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This gallery shows the most compelling scenes from a devastating earthquake which hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, February 5, 2023.
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LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The attorney for an 84-year-old man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door is asking a court to prevent any new information in the case from being made public.
Andrew Lester is accused of shooting Ralph Yarl on April 13 after the 16-year-old confused Lester's north Kansas City address with a home about a block away where he was supposed to pick up his younger brothers.
The shooting drew worldwide attention and prompted rallies and protests in the Kansas City area, with critics saying Lester, who is white, was given preferential treatment when police released him just two hours after he was arrested.
Lester has pleaded not guilty to armed criminal action and first-degree assault charges and remains free on $20,000 bond. Yarl was shot in the head and an arm and is recovering at home after being hospitalized for three days.
Lester's attorney, Steven Salmon, argued in a legal filing Monday that the court record should be sealed, noting that Lester has been harassed and threatened. Salmon also noted that the publicity could make it difficult to find an impartial jury and that potential witnesses may be reluctant to testify.
“The release of further information will continue to add fodder to oftentimes inaccurate and speculative statements about the case,” according to the motion. “This publicity in the case has already caused a widespread adverse and prejudicial reaction against the defendant and prejudice to his case.”
Salmon said Lester has been forced to live away from his home, which has been egged and spray-painted. He said Lester has sought law enforcement assistance when traveling and his wife had to be moved from her nursing home.
Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who is representing Yarl's family, did not immediately return a message seeking reaction to Salmon's request.
Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said previously that there was a “racial component” to the case but has not elaborated.
Yarl’s aunt, Faith Spoonmore, said on Instagram during the weekend that her nephew has debilitating headaches but is starting to have more good days than bad days and is hoping to start playing the bass clarinet again soon. Yarl is an honor student and band member.
Merritt and some civil rights leaders in the Kansas City area say a hate crime charge is warranted and have called for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate.
According to a probable cause statement, Lester told police he lives alone and was “scared to death” when he saw Yarl on the porch because he thought someone was trying to break in. No words were exchanged before the shooting, but as Yarl got up to run, he heard Lester yell, “Don’t come around here,” the statement said.
Salmon suggested in his court filing that he planned to argue that Lester acted in self-defense, citing Missouri’s “stand your ground” law. Missouri is one of about 30 states with laws that say people can respond with physical force when they are threatened.
Lester is scheduled to be in court June 1. | 2023-05-03T20:59:24+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/attorney-wants-court-records-sealed-in-ralph-yarl-18076713.php |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.52 per common share, payable on Sept. 1, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 12, 2022.
The Board also declared regular cash dividends on the following series of preferred stock:
Notes:
(1) In the table, dividends per share and dividends per depositary share for Series I, Series J, and Series L are rounded to the hundred-thousandths position for the convenience of the reader. Rounded to the fourteenth decimal place, the dividend per share and dividend per depositary share for Series I are $1,022.22222222222222 and $0.25555555555556, respectively. Rounded to the fourteenth decimal place, the dividend per share and dividend per depositary share for Series J are $1,022.22222222222222 and $10.22222222222222, respectively. Rounded to the fourteenth decimal place, the dividend per share and dividend per depositary share for Series L are $1,260.10866666666667 and $12.60108666666667, respectively.
(2) In accordance with the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of SunTrust Preferred Capital I, the record date for the Preferred Purchase Securities representing fractional interests in shares of Series J preferred stock will be Aug. 31, 2022.
(3) Dividends per share and dividends per depositary share for Series N and Series Q are declared and paid semiannually.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Now that a bit of time has passed, Sue Bird knows she made the right decision announcing publicly what she knew inside — that this would be her last season.
But the emotions that are likely to come when she plays what could be her final game in Seattle? Bird has no idea what that’ll be like.
“I’m looking forward to it. That’s for sure,” she said. “I know it’s going to be a really special day. Am I ready for it? I guess we’ll see. It’s gonna be a lot, in all the good ways.”
Bird will play the final regular-season home game of her career on Sunday when the Seattle Storm host the Las Vegas Aces. The Storm have clinched a playoff spot, but with the WNBA’s new playoff format, there’s no guarantee the Storm will end up with a home game in the first round.
Seattle is currently the No. 4 seed ahead of Washington with a week left in the regular season.
So in case the Storm don’t end up seeing their home floor again in the playoffs, Sunday is the day Bird gets feted for her remarkable career. Members of Seattle’s previous championships teams are expected to be in attendance. There will be a pregame ceremony. And the largest crowd in Storm history — more than 18,000 at Climate Pledge Arena — is expected.
“What she’s been able to do in her career, on and off the court, has been phenomenal and I don’t think they’ll ever be anyone like her,” former Seattle teammate Lauren Jackson said this week. “I think the legacy that she’s left on the sport, and that she’ll be leaving on the sport, is enormous. But I’m really excited to see what she does next.”
The 41-year-old Bird, the oldest player in the WNBA, announced in June that this would be her final season before retiring. The decision was expected, especially after Bird flirted with the idea of stepping away after last season before returning for a 19th season on the court and 21st overall with Seattle, missing two seasons due to injuries.
She’ll conclude her career as one of the most decorated players of all-time: four WNBA titles, five Olympic gold medals, countless WNBA records that may never be matched and recognition as one of the great women’s players during a golden generation for the league.
“If you want to talk the best generation (the league) is still pretty young, so we can revisit that conversation in like 20, 30, 40, 50 years,” Bird said. “But as it stands right now, I do feel really lucky that I played in the generation I played in, and I do think a huge chunk there is probably going to go down as the best, most talented.”
Last year when Seattle’s season ended at home with a playoff loss to Phoenix and Storm fans chanted “one more year!” the passionate plea resonated with Bird. She’s cited that moment numerous times over the past year as a partial reason for her decision to return.
But in a sign of how at peace Bird is with her decision, she said when hearing the chant now, her primary thought is, “nice try. See you later,” she joked.
Another sign that Bird knows she made the right decision came after she pressed the button to announce her decision. Instantly, the question of whether she’d play again was gone and with it an unknown weight that hung over her.
That’s led to more open and honest conversations with competitors, former teammates and fans without dancing around the uncomfortable unknown as the final days of her career have ticked closer.
“There were these other nice byproducts I didn’t expect. Most of it comes in the form of people being able to share moments with me, or memories with me. Probably the most meaningful is your peers,” Bird said. “Players on the other team sharing things with me, whether it’s an actual moment or how I’ve inspired them, how they looked up to me, ‘how the WNBA won’t be the same without you.’ I didn’t do it to get that. But that has been really nice. And it really does help. It’s part of my own closure and it’ll help me move on when it’s all said and done.”
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More AP women’s basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-06T21:02:24+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/sports/ap-sports/sue-bird-at-peace-for-what-could-be-final-game-in-seattle/ |
Mile-High NBA advantage: Denver altitude helps Nuggets go unbeaten at home in playoffs
DENVER (AP) — Joking around before the start of the NBA Finals, Charles Barkley and Grant Hill took hits from oxygen masks they brought onto the set for a pregame TV show.
But the thin air in Denver is no joke. There’s a reason it’s known as the Mile High City.
The city sits 5,280 feet above sea level and there’s plenty of science that shows just how altitude impacts any athlete — including basketball players. The Denver Nuggets have been using the lung-searing elevation to their advantage for years — especially during these playoffs.
With their 104-93 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday, the Nuggets improved to 9-0 at home during their postseason run. Yes, Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and friends have a lot to do with it. But altitude deserves an assist. The Nuggets try to push the pace to make the Heat feel the burn coming in from sea level.
“So there’s just as much as oxygen in Denver as there is in Miami,” explained Randy Wilber, a senior sports physiologist for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. “What’s different is the barometric pressure in Denver is significantly lower than in Miami. … So ultimately, yes, you’re getting less oxygen to your working muscles.
“That’s a fact. That’s not a wives tale. That’s not a myth.”
The Nuggets know it. And they remind opponents of it. There’s a sign that greets visiting teams entering Ball Arena listing the elevation. Before games, the stadium announcer proclaims the challenges of playing at altitude.
The Heat, though, aren’t letting it get into their heads.
“I don’t think that was part of the game,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said of the role of elevation after Game 1. “I didn’t even think about the altitude until you just said it.”
To the Heat, the adjustments for Game 2 on Sunday night have more to do with shot making than altitude concerns. The Miami trio of Caleb Martin, Max Strus and Duncan Robinson went a combined 2 for 23 from the floor.
The Heat have shown they can soar at elevation.
Miami beat San Antonio in December in Mexico City, where the altitude is 7,350 feet above sea level. Heat guard Jimmy Butler even found a unique strategy that seemed to work: Eating grasshoppers, a local delicacy, along with drinking some tequila.
It worked so well for him in Mexico City — he had 26 points — he floated a similar plan in Denver.
“You’ve just got to listen to music, drink water, drink wine, play Spades (a card game) and dominoes,” Butler said before the series.
While the Nuggets players are obviously more comfortable playing in the thin air, they aren’t immune to the effects of altitude. Reserve Bruce Brown said he experienced cramps in Game 1.
“You’ve got to get used to the altitude,” Brown said.
Getting acclimated to the elevation typically takes about five days for an elite athlete, Wilber said.
Theoretically, it should put the Heat on schedule for Sunday’s game. That’s if they are adhering to a specific checklist, which includes hydrating, plenty of sleep and even more hydrating.
Wilber has been studying the effects of environmental physiology — heat, humidity, altitude — for the better part of 30 years. Once an 800-meter runner, he’s long been fascinated by the factors that may influence an event.
In his lab — the High Altitude Training Center in Colorado Springs — he and his team can simulate just about anything. That includes “going up the mountain” — his description — to about 20,000 feet and “going down the mountain” to sea level within minutes. The 2,000 square-foot center can accommodate multiple athletes in multiple sports.
“Acclimatization is really just common sense,” said Wilber, who’s authored numerous papers on sport science and fashions game plans for teams to help maximize performance. “It’s just taking on a little bit more every day until you either measure it physiologically or you sense it intuitively that, ‘OK, I feel pretty good. I’m sleeping good. I’m hydrated. I’m ready to ramp up my training load today and see how I do.’
