SOMERVILLE, N.J. , Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Specified Technologies Inc. has announced their latest Firestop Clash Management (FCM) and Firestop Locator (FSL) releases. FCM automates the process of locating and assigning firestop solutions to conditions within Autodesk ® Revit ® , enabling firestop novices to find firestop solutions like a firestop expert. In this latest release, STI has further expanded the capabilities of FCM by integrating it with their firestop documentation and compliance tool, Firestop Locator (FSL). FSL enables contractors and facilities' teams to document the status, location, and products used for any and all fire life safety services across a building. In the latest update for FSL, teams can now create custom items to track any service on their project beyond the base six (Penetration, Joint, Extinguisher, Door, Damper, and Barrier). Teams can also modify the base six items to include project specific inspection and maintenance requirements and any other details that they would like to be tracked. With this new integration, decisions made during the design phase of a building using FCM are seamlessly passed into FSL during the construction phase, giving implementation teams a jump start on work to be done. This integration also improves data integrity and eliminates the guesswork in the field of determining what firestop systems and products are to be used where. "We're proud of the latest releases of FCM and FSL and look forward to continuing to support the fire life safety community," says Justin Pine, Sr. Manager of Software & Services. Specified Technologies Inc. promotes life and building safety by developing innovative fire protection systems and accompanying digital tools that help stop the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. Our SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered for easy installation and deliver powerful performance, often resulting in lower installed costs. Since firestopping is our only business, we concentrate all our resources on providing the highest quality, fully tested, innovative firestopping solutions. Contact: Jess Bern ; jbern@stifirestop.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/specified-technologies-inc-unveils-firestop-clash-management-and-locator-updates-302314629.html SOURCE Specified Technologies, Inc.

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Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Teradata Co. ( NYSE:TDC – Free Report ) by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 133,783 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 2,579 shares during the quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. owned approximately 0.14% of Teradata worth $4,059,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Teradata by 3.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 11,841,180 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $457,898,000 after purchasing an additional 377,761 shares in the last quarter. Lynrock Lake LP boosted its position in Teradata by 9.9% in the second quarter. Lynrock Lake LP now owns 6,666,666 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $230,400,000 after buying an additional 600,000 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Teradata by 60.9% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,136,209 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $73,827,000 after buying an additional 808,691 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Teradata by 27.5% during the second quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,702,179 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $58,827,000 after buying an additional 367,641 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boston Trust Walden Corp lifted its stake in shares of Teradata by 14.5% in the 2nd quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 1,673,431 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $57,834,000 after acquiring an additional 212,359 shares during the last quarter. 90.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Insiders Place Their Bets In other news, insider Hillary Ashton sold 14,962 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.53, for a total value of $411,903.86. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 121,382 shares in the company, valued at $3,341,646.46. This trade represents a 10.97 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link . Also, insider Margaret A. Treese sold 5,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.50, for a total value of $156,750.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 96,783 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,758,315.50. This trade represents a 5.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Company insiders own 0.92% of the company’s stock. Teradata Trading Up 1.1 % Teradata ( NYSE:TDC – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The technology company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.13. Teradata had a net margin of 4.56% and a return on equity of 145.40%. The business had revenue of $440.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $417.71 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.14 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts expect that Teradata Co. will post 1.41 earnings per share for the current year. Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. JMP Securities cut Teradata from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 6th. StockNews.com raised Teradata from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. Northland Securities cut their target price on shares of Teradata from $38.00 to $37.