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As voters continue to head to the polls and mail in or drop off ballots during early voting, the final week before Election Day gives a sense of the national headwinds in politics.
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As voters continue to head to the polls and mail in or drop off ballots during early voting, the final week before Election Day gives a sense of the national headwinds in politics.
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If you want to be able to toast and bake quickly without having to constantly turn on your full-sized oven, consider purchasing a countertop toaster oven. This Panasonic toaster oven from Amazon has thousands of 5-star reviews.
The Panasonic NB-G110P-K FlashXpress Toaster Oven can replace both your toaster and oven and has six preset cooking functions so you can cook, bake, defrost, reheat and toast a variety of foods with one touch. The Panasonic toaster oven works by using two infrared oven heating elements at the front and back and does not require preheating.
The toaster oven’s 9-inch baking rack is connected to the oven door, so it pulls back toward you when you open the door. This means you don’t have to touch the hot rack to get your food. It also includes an auto shut-off feature, which prevents overcooking and burning.
The toaster oven comes in black, silver or white. Both silver and white currently priced at about $150, while the black is around $248 right now. Measuring 13.9 by 10.3 by 7.8 inches, it should fit on most countertops.
With nearly 8,000 reviews, the Panasonic toaster oven has a total rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. Customers say it is easy to use and clean — one of the best toasters they’ve ever owned and used. Many mention how well it does when reheating pizza.
One customer who gave it a full five stars calls it a “bachelor’s dream” and says they read a lot of reviews before deciding on the Panasonic toaster oven.
“It’s weird being excited about a toaster oven, but this thing is LEGIT. As a bachelor, it’s a pain to fire up the oven every time you want to put down a Hot Pocket. I also didn’t have a toaster, so this solved both problems,” Ross G. wrote. “It does have an interesting design. People will comment on it. I can’t quite tell if it looks futuristic or like a fossil from the early ’70s. But I like it. And it cooks like a champion.”
Another 5-star review says that the toaster is amazing and exceeded expectations.
“I roast my own coffee at home and needed to replace my cheap dying toaster oven. I wanted something that could reach 500 F, thinking I needed that to roast the beans fast enough. Well, my first batch of beans burned within 3 minutes at 500 F! I was stunned at how quickly it was able to dry them out. It heats up extremely fast, and it even cools down quickly when the cycle is over,” Chunky Bacon! wrote. “If you’re looking for a great toaster oven at a decent price, this is the one. I am beyond satisfied. Well done, Panasonic. Bravo!”
If you’re looking for something just a bit different, you’ll find several other toaster ovens on Amazon as well, like this Hamilton Beach 2-in-1 Countertop Oven that is currently on sale for $99.
The Hamilton Beach countertop oven switches from an extra-wide slot toaster to an oven with the slide of a lever. It has a separate toast shade selector, bake and broil functions and a 60-minute timer with auto-shutoff.
With nearly 5,000 5-star reviews, customers say it is easy to use and clean. They also note this is a space saver and doesn’t take up much room on kitchen counters.
For an even lower-priced option, this Black+Decker 4-Slice Convection Oven is on sale for about $44. The Black+Decker convection oven is designed for even toasting of up to four slices of bread at once and fits a 9-inch pizza.
The convection oven has a 30-minute timer and can bake, broil, toast or keep food warm. It also has a removable crumb tray and measures 16.4 by 11.3 by 9.4 inches.
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New Status Incentivizes Microsoft Sales Teams to Sell Altoura with Its Mixed Reality Portfolio
SEATTLE, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Altoura today announced it has achieved Microsoft's Azure IP Co-Sell Incentivized status, extending an already strong relationship to include a joint selling motion. Microsoft sellers around the globe are now incentivized to sell Altoura, the leading SaaS productivity platform for spatial work.
Altoura is now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, and the two organizations will begin jointly selling mixed reality solutions to customers looking to transform their industry and internal workflows to increase productivity.
Altoura helps organizations transform their physical equipment and environments into digital (3D) assets and then make them immersive, interactive, and collaborative. With Altoura, business-critical workflows that once required a physical presence—such as employee training, facilities design and planning, and product demos—can be completed more efficiently as immersive workflows from any location. For example, Altoura customers report that the ability to train employees in a realistic virtual environment before they show up to work onsite in their physical environment reduces training time by more than 70%, accelerating time to productivity and eliminating the need for costly instructor-led training.
"We are one hundred percent complimentary to Microsoft mixed reality solutions, and we work closely with Microsoft to help customers become more productive and differentiated," said Jamie Fleming, CEO of Altoura. "Now with Co-sell Incentivized status, we will expand Altoura's commercial reach in the enterprise significantly."
Altoura is the pioneer of interactive digital twin technology and maker of the productivity platform for spatial work. Altoura transforms physical assets into 3D models and provides a no-code platform to transform them into immersive, interactive, and collaborative workflows such as immersive training and real estate design visualization. Altoura is a Gold member of Microsoft's Mixed Reality Partner Program and a strategic partner with Meta, Unity, Insight, and leading systems integrators. With a large and growing base of Fortune 500 customers, Altoura is the #1 platform for Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Transportation, and Corporate Real Estate teams that want to empower their workforce with the tools to be productive from anywhere. To learn more, please visit altoura.com.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three men have been arrested in South Africa for stealing a 2.5-meter (8-feet) long Nile crocodile worth about $1,300 from a farm in the North West province, police said Monday.
The men, who are all aged between 20 and 35, are believed to have used a pick-up truck to take the animal from a crocodile farm in the Hartbeesfontein area about 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of Johannesburg.
The crocodile was found tied up with rope and wire in an abandoned farmhouse. The men had covered it up with tree branches in an attempt to hide it, police said. Police also found the pick-up truck. The men were arrested last week and are due to appear in court on Monday.
Police are investigating how they managed to get the large crocodile out of the farm, which had secure fencing, police spokeswoman Col. Adele Myburgh said.
“How did they slip this animal out?” she said. “It’s not a baby crocodile by any means.”
Myburgh said the crocodile was badly dehydrated when it was found by a team of police officers and animal conservation officials.
The crocodile has been “returned to its rightful owner,” police said. They released a photo of it swimming in its pool at the farm.
While South Africa has a problem with poaching, crocodiles are not normally targeted because of how dangerous they are.
Myburgh said that the motive of the theft was still under investigation but crocodile body parts like the skin, nails and teeth do have value and the men might have been planning to kill the animal and sell its parts.
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More AP Africa news: https://apnews.com/hub/africa | 2023-04-24T20:22:59+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/world-news/3-men-arrested-in-south-africa-for-stealing-large-crocodile/ |
Women's leading fashion retailer launches inaugural bra donation campaign in partnership with I Support the Girls
DULUTH, Minn., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading women's fashion retailer, Maurices is launching its inaugural bra drive in partnership with national nonprofit organization I Support the Girls to help collect and distribute bras, allowing women who are survivors of domestic violence or human trafficking, or are experiencing homelessness or distress to stand tall with dignity. This partnership continues to drive Maurices' greater purpose to make a positive difference in the lives of women who are the heart of their hometowns.
The lack of bras and hygiene products is an issue in every community and one that is not often discussed due to the taboo nature of women's intimates and menstruation. The act of wearing a bra gives women the confidence to apply for jobs, maintain employment, and builds self-esteem.
"We learned that bras are the most needed, yet least donated clothing item, so we wanted to jump into action and do our part to help," said Laura Sieger, Chief Marketing Officer of Maurices. "As a company with the interest of women at heart, Maurices is proud to partner with I Support the Girls, so no woman has to choose between buying a hot meal or purchasing a bra to support herself."
From January 5 through January 31, Maurices' customers can donate a new or gently worn bra to any of its nearly 900 locations across the U.S. and receive a $5 coupon off the purchase of a new bra from the brand.
In addition, Maurices will be donating $10,000 to I Support the Girls. Customers can also donate directly to I Support the Girls during checkout at any Maurices' store throughout the U.S between January 5 - 31.
"We're thrilled Maurices has chosen to partner with us to help women in their hometowns," stated Dana Marlowe, CEO of I Support the Girls. "I've seen firsthand how a gently worn or new bra can build confidence and self-esteem to women in need."
In an effort to further support their mission, Maurices will also be partnering with micro and macro female influencers to educate their fan base and share Maurices' bra donation initiative, because there is nothing more powerful than women supporting women.
Any type and size of gently worn or new bra is welcome and needed. To learn more about the partnership with I Support the Girls, visit any Maurices location across the U.S.
Maurices is a leading women's fashion brand offering size-inclusive clothing that celebrates feel good fashion for real life™. Offering versatile, affordable styles that take her from day to night, maurices is a destination for denim, knit tops, loungewear, intimates, and accessories, along with dressy collections. Known for its fun and friendly service and trusted stylists, Maurices offers a warm welcoming experience in stores, and is guided by its greater purpose of making a positive difference in the lives of women who are the heart of its hometowns. Maurices operates 900 stores in hometowns across the U.S. and Canada and offers even more to love at maurices.com with additional categories, sizes, and colors.
For more information, please visit www.maurices.com. Connect with maurices on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maurices), Instagram (www.instagram.com/maurices), TikTok (www.tiktok.com/@officialmaurices) and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/maurices).
I SUPPORT THE GIRLS (ISTG) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that collects and distributes donations of new and gently used bras and feminine products to women and girls in need. Since 2015, I Support the Girls has donated more than 21 million bras, underwear, menstrual products, and toiletries across our 4,200 vetted social service agencies. ISTG has served more than 1.8 million women, girls, and folx over the last eight years through organizations including homeless and domestic violence shelters, low-income schools, food banks, and LGBTQ+ centers. ISTG has seven innovative programs to address the unique needs of many populations. Visit www.isupportthegirls.org for more information.
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CNN Poll: Most Americans are concerned about the US and ‘burned out’ on politics
By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN
Americans across political lines are united in their generally negative feelings about the US and its politics, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with Democrats particularly unlikely to express political enthusiasm.
Just 14% of Americans say they’re either excited (4%) or optimistic (10%) about the way things are going in the country, with 65% calling themselves concerned and another 21% saying they’re scared. Only about one-quarter, 23%, call themselves “fired up” about politics, with 53% describing themselves as burned out. And roughly one-third, 32%, say they feel their side is currently losing more than winning in politics, with just 9% feeling that they’re mostly on the winning side.
Democrats are modestly more positive than Republicans on the state of the country: 19% of Democrats describe themselves as optimistic or excited, compared with only 9% of Republicans who say the same. But Democrats are less likely to feel fired up than Republicans (25% vs. 33%) and more likely to say their side is losing (43% vs. 31%).
There are ideological divides as well, with liberals 16 percentage points likelier than conservatives to say they’re mostly losing and 10 points likelier to described themselves as burnt out by politics. And fears for the state of the country also correspond to political engagement: 33% of those who are scared about the US describe themselves as fired up about politics. By contrast, just 19% of those who say they’re concerned also describe themselves as fired up, and that number is just 13% who say they’re optimistic.
The economy continues to be at the forefront of most Americans’ minds. A 59% majority say economic issues are the most important issue to the country, compared with 30% who are more concerned with domestic and social issues, 3% who are most focused on foreign policy, and 7% saying another issue is their top concern.
While economic concerns dominate across party lines, they’re most pronounced within the GOP. Three-quarters of Republicans say that economic issues are the most important, compared to a more modest 54% among independents and 50% among Democrats. Significant minorities of Democrats (43%) and independents (30%) are more focused on social or domestic issues, while just 19% of Republicans say the same. There’s an ideological divide here as well: Among conservatives, 70% say economic issues are most important and just 21% say that social and domestic issues are; among liberals, a narrow majority call social and domestic issues their top concern (51%) with 41% choosing economic issues. Few across party or ideological lines care most about foreign policy.
Among the full public, the survey finds, Republicans hold a narrow edge in trust to handle the types of issues Americans say they care most about. By a 5-point margin, 35% to 30%, Americans say they trust the Republican Party more than the Democratic Party to handle such issues. More than one-third, 35%, trust neither party.
Those who prioritize economic issues — a heavily Republican-leaning bloc — give the GOP a 24-point lead, 46% to 22%, to handle those issues. Those who prioritize social and domestic issues — a bloc of mostly Democratic-aligned Americans — favor the Democratic Party by a 30-point margin, 49% to 19%.
Around 8 in 10 partisans on both sides trust their own party, while two-thirds of independents say they don’t have faith in either party to handle the country’s biggest issues.
The CNN poll was conducted by SSRS on May 12 and 13 among a random national sample of 1,000 adults surveyed by text message after being recruited using probability-based methods. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. It is larger for subgroups.
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IRVINE, Calif., April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Motor Corporation (Alpha) announced today that the company successfully debuted its Wolf and Wolf Plus Electric Trucks at the Seoul Mobility Show. Over 500,000 visitors attended Korea's premiere automotive exhibition with 164 affiliated companies participating from 12 countries. The Seoul Mobility Show is said to be the largest mobility show in Korea.
Alpha's exhibition at the Seoul Mobility Show is now available to view at https://youtu.be/IaOuurt36uo. High resolution photos from the event are accessible at https://www.alphamotorinc.com/sms2023.
Edward Lee and Jada Lee, Founders of Alpha Motor Corporation presented to the public at the 2023 Seoul Mobility Show, where the Wolf and Wolf Plus Electric Trucks made their international debut.
"We are incredibly honored to be here today to share a memory with you, which we hope will spark a chain reaction.
Our vision to Move Humanity® is intended to provide anyone who wishes to contribute to our goals and vision an opportunity to follow their own passion.
At the heart of our creation, we aspire to create a culture that positively reinforces giving recognition where it is due. This is an important pillar for a venture that will shape the way people are motivated and inspired, which will consequently bring about remarkable innovations.
Success of Alpha Motor will hinge on its authenticity, empowerment, and support from all of its believers. We are created for those believers.
We invite you to experience our Wolf, Wolf+ and our vision moving forward. Please come witness how a dream became reality," said Jada Lee Co-Founder, Vice Chairman of Alpha Motor Corporation.
The 2023 Seoul Mobility Show opened on March 30 to Press and Media organizations. Alpha's exhibition was located at the front of the main entrance of the Seoul Mobility Show, which made it easy for visitors to find Alpha.
News and media outlets in Korea provided reviews of Alpha which also included interviews with its leadership. The Seoul Mobility Show officially opened to the general public from March 31 and continued into the weekend when the highest number of visitors were recorded with an estimated 200,000 people. The event concluded on April 9.
Through the experience at the 2023 Seoul Mobility Show, Alpha was able to receive confirmation on its direction:
Authentic Brand – People of the Seoul Mobility Show resonated with Alpha's Move Humanity® vision of innovating mobility to accelerate a green economy. Alpha's genuine commitment to commercialize its EVs was presented to and welcomed by the public. Alpha's brand was perceived to be on par with what the market in Korea may consider to be a premium brand.
Unique Market Position – Consumers in Korea felt that Alpha's trucks were a much-needed innovation to the EV segment as well as a solution for niche markets such as camping, which have been rapidly rising in popularity. Considering Alpha's ability to swiftly bring about tangible products, consumers in Korea expressed their interest for more vehicles in Alpha's lineup including SAGA, JAX, ACE, and REX.
Product Design Excellence – An ongoing strength of Alpha, visitors of all ages were drawn to Alpha's EV designs. Several people commented that they could relate with Alpha and at the same time felt that its designs were refreshingly new and functionally well resolved.
Commercial Feasibility – Wolf and Wolf Plus electric trucks demonstrated mature and detailed execution in feasibility. Spanning across the overall footprint, architecture, materials, fit and finish, to projected performance specifications within such footprint, Alpha's products were well accepted as a desirable future product by potential consumers in Korea.
Visionary Leadership – Visitors of the Seoul Mobility Show looked favorably towards Alpha's industry experience, positive vision to Move Humanity®, and the company's product roadmap which was presented at the Seoul Mobility Show.
"We are moving forward in commercializing Alpha because the world needs our electric vehicles. Alpha is committed to Move Humanity® and we are closer to achieving our goal after successfully exhibiting to over 500,000 people at the Seoul Mobility Show," said Edward Lee, Founder, CEO of Alpha Motor Corporation.
About Wolf Plus Electric Truck
The Alpha Wolf Plus puts an additional emphasis on utility, while preserving the persona of Alpha's revolutionary Wolf Plus electric truck. The multipurpose Wolf Plus is built for utility and adventure. It has an extended cabin that accommodates four passengers, with access provided through two full-size doors for the driver and front passenger, and two three-quarter size doors that hinge backwards for open rear seat occupancy.
Wolf Plus vehicle dimensions measure approximately 5,287mm (208in) in length, 1900mm (75in) in width, and 1765mm (69in) in height. The truck bed measures approximately 1652mm (65in) in length, 1490mm (59in) in width, and 450mm (18in) in depth for a total of 40 cubic feet of truck bed storage.
About Alpha Motor Corporation
Alpha Motor Corporation (Alpha) is an award-winning American automobile company focused on manufacturing mobility solutions that Move Humanity®. We innovate sustainable transportation for the wellness of people and our environment by implementing advanced automotive technologies and disruptive industrial practices. Based in Irvine, California, Alpha is committed to creating the kinds of electric vehicles we believe the world has always wanted to see but that have not existed – until now.
About Seoul Mobility Show
The Seoul Mobility Show is a biannual international event and is the only automobile exhibition in Korea accredited by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers. The first show was held in 1995.
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Paycheck not keeping up with inflation? Here’s what you can do
(CNN) – There’s more evidence that it’s getting harder for the American worker to keep up with the cost of living.
A new survey found a huge majority of American workers said their wages are not keeping up with inflation as prices for nearly everything continues to rise.
Experts are weighing in on how to adjust and survive as inflation erodes people’s paychecks.
The survey sponsored by Bank of America found that nearly three in four American workers surveyed said the cost of living is outpacing their salary and wages.
Rana Foroohar, author of “Makers and Takers,” said she’s not sure how much more people will be able to spend.
The data also found that half of employees said they have to take action to deal with that economic strain.
Experts said adjusting your lifestyle is a key first step.
Economic analyst Dylan Ratigan said to check and see if you actually need what you are spending your money on.
“Do you really need a new car? Do you really need extra subscriptions? A recession is the opportunity to look between where we spend our money and what we value and bring them into alignment,” he said.
Among the group taking action, 21% are tapping into emergency savings to pay for bills, while 6% are dipping into their 401k and making a hardship withdrawal and 20% are looking for a higher-paying job.
The data paints a dire picture of workers under significant financial pressure as crushing inflation erodes paychecks.
Latina money expert Jannese Torres said many people are learning about the reality of living paycheck to paycheck due to the rising prices.
“There’s a lot of people who are just realizing that paycheck to paycheck life is more and more the kind of default that a lot of us are experiencing because of the fact that prices continue to outpace our wages,” she said.
Torres said some people are even being pushed to make major career moves.
“I’m talking to a lot of people who are thinking about how to diversify their income either through gig work or starting their own business or even multiple jobs,” she said.
Torres said she recommends people turn their creative skills into a side hustle or turn their professional skills into a consulting business and sell directly to customers.
“They can take the middleman out, which is corporate America, and just go straight to the consumer, offer their services at a higher price,” she said.
Meanwhile, the labor market is booming. The unemployment rate in September was 3.5%, the lowest level since 1969.
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Optimism is mounting at one of Wyoming’s nascent rare earths projects.
Early drilling results suggest the Halleck Creek deposit north of Laramie is larger than anticipated, and may rank among the most promising potential mines in the world, Western Rare Earths announced Sept. 1.
The company, a U.S. subsidiary of Australian exploration company American Rare Earths, acquired Halleck Creek a little over a year ago. It figured, from surface data, that the deposit’s roughly 350 million metric tons of mineralized rock contained up to a million metric tons of rare earths.
During preliminary drilling this spring, the company discovered that the rare earths extend farther east and deeper underground than it anticipated.
It has since expanded its estimate to encompass over a billion metric tons of mineralized rock and closer to 2 million metric tons of rare earths.
“The Halleck Creek project is shaping up to become a world class asset. The maiden drill campaign was a resounding success, and the new exploration target is massive,” Chris Gibbs, managing director and CEO of American Rare Earths, said in a written statement.
For rare earths, those numbers are huge.
A collection of 17 elements required for everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, rare earths are — despite their name — relatively common in nature.
They’re distributed thinly enough, though, that mineable deposits can be tough to find.
“Finding one that’s big enough to matter, and rich enough to be worthwhile, is actually quite rare in the global landscape of rare earths,” said Western Rare Earths CEO Marty Weems.
That’s what sets deposits like Halleck Creek apart.
Western Rare Earths believes that project, along with a similarly vast but less concentrated deposit the company is studying in Arizona, could — with further research — turn out to be one of the largest reserves ever found.
Rare Element Resources, the owner of the state’s other active rare earths project, determined following years of site study that its northeastern Wyoming resource holds roughly 500,000 metric tons of rare earths.
“Not many rare earth deposit discoveries around the world have more than a million tons of rare earth content in them,” Weems said. “We’re not guaranteeing that it does. We’re just saying, based on the limited data we have, it looks like it very well may have those kinds of volumes.”
Ranie Lands, a geologist at the Wyoming State Geological Survey, told the Star-Tribune via email that the agency has no independent way of verifying the size of the Halleck Creek deposit. It’ll take the company several years to verify those findings, Weems said.
But each round of drilling will bring it closer, starting with the samples it plans to extract between the end of this month and late October and finish analyzing by early 2023.
Most rare earth elements, considered essential to national function and vulnerable to supply chain disruption, are classified by the U.S. as critical minerals.
With the bulk of the country’s rare earths imported from China, establishing a domestic supply chain is a priority for the Biden administration and a target for subsidies intended to accelerate that development.
Western Rare Earths hopes that federal backing will help it turn the Halleck Creek project into a mine that supports hundreds of southeastern Wyoming jobs within a decade.
It’s also partnering with researchers in an effort to bring down the costs and environmental impacts of processing, challenges that have historically deterred U.S. investment in rare earths mining. (Rare Element Resources is also investing heavily in supply chain improvements.)
Meanwhile, Western Rare Earths has identified another advantage: The prevalence of radioactive elements at Halleck Creek — unlike most other mineable rare earths deposits — appears to fall well below the hazardous threshold. It still has to confirm that, too.
“There’s a lot of drilling in our future,” Weems said.
Which will be followed, he noted, by reclamation.
If all goes to plan, the very high concentration of rare earths and very low levels of radiation could enable Western Rare Earths to secure fewer permits, take fewer precautions and process smaller volumes of rock compared with many of its competitors. | 2022-09-14T14:03:19+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/rare-opportunity-southern-wyoming-rare-earth-deposit-shows-promise/article_cc022e70-32a3-11ed-83cc-7bb0b14fa58e.html |
Julie and Jimmy Johnson are no strangers to dogs. They have three of their own that regularly sleep in the bed with them in their home in southeast Tennessee. But recently, the couple woke up to find a large tan dog sandwiched between them that was not one of their own.
"You could see light coming into our curtains in our bedroom and I feel my husband not just roll over, but kind of startled, like almost a jump roll over and it woke me up," Julie said. "And in a quiet but stern voice, he said, 'Julie, whose dog is this?' "
Julie was admittedly confused, thinking it was of course either Hollis, Jupiter or Zeppelin, one of their three dogs. But then she rolled over, locked eyes with Jimmy only to find an unknown dog in bed with them.
"My husband just went to kind of pull the blankets up a little bit, almost like they were going to protect him ... and at that point, the dog got even further up on our pillows and snuggled in and was just 100% content being there," Julie said.
It didn't take much time after that to realize that the strange dog was not a threat, but instead a cuddle bug — and maybe a bit of a bed hog as it pushed the Johnsons to both sides of their king bed.
After taking a look at the dog and realizing it must have had owners who took care of it, Julie said she started taking some selfies of the bizarre and funny situation. She then posted a few photos to Facebook in what she said was "the weirdest post I have ever had to make" asking her friends if anyone recognized the dog.
It didn't take long before Julie received a message from a person saying they were the dog's owner. It turned out that the dog, whose name is Nala, had slipped out of her collar while on a walk and ran into the woods the previous day ahead of large thunderstorms in the area. After a quick photo verification, one of Nala's moms was on the way to get her.
"Our overly friendly pup, Nala, has hit an all time record for ignoring personal space and added yet another trick to her long list of Houdini acts," Cris Hawkins, one of Nala's owners, wrote on Facebook. "Shame [on] Nala for somehow breaking into a strangers house and invading their personal space. Thankfully, the couple thought it was hilarious and they aren't even mad about it."
In the end, there were no hard feelings and the owners have since had a play date with all four dogs — cementing the fact that they are strangers no more.
The only mystery that remains is how exactly Nala got into the house without any of the other dogs barking. The working theory, Julie said, is that a door was left open or not closed entirely, and then Nala, who is terrified of thunder, saw the porch light and found her way inside during the storm.
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Keaton Henson can't help but make things. But, as he establishes throughout his new album Kindly Now, the English songwriter not only suffers for his art; he also seems to suffer because of it. In "The Pugilist," one of Kindly Now's many heartbreakers, Henson reveals the inner struggle he endures so that he can craft work that connects with others, and possibly last after he's gone. "So scared of death that I try to leave part of me here," he sings before chanting, "Don't forget me." Later, "Polyhymnia" imagines a violent battle between himself and his muse — and possibly a former love — with vivid lines like, "Polly, won't you bite off my tongue / Make me feel heartache like when I was young." It's difficult to funnel a lifetime of pain into songs with such plaintive honesty and resigned reflection.
As open as Henson is in his music, he remains incredibly private; he tours only sporadically, performing in churches, museums and intimate house shows. Still, even when he's retreated from the limelight, Henson has kept just as busy pursuing other endeavors. He's released albums composed of "bedroom classical" compositions and electronic music; he's staged an immersive DIY production of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and scored a film. Henson has also developed into a renowned visual artist, and just published a collection of poetry titled Idiot Verse. Now, Kindly Now represents a return to the stark chamber-pop balladry that defined 2013's gorgeous Birthdays.
Across Kindly Now's 12 bittersweet songs, Henson's distinct voice is the primary focus, as he adorns his quivering falsetto with little more than sparse piano or some chiming electric guitar. The palette is so restrained at times that songs like "No Witnesses" often sound as if Henson is writing them on the spot in some darkened hotel room, or in an empty old house where the sound bounces off the floorboards. When he does flesh out the arrangements, it's with a light touch to give his words orchestral weight at just the right moment — from swelling cellos and violins to the tactile, reedy hum of bass clarinet, to gospel-infused harmonies sung in a round cycle ("Holy Lover"). Henson's newfound emphasis on sonic exploration appears in the form of a few instrumental symphonic interludes, and in the transportive opener "March," a mood-altering overture composed of processed textures and chopped-up elements that surface in the music to come.
Henson runs himself through the emotional wringer again and again on Kindly Now, either by picking at the scabs of relationships frayed by restlessness and poisoned trust ("Comfortable Love," "Good Lust") or, in "How Could I Have Known," by pining over love he'd once had: "I shoulda said 'Stay with me' and 'Please don't leave me alone.'" His lyrics are most affecting when they depict specific personal details that could resonate with anyone. The moving "Old Lovers In Dressing Rooms" recounts a chance encounter with an ex after years apart, as well as the loaded conversation that follows. "I haven't many words to say, 'I've thought about you every day,'" Henson sings, adding, "and she seems disappointed when I say that I'm not happy yet."
