of people in the baby boomer generation say they're very interested in this election versus just 52% of Gen Z and millennials, a 35-point gap. So clearly, right now Republicans have the enthusiasm edge with just six days to go.
INSKEEP: And they generally have an edge with older voters, not universally but generally. So how many people have already voted versus people who plan to vote on Election Day?
MONTANARO: Well, some 55% of people in the survey said that they have either already voted or will do so this week. But Democrats are far more likely to say that they will vote early. And of those who've already voted, Democrats, by a 2-to-1 margin over Republicans, say they have. So be careful when you start hearing about early voting numbers and trying to interpret those.
INSKEEP: NPR's Domenico Montanaro. Thanks so much.
MONTANARO: You're welcome.
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INSKEEP: Lawmakers and election officials are facing threats after the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, in their San Francisco home.
MARTIN: The attack has exposed some of the shortcomings of the security around lawmakers. The question of who should be protected and how is being talked about on Capitol Hill and across the country as law enforcement officials warn of threats to political candidates and election workers.
INSKEEP: Let's talk this through with Washington Post congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor. Thanks for being here. Good morning.
MARIANNA SOTOMAYOR: Thanks for having me.
INSKEEP: Well, just what are - what's the baseline here? What kind of protection is in place for lawmakers as they move around the country, talk with crowds, try to do their jobs?
SOTOMAYOR: Well, it's pretty different when you're looking at leadership in both parties and your rank-and-file members. Leadership, of course, are typically the top three Republicans, Democrats in the Senate and the House. And they constantly have a security presence, a number of officers who are walking with them everywhere they go, including within the Capitol itself. They have security back home and a lot of security cameras around their homes to be able to detect strange movements.
Of course, we have seen since last Friday just how difficult it can be to still protect individual properties after the attack on Paul Pelosi. But those kinds of things do not exist for rank-and-file members. Of course, if there are death threats and it reaches a certain level for these rank-and-file members, U.S. Capitol Police can step in and have a security presence for those lawmakers, but typically, it's up to the lawmakers themselves to request money, guidance from Capitol Police to be able to secure their properties, secure anything that they own, secure even their own district offices to make sure that they stay safe in this day and age.
INSKEEP: I understand that Capitol security would naturally follow the speaker of the House and not necessarily her family. But it was her family, and it was her house. I guess there were security cameras, right? Did the Capitol Police take any responsibility or effort to keep that home secure when she was not there?
SOTOMAYOR: Well, yesterday, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger, in a pretty rare statement, actually noted that that attack was just an example of the everyday things that Capitol Police have to deal with. So, yes, they can monitor the security cameras outside of the home, but they were not physically present. We know that in the days after January 6, for a significant number of time, there tended to be cop cars, usually from San Francisco district police, that were actively outside of the home. Whenever threats really do reach a certain level, even for Pelosi, you tend to see that local security presence. But that was not the case a week ago, just several weeks before the election.
And in that same statement, Manger said that - really pleading to lawmakers that this is an example of why they need more resources. He did not go into details of specific security measures that they will have to take. But it has been a known thing that Capitol Police, especially since January 6, have seen a number of retirements and have not been able to recuperate the numbers that they really do need to be able to protect all lawmakers on and off Capitol Hill.
INSKEEP: Wow. And you think about hundreds of lawmakers traveling around and having to talk to people and so forth. I research Abraham Lincoln. It's something that I write about. And there is a story in which a friend of Abraham Lincoln sees him when he's president walking through Washington with no security, and he says, I'm worried about your security. And Lincoln essentially says, it's pointless. Adding security would be like putting up one fence rail when the rest of the fence is down. What is the point of that? When you talk with lawmakers, are they a little fatalistic about what they do?
SOTOMAYOR: You know, it has become a reality they have had to accept, especially after January 6. And a good example of just that kind of conversation, hundreds of years later, is something that Congresswoman Veronica Escobar - she is a Democrat from Texas - had with a friend who texted her Halloween morning saying, please do not be in front of your house giving out candy. It is such a normal thing that any of us do. However, for these lawmakers, their friends, their family, they know that they are exposing themselves every single day, even in their own neighborhoods - is something that worries those closest to them.
And she says, you know, it is an honor to serve. And this is something that I have heard from many lawmakers. They want to be in office. They are running again to represent their constituents on the national level. But there are these considerations that they now have to take. And it really guilts them to see just how much worry this political climate and them being in it gives to their family and their friends.
INSKEEP: Marianna Sotomayor of The Washington Post. Thanks so much.
SOTOMAYOR: Thank you.
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INSKEEP: The Federal Reserve is expected to order another big jump in interest rates today.
MARTIN: Yeah, it's part of the central bank's ongoing campaign to bring down inflation. The Fed has already raised rates five times this year. Even so, prices just keep climbing.
INSKEEP: NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now. Scott, good morning.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Good morning, Steve.
INSKEEP: OK, so what's happening?
HORSLEY: The Fed has been raising rates at a aggressive pace. Its benchmark interest rate was close to zero back in the spring. It's now above 3%, and by the end of today, it's expected to be close to 4%. That's the sharpest run-up in four decades. Greg McBride, who is chief financial analyst at Bank Rate, says two big questions now are how much higher rates are likely to go and how long they're going to stay there.
GREG MCBRIDE: The cost of money is going up. Interest rates have risen at a whiplash-inducing speed. And we're not done yet. Rates are still likely to continue to move higher, at least through year end and into the early part of 2023.
HORSLEY: And that makes it more expensive to buy a house or a car or carry a balance on your credit card.
INSKEEP: Yeah, I'm just thinking about this from the Fed's point of view. They not only want to raise rates the right amount; they want to instill confidence that they will do whatever it takes, that they will go as high as they need to go. So with that in mind, how much higher might rates go?
HORSLEY: It's a moving target. On average, Fed officials estimated back in September that the benchmark rate would top out this year close to 4.5% and then go a little bit higher next year. So far, though, inflation has barely budged. So the forecast of how high rates will have to go keep getting pushed up. However high the interest rate eventually climbs, there's also the question of how fast it gets there. It's possible the central bank will slow the pace of rate hikes after today so it can better assess how that's working in the economy. Esther George, who heads up the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, is among the policymakers who's pushing that approach.
ESTHER GEORGE: I have been in the camp of steadier and slower. My concern being that a succession of very supersized rate increases might cause you to oversteer and not be able to see those turning points.
HORSLEY: Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is set to meet with reporters this afternoon, and markets will be listening closely for any signal that smaller rate hikes might be in store at the next few Fed meetings.
INSKEEP: I'm thinking about the difference between the tools the Fed has and things that seem to have contributed to inflation over the past couple of years, like the supply chain problems or labor shortages, a shortage of people in the workforce. But what the Fed has to respond is these interest rate hikes. How are those hikes actually working, if at all, and how are they affecting the economy?
HORSLEY: Well, you're right. The Fed can't do much about supply chain issues. What they can do is work on demand. And we are starting to see somewhat slower growth in consumer demand, although not as much as you might think. Keep in mind, a lot of people managed to sock away money in the early months of the pandemic. Now, those savings are a lifeline for families. They're helping them cushion the pain of rising prices. But that cushion can also muffle the effects of the Fed's interest rate hikes. So the central bank winds up having to push the brakes even harder. Now, the housing market has slowed pretty sharply as mortgage rates are now above 7%. Kansas City homebuilder Shawn Woods says he's gone from selling a dozen houses a month to just three or four.
SHAWN WOODS: I think we're in for a rough six or eight months. Typically, housing leads us into downturns, and it leads us out of downturns. And I think from the housing perspective, we've probably been in a housing recession since March or April.
HORSLEY: Despite growing concerns about a recession, the Biden administration and most members of Congress have stayed out of the Fed's way. They know inflation is still a top concern for voters. We are starting to see some cracks, though. This week, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and some of her colleagues wrote a letter to Powell challenging the Fed's approach. They're warning that aggressive rate hikes could put millions of people out of work.
INSKEEP: I just want to ask what the analyst meant there when they said a housing recession since March or April. That means - what? - decreases in home prices for some people, a loss of construction jobs. What does it mean?
HORSLEY: We're not seeing a loss of construction jobs just yet. We certainly are seeing a deceleration in home sales. And in some areas, we are starting to see actual declines in home prices.
INSKEEP: Something that, up until the Great Recession of some years ago, was thought to be very, very rare. Scott, thanks so much.
HORSLEY: Good to be with you, Steve.
INSKEEP: That's NPR's Scott Horsley. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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2022-11-03T06:36:51+00:00
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(Click here for a photo gallery from the competition)
Updated December 7, 2022
TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNJ, New Jersey's life sciences trade association, hosted an Inaugural Health Equity in Clinical Trials MBA Business Plan Case Competition on Saturday, December 3, at Rutgers Business School. BioNJ's Business Plan Case Competition, which is part of a broader BioNJ strategic initiative of Health Equity in Clinical Trials, was designed to promote the next generation of diverse clinical trial innovators and identify innovative approaches and successful models that can be used nationally to strengthen diversity in clinical trials and expand health equity.
BioNJ believes that health equity in clinical trials is critical to deepening the understanding of the safety and efficacy of medicines in under-represented populations, expanding access to medical innovation for these populations and increasing dialogue and trust among the biopharma industry, communities and healthcare systems. By discovering new approaches, utilizing new technologies and developing new business standards to make trials more accessible, we can work to create more agile, efficient and Patient-centered medical research.
Eight teams, competing for more than $20,000 in prize money, were tasked with developing a business plan defining a new solution, application or technology to help address this important and challenging problem. Teams identified one particular type of health disparity on which to frame their proposed solutions and connected with community-based organizations to better understand the real-world barriers that exist for their chosen populations to engage in clinical trials. The disease areas on which the respective teams focused included Alzheimer's, heart failure, multiple sclerosis, diabetes type 1 and type 2, colorectal and cervical cancers, and oncology.
Each team was comprised of 4-5 diverse, cross-disciplinary students from MBA and other allied graduate programs. (Click here to review the resumes of our teams.)
- Baylor College of Medicine, Northwestern University & Rice University
- Columbia University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Rutgers University
- Temple University
- Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- University of Pittsburgh
"There is an urgent need to bring more diversity to clinical trials in order to better serve Patients and their communities…thereby helping to address health inequities," said Amadou Diarra, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Global Policy, Advocacy & Government Affairs for Bristol Myers Squibb; BioNJ Board Member and Chair of the BioNJ Health Equity in Clinical Trials Initiative. "Only by improving diversity in clinical trials will we be able to deepen our understanding of the safety and efficacy of medicines for all populations. I am extremely proud of our teams. Each of the business plans offered a unique out-of-the-box solution – helping advance our ambition to have no Patient left behind."
Live pitch presentations were made throughout the day to a Panel of Judges comprised of industry experts:
- Naikia Atkinson, Director, U.S. Clinical Trials Diversity and Inclusion, Sanofi
- Schylr Greggs, Director, Technology Operations, Medidata
- Sharon Hanlon, Head, Clinical Trial Engagement & Enrollment, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Maribel Hernandez, Vice President, Clinical Operations & Special Projects, PTC Therapeutics
- Jack Rosenberg, Manager, Investments and Business Development, TrialSpark
- Del Smith, Co-Founder & CEO, Acclinate
- Lolita Smith, Program Manager, Rare Disease Diversity Coalition, Black Women's Health Imperative
- Matt Walz, CEO, TrialBee
"Although ultimately three winning teams were presented with cash prizes, each team has made a difference for Patients by offering new solutions and technologies to better serve Patients, build community trust and address gaps in health care delivery," said Paul Howard, Ph.D., BioNJ Business Case Competition Steering Committee Chair and Senior Director, Public Policy for Amicus Therapeutics. "This is just the start as we work to share these proposals more broadly."
A white paper with all of the presentations will be published in April and rolled out during BioNJ's acclaimed BioPartnering Conference – which brings together more than 500 industry professionals from around the globe. The three winning teams will present their plans during the April 18 BioPartnering Conference and all of the students are invited to attend to meet the community.
- First Place: Johns Hopkins University ($10,000) who focused their plan on increasing representation in clinical trials for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease through community engagement strategies and the use of digital tools.
- Second Place: Rutgers University ($7,000) who focused their plan on using population health and real-world data analytics to calculate health equity targets specific to clinical trial sites in prostate cancer.
- Third Place: Baylor College of Medicine, Northwestern University & Rice University ($3,500) who focused their plan on increasing Hispanic/Latinx involvement in clinical trials by training community healthcare workers from refugee and immigrant populations.
"BioNJ's mission is to help our Members help Patients. It is with the vision of Health Equity for all that BioNJ launched our Health Equity in Clinical Trials Strategic Initiative, of which the MBA Business Plan Competition is one of three important workstreams," said BioNJ President and CEO, Debbie Hart. "In addition to thanking our extraordinary teams for their commitment and time, I'd like to thank our Steering Committee; industry supporters, including Bristol Myers Squibb, Medidata, Amicus Therapeutics, PTC Therapeutics, Sanofi, Insmed, PsychoGenics, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Crowley Law and the Rare Disease Diversity Coalition; our expert judges and our colleagues from the Kith Collective. It was only with their guidance and support that we have been able to bring this important initiative forward."
For more information, please visit BioNJ.org/Health-Equity-Clinical-Trials.
BioNJ is the life sciences trade association for New Jersey, representing close to 400 research-based life sciences organizations and stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem from the largest biopharmaceutical companies to early stage start-ups for nearly 30 years. Because Patients Can't Wait®, BioNJ is dedicated to ensuring a vibrant ecosystem where Science is Supported, Companies are Created, Drugs are Developed and Patients Have Access to Lifesaving Medicines.
Recognized as a respected thought leader, an influential advocate and a sought-after convener of the life sciences industry, BioNJ works directly with legislative leaders in both Trenton and Washington D.C. to advance the life sciences industry, foster medical innovation and ensure health equity and healthcare affordability. With innovation as the driving force behind medical breakthroughs, BioNJ's mission is to help our Members help Patients by providing transformative resources, including access to government and industry leaders, capital and State incentives, timely educational programs, skilled talent and a value-driven purchasing program.
BioNJ is inspired by and privileged to work with those committed to improving the lives of Patients and their families around the world. For more information visit www.BioNJ.org.
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2022-12-07T17:03:52+00:00
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5-YEAR CHLA JUNIOR AMBASSADOR MARTA MILLER HOSTS ICE SKATING EXHIBITION APRIL 28, 2023 AT EAST WEST ICE PALACE IN ARTESIA, CA
LOS ANGELES, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At 16 years old, Studio City resident Marta Miller has accomplished more than the average teen. On April 28, 2023, Marta will host the 5th Annual Fundraiser through their foundation, The Marta Eliza Miller Foundation (MEMF), for Children's Hospital Los Angeles: An Ice Skating Exhibition at East West Ice Palace (the home of Michelle Kwan), in Artesia, CA. A five-year Junior Ambassador for Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Marta has raised over $40,000 for the hospital, and will be presenting a check to CHLA for more than $22,000 on April 28, 2023.
Marta Miller is an ice dancer, member of U.S. Figure Skating, musical theatre kid, and high school graduate with honors, graduating April 27th, with 28 undergraduate college credits already completed. Marta also has scoliosis. "I created the MEMF, a non-profit organization for scoliosis awareness, at a critical time in my life when I wasn't sure if I would be able to continue skating," says Marta.
In 2020, Marta's spinal curve had increased to 48 degrees. Marta had been a scoliosis patient at CHLA since 2018, and a Junior Ambassador since 2019. While awaiting the results of three M.R.I.s (lower, middle and upper back/neck) Marta and family created the Marta Eliza Miller Foundation (MEMF) with the goal to create awareness about scoliosis and to encourage other young athletes struggling with the physical and mental challenges of having scoliosis.
In 2019, Marta began raising funds for CHLA, with Toy Drives, a virtual 5k run, and through their foundation raising more than $18k over the last four years. Marta also has spoken at several fundraising events on behalf of CHLA about their experience as a patient and Junior Ambassador. "From the first time I visited CHLA, I felt at home," says Marta. "Everyone there is so positive. After I did the motion study, which was a long four-hour process, my mom took a photo of me next to a sign in the lobby that said, 'We Got This,' and that is how the doctors and nurses made me feel. I was going to be okay and be able to accomplish whatever it was that I wanted to accomplish because 'I Got This,' too. I created my foundation to help encourage other athletes with scoliosis. Our motto is: Stand Tall, Be Strong, Dream Big."
The 5th Annual MEMF Fundraiser, an Ice Skating Exhibition, features 25 programs and figure skaters, including 2018 Olympian (Team Korea) Yura Min, Team USA Skater & Coach & 10x National Competitor Sean Rabbitt, Team USA & 2023 ISU World Junior Pairs Champion (Gold) & 2023 US Championships Senior Pairs Medalist (4th) Sonia Baram, Team USA & 2023 US Championships Junior Pairs Champion (Gold) Ellie Korytek & Timmy Chapman, Team USA & 2023 US Championships Junior Silver Medalist (2nd) Keira Hilbelink, 2023 US Solo Dance Championships Senior Medalist (4th) Hannah Kim, French National Skater Amy Coperchini, and LA Kings Ice Crew & Bailey the Mascot. Marta Miller will perform a partnered ice dance program with Scott Dudley. (See below for a full list of skaters).
Says Marta of the upcoming event, "I'm so appreciative of the overwhelming support we have received within the skating community from US Figure Skating to the incredible list of skaters who are volunteering their time to the LA Kings Ice Crew & Bailey to East West Ice Palace. I was totally surprised how quickly this all has come together and I'm really looking forward to presenting a check to Children's Hospital Los Angeles that surpasses my goal of $20,230 for this single fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who has donated through my foundation, including some of our notable sponsors, the Ramsey Social & Justice Project and W Los Angeles."
The 2023 Ice Skating Exhibition takes place at East West Ice Palace in Artesia, CA on April 28th from 7-9 PM. Bring a toy for CHLA or the suggested donation. The exhibition and pre-show can be viewed through a live stream for a donation at: http://www.tinyurl.com/MEMF4CHLA
About Marta Eliza Miller Foundation
MEMF is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that was created to build support and education for scoliosis awareness for young athletes. The MEMF motto is to STAND TALL and the goal is to help youth with the mental and physical struggles of having scoliosis. For more information, or to donate, please visit www.martaelizamillerfoundation.com, or follow us on Instagram or Facebook
About Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Children's Hospital Los Angeles is at the forefront of pediatric medicine, offering acclaimed care to children from across the world, the country and the greater Southern California region. Founded in 1901, Children's Hospital Los Angeles is the largest provider of care for children in Los Angeles County, the No. 1 pediatric hospital in California and the Pacific region, and is consistently ranked in the top 10 in the nation on U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll of Best Children's Hospitals. Clinical expertise spans the pediatric care continuum for newborns to young adults, from everyday preventive medicine to the most medically complex cases. Inclusive, compassionate, child- and family-friendly clinical care is led by physicians who are faculty members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Physicians translate the new discoveries, treatments and cures proven through the work of scientists in The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles—among the top 10 children's hospitals for National Institutes of Health funding—to bring answers to families faster. The hospital also is home to one of the largest training programs for pediatricians in the United States.
To learn more, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter, and visit our blog at CHLA.org/blog.
Full list of figure skaters performing at the 5th Annual MEMF Fundraiser for Children's Hospital Los Angeles 2023 Ice Skating Exhibition
(not in show order)
- LA Kings Ice Crew & Bailey the Mascot
- 2018 Olympian (Team Korea) Yura Min
- Team USA 2023 ISU World Junior Pairs Champion (Gold) & 2023 US Championships Senior Pairs Medalist (4th) Sonia Baram
- Team USA 2023 US Championships Junior Pairs Champions (Gold) Ellie Korytek & Timmy Chapman
- Team USA 2023 US Championships Junior Silver Medalist (2nd) Keira Hilbelink
- Team USA Skater & Coach & 10x National Competitor Sean Rabbitt
- 2023 US Solo Dance Championships Senior Pewter Medalist (4th) Hannah Kim
- French National Skater Amy Coperchini
- Natasha Anisamava
- Emma Foster
- Milena Markin
- Alena Polkovnikova
- Jennifer Cruz
- Vera Zolotov
- Audrey Chen
- Taisiya Shapovalova & Sebastian Malcyzk
- Faina Shapovalova
- Layla Begovic
- Katherine Zaretski
- Alice Ozerina
- Ian Zachary
- Elizabeth Yun
- Alissa Korytek
- Rachel Samiri
- Valentina Kutepova
- CHLA Junior Ambassador & MEMF Founder Marta Miller & Scott Dudley
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2023-04-20T14:44:10+00:00
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2023/04/20/16-year-old-high-school-graduate-raises-over-40000-childrens-hospital-los-angeles/
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I am rather disappointed in the overall attitude of our country toward our young people.
Understandably, we should work for what we get. I started working when I was 14, and it has served me well all of my life.
Student loan forgiveness is a controversial issue. In my lifetime, we’ve bailed out the airlines, banks, credit unions, investment firms, insurance companies, auto manufacturers, meat packaging industry — and the list goes on, amounting to trillions of dollars.
I worked in New York City at the time of the financial bailouts and remember stockbrokers getting their million-dollar bonus payments out of the bailout money. When it’s corporations, nobody seems to blink. It’s all well-justified and there were no lawsuits delaying those bailouts, from what I recall.
It is ridiculously expensive to go to college. When our young people get out of school, unless they are at the top of their class or choose a really hot field like technology, they often can’t get a job at a salary that covers their loans and gives them a chance to start a life.
We are not only doing harm to our young people — we are hampering the prospects of the future of our country.
I’m a lifetime Republican in favor of investing my hard-earned tax dollars in our younger generation and giving our young people a chance at the future.
Scott Miller
Warwick Township
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2023-01-15T11:25:16+00:00
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lancasteronline.com
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https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/debt-forgiveness-helps-young-people-letter/article_4a144434-927f-11ed-aae7-37b95381e335.html
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The company—a pioneer of accessible career-focused education financing—is again named one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Climb Credit, a mission-driven FinTech company focused on expanding access to career training, has announced that they have been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for the third year in a row.
Published annually by Inc. magazine, Inc. 5000 honors companies that have demonstrated growth, leadership, and innovation in the past years.
"I'm incredibly proud not only of the growth we've seen within the company over the years, but also of the impact this growth has had on our ability to expand access to career-advancing education," says Casey Powers, CEO of Climb. "It's gratifying to see the growing recognition that skills training programs are a critical part of the solution we need to prepare our workforce for the jobs of the future. "
Since their founding in 2014, Climb has expanded to an office in Nevada as well as New York, they have broadened the types of career training programs they're able to support, and they have built multiple payment solutions for these programs. To date, they have funded the education of over 50,000 learners attending programs that range from software engineering to medical assisting and from cyber security to truck driving. Climb plans to continue its focus on in-demand fields that are helping to build the workforce of today's economy.
Going forward, Climb looks to maintain this upward trajectory through developing even more mission-aligned services that will help students access training and ultimately succeed in their careers. They are particularly excited to be adding career support and talent development services to their platform in the near future.
Climb (NMLS# 1240013) is an innovative student payment platform that makes career advancement more accessible, affordable, and accountable than ever before. Driven by a mission to empower individuals to unlock their career potential – no matter what their credit profile – Climb utilizes a proprietary return-on-investment calculation to identify and evaluate programs and schools with a demonstrated ability to benefit their graduates. Then they provide learners with payment options that are priced and structured to meet the unique needs of those seeking career training. Recognizing the dynamic and rapidly-changing needs of our workforce, Climb partners with schools that teach everything from cybersecurity to healthcare training, heavy machine operation to data science, and culinary arts to coding. While some colleges are struggling to meet the real-world needs of their students, Climb and its partner schools are committed to providing access to valuable, cost effective education that enable individuals to reach their career goals and own their next chapter. For more information, visit https//climbcredit.com or follow @ClimbCredit on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Laura Fitzpatrick
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2022-08-16T16:13:42+00:00
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/prnewswire/2022/08/16/climb-credit-makes-inc-5000-list-third-year-running/
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US economic growth last quarter is revised up to a 2% annual rate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 2% annual pace from January through March as consumers spent at the fastest pace in nearly two years, the government said Thursday in a sharp upgrade from its previous estimate.
The government had previously estimated that the economy expanded at a 1.3% annual rate last quarter.
The Commerce Department’s third and final report on January-March economic growth pointed to surprising resilience but still marked a deceleration from the 2.6% annual rate from October through December and the 3.2% growth from July through September. The economy has been slowed by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to tame inflation through a series of interest rate hikes beginning early last year.
Yet Thursday’s report on the nation’s gross domestic product — the total output of goods and services — showed why the economy has so far managed to defy expectations of a coming recession: Consumers continue to spend even in the face of ever-rising borrowing costs. Their spending, which fuels about 70% of the economy, rose at a 4.2% annual rate in the January-March quarter, the most since April-June 2021.
The economy grew even though a cutback in business inventories shaved 2.1 percentage points off last quarter’s growth rate.
The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate 10 times since March 2022 in its attack on inflation, which hit a four-decade high of 9.1% last year but has since slowed to 4%. The central bank’s rate hikes have led to higher costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and business borrowing and widespread predictions that an economic downturn is inevitable.
But the economy has proved unexpectedly durable. Retail sales rose last month despite pressure from still-high inflation and rising borrowing costs. Government reports have shown recent gains in new-home sales and orders for long-lasting manufactured goods. And employers have added a healthy average of 314,000 jobs a month so far this year, with the unemployment rate, at 3.7%, still close to a half-century low.
In the current April-June quarter, the economy is believed to be slowing further but still managing to maintain its growth. Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet have estimated that annual growth for the quarter will amount to 1%.
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2023-06-29T13:08:37+00:00
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wcjb.com
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While fake German heiress Anna Sorokin may be a household name, that isn’t getting her any special treatment in the American immigration system.
The Russian-born scam artist, the inspiration behind the hit Netflix series “Inventing Anna” from megaproducer Shonda Rhimes, served about three years in prison for swindling more than $270,000 from banks, hotels and wealthy New Yorkers to help her live the lifestyle of the rich and famous.
Sorokin, who acknowledges that she made “so many bad choices,” has now become one of the most high-profile immigration detainees in recent memory, a famous name in a sea of anonymous petitioners.
Authorities say Sorokin, who went by the name Anna Delvey for years, overstayed her U.S. visa and must return to Germany.
She is fighting that move, arguing that while she may have been able to appeal her case from Germany, “it’s not the same” as doing so from inside the U.S. She was released from prison in October.
The process, she told the Hill in a recent phone interview, has been uncertain and frustrating.
“They don’t have rules for the judges or for the BIA, which is the Board of Immigration Appeals, to make a decision. If you file something, they can take a year or two or three — or like one week — to give you a response. And there are no guidelines. You know, so that’s pretty frustrating, especially when you’re in jail,” Sorokin said.
