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Walgreens decided not to move its headquarters to Europe
Ralph –(westerlypost.com) Walgreens–Caves
VICTORY! On Tuesday, under mounting pressure from progressive organizations like Democracy for America, Democrats in Congress and even the President himself, Walgreens decided not to move its headquarters to Europe in order to avoid paying American taxes.
This is a HUGE deal, and not just because Walgreens will continue to pay their fair share. It’s huge because it proves that when we as a movement work together and take immediate action, we have the power to make corporate America do the right thing.
Now we have to stay on offense. Together, we can build on the example we just set with Walgreens and hold corporate America’s feet to the fire — not just on inversions, but on poverty wages, outsourcing and more. We want to double down on holding big businesses accountable — but we can only do it with your help.
We’re all frustrated with the gridlock in Washington and how it has rendered Congress incapable of reigning in corporate excesses. And now that Citizens United and McCutcheon have made corporate money in our political system almost limitless, it’s going to be even more difficult to elect true progressives like Elizabeth Warren who will take corporate accountability seriously.
DFA is working hard to put more rock-star progressives in office, but what happened on Tuesday proves that we don’t have to wait for Washington to catch up to make a difference in how business runs in America. We need to keep using our voices and our economic power to show corporate executives that we are not going to sit back and take their abuse anymore.
Thank you for being a part of this victory – and for proving, once again, that you really DO have the power.
– Eden
Eden James, Political Director
Democracy for America
Colorado State University, Namaste Solar, Fort Collins Utilities team up to add solar panels to campus buildings
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CBS SPORTS NETWORK TO AIR National Pro Fastpitch “NPF” GAMES
 CBS SPORTS NETWORK TO AIR NPF GAMESNashville, TN – July 1, 2014 – National Pro Fastpitch announced today, plans to air an unprecedented amount of professional softball coverage during the 2014 season. The games will all be carried live on CBS Sports Network.A total of 14 regular season games and four post-season games, including every game in the best-of-three championship series, will be televised this season. CBS Sports Network will televise games on Monday and Tuesday in prime time beginning July 7th. The 18-game package will triple the league’s previous television coverage.“We are thrilled to partner with CBS Sports Network to deliver our premier level of competition to a national audience on a regular basis,” NPF Commissioner Cheri Kempf said. “We know there is a significant television fan base for fastpitch softball and we look forward to entertaining those folks along with many new fans with our summer of coverage.”
CBS Sports Network will begin its coverage on Monday, July 7 and will air games for seven consecutive weeks. The network will air six games in four days from August 11-14 to cap the 2014 regular season. The NPF Championship series will be televised with one “pool play” game on August 20 and all three championship games on August 21-22, marking the first time the Championship Series Finals have been televised in their entirety. The telecast team of Eric Collins and Barbara Jordan will deliver the action for all 18 games. Collins, a veteran play-by-play man, is considered one of the preeminent voices for women’s softball, calling hundreds of games at the professional, collegiate and international levels. Collins returns to the softball world after spending the last five years working as the Los Angeles Dodgers TV play-by-play announcer for games played outside California and Arizona. Jordan has an extensive history with softball as a player, coach, and broadcaster. As a player, Jordan was a highly decorated three-time national champion