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President Biden on Tuesday nominated Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to be his next secretary of Labor, potentially making her the first Asian American member of his Cabinet.
Su would replace Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, who left the administration to lead the National Hockey League Players’ Association. He was the first Cabinet secretary in the line of succession to leave his post since the start of the Biden administration.
Su, the former California labor secretary, was confirmed by the Senate to serve as deputy secretary of Labor in a vote along party lines in July, 2021. In this Congress, Su faces a 51-49 Democratic-led Senate, though Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is receiving treatment for depression at Walter Reed Medical Center for what his office said would be the next few weeks.
The Biden administration is the first in more than 20 years not to have an Asian American Cabinet secretary, and Biden was under pressure to name Su to the post since the news emerged about Walsh’s resignation.
Major unions, like the Service Employees International Union and the National Education Association, came out with endorsements for Su within the last few weeks. The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus also endorsed her, as well as the Asian American Action Fund.
“Julie has spent her life fighting to make sure that everyone has a fair shot, that no community is overlooked, and that no worker is left behind,” Biden said in a statement on Tuesday announcing Su’s nomination.
“Over several decades, Julie has led the largest state labor department in the nation, cracked down on wage theft, fought to protect trafficked workers, increased the minimum wage, created good-paying, high-quality jobs, and established and enforced workplace safety standard,” he added.
Su’s name was floated at the start of the administration for the top Labor post before Biden named Walsh. When news of Walsh’s departure broke, another name floated for Labor secretary was former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who lost a reelection race in November. Ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pressed Biden to give Maloney a Cabinet slot.
On Tuesday, Biden touted Su as a “critical partner” to Walsh and said she helped with negotiations between railroad operators and union workers to avoid a strike that officials said would have crippled the U.S. supply chain.
He called on the Senate to nominate her quickly “so that we can finish the job for America’s workers.”
Before serving as California’s labor secretary, Su served as the state’s labor commissioner and spent 17 years as a civil rights attorney.
Brett Samuels contributed.
Updated at 1:38 p.m.
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2023-02-28T20:16:20+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/politics/hill-politics/biden-to-nominate-julie-su-for-labor-secretary-post/
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BOSTON, Mass. — There is plenty of work to be done inside the kitchen at Fresh Food Generation in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Many of the meals they're making here are for kids who need them.
Teenager KJ Womack walks into the restaurant's storefront on a recent muggy afternoon and orders the herbed chicken and collard greens. All of it was free of charge thanks to a new nonprofit initiative called Local Lunchbox.
"It’s OK to ask for help, especially if you need it. It gives me a sense of responsibility to order my own food," the 17-year-old said.
The idea is to get free lunches for kids under the age of 18 while school is out for the summer. These meals aren't just free though. They're made fresh and provided by local restaurants in both Boston and Chicago. Kids aren't just given food, they get to choose what they want from the restaurant's menu.
Ashlie Bermudez works at Fresh Food Generation and sees the program as a way to expand young people's culinary horizons.
"Lunch for kids can be gourmet. It doesn't have to be the thing you look at and you're not sure what it is because you're hungry," she said.
In addition to giving free lunch to any kid who walks in the doors here, they're also preparing hundreds of fresh meals to be sent out around the neighborhood.
"We hope to build and encourage conscious eaters," Bermudez added.
The entire program is being funded and sustained by money from the USDA. In coordination with the Shah Family Foundation, the nonprofit is able to use already available USDA funds for free summer lunches.
"You can either buy a packaged product and serve it to kids or connect with local vendors and provide the food they prefer and that is more nutritious," Shah Family Foundation President Jill Shah said.
Not only is the money helping to get food to kids who need it, but it's also giving restaurants in economically diverse neighborhoods a boost during slower summer months.
"The real difference is how we use the funding. It pays for people to be employed, restaurants to thrive, and pays for kids to get the food they want," she added.
Right now, the concept is a pilot program. But last month, the Obama Foundation announced they'd be getting on board with the program and the hope is to expand it to multiple cities nationwide next summer.
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2022-07-19T17:29:01+00:00
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tmj4.com
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https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/summer-lunch-program-hopes-to-get-kids-restaurant-fresh-food-for-free
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Teen threatened shooting over ice cream, restaurant owner says
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - A Baltimore pizza shop owner says a teenage customer damaged his door and threatened to shoot him because he couldn’t get free ice cream.
Will Fagg, a military veteran and self-described pizza nerd, owns Tiny Brick Oven, a small pizza store in Baltimore’s Federal Hill neighborhood. The store is known for giving away free food.
“I enjoyed serving the country, and now, I enjoy serving my community,” Fagg said.
Fagg started a pay-it-forward pizza program that turns $9 donations into sticky notes that those in need can exchange for a free lunch. But the shop owner says that for one teenage customer, free pizza apparently wasn’t enough.
“He basically just asked some customers in here to buy some stuff for him, and you know, we have free food already,” Fagg said.
The shop owner says the teen’s demands for free ice cream quickly rose to harassment and, eventually, threats of violence, even going as far as saying he was going to shoot Fagg.
“It did trigger sort of a different mindset as a veteran who is now thinking about the potentiality of firearms being involved,” Fagg said.
The teenager was kicked out and locked out of the store, but Fagg says the teen then took his anger out on the door, delivering several blows and shattering the glass.
The incident comes amid an uptick in young people committing crimes across the city. Fagg considers this incident minor but is updating his broken security cameras, knowing there’s a chance this teen or another could strike again.
“Things could have ended up much, much worse,” Fagg said.
In the meantime, Fagg says the response from the community is helping keep his mind off the disturbing incident.
“It was just message after message. Everyone was worried about me,” he said. “They offered to pay for the window. I mean, you name it. Donations have rolled in for our pay-it-forward program. It’s been overwhelmingly positive.”
Fagg reported the incident to the police, who he says are still searching for the suspect.
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2023-02-02T07:37:31+00:00
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atlantanewsfirst.com
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https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/02/02/teen-threatened-shooting-over-ice-cream-restaurant-owner-says/
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What’s a Pell grant? Recipients can get $20,000 in student loan forgiveness
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program announced on Wednesday aims to provide $10,000 in student debt cancellation for millions of Americans.
But for federal Pell grant recipients, that amount is even higher: $20,000.
So what exactly is a Pell grant? And why is there a special benefit for people who got one?
Created by the Higher Education Act in 1965 as a way to promote access to education, federal Pell grants are special scholarships reserved for undergraduates and certain other students with the most significant financial need. The grants generally don’t need to be paid back, but they often don’t cover the full cost of college — so recipients take out additional loans.
The Biden administration is targeting Pell grant recipients for additional forgiveness “to smooth the transition back to repayment and help borrowers at highest risk of delinquencies or default once payments resume,” according to the Department of Education.
Roughly 27 million recipients of Pell grants will now be eligible for loan forgiveness. But for some, the $20,000 will hardly make a dent.
Lynn Hunt, a data analyst in Portland, Oregon, is a Pell grant recipient who borrowed somewhere around $45,000 to $50,000 to attend the University of Wisconsin and has paid back about $15,000 but still owes $70,000 because of interest.
“I know (Biden) mentioned, you know, $20,000 for Pell grants, but the people that had Pell grants had to take out the most loans,” Hunt said. “So $20,000 isn’t helping most of those people in any substantial manner. And the thing that happens every time when we get one of these half measures is, the can gets kicked for another decade.”
For Yaneth Peña, however, the money will make a difference. Peña graduated from North Carolina State University in 2014. She obtained about $4,000 in grants and approximately $25,000 in federal loans. Under Biden’s forgiveness plan, her debt would be whittled down to $5,000.
Relieved of the financial burden, Peña said she could now seriously pursue a graduate degree — something she said she hesitated to consider in the past because of her loans.
“This could like really change everything,” Peña said.
Pell grant recipients typically experience more challenges repaying their debt, the Department of Education notes. In the academic year of 2020-21, around 30% of all students that enrolled in undergraduate programs in the United States were awarded Pell grants and nearly every recipient came from a family that made less than $60,000 a year.
Almost all Pell grant recipients are independent students or dependent students from the bottom half of the income distribution, according to a report from the Urban Institute on college affordability.
Through the program, lower-income Americans can currently receive up to $6,895 annually for roughly six years.
If you’re not sure if you received a federal Pell grant, review any financial aid award letters administered through the Office of Federal Student Aid.
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2022-08-25T02:30:17+00:00
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Demonstrators facing down a Supreme Court decision that could overturn the constitutional right to abortion are aiming to use rallies from coast to coast Saturday to express their outrage and to mobilize for the fight ahead.
More than 380 events were set from Maine to Hawaii, with the largest gatherings expected in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and other big cities, organizers said.
In the nation’s capital, activists planned to gather at the Washington Monument before marching to the Supreme Court, which is now surrounded by a security fence.
Tens of thousands of people were expected at the “Bans off our Bodies” events, providing an outlet for anger and frustration for abortion rights activists after a leaked draft Supreme Court ruling suggested Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
“If it’s a fight they want, it’s a fight they’ll get,” said Rachel Carmona, executive director of the Women’s March.
Polls show that most Americans want to preserve access to abortion — at least in the earlier stages of pregnancy — but the Supreme Court appeared to be poised to let the states have the final say.
If that happens, roughly half of states, mostly in the South and Midwest, are expected to quickly ban abortion.
Teisha Kimmons, who traveled 80 miles to attend the Chicago rally, said she fears for women in states that are ready to ban abortion. She said she might not be alive today if she had not had a legal abortion when she was 15.
“I was already starting to self harm and I would have rather died than have a baby,” said Kimmons, a massage therapist from Rockford, Illinois.
The upcoming high court ruling in a case from Mississippi stands to energize voters, potentially shaping the upcoming midterm elections.
Kimmons, 46, said she believes the focus needs to be on those races. “We have to vote in pro-choice politicians because women’s lives depend on it,” she said.
Kjirsten Nyquist, a nurse, agreed about the need to vote.
“As much as federal elections, voting in every small election matters just as much,” said Nyquist, who wheeled her 1-year-old daughter in a stroller and held her 3-year-old daughter’s hand while walking to the Chicago rally.
Saturday’s rallies were being held three days after the Senate failed to muster enough votes to codify Roe v. Wade. Sponsors included the Women’s March, Move On, Planned Parenthood, UltraViolet, MoveOn, SEIU and other organizations.
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2022-05-14T16:07:27+00:00
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cbs4indy.com
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https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/rallies-supporting-abortion-rights-expected-across-us/
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PHOENIX — A Phoenix officer was shot during an incident in a West Valley neighborhood Tuesday.
Police say the incident occurred near 43rd Avenue and Baseline Road around noon.
The officer was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to officials.
Further information was not immediately available.
Phoenix Police officer rushed to hospital after being shot on duty in the area of 39th Avenue and Baseline. Active scene. Please avoid the area for your safety. PIO in route to scene. pic.twitter.com/pn8Wdw2biU
— Phoenix Police (@PhoenixPolice) June 14, 2022
Stay with ABC15 for updates on this developing story.
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2022-06-14T19:48:36+00:00
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Just as state leaders call for a cooling of tensions between the U.S. and China, it seems the temperature only continues to climb.
In mid-June, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited President Xi Jinping to discuss relations and conflict aversion. But soon after, President Biden made remarks at a campaign reception saying that President Xi was upset about the spy balloon shot down in February as a "great embarrassment for dictators, when they didn't know what happened."
The spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry called the comment "Extremely absurd" and "irresponsible." It is still unclear what the impact of the comments will be.
The war of words is not the only recent flashpoint between the two superpowers since the high-profile spy balloon incident earlier this year. In April, a federal court in New York brought charges against two men allegedly connected to an illegal overseas police station operating in Lower Manhattan.
The Department of Justice says it was operated by a provincial branch of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) of the People's Republic of China.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New Yorktold reporters, "Just imagine the NYPD opening an undeclared secret police station in Beijing. It would be unthinkable."
SEE MORE: Congress leaders probe CIA, State Department on China's Cuba spy base
There are over a hundred so-called police stations around the globe, supposedly to intimidate dissidents living abroad. Cities in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and others have opened investigations into alleged police outposts.
The Spain-based human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders has documented alleged stations across dozens of countries, though China has denied these are police outposts, insisting they are stations to assist with services like driver's license renewals.
In June, to add to security concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported that China was planning to build a new military training facility in Cuba, according to suggestions from "U.S. intelligence reports."
The pentagon denied initial reports, with Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder stating in a White House press conference, "That reporting, I can tell you based on the information that we have, that that is not accurate, that we are not aware of China and Cuba developing any type of spy station."
According to Gallup polling this year, for the third year in a row, Americans are most likely to name China as the "greatest adversary" of the U.S., over Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
A Pew Research Center survey in Marchshowed that the greatest concerns for Americans were specifically the partnership between China and Russia, tensions between China and Taiwan, and the country's record on human rights.
As U.S.-China relations continue to be a major concern for many Americans, the Biden administration faces an uphill battle to de-escalate tensions while refusing to cede to arguably its greatest economic competitor.
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2023-07-02T20:36:51+00:00
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abc15.com
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https://www.abc15.com/the-evolution-and-future-of-the-us-china-relationship
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia police officer has been arrested on federal charges that he sexually exploited a child.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that Newport News Police Sgt. Michael Nicholas Covey, a 16-year department veteran, was arrested Friday on one count of sexual exploitation of children.
The charge against Covey stems from an investigation in Ohio. Authorities found child pornography in the possession of a convicted sex offender in Hocking County, Ohio, and linked the images to Covey, according to an FBI agent's affidavit.
The Newport News Police Department said it learned about the investigation of Covey on Thursday. The department said it has placed Covey on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
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2022-06-11T23:25:31+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Police-officer-charged-with-sexually-exploiting-17235670.php
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Edraw, a Wondershare Company, a leading provider of creative software and brainstorming software company, is honored to welcome all participants in two product tutorial webinars. During the session, it will demonstrate how Edraw can help the organization leaders, small business owners, intrapreneurs, CIOs, etc. to understand idea change and real-time collaboration in a hybrid work environment.
These webinars are designed to help organizations embrace the hybrid working era and unleash their teams' creativity with collaborative mind mapping and diagramming tools.
On April 4th at 4:00 PM Hong Kong Time, EdrawMind will be joining the Microsoft365 ISV Showcase in Microsoft Teams with the title of "High Levels of Team Cooperation, Unleash Creativity with EdrawMind". Attendees will learn about digitalized and structured creative thinking, simultaneous idea exchange, and easy file sharing with team space. To register, please visit: https://aka.ms/M365v543EXT-Register
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"We're excited to offer these webinars to our SMB and Enterprise clients," Said Edwin Wang, Product Director of Wondershare EdrawMind., "At Wondershare EdrawMind, we're passionate about empowering teams to do their best work, whether they're in the office, at home, or on-the-go. Our onboarding webinar is an opportunity for potential clients to learn more about our user-friendly mind mapping software, and how it can help them visualize ideas, streamline workflows, and collaborate more effectively."
The webinars are free to attend and open to anyone interested in learning more about Edraw's collaborative diagramming and brainstorming tools.
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2023-04-04T09:23:20+00:00
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kiley Grombacher of Bradley/Grombacher LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Apple users who allege Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta still tracks their activity on their iPhones even though they "opted out" of tracking.
The lawsuit, filed in Federal Court, claims Meta violated the Invasion of Privacy Act and the Wiretap Act. The plaintiffs in the case claim they had the Facebook, Instagram or Messenger app on their iPhones but had their private browsing activity and communications intercepted, monitored, and recorded by the Meta browsers.
In April of 2021, Apple introduced an iOS 14 update that required Meta (and other apps) to obtain a user's consent before tracking their internet activity on apps and third-party websites. According to Facebook alone, this caused a revenue loss of $10 billion. Now, however, the lawsuit alleges that even when users do not consent to being tracked, Meta nevertheless tracks Facebook and Instagram users' online activity with external third-party websites. The lawsuit claims Meta does this by injecting JavaScript code into those sites and when a user clicks on a web link within the Facebook, Instagram or Messenger app, Meta automatically directs them to in-app browsers which it monitors. This is in place of the user's preferred or default browser.
The lawsuit alleges Meta does all of this without the user's consent or knowledge. This activity gives Meta access to the user's most private information including text messages, private health details, financial information, personally identifiable information and more.
"Meta is valued at over $80 billion, when a corporation of that size flaunts state and federal laws, citizens have little to no recourse," said Kiley Grombacher. "Despite previous lawsuits, despite being taken to task by Congress, and despite public outcry, Meta continues to abuse its users by stealing their private information and turning anyone unsuspecting users of Facebook or Instagram into profit centers whether the user agrees to it or not."
The case is Larch- Miller v. Meta Platforms, Inc., U.S. District Court California Northern District, Case No. 3:22-cv-05426. To read the complaint, click here.
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2022-09-28T00:14:53+00:00
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDYA), a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, announced its participation in upcoming investor relations events.
Barclays Lunchtime Biotech Fireside Chat Series
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2023 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 at 12:30 PM ET
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Goldman Sachs 44th Annual Global Healthcare Conference
Thursday, June 15th, 2023 at 1:40 PM ET
- Fireside chat with Yujiro S. Hata, Chief Executive Officer, hosted by Corinne Jenkins, Vice President, Equity Research, Biotechnology
A live audio webcast of conference events, as permitted by conference host, will be available at the "Investors/News and Events/Investor Calendar" section of the IDEAYA website at https://ir.ideayabio.com/events and/or through the conference host. A replay of available webcasts will be accessible for 30 days following the live event.
About IDEAYA Biosciences
IDEAYA is a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics for patient populations selected using molecular diagnostics. IDEAYA's approach integrates capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers with drug discovery to select patient populations most likely to benefit from its targeted therapies. IDEAYA is applying its early research and drug discovery capabilities to synthetic lethality – which represents an emerging class of precision medicine targets.
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Long before he helped Louisiana to a Sun Belt Conference championship, helped establish a new on- and off-field tone at Florida and helped improve his draft stock with a decorated 2022 season, O’Cyrus Torrence had a massive task.
He needed to help himself by saving himself.
As a high school freshman, Torrence wasn’t thinking about college football or the NFL. No way, no how. Kids who weigh 425 pounds don’t think about the physical sacrifices required to play sports. But then a switch flipped.
“I didn’t want to be that way anymore,” he said.
The pounds dropped … and dropped some more … and dropped even more. The kid nicknamed “Cyborg” by his grandmother, which was shortened to “Cybo” by family and friends, had found a new calling. Healthy living and really, he didn’t have a choice. He knew what he was staring at – a life of health issues and a short life at that.
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Eight years later, look at him now during the Buffalo Bills’ opening rookie camp practice Friday afternoon. Wearing No. 54, he performed his lineman steps with fluidity not seen often from a man listed at 330 pounds. The Bills selected him in the second round of last month’s draft and he projects as the eventual – if not immediate – starting right guard.
After practice, Torrence visited with The Buffalo News, tracing the steps of his journey, from Greensburg, La., (high school) to Lafayette, La., (three-year starter for the Rajin Cajuns) to Gainesville, Fla., (one All-America season for the Gators) and now Buffalo.
It all started with a “life decision.”
“Some of it was me, knowing I wanted to change my body and frame and some of it was just the push I got from my high school coaches,” Torrence said. “At first, it wasn’t even about playing football – it was just, ‘Lose the weight and then if you like playing football, continue to play.’ ”
Torrence, 23, started to play and started to dominate.
“Cybo is a good player and if you’re a good player, you’re going to succeed anywhere,” said Jeff Norrid, his offensive line coach at Louisiana in 2021. “Even though he was at Louisiana, he was a big-time player. He proved that when he got to Florida and he’s going to prove that with the Bills.”
Small-town discovery
The 2021 census of Greensburg, La., listed a population of 639. The small town is located east of Baton Rouge and just south of the Mississippi border, Highway 10 running east-west through town, Highway 43 north-south and Highway 37 comes up from the southwest and ends in the middle of town.
Torrence grew up in a small trailer home that probably felt like a linen closet for the big, young man. He attended St. Helena Central High School, which is across the street from a cemetery and closer to two churches than the nearest restaurant.
Torrence started to excel as a two-way lineman and attracted recruiting attention. Lafayette was 105 miles to the west and the school’s coaching staff showed serious interest. Then-offensive coordinator/line coach Rob Sale said they used the “team recruiting” approach – the lead recruiter was tight ends coach Michael Desormeaux (now the program’s head coach) and he was joined by Sale, running backs coach Jabbar Juluke and assistant offensive line coach D.J. Looney.
First, they had to find the high school.
Sale set up a visit with Torrence, who had a warning.
Torrence: “Coach, I have no cellphone service at the school.”
Sale: “Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. It’s 2018.”
But …
The coaching staff put the high school’s address into their phone app. As they approached town, the cell service weakened and finally disappeared.
“They didn’t believe me,” Torrence said. “When they lost service, they didn’t know how to get to the school. You have to go through the deep woods to get to my high school so they winged it.”
Torrence was a three-star high school recruit and the No. 145 offensive tackle nationally. Group of Five schools showed the most interest, but Georgia was intrigued about his ability to play defensive line. Torrence, though, wanted to play offensive line and stayed in-state to play for the Cajuns.
The Louisiana coaches signed Torrence knowing he needed to be polished, but to use the phrase from former Las Vegas Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock, Torrence was a “dancing bear” – light on his feet and agile.
“Obviously not a finished product and a little raw, but you could see his athleticism and when you can find a big man that can move and change directions, those are the kinds you want to coach,” Sale said.
Coach Billy Napier’s process for incoming freshmen was to have scheme installs in June, July and August, allowing them to contribute right away. Torrence wowed the staff with his processing skills – he took his meeting-room notes, logged them in his mind and transferred them to the practice field, marrying it with his physical skills.
The Cajuns’ season started against Mississippi State in New Orleans and Torrence didn’t start, but was going to rotate with left guard Ken Marks.
The planned rotation was scrapped when Marks sustained a knee injury.
“Cybo played the rest of that game and never looked back,” Sale said.
Torrence started the final 47 games of his college career (34 at right guard and 13 at left guard).
Torrence was second-team all-conference in 2020 after moving to right guard. Sale departed for the New York Giants and the Cajuns hired Norrid from Florida Atlantic.
“The biggest thing was trying to get him over the hump fundamentally,” said Norrid, now the Cajuns’ offensive line coach/run game coordinator. “I thought he did a really good job over that spring and summer of focusing on the really small technical things.”
Torrence played 12 games in ’21 for Norrid and it was the first game that remains a top memory. The Cajuns were ranked No. 16 and lost 38-18 at unranked Texas.
Within that game, Norrid saw how Torrence would take a new step during the season, a dominant step, a consistent step.
Torrence did, too.
“It was only my second game against a Power Five team and the Texas game was just different,” he said. “It helped me a lot with my confidence, being able to dominate against a good Texas defensive line.”
The Cajuns won their final 13 games and Napier left for the Florida job. Norrid had designs on moving Torrence out to offensive tackle in 2022.
Torrence had another idea: The transfer portal.
'Home run' addition
Confirming his quiet nature, Torrence said the whirlwind of the portal in general and the whirlwind of the portal for a standout player in particular was “pretty cool.”
Kind of.
Sort of.
“It was a little much for me, honestly,” he said. “They were calling my phone every 15-20 minutes, texting me, asking me (to commit) – just a ton of stuff was going on. I knew where I wanted to go, but people were pulling me in different ways.”
Torrence was pursued by Auburn and LSU, but decided to follow Napier to Florida and reunite with Sale.
“I said, ‘Dude, you need to come to the SEC and put 12-13 games on tape and you’ll be an early draft pick,’ ” Sale said of his pitch. “The loyalty won out.”
Torrence started 11 games for the Gators, missing one because of a sprained MCL. On the field, he was first-team All-SEC and a consensus All-America. Off the field, he helped Napier and his staff teach a new Gator Way.
“I’m grateful to Cybo for that,” said Mark Hocke, Florida’s associate head coach and director of strength and conditioning who was with Napier at Louisiana. “Especially in sports, people pick up on physical cues from other people and the locker room knew he was coming (to Florida) with us so it was easy for them to watch him work a certain way. No back talk. No ducking and dodging the work. It was a great example for people to see.”
Torrence could have stayed for a fifth college season, but having earned his degree, he declared for the draft. His game was NFL ready.
“His tape was pretty consistent at Louisiana and you didn’t see a drop in his level of play going to Florida,” Bills GM Brandon Beane said. “If he had stayed at Louisiana the whole time, you’re going, ‘OK, this is going to be a bigger jump (to the NFL).’ I think it was an easier evaluation seeing him play against (first-round defensive lineman) Jalen Carter and some of those guys at Georgia and obviously some of the schools in the SEC.”
The Bills’ plan is to work Torrence at both guard spots when the rookies join the veterans for on-field practices later this month. He was back on the field Friday, but it wasn’t the start of his post-draft work. Torrence wants to play this season at 330-335 pounds and even a week off will see his weight go up.
Translation: The work doesn’t stop. Torrence remembers his 425-pound self and how his body responds to downtime – weight is added.
“I couldn’t sit around,” he said. “Once I get the work in, I feel I have accomplished something. Knowing the competition I will have at practice, I had the motivation to get into the gym and get back to work.”
Those who have coached Torrence say that will be the reason for his success in the NFL. Never content. Always trying to improve.
“I think the Bills hit a home run with him,” Norrid said. “I will be shocked if he isn’t a factor right away.”
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2023-05-14T11:16:18+00:00
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buffalonews.com
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https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/quality-of-life-decision-as-early-teen-started-ocyrus-torrences-road-to-buffalo-bills-second/article_a2d140f2-f18b-11ed-a710-87a26c498d9c.html
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(The Hill) — LGBTQ activists and leaders are sounding alarm bells over a recent report on rising suicide rates among Black nonbinary and transgender youth, which many attribute to the spread of laws that target transgender identities.
A quarter of Black transgender and nonbinary youth attempted suicide last year, according to a report last month from the Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization; that figure is double the rate of their Black LGBTQ cisgender peers.
The report found that Black transgender and nonbinary youth are also more likely to report experiencing higher rates of victimization, including discrimination, threats of violence, physical attacks and attempts from others to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.
“There is this idea out there that LGBTQ young people, and trans and nonbinary people in particular, are somehow inherently more mentally ill than their peers, and that’s just not true,” Jonah DeChants, a senior research scientist at The Trevor Project, told The Hill.
DeChants said poor mental health among Black transgender and nonbinary people of all ages is rooted in minority stress. “The multiplication of multiple marginalized identities increases opportunities to have negative experiences due to those identities,” he said.
Overall, suicide rates among children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 24 account for 14 percent of all suicides in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s also the second leading cause of death among children and teens.
Suicidality in young people has been generally trending downward over the past 30 years, research shows, but the rate of suicide attempts among young Black people has increased, rising 37 percent between 2018 and 2021.
“More work needs to be done to make sure that mental health services are culturally safe for young people of color,” DeChants said, attributing the rise in suicide attempts among Black youth, in part, to too few clinicians and mental health researchers who share their clients’ diverse backgrounds.
“There’s different levels of skills and affirmations that mental health clinicians need to have in order to provide therapy that is affirming of someone’s trans or nonbinary identity and is also competent to their cultural background and their cultural context,” he said. “That’s something we need across the board.”
“Something is working with regard to messaging and support and services for everybody else, but it’s not working for Black kids,” said David Johns, the executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, a leading Black LGBTQ civil rights organization.
A recent tidal wave of legislation targeting both Black and LGBTQ people is likely also to blame, he said.
In just the first two months of the year, legislators in more than two dozen states have introduced more than 380 bills that target LGBTQ identities, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Dozens seek to restrict access to gender-affirming health care for transgender youth and threaten to bar young transgender students from using school restrooms or locker rooms or playing on sports teams that match their gender identity.
“The end result of people proliferating, championing and codifying policies and practices that suggest that queer people should not enjoy public life … is genocide,” Johns argued.
Most anti-LGBTQ legislation fails to become law, but the introduction of measures seeking to restrict the rights of LGBTQ people can still severely impact the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ young people, data suggests.
In a January poll, 86 percent of transgender and nonbinary youth said their mental health has been negatively affected by debates around state bills that target their identities, with 45 percent experiencing cyberbullying and nearly 1 in 3 reporting they did not feel safe enough to see a health care provider when they were sick or injured.
“The mental health issues that folks are facing quite often are the result of the bigotry and hatred that folks who are not trans and nonbinary are inflicting upon us,” Tori Cooper, the director of community engagement of the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Transgender Justice Initiative, told The Hill this week.
“We’re not having mental health crises because of who we are. It’s because of how we’re being treated by people who either don’t understand or simply refuse to understand,” she said.
States this year are also aggressively pursuing legislation to cut diversity, equity and inclusion policies from workplaces and restrict how teachers can address systemic inequality and racism in the classroom.
In January, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) administration rejected the College Board’s Advanced Placement African American Studies course, citing a lack of educational value and criticizing a section of the course focused on the experience of Black queer Americans.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), whose education department last year proposed model transgender policies accused of being transphobic, has also requested a review of the course.
“For many of us, and I dare say that for most of us, the racial aspect or the racism aspect of intersectionality is one that creates an even larger burden for us,” said Cooper, who is Black and transgender. “I think there are a lot of folks who deal with those issues from external forces and that really creates very uncomfortable mental health situations.”
“When you unpack all of the things that a young Black trans person in the United States has to contend with, the numbers aren’t a surprise,” said TransLash Media Founder Imara Jones, in reference to last month’s Trevor Project report.
