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DENTON, Texas >> Mildred Kitchens has been witness to a century of Texas history, and the 101-year-old has a lot of stories to tell — including those from her time providing family planning services before the landmark Roe v. Wade case was decided in 1973.
Her work in reproductive health dates back more than a half-century and is particularly timely in wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe.
Kitchens was a medical case worker in 1971 for a public health family planning service. She visited clinics in dozens of towns, from Texarkana to Livingston.
She said the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe, the 1973 case that enshrined the constitutional right to an abortion, brought up a lot of feelings for her.
Though Kitchens helped hundreds of women access contraceptives, she said she believes the widespread availability of birth control means abortions aren’t necessary.
“There are so many ways not to be pregnant if you don’t want to have a baby,” she said.
In her career as a social worker, Kitchens said she recommended abortions for just two of her clients.
“I think having an abortion affects a woman, probably internally, a lot, when she sees other people with beautiful children at a later age, and wonders what would have happened if she had not had that abortion,” Kitchens said.
A 2020 study that followed women for years after they had an abortion found after five years, 95% of those surveyed said they did not regret having the procedure.
The first birth control pill, Enovid, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1960. By 1964 the pill was the most popular form of reversible contraception in the U.S., which it remains to this day.
Kitchens said the family planning service did “everything but abortions,” offering tubal ligations and intrauterine devices — but she said most women wanted birth control pills, and many did not want their husbands or partners to know about it.
At the time, unmarried teenagers needed parental permission to access contraceptives. Kitchens helped some skirt the process.
“My name was well known as a social worker,” she said.
Current law still requires anyone under 18 to have permission from parents, a guardian or a judge to get an abortion.
She said as a teenager in Diboll, abortion was not ever talked about.
“If a girl dropped out of school, she went to stay with her grandmother for nine months,” Kitchens said. “We didn’t talk about abortions. She had the baby some way. That’s how I grew up.”
Kitchens said she grew up poor and was determined to get an education.
After graduating at age 19 from what is now Texas Woman’s University, she worked for the Works Progress Administration, interviewing workers about their health.
She worked for the Red Cross while her husband was in the Navy during World War II and taught high school for a time in Tyler.
When she left teaching, she found her way into family planning. A 1971 article in the Tyler Morning Telegraph described the program as the first of its kind in Texas.
“We never had a clinic that wasn’t packed with women,” Kitchens said.
She said the program was short-lived, and she later carried on her career as a social worker for the State Welfare Service. She retired from social work at age 80.
“We were a very close team. We rode together everywhere, and we worked together at the health department in Tyler,” she said. “It was a real good program. The government was trying to help us, but like everything, anything good that can make money for somebody, is quickly taken over.”
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2022-08-16T12:01:18+00:00
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staradvertiser.com
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/08/16/live-well/101-year-old-woman-recalls-efforts-in-texas/
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HOUSTON – The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 19-year-old swimmer who disappeared near Surfside Beach on Friday evening.
The swimmer, identified as DeAngelo Phillip Jackson, of Navasota, was swept out to sea by a wave, according to the Coast Guard and KPRC, KSAT’s sister station in Houston.
Authorities were called about his disappearance at around 6:30 p.m. Friday. They searched for him for about 25 hours and across 305 square miles, the Coast Guard said.
On Sunday, they said they were going to suspend the search for him.
“The decision to suspend the search is never easy, but we remain ready to resume the operation should any new information arise,” Lt. j.g. Melissa Brizzi, command duty officer of the Sector Houston-Galveston, said in a release. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the family, and we hope they find solace and strength during this difficult time.”
The Coast Guard said he was last seen wearing dark-colored swim trunks and an orange waistband.
The Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, Station Freeport, Air Station Houston, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Surfside Police Department and Texas EquuSearch were involved in the search.
Surfside Beach is located in Brazoria County, south of Houston.
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2023-05-08T16:12:02+00:00
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ksat.com
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https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2023/05/08/19-year-old-swimmer-swept-out-by-wave-on-texas-beach-coast-guard-suspends-search/
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Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance’s teen son apologizes for participating in fake celeb death TikTok trend
By Tina Burnside, CNN
The son of actress Angela Bassett has issued an apology after receiving backlash for a viral video of him telling his parents that actor Michael B. Jordan had died.
“I would sincerely like to apologize to Michael B. Jordan’s entire family, his extended family, and him directly as he is an idol of mine,” Slater Vance said in a video apology on his Instagram account. “Taking part in a trend like this is completely disrespectful. I don’t wish any bad ramifications of this of my actions upon his family nor my parents as they deserve none of the backlash,” Vance said.
In the 27-second Tik Tok video, actress Angela Bassett and her husband actor Courtney B. Vance are in a room with Slater, 16, who is heard asking his parents if they had heard about the death of actor Michael B. Jordan. Bassett, who is clearly emotional after hearing the news, is seen walking up to her son as if she is looking to see where he is reading the news.
The video, which has since been removed, doesn’t show what Bassett’s reaction was when she learned that she was being pranked.
The younger Vance’s prank was part of a viral Tik Tok trend where users lie about celebrity deaths to their parents to see their reaction.
Bassett and Jordan are costars in the “Black Panther” film franchise.
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2023-01-02T14:55:14+00:00
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localnews8.com
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https://localnews8.com/entertainment/cnn-entertainment/2023/01/02/angela-bassett-and-courtney-vances-teen-son-apologizes-for-participating-in-fake-celeb-death-tiktok-trend/
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The Weeknd named most popular artist in the world
(CNN) – The Weeknd has been officially named the most popular artist in the world.
According to Guinness World Records, the singer-songwriter, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet.
The organization says no one even comes close, based on his popularity rating on Spotify data.
According to Guinness, the 33-year-old Canadian singer currently has the most monthly listeners on Spotify with 111.4 million as of March 20.
He also became the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners last month.
Guinness says Miley Cyrus is the Weeknd’s closest competitor with 82.4 million monthly listeners.
Next is Shakira, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Rihanna. After Rihanna, the closest male competitor is Ed Sheeran.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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2023-03-24T20:33:44+00:00
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wymt.com
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https://www.wymt.com/2023/03/24/weeknd-named-most-popular-artist-world/
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ROME (AP) — Two weeks after a New York jury sided with Kevin Spacey in a sexual abuse lawsuit, an Italian film museum announced Thursday that the actor would receive a lifetime achievement award and teach a master class there early next year.
Enzo Ghigo, president of the National Museum of Cinema in the northern city of Turin, said the class and the award honoring Spacey’s contribution to the growth of cinema would take place on Jan. 16, 2023. The event also is set to include a screening of a Spacey film, though Ghigo didn’t say which.
“We are honored that such a prestigious guest as Kevin Spacey chose Turin and our museum for this long-awaited return to an event with an audience,” he said.
Previous winners of the Stella della Mole Award include actors Isabella Rossellini and Monica Bellucci, and director Dario Argento.
On Oct. 21, a federal jury in a New York civil case found that Spacey, 63, did not sexually abuse Anthony Rapp when both were relatively unknown Broadway actors in 1986 and Rapp was 14 years old. The jurors deliberated a little more than an hour before deciding that Rapp, now 50, hadn’t proven his allegations.
Rapp’s #MeToo-era allegations, and those of others, derailed Spacey’s soaring career. The two-time Academy Award winning actor lost his starring role on the Netflix series “House of Cards” and saw other opportunities dry up.
Rapp is a regular on TV’s “Star Trek: Discovery” and was part of the original Broadway cast of “Rent.”
Spacey previously faced charges in Massachusetts that he groped a man at a bar — allegations that were later dropped by prosecutors. Three months ago, he pleaded not guilty in London to charges he sexually assaulted three men between 2004 and 2015 when he was the artistic director at the Old Vic theater in London.
A judge in Los Angeles this summer approved an arbitrator’s decision to order Spacey to pay $30.9 million to the makers of “House of Cards” for violating his contract by sexually harassing crew members.
Spacey filmed his most recent movie, director Franco Nero’s “The Man Who Drew God,” in Turin.
“Now, among all of the cities of the world, he chose Turin for a master class. He couldn’t give us a better present than this,” Domenico De Gaetano, the director of the National Museum of Cinema, was quoted as saying in the news release.
Gaeteno plans to interview Spacey about his career at the January event.
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2022-11-03T19:28:11+00:00
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valleycentral.com
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https://www.valleycentral.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-embattled-actor-spacey-to-receive-achievement-award-in-italy/
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INDIANAPOLIS – A federal judge sentenced an Indianapolis man previously convicted of armed robbery to 20 years in prison on drug and gun charges.
Marvin Love, 38, learned his sentence this week. According to federal prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm during and in relation to trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine.
In January 2020, Indianapolis Metropolitan police officers stopped Love, who had “distribution quantities” of meth and cocaine in his vehicle. He also had a gun in his floorboard.
Love was prohibited from having a firearm due to multiple prior felony convictions, including a pair of armed robberies in Marion County. In one of the cases, Love shot a victim twice to steal $10. Love also had a prior federal felony conviction for illegal possession of a firearm.
Love had been released from prison in late October 2019—a little more than two months before police stopped him in January 2020.
In addition to spending 20 years in federal prison, Love will be on three years of supervised release once he gets out, federal prosecutors said.
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2022-06-01T17:52:24+00:00
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cbs4indy.com
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https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/indy-man-gets-20-years-in-federal-prison-on-gun-drug-charges/
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CARY, N.C. (AP) — Former major leaguer Mark DeRosa has been named Team USA manager for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
USA Baseball, based in Cary, North Carolina, announced the appointment Friday. DeRosa’s professional coaching debut puts him in charge of the defending world champions next spring.
He is currently a co-host of MLB Network’s daily morning program, MLB Central.
“Mark DeRosa brings a lifetime of baseball knowledge to the dugout for Team USA,” general manager Tony Reagins said. “(DeRosa) is well-respected both on and off the field and his experience and leadership as a player in the 2009 Classic will be a valued asset as we navigate this process.”
The U.S. won the title in 2017, beating Puerto Rico 8-0 in the title game at Dodger Stadium.
The 47-year-old DeRosa played for eight teams during 16 years in the majors, batting .268 with 100 homers and 494 RBIs in 1,241 games. He made his major league debut with Atlanta in 1998 and played in his last game with Toronto in 2013.
DeRosa, who won the 2010 World Series with San Francisco, first joined MLB Network as a guest analyst during the 2011 and 2013 postseasons.
Next year’s tournament will be played from March 8-21. Games will be held in Phoenix, Miami, Taichung, Taiwan, and the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The semifinals and title game will be at loanDepot park in Miami from March 19-21.
USA Baseball will announce the full coaching staff next week.
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2022-08-19T22:00:55+00:00
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ourquadcities.com
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https://www.ourquadcities.com/sports/mark-derosa-named-us-manager-for-world-baseball-classic/
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Revenue up 7.2% sequentially in constant currency; EBITDA margins at 21%;
H1 TCV crosses USD 1 billion for the first time
BENGALURU, India and WARREN, N.J. , Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, announced its consolidated results today for the second quarter ended September 30, 2022, as approved by its Board of directors.
"Our robust performance in the second quarter of FY23 marked a solid first half of the year," said Debashis Chatterjee, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mindtree. "We not only delivered strong revenues of USD 422.1 million, up 7.2% sequentially in constant currency, but also maintained our EBITDA margin at a healthy 21% despite wage hikes across the board, making it our seventh consecutive quarter of more than 5% revenue growth in constant currency, and eighth consecutive quarter of more than 20% EBITDA margin. Notably, with an order book of USD 518 million, our H1 signings crossed USD 1 billion for the first time in our history, thanks to our ability to help our clients address digital transformation's dual objectives of revenue maximization and cost optimization. We owe our consistent profitable growth to the confidence that our clients and partners have placed in our vision, and to the passion of our more than 38,200 talented professionals who live and breathe that vision every day."
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Quarter ended September 30, 2022
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About Mindtree
Mindtree (NSE: MINDTREE) is a global technology consulting and services company that enables enterprises across industries to drive superior competitive advantage, customer experiences and business outcomes by harnessing digital and cloud technologies. A digital transformation partner to more than 275 of the world's most pioneering enterprises, Mindtree brings extensive domain, technology and consulting expertise to help reimagine business models, accelerate innovation and maximize growth. As a socially and environmentally responsible business, Mindtree is focused on growth as well as sustainability in building long-term stakeholder value. Powered by more than 38,200 talented and entrepreneurial professionals across 24 countries, Mindtree — a Larsen & Toubro Group company — is consistently recognized among the best places to work. For more, please visit www.mindtree.com or @Mindtree_Ltd.
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2022-10-13T12:25:15+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/10/13/mindtree-reports-strong-performance-q2-fy23/
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FRISCO, Texas (KXAN) — Plans are moving forward for Universal Parks and Resorts to develop a new theme park in Frisco.
The City of Frisco on Tuesday approved zoning to allow Universal to move forward with its “one-of-a-kind theme park,” which is designed specifically for families with young children, according to a press release from the city.
The plans for the park were announced in January. It will sit on 97 acres of land at the northeast corner of the Dallas Parkway at Panther Creek Parkway.
On Tuesday, Frisco’s Planning & Zoning Commission approved the Special Use Permit, or SUP, establishing development standards for the theme park project.
The vote was followed by City Council approving the permit and a development agreement.
According to the release, Frisco also approved a development agreement providing $12.7 million in performance-based economic incentives, all funded from sales tax collections generated by the project.
The incentives include $10.7 million in grants for infrastructure improvements and $2 million in tax reimbursements issued over 20 years. City staff “conservatively” estimated the theme park will have a $3 million financial impact, annually – or $30 million over ten years – in city property and sales tax received by the general fund.
“We’re excited to welcome Universal to our community and look forward to Frisco families making unforgettable park memories right here at home,” said Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney. “We also want to thank our residents who made time to share their feedback about the project. Their thoughtful engagement helped shape the agreement we have today which, we believe, is even better than initially proposed. We also appreciate Universal’s measured approach and willingness to work with neighbors to develop a plan everyone can be proud of.”
Under the development standards outlined in the permit, the park will primarily operate between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays. Limited exceptions are allowed during holidays, special events and peak seasonal periods, according to the release.
There are no ‘minimum rider heights of 48 inches or greater’ for any rides to align with the target audience of ages, 3-11. The SUP limits amusement ride height to 100 feet or less.
There is still no target opening date or name for the park.
Click here to read more details about the theme park.
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2023-03-08T17:28:17+00:00
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everythinglubbock.com
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/state-regional/frisco-approves-zoning-for-universal-theme-park/
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Earlier this year, the San Francisco Police Department doubled the reward for information leading to the capture of “The Doodler” serial killer to $200,000. Investigators are hoping to solve the more-than-four-decades-old cold case.
Who was The Doodler?
The Doodler was a serial killer believed to have been responsible for at least six murders stretching from January 1974 to June 1975.
What made him unique — and the inspiration for his name — is he would sketch his victims, whom he met at gay bars and nightclubs, before having sexual relations with them and killing them.
The Doodler was 19-25 years old at the time, Black, and around 6 feet tall, according to police.
Who did he target?
There are at least six killings police have definitively tied to The Doodler’s modus operandi, though he may have been responsible for up to 14 murders and three assaults.
According to The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes, a 2004 book examining unsolved killings, disappearances and other crimes, “when the murders began, based on discrepancies in choice of victims, authorities believed they were tracking three different serial killers.”
The encyclopedia ties The Doodler to the murders of five Tenderloin neighborhood drag queens, six men who “were selected from the sadomasochistic world of leather bars” south of Market Street, and six men who were picked up in the Castro neighborhood. The encyclopedia states that The Doodler seduced the final victims by sketching cartoon drawings of them.
Each of the men definitively believed to be victims by the SFPD were found dead outdoors in picturesque areas of San Francisco’s westside. They were:
- Gerald Cavanaugh, 49, discovered 1/27/74 at Ocean Beach
- Joseph Stevens, 27, discovered 6/25/74 at the Spreckels Lake Model Yacht Facility in Golden Gate Park
- Klaus Christmann, 31, discovered 7/7/74 at Ocean Beach
- Warren Andrews, 52, discovered 4/27/75 at Land’s End
- Frederick Capin, 32, discovered 5/12/75 at Ocean Beach
- Harald Gullberg, 66, discovered 6/4/75 at Lincoln Park
Andrews was just announced as the sixth victim this January. The victims were each found with stab wounds.
How do we know what The Doodler looked like?
The sketches provided by law enforcement come out of two attacks at the Fox Plaza apartments in downtown San Francisco, police stated this January.
“Both of the victims who were attacked lived on the same floor but did not know each other,” the SFPD states. “It was determined by homicide inspectors at the time that there was a connection between the attacks at/near Ocean Beach and the attacks at the Fox Plaza Apartments.”
One of those victims, who survived, later told police he met The Doodler at the Truck Stop diner at Market and Church streets, where The Doodler was drawing animals on a napkin. The Doodler told the victim he was going to art school to be a cartoonist. The victim himself had an art background and, having spent considerable time with The Doodler, provided police the description that led to the sketches police are using to this day.
Police had a prime suspect — but no one would testify
Three men survived Doodler attacks, according to the encyclopedia, leading police to a single suspect who didn’t confess.
According to a contemporaneous article in The San Francisco Chronicle, one of these survivors was a European diplomat who was stabbed six times. Another was an entertainer who skipped town afterward, his name lost to history (though a cold case investigator confirmed to the Chronicle in 2019 that it was not actor Rock Hudson, who was famously closeted until his death from complications from AIDS in 1985).
The survivors didn’t want to come forward because doing so would have outed them at a time when the social consequences of being gay were extremely severe, including possibly losing one’s job or being disowned by one’s family. Also, at the time of the Doodler slayings, same-sex relations were against the law in California.
But publicly tying the killing of Andrews to the Doodler, and the doubling of the previous reward offer to $200,000 (the $100,000 reward was first announced itself in 2019), may indicate investigators still believe they can get an arrest, indictment, conviction, and justice.
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2022-06-13T17:51:55+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/nexstar-media-wire/police-double-reward-in-doodler-murders-cold-case/
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Alfa Romeo decided to ring in the new year by posting a video to social media teasing a mystery model.
The video, posted on New Year’s Eve on Alfa Romeo’s Instagram account, asks viewers if they’re ready for 2023 and then ends with the statement “we are,” at which point a taillight of the new model is shown briefly.
The taillight features a round design, similar to what Alfa Romeo used on its 4C sports car, but a red dash through the middle forms what appears to be the number 6, leading to rumors the mystery model is a new 6C supercar.
Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato last summer hinted that Alfa Romeo could launch a supercar to mark the end of the road for the internal-combustion engine, as the automaker plans to go the full-electric route starting in 2026. As the rumored engine for the car is Alfa Romeo’s twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6, the 6C name makes a lot of sense. The 4C was powered by a turbo-4 and the previous 8C Competizione by a V-8.
Alfa Romeo as recently as 2018 was planning to launch a modern 8C supercar powered by the the same V-6. Plans for the car, along with a planned Giulia-based coupe, were scrapped the following year as Alfa Romeo’s parent company at the time, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, entered negotiations about a merger with France’s PSA Group. Those negotiations resulted in the formation of Stellantis two years later.
While a new supercar isn’t certain, we know Alfa Romeo is preparing a subcompact crossover for launch in 2024 as its first EV. The crossover, which may end up with the name Brennero, is thought to be a twin with the Jeep Avenger that goes on sale later this year in Europe in both gas and electric guises.
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2023-01-03T21:25:31+00:00
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mytwintiers.com
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https://www.mytwintiers.com/automotive/internet-brands/mystery-alfa-romeo-teased-for-2023/
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The 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic Odds & Preview: Max Homa
Held from June 29 - July 2, Max Homa is set to play in the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan.
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Max Homa Insights
- Over his last 16 rounds, Homa has finished better than par on nine occasions, while also shooting one bogey-free round and 12 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded a top-10 score three times in his last 16 rounds.
- Over his last 16 rounds, Homa has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 10 occasions.
- Homa has finished in the top 10 twice in his past five events.
- He has made the cut in three of his past five tournaments.
- In his past five appearances, Homa has finished within five shots of the leader once. He posted a score that was better than average twice.
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Rocket Mortgage Classic Insights and Stats
- Homa has had an average finish of 30th in his past three appearances at this tournament.
- Homa made the cut in each of his last three attempts at this event.
- Homa finished 24th on the leaderboard in his previous appearance at this event, in 2022.
- Courses on the Tour in the past year have averaged 7,024 yards, a good bit shorter than the 7,370-yard length for this tournament.
- Golfers at Detroit Golf Club have averaged a score of -11 per tournament, lower than the Tour-wide scoring average of -5 in the past year.
- Homa will take to the 7,370-yard course this week at Detroit Golf Club after having played courses with an average length of 7,350 yards in the past year.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -4 among finishers, higher than the -11 average at this course.
Homa's Last Time Out
- Homa was in the 64th percentile on par 3s at the Travelers Championship, with an average of 2.88 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4-stroke average on the 24 par-4 holes at the Travelers Championship ranked in the 32nd percentile among all competitors (the tournament average was 3.91).
- On the four par-5 holes at the Travelers Championship, Homa was better than 48% of the competitors (averaging 4.5 strokes).
- Homa recorded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Travelers Championship (the other competitors averaged two).
- On the eight par-3s at the Travelers Championship, Homa did not record a bogey or worse (the other participants averaged 1.7).
- Homa's five birdies or better on par-4s at the Travelers Championship were less than the tournament average of 7.6.
- In that last outing, Homa carded a bogey or worse on four of 24 par-4s (the field averaged 4.8).
- Homa ended the Travelers Championship underperforming compared to the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (2.9), with two on the four par-5 holes.
- The field at the Travelers Championship averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the four par-5s, but Homa finished without one.
Rocket Mortgage Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: June 29 - July 2, 2023
- Course: Detroit Golf Club
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Par: 72 / 7,370 yards
- Homa Odds to Win: +1800 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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2023-06-28T00:54:39+00:00
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ktiv.com
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https://www.ktiv.com/sports/betting/2023/07/01/max-homa-rocket-mortgage-classic-pga-odds/
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Dorothy Pitman Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 84
By Michelle Watson, CNN
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of one of the most prominent feminist magazines, has died, according to a funeral home in Georgia and her longtime colleague and friend Gloria Steinem.
Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, died at the age of 84 on December 1 in Tampa, Florida, according to Sconiers Funeral Home. Hughes, “passed away peacefully … at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Delethia and Jonas Malmsten,” the obituary said.
Hughes was born in Lumpkin, Georgia, in 1938, and eventually moved to New York at the age of 19 where she began working several jobs including house cleaner and nightclub singer, the funeral home said.
By the late 1960s, Hughes “organized a multiracial cooperative daycare center,” which got the attention of Steinem, the future co-founder of Ms. Magazine, who wrote a profile of the business in New York Magazine.
Shortly thereafter Steinem and Hughes began publicly speaking about the Women’s Movement, the obituary said.
Steinem remembered her friend in a verified Instagram post this week. “I have been lucky to call Dorothy a friend and lifelong co-conspirator,” Steinem wrote. “She encouraged me to speak in public, and we spent years traveling across the country. Her devotion to children’s welfare, racial justice and economic liberation means that she left the world in a better place than she found it,” she added.
“Dorothy’s and Gloria’s tours garnered much media buzz and Dorothy motivated Gloria to found a female-operated media source, Ms. Magazine,” the obituary said.
Ms. Magazine, initially created in the 1970s as a “sample insert in New York magazine,” would soon become a “landmark institution in both women’s rights and American journalism,” according to its website. Ms. Magazine also calls itself, “more than a magazine,” but rather, “a movement.”
Hughes and Steinem also cofounded “the Women’s Action Alliance, a pioneering national information center that specialized in nonsexist, multiracial children’s education, in 1971,” the obituary said.
Hughes is survived by three children and two grandchildren, the obit said.
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CHIBA, Japan, May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurley, the iconic action sports brand, scored gold at the X Games competition with an incredible win by skateboarder Elliot Sloan during the Skateboard Vert Best Trick contest. A huge accomplishment by Hurley's skateboarding veteran who follows his 2022 win in the same category.
The 20-minute jam session with Sloan saw multiple failed attempts before landing the gold-winning Cab heelflip Indy 720 in front of 30,000 spectators at ZOZO Marine Stadium on Tokyo Bay. His win was amongst over 100 athletes from 20 countries, with 33 medals being spread across 11 events in three sports. Check out Elliot's winning run here.
Sloan, a 34-year-old New York City native, says of the win "The roller coaster of emotions! I was so bummed because I thought that was it. And then I realized I had another run. So there was a little bit of hope…I can't believe I made that one!" "It's nice to know that I can still do these 10 years after winning my first one. Super grateful for that," says the X Games gold medal winner Sloan.
Elliot Sloan's favorite Hurley t-shirts he wore to win gold can be bought here.
ABOUT HURLEY: Born from water, Hurley was founded in Huntington Beach in 1999 on the principle of empowering and fueling the voice of the next generation. Through the lens of inclusion, Hurley has partnered with the world's best surfers, snowboarders, skateboarders, musicians and artists, and is an iconic global youth culture brand with roots sunk deep in beach lifestyle. Disruptive innovation is our unique blend of style and performance and has Hurley sitting as the global benchmark for performance both in and out of the water. The world of Hurley can be found on www.hurley.com, and our Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram are where our journeys are logged.
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A poll conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation shows voters' support on climate change, sustainable farming practices
A new report from Boston Consulting Group also explores benefits of climate-friendly agriculture
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As Farm Bill talks get underway, the Walton Family Foundation, in collaboration with Morning Consult, is pointing to recent polling that shows nearly 90% of Americans believe that it is "important to update the agricultural system to encourage sustainable farming practices that support clean water and healthy, productive soil." Roughly 80% of Americans also support modernizing the Farm Bill to support farmers as they implement more sustainable farming practices.
"Americans understand that water, food, and the health of the planet are all deeply connected – and it's time that our policy and our food production reflect that," said Moira Mcdonald, Environment Program Director of the Walton Family Foundation. "Supporting farmers to grow food more sustainably is a way to protect people and nature together. This should be a priority in the Farm Bill, and also a call to action to the food industry – people are hungry for sustainable options."
Key findings from the poll include:
- A broad bipartisan coalition says it is at least an important priority for Congress to reauthorize the U.S. Farm Bill (88% of Democrats, 78% of Independents, and 78% of Republicans).
- Proposals in the Farm Bill reauthorization that move farming practices toward being more sustainable are popular among voters: 76% of voters support helping "farmers to implement practices that protect our land, water, and health such as improving water quality, reducing soil erosion, and establishing buffers between farm land and waterways."
- Voters want the federal government to encourage sustainable farming practices. When asked, 60% of voters agree that "the federal government should use its power to encourage farmers to adopt more climate friendly practices."
- Today's inflation and rising food costs shouldn't stop American agriculture from planning for the future. Most voters (84%) agree that "we need to do more to maintain soil health and water quality so we can feed future generations." When asked to choose between the agriculture industry producing food in a sustainable way that ensures America will be able to produce healthy food for the future, or producing enough food to feed the American population now while keeping costs down, a majority of voters favor preparing for a sustainable future (57% to 44%).
- Voters are more likely to vote for a candidate for political office in their state if they advocate for modernizing the Farm Bill to better help farmers address climate change (50% say that they are more likely).
These findings come as the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) releases a new report commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation titled US Agriculture and the Net-Zero Challenge.
US agricultural activities – which provide the food we eat, the fibers we wear, and the biofuels that run our cars – account for ~11% of national greenhouse gas emissions and up to 20% of national emissions when looking at the entire agri-food value chain. As the United States works to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the participation and transformation of the nation's agriculture sector will be vital.
This report explores twenty-four practices and technologies that can reduce net emissions from US agriculture across three categories – how we grow, what and how we eat, and how we use land. The report finds that in a "business-as-usual" scenario, emissions are likely to stay flat over the next 30 years. However, with concerted and coordinated effort by key actors across the agri-food value chain – including policymakers, researchers, companies, farmer and ranchers, and consumers, we could achieve an over 50% reduction in net emissions by 2050 while also improving livelihoods and the resiliency of our agri-food system.
"The US food & agriculture sector is critical to the success of the nation's drive to net zero. Our report outlines practical steps that companies, policymakers, farmers and ranchers, consumers, and other stakeholders can take to make a more environmentally friendly, healthier, and resilient agri-food system a reality," said Sonya Hoo, a BCG managing director and partner.
Polling Methodology:
This poll was conducted between July 6-July 7, 2022 among a sample of 1,988 registered voters.
The interviews were conducted online and the data was weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on gender by age, educational attainment, race, marital status, home ownership, race by educational attainment, 2020 presidential vote, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. Three generations of the descendants of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, and their spouses, work together to lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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UN: Africa’s Sahel desperately needs help to fight violent extremism and stop its spread
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday that without greater international support and regional cooperation the instability will expand toward West African coastal countries.
“Resolute advances in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime in the Sahel desperately need to be made,” U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Martha Pobee told a U.N. Security Council meeting.
The counterterrorism force, now comprised of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger, lost Mali a year ago when its ruling junta decided to pull out. Pobee said the force hasn’t conducted any major military operations since January.
She said the force is adjusting to new realities: France moving its counterterrorism force from Mali to Niger due to tensions with the junta and Mali’s decision to allow Russian mercenaries from Wagner to deploy on its territory.
She said Burkina Faso and Niger have recently strengthened military cooperation with Mali to counter an upsurge in extremist attacks, but “despite these efforts, insecurity in the tri-border area continues to grow.”