“There’s no guarantee that you will ever get a response,” she added.
Sorokin’s case, experts say, starkly highlights the issues facing an overburdened immigration system, which last year had 1.3 million cases on the docket, including many, like Sorokin, facing deportation.
Immigration attorney Eileen P. Blessinger, who is not involved in Sorokin’s case, said that while the situation is more high-profile than most, it is far from uncommon.
“There’s really no timeframe on how long or how short it may take,” Blessinger said. “There’s nothing in the regulation saying that they have to rule on something by a certain time.”
The actual timing of a case often depends on location, Blessinger said. In Virginia, for example, capacity has increased by 750 percent over the last decade, meaning that judges have ample ability to adjudicate cases, she explained.
“But in other jurisdictions, they don’t,” she added. “So the backlog in Virginia was about a six-year backlog for people who were not detained. Now we’re getting trials moved up really quickly. It just kind of depends on where you’re located in the country.”
Sorokin said the situation presents a “great problem” for her immigration lawyer, John Sandweg, a former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President Obama.
According to Sandweg, the case highlights significant issues faced by the immigration system.
“Anna was in detention for 17 months, as our case went through the system with appeals,” he said, adding that “it’s going to drag on longer still.”
“Why does it take so long?” he asked.
A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told The Hill that it couldn’t comment on immigration court or BIA processes. They directed The Hill to the Executive Office for Immigration Review, an agency within the Department of Justice.
“Noncitizens placed into removal proceedings receive their legal due process from federal immigration judges in the immigration courts, which are administered by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR),” ICE added.
In response to a request for comment, a spokesperson for EOIR said that “adjudicators decide each case in a manner that is timely, impartial, and consistent with applicable law and case precedent, and consistent with due process.”
Sorokin said the U.S. criminal system is “pretty straightforward” in comparison to immigration proceedings.
“It’s actually very surprising how few Americans actually know how [the] immigration system works beyond the headlines that are about the Southern border… There’s just so much more to the immigration system than just illegal immigrants at the Southern border,” she said from New York.
Sorokin said she believes, however, that all the publicity around her has had a negative impact on her case “because I’m very much on the radar.”
“I don’t think I would be on house arrest now. I don’t think they would have found me on Instagram, or Twitter, or any social media. It is what it is. It all comes out of the choices I have made over the past year, so I’m not going to sit and complain,” she said.
Sorokin’s swindling of the crème de la crème of New York society was first made infamous by The Cut profile “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People” by Jessica Pressler and subsequent book “My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress” by her former friend Rachel DeLoache Williams, before it became the subject of “Inventing Anna.”
“Hopefully, people understand that this is a story, a dramatized version of real events,” Sorokin said of the Netflix series. “So it’s like it’s made for entertainment. It’s not a documentary. So I hope people take it the right way.”
One month into house arrest, the 31-year-old said she has been keeping herself busy with a podcast project and writing a book, as well as contemplating a law apprenticeship.
According to Sorokin, her newfound access to media makes her time in house arrest starkly different from what she experienced in prison.
“I was about to read a lot of things. A lot of them about me. We have messaging, and people sent me articles,” she recounted. “That kind of [made me] realize how my story came across, and how it got interpreted by the general public. It just gave me context on everything that’s going on against me, because when you’re in prison, you’re very isolated.”
Sorokin in part blames her misdeeds on her “inexperience” and lack of “guidance.”
“I was just kind of by myself, and I thought ‘Oh, that would be a good idea’ at my comparatively young age at the time. I wish I could change them, but that’s just not an option,” she said.
“If I could go back and change everything, I probably would,” she added when asked if she has any regrets.
“That just doesn’t ever happen,” Sorokin said. “I will be left having to deal with the consequences of my actions for the rest of my life. Probably.”
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2022-12-02T11:57:27+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/inside-fake-german-heiress-anna-sorokins-immigration-battle/
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TikTok renews push to ease fears over European data security
By KELVIN CHAN
AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) — TikTok has unveiled new measures to protect European user data as it takes steps to head off further government bans on employees using the Chinese-owned video-sharing app on their work phones. A TikTok official said in a blog post Wednesday that the company will tighten access to user data in a process overseen by outside auditors as well as beef up privacy protection. Western countries fear TikTok could pose risks to cybersecurity and data privacy. The company also pointed to plans to localize European data storage with new centers in Dublin and Norway operated by third parties. It’s similar to TikTok’s approach in 2020 when it teamed up with Oracle to avoid a U.S. ban from the Trump administration.
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2023-03-08T18:42:47+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/news/2023/03/08/tiktok-renews-push-to-ease-fears-over-european-data-security/
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leader of Greece’s main opposition party filed a no confidence motion against the government Wednesday over a wiretapping scandal that has stung the center-right ruling party ahead of elections this year.
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Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left-wing Syriza party, said he submitted the motion “for the defense of democracy, transparency and justice.” He said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “will be forced to come to Parliament – even if he constantly wants to run away – to give explanations, to be accountable, to answer.”
Lawmakers will vote on the motion after a three-day debate which begins Wednesday evening. With 156 of parliament’s 300 seats held by the governing New Democracy party, the motion is not expected to be approved.
The wiretapping scandal broke in earnest in August last year, when a top government aide and the head of the country’s intelligence agency resigned following revelations that a Socialist politician who was later elected as head of Greece’s third largest party had been under telephone surveillance. Mitsotakis had insisted at the time that the wiretapping was legal but improper, and that had he known about it he would not have approved it.
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Allegations that other senior officials, journalists and cabinet members had also been targeted with spyware that can snoop on cellphone calls, stored contacts and data, and access devices’ microphones and cameras prompted a judicial investigation.
Tsipras said Greece’s Authority for Communication Security and Privacy had confirmed, following a request he had made to it for further information, that others who had also been placed under telephone surveillance included the government’s own labor minister, the head of the National Defense General Staff, the former head of the army, a former national security adviser, and the former and current heads of defense armaments. He accused Mitsotakis of “setting up an Orwellian dystopia” and of masterminding what he called a “criminal network” running the wiretaps.
Although still ahead of Syriza in opinion polls, the Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party has seen its strong lead hurt by the scandal as well as the increased cost of living. Greece is to hold elections in the first half of 2023, although no date has yet been set.
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2023-01-25T16:48:25+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/greek-government-faces-no-confidence-vote-over-17740985.php
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina-based semiconductor company announced Friday it will build a $5 billion manufacturing plant in its home state to produce silicon carbide wafers, which is emerging as a favored part for renewable energy products.
Wolfspeed Inc. said it plans to create 1,800 new jobs by the end of 2030 at a location in Chatham County, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southwest of its Durham headquarters.
Wolfspeed could receive $775 million in cash incentives, infrastructure improvements and other sweeteners from North Carolina and local governments to build on the outskirts of Siler City. The lions’ share would be in the form of local property tax rebates.
A state committee voted earlier Friday to award Wolfspeed up to $77 million over 20 years if it met investment and job-creation goals. The company is also likely to benefit financially from legislation signed by President Joe Biden last month that encourages semiconductor research and production.
The company, formerly known as Cree, already employs over 3,000 jobs in the state. The former LED light pioneer has turned to the production of silicon carbine chips, which are known to be more efficient and solid than traditional silicon chips.
“It’s a game changing technology for electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, rail systems, appliances … and countless other electric applications,” Wolfspeed CEO Gregg Lowe said at the announcement outside the Executive Mansion in Raleigh.
Lowe said the company already operates the world’s largest silicon carbide materials factory in Durham. Output at the new plant, which Lowe said could begin production in about two years, would be more than 10 times what the Durham plant produces.
The materials produced at the new plant will help supply the company’s new chip fabrication facility in upstate New York, Lowe said.
This “East Coast Silicon Carbide corridor will dramatically improve the way the world consumes energy,” Lowe said.
Average annual salaries for the new jobs, which would be generated starting in 2026, are projected at $77,753, well above the county average of $41,638, according to state officials.
Gov. Roy Cooper said Wolfspeed’s news was an “historic capital investment” and called Friday “an amazing day for high-paying jobs, and an important day for putting money in the pockets of every-day working families in our state.”
Lowe likened an electric vehicle with silicon chips to car with a combustion engine whose gas tank is poked full of holes. Meanwhile, he said, a silicon carbide chip within an inverter that converts electricity to turn the vehicle’s motor results in super-fast recharging, he said — 20 minutes to add another 300 miles to his vehicle’s range, for example.
The jobs announcement marked another big economic win for central North Carolina during the past 17 months.
Apple announced plans in April 2021 to build its first East Coast campus in Research Triangle Park between Raleigh and Durham. Toyota revealed in December it would build a battery plant in Randolph County, followed the next month by Boom Supersonic picking Greensboro for its first full-scale manufacturing facility for next-generation supersonic passenger jets.
Chatham County also got the brass ring in March when Vietnamese automaker VinFast said it would build its first North American plant there to make electric vehicles. The investment, which could generate 7,500 jobs, would follow several near-misses by the state to attract a carmaker.
Wolfspeed had considered the expansion in Marcy, New York, where its new production facility is located and it had additional space for expansion, according to a state Commerce Department document.
Lowe said after the announcement that the company looked at several states, and New York “put together a real strong package.”
But the winning site’s proximity to Wolfspeed’s current operations in Durham, along with the company’s relationship with North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, a historically Black college, “gave it a little bit of a tipping edge,” he said. Wolfspeed on Friday also announced expanded initiatives to attract the school’s engineering students to the semiconductor field.
Graduate students at North Carolina State University in Raleigh helped start what is now Wolfspeed in 1987.
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2022-09-09T18:49:39+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/north-carolina-wins-wolfspeed-semiconductor-materials-plant/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world
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CLEVELAND, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Urban League of Greater Cleveland (ULGC) with the support of JPMorgan Chase and other key sponsors, launched its Equity Institute Thursday, December 8 with a symposium at the Hilton North Downtown Cleveland.
"The Urban League is in a unique position and time in history, to be a pivotal player in the Race, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and ESG spaces," said ULGC President & CEO Marsha A. Mockabee. "We are receiving unprecedented requests for thought leadership, technical assistance, and best practices, from across various systems in our community. To position ourselves as credible leaders in the space, we knew it was appropriate to establish a center that would codify our efforts."
JPMorgan Chase's $125,000 philanthropic investment into the Equity Institute will help create pathways for individuals, groups, and organizations to have a dedicated institute that provides strategic advising, education, training, skill development, and consulting services in the areas of DEI and ESG.
"Businesses have a responsibility to help solve challenges facing the customers and communities it serves, and that includes addressing long-standing racial and economic inequities," said David Allen, Market Team Lead for Northern Ohio at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. "This investment will help businesses and community partners in Northeast Ohio close the racial wealth divide creating meaningful, lasting, and equitable change in the market."
Along with JPMorgan Chase, other key sponsors are First Energy, OhioMeansJobs|Cleveland-Cuyahoga County, Greater Cleveland Partnership, and Team NEO.
"The National Urban League (NUL) is pleased that the Urban League of Greater Cleveland is the first to launch this Equity Institute and serve as a model for people across the country, as to how you go about making equity a part of your organizational structure," said Dr. Christopher Metzler, NUL SVP, Corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Contact: Betty J. Halliburton/ULGC Marketing Manager
440-822-8949 or bhalliburton@ulcleveland.org
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2022-12-09T18:16:31+00:00
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https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/12/09/urban-league-launches-its-equity-institute-with-support-jpmorgan-chase-others/
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran closer Craig Kimbrel has been left off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ roster for their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres.
Kimbrel was demoted from his closer’s role two weeks ago after struggling all season as the replacement for veteran Kenley Jansen, who signed with Atlanta in the offseason.
Kimbrel was 6-7 with 22 saves in his first season in Los Angeles, where fans booed him at times. In his final three appearances, the right-hander didn’t allow any hits or runs.
The 34-year-old Kimbrel is an eight-time All-Star who leads active pitchers in saves with 394 — three more than Jansen.
But the Dodgers have plenty of depth in their bullpen and included 13 pitchers on their roster, with Dustin May and Blake Treinen among them.
May made six starts after returning from Tommy John surgery before going on the 15-day injured list Sept. 24 with lower back tightness. The right-hander made a relatively quick recovery after taking a short break from throwing.
Treinen has been working to overcome right shoulder trouble. His biggest obstacle has been feeling good in the days after throwing. The right-hander has only appeared in five games this season. An appearance in the NLDS would be his first in a major league game since Sept. 5.
Veteran left-hander David Price was left off the roster. The 37-year-old five-time All-Star has been sidelined since the start of September by inflammation in his left wrist. Price, a former starter, worked out of the bullpen this season, going 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA and two saves in 40 appearances. The 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner has indicated he’s considering retiring at season’s end.
There were no surprises among the 13 position players named to the Dodgers’ roster. Miguel Vargas, a 22-year-old rookie, was chosen over infielder Hanser Alberto.
The Padres named 13 pitchers to their roster, including Game 1 starter Mike Clevinger and Game 2 starter Yu Darvish. Joining them are right-handers Luis García, Pierce Johnson, Nick Martinez, Joe Musgrove, Robert Suarez and Steven Wilson, as well as left-handers Josh Hader, Tim Hill, Sean Manaea, Adrian Morejon and Blake Snell.
Also on the Padres’ roster: catchers Jorge Alfaro, Luis Campusano and Austin Nola; infielders Josh Bell, Jake Cronenworth, Brandon Drury, Ha-Seong Kim, Manny Machado and Wil Myers; and outfielders José Azocar, Trent Grisham, Jurickson Profar and Juan Soto.
Game 1 of the best-of-five series is Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. Julio Urías starts for the Dodgers.
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2022-10-11T22:14:56+00:00
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fox44news.com
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https://www.fox44news.com/sports/ap-dodgers-leave-closer-kimbrel-off-nlds-roster-vs-padres/
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A game between Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State was suspended after Tech guard Diante Wood was injured and taken to the hospital on Saturday.
The injury occurred with Tennessee State leading 67-53 with three minutes remaining in the game.
Wood, a senior, was injured after a collision with two other players while going after a rebound. He remained on the floor for 20 minutes while being attended to by trainers and EMS personnel. He could be seen moving his lower extremities. He was taken to the hospital for further observation, according to a Tennessee Tech statement, which did not release details of the injury.
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2023-02-12T02:28:41+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/tennessee-tech-tennessee-state-game-suspended-after-injury/2023/02/11/8e7fb9f8-aa78-11ed-b2a3-edb05ee0e313_story.html
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- Major new research from The Josh Bersin Company spotlights where U.S. healthcare must refocus organizational redesign efforts to reverse the effects of the Great Resignation, impending retirement boom, and attrition to plug a nursing gap due to exceed 2.1 million positions within 2-3 years
- High-performing healthcare organizations revealed to have more technical skills, transformation skills and systemic people management skills than their slower-adapting counterparts
- Thanks to automation and technology augmentation that absorb tasks not specific to nursing (i.e. admin and medication delivery), healthcare providers need 20% fewer nurses today and offer more fulfilling work
- New Global Workforce Intelligence Project uses the world's largest database of information on job roles, skills, career pathways, and HR program maturity, reflecting the real workforce and HR practices in 10s of thousands of companies globally, and features interviews with top healthcare leaders
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Josh Bersin Company, a research and advisory firm focused on HR and workforce strategies, has published groundbreaking research, revealing the real extent to which U.S. healthcare organizations must radically adapt to reverse the effects of mass resignations, impending retirements, a shortage of new nurses entering the field, and an aging population in need of more care.
While the study, The Global Workforce Intelligence (GWI) Project, shows the gap in nursing may only register as a net new demand of 200,000 nurses, market factors will create an actual gap of more than 2.1 million care providers by 2025. In response, analyst Josh Bersin and team recommend a combined approach of systemic people solutions and extensive organizational redesign to address the problem.
Troublingly, the standard approach of recruiting, retaining and reskilling employees is revealed by the research to be woefully insufficient to resolve the projected talent shortage—and will leave approximately 800,000 critical roles open. The study concludes that technological automation, human augmentation, and the reengineering of clinical delivery to reduce the demand for nursing will be among the solutions needed.
The study also shows that high-performing healthcare organizations have four to five times more transformation/organizational redesign and technology roles than their less advanced counterparts, and have invested in software development rather than individual tech solutions. The GWI Project found that advanced healthcare systems need 20 percent fewer nurses and administrative roles to deliver patient care.
The findings from the GWI research are qualitative as well as quantitative, deep-diving into emerging best practice through AI-enabled database analysis and interviews with CHROs of top U.S. healthcare companies, including Providence Health, Bon Secours Mercy Health, and Stanford. This is the first time that this methodology, which uses Eightfold's talent intelligence, has been applied on such a vast scale in the healthcare sector.
Key findings suggest that:
- Up to 48 per cent of the work required to successfully close gaps in clinical capability today could be achieved through redesign of work, jobs, and employment models, rather than traditional approaches to recruiting and training people
- Healthcare organizations that have invested in more strategic, transformative, organizational change skills—including IT-enabled business process redesign skills—already have a 20 percent lower need for nurses compared to the industry average
- Most organizations do not have the internal structure or expertise to redesign work. That's a problem because according to this research, up to 1 million nursing jobs can be streamlined through automation, technology enablement, or offloading work to non-clinical workers.
"The findings are groundbreaking in their scale and in their unequivocal implications. If healthcare organizations continue doing what they've always done, they simply won't be able to close the current resource gap. They need to change the work itself, redesign employment models, and rethink how people are deployed to opportunities. And, rather than implement point technology systems to help process existing workloads, there needs to be more ground-level reinvention of healthcare process and tasks and smarter use of digital alternatives to automate or augment more of the everyday work of key people."
"The labor shortage is a real crisis for healthcare. We can't address it if we don't think and act fundamentally differently. Beyond attracting, developing, and retaining talent in new ways, we need to fundamentally transform the work. This means deconstructing every role and operational process to its lowest level to determine how we might improve our caregivers' experience while optimizing capacity, cost, quality, and our patients' experience. It requires the digitization of simple, automatable tasks and the use of AI to better predict demand and manage talent deployment. And, it compels us to think about diversifying sources of talent to expand the available healthcare workforce. These aren't solutions one healthcare company can solve by itself. But, together, our industry can continue to thrive, creating health for a better world."
"Most healthcare organizations are very advanced in recruiting new people because turnover of nurses and other clinicians has been incredibly high, and healthcare used to be considered a decade behind other industries in its ability to manage people and talent. Now, driven by necessity, we see more innovation and strategic practices than in any other industry. Building career pathways within and outside of the organization, fostering health and wellbeing of nurses to retain them in the industry, and holistically redesigning work, jobs, and organizational models are all part of the solution. Without a doubt, healthcare is at a crossroads, and the c-suite needs to collaborate to address the clinical capacity issue together."
The Josh Bersin Company, through workforce strategies and approaches and maturity by industry, coupled with C-level conversations with hundreds of executives, provides detailed insights into how companies in a given market sector are advanced or behind in addressing a whole series of business challenges. In the current analysis, The Josh Bersin Company's analysts took this data set and "rolled it backwards" to see how various nursing roles are growing or shrinking in the workforce. The team determined that this workforce segment will be dramatically short in the next three years and identified what potential groups could be recruited, retained, reskilled, and which roles redesigned to fill this gap.
A final perspective compares and contrasts trends and outcomes between subdomains of an industry, or between vertical sectors, distilling what the most advanced employers look like vs. the rest of the industry.
Where most other HR research draws on limited payroll data, job postings and/or small survey samples, the Global Workforce Intelligence (GWI) Project uses Eightfold's extensive talent intelligence database combined with The Josh Bersin Company's comprehensive global HR leadership insights to understand jobs, job roles, skills, and career pathways, as well as organizational data. Combined, the dataset reflects the real workforce and HR practices actively in use today in healthcare (and other sectors) and what will potentially be essential in the future, across tens of thousands of companies around the world.
"Industry leaders understand how difficult it is to make accurate talent decisions without fully understanding the skills, capabilities, and trends in which every organization needs to evolve to be successful," said Kamal Ahluwalia, President at Eightfold AI. "Using Eightfold AI data to contribute to the research of The Josh Bersin Company team is both a privilege and a route to immediate impact on today's workforce."
The in-depth GWI Project industry analysis will be unveiled in full at September 13-16's HR Technology Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, where Josh Bersin will present a keynote address.
To learn more about the Global Workforce Intelligence Project, visit joshbersin.com.
The Global Workforce Intelligence Project uses the world's largest AI-driven database of workforce job role, skills, career pathways, and HR program maturity. In addition to reviewing over 1.4 million people profiles of healthcare workers in more than 300 different companies, the GWI Project also features qualitative interviews from over 20 top healthcare organizations.
The Eightfold Talent Intelligence platform is a vast set of 2.1 billion employee profiles, enriched by public social data and company public data, arranged in a time series format. Using Eightfold AI's proprietary AI algorithms, all the publicly available employees in a given set of companies can be looked at over time, and deep learning applied to infer the job skills, job clusters/families, levels, and career pathways across that period. The data can be further interrogated by company, location, organization size, and a wide variety of other factors to find relationships. In healthcare, for example, it is possible to statistically compute the supply/demand for nurses and other clinical workers for the coming years. Salary data is being added for future analysis.
The Josh Bersin Company provides a wide range of research and advisory services, including a corporate membership program, to help HR leaders and professionals tackle the ever-evolving challenges and needs of today's workforce. The firm's research team covers all topics in HR, talent, and L&D, including diversity, equity, and inclusion; employee experience; remote and hybrid work; wellbeing; HR strategy and capabilities; learning and career mobility; HR technology; organization design and development; and talent acquisition and mobility. With the Global Workforce Intelligence (GWI) Project, The Josh Bersin Company also serves to expand its support of market-leading businesses by helping them navigate the challenges of industry convergence while remaining future-focused.
Under the company's umbrella is the Josh Bersin Academy, the world's first global development academy for HR and talent professionals and a transformation agent for HR organizations. The Academy, which has seen more than 50,000 program enrollments since its 2019 launch, offers content-rich online courses, a carefully curated library of tools and resources, and a global community that helps HR and talent professionals stay current on the trends and practices needed to drive organizational success in the modern world of work. Visit www.joshbersin.com or email info@bersinpartners.com.
Eightfold AI's market-leading Talent Intelligence Platform™ helps organizations retain top performers, upskill and reskill their workforce, recruit talent efficiently, and reach diversity goals. Eightfold's patented deep learning artificial intelligence platform is available in more than 155 countries and 24 languages, enabling cutting-edge enterprises to transform their talent into a competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.eightfold.ai
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2022-09-14T13:59:08+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/09/14/global-workforce-intelligence-project-identifies-new-healthcare-operating-model-address-impending-nursing-gap-21-million-care-providers/
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Josh Naylor smashed a 405-foot home run off Yankees starter Gerrit Cole in the fourth inning and celebrated by “rocking the baby” as he circled the bases in Game 4 of the American League Division Series at Progressive Field.
It was Naylor’s first home run of the 2022 postseason and his second career postseason homer against Cole. Naylor hit a solo home run in the fourth inning of Game 1 of the 2020 wild card series off Cole. The blast cut New York’s lead to 3-2.
The @CLEGuardians are climbing back, they only trail by 1. #Postseason pic.twitter.com/NhnjfM3APH
— MLB (@MLB) October 17, 2022
As he circled the bases, Naylor made the “rocking the baby” gesture as he screamed toward Cleveland’s dugout. He also appeared to shout back toward the mound and Cole as he pounded on his chest. After crossing the plate, Naylor exhorted fans in the dugout suites before strolling back to the Guardians’ dugout and receiving a pat on the helmet from Andrés Giménez.
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2022-10-17T02:05:15+00:00
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cleveland.com
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https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2022/10/watch-josh-naylor-smash-a-405-foot-solo-home-run-and-rock-the-baby-in-front-of-gerrit-cole-video.html
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NEW YORK (AP) —
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways will end their partnership in the Northeast next week, after a judge ruled that the deal violates antitrust law.
JetBlue said Friday that it will end codesharing – the practice of selling seats on each other’s flights – and reciprocal frequent-flyer benefits on July 21.
Customers who already bought a ticket through the partnership will have until that date to add their frequent-flyer number to the booking to get points in their account, the airline said.
A federal judge in Boston ruled in May that the airlines must disband their agreement, called the Northeast Alliance. The Justice Department sued to kill the deal, which began in early 2021 and is focused on flights in New York and Boston, saying it would limit competition and hurt consumers by driving up prices.
American plans to appeal the ruling, but JetBlue announced last week that it would not appeal and would instead turn its focus to saving its proposed $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines. The Justice Department has also sued to block that deal, and a trial is scheduled for October.
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2023-07-14T16:04:17+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/american-airlines-and-jetblue-will-end-their-partnership-next-week-after-losing-antitrust-case/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
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(NEXSTAR) — Producer, radio host and TV personality Ryan Seacrest is planning to exit “Live With Kelly and Ryan” in the coming months, he announced on Thursday’s episode.
Seacrest, 48, has co-hosted the ABC morning show for just under six years, replacing Michael Strahan in 2017.
He will be succeeded by Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos.
“So Kelly and I have some news here,” Seacrest announced on Thursday’s show, explaining that he came to the “bittersweet” decision sometime last year.
“This is something that she and I have been talking about for a long time, and it was a tough, tough decision,” he said.
Seacrest will be leaving the show in the spring, at which point he will resume filming the live portion of “American Idol” in Los Angeles. On social media, Seacrest added that he also plans to focus on his KIIS-FM radio show.
He will also be returning to “Live” in a guest-hosting capacity, he said on Thursday’s episode.
“I’m going to miss my work wife and all the laughter we share,” Seacrest added on social media. “When I signed on to host Live in 2017 it was meant to be for 3 years, but I loved the job and working with Kelly so much that I extended my time and last year I made the decision to stay on for one more final season.”
He also congratulated Consuelos, telling him to “feel free to remodel my dressing room.”
Seacrest took over co-hosting duties on “Live” after former host Michael Strahan — who joined the show in 2010 after Regis Philbin’s departure — left for a hosting gig with “Good Morning America.”
Seacrest’s successor, Consuelos, has appeared as a guest host dozens of times over the last decade.
“I can’t wait to watch,” Seacrest said.
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2023-02-16T15:42:12+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/ryan-seacrest-announces-departure-from-live-with-kelly-and-ryan-new-co-host-already-confirmed/
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Loan origination software integration with document automation, machine learning makes commercial lending more efficient
DALLAS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Encapture, a high-growth SaaS platform that helps banks like Wells Fargo, Frost Bank, and Truist automatically extract important information from documents, today announces a partnership with Abrigo, the leader of compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for financial institutions.
Encapture and Abrigo both serve the commercial lending space, each dedicated to bringing efficiency and streamlining traditionally manual processes at financial institutions. Launched 20 years ago in Dallas, Texas, Encapture helps financial institutions save time and money by using machine learning to process large amounts of data. Abrigo aids banks and credit unions in everything from loan application to credit underwriting to loan administration on one platform.