“We have to understand that what we’re seeing in the numbers — when it impacts young Black trans people — is that it’s the compounded nature of the various things that people have to deal with,” she said. “We’re talking about intersectional issues and identities.”
Researchers like DeChants say paving the way for more practitioners and mental health researchers of all backgrounds to enter the field is an important first step toward lowering suicidality among Black transgender and nonbinary youth.
The support of friends and loved ones is also critical, he said. In last month’s Trevor Project report, Black transgender and nonbinary young people with high social support from their families were 47 percent less likely to report a suicide attempt in the last year.
“Let people know that you love and care about them, that you accept them and that you’re going to stand up for them,” Jones told The Hill. “It is to match deed and word when we say protect trans youth.”
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2023-03-10T14:33:17+00:00
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fox59.com
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https://fox59.com/news/national-world/concerns-rise-over-suicide-rates-of-black-transgender-and-nonbinary-youth/
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Public steps up to adopt all 20 dogs set to be euthanized at Georgia shelter
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. (WGCL/Gray News) – All 20 dogs that were set to be euthanized at a Georgia animal shelter have been adopted, thanks to news coverage and social media sharing.
The Clayton County Animal Shelter said it had more dogs than it could handle and would have to increase its euthanasia rate if relief didn’t come soon.
Although the shelter is often full, the number of dogs filling the cages reached an “unsustainable” level this summer, animal control said.
Twenty dogs were set for euthanasia if they were not adopted or fostered by 1 p.m. Thursday. Many of them have special needs and had been in the shelter for “a large amount of time,” animal control said.
After WGCL reported on the shelter’s desperate plea for adopters, the public stepped up and emptied the cages. All 20 of the dogs found forever homes or foster homes just in time.
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2022-08-19T21:07:25+00:00
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wafb.com
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https://www.wafb.com/2022/08/19/public-steps-up-adopt-all-20-dogs-set-be-euthanized-georgia-shelter/
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Expanded partnership will galvanize MedTech companies' push to improve the quality of life.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenlight Guru, the leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for MedTech companies, today announced a new partnership with HTEC Group, a global digital product development and engineering services firm, to further modernize the architecture for its quality management software.
The medical device sector has faced a number of challenges in the development of new medical devices. Though some are related to the volatile economic climate, medical device manufacturers also must comply with increasingly complex regulatory requirements. In the 2023 MedTech Industry Benchmark Report, findings show that 1 in 3 medical device organizations say they are not well equipped to meet regulatory and product development objectives in 2023.
In order to ensure medical device manufacturers stay ahead of the curve in an ever-expanding industry, Greenlight Guru and HTEC will develop a new, innovative architecture that allows its end-users to complete regulatory and compliance processes faster and more efficiently. The system is projected to enable over 1000 Greenlight Guru customers -- ranging from startups to enterprise medical device manufacturers -- to continue bringing high quality, safe, life-changing medical devices to market.
"As part of a shared commitment to deliver positive health outcomes globally, this technology collaboration between HTEC and Greenlight Guru creates the opportunity to advance medical device quality management," said Pete Plotas, Vice President of Global Alliances at Greenlight Guru. "This ultimately helps medical device companies improve the quality of life for their customers by providing them with modern software solutions that are designed to bring the highest quality products to market faster."
Backed by their long-term experience building next-gen medical devices and deep understanding of regulatory frameworks, HTEC is assisting Greenlight Guru improve their existing industry-leading eQMS solution. By leveraging HTEC's modular approach to software development, HTEC developed a more scalable, smarter, and resilient modern architecture.
"Through our expanded partnership with Greenlight Guru, we are not only given a unique opportunity to leverage our deep domain knowledge to advance their existing QMS solution and help their customers and other medical organizations drive medical device innovation, but also collaborate with one of the world-leading providers of a cloud-based quality management software," said Dejan Pokrajac, Director of Engineering and Delivery at HTEC Group
The announcement comes at the heels of Greenlight Guru's launch of its new Export API, which allows customers to connect quality system data with other third-party software.
About HTEC Group
HTEC Group is a global, digital, product development and engineering services firm powering the technological evolution of the world's most impactful organizations – from disruptive startups to Fortune 500 companies. With more than 2,000 experts spread across Central and Southeast Europe and consulting, innovation, and product design offices in Silicon Valley, New York, and London and extensive experience across business domains – including Healthcare, Retail, Transportation and Smart Mobility, Logistics, FinTech, Green Energy, Media, and Deep Technology – HTEC is both an ideal technology partner for its clients and the ultimate growth platform for its employees.
About Greenlight Guru
Greenlight Guru is the leading connected, cloud-based platform purpose-built for MedTech companies. The end-to-end solution streamlines product development, quality management, and clinical data management by integrating cross-functional teams, processes, and data throughout the entire product lifecycle. Greenlight Guru's platform is used by organizations across the globe that are replacing their disjointed, legacy tools and solutions to bring life-changing products to people faster, and with less risk. For more information, visit https://www.greenlight.guru.
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2023-04-27T20:40:35+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2023/04/27/htec-group-partners-with-greenlight-guru-accelerate-time-to-market-medical-device-companies/
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in March and prices edged lower for the second month in a row, a tepid start to the spring homebuying season as buyers contend with sharply higher mortgage rates and a near record-low number of properties on the market.
Existing home sales fell 2.4% last month from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.44 million, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. That’s below the 4.5 million home sales economists were expecting, according to FactSet. Sales were down 22% compared with March last year.
The national median home price slipped 0.9% from March last year to $375,700, the NAR said. That’s the biggest annual median home price drop since January 2012.
The inventory of homes on the market rose 1% from February, with some 980,000 properties on the market by the end of March. That’s a 5.4% increase from March last year and amounts to a 2.6-month supply at the current sales pace. In a more balanced market between buyers and sellers, there is a 5- to 6-month supply.
Elevated mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of a dollars a month in costs for homebuyers, on top of already high home prices, have kept many would-be buyers on the sidelines.
The average long-term rate on a 30-year mortgage mostly rose in March, climbing to 6.73% by the second week of the month. Higher rates can add hundreds of a dollars a month in costs for homebuyers, on top of already high home prices.
Rates reached a two-decade high of 7.08% in the fall following a series of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The average rate on a 30-year home loan has eased in recent weeks, slipping to 6.27% last week. The average rate a year earlier was 5%.
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2023-04-20T14:50:23+00:00
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wwlp.com
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https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/us-home-sales-fell-in-march-in-tepid-homebuying-season-start/
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has denounced the point-blank firing of a tear gas canister at local journalists during his latest anti-government protest as a “primitive act of intolerance,” and he vows to go to court over what he called an attempt on his own life.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, the 78-year-old longtime candidate for president spoke more about his grievances over last year’s election — a loss upheld by Kenya’s top court — than the rising prices or other painful economic issues affecting Kenyans at large.
Known for his prominent role in the fight for multi-party democracy decades ago, Odinga on Friday warned against attempts by President William Ruto’s administration to declare the current protests illegal.
“It’s a violation of a fundamental right to demonstrate,” said Odinga, who vowed to continue the twice-weekly protests in the capital, Nairobi, and elsewhere that began last week and have been marked at times by violence.
He spoke before traveling to Kisumu, his stronghold in western Kenya, which has also been rocked by the demonstrations.
The independent Policing Oversight Authority has said it is investigating four incidents of police shooting and killing of protesters since the demonstrations began — Odinga said his party is still compiling a toll — and private property belonging to former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family has been attacked. The Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome said one officer died after Thursday’s protests and 20 were seriously injured.
Diplomats, human rights groups and religious leaders have expressed alarm as memories of Kenya’s deadly post-election violence in 2007 remain fresh for many, and the African Union has called for dialogue. U.S. Sen. Chris Coons this week met with Odinga and Kenya’s vice president.
As footage circulated on social media of a man firing the tear gas into a vehicle and injuring journalists, the Media Council of Kenya on Thursday called March 2023 the “darkest month for Kenyan media since the clamor for multi-party democracy” in the 1980s.
Odinga asserted that an attempt was made on his life Thursday as he rode around Nairobi neighborhoods rallying thousands of residents. He showed The Associated Press dents in his armored vehicle that he said were left by bullets.
“We could hear gunshots and we thought they were shooting in the air, but we heard the car being hit several times,” Odinga said.
“That’s when I decided to take cover and lie on the seat. There is no mistaking that the intention was basically to kill, an attempt on my life, which is unfortunate. So, if this vehicle was not armored, the story would be different,” he said.
Next to his official vehicle were two escort cars whose rear windshields were shattered. Inside the vehicles, the strong smell of tear gas was still present.
Odinga says he has instructed his lawyers to proceed to court over the incident.
As the chaos played out, Kenya’s president was elsewhere in Nairobi promoting the country as a “regional investment destination” at a American Chamber of Commerce summit.
Ruto last commented on the protests on Tuesday during a visit to Europe, when he said Kenyans must obey the rule of law.
Odinga said he has had no contact with Ruto since the protests began. “We say we are ready with conditions for negotiations, but the other side is being contemptuous, they are not listening,” he said.
The anti-government protests will continue on Mondays and Thursdays until the government hears opposition demands on last year’s election and on the economy, Odinga said.
“We are saying the high cost of living is not something that can be left to wait. Kenyans have suffered seriously, and we are saying subsidies should be reinstated now,” he said, referring to popular subsidies on fuel and maize that Ruto’s administration ended.
The year-on-year inflation rate in Kenya was 9.2% in February, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, largely driven by rising prices for food, fuel and transport. The price of the staple fortified maize flour was up 21.5% from a year ago.
Amid the frustration by many Kenyans, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki, who oversees the police, on Wednesday warned that the violence and disruption of daily life “portend real and imminent danger of our country sliding into irretrievable anarchy.”
Odinga said people who loot and attack are criminals who should be dealt with within the law, but he placed blame outside his supporters.
“The gangs are imported into town to make it appear as if the demonstrators are causing chaos. Those are organized groups,” he asserted.
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2023-04-01T11:39:08+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/kenyan-opposition-leader-to-sue-over-alleged-attempt-on-life/
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Amazon Prime Day is for everyone, including our four-legged friends that also get to reap the benefits of the two-day sale. It may not officially kick off until July 11 through July 12, but you can still start getting ready for the biggest markdowns of the year. To start, check out this list of the best early deals you can buy right now.
Below, we’ve rounded up some of the top early access Prime Day pet deals — from travel carriers to pet beds, pet food and more, for up to 40 percent off.
Shop this article: Amazon Basics Soft-Sided Mesh Pet Travel Carrier, PetCube Cam and Petkit PuraX Self-Cleaning Litter Box
Best early access pet Prime Day deals
Dr. Elsey’s Premium Clumping Cat Litter 40% OFF COUPON
This bestselling cat litter has 72,000 ratings on Amazon. It’s dust-free and hypoallergenic, so it is ideal for cats with allergies. Since it uses hard-clumping medium grain clay, the litter clumps easily and prevents moisture from reaching the bottom of the box, making it easier to see where your kitty went for a quicker cleanup.
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Amazon Basics Soft-Sided Mesh Pet Travel Carrier 22% OFF
We are predicting big sales on Amazon’s Amazon Basics collection and right now, there is an Early Access Day deal on this soft-sided travel carrier for pets. This one comes in small, medium and large sizes, and it features comfortable fleece material inside and mesh ventilation for adequate airflow.
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PetCube Cam 30% OFF
This camera allows pet parents to keep an eye on their pets while they’re away. It’s equipped with two-way audio and night vision with visibility up to 30 feet in the dark.
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Amazon Basics Dog and Puppy Pee Pads 20% OFF
Another hot deal on an Amazon Basics product, these dog and puppy pee pads come in either unscented or scented and have more than 180,000 ratings on Amazon. Each pad in this 100-count package has an anti-streaming quilted pad and a total of five layers for preventing unwanted leaks.
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Casper Dog Bed 20% OFF
All sizes of the Casper Dog Bed are now on sale. That includes all colors too — blue, sand, eucalyptus and gray. This dog bed is made with pressure-relieving memory foam and support foam that helps support your dog’s back. For extra head support, it features foam bolsters around the sides, so dogs can sleep or lay comfortably without burying their faces. The cover is also removable and machine-washable for convenient cleanup.
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Petkit PuraX Self-Cleaning Litter Box 20% OFF
Keep the area around the litter box as tidy as possible with this self-cleaning litter box. It automatically scoops poop into the tray below, so the only cleanup you have to do is remove and dump the tray. It scoops poop on its own for 15 days straight and has automatic deodorization that releases after every use. Even better, it connects to Wi-Fi, so you can keep an eye on how it’s working from your phone.
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PetLibro Cat Water Fountain 15% OFF COUPON
Made of food-grade stainless steel, this cat water fountain has a three-layer filtration system that provides fresh, flowing water 24/7. That constant flow increases the water’s oxygen content, making for healthier, pure water. It’s Bisphenol A-free and dishwasher-safe too.
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FitBark GPS Dog Tracker 40% OFF COUPON
Never lose track of your dog again — especially if they’re a runner that likes to wander off or an escape artist known to dig under the fence. The FitBark GPS Dog Tracker is a battery-operated, waterproof smart collar device that conveniently slips onto the collar your dog already has (it fits most collars up to 1 inch wide). It connects to your phone through a $5.95/month service plan, and with the connecting app, it monitors location, activity, sleep, distance, calories, weight and more.
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ChomChom Pet Hair Remover 37% OFF
Named the best of the best pet hair remover in our very own testing, the ChomChom Pet Hair Remover is reusable. Since it does not use sticky tape or any kind of adhesive, it can be used infinitely, so long as you clean it out often. To clean it, press the button, open the tray that catches the hair and discard.
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WoPet Smart Pet Camera 33% OFF
Check up on your pet when you’re not at home with this pet monitoring camera. It connects wirelessly to your Wi-Fi, features two-way audio and includes a built-in treat dispenser that allows you to distribute treats remotely.
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Pet products to watch this Prime Day
- Angry Orange Pet Odor Eliminator
- Diggs Snooz Dog Bed
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- Diggs Groov Dog Training Toy
- Thundershirt Dog Anxiety Jacket
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2023-06-28T03:57:28+00:00
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everythinglubbock.com
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/reviews/br/pets-br/small-animal-supplies-br/best-early-pet-deals-of-prime-day-2023/
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SHANGHAI, June 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ctrip platform, owned by leading travel service provider Trip.com Group, recently released their Chinese mainland outbound and domestic Dragon Boat Festival trends, with outbound booking for the festival increasing more than 12 times year-over-year. Notably, the average cost of outbound travel reduced for a one-way air ticket by 6%, compared to the May Day holiday.
The primary groups engaged in outbound travel from Mainland China were individuals born in the post-80s (37%) and post-90s (36%) generations who preferred leisurely holidays. Hong Kong, Bangkok, Macau, Tokyo and Singapore were the most popular destinations, with post-80s and post-90s spending an average of RMB 2,981 (415 USD) per hotel booking.
Hong Kong was the most popular option for Chinese Mainland travellers, with hotel orders from the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong increasing more than 18 times year-over-year. Many travellers chose to take the high-speed rail to Hong Kong, with orders for high-speed rail on Ctrip's platform rising by more than 60% compared to last month.
Most millennials opted for destinations based on proximity, visa and flight convenience, with many selecting routes within a three-hour flight time. Shanghai-Osaka, Shanghai-Jeju Island, Beijing-Seoul, and Beijing-Tokyo were among the most popular outbound routes.
The Dragon Boat Festival is a brief national holiday in the Chinese mainland, prompting many individuals to spend less time travelling domestically and more time relishing their vacation through various activities.
Nearby, cross-provincial routes were the mainstay for travellers on vacation, selecting a radius of 300 kilometres or less. The Top 10 popular domestic city destinations were Hangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Qinhuangdao and Shenzhen.
The price of domestic hotels per night decreased compared to the May Day holiday. Xi'an, famously known for the Terracotta warriors, saw hotel prices fall by 29%, compared to May, with Nanjing and Guangzhou hotel prices down 22% and 19%, respectively.
Many young people have chosen outdoor or rural activities as a great way to escape the heat, with outdoor product bookings increasing by more than 50% in the past two weeks.
As one of the last short holidays of this year ends, Ctrip data shows a growing trend for summer vacations, with search data rising 50% from the previous year.
Families are eager to explore and make memories together this summer. In fact, as of June 14th, Ctrip has seen a surge in orders for parent-child tours, making up over 30% of all summer bookings and more than seven times compared to last year.
With growing supply capacity, it is clear that Chinese travellers have newfound confidence, with many families welcoming in trips this summer season and a positive indication of travel recovery.
About Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group is a leading global travel service provider comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group helps travellers around the world make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services and enables partners to connect their offerings with users through the aggregation of comprehensive travel-related content and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of apps, websites and 24/7 customer service centres. Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, Trip.com Group has become one of the best-known travel groups in the world, with the mission "to pursue the perfect trip for a better world". Find out more about Trip.com Group here: group.trip.com.
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2023-06-26T04:50:41+00:00
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana couple has run afoul of state law by keeping a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest -- as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and swims in the family pool.
Denny and Myra Lacoste tell New Orleans news outlets they are devastated at the potential loss of "Neuty," a pet they say they raised from infancy when its siblings were killed in traffic. The move by state Wildlife and Fisheries officials, who say it's illegal to keep an orphaned or injured wild animal as a pet, has sparked a petition drive by those who want him to stay with the humans who raised him.
The state Wildlife Department says the plan is to house Neuty at the Baton Rouge Zoo. But it's unclear when that will happen. A statement from the department Friday said officials had gone to remove the pet from the Lacoste's New Orleans-area residence Thursday.
“The nutria was not at the residence when agents arrived,” the department said. “The matter is still ongoing.”
Nutria were introduced into North America more than a century ago, and they are considered a nuisance invasive species in Louisiana. Their appetite for wetlands vegetation and their burrowing into levees hinder flood control, harm agriculture and contribute to coastal wetlands loss. At various times public officials have put bounties on them and encouraged hunting of them for their pelts and even for food.
They are sometimes derided as “nutria rats.” Yet they have also become such a familiar part of Louisiana landscape and lore that a New Orleans minor league baseball team once employed actors in costume as larger-than life caricatures of the creatures as mascots — Boudreaux and Clotilde.
Neuty was tiny when Denny Lacoste, who runs a family seafood restaurant, rescued him from a road near a canal more than two years ago. Lacoste told New Orleans news outlets that the infant animal's siblings had been killed by traffic.
Now, the animal is a social media star, featured in TikTok videos and seen in a New Orleans Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate video being held lovingly by Denny Lacoste, scampering across a floor with a towel and chomping down on a raw crawfish. Lacoste told the newspaper that Neuty even likes to ride in the car with his head out the window.
The Baton Rouge Zoo said it was ready to give Neuty a home in an area with another male nutria. “In most cases the animal would have been placed back into the wild. However, LDWF biologists and Zoo officials said that since the animal has been habituated to humans, it would not be able to survive in the wild,” the wildlife department said.
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2023-03-17T20:05:51+00:00
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Recovering from the worst days of the pandemic has been daunting for America's 1,800 regional theaters. But some, thanks to philanthropic help, are using this moment as an opportunity for reinvention.
Take, for example, Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minn., which is grounded in a historically African-American neighborhood with aesthetic roots in the Black Arts Movement. Since Penumbra started staging plays in the early 1970s, it's developed a national reputation for growing Black talent that's changed theater worldwide.
"I remember August Wilson telling me stories right here in the hall that turned out to be plays," said Lou Bellamy, the theater's founding artistic director. For years, Penumbra was Wilson's home theater; it was where the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright developed works that are now considered masterpieces, including some set in his native Pittsburgh.
Yet the theater was constantly running short of money. "We've mortgaged our house many times to make payroll," Bellamy said.
But last year, Penumbra's fortunes changed. The scrappy company, first created with the assistance of federal funds from the 1973 federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, received an unexpected $5 million gift from MacKenzie Scott's foundation, on top of a $2.5 million grant from the Ford Foundation as part of its "cultural treasure" initiative.
"It was shocking," said Sarah Bellamy, who took over from her father as Penumbra's artistic director in 2017. "It was like a green light from the universe that we were on the right path."
The funds will allow them to hire more staff and commission more plays. But it also helps Sarah Bellamy move forward to achieve her dream; to transform Penumbra, which is located only a few miles from where George Floyd was killed by a police officer, into a center for racial healing; an organization that creates programming that promotes wellness, equity and the arts.
"You really need all three of those things in order for it to be fully realized," she said.
The first original play Penumbra developed in the wake of this philanthropic windfall was Weathering by Harrison David Rivers. Rivers has another play, the bandaged place, premiering off-Broadway this fall.
Weathering is a term used in public health to describe how discrimination and marginalization affect physical well-being and long-term mortality. It was coined as part of a University of Michigan study that looked at fertility issues and high-risk pregnancy rates for Black versus white women. Rivers first learned about it in a 2018 New York Times article.
"It made me incredibly sad, and I remember reading it and crying and thinking, if I'm having this kind of emotional response to these lived experiences, these terrors, there's probably a play here."
Rivers wasn't certain if a male-identified person was right to take on the topic. But Bellamy convinced him to do it. "Sarah . . . beautifully said to me, 'I know you and I know the kind of writer you are and if you have been struck by this material, if you feel a pull, than we will 100 percent explore this pull," he said. "She gave me her blessing."
The dynamic, emotionally-fluid production has received strong reviews in local papers. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune called it "a buoyant blast of joy."
The play takes audiences — and the cast — from the grip of grief to the release of laughter. It's an emotional show. To counter that, Penumbra gave the entire artistic team for Weathering, including the actors, playwright and crew, a wellness stipend on the first day of rehearsal. It could afford to do that, thanks to the grants it received.
"I wasn't expecting it," director Colette Robert told NPR. "There are institutions that retroactively do something like that if something comes up – but the forward thinking to be like, 'Hey, this is kind of a heavy show, treat yourself throughout the process' was just really extraordinary."
To be a well-resourced theater that lives by its politics also means that Penumbra paid a number of birthing professionals, people of color who are midwives and doulas, to lend their expertise to the production. Some were brought on before the play was even written.
"Not because we wanted the show to feel more authentic, or for character development," said Sarah Bellamy. "We wanted the artists who are shepherding this piece into being to know the sacred work they were entering into, illuminating an issue that is killing people."
Communicating a visceral sense of the stakes of this play fell in part to certified nurse midwife Jennifer Almanza, who works at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
"These connections between community theaters and institutions like Regions Hospital, they're new," she said. "I'd say they wouldn't have been possible even three years ago. That in and of itself is bringing about racial healing."
In this together
Surviving as a theater isn't just about money. One of the things that helped keep Penumbra alive during its lean years was the Twin Cities' vibrant and diverse arts ecosystem, Sarah Bellamy said. "There's a lot of sense of scarcity in regional theater," she said. "And that competitive mentality will kill everything."
But theaters in the Twin Cities share talent and resources, which allows everyone to grow, Bellamy said. She credits the famous Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis for nourishing a robust audience that benefits the entire community.
The Children's Theare Company "is so many kids in Minnesota's first introduction to theater," she said. "If that didn't exist, would we have the audiences that we do here, generation after generation? If the Guthrie [Theater] hadn't been founded here, would these other organizations have the ability to thrive?"
Looking back to move forward
When Penumbra first started, it offered free childcare — a still-radical idea that more theaters are beginning to experiment with today. Now it's using new resources to develop programming for kids that will complement what their grownups see on stage. Back in the day, Penumbra also allowed anyone in the community to walk into rehearsals. Theater artist Daniel Alexander Jones loved that aspect when he developed new plays with Penumbra in the 1990s.
"Some of the best dramaturgical advice I've ever gotten was from 7, 8, 9-year-old girls who were like, 'She shouldn't do that,'" he said, laughing, during a Zoom interview. It's that kind of investment and trust in a community that is so important in the theater world, he said.
"What does it mean to value your own?" he asked. "It means you're not going to have that major brand label. Somebody didn't give it a five star review. Someone didn't vet it and produce it six times. It may be messy. It may be bloody. It may not yet have found its full footing. And for me, when I look back at the most vivid, exciting and life-changing art, it is invariably the art that is wild and alive like that."
Wild and alive art will survive, Jones said. It will outlive TikTok. We just have to find it. And each other.
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2022-10-26T10:31:28+00:00
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2023-05-17T21:26:07+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — As winter nears, European nations, desperate to replace the natural gas they once bought from Russia, have embraced a short-term fix: A series of roughly 20 floating terminals that would receive liquefied natural gas from other countries and convert it into heating fuel.
Yet the plan, with the first floating terminals set to deliver natural gas by year’s end, has raised alarms among scientists who fear the long-term consequences for the environment. They warn that these terminals would perpetuate Europe’s reliance on natural gas, which releases climate-warming methane and carbon dioxide when it’s produced, transported and burned.
Some scientists say they worry that the floating terminals will end up becoming a long-term supplier of Europe’s vast energy needs that could last years, if not decades. Such a trend could set back emission-reduction efforts that experts say haven’t moved fast enough to slow the damage being done to the global environment.
Much of the liquefied natural gas, or LNG, that Europe hopes to receive is expected to come from the United States. The need arose after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shattered its ties with Europe and led to a cutoff of most of the natural gas that Moscow had long provided. Along the U.S. Gulf Coast, export terminals are expanding, and many residents there are alarmed about the rise in drilling for gas and the resulting loss of land as well as extreme weather changes associated with burning fossil fuels.
“Building this immense LNG infrastructure will lock the world into continued reliance on fossil fuels and continued climate damage for decades to come,” said John Sterman, a climate scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Natural gas contributes significantly to climate change — both when it’s burned, becoming carbon dioxide, and through leakages of methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas. Yet European nations, which for years have been leaders in shifting to cleaner energy, have proposed bringing more than 20 floating LNG terminals into their ports to help compensate for the loss of Russia’s natural gas.
The terminals, which tower over homes and stretch nearly 1,000 feet (304 meters), can store roughly 6 billion cubic feet (170,000 cubic meters) of LNG and convert it into gas for homes and businesses. They can be built faster and more cheaply than onshore import terminals, though they’re costlier to operate, according to the International Gas Union.
“Every country needs to prepare for a scenario where there may be a cut in Russian supplies,” said Nikoline Bromander, an analyst with Rystad Energy. “If you are dependent, you need to have a backup plan.”
Many environmental scientists argue that the money being earmarked for the ships — which cost about $500 million each to build, according to Rystad — would be better spent on rapidly adopting clean-energy or efficiency upgrades that could reduce energy consumption.
Constructing more solar or wind farms, which takes years, wouldn’t immediately replace Russian gas. But with adequate funding, Sterman suggested, greater energy efficiencies — in homes, buildings and factories, along with the deployment of wind, solar and other technologies — could vastly reduce Europe’s need to replace all the gas it’s lost.
Germany, among Europe’s strongest advocates for the floating LNG terminals, is expecting five of the ships and has committed roughly 3 billion euros to the effort, according to Global Energy Monitor. Germany has also approved a law to fast-track the terminals’ development, suspending the requirement for environmental assessments.
It’s a move that troubles environmental groups.
“It’s totally obvious,” asserted Sascha Müller-Kraenner, CEO of Environmental Action Germany, that “the provisions of the law were developed in close dialogue with the gas industry.”
Germany’s government and energy industry have defended their embrace of the LNG terminals as an urgent response to the loss of most of the Russian gas they had long received, which they fear Moscow will shut off completely.
“In an exceptional situation such as this, where it’s a matter of Germany’s gas supply security, it is justified to accelerate the approval process,” Germany’s energy industry association, BDEW, said in a statement.
Susanne Ungrad, a spokeswoman for Germany’s Economy and Energy Ministry, noted that efforts are being made to lower methane emissions in exporting countries like the United States. And she said that in pursuing the construction of LNG terminals, Europe authorities will conduct comprehensive assessments.
Greig Aitken, an analyst at Global Energy Monitor, noted that a terminal that’s set to open near Gdansk, Poland, has signed contracts with American LNG suppliers that extend well past 2030. That could make it problematic for the European Union to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030.
Italy, Greece, France, the Netherlands, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Slovenia and the U.K. all have one or more floating LNG terminals planned, according to Rystad Energy.
In some cases, proponents argue, the ships could aid the environmental cause. They note, for example, that as Russian gas supplies have dwindled, communities in Germany and elsewhere have been burning coal, which typically produces more emissions than natural gas. Increasing the supply of natural gas would make this less necessary.
Still, methane can frequently leak along the natural gas supply chain. So in some cases, the net climate effect of burning natural gas may be no better than coal.
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that continuing to use the fossil fuel infrastructure already in place would cause global warming to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). At that level, heat would be expected to worsen the flash floods, extreme heat, intense hurricanes and longer-burning wildfires that have resulted from climate change and have cost lives.
“It is a little disheartening to see Europe, which has been the seat of so much energy and action and bold emissions targets, being home to this particular way with doubling down on fossil fuel infrastructure,” said Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Brown University.
In the United States, the largest export market for Europe-bound LNG, three new export terminals are under construction. Eleven additional terminals and four expansions are in the planning stages. Some export terminals that had struggled to attract financing are now seeing more investment and interest, said Ira Joseph, a longtime energy analyst.
“What you’ve seen happen over the last two months — they’re signing up sales and purchase agreements, right and left,” Joseph said.
Rio Grande LNG, an export terminal proposed by Next Decade in Brownsville, Texas, for example, appeared to stall last year in the face of environmental protests. But this spring, a French company, Engie, and several clients in Asia signed long-term contracts to buy LNG from the terminal. Now, Next Decade says it’s likely to obtain all the financing it needs.