In other hands, Kindly Now could have been a series of unrelentingly bleak and remorseful songs from a wounded soul. But another stirring highlight, "Alright," allows Henson to deliver an encouraging anthem of breathtaking beauty. An open letter to his past self, it acknowledges that while depression and heartbreak still haunt him, he has the capacity to keep going, change and let go. "You and I are monsters, will not find another / But cannot be together, lest we eat each other," he sings before adding, "Obviously my wounds are open to see / But don't take them seriously, I'll be fine." For Keaton Henson, creating seems to be both the cause and the result of his pain — but it's also his path toward healing.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-27T10:40:36+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2016-09-08/review-keaton-henson-kindly-now |
NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FC Bayern Munich has today announced the appointment of Dee Kundra as Managing Director for the Americas.
Kundra joined FC Bayern in 2017 as Head of Marketing & Communications to lead the club's audience development and brand positioning strategy within North, Central and south America. In that time, the club has successfully increased their Americas fan base and further established its brand in the region.
Her new responsibilities include advancing the club's strategic objectives, working directly with headquarters to drive organizational success. She will report into Moritz Mattes, FC Bayern Munich's Chief of Staff responsible for the steering and development of the club's international offices in New York, Shanghai and Bangkok under the stewardship of Andreas Jung, FC Bayern's Executive Board Member responsible for marketing.
"Dee has proven herself to be an important part of our senior executive team. Her contribution to the club's successes in the Americas over the last five years has been substantial. We are confident that she will guide the team into an even stronger position of growth within the region," commented FC Bayern Munich Executive Board Member – Marketing, Andreas Jung.
"I am honored to be trusted by the FC Bayern board, in particular Andreas Jung, to take the lead for our operations in the Americas. This appointment comes at an exciting time for the sport of soccer as the region sets its sights on the 2026 FIFA World Cup and beyond," said Dee Kundra, FC Bayern Munich, Managing Director – Americas.
Prior to joining FC Bayern, Kundra acquired a wealth of international experience holding senior roles at the New York Cosmos and Liverpool FC as well as working on Barclays' global sponsorship of the Premier League at Lexis Agency.
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ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. – The national suicide rate rose by 4% in 2021, according to federal data.
Experts with the Community Services Board said that trend is the same in our region.
Depression and anxiety among young people is up 40% since 2019 in our region, according to recent data presented by Region One Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Jordan Brooks.
Another startling statistic is the rise in death by suicide.
“We have seen a slight increase in reported suicides in the past few years. From 2019 to 2020, there was a 4% increase. Regardless if the number is large or small, it’s important to know those numbers are people,” said Brooks.
Experts shared some signs to be on the lookout for.
“Ultimately just noticing changes and how those changes are impacting them because everyone is different and everybody’s story and experiences are different. Things like sleep habits, appetite mood, and withdrawal from others, family and friends. Not doing things they typically liked to do,” said Brooks.
BreAnne Rogers, the Rockbridge Area Community Services Prevention Services Manager, said her agency offers free, tangible solutions to prevent suicide.
“We give out free locking medication lock boxes, free trigger locks, free cable locks, That way it can hopefully put time and distance between a potential thought and an action, which could be lifesaving for individuals,” said Rogers.
They said the single most protective factor in preventing youth from dying by suicide, having a trusted adult to talk to – and not being scared to speak openly about suicides and other mental health struggles.
“Really asking specifically about suicide. If someone is having thoughts of suicide by naming it, it’s not going to make it more appealing to someone, but by not naming it, it’s potentially avoiding,” said Rogers.
You can reach the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling 988, or through chat here.
More resources can be found here. | 2022-10-01T03:51:38+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/09/30/regional-suicide-rates-on-the-rise-warning-signs-and-more-resources/ |
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Leading Sunday services on the lawn outside his tornado-damaged Crosspoint Christian Church, the Rev. David Nichols told his congregation there was much for which to be grateful despite the destruction around them.
The tornado that ravaged Selma hit the church’s daycare. It destroyed much of the building, collapsing walls and leaving piles of rubble in some of the classrooms, but the 70 children and teachers who huddled inside bathrooms were unharmed.
“Nothing but by the grace of God that they walked out of there,” Nichols said as he looked at the building.
The Sunday after a tornado devastated much of the historic city of Selma, church congregations raised up prayers of gratitude for lives spared and gave prayers of comfort for lives lost elsewhere to the storm.
Churches anchor the community for many in this historic city. Black congregations also played an integral role in the civil rights movement. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday is celebrated Monday, led the 1965 voting rights march from Brown Chapel AME Church.
The storm system was blamed with killing nine people — two in Georgia and seven in rural Autauga County, Alabama where an estimated EF3 tornado, which is just two steps below the most powerful category of twister, tossed mobile homes into the air and ripped way roofs. The Selma twister, an estimated high-end EF2 with winds of 130 mph, cut a wide swath through the city, collapsing buildings and snapping trees in half. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Sunday that President Joe Biden had approved a major disaster declaration for the two hard-hit Alabama counties.
The hymn “Amazing Grace” floated across the lawn at Selma’s Crosspoint Church, where services were held outside because of the damage to the main sanctuary. The service also honored the quick-thinking teachers who got the children, ranging in age from infants to 5-year-olds, to the building’s inner bathrooms and shielded them with their own bodies as the twister roared over them.
Sheila Stockman, a teacher at Crosspoint Christian daycare, said they made the decision to get the children to the bathroom when they saw the storm was headed for them.
“The walls started shaking and I told my class, ‘Lie down and close your eyes’ …. and I laid down on top of them until it was over,” Stockman said.
Stockman said the teachers tried to reassure the children as the tornado roared above.
“I was praying and I kept telling them, ‘It’s OK. I got you. You’re OK. I love y’all,’ ” Shana Lathan told her class as they huddled inside the bathroom.
When it was over, Stockman said they opened the bathroom door to see the sky above them and parts of the building gone. A room that held the preschoolers moments earlier was filled with rubble.
At historic Brown Chapel AME, congregation members handed out plates of food, baby formula, diapers, water and other supplies Sunday afternoon.
“There are so many people hurting here right now that there is sort of like a mutual misery, which requires a shared hope and a shared vision to help us to help each other through this,” the Rev. Leodis Strong said.
His sermon for the day was titled “A Storm-Tested Faith.” Strong said the community’s faith is being tested because “this is an environment that we have to rely upon that relationship with God and put into practice the faith that we have developed.”
A bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sits outside the church. As the nation marks King’s birthday, Strong said King’s message resonates through the disaster recovery.
“If anything, that ought to inspire and motivate us to practice our faith and our understanding of Dr. King’s commitment. So we’ll make it through this. We’re going to make it,” Strong said.
At Blue Jean Selma Church, a racially diverse church with a name meant to convey that all are welcome in any attire they choose, there was a similar message. “Even in the midst of this we have hope,” Bob Armstrong, the church pastor, said.
Church members shared stories of close calls — one man emerging unscathed from a demolished building and another who moved from a building shortly before the ceiling collapsed.
Congregation member Lynn Reeves, who swayed to the modern gospel music beneath the church’s stained glass windows, had a similar feeling of gratitude. With the destruction through the city, it’s amazing no one was killed, she said.
During the storm, Reeves sheltered in the bathroom of the auto parts store where she works. She said her coworker was in the store’s delivery truck when the twister dropped part of a roof on top of him, but he was not seriously hurt.
“It’s a blessing. By the grace of God, it’s a blessing … because it could have been worse,” Reeves said. | 2023-01-16T20:07:01+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-in-tornado-ravaged-selma-prayers-of-thanks/ |
Have you ever dreamed about owning a ranch, riding your trusty horse, tending to your herd and living off the fat of the land? Unfortunately, while daydreaming can be fun, the reality of being a rancher may not be as glamorous, with long, hard days and little to no time off.
However, you could live out your “Yellowstone” fantasy for a little while — minus the demanding work — by staying in a cowboy-inspired ranch rentals for vacation.
Five Top Rentals for Ranch Vacations
You can book a luxurious lodge, a rustic ranch retreat or a charming farmhouse through vacation rental apps. With destinations across the Western states, the amenities at the following five destinations that can be rented on Vrbo range from log-lined cabins to flickering fires and sweeping vistas. Maybe you’ll find one that has you packing your bags and shouting, “Yeehaw!”
Ranch House in Alpine, Wyoming
No matter what time of year you travel, your family can enjoy outdoor fun at this large, modern home in Wyoming that’s loaded with rustic touches. The town of Alpine rests at the convergence of the Greys, Salt and Snake Rivers against the mountainsides. Fish, boat, hike and cook out during warm weather or sled, ride snowmobiles and snuggle by the fire when it’s cold. There is also an airpark with rentals available approximately 150 yards from the back of the property.
You can rent this ranch for an average rate of $360 per night for up to 11 people.
Chalet in Big Sky, Montana
You can survey the breathtaking views of Lone Peak, Fan Mountain and the Spanish Peaks from the sprawling upper deck of this newly-built Montana home. The stunning 5,000-square-foot house is fit for a prosperous rancher who wants to kick back and relax. There’s an eight-person hot tub, access to skiing, a game room, a fire pit and more. The entire family can stay comfortably with two primary suites — each with gas fireplaces — and three other bedrooms.
You can book this ranch on Vrbo for an average rate of $3,077 per night for up to 12 people.
Modern Lodge in Gillespie, Texas
There’s nothing quite like a 22-acre ranch in Texas for a cowboy-inspired vacation. Originally built in 1848, this property has been professionally decorated with a mix of modern amenities and authentic touches. Relax in the heated pool and spa, sit under the stars beside the large fire pit or take in nearby activities such as horseback riding, antiquing and winery tours.
Rent this ranch house for an average rate of $745 per night for up to 15 people.
Cabin in Gallatin County, Montana
This “Cabin Sweet Cabin” has an abundance of western appeal, from log-lined walls and cowhides to hewn wood furnishings and an eye-catching loft. Outside, enjoy the hot tub and the barbecue grill under the covered back porch, or head out for some fly-fishing on the Gallatin River.
Getaways at this lodge average $366 per night for up to eight people.
Luxe Lodgings in Oakley, Utah
If you are a fan of the hit Paramount series, “Yellowstone,” you might especially enjoy a stay at this vacation rental. The Twilight Moon Ranch was featured on the TV series its third season. The property includes 16 tranquil acres of horse pasture and a trout-filled lake for catch-and-release fishing. The 8,500-square-foot home has seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, ideal for a cowboy-themed family reunion.
This luxe lodge averages at $3,628 a night and sleeps up to 22 guests.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories. | 2022-12-16T22:45:39+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/live-yellowstone-dreams-vrbo-ranch-rentals |
The Symposium, Took Place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC, on June 2nd and Brought Together Formerly Incarcerated Women, Social Justice Activists, Organizers, Leading Female Movement Attorneys, Officials, Experts, and More
LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls hosted an all-women-led symposium at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC. This event brought together formerly incarcerated women, social justice activists, organizers, leading female movement attorneys, officials, experts, and more, focusing on clemency, racial and gender justice, and its impact on incarcerated women in the federal prison system.
The National Council Partnered with The Kemba Smith Foundation, The Justice Roundtable, CAN-DO Foundation, ACLU – North Carolina, and Ladies of Hope Ministries, Inc. The group consists of organizations founded and run by formerly incarcerated women that came together at various times over several years. To combat and end the incarceration of women and girls, share resources, amplify the critical issues of the criminal justice system's impact on the poor and communities of color, and develop policies and legislation and additional resources for boots-on-the-ground organizers in the US.
The event included panel discussions with women who received clemency, shared personal experiences, and discussed the importance of clemency, the issues surrounding racial and gender justice issues, and The National Council's #FreeHer ClemencyWorks campaign, and the expectations for the current administration. The gathering concluded with the development of new strategies and unification of various groups. Updates to follow.
"Clemency is a power given to the President so he or she can be the 'fail-safe in the mechanism of justice.' Thousands of women in the Bureau of Prisons need to come home. We all have the common goal of ensuring the right thing is done, and these women are free." - Catherine Sevcenko, Senior Counsel at the National Council.
The National Council was founded in 2010 by a group of women incarcerated in federal prison in Danbury, CT. The organization works to end the criminal legal system's forced separation of women and girls from their communities and loved ones through hyper-local organizing, public awareness education, and its national #FreeHer ClemencyWorks Campaign. The National Council also organizes against the incarceration of women globally through its International Network. For more information, visit www.nationalcouncil.us.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Katie Volynets saved a match point and grabbed the last seven games to come back and beat third-seeded Anastasia Potapova 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday to reach her first WTA quarterfinal at the ATX Open.
Volynets, a 21-year-old born in California who is ranked 92nd, was just a point from defeat while trailing 5-0 in the third set and facing a break point. But she claimed the next three points to hold serve there and was on her way to the big turnaround.
She wound up taking 27 of the match's last 32 points.
In January, Volynets qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.
Now Volynets will face Peyton Stearns or Mirjam Bjorklund for a spot in the semifinals at the inaugural edition of the hard-court tournament in the Texas capital.
The highest-seeded woman left in the field, No. 4 Sloane Stephens, was scheduled to play qualifier Heather Watson later Wednesday.
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Some team’s hope to break records and some know when they are right in front of them, ripe for the taking.
Weston’s dynamic 4×200 girls’ team knew exactly what the meet record was in its event and took it down at Saturday’s MSTCA Division 5 Relays at the Reggie Lewis Center.
The speedy foursome of Kaitlyn Ewald, Lily Kacyvenski, Solana Varela and Avery Lehman shattered the previous mark of 1:48.93 with a 1:46.98, the fastest time in the state this season. The time also broke the school record, a squad Ewald and Kacyvenski were on.
The girls had little doubt they’d eclipse the former mark.
“That was our goal coming into it,” said Lehman. “We just said we got this. In my head when I was running I was like, ‘I can’t screw this up.’ ”
The Wildcats proved to be too tough for everyone as they captured the team title with 56 points. Along with the 4×200, Weston picked up wins in the 4×400 (4:12.83), 4×800 (9:57.25) and distance medley (13:00.99). Nipmuc was a distant second with 38 points and Medway captured the bronze medal with 29 points.
Amesbury’s boys captured the team competition, edging Weston by a point 37 to the Wildcats’ 36 points. The Red Hawks picked up a win in the shuttle hurdles (28.31) and second in the 4×200 (1:34.78), and second in the 4×400 (3:33.81) to Lunenburg’s meet record of 3:32.78.
For Weston, Mike and Mark Sanchez were part of the 4×50 (third, 23.10) and 4×400 (seventh, 3:39.27) squads that picked up points. Jackson Wetherell was on the hurdle squad along with the 4×200 (third, 1:34.98), 4×400 and hurdles, while Zach Rome hurdled and was on the 4×800 (first, 8:29.20) and 4×200 teams.
“It was a total team effort,” said Weston head coach Ernie Bissaillon. “We had a great meet.”
Led by a 4:30 mile by Tim Rank, Littleton established a new meet record with its 10:48.08 finish. That time erased the previous best of 10:51.15 set back in 2017 by Newburyport. Evan Cherry, Bona Bradshaw and Paul Neary also had strong outings in the record run.
“We were pretty confident we could get it,” said distance coach Ted Painter. “We have some talented kids who work really hard.”
Add Keith Townsend to the short list of high school athletes on the Massachusetts indoor track scene who embrace and thrive under pressure.
The Ipswich senior was all that and more in the high jump, where he was the lone athlete to clear 6 feet when he soared to a personal best of 6-3 on his final attempt, forcing a first-place tie with Southwick at 16-9.
“I wish I could go for more,” he said. “The energy and having the team relying on me to make it put the pressure on me.”
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JUSTIN, Texas, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canoo (Nasdaq: GOEV), a high-tech advanced mobility company, today announced that it will report its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 after market close on Monday, August 14, 2023. The Company will host a conference call and live webcast at 5:00 pm ET to discuss the results, followed by a question-and-answer period.
Those interested are invited to listen to the live webcast online here. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly afterwards here.
Date: Monday, August 14, 2023
Time: 5:00 pm ET
U.S. Dial-in: 877-407-9169
International Dial-in: 201-493-6755
Access ID: 13740414
An audio replay of the call will be available shortly after its conclusion through August 28, 2023.
Toll-free Replay Number: 877-660-6853
International Replay Number: 201-612-7415
Replay ID: 13740414
About Canoo
Canoo's mission is to bring EVs to Everyone. The company has developed breakthrough electric vehicles that are reinventing the automotive landscape with bold innovations in design, pioneering technologies, and a unique business model that spans the full lifecycle of the vehicle. Distinguished by its experienced team from leading technology and automotive companies – Canoo has designed a modular electric platform purpose-built to deliver maximum vehicle interior space that is customizable across all owners in the vehicle lifecycle to support a wide range of vehicle applications for consumers and businesses.
Canoo has teams in California, Texas, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. For more information, please visit www.canoo.com. For Canoo press materials, including photos, please visit press.canoo.com. For investors, please visit www.investors.canoo.com.
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Texas-Based Industry Leaders Collaborate to Raise Awareness and Benefit Patient Families in Need
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cook Children's and Twisted X®, a Twisted X Global Brands company, have joined together to create the Cook Children's by Twisted X Collection. Twisted X will donate 100 percent of wholesale proceeds from every pair of shoes sold from this collection directly to Cook Children's.
"The partnership between Cook Children's and Twisted X furthers our commitment to providing patients and families with a one-of-a-kind resource tailored around their health care needs to enhance the overall experience," said Cook Children's Health Foundation Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer Grant Harris. "We are constantly looking for new ways to provide compassionate care and we are proud to come together with Twisted X who shares this passion and embraces creativity as a therapeutic outlet."
From factory to retailer, the entire supply chain has come together in support of the collection to deliver the footwear at a reduced cost to maximize the donation. The collection includes four unique designs made by patients at Cook Children's with the help of Twisted X Designer, Tuan Lee. Each pair is named after the artist and embodies their dream pair of footwear to achieve a perfect balance of style and comfort in the form of a slip-on kick.
- The Alex: Alex is a 6-year-old with Ketotic Hypoglycemia. She loves math, enjoys riding her bike and uses her imagination to go on adventures as colorful as her bright shoe design.
- The Rowan: Rowan is a 9-year-old with Sigmoid Sinus Vein Thrombosis. She loves riding horses and is a member of 4H, which is highlighted by the western vibes of her cactus green design.
- The Brianna: Brianna is a 14-year-old with Epidermolysis Bullosa. She has painted several canvases displayed inside Cook Children's Media Center and especially loves to paint butterflies, which are prominently featured in her sky-blue design.
- The Isaac: Isaac is a 15-year-old with Spina Bifida. He enjoys art, video games and Marvel movies, using Iron Man as the inspiration behind his sleek silver design.
"Twisted X is dedicated to making a positive impact on the community we serve, and Cook Children's is a perfect partner for us," said Twisted X CEO Prasad Reddy. "We know that little steps can make a big impact and our hope is to raise awareness within the western industry for the amazing care provided at Cook Children's in order to give back to those who need it most. This collection is a true embodiment of comfort that gives back and brings so much joy to footwear design."
"I like my shoe and my favorite part about it is that it's rainbow colored and I love rainbows. And I love this shoe the best because I painted it and I got to make it however I want," said Alex. "Art helps me relax and calm down my nerves from the pain that I get from my skin condition. I usually paint butterflies because it represents my illness. It's like butterfly skin because it's fragile," said Brianna.
Cook Children's and Twisted X will celebrate the collection with a launch event today at Cook Children's Fort Worth Campus. The collection is now available online at twistedx.com/pages/cook-childrens and in-store at select retailers nationwide. To learn more about the collection and the shoe's young designers, visit cookchildrens.org/twistedx.
Cook Children's embraces an inspiring Promise – to improve the well-being of every child in our care and our communities. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, we're proud of our long and rich tradition of serving our community.
Every child deserves health care designed just for them. At Cook Children's, we're more than a health care system––we're your friends, neighbors and even family members. And we're parents too, so we can see the world through your eyes. We see what you're going through––and how we can help you and your child get the best care and support possible.
From pediatricians to specialists we take care of kids from head to toe. That's why parents from all across Texas, the U.S. and around the world trust their children to our pediatric experts. Whether it's check-ups, injuries or serious illnesses, when you come to Cook Children's you can trust that we'll care for the one child that matters most, yours. That's what it means to deliver care that connects.
For more information, visit www.cookchildrens.org.
Twisted X creates comfortable, handcrafted footwear for men, women, and children across the lifestyle, western, work and outdoor categories. In addition to producing innovative products for their customer's, Twisted X is known for their cutting-edge comfort technologies, sustainability mindset and philanthropic roots. To learn more about their products, innovations in footwear, and contributions to the community visit www.TwistedX.com.
Twisted X Global Brands, the home of Twisted X, Twisted X Work, Black Star boots, CellSole and licensed brand Wrangler Footwear creates comfortable, handcrafted footwear for men, women, and children across the lifestyle, western, work and outdoor categories featuring patented CellStretch® comfort technology. To learn more about the brands, footwear innovations, philanthropy and sustainability efforts, visit www.TwistedXGlobalBrands.com.
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A severe storm front moving across the area Monday dumped heavy rains causing
flood waters to rise over roads and, in one case, the washout of a section of
roadway in northern Bossier Parish.
Water rose to cross sections of Carterville Rd. and Smith Rd. north of Plain
Dealing, and one portion of LA Hwy. 157 east of Plain Dealing. Although waters
across the roads was not deep, parish officials warned motorists to drive with
extreme caution and not take chances.
“We always hear to slogan to turn around, not drown when water is crossing the
roads, and that’s what everyone should keep in mind,” Bossier Parish
Administrator Butch Ford said. “It’s easier to take another route and get to your
destination safely, even if it means a longer drive.”
Parish Police Jury highway department crews have also been forced to dig out an
area of Chalybeate Springs Rd. where rushing waters apparently washed out a
section of culvert. Crews are placing material into the cutout as a temporary
maintenance solution until drier conditions allow for replacement of the culvert.
Repairs are being made approximately a mile and a half east of the Chalybeate/LA
Hwy. 3 intersection. While crews are working, Chalybeate Springs Rd. is open to
traffic. Motorists are asked to be cautious while driving through the area and to
watch for workers and equipment.
Highway department workers have also been dispatched to several areas of the
parish to remove trees and debris from roads, the result of high winds that
accompanied the storm front. Highway department staff continues to inspect the
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The Phoenix Suns are headed to the Golden State for a Game 4 NBA playoff matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers. Tip off is slated to take place at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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Phoenix won a close Game 3 with a score of 129-124 on Thursday.
The Suns were led in scoring by Devin Booker who recorded a massive 45 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. His epic performance was followed up by Kevin Durant’s 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Torrey Craig had 15 points, Deandre Ayton netted 12 and Chris Paul finished with 11 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds.
Kawhi Leonard was unfortunately not present for Los Angeles last game.
The Clippers saw most of their production from Norman Powell and Russell Westbrook, who combined, captured 72 points. Powell recorded 42 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. Westbrook added a double-double of 30 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists. Nah’Shon Hyland ended with 20 points, Terance Man recorded 10 and Eric Gordon finished with 7.
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Julia Roberts says Martin Luther King Jr. family paid for her birth
(CNN) - Actress Julia Roberts recently revealed Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill for her birth.
In honor of Roberts’ 55th birthday on Oct. 28, someone tweeted a clip of the actress sharing the story with journalist Gayle King, who has no relation to the civil rights leaders.
Roberts explained that her parents owned a theater school in Atlanta and Coretta Scott King asked if her children could be part of the school.
She said their children were having a hard time finding a place that would accept them, as it was the time of Jim Crow laws and segregation in the south.
Roberts’ mother told accepted them into the school, thus beginning the friendship between the civil rights leaders and the actress’ parents.
Their friendship eventually led to the Kings paying for Roberts’ birth at a Georgia hospital.
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When Alabama author Edie Hand approached Linda Coons about contributing her story to Hand’s recently published “Women of True Grit” novel, Coons’ initial thought was: “Why me?”
“I had seen some things she’d done before and seen some of her documentary on all these inspirational women,” Coons said. “I kept thinking, why would she ask me? She kept on and on, ‘You need to be in the book. You have a story to tell.’”
While Coons didn’t see the endgame at first, she said she’s proud if her story touches even one reader who might be struggling with a difficult season in life — whether it’s finding their footing in a new career, reconnecting with their faith, or learning how to cope with an immense loss.
Though she grew up in a loving household with parents who put God first and family second, Coons faced tribulation later in life.
After graduating high school, she eventually found herself studying music at Florence State University, now the University of North Alabama.
“I was in the concert choral, orchestra, drama department, and a Lionette, but I felt unfulfilled,” Coons writes in the book.
After three semesters at UNA, she transferred to Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. There, she met her first husband, Timothy Lynn Cox.
Coons said she was determined to be a Godly wife and mother to their three children. When she was faced with a decision to go back to work, she said her boys voted for her to remain a stay-at-home mom.
While her marriage to Cox wasn’t all bad, she endured her husband’s numerous extramarital affairs to keep her family together, at least until her sons, Tim, Telly and Ben, were grown.
“I have a deep belief in God. Early in my marriage I attended a class on how to be a good wife and a good mother, and how to do it right. I went by those guidelines and didn’t let the negative get me down,” she said.
“I told myself, if I can look forward, I can get through one more day. I don’t know how many affairs my husband had throughout our marriage, but my boys never knew. I didn’t want life to feel unsettled for them. I wanted them to have a nice and peaceful life.”
When their youngest son graduated high school, Coons found herself facing divorce with no vocation or career to fall back on.
At 42 years old, she felt music was no longer the right path for her. Instead, she decided to become a realtor.
Though she’s since excelled — Coons has been ranked as the top agent with Crye-Leike Realtors in Athens and a top 20 real estate agent in the state for the past 13 years — she said success didn’t come without a lot of hard work and determination.
“I didn’t become a good agent just because I wanted to,” she said. “I had to expect to work for it and learn. You learn more from people better than you and gain wisdom and apply it to life.”
Not long after she settled into her new career, Coons went through the hardest thing she’d ever faced.
Her middle son, Telly Jospeh Cox, was left dead at 22 following a farm equipment accident in Limestone County.
“He was helping my dad harvest cotton, and the corner of the cotton picker caught an electric line. Not one of the 10 electric fail-safes worked that day,” Coons said, adding that the faith she has that her son is in a better place helped her move forward after his passing.
She’d need that strength in faith again years later when her second husband, Greg, died with liver disease on her birthday. The couple had 17 happy years together.
It was in this season of life that Coons reconnected with a UNA colleague, Edie Hand.
The two had been roommates during their time in Florence as college students and became close friends.
“She was in my wedding, and I would’ve been in hers had I not been eight months pregnant and living in Ohio at the time,” Coons said. “We lost touch until about 10 years ago. My husband was ill, and I felt like I wanted to reach out to her. Something just told me to give her a call, and we both were in a place where we needed a friend.”
Coons said Hand’s latest book includes other women with stories of loss and triumph — stories of women of different ages and backgrounds going through different seasons in life.
“I can read it and find a story that really talks to me, but maybe someone else can read it and find another story that talks to them,” she said.
Coons said she’s also realized through looking back at her own experiences that there was always something to learn or gain from every hard situation.
