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Lawmakers are racing the clock to pass a bill that would extend pandemic school meal waivers through the summer and next school year.
The House on Thursday passed a nearly $3 billion bill, 376-42, that would continue to provide more free meals for lower income families but not for all students who had been receiving them for the past two years.
Schools have felt the strain of rising food, gas and labor costs. Waivers passed by Congress at the start of the pandemic gave relief from regulations that monitor how, when and who gets school meals that expire in seven days.
Congress couldn't reach a deal in time to include in the budget signed by President Biden in March after Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell pushed against the extension.
A bipartisan group in both chambers reached a deal earlier this week on a budget-neutral bill, now called the Keep Kids Fed Act, that would extend some of the waivers through the next school year but not others.
Despite a smooth sail through the House, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is blocking the bill in the Senate. Proponents still hope to get it to the president by the weekend.
The bill would fully extend all waivers through the summer to allow meal deliveries and grab-and-go options for students. It would also extend supply chain flexibilities and higher than pre-pandemic federal reimbursement rates through the 2022-2023 school year.
But the biggest omission is the exclusion of flexibilities that suspended eligibility requirements for free and reduced-price meal applications, giving every student free meals. Though the bill provides free meals to more students, families will need to resume filling out applications to qualify.
What's being waived?
Before the pandemic, federal laws required schools meet specific nutrition requirements that governed what they could and could not serve students. They had to serve their meals in "congregate" settings, like a cafeteria or a park. Families had to meet income requirements to receive free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program. And in the summer, only areas that had 50% of kids qualifying for free or reduced-priced meals can operate a summer meal program.
Those rules went out the window during the pandemic.
"[Waivers] really provided a lifeline, because in a lot of rural and suburban communities, poverty is so widely dispersed over large geographies," said Jillien Meier, director of partnerships and campaign strategies at No Kid Hungry. "So even if 49% of your kids in your community qualifies for free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program, you can't operate an open summer meal site."
The school meal waivers allowed for students to grab lunches to-go and or be delivered via school buses.
They also provided flexibility for schools when the supply chain disruptions began and never quite went away.
"You might be ordering fresh fruits and vegetables and you get donuts. You order 5,000 cases of something you might get 20. The supply chain is a disaster," said Katie Wilson, executive director of the Urban School Food Alliance. "We had a district where big a produce house they worked with for years called them and said, 'we are no longer servicing schools. We're giving you a two-week notice.'"
More than 98% of school meal programs reported shortages of menu items, supplies and packaging, as well as items being discontinued by manufacturers, according to the School Nutrition Association.
School staffs made trips to grocery stores to buy missing ingredients. But substituted foods from a store or another vendor might be more expensive or not meet nutritional standards.
Waivers also provided extra funding for schools to shore up the rising costs of food and labor.
Mary Rochelle, program, events and grant coordinator at the Food Services Department of the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado, said one of her bread vendors raised prices by 50% without notice.
Kristen Hennessey, director of Food and Nutrition Services for Plymouth-Canton Community Schools in Michigan has also seen beef rise 51% and chicken 30% in her district and employee wages will increase by 31% next school year.
The federal government already reimburses schools a portion of each meal's cost — a rate that increased with the waivers. Congress' proposal would continue to reimburse schools per meal at higher than pre-pandemic levels, but less than the original waivers.
"For about what you'd pay for a latte, schools are expected to put together a meal that has milk and fruits and vegetables, protein and grain," said Diane Pratt-Heavner, director of media relations at the School Nutrition Association. "The pandemic and the after effects of the supply chain and labor challenges that the programs are facing has just blown up the model."
Getting rid of free meals
Schools are preparing to raise meal prices, so those students who no longer qualify for free meals will pay more than before the pandemic.
Some schools are preparing to raise meal prices, meaning that families who were paying before the pandemic will now pay more when the waivers expire. Only students with a family income of 185% of the poverty level or below will qualify.
In anticipation of the expiration, USDA extended some flexibilities to states that chose to use them. But only Congress can change the eligibility requirements for free meals.
Reaching families with younger children needing to go through the process for the first time, technology access, language barriers and confusing applications pose challenges to school administrators, according to Rochelle, especially with the months-long congressional limbo.
"Even if we do reach them and ask them to fill out the application and they do it, there's a high chance they might not qualify because the cutoff is so low and doesn't change depending on where you live," Rochelle said. "So in the Boulder area, our housing costs are three times the national average, and it doesn't take that into account."
Looking beyond the extension
Regardless of the extensions, a cliff will inevitably come for schools and families unless Congress passes a more permanent solution.
The creation of virtual schools during the pandemic allowed students to still have access to meals they otherwise wouldn't. Despite McConnell's attempt to use the waivers to force schools back in person, many districts are continuing virtual learning.
"We ended up creating a very successful K-12 virtual academy within our district," Hennessey said, adding that the virtual academy is planning to stay regardless of what happens to the waivers. "I began to look at the list of the kids that were virtual — 46% of them qualified for free reduced meals next year. I will not be able to provide a meal to those children."
School food and nutrition advocates want this to be addressed at the White House's September conference on food and hunger. Hennessey attended one of the White House's listening sessions this month in preparation for the conference. Advocates told officials food access was revoked by not pushing for extended universal free meals for another year.
"You're taking away accessibility," Hennessey recalled saying. "So you want us to talk about ways to [make food accessible]. Well, you just took away a great way to do it and you just ran a pilot for a year."
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Ohio teen allegedly stabs brother to death
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - A 15-year-old girl was arrested Monday for the killing of her brother in Ohio, WXIX reported.
Monday morning around 11 a.m., Springfield Township officers were called to a home where they found a 16-year-old boy with a stab wound.
He was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center but died there.
The investigation determined the teen boy was stabbed by his 15-year-old sister. She was arrested and charged with murder, authorities say.
Authorities have not said what led up to Monday’s stabbing.
“I’m just lost of words,” another sibling said. “You wouldn’t think that, like, my little sister, killing my little brother. Yeah I’m just lost for words.”
Their sister’s arrest is just as shocking.
“She’s also a good kid, so I don’t think she intentionally meant to do that,” another sibling said. “There was just a little argument, you know. Out of anger, she probably did it, but I don’t think she really meant to do it.”
Jackie Brewton lives nearby and was having lunch with her son, Tino Brewton, when she saw police officers arrive on Monday.
Jackie Brewton said her son ran over to the victim to try and help him.
“He took his shirt off to start compressions on the boy’s chest,” she said. “He said the stab wound was like somewhere in between his heart and his lung.”
Tino Brewton said he was talking to the boy to figure out what happened.
“I tried to keep him talking because he had been stabbed,” Tino Brewton said. “He kept saying his sister stabbed him.”
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For the third year in a row, Ann Arbor Pioneer’s girls swimming team brought home a Division 1 state championship over the weekend.
The Pioneers were dominant once again as they completed the 3-peat and clinched the program’s 19 state title overall, second to only East Grand Rapids, who also won its 25th state title on Saturday.
Pioneer won six events led by junior Stella Chapman, who set a meet record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 53.69 seconds and claimed the 200 individual medley in 2:01.91.
Senior Lucy Mehraban won the 50 freestyle in 23.07 seconds and senior Sophia Guo won the 100 freestyle in 49.89.
Chapman, Guo, freshman Kate Van Ryn and sophomore Ursula Ott combined to win the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:43.19, and Mehraban, Chapman, Van Ryn and Guo to win the 400 freestyle relay in 3:24.90.
Saline senior Alice English capped her career with a state title in diving with a score of 419.90 to also help the Hornets finish third overall as a team.
Dexter’s Lily Witte had a historic performance in the D2 state finals as the senior claimed her fourth consecutive diving championship and smashed the MHSAA record with 554.65 points.
Witte came close to breaking the record as a junior at last year’s state finals but made sure there would be no drama this time around as she beat the previous record of 509.50, set by Saline’s Camryn McPherson in 2016, by more than 45 points.
Ann Arbor Skyline senior Lily Cleason finished her high school career with a state title in the 100 backstroke as she finished first with a time of 53.95.
In D3, Milan took third overall and won two events. The Big Reds saw Anabelle Williams win the 200 freestyle in 1:54.09 to round out the top performances from the weekend.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A member of southern rap group Nappy Roots is recovering Thursday after being robbed and kidnapped outside the brewery he co-owns in Atlanta and later shot as he tried to get away, authorities said.
Law enforcement in Atlanta and Hapeville are searching for two suspects accused of robbing a customer of the Atlantucky Brewery in a nearby parking deck and then forcing Fish Scales, whose real name is Melvin Adams Jr., into his white, Mercedes-Benz SUV, about 11 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
The robbers then drove Adams to his home in the neighboring suburb of Hapeville, where he was able to escape, but not before being shot in the leg during a struggle, authorities said.
“Once he had an opportunity, he tried to make a run for it,” Capt. Christian Hunt told news outlets. “What we learned is the suspects grabbed him and they began to tussle, and that’s when he got shot.”
According to Hunt, the 45-year-old business owner ran to a neighbor’s home for help. The suspects fled.
Adams, originally from Milledgeville, Georgia, was transported to an area hospital in stable condition. Fellow Nappy Roots member and Atlantucky co-owner William Hughes, who performs under the name Skinny DeVille, told reporters Adams is recovering.
“I am certainly relieved that my business partner and brother Scales is safe and recovering…that is what is most important,” Hughes said in a statement. “We would appreciate it if the public would allow us some privacy over the next week while we re-evaluate the situation, as this is an ongoing investigation. I assure you that we will share the outcomes, as the police department allows. But know for now that Scales is safe and recovering.”
Adams’ car was found in Hapeville but no arrests have been made. According to initial police reports, the suspects got away with about $30 and a few personal items.
This is the only incident that has happened at the brewery since it opened earlier this year. Hughes said the brewery does not keep cash on site, nothing was stolen from the business, and it does not appear Scales was specifically targeted, according to Hughes and the initial police investigation.
While Hughes said he and Adams pay close attention to safety and security in their neighborhood, he “never thought in a million years” crime would hit this close to home.
“We’re trying to provide an opportunity here to the community,” he said. “We don’t bring negative energy with our music or through our business … It doesn’t deter us from our mission.”
Company representatives said they will increase security moving forward to ensure safety for its customers and employees.
Hughes said he is hopeful the brewery will reopen this week, but he’s not sure if Adams will make it to the Nappy Roots show scheduled Saturday in Rapid City, South Dakota.
The multiplatinum, Grammy-nominated hip-hop group Nappy Roots formed while its members attended Western Kentucky University. It’s best known for the songs “Po Folks,” “Good Day,” and “Awnaw.”
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General Motors is offering buyouts to salaried employees in the U.S. and some global executives in order to cut $2 billion in costs over the next two years as the Detroit automaker makes the transition to electric vehicles.
CEO Mary Barry said in a statement Thursday that the "voluntary separation program" will be offered until March 24 and is a step that will help avoid "involuntary actions" later.
"By permanently bringing down structured costs, we can improve vehicle profitability and remain nimble in an increasing competitive market," she said.
The buyouts will be offered to salaried employees with at least five years of time at GM, as well as to global executives with at least two years.
The company has some 58,000 employees on salary in the U.S. It is unknown how many employees GM is targeting for the buyouts.
General Motors initially announced the $2 billion in trims in January, with the company saying it expected between 30% and 50% in savings in 2023.
In 2021, GM announced that it aims to only be making electric vehicles by 2035.
The transition by car companies, however, is also leading to layoffs.
"In the past year, both Ford and Chrysler parent company Stellantis have announced U.S. layoffs prompted by the shift to electric vehicles — For cut 3,000 jobs in August and Stellantis laid off more than 1,000 in February," Forbes reported.
General Motors' cost-cutting measures are also being made to prepare for potential economic downtown or recession in the future, Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said in February, according to The Associated Press.
Speaking at the Wolfe Research conference, Jacobson said that although GM's auto sales remain strong, the company is seeing vehicle prices starting to ease.
"We want to be cautious because we don't want to ignore the macro signs that are out there, because I don't want to be up here a year from now saying, uh, we missed it," Jacobson said.
Reaction to the cost-cutting measure and the buyouts has been muted so far. Though some netizens have criticized General Motors of gutting its workforce just a little over a decade after the company was bailed out by the U.S. government during the 2008-2010 automotive industry crisis.
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ELIZABETH ARAKELIAN, HOST: The Tule River Indian Reservation in the eastern foothills of the Sequoia National Forest suffered severe flooding in early March. The community of more than 1,500 Indigenous people was left without food, water and electricity for more than 2 weeks. KVPR’s Esther Quintanilla has this story.
ESTHER QUINTANILLA: Snowmelt runoff from the Sierra Nevada washed away the only entrance to the reservation - just east of Porterville - and completely stranded residents. Neil Peyron is the chairman of the Tule River Tribal Council.
NEIL PEYRON: There was no way off the reservation at all. There were people without food. There were some people without water.
QUINTANILLA: According to Peyron, flood waters in the South Fork of the Tule River rose as high as 18 feet. It ripped up domestic water and sewer lines, telephone poles and bridges across the reservation. While local, state and federal emergency service agencies were able to make some repairs, the community still has a long way to recover.
PEYRON: Now it's just putting the pieces back together as best as possible. I know we learned that we weren't ready for this magnitude of a flood.
QUINTANILLA: The reservation is expected to receive federal funding and resources in the coming weeks. For KVPR News, I’m Esther Quintanilla
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CHICAGO — Shane van Gisbergen won his NASCAR Cup Series debut on a rainy Sunday in downtown Chicago, chasing down Justin Haley and Chase Elliott in a memorable finish to the series' first street race.
After passing Elliott, van Gisbergen dueled with Haley in the final laps before the three-time Supercars champion moved in front for good. Haley held on for second, and Elliott was third.
The 34-year-old van Gisbergen, a New Zealand native, got a chance to drive the No. 91 Chevrolet in Chicago as part of Trackhouse Racing's Project 91. The goal for the team is expanding its global reach.
Van Gisbergen won his first Supercars championship in 2016 and added two more the past two years. He was helped in his NASCAR debut by Darian Grubb, who was the crew chief for Tony Stewart when he won the Cup Series championship in 2011.
The race was scheduled for 100 laps and 220 miles, but it was shortened because of fading sunlight after the start was delayed for more 90 minutes because of a historic rainfall that flooded the course.
The last half of the Xfinity Race, set to resume after it was suspended Saturday because of lightning, was canceled.
Right before the scheduled start, as the rain persisted, pole-sitter Denny Hamlin took to Twitter to lobby for a delay, and Noah Gragson posted video of one of his tires floating on pit road. NASCAR then decided to allow the drivers to return to their haulers.
The weather eventually cleared up, but there were puddles on the course when the race began. Even as it started to dry out — and teams started breaking out their slick tires — water splashed everywhere whenever a driver slid into a tire barrier.
Gragson, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano all visited the rows of tires in Turn 6. Hamlin and Elliott got into the tire pack in Turn 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was hit by Bubba Wallace and got stuck in the tire barrier in Turn 1 late in the race.
There also was a massive pileup involving 14 cars on Michigan Avenue on the 50th lap, clogging the course and almost assuredly drawing a smile from regular Chicago drivers familiar with the area.
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Soon after the Russian invasion, the hoaxes began. Ukrainian refugees were taking jobs, committing crimes and abusing handouts. The misinformation spread rapidly online throughout Eastern Europe, sometimes pushed by Moscow in an effort to destabilize its neighbors.
It's the kind of swift spread of falsehood that has been blamed in manycountries for increased polarization and an erosion of trust in democratic institutions, journalism and science.
But countering or stopping misinformation has proven elusive.
New findings from university researchers and Google, however, reveal that one of the most promising responses to misinformation may also be one of the simplest.
In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, the researchers detail how short online videos that teach basic critical thinking skills can make people better able to resist misinformation.
The researchers created a series of videos similar to a public service announcement that focused on specific misinformation techniques — characteristics seen in many common false claims that include emotionally charged language, personal attacks or false comparisons between two unrelated items.
Researchers then gave people a series of claims and found that those who watched the videos were significantly better at distinguishing false information from accurate information.
It's an approach called "pre-bunking" and it builds on years of research into an idea known as inoculation theory that suggests exposing people to how misinformation works, using harmless, fictional examples, can boost their defenses to false claims.
With the findings in hand, Google plans to roll out a series of pre-bunking videos soon in Eastern Europe focused on scapegoating, which can be seen in much of the misinformation about Ukrainian refugees. That focus was chosen by Jigsaw, a division of Google that works to find new ways to address misinformation and extremism.
"We have spent quite a bit of time and energy studying the problem," said Beth Goldberg, Jigsaw's head of research and one of the authors of the paper. "We started thinking: How can we make the users, the people online, more resilient to misinformation?"
The two-minute clips then demonstrate how these tactics can show up in headlines, or social media posts, to make a person believe something that isn't true.
They're surprisingly effective. Subjects who viewed the videos were found to be significantly better at distinguishing false claims from accurate information when tested by the researchers. The same positive results occurred when the experiment was replicated on YouTube, where nearly 1 million people viewed the videos.
Researchers are now investigating how long the effects last, and whether "booster" videos can help sustain the benefits.
Earlier findings have suggested that online games or tutorials that teach critical thinking skills can also improve resiliency to misinformation. But videos, which could be played alongside online advertisements, are likely to reach many more people, said Jon Roozenbeek, a Cambridge University professor and one of the authors of the study.
Other authors included researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and the University of Western Australia.
Google's effort will be one of the largest real-world tests of pre-bunking so far. The videos will be released on YouTube, Facebook and TikTok, in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. All three countries have accepted large numbers of Ukrainian refugees and their citizens could be vulnerable to misinformation about refugees.
Jigsaw CEO Yasmin Green said the work on prebunking is intended to complement Google's other efforts to reduce the spread of misinformation: "As the scourge of misinformation grows, there's a lot more we can do to provide people with prompts and features that help them stay safe and informed online."
While journalistic fact checks can be effective in debunking a particular piece of misinformation, they're time and labor intensive. By focusing on characteristics of misinformation in general instead of specific claims, pre-bunking videos can help a person spot false claims on a wider variety of topics.
Another method, content moderation by social media companies, can often be inconsistent. While platforms like Facebook and Twitter often remove misinformation that violates their rules, they're also criticized for failing to do more. Other platforms like Telegram or Gab boast a largely hands-off approach to misinformation.
Social media content moderation and journalistic fact checks can also run the risk of alienating those who believe the misinformation. They might also be ignored by people who already distrust legitimate news outlets.
"The word fact checking itself has become politicized," Roozenbeek said.
Pre-bunking videos, however, don't target specific claims, and they make no assertions about what is true or not. Instead, they teach the viewer how false claims work in general — whether it's a claim about elections or NASA's moon landings, or the latest outbreak of the avian flu.
That transferability makes pre-bunking a particularly effective way of confronting misinformation, according to John Cook, a research professor at Australia's Monash University who has created online games that teach ways to spot misinformation.
"We've done enough research to know this can be effective," Cook said. "What we need now is the resources to deploy this at scale."
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Despite recruitment and training efforts, the number of vacancies among Anne Arundel County school bus drivers has held steady more than two months into the academic year.
The system publishes a weekly update with the number of driver vacancies. Two days after school started, 75 vacancies were reported Aug. 31, and 69 were listed Wednesday. Schools spokesman Bob Mosier said in a statement that the system has been able to maintain, but not increase, staffing levels.
“As has been stated, we are treading water,” Mosier said in an email.
Anne Arundel is not alone in its struggle — a shortage of bus drivers is affecting districts around the country.
Added to the challenges, Superintendent Mark Bedell reported at the Nov. 2 Board of Education meeting that there has been a nearly 20 percent increase in bus service outages recently due to COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus.
However, there are new drivers in the pipeline. Mosier said about half of the 52 drivers in training right now will ultimately drive for AACPS. In addition to working with the county’s Office of Workforce Development to get more workers, the system is adjusting routes and pursuing the use of alternative vehicles.
The system is taking advantage of the General Assembly’s approval of the use of vans to transport students. The system plans to operate 40 vans starting in July; workers will be hired by contractors, as bus drivers are, but don’t need a commercial license.
In addition to those contracts, AACPS will have its own fleet of five to 10 vans in July.
The system is pursuing the emergency use of vans this school year. The more trips that can be switched from bus to van, the more commercial drivers will be freed to make other trips, Mosier said.
Vans could be used to transport students to nonpublic schools and to transport those who are homeless to their school of origin, if they have been displaced. County students attend nonpublic schools outside the county, including Sheppard Pratt, when they have a disability and need educational support not available in AACPS.
The Board of Education will review an emergency contract to provide van service at its Wednesday meeting, Mosier said. A request for bids to operate the 40 contracted vans starting in July was published last Monday.
So far this school year 4,000 children have been without bus service every day, with an additional 9,000 affected by outages on some level. To equitably distribute the hardship, Bedell has said students who have been without bus service this year will get service after the semester change. That also means some of those with service will lose it.
Mosier said the system expects the number of vacancies to fall before Jan. 25, but if there isn’t improvement, thousands of students will lose service at the academic year’s midpoint.
At community events, Bedell has said the trade is in the spirit of fairness.
“Other families are going to have to take the hit like other people have,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do.”
Mosier said the parameters of who will gain and lose bus service should be published by mid-December.
The system uses bus contractors to transport most of its students to and from schools. That means when the system needs more drivers and buses, it solicits bid proposals publicly from companies, considers each bid, selects a winner and requests approval from the Board of Education to award the contract.
The system works with 14 contractors that collectively are responsible for 585 routes. Between Aug. 29 and Oct. 17, there were 2,171 instances of missed service. Companies pay $100 in liquidated damages for each of these occurrences, so the system has collected $217,100. The system is not paying contractors for routes they do not drive, and has accrued $358,670 in suspended payments.
The money collected through liquidated damages will be used to implement the van program, and money from suspended payments will be used to purchase fuel.
Mosier said the performance of contractors has varied.
When looking at the 33 days of school from Aug. 29 to Oct. 17, three companies have missed at least 20% of their routes. Annapolis Bus Company, which has 85 routes per day, missed 22%; R.E. Wilson and Sons, which has 39 routes, missed 27%; and Huber’s II, which has 29 routes, missed 30%.
Two companies have not had an outage yet this year — Chesapeake Charters, which runs 60 routes, and Lonergan’s Bus Service, which runs 61 routes.
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The system recently solicited bids for 41 bus routes, which have contracts that are set to expire June 30. The award of the contract or contracts related to those routes is pending, and will come before the Board of Education.
Mosier said right now seven of those 41 routes are not in service.
“Final awards have not been made, but we are considering the contractors lack of responsibility as we evaluate the award decision,” he said in an email.
Jubb’s Bus Service has missed about 12% of its 50 routes, according to data provided by AACPS. Randall Jubb said he could cover everything if not for the change of start times this school year, which compressed the bus schedule.
“It made it worse, no matter what they say,” he said.
As the Board of Education considers its fiscal 2024 operating budget, Jubb would like to see more money budgeted for compensation increases for bus drivers and attendants. AACPS has said one cause of the driver shortage is competing employers offering better compensation.
“We need to have an attractive job to move our kids,” Jubb said.
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BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A look at the key hole Saturday at The Country Club in the third round of the U.S. Open:
HOLE: 11
YARDAGE: 141
PAR: 3
STROKE AVERAGE: 3.172
RANK: 9
KEY FACT: Scottie Scheffler hit his tee shot onto the red line marking the penalty area and chunked his second shot en route to a double bogey that started his free-fall out of the lead. Rory McIlroy made a 12-foot putt for his only birdie of the round to stay within sight of the leaders.
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Growing wildfire destroys structures in southwestern Washington near Columbia River Gorge
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a weekend wildfire along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington has grown to 546 acres, prompting evacuations and burning structures. Skamania County firefighters responded to reports of the wildfire on Sunday just after 11 a.m. near Highway 14 in Underwood, an unincorporated community across the river from Hood River, Oregon. The fire spread rapidly in hot, windy conditions, and authorities have issued evacuation notices for everyone in a 2-mile radius around Cook Underhill Road, where crews are engaged in active firefighting. A shelter has been set up at Skamania County Fairgrounds in Stevenson, Washington. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized the use of federal money to help with firefighting costs.
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Judge denies defense bid to prevent release of Otieno’s body
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge has denied a request from attorneys for one of seven sheriff’s deputies charged in the death of a mental patient to prevent the man’s body from being released until they decide whether they will seek an independent autopsy.
Dinwiddie Circuit Court Joseph Teefey Jr. ruled Wednesday that defense attorneys could instead ask for an independent examiner to be present during the autopsy currently being performed by the state medical examiner’s office.
Irvo Otieno died on March 6 while he was being admitted to Central State Hospital. Dinwiddie Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill has said that Otieno was suffocated to death, but an autopsy has not been completed. Video released this week shows the deputies and hospital employees pinning the 28-year-old Black man to the floor for more than 10 minutes.
Defense attorneys have said that the deputies and hospital employees were trying to restrain Otieno after he became combative during the transfer process from a Henrico jail to the hospital.
Otieno’s family said he had longstanding mental health struggles and was brutally mistreated at the hospital and in jail. He was initially taken to a Richmond-area hospital by police for psychiatric care on March 3. But after authorities said he became combative, he was charged with three counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer and transferred to the jail. His family says he was denied access to needed medication during his time there.
In their motion, attorneys for Sgt. Kaiyell Sanders of the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office asked that Otieno’s body be preserved as physical evidence. They said it would be “highly unlikely” that they would ask for a second autopsy, but because the cause of death “will be an essential element” of the state’s case against Sanders, their request to preserve Otieno’s body is “imminently reasonable.”
“Without an order from this Honorable Court ordering the preservation of the physical evidence, namely the body of Irvo N. Otieno, the Defendant will be unjustly deprived of his ability to inspect the physical evidence through an independent autopsy,” Sanders’ attorney, W. Edward Riley IV, wrote in the motion.
Riley did not immediately return a call Thursday seeking comment on the judge’s denial of the request.
WRIC-TV reports that during a bond hearing in court Wednesday, Sanders’ attorneys said the state medical examiner informed them it could be up to 12 weeks before the autopsy report is released.
Mark Krudys, an attorney for Otieno’s family, did not respond to an email seeking comment on the defense request.
In denying the motion, Teefey said the defense request was “speculative in nature,” WRIC reported.
“We’re not talking about a T-shirt or a vial of blood,” Teefey said. “We’re talking about the dignity of a human body.”
A total of 10 people have been charged in the case. All have been granted bond and have pre-trial hearings scheduled in court in April and May.
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Turkey, a country that lies partly in Europe and in Asia, also sits on one of the world's most seismically active zones and has experienced several devastating earthquakes.
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LONDON (AP) - Results from English football:
Newcastle vs. Brighton, 7:30 a.m. ppd
Everton 0, Aston Villa 2
Leeds 1, Southampton 0
Leicester 0, Arsenal 1
West Ham 4, Nottingham Forest 0
Bournemouth 1, Man City 4
Crystal Palace 0, Liverpool 0
Tottenham 2, Chelsea 0
Man United vs. Brentford, 8:30 a.m. ppd
Arsenal 4, Everton 0
Liverpool 2, Wolverhampton 0
Man City 2, Newcastle 0
Arsenal 3, Bournemouth 2
Aston Villa 1, Crystal Palace 0
Brentford vs. Fulham, 10 a.m. ppd
Brighton 4, West Ham 0
Chelsea 1, Leeds 0
Wolverhampton 1, Tottenham 0
Southampton 1, Leicester 0
Nottingham Forest 2, Everton 2
Liverpool vs. Man United, 11:30 a.m.
Brentford vs. Fulham, 3 p.m.
Bournemouth vs. Liverpool, 7:30 a.m.
Everton vs. Brentford, 10 a.m.
Leeds vs. Brighton, 10 a.m.
Leicester vs. Chelsea, 10 a.m.
Tottenham vs. Nottingham Forest, 10 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Man City, 12:30 p.m.
Fulham vs. Arsenal, 10 a.m.
West Ham vs. Aston Villa, 10 a.m.
Man United vs. Southampton, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Wolverhampton, 12:30 p.m.
Brighton vs. Crystal Palace, 3:30 p.m.
Southampton vs. Brentford, 3:30 p.m.