Europe’s gas scarcity has escalated global LNG prices, leading buyers in China and elsewhere to sign long-term contracts with suppliers in the United States. American LNG exports will likely grow by 10 million tons over the next year, said Bromander, the Rystad analyst.
The floating LNG ships have been billed as a short-term solution to keep gas flowing for a few years while cleaner energy sources like wind and solar are built up. But critics say it’s unlikely that a ship built to last decades would permanently halt operations after a few years.
Once the floating terminals are built, they can be used anywhere in the world. So if European nations no longer want floating LNG terminals as they transition to cleaner energy, the ships could sail off to another port, essentially locking in the use of natural gas for decades.
And in some cases, particularly in Germany, some of the proposed floating terminals appear to be paving the way for on-shore terminals that would be built to last 30 or 40 years — well past the point that nations should be burning fossil fuels, environmental groups say.
“After the war is resolved and, as we all hope, peace is restored, are they really going to say, ‘Oh, let’s take it to the scrap yard?,’” Sterman asked. “They’re not going to do that.”
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AP Writer Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report.
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2022-09-01T06:00:34+00:00
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wdtn.com
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https://www.wdtn.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-europe-plan-for-floating-gas-terminals-raises-climate-fears/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company is licensing its name for a golf resort in Oman in the first of what the company hopes will be several overseas deals, raising conflict-of-interest issues as the former president announced a third run for the White House.
The Trump Organization said the licensing deal — the first since Trump left office — is with Saudi developer Dar Al Arakan and will include a golf course, hotel and thousands of residential units in the Oman capital of Muscat.
Trump’s son Eric, who oversees the company’s global real estate interests, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the company is no longer bound by a self-imposed restriction not to make foreign deals while his father was president.
“You can expect more hotel and golf deals overseas in the future,” Eric Trump said in a text exchange.
Trump announced Tuesday that he is running again for the presidency in a speech from his Palm Beach, Florida, club.
Trump’s company struck many real estate licensing deals overseas before he entered the White House, including for hotels and residential towers in Canada, Dubai, Mexico, India and Turkey. Some branding experts had expected him to put his name on more buildings after he left office, with the added brand appeal of a former U.S. president.
With Trump possibly running again, the company may feel pressure to move fast to add to the Oman deal. Asked if the company would halt such deals if his father was elected, Eric Trump responded, “Why would we do anything differently?”
The New York Times, which first reported the deal with the Saudi developer, said the $1.6 billion Oman resort will have an estimated 400 hotel rooms and 3,500 residential units.
Trump’s close ties to Saudi Arabia’ ruling crown prince drew heavy criticism following its blockade of U.S. ally Qatar during his administration and the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist critical of the regime.
Since leaving office, Trump has hosted two tournaments at his properties for the upstart Saudi-funded LIV Golf series that critics say should not be given a venue in the U.S. given the regime’s human-rights record. Trump’s son-in-law and former senior aide, Jared Kushner, has also drawn scrutiny from Democrats for a reported $2 billion investment from a Saudi sovereign wealth fund for his investment fund started after he left the White House.
Unlike Trump’s build-and-own ventures earlier in his career, licensing offers a relatively easy and risk-free way to generate cash assuming his brand remains strong. Before his 2016 election, Trump’s real estate licensing deals generated as much as $30 million in revenue in 17 months through May of that year, according to financial documents he had to file as a candidate. Much of that revenue was profit since it was Trump’s partners who owned the businesses and bore the costs, not him.
Just how much is profit is unclear, but Trump’s longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, told Businessweek in a 2015 interview that the company overall made about 50 cents on every $1 in revenue, thanks partly to licensing. Since the Trump Organization is private it is nearly impossible to confirm those figures.
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2022-11-16T07:46:58+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-trump-strikes-new-overseas-deal-and-raises-old-ethics-issue/
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government is putting climate change at the top of its legislative agenda when Parliament sits next month for the first time since the May 21 election, with bills to enshrine a cut in greenhouse gas emissions and make electric cars cheaper, a minister said on Wednesday.
A bill will be introduced to commit Australia to reducing its emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 when Parliament sits on July 26, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen told the National Press Club.
Another bill would abolish import tariffs and taxes for electric vehicles that are cheaper than the luxury car threshold of 77,565 Australian dollars ($53,580).
Only 1.5% of cars sold in Australia are electric or plug-in hybrid, and passenger cars account for almost 10% of the nation’s emissions, the government said.
The new center-left Labor Party government expects EVs will account for 89% of Australian new car sales by 2030.
The government’s fleet will be converted to 75% no-emission vehicles, bolstering a second-hand EV market as government vehicles are sold after three years.
The new government has already officially informed the United Nations of Australia’s more ambitious 2030 target than the previous conservative Liberal Party-led administration had pursued, a reduction of 26% to 28%.
But Bowen said legislating the 43% target would create greater confidence.
“It’s about certainty and stability, mainly for the business investment community,” Bowen said.
“It sends a signal if a parliament hasn’t legislated that maybe the country’s not serious. Maybe a future government, heaven forbid a Liberal government, might walk it back,” Bowen added.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has ruled out his Liberal Party senators getting the Labor target through the upper chamber. Labor holds only 26 seats in the 76-seat Senate so needs outside help to pass its legislative agenda.
If Labor got all 12 senators from the minor Greens party to support the target, the government would only need to persuade one of six remaining independent or unaligned legislators to reach a majority.
Greens leader Adam Bandt has said he will push the government to ban new coal mines and gas projects when that target legislation is negotiated. The Greens want Australian emissions reduced by 75% by 2030.
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions rose last year by 0.8%, or 4.1 million metric tons (4.5 million U.S. tons).
Bowen described the increase as one of the biggest emissions spikes in 15 years and blamed the previous government’s inaction during nine years in office.
Factors that caused the increase included a 4% rise in transport emissions as pandemic travel restrictions eased and 4.2% more agricultural emissions as rain ended years of drought across large swathes of southeast Australia..
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2022-06-29T06:13:27+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/australia-prioritizes-reducing-emissions-and-cheaper-evs/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Halfway through the work week and we’ll keep the heat coming.
Wednesday starts off with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. We’ll heat up quickly with abundant sunshine and winds out of the north northwest between 5 and 10 miles per hour.
Canadian wildfires continue to send smoke into the Midwest which will get picked up by the jet stream and deliver a bit of haziness to the Carolinas. We’ll be under a CODE ORANGE Air Quality alert today, urging folks with lung or heart issues to limit strenuous activity outdoors.
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Highs will peak in the upper 80s, near 90 degrees which is normal for a late June afternoon. Tonight will be warm as lows only dip into the upper 60s by early Thursday morning.
Low 90s will settle in and take hold for the second half of the work week and linger into the weekend. Thursday will be mostly dry but afternoon storms will arrive by Friday.
Look to see sunshine and low 90s this weekend and early next week with intermittent storm chances persisting as well. Fourth of July will see a high near 90 degrees and feature storm chances through the afternoon and evening.
Today: Mostly Sunny & Hot. High: 89.
Tonight: Mostly Clear & Warm. Low: 68.
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2023-06-28T12:53:18+00:00
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qcnews.com
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https://www.qcnews.com/weather/weather-forecast/wednesday-outlook-air-quality-alert-issued-again-for-canadian-wildfire-smoke/
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish officials on Tuesday confirmed that there has been “extensive damage” to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea off Denmark and that the cause of the damage was “powerful explosions.”
In a statement, the Copenhagen Police said it had carried out a number of preliminary investigations of what it called “the crime scenes,” with assistance from Denmark’s Armed Forces and in collaboration with, among others, the Danish security and intelligence agency.
“It is very serious, and this is by no means a coincidence. It doesn’t just seem planned, but very well planned,” Danish Defense Minister Morten Bødskov told broadcaster TV2.
The intelligence agency and the police have decided to set up a joint investigation group which will handle the further investigation of the incidents, the police said, adding it was “not possible to say when the investigation can be expected to be completed.”
Earlier this month, the Swedish domestic security agency said its preliminary investigation of two further leaks closer to its coast “has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage” and a prosecutor said evidence at the site has been seized.
Swedish newspaper Expressen published Tuesday what it claims is a video of the damaged pipelines off Sweden and said that at least 50 meters (165 feet) of the metal pipe appears to be missing
The four leaks occurred in international but within the exclusive economic zone of Denmark and Sweden. The damaged Nord Stream pipelines discharged huge amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the air for several days.
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2022-10-18T11:42:50+00:00
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/ap-danes-confirm-extensive-damage-to-baltic-sea-pipelines/
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Ja Morant was suspended for 25 games to start the 2023-24 NBA season following the most recent instance of the Memphis Grizzlies star brandishing a firearm on social media, the league announced Friday.
Two months after NBA commissioner Adam Silver suspended Morant for eight gamesfor a series of off-court infractions, including multiple gun-related incidents, Morant flashed a handgun while in a vehicle during an Instagram Live video last month. The league launched an investigation, which it concluded prior to the NBA Finals. Morant was an indefinite suspension from the Grizzlies.
In a short statement Friday, the Grizzlies said they respected the league's decision to suspend Morant. The team added, "Our standards as a league and team are clear, and we expect that all team personnel will adhere to them."
Morant "will also be required to meet certain conditions before he returns to play," the league said in a statement.
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NBPA executive director Tamika Tremaglio issued a statement later Friday, calling the suspension "excessive and inappropriate."
"Ja has expressed his remorse and accepted responsibility for his actions, and we support him unequivocally as he does whatever is necessary to represent himself, our players and our league in the best possible light," Tremaglio said in the statement. "As to the discipline imposed, which keeps him off the court until December and requires some unstated conditions to be met before he can return, we believe it is excessive and inappropriate for a number of reasons including the facts involved in this particular incident, and that it is not fair and consistent with past discipline in our league. We will explore with Ja all options and next steps."
The league "uncovered a fair amount of additional information" during its investigation, Silver said during his annual state-of-the-league address prior to Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat on June 1.
"Ja Morant's decision to once again wield a firearm on social media is alarming and disconcerting given his similar conduct in March for which he was already suspended eight games," Silver said in the NBA's statement Friday. "The potential for other young people to emulate Ja's conduct is particularly concerning. Under these circumstances, we believe a suspension of 25 games is appropriate and makes clear that engaging in reckless and irresponsible behavior with guns will not be tolerated.
"For Ja, basketball needs to take a back seat at this time. Prior to his return to play, he will be required to formulate and fulfill a program with the league that directly addresses the circumstances that led him to repeat this destructive behavior."
Morant also released a statement Friday in which he apologized to the league and fans. He said he would spend the offseason working on his mental health and decision making, and would "make it up to" everyone he disappointed.
"I've had time to reflect and I realize how much hurt I've caused," Morant said in the statement. "I want to apologize to the NBA, the Grizzlies, my teammates and the city of Memphis. To Adam Silver, Zach Kleiman and Robert Pera — who gave me the opportunity to be a professional athlete and have supported me — I'm sorry for the harm I've done. To the kids who look up to me, I'm sorry for failing you as a role model. I promise I'm going to be better. To all my sponsors, I'm going to be a better representation of our brands. And to all my fans, I'm going to make it up to you, I promise.
"I'm spending the offseason and my suspension continuing to work on. my own mental health and decision making. I'm also going to be training so that I'm ready to go when I can be back on the court. I know my teammates are going to hold it down and I'm so sorry I won't be out there with you at the beginning of the season.
"I hope you'll give me the chance to prove to you over time I'm a better man than what I've been showing you."
Nike also released a statement regarding Morant, whose first signature shoe was released in December:
Morant has not been charged with any crimes as a result of his actions. However, the NBA has become increasingly concerned with Morant's behavior during what he has described as a trying year mentally. After suffering a hand injury during his team's first-round series loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, Morant told the media, "I'm just pretty much numb to everything now. I'm not even surprised. It's one thing after another."
Police conducted a wellness check on Morant in late May after the 23-year-old posted to Instagram a series of captions over pictures of his loved ones that read, "Love ya ma," "Love ya pops," "You da greatest babygirl love ya," and, simply, "Bye." Morant told police "he is fine" and "taking a break from social media."
The NBA suspended Morant for eight games in March after he filmed himself on Instagram Live flashing a gun from the Colorado strip club Shotgun Willie's. The suspension came on the heels of a Washington Post report that outlined three separate incidents involving Morant, two of which were reported to police.
A 17-year-old reportedly alleged to authorities that the two-time All-Star punched him in the head and threatened him with a gun during a pickup basketball game at Morant's house in July 2022. That same month, Morant and his confidantes were reportedly asked to leave a Memphis mall parking lot following a verbal altercation at a Finish Line shoe store. A security guard alleged that Morant threatened him and a friend of the Grizzlies star assaulted him in the parking lot. Neither allegation resulted in criminal charges.
In January, members of the Indiana Pacers organization alleged to The Athletic that Morant's friends confronted them inside FedEx Forum, allegedly pointing a red laser at them that they believed was "100%" attached to a gun. A league investigation "could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon," but multiple Morant associates were barred from games as a result of the confrontation.
Morant took a leave of absence from the Grizzlies in early March and entered a counseling program in Florida to "work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall well-being," he said in a statement. He left the clinic days later and met with Silver at the NBA's New York office on March 15.
"Ja's conduct was irresponsible, reckless and potentially very dangerous. It also has serious consequences given his enormous following and influence, particularly among young fans who look up to him," Silver said in a statement announcing Morant's eight-game suspension without pay, which made him eligible to return March 20. "He has expressed sincere contrition and remorse for his behavior. Ja has also made it clear to me that he has learned from this incident and that he understands his obligations and responsibility to the Memphis Grizzlies and the broader NBA community extend well beyond his play on the court."
Morant returned to the Grizzlies on March 22, less than three weeks from their game in Denver. He suffered a hand injury during Memphis' Game 1 loss to the Lakers in the first round and missed his team's Game 2 victory. He scored 45 points in Game 3 but just 10 during a 40-point loss in a season-ending Game 6. The Grizzlies won 51 games this past season and entered the playoffs as the Western Conference's No. 2 seed.
Morant's eight-game ban limited him to 61 regular season games and cost him an All-NBA roster spot, which would have boosted his maximum contract another $40 million over the next five years. His latest suspension will prevent him from meeting the new 65-game threshold for All-NBA eligibility in 2023-24.
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2022 C3 Summit Program Concludes October 20 in Princeton, New Jersey
NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TransPerfect Life Sciences, a leading provider of services and technologies to support global clinical trials and product development for the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced a final call for registration for the 2022 Conversations on Clinical Content (C3) summit. The event is the third in a three-part series and takes place on October 20 in Princeton, NJ. Registration and details can be found at https://thec3summit.com/princeton/.
C3 brings together leading industry executives with expertise in product development and decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for regional meetings and virtual sessions. The series serves as a platform for industry leaders to share knowledge on important industry trends and topics, including best practices around DCT, patient diversity, patient centricity, and outcome assessments.
The 2022 C3 events have been held in Raleigh, North Carolina, and London, England. Speakers included representatives from Walgreens, Pfizer, Parexel, AstraZeneca, Roche, Evidera/PPD, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Red Nucleus.
Katja Rudell, Senior Director, COA, CDDS, at Parexel and London C3 Summit panelist, said, "The C3 sessions were packed with great questions. As a panelist, I appreciated the questions and opportunity to share perspectives with others on stage. As an audience member, the event served as an effective forum to demystify a number of topics related to patient centricity."
Scheduled presenters at C3 Princeton include clinical leaders from CVS Health Clinical Trial Services, Bristol Myers Squibb, Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance, Kyowa Kirin, Savvy Cooperative, Exponent, ProofPilot, ObvioHealth, and MANA RBM.
"As a solutions provider assisting companies with their increasingly virtual operations, we work every day with thought leaders who have knowledge that can benefit others on similar journeys," said Michael Smyth, Division President, TransPerfect Life Sciences Solutions. "The enthusiasm and willingness to share shown by our speakers has created many thought-provoking discussions."
TransPerfect President and CEO Phil Shawe stated, "C3 is a unique opportunity for thought leaders in the clinical community to discuss trends, see recent innovations, and better prepare for the future."
For more information on the C3 Summit series, visit https://thec3summit.com/.
TransPerfect Life Sciences specializes in supporting global development and commercialization of drugs, treatments, and devices designed to improve and save lives. Our comprehensive solutions include eTMF and eClinical technologies, paper TMF migration, pharmacovigilance and safety solutions, translation and language services, and call center support. With offices in over 100 cities worldwide, TransPerfect is the ideal partner to ensure that your global launch makes a global impact. For more information, please visit our website at https://lifesciences.transperfect.com/.
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2022-10-14T00:13:23+00:00
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U.S. takes down Chinese spy balloon off of South Carolina coast By Jenna McLaughlin Published February 4, 2023 at 3:16 PM MST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:15 U.S. military officials say that a Chinese spy balloon has been shot down, just off the coast of South Carolina. Copyright 2023 NPR
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The 2023 PGA Championship Odds & Preview: Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler will compete at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York in the 2023 PGA Championship from May 18-21. The par-70 course spans 7,394 yards and the purse available is $15,000,000.00.
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Scottie Scheffler Insights
- Scheffler has finished below par on 16 occasions, completed his day bogey-free once and finished 17 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 20 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 20 rounds, while scoring among the top five in seven rounds and the top 10 on 12 occasions.
- Scheffler has recorded a score within three shots of the day's best in eight of his last 20 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day 14 times.
- In his past five appearances, Scheffler has one win, three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes.
- In his past five events, Scheffler finished within three shots of the leader three times and five or fewer strokes back four times. He carded a score better than average five times.
- Scheffler is hoping for his 13th consecutive finish in the top 20 this week.
- Scheffler will try to make the cut for the 16th event in a row by making it to the weekend in this tournament.
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PGA Championship Insights and Stats
- Scheffler has two top-10 finishes, with one of them being a top-five finish, in his past three appearances at this tournament. His average finishing position has been sixth.
- Scheffler has two made cuts in his past three appearances at this tournament.
- Scheffler missed the cut when he last played this event, which was in 2022.
- The par-70 course measures 7,394 yards this week, 94 yards longer than the average Tour stop during the past 12 months.
- In the past year, PGA Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while Oak Hill Country Club has a recent scoring average of +3.
- Courses that Scheffler has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,299 yards, 95 yards shorter than the 7,394-yard Oak Hill Country Club this week.
- Events he has played in the past year have seen players average a score of -4. That's lower than this course, which has a scoring average of +3.
Scheffler's Last Time Out
- Scheffler finished in the 45th percentile on the 16 par-3 holes at the AT&T Byron Nelson, with an average of par.
- He shot well to finish in the 96th percentile on par 4s at the AT&T Byron Nelson, averaging 3.75 strokes on those 44 holes.
- Scheffler shot better than 85% of the golfers at the AT&T Byron Nelson on the tournament's 12 par-5 holes, averaging 4.25 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.47.
- Scheffler shot better on par 3s than most players his last time out, recording a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the AT&T Byron Nelson (the field averaged 1.7).
- On the 16 par-3s at the AT&T Byron Nelson, Scheffler recorded two bogeys or worse (more than the tournament average of 1.8).
- Scheffler's 14 birdies or better on par-4s at the AT&T Byron Nelson were more than the tournament average of 6.8.
- At that last competition, Scheffler's showing on the 44 par-4s included a bogey or worse four times (the field's average was worse, at 4.5).
- Scheffler ended the AT&T Byron Nelson with a birdie or better on nine of the 12 par-5s, bettering the tournament average of 4.9.
- On the 12 par-5s at the AT&T Byron Nelson, Scheffler had one bogey or worse, more than the field average of 0.4.
PGA Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: May 18-21, 2023
- Course: Oak Hill Country Club
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Par: 70 / 7,394 yards
- Scheffler Odds to Win: +750 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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PORT KLANG, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities said Monday they seized a container of African elephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal skulls and bones estimated to be worth 80 million ringgit ($18 million).
The Customs Department said in a statement it discovered the contraband hidden behind sawn timber following checks on July 10 on a ship coming from Africa. This included 6,000 kilograms (13,227 pounds) of elephant tusks, 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of pangolin scales, 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of rhino horns and 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of animal skulls, bones and horns, it said.
Investigations are ongoing on the importer and shipping agent, the department said without providing further details. It was unclear if the container was meant to be shipped to other parts of Asia. Ivory tusks, rhino horns and pangolin scales are believed to have medicinal properties and are in high demand in the region.
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2022-07-19T04:30:09+00:00
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wdtn.com
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Together with the best-in-class supply chain and operations expertise of RS Group, OKdo extends the reach of BBC micro:bit computers, giving every child the ability to learn digital creativity and computing skills
LONDON, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OKdo, part of the RS Group, is pleased to announce its selection as one of Micro:bit Educational Foundation's leading global manufacturers and distributors. Additionally, this partnership will help foster a new generation of innovators, improving children's computational thinking and unlocking their creative potential.
As a trusted partner, OKdo is committed to supporting The Foundation's mission by ensuring the seamless production and distribution of micro:bits worldwide. With its expertise, extensive global network and marketing engine in the education sector, OKdo will play a pivotal role in driving educational initiatives and expanding access to micro:bit technology to a new level.
micro:bits are pocket-sized computers that are an essential platform for children to gain hands-on understanding of programming, digital creativity and problem-solving. Having already impacted the lives of 39 million children and distributed over 7.5 million devices since its inception in 2016, the Micro:bit Educational Foundation provides quality educational resources to schools and children globally. micro:bit computers are specifically designed for educators and children in a classroom setting, prioritizing affordability to reach the maximum number of students. This cause is 100% aligned with RS' mission around education.
OKdo ensures efficient and timely delivery of its products, reducing lead times and enhancing customer satisfaction. Moreover, OKdo's commitment to manufacturing in Europe also brings a significant advantage for its customers in the United States. Through this approach, OKdo provides cost benefits for customers but also strengthens the company's commitment to delivering high-quality products while navigating global trade tariffs and dynamics.
"The Micro:bit Educational Foundation and RS have a long-standing relationship. We are thrilled to be able to lean into RS' world-class manufacturing operations through OKdo and help extend the reach of micro:bit devices across new countries, delivering more and more micro:bits into the hands of children," said Gareth Stockdale, CEO at Micro:bit Educational Foundation.
Additionally, the next gen BBC micro:bit campaign that was recently launched will offer a free set of 30 micro:bits to all primary schools across the UK, representing a donation of almost 700,000 devices, part funded by the UK registry, Nominet, alongside free education resources and teacher training. All primary school teachers can now register on the BBC micro:bit website and will receive a set of devices and a resource pack between September 2023 and March 2024.
"OKdo has one of the largest workbenches of products and single board computers in the world. On top of that RS is very committed to the education space and has defined it as one of its top priorities for the calendar year. RS' single board computer division was selected by micro:bit because of OKdo's world-class manufacturing capability and robust, flexible, agile, and proactive supply chain. With this partnership, we can now supply micro:bit computers to an entire global customer and reseller base without any delay," said Sarah Fawcett, Vice President of Operations at OKdo.
OKdo
OKdo is a global technology company from RS Group plc which is disrupting single board computer (SBC) and IoT segments. Offering a unique combination of hardware, software, development support, and manufacturing services to inspire and enable customers to generate new ideas and turn them into commercial reality. They are on a global mission to deliver the imagination, creativity, and technical expertise our customer's desire. To learn more, please visit https://www.okdo.com/.
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RS is a trading brand of RS Group plc, providing product and service solutions that help our customers design, build, maintain, repair and operate industrial equipment and operations, safely and sustainably. We stock more than 750,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a wide range of product and service solutions to 1.1 million customers.
We support customers across the product lifecycle, whether via innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing purchasing costs and optimising inventory in the maintenance, repair and operation phase. We offer our customers tailored product and service propositions that are essential for the successful operation of their businesses and help them save time and money.
RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March 2023 reported revenue of £2,982 million.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jennifer Blecher, a US Army veteran with over a decade of experience as a litigator with Sullivan & Cromwell and the US Department of Justice, has joined Seiden Law Group's litigation, dispute and investigations groups. Blecher also previously worked at Goldman Sachs and the New York Times. "Jen is handling some of the most complex and sensitive cases we have," said Robert Seiden, founder and Managing Partner of the fast-growing firm. "Her tenacity, hard-nosed approach and sophistication are already bringing value to our clients and our firm," said Amiad Kushner, who is a Partner and Head of Litigation at Seiden Law Group. Seiden Law Group represents foreign governments, multi-national companies, and victims of large-scale financial frauds in federal and state courts throughout the US, from inception to trial. Seiden Law Group also represents clients in regulatory matters including sanctions cases, as well as in receivership matters. Robert Seiden has been appointed a receiver over thirty times by courts in the US, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.
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2022-12-21T13:29:58+00:00
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The Buffalo Toronto Public Media building is closed to the public while we clean up from a burst sprinkler system that caused significant damage throughout our facility. Our radio and TV station operations are not impacted, although you may hear some familiar voices at different times on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein about Robert Hur, the special counsel investigating President Biden's handling of classified documents.
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2023-01-13T21:25:03+00:00
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https://www.wbfo.org/2023-01-13/who-is-special-counsel-robert-hur
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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2023-01-26T00:42:17+00:00
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Top leaders in the House said the scope of the data breach at DC Health Link, a program that administers health care plans for members of Congress and their staff, remains unknown, but the pair warned that the size of the impact “could be extraordinary.”
The update came in a letter Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wrote on Wednesday to Mila Kofman, the executive director of DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority, requesting more information regarding the hack.
“At this moment, the cause, size and scope of the data breach affecting DC Health Link could not be determined by the FBI,” McCarthy and Jeffries wrote. “Thousands of House Members and employees from across the United States have enrolled in health insurance through DC Health Link for themselves and their families since 2014.”
“The size and scope of impacted House customers could be extraordinary,” they added.
DC Health Link, the health insurance exchange for Washington, D.C., suffered a data breach on Tuesday that, according to House chief administrative officer (CAO) Catherine L. Szpindor, stole account data and personal identifiable information (PII) belonging to hundreds of House lawmakers and staff. Szpindor said the hack “potentially” exposed the PII of thousands of enrolled.
Additionally, the Senate Sergeant at Arms told Senate email account holders that the breach “included the full names, date of enrollment, relationship (self, spouse, child), and email addresses,” but no other PII.
The breach was first revealed on Wednesday. DC Health Link allows residents to apply for and enroll in ObamaCare health plans. Congressional offices are requires to utilize the system to provide insurance for members and staff.
An investigation is ongoing, according to DC Health Link, the FBI and Capitol Police.
In their letter on Wednesday, McCarthy and Jeffries said the FBI was able to purchase the stolen PII on the “dark web.” They added that the hack “significantly increases the risk that Members, staff, and their families will experience identity theft, financial crimes, and physical threats — already an ongoing concern.”
“Fortunately, the individuals selling the information appear unaware of the high-level sensitivity of the confidential information in their possession, and its relation to Members of Congress,” they continued. “This will certainly change as media reports more widely publicize the breach.”
McCarthy and Jeffries asked that Kofman provide more details regarding the breach, including when the company will formally notify individuals who were impacted, what services — including credit monitoring services — those people will receive in response to the incident, what enrollee information was stolen and what steps have been taken to protect against a future breach and mitigate the effect of Tuesday’s hack, among other inquiries.
Asked for an update on Thursday, Jeffries told reporters at a press conference in the Capitol that he had not yet been briefed on the situation, but said it is “highly problematic” that the breach could have an “adverse impact” on lawmakers, staffers, family members and D.C. residents.
“We’re gonna continue to work on this issue in a bipartisan way, get to the bottom of what happened, figure out the implications of what has occurred,” Jeffries said. “And also we’re gonna need some real reassurance as to guardrails that are put in place to prevent this type of data breach from ever happening again.”
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2023-03-09T19:06:27+00:00
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wwlp.com
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https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/house-leaders-say-scope-of-health-care-hack-could-be-extraordinary/
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Hundreds gathered in Williston to celebrate Independence Day
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WILLISTON, Fla. (WCJB) - Hundreds of people gathered in Williston to celebrate Independence Day the traditional way, with a parade and fireworks. The parade started on West Noble Ave. as people lined the streets waving American flags.
A lot of people wore red, white, and blue while watching more than 50 different floats drive by.
Nelda Hix was in the parade explaining what the Fourth of July means to her.
“Independence day is so precious to us and so many people that we have lost and have stood up for this country and for us as individuals and for the rights and the freedoms, we have in the united states. It’s just a wonderful opportunity to show your respect to those people.”
The festivities continued at Williston’s Horseman’s Park where there were vendors, music, rides and of course, fireworks were shot off at dusk.
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2022-07-03T00:56:44+00:00
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“I’m jealous you get to meet her,” an employee working behind the scenes at a recent press opportunity for “Daisy Jones & the Six” told some journalists.
The “her” in question was not Riley Keough, the star of the Amazon limited series, or any of the show’s other female stars. It was Taylor Jenkins Reid, the bestselling author behind a celebrity-infused, decades-spanning literary universe suffused with glitz and grit: “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” “Daisy Jones,” “Malibu Rising” and “Carrie Soto is Back.”
“Daisy Jones,” debuting Friday on Prime Video, is the first Reid adaptation to hit the screen and others are in the works.
Reid and her husband, Alex, adapted an early book, “One True Loves,” which stars Phillipa Soo and Simu Liu and opens April 7. She’s also written a screenplay with her best friend, which Kay Cannon (“Pitch Perfect”) is slated to direct.