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Teradata from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Teradata from $30.00 to $29.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $39.91. View Our Latest Stock Report on TDC About Teradata ( Free Report ) Teradata Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics. The company offers Teradata Vantage, an open and connected platform designed to leverage data across an enterprise. Its business consulting services include support services for organizations to establish a data and analytic vision, enable a multi-cloud ecosystem architecture, and identify and operationalize analytical opportunities, as well as to ensure the analytical infrastructure delivers value. 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Oh, how the NBA's Big Three landscape has changed. This is not just a reference to their winnowing frequency—though, that is certainly part of it. The introduction of the second apron and the multitude of ways it penalizes lofty payrolls has rendered traditional three-star models more prohibitive than ever. This inherently limits the pool from which we choose trios to rank. And while we should still have more than a handful of options, we are not basking in the afterglow of free agency anymore. Reality is setting in for many. Games are being played—or, in many cases, not being played. This invariably foists a boatload of asterisks, caveats and notable exclusions upon us. And it creates an environment in which figuring out what qualifies as a Big Three is more than half the battle. After that, it gets straightforward. We will rank trios by how well they are faring so far. Collective returns—i.e. net rating—will shape which triumvirates make the top five. Once we have them, though, we will be weighing individual performances from each member to create a more subjective hierarchy. Any potential tiebreakers or close calls will be made by answering one question: Which troika would we rather have for the rest of this season ? In order to qualify for Big Three consideration, triplings must meet one of the following criteria: Trios must also have played at least 150 minutes together entering games on Thursday, Nov. 21. This threshold is somewhat arbitrary, but it gives us a sample of over 200 three-man combinations. Yes, results during court time matter more than anything. Yet, if Big Threes haven't been available enough to crack top-200 usage, it can and should eat into the overarching value they've delivered so far. Finally, for certain teams, it can be hard to pin down the exact members of their Big Three, mostly because they're built to dominate by committee or in the vein of Big Fours. In these cases, we will default to the squad's best three players to this point, even if the prevailing consensus entering the season would have spotlighted a different name (or two). Dallas Mavericks: Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II/Klay Thompson Let's just get out in front of the inevitable "What about Dallas?!" inquiries from those determined to feel slighted. Neither Lively nor Thompson reasonably qualifies as a present-day finishing touch to a Big Three. Memphis Grizzlies: Desmond Bane, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Ja Morant Death, taxes and too many injuries in Memphis. Bane, Jackson and Morant have appeared in just two games together for a total of 18 minutes. Miami Heat: Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro Herro is playing well enough for this trio to have an argument. But the Heat are still getting absolutely trucked with all three on the court. Milwaukee Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton Middleton has yet to play this season as he recovers from dual-ankle surgery, so this is a no-go. Squeezing Brook Lopez in here helps Milwaukee's overall case, but it stretches the boundaries of our criteria. And even if you think it doesn't, their minutes together aren't yet good enough to usurp what's to come. New Orleans Pelicans: Brandon Ingram, Dejounte Murray and Zion Williamson Would this group have the juice to party crash the discussion? We'll never know so long as injuries continuing ripping through every nook and cranny of the Pelicans roster. Philadelphia 76ers: Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey This trio came close to topping our preseason rankings. But, uh, Big Threes must actually play together to be considered Big Threes. These guys have yet to see the floor at the same time. And at this rate, this might not happen before Thanksgiving—or maybe Christmas. (Also: Philly is a disaster.) Phoenix Suns: Bradley Beal, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant Excluding these three off-rip is difficult. But they have tallied just 149 minutes together, and, well, rules are rules. The Big Three: Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle Minutes Played: 273 Net Rating: 8.9 It has not always looked pretty for the Minnesota Timberwolves' Big Three. There is a real push and pull of awkwardness between Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle at both ends of the hardwood. Minnesota is making it work anyway. Anthony Edwards' three-point volume is critical to the process. He has downed over 45.4 percent of his triples when playing beside Gobert and Randle, according to PBP Stats . The openings he carves out in tighter confines are indispensable–and a huge reason why Randle converts more than 55 percent of his twos during Big Three stints. Better defensive returns are piling in for this trio to boot. The Timberwolves are up to the 71st percentile in points allowed per possession when all three are