“To me, it’s more of a God thing,” she said. “My belief in Him got me through all those problems I had. Nobody is a loser. No one has fallen so far that they can’t come back up.”
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TIANGEN, a leading brand in the field of nucleic acid purification in China, has announced its participation in the Cell Bio 2022, the joint meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), from December 4 to 6, in Washington, DC, where it will bring a groundbreaking automated solution at Booth 621.
The featured product that will be showcased at Booth 621 is the TGuide S16 Nucleic Acid Extractor. It could be a stunning product for most molecular biologists and cell biologists to learn about. "Researchers spend lots of their time on the repetitive hands-on experiment, while there hasn't been an optimal automated nucleic acid extraction solution in the global life science market. Automated extractors used mainly to serve industry. But now it's time for a change." said Kefei Sun, the GM of TIANGEN, "TIANGEN develops the TGuide S16, that is groundbreaking to this field".
Apparently, the TGuide S16 is much smaller than all other extractors you may have ever seen. It processes up to 16 samples for a run and occupies less space than a piece of A4 paper. The design of the size, throughput and very importantly, the supporting reagent in prefilled format is all tailored for scientists to have the easy-to-use work experience.
Although small in size, the TGuide S16, as the 5th generation of TIANGEN's TGuide S series extractors, adopts the upgraded magnetic bead-based extraction technique and series of formulas targeting all common samples in academic laboratories. The 10-year experience in automated purification should empower the TGuide S16 to produce reliable results to research users study all different sample types. Scientists may say farewell to the tedious manual DNA/RNA/plasmid/gel/PCR product purification protocols and walk into the new automated era.
TIANGEN invites all interested scientists to apply for their newly launched Star Product Reviewer Recruitment Program, where they provide 1 on 1 product presentation and technical support, customized free trial opportunities, and exquisite gift packages. "We are very looking forward to meeting molecular biologists and cell biologists at Cell Bio 2022," said Kefei Sun, "Let the TGuide S16 bail the scientists out from tons of manual experiments and head for super productivity".
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Mortgage rates ticked higher for the second week in a row as more economic indicators flashed warning signs of an impending recession.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.54% in the week ending July 21, up from 5.51% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That is significantly higher than this time last year when it was 2.78%.
Rates have risen sharply since January, hitting a 2022 high of 5.81% in mid-June. But since then, economic concerns have made rates more volatile. Rates dropped the first week in July, notching the biggest one-week dip since 2008.
"The housing market remains sluggish as mortgage rates inch up for a second consecutive week," said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac's chief economist. "Consumer concerns about rising rates, inflation and a potential recession are manifesting in softening demand. As a result of these factors, we expect house price appreciation to moderate noticeably."
Higher rates have put a dent in mortgage demand, as loan applications dropped to the lowest level in 22 years, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
"The weakening economic outlook, high inflation, and persistent affordability challenges are impacting buyer demand," said Joel Kan, MBA's associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting.
The decline in applications aligns with reports earlier this week showing homebuilding activity is slowing due to reduced buyer traffic and rising prices for supplies. In addition, another report found existing home sales, fell for the the fifth straight month as buyers paused their home search.
All eyes on the Fed
The Federal Reserve's meeting next week is also weighing on mortgage rates. Markets and economists anticipate another 75-basis-point hike to curb inflation. The question is whether a hike that size will be enough, or if the Fed will push for a 100-basis-point increase.
The Federal Reserve does not set the interest rates borrowers pay on mortgages directly. Rates tend to track 10-year US Treasury bonds. But mortgage rates are indirectly impacted by the Fed's actions on inflation. As investors see or anticipate rate hikes, they often sell government bonds, which sends yields higher and with it, mortgage rates.
As a result, the spread between the 2-year and 10-year Treasuries moved even deeper into negative territory this week.
"This yield-curve inversion points toward growing investor concern that the Federal Reserve's rate setting is not likely to tamp down fast-running inflation," said George Ratiu, Realtor.com's manager of economic research. "Yield curve inversions have preceded most economic recessions of the past half century."
Buyers hitting 'affordability ceiling'
For prospective buyers, steep price gains and higher mortgage rates have created an affordability ceiling, said Ratiu.
"Many Americans are finding they no longer have enough money to purchase a home that meets their needs," he said.
A year ago, a buyer who put 20% down on a median priced $390,000 home and financed the rest with a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage at an average rate of 2.78% had a monthly mortgage payment of $1,279, according to calculations from Freddie Mac.
Today, a homeowner buying the same priced house with an average rate of 5.54% would pay $1,779 a month in principal and interest. That's $500 more each month.
The increase in finance costs mean fewer homes are available to entry-level buyers. A household earning $75,000 per year can only afford 23% of active listings on Realtor.com, according to the home search site.
Meanwhile rents continue to climb, with the median rent reaching a new high of $1,878. Even with the high rents, it is still less expensive to rent than buy in a majority of US cities.
"People who cannot afford to buy a home are not finding much reprieve in the rental market," said Ratiu. "Looking to the next few months, it's becoming increasingly clear that real estate markets are headed for a correction."
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Clevinger has reported to the Chicago White Sox for spring training, joining his new team amid an ongoing investigation by Major League Baseball into allegations of domestic violence.
Clevinger addressed the team, apologizing for being a distraction on the first day of camp. The pitcher also told reporters he is confident he will be exonerated.
“I trust the process from MLB, I really do,” Clevinger said Wednesday. “I think there’s a reason I’m sitting in front of you today. I’m just asking everyone to wait before they rush to judgment. Wait until the actual facts are out there, wait until there’s actual evidence, and then make your decision on who you think I am.”
The 32-year-old Clevinger finalized a $12 million, one-year contract with Chicago in December. MLB's probe predates his agreement with the White Sox.
Chicago general manager Rick Hahn told reporters the team’s “only option” was to allow the right-hander to come to camp while awaiting results of MLB’s investigation. He said the team “can get better” in how it vets potential additions.
“The longer answer is, without anyone having violated the confidentiality of the policy, we weren't going to find this information out," Hahn said, “and the fact of the matter is is that the confidentiality element of the policy is essential for it to function properly.”
In an Instagram post on Jan. 24, Olivia Finestead said she is the mother of Clevinger’s child and alleged he fathered two other children who were not hers. She posted a photo of marks on her body with accompanying words that alleged the injuries were “from when he threw an iPad at me pregnant” and “finally left when he strangled me.”
“Mike Clevinger,” she added, “you really deserve hell I’ve kept quiet now for almost a year and you continue to covertly abuse your infant.” She said Clevinger ”threw chew spit on our baby.”
The Associated Press typically does not identify victims of domestic violence or sexual assault unless they agree to be named or come forward publicly with their allegations, as Finestead has.
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Voter-Approved Measure X Funds Modern, New Fire Station
SAN DIEGO, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, July 28, 2022, Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering joined the City of Oceanside, Cox Construction Company, and STK Architecture, Inc. in celebrating the groundbreaking of Oceanside's new Fire Station 1. Located at 602 Civic Center Drive, the facility will be across the street from the Oceanside Civic Center. The project was funded by Measure X, the ½ percent sales tax increase, passed by voters in November 2018. The new, modern Fire Station 1 will better serve Oceanside's residents, businesses, and visitors.
The new Fire Station 1 will replace the City's current Fire Station 1 on Pier View Way. The old facility, built in 1929, does not accommodate modern-sized firefighting equipment. The new facility will encompass an approximately 20,000-square-foot, two-level building with parking lot, walkways, and emergency vehicle driveways. The building will include a five-bay apparatus space to house a fire engine, fire truck ladder company, an ambulance, battalion chief vehicle, and additional equipment. The ground floor will include a front entrance, lobby, and conference and training rooms. The second floor will feature living accommodations, bathrooms, a kitchen and dining area, and a recreation room. Latitude 33 was contracted to provide boundary and aerial surveys, rough grading plans, public improvement plans, retaining wall plans, drainage report, storm water quality management plan, construction documents, and project coordination and processing.
Latitude 33 has enjoyed a long-term and stellar relationship with the City of Oceanside, first engaged in 1996 for the Oceanside Harbor Master Plan. Currently, Latitude 33 is working on:
- Fire Station 8
- Jefferson Middle School
- Ditmar Elementary School
- Watermark at Mission San Luis Rey
- El Corazon Park
Nick Psyhogios, PE, Principal with Latitude 33, states, "Oceanside's tourism economy and built environment are booming. We're working closely with City leaders to create infrastructure that will help Oceanside continue to be an attractive vacation destination and a flourishing community for decades to come."
About Latitude 33
Founded in 1993, Latitude 33 Planning and Engineering offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to design. The firm provides public sector planning, land use planning, public outreach, entitlement services, civil engineering design, and surveying/mapping to public agencies, developers and property owners. The firm specializes in life sciences, residential, education, healthcare, military, commercial/retail, civic, hospitality, and design-build projects. For more information, visit latitude33.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Rizzo is staying with the New York Yankees, agreeing Tuesday to a $40 million, two-year contract.
Rizzo gets $17 million in each of the next two seasons, and the deal for the first baseman includes a $17 million team option for 2025 with a $6 million buyout. Rizzo had opted out of his previous contract with New York, giving up a $16 million salary for 2023.
Rizzo gets a limited no-trade provision, allowing him to list six teams annually he cannot be dealt to without approval.
Since joining the Yankees at the 2021 trade deadline, Rizzo had provided needed left-handed power for New York and has taken advantage of the right field short porch at Yankee Stadium.
Now 33, Rizzo hit .224 with 75 RBIs and had 32 home runs for the fourth time in his career. While the Yankees led the major leagues with 254 home runs, just 77 were by left-handed batters.
His agreement is the first major offseason move for the Yankees, who are attempting to re-sign star right fielder Aaron Judge.
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Intends to file Form 10-K within the 15-day extension period provided by SEC Rule 12b-25
ATLANTA, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KORE Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KORE, KORE WS) ("KORE" or the "Company"), a global leader in Internet of Things (IoT) Solutions and worldwide IoT Connectivity-as-a-Service ("CaaS"), will hold a conference call on Monday, March 27 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. Pacific time) to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. Financial results will be issued in a press release prior to the call. The Company has filed Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to extend the filing deadline for its Form 10-K for fifteen calendar days until Friday, March 31, 2022.
KORE management will host the presentation, followed by a question-and-answer period.
Date: Monday, March 27, 2023
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International dial-in: (215) 268-9922
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The conference call and a supplemental slide presentation to accompany management's prepared remarks will be available via the webcast link and for download via the investor relations section of the Company's website at ir.korewireless.com.
For the conference call, please dial-in 5-10 minutes prior to the start time and an operator will register your name and organization, or you can register here. If you have any difficulty with the conference call, please contact Gateway at (949) 574-3860.
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KORE is a pioneer, leader, and trusted advisor delivering mission critical IoT solutions and services. We empower organizations of all sizes to improve operational and business results by simplifying the complexity of IoT. Our deep IoT knowledge and experience, global reach, purpose-built solutions, and deployment agility accelerate and materially impact our customers' business outcomes. For more information, visit www.korewireless.com.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Moustakas homered twice and Brandon Drury drove in four runs to break out of a slump and lead the resurgent Cincinnati Reds to an 8-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
Moustakas hit a solo shot into the right field stands in the fourth inning to break a 2-2 tie. In the seventh, he had another solo homer to make it 8-2, two batters after Drury had a two-run drive.
It was the 15th multihomer game for Moustakas, who has 199 career home runs. He helped the Reds win for the sixth time in eight games following a 3-22 start.
Tyler Mahle (2-4) won for the first time since opening day, snapping a six-start winless streak. He gave up two runs on five hits in six innings while striking out eight and walking one.
Reds starters have pitched six innings in back-to-back games after not making it that far in the first 31 games of the season.
Drury’s two-run double in the fifth gave the Reds a 5-2 lead. He had gone 14 at-bats without a hit.
Mitch Keller (0-5) remained winless as he was tagged for five runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He has gone 13 starts since his last win at PNC Park on May 21, 2020, against Colorado.
Of the 16 balls put in play against Keller, 11 had an exit velocity of at least 95 mph.
The Pirates have dropped the first two games of the four-game series after taking two of three from the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers to begin the week.
Cincinnati’s Tyler Naquin had two doubles among his three hits.
Ben Gamel, who opened the scoring with his first career leadoff home run, and Daniel Vogelbach each had two hits for the Pirates.
The Reds moved in front 2-1 in the top of the third when Naquin and Kyle Farmer hit back-to-back doubles and TJ Friedl had a sacrifice fly.
Ke’Bryan Hayes countered with a tying RBI double in the bottom of the inning.
Moustakas broke the tie in the fourth with his first homer and the Reds rolled from there.
RISPY BUSINESS
Pittsburgh center fielder Bryan Reynolds is 1 for 25 with runners in scoring position this year after going hitless twice in those situations. He is batting .214 overall after starting in the All-Star Game last season.
GUTIERREZ TO BULLPEN
The Reds are moving struggling right-hander Vladimir Gutierrez to the bullpen. He is 0-5 with an 8.65 ERA in six starts after winning nine games as a rookie last year.
With the Reds going from six starting pitchers to five, right-hander Connor Overton will remain in the rotation. The 28-year-old rookie is 1-0 with a 1.59 ERA in three starts.
“I’m anxious to see him pitch out of the bullpen, but that does not mean this is a long-term decision,” Reds manager David Bell said of Gutierrez. “He could easily go back into the rotation. He’s going to remain built up enough to where it’d be an easy transition to go back to starting.”
ROSTER MOVES
The Pirates added RHP Tyler Beede to the active roster a day after claiming him off waivers from San Francisco. He will be used as a reliever.
“The stuff is there,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said of the first-round draft pick in 2014. “We feel our staff can help him.”
LHP Cam Alldred was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis after pitching a scoreless inning Thursday against the Reds in his major league debut.
The Pirates also lost lefty reliever Sam Howard to Detroit on a waiver claim.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: 1B Joey Votto (COVID-19) has started hitting off a tee and is expected to begin playing rehab games in the next few days. The 2010 NL MVP has been sidelined since May 2.
UP NEXT
Reds: RHP Luis Castillo (0-0, 5.79 ERA) will make his second start of the season Saturday night. He did not pitch in spring training and missed the first 28 games with a shoulder strain.
Pirates: RHP Zach Thompson (1-3, 7.08) pitched five scoreless innings against the Reds last Sunday but did not factor in the decision.
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CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Vehicle crashes into school bus, hurting several people
MILWAUKEE (WTMJ) - Several people were injured Monday after a reckless driver in a stolen vehicle crashed into a school bus and ran from the scene, police said.
Two people are seen hanging out the windows of a white Kia as it swerves then slams into a parked school bus. The portion that shows a passenger being dragged across the road has been blurred.
Therese Nelson says she was dropping her kid off at Morse Middle School when she first saw the white Kia swerving south on 80th Street.
“I see them turn around in my mirror, and next thing I know, they hit the bus,” Nelson said. “And the passenger was on the ground, and the rest of them took off.”
After hitting the bus, the Kia collided with an Milwaukee Public Schools vehicle. Milwaukee police says the car was stolen.
A 15-year-old boy who was a passenger suffered life-threatening injuries. An 11-year-old boy who was on the bus was hurt but is expected to be OK.
“I feel for the person that did get hurt, but they messed around and found out,” Nelson said. “There has to be a line that’s drawn, and maybe this will be a turnaround moment for that person.”
“I’m actually happy my son wasn’t on the bus because he normally rides the school bus,” parent Marcia Jenkins said. “So I don’t know. I guess God stopped us from getting him to the bus this morning.”
Parents said that reckless driving out here happens regularly.
“They just don’t care. It’s been plenty of times I’ve been dropping my son off, and you see the swerving. You see kids just doing doughnuts or teenagers whoever is stealing these cars,” Jenkins said.
“One time there was a car that was all over the sidewalk. I called. No police showed up,” Nelson said.
Both Jenkins and Nelson believe the ongoing rash of stolen cars is a big part of it.
“Something has to change. Someway, somehow, something,” Jenkins said.
The Milwaukee Police Department said it’s investigating the crash and looking for unknown suspects. They’re urging anyone with information to contact them.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A Catholic priest who gained national fame as an activist has been asked to step away from his ministry while allegations that he sexually abused a minor decades ago are investigated.
The development came a little more than a year after another probe cleared the priest, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, of allegations that he sexually abused children.
In a letter sent Saturday, Cardinal Blase Cupich said Pfleger was asked to relinquish his duties at the church, Faith Community of Saint Sabina, after allegations were made that he sexually abused a minor decades ago.
Pfleger “has agreed to cooperate fully with this request,” Cupich said, adding that the archdiocese has notified the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and law enforcement officials as required by archdiocese policies.
The accuser is a man in his late 40s who said Pfleger on two occasions abused him in the late 1980s during choir rehearsals in the Saint Sabina rectory, according to a statement released by a spokesperson for the man’s attorney, Eugene Hollander. The attorney did not elaborate on the allegations.
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In his own statement to the parish on the city's South Side that he has led for decades, Pfleger said he had done nothing wrong.
“Let me be clear - I am completely innocent of this accusation,” he wrote, telling his parish he was confident that the allegation would be “determined to be unfounded" and that he would be reinstated.
Pfleger, who is white, leads a Black church in Chicago’s largely Black and low-income Auburn Gresham neighborhood. His activism captured the attention of film director Spike Lee, who based a character played by actor John Cusack in the 2015 film “Chi-Raq” on Pfleger.
Pfleger has made national headlines for his activism on an array of issues, opposing cigarette and alcohol advertising, taking on drug dealers and stores that sell drug paraphernalia, and leading countless protests. He has even been sued for his activism and once said it “has resulted in jealousy, attacks and hate.”
In May of last year, four months after Pfleger was asked to step aside from his duties while similar allegations involving a minor more than 40 years earlier were investigated, he was reinstated by the archdiocese after the probe found "insufficient reason to suspect” he sexually abused children. | 2022-10-15T23:55:20+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/prominent-chicago-priest-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-minor/article_2331c544-6b61-50a3-80e5-11391d4601b3.html |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 28, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
737 PM CDT Fri Apr 28 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLESON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BRAZOS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southeastern Texas. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until midnight CDT for southeastern Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR COLORADO...AUSTIN...SOUTH CENTRAL GRIMES...EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
WESTERN WALLER COUNTIES...
At 737 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Washington to 7 miles northeast of Bellville to
11 miles southeast of Industry to near Sublime, moving east at 30
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Brenham, Sealy, Hempstead, Prairie View, Bellville, Columbus, Eagle
Lake, Shelby, Weimar, Pine Island, San Felipe, Industry, Monaville,
New Ulm, Cat Spring, Sheridan, Altair, Frelsburg and Rock Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY...
At 738 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Cotulla, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Cotulla.
This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 61 and 70.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND
NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central Texas.
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Couple donates collection of classic cars to help fund students’ careers
MIDLAND, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) - Some generous donors are giving 35 classic cars to a Michigan university in the hopes that proceeds from the hot rods will help fund the students’ business careers.
Michael and Dianne Morey donated the cars to Northwood University. Justin Marshall, the university’s chief development and engagement officer, said the couple sees the donation as continuing a legacy they created.
“With their own passion and their own time and business that they’ve grown, and they are passing the torch down to our students,” Marshall said.
One of the donated cars will be kept on the school’s campus in Midland, Michigan. The other 34 are to be sold through Mecum Auctions out of Florida, WNEM reported.
“We are going to keep a 1958 Chevrolet Corvette, a black and silver Corvette and that’s going to be displayed on campus and our educational mission so our experiential learning we are known for at Northwood, we are going to use it for our students and automotive programs,” Marshall said. “It will be used for our auto show, the world’s largest student-run auto show.”
The others will go to the highest bidder, appraised to be worth about $2.5 million. All cars were made between the 1930s and the 1970s.
“They’re mostly Chevrolets, American-made vehicles, what you would consider your classic cars. A lot of Chevrolet Bel Airs, a 1967 Camaro, lots of corvettes as well. It’s just a beautiful collection,” Marshall said.
The family is asking for a majority of the proceeds to go toward scholarships to help drive the future of students.
“There’s so many things they could have done with this collection,” Marshall said. “They are such an important part of their lives. Each car tells a different story from a different part of their lives. When we asked, they said, ‘We have written a lot of chapters in our own book and we really see ourselves in the students at Northwood University.’”
Copyright 2022 WNEM via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-05T19:10:43+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/12/05/couple-donates-collection-classic-cars-help-fund-students-careers/ |
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP)Heading into a season with a record payroll projected at $370 million, the New York Mets realize the expectations.
”Is our season a failure if we win 90 – whatever number you want to come up with?” manager Buck Showalter said Tuesday, a day ahead of the team’s reporting day. ”It’s about the endgame.”
Justin Verlander, the AL Cy Young Award winner signed to an $86.7 million, two-year contract, threw his first bullpen session for the Mets.
”Just like all pitchers, regardless of their background and their success, you’re trying to serve their needs and create an atmosphere that they can be as good as they can be,” Showalter said.
Max Scherzer or Verlander figures to start the March 30 opener at Miami with baseball buzzing about the team’s record spending under owner Steve Cohen.
New York won 101 games last year, second-most in franchise history but was unable to hold off Atlanta in the NL East after sitting atop the division for all but six days. The Mets were eliminated by San Diego in a three-game Wild Card Series.
”You don’t talk about it,” Showalter said. ”It’s kind of those looks, without saying anything. They know, believe me. Like, who in here likes talking about unpleasant times?”
While losing Jacob deGrom, Taijuan Walker and Chris Bassitt in free agency, the Mets added Verlander, Jose Quintana and Kodai Senga to join Scherzer and Carlos Carrasco in the rotation. New York re-signed closer Edwin Diaz and outfielder Brandon Nimmo and replaced catcher James McCann with Omar Narvaez.
All the spending increased the Mets’ projected payroll to $370 million for 2023 and $390 million for purposes of the luxury tax – which would result in a tax of about $115 million.
”Our expectation is to win the championship,” Diaz said. ”We are looking forward to start winning games and trying to be in the World Series.”
Showalter is pleased with the switch to a balanced schedule.
”We played the 79 games in our division last year. Almost half our season was played in our division last year,” Showalter said. ”We’re playing 52 this year. Do the math that’s 27 less.”
Showalter said the Mets are hopeful outfielder Starling Marte will be ready for opening day following core muscle surgery on Nov.. 1.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2023-02-15T20:58:33+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/mlb/mets-head-into-spring-training-knowing-expectations-are-high/ |
LONDON – Russia said Monday it has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced halting the deal in a conference call with reporters, adding that Russia will return to the deal after its demands are met.
“When the part of the Black Sea deal related to Russia is implemented, Russia will immediately return to the implementation of the deal,” Peskov said.
It’s the end of a breakthrough accord that the United Nations and Turkey brokered last summer to allow food to leave the Black Sea region after Russia invaded its neighbor nearly a year and a half ago. A separate agreement facilitated the movement of Russian food and fertilizer amid Western sanctions.
The warring nations are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other affordable food products that developing nations rely on.
Russia has complained that restrictions on shipping and insurance have hampered its exports of food and fertilizer — also critical to the global food chain.
But analysts and export data say Russia has been shipping record amounts of wheat and its fertilizers also have been flowing.
The agreement was renewed for 60 days in May amid Moscow's pushback. In recent months, the amount of food shipped and number of vessels departing Ukraine have plunged, with Russia accused of limiting additional ships able to participate.
The war in Ukraine sent food commodity prices surging to record highs last year and contributed to a global food crisis also tied to conflict, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, droughts and other climate factors.
High costs for grain needed for food staples in places like Egypt, Lebanon and Nigeria exacerbated economic challenges and helped push millions more people into poverty or food insecurity.
People in developing countries spend more of their money on meals. Poorer nations that depend on imported food priced in dollars also are spending more as their currencies weaken and they are forced to import more because of climate issues. Places like Somalia, Kenya, Morocco and Tunisia are struggling with drought.
Prices for global food commodities like wheat and vegetable oil have fallen, but food was already expensive before the war in Ukraine and the relief hasn't trickled down to kitchen tables.
“The Black Sea deal is absolutely critical for the food security of a number of countries,” and its loss would compound the problems for those facing high debt levels and climate fallout, said Simon Evenett, professor of international trade and economic development at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
He noted that rising interest rates meant to target inflation as well as weakening currencies “are making it harder for many developing countries to finance purchases in dollars on the global markets.”
While analysts don't expect more than a temporary bump to food commodity prices because places like Russia and Brazil have ratcheted up wheat and corn exports, food insecurity is growing.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said this month that 45 countries need outside food assistance, with high local food prices “a driver of worrying levels of hunger” in those places.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative has allowed three Ukrainian ports to export 32.9 million metric tons of grain and other food to the world, more than half of that to developing nations, according to the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul.
But the deal has faced setbacks since it was brokered by the U.N. and Turkey: Russia pulled out briefly in November before rejoining and extending the deal.
In March and May, Russia would only extend the deal for 60 days, instead of the usual 120. The amount of grain shipped per month fell from a peak of 4.2 million metric tons in October to 1.3 million metric tons in May, the lowest volume since the deal began.
Exports expanded in June to a bit over 2 million metric tons, thanks to larger ships able to carry more cargo.
Ukraine has accused Russia of preventing new ships from joining the work since the end of June, with 29 waiting in the waters off Turkey to join the initiative. Joint inspections meant to ensure vessels only carry grain and not weapons that could help either side also have slowed considerably.
Average daily inspections have steadily dropped from a peak of 11 in October to about 2.3 in June. Ukrainian and U.S. officials have blamed Russia for the slowdowns.
Meanwhile, Russia’s wheat shipments hit all-time highs following a large harvest. It exported 45.5 million metric tons in the 2022-2023 trade year, with another record of 47.5 million metric tons expected in 2023-2024, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.
The earlier figure is more wheat than any country ever has exported in one year, said Caitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food and Water Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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See AP’s complete coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine and the food crisis at https://apnews.com/hub/food-crisis. | 2023-07-17T09:29:16+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/business/2023/07/17/russia-halts-wartime-deal-that-allows-ukraine-to-ship-grain-in-a-hit-to-global-food-security/ |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — A new decision from the Supreme Court could have major implications for the country’s waterways.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency can no longer regulate pollution in certain wetlands.
Environmentalists across the country are up in arms.
Jim Murphy, director of legal advocacy at the National Wildlife Federation, said the decision will impact millions of Americans.
“Wetlands are very, very important in protecting people’s drinking water,” Murphy said. “They’re the kidneys of our water system. They’re the sponges of our water system. There’s no better natural system to protect you from flooding.”
Even conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged this while joining the three liberal justices in dissent.
But the 5-4 decision said only wetlands with a surface connection to a larger body of water are subject to the Clean Water Act.
“Great day for rural America, a great day for agriculture,” said Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kan.
Mann called the regulation unnecessary and costly.
For the same reasons, House Republicans voted in March to overturn new water rules from the Biden administration.
“The federal government should not have prerogative over farm ponds, drainage ditches, very small bodies of water,” Mann said.
The Biden administration vowed to push back.
“President Biden will use every legal authority available to him to ensure Americans in every state have clear water,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
“It’s really time for Congress to act,” Murphy said. | 2023-05-26T21:54:18+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/supreme-court-epa-can-no-longer-regulate-some-wetlands/ |
NORTH BETHESDA, Md., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) today reported operating results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, net income available for common shareholders was $0.65 per diluted share and $0.63 per diluted share, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, operating income was $95.8 million and $86.0 million, respectively.