Reid says she always knew she wanted to work in Hollywood and calls writing books “a happy accident.” She originally moved out to Los Angeles to work in casting but when she wrote her first novel, “Forever Interrupted,” she knew that was what she was meant to do.
“I found this piece of myself I never anticipated,” she says. Now, to have Hollywood come calling for her work, Reid says, is “really fun.”
Reid spoke with The Associated Press about the future of her book series, the intertwining threads and the status of that “Evelyn Hugo” adaptation. The transcript has been condensed for brevity.
AP: You’ve said that your most recent novel, “Carrie Soto is Back,” is the last in your series of books about celebrities. Is that true?
It’s not something that I come to easily. I ache to return to this world. I ache to return to each one of these books. I miss them when I’m done with them. And they never feel like they never feel over for me. It always feels like an opportunity to go back to them is so welcome.
But I have likened it a little bit to, you know, it’s senior year of high school and .. it’s important that we go expand and do other things and find new challenges. That is what I am planning to do. It is not because I’m ready to go as much as I just know it’s time.
AP: The character of Mick Riva, a playboy, smooth-talking crooner shows up in each of those books. Why?
First and foremost, I write about women and I’m interested in women, but women are very affected by the decisions of men and a lot of time women are left holding the bag. When men make the decisions that they do, that they sort of escape unscathed. There are a lot of men in our culture who keep making pretty big mistakes, and it doesn’t stick to them, but there are women behind those men dealing with the consequences of those men’s actions.
While I do write about women, I wanted to put forth a man who gets away with it. I know people hate him. And I know when they see his name in books, they get mad. But I want you to be mad because there are many, many, many Mick Rivas in the world. I think we would all do well to look out and see if we can spot any of them, because they’re getting away with a lot and they’re allowing the women around them to be the one to pick up the pieces, whether it’s whether it’s Nina Riva or it’s Evelyn Hugo or it’s Daisy Jones at a party or it’s Javier Soto finally being the person who calls them out.
Not every man is Mick Riva, but there are a lot of Mick Rivas in the world.
AP: Do you agree that there was a change in tone to your writing from “Evelyn Hugo” on? If so, was it intentional?
Absolutely. I’m not sure it was intentional as much as it was honestly not too similar to how I feel now with the end of “Carrie Soto.” It was just time. I want to tackle new and different things, and it’s really wonderful when you find this pocket of creativity where you feel like, “Oh, I can live in this space for a little while and I can tell a lot of stories here,” but I never want to stay at the party too long.
AP: “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” blew up, in large part due to readers on TikTok posting about it. What was that experience like for you?
You probably heard about it before me, because what happened to me was I’m sitting at my computer. I get an email from my agent with the New York Times list, and she’s like, “‘Evelyn Hugo’ just made The New York Times.” I yelled in my office and my husband comes rushing in … and I’m like, “I must be misunderstanding this, right? Can you read this?”
The book had come out many, many years before and had not hit the list when it first came out. My husband read it and he’s like, “Nope, I think this is real. I think you’re understanding this.” It took us probably two weeks to figure out how it had happened. Everyone kept going, “What led to this bump?” And I’m like, “I don’t know.” Then my manager, Brad, he goes, “I think it was something called BookTok.” I was like, “What’s that?” And he started showing me that there were all these young women talking about “Evelyn Hugo” on TikTok. I felt very seen because I’m very, very proud of that book and to have it take off with readers, especially young women, just felt really good.
AP: Netflix is adapting “Evelyn Hugo” into a film. Did you ever wonder how they’re going to fit a story of a woman who had seven husbands into a movie?
I did. Then I read the script and I’m not concerned, but I get it. I understand. It’s not dissimilar to the experience on “Daisy Jones.” You have to pick the right people and trust them. Liz Tigelaar, who wrote the script, is a phenomenal talent, and I said, “I don’t know how you’re going to do this. I think you need to condense the story.” And she said, “No, I don’t.” … And then she turns in the script and I was like, “I was wrong. You were right. You got it.”
AP: Can you share where the casting process is at for “Evelyn Hugo”?
There is no news but I will say that who is going to play Evelyn Hugo and who might play Celia St. James are always on the forefront of my mind. There is no definitive answer (but) there’s just a short list of women that I am incredibly, incredibly excited about.
AP: During the height of the pandemic you also wrote a screenplay with your best friend Ashley — who was not a writer prior to this — sold it, and Kay Cannon will direct. Not everyone would take a chance like that.
I grew up with very little, and I have so much more than I ever dreamed. I never thought people would read my books at this rate. I never thought that Hollywood would come calling. I have been so blessed that if all I’m doing is taking that in and I’m not using that light to bounce it on others, I’m not sure why I’m doing this.
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2023-02-28T21:21:47+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/entertainment-news/ap-taylor-jenkins-reid-writes-her-own-hollywood-success-story/
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Family saves woman who jumped from moving car to escape kidnapping
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A Washington state family helped a woman after she jumped from a moving vehicle in order to get away from a man who allegedly kidnapped her, the sheriff says. The suspect is now in custody.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation began just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday when a 911 caller reported a woman was banging on their door saying she had been kidnapped, according to KPTV.
Deputies arrived and spoke with the woman, who appeared to be in distress. She reported she was in her vehicle in Vancouver, Washington, when a man approached and asked for water. She gave him some water and allowed him to get into her vehicle. Once inside, the man reportedly showed a knife and threatened violence to take over control of the vehicle.
The suspect then drove to Camas. When the vehicle slowed down along a dirt road, the victim was able to jump out of the vehicle and began knocking on doors of homes in the area, according to the sheriff’s office.
Camas residents Caitlin Martin and her husband, Jamie Woods, became the woman’s unexpected saviors. They live in the house where the woman sought help after escaping from her alleged kidnapper.
“Police told us later on the next day that she was, in fact, kidnapped. Then, I was fairly happy that my husband was calm in the situation and made sure she was OK,” Martin said. “But it was a scary situation.”
Martin and Woods say they thought somene was trying to break into their house and hurt them and their children early Saturday.
Their 12-year-old daughter Addison was sleeping on a couch just feet from the door when the woman started banging on it.
“I was shocked because I heard banging on the door and the dogs barking and scared because I thought someone was trying to break in,” Addison said. “I saw my dad walk out and talk with her.”
Woods says he was wary at first of the woman’s story and concerned for his family’s safety, but he quickly realized she was scared and needed help. He recounted the eerie moments when he says the alleged kidnapper drove by his house after the woman escaped.
“A white SUV Kia stopped at the stop sign for a couple of seconds and then took off,” Woods said. “She grappled onto me for comfort, saying ‘Oh my god, there he is. He’s going to kill me.’”
Deputies would soon arrive and take care of the woman.
Woods and Martin say they’re shaken but grateful they did the right thing.
“I’m just glad that nobody was hurt, nobody was killed,” Woods said. “And at the end of the day, everyone was safe for the most part.”
Deputies located the victim’s vehicle after a search. The suspect initially stopped but then eluded deputies. The sheriff’s office said a pursuit began about 5:14 a.m. and ended about 11 minutes later when deputies, along with Vancouver Police officers, were able to pin the vehicle when it came to a stop.
The suspect was arrested after several attempts to free the vehicle failed. According to the sheriff’s office, the suspect refused to identify himself, and deputies are working on getting his name.
The suspect was booked into the Clark County Jail on charges of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, attempt to elude and reckless driving.
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2022-09-06T08:20:00+00:00
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https://www.kwtx.com/2022/09/06/family-saves-woman-who-jumped-moving-car-escape-kidnapping/
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HONG KONG, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) welcomes the joint announcement today (Friday) by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), on the inclusion of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) into Stock Connect (the Inclusion). HKEX is pleased to announce the detailed arrangements of the Inclusion.
HKEX Chief Executive Officer Nicolas Aguzin said: "This is the next exciting development in our Connect Programme. ETF inclusion in Stock Connect will be mutually beneficial to both Mainland China and Hong Kong's capital markets, supporting the continued sustainable growth of both, at a time that participants and customers are demanding ever more and better connectivity. We look forward to working with our Mainland partners and the market as we continue to enhance our mutual market connectivity."
ETFs are, for many, a cost-efficient investment option and a popular choice for diversification. Adding eligible ETFs into Stock Connect will support the healthy development of ETFs in both the Hong Kong and Mainland China markets by expanding their respective investor bases.
On 24 December 2021, HKEX, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) announced their support on the Inclusion, reflecting the ongoing commitment by HKEX and the Mainland exchanges to continue expanding and enhancing the landmark mutual market access programme between Hong Kong and Mainland China's capital markets.
Please visit the designated page or refer to the circular issued today for details of the Inclusion including the eligibility criteria, trading arrangements, and Frequently Asked Questions. The Inclusion is subject to regulatory approval. A further announcement on the official launch date will be made in due course.
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is one of the world's major exchange groups, and operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets. HKEX is the world's leading IPO market and as Hong Kong's only securities and derivatives exchange and sole operator of its clearing houses, it is uniquely placed to offer regional and international investors access to Asia's most vibrant markets.
HKEX is also the global leader in metals trading, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, The London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear Limited. This commodity franchise was further enhanced with the launch of Qianhai Mercantile Exchange (QME), in China, in 2018.
HKEX launched the pioneering Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme in 2014, further expanded with the launch of Shenzhen Connect in 2016, and the launch of Bond Connect in 2017.
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2022-05-27T17:13:07+00:00
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/05/27/hkex-further-enhances-stock-connects-product-offering/
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that the joining of two of the world’s biggest publishers could “lessen competition” for “top-selling books.” The ruling was a victory for the Biden administration's tougher approach to proposed mergers, a break from decades of precedent under Democratic and Republican leadership.
U.S. District Court Judge Florence Y. Pan announced the decision in a brief statement Monday, adding that much of her ruling remained under seal at the moment because of “confidential information” and “highly confidential information.” She asked the two sides to meet with her Friday and suggest redactions.
Penguin Random House quickly condemned the ruling, which it called “an unfortunate setback for readers and authors." In its statement Monday, the publisher said it would seek an expedited appeal.
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division praised the decision, saying in a statement that the decision “protects vital competition for books and is a victory for authors, readers, and the free exchange of ideas.”
He added: “The proposed merger would have reduced competition, decreased author compensation, diminished the breadth, depth, and diversity of our stories and ideas, and ultimately impoverished our democracy."
Pan’s finding was not surprising — through much of the trial in August she had indicated agreement with the Justice Department’s contention that Penguin Random House’s plan to buy Simon & Schuster, for $2.2 billion, might damage a vital cultural industry.
But it was still a dramatic departure from recent history in the book world and beyond. The publishing industry has been consolidating for years with little interference from the government, even when Random House and Penguin merged in 2013 and formed what was then the biggest publishing house in memory. The joining of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would have created a company far exceeding any rival and those opposing the merger included one of Simon & Schuster's signature writers, Stephen King, who testified last summer on behalf of the government.
The Biden Justice Department has been pushing forward with aggressive enforcement of federal antitrust laws that officials say aim to ensure a fair and competitive market.
Monday's news follows recent losses for the department in two significant antitrust cases in separate federal courts. The DOJ lost its bid to block a major U.S. sugar manufacturer, U.S. sugar, from acquiring its rival Imperial Sugar Co., one of the largest sugar refiners in the nation. The prosecutors signaled that they intended to appeal the decision. They also were stymied in their effort to block the roughly $8 billion acquisition by UnitedHealth Group, which runs the largest U.S. health insurer, of Change Healthcare, a healthcare technology company.
The DOJ also has been battling American Airlines and JetBlue in an antitrust trial in federal court in Boston, challenging their regional partnership in the Northeast, which the government calls a de facto merger.
The Justice Department's case against Penguin Random House did not focus on market share overall or on potential price hikes for customer. The DOJ instead argued that the new company would so dominate the market for commercial books, those with author advances of $250,000 and higher, that the size of advances would go down and the number of releases would decrease.
Penguin Random House's global CEO, Markus Dohle, had promised that imprints of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would still be permitted to bid against each other for books. But he acknowledged under oath during the trial that his guarantee was not legally binding. Pan otherwise persistently challenged Penguin Random House’s assurances that the merger would not reduce competition.
Simon & Schuster will likely end up under new ownership, no matter the outcome of any legal appeals. The publisher had been up for sale well before the Penguin Random House deal was announced late in 2020 and the publisher's corporate parent, Paramount Group Inc., has said it did not see Simon & Schuster as part of its future. Under bidders against Penguin Random House included Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which owns HarperCollins Publishers.
Simon & Schuster is one of the country's oldest and most successful publishers, with authors ranging from King and and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Colleen Hoover and Doris Kearns Goodwin. Authors at Penguin Random House include Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, “Where the Crawdads Sing” novelist Delia Owens and historian Robert A. Caro.
In a company memo Monday shared with The Associated Press, Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp sought to reassure employees that “despite this news, our company continues to thrive. We are more successful and valuable today than we have ever been, thanks to the efforts of all of you on behalf of our many magnificent authors.”
Pan, meanwhile, has since been appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, replacing Ketanji Brown Jackson after she was nominated by Biden and approved by the Senate for the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press writer Marcy Gordon in Washington contributed to this report.
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2022-11-01T01:39:05+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Judge-blocks-Penguin-Random-House-Simon-17548141.php
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Former Munday Mogul and TCU Horned Frog LJ Collier is on the move in the NFL. The former Seattle Seahawk signed a one-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals.
Here in Texoma, Rider hosted Granbury in a district baseball matchup. In softball, Hirschi squared off against Burkburnett and Rider played Justin Northwest. Both contests were district matchups.
Midwestern State athletics stayed busy on the road. Softball played in a non-conference doubleheader against East Central. Men’s and women’s golf was in Tyler in the King Alfred Invitational.
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2023-03-22T13:17:33+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/local-sports/texoma-talent-on-the-move-high-school-baseball-softball-district-play-msu-sports-scores/
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President James Buie Appointed CEO; Founder Bruce Lehrman Moves to Board of Directors
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Involta, an award-winning data center, hybrid IT, and cloud-forward consulting firm, announces today that James (Jim) Buie, current Involta President, now holds the title of President and CEO to lead the company into its next phase of growth. Buie will succeed current CEO and Involta founder Bruce Lehrman, who will transition to the vice-chair of Involta's Board of Directors, effective immediately.
"I am incredibly proud of the substantial growth Involta has achieved since forming the company in 2007," says Bruce Lehrman, Involta Founder. "What began as a local colocation data center company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has now become a nationally recognized organization offering best-in-class, security-focused data center facilities and infrastructure, hybrid cloud and managed IT services. Everyone at Involta, from our newest hires to our leadership team, has been critical in making this growth possible. I know Involta will continue to succeed under Jim's exemplary leadership. His insight, experience and future outlooks will be integral to Involta's continued success."
With this leadership transition, Involta is strategically poised to accelerate the company's transformation trajectory while continuing to deliver and expand its world-class data center infrastructure services to the nation's leading enterprises. In addition, the transition will enable the company to further boost its robust suite of managed cybersecurity and hybrid IT solutions across mission-critical verticals, including healthcare, financial services and manufacturing.
During his 15-year tenure as CEO, Lehrman stewarded Involta's growth trajectory. Earlier this year, Lehrman played an important role in the company's acquisition by global investment firm Carlyle. Under his leadership, Involta has been recognized by several industry organizations and publications for its strategic solutions and services. The company recently earned the 2022 Best in Klas distinction for healthcare partial IT sourcing and ranked on the prestigious 2022 MSP 501 list. From a growth perspective, Lehrman helped the company achieve significant milestone recognitions, including the second-fastest-growing IT Company in the country by Inc. Magazine and the 40th fastest-growing company overall, and remaining on the Inc. 500/5000 list for nearly a decade.
As Involta's President and CEO, Buie will draw on his 25+ years of industry experience to ensure sustainable growth for Involta by leveraging Carlyle's resources to promote and bolster Involta's capacity to deliver innovation and enable digital enterprise transformation. Buie will also lead Involta's pioneering edge practice and work to integrate a higher level of sustainability initiatives across the company's data center portfolio. Additionally, Buie will continue strengthening Involta's channel focus and expand on its monumental, award-winning partner growth with key partners such as Veeam. Buie played a direct role in Involta achieving Veeam's Impact Cloud & Service Provider Growth Partner of the Year 2022.
"It is truly an honor to continue Bruce's legacy as CEO and lead Involta into a bright and prosperous future," says Buie. "Involta has never been stronger, and now, as part of Carlyle, Involta is positioned to expand into targeted new markets across the U.S. The Involta team, our strategic partners, our owned data center and network infrastructure, and wide breadth of services are exactly what our current and future clients need to embark on and successfully complete the most complex digital transformation journeys."
"The Involta Board of Directors is pleased with this strategic leadership transition," said Ed Vilandrie, Chairman of Involta Board of Directors and Operating Executive, Digital Infrastructure with the Carlyle Group. "Involta will still have the opportunity to leverage Bruce's visionary insights through his role on the board while enabling Jim to drive the tangible growth and change necessary to propel Involta into new, sought-after markets across the country."
Buie joined Involta in 2016 as Chief Financial Officer and steadily took on more responsibility to help the company further drive profitability and expand its national footprint. He was instrumental in growing the company's hybrid cloud and strategic consulting offerings through the acquisitions of BluPrairie (2018) and IT|Lynk (2018). Buie also established a cohesive sales and marketing culture at Involta. In 2020, Buie assumed the role of President, where he restructured the company's operations to help scale and deliver services to accelerate growth. His focus on the customer experience helped the company achieve an industry-leading Net Promoter Score of 79. From his start at Involta, Buie has been very active in Involta Cares, the company's philanthropic platform that extends resources across the communities Involta serves.
To learn more about how Involta supplements colocation with strategic consulting and managed services to transform IT strategies, visit www. involta.com.
Involta is an award-winning hybrid IT and cloud-forward consulting firm orchestrating digital transformation for the nation's leading enterprises. Involta's ongoing mission is rooted in partnership. Its personalized approach identifies customers' requirements while earning their trust to ultimately deliver Superior Infrastructure and Services, Operational Excellence and People Who Deliver, keeping with the Involta brand promise.
Involta pairs strategic consulting with the unique ability to leverage owned data centers and infrastructure assets, empowering businesses with necessary security and reliability requirements. Its well-defined, rigorous process to deliver hybrid cloud, edge, consulting, and data center services have earned the company several designations, including a KLAS rating and review for partial healthcare IT outsourcing excellence. The company has also been recognized on several CRN lists and has been named one of the fastest-growing companies in America by Inc.5000 for nine consecutive years.
Involta enables customers with the power to transform their technology and the freedom to focus on their core business. To learn more about Involta, visit involta.com or follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.
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2022-07-21T11:24:57+00:00
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The National Women's Soccer League permanently banned four coaches Monday as part of disciplinary action taken against several individuals and teams in response to an investigation into alleged abuse and misconduct in the league.
Former North Carolina coach Paul Riley, former Chicago Red Stars coach Rory Dames, former Washington Spirit coach Richie Burke and former Racing Louisville coach Christy Holly were all banned from coaching in the league. Also, former Utah Royals coach Craig Harrington and former Gotham general manager Alyse LaHue were suspended from working in the NWSL for two years, until Jan. 9, 2025.
The NWSL and its players association announced results late last month of their investigation, which found “widespread misconduct” directed at players dating back to the beginnings of the league nearly a decade ago.
The investigation stemmed from allegations of harassment and sexual coercion made by two former players against Riley, who was among five NWSL coaches who were either dismissed or resigned amid claims of misconduct in 2021. U.S. Soccer also investigated reported misconduct in the league.
“The league will continue to prioritize implementing and enhancing the policies, programs and systems that put the health and safety of our players first," NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said in a statement. “Those actions are fundamental to the future of our league, especially as we build a league that strengthens our players’ ability to succeed and prosper on and off the pitch.”
A number of other individuals will be allowed to return to positions in the NWSL on certain conditions, including acknowledging misconduct, participating in training and committing to appropriate behavior. They included former Reign coach Farid Benstiti, former Houston Dash coaches Vera Pauw and James Clarkson, former Orlando Pride coach Amanda Cromwell and assistants Sam Greene and Aline Reis.
Several teams were also fined: The Chicago Red Stars' fine is $1.5 million, the Portland Thorns at $1 million, Racing Louisville $200,000 and the North Carolina Courage $100,000. The Reign and Gotham were each fined $50,000.
“A new NWSL begins today. No sanction will ever be enough to undo the harm that too many players endured,” union President Tori Huster said. “By taking our power back, players have achieved a complete and total overhaul of the NWSL ecosystem, from the league office to club ownership and staff, with new policies and systems in place to protect player safety.”
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2023-01-10T00:49:49+00:00
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ksat.com
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https://www.ksat.com/sports/2023/01/09/nwsl-bans-4-from-coaching-takes-other-disciplinary-actions/
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“The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen” (Philomel 2022) by Isaac Blum is a witty and searing story, longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
Hoodie (short for Yehuda) is the only boy in a family of girls all belonging to an Orthodox Jewish community that has moved to the mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron.
The young men in his yeshiva — school — argue the moral and ethical teachings of Jewish philosophy. And in Hoodie’s hands, it’s hilarious, but still respectful and illuminating.
“The Original Oral Torah plus all these commentaries make up the Talmud. It’s a giant maze of Jewish laws, rules, thoughts, considerations, ruminations. Studying it … [is] basically medieval torture, but the cool, Jewish kind. It hurts so good.” Discussing Talmud is “a battle of wits, knowledge, and, in this case, wills.”
There’s this girl he sees out the window wearing not a long white gown but a white T-shirt. And shorts, showing a lot of skin.
He’s allowed to go on walks to think about Talmud, but he’s not allowed to talk to girls, especially those outside his Orthodox community.
Unable to stop himself, he asks her name. “Anna-Marie,” she says. “‘Crap,’” says Hoodie. “I’d been holding out hope she’d be a Chaya or an Esther. But no. She was an Anna-Marie. Just Anna would have provided a sliver of hope. I knew from the shorts that she wasn’t super observant, definitely not frum, like me. But unhyphenated Anna could have been a Jew at least, if a secular one ... But Anna-Marie? There literally wasn’t a more goyishe name.”
And her last name turns out to be Diaz-O’Leary.
Her mother is the mayor who wants the Orthodox Jewish community gone and who, along with the locals, tries to keep the Jewish community from building a high rise.
Hoodie says, “They talked about us like we were an invading army, like we were going to ride in on horseback with torches and pitchforks, to set their buildings on fire and slaughter them kosher-style ... like we’re going to go home to home rounding up their bacon, confiscating their shellfish ...”
You get it. Exclusion of the other. And here is Hoodie falling in love with down-to-earth, hip Anna-Marie who tries to scour off the swastikas that show up on Jewish tombstones in the cemetery.
His talking to Anna-Marie means Hoodie is ostracized from the community. Even his family turn away. And we love his family of sisters.
His oldest, Zippy, knows the Torah better than Hoodie, but she’s just a girl who sleeps at the kitchen table after studying Talmud all day.
Young Chana stations herself on the roof of the house, throwing small vegetable missiles down upon Hoodie. And there are two more younger sisters.
Tension mounts until the unthinkable occurs, which shocked me, but is authentic in both worldly and literary ways.
What a great book! Not only did I laugh reading most every page, but I learned a load about the day-to-day life of an Orthodox Jewish community.
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2022-12-12T04:46:51+00:00
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https://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/books/patricia-hruby-powell-a-peek-into-the-day-to-day-life-of-an-orthodox-jewish/article_27a51f07-4534-52d1-9389-0cf59344aa9e.html
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Scientists and sailors say orcas, also known as killer whales, are stepping up "attacks" on yachts along Europe's Iberian coast, with one skipper who's been pursued by the marine mammals on two separate occasions suggesting that their tactics are becoming more stealthy.
Delivery skipper Dan Kriz, who had to be towed into port after orcas destroyed the rudder on a boat he was on in 2020, had an almost identical experience in April.
"My first reaction was, 'Please! Not again,'" Kriz told Newsweek.
Unlike last time, the orcas made a stealthier approach without the characteristic squeaks they normally use to communicate, he says. They made quick work of the two rudders on the catamaran Kriz was delivering. "Looks like they knew exactly what they are doing. They didn't touch anything else," he said.
Most marine scientists have characterized hundreds of encounters between boats and orcas that have sunk at least three vessels and damaged dozens of others over the years as a "fad," implying that the animals will eventually lose interest and resort to more typical behavior.
But if that's the case, there are few signs this behavior is going out of style anytime soon. According to a June 2022 study published in the journal Marine Mammal Science, orcas have stepped up the frequency of their interactions with sailing vessels in and around the Strait of Gibraltar, the busy waterway that links the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
Some researchers think it's merely playful behavior
As NPR first reported last August, many scientists who study orca behavior believe these incidents — in which often one or more of the marine mammals knock off large chunks of a sailboat's rudder — are not meant as attacks, but merely represent playful behavior.
One hypothesis put forward by Renaud de Stephanis, president and coordinator at CIRCE Conservación Information and Research, a research group based in Spain, is that orcas like the feel of a boat's rudder.
"What we think is that they're asking to have the propeller in the face," de Stephanis told NPR last year. "So, when they encounter a sailboat that isn't running its engine, they get kind of frustrated and that's why they break the rudder."
In another recent encounter, Werner Schaufelberger told the German publication Yacht that his vessel, Champagne, was approached by "two smaller and one larger orca" off Gibraltar.
"The little ones shook the rudder at the back while the big one repeatedly backed up and rammed the ship with full force from the side," he said.
The Spanish coast guard rescued Schaufelberger and his crew, towing Champagne to the Spanish port of Barbate, but the vessel sank before reaching safety.
The encounters could be a response to past trauma
Since 2020, there have been more than 500 encounters between yachts and orcas in the area, according to one of the study's co-authors, Alfredo López Fernandez, a biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal and a representative of the Grupo de Trabajo Orca Atlántica, or Atlantic Orca Working Group.
López Fernandez believes that a female known as White Gladis, who leads the group of around 40 animals, may have had a traumatizing encounter with a boat or a fishing net. In an act of revenge, she is teaching her pod-mates how to carry out revenge attacks with her encouragement, researchers believe.
"The orcas are doing this on purpose, of course, we don't know the origin or the motivation, but defensive behavior based on trauma, as the origin of all this, gains more strength for us every day," López Fernandez told Live Science.
It's an intriguing possibility, says Monika Wieland Shields, director of the Orca Behavior Institute.
"I definitely think orcas are capable of complex emotions like revenge," she says. "I don't think we can completely rule it out."
However, Shields is not ready to sign on to the "revenge" hypothesis just yet. She says that despite humans having "given a lot of opportunities for orcas to respond to us in an aggressive manner," there are no other examples of them doing so.
Deborah Giles, the science and research director at Wild Orca, a conservation group based in Washington state, is also skeptical of the hypothesis. She points out that killer whale populations in waters off Washington "were highly targeted" in the past as a source for aquariums. She says seal bombs, small charges that fishers throw into the water in an effort to scare sea lions away from their nets, were dropped in their path while helicopters and boats herded them into coves.
"The pod never attacked boats after that," she says. "It just doesn't ring true to me."
Shields says it's important to remember that whatever the motive is for the behavior of the orcas off the Iberian coast, it isn't being transmitted to pods in other parts of the world.
"We've had folks here in Washington [asking] 'is it safe to go out in the water here with these orcas?'" she says. "While this is kind of an ongoing situation in that specific place, I don't think there's any reason to think it's going to start spreading to other populations of orcas."
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2023-06-13T16:59:08+00:00
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kvpr.org
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(CNN) — The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to more than $1 billion after no winning ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday night, the lottery said.
Friday night’s numbers were 5, 10, 28, 52, 63 and a Mega Ball of 18.
The estimated jackpot for the next drawing on Tuesday night – $1.05 billion – would equal the fourth-largest prize in Mega Millions’ history, the lottery said in a news release early Saturday.
A winner of Tuesday’s jackpot could chose to spread it in annual payments over 29 years, or take a lump-sum option of an estimated $527.9 million, the lottery said.
Although no one hit the jackpot Friday, some people scored big prizes.
One ticket sold in Pennsylvania won $5 million by matching the first five numbers and activating the optional Megaplier, which is available in most states with an extra $1 purchase.
Four other tickets won $1 million by matching the first five numbers without the Megaplier. Those tickets were sold in Arizona, California, New York and Pennsylvania.
The top Mega Millions jackpot to date was $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018. It’s followed by a $1.348 billion ticket that was sold in Maine in January and a $1.337 billion prize last July.
Ranked No. 4 on Mega Millions’ list is a $1.05 billion prize won by a ticket sold in Michigan in 2021.
Last week, a Powerball ticket sold at a convenience store in Los Angeles matched all numbers to win a $1.08 billion prize – the third-largest Powerball jackpot.
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2023-07-29T08:49:02+00:00
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman has tattoos all over his body. Both of his arms are filled with ink, he has art work on his back, his legs ...
His newest tattoo was etched into his left calf two Saturdays ago. This one was a portrait of his sister, and everything was fine for a few days.
Then Chapman got sick. He developed a fever and felt terrible.
A doctor broke the news what was wrong.
His tattoo caused an infection.
Chapman was sick enough that he was unavailable to pitch Thursday or Friday night in Oakland. Feeling worse on Saturday, he was placed on the 15-day injured list and spent the day in his hotel bed.
By Sunday, Chapman finally started improving and was back with his teammates to watch the Yankees’ 4-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
“I feel much better now,” Chapman said after the game from his locker.