Coventry 2, Sunderland 1
Birmingham 0, Luton Town 1
Bristol City 1, Hull 0
Burnley 4, Huddersfield 0
Norwich 2, Cardiff 0
Preston 2, Wigan 1
QPR 1, Blackburn 3
Reading 3, Blackpool 1
Sheffield United 1, Watford 0
Stoke 0, Millwall 1
West Brom 2, Middlesbrough 0
Swansea 1, Rotherham 1
Preston 0, Coventry 0
Luton Town 2, Millwall 2
Hull 2, West Brom 0
Blackburn 1, Sheffield United 0
Cardiff 2, Bristol City 0
Blackpool 0, Burnley 0
Huddersfield 0, Coventry 4
Luton Town 1, Swansea 0
Middlesbrough 5, Reading 0
Millwall 2, Norwich 3
Rotherham 3, QPR 1
Sunderland 1, Stoke 5
Watford 0, Preston 0
Wigan 1, Birmingham 1
Huddersfield vs. Bristol City, 2:45 p.m.
Reading vs. Sheffield United, 3 p.m.
West Brom vs. Wigan, 3 p.m.
Stoke vs. Blackburn, 3 p.m.
Bristol City vs. Blackpool, 7:30 a.m.
Birmingham vs. Rotherham, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Wigan, 10 a.m.
Coventry vs. Hull, 10 a.m.
Preston vs. Cardiff, 10 a.m.
QPR vs. Watford, 10 a.m.
Reading vs. Millwall, 10 a.m.
Sheffield United vs. Luton Town, 10 a.m.
Swansea vs. Middlesbrough, 10 a.m.
West Brom vs. Huddersfield, 10 a.m.
Norwich vs. Sunderland, 8 a.m.
Blackpool vs. QPR, 3:45 p.m.
Millwall vs. Swansea, 3:45 p.m.
Rotherham vs. Preston, 3:45 p.m.
Watford vs. Birmingham, 3:45 p.m.
Wigan vs. Coventry, 3:45 p.m.
Middlesbrough vs. Stoke, 4 p.m.
Blackburn vs. Reading, 3:45 p.m.
Cardiff vs. West Brom, 3:45 p.m.
Huddersfield vs. Norwich, 3:45 p.m.
Hull vs. Burnley, 3:45 p.m.
Luton Town vs. Bristol City, 3:45 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Sheffield United, 4 p.m.
Oxford United 0, Bristol Rovers 3
Barnsley 4, Derby 1
Bolton 2, Port Vale 1
Burton Albion 0, Accrington Stanley 0
Charlton 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1
Exeter 2, Cambridge United 0
Fleetwood Town 1, Morecambe 0
Forest Green 1, Lincoln 1
Milton Keynes Dons 0, Ipswich 1
Peterborough 5, Plymouth 2
Portsmouth 4, Cheltenham 0
Shrewsbury 2, Wycombe 0
Derby 2, Cheltenham 0
Lincoln 1, Milton Keynes Dons 1
Portsmouth 3, Bolton 1
Peterborough 0, Charlton 0
Morecambe 0, Bolton 0
Accrington Stanley 2, Forest Green 1
Bristol Rovers 0, Barnsley 0
Cambridge United 0, Portsmouth 1
Cheltenham 1, Fleetwood Town 0
Derby 2, Shrewsbury 2
Ipswich 4, Burton Albion 0
Lincoln 1, Oxford United 0
Plymouth 2, Charlton 0
Port Vale 1, Milton Keynes Dons 0
Sheffield Wednesday 1, Peterborough 0
Wycombe 1, Exeter 1
Barnsley vs. Portsmouth, 2:45 p.m.
Wycombe vs. Fleetwood Town, 2:45 p.m.
Ipswich vs. Accrington Stanley, 2:45 p.m.
Peterborough vs. Shrewsbury, 2:45 p.m.
Cheltenham vs. Lincoln, 2:45 p.m.
Cambridge United vs. Morecambe, 2:45 p.m.
Plymouth vs. Derby, 3 p.m.
Barnsley vs. Plymouth, 10 a.m.
Bolton vs. Ipswich, 10 a.m.
Burton Albion vs. Wycombe, 10 a.m.
Charlton vs. Accrington Stanley, 10 a.m.
Exeter vs. Lincoln, 10 a.m.
Fleetwood Town vs. Port Vale, 10 a.m.
Forest Green vs. Bristol Rovers, 10 a.m.
Milton Keynes Dons vs. Cambridge United, 10 a.m.
Oxford United vs. Derby, 10 a.m.
Peterborough vs. Cheltenham, 10 a.m.
Portsmouth vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 10 a.m.
Shrewsbury vs. Morecambe, 10 a.m.
Accrington Stanley vs. Portsmouth, 3:45 p.m.
Morecambe vs. Charlton, 3:45 p.m.
Bristol Rovers vs. Wycombe, 3:45 p.m.
Burton Albion vs. Peterborough, 3:45 p.m.
Barrow 1, Stockport County 0
Colchester 0, Northampton 1
Crawley Town 2, Carlisle 5
Crewe 1, Rochdale 1
Doncaster 0, Bradford 1
Gillingham 2, AFC Wimbledon 1
Grimsby Town 2, Leyton Orient 2
Hartlepool 3, Walsall 3
Mansfield Town 2, Salford 5
Newport County 0, Sutton United 2
Stevenage 0, Tranmere 1
Swindon 3, Harrogate Town 0
Grimsby Town vs. Crewe, 2:45 p.m. ppd
Harrogate Town 1, Northampton 1
Tranmere 1, Crawley Town 0
Gillingham 0, Bradford 2
AFC Wimbledon 2, Stevenage 3
Barrow 1, Salford 1
AFC Wimbledon 1, Mansfield Town 3
Bradford 2, Colchester 0
Carlisle 2, Grimsby Town 0
Harrogate Town 0, Gillingham 0
Leyton Orient 1, Swindon 1
Northampton 1, Crawley Town 0
Rochdale 2, Stevenage 0
Salford 3, Newport County 1
Stockport County 0, Doncaster 0
Sutton United 1, Crewe 1
Tranmere 1, Hartlepool 1
Walsall 0, Barrow 1
Stockport County vs. Gillingham, 2:45 p.m.
Doncaster vs. Harrogate Town, 2:45 p.m.
Walsall vs. Bradford, 2:45 p.m.
Grimsby Town vs. Newport County, 2:45 p.m.
Sutton United vs. Crawley Town, 2:45 p.m.
Crewe vs. Salford, 2:45 p.m.
Barrow vs. Sutton United, 10 a.m.
Colchester vs. Stockport County, 10 a.m.
Crawley Town vs. Harrogate Town, 10 a.m.
Doncaster vs. AFC Wimbledon, 10 a.m.
Gillingham vs. Tranmere, 10 a.m.
Grimsby Town vs. Rochdale, 10 a.m.
Hartlepool vs. Northampton, 10 a.m.
Mansfield Town vs. Leyton Orient, 10 a.m.
Newport County vs. Bradford, 10 a.m.
Stevenage vs. Walsall, 10 a.m.
Swindon vs. Carlisle, 10 a.m.
Sutton United vs. Grimsby Town, 3:45 p.m.
Stevenage vs. Crewe, 3:45 p.m.
Walsall vs. Swindon, 3:45 p.m.
Newport County vs. AFC Wimbledon, 3:45 p.m.
Northampton vs. Mansfield Town, 3:45 p.m.
Altrincham 4, Solihull Moors 1
Barnet 4, Aldershot 1
Boreham Wood 2, Scunthorpe 0
Chesterfield 0, Oldham 1
Eastleigh 0, Bromley 0
Halifax Town 0, Maidenhead United 1
Maidstone United FC 1, Gateshead FC 1
Torquay United 1, Southend 2
Woking 1, Wealdstone 1
Wrexham 3, Dorking Wanderers 1
York City FC 2, Yeovil 1
Notts County 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 2
Barnet 1, Oldham 3
Wrexham 2, Chesterfield 1
Boreham Wood 1, Dorking Wanderers 0
Halifax Town 5, Wealdstone 0
Torquay United 1, Bromley 2
Yeovil 1, Altrincham 1
Maidenhead United 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 1
Eastleigh 1, York City FC 0
Maidstone United FC 1, Scunthorpe 1
Southend 0, Barnet 1
Aldershot 1, Torquay United 1
Bromley 1, Notts County 1
Dagenham and Redbridge 2, York City FC 1
Dorking Wanderers 0, Halifax Town 0
Gateshead FC 1, Chesterfield 2
Oldham 0, Boreham Wood 2
Scunthorpe 0, Eastleigh 1
Solihull Moors 2, Maidstone United FC 0
Wealdstone 4, Altrincham 0
Yeovil 0, Woking 1
Maidenhead United 2, Wrexham 2
Bromley vs. York City FC, 2:45 p.m.
Dagenham and Redbridge vs. Wrexham, 2:45 p.m.
Dorking Wanderers vs. Barnet, 2:45 p.m.
Gateshead FC vs. Halifax Town, 2:45 p.m.
Maidenhead United vs. Boreham Wood, 2:45 p.m.
Oldham vs. Woking, 2:45 p.m.
Scunthorpe vs. Altrincham, 2:45 p.m.
Solihull Moors vs. Torquay United, 2:45 p.m.
Southend vs. Chesterfield, 2:45 p.m.
Wealdstone vs. Maidstone United FC, 2:45 p.m.
Yeovil vs. Eastleigh, 2:45 p.m.
Altrincham vs. Dagenham and Redbridge, 10 a.m. ppd
Barnet vs. Solihull Moors, 10 a.m. ppd
Boreham Wood vs. Gateshead FC, 10 a.m. ppd
Chesterfield vs. Yeovil, 10 a.m.
Eastleigh vs. Oldham, 10 a.m.
Halifax Town vs. Aldershot, 10 a.m. ppd
Maidstone United FC vs. Bromley, 10 a.m. ppd
Torquay United vs. Wealdstone, 10 a.m.
Woking vs. Maidenhead United, 10 a.m.
Wrexham vs. Southend, 10 a.m.
York City FC vs. Scunthorpe, 10 a.m. ppd
Notts County vs. Dorking Wanderers, 12:20 p.m.
Boreham Wood vs. Southend, 3:45 p.m.
Notts County vs. Eastleigh, 3:45 p.m.
Solihull Moors vs. Scunthorpe, 3:45 p.m.
York City FC vs. Altrincham, 3:45 p.m.
Maidenhead United vs. Aldershot, 3:45 p.m.
Barnet vs. Yeovil, 3:45 p.m.
Wealdstone vs. Chesterfield, 3:45 p.m.
Halifax Town vs. Bromley, 3:45 p.m.
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Early in the pandemic, many travelers experienced headaches while trying to rebook air travel purchased through third parties such as Orbitz and Kayak. Overloaded customer service centers and constantly changing airline policies resulted in a big mess at these agencies, prompting many travelers to book directly through the airline to avoid future issues.
Yet as the dust settles on the pandemic and travel begins to return to normal, air passengers are experiencing a different reality: Booking directly through airlines involves navigating a maze of fees, add-on offers and confusing seat selection choices. The resulting price at checkout is often higher — much higher — than the advertised price.
The issue has become so problematic that even President Biden has joined the fray. “You should know the full cost of your ticket, right when you’re comparison shopping ,” he said in a press conference announcing a new Department of Transportation initiative to force airlines to disclose these fees. “So you can pick the ticket that is actually the best deal for you.”
Efforts to rein in airline fees are nothing new. The Obama administration tried and failed to enact similar regulations. And until meaningful changes are made, airline customers will be the ones footing the bill, especially if they use the airlines’ own websites and apps to make their purchases.
THE FEE ERA
Since the rise of budget airlines such as Spirit and Frontier, U.S. airlines have dramatically shifted how they make money. Rather than earning profit margin on airfare itself, which is highly competitive, airlines are increasingly focused on “ancillary revenue” from add-on fees, credit card rewards programs and seat upgrades.
Between 2019 and 2021, ancillary fees as a percentage of total revenue for major U.S. airlines jumped six percentage points, from 16.1% to 22.2% , according to a report by IdeaWorksCompany, an airline industry reporting firm. That follows a steady drumbeat of increased fee revenue going back to at least 2007.
The upshot for customers: Saving money on air travel depends less on the base cost of the ticket itself and more on the add-ons avoided while checking out. Some of these add-ons, such as fees for carry-on bags, are relatively simple to avoid, while others, such as the difference between basic economy and regular economy (or “main cabin”), can be far more complex decisions.
MISMATCHED PRIORITIES
Airlines want customers to book through their own websites and apps for a simple reason: They tend to spend more money on ancillary fees. In a Security and Exchange Commission filing, American Airlines made this preference clear, citing its dependence on third parties such as online travel agencies as a potential risk factor.
“We are also dependent upon the ability and willingness of these distribution channels
to expand their ability to distribute and collect revenues for ancillary products (e.g., fees for selective seating),” the filing read.
Basically, American Airlines admits that it makes a lot of money from ancillary fees, and is worried that third-party sellers won’t push these fees as aggressively as it does. And this mismatch is exactly what provides an opportunity for savvy customers.
Third-party services have an incentive to clarify rather than obscure these choices for customers, explained Melanie Fis h, a spokesperson for Expedia, a third-party travel booking platform.
“When shopping for flights in the app, travelers can select a fare and see what’s included by the airline in the ticket price, such as seat selection, cancellations or changes, as well as the cost for checked baggage, if applicable,” Fish said by email.
The choice between basic economy and main cabin fares offers an example of how airlines’ interests are mismatched with those of their customers. Airlines want to promote lower basic economy fares in search results and then persuade shoppers to upgrade to more expensive main cabin fares during checkout. This not only increases the cost of the ticket, but makes comparison shopping difficult. Online travel agencies can clarify these differences and save customers money.
“Travelers can scroll through the various available fare choices such as basic economy, economy, etc., and view all the options, costs or add-ons side-by-side, making it easy to select the best fare for their needs,” Fish explained.
Of course, online travel agencies have their own incentives to add on extra charges, like rental cars or trip protection. So customers should still be wary of add-on costs, even when booking through these platforms. But while airlines continue to push ancillary fees and travel booking platforms have more incentive to show you the costs of flights upfront in their search results, travelers can save money by booking through third parties.
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Sam Kemmis is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: skemmis@nerdwallet.com.
METHODOLOGY
The 2022 CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany looked at 75 airlines’ 2021 and 2019 12-month financial period disclosures for each year. Ancillary revenue is defined as revenue beyond the sale of tickets that is generated by direct sales to passengers, or indirectly as a part of the travel experience.
IdeasWorks Company. (September, 2022). “The 2022
CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany.” https://ideaworkscompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Ancillary-Revenue-Yearbook-1.1.pdf
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South Korea may conduct a public survey to help determine whether to grant exemptions to mandatory military service to members of the K-pop boyband BTS, officials said Wednesday.
The issue of active military service for the band's seven members has been a hot-button topic in South Korea because its oldest member, Jin, faces enlistment in December, when he turns 30.
Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup told lawmakers that he ordered officials to implement a survey quickly. He said his ministry will also look into various other factors such as BTS’s economic impact, the importance of military service and overall national interest.
After his comments created a stir, his ministry clarified in a statement that Lee ordered officials to examine whether such a survey is needed, rather than launch it immediately.
It said officials were asked to study details including which agency would be responsible for a survey, how long would it take and who exactly would be surveyed. The statement said if the survey is carried out, it will be done by a third organization, not by the ministry or related authorities, to ensure fairness.
The ministry said the results would be only one of the many factors determining BTS members' military status.
By law, all able-bodied men in South Korea must serve 18-21 months in the military under a conscription system established to deal with threats from rival North Korea. But the country gives exemption to athletes, classical and traditional musicians, and ballet and other dancers who win top places in certain competitions because they are considered to have enhanced national prestige.
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Those exempted are released from the military after taking three weeks of basic training. But they are required to perform 544 hours of volunteer work and serve in their respective professional fields for 34 months.
Some politicians and others have called for expanding the scope of exemptions to include K-pop stars such as BTS because they have elevated South Korea's international image significantly as well.
A private survey earlier this year showed about 60% of respondents supported military exemption for BTS members. But another private survey in 2020 showed 46% backed exemptions while 48% opposed them.
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Ranks #1895 on overall Inc. 5000 and #50 among Massachusetts companies
Earns prestigious honor based on continued revenue growth from the last three years
BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. magazine today announced that Family First, the only expert-led caregiving solution for employers and health plans, ranked #1895 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment: independent businesses. Family First was recognized for its continued revenue growth over the last three years while creating innovative solutions to support families in solving the complex and complicated issues involved with caregiving. In addition to its overall rank, Family First was honored as the 50th fastest-growing company in Massachusetts.
"It is a great honor to be ranked on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. This ranking speaks to the importance of our mission to support family caregivers and their loved ones," said Evan Falchuk, Chairman and CEO of Family First. "Our success can be attributed to our dedicated care experts, expert-led process, and the employers and health plans that are embracing the need and value of caregiving support services for their populations."
More than 50 million Americans act as caregivers for their loved ones and, while caregiving can be rewarding, it can also lead to significant physical, mental, emotional, and financial challenges. Family First helps families solve these caregiving challenges with expert care teams and innovative technology that digs deep to find out what is wrong, what to about it, and how to get it done. Delivered as part of leading employee and insurance benefit programs, Family First is committed to doing what is right for these families.
Family First's insurance and employee benefit provides working family caregivers with unlimited access to teams of accredited care experts, including nurses, social workers, mental health professionals, and Harvard-trained physicians, to address and solve the challenges of every unique caregiving journey.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," said Scott Omelianuk, editor in chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Complete results of the 2022 Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
To learn more about Family First and its offerings, visit the company website: www.family-first.com
Family First is the first expert-led and technology-powered caregiving support benefit, integrating expert care teams and clinical and social determinants of health data to create holistic, comprehensive, and accurate care plans that solve the most urgent caregiving needs of employees and health plan members. The company was spun out of virtual care and in-home care management leader VillagePlan. Powered by industry-leading technology, Family First combines 30 years of hands-on experience, a multi-disciplinary team of experts, and an artificial intelligence engine that analyzes data from millions of people to ensure employees and health plan members have the caregiving solutions they need — and their loved ones are on the right care path. Learn more at www.family-first.com.
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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MSAA is proud to collaborate with the Chronic Health Improvement Research Program (CHIRP) at Dartmouth Health and Novartis to support people living with MS
CHERRY HILL, N.J., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA), the Chronic Health Improvement Research Program (CHIRP) at Dartmouth Health, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ("Novartis") are collaborating to launch the Multiple Sclerosis Implementation Network™ (MSIN™). This is a first-of-its-kind initiative to develop a multi-center learning health network for providers to support people living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
MSIN will serve as a model of innovation, improvement, and implementation of evidence-based care and best practices that connect participating healthcare professionals, spanning from MS comprehensive care centers to community-based neurologists. In sharing data and experiences, this learning health network enables participating centers to learn from each other while contributing to research to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for people with multiple sclerosis.
Together, the MSIN collaboration aims to: develop a research-driven data environment; use improvement and implementation approaches to improve care, experience, and outcomes; advocate for therapies and health interventions for all people living with MS, regardless of practice setting or location, helping to eliminate disparities; support the MS care workforce; and achieve optimal health outcomes for the MS community.
MSIN will be guided by two advisory boards – one of which will be comprised of people living with MS and their care partners. The other advisory board will be comprised of healthcare professionals, research scientists, and advocacy partners.
MSIN is a patient-centric initiative, emphasizing the vital role of people living with MS and their involvement in this learning health system. As a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving lives today for the MS community, MSAA has remained committed to incorporating the perspectives and voices from individuals with MS and care partners, while providing ongoing support and direct services.
MSAA President and CEO Gina Ross Murdoch sees tremendous value in this collaboration with both CHIRP and Novartis. Ms. Murdoch states, "The Multiple Sclerosis Implementation Network is an exciting new initiative that has the potential to transform how MS is treated and managed. This unique, patient-centric research program will culminate in a learning health network designed to provide the best outcomes for people living with MS, aligning with MSAA's mission of improving lives today for the multiple sclerosis community. I see no limits as to the potential benefits that this new research program may provide."
"Our collaboration with MSAA and CHIRP deepens our commitment to improving the lives of people living with MS," said Dharmesh Patel, Vice President, Medical Unit head, Neuroscience at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. "At Novartis we have been invested in launching transformative treatments for neurological conditions for more than 80 years, including a portfolio of treatments across the MS continuum. And by co-founding and developing MSIN we will work collaboratively to ensure that both the right treatments and clinical interventions reach the right patients in a timely manner."
Having led and collaborated on numerous improvement, innovation, and implementation initiatives internationally, Dr. Brant Oliver will serve as MSIN's principal investigator. Dr. Oliver is Associate Professor at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Director of CHIRP, and Vice President for Care Experience for the Dartmouth Health system.
Dr. Oliver explains, "MSIN is an exciting forward-thinking, cutting-edge initiative that is first-of-its-kind in multiple sclerosis. It will leverage the very best of what improvement, implementation science, care experience, and futuristic technology can accomplish. We will use a learning health network approach to create an environment of support and collaboration, which will amplify our ability to simultaneously improve care, implement evidence-based interventions, and study MS care in a way that is driven by the needs and voices of people with MS. I am honored to serve as principal investigator for this promising initiative."
To learn more about the Multiple Sclerosis Implementation Network, please visit https://MSINresearch.org.
For more information about the Multiple Sclerosis Implementation Network, please contact Diana Cruz, Manager of Public Relations & Engagement at (800) 532-7667, ext. 103, or via email at dcruz@mymsaa.org.
About MSAA
The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) is a national nonprofit organization and leading resource for the entire MS community, improving lives today through vital services and support. MSAA provides numerous programs and services at no cost including: a Helpline with trained specialists; award-winning publications, including, The Motivator magazine; educational videos, webinars, and research updates; a mobile phone app, My MS Manager™; safety and mobility equipment products; cooling accessories for heat-sensitive individuals; MRI funding; My MSAA Community, a peer-to-peer online support forum; MS Conversations blog; a clinical trial search tool; podcasts; and more. For additional information, please visit www.mymsaa.org or call (800) 532-7667.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS), which consists of the brain, optic nerves, and spinal cord. MS damages or destroys the protective covering (known as myelin) surrounding the nerves of the CNS, and can potentially injure the nerves as well. This damage causes reduced communication between the brain and nerve pathways. Common MS symptoms include visual problems, overwhelming fatigue, difficulty with balance and coordination, depression and cognitive issues, and various levels of impaired mobility. The prevalence of multiple sclerosis is estimated at nearly one million people nationwide and most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 50. MS is not contagious and researchers continue to look for both a cause and a cure.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz slowly made his way on crutches across the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse on Saturday toward a locker replete with a massive walking boot that the towering shortstop still uses to protect the left ankle he broke during an awkward slide home in early April.
The days when he’ll need to rely on the crutches are numbered. Ditto for the walking boot. The 24-year-old’s recovery remains on track, meaning he could return sometime late this summer barring any setbacks.
Given the way Cruz’s left leg rolled up underneath him as he collided with Chicago White Sox catcher Seby Zavala in the sixth inning of what became a 1-0 victory, Cruz will take it. He had surgery the next day and the team optimistically said it expected him to miss four months, a timeline it has not deviated from as his rehab reaches the halfway point.
“You never want to get hurt, obviously, but that’s part of the game and it happens to me,” Cruz said through a translator. “I’m just going to take it the way it is and get better as soon as possible.”
The Pirates have found a way to remain in contention in the NL Central even without their leadoff hitter and one of the more physically intriguing young players in the majors, one prone to testing the limits of StatCast. Pittsburgh entered play on Saturday at 29-27, a half-game back of Milwaukee for first place in a division where no one has been able to run away and hide.
The club has used a handful of players at short to fill in for Cruz, from Rodolfo Castro to Tucupita Marcano to Ji Hwan Bae to Chris Owings. None of them possess Cruz’s unique mix of size, power and speed. Yet they’ve been solid enough to help soften what could have been a devastating early blow to a club that is trying to climb back into relevance following consecutive 100-loss seasons.
Cruz has leaned on his wife and his children to help ease the mental sting of the first major injury of his still-young career. Watching longtime teammates Castro and Marcano — who came up through the minors with Cruz — have some level of success has helped. The duo is hitting a combined .264 with eight home runs and 28 RBIs.
“Every time I see them doing well, it makes me happy,” Cruz said.
Still, they understand they are placeholders for Cruz, who was poised to take a significant step forward following a tantalizing rookie season in which both highlights that quickly went viral on social media — and strikeouts — were plentiful. He worked seven walks in his nine games of the season, showing the kind of patience at the plate that was difficult to come by in 2022.
Cruz believes he is poised to come back stronger than he was when he went down, and the Pirates have been adamant that the hope is he returns this season no matter where the team is in the standings whenever he comes off the 60-day injured list.
While he’s eager to get back he’s also not trying to force things, saying several times he will stick to the recommendations of the medical staff. He has remained engaged, not missing a game of Pittsburgh’s somewhat uneven — the Pirates started on a 20-8 tear followed by an 8-18 skid through May — but overall promising start.
There are also no concerns — at least at this point — about any sort of lingering memories of the slide that derailed his season haunting him during his rehab.
“I should be good when I get out there because when I go out there I understand I’m not going to hesitate,” Cruz said. “I’m just going to go out there and do my best.”
Cruz’s appearance at PNC on Saturday coincided with the team giving out thousands of bobbleheads in his likeness.
Asked if the trinkets bear at least a passing resemblance to him, Cruz laughed.
“They did real good,” he joked. “Ugly, like me.”
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Most electric pickups currently in the works are big, full-size trucks. But a new electric truck survey from Autolist indicates there could be significant demand—particularly among millennials—for something smaller.
The Ford F-150 Lightning topped the rankings as most popular electric truck for the second year in a row in this annual survey, with 24% of respondents naming it their top EV pickup. But the Toyota Tacoma EV—a model that doesn’t even exist—ranked second, with 20% of respondents naming it their top pick.
The Tacoma EV option was particularly popular among millennial respondents, who as an age group ranked it highest. In comparison, the Lightning was the most popular truck among baby boomers and Generation X, while the Tesla Cybertruck was ranked highest by Generation Z respondents. The Tacoma EV also had the most interest from non-truck owners, among any electric trucks.
This would be great news for Toyota if it was actually making an electric version of the Tacoma, a mid-size pickup smaller than full-size models such as the F-150. Toyota has confirmed a fully electric pickup in “the near future,” and in 2021 it showed a concept with a strong resemblance to the current Tacoma, but it hasn’t specifically confirmed a production Tacoma EV.
In addition to the somewhat amusing revelation that millennials are very interested in an electric truck that doesn’t exist, the survey had some other interesting findings regarding the current electric truck trend.
Because internal-combustion pickups are the most popular vehicles in the United States, it’s generally assumed that electric trucks will help drive EV adoption. While 66% of respondents who have owned an EV already said they would consider an electric truck as their next vehicle, just 34% of people who have never owned an EV said they would consider an electric truck as their next vehicle.
The survey found that price and charging infrastructure were major issues. Just over half (51%) of respondents said they wouldn’t buy an electric truck because they are too expensive, while 50% cited lack of access to charging as the main reason for not considering an electric truck.
Availability of charging infrastructure is an issue that affects all EVs, but the relatively limited selection of electric pickups makes price a bigger factor for them right now. Rivian raised prices of its R1T earlier this year and then dropped the most affordable versions that remained. Ford also recently hiked the price of the F-150 Lightning by about $12,000.
Other electric trucks advertised with lower prices haven’t arrived yet. General Motors has claimed the Chevrolet Silverado EV will be a high-volume entry aimed at fleets and affordability, but it hasn’t gone on sale yet, and when it does there’s nothing stopping GM from raising prices, as Ford did with fleet-oriented versions of the Lightning. At the concept/prototype stage in 2019, the Tesla Cybertruck was supposed to have a $39,900 starting price, but it hasn’t yet been detailed in its production form, a year after it was originally due for first deliveries.
In the meantime, Toyota’s best pickup efficiency play has been the full-size Tundra hybrid—although high mpg clearly isn’t the top priority.
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ORRVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) will highlight progress on its strategic priorities and provide an update on its continued transformation at the Company's 2022 Investor Day.
"Our proven strategy has allowed us to deliver strong, sustained financial results in a dynamic environment. Today, we will share how we plan to drive ongoing success across our key business areas of pet food, coffee and consumer foods," said Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Smucker. "As we progress our strategy further, we remain focused on our consumers and delivering balanced top- and bottom-line growth. We are excited to share more about this work and how our new Transformation Office will help us identify and execute against enterprise-wide opportunities for continuous improvement and, in turn, generate long-term value."
At the Investor Day, the Company will provide an overview of its progress toward its strategic priorities to:
- Drive prioritization and best-in-class execution;
- Improve profitability and cost discipline;
- Transform its portfolio;
- Nurture and invest in its culture; and
- Improve diversity and foster inclusion and equity.
In addition to Smucker, the Company's Investor Day will feature presentations from key leaders across the organization, including:
- Jill Penrose, Chief People Officer, will review the Company's continued investment in its culture, including offering an update on progress made in advancing its Inclusion, Diversity and Equity objectives.