together, and head coach Chris Finch is getting better at deciding which levers to pull with the supporting cast around them. The crunch-time synergy and thermonuclear play from Randle and Edwards is currently off the charts . Cutting down turnovers during their minutes would elevate this troika's stock even higher. That'll fall on Randle and Gobert more than Edwards. Still, as far as early returns go, these three are more tantalizing together than many initially thought following the Karl-Anthony Towns trade. Honorable Mention: OG Anunoby, Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns The Big Three: DeMar DeRozan, De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis Minutes Played: 259 Net Rating: 11.2 Remember when people were concerned about how the spacing would look for the Sacramento Kings' offense with the Big Three on the court? Or how some wondered whether this could be the season that an age-35 DeMar DeRozan showed regression? LOL . Sacramento has a 121 offensive rating with DeRozan, De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis on the floor. What's more, the defense has largely survived—without any real fluky opponent shooting . The Kings continue to do a good job of limiting looks at the rim with their core units, and as the Big Three's sample expands alongside Keon Ellis and Keon Murray, that five-man unit may emerge as a cheat code . Losing DeRozan to a back injury the past few games has unleashed Fox's scoring to historical measures. But the shot-making from everyone translates to joint minutes. Sabonis and Fox are both nailing over 67 percent of their twos during Big Three stretches while DeRozan checks in at a tidy 56.2 percent, per PBP Stats . You would normally question the sustainability and even logic of a trio lighting it up on twos away from the rim. These Kings aren't normal. That's what makes this Big Three potentially special. What they're doing together feels sustainable. And it includes Fox and DeRozan, respectively, leading the league in crunch-time makes. The Big Three: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams Minutes Played: 156 Net Rating: 10.5 Enjoy the Oklahoma City Thunder Big Three's eligibility while it lasts. Chet Holmgren's hip injury will eventually deprive this trio of enough volume to appear in future editions. We aren't there yet, though. A somewhat wonky start to the season for Jalen Williams could have derailed Oklahoma City's seeming invincibility. Holmgren's own defensive gall and deeper offensive armory ensured it never did. J-Dub, of course, has since come around. He's clearing 20 points and five assists on roughly 60 true shooting—benchmarks currently being hit by (mostly) a who's who of All-NBA candidates. His production has featured another uptick in self-creation, particularly inside the arc, and a body of work at the other end that makes you wonder whether an entire All-Defense team can be populated by strictly Thunder players. SGA's performance requires zero vamping. He is tracking toward a third consecutive top-five MVP finish—and even more All-Defense consideration than he received last year. The Big Three: Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley Minutes Played: 218 Net Rating: 4.4 Collective returns with Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley on the court can be somewhat hazy relative to the Cleveland Cavaliers' overall dominance. That's only because some of their staggered combinations are just so damn good. Slotting this trio any lower than No. 2 verges on impossible when looking at their individual performances. Mitchell is averaging the quietest 24-plus points on better than 40 percent shooting from deep you'll ever see. His ability to read the room and shape-shift his offensive role alongside Garland, in particular, is at an all-time high. Mobley's defensive transcendence remains intact, and he's inching closer to All-Stardom on offense. Slightly extra three-point volume is going a long way, but his aggression and physicality when getting downhill is the bigger difference-maker. Garland, meanwhile, is this team's MVP. He's averaging around 20 points and seven assists while banging in about 40 percent of his threes. His own downhill attacking is much improved—more variable, more efficient, more devastating. He also ranks third in crunch-time buckets, just in case you're into that sort of thing. The Big Three: Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Derrick White Minutes Played: 248 Net Rating: 15.5 The only thing debatable about the Boston Celtics' Big Three is the members who populate it. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are non-negotiables. Kristaps Porziņģis' injury makes the decision easier, turning this into a Jrue Holiday-or-Derrick White proposition. If I'm being honest, the answer doesn't really matter. Boston would claim the top spot anyway. But White has separated himself enough to get the decided nod. Holiday will still handle tougher individual defensive assignments. White is more integral to the offense. His scoring and outside volume have ticked up yet again, and he's no worse than Boston's second-best passer. Outstripping Cleveland's Big Three is a tougher call than the net ratings indicate. But Tatum (passing, foul-drawing) and Brown (stronger, drawing way more fouls) have both leveled up areas of their own game—no small feat as entrenched All-NBA selections. Do not be surprised if the Celtics wind up being the only team to have three All-Stars this season. Dan Favale covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter ( @danfavale ), and subscribe to the Hardwood Knocks podcast, co-hosted by Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes . Unless otherwise cited, stats courtesy of NBA.com , Basketball Reference , Stathead or Cleaning the Glass . Salary information via Spotrac . Draft-pick obligations via RealGM .Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF ( NYSEARCA:BLOK – Get Free Report )’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $50.99 and last traded at $49.57, with a volume of 124750 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $49.10. Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF Trading Up 4.1 % The firm has a fifty day moving average of $40.70 and a 200 day moving average of $36.97. The company has a market capitalization of $1.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.73 and a beta of 1.64. Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,963,460,000. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF by 67.7% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 274,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,003,000 after purchasing an additional 110,801 shares during the last quarter. Nwam LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $3,067,000. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in shares of Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF by 97.4% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 148,397 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,408,000 after buying an additional 73,208 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF by 305.7% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 88,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,231,000 after buying an additional 66,815 shares in the last quarter. About Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF The Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in stocks based on a particular theme. The fund is an actively managed portfolio mainly consisting of global equities focusing on blockchain technology. BLOK was launched on Jan 16, 2018 and is managed by Amplify. 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Manhattan police have obtained a warrant for the arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Nicholas Mangione , suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson . Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, while carrying a gun, mask and writings linking him to the ambush. Mangione is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. Late Monday, Manhattan prosecutors charged him with five counts, including murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. Here's the latest: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says “violence to combat any sort of corporate greed is unacceptable” and the White House will “continue to condemn any form of violence.” She declined to comment on the investigation into the Dec. 4 shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson or reports that writings belonging to the suspect, Luigi Mangione, said insurance companies care more about profits than their customers. “This is horrific,” Jean-Pierre said of the fatal shooting of Thompson as he walked in Manhattan. He didn’t appear to say anything as deputies led him to a waiting car outside. “I’m deeply grateful to the men and women of law enforcement whose efforts to solve the horrific murder of Brian Thompson led to the arrest of a suspect in Pennsylvania,” Gov. Hochul said in the statement. “I am coordinating with the District Attorney’s Office and will sign a request for a governor’s warrant to ensure this individual is tried and held accountable. Public safety is my top priority and I’ll do everything in my power to keep the streets of New York safe.” That’s according to a spokesperson for the governor who said Gov. Hochul will do it as soon as possible. Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation’s top private universities. Friends at an exclusive co-living space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Hawaii where the 26-year-old Mangione once lived widely considered him a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit, smiling, handsome young man on beaches and at parties. Now, investigators in New York and Pennsylvania are working to piece together why Mangione may have diverged from this path to make the violent and radical decision to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen attack on a Manhattan street. The killing sparked widespread discussions about corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer. ▶ Read more about Luigi Mangione Peter Weeks, the Blair County district attorney, says he’ll work with New York officials to try to return suspect Luigi Mangione there to face charges. Weeks said the New York charges are “more serious” than in Blair County. “We believe their charges take precedent,” Weeks said, promising to do what’s needed to accommodate New York’s prosecution first. Weeks spoke to reporters after a brief hearing at which a defense lawyer said Mangione will fight extradition. The defense asked for a hearing on the issue. In the meantime, Mangione will be detained at a state prison in western Pennsylvania. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said Tuesday it will seek a Governor’s warrant to secure Mangione’s extradition to Manhattan. Under state law, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul can issue a warrant of arrest demanding Mangione’s return to the state. Such a warrant must recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issuance and be sealed with the state seal. It would then be presented to law enforcement in Pennsylvania to expedite Mangione’s return to New York. But Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks says it won’t be a substantial barrier to returning Mangione to New York. He noted that defendants contest extradition “all the time,” including in simple retail theft cases. Dickey, his defense lawyer, questioned whether the second-degree murder charge filed in New York might be eligible for bail under Pennsylvania law, but prosecutors raised concerns about both public safety and Mangione being a potential flight risk, and the judge denied it. Mangione will continue to be housed at a state prison in Huntingdon. He has 14 days to challenge the detention. Prosecutors, meanwhile, have a month to seek a governor’s warrant out of New York. Mangione, wearing an orange jumpsuit, mostly stared straight ahead at the hearing, occasionally consulting papers, rocking in his chair, or looking back at the gallery. At one point, he began to speak to respond to the court discussion, but was quieted by his lawyer. Luigi Mangione, 26, has also been denied bail at a brief court hearing in western Pennsylvania. He has 14 days to challenge the bail decision. That’s with some intervention from owner Elon Musk. The account, which hasn’t posted since June, was briefly suspended by X. But after a user inquired about it in a post Monday, Musk responded “This happened without my knowledge. Looking into it.” The account was later reinstated. Other social media companies such as Meta have removed his accounts. According to X rules, the platform removes “any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, as well as any accounts glorifying the perpetrator(s), or dedicated to sharing manifestos and/or third party links where related content is hosted.” Mangione is not accused of perpetrating a terrorist or mass attack — he has been charged with murder — and his account doesn’t appear to share any writings about the case. He shouted something that was partly unintelligible, but referred to an “insult to the intelligence of the American people.” He’s there for an arraignment on local charges stemming from his arrest Monday. He was dressed in an orange jumpsuit as officers led him from a vehicle into the courthouse. Local defense lawyer Thomas Dickey is expected to represent the 26-year-old at a Tuesday afternoon hearing at the Blair County Courthouse. Dickey declined comment before the hearing. Mangione could have the Pennsylvania charges read aloud to him and may be asked to enter a plea. They include possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. In New York, he was charged late Monday with murder in the death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione likely was motivated by his anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain with corporate greed, said a a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s hand-written notes and social media postings. He appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown, asserting in his note that he is the “first to face it with such brutal honesty,” the bulletin said. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, the document said. A felony warrant filed in New York cites Altoona Officer Christy Wasser as saying she found the writings along with a semi-automatic pistol and an apparent silencer. The filing echoes earlier statements from NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny who said Mangione had a three-page, handwritten document that shows “some ill will toward corporate America.” Mangione is now charged in Pennsylvania with being a fugitive of justice. A customer at the McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where Mangione was arrested said one of his friends had commented beforehand that the man looked like the suspect wanted for the shooting in New York City. “It started out almost a little bit like a joke, my one friend thought he looked like the shooter,” said the customer, who declined to give his full name, on Tuesday. “It wasn’t really a joke, but we laughed about it,” he added. The warrant on murder and other charges is a step that could help expedite his extradition from Pennsylvania. In court papers made public Tuesday, a New York City police detective reiterated key findings in the investigation he said tied Mangione to the killing, including surveillance footage and a fake ID he used to check into a Manhattan hostel on Nov. 24. Police officers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, found that ID when they arrested Mangione on Monday. Mangione is being held without bail in Pennsylvania on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. Late Monday, Manhattan prosecutors charged him with five counts, including murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. Mangione doesn’t yet have a lawyer who can speak on his behalf, court officials said. Images of Mangione released Tuesday by Pennsylvania State Police showed him pulling down his mask in the corner of the McDonald’s while holding what appeared to be hash browns and wearing a winter jacket and ski cap. In another photo from a holding cell, he stood unsmiling with rumpled hair. Mangione’s cousin, Maryland lawmaker Nino Mangione, announced Tuesday morning that he’s postponing a fundraiser planned later this week at the Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore, which was purchased by the Mangione family in 1986. “Because of the nature of this terrible situation involving my Cousin I do not believe it is appropriate to hold my fundraising event scheduled for this Thursday at Hayfields,” Nino Mangione said in a social media post. “I want to thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and support. My family and I are heartbroken and ask that you remember the family of Mr. Thompson in your prayers. Thank you.” Officers used New York City’s muscular surveillance system . Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door to door looking for witnesses. When an arrest came five days later , those sprawling investigative efforts shared credit with an alert civilian’s instincts. A customer at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pennsylvania noticed another patron who resembled the man in the oblique security-camera photos New York police had publicized. He remains jailed in Pennsylvania, where he was initially charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. By late Monday evening, prosecutors in Manhattan had added a charge of murder, according to an online court docket. It’s unclear whether Luigi Nicholas Mangione has an attorney who can comment on the allegations. Asked at Monday’s arraignment whether he needed a public defender, Mangione asked whether he could “answer that at a future date.”Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100

An Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sent lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, back to prison after the police vehemently opposed his application for bail, accusing him of intimidating witnesses. The magistrate adjourned till December 20 to rule on whether or not to admit Farotimi to bail following the stiff opposition by the police. The police are prosecuting Farotimi on the allegation that he defamed legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Aare Afe Babalola. According to the police, the activist lawyer defamed Babalola in his book titled, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System.’ Following his arrest in Lagos State last Tuesday, the police took Farotimi to Ekiti State and arraigned him last Wednesday before the Ado Ekiti magistrates’ court where he pleaded not guilty to the charges. Last week, the magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, rejected an oral bail application by Farotimi’s lawyer, insisting that a formal bail application should be filed and adjourned till December 10. At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, the defence counsel, Taiwo Adedeji, urged the magistrate to admit his client to bail, noting that the offence against him is bailable. “The alleged offences are bailable. Again, the defendant should be considered innocent until the contrary is proved. “The defendant is a lawyer with a fixed address with 25 years unblemished record and his name is on the roll of legal practitioners of the Supreme Court and others. The defendant has undertaken to make himself available whenever his attention is needed,” Adedeji said. He urged the court to discountenance all that was contained in the prosecution’s counter-affidavit and grant bail to the defendant. But the prosecuting counsel for the police, Samson Osodu, vehemently opposed the bail application, contending that Farotimi would likely jump bail. The police prosecutor also described the defendant as “a social media influencer, who, despite being brought to this court, has been intimidating our witnesses, nominal complainant.” Related News Human Rights Day: Farotimi’s detention signals impunity, rights violations - Atiku VIDEO: Alleged defamation: Dele Farotimi appears at Ado-Ekiti Magistrate court Defamation: Farotimi gets N50m bail, to submit passport According to the prosecutor, Farotimi had also said many times that he does not believe in the judicial system. Besides, he argued that “The affidavit brought by the defendants is not competent because it was deposed to by a litigation clerk.” Earlier, Osodu had opposed the appearance of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, to defend Farotimi. After taking arguments from the parties, the chief magistrate, Adeosun, adjourned till December 20 to rule on the bail application. Meanwhile, the planned protest slated for Ekiti State Command Headquarters of Nigeria Police Force organised by the Take it Back Movement failed to hold on Tuesday as no protester was seen in sight. A community leader and the Olotin of Ado Ekiti, Chief Michael Osaloni, had on Monday cautioned those planning to stage a protest in the state on Tuesday “to steer clear of Ekiti as they would not like the outcome, they should, in their own interest shelve it or else face the consequences”. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, had also earlier warned against protests in the state. “The state here is peaceful, the metro here is peaceful. There is no protest here in Ekiti. As a matter of fact, nobody informed us officially that there would be any protest, we just heard it through rumour. “Though protest is the right of everyone, when we heard about that, we warned that people should desist from unlawful protest. We are happy Ekiti is peaceful. We are glad and we appreciate the good people of Ekiti State for not joining any form of illegal protest to put the state in a state of chaos,” the PPRO said. In his reaction to the court ruling, the 2023 presidential candidate of African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, stated on his X handle, “The ruling on @delefarotimi’s bail application was today adjourned till December 20. “@DeleFarotimi has been sent back to prison for the next 10 days. See what begging has done? #FreeDeleFarotimiNow,” Sowore stated Recall that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, had on Monday visited Afe Babalola in Ado Ekiti to plead with him over the case of Farotimi, a move Sowore condemned on his X-handle, saying, “I condemn those who went to beg Chief Afe Babalola today (Monday) over the unjust detention and persecution of @DeleFarotimi”.