The new partnership will provide users the ability to seamlessly sync Encapture's machine learning automation with Abrigo's loan origination platform, automating the spreading of all types of tax forms using machine learning and creating a more consistent and accurate process for inputs, providing higher confidence in the underwriting process.
The integration with Encapture will launch on the Abrigo platform on Sept. 16, 2022.
"By partnering with Encapture, we help the staff of banks and credit unions focus on spreading and ratio analysis instead of data collection and entry," said Abrigo President Jay Blandford. "Faster loan decisions mean happier lenders, analysts, and borrowers."
"We're delighted to partner with Abrigo to extend their intelligent automation capabilities," said Encapture CEO Will Robinson. "Current market conditions require lenders to move quickly and provide outstanding digital experiences for both their borrowers and employees."
Encapture is a machine learning platform that accelerates funding times, improves loan margins and reduces regulatory risk for banks, credit unions and fintech lenders. As an omnichannel solution, Encapture easily integrates into any banking or lending process to auto-verify incoming documents, auto-populate business systems with key data points, and auto-request additional documents that may be missing or incorrect. Visit www.encapture.com to learn more.
Abrigo enables U.S. financial institutions to support their communities through technology that fights financial crime, grows loans and deposits, and optimizes risk. Abrigo's platform centralizes the institution's data, creates a digital user experience, ensures compliance, and delivers efficiency for scale and profitable growth. Visit www.abrigo.com to learn more. Follow Abrigo on social media using @WeAreAbrigo.
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2022-09-14T19:05:46+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/09/14/encapture-abrigo-announce-partnership-help-financial-institutions-streamline-loan-origination/
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BOSTON (AP) — A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used by individuals, government agencies and companies in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to life and limb, national security and supply chains, cybersecurity researchers have found.
A report by the Boston cybersecurity firm BitSight says the flaws could let attackers remotely hijack device-equipped vehicles, cutting off fuel to them and otherwise seizing control while they travel.
The researchers say users should immediately disable the MV720 GPS tracker until a fix becomes available. The report was released Tuesday to coincide with an advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency listing five vulnerabilities.
BitSight said it tried unsuccessfully for months — beginning in September, with CISA joining it in late April — to engage the manufacturer, Shenzen-based MiCODUS, in discussion addressing the vulnerabilities. The Associated Press telephoned and emailed the company but got no response. A person who answered a phone number listed on its website was unable to respond in English.
CISA said in a statement that it was not aware of “any active exploitation” of the vulnerabilities.
GPS trackers are used globally to monitor vehicle fleets – from trucks to school buses to military vehicles — and protect them against theft. In addition to collecting data on vehicle location, they can also be monitor other metrics, such as driver behavior and fuel usage. Via remote access, many are wired to cut off a vehicle's fuel or alarm, lock or unlock its doors and more.
Using the MV720, which BitSight says costs less than $25 per unit, a malicious user could remotely cut off the fuel line of a vehicle in motion, know a vehicle’s real-time location for espionage purposes or intercept and taint location or other data to sabotage operations, said the principal BitSight researcher on the project, Pedro Umbelino.
He said multiple malicious scenarios are possible: First responders' vehicles could be crippled, or a hacker could shut off an engine and demand a cryptocurrency ransom of victims to avoid calling a mechanic.
The main vulnerabilities: The device comes with a default password that more than 90% of users don’t change, and there is second, obscure but hard-coded password that works for all devices, BitSight found. It also found security flaws in the software of the web server used to remotely manage the GPS devices.
The manufacturer, MiCODUS claims an installed base of 1.5 million devices across 420,000 customers, said BitSight. Its research found they included a Fortune 50 energy company and an aerospace company, a national military in South America and in eastern Europe, a nuclear power plant operator and a national law enforcement agency in western Europe. It did not name any of them. Countries with the most users included, by continent: Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Russia.
Richard Clarke, the former U.S. cybersecurity czar, called the insecure GPS device yet another example of a smart Chinese-made product “that is phoning home and could be used maliciously by the Chinese government.”
While Clarke said he doubted the tracker was designed for that purpose, the danger is real because Chinese companies are obliged by law to follow their government’s orders -- which is why Washington has been seeking to minimize Chinese components in U.S. telecoms networks and why some in Congress are pushing for a ban on U.S. government purchases of Chinese drones.
“You just wonder, how often are we going to find these things that are infrastructure -- where there’s a potential for Chinese abuse -- and the users don’t know?” said Clarke.
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2022-07-19T16:37:03+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Researchers-Chinese-made-GPS-tracker-highly-17314453.php
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President Biden will travel to Florida later this month to rally with Democrats, with leading Senate and gubernatorial races on the ballot there in November.
Biden will travel to Orlando on Sept. 27, the White House announced Friday. He will attend a Democratic National Committee rally while there, the latest instance of Biden addressing a gathering of Democrats ahead of the midterms.
It will mark Biden’s second trip to the state as president. He previously visited to tour the site of the Surfside Condo collapse.
Biden has held recent events in Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to boost Democrats, though not every member of the party on the ticket in November has opted to appear alongside him.
In Florida, where Biden lost in 2020 by nearly 400,000 votes in part due to an erosion of support among Hispanic voters, Democrats are hoping to win up and down the ticket.
Rep. Val Demings (D) is running against Sen. Marco Rubio (R), while former Rep. Charlie Crist (D), the onetime governor of the state, is running against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
Polls show Republicans ahead in both races, but Democrats believe that momentum from the Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, as well as DeSantis’s growing and controversial national profile, could help them pull an upset.
DeSantis made headlines in recent days by flying a group of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, which the White House decried as a “cruel” political stunt.
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2022-09-16T19:00:01+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/biden-to-rally-with-democrats-in-florida-this-month/
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Orex Minerals Inc. ("Orex") (TSXV: REX) (OTCQB: ORMNF) is pleased to announce that Tatiana Alva Jimenez, M.Sc. P.Geo. has joined the geological senior management team of Belcarra Group Management Ltd. as a Vice President Exploration, and in this role she will serve as a Technical Advisor to Orex. As well as geological sciences degrees from both Peru and Canada, she has 18 years international experience with companies and mining industry consulting firms.
Orex's President & CEO, Ben Whiting, P.Geo., states: "We welcome Tatiana Alva Jimenez to our team at the Belcarra Group. Her experience in Latin American exploration and mining projects will be a particularly valuable addition to our technical guidance for Orex."
Tatiana Alva Jimenez is a registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers & Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC) and is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) and Sociedad Geológica del Perú (SGP). She holds a Geology degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI), Lima, Peru and a Master of Science in Economic Geology from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Of direct application to Orex is Tatiana Alva Jimenez's experience in Mexico, she has worked on projects in the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Mesa Central, both regions where Orex currently has exploration projects.
Orex Minerals Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on precious and base metals exploration in Mexico and Canada. Orex has several current projects: Two projects are located in Durango State, Mexico, the Sandra Silver-Gold Project with Pan American Silver Corp. and the Coneto Gold-Silver Project with Fresnillo PLC. The third project is the Jumping Josephine Gold Project in British Columbia, Canada. Orex is managed by the experienced Belcarra Group Management Ltd. (the "Belcarra Group"), comprised of highly qualified mining professionals.
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2022-05-26T13:28:26+00:00
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mysuncoast.com
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https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/05/26/geologist-tatiana-alva-jimenez-joins-technical-advisor-orex/
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UPDATE: No injuries were reported at the structure fire in Banbury Place Sunday evening.
Fire crews found fire inside a chimney exhaust system near the American Phoenix business. They also found fire on the first floor manufacturing area and on the rooftop penthouse. All employees were accounted for with the help of the Eau Claire Police Department.
There are no damage estimates at this time, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - A fire at Banbury Place in downtown Eau Claire had most of Galloway Street closed to traffic Sunday evening.
A News 18 reporter on scene said at around 9 p.m., smoke was visible reaching the roof of building 63. They said multiple units were responding, and crews were using a ladder truck to reach the roof.
We don't know if anyone has been hurt, and we don't know the cause of the fire. Stick with News 18 for developments
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2023-03-20T14:18:24+00:00
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wqow.com
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https://www.wqow.com/news/top-stories/no-one-hurt-in-industrial-fire-at-banbury-place/article_9c58e60e-c6c4-11ed-9cc3-63d43ca0aa72.html
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A section of Interstate 70 was closed due to an investigation of a police shooting that left a person in critical condition, according to tweets from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.
All I-70 eastbound lanes at Airpark Road near Watkins were closed while the Adams County Critical Incident Response Team conducted its investigation of a shooting that occurred overnight. The lanes have since reopened.
Adams County Critical Incident Response Team is investigating an officer involved shooting in the area of I70 & Watkins. The investigation is preliminary and ongoing. All E/B lanes- I70/ Airpark Rd are closed. Please use alt. routes if you need to travel through this morning. pic.twitter.com/xRhbwU1znP
— Adams Sheriff's Page (@AdamsCoSheriff) May 24, 2022
According to a 5:21 a.m. update, a “suspect is in critical but stable condition at an area hospital.”
The suspect is in critical but stable condition at an area hospital. We ask that anyone needing to travel through the area to plan an alternate route.
— Adams Sheriff's Page (@AdamsCoSheriff) May 24, 2022
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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2022-05-25T02:00:20+00:00
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denverpost.com
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https://www.denverpost.com/2022/05/24/i-70-watkins-police-shooting-investigation/
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Flint homicide closes city block, suspect in custody
FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - A homicide suspect is in custody after a shooting in Flint killed one person, detectives said.
Flint police responded to the 3900 block of Blackington Avenue in Flint for a report of a shooting on Monday, Jan. 3 shortly before 4 p.m.
A TV5 crew at the scene reported the entire block was shut down as the detectives investigated the incident.
The preliminary investigation indicated a 31-year-old Flint man was shot outside of his residence, detectives said. The man was transported to a local hospital for treatment, but succumbed to his injuries.
A 30-year-old Flint man was quickly developed as a suspect and was taken into custody after a short police chase through Mt. Morris Township and Flint Township, detectives said.
The suspect was lodged at the Genesee County Jail.
Detectives ask anyone with information about this homicide to contact Flint Major Case Unit D/Tpr. Benjamin Murphy at 810-730-2535.
To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-JAIL, P3TIPS mobile app, or CrimeStoppersofFlint.com.
This is an open, ongoing investigation.
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2023-01-03T20:31:45+00:00
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wnem.com
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https://www.wnem.com/2023/01/03/flint-homicide-closes-city-block-suspect-custody/
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Tyler woman indicted for manslaughter in 2022 crash that killed two
Posted/updated on: June 1, 2023 at 9:25 amTYLER — A Tyler woman was arrested on Tuesday after being indicted on two charges of manslaughter. According to our news partner KETK, Chasity Head, 33, is accused of “failing to yield the right of way at a stop sign” after ingesting marijuana on July 5, 2022. Documents said the wreck caused the deaths of her unsecured passengers, Aiden Rice and Kyleigh Head. Chasity Head was indicted for manslaughter on April 27. Her bond has been set at a total of $500,000.
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2023-06-01T16:09:24+00:00
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ktbb.com
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https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1231654
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A man was injured and two homes were hit during a shooting on Monday morning on the South Side, according to San Antonio police.
The shooting was reported just before 4:30 a.m. in the 100 block of W. Hart Avenue, near South Flores Street and Division Avenue.
According to SAPD, a man in his 50s was shot in his left arm. He was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center and his injuries were not expected to be life-threatening.
Details about the shooting are limited, but officers are investigating the incident as a possible drive-by. Two homes were hit in the shooting.
Police are now speaking with families inside those homes. No information on the shooter was released.
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2023-05-29T11:59:14+00:00
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ksat.com
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https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/05/29/man-taken-to-hospital-after-shooting-on-south-side-police-say/
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MOSCOW, Idaho -- The Idaho house where four college students were murdered in November will be demolished as a "healing step," the University of Idaho said in a statement Friday.
Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20 -- were each stabbed multiple times in the early morning hours of November 13 at the off-campus house in the small college town of Moscow.
The house, which is located near the university campus, was given to the school by the owner, the statement said.
The bloody crime scene left in the aftermath of the killings helped authorities navigate their hunt to find the suspect, court documents unsealed last month revealed, CNN reported.
The residence "contained a significant amount of blood from the victims including spatter and castoff (blood stain pattern resulting from blood drops released from an object due to its motion)," according to a probable cause document.
It's demolition "removes the physical structure where the crime that shook our community was committed" and "removes efforts to further sensationalize the crime scene," the university said Friday.
It took investigators nearly two months to arrest and publicly name Bryan Kohberger, 28, as a suspect. Kohberger was a graduate student at Washington State University's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and lived in Pullman, Washington, at the time of his arrest. He now faces four counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings.
Jodi Walker, a spokeswoman for the school said the university "hopes to demolish the house this semester."
The university further revealed that planning is underway to create a memorial garden on campus for the slain students as a place of "remembrance" and "healing." Designs for the garden will be contributed by the students.
Meantime, scholarships have been established in the names of three of the four students and work is underway to finalize the fourth scholarship, according to the university.
Kohberger is scheduled to have a preliminary court hearing in June where a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial.
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2023-02-24T20:34:52+00:00
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abc30.com
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https://abc30.com/latest-update-on-idaho-murders-1122-kind-rd-moscow-king-murder-house/12872862/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ke Huy Quan is trying hard not to cry.
He's been crying a lot lately. Quan tends to get emotional any time he contemplates his sudden reversal of fate. Every since “Everything Everywhere All at Once” opened in theaters earlier this year, 51-year-old Quan — who a lifetime ago was the iconic child star of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” as Short Round, and Data in “Goonies" — has been, he says, “overwhelmed by emotions every day.”
“I didn’t think this day would come. It was a day I wanted for so long, for decades. And it’s finally here," says Quan. "When you have a dream and you kind of bury it because you think it won’t come true, to see it finally come true is incredible.”
“I cry a lot,” he says.
Quan was once one of the most indelible faces — and voices — of the 1980s. He was 12 when he was cast as Harrison Ford's Yankee-hat-wearing sidekick in "Temple of Doom." His younger brother, David, auditioned, but Ke caught Spielberg's eye. Quan starred in 1985's “Goonies,” too, but found few roles after that. By the time Quan was in his 20s, he had all but disappeared from the screen. Struggling to find a foothold at a time when roles were scarce for Asian American actors, the Vietnamese-born Quan passed into “Where are they now?” territory.
Quan gave up acting. He went back to school to study film at the University of Southern California and transitioned into working behind the camera. Twenty years passed before he acted again. But when Quan was 49, he decided to give it one last go. Two weeks later, he landed his role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once."
Now, Quan is not just a working actor again, with a string of upcoming roles, he's being celebrated for one of the best performances of the year. He plays Waymond, the meek husband who transforms in the film's spiraling multiverses into a fanny-pack-slinging hero and a debonair “In the Mood for Love”-style bachelor. Decades may have passed, but Quan's sweetly sincere screen presence still shines.
The 51-year-old actor has already picked up awards from the Gotham Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle and has been nominated for a Spirit Award. After spending much of his adult life as an actor just looking for a second chance, Quan may be the favorite to win an Academy Award, for best supporting actor.
“For the longest time, all I wanted was just a job," Quan says. "Just an opportunity to act, to show people what I can do. This movie, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ has given me so much beyond anything I could have ever asked for.”
While speaking by Zoom during his day off shooting Anthony and Joe Russo's “Electric State” in Atlanta," Quan's wife was nearby off-camera urging him: “Don't cry! Don't cry!” Quan tried. But as he reflected on his full-circle journey, he often found it difficult.
“There are so many people out there who doubt themselves, who have dreams they’ve given up or didn’t think would ever come true,” Quan said, his voice cracking. "To those people, I hope my story inspires them.”
Remarks have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
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AP: Since the release of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” what's this year been like for you?
QUAN: I’m cloud not nine but 18. Before it came out, I was really nervous. When I got back into acting, I didn’t tell my family. I kept it a secret from everybody. I didn’t know whether anyone would want me. I didn’t even know if I could get a job. And even after we finished the movie, I didn’t know if I was any good. That’s why I kept it away from my family because I’m thinking: “If I get fired during production, they won’t know about it.” Or, “If I suck or the movie sucks, they won’t know about it.” I told them right before our trailer came out. The day before I called my family and said, “I’ve got a little surprise for you.” I said, “I’m an actor again.” When the movie came out, they saw it and they called me. They had zero information about my role. They said, “Ke, you’re in this movie a lot!”
AP: Given your personal history, do you connect especially with the movie's exploration of alternate realities and lives not lived?
QUAN: For the longest time, the characters I went up for didn’t have a character name, they only lasted a page or two. I thought this role was written for me. I remember reading it until 5 a.m., sitting on the sofa, imagining all the things I wanted to put into this character and the three versions of this character. I was looking out the window and I saw the sun rise. I felt like I have enough life experience now that I can do this. Right before I went to bed, reality set in. The imagination was done. I’m thinking: “There’s no way I get this role, especially having not acted in more than 20 years.” It’s impossible! How can anybody think that your first movie back, that I would have this movie as my comeback movie? At that time, I think winning the lottery would have been much easier.
When I got that wonderful phone call and heard the three words that every actor is so eager to hear, which is “We want you,” I was so happy I can’t even describe my feelings at that time. Honestly, I don’t think I could have played this character had it been offered to me 10 years ago. Everything had to happen the way it did. It’s fate.
AP: You were spectacular as a child actor. Did you ever feel it was unjust that you didn't get more chances after that?
QUAN: In my late teens and my early twenties, when it was extremely difficult for me to get a job, I never blamed anybody. I thought I was not good enough. I thought I was not tall enough. I thought I was not good looking enough. I thought perhaps my acting wasn’t good enough, and that’s why I wasn’t landing these roles. And I was really young. I blamed myself. For the longest time, I wished I was better. Hollywood writers were just not writing roles for Asian actors. I didn’t think like that. I would always fantasize: “What would it be like for me to be in that role?” But of course, it never happened. Hollywood didn’t write roles like that for Asian actors. I didn’t know it then, so I just blamed myself.
AP: When you quit acting, had you made your peace with it? Or did you hold out some hope of returning some day?
QUAN: I struggle with that decision for at least two years. You know, the last audition that I did was for a role with no name, two lines. I walk in the room and there were 30 other Asian actors fighting for this tiny bread crumb. When I didn’t even get that, I didn’t see a future for myself anymore as an actor. I felt like time was just slipping away. I spent so much time waiting by the phone, hoping it would ring, hoping my agent would call me, hoping that one day I would get another role like Data or Short Round.
That was when I decided to enroll in USC film school. When I stepped away, I thought I stepped away for good. For the longest time, I believed that I didn’t like acting anymore, until I started seeing my fellow Asian actors succeeding. I go: “Wow, time has changed. We are getting not just very stereotypical roles but meaningful roles, meaty roles.” It wasn’t until then that that acting bug, which I buried very, very deep, started crawling back to the surface, to the point that I could not deny that urge to get back anymore. You understand, I’m not in my 20s. I’m not in my 30s anymore. I was 49 when I made that decision. It scared me. But the idea of having regret of not giving voice to that dream scared me even more.
AP: All through those years, you've said Spielberg has sent you an annual holiday gift. What does he send you?
QUAN: It’s always a wonderful present with a card. Every single year for the last 38 years. Every year will be different. I always look forward to that one special gift that I get from Steven. It always warms my heart that he still remembers me, that he still thinks about me when the holiday comes around. I’m always grateful to that man. Not only did he teach me so much, but he changed my life in the most wonderful way. I guess the reason why I love acting so much has a lot do with him. My first experience as an actor was on his set. I have such fond memories of that experience. That’s the reason I fell in love with acting.
AP: Have you seen him since “Everything Everywhere All at Once” came out?
QUAN: I saw Steven over Zoom during the pandemic. We did a couple of “Goonies” reunions, so that was really sweet. But ever since our movie came out, I have not seen or spoken to him. So I want to see him in person and ask him what he thinks about our movie and my performance. I hope I make him proud.
AP: You have, though, reunited with Harrison Ford. The photo taken at the D23 event probably warmed the hearts of millions.
QUAN: I also reunited with Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy at the same event I saw Harrison. We all kind of had a mini-reunion. I even joked with Kathy and Frank, knowing that I’m not in “Indy 5” -- they’ve already made it -- I said: “Oh my gosh, it would have been so much better if Short Round was in it.” Kathy was so sweet. Kathy said, “Ke, this is so much better. What you have now is so much better.”
AP: How did you experience the response to the photo with Ford?
QUAN: I remember that day very well. It’s been 38 years. After I went out and we chatted for a little bit, we took three pictures. The first one, it was just me putting my arms around him and him putting his arm over my shoulder. In that moment, I felt so comfortable. I could not help myself but to wrap my arms around him – this man that I love dearly. Ever since it came out, the response to fans from all over the world, how they see that picture and it brings tears to their eyes – it brought tears to my eyes. I was emotional when I hugged him. And to see him smile the way he did! It was just one of those very special moments in life you don’t get very often. I will remember it as long as I live.
AP: What would an Oscar nomination mean to you?
QUAN: When I was auditioning for this movie, I prayed to get this role. I made a wish and it came true. I had my birthday in August and every year for the longest time, for as long as I live, every single year I’ve made a wish. This year I didn’t. I didn’t want to be greedy. I’ve already had everything I ever wanted as an actor with this amazing movie. Whatever happens, my dream has already come true. God, Buddha has already answered my prayer. Everything else is icing on the cake.
AP: Are you still recognized often on the street? Has this film changed how people approach you?
QUAN: Over the years, it was once every while. People recognize me, especially my voice. The question that I always get asked is: “Are you the kid from ‘Indiana Jones?'” Or, “Are you the kid from ‘Goonies?'” I’m so lucky to have been a part of those two wonderful movies. But for the longest time, I always wished that I would do something as an adult where people would recognize me. I’ve done Comic-Cons where I’ve signed autographs and pictures, but I was just a kid. Now I have that. When I go out, people say, “Wow, you’re Waymond from 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.’”
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2022-12-08T22:39:41+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/It-s-fate-40-years-later-Ke-Huy-Quan-is-a-17640891.php
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NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WindRose Health Investors, LLC ("WindRose"), the New York-based healthcare private equity firm, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Bank's Apothecary ("Bank's"). Bank's, through a merger with Terrapin Pharmacy and Ganse Apothecary, significantly expands the footprint of WindRose's behavioral health pharmacy platform. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
With the addition of Bank's, the combined company now serves over 22,000 patients across 23 states through seven closed-door pharmacies. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, the platform provides value-added distribution services and medication adherence services primarily to patients suffering from severe and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders and intellectual and developmental disabilities. WindRose recapitalized Terrapin Pharmacy in December 2021 and Ganse Apothecary in June 2022.
In conjunction with the acquisition of Bank's, WindRose announced Eric Elliott as the Chief Executive Officer of the combined company. He formally joined the platform as its CEO on November 1. Mr. Elliott currently serves as Lead Independent Director of WellDyne and previously as Chairman of Voluntis S.A. through its sale to AptarGroup Inc. in late 2021. He also served in various senior leadership roles at CIGNA, Aetna and Prime Therapeutics, where he was the President and CEO.
"On behalf of the Board, I am thrilled to welcome Eric to the team," said Mark Peterson, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "Eric's stellar track record paired with his passion for providing high quality care to patients makes him uniquely qualified to lead the continued expansion of the platform."
"I am excited to lead this organization of talented professionals dedicated to providing exceptional pharmacy services to a complex patient population," said Mr. Elliott. "The combination of Terrapin, Ganse and Bank's creates a differentiated player in the behavioral health pharmacy space and a strong platform on which to build. It will be rewarding to further the growth and, most importantly, reach more patients with services that can make a huge difference in their lives."
"Eric is a tremendous leader and experienced CEO with deep expertise across the pharmacy landscape," said CJ Burnes, Partner at WindRose. "The Company's growth has been exceptional over the last year and Eric's unique combination of industry, operational and commercial leadership experience will help continue the Company's tremendous growth story. We are fortunate to partner with Eric for the Company's next phase of growth."
Westcove Partners acted as financial advisor to Bank's. Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisor to WindRose, and Epstein Becker & Green acted as legal advisor to Bank's.
About Bank's Apothecary
Banks Apothecary is an independent accredited specialty pharmacy serving patients in 23 states. Based in Trevose, Pennsylvania, the company provides value-added pharmacy services primarily to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness and substance use disorders. Bank's high-touch model has provided high quality care to patients for over four decades.
For more information, please visit www.banksapothecary.com.
About Terrapin Pharmacy
Terrapin Pharmacy is a long-term care and specialty pharmacy that primarily serves individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and intellectual or developmental disabilities. Terrapin operates six pharmacies in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving patients through high-touch distribution relationships with community-based behavioral health agencies and long-term care facilities, enabling improved medication adherence and care management for complex and costly patient populations.
For more information, please visit www.terrapinpharmacy.com.
About WindRose
WindRose Health Investors, LLC ("WindRose") makes equity investments in companies that operate within the services sectors of the healthcare industry. The firm focuses on companies with profitable business models and a demonstrated ability to deliver cost-effective solutions. WindRose is based in New York City and invests in companies throughout the United States.
For more information, please email WindRose at info@windrose.com
Contact:
Christy Rosado, Terrapin Pharmacy
412-804-8021
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2022-11-03T13:01:29+00:00
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wlox.com
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https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/11/03/windrose-health-investors-adds-banks-apothecary-behavioral-health-pharmacy-platform-announces-eric-elliott-chief-executive-officer/
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WASHINGTON, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 27, to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
The rehearsal is the final test needed before launch and calls for NASA to test the system including operations to load propellant into the rocket's tanks, conduct a full launch countdown, demonstrate the ability to recycle the countdown clock, and also drain the tanks to give them an opportunity to practice the timelines and procedures they will use for launch.
The teleconference will stream live on the agency's website.
Participants include:
- Tom Whitmeyer, deputy associate administrator for common exploration systems development, NASA Headquarters
- Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, Exploration Ground Systems Program, NASA's Kennedy Space Center
- John Blevins, chief engineer, Space Launch System Program, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than two hours prior to the start of the event for call details at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Engineers successfully completed work on items identified during the previous wet dress rehearsal tests including replacing and testing an upper stage check valve and fixing a small leak within the tail service mast umbilical ground plate housing. Teams also completed some tasks originally scheduled to take place in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) after wet dress rehearsal.
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send the first astronauts to Mars.
For updates, follow along on NASA's Artemis blog at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis
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2022-05-26T16:08:45+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/05/26/nasa-discuss-status-final-test-needed-artemis-i-moon-mission/
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How to Watch the Avalanche vs. Kraken Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs First Round Game 5
Published: Apr. 25, 2023 at 10:12 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Game 5 of the NHL Playoffs First Round on Wednesday, April 26 showcases the Colorado Avalanche hosting the Seattle Kraken at Ball Arena at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN, SportsNet, SN360, ALT, ROOT Sports NW, and TVAS. The series is tied up 2-2.