To help African countries stem the extremist threat, the United States held a two-week military training exercise in counter-insurgency tactics in Ghana and Ivory Coast, where extremist violence is spreading from the Sahel region.
U.N. experts have reported in recent years that Africa has been the region hardest hit by terrorism, and U.N. counterterrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov told the Security Council in January that the Islamic State group’s expansion in Africa’s center, south and Sahel regions is “particularly worrying.”
Last August, African security expert Martin Ewi said at least 20 African countries were directly experiencing activity by the Islamic State group, and more than 20 others were “being used for logistics and to mobilize funds and other resources.”
Ewi, who coordinates a transnational organized crime project at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, told the Security Council that the Islamic State threat was growing by the day in Africa and the continent could be “the future of the caliphate,” which is what the Islamic State called the large swath of Syria and Iraq it seized in 2014 but lost in 2017.
Ewi said the Lake Chad Basin — which borders Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon — was the extremist group’s biggest area of operation and areas in the Sahel were now “ungovernable.”
Pobee warned that without significant gains in fighting terrorism, “it will become increasingly difficult to reverse the security trajectory in the Sahel, and the further expansion of insecurity towards coastal West African countries.”
She said the recent instability in Sudan was an additional cause for concern. “The devastating effects of the continuing destabilization of the Sahel would be felt far beyond the region and the African continent,” Pobee said
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Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, issued a public apology Tuesday to members of a majority Latino immigrant congregation for the pain and trauma they endured after the predominantly white denomination’s first openly transgender bishop unexpectedly fired their pastor.
Speaking during the 2022 Churchwide Assembly being held in Columbus, Ohio, Eaton delivered the apology to members of the Iglesia Luterana Santa Maria Peregrina in Stockton, California, describing the events that transpired as “a sharp assault on your dignity.”
The series of events that led to the apology began on Dec. 12 when the Rev. Megan Rohrer, the denomination’s first transgender bishop who oversaw one of the church’s 65 synods, announced to the congregation that their pastor, the Rev. Nelson Rabell-Gonzalez, had been removed over allegations of verbal harassment and retaliation. Rohrer oversaw nearly 200 congregations in northern California and northern Nevada.
Rohrer’s shocking announcement upended the congregation’s much-anticipated celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The community had planned an elaborate program that day with mariachi singers, traditional dancers and performances by children, all led by their pastor. After the pastor’s firing, the congregation lost the denomination’s financial backing and were forced to vacate their building and worship in the parking lot.
Rohrer resigned in June and the next day became the target of a church disciplinary process.
During Tuesday’s public apology, Eaton addressed how especially egregious it was to have the announcement of their pastor’s termination coincide with the feast day that has elevated significance within the Latino community. Eaton said she is working with church leadership to make amends with the congregation and reviewing Rabell-Gonzalez’s case.
What happened “exposed the depth of systemic racism that we wrestle with as a church and in society,” Eaton said.
“It is not the end, but a critical step on a continuing journey for the goal of being a more faithful church responding to the plague of racism,” Eaton said. “I pray that God’s power enables these words of apology and acknowledgement as a step toward concrete repentance.”
Eaton also committed to listening intently to the voices of those traditionally marginalized. She delivered her remarks in English and they were translated in real time into Spanish.
Jovita Torres Pérez, a congregant from the California church, delivered an emotional address in Spanish, saying it was not easy for her and other church members “to be here.”
“The last nine months have been difficult and painful for our community,” she said, adding that their pastor and the community have been victims of various racist actions on the larger church’s part.
Pérez accepted Eaton’s apology on behalf of her church and said the congregation believes in forgiveness, reconciliation and reparations. She said she viewed this apology as the first step in the process of dismantling systemic racism and white supremacy within the denomination.
Pérez said congregants still support their pastor.
“We believe in his integrity and honesty,” she said.
Another congregant choked up as she translated Pérez’s words into English. Eaton hugged Pérez and the other congregants and the crowd listening rose to their feet in applause.
Eaton invited those in attendance to write on ribbons their laments and prayers for the congregation, the church and the world, and tie them onto a wired crossed that will be on display during the assembly.
Rohrer, who uses “they” pronouns, said they were traveling in Israel. Rohrer responded via direct messaging to The Associated Press on Tuesday expressing support for “all efforts to provide care, healing and reconciliation for all affected from 2019 to the present.”
“At its assembly, our beloved ELCA has the opportunity to prayerfully take legislative actions that will support diversity and the inclusion of more of God’s beautiful creation,” Rohrer said. “I pray they will do so, in intersectional ways.”
Rohrer said they were in Israel “learning more about peacemaking efforts and supporting LGBTQ individuals in Israel and Palestine.”
“I’ll also be discerning God’s call for the next chapter of my life,” Rohrer said.
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NEW YORK, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nirvana Water Sciences Corp. ("Nirvana"), an innovative wellness and functional beverage company, is pleased to announce a further investment of $2.625 million by Flagstaff International, Inc. and other current investors.
This investment will fuel the growth of Nirvana's new functional spring waters and seltzers in traditional retail as well as support a new joint venture with Inspire Health Alliance, LLC, a pioneering health care service network with more than 1,500 physicians and surgeons across the U.S.
The joint venture will offer a line of a dietary supplements aimed at boosting and protecting lean muscle mass at a time when consumers need it most. The three-ounce Nirvana Super™ Pro shots are infused with three grams of myHMB® Clear, Nirvana's exclusive multi-patented water-soluble HMB muscle wellness ingredient, as well as other proprietary ingredients.
"Extensive research supports the significant health and wellness benefits of HMB. We believe the Nirvana Super™ Pro products with HMB will give our physicians another tool to help achieve better outcomes," said Rick Salas, co-owner of Flagstaff International, Inc. and a managing partner of Inspire Health Alliance. "My partner, John Kang, and I were early investors in Nirvana and the company is now really hitting its stride. We believe the time is right for this additional investment and the joint venture with Inspire Health Alliance."
Naji Abumrad, M.D., F.A.C.S., professor of surgery at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, and chairman of Nirvana's Scientific Advisory Board, is a world-renowned scientist and expert on systemic muscle inflammation and muscle wasting. Dr. Abumrad says, "When the body goes through trauma, like that experienced from surgery, it turns to the muscles to retrieve amino acids to rebuild. As a result, most patients experience muscle atrophy or sarcopenia at some level after surgery, which is one of the primary reasons why we started to study this issue in great depth over three decades ago. What we found was that supplementing with HMB can actually reverse muscle atrophy."
David Vanderveen, Nirvana's CEO, added, "We couldn't be more excited to partner with Inspire Health Alliance to help its physician network promote muscle wellness with our Nirvana Super™ Pro dietary supplement shots. This goes to the heart of what we do at Nirvana. We help people transform their bodies at a cellular level to live stronger, longer and more active lives."
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About Nirvana Water Sciences Corp.
Nirvana is an innovative wellness company that helps people transform their bodies at a cellular level and live stronger, longer and active lives. Its core line of products consists of lightly-flavored pure mountain spring waters, seltzers, shots and supplements infused with science-backed ingredients, including the unique super-ingredient, myHMB® Clear, a water-soluble form of HMB (βeta-hydroxy βeta-methylbutyrate), clinically supported to reduce muscle soreness, boost muscle recovery time, and support lean muscle mass production.
Learn more about our science, sourcing, sustainability, SKUs and success stories at www.feelsuper.com.
About Inspire Health Alliance, LLC
Inspire Health Alliance, LLC is a health care services company that partners with physicians and other health care providers to improve patient outcomes, lower costs and reduce risks via innovative care models and technology solutions.
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Estate sales can be a treasure trove for those of you searching for unique items at reasonable prices, and Doodad’s Estate Sales may have just what you are looking for. Jennifer from Doodads joins us live to tell us about a sale happening this weekend in Carbon Cliff.
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2023-04-28T18:45:34+00:00
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General Motors is back on top, selling more vehicles than any other automaker in 2022 in the U.S.
GM took the crown back from Toyota, which sold the most vehicles in 2021 – the first time GM didn’t lead the nation in annual auto sales since 1931.
General Motors is back on top, selling more vehicles than any other automaker in 2022 in the U.S.
GM took the crown back from Toyota, which sold the most vehicles in 2021 – the first time GM didn’t lead the nation in annual auto sales since 1931.
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NPR World News Iranians mark the start of spring with Nowruz celebrations Published March 19, 2023 at 2:43 PM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Every year Iranians around the world celebrate Nowruz. The Persian new year is a two-week festival that marks the start of spring. Copyright 2023 NPR
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye,” the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate its name from the bird, turkey, and some negative connotations that are associated with it.
Anadolu Agency said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, confirmed receipt of the letter late on Wednesday. The agency quoted Dujarric as saying that the name change had become effective “from the moment” the letter was received.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has been pressing for the internationally recognized name Turkey to be changed to “Türkiye” (tur-key-YAY) as it is spelled and pronounced in Turkish. The country called itself “Türkiye” in 1923 after its declaration of independence.
In December, Erdogan ordered the use of “Türkiye” to better represent Turkish culture and values, including demanding that “Made in Türkiye” be used instead of “Made in Turkey” on exported products. Turkish ministries began using “Türkiye” in official documents.
Earlier this year, the government also released a promotional video as part of its attempts to change its name in English. The video shows tourists from across the world saying “Hello Türkiye” at famous destinations.
The Turkish presidency’s Directorate of Communications said it launched the campaign “to promote more effectively the use of ‘Türkiye’ as the country’s national and international name on international platforms.”
It was not clear whether the name, with a letter that doesn’t exist in the English alphabet, will catch on widely abroad. In 2016, the Czech Republic officially registered its short-form name, Czechia, and while some international institutions use it, many still refer to the country by its longer name.
Turkey’s English-language state broadcaster TRT World has switched to using “Türkiye” although the word “Turkey” slips in by journalists still trying to get used to the change.
TRT World explained the decision in an article earlier this year, saying Googling “Turkey” brings up a “a muddled set of images, articles, and dictionary definitions that conflate the country with Meleagris – otherwise known as the turkey, a large bird native to North America – which is famous for being served on Christmas menus or Thanksgiving dinners.”
The network continued: “Flip through the Cambridge Dictionary and “turkey” is defined as “something that fails badly” or “a stupid or silly person.”
TRT World argued that Turks prefer their country to be called “Türkiye”, in “keeping with the country’s aims of determining how others should identify it.”
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2022-06-03T09:45:25+00:00
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The National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday that Tropical Storm Nicole will continue to strengthen and will likely strike the east coast of Florida as a hurricane later this week.
The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning for the east coast of Florida, from Boca Raton to the Flagler/Volusia County Line.
The now tropical storm is projected to come ashore late Wednesday or early Thursday.
The National Hurricane Center said the storm will be relatively large and that impacts will be felt far away from the point of landfall.
On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for 34 Florida counties. The expectation is that Nicole won’t be nearly as strong as Hurricane Ian, which struck the state in late September.
“While this storm does not, at this time, appear that it will become much stronger, I urge all Floridians to be prepared and to listen to announcements from local emergency management officials,” said DeSantis. “We will continue to monitor the trajectory and strength of this storm as it moves towards Florida.”
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed that 131 people died from Hurricane Ian, nearly half in Lee County along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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2022-11-08T15:47:20+00:00
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Americans give health care system failing mark: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Emmanuel Obeng-Dankwa is worried about making rent on his New York City apartment, he sometimes holds off on filling his blood pressure medication.
“If there’s no money, I prefer to skip the medication to being homeless,” said Obeng-Dankwa, a 58-year-old security guard.
He is among a majority of adults in the U.S. who say that health care is not handled well in the country, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll reveals that public satisfaction with the U.S. health care system is remarkably low, with fewer than half of Americans saying it is generally handled well. Only 12% say it is handled extremely or very well. Americans have similar views about health care for older adults.
Overall, the public gives even lower marks for how prescription drug costs, the quality of care at nursing homes and mental health care are being handled, with just 6 percent or less saying those health services are done very well in the country.
“Navigating the American health care system is exceedingly frustrating,” said A. Mark Fendrick, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design. “The COVID pandemic has only made it worse.”
More than two years after the pandemic’s start, health care worker burnout and staffing shortages are plaguing hospitals around the country. And Americans are still having trouble getting in-person medical care after health centers introduced restrictions as COVID-19 killed and sickened millions of people around the country, Fendrick said.
In fact, the poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans, nearly 8 in 10, say they are at least moderately concerned about getting access to quality health care when they need it.
Black and Hispanic adults in particular are resoundingly worried about health care access, with nearly 6 in 10 saying they are very or extremely concerned about getting good care. Fewer than half of white adults, 44%, expressed the same level of worry.
Racial disparities have long troubled America’s health care system. They have been abundantly clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Black and Hispanic people dying disproportionately from the virus. Black and Hispanic men also make up a disproportionately high rate of recent monkeypox infections.
Fifty-three percent of women said they are extremely or very concerned about obtaining quality care, compared to 42% of men.
While Americans are united in their dissatisfaction with the health care system, that agreement dissolves when it comes to solutions to fix it.
About two-thirds of adults think it is the federal government’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage, with adults ages 18 to 49 more likely than those over 50 to hold that view. The percentage of people who believe health care coverage is a government responsibility has risen in recent years, ticking up from 57% in 2019 and 62% in 2017.
Still, there’s not consensus on how that coverage might be delivered.
About 4 in 10 Americans say they support a single-payer health care system that would require Americans to get their health insurance from a government plan. More, 58%, say they favor a government health insurance plan that anyone can purchase.
There also is broad support for policies that would help Americans pay for the costs of long-term care, including a government-administered insurance plan similar to Medicare, the federal government’s health insurance for people 65 or older.
Retired nurse Pennie Wright, of Camden, Tennessee, doesn’t like the idea of a government-run health care system.
After switching to Medicare this year, she was surprised to walk out of her annual well-woman visit, once fully covered by her private insurance plan, with a $200 bill.
She prefers the flexibility she had on her private insurance plan.
“I feel like we have the best health care system in the world, we have a choice of where we want to go,” Wright said.
A majority of Americans, roughly two-thirds, were happy to see the government step in to provide free COVID-19 testing, vaccines and treatment. Roughly 2 in 10 were neutral about the government’s response.
The government’s funding for free COVID-19 tests dried up at the beginning of the month. And while the White House says the latest batch of recommended COVID-19 boosters will be free to anyone who wants one, it doesn’t have money on hand to buy any future rounds of booster shots for every American.
Eighty percent say they support the federal government negotiating for lower drug prices. President Joe Biden this summer signed a landmark bill into law allowing Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. The move is expected to save taxpayers as much as $100 billion over the next decade.
“Medication costs should be low, to the minimum so that everyone can afford it,” said Obeng-Dankwa, the Bronx renter who has trouble paying for his medication. “Those who are poor should be able to get all the necessary health they need, in the same way someone who also has the money to pay for it.”
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AP polling reporter Hannah Fingerhut in Washington contributed to this report.
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The poll of 1,505 adults was conducted July 28-Aug. 1 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
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2022-09-12T11:45:43+00:00
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's presidency urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from next year's Paris Games, yet said Monday a boycott by the 27-nation bloc is not on the table.
Swedish sports minister Jakob Forssmed told The Associated Press the IOC should reconsider its position to let Russians and Belarusians compete as neutral athletes in sporting events despite the war in Ukraine.
Sweden holds the EU presidency until July. Being in office allows a member nation to help set the EU’s tone and the bloc's agenda.
Asked whether EU nations should use the threat of a collective boycott to pressure the IOC to backpedal, Forssmed said that option is not being discussed right now.
“We’re not there,” Forssmed said on the sidelines of a gathering of sports ministers in Brussels. “But I do think that the International Olympic Committee, they really risk a trust issue here if they are not listening, and also making sure that no Russian athletes can represent Russia in any way at the Olympics.”
As qualifying competitions ramp up for next year's Olympics, the IOC favors allowing Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutral athletes without national symbols. The IOC, which last year recommended excluding Russian competitors on security grounds but now argues that would be discriminatory, has left the final decision to the governing bodies in each sport.
In March, the IOC said eligibility should be limited to athletes and officials who have not actively supported the war, nor have ties to the military and state security agencies. No clear definitions for eligibility were yet stated.
Although a large majority of EU countries oppose Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in Paris, finding a unanimous voice has been so far impossible. Hungary, which has vocally opposed EU sanctions against Moscow arguing they were doing more damage to European economies than to Russia, does not support a ban.
“If you go and read the letter that has been sent to the to the International Olympic Committee, you will note that one country is missing,” said Forssmed, who chaired the meeting in Brussels.
Forssmed questioned the ability of the IOC to really make sure only neutral athletes will indeed be present in Paris.
Although the IOC has recommended that sports bodies do not admit competitors who are contracted to the military or security forces, Forssmed said “it’s very, very difficult to see this happening because they are so integrated with the administration in Russia.”
Some of the Russian athletes who competed at the judo world championships this month had previously been listed in statements by the Russian Defense Ministry or the Central Sports Club of the Army, known as CSKA, as holding military ranks.
“They are often governmentally employed or they are state sponsored or they were even employed by the army,” Forssmed said about Russian athletes in general. “So, that makes it very, very difficult.”
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2023-05-15T14:09:45+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/ioc-puts-trust-at-risk-by-seeking-ways-to-allow-18099648.php
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PraSaga announces partial code release for patented blockchain operating system application framework
ZUG, Switzerland, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PraSaga, a Swiss Foundation, today announced the release of its application framework as available-source code to its community of developers. This framework demonstrates the power and scope of PraSaga's recently approved patent operating system, SagaOS, by providing developers with the opportunity to experience practical usage of PraSaga's coding language, SagaPython. This takes the foundation another step closer in delivering a limitless global blockchain infrastructure that will benefit users across the globe.
A leap forward for the blockchain
The release of PraSaga's SagaOS application framework code is another move towards a fully decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) with open-source code. Using the available-source code, developers will be able to create applications, projects, and platforms for SagaOS.
Until now, the blockchain has been difficult to access, and use-cases have been limited. This release opens the floor for developers to start experimenting and creating for industries as diverse as supply chain, human resources and tourism and real-world real estate. The possibilities are truly endless.
The opportunity to begin creating and submitting products is open to anyone interested. PraSaga will be curating submissions to ensure efficiency of the SagaOS ecosystem's growth, with use of the available-source code limited to SagaChain-related products. As the alpha release is still in its testing phase, any products created will not yet be running on the SagaChain. Once PraSaga releases its testnet, developers will be able to bring their creations onto the blockchain to help them realise their full potential.
Creating an accessible entry point into blockchain
PraSaga has endeavoured to make its tech as accessible as possible in pursuit of its ultimate goal of improving the quality of life for people around the world. A key part of this has been to create and release SagaPython, a dialect of the popular coding language Python. The release of PraSaga's application framework as available-source code will help developers understand the slight variations that exist between standard Python and SagaPython's syntax and provide a proven approach to application development on blockchain.
This release will create accessible entry into the blockchain for millions of people around the world, revolutionising how the blockchain is conceptualised. 84% of developers globally use Python as their main language. With this release, they will be able to almost get to grips instantly with SagaPython and start creating using the SagaOS.
An opportunity to build without limitations
PraSaga will be publishing specific areas that developers can contribute to via Discord and GitLab. However, the foundation is encouraging developers to use this available-source release to explore and discover SagaOS' potentially infinite use cases.
Registration is open now. Visit SagaOS.org to start building the future.
Michael Holdmann, CEO and Founder of PraSaga, "We began PraSaga with a vision of what we believed would be possible. But even now we're constantly realising there are new uses for our tech that can revolutionise the way people understand and use blockchain. For any developer looking for a challenge, the release of this available-source code is a momentous occasion. The SagaOS application framework offers developers a sandbox in which they can unleash their imaginations. This is a rare opportunity to be a true pioneer through the creation of completely new blockchain-based technical infrastructure using a unique operating system."
The development team at VMO who have been an early adopter of SagaPython said, "This will be a gamechanger for the way we view and create on blockchain. The syntax is quite similar to Python, so if you have experience with Python, the learning curve for adoption should be fairly fast. But for all others, PraSaga has gone above and beyond with the documentation they have provided to also help clarify any issues with syntax for new developers."
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PraSaga is a Swiss Foundation building the next generation of Layer One blockchain. PraSaga's technology solution solves many of the limitations that plague first-generation Layer One blockchains. The SagaChain™ successfully addresses lowering transaction fees, extensibility for supply chains, and significantly lowers development costs.
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2022-09-13T12:47:38+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/09/13/developers-begin-creating-prasaga-blockchain-sagachain/
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Laura Rumpf bent into the herb garden to rub a fuzzy sage leaf. “Here, have a sniff. What does it remind you of?”
Thanksgiving, of course. “Everyone says Thanksgiving!” she cheered. “This is one that really seems to elicit a lot of memories.”
Giant arborvitae trees flank Maude’s Garden on Seattle’s First Hill, muffling the hum of city traffic for this tiny therapeutic oasis. Rumpf, a horticultural therapist, points out fragrant spearmint, chives, chamomile and thyme, then pops an orange nasturtium flower in her mouth.
Zing! It’s sweet and peppery and wild.
Every week, groups of adults with dementia and their caregivers filter into Maude’s Garden – a public space opened last year – to socialize and relax. They also taste, smell and touch plants.
“It’s really the plants that are the therapists,” said Rumpf, who helped conceive of the garden and is a garden consultant there. “Even if somebody can’t necessarily name what it is they’re smelling, the body somehow remembers.”
For people with dementia, using plants to reminisce might lead them to tell stories and share memories, an important part of staying connected with loved ones and validating their identity. As the late neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks wrote, “In many cases, gardens and nature are more powerful than any medication.”
Caring for plants, it turns out, can help us care for ourselves.
Amid the isolation of the pandemic, roadblocks to traditional therapy and deeper desires for connection with the natural world, the healing experience of gardening has taken on new importance for people with a range of psychological stressors. The Seattle Times spoke with several experts about why botanical experiences keep people grounded and the range of biological, social and psychological benefits that come from planting and digging in dirt.
Why gardening?
The therapeutic nature of gardens traces back centuries, though in the United States, some of the earliest cases for gardening date to the 1800s, when trailblazers in the field of psychiatry began recording links between horticulture and mental health.
In general, gardens have been shown to make people happier by increasing the feel-good hormone, serotonin. There’s an abundance of scientific evidence that spending time in gardens has several other physical and mental health benefits, too, like reducing stress and blood pressure. Today, many hospitals, rehabilitation centers and group homes and community centers plant gardens for their calming qualities.
Similar to a hike in the woods, gardening can help quiet intrusive thoughts and foster a sense of connectedness. But it can also be used for more targeted skill building, which is one reason why horticultural therapy was professionalized as a therapeutic practice in the 1970s. There are just over 200 registered horticultural therapists nationwide, said Derrick Stowell, immediate past president of the American Horticultural Therapy Association and administrator at the University of Tennessee Gardens Education and Horticultural Therapy Program.
“There’s often a long wait to get into treatment. And the fact is, people need resources now,” he said. It isn’t a replacement for other important forms of care, he said, but, “horticultural therapy is one of the ways I think we can provide some services to folks.”
Horticultural therapy involves cultivating and growing plants with specific therapeutic goals in mind. Tending to plants and watching them thrive is one way to build self-esteem, Stowell said; for instance, horticultural therapists use gardening to help neurodiverse folks build confidence or give people with certain physical disabilities agency and a sense of accomplishment.
Sometimes the therapy involves creating the “garden” indoors. Rumpf has worked with many clients who use wheelchairs or walkers and struggle to get outside. “So I bring the garden in,” said Rumpf, who now lives in Maine but often visits Seattle. It’s easy enough to fill planters with soil and seeds from the comfort of a kitchen table.
The therapy can also include mindfulness practices and finding ways to shift focus away from negative thoughts and emotions. In his practice, Stowell said, people often learn life lessons – especially those with a brown thumb.
“What can we do differently next time?” he’ll ask his clients when their plants wither. And how does their work in the garden connect to their own lives? They’ll see “pretty clearly at this point,” he said, “that maybe I could do a little bit more to care for myself.”
Psychological growth:
At her townhouse on Beacon Hill, Dawnn Meiers snakes a hose through her bathroom window. It’s time to water trays of seedlings and potted plants bathing in the sun on her narrow fourth-floor balcony.
It’s a far cry from the hobby farm she and her family owned in Oregon before moving to Seattle a few years ago. But her dense urban neighborhood hasn’t discouraged her. She turned her garage into a plant incubator. And, a few months ago, Meiers secured a small P-Patch in the Delridge neighborhood.
Herbs she grows — borage and lavender, for example — are sold off or given for free to garden shares and food forests. She grows vegetables for her family, too.
Meiers is a licensed psychologist. She stepped back from her clinical practice a few years ago, though, and in the years since, experienced firsthand the kind of stressors she used to navigate with her patients, who were mostly mothers and women in caregiving roles. When schools closed during the pandemic, Meiers became a full-time caregiver for her neurodiverse teen. The move to Seattle was rocky, as was the incredible isolation of living in a new city shut down by pandemic restrictions.
Gardening became her refuge. “There’s an ancestral and cultural and spiritual layer to growing,” she said, noting her family has a history of farming. She noticed physical benefits: She started tracking her blood pressure and watched it drop. She began sleeping better. Her muscles loosened. And there’s the psychological benefit, too, she said, of “connecting with something larger than myself, especially in the chaos of these times.”
Before the pandemic, she was always on the edge of doing things other therapists weren’t as interested in trying, she said, like community outreach and education. She has a bit more clarity now, she said, about how to meld her skills as a psychologist with these kinds of passions.
She’s in the early stages of developing a nature-based practice, for instance, where she would help people brainstorm ways to engage with nature on their own. The goal, she said, would be stress reduction and building resiliency skills.
“Connecting with nature and particularly gardening has been so therapeutic and such a lifeline for me that I just felt compelled to get back into practice,” she said.
Designed to heal:
Margaret “Peach” Jack, in a moment of serendipity, was marveling at a sprawling trail of peach-colored roses in Maude’s Garden. “Isn’t that gorgeous? This one’s a climber so it goes way up,” said Jack, the landscape designer behind the space.
The flowers were likely planted several years ago, she said, when the garden space was part of an old parsonage, and they typically bloom from spring until fall. “As long as we’re maintaining them they will continue to produce.”
Nature metaphors abound in horticultural therapy, said Jack, who, in addition to working in landscape design, is a registered horticultural therapist. One time, when working with a group of female veterans, Jack remembers asking, “How do you redefine yourself in this new season of life?”
“I really love the metaphorical part of it,” she said.
But Jack is also keen on the concrete details that make such gardens therapeutic. In designing Maude’s Garden, for instance, she mapped out circular walkways, so people don’t run into dead ends. Tall arborvitae give the sense of being safely enclosed. Interrupted sightlines create feelings of whimsy and that moving through the garden might lead to discovery.
Similar gardens exist in Seattle, Jack said, but they’re private or dedicated to specific patient groups. Maude’s Garden, which is located at the University of Washington’s Memory Hub near the Frye Art Museum, is open to the public several days each week.
“Really,” Jack said, “there’s a need for more.”
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2023-07-22T14:11:30+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/when-mental-health-therapy-starts-in-the-garden/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Thursday arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Images on social media showed the statue laying horizontally on the floor after apparently being pulled down from a stand at the church. The incident occurred in the Church of the Flagellation, which is located on the Via Dolorosa, the route believed to have been walked by Jesus to his crucifixion.
Police said they made the arrest with the assistance of a church security guard. Video on social media showed a man sitting atop the alleged vandal who is heard saying “you can’t have idols in Jerusalem, this is the holy city.”
Police said the man’s mental health was being assessed. The American Embassy declined to comment.
The incident came as tensions run high in Jerusalem and the region following a bloody week. An Israeli military raid in the West Bank killed 10 Palestinians, mostly militants but also a 61-year-old woman. A Palestinian shooting attack outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem killed seven people, including a 14-year-old.
The unrest comes in the first weeks of Israel’s new, far-right government, some of whose ultranationalist, religious members have used inflammatory, anti-Arab rhetoric.
In a statement, the Custodia Terrae Sanctae, the Catholic Church’s custodians of holy sites in the Holy Land, said “this hate crime joins a list of attacks all of which targeted the Christian community in Israel in the past month.”
“It is not a coincidence that the violent dialogue in Israeli society is translated also into these grave acts,” it said, calling on Israeli law enforcement to take action to halt such incidents.
Father Nikodemus Schnabel of the Dormition Abbey just outside the Old City linked the incident to the government’s character.
“Welcome to the new Christian-hating Israel, encouraged and supported by the current government!” he tweeted.
Police said they view damage to religious institutions as serious.
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2023-02-02T21:38:26+00:00
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kdvr.com
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https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/ap-israeli-police-american-arrested-for-vandalizing-church/
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Joey Gallo Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Mariners - July 18
Published: Jul. 18, 2023 at 6:29 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
On Tuesday, Joey Gallo (.150 batting average in his past 10 games, with two home runs, four walks and three RBI) and the Minnesota Twins play the Seattle Mariners, whose starting pitcher will be Bryan Woo. First pitch is at 9:40 PM ET.
In his last game, he notched a home run while going 1-for-4 against the Mariners.
Joey Gallo Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Tuesday, July 18, 2023
- Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
- Stadium: T-Mobile Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: Bryan Woo
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: +105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +260)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Joey Gallo At The Plate
- Gallo has eight doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 34 walks while batting .184.
- Gallo has reached base via a hit in 31 games this year (of 73 played), and had multiple hits in six of those games.
- In 21.9% of his games this year, he has hit a long ball, and 7% of his trips to the plate.