in college who went onto play 8 years on the U.S. National team racking up multiple international championships along the way. In 1999, Jordan became the first national team member to cross over into professional softball opting for the Virginia Roadsters of the WPSL. Jordan has covered the NPF since 2010 on both radio and television. CBS Sports Network is the 24-hour home of CBS Sports and is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, and to access the CBS Sports Network channel finder, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com. 2014 NPF Schedule on CBS Sports Network: July 7 USSSA Pride at Pennsylvania Rebellion 7:00 PM ET July 8 USSSA Pride at Pennsylvania Rebellion 7:00 PM ET July 14 USSSA Pride at Akron Racers 7:00 PM ET July 15 USSSA Pride at Akron Racers 7:00 PM ET July 21 Chicago Bandits at USSSA Pride 7:00 PM ET July 22 Chicago Bandits at USSSA Pride 7:00 PM ET July 28 Chicago Bandits at Pennsylvania Rebellion 7:00 PM ET July 29 Chicago Bandits at Pennsylvania Rebellion 7:00 PM ET Aug. 4 Pennsylvania Rebellion at Akron Racers 8:30 PM ET Aug. 5 Pennsylvania Rebellion at Akron Racers 7:00 PM ET Aug. 11 Chicago Bandits at Pennsylvania Rebellion 8:30 PM ET Aug. 12 Chicago Bandits at Pennsylvania Rebellion 7:00 PM ET Aug. 13 Akron Racers at Chicago Bandits 7:30 PM ET Aug. 14 Akron Racers at Chicago Bandits 8:00 PM ET Aug. 20 National Pro Fastpitch Championship Pool Play 9:00 PM ET Aug. 22 National Pro Fastpitch Championship Game 1 8:00 PM ET Aug. 23 National Pro Fastpitch Championship Game 2 2:00 PM ET National Pro Fastpitch Championship Game 3 4:30 PM ET ABOUT NATIONAL PRO FASTPITCH Gaye Lynn Wilson
Vice President National Pro Fastpitch gayelynnw@profastpitch.com www.profastpitch.com |
David Howard Leads CCAA in Scoring, Named First Team All-CCAA After Three-Year Absence
Arcata California Humboldt State University
HSU SID Andrew R. Goetz
David Howard Leads CCAA in Scoring, Named First Team All-CCAA After Three-Year Absence
For the remainder of the summer the Humboldt State athletic department will countdown its Top 10 of 2014. The Top 10 will feature outstanding accomplishments, memorable moments and historic events during the 2013-14 Lumberjack athletic season.
Few would have expected that junior David Howard would be one of the conference’s most dynamic players after three years away from collegiate basketball. Howard proved the naysayers wrong as he earned First Team All-California Collegiate Athletic Association honors and led the CCAA in scoring during the 2013-14 season.
Howard’s story is a true underdog story, and it still has some pages to be written. He was an elite college basketball player who dropped out of school due to poor grades and lack of interest, fell in with the wrong crowd and spent time homeless. He battled back from the brink of obscurity to become one of the CCAA’s top players.
“David is a perfect example of a success story and what an NCAA institution can provide a student-athlete,” said Head Coach Steve Kinder. “David represents success from hard work, dedication and perseverance. He has progressed from high school graduate to young man through his challenges and experiences at HSU.”
The 6-7 Howard led Humboldt State men’s basketball and the CCAA in scoring with 19 points per game. The Chicago, Ill., native also ranked among the conference’s top 10 in seven offensive categories. He compiled 13 games with 20-plus points and scored over 30 points in two games.
Howard’s season-best performance came on Jan. 11 against San Francisco State. The Lumberjack big man scored a season-high 35 points, blocked a pair of shots, pulled down seven rebounds and tallied two steals.
Kinder recognizes Howard’s success on the court, but believes the balance he has found in his life and in the classroom has made the difference.
“David is taking the opportunity to earn an academic degree at HSU and has gained regional recognition on the basketball court.”
Click HERE for the complete feature detailing Howard’s journey from the edge of obscurity to success in life and in basketball.