He’s miffed.
“I’ve gotten some tattoos in the middle of the season, but I’ve never had any issues before,” he said.
It’s been a tough season for Chapman, who will be a free agent after it ends. He lost his closer job early on, went through a couple of bad slumps and now is on the injured list for a second time, this time for a tattoo injury.
“We have a really good bullpen and I’m part of that bullpen, so of course you’re going to feel bad not being there for them,” Chapman said.
Chapman plans to finish the season strong. His last two outings were bad ones, but before that had a good stretch, one run over 9 1/3 innings in nine appearances from July 26 to Aug. 13.
He’s expecting that he’ll be back from his backdated IL stint when he’s first eligible on Sept. 8.
“I don’t think this is going to take away too much time for me,” said Chapman, a seven-time All-Star who is 2-3 with a 4.70 ERA in 36 games this season. “I’m just waiting the next couple of days for everything to heal correctly so that I can start doing all kinds of baseball activities. I think I’ll probably do a bullpen and then right into games.”
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2022-08-29T13:02:29+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/08/yankees-aroldis-chapman-details-how-tattoo-of-sister-led-to-il-stint-whats-next.html
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WASHINGTON — (AP) — An audio recording from a meeting in which former President Donald Trump discusses a “highly confidential” document with an interviewer appears to undermine his later claim that he didn’t have such documents, only magazine and newspaper clippings.
The recording, from a July 2021 interview Trump gave at his Bedminster, New Jersey, resort for people working on the memoir of his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, is a critical piece of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of Trump over the mishandling of classified information.
The special counsel’s indictment alleges that those in attendance at the meeting with Trump — including a writer, a publisher and two of Trump’s staff members — were shown classified information about a Pentagon plan of attack on an unspecified foreign country.
“These are the papers,” Trump says in a moment that seems to indicate he's holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran. “This was done by the military, given to me.”
Trump’s reference to something he says is “highly confidential” and his apparent showing of documents to other people at the 2021 meeting could undercut his claim in a recent Fox News Channel interview that he didn't have any documents with him.
“There was no document. That was a massive amount of papers, and everything else talking about Iran and other things,” Trump said on Fox. “And it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. I didn’t have a document, per se. There was nothing to declassify. These were newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles.”
Trump pleaded not guilty earlier this month to 37 counts related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents kept at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a 38-count indictment that also charged his aide and former valet Walt Nauta. Nauta is set to be arraigned Tuesday before a federal judge in Miami.
A Trump campaign spokesman said the audio recording, which first aired Monday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” “provides context proving, once again, that President Trump did nothing wrong at all.” And Trump, on his social media platform late Monday, claimed the recording ”is actually an exoneration, rather than what they would have you believe."
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2023-06-27T13:42:36+00:00
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wsbtv.com
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https://www.wsbtv.com/news/politics/an-audio-recording/T6YPUY2HIHV23GWHVX3LWFMVYQ/
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New API automatically updates payroll data for SurePayroll, FreshBooks clients to their FreshBooks account
GLENVIEW, Ill., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SurePayroll, a leading provider of small business payroll and HR solutions, and FreshBooks, a leading cloud accounting software, today launched a system integration that enables FreshBooks and SurePayroll users to automatically synchronize payroll expenses and liabilities to their FreshBooks account. The application program interface (API), eliminates manual entry, saving clients time and improving recordkeeping accuracy by automatically transmitting general ledger information once payroll processing is complete.
"We continue to form partnerships and integrations to help small business owners ease pain points, increase efficiency and save time every step of the way. The SureParyoll service integration with FreshBooks is yet another way we support small business owners as they build and grow their business, care for their employees, and help them succeed," said Ted Jordan, Paychex vice president, service.
SurePayroll offers a robust online payroll tool—supported by a U.S.-based service team—so small business owners can easily and accurately process payroll and taxes. Plus, SurePayroll helps small business owners care for their employees by offering 401(k) plans, workers' compensation, and health insurance.
"FreshBooks is delighted to expand its product in the U.S. with payroll integration through SurePayroll," said Chitra Unnikrishnan, FreshBooks senior director, product marketing. "This integration offers growing small businesses an opportunity to streamline processes, and with time saved, focus on connecting with customers."
For more information about the SurePayroll suite of small business and household employer solutions, including the FreshBooks integration, visit surpayroll.com/freshbooks.
SurePayroll, a Paychex company, has been a leading provider of online payroll services to small businesses nationwide for more than 20 years. As the first software as a service payroll company, SurePayroll has grown to become a household name in easy-to-use payroll, workers' compensation, 401(k) plans, and health insurance services, all backed by an award-winning, U.S.-based customer care team. Most recently, SurePayroll added HR services to its portfolio of solutions. By offering the additional flexibility of private-label and co-branded solutions, SurePayroll serves as a strategic partner for a diverse range of businesses and trusted advisers, including financial institutions and accountants.
FreshBooks is changing the way business owners manage their books. Its owner-first accounting platform, loved by businesses in over 160 countries, takes an easy-to-use approach to managing finances, billing, payments, and client engagement. FreshBooks, known for its 10x Stevie award winning customer support, serves customers of all sizes from offices in Canada, Croatia, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, and the U.S.
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2022-07-20T00:15:03+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/07/19/surepayroll-freshbooks-integrate-services-simplify-payroll-accounting-responsibilities/
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EAU CLAIRE — DNA evidence has linked an Eau Claire man to two town of Washington burglaries, authorities say.
Bradley J. Barnum, 41, 709 E. Grand Ave., is charged in Eau Claire County Court with two felony counts of burglary and a felony count of bail jumping.
Barnum is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Feb. 23.
According to the criminal complaint:
A woman said her residence in the 2400 block of Corona Avenue was broken into on April 23, 2017, while she was away for the weekend.
Entrance was gained by forcing open a back door. The woman said a used cigarette and lighter in the upstairs bathroom likely belonged to the burglar because no one in her household smoked and neither of the items were in the bathroom when she left.
A gaming system valued at $400 was missing.
A neighbor told authorities he heard a lot of commotion coming from the woman’s residence the morning of the burglary. He assumed the noises were being made by the woman. He did not see a suspect or anything suspicious.
Authorities were aware that Barnum had engaged in a foot pursuit with Eau Claire police near the woman’s residence the morning of the burglary. Barnum was not caught.
Authorities believed Barnum may have entered the woman’s residence to evade capture.
The lighter and cigarette left at the scene were sent to the State Crime Lab. DNA collected from those items were linked to Barnum.
On Dec. 21, 2020, a burglary was reported at a residence in the 4500 block of Markgraff Road. That residence had also been burglarized earlier that month.
An east side door was forced open to gain entrance. A large amount of pennies were lying on the floor and other items were strewn about.
Money was taken from the residence.
A white surgical mask was found laying on the ground next to the garage. The mask appeared to have been left by the burglar.
The mask was sent to the State Crime Lab and DNA collected from it was linked to Barnum.
A woman told authorities in February 2021 that Barnum told her he committed a burglary near Fall Creek where money was taken.
At the time of the burglaries, Barnum was free on bond for three pending felony cases in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties.
Barnum is being prosecuted as a repeat offender. He was convicted of a felony count of burglary in July 2014 in Chippewa County.
If convicted of the three felony charges connected to the town of Washington burglaries, Barnum could be sentenced to up to 18 years in prison.
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2023-02-14T04:18:56+00:00
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leadertelegram.com
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https://www.leadertelegram.com/news/front-page/authorities-dna-evidence-links-ec-man-to-two-town-of-washington-burglaries/article_b74cdaf5-e5a8-524f-81ca-d430b66f3054.html
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NFL hits highs in diverse executives, lacks in head coaches
PHOENIX (AP) — The NFL took another step at the owners meetings to increase diversity throughout the league while continuing to face criticism and a lawsuit for lack of representation among head coaches.
Each team is now required to have a person in charge of diversity, equity and inclusion. Currently, 15 clubs have a DEI head and two others have someone leading that department and another one.
“They actually have to have specific roles and deliverables that are in their job description so that is a big thing,” NFL executive Jonathan Beane said in an interview with The Associated Press. “The reason why that’s so important is we have to have a single point of accountability at the clubs where they are focused on driving it throughout their organization, in football operations and coaching, in business operations, engaging with ownership to make sure that this is a priority throughout the whole ecosystem of a club.”
The league has reached milestone points in diverse hirings in the front office, but critics point to the sidelines where there are only three Black head coaches in a sport that had 56.4% Black players in 2022.
The NFL now has seven minority team presidents, including five who are Black and three women, and nine general managers, including eight Black men.
But there are six minority head coaches overall. Mike Tomlin (Pittsburgh Steelers), Todd Bowles (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and DeMeco Ryans (Houston Texans) give the league three Black head coaches entering a season for the fifth year in a row.
“While increased diversity in executive roles could lead to increased diversity on the sidelines, progress on this front has remained stagnant for years,” said Devan Rawlings, the author of Revelio Labs’ NFL report. “The NFL has a significant disparity between the diversity of its players and that of its coaching staff — the largest among men’s major leagues — and this has not changed despite a large pool of diverse former players that could meet a demand for coaching talent.”
Brian Flores, the former Miami Dolphins head coach, sued the league and three teams last year, saying the NFL was “rife with racism,” particularly in its hiring and promotion of Black coaches. Flores was an assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers last season and is the new defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings.
“I will acknowledge our representation of diverse head coaches, in particular Black head coaches, is certainly below our expectation and is not where anyone wants it to be or knows it needs to be,” said Beane, the senior vice president, chief diversity and inclusion officer for the NFL.
“We have way too much talent out there to have the representation among the head coaches that we have. However, I think it’s really, really important to look at other areas that are CEO-type positions, that are critical positions to the success or failure.”
The number of minority presidents and GMs are the most in NFL history. The league didn’t even have its first Black president until the Washington Commanders hired Jason Wright in August 2020. Kevin Warren (Chicago Bears), Sashi Brown (Baltimore Ravens), Sandra Douglass Morgan (Las Vegas Raiders) and Damani Leech (Denver Broncos) have joined him in the past two years.
Just four years ago, Miami’s Chris Grier was the only Black GM in the NFL. Kwesi Adolfo-Mensah (Minnesota Vikings), Ryan Poles (Chicago Bears), Andrew Berry (Cleveland Browns), Martin Mayhew (Washington Commanders), Brad Holmes (Detroit Lions), Terry Fontenot (Atlanta Falcons) and Ran Carthon (Tennessee Titans) have joined him.
“And we know we still can do better,” Beane said. “Those are roles that are extremely vital. There is no role that is less important than the other. Head coach is vital, but GM is just as important. President is just as important. They all drive to the success of the organization and you need all three of those thriving in order to be successful. And so when we look at whether we’re making progress, we have to look at all of the roles in an organization, especially in senior roles. So it’s not just head coach. All of these other roles are vital and determine the success and failure of a club.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell agrees there’s room for improvement.
“We still feel like there’s better work and more work ahead of us,” Goodell said last month. “There’s progress, and we’re pleased to see progress, but it’s never enough. We always look to sort of say, ‘How can we do better?’”
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2023-03-29T20:14:27+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/2023/03/29/nfl-hits-highs-diverse-executives-lacks-head-coaches/
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Krispy Kreme introduces holiday doughnuts which will launch day after Thanksgiving
LOS ANGELES - You might still be planning for Thanksgiving but Krispy Kreme is already planning for Christmas by rolling out new holiday doughnut flavors starting the day after turkey day.
The new festive flavors take inspiration from everyone’s favorite holiday cookies. Better yet, the flavors are "approved by the Big Man himself," the companies said in a press release.
The new flavors according to the company website will include:
Holiday Sugar Cookie Doughnut - An Original Glazed® doughnut iced with sugar cookie flavored icing and topped with a festive sugar and sprinkle blend.
Gingerbread Cookie Crumb Doughnut - A doughnut filled with gingerbread cream cheese flavored filling, dipped in white icing, topped with gingerbread cookie crumbs and holiday sprinkle blend, and drizzled with gingerbread flavored icing.
Red Velvet Cake Doughnut - A glazed red velvet cake doughnut topped with cream cheese icing and red velvet cake crumbles.
Santa Belly Doughnut - A fan favorite filled with Kreme™, dipped in red icing, and decorated like the Big Guy with icing and a belt buckle sugar piece.
Chocolate Iced with Holiday Sprinkles - An Original Glazed® doughnut dipped in chocolate icing and topped with a holiday sprinkle blend.
"We’re bringing the fun, flavors and joy of the Christmas season to life by turning Krispy Kreme shops into Santa’s Bake Shop," said Dave Skena, Global Chief Brand Officer for Krispy Kreme. "We hope our fans pick up these delicious, fresh treats to share with family and friends at holiday gatherings." Feel free to bring them to our office anytime—or pick up a few for Hallmark Christmas movie screenings—because these tasty bites are guaranteed to give pumpkin spice a run for the title of a seasonal favorite.
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2022-11-22T16:37:05+00:00
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fox9.com
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https://www.fox9.com/news/krispy-kreme-introduces-holiday-doughnuts-which-will-launch-day-after-thanksgiving
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Can you get there from here in Maine with a EV?
That's what Maine Public Deputy News Director Susan Sharon tried to do while reporting on a story for Climate Driven in February. The main takeaway? EV drivers need to use extra care planning their trips outside of southern Maine, where most of the chargers are.
This story is part of our series "Climate Driven: A deep dive into Maine's response, one county at a time."
Susan drove Maine Public's electric vehicle, a Nissan Leaf we've nicknamed Pearl, on a trip from Lewiston to Rangeley, but she ran into problems. First was the low temperatures that day, which can deplete EV batteries as much as 40%.
"So here's the situation," Susan said on a phone call from the road. "It's very cold out. It's between one and minus seven degrees, and I've made it to Farmington on my way to Rangeley. But the car is down to 68%."
Susan tried to charge Pearl in Farmington, but couldn't because of technical difficulties. And then an accident scene forced her to take a detour, which added too many miles.
"I have to cancel my plans for the day and try again on another day," she said in a follow-up call.
This is the drawback to EVs right now. There are more than 500 public chargers in Maine, but most are in the southern part of the state. So doing a longer road trip north can feel risky.
"People really do have range anxiety," says Joyce Taylor, chief engineer at the Maine Department of Transportation. "And they want to know, you know, 'Even though I drive 95% of my miles in Cumberland County, occasionally I go see my aunt in Machias. And I really need to know I can get to Machias and back in my electric vehicle.'"
There are currently about 6,000 EVs on Maine's roads, but the goal is to get to 219,000 by the end of the decade in order to help meet the state's goal of cutting carbon emissions 45% by 2030.
Taylor says installing more charging stations will make a big difference in people's willingness to go electric. And Michael Stoddard, executive director of Efficiency Maine, says President Joe Biden's EV infrastructure plan, which will funnel $19 million into Maine to add more charging stations over the next five years, is a significant step forward.
"It's going to provide enough budget that we can afford to put high-speed chargers every 50 miles from Fort Kent to Kittery," he says. "And from Calais to the border with Quebec and all the major routes in between."
The fast chargers, which can power batteries up to 80% in about half an hour, will be installed at easily accessible places, such as gas stations, grocery stores and universities. And that network of high-speed chargers will be supplemented with at least 500 Level 2 chargers, which power EV batteries in a few hours. Those will be in community parking lots and businesses.
The challenge, Stoddard says, will be to convince businesses to install chargers, because the federal funds only cover 80% of the cost.
"You're asking people to invest in equipment to provide a service that is not yet needed by very many people," Stoddard says. "You're asking them to get ahead of a market that is coming, but isn't here yet."
For Jeff Hewett, the hope is, "If you build it, they will come." Hewett is the director of economic and community development in Skowhegan, which installed a Level 2 charger at the Chamber of Commerce a couple years ago.
Hewett says, so far, it isn't getting much attention.
"In town, it is definitely slow," he says.
There's also a bank of chargers at the local Hannaford, which Hewett says are used a bit more. Still, he is optimistic that this part of Somerset County will be a destination for travelers from Canada and elsewhere, many of whom drive electric vehicles.
"We're trying to attract people who really want to take advantage of the environment. And every year, we grow a little bit more that way," he says.
I talk to Hewett at the charging station at Hannaford on my way up to Jackman. I drove Pearl here from the Maine Public studios in Lewiston to see what it's like to travel with an EV in Somerset County, which only has a few charging stations.
By the time I make the roughly hourlong drive, Pearl's battery is down 50% and 100 miles of range, even though I had only driven 70 miles.
I used up a lot more than the miles that it actually took to drive to Skowhegan, likely because it was cold out, around 30 degrees, and I also did a lot of highway driving, which is less efficient.
After an hour of charging, Pearl is at nearly 100%, so I'm ready to head to Jackman. But I take a slight detour to Norridgewock, where Bob Morrison lives. He has been driving electric cars for nearly a decade, and currently has a Chevy Bolt. I wanted to know how he's been able to manage that in such a rural area.
"The newer ones, I mean, the Chevy Bolt is a 300-mile car in the summer for me," he says. "So I've been to Portland and back and never charged and I still had enough to drive to my camp 45 more miles. So you know, it's the new ones are a lot better, they have a bigger battery, bigger capacity."
Morrison says some of the earlier model EVs could only go 100 miles, and he had to skip certain shopping trips in the winter because his battery wouldn't make it. But he says he's never run out of power, and he'll be an EV driver for life.
"I can sum it up in a few words," he says. "I'll never drive gas again, ever."
Morrison predicts that I'll use about half of Pearl's battery by the time I get to Jackman. Seventy miles later, his prediction is true. So I plug Pearl in at a bank of chargers at the Trailside One Stop gas station.
Within an hour, Pearl is charged 96% and it's time to head back to Lewiston. Two and a half hours and 150 miles later, I pull Pearl into Maine Public's parking lot with 64 miles of range left on the battery and about 30% power.
I made it back to Lewiston from Jackman, no problem. This trip in an EV was relatively easy because there were enough fast charging stations on my route. And next year, it should start to become easier across Maine. That's when the installation of federally-funded chargers is expected to begin.
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2022-04-14T15:52:22+00:00
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mainepublic.org
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https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-04-14/can-you-get-there-from-here-in-maine-during-wintertime-we-put-our-electric-vehicle-to-the-test
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Leonardo DiCaprio among top investors to propel climate change solutions forward
ORLANDO, Fla., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NUVIEW, an Earth observation company focused on geospatial technology, today announced investor support from actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio who joined the consortium of investors, led by MaC Venture Capital, along with Broom Ventures, Cortado, Florida Funders, Industrious, Liquid2, and Veto Capital to help build the world's first commercial LiDAR, light detection and ranging, satellite constellation. NUVIEW seeks to map the Earth's entire land surface in real 3D for the first time and then repeating it annually.
NUVIEW's LiDAR systems will generate first-time, centimeter-level accurate representations of the Earth, allowing for applications important in the fight against climate change. Traditional Earth observation methods, such as satellite imagery, have provided invaluable insights into our planet's changes over time. However, these methods often face limitations regarding resolution, accuracy, and the ability to penetrate the cover of darkness or dense vegetation.
This investment announcement follows passing several critical technology milestones and signing over $1.2 billion in early adopter agreements from commercial companies and government entities.
"We are thrilled to have Mr. DiCaprio's support and other environmental advocates onboard that share our NUVIEW values to address global environmental challenges," said Clint Graumann, CEO and Co-Founder of NUVIEW. "Our space-based LiDAR technology can revolutionize how we monitor Earth's resources and ecosystems, providing us with the data necessary to make informed decisions and implement effective solutions. NUVIEW is committed to ensuring that our premier technology contributes to a more sustainable future for our planet."
"NUVIEW's cutting-edge technology will set itself apart by generating high-resolution, 3D images of the Earth's surface, intending to improve our ability to monitor and protect the planet with much more accuracy," said Leonardo DiCaprio. "This unprecedented dataset will help enable scientists, policymakers, and conservationists to make more informed decisions and uncover valuable new insights in climate science."
The new dataset will be ideal for national mapping initiatives, NGOs, commercial enterprises, researchers, governments, and organizations focused on addressing natural disasters, climate change and promoting sustainable development. NUVIEW aims to accelerate global efforts to protect the environment and preserve our planet's biodiversity by fostering collaboration and information-sharing among stakeholders.
NUVIEW
Based in Lake Nona, Florida, NUVIEW is building the world's first commercial LiDAR satellite constellation to provide a continuously updated global 3D point cloud from space to solve the most challenging scientific, environmental, and commercial problems. As a first-mover company, NUVIEW is pioneering satellite, sensor, and software technology to produce high-quality, accurate data with endless application potential for industries including environmental science, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, and archaeology. With a team that has practical and proven experience in building commercial success at a global scale with industry and government, as well as distribution partners, NUVIEW brings a unique combination of technical expertise, demonstrated market success, and operational expertise to the industry. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter, and learn more at nuview.space.
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2023-06-05T13:09:03+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/06/05/nuview-advances-support-towards-climate-environmental-mission/
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Doctors are in high demand, but various factors, have made the profession less desirable.
“There’s just so many patients to see and so many hours of work to be done and not enough people to do them,” Dr. Julie Pilitsis, dean of Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University.
Josh Sohmer and Adé Marciniak are first-year students at the school. By the time they finish, the Association of American Medical Colleges projects a national doctor shortage of between 60,000 and 110,000. How it got this way is uncomplicated, yet seemingly unavoidable.
“People are living longer, so you can’t have less physicians if there’s more people to take care of,” Sohmer said.
In the next decade, the over-65 population is expected to grow by 45%. That includes the 2 in 5 active physicians who’ll reach retirement age— without as many doctors to replace them.
As that change has begun, more physicians are reporting burnout, particularly during a pandemic that put so many through more trauma than they’d ever seen.
“I think people are starting to realize that it’s not just perfect all the time,” Marciniak said.
Amy Du and Zachary Kravetz are in the latter stages of medical school. Both have spent months training in hospitals.
“I have friends of mine asking me medical questions, and I’m like, ‘I’m not even a physician yet. Ask your doctor.’ And their answer is, ‘I don’t have a doctor,’” Du said, “I know, some of my rotations, I didn’t get home until 10 or 11 at night. And you really think about, ‘Hey, is this really worth it? Is this something I want?’”
You don’t enter medicine by accident. You sign up for an extra four years of school. You brace for sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. And especially now, you don’t choose to do it without a deeper drive.
“My mom found my little journal when I was in first grade that's like, ‘What do you want to be when I grow up?’ And I said, ‘A pediatrician,’” Kravetz said.
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2023-02-16T18:20:14+00:00
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kivitv.com
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https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/two-americas/why-the-us-faces-a-shortage-of-doctors
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MEXICO CITY — A protest by some migrants led U.S. Customs and Border Protection to briefly close the Paso Del Norte International Bridge linking El Paso, Texas and the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez early Monday.
Vehicular traffic was closed for about three hours; pedestrian traffic was more briefly affected.
The migrants were apparently frustrated with difficulties in using the online app to apply for U.S. asylum hearings.
In March, a large number of migrants in Mexico who were “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry” caused the CBP to briefly close the same bridge.
Migrants are being asked to complete a form on a phone app, CBP One app, through which they can schedule an appointment to apply to appear at a border entry point to apply for asylum.
Critics have said the app has been beset by technical problems and its not clear how many appointments are available every day.
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2023-04-10T22:53:11+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/mexico-el-paso-border-bridge-closure-protest-migrants/c4fe6154-d7ec-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html
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Denise Dowse, known for roles on "Insecure" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" and a multitude of appearances on other shows, has died at 64 years old. Her sister Tracey Dowse confirmed the news on the actor's Instagram account.
"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform everyone that my sister, Denise Dowse has gone forward to meet our family in eternal life," she wrote. "Denise Yvonne Dowse was the most amazing sister, a consummate, illustrious actress, mentor and director. She was my very best friend and final family member.
Denise loved all of you. I know that she is watching over us with all the love she has."
Tracey Dowse asked for privacy and said plans for a celebration of life would be provided later.
"Again I am so grateful for all the calls, text messages, direct messages, and silent prayers for my sister. We could not have made it so gracefully and painlessly without all of the prayer warriors around the world," she wrote.
She did not give the cause of Dowse's death, but had earlier shared that the actor was hospitalized in a coma due to "a virulent form of meningitis."
"Her doctors do not know when she will come out of the coma as it was not medically induced," she wrote last week.
Dowse portrayed vice principal Yvonne Teasley on "Beverly Hills, 90210." Her most recent major recurring role was as Dr. Rhonda Pine on HBO comedy-drama "Insecure."
Former costar Ian Ziering said the news of Dowse's death was "insanely heartbreaking."
"Throughout all my years working on Beverly Hills 90210, my scenes with Denise will always be remembered with the utmost in respect for her talent, and fondness for the loving soul she was," Ziering wrote in an Instagram comment. "Some of my heartiest off camera laughs were between she and I hammering out the the discipline her Mrs. Teasley would dish out to my Steve Sanders."
Dowse made dozens of appearances in other popular shows over the years including "Bones," "Gilmore Girls," "Charmed," "The West Wing," "Moesha," "ER," "Touched by an Angel" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
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2022-08-14T14:14:47+00:00
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wcnc.com
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https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/denise-dowse-of-insecure-beverly-hills-90210-dies/507-e007ef00-7c9a-4450-a997-5f8e083150d6
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NEW YORK (AP) — The newly restored Cort Theatre on Broadway will formally be renamed after James Earl Jones on Monday, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist.
The honor adds to the many that the iconic actor Jones has amassed, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors. He also was given an honorary Oscar and a special Tony for lifetime achievement.
“It means everything. You can’t think of an artist that has served America more,” director Kenny Leon told The Associated Press ahead of the ceremony. “He was in the military, he did his service there. He did his service on stage, he did his service on film, television, radio. He did his service everywhere and he’s still doing it.”
The renaming comes after a wide Broadway coalition of theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors hammered out a series of reforms and commitments in 2021 for the theater industry to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
One requirement of the so-called New Deal for Broadway was that the Shubert, Nederlander and Jujamcyn theater chains have at least one of their theaters named after a Black artist. Artists like LaChanze, Audra McDonald, Wendell Pierce, Billy Porter and Leon backed the proposals.
“I couldn’t think of anybody more deserving of this honor,” said Leon. “When I think about it, I think about young kids. I think about Black kids, white and Asian kids, all kinds of kids, standing up outside of that theater and looking up and saying, ‘That’s it: The James Earl Jones Theatre. That represents the good in all of us.’”
Jujamcyn already has the August Wilson Theatre and the Nederlander Organization will soon rename the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after Lena Horne, marking the first time a Black woman will have a Broadway theater named in her honor.
The three-tier Cort Theatre — at 138 W. 48th St. — opened in 1912 and was built by and named for John Cort, general manager of the Northwestern Theatrical Association. Thomas Lamb was the architect.
It has undergone a $47 million restoration and expansion that includes the building of a 35-foot wide and 100-foot deep adjacent space to the theater that allows for bars and lounges on every level, new bathrooms for men and women, and elevators, all in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A new mural that employs digital tiles connects the floors.
The James Earl Jones Theatre will have a wider stage and a trap room underneath — making musicals now an option — and a new upstairs rehearsal space that matches the stage’s footprint. There is also an upgraded wardrobe room and offices for theater staff and roomy dressing rooms.
Inside the theater, the firm Francesca Russo Architect has brought back the Marie Antoinette color palette in the seating, ornamental plaster, drapery, lighting and carpet. Original cove lighting have been replaced with long life lamps and the original Tiffany glass illuminated proscenium has been restored.
New wider seats actually mean the interior lost four seats from its just-over-1,000 seats — but it promises to offer a more comfortable experience. A new rigging system has been added, as well as a refashioned orchestra pit and ventilation systems.
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2022-09-12T16:02:46+00:00
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wric.com
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https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/ap-broadway-theater-to-be-renamed-in-honor-of-james-earl-jones/
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Documents: Florida migrant transport planning began in July
By CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida documents show officials began planning to transport migrants to other states in July and told potential contractors their task would be to relocate them on a voluntary basis. The documents released Friday night to The Associated Press and other news organizations provide new details about the program that culminated in the Sept. 14 flight of 48 mostly Venezuelan migrants from San Antonio, Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The flight has spawned an investigation by a Texas sheriff and two lawsuits amid criticism that the program was a political stunt by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to appeal to his conservative base.
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2022-10-08T23:52:16+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/news/2022/10/08/documents-florida-migrant-transport-planning-began-in-july/
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FBI warns to stop using public phone charging stations
One convenience of modern devices is they use the same cable for charging and data transfer. In other words, when you plug your phone into your computer, not only will you be charging it, but you could upload files at the same time. Unfortunately, hackers have taken advantage of this vulnerability so they can upload malware and monitoring software when you charge your device in a public place. In fact, the FBI just issued a warning telling people not to use public phone charging stations. So what options do you have?
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What alternatives are there to using a public charging station?
One conundrum of rechargeable devices is the more you charge them, the shorter their battery life becomes. Inevitably, you will find yourself in a situation where you are away from home and have a rapidly dying battery. That is precisely why public charging stations were invented.
The simplest way to keep your phone safe from “juice jacking” is to keep a portable charger with you at all times. This convenient tech ensures you won’t ever need to make your phone vulnerable at a public charging station again. For example, the Anker 521 Magnetic Battery Pack snaps to your phone and gives it up to 17 additional hours of charge while the Mophie Powerstation Plus XL has enough just to charge your phone at least four times.
What are the best ways to protect your personal information?