“But you don’t want to do that off the plane.”
To further explain his point, Wilber used the analogy of a hammer. At sea level, the oxygen molecules are driven into the lungs and into the blood with the force of a sledge hammer. In Denver, it’s more like using a ball-peen hammer.
“And ultimately, that means premature fatigue on the basketball court,” Wilber said.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has heard it all. But he’s not letting altitude slip into his players’ thoughts.
“Our guys are in great shape,” Spoesltra said. “They’re ready to compete. If Denver wants to tip this thing off at the top of Everest, we’ll do that.”
Spoelsta maintained the Heat have a home-city advantage of their own — humidity.
“We’ll turn off the air conditioning and they’ve got to play in 90-degree humidity,” Spoelstra joked, saying that tactic will sap the energy out of their legs. “This thing is going to be decided between those four lines.”
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-06-02T21:34:38+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/sports-stories/ap-basketball/mile-high-nba-advantage-denver-altitude-helps-nuggets-go-unbeaten-at-home-in-playoffs/ |
Lawton community celebrates Juneteenth
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Lawton Community joined in on the Juneteenth festivities for the second straight day.
After a block party Friday, the Patterson Center opened its doors for food, entertainment and fun Saturday.
Bishop John Dunaway was the event’s organizer, he shared his feelings on making sure this holiday doesn’t go unnoticed.
”Because of our history and where we’ve come from and this being a national holiday Juneteenth itself, it’s so important that we celebrate where we’ve come, where we are and where we’re going,” he said.
Dunaway added his excitement about the fellowship and oneness an event like this can bring.
He said this event honors those who are present, and those who came along before.
Copyright 2023 KSWO. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-18T04:35:46+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2023/06/18/lawton-community-celebrates-juneteenth/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Jaap van Zweden will conduct Mahler’s Second Symphony in his farewell concerts as the New York Philharmonic’s music director from June 6-8, 2024, ending a season that will spotlight the 100th anniversary of the orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts.
Van Zweden succeeded Alan Gilbert as music director in the 2018-19 season and announced in September 2021 that the 2023-24 season will be his last. Gustavo Dudamel will take over but will not start until 2026-27.
The 62-year-old van Zweden will be joined by soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova for Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.
Starting its second season in the rebuilt David Geffen Hall, the orchestra will open its season Sept. 27 with van Zweden and cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Beethoven’s “Egmont” concerto, Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien” and Dvorák’s cello concerto.
Before the official opening, the orchestra said Tuesday there will be four performances of Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” from Sept. 12-17 with conductor David Newman accompanying the 2021 movie directed by Steven Spielberg. The orchestra also will play Ludwig Göransson’s score to Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” accompanying the 2018 film from Dec. 20-23 and Bernard Herrmann’s score to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 movie “Vertigo” from Jan. 23-26.
The Young People’s Concerts centennial will be marked Nov. 18 with a program called “Time Capsule” that will include reminiscences by pianist André Watts, who debuted with the orchestra at age 16 in a televised Young People’s Concert with Bernstein in 1963.
World premieres include Steve Reich’s “Jacob’s Ladder” (Oct. 5) and a work by Joel Thompson (March 21). The philharmonic will give a U.S. premiere on Sept. 29 to “The Elements,” a collective work conceived by Josh Bell, featuring the violinist and composed by Jake Heggie (Fire), Jennifer Higdon (Air), Edgar Meyer (Water), Jessie Montgomery (Ether), and Kevin Puts (Earth).
György Ligeti’s “Mifiso la sodo” will be given its U.S. premiere on Oct, 19
Debuting conductors include Fabio Biondi, Karina Canellakis, Elim Chan, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Norman Huynh, Eun Sun Kim, Brad Lubman, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Anthony Parnther, Kwamé Ryan and Thomas Søndergård. | 2023-03-21T16:10:29+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/van-zweden-to-end-ny-philharmonic-tenure-with-mahlers-2nd/ |
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Trump says in social media post he’ll be arrested on Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said in a social media post that he will be arrested Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.
Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network early Saturday that “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office indicate that “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.”
Trump urged his followers to protest.
Law enforcement officials in New York have been making security preparations for the possibility that Trump could be indicted.
There has been no public announcement of any time frame for the grand jury’s secret work in the case, including any potential vote on whether to indict the ex-president.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-18T12:37:55+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2023/03/18/trump-says-social-media-post-hell-be-arrested-tuesday/ |
The national shortage of baby formula is pushing parents to search the internet for resources. One woman warns parents should be careful to avoid potential scams.
Elizabeth Snyder said her family got tricked out of money, all while trying to find food for her nephew.
"What person takes advantage of a mother's vulnerability like that. At a time like this," said Snyder in a zoom interview.
She said she agreed to help her sister-in-law Ashley find baby formula for her infant nephew.
Like many others, she searched Facebook looking for Enfamil Gentalese Baby Formula, when she got a message from an unknown account saying they could help.
"She said 'hey I have 14 cans of this Enfamil Gentlease formula that my sister-in-law in Tennessee is needing. She was like where are you located; I can send them to you. She sent me a photo of the 14 cans of formula otherwise I would have thought it was sketchy too. "
"I called my sister-in-law and was like this is great this is what I found. She is not going to charge us for the cans just shipping. She is going to give them to you if you just pay for shipping," Snyder told her sister-in-law.
In total, she handed over about 50 dollars. Snyder connected Ashley with the account holder and Ashley sent the money to a provided Cashapp account. After waiting for days, she never received any formula.
"She called and was like 'hey! I think this girl blocked me'. So, I get on my messenger, and I was just like 'oh my gosh you just saw the grey icon and not her profile. She was nowhere to be found," said Snyder.
Snyder said she and Ashley are now blocked from the account and still haven't received anything.
"She has left so many stores crying. Stood in the Walmart line crying because she doesn't know how she is going to feed her baby," said Snyder.
We found the account believed to be the person who took Ashley's money. But when we reached out asking about the potential scam, we were blocked shortly after. Ashley reported the account to Cashapp but hasn't received a refund.
But the good news is after sharing her story on Facebook, people are sending her any formula they can.
This story was originally published by Sydney Darden of WLEX in Lexington, Kentucky. | 2022-05-17T03:13:00+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/national/who-does-that-to-a-mother-mom-warns-of-baby-formula-scams-amid-shortage |
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son in a case that chronicled the unraveling of a powerful Southern family with tales of privilege, greed and addiction.
The jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding Murdaugh guilty of two counts of murder at the end of a six-week trial that pulled back the curtain on the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace.
Murdaugh, 54, faces 30 years to life in prison without parole for each murder charge when court is scheduled to reconvene for sentencing at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
After the verdict was read, Judge Clifton Newman denied a defense motion to declare a mistrial, saying “the evidence of guilt is overwhelming.”
Murdaugh, who wore a dress shirt and jacket, appeared stoic with a slight grimace as the verdict was read. Once the hearing ended, Murdaugh was handcuffed and led out of the courtroom by two sheriff’s deputies.
His 52-year-old wife, Maggie, was shot four or five times with a rifle and their 22-year-old son Paul was shot twice with a shotgun at the kennels near their rural Colleton County home on June 7, 2021.
Prosecutors didn’t have the weapons used to kill the Murdaughs or other direct evidence like confessions or blood spatter. But they had a mountain of circumstantial evidence, led by a video locked on the son’s cellphone for more than a year — video shot minutes before the killings that witnesses testified captured the voices of all three Murdaughs.
Defense attorney Jim Griffin told reporters the Murdaugh team was disappointed in the outcome but had no further comment until sentencing.
The state’s legal team emerged from the courthouse to a celebratory atmosphere. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson thanked the prosecution for the past six weeks of late nights spent at a local hotel.
“It was all worth it. Because we got to bring justice and be a voice for Maggie and Paul Murdaugh,” Wilson said. “Today’s verdict proved that no one — no matter who you are in society — is above the law,” he added, a line met with applause from spectators.
Through more than 75 witnesses and nearly 800 pieces of evidence, jurors heard about betrayed friends and clients, Murdaugh’s failed attempt to stage his own death in an insurance fraud scheme, a fatal boat crash in which his son was implicated, the housekeeper who died in a fall in the Murdaugh home, the grisly scene of the killings and Bubba, the chicken-snatching dog.
In the end, Murdaugh’s fate appeared sealed by the cellphone video taken by his son Paul, who he called “Little Detective” for his knack for finding bottles of painkillers in his father’s belongings after the lawyer had sworn off the pills.
Testimony culminated in Murdaugh’s appearance on the witness stand, when he admitted stealing millions from clients and lying to investigators about being at the dog kennels where the shootings took place but steadfastly maintained his innocence in the deaths of his wife and son.
“I did not kill Maggie, and I did not kill Paul. I would never hurt Maggie, and I would never hurt Paul — ever — under any circumstances,” Murdaugh said.
Murdaugh had told police repeatedly after the killings that he was not at the kennels and was instead napping before he went to visit his ailing mother that night. Murdaugh called 911 and said he discovered the bodies when he returned home.
But in his testimony, Murdaugh admitted joining Maggie and Paul at the kennels, where he said he took a chicken away from a rowdy yellow Labrador named Bubba — whose name Murdaugh can be heard saying on the video — before heading back to the house shortly ahead of the fatal shootings.
Murdaugh lied about being at the kennels for 20 months before taking the stand on the 23rd day of his trial. He blamed his decadeslong addiction to opioids for making him paranoid, creating a distrust of police. He said that once he went down that path, he felt trapped in the lie.
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave. Once I told a lie — I told my family — I had to keep lying,” he testified.
Prosecutor Creighton Waters grilled Murdaugh about what he repeatedly called the lawyer’s “new story” of what happened at the kennels, walking him moment by moment through the timeline and assailing his “fuzzy” memory of certain details, like his last words to his wife and son.