Highlights for the first quarter and subsequent to quarter-end include:
- Generated funds from operations available to common shareholders (FFO) per diluted share of $1.59 for the quarter, compared to $1.50 for the first quarter 2022, an increase of 6% year-over-year.
- Generated comparable property operating income (POI) growth of 3.6% for the first quarter.
- Continued robust levels of leasing with 101 signed leases for 504,502 square feet of comparable space in the first quarter at a cash basis rollover of 11%, the second consecutive quarter of double-digit cash basis rollover.
- Federal Realty's portfolio was 92.6% occupied and 94.2% leased, representing year-over-year increases of 140 basis points and 50 basis points, respectively.
- Subsequent to quarter end, issued, as a green bond, $350.0 million of fixed rate senior unsecured notes that mature on May 1, 2028 and bear interest at 5.375%. The notes were offered at 99.590% of the principal amount with a yield to maturity of 5.468%.
"Strong start to 2023, the strongest first quarter in Federal Realty's 60-year history," said Donald C. Wood, Federal Realty's Chief Executive Officer. "Leasing volume has remained strong exceeding pre-pandemic levels by 20 – 30%. The retail demand for the product that Federal Realty offers is in lock step with what today's consumers and retailers demand in the affluent first ring suburbs of major metropolitan areas in which we operate."
Financial Results
Net Income
For the first quarter 2023, net income available for common shareholders was $53.3 million and earnings per diluted share was $0.65 versus $50.0 million and $0.63, respectively, for the first quarter 2022.
FFO
For the first quarter 2023, FFO was $130.3 million, or $1.59 per diluted share, compared to $119.1 million, or $1.50 per diluted share for the first quarter 2022.
FFO is a non-GAAP supplemental earnings measure which the Trust considers meaningful in measuring its operating performance. A reconciliation of FFO to net income is attached to this press release.
Operational Update
Occupancy
The portfolio was 92.6% occupied as of March 31, 2023, an increase of 140 basis points year-over-year. The portfolio was 94.2% leased as of March 31, 2023, an increase of 50 basis points year-over-year.
Additionally, our comparable residential properties were 96.9% leased as of March 31, 2023.
Leasing Activity
During the first quarter 2023, Federal Realty signed 107 leases for 524,286 square feet of retail space. On a comparable space basis (i.e., spaces for which there was a former tenant), Federal Realty signed 101 leases for 504,502 square feet at an average rent of $34.72 per square foot compared to the average contractual rent of $31.20 per square foot for the last year of the prior leases, representing a cash basis rollover growth on those comparable spaces of 11%, 24% on a straight-line basis.
Transaction Activity
During the first quarter, Federal Realty acquired the remaining portions of Huntington Square in East Northport, New York, for $35.5 million. The acquisition included a 168,000 square foot parcel and the entire fee interest of the property giving us full control of the entirety of this 243,000 square foot property located in the heart of Suffolk County's retail corridor.
In the first quarter, Federal Realty sold one retail property for a total sales price of $13.2 million.
Regular Quarterly Dividends
Federal Realty announced today that its Board of Trustees declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.08 per common share, resulting in an indicated annual rate of $4.32 per common share. The regular common dividend will be payable on July 17, 2023 to common shareholders of record as of June 22, 2023.
Federal Realty's Board of Trustees also declared a quarterly cash dividend on its Class C depositary shares, each representing 1/1000 of a 5.000% Series C Cumulative Preferred Share of Beneficial Interest, of $0.3125 per depositary share. All dividends on the depositary shares will be payable on July 17, 2023 to shareholders of record as of July 3, 2023.
Guidance
Federal Realty maintained its 2023 guidance for earnings per diluted share of $2.59 to $2.79 and 2023 FFO per diluted share of $6.38 to $6.58.
Conference Call Information
Federal Realty's management team will present an in-depth discussion of Federal Realty's operating performance on its first quarter 2023 earnings conference call, which is scheduled for Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM ET. To participate, please call 1-844-826-3035 five to ten minutes prior to the call start time and use the passcode 8664992 (required). The teleconference can also be accessed via a live webcast at www.federalrealty.com in the Investors section. A replay of the webcast will be available on Federal Realty's website at www.federalrealty.com. A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available through May 25, 2023 by dialing 1-844-512-2921; Passcode: 10177310.
About Federal Realty
Federal Realty is a recognized leader in the ownership, operation and redevelopment of high-quality retail-based properties located primarily in major coastal markets from Washington, D.C. to Boston as well as San Francisco and Los Angeles. Founded in 1962, Federal Realty's mission is to deliver long-term, sustainable growth through investing in communities where retail demand exceeds supply. Its expertise includes creating urban, mixed-use neighborhoods like Santana Row in San Jose, California, Pike & Rose in North Bethesda, Maryland and Assembly Row in Somerville, Massachusetts. These unique and vibrant environments that combine shopping, dining, living and working provide a destination experience valued by their respective communities. Federal Realty's 102 properties include approximately 3,200 tenants, in 26 million square feet, and approximately 3,100 residential units.
Federal Realty has increased its quarterly dividends to its shareholders for 55 consecutive years, the longest record in the REIT industry. Federal Realty is an S&P 500 index member and its shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbol FRT. For additional information about Federal Realty and its properties, visit www.federalrealty.com.
Safe Harbor Language
Certain matters discussed within this Press Release may be deemed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although Federal Realty believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. These factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 8, 2023, and include the following:
- risks that our tenants will not pay rent, may vacate early or may file for bankruptcy or that we may be unable to renew leases or re-let space at favorable rents as leases expire or to fill existing vacancy;
- risks that we may not be able to proceed with or obtain necessary approvals for any development, redevelopment or renovation project, and that completion of anticipated or ongoing property development, redevelopment or renovation projects that we do pursue may cost more, take more time to complete or fail to perform as expected;
- risks normally associated with the real estate industry, including risks that occupancy levels at our properties and the amount of rent that we receive from our properties may be lower than expected, that new acquisitions may fail to perform as expected, that competition for acquisitions could result in increased prices for acquisitions, that costs associated with the periodic maintenance and repair or renovation of space, insurance and other operations may increase, that environmental issues may develop at our properties and result in unanticipated costs, and, because real estate is illiquid, that we may not be able to sell properties when appropriate;
- risks that our growth will be limited if we cannot obtain additional capital, or if the costs of capital we obtain are significantly higher than historical levels;
- risks associated with general economic conditions, including inflation and local economic conditions in our geographic markets;
- risks of financing on terms which are acceptable to us, our ability to meet existing financial covenants and the limitations imposed on our operations by those covenants, and the possibility of increases in interest rates that would result in increased interest expense;
- risks related to our status as a real estate investment trust, commonly referred to as a REIT, for federal income tax purposes, such as the existence of complex tax regulations relating to our status as a REIT, the effect of future changes in REIT requirements as a result of new legislation, and the adverse consequences of the failure to qualify as a REIT; and
- risks related to natural disasters, climate change and public health crises (such as the outbreak and worldwide spread of COVID-19), and the measures that international, federal, state and local governments, agencies, law enforcement and/or health authorities implement to address them, may precipitate or materially exacerbate one or more of the above-mentioned risks, and may significantly disrupt or prevent us from operating our business in the ordinary course for an extended period.
Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements that we make, including those in this Press Release. Except as required by law, we make no promise to update any of the forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. You should review the risks contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2023.
Notes:
(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, dividends on our Series 1 preferred stock were not deducted in the calculation of FFO available to common shareholders, as the related shares were dilutive and are included in "weighted average common shares, diluted."
(2) The weighted average common shares used to compute FFO per diluted common share includes downREIT operating partnership units that were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS. Conversion of these operating partnership units is dilutive in the computation of FFO per diluted share, but is anti-dilutive for the computation of dilutive EPS for these periods.
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Is a Clearblue or First Response pregnancy test better?
Time stops in the moments waiting for a home pregnancy test to deliver the answer. This is one of the most vulnerable times in anyone’s life, and it’s critical that the pregnancy test you choose is accurate and fast.
When taking a pregnancy test, you want the fastest, most accurate results from a test you can trust. Because both brands are reliable, it all boils down to how fast you want your results.
Clearblue
Clearblue is the best-selling home pregnancy test across the globe. They not only offer pregnancy testing but also tests for those trying to conceive.
In terms of testing technology, Clearblue boasts 99% accuracy when the test is administered correctly from the first day of a missed period. The company is a pioneer in terms of easy-to-read tests.
Clearblue pros
The Floodguard feature is a critical component of Clearblue’s accuracy. It collects excess urine and returns it to the test to minimize errors.
For easy interpretation, the digital readout offers a clearly written “pregnant” or “not pregnant” result.
Digital tests also predict how long you’ve been pregnant. The estimates range from one to two weeks, two to three weeks or three-plus weeks.
Clearblue cons
The digital version of this pregnancy test is much more expensive than the other versions.
Clearblue has a reputation for false positives. If you want to be absolutely sure of your pregnancy status, administering multiple at-home tests and following up with a doctor’s visit and a blood test is the best option.
Additionally, Clearblue is less accurate on the first day of a missed period than they indicate (around 64% accurate as opposed to the advertised 99%).
Best Clearblue pregnancy tests
Clearblue Early Detection Pregnancy Test
This early detection test provides results five days before your expected period. It’s over 99% accurate from the day you expect your period. The tip is wide for easy sampling. Three tests are included in this pack.
Sold by Amazon
Clearblue Digital Pregnancy Test With Smart Countdown
No more guessing at whether or not that extra line is there. Digital results use words to tell you whether you are pregnant, and this test offers an estimate in weeks of how far along you are. It features a countdown clock as proof the test is working. This test has a wide tip for easy sampling, and this pack has three tests.
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Clearblue Rapid Detection Pregnancy Test
Get a positive result in under one minute with this rapid test. It is easy to use with an ergonomic handle and a wide, color-changing tip. The patented flood guard feature reduces testing errors which increases accuracy. Test up to five days before the expected date of your period.
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First Response
First Response is another pregnancy test that is trusted by many couples who are trying to conceive.
Their tests are generally more affordable and are highly accurate, with fast results. These tests are able to detect very faint levels of hCG and are the choice for anxious people who want to test early and often.
First Response pros
You can test up to six days before your missed period (the earliest option in pregnancy tests).
First Response is connected to an app that can help you confirm the results of your test.
These tests are generally more affordable, so even testing multiple times won’t break the bank.
First Response cons
The digital test only offers a “yes” or “no.”
Some of the earliest testing may not be as accurate. You may receive a false negative. Plan ahead for this type of early testing by purchasing more than one test.
Best First Response pregnancy tests
First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test
This is the earliest pregnancy test you can take. The lines are sharp, clear and easy-to read. The handle is comfortable. Scan your results and send them to the EasyRead app for confirmation.
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First Response Rapid Result Pregnancy Test
Get test results in under one minute with this two-pack of rapid tests. The slimline test is comfortable to hold and easy to position. Results are up to 99% accurate from the first day of your missed period.
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First Response Gold Digital Pregnancy Test
The digital readout features a clear “yes” or “no.” It has a “test is working” feature to let you know your hCG levels are being measured. It’s more affordable than other digital tests, and results come in three minutes or less.
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Should you get Clearblue or First Response?
Although both Clearblue and First Response are trusted consumer brands, First Response has the slight edge. Their tests can be administered earlier than Clearblue (up to six days before your expected period date) and the results are 97% accurate on the first day of your missed period. So you’ll know sooner and with more certainty if you’re pregnant.
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Halle Bailey praises ‘Little Mermaid’ co-star Melissa McCarthy for helping her advocate for herself
(CNN) – The actress who plays Ariel in the upcoming release of “The Little Mermaid” on the big screen says she has found her voice on set.
Singer and actress Halle Bailey will star in the live-action remake of the Disney classic.
Bailey admitted in an interview with CNN that she struggled to speak up for herself in professional working environments.
But the Grammy-nominated artist said her “Mermaid” co-star, Melissa McCarthy, helped her overcome those feelings.
McCarthy plays the villainous sea witch Ursula in the movie.
Bailey said she watched McCarthy being comfortable advocating for herself on set, which encouraged Bailey to do the same.
Bailey and McCarthy hit theaters in the premiere of the new live-action “The Little Mermaid” on May 26.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-22T17:27:13+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/03/22/halle-bailey-praises-little-mermaid-co-star-melissa-mccarthy-helping-her-advocate-herself/ |
LeBron James got the first official statistic of his NBA career on a rebound. His next entry on the stat sheet was an assist.
Even then, points weren’t the priority. They never were.
Somehow, he became the most prolific scorer in NBA history anyway. It finally happened Tuesday night, the kid from Akron, Ohio, connecting on a stepback jumper to push his career total to 38,388 points and break the record that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar held for nearly 39 years.
James outstretched his arms after his 36th point of the night for the Los Angeles Lakers, threw both hands in the air, then smiled. Abdul-Jabbar rose from his seat and clapped. The game was stopped as members of James’ family, including his mother, his wife and their three children, took the floor for a ceremony recognizing the moment.
“It’s never gotten my juices flowing,” James told The Associated Press, when asked what the scoring record means to him. “I’m there now because I never, ever thought about it. The only thing I ever thought about was winning championships, maybe a couple MVPs, maybe defensive player of the year. But scoring championships and records, I’m telling you, that was never on my mind.”
Abdul-Jabbar — a longtime Laker and one of many celebrities and sports stars who made sure they were there to see history — became the league’s all-time leading scorer on April 5, 1984 and wound up retiring in 1989 with 38,387 points. It was a record that some thought would last forever, with very few even coming close. Karl Malone retired 1,459 points behind Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant was 4,744 points shy, and Michael Jordan was 6,095 points away.
James passed them all, then caught Abdul-Jabbar, too. The 38-year-old — who finished with 38 points in the Lakers’ 133-130 loss — did it in his 20th season. Abdul-Jabbar also played 20 NBA seasons.
“You’ve got to give him credit for just the way that he planned to last and to dominate,” Abdul-Jabbar told TNT.
And now, King James — a moniker he’s had since high school, when he was just a kid from Akron — is the NBA’s scoring king, with 38,390 points and counting.
“A record that has stood for nearly 40 years, which many people thought would never be broken,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.
Abdul-Jabbar held the ball aloft, then handed it to James, the ceremonial passing of the torch. They posed for photos with Silver, then with one another. James wiped away tears from his eyes, then addressed the crowd.
“I just want to say, thank you to the Laker faithful. You guys are one of a kind,” James said. “To be able to be in the presence of such a legend as great as Kareem, it’s very humbling. Please give a standing ovation to the Captain, please.”
James then thanked his family and those who have supported him, including Silver and the late NBA Commissioner David Stern.
“I thank you guys so much for allowing me to be a part of something I’ve always dreamed about,” James said.
At least 16 different players have, technically, been the all-time leading scorer in league history — most of those coming in the opening month of the league’s existence in 1946, when everybody was starting from zero and nine different players were atop the scoring list in the first 16 days.
But only six have ended a season officially as the all-time leader: Joe Fulks, George Mikan, Dolph Schayes, Bob Pettit, Wilt Chamberlain and Abdul-Jabbar.
James will be the seventh name on that list, and he’s likely to stay there for a long time. No active player is within 10,000 points of James, who is under contract for two more years and is on pace to become the league’s first 40,000-point scorer sometime next season.
“Nobody will ever, ever touch it,” said Cleveland forward Kevin Love, a teammate of James on the 2016 title team. “The scoring record now will never be eclipsed. I don’t care. It will never, ever be touched. It will never happen again.”
James could have had the scoring record long ago, if so inclined. But he always preferred passing. James is behind only John Stockton, Jason Kidd and Chris Paul on the all-time assists list. None of them were, or are, close to the scorer that James is. Of that group, Paul comes closest, ranking 38th in NBA history.
And Paul is 17,000 points behind the new scoring king.
“I hadn’t thought of it that way, but that is very true,” Silver told AP in advance of the record-setting night. “I think it even adds — right? — to this this accomplishment for a guy who became a scorer because he determined that’s what was necessary to win. And you’re right, he probably doesn’t get enough credit for his selfless play, because there’s so much focus and attention on him. … I think it makes it that much more special, that he’d rather be known for his assists than his baskets.”
James is the only member of the NBA’s triple-quintuple club: at least 10,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists. There are 44 players to reach five digits in two of those categories.
He’ll almost certainly be the NBA’s all-time leader in earnings whenever he retires; when adding in the $97 million he’ll make over the next two seasons, he’ll be past $500 million in on-court salary alone. He’s a 19-time All-Star selection, tying an Abdul-Jabbar record. If he plays in the game on Feb. 19 in Salt Lake City, he’ll set a record for appearances.
Others, maybe, have been this good. That’s always a debate. But no one has ever been this good, for this long. James — a two-time champion in Miami, a champion in Cleveland in 2016 and a champion with the Lakers in 2020 — is averaging 30 points per game in his 20th season; only three other players have averaged more than 10 points per game this deep into their careers, none of those averaging more than Bryant’s 17.6 in his 20th and final season.
“I never did the, ‘OK, if I play this amount of time and I average this’ thing,” James said. “I’ve never done that with anything in my career. I always said, ‘If it happens, it happens.’”
It happened.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-02-08T14:51:34+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-scoring-king-james-passes-abdul-jabbar-for-nba-points-mark/ |
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County father and son have been charged with attempted murder after they opened fire on an innocent woman they thought was trying to break into their home, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Monday.
Sheriff Judd described the shooting incident as something that “you just absolutely cannot believe” during a Monday afternoon press conference.
The incident began Saturday around 7 a.m. when a man living in an apartment complex discovered a package on his doorstep that did not belong to him.
Judd said the man, “being a good Samaritan, being a good neighbor,” took the package to the correct address and hung it on the door.
The two suspects, later identified as 73-year-old Gino Colonacosta and his 15-year-old son, received a notification from their Ring video doorbell that a person was at their door.
Judd explained the father and son believed their home was being broken into.
Judd said the 15-year-old grabbed a .45 caliber firearm and looked around his house. Shortly after, “Gino not only picks up his firearm, he picks up his cane so he can walk,” Judd added.
The two then walked outside to search for what they believed was the burglar when they allegedly came across a woman sitting in a car about 100 yards from their house. Judd said the woman was reading messages on her phone, “minding her own business.”
When the woman looked up, she said she noticed Gino pointing a gun at her, demanding she gets out of the car.
“She thinks ‘he’s about to carjack me, he’s going to rob me,” Judd said.
According to Judd, the woman quickly shifted the car into reverse as Gino and his son opened fire on the woman. Moments later, the woman shifted into drive and sped off.
Seven shots were fired but the woman was never hit, Judd said. One of the bullets passed through an infant’s car seat and became lodged in the driver’s seat.
Gino and his son have both been charged with attempted murder among other charges. Neither had a prior criminal record. | 2022-10-18T23:53:49+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/florida-father-son-open-fire-on-innocent-woman-they-think-is-home-intruder-sheriff-says/ |
European leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports. Families prepare to bury their children in Uvalde. A new maximum security prison in Illinois has become one of the deadliest in the U.S.
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European leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports. Families prepare to bury their children in Uvalde. A new maximum security prison in Illinois has become one of the deadliest in the U.S.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-05-31T11:25:54+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/2022-05-31/news-brief-russian-oil-ban-uvalde-funerals-deadliest-federal-prison |
With Completion of Successful Porcine Demonstration, Neurotech Innovator Announces New CTO & Industry-Leading Advisors
AUSTIN, Texas, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Phantom Neuro, the pioneering neurotech startup, today announced the successful demonstration of their technology in a porcine model. The company is developing the world's first minimally invasive muscle-machine interface for lifelike control of robotic prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons.
The startup has also announced the addition of a new Chief Technology Officer, Mike Faltys. Mike was previously Vice President of Implantable Systems at Presidio Medical and before that CTO of the bioelectronic medicine company SetPoint Medical. Three new advisors also joined Phantom's advisory board: Dr. Thomas Oxley, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Synchron; Dr. Brian Otis, the co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of Verily Life Sciences, and Joshua Duyan, the former Chief Strategy Officer of CTRL-labs (acquired by Meta).
"We are thrilled to publicly announce the accomplishment of this major milestone. We went from concept to fully demonstrated system in just under one year, which bodes well for our continued trajectory towards human implementation," remarked founder and CEO Dr. Connor Glass. "With the completion of this trial and the addition of our new CTO & preeminent advisors, our sights are firmly set on human trials and finding the right partners with which to fulfill this next paramount step in our progression."
Launched in 2022, Phantom Neuro aims to dramatically enhance the lives of amputees and individuals with various limb deficits. The company's solution combines minimally invasive implantable sensors and artificial intelligence to offer unparalleled control of orthopedic technologies, such as prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons. Current investors in Phantom Neuro include Time BioVentures, Risk & Return (R²), LionBird Ventures, Draper Associates, and Breakout Ventures, among others.
True to Phantom Neuro's dedication to safety and exemplary of their minimal-risk offering, the pig involved in the study has been adopted by an animal sanctuary and has experienced no lasting effects from her involvement in the company's exercise of care. "She's a special pig," commented Dr. Glass. "We wish her heartfelt thanks for her service and are delighted to see her enjoy a restful retirement."
About Phantom Neuro
Phantom is a neurotechnology company, spun out of a lab at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, that is developing the world's first minimally invasive muscle-machine interface for control of prosthetic limbs and robotic exoskeletons. Learn more at www.phantomneuro.com
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Tri-Cities Track Classic
Saturday
At Science Hill High School
BOYS
Team Scores (Top-5)
Abingdon 76, Science Hill 73, Blacksburg 54, Elizabethton 37, Sevier County 37
Individual Winners
3,200 – Rives Boltwood (A), 9:43.58; 4x800 Relay – Daniel Boone, 8:28.15; 110 Hurdles – Ted Orton (Elizabethton), 16.77; 100 – Emmett Watson (SH), 11.97; 4x200 Relay – Sevier County, 1:31.23; 1,600 – Jack Bundy (A), 4:24.91; 4x100 Relay – Sevier County, 43.53; 400 – Jeremiah Norris (Elizabethton), 51.10; 300 Hurdles – Will Harrison (Blacksburg), 42.88; 800 – Jack Bundy (A), 1:57.91; 200 – Taylor Madison (Sevier), 22.39; 4x400 Relay – Blacksburg, 3:36.17.
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Team Scores (Top-5)
Blacksburg 106.5, Abingdon 82, Christiansburg 52, Tennessee High 41, Science Hill 26
Individual Winners
3,200 – Cecelia Johnson (A), 12:01.95; 4x800 Relay – Daniel Boone, 10:24.58; 100 Hurdles – Brianna Baker (Grace Christian), 15.70; 100 – Olivia McClintock (Greeneville), 12.95; 4x200 Relay – Sevier County, 1:51.05; 1,600 – Zoe Arrington (Tennessee High), 5:19.81; 4x100 Relay – Abingdon, 51.56; 400 – Josie Jackson (A), 1:00.58; 300 Hurdles – Brianna Baker (Grace Christian), 45.95; 800 – Summer Hamlin (Christiansburg), 2:21.66; 200 – Sophia Krouscas (Blacksburg), 26.40; 4x400 Relay – Blacksburg, 4:13.75; High Jump -- Mia Littlejohn (Blacksburg), 5-2.
Notes: Only one field event was scored due to wind issues. | 2023-04-02T23:56:47+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/prep-track/article_ee857214-d1a3-11ed-925c-271b92778868.html |
Celebrating local gems in Idaho
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho Senator Jim Risch and the Idaho Department of Commerce are celebrating the fourth annual Support Local Gems initiative, which serves as an all-day event on June 9 to support Idaho small businesses.
Idahoans are invited to Support Local Gems by giving their business to their favorite local shops and restaurants. Idahoans can get involved by shopping at a small business, dining at an independent restaurant, purchasing a gift card for a loved one, writing a review online, or simply saying “thank you” to a small business they love.
Senator Risch will be recognizing several Idaho small businesses for their contributions to Idaho in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate, including two east Idaho businesses, Love at First Bite in Idaho Falls, and Mckee's Pet in Pocatello.
"These local gems exemplify Idaho’s entrepreneurial-spirit, and I look forward to their continued growth and success,” said Risch.
Senator Risch released a list of the small businesses being recognized, as well as their histories:
Perrine Man Press: Founded by Cory and Kenji Paulson out of their home in 2017, Perrine Man Press has since expanded into a physical storefront in Twin Falls and become a local favorite for their Idaho-inspired products that remind every customer they are “made for more.” The Perrine Man, their signature design hand drawn by Kenji, pays homage to the iconic Perrine Bridge in their hometown.
Love at First Bite: Love at First Bite, started by Mike and Juli Richards in 2009, has grown from a mother-daughter chocolate and cupcake business to a destination for their gourmet food items, specialty beverages, home décor, beauty products, and jewelry. In addition to their in-store offerings in Idaho Falls, Love at First Bite donates its products to local libraries as a tasty incentive for youth reading programs.
Fancy Pants Boutique: Established in downtown Boise by Courtney Holden and Jaime Petrilli in 2006, Fancy Pants Boutique has doubled their space since then and offers a curated and diverse selection from popular brands, along with styling advice and shopping assistance. They strive to make everyone feel confident and comfortable in their clothing choices.
McKee’s Pet, Garden & Feed Centers: Bill McKee opened McKee’s Pet, Garden & Feed Center in 1976 and is dedicated to assisting customers with their pet, livestock, and gardening needs. In addition to the two store locations in Pocatello and Chubbuck, McKee’s Petting Zoo has become an institution in the community, providing homes for displaced animals and free admission to families and children for fun and learning activities.
The Only Store: Sandi Herker Berry began her grocery store career in 1985, when The Only Store was known as the Nezperce Cash & Carry. Sandi bought the store in 1996 and recently renamed it The Only Store. In addition to running The Only Store in Nezperce, Sandi regularly delivers groceries to elderly members of the community. | 2023-06-09T19:29:26+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/local-news/2023/06/09/celebrating-local-gems-in-idaho/ |
Charles pledges to follow queen’s example of selfless duty
LONDON (AP) - King Charles III pledged Monday to follow his late mother’s example of “selfless duty” as he addressed lawmakers from both houses of parliament in London before he was to fly to Edinburgh to be with the late queen’s coffin as it lies at rest in the Scottish capital.
Earlier, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince Harry hailed her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unwavering grace and dignity.”
Hundreds of lawmakers crowded into the 1,000-year-old Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament for the service, rich in pageantry, in which Parliament offered its condolences to the king, and he replied.
A trumpet fanfare greeted the king and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, as they entered the hall, which was packed with hundreds of legislators.
Charles told members of the House of Commons and House of Lords that he would follow his late mother Queen Elizabeth II in upholding “the precious principles of constitutional governance” that underpin the U.K.’s political system.
He paid tribute to his mother, saying: “As Shakespeare said of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, she was a pattern to all princes living.”
The hall, with its magnificent hammer-beam roof, is the oldest part of the parliamentary complex — a remnant of the medieval Palace of Westminster that once stood on the site.
The ceremony was held in Westminster Hall because monarchs are not allowed inside the House of Commons. That rule dates from the 17th century, when King Charles I tried to enter and arrest lawmakers. That confrontation between crown and Parliament led to a civil war which ended with the king being beheaded in 1649.
