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hand777 login register BOSSCAT Recognized for Excellence, Innovation and Growth with Prestigious 2024 Contractor/Rehab Company of the Year Award at the Third Annual IMN SFR Industry Awards Event in Scottsdale, AZ on December 2, 2024 . CHARLESTON, S.C. , Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BOSSCAT TM Home Services and Technologies, a leading provider of home technology, improvement and repair solutions, announced today that it has been awarded the prestigious IMN 2024 Contractor/Rehab Company of the Year Award at the third annual Industry Award Ceremony. The award recognizes the company's commitment to customer-centered innovation, excellence in service delivery, cost effectiveness and focus on client satisfaction. "This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the entire BOSSCAT team," said Dan Vercek , Senior Vice President of Field Operations. "We are honored to be recognized by IMN for our commitment to delivering superior home services, and this recognition inspires us to continue raising the bar for excellence in the industry." The event, held on December 2, 2024 in Scottsdale, AZ , brought together leading companies and professionals from across the industry to celebrate achievements in service, innovation, and growth. BOSSCAT stood out among a competitive field of nominees for its exceptional growth in the past year, driven by strategic partnerships, innovative technologies, and a commitment to championing both customers and skilled tradesmen and women. About Information Management Network (IMN) Founded in 1994, IMN is the premier real estate conference business in the United States , providing a high-quality intelligence and networking platform that drives industry connections, deal flow and knowledge transfer across multiple corporate functions and property types. IMN's series of SFR conferences have been considered the de facto gatherings for the industry since their inception 12 years ago, featuring a "Who's Who" of SFR & BTR owner/operators, ranging from large institutional groups to smaller players, property managers, "fix & flippers", lenders, and service providers/vendors. Over 1,600 SFR professionals attend the must-attend event for the industry's calendar, where attendees will establish connections, generate business and learn from SFR pioneers driving this space forward. Learn more at sfrwest.com About BOSSCAT Home Services and Technologies BOSSCAT Home Services and Technologies is the leading real estate platform reshaping homeownership by digitizing home inspection data for instant estimates and online ordering of repair, renovation, and maintenance services. Proprietary technology and exclusive access to proprietary data power the platform to deliver lifecycle services at scale through innovative products, process automation, and direct integration with industry partners. BOSSCAT's Instant Estimate technology is available in all 50 states and Canada. The company is a licensed and insured general contractor in all operational markets with a commitment to advancing the skilled trades. BOSSCAT has been recognized by Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest growing, privately held repair and renovation companies in the country for three consecutive years. Learn more at BosscatHome.com . MEDIA INQUIRIES: Mark Kearns Chief Financial Officer Mark@BosscatHome.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bosscat-home-services-and-technologies-wins-imn-2024-contractor-of-the-year-award-at-third-annual-industry-award-ceremony-302334312.html SOURCE BOSSCAT © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.White House says at least 8 US telecom firms, dozens of nations impacted by China hacking campaign

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals took care of business and won three straight games for the first time this season. Cincinnati is playing its best football, but it might be too late to sneak into the playoffs, with five teams battling for the two remaining AFC postseason spots. At 7-8, the Bengals are on the bubble along with two other teams that have the same record, the Colts and Dolphins. To have a chance, the Bengals will need to beat the visiting Denver Broncos (9-6) on Saturday, then try to take down the Steelers (10-5) at Pittsburgh in the regular-season finale. They’ll need some help from other teams, too. The rub for the Bengals is that they have yet to beat a team with a winning record this season. Now with some momentum for the first time, the Bengals will have to clear that hurdle. “It’s just what it’s supposed to feel like for us. This is our expectation,” coach Zac Taylor said after the Bengals beat the Cleveland Browns 24-6 on Sunday. “We just put ourselves in a position to now play some real meaningful games. ... We found a way to get the win and now we can turn our focus to a short week and the Denver Broncos.” What’s working RELATED COVERAGE Eagles QB Jalen Hurts is in the NFL’s concussion protocol. His status for Sunday is uncertain Steelers WR George Pickens returns to practice, hopeful to play against Chiefs Bills offense is ‘Cooking,’ with running game adding a powerful new dimension Joe Burrow became the first player in NFL history to throw for at least 250 yards and three or more touchdowns in seven consecutive games. One of his TD passes, to Tee Higgins, came as he was falling down. He finished 23 for 30 for 252 yards. ... Ja’Marr Chase continues to build his resume as he strives to win the receiving “triple crown.” He had six catches for 97 yards and a touchdown against the Browns and leads the league in receptions, yards and TDs. ... K Cade York tied a franchise record with a 59-yard field