A state agent also testified that markings on spent cartridges found around Maggie Murdaugh’s body matched markings on fired cartridges at a shooting range elsewhere on the property, though the defense said that kind of matching is an inexact science.
Alex Murdaugh comes from a family that dominated the local legal scene for decades. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were the area’s elected prosecutors for more than 80 years and his family law firm grew to dozens of lawyers by suing railroads, corporations and other big businesses.
The now-disbarred attorney admitted stealing millions of dollars from the family firm and clients, saying he needed the money to fund his drug habit. Before he was charged with murder, Murdaugh was in jail awaiting trial on about 100 other charges ranging from insurance fraud to tax evasion.
Prosecutors told jurors that Murdaugh was afraid all of his misdeeds were about to be discovered, so he killed his wife and son to gain sympathy to buy time to cover his tracks.
Waters commended the jurors for seeing through what he described as more lies by Murdaugh.
“We had no doubt that when we had a chance to present our case in the court of law that they would see through the one last con that Alex Murdaugh was trying to pull. And they did,” Waters said after the verdict.
Murdaugh’s lawyers will almost certainly appeal the conviction based on the judge allowing evidence of the financial crimes, which they contend were unrelated to the killings and were used by prosecutors to smear Murdaugh’s reputation.
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___ Collins reported from Columbia, South Carolina. | 2023-03-03T11:00:32+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-defense-says-zeal-to-convict-murdaugh-derailed-investigation/ |
MAGWI COUNTY, South Sudan (AP) — For the first time since fleeing South Sudan’s civil war eight years ago, Jacob Wani returned home excited to rebuild his life.
But when the 45-year-old farmer tried to access his land in Eastern Equatoria state’s Magwi County, he was banned, told that it had been labeled hazardous and contaminated with mines.
“My area is dangerous,” Wani said, standing in his shop in Moli village where he now lives, a few miles from the farm. “I do not have the capacity to rebuild in this place and I am also afraid (of explosives). If I go, maybe something can hurt me.”
As South Sudanese trickle back into the country after a peace deal was signed in 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and displaced millions, many are returning to areas riddled with mines left from decades of conflict. More than 5,000 South Sudanese have been killed or injured by land mines and unexploded ordnance since 2004, according to the U.N. Mine Action Service (UNMAS).
South Sudan is trying to clear all anti-personnel minefields and cluster munitions in the country by 2026.
While more than 84 million square meters of cluster munitions and mines have been cleared in nearly two decades, according to UNMAS — equivalent to approximately 15,000 American football fields — experts doubt that the deadline will be met as munitions are being found across the country daily. Ten people were killed in March after mistakenly playing with a grenade in a remote village in Western Bahr el Ghazal State.
“The contamination is too huge,” said Jurkuch Barach Jurkuch, chairperson for South Sudan National Mines Action. Efforts are also complicated by a lack of funding, continued insecurity and flooding during the rainy season, he said.
Eastern Equatoria state, along the border with Uganda, is South Sudan’s most heavily contaminated area, hit by wars with northern Sudan before gaining independence in 2011, fighting with the Lord’s Resistance Army led by Uganda’s notorious warlord Joseph Kony and South Sudan’s civil war.
By the end of 2021, the state had the most areas with cluster munitions in the country — 55 out of a total of 123 — according to Mine Action Review, which does global mine analysis. The state is also the second most returned to in the country since the peace agreement, with more than 115,00 people coming back, according to the U.N.
During a visit to Magwi County in May, families told The Associated Press that they had their food rations cut by 50% in refugee camps in Uganda, which pushed them to come back hoping they’d be able to cultivate. But people are returning to the remnants of conflict-riddled villages, with little food, shelter or open schools, all of which is compounded by the mines. In some communes, more than half of the area is contaminated, locals say.
“Whenever there is a land mine, there is a danger. So everybody fears to go cultivate and do activities in the bush because of fear of land mines,” said Sebit Kilama, a community leader.
Private contractors and aid groups are trying to clear the area from contamination, but say the task is enormous.
During clearance in a cluster munitions site in May by the aid group MAG, focused on mine clearance, 16 unexploded munitions were found in less than a week of work. Locals are also finding devices a few miles from main roads. When AP journalists visited, a villager alerted the demining team of an unexploded 60 millimeter mortar shell, which he found a few miles into the brush.
MAG is working with communities to raise awareness about the danger of mines and other unexploded ordnance.
“Land mines don’t have an expiry date,” said Clara Hayat, a community outreach officer with MAG, during a talk to a group of children in a village where people recently returned from Uganda.
“Don’t bring them home, because they can kill,” she said. | 2023-06-01T04:27:51+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/ap-south-sudan-struggles-to-clear-mines-after-decades-of-war-as-people-start-returning-home/ |
Scholarship giveaway: McDonald’s franchise owner helping workers go to college
SALINAS, Calif. (KSBW) - Nearly two dozen people are getting a chance to attend college thanks to a California McDonald’s franchise owner’s charitable foundation.
The Raymond Costa family scholarship foundation gave scholarships to 21 McDonald’s employees or their children.
Mohamed Abdulla said he is going into his third year at Cal State Monterey Bay, majoring in molecular biology and a minor in business. His dream is to be a physician’s assistant and help the community.
“it’s kind of personal why I want to be in the medical field. My grandma went through a medical issue, and I felt like I couldn’t do anything to help her,” Abdulla said.
Abdulla came to the U.S. in 2012 from Yemen and is the first in his family to attend college.
“It impacted me but also got me to go to college. To do something, my parents have never done. It means a lot,” Abdulla said.
Abdulla is a McDonald’s employee and has earned $15,000 from the Raymond Costa Family Scholarship Foundation.
Since 2017, the Raymond Costa Family Scholarship Fund has given more than $343,000 in scholarships to 120 employees, many of whom, like Abdulla, are first-generation college-goers.
Many are also Hispanic and Latino.
“Almost all of our crew goes to college somewhere. They are making their lives better, and I’m happy to be a part of that,” Raymond Costa said. “Every year, we look forward to announcing the new candidates. Sometimes, this is the only scholarship they get, and it’s from our foundation and me.”
This year, the 21 scholarships ranged from $1,500 to $5,000.
For Costa, this is personal with growing up working in the fields and losing his father at a young age. Now, he makes it his mission to give back to others.
“I came from working in the fields. I used to move the sprinkler pipe. So, I know what it is,” Costa said. “I’m just blessed that the businesses here can afford to give this money, and I like helping people.”
Copyright 2022 KSBW via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-09T23:55:25+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2022/07/09/scholarship-giveaway-mcdonalds-franchise-owner-helping-workers-go-college/ |
WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, August 26, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
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...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 330 PM CDT this afternoon for a
portion of Deep South Texas, including the following counties,
Cameron and Willacy.
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat.
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WOULD BE USED AS EVIDENCE. FRIEN’S PARENTS WERE NEVER CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR SON’S CRIME AND POLICE SAY NONE OF THEIR WEAPONS WERE USED. KELLY: TIME NOW FOR THIS WEEK’S ASK KELLY SEGMENT. TODAY’S QUESTION COMES FROM DONNA NIPAR OF BETHEL PARK. >> I WANTED TO ASK KELLY HOW DOES THE LOTTERY KNOW WHERE A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET WAS SOLD BEFORE THE WINNER COMES FORWARD? KELLY: IN OUR CORRESPONDENCES DONNA TOLD ME SHE WAS REFERRING TO THE PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY. SPECIFICALLY A CASH-CORNER SCRATCH-OFF WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS SOLD IN GREENSBURG WESTMORELAND COUNTY. HER CONCERN IS IF THE LOTTERY KNOWS WHERE AND WHEN THE WINNING SCRATCH-OFF WAS SOLD BEFORE ITS CLAIMED, DOES THAT MEAN THE TICKETS ESSENTIALLY AREN’T RANDOM? WE TOOK HER CONCERNS TO LOTTERY OFFICIALS TO FIND OUT. >> SCRATCH OFFS ARE DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY AND SO WE ARE NEVER THE LOTTERY AND ITS RETAILERS WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THE WINNING TICKETS ARE LOCATED. >> EWA SWOPE PRESS SECRETARY WITH THE PA LOTTERY WANTED TO CLAIFY THIS RIGHT OFF-THE-TOP. THE LOTTERY DOES NOT KNOW WHERE WINNING SCRATCH OFFS ARE SOLD UNTIL THE WINNER FILES A CLAIM. >> THE LOTTERY NEVER KNOWS WHEN A WINNING SCRATCH-OFF TICKET HAS BEEN SOLD. UNTIL THAT WINNER COMES TO OUR OFFICE AND SAYS HEY I WON A SCRATCH-OFF TICKET AND FILES A CLAIM. KELLY: THAT WAS THE CASE WITH THE WESTMORELAND TICKET. THE PA LOTTERY’S PRESS RELEASE ANNOUCING A WINNER WENT OUT AFTER THE WINNER HAD COME FORWARD. BUT SCRATCH-OFFS ONLY MAKE UP ONE SECTOR OF THE LOTTERY’S OFFERINGS. THEY ALSO HAVE FAST PLAY DRAW GAMES KENO AND EXPRESS SPORTS TO NAME A FEW. AND FOR SOME OF THOSE THEY DO KNOW MORE INFORMATION. >> AND SO FOR DRAW GAMES WE DO KNOW WHERE WINNING TICKETS ARE SOLD. WE MAY NOT KNOW WHO THE WINNER IS SPECIFICALLY AT THAT TIME. BUT WE DO KNOW WHERE THAT TICKET WAS SOLD UNTIL THE PLAYER CLAIMS THE PRIZE. AND THEN WE KNOW WHO THE WINNER IS. KELLY: THE EXCEPTION TO THIS? ONLINE PLAY. TO SET UP A VERIFIED ACCOUNT YOU HAVE TO GIVE OVER YOUR NAME. AND IF YOU WIN THE LOTTERY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE RIGHT AWAY. ALSO IN PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY WINNERS CANNOT REMAIN ANONYMOUS. >> CERTAIN INFORMATION IS PRIVVY TO THE PUBLIC. BUT THIS ENSURES TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE LOTTERY OPERATES WITH INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY. AND IT LETS THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT REAL PEOPLE REALLY DO WIN THE LOTTERY. KELLY: WESTMORELAND COUNTY HAS BEEN HIT WITH SOME LADY LUCK THIS YEAR. ALSO THIS SUMMER, A $206.9 MILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT TICKET WAS SOLD AT THE SHEETZ IN NEW STANTON. AND AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS A DRAW GAME, THE LOTTERY KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHEN AND WHERE THE TICKET WAS SOLD. YOU MAY ALSO HEAR THE P.A. LOTTERY BOAST THAT IT BENFITS OLDER PENNSYLVANIANS EVERY DAY. I ASKED THEM EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS. >> FOR OVER 50 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST TICKET WAS SOLD THE PA LOTTERY HAS GENERATED MORE THAN $33.8 BILLION TO HELP SENIORS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. OLDER RESIDENTS. IT’S WITH THINGS LIKE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ASSISTANCE , PROPERTY TAX RENT REBATE HELP , TRANSPORTATION AND FREE MEALS. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. KELLY: THE PA LOTTERY SAYS IT IS THE ONLY STATE LOTTERY TO DIRECT ALL ITS PROCEEDS TO HELP AN OLDER AUDIENCE. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION I CAN GET ANSWERED FOR YOU LET ME KNOW. YOU CAN LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE AT OR YOU CAN JUMP STRAIGHT IN AND SEND ME A VIDEO MESSAGE. YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH ME IN A FACEBOOK MESSAGE.