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Pathstone Holdings LLC Increases Position in State Street Co. (NYSE:STT)'Soberish' drink options for the holiday season It's a busy time of year for socializing, and for those who don't want to drink alcohol, there are more and more options out there. Watch Amy Smith's interview with Jay Hiltz, the owner of Soberish Mocktail Shoppe in Halifax.As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Carlson is the committee chair of this year’s , which was released last month. It offers a stark rendering of how our children and youth are “insufficiently active.” The report draws upon data from a number of nationally representative surveys. Its goal is to inform (and in many cases, warn) about how kids are doing in relation to federal physical activity recommendations. More specifically, 20-to-28% of 6-to-17-year-olds meet the 60 minutes of daily physical activity guideline set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Their overall grade: D-. “This is a systemic problem,” says Pam Watts, president of the , which puts out the report card. “This isn't just a funding problem or a programming problem or a localized problem. This is a pervasive, systemic problem.” While the report is a call-to-action for policymaking and advocacy about the "urgent" need to help support and improve our kids’ overall fitness, it also provides an opportunity to take stock in how we’re handling our roles as sports parents and coaches. A across a number of categories — like sedentary behavior (D-), active transportation among kids (D-) and organized sports participation (C-) — give us insight as to how we can improve our kids’ sports experience from the time they are young. “I'm sure you’ve met the parents who were hell-bent on getting their kid into a D-I scholarship situation in college,” Watts says, “and that's how they approach youth sports. There are downsides to that. That's OK for some kids, if that's what they want. “PAA works across a lifetime of physical activity, the youth being such an important part of that.” USA TODAY Sports spoke with key contributors to the report about how its data can benefit all of us, whether our kids aspire to play competitive sports in high school and beyond or use sports for a healthy dose of extracurricular activity and stress relief. As you may have found, those goals don’t have to be mutually exclusive. “The message of the report card is not that kids are failing. It's not that parents are failing,” Carlson says. “It's that there's all of these societal barriers to physical activity and that we need to address those things.” Let’s start with the highest grade in the report (B-). It comes in early care and education, where one study found that 74% of these settings provide two or more physical activity opportunities per day. The federally recommended one hour of “moderate-to-vigorous intensity” physical actions for kids includes aerobic, muscle- and bone-strengthening activities. We don’t realize we’re getting these benefits when we climb playground equipment and run around in the schoolyard early in our lives. We are put in these situations, and we thrive within them, not because we’re faster than another kid, or we win a competition of jumping rope, but because they are so natural. Carlson says we don’t have a lot of data on physical activity among preschool children, but what we learn there reinforces something our bodies are inclined to do: Move. We move as we get a little older, biking to our friends’ houses and running after each other in the backyard during games of manhunt or freeze tag (at least that what’s used to do) not for the exercise, but because we enjoy it. Today, kids are involved in youth sports as early as preschool (as my two boys were) because we feel the need to get them started on what we hope are long and fruitful careers. We put them in sometimes even knowing the odds that and an . Here is another stat you probably don't know: About 70% of adults living in households with children met their . That means, these adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity a week. Instead of from an early age, show him or her how much you love to move, too. In fact, move together during a run or on a basketball court. It's all part of that will develop motor skills and confidence for later sports endeavors. According to a 2022 National Household Travel Survey, 10% of children usually walk or bike to school. The grade “active transportation” among kids received was the same as the one for overall physical activity (D-). Neither grade has increased in a decade. We can point to safety factors, both with traffic and in neighborhoods, and “built” environment factors such as sidewalks and . (The "community and built environment" category got a C+ nationally.) But the lower grade is also a sign of our lives today. “It takes extra time to walk to school versus throwing your kids in the van and driving them or picking them up,” Watts says. “We've just got these societal expectations around all that we accomplish in a day or a week or a month. And you know, when I think about 20, 30, 50 years ago, it's that shift in what we expect of our time, how many things we think we're going to do in a day, to be, whatever you call successful. “It is in your control to rethink some of that.” In addition to being the president of the Physical Activity Alliance, Watts is the executive director for , a non-profit association that provides resources and education for advancing college campus recreation. She’s also the mother of two college-aged kids, a daughter who played club soccer through early high school and a son who played sports whose experience, Watts says, was all about being social and engaged. “It