Protecting sensitive information is a full-time job. You must always be aware of the potential for hacking and take measures to reduce the risk. If you have a secure password manager, such as LastPass or BitWarden, you’ve got a great foundation. However, you also might want to consider the increased fortification of using a virtual private network, and make sure your firewall or antivirus software is up-to-date and running.
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The Anker 521 Magnetic Battery Pack is a clever device that snaps onto the back of your phone and lets it charge wirelessly while you are on the go. It can provide 17 hours of additional power, which is enough to get you through the day.
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Another portable option that can keep you safe from the public charging stations is the Mophie Powerstation Plus XL. This affordable option is a favorite as it can deliver over four full charges. It is slim, compact and easy to carry, and it features an 18-watt fast-charging output.
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A battery charging phone case is another convenient way to carry around a charge in your pocket. This model is designed for iPhones. This case gives you two to three days’ worth of power, depending on use, and allows access to power and volume buttons, but not headphones.
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If you want to go all in on a top product, this solar generator is a solid option. It weighs 6.6 pounds and has a 240-watt-hour lithium-ion battery pack. If you take this model along with you on a road trip, you won’t ever have to worry about finding a public charging station to power up your devices.
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2023-04-12T00:57:14+00:00
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kdvr.com
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https://kdvr.com/reviews/br/electronics-br/charging-power-br/ways-to-avoid-juice-jacking-and-how-to-protect-your-privacy-online/
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf is scheduled to consider other matters next week before taking a previously scheduled two-week hiatus, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. That means a vote on whether or not to indict the former president likely wouldn't come until late April at the earliest.
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The break, which was scheduled in advance when the panel was convened in January, coincides with Passover, Easter and spring break for the New York City public school system.
The person who confirmed the grand jury’s schedule was not authorized to speak publicly about secretive grand jury proceedings and did so on condition of anonymity. A message left with the district attorney’s office was not immediately returned.
In a statement released through a lawyer, Trump said: “I HAVE GAINED SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THIS GRAND JURY.”
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The grand jury has been meeting regularly Monday and Wednesday afternoons. It met Monday and a longtime Trump friend and potential key witness in the investigation was seen leaving the building where the grand jury has been meeting. The grand jury was not scheduled to meet Wednesday.
News earlier this month that Trump had been invited to appear before the grand jury fueled widespread speculation that an indictment would soon be forthcoming. Trump himself added to that anticipation with a post on his social media platform saying that he expected to be arrested soon, though his representatives later said that they had not received any such indication from prosecutors.
But the district attorney's office has made no public statements on the timing of any possible indictments, continuing its work in secret over the last two weeks. On March 20, the grand jury heard from a witness favorable to Trump.
People familiar with how grand jury processes typically unfold cautioned that the schedule could change and that prosecutors could still ask jurors to consider charges or vote on an indictment on one of the days they’re expected to meet on other matters.
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Few people — Manhattan District Alvin Bragg and the prosecutors in charge of the grand jury investigation — know precisely how the grand jury investigation is proceeding and at what pace. They control when witnesses are called to testify and will be the ones deciding whether, and when, to seek an indictment.
Since Trump’s March 18 post, authorities ratcheted up security, deploying additional police officers, lining the streets around the courthouse with barricades and dispatching bomb-sniffing dogs.
They’ve also had to respond to myriad threats, including bomb and death threats, a suspicious powder scare and a protester who was arrested Tuesday after witnesses say she pulling a knife on passersby outside the courthouse.
The grand jury is investigating money paid during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to two women who alleged that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him. Trump has denied the allegations.
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Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who has testified as a key prosecution witness, paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 through a shell company he set up and was then reimbursed by Trump, whose company logged the reimbursements as legal expenses.
Earlier in 2016, Cohen also arranged for former Playboy model Karen McDougal to be paid $150,000 by the publisher of the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer, which squelched her story in a journalistically dubious practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
Meanwhile, other Trump investigations have been busily proceeding with crucial wins for prosecutors.
A Trump lawyer appeared last week before a federal grand jury in Washington investigating Trump’s possible mishandling of classified documents after prosecutors were able to persuade a judge they had evidence that the former president was using his legal representation in furtherance of a crime.
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And a judge has also ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence must provide some grand jury testimony in a separate investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.
If the Manhattan grand jury’s schedule holds, that panel wouldn’t return to the Trump matter until April 24. That’s five days after Trump’s longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg is slated to be released from jail for his role in a unrelated tax fraud scheme involving fringe benefits from Trump’s company.
Weisselberg made key decisions in how Trump and his Trump Organization kept their books, and Cohen alleges he was involved in the hush-money arrangements, but Weisselberg does not appear to be cooperating with the grand jury investigation.
Meanwhile, a former magazine columnist’s rape lawsuit against Trump is set to go to trial April 25 at a federal courthouse steps away from where the hush-money grand jury has been meeting. Both Trump and rape accuser E. Jean Carroll are expected to testify in the civil trial.
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She alleges he raped her in a luxury department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. He denies it and says he had no idea who she was before she went public with the allegation in 2019.
The AP does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly.
__ Associated Press reporters Jennifer Peltz and Eric Tucker contributed to this report. __ Follow Michael Sisak on Twitter at twitter.com/mikesisak. Send confidential tips by visiting https://www.ap.org/tips/.
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2023-03-29T19:07:59+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/trump-grand-jury-poised-to-take-pre-planned-17867062.php
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States won a legal battle on Tuesday to seize a Russian-owned superyacht in Fiji and wasted no time in taking command of the $325 million vessel and sailing it away from the South Pacific nation.
The court ruling represented a significant victory for the U.S. as it encounters obstacles in its attempts to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs around the world. While those efforts are welcomed by many who oppose the war in Ukraine, some actions have tested the limits of American jurisdiction abroad.
In Fiji, the nation’s Supreme Court lifted a stay order which had prevented the U.S. from seizing the superyacht Amadea.
Chief Justice Kamal Kumar ruled that based on the evidence, the chances of defense lawyers mounting an appeal that the top court would hear were “nil to very slim.”
Kumar said he accepted arguments that keeping the superyacht berthed in Fiji at Lautoka harbor was “costing the Fijian government dearly.”
“The fact that U.S. authorities have undertaken to pay costs incurred by the Fijian government is totally irrelevant,” the judge found. He said the Amadea “sailed into Fiji waters without any permit and most probably to evade prosecution by the United States of America.”
The U.S. removed the motorized vessel within an hour or two of the court’s ruling, possibly to ensure the yacht didn’t get entangled in any further legal action.
A U.S. Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
In early May, the Justice Department issued a statement saying the Amadea had been seized in Fiji, but that turned out to be premature after lawyers appealed.
It wasn’t immediately clear where the U.S. intended to take the Amadea, which the FBI has linked to the Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov.
Fiji Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde said unresolved questions of money laundering and the ownership of the Amadea need to be decided in the U.S.
“The decision acknowledges Fiji’s commitment to respecting international mutual assistance requests and Fiji’s international obligations,” Pryde said.
In court documents, the FBI linked the Amadea to the Kerimov family through their alleged use of code names while aboard and the purchase of items such as a pizza oven and a spa bed. The ship became a target of Task Force KleptoCapture, launched in March to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs to put pressure on Russia to end the war.
The 106-meter (348-foot) -long vessel, about the length of a football field, features a live lobster tank, a hand-painted piano, a swimming pool and a large helipad.
Lawyer Feizal Haniff, who represented paper owner Millemarin Investments, had argued the owner was another wealthy Russian who, unlike Kerimov, doesn’t face sanctions.
The U.S. acknowledged that paperwork appeared to show Eduard Khudainatov was the owner but said he was also the paper owner of a second and even larger superyacht, the Scheherazade, which has been linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The U.S. questioned whether Khudainatov could really afford two superyachts worth a total of more than $1 billion.
“The fact that Khudainatov is being held out as the owner of two of the largest superyachts on record, both linked to sanctioned individuals, suggests that Khudainatov is being used as a clean, unsanctioned straw owner to conceal the true beneficial owners,” the FBI wrote in a court affidavit.
Court documents say the Amadea switched off its transponder soon after Russia invaded Ukraine and sailed from the Caribbean through the Panama Canal to Mexico, arriving with over $100,000 in cash. It then sailed thousands of miles (kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean to Fiji.
The Justice Department said it didn’t believe paperwork showing the Amadea was next headed to the Philippines, arguing it was really destined for Vladivostok or elsewhere in Russia.
The department said it found a text message on a crew member’s phone saying, “We’re not going to Russia” followed by a “shush” emoji.
The U.S. said Kerimov secretly bought the Cayman Island-flagged Amadea last year through various shell companies. The FBI said a search warrant in Fiji turned up emails showing that Kerimov’s children were aboard the ship this year and that the crew used code names — G0 for Kerimov, G1 for his wife, G2 for his daughter and so on.
Kerimov made a fortune investing in Russian gold producer Polyus, with Forbes magazine putting his net worth at $14.5 billion. The U.S. first sanctioned him in 2018 after he was detained in France and accused of money laundering there, sometimes arriving with suitcases stuffed with 20 million euros.
Khudainatov is the former chairman and chief executive of Rosneft, the state-controlled Russian oil and gas company.
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2022-06-07T16:06:45+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/us-wins-case-to-seize-russian-superyacht-in-fiji-sails-away/
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Duke basketball beats Miami, clinches spot in ACC Tournament championship
GREENSBORO – Duke basketball will play for its 22nd ACC Tournament championship on Saturday night at Greensboro Coliseum.
Following a humbling 22-point beatdown at Miami in early February, the 21st-ranked Blue Devils dished out some revenge in an 85-78 win against the 14th-ranked Hurricanes on Friday.
Duke (25-8) will carry a season-long eight-game winning streak into Saturday’s title game against Virginia or Clemson. The Blue Devils have more wins (109) and titles (21) than any program in ACC Tournament history.
In a game that had a championship feel, Duke never trailed in the second half and had five players finish in double figures. Kyle Filipowski (17 points, 11 rebounds), Dariq Whitehead (16 points), Tyrese Proctor (15 points), Mark Mitchell (14 points) and Jeremy Roach (13 points) led the way.
Tyrese Proctor, Dariq Whitehead level up
Freshman duo Tyrese Proctor and Dariq Whitehead surpassed their season scoring averages early in the second half, taking Duke’s offense to a new level.
Proctor, who entered Friday’s game averaging 9.2 points per game, had 11 points – including a trio of 3s – with 16 minutes left, reaching double figures for the fifth game in a row. It’s the first time this season Proctor has drained three treys in consecutive games. He had 11 points and 10 assists in Duke’s 96-69 rout of Pitt on Thursday.
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Whitehead, who missed eight games this season because of injuries, had 11 points with 14 minutes left in the second half. He averaged 8.0 points in his first 24 games before reaching double digits Friday for the first time since Feb. 18 at Syracuse. He had multiple 3s for the first time since that game in New York.
Duke, Miami trade buckets in 1st half
A high-octane first half featured a lot of offense and 12 lead changes between the Blue Devils and Hurricanes. When one team would make a run, the other would answer with a scoring spurt of its own. The Blue Devils got the final run, 8-2, and led 41-36 at halftime.
After trailing 40-26 at halftime in February’s loss at Miami, Duke got off to a much better start Friday with Proctor and Whitehead scoring eight points each to lead the Blue Devils, who shot 58% in the first 20 minutes.
Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at rbaxley@fayobserver.com or @RoddBaxley on Twitter.
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2023-03-11T03:05:17+00:00
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fayobserver.com
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https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/college/acc/2023/03/10/duke-basketball-miami-blue-devils-score-acc-tournament-kyle-filipowski/69978960007/
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Former Towson running back Darius Victor has found a home — even if it’s not the one he might have initially envisioned.
After brief stints with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals, Victor has flourished as a member of the USFL’s New Jersey Generals. He leads the eight-team league in both rushing yards (543) and touchdown runs (nine) and ranks second in carries (120) and fourth in rushing yards per game (60.3).
“Whenever I’ve played football, I’ve felt at home, that’s where I’ve felt peace,” he said. “So I can say that because the USFL has given me an opportunity to play football.”
With the 28-year-old Victor on their side, the Generals lead the league in both rushing offense (158.7 yards per game) and total offense (342.7 yards per game) and rank third in scoring (22.8 points per game). Since a season-opening 28-24 loss to the Birmingham Stallions on April 16, New Jersey has won eight consecutive games and clinched the North Division title.
Running backs coach Jay Locey compared Victor favorably to Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green for his toughness and competitive streak.
“I think the beautiful part that he does is, he is one of those guys that elevates and takes on special teams, and every aspect that he does is valuable to him,” Locey said of Victor. “He brings people with him.”
Victor was uncertain he would find stability in professional football. After his senior year with the Tigers in 2016, the Hyattsville native and Northwestern High grad joined a crowded Saints backfield that included Mark Ingram II, Alvin Kamara and Adrian Peterson for training camp in 2017, but he was cut in September. Two months later, he was signed to the Cardinals’ practice squad and endured a number of releases and re-signings before getting waived ahead of the 2018 season opener.
To make ends meet, Victor worked as a supervisor for a shipping corporation and a sales operation manager for an automotive products company. Then in October 2019, he was selected in the ninth round of the XFL draft by the New York Guardians and finished the 2020 season ranked fifth in the league in rushing yards (238) and sixth in rushing average (4.3 yards per game), but did not reach the end zone.
The coronavirus pandemic cut short the XFL’s return, and the league filed for bankruptcy in April. Victor returned to Miami, where he provided security at several federal buildings.
Despite the setbacks, he continued to train to stay in football shape, sometimes returning home at 8 p.m., wolfing down some food, going to sleep and waking up before 6 a.m. to repeat the cycle.
“That was kind of tough doing that for such a long time with no end in sight,” he said. “It was like two full-time jobs because in my head, I was still a professional athlete, and I prepared like that.”
Victor said he was contacted by the USFL a few weeks before the league’s initial draft in February. But no teams picked Victor, who was frustrated until the Generals took him in the sixth round of the supplemental draft the following month.
“I was like, ‘Wow, not this again.’ But I kept the faith and got picked up a couple weeks after in the supplemental draft,” he said. “I’m older now, so I can handle disappointment better. I kind of spoke it into existence.”
Locey, who worked with wide receivers and tight ends before being promoted to associate head coach at Oregon State, said he was surprised Victor was still available. Locey said Victor, who is affectionately called “Vito” by those close to him, is tough to tackle due to his 5-foot-8, 209-pound frame powered by 30-inch thighs.
“He’s built low to the ground,” Locey said. “It’s hard to get underneath him. The term ‘bowling ball’ has been used quite a bit when describing Vito.”
Towson coach Rob Ambrose can attest to the difficulty of tackling Victor. He said when Victor became a junior in 2015, the coaches were forced to keep him out of short-yardage and goal-line drills because he had a habit of running over his defensive teammates and injuring them.
“To be honest, I’ve got to believe that part of the reason why he’s not in the NFL is a gentleman’s agreement because nobody wants to tackle him,” Ambrose said with tongue firmly planted in his cheek. “There are great players, but Darius is unlike any football player I’ve ever seen. … I was a crazy football player a million years ago, and I swear to God I would not ever want to tackle him.”
After posting 66 rushing yards and zero touchdowns in that loss to the Stallions, Victor found the end zone five times in his next four games and then four times in his last two games, including three touchdowns and 87 yards in a 29-18 victory over the Pittsburgh Maulers on June 3.
“I’m making the most of the opportunity,” he said. “I know for a fact that it could be over with a snap of the fingers. So this is a huge blessing, and I’m glad that I’m taking advantage of it because it would be very wasteful if I didn’t.”
Whether Victor’s performances are making an impression with NFL scouts remains to be seen. While many NFL teams are opting for pass-heavy offenses, Ambrose noted that the Ravens and Tennessee Titans are continuing to rely on run-based attacks, which might suit a player of Victor’s caliber.
“This has done nothing but opened up everybody’s eyes that he is a professional athlete,” Ambrose said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re the CFL, the NFL, the XFL, the USFL. Darius Victor is a professional.”
Victor said he doesn’t want to distract himself with thoughts about the NFL. He said he’d rather focus on helping the Generals capture the USFL title at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, on July 3. He’s never won a championship in football, though he reached the 2013 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title game with Towson.
“Just winning a championship ring would mean the world to me,” he said. “So that’s what we’re trying to do.”
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2022-06-12T20:19:32+00:00
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twincities.com
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https://www.twincities.com/2022/06/12/former-towson-running-back-darius-victor-is-one-of-the-best-players-in-the-usfl-its-all-because-he-kept-the-faith/
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A Maryland man in a delivery truck headed to the U.S. Capitol was arrested Friday morning after authorities said they spotted an assault-style rifle in the vehicle, according to the Capitol Police.
Police also said they have no evidence that the man, identified as Michael J. Donohue, 57, intended to target Congress or the Capitol complex.
“Still, this serves as yet another reminder that all weapons are prohibited from Capitol Grounds,” Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement. “I thank our entire team at the off-site screening facility from stopping this gun before it came anywhere near the U.S. Capitol Complex.”
Police said Donohue was charged with possession of an unregistered firearm, possession of unregistered ammunition and unlawful activity. It could not immediately be learned if Donohue has an attorney.
The incident occurred shortly after 5 a.m. Police said the firearm was wrapped in a blanket in the back seat of a large Ford pickup truck. Authorities did not say what the man might have been delivering or if he worked for a company.
Police said that last year officers confiscated about 40 firearms on or near the Capitol grounds, most in traffic stops. The Capitol grounds consist of 270 acres.
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2023-04-14T13:53:53+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/14/firearm-capitol-assault/
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Thousands of people and dozens of events - Juneteenth was celebrated in the city of Flint without incident.
Quite the contrast from last year's celebration when a woman drove through the Juneteenth parade and opened fire on a Flint police officer. The officer returned fire and the woman later died of her injuries.
This year a much more positive story is emerging from the holiday celebration.
The city is attributing to organizers, participants, preparation, and expectations.
Both Mayor Sheldon Neeley, and Police Sgt. Tyron Booth say they woke up on the Monday after feeling proud of the city and its residents.
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2022-06-21T02:36:38+00:00
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abc12.com
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https://www.abc12.com/community/a-safe-juneteenth-celebration-in-flint-over-the-weekend/article_000a7304-f0ea-11ec-9ed8-dfda3e379688.html
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2023-07-11T16:09:38+00:00
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valleycentral.com
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https://www.valleycentral.com/news/best-early-prime-day-deals-for-100-or-less/
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'I heard my baby screaming': Surviving sister of family killed in shooting describes terrifying ordeal
UNION PARK, Fla. - A man is in jail, accused of killing his girlfriend, her mother, sister, and young niece. Investigators said 23-year-old Shavell Jordan Jones also tried killing another sister, but she survived to tell everyone what happened.
"I saw him, and then I realized, what he did, and then he shot me," explained Sharice Nesmith as she described the terrifying moment that went down inside her home. "He keeps shooting and shooting. I heard my baby screaming."
Investigators said Jones shot and killed Nesmith's mother, Gail Baker, her sisters, Asha and Shantay, and her 4-year-old daughter, Janice. Nesmith was also struck in her face. "I felt my jaw broke. I felt it. I was holding myself."
As Nesmith tried to run for help, she said she had to step over her mother, sisters, and even little Janice to get out of the house. "I saw my baby girl laying down, and I wasn’t thinking. I thought she was still sleeping for some reason."
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She said her other two children were still alive. "He said mommy are you ok? I was holding my face, holding my jaw. I said stay right here I’ll be back, I’m going to get help." Nesmith went door to door covered in blood, hoping someone would help. "Knocking on doors, knocking on doors. I was holding my jaw and nose."
A neighbor finally opened a door. When deputies arrived, they found 6-year-old Jayceon and 4-year-old Jalese hiding under a blanket. Nesmith said she is proud of how her son helped his little sister. "My son, he’s so smart. He was able to go hide."
They said he had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend, Asha, and was supposed to leave, but started shooting instead. According to investigators, Jones tried shooting himself but survived. Nesmith said Jones had never acted out before, "He was sweet and the kids loved him. So I don’t know, it surprised me."
Nesmith said she feels an emptiness inside, as she deals with the loss of family members and plans for their funeral without enough funds to cover the expenses. "I feel lost without them, honestly. They were always by my side."
Captain D's on E. Colonial in Union Park is collecting donations to help them.
Jones faces murder and attempted murder charges.
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2022-11-16T06:13:49+00:00
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fox35orlando.com
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https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/surviving-sister-talks-about-shooter-that-killed-4-of-her-family-members
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Cheetah escapes enclosure at zoo, causing lockdown, officials say
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - A zoo in Nebraska said it has recaptured a cheetah that had escaped from its primary enclosure Tuesday.
According to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, officials at the zoo learned the cheetah had escaped around 3:40 p.m.
The zoo said the cheetah was still behind a public barrier within the Scott African Grasslands and no one was ever in any danger during the incident.
When officials were notified of the cheetah’s escape, they activated emergency protocols. Guests, students and staff were taken to secure areas, and all entry points to the zoo were closed.
Zoo officials said the 5-year-old, 60-pound female cheetah, named Gretchen, was in the staff’s sight the whole time she was outside of her enclosure. At one point, Gretchen reportedly laid down and then responded to the animal care team.
Gretchen was then walked back to her night quarters without further incident, according to WOWT.
Omaha Zoo CEO Dr. Luis Padilla credited the quick response by zoo staff to their regular drills.
The zoo said it’s investigating how the cheetah was able to escape from its primary enclosure, and the specific area will be reviewed.
According to the zoo, Gretchen was born at the Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park. Gretchen currently lives at the zoo in the Scott African Grasslands with her mother and three sisters.
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2023-03-01T21:40:06+00:00
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wagmtv.com
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https://www.wagmtv.com/2023/03/01/cheetah-escapes-enclosure-zoo-causing-lockdown-officials-say/
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The partnership allows Blue Whale EV to offer Xeal's award-winning EV chargers featuring ultra-reliable, decentralized communication software for maximum uptime
SAVAGE, Md., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Whale EV, an innovative end-to-end advisory and service organization to the EV charging community, announces its partnership as a certified reseller with Xeal, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and smarter technology for the multifamily industry. Through this partnership, Blue Whale EV will extend the capacity of the EV charging startup by providing sales, installation, and maintenance for prospective and existing customers. This will enable Xeal's teams to focus on expanding production and continuing to develop cutting-edge technology.
Xeal's technology aims to solve major connectivity problems that plague the EV industry. Recent studies have shown that more than 15% of EV chargers available today are non-operational, and for most of these, the problem comes back to connectivity. Drivers connect to Xeal chargers using the Xeal app, which powers connectivity through a patent-pending encrypted token-based technology called Apollo. This technology eliminates the need for cellular service or network IT cables for connectivity, effectively bypassing the most common failpoint for chargers. Not only does the Apollo system lead to reduced downtime, it also means chargers can be installed in settings that traditionally would not allow for EV chargers, such as underground parking garages where cell service fails and cabling becomes a problem.
Rich McNulty, CEO of Blue Whale EV said, "There's never been a more exciting time to be in the EV charging industry. It's an industry that's constantly pushing past the boundaries of what's considered possible and inspiring companies to do the same. At Blue Whale EV, we're committed to partnering with companies who think outside the box and propel the industry forward. For that reason, we're excited to expand our portfolio of EV charging options to include Xeal's innovative offerings. Their high-tech, low maintenance, and cost-effective chargers will ensure that our clients have access to reliable charging they can count on."
The EV charging industry is expanding rapidly, and manufacturers are doing all they can to simply produce enough chargers to keep up with demand. Handling customer education, sales negotiation, installation, and maintenance on top of manufacturing chargers is something few companies can sustain. That's where Blue Whale EV comes in. With established partnerships with electrical services providers, as well as industry expertise in EV charging, Blue Whale EV connects manufacturers with end clients and ensures that all clients receive the attention and service they need throughout their EV charging adoption journey.
Chris Moreno, vice president of real estate & channel partnerships at Xeal, said, "Blue Whale EV is exactly what we look for in a partner. They're passionate about the industry and provide top notch education and service to prospective clients. In Blue Whale EV, we've not just found a company to sell our products; we've found a partner who we can trust to help us drive mass adoption of EV charging across multifamily and commercial real estate clients."
Together, the two companies aim to drive adoption of sustainable practices. With dynamic power optimization software, Xeal's solution enables facilities to install 3x more chargers without needing to upgrade their electrical capacity. Furthermore, they're designed to integrate with solar arrays to help multifamily and commercial properties move towards 100% renewable and self-sufficient energy. By partnering with Xeal, Blue Whale EV will empower properties across the Mid-Atlantic to offer the amenities their tenants and employees want as well as fulfill environmental and sustainability goals.
For more information about Blue Whale EV, visit: www.bluewhaleev.com
Xeal is a hyper-growth, venture-backed technology startup headquartered in New York City. Xeal offers multifamily and commercial real estate owners and operators the ability to seamlessly install smart EV charging in their communities with little to no infrastructure upgrades. Clients manage these smart EV charging stations remotely through Xeal's dashboard, providing real-time data on charging sessions, energy management, utilization, and revenue share. Xeal's driver app employs a token-based technology for EV drivers to gain reliable access to charging stations without relying on cellular or garage IT infrastructure. Through Apollo, a groundbreaking decentralized communication protocol, building owners can remotely control and monitor smart charging stations through a bi-directional management channel between user smartphones and EV chargers to establish a more secure, reliable, and cost-effective way to stay connected. Xeal delivers an entirely self-sufficient smart charging experience for drivers, enabling 100% uptime, 50x faster processing speed, and a frictionless user experience. Experience Xeal's recent deployments here or visit www.xealenergy.com for more information.
Blue Whale EV (BWEV) is an innovative end-to-end advisory and service organization to the EV charging community. With headquarters in Savage, MD, BWEV specializes in bringing EV charging expertise to commercial and government clients in the mid-Atlantic region. BWEV guides clients through all phases of adopting EV charging, from solution design to installation and ongoing maintenance. This consultative approach ensures that clients have a solution customized to their current requirements while also providing a seamless installation and reliable operations far into the future.
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2022-09-27T13:27:25+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/09/27/blue-whale-ev-partners-with-xeal-certified-reseller/
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Susan Rohrer Breig, age 83, long-time resident of Wallingford, CT, and most recently, Redding, CT, passed away on November 22, 2022 with family by her side. Born and raised in Lancaster, PA, she lived an active, adventurous life filled with numerous friends made along the way.
Beloved child and only daughter of the late Richard Peoples Rohrer and Susan Hager Rohrer of Lancaster, PA, she delighted in being the younger sister of three older brothers, Richard Rohre,r Jr., and the late Charles Rohrer and Robert Rohrer. Susan attended Lancaster Country Day School, Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, CT (Class of '56) and then Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C. (Class of '58).
As a young girl, Susan was an equestrian and then began playing basketball and field hockey which she continued during her college years. An avid tennis player, golfer (with one certified hole-in-one), and skier, she added hiking, biking, and kayaking later in life to her many athletic pursuits, including being a long-time member of the New Haven Hiking Club. Susan continued her annual camping trips to Vermont right up until recently.
She also enjoyed river cruises in Europe, complete with point-to-point bike rides. For many years, Susan took annual sailing excursions in the British Virgin Islands, helming the boat herself. Susan loved music and was a frequent attendee at the Newport Jazz Festival and other jazz festivals in New England. She was a huge fan of the Galvanized Jazz Band. She was an even bigger fan of the UCONN Huskies Women's and Men's basketball teams.
Surviving family members include her two devoted sons, F. Warren Breig III, and his partner, Mary Targett, of Clarks Summit, PA, J. Scott Breig, Sr., and his wife, Geralyn of Westport, CT; six loving grandchildren, Reilly Breig, Duncan Breig, Piper Breig, Jamieson S. Breig, Jr., Charlotte Breig, and Bennett Breig; her brother, Richard Rohre,r Jr., and his wife, Jean; her sisters-in-law, Sally Rohrer and Joanne Rohrer; her former husband, F. Warren Breig, Jr.; and many nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life is planned for Friday, December 2, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. with words of remembrance at 12:00 p.m. in the Lesko & Polke Funeral Home, 1209 Post Road, Fairfield, CT.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Susan's memory can be made directly to the Greenwood School in Putney, VT. https://greenwood.myschoolapp.com/page/giving-to-greenwood?siteId=1063&pending=true&cached=false For travel directions or to sign an online guest register, please visit www.LeskoPolkeFuneralHome.com
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2022-11-27T07:11:33+00:00
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lancasteronline.com
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https://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/susan-rohrer-breig/article_b1670625-7362-5624-ab52-9dda9f05eb5f.html
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CONCORD, N.H. — A jury on Thursday convicted a New Hampshire man of first-degree murder for killing his wife’s coworker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him.
Amerault’s mother was in the courtroom and started crying as the verdict was read. The jury had the case for a little under two hours.
“The defendant had all the motive to kill Jonathan, because for him, Jonathan was a man who had just started seeing his wife,” prosecutor Benjamin Agati said during closing arguments. “A man who his wife thought looked like an Abercrombie model, a man who was at her workplace that he now knew was talking to his wife behind his back. The man that he instantly saw as a rival.”
In closing arguments, Barron’s lawyer said Britany’s testimony was contradicted by physical evidence and she had a motive to lie, while a prosecutor said she told the truth and had feared for her life.
Barron had pleaded not guilty to the charges. His lawyers argue that his wife shot Amerault, which she denies.