- Gallo has had at least one RBI in 24.7% of his games this year (18 of 73), with more than one RBI seven times (9.6%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- In 35.6% of his games this season, he has scored at least once. And he's had three games with multiple runs (4.1%).
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Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The nine strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mariners pitching staff ranks 10th in MLB.
- The Mariners have a 3.77 team ERA that ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Mariners give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (96 total, one per game).
- Woo makes the start for the Mariners, his eighth of the season. He is 1-1 with a 3.63 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 34 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Saturday, July 8 against the Houston Astros, the righty tossed six innings, giving up one earned run while surrendering three hits.
- The 23-year-old has a 3.63 ERA and 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings in seven games this season, while allowing a batting average of .212 to opposing hitters.
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2023-07-18T12:53:39+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/sports/betting/2023/07/18/joey-gallo-mlb-player-prop-bets/
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JACKSON – Winter sports are wrapping up, and some have seen their seasons come to an end entirely.
But before the spring sports take center stage, here is one more opportunity to honor what those winter sports athletes have done with the Athlete of the Week poll.
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2023-03-13T10:46:11+00:00
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mlive.com
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https://www.mlive.com/sports/jackson/2023/03/cast-a-vote-for-jackson-area-athlete-of-the-week.html
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)Clifford Omoruyi had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Aundre Hyatt scored all 14 of his points in the second half and Rutgers beat Penn State 65-45 on Tuesday night.
Hyatt scored eight straight Rutgers points during a 12-2 run to extend the lead to 51-38 with 8:29 left. The Scarlet Knights led by double figures the rest of the way and closed the game on an 8-0 run.
Penn State went 2 for 12 from the field over the final 10 minutes and finished shooting 33%. The Nittany Lions had made at least eight 3-pointers in 18 of 19 games this season but went 4 for 26 against Rutgers.
Paul Mulcahy had 12 points, five rebounds and six assists for Rutgers (14-6, 6-3 Big Ten). Caleb McConnell added 10 points and seven boards as the Scarlet Knights outrebounded Penn State 43-26. Cam Spencer, averaging a team-high 13.6 points, was held to 1-of-7 shooting for three points.
Rutgers led 32-24 at halftime after holding Penn State to 32% shooting. The Nittany Lions made just five of their first 20 shots before finishing 9 of 28. Omoruyi made five of his six first-half shots and had 12 points at the break.
Jalen Pickett had 15 points and eight rebounds for Penn State (13-7, 4-5). Seth Lundy and Andrew Funk each added 12 points.
Both teams play again on Sunday. Rutgers plays at Iowa while Penn State hosts Michigan.
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2023-01-25T23:59:20+00:00
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https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/ncaa-basketball/omoruyis-double-double-leads-rutgers-past-penn-state-65-45/
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2022-04-16T06:40:12+00:00
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greensboro.com
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WATCH: MSDH to discuss updates on the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program
Published: Jun. 6, 2022 at 9:25 AM CDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Officials with the Mississippi State Department of Health will hold a news conference Monday morning to discuss the new Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program.
It’s set to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Officials are expected to go over things like how many have started to register, along with a timeline on when people will actually be able to get medical marijuana.
Patients are now applying for medical marijuana cards in our state, with the program opening up for applicants last week.
They anticipate around 25,000 people qualifying for cards in the first year and up to 125,000 by year five.
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2022-06-06T15:01:36+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/2022/06/06/watch-msdh-discuss-updates-mississippi-medical-cannabis-program/
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The two candidates for governor met for their first debate Wednesday night and each used the opportunity to try to paint their opponent as someone whose ideas are out of step with Massachusetts values and everyday Bay Staters.
Republican Geoff Diehl, a former state representative and onetime U.S. Senate candidate from Whitman, and Democrat Maura Healey, who burst onto the political scene eight years ago and has served as attorney general since, debated face-to-face for the first time 27 days before Election Day, which is Tuesday, Nov. 8 this year. But in this era of mail-in and early voting, the pool of voters that the campaigns might be able to sway to their side is already starting to shrink each day.
Healey has been the odds-on favorite even since before she formally jumped into the race, but Diehl and the MassGOP are hoping that enthusiasm about an immigrant licensing law repeal effort and a rejection of "radical" progressive ideas will help carry him to victory. The candidates seemed to approach Wednesday night's debate hosted by NBC10 Boston, Telemundo Boston and NECN accordingly: the Democrat was measured and careful not to answer many questions that could pin her down, while the Republican came prepared with barbs to try to put his opponent on her heels.
Right off the bat, Diehl went after Healey on energy policy and revived a theme he raised two weeks ago when held a press conference on the sidewalk outside the State House, trying to keep the high costs of living and doing business in Massachusetts on voters' minds this campaign season. He laid blame at Healey's feet for opposing efforts as attorney general to expand natural gas pipeline capacity in Massachusetts — which could eventually bring energy prices down but likely at the expense of the state's carbon emissions reduction requirements and at a cost to ratepayers.
"My goal as governor is to make sure I listen to you, work hard for you and make sure that this state goes in the right direction economically. My opponent, unfortunately, is driven by ideology that is also pushing for energy solutions that are unavailable at this time," Diehl said. "My opponent believes that we should be fossil fuel-free by 2030 and yet, with the renewables that are out there, there's no way to get there. We need to get from A to B responsibly. I'm for renewable energies, but we can't do it irresponsibly. She's gonna bankrupt our state, bankrupt our households, if we trust her energy policy."
Healey said she was happy to talk about her opposition to new natural gas pipelines in Massachusetts. She said she "actually said no to the pipelines because they wanted to charge us as ratepayers rather than foot the bill themselves."
"I saved ratepayers four and a half billion dollars, Geoff, that's what I've done for ratepayers," said Healey, who serves as the state's ratepayer advocate.
For her part, Healey was quick to remind viewers of Diehl's ties to Donald Trump, calling the twice-impeached former president her opponent's "chief benefactor and supporter" and telling voters that this is a high-stakes election because of Diehl's connection to Trump.
"My opponent is Donald Trump's candidate for governor. I'd be honored to be yours," Healey said. She later added, "My opponent has said recently that he backs Donald Trump 100 percent of the time. He has said he wants Donald Trump to be president in 2024. He chaired his presidential campaign. He continues to play from the Trump playbook and wants to bring Trumpism to Massachusetts. I will continue to talk about this, Geoff, because those are values, those are principles, those are ways that we have rejected time and time again."
Diehl said all of the Trump talk is a "distraction" that Healey and the media like to talk about instead of facing questions about affordability in Massachusetts.
"You're gonna hear about Donald Trump because it's Halloweentime and that's her boogeyman, that's what the media likes to talk about, is Donald Trump," Diehl said.
Two other national issues were part of Wednesday's discussion: immigration policy and abortion rights. Diehl and Healey agreed on the need for national immigration reform without getting into specifics, and Diehl answered a question about his support for the effort underway to repeal the state's new law that would make immigrants living in Massachusetts without legal status in the country eligible for driver's licenses.
The question posed to Healey on immigration policy was whether Massachusetts should declare itself a "sanctuary state," but she did not answer. She said that she knows "that term has different meanings to different people" and instead voiced her support for federal reform.
On abortion rights, Healey attempted to paint Diehl as the candidate who would "ban abortion," but he said that was not exactly the case. The Republican said he "appreciated that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade" but conceded that he would have to put his personal views on the back burner if elected to lead Massachusetts.
"When I was born, my parents weren't married. And they made a choice at the time. Roe v. Wade was not the law and so they had me. So that shapes my view on abortion, of course, but again, my personal view on abortion is not what I do as governor," Diehl said. "My job is to work within the boundaries of the Legislature and the laws that they've said. Sometimes you need to set your own personal opinions aside for the good of the state."
The corner office will be open by virtue of Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito deciding they would not be candidates for elected office this year. But the popular two-term Republican governor was not mentioned Wednesday night until Healey, the Democrat in the race, brought him up to say that she supports his tax reform proposals.
And while the candidates clashed on big-picture issues, Wednesday night's debate made clear that they also have some overlap on state and local issues, like the need for more housing at all price points, the importance of fixing the MBTA and helping that agency attract new workers, and tax relief for residents.
At the end of the hour-long debate, moderator Latoyia Edwards attempted to get quick, rapid responses from both candidates on some lighter fare. Diehl was game and gave a direct answer to each question, but Healey equivocated on both and refused to answer.
What grade would they give Gov. Baker for his time in office? Diehl said he'd give the governor a B and acknowledged the difficult job of working with Democrat supermajorities in the Legislature. Healey would only say that the Republican has done a "really good job."
"Not a teacher, I'm not going to give grades," she said.
And what aspect of the job of governor is each candidate not looking forward to? Diehl said it would be the additional time he'd have to spend away from his family.
"I'm just here to ask for the voters' support and hopefully have success on Nov. 9," Healey said, mentioning the day after Election Day.
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NEW YORK, April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of securities of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. ("MPT") (NYSE: MPW) between March 1, 2022 and February 22, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 12, 2023.
SO WHAT: If you purchased MPT securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the MPT class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12794 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 12, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: Throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Prospect was facing significant pressures affecting the profitability of its Pennsylvania properties; (2) as a result, there was a significant risk that Prospect would be unable to meet its rental obligations owed to MPT; (3) "given the elongated timing of the Pennsylvania recovery," the Company was reasonably likely to record an impairment charge to the real estate value of the Pennsylvania properties; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the MPT class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12794 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business.
The retail giant said Tuesday that it will launch RxPass, a subscription service for customers who have Prime memberships. Amazon said people will pay $5 a month to fill as many prescriptions as they need from a list of about 50 generic medications, which are generally cheaper versions of brand-name drugs.
The company said the flat fee could cover a list of medications like the antibiotic amoxicillin and the anti-inflammatory drug naproxen.
Sildenafil also made the list. It’s used to treat erectile dysfunction under the brand name Viagra and also treats a form of high blood pressure.
Amazon sells a range of generic drugs through its pharmacy service. Some already cost as liitle as $1 for a 30-day supply, so the benefit of this new program will vary by customer.
The program doesn’t use insurance, and people with government-funded Medicaid or Medicare coverage are not eligible. It will be available in 42 states and Washington, D.C. at launch.
Any program that gets low-cost generic drugs to more patients “is a good thing,” said Karen Van Nuys, an economist who studies drug pricing at the University of Southern California. But she added that she wasn’t sure how much of an impact RxPass will have.
She noted that the program is limited to Amazon Prime customers. Other options like the Mark Cuban CostPlus Drug Co. sell more generic drugs, many for under $5.
“I just don’t know that it’s expanding access to a new set of patients,” Van Nuys said.
Still, the move could help the company take up some more space in the health care market, even though it has not always been successful in its aim. Last year, the company shuttered its hybrid virtual, in-home care service called Amazon Care after it failed to get traction from employers. And Haven, a company Amazon created in collaboration with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway to improve health costs, dissolved a year earlier than that.
Amazon has said its online drug store Amazon Pharmacy is a key part of its health care plan, along with primary care organization One Medical, which the online giant is seeking to acquire for $3.9 billion. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the proposed buyout.
In November, the company also said it would begin offering “Amazon Clinic,” a messaging service that connects patients with doctors for about two dozen common conditions, such as allergies and hair loss.
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2023-01-24T20:21:55+00:00
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keloland.com
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https://www.keloland.com/news/technology/ap-technology/ap-amazon-launches-a-subscription-prescription-drug-service/
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(The Hill) — The Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the U.S. for days before it was shot down off the east coast earlier this year was able to gather intelligence from sensitive military sites, according to a new NBC News report.
China received the information collected by the balloon immediately, and was able to control its flight path, NBC News reported, citing two senior U.S. officials and a former senior administration official.
The intelligence Beijing was able to access was predominantly from electronic signals, according to the report, and the Biden administration’s work to limit the balloon’s ability to pick up those signals likely prevented much more sensitive intelligence from being gathered.
President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military to shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon that had spent days floating across the U.S., prompting concerns about what intel could have been gathered from the flight.
Beijing has said that the aircraft was a civilian weather balloon blown off-course and accused the U.S. of overreacting with the takedown, but defense officials said the balloon had clearly been crossing over sensitive U.S. sites with the apparent intent to monitor military areas.
U.S. officials said at the time that they’d taken steps to keep Beijing from accessing sensitive intel while the balloon was still crossing the count, but the NBC News report indicates the Biden administration’s efforts to protect against surveillance didn’t stop all of Beijing’s intelligence gathering.
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2023-04-03T16:57:55+00:00
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upmatters.com
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https://www.upmatters.com/news/chinese-balloon-gathered-sensitive-intelligence-despite-biden-administration-efforts-report/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After scaling 40-year highs, inflation in the United States has been slowly easing since summer. Yet the Federal Reserve seems decidedly unimpressed — and unconvinced that its fight against accelerating prices is anywhere near over.
On Thursday, stock markets buckled on the growing realization that the Fed may be willing to let the economy slide into recession if it decides that’s what’s needed to drive inflation back down to its 2% annual target.
The S&P 500 stock index lost roughly 100 points — 2.5% — in its worst day since early November. The losses came a day after the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate for the seventh time this year. The half-point hike the Fed announced — to a range of 4.25% to 4.5% — had been widely expected.
What spooked investors was Wall Street’s growing understanding of how much further the Fed seems willing to go to defeat high inflation. In updated projections they issued Wednesday, the Fed’s policymakers forecast that they will ratchet up their key rate by an additional three-quarters of a point — to a hefty 5% to 5.25% — and keep it there through 2023. Some Fed watchers had expected only an additional half-point in rate hikes.
Those higher rates will mean costlier borrowing costs for consumers and companies, ranging from mortgages to auto and business loans.
The policymakers also downgraded their outlook for economic growth in 2023 from the 1.2% they had forecast in September to a puny 0.5% — as near to a recession forecast as they were likely to make. What’s more, they raised their expectation for the unemployment rate next year to 4.6% from 3.7% now.
All of which suggested that the officials expect — or at least would accept — an economic downturn as the price of taming inflation.
The message the Fed was sending, said Ryan Sweet, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, was blunt: “We’re going to break something. We’re going to break inflation or we’re going to break the economy.’’
Many investors had convinced themselves that with inflation pressures gradually easing, the Fed might soon declare some progress in their fight and perhaps even reverse course and cut rates sometime in 2023.
There was seemingly reason for optimism: Consumer prices rose 7.1% last month from a year earlier, down from 9.1% in June and the fifth straight drop. Even more encouragingly, on a month to month basis, prices inched up just 0.1%. And core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs and which the Fed tracks closely, rose just 0.2% from October to November, the mildest rise since August 2021.
A slowing economy has eased pressure on supply chains, which had previously been overwhelmed with customer orders, causing shortages, delays and higher prices. Oil prices, too, have plunged, easing prices at the pump. A gallon of unleaded gasoline cost an average $3.19 on Thursday, down from $5.02 in mid-June, according to AAA.
Yet Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who had been slow to recognize the inflation threat when it emerged in the spring of 2021, was in no mood to celebrate. Powell essentially shrugged off the signs of incremental progress.
“Two good monthly reports are very welcome,’’ he told reporters Wednesday. “But we need to be honest with ourselves… 12-month core inflation is 6%’’ — three times the Fed’s target. “It’s good to see progress but let’s just understand we have a long ways to go to get back to price stability.’’
Powell seemed to bat down hopes that the Fed might end up cutting rates by late next year — a move that typically acts like steroids for markets and the economy — unless inflation had dropped significantly by then, which he does not appear to expect.
The policymakers increased their inflation forecast for next year above what they were expecting back in September. It suggested that they feel their anti-inflation fight isn’t having as much impact as they had hoped.
Many economists were caught off-guard by that change. For next year, the Fed is projecting more rate hikes, a slower economy and higher unemployment than it did three months ago.
All those things typically help tame inflation. Yet the Fed’s officials predict that their preferred inflation gauge will be 3.1% at the end of 2023, up from their 2.8% forecast in September. That’s above their 2% target and likely too high for them to feel they can cut rates.
The Fed wasn’t the only source of rising recession fears Thursday. The European Central Bank, which is waging its own aggressive war against inflation, signaled that it, too, might send rates higher than markets expected, thereby raising the likelihood of a downturn in Europe.
On Thursday, the U.S. government reported that Americans slashed their spending at retailers in November. That was disconcerting news in the midst of the holiday shopping season. And the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Philadelphia issued downbeat reports on manufacturing in their regions. Yields on long-term Treasurys fell, a sign that bond investors are growing more concerned about a possible recession.
Even the goods news out Thursday — a drop in the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits — had a downside: It reinforced the Fed’s concern that a strong and resilient job market is putting upward pressure on wages and overall inflation.
The Fed is especially worried that a worker shortage in the labor-intensive services sector — everything from restaurants and hotels to airlines and entertainment venues — could keep pay growth high and make inflation more intractable.
Sweet of Oxford Economics said he suspects that “the Fed is overstating how strong inflation might be.’’
But he said he sympathized with its predicament: Powell and the other policymakers fear that a failure to curb high inflation — even if it means a recession next year — would lead to a central bank’s nightmare scenario: “stagflation.” That’s a worst-of-all-worlds combination of weak growth, high unemployment and persistent inflation.
It’s a problem with no clear solution.
“Faced with that choice,” Sweet said, “they’ll do everything they can to prevent it.”
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Choe reported from New York. AP Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber contributed to this report.
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2022-12-16T21:43:36+00:00
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keloland.com
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https://www.keloland.com/business/ap-business/ap-us-recession-a-growing-fear-as-fed-plans-to-keep-rates-high/
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Dozens enjoy a live action role-playing game in Ocala
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - People in Ocala took a step back in time to the middle ages by playing a game involving fantasy and medieval combat.
Thaliondor is a full-contact foam fighting group. Each person dressed up as either a fighter, archer, wizard, or cleric, and they would use foam weapons and shields to protect themselves.
Teams went head-to-head and the goal of the game was to kill all of their opponents.
“Mostly we have swords, shields, any kind of medieval weapon you can think of. We’ll swing the weapon at each other if you get hit in the arm you can’t use it, if you get hit in the leg you can’t use it. Two limbs and you’re dead, torso shot and you’re dead and we try to avoid the head that way everyone can go to work,” said organizer Nicko Muti.
They meet every Sunday at the Brick City Adventure Park from 11am to 3pm.
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2022-08-14T23:17:18+00:00
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US stresses allied cooperation in face of N. Korea threats
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with her counterparts from South Korea and Japan on Wednesday, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to defend its allies and trilateral security cooperation to confront an accelerating nuclear threat from North Korea.
The latest top-level meetings among the countries came as North Korea apparently presses ahead with preparations for its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years, which U.S. officials say could occur in the coming days.
After a meeting in Seoul, Sherman and the South Korean and Japanese vice foreign ministers issued a joint statement condemning North Korea’s provocative streak in weapons demonstrations this year and pledging closer security cooperation to curb the growing threats.
The statement said Sherman reaffirmed “steadfast” U.S. commitments to the defense of South Korea and Japan, including “extended deterrence,” referring to an assurance to defend its allies with its full military capabilities, including nuclear.
“The United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan are fully and closely aligned on the DPRK,” Sherman said in a news conference, using the initials of North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Sherman noted that North Korea since last September has significantly increased the pace and scale of its ballistic launches, posing a “serious threat” to security in the region and beyond, and urged Pyongyang to cease taking “these provocative and destabilizing actions and to commit to the path of diplomacy.”
Following the meeting, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong met separately with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori and they were in agreement about an “urgent” need to improve bilateral relations, their ministries said.
South Korea and Japan had engaged in a highly public feud in recent years over trade and Japan’s brutal colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II, which included wartime industrial and sexual slavery of Koreans. The Biden administration has been pressing Seoul and Tokyo to repair ties to shore up a united front against the North Korean nuclear threat and China’s rising influence in the region.
Mori also held separate talks with Sherman where they agreed to maintain and strengthen sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine and work more closely to address challenges related to China, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said.
Jolting an old pattern of brinkmanship, North Korea has already set an annual record in ballistic launches through the first six months of 2022, firing 31 missiles over 18 test events, including its first demonstrations of intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017.
The unusually fast pace in testing activity underscores authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un’s dual intent to advance his arsenal and pressure the Biden administration over long-stalled negotiations aimed at leveraging its nukes for economic and security concessions, experts say.
Sherman’s visit to Asia came after North Korea in its biggest-ever single-day testing event launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea from multiple locations on Sunday, prompting the U.S. and its Asian allies to respond with tit-for-tat missile launches and aerial demonstrations involving dozens of fighter jets.
A nuclear test would further escalate North Korea’s pressure campaign and could possibly allow the country to claim it acquired the technologies to build a bomb small enough to be clustered on a multi-warhead ICBM or on Kim’s broad range of shorter-range weapons threatening South Korea and Japan.
South Korean and U.S. officials have said the North has all but finished preparations for a detonation at its nuclear testing ground in the remote northeastern town of Punggye-ri, an assessment backed by the International Atomic Energy, which says there are indications that one of the site’s passages has been reopened. The site had been inactive since hosting the country’s sixth nuclear test in September 2017, when it claimed it detonated a thermonuclear bomb designed for its ICBMs.
North Korea will likely time the test to maximize political effect and some analysts say it could take place around a major conference of the ruling Workers’ Party that has been vaguely scheduled for the first half of June.
North Korea’s state media said Wednesday that Politburo members met a day earlier to discuss the agenda for an upcoming plenary meeting of the party’s Central Committee that has been called by Kim to review major state affairs, including national efforts to slow a COVID-19 outbreak. He may also use the meeting to address his nuclear weapons ambitions and external relations with Washington and Seoul, experts say.
Kim’s absence from Tuesday’s preparatory meeting suggests that he’s focused on supervising preparations for North Korea’s seventh nuclear test and drafting his speeches for the plenary, said analyst Cheong Seong-Chang at South Korea’s Sejong Institute.
The North Korean party’s previous plenary in December lasted for a record five days and saw Kim repeat his vow to boost his country’s military capabilities and order the production of more powerful and sophisticated weapons systems.
Nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea have stalled since 2019 because of disagreements over an easing of crippling U.S.-led sanctions in exchange for North Korean disarmament steps, which underscored Kim’s unwillingness to give away an arsenal he sees as his strongest guarantee of survival.
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Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to the report.
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2022-06-08T13:26:46+00:00
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(NerdWallet) – As wedding season approaches, couples are booking venues, compiling guest lists and hiring a dizzying array of vendors — and they’re digging deep into their pockets to pay for it.
The average U.S. wedding cost $30,000 in 2022, a $2,000 increase from 2021, according to a study from wedding website The Knot. Though weddings have long been expensive, inflation is pushing costs higher.
Couples may turn to increasingly popular “buy now, pay later” payment plans to ease the burden. These plans let you divide the total cost of your purchase into installments, often with no interest and zero fees if you pay on time.
But they have risks, and there may be better ways to fund your nuptials.
How buy now, pay later works for weddings
Popular buy now, pay later providers like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna partner with thousands of merchants, including retailers in the wedding industry.
Affirm partners with David’s Bridal, Men’s Wearhouse, Kay Jewelers and Zales, among others, to offer its pay-later plans to customers. By opting into Affirm when they check out online or in store, couples can break up payments on a wedding-related purchase at no additional cost, depending on the retailer.
“Wedding planning can really get out of control, and an option like Affirm helps couples regain that financial control,” says Katrina Holt, senior vice president of operations at Affirm. “It’s a way to pay in bite-sized amounts that fits into how couples are used to budgeting.”
Repayment terms for buy now, pay later plans range from pay-in-four, which divides your total cost into four equal payments due every two weeks, to monthly payment plans that extend up to five years.
Getting approved for these plans is often easier than for traditional credit. Applications are short, and most providers run only a soft credit check with no minimum credit score requirement.
While providers like Affirm can help couples fund smaller purchases, others focus on big wedding expenses.
Maroo, a payment processing platform with a pay-later option, lets couples pay wedding vendors — think photographers, musicians, caterers, even the venue — over three, six or 12 months.
“If you can buy your Peloton in installments, why shouldn’t you be able to pay for big pieces of your wedding in installments?” says Anja Winikka, co-founder and chief marketing officer at Maroo. “They’re huge expenses, and what ends up happening is couples run into cash-flow issues and throw their wedding invoice amounts onto high-interest credit cards.”
Maroo doesn’t charge interest and, like other providers, requires only a soft credit check to qualify.
Risks of buy now, pay later for weddings
Though these plans can help you break up purchases, they tend to encourage overspending, and couples should be careful.
If you’re successfully sticking to a budget but want help managing your monthly cash flow, using a buy now, pay later plan may be a good option, says Natalie Slagle, a Minnesota-based certified financial planner who works with couples.
“But the people who can’t afford the wedding unless they do this? That’s who I do not think these payment plans are for,” she says.
Slagle urges couples to also think about their wedding in the context of other plans, like buying a house or having a child.
“Is this going to be the only hurdle coming your way financially over the next few years? Because from what I see in my professional experience, it’s not,” Slagle says. “How are you setting yourself up for financial success after the wedding?”
The industry is also facing federal scrutiny. In September 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a study on buy now, pay later that cited inconsistent consumer protections, data security and debt accumulation among its concerns.
A second study, released in March, identified buy now, pay later users as more likely to show signs of financial distress compared with nonusers.
Other ways to pay for your wedding
The best way to pay for your wedding is through savings, Slagle says. Another option is a gift or no-interest loan from a family member.
If you need to finance, there are choices besides buy now, pay later.
Credit cards can help you earn cash back or points, which can offset other costs, like a honeymoon. You’ll want to pay off your balance each month to avoid compounding interest.
Another option is a wedding loan, which is an unsecured personal loan from a bank, credit union or online lender that covers wedding expenses. These loans charge fixed interest and have predictable monthly payments, but rates can be high depending on your credit score.
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2023-04-09T18:43:00+00:00
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kxnet.com
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https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/should-you-buy-now-pay-later-for-your-wedding/
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BISMARCK, N.D., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU) announced today that Nathan W. Ring has been named chief financial officer of the company's wholly owned construction materials subsidiary, Knife River Corporation, effective upon completion of the planned separation of Knife River. Ring currently is vice president of business development at Knife River.
MDU Resources previously announced it expects its spinoff of Knife River into an independent, publicly traded company to be complete in the second quarter of 2023.
"Nathan's financial acumen, leadership skills and energy have been a benefit to MDU Resources for several years, and in recent years Knife River has leveraged those talents to continue to grow through acquisitions and organically," said David L. Goodin, president and CEO of MDU Resources.
Ring, who is a certified public accountant, has more than 20 years of experience with Knife River and MDU Resources. Among his previous roles, Ring served as MDU Resources' vice president, controller and chief accounting officer. He also previously served as CFO of a regional bank headquartered in Bismarck.
"We are extremely pleased to have Nathan become Knife River's chief financial officer at this very exciting time for our company," said David C. Barney, CEO of Knife River. "He has been a close and valued advisor to me and to Knife River's president, Brian Gray. Nathan's experience and financial expertise will set up Knife River for continued success as we become an independent company."
About MDU Resources
MDU Resources Group, Inc., a member of the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats indices, is Building a Strong America® by providing essential products and services through its regulated energy delivery and construction materials and services businesses. For more information about MDU Resources, visit www.mdu.com or contact the Investor Relations Department at investor@mduresources.com.
About Knife River
Knife River Corporation mines aggregates and markets crushed stone, sand, gravel and related construction materials, including ready-mix concrete, asphalt and other value-added products. It also distributes cement and asphalt oil. It performs integrated contracting services. For more information, visit www.kniferiver.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
The information in this release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained in this release, including statements about the planned separation of Knife River Corporation and its future results, are expressed in good faith and are believed by the company to have a reasonable basis. Nonetheless, actual results may differ materially from the projected results expressed in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, refer to Item 1A-Risk Factors in MDU Resources' most recent Form 10-Q and 10-K.
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2023/01/10/mdu-resources-names-nathan-ring-cfo-knife-river-corporation/
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NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — A Wilkes County man is back home after doctors pronounced him brain-dead.
Just minutes before Ryan Marlow went into surgery to have his organs donated, his wife noticed something was off and ordered more testing.
In August 2022, Marlow was admitted to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist with symptoms of vertigo.
After a series of tests, doctors would eventually diagnose him with Listeria.
His wife, Megan expected the infection would be easily treatable with a round of antibiotics.
"We thought that we had a cure, it's listeria. We'll treat [him] with antibiotics and have a long recovery, but he'll be good. But he ended up having a brain hemorrhage," Megan said.
Doctors told Ryan's wife, that her husband had died from complications related to that brain injury.
"So we all kind of said goodbye to him and left the hospital. He was left on life-support because he was an organ donor, and so they were leaving him on life-support to find matches," Megan said.
Doctors planned to donate his organs on Aug. 30 but decided to postpone the procedure until the following day, for unrelated reasons.
Tuesday, August 30th, just minutes before doctors and nurses took Ryan to the OR, his family played videos of his children laughing and playing.
That's when they noticed his feet moved and his vital signs fluctuated as the videos played.
"I just kind of cleared everybody out of the room and I told him, and I said, 'If you're in there, you've got to fight because I'm getting ready to stop everything and I'm going to find out here, so you have to fight in there and he did," Megan said.
Doctors called off the surgery.
Megan asked the doctors to perform additional tests on her husband.
A CT scan would later show he had blood flow to the brain, indicating he was in fact alive and was not brain-dead.
"To walk through this every day, to go from where I thought I was a widow and had to tell my children that he was gone...and then to go from his ride in that window. It's hard to be home and it is not like it was before, but I have so much hope and faith and he does too," Megan said.
Ryan's wife said she is overwhelmed by the support they have received.