wasn't about winning or caring if you were good,” she says. “So he did a variety of recreation sports, and then had to go club only, because at a certain age, at least in our community, the recreation leagues dry up as the kids move to club or just drop out of sports or whatever. And then in high school, he found a love through swimming and swim team.” Seven out of 10 kids quit organized sports before they become teenagers. , such as and the , but a primary one is that they aren’t fun anymore. We can all take a bike-to-school approach to kids sports. Movement from sports and physical activity, studies have found, improves our cognitive function and, as we get older, enhances academic achievement in addition to physical literacy. Get your kid into sports for those reasons, as well as to build resilience, self-esteem and effort, which can help them achieve their full potential in many areas (while enjoying the ride). Sports participation (defined by whether a kid played on a team or took a sport lesson) among 6-to-17-year-olds declined over five years through 2022, according to the National Survey of Children’s Health. The figure helped give the category of “organized sports participation” a C-. However, Amanda Grimes, an associate professor of health sciences at Missouri-Kansas City who headed this section of the report card, points to steady decline for a decade. She says economic disparities are a driving force behind it. “The pay to play model is becoming increasingly common in organized sports, even among school- and community-based sports, resulting in lower-income youth being forced out of participation,” she tells USA TODAY Sports. “Low-income families also face other burdens such as lack of transportation and often rely on older siblings to care for younger siblings after school. Both hinder sports participation for youth.” The school-based sports category gets a D-. According to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 50% of high school students attended physical education classes at least one day a week. We can lobby in our schools for more P.E. and in our communities for more low-cost and free opportunities. If we are coaches, we can also offer our rates at reduced costs to families who can’t afford them. But there is a larger theme at play here, too. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the discontinuation of sports for any reason during childhood plays a role in the more than 75% of U.S. adolescents failing to meet physical activity recommendations. And rates for 12-to-17-year-olds meeting those recommendations appear around 15%, according to two national health surveys. Sports should always be about inclusion. We need to make everyone on our teams feel welcome within them. Kids can have bad sports experiences because their teammates, or even their coaches, marginalize them. If kids aren’t good fits for a team, help them find another one, or an alternative space to continue to play sports. The sedentary behavior grade dropped from a D to a D- since 2022 because children are on screens more often. The rise in sedentary behavior represents perhaps the most dramatic shift in the report card, according to Amanda Staiano, its co-committee chair. Staiano says there are no federal guidelines and recommendations for sedentary behavior and screen time in children. But international guidelines recommend no more than 2 hours per day on non-school screen time. Only about 20% of 6-to-17-year-olds meet it, according to the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The figure rises to 58% when we include schoolwork, but it’s still nearly a failing grade, even on the curve. “Screens have their place in a child's life for discovering or reinforcing concepts learned in school, writing and researching for papers and projects, playing games that teach academic content,” says Staiano, director of a pediatric obesity and health behavior laboratory at Louisiana State University. “Screens can also be used for social interactions with friends outside of school, including multi-player video games and social media. But kids and adults can become immersed in long bouts of entertainment screen time that results in extended sitting, which has been shown to be harmful for the body." We know as athletes, as we get into the high school years, can be a critical component of the recruiting process. But just remember this , the longtime NBA player who has become a father to Division I athletes: It's hard to make a high school or college team when you’re on your phone 4 to 5 hours per day while your competition for a roster spot is practicing. We can always encourage our athletes to sleep more. Have kids aged 6-to-12 get 9-to-12 hours per night and 13-to-18 get 8-to-10, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine says. Sleep received a C+, the second-highest mark among categories. The report card, its contributors says, is a work in progress, a rolling wave of data and insight that helps us better understand and serve our kids. The 2026 report will offer global data as a point of reference. “I think that the report is one of many tools," says Watts, the PAA president. "It is really a way to keep attention and conversation and focus on this frankly bleak reality of what's going on for youth in terms of physical activity." One category in 2024, family and peer support for physical activity, got a grade of incomplete due to a lack of data. It’s our job to help fill it in with positive experiences our kids can take into life. “It's fun, right?” Watts says of sports parenting. "It's social. It becomes a family affair. We really enjoyed all those years. Kind of missed it when they graduated.”