- Jeannette Knudsen, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, will deliver an overview of the Company's environmental, social and governance commitments and how it prioritizes progress on these important areas.
- Geoff Tanner, Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, will offer an update on the momentum spurred by the Company's commercial transformation, and how it positions the portfolio of brands for continued growth.
- John Brase, Chief Operating Officer, will provide an overview of progress on the established strategies for the Company's key business areas of snacking, coffee, pet food and pet snacks. The event will also feature a discussion with the leaders of each strategic business area – Tina Floyd, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Foods; Joe Stanziano, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Coffee; and Rob Ferguson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Pet Food and Pet Snacks.
- Amy Held, Chief Transformation Officer, will share details on the Company's recently announced Transformation Office and the strategy to ensure a pipeline of productivity initiatives to support reinvestments in the business and profit growth opportunities.
- Tucker Marshall, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Company's strong financial foundation shaped by its continued commitment to invest in the business and deliver shareholder value. He will also reaffirm the Company's long-term growth targets.
Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Outlook
Ahead of the event, the Company reiterated its fiscal year 2023 financial guidance of net sales growth between 5.5 and 6.5 percent compared to the prior year, adjusted earnings per share to range from $8.35 to $8.75, and free cash flow to be approximately $550 million.
To listen to the virtual webcast of the Company's Investor Day, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, or to review the event replay, visit www.investors.jmsmucker.com.
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a diverse portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets and is found in more than 80 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker's® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer preferences and acting responsibly, we will continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on society. For more information, please visit jmsmucker.com.
The J.M. Smucker Co. is the owner of all trademarks referenced herein, except for the following, which are used under license: Dunkin'® is a trademark of DD IP Holder LLC, and Rachael Ray® is a trademark of Ray Marks II LLC.
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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unveiled criminal referrals on Monday targeting former President Trump, recommending that the Department of Justice investigate the ex-president for inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and obstruction of an official proceeding.
The referrals mark the culmination of the committee’s 18-month probe of the Jan. 6 attack and the role Trump played before, during and after the riot. They are a crescendo in the panel’s central case that Trump was at the center of a conspiracy to keep himself in power.
Investigators on the committee said they decided on criminal referrals against Trump based on sufficient evidence showing that he violated various statutes: inciting, assisting, or aiding and comforting an insurrection; obstructing an official proceeding; conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to make a false statement; and other conspiracy statutes.
The recommendations themselves, however, are largely symbolic, as the Department of Justice is not required to look into referrals from congressional committees. They also come as the agency is conducting its own investigation into the Capitol riot that was recently put under the purview of an independent special counsel.
But the referrals nonetheless mark a significant escalation in the political fight between the committee and Trump, especially as the former president wages his third bid for the White House.
The Justice Department will now have to decide whether it wants to pursue any prosecution based on the panel’s recommendations. It is unclear how the agency will proceed.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the panel, said he believes evidence exists for Trump to be prosecuted.
“I think that the evidence is there that Donald Trump committed criminal offenses in connection with his efforts to overturn the election,” Schiff, a former prosecutor, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “And viewing it as a former prosecutor, I think there’s sufficient evidence to charge the president.”
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The sound of the djembe drums started as a low tremble and grew more distinct as the musicians drew closer to the hundreds gathered inside the Memphis church.
“We love you, Tyre,” the drummers chanted, referring to Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man whose beating by five police officers led to his death and this funeral on the first day of Black History Month.
By the time the procession reached Nichols’ black casket draped in a large white bouquet, the congregation in the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church was on its feet shouting the chant in unison. Some raised clenched fists. Others let out screams of grief. Many grabbed tissues to dab at tears. All of it streamed live on television.
The funeral on Wednesday had all the hallmarks of what’s known as a homegoing service in Black American communities: comforting gospel hymns, remembrances from loved ones and a stirring eulogy from a clergyman.
But in addition to offering an outlet for the private mourning of Nichols’ family and friends, this ritual was also public and political. It was a venue to air the shared grief of Black Americans — and to once again to call for leaders to address an epidemic of police violence so that this time might be different.
“As we celebrate Tyre’s life and comfort this family, we serve notice to this nation that the rerun of this episode that makes Black lives hashtags has been canceled and will not be renewed for another season,” said the Rev. J. Lawrence Turner, senior pastor of the church.
“We have come and we shall overcome,” he said.
Such funeral services are one part heartfelt tribute and one part civil rights rally — a symbolic tax Black Americans have paid time and again from Emmett Till and George Floyd to those killed in mass shootings by white supremacists in Charleston and Buffalo.
“Grieving has many forms — the form that it’s taken for African Americans, historically and even today, is that the grieving process for us is not silent,” said W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of The Conference of National Black Churches, a public policy and social justice organization that represents predominantly Black Christian denominations.
“Part of the way you get healed is to do something about what has happened to your loved one unfairly,” he said. “You have the opportunity, while you have the attention, to try to participate in getting justice.”
Not all victims’ families welcome the attention. Some will put limits on the number of journalists and cameras allowed into the funeral, or ask that media be prohibited from the service altogether.
But the public is rarely shut out, and funerals for Black victims of brutality and racist violence typically draw people who did not personally know the victim — from the community where the violence occurred and from across the U.S.
Shirley Anderson, a lifelong resident of Memphis, said she had been grieving over Nichols since his death on Jan. 10, three days after a traffic stop by a now-disbanded police unit. Video released of the stop shows Black officers holding Nichols down and repeatedly punching him, kicking him and striking him with batons as he screamed for his mother. Five officers have been charged with murder.
The thought that her three grandsons could meet the same demise brought Anderson to Wednesday’s service.
“Lord, have mercy! I don’t want nothing to happen to them that’s happened to Tyre and so many before Tyre,” Anderson, 58, said after the funeral ended.
Some have argued that the collective grief in Nichols’ death is compounded by the fact that his attackers were themselves Black. Others have countered that the attackers’ identity is more evidence that systems of policing continually produce racist outcomes, no matter who wears the badge.
During Wednesday’s service, Nichols’ family shared details that almost anyone would want remembered about their loved one. As a kid, Nichols was easy to care for, as long as he had a big bowl of cereal and the TV fixed on cartoons, his older sister Keyana Dixon shared.
He loved photography. He was an avid skateboarder. He was father to a 4-year-old son.
During a eulogy, the Rev. Al Sharpton sought to assure Nichols’ mother and stepfather that their loss won’t be in vain.
“I believe that babies unborn will know about Tyre Nichols because we won’t let his memory die,” said Sharpton who, in just the last decade, has delivered remarks on such occasion dozens of times.
“We’re going to change this country because we refuse to keep living under the threat of the cops and the robbers.”
Elected officials typically attend these funerals to send a signal to the community that their cries for justice aren’t being ignored. But Vice President Kamala Harris’ presence Wednesday was also personal. Harris, who is the nation’s first Black vice president and the first of South Asian descent, spoke of the fears of Black parents for their children.
“Mothers around the world, when their babies are born, pray to God, when they hold that child, that that body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life,” Harris said. “When we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother, through an act of violence, at the hands and the feet of people who have been charged with keeping them safe.”
Among the most prominent examples of using such a funeral to call for justice was that of Emmett Till, a Black 14-year-old whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S. civil rights movement.
His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, demanded that Emmett’s decomposing remains be taken to Chicago and placed in an open casket at a funeral attended by tens of thousands. Till-Mobley’s mission to spread Emmett’s story, as only a heartbroken mother could, galvanized calls for justice and eventually helped spur passage of landmark federal civil rights and voting rights legislation.
That example and others speak to the complexity of Black grief, said civil rights leader the Rev. William Barber II. It’s not just the loss of the loved one, but that they were taken by violence that Black people have worked for decades to eradicate, only to face it again, he said.
“The grieving is so multifaceted,” said Barber, who is president of the Repairers of the Breach, a faith-based social justice nonprofit, and founding director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School.
While a smattering of law enforcement reforms has been enacted, countless proposed measures meant to address structural racism in policing have shriveled due to partisan gridlock.
“I’m tired of the tears,” Barber said. “When will America decide that death from bad public officials and public policy is no longer acceptable?”
That Black Americans nevertheless continue to bear their pain publicly is a testament to the community’s understanding of what’s at stake if it doesn’t grieve in this way, said Richardson, of The Conference of National Black Churches.
“There’s no alternative,” he said. “There are no guarantees when you fight against injustice. But we have to expose it.”
Anderson, the Memphis-based grandmother, said she struggles to not let grief overtake her.
“It’s so hard, when you’ve got so many killings of people who look just like me,” she said. “I hope peace comes from this, but most of all police reform. Keep your hands up off my children!”
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Aaron Morrison is a New York City-based member of the AP’s Race and Ethnicity team. Follow him on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/aaronlmorrison.
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(The Hill) – Canadians will no longer be able to share news content on Facebook and Instagram after its legislature passed a law requiring the social media platforms to pay news outlets to share their stories.
Meta, the parent company of the platforms, announced on Thursday that it would follow through on plans to block the platforms.
“We have repeatedly shared that in order to comply with Bill C-18, passed today in Parliament, content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will no longer be available to people accessing our platforms in Canada,” Meta leaders said in a statement reviewed by The Washington Post.
The Online News Act is part of a package of measures by the Canadian government to rein in American tech giants.
Legacy media outlets have praised the bill, saying it takes away the dominance of Big Tech, such as Meta and Google, in the news distribution industry. The tech companies are not required to comply with the new law for six months.
The Canadian law is modeled after a 2021 Australian regulation. California is considering similar legislation.
Meta leveled similar threats at the Australian government, but later relented.
“The fact that these internet giants would rather cut off Canadians’ access to local news than pay their fair share is a real problem,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this month. “It’s not going to work.”
Tech companies will now have to negotiate distribution deals with local media to link their content in the apps’ news feeds — or the companies can go to arbitration.
Google spokeswoman Jenn Crider called the law “unworkable” on Tuesday.
“Every step of the way, we’re proposed thoughtful and pragmatic solutions that would have improved the bill and cleared the path for us to increase our already significant investments in the Canadian news ecosystem,” Crider said.
“So far, none of our concerns have been addressed,” she added.
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Seven-Day "Voyage of the Glaciers" Cruise Aboard Sapphire Princess Departs Vancouver on September 6, 2023
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Princess Cruises' Nature & Adventure Ambassador Jeff Corwin has been to Alaska on more than 150 journeys and considers the Great Land his home away from home. Now, nature and animal enthusiasts alike have the special opportunity to cruise along with Corwin to Alaska to hear his inspiring stories and experience his compelling passion for wildlife, conservation and exploration firsthand.
Jeff Corwin's Nature & Adventure Voyage is scheduled for September 6-13, 2023, sailing northbound on Princess' "Voyage of the Glaciers" itinerary from Vancouver, B.C to Anchorage (Whittier) aboard Sapphire Princess. Cruise fares and itinerary information for the September 6 voyage can be found here, starting as low as $448 per person*.
Corwin is a highly respected wildlife biologist, conservationist, animal enthusiast and recently was named Princess Cruises' Nature & Adventure Ambassador. For nearly three decades, he has been telling stories of wildlife and nature to a global audience through his many celebrated television series, including Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin on ABC, garnering multiple Emmy and top-broadcast industry awards. His Jeff Corwin's Alaska video series can be viewed on Princess You Tube Channel.
"My most favorite place to explore is Alaska because it's unmatched when it comes to adventure, animals and incredible exploration," said Princess Cruises Nature & Adventure Ambassador Jeff Corwin. "I'm beyond excited to be hosting this special cruise so I can personally share my experiences, offer insights on watching out for bald eagles, whales and bears, and meet adventure seekers like me who love new discoveries and also share in my dedication for conservation so Alaska can be enjoyed for generations to come."
Corwin will serve as onboard guide and host for this incredible cruise to Alaska, sharing his own personal stories from his 150+ trips to this state that delivers a new and unique experience with every visit. Guests will have the opportunity to interact with Corwin through special events and activities, including:
- Inspirational keynote presentations in the Princess Theater, highlighting his passion for Alaska wildlife and conservation, plus his explorations around the globe.
- Meet-and-greet photo opportunities.
- Exclusive shore excursions hosted by Corwin in Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan.
- Unique dining experiences hosted by Corwin, featuring the cruise line's expanded Wild for Alaska Seafood menu - an industry-first, location-based seafood initiative featuring an extensive offering of fresh Alaska seafood dishes, along with destination-inspired cocktails (limited availability and additional fees apply).
Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin was broadcast on ABC for four seasons, taking viewers to worldwide destinations that Princess visits, including the Dominican Republic, Alaska, New Zealand, Iceland, Japan, French Polynesia and more. Through the success of this series, Princess debuted Ocean Treks Conservation Connections, featuring short stories of environmental management, wildlife conversation and sustainability, also hosted by Corwin.
Additional information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel advisor, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS (1-800-774-6237) or by visiting the company's website at www.princess.com.
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About Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises is The Love Boat, the world's most iconic cruise brand that delivers dream vacations to millions of guests every year in the most sought-after destinations on the largest ships that offer elite service personalization and simplicity customary of small, yacht-class ships. Well-appointed staterooms, world class dining, grand performances, award-winning casinos and entertainment, luxurious spas, imaginative experiences and boundless activities blend with exclusive Princess MedallionClass service to create meaningful connections and unforgettable moments in the most incredible settings in the world - the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera, Europe, South America, Australia/New Zealand, the South Pacific, Hawaii, Asia, Canada/New England, Antarctica, and World Cruises. The company is part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE:CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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HOUSTON, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surge Energy US Holdings Company ("Surge Energy" or the "Company") announces the Company has been recently recognized as an honoree for the Houston Business Journal's 2022 Innovation Awards.
The list of honorees for this award was announced by Houston Business Journal on August 3, 2022 and is featured in a special section of the Houston Business Journal's September 23rd edition.
Surge Energy's consideration for the award was based on a recent initiative by the Company to train and equip individuals working in the oilfield with the proper tools to regularly test the wall thickness of vessels and equipment to improve our spill performance. This innovative solution enhances Surge's protection of its employees and the surrounding environment from potential impacts of equipment corrosion, which can include leaks, spills, and the potential release of hydrocarbons.
Surge is committed to protecting the environment and minimizing our operational impact by preventing spills. Our management processes and preventative maintenance continue to improve safeguards in these areas to drive future performance. Our corrosion leak rate (time between leaks) was improved from 445 days in 2020 to 1,420 days per facility in 2021.
Surge Energy was previously recognized in the Houston Business Journal's 2019 and 2021 Innovation Awards and is proud to make the list for the third time in four years.
"Surge proudly celebrates the initiative and innovation of its employees, especially when it results in increased safety of our people and protection of the environment," stated Chief Executive Officer Linhua Guan. "We are honored to be recognized by the Houston Business Journal's 2022 Innovation Award based on these merits."
Surge Energy is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development, exploitation, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas reserves in the Midland Basin of West Texas, one of three primary sub-basins of the Permian Basin. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and currently holds approximately 114,000 net acres in the Permian Basin. For more information, visit our website at www.SurgeEnergyA.com.
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Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese surgeon who blew the whistle on the country's SARS epidemic cover-up, has died of pneumonia in Beijing. He remained under state surveillance until his death.
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Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese surgeon who blew the whistle on the country's SARS epidemic cover-up, has died of pneumonia in Beijing. He remained under state surveillance until his death.
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WASHINGTON, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Guidehouse, a leading global provider of consulting services to public sector and commercial clients, has added four seasoned professionals to its Health and Energy, Sustainability, & Infrastructure segments to support healthcare organizations in outwitting industry complexities.
Former community hospital chief information officer Michael Duke and Michelle Moratti, a former academic medical center chief clinical strategy and transformation officer, have been named partners at Guidehouse. Additionally, healthcare sustainability expert Joe Bialowitz and Mark Thomas, former Deputy Secretary/chief operating officer (COO) of the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), have joined the firm as directors.
"The level of passion, talent, and expertise these leaders bring to the team perfectly complements our existing offerings," said Richard Bajner, partner and payer/provider leader at Guidehouse. "We look forward to the value they will deliver to organizations seeking to transform operations, achieve tech-enabled efficiencies, advance whole person care, and improve environmental and community health."
Bialowitz leads the firm's healthcare-specific sustainability services. He helps payers and providers navigate climate-driven complexities and improve business resiliency by designing roadmaps to eliminate avoidable pollution; as well as by identifying and managing risks to clinical quality, cost structures, and revenue streams associated with climate-related effects on patients, employees, facilities, and supply chains. A globally recognized expert in decarbonizing the healthcare sector, Bialowitz spent 14 years at Kaiser Permanente overseeing strategies that resulted in the organization's achievement of carbon neutrality across all operations in 2020.
Duke leads Guidehouse's healthcare-focused hyperautomation services. With an operator's experiential view of complex industry challenges and expertise in stretching the capabilities of current technologies, Duke develops purpose-built automation solutions that drive maximum organizational value and uses augmented analytics solutions to monitor revenue cycle and operational performance. An accomplished consulting principal and author, he has over 30 years of experience in spearheading digital automation programs, improving operations, and developing innovative management practices.
Moratti is a leader for Guidehouse Health's strategic advisory services. She is skilled across the healthcare spectrum, with a demonstrated history of helping clients achieve strategic growth initiatives, as well as expertise in tech-enabled enterprise transformation, service line and ambulatory strategy, and integrated network development. As a leading healthcare services professional, Moratti is focused on helping academic medical centers and regional and national health systems innovate to best serve their communities, improve workforce resiliency, and garner financial and operational success and stability.
Thomas is a leader for the firm's state government health services. With nearly 30 years of experience across local, state, and national healthcare settings, he is an expert in Medicaid and long-term services and supports for people with disabilities and is the immediate past Board President of the National Association of State Developmental Disability Directors. An accomplished leader, Thomas has worked extensively across Medicaid and state agencies and with healthcare providers on a wide range of contracts, procurement, plan development, and performance improvement efforts. As the Deputy Secretary/COO of the LDH, he provided direct oversight of Louisiana's statewide public health, behavioral health, aging, disability, and adult services, and publicly operated facilities, and was coordinator for the statewide Human Services Interagency Council. Thomas is focused on developing innovative solutions to national challenges at the intersection of Medicaid, aging, developmental disabilities, and public health.
The Guidehouse Health segment brings together public sector and commercial organizations to modernize and innovate healthcare services, finances, and operations. Recognized as the third-largest healthcare management consulting firm by Modern Healthcare in 2021, the team is composed of provider, public sector health, payer, and life sciences experts, including hospital and public health administrators, clinicians, scientists, and other professionals. With decades of expertise in change management, strategy, technology, data science, clinical services, and biomedical innovation, Guidehouse helps a range of healthcare organizations overcome unique market challenges and deliver innovative services to their communities. Visit the Guidehouse Center for Health Insights for the latest healthcare industry insights and solutions.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
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SmartBus™, Connect Suite, and Smart Transit customers now have access to eduroam integration
MCLEAN, Va., May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kajeet®, the leading wireless connectivity and device management provider for education, government, and commercial markets, today announced the immediate availability of the eduroam (education roaming) global network access service for SmartBus, Connect Suite, and Smart Transit customers. As a federated authentication service, eduroam allows participating institutions to provide access to their wireless networks to users from other participating eduroam institutions. It is the global standard for secure authentication and authorization developed for and by the research and education community.
As one of the first leading K-12 network service providers to offer eduroam integration, Kajeet offers its customers who want to become eduroam subscribers or hotspot providers a zero-touch model to authorize educational users and provide secure authentication for their own students, faculty, and staff to Kajeet-powered networks. The integration will allow users to access the school bus WiFi network using their home institution logins on school-provided or personal devices. Authentication of each user is processed automatically through the Internet2-operated eduroam infrastructure. The same process can enable access at a community center, public park, school parking lot, or on local mass transit, such as buses, shuttles, trains, or ferries.
"Kajeet's eduroam integration offers a significant advancement in secure WiFi access for educational users," said Michael Flood, senior vice president, Public Sector at Kajeet. "With this integration, our customers can provide safe and easy WiFi access for their students, faculty, and staff, without having to worry about unauthorized use and with a significant reduction in security threats. We are excited to work with Internet2 to expand our educational network and better serve our customers."
Visiting students, faculty, staff, or researchers from qualifying educational institutions can use the eduroam network with no additional setup or login processes. Institutions can join eduroam to allow their users access to eduroam globally whenever and wherever they travel. Both host and home institutions have access to secure reporting to understand the benefits of their participation for their own users and educational roaming guests.
Existing Kajeet customers may contact their Account Manager to inquire about enabling eduroam. Any entity with compatible 4G and 5G routers can connect with Kajeet to learn how its solutions support secure educational access in their community and join the Kajeet network to offer eduroam access.
For more information about eduroam, please visit: https://get.kajeet.net/free-eduroam-enablement
About Kajeet
Kajeet provides optimized IoT connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe, reliable, and controlled internet connectivity to nearly 3,000 businesses, schools and districts, state, and local governments, and IoT solution providers. Kajeet's private network solutions simplify private wireless to allow customers to design, install and manage their own private wireless networks, while also offering a scalable IoT management platform, Sentinel®, that includes visibility into real-time data usage, policy control management, custom content filters for added security, and multi-network flexibility. Since 2003, Kajeet has helped thousands of organizations connect over a million devices around the world. To learn more, visit kajeet.com
About eduroam
eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming wireless service developed for and by the international research and education community. Internet2 is the operator of eduroam in the U.S., with more than 1,000 eduroam-subscribing organizations. eduroam allows students, researchers, and staff to roam and find connectivity at more than 3,000 locations in the U.S. and more than 33,000 worldwide. To learn more, visit incommon.org/eduroam.
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"OctoAI" delivers self-optimizing infrastructure that enables developers to run, tune, and scale AI applications with any model
SEATTLE, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OctoML today announced OctoAI, the industry's first self-optimizing compute service for AI. The new platform offers developers a fully-managed cloud infrastructure designed to abstract away the complexity of building and scaling AI applications. OctoAI provides the freedom to run, tune and scale the models you choose, including off-the-shelf, open-source software (OSS) and custom models. With OctoAI, developers now have easy access to cost efficient and scalable accelerated computing, so they can focus on building high-performance cloud-based AI applications and deliver great user experiences for their customers.
To help developers quickly build on the latest and greatest models, OctoAI is also introducing a library of the world's fastest and most affordable generative AI models—powered by the platform's model acceleration capabilities. OSS foundation model templates available at launch include Stable Diffusion 2.1, Dolly v2, Llama 65B, Whisper, FlanUL, and Vicuna.
"AI is no longer a novelty, it's real business. But efficient compute is critical to making it viable," said Luis Ceze, CEO, OctoML. "Every company is scrambling to build AI-powered solutions, yet the process of taking a model from development to production is incredibly complex and often requires costly, specialized talent and infrastructure. OctoAI makes models work for businesses, not the other way around. We abstract away all the complexity so developers can focus on building great applications, instead of worrying about managing infrastructure."
Ceze added, "Our early OctoAI customers are using generative AI models like Stable Diffusion, FILM, and Flan UL to build a huge variety of applications. But they all share two things in common: first, customization is fundamental to delivering unique experiences for their customers, which is how they differentiate. Second, they require the ability to scale their services quickly, leveraging flexible hardware options from NVIDIA GPUs to specialized AI silicon like AWS Inferentia2."
Features and benefits of OctoAI include:
- Ease-of-use. Choose from a library of ready-to-use templates for popular open-source models to simplify deployment. Select and customize (fine-tune) models to meet specific requirements. Easily integrate with app and model development workflows.
- Efficiency. Run, tune and scale off-the-shelf, open-source software (OSS) and custom models. Automated hardware selection lets you decide on price-performance tradeoffs.
- Freedom. Upgrade to new models as they emerge. Bring your own custom models. No lock-in into the model or service.
OctoML is hosting a virtual event to unveil its new service today Wednesday, June 14 at 10am PT. To register, please visit this page.
About OctoML
OctoML is on a mission to make AI more accessible and sustainable so it can be used to improve lives. Our platform, OctoAI, is a self-optimizing compute service that delivers the most efficient AI infrastructure for open source and custom models. With OctoAI, developers get a managed infrastructure that rivals closed model-API vendors, delivers optimal price/performance, and grants the freedom to customize, integrate, and adopt future generative AI models.
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House Oversight and Accountability Committee leaders briefed by the FBI on the details of a tip into potential wrongdoing by President Biden disagreed on basic conclusions, including whether it’s part of an ongoing probe.
Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) vowed to continue with his plans to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt for failing to physically turn over the document lawmakers reviewed alongside agents during an hour and a half long briefing. The FBI called the move an unwarranted escalation.
Comer said the tip, memorialized in a document he subpoenaed from the FBI, is part of an ongoing investigation and alleges Biden may have accepted a bribe during his tenure as vice president.
“Given the severity and complexity of the allegations contained within this record, Congress must investigate further,” he said after the Monday briefing.
“This is only the beginning. It appears this investigation is part of an ongoing investigation, which I assume is in Delaware.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.) the top Democrat on the panel, on the other hand, said the FBI decided not to advance its initial investigation into the matter, determining the secondhand information did not warrant followup by the group then-Attorney General BIll Barr tasked with assessing it.
“What we’re talking about here is a confidential human source reporting a conversation with someone else. So we’re talking about is secondhand hearsay,” Raskin said, adding that the source “had no way of knowing about the underlying veracity of the things that he was being told.”
“And they did whatever investigative due diligence was called for in that assessment period, and they found no reason to escalate it from an assessment to a so-called preliminary investigation,” he added.
“FBI prosecutorial protocol is whether there are articulable facts giving rise to suspicion of criminal activity. So they apparently decided there was not, and they called an end to the investigation.”
Both CNN and NBC have reported that a team led by then-U.S. Attorney Scott Brady was unable to corroborate the 2020 allegation.
Comer said the panel will meet Thursday to vote on whether to hold Wray in contempt of Congress because “the FBI again refused to hand over the unclassified record to the custody of the House Oversight Committee.”
In a statement Monday the FBI stressed the accommodations given to the panel.
“The FBI has continually demonstrated its commitment to accommodate the committee’s request, including by producing the document in a reading room at the U.S. Capitol. This commonsense safeguard is often employed in response to congressional requests and in court proceedings to protect important concerns, such as the physical safety of sources and the integrity of investigations,” the agency said in a statement.
“The escalation to a contempt vote under these circumstances is unwarranted.”
Comer issued a subpoena last month compelling Wray to produce any FD-1023 forms — records of interactions with confidential sources — from June 2020 that contain the word “Biden.”
He has claimed the form contains information related to “an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.”
Both Comer and Raskin agreed that the information came from a highly credible paid source the FBI has relied on for years.
But the two men otherwise left with remarkably different impressions of the briefing.
“All I know is there’s an ongoing investigation. They confirm there’s an ongoing investigation using this information. I assume that ongoing investigation is in Delaware. I don’t know that, but I assume that,” Comer said.
When asked by The Hill whether he had information to support that claim, Comer responded, “I assume it’s Delaware. I’ll put it like that.”
Raskin seemed surprised by Comer’s claim the investigation is ongoing.
“Not only were there no criminal charges, there was no escalation of the FBI investigation,” Raskin said.
“All I will tell you is that there was a complete Department of Justice, U.S. attorney and FBI team that was set up to investigate the allegations that surfaced after Rudy Giuliani was making particular allegations.”
Raskin later clarified in a statement that, “much of the information provided by the source was information Mr. Giuliani had already provided the FBI.”
The probe into the vague allegation against Biden appears to be intertwined with Comer’s probe into overseas business dealings by the president’s family members, including his son Hunter Biden and brother James Biden, as well as their associates.
“The claims made in the document are consistent with what we found and disclosed to you all in Romania,” Comer said, referring to financial records that the committee’s Republicans reported in an interim memo on the Biden family business dealings last month. “It suggests a pattern of bribery where payments would be made through shell accounts and multiple banks. There’s a term for that, it’s called money laundering.”
Republicans on the committee have gained access to suspicious activity reports generated by banks that they say show more than $10 million that flowed from foreign entities to companies associated with the Biden family and its associates. Those suspicious activity reports do not necessarily mean any illegal transactions occurred.
Raskin on Monday also pushed back against Comer’s plans to hold Wray in contempt, something he said would mark the first time in history such a motion has been brought against an FBI director.
“The document, like all documents relating to all confidential human sources, is one that should not be released publicly because it could endanger the confidential human source and then undermine our whole law enforcement system that the FBI has put into place,” he said.
Raskin called releasing the document — something Comer has said he is considering — “totally out of bounds.”