This week, a handicap-accessible van was gifted to the family.
Contractors are currently building a new, three-story addition to their home that will also be fully handicap-accessible.
"He's fighting. I'm fighting. We're all fighting, and he's coming out of it. He's getting stronger, and if he walks away with different limitations here and there, then that's OK, that's OK. We have Ryan," Megan said.
The family is planning a drive-by, welcome home celebration for Saturday, March 4th at 11 a.m.
You can follow Ryan's story and updates from his wife, Megan on the Ryan's Recovery Facebook page.
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2023-03-04T03:37:04+00:00
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ktvb.com
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https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/north-wilkesboro-pastor-declared-brain-dead-comes-back-to-life/83-be7e6827-40cf-40c5-9f97-21587522e154
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Of course, she was nervous and even a little unsure of herself.
UL senior outfielder Raina O’Neal hadn’t seen live pitching in almost two months with a thumb injury.
And the year before that, a broken wrist reduced her to only six games all season long.
The final days of her college career were flashing before her eyes and the opportunities were dwindling.
Instead of yielding to that pressure, the Richmond, Texas native did exactly what her coaches and teammates expected her to do.
After all, she’s Raina O’Neal.
In her first at-bat since March 5 in that first game back as a starter on April 29 against Coastal Carolina, O’Neal tripled off the wall.
“That’s just experience at the end of the day,” said UL pitching coach Justin Robichaux, whose Cajuns will take on Auburn at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the NCAA Clemson Regional opener in South Carolina. “Being able to be in a frame of mind where you can let yourself play the game and to reflective on, ‘I’m not prepared.’ She doesn’t think that way. She lets her talent take over and her athleticism take over.”
It's what a leader of O’Neal’s caliber does.
“I think you guys see it in the dugout and you see it on the field - she’s a leader,” UL pitcher Kandra Lamb said. “She’s out there setting examples. She’s setting our standard on the field and off the field. She’s our rock.
“She’s what Ragin’ Cajun softball embodies. That’s Raina O’Neal.”
As calm and collected as she seems, though, O’Neal admits she wasn’t as confident on the inside.
“I was just shocked it went that far,” O’Neal laughed. “You want to come out and you want to perform, but you don’t want to put that much pressure on yourself.”
She encored that with a homer later in the game to finish her return 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
“You just want to get on time because I haven’t seen pitches in forever,” she added. “You just want to get back in the groove of things, so to have the type of game I had was super exciting. It obviously wasn’t anything I was expecting.”
Perhaps some helpful advice from her parents helped O’Neal embrace these precious few games left in her career.
“In all honesty, I was worried, but one thing my parents kept telling me – especially my Dad was telling me – was that no matter what, these are your last games and have fun and work hard and if it happens, it happens,” O’Neal said. “But as long as you’re out there and able to play softball again for the little bit of time you do have, you should be grateful for that.”
Her coaches and teammates also weren’t surprised when O’Neal stole the show in her final Sun Belt Tournament last week, earning MVP honors after hitting .500 with a double, two homers and five RBIs.
“It did blow me away,” O’Neal admitted. “I’m just trying to contribute and just be happy to be out there. But to get that accolade as you’re doing it and then to see my teammates be so happy for me, it was amazing.”
The eruption of emotion when O’Neal was announced as the MVP was because of the respect her teammates have for her, but also the empathy for the obstacles she’s overcome to get to this point.
There was no transfer portal when O’Neal decided to leave Texas Tech for UL, so she had sit out an entire season. She shined in that first season playing at Lamson Park, hitting .326 with 10 doubles, 10 homers, 36 RBIs and 18 stolen bases.
The following year, though, was cut short by the pandemic shutdown after just 24 games. Then six games into last season, O’Neal was off to a great .421 start at the plate, only to break her wrist diving for a line drive.
“For me, it was putting my focus on something else, especially because when I got hurt, Taylor (Roman) got hurt that same day,” O’Neal said of coping with injury. “For me it was just being there for her as well and going into a new role to what type of teammate I was supposed to be. So trying to focus on that helped me a lot.”
Just imagine the frustration of injuring her thumb sliding into second base just a few weeks into her final season.
“At first, it was worse, because I was going through this AGAIN,” O’Neal explained. “That was tough for me to handle at first, but then it was less in a sense that I knew how to deal with being out and having to put that aside and be a good teammate, because I had already been through it.”
Fortunately, the recovery was more clear cut this time around.
“Last year, I didn’t have surgery,” she said. “It was just waiting for my body to feel a certain way. This time, there was more a time line and it’s more accurate.
“Last year, we’re just doing X-rays every week to see how my bone is healing. This one was a lot easier to manage.”
Through it all, O’Neal set an example of how to cope with utter frustration with grace.
“Raina is a leader, man,” Robichaux said. “I think she’s a difference-maker when she’s on the field. She plays with an experience level that I think is critical for the freshmen to kind of see. She’s overcome more injuries than most. I think that’s kind of the theme of this group.
“They’re going to going to keep moving forward no matter what you throw at them and Raina O’Neal is a prime example.”
Knowing some of her teammates were in middle school when her college career began, O’Neal is grateful none of them call her ‘Grandma’ as many teams would.
Even more, she hopes her advice still rings in their ears after her departure.
“I just think I tried to do a good job of making sure they know the little things for when I’m gone,” O’Neal said. “OK, this is how we do this .. and when we’re in this moment, we need to focus in and do the little things I feel like you have to remind people of. Next year when I’m gone, I hope they still remember those things.”
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2022-05-18T19:29:13+00:00
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theadvocate.com
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https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_26184d8a-d6d9-11ec-8278-5f247ccb3dda.html
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ANKARA, Turkey — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to hold talks Wednesday with Turkish officials on a plan that could allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis.
An estimated 22 million tons of grains are sitting in silos in Ukraine.
Turkey is involved in efforts for the establishment of a U.N.-led mechanism that would create a secure corridor for the shipment of the Ukrainian grain — and for Russia to export food and fertilizer. Turkey would facilitate and protect the transport of the grain in the Black Sea, Turkish officials have said.
A top Russian official said Tuesday that Ukraine needs to remove sea mines near its Black Sea port of Odesa to allow grain exports to resume.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian military would need to check commercial ships taking the grain to make sure they don’t carry weapons. He added that after they are loaded with grain, Russia would help escort the ships to international waters.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Tuesday that technical details were still being worked out.
“Our efforts are continuing concerning the technical planning on such issues as how it will be done, how the mines will be cleared, who will do it, how the corridor will be established and who will escort (ships),” Akar said.
Lavrov arrived in Turkey days after NATO members Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro reportedly refused to allow his plane to fly through their airspace to reach Serbia. Lavrov’s plane was able to fly directly to Turkey over the Black Sea.
Lavrov’s discussions in the Turkish capital are also expected to focus on Turkey’s plans to launch a new cross-border offensive in northern Syria against Syrian Kurdish militia that Ankara considers to be a security threat. Turkey needs Moscow’s approval to continue its presence in northern Syria, despite the two supporting opposite sides in Syria’s civil war. In 2020, 37 Turkish soldiers were killed in Russia-backed airstrikes against rebels in Syria’s last rebel-held Idlib province.
“Turkey really needs Russia’s blessing in order to be able to carry on this operation (in Syria.) And so I think they’re really going to try to get that kind of a concession out of the Russian side,” said Merve Tahiroglu, Turkey program coordinator at Project on Middle East Democracy.
Lavrov’s meeting also comes as Turkey — a NATO member — has voiced opposition to Sweden and Finland’s bids to join the alliance. Moscow has also objected to the Nordic countries’ candidacy — which analyst say may play a role in discussions concerning Syria.
Turkey has maintained its close ties to both Ukraine and Russia. It has criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but hasn’t joined international sanctions against Russia.
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Ayse Wieting reported from Istanbul.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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2022-06-08T07:59:47+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lavrov-in-turkey-to-discuss-plan-to-ship-ukrainian-grain/2022/06/08/2bab0882-e6fb-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html
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The Cowboys restructured the contracts of Prescott and G Zack Martin to clear nearly $30 million in cap space. This is likely the beginning of a handful of restructures the Cowboys will do in the coming days, as they look to improve on their current cap situation. Of course, the team still has something to do about the $16.720 million due to Ezekiel Elliott, which will likely result in a pay cut or the outright release of Elliott at some point this offseason.
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Cowboys’ Dak Prescott had been the only $40 million quarterback in the NFC East, but that changed when the Giants signed Daniel Jones to a four-year, $160 million contract earlier this week, and the Eagles are likely to make Jalen Hurts a member of that club this off-season, rather than allow him to wander closer to his 2024 free agency.
Along with Jones, the Giants have tagged running back Saquon Barkley (who could get a long-term deal, too), setting the footings for an offense that will get more weapons when free agency arrives next week and the draft offers more roster-stocking opportunities at the end of April.
And even though the Cowboys might prefer their tandem of Prescott and running back Tony Pollard, there’s a reason for them to be envious: The Giants’ combo have left a lot more cap space.
That additional cap space will allow the Giants to stock up on talent and challenge the Eagles and Cowboys for division supremacy. The Eagles are likely to sign Hurts to a deal that’s at least cap-friendly in the short term.
This from Dallas Morning News columnist Tim Cowlishaw:
Jones managed enough of an upgrade in 2022 to guide New York to the playoffs, even if it was a short-lived visit as a 9-7-1 team. For that, his four-year $160 million deal was achieved, although really it was more a matter of exquisite timing. The Giants’ ability to sign him allowed the club to place the franchise tag on running back Saquon Barkley, just as Dallas did with Tony Pollard.
If that sounds like an atrocious amount of money to pay for Jones, that comes in the future. For 2023, his cap hit is $19 million. The Cowboys, meanwhile, pay the piper this season for signing Prescott to his similar deal with a cap hit of $49 million. So while you might prefer the combination of Dak and Pollard to that of Jones and Barkley (you also might not, based on Jones’ play the second half of 2022), the Cowboys’ backfield duo starts the salary cap process at $30 million more than the Giants’ pair.
Cowlishaw points out that the Cowboys “missed the boat” to win when Prescott “was young and cheap,” a window that’s “long gone.” He adds: “Dak turns 30 before next season and the Cowboys must either push his contract into the future, delaying those staggering cap hits into the future, or deal with it in 2023. Winning is still in the cards. Watching how the sausage gets made for the next month might look exactly how that sounds.”
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2023-03-10T18:40:40+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/giants/2023/03/why-dallas-cowboys-should-be-envious-of-giants-combo-of-daniel-jones-and-saquon-barkley.html
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Dash Hudson's TikTok Solution Empowers Brands to Win in the New Era of Digital Entertainment
NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Dash Hudson is pleased to announce that TikTok has named the globally-leading social marketing software solution a founding partner of its Content Marketing specialty, enabling the development of three groundbreaking proprietary tools that are vital for brands to master their TikTok strategy and win on the platform.
"At TikTok, we are always looking for ways to make it easier for brands to develop great content that resonates with their communities," said Melissa Yang, Head of Ecosystem Partnerships, TikTok. "We are excited to welcome our new content marketing partners into the TikTok Marketing Partner Program, and to be collaborating with some of the most trusted partners in the industry. These partners will provide marketers with simple, effective tools to help them to regularly publish content, gain valuable performance insight, and meaningfully engage with their communities."
There has been a significant shift in how audiences expect to connect with brands online, pivoting away from the traditional model of social media and into the world of digital entertainment.
Dash Hudson's Co-founder and CEO, Thomas Rankin, describes digital entertainment as "the product of the collision of technology and culture". In this new dimension, reach is no longer capped by the size of one's network and is propelled by the strength of the content that's shared. This paradigm grants marketers permission to get back to what they do best: being creative – and Dash Hudson is the only solution in market to bridge creativity and data.
"TikTok is entertainment. It has fundamentally transformed how digital marketers engage consumers and is top-of-mind for the CEOs and CMOs we work with. Dash Hudson's sophisticated insights give brands the confidence to continue to increase their investment in short-form video," says Thomas Rankin, Co-founder and CEO, Dash Hudson. "TikTok is an opportunity for brands to get back to their best, be playful and build new communities. We are thrilled to be working alongside the team at TikTok to help top brands and retailers create videos that entertain and bring joy to consumers around the world."
Designed specifically to unlock the magic of the entertainment platform, Dash Hudson has leveraged TikTok's API to launch Insights, Video Publishing and Community Management features that deliver the solutions marketers need to drive performance. Beyond the API, Dash Hudson is also announcing the launch of three revolutionary and proprietary tools for brands to further deepen engagement and discoverability: Entertainment Score, Trending Video Notifications and Trending Sounds.
Entertainment Score
Dash Hudson's exclusive Entertainment Score allows brands to measure how well their TikTok video is entertaining their audience, enabling them to double down on what's working so they can drive the most value for their business.
Trending Video Notifications
Exclusive to Dash Hudson, Trending Video Notifications will enable brands to develop a deep understanding of which TikToks are gaining momentum so they can quickly take action on high-performing content across owned and paid.
Trending Sounds
A game-changing feature that curates the most popular and up-and-coming sound trends on TikTok, Dash Hudson's Trending Sounds empowers brands to get ahead of their competition by sourcing the most relevant and opportunity-packed moments to flex their creativity. In this feature, brands are also provided instant context on how a particular sound is being used by other creators, equipping them with the intelligence required to act quickly.
With the industry's notable shift to video-first feeds and society's increasing preference for short-form, mobile-first video, brands have a rare opportunity to re-think their marketing efforts. Today's announcement of Dash Hudson's partnership with TikTok has enabled the social marketing software leader to build innovation to support the world's largest brands in their transition to entertainment-first content creation.
To learn more about how the globally-leading social marketing software is ushering the world's most important brands into the era of digital entertainment, please click here.
Dash Hudson was founded in 2015 with the mission to empower brands to deepen engagement through photos and videos. Today, the global leader in social marketing software helps companies like Condé Nast, Apple and Unilever unlock their creative superpowers and elevate their strategies at the speed of social. Dash Hudson takes it to the next level by predicting the performance of photos and videos, analyzing trends and accelerating brand growth across social media, entertainment and e-commerce marketing channels.
To learn more about Dash Hudson, please click here.
The TikTok Marketing Partners Program is a community of carefully selected and innovative 3rd party technology and service companies that enable marketers to get started, grow their strategy, and find repeatable success. TikTok badges Partners who have a diverse range of industry expertise and a proven track record of success on TikTok in Creative, Measurement, Campaign Management, Effects, Sound and Commerce categories.
To learn more about the TikTok Marketing Partners Program, click here.
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2022-06-01T00:49:53+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/06/01/dash-hudson-joins-tiktok-marketing-partners-program/
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Fentanyl overdoses are on the rise to dangerous levels around the U.S. and here in Alabama. Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr held an event this past weekend, raising awareness of the increased use of fentanyl right here in our community.
Saturday at the Ensley Recreation Center, Carr expressed concerns about how fentanyl is being mixed in a variety of drugs, like marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamines’ and many other opioids. Sadly it is being found everywhere because it’s undetectable in most cases and that is why Carr is calling fentanyl the ‘Silent Killer.’
During the event, District Attorney Carr also spoke about the recent Narcan being sold over the counter and how this fentanyl concern is really impacting communities everywhere for this to now be an option.
“You know I think, number one it tells us that this is a real issue. And let’s take it a step further. Also, there are now strips that the FDA has approved to put on college campuses around the nation to test for fentanyl. So now we are actually issuing testing strips on college campuses to test for fentanyl that’s how deadly it is. And now you see that there is over the counter medications for Narcan. Narcan is basically a drug that allows you to basically wake up from death. Because actually not only if you don’t ingest fentanyl you could have it in your pocket. You could come in contact with it and still overdose from it and I think that’s one of the important components of what people need to know. And let me also say this because I hope people hear this,” said Carr.
“In 2019, we had 95 deaths, from an overdose of Fentanyl. In 2020 we had a 100% increase, we had a 190. In 2021, 316 new numbers of fentanyl, a 50% increase and it’s continuing to rise, continuing to climb…. just in Jefferson County,” he added.
When asked if he thinks everyone should have Narcan in their homes, Carr said the following:
” I would recommend it, absolutely. But I would also recommend this. If you have a family member that you know spoke marijuana. We all do. All of us do, No doubt about it, know someone that you know that is taking pills. I think its incumbent that you have a different conversation with them and you tell them. Hey, look if you smoking this marijuana. We need to figure out how to get it from a reliable source. You know tell them that. But let me just be honest with you, if you buy it off the street like most people are doing. And don’t get me wrong it’s not legal. But right now it’s about saving lives. And it’s about notifying the community. and it’s about awareness and its about being proactive and so obviously. I’m glad to have the support of the people you see here and the rest of the community. Because at the end of the day. My job as DA is to hold people accountable for the crime that they commit but I also see that it’s my job also to make the people of the community aware of what’s going on and the dangers that persist. And I’m glad commissioner Sheila Tyson is here and she is always supportive as well. And we just want the community to be aware of these numbers and the death. And I see what this drug is. It is a potent drug… very potent.”
For details on fentanyl and overdose prevention you can visit the Alabama Department of Public Health website here.
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2023-04-03T23:38:35+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/jefferson-county-district-attorney-sounds-alarm-on-rise-in-fentanyl-cases-and-deaths/
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The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources on Tuesday announced that an infestation of the spotted lanternfly was found in Springfield last week. The sap-feeding insect has damaged vineyards, orchards, and agricultural commodities in other states, and is also known for “swarming behavior” during mating season.
“With new populations of the spotted lanternfly likely to pop up more and more frequently as the invasive pest becomes established across the northeast, it is critical that we all remain diligent in identifying them early on,” Agriculture Commissioner John Lebeaux said. “Anyone who sees this pest is asked to report it promptly. Early detection will help limit the spread of spotted lanternfly and give orchards, farms, and other growers time to prepare.”
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The department has been unable to determine the origin of the Springfield infestation, but inspectors continue to perform surveys in the area. The department said large industrial areas are at high risk for the spotted lanternfly, “since this pest can hitchhike on trucks and other methods of transportation that come from infested states” and urban and industrial areas often harbor the insect’s preferred host plant, tree-of-heaven.
Officials say the spotted lanternflies may be found on sides of buildings, in or on vehicles, or on host plants, including tree-of-heaven, grape, maple and walnut. The department advised anyone who has recently received goods or materials from states where the insect is known to have been introduced (including Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia) to also be on the lookout. If a spotted lanternfly is found, officials are asking the public to take a photo or collect the specimen, and report the sighting using MDAR’s online reporting form.
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2022-08-09T23:02:43+00:00
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bostonglobe.com
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/09/metro/invasive-spotted-lanternfly-found-springfield/
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MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a three-month extention of his detention on espionage charges, a Russian court data website indicated Friday.
Gershkovich, a 31-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested in March while on a reporting trip in Russia. He, his employer and the U.S. government have denied the charges. A Moscow court on Tuesday extended his detention until Aug. 30.
According to the court website, the appeal was filed on Thursday. There was no information whether a date has been set for a hearing.
Gerhskovich’s case has been wrapped in secrecy. Russian authorities haven’t detailed what — if any — evidence they have gathered to support the espionage charges.
Various legal proceedings in the case have been closed to the media. State news agency Tass said Tuesday’s hearing was held behind closed doors because the reporter was accused of possession of “secret materials.”
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday night that Gershkovich’s parents, Soviet emigres living in New Jersey, were visiting Moscow and saw their son during the short hearing.
“I don’t know how to describe this happiness and this sadness at the same time,” the newspaper quoted the reporter’s mother, Ella Milman, as saying. She said Gershkovich looked relaxed and well, and that they communicated through smiles.
The U.S. State Department said at least one U.S. Embassy official also attended the hearing.
Gershkovich’s arrest has rattled journalists in the country and drawn outrage in the West.
The U.S. government declared Gershkovich to be wrongfully detained and demanded his immediate release. He’s being held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison.
U.S. Embassy officials were allowed to visit Gershkovich once in prison since his arrest in Yekaterinburg on March 29, but Russian authorities have denied two more recent requests to see him.
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2023-05-27T12:13:17+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-russian-court-data-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich-appeals-extension-of-detention-on-spying-charges/
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Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee said Friday that he was diagnosed with a “serious but curable form of cancer” after a tumor was found in one of his tonsils.
Kildee, 64, said he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma that was detected very early by doctors and that he will have surgery in a few weeks to remove it.
“The prognosis after surgery and treatment is excellent,” the Flint-area Democrat said in a statement. “I am going to get through this. I’m going to beat cancer.”
Kildee said doctors have advised him that recovery from surgery could take a few weeks. His office will be open while he is away from Congress for a period of time, he said.
Kildee, who has served in the U.S. House since 2013, sits on the House Ways and Means committee in addition to being a member of the Budget Committee.
Kildee represents Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, which was redrawn last year to include the city of Flint. He defeated Republican challenger Paul Junge by over 10 percentage points to win reelection.
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2023-03-31T17:57:16+00:00
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9and10news.com
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https://www.9and10news.com/2023/03/31/michigan-rep-dan-kildee-announces-he-has-cancer/
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Tuscan Village kicks off first annual holiday marketplace
Shoppers visited Tuscan Village for the first day of their pop-up holiday market.
The event showcases 30 vendors selling holiday items during weekends through New Year's Eve.
Tuscan Village marketing director Edwin Santana said the vendors sell wares like food, crafts and ornaments.
"And then, of course, Tuscan market is providing all the food — Neapolitan style pizza," Santana said.
Small business owners like Steven Bonaccorsi of Homegrown USA LLC said being part of this event is "huge for us."
"Especially with inflation and electricity prices being sky-high, things like this, when the communities come together, it doesn't impact all that," Bonaccorsi said. "Everyone's trying to support the local guy, which is huge."
Bonaccorsi said his business does not have a storefront.
"This is our storefront now, today, and we've never had one before. So this is like a permanent placement for us, which is really, really cool," Bonaccorsi said. "And it's just such a cool atmosphere to be in."
Maria Palmer is a vendor and owns Maria Devito Palmer Designs.
"It's a really great opportunity for someone like myself who has an online presence to be able to be in a physical location with other different artisans and product makers and have an opportunity to be in a high-end retail environment," Palmer said.
Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce executive director Ashley Hazeltine said the market is a great opportunity to give shoppers a destination and companies without traditional storefronts visibility.
"We're New Englanders. We're tougher and used to the winter weather. We love it or just deal with it until we get to this spring," Hazeltine said. "I think it's a really great reminder that there are things to do year-round. We do have beautiful sunny days in the winter. So really to come out and still enjoy everything that we have to offer, and not just hunker down until spring comes."
Hazeltine said tourists visit Salem from further south in New England or other parts of the country that get off the highway in southern New Hampshire.
"It's a great chance to stretch their legs and they know that there are some options here for food," Hazeltine said. "The more that we have to show them everything that's great about our community, I think the more that they'll be interested in being here long term, too."
The holiday shops will be open on weekends leading up to Christmas, and there will be a tree lighting on Dec. 3.
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2022-11-19T04:19:33+00:00
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wmur.com
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https://www.wmur.com/article/tuscan-village-nh-kicks-off-first-annual-holiday-marketplace/42010599
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- STV Group, Inc., a professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced it has acquired American Engineers, LLC, a full-service civil engineering firm with a staff of more than 120 professionals in Kentucky and Georgia servicing clients throughout the southeast U.S.
The transaction formally closed on June 1, 2023. American Engineers, LLC, will now be known as AEI, an STV Company.
"We couldn't be more excited about the culture and capabilities AEI brings to STV," said Greg Kelly, P.E., president and CEO of STV. "The coming together of AEI and STV immediately allows us to scale our services in a rapidly developing region and solidifies STV's growing presence in the southeast. It will also create exciting new career opportunities for our teams."
"STV and AEI are a natural fit," said Ben Quinn, Jr., P.E., president of AEI, an STV Company. "Our companies believe in deep partnerships; and together, we will offer the right combination of skills and resources to elevate our client service, develop our people and drive sustainable business growth."
"We are proud to welcome AEI to STV," said Joseph Gleberman, STV board member and chief executive officer of The Pritzker Organization. "This new collaborative partnership broadens STV's footprint while bringing new and innovative services to our clients in this region."
Headquartered in Glasgow, Ky., AEI has offices in five cities across Kentucky and Georgia and focuses on providing engineering solutions for transportation, industrial, utility, municipal and federal clients. Its geographic footprint is situated between the rapidly growing I-75 and I-65 transportation corridors, where both public and private sectors are investing billions of dollars in transportation, infrastructure and manufacturing. This acquisition positions STV to fully support the future growth and economic development in this region.
STV is a portfolio company of The Pritzker Organization, L.L.C. STV consistently ranks among the country's top firms in markets such as transportation infrastructure, water and social infrastructure. Throughout the United States and in Canada, STV's professional, technical and support personnel offer services that span planning and pre-design, design, program and construction management, and environmental sciences, meeting clients' needs through disciplinary diversity and flexibility.
About STV
Founded in 1912, STV is a leading national infrastructure-focused professional services firm, providing engineering, architectural, planning, environmental and program management and construction management services for transportation systems, buildings, energy and other facilities. Headquartered in New York City with more than 55 offices across North America, the company provides a range of services for transportation systems, infrastructure, buildings, energy and other facilities. The firm is ranked 37th in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms survey and is 10th in its transportation category. In 2022, STV signed the Equity in Infrastructure Project (EIP) Pledge, becoming one of the first architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms to commit to advancing equity in infrastructure. For more information, visit stvinc.com.
About AEI, an STV Company
American Engineers, Inc. (AEI, an STV Company) is a full-service, civil engineering firm with five offices across Kentucky and Georgia. For nearly 40 years, AEI has provided custom engineering solutions for transportation, site development, industrial, utility, educational, municipal and federal clients in the southeast U.S. For more information, visit https://www.aei.cc/. Benchmark International represented AEI, an STV Company, for this transaction.
About The Pritzker Organization, L.L.C.
TPO is the merchant bank for the business interests of the Tom Pritzker family. TPO is focused on partnering with exceptional leaders to create value across a wide range of industries. TPO looks for opportunities where it can create value for the family's interests and those of its partners and colleagues over a significant time horizon. For more than 60 years, TPO has overseen and guided the development of dozens of portfolio companies across a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, logistics, life sciences, hospitality, healthcare and services. Notable businesses include Hyatt Hotels, Triton Container and the Marmon Group. Recent control investments include TMS International, Lithko Contracting, KBP Investments, Mammoth Holdings, STV Inc., and Crown Health Care Laundry Services. In addition to its core strategy of building businesses over the long term, TPO is also active in special situations, advising the family's interests in the deployment of capital across a wide spectrum of industries and investment structures. Additional information can be found at https://pritzkerorg.com/.
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Tractor trailer Carrying Fertilizer Overturned in Monticello
Published: May. 29, 2023 at 9:38 AM EDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
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A tractor trailer carrying fertilizer overturned earlier this morning in Monticello on Route 1. Maine State Police, Maine DEP, and Monticello Fire are currently on scene. Part of route 1 is currently closed with traffic being detoured as they work to cleanup the roadway. The truck has been turned right-side up. Newssource 8 has reached out to the Maine State Police and will have more information as it becomes available.
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Rising sea levels may have forced the Vikings out of a successful settlement
By Katie Hunt, CNN
The Vikings disappeared abruptly from Greenland in the mid-15th century, some 400 years after arriving there. Why they abandoned a successful settlement is a mystery that historians never have been able to fully explain.
Theories include drought, changing temperatures, social unrest, and the overhunting of walrus tusks (a cherished luxury good in medieval Europe) — conditions that would have made Norse colonies in Greenland economically nonviable.
Now, a team of researchers from Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University say they have uncovered another key factor that could explain why the Vikings fled: a rise in sea levels.
Using a computer model based on geological and climate records, the team found that sea levels would have risen by up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) during the the four centuries of Norse occupation of the eastern settlement Vikings established in Greenland in 985 AD.
The researchers calculated that 204 square kilometers (79 square miles) of land would have been been flooded during the period the settlement was occupied, making Norse communities more vulnerable to storms and coastal erosion as they also lost fertile lowland.
The loss of habitable land would have been compounded by a trend from warmer temperatures toward cooler, drier temperatures in Europe that ultimately led to what is known as the Little Ice Age, which began around 1250 AD. A study detailing the findings published Monday in the scientific journal PNAS.
“Sea-level change is an integral, missing element of the Viking story,” said study coauthor Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State.
Analyses of human remains from church yards and animal remains from trash piles also showed that, over the time period, the diet of Viking settlers switched from land-based foods such as livestock to marine resources like fish and seals, the researchers noted. This change might have been due to the loss of land that was suitable for growing crops.
The idea that sea levels would have been rising as temperatures fell is a little counterintuitive, according to the researchers. Cooler global temperatures are usually associated with falling sea levels.
However, Earth’s oceans aren’t like a bathtub, and the study noted that changes in sea level don’t affect all areas equally.
The Norse settlement would have been subject to two components of sea level change, because it was located on the periphery of the Laurentide Ice Sheet — which covers Canada, the northeastern United States, and the Arctic — and the Greenland Ice Sheet.
The Greenland Ice Sheet readvanced during Viking occupation of the eastern settlement and peaked in the Little Ice Age. That advance caused sea level rise near the ice margins because of the sinking of Earth’s crust, according to the study.
“The readvance pushed down the land around it, something like the dent that forms around you if you sit on a waterbed; less intuitively, the mass of ice is so large that it significantly attracts the ocean to it,”, Alley explained in a news release.
“The greater ice mass close to the shore raised the ocean,” he added.