goal. “The guys have responded this way all season,” Taylor said. “We lost some heartbreakers to be quite frank, and games that just came down to the end. It doesn’t mean that we’ve had a bad football team and we weren’t in it. We’ve been in this, and now — I don’t want to say getting our confidence back, because we’ve had confidence — but we’re just making the plays necessary at the critical points of the game to take control of these games. That’s really what’s happened the last three weeks, and we’ve got to continue that.” What needs help Burrow has fumbled 10 times this season. Against the Browns, he lost a fumble on a strip-sack with the Bengals on the Cleveland 2-yard-line. Stock up Last week, S Jordan Battle scooped a fumble and ran it all the way back, only to fumble as he crossed the goal line, leading to a touchback. Against the Browns, he intercepted a second-half pass from Dorian Thompson-Robinson in the end zone. The Bengals’ defense has nine takeaways in the past two games. Stock down Cincinnati’s depleted offensive line allowed four sacks. Injuries The offensive line took a hit when tackle Amarius Mims went out with an ankle injury and didn’t return. Key number 5.1 — Yards per carry by RB Chase Brown, who seems to get better every week. He had 18 carries for 91 yards. Next steps The Bengals continue their improbable effort to slip into the playoffs when they host the Broncos in their home finale on Saturday. They finish the season the following week at Pittsburgh. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLBROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio – The city may have to shut down all operations for 15 days starting Jan. 1 because City Council – although it passed the 2025 municipal budget last week – did not muster enough votes to make the budget ordinance go into effect immediately. Council needed a supermajority of five votes to make the budget ordinance go into effect by Jan. 1. Instead, council approved the ordinance 4-3, which means the budget won’t become effective for 30 days after passage or until Jan. 16. “All services will have to stop,” city Finance Director David Pfaff said. “Without money being lawfully appropriated, I cannot pay any bills, nor can I retroactively pay bills if the money was not lawfully appropriated at the time the liability was incurred,” Pfaff said. That also means that the city would not have money to pay police, firefighters or service workers for 15 days. “Under the (federal) Fair Labor Standards Act, an employees must be paid for time worked,” Pfaff said. “However, without money being lawfully appropriated, I have no authority to pay them, therefore they cannot work.” The city has called a special meeting for 7:30 p.m. today (Dec. 23) to see if council can pass a stopgap measure that would fund municipal government for the first 15 days of 2025, until the previously passed budget ordinance kicks in. Voting against the budget ordinance Dec. 16 were council members Brian Dunlap, Glenn Goodwin and Joe Price. “Three people hijacked the way we do our budget process,” Mayor Sam Alai told cleveland.com . “It’s a shame that they’re going to use life safety for our residents and paychecks for our employees to play some sort of childish political game. “This is no joke,” Alai said. “This is a very serious situation that we cannot have. We need to avoid this at all costs. I gave them (council) the way to get out of it, and if they don’t, we will be shutting the city down.” Dunlap called Alai’s comments “absurd.” He said the city administration and some members of council tried to rush the budget through and didn’t provide enough time to resolve disagreements. “The mayor is the one being childish and selfish,” Dunlap said. “It’s ridiculous to say that I don’t want police and fire service in this city. I have kids and grandkids living here.” Goodwin and Price did not return emails seeking comment. Pretzel logic At the Nov. 25 council meeting, Dunlap raised concerns about a salary increase for Alai in the 2025 budget. Under city code that council approved years ago, the mayor must earn 5 percent more than the city’s police and fire chiefs. The idea was to ensure that the mayor is the highest-paid official in the city. In turn, under code, the police and fire chiefs must make 14 percent more than lieutenants in the Police and Fire departments. That’s because, according to Police Chief Steven Raiff and Fire Chief Jeffrey Hajek, lieutenants and even lower-ranking officers at one time were earning more than they were, due to overtime and other benefits that the chiefs do not receive. Earlier this year, police and fire lieutenants received 5 percent raises under a new collective bargaining agreement and will receive raises of 4 percent and 3 percent in 2025 and 2026, respectively. That means the chiefs and Alai also received raises of 5 percent this year and are scheduled to receive another 4 percent and 3 percent over the next two years. This year, Alai’s salary was $141,648 and both chiefs earned $134,903. “I won’t vote for anything that triggers a pay raise for an elected official, and I believe that’s what our budget does,” Dunlap said Nov. 25. Dunlap said “the tether” that connects the salaries of police and fire lieutenants, the police and fire chiefs and the mayor “is a problem.” Councilwoman Jennifer Mahnic asked Dunlap if there was a reason he didn’t bring up the issue during previous Finance Committee meetings where the budget was discussed. “No,” Dunlap said. “No reason.” At the Dec. 16 council meeting, Goodwin wanted to amend the 2025 budget and remove raises that Alai and the two chiefs are scheduled to receive. Goodwin, agreeing with Dunlap, said he was “having a tough time” with how the