“We have the FBI, which came over to us, brought the very document we’re looking for, and gave even the majority — I think, 90 or 95 percent — of what was being asked for, which was the document and all kinds of surrounding answers to questions about the document. Now, it seems like the goalpost has shifted a little bit.”
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We are very blessed to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and reflect upon His life and mission to atone for our sins.
This became a unique country where we are free to dream, free to act and free to mold our own destiny. Many immigrants came to America to have religious freedom. We did not have religious freedom until after the War of 1812.
We were founded as a Christian nation. Almost all of the Founding Fathers were Christians. We must thank them for their sacrifices. They pledged their lives, their fortunes and sacred honor as they declared independence from tyrannical England. Many did lose their lives, their families and their fortunes for the cause of liberty. Today, our Christian heritage is under attack by secular humanists.
What a blessing it is to live in this Constitutional Republic where we have individual liberties and freedom. America has unique exceptionalism in four ways:
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- We were founded as a mostly protestant religious foundation because the Pilgrims believed in individual church government. This was a “congregation” structure; a “bottom up” structure.
- The U.S. has “Common Law.” This existed in the Germanic Tribes and passed this tradition on to the English, who passed it on to the pilgrims. It is entirely grounded in Old and New Testament scriptures. NO other nation on earth, except England, has common law.
- Private Property with written titles and deeds. In America, this was placed into law with the Land Ordinance of 1785.
- A free market economy is the basis of our nation’s prosperity. After the pilgrims ditched socialism, the colony had vast agriculture surpluses. Socialism always results in the loss of individual liberty. Death and slavery are the result.
May we remember the blessings of living in America. We should celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. Have a Happy New Year!
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Experienced Leader Joins Growing Firm in Kansas City Headquarters
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realto, the first automated marketplace for real estate and alternative investments, announces the hiring of Kate O'Neill Rauber as vice president, communications.
She reports to CEO Brian King and is based in the company's Kansas City area headquarters.
"As Realto grows, we've identified a highly skilled and seasoned leader to guide corporate communications. Kate's background and entrepreneurial spirit are a perfect fit for what we're doing and for what we're planning," King said. "She's built a strong reputation as an advisor to technology and financial services leaders, has counseled top global brands looking to build and protect their reputations, and possesses an ideal background as a company spokesperson and media relations expert."
For more than a decade, O'Neill Rauber owned and operated KORPR, where she focused on media strategy, executive communications, social media, and issues management. Prior to that, she spent five years at the tax and financial services giant H&R Block, leading the team that facilitated all company media interactions. She arrived at Block after a successful stint at Cerner Corp., serving as a spokesperson for the publicly held company, now part of Oracle Corp.
O'Neill Rauber graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., with a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science and holds an MBA from Avila University in Kansas City, Mo.
ABOUT REALTO
Realto Securities, LLC, developed the first automated marketplace for buying and selling non-traded public REITs, BDCs and other private real estate investments. Using Realto's proprietary platform, accredited investors can place market or limit orders and see their trades settled in as little as three days, rather than weeks or months. Realto Securities is a subsidiary of Realto, Inc., and a Member of FINRA-SIPC. Visit Realto.ai for more information, including a list of securities traded on the platform, and connect with the company on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Note: not all alternative investments trade on the Realto platform. Some alternative investments will remain illiquid.
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Parental leave has been one of the most discussed topics by employers for decades, largely because many policies fall short for most families. Only 23% of workers in the U.S. have access to paid parental leave, according to the March 2021 National Compensation Survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means the vast majority of workers need to hurry back to work after becoming a parent or risk being stuck without a paycheck.
As a senior human resources executive at Amazon, I am proud that we offer our employees great jobs with great benefits, including a robust parental leave policy. We offer up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave, ways to share that leave with a partner, programs to help parents adjust back into full-time work, and other family-focused benefits.
Amazon strives to be Earth's best employer, and we take feedback from all of our employees very seriously, which is why we spent a lot of time building an impactful parental leave policy. We want to ensure that no matter where our employees work, they can take advantage of parental leave during a critical time for their families.
The pandemic has taught us that creating and maintaining strong family bonds goes a long way to ensuring both physical and mental health. We know that giving new parents the time to heal from birth, bond with their new baby, and receive their full paycheck will have long-lasting positive impacts on their well-being. In fact, according to a 2018 study in the Maternal and Child Health Journal, mothers recover better when they receive paid time-off benefits after giving birth, correlating to a 51% decrease in the risk of rehospitalization.
Amazon's parental leave policy also offers pre-partum leave, starting four weeks prior to baby's due date. After that, the policy offers up to 16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for birthing parents and six weeks for non-birthing parents and adoptive parents who have continuously worked at Amazon for at least a year.
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After World Cup win, Argentina has eyes set on an Oscar too
By DANIEL POLITI
Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Less than three months after Argentina won its third soccer World Cup trophy in Qatar, there is growing excitement about the possibility that the country could take home another major prize – an Academy Award.
A win at Sunday’s ceremony for “Argentina, 1985,” would be the country’s third win at the Oscars, a nice bit of symmetry for the country as it continues to revel in its soccer triumph.
“Argentina, 1985” tells the story of the prosecutors who brought leaders of Argentina’s bloody 1976-1983 military dictatorship to trial and is competing for best international film. It’s been a box-office hit and an important reminder of how the country grappled with the crimes of a dictatorship that claimed tens of thousands of lives. And its awards season run has once again brought positive attention to Argentina.
“After the World Cup win, this is an immense joy,” the film’s star Ricardo Darín said in Spanish at January’s Golden Globe Awards, where it won the prize for best non-English language film.
Darín plays Julio César Strassera, the chief prosecutor trying to bring leaders of the dictatorship to justice.
In a recent interview, he said that while he was joking at the Globes, he recognizes Argentines felt “a lot of joy” when the film was nominated for an Oscar.
“Considering we’re still in the World Cup dynamic and the need to celebrate, it increases the euphoria of the celebration even more,” he said.
One of those joining that euphoria is Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi, the captain of the World Cup winning team, who called “Argentina, 1985” a “great movie” in a social media post last month, before adding: “Let’s go for the third.”
Director Santiago Mitre says that while the Oscars and World Cup are unrelated, both events have succeeded in uniting a normally polarized society around his film’s success.
“There is a desire to reconcile,” Mitre said in an interview in his home in Argentina’s capital, “To reconcile before this forced division that has been happening for so many years, from politics and from the media.”
There’s also a hunger for any bit of good news in a country with a bitterly divided political scene. The country has been stuck in economic doldrums for years, with almost four in 10 living in poverty and with the annual inflation rate at nearly 100%.
People lined up outside movie theaters to watch “Argentina, 1985” during its main theatrical release. It is now available on Amazon Prime Video and faces stiff competition from another international streaming release, Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” The German film is considered the front-runner in the category, which also includes Poland’s “Eo,”Belgium’s “Close” and Ireland’s “The Quiet Girl.”
Argentina’s last military dictatorship is widely considered to be the most deadly of the military rule that engulfed much of Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s. Human rights organizations say some 30,000 people were illegally detained and disappeared without a trace.
The way Argentina put its dictators on trial so soon after the return of democracy in 1983, makes the country an outlier among several others that also transitioned to democratic rule during the period.
Almost 800 witnesses testified during the four months of hearings. Some of their words are used verbatim in the film to lay bare the horrors of the dictatorship.
For many, the film marked the first time they ever heard some of the shocking testimony, including from Adriana Calvo, who detailed how she was illegally detained when she was seven months pregnant and forced to give birth while handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car.
“I get very sad when I see a 17-year-old kid who plays down or compares democratic moments of the country … with a moment of the dictatorship,” Mitre said. “And what does that tell you? That they don’t know or that they forgot what happened during the dictatorship and the cruelty of the dictatorship and how difficult it was for society to build democracy.”
The trial ended with lifetime convictions for two key dictatorship figures, three others were sentenced to years in prison while four were acquitted. Amnesty laws later undid convictions and put justice for most of the dictatorship crimes on pause until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2005.
Younger generations questioning democracy’s importance extends beyond Argentina and Latin America, said Luis Moreno Ocampo, the assistant prosecutor in the 1985 trial who is played in the movie by Peter Lanzani.
Case in point, Moreno Ocampo said, was the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, and, more recently the Jan. 8, 2023 storming of Brazil’s Congress by supporters of the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro.
“That shows the importance of making the movie now, at a time when this new generation believes democracy is normal and sees its flaws,” Moreno Ocampo, who went on to become the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for almost a decade and now lives in Malibu, California, said. “And the movie shows that the alternative to democracy is dictatorship.”
One of the pivotal scenes in the movie involves Moreno Ocampo’s mother, a dictatorship sympathizer who came from a military family and was deeply skeptical of the 1985 trial until she hears Calvo’s testimony and changes her mind. For the former prosecutor, that’s also a key message for the present.
“We live in a world of echo chambers, we don’t talk to those who think differently from us. I think we have to understand what happened in Brazil on Jan. 8, what happened to the people who went on Jan. 6 to the Capitol. Why do those people do what they do?” Moreno Ocampo said. “Understanding those who think differently is the only way to live in democracy. Democracy isn’t about living with friends.”
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Mograbi most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer of the Federal Home Loan Banks, Office of Finance
CHICAGO, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cresset announced today that it has hired Adwoa Mograbi as Executive Managing Director and Chief People Officer. Mograbi brings more than 20 years of experience in human resources leadership, strategy, and talent management, with an industry focus on banking, capital markets, technology, and high-growth entrepreneurial environments.
Mograbi most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer of the Federal Home Loan Banks, Office of Finance, a federally regulated company with assets of $959 billion, that issues and services all debt securities in the capital markets on behalf of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) system. In that role, she provided executive leadership for the HR/People function and developed programs to create a people-first, high-performance culture that values diversity and inclusion, employee engagement and well-being, and talent development.
"I could not be more excited to join a team as entrepreneurial and committed to living its values as Cresset is," Mograbi said. "One of those values is 'We believe in great people,' and that is certainly the case at Cresset. I firmly believe that organizational culture is a firm's greatest asset, and Cresset has an incredible foundation to build from."
At Cresset, Mograbi succeeds Mary Ceas, Managing Director of Human Resources, who earlier this year announced her plans to retire.
Mograbi has a track record of building and transforming HR operations with a focus on driving change in recruitment/talent acquisition, performance management, employee engagement and retention, training and development, and diversity and inclusion. She earned a bachelor's degree from McMaster University and an MBA from Ivey Business School at Western University.
"Addi is a fantastic cultural fit for Cresset and brings the experience, talent, and enthusiasm to further expand and refine our truly people-first approach at Cresset," said Avy Stein, Cresset Founder and Co-Chairman. "I would also like to thank Mary for her valued service to Cresset and our team members and wish her the best in retirement."
About Cresset
Cresset is an independent, award-winning multi-family office and private investment firm with more than $27 billion in assets under management (as of 6/01/2022). Cresset serves the unique needs of entrepreneurs, CEO founders, wealth creators, executives, and partners, as well as high-net-worth and multi-generational families. Our goal is to deliver a new paradigm for wealth management, giving you time to pursue what matters to you most.
Cresset offers access to a comprehensive suite of family office services, deeply personalized wealth management, investment advisory, planning, and other services through Cresset Asset Management, LLC. Cresset Partners, LLC, Cresset's private investing group, offers clients direct access to institutional-quality real estate, private equity, private credit, and other investment opportunities. Cresset Asset Management, LLC, and Cresset Partners, LLC, are SEC registered investment advisors. To learn more, please visit https://cressetcapital.com.
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A Lincoln man was transported to a local hospital after being stabbed on Thursday.
Lincoln Police Department said they responded to a call of a man who had been stabbed shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday at the 1000 block on S. 13th Street
LPD said the man, believed to be in his early 50s, is in stable condition.
There are no suspects, but LPD does not believe there is a threat to the public. This is an ongoing investigation.
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I hear it all the time from the Biden administration and Democrats, we need Comprehensive Immigration Reform to solve the border situation. NO, we simply need enforcement of our current immigration laws. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has already announced over 2 million encounters at the border this year by CBP officers and Border Patrol. Under the last 20 months of Biden there have been about 260,000 unaccompanied children, undereducated and not speaking English, that have been allowed into the country. Think of the burden and costs on school districts across the country. DHS Secretary Mayorkas announced that being in the country illegally was no longer a removable offense. Border Patrol Chief Ortiz just stated that there are no consequence for people coming here illegally and it has drawn more to come. The Biden administration reversed most of Trump’s border policies including building the wall and asylum agreements with Central American countries. They have severely curtailed immigration enforcement operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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New ‘Princess and the Frog’ restaurant coming to Disneyland
Published: Jan. 13, 2023 at 6:13 PM EST|Updated: 45 minutes ago
ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNN) - A new “The Princess and the Frog” restaurant is coming to California’s Disneyland Park later this year.
Tiana’s Palace will be the newest restaurant on Orleans Street. It will reportedly feature peach-colored walls and fancy green wrought-iron balconies.
The restaurant will be a quick-service style eatery offering authentic New Orleans flavors with the pizzazz and flair of the restaurant from the film.
Disney said the restaurant opening will be followed by a new attraction called Tiana’s Bayou Adventure scheduled to open in 2024.
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Auto Loan Default Rate at Highest Level Since December 2020
NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released today data through April 2022 for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. The indices represent a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults and show that the composite rate rose two basis points to 0.50%. The bank card default rate increased 25 basis points to 2.52%. The auto loan default rate rose two basis points to 0.58% while the first mortgage default rate was unchanged at 0.35%.
Two of the five major metropolitan statistical areas ("MSAs") showed higher default rates compared to last month. Miami had the largest increase, up four basis points to 0.80%. Chicago rose one basis point to 0.53%. Dallas fell four basis points to 0.52% while New York dropped two basis points to 0.78%. Los Angeles was one basis point lower at 0.38%.
The table below summarizes the April 2022 results for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. These data are not seasonally adjusted and are not subject to revision.
The table below provides the index levels for the five major MSAs tracked by the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices.
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Jointly developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and Experian, the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices are published on the third Tuesday of each month at 9:00 am ET. They are constructed to track the default experience of consumer balances in four key loan categories: auto, bankcard, first mortgage lien and second mortgage lien. The Indices are calculated based on data extracted from Experian's consumer credit database. This database is populated with individual consumer loan and payment data submitted by lenders to Experian every month. Experian's base of data contributors includes leading banks and mortgage companies, and covers approximately $11 trillion in outstanding loans sourced from 11,500 lenders.
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(NerdWallet) – Inflation has rattled nearly every aspect of Americans’ finances, including vacation budgets. But one major travel cost isn’t just lower than it was last year — it’s even lower than pre-pandemic.
June 2023 airfares are 18.9% lower than what they were in June 2022, according to July 2023 consumer price index data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Considering that booming demand — alongside other factors like high jet fuel costs — led to record-high airfares last summer, it’s not surprising to see prices normalize. Not only have air travel costs come back down to earth from 2022’s highs, they’re even lower than pre-pandemic prices.
According to BLS data, June 2023 airfares are down 1.33% from what they were in 2019, when airfares were already trending lower. Relative to what prices were a decade ago, they’re even cheaper.
Pandemic aside, airfares have been trending cheaper
Before the pandemic, airfares had steadily been trending downward since 2014, save for a small bump in 2019. In 2020, prices dropped sharply with the onset of the pandemic, with June 2020 airfares averaging 27% lower than June 2019 airfares.
But as travel returned, so did higher prices. June 2021 airfares spiked 25% over the prior year, and airfares rose 34% more between June 2021 and June 2022.
If you take a long-term view, those increases aren’t necessarily as big as they seem. In fact, in June 2022, airfares averaged just 0.4% more than in 2014.
Here’s a look at how airfares have changed relative to prices in 2014, using June prices from BLS inflation data:
In 2023, airfares are 19% lower than a decade ago.
Compare that with something like the cost of milk, which is up 9% over that same period, according to BLS data. Hotel prices are up 28%. Admission to movies, theaters and concerts is up 33%.
If airfares are lower, why do they feel so high?
Over the past decade, prices for most items have increased. But if airfares are down 19%, why do they feel so expensive?
For starters, not every route is necessarily cheaper. Data from travel booking app Hopper indicates airfares to Europe this summer are averaging nearly $1,200 per ticket, the highest prices in the past six years. That’s perhaps a response to people who might usually book a low-cost domestic flight finally taking extravagant bucket list trips.
And given recent major flight cancellations on airlines including United and Southwest, more travelers might opt for more expensive direct flights to reduce risk of flight disruptions.
Hayley Berg, Hopper’s lead economist, has her own theories as to why people feel like airfares are higher, including recency bias, shorter booking windows and unbundling.
Recency bias
Berg pointed to how many people traveled for this summer’s major holidays.
For example, Fourth of July weekend set records for U.S. air travel, with more than 2.884 million people passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints on the Friday before July 4, according to TSA checkpoint data. That topped the previous record of 2.882 million people flying on the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2019.
“A lot of times, we anchor the cost of travel to our most recent trips,” Berg says. “For many, that meant July Fourth and Memorial Day. It’s always expensive to travel on those weekends.”
Shorter booking windows
Airfares typically get more expensive the closer they’re booked to departure, and Berg says people are booking trips later than usual — perhaps a holdover from those pandemic times when people intentionally booked last minute given the extreme uncertainty.
Berg recommends typically booking one to two months in advance for domestic travel and three to four months ahead for most international travel.
“Now, people are searching for travel three weeks later than they did pre-pandemic, and they’re subsequently booking later,” she says. “If I’m booking a trip today that I intend to take two weeks from now, it’s going to be expensive because it’s always more expensive to book at the last minute.”
Unbundling
Then there’s unbundling, where airlines advertise lower fares, often in the form of basic economy seats that offer few frills. But low base fares typically entail upcharges in the form of ancillary fees to check bags or to guarantee a window seat or early boarding.
“On the whole, unbundling is a good thing because you’re not paying a premium for things you may not necessarily want,” Berg says. “I don’t care if I’m in the middle seat if it means I save $100.”
Berg acknowledges that it can be painful when you search for a flight that has a low advertised price but doesn’t turn out to be that cheap.
“It feels like death by a thousand cuts when you add in all those fees,” she says.
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CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Interest rates have more than doubled over the past year, which has led to a slowdown in the housing market nationally.
A new report from real estate data company ATTOM Data Solutions highlighted a number of factors that make some metro areas more vulnerable to housing market declines in an economic downturn.
Its Special Housing Risk Report, for the second quarter of 2022, listed nearly 600 U.S. counties’ value decline, based on “home affordability, underwater mortgages, foreclosures and unemployment.”
The report showed that 33 of 50 counties most vulnerable to potential declines were located in New Jersey, Illinois and California.
Six counties around the Chicago metropolitan area, 13 throughout California, nine around New York City and three in the Philadelphia area are among the top 50 most vulnerable, according to the report.
Here are some of ATTOM’s most at-risk counties near metropolitan areas:
- Kings County, NY (Brooklyn)
- Richmond County, NY (Staten Island)
- Philadelphia County, PA (Philadelphia)
- Camden and Gloucester counties, NJ (Philadelphia)
- Cook, Kane, Kendall, McHenry, and Will counties, IL (Chicago)
- Lake County, IN (Chicago)
- Solano County, CA (Sacramento)
- Fresno, Kings and Madera counties, CA (Fresno)
- Kern County, CA (Bakersfield)
- San Bernardino County, CA (San Bernardino)
According to the report, in determining affordability, ATTOM looked at how much of the median household’s income would be required to buy a median-priced home in the market. The national average is 31.5%, but the data showed that in many of the riskiest markets, it was above 50%.
According to the data, 25 of the 50 counties least vulnerable were in the South, and another 14 were in the Midwest.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar winner Geena Davis has a memoir coming out this fall, titled “Dying of Politeness,” and described by the actor as her “journey to badassery.”
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that the book will be published Oct. 11. According to the publisher, Davis will share “laugh-out tales” about her modeling career and provide candid accounts of films “Tootsie,” “The Accidental Tourist” and “Beetlejuice” and co-stars such as Susan Sarandon of “Thelma & Louise,” Madonna from “A League of Their Own” and ex-husband Jeff Goldblum from “The Fly.”
Davis, 66 said in a statement that the book would reveal how acting helped transform her into a person in charge of her own life. She won an Oscar for her supporting performance in “The Accidental Tourist” and was nominated for best actor for “Thelma & Louise.” In 2019, the academy presented her the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her advocacy for gender equality in media.
“As my career progressed, I went all the way from playing a soap star in her underwear in Tootsie, to a housewife turned road warrior in ‘Thelma & Louise,’ to a baseball phenomenon in ‘A League of Their Own,’ to the first female president of the United States in Commander in Chief, and more,” she said.
“For everything I put into each of those roles, I’ve taken far more away. I’ve been blessed to practice living a different life — a bolder, freer, and more authentic one — onscreen. In this book, I’ll reveal the ways in which my public life — the movies, the advocacy, and my relationships — have impacted and empowered the private me, and, I hope, inspire my readers to expand their own sense of power.”
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HARRISBURG – The PA House State Government Committee approved legislation that would require state agencies to notify victims of a data breach within one week. Under Senate Bill 696, any state agency, county, municipality, public school or third-party vendor that conducts business with a state or local agency that experiences a data breach would be required to provide notice of the breach to affected victims within seven days of determination. The bill would also require the state’s Attorney General to be notified concurrently of the breach that occurs in a state agency. A county’s district attorney would be notified within three business days if the breach occurred in a county, school district or municipality. The legislation now goes to the full state House.
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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, officials of the City of West Monroe announced that Kiroli Park will close for the summer starting June 19, 2023, due to a major infrastructure project. According to officials, the closure will last until the end of September 2023.
During the project, the Kiroli Road vehicular bridge will be replaced due to the bridge being in poor shape and in need of a replacement. The park will be open from June 1, 2023, to June 18, 2023, from 7 AM to 8 PM.
For individuals who have purchased annual memberships to Kiroli Park, their memberships will be extended based on the number of days the park is closed. Officials of the Parks and Recreation Department encourage the public to visit other public parks in West Monroe, La., which are in the list below:
- Highland Park Wetland Trails
- Lazarre Park
- Restoration Park
- Brady Fields
- Riverbend Community Health Park
For more information, contact officials at 318-396-4016.
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STANDALE, MI — Just an eight-minute drive from downtown Grand Rapids, a tucked-away breakfast and lunch spot will make sure you never go home hungry.
The Peppermill Café, at 4511 Lake Michigan Drive NW in Standale, offers a full breakfast and lunch menu from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
“I really like the fact you can come in at 6 in the morning and get a burger and onion rings or an omelet at 2 p.m.,” said owner Lu Hayoz.
Hayoz has owned the café for 16 years, and the comfort food spot has become a community favorite.
“The building is so old, I always joke that Moses built it,” she said. “It’s just been a staple in Standale for many years.”
The menu features items like six-egg omelets, hubcap-sized pancakes, skillets, biscuits and gravy, homemade soups, meatloaf, burgers, sandwiches and salads.
The meatloaf is Hayoz’s grandmother’s recipe and the soups are homemade too.
For a first-timer at the Peppermill, Hayoz recommends the “Filthy Skilly,” which she said is the restaurant’s No. 1 selling item at $13. The “Filthy Skilly” is a two-egg skillet with hand-sliced American fries, bacon, sausage, smoked ham, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, melted cheddar cheese and house-made gravy, all served with a side of toast.
“We never let you go away hungry,” Hayoz said. “There are to-go boxes everywhere and we’ve got endless coffee. We want you to feel comfortable and have a super pleasant experience.”
Another popular menu item is the “Laker omelet,” made with six eggs, sausage, bacon, corned beef hash, sliced American fries and cheddar cheese. It sells for $10.75.
Many Grand Valley State University students from just down Lake Michigan Drive frequent the café, but folks of all ages fill the restaurant, especially for the weekend specials.
“We do love our college kids, we offer 10 percent student discounts,” Hayoz said. “And then we have our regulars, with their own certain coffee cups and they sit in the same spot every day. We get to know people’s names and it’s very welcoming.”
Hayoz’ personal favorite menu item is the inside-out grilled cheese, made on English muffin bread that’s encrusted with parmesan cheese. The sandwich is filled with baby Swiss and cheddar cheese, avocado, tomato and red onion and is served with house-made chips and a pickle spear.
The inside of the café is covered with quirky signs, all centered around breakfast and kitchen humor. A customer favorite is a sign letting diners know unattended children will be given “coffee and a kitten.”
“It just started with a few signs from me, so anything fun and foody, I like,” Hayoz said of the décor. “It’s just to entertain people. Now it’s just grown and grown and people will bring me signs now.”
The playful signs, huge omelets and constant coffee refills are all part of the atmosphere Hayoz has cultivated for customers.
“I want customers to feel cozy, a comfortable atmosphere, we want to treat them very well,” she said. “Just come and see us!”
The Peppermill Cafe can be reached at 616-453-7853. Check it out on Facebook here.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) ("Trulieve" or "the Company"), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the U.S., today announced that it publicly filed an automatically effective registration statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on July 7, 2022 to register a base shelf prospectus and to register for resale select Subordinate Voting Shares of the Company.
The Company became eligible to file the S-3 registration statement following one year of reporting under the previously filed registration statement and associated amendments on Form S-1. The S-3 filing provides a shelf registration which may provide the Company with additional flexibility in its future financing opportunities. The specific terms of any securities to be offered pursuant to the base prospectus will be specified in a prospectus supplement. The resale prospectus covers the resale registration by Selling Shareholders of up to 72,288,199 subordinate voting shares. Selling Shareholders may offer, sell or distribute all or a portion of their Subordinate Voting Shares publicly or through private transactions at prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. However, the registration of the securities covered by the Registration Statement does not necessarily indicate that the Company and/or Selling Shareholders will offer or sell any Subordinate Voting Shares in connection with such registration or within any specific timeframe.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
About Trulieve
Trulieve is an industry leading, vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S. operating in 11 states, with leading market positions in Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Trulieve is poised for accelerated growth and expansion, building scale in retail and distribution in new and existing markets through its hub strategy. By providing innovative, high-quality products across its brand portfolio, Trulieve delivers optimal customer experiences and increases access to cannabis, helping patients and customers to live without limits. Trulieve is listed on the CSE under the symbol TRUL and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol TCNNF. For more information, please visit Trulieve.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
8-7-5-2, FIREBALL: 5
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
8-7-5-2, FIREBALL: 5
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This is how much money you need to get divorced
Going through a divorce can be incredibly difficult, no matter the reason. It often brings on feelings of grief over the end of a marriage, and for many, anxiety about the unknowns of the future.
Emotions aside, the financial cost of divorce can also vary widely — depending on the couple’s circumstances.
"I think one of the big misconceptions is that it’s always expensive because people hear these horror stories," Elizabeth Gjelten, a legal editor for Nolo.com, told FOX Television Stations. "Often it’s because they’re hearing about celebrities and stuff like that. And yes, it can be really expensive, but it doesn’t have to be."
The biggest factor in cost is whether the spouses have a "contested" or "uncontested" divorce, Gjelten said.
An uncontested divorce is where both parties agree on all issues in the divorce, including the division of marital property and debts, child custody, child support, and spousal support — what’s known as "alimony."
Nolo.com, a publisher of do-it-yourself legal books, articles, and services, conducted a 2019 national survey of people who had been through a divorce via its research arm, Martindale-Nolo.
It found that the median total divorce costs with a full-scope attorney were $7,000, although these couples typically had more complex cases and disputes. Those who didn’t hire a divorce lawyer had a median cost of about $300, according to the survey.
A closer look: The cost of divorce with a lawyer
Nolo’s survey found that the national average hourly rate for divorce lawyers in the U.S. was $270. A separate Martindale-Nolo study on hourly rates reported by U.S. family lawyers showed the highest rates in large cities on the coasts, and not surprisingly, the rates were higher for more experienced attorneys.
But the hourly rate is just the first part of a final bill. The number of hours a lawyer will need depends on the complexity of the situation, and the ability of the spouses to reach a settlement on issues.
The majority of survey respondents who hired a divorce lawyer had the attorneys handle the entire case, known as "full-scope" representation. The average cost of this was $11,300 in total attorneys’ fees, and the median amount was $7,000, according to Nolo’s findings.
More than four in 10 people in the survey (42%) paid $5,000 or less in attorneys' fees.
Other expenses for a divorce lawyer can include filing fees and court costs, child custody evaluators, real estate appraisers, tax advisors, and other experts. Those in Nolo’s survey who had divorce lawyers paid an average of $1,480 for such costs, while the median for these expenses was $500.
Gjelten stressed how the number of contested issues in the divorce, and whether couples reach a settlement or go to trial on certain issues, can make a big difference on the final attorney bill.
Do I need a lawyer for divorce?