His lawyer, Meredith Lugo, said the “primary example” of Britany’s testimony not being supported by the evidence was her description of how Armando shot that last bullet in the hatchback vehicle. She said he was turned around in the passenger’s seat, with Amerault in the back and his head up against the door of the hatchback.
Lugo said the shot couldn’t have been inflicted that way, noting that the state’s chief medical examiner testified the bullet was fired at close range.
“If Britany isn’t being honest with you about that, what else isn’t she telling you?” Lugo said.
Agati said that Amerault died trying to save himself, moving toward Armando as the shot was fired. He had tried to protect himself when a prior bullet went through his arm and had other defensive wounds on his arms and hands. His feet were close to a machete that was on the floor, and to the car door handles.
“To believe that during that shooting that Jonathan just sat there is not reasonable,” Agati said.
Britany, 33, testified that after Amerault was shot, she was forced to drive the car 200 miles (322 kilometers) north to a remote campsite, with Armando driving right behind her and talking to her on the phone most of the way. There, she said, she was forced to behead Amerault. Her husband eventually left her at the site, telling her to dispose of the body, she testified.
Lugo said Britany is “very capable of lying when she wants to,” noting that when she was approached at the campsite by state Fish and Game Department officers, she told them she was there “clearing her head” following a fight with a girlfriend at a party.
Eventually, the officers noticed something covered by a tarp that turned out to be Amerault’s car. She was detained and brought to police.
“But of course she cooperated at that point,” Lugo said. “She had a story she was selling and she needed them to believe it,” framing herself as the victim.
Agati said the balance that Britany must have had to make, “believing that her own life was forfeit, juxtaposed with her need to get back home to the girls that she had almost literally been dragged away from, the relationship she had been in for 14 years of marriage,” should be considered by the jurors.
Britany Barron pleaded guilty last year to three counts of falsifying evidence and was released from jail on parole last month.
The Associated Press had not been naming the couple in order not to identify Britany Barron, who said she suffered extreme abuse. Through her lawyer, she recently agreed to the use of her name.
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2022-05-26T21:23:33+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/man-convicted-of-1st-degree-murder-in-beheading-case/2022/05/26/f0196ae6-dd33-11ec-bc35-a91d0a94923b_story.html
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Partnership opens the world of web3 gaming to tens of millions of players in the US
SYDNEY, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, ImmutableX, the first and leading Layer 2 protocol scaling solution on Ethereum, announced the official launch of the GameStop NFT Marketplace which unlocks access to web3 games and millions of world-class, NFT gaming assets to tens of millions of GameStop players and GameStop Powerup Pro loyalty customers across the United States.
Not only will the integration unlock some of the biggest web3 games in the world which are currently being built on ImmutableX including, Gods Unchained, Guild of Guardians and Illuvium, it also allows for 100 percent gas-free and carbon-neutral minting and trading on the GameStop NFT Marketplace.
"Our partnership with GameStop is an important step forward as Immutable brings the next billion players to web3 gaming. Today's launch of the GameStop NFT Marketplace means that we can now provide access to millions of additional NFTs, more of the top web3 games being developed today, while maintaining a best-in-class experience for players," said Robbie Ferguson, president and co-founder of ImmutableX. "We are excited to continue to deepen Immutable's relationship with GameStop and are looking forward to building the future world of web3 gaming together."
Since the partnership between GameStop and ImmutableX was announced in February, 2022 the two brands have brought to market multiple web3 activations together including:
- The launch of a $100m USD grant fund meant to drive new game pitches, signings and integrations from builders and creators powering the future of NFTs and web3 gaming.
- The integration of ImmutableX into the GameStop Wallet providing players the ability to manage their funds and digital assets.
- Delivered activations from Immutable Games Studio including a cross promotion with Gods Unchained introducing web3 games to GameStop PowerUp Pro Players.
To explore, collect and trade NFTs visit the GameStop NFT Marketplace at: https://nft.gamestop.com
For more information on ImmutableX and powering the next generation of web3 games visit: https://www.immutable.com
Immutable is advancing the next generation of web3 games through ImmutableX, an industry-leading NFT minting and trading platform and the world's first Layer 2 rapid scaling solution on Ethereum.
Today ImmutableX, leveraging ZK roll-up technology from Starkware, has grown to become the leading platform to mint, trade and scale web3 games and NFT projects on Ethereum, offering builders and innovators a carbon-free, no gas fee solution with unlimited speed, scalability, security, and liquidity. ImmutableX is the platform of choice for world-class web3 games such as Guild of Guardians, Illuvium, Embersword, Planet Quest and many more.
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2022-10-31T21:04:52+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/10/31/immutablex-announces-powering-gamestops-nft-marketplace-which-is-live-offering-access-millions-nfts/
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Dozens of Native American remains found on University of North Dakota campus
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVLY/Gray News) - The University of North Dakota’s President Andrew Armacost said the university found Native American remains in a closet on campus earlier this year.
Armacost said on Wednesday the discovery was made while looking for a missing sacred item on campus. He estimated that there are dozens of remains.
Including other sacred artifacts, the university has found more than 250 boxes with Native American belongings on the university campus, KVLY reported.
“Coming on the heels of other recent revelations about historic wrongs inflicted on Indigenous people in the United States and Canada, members of our tribal communities in the region will undoubtedly be deeply affected by this news from UND. While I cannot take away their pain, I can apologize on behalf of UND for our mistakes,” Armacost said.
He said the school immediately reached out to representatives from area tribes, collaborating with them and seeking advice for more than four months to “... make certain this work is done correctly.” In a recent visit to the campus, tribal leaders blessed spaces where the ancestors and sacred items were stored and found.
Armacost said the response from each tribal representative has been common: “Anger, sadness, acceptance of our apologies and appreciation that we are involving them from the outset of this work.”
They said their goal is to work diligently until all ancestors and sacred objects are returned home, no matter how long it takes. University officials are now working to connect ancestors and artifacts with their places of origin and are hiring experts to help.
Armacost said the sacred items will be returned in a manner consistent with the Native American Grave and Repatriation Act, involving tribal nations, as well as federal and state agencies.
Students on the campus were taken aback at the finding.
“That’s the craziest part is that remains were found. It wasn’t just objects found, and that’s just wild to think about,” said Haiden Huschka, a freshman.
Another freshman, Riley Schreiner added, “We’re just finding out about them now, and you have no clue who that could be or the significance of that person back in their time.”
“I never would have expected it to happen. I’m not Indigenous, but I imagine for those Indigenous folk it’s more unsettling than for others,” stated sophomore Max Taylor.
Some Indigenous faculty and students gathered together to watch the virtual presser. While they declined to comment, the emotion could be felt in the room.
Wednesday’s announcement brought shock, with many sharing hopes that the artifacts and ancestral remains are returned to their respective tribes.
Professor Doug McDonald runs the university’s Indians into Psychology Doctoral Education program, and he and his team are available with counseling services in support of Native American students, faculty and staff. The University Counseling Center is also providing support to students.
The university has launched a repatriation webpage that explains its repatriation process to date. It also includes an email address, UND.inforequest@UND.edu, for repatriation-related questions.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum released a statement Wednesday, saying in part: “We are heartbroken by the deeply insensitive treatment of these Indigenous ancestral remains and artifacts and extend our deepest apologies to the sovereign tribal nations in North Dakota and beyond. This dark chapter, while extremely hurtful, also presents an opportunity to enhance our understanding and respect for Indigenous cultures and to become a model for the nation by conducting this process with the utmost deference to the wishes, customs and traditions of tribal nations.”
Copyright 2022 KVLY via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2022-09-05T13:43:40+00:00
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uppermichiganssource.com
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/09/05/dozens-native-american-remains-found-university-north-dakota-campus/
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BOULDER, Colo., July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chocolove, the Boulder, Colo.-based leader in chocolate quality, sustainability and flavor innovation for more than 27 years, announced today that the Chocolove XO No Sugar Added Elderberries & Blueberries in 60% Dark Chocolate Bar was named a winner in the Good Housekeeping 2023 Best Snack Awards in the best dark chocolate bar category. The full list of winners can be found at: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/best-snack-awards-2023.
Chocolove XO Elderberries & Blueberries in 60% Dark Chocolate is part of Chocolove's XO line of no-sugar-added chocolate sweetened naturally with inulin from chicory root and isomalt from beets. The bar contains no artificial sweeteners, which helps deliver a smooth, delicious and sophisticated taste. It is a higher-fiber, keto-friendly option that's a great choice for those following a low-sugar diet or for those who crave the combo of high-quality chocolate and fruit, but with fewer calories and less sugar per serving.
Like most Chocolove chocolate, Chocolove XO Elderberries & Blueberries is made from traceable cocoa beans and is Rainforest Alliance Certified, meaning the chocolate is sourced using methods that support social, economic and environmental sustainability. The award-winning bar is also Non GMO Project Verified.
"This recognition from Good Housekeeping's experts shows we have succeeded in developing a no-sugar-added bar that delivers the same great taste as our original Chocolove," said Timothy Moley, Founder and CEO of Chocolove. "Sugar reduction was built into our brand promise from day one, and we're thrilled to offer consumers choice in the form of an award-winning bar for both taste and nutrition."
For the Good Housekeeping Best Snack Awards, Good Housekeeping's in-house Registered Dietitian and team of food and nutrition experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute's Nutrition Lab rigorously analyzed ingredient lists, nutrition fact labels, packaging claims and flavor profiles of hundreds of snacks to find the best of the best. Consumer testers weighed in on taste and provided additional real-life analysis. The winning choices focus on innovative snacks in the food space that meet nutritional criteria, including caps on per-serving calories, sugar and sodium.
Chocolove XO Elderberries & Blueberries is available at Natural Grocers, a variety of independent natural food retailers nationwide, Amazon and Chocolove.com. Select Best Snack Award winners can be found in the July/August 2023 issue of Good Housekeeping, on stands now, and the full list also is available online at: goodhousekeeping.com/snackawards2023.
About Chocolove
Chocolove was founded in 1995 in Boulder, Colorado, by Timothy Moley with the goal of creating the freshest, best-tasting, European-style premium chocolate that was priced right and ethically sourced. Today, Chocolove crafts each product with care and offers large bars, mini bars, cups, bites, boxes, specialty holiday chocolates, and small-batch handmade truffles in more than 60 artfully balanced, lusciously smooth, and full-bodied flavors that can be enjoyed every day. For more information, visit Chocolove.com.
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2023-07-06T18:28:58+00:00
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wlbt.com
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2023/07/06/chocolove-xo-no-sugar-added-elderberries-amp-blueberries-dark-chocolate-bar-recognized-good-housekeepings-2023-best-snack-awards/
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NASA’s moon rocket returned to the safety of its hangar Tuesday as Hurricane Ian approached Florida, its launch now unlikely before mid-November.
Instead of trying to send it on its first test flight, the launch team moved the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket off the pad at Kennedy Space Center. The four-mile (6.4-kilometer) trip took all night.
NASA official Jim Free said it would be difficult to upgrade the rocket and get it back to the pad for an October launch attempt. Putting in fresh batteries is particularly challenging, Free noted, making it doubtful a launch could be attempted before the mid-to-late October launch period closes. The next two-week window would open Nov. 12.
The Space Launch System rocket should have blasted off a month ago, but was delayed twice by fuel leaks and engine issues.
Once in space, the crew capsule atop the rocket will aim for lunar orbit with three test dummies, a crucial dress rehearsal before astronauts climb aboard in 2024. The last time a capsule flew to the moon was during NASA’s Apollo 17 lunar landing in 1972.
SpaceX’s next astronaut flight to the International Space Station for NASA, meanwhile, has been delayed at least one day by the hurricane. Liftoff is now no earlier than next Tuesday.
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2022-09-27T22:44:48+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/science/ap-science/ap-nasa-moon-rocket-back-in-hangar-launch-unlikely-until-nov/
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Yellen pushes Biden economic plans in battleground Michigan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pressed the case for Democratic economic policies during a visit Thursday to Ford’s Rouge electric vehicle assembly plant in Michigan, a battleground state in the November midterm elections.
After a production-line tour, Yellen promoted recent legislative successes for the Biden administration, saying: “After the progress we have made over the past few months, I am more optimistic about the course of our economy than I have been for quite a while and I know we are headed in the right direction.”
Yellen’s visit to Detroit was part of a monthlong tour as well as a larger White House campaign to highlight new laws intended to repair the economy, boost computer chip manufacturing, lower prescription drug prices, expand clean energy and revamp the country’s infrastructure.
She pointed to the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act and the “Inflation Reduction Act,” all passed and signed in the past year.
“By any traditional metric, we have experienced one of the quickest recoveries in our modern history,” she said, referencing the financial damage and stagnation caused by the coronavirus pandemic that shuttered economic systems around the world. “Our plans worked” she added.
The Treasury Department is responsible for managing a new $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit for qualifying, but the auto industry is warning that the vast majority of EV purchases won’t qualify for that much.
The European Union and other nations have threatened to file complaints at the World Trade Organization over the tax credit, claiming it would discriminate against foreign producers and break WTO rules.
Yellen has more stops planned and will give a speech next month at the 157th anniversary of the Freedman’s Bank Forum to talk about how President Joe Biden’s economic agenda “advances equity and makes our economy stronger as a result.”
Biden is set to visit Ohio on Friday for the groundbreaking of an Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility and go to the Detroit auto show Wednesday to talk about manufacturing electric vehicles.
At the Ford electric vehicle assembly plant in Dearborn, Yellen pointed to U.S. vulnerability to global supply shocks caused by climate change and other factors, and the need to embrace green technology. Addressing those challenges, she said, offers the prospects of new jobs.
“This includes the U.S. clean vehicle sector, where we can expect greater investment — and more good jobs, like the ones here at Ford — as we develop the supply chain here at home,” she said.
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2022-09-08T21:01:16+00:00
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UVALDE, Texas — The Butt family and grocery retailer H-E-B announced on Tuesday the donation of $10 million to help build a new elementary school in Uvalde, TX.
According to a statement issued by H-E-B on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, donations were made to the nonprofit Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation, a nonprofit associated with the school district.
After a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24th that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers, the Mayor of Uvalde announced the school would be demolished. Uvalde CISD Moving Forward is seeking donations to build a new school, make schools in the district more secure, and build a memorial park at Robb Elementary’s current location.
“Our first store in Uvalde opened in 1959, and Uvalde people are our people,” said Charles Butt, H-E-B’s Chairman. “As we continue to mourn the tremendous loss, I join with my family and H-E-B in working to ensure the Uvalde community can move forward from this tragic event. Our children are this country’s future, and our schools should be a safe place where children can thrive and envision new possibilities.”
The company launched a separate donation campaign in May to support the victims and families of the shooting and has committed $500,000.
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2022-06-28T21:32:49+00:00
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fox44news.com
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https://www.fox44news.com/news/h-e-b-to-donate-10-million-for-new-uvalde-elementary-school/
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge in Iowa has ruled against former U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, who filed lawsuits claiming he was defamed by articles published by Esquire magazine about his family’s Iowa dairy farm.
U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams ruled Tuesday in favor of reporter Ryan Lizza and Esquire publisher Hearst Magazines in a lawsuit Nunes filed, according to the Des Moines Register.
Nunes served for 19 years representing California in the U.S. House before leaving Congress to run the social media platform Truth Social, which is largely owned by former President Donald Trump.
Nunes filed the lawsuits in 2019 after Lizza’s story on the Nunes family’s dairy farm in northwest Iowa published in 2018. The article claimed the family kept their move from California to Iowa a secret and delved into questions about immigrants living illegally in Iowa who work at the state’s dairy farms.
In his ruling, Williams said a reasonable jury couldn’t find the article’s statements defamatory.
It marks the second time the court has ruled against Nunes. Williams in 2020 also rejected Nunes’ claims, but he appealed, and in 2021 the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals found Lizza may have committed a new defamatory act when in November 2019 he tweeted a link to the original article.
Williams noted in his second ruling that evidence supported the article’s reporting about the Nunes family’s immigrant workers. The judge said the family didn’t offer material evidence that the story’s claims were false.
An email sent to Nunes at his website wasn’t immediately returned.
Lizza now works for the news organization Politico, and an email left with Lizza at Politico wasn’t immediately returned. An email left with Esquire magazine also wasn’t immediately returned.
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2023-04-27T10:58:06+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/judge-says-nunes-not-defamed-by-story-about-iowa-dairy-farm/
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Charcuterie boards are still taking social media by storm. These traditional meat and cheese platters served at dinner parties first went viral as creators turned charcuterie boards into practical works of art.
Eventually, the trendy boards shifted from appetizers to sweeter varieties, such as birthday boards and pancake platters.
But these charcuterie boards all have one thing in common: they are meant to feed a crowd. What if you could have a charcuterie-style treat that you could easily carry?
Enter the jarcuterie trend!
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Jarcuterie started to gain traction during the COVID-19 pandemic as people shied away from buffets and family-style serve-yourself meals. But the convenience of having everything in a single jar makes jarcuterie a fabulous option for parties or even on a daily basis.
Plus, an individual jar of charcuterie eats is a healthier option than the traditional buffet style. The jars are an ideal portion size for one!
If you like the idea of everyone having their own jarcuterie, you’ll love how easy they are to put together. TikTok creator Elizabeth LaBau (@sugar.hero) posted a 30-second video demonstrating how quick they are to whip up!
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Of course, you can create a sweet treat version of jarcuterie if that’s more your style. Check out this version that brings together candy and your favorite savory charcuterie snacks from TikTok user @kelleywithlove
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If you need more inspiration, you can pick up an entire book with ideas!
“Jarcuterie: Elevate your Appetizers and Snacks with Grazing Cups for Holidays, Special Occasions, and Just for Fun” by Suzanne Billings is available on Amazon for $18.86 (hardcover), $11.99 on Kindle or for free for Kindle Unlimited members.
Ready to make your first jarcuterie? We have a few jar recommendations for you to get started.
The 15-pack of8-ounce Verones Mason Jars is on sale at Amazon for $19.51. Their diamond-cut design gives the jars an added touch of elegance, and there’s lots of space to add in a variety of foods.
Or, you can pick up a set of 12 Ball quilted pint mason 4-ounce jars at Walmart. They are marked down at Walmart for only $11.97 (regular retail price of $27.19) for a limited time.
Finally, over on Etsy, you can pick up a set of 20 plastic cups/jars complete with lids and spoons for $7.20 from the seller GardenPartySocial.
How will you customize your jarcuterie this summer? Share your ideas!
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2023-07-11T17:56:36+00:00
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krtv.com
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NEW DELHI — A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free the 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime, after they were released on suspended sentences.
The victim, who is now in her 40s, was pregnant when she was brutally gang raped in communal violence in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat, which saw over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, killed in some of the worst religious riots India has experienced since its independence from Britain in 1947. Seven members of the woman's family, including her 3-year-old daughter, were also killed in the violence.
The Associated Press generally doesn't identify victims of sexual assault.
The 11 men, released on Monday when India celebrated 75 years of independence, were convicted in 2008 of rape, murder and unlawful assembly.
The victim said the decision by the Gujarat state government has left her numb and shaken her faith in justice.
"How can justice for a woman end like this? I trusted the highest courts in our land," she said in a statement late Wednesday, adding that no authorities reached out to her before making the decision. "Please undo this harm. Give me back my right to live without fear and in peace."
On Thursday, dozens of women protested against the release of the men in the capital, New Delhi. Maimoona Mollah of the All India Democratic Women's Association said they are demanding the state to roll back its decision.
"(The victim) and other survivors should be allowed to live in peace and dignity," Mollah said.
Raj Kumar, additional chief secretary in Gujarat, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party holds power, told the Indian Express newspaper that the convicts' application for remission was granted because they had completed more than 14 years in jail. A state government panel made the decision after considering other factors like their age and behavior in prison.
Kumar said the men were eligible under a 1992 remission policy that was in effect at the time of their conviction. A newer version adopted in 2014 by the federal government prohibits remission release for those convicted of certain crimes, including rape and murder.
The riots have long hounded Modi, who was Gujarat's top elected official at the time, amid allegations that authorities allowed and even encouraged the bloodshed. Modi has repeatedly denied having any role and the Supreme Court has said it found no evidence to prosecute him.
Videos on social media showing the men being welcomed with sweets and garlands after their release from prison went viral, triggering outrage and anger from women, rights activists and opposition politicians.
Vrinda Grover, a lawyer, called the decision a "travesty and grave miscarriage of justice," while speaking to India Today TV.
Opposition lawmaker Rahul Gandhi took aim at Modi on Twitter, questioning what kind of message it sent to women in India from a government that says it wants to empower women.
"The entire country is seeing the difference between your words and deeds," he wrote in Hindi.
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2022-08-18T09:40:41+00:00
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kgou.org
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Prominent death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean, whose book “Dead Man Walking” was turned into a movie, on Wednesday joined others calling on Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to grant death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day reprieve from his scheduled execution.
Prejean joined Republican Reps. Kevin McDugle and Justin Humphrey and others in asking Stitt for a 60-day delay similar to the one he granted Glossip in November to give the state Court of Criminal Appeals time to rule on claims of innocence and prosecutorial misconduct that were eventually denied.
“The people of Oklahoma need to be the one to get to Gov. Stitt, who has that power to grant a reprieve,” Prejean, a spiritual adviser to Glossip, said during a news conference at the state Capitol.
Spokespeople in Stitt’s office did not immediately return phone calls and messages asking for comment.
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McDugle, who says he supports the death penalty, called for Stitt to delay the execution while two appeals by Glossip are pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Allowing this case to play out in federal courts would be following the law. Following the law means not rushing the execution process,” McDugle said.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 2-2 last week to reject a clemency recommendation for Glossip with one member recusing himself because his spouse is a prosecutor who was previously involved in Glossip’s case, despite state Attorney General Gentner Drummond supporting clemency.
Stitt cannot grant clemency without a recommendation from the parole board but can order the execution be delayed.
Glossip’s attorney, Don Knight, objected at the start of the hearing to proceeding without a replacement for the recused board member.
On Tuesday, Knight amended a lawsuit challenging the Pardon and Parole Board meeting with four members present, instead of the full five-member board.
The amended lawsuit, filed in Oklahoma County District Court, asks for a stay of execution until Glossip has a clemency hearing before a full board and that the parole board’s vote denying clemency be declared null and void.
“The State of Oklahoma has already agreed that Richard Glossip was denied a fair trial … he has now been denied a fair clemency hearing,” Knight said in a statement. “The Board’s split decision is precisely the outcome this lawsuit sought to avoid, and it underscores the grave injustice of allowing (Glossip’s) execution to proceed without a proper clemency hearing before a fully constituted Board.”
Drummond on Monday filed a request that the U.S. Supreme Court stay the execution after taking the unusual step of supporting the clemency request.
“Absent this Court’s intervention, an execution will move forward under circumstances where the Attorney General has already confessed error — a result that would be unthinkable,” according to the stay request.
During the clemency hearing, Drummond said he believes Glossip is guilty, at least, of accessary after the fact, but has numerous concerns about the fairness of the trial, including that Justin Sneed, the key witness against Glossip, lied to the jury about his psychiatric treatment and reasons for taking the mood-stabilizing drug lithium.
Glossip, now 60, was convicted of the 1997 murder-for-hire killing of his boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, at two separate trials based largely on the testimony of Sneed, a co-defendant in the case. Sneed admitted robbing and killing Van Treese, but claims he only did so after Glossip agreed to pay him $10,000. Sneed received a sentence of life in prison.
Glossip has been scheduled to be executed three times, only to be spared shortly before the sentence was set to be carried out. He was only hours from being executed in September 2015 when prison officials realized they had received the wrong lethal drug, a mix-up that helped prompt a nearly seven-year moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma.
Glossip’s case attracted international attention after actress Susan Sarandon — who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Prejean’s fight to save a man on Louisiana’s death row in the 1995 movie based on Prejean’s book — took up his cause in real life. His case also was featured in a 2017 documentary film titled “Killing Richard Glossip.”
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2023-05-05T05:05:36+00:00
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tulsaworld.com
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CHANGZHOU, China, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EZGO Technologies Ltd (Nasdaq: EZGO) ("EZGO" or the "Company"), announced today that, on January 23, 2023, it has received a notification letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") confirming the Company has regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement under Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Nasdaq noted this matter is now closed.
About EZGO Technologies Ltd.
Leveraging an Internet of Things (IoT) product and service platform and three e-bicycle brands, "EZGO", "Dilang" and "Cenbird", EZGO has established a business model centered on the manufacturing and sale of two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles, lithium batteries, complemented by the e-bicycle charging pile business. For additional information, please visit EZGO's website at www.ezgotech.com.cn. Investors can visit the "Investor Relations" section of EZGO's website at www.ezgotech.com.cn/Investor.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate," or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; the growth of the short-distance transportation solutions market in China and the other international markets the Company plans to serve; reputation and brand; the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and the international markets the Company plans to serve and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 20-F and its subsequent filings. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward–looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
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2023-01-25T14:40:47+00:00
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MEXICO GUZMAN Published January 5, 2023 at 5:45 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:32 The son of notorious drug lord El Chapo Guzman has been captured in Mexico, after an overnight raid in the town of Culiacan. Copyright 2023 NPR
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Plus: Market outlook webinar announced and new CFP® credentials added to team accomplishments
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Chip Partners ("Blue Chip"), an award-winning, independent, fee-only Registered Investment Advisor and comprehensive wealth management firm located just outside of Detroit, was recently named a winner of InvestmentNews' 2022 Best Practices Award. This award recognizes advisory firms at the top of their peer group in terms of financial performance, demonstrating high growth, productivity, and profitability. Award winners were determined based on results from the annual InvestmentNews Adviser Benchmarking Study, which looks to the top-performing financial advisory firms in the nation for lessons on how to build a best-in-class practice.
"We are so excited to be recognized as one of InvestmentNews' Best Practices," said Robert Steinberg, Founder and CEO of Blue Chip Partners. "We couldn't have earned this without all of our amazing team members who work hard to serve our clients and make Blue Chip an award-winning firm."
Across categories – from solo practices consisting of one advisor, through small ensembles with less than $5 million in annual revenue, to super ensembles with more than $10 million – the top quartile firms in performance this year outpaced their peers in growth, even while generating 29% more revenue, 59% higher profit margins, and 65% higher adviser productivity. The 2022 Best Practices list consists of 11 firms – two solo practices and three firms in each ensemble category – that were the highest achievers in these metrics. Blue Chip Partners was one of the three winners in the midsize ensembles category.
Click to see the full list of InvestmentNews' 2022 Best Practices and to learn more about the awards.
MANAGING DIRECTOR DAN SEDER FEATURED ON INVESTMENTNEWS' GAMEDAY STAGE
InvestmentNews also recently featured Blue Chip Partners on their Gameday Stage at the 2022 Schwab IMPACT Conference, where Blue Chip's Managing Director Dan Seder, CFA®, CMT, CFP®, joined host Gregg Greenberg on stage for a video interview on year-end strategies for company executives – a clientele that Seder and Blue Chip specialize in serving.
"Executives holding restricted stock should consider capturing losses if those shares are down," said Seder. "They should also better understand the time-value of their stock options."
Click to watch the full InvestmentNews Gameday video interview.
BLUE CHIP PARTNERS TO PRESENT Q1 2023 MARKET OUTLOOK WEBINAR
On January 18th from 4-4:30pm ET, three of Blue Chip's senior-level team members will lead an educational webinar titled Quarterly Edge Live, sharing Blue Chip's Q1 2023 Market Outlook.
Blue Chip's Director of Investments, Daniel Dusina, CFA®, will be joined by Seder and Matthew Mondoux, CFA®, CMT, CFP®, Senior Financial Advisor, for a discussion on topics to keep an eye on as 2023 gets underway, including fixed income vs. equity holdings, ongoing inflation and economic pressures, a possible recession, and more market insights. The team will also field audience questions.
The webinar will dive deeper into Dusina's Q1 2023 Quarterly Edge Report, which included written commentary and videos focusing on Blue Chip's three main topics of the quarter:
- Are Bonds Back?
- Blue Chip Debt
- Taking Stock
Click to see the full Q1 2023 Quarterly Edge Report. Journalists and the general public are invited to register for the Quarterly Edge Live webinar.
FINANCIAL ADVISOR EMILY PRATER EARNS CFP® MARKS
In addition, Blue Chip announced that financial advisor Emily Prater, CPA, CFP® has earned the Certified Financial Planner™ marks of distinction and can now use the CFP® marks after her name. With this accomplishment came a promotion for Prater, who moved from Associate Advisor to Financial Advisor within the firm.
"We're so proud of Emily and the hard work she put in to achieve this success," said Erin Goss, Chief Operating Officer at Blue Chip Partners. "Since joining our firm in 2021, Emily has been an invaluable part of our team, and we're excited to witness her continued growth."
In addition to two Associate Financial Advisors, there are now eight Financial Advisors on staff. Seven of them are Certified Financial Planner™ professionals.
Click to learn more about the Blue Chip team.
Blue Chip Partners, LLC (Blue Chip) is a privately-owned, Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan (a suburban area near Detroit). Blue Chip provides personalized wealth management and asset management services, serving as a fiduciary to over 700 client relationships with over $1 Billion in assets under management. The advisors at Blue Chip Partners have extensive experience and credentials that provide the foundation for providing comprehensive wealth management and holistic advice to a select clientele. Blue Chip has seven Certified Financial Planner™ licensees (CFPs), four Chartered Financial Analyst (CFAs), three Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), three Chartered Market Technicians (CMTs), and two licensed attorneys (Michigan). To learn more, visit www.BlueChipPartners.com.