In a separate study also published Monday, researchers found that Viking voyagers shipped timber across huge distances from North America and northern Europe because native trees in Greenland were unsuitable for shipbuilding and constructing large land-based projects.
Microscopic analysis of timber remains, published in the journal Antiquity, showed that Norse Greenlanders had the means, knowledge and appropriate vessels to cross the North Atlantic to the east coast of North America, at least up until the 14th century.
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Electric vehicle startup Rivian, which manufactures its vehicles in Normal, picked up the pace of production and deliveries in the second quarter.
Irvine, California-based Rivian said it assembled 13,992 plug-in vehicles during the three months that ended in June and delivered 12,640 EVs to customers during the period. Those figures represent a 49% boost in production and 59% increase in deliveries, respectively, compared to the first quarter of this year.
Rivian, maker of the R1T truck, R1S SUV and electric delivery vans for Amazon, sustained production issues through much of 2022. Pandemic-influenced supply chain kinks for microchips and other materials hampered Rivian, which was forced to cut in half its original goal to build 50,000 EVs last year.
The company has said it will produce 50,000 vehicles this year at its existing factory in Normal. Rivian said it built 9,395 vehicles in the first quarter as the company’s assembly lines were upgraded with new technology.
For the first six months of this year, Rivian has produced 23,387 vehicles. If Rivian can maintain or exceed its second-quarter performance for the rest of this year, the company would exceed its annual production goal.
Rivian also said last week it will announce second-quarter financial result Aug. 8. As a startup, Rivian is expected to burn through billions of dollars as it races to perfect its products and generate sales before reaching profitability. The current economic climate has been challenging for many startups, and Rivian has the added pressure of competing against incumbents like Tesla, General Motors, Ford and others.
In the first quarter, Rivian posted a net loss of $1.35 billion on $661 million in revenue.
The company plans a Georgia factory east of Atlanta and has said it expects to expand production in Illinois in 2024, reaching profitability late that year. Rivian CEO R.J. Scaringe has said the Georgia factory is vital to the company’s future and will be the home of a new model known as the R2 crossover that will sell at a lower price and be marketed to a broader segment of the new-car market.
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2023-07-09T18:35:36+00:00
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CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- bswift, a leader in innovative benefits administration technology, won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Gold award for excellence in the Best Advance in Compensation and Benefits and/or Payroll Administration category.
Winners are listed here. bswift's entry titled "More Than Just a Benefits Administrator: Innovating to Help Employers Navigate Constant Change" highlighted their COVID-19 vaccination tracking solution launched for their employer clients in 2021. Their entry also featured cutting-edge innovations including a newly refreshed digital employee experience and a full-scale Communication Agency – developed based on deep UX research and in collaboration with bswift clients.
"From our research, we know that more than half of organizations say it is critical to advance the HCM technology ecosystem to succeed in the future of work. Winners of our Excellence in Technology awards are the pace-setters in ensuring employers have the leading-edge tools they need to evolve and prosper in the challenging environment we all work in," said Brandon Hall Group Chief Operating Officer and awards program head Rachel Cooke.
"bswift is honored to be a second time recipient of this award. Our team is driven by our passion for simplifying and improving the HR and employee experiences. We look forward to continuing to provide innovative solutions and services, and a personalized customer experience to our clients," said bswift Chief Executive Officer, Ted Bloomberg.
Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts and executives based upon the following criteria: product, unique differentiators, value proposition and measurable results.
About bswift
bswift delivers innovative benefits administration solutions and services for employers. Our offerings simplify benefits administration for HR and makes it easier for employees to choose and use their benefits in order to maximize their overall well-being. With the latest technology, a focus on service excellence, and a deep understanding of each customer's benefits strategy and ecosystem, bswift helps employers and employees get the most out of their benefits today and in the future. Learn more at www.bswift.com.
About Brandon Hall Group
Brandon Hall Group operates the largest and longest running awards program in Human Capital Management. As an independent HCM research and analyst firm they conduct studies in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Talent Acquisition and HR/Workforce Management. Learn more.
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Stress is unavoidable.
But some cities in the U.S. suffer more than others.
Factors like work, finances, health and safety all contribute to how stressful an environment can be. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, record inflation rates and spiking homicides have further increased worries across the country.
About 83% of adults in the U.S. say inflation is causing them stress, with 56% reporting they've had to make different choices due to lack of money, according to the American Psychological Association. About three-quarters of adults also cite violence and crime as sources of stress in their lives.
To see how stress measured up across the country, Wallethub compared 39 metrics in over 180 cities, evaluating data from weekly work hours to unemployment to divorce rates.
Based on the data, Cleveland is the most stressed city in America. It ranked No. 1 in financial stress, No. 2 in health and safety stress and No. 3 in family stress.
Following Cleveland is Detroit as the second-most stressed city. Shreveport, Louisiana, came in third, and New Orleans and Baltimore rounded out the top five.
But not all cities offer high-stress environments.
The least stressed city in the U.S. is South Burlington, Vermont, according to Wallethub. The city ranked 182 in both financial stress and family stress, 110 in work stress and 177 in health and safety stress. Fremont, California, came in second for least stressed, followed by San Jose, California; Bismark, North Dakota; and Seattle, respectively.
Here's a map of how cities across the country measure up in terms of stress, according to Wallethub:
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Satisfy your sweet tooth with a variety of different exotic snacks. That is what you’ll get at Monaco Market. They are serving up delicious, unique snacks sourced from diverse corners around the world. Whether it’s squishy Skittles from Japan, Redbull from China, or Lays from Thailand. Monaco Market is taking their customer’s pallets to different parts of the world.
Their store is located at 4400 Wyoming Blvd NE STE C. It’s also open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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2023-07-24T20:08:51+00:00
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a valid U.S. passport for that 2023 trip? Buckle up, wishful traveler, for a very different journey before you step anywhere near an airport.
A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy as worldwide travel rebounds toward record pre-pandemic levels — with too few humans to handle the load. The result, say aspiring travelers in the U.S. and around the world, is a maddening pre-travel purgatory defined, at best, by costly uncertainty.
With family dreams and big money on the line, passport seekers describe a slow-motion agony of waiting, worrying, holding the line, refreshing the screen, complaining to Congress, paying extra fees and following incorrect directions. Some applicants are buying additional plane tickets to snag in-process passports where they sit — in other cities — in time to make the flights they booked in the first place.
So grim is the outlook that U.S. officials aren’t even denying the problem or predicting when it will ease. They’re blaming the epic wait times on lingering pandemic -related staffing shortages and a pause of online processing this year. That’s left the passport agency flooded with a record-busting 500,000 applications a week. The deluge is on-track to top last year’s 22 million passports issued, the State Department says.
Stories from applicants and interviews by The Associated Press depict a system of crisis management, in which the agencies are prioritizing urgent cases such as applicants traveling for reasons of “life or death” and those whose travel is only a few days off. For everyone else, the options are few and expensive.
So, 2023 traveler, if you still need a valid U.S. passport, prepare for an unplanned excursion into the nightmare zone.
‘PLENTY OF TIME’ TO ‘WE’LL STILL BE OK’ TO BIG PROBLEMS
It was early March when Dallas-area florist Ginger Collier applied for four passports ahead of a family vacation at the end of June. The clerk, she said, estimated wait times at eight to 11 weeks. They’d have their passports a month before they needed them. “Plenty of time,” Collier recalled thinking.
Then the State Department upped the wait time for a regular passport to as much as 13 weeks. “We’ll still be okay,” she thought.
At T-minus two weeks to travel, this was her assessment: “I can’t sleep.” This after months of calling, holding, pressing refresh on a website, trying her member of Congress — and stressing as the departure date loomed. Failure to obtain the family’s passports would mean losing $4,000, she said, as well as the chance to meet one of her sons in Italy after a study-abroad semester.
“My nerves are shot, because I may not be able to get to him,” she said. She calls the toll-free number every day, holds for as much as 90 minutes to be told — at best — that she might be able to get a required appointment at passport offices in other states.
“I can’t afford four more plane tickets anywhere in the United States to get a passport when I applied in plenty of time,” she said. “How about they just process my passports?”
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAS A CULPRIT: COVID
By March, concerned travelers began asking for answers and then demanding help, including from their representatives in the House and Senate, who widely reported at hearings this year that they were receiving more complaints from constituents on passport delays than any other issue.
The U.S. secretary of state had an answer, of a sort.
“With COVID, the bottom basically dropped out of the system,” Antony Blinken told a House subcommittee March 23. When demand for travel all but disappeared during the pandemic, he said, the government let contractors go and reassigned staff that had been dedicated to handling passports.
Around the same time, the government also halted an online renewal system “to make sure that we can fine tune it and improve it,” Blinken said. He said the department is hiring agents as quickly as possible, opening more appointments and trying to address the crisis in other ways.
Passport applicants lit up social media groups, toll-free numbers and lawmakers’ phone lines with questions, appeals for advice and cries for help. Facebook and WhatsApp groups bristled with reports of bewilderment and fury. Reddit published eye-watering diaries, some more than 1,000 words long, of application dates, deposits submitted, contacts made, time on hold, money spent and appeals for advice.
It was 1952 when a law required, for the first time, passports for every U.S. traveler abroad, even in peacetime. Now, passports are processed at centers around the country and printed at secure facilities in Washington, D.C. and Mississippi, according to the Government Printing Office.
But the number of Americans holding valid U.S. passports has grown at roughly 10% faster than the population over the past three decades, according to Jay Zagorsky, an economist at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.
After passport delays derailed his own plans to travel to London earlier this year, Zagorsky found that the number of U.S. passports per American has soared from about three per 100 people in 1989 to nearly 46 per 100 people in 2022. Americans, it turns out, are on the move.
“As a society gets richer,” says Zagorsky, “the people in that society say, ‘I want to visit the rest of the world.’”
FOR AMERICANS AND OTHERS ABROAD, IT’S NO PICNIC EITHER
At U.S. consulates overseas, the quest for U.S. visas and passports isn’t much brighter.
On a day in June, people in New Delhi could expect to wait 451 days for a visa interview, according to the website. Those in Sao Paulo could plan on waiting more than 600 days. Aspiring travelers in Mexico City were waiting about 750 days; in Bogota, Colombia, it was 801 days.
In Israel, the need is especially acute. More than 200,000 people with citizenship in both countries live in Israel. It’s one appointment per person, even for newborns, who must have both parents involved in the process, before traveling to the United States.
Batsheva Gutterman started looking for three appointments immediately after she had a baby in December, with an eye toward attending a family celebration in July, in Raleigh, N.C.
Her quest for three passports stretched from January to June, days before travel. And it only resolved after Gutterman payed a small fee to join a WhatsApp group that alerted her to new appointments, which stay available for only a few seconds. She ultimately got three appointments on three consecutive days — bureaucracy embodied.
“We had to drive the entire family with three small children, an hour-and-a-half to Tel Aviv three days in a row, taking off work and school,” she said. “This makes me incredibly uneasy having a baby in Israel as an American citizen, knowing there is no way I can fly with that baby until we get lucky with an appointment.”
Recently, there appeared to be some progress. The wait for an appointment for a renewed U.S. passport stood at 360 days on June 8. On July 2, the wait was down to 90 days, according to the web site.
FRUSTRATING TALES EMERGE FROM THE TRENCHES
Back in the U.S., Marni Larsen of Holladay, Utah, stood in line in Los Angeles, California, on June 14, in hopes of snagging her son’s passport. That way, she hoped, the pair could meet the rest of their family, who had already left as scheduled for Europe, for a long-planned vacation.
She’d applied for her son’s passport two months earlier and spent weeks checking for updates online or through a frustrating call system. As the mid-June vacation loomed, Larsen reached out to Sen. Mitt Romney ’s office, where one of four people he says is assigned full-time to passport issues were able to track down the document in New Orleans.
It was supposed to be shipped to Los Angeles, where she got an appointment to retrieve it. That meant Larsen had to buy new tickets for herself and her son to Los Angeles and reroute their trip from there to Rome. All on a bet that her son’s passport was indeed shipped as promised.
“We are just waiting in this massive line of tons of people,” Larsen said. “It’s just been a nightmare.”
They succeeded. But not everyone has been so lucky.
Miranda Richter applied in person to renew passports for herself and her husband, as well as apply a new one on Feb. 9 for a trip with their neighbors to Croatia on June 6. She ended up canceling, losing more than $1,000.
Her timeline went like this: Passports for her husband and daughter arrived in 11 weeks, while Richter’s photo was rejected. On May 4, she sent in a new one via priority mail. Then she paid a rush fee of $79, which was never charged to her credit card. Between May 30 and June 2, four days before travel, Richter and her husband spent more than 12 hours on the national passport line while also calling their congressman, senators and third-party couriers.
Finally, she showed up in person at the federal building in downtown Houston, 30 minutes before the passport office opened. Richter said there were at least 100 people in line.
“The security guard asked when is my appointment, and I burst out in tears,” she recalls. She couldn’t get one. “It didn’t work.”
FINALLY: A HAPPY ENDING
“I just got my passports!” Ginger Collier texts.
She ended up showing up at the passport office in Dallas with her daughter-in-law at 6:30 a.m. and being sorted into groups and lined up against walls. Finally they were called to a window, where the agent was “super nice” and pulled all four of the family’s applications — paperwork that had been sitting in the office since March 17. More than seven hours later, the two left the office with directions to pick up their passports the next day.
They did — with four days to spare.
“What a ridiculous process,” Collier says. Nevertheless, the reunion with her son in Italy was sweet. She texted last week: “It was the best hug ever!”
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2023-07-03T13:46:49+00:00
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qcnews.com
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NEW YORK (AP) — The impact of the Hollywood writers strike was felt as major television networks began their annual week of sales presentations to advertisers on Monday, with news personalities like Willie Geist and Stephanie Ruhle left to hawk comedies and dramas for NBC Universal.
Fox declined to announce a fall television schedule on Monday, citing uncertainties created by the strike.
Some 11,500 members of the Writers Guild for America, saying the rise of streaming has hurt their earning power, walked off the job two weeks after talks on a new contract broke down, and haven’t returned to the negotiating table since.
Network late-night shows immediately shut down. Picketing writers targeting some of the few shows shooting episodes forced the shutdown, at least temporarily, of programs including Showtime’s “Billions,” “Severance” on Apple TV+ and the new Marvel show, “Daredevil: Born Again” on Disney+.
The network sales presentations, known as upfronts because TV executives use them to convince advertisers to lock in commercial spending months in advance, are major events on the television schedule. They opened with turmoil; writers picketed in front of Radio City Music Hall where NBC previewed programming it hoped viewers would be able to see.
Mark Lazarus, NBC Universal president of television and streaming, quickly acknowledged the uncertainties in speaking to the ad representatives.
“It may take some time, but I know we will eventually get through this,” Lazarus said, “and the result will be a stronger foundation from which we can all move forward together.”
Lazarus came to the stage following a song-and-dance routine by an animated bear, Ted, voiced by creator Seth MacFarlane. Following two movies, the “Ted” character is set to begin a series on the Peacock streaming network.
The upfront presentations are generally known for star power attempting to woo advertisers, but entertainers were notably missing from NBC Universal’s presentation. For example, the network and Peacock announced new series that will star Jon Cryer, Jesse L. Martin, Kaley Cuoco and Anthony Hopkins and none of them were there on Monday.
Instead, the new personalities were put in the odd position of pitching entertainment fare, like Geist highlighting programming around the upcoming 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live,” while Ruhle and business journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin touted new dramas.
Entertainers and creators Amy Poehler, Dick Wolf and Simon Cowell each spoke in taped messages, which NBC said were recorded before the strike began.
Three musicians performed for the crowd, each of them with NBC ties. Reba McEntire was announced as a coach for an upcoming season of “The Voice,” Grace Potter was a winner of a past edition and Nick Jonas is a former coach. Jonas noted the audience’s cool reaction on a Monday morning.
“I know it’s early,” he said, “but y’all feel free to let loose a little bit.”
Similarly absent entertainers, Fox leaned heavily on sports for its upfront presentation later Monday, beginning and ending with ex-football star Michael Strahan and wrapping up in barely an hour.
At an earlier news conference, Fox executives talked about upcoming shows, but not when they would appear.
“No one has a crystal ball about the duration and impact of the strike,” said Dan Harrison, executive vice president of program planning and content strategy. “Once we have a clearer view, we will announce our plans.”
Fox executives said that the pandemic offered practice in the need to be flexible when the content pipeline is suddenly shut down.
The strike will likely mean a greater reliance on unscripted fare, said Allison Wallach, president of Fox’s unscripted programming. To that end, Fox announced a new game show, “Snake Oil,” hosted by David Spade and a music guessing game, “We Are Family,” produced and hosted by Jamie Foxx.
Also on Monday, the Peabody Awards, which honor broadcast and streaming media, said it was canceling its June 11 ceremony in Los Angeles because of the strike. Organizers said they “recognize and respect the position” the many recipients find themselves in.
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Associated Press Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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2023-05-16T02:39:04+00:00
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kxnet.com
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CARMEL, Ind., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) today announced it is elevating two key senior leaders to the company's Executive Leadership Group: Jean Linnenbringer as chief operations officer and Mike Mead as chief information officer. Both appointments are effective January 1, 2023, and will report to Gary C. Bhojwani, chief executive officer.
"Over the last several years, CNO has advanced our operations and technology capabilities to execute against our strategic growth priorities," said Gary C. Bhojwani, chief executive officer. "Jean and Mike are seasoned insurance executives who are already responsible for the day-to-day management of our operations and technology functions. They are both proven leaders who have demonstrated that they are ready to step into greater leadership roles."
"Jean is a highly accomplished leader who has made significant contributions to our operational excellence and customer experience during her last seven years at CNO," continued Bhojwani. "Mike's track record as a transformational leader and technology executive is an important strategic fit for our growing and evolving business. We will continue to draw on their deep understanding of CNO, our customers and our market."
Linnenbringer has more than 30 years of operations management experience in the insurance and financial services industries. She joined CNO in 2015 and since August 2017 has served as the company's senior vice president of enterprise operations. As chief operations officer she will continue to lead new business and underwriting, customer service, claims, agent care, and operations support for the CNO family of brands, including Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, Optavise and Washington National.
Mead has more than 25 years of experience in general management and technology leadership within the insurance industry. He joined CNO in 2018 as senior vice president and chief information officer. In his elevated role, he will continue to be responsible for strategy and execution of CNO's information technology, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and digital transformation.
Linnenbringer and Mead succeed Bruce Baude, chief operations and technology officer, who is leaving his current role as of December 31, 2022.
"During his 10-year career with CNO, Bruce has served as a strategic partner and thought leader who strengthened and evolved our operations and technology capabilities," said Bhojwani. "Bruce helped build CNO into the organization that it is today, and the company remains well-positioned to support our customers and partners in the next phase of our growth due to his considerable contributions. We wish Bruce continued success in all his future endeavors."
Linnenbringer joined CNO in June 2015 as vice president, customer service and was named senior vice president, enterprise operations in August 2017. Prior to joining CNO, she spent 15 years at Genworth Financial in multiple roles, including senior vice president and chief operational risk officer. Linnenbringer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Strayer University and a Master of Emergency Management from the University of Richmond.
Mead joined CNO in November 2018 as senior vice president and chief information officer. Prior to joining CNO, he spent 22 years at AIG, where he served as senior vice president and transformation executive with AIG Technologies responsible for delivering global transformation initiatives spanning technology and people. Mead holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Texas Tech University and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He is a Certified Professional Coach and Certified SAFe 5 Agilist.
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) secures the future of middle-income America. CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands, including Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, Optavise and Washington National. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and $33 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 4,400 exclusive agents and 4,700 independent partner agents guide individuals, families and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.
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2022-12-09T04:35:17+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — Emily D’Angelo made her point with attire before singing a single note at the Metropolitan Opera’s concert to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The 28-year-old Canadian mezzo-soprano walked onto the stage Friday night for the Mozart Requiem wearing a dark skirt covered with white tally marks, like on a school chalkboard: four vertical slashes and a diagonal to close out each set of five. There were 365 in all on the outfit created by Berlin designer Esther Perbandt, one to mark each day of Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II.
“Although an opera house doesn’t have the offensive capacity of an Abrams tank or an F-16 jet, the Metropolitan Opera is proud to be a powerful cultural resource for Ukraine, helping to lead the fight for artistic liberty against (Vladimir) Putin’s cultural propaganda machine,” Met general manager Peter Gelb told an intermission group that included U.N. Ambassadors Sergiy Kyslytsya of Ukraine and Linda Thomas-Greenfield of the U.S. “We demonstrate the free world’s ongoing cultural resolve to defend Ukraine’s liberty in the face of brutal oppression.”
Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted what was titled “For Ukraine: A Concert of Remembrance and Hope,” that also featured Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov and bass-baritone Vladyslav Buialskyi and South African soprano Golda Schultz. With the Metropolitan Opera House bathed in the yellow and blue colors on Ukraine’s flag, and an actual flag hung above the stage, they opened with Ukraine’s anthem, followed with the Mozart Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and ended with Valentin Silvestrov’ hymn “Prayer for Ukraine.”
“The Metropolitan Opera,” Kyslytsya said, “adopted Ukrainian culture, adopted me, adopted my mission.”
Ukraine First Lady Olena Zelenska addressed the crowd at the start of the evening in a prerecorded video speech.
“You have proven that art can help and save, literally,” she said. “I hope that it is on this stage that we will soon be able to celebrate the victory of humanity, of art, of Ukraine, and it will be our common victory.”
The Ukrainian singers wrapped themselves in flags during the curtain calls. Tickets were priced at $50, with the Met saying it held the amount lower than its usual prices in the hope audience members would donate large amounts to supporting Ukraine’s war effort.
Gelb dropped Russian artists who refused to distance themselves from Putin from the Met’s roster, most famously star soprano Anna Netrebko.
“It’s a small price to pay,” he said. “To be on the side of right was what’s important. I wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror and have known Putin supporters performing on our stage.”
Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, who withdrew from a new production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” at the Met next season, was quoted recently as saying artists should remain neutral.
“My response is they chose a side and they chose the wrong side,” Gelb said. “I feel sorry that he like many other Russians are so misinformed and don’t really understand what’s going on in the world.”
The Met has hired four interns from Ukraine and Gelb plans to add Ukrainian composers to the Met’s commissioning program. His wife, Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, will again lead a summer tour of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra. She was back in New York after conducting a Verdi Requiem and Ukrainian composer Viktoriia Poliova’s “Bucha. Lacrimosa” at the Lviv National Opera on Tuesday to commemorate fallen soldiers and victims of Russia’s invasion.
“I felt that I had to go and experience this myself and show Putin that he cannot kill culture, he cannot kill the soul of Ukraine,” Wilson said. “We had to hide in a bomb shelter for the first rehearsal. For the dress rehearsal we were delayed two hours in a bomb shelter. But I didn’t feel any fear — there was no fear. There was this determination to somehow get through this concert, and it went on beautifully.
“The power stayed on. And there soldiers in the audience, young boys, they were in the first two rows. And when I went to make my bow and people were applauding me, I begun applauding the soldiers. And we all applauded the soldiers. And that’s what the power of music does.”
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2023-02-25T17:42:53+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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2023-02-23T08:09:29+00:00
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Granville neighborhood getting new event space on Brown Deer Road
An event venue for weddings, birthday parties and small jazz and blues concerts cleared a hurdle to open in Milwaukee's Granville community.
The city's Board of Zoning Appeals on Thursday granted a special use permit to Roy Niedfeldt to operate an assembly hall and event space in a strip mall in the 8600 block of West Brown Deer Road.
Niedfeldt's proposal cleared another hurdle when it won the backing of the Granville Advisory Committee just the day before. The northwest side group is a city panel that makes recommendations on neighborhood projects to various city boards and the Common Council.
Originally, the committee opposed recommending the business during its June 7 meeting.
The group raised concerns about parking and public safety, including an incident in which a party got out of hand and patrons were sitting on top of cars with weapons. Committee members also raised concerns the business was operating without the proper licensing and lacked clarity on the scope of Niedfeldt’s business.
Since then, Niedfeldt has met with Ald. Larresa Taylor and several GAC members to provide them with a better understanding of his business plan.
At Wednesday's meeting, Niedfeldt thanked the committee for reconsidering its decision and allowing him to address its concerns. He acknowledged opening without the necessary occupancy permits.
He previously operated Clothes to the Rescue, a charity to help formerly incarcerated individuals, in the same space he’s proposing the event space. He applied last year for a new occupancy license, but he said it took longer than anticipated.
“I take full responsibility for that,” Niedfeldt said. “We did operate without a license. We are currently closed and have been closed for some time.”
He also acknowledged a party got out of hand when a large group of young men started a fight. His security broke it up, but Niedfeldt said he was misled by people who rented the space as to the type of event they were having. Niedfeldt also contends no weapons were involved.
“We took precautions so it won’t happen again,” he said.
Niedfeldt said a staff person and security personnel will be at each event. All event rentals will go through a screening process to determine the type of event and will be informed of the venue’s alcohol policy.
The event space won't provide or serve alcohol. Groups renting it can bring their own alcohol but only wine or champagne. The space doesn't have a kitchen but renters can cater their event or bring their own food and beverages, as well as their own disc jockey.
“We do not want to be a bar. We do not want to be a club, nor do we want to promote drunkenness,” said Niedfeldt, who's a minister.
The venue will target weddings, baby showers and quinceaneras, a Hispanic celebration for girls turning 15 years old.
As for entertainment rentals, Niedfeldt stressed the facility will strictly host “blues or jazz (concerts) — something that would only cater to an older crowd” with the necessary permits. He said the event space has a capacity of 150 people and plans to cater to smaller affairs between 80 and 100 people.
“We are targeting what we would consider premier events at this point,” he said.
On parking, Niedfeldt stressed the strip mall has ample parking to accommodate co-occurring events. Mr. B’s Privileged Lounge, a live entertainment restaurant, is located near Niedfeldt’s event space.
The strip mall’s parking lot has nearly 600 spaces, of which 50 are reserved for his establishment, Niedfeldt said.
“We work very well with Mr. B's parking lot attendants,” Niedfeldt said, noting both use the same security firm. “I believe it's more than adequate and shouldn't interfere with any other business” in the strip mall.
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2023-06-30T20:28:38+00:00
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jsonline.com
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2023/06/30/milwaukees-granville-neighborhood-getting-new-event-space/70366858007/
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TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Providence TrinityCare Hospice Foundation today announced a grant of $499,341 from Providence Community Investment to expand its efforts to support any seriously ill adult in Los Angeles needing hospice care who is experiencing homelessness.
"End-of-life care is an overlooked aspect of the current homelessness crisis," said Terri Warren, Chief, Hospice, Palliative Care & Philanthropy for Providence. "This grant will enable us to serve adults who often have complex needs and ensure they have dignity and compassion at the end of their lives."
The funding enables TrinityCare to expand hospice and palliative care services to individuals experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County as well as patients being discharged from Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank), Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, and Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills). This grant follows another partnership with the UniHealth Foundation and TrinityCare that helped build the skills and protocols to support homeless individuals at end-of-life.
"This grant will help us care for an estimated 140 people each year with serious illness in Los Angeles County who don't have housing. We so appreciate Providence's commitment to serving the poor and vulnerable in our communities," said Matthew Scelza, Executive Director of TrinityCare Hospice Foundation.
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Providence TrinityCare is a vibrant regional program with a staff of 225 dedicated caregivers and is an innovator and leader in providing palliative care and in-hospice for patients and families in need of end- of-life services.
For more than 30 years, TrinityCare Hospice Foundation has supported the mission of Providence TrinityCare Hospice to compassionately enter the lives of individuals faced with the realities of suffering, loss, death and grief, and to offer expert care and education while respecting each person's choices, values and beliefs.
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2022-12-14T18:14:22+00:00
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rodrigo Blankenship’s three-year run with the Indianapolis Colts ended Tuesday when he was waived two days after slicing a 42-yard field goal to the right in overtime and sending two fourth-quarter kickoffs out of bounds.
The Colts wound up settling for a 20-20 tie at Houston — the franchise’s first in 40 years.
Blankenship will be replaced by either Chase McLaughlin or Lucas Havrisik on Sunday in Jacksonville The two kickers were signed to the practice squad and will spend this week fighting for the job Blankenship lost.
“I always tell our players and specialists it’s OK — everyone is expected to make a mistake,” special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone said Tuesday before the move was announced. “You’re going to have ups and downs in a game. It’s how fast can you respond and how fast can you self-correct it.”
The bespectacled Blankenship won’t get that chance — at least with the Colts.
He won the kicking job as an undrafted rookie out of Georgia in 2020, but after scoring 139 points in a strong rookie season, Blankenship struggled.
He hurt his hip before last year’s game at Baltimore and the ensuing kicking woes that day proved costly in an overtime loss. Blankenship never returned to the field afterward, missing three of 14 field-goal attempts and an extra point in five games before finishing the season on injured reserve.
Michael Badgley had the job for the rest of 2021, going 18 of 21 on field goals and making all 39 extra points. But Indy didn’t re-sign him in the offseason and Badgley instead wound up in Jacksonville. He was eventually cut and re-signed to the practice squad.
Blankenship then fended off a training camp challenge from undrafted rookie Jake Verity, who spent most of last season on Baltimore’s practice squad.
“To Rod’s credit, as we’ve brought the heat and brought competition, he’s kind of won those battles. That’s to his credit,” coach Frank Reich said Monday before meeting with general manager Chris Ballard. “Chris and I will sit down and have a long discussion about that and see where we’re at.”
Blankenship’s victory didn’t last long and now, for the third time in four seasons, Indy’s placekicking job has been in flux.