Pennsylvania Lottery winning ticket worth $1.65 million still unclaimed, set to expire soon
Winning ticket in Cash 5 drawing was sold in Vandergrift, Armstrong County
Updated: 11:53 AM EST Nov 15, 2022
A lottery ticket that hit the jackpot for $1.65 million is set to expire soon if someone doesn't come forward to claim the big prize.Pennsylvania Lottery officials said the winning Cash 5 ticket was sold by Jak Petroleum Company LLC at 2232 River Road in Vandergrift, Armstrong County, for the Dec. 16, 2021, drawing.The ticket matched all five balls drawn — 8, 12, 18, 31, 35.Lottery officials said the winning ticket must be claimed by the end of the business day on Dec. 16, 2022."By law, unclaimed, expired lottery prizes remain in the Lottery Fund and are used to support programs benefiting older Pennsylvanians," the lottery said in a statement. "Although some lotteries give players only 90 or 180 days to claim a prize, Pennsylvania Lottery draw game prizes may be claimed on a business day up to one year from the drawing date."
VANDERGRIFT, Pa. — A lottery ticket that hit the jackpot for $1.65 million is set to expire soon if someone doesn't come forward to claim the big prize.
Pennsylvania Lottery officials said the winning Cash 5 ticket was sold by Jak Petroleum Company LLC at 2232 River Road in Vandergrift, Armstrong County, for the Dec. 16, 2021, drawing.
The ticket matched all five balls drawn — 8, 12, 18, 31, 35.
Lottery officials said the winning ticket must be claimed by the end of the business day on Dec. 16, 2022.
"By law, unclaimed, expired lottery prizes remain in the Lottery Fund and are used to support programs benefiting older Pennsylvanians," the lottery said in a statement. "Although some lotteries give players only 90 or 180 days to claim a prize, Pennsylvania Lottery draw game prizes may be claimed on a business day up to one year from the drawing date." | 2022-11-15T19:09:10+00:00 | wtae.com | https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-lottery-vandergrift-armstrong-county-cash-5-jackpot/41967762 |
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Deirdre Walsh, Congress editor for NPR’s Washington desk, about the key moments during Thursday night’s testimony before the Jan. 6 committee.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-22T18:00:32+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/2022-07-22/jan-6-panel-uncovers-what-trump-was-doing-during-capitol-attack |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
7-8-9-0, FIREBALL: 4
(seven, eight, nine, zero; FIREBALL: four)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
7-8-9-0, FIREBALL: 4
(seven, eight, nine, zero; FIREBALL: four) | 2022-10-15T04:24:37+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17510886.php |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In the Latvian capital of Riga, an obelisk that soared high above a park to commemorate the Soviet Army’s capture of that nation in 1944 was toppled last week. It crashed into a pond to the cheers of those watching.
Days earlier in Estonia, a replica of a Soviet tank with the communist red star was removed by cranes and trucked away to a museum — one of up to 400 destined for removal. And in Poland, Lithuania and Czechia, monuments to the Red Army have been coming down for months, a belated purge of what many see as symbols of past oppression.
Russia’s war on Ukraine has given a renewed push to topple the last remaining Soviet monuments in nations that regained their sovereignty from Moscow more than three decades ago. These countries now belong to NATO and the European Union and are staunch supporters of Ukraine.
At the end of the communist era, when Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia regained their independence from the Soviet Union and Poland and its neighbors rejected Moscow-backed communism, those nations began renaming streets and purging the most hated symbols, including statues of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin and other communist bosses. Many of these relics are now housed in museums.
In Warsaw, authorities in 1989 quickly toppled a monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, a Polish aristocrat who organized the Soviet secret police after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Under his rule, the Cheka, the forerunner of the KGB, was responsible for a wave of terror.
Such changes followed the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, who died in a Moscow hospital on Tuesday at the age of 91.
But memorials to Soviet soldiers or their role in defeating Nazi Germany remained in many places, met with indifference or respect for the ordinary soldiers who died fighting Adolf Hitler’s brutal regime.
The war in Ukraine, however, has triggered memories of how some of those soldiers also raped local women and carried out other war crimes.
Krista Sarv, the research director for the Estonian History Museum, said after statues of Lenin and other leading communists were toppled in the 1990s, people could largely ignore the other memorials. But views changed suddenly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, and now the memorials “scream loudly about occupation and annexation.”
Karol Nawrocki, the head of Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance which is overseeing the removal of the monuments, says “before our eyes, history has become a living experience.”
“Dressed in the uniforms of the Russian Federation, with Lenin and Stalin in their heads and hearts, Russian soldiers ‘liberate’ Ukraine by murdering women, children and killing soldiers,” Nawrocki said.
“Let it be clear: There is no place in the Polish public space for any commemoration of the totalitarian communist regime and its people,” he added.
A 2016 decommunization law had already called for a purge of communist symbols and names, but some municipalities did not have the money for that, so the institute has stepped in to help. Since February, the Polish institute has identified 60 monuments for removal — and has toppled more than 20.
In Lithuania, a number of remaining Soviet memorials have been removed since the spring to little protest. But in Latvia and Estonia, which have sizeable Russian minorities, the removals have stirred greater emotions, with local Russians — and the Russian government — seeing it as an offense against their war heroes.
Dmitry Prokopenko, a Russian-speaking Latvian who opposed removing the Riga obelisk, said his grandparents fought and a great-grandfather died in the fight “for freedom against the Nazis.” To him, the memorial honored their sacrifice.
“Latvia is a land where Latvians and Russians live together,” he said. “I think that one part of the state, one part of the country, should respect also the rights of the other part.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday released a lengthy statement denouncing the demolition of Soviet monuments in the Baltic countries as “barbaric” and threatening Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia with retaliatory measures.
In apparent slap against Poland, Belarus last week reportedly leveled a memorial containing the graves of Polish wartime soldiers.
Polish officials declared that action barbaric, given that Poland has a policy of not disturbing the graves of Soviet soldiers. Rafal Leskiewicz, a historian with the Polish remembrance institute, explained “as Christians, we treat graves as holy ground. It doesn’t matter who is in the graves.”
In some cases locals support keeping Red Army memorials because of its role in defeating Nazi Germany. Some fear the erasure of historical memory, or see an affront to their own ancestors who fought alongside the Soviets.
In Poland’s northern city of Gdansk, there’s been a heated debate about a Soviet T-34 tank on Victory Avenue, and the city has decided not to remove it. The tank commander was a Polish lieutenant, and Polish soldiers played a key role in freeing the former German city of Danzig from the Nazis.
In an open letter, two descendants of wartime Polish soldiers expressed their indignation at the removal of monuments.
They recalled that Polish soldiers died fighting with the Soviets to free Poland from the Nazis and that the Soviet victory resulted in Poland receiving a swath of defeated Germany’s territory and cities including Gdansk and Wroclaw. They also noted it was the Red Army that liberated Auschwitz, Majdanek and many other Nazi death camps.
“Had it not been for the victory of Polish and Soviet soldiers in May 1945, Poland might not have existed at all,” said the letter by magazine editor Pawel Dybicz and historian August Grabski.
But many other Poles note that World War II broke out after Soviet Union and Nazi Germany agreed secretly in 1939 to carve up Poland and the Baltic states. Only after Germany betrayed and invaded the Soviet Union did the Red Army begin to fight the Germans.
Even before Russia’s war in Ukraine, the monuments have been a source of tensions.
In 2007, the relocation of a World War II monument of a Red Army soldier in Tallinn, Estonia, sparked days of rioting.
In 2013, an artist put up a statue depicting a Soviet soldier raping a pregnant woman next to the Gdansk tank. The unauthorized sculpture was quickly removed. After Russia invaded Ukraine, a different artist covered the tank with a large hand-sewn Ukrainian flag to protest what he called the “tyranny” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In March, as Poland was figuring out a timetable for taking down Soviet monuments, a resident of the northern city of Koszalin took matters into his own hands. He drove an excavator onto a cemetery and toppled the statue of a Soviet soldier being hugged by a girl.
Nawrocki says the official removal of Soviet monuments in Poland is progressing at “a very fast pace, but it is a matter that should have been settled long ago.”
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Follow all AP stories on the impact of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine. | 2022-08-31T18:22:16+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/ap-statues-topple-as-europe-purges-communist-monuments/ |
Campaign fundraising numbers were due this weekend, giving a fresh snapshot of the state of the 2024 presidential race. Here's how the Republicans stack up against each other and President Biden.