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Tune in on ESPN, SportsNet, SN360, ALT, ROOT Sports NW, and TVAS as the Avalanche look to take down the Kraken.
Avalanche Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SportsNet, SN360, ALT, ROOT Sports NW, and TVAS
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Where: Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado
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Avalanche vs. Kraken Head-to-Head
Avalanche Stats & Trends
- The Avalanche have conceded 223 total goals (2.7 per game), ranking ninth in league play for the fewest goals against.
- The Avalanche's 274 total goals (3.3 per game) rank 10th in the league.
- In their past 10 games, the Avalanche are 7-1-2 to earn 75.0% of the possible points.
- Over on the defensive end, the Avalanche have allowed 28 goals (2.8 per game) over those 10 matchups.
- They are scoring at a 3.6 goals-per-game average (36 total) over that span.
Avalanche Key Players
Kraken Stats & Trends
- The Kraken have given up 252 total goals this season (3.1 per game), 14th in the league.
- The Kraken's 289 goals on the season (3.5 per game) rank them fourth in the league.
- Over the last 10 contests, the Kraken have claimed 80.0% of the possible points with a 6-4-0 record.
- Defensively, the Kraken have given up 25 goals (2.5 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- They have put up 34 goals during that span.
Kraken Key Players
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2023-04-26T03:40:25+00:00
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wnem.com
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https://www.wnem.com/sports/betting/2023/04/26/avalanche-kraken-nhl-nhl-playoffs-first-round-game-5-live-stream-tv/
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WASHINGTON, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Join us for the Inaugural 2022 Women's Forest Congress (WFC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 17-20—registration opens today. Hear diverse perspectives and benefit from our collective expertise as we come together to develop strategies and solutions to address the most pressing current and future challenges for forests. The WFC is a leading voice for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the forest community. Join us and make your voice heard on issues that are important to you and your organization.
Critical themes we are addressing at the Congress include leadership for equity and inclusion; workforce opportunities for increasing recruitment, retention, and leadership; women as catalysts for change; addressing today's greatest forest challenges; and supporting each other.
"We expect to attract up to 1,000 people, in-person and virtually, across North America's forest community. This unmatched networking opportunity will ensure the Inaugural 2022 Women's Forest Congress is a success that includes engagement leading up to and following the event as well as a chance to join the extraordinary community forming around the movement," said Asia Dowtin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urban and Community Forestry at Michigan State University, and a founding member of the WFC Steering Committee.
Sponsorships and donations will directly support hosting the Congress. As women continue to make their mark in the forest sector, we see this Congress playing a pivotal role in our shared journey to bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion to the forest community. Your organization's support will also help WFC with ongoing communications, virtual events leading up to the Congress, and the volunteer-led Steering Committee, Advisory Council, and Working Groups. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities.
WFC is accepting nominations for the role of Delegate at the Congress. We are seeking up to 10 individuals for each of the five Congress themes to represent a broad cross-section of the WFC community and wider forest community, as well as up to five individuals to address the future of the WFC as a movement and organization. The final deliverable from the Delegates' work will be the WFC Resolutions presented for endorsement at the Congress in October.
We encourage you to nominate yourself or another individual you feel can bring specialized expertise, wisdom, and thought leadership to facilitate the next steps to achieve short and long-term goals. Learn more about nominating a delegate.
Register today! The Congress is open to all who are aligned in creating safe spaces to connect, inspire, and act as catalysts for change for the benefit of forests and all who rely on them now and in the future. People who are committed to creating community and cultivating change are welcome: women and allies of all ages, perspectives, cultural backgrounds, professional levels, abilities, and education, as well as trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming participants. We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis on Oct. 17-20.
The Women's Forest Congress is a forum to develop strategies and solutions for forests through a female lens. Women throughout the forest space have come together to share personal and professional experiences, connect with other women in the sector, shape the latest innovations, and consider how actions informed by the female perspective can make a profound impact on the future of forests. We envision a forest community where there is universal equity, inclusion, and a shared sense of belonging. All voices are heard, supported, and empowered. The influence and impact of all are manifest in our relationships with forests. Learn more about the Women's Forest Congress.
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2022-07-06T18:22:51+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/07/06/join-us-inaugural-womens-forest-congress-registration-opens-today/
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Just like that, we are down to the final four of Biden Madness 2.0!
Our first two contenders to compete for the finals was between the unfortunate “Where’s Jackie” and “You Ain’t Black.” It was a close one, but the returning runner-up champ “You Ain’t Black” will once again compete for a chance to be named the ultimate Biden-ism!
Today’s game is a real Sophie’s Choice…
SEED #8. Happy Birthday
Reminder: Biden leading a ‘happy birthday’ song dedicated to MLK’s III wife, on MLK day…but forgetting her name mid-song.
VS
#4 SEED: America, in a Single Word.
Reminder: Biden beautifully describing America in a single word, or several gibberish words.
Listen to both and vote now on Twitter!
Tune in every weekday, around 4:48ish to hear which clip is moving onto THE FINALS!
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2023-03-22T04:48:27+00:00
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wibc.com
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https://wibc.com/147980/biden-madness-final-four/
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INDIANAPOLIS – Graham Rahal will race in the Indianapolis 500 after all.
Rahal, who was bumped from the field during qualifications, will fill in for Stefan Wilson, who was injured in a crash during Monday’s practice.
Rahal will start from the 33rd position in a car fielded by Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and Cusick Motorsports.
Team owners said Wilson was “pretty crushed emotionally” after suffering a fracture of the 12th thoracic vertebrae and learning he would be unable to race. He’d qualified in 25th position, placing him in Row 9.
Rahal was honored to field the call about being the replacement driver, although he admitted there were some logistical challenges. A longtime Honda driver, Rahal will take the wheel of a Chevy. Both manufacturers had to sign off on the deal, as did Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
“This is certainly Stef’s ride, it’s his seat, and he’s done a great job to get it to the point that it is,” Rahal said. “I certainly feel for Stef. I know how much he puts into this year in and year out.”
Rahal was formerly a teammate of Stefan Wilson’s brother, Justin Wilson, who died in a crash in 2015. The Wilson family has had a “strong impact” on him, Rahal said.
“He was just a tremendous, tremendous guy,” Rahal said of Justin. “In this circumstance… it felt right.”
Rahal knows there’s a lot of work ahead, telling reporters he thought the next few days would be filled with “lots of golf” after missing out during qualifications.
“I’ve felt every emotion in the last couple of days. But as I’ve always said, and (DRR owner Dennis Reinbold) knows this well, that’s Indy. It can put you through a vicious cycle and you never know what’s going to happen, how it’s going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to end up in five or six days’ time.”
He has a few days to settle in and get to know the car and team ahead of Sunday’s race. He’ll essentially have Carb Day practice to shake things down.
“I feel terribly for Stef,” Rahal said. “It was an honor for me to get the call.”
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2023-05-24T15:43:36+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/big-race-indy-shared-sports/graham-rahal-to-replace-injured-stefan-wilson-for-2023-indy-500/
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WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The man tasked with prosecuting the case of a former post office worker accused of sex crimes against three child victims over the course of 18 years had strong words following his sentencing.
On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, Daniel James Green, 63, of Wichita Falls, was sentenced to life in prison by a jury of seven women and five men after he pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony offense of sexual performance by a child.
Dobie Kosub, Wichita County’s First Assistant District Attorney, spoke with Digital Reporter Josh Hoggard after the punishment trial for Green, and he didn’t hold back regarding Green.
“He was a creep,” Kosub said. “He exuded a strangeness. He was jovial, mild-mannered, and yet, there was a sense of darkness to him.”
“He even drove a white van from place to place,” Kosub added.
But Kosub said it wasn’t just Green’s demeanor that rubbed the lead prosecutor the wrong way. He said it was how Green worked his way into the lives of his three victims between the years of 2004 and 2022.
“He took people in. He cajoled them. He duped them. He manipulated them,” Kosub said. “Not just his victims, but the parents of his victims, the people around him.”
Green’s most recent victim, who was 13 at the time, said her family knew Green from her church. Kosub said it was her story going public that ultimately made two other victims come forward. They alleged that Green, their Sunday School teacher at the time, had done similar things to them nearly two decades before.
During Green’s short trial, Kosub said something that didn’t happen in the courtroom continues to bother him.
“He didn’t say he was sorry,” Kosub said. “He did not apologize to the victims, who were in the courtroom. All he talked about was the impact it had on his life, how he had gone into debt trying to woo them. It made me sick.”
Kosub said he was exhausted after the jury returned their decision, but not because of how long the trial lasted.
“It was a very, very, very concentrated, compacted trial,” Kosub said. “And, it has worn me out listening to the struggles of those three different victims.”
The brevity of Green’s trial was due in large part to the work of the Wichita Falls Police Department, Kosub said. That’s what ultimately lead to Green pleading guilty to the charge he was on trial for.
“They gave him no other option. He confessed to the police, so we had his confession,” Kosub said. “So his best path forward was pleading guilty.”
Kosub said all three of Green’s victims took the stand against him over the course of the trial. He said in a way, they regained their power by doing so.
“Those girls that came and testified are heroes,” Kosub said. “Their strength came through. You couple that with the hard work by the Wichita Falls Police Department, it made the jury’s job very, very simple.”
The jury of Green’s peers took just over half an hour to decide on the maximum sentence for Green, who is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars. He will be eligible for parole after 30 years of his sentence is served, at which point, he will be 93 years old.
Green’s sentence secures yet another conviction for the Wichita County District Attorney’s Office, but Kosub said he’s not keeping track of the numbers.
“I don’t put notches on my belt,” Kosub said. “All I hope for is that those victims receive some amount of justice. I cannot undo what these people do to them, but I want to give them something, someplace to start for some healing.”
Kosub said he’s blessed to do the job he does, and he’s thankful for Wichita County District Attorney John Gillespie trusting him with the task.
Ultimately, Kosub said it’s his desire to see the victims of unthinkable crimes given a voice and to ensure that the children living in Wichita County can feel secure in the place they call home.
“It’s not about me,” Kosub said. “It’s about them and it’s about this community that’s willing to stand up and try to take back what those monsters steal from those precious children.”
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2023-07-13T05:19:23+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/dobie-kosub-reaction-daniel-green-life-sentence/
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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Police are warning of a recent trend that has thieves targeting specific car models in the Miami Valley.
Dayton police said on Twitter that they’ve seen a significant increase in vehicle thefts recently. Thieves are stealing Hyundai and Kia vehicles that are 2015 or newer that have physical keys.
Thefts of these specific vehicles have been popularized by a technique posted on social media, with the cars being targeted due to a design flaw.
DPD suggested the following tips to protect yourself from theft:
- Lock doors and take your keys
- Don’t leave a spare key in the vehicle
- Close windows and park in well-lit areas
- Install an alarm system and anti-theft device
- Install a vehicle immobilizer system and/or tracking system
Columbus has also seen a surge in Kia and Hyundai thefts, with police saying that the suspects are often teens who post the thefts on social media.
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2022-08-08T23:08:27+00:00
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wdtn.com
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https://www.wdtn.com/news/crime/dayton-sees-increase-in-kia-hyundai-thefts-amid-social-media-trend/
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Regen BioPharma, Inc. invites individual and institutional investors as well as advisors and analysts to attend its real-time, interactive presentation at the Emerging Growth Conference.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Regen BioPharma, Inc. (OTC PINK: RGBP) and (OTC PINK: RGBPP), a biotechnology company advancing a diverse pre-clinical pipeline spanning cell therapies, RNA vaccines, RNA and DNA therapeutics and small molecule drugs will be presenting at the Emerging Growth Conference on January 11, 2023 (https://emerginggrowth.com/conference/).
This live, interactive online event will give existing shareholders and the investment community the opportunity to interact with the Company's CEO, Dr. David Koos, in real time. Please ask your questions during the event and Dr. Koos and his team will do their best to address as many of them as possible.
"We plan to use this time to update our shareholders on our goals for 2023 and answer shareholder questions," says Dr. David Koos, CEO and Chairman of the Company.
Regen BioPharma, Inc. will be presenting from 2:55 - 3:05 Eastern time zone on Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Please register here to ensure you are able to attend the conference and receive any updates that are released https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1575091&tp_key=4acb9c592c&sti=rgbp.
If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, a link will be shared on Regen's twitter account (https://twitter.com/TheRegenBio) of the archived webcast from the Emerging Growth Conference.
About the Emerging Growth Conference
The Emerging Growth conference is an effective way for public companies to present and communicate their new products, services and other major announcements to the investment community from the convenience of their office, in a time efficient manner.
The Conference focus and coverage includes companies in a wide range of growth sectors, with strong management teams, innovative products & services, focused strategy, execution, and the overall potential for long term growth. Its audience includes potentially tens of thousands of individual and institutional investors, as well as investment advisors and analysts.
About Regen BioPharma Inc.:
Regen BioPharma, Inc. is a publicly traded biotechnology company (PINK: RGBP) and (PINK: RGBPP). The Company is focused on the immunology and immunotherapy space. The Company is focused on rapidly advancing novel technologies through pre-clinical and Phase I/ II clinical trials. Currently, the Company is focused on mRNA and small molecule therapies for treating cancer and autoimmune disorders. Additional information on Regen BioPharma is available at http://www.regenbiopharmainc.com.
Disclaimer: This news announcement may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties to which forward looking statements are subject include, but are not limited to, the effect of government regulation, competition and other material risks.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Regen BioPharma Inc.
David R. Koos, Ph.D.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
+1-619-722-5505 Phone
+1-619-330-2328 Fax
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2023-01-09T18:15:27+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2023/01/09/regen-biopharma-inc-address-2023-goals-company-direction-emerging-growth-conference-january-11-2023/
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court ruled Wednesday to transfer a university rector from jail to house arrest in an embezzlement case that has been seen by some observers as part of authorities’ efforts to target members of the country’s liberal elite.
Sergei Zuyev, the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, has been behind bars since November. The school is one of Russia’s leading non-state universities.
Zuyev’s lawyers had long pushed for his release, citing his poor health. He initially denied the embezzlement allegations.
An investigator vouched for the move to house arrest, saying during a Wednesday hearing at Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court that Zuyev had cooperated and compensated for the damage he was accused of causing.
The investigator said Zuyev pleaded guilty to the embezzlement charges, but Zuyev’s lawyer told the Interfax news agency that he didn’t plead guilty to embezzling any money himself. Lawyer Dmitry Kravchenko said Zuyev gave testimony helping investigation and paid more than 15 million rubles (about $250,000) in damages, according to Interfax.
Some observers saw Zuyev’s case as part of the purges targeting the country’s liberal elite and muzzling independent voices amid Russia’s military action in Ukraine.
Another prominent academic, Vladimir Mau, the rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, was put under house arrest in June on embezzlement charges that stemmed from the investigation of Zuyev.
The probe also involved Marina Rakova, a former deputy education minister who worked alongside Mau. Investigators asked the Moscow court on Wednesday to free Mau from house arrest on his own recognizance.
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2022-08-03T16:42:25+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/rector-of-top-moscow-university-put-under-house-arrest/
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FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas Oklahoma Gas (AOG) has partnered with Goats on the Go to reduce methane emissions, according to a press release.
Goats will be used to clear weeds and brush from areas for AOG. This method of clearing is called “targeted grazing” and ensures the goats do not clear out other vegetation. Targeted grazing controls vegetation without erosion, chemicals or burning of fossil fuels, according to the press release.
The goats will stay contained in temporary electric fencing that is solar-charged. The goats are not aggressive toward people.
“They provide natural fertilizer and make an overall positive environmental impact, sustain things naturally, and the goats love their work. It’s a win-win for everyone,” said Andrew Goldsmith of Goats on the Go.
Goats on the Go serves the Fort Smith area, including Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Scott, western Logan County, and eastern Sequoyah and Leflore County in Oklahoma, according to the release. The partnership with AOG is part of the company’s commitment to a sustainable energy future.
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2022-07-01T22:30:34+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/news/arkansas-company-reducing-emissions-with-goats/
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Biden administration releases new cybersecurity strategy
The U.S. government plans to expand minimum cybersecurity requirements for critical sectors and to be faster and more aggressive in preventing cyberattacks before they can occur, including by using military, law enforcement and diplomatic tools, according to a Biden administration strategy document released Thursday.
The Democratic administration also intends to work with Congress on legislation that would impose legal liability on software makers whose products fail to meet basic cybersecurity safeguards, officials said.
The strategy largely codifies work that has already been underway during the last two years over a spate of high-profile ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure. An attack on a major fuel pipeline that caused panic at the pump and resulted in an East Coast fuel shortage as well as other attacks focused fresh attention on cybersecurity. But officials hope the new strategy lays the groundwork for countering an increasingly challenging cyber environment.
“This strategy will position the United States and its allies and partners to build that digital ecosystem together, making it more easily and inherently defensible, resilient, and aligned with our values,” the document states.
President Joe Biden's administration has already taken steps to impose cybersecurity regulations on certain critical industry sectors, such as electric utilities and nuclear facilities, and the strategy calls for minimum requirements to be expanded to other vital sectors.
Anne Neuberger, the administration's deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, said on a conference call with reporters that it was “critical that the American people have confidence in the availability and resiliency of our critical infrastructure and the essential services it provides.”
The administration also wants to shift legal liability onto software makers that fail to take basic precautions to produce secure technology, saying companies should be held accountable rather than end users.
In a statement accompanying the document, Biden says his administration is taking on the “systemic challenge that too much of the responsibility for cybersecurity has fallen on individual users and small organizations.”
“By working in partnership with industry; civil society; and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, we will rebalance the responsibility for cybersecurity to be more effective and equitable,” Biden says.
The strategy document calls for more aggressive efforts to thwart cyberattacks before they can occur by drawing on a range of military, law enforcement and diplomatic tools as well as help from a private sector that “has growing visibility into the adversary sector.” Such offensive operations, the document says, need to take place with “greater speed, scale, and frequency.”
“Our goal is to make malicious actors incapable of mounting sustained cyber-enabled campaigns that would threaten the national security or public safety of the United States,” the strategy document says.
Under the strategy, ransomware attacks — in which hackers lock up a victim's data and demand large fees to return it — are being classified as a threat to national security rather than a criminal challenge, meaning that the government will continue using tools beyond arrests and indictments to combat the problem.
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2023-03-02T15:42:43+00:00
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kcci.com
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https://www.kcci.com/article/biden-administration-releases-new-cybersecurity-strategy/43155551
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HONOLULU (AP) — The casket bearing the 96-year-old heiress long considered the last Hawaiian princess went on public display Sunday in the downtown Honolulu palace that benefited from her wealth.
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa’s casket, handcrafted from a 165-year-old koa tree that fell during a 2021 storm on the Big Island, arrived at ʻIolani Palace in a hearse. It was greeted by a traditional Hawaiian wailing and a chanting of her lineage before being carried by members of a law enforcement honor guard up the palace’s front stairs and into the throne room.
Family spokesperson Caroline Witherspoon called the procession “extremely emotional,” saying, “The wailing — it was just beautiful. It just caused a visceral reaction for me. I started to cry.”
The palace is America’s only royal residence, where the Hawaiian monarchy dwelled but now serves mostly as a museum. Kawānanakoa was the palace’s largest single benefactor, according to her publicists, and even paid its electricity bills for many years.
Members of the public were allowed to line up to view her casket and weren’t required to wear the shoe coverings that palace visitors normally have to wear as a preservation precaution. A carpet for mourners to walk on was temporarily installed for the viewing.
The viewing was scheduled to end at 8 p.m. local time.
Kawānanakoa diedat her home in Nuuanu, near downtown Honolulu on Dec. 11. She died “peacefully” with her wife, Veronica Gail Kawānanakoa, 70, at her side, according to a news release.
“Abigail will be remembered for her love of Hawaii and its people,” her wife said in the release, “and I will miss her with all of my heart.”
Kawānanakoa held no formal title but was considered a princess because her lineage included the royal family that once ruled the Hawaiian islands. She was a reminder of Hawaii’s monarchy and a symbol of its national identity that endured after the kingdom was overthrown by American businessmen in 1893.
In 1895, an unsuccessful attempt by Hawaiian royalists to restore Queen Liliʻuokalani to power resulted in her arrest. She was put on trial before a military tribunal in her own throne room. After she was convicted, she was imprisoned in an upstairs bedroom of the palace for nearly eight months.
Kawānanakoa inherited her wealth from her great-grandfather, Irish businessman James Campbell, who made his fortune as a sugar plantation owner and one of Hawaii’s largest landowners.
He had married Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine Bright. Their daughter, Abigail Wahiika‘ahu‘ula Campbell, married Prince David Kawānanakoa, who was named an heir to the throne. Their daughter then went on to give birth to Abigail.
After the prince died, his widow adopted their grandchild, Abigail, which strengthened her claim to a princess title.
She received more Campbell money than anyone else and amassed a trust valued at about $215 million.
In 2017, a court battle began over control of her trust after she suffered a stroke. In 2018, Kawānanakoa attempted to amend her trust to ensure that her wife would receive $40 million and all her personal property, according to court records.
Three years later, a judge ruled that Kawānanakoa was unable to manage her property and business affairs because she was impaired.
Kawānanakoa gained notoriety when she sat on an ʻIolani Palace throne for a Life magazine photo shoot in 1998. She damaged some of its fragile threads.
The uproar led to her ouster as president of Friends of ʻIolani Palace, a position she held for more than 25 years.
In addition to the palace’s upkeep, Kawānanakoa funded various causes over the years, including scholarships for Native Hawaiian students, opposition to Honolulu’s rail transit project and protests against a giant telescope. She also donated items owned by King Kalākaua and Queen Kapiʻolani for public display, including a 14-carat diamond from the king’s pinky ring.
On Friday, Gov. Josh Green ordered that U.S. and Hawaii state flags be flown at half-staff at the state Capitol and state offices through sundown Monday for her funeral services.
A private funeral service is scheduled for Monday at Mauna ʻAla, also known as Royal Mausoleum State Monument, which is the burial place of Hawaiian royalty.
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2023-01-23T04:22:17+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-public-viewing-at-palace-for-last-hawaiian-princess/
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RACINE, Wis. (AP) _ Johnson Outdoors Inc. (JOUT) on Friday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $5.9 million.
On a per-share basis, the Racine, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of 57 cents.
The outdoor gear company posted revenue of $178.3 million in the period.
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2023-02-03T12:02:10+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/johnson-outdoor-fiscal-q1-earnings-snapshot-17761425.php
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) posted monthly metrics for September 2022 in the investor relations section of its website at https://ir.iac.com/.
About IAC
IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) builds companies. We are guided by curiosity, a questioning of the status quo, and a desire to invent or acquire new products and brands. From the single seed that started as IAC over two decades ago have emerged 11 public companies and generations of exceptional leaders. We will always evolve, but our basic principles of financially disciplined opportunism will never change. IAC is today comprised of category leading businesses including Angi Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI), Dotdash Meredith and Care.com among many others ranging from early stage to established businesses. IAC is headquartered in New York City with business locations worldwide.
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2022-10-11T21:39:08+00:00
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uppermichiganssource.com
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/prnewswire/2022/10/11/iac-monthly-metrics-available-company-website/
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FULL-LENGTH ALBUM DUE IN 2023
PRODUCED BY 11-TIME GRAMMY® NOMINATED MIXER/PRODUCER MARK NEEDHAM (FLEETWOOD MAC, IMAGINE DRAGONS, MT. JOY, THE 1975)
GLASTRY MANAGEMENT (THE ROLLING STONES, DAISY CLARK) JOINS CORE TEAM FOR BLUPHORIA
SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SHOW AT THE UNDERDOG IN NASHVILLE OCTOBER 28
STREAM/PURCHASE "WALK THROUGH FIRE"
"For lovers of The Killers, Cage the Elephant, and Catfish and the Bottleman, Bluphoria should be the next band on your new music radar"
- Backward Noise
Rising Oregon rockers Bluphoria defy doomsayers
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"a combination of indie, alternative and garage rock, which will suit your favorites very well"
- Zone Nights
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Bluphoria are thrilled to share their new song "Walk Through Fire" - the second offering off their forthcoming album due in 2023. "I wanted to make a road trip song with gospel influences," says Reign LaFreniere. When I wrote this song, it was mid-COVID and I wanted nothing more than to leave the small town I was holed up in. " The gospel infused- roll your windows down song follows "Set Me Up" which was released late summer, 2022 to critical acclaim.
"Rising alt rock band…a fresh new sound"
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For their new record, the band worked with GRAMMY® award-winning producer Mark Needham (Fleetwood Mac, Imagine Dragons, Mt. Joy, The 1975) at the famous East Iris Studios in Berry Hill, as well as Needham's personal studio in Nashville.
Adds Needham, "a great young band with instinctive pop sensibilities combined with a cool edginess and rawness."
Glastry Management (The Rolling Stones, Daisy Clark) has also signed the band for representation.
For more information on Bluphoria please visit http://www.bluphoriaband.com/.
About Bluphoria:
Bluphoria is an alternative rock band with blues rock and psychedelic rock influences. Formed in 2019, the band hails from Eugene, Oregon and is fronted by Reign LaFreniere, 23 (lead vocals, lead guitar) along with Dakota Landrum, 19 (rhythm guitar, background vocals) Rex Wolf, 21 (bass, background vocals) and Dani Janae, 21 (drums, background vocals).
Bluphoria began playing together in their sophomore year at the University of Oregon and was signed to EDGEOUT Records/UMe/UMG in early 2021.
About EDGEOUT Records:
EDGEOUT Records focuses on the development and curation of young mainstream rock bands and artists that will be the future rock movement in the music industry through their program THE STUDIO.
EDGEOUT is an American independent record label, founded by Tony Guanci (Danny Wimmer Presents, Maloof Entertainment and Cheryl-Benson Guanci in 2018. EDGEOUT is partnered through Universal Music Group / Universal Music Enterprises in a global services and distribution agreement.
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2022-10-21T15:50:17+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/10/21/psychedelia-blues-infused-alt-rock-up-comers-bluphoria-share-new-song-walk-through-fire-via-edgeout-records-ume-umg/
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Skateboard legend Tony Hawk says he will donate half of the proceeds of autographed photos of himself and BMX rider Rick Thorne to the memorial fund for Tyre Nichols.
“My proceeds from these will go to the Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund, which includes plans to build a public skatepark in his honor; as our worlds continue to grieve his loss,” Hawk tweeted Friday. “He was a talented skater among other admirable traits. Let’s keep his legacy alive.”
The photos can be purchased on Thorne’s website for $30. Only 1,000 copies will be available for sale.
Half of the proceeds from the autographed photos will go to Nichols’ memorial fund “to help his family out, and to build a memorial skate park in his name, honoring his love for skateboarding,” according to Thorne’s website.