Longtime kicker Adam Vinatieri struggled mightily in 2019 before finishing a long, illustrious career on injured reserve.
Blankenship temporarily solidified matters in 2020. But his continued struggles, especially after he was handed kickoff duties following the loss of longtime punter, holder and kickoff specialist Rigoberto Sanchez in training camp led to a change. Sanchez tore his Achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season.
McLaughlin replaced Vinatieri at the end of 2019 and made five of six field goals and all 11 extra points in four games. Havrisik is an undrafted rookie out of Arizona, who tried out with the Colts during May’s rookie minicamp.
Indy also promoted cornerback Tony Brown from the practice squad to the active roster and added cornerback Darrell Baker Jr. and safety Henry Black to the practice squad. The Colts released guard Arlington Hambright, safety Will Redmond and cornerback Chris Wilcox from the practice squad.
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2022-09-14T02:41:29+00:00
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nwahomepage.com
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https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/ap-blankenship-loses-job-with-colts-after-missed-fg-in-houston/
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NEW YORK (AP) — For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it.
Their study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, is based on a rare archaeological find: An embalming workshop with a trove of pottery around 2,500 years old. Many jars from the site were still inscribed with instructions like “to wash” or “to put on his head.”
By matching the writing on the outside of the vessels with the chemical traces inside, researchers uncovered new details about the “recipes” that helped preserve bodies for thousands of years.
“It’s like a time machine, really,” said Joann Fletcher, an archaeologist at University of York who was not involved with the study. “It’s allowed us to not quite see over the shoulders of the ancient embalmers, but probably as close as we’ll ever get.”
Those recipes showed that embalmers had deep knowledge about what substances would help preserve their dead, said Fletcher, whose partner was a co-author on the study. And they included materials from far-flung parts of the world — meaning Egyptians went to great lengths to make their mummies “as perfect as they could possibly be.”
The workshop — uncovered in 2016 by study author Ramadan Hussein, who passed away last year — is located in the famous burial grounds of Saqqara. Parts of it sit above the surface, but a shaft stretches down to an embalming room and burial chamber underground, where the jars were discovered.
It was in rooms like these where the last phase of the process took place, said Salima Ikram, an Egyptologist at The American University in Cairo who was not involved with the study. After drying out the the body with salts, which probably took place above ground, embalmers would then take the bodies below.
“This was the last phase of your transformation where the secret rites, the religious rites, were being performed,” Ikram said. “People would be chanting spells and hymns while you were being wrapped and resin was being anointed all over your body.”
Experts already had some clues about what substances were used in those final steps, mainly from testing individual mummies and looking at written texts. But a lot of gaps remained, said senior author Philipp Stockhammer, an archaeologist at Ludwig Maximilian University in Germany.
The new finds helped crack the case.
Take the word “antiu,” which shows up in a lot of Egyptian texts but didn’t have a direct translation, Stockhammer said. In the new study, scientists found that several jars labeled as “antiu” contained a mixture of different substances — including animal fat, cedar oil and juniper resin.
These substances, along with others found in the jars, have key properties that would help preserve the mummies, said lead author Maxime Rageot, an archaeologist at Germany’s University of Tubingen.
Plant oils — which were used to protect the liver and treat the bandages — could ward off bacteria and fungi, while also improving the smell. Hard materials like beeswax, used on the stomach and skin, could help keep out water and seal the pores.
Some of the substances came from very far away — like dammar and elemi, types of resin that come from the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. These results show that ancient Egyptians would trade far and wide to get the most effective materials, the authors said.
“It’s interesting to see the complexity,” Stockhammer said. “Having this global network on the one hand, having all this chemical knowledge on the other side.”
Ikram said an important next step for the research will be to test different parts of actual mummies to see if the same substances show up. And these recipes probably weren’t universal — they changed over time and varied between workshops.
Still, the study gives a basis for understanding the past, and can bring us closer to people who lived long ago, she said.
“The ancient Egyptians have been separated from us through time and space, yet we still have this connection,” Ikram said. “Human beings all throughout history have been scared of death.”
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2023-02-02T14:07:49+00:00
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wboy.com
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https://www.wboy.com/science/ap-science/ap-how-to-make-a-mummy-ancient-egyptian-workshop-has-new-clues/
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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cilicon, a privately held cannabis vaporizing technology company, today released the first whitepaper in the cannabis vape industry on its official website. Known for being a leader in vape hardware manufacturing, Cilicon takes a dive into the research of the current development of vape technology and hardware in the cannabis market. The whitepaper is aimed at informing both cannabis vape businesses and consumers. It offers insights and recommendations on how vape innovation and consumer demand will shape the future of cannabis vape hardware.
"After receiving a number of inquiries about the manufacturing process of cannabis hardware devices, we realized that while the industry has developed rapidly, it has been less than eight years. For many players in the industry, there are still gaps of knowledge to understand the industry chain fully," said Collin Yu, chief market analyst at Cilicon. "Through the analysis of upstream suppliers and major midstream hardware manufacturers, especially the products and core technologies of major players, the whitepaper fills those gaps. It presents the industry chain clearly and completely for most brands and users, serving as a knowledge resource for the industry."
Cilicon's Marketing Analysis team spent three years on the whitepaper, presenting a comprehensive, professional, and essential cannabis industry report to the public. The whitepaper aims to take a multifaceted look at the development of the cannabis manufacturing industry and forecasts future directions to explore under current regulatory constraints. It provides an objective analysis of the industry chain of production in the cannabis vape industry, including the introduction of major players, comparisons of their key technology, as well as an analysis of future trends in the industry. Cannabis professionals could make use of the whitepaper to deepen their understanding of the vape industry in all-round.
The whitepaper is now available on the Cilicon Official Website: https://www.ciliconplus.com/cilicon-insight/cannabis-vaporizer-industry-whitepaper/. Welcome to connect with Cilicon to explore more.
Highlights from the whitepaper include:
- Introduction to the development of cannabis vaping
Cilicon's data analysis shows the development of the cannabis vaping market from the perspective of global cannabis policies and regulations, illustrating the current market size, comparing past statistics, and using industry experience to evaluate the prospective development of cannabis vaping.
- Vape pen classification
Current mainstream cannabis vaping products are clearly defined and categorized by their working principles, including 510 vapes, disposable vapes, and pod systems. With the help of the product explosion diagram, the composition of each category of equipment is fully exposed, including batteries, oil tanks, etc., to illustrate vape pen product classification and different structures.
- Manufacturing industry chain disclosure
The whitepaper focuses on demystifying the industrial chain of cannabis vapes, making the hardware manufacturing chain completely transparent to the public. A comprehensive introduction to upstream battery, PCB, and ceramic core companies, as well as midstream manufacturers such as AVD, BBtank, Ccell, Cilicon, Ispire,Maxcore, and Pax.
- Product and technical analysis of major players in the industry
The product matrix and core technologies of current major hardware manufacturers are organized and analyzed. Further, a SWOT analysis is conducted on major players to provide a comprehensive portrait of midstream manufacturers.
- Industry Drivers
An objective analysis of the driving factors of the industry is performed through the perspectives of consumption concept change, technological innovation, and policy support, providing a reliable prediction of future development trends in the cannabis vaping industry.
About Cilicon
Cilicon started with one dream: to improve everyday lives through vaporization technology with creativity, enthusiasm, and compassion. Innovation is in our blood. Tired of inferior products driving out high-quality devices and jeopardizing the market, Cilicon was founded without compromising quality, safety, and customer satisfaction. The game-changing Cilicon Designed platform has generated diverse cannabis vaporizer options, increasing consumer brand competitiveness. For Cilicon, your brand success is our priority, and your satisfaction matters!
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2022-11-16T17:11:21+00:00
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Magnolia Park brings amenity-rich single-family and townhome living to Wake County
RALEIGH, N.C., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mattamy Homes, North America's largest privately owned homebuilder, is thrilled to announce the Grand Opening of Magnolia Park in Garner, North Carolina.
Planned resort-style amenities in this master-planned community include a zero-entry swimming pool and lounge area, playground areas and pocket parks. Numerous green spaces and miles of walking trails within Magnolia Park will connect to adjacent greenways in the future.
Magnolia Park is near 64-acre Lake Benson Park, the Centennial Park Poole Family YMCA and White Oak shopping center. It's close to a variety of dining, shopping, conveniences and entertainment options including Garner Performing Arts Center. Research Triangle Park offers excellent employment and educational opportunities within a 30-mile drive. With easy access to major interstates and the future I-540 interchange, residents will find it easy to explore downtown Raleigh and beyond.
Mattamy Homes is offering 13 floorplans from 4 different product series across Magnolia Park's 544 total homesites. In addition to attractive townhome designs, there will be 30', 40' and 50' single-family floorplans from the Carolina series. These will range from the $300s–600s with a total of 1600–4200+ sq. ft. of living area. Several of these floorplans are being offered for the first time at Magnolia Park, greatly expanding Mattamy's already-generous selection of thoughtful home designs for North Carolina homebuyers.
"The Grand Opening of Magnolia Park is another major achievement for Mattamy Homes," said Bob Wiggins, president of the homebuilder's Raleigh Division. "We're extremely proud of our new floorplans that will debut in this community. Together, these single-family and townhome options offer high value and satisfying style for potential homebuyers in the area."
To represent the considerable variety of these 13 floorplan options, 9 model homes are now under construction — with an anticipated model grand opening later this year. The single-family Lassen, Morgan, Sequoia and Summit models will join the Blayre, Bryce, Claymore and Clifton townhomes, demonstrating Mattamy Homes' range of variety and style for all needs and budgets.
Each floorplan features open-concept living areas with expansive, inspiring kitchens, dining areas and Great Rooms to elevate the everyday lifestyle of our homebuyers. Full-yard sod, 8' full-view rear patio doors and covered patios bring the backyard to life as the perfect place for outdoor activities. Magnolia Park's townhome options will also offer included lawn maintenance.
All Magnolia Park floorplans are HERS certified by an independent third party and ecoSelect certified for high efficiency. They include Healthy Home features such as ecobee® smart thermostats with built-in Amazon Alexa voice service and foil-backed OSB TechShield® Radiant Heat Barrier roof sheathing and are covered by Mattamy's 10-year limited structural warranty.
Magnolia Park will be open for sales July 18 with special grand opening event pricing and incentives. Visitors are encouraged to ask a New Home Counselor for details.
"As always, the best way to experience Mattamy Homes' thoughtful home designs is to visit in person and spend some time looking around," says Donna Kemp, Vice President of Sales for the Raleigh Division. "This is the best way to see for yourself the amount of flexibility, light and superbly balanced space we design into every floorplan. We look forward to seeing many of you here for our Grand Opening and encourage everyone to schedule an appointment to visit Magnolia Park."
Mattamy Homes is the largest privately owned homebuilder in North America, with 40-plus years of history across the United States and Canada. Every year, Mattamy helps more than 8,000 families realize their dream of homeownership. In the United States, the company is represented in 11 markets – Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh, Phoenix, Tucson, Jacksonville, Orlando (where its US head office is located), Tampa, Sarasota, Naples and Southeast Florida – and in Canada, its communities stretch across the Greater Toronto Area, as well as in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton. Visit www.mattamyhomes.com for more information.
Magnolia Park in Wake County, NC offers single-family and townhome living in a master-planned community with resort-style amenities and miles of trails and interconnecting green spaces. The community is served by top-rated Wake County schools including Bryan Road Elementary and the brand-new, state-of-the-art South Garner High School and is less than 5 miles from WakeMed Garner Healthplex.
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2022-07-25T15:22:27+00:00
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – El Paso County is ready to open its migrant processing facility next Monday, as the number of apprehensions and releases continue to rise in the region.
County Judge Ricardo Samaniego said the facility on Lockheed Drive near El Paso International Airport will help paroled migrants who have sponsors or economic resources to move about the country, arrange for transportation.
A separate facility run by the City of El Paso opened last month and will continue to operate, serving primarily paroled migrants who don’t have a sponsor in the U.S. or the resources to move about.
Samaniego said few, if any, of the migrants who have passed through El Paso this year and been released from immigration custody want to stay in this border city. He emphasized the county facility will not duplicate the work being done at the city processing center. “We have the processing center, they have the shelter — they want to say the hotels are shelters, that’s fine — and now they’ve gone more to the transportation side,” Samaniego said on Wednesday as he gave reporters a tour of the county facility.
Both the city and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be channeling the migrants with sponsors or financial resources to the county facility, whose contractor expects to have each incoming migrant moving within two hours.
Private contractor Providencia will staff the facility from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. County officials say they hope to process between 100 to 200 migrants at the start of the operation and, if necessary, expand capacity to 600 per day. The county is expecting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay the county for all migrant care costs.
No one will sleep at the facility; if a migrant cannot purchase a ticket out of town the same day, he or she will be referred to a shelter, though most of the migrants the county expects to serve will have the means to rent a hotel room or have their relatives rent one for them, Samaniego said.
The county facility opens amid a background of rising immigration in the El Paso Sector that includes Far West Texas and the state of New Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday told Border Report that it closed the month of September with a daily average of 1,633 apprehensions, or 48,900 for the month.
Samaniego said federal officials told him the number of migrants coming through El Paso continues to grow.
“Whether you talk to secretary Mayorkas, the (CBP) commissioner, the (Border Patrol) chief in D.C., there is no one is saying that the numbers are going down,” Samaniego said. “What we are doing is we’re being more efficient. How come you had people on the border and now you don’t? We’re becoming more efficient.”
The county judge said federal authorities expect the number of daily migrant apprehensions to increase by 200 “every two or three weeks.”
“If we’re at 1,600, we’re going to go to 1,800. We know that for a fact. But like I’ve always said, we (local authorities) don’t manage the crisis of the coming, we manage the process of them being able to reach their destination,” Samaniego said. “We know the numbers are high — we’ve been hitting 2,000 apprehensions. There’s more people now at the detention center than we’ve had before, up to 4,700 this morning. We’re doing the overflow and getting (temporary) tents to help us out … a lot of moving parts.”
The county’s center will welcome released migrants with a COVID-19 rapid test. Those who test positive will be given an N-95 facemask and separated from the rest of the incoming migrants. They will still be able to make their travel arrangements from that space. Meantime, the rest will go to a waiting area, get food and sanitation packs from the Salvation Army and be directed to laptops where they can purchase bus or airplane tickets.
Samaniego said New York City and Chicago have been popular destinations so far, particularly for the Venezuelan migrants. Border Patrol estimates some 20,000 Venezuelans arrived in El Paso in September alone.
Victor M. Manjarrez Jr., director of the University of Texas at El Paso Center for Law and Human Behavior and a former Border Patrol Chief in El Paso and Tucson, Arizona, said the continued historic spike in unauthorized migrant entries don’t surprise him.
“The number doesn’t surprise me. The number will surely continue to rise at a higher rate than even (the Border Patrol) estimates,” Manjarrez said. “There is no resolution in sight because the dynamics haven’t changed. There is no consequence for those entries. The more success they (the migrants) see by making an entry and released into the United States, the more they are going to tell their family and friends.”
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2022-10-06T15:29:25+00:00
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mytwintiers.com
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https://www.mytwintiers.com/border-report-tour/el-paso-county-ready-to-open-migrant-processing-facility/
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Not five minutes into my drive of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG S 63 E Performance, the car has decided I need to relax. Maybe I’m tense about tapping into all 791 hp from this plug-in hybrid powertrain…or taking advantage of the performance suspension to slice through these roads in the Santa Monica Mountains…or deserving the trust afforded me to pilot a car with a sticker price that will certainly top $150,000.
The S 63 E Performance may be the most technologically advanced car that has ever hit the market. The S-Class has typically held that mantle, but turning the S 63 E into a plug-in hybrid by incorporating technology born in Formula 1 takes it to the next step. It doesn’t just use the hybrid system to chase efficiency. It also aims at performance while maintaining an air of civility. Essentially, the S 63’s new tech is meant to help a car that does almost everything well add a few more bullets to its holster.
Mercedes-Benz AMG S 63 E Performance: Hybrid power broker
The engine makes the same power as it did in the last S 63, which was last offered in 2020 as a sedan and 2021 as a coupe. It’s a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 that huffs out 603 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque. It’s paired with the same 9-speed automatic transmission with a wet clutch instead of a torque converter. By itself, this combo launched the 2020 S 63 from 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds.
An AMG grille with vertical slats and a unique front bumper with larger inlets feed more air to the engine than in other S-Classes. The S 63 also has a round AMG logo on the hood instead of a standing star ornament, to go with its forged wheels, AMG side skirts, and a rear diffuser.
The engine is just part of the new powertrain. Like in the 2024 Mercedes-Benz C 63 S E Performance, an electric motor sits on the rear axle where it’s teamed with a 2-speed transmission and a limited-slip differential in a single drive unit. The electric motor can add 188 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque to bring the totals to 791 hp and 1,018 lb-ft. A 13.1-kwh lithium-ion battery is also mounted in the floor above the rear axle. Using technology from the Mercedes F1 program, it consists of 1,200 liquid-cooled cells that are stabilized at 113 degrees F so the battery can provide repeated shots of energy to the motor.
The powertrain doesn’t always make full power, but then again drivers rarely use full power. The full 188 hp from the motor is always available for up to 10 seconds at a time whenever the driver pins the throttle, but the motor lends a peak 38 hp in Comfort mode and 94 hp in Sport mode.
The S 63 may have supercar power, but it doesn’t hit like a supercar. At its core, the big Benz is a very civilized luxury car after all. Comfort mode provides a smooth throttle pedal, though without the laziness from the throttle and transmission that characterizes other S-Class models. Sport mode livens the reactions and Sport+ puts them on high alert. No matter the mode, when the engine is on, it rumbles reassuringly in the background, only howling when I mash the throttle.
Sport+ also enables a launch control function called Race Start. It’s easy to use: Simply come to a stop, apply the brake and throttle at the same time, then let off the brake.
I try it out at a stop sign on an abandoned stretch of canyon road. The V-8 lets out a series of staccato barks as it runs up against a rev limiter, and in this case the S 63 does launch like a supercar. Power comes on so hard that the rear end wiggles and the 0-60 mph run flashes by in a scant 3.2 seconds, according to both Mercedes and my butt dyno. The 9-speed automatic cracks through the gears and the car tops out at an electronically limited 155 mph.
At the other end of the spectrum, I try out the default EL, or Electric mode, which is accompanied by a synthetic spaceship-like whirr. The motor has power enough to get the car underway and up to freeway speeds without turning on the engine. It switches to Comfort’s hybrid mode when accelerating too hard, topping 87 mph, or pushing past a detent near the end of the throttle pedal travel.
Throughout my day in the S 63 E Performance, the battery charge pinballs up and down. EL saps the charge and Sport+ uses the brake regeneration and engine to charge it back up. An initial drive in EL mode drops the battery charge from full to 41%, but several miles in Sport+ push it back up to 71%. Later, EL mode drops it to 25%, at which point the powertrain switches on and the car changes to Comfort mode, but more miles in Sport+ bring it back up to the mid 40s by the end of the day.
In any driving mode, drivers can choose from four levels of brake regeneration, from 0 to 3. The car freewheels in the 0 setting, while 1 provides a feel like engine braking with an automatic transmission. Level 2 has stronger regen, and 3 provides what Mercedes calls one-pedal driving.
For most of my drive, I don’t even notice what regen setting I’m in because this feels like a gas-powered car. Later, I discover that the regen settings are chosen through the drive mode dial on the right side of the steering wheel. I try them out and find that Level 3 allows mostly one-pedal driving, but I’m not confident about coming to a full stop and find myself using the brake pedal. It doesn’t matter because one-pedal driving feels wrong with the V-8 purr in the background, so I switch back to Level 1.
I never make a full range run in EL mode, but expect the EPA figure to come in at about 15 miles of electric range. Mercedes says the S 63 E Performance can charge from 25-100% in 3.25 hours on a Level 2 outlet or 7 hours on a Level 1 outlet through its 3.7-kw onboard charger.
Mercedes-Benz AMG S 63 E Performance: Wrangles its mass
The plug-in hybrid powertrain adds 450 pounds or more to an already heavy car, bringing the total to at least 5,700 pounds (that’s the European spec, and U.S. cars should weigh more thanks to additional equipment). However, Mercedes-AMG throws everything it can at the S 63 to control its mass and make it sportier. Like other S-Class models, it comes with a three-chamber air suspension and adjustable dampers. It also gets active anti-roll bars controlled by a 48-volt system, active engine mounts, and rear-wheel steering.
Company engineers also strengthened the body structure. Up front, they added an aluminum stabilizer bar under the engine and a suspension cross brace up top to improve torsional stiffness. Out back, they added aluminum struts in a diagonal layout across the underbody. The struts team with the battery and its fiber-reinforced plastic compartment to also increase body rigidity. When in their stiffer mode, the active engine mounts have the same effect.
Despite its weight, the S 63 E Performance is more controlled than other S-Classes. At 210.1 inches long, the S 63 carves out a large presence on the road, but it drives smaller than that. Rear-wheel steering helps it cut sharp corners tighter and maneuver more easily in parking lots. The active anti-roll bars and firmer settings for the air springs and dampers limit body lean, while active bolsters help keep front seat occupants in place in turns. Quick, direct, light steering makes it all feel very manageable. It’s no sport sedan and it’s not as sporty as the 2023 BMW 7-Series, but the S 63 E Performance gains some welcome body control that lesser S-Classes lack.
The handling can be aided by the drive modes. The dampers and air suspension react through three levels of firmness in Comfort, Sport, and Sport+ modes, with sharper reactions the higher you go up the scale. Thankfully, none of the modes disrupts the S-Class’s famously smooth ride quality, even on the available 255/30R21 front and 285/35R21 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires (20-inch wheels with similarly staggered tires come standard). The baseline is certainly firmer than other S-Class models, but it’s quite comfortable and road imperfections only have the chance to disrupt comfort in Sport+.
Those so inclined can also choose from Basic, Advanced, and Pro stability control modes to tighten up or free up the electronic nannies. If you’re driving this big beast hard enough to need Pro mode, you’re either a professional stunt driver or insane.
Big brakes arrest the S 63’s momentum. Up front, 15.7-inch rotors are clamped down upon by 6-piston calipers. At the rear, single-piston calipers pinch 15.0-inch rotors. On these mountain roads the brakes prove strong with a natural pedal feel instead of the numb feel in Mercedes’ electric cars.
Mercedes-Benz AMG S 63 E Performance: Quiet comfort
In addition to its controlled character, piloting the plug-in hybrid S 63 is a pleasure due to its cabin, which blends mature comfort with sporty touches and cutting edge technology. The sporty bits include a smaller twin-spoke steering wheel with paddle shifters, AMG nappa upholstery and emblems on the seats, a Supersport theme for the 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, Race and Supersport options for the head-up display, and access to the AMG Track Pace app that acts as telemetry and a driving coach on select tracks around the world.
The standard 12.8-inch portrait-style touchscreen also has several screens to show hybrid and performance displays, some of which combine. The efficiency-based screens are Energy Flow, which shows where the power is coming from as well as the state of the battery charge, and a Consumption screen with a graph of consumption in 30- and 90-minute intervals, as well as a three-hour interval.
Performance can be monitored through a Drive screen that shows engine and motor rpm and torque in real time, a Vehicle screen that shows the action of the dampers and the angle of steering front and rear, and an Engine screen with real-time hp and torque figures, as well as a pair of additional gauges.
I find it fun and informative to watch the Drive, Vehicle, and Engine screens to see where the power is coming from, how much power is being used, and what the rear wheels are doing at various speeds. The rear wheels can turn up to 2.5 degrees opposite of the fronts, but that’s only at parking lot speeds. On these twisty roads, they turn only about a half a degree opposite of the fronts at 40 mph and only a tenth or two-tenths of a degree up near the 62-mph inflection point at which they turn with the front wheels to improve stability.
Mercedes loads up the S 63 with luxury features as well, including a Burmester audio system with Dolby Atmos surround sound, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, 64-color ambient lighting, and multi-contour front seats with heating, cooling, and massage. The seats are part of that aforementioned relaxation program called Energizing Comfort, which also incorporates audio and lighting elements to help smooth me out.
Like it always has, the S 63’s tech extends to safety features. They include adaptive cruise control, active lane control, automatic emergency braking with a cross-path function, blind-spot monitors that steer away from potential collisions, automatic lane changes, traffic-sign recognition, and a driver-attention monitor.
It all adds up to a technological tour de force that uses its tech to improve handling, power, comfort, safety, and connectivity. It will also, undoubtedly, come at a stunning price. Expect at least a few thousand more than the $152,995 of the last S 63. For that money, you’ll get a car that can do just about everything well, even deciding when you need to relax.
Mercedes-Benz paid for travel and lodging for Motor Authority to bring you this firsthand report.
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2023-06-29T21:35:51+00:00
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wboy.com
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https://www.wboy.com/automotive/internet-brands/review-2024-mercedes-benz-amg-s-63-e-performance-civilizes-big-horsepower/
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 5 Evening" game were:
7-6-4-8-7
(seven, six, four, eight, seven)
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Robert De Niro movie filming in SW Ohio seeks actor extras
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2022-11-02T01:27:00+00:00
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daytondailynews.com
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https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-5-evening-game/N3SPCNDI2JAI5JVRGAT2G63YII/
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If you’re not familiar with commercial courts, don’t feel bad — Judge Lakshmi Reddy didn’t know much about them, either, and now she presides over Vigo County’s.
“Judge Richard D’Amour [of Vanderburgh County]called me out of the blue and said, ‘What do you know about commercial courts?’ I said, ‘Not a lot — tell me about it,’ ” Reddy recalled. After he did, “I said, ‘I love business litigation and complex litigation — I’m interested.’ ”
The Indiana Supreme Court — which began the Commercial Court Project in 2016 — approved Reddy. Vigo County’s commercial court opened for business in January.
Indiana is one of 23 states with specialized commercial courts. Ten counties throughout the state, determined by geography, operate commercial courts.
Commercial courts handle commercial disputes involving businesses, tackling issues such as breach of contract, shareholder disputes, liquidation problems, franchise disputes, copyright problems and trade secrets. They do not concern themselves with collections, evictions or personal injury cases. Lawyers for both sides have to agree to move their cases to commercial courts.
Certain disputes that are exactly the same could appear on on Reddy’s regular docket, or her commercial courts docket.
“People will say, ‘What’s the difference?’ The difference is, if you’re on my commercial court docket, you get priority,” Reddy explained. “I am required to give you a quicker hearing. That’s the perk of being on the commercial court docket.
“The other perk is there are dedicated law clerks available to do the research,” she continued. “When there’s a dispute, they’re usually complicated and you want someone to research it. There are four full-time clerks for the state to do the legal research and help write the orders.”
Commercial courts offer a huge benefit to businesses. “Not only do you have a judge who’s interested in these areas and you’ve got full-time law clerks who are dedicated,” Reddy said. “And you get priority for all of your hearings and you get priority to all of your trials.”
Additionally, since discovery occurs at a quicker pace, there is less cost for a commercial court case. “Attorneys are finding it’s actually less costly than arbitration,” said Reddy.
Despite the convenience and thrift, the commercial court concept has yet to catch on in some of the state’s smaller counties.
“In Marion County, the docket is full,” Reddy said. “Mine is wide open. People don’t recognize the benefits yet.” Reddy has several cases on her docket that would qualify for commercial court, but lawyers haven’t agreed to request it.
“It’s just a matter of time — when something is new, it makes people nervous,” Reddy said. “They don’t recognize the benefits of it. Once people try it, they’ll recognize the benefits. When mediation started, it made people nervous. Now, everyone wants to do it.”
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2022-10-24T04:24:15+00:00
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tribstar.com
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https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/commercial-court-underway-in-vigo-county/article_9898a224-4038-11ed-8b54-0fe9edd25025.html
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(NEXSTAR) – Millions of Americans are soon going to have much, if not all, of their student loans forgiven. But one of the biggest questions that has remained since President Biden announced his student debt forgiveness plan last week is when borrowers will receive relief.
We have known that as many as 8 million borrowers may qualify for relief automatically based on income data the Department of Education already has access to. For the remaining 35 million borrowers the White House believes qualify for student loan forgiveness, a form will need to be submitted.
What we haven’t known is when exactly that form would be available, and how long it would take for loan forgiveness to be approved and pushed through.
Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the Department of Education, has an answer.
In a post on Twitter, Cardona explained forgiveness will be “as easy as 1,2,3.” He then outlined what the process will look like.
In early October, an application will be launched for borrowers that need to submit information needed by the Education Department.
After you’ve submitted that form (we don’t know what it will look like, but officials have indicated it will be short) Cardona says you can expect relief within four to six weeks.
While you’ll have until the end of 2023 to apply for loan forgiveness, you’ll want to fill out the application before Nov.15, 2022, to receive student debt relief before the payment pause ends, according to the Education Department.
In addition to announcing student loan forgiveness last week, President Biden extended the payment pause through the end of this year. This is the final time the pause, which was enacted in March 2020 by then-President Trump, will be extended, Biden said.
Until the application opens in October, there isn’t much borrowers can do. You can, however, register to be notified when the application is available through the Department of Education by filling out this form.
There are a few factors that will determine how much student loan forgiveness you’ll receive. You can review those here.
In addition to student loan forgiveness, the Biden administration proposed a new rule to create an income-driven repayment plan that will substantially reduce future monthly payments for lower- and middle-income borrowers, as well as long-term changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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2022-08-29T00:17:23+00:00
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wdtn.com
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https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/heres-how-soon-you-could-receive-student-loan-forgiveness-education-department-says/
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An abducted 15-year-old girl and her father — a fugitive wanted in the death of the teen’s mother — were both killed amid a shootout with law enforcement Tuesday on a highway in California’s high desert, authorities said.