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Campaign fundraising numbers were due this weekend, giving a fresh snapshot of the state of the 2024 presidential race. Here's how the Republicans stack up against each other and President Biden.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-07-17T09:59:57+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/2023-07-17/new-campaign-fundraising-numbers-have-been-released-for-the-2024-presidential-race |
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It makes plenty of sense to stay out of this heat but sometimes life forces you out into the weather anyway.
Pastor Steve Hilton has had loftier missions but on this hot July morning, the mission is to cut the lawn at Glad Tidings Assembly of God..
KGUN9 reporter Craig Smith asked, “When you went out and looked at the lawn and considered the temperature, what was that like?”
Pastor Hilton: “Well, I know it's something that needs to be done and get to it last week. So I decided it's only gonna get hotter today and they're not always easy to do at night. So let's just get after it.”
Ar 22nd and Country Club, at Hot Dogs Obregon Yayo, It’s hard to tell whether the dogs on the grill are hotter than Luis Ferre’, the man grilling them.
He says, “If the weather is 104, here it’s 120. You receive the heat of the steamer and the grill.”
Craig: “How do you keep going?”
Luis: “Only God knows.”
He hopes someday he’ll sell enough dogs to open a restaurant to get himself, and his customers out of the heat.
At Bella’s Gelato on Speedway, they were hustling in a truckload of refreshing, frosty, treats but they will not be in the beautiful blast from the freezer for long. Some of the gelato will go from the air-conditioned shop to their food truck where the gelato’s protected from heat but owner Elizabeth Sebring is not.
Craig Smith asked: “Even though you've got all this frozen product in that trailer does it get hot standing in there?
Elizabeth: “Oh yeah, it's well over 100 degrees even with air conditioners it's like sitting in a tin can.”
This dangerous heat has kept first responders busy. Since June 1st Tucson Fire and other nearby fire departments have responded to 82 heat-related calls. Tucson Fire says 66 of those incidents happened in the last three weeks,
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Molly was more than a daughter to Tracy Matheson. The two were more like best friends.
“It’s like she’s my right hand. I could count on her for anything,” Matheson recalled.
Matheson remembers Molly’s humor and kindness and how she believed in the good in people. But it was evil that took her daughter’s life. At 22, Molly was assaulted and killed by a man who was accused of prior attacks and even left DNA evidence behind.
When Matheson learned about the various ways law enforcement, prosecutors and the system failed previous sex assault victims, and eventually her daughter, she decided to take action. She learned all she could about sexual assault and came to learn about trauma informed investigations. She learned why victims are sometimes not believed.
“Their story is going to be like this. It’s going to go in every direction and they’re going to leave a detail out and they going to take it back. It’s not going to be linear. They might be crying. They might be laughing actually. All of that is because of trauma,” Matheson said.
She started the nonprofit Project Beloved in her daughter’s memory. One of the initiatives they’ve started is creating soft interview rooms which are part of a trauma informed investigation. Project Beloved transforms cold, sterile spaces into more living room type settings where victims are interviewed about crimes. The design is strategic and specific.
“We don’t do a love seat or soft because I don’t feel like you should ask a victim to share a seat with another person. We like chairs that swivel. That swiveling motion can be soothing. We put a soft, cozy blanket in there and we also put a weighted blanket. And then, the artwork that goes on the walls is super significant to the space,” Matheson described.
The art inside soft interview rooms are pictures taken by Megan Getrum, who was a talented, well-traveled photographer. Getrum was another victim to the same man that killed Molly, just days later. Her photographs were recently hung inside the Boulder Police Department, one of the latest agencies to request a soft interview room makeover.
Project Beloved has installed more than 50 soft interview rooms across the country in local and federal law enforcement offices, military bases and university offices, even child advocacy centers. They will do their first FBI office makeover in 2023.
Matheson says they don’t seek out departments. They wait to be contacted by them.
“My feeling is I need you to already understand why a trauma informed investigation is important and recognize the value of a soft interview room,” she said.
Project Beloved works off private donations to transform rooms. The makeovers vary in cost but average around $3,000 each. | 2022-11-01T18:21:21+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/one-moms-mission-to-support-sexual-assault-victims-during-investigations |
A house in West Orange that sold for $1.2 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in West Orange in the past week.
In total, 10 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $723,687. The average price per square foot ended up at $301.
The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of July 17 even if the property may have been sold earlier. | 2023-07-29T05:12:58+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/realestate-news/2023/07/10-most-expensive-homes-sold-in-west-orange-july-17-23.html |
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Hightouch enables joint customers to build end-to-end solutions on Snowflake's Data Cloud that create and activate audiences
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hightouch today announced that it was recognized as an Activation and Measurement 'One to Watch' in the inaugural Modern Marketing Data Stack Report: Your Technology Guide to Unifying, Analyzing, and Activating the Data that Powers Amazing Customer Experiences executed and launched by Snowflake, the Data Cloud company.
Snowflake's data-backed report identifies the best of breed solutions used by Snowflake customers to show how marketers can leverage the Snowflake Data Cloud with accompanying partner solutions to best identify, serve, and convert valuable prospects into loyal customers. By analyzing usage patterns from a pool of nearly 6,000 customers, Snowflake identified six technology categories that organizations consider when building their marketing data stacks. These categories include:
- Analytics
- Integration & Modeling
- Identity & Enrichment
- Activation & Measurement
- Business Intelligence
- Data Science & Machine Learning
Focusing on those companies that are active members of the Snowflake Partner Network (or ones with a comparable agreement in place with Snowflake), as well as Snowflake Marketplace providers, the report explores each of these categories that comprise the Modern Marketing Data Stack, highlighting technology partners and their solutions as "leaders" or "ones to watch" within each category. The report also details how current Snowflake customers leverage a number of these partner technologies to enable data-driven marketing strategies and informed business decisions. Snowflake's report provides a concrete overview of the partner solution providers and data providers marketers choose to create their data stacks.
"Marketing professionals continue to expand their investment in analytics to improve their organization's digital marketing activities," said Denise Persson, Chief Marketing Officer at Snowflake. "Hightouch's innovative approach to enabling data and marketing teams to activate audiences within Snowflake qualified them as 'one to watch' in the Activation & Measurement category."
Hightouch was identified in Snowflake's report as a 'one to watch' in Activation & Measurement by differentiating itself from traditional CDPs and establishing Snowflake as a single source of truth. This approach offers enterprises two major benefits. First, marketing teams can skip the implementation phase of traditional martech solutions and start personalizing customer journeys on day one. Second, marketers can leverage all their data rather than being confined to the fixed data models offered by most off-the-shelf marketing technology solutions.
"Being recognized as a company to watch in Snowflake's inaugural Modern Marketing Data Stack report is a testament to the dedication Hightouch demonstrates for our joint customers," explained Hightouch co-CEO Tejas Manohar. "We look forward to continuing to partner with Snowflake to create innovative approaches that empower our customers to adopt a best-of-breed marketing data stack to advance their business and serve their customers."
Click here to read The Modern Marketing Data Stack: Your Technology Guide to Unifying, Analyzing, and Activating the Data that Powers Amazing Customer Experiences.
Hightouch, a Powered by Snowflake Partner, is the world's leading Data Activation platform, syncing data from warehouses directly into SaaS tools. In November, Hightouch announced $40M in Series B financing at a $450 million valuation led by ICONIQ Capital, early investors in Snowflake. Hightouch's hundreds of customers range from fast-growing startups like Plaid, Betterment, Calendly, and Lucidchart to large enterprises like AXS, GameStop, Nando's, and Autotrader. For more information, visit www.hightouch.com.
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Acquisition combines versatile robotics with the most complete crop management system
MOUNTAIN VIEW , Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FarmX, Inc. announced the acquisition of AutoModality, Inc., a mobile robotics navigation software company, based in San Rafael, CA and Syracuse, NY.
AutoModality has created a patented, autonomous navigation platform for mobile robotics systems, including drones and ground vehicles. "AutoModality's mobile robotics systems will enable FarmX to offer a lineup of services unmatched by any single AgTech company in the world today. This acquisition enables growers to have a top to bottom view of their field, their crop: the vigor, water, and energy of its canopy, growth and stress within the plant's structure, and the roots' access to water." said Tushar Dave, Chief Executive Officer of FarmX, Inc.
AutoModality's robotics solution gives growers a detailed view of their fields, accurate insights and reduces time and labor required to capture difficult to obtain agricultural data. "AutoModality has created a state-of-the-art GPS-denied autonomous navigation platform, Perceptive Navigation®, for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles that will be a perfect complement to FarmX's comprehensive crop-management platform," said Aaron Singer, Chief Executive Officer of AutoModality, Inc.
AutoModality was founded by Dan Hennage and Ed Koch in 2016 who patented an autonomous robotics navigation platform called Perceptive Navigation®. This platform allows vehicles to navigate autonomously in difficult-to-access locations where there is often no-GPS/RF signal available. This enables autonomous operation within dense canopy of fruit and nut orchards and when close-proximity imaging or sensing is required to collect "actionable" data between vineyard rows and close to tree trunks. With the AutoModality acquisition, FarmX now offers a full suite of autonomous robotics mission service solutions including survey, scouting, monitoring, imaging, assessment and real-time analytics for a host of AgTech applications.
FarmX increases the grower's profits. Using highest resolution imagery and the industry's most innovative sensor suite, we collect the most granular and accurate data of a field, its canopy, soil and stress conditions. This data is analyzed by our 'Tell me' recommendation engines to reduce usage of critical resources like water, electricity, chemicals and labor while increasing growth uniformity and yield. FarmX's integrated platform combines image collection using precision navigation, advanced AI/ML, and in-ground sensing to provide an unparalleled solution for growers and is in use on thousands of acres of permanent nut crops, citrus, and grapes throughout the West Coast.