Nichols was a 29-year-old skateboarder, FedEx worker and father to a 4-year-old boy.
He died Jan. 10 after police stopped him for what they said was a traffic violation and beat him. Video released after pressure from Nichols’ family shows officers holding him down and repeatedly punching, kicking and striking him with a baton as he screamed for his mother.
Six officers have since been fired and five of them have been charged. One other officer has been suspended, but has not been identified.
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2023-02-05T22:54:09+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/tony-hawk-to-donate-photo-proceeds-to-tyre-nichols-fund/
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Our latest athlete of the week is senior running back from Western Wayne Luke Janiszewski. Janiszewski went off in their 44-0 win over Dunmore scoring three touchdowns and rushing for 168 yards. The Wildcats take on Lakeland Friday October 18.
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Our latest athlete of the week is senior running back from Western Wayne Luke Janiszewski. Janiszewski went off in their 44-0 win over Dunmore scoring three touchdowns and rushing for 168 yards. The Wildcats take on Lakeland Friday October 18.
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2022-10-18T23:24:09+00:00
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pahomepage.com
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https://www.pahomepage.com/sports/athlete-of-the-week-luke-janiszewski-western-wayne/
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CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TimkenSteel Corp. (NYSE: TMST), a leader in high-quality specialty steel, manufactured components, and supply chain solutions, today announced preliminary third-quarter 2022 financial results.
"The end of July incident at our melt shop, which resulted in approximately one month of melt shop downtime and a subsequent slower than expected ramp up, significantly impacted our profitability for the third quarter. As a result, we expect third quarter adjusted EBITDA(1) to be in the range of approximately $9 million to $12 million. The company anticipates a significant recovery on its business interruption insurance related to the incident. The insurance recovery process is ongoing and nothing has been recorded at this time," said Mike Williams, president and chief executive officer.
"We are encouraged that demand remains strong across our end markets with a customer order backlog in excess of 300,000 ship tons, the majority of our production capacity allocated to customers in 2023, and positive momentum in base pricing. As we continue to conservatively ramp up melt production in the fourth quarter, we remain focused on safety and the execution of our strategic imperatives to drive sustainable through-cycle profitability. I am confident that we remain well-positioned for the long term, and I thank our customers for their patience and continued trust in TimkenSteel," said Williams.
- Overall, the company expects adjusted EBITDA(1) to be in the range of approximately $9 million to $12 million. Due to the full remeasurement of certain company pension plans as of September 30, 2022, which is ongoing and cannot be estimated at this time, the company is unable to provide the most directly comparable GAAP range or reconcile its third-quarter outlook for adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP range without unreasonable effort.
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- Operations:
(1) Please see discussion of non-GAAP financial measures in this news release.
- Cash:
The preliminary information provided above is based on the company's current estimates of its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 and remains subject to change based on management's final review of the company's third-quarter financial results.
TimkenSteel will release its third-quarter 2022 financial results, including fourth-quarter outlook, on Thursday, November 3, 2022, after the market closes on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company will provide live Internet listening access to its conference call with the financial community scheduled for Friday, November 4, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. EDT. The live conference call will be broadcast at investors.timkensteel.com. A replay of the conference call will also be available at investors.timkensteel.com.
TimkenSteel (NYSE: TMST) manufactures high-performance carbon and alloy steel products from recycled scrap metal in Canton, OH, serving demanding applications in mobile, energy and a variety of industrial end markets. The company is a premier U.S. producer of alloy steel bars (up to 16 inches in diameter), seamless mechanical tubing and manufactured components. In the business of making high-quality steel for more than 100 years, TimkenSteel's proven expertise contributes to the performance of our customers' products. The company employs approximately 1,725 people and had sales of $1.3 billion in 2021. For more information, please visit us at www.timkensteel.com.
TimkenSteel reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") and corresponding metrics as non-GAAP financial measures. This earnings release includes references to the following non-GAAP financial measures: adjusted EBITDA and base sales. These are important financial measures used in the management of the business, including decisions concerning the allocation of resources and assessment of performance. Management believes that reporting these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as these measures are representative of the company's performance and provide improved comparability of results. Due to the full remeasurement of certain company pension plans as of September 30, 2022, which is ongoing and cannot be estimated at this time, the company is unable to provide the most directly comparable GAAP range or reconcile its third-quarter outlook for adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP range without unreasonable effort. For details on base sales, refer to the Reconciliation of Base Sales to GAAP Net Sales table at the end of this release. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed as additions to, and not as alternatives for, TimkenSteel's results prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the non-GAAP measures TimkenSteel uses may differ from non-GAAP measures used by other companies, and other companies may not define the non-GAAP measures TimkenSteel uses in the same way.
This news release includes "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. You can generally identify the company's forward-looking statements by words such as "will," "anticipate," "aspire," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "outlook," "intend," "may," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "seek," "target," "should," "would," "strategy," or "strategic direction" or other similar words, phrases or expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. The company cautions readers that actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the company due to a variety of factors, such as: the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company's operations and financial results, including cash flows and liquidity; whether the company is able to successfully implement actions designed to improve profitability on anticipated terms and timetables and whether the company is able to fully realize the expected benefits of such actions; deterioration in world economic conditions, or in economic conditions in any of the geographic regions in which the company conducts business, including additional adverse effects from global economic slowdown, terrorism or hostilities, including political risks associated with the potential instability of governments and legal systems in countries in which the company or its customers conduct business, and changes in currency valuations; the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the global economy, sourcing of raw materials, and commodity prices; climate-related risks, including environmental and severe weather caused by climate changes, and legislative and regulatory initiatives addressing global climate change or other environmental concerns; the effects of fluctuations in customer demand on sales, product mix and prices in the industries in which the company operates, including the ability of the company to respond to rapid changes in customer demand including but not limited to changes in customer operating schedules due to supply chain constraints, the effects of customer bankruptcies or liquidations, the impact of changes in industrial business cycles, and whether conditions of fair trade exist in U.S. markets; competitive factors, including changes in market penetration, increasing price competition by existing or new foreign and domestic competitors, the introduction of new products by existing and new competitors, and new technology that may impact the way the company's products are sold or distributed; changes in operating costs, including the effect of changes in the company's manufacturing processes, changes in costs associated with varying levels of operations and manufacturing capacity, availability of raw materials and energy, the company's ability to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in raw materials and energy costs and the effectiveness of its surcharge mechanism, changes in the expected costs associated with product warranty claims, changes resulting from inventory management, cost reduction initiatives and different levels of customer demands, the effects of unplanned work stoppages, and changes in the cost of labor and benefits; the success of the company's operating plans, announced programs, initiatives and capital investments, and the company's ability to maintain appropriate relations with the union that represents its associates in certain locations in order to avoid disruptions of business; unanticipated litigation, claims or assessments, including claims or problems related to intellectual property, product liability or warranty, employment matters, and environmental issues and taxes, among other matters; cyber-related risks, including information technology system failures, interruptions and security breaches; the company's ability to achieve its environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") goals, including its 2030 ESG goals; the availability of financing and interest rates, which affect the company's cost of funds and/or ability to raise capital, including the ability of the company to refinance or repay at maturity the convertible notes due December 1, 2025; the company's pension obligations and investment performance, and/or customer demand and the ability of customers to obtain financing to purchase the company's products or equipment that contain its products; the overall impact of pension and other postretirement benefit mark-to-market accounting; the effects of the conditional conversion feature of the convertible notes due December 1, 2025, which, if triggered, entitles holders to convert the notes at any time during specified periods at their option and therefore could result in potential dilution if the holder elects to convert and the company elects to satisfy a portion or all of the conversion obligation by delivering common shares instead of cash; the amount, if any, that the company is able to obtain from its business interruption insurance claim in connection with the incident at the company's melt shop; and the impacts from any repurchases of our common shares, including the timing and amount of any repurchases. Further, this news release represents our current policy and intent and is not intended to create legal rights or obligations. Certain standards of measurement and performance contained in this news release are developing and based on assumptions, and no assurance can be given that any plan, objective, initiative, projection, goal, mission, commitment, expectation, or prospect set forth in this news release can or will be achieved. Inclusion of information in this news release is not an indication that the subject or information is material to our business or operating results.
Additional risks relating to the company's business, the industries in which the company operates, or the company's common shares may be described from time to time in the company's filings with the SEC. All of these risk factors are difficult to predict, are subject to material uncertainties that may affect actual results and may be beyond the company's control. Readers are cautioned that it is not possible to predict or identify all of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect future results and that the above list should not be considered to be a complete list. Except as required by the federal securities laws, the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The tables below present net sales, adjusted to exclude surcharges, which represents a financial measure that has not been determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe presenting net sales, both on a gross basis and on a per ton basis, adjusted to exclude raw material and natural gas surcharges, provides additional insight into key drivers of net sales such as base price. Due to the fact that the surcharge mechanism can introduce volatility to our net sales, net sales adjusted to exclude surcharges provides management and investors clarity of our core pricing and results. Presenting net sales, adjusted to exclude surcharges including on a per ton basis, allows management and investors to better analyze key market indicators and trends.
When surcharges are included in a customer agreement and are applicable (i.e., reach the threshold amount), based on the terms outlined in the respective agreement, surcharges are then included as separate line items on a customer's invoice. These additional surcharge line items adjust base prices to match cost fluctuations due to market conditions. Each month, the company will post on the surcharges page of its external website, as well as our customer portal, the scrap, alloy, and natural gas surcharges that will be applied (as a separate line item) to invoices dated in the following month (based upon shipment volumes in the following month). All surcharges invoiced are included in GAAP net sales.
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2022-10-13T03:20:21+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/10/12/timkensteel-announces-preliminary-third-quarter-2022-financial-results-earnings-webcast-details/
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In 2012, seven members of a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., were killed by an avowed white supremacist. As the community prepares for the anniversary, members describe how they've moved forward.
Copyright 2022 Wisconsin Public Radio
In 2012, seven members of a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., were killed by an avowed white supremacist. As the community prepares for the anniversary, members describe how they've moved forward.
Copyright 2022 Wisconsin Public Radio
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2022-07-28T22:29:21+00:00
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klcc.org
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https://www.klcc.org/2022-07-28/wisconsins-sikh-community-a-decade-after-fatal-temple-shooting
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Leading branded manufacturer and online retailer to extend consumer loyalty and awareness with all truck owners
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RealTruck, the premier online retailer of aftermarket truck parts and accessories, will become the new name of the Truck Hero organization effective immediately. RealTruck.com has operated as Truck Hero's e-commerce arm and consumer brand since 2015. As truck owners' preferences and purchase patterns evolve, the name change reinforces the company's commitment to grow consumer awareness and interest in the truck accessories category and to continue to deliver exceptional value and experiences to consumers. This, in turn, will benefit the company's dealer and installer partners.
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"When we started the company nearly 20 years ago, we were a small manufacturer of truck bed covers with approximately 180 employees," said Bill Reminder, founder, and chief executive officer. "Over the years we grew Truck Hero into one of the most respected names in the aftermarket industry with more than 5,000 employees and 35 locations across North America. Our journey and success continue today as RealTruck. This important and exciting milestone supports our long-term growth strategy, ongoing commitment to product innovation, and alignment with the way consumers now learn about and purchase their truck, Jeep®, and off-road accessories."
"We've identified that the best way to reach and teach truck owners about our products and the benefits they provide is through a unified omni-channel approach in alignment with our valued wholesale and OEM partners," said Ryan Herman, executive vice president of sales. "We remain committed to growing all channels of our business, and will fuel our future growth by inspiring millions of truck owners to transform their trucks, Jeeps® and off-road vehicles with the industry-leading brands we design, manufacture, and sell. It will be business as usual with our professional partners who will continue to engage with our Truck Hero sales team to support the growing demand we will create for the brands we manufacture and sell."
RealTruck started the rebrand with its "In The Real'' campaign, which launched last month with a series of TV commercials and "Off-The-Grid Coin" contest. The national event incentivized truck enthusiasts to venture into the wilderness on National Get Outdoors Day.
"We want to inspire millions of truck owners to pursue the art of the possible and transform their stock trucks into 'Real Trucks'," said Tony Ambroza, chief growth officer. "We will continue to generate broad category awareness and interest with truck owners who understand all the benefits our incredible products provide. RealTruck will be their partner from ideation to installation."
For more information on the rebrand, visit RealTruck.com.
About RealTruck
RealTruck is the premier vertically integrated truck, Jeep® and off-road parts and accessories company in North America. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. with over 5,000 employees and 35 locations across North America, the company is an innovative market leading online retailer and manufacturer. Realtruck.com is the ultimate source and digital destination for those who love and live a "Real Truck" lifestyle. Fueled by its customer-first mindset, RealTruck continuously designs, develops, manufactures, and sells industry-defining products with more than 570 patents and growing. RealTruck's portfolio of 28 powerhouse product brands are #1 or #2 (in U.S. market share) in each of their primary categories. Its extensive omni-channel approach allows RealTruck to serve customers wherever they're searching, researching, and shopping for products online at RealTruck.com or across the Truck Hero Pro Channel, which includes more than 12,000 dealer locations and automotive (OEM) partnerships. RealTruck is engineered to deliver a seamless customer journey from idea to installation. For more information, visit realtruck.com.
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2022-07-12T16:41:48+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/07/12/truck-hero-changes-name-realtruck/
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Hurricanes 5, Tigers 4
First Period
1. Medicine Hat, Lee 2 (Hodass) 1:44 (pp).
2. Lethbridge, Jones 1 (Laventure, McCutcheon) 8:24.
3. Lethbridge, Chadwick 1 (Zimmer, Arntsen) 18:58 (pp).
4. Medicine Hat, Basha 2 (Hodass, Parsons) 19:49.
Penalties — Parsons Mh, Arntsen Let (roughing) 0:11; Shepard Let (high sticking) 0:17; Wiesblatt Mh, Arntsen Let (roughing) 13:29; Bocharov Mh (slashing) 17:33.
Second Period
5. Lethbridge, Bentham 1 (McCutcheon, Thacker) 13:44.
Penalties — Hodass Mh (tripping) 0:18; Zandee Let (hooking) 7:27; Bocharov Mh (interference) 8:46; Parsons Mh (roughing) 16:21; Hodass Mh (interference) 19:29.
Third Period
6. Lethbridge, Shepard 1 (Thacker, McCutcheon) 0:40 (pp).
7. Lethbridge, Jones 2 (Laventure) 5:09.
8. Medicine Hat, Wiesblatt 3 (Basha, Andresen) 7:58 (pp).
9. Medicine Hat, MacKenzie 2 (unassisted) 19:31.
Penalties — Marques Let (roughing) 5:59; Jones Let (boarding) 6:23; Wiesblatt Mh (slashing) 14:04; Parsons Mh, Jones Let (misconduct, game misconduct) 16:18; Pauls Let (boarding) 16:18; Zimmer Let (high sticking) 17:11.
Shots on goal by
Goal — Medicine Hat: Langkow (L, ). Lethbridge: Picklyk (W, ).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Medicine Hat: 2-6; Lethbridge: 2-6.
Referees — Ward Pateman, Brody McGrath. Linesmen — Jason Nedinis, David Gilfoy.
Attendance — 4,193 at Lethbridge.
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2022-10-01T05:15:04+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Sums-Medicine-Hat-Lethbridge-17479543.php
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- Sunny Kim joined Bespin Global in 2018 and lead the company's expansion into the U.S. market since 2021
- Kim's extensive knowledge and global experience will help drive Bespin Global's rapid growth and create synergies between its overseas bases
SEOUL, South Korea, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bespin Global(https://www.bespinglobal.com/), a multi-cloud operations management company, announced that Sunny Kim, CEO of Bespin Global U.S. was appointed as its new CEO. In his new role, Mr. Kim will be responsible for positioning Bespin Global as a global cloud MSP managing cloud MSP businesses in Korea, US, China, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. Each of the regions will be directly reporting to Sunny Kim.
Since joining the company in 2018, Sunny Kim has led the software business unit and contributed to the company's innovation and growth. Since 2021, he has been the head of Bespin Global's U.S. operation, where he has led the fastest growing region within Bespin Global and contributed significantly to the company's global expansion. Prior to joining Bespin Global, he was with Samsung Electronics for 12 years. His last post was as a Vice President of Samsung Next where he led investments into technology startups. Prior to Samsung, he was with Accenture and Siebel Systems(Oracle). He graduated from Georgia Tech and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (MBA).
"My goal and mission as the new global head of Bespin Global is for the Korean-born cloud company to grow in the largest markets such as North America and Europe, and eventually become a top player in the global cloud market," said Sunny Kim. "I will explore and pursue various ways, including M&A, to accelerate global growth and secure leadership in the market. I will also strengthen connections and exchanges among Bespin Global's overseas bases, currently located in 14 cities in 9 countries, to create greater synergies and contribute to our transformation into a truly global company."
"Sunny Kim is a brave leader who can deliver results. He created our US beach head during the height of Covid. He then made it into the fastest growing division while reaching the profitability before any other division. He also embodies our Learn Do Share core values. There is no one better suited to keep spreading our core value throughout our global operations. He will be instrumental in making sure that Bespin Global becomes a truly global cloud MSP," said John HanJoo Lee, CEO and Chairman of Newberry Global.
John HanJoo Lee will continue to serve as CEO and Chairman of Newberry Global which is the holding company that owns and operates technology companies around the world including Bespin Global, OpsNow, joint ventures in Japan and UAE, and others. Sunny Kim will report to John HanJoo Lee.
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2023-07-28T00:58:45+00:00
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Oula looks to bring its model of collaborative care – which combines the best of midwifery and obstetrics to launch additional services to support new parents
The announcement comes as the company grows by 10x while maintaining industry-leading patient satisfaction
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oula, the modern maternity clinic transforming the experience of pregnancy and childbirth, today announced that it has raised a $19.1 million Series A funding led by 8VC with participation from existing investors including Chelsea Clinton's fund, Metrodora; the Female Founders Fund; Collaborative Fund; and Alumni Ventures. Seed investors included Great Oaks, January Ventures, Rock Health, Black Jays and individuals such as Kate Ryder of Maven Clinic, Tom Lee of One Medical, and Jonathan Bush of Athena Health. This brings Oula's total funding to $22.3 million and underscores the urgency of rebuilding U.S. maternity care from the ground up.
Since opening their doors in February 2021, Oula is outperforming national, state, and city quality standards, including a lower rate of cesarean births and preterm deliveries. Oula reached full capacity just three months after launching their first location in Brooklyn, New York. This feat was even more remarkable considering that it took place at the peak of the pandemic, while both co-founders and Oula's CXO were pregnant. More than 500 births later, Oula opened its second location in Manhattan, doubled their employee base in just a year, and built a clinical team without spending any capital on recruiting.
"Oula's growth sends a simple but unmistakable message: Maternity care can and must be better," said Kimmy Scotti, 8VC founding partner and mother of two. "Oula's transformative approach is not only refreshing – it's desperately needed."
This funding will continue to advance Oula's full-service pregnancy care that includes prenatal, delivery, and postpartum, while allowing Oula to expand its sonography capabilities as well as group support to offset the pressures of becoming a parent in America. Oula's announcement comes at a critical moment, with U.S. maternal mortality on the rise (particularly for Black women), reproductive rights being stripped away, and parents facing mounting challenges from a shortage of affordable childcare options to lack of paid family leave.
According to the World Health Organization, increasing access to midwives is one of the most powerful ways to reduce maternal deaths, lower preterm birth and cesarean rates, and lower the cost of childcare. One study published in The Lancet found that including more midwives in healthcare systems could prevent more than 80 percent of maternal and infant deaths.
"Ask just about anyone who has been pregnant or is considering giving birth in the U.S., and it's clear that when it comes to maternity care, the status quo isn't serving anyone. Between miserable patient experiences, poor health outcomes, and extraordinarily high costs, there is room for improvement, to put it mildly," said Adrianne Nickerson, co-founder and CEO of Oula. "At Oula, we are focused on providing a great experience and great outcomes for our patients. That means listening to and taking their concerns seriously, prioritizing mental health as well as physical, approaching this work through a lens of equity and inclusivity, hiring diverse and culturally competent staff, providing trauma-informed care, emphasizing the importance of postpartum care, and empowering patients to advocate for themselves," she added.
The U.S.'s shameful maternal mortality rates are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to problems in maternity care. Compared to women in other high-income countries, women in the U.S. report the least positive experiences in healthcare and are more likely to report emotional distress. Oula was founded on the belief that improving the experience of pregnancy and childbirth will lead to better health outcomes and lower costs. This focus on experience means that Oula providers spend twice as much time with patients as regular obstetricians do. That additional time leads to deeper connections, which in turn leads to a more comprehensive understanding of a patient's needs and makes it easier to identify potential problems early. Oula takes all major insurances, including Medicaid, which covers more than 40 percent of births in the U.S. One in five Oula patients rely on Medicaid, 54 percent of patients identify as non-white or Hispanic, and one in 10 patients are LGBTQ+.
"This funding [from primarily female investors] makes it possible to expand Oula's care offerings to include sonography and further group support. Oula is proud to offer parents and their babies community and guidance not only up to delivery, but through 'the fourth trimester.' In addition to our postpartum office hours and dedicated monthly space for BIPOC patients and families, we are grateful for the ability to offer new opportunities for groups to come together to work through experiences such as pregnancy loss with the help of trained staff. Pregnancy and early parenthood can be isolating and lonely, and we view our community support offerings as a key part of our patients' care," said Elaine Purcell, co-founder and COO of Oula.
To learn more about Oula, or to book an appointment, please visit www.oulahealth.com. Oula is located at 109 Montague Street in Brooklyn and 202 Spring Street in Manhattan. Link to high res imagery here.
Oula is a modern maternity clinic that brings together the best of midwifery and obstetrics to deliver a personalized, evidence-based pregnancy experience so that everyone has the support they need to thrive before, during, and after birth. With our collaborative medical team, welcoming clinic, and remote care platform, we are setting a new standard for pregnancy that brings together modern medicine and human intuition. Both Co-Founders and Chief Experience Officer were pregnant during the pandemic while they raised capital and opened their first location, reaching full capacity in three months. Oula is venture-backed and has raised $22.3M to-date by investors including Chelsea Clinton's fund, Metrodora. Oula accepts insurance, including Medicaid. Learn more at oulahealth.com.
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Dead & Company's farewell tour to stop at Ruoff
Dead & Company will make a fitting final stop at Ruoff Music Center on June 27 as part of the band's recently announced farewell tour.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Oct. 14 through Ticketmaster's website, livemu.sc/3CFbl1S.
The band, consisting of former Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir with singer-songwriter John Mayer up front, has made Noblesville a regular tour stop since forming in 2015. Their latest and apparently final Ruoff gig comes nearly a year to the day after the group's most recent stop last June.
More:Hollow jams bog down lifeless Dead & Company show at Ruoff Music Center
The Grateful Dead, prior to guitarist Jerry Garcia's death, was also a regular fixture at then-Deer Creek. The band's last Noblesville appearance in 1995 became infamous after fans broke through a fence near the lawn, leading to chaos, multiple injuries and the cancellation of the following night's show.
Last month, Dead & Company announced its intent to stop touring after 2023. According to a news release, the band has played 143 unique songs at 164 concerts, drawing nearly 4 million people, since its formation.
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Rory Appleton is the pop culture reporter at IndyStar. Contact him at 317-552-9044 and rappleton@indystar.com, or follow him on Twitter at @RoryDoesPhonics.
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2022-10-06T19:48:20+00:00
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indystar.com
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BEIRUT (AP) — American forces conducted three raids in eastern Syria and arrested six Islamic State group militants, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.
In their statement, U.S. Central Command said the raids were conducted over the preceeding 48 hours, and identified one of the detained militants as “al-Zubaydi,” a “Syria Province Senior Official” of the group who they say was involved in planning and facilitating attacks in Syria.
Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two of the three raids took place in the Deir el-Zour and Hassakeh regions, adding that Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were also involved. They identified four of the detained as Turkmen weapons dealers affiliated with the militant group.
Two SDF fighters were wounded in one raid.
“The capture of these ISIS operatives will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to further plot and carry out destabilizing attacks,” U.S. Army Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla said in the statement.
There are some 900 U.S. troops in Syria supporting Kurdish-led forces in the fight against the militant group. They have frequently targeted IS militants mostly in parts of northeastern Syria under Kurdish control.
The SDF on Monday said they had detained a IS militant who managed cells in eastern Syria.
Syria has been mired in a bloody civil war since 2011 that has drawn in regional and global powers. Syrian President Bashar Assad has mostly regained control of the country, but parts of its north remain under the control of rebels, as well as Turkish and Syrian Kurdish forces.
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2022-12-21T05:46:15+00:00
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Washington state is shopping for land, and lots of it. The legislature, state Department of Transportation and a special commission are looking for a spot to build a new airport.
And they are thinking big.
They hired a consultant to scout western Washington for lots of flat land that would be appropriate for an airport.
For the record, airports are gigantic. Denver, Colo., for example, built a new airport in 1995. It is 33,513 acres. The Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport in Texas is 17,207 acres.
Other older airports are much smaller but still cover thousands of acres. Los Angeles International is 3,500 acres. San Francisco International Airport is 4,899 acres.
Sea-Tac, the main airport in western Washington, is 2,500 acres.
The problem is that Sea-Tac and Paine Field, the airport in Everett north of Seattle, will reach their capacity unless they are either reconfigured and expanded or another airport is built to pick up the projected growth in passenger numbers and freight.
Hence the search for land in a location that can accommodate a new airport and all that goes with it.
Our concern isn’t airports so much as the land on which they are built.
In agriculture, a farmer or rancher sees farmland as offering the potential to grow food.
Other people — such as airport developers — see farmland as shovel-ready for construction. It’s flat and well-drained and usually has water available.
That means the odds are good that farmland could become at least part of the location for a new airport. It will be converted into runways, passenger and freight terminals, parking lots and hotels.
While that might be good for air travelers, it would devastate the area’s agriculture. Not only would the land at the airport site be impacted, so would neighboring farmers and ranchers. Rail lines, roads and all of the other accoutrements of modern airports would surely push out even more agriculture.
One doesn’t need to be an urban planner to predict a transportation corridor connecting Seattle and Tacoma with a new airport. Again, it would likely be built on at least some farmland.
And this is in a state whose explicit policy is to protect farmland, something it doesn’t seem to do well. Thousands of acres of solar and wind farms are sprouting up on agricultural land in parts of the state, and now plans for a new airport would likely take thousands of acres out of production.
The state has a Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission, which has been tasked with looking for a place to land a new airport. As could be expected, the commission is having trouble finding a place that meets all of the criteria.
Our hope is commissioners will ultimately decide to do the obvious — expand Sea-Tac and Paine Field and drop the “need” for a new airport. The two existing airports are well situated and have the necessary infrastructure. Building a new airport from scratch will carry a massive price tag, in terms of dollars and farmland.