San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus did not specify whether Savannah Graziano was shot by the responding deputies or her father. Anthony John Graziano, 45, had allegedly killed his estranged wife the day before and abducted their daughter.
Investigators had issued an Amber Alert after Graziano fled. He was described as armed and dangerous.
A 911 caller reported seeing the suspect’s Nissan Frontier around Barstow on Tuesday, according the sheriff’s department. Deputies located the pickup truck and chased it on the highway for around 45 miles (70 kilometers).
Throughout the chase, Graziano — and possibly his daughter as well — was “constantly shooting back at the deputies” through the truck’s rear window, Dicus said.
The shooter put several rounds through a patrol car’s windshield and later disabled a second pursuing vehicle, the sheriff said.
The pickup truck became disabled on the shoulder of a highway in the city of Hesperia, and the firefight ensued.
Dicus said the girl was wearing tactical gear as she exited a truck’s passenger side and ran toward the sheriff’s deputies. She fell to the ground amid the gunfire. The deputies did not initially realize it was the girl who was running toward them, Dicus said, because she was wearing a helmet and a military-style vest that can hold armored plates.
She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly before noon.
Her father was found in the driver’s seat and pronounced dead at the scene. A rifle was found inside the car.
One deputy was injured by shrapnel during the firefight, Dicus said.
Graziano allegedly killed Tracy Martinez, 45, on Monday morning in a domestic violence event in the city of Fontana, near San Bernardino, according to Fontana police Sgt. Chris Surgent.
Family members told investigators that the couple had been going through a divorce. Martinez was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Fontana is about 35 miles (55 kilometers) south of Hesperia, on the other side of the in San Gabriel Mountains.
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2022-09-28T21:02:48+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/ap-california-murder-suspect-teen-daughter-killed-in-shootout/
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ROME (AP) — Allyson Felix had “no regrets” after a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters of what was likely her final Diamond League meet Thursday.
It made no difference to Felix — the most decorated female track athlete in Olympic history who plans to retire later this season — that she wasn’t really competitive amid an elite field at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea.
Shericka Jackson led a Jamaican 1-2 ahead of teammate and two-time reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah in a meet-record 21.91 seconds.
Felix finished more than a full second behind Jackson.
“I’m glad that I came here, glad that I got to see everybody and I’m looking forward to the next chapter,” the 36-year-old Felix said. “It’s definitely emotional, mixed feelings. But no regrets. I’m really grateful for all the years I had.”
Jackson pulled away in the final 30 meters and finished a full stride ahead of Thompson-Herah, who clocked 22.25 to narrowly edge world champion Dina Asher-Smith (22.27).
Jackson failed to advance out of the heats at the Tokyo Olympics when she slowed down too much before the finish in a miscalculation.
American sprinter Fred Kerley was the only man to break the 10-second barrier in the 100, posting a season-best 9.92 with a big enough margin to start celebrating before he crossed the finish line.
The 100 was missing Marcell Jacobs, the Italian who won gold ahead of Kerley in Tokyo and then helped Italy to another unexpected victory in the 4×100 relay.
Jacobs, who is recovering from a muscular injury, was in attendance at the Stadio Olimpico to salute the crowd, though, as the meet celebrated the seven Italians who won Olympic gold in athletics last year.
Lorenzo Patta, Eseosa Desalu and Filippo Tortu — the other members of Italy’s 4×100 team in Tokyo — competed in a 200 that was won by Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek in 20.01.
Gianmarco Tamberi, the Tokyo high jump winner, settled for third in his home stadium as JuVaughn Harrison cleared 2.27 for the win.
Athing Mu, who last year became the first American woman to win the 800 at the Olympics in more than a half century, posted a world-leading 1:57.01 in her first overseas Diamond League meet.
Hirut Meshesha, a 21-year-old from Ethiopia, picked up her second Diamond League win in five days, taking the women’s 1,500 by a comfortable margin in 4:03.79 to follow up her victory in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday.
Also, Slovenia’s Kristjan Čeh took his third Diamond League victory of the season in the men’s discus with a meet-record throw of 70.72; and two-time Olympic silver medalist Joe Kovacs of the United States won the shot put at 21.85.
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2022-06-10T16:36:09+00:00
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wearegreenbay.com
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https://www.wearegreenbay.com/sports/ap-sports/allyson-felix-has-no-regrets-after-placing-7th-in-rome/
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the numbers plateaued for most of last year. Experts aren't sure whether that means the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history is finally reaching a peak, or whether it'll look like previous plateaus that were followed by new surges in deaths.
“The fact that it does seem to be flattening out, at least at a national level, is encouraging,” said Katherine Keyes, a Columbia University epidemiology professor whose research focuses on drug use. “But these numbers are still extraordinarily high. We shouldn't suggest the crisis is in any way over.”
An estimated 109,680 overdose deaths occurred last year, according to numbers posted Wednesday by the CDC. That’s about 2% more than the 107,622 U.S. overdose deaths in 2021, but nothing like the 30% increase seen in 2020, and 15% increase in 2021.
While the overall national number was relatively static between 2021 and 2022, there were dramatic changes in a number of states: 23 reported fewer overdose deaths, one — Iowa — saw no change, and the rest continued to increase.
Eight states — Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia — reported sizable overdose death decreases of about 100 or more compared with the previous calendar year.
Some of these states had some of the highest overdose death rates during the epidemic, which Keyes said might be a sign that years of concentrated work to address the problem is paying off. State officials cited various factors for the decline, like social media and health education campaigns to warn the public about the dangers of drug use; expanded addiction treatment — including telehealth — and wider distribution of the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.
Plus, the stigma that kept drug users from seeking help — and some doctors and police officers from helping them — is waning, said Dr. Joseph Kanter, the state health officer for Louisiana, where overdose deaths fell 4% last year.
“We're catching up and the tide's turning — slowly,” said Kanter, whose state has one of the nation's highest overdose death rates.
Beginning in the mid-1990s, abuse of prescription opioid painkillers was to blame for deaths before a gradual turn to heroin, which in 2015 caused more deaths than prescription painkillers or other drugs. A year later, the more lethal fentanyl and its close cousins became the biggest drug killer.
Last year, most overdose deaths continued to be linked to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. About 75,000, up 4% from the year before. There also was a 11% increase in deaths involving cocaine and a 3% increase in deaths involving meth and other stimulants.
Overdose deaths are often attributed to more than one drug; some people take multiple drugs and officials say inexpensive fentanyl is increasingly cut into other drugs, often without the buyers’ knowledge.
Research from Dr. Daniel Ciccarone, a drug policy expert at the University of California, San Francisco, suggests “there appears to be some substitution going on,” with a number of people who use illicit drugs turning to methamphetamines or other options to try to stay away from fentanyl and fentanyl-tainted drugs.
Ciccarone said he believes overdose deaths finally will trend down. He cited improvements in innovations in counseling and addiction treatment, better availability of naloxone and legal actions that led to more than $50 billion in proposed and finalized settlements — money that should be available to bolster overdose prevention.
“We’ve thrown a lot at this 20-year opioid overdose problem,” he said. ”We should be bending the curve downward."
But he also voiced some caution, saying “we have been here before.”
Consider 2018, when overdose deaths dropped 4% from the previous year, to about 67,000. After those numbers came out, then-President Donald Trump declared “we are curbing the opioid epidemic.”
But overdose deaths then rose to a record 71,000 in 2019, then soared during the COVID-19 pandemic to 92,000 in 2020 and 107,000 in 2021.
Lockdowns and other pandemic-era restrictions isolated people with drug addictions and made treatment harder to get, experts said.
Keyes believes that 2022's numbers didn't get any worse partly because isolation eased as the pandemic ebbed. But there may be issues ahead, others say, like increased detection of veterinary tranquilizer xylazine in the illicit drug supply and proposals to scale back things like prescribing addiction medications through telehealth.
“What the past 20 years of this overdose crisis has taught us is that this really is a moving target," Keyes said. “And when you think you've got a handle on it, sometimes the problem can shift in new and different ways.”
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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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2023-05-17T16:02:55+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/us-drug-overdose-deaths-slightly-increased-in-18104380.php
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A bill up for a final vote in West Virginia's Senate could make the state the first to pass new legislation restricting access to abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling removing its protected status as a constitutional right.
Senators are set to meet Friday afternoon for a third reading of the bill, which some complained was not vetted in any of the chamber’s committees. If passed, it would head to the Republican governor, who has signaled he favors a statewide ban.
Gov. Jim Justice said during a media briefing earlier this week that the abortion bill “is so important, it’s off the chart. We need modernization to our law, and what we have on the books is ancient.” He didn’t indicate whether he would sign the bill that passed the House, and the governor’s office didn’t immediately return an email Thursday requesting comment on that version.
The House of Delegates passed the bill that would mandate prison time for medical providers who perform abortions earlier this week after allowing exemptions for victims of rape and incest up to 14 weeks of pregnancy.
The exemption also requires victims to report their assault to law enforcement. The bill provides other exceptions for an ectopic pregnancy, a “nonmedically viable fetus” or a medical emergency.
The vote in the GOP-dominated House on Wednesday came amid a protest from dozens inside the Capitol and followed a raucous public hearing in which most speakers — given just 45 seconds each to voice their opinions or be cut off — opposed the bill.
A parade of 90 speakers stepped to the microphone, including 12-year-old Addison Gardner of Buffalo Middle School, who posed a vivid hypothetical situation for lawmakers.
“If a man decides that I’m an object and does unspeakable and tragic things to me, am I, a child, supposed to carry and birth another child?" she said. "Am I to put my body through the physical trauma of pregnancy? Am I to suffer the mental implications? A child who had no say in what was being done with my body. Some in here say they are pro-life. What about my life? Does my life not matter to you?”
The legislation advancing in a special session called by Justice to “clarify and modernize” the state's abortion laws would make providing an abortion a felony publishable by up to 10 years in prison.
After the Supreme Court ruling in June, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said abortion was banned in the state because of an 1800s-era law that had been unenforceable while abortion was federally protected. But on July 18, a Charleston judge barred the state from enforcing the ban, ruling it had been superseded by a slew of conflicting modern laws such as a ban on abortion after 20 weeks.
During hours of House debate, the sound of screams and chants from protesters outside the chamber rang throughout the room. “Face us!” the crowd yelled.
“What’s ringing in my ears is not the noise of the people here,” said one of the bill’s supporters, Republican Del. Brandon Steele of Raleigh County. “It’s the cries of the unborn, tens of thousands of unborn children that are dead today. ... Their blood screams from the ground today that you end this scar on our state, that you remove this curse from this land that was put upon us by a court so long ago.”
Some of those speaking at the public hearing cried, including a woman who said getting an abortion saved her life and a mother who said her teenage daughter was raped last year at a sleepover.
Women’s Health Center of West Virginia Executive Director Katie Quiñonez was cut off and asked to step down as she started to talk about the abortion she got when she was 17 and just months from graduating high school.
“I chose life,” she said, raising her voice to speak over the interruption. “I chose my life, because my life is sacred.”
As security approached to escort her away from the podium, she walked past them, down the chamber aisle and out the doors. People sitting in the gallery stood up to clap and cheer.
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For AP’s full coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, go to https://apnews.com/hub/abortion.
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2022-07-29T04:20:29+00:00
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local10.com
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https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2022/07/29/after-abortion-ruling-wva-could-become-1st-to-pass-new-bill/
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Customers received a 582% return on investment over 3 years and <6 month payback period for managing and scaling content with Storyblok's CMS. Research also finds significant business benefits:
- $1.6M benefit gained due to single source management of content
- 3x productivity boost through gained efficiencies due to deployment setup
- Better customer experience through scalable content operations
LINZ, Austria, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Storyblok, the content management system (CMS) category leader that empowers both developers and marketing teams to create better content experiences across all digital channels, unveiled the findings of a commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study conducted by Forrester Consulting, part of Forrester Research, a leading global research and advisory firm. The study, conducted on behalf of Storyblok, revealed that for a composite organization representative of interviewed customers, Storyblok's CMS provided a 582% ROI over a three-year period and paid for itself in less than six months.
"The amazing customer ratings and stories we have heard have always been a great indicator that businesses get a significant return on investment from managing their content with Storyblok. At a time when more businesses are scrutinizing traditional CMS platforms and exploring how a composable, headless CMS setup helps them with content operations and creating content at scale, we believe this Forrester study proves that Storyblok is a smart CMS investment," said Dominik Angerer, Co-Founder and CEO of Storyblok.
Forrester Consulting compiled the TEI study based on interviews with four organizations using Storyblok. The characteristics and outcomes were combined in a composite organization that is industry-agnostic with at least 5,000 employees (250 developers, 250 content creators) and annual revenue of $800 million.
"Since we've been using Storyblok, there's been a boost in productivity, three times faster than the previous system. Even more than that, it's enabling us to tell better stories to our customers in a quality way," said the Head of Digitization at a Telco who was interviewed as part of the study. As a result, the surveyed organizations reported customers are spending more time on their websites because they're more engaged due to the regularity in which updates are made.
Before investing in Storyblok's CMS, interviewee's organizations were using a mix of traditional CMSs and/or a custom built monolithic environment which required a lot of maintenance. The overall time to make updates to customer-facing content on any channel took far too long to keep up with the constant flood of content changes.
"Storyblok's capabilities around a composable architecture, visual editing, collaboration, workflows, and omnichannel publishing make creating and managing content more enjoyable for all teams, plus audiences enjoy better digital experiences. To us, the fact that this modern approach to content management also enabled cost savings and business benefits shows that now is the time for businesses to future-proof their content operations. Using Storyblok paid back its investment," added Angerer.
Resources
- Download The Total Economic Impact™ of Storyblok's CMS by Forrester Consulting: https://www.storyblok.com/lp/tei-study
- Learn more about Storyblok: https://www.storyblok.com
- View Storyblok's press kit: https://www.storyblok.com/press
- See case studies: https://www.storyblok.com/case-studies
About Storyblok
Storyblok, the content management system (CMS) category leader, empowers both developers and marketing teams to create better content experiences across any digital channel.
Storyblok's headless CMS architecture enables developers to build anything, publish everywhere, and integrate with any service or technology.
Marketing teams can create and scale content experiences independently using a visual editing interface, collaborative tools, and custom publishing workflows. Additionally, businesses can improve digital experiences everywhere with best-in-class performance, personalization, and optimized, omnichannel storytelling.
Leading brands such as Adidas, Tesla, Oatly, Deliveroo, and 120,000+ other developers and marketers use Storyblok to create better content experiences that are faster, more secure, and built to scale.
See why Storyblok was named the #1 CMS by G2 at www.storyblok.com and follow Storyblok on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Press Contact
Brandon Watts
Senior PR Team Manager
brandon.watts@storyblok.com
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2023-03-15T12:20:58+00:00
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https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/03/15/storybloks-content-management-system-delivered-582-roi-customers-that-modernized-their-content-operations/
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Portion of Hwy 81 in Duncan closed for maintenance
Published: Mar. 28, 2023 at 2:43 PM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
DUNCAN, Okla. (KSWO) - Road work on part of Highway 81 in Duncan continues.
Officials with the City of Duncan say the left lane of the northbound and southbound lanes of Highway 81 between Beech Ave and Timbercreek Drive are closed for maintenance.
The lane closures are expected to continue until Thursday, March 30.
City officials are urging drivers to use caution, observe warning signs, and watch for workers.
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2023-03-28T20:15:08+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/2023/03/28/portion-hwy-81-duncan-closed-maintenance/
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Police: 1 dead, 5 hurt in Kansas City bar shooting
Published: Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:16 AM EDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) — One person is dead and five others are hurt following a shooting outside of the Westport Ale House.
The five remaining victims are expected to survive the shooting, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.
The shooting happened at around 11 p.m. Sunday.
Several police cars swarmed the establishment around that time.
Officers said a disturbance inside the building spilled outside, and shots were fired.
Three off-duty officers who were working at the Ale House returned fire. It’s unclear if the officers hit anyone.
Officers remained on the scene investigating the shooting Monday morning.
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2022-07-11T11:52:05+00:00
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https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/07/11/police-1-dead-5-hurt-kansas-city-bar-shooting/
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MIAMI, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudastructure's February 2023 shareholder meeting attracted over 2,000 registered participants to review the company's 2022 progress.
2022 was a year of innovation at Cloudastructure.The company made a significant addition to their cloud-based AI Surveillance platform in 2022 by building Remote Guarding (otherwise known as live monitoring) capabilities directly onto their platform. Cloudastructure remote guarding transforms video surveillance from a reactive to a proactive tool. Instead of mere forensics, video surveillance can now stop crime before it happens.
The bold move has generated keen interest from end users and guard companies alike, delivering new markets and new opportunities the company is poised to capitalize on with the 2023 rollout of the solution.
Engineering:
Responding to customer feedback in January 2022, and built in less than a year, Cloudastructure's new remote guarding capabilities went from an idea to award-winning architecture in just nine months. The system enables remote guarding with:
- Customized AI alerts
- Virtual roving patrols
- "Voice Down" to perpetrators
- Escalation to law enforcement or private security
The system also provides a window into guard activity and management.
Cloudastructure conducted months of testing of the system in-house, as well as with a partner, and in January contracted with a team to offer their own remote monitoring solution should customers require one.
AI Surveillance
The ML team also made significant strides in the platform's AI Surveillance capabilities including new advances in:
- Facial recognition
- Elastic searches
- Gun Detection
- Vehicle Make/Model Detection
- License Plate Recognition
The new ML features enhance the platform's usability for a wide range of vertical markets.
Marketing & PR:
Cloudastructure became the most decorated cloud-based AI Surveillance system on the market in 2022, garnering 16 awards, predominantly for engineering excellence and their new Remote Guarding capabilities, including 8 Homeland Security ASTOR awards for:
- Best Video Management System
- Best Video Surveillance
- Best Video Analytics
- Best Cloud Computing
- Best Video Storage
Additional awards include, 4 American Business Awards, 2 Best New Product of the Year awards from Security Today magazine, and the international Cloud Award for Best Security Innovation of the Year.
Sales/Financials:
Cloudastructure's sales team made significant inroads into their vertical markets, doubling the company's customer base from the previous year. The company plans to deploy extensively into these customer locations in 2023. The new remote guarding features are now part of more than 75% of Cloudastructure's proposals –essentially doubling the average deal size.
Business is off to a healthy start with January 2023 sales bookings already up 20x over those of January 2022. The Company remains in a strong cash position with $9.4MM.
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, with R&D in Silicon Valley, California, Cloudastructure's advanced award-winning security platform utilizes a scalable cloud-based architecture that features cloud video surveillance with proprietary, state-of-the-art AI/ML analytics, a seamless remote guarding solution, and IoT cybersecurity. The combination enables enterprise businesses to achieve proactive, end-to-end security, and pairs that platform with an attractive value proposition that eschews proprietary hardware and offers contract-free, month-to-month pricing and unlimited 24/7 support. With Cloudastructure, companies can achieve unparalleled situational awareness in real time and thereby stop crime as it is happening, while simultaneously achieving up to a 75% lower Total Cost of Ownership than other systems. For more information, visit www.cloudastructure.com.
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2023-02-01T04:45:26+00:00
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2023/02/01/cloudastructure-annual-shareholder-meeting/
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Monopoly fans to vote on which 'throwback token' should return
What's old will be made new again as Monopoly turns to its fan to see which token should come back to the board game.
Hasbro, Inc., has launched the "Monopoly Throwback Token Vote," where fans can decide which one of the iconic retired pieces should make a return.
Choices include the thimble, wheelbarrow, iron, boot, horse & rider or money bag.
At the same time, voters can choose which of the current pieces should leave the game including Scottie, Hazel, battleship, penguin, rubber ducky, top hat, T-Rex or race car.
RELATED: Shipping, manufacturing delays upset board game industry
In 2017, the boot was booted, the wheelbarrow was wheeled out, and the thimble got the thumbs down in an updated version of the board game Monopoly. In their place was a Tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky.
The board game was "born" on March 19, 1935, when Parker Brothers acquired the rights to it. In the decades since, an estimated 1 billion people have weighed the merits of buying up utilities and railroads or trying to hit it big with Boardwalk hotels.
The original 10 tokens were an iron, purse, lantern, racecar, thimble, shoe, top hat, battleship, cannon and a rocking horse.
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2022-05-01T15:37:42+00:00
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fox6now.com
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https://www.fox6now.com/news/monopoly-fans-to-vote-on-which-throwback-token-should-return
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(Stacker) — Heart disease has been the #1 cause of death in the United States since 1950.
Coronary heart disease, referring to damaged major blood vessels within the heart, is commonly caused by plaque buildup that narrows arteries and restricts blood flow. Lifestyle and genetics are major factors determining the likelihood of coronary heart disease; treatments range from lifestyle changes to surgery. American men in the last decade were twice as likely to die from heart disease than women, according to CDC data.
Stacker investigated the counties with the highest heart disease rates in Indiana using data from the CDC. Keep reading to see if your county is among those with the highest rate of heart disease in your home state.
#25. Henry
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.5%
#24. Rush
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.5%
#23. Washington
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.5%
#22. Fountain
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.6%
#21. Martin
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.6%
#20. Wabash
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.6%
#19. Benton
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#18. Brown
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#17. Cass
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#16. Fulton
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#15. Greene
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#14. Jay
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#13. Pulaski
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#12. Scott
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.7%
#11. Vermillion
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.8%
#10. Ohio
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.8%
#9. Randolph
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 8.8%
#8. Orange
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 9.0%
#7. Parke
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 9.1%
#6. Owen
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 9.1%
#5. Starke
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 9.1%
#4. Blackford
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 9.5%
#3. Fayette
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 9.5%
#2. Switzerland
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 9.8%
#1. Crawford
– Prevalence of coronary heart disease: 10.0%
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2023-07-08T21:47:20+00:00
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fox59.com
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https://fox59.com/news/counties-with-the-highest-heart-disease-rates-in-indiana/
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Mother's Day is about celebrating the gift that moms give to us, and the joy of motherhood itself.
Among some of the moms who brighten up the world are those who chose life for their children even in the face of adversity - and despite doctors' warnings that following through on their pregnancies could have rash consequences.
Catherine Glenn Foster of Americans United for Life said, for her, the decision to choose life was easy. She, along with two other women who chose life despite doctors' warnings, told "Fox & Friends Weekend" anchor Pete Hegseth their stories on Mother's Day Sunday.
"The doctors came in with that serious expression on their face and said my now eight-year-old had an elevated risk of a trisomy disorder, the most famous of which is Down Syndrome, of course," she said.
BIDEN'S DHS APPEARED TO CONSIDER TARGETING PRO-LIFE MOMS AND OTHER ‘RADICALIZATION SUSPECTS,’ DOCS SHOW
"They sat me down, and they said ‘Maybe you should consider abortion.’ I said ‘Absolutely not. I'm here to be a witness to you that every single human life is precious, and that's something that I've consistently maintained throughout my career, and I'm going to choose life come what may.'"
Courtney Baker, a Florida mom whose doctor also urged her to have an abortion, said she wrote a letter to him after she gave birth to her daughter.
"They [doctors] need to understand that the moms are the experts. They know that their child is a masterpiece, and they have a plan, and they have a purpose in this world, and my daughter is proving that."
PRO-LIFE CENTERS TARGETED BY 70% OF ABORTION-RELATED VIOLENT THREATS SINCE DOBBS DECISION: FBI
"Her legacy is life, and we need to speak up," she told Hegseth.
Suzanne Guy, a pro-life activist and third mom who chose life despite doctors' admonitions, said no one ever regrets making the decision to have their child.
"Every single one of these precious children in the womb are valuable, unique, made in the image of the almighty God, and they must be protected and must be fought for," she said.
"These doctors need to use their power to protect and fight for all lives."
Each mom said it is important to show support for women who are torn between the decision to abort or keep their baby, particularly by arming them with knowledge that choosing life is something they won't regret.
"It's important to be the bridge to those moms, to make sure that moms know that we are here for them because that relationship, that support can mean the difference between despair and hope, death and life, regret and family," Foster said.
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2023-05-14T19:19:04+00:00
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foxbangor.com
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https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/pro-life-moms-who-refused-abortion-capture-the-joys-of-motherhood-every-single-human-life/article_edbfac3d-7fc9-5610-bcaf-4857cca9c479.html
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Team USA honored at White House
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The White House honored more than 600 U.S. Olympic athletes today.
Olympians and Paralympians from the 2020 and 2022 games traveled to D.C. and were welcomed by the President on the south lawn.
Washington News Bureau’s Brendan Cullerton reports, “As the White House has loosened COVID-19 restrictions, President Joe Biden has invited Team U.S.A. to the White House for the first time in his presidency.”
Hundreds of Team U.S.A. athletes were greeted with cheers from fans who attended the in-person celebration. It was a welcoming the team missed out on during the 2020 summer games in Tokyo due to the pandemic.
The 200 medalists were honored by President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
President Biden congratulated the athletes saying, “We believe in America anything is possible, and you are the explanation of what we mean.”
Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated black athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics, spoke on behalf of the athletes. “This team is resilient. We came together and we persevered. And we hope we’ve made this country proud.”
Cullerton spoke with some of the athletes after the ceremony. Watch their comments below.
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2022-05-04T22:33:21+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/2022/05/04/team-usa-honored-white-house/
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TUCSON, Ariz., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AudioEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEYE) (the "Company"), the industry-leading digital accessibility platform delivering website accessibility compliance to businesses of all sizes, today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has authorized the repurchase of up to $3 million of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock expiring on June 30, 2024. The Company intends to fund the stock repurchase program with working capital and cash from operations.
"We remain committed to strategically deploying capital that will drive the greatest value for stockholders. This stock repurchase program reflects the strength of our business and our confidence in our future cash flow," said David Moradi, CEO at AudioEye.
The Company may repurchase stock from time to time in open market transactions or through privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable federal securities laws and other applicable legal requirements. The timing and amounts of any purchases under the stock repurchase program will be based on market conditions and other factors, including price. The stock repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time and does not obligate the Company to repurchase any dollar amount or particular number of shares of stock.
About AudioEye
AudioEye is an industry-leading digital accessibility platform delivering ADA and WCAG compliance at scale. By combining easy-to-use technology and subject matter expertise, AudioEye helps companies and content creators solve every aspect of web accessibility—from finding and resolving issues to navigating legal compliance, to ongoing monitoring and upkeep. Trusted by the FCC, ADP, SSA, Samsung, and others, AudioEye delivers automated remediations and continuous monitoring for accessibility issues without making fundamental changes to website architecture, source code, or browser-based tools. Join us on our mission to eradicate barriers to digital access, visit www.audioeye.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements in this press release or regarding the stock repurchase program about AudioEye's expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, prospects, financial condition, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as "believe", "anticipate", "should", "confident", "intend", "plan", "will", "expects", "estimates", "projects", "positioned", "strategy", "outlook" and similar words. You should read the statements that contain these types of words carefully. Such forward-looking statements contained herein include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the source of funds to be used to repurchase any shares under the program, future cash flows of the Company, anticipated contributions from new sales channels, long-term growth prospects, opportunities in the digital accessibility industry, our revenue and ARR guidance, and our expectation of investments in marketing and sales. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements, including the variability of AudioEye's revenue and financial performance; risks associated with our new platform, sales channels and offerings; product development and technological changes; the acceptance of AudioEye's products in the marketplace by existing and potential future customers; competition; inherent uncertainties and costs associated with litigation; general economic conditions; and uncertainties regarding the impact on our business and the overall economy from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. These and other risks are described more fully in AudioEye's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be events in the future that AudioEye is not able to predict accurately or over which AudioEye has no control. Forward-looking statements reflect management's view as of the date of this press release, and AudioEye urges you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. AudioEye does not undertake any obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect events or uncertainties.
Investor Contact:
Brian M. Prenoveau, CFA
AEYE@mzgroup.us
(561) 374-0177
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2022-06-02T21:24:00+00:00
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City and County Officials, Community Leaders, Key Clients, and Company Employees
Come Together to "Cut the Ribbon" and Tour New Tech-Driven Facility
BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LendingOne – one of the country's largest and fastest growing national direct private lenders for real estate investors, landlords, developers, and real estate funds – formally announced the company's move to a new headquarters in Boca Raton at a ribbon-cutting event that featured local government, business, and community leaders.
"South Florida has been integral to our success since we first relocated here in 2015 with just five employees," said Matthew Neisser, CEO & Co-Founder of LendingOne, whose company now employs more than 100 people in Boca Raton and three regional offices across the country. "We are very excited about our new headquarters and wanted to share the news with those who have supported us along the way."
"LendingOne is yet another leading company headquartered and expanding in Boca Raton," noted Scott Singer, Mayor of Boca Raton, who spoke at the event. "Our city's robust finance sector continues to attract great talent and expand our thriving ecosystem."
Neisser believes that the new facility, which incorporates advanced communication technology, larger workspaces and meeting rooms, and more places to relax, will keep the company's sales momentum going, while fostering an even stronger corporate culture and enhancing recruiting and retention.
In addition to the launch of the new headquarters, LendingOne used the occasion of the ribbon cutting to share recent sales achievements, which included reaching over $1B in originations just to repeat customers. This milestone reinforces the company's award-winning reputation for delivering personalized, one-on-one transaction support.
To further its presence in the company's top market in Florida and increase the growth of real estate investors, LendingOne also revealed its recent membership in the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.
"We appreciate LendingOne joining the ranks of our more than 1,500 members who hail from Jupiter to Miami," stated Troy McLellan, President & CEO of the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, who joined Neisser at the podium. "We look forward to working together to create new business opportunities and explore community programs and events that make our area the best place to live, work, learn, and play."