For more information about AutoModality's capabilities, go to https://vimeo.com/463903395 or contact Aaron Singer (AutoModality, Inc.) at 1-415-272-6540. To learn more about FarmX, go to www.farmx.co or contact Brian Mellea (FarmX, Inc.) at 1-650-814-1046.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including updates in nuclear energy, green hydrogen projects, and more.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- Microsoft and Qcells announce strategic alliance to curb carbon emissions and power the clean energy economy
Qcells will work with Microsoft to develop solar projects as well as provide panels and engineering, procurement and construction services to selected solar projects Microsoft has contracted for through power purchase agreements. - Report explores community-led approach to renewable energy A participatory budgeting (PB) framework provides the opportunity for more inclusive conversations and decision-making around community benefits as part of renewable energy projects, particularly for those communities most impacted by such projects.
- Nuclear Power Back in Vogue as Governments Pursue Viable Energy Alternatives
In addition to the support governments around the world have shown for the industry in recent years, private investors and market movers are now getting involved. Furthermore, celebrities and major movie directors are now working on destigmatizing nuclear energy. - Fortescue Future Industries and Nikola to Collaborate and Invest in the Co-Development of Large-Scale U.S. Green Hydrogen Production Projects
Supply of green hydrogen for any potential projects will be underpinned by Nikola as a potential offtaker, which has a large demand for green hydrogen in order to decarbonize the transportation sector and other industries. - Capstone LLC Publishes the Most Underappreciated Developments in Energy and Renewables for 2023
Capstone believes the policy backdrop for energy will become increasingly favorable at the state, federal, and global levels in 2023 amid concerns about climate change, energy reliability, and affordability. - GP JOULE to order 100 Nikola Tre Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
Michael Lohscheller, President and CEO, Nikola Corporation, said, "The order from GP JOULE will be an example of how the Nikola Tre FCEV can further support commercial customers in Germany in their transition towards zero-emissions several years ahead of other OEMs, which helps to achieve the goal of decarbonizing the transportation sector." - Landmark Power Supply Partnership Between CORE Electric Cooperative, Invenergy to Lead Colorado's Energy Transformation
The partnership will provide CORE with over 1.2 terawatt-hours of renewable energy per year, which includes approximately 400 megawatts (MW) of new solar and wind energy projects and 100 MW of battery storage, backed up by over 300 MW of existing reliable natural gas resources starting in 2026. - Dow outlines targeted actions to deliver $1B in cost savings in 2023
Jim Fitterling, Dow chairman and CEO, said, "We remain committed to capitalizing on our long-term growth opportunities in a disciplined and balanced manner, and these actions further position us to advance our Decarbonize and Grow strategy and strengthen our competitive position." - Introducing TAE Power Solutions, a power management spin-off company from fusion energy leader TAE Technologies
TAE Power Solutions intends to deliver a first-of-its-kind technology to fundamentally improve the reliability, efficiency, longevity, and affordability of electric-powered products, from vehicles to renewable energy storage. - Element Resources to Build One of California's Largest Renewable Hydrogen Production Facilities in the City of Lancaster, CA
The Lancaster Clean Energy Center will produce 20,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually and expand Lancaster's hydrogen leadership and capacity. - Rise Light & Power Proposes Nation's First Renewable Repowering of Fossil Generation with Offshore Wind
The project has strong community support for its goal to transition Ravenswood into a clean energy hub with a mature and cost-effective interconnection of renewable offshore wind energy into New York City.
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SINGAPORE (AP)Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland and Chinese amateur Ding Wenyi were tied for the lead at the Singapore Classic when play was suspended by darkness Friday.
Play was also interrupted for an hour by rain.
McKibbin finished his second round with a 3-under 69 for an 11-under total of 133.
The 18-year-old Ding also reached 11 under through 14 holes before play was suspended. The second round is to be completed on Saturday before the third round begins.
About three dozen players will have to complete their second rounds on Saturday.
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AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2023-02-10T13:15:48+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/scoreboard/mckibbin-ding-in-lead-at-weather-affected-singapore-classic/ |
Guilty plea in boy’s death that sparked federal task force
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Friday in the killing of a 4-year-old Kansas City boy whose death led to a federal operation meant to reduce violent crime in 2020.
Ryson Ellis, 24, of Kansas City, was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action.
LeGend Taliferro was sleeping on the floor of his father’s apartment when he was hit by a bullet fired from outside on June 29, 2020, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s office said.
A sister of LeGend’s father, who was in the apartment when the boy was shot, had a child with Ellis. She alleged he had assaulted her a few days before the shooting and some of her brothers, including LeGend’s father, had an altercation with Ellis, according to court records.
The month after the killing, the Donald Trump administration instituted a federal task force meant to curb violent crime and named it Operation LeGend in honor of the Kansas City boy.
Under the program, federal law enforcement officers were sent to Kansas City and other U.S. cities to help local law enforcement officers investigate violent crimes. The more than 200 federal officers left Kansas City in September 2020.
After Friday’s hearing, LeGend’s mother, Charron Powell, told the media that she believed the federal operation honored her son.
“Lots of crimes were solved,” she said. “But we still have a long way to go.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-03T02:29:38+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2022/12/03/guilty-plea-boys-death-that-sparked-federal-task-force/ |
Christopher Paolini returns to Eragon’s world with ‘Murtagh’
NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Paolini will have new adventures out this fall from Alagaësia and the world of Eragon, and the Dragon Rider Murtagh. Random House Children’s Books announced Wednesday that Paolini’s “Murtagh” will be published Nov. 7 with an announced first printing of 2 million copies. It’s a standalone novel that takes place a year after the events of his blockbuster “Inheritance Cycle.” According to Random House, the novel is an “epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled” as Murtagh and his dragon Thorn confront a “mysterious witch.” To mark the 20th anniversary of “Eragon,” an illustrated version of that book will be released the same day. | 2023-03-08T17:09:49+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/03/08/christopher-paolini-returns-to-eragons-world-with-murtagh/ |
SINGAPORE (AP) — Sergio Garcia shot a 7-under 64 at Sentosa Golf Club on Saturday to move into a share of the second-round lead with Talor Gooch at the LIV Singapore tournament.
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Garcia and Gooch, who birdied his last two holes for a 65, had 36-hole totals of 13-under 129.
Gooch won last week's LIV tournament at Adelaide, Australia and was the first-round leader by a stroke in Singapore after a 64.
Brooks Koepka (65 Saturday) was in third place, a stroke behind Garcia and Gooch. British Open champion Cameron Smith was in a three-way tied for fourth place after a 66 and two behind the leaders.
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Phil Mickelson, who shot a second straight 66, was in seventh place and three strokes behind. Mickelson birdied four of his first five holes but had two late bogeys.
Garcia, who began his round on the first hole with Gooch in the shotgun-start format, birdied three of his final four holes.
Gooch opened with a pair of 10-under 62s while winning at The Grange last week at Adelaide. He continued his strong play Saturday with six birdies.
“There’s no pixie dust I’ve thrown on the clubs the last couple weeks,” Gooch said after his opening round. “It’s just the game comes and goes in waves, and hopefully we can continue to ride this wave for as long as we can and play a bunch of good golf.”
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The first round was delayed for more than two hours after 12 holes due to severe weather in the area. With stormy weather again in the forecast for the weekend, the shotgun start for the final two rounds was moved up — the second round started at 8:15 a.m. local time while Sunday’s round is scheduled to begin at about the same time.
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-04-29T05:51:35+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/sergio-garcia-tied-for-2nd-round-lead-at-liv-17926556.php |
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the Washington Post's Shane Harris about reporting on the identity of the alleged leaker of classified U.S. documents.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the Washington Post's Shane Harris about reporting on the identity of the alleged leaker of classified U.S. documents.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-04-13T12:32:22+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/2023-04-13/the-washington-post-reports-it-has-learned-details-of-the-alleged-leaker-of-documents |
New nonprofit helps students serve internationally
DRESDEN, Tenn. — A Dresden-based nonprofit says that they have crossed generational barriers.
Global Citizen Adventure Corps, or GCAC, says that in May, learners worked with volunteers at the Rescue Center Costa Rica to support the rescue’s efforts to end wildlife trafficking.
GCAC says their spring trip was their fourth since organizing as a nonprofit last year. They say that their goal is to “cultivate global citizen leaders through education, travel, and service opportunities.”
GCAC says that their goal is to help rural high school and university students, and people of color in larger cities, with what could sometimes be their first international trips.
Founder Julie Hill shared why her and Stacie Freeman started the nonprofit.
“Both Stacie and I know the impact travel has had on our lives and the importance of sharing our commitment to care for people and the planet,” said Hill, who assumed the lead role in travel details for this Costa Rica travel service learning. “We are grateful to have a supportive and diverse board who share our vision and are ready to commit their resources and relational connections to help.”
Read the full news release from GCAC here.
You can find their website here, and follow them on Facebook.
Find more local news here. | 2023-06-01T23:32:29+00:00 | wbbjtv.com | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2023/06/01/new-nonprofit-helps-students-serve-internationally/ |
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A recent collection of data suggested older adults were moving out of northeastern cities and into other parts of the country, including Texas, which ranked No. 10.
SmartAsset said it examined U.S. Census Bureau migration data to find where people 60 and older were moving to and from.
“These cities may be attractive for a multitude of reasons, including community, taxes, recreation, climate and more,” SmartAsset said.
Texas has proven to be tax-friendly toward retirees. Since there is no state income tax in Texas, Social Security income would not be taxed and withdrawals from retirement accounts would also not be taxed.
According to the study, Texas had a net gain of 5,542 retirees in 2021. Data showed a high number of people 60 and older were moving to San Antonio and Frisco from another state.
City ranking was determined by the net difference between the number of retirees that moved into the city versus those moving out of the city, according to SmartAsset.
As one of the 10 largest cities in the U.S., SmartAsset said San Antonio was the only one to crack the study’s top 10.
“The home of the Alamo had the third-highest net migration of retirees across our study, gaining 1,164 older residents. The weather, abundance of activities and lack of state income taxes in Texas all contribute to its popularity among retirees,” SmartAsset said.