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2023-01-17T12:57:57+00:00
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First-of-its-kind architecture lowers refresh power by 85% and activation latency by 50%; demonstrates NEO's commitment to sustainability
SAN JOSE, California, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NEO Semiconductor, a leading developer of innovative architectures for 3D NAND flash and DRAM memory, today announced the launch of its latest technology offering, X-DRAM, at Flash Memory Summit 2022. X-DRAM offers extraordinary improvements over conventional DRAM by lowering the power consumption and increasing the performance of the main memory used in IT systems and consumer products.
"Not only is X-DRAM expected to have a significant impact on the global DRAM market, but it will also serve environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) goals," says Andy Hsu, Founder and CEO of NEO Semiconductor and an accomplished technology inventor with more than 120 granted U.S. patents. "X-DRAM can lower refresh power by more than 80% through a combination of 50% refresh frequency and 25% refresh time. It also lowers main memory latency and narrows the processor-to-memory performance gap. As a result, it dramatically reduces the power consumption of IT infrastructure and consumer products, leading to much lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions."
Power consumption and latency performance have led to alarming environmental and economic concerns. Products incorporating X-DRAM will be able to address these concerns, providing compelling competitive advantages across business and consumer markets.
"DRAM fab manufacturers have been innovative in utilizing new materials, developing new processes, increasing memory density, and achieving reduced cost," said Jay Kramer, President of Network Storage Advisors. "Even with all the success with each generation of DRAM technology, X-DRAM enables DRAM manufacturers to implement a new architecture to achieve considerably lower power for environmental sustainability and improved latency for higher system and device performance."
The unique X-DRAM solution is compatible with current DRAM manufacturing technologies, processes, structures, and dies. X-DRAM has a wide range of use cases, from cloud servers to mobile devices to IoT objects. Semiconductor manufacturers can quickly incorporate X-DRAM architecture without increasing manufacturing costs.
Visit NEO Semiconductor's booth #211 @ Flash Memory Summit 2022, Santa Clara, CA.
About NEO Semiconductor
NEO Semiconductor is a high-tech company focused on advancing 3D NAND flash and DRAM memory technologies. The company was founded in 2012 by Andy Hsu and a team in San Jose, California, and owns more than 20 U.S. patents. In 2020, the company made a breakthrough in 3D NAND architecture named X-NAND that can achieve SLC performance at TLC and QLC densities to provide high-speed, low-cost solutions for many applications, including 5G and AI. The company presented the X-NAND architecture at the Flash Memory Summit 2020 conference and won the Best of Show Award for the Most Innovative Flash Memory Startup.
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• Schedule a meeting with NEO Semiconductor at FMS, contact: lilychang@neosemic.com
• Visit the conference website for program details: https://www.flashmemorysummit.com/
• Visit the NEO Semiconductor website at: www.neosemic.com
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2022-08-02T15:55:36+00:00
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Gretchen Harrington left her home the morning of Aug. 15, 1975 to walk to summer Bible camp. She was never seen alive again.
The 8-year-old's skeletal remains were found months after her disappearance from Marple Township, Pennsylvania, but since then, investigators hadn't been able to track down who killed her.
That was until this month, nearly 48 years later.
Pennsylvania's Delaware County police have now charged 83-year-old retired minister David Zandstra with criminal homicide, murder of the first, second and third degree, kidnapping of a minor and the possession of an instrument of crime in Harrington's case.
"We can't prevent evil all the time, but we can certainly hold it to account. And this proves that after 48 years, it happens. Law enforcement does that," said Brandon Graeff, chief of police in Marple Township.
Zandstra was arrested in Georgia on July 17 after allegedly confessing to the crime amid questioning. He remains there after being denied bail and is currently fighting extradition to Pennsylvania, according to District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer. The DA's office, however, is going after a governor's warrant to bring him to Delaware County.
"We're going to try him, we're going to convict him and he's going to die in jail. And then he's going to have to find out what the God he professes to believe in holds for those who are this evil to our children," Stollsteimer said at a press conference.
Zandstra was the pastor at one of two churches used by the Bible camp Harrington was attending. Harrington's father was the pastor at the other church used by the camp.
On that August morning in 1975, Zandstra offered Harrington a ride to camp after seeing her walking there alone. This was a rarity for the 8-year-old who usually walked to camp with her sisters, but that day, she was by herself due to a recent birth in her family.
The girl willingly got in the car, presumably trusting her family friend and also the father of one of her best friends to get her safely to camp. But when she didn't show up to her father's church around an hour-and-a-half later, he became concerned, as did the rest of the camp.
Her father then called Zandstra's church, trying to find his daughter. And at the request of his fellow pastor, Zandstra himself called the local police department to report her missing.
Widespread searches ensued in the weeks that followed and ended two months later when Harrington's body was found, with her clothes "folded and in a neat pile" nearby and her underwear hanging from a tree branch, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The cause of death was ruled a homicide,
Police interviewed Zandstra two separate times, once before she was found and after. He denied seeing her that day, but investigators did note inaccuracies in his statements and questions about how he knew so much about Harrington's appearance that day despite her never arriving to camp.
Over the the next nearly five decades, authorities continued trying to find solid leads with no luck. Then in January this year, a confidential source, referred to as CI#1 in the complaint, shared new information with police, leading them to Zandstra.
The woman told police she often slept over at Zandstra's home, as she was best friends with his daughter. During one sleepover when she was 10 years old, CI#1 said she woke up to Zandstra groping her groin area. She shared this with his daughter, who replied that her father did that sometimes, the complaint said.
The unnamed source also said a classmate was nearly kidnapped twice, and her diary entry from 1975 noted her belief the culprit was likely Zandstra. This pushed investigators to travel to the man's new home near Atlanta to interview him.
During the interview on July 17, Zandstra again denied his involvement in Harrington's disappearance, but after being presented evidence from CI#1, he confessed.
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The former pastor admitted to offering Harrington a ride in his green station wagon that August day, corroborating multiple witnesses who said they saw her speaking to a man driving that car. He then took her to a nearby wooded area, where he asked her to remove her clothes. When she refused, he struck her head with his fist, causing her to bleed. Believing she was dead, he attempted to cover her body then left the area.
After this confession, Trooper Eugene Tray said Zandstra looked "relieved," though he said he doesn't think the now 84-year-old ever thought this arrest would come.
"I don't know if he's sorry for what he did, but this is a weight off his shoulders for sure," Tray said.
Authorities will now compare Zandstra's DNA to other open cases in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. Because he moved from Pennsylvania to Texas and Georgia, they worry he could have committed more crimes that have gone unsolved, especially as someone "in a position of power" within the ministry, authorities said. They urge anyone with information to contact investigators.
As for the victim's family, Harrington's father has since died, but her mother and sisters are still alive. They've asked for privacy, but in a statement, they thanked police for their "continual pursuit of justice" and "never stopping in their constant search for answers."
"...We are extremely hopeful that the person who is responsible for the heinous crime that was committed against our Gretchen will be held accountable. It's difficult to express the emotions that we are feeling as we take one step closer to justice," the family said in a statement.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Rite Aid Corporation ("Rite Aid") (NYSE: RAD) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between April 14, 2022 and September 28, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Rite Aid, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Rite Aid includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) despite representations to the contrary, the number of new members that the Elixir pharmacy benefit management services business was adding during the selling season ending on January 1, 2023 was in material decline; (ii) Rite Aid was likely to recognize a significant charge for the impairment of goodwill related to Elixir due to a decrease in "lives" covered by Elixir's pharmacy benefit management services business; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: December 19, 2022
Aggrieved Rite Aid investors only have until December 19, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, December 18, 2022
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RIP CURRENT STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
215 AM CST Sat Dec 17 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.
* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island
Counties.
* WHEN...From 6 AM CST this morning through Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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Dayspring Christian Academy held its commencement June 4.
The graduates are: Connor Adams, Alison Bruner, Eliana Buch-Gamby, Matthew Engle, Benjamin Granby, Elizabeth Grossman, Timothy Horst, Andrew Keener, Carly King, Gavin Knolle, Zoe Martin, Mishael Opala, Casey Petersheim, Elisabeth Self, Benson Smoker and Dustin Stoltzfus.
The following students received awards:
Abraham Lincoln Scholar: Anderson Graybill, of Pequea.
Anton Van Leeuwenhock Scholar: Konrad Poniatowski, of Lancaster.
William Penn Scholar: Ava Marhevka, of Lancaster.
Noah Webster Scholar: Alayna Self, of Lancaster.
Sir Robert Boyle Scholar: Alexander Hussar, of Lancaster.
Frederick Douglas Scholar: Cole Ployd, of Landisville.
Rosalie J. Slater American Valedictorian Scholar Award: Matthew Engle, of Lititz.
Verna M. Hall American Salutatorian Scholar Award: Andrew Keener, of Marietta.
J.S. Bach Choral Music Award: Alison Bruner, of York.
Rembrandt Art Award: Zoe Martin, of Lancaster.
William Shakespeare Drama Award: Alison Bruner, of York and Zoe Martin, of Lancaster.
American Christian Athlete Award: Alison Bruner, of York.
American Christian Athlete Award: Cole Ployd, of Landisville.
PIAA District III E. Jerry Brooks Academic Excellence Award: Andrew Keener, of Marietta.
PIAA District III Fackler-Hower Sportsmanship Award: Alison Bruner, of York.
PIAA District III Fackler-Hower Sportsmanship Award: Benson Smoker, of Atglen.
John S. Eliot Ministry Award: Benson Smoker, of Atglen,
American Christian Leadership Award: Marietta; Ben Smoker, of Atglen.
Honors High School Graduate: Alison Bruner, of York; Matthew Engle, of Lititz; Timothy Horst, of Lancaster; Andrew Keener, of Marietta; Elisabeth Self, of Lancaster; Benson Smoker, of Atglen.
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Utah’s Lee faces tight race against independent McMullin
By SAM METZ
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An independent candidate with backing from Democrats is attempting to end the Republican stranglehold on U.S. Senate seats in Utah, hoping to harness the antipathy many voters in the state feel toward former President Donald Trump becoming the GOP’s standard-bearer.
Evan McMullin has spent months attacking second term Republican Sen. Mike Lee and characterizing him as a Trump acolyte who abandoned his beloved U.S. Constitution to assist in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Lee has tried to focus the race on everyday issues such as the cost of living and aimed to appeal to the state’s Republican roots by making a case about how important he thinks it is for the party to retake the Senate.
Lee won election to his first two terms in the Senate by convincing margins, but Lee said at an election night party in Salt Lake City that he expected the race to be close.
As Lee addressed reporters in English and Spanish, his supporters and staff congregated in front of a projector watching results trickle in from eastern states, including Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania on FOX News. A band called The Truth Project played oldies on stage while guests drank non-alcoholic ginger beer and Mountain Dew.
Though polls were scheduled to close at 8 p.m., Lieutenant Gov. Deidre Henderson said she expected 30 to 45 minutes of delays so voters in line could cast their ballots. Her office had warned results may be late to publish as several counties expected more in-person voters than usual due to late arriving mail ballots. The vast majority of Utah voters cast ballots by mail.
She and Gov. Spencer Cox addressed the party faithful shortly after 8 p.m., revving up the crowd with remarks about Utah’s booming economy and the business-friendly policies Republicans in control have made law. Cox, who is known for being a moderate, said he expected Republicans to win convincingly on Tuesday, with Lee defeating McMullin by a double-digit margin.
An upset victory from McMullin, who ran for president in 2016 as an independent, would complicate both parties’ efforts to win control of Congress. McMullin, a former Republican, was endorsed by the Utah Democratic Party earlier this year but is running as an independent, unaffiliated with either party. Unlike independent Sens. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, McMullin has vowed not to caucus with either party.
The race will serve as a referendum on the direction that Trump has taken the GOP. Religious and socially conservative voters in Utah lean Republican, yet many support the former president less than some of the party’s other standard-bearers, such as Sen. Mitt Romney.
However, both the state Republican Party and the electorate have gradually shifted to embrace Trump since his 2016 ascendance. He only won 45.5% of the state’s vote in 2016, when McMullin’s independent bid won 21.5%, but in 2020, he won 58.1%.
McMullin has repeatedly hammered Lee for text messages he exchanged with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows that were published by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol. In the November 2020 exchange, Lee appeared to ask for guidance from Team Trump, discussed ideas to challenge the election results and mentioned communicating with Republicans in swing states about putting forth alternate slates of electors.
Lee has claimed he was merely doing due diligence and he notes that he did not join congressional Republicans who objected to the results when they were certified on Jan. 6, the day of the insurrection.
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2022-11-09T05:08:43+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — Owners of teams in two of the Oakland Athletics’ former cities will help evaluate whether the franchise should move to Las Vegas.
Philadelphia Phillies chief executive officer John Middleton and Kansas City Royals CEO John Sherman will serve on Major League Baseball’s relocation committee, a person familiar with their appointment told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made.
They join Milwaukee Brewers chairman Mark Attanasio, picked last month by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to chair the relocation committee. That group will evaluate the team’s application, define the new operating territory and television territory, then make a recommendation to Manfred and the eight-man executive council. The council formulates a recommendation to all 30 clubs, which must approve the move by at least three-quarters vote.
There has been no announced timetable for MLB to consider a relocation.
Oakland’s lease at the Coliseum expires after the 2024 season and the A’s, who have the worst record, lowest attendance and smallest payroll in the major leagues, say they hope to move to a new ballpark in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas would become the fourth home for a franchise that started in Philadelphia from 1901-54, moved to Kansas City for 13 seasons and arrived in Oakland for 1968.
Nevada’s Legislature approved providing $380 million in public financing for a proposed $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat ballpark with a retractable roof on the Tropicana hotel site of the Las Vegas Strip. The new venue would be close to Allegiant Stadium, where the NFL’s Oakland Raiders moved to in 2020, and T-Mobile Arena, where the current Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights started play in 2017 as an expansion team.
Since the Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers for 1972, the only team to relocate has been the Montreal Expos, who became the Washington Nationals in 2005.
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2023-07-08T03:05:18+00:00
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wboy.com
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WDAF) — Prosecutors will not file charges against a Kansas City, Kansas, officer who shot and killed a former detective.
The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Wednesday that after a multi-agency investigation, the officer who shot Lionel Womack in November 2021 will not be charged.
Womack was a former KCK police detective who worked for the department until 2020. That same year, he also filed a federal lawsuit after a sheriff’s deputy in southern Kansas ran over him during a traffic stop and chase.
Last November, police received reports of a man standing in the middle of the street looking at the sky and jumping in front of traffic near North 57th Street and Interstate 70.
The department said as soon as officers arrived Womack started running at them. He eventually was able to get into the driver’s seat of one of the officers’ patrol cars. One of the officers struggled with Womack as he tried to remove him from the car.
“As he started running to the car, they tried to verbally kind of calm him down and deescalate the situation to no avail,” KCK Police Chief Karl Oakman said at the time.
They fought over the officer’s gun, KCK police said, and Womack was able to get it away from the officer. Investigators said Womack pointed the gun at the other officer, who shot him.
“Those officers had no choice. This whole incident took place in 26 seconds, 26 seconds,” Oakman previously said.
Womack was pronounced dead at the hospital.
In late 2020, Womack also filed a civil rights lawsuit, alleging a Kiowa County sheriff’s deputy intentionally drove over him after he fled a traffic stop.
The dashcam video captured a horrific scene: the Kansas sheriff’s deputy in a patrol truck mowing down the Black man who was running, shirtless, across a field in the darkness. Deputies then approach with weapons drawn.
Womack argued at the time of filing his lawsuit that he hadn’t been speeding nor was he under the influence of anything. But the Kansas Highway Patrol said it clocked Womack going over 100 mph in 55 mph zone.
Still, Womack’s attorneys argued it was wrong for authorities to use potentially deadly force while arresting him that night.
But his children previously told WDAF-TV none of the issues he’s battled in the past few years changed their memory of a loving dad. They said their dad shouldn’t be defined by or remembered for the way he died, but by the way he lived.
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ksn.com
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HONG KONG, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewable energy company – EPRO Advance Technology (EAT) – has today announced a breakthrough in green hydrogen energy generation and energy storage, revealing what is believed to be the easiest and lowest cost way to deliver hydrogen that the world has seen.
This revolutionary process has the potential to kick start the hydrogen economy, bringing it forward by decades, transforming hydrogen from the fuel of the future to the fuel of tomorrow.
EAT has developed a ground-breaking porous silicon material – called Si+ – which can generate, on demand, ultra-pure hydrogen from a water source. Si+ can also act as a solid-state hydrogen generating material which is compact, robust and easily transportable.
It has the potential to solve the significant challenges of the storage, safe handling and transportation of hydrogen, long-standing inhibitors of the growth of the hydrogen economy.
As a guaranteed source of safe, on-demand energy, Si+ has multiple uses. It can facilitate the phasing out of expensive and polluting backup diesel generator sets – known as "gensets."
Si+ is an ideal replacement for marine fuel oil – due to be phased out next year – and offers a thermal energy storage solution through exothermic heat that is released during the Si+ hydrogen generation reaction.
Si+ will support the mass roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles and hydrogen-powered flights.
Si+ hydrogen refuelling stations generating on-demand hydrogen locally can share the footprint of existing fuel stations, reducing capital and operational expenditure.
"Si+ facilitates a guaranteed form of energy when compared with renewable energy, which is often intermittent. It's the first distributable energy storage material of grid parity," said Albert Lau, CEO of EAT. "Si+ technology has the potential to bring forward the hydrogen economy by decades."
During a webcast, Mr Lau demonstrated how Si+ can generate hydrogen from a water source. "You could compare the inert vacuum-packed Si+ cartridges to those coffee machine pods and capsules, just add water and release the product!" he said.
The production process consumes underutilized electricity, emitting no greenhouse gases. The raw material is metallurgical silicon, which can be sourced from sand together with a carbon source, or from recycled silicon from broken or end-of-life solar panels otherwise destined for landfill.
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The fast-growing legal sports betting industry is extending its reach to the middle of the ocean.
BetMGM and Carnival Corporation announced a deal Friday to put sports books on more than 50 U.S.-based ships.
The arrangement will allow betting while the ships are at sea or while docked at a port in a state that allows sports betting. Passengers can bet using a mobile app or at physical kiosks on the ship.
It encompasses the Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises. Princess began offering sports betting last October.
The sports betting operations will be phased in over the next few months, BetMGM said.
“We’ve found an ideal partner in Carnival Corporation and look forward to providing our sports betting and iGaming products to its millions of passengers,” BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt said in a statement. “This is another great opportunity for us to further expand BetMGM’s footprint.”
The ships already offer casino gambling with slots, table games and poker. Friday’s deal adds sports betting and online casino gambling to the mix to complement the physical shipboard casinos.
The two companies will collaborate on marketing and promotions.
Sports betting is growing rapidly in the U.S. In the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court decision clearing the way for any state to offer legal sports betting, Americans had wagered over $125 billion as of mid-May.
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LONDON (AP) — British officials and space scientists said Tuesday they were disappointed but not deterred after the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. ended in failure.
U.S.-based Virgin Orbit attempted its first international launch late Monday, using a modified jumbo jet to carry one if its rockets from Cornwall in southwestern England over the Atlantic Ocean.
The plane released the rocket, carrying nine small satellites for a mix of civilian and domestic uses. But about two hours after the plane took off, the company reported “an anomaly that has prevented us from reaching orbit.”
The plane, piloted by a Royal Air Force pilot, returned to Cornwall. The rocket and satellites were destroyed.
“We’re feeling awful, to be honest – I’m not going to lie,” Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall. said.
“This isn’t the first time we’ve been knocked, this is the biggest definitely, but I feel OK and we’ll get up and we’ll go again,” she said.
Virgin Orbit, which was founded by British transport and telecommunications tycoon Richard Branson, previously completed four similar launches from California.
Hundreds of people gathered for the Cornwall launch had cheered when a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft, named Cosmic Girl, took off late Monday. Around an hour into the flight, the plane released the rocket at around 35,000 feet (around 10,000 meters) over the Atlantic Ocean to the south of Ireland.
Virgin Orbit chief executive Dan Hart said “a technical failure appears to have prevented us from delivering the final orbit.”
“While we are very proud of the many things that we have successfully achieved as part of this mission, we are mindful that we failed to provide our customers with the launch service they deserve,” he said.
The mission was a collaboration between the U.K. Space Agency, the Royal Air Force, Virgin Orbit and Cornwall Council.
Britain hopes to become a major player in making and launching satellites, and is building a spaceport in the Shetland Islands north of Scotland as well as the one in Cornwall.
U.K. Business Secretary Grant Shapps said Monday’s launch was “a big moment” despite its failure.
“Space is difficult,” Shapps told Sky News.
“It didn’t work. I’ve no doubt that they’ll pick themselves up, dust themselves off and they’ll go again once they find out what exactly went wrong with it,” he said.
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Farm to Summer Month
LANSING — July is Farm to Summer month in Michigan, a declaration designed “to celebrate Michigan’s local food and agriculture products and promoting the use of local, in-season produce at summer feeding sites located at schools and non-profits across the state,” according to a release.
“Farm to Summer provides a great opportunity to add fresh, local Michigan products to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Summer Food Service Program,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a release. “Providing nutritious meals to Michigan kids during the summer months will help them succeed in the next school year, and buying locally grown fruits and vegetables supports our farm families and communities – a win/win for Michigan.”
Michigan’s Summer Food Service Program’s Meet Up and Eat Up program “provides free, nutritious meals during the summer to children up to age 18 living in low-income areas, where 50 percent or more of the students in the area qualify for free or reduced-price school meals,” according to the release.
AAA branch open
PETOSKEY — AAA — The Auto Club Group opened a new branch June 27 in the Petoskey Walmart Center, 1850 Anderson Road.
AAA services here include insurance, membership, travel, virtual passport photos and more.
“We are excited to offer our members this convenient new way of doing business with AAA,” AAA Michigan Field Vice President David Campbell said in a release. “About 20 percent of Walmart customers are already AAA members, and we believe this new location enhances our ability to best serve our existing members while also gaining new ones.”
This is the first of two AAA retail branches in the United States, according to the release.’
AI webinar
GRAND RAPIDS — The Michigan Small Business Development Center offers the webinar “AI for Small Businesses: Empowering Growth and Efficiency” at 11 a.m. July 11.
Small business owners can learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI), related terms and more. Sign up at https://bit.ly/445I77E.
Grape meeting
TRAVERSE CITY — The 2023 Michigan Grape Pre-Veraison Meeting goes from 5:30-7:30 p.m. July 14 at the Northwest Michigan Horticulture Research Center and via Zoom.
Parallel 45 Vines & Wines and Michigan State University Extension organized this event.
Register for free via Eventbrite.com before midnight July 13. Contact: nasroll2@msu.edu.
Business contest open
GRAND RAPIDS — Michigan Small Business Development Center launches the “Pitch Black Grand Rapids” competition for Black-owned businesses in Kent County.
Twenty contestants will participate in the contest. Individuals complete a six-week Uplift MI training and then a pitch round. Several finalists will present a 5-minute pitch before a panel of judges at a live event in September.
Apply to participate by July 14 at https://michigansbdc.org/growing-a-business/pitch-black/.
Bank supports park
HONOR — Honor Bank recently contributed $10,000 toward development of Platte River Park.
The project includes creating two accessible fishing platforms and amenities on 52 acres, with 1,500 feet on Platte River. This work should be finished this summer, according to a release.
3D mammography offered
BELLAIRE — Bellaire and East Jordan Family Health Centers recently added two Hologic Selenia 3D mammography machines to replace the 2D machines.
According to a release, they are the first in the region to offer Genius™ 3D Mammography exams. The new machines were funded with a grant from the Michigan Primary Care Association and the United Health Foundation.
To learn more about mammography service, go to ejfhc.org.
Brewery sponsors race
BIRMINGHAM — Griffin Claw Brewing Company recently announced it is a beer sponsor for the 2023 Bayview Mackinac Race. This is a first for the Michigan-based company.
“We’re thrilled to play such a crucial role in this year’s Bayview Mackinac Race,” Scott LePage, managing partner of Griffin Claw, said in a release. “As firm supporters of all things Michigan, we see this as a perfect opportunity to position Griffin Claw on the world stage right here on the Great Lakes. Especially with an event that brings together the community in celebration of sportsmanship, camaraderie, and of course, great beer.”
Griffin Claw brews will be available during the event.
EGLE webinar
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy hosts the webinar “Innovation in Water Conservation Best Management Practices Request for Proposals” at 2 p.m. July 25.
Proposals are accepted for projects that “identify innovations and technological advancements in water conservation best practices that can benefit Michigan’s water sectors and support long-term sustainability of Michigan’s water resources,” according to a release.
Register at Michigan.gov/EGLEevents. Program questions: BelisleS@Michigan.gov.
Homebuyer education
CADILLAC — Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency offers a new in-person homebuyer education class from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 1 at 1640 Marty Paul St.
Call 231-947-3780 or visit nmcaa.net to sign up.
Home building partnership
LANSING — Habitat for Humanity organizations join Whirlpool Corporation’s BuildBetter program “to build energy-efficient, hazard-resilient homes across Michigan,” according to a release.
Habitat affiliates, including Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity and Habitat for Humanity of Benzie County, aim to construct 120 of these homes in their communities.
USDA seeks nominations
WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture accepts nominations for membership in its new Tribal Advisory Committee.
“Establishing the Tribal Advisory Committee is an important step towards ensuring tribal perspectives are well represented at USDA and positioned to inform how the Department meets its trust responsibility to tribes across the nation,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a release.
Nominations are open until Aug. 14. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/3zvtpstx. Contact: Josiah.Griffin@usda.gov.
Farm conference set
SUTTONS BAY — The second annual Perennial Farm Ecosystem Conference is scheduled for Sept. 8 at the Leelanau County Government Center.
The free event is hosted by Leelanau Conservation District and supported by the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program and Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education.
Questions: 231-256-9783; adam.brown@macd.org.
Grants for services
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announces up to $60 million in funds through the Community Center Grant program.
Michigan municipalities and organizations can expand their programs or work on capital projects. Entities may apply for the Capital Project Grant and the Community Center Program Grant. Each organization can request a maximum of $2.5 million.
Applications are due Aug. 31. For more details and to apply, visit Michigan.gov/CommunityCenterGrants.
Global summit
DETROIT — Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Tim Boring and Michigan Agri-Business Association President Chuck Lippstreu presented at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s Heartland Summit.
They discussed the presence of Michigan’s food and agriculture industry in the country and world.
The summit emphasized “how strategic investments in agriculture and global development are creating jobs at home and abroad, feeding the hungry, and keeping Americans safe,” according to a release.
Transportation funding
WASHINGTON D.C. — Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters recently announced the U.S. Department of Transportation will award more than $17 million for “Michigan communities to purchase natural gas buses and rehabilitate outdated transit vehicles and facilities,” according to a release.
Award go through the Federal Transit Administration’s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities and Low- or No-Emission Vehicle programs.
Recipients include $514,002 to the Michigan Department of Transportation for Ionia Dial-a-Ride, Belding Dial-A-Ride, Manistee County Transportation and St. Joseph County Transportation Authority. Funds go toward van replacement, bus lift upgrades, transit facility remodeling and a new scheduling and dispatch software.
Secretary visit
WASHINGTON D.C. — United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently visited Michigan. He met with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who is chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
Vilsack’s trip aimed to highlight “markets for producers and ensure children have access to healthy and nutritious meals during the summer months as part of the Investing in America agenda,” according to a release. “Investing in America” is a program of the Biden-Harris administration.
Foundation scholarships
COMMERCE TOWNSHIP — The Recreational Boating Industries Educational Foundation (RBIEF) distributed $10,000 in scholarships to five students “expressing keen interest in careers in the marine industry,” according to a release.
The 2023 RBIEF scholarship recipients include Jocelyn Stephe, of Interlochen.
The RBIEF scholarship fund was developed in 1986 by the Michigan Boating Industries Association. RBIEF has distributed $432,117 to recipients.
MBIA is a nonprofit representing more than 350 marine businesses in Michigan. The boating industry in Michigan represents a $7.8 billion economic impact in the state, nearly 1,500 marine businesses and nearly 40,000 jobs. For more information, visit mbia.org.
Hungry Howie’s eyes return to TC
MADISON HEIGHTS — Hungry Howie’s recently announced it has opened up Traverse City as an available market for business owners. The pizza and sub restaurant previously had locations in TC.
Hungry Howie’s opened in 1973 in Taylor and has more than 535 stores in the United States, including 190 in Michigan with “an average gross sales per unit of almost $1 million,” according to a release. Hungry Howie’s has 43 locations in west Michigan.
Student loan scams
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Federal Communications Commission’s Robocall Response Team and Attorney General Dana Nessel warn people of student loan debt scams. Robocalls and texts may have increased after the “Biden v Nebraska” Supreme Court decision regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s student loan forgiveness program.
According to a release from the FCC, scam callers or texters may demand money or personal information, request immediate payment, offer services in exchange for gift cards, use a familiar area code and link to a website other than StudentAid.gov.
To file a complaint, visit consumercomplaints.fcc.gov.
Home sales decrease
WASHINGTON D.C. — Pending home sales went down 2.7% from April to May, according to a release from the National Association of Realtors.
“Despite sluggish pending contract signings, the housing market is resilient with approximately three offers for each listing,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in the release. “The lack of housing inventory continues to prevent housing demand from being fully realized.”
Additionally, pending home sales in the Midwest decreased 5.3%, down 23.5% from last May.
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