mayor’s salary is connected to the chiefs’ salaries, even though he was on council when that body approved that arrangement years ago. Goodwin said Alai’s and the two chiefs’ salaries might be higher than their counterparts in other communities, due to the ordinance connecting their salaries. “It was a great idea the way it was set up originally,” Goodwin said. “It just got a little bit out of hand. And like anything, you have to go back and revisit it at some point and now is the time to revisit it.” Price agreed, saying that tying the mayor’s and chiefs’ salaries together might have been a “comfortable decision” years ago “but it may not have been the best (decision.)” However, Law Director Vince Ruffa said the city cannot legally eliminate raises for Alai and the two chiefs without changing the code. Goodwin countered that the city should ask the Ohio Ethics Commission if council can amend the budget and give Alai and the two chiefs zero raises in 2025. Boldt suggested that council pass the 2025 budget and take up with issue of the mayor’s salary connection to the police and fire chiefs’ salaries later in January. Emergency but no emergency Boldt explained that the 2025 budget ordinance won’t take effect until 30 days after passage because it was an emergency ordinance. For emergency ordinances to go into effect faster – in five days – at least five council members would have had to vote in favor. The temporary appropriations ordinance that council will vote on tonight is not an emergency ordinance. Therefore, even with a slim four-vote majority, it would take effect in no more than five days. That’s because under the city charter, ordinances involving the appropriation of money take effect when a simple majority of council approves it and the mayor signs it.

ICT innovations shine at APICTA 2024When Inter Miami were dumped out of Major League Soccer's playoffs in the first round, their former Spain international full-back Jordi Alba questioned the fairness of the post-season format. Miami had topped the Eastern Conference and the overall regular season standings with a record points tally a performance which earned them the 'Supporters' Shield'. But there would be no title battle against the best in the West for Lionel Messi and Company after they contrived to lose two matches in their best-of-three series against an Atlanta United team which finished ninth in the East and 20th in the overall standings. "I think this format is a bit unfair. It has been done for many years but I think it should be the champion of one conference against the champion of the other, to make it as fair as possible," Alba said. Alba's comments prompted much debate among MLS fans and plenty of accusations of sour grapes but they did serve to highlight that this year's playoffs, if not MLS's playoffs in general, would certainly not be a battle of the best versus best. Defending champions Columbus Crew, who finished second in the Supporters' Shield race, were also eliminated in the first round, adding to the sense that the knockout phase of the season is very much a competition of its own. So on Saturday, after the international break disrupted the flow of the post-season, the Conference semi-finals, will see a "Hudson River Derby" between two New York teams who couldn't finish in the top 10 in the regular season. New York City, Manchester City's sister club, have home-field advantage after finishing in 13th spot while the New York Red Bulls travel from New Jersey, having ended up in 16th place. The 'home field' isn't actually NYCFC's usual home of Yankee Stadium, which is being used for a college football game, but Citi Field, home of New York's other baseball club, the Mets. Later on Saturday, in the Western Conference, 2022 MLS Cup winners and last year's beaten finalists, Los Angeles FC, are at home to the Seattle Sounders. That fixture feels much more like the kind of playoff game that was expected -- LAFC finished top of the West while Seattle were fourth. LAFC faces the Sounders for the fourth time in an elimination match over the last 13 months, having defeated Seattle in the 2023 Western Conference semifinals, the 2024 Leagues Cup quarterfinal and the 2024 US Open Cup semifinal. Each of those matches was hosted by Seattle. LAFC, with former France stars in goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and striker Olivier Giroud, enter the encounter unbeaten in their last 10 meetings with the Sounders, with their last loss to Seattle coming in a 2-0 defeat in 2021. On Sunday, surprise package Atlanta, with their 40-year-old goalkeeper Brad Guzan having impressed so many with his heroics against Miami, will return to Florida to take on Orlando City, who finished fourth in the East. Atlanta won at Orlando on the last day of the regular campaign, a victory that allowed them to sneak into the wildcard round but which also completed a home and away double for the Georgia side. "Obviously, in Major League Soccer, anything can happen," said Orlando coach Oscar Pareja. "Our responsibility is to play one game at a time. This one, we're going to be ready for sure," he added. The weekend rounds off with Los Angeles Galaxy hosting Minnesota United who, under former Manchester United assistant coach Eric Ramsay, came through a best-of-three series against higher-ranked Real Salt Lake. The Galaxy start as favourites but, as this season has shown in abundance, that counts for little. "We know they are a top team at this level with top individual players who are very difficult to beat at home but...I feel that if we are a good version of what we have been over the last 10-12 games... I certainly won't be painting it as a one sided game," said Ramsay. sev/js