The data from the study showed that Frisco recorded a net gain of 960 people 60 and older in 2021.
“More than 1,430 seniors moved to Frisco from another state while 476 left the state of Texas,” SmartAsset said.
According to the study, people 60 and older comprised 13.16% of Frisco’s population, which was the lowest percentage of the 10 cities at the top of SmartAsset’s rankings.
Other Texas cities included:
- Lubbock, Texas at No. 17 with a net gain of 707
- Waco, Texas at No. 23 with a net gain of 510
- El Paso, Texas at No. 24 with a net gain of 483
States where retirees moved to most:
- Florida with a net gain of 78,174
- Arizona with a net gain of 25,090
- South Carolina with a net gain of 19,004
- North Carolina with a net gain of 18,996
- Tennessee with a net gain of 14,767
- Idaho with a net gain of 8,566
- Nevada with a net gain of 6,814
- Arkansas with a net gain of 5,774
- Maine with a net gain of 5,718
- Texas with a net gain of 5,542
SmartAsset said the data did not reflect migration within the same state. It only reflects the movement from a city in one state to a city in another state. | 2023-04-30T21:08:00+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/state-regional/study-texas-ranks-in-top-10-for-places-retirees-are-moving/ |
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Thursday reported a 77% weekly increase in the number of lab-confirmed monkeypox cases, to more than 6,000 worldwide, and two more deaths in parts of Africa where the virus has circulated for years.
Most of the cases were reported in Europe and Africa. The U.N. health agency said the mysterious outbreak continues to mainly affect men who have had sex with men, and that other population groups showed no signs of sustained transmission.
WHO said it counted 6,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox from 59 countries as of Monday, an increase of 2,614 cases since its last count for the week that ended June 27. It said three people have now died in connection with the outbreak, all of them in Africa.
The agency said nine additional countries had reported cases, while 10 countries had not reported any new cases for more than three weeks, which is the maximum incubation period.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday he remained "concerned by the scale and spread of the virus," noting that over 80% of the cases turned up in Europe. He said he would convene the next meeting of a WHO expert panel that is monitoring the outbreak for no later than the week of July 18.
Most monkeypox patients experience fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body.
The disease is endemic in parts of Africa, where people have become infected through bites from rodents or small animals. The monkeypox virus does not usually spread easily among people.
Cases began emerging in Europe and the United States in May. Many of the individuals who contracted the virus had traveled internationally. | 2022-07-07T12:09:15+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/monkeypox-cases-rise-77-in-un-agencys-latest-weekly-count/YE73EZGBEBD5ZLEDFCQR6OHGNQ/ |
No runs allowed and no problems permitted for Jacksonville as it controlled Springfield Lanphier's offense 13-0 in a sterling pitching showcase in an Illinois high school baseball matchup.
In recent action on April 26, Springfield Lanphier faced off against Springfield and Jacksonville took on Normal University on April 26 at Jacksonville High School.
You're reading a news brief powered by ScoreStream, a world leader in fan-driven sports results and conversation. Help us collect and deliver more game results from your favorite teams and players by downloading the ScoreStream app. Nearly a million users nationwide share team scores and player performance stats with this convenient free app. | 2023-05-03T04:16:26+00:00 | pantagraph.com | https://pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/baseball/boys/dominant-defense-jacksonville-stifles-springfield-lanphier-13-0/article_0348a0cd-7c21-5487-b48d-2359cc6cf6b1.html |
Many people who have already filed their taxes this year are getting smaller refunds.
According to statistics recently released by the IRS, the average refund amount is down 11% from a year ago. The IRS says the average refund this year is $2,903, which is down from $3,263 a year ago.
Through March 24, 80.6 million tax returns have been filed, which is down about 0.8% from the same time a year ago.
The total amount refunded by the IRS through March 24 was $172 billion, which is down 8.7% from this time a year ago.
Although average refunds are smaller, more Americans are getting some sort of refund. Over 59.3 million people have claimed a refund on their return through March 24, which is up from 57.8 million at the same time last year.
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It also appears more Americans are opting to have professionals prepare their taxes. The IRS said the number of e-returns prepared by professionals is up 1.9%, while self-prepared electronic returns are down 2.7%.
One reason for the smaller average tax refunds is that 2022 did not include the type of economic stimulus seen in 2020 and 2021. Although Americans were able to obtain the expanded child tax credit and stimulus checks prior to tax season, many could claim those funds during tax season.
Also, many non-filers were able to access stimulus checks by sending in tax returns.
Most taxpayers have until April 18 to file a tax return. Those who are unable to file a return can file an extension,which gives them until Oct. 15 to file a return. The IRS notes that filing an extension “does not grant you any extension of time to pay your taxes.”
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-04-06T18:10:39+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/why-are-tax-refunds-smaller-this-year |
US pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike
NEW YORK (AP) - Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic, new data suggests.
More than 1,200 U.S. women died in 2021 during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to a final tally released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022, there were 733 maternal deaths, according to preliminary agency data, though the final number is likely to be higher.
Officials say the 2022 maternal death rate is on track to get close to pre-pandemic levels. But that’s not great: The rate before COVID-19 was the highest it had been in decades.
“From the worst to the near worst? I wouldn’t exactly call that an accomplishment,” said Omari Maynard, a New Yorker whose partner died after childbirth in 2019.
The CDC counts women who die while pregnant, during childbirth and up to 42 days after birth. Excessive bleeding, blood vessel blockages and infections are leading causes.
COVID-19 can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women, and experts believe it was the main reason for the 2021 spike. Burned out physicians may have added to the risk by ignoring pregnant women’s worries, some advocates said.
In 2021, there were about 33 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births. The last time the government recorded a rate that high was 1964.
What happened “isn’t that hard to explain,” said Eugene Declercq, a long-time maternal mortality researcher at Boston University. “The surge was COVID-related.”
Previous government analyses concluded that one quarter of maternal deaths in 2020 and 2021 were COVID-related — meaning that the entire increase in maternal deaths was due to coronavirus infections or the pandemic’s wider impact on health care. Pregnant women infected with the coronavirus were nearly 8 times as likely to die as their uninfected peers, according to a recent study published by BMJ Global Health.
The bodies of pregnant women are already under strain, their heart forced to pump harder. Other health problems can make their condition more fragile. And then on top of that, “COVID is going to make all that much worse,” said Dr. Elizabeth Cherot, chief medical and health officer for the March of Dimes.
It didn’t help that vaccination rates among pregnant women were disappointingly low in 2021 — particularly among Black women. Part of that was related to limited vaccine availability, and that the CDC did not fully recommend shots for pregnant women until August 2021.
“Initially there was a lot of mistrust of the vaccine in Black communities,” said Samantha Griffin, who owns a doula service that mainly serves families of color in the Washington, D.C., area.
But there’s to more to it than that, she and others added. The 2021 maternal mortality rate for Black women was nearly three times higher than it was for white women. And the maternal death rate for Hispanic American women that year rose 54% compared with 2020, also surpassing the death rate for white moms.
More than a year into the pandemic, a lot of doctors and nurses were feeling burned out and they were getting less in-person time with patients.
Providers at the time “were needing to make snap decisions and maybe not listening to their patients as much,” Griffin said. “Women were saying that they thought something was wrong and they weren’t being heard.”
Maynard, who is 41 and lives in Brooklyn, said he and his partner experienced that in 2019.
Shamony Gibson, a healthy 30-year-old, was set to have their second child. The pregnancy was smooth until her contractions stopped progressing and she underwent a cesarean section.
The operation was more involved than expected but their son Khari was born in September. A few days later, Shamony began complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath, Maynard said. Doctors told her she just needed to relax and let her body rest from the pregnancy, he said.
More than a week after giving birth, her health worsened and she begged to go to the hospital. Then her heart stopped, and loved ones called for help. The initial focus for paramedics and firefighters was whether Gibson was taking illicit drugs, Maynard said, adding that she didn’t.
She was hospitalized and died the next day of a blood clot in the lungs. Her son was 13 days old.
“She wasn’t being heard at all,” said Maynard, an artist who now does speaking engagements as a maternal health advocate.
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-16T11:33:28+00:00 | kttc.com | https://www.kttc.com/2023/03/16/us-pregnancy-deaths-dropped-2022-after-covid-spike/ |
Study: Zero-calorie sweetener associated with high risk of heart failure, stroke and death
LOS ANGELES - A new study published on Monday found that the sugar replacement called erythritol which is used to sweeten stevia, monkfruit has links to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death.
According to the study published in the journal Nature Medicine, people with existing risk factors for heart disease are twice as likely to experience heart failure when having high levels of erythritol in their system.
Researchers also noted that erythritol appeared to cause blood clots more readily in animal testing.
Patients with metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and obesity, are frequently advised that the use of artificial sweeteners in place of sugar can improve glycemic control and help achieve weight loss. However, there is growing epidemiological evidence linking the consumption of artificial sweeteners to adverse cardiometabolic phenotypes, such as weight gain9, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), including atherothrombotic complications12 and cardiovascular mortality," study authors wrote.
In the past several years, sugar has come under fire from the medical community. Studies have linked sugar consumption to weight gain and an increased risk of diabetes, cancer, heart disease and acne. As a result, more and more people are turning to alternative sweeteners. But where do you find these sweeteners, and are they even any better for you? Here’s a look at some of the most common alternative sweeteners in foods.
Artificial sweeteners
If you’ve ever ordered a Diet Coke or used packets of Splenda and Sweet’N Low, you’ve consumed artificial sweeteners. There are several different types of artificial sweeteners, but the ones that have been approved by the FDA are:
Aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet)Saccharin (Sweet’N Low, SugarTwin)Sucralose (Splenda)Acesulfame potassium (Sunett, Sweet One)Neotame
These sweeteners are found in a variety of foods and beverages, often marketed as "sugar-free" or "diet." These include soft drinks, chewing gum, candy, fruit juice, ice cream and yogurt.