Earlier Monday, a personal statement posted on Harry and his wife Meghan’s Archwell website said he cherished their times together “from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved greatgrandchildren.”
Amid acrimony in the House of Windsor, Harry quit as a senior royal and moved to the U.S. two years ago. On Saturday, there was a possible sign of a reconciliation as Harry and Meghan joined his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Catherine in meeting mourners outside Windsor Castle.
The national outpouring of grief continued Sunday as thousands of people lined streets and roadsides as the oak coffin was borne from the late queen’s beloved Balmoral Castle summer retreat, where she died on Thursday, to Edinburgh.
Later Monday in Edinburgh, the king will walk behind his mother’s coffin as it is slowly transported from Holyroodhouse to St. Giles’ Cathedral, where the crown of Scotland will be placed on the coffin ahead of a service of prayer and reflection on the life and 70-year reign of the widely cherished monarch.
The queen’s coffin will lie at the cathedral for 24 hours, giving members of the public a chance to file past and pay their respects. On Tuesday, it will be flown to London where the coffin will lie in state at the Houses of Parliament Palace from Wednesday afternoon until the morning of the funeral on Sept. 19.
Authorities already have issued rules and guidelines for people wanting to pay their respects in London, with a long queue expected.
After visiting Scotland, Charles embarks on a tour of the other nations that make up the United Kingdom — he visits the Northern Ireland capital, Belfast, on Tuesday and Wales on Friday.
Harry’s statement ended on a poignant note alluding to the death last year of his grandfather, Prince Philip, saying that “We, too, smile knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now, and both together in peace.”
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Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-12T10:22:55+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2022/09/12/public-gets-chance-view-queens-coffin-edinburgh/ |
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Seven people were killed and multiple others hurt in a crash involving several vehicles Thursday on Interstate 5 in an agricultural area of western Oregon, police said.
Officers responded at about 2:05 p.m. to the crash involving two semi trucks and a passenger vehicle in the northbound lanes about 7 miles (11 kilometers) north of Albany, near the Santiam rest area, Oregon State Police said in a statement.
Seven adults died, police said, but they did not specify how many were injured.
The passenger vehicle involved was a van, the Albany Democrat-Herald reported.
Bodies covered in plastic could be seen in a nearby field and the Marion County medical examiner was at the scene, the newspaper said. A Life Flight helicopter left the scene at about 2:45 p.m.
Police and fire officials put a blue tarp on the wrecked van and placed a barrier near one of the trucks to block the view of the scene, according to the Democrat-Herald.
The van appeared to have been crushed between the trucks, a witness told the Statesman Journal.
“Judging by the damage, it looked like the van was sandwiched,” Adrian Gonzalez said. “It got hit very hard.”
Two Life Flight helicopters landed and took people away while paramedics treated others on the ground, Gonzalez told the paper.
The cause of the crash was under investigation.
The northbound lanes of I-5 were reopened Thursday night after being closed due to the crash, state transportation officials said.
Albany lies between Salem and Eugene and is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south of Portland. I-5 is the main north-south interstate highway on the West Coast. | 2023-05-19T21:53:39+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-national-news/ap-7-dead-in-vehicle-crash-on-interstate-5-in-oregon/ |
Weather Alert Days Wednesday night into Friday afternoon
Some snow likely for some, dangerous wind chills for all
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Meteorologist Jake Dunne says behind cold front number one, today will be 10 to 15 degrees lower than Monday with highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s. However, quiet skies and decent travel conditions are expected across all of Kansas.
Wednesday will be another chilly, but otherwise decent day for travel before major changes move across Kansas Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
A powerful, Arctic cold front will sweep across the state tomorrow night. Behind the front, some of the coldest air since February 2021 is expected with highs in the single digits on Thursday and Friday. However, when you factor in the gusty north breeze, it will feel like 25 to 45 degrees below zero which means frostbite is possible in 15-30 minutes.
Snow and blowing snow are likely Wednesday night into Thursday, and several inches of accumulation is expected. Factor in the north wind gusts up to 40-50 mph, and near blizzard conditions are possible making travel slow and difficult.
WICHITA AREA FORECAST:
Today: Becoming partly cloudy and colder. Wind: N/NE 5-15. High: 32.
Tonight: Increasing clouds. Wind: NE/E 5-10. Low: 23.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy; snow/blowing snow after midnight. Wind: SE/S 10-20: gusty. High: 40.
Thu: Low: 0. High: 3. Snow/blowing snow early; otherwise, windy, and very cold.
Fri: Low: -7. High: 8. Mostly sunny, breezy, and still very cold.
Sat: Low: -2. High: 21. Mostly sunny, continued cold.
Sun: Low: 6. High: 29. Becoming partly cloudy.
Mon: Low: 21. High: 39. Morning flurries, then partly cloudy.
Copyright 2022 KWCH. All rights reserved. To report a correction or typo, please email news@kwch.com | 2022-12-20T12:41:12+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/12/20/weather-alert-days-wednesday-night-into-friday-afternoon/ |
On Jan. 26, 1998, President Bill Clinton stood at a White House lectern and told the world, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” The fact check of Clinton’s statement took place over a period of months, in both media leaks and legal depositions, culminating in the fall of 1998 with the publication of a bodice ripper with an unusually long title.
The title was:
Communication from the Office of the Independent Counsel, Kenneth W. Starr, transmitting appendices to the referral to the United States House of Representatives pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, section 595(c)
When publishers in New York rushed out copies to America’s bookstores (which still widely existed), they shortened the title to “The Starr Report,” which was easier to market. And that was exactly the point — to turn a prosecutorial document into a Danielle Steele novel.
Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel who investigated Clinton for years, died Tuesday, leaving behind a long and complicated legacy. But nothing he did would leave a mark quite like his 475-page report.
Starr expressed surprise when his report shot up bestseller lists around the world. But historians, political analysts and literary critics were hardly bewildered by the book’s success, for two main reasons.
First, the writers he chose.
Starr turned to two experienced lawyers/authors on his staff to write the bulk of the report, including Stephen Bates, who already had written several books and contributed to magazines such as the New Republic and Playboy before penning the ultimate Penthouse Letter.
Which leads to the second reason — the writing itself.
Readers, including professional readers like book critics and actual authors, immediately noticed the report had an unusual tone and structure. “The prose, far from a dry, factual recitation, contained rich, erotic details of the sort we expect from a book-club romance,” wrote Daniel M. Filler, a prominent law professor, in a California Law Review article.
Here is but one example:
En route to the restroom at about 8 p.m., she passed George Stephanopoulos’s office. The President was inside alone, and he beckoned her to enter. She told him that she had a crush on him. He laughed, then asked if she would like to see his private office. Through a connecting door in Mr. Stephanopoulos’s office, they went through the President’s private dining room toward the study off the Oval Office. Ms. Lewinsky testified: “We talked briefly and sort of acknowledged that there had been a chemistry that was there before and that we were both attracted to each other and then he asked me if he could kiss me.” Ms. Lewinsky said yes. In the windowless hallway adjacent to the study, they kissed. Before returning to her desk, Ms. Lewinsky wrote down her name and telephone number for the President. At about 10 p.m., in Ms. Lewinsky’s recollection, she was alone in the Chief of Staff’s office and the President approached. He invited her to rendezvous again in Mr. Stephanopoulos’s office in a few minutes, and she agreed. (Asked if she knew why the President wanted to meet with her, Ms. Lewinsky testified: “I had an idea.”) They met in Mr. Stephanopoulos’s office and went again to the area of the private study. This time the lights in the study were off.
This time.
This time!
You might be wondering what happened next. Not to worry — the writers do not leave their audience hanging: “She and the President kissed. She unbuttoned her jacket; either she unhooked her bra or he lifted her bra up; and he touched her breasts with his hands and mouth.”
There was, ahem, more to that little moment.
In addition to the clumsy, awkward sex, there were also clear attempts by the authors to establish Clinton and Lewinsky as literary characters, with hopes and dreams and even favorite books. (Clinton gave Lewinsky a copy of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” which immediately also shot up the bestseller lists.) The writers even employed the old show-don’t-tell rule, meaning they used precise details to establish tension and character.
An example:
Classic narrative understatement. A problem. Um, yeah. But what kind of problem? Boss sleeping with intern? President sleeping with intern? Intern doesn’t have the proper pass to be with the president, clothed or unclothed? Readers would have to use their imaginations.
And keep reading.
Critics were not impressed.
“Every time we see Clinton he’s unzipped, and every time we see Monica she’s got her mouth open,” the esteemed writer Cynthia Ozick told the Los Angeles Times. “The narrator is dark, but there’s no introspection, as there would be in a Hawthorne novel. If you want to view this as a literary tale, there’s no search for meaning or a higher truth.”
The novelist Pam Houston read it differently. This wasn’t really about sex at all. It was deeper.
“These are people in real pain, like millions of other people in this country, and they need our compassion,” Houston said. “If you read carefully, this is the tale of two slightly overweight people who desperately need to be validated.”
While members on opposite sides of the aisle in Congress did not agree about nearly anything in the report, it seems safe to assume that neither party was sympathetic to the validation interpretation. (We can’t say for sure because the minutes of congressional book clubs are not a matter of public record.)
One armchair reviewer piped up to bemoan a review that compared Starr’s report to work by the late novelist Harold Robbins.
“Contrary to what your biased review indicates, this is not a book at all,” the Amazon reviewer wrote. “It is a comprehensive report to Congress.”
Maybe, but it had a pretty gripping epilogue: Less than a month later, the president was impeached.
A version of this story originally ran on Jan. 26, 2018. | 2022-09-13T22:10:45+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/09/13/starr-report-kenneth-death-clinton/ |
Three university student teams will travel to the Global Internship Conference (GIC) in Berlin, Germany to present their best ideas addressing economic inclusion for people forced to flee their homes.
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Sunday announced the university student teams who will advance to the final round of the 2023 GIC UNHCR Student Challenge that will be held at the Global Internship Conference in Berlin on June 21-23, 2023.
For this inaugural GIC UNHCR Student Challenge, CIEE, in collaboration with co-sponsors UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Newlab, invited 36 student teams representing 42 universities and 11 countries to present their best ideas to address economic inclusion for forcibly displaced populations. Challenge partners District C and Microsoft provided additional support.
While in Berlin, the finalists will continue to workshop their proposal with guidance from a team mentor then present their idea in the 2023 GIC UNHCR Student Challenge finals. The team awarded the Grand Prize will be announced on June 23. Each member of the winning team will earn a summer 2024 global internship facilitated by CIEE, and an opportunity for their idea to be entered in the MUN Refugee Challenge.
The three student teams awarded a trip to Berlin to compete in-person in the 2023 GIC UNHCR Student Challenge finals are:
- Synergy— Davaasuren Surenragchaa (Captain), University of Toronto Scarborough; Simon Alexander and Yesui Nyamchuluum, both from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
- The Wolves of Childs Way— Justin Kit Hang Tang (Captain); Hoi Ling Wong; Muktahal Singh Birring; and Armelle Davasse, all from the University of Southern California.
- Team Synergy— Favour Ogunwole (Captain), Jose Ortega, Luke Larson, and Caitlin Sturm, all from Winona State University.
The student teams selected as finalists fully embraced the spirit of the challenge and each presented an idea that has significant potential to address this critical challenge.
Students' ideas were evaluated by judges from across the globe representing organizations advocating for refugees, including the Institute for International Education (IIE), Kepler, the President's Alliance for Immigration and Higher Education, rewirED, and UNHCR's Tertiary Refugee Student Network (TRSN).
"We are so proud of all the students who dedicated their time and talents to developing solutions that help refugees," said Linda Liu, VP of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships at CIEE. "We were pleased to partner with UNHCR, NewLab, District C, and Microsoft to deliver this unique opportunity for university student teams from all over the world to gain critical employability skills while tackling one of the most critical issues in our world today."
"Many refugees continue to face legal and practical restrictions that hinder their access to decent employment opportunities. Student leaders are in a unique position to use their creativity and insights to mobilise their networks and design solutions for refugees' economic inclusion and access to decent work. We are delighted about partnering with CIEE and the active engagement of students," said Alia Al-Khatar-Williams, Deputy Director, Division of Resilience and Solutions, UNHCR.
About the GIC UNHCR Student Challenge
The GIC UNHCR Student Challenge aims to deliver a mini experience that mirrors what students might encounter while participating in a global internship. The 2023 challenge, co-sponsored by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Newlab, builds upon the Model United Nations (MUN) Refugee Challenge, an initiative launched by UNHCR to encourage students worldwide to shape solutions for people forced to flee their homes. Through this experience, students received training and mentorship to build critical skills for addressing this challenge and preparing for future careers.
About the Global Internship Conference (GIC)
GIC is the premier forum dedicated to advancing the integration of work and global learning. The 11th Annual Global Internship Conference will be held this year in Berlin and centered on the theme "Global Experiential Learning in a Borderless World." The conference will feature diverse voices in discussion of the critical role of work-based experiential learning in preparing young people for a global workplace in the wake of the pandemic. Learn more at globalinternshipconference.com.
About CIEE
CIEE builds bridges between different people, different countries, and different cultures. For 75 years, we have helped young people participate in high-quality international exchange and study abroad programs that bring the world together. We change lives, our alumni change the world. Learn more at ciee.org.
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Dear Annie: I have been with my fiance for the last five years. We have a child together, and she is going on 2 years old. Well, when our child was four months old, my fiance quit his job due to his health, and I went back to work full time. It's been over a year now, and he's been cleared to work. But he hasn't. He hasn't even attempted to find a job.
In order to make sure our bills are paid, I have had to take on two full-time jobs. I'm exhausted all the time. I try talking to him, but he always says he will look, and he does but gives up very fast. He complains I'm never home. He complains that I go to bed too early. But what do you expect? I work over 80 hours a week!
I try to give him as much of a break from our child as I can when I get home, but I am starting to resent him a bit. I never have any time to work on anything. I need advice. What do I do? I know he has underlying depression but won't seek help. -- About to Lose My Mind
Dear About to Lose: You're in the middle of the ultimate lose-lose-lose situation. Your fiance isn't just failing to provide financially for the family; he's also nowhere near the right headspace to be a partner or father, either. You, the sole breadwinner, are beyond exhausted, growing bitter and missing out on the joys of being a mom because you're holding up everything around you. Added together, it equals bad news for your daughter, who deserves a functional, loving, fulfilling family life.
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After two years of treading water, it's time for a major sit-down with your fiance. He must start work again immediately, at least something part-time to start, so that you can cut back from two full-time jobs to one. Some type of counseling is a must for you both, to tackle his depression and to get your marriage back on the right track. You can no longer be the only one fighting for your family. Now, it's his turn. | 2022-06-12T00:32:06+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/my-sanity-is-holding-on-by-a-thread/article_1434da24-aef9-5085-8421-cebd2dcfd7c4.html |
PHOENIX (AP) — This summer’s punishing heat wave has baked much of the U.S. in sweat-soaked misery. Records are falling as temperatures soar, and millions of people are left clamoring for relief.
The country’s preeminent desert city has long sweltered through such brutal heat. And there are lessons to be learned from people who live in a city so hot it’s named after the mythical bird that was born from flames.
Here are some of the ways residents in metropolitan Phoenix have learned to adapt to unruly heat.
Phoenix backyards are a symphony of humming and whirring beginning in the spring as monster A/C units rattle to life.
Air conditioning is so vital in the desert that cities such as Phoenix, Tempe and Scottsdale have adopted cooling ordinances, which require landlords to keep temperatures in rental homes below a certain threshold.
Units usually are installed on rooftops with the help of cranes.
“My air conditioner right now is running almost all the time,” said longtime Scottsdale resident Naomi Evelan. “And I’m worried because when I have it set on 80, for example, it actually doesn’t get beyond 82 … It’s working really hard.”
If the sidewalk is hot enough to fry an egg, it’s certainly hot enough to burn human feet. Last year, the Arizona Burn Center recorded 85 admissions from heat-related burns in the summer months.
Someone can faint from the heat or suffer any other medical emergency and burn themselves on hot asphalt, according to Dr. Geoff Comp, an attending emergency medicine physician.
The damage, including blistering and skin sloughing off, can happen within minutes, Comp says.
How do people avoid the ER? By wearing protective layers of clothing and understanding their own limits outside.
Foam handles protect vulnerable hands from hot metal knobs on exterior doors. Pet owners outfit their furry friends in booties to keep their paws from getting singed.
Arizona sizzles through more than 300 sunny days annually. Beyond slathering on sunscreen, desert dwellers have other ways to keep the UV at bay.
Some install shade screens on their windows at home — solar shades block ultraviolet light and are a booming business around Phoenix.
Car windows are tinted, shade structures tower over grocery store parking spaces, and it’s rare to see a playground without a sunshade stretching over it.
There’s also natural shade, better known as trees. Electric utility Salt River Project offers its customers free shade trees for their property if they sit through a Zoom course.
Mesquites, palo verdes and the desert willow are among the species that offer quick-growing, sun-thwarting canopies.
Phoenix and Tempe have tree and shade master plans with designs to cover a quarter of their cities in shade.
Some diehard sun avoiders will wear gloves while driving, with the added benefit of protection from a potentially scalding steering wheel.
One of the best ways to avoid the sun is to get up before it rises. Dog parks fill before dawn with panting pets. Runners pound the pavement as cyclists sweep by on the trails in the early morning hours. Golf balls clank off clubs before most people’s alarms buzz them awake.
“We rearrange our schedule,” said Heather Moos, who has lived in the area for 22 summers, and was heading home from the dog park before 7 a.m. Tuesday. “We’re up before the sun comes up. Basically we get to the dog park about 5:00 in the morning.”
On the other side of things, some desert hot spots stay open in the dark. The Desert Botanical Garden hosts flashlight nights, when guests can wander the gardens under the stars. Nighthawks soar overhead while scorpions fluoresce under ultraviolet lights.
The Boyce Thompson Arboretum has similar events that also feature Arizona’s nocturnal critters.
“I guess we have to be vampires in this kind of weather,” Moos said.
Pools are as much a part of the Phoenix landscape as the saguaro cactus. But in scalding temps, they can turn to bathwater.
Companies can install cooling systems to chill the waters, but there are simpler methods. Aerators spray water above the pool to keep them cool.
Misters that spritz water to cool diners are a common sight outside restaurants as well.
Longtime resident Sandy Fam wears a wet towel around her neck to keep cool.
“I’ve been doing that for years,” she said.
But while Fam lives in relative comfort, she worries about those who don’t.
”You know, I feel for people who struggle with” paying for air conditioning. They’re the ones really suffering, she said. | 2023-07-19T15:27:02+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/ap-a-look-at-how-the-desert-city-of-phoenix-copes-with-summer-heat/ |
Federal authorities have uncovered massive fraud in programs designed to feed poor children. The defendants allegedly stole more than $250 million intended to feed needy kids in Minnesota.
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Federal authorities have uncovered massive fraud in programs designed to feed poor children. The defendants allegedly stole more than $250 million intended to feed needy kids in Minnesota.
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WATCH: Officers save man from jumping off bridge
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) – Two police officers in Iowa are being credited with helping save a man from jumping off a bridge.
Officials released dash cam video of the rescue.
Senior police officers Destiny McGinnis and Tim Morgan saw a situation unfolding over the Des Moines River. A man was trying to jump from the East University Avenue Bridge while his friend was trying to stop him.
The Des Moines Police Department shared an interview with the officers after they stepped in.
“We ran over and Morgan grabbed him by his arm and then I grabbed his other arm,” McGinnis said.
The video shows the friend and the two officers pulling the man to safety.
Sgt. Paul Parizek said the officers responded the way they are trained to react.
“Our crisis intervention training. That’s de-escalation,” he said. “A lot of ‘How are we going to work through these tense moments?’ But there’s also that piece where you need to act now if you are hoping to save someone’s life.”
The man who tried to jump was apparently going through a mental health crisis.
“He said that he was upset. He lost his mother about a year ago,” McGinnis said. “He has been really upset about that. And just kind of told him he was done and he was going to end his life.”
Bethany Kohoutek, with the National Alliance on Mental Health, said help is at the fingertips of anyone who needs it by dialing 988.
“Any Iowan or anyone nationwide can call or text 24/7,” Kohoutek said. “They are connected with trained mental health professionals who can connect them with resources.”
Kohoutek said, no matter what someone is going through, suicide is not the answer.
“It is critical that people know there is hope, there is help, and you matter,” she said. “You are worth it.”
No other details were released about the man.
Anyone who is experiencing a mental health crisis can call or text 988 to connect with a trained mental health counselor.
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TUPELO • Lee County is worth $52 million more this year than last, according to the county's recent tax assessment.
On Monday, the Lee County Board of Supervisors kicked off the budgeting season by approving a series of changes to the county’s property value assessments after a short public hearing with minimal protest.
During a quick report before the board, Lee County Tax Assessor Mark Weathers said the county saw an overall increase of $52 million in assessed value over the last year, . The increase is up slightly from the preliminary numbers that placed the county at a net $49 million growth.
County officials say the increase was primarily spurred by significant improvements to existing properties.
Assessments follow two basic categories: real and personal property. Real property is land, including any valuable investment attached to the land, including buildings, crops and timber. Personal property includes all property not linked to the properties’ land, such as vehicles, inventory or anything homeowners or companies.
Personal property also accounts for intangible property, such as intellectual property, bank accounts and franchise rights.
While most Lee County municipalities increased in assessed value along with the county, Guntown was the lone municipality to lose assessed value over the past fiscal year. Its value decreased by $124,054.
Lee County Administrator Bill Benson previously told the Daily Journal the reason for the decrease was because two commercial refrigerator manufacturers, Master-Built and Nor-Lake, moved about $1 million in inventory from their factories. Without that movement, Benson said Guntown would have seen overall growth.
Weathers told supervisors that two businesses — national department store chain Kohl's and Wingate, a national hotel chain by Wyndham, both located in Tupelo — have appealed their assessments. Each argued that the county overshot its assessment by about $1 million.
Weathers refuted the businesses' arguments, and the board, taking the tax assessor's advice, denied both appeals.
Benson said both businesses will still have the opportunity to refute the county's assessment in court.
(The businesses) still have an opportunity to file suit in circuit court,” Benson told the Daily Journal, adding that this was rare.
Benson also noted that the business could work with Weathers to compromise without furthering the appeal.
“The assessor still has the ability throughout the year to make changes with board approval that has happened on occasion," Benson said.
With supervisors' approval of the appraisals, Benson said he could begin preparing the county’s 2022-23 fiscal year budget.
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Harper, Phillies tie World Series mark with 5 HR, top Astros
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper bashed a home run on the first World Series pitch he saw in Philadelphia, and then figured out how the Phillies could hit a few more.
The $330 million star offered quiet advice to Alec Bohm — and then it got really loud in Philadelphia.
As for those whispers in May that the Phillies were finished? Forget about ’em. The secret has long been out: these Phillies are for real.
Now, they’re two wins away from their first World Series championship since 2008.
Harper hammered his sixth postseason home run, whispered an assist to Bohm before his solo shot and the Phillies tied a World Series record with five homers to rout the Houston Astros 7-0 Tuesday night and take a 2-1 Series lead.
Brandon Marsh also homered, and Kyle Schwarber and Rhys Hoskins hit back-to-back shots in the fifth inning to chase Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. Philadelphia used the long ball to end the long wait for its first World Series home win since Game 5 of the 2009 World Series.
Those Phillies couldn’t finish the job.
Ranger Suárez tossed three-hit ball over five shutout innings and inched this year’s team closer to getting it done.
Harper, Bohm, Marsh and the rest of the Phillies on the last team to qualify for the playoffs are two wins away from ending the season as the last team standing. With a sparkling 6-0 record at Citizens Bank Park this postseason, the Phillies just may not return to Texas.
“Just being back home, I think is such a momentum swing for us, just for the pure fact of our fan base,” Harper said. “This whole city is so excited to be in this moment, and we’re just thrilled to be able to play in front of them and have this opportunity.”
Another red, raucous, resolute crowd of 45,712 let the Astros have it from the first pitch with chants of “Cheater! Cheater!” for Jose Altuve and “Check the Bat! Check the Bat!” for Martin Maldonado.
The fans — already amped from the jump after another sliding catch by right fielder Nick Castellanos in the first — didn’t wait long to go wild for the home run barrage.
With leadoff hitter Schwarber on first base, Harper repeated his flair for playoff power when he ripped a two-run shot off McCullers into the right field seats for the fast lead. That made Harper 2 for 2 on home run swings in Philly — he sent the Phillies to the World Series with a two-run drive in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series to beat San Diego.
Harper crossed the plate and again exclaimed “This is my house!” before he ripped off his helmet, exposed his Phillie Phanatic headband and was mobbed by teammates in the dugout.
Harper’s homers shake the stadium to the point they should be measured on the Richter scale rather than in feet — and they seem as automatic these days as a Phillie Phanatic spin on his ATV. Harper has hit four postseason homers that gave the Phillies the lead and showed that, yes, Bryce Bombs do go off in November, the first time more World Series games will be played in this month than October.
Oh, and Harper might have a second career as a homer whisperer.
Harper beckoned Bohm from the on-deck circle and back to the dugout for a quick word of advice.
Maybe Harper saw McCullers tipping his pitches?
“I think that’s just general conversation,” Harper said. “Trying to get as much information as we can from each other. We just tried to have the best at-bats we could.”
Whatever the quiet counseling was, it worked, and Bohm lined his first postseason homer leading off the second inning and the 1,000th in World Series history into the left field seats for 3-0 lead.
So c’mon, Alec, fess up, what did Bryce tell you?
“That’s between us,” Bohm said on TV with a shrug and a big smile.
Marsh took the baton on the long-ball relay and knocked one into the right field seats that was dropped by a young kid from Delaware. The home run stood after a brief review — as it seems nothing can interfere with Philadelphia’s playoff push — and it was 4-0.
With that, McCullers had allowed four homers to his first nine batters. The right-hander who got his left triceps inked with nods to Houston got absolutely tattooed by the Phillies.
“It was kind of mind-boggling because he doesn’t give up homers,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “He usually keeps the ball in the ballpark. He wasn’t satisfied with it. We were very surprised by it.”
Schwarber, the NL home run champion, again dumped a two-run shot into a thicket of English ivy, Arborvitae and Holly beyond center field, and Hoskins connected on solo shot for a 7-0 lead that ended McCullers’ night.
McCullers became the first pitcher to give up five home runs in a World Series game.
“I don’t really get hit around like that, so I was a little bit in disbelief,” McCullers said.
Suárez, the scheduled Game 4 starter before Game 3 was postponed a day by rain, delivered with the performance of his career and shut down the big bats in the AL champs’ lineup.
He needed only two pitches to get the first two outs of the game and struck out Yordan Alvarez to end the first. The few jams he got into, Suárez worked his way out, notably in the second when he whiffed Chas McCormick and left two runners stranded. He retired Altuve to end the fifth on a soft foul pop with two runners on base.
“He’s just a guy with no heartbeat,” catcher J.T. Realmuto said. “It looks like he’s playing a child’s game.”
Suárez saved the Phillies from having to use ace relievers José Alvarado and Seranthony Domínguez as four relievers each tossed a scoreless inning to finish the five-hitter.
THE CHAMPS ARE HERE
Philly sports champions Mike Schmidt, Julius Erving, Brandon Graham and Bernie Parent threw first pitches to 2008 World Series champions Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels, Jayson Werth and Shane Victorino. Country music star Tim McGraw, son of the late Phillies reliever Tug McGraw, received a huge ovation and wore his dad’s No. 45 McGraw jersey. McGraw closed the 1980 World Series with a strikeout.