HSU Top 10 of 2014
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8. Howard Leads CCAA in Scoring, Named First Team All-CCAA After Three-Year Absence
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Colorado State University involved in miraculous opening of 2014 FIFA World Cup
| Tuesday, June 10, 2014Contact for Reporters: Kortny Rolston Kortny.Rolston@colostate.edu Colorado State University involved in miraculous opening of 2014 FIFA World CupNote to Reporters: Photos are available at news.colostate.edu. A video is available athttps://www.youtube.com/watch? FORT COLLINS – Something miraculous will occur Thursday, June 12 before the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup – and Colorado State University had a role in making it happen. Clad in a mechanical bodysuit, a paralyzed Brazilian will stand, walk up to a soccer ball and kick it, aided only by the prosthetic exoskeleton that he controls with his brain waves. If successful, the live demonstration, known as the Walk Again Project, will mark the first time a paralyzed person walks on his own using a device he directs. The demonstration will take place during the 25-minute opening ceremony, which starts at 12:15 p.m. MST on ESPN. CSU’s Idea-2-Product 3D printing laboratory developed the protective liner worn by the paralyzed individual operating the suit. The liner fits between the electrode cap, which sits precisely on a patient’s head over the regions of the brain that dictate movement, and a safety helmet. The electrodes detect brain signals and transmit the message to the exoskeleton. If the cap moves, the electrodes can miss the correct brain signals. “It’s important those electrodes stay in place and we also need to protect the patient,” said Alan Rudolph, CSU’s vice president of research and project manager of the Walk Again demonstration. CSU researchers developed the custom, 3D printed liner and custom parts using scans of the patient’s head and input from the Walk Again research team. They spent months designing the soft, flexible liner – which is printed from a rubber-like polymer – so it would provide easy access to the electrodes and also could be easily adjusted. “We designed the liner from scratch using precise 3D scans of the patient and the helmet,” said David Prawel, director of CSU’s public-access Idea-2-Product Laboratory. The CSU team also developed custom brackets that mount LED sensors on the helmet to provide feedback to the patient on how well he is controlling the exoskeleton. Rudolph hopes the Walk Again project spawns greater interest in neurotechnology and neuroengineering research at CSU and in the region. He believes this rapidly growing field aligns with areas of research in which CSU is already strong, including occupational therapy, exercise physiology, neuroscience, biomedical engineering and rehabilitative medicine. “I look at this as an area where CSU can have a real impact,” Rudolph said. A video about CSU’s role the Walk Again Project is available on YouTube. -30- |
Remarks by the President Honoring WNBA Champions the Minnesota Lynx
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
June 12, 2014
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
HONORING WNBA CHAMPIONS THE MINNESOTA LYNX
East Room
2:10 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) Please, have a seat. Welcome to the White House. And give it up for our special guests, the 2013 WNBA Champions, “Los Lynx” -– the Minnesota Lynx. (Applause.) We happen also to have some fierce Lynx fans, including Congressman Tim Walz, who is here, and I understand that Mayor Chris Coleman just arrived. So give them both a big round of applause. Chris is around here somewhere — there he is back there. Stand up, Chris, so everybody can see you. Take credit. (Applause.)
Now, in 2012, when the Lynx came here after their first title, I said I had a feeling I might see them again before I left office. (Laughter.) I just want to mention that I was right. And so you can fact-check that, PolitiFact. I got that one right. (Laughter.)
One of your assistant coaches, Shelley Patterson, put it pretty simply: “Winning is what we like to do.” And it shows. Over the last three years, Coach Cheryl Reeve has led the Lynx to the WNBA’s best record, winning more than three-quarters of your games, making it — three straight championship series. That’s pretty good. Last year, Seimone Augustus issued one of the strangest apologies in sports — I’ve never heard this before — she said, “I’m sorry if we make it look too easy.” (Laughter.) That’s a good problem to have.
But you began last season with something to prove. In 2012, a tough loss to the Indiana Fever in the Finals kept you from a second straight championship. So in 2013, you set out for a little redemption, and, to put it mildly, you succeeded.
You did not only go 26-8 in the regular season, but you also swept the playoffs — a perfect 7-0. You won it with all-star talent, from Seimone to Rebekkah Brunson, hometown hero Lindsay Whalen. You did it with fellow all-star and Finals MVP Maya Moore, who has now been here so many times I’ve lost track. (Laughter.) I mean, basically there’s like a Maya Moore wing in the White House. (Laughter.) And when she comes, we kind of — we’ve got all her stuff here; she’s got a toothbrush. (Laughter.)