Many couples go through the divorce process without the need for an attorney. However, some circumstances may warrant hiring a lawyer.
If a spouse has already hired an attorney, the other should do the same to level the playing field. Divorces in which one side has an attorney and the other doesn't often result in the unrepresented party walking away without a fair deal, Nolo says.
Also, each U.S. state has different requirements for divorce, so some may consider consulting with a family law attorney if they need help with interpreting statutes and completing legal paperwork.
"Of course, your life is uprooted. But if the legal part of the process is less stressful, then it’s easier to handle the other stresses that are just going to be part of the process," Gjelten said.
Furthermore, legal experts recommend hiring an attorney if there’s a history of domestic violence, child abuse, substance abuse, or sexual abuse, in order to best "protect your rights."
"When there is a power imbalance and/or violence between partners, a fair negotiation can become impossible," Nolo says on its website.
There are several legal resources online for victims of such abuse, including WomensLaw.org, which offers state-by-state information about laws including protective and restraining orders and child custody laws.
The Legal Services Corporation is a nonprofit established by Congress in 1974 that provides financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans.
The American Bar Association also lists several resources for free legal help here.
FILE - A pair of wedding rings lie on a wooden table. (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images)
How much does it cost to get a divorce without a lawyer?
Divorce without a lawyer can significantly bring the costs down. On average, the survey found that those who handled their own divorce paid a total of $1,170 in costs, and the median amount — the more typical cost — was only $300, according to Nolo.
Many of the respondents in this group had no contested issues in their divorce.
Gjelten noted how such a method, sometimes referred to as a DIY divorce that’s uncontested, will really only result in the court's filing fee for the divorce petition or response, which can range from about $100 to more than $400 depending on the state.
"Everybody thinks divorce is always going to be some big nightmare that’s expensive, and it really doesn’t have to be," Gjelten said.
Depending on the situation and where the spouses live, they may also have to pay smaller fees for hiring a process server to serve the divorce papers or obtaining a certified copy of the divorce decree.
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The cost of divorce mediation, online divorce services
Mediation can help save couples money, compared with traditional divorce proceedings. It’s an informal and flexible process in which a neutral third party helps the opposing parties come to an agreement.
Nolo lists several examples of when this process may be used:
- Those who want to proceed with an uncontested divorce but are having trouble agreeing with their spouse about one or more issues can turn to a mediator before filing the divorce papers.
- Some states require mediation (or allow judges to require it in individual cases) when couples have filed for divorce but haven't come to an agreement about certain issues like child custody.
- People can choose to seek help from a mediator at any point during the divorce process, even if the spouses have lawyers, to work out a settlement agreement.
These costs can vary widely, based on whether couples use private mediation or court-sponsored mediation. Nolo says private divorce mediation costs can range between $3,000 and $8,000 with spouses splitting the bill.
Court-sponsored mediation services are free, low-cost, or adjusted based on income — but typically, such programs only cover mediation costs related to child custody issues, according to Nolo.
Meanwhile, several online divorce services exist to help couples navigate the process. These services, which are legal and comparatively cheaper, can help with the divorce forms needed, how to fill them out properly, and knowing where to file them.
This kind of service can range in price from $199 to about $2,500, Nolo says.
Cost of divorce in...
Some states are more expensive than others when it comes to divorce.
California, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and New Jersey rounded out the top five states with the highest divorce filing fees and average divorce attorney fees, according to GoBankingRates.com, which analyzed data from DivorceWriter.com and Lawyers.com in 2020 to find the average costs for all 50 U.S. states.
The cheapest state was North Dakota, followed by Mississippi, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Kentucky.
Marriage, divorce rates in America
The Census Bureau collects data on U.S. marriages and divorces. Both rates declined from 2009 to 2019, with 16.3 out of every 1,000 women age 15 and older getting married in 2019 — and 7.6 out of every 1,000 women getting divorced.
A report published last year by the Census Bureau shared similar data on marriage and divorce rates between 2006 to 2016. By 2016, the median age for someone’s first marriage had risen approximately two full years since 2008 — to age 30 for men and 28 for women.
In general, the data show that fewer U.S. adults are getting married, they’re waiting longer to do so, and once they say "I do," fewer are getting divorced, the Census Bureau says.
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Rudy Gobert Player Prop Bets: Timberwolves vs. Celtics - March 15
Rudy Gobert plus his Minnesota Timberwolves teammates match up versus the Boston Celtics at 8:00 PM ET on Wednesday.
Below, we dig into Gobert's stats and trends to help you find the top prop bets.
Rudy Gobert Prop Bets vs. the Celtics
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Rudy Gobert Insights vs. the Celtics
- Gobert has taken 7.9 shots per game this season and made 5.3 per game, which account for 7.5% and 10.2%, respectively, of his team's total.
- Gobert's Timberwolves average 104.2 possessions per game, sixth-highest among NBA teams, while the Celtics have a middling offense in terms of tempo, ranking 14th with 102.1 possessions per contest.
- The Celtics are the eighth-best defensive squad in the league, giving up 112.3 points per game.
- On the glass, the Celtics are ranked 18th in the NBA, allowing 44 rebounds per contest.
- The Celtics concede 22.9 assists per game, best in the league.
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TikTok ‘de-influencers’ want Gen Z to buy less – and more
By HALELUYA HADERO and ALI SWENSON
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A slew of TikTok users are using their platforms to encourage people to buy less, not more. It’s called “de-influencing,” where TikTokers tell their followers which products aren’t worth the money, or urge them to resist indulging in trends. Some are sounding off about blushes, mascaras or other beauty and skincare items that made big promises but didn’t deliver. It’s a stark contrast from prior trends on TikTok that pushed more consumption. But the longer de-influencing lingers, the more it becomes something of a paradox. The hashtag is being used by some users to pan certain products and then turn around and offer up alternatives — essentially influencing their followers to buy more items, not less.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands in Warsaw marched peacefully Friday in a yearly Independence Day march organized by Polish nationalist groups that included some anti-Ukrainian and anti-European Union slogans.
The march is controversial because it’s led by far-right groups and has included violence and white nationalists in past years. But many people, including some with young children, also march, seeing the event as a way to show patriotism. Many drove hundreds of kilometers to Warsaw to take part.
“We are proud and happy to be Polish and to have an independent state and we want to celebrate that,” said Miroslawa Dobiasz, 64, who drove with her family from Tarnobrzeg in the southeast.
Warsaw resident Hanna Grabek, 28, said she wasn’t afraid to bring her 5-year-old daughter Maja to the event because “we are home on our own turf and we feel safe. Nothing bad has ever happened to us here.”
Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a liberal who opposes the event, said at a news conference that he was relieved that it avoided the violence of past years but was still disturbed by the anti-Ukrainian and anti-EU messages.
Many people carried Poland’s white-and-red flag, and some threw smoke flares. A few held banners of the far-right National Radical Camp depicting a falanga, a far-right symbol dating to the 1930s of a stylized hand with a sword. Some chanted anti-LGBT slogans, including “Stop Rainbow Propaganda.” Others also yelled angry slogans against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A large number of police officers were deployed and kept a group of anti-fascist counter-protesters separated from the march participants to avoid clashes.
One activist holding an LGBT flag, Dominik Gasiorowski, said an officer removed him and others who were chanting that they have the right to demonstrate. They were told their gathering was illegal.
The Independence Day holiday celebrates the restoration of Poland’s national sovereignty in 1918, at the end of World War I and after 123 years of foreign rule. Across Poland, events were held to mark the day, including singing the national anthem in public and a ceremony led by President Andrzej Duda at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
“The reality of recent years has made us very suddenly aware of what it means to have and not to have a free, sovereign state, what it means to have and not to have independence,” Duda said, alluding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Duda was joined by Gitanas Nauseda, the president of Lithuania, which like Poland is a strong ally of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent a moving Independence Day greeting to Poland in a short video expressing his gratitude for Poland’s help since Russia’s invasion.
“Ukrainians will remember how you welcomed us, how you help us. Your country is our sister,” Zelenskyy said.
Poles have rallied to Ukraine’s cause, and Poland has welcomed large numbers of refugees. But there are also lingering tensions over a Polish-Ukrainian ethnic conflict in which 100,000 Poles were killed by Ukrainians during World War II.
Some far-right groups try to keep those tensions alive. A few posters at Friday’s march read “Stop the Ukrainization of Poland.”
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A gas station in Rancho Cordova was charging only 69 cents a gallon. The price was supposed to be $6.99. The mistake cost the station $16,000 and the manager his job.
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday defended the GOP’s crop of midterm Senate nominees and pushed back on accusations that candidate quality was the reason for their downfall.
Scott, who led the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, lamented the party’s losses following Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) victory over Republican Herschel Walker in the Georgia runoff on Tuesday. The race handed Democrats a 51-49 majority, marking a net gain for the party in power.
But he said the Republican Party had put forward strong candidates.
“I thought we could win. I thought we would win. I thought we were going to get the majority. All of this has been pretty disappointing,” Scott told The Hill. “We had good, quality candidates. … We had a lot of candidates who went through really tough primaries. We had 21 seats up, [Democrats] only had 14.”
“We were going up against incumbents. Incumbents can raise a lot more money,” Scott continued. “There’s always things that make it harder.”
Complaints about the quality of a number of the GOP’s Senate nominees burst into the open in August when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) raised an issue that some others had already been grumbling about. Some Republicans voiced that same discontent on Wednesday.
Multiple Republican candidates, for instance, were pushed over the finish line in primaries by former President Trump but then hamstrung by poor general election fundraising that left them exposed against Democrats with significant financial advantages, including in Arizona and Georgia.
For others, personal issues and scandals appeared to hurt their efforts.
Walker was unable to overcome allegations of abuse against significant others and reports that he paid for at least one abortion for a former girlfriend. The former star running back was staunchly anti-abortion and was against exceptions.
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ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin’s first speed race weekend of the women’s World Cup season went so well, she believes it might make her even faster in her core technical events, too.
The four-time overall champion won a super-G Sunday to top off her weekend with career win No. 77.
The result leaves the American skier five wins short of the women’s record set by her former teammate Lindsey Vonn.
Shiffrin finished sixth and fourth, respectively, in two downhills over the past two days before excelling in the super-G format, despite having hardly trained those disciplines recently.
“Especially with downhill, it’s like: I haven’t done this in a while, so we just go step-by-step and I always learn something about my mentality doing speed as well,” Shiffrin said.
“So I feel really quite happy for this whole weekend and maybe try to take some of that with the slalom and GS as well.”
On Sunday, Shiffrin overcame a tricky jump halfway through her run but otherwise relied on her spot-on timing to master the Corviglia course and finish 0.12 seconds ahead Elena Curtoni, the Italian winner of Friday’s downhill.
“I felt very good the last days, but you never know, with super-G especially, you have to push so hard. It’s always on the limit. Actually, you’re pushing so hard, maybe you’re not going to finish,” Shiffrin said.
“I knew what my tactics should be, I was not thinking about what’s going to happen in the finish until I got there. I had a very, very good run, so I’m happy with that.”
Having not raced in speed events since last season’s World Cup finals in March, Shiffrin felt she has reconnected with the sport’s fastest disciplines right away, calling it “this instinct to go always down the hill.”
“I think that can help me with my giant slalom, and maybe even a bit with the slalom, to know if I can do it in downhill and super-G and downhill, I can do it in GS and slalom,” she said.
The next eight races on the women’s World Cup calendar are all technical events, before speed races return in back-to-back weekends in Austria and Italy, respectively, from mid-January.
Romane Miradoli was four-tenth behind in third for her second career podium, after beating Shiffrin to win the penultimate super-G of last season in March at another Swiss resort, Lenzerheide.
Swiss skier Michelle Gisin just missed her first podium of the season in fourth, but pushed Sofia Goggia into fifth place, a day after the Italian won the downhill.
Goggia broke two bones in her left hand after hitting a gate in Friday’s race, underwent surgery, but returned to racing the following day.
Skiing again with her left hand taped to her ski pole, Goggia lost two-tenths on Shiffrin in the flat start section and more time in the steep turns. She was the fastest in the final section but shrugged her shoulders when she saw her finishing time.
Shiffrin extended her lead over Goggia in the overall season standings to 105 points.
Goggia’s teammate Marta Bassino came closest to challenging Shiffrin’s win as the Italian clocked nearly the same times as the American at the first two splits before missing a gate in the steep section.
The winner of the only previous super-G this season, Corinne Suter, finished 15th. The Swiss skier triumphed two weeks ago in Lake Louise, where Shiffrin was not competing.
The next women’s World Cup races are two giant slaloms and a slalom in Semmering, Austria, on Dec. 27-29.
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The Texas Rangers completed a three-game sweep over the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday with a 5-1 victory, despite losing All-Star outfielder Adolis Garcia and staring pitcher Jon Gray to early injuries.
The Rangers are now off to a 6-0 start following the All-Star break, sweeping the American League East-leading Rays for only the second time this season. The other sweep also came this month, from the Philadelphia Phillies.
Gray's injury came first. Interrupting was appeared to be a great start for the 31-year-old. Through 4 1/3 enticing innings, he didn't allow a single run and struck out four Rays on 63 pitches,
Giving up eight hits, the Rangers were still leading 1-0 when he had to leave the mound in the fifth inning after he took a comebacker from Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz's bat to his lower left leg.
Rangers personnel rushed to his aid and remained with him on the field for a few minutes until he was able to leave the field and be replaced by Brock Burke.
Jon Gray got hit with a comebacker again. He's standing by the mound right now with the team trainer, Bruce Bochy and Mike Maddux. Looks like he's gonna try a few warm-up pitches here. pic.twitter.com/3c0rnon0Hx
— kennedi landry (@kennlandry) July 19, 2023
Soon after, Garcia was hit by a pitch in the eighth and was also forced to exit. The 30-year-old attempted to use his elbow pads to block Kevin Kelly's 89-mph cutter from the impact to his left arm. Like Gray, he immediately assessed by Rangers personnel and eventually replaced by Josh Smith as a pinch runner.
After the game, Texas manager Bruce Bochy told reporters X-rays for Garcia and Gray came back negative, showing both were just bruised.
"Caught him on the pad but it hit him pretty good," Bochy said of Garcia. "I think he'll be fine, but it's day-to-day. It did swell up a little bit."
The manager had the same assessment for Gray. "He took a pretty nice shot in the calf on a really high velo shot there," he said.
Bruce Bochy has some good news on Jon Gray and Adolis Garcia.
— Bally Sports San Antonio (@BallySportsSA) July 19, 2023
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After an off day Thursday, the Rangers will begin another three-game series Friday night against the Dodgers.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Changes made to the Fort Wayne Police homicide unit in 2019 are a big contributing factor to the success rate they’ve recently had, according to the two sergeants who supervise the unit.
WANE 15 sat down with Sergeant Dave Klein and Sergeant Matt Wilson on Tuesday. The two said that in 2019 they were able to go from six detectives on the unit to 10. That change allowed for them to create five, two-man teams.
Now, there are two lead detectives on each case and a more collaborative effort from the unit as a whole.
“Because we have great support from our administration, we’re seeing that this formula that we have works.” Sergeant Wilson said.
The numbers prove it. There have been 21 homicides in Fort Wayne so far in 2022. The FWPD homicide unit has cleared 17 of them, including all of the last 10 homicides.
There are four cases that remain active, and they’re working hard to close those as well.
“We’re aggressive. We don’t stop until there’s no more actionable intelligence to run down. We will work, work, work until that happens,” Sgt. Wilson said.
2022’s rate is above 80% success for the homicide unit. They’ve been above 80% ever since the change in 2019, and finished with an 86% success rate twice in that time period.
They said that’s above average nationally, and brings about a good feeling to know the work the team is doing is paying off.
“On all of these, everybody came together,” Sgt. Klein said. “There’s some of them in four, five, six hours we have someone in custody, and there’s some of these that may have taken two, three, four, five days to get evidence together, to get statements, and we may have made an arrest a week later.”
They have many resources at their disposal with the additional manpower, including help from a digital forensics team that is able to seek out evidence on cell phones.
But, the biggest resource the detectives have, according to Klein and Wilson, are the people who come forward with useful information.
“The public is huge. Without the public’s help, we could not do what we do… because if they don’t speak to us, if they don’t call us, if they don’t give us those anonymous tips, sometimes it can make our job near-impossible,” Sgt. Wilson said.
“The community doesn’t want some of these folks to be out. If these are violent offenders, a lot of these folks are known violent offenders that we’ve had dealings with in the past, their cooperation has been vital in having them arrested,” Sgt. Klein added.
The homicide units success is helping keep offenders off the street, and, according to Sgt. Wilson, it’s sending a clear message to those who might commit a homicide.
“Statistically speaking, if that happens in the city of Fort Wayne, you will be arrested,” he said.
Anyone who might have information that can help police solve a crime can either call FWPD directly, go through Greater Fort Wayne Crime Stoppers, or use the P3 App. Tips can be submitted anonymously.
“If folks have information, we would absolutely love to have it. Call us. Submit an anonymous tip. Prove that information. We can work with it,” Sgt. Klein said.
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Original research out of Canada finds streamlined way to use patient reported outcomes (PROs) to flag patients with cancer who are at increased odds of having unplanned emergency department visits.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New research in the February 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network illustrates how the use of an algorithm to calculate a patient-reported symptom complexity score can help oncologists identify patients who are at increased risk for unplanned visits to the emergency department (ED), creating the potential for additional proactive care, and the reduction of healthcare costs.
The researchers used the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised (ESASr) as a measurement tool for the most-common symptoms experienced by people with cancer. After classifying each patient's symptom complexity based on the number and severity of symptoms reported, the researchers correlated the symptom complexity with the odds of having an ED visit within a week. Of 29,164 unique patients with cancer who had completed a PRO questionnaire between October 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020, 738 experienced an ED visit within seven days. The results showed patients with high complexity (i.e. multiple co-occurring severe symptoms) were three times more likely to use the ED than those with low complexity (fewer or less severe symptoms), and over four times more likely to be admitted into the hospital. Patients with moderate symptom complexity also had nearly twice the odds of needing either type of acute, hospital-based unplanned care compared to those with low complexity.
"Using a tool to generate a symptom complexity score—summarizing a large amount of symptom information and condensing it into a quick, easily interpreted alert—allows clinicians to have a real time, comprehensive overview of the symptom severity a patient is experiencing," said lead researcher Linda Watson, RN, PhD, Cancer Care Alberta and University of Calgary. "With this information at their fingertips, clinicians can then proactively offer additional support or symptom management in the lower-cost out-patient care setting and hopefully avoid costly—and potentially distressing—hospital visits. Health care teams have to manage many competing priorities, so finding quick, reliable ways to identify which patients may benefit from targeted symptom management in lower-cost ambulatory care clinics would be helpful."
Several other studies referenced by the authors suggest that up to 1 in 5 ED visits and/or hospital admissions for patients with cancer could potentially be avoided with proactive symptom management in the community. The authors also noted that it is important to recognize that not all ED visits can, or should, be prevented. Some urgent health problems may necessitate emergency or inpatient care, and some individual patient circumstances may warrant ED use.
"Clinicians who treat patients with cancer are aware that identifying and supporting those who are at the highest risk for ED visits or hospitalizations will lead to better patient outcomes and experiences," commented, Kay Yeung, MD, PhD, UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center, Member of the NCCN Guidelines® Panel for Breast Cancer, who was not involved with this research. "One of the barriers is how to do a comprehensive assessment effectively in a busy oncology clinic. This retrospective observational cohort study shows that a novel symptom complexity algorithm based on patient reported outcome questionnaires correlates tightly with acute care utilization and may help clinicians proactively identify such patients. It will be important to further investigate how implementing this algorithm prospectively can impact acute care utilization, financial burden, and clinical outcomes."
To read the entire study, visit JNCCN.org. Complimentary access to "Association Between Patient-Reported Symptom Complexity Level and Acute Care Utilization Among Patients With Cancer: A Population-Based Study Using a Novel Symptom Complexity Algorithm and Observational Data" is available until May 10, 2023.
Close the Care Gap
The February issue of JNCCN also includes an in-depth description of the development of the Health Equity Report Card (HERC) by NCCN, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), and the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF). The HERC is a tool for improving the quality and equity of cancer care that includes 17 practice recommendations across four domains. The article also describes the implementation and scoring plan for the HERC . It was initially launched by the Elevating Cancer Equity initiative working group—chaired by Robert A. Winn, MD, Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, and Shonta Chambers, MSW, Executive Vice President of Health Equity and Community Engagement at the Patient Advocate Foundation. Feasibility of implementation of the HERC is being piloted in the academic care setting with plans for a similar feasibility pilot in the community care setting to begin later this year.
On World Cancer Day, February 4, 2023, the organizations highlighted the 17 actionable practice changes from the HERC, as part of ongoing efforts to "Close the Care Gap." Learn more at NCCN.org/wcd and read the full article at JNCCN.org.
About JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
More than 25,000 oncologists and other cancer care professionals across the United States read JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. This peer-reviewed, indexed medical journal provides the latest information about innovation in translational medicine, and scientific studies related to oncology health services research, including quality care and value, bioethics, comparative and cost effectiveness, public policy, and interventional research on supportive care and survivorship. JNCCN features updates on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), review articles elaborating on guidelines recommendations, health services research, and case reports highlighting molecular insights in patient care. JNCCN is published by Harborside. Visit JNCCN.org. To inquire if you are eligible for a FREE subscription to JNCCN, visit NCCN.org/jnccn/subscribe. Follow JNCCN on Twitter @JNCCN.
About the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) provide transparent, evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for cancer treatment, prevention, and supportive services; they are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently-updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients® provide expert cancer treatment information to inform and empower patients and caregivers, through support from the NCCN Foundation®. NCCN also advances continuing education, global initiatives, policy, and research collaboration and publication in oncology. Visit NCCN.org for more information and follow NCCN on Facebook @NCCNorg, Instagram @NCCNorg, and Twitter @NCCN.
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GENEVA – Western countries are leading a rare two-pronged push at the U.N.’s main human rights body to better scrutinize the human rights records of two big world powers: China, over allegations of abuses during an anti-extremism campaign in western Xinjiang, and Russia, over its government's crackdown on dissent and protest against the war in Ukraine.
Going after two such influential U.N. members — two of the five permanent members of the Security Council no less — at the same time will be no small political task, diplomats and rights advocates say. It testifies to a growing rift between democracies and more autocratic countries, and is shaping up as a gamble of geopolitical clout, the outcome of which will resonate beyond the Geneva conference room where the Human Rights Council meets.
Some Western diplomats insist it’s now or never, and say it just so happens the two issues need separate attention.
Britain, Canada, the U.S. and the five Nordic countries are leading a call for council members to agree a debate at its next session in March on alleged abuses against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang. They aim to build momentum on an Aug. 31 report by the U.N. human rights chief that raised concerns about possible crimes against humanity during Beijing's anti-extremism drive in the region.
On Tuesday, 26 European Union countries — all of them except Hungary — floated a proposal for the council to appoint a “special rapporteur” on Russia, citing a string of concerns about mass arrests and detentions; harassment of journalists, opposition politicians, activists and rights defenders; and crackdowns — at times violent — on protesters against President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.
Both issues will come up for a vote near the end of the council’s current session on Oct. 7.
Intense backroom diplomacy is already underway. Developing countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East make up the majority of the 47 current members of the council. Stalwart allies of China and Russia, including Cuba, Eritrea and Venezuela, are members, as is China itself. Western and European countries have 13 seats.
Some European diplomats have expressed concern that the cultural, political and economic ties — even dependence — that many developing countries have with both Russia and China could torpedo the Western initiatives.
Alexander Pchelyakov, press secretary of the Russian diplomatic mission in Geneva, rejected the “politicized” Western proposal on Russia, insisting its “main goals are to punish Russia for pursuing an independent foreign policy course" and to divert attention away from the West's own problems when it comes to human rights, economics and energy.
The proposal on China is for a simple debate, with no consistent monitoring of the rights situation, and is just about the least intrusive form of scrutiny that the council could seek. The call stops short of creating a team of investigators to look into possible crimes in Xinjiang, or appoint a special rapporteur — a proposal that is on the table with Russia.
John Fisher, global advocacy deputy director at Human Rights Watch, said recently that action on China and Russia are its top two priorities, and they amount to “no small challenge."
“There was a time when states like China and Russia felt to be almost untouchable,” he said. "But it now feels that states of principle are finally saying ‘enough’ and standing up to those who would seek to disrupt the international rules-based order.”
“Even the fact that these initiatives are under active consideration — and quite likely both to move forward — is itself a signal of the relevance and engagement of the Human Rights Council," Fisher added.
Western diplomats appear to feel more confident about success with the Russia measure. The council has little power to force countries to act, and there's little certainty that Moscow would even allow an outside U.N.-backed monitor into Russia as part of the post — if the council seeks to create it.
The Xinjiang debate proposal is shaping up as the bigger ask, diplomats say. The situation is perceived, rightly or wrongly, as a less pressing one than in Russia, where a crackdown is continuing. China, ever-protective of its reputation as its global profile and power rise, has said it has largely shuttered what it called training centers in Xinjiang — and what critics derided as detention centers.
One Western diplomat whose country backs the debate on Xinjiang, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, insisted the proposal was a “measured” response. Some supporters of China fret that the plan for a springtime debate is secretly just a foot in the door — a quiet effort that will aim to ramp up pressure on Beijing later on.
A key test will be with Africa, whose countries hold 13 council seats. Some have populations that are predominantly Muslim.
Nicolas Agostini of DefendDefenders, an NGO that promotes human rights in East Africa, told reporters recently that it estimates most African countries will abstain in the Russia vote, but maybe one or two — “we identified Malawi and the Gambia as the two most progressive African states that are members of the council right now” — will vote yes.
“Regarding China, it’s much more complex,” he said, alluding to "extreme Chinese pressure on African states, including members of the OIC — the Organization of Islamic Cooperation — that are African states.”
One African diplomat, also speaking on condition of anonymity because his country is still calibrating its response, said it has a “principled and objective approach” on the China resolution.
“We will have to consider our bilateral relations with the Chinese,” the diplomacy said coyly. “We're not just going to jump in there (in support of the draft decision).”
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Men, morale, munitions: Russia’s Ukraine war faces long slog
BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — From a hideout in a bombed-out house in eastern Ukraine, army commander Mykhailo Strebizh twirls a mortar shell the size of a bowling pin, calling it “aid we got from Europe and America.”
He then turns to a makeshift blackboard — a door with words written on it in chalk -- showing weapon inventories. One line says “NATO” in Cyrillic letters, then a number: 11.
These days, Ukraine’s beleaguered but unbowed forces are doing a lot of counting about the help they’re getting from abroad.
As Russia’s initially botched and broad offensive turns its focus to the eastern Donbas region, the war has entered a new and seemingly more enduring phase. While Russia has kept quiet about its war casualties, Ukrainian authorities say up to 200 of their soldiers are dying each day. Experts say both sides are taking heavy losses.
The United States last week upped the ante with its largest pledge of aid for Ukrainian forces yet — an additional $1 billion in military assistance aimed to help repel or reverse Russian advances.
But experts note that such aid deliveries haven’t kept pace with needs, raising questions about how sustainable the war effort will be — and how defense industries on both sides can continue to feed it.
“We’re moving from peacetime to wartime,” said Francois Heisbourg, a senior adviser at the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research think tank. “Peacetime means low production rates, and ramping up the production rate means that you have to first build industrial facilities … This is a defense-industrial challenge which is of a very great magnitude.”
That, in part, explains why Western deliveries of much-ballyhooed support for Ukraine have often fallen short and are slow in coming.
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany last week issued a “Ukraine Support Tracker” that showed the U.S. has delivered about half of its pledged commitments in military support for Ukraine, and Germany about one-third. Poland and Britain had both delivered on much of what they had promised, the report showed.
Earlier this month, Ukraine’s ambassador in Madrid, Serhii Phoreltsev, thanked Spain — which trumpeted shipment of 200 tons of military aid in April — but said the ammunition that was included was only enough for “about two hours of combat.”
Ukrainian filmmaker-turned-fighter Volodymyr Demchenko, tweeted a video of himself expressing gratitude about U.S. firearms: “There is American guns they send to us. It’s nice guns, and 120 bullets to each,” he said, before lamenting: “It’s like 15 minutes of a fight.”
Over the weekend, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned the war could last years, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged more training of Ukrainian troops abroad, the latest sign that friends of Ukraine’s government are digging in for the long haul even as he warned of growing “Ukraine fatigue” in the minds of the public abroad.
Part of the issue is that Ukrainian forces, whose country was once a stalwart member of the Soviet Union, are more familiar with Soviet-era weaponry than NATO equipment. Take artillery: The Western standard is 155mm artillery, while the Russian and Ukrainian forces have traditionally used 152mm stocks.