Western Washington needs farms more than it needs a new airport.
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2022-09-15T17:26:49+00:00
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Local hero Nick Bostic is the latest recipient of the Marquis De Lafayette award. Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski presented him with the award last night at Loeb Stadium.
It was part of National Night Out hosted by the Lafayette Police Department. National Night Out is to honor local first responders, but this year was a little different.
The Aviators showed a video in the middle of the fifth inning and presented a jersey to Bostic in his honor. National Night Out is a great way for the community to support those who protect us, whether it be a police officer or just a good Samaritan.
"You know around the nation we see all these other news stories of people not supporting the police. Well that's not the case here in Lafayette, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County," West Lafayette police officer, Marcus Slifer said. "We have a lot of support, so anytime we can get out and enjoy an evening with its great."
National Night Out was also used as a fundraiser for Nick Bostic.
The proceeds from concession stand will go towards his medical bills.
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2022-08-04T00:46:07+00:00
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wlfi.com
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https://www.wlfi.com/community/national-night-out-honors-local-hero/article_e32bb67a-137c-11ed-90b3-73f0418bb864.html
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Badger 5" game were:
05-08-14-27-31
(five, eight, fourteen, twenty-seven, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $10,000
¶ Maximum prize: $45,000
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Badger 5" game were:
05-08-14-27-31
(five, eight, fourteen, twenty-seven, thirty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $10,000
¶ Maximum prize: $45,000
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2022-08-25T03:26:26+00:00
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expressnews.com
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Jaylen Brown, Celtics agree to supermax deal, biggest in NBA history
Boston — The Boston Celtics have answered their most pressing question of the offseason. Jaylen Brown will be part of the franchise for the foreseeable future.
The Celtics' wing has agreed to terms on a five-year supermax contract extension that will pay him up to $304 million, his agent said Tuesday.
It's the richest contract in NBA history, surpassing the $264 million deal signed by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic last summer.
The deal was first reported by ESPN and confirmed to The Associated Press by Brown’s agent, Jason Glushon.
It keeps Brown with the team that drafted him third overall in 2016 and watched him develop into a two-time All-Star.
He averaged career highs of 26.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists last season. But those numbers went down in the playoffs, when the Celtics lost to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals. In Game 7, Brown had 19 points on 8-of-23 shooting, making just one of nine 3-point attempts.
Still, the totality of his time in Boston has made him a key piece of the franchise's current core that management wasn't willing to risk seeing depart when his current four-year deal expiries after next season.
By virtue of making the All-NBA second team – Brown's first such honor in his career – he was eligible for the supermax extension.
From the moment this past season ended, Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens has been adamant that he wanted to see Brown sign a long-term deal.
“He’s a big part of us. We believe in him and I’m thankful for him,” Stevens said last month. "I’m really thankful that when those guys have success they come back to work. And when they get beat, they own it and they come back to work. And so I know that’s what they’re about. And that’s hard to find.”
Those sentiments were echoed by All-Star Jayson Tatum, who has paired with Brown to lead the Celtics' one-two punch in their runs to the NBA Finals in 2021-22 and the conference finals last season.
Following Boston's East finals loss in May, Tatum said retaining Brown long-term was “extremely important.”
“He’s one of the best players in this league," Tatum said. "He plays both ends of the ball and still is relatively young. And he’s accomplished a lot so far in his career. So, I think it’s extremely important.”
Brown's new pact will likely lead to some financial maneuvering down the road with the league’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement bringing more limitations on how teams construct their rosters and additional luxury tax penalties.
Tatum is still playing under his rookie extension that kicked in last season and will be eligible for his potential supermax extension next summer.
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2023-07-25T19:53:31+00:00
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detroitnews.com
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Yaffa rejoins Sapiens as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Investor Relations
RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, is happy to welcome aboard Yaffa Cohen-Ifrah, a seasoned marketing and investor relations executive who is rejoining Sapiens as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Investor Relations.
In her new role, Yaffa will be responsible for formulating Sapiens' global marketing strategy and overseeing the development and execution of the company marketing initiatives and brand positioning. She will manage the global marketing team, working hand-in-hand with the business development teams, and will play a vital role in Sapiens' future growth. In addition, Yaffa will be responsible for Sapiens' investor relations strategy and serve as its leader with the investment community.
Yaffa brings over 20 years of experience managing global marketing and investor relations functions in leading companies. She recently served as Vitech's Chief Marketing Officer, a role prior to which she served as Sapiens' Chief Marketing Officer for 6 years.
About Sapiens
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative, and agile. Backed by more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers' compensation and life markets the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management. For more information visit https://sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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While we believe such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, should one or more of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, or these risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Please read the risks discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, in order to review conditions that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.
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2022-12-19T18:02:43+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — This summer has been a breakthrough for streaming, with the time viewers spent watching services like Netflix and Hulu outpacing broadcast and cable television networks in July for the first month ever.
Viewers spent 35% of their time with streamers, 34% on cable networks and 22% watching broadcast television last month, the Nielsen company said Thursday. Video on demand or DVD playback accounted for much of the other time.
July is an unusual month — broadcast TV is essentially on vacation with little live sports or scripted programming and a prime-time schedule clogged with game shows — but it’s a clear indication of how rapidly the business is changing.
“It was inevitable,” said David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University and critic on NPR’s “Fresh Air.” “I knew it had to happen, but I didn’t know it would happen as quickly as it did.”
Streaming’s audience share in July was up 23% compared to July 2021, Nielsen said. Broadcast television’s share was down 10% and cable down 9%.
Streaming services learned from what cable did in its infancy, using broadcasting’s quiet summer months to put forward some of their best programming, said Brian Fuhrer, Nielsen’s senior vice president for product strategy and thought leadership. New episodes of “Stranger Things” alone on Netflix accounted for 18 billion minutes of streaming, while “Virgin River” and “The Umbrella Academy” also did well.
Netflix is still the top streamer, but it no longer dominates the field the way it once did. In July, Hulu had strong numbers for “Only Murders in the Building” and “The Bear,” while Amazon Prime hit with “The Terminal List” and “The Boys.”
With pandemic-related pauses in shooting schedules now largely over, the streamers have a backlog of fresh material, Fuhrer said.
Many viewers became familiar with streaming and added it to their media diets during the pandemic, he said. They haven’t looked back. Each week in July had more total minutes of streaming than any other weeks Nielsen has ever counted, with the exception of the week between Christmas and New Year’s last year.
The return of football games and a new season of fresh scripted shows this fall should boost the broadcast networks, Fuhrer said.
Yet it’s hard to see them pushing back to a level of dominance approaching anything in the past. For one thing, media companies that own broadcast networks also have sister streaming services — CBS and Paramount+, NBC and Peacock, for instance — and generally see streaming as the future, he said.
“The networks have collectively decided not only that streaming is the future, but they can’t wait to get there as fast as they can,” Bianculli said. “They’re not doing anything to slow down the charge.”
Fuhrer said it will be interesting this fall when large football audiences return to broadcast TV to see whether those networks will spend a great deal of time promoting their own shows.
“This month and the next two to three months may be the most pivotal in the history of television in terms of all the media companies and their strategies,” he said.
Some business experts believe streaming services are in a pre-shakeout period, with several trying to establish themselves before the industry learns there are only so many outlets consumers are willing to pay for. The result may be a period of consolidation.
“It’s a great time to be a TV viewer,” Bianculli said, “and I can’t imagine there will ever be a greater time to go into television creatively.”
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2022-08-19T05:31:00+00:00
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ourquadcities.com
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https://www.ourquadcities.com/entertainment-news/for-1st-month-ever-streamers-rule-broadcast-cable-networks/
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ISTANBUL — People buried under rubble in collapsed buildings in southern Turkey continue to defy the odds, surviving freezing temperatures and a week without water. But the numbers are small, and tired rescue crews know time is running out.
A 40-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble of a five-story building in Islahiye, in Gaziantep province early Monday. Turkish media report that another rescue crew, alerted by a search dog, was in contact with what are believed to be three more survivors – a mother, daughter and baby.
Earlier, 60-year-old Erengul Onder was freed from the rubble in the town of Besni, in Adiyaman province.
The deadly 7.8-magnitude quake that hit last Monday, and the powerful tremors that followed, have killed more than 33,000 people, and experts predict that total is sure to rise. Homeless families shelter in tents erected by AFAD, Turkey's emergency management agency.
In Syria, the U.N. says more than five million people may be without homes after the quake. U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said the world has failed the people of northwest Syria, who "rightly feel abandoned."
Washington has asked the U.N. Security Council to authorize the delivery of aid to rebel-held territory in Syria through additional border crossings from Turkey.
Across southern Turkey, residents forced to flee their cracked and damaged homes vent their fury at the sub-standard - possibly illegal - construction practices that they say made this disaster much worse than it needed to be.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said no government could be ready for a disaster of this magnitude, but many wonder what this will mean for his political future.
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2023-02-13T10:04:09+00:00
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Washington Avenue Bible Church in Ephrata Borough is among nine Lancaster County locations that will collect shoeboxes next week filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items to send to children in need around the world.
It is among more than 4,500 locations across the country that will begin collecting shoeboxes starting Monday as part of Samaritan’s Purse annual Operation Christmas Child project.
“Last year, Lancaster collected 25,153 boxes for this program,” said Scott Elliott, regional manager for Operation Christmas Child’s Mid-Atlantic North Regional Office. “We don’t have a projection for this year, but we are starting to see the momentum grow and are praying for at least 5% more.”
National Collection Week for the project runs from Monday through Nov. 21.
Operation Christmas Child has delivered more than 198 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 170 countries and territories since 1993, according to its website. It said it expects to collect its 200 millionth shoebox this year.
The shoeboxes are prepared by individuals, churches, schools and community groups. Operation Christmas Child requires the help of about 100,000 volunteers in the U.S. and a half-million worldwide.
While National Collection Week ends Nov. 21, online donations can be made anytime at samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/ways-to-give.
The website also includes a webpage where anyone can build a shoebox online at samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/buildonline/. In 2021, Lancaster County residents donated more than 700 online shoeboxes, according to Elliot.
“We are praying big,” Elliott said. “There’s so much need and every shoebox matters.”
Information about serving as a volunteer is available by email at occmanorth@samaritan.org or by calling 717-774-1920. More information about the project, including how to pack a shoebox, is available at samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/.
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2022-11-12T12:32:14+00:00
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Leaky battleship in Texas begins trip for $35M repairs
LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — It’s the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars, having fought Nazis and the Japanese Army during World War II. But the greatest challenge in recent years for the USS Texas has been a leaky, rusty hull that at times forced workers to pump out about 2,000 gallons (7,570 liters) of water per minute from the 110-year-old ship.
To ensure the historic vessel doesn’t sink and can continue hosting visitors, the foundation in charge of its care is towing the ship Wednesday from its longtime home along the Houston Ship Channel to a shipyard in Galveston for much-needed repairs.
Tony Gregory, the president of the Battleship Texas Foundation, said Wednesday the pulling of the ship by tugboats and getting it on its way was perfect. He said any problems would have happened in the first 15 minutes of pulling the ship but there were no issues.
“It went smoother than we thought and quicker than we thought … and she’s gone, down the channel,” he said.
Gregory said he expects the ship to arrive in Galveston by 4 p.m.
The journey from its longtime berth at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in the Houston suburb of La Porte is part of a $35 million project to repair the hull and ultimately restore the ship to its former glory.
The ship’s repairs are part of the foundation’s plans to eventually resettle it in a new location in Texas, possibly in one of three nearby cities, including Galveston, in order to attract more visitors and increase revenue.
Moving the ship for repairs is “the major step in getting the ship back to tip-top shape,” Gregory said Tuesday as he stood on the vessel while workers made final preparations.
The battleship will be pulled by four tugboats at a pace of about 5 knots per hour. The 40-mile (64 kilometer) journey to Galveston was expected to take about nine hours and won’t be without risk as the ship’s hull could leak enough to sink it.
“Once we get going, I anticipate it being pretty smooth... We feel like we’re prepared,” Gregory said.
Since 1948, the USS Texas has been located at the state historic site where the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution was fought. There, it’s served as a museum and tourist attraction. The battleship was previously taken to the same shipyard in Galveston for repairs in 1988.
For the last three years, the ship has been closed to the public as the foundation has been preparing for the repairs. In 2019, the Texas Legislature approved the $35 million to fix the hull. The foundation is planning to make other fixes which it’s paying for. All the repairs are expected to take up to a year to complete.
The foundation expected many people to gather along the ship channel to watch the ship go by.
Tricia Thomas, 50, who was one of the people invited to watch as the ship was unmoored, said she became emotional and teared up as she saw the ship move and heard its whistle sound as it began its journey. As the ship began moving, Thomas said, people clapped and cheered.
“It’s amazing to see a ship that’s 100 years old out on the water again, moving like she did for so many years. It was exciting,” said Thomas, who lives in the Houston suburb of Kingwood.
Thomas said she believes it’s important to preserve the ship so future generations can learn its history and it can remind people how they can come together for a common cause that’s greater than them.
“I think that’s probably the biggest story she can tell,” Thomas said.
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2022-08-31T14:45:26+00:00
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NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Coupang, Inc. (NYSE: CPNG) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Coupang's March 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO") of the important October 25, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Coupang securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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2022-10-16T11:45:49+00:00
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(NEXSTAR) – When browsing the aisles at T.J.Maxx, shoppers are often faced with the same nagging question: “Do I have room in my wardrobe for another diaphanous beach cover-up?”
Moments later, some of those same shoppers might also be asking themselves a different, less agonizing question — usually upon seeing the color-coded price tags.
“Do the colors of these tags mean anything?”
The answer to the latter question (and the initial one, assuming a complete lack of self-discipline when it comes to diaphanous cover-ups) is a resounding yes.
As most T.J.Maxx shoppers are well aware, the price tags on many items throughout the store are sometimes printed on purple or blue cardstock rather than the standard white (which indicates the original T.J.Maxx price). What’s more, some of the price tags are further marked down with red or yellow stickers.
The red and yellow markdown stickers clearly indicate different forms of additional discounts. But the blue or purple tags might be more of a mystery to casual T.J.Maxx shoppers.
“Blue price tags indicate coordinates; however, these items can be sold separately,” a representative for T.J.Maxx explained of the blue-tinged tags, which indicate that a matching piece may be available nearby. The purple tags, meanwhile, are only attached to items belonging to T.J.Maxx’s “The Runway” department, a higher-end collection featuring “European, contemporary and couture fashion,” according to T.J.Maxx.
Items with white, blue or purple tags can also be further discounted with red or yellow pricing stickers — red indicating “clearance” pricing and yellow indicating “final clearance” or “final markdown.”
Items with yellow tags will not be discounted any further, according to T.J.Maxx. And if such items “linger” for too long on the sales floor, they will eventually be “sold to a third party or donated to charitable organizations,” a representative told Nexstar.
“Only a very small percentage of merchandise from our stores goes unsold,” the rep added.
In other words, if shoppers at T.J.Maxx see yellow stickers (or multiple red stickers) on items they’re thinking about buying, it’s likely those items are nearing the cheapest they’ll ever be.
Here’s hoping you enjoy your newest beachy cover-up.
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2023-02-18T17:14:44+00:00
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nwahomepage.com
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https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/shop-at-t-j-maxx-learn-the-meaning-of-the-color-coded-price-tags/
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When Kirsten Delegard's grandparents bought their first house in south Minneapolis in 1941, they signed the property's deed, as is standard for any homebuyer.
But the deed came with this line: "No person or persons other than of the Caucasian race shall be permitted to occupy said premises or any part thereof."
That language, known as a "racial covenant," barred any nonwhite resident from buying or living in the property. Such covenants were attached to tens of thousands of homes across Minneapolis, carving inequity directly into the city's map and creating a foundation for one of the biggest racial wealth gaps of any major American city.
In January, months before George Floyd's killing thrust racial inequity into the spotlight, Minneapolis enacted an ambitious plan in an attempt to address it. It changed land zoning citywide, acknowledging that the history of covenants created housing inequities that persist to this day.
Minneapolis eliminated single-family zoning, becoming the first major American city to do so. The goal of the new zoning plan, known as Minneapolis 2040, is to create denser housing near transit and jobs, improving the supply and helping combat climate change.
Still, to make the plan a reality, community groups say the city will have to make unprecedented new commitments to affordable housing. As the city seeks to rebuild trust with communities of color, they say housing equity and environmental justice are central, given how entrenched the disparities are.
"Housing is the foundation to everything," says Shannon Smith Jones, executive director of Hope Community, a Minneapolis housing and community group. "I think communities and housing and all of that needs to be hyper-focused on."
Discrimination on the map
The long legacy of racial covenants became starkly visible in Minneapolis when Delegard and her colleagues created the Mapping Prejudice project at the University of Minnesota libraries. After Hennepin County digitized its collection of property deeds, they began combing through thousands of them in 2016 with the help of volunteers, searching for covenants.
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The first were used by land developers beginning in 1910, as Minneapolis was expanding.
"It becomes absolutely standard operating practice, when a new piece of land is divided into lots, to insert these restrictions to make sure that land is reserved for the exclusive use of white people in perpetuity," Delegard says. "Developers would put them in the real estate ads as one of the selling points of the property."
The effects were visible in just a few decades. African American residents, who had been living across Minneapolis, were displaced and moved into fewer and fewer neighborhoods.
Banks then "redlined" those neighborhoods, making it difficult or impossible for residents to get a mortgage to buy a home there. City and state planners bisected the areas with freeways as the interstate highway system was constructed in the 1950s and '60s.
Minnesota banned racial covenants in 1953, but as Delegard and her colleagues uncovered, their legacy is still written on the landscape.
"What we found when we started mapping is that covenants created demographic patterns that have remained just completely unmoved," she says. "So the areas with covenants in them are the richest and whitest parts of the city today."
Houses that once had racial covenants are worth 15% more on average than identical houses without covenants in Minneapolis, she says. White residents are also three times more likely to own their homes than black residents. Delegard says it shows how a structural wealth gap, created more than a century ago, has endured for generations.
"We have to know our history if we're going to find any way out of this," Delegard says. "It can't be something that people relegate and say, 'That's in the past it has nothing to do with me.'"
Delegard and her team shared their work with Minneapolis city officials, just as the city was undertaking a major project on city zoning, dubbed Minneapolis 2040. And they noticed that not long after racial covenants were banned, the city instituted new zoning rules that restricted those neighborhoods to having only single-family homes. That kept the land development pattern locked in for decades.
"A very compelling picture started to emerge about how Minneapolis grew between about 1900 and 2000 in terms of being a very heavily racially segregated city but also being a very intentionally segregated city," says Heather Worthington, who helped develop the Minneapolis 2040 plan as the city's director of long-range planning, but is now a private consultant.
Environmental justice ties
Minneapolis also began to consider another central goal for redoing its zoning: combating climate change. Land use patterns can have profound effects on the carbon emissions a city produces.
A lack of affordable housing in cities often pushes residents into the outskirts and suburbs, driving up car use. Many neighborhoods were not designed to promote walking or biking, with jobs, stores and housing in close proximity to each other. The buildings themselves also play a big role in energy efficiency.
"If you live in substandard housing with poor insulation, just by virtue of that fact, you are paying more for your energy bills," says Sam Grant, executive director of MN350, an environmental advocacy group. "It's costing you more in the summer when it's hot and more in the winter when it's cold."
As the city drafted its plan, the staff acknowledged that the two central goals, addressing racial inequity and climate change, were intertwined.
"Climate change has a disparate impact on people of color, which is not surprising because they live in areas of cities that have typically suffered from a lack of investment," says Worthington.
So, the city proposed this: eliminate single-family zoning. In vast swaths of the city, lots would now be allowed to have up to three units, instead of one. Housing could be even denser along major roads, near public transit and near job-rich areas.
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The plan sparked a communitywide debate, pitting NIMBYs against YIMBYs. Across the city, yards were dotted with dueling lawn signs such as "don't bulldoze our neighborhoods" or "neighbors for more neighbors."
In the end, the plan was overwhelmingly passed by the city council.
"These patterns are so durable and were put in place so long ago that cities struggle with how to start to change that fabric," Worthington says. "Now the city of Minneapolis can make those changes."
Challenges ahead
Minneapolis's plan opened the door for other cities and states to take on single-family zoning. Oregon soon followed suit, passing a plan that "upzoned" single-family neighborhoods to duplexes or fourplexes. California lawmakers made a similar attempt, but so far have failed three times to pass legislation.
In Minneapolis' communities of color, the reaction was more mixed.
"There was a lot of, really, what we saw being self-congratulatory press both locally and nationally," says Owen Duckworth, director of policy and organizing at the Alliance, a racial justice and housing coalition in the Twin Cities. "And I think that was also quite frustrating."
Zoning plans are essentially just blueprints for a city. Duckworth says changes on the ground will take new commitments from Minneapolis city leaders, especially to ensure that new housing includes affordable housing. Otherwise, the plan puts lower-income neighborhoods at risk.
"No one is going to come in, buy up a million dollar home in southwest Minneapolis, tear it down and put a fourplex up," says Duckworth. "Where that sort of phenomenon of property purchasing and displacement is, it's in lower-income, historically disinvested communities where people are beginning to now feel gentrification and displacement pressures."
Duckworth says the city recently passed new renter protections, but bigger commitments are needed, like higher funding for affordable housing that spans multiple years, so the market has more predictability. Minneapolis is adding residents, but the city has lost roughly 15,000 affordable housing units since 2000 and rentals are becoming increasingly unaffordable for communities of color.
Unless the city expedites affordable housing, the pace of change is expected to be slow. Since the new zoning rules went into effect, only a handful of new developments were approved prior to the pandemic outbreak.
"It still always feels a little short of where you're trying to go," says Smith Jones. "I think by just changing the zoning, you're missing the intentionality that you need to have to make sure it's impacting the people you want it to work for."
Preparing for the effects of climate change also goes beyond housing policy. The more concrete a neighborhood has, the hotter it gets in the summer, especially in a warming climate. Because of this "urban heat island" effect, some neighborhoods that are home to Minneapolis' black communities can be 10 degrees hotter than other neighborhoods.
"If you looked historically, you would see the restrictive covenants along those green spaces," Smith Jones says. "So historically we haven't had the ability to live in very beautiful, nice green spaces that are healthy."
Though she no longer works for the city, Worthington is hopeful that the new zoning plan will be a foundation for bigger changes to come.
"We're not now blind to these issues," Worthington says. "I think the challenge for us will be that we'll really have to sustain effort and make difficult decisions. We're a very wealthy area in terms of area median income, but we have not done a great job in thinking about priorities."
Smith Jones says there is no moving forward in Minneapolis without addressing its systemic inequity, which is part of the city's makeup. Still, she's hopeful and plans to make sure that the voices of disadvantaged communities are centered in the city's rebuilding effort.
"Hope is the thing that gets you up every day," Smith Jones says. "I believe in the good of people. I believe their hearts. I know we definitely have bad apples out there, but I think that if we all really dig in deep and tap into that, that collectively we can have a big impact."
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2023-05-20T05:00:16+00:00
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A mess of ice, sleet and snow lingered across much of the southern U.S. as thousands in Texas endured freezing temperatures with no power, including many in the state capital of Austin, but a warming trend was forecast to bring relief from the deadly storm Thursday.
More than 390,000 customers in Texas were without power early Thurdsay as trees, heavy with ice, buckled onto power lines, according to PowerOutage, a website tracking utility reports.
More than 150,000 of those outages were in Austin, where the city’s utility warned residents who had been without electricity that lights and heat may not come back on until later Thursday.
Pablo Vegas, who heads the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, vowed the state’s electrical grid and natural gas supply would be reliable and there wouldn’t be a repeat of the February 2021 blackouts when the grid was on the brink of total failure.
School systems in the Dallas and Austin, plus many in Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee, planned to be closed Thursday as bands of winter precipitation continued to push through.
Nearly 700 flights scheduled for Thursday already had been canceled by Thursday morning, according to the flight tracking service FlightAware.com. That followed thousands of cancelations and delays since frigid weather set in Monday.
Watches and warnings about wintry conditions were issued for an area stretching along the West Texas border with Mexico through Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana and into western Tennessee and northern Mississippi.
The treacherous driving conditions resulted in at least eight deaths on slick roads since Monday, including seven in Texas and one in Arkansas. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged people not to drive.
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2023-02-02T14:12:19+00:00
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wcia.com
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https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-winter-storm-lingers-in-southern-us-but-relief-is-forecast/
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn had his Twitter account reinstated on Friday as the United States marked the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Twitter suspended the account of the retired Army lieutenant general two days after the violent assault on the capitol. Flynn had more than 1 million followers at the time and had used the platform to become a top spreader of false information about the 2020 election. Twitter cited its policy against “coordinated harmful activity” for the suspension.
Flynn noted on a podcast Thursday that he was still banned from Twitter. Roger Stone, a close ally of Donald Trump who now works closely with Flynn, on Friday morning tweeted out a plea to Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, to reinstate Flynn.
Flynn’s account became active sometime Friday, and late in the afternoon he tweeted a message “to personally thank” Musk for allowing him back on Twitter.
Musk did not immediately respond to tweets from The Associated Press seeking comment about the reason for the reinstatement, timing and policy. Twitter’s communications department, which was gutted after Musk bought the social media platform in October, did not immediately respond to emails.
Flynn was actively engaged in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He suggested Trump should seize voting machines and said Trump could order up the military in some states and rerun the election. At one point, he made his way into the Oval Office to push his ideas directly to Trump.
An investigation by AP and the PBS series “Frontline” detailed how Flynn has worked since the insurrection to build a far-right movement based on Christian nationalist ideas, and which is attracting election deniers, conspiracy theorists and extremists.
On Friday, many of his followers were celebrating his reinstatement and welcoming him back, while his brother, Joseph Flynn, had retweeted several of his old tweets from 2020.
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2023-01-07T20:46:57+00:00
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keloland.com
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https://www.keloland.com/news/technology/ap-technology/ap-michael-flynn-restored-to-twitter-on-jan-6-anniversary/
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In a packed theater at the Anacostia Arts Center on Saturday, D.C. officials, including Police Chief Robert J. Contee III and city attorney general Brian Schwalb discussed their heartbreak over the youth violence enveloping both teen victims and offenders in the city, and hopes that it can be reversed. One panelist noted the low number of youths in the audience, and added, “If Beyoncé was coming, there would be droves of people here.”
Ardinay Blocker, 20, had heard enough. From the audience, he took the microphone and told the panel that the promises he’s heard to improve neighborhoods never materialize. “They said we got $40 million in funding for certain things, all different types of things we never see,” Blocker said. “Yeah, we got a [basketball] court coming. That was two years ago. Where’s the court at? Now if it was Beyoncé, we’re gonna buy a ticket, because she’s gonna show up.”