And you did it with all-star teamwork. On the road, in the clinching game of the Finals, all five starters scored in double digits. Last season, Lindsay set a new franchise record for assists after just 88 games, a mark that took 205 games to set in the first place. Just gives you a sense of how good she is. Lindsay can play.
But bringing home titles isn’t the only thing that’s earned “Los Lynx” fans throughout Minnesota. These young women are outstanding members of the community. They make time to help local students with their reading. I hear they clean up pretty well for their annual “Catwalk for a Cure” fashion show – (laughter) — that raises money for breast cancer research, so I’m going to have to look that up.
I also want to thank this team, as I always tell them, for being great examples for my daughters and for girls across the country. We know that when young women are involved in sports, they do better across the board. They do better across the board. (Applause.) And when the WNBA first said “we got next,” some folks didn’t think a professional basketball league could make it — that was 18 seasons ago. And so we’re excited to see not only where the Lynx are going to go in the future, but every WNBA team for years to come. And one of the things I’d like to see is a Chicago Sky title — it’s been a while. (Laughter.) A really, really — a long while. But it might happen in the future.
So today, of course, our job is to congratulate this outstanding team standing behind me, the 2013 Champions, the Minnesota Lynx. Good luck with the rest of your season. And I understand — I don’t know, Coach, if you want to say something. I think Maya, who basically feels like she owns the place, wants to say a few words. (Laughter.)
COACH REEVE: I defer to Maya. (Applause.)
MS. MOORE: Man, what a birthday treat. Thank you to my teammates —
THE PRESIDENT: Happy birthday. I didn’t know that.
MS. MOORE: Yes, yesterday. It’s all week, don’t worry. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Malia and Sasha do the same thing. (Laughter.)
MS. MOORE: It’s reduced down from a month, now it’s a week.
I just can’t speak enough about this team behind me. It’s really just been an awesome three years, going into my fourth year, and even before that. The foundation that was being built with Seimone, Coach Reeve and all the other captains. But every year it starts at Mr. Taylor’s house, our awesome owner, who has provided — (applause) — yes. (Applause.)
Like Mr. President said, if we don’t have opportunities to compete in sports and to play in sports, you don’t get to see us up here today. So to have somebody that believes in us, Mr. Taylor, Becky, we appreciate you. We have our annual dinner at their house where we all come together. And as the rookies got to see, we’re really a family. And what you see behind me right now is very genuine, how we treat each other, the passion that we play with. Our leaders with Coach Reeve, Jim and Shelley the tireless work that they put in, and they don’t want any credit. They do their jobs to perfection.
And last year, we didn’t start out with that hot streak that we did our first two years; we had a little trouble in the beginning. And then we also hit a rough patch towards the end of the season, losing four out of five games — I know. Gasp. (Laughter.) And it was a struggle. We were in Chicago — this will make you feel good — (laughter) — playing against an awesome rookie in Elena Delle Donne, and she ended up hitting a game-winning three. A heartbreaking loss for us on the road. And our captain –- one of our captains, Lindsay Whalen, you wouldn’t have known this, but she took that loss on herself. She cares so much about this team and really just took it personal and hard. And that’s really the heart of our team and the heart of this club. We care. And it shows when we’re on the court, when we’re together, when we’re in the community. And I think that’s what our nation is about. We care, we’re leaders in that. And that’s why this team is so special not just talent wise, but just the people that I’ve been blessed to play with.
So I think we can continue to make this an annual trip and I want to see that room you’re talking about. (Laughter and applause.)
We have a little treat for you for 2013.
THE PRESIDENT: Very nice. Very nice. (Applause.) So let’s strike the podium so we can get a good picture here.
END 2:18 P.M. EDT