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Grandkids already have lots of “stuff.” As the holidays approach, consider a gift that keeps on giving, that being a monetary contribution to a post-high school education fund. Said funds can be used for college, trade school, specialized training, all related to preparing your grandchildren for gaining skills to enable them to find long-term meaningful employment. Employers hire new people to fulfill specific needs within their organizations. Speaking for myself, having a B.A. degree in economics provided a macro understanding of how the economy works. However, to be able to communicate with employees and supervisors in a plant production arena, I took many short courses in science, technology, engineering and math-related subjects to acquire enough knowledge to fully understand the big picture and to be able to surround myself with people with the skill levels I needed (and knew had to be more advanced than my own to make plant operation successful). Bottom line: Education has to continue well beyond high school and even college. I would interview applicants with more “degrees” than a thermometer, but depth of knowledge was often lacking. Wiring a house is not the same as wiring a control panel with a maze of integrated circuitry. Give the gift that keeps on giving. King Embry, Winnetka Shooting down words of war The new Cook County state’s attorney compared Chicago’s gun violence to a “war zone.” Maybe Eileen O’Neill Burke should go on a fact-finding mission to Ukraine. Is it the duty of every elected official to exaggerate the problems they face? (See Mayor Brandon Johnson’s disingenuous performance.) She can follow her statement by blaming the last state’s attorney, taking another page out of Johnson’s playbook. O’Neill Burke’s statement was an insult to the service people who have been in a real war zone. Kevin Berg, Fox Lake More pardons needed to Trump-proof country I 100% agree with the pardon of Hunter Biden and here’s why. The Republicans investigated him for the last two years of the Trump administration and found nothing. They have trashed him for the last six years in the press and for the last two years, the Republican-majority House has tried everything but to tar and feather Joe Biden and came up with nothing. So, let’s look at the charges Hunter Biden was convicted of. Number one: the gun that he had illegally for 11 days. The fact is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rarely has brought charges against a single person for the purchase of a single gun. Number two: tax issues. He cheated on his taxes (Yes. So has Donald Trump). He’s paid his back taxes and his late charges, so fine him and move on. This entire thing has been 100% political ploy. If I were President Biden, I would issue a pardon to every Cabinet member and their top assistants across the board. I would pardon retired General Mark Milley and all of the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I would issue a pardon for every executive level employee in the justice, defense, education, energy and border protection departments, Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and of course, Dr. Anthony Fauci. If this doesn’t go far enough to stop Trump’s witch hunt, I would issue a blanket pardon for the entire federal government. With this out of his way, Trump can make America great again. Jeffery Carr, Carol Stream Too many guns How did we get to be a country where we put up with travesties like a police officer’s being fatally shot near the Oak Park Public Library at 9:30 a.m.? Where we live in terror whenever our kids go outside or, even scarier, go to school? Where people value their guns over human life? And many folks erroneously think these guns make them safer. Somehow I don’t think this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind. Deborah Donovan, Berwyn A new pledge to the flag Since the Supreme Court granted Donald Trump immunity from the law, thus rendering him lawless, and should he escape punishment for his felonies because of his money, I propose a new Pledge of Allegiance: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the plutocracy for which it stands: One nation under God, with liberty only for those who can obtain and retain more wealth for themselves, with freedom from governmental regulation, from equality, and from justice for all others. Marion J. Reis, Lombard Ohtani would make fewer errors in the Oval Office While the concept of “ Golden At-Bats” seems preposterous in the traditional game of baseball, it’s not without some merit elsewhere. For instance, maybe the next time Donald Trump brings up tariffs or tax cuts for the wealthy, maybe Shohei Ohtani can be announced as a designated decision-maker. After all, the Japanese superstar has succeeded at everything else, why not global economics as well? Bob Ory, ElginKevin Roi Canubas, 29 and a first-time dad, will miss his daughter’s first Christmas so the festive lights in homes can continue to shine. Kevin’s Noche Buena this year would be in the Cayanga-Bugallon solar plant in Pangasinan, where he works as a Grid Manager for Hedcor, AboitizPower’s renewable energy asset manager, together with his team and away from his family. “As a first-time dad, I sometimes find myself missing key moments with my daughter, especially as she celebrates her first Christmas. It’s never easy, but it’s all part of the responsibility I’ve embraced in this industry,” Kevin said. “We approach every day — whether it’s a holiday or not — as just another Monday because, in the power industry, energy is always in demand, no matter the season. This holiday season is no exception,” he explained.

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