As a demonstration of its commitment to rally local business support for the community, LendingOne presented a donation to Layren Calvo, Director of Agency Relations for Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches, which will help the organization provide resources and much-needed stability to low-income and homeless families with children.
"I'm pleased to see LendingOne taking an active role in supporting two of our county's most pressing issues – investing in local housing for our workforce and sustained job retention and growth – as we continue to make great strides in our recovery from the pandemic," noted Robert Weinroth, Mayor of Palm Beach County and County Commissioner, as he concluded his remarks on stage.
LendingOne was founded in 2014 to help serve the unique needs of real estate investors, landlords, developers, and real estate funds. The company is one of the country's largest and fastest growing national direct private lenders and uses its own capital as well as its extensive real estate experience to provide quick and reliable funding for clients. LendingOne's commitment to transparency and long-term, strategic partnerships has led to thousands of repeat customers per year.
LendingOne offers an extensive range of loans – including rental, fix and flip, portfolio rental, new construction, multi-family bridge, and fix-to-rent – in 43 states. The company is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, and has regional offices in Charlotte, NC, New York City, and Denver, CO.
Website: https://lendingone.com/
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2022-10-12T20:26:44+00:00
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https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/10/12/lendingone-hosts-moving-amp-milestone-event-celebrate-new-headquarters-business-growth-community-support/
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SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron stuck to his solidly conservative playbook Tuesday but steered away for the most part from former President Donald Trump's latest legal woes.
Cameron, the state's attorney general, didn't mention the ex-president in a campaign speech. But when asked later by reporters, he echoed comments from other Trump defenders in raising concerns about a “weaponization of government power."
Cameron focused his attacks on the record of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, his opponent in the November election. It came during Cameron's latest campaign appearance in counties ringing Louisville — fast-growing areas that have shifted toward the GOP.
Cameron glossed over the former president in the speech shortly before Trump's historic court appearance in Florida on charges accusing him of mishandling classified documents.
Instead, Cameron tried linking Beshear to Trump's successor, Democratic President Joe Biden. Cameron also touted his anti-abortion credentials and his conservative stand on transgender issues.
Trump emerged as Cameron's most powerful benefactor, endorsing Cameron early in Kentucky's crowded GOP primary. Cameron notched a decisive victory in the May primary and thanked Trump for the endorsement in his victory speech, declaring "the Trump culture of winning is alive and well in Kentucky.”
Cameron on Tuesday promoted his Bluegrass State showdown with Beshear as “a bellwether” for national elections in 2024, when control of the presidency and Congress are up for grabs. Trump is seeking to reclaim the White House next year, but Cameron skipped over mentioning the ex-president at his campaign stop Tuesday until queried by reporters about Trump's charges in the documents case.
Asked if it was wrong for Trump to allegedly hoard classified documents at his Florida estate, and whether it could fracture the GOP, Cameron replied his focus was on defeating Beshear.
During his session with reporters, Cameron questioned the fairness of the proceedings in light of other classified information probes concerning Democrats, including Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It raises concerns whether “there are two different justice systems,” said Cameron, the state's chief law enforcement officer.
“Kentuckians have concerns about the weaponization of government power," Cameron said, essentially repeating a statement he issued last week after Trump's indictment.
Clinton was not charged for sending classified information on a private email server after FBI investigators concluded that she had not intended to break the law. The Biden investigation remains open, but no evidence has emerged to suggest he acted willfully — a core claim in the Trump indictment.
Trump's support has loomed over Cameron's campaign. Cameron supporters point to his ability to bridge the gulf between Trump and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell despite a growing rift between the two GOP heavyweights. Cameron previously worked as the Kentucky senator’s legal counsel.
If Beshear follows his campaign formula from 2019, he will avoid talking about Trump or dwelling on polarizing national issues that could risk further energizing his opponent’s conservative base.
Beshear has stressed his stewardship of Kentucky’s economy — pointing to record economic development during his term as governor. Last week, he touted another milestone, pointing to federal labor statistics showing Kentucky had more than 2 million residents employed.
“This is the best chance to turn our brain drain into a brain gain, make sure we never lose our talented young people to any other state ever again," Beshear said in what is emerging as a campaign theme.
Cameron kept pounding away Tuesday on topics that could mobilize socially conservative voters, including abortion and transgender issues.
As attorney general, Cameron has defended Kentucky's anti-abortion laws, including a near-total ban on the procedure that is being challenged in court. Touting his anti-abortion stand Tuesday, he said his vision for Kentucky would protect “the most vulnerable, that cherished asset, our unborn.”
“It’s a vision in which we make sure that those that are unborn are able to reach their God-given potential,” Cameron said.
Beshear has denounced the near-total ban as extremist, noting it lacks exceptions for rape and incest.
Meanwhile, Cameron slammed Beshear for vetoing a 2022 bill barring transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity. The GOP-led legislature overrode the veto. It's an attack against Beshear that is likely to be repeated often in the coming months of the campaign.
Cameron also continued lambasting Beshear's pandemic-era restrictions, saying the governor picked “winners and losers.”
"You tell small businesses they have to close, but you allow big business to stay open,” Cameron said.
The governor has defended his pandemic actions, saying they saved lives during a global health crisis.
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2023-06-13T22:28:41+00:00
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local10.com
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https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2023/06/13/kentucky-gop-gubernatorial-nominee-mostly-steers-away-from-trumps-latest-legal-woes/
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"Disney100 Special Look"
#Disney100
BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Walt Disney Company marks its 100th anniversary on Oct. 16, 2023, and throughout the year, will celebrate the fans and storytellers who have sparked the joy and magic that is Disney over the last 100 years. Today, Disney honors those fans and creators with a special commercial debuting during Super Bowl LVII that spotlights 100 years of unrivaled storytelling and innovation.
"As we commemorate our historic 100th anniversary, it is remarkable to look back at Walt Disney's legacy and his passionate pursuit of excellence that continue to propel the Company forward today. We are incredibly grateful to the generations of people all over the world for being such a special part of our history and for inviting our stories and characters into their lives over the past century," said Robert A. Iger, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company. "Disney100 represents a celebration of all of our fans and families, and our storytellers and creative visionaries whose talents and imaginations have created the magical moments that make Disney such an enduring part of the global culture."
"Disney100 Special Look" features scenes from iconic Disney films, series, stage productions, theme parks, and fans, as well as a collection of inspiring words from Walt Disney, calling on the shared memories and nostalgia that have given Disney a special place in the hearts of audiences across the globe.
The debut of "Disney100 Special Look" during the big game is an exciting milestone for Disney – with a year full of opportunities for fans and families of all ages to relive their most beloved Disney memories and to delight in new, heartwarming stories and experiences. On Friday, Feb. 17, the newest Marvel Studios film, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, will debut in theaters. Then, on Feb. 18, Disney100: The Exhibition will have its world premiere at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, inviting guests into a 15,000-square-foot, ten-gallery exhibit that will bring Disney stories to life through innovative and immersive technology. The Walt Disney Archives is opening its vault of treasures, showcasing more than 250 of its "Crown Jewels" – rarely seen original artwork and artifacts, costumes and props, theme park attraction vehicles, and more. The exhibition will also make stops across the United States and throughout Europe.
Global audiences can enjoy an amazing slate of theatrical releases from our renowned studios, including Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and more, coming through the rest of the year. From The Little Mermaid and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in May, to Elemental, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Marvels, and The Haunted Mansion this summer, both long-beloved characters and new stories will come to life on the big screen. Then, on November 22, 2023, Walt Disney Animation Studios will debut Wish, an original animated musical film only in theaters.
Already, Disney Parks have begun delighting guests with special Disney100 celebrations. On Jan. 27, Disneyland Resort introduced the new Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway attraction, two new nighttime spectaculars: "World of Color – One" at Disney California Adventure and "Wondrous Journeys" at Disneyland park, and all-new, limited-time Disney100-themed entertainment, food and beverage, and merchandise offerings. Disney Parks across the world will also feature surprises throughout the year to celebrate this momentous milestone.
Disney will also celebrate its biggest fans with exclusive events, sneak previews, and, in September, a Disney100-themed Destination D23 just for members of D23: The Official Disney Fan Club.
Disney is excited to celebrate its 100th anniversary with its fans, creators, and employees throughout the year. To learn more, visit Disney100.com and share your favorite Disney memories on social media with #Disney100.
Media Contacts:
Liz Jaeger
(818) 560-3117
liz.jaeger@disney.com
Emily Amato
emily.e.amato@disney.com
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2023-02-12T18:21:47+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2023/02/12/disney-debuts-super-bowl-lvii-commercial-celebrating-100-years-storytelling-shared-memories/
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CA Reno NV Zone Forecast for Monday, April 24, 2023
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expressnews.com
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The Pioneering Women-Founded Wine Company Expands Role in Wine Industry Through Partnership with Gen Z Beverage Start-Up
OAKLAND, Calif., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The McBride Sisters Wine Company (MSWC) today announces its first joint venture, a partnership with entrepreneur Jess Druey and her wine brand Whiny Baby. The collaboration between Robin McBride, Andréa McBride John and Druey formalizes the McBride Sisters Wine Company's production and distribution of the Whiny Baby collection of wines on a national scale and through direct consumer sales via www.whinybaby.com. The brand will formally launch via direct-to-consumer sales this July and will begin entering national retail accounts in October.
MSWC's joint venture with Whiny Baby significantly augments production capacity and national distribution for the start-up brand following its successful California launch of Whiny Baby wines in 2022. Whiny Baby will have access to the MSWC's substantial network and will benefit from the trailblazing women-founded brand's established relationships with national retailers, buyers and hospitality partners.
It will enter the market with three distinct bottlings: "Obsessed," a vibrant and fruity red wine; "Unwind," a white wine defined by a citrusy freshness; and "OMG!?!?," a lightly-bubbly rosé, all sourced from California vineyards and certified Carbon Neutral.
Druey created Whiny Baby as a cheeky answer to the demand for brands offering a sense of connection, particularly among Gen Z consumers. Embracing the allegation that her generation is comprised of "whiny babies" seeking attention, Druey imagined a wine brand that sparks conversation and cultivates connection, primarily through authentic representation and a relaxed approach to connecting consumers with wines that suit their lifestyles.
The partnership took shape when Druey contacted Andréa and Robin, inspired by their own tenacity and role as trailblazing women in the wine business. Her relentless pursuit got the attention of the McBride Sisters, who, having established the country's largest Black- and women-founded wine company, were in a position to advise Druey on strategy and growth.
"After successfully marketing the first vintage of Whiny Baby to California consumers in 2022, I was thirsty for a better understanding of the wine industry to help me plan the future of the brand," says Druey. "I'd discovered the McBride Sisters Wine Company and with no other industry contacts, made it my mission to learn what I could from them. I did not stop until I got their attention," she continues. "I can't count the number of Instagram DMs, notes on LinkedIn and shot-in-the-dark emails I sent, all of which were worth it, given this fantastic partnership."
Of their first joint venture, Andréa McBride John reflects, "Jess has followed her instincts and created a California wine brand that captures exactly what Gen Z wants from a wine brand and the overall wine experience through a vision focused on community. She's a fearless and determined entrepreneur, and we are thrilled to support her in her growth and evolution of the brand, breaking all the old-school wine rules and having too much fun along the way."
Robin McBride notes, "Jess' vision and tenacity reminded us so much of ourselves when we first started in the wine business. We were incredibly inspired by her unapologetic viewpoints and goal of serving the Gen Z community of which she's a part." Encouraging consumers to follow along on Whiny Baby's Instagram page, @whinybaby, she continues, "We're witnessing the start of the Gen Z revolution that's here for good and we're excited to support this effort and welcome it in the world of wine."
Through Whiny Baby, Druey and the McBride Sisters are creating a unique wine experience that prioritizes play in everyday life, one which sparks dialogue through interactive write-on, peel-away labels and "conversation caps," crown caps whose undersides are printed with questions and conversation-starters. The brand's mantra, "Don't stay bottled up," calls consumers to own their self-expression, a value as authentic to the Gen Z consumer as it is to the McBride Sisters themselves, whose dynamic brands, including Black Girl Magic wines and SHE CAN Wines, each speak to consumer communities.
For more information on Whiny Baby, please visit www.whinybaby.com, or follow Jess Druey @whinybaby as she visits key cities to kick off the brand's national distribution this summer and fall. For more information on the McBride Sisters Wine Company, please visit www.mcbridesisters.com.
About Whiny Baby:
Whiny Baby is wine without the fuss! We reimagine the drinking and wine discovery experience through connection-based consumption and believe that choosing a wine doesn't need to be intimidating, confusing, or even hard to pronounce! It can (and should) be fun, easy, and engaging. We prioritize play everyday, with easy to drink and thoughtfully made wine in playful, interactive bottles, designed to uplift the mood and spark conversation, whatever the occasion. We believe in connection based consumption and wine as a powerful gathering tool, bringing people and ideas together to create the best experiences. From polling to decide on flavor blends and artwork, to sharing every part of the Whiny Baby journey with our family on socials, we invite our customers to be consultants in shaping the Whiny Baby brand together with us along the way. We can't wait to hear what you have to say. DON'T STAY BOTTLED UP! For more information visit www.whinybaby.com or follow us @whinybaby.
About the McBride Sisters Wine Company:
McBride Sisters Wine Company was founded by sisters, Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John, who believe wine companies should be accessible, sustainable, socially conscious and culturally aware. We are the largest Black-owned and largest all women-founded wine company in the United States. Our mission is to transform the industry, lead by example and cultivate community, one delicious glass at a time. We produce wine across two hemispheres, from premier coastal winemaking regions which are at the root of our story - where Andréa and Robin each grew up - in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Central Coast of California. We offer a unique portfolio of leading brands; McBride Sisters Collection, Black Girl Magic Wines, and SHE CAN Wines and spritzers. We are Wine for the New World. For more information, please visit mcbridesisters.com or follow along on Instagram at @mcbridesisters, @mcbridesisterscollection, @blackgirlmagicwines and @shecanwines.
Enjoy Responsibly. © 2023 McBride Sisters Wine Company, San Luis Obispo, CA
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2023-06-14T14:42:51+00:00
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wsfa.com
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https://www.wsfa.com/prnewswire/2023/06/14/mcbride-sisters-wine-company-announces-first-ever-joint-venture-with-whiny-baby/
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New partnership to help student athletes build their brand
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Athletes can now legally market themselves, build their brand, and benefit from their name. Now, the Lobos are diving head first into all of it with a new partnership.
“Well 505 SVF is a New Mexico not for profit corporation that seeks to help student athletes in four year colleges, in the state of New Mexico, to monetize their name, image and likeness,” said Kurt Roth, founder of 505 Sports Venture Foundation.
505 Sports Venture Foundation recently publicly partnered with UNM’s Athletic Department to help college athletes promote their brands. Think of them as a sort of hybrid agency, they give guidance and help athletes navigate this new space. They also act as a NIL deal within itself.
With different little shows and segments the foundation is working with college athletes to promote and build their brand. But why is this so important to the athletes themselves?
Well we asked a few athletes who are partnered with 505 Venture Foundation to get a better idea.
“It’s great for the student athletes to have an opportunity to make money and just build a brand, and name for themselves before they get to that professional level,” said Lobo men’s basketball player Jamal Mashburn Jr.
“This being a mid-major school like all the complex schools, get like the good and NIL deals, so it’s good that they’re paying attention to us and like, making sure we’re like valued,” said Lobo women’s basketball player Amaya Brown Lauren.
And while athletes are busy concentrating on the season.
“I’ve just been really just focusing on the court and focusing on winning these games,” said Mashburn Jr.
That’s another way this foundation helps out, by being an extra hand while athletes continue to focus on their craft. Right now in its infancy, this collective is only signed with the UNM men’s and women’s basketball teams.
“We have arranged with certain athletes, I believe we’re at 25 now at UNM, where they contract with us to allow us to use their name, image and likeness,” said Roth.
But the vision is much bigger for founder Roth.
“My goal is to have an NIL deal with every student athlete at UNM and our fundraising goal by spring of 2024 is $3.5 million,” said Roth.
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2023-01-22T02:40:14+00:00
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kob.com
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https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/unm-partners-up-with-505-sports-venture-foundation-to-help-student-athletes-build-their-brand/
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Jade Carey's rebound from Olympic disappointment in her best event ended with a gold medal at the world championships.
The 22-year-old American soared to victory in the women's vault final on Saturday, giving her a second trip to the top of the podium at M&S Bank Arena after helping the U.S. women capture the team gold earlier in the meet.
Carey's average score of 14.516 for her two vaults was just enough to edge teammate and fellow 2020 Olympian Jordan Chiles. Chiles' 14.350 average was good enough for silver, just ahead of Coline Devillard of France at 14.166.
The victory helped ease the sting from a terrifying trip down the vault runway at the 2020 Olympics when a sticky patch of carpet caused her to trip and cost her a shot at a medal. Carey recovered quickly to win a surprising gold on floor exercise the next day but arrived in England eager to showcase her dynamic skills on an event where her combination of power and precision thrives.
“I ended up getting eighth (in Tokyo), so here today actually completing both vaults successfully and landing both on my feet felt like an amazing feeling,” Carey said. "I’m proud of myself for bouncing back.”
Chiles, part of the U.S. team that claimed silver in Tokyo, earned her first individual world championship medal with two excellent vaults that would have won a lot of meets, just not one with Carey also in the field.
“This is only my second final ever as a senior so to come back with a silver is awesome,” said Chiles, who later added, "In my mind, my second is a first because Jade is a phenomenal vaulter.”
Shilese Jones of the U.S. added a third medal at the world championships by earning a silver on uneven bars to go with the team gold and a silver in the all-around. Jones' set scored a 14.766, trailing only two-time world champion Wei Xiaoyuan of China at 14.966 and just ahead of Olympic champion Nina Derwael of Belgium at 14.700.
“I have worked so hard for this and I’m just super stoked and super proud,” Jones said. "I know what I’m capable of so there was no doubt in my mind.”
Giarnni Regini-Moran of Britain gave the hosts their first gold medal at the world championships in men's floor exercise with a score of 14.533, followed by world and Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan. Hashimoto's teammate Ryosuke Doi earned the bronze.
Rhys McClenaghan of Ireland gave his country its first gold medal at a world championship by winning pommel horse with a score of 15.300. Ahmad Abu Al-Soud's silver medal was the first medal of any color by a men's gymnast from Jordan. Harutyun Merdinyan of Armenia, at 38 the oldest athlete in the field, captured the bronze.
Adem Azil of Turkey won gold in men's still rings. Azil's 14.933 was just enough to edge Zou Jingyuan of China at 14.866 and Courtney Tulloch of Britain at 14.733.
The meet concludes Sunday with the event finals on balance beam, women's floor exercise, men's vault, high bar and parallel bars.
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2022-11-05T20:25:05+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Jade-Carey-adds-to-medal-haul-at-worlds-with-17561255.php
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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is searching for the man they say held two women at gunpoint inside a home.
Deputies say it happened around 6 pm Tuesday on Avenue 284 in Porterville.
The two women told authorities they found a man inside the home when they got there. They say they were then zip tied and held at gunpoint for several hours.
Deputies say a baby was inside the home during the incident.
The man reportedly left the house with two phones and money.
The two women and the baby were not hurt.
There is no description of the man at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.
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2022-10-12T06:23:15+00:00
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abc30.com
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https://abc30.com/porterville-home-women-held-at-gunpoint-man-breaks-in-baby-inside-house/12317988/
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BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The first summit between China and Arab countries will be held in Saudi Arabia on Friday. This is a milestone in the history of China-Arab countries relations and will take the cooperation between the two sides to a whole new level. For the Arab world, a region with highly varying levels of economic development and complex internal conflicts among countries, it is rare that a unanimous friendly attitude toward China and strong expectations for cooperation can be formed and sustained for a long time. The pivotal point behind this corresponds to the most outstanding problems world peace and development are facing today and deserves in-depth study by the international community.
It is evident that relations between China and Arab countries have already created models in many aspects. Peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, learning from each other, reciprocal benefits, and win-win results have always been the main theme of exchanges between China and the Arab countries. The world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and China and the Arab countries are facing similar historic opportunities and challenges, from which emerged the China-Arab summit. It has been 18 years since the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) was first held in 2004. The China-Arab summit is formed based on CASCF. But this is not simply an upgrade, it is a result of China-Arab cooperation in various fields after having reached a particular breadth and depth. The convening of the China-Arab summit is also a process of forming a concerted effort under mutual agreement of both sides.
Located at the crossroads of Asia and Africa, the Arab countries have been filled with regional hot spot issues since World War II. Although they are rich in energy, these countries have never gotten rid of the entanglement of geopolitical conflicts. They also experienced the severe impact of the "Arab Spring" after entering the 21st century. Avoiding political turmoil while achieving stable economic growth has become a common desire of many Arab countries. They are keenly interested in China's experience, which China is willing to share with its Arab partners without reservation. They have long supported each other in the international political arena and pursued win-win cooperation in the wave of economic globalization.
The cooperation potentials between China and Arab countries are huge. The two sides are jointly making efforts to realize these potentials to the greatest extent and, at the same time, transform them into positive energy that promote peace and development of Arab countries and fundamentally resolve regional hot spot issues.
China is the largest trading partner of Arab countries. In 2021, the bilateral trade volume between the Arab countries and China reached more than $300 billion, an increase of over one-third from the previous year. In the first three quarters of this year, the trade volume between the two sides reached $319 billion, a year-on-year increase of 35.28 percent, close to the level of the whole year of 2021, maintaining the momentum of rapid growth. In addition, 20 Arab countries have signed cooperation documents with China under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative. The scope of China-Arab cooperation has expanded from the field of energy to agriculture, digital economy, and the peaceful use of nuclear power. We believe the convening of the China-Arab summit will bring the cooperation to a new level.
The strong endogenous driving force of China-Arab cooperation goes far beyond economic and trade cooperation. As two ancient civilizations, China and Arab countries have each created stories of harmony in diversity and mutual respect and learning. Against the backdrop of the resurgence of theories such as "superiority of civilization" and "clash of civilizations," the like-mindedness of China and Arab countries has become more prominent.
Both China and the Arab countries advocate respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and noninterference in each other's internal affairs. They both oppose external interference and all forms of hegemonism and power politics. The mutual trust and integration of interests that have been honed through years of tempering is the most precious resource in their relations. If the China-Arab cooperation in the economic and trade field is fruitful, the strong resonance between the two sides in terms of values is the thick and fertile soil.
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2022-12-07T08:58:46+00:00
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ksla.com
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https://www.ksla.com/prnewswire/2022/12/07/what-is-significance-milestone-china-arab-summit-global-times-editorial/
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PHILADELPHIA, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richardson Sales Performance, a leading global sales training organization, is pleased to announce they have acquired DoubleDigit Sales (DDS). DDS, formerly known as Fusion Learning, is a leading provider of sales training solutions in Canada. DDS, like Richardson Sales Performance, is a long-standing Top 20 Sales Training Company*.
Founded in 2000, DDS is a provider of custom learning solutions for sales leaders and salespeople to evolve to stay close to their clients' needs. They are dedicated to helping clients drive improved sales results by building sales skills and changing behaviors.
For over 20 years, both companies have worked with customers to drive sales results through the development of people, process, and technology. As one company, Richardson Sales Performance will work with leading sales organizations to drive growth through their sales management operations, their field sales capabilities, and the data and tools that help them change behavior in the flow of work.
According to John Elsey, President & CEO of Richardson Sales Performance, "The addition of the DDS organization and solution set will allow us to continue to provide an unrivaled suite of capabilities and global coverage to empower enterprise sales organizations. We are excited to expand our team to drive long-term, measurable sales results for our customers around the world."
*As recognized by Selling Power Magazine
About Richardson Sales Performance
Richardson Sales Performance is the global leader in sales training and performance improvement. For over 40 years, we have worked with the most inspiring sales organizations across industries and geographies. We drive accelerated growth by enabling agility in your sales team so they can get ahead of buyers' changing needs and act quickly to win. From ensuring your sales managers are executing the right activities to equipping your sales team with the skills and agile approach that focuses on customer collaboration, we will guide your sales organization through a digitally enabled performance journey that excites, engages and reveals results.
Contact: Meghan Steiner
(215) 840-8432
Meghan.steiner@richardson.com
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2022-05-13T15:32:55+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/05/13/top-global-sales-training-company-richardson-sales-performance-announces-acquisition-doubledigit-sales-leading-canadian-sales-training-provider/
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Praise and lament for the overturning of abortion rights filled sacred spaces this weekend as clergy across the U.S. rearranged worship plans or rewrote sermons to provide their religious context — and competing messages — about the historic moment.
Abortion is a visceral issue for deeply divided religious Americans. Some are sad or angry in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s seismic Dobbs v. Jackson decision Friday. Others are grateful and elated.
At St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh, the Very Rev. Kris Stubna discarded his planned Sunday homily and focused on the decision, calling it “a day of great joy and blessing.” He said the overturning of the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade ruling was the result of prayers and efforts of many Catholics and others.
“This law violated the very law of God, that every life is sacred,” he said. “A person cannot support abortion and still be a faithful member of the church.”
Stubna’s comments would be considered divisive by some since U.S. Catholics disagree on abortion rights. Supporters include high-profile members of the faith like President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who face Communion restrictions as a result.
Not everyone sat through Stubna’s entire homily. Although unable to ask their reasons, an Associated Press photographer saw one woman leave during it. Security personnel estimated three others also exited early.
Views on abortions are not just polarizing within denominations; the divisions span the religious landscape.
“SCOTUS just dealt a terrible blow to women, to girls, to all childbearing people, to freedom,” said the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church, a multicultural Protestant congregation in Manhattan.
She mourned the overturning of Roe, expressing deep emotions during a service Sunday, saying, “It took safe legal abortions off the table, opening the door for states to rush in and crush reproductive justice. We are reeling. Spinning. So hurt we can hardly move. We are feeling the loss, the pain of it.”
A majority of adults from Buddhist, Hindu, historically Black Protestant, Jewish, mainline Protestant, Muslim and Orthodox Christian faiths support legal abortion in all or most cases, according to a Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study.
Rabbi Sarah DePaolo carved out time at the start of Friday night’s Shabbat service at Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot in Irvine, California, to express her disappointment, urging community members to support each other and create space for the fearful.
“One of the most upsetting things about this decision is that while it claims to represent people of faith, it does not represent our faith,” DePaolo said. “It does not reflect our Jewish law. It does not reflect our traditions. It does not reflect our community.”
Catholics are split on the issue while most evangelical Protestants, Jehovah’s Witnesses and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints say abortion should be illegal in all or most instances, according to the Pew Research Center study.
The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, views the ruling as a moral and spiritual victory. On Sunday, he told his California congregation at New Season that now is the time for an unprecedented adoption movement.
“We’re gonna adopt babies, but we’re gonna adopt moms, pregnant moms … who have abortions because they can’t afford to have a baby,” he said.
Southern Baptists, who are members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, are staunch supporters of anti-abortion views. On Sunday, several pastors praised the ruling from their pulpits.
The congregation at First Baptist Concord in Knoxville, Tennessee, broke into applause when Pastor John Mark Harrison addressed it. He invited a panel of advocates to explain how everyone can continue supporting those with unwanted pregnancies via mentorship, fostering, adoption, addressing systemic issues and more.
“There’s so much anger and emotion,” Harrison said. “What we need to understand is that we’re not called to fuel the emotions of the right or the left. We’re called to walk in and through the gospel of Jesus Christ … and minister to real people in real times of crisis.”
At Central Church, in College Station, Texas, lead Pastor Phillip Bethancourt echoed that overturning Roe is not the finish line: “It’s the starting gate of a new chapter. Abortion should be not just be unlawful but unnecessary and unthinkable.”
David Rhoades, lead pastor of Broadview Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas, said in an email the court decision was on a par with the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth, and will reverberate for years.
He hoped church members left Sunday’s service with a clear understanding of what they must do next, including ”minister to both the baby and its mother, and continue to work to elect pro-life representatives.”
Other faith leaders doubled down on their support for abortion rights.
Women should be able to make their own decisions, preached the Rev. Fletcher Harper at the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour in Secaucus, New Jersey.
“Outlawing abortion is a sinful act that perpetuates male domination and the subjugation of women,” he said. “It extends the coercive power of the state into a place where it should have no business.”
During a service Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, director of music Mary Pratt read aloud a denominational statement affirming it would remain “committed to reproductive justice.”
Pratt said members were shocked and grieving, although they expected the outcome. “They were looking for reminders of why we need to get back out and fight,” she said.
The start of services at Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Durham, North Carolina, included two verses of “We Shall Overcome” and a prayer by the Rev. Melinda Keenan Wood for those outraged, heartbroken and fearful about Roe’s demise.
“We know that this decision will be measured in deaths, incarcerations and life-altering trauma as politicians rush to control the most painfully intimate of decisions,” Keenan Wood said.
A prominent Black pastor in Columbus, Ohio — Bishop Timothy Clarke of the First Church of God — tried to strike a balance in his Saturday message to congregants, acknowledging conflicting views on abortion and calling on the church to show compassion.
“I know and love persons in both camps,” Clarke said. “They are sincere, committed. … They truly see this as a life altering issue.”
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Meyer reported from Nashville, Tennessee, and Crary from New York. AP Religion Team members Peter Smith and Jessie Wardarski in Pittsburgh; Luis Andres Henao, in Princeton, New Jersey; Mariam Fam in Winter Park, Florida; Deepa Bharath in Los Angeles; and AP writer Tom Foreman Jr. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, contributed.
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Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
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