An untold number of Ukrainians have traveled abroad to get training on the Western-standard kit.
Of the $1 billion pledge from the U.S., only slightly more than one-third of that will be rapid, off-the-shelf deliveries by the Pentagon, and the rest will be available over a longer term. The pledge, which includes 18 howitzers and 36,000 rounds of ammunition for them, addresses Ukraine’s plea for more longer-range weaponry.
That’s far short of what the Ukrainians want — 1,000 155-mm caliber howitzers, 300 multiple-launch rocket systems, 500 tanks, 2,000 armored vehicles and 1,000 drones — as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser Mikhail Podolyak tweeted last week, before the latest big Western pledges.
“What the Ukrainians have got to do is conduct what military people tend to call a counter-battery operation” to respond to Russian artillery fire, said Ben Barry, a former director of the British Army Staff who is senior fellow for land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “To do this, you need accurate weapons with a high rate of fire and a range that allows them to keep out of the way of the other side’s artillery.”
“The Ukrainians are saying they don’t have enough long-range rockets to adequately suppress Russian artillery,” he said. “I think they’re probably right.”
Analysts say the Russian military’s big advantage has been its stockpiles of artillery and an expertise in using it, which dates back centuries. Their concentration on the east, and not broader swaths of Ukraine, has allowed them to shorten supply lines that were too long earlier in this war.
Time, on the other hand, is on Ukraine’s side, the experts say: Ukrainian fighters are both motivated and mobilized — all men in the country of 40 million have been called to fight, whereas Russia has so far avoided a call-up of conscripts, which could vastly tilt the war in Russia’s favor, but may not be popular with all Russians.
Experts have noted declining morale on both sides as the standoff, notably in and around the city of Sievierodonetsk in recent weeks, has dented fighting spirit and prompted front-line fighters to question and defy orders from above.
Russia has been targeting stockpiles and supply lines, and hitting them, Russian military chiefs say. Ukrainian authorities have either denied such claims, or said nothing about them: Neither side wants to let on to the other too much about the damage and deaths they are sustaining.
As to how long such fighting could least, analyst Heisbourg admits “that’s a hard one” but sees parallels between Ukraine today and France when Germany invaded in World War I — a population of about 40 million in Ukraine today and France before that war; the invaders neared the capital early on before being pushed back a bit; France had ammunition shortages, just as Ukraine does with artillery today.
A years-long war of attrition is “quite possible,” he said.
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Ukrainians, Junior Bruins celebrate unity arm-in-arm on ice
By JOHN WAWROW
AP Hockey Writer
QUEBEC CITY (AP) — The decision to have players from both teams line up arm-in-arm at center ice for the playing of the Ukrainian and United States’ national anthems was pre-planned in what stood as a symbol of unity and solidarity.
What no one anticipated was the spontaneous celebration that erupted among the 11- and 12-year-olds following the Ukrainian Selects’ 3-1 victory at the International Peewee Hockey tournament on Saturday.
Rather than shuffle off the ice, members of the Boston Junior Bruins happily took part in a victory lap along with the Selects, which ended with the teams gathering again at center ice, where they posed for a picture with one player from each side holding up the ends of a large Ukrainian flag.
“First of all, it’s a message that everybody can be friends and should be friends and live in peace and respect each other,” Ukraine forward Denys Lupandin said in an answer translated by coach Evgheniy Pysarenko. “It doesn’t matter from where you are.”
The bonds that were made and the electric atmosphere of playing in front of some 18,000 fans in Quebec City’s Videotron Centre weren’t lost on Boston goalie James Boccuzzi.
“This was definitely a life-changing moment for me,” Boccuzzi said. “I’ve never experienced anything like it.”
The moments went far beyond fulfilling the message of peace that tournament organizers hoped to send across the world nearly a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. And it exceeded the vision Pysarenko and Sean Berube had in August, when they began the lengthy process of cobbling together a team of Ukrainian refugees.
“The players reacted like that because they also want to show unity,” said Berube, who spent countless hours and some $20,000 of his own money crisscrossing Europe to gather the players in Romania. “What a day for hockey. What a day for sport.”
The game didn’t lack for drama, either.
With Boccuzzi keeping the swift-skating and play-making Ukrainians at bay on a number of close-in chances, Boston’s Kai Ochi opened the scoring 1:27 into the third period.
The pro-Ukraine — but not anti-Boston — crowd finally got a chance to cheer and chant “Ole, Ole, Ole,” when Yehor Kosenko batted in a bouncing puck to tie the game with 4:48 remaining. Lupandin sneaked a shot in off a faceoff with 2:04 remaining and then sealed the win with an empty-net goal.
Speaking in English, Lupandin said he and his teammates were nervous to open the game upon being welcomed by the large crowd.
“The first moment it was so scary. I look and up and too many people look at me and my team, and first moment it was so hard, first period,” he said. “But second and third period, it was easily for me and maybe for my team. And thank you to the fans who come looking at us.”
A large number of fans arrived three hours before puck drop. White T-shirts spelling out “UKRAINE” were draped over the backs of chairs in one section. In another, a blue-and-yellow version of the Canadian flag was attached to a railing.
In Section 113, Roger Poirier carried a Ukrainian flag while handing out blue-and-white handkerchiefs. Poirier, who is from Quebec City, has become active in supporting Ukraine in part because he had business there, during which he also met his wife.
Jessica Anthony wore a T-shirt with the Ukrainian flag on it and had on matching yellow sweatpants. Though an avid hockey fan, she acknowledged she doesn’t normally attend peewee games.
“I want to express my solidarity with Ukraine,” Anthony said.
The atmosphere was mostly foreign from what the Ukrainian Selects have known for much of the past year. Many of them have resettled with their families as refugees in countries neighboring Ukraine. At least five still live in Ukraine, where rocket-warning sirens in the middle of the night are the norm.
“It’s an honor to participate in this event and everybody in solidarity with us and supporting our country,” Pysarenko said. “Everybody wants peace. These kids want peace mostly probably because you don’t know their stories, but I tell you they have the terrible times and terrible experiences.”
One of those experiences included five players’ trip to the Romanian border to open training camp last month. Twice, they saw rockets fly above them.
That’s something Bruins assistant coach Mike Cashman couldn’t even imagine. He hoped the Ukrainians can enjoy the new memories they’ve made at the tournament.
“I just hope that these kids from Ukraine, they just experienced a thrill of a lifetime like our players did,” Cashman said. “You know, I don’t know what the future holds for them, unfortunately, but today they can remember today and be really excited about the future.”
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Front of The Pack is furthering their mission to nourish your pets with best in class ingredients, while giving back to animal communities. In a video campaign launching today, TikTok stars Kevin Lee (former chef at multiple Michelin starred establishments) and Jennifer Hsiao (LA based pastry chef) battle to create a nutritious meal using standard kibble ingredients, versus Front of the Pack's all natural, air-dried ingredients. In a fun twist, the two chefs discover the judges of the competition are a panel of pooches!
"I had so much fun on set! Front of the Pack's air-dried dog food is something I'd definitely recommend to friends and family because it's made with great ingredients for dogs that I'd feel good putting in my own body." said Hsaio.
"This was a new, fun experience; I got to do something that was in tune with what I do already, which is cooking, while having my dog involved," said Lee. "I'm always looking for good food products for my dog, and I feel like Front of the Pack is exactly what I've been looking for. Knowing that they only use the best ingredients, I feel safe in knowing that my dog is consuming the best quality food."
Along with the launch of the video, Front of The Pack will match every dollar that is donated to their GoFundMe for Best Friends Animal Society up to $15,000.
Front of the Pack is on a mission to raise the bar on dog food standards by nourishing pets with best in class ingredients; all while giving back to animal communities. By bringing together a leading American Veterinarian, Biochemist and Animal Nutritionist, they've created a range of cutting-edge products that provide unrivalled support for dogs' growth, development and longevity. In fact, they're so proud of what goes into their food and supplements that they list every single ingredient on the front of the pack.
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CHICAGO (AP) _ CNA Financial Corp. (CNA) on Monday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $248 million.
On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had net income of 91 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs, came to $1.01 per share.
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The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 83 cents per share.
The insurance holding company posted revenue of $3.11 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $2.74 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $894 million, or $3.28 per share. Revenue was reported as $10.5 billion.
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MONTREAL, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) – Representatives of the media, analysts and institutional investors are invited to attend CAE's 2022 virtual annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET).
Management will review the activities of fiscal year 2022 and present the financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 ended June 30, 2022.
A conference call specific to CAE's fiscal year 2023 first quarter financial results will be held at 1:30 pm ET.
CAE will also release its fiscal year 2023 first quarter financial results on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. A conference call will be held at 1:30 p.m. ET to provide analysts and institutional investors with a review of CAE's performance.
Management will participate in this call intended for financial analysts and institutional investors. Members of the media will have the opportunity to ask questions immediately after the analysts' question period.
Instant replay (available three hours after the call ends for 48 hours): +1-800-558-5253 or +1-416-626-4100 - Access code: 22019893
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we're everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We're investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we'll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.
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Select Ennismore properties in Miami and Los Angeles will serve the organic iced tea brand, in the newly launched beverage's first-ever hotel collaboration.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ennismore, the fastest-growing lifestyle hospitality company, today announces a partnership with Saint James Tea - a new, sustainably-packaged organic line of ready-to-drink teas with a mission to better the community. The collaboration – created by Ennismore's Partnership Studio - will see Saint James Tea featured in minibars across Ennismore's Mondrian Los Angeles and Miami properties comprising: SLS South Beach, Hyde Midtown, SLS Brickell and SLS LUX Brickell. Saint James Tea will also be served in SLS South Beach's two iconic outlets, Hyde Beach and Katsuya.
Michele Caniato, Chief Partnerships Officer & EVP of Brand Marketing, Ennismore said, "We are thrilled to collaborate with Saint James Tea and the brand's industry expert founders to bring our discerning travelers a new drink that they can feel great about drinking. Whether in-room or on the go throughout our hotels, we know guests will love the great flavors of these drinks as well as the positive message behind the Saint James Tea brand."
"We are delighted to introduce guests in Los Angeles and Miami to our clean and refreshing iced teas. We found synergy with Ennismore as, like Saint James Tea, the hospitality brand prioritizes wellness and social responsibility - making the venues the perfect match for our first hotel partnership," says Brad Neumann, President of Saint James Tea.
The new partnership is Saint James Tea's first hotel collaboration since its launch in winter 2021, elevating the health and wellness experience for guests. With only 20 calories and four grams of sugar, the refreshment comes in Tetra Paks created with low carbon materials and made of 70% paper from responsibly managed forests. The fresh flavors are Original Green Tea, Blueberry & Raspberry, Passion Fruit & Peach, and Pineapple & Mango.
Created by an entrepreneurial dream team - including AriZona Iced Tea co-founder John Ferolito, and fashion designer Jon Buscemi - Saint James Tea is a healthy beverage option that has minimal environmental impact. Named in honor of an inspirational figure in Ferolito's career, Father James Haggerty, the product has a shelf life of 24 months as the packaging eliminates exposure to air and light. The preservative-free tea has quickly become a success in the beverage industry.
The brand further differentiates themselves as they have a mission to give back, uplift, and inspire. #WhoIsYourSaintJames is an initiative that allows individuals to empower and recognize those who are helping better the community; this derives from Father Haggerty's desire to improve the lives of those around him. Ennismore and Saint James Tea's relationship will continue to grow and include future activations, pop-ups, and sampling opportunities to further encompass this mission throughout the year.
Ennismore's Partnership Studio continues to expand its strategic partnerships with international brands – including Fortune 500 - across automotive, communications, beverage and financial services to deliver innovative and bespoke benefits, products, and experiences. This new partnership builds on existing collaborations with Barilla, Danone, Chase Sapphire, Lincoln Motor Company, Tidal, Therabody, Lavazza, Redbull, DOGPOUND, Goldsheep, GLOSSLAB, Y7 Studio and Malin + Goetz.
ABOUT ENNISMORE
Ennismore is a creative hospitality company with a global collective of entrepreneurial and founder-built brands with purpose at their heart. It curates and manages unique properties and experiences in some of the most exciting destinations around the world.
Founded in 2011 by entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha, Ennismore and Accor entered a joint venture in 2021 to create a new autonomous entity, with Accor holding a majority shareholding. Creating the world's fastest-growing lifestyle hospitality company, it brings together Ennismore's know-how in building brands with creative storytelling, design, and authentic experiences, with Accor's wealth of knowledge in delivering scale, network growth and distribution. Under the leadership of Sharan Pasricha, Founder & Co-CEO, and Gaurav Bhushan, Co-CEO, Ennismore comprises 14 brands - with 101 operating properties and a further 137 in the pipeline - and a collection of over 150 culturally relevant and diverse restaurants and nightlife destinations.
Ennismore puts innovation at the center of everything it does, with four dedicated in-house specialist studios, which obsess every guest touchpoint, including Carte Blanched – a fully integrated F&B concept platform; a creative studio of interior and graphic designers; a digital product and tech innovation lab, and a partnerships and collaborations unit.
Ennismore has been included in Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies lists in 2020 and 2021; ranked#29 in FT1000: Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies; and is part of FT Future 100 - the UK's fastest-growing businesses that are shaping the future of their sector.
The Ennismore brands: 21c Museum Hotel, 25hours Hotels, Delano, Gleneagles, Hyde, JO&JOE, Mama Shelter, Mondrian, Morgans Originals, SLS, SO/, The Hoxton, TRIBE and Working From_. ennismore.com
ABOUT SAINT JAMES TEA
Saint James Tea is a sustainably-packaged organic line of ready-to-drink teas with a mission to better the community. The healthy and great-tasting products are beneficial for people and the planet.
Learn more at http://www.saintjamesicedtea.com or on Instagram, @SaintJamesIcedTea.
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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern has decided to retain its assistant coaches and support staff for the 2023 season after it fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald amid a hazing scandal.
Athletic director Derrick Gragg informed the coaches and staff of the decision during a meeting on Tuesday. There was no announcement by the school when it comes to the leadership of the program after Fitzgerald’s dismissal.
The first game of the season is Sept. 3 at Rutgers.
The 48-year-old Fitzgerald was fired on Monday by Northwestern President Michael Schill, who wrote in an open letter to the university community that an investigation by an outside law firm detailed hazing that “was widespread and clearly not a secret within the program.”
“The culture in Northwestern Football, while incredible in some ways, was broken in others,” Schill wrote.
Fitzgerald was originally suspended for two weeks after the school said Friday that an investigation led by attorney Maggie Hickey of law firm ArentFox Schiff did not find “sufficient” evidence that the coaching staff knew about ongoing hazing — though there were “significant opportunities” to find out about it.
Fitzgerald pointed to Hickey’s investigation as confirmation that he had no knowledge of any hazing within the program. He said in a statement that he had instructed his attorney to “take the necessary steps to protect my rights in accordance with the law.”
Fitzgerald was an All-American linebacker on the 1995 Northwestern team that won the Big Ten and played in the Rose Bowl after years of losing.
He went 110-101 in 17 seasons as the head coach at his alma mater. He led the Wildcats to Big Ten West championships in 2018 and 2020, plus five bowl victories. But they went 4-20 over his last two seasons.
The turmoil within the football program comes after the school unveiled plans in September to build a new Ryan Field. The plans call for a state-of-the-art facility featuring a reduced seating capacity and greater emphasis on the fan experience.
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Q: Ira, why do you say “non-COVID” each time you list a Heat player as being ill? We get it, there is still COVID. But you’ve said the Heat players are vaccinated and boosted. You’re bringing something up that doesn’t matter. – Edward.
A: Actually, this is something the Heat and most, if not all, teams bring up when listing a player as out due to illness, to make clear they are not putting (or have not put) other players in harm’s way. And the reality is that the NBA, even though it has stopped mandatory routine testing, still has protocols that keep players/coaches away from teams for extended periods. Of that, the Heat are well aware, with Erik Spoelstra isolated from the Heat during the latter stages of the regular season and then Bam Adebayo away from the team ahead of the playoff series against the Hawks. Put it this way, the concern of losing a player remains such that the 76ers bused across the border following their Thursday victory in Toronto so they would not be exposed to the mandatory testing required for those entering the United States by air. Yes, there are still convoluted policies that must be navigated. And that is why teams stress non-COVID when they believe it is necessary.
Q: Would you agree that in this next series, Bam has to make an injured Joel Embiid work on both ends (I’m not saying lead in points) and stay out of foul trouble? – T.G., Queens, N.Y.
A: Well, it was one thing when the thumb was limiting Joel Embiid. But now there might not even be any Embiid, due to the orbital fracture. So, yes, there are increased expectations in the middle from the Heat. But Bam Adebayo also has to play within himself, still with a somewhat limited offensive repertoire. Still, Friday night’s news was a game changer.
Q: Not sure if you know the answer, but why doesn’t the NBA re-seed each round? Not that it matters for the Heat this year, but I think if a team earned the first seed it has earned the right to take the path of least resistance to the Finals. — Kevin, Sunrise.
A: One word: television. By having a bracket, the NBA can open a series in a following round while one completes elsewhere in the conference from a previous round. That assures the league (and television partners) the prime weekend games that draw the best ratings. Otherwise, three teams that advance from the first round might have to wait for the final opening series to close in order to re-seed. In the NFL, that doesn’t matter, since everything is done the preceding weekend before the next round.
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The tool also gives homeowners a glimpse into home equity and is 30% more accurate than competitors.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lower.com, the multi-channel fintech aimed at creating wealth through homeownership, added HomePass™ Valuation to ease the stress of selling a home. The tool, part of the HomePass™ Move First program, gives homeowners an instant offer on their home and allows them to skip the showings and sell their house for top dollar.
Homeowners can use this tool to worry less about selling their current house and focus their attention on finding their next home. It's nerve-racking to look for a new home and not know exactly what equity you'll have to tap into, but HomePass™ Valuation solves that problem.
"We're reducing the pain points for homeowners and giving them an experience filled with certainty," said co-founder and CEO Dan Snyder. "You'll know exactly how much your home will sell for and be able to move without worrying about getting your current house ready to list. We're lowering the stress across the entire transaction to get you into your dream house faster."
Homeowners will also be able to offer cash for their next home through the program. After accessing the valuation tool, they'll have an instant equity amount and be pre-approved for a mortgage, so they know what they can afford to buy. Once they find a home, they'll be able to make an all-cash non-contingent offer and win the deal while financing with Lower.com behind the scenes. Once they move, their old home will be prepped and listed for sale.
HomePass™ is available in select markets with plans to expand throughout 2022. First-time homebuyers can also take advantage of the cash offer portion of HomePass™.
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Glimmer of hope in debt talks: Biden and McCarthy tag in negotiators
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Debt-limit talks shifted into an encouraging new phase Tuesday as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy named top emissaries to negotiate a deal to avert an unprecedented national default. Mr. Biden cut short an upcoming overseas trip in hopes of closing an agreement before a June 1 deadline.
The fresh set of negotiators means discussions are now largely narrowed to what the White House and Mr. McCarthy will accept to allow lawmakers to raise the debt limit in the coming days. The speaker said after a meeting with Mr. Biden and congressional leaders that a deal was “possible” by week’s end, even as – in Mr. McCarthy’s view – the two sides remained far apart for the moment.
Mr. Biden was publicly upbeat after a roughly hourlong meeting in the Oval Office, despite having to cancel the Australia and Papua New Guinea portions of his overseas trip that begins Wednesday. Mr. Biden will participate in a Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, but then return to Washington on Sunday.
“There’s still work to do,” Mr. Biden said. “But I made it clear to the speaker and others that we’ll speak regularly over the next several days and staff’s going to continue meeting daily to make sure we do not default.”
Senior White House officials, as well as top aides to the four congressional leaders – Mr. McCarthy, R-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. – have been meeting daily.
But now, Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, and legislative affairs director Louisa Terrell will take the lead in negotiations for the Democratic side, while Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., a key Mr. McCarthy ally who has been a point person for the speaker on debt and budget issues, will represent Republicans.
“Now we have a format, a structure,” Mr. McCarthy said as he returned to the Capitol.
Negotiators are racing to beat a deadline of June 1, which is when the Treasury Department has said the United States could begin defaulting on its debts for the first time in history and risk a financial catastrophe. The revised itinerary of Mr. Biden’s upcoming trip showed the urgency of the talks.
White House officials sought to soften the impact of the trip cancellations. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby noted that Mr. Biden will already have met with some of the leaders of the “Quad” – the purpose of the Australia leg of the visit – while in Japan, and the president is inviting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for an official state visit in Washington.
Still, Mr. Kirby added, “We wouldn’t even be having this discussion about the effect of the debt ceiling debate on the trip if Congress would do its job, raise the debt ceiling the way they’ve always done.”
Even as the Democratic president and the Republican speaker box around the politics of the issue – with Mr. Biden insisting he’s not negotiating over the debt ceiling and Mr. McCarthy working to extract spending cuts with the backdrop of a potential default – various areas of possible agreement appeared to be emerging.
Among the items on the table: clawing back some $30 billion in untapped COVID-19 money, imposing future budget caps, changing permit regulations to ease energy development, and putting bolstered work requirements on recipients of government aid, according to those familiar with the talks.
But congressional Democrats are growing concerned about the idea of putting new work requirements for government aid recipients after Mr. Biden suggested over the weekend he may be open to such changes. The White House remains opposed to changes in requirements for recipients of Medicaid and food stamp programs, although it is more open to revisions for beneficiaries of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash assistance program.
The idea of imposing more work requirements was “resoundingly” rejected by House Democrats at a morning caucus meeting, according to one Democrat at the private meeting and granted anonymity to discuss it.
Progressive lawmakers in particular have raised the issue. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said, “We want to make sure that these negotiations do not include spending cuts, do not include work requirements, things that would harm people, people in rural areas, black, brown, indigenous folks.”
Democratic leader Jeffries’ staff sought to assuage the concerns late Monday, while a separate group of more centrist Democrats signaled to their moderate Republican colleagues they are prepared to work something out to reach a debt ceiling deal, aides said Tuesday.
While Mr. McCarthy has complained the talks are slow-going, saying he first met with Mr. Biden more than 100 days ago, Mr. Biden has said it took Mr. McCarthy all this time to put forward his own proposal after Republicans failed to produce their budget this year.
With compounding pressure on Washington to strike a deal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday that estimates are unchanged on the possible “X-date” when the U.S. could run out of cash.
But Ms. Yellen, in a letter to the House and Senate, left some opening for a possible time extension on a national default, stating that “the actual date Treasury exhausts extraordinary measures could be a number of days or weeks later than these estimates.”
“It is essential that Congress act as soon as possible,” Ms. Yellen said Tuesday in remarks before the Independent Community Bankers of America. “In my assessment – and that of economists across the board – a U.S. default would generate an economic and financial catastrophe.”
Time is dwindling. Congress has just a few days when both the House and Senate are in session to pass legislation, although scheduled recesses could be canceled if more time is needed to clear whatever deal the White House reaches with Mr. McCarthy.
Congressional leaders will also need time to take the temperature of rank-and-file lawmakers on any agreement, and it’s not at all clear that the emerging contours go far enough to satisfy Mr. McCarthy’s hard-right faction in the House or would be acceptable to a sizable number of Democrats whose votes would almost certainly be needed to secure any final deal.
Republicans led by Mr. McCarthy want Mr. Biden to accept their proposal to roll back spending, cap future outlays and make other policy changes in the package passed last month by House Republicans. Mr. McCarthy says the House is the only chamber that has taken action to raise the debt ceiling. But the House bill is almost certain to fail in the Senate, controlled by Democrats, and Mr. Biden has said he would veto it.
An increase in the debt limit would not authorize new federal spending. It would only allow for borrowing to pay for what Congress has already approved.
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WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels.
Jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 166,000 for the week ending April 2, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The previous week's number was revised down a whopping 31,000 claims. In recent weeks, claims have hovered at more than 50-year lows. First-time applications for jobless aid generally represent the pace of layoffs.
The four-week average for claims, which compensates for weekly volatility, fell by 8,000 to 170,000 from the previous week's 178,000, which was revised down by 30,500.
In total, 1,523,000 Americans were collecting jobless aid for the week ending March 26, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week, which was the lowest in more than 50 years.
Last week, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers extended a streak of robust hiring, adding 431,000 jobs in March and pushing the unemployment rate down to 3.8%. Despite the inflation surge, persistent supply bottlenecks, damage from COVID-19 and now a war in Europe, employers have added at least 400,000 jobs for 11 straight months.
Job openings hovered at a near-record level in February, little changed from the previous month, continuing a trend that Federal Reserve officials see as a driver of inflation. There were 11.3 million available jobs last month, matching January’s figure and just below December’s record of 11.4 million, the Labor Department reported last week.
The number of Americans quitting their jobs was also historically high, at 4.4 million, up from 4.3 million in January. More than 4.5 million people quit in November, the most on records dating back two decades.
The Fed launched a high-risk effort last month to tame the worst inflation since the early 1980s, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate and signaling up to six additional rate hikes this year. The minutes from that mid-March meeting, released Wednesday, revealed aggressive Fed officials saying that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increases, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
Last week, an inflation gauge closely monitored by the central bank jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities squeezing Americans’ finances. Other measures have shown prices rising close to 8% in the past year.
Fed policymakers have projected that inflation will remain elevated at 4.3% through 2022.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Jake Heidbreder had 26 points in Air Force's 75-71 win over Delaware on Friday night.
Heidbreder added seven rebounds for the Falcons (1-1). Ethan Taylor scored 14 points, going 5 of 10 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from distance, and 2 for 5 from the line. Camden Vander Zwaag recorded nine points and shot 4 for 10, including 1 for 5 from beyond the arc.
The Fightin' Blue Hens (1-1) were led by Jameer Nelson Jr., who recorded 18 points, seven rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Jyare Davis added 15 points and four assists for Delaware. Ebby Asamoah also had 13 points.
Heidbreder put up 14 points in the first half for Air Force, which led 37-27 at the break. Air Force was outscored by six points in the second half but held on for the victory. Heidbreder led the way with 12 second-half points.
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Air Force plays Texas A&M-Commerce at home on Monday. Delaware visits Duke on Friday.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Everette Hammond and Cam Morris III had 18 points apiece in UMass Lowell's 70-59 victory against Sacred Heart on Saturday.
Hammond also contributed 11 rebounds and three steals for the River Hawks (8-1). Morris III was 8 of 9 from the floor and added 11 rebounds and three blocks. Max Brooks shot 5 of 9 from the field to finish with 10 points. It was the sixth victory in a row for the River Hawks.
The Pioneers (5-4) had three players with 13 points: Bryce Johnson, Nico Galette and Joey Reilly.
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Bismarck folks should be prepared for high temperatures. It should reach a balmy 82 degrees. Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though, with a low reaching 56 degrees. Expect periods of sun and clouds. Today's UV index is medium. Seek shade during late morning through mid-afternoon. When outside, generously apply sunscreen, wear protective clothing, a wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses. The Bismarck area should see a light breeze, with forecast models showing only 10 mph wind conditions coming up from Southwest. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Keep an eye on bismarcktribune.com for forecast information and severe weather updates.
Here is today's weather outlook for Sep. 18, 2022 in Bismarck, ND
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Not even 24 hours into the New Year, Rolling Stone Magazine decided to spice things up by updating their “Greatest Singers List” from 2008. Bumping the list up from 100 to 200, the list was compiled by staff and key contributors of the magazine, ranging in a wide variety of global genres.
With that being said, the list was largely panned by social media.
Fans, members of the industry, and others say that the list missed the mark on many levels. From talented vocalists being ranked too low (Brandy at #193, Jazmine Sullivan at #182, Gladys Knight at #101), to artists who are not really considered vocalists being ranked too high above seasoned veterans (Rihanna at #68), to folks being left off altogether (No Céline Dion?!…REALLY?!), Rolling Stone made quite a few missteps in the eyes of the public.
Possibly expecting the backlash, the publication explained their “ranking” in the article. “Before you start scrolling (and commenting), keep in mind that this is the Greatest Singers list, not the Greatest Voices List,” Rolling Stone explains. “Talent is impressive; genius is transcendent. Sure, many of the people here were born with massive pipes, perfect pitch, and boundless range. Others have rougher, stranger, or more delicate instruments… In all cases, what mattered most to us was originality, influence, the depth of an artist’s catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy.”
Yeah, all good… but you’re still getting ethered in the comments. Just saying.
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Happy Thursday! Starting our day mostly clear but clouds will increase throughout the day. Our temperatures will also be on the rise and it will be another mild day. This evening, an isolated shower is possible but most look to stay dry. We are dry overnight and mostly cloudy. More showers move in Friday morning with a cold front entering the area. These will just be passing showers in the morning and into the afternoon. Due to the cold front, we trend cooler into the weekend.