The crowd erupted, acknowledging the ongoing frustrations of living in a city still reeling from the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake this month, the wounding of two children getting off a Metrobus, and the repeated carjackings and robberies being committed by teenagers. The slaying of Blake, by a man police said claimed he had seen the youth breaking into vehicles, was front and center through much of the discussion, titled “Love and Order: Can They Co-Exist in Addressing Youth Violence?”
Lindsey Appiah, the new deputy mayor for public safety, said the discussion needed to shift from prosecution of crime to prevention. There were 105 juveniles shot in the city last year, 18 fatally, Appiah said. The first homicide victim of 2023 was 17 years old. “Where we are is not the good place,” Appiah said. “If justice is after the fact that we prosecute someone, then we’ve failed our children. … It’s my responsibility, and ours, to figure out how do we touch the child before we’re talking about them at 3 o’clock in the morning in the street? If we don’t start talking real quick about how we keep our kids alive, we’ll be here in six months talking about the 20 homicides.”
Appiah, who worked for nine years at the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, said there are multiple effective programs to engage teens and parents before violence erupts. “We know what to do, we need to work together to do it,” Appiah said.
Community activist Ronald Moten, co-founder of Peaceaholics, said youths in D.C. “are doing a lot of great things, they just don’t get the platforms.” A young poet and a young rapper bookended the panel discussion with impressive performances. “When we start following narratives, and not listening to the people in the community, we start setting people up for failure,” Moten said.
Schwalb said the news media have fed a narrative that D.C. teens are out of control, leading the court system to overreact. The attorney general’s office in the District oversees juvenile prosecutions, and he said juveniles comprise only 7.5 percent of arrests in the city. He said programs such as restorative justice, diversion and deferred prosecution are effective for those arrested, and “I want to work myself out of a job.” Contee said the number of juveniles arrested in D.C. had dropped from 2,200 in 2019 to 1,400 last year.
In driving to the discussion, Contee said, he passed a long line at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. He wants to see local parents providing more exposure to the positive aspects of the city. The chief said he had launched a police cadet program in Ward 8 which now has 112 students, including high school seniors who after graduating are immediately placed in jobs or college classes with health care.
“All of these things that should be a guarantee for a young people,” Contee said, “I’m trying to make sure they have those guarantees.”
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2023-01-15T00:46:45+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/14/dc-youth-violence-forum/
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seventeen states with vehicle emission standards tied to rules established in California face weighty decisions on whether to follow that state's strictest-in-the nation new rules that require all new cars, pickups and SUVs to be electric or hydrogen powered by 2035.
Under the Clean Air Act, states must abide by the federal government's standard vehicle emissions standards unless they at least partially opt to follow California's stricter requirements.
Among them, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon and Vermont are expected to adopt California’s ban on new gasoline-fueled vehicles. Colorado and Pennsylvania are among the states that probably won't. The legal ground is a bit murkier in Minnesota, where the state’s “Clean Cars” rule has been a political minefield and the subject of a legal fight. Meanwhile, Republicans are rebelling in Virginia.
The Minnesota Auto Dealers Association says its reading of state and federal law is that the new California rules kick in automatically in the state, and it's making that case in court as it tries to block them.
“The technology is such that the vehicles just don’t perform that well in cold weather,” said Scott Lambert, the trade group’s president. “We don’t all live in southern California.”
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency officials say the state would have to launch an entirely new rulemaking process to adopt California’s changes. And in court filings and legislative hearings, they’ve said they are not planning to do that now.
“We are not California. Minnesota has its own plan,” Gov. Tim Walz said in a statement. He called Minnesota’s program “a smart way to increase, rather than decrease, options for consumers. Our priority is to lower costs and increase choices so Minnesotans can drive whatever vehicle suits them.”
Oregon regulators are taking public comments through Sept. 7 on whether to adopt the new California standards. Colorado regulators, who adopted California's older rules, won't follow California’s new ones, the administration of Democratic Gov. Jared Polis said.
"While the governor shares the goal of rapidly moving towards electric vehicles, he is skeptical about requiring 100% of cars sold to be electric by a certain date as technology is rapidly changing,” the Colorado Energy Office said in a statement.
Regulators in Pennsylvania, which only partially adopted California's older standards, said they won't automatically follow its new rules. Under Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania started the regulatory process last year to fully conform with California's rules, but abandoned it.
Virginia had been on a path to adopting California's rules under legislation that passed last year when Democrats were in full control of Virginia's government. But Republicans who control the House of Delegates and GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin say they'll push to unlink their state.
Minnesota’s auto dealers are trying to make their state’s current rules — and the possibility that they could tighten to incorporate California’s new restrictions — an issue for the fall elections. Control of the Legislature and governor’s office are up for grabs, and the dealers hope to persuade the 2023 Legislature to roll back the regulations unless they win in court first, Lambert said.
The MPCA, with Walz's support, adopted California's existing standards through administrative rulemaking last year amid a bitter fight with Republican lawmakers who were upset that the Legislature was cut out of the decision. Legislators even tried unsuccessfully to withhold funding from Minnesota's environmental agencies. One casualty was Laura Bishop, who resigned as MPCA commissioner after it became apparent that she lacked the votes in the GOP-controlled Senate to win confirmation.
Walz and his administration have framed Minnesota's Clean Cars rule as a fairly painless way to increase the availability of electric vehicles and help the state meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals. The rule seeks to increase the offerings of battery-powered and hybrid vehicles starting with the 2025 model year by requiring manufacturers to comply with California standards currently in force for low- and zero-emission vehicles.
Lambert said the state’s auto dealers don’t oppose electric vehicles. They currently make up 2.3% of new vehicle sales in Minnesota and he expects consumer interest to continue to grow. But the reduced range of battery-powered vehicles in cold weather makes them less attractive in northern tier states, he said. Minnesota’s rules already threaten to saddle dealers with more electric vehicles than their customers will buy, he said, and adopting the California ban would make things worse.
Under federal law, by Lambert's reading, states have to either adopt California's rules in full or follow less stringent federal emission standards. He said they can't pick and choose from parts of each. And that effectively means there's a “ban on the books” in Minnesota for sales of new conventionally fueled vehicles starting with the 2035 model year, he said.
Lambert's association was already fighting Minnesota's existing Clean Car rules in the Minnesota Court of Appeals, and its petition foresaw that California would make the changes it announced late last month. A key issue in whether “any future amendments to the incorporated California regulations automatically become part of Minnesota rules," as the dealers argue.
The MPCA's attorneys assert that they don't, and have asked the court to dismiss the challenge. MPCA Commissioner Katrina Kessler has made similar arguments for months, including before a skeptical state Senate committee last March.
Aaron Klemz, chief strategy officer for the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, which will be filing its own arguments against the dealers in court, acknowledged that the legal landscape is confusing. And he said it's not clear whether his group will eventually call for Minnesota to follow California's new ban.
“We haven't done enough analysis of the California rule to know if we're going to push for its adoption in Minnesota," Klemz said. He noted that other issues are coming into play, including incentives for electric vehicles in the Inflation Reduction Act that President Joe Biden recently signed, and the stated intentions by some of the major automakers to go all-electric.
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Associated Press reporters Jim Anderson in Denver; Gillian Flaccus in Portland, Oregon; and Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, contributed to this story.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finishes the first 100 days of his third term as Brazil’s president on Monday and his return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his social policies and undo his predecessor’s legacy.
Lula unseated Jair Bolsonaro by a razor-thin margin last October. He and his team announced plans to hit the ground running. Then, a week after Lula’s inauguration, Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in capital Brasilia, hoping military intervention would remove the leftist from power.
Quelling unrest while staving off potential coups was a challenge unseen by any president since Brazil’s return to democracy over three decades ago, and it has overshadowed the efforts of Lula’s administration since then.
Lula, who governed between 2003 and 2010, started his third term faced with the stiff challenges of achieving his goals of eradicating poverty and hunger while preventing economic slowdown.
To the extent that he has ushered in change since Jan. 1, that has entailed reactivating policies from past Workers’ Party administrations: The cash-conditional Family Grant welfare program, the My House, My Life housing program, and the More Doctors initiative to expand medical care.
“Other governments inherited an organized state; Bolsonaro disorganized the state. Everything needs to be redone,” Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo, said. “Even so, the government hasn’t presented a (new) project.”
Lula has blamed Bolsonaro for the challenges faced by his government, whose official slogan includes the word “reconstruction.” Before taking power, Lula commissioned and publicized a detailed report on the government’s debilitated state. On March 17 on Twitter, Bolsonaro remarked that governing is very easy for Lula: “just undo what Bolsonaro did.”
“I am not used about talking about the first 100 days of the administration,” Lula said during a ceremony at Brazil’s presidential palace on Monday to recognize a date with symbolic significance in this and many other nations. “But I think it is important to remind you that, in 2003 I took over from a democratic president, which did not happen now.”
Lula successfully rallied lawmakers and Supreme Court justices in defense of democracy and began executing a strategy to remove the armed forces from politics. Almost three months later, he has made inroads with a vastly pro-Bolsonaro military and garnered some support in Congress. He also received a nod from moderates and business leaders for his finance minister’s proposed fiscal rules to address recurring budget deficits; the government aims to zero the primary budget deficit by the end of next year.
Still, polls show Lula lacks popular support. Of 2,028 Brazilians polled by Datafolha, 38% said Lula’s administration was either good or excellent – just above Bolsonaro’s approval rating after three months in office. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.
Some analysts say Lula likewise still lacks the congressional support to pass legislation.
In order to fund social investments and ensure job creation, Lula also needs the economy to grow. Economists surveyed weekly by the central bank forecast sub-1% growth this year, and little more in 2024, down from 2.9% last year even with a fourth-quarter contraction.
To spur activity, Lula has spent considerable time and effort pressuring the president of Brazil’s independent central bank to lower the benchmark interest rate from its highest level since 2016 – thus far to no avail.
While Lula has struggled on the economic front, he has scored wins on the environment after pledging to usher in a new era of responsible stewardship of the Amazon rainforest.
His biggest environmental win has been a humanitarian operation to rescue Yanomami people from disease and malnutrition in the Amazon. The armed forces, under the leadership of a newly appointed army commander, provided food and medical supplies, while newly empowered environmental agents destroyed illegal gold mining camps that lay waste to the rivers and forest, and expelled miners from the Indigenous territory.
This reflected a shift from the policies of Bolsonaro, who encouraged prospecting, criticized such protected lands as unproductive and systematically defanged environmental authorities.
Environmentalists, Indigenous rights activists, the media and foreign governments have cheered the Lula administration’s efforts in Yanomami land. Lula also reactivated donations to the Amazon Fund that is the most important international cooperation effort to preserve the area.
There are bigger environmental tests ahead. Lula has yet to rebuild Brazil’s environmental bodies, not only for preservation efforts, but also to demonstrate the government’s full commitment to foreign investors and governments, said Marcio Astrini, the executive-secretary of the Climate Observatory, a network of non-profits.
Bolsonaro went about “institutionally sabotaging the environment. The (Lula) government has taken important steps, but one cannot underestimate Bolsonaro’s legacy,” Astrini said.
Reasserting Brazil’s place on the international stage has also been a priority for Lula, and he has reconnected with leaders from the United States, France, China and Argentina. Bolsonaro showed little interest in foreign travel or bridgebuilding.
The Brazilian leader has also sought to project himself as a leading voice for a peaceful end to the Ukraine conflict, though some have criticized his position as unduly soft on Russia. Eduardo Grin, a public administration professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a university and think tank in Sao Paulo, also that Lula has voiced support for authoritarian regimes in Latin America, including Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Speaking in Brasilia on Monday, the president said that he still has a lot of time to correct his administration’s missteps. His social communications minister said Lula will host weekly broadcasts on social media to talk about his work, a strategy employed by Bolsonaro throughout his presidency to connect with ordinary people and offer accountability.
Lula also instructed his ministers to be more vocal about their achievements.
“Our task, besides governing, is to talk a lot,” Lula told them. “Brazil has a future again. And this is just the start.”
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Savarese reported from Sao Paulo.
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More than 500 musicians and leaders in the classical music community have signed an open letter to the administration of The Juilliard School, demanding that the famed performing arts institution take immediate action regarding sexual misconduct allegations against composer Robert Beaser, the former chair of Juilliard's composition department. The open letter was first published Friday.
Sexual misconduct allegations against Beaser, as well as the late composer Christopher Rouse, were first published in the German-based VAN magazine last week.
On Monday, Juilliard confirmed to NPR that Beaser stepped away from teaching and his other responsibilities at the school as of Friday afternoon. Both the composition faculty and students received notifications of this development from the school's provost, Adam Meyer.
The emailed letter sent to faculty reads in part: "We will continue to conduct the investigation in a confidential manner. We want to assure you that our processes and procedures provide for fair and impartial treatment of all involved, and we are committed to our work to resolve this matter."
As of Monday morning, more than 500 musicians and leaders in the classical music community had signed the open letter. Calling Beaser's alleged conduct "a decades-long abuse of women and power," the signatories wrote: "Though we recognize and appreciate the need for due process, the volume of allegations, testimony, and supporting evidence of Beaser's misconduct are undeniably unsettling. Until the investigation is resolved, Beaser's presence in the Juilliard composition department could jeopardize the emotional well-being of students and inhibit a safe and healthy learning environment."
The letter signers include dozens of leading composers, educators and performing arts presenters across the U.S., many of whom are Juilliard graduates. The signatories include composers Vivian Fung, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Nicholas Britell, Missy Mazzoli, Vijay Iyer and George E. Lewis, and current professors at such institutions as Harvard, Princeton and Yale universities as well as Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music and Juilliard itself.
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The Pacific Ocean is shrinking and making way for America to collide with Asia, study shows
A supercomputer model shows that tectonic plates are constantly moving around the world and could one day lead to Australia colliding with Asia, then America could merge with Asia as the Pacific Ocean shrinks.
Hundreds of millions of years from now, Earth will look unrecognizable as the globe’s largest ocean vanishes, and researchers say the continent "Amasia" will form from the collision of North America and Asia.
A study recently published in National Science Review highlights the findings by a team of researchers at Curtin University in Australia.
According to researchers, every year the Pacific Ocean decreases in size by a few centimeters, and with depictions from a supercomputer, they expect a new continent will form in 200 to 300 million years.
"By simulating how the Earth’s tectonic plates are expected to evolve using a supercomputer, we were able to show that in less than 300 million years’ time it is likely to be the Pacific Ocean that will close, allowing for the formation of Amasia, debunking some previous scientific theories," lead author Dr. Chuan Huang, from Curtin University, said in a statement.
The movement of tectonic plates is not a new trend, and Huang said over the last two billion years a supercontinent forms about every 600 million years.
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If the latest research is accurate, Earth’s seven continents will slowly merge into one giant landmass, surrounded by what are known as the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Researchers said a key part of the new supercontinent would be the movement of Australia.
The continent is expected to first collide with Asia, before North America merges with Asia, ending the Pacific Ocean as we know it.
The research team said the Pacific Ocean is what is left of the Panthalassa super ocean and has been shrinking since about the era of dinosaurs.
Panthalassa surrounded the last supercontinent, which experts refer to as Pangaea.
Pangaea is thought to have started breaking apart more than 200 million years ago and led to the land and ocean formations we know today.
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With the new continent, climate patterns will change, and a large part of "Amasia" could resemble a desert because of a lack of maritime influence.
"Earth as we know it will be drastically different when Amasia forms. The sea level is expected to be lower, and the vast interior of the supercontinent will be very arid with high daily temperature ranges," co-author Zheng-Xiang Li, from Curtin University, said in a statement.
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Andrea Prudente's medical case is a situation we could see more of during post-Roe.
The 38-year-old American had a partial miscarriage while on her baby moon in Malta.
Her life was in danger and she could get an infection or bleed to death.
Doctors wouldn't give her the surgery she needed to save her life. Abortion is illegal in Malta.
She had to be medically evacuated to Spain.
Doctor Kara Goldman teaches obstetrics and gynecology and is the Medical Director of Fertility Preservation at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
"To think about being in a scenario where we can't offer evidence-based care is horrifying," Goldman said.
Illinois is an abortion safe haven, but the Supreme Court ruling already is impacting her patients.
"Yesterday, I talked to a patient. She is considering when to pull her IUD to start trying to conceive with her husband. And we decided that she would wait to pull it until after she returned from Florida," she said.
In several states, abortion laws include an exception "in the case of a medical emergency." But there's no definition of what that means.
Harry Nelson is a Health Care Regulatory Lawyer at Nelson Hardiman.
"We've created a situation of real ambiguity, where a doctor can't be sure that the situation that looks to them like an emergency calling for action is necessarily one that, you know, that a prosecutor or a government agency or a court would agree," Nelson said.
Ectopic pregnancy is a common example of what doctors consider a situation that needs urgent care. In pregnancy, an egg is fertilized by sperm and becomes an embryo. The embryo should travel down the fallopian tube to the uterus and attach. When it attaches anywhere else, it's an ectopic pregnancy.
"It is a matter of time that fallopian tube will rupture," Goldman said. "And that rupture of the fallopian tube leads to a significant amount of bleeding, and that bleeding may not stop. If that is not taken care of, that woman will die from blood loss. That we learn in residency is never let the sun set on ectopic pregnancy."
It's the same for miscarriage or if a patient's water breaks early.
Goldman says the longer the wait to consult a legal expert for surgery or medicine, the greater the risk of deadly infection or blood loss for the patient.
"The doctors are going to wait until situations are really dire and nobody can possibly argue about whether there's an emergency. And that's a terrible, terrible development in women's health — in our health care system, period," Nelson said.
Adding to the clock: Legal requirements in states like Kentucky further draw out time. They require a second doctor to sign off on abortion care.
"It's an untenable situation for our health care system," Kentucky OBGYN Dr. Amy Kim said. "And in order to get a second physician signature, someone will have to come in from their home, like being called away from home, come into the hospital, sign off on documentation. That is unsustainable on a long-term basis for us."
"The delay in care, in making a decision, is a matter of life and death," Nelson said.
He tells Newsy that for doctors, simply the threat of legal punishment will be taxing.
"There are thousands, tens of thousands of prosecutors out there with a really wide range of political views. Any of these assurances that are given by people at a senior level in the states don't provide any comfort whatsoever about what an individual prosecutor may do," Nelson said.
He adds that medical standards like the definition of "medical emergency" or "health of the mother" should come from clinicians.
As for Andrea Prudente's case, The Associated French Press says Malta's health minister has ordered a review of the country's abortion ban, saying there shouldn't be any part of Maltese law that interferes with doctors saving lives.
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2022-07-06T21:10:44+00:00
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SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Gives, a corporate social responsibility initiative from Genesis Motor North America, and Genesis of Savannah recently donated a total of $10,000 to the Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club (FCBGC) of Savannah, a nonprofit organization that provides out-of-school educational and youth development programs. A ceremonial check was presented to FCBGC in Savannah, Georgia.
"Genesis is committed to investing in the communities we serve, and we see no better way to accomplish that than through supporting children's education," said Brandon Ramirez, director, corporate social responsibility and external relations, Genesis Motor America. "Genesis Gives recognizes the importance of providing opportunities for children to grow their minds and learn the skills they need to be successful, in a safe and positive environment."
FCBGC is the first chartered Boys and Girls Club in the state of Georgia, just celebrating its 100th anniversary this past July. The club serves about 300 children ages 5-18 every day, majority being from a minority background. The cost to enroll in the program is only $20 per year with scholarships available to those who need it. Programs include support for academic success, emotional and social development, workforce development and career exploration, STEM activities, and many more.
"This donation means everything to us. Without the support of companies like Genesis, we would not be able to exist," said Mark Lindsay, chief executive officer, Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club. "This donation is going to be used for our STEM program, which helps teach our kids valuable life lessons, as well as shows them a variety of potential career paths."
Genesis Gives
Genesis Gives is a corporate social responsibility initiative from Genesis Motor North America. Expanding on the brand's commitment to the highest standards of performance and its athletic elegance design identity, Genesis Gives supports nonprofit organizations with the goal of improving access to, and performance in, youth sports and STEAM education in under resourced communities. For more information, visit www.GenesisGives.com.
Genesis Motor North America
At Genesis, we put the customer at the center of every decision we make. Genesis is a global automotive brand that delivers the highest standards of performance, design, safety, and innovation while looking towards a more sustainable future. Genesis designs customer experiences that go beyond products, embodying audacious, forward-thinking, and distinctly Korean characteristics within its unique Athletic Elegance design identity. With a growing range of award-winning models — including the 2022 MotorTrend SUV of the Year, GV70, along with G70, G80, G90, GV60, and GV80 — Genesis aims to lead the age of electrification by focusing on a dual electrification strategy involving fuel-cell and battery EVs, starting with its Electrified G80 and GV60 electric models. Genesis has stated its commitment to becoming an all-electric vehicle brand by 2030 and to pursuing carbon neutrality by 2035.
Please visit our media site for the latest news at www.genesisnewsusa.com (United States) and www.genesisnews.ca (Canada).
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- Online and mobile voting is open to the public now through September 28 to help determine this year's two Thriving Scholars
- Forty students living with cystic fibrosis (CF) are in the running for the two $25,000 awards based on their academic excellence, creativity, and community involvement/extracurricular activities
- This year's scholarship program marks 30 years of AbbVie's commitment to students with CF pursuing higher education
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie today announced the start of its two-week public voting period for the 2022 Thriving Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships. Following this voting period, scholarships totaling $25,000 each will be awarded to two commendable students living with cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.
Beginning today through September 28 at 10 a.m. Central Time, the public is encouraged to visit the official AbbVie CF Scholarship website (www.AbbVieCFScholarship.com) to learn more about this year's top 40 scholars through their essays and creative presentations. The public can then cast their vote to help select the 2022 Thriving Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship recipients. Votes can be cast online or via text message by texting the scholar's personalized ID code to "58185" during the two-week public voting period.
"Beyond being a recipient of the AbbVie CF Scholarship, I am grateful I was able to share my cystic fibrosis story with the world," said Melissa W., 2021 Thriving Graduate Student. "As I continue to pursue my degree in Human Resources Management with the help of this scholarship, I am excited to continue using my voice to inspire and advocate for others."
Earlier this year, AbbVie selected 40 undergraduate and graduate students living with CF as recipients of a $3,000 scholarship for use during the 2022-2023 academic year. The award was based on their academic excellence, creativity, and community involvement/extracurricular activities. These 40 students now have the opportunity to earn the title of "2022 Thriving Undergraduate or Graduate Student," and an additional $22,000 in scholarship funding toward their higher education. The two winners will be determined by the number of valid votes cast by the public and the cumulative points awarded to each scholar by the AbbVie judging panel who evaluated the student essays and creative presentations.
"The 30th anniversary of the AbbVie CF Scholarship program commemorates the community of students we have been able to support over the years in their endeavors to pursue higher education," said John Duffey, vice president, U.S. Specialty, AbbVie. "The 2022 top 40 recipients are beyond deserving and have impressed us all with their inspiring stories and ambitions to pursue their goals while living with CF."
AbbVie will announce the 2022 Thriving Undergraduate and Graduate Students in early November.
About Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs, pancreas and other organs of those living with this condition.1 In patients with CF, a thick, sticky mucus is produced in certain organs throughout the body, most commonly the lungs and digestive system. The mucus build-up in the lungs can cause difficulty breathing and may lead to life-threatening lung infections. In the pancreas, the thick mucus may prevent the release of digestive enzymes and proper food digestion, potentially leading to malabsorption and malnutrition.
About the AbbVie CF Scholarship
The AbbVie CF Scholarship was established 30 years ago in recognition of the financial burdens many families touched by CF face and to acknowledge the achievements of students with CF. Since its inception, the scholarship program has awarded over $3.7 million in scholarships to over 1,000 students. The AbbVie CF Scholarship is part of AbbVie's ongoing commitment to the CF community, which is comprised of more than 30,000 people in the United States. Today, more than half of the CF population are age 18 years or older.1
It is not necessary for scholarship applicants to have taken, currently take, or intend to take in the future, any medicine or product marketed by AbbVie, and this is not a consideration in the selection criteria. More information about the AbbVie CF Scholarship criteria and application can be found at www.AbbVieCFScholarship.com.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram.
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Climate activists are calling on President Biden to take steps to fire David Malpass, the head of the World Bank, after he publicly waffled on whether he believes that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are causing climate change, saying "I'm not a scientist."
Malpass made the comments after former vice president and noted climate activist Al Gore called him a "climate denier" at a New York Times event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly earlier this week.
🌎🔥 Today I asked World Bank president @DavidMalpassWBG if he believed in the scientific consensus that the man made burning of fossil fuels is rapidly and dangerously warming the planet.
— David Gelles (@dgelles) September 20, 2022
“I’m not a scientist,” he said.
Here’s a thread about the remarkable exchange. 🧵 1/ pic.twitter.com/t0nQheybzi
Malpass subsequently tried to clean up his comments, telling Politico on Friday that it was a "poorly chosen line." Malpass defended the bank's investments and said he would not resign.
That did little to silence the calls for his removal.
"We need climate leaders in the World Bank, we need climate leaders in the Federal Reserve, we need climate leaders in every high aspect of office," said Thanu Yakupitiyage, a spokesperson for 350.org, an anti-fossil fuel climate advocacy group.
"If he's not going to be the one who really pushes and pressures the World Bank in a new direction which really works on climate initiatives, then he has to go," Yakupitiyage said.
It's beyond belief that at this late date the American running the World Bank is a climate denier.
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) September 21, 2022
Biden better find a sentient human for the post.
Now. https://t.co/2iDStshbx5
The White House is making its displeasure public
Malpass' climate controversy quickly reached top White House officials, who were in New York this week for the U.N. General Assembly. One senior administration official told reporters that it "obviously raises eyebrows."
On Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre directly criticized Malpass and the bank — and would not say whether President Biden retains confidence in Malpass' leadership.
"We disagree with the comments made by President Malpass," Jean-Pierre told reporters. "We expect the World Bank to be a global leader of climate ambition and mobilization of significantly more climate finance for developing countries," she said, noting the Treasury Department "has and will continue to make that clear."
The United States plays a key role in nominating the president. But other nations that are shareholders in the bank would have a say on any change in leadership, Jean-Pierre said.
"Removing him requires a majority of shareholders — so that's something to keep in mind," she told reporters.
It's not the first time Malpass has come under fire
Malpass was nominated for a five-year term at the bank in 2019 by former President Donald Trump. The World Bank's board typically approves the nomination of the United States, which is the bank's largest shareholder.
He has long been criticized by climate and environment advocates because of the bank's continued financing of fossil fuel projects around the world. They argue that more should be done to move to cleaner energy sources.
Malpass' latest comments were a "remarkable gaffe," said Scott Morris, co-director of sustainable development finance at the Center for Global Development — but he said there's a deeper fault-line between the bank and climate activists.
"The climate advocates are increasingly frustrated that this institution that really is a central player is not demonstrating the kind of ambition on climate that they think is needed," Morris said, explaining Malpass had not pushed to lead the bank in that direction.