UP NEXT
The Phillies send RHP Aaron Nola (2-1, 4.57 ERA in the postseason) to the mound against Houston RHP Christian Javier (1-0, 1.35 ERA) in Game 4. Nola was done after 4 1/3 innings in Game 1 of the World Series, though he retired the final six batters he faced and left in a tie game after the Phillies rallied from an early 5-0 deficit — and won 6-5.
The Phillies would use RHP Noah Syndergaard in Game 5.
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BAY CITY, MI – Grant Dittmer had a great season of slowpitch softball last summer.
He was pretty sure that would be his speed going forward.
BAY CITY, MI – Grant Dittmer had a great season of slowpitch softball last summer.
He was pretty sure that would be his speed going forward.
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The Inside Outside Guys: What to know about a contractor's license
What good does a contractor’s license do?
Not every state requires one, there is no reciprocity for those states that do, and most general enforcement is in the hands of local jurisdictions.
Even long-term professionals in the industry debate the merits of required licensure.
But the mandates attendant to having a license may afford some protections to property owners.
Keep in mind the huge potential liability a homeowner accepts when they allow a company to work on their property.
The title is in jeopardy due to lien law criteria. Financial culpability could extend way beyond the terms of the written agreement, particularly if a worker or even a passerby is injured during the course of the work.
The Guys believe you should always include proof of proper and current licensure as part of the criteria you mandate before hiring a contractor.
To be a builder In Michigan, you must demonstrate successful completion of a 60-contact hour training program that covers an approved curriculum, including specific trade knowledge and legal requirements.
Some of those legal issues include the need to carry workers' compensation insurance for employees and written contract requirements.
Did you know, for instance, that it is illegal to make you, as a part of the contract, allow placement of a yard sign advertising the company doing the work?
Did you realize that all such contracts must be in writing, specific in their intent, and include evidence of licensure?
Are you aware that a builder’s license is actually held by an individual who then must obtain a second license if she decides to attach it to a business entity like a corporation or partnership? So, while you may be doing business with “Chuck Builders Inc.” the initial license is in the name of the licensee attached to that entity.
The intention here is twofold: first to educate the business owner regarding applicable standards, practices and requirements, and second to offer protection to the client base whose property the builder will be working on.
Owners should also be aware that specific trades such as plumbing, electrical, HVAC and hazardous material remediation, among others, also carry license requirements.
While this state may allow a property owner to apply for issuance of a permit, it is good practice to always mandate the contractor actually doing the work obtain necessary permits and verify compliance with code, manufacturer’s instructions, and other applicable standards prior to completion.
Another dynamic at work at the local level may be registration or certification for a contractor. Anyone can obtain a list of locally “approved” contractors from the building department in their district.
A part of the owner due diligence the Guys suggest before engaging a contractor is to verify licensing and, if required, registration along with proof of insurance and workers compensation from the issuing carrier.
License status can be verified at mi.gov/LARA and registration at the local building department, which may be at the county level.
Some red flags to keep on your list include verbal contracts or vague written agreements, no licenses or insurance, a requirement that the property owner obtain needed permits, large, up-front, deposits for the anticipated work, and unverifiable references.
In this state, failure to comply with licensing requirements can result in significant monetary fines and potential imprisonment, so there is recourse beyond the courts for aggrieved property owners dealing with unscrupulous characters.
Always perform your research before hiring any contractor, but know that a successful experience nearly always begins with a good reference from a trusted resource like insideoutsideguys.com.
For more advice, listen to the Inside Outside Guys every Saturday and Sunday on AM760-WJR from 10 a.m. to noon or contact us at insideoutsideguys.com. | 2023-07-27T23:08:00+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/life/home-garden/2023/07/27/the-inside-outside-guys-what-to-know-about-a-contractors-license/70458098007/ |
ATLANTA, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), a leading fiber-based consumer packaging company, announced today that Michael P. Doss, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Goldman Sachs Industrials and Materials Conference on Tuesday, May 9 at 1:10 pm ET.
The discussion will be in the form of a fireside chat and will be available live and in replay via webcast, and can be accessed from the Investors section of the Graphic Packaging website at www.graphicpkg.com.
About Graphic Packaging Holding Company
Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is committed to providing consumer packaging that makes a world of difference. The Company is a leading provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions for a wide variety of products to food, beverage, foodservice, and other consumer products companies. The Company operates on a global basis, is one of the largest producers of folding cartons and paper-based foodservice products in the United States and Europe, and holds leading market positions in coated recycled paperboard, coated unbleached kraft paperboard and solid bleached sulfate paperboard. The Company's customers include many of the world's most widely-recognized companies and brands. Additional information about Graphic Packaging, its business and its products is available on the Company's web site at www.graphicpkg.com.
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It’s a return of the "Orange Crush" schedule for South Carolina as they prepare to face Florida this weekend in Gainesville.
Much like when they entered the league, the Gamecocks will finish this season with Florida, Tennessee and Clemson. South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer said it presents his team with a lot of opportunities.
“The term (Orange Crush) is right on,” Beamer said Tuesday at his weekly press conference. “We’re going to be seeing a whole lot of orange over the next three weeks. It’s an unbelievable challenge going up against an improving Florida team, then facing two teams that were ranked in the Top 5 last week.”
Beamer said former Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer would stress to his teams that people would “Remember November.”
“Our guys realize they have a chance to do some special things (these next three weeks),” Beamer said.
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Florida enters Saturday’s matchup after defeating Texas A&M in College Station Saturday. The Gators rushed for 291 yards and three touchdowns as a team against the Aggies. Florida currently has three players ranked in the Top 20 in rushing in the Southeastern Conference including quarterback Anthony Richardson.
“(Richardson’s) size and speed really stand out when you watch him on film,” Beamer said. “He can make every throw on the field, it’s easy to see why some have him as one of the top four or five quarterbacks in the NFL Draft.”
Beamer said his team struggled against another mobile quarterback, Arkansas’ KJ Jefferson, earlier this season.
“We have to make sure our defensive backs are fitting the run, and being aggressive,” Beamer said. “We’ve had some missed tackles the last few weeks and that leads to explosive runs. We’re not where we need to be, but we’re not in panic mode. It’s a big challenge this week because we have to tackle the running backs and the quarterback.”
Beamer, who was a South Carolina assistant in 2010, was asked about the team’s victory in The Swamp that clinched the SEC Eastern Division.
“I remember (our team) playing well in all three phases,” Beamer said. “I remember Marcus Lattimore putting the team on his back and how special it was for (Coach) Spurrier to have that validation of what can be done at South Carolina. That night, we showed it can be done and we’re working hard to get back to that point.”
South Carolina’s recent victory over Vanderbilt gave the Gamecocks six wins and made them bowl eligible.
“We’re proud to be bowl eligible, but we’re not satisfied,” Beamer said. “We don’t take anything for granted, and it’s a great accomplishment in Year 2, but there’s a lot left to accomplish this year. We want to be better than we were last season.” | 2022-11-08T22:33:46+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/sports/carolina-football-beamer-says-orange-crush-is-opportunity/article_c07956f8-c4df-5bc9-9998-49c1477a8004.html |
WESTPORT, Conn. and SANTA ANA, Calif. and FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anser Advisory ("Anser" or the "Company"), a leading advisory and management company for infrastructure projects in the United States and a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners ("Sterling"), a leading middle market private equity firm investing in distribution and business services companies, today announced the planned sale of Anser to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the concurrent spinoff of Markon, Anser's federal consulting business. Going forward, Markon will remain a Sterling portfolio company.
Anser's services span advisory, compliance, and management services. Owners of capital projects engage Anser to advise them on how to structure, estimate and plan projects, to monitor the work being done, and to assist them in managing and executing all phases of projects. The Company works hand in hand with some of the country's most prestigious public and private owners from initial strategy and planning to project hand-over. Increasingly, clients are engaging Anser to help advance decarbonization and clean energy projects in sectors including energy transmission, distribution and storage, sustainability programs and fleet electrification.
Markon specializes in consulting services to federal clients and leverages deep subject matter expertise across enterprise technology management, financial management, and program and construction management. Markon will continue to build on the team's meaningful experience in providing mission-critical support for a variety of federal agencies. Ray Carney, currently Chief Delivery Officer of Markon, will become its Chief Executive Officer. Matthew Dean, who founded Markon before joining Anser as its Chief Operating Officer, will serve as Chairman.
Bryan Carruthers, Chief Executive Officer of Anser, said, "We are thrilled to embark on this new chapter with Accenture. In partnership with Sterling, we built a leading capital program and project management advisory firm, establishing ourselves as a trusted advisor to owners of critical infrastructure and developing a track record of consistent execution on large-scale infrastructure projects. We wish our Federally focused colleagues continued success as a stand-alone business. We are incredibly appreciative of Sterling's partnership and grateful for their support as we have built the Anser platform together."
Bill Macey, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Sterling, said, "We are very proud of our partnership with Anser and its management team and are excited for the opportunities that Anser, its management, and its employees will have as part of Accenture. We are also excited for the opportunity to continue to build Markon, an organization with a demonstrated track record of success and innovation, in partnership with management."
James Soldano, Partner at Sterling, added, "During our partnership with Anser, we have built a dynamically growing and industry-leading platform through a combination of successful organic and M&A initiatives, and we believe the Company is very well positioned for ongoing success with Accenture. We look forward to our continued partnership with Markon's talented management team as they continue to build a market-leading platform dedicated to providing critical consulting services to the federal sector."
Ray Carney, future Chief Executive Officer of Markon, said, "We are thrilled to launch Markon's next chapter and are honored to be working alongside such a talented and experienced team. We remain deeply committed to meeting the evolving needs of our clients through innovative solutions that support national security. Sterling's continued partnership will enable us to deliver on these commitments as we continue our organization's growth in the years to come."
Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor to Anser, AEC Advisors provided financial advisory services in connection with the spinoff of Markon, and EFCG served as integration advisor to Anser in connection with its sale to Accenture. Dechert LLP served as legal adviser to Anser and Sterling.
About Sterling Investment Partners
Sterling Investment Partners is a private equity firm investing in and building middle-market companies for over 30 years with a highly experienced, cohesive team of senior investment professionals. Sterling focuses on value-added distribution and business services, acquiring businesses that the firm believes have strong, sustainable competitive advantages and significant opportunities for value creation. Over its history, Sterling has completed over 220 transactions, representing approximately $28 billion in aggregate value. www.sterlinglp.com.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Abstrakt Marketing Group hosted its fifth annual Give Back Day on Aug. 5th, 2022. Abstrakt worked with more than 25 charities around the greater St. Louis area as well as 5 nationwide charities for our remote employees. Hundreds of volunteers put in about 3,000 hours of service to make a positive impact throughout the community.
"Our company has a tradition of providing a day of volunteerism for our team members and partnering with organizations in our local community," Melanie Clark, CMO for Abstrakt Marketing Group, said. "When it comes to being socially responsible, talk is cheap. Action and dedication are what matter. This day is such a blessing because we are able to have an immediate impact on thousands of lives. This is only one of the ways we will be giving back this year, and have major plans to expand our giving efforts as we head into 2023."
The event kicked off with breakfast in the Levee House Courtyard, then volunteers departed Laclede's Landing to begin their day of service. The locations that benefited included:
- Missouri Stream Team
- Gateway Pet Guardians
- Springboard to Learning
- Youth and Family Center
- Urban Sprouts
- Almost Home
- Your Words STL
- St. Louis Dream Center
- Girls Incorporated
- Gateway Arch Park Foundation
- Promise Community Homes
- Northside Youth and Senior Service Center
- Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House
- Brightside STL
- St. Louis Crisis Nursery
- Peter & Paul Community Center
- North Newstead Association
- Humanitri
- Salvation Army
- Care STL
- Laclede's Landing Neighborhood Association
- Humane Society of Missouri – Longmeadow Ranch
- Duo Dogs
- Wild Bird Sanctuary
Some of the group's efforts included cleaning up over 3,000 pounds of trash from the River Des Peres and Missouri River, finishing the construction of a fence at a local animal shelter, preparing a vacated apartment for a new family to move in, repairing ramps at a local nursery, and painting and organizing a classroom at a tutoring center.
"What you all did for the environment and for bettering the surrounding communities cannot be depicted in words," said Brian Waldrop, Missouri Department of Conservation's St. Louis Regional Stream Team Assistant. "Still, I thank you for your ever-loving dedication to the St. Louis Region and the Missouri Stream Team Program. You all make this place a much better place to live and thrive."
Abstrakt prioritizes charitable efforts throughout the year with additional charitable PTO and a donation match for each team member. Give Back Day is a representation of the company's culture and an integral part of its ongoing vision. The leadership team is proud to have partnered with the United Way of St. Louis and the organizations above to achieve significant social and environmental impact for the community.
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SOURCE Abstrakt Marketing Group | 2022-08-16T00:54:57+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2022/08/15/local-agency-closes-5th-annual-give-back-day/ |
Alleged shooter at Washington state music festival was stationed at US Army base
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The alleged gunman who fired into a crowd killing two people at a Washington state music festival Saturday was stationed at a U.S. Army base in Western Washington, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
James M. Kelly, 26, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord was booked into the Grant County Jail Tuesday on investigation of two counts of murder, two counts of assault and one count of domestic violence assault, Grant County Sheriff Joe Kriete said in a Facebook post. Law enforcement officers shot him Saturday and he was being treated at a hospital until Tuesday, the sheriff said.
The shooting killed two people and wounded two others in an area where people were camping for the Beyond Wonderland electronic dance music festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre.
The two people killed were Seattle residents Brandy Escamilla, 29, and Josilyn Ruiz, 26, Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison said Tuesday. Escamilla died of a gunshot wound to the head, and Ruiz died from a gunshot wound to her torso, Morrison said. The two were engaged to be married, according to a fundraising campaign by family members.
Lily Luksich, 20, of Mill Creek, Washington, and 31-year-old Andrew Cuadra of Eugene, Oregon, were shot and wounded, according to the sheriff.
A private security officer responding to the report of shots fired was struck by a bullet that deflected off her eyeglasses, causing bruising and lacerations, the sheriff said.
The sheriff’s office said it received a report of a shooting around 8:20 p.m. Saturday at the camping area at the amphitheater near the small city of George, 149 miles (240 kilometers) east of Seattle. The shooting happened several hundred yards from the music festival.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Lt. Col. Mike Burns told KXLY-TV in a statement Tuesday that the command is aware of the allegations against Kelly.
“We take all allegations seriously and are fully cooperating with the appropriate authorities,” his statement said.
Burns said Kelly is a joint fire support specialist assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment at the military base. It wasn’t immediately known if Kelly has a lawyer to comment on his behalf.
The North Central Washington Special Investigation Unit is investigating the shooting of Kelly by law enforcement officers. The names of the officer or officers who fired at Kelly haven’t been released.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-21T05:45:42+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/06/21/alleged-shooter-washington-state-music-festival-was-stationed-us-army-base/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a state law mandating life sentences for juvenile homicide offenders is unconstitutional, saying it amounts to “cruel and unusual punishment” and violates the Eighth Amendment.
In a sweeping 21-page opinion, the justices declared Tennessee a “clear outlier” as the only U.S. state to require that juvenile homicide offenders serve more than 50 years in prison before they can be considered for parole. In most other states, they are eligible for release in less than 35 years.
“In short, Tennessee is out of step with the rest of the country in the severity of sentences imposed on juvenile homicide offenders,” Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee wrote in the 3-2 majority opinion. “Automatically imposing a fifty-one-year-minimum life sentence on a juvenile offender without regard to the juvenile’s age and attendant circumstances can, for some juveniles, offend contemporary standards of decency.”
Justices Jeffrey Bivins and Roger Page argued in a dissenting opinion that state courts should not make “broad moral and social policy judgments” and juvenile sentencing decisions should be left to the legislative branch.
Tennessee has long been criticized for its unusually harsh prison terms for juveniles. More than 100 people have been sentenced to serve 60 years after being convicted when they were children.
National attention particularly grew when criminal justice reform advocates began highlighting the case of Cyntoia Brown-Long, who says she was a sex trafficking victim when she was convicted in 2006 of murdering a 42-year-old Nashville real estate agent. Brown-Long was 16 at the time.
Republican former Gov. Bill Haslam granted her clemency in 2019 and said having to wait 51 years in prison for a parole hearing was “too harsh.”
Under Friday’s ruling, judges may now adjust sentences for young people convicted of first-degree murder. The court also encouraged state lawmakers to consider legislation that would allow for more “discretionary, individualized sentencing.”
However, Republicans control both chambers and have pushed for stricter sentencing requirements. Justice reform experts counter that such tough-on-crime policies don’t reduce crime rates.
A spokesperson for Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, whose office defended the now-unconstitutional law, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The court’s decision stems from the case of Tyshon Booker, who was convicted as an adult while 16 years old for the first-degree murder of G’Metrik Caldwell in 2015.
The ruling does not mean Booker’s 60-year sentence will be overturned. Instead he will be eligible for a parole hearing sometime between 25 and 36 years into his sentence, and his age and other circumstances will be allowed to be considered. | 2022-11-19T12:15:57+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/ap-tennessee-court-juvenile-life-sentencing-unconstitutional/ |
BEIJING (AP) — A restaurant fire killed 17 people on Wednesday in the city of Changchun in northeastern China, authorities said.
The fire was reported about 12:40 p.m. in a high-tech section of the Changchun New Area industrial zone, according to a social media post by the zone's management committee.
Three other people were injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, the post said. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
Changchun is an auto manufacturing center and the capital of Jilin province. | 2022-09-28T08:59:18+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Restaurant-fire-kills-17-people-in-northeastern-17471991.php |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A week before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s U.N. ambassador claimed that the West is driven by its determination to destroy Russia and declared: “We had no choice other than to defend our country — defend it from you, to defend our identity and our future.”
Western ambassadors shot back, accusing Russia of using a Security Council meeting it called on lessons learned from the failure to resolve the conflict between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists that began in 2014 to justify what France’s U.N. Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere called “the unjustifiable” – Russia’s invasion of its smaller neighbor on Feb. 24, 2022.
Friday's meeting in the council — the only international venue where Russia regularly faces Ukraine and its Western supporters — put a spotlight on the deep chasm between the warring parties as the conflict moves into its second year with no end in sight, tens of thousands of casualties on both sides, and new military offensives expected.
Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused Western nations including France and Germany of “holding back” on implementing the Minsk agreements brokered by the two countries to end the conflict between Ukraine and the separatists in Luhansk and Donetsk in the country’s mostly Russian-speaking industrial east that flared in April 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
“You knew very well that the Minsk process for you is just a smoke screen, so as to rearm the Kyiv regime and to prepare it for war against Russia in the name of your geopolitical interest,” Nebenzia said.
U.S. deputy ambassador Richard Mills accused Russia of failing to implement “a single commitment it made” in the Minsk agreements while the other signatories — France, Germany, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe — “sought to implement them in good faith.”
France’s De Riviere said his country and Germany have worked “tirelessly” since 2015 to promote dialogue between parties. “The difficulties encountered in implementing these agreements can never serve as justification or mitigating circumstances for Russia’s choice to end the dialogue with violence,” he stressed.
De Riviere recalled that exactly a year ago, on Feb. 17, 2022, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin reaffirmed to the council that the Minsk agreements were “the only international legal basis” to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, and that rumors of Russian military intervention were unfounded and stemmed from Western paranoia. Four days later, Russia recognized the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk, and on Feb. 24 it invaded Ukraine.
“The one and only lesson to be learned here is that Russia, by attacking Ukraine, has chosen alone, to put an end to dialogue and negotiation,” De Riviere said. “It took the decision alone to shatter the Minsk agreements, whose main objective, let us remember, was the reintegration of some regions of Donetsk and Luhansk under full Ukrainian sovereignty, in exchange for broad decentralization.”
Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward also cited Vershinin’s statement to the council that allegations of a Russian attack were baseless a week before President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, and said the United Kingdom had learned some lessons.
“Russia lied when we warned of its intention to attack Ukraine,” she said. “Russia was planning for war while we called for diplomacy and de-escalation, and Russia continues to choose death and destruction while the world calls for a just peace.”
Russia’s Nebenzia blamed “a criminal policy by the Ukrainian leadership which was goaded by the collective West” for refusing to implement the Minsk agreements.
After a year of war, he told Western members of the Security Council, “Obviously, we will not be able to live in the future the way we did in the past.”
Nebenzia accused the West of “deep Russophobia," and a “determination to destroy my country, using others if possible.” And he claimed it is not interested “in building a European and Euro-Atlantic security system together with Russia” because “for you such a system can only be aimed against Russia.”
“We have no trust left in you and we are not able of believing any promises you make — not as regards a non-expansion of NATO in the east, or your desire not to interfere in our internal affairs, or your determination to live in peace,” Nebenzia said.
“You have shown that it’s impossible to negotiate with you," he said. “You’ve shown how treacherous you are by creating on our borders a neo-Nazi, neo-nationalist beehive and then stirring it up.”
Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya accused Russia of violating the Minsk agreements, citing as an example the Minsk memorandum of Sept. 19, 2014 ordering all military, militias and mercenaries to leave Ukraine that was never implemented.
“The truth is that Putin has proved once and for all to be impossible to negotiate with,” he said. “Russia’s consistent undermining and final killing of the Minsk agreements make that crystal clear.”
Ukraine urges “healthy forces in Russia, if there are any, to come to their senses and force Putin to implement the demands of the U.N. General Assembly to immediately cease the use of force and to withdraw Russian military forces from Ukraine,” Kyslytsya said. “The dictator should give up and recede into the past.” | 2023-02-18T06:36:33+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/russian-envoy-claims-west-is-determined-to-destroy-russia/J3W3GCWVNZDINOFHHUOHIJUBUM/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden next week will highlight his plans for drastically reducing cancer deaths and boosting treatments for the disease in what he has called “this generation’s moonshot,” the White House announced Wednesday.
Biden’s speech at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Monday will come on the 60th anniversary of his predecessor’s speech outlining his vision for putting the first man on the moon. The White House said Biden will outline what his administration is doing to “end cancer as we know it.”
The issue is personal for Biden, whose son Beau Biden died in 2015 of brain cancer. Biden launched the cancer moonshot the following year when serving as President Barack Obama’s vice president.
In February, Biden, a Democrat, set more ambitious goals for the project, including cutting the rate of cancer deaths in half in the coming 25 years and improving treatments and quality of life for those with cancer and their caregivers.
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Follow AP’s coverage related to cancer at https://apnews.com/hub/cancer. | 2022-09-23T00:27:19+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/health-care/ap-biden-to-channel-kennedy-in-his-push-for-a-cancer-moonshot/ |
4 children, including a baby, survived a plane crash and 40 days alone in the Amazon jungle
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers, bringing a happy ending to a search-and-rescue saga that captivated a nation but also prompted questions about their extraordinary survival.
Officials in the South American country announced their rescue Friday, following days of highs and lows as searchers frantically combed through the rainforest hunting for the youngsters, members of the Huitoto people and aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months.
As the children received treatment Saturday at a hospital in the capital, Bogota, authorities were yet to explain how the siblings endured their time alone in the remote area. Earlier, officials had said the oldest children had some knowledge of how to survive in the rainforest.
President Gustavo Petro celebrated the news upon returning from Cuba, where he signed a cease-fire with representatives of the National Liberation Army rebel group. He visited the children Saturday.
Petro called them an “example of survival” and predicted their saga “will remain in history.”
Damaris Mucutuy, an aunt of the children, told a radio station that “the children are fine” despite being dehydrated and with insect bites. Mucutuy, who arrived at the hospital at dawn with other family members, said the children had been offered mental health services.
Defense Minister Iván Velásquez told reporters Saturday the children were being rehydrated and cannot eat food yet. “But in general, the condition of the children is acceptable,” he said.
An air force video showed a helicopter using lines to pull the youngsters up because it couldn’t land in the dense rainforest where they were found. The military on Friday tweeted pictures showing a group of soldiers and volunteers posing with the children, who were wrapped in thermal blankets. One of the soldiers held a bottle to the smallest child’s lips.
Gen. Pedro Sanchez, who was in charge of the rescue efforts, said that the children were found 5 kilometers (3 miles) away from the crash site in a small forest clearing. He said rescue teams had passed within 20 to 50 meters (66 to 164 feet) of where the children were found on a couple of occasions but had missed them.
“The minors were already very weak,” Sanchez said. “And surely their strength was only enough to breathe or reach a small fruit to feed themselves or drink a drop of water in the jungle.”
Fidencio Valencia, an uncle of the children, told reporters outside the hospital that the survivors were happy to see family members, who are taking a “day-by-day” approach to the situation.
“When the plane crashed, they took out (of the wreckage) a fariña, and with that, they survived,” Valencia said, referring to a cassava flour that people eat in the Amazon region. “After the fariña ran out, they began to eat seeds.”
The crash happened in the early hours of May 1, when the Cessna single-engine propeller plane with six passengers and a pilot declared an emergency due to an engine failure. Snakes, mosquitoes and other animals abound in the area.
The small aircraft fell off radar a short time later and a frantic search for survivors began. Two weeks after the crash, on May 16, a search team found the plane in a thick patch of the rainforest and recovered the bodies of the three adults on board, but the small children were nowhere to be found.
Sensing that they could be alive, Colombia’s army stepped up the hunt and flew 150 soldiers with dogs into the area. Dozens of volunteers from Indigenous tribes also helped search.
During the search, in an area where visibility is greatly limited by mist and thick foliage, soldiers on helicopters dropped boxes of food into the jungle, hoping that it would help sustain the children. Planes flying over the jungle fired flares to help search crews on the ground at night, and rescuers used speakers that blasted a message recorded by the siblings’ grandmother, telling them to stay in one place.
Rumors also emerged about the children’s whereabouts and on May 18 the president tweeted that the children had been found. He then deleted the message, claiming he had been misinformed by a government agency.
The group of four children were travelling with their mother from the Amazonian village of Araracuara to San Jose del Guaviare when the plane crashed.
Petro on Friday said the children were first found by one of the rescue dogs that soldiers took into the jungle. He added that for a while he had believed the children were rescued by one of the nomadic tribes that still roam the remote swath of the jungle where the plane fell and have little contact with authorities.
As the search progressed, soldiers found small clues in the jungle that led them to believe the children were still alive, including a pair of footprints, a baby bottle, diapers and pieces of fruit that looked like they had been bitten by humans.
“The jungle saved them,” Petro said. “They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia.” | 2023-06-10T20:03:20+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/international/4-children-including-a-baby-survived-a-plane-crash-and-40-days-alone-in-the-amazon-jungle/ |
“Plant Power: Flip Your Plate, Change Your Weight” is the latest book by Dr. Ian K. Smith, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “Clean & Lean.”