Breezy conditions from Friday through Sunday but it is shaping up to be a nice weekend. Mostly sunny conditions are expected for Saturday and Sunday. Some clouds filter in for the start of next week. Shower chances do not return until Wednesday.
Have a great day!
THURSDAY: INCREASING CLOUDS. LATE EVENING SHOWERS
HIGH: 71 LOW: 49
FRIDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY. PASSING SHOWERS. BREEZY
HIGH: 57 LOW: 37
SATURDAY: TURNING MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY
HIGH: 51 LOW: 37
SUNDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY
HIGH: 55 LOW: 38
MONDAY: SUN & CLOUDS.
HIGH: 57 LOW: 40
TUESDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY.
HIGH: 59 LOW: 41
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marc Laver used to routinely bring his son Jonnie to Sacramento's Southside Park.
Nearly 20 years ago, Marc pushed the city to turn the playground at Southside Park more inclusive. Not long after, the 'Universal Universe' playground was unveiled. It was a new concept at the time, with all inclusive play structures, padded surfaces, access ramps and handrails.
But after more than a decade of growing up on this inclusive playground, his son Jonnie passed away from meningitis complications in 2019.
But Marc never stopped visiting the park.
And in recent years, he noticed the playground's equipment had fallen on hard times. So Marc set out with a new goal, raise funds to repair the playground and install new inclusive equipment, like a wheelchair accessible merry-go-round, a special sensory music area, new bathrooms and braille signage for visually impaired kids.
Reconstruction and repair begin of November 2021. Now, families are free to enjoy the playground's new amenities.
Phil Serna, a supervisor for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, attended the reopening over Mother's Day weekend with a smile on his face.
"It certainly puts a smile on my face to know we have kind, thoughtful leaders here in our neighborhood that are willing to invest," Serna said.
Marc knows the improvements would make his son proud.
"He is here right now, I can feel it," Marc said. "I’m very grateful and I want to thank him, I always thank a lot of people, but today I thank him for allowing this to happen... and I was brave today, this is emotional for me."
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BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the current world increasingly perplexed by uncertainty, division and confrontation, the great striving of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is of significance not only for China, but also for the entire world more than ever.
In the past 10 years, China, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, has realized numerous historic achievements including eradication of absolute poverty, and completion of building China into a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
How should we view China's development in the past decade? How will the CPC's governance present inspiration to other countries? The following is an abstract of views of 10 global leading thinkers, based on the interviews the Global Times conducted with them.
Decoding China's success in the past decade
Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Prime Minister
China's stellar rise is a modern miracle. This could not have been achieved without the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). By rallying the Chinese nation, the CPC lifted the yoke of colonialism and founded the People's Republic of China in 1949. Last year, the CPC celebrated its centenary and is leading China on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. The CPC is indeed holding high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
China has modeled itself as an economic powerhouse, and under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, has emerged as a great power. Today, China is the largest economy in the world on purchasing power parity basis. The people-centered policies of the CPC have raised the standards of living of the Chinese people, with per capita income doubling in the last decade. China's dual-circulation strategy and emphasis on high-quality development are geared to deal with the economic realities.
I have full confidence that the Chinese nation will attain its dream of national rejuvenation under the leadership and guidance of the CPC.
John Key, former prime minister of New Zealand
The incredible thing with China is that the scale and size of the country makes policy development very difficult, but the bureaucracy in China has done a very good job of largely navigating some difficult challenges. Overall, in the last 10 to 20 years, China has done a good job of lifting a huge part of its population out of poverty.
I think the very strong focus of the Communist Party of China has been about lifting people out of poverty, about economic growth and development. The CPC focused on how to improve the financial well-being and therefore opportunities of the least well-off in China.
China has also been very focused on what is required for growth to take place. And it's very difficult. To do that you should have the infrastructure to support it. The Belt and Road Initiative has been quite an important initiative, not only because it links China with Europe, but also because their infrastructure is critically important to allow non-inflationary, highly productive growth to take place.
Mikhail Delyagin, deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Economic Policy
The CPC has been able to maintain its role as a source of development and stability because it constantly learns and maintains high internal competition while maintaining solidarity in the face of external forces. It was able to creatively adapt the Marxism of the 19th century and its experience of the 20th century to new requirements and implement eternal values with new methods. This is a very important and useful lesson for us.
Despite all the difficulties and problems, the CPC serves the people, not businesses, and therefore serves its country, and not global capitals which are indifferent to the fate of peoples and cultures.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of The Kuhn Foundation
China's poverty alleviation program is the best story to undermine biases and disrupt stereotypes about China. One of the main reasons is that foreigners had very limited knowledge of China's poverty alleviation commitment and campaign, and how it really worked.
Consider three powerful parallel factors: CPC leadership, General Secretary Xi's commitment, CPC mobilization.
First, the operational leadership of the CPC; not just giving directives and pronouncements but actually implementing programs and projects through the CPC's organizational structure - central government and five levels of local governments (provincial, municipal, county, township, village).
Second, the commitment of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, who by voicing his personal leadership repeatedly, and by allocating his personal time overtly, set an example that leaders and officials had to follow.
Third, the mobilization capacity of the CPC, able to command the country's resources in personnel and materials. For example, during the epidemic, assigning "sister" relationships between strong provinces and specific cities in Hubei, a strategy long employed in poverty alleviation between China's eastern and western provinces and cities.
George Yeo, former Singaporean minister of foreign affairs
The notion of a community with a shared future for mankind is an important proposal for the world. The world needs a meta-system which respects diversity and at the same time brings us all together in a cooperative effort. This does not mean the end of international competition. There will always be competition. Suppression of competition is unhealthy.
However, like competitive sports, there must be rules and there must be limits on competition so that human civilization as a whole is not harmed. We are all in the same boat called Planet Earth. Mankind can only share a common future if we believe that we are all brothers. Confucius reminded us that within the four seas, all men are brothers.
Koh King Kee, president of Center for New Inclusive Asia, a nongovernment Malaysian think tank
Underpinning China's success is CPC's people-oriented philosophy of governance and remaining true to its founding spirit of seeking happiness for the masses. People are the masters and always take the center stage in China's polity - socially, politically and economically.
Common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism. Economic growth must benefit all. Over the past 10 years, the CPC has adopted a slew of development policies and administrative measures to reduce income inequality, narrowing the wealth gap, and building a just and fair moderately prosperous society.
Poverty reduction, revitalization of rural economy, acceleration of urbanization, and making available internet technology and e-commerce to even remote villages are some of the important steps that China has taken during the last decade to reduce the rural-urban divide.
Furthermore, anti-monopoly policies and efforts to build a unified national market will improve market efficiency and promote healthy competition. Infrastructure development in the Northwest and Southwest provinces will no doubt ensure a more balanced regional development. China is also committed to building a beautiful country through green development.
China's people-oriented philosophy of governance, its efforts to build a fair and just society, its measures to promote an efficient market and green development are lessons and experiences worthy of learning by other countries.
An anchor for global stability, development
Giancarlo Elia Valori, an Italian economist
The success of China's path is an inspiration to developing countries and shows them a bright future.
From my perspective, the Chinese path is worth learning from the following points: putting improvement of people's lives at the top of governmental affairs; formulating a medium-term and long-term development strategy that suits the country's conditions; striving to maintain economic growth and solve the poverty problem; improving the country's political and economic system; and insisting on opening-up to the outside world and connecting with the world while maintaining independence.
The general principles and goals of China's policies toward developing countries are firstly based on strategic partnership, political equality, and economic cooperation. They're based on respect for each other's interests and allow all parties to benefit from cooperation.
Erik Solheim, former undersecretary-general of the United Nations and former executive director of the UN Environment Programme
The progress on air pollution in China, compared internationally, is absolutely incredible. China has reduced air pollution in seven years as much as we have done in Europe and North America in 30 years. This is absolutely remarkable and positive.
I believe it happened because this was a major demand of the Chinese people. The message was accepted by the country's political leadership. They decided to act and they acted very determinedly. That's why we're seeing pollution coming down that fast.
The "ecological civilization" coined by Chinese leadership is a great concept. It is a new way of thinking about the environment.
The old way was to avoid the negatives. Environment was about protection against the negatives. Ecological civilization, however, is about the positive, enormous progress for humans where they can live in a society which is much more environmentally friendly.
It's integrating the human aspect, the natural aspects, and technological aspects into one ̶ creating an ecological civilization, which could unify humanity in the 21st century.
Dave Bromwich, former president of the New Zealand China Friendship Society
The 20th National Congress of the CPC is a very important meeting. It's an opportunity to review the achievements and to consider and examine challenges. So they are doing it collectively, not in an adversarial way. There's a real advantage in that they can actually build on what they've got to improve. The advantage also lies in the stability that the system can provide and the consistency in the planning process. Because of the governance system where we see consistency and progress, a long vision, a five-year plan, it does provide the world with the opportunity to predict what China will do and what China has to offer.
The stability that is an outcome from China's long-term governance structure provides confidence in what China can provide to the world. This is of significant value to the majority of the nations in the world who are on the path to development, and can see China's achievements, and the assistance offered to them by China.
Danilo Türk, former president of Slovenia
Each of the two initiatives - the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative - provides an important conceptual framework for the future. Now, they have to be followed up by more detailed projects. They can be many and quite diverse.
China is a major player in global finance. Institutions like the IMF and the World Bank will have to be given new mandates, and groupings like the Paris Club of creditors have to be reformed. This kind of tasks should be part of the implementation of the Global Development Initiative. The Global Security Initiative, on the other hand, will have to contribute to the revival of the global security system with the UN at its center. Right now the world is moving toward a dangerous fragmentation of the global security landscape. Exclusive security arrangements such as NATO can be helpful to global security but only when they function within a globally established balance of power and within international law.
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SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASIS International announced that the late Aaron Salter, Jr., an Allied Universal security professional and retired police officer who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting shoppers at the Tops Friendly Market during a mass shooting, is the recipient of the 2022 Ralph Day Memorial Security Officer Heroism Award. The award will be accepted by his son, Aaron Salter III, on September 13th at the 2022 Global Security Exchange Conference.
Each year, one security officer is recognized by ASIS International, the world's largest membership organization for security management professionals and host of the GSX Conference, for outstanding service/acts in the security profession through the Ralph Day Memorial Security Officer Heroism Award. This award is meant for those that perform a heroic act that involves circumstances where a private security officer risks his or her life to save their life to protect or save lives and/or property. The award nominee must be an employee of a contract security company employed as a security officer. This is the first time this award has been bestowed posthumously.
"We admire Aaron Salter, not just for his heroic actions in May, but for the heroic life he lived protecting and serving the community for over 30 years," said Steve Jones, Global Chairman and CEO, Allied Universal. "I have been inspired and proud to see the outpouring of support for Mr. Salter's family from the Allied Universal team, the Buffalo Community and others."
On May 14th, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at the Buffalo Tops Friendly store. Ten people, including Mr. Salter, were killed and three people were injured. When a gunman wearing tactical gear and armed with an assault rifle entered the grocery store, Mr. Salter confronted the attacker, firing multiple shots, one of which struck the 18-year-old attacker's body armor. Tragically, Mr. Salter was killed by return fire. Mr. Salter is hailed as a hero by police officials, shoppers and colleagues for confronting the assailant and slowing the assault which gave time for others to move to safety.
Mr. Salter retired as a lieutenant from the Buffalo Police Traffic Division in 2018 after 30 years on the job and had worked for Allied Universal at the Tops Friendly Market post for seven years. Mr. Salter was a musician who played bass guitar, loved cars and was a scientist who invented a car engine that could run on water via hydrogen electrolysis.
Aaron Salter III established a GoFundMe page in honor of his father to help his family with this unforeseen tragedy.
Allied Universal®, a leading security and facility services company, provides proactive security services and cutting-edge smart technology to deliver tailored, integrated security solutions that allow clients to focus on their core business. Through a global workforce of approximately 800,000 people, we leverage best practices in communities all over the world. With revenues at approximately $20 billion, we are supported by efficient processes and systems that can only come with scale to help deliver our promise locally: keeping people safe so our communities can thrive. We believe there is no greater purpose than serving and safeguarding customers, communities, and people in today's world. Allied Universal is There for you®. For more information, please visit www.aus.com.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Danny Green keeps his three NBA championship rings in a safe behind lock and key. They rarely see the light of day.
The Memphis guard is proud of what it took to earn them, and grateful to have accomplished three times something some Hall of Famers did not accomplish once.
As far as fashion accessories go, however, Green’s rings are something better suited for a Liberace impersonator.
“They’re ridiculous,” Green said. “Just ignorantly gaudy. You can’t wear those in public.”
Green is 35 and on the downslope of an unlikely NBA career that has seen him play sidekick on some of the league’s most decorated teams, including the Spurs from 2010 through the summer of 2018.
As a role player and journeyman, Green understands proper championship ring storage to be an NBA first-world problem.
“I know I’ve been incredibly lucky,” Green said.
Green was the starting shooting guard on the Spurs’ 2014 championship squad. He was traded to Toronto as part of the Kawhi Leonard deal in 2018, and immediately contributed to the first NBA title in Raptors history.
A year later, Green landed next to LeBron James with the Los Angeles Lakers, who won a championship in the pandemic-marred 2019-20 campaign.
It says something that the most disappointing seasons of Green’s career were the past two in Philadelphia, when the 76ers averaged 50 wins and made back-to-back appearances in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Green came to Memphis as part of the trade that sent De’Anthony Melton to Philly last summer.
He has yet to play for the Grizzlies while recovering from a catastrophic left knee injury suffered in Game 6 of last season’s East semifinal series, one that shredded his MCL and ACL.
Even so, Green says, “life is good.”
“I couldn’t ask for a better situation,” he said.
Green hopes to be cleared to play at some point after the All-Star break in February.
He has already made his presence felt for an up-and-coming Grizzlies team that headed into Wednesday’s game against the Spurs tied with Denver atop the Western Conference.
With scintillating star Ja Morant at the helm, the Grizzlies are a team building toward NBA Finals contention.
Green is the only player on the roster who has been there.
“He’s had a substantial impact,” Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said. “He’s the ultimate pro. He’s built great relationships with his teammates already. He’s been the perfect fit.”
For Green, the path to becoming a grizzled NBA vet began in earnest in San Antonio.
He was selected in the second round of the 2009 draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers and appeared in 20 games as a rookie before being let go.
The then-23-year-old Green was signed and waived by the Spurs in November 2010, then signed again in March of the same season.
The second time around, he stuck.
By the end of the 2011-12 campaign, Green was entrenched as a starter next to Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, and ahead of Sixth Man extraordinaire Manu Ginobili.
He would become a key contributor during a Spurs era that saw four trips to the conference finals and two to the NBA Finals.
“He was a big part of what we did,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “He was always the consummate pro, just a good guy who was easy to be around.”
Green was touched when the Grizzlies visited the AT&T Center in November, and the Spurs greeted him with a tribute video as the home crowd roared along.
He can’t help but get wistful recalling his San Antonio glory days.
“I was like these kids back then,” Green said, motioning around the Grizzlies locker room at the FedEx Forum. “I think about how much I learned being around Tony, Timmy, Manu and Pop. … I’m grateful for the position I was put in, to be a part of something special, to be part of the last of that run.”
The end of that Spurs dynasty can be traced to the day Green left town.
On July 18, 2018, Green became a collateral piece of the trade that pushed the Spurs on the road to a rebuild.
Leonard, the disgruntled All-Star forward and MVP of the 2014 Finals, was sent to Toronto in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and the draft pick that later became Keldon Johnson.
Green was a throw-in whose salary was needed to make the trade salary-cap legal.
Just like that, Green’s time in San Antonio was finished after eight seasons. The move cleared the way for Green to triple his championship ring collection.
“Everything happens for a reason,” Green said.
The Spurs held on to some semblance of relevance for a few seasons with DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge on the roster but have since embraced a full-on rebuilding project.
They pulled into Wednesday’s game at the FedEx Forum with the second-worst record in the Western Conference, on the way to a fourth consecutive appearance in the draft lottery.
The club has made the playoffs only once since Green left, losing a first-round series to Denver in 2019 in seven games.
“This is a little different for them,” Green said.
Green, meanwhile, cannot relate to a rebuild.
In an NBA career spanning 14 seasons, Green has never played for a team that failed to make the playoffs. His worst team was the 2020-21 76ers, who finished 49-23.
Most of Green’s previous teams entered the postseason with genuine championship aspirations.
That has not changed in Memphis.
“That’s the goal,” Green said. “I really like this spot. I like what they’re building, and I’d like to be along for that ride.”
Indeed.
And if all goes to plan come June, Green is going to need to build a bigger vault.
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A look at what's happening around baseball today:
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Justin Verlander (3-1, 1.93 ERA) and the Houston Astros try for their eighth straight win when they visit Joe Ryan (3-1, 1.63) and the first-place Minnesota Twins in a matchup of American League contenders with identical 18-11 records.
It’s unclear if new Twins shortstop Carlos Correa will play in the three-game series against his former team because of a bruised finger. Correa has been sidelined since he was hit by a pitch late last week. The two-time All-Star and 2015 AL Rookie of the Year went from Houston to Minnesota last offseason, signing a $105.3 million, three-year contract. He can opt out after each of the first two seasons.
After completing a 7-0 homestand Sunday, the Astros open a nine-game road trip. Minnesota has swept three of its last five series and won 14 of 17 since beginning the season 4-8.
PINSTRIPE PITCHING
One day after teammate Nestor Cortes took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, Luis Severino (2-0, 3.75 ERA) starts on eight days’ rest for the New York Yankees against Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the powerful Blue Jays. Yusei Kikuchi (1-1, 4.35) goes for Toronto in the opener of a two-game series between AL East rivals at Yankee Stadium.
New York, which has won 13 of 15, boasts the best record in the majors at 20-8 — including 12-4 at home. The Yankees are 4-3 this season against Toronto, which snapped their 11-game winning streak last week.
HUNTED GREENE
Reds rookie Hunter Greene seeks redemption in his second straight start against NL Central-leading Milwaukee after he allowed five homers last time out. Greene’s eye-catching velocity has been up and down in his first month as a big leaguer, and he topped 100 mph just once while allowing eight runs against Milwaukee last Thursday.
Of course, everything is going wrong in Cincinnati. Mike Moustakas became the 14th Reds player on the injured list Monday when he was added without designation, the latest Cincinnati player apparently sidelined by COVID-19 issues on the last-place club.
First baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Jonathan India are also out for COVID-19-related reasons. Outfielder Tyler Naquin returned from the COVID-19 IL on Saturday.
MADBUM’S BACK
Arizona’s Madison Bumgarner returns to the mound against Miami after being ejected in the first inning of his previous start during a foreign substance check.
The veteran left-hander got into an argument with first base umpire Dan Bellino during the check, and the shouting match led to Bumgarner’s second career ejection. Bellino issued a public apology for his role in the exchange a few days later.
LONDON CALLING
Major League Baseball intends to play regular-season games in London in 2023, 2024 and 2026. The Cardinals and Cubs are the leading candidates to play in London next year after their scheduled 2020 meeting there was canceled due to the pandemic.
The New York Yankees swept two games against the Boston Red Sox at London’s Olympic Stadium in June 2019, MLB’s first games ever in Europe.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the formation of the MLB London Legacy Group on Monday that will include members from the Greater London Authority and Baseball Softball UK.
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As hot as the Earth's weather has been in recent years, it's about to get hotter: El Niño is on the way, with warmer sea temperatures promising new weather extremes, U.S. and international forecasters say.
For several years now, a persistent La Niña pattern in the equatorial Pacific Ocean has been easing some of the worst temperature rises, as well as shaking up precipitation patterns. But the World Meteorological Organization says that's all about to change.
"We just had the eight warmest years on record, even though we had a cooling La Niña for the past three years," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said.
In the U.S., the shift promises relief in other forms, as the outgoing La Niña is associated with more hurricane activity in the East and drought in the West.
Here's a quick guide to these two influential climate patterns:
They affect hurricanes and other weather
El Niño usually brings a quieter Atlantic hurricane season and more hurricane activity in the Pacific, while La Niña does the opposite — a dynamic that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has compared to a seesaw.
El Niño's warmer waters can also push the Pacific jet stream south. When that happens, the NOAA says, "areas in the northern U.S. and Canada are dryer and warmer than usual. But in the U.S. Gulf Coast and Southeast, these periods are wetter than usual and have increased flooding."
La Niña said farewell in March; since then, U.S. forecasters have mounted an El Niño Watch.
"There's a 62% chance that El Niño will develop during the May–July period, and more than 80% chance of El Niño by the fall," according to NOAA's Emily Becker.
La Niña cools, and El Niño warms
La Niña "acted as a temporary brake on global temperature increase," Taalas said. That's because the pattern occurs when sea surface temperatures are unusually cold and are forecast to stay that way for several months.
We've been seeing La Niña conditions since late 2020, triggering forecasts of below-normal winter temperatures for much of the northern U.S. and higher temperatures in much of the South.
But because of the new trend of warmer sea surface temperatures, Taalas added, "El Niño will most likely lead to a new spike in global heating and increase the chance of breaking temperature records" that were only recently set.
It usually takes time for the changes to exert their full effects. The WMO says the biggest impact on global temperatures isn't likely to become apparent until 2024.
The patterns shift regularly, and irregularly
The basic rule of thumb is that El Niño patterns occur more often, but La Niña usually lasts longer — sometimes for years. Most instances of either pattern usually play out over only nine to 12 months.
"El Niño and La Niña events occur every two to seven years, on average, but they don't occur on a regular schedule," the NOAA says. In addition to the two patterns, ocean temperatures are sometimes considered "neutral," meaning they're not abnormally warm or cold.
While confidence is growing that a new pattern is taking hold, it's not yet known exactly how strong this incoming El Niño might be.
Still, the World Meteorological Organization is urging people and governments to prepare for hotter and more volatile conditions, citing a possible repeat of 2016 — the warmest year on record, thanks to what the WMO calls a "'double whammy' of a very powerful El Niño event and human-induced warming from greenhouse gases."
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MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — QCR Holdings Inc. (QCRH) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $27.2 million.
The bank, based in Moline, Illinois, said it had earnings of $1.60 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.65 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.52 per share.
The bank holding company posted revenue of $120.1 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $82.7 million, also exceeding Street forecasts.
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FRANKFURT (AP) — Hundreds of Lufthansa flights were canceled Friday as pilots staged a one-day strike to press their demands for better pay and conditions at Germany’s biggest carrier.
The airline said about 800 flights were grounded at its two biggest hubs, Frankfurt and Munich, due to the walkout. More than 100,000 passengers would be affected, it said.
Lufthansa said it had offered a one-off increase of 900 euros ($900), amounting to a 5% increase for senior pilots and an 18% increase for those starting the profession.
The pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit had called for a 5.5% raise this year and an automatic above-inflation increase in 2023. In addition, pilots are seeking a new pay and holiday structure that the airline said would increase its staffing costs by about 40%, or some 900 million euros over two years.
Strikes are a common tactic in labor disputes in Germany, where powerful unions have traditionally ensured good conditions for workers.
Germany has seen the highest inflation in decades this year amid a steep rise in energy prices.
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HONG KONG — (AP) — Schools and the stock market were closed in Hong Kong on Monday as Typhoon Talim sideswiped the city and headed toward the Chinese mainland and the island province of Hainan.
Safety alerts were issued for residents and tourists who flock to the region’s beaches during the summer, urging them to stay in safe places away from possible floods or landslides.
State broadcaster CCTV showed typhoon-swept winds and waves hitting an oil platform about 200 kilometers (125 miles) offshore. More than 9,800 workers have been evacuated from such facilities as of noon on Monday, CCTV said.
In Macao, across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, schools suspended classes and public transport was shut down, CCTV said.
In a sign of the typhoon's power and range, residents outside the city of Fuzhou in Fujian province to the north were trapped in high waters as heavy rain fell, CCTV reported. About 1,000 villagers were affected and more than 50 needed to be evacuated, it said.
As Hong Kong, a key center for regional business and travel, braced for rainy and windy weather, more than 100 people sought refuge at temporary shelters. Some government and ferry services were halted and various events were postponed. The city's airport authority said 16 flights were canceled.
The Hong Kong Observatory raised a No. 8 typhoon signal, the third-highest warning under the city’s weather system, early Monday. It was the first warning of its kind issued this year.
As Talim — with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers (87 miles) per hour — gradually moved away from Hong Kong in the afternoon, the observatory downgraded its warning for the city.
China's National Meteorological Administration forecast the typhoon would make landfall in neighboring Guangdong province and Hainan province on Monday night before entering the Gulf of Tonkin and striking land again in the Guangxi region on Tuesday. Talim is expected to weaken on Wednesday in Vietnam, it said.
In Hong Kong, the government received 32 reports of fallen trees and two reports of floods. Residents were urged to stay away from the shoreline, the observatory said.
While typhoons are an annual occurrence in East Asia, this year has seen record-breaking stretches of high heat across large parts of China, South Korea and Japan. Heat stroke has led to hospitalizations and deaths, while intermittent heat and flooding have caused scores of casualties.
The meteorological administration reported that temperatures in the oasis city of Turpan in the largely arid northwestern Xinjiang region hit a record 52.2 Celsius (125.9 Fahrenheit) on Sunday. Schools and offices were closed and transport and agriculture, particularly the region’s famed vineyards, were affected, the agency said.
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The sister of Clemson defensive tackle Bryan Bresee has died of cancer.
Bresee announced Thursday on social media that his 15-year-old sister, Ella Bresee was battling an aggressive form of brain cancer.
“I know for a fact heaven has gained a beautiful angel today. Love you forever and always Ella bear,” posted on Instagram.
Ella and the Bresee family were in Clemson earlier last week and she was honored during the Furman game on Saturday. Players and staffers wore T-shirts with “Ella Strong” on them. But Ella had a setback in her condition and missed the game, returning to the hospital in Washington, D.C., closer to the family's Maryland home.
Bryan Bresee traveled there after the 35-12 victory. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Bresee could miss his fifth-ranked team's home game with Louisiana Tech on Saturday night.
“There's a lot more important things than football," Swinney said Wednesday. “He needs to focus on what he’s doing and (if) he’s ready to be back and ready to play, hey, we’ll be here. But right now, he’s right where he needs to be.”
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Since the West hit Russia with bruising sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine, a frightening question has loomed: What if Russia turns off natural gas to Europe?
It's a nightmare scenario that would plunge the region's economy into a deep recession.
That possibility is the subject of fresh hand-wringing as maintenance of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany begins on Monday. Officials have expressed concerns about whether gas flows will restart once the repair period concludes in 10 days.
"While this used to be a routine procedure that hardly attracted any attention, it is feared this time that Russia will not resume gas shipments afterwards," analysts at Commerzbank said in a note to clients.
Flows via the pipeline had already been reduced. Last month, Germany — Europe's biggest economy — declared a "gas crisis" after Gazprom, Russia's state gas company, slashed exports through Nord Stream 1 by 60%.
Gazprom blamed the move on the West's decision to withhold vital turbines because of sanctions, but it was seen by politicians in Europe as a warning shot.
"Anything can happen. It could be that the gas flows again, even more than before. It could be that nothing will come at all," Robert Habeck, Germany's economy minister, said Sunday in a radio interview. "We honestly always have to prepare for the worst and work a little bit for the best."
Nord Stream 1, which went live in 2011, transports 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Europe through the Baltic Sea. Typically, Gazprom has dealt with the maintenance period by increasing supplies traveling to Europe through other pipelines or tapping storage. This time, the company has said that's not an option, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights.
Italian gas giant Eni said on Monday that it had been told by Gazprom that it will begin supplying 21 million cubic meters of gas per day. The average over the past few days was about 32 million cubic meters per day.
Europe is racing to wean itself off Russian energy, but reducing reliance on gas is particularly tough. The region received 45% of its natural gas imports from Russia last year, and it's currently rushing to refill storage facilities ahead of winter.
Berlin has activated the second phase of its three-stage gas emergency program. That takes it one step closer to rationing supplies to industry players, a step that would deliver a huge blow to the manufacturing heart of the country's economy.
Consumers have been told to reduce demand as conservation efforts scale up. Last week, Germany's biggest landlord said it will turn down the heat for hundreds of thousands of residents in the coming months.
Benchmark natural gas prices in Europe rose to their highest level since March last week. They could continue to climb in the coming days, intensifying pressure on governments to develop contingency plans.
"Concerns are likely to push the gas price up further until it becomes clear what will happen with gas supplies once the maintenance work has been completed," Commerzbank said.