"You compare him to where the climate community thinks the bank needs to go and it simply isn't ambitious enough," Morris said. "He clearly is not trying to push the bank further in the right direction and has demonstrated no particular ambition around climate beyond the baseline of support the bank is providing right now."
Lisa Frank, executive director of the Washington Legislative Office of Environment America, said it was good that Malpass eventually acknowledged that his remarks fell short. But she said actions speak louder than words. "Investing in fossil fuel projects is incompatible with what we need to do to tackle global warming," Frank said.
World Bank President David Malpass said he didn't consider resigning after facing criticism for dodging repeated questions on the science of climate change. (He later walked back his response)
— POLITICO (@politico) September 23, 2022
"When asked, 'Are you a climate denier?' I should've said no," he told @PoliticoRyan. pic.twitter.com/ETOzME1Ntx
Malpass admits he could have done a better job on the question
Earlier this month, the World Bank touted spending $31.7 billion in fiscal year 2022 to help countries address climate change and has called itself the "world's largest financier of climate action in developing countries." Projects range from expanding the solar industry in India, to biodigester programs across Sub-Saharan Africa, to increasing affordable electricity access in Nigeria.
Malpass defended the bank's record on climate, saying it had made a "forceful leadership job" and was using climate science to find investments that would have the greatest impact. He said he was caught off-guard by the question about his climate change beliefs.
"When asked 'Are you a climate denier?' I should have said 'No,'" Malpass said. "No one's said that other that Al Gore, and it was pretty much off-topic," he said at the Politico event.
"It's clear that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are adding to, are causing climate change, so the task for us — for the world — is to pull together the projects and the funding that actually has an impact," he said.
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Portugal stepping out of Ronaldo’s long shadow at World Cup
By STEVE DOUGLAS and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A future for Portugal’s national team without Cristiano Ronaldo could be a daunting prospect to the country’s up-and-coming generation of internationals. They respect and even revere him with Bruno Fernandes calling him the most famous athlete in sports. Yet they are showing at the World Cup that playing without Ronaldo might liberate them. Winning 6-1 without the Portugal captain in the last 16 against Switzerland demonstrated there is plenty of life after the five-time world player of the year. They’ll look to show it again in the quarterfinals against Morocco.
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2022-12-08T19:29:41+00:00
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krdo.com
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HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders, already on a roll with three consecutive victories, could soon get a major infusion of offensive talent.
Tight end Darren Waller (hamstring) and wide receiver Hunter Renfrow (oblique) are eligible to come off injured reserve this week. Given the short turnaround to play at the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday, the more likely scenario is both players will return next week.
Coach Josh McDaniels alluded Monday to when cornerback Nate Hobbs came off IR two weeks ago, but was ill and didn’t practice. As a result, Hobbs didn’t play that week at Seattle, but was activated for Sunday’s 27-20 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Raiders will have only walkthrough practices this week, so Waller and Renfrow won’t get a chance to get in a proper workout before returning to game action.
“Obviously, with no practice and those kinds of things, it’s a little bit of a unique situation,” McDaniels said. “We’re going to have some discussions, I think, later this morning once we kind of get a handle on where our team is relative to the health of it from yesterday’s game. … You’ve got to be careful a bit and try to make a smart decision, but we’re going to kind of let the health of the team assist us in some of those discussions.”
The Raiders (5-7) have more than made up for the losses of those players with their recent play, using the combination of wide receiver Davante Adams and running back Josh Jacobs to average just shy of 30 points in the past three games.
Adams has two 100-yard receiving games over those three weeks with four total touchdowns. Jacobs rushed for more than 100 yards each game with three total TDs.
The returns of Waller and Renfrow, whether it’s this week or next, would figure to only help the offense. Waller had 107 catches for 1,196 yards and nine TDs in 2020, though his numbers slipped to 55 receptions, 665 yards and two scores last season. Renfrow caught 103 passes last year for 1,038 yards and nine TDs.
Even if those two don’t return this week, the Raiders have shown they can win with the players they have. Now they face the defending champions, but at 3-9 the Rams resemble little of the team that held up the Lombardi Trophy in February.
“They’ve had challenges like we have in terms of health and all that, but this is a team that obviously is very resilient,” McDaniels said. “This team is going to battle, there’s no doubt about it, so going to have our hands full.”
WHAT’S WORKING
The Raiders have discovered a pass rush the past three weeks, getting a combined 11 sacks. They had 10 in the first nine games. Against the Chargers, Las Vegas sacked Justin Herbert five times and hit him 14 times.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
Las Vegas has to find ways to get off to better starts. The Raiders have been shut out in the opening quarter in four of the past six games, and they totaled 14 points. Opponents have scored 38 in the first period over that span.
STOCK UP
DE Chandler Jones entered that Chargers game with a half-sack. He had three in the first half alone and made key tackle on Herbert that forced a turnover on downs. Jones also batted down a pass. This is the player the Raiders thought they were getting when they acquired him in the offseason.
STOCK DOWN
Protecting the ball has suddenly become an issue. The Raiders have four turnovers in the past two games after committing just seven until then. Though they won both games, it’s not a sustainable path if the Raiders keep handing over the ball at that kind of rate.
INJURIES
CB Rock Ya-Sin (knee), DT Andrew Billings (fibula), LB Jayon Brown (hand) and CB Tyler Hall (back) did not practice Monday. Jacobs (quadriceps/calf), RB Ameer Abdullah (hamstring), CB Duron Harmon (quadriceps), C Andre James (quadricep), S Isaiah Pola-Mao (ankle) and DE Kendal Vickers (back) were limited.
KEY NUMBER
100.4 — That is Derek Carr’s passer rating in his five Thursday appearances. He has thrown five touchdown passes without an interception.
NEXT STEPS
The Raiders will have extra time to prepare for the Dec. 18 home game against the New England Patriots, where McDaniels spent 18 seasons, including 13 as offensive coordinator. The NFL on Monday flexed what was supposed to be the stand-alone Sunday night game to 4:05 p.m. EST.
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2022-12-06T00:58:26+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian suspect as West Bank violence shows no signs of slowing
JERUSAELM (AP) — Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian man during new unrest in the West Bank. Monday’s shooting came as a wave of violence in the occupied territory showed no signs of slowing. The Israeli military says troops stopped a motorist in Deir Nidham, a town west of Ramallah, to question him. It says the man got out of his car, threw a grenade and fired shots toward soldiers, who then opened fire. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a 33-year-old man. Israel last week concluded a fierce two-day offensive that used rare air power and hundreds of troops in what was designed as a crackdown against militants.
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2023-07-10T12:27:05+00:00
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krdo.com
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https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/07/10/israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-suspect-as-west-bank-violence-shows-no-signs-of-slowing/
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Elizabeth Sommeling scored two goals to lead Cherry Hill East to a 4-1 win over Cedar Creek in Cherry Hill.
Jenna McGovern had a goal and an assist and Kira Fowler added two assists for Cherry Hill East (5-6). Julia Maher added a goal, while Maddie Shultz made 14 saves in the win.
Natalie Eifert scored the lone goal for Cedar Creek (8-3).
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2022-10-07T02:37:19+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/10/cherry-hill-east-over-cedar-creek-girls-soccer-recap.html
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Maine Man Attacked 6-Year-Old Girl, Confronted Police with Metal Pole
Police said a man attacked a 6-year-old girl after she answered the door of the family’s home in Portland on Monday morning.
Man Grabbed 6-Year-Old Girl by the Neck
The girl’s aunt said the man grabbed the girl by the neck and “threw her on the ground, choked her and was touching her everywhere,” according to WGME News. The incident happened around 6:30 am at a residence on Monroe Court.
Girl Released from Hospital
Police said the man fled the scene. The girl was taken to Maine Medical Center and released.
Confronting Police with Metal Pole
Police arrested a man around 6:30 am Monday in the same neighborhood on Smith Street. The 40 to 50-year-old man was waving a metal pole and confronting officers before being taken into custody.
Witnesses: Man Fits Description
Police have not confirmed him as the suspect, but witnesses said he fits the description. People from the neighborhood said the man is frequently in the area.
Charged for Metal Pole
Officials have not released his name, but he has been charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
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2023-05-09T15:09:54+00:00
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1019therock.com
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https://1019therock.com/maine-man-attacked-6-year-old-girl-confronted-police-with-metal-pole/
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2023-02-15T16:10:16+00:00
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news5cleveland.com
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https://www.news5cleveland.com/get-free-wildflower-seeds-for-your-garden
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A federal court jury has awarded $45 million to a man who spent two decades in prison on rape and kidnapping convictions that were later overturned.
The Montgomery County jury verdict came Monday in the civil lawsuit filed by Roger “Dean” Gillispie and followed a judge's declaration last year that he was “a wrongfully imprisoned individual.”
“The verdict just proved my point from day one, that I’m innocent,” Gillispie said outside the courthouse in Dayton, the Dayton Daily News reported. "... That’s the third time we have proved that I am innocent.”
The Fairborn man was convicted in 1991 in the rapes and kidnappings of three women in two attacks in Miami Township and Harrison Township. He moved for a new trial in 2008, arguing that new evidence pointed to another suspect and authorities had suppressed exculpatory evidence.
A court threw out the convictions and ordered a new trial, and a judge eventually dismissed the case. Gillispie was released in 2011, and the “wrongfully imprisoned” declaration in December paved the way for his civil lawsuit.
The suit alleged that a former Miami Township detective failed to disclose camping receipts showing Gillispie was in Kentucky at the time of two of the crimes. The township said it was disappointed by the verdict and cited the fact that the investigation occurred three decades ago as having complicated the defense. It declined further comment.
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2022-11-22T22:12:19+00:00
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expressnews.com
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/45-million-awarded-to-man-declared-wrongfully-17604697.php
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A man shooting from a Florida home was arrested Sunday after a nine-hour standoff with police, authorities said.
Collier County deputies responded to a call about a man shooting a gun out of a window Saturday night. The man then shot at the deputies through a door. A SWAT team was called and the man again fired at deputies through the door and the officers returned fire.
The man retreated into the home and was eventually arrested with the help of K-9 units. He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries caused by the police dogs and a bullet wound to his ear.
“Situations like this are incredibly intense and require a skilled and trained response from law enforcement,” Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said in a Facebook post. “I am proud of our deputies for bringing this to a safe resolution.”
Charges are pending.
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2022-07-10T16:04:51+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Florida-man-shooting-from-window-arrested-after-17295540.php
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Approves 40-for-1 Stock Split and Declares Dividend
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. (the "Company") (OTCPK: BHRB) reported third quarter net income of $11.1 million for Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company (the "Bank") and announced both a 40-for-1 forward stock split of the Company's common stock and a dividend of $0.53 per share on the Company's outstanding common stock, which on a split-adjusted basis is economically equivalent to the pre-split dividend amount of $21.20 per share paid in the preceding quarter.
- On October 1, 2022, the formation of the Company as the holding company for the Bank was completed. As a result of the holding company formation, each share of common stock of the Bank was automatically converted into one share of Company common stock. Financial information as of or for any period prior to October 1, 2022, reflects the financial position and results of the Bank. The Company's common stock will continue to trade on the OTC Markets trading platform under the symbol "BHRB."
- The Company's Board of Directors declared a 40-for-1 forward stock split that will be effected by issuing 39 additional shares of common stock for each outstanding share of common stock. The record date for the stock split is November 9, 2022. The additional shares will be distributed on November 17, 2022.
- The Company's Board of Directors also declared a common stock dividend of $0.53 per share on the Company's outstanding common stock. On a split-adjusted basis, the dividend is economically equivalent to the pre-split dividend of $21.20 per share paid in the preceding quarter. The record date for the dividend is November 18, 2022, and it is payable on December 1, 2022.
- Net income for the Bank totaled $11.1 million for the quarter compared to $10.4 million the previous quarter and $9.2 million earned for the same quarter in 2021. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter was $59.65 compared to $55.78 the previous quarter and $49.75 for the same 2021 quarter.
- For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net income for the Bank totaled $30.7 million, or $164.42 per diluted share compared to $27.5 million, or $148.18 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
"These announcements are an integral part of the continued success of the Company as we seek to deliver increased value for our shareholders. We remain grateful for their ongoing support," said E. Hunt Burke, Chair of the Board.
"Our performance so far this year is a result of our team's focus on executing our strategic priorities. We recently completed the formation of the holding company and announced a stock split while furthering our market expansion with a new commercial lending office in Bethesda, Maryland, and continuing to invest in our fee-based businesses and digital capabilities," said David P. Boyle, President & Chief Executive Officer. "We continue to monitor and assess the dynamic interest rate environment and other factors effecting the direction of the U.S. economy and how our performance may be impacted. Nevertheless, we will continue to use our liquidity and capital positions to support our customers, employees, communities and shareholders."
Bank Results
Third Quarter 2022 – Comparison to prior year quarter
Total revenue for the quarter was $30.9 million, or 7% higher than last year due to a 9% increase in net interest income offset by a 5% decrease in noninterest income.
Revenue for the quarter included $18.6 million in interest and fees on loans, and $10.5 million in interest on investments, which were a 1% and 53% increase over the prior year, respectively. Loans, net of allowance for losses, ended the quarter at $1.73 billion or 4% higher than the prior year, while investment securities increased 1% to $1.45 billion. Total interest income for the quarter was $29.3 million or 15% higher than the same period a year ago.
Interest expense in the third quarter of $2.6 million increased $1.6 million from the same period last year primarily due to a $1.3 million increase in interest paid on borrowed funds. Total deposits ended the quarter at $2.98 billion, or 2% higher than last year, with noninterest-bearing deposits increasing 5% and interest-bearing deposits increasing 1%. Noninterest income for the quarter decreased 5% compared to the prior year quarter to $4.3 million. The decrease was driven by a 30% decrease in other noninterest income primarily attributed to our mortgage business offset by a 1% increase in fiduciary and wealth management revenue and a 6% increase in service charges and fees.
The provision for loan losses for the quarter was a recapture of $2.4 million. Revenue after the recapture of loan losses increased to $33.3 million, an increase of 15% over last year.
Total noninterest expense increased by 8% from the prior year to $20.0 million for the quarter, primarily due to increases in personnel related expense as the Bank continued to execute on strategic priorities to deliver enhanced product capabilities to new and existing markets. Compared to the prior year quarter, personnel related expenses increased by 13% and occupancy and other operating expenses increased by 1%.
Year-to-date ended September 30, 2022 – Comparison to prior year period
Total revenue for the nine months was $88.7 million or 4% higher than last year due to a 4% increase in net interest income offset by 1% decrease in noninterest income.
Revenue included $52.5 million in interest and fees on loans, which was 6% lower year-over-year. Interest on investments totaled $27.3 million, a 37% increase, as the Bank allocated excess liquidity to the investment portfolio throughout the year with the benefit of higher yields. Total interest income for the nine months was $80.1 million compared to $75.9 million the same period one year ago. Interest expense of $4.3 million was 27% higher than the same period last year due to a $1.4 million increase in borrowed funds expense offset by a $0.6 million decline in interest paid on deposits.
Noninterest income was essentially stable compared to last year at $12.9 million. Other noninterest income decreased 26% primarily due to lower mortgage activity, offset by a 4% increase in fiduciary and wealth management revenue and a 10% increase in service charges and fees.
The provision for loan losses for the nine months was a recapture of $7.6 million compared to $0.8 million expense for the prior year. Revenue after provision for loan losses reached $96.2 million for the nine-month period, an increase of $11.5 million over the same period last year.
Total noninterest expense increased by 10% from the prior year to $59.5 million primarily due to an 8% increase in personnel related expense and a 13% increase in occupancy and other operating expense. The Bank's efficiency ratio ended the nine months of 2022 at 67.1% compared to 63.2% for the same period a year ago. Burke & Herbert Bank continues to be well-capitalized, with capital ratios that are well above regulatory requirements. As of September 30, 2022, total shareholders' equity was $255.5 million, 34% lower than the prior year with book value per share decreasing by $714.89 to $1,376.13. The decrease was primarily driven by the higher rate environment that impacted the value of the investment securities portfolio.
For more information about the Bank's performance, please see our financial statements.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. is the bank holding company for Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company. Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company is the oldest continuously operating bank under its original name headquartered in the greater Washington DC Metro area. The Bank offers a full range of business and personal financial solutions designed to meet customers' banking, borrowing, and investment needs and has over 20 branches throughout the Northern Virginia region and commercial loan offices in Fredericksburg, Loudoun County, Richmond, and in Bethesda, Maryland. Learn more at www.burkeandherbertbank.com.
Member FDIC; Equal Housing Lender.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of the Company and the Bank. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by use of the words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "will," "should," "may," "view," "opportunity," "potential," or similar expressions or expressions of confidence. The Company's ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Jane Petty
703-216-5491
jpetty@burkeandherbertbank.com
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2022-10-28T14:50:08+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/10/28/burke-amp-herbert-financial-services-corp-announces-third-quarter-2022-earnings/
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MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) today announced that it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch up to five of the company's remaining ground spare satellites from the Iridium® NEXT program, on its Falcon 9 rocket. Known as Iridium-9, the launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023. Earlier this year, Iridium celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first launch in Iridium's history, which also took place from Vandenberg on May 5, 1997. That first ever launch also carried five Iridium satellites to orbit on a Delta II rocket.
Iridium-9 will be Iridium's second rideshare with SpaceX. Previously, SpaceX conducted eight Iridium launches between January 2017 and January 2019. These launches delivered 75 satellites to LEO as part of the Iridium NEXT campaign, replacing the company's original satellite constellation. Since completion of the launch campaign in 2019, Iridium has 66 operational satellites, nine on-orbit spares and six additional spares on the ground. Up to five of those six ground spares are planned for launch as part of Iridium-9. All satellites in the upgraded Iridium constellation were built by Thales Alenia Space and carry the Aireon® hosted payload, which provides truly global, real-time surveillance of aircraft around the world.
"We have always said that when the right opportunity presented itself, we would launch many, if not all, of our remaining ground spares, and just such an opportunity came about," said Iridium CEO Matt Desch. "Our constellation is incredibly healthy; however, the spare satellites have no utility to us on the ground. We built extra satellites as an insurance policy, and with SpaceX's stellar track record, we look forward to another successful launch, which will position us even better to replicate the longevity of our first constellation."
Since the completion of the upgraded Iridium network in early 2019, Iridium's customer base grew by more than 730,000 subscribers in just three years and has more than 1.8 million today. With that subscriber growth came several new Iridium products and services, including the Iridium Certus® specialty broadband platform, Iridium's Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, Iridium Global Line of Sight® service for uncrewed and autonomous systems, and over 150 new Iridium narrowband and specialty broadband products brought to market by our partner ecosystem.
Iridium remains the only commercial satellite constellation with truly global coverage, offering weather-resilient L-band service from pole-to-pole. The constellation is divided into six polar orbiting planes that each include 11 operational crosslinked satellites. The satellites from Iridium-9 will be launched into a parking orbit, and after initial testing will be drifted to their assigned spare orbits.
About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium® is the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. In 2019, the company completed a generational upgrade of its satellite network and launched its new specialty broadband service, Iridium Certus®. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure
Statements in this presentation that are not purely historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company has based these statements on its current expectations and the information currently available to us. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the timing, number and placement of launch of additional satellites, and the expected longevity of the Iridium constellation. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the words "anticipates," "may," "can," "believes," "expects," "projects," "intends," "likely," "will," "to be" and other expressions that are predictions or indicate future events, trends or prospects. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Iridium to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, uncertainties regarding the launch and performance of the satellites, as well as general industry and economic conditions, and competitive, legal, governmental and technological factors. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include those factors listed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 17, 2021, and the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on July 26, 2022, as well as other filings Iridium makes with the SEC from time to time. There is no assurance that Iridium's expectations will be realized. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if Iridium's underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected, estimated or projected. Iridium's forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Iridium undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.
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2022-09-08T12:08:23+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/09/08/iridium-announces-ninth-spacex-launch/
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MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday approved the critical second reading of a proposed law that would allow the banning of foreign news media in response to other countries taking actions against Russian news outlets.
The proposal must still pass a third reading in the Duma and secure the upper house's approval before going to President Vladimir Putin to be signed into law. But the Duma's approval on second reading, when a proposal still can undergo substantial changes, almost always prefigures a law's enactment.
Russia has repeatedly complained in recent months that Western countries were improperly restricting Russian media by banning their operation or denying visas to their journalists. In early June, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called in representatives of American media, including The Associated Press, to warn that they could be denied renewal of their visas and accreditation.
The draft law also calls for allowing Russia's prosecutor general to cancel the registration of media outlets for disseminating “illegal, dangerous, unreliable publicly significant information or information expressing clear disrespect for society, the state, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as aimed at discrediting the Russian armed forces,” state news agency RIA-Novosti reported.
Many foreign news organizations suspended or curtailed their operations in Russia following the passage in March of a law calling for up to 15 years in prison for reports seen as discrediting the Russian military.
The foreign ministry in May ordered the closure of the Moscow bureau pf the state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in response to Canada’s ban on RT, a Russian state-controlled broadcaster.
In February, as Russia built up troops along Ukraine’s border, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle was ordered to close in Moscow after Germany banned the broadcast of RT’s German-language programs.
Before the vote on the second reading, Vladimir Solovev, the head of the Russian Journalists' Union, told the committee preparing the draft that the measure was justified by an "information war unprecedented in history” against Russia.
Russia in recent years has persistently clamped down on independent journalism. Following the start of the Ukraine conflict, many significant independent news media shut down or suspended operations. Those included the Ekho Moskvy radio station and the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, whose editor, Dmitry Muratov, was last year's co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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2022-06-29T17:27:55+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Duma-moves-forward-on-proposed-law-on-banning-17274161.php
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PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The stepmother of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead in a storage bin at a Northern California home was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison.
Lindsay Piper was sentenced after pleading no contest in May to second-degree murder in the death of Roman Lopez. She had changed her plea from not guilty.
The boy was reported missing in January 2020. Hours later, his body was found in a storage bin in the basement of the family's home in Placerville, east of Sacramento.
Police said an autopsy failed didn't discover any obvious signs of trauma but Roman was found to be severely malnourished and dehydrated.
Piper and the boy's father, Jordan Piper, were arrested last year and initially were charged with child abuse, torture and other charges. Charges of second-degree murder were added later.
At the time of the boy’s death, the Pipers were caring for seven other children, ranging in age from 1 to 17 years old. They were placed with child welfare officials and other families.
Jordan Piper has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.
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2022-07-09T04:27:33+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stepmother-sentenced-in-death-of-11-year-old-17294013.php
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Will Kopelman is preparing to welcome a new addition with his wife, Alexandra Michler. The ex-husband of Drew Barrymore took to Instagram over the weekend to share the news that he and the Vogue editor are expecting a baby boy.
Sharing a sweet photo of his wife standing up in a restaurant with his and Barrymore's daughters, Olive and Frankie, hugging her stomach, Kopelman wrote, "Baby boys all around! I’ll never forget this moment, captured a minute after we told the girls. We all can’t wait to meet this little guy…"
Kopelman and Barrymore announced their separation in 2016 after nearly four years of marriage. Kopelman tied the knot with Michler in 2021, and shortly after Barrymore gushed about her joining their blended family.
"He got married to this incredible woman, Allie, and I just feel like I won the lottery with her. Like, I really did," Barrymore said on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast at the time.
"I feel like I'm lucky that there's this new beautiful soul that came into our lives, and I don't try to be her best friend," she continued. "She knows that I absolutely worship the ground she walks on, and I'm her biggest cheerleader, but I give them space. We hang out, we do dinners, all the kids' birthdays. We might take a trip together. We're finding our way in a beautiful, slow, respectful manner. And I'm just so lucky because she came into Will's life and got to know my daughters very well and very real, saw all the warts and all the hearts and everything in between. Everybody was like, 'I choose you.'"
As for her own love life, Barrymore got candid in September 2022 about intimacy since her split from Kopelman.
"Since entering life as a single mom, I have not been able to have an intimate relationship. I have had the honor and a pleasure to actually work on myself and learn what parenting is, again something I was not exactly clear on growing up and I’ve had many learning curves thrown my way," she wrote in a blog post at the time. "I’m also raising two daughters, so how we raise girls to be appropriate and empowered and to love themselves and to realize that we live in an age where the images and messages that they will see will also contradict what I have come to believe intimacy is! Intimacy is something that makes you feel good about yourself! I also talk about and have learned when something doesn’t make you feel good or it makes you feel bad about yourself, pay as much attention to that as what makes you feel great because there’s a lesson in there."
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Joan L. Krause, 86, of Nanticoke passed away Sunday at her home following an illness.
Born May 17, 1936, she was a daughter of the late John and Stella Zielandzinski Krause. A graduate of St. Ann’s Academy, she continued her education graduating Magna Cum Laude from College Misericordia, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics in 1958. She also earned a Master of Science degree in administration from the University of Scranton, as well as Master of Science degree in Food and Nutrition from Marywood University. In 1959, while pursuing her degree from University of Scranton, she joined the Misericordia faculty as an assistant professor of home economics, beginning a career that would span 41 years. A registered dietitian, she was instrumental in developing a nutrition major at the college in 1977. After the phase out of the nutrition major in 1985, Joan began teaching in the education department, eventually being named Director of Practicum Experiences.
In celebration of her career and retirement in 1999, Joan and her friends established the Joan L. Krause Emergency Endowment Fund to assist students who, for emergency reasons, find they need additional funds. Joan was presented Misericordia’s highest honor, the Catherine McAuley Medal, in 2000; the Hilda Staub Garey Award in 2004; and was a member of the Heart of Mercy Society. She was awarded professor emeritus status in 2013, and in her honor, the Department of Education presents the Joan L. Krause Annual Student Academic Award annually to a student for outstanding achievement and excellence in Pre-Service teaching. For her lifetime commitment to Misericordia, the Board of Trustees presented Joan with the 2022 Mercy Mission Medal.
Joan was a member of St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke and formerly St. Francis Church; and was a member of the American Dietetic Association. She enjoyed traveling and visited many countries around the world.
She is survived by sisters, Arlene Lacey of Sarasota, Fla.; and Paula Raspen, and husband, Robert of Palm Bay, Fla.; nieces and nephews, Dawn Marie Wilkenson and husband, Bob; Jeffrey Lacey, Stephen Small, and Renee Bress and husband, Steve; four great-nieces and nephews; as well as many close friends.
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She was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Moretti; and brothers-in-law, Paul Moretti and Donald Lacey.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon Saturday at St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke. Viewing and visitation will be in the chapel at St. Faustina Parish on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass. Entombment will follow in the Mary Mother of God Mausoleum at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution in Joan’s memory to the Joan L. Krause Emergency Endowment Fund at Misericordia University.
Arrangements are in the care of Dinelli Family Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke. To leave a message of condolence or expression of sympathy, please visit www.dinellifuneralhome.com.
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