Dr. Ian joined us Thursday on “Life.Style.Live!” to share what you can learn about the power of plans and plant-based diets in his new book, the many benefits of this lifestyle change, tips for shifting your mindset when it comes to not eating meat and more. Here’s more from Dr. Ian:
FOODS AND NUTRIENTS THAT MAY HELP LOWER CHOLESTEROL
TO REDUCE HEART DISEASE RISK:
EAT MORE
- Variety of fruits and vegetables
- Whole grains
- Non tropical vegetable oils (canola, corn, olive, peanut, safflower, soybean, sunflower, etc.)Nuts
- Legumes
- Low-fat dairy products
- Skinless poultry and fish
EAT LESS
• Saturated fat
• Trans-fat (also called hydrogenated oil and partially hydrogenated oil)
• Sodium
• Red meat
• Sweets
• Beverages with added sugars (like soda and some iced teas)
BLOOD PRESSURE–LOWERING FOODS — IMMUNE-BOOSTING FOODS — MOOD BOOSTING FOODS
- Beans and peas and other legumes
- Fermented foods (unsweetened kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi)
- Fish
- Fresh fruits and vegetables (the more colorful, the better)
- Whole grains (avoid packaged and processed foods)
- Yogurt without added sugars (contain probiotics and/or live cultures)
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN MEAT SUBSTITUTES
PROTEIN CONTENT
CALORIE CHECK
NUMBERS MATTER — more ingredients listed usually means more highly processed
WATCH THE SODIUM
FATS AND SUGARS
OIL CHECK: Look for unsaturated or polyunsaturated oils. Keep saturated oils to less than 2 grams per serving.
USING THE PLANT POWER POINT SYSTEM to keep track of animal-based food eating and transition to mostly plant-based diet over 4 weeks.
Week One (70% ABF)=22 points
Week Two (55% ABF) =18 points
Week Three (40% ABF)=13 points
Week Four (30% ABF)= 10 points
To purchase your copy of Dr. Ian’s newest book, click here
For more information, visit doctoriansmith.com.
You can also like him on Facebook and join his Facebook group or follow him on Twitter and Instagram. | 2022-04-28T20:39:33+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/lifestylelive/dr-ian-smith-talks-benefits-of-plant-based-diet-simple-ways-to-become-more-plant-based/ |
(NEXSTAR) – On Saturday, National Rifle Association associate chief Wayne LaPierre received praise from one attendee of the organization’s Houston meeting, who commended LaPierre’s “thoughts and prayers” in the wake of last week’s mass shooting in Texas, in addition to others.
But the comments, delivered by comedian Jason Selvig were actually a prank intended to mock LaPierre and the NRA to their faces, the Washington Post reports. Selvig’s moment at the microphone was captured on video and viewed over eight million times by Tuesday morning.
“I am sick and tired of the leftwing media spreading misinformation about Wayne LaPierre,” said Selvig. “Whenever there’s a mass shooting, they all say that Wayne LaPierre isn’t doing enough to stop these mass shootings… and frankly that’s not true. The NRA, under Wayne LaPierre’s leadership, has provided thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families.”
In the video, LaPierre and NRA speakers can be seen listening, seemingly unsure how to react. The audience, meanwhile, politely applauded Selvig – half of the comedy duo The Good Liars, which pranks politicians.
During his speech, Selvig cited not only the Robb Elementary School shooting, but others, including Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, Pulse Nightclub in 2016, and the El Paso Walmart shooting in 2019. In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, both politicians and the NRA face mounting demands for change from the public.
Selvig concluded his comments by saying: “I’m asking everyone in the room to think, to pray. Give your thoughts and your prayers and your thoughts and your prayers and your prayers and your thoughts. And if we give enough of these thoughts and these prayers, these mass shootings will stop.”
For gun reform advocates, the term “thoughts and prayers” has increasingly become synonymous with empty condolences. The phrase typically trends on social media after mass gun tragedies, as politicians and pro-gun advocates offer sympathy that detractors say is empty.
“The repetition of “thoughts and prayers” is a product of the repetition of mass shootings. And to #ThoughtsAndPrayers critics, the repetition of mass shootings exists because no one is doing much else besides offering thoughts and prayers,” CNN reporter AJ Willingham writes.
Over the weekend, Associated Press reports a bipartisan group of lawmakers met to discuss any possible reform they might be able to agree on. While there’s no general consensus on gun legislation between Democrats and Republicans, Democrats tend to favor increased checks (and a ban of assault rifles), while Republicans lean against.
Pres. Biden says it’s his “hope” that recent events have caused his fellow lawmakers to “get more rational” on the topic.
Selvig did not immediately respond for comment. The Washington Post reached out to the NRA and LaPierre but haven’t heard back yet. | 2022-05-31T19:26:29+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/nra-chief-pranked-by-comedian-at-houston-meeting-thoughts-and-prayers-mocked/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A member of the Belarus opposition movement urged the European Union on Monday to keep sanctions against a Belarusian state fertilizer producer, warning that lifting them would generate a $1.5 billion windfall for Alexander Lukashenko's regime as it supports Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Pavel Latushka, a former Belarusian minister of culture who is now in exile in Poland, said that he fears the EU might be tempted to lift sanctions against Belaruskali, a producer of potash.
Latushka heads an opposition group, the National Anti-Crisis Management, which has been documenting what it alleges is Lukashenko’s participation in a scheme to deport Ukrainian orphans to camps in Belarus.
The team has been working to bring international attention to its findings in an attempt to stop the deportations and hold Lukashenko to account.
“Belaruskali is the firm that finances the deportation of Ukrainian children,” Latushka, who was sentenced to 18 years of prison in absentia in March by a court in Belarus, told The Associated Press.
His appeal comes as EU foreign ministers were meeting Monday for informal talks expected to focus on sanctions against Belaruskali and the Belarusian Potash Company, which exports Belaruskali's products.
“This is an opportunity for Lukashenko to generate at least one and a half billion dollars in revenue each year, which he will spend on the war,” Latushka said.
The group alleges that the Ukrainian orphans deported to Belarus undergo a process of Russification before being sent to Russia for adoption, something they say amounts to violations of the Geneva conventions against war crimes.
Latushka and his team are collecting evidence and bringing it to international organizations, hoping that the International Criminal Court will issue an arrest warrant for Lukashenko as it did for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The ICC in March issued arrest warrants for both Putin and his commissioner for children's rights, with judges in The Hague saying that they found "reasonable grounds to believe" the two are were responsible for war crimes, specifically the unlawful deportation and unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia. | 2023-05-22T13:24:20+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/belarus-opposition-group-urges-eu-to-maintain-sanctions-on-belarus-state-companies/TXAB7MI6U5FAXDPVYU5ZTPYKGI/ |
(NEXSTAR) – On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added two new subvariants to its online tracker: BA.4 and BA.5. Both are subvariants of the omicron variant of COVID-19, which has been dominant in the U.S. since omicron overtook delta in last winter’s surge.
BA.4 and BA.5 now make up 5.4% and 7.6% of new COVID cases, respectively, but their presence is larger out West and in the South. In parts of the country, the two subvariants combined already make up more than 20% of cases.
The two new strains have already had a “big impact” on other parts of the world, and U.S. health officials need to closely monitor their impact on the virus’ spread over the next few weeks, said Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Here’s what we know so far.
Where are BA.4 and BA.5 spreading?
BA.4 and BA.5 were both first detected in South Africa early this year, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Since then, the strains have been detected in several other countries, and quickly became dominant in Portugal.
In the U.S., the CDC tracks variants by regions. The region that currently has the highest proportion of BA.5 and BA.5 is Region 6, made up of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
The new subvariants have what scientists call a “growth advantage” over older types of omicron, which means they’ll grow more dominant by the day.
“Given the data we’ve seen so far, I’d expect BA.4 and BA.5 would continue to replace BA.2.12.1,” said Inglesby.
Are BA.4 and BA.5 more contagious than other types of omicron, like BA.1 and BA.2?
Early evidence suggests BA.4 and BA.5 aren’t more contagious. However, it appears they are better at evading prior immunity.
So if you already had omicron, can a new subvariant like BA.4 or BA.5 get you sick again?
It’s possible, especially if you were sickened with omicron back in December 2021 or January 2022 — six months and several subvariants ago.
Limited studies show BA.4 and BA.5 are likely to reinfect unvaccinated people whose only immunity from the virus comes from a prior infection with BA.1 (the first type of omicron).
The same studies showed vaccinated people appeared to be better protected against reinfection with BA.4 and BA.5, however, “protection derived from currently available vaccines does wane over time against the Omicron variant,” writes the ECDC.
A booster shot can help with that waning immunity, Inglesby said. Only one-third of Americans have received a booster shot against the virus.
These studies also only looked at prior protection from BA.1, and right now the U.S. is in the middle of a surge of BA.2 — yet another omicron strain.
“It’s possible BA.4 and BA.5 could create a surge on top of a surge, but it’s very difficult to know this because we don’t understand whether the collective immunity provided by BA.2.12.1 will protect against BA.4 and BA.5,” said Inglesby.
Are these subvariants more dangerous or deadly?
“There is currently no indication of any change in severity for BA.4/BA.5 compared to previous Omicron lineages,” according to the ECDC.
That doesn’t mean BA.4 and BA.5 should be ignored, the European health agency warns. Even if the variant is less deadly than a prior iteration like delta, omicron is so contagious that BA.4 and BA.5 still threaten to sicken millions and overwhelm health care systems. | 2022-06-08T17:39:44+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/cdc-tracking-2-more-omicron-variants-what-to-know-about-ba-4-ba-5/ |
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer club Flamengo announced on Thursday that it had fired Portuguese coach Paulo Sousa, who only took the job in December.
Sousa, who was previously in charge of Poland, had a two-year contract with the Rio de Janeiro giants.
Flamengo said on its social media channels that his staff had also left the club. Brazilian media are reporting that Ceará's Dorival Junior will be the new coach.
Flamengo, which is 14th in the Brazilian championship with 12 points from 10 matches, decided to fire Sousa after a 1-0 loss at Red Bull Bragantino on Wednesday.
The 51-year old Sousa left Poland last year when his contract was terminated by the national soccer federation.
Sousa's career also includes stints at England's Leicester and Queens Park Rangers, France's Bordeaux and Italy's Fiorentina.
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STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE:WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division, announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share on its common stock.
The dividend on common shares will be payable November 14, 2022, to shareholders of record as of November 4, 2022.
On its Series F Preferred Stock, Webster declared a quarterly cash dividend of $328.125 per share ($0.328125 per each depositary share, 1,000 of which represent one share of Series F Preferred Stock), payable December 15, 2022, to shareholders of record on December 1, 2022.
On its Series G Preferred Stock, Webster declared a quarterly cash dividend of $16.25 per share ($0.40625 per each depositary share, 40 of which represents one share of Series G Preferred Stock), payable January 15, 2023, to shareholders of record on January 1, 2023.
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Are tech companies moving too fast in rolling out powerful artificial intelligence technology that could one day outsmart humans?
That's the conclusion of a group of prominent computer scientists and other tech industry notables such as Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak who are calling for a 6-month pause to consider the risks.
Their petition published Wednesday is a response to San Francisco startup OpenAI's recent release of GPT-4, a more advanced successor to its widely used AI chatbot ChatGPT that helped spark a race among tech giants Microsoft and Google to unveil similar applications.
What do they say?
The letter warns that AI systems with "human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity" — from flooding the internet with disinformation and automating away jobs to more catastrophic future risks out of the realms of science fiction.
It says "recent months have seen AI labs locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one – not even their creators – can understand, predict, or reliably control."
"We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4," the letter says. "This pause should be public and verifiable, and include all key actors. If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium."
A number of governments are already working to regulate high-risk AI tools. The United Kingdom released a paper Wednesday outlining its approach, which it said "will avoid heavy-handed legislation which could stifle innovation." Lawmakers in the 27-nation European Union have been negotiating passage of sweeping AI rules.
Who signed it?
The petition was organized by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute, which says confirmed signatories include the Turing Award-winning AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio and other leading AI researchers such as Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus. Others who joined include Wozniak, former U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Rachel Bronson, president of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a science-oriented advocacy group known for its warnings against humanity-ending nuclear war.
Musk, who runs Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX and was an OpenAI co-founder and early investor, has long expressed concerns about AI's existential risks. A more surprising inclusion is Emad Mostaque, CEO of Stability AI, maker of the AI image generator Stable Diffusion that partners with Amazon and competes with OpenAI's similar generator known as DALL-E.
What's the response?
OpenAI, Microsoft and Google didn't respond to requests for comment Wednesday, but the letter already has plenty of skeptics.
"A pause is a good idea, but the letter is vague and doesn't take the regulatory problems seriously," says James Grimmelmann, a Cornell University professor of digital and information law. "It is also deeply hypocritical for Elon Musk to sign on given how hard Tesla has fought against accountability for the defective AI in its self-driving cars."
Is this AI hysteria?
While the letter raises the specter of nefarious AI far more intelligent than what actually exists, it's not "superhuman" AI that some who signed on are worried about. While impressive, a tool such as ChatGPT is simply a text generator that makes predictions about what words would answer the prompt it was given based on what it's learned from ingesting huge troves of written works.
Gary Marcus, a New York University professor emeritus who signed the letter, said in a blog post that he disagrees with others who are worried about the near-term prospect of intelligent machines so smart they can self-improve themselves beyond humanity's control. What he's more worried about is "mediocre AI" that's widely deployed, including by criminals or terrorists to trick people or spread dangerous misinformation.
"Current technology already poses enormous risks that we are ill-prepared for," Marcus wrote. "With future technology, things could well get worse."
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved pan to make sure cakes bake level," said an inventor, from Lucasville, Ohio, "so I invented LEVEL- BAKES. My design would eliminate wastage of cakes that are thick/unlevel in the center."
The invention provides an improved design for a cake pan. In doing so, it enables the user to create level cakes each and every time. As a result, it offers an alternative to using traditional cake pans and tools to make a cake level and it could save time and energy in the kitchen. The invention features an effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households, bakeries and restaurants. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CCT-4737, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — GOP-held Texas state House sets Saturday afternoon vote on impeachment of Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Software and services industry category continues to dominate list, but growing life sciences category makes impressive showing in 28th annual ranking of fastest-growing businesses
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte today released its "North America Technology Fast 500," an annual ranking of the fastest-growing North American companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech sectors, now in its 28th year.
Technology Fast 500 awardees are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. Overall, the 2022 Technology Fast 500 companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 241% to 125,138% over the three-year time frame, with a median growth rate of 611%.
"As the past year has shown us, innovation in important areas such as life sciences is critical to addressing infectious disease and other global health issues," said Paul Silverglate, vice chair, Deloitte LLP and U.S. technology sector leader. "In addition, technology must keep pace with ever-changing consumer and corporate demands for faster, safer and more efficient solutions to new societal challenges. Each year I am in awe of the immense talent the Technology Fast 500 rankings reveal, confirming the winners' relentless pursuit of creativity and their ability to solve real-world problems that benefit us all."
The Technology Fast 500's top 10 include:
California Bay Area tops regional representation
The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 winners represent more than 38 states and provinces across North America. California's Bay Area had an impressive showing in this year's list leading the regional representation with 20% of the Technology Fast 500 winners, of which 64% were from the software and services category. The Tri-State Area was represented by 12% of the winning companies; New England by 6%, with 62% of the region's winners representing the new category of life sciences; Greater Washington, D.C., Washington State, and Texas accounted for 5% each of the winning companies.
Below is a summary of the 2022 ranking by regions with a significant concentration of winners:
Software and services dominated for 27th straight year
Software and services companies once again topped this year's Technology Fast 500 listing, representing the majority of the winners for the 27th straight year (61%). Of the software and services companies on the list, digital platforms represented the majority of winners (49%) with enterprise infrastructure and productivity following with 30% of the winners. Security (13%), consumer software (6%) and education (2%, and a new subsector category for this year), comprised the rest of the subsectors within software and services. Life sciences and fintech rounded out the top three industry categories with 19% and 9% of total winners, respectively.
Venture capital backing continued to be a winning strategy in the 2022 Technology Fast 500 rankings, with 84% of the companies listed backed by venture capital or private equity funding at some point in their company history, up from 81% last year.
The Technology Fast 500 by industry sector:
"This year's Technology Fast 500 list is a true reflection of some of today's most determined and inspiring pioneers who have prospered by anticipating what's next, understanding what's needed to succeed and driving creativity forward," said Christie Simons, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications within Deloitte's audit and assurance practice. "Representing all facets of technology, the winners have shown they not only have the vision but can also expertly manage their companies through rapid growth. We congratulate each winner on their impressive achievements."
For additional details on the Technology Fast 500, including the complete list and qualifying criteria, visit www.fast500.com. Connect with us on Twitter: @DeloitteTMT; #Fast500 or on LinkedIn at: @PaulSilverglate; @ChristieSimons.
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LOS ANGELES >> Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, dropped his vigorous denials of sexually abusing girls and pleaded guilty Friday just days before facing trial, California state prosecutors said.
Garcia, 53, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to two counts of forcible oral copulation involving minors and one count of a lewd act upon a child who was 15. He had faced trial Monday on charges that included child rape and human trafficking to produce child pornography.
Garcia, leader of a church founded by his grandfather that has 5 million worldwide followers, used his spiritual influence to have sex with several female followers, prosecutors said.
“Garcia used his power to take advantage of children,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. “He relied on those around him to groom congregants for the purposes of sexual assault. Today’s conviction can never undo the harm, but it will help protect future generations.”
The guilty plea is an abrupt turn from the vigorous denials by his lawyers and ardent support from the Guadalajara-based church and his followers. The church and Garcia’s lawyers did not immediately comment on the guilty plea.
Sentencing was scheduled for Wednesday. Garcia remains jailed on $90 million bail.
Since his arrest in 2019, Garcia was facing another hurdle at trial.
One of his a co-defendants, Alondra Ocampo, a church member who has since pleaded guilty and admitted she facilitated and participated in the abuse, was poised to testify against him.
Attorney Fred Thiagarajah, who represents the former church youth group leader, said Ocampo would be the star witness who could corroborate the testimony of victims and provide context for the prosecutor’s case.
“She actively recruited and groomed girls for him,” Thiagarajah said. “She would target girls and bring them into his inner fold. She was tasked with sexualizing these girls and facilitating their abuse.”
Ocampo told girls that if they rebuffed the wishes and desires of “the apostle,” they were going against God, according to the charges.
She encouraged girls to wear skimpy outfits and dance for Garcia, who then “gave them a speech about a king having mistresses and stated that an apostle of God can never be judged for his actions,” the charges state.
Ocampo told three girls that Garcia would be pleased to receive nude selfies of them and she even orchestrated pornographic photo shoots of them touching each other that she said would be sent to Garcia.
Garcia thanked the girls for the photos, according to court documents.
Another female co-defendant who was a member of the church, Susana Medina Oaxaca, pleaded guilty Friday to assault likely to cause great bodily injury. | 2022-06-04T01:17:45+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/03/breaking-news/mexican-megachurch-leader-pleads-guilty-in-l-a-to-sex-abuse/ |
Editor’s note: This feature first ran Sept. 20, 2018, in the Times-News and at Magicvalley.com.
On Aug. 5, 1930, the Magic Valley held its first primary election that required folks to vote on either the Republican or Democratic ticket.
According to the Twin Falls Daily News, people were not happy with the new system.
Below is the newspaper’s explanation of the new election law, printed Aug. 5, 1930, titled Party System on Defensive:
“Some people don’t like provisions of Idaho’s latest election law which require citizens to declare their party affiliations a prerequisite for voting in primary elections. A number hereabouts declined to meet this qualification and took no part at all in yesterday’s primaries.
“One of the arguments for this attitude of non-participation was that the voter wanted to support certain candidates, some running for nomination on one ticket and others on another.
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“The law was designated to prevent just that thing, and to confine voters to participation in the affairs of their own parties.
“Dissatisfaction with the law that has arisen is sufficient to suggest the question whether the party system in American politics shall survive, or whether the electorate shall follow after this or that individual leader without regard to any responsibility he may or may not owe to an organized group of voters.
“The party system has been undermined by a variety of statutes tending to aggrandize candidates individually.
“Political parties themselves are largely to blame for the situation in which they frequently find themselves.
“There must be issues drawn as between political groups, on which voters naturally tend to divide, before there can be strong political parties.
“Political parties that persistently and habitually avoid taking a stand on any issue are on the way to dissolution.”
Mychel Matthews is the managing editor of the Times-News. The Hidden History feature runs every Thursday in the Times-News and at Magicvalley.com. If you have a question about something that may have historical significance, email Matthews at mmatthews@magicvalley.com. | 2022-05-19T17:52:32+00:00 | magicvalley.com | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/hidden-history-political-affiliation-explained-in-1930/article_83e6636b-de41-5908-9433-9451c7b6b8b3.html |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri ACLU on Monday sued to block new state restrictions on both adults and children seeking gender-affirming health care, which are set to kick in Thursday.
ACLU, Lambda Legal and Bryan Cave Leighton LLP attorneys representing transgender Missourians and health care providers asked a St. Louis County judge to stop the first-of-its-kind rule from taking effect.
They argue that Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey has no authority to use a state consumer-protection law to regulate gender-affirming care through emergency rule-making.
The rule is "a baseless and discriminatory attempt to limit the healthcare options for transgender individuals, who already face several barriers accessing necessary and life-saving medical care,” said Dr. Samuel Tochtrop of plaintiff Southampton Community Healthcare, in a statement.
Before gender-affirming medical treatments can be provided by physicians, the regulation requires people to have experienced an “intense pattern” of documented gender dysphoria for three years and to have received at least 15 hourly sessions with a therapist over at least 18 months. Patients also would first have to be screened for autism and “social media addiction,” and any psychiatric symptoms from mental health issues would have to be treated and resolved.
Some individuals will be allowed to maintain their prescriptions while they promptly receive the required assessments.
“Our regulation enacts basic safeguards for interventions that an international medical consensus has determined to be experimental," Bailey said in a Monday statement. "Rather than ensure that patients are protected by common sense safeguards, these organizations are racing to court in an effort to continue their ideologically-based procedures masquerading as medicine.”
Bailey marketed the restrictions as a way to protect minors from what he describes as experimental treatments when he announced plans to create the rule in March. He applied limits to adults as well in the final rule.
“We have serious concerns about how children are being treated throughout the state. But we believe everyone is entitled to evidence-based medicine and adequate mental health care,” Bailey spokeswoman Madeline Sieren said after the rule was filed April 13.
The rule is an unusual step by Missouri's attorney general, who has limited jurisdiction under state law. The office is responsible for defending state laws, handling felony criminal appeals, and prosecuting financial crimes and consumer fraud.
The lawsuit alleges the rule “is an improper, extra-legislative overreach by an un-elected political appointee” seeking to use the state's consumer-protection law, which plaintiffs describe as “an act purposed on making sure that cars are sold with titles and that hardware stores abide by a warranty on a vacuum.”
If the rule takes effect, doctors who provide gender-affirming health care must first provide a lengthy list of potential negative side effects and information warning against those treatments.
Health care providers will need to ensure “any psychiatric symptoms from existing mental health comorbidities of the patient have been treated and resolved” before providing gender-affirming treatments under the new rule. Physicians also must screen patients for social media addiction, autism and signs of “social contagion with respect to the patient’s gender identity.”
The FDA approved puberty blockers 30 years ago to treat children with precocious puberty — a condition that causes sexual development to begin much earlier than usual. Sex hormones — synthetic forms of estrogen and testosterone — were approved decades ago to treat hormone disorders or as birth control pills.
The FDA has not approved the medications specifically to treat gender-questioning youth. But they have been used for many years for that purpose “off label,” a common and accepted practice for many medical conditions. Doctors who treat transgender patients say those decades of use are proof the treatments are not experimental.
Critics have raise concerns about children changing their minds. Yet the evidence suggests detransitioning is not as common as opponents of transgender medical treatment for youth contend, though few studies exist and they have their weaknesses.
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ITOCHU Corporation leads investment to scale manufacturing and market expansion
SEATTLE, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Bioenergy, a Seattle-based renewable energy company today announced it has completed its Series A funding round in the amount of $3.6M. ITOCHU Corporation, one of Japan's leading general trading companies, is an anchor investor in the round, with several of Impact Bioenergy's seed investors also participating. Impact Bioenergy builds and deploys community-scale systems that convert food waste into renewable natural gas, diverting food waste from landfills for productive reuse while also making a meaningful difference in reducing carbon emissions to reverse climate change.
The funding will enable Impact Bioenergy to scale manufacturing and to expand its offering to meet the strong demand the company is seeing in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and increasing state-level activity legislating and incentivizing the reduction of food waste to landfills. Impact Bioenergy, which was founded in 2013 by Jan Allen, has already deployed over a dozen digesters in active operation across the country.
"Forty-percent of all the food produced in and imported into this country is never eaten. Food waste is being trucked, burned and buried at great expense and accounts for nearly 10% of our carbon emissions. Converting food waste to energy not only reduces transportation costs and fuel consumption but also generates electricity, heat and carbon offsets. Rarely does a technology come along that has so much positive impact with zero waste," said Jan Allen, who built his first digester in 1979 while a student at Purdue University.
"We are all looking for actions we can take to have a positive impact on the climate right now," said Tim Tiscornia, Impact Bioenergy's President. "Our products do just that. We are already working with several college and corporate campuses. We are fielding calls every week from restaurant chains, grocery stores and others who want to make a meaningful impact on the environment by turning their organic waste into renewable natural gas and drive toward carbon neutrality."
Impact Bioenergy, operating since 2013, is a leader in anaerobic digestion (AD). Impact Bioenergy manufactures and sells community-scale, prefabricated systems that convert food waste, liquids, and other organic materials into renewable natural gas and fertilizer with zero waste.
Anaerobic digestion has been used as a method for converting organics to energy for several decades. Historically, AD projects have been large-scale. Our proprietary technology reduces the physical footprint and costs for AD, and is wholly odor-free, enabling community-level installation and acceptance. Impact Bioenergy has patented a modular and containerized system to create a product specifically scaled for local use.
Impact Bioenergy has been named a "top five company to watch" among waste-to-resource disruptors globally and a key player in the global organic waste recycling market. The company was a finalist in the US Department of Energy Water Resource Recovery competition in 2021 and in the American Biogas Council Innovation of the year competition for onsite, containerized systems in 2017.
ITOCHU Corporation, formed in 1858, is one of Japan's leading general trading companies. ITOCHU has presence in 62 countries and trades globally in energy, machinery, food, metals, chemicals and minerals as well as textiles and other general products. ITOCHU transforms businesses, and this strategic investment in Impact Bioenergy is in line with our corporate goal of proactively developing renewable energy sources essential to a decarbonized society in order to withdraw from thermal coal interests and reduce fossil fuel operations and interests across the portfolio by 2024.
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Over 14.9 Million Fundraising Pages Created on JustGiving to Support Good Causes Since 2000
CHARLESTON, S.C., June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, is proud to announce that JustGiving has surpassed £6 billion ($8.5 billion) in donations through the platform. To date, leading fundraising platform JustGiving, which removed platform fees in March of 2019, has managed almost 200 million donations from more than 180 countries.
"JustGiving is an incredible force to help fundraisers and crowdfunders support the charities and causes they care about," said Mike Gianoni, president and CEO, Blackbaud. "Over the past year, we've helped people show their support in response to crises including the war on Ukraine and earthquakes affecting Turkey and Syria, and just last month, the London Marathon saw more than $47 million donated to fundraisers completing the event. We're honored to have played a role in supporting these efforts with reliable crowdfunding software."
Below are a few recent JustGiving campaigns:
- £55 million ($71 million) was donated in response to the war on Ukraine.
- Sir Captain Tom Moore continues to hold the largest individual led online crowdfunding campaign in history, after his challenge went viral and led to more than £39 million ($49 million) donated to the National Health Service (NHS).