— Chris Liakos contributed reporting.
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(The Hill) — DoorDash announced Wednesday that it will offer an hourly minimum wage for drivers among other new updates to the food delivery platform.
DoorDash unveiled a series of new updates to its application and to its compensation policies Wednesday. The new compensation option will allow DoorDash delivery drivers to choose to be paid an hourly rate from when they accept an offer to when it is delivered, as well as guarantee 100 percent of the tips made on that order.
“Our business has evolved beyond just facilitating single orders from single restaurants and today, Dashers have more choice than ever when it comes to how they want to earn – from in-store shopping to package pickup and more,” DoorDash said in its announcement.
DoorDash did not detail what the expected minimum hourly wage will be in its announcement. However, The New York Times reported that the wage will depend on the region and will be between $10 to $19.50 per hour.
DoorDash also noted that delivery drivers can still earn per offer, but now they will be shown first the guaranteed minimum amount they will make on that delivery as well as still earn 100 percent of the tips. The company also announced that they will be rolling out post-checkout tipping, meaning that customers can now choose to tip DoorDash delivery up to 30 days after delivery.
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The programmatic joint venture between Good + West and Dallas-based private equity fund will comprise at least four BFR developments throughout Texas
BETHESDA, Md., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it structured a programmatic joint venture partnership for Perch, a portfolio of build-for-rent (BFR) housing developments.
Walker & Dunlop's team, led by Heather McClure, advised its client, Good + West, in identifying a co-general partner that will provide both funds and support as they execute this business plan. Good + West currently has a construction pipeline of more than $150,000,000 and plans to complete approximately $400,000,000 worth of Perch developments within the next four years. The Walker & Dunlop team identified a Dallas-based private equity fund as the ideal capital partner for Good + West.
BFRs are purpose-built housing to be operated as single-family rental investments within a contiguous community, much like traditional multifamily properties. This relatively new asset class is emerging as one of the strongest growth sectors in commercial real estate, and it is estimated the 5-10% of new build homes are BFR. The product has been steadily increasing in popularity due to current demographic trends related to Gen-Y and baby boomers. As more young couples, people with children, and retirees look to rent single-family homes with yards and upscale amenities on a long-term basis, migration patterns related to COVID-19 have accelerated demand. In addition, as the demand for BFR properties grows, an increasing number of larger investors are expanding their investment strategy to include the product.
In lockstep with the growing popularity of BFR properties, the Perch portfolio will comprise multiple dedicated rental communities, delivering a best-in-class product with outdoor spaces, outstanding design, and family-friendliness. Initially breaking ground in Texas' Dallas-Fort Worth and the Austin metro areas, the new partnership will cater to each city's increased migration and quickly growing workforce. Austin, in particular, was recently dubbed "Silicon Hills", as large tech companies including Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Oracle, and Tesla establish a presence in the area. With job growth outpacing the supply of housing inventory, the regions are a perfect fit for BFR development.
"Walker & Dunlop's team brought acuity and skill to this transaction," stated Elizabeth Good, partner at Good + West. "The team met and exceeded the requirements of this complex, highly nuanced development concept. Their local market knowledge and advisory role were critical in helping us find the ideal co-GP, allowing us to break ground on the first of several projects financed by the venture."
Ms. McClure commented, "Good + West has more than 30 combined years of multifamily development, asset management, and finance experience. They are perfectly poised to deliver unique, well designed projects that are perfectly suited to the BFR market." She added, "This transaction is a testament to our dedicated BFR practice group and Walker & Dunlop's outstanding platform, which is constantly innovating to meet the market's evolving needs."
Good + West has recently broken ground on the venture's first project, Perch Denton, a 195-Unit property to be delivered in 2023. Visit the new Perch website to learn more.
Walker & Dunlop and its dedicated BFR & SFR Practice Group are strategically positioned across the business to finance and sell these specialty communities. Our national team provides expert guidance on property sales, debt origination, and the structuring of equity to generate optimal returns and strategic relationships for our clients. The team has closed over $1 billion in this burgeoning sector and is active with over fifty groups in the space, ranging from institutional clients, homebuilders, multifamily developers, and individual investors. For information on lending, capital brokerage, or investment sales opportunities, contact our SFR & BFR Group at BFRSFR@walkerdunlop.com. To learn more about Walker & Dunlop's view on the SFR and BFR market, download our whitepaper here.
About Walker & Dunlop
Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) is one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where Americans live, work, shop and play — to life. The power of our people, premier brand, and industry-leading technology makes us more insightful and valuable to our clients, providing an unmatched experience every step of the way. With more than 1,400 employees across every major U.S. market, Walker & Dunlop has consistently been named one of Fortune's Great Places to Work® and is committed to making the commercial real estate industry more inclusive and diverse while creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities.
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General Daily Insight for May 10, 2022
Our growing need for speed could get off to a slow start. Mercury Retrograde begins today, beginning that infamous time of frustrations related to electronics and communications. However, this is overshadowed by grandiose Jupiter's entry into impulsive Aries at 7:22 pm EDT. We may be passionate about doing whatever sounds fun right that moment, but our impatient demands for change might not work out right away. Finally, the Moon in detail-oriented Virgo trines tech-focused Uranus, potentially helping us unsnarl any computer problems.
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Aries
March 21-April 19
You might feel far more confident than usual today. As expansive Jupiter enters your sign, the sky is the limit for whatever you do the work to achieve! This is also a great time to update how you present yourself to the world. However, you could find yourself tripping over your own tongue while you try to explain your brilliant ideas as quickly as they come to you. You have more time than you think to get the details right, so pace yourself.
Taurus
April 20-May 20
Money or other treasures might turn up in unexpected places for you today. As detail-oriented Mercury turns retrograde in your 2nd House of Resources, you may uncover something important that you forgot about, just at the moment that you really need it. Even if the object was hiding in plain sight all along, a discovery like this can restore your faith that life, in general, is looking out for you! This quiet confidence could be the most important reward of all.
Gemini
May 21-June 20
Reinventing yourself might be difficult, but understanding friends can make whatever you're going through easier. As supportive Jupiter enters your social 11th house today, you're likely to meet peers who share your goals -- or, at least, who appreciate what you're doing enough to sincerely cheer you on. While you may feel like many people don't understand the things that are important to you, having a secure base of support from those who do can give you the confidence you need to move forward.
Cancer
June 21-July 22
Professional progress may be possible for you now, but you might need to be careful about who hears what when. As messenger Mercury turns retrograde in your secretive 12th house, some of the information involved in a work-related change could be confidential. Though you likely have reason to be excited for what's brewing, resist the temptation to tell your friends all the details right away. The final story might still be taking shape, after all! All the necessary knowledge should be revealed in time.
Leo
July 23-August 22
Rediscovering old friends could be a special treat for you at this time. As thoughtful Mercury turns retrograde in your 11th House of Friendships, it's a great time to reconnect with people, especially those you knew through school or travel. Pursuing this is also likely to put you in contact with a younger and more adventurous version of yourself. You may need to figure out how to bring excitement into your life again! Fortunately, remembering that you've had it before can help.
Virgo
August 23-September 22
Letting go of what isn't serving you anymore can be especially rewarding for you now. As powerful Jupiter enters your 8th House of Regeneration today, you might want to focus on making room for something new to come into your life. Outdated expectations from authority figures are prime candidates for the junk heap! Though it could feel threatening to not fill the resulting void immediately, acknowledging anything that isn't working may give you space to find a clearer direction in life.
Libra
September 23-October 22
You might not want to stay lost in the crowd now. As benevolent Jupiter enters your 7th House of Relationships today, you're likely to develop the sort of one-on-one connection that really makes you feel understood. While relationships formed under this influence could trend toward a dynamic where one person is the teacher and the other is the student, learning can be so much fun that maybe it won't matter. Exploring something intellectual together may take you both on a wonderfully transformative tangent.
Scorpio
October 23-November 21
New opportunities to use your practical skills could present themselves at any moment. As energetic Jupiter enters your 6th House of Work, you might feel like all of your effort is finally getting somewhere. Though you may be busy, the more rewarding tasks are probably worth it. However, sorting out the bureaucratic details as you make a professional or public shift can be frustrating. Try to be patient with any processes involving taxes or insurance, but also pay attention to what's going on with them.
Sagittarius
November 22-December 21
Misunderstandings could pop up for you today, but happily, solving them should be easier than usual. As communication planet Mercury turns retrograde in your 7th House of Relationships, you may run into some snags in your close connections. Thankfully, you're equipped to get yourself out of whatever trouble arises by doing something fun or entertaining. The people you're dealing with probably want to be cheered up more than they want to stay mad at you, so focus on delivering a good time.
Capricorn
December 22-January 19
Making your home comfortable may be a high priority for you today. As opulent Jupiter enters your domestic 4th house, you're likely tempted to spare no expense to get exactly what you want. However, keep in mind that you might also be able to do more with what you already have before you go on any shopping sprees. A thorough cleaning is a good place to start, as that can help you get a sense of the space you're working with.
Aquarius
January 20-February 18
Running errands can be a lot of fun today. With adventurous Jupiter now in your 3rd House of Short Trips, simply seeing a new neighborhood in your city could be totally exciting. Even if what you originally went there for isn't that interesting, you may find yourself noticing parks, restaurants, stores, and more things that you'd like to explore further. If you're able to chat with people while you're out and about, all the better! Enjoy checking off your to-do list.
Pisces
February 19-March 20
Healthy confidence might be the most important ingredient in your current recipe for financial success. As abundant Jupiter enters your 2nd House of Money, you may be surprised by circumstances unfolding in your favor. What you have more personal control over, however, is how you think about things. When you look at what you already have with an optimistic view instead of catastrophizing about how it won't be enough to meet your needs, you can plan to use your resources wisely.
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In the end, after a lot of drama, Senator Joe Manchin did the right thing. And by signing off on a legislative deal that will reduce the deficit, cut drug costs and invest in zero-carbon domestic energy, he has made many progressives very happy.
West Virginia is not just a conservative state; it is practically the most conservative state in the country. President Joe Biden won 29.7% of the vote there in 2020, his worst performance in any state except Wyoming. If a Democrat can win in West Virginia based on a strong local brand and being more conservative than Biden, then why not in Kansas, Montana, Missouri or Indiana, where Biden got 41% of the vote? Why not Ohio or Iowa (45%), Texas (46%), Florida (48%) or North Carolina (49%)?
Democrats, of course, try to win in those last five states. But candidates such as Tim Ryan and Val Demings run as essentially mainstream Biden Democrats (in Ohio and Florida, respectively). That’s fine by me — I like the president. And I like Ryan and Demings. They’ve both charismatic, they’re running smart campaigns, and I expect they’ll both somewhat outperform Biden’s local approval rating. But they’ll still probably lose.
It would be interesting to see more candidates in red states define themselves as “Joe Manchin Democrats,” drawing fundamental distinctions between their views and Biden’s.
Prior to last week, many liberals talked themselves into the view that Manchin is a crypto-Republican and that anyone who’s more conservative than Biden must be the second coming of Mitt Romney. But this is nonsense. Progressives, by their own estimation, have a genuinely sweeping vision for the transformation of American society. They want to remake the US energy system. They want a European-style welfare state. They want a unionized economy. They want to overturn American gun culture.
They want a lot of things! And there’s nothing wrong with having huge ambitions. But when your ambitions are enormous, it means there’s a lot of scope for people to have smaller ambitions without being doctrinaire conservatives.
And that’s Joe Manchin. He acknowledges the science of climate change and thinks rich people should pay their fair share of taxes. But he does not really buy into the notion that there should be a sweeping transformation of American society. That’s a perfectly reasonable worldview, and the presence of members of Congress who favor some change is useful to those who favor lots of change.
The biggest problem with Manchin is that there’s just one of him. So Democrats have zero margin for error on anything.
An equivalently conservative senator from Kansas would not have Manchin’s relationship with the coal industry and would probably be more enthusiastic about wind power. A Floridian Manchin would probably be more forceful in his advocacy of abortion rights. A North Carolinian Manchin would be a more zealous anti-racist.
The point here should be obvious: A senator who agrees with progressives about a few things is much better than a senator who agrees with them about nothing. But this wisdom has been lost in the wind. Democrats running in red states happily distance themselves from “the Squad” and obviously toxic ideas like defunding the police. But the red states are places that, by definition, rejected not only Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders but also Joe Biden. To secure the votes of people who backed Donald Trump twice, Democratic candidates need to agree with Trump about some things.
This is anathema to most progressive intellectuals and activists, of course. Many of them consider Biden himself a distressingly moderate alternative to their favorite politicians.
But that’s why the left ought to pay more attention to the genuinely enthusiastic reaction on their own side to the announcement of the Inflation Reduction Act. This bill is tiny compared to progressives’ grandiose ambitions. At the same time, it’s a huge improvement on the status quo. Passing it would count as a victory rationally and feel like one emotionally.
And it’s the presence of Manchin that makes all this possible. His presence in the caucus ought to be celebrated rather than tolerated, and recruitment efforts in tough races should deliberately focus on building a team of Manchinist candidates who put clear distance between themselves and mainstream Democrats while also adhering to some progressive positions.
That would mean returning to something more like the pre-2014 era, when the Democratic caucus had distinct conservative and progressive wings, with most members somewhere in between. More recently, the progressive bloc has grown and the conservative wing has shrunk.
That’s provided a boost to progressive egos. But as last week shows, ultimately even hard-core ideologues prefer getting things done to accomplishing nothing. And that means more Manchins — and more Manchinism.
More From Bloomberg Opinion:
• Manchin’s Turnaround Gives Clean Tech a Jolt: Liam Denning
• The Surprise Manchin-Schumer Deal Would Be a Huge Win: The Editors
• Democrats Should Blame Themselves, Not Manchin: Ramesh Ponnuru
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Matthew Yglesias is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A co-founder of and former columnist for Vox, he writes the Slow Boring blog and newsletter. He is author, most recently, of “One Billion Americans.”
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops in Ukraine are deliberately attacking the country's museums, libraries and other cultural institutions, according to a report issued Friday by the U.S. and Ukrainian chapters of the international writers' organization PEN.
“Culture is not collateral damage in the war against Ukraine; it's a target, a central pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's justification for the war,” the report stated. “Putin has repeatedly claimed that Ukrainian culture and language simply don't exist. By targeting art museums, music halls, libraries, theaters and historical sites, he attempts to make it so.”
PEN cited Ukraine's Ministry of Culture as saying that 529 “cultural heritage and cultural institutions” have been destroyed or damaged since the war started on Feb. 24. The figure includes both sites of national importance and cultural venues in towns and villages, the report said.
The list includes one of the war's most notorious incidents - the bombing in March of the main drama theater in the city of Mariupol, where hundreds of people were sheltering from the city's siege. Some 600 people died in the attack, according to an Associated Press investigation.
Two large inscriptions reading “children” on the ground adjacent to the theater indicated that Russian forces knew civilians were inside and “it seems likely that the theater was targeted for its cultural significance,” the report said.
The PEN report said Russian soldiers also have seized and destroyed Ukrainian literature and Ukrainian-language books from public libraries in occupied regions.
The report acknowledged that “it is not always possible to determine if the bombings of cultural sites are deliberate or the result of Russia's indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas.”
Russian attacks on Ukrainian culture and the language predate the start of the war and began in 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula and supported separatist fighters in the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces of eastern Ukraine, PEN said.
PEN Ukraine said it has documented 31 civilian writers, artists and other cultural workers killed in Russian attacks this year, and that some other cultural figures have died while fighting with Ukrainian forces.
American author and publisher Dave Eggers, part of the PEN delegation that presented the report, said he thinks the attacks have backfired internationally.
“The irony of Putin's attempts to erase the culture and heritage of Ukraine (is it) has only enriched their culture and made the world pay attention and be far more interested in Ukrainian writers and traditions,” Eggers said at a news conference.
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NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings.
Shareholders who purchased shares of BKKT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Bakkt securities between March 31, 2021 and November 19, 2021, both dates inclusive; and/or (b) Bakkt Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC completed on or about October 15, 2021.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had defective financial controls; (ii) as a result, there were errors in the Company's financial statements related to the misclassification of certain shares issued prior to the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC; (iii) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements; (iv) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of these issues; (v) the Company overstated its remediation of its defective financial controls; and (vi) as a result, the documents issued in connection with the business combination and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
DEADLINE: June 20, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/bakkt-holdings-inc-f-k-a-vpc-impact-acquisition-holdings-loss-submission-form/?id=27345&from=4
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AYODHYA, India (AP) — Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he doesn’t recognize anymore.
It’s a country, the 68-year-old says, where Muslims are ignored, where rising attacks against them are encouraged, and where an emboldened Hindu majoritarian government is seizing its chance to put the minority community in its place.
Swami Ram Das thinks otherwise, echoing a belief system central to Hindu nationalism.
The 48-year-old Hindu priest says India is on a quest to redeem its religious past and that the country is fundamentally a Hindu nation where minorities, especially Muslims, must subscribe to Hindu primacy.
Abidi and Das are two ordinary citizens living in one city in a country of more than 1.4 billion people that is on the cusp of becoming the world’s most populated nation. Together they embody the opposing sides of a deeply entrenched religious divide that presents India with one of its biggest challenges: to safeguard freedoms for its Muslim minority at a time when a rising tide of Hindu nationalism is eroding the country’s secular underpinnings.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of an ongoing series exploring what it means for the 1.4 billion inhabitants of India to live in what will be the world’s most populated country.
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India will have an estimated 1.4286 billion people against China’s 1.4257 billion by mid-2023, according to United Nations projections. It is home to some 200 million Muslims who make up the predominantly Hindu country’s largest minority group. They are scattered across almost every part of India, where a systemic anti-Muslim fury has descended since Prime Minister Narendra Modi first assumed power in 2014.
Though India’s communal fractures date back to its bloody partition in 1947, most Indians trace the roots of the latest religious fault lines to a small temple city in northern India, where the Hindu nationalist movement was galvanized in 1992 after Hindu mobs demolished a historic mosque to make way for a temple.
Since then, the city of Ayodhya has, in many ways, become a religious microcosm of India, where a diverse, multicultural past has gradually been overrun by ruptured relationships between Hindus and Muslims.
It’s also a city Abidi and Das call home.
They have meandered through its narrow, winding streets overrun by temple monkeys and Hindu monks who ask passersby for alms in exchange for blessings. They have walked past its brimming bazaars where miniature idols of Ram are sold to pilgrims visiting from India’s vast hinterlands. They have begun their mornings with calls for prayers spilling out of mosque loudspeakers and Vedic hymns chant in the temples.
Beyond these shared experiences lie stark differences.
For Das, a broad-shouldered man with a stout frame, Ayodhya is the birthplace of Ram, Hinduism’s most revered deity. The city also hosts one of Hinduism’s most sacred sites — Ram’s grand temple — which will open to pilgrims next year. It is imperative that the city clings to its Hindu character, Das says.
“Our forefathers have fought for this temple and sacrificed lives for it. Today their dream is getting fulfilled,” he says, circled by a group of devotees.
The temple is being constructed where the 16th-century Babri mosque was demolished by Hindu hardliners who claim Muslim rulers built it at the exact spot where Ram was born. When it was razed on Dec. 6, 1992, Das was there, watching a frenzied Hindu mob climb its rounded domes and tear it down with pickaxes and crowbars.
“There was so much excitement to destroy that disgraced structure that no one cared about the falling debris,” he recounts, prompting his disciples to chant “Jai Sri Ram,” or “Hail Lord Ram,” a slogan that has become a battle cry for Hindu nationalists.
The 30-year campaign to build the temple saw subsequent religious violence and a bitter legal battle over the site that Hindus won in 2019. Muslims were given alternate land on the city outskirts to build a new mosque. A year later, Modi attended the temple’s groundbreaking ceremony.
For Abidi, a tall man in clothes that hang off his frame, it marked a sad chapter for India’s Muslims.
“The hearts of Muslims are broken. No Muslim opposes the construction of Ram temple, but such unilateral changes are impacting India’s culture,” he says, arguing the former mosque was essential to the city’s Muslim identity.
As for his city, it has already gone through major changes.
For decades Ayodhya city was part of Uttar Pradesh state’s Faizabad district. But in 2018, authorities changed the entire district’s name from Faizabad to Ayodhya, a move that reflected the Modi government’s pattern of replacing prominent Muslim geographic names with Hindu ones.
For Abidi it indicates a worrying trend: “To erase everything that remotely reflects Muslim culture.”
Today, Ayodhya is taken over by frenetic construction of hotels, bringing in tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims. Construction workers are busy making way for wider highways. All that is expected to boost the city’s economy. But at what cost, Abidi reckons.
“The relationship Hindus and Muslims used to share is barely visible anymore,” he says.
India’s religious fault lines have become pronounced under Modi. Scores of Muslims have been lynched by Hindu mobs over allegations of eating beef or smuggling cow, an animal considered holy to Hindus. Muslim businesses have been boycotted, their localities have been bulldozed and places of worship set on fire. Sometimes open calls have been made for their genocide.
Critics say Modi’s conspicuous silence over such attacks has emboldened some of his most extreme supporters and enabled more hate speech against Muslims.
Muslims have been falsely accused of manipulating Hindu women into marriages and producing more children to establish domination. The government data shows otherwise: India’s religious composition has been largely stable since 1947 and the fertility rate of Muslims has declined from 4.4 in 1992 to 2.3 in 2020.
“It is never going to be possible if you look at the data. We should forget and ignore this rhetoric,” says Poonam Muttreja, director at the Population Foundation of India.
Muslims also have the lowest literacy among all major Indian religious communities. They have faced discrimination in employment and housing and hold a little less than 5% of seats in the parliament, their lowest share ever.
For Abidi, all this represents a grim future, one where India’s secular character lives only in people’s memories.
“Every Muslim in today’s India finds himself unsafe,” he says.
Das disagrees, arguing that Muslims are still free to pray and practice their religion. “But we will correct the mistakes made by your ancestors.”
Das is referring to the Mughals who ruled India before the British made it their colony.
Scorn for Mughal rulers, who are not ancestors of Indian Muslims and only shared a similar faith, is distinctive to India’s Hindu nationalists, who claim Mughals destroyed Hindu culture. It has prompted Hindu nationalists to seek ownership of hundreds of historic mosques they say are built over demolished temples.
In Ayodhya, longtime Muslim locals have made compromises to avoid tension with Hindu neighbors.
Last year when the Muharram procession overlapped with a Hindu festival, Muslim leaders changed the timing of their march to avoid confrontation. This year, Muslims in the city had to forgo selling and consumption of meat during another Hindu festival that coincided with the beginning days of Ramadan.
In such an atmosphere, Abidi says, only religious tolerance can stop India’s communal fractures from worsening.
“India will only survive if we mend hearts and not break them,” he says.
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Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
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Pharmacists in Indiana can prescribe birth control under state legislation now in effect.
The measure, HB 1568, aims to provide greater access to hormonal contraceptives, particularly in the one in four Indiana counties that are considered "maternity care deserts." That means there are no hospitals or birth centers offering obstetric care and no obstetric providers.
Physicians such as Dr. Tracey Wilkinson told lawmakers that allowing pharmacists to prescription birth control will reduce health care costs associated with unintended pregnancies and improves overall health.
“An analysis done to examine the effects of pharmacy access in Indiana has shown that if just 10 percent of birth control prescriptions came from pharmacists, we would prevent 86 unintended pregnancies each year,” Wilkinson said.
There are limits to the new law. First, it’s an option for pharmacists – they don’t have to prescribe if they don’t want to.
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The prescriptions can only be for up to six months. And after a year of getting prescriptions from a pharmacist, a patient must see a doctor, advanced practice nurse or physician assistant.
Lawmakers also approved a bill, SB 252, that allows providers to transfer long-acting, reversible contraceptive devices such as birth control implants from one Medicaid patient to another, if the devices were unused.
Previously, if such a device was ordered for a Medicaid patient and was not used, it had to be discarded. Proponents of the measure say it will help make the devices more accessible.
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Amazon delivers more than 80 packages to wrong house
WASHINGTON (WUSA) - Many people order from Amazon, buying items with a couple of taps on the phone, and the package will show up at the door, often in a day or two.
One woman in Washington D.C. said she hasn’t ordered anything, but the packages keep coming.
Since last fall, she’s gotten nearly 80 packages. And not one of them was addressed to her.
“Well, that’s the game,” Liz Geltman said. “Everybody asks me how many Amazon boxes today. And they don’t mean my shopping.”
Like so many people, Geltman shops on Amazon. But she never imagined a delivery like this one.
“On my doorstep, it was two rows almost covering the door. It looked like these big, towering blocks of children’s blocks of Legos all the way up to, covering the door of my house,” she said.
Fourteen Amazon boxes were sitting outside her home, all addressed to someone named Meng Xian Kuan.
Geltman doesn’t know anyone by that name and reached out to Amazon.
“And so we called up and said, ‘These aren’t our packages,’” she said.
Instead of coming to get the boxes, Amazon told her to just keep them.
Inside the packages, Geltman found children’s bedding.
“It hurts my soul to just throw things out,” she said.
At first, she tried giving the sheets away.
“And then they kept coming and coming and coming,” she said.
Geltman said it’s been happening since last fall.
She’s received 80 boxes and counting. All were addressed to Meng Xian Kuan and filled with children’s bedding.
Geltman said she can’t get Amazon to quit sending them.
She even tried stopping the delivery drivers, right in their tracks.
“And they won’t take it back on their trucks either. It’s like they just leave it. This is yours,” she said.
So, she’s been going back and forth to the Amazon return center at Whole Foods every time another stack shows up at her door.
“Well, it’s very frustrating on multiple levels,” she said.
Geltman said she’s called Amazon repeatedly and they didn’t help at all. The return labels are from Amazon distribution centers throughout the country.
Geltman said when she asked Amazon to just take her address out of the sender’s account, Amazon said no. She said they told her it was to protect the privacy concerns of whoever was sending all of these boxes.
WUSA reached out to Amazon and, after multiple calls and emails, the company said it would apologize to Geltman.
Amazon also agreed to start picking up the mysterious packages from her home while it works with the seller to stop the deliveries altogether.
Geltman said she has received at least nine more Amazon boxes since her interview with WUSA.
“This has been ridiculous,” she said.
Geltman estimates she has received about $4,000 worth of children’s bedding.
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NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of TrueBlue, Inc. (NYSE: TBI) resulting from allegations that TrueBlue may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased TrueBlue securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7019 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On June 15, 2022, during trading hours, TrueBlue issued a press release "announc[ing] … that Patrick Beharelle has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of TrueBlue, effective June 14, 2022." The Company stated that "Mr. Beharelle's resignation follows an investigation, led by outside counsel, into allegations regarding his conduct. Based on the investigation's findings, the Board of Directors determined that he had engaged in behaviors that violated TrueBlue's policies and Code of Conduct. Mr. Beharelle's conduct in question was not related to financial controls, financial statements, or business performance."
On this news, TrueBlue's stock price fell $1.06 per share, or 5%, to close at $18.55 per share on June 15, 2022.
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PREP GIRLS TENNIS
First two rounds of Northeast Corner Conference Tournament at Angola, 4:30 p.m.
Lakewood Park at Canterbury, 4:30 p.m.
Bellmont at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.
PREP BOYS GOLF
Manchester at West Noble, 4:30 p.m.
East Noble at Huntington North, 5 p.m.
Eastside and Lakeland at Fairfield (Meadow Valley), 5 p.m.
Fremont at Blackhawk Christian (Cherry Hill), 5:15 p.m.
PREP BASEBALL
Central Noble at Angola, 5:30 p.m.
Bellmont at DeKalb, 5:30 p.m.
West Noble at Eastside, 5:30 p.m.
Westview at Churubusco, 5:30 p.m.
East Noble at New Haven, 5:30 p.m.
Fremont at Lakeland, 5:30 p.m.
Hamilton at Garrett, 5:30 p.m.
Fairfield at Prairie Heights, 5:30 p.m.
Lakewood Park at Bethany Christian, 5:30 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Central Noble at Angola, 5:30 p.m.
West Noble at Eastside, 5:30 p.m.
Westview at Churubusco, 5:30 p.m.
New Haven at East Noble, 5:30 p.m.
Fremont at Lakeland, 5:30 p.m.
Garrett at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.
Fairfield at Prairie Heights, 5:30 p.m.
Fort Wayne South Side at Lakewood Park, 5:30 p.m.
PREP UNIFIED TRACK
DeKalb at Warsaw, 5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
MIAA Tournament at Trine
First round, Adrian vs, Trine, 11 a.m.
First round, Alma vs. Calvin, 1 p.m.
Elimination game between first-round losers, 3:30 p.m.
Semifinal game between first-round winners, 5:30 p.m.
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