- £13 million ($15.5 million) was donated in response to the earthquakes which affected Turkey and Syria.
- The late Dame Deborah James' Bowelbabe fund recently surpassed £11 million ($14 million). Deborah worked tirelessly campaigning to raise funds for and awareness of bowel cancer.
"The last few years have been really hard for a lot of people, the COVID-19 pandemic followed by a cost-of-living crisis has meant that people have been through and continue to cope with the toughest of times," said Pascale Harvie, senior vice president at JustGiving from Blackbaud. "Yet, despite this, people of all ages continue to take action and support the causes they love. Our fundraisers and crowdfunders are extraordinary and what they have collectively achieved to benefit more than 20,000 charities and causes in the last year alone is remarkable."
Learn more at www.JustGiving.com.
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Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, companies committed to social responsibility and individual change makers, Blackbaud's essential software is built to accelerate impact in fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility and education management. With millions of users and over $100 billion raised, granted or managed through Blackbaud platforms every year, Blackbaud's solutions are unleashing the potential of the people and organizations who change the world. Blackbaud has been named to Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies, Quartz's list of Best Companies for Remote Workers, and Forbes' list of America's Best Employers. A remote-first company, Blackbaud has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom, supporting users in 100+ countries. Learn more at www.blackbaud.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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The Supreme Court ruled on a case about stalking and what constitutes a “true threat” today, vacating a Colorado man’s stalking conviction.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and fellow at Yale Law School.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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5 Connecticut children, ages 8-17, dead after New York crash
SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Five children from Connecticut, ranging in age from eight to 17, were killed in a fiery early morning crash Sunday on a New York highway, police said.
Police believe the vehicle was being driven by a 16-year-old boy when it veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, hit a tree and caught fire. A 9-year-old boy, the sixth person in the Nissan Rogue, was the only survivor, according to a statement provided by Kieran O’Leary, spokesperson for the Westchester County Police Department.
The 9-year-old was “apparently riding in the rear hatchback/cargo area and escaped out the rear,” according to the statement. The boy was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The five who were killed include four males and a female. Their identities have not yet been released. Police said they are all from Connecticut, which is roughly 12 miles (19 km) by car from Scarsdale.
Police said the single-vehicle crash occurred at about 12:20 a.m. and remains under investigation.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-19T16:52:48+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/03/19/5-connecticut-children-ages-8-17-dead-after-new-york-crash/ |
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol has postponed a hearing that was to feature dramatic testimony from former Justice Department officials who were pressured by then-President Donald Trump to pursue his false election fraud theories.
The hearing had been scheduled for Wednesday, but the committee on Tuesday morning said that it had been postponed. It did not give a reason or a new date for the hearing.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the committee, described the postponement as “no big deal” during an appearance on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” and said the delay was the result of “technical work” that still needed to be done.
“Putting together the video exhibits is an exhausting exercise for our very small video staff,” said Lofgren, a California Democrat. “We were going to have one-two-three in one week and it’s just it’s too much to put it all together. So we’re trying to give them a little room to do their technical work.”
The next hearing is set to take place on Thursday.
The witnesses at Wednesday's hearing were to include Jeffrey Rosen, who was the acting attorney general at the time of the Capitol insurrection, as well as two other former top officials at the Justice Department, Richard Donoghue and Steven Engel. Lawyers for all three men did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
The witnesses, all of whom have since left the Justice Department, are expected to testify about how Trump sought to bend the department to his political will during the final days of his administration by urging officials to declare the election as corrupt and to aid in his efforts to challenge the results of the race won by Democrat Joe Biden.
Though the lawyers' accounts have been documented by the news media, the hearing — whenever it occurs — will give the American public its most detailed glimpse of a near-revolt inside the Justice Department as Trump contemplated replacing the agency's top official with a lower-level lawyer seen as more willing to advance the president's false claims that the election was stolen. Several other senior officials warned Trump in a White House meeting that they'd resign if the leadership change occurred.
Rosen took over the department following the December 2020 departure of William Barr, who angered Trump by saying the department had not found fraud that could have affected the results of the election. Trump quickly soured on Rosen, too, after the then-acting attorney general rejected entreaties from the president and the White House to challenge the election results.
Around that time, the president was introduced by Rep. Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican and ardent Trump backer, to Jeffrey Clark, a little-known assistant attorney general who postured himself as willing to advance Trump's baseless voting fraud claims.
At one point, according to testimony provided to lawmakers, Clark presented colleagues with a draft letter pushing Georgia officials to convene a special legislative session on the election results. Clark wanted the letter sent, but superiors at the Justice Department refused.
A lawyer for Clark did not immediately return a phone message on Wednesday.
Clark's support led Trump to openly contemplate naming him as acting attorney general in place of Rosen.
The situation came to a head during a tense, hours-long Jan. 3, 2021 meeting at the White House in which Engel and Donoghue told Trump that they would resign from the Justice Department if Trump proceeded with his plan to fire Rosen and replace him with Clark. Trump ultimately relented, and Rosen remained on as acting attorney general through the end of the administration. | 2022-06-14T20:16:40+00:00 | niagara-gazette.com | https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/1-6-panel-postpones-hearing-with-ex-justice-dept-officials/article_6a233bbe-ec0c-11ec-885e-5737602fcfba.html |
Belarus upholds 8-year prison sentence for journalist of top Polish newspaper
By YURAS KARMANAU
Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday upheld an eight-year prison sentence that was handed to a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority. The Court on Friday rejected the appeal of Andrzej Poczobut, a 50-year-old reporter with Gazeta Wyborcza, an influential Polish newspaper. Poczobut has been found guilty of inflicting harm on Belarus’ national security and “sowing discord.” He has remained behind bars ever since his arrest in March 2021. Poczobut has extensively covered mass protests that engulfed Belarus in 2020 in the wake of the disputed presidential election that handed authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko his sixth term in office. Both the Belarusian opposition and the West have denounced the vote as rigged. | 2023-05-26T18:11:55+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/2023/05/26/belarus-upholds-8-year-prison-sentence-for-journalist-of-top-polish-newspaper/ |
MHP releases 2022 Memorial Holiday Travel Enforcement Period report
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol concluded the 2022 Memorial Day Holiday Travel Enforcement Period, which started on Friday at 12:01 a.m. and ended on Monday at midnight.
MHP issued a total of 15,263 citations, made 375 arrests for impaired driving and cited 1,615 motorists for seatbelt violations.
The highway patrol also investigated 125 crashes resulting in 49 injuries with four fatal crashes and four deaths.
The fatal crashes occurred in Stone, Washington, Claiborne and Yazoo counties. They remain under investigation by MHP.
In addition, the MHP Motor Carrier Division conducted 420 inspections on commercial motor vehicles over the holiday period.
In comparison with last year, the total number of reports shows an increase in all sections.
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Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the longtime and beloved dancing DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and a former contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance,” has died at the age of 40.
His wife, Allison Holker Boss, confirmed his passing in a statement published Wednesday on People.com.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” she said. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”
Her statement did not include any detail on the cause of his death.
tWitch started his tenure at the “Ellen” show in 2014 and later was promoted to co-executive producer in 2020. The s how ended earlier this year. He also had placed as a runner-up on "So You Think You Can Dance.”
The dancer-DJ also appeared in films like “Step Up: All In” and “Magic Mike XXL.”
His love of dancing permeated through all aspects of his life as he aspired to emulate greats like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
“My personal opinion: The greatest of all time had to be Gene Kelly, man. Gene Kelly, because he’s a guy’s guy. I love Fred Astaire, but Fred Astaire was so smooth, and it was great. He was so classy," Boss said in an interview with the Associated Press in 2014. "But Gene Kelly — he could be like somebody’s dad, who just decided to get up off the couch and dance around and clean the kitchen up.”
Boss posted dance videos on TikTok with his wife, who is also a professional dancer, with their children making guest appearances.
Boss's passing was first reported by TMZ.
He is survived by his wife and three children. | 2022-12-14T17:20:42+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2022/12/14/stephen-twitch-boss-ellen-shows-dancing-dj-dies-at-40/ |
Top Player Prop Bets for Giants vs. Cubs on June 10, 2023
Published: Jun. 10, 2023 at 11:51 AM EDT|Updated: 49 minutes ago
Player prop bet options for LaMonte Wade Jr, Nico Hoerner and others are listed when the San Francisco Giants host the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park on Saturday (at 7:35 PM ET).
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Giants vs. Cubs Game Info
- When: Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 7:35 PM ET
- Where: Oracle Park in San Francisco, California
- How to Watch on TV: FOX
- Live Stream: Watch the MLB on Fubo!
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MLB Props Today: San Francisco Giants
LaMonte Wade Jr Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -227)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -120)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +215)
Wade Stats
- Wade has put up 53 hits with nine doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 43 walks. He has driven in 20 runs with two stolen bases.
- He's slashed .279/.420/.463 so far this season.
Wade Recent Games
Thairo Estrada Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -278)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +850)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +195)
Estrada Stats
- Thairo Estrada has put up 63 hits with 15 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 11 walks. He has driven in 20 runs with 14 stolen bases.
- He has a slash line of .299/.345/.479 on the year.
- Estrada has picked up at least one hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .217 with three doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBI.
Estrada Recent Games
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MLB Props Today: Chicago Cubs
Nico Hoerner Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +100)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +1000)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +225)
Hoerner Stats
- Hoerner has collected 65 hits with nine doubles, a triple, four home runs and 17 walks. He has driven in 28 runs with 13 stolen bases.
- He's slashed .284/.337/.384 so far this year.
Hoerner Recent Games
Dansby Swanson Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -250)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +115)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +170)
Swanson Stats
- Dansby Swanson has collected 62 hits with 13 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 34 walks. He has driven in 26 runs with four stolen bases.
- He's slashing .258/.353/.404 so far this season.
Swanson Recent Games
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Victims recount stabbing spree on Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - In a tearful interview with victims of the Las Vegas stabbing spree, two showgirl impersonators describe the moments before and after the unexpected attack.
Anna Westby struggled to breath as she is still recovering from a punctured lung.
From her hospital room she described what happened on Thursday when a man approached her and the group of showgirl impersonators about taking a picture with them.
“He asked for a photo and Maris said yes. He asked for a photo with his logo, Maris said yes he then pulled out the knife and we’re like that’s not a logo,” Westby said.
Within seconds they looked at each other and Westby then says the man stabbed Maris in the heart. Westby and Maris ran in the same direction while Victoria, one of the other girls in the group ran in another. Westby said Maris collapsed 15 feet from where she was stabbed.
“There was just a lot of blood everywhere and I told this man to give me his shirt so I took his shirt and I held it against her wound and pressed down on it and tried to stop the bleeding,” Westby said.
A bystander told Westby she had been stabbed in the back so she asked him to apply pressure while she applies pressure for Maris.
“I started losing consciousness because I was losing so much blood. And so I laid my head on Maris’s chest and I noticed there she stopped breathing,” Westby said.
According to the arrest report, Las Vegas police say the suspect approached the group of strip performers dressed as Showgirls outside the Wynn hotel. The suspect asked if he could take a picture with them and with his knife. The suspect told officers he believed the group was “making fun of him.” Westby said they did no such thing.
“There was no- not a single moment where he was provoked -where- no there was no one making fun of anyone,” Westby said.
She said there was no reason Maris had to die. She said the suspect knew what he was doing.
“He had every intention on killing her and killing us,” Westby said.
While she’s recovering at the hospital, Victoria Cayetano, who was also stabbed in the back, is recovering from home.
“I really don’t know how to feel at the moment, everybody keeps asking me like are you feeling ok are you feeling fine?,” Cayetano said.
The 19-year-old said she had only been on the job for nine months.
“It just happened so fast like I couldn’t believe it- because I didn’t see it happen like I just – like I still don’t know what to feel or what to think,” Cayetano said.
Copyright 2022 KVVU. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-10T15:00:45+00:00 | fox5vegas.com | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/10/10/victims-recount-stabbing-spree-las-vegas-strip/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Destiny Littleton scored 18 points with six assists as Southern California pulled off a program-defining win Sunday with a 55-46 upset victory over No. 2 Stanford.
Okako Adika scored 11 points with 11 rebounds, while Taylor Bigby and Kayla Williams added nine points each as the Trojans set the tone with their defense and held on late to end a 14-game losing streak against the Cardinal who had won 51 straight against unranked opponents.
It was USC’s first victory over Stanford since the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament.
“I just thought we really took care of business this weekend, which is the understatement of the century,” USC head coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. “Stanford is so good. They’re No. 2 in the country. I thought we executed the game plan, were super tough and made plays the whole game. I haven’t even looked at the stat sheet because who cares, right?”
USC (13-4, 3-3 Pac-12) held Stanford to four points in the first quarter, its low for any period this season. The Trojans led by as many as 11 points early in the fourth quarter before closing out the victory just eight days after a heartbreaking loss to then-No. 12 UCLA.
Cameron Brink scored 11 points with 14 rebounds for Stanford (17-2, 5-1), which saw its 12-game winning streak come to an end. The defeat also ended the Cardinal’s 39-game winning streak over Pac-12 competition.
Haley Jones had 12 rebounds for Stanford but was held to eight points after she entered with 13.3 per game.
“It wasn’t just turnovers, it was bad shots,” Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer said. “I don’t know that we can do anything any worse. This has to be rock bottom in terms of execution offensively, lack of screening. They got to the free-throw line 26 times. Even with all of those bad things, it was a six point game with three, four minutes left.”
Stanford held USC to 27.3% shooting from the field, but the Trojans made up the difference by going 8 of 19 from 3-point range and making 17 of 26 free throws. Stanford was 4 of 21 from distance and 8 of 10 from the line.
USC looked up for the task early with a suffocating defense that forced six turnovers in the first quarter and held Stanford to 2 of 10 shooting in the opening 10 minutes, while taking an 11-4 lead.
Stanford rallied to tie the game 19-19 with 1:09 left in the first half before a five-point USC burst put the Trojans up 24-19 at the break.
USC made a statement to close the third quarter. Clarice Akunwafo blocked Stanford’s Lauren Betts with three seconds left in the period. Williams used the time to get into the front court and drain a 24-footer at the buzzer for a 43-33 advantage, USC’s largest of the game to that point.
“(Akunwafo) showed up today and she got that key block, I will remember it forever,” said Littleton, a South Carolina transfer in her first season at USC. “It was a momentum swing and we come down and hit a 3. That was because of (Akunwafo).”
USC nearly held Stanford to single digits in the fourth quarter as well, allowing 13, with four of those coming in the closing seconds. The only other time Stanford was held to single digits in a quarter this season was a seven-point performance in the fourth quarter in its only other defeat vs. South Carolina on Nov. 20.
“We haven’t shot the ball really well in the last couple of games,” VanDerveer said. “But we have to be grittier. I just feel like we have to be a much more competitive, aggressive, grittier team. Obviously some shots didn’t go down, but maybe it’s taking better shots. Our field-goal percentage (30.9%) was abysmal and theirs was not much better.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Stanford: After a victory over No. 8 UCLA, followed by the unexpected loss at USC, another challenge awaits for the Cardinal with a home test against No. 10 Utah on Friday to open a run of four consecutive home games.
USC: The top defense in the Pac-12 (52.0 points per game entering Sunday) has been making more statements. USC gave up a combined 10 first-quarter points to Cal (six) and Stanford (four) in a span of three days.
UP NEXT
Stanford: Home against Utah on Friday.
USC: At Washington State on Friday. | 2023-01-16T14:31:44+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/sports/ap-usc-uses-defense-to-upset-no-2-stanford-55-46/ |
BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SVB Securities, an investment bank dedicated to serving the innovation economy, today announced the addition of Roger Knight as Senior Managing Director. He will cover the infrastructure software sector, continuing to build out the team's full suite of capital markets and advisory services and will be based in the firm's New York office.
"We are excited to welcome Roger to our growing Technology Investment Banking team to enhance our coverage of the infrastructure software sector," said Jason Auerbach, Global Head of Technology Investment Banking. "His deep expertise and long-standing technology investment banking career are a valuable addition to SVB Securities and our clients."
Knight joins from Lincoln International, where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Technology, Media, and Telecom Group. He has nearly two decades of experience in advising infrastructure software companies on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, having spent his entire career in the investment banking technology sector.
"SVB Securities has built a prestigious reputation serving clients across the innovation economy," said Knight. "I'm looking forward to joining this accomplished team of investment bankers and continuing to deliver strong results for our clients."
SVB Securities' Technology Investment Banking team connects technology companies and entrepreneurs with the capital they need to develop critical digital advancements and solutions. The team has a collective 200 years of senior-level experience in Technology Investment Banking, focusing on M&A advisory, private placements, and capital markets in the technology sector.
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SVB Securities is a leading investment bank dedicated to the innovation economy. The firm provides healthcare and technology companies and investors with differentiated sector knowledge, deep expertise, and an extensive suite of capital market and advisory solutions. SVB Securities is one of SVB's core businesses alongside Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Capital and SVB Private. SVB Securities is a member of FINRA/SIPC. Learn more at svbsecurities.com. [SIVB-L]
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Michigan and the NCAA are negotiating a resolution to an investigation into the Wolverines' recruiting practices that would result in a four-game suspension for coach Jim Harbaugh, a source told ESPN's Pete Thamel.
Harbaugh would serve the suspension to start the season, a source said, which would span games against East Carolina, Bowling Green, UNLV and Big Ten opponent Rutgers.
"We are continuing to work cooperatively with the NCAA staff on an enforcement matter," Tom Mars, the attorney representing Harbaugh, told ESPN. "At this time, we are not allowed to comment on possible penalties or other aspects of the matter."
The NCAA has been investigating the Michigan program for alleged violations during the COVID-19 recruiting dead period. The violations included alleged impermissible contact with recruits during the NCAA-mandated dead periods, as well as the use of a defensive analyst for on-field coaching activities, a rules violation. Sources told ESPN previously that Harbaugh's cooperation with NCAA enforcement staff during the investigation also was being examined.
Yahoo Sports first reported on the Michigan-NCAA talks about a Harbaugh suspension. | 2023-07-25T17:38:52+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38069030/source-michigan-jim-harbaugh-facing-4-game-suspension |
Of Amherst, New York, December 13, 2022. Beloved husband of 59 years to Elizabeth "Betsy" ( O ' Connor ) O'Brien; cherished father of Kathleen, Mary, Eileen (Margot Rosen), Kevin (Carrie) and the late James J. O'Brien; dear Papa and Grandpa of Audrey, Bodhi, Colin and Huck; brother of the late Thomas (Shirley), Elaine (late Joseph) Mueller and Joan (Richard) Scott; also survived by nieces and nephews. Friends may call Friday December 16th, 3-7 pm at the Perna Dengler Roberts Funeral Home 1671 Maple Rd., Williamsville. Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial Saturday, December 17, 12:00 noon at St. Joseph University RC Church, 3269 Main St., Buffalo. In lieu of flowers memorials in Jim's name may be made to St. Joseph's Collegiate Inst. 845 Kenmore Ave., Buffalo, NY 14223 or Canisius College 2001 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14208. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.DenglerRobertsPernafuneral.com for the O'Brien family.
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White told reporters in New York Monday the biggest hit "looked like it felt." | 2022-12-16T07:07:09+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/obrien-james-j/article_19feb4fc-9799-5952-93b7-20fa6cd4e3b1.html |
MEXICO CITY (NEXSTAR/WAVY) – Authorities have determined that three Americans who were staying at an Airbnb in Mexico City last month died of gas inhalation.
Police said Tuesday post-mortem examinations suggested Courtez Hall, Jordan Marshall, and Kandace Florence, who were found unresponsive on October 30 in the Airbnb they were renting, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Associated Press.
Carbon monoxide is commonly found in the fumes from stoves, lanterns, fireplaces, gas ranges, furnaces, grills, or engines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains. Authorities haven’t said what contributed to the tourists’ exposure.
Security guards at the apartment building they were staying in did call police after noticing “an intense smell of gas in an apartment,” the AP reports.
The families of Marshall and Florence told Nexstar’s WAVY earlier this week that the friends had been visiting Mexico City to attend the celebrations surrounding “Dia de Muertos,” or Day of the Dead.
Florence’s boyfriend had been on the phone with her on the night of October 30 when Florence started getting sick, the family said. She told him something wasn’t right. The two eventually were disconnected and he couldn’t get Florence back on the line. He then called the Airbnb host to do a welfare check, and authorities found Florence, Marshall, and Hall dead.
The victims’ families recounted the difficulties they faced in getting information and their loved ones’ belongings from Mexican authorities.
Marshall’s mother Jennifer said they spent hours in a Mexico City police station waiting for a translator to show up. The U.S. embassy was also closed when they arrived and they were unable to get into the Airbnb to collect her son’s things.
Marshall’s funeral is set for Friday, according to his family.
According to the AP, tourists dying of gas inhalation has been a persistent problem in Mexico. A gas tank explosion in March killed two restaurant employees and injured 18 people at a beachside restaurant on Mexic’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen.
Three Americans found dead at a Sandals Resort in the Bahamas in May also died of carbon monoxide poisoning, autopsy and toxicology reports showed. Though authorities haven’t said what exactly caused the exposure, investigators looked into a possible air conditioning or water heater leak. | 2022-11-09T22:59:13+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/3-americans-died-of-gas-inhalation-at-mexico-city-airbnb-authorities/ |
FARGO, N.D., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pedigree Technologies, a premier provider of technology solutions in the telematics and IoT space for North America announces today the appointment of John Elsner as its new CEO. Wade Wilson, who has been acting as Chief Executive Officer for the past eight years will be stepping down from his role to pursue other opportunities.
As Pedigree embarks on a plan to invest, augment resource and grow its Fargo, ND headquartered business, its Board of Governors has appointed Elsner to lead this new and exciting initiative.
Elsner joined Pedigree in January 2021 after a long career and key leadership positions with CalAmp, a Pedigree supplier, and leading manufacturer of telematics and IoT devices. With prior roles at both hardware and software companies, he brings over 20 years of executive sales and product management experience that is critical to the organization's future success. His vast industry knowledge and experience is in line with the principles of Pedigree focusing on both technology and the end-user
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis honored his predecessor Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by retiring, presiding Thursday over a rare requiem Mass for a dead pontiff by a living one before thousands of mourners in St. Peter's Square.
Bells tolled and the faithful applauded as pallbearers carried Benedict's cypress coffin out of the fog-shrouded basilica and rested it before the altar. Benedict's longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, bent down and kissed a book of the Gospels that was left open on the coffin.
Francis, wearing the crimson vestments typical of papal funerals, then took his place and opened the Mass with a prayer.
Heads of state and royalty, clergy from around the world and thousands of regular people flocked to the ceremony, despite Benedict's requests for simplicity and official efforts to keep the first funeral for an pope emeritus in modern times low-key.
Many hailed from Benedict's native Bavaria and donned traditional dress, including boiled wool coats to guard against the morning chill.
"We came to pay homage to Benedict and wanted to be here today to say goodbye," said Raymond Mainar, who traveled from a small village east of Munich for the funeral. "He was a very good pope."
The former Joseph Ratzinger, who died Dec. 31 at age 95, is considered one of the 20th century's greatest theologians and spent his lifetime upholding church doctrine. But he will go down in history for a singular, revolutionary act that changed the future of the papacy: He retired, the first pope in six centuries to do so.
Francis has praised Benedict's courage to step aside, saying it "opened the door" to other popes doing the same. The reigning pontiff, for his part, recently said he has already left written instructions outlining the conditions in which he too would resign.
After some 200,000 people paid their respects during three days of public viewing, authorities estimated some 100,000 would attend Benedict's funeral, though it was not clear if that many did in the end.
Only Italy and Germany were invited to send official delegations, but other leaders took the Vatican up on its offer and come in their "private capacity." They included several heads of state, at least four prime ministers and two delegations of royal representatives. In addition, a host of patriarchs joined 125 cardinals in the seats to the side of the altar.
Among them was Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was given special court permission to attend the funeral and arrived in Rome on Thursday. Zen was detained in May on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces under a national security law that China after he fell afoul of authorities over his participation in a now-silenced democracy movement. His passport was revoked when he was detained.
Matteo Colonna, a 20-year-old seminarian from Teramo, Italy, said he came in part because of the historic nature of the funeral — but also because it had personal resonance for him.
"The first spark of my vocation started under the pontificate of Benedict, but then it became even stronger under Pope Francis," Colonna said, while sitting in prayer in St. Peter's Square ahead of the funeral. "I see a continuity between these two popes and the fact that today Francis is celebrating the funeral in Benedict's memory is an historical event."
Early Thursday the Vatican released the official history of Benedict's life, a short document in Latin that was placed in a metal cylinder in his coffin before it was sealed, along with the coins and medallions minted during his papacy and his pallium stoles.
The document gave ample attention to Benedict's historic resignation and referred to him as "pope emeritus," citing verbatim the Latin words he uttered on Feb. 11, 2013, when he announced he would retire.
The document, known as a "rogito" or deed, also cited his theological and papal legacy, including his outreach to Anglicans and Jews and his efforts to combat clergy sexual abuse "continually calling the church to conversion, prayer, penance and purification."
Francis didn't dwell on Benedict's specific legacy in his homily and only uttered his name once, in the final line, delivering instead a meditation on Jesus' willingness to entrust himself to God's will.
"Holding fast to the Lord's last words and to the witness of his entire life, we too, as an ecclesial community, want to follow in his steps and to commend our brother into the hands of the Father," Francis said at the end.
During St. John Paul II's quarter-century as pope, Ratzinger spearheaded a crackdown on dissent as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, taking action against the left-leaning liberation theology that spread in Latin America in the 1970s and against dissenting theologians and nuns who didn't toe the Vatican's hard line on matters like sexual morals.
His legacy was marred by the clergy sexual abuse scandal, even though he recognized earlier than most the "filth" of priests who raped children, and actually laid the groundwork for the Holy See to punish them.
As cardinal and pope, he passed sweeping church legislation that resulted in 848 priests being defrocked from 2004-2014, roughly his pontificate with a year on either end. But abuse survivors still held him responsible for the crisis, for failing to sanction any bishop who moved abusers around and identifying him as embodying the clerical system that long protected the institution over victims.
A group representing German clergy abuse survivors called on German officials attending Benedict's funeral to demand more action from the Vatican on sexual abuse. Eckiger Tisch asked German leaders to demand that Francis issue a "universal church law" stipulating zero tolerance in dealing with abuse by clergy.
"Any celebration that marks the life of abuse enablers like Benedict must end," said the main U.S. abuse survivor group SNAP.
The funeral ritual itself is modeled on the code used for dead popes but with some modifications given Benedict was not a reigning pontiff when he died.
After the Mass, Benedict's cypress coffin will be placed inside a zinc one, then an outer oak casket before being entombed in the crypt in the grottos underneath St. Peter's Basilica that once held the tomb of St. John Paul II before it was moved upstairs.
While the ritual is unusual, it does have some precedent: In 1802, Pope Pius VII presided over the funeral in St. Peter's of his predecessor, Pius VI, who had died in exile in France in 1799 as a prisoner of Napoleon.
Benedict never intended his retirement to last as long as it did — at nearly 10 years it was longer than his eight-year pontificate. And the unprecedented situation of a retired pope living alongside a reigning one prompted calls for protocols to guide future popes emeritus to prevent any confusion about who is really in charge.
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