Sugar alcohols
Sugar alcohols may seem too good to be true. They’re natural and taste almost exactly like sugar, but without the calories. In fact, many new diets such as the ketogenic diet encourage the use of sugar alcohols (such as erythritol and xylitol,) because they contain 40-94 percent fewer calories while still containing 40-70 percent of the sweetness found in sugar.
Both xylitol and erythritol have very low glycemic indexes and won’t spike your blood sugar or insulin, making them an excellent alternative to sugar if you suffer from diabetes, pre-diabetes or other metabolic problems. In addition to being found in prepackaged foods, both erythritol and xylitol can also be bought in bags and used in home cooking.
Novel sweeteners
Advertised as plant-based and calorie-free, stevia is a unique sugar substitute. In reality, stevia products are made from a highly refined stevia leaf extract and contain very little stevia in them. Stevia can be found in granulated or liquid form and added in place of sugar; however, you’ll need to consider the amount of stevia you’re adding, as it’s significantly sweeter than sugar.
Natural sweeteners
If you’re looking for all-natural alternatives to sugar, there are a number of options. We all know about honey, maple syrup and molasses, but two natural sweeteners that have gained popularity are coconut sugar and agave nectar.
While the term ‘natural’ may be appealing, you still need to use these sweeteners sparingly — their vitamin and mineral content isn’t significantly different from that of sugar. In addition, most natural sweeteners contain glucose and fructose, so they’re not ideal if you suffer from diabetes, pre-diabetes or other metabolic problems.
What do doctors say?
In 2010, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics released their position on the use of nutritive (sugar alcohols, stevia, natural sweeteners) and nonnutritive (artificial sweeteners) sugar substitutes. In it, they stated that both types of sweeteners, when consumed within an eating plan guided by current federal nutrition guidelines, are perfectly safe. While at one time, saccharine was linked to bladder cancer in lab rats, over 30 studies since have concluded that link cannot be applied to humans.
However, Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity and weight-loss specialist with Boston Children’s Hospital stated in a Harvard Medical School blog post that there is a possibility that artificial sweeteners change the way we taste food, as nonnutritive sweeteners are far more potent than table sugar and even high-fructose corn syrup. "Overstimulation of sugar receptors from frequent use of these hyper-intense sweeteners may limit tolerance for more complex tastes," Ludwig says in the post.
In short, if you’re worried about the safety of alternative sweeteners, use caution. When eaten in moderation, these sweeteners can be an excellent alternative to sugar and can be enjoyed, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. However, an overuse has the potential to leave you craving more sweet foods. So go ahead and have that Diet Coke. But maybe don’t have eight in a day.
The Associated Press contributed to this story. | 2023-02-28T05:24:39+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/study-zero-calorie-sweetener-associated-with-high-risk-of-heart-failure-stroke-and-death |
MS. QUINN: Wow. Good afternoon, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Sally Quinn, author and Washington Post writer here at The Post.
I'm joined today by three people who brought the story of Martha Mitchell to life: Mignon Clyburn, a board member of Lionsgate and the former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission; series creator, executive producer and showrunner Robbie Pickering; and actor Allison Tolman, who plays the role of journalist Winzola McLendon. Thank you all so much for joining me here today.
Robbie, I think I'll ask you the first question. "Gaslit" is built on the first season of your acclaimed podcast, "Slow Burn," which you also created and executive‑produced. So‑‑
MR. PICKERING: No, no, no. I didn't create that podcast.
MS. QUINN: Oh.
[Laughter]
MR. PICKERING: No, no. I‑‑
MS. QUINN: Well, can I give you credit, anyway? Okay.
MR. PICKERING: No, I can't take credit for the podcast.
MS. QUINN: So, you produced it. You produced it.
MR. PICKERING: Yeah.
MS. QUINN: I think Martha Mitchell actually created it.
MR. PICKERING: Yeah, Martha Mitchell created it.
MS. QUINN: So, Robbie, let me ask you this question. So, it's based on "Slow Burn." Is that right?
MR. PICKERING: Yeah. It's based on "Slow Burn," which was a podcast that Leon Neyfakh created for Slate, and yeah, it was all about‑‑the first episode was about Martha. But, really, the purpose of the podcast was kind of to immerse a new audience in, you know, a real‑life feeling of what it felt like to go through one of these scandals, and of course, it came out in 2018, 2017. So, it was while all the Trump, you know, Russia stuff was boiling and all that.
MS. QUINN: So, why Martha Mitchell? Why did you concentrate on her out of all the characters in the Watergate scandal?
MR. PICKERING: Well, I mean, I personally have been obsessed with this whole period since I was 11 or 12 and Nixon's funeral was on television, and I remember my mom watching it and just weeping. I grew up in a small town in Texas. My mother is a very evangelical conservative, and she‑‑I didn't know anything about Nixon, and I kind of asked why are you crying. And she said to me he was a good man, he was a great man, and the liberals did this to him, and kind of from that point on, I was like, I've got to know everything I can find out about this period. And I became really obsessed with, you know, all the Oliver Stone movies and books like Jay Anthony Lukas' "Nightmare" and things like that.
And kind of what I discovered along the way was that the‑‑you know, there's the Oliver Stone, kind of "All the President's Men," you know, Woodward and Bernstein the heroes and Nixon the villain kind of version, which I think is kind of a baby‑boomer version of mythologizing of that period.
But when I read like particularly Jay Anthony Lukas' book, "Nightmare," and then in 2008, Rick Perlstein's book, "Nixonland," it really made the whole period kind of more relatable, and the villains were a lot more relatable on a human level than I thought. And the heroes were a lot more‑‑felt a lot more complex.
Well, I'll also say "The Final Days" does this as well, the Woodward and Bernstein book. I really loved that book as well, and I always‑‑
MS. QUINN: Did you see Martha Mitchell as a hero or a villain or somewhere in between?
MR. PICKERING: I didn't see her at all is what I'm kind of building up to. I mean, I really‑‑in all the contemporaneous accounts and all the‑‑you know, John Dean's book, any of these accounts, Martha Mitchell was really sidelined a lot.
And, you know, I wanted to make a show about the people around Nixon for a while, and it wasn't‑‑nobody really bit until Leon's podcast came along, and what it did was really center Martha in the scandal. And that was such an inspirational thing to hear, especially because I knew about her, but she always felt tangential, and I think that was by design.
And then I started reading more and more about Martha Mitchell once I got the show going and, you know, reading not only Martha's biography, but also, you know, like Nora Ephron wrote about Martha Mitchell. A lot of people who kind of judged her initially because she was complicit in all these‑‑all of Nixon's schemes before she started telling the truth about Watergate, and that‑‑I've always written about Southern conservative women because of that duality. I mean that kind of‑‑they're kind of‑‑to me, they're kind of punk rock because they're women.
[Laughter]
MR. PICKERING: But‑‑and we want to remember them, but to me as kind of the liberal, they're punk rock for the wrong side.
And I think that, you know, I grew up with women like that, and so when I'm writing Martha, I'm just writing church ladies I grew up with and things like that. You know, the show is really a study of complicity, and Martha is‑‑because she was complicit in horrible things before Watergate and then started telling the truth, it's really kind of a complicated hero.
And, yeah, the reason I did it was because it needed to be told. It needed to be brought to a wider audience.
MS. QUINN: Allison, you are playing Winzola McLendon who befriended Martha Mitchell and later wrote a biography about her, and we got a clip here that I'd like to play before I ask you a question.
[Video plays]
MS. TOLMAN: [Laughs] Like a horror movie.
MS. QUINN: Allison‑‑that's an incredible scene. Allison, how‑‑what kind of research did you do to play Winzola McLendon? And this was‑‑for most people, the story of Martha Mitchell was so hard to believe and understand. What do you think that Winzola McLendon was thinking? What was she‑‑what was she believing?
MS. TOLMAN: Yeah, it's hard. You know, I read as much as I could about Winnie when I took the role, but there's not a lot out there about her. She exists really as a tangent to everything that we know about Martha. So, I think the more I learned about Martha, the more I was able to kind of get into who Winnie was and where she was at in this story.
And I feel like the really interesting thing about this scene in particular is that, like, there's this extreme moment. There's this extreme situation, and even Winnie who knows Martha, who likes her, who is a friend of hers doesn't really grasp what's going on. I think it would be difficult to grasp how serious the situation was. And the fact of the matter is that Martha is a woman who was easy to dismiss because she was kind of known for being silly and being larger than life and being the socialite. She was in a unique position to be gaslit and to have people say that, oh, she was just making things up, she was drunk, she was silly, she's hysterical. And I think the fact that even‑‑even Winnie, while concerned, can't really wrap her head around the severity of the situation is a pretty good indication that, you know, Martha was really vulnerable.
MS. QUINN: Mignon, we have an audience question for you from Monique here in D.C., and she asks, former Commissioner Clyburn, what resonated with you about this story? And as someone who's involved in politics both personally‑‑your father is Majority Whip Clyburn‑‑and professionally as a former public servant, what warnings does this story provide?
MS. CLYBURN: Well, for me, the significance and the danger, both of those are reflected in the story, and what I mean by how significant this series is, this was a woman who was marginalized, complex, yes, complicit, but she evolved. And that evolution was not fully embraced, and in fact, the powers that be did everything they could to minimize, to vilify, to ensure that her voice‑‑or that she was just a footnote in history, and that is the power and the danger in all of this, that consequential situations and individuals, if they buck the status quo, if they push back, if they speak truth, that there is‑‑it's dangerous. And there are powers that be in the media and beyond that will ensure that their voices are not heard.
We have seen that throughout history with woman, with people of color, and if we don't have outlets and outlets that are responsible with checks and balances, those stories, those complexities, those points in times in history that will inform, and honestly warn us about what could happen if we're not vigilant, those stories will not be told.
So that to me is‑‑in terms of addressing that question, it's both evolutionary and revolutionary and enlightening as well as a warning to all of us.
MS. QUINN: Robbie, how do you think that what happened during Watergate will resonate or does resonate in our political discourse today, in today's politics?
MR. PICKERING: I think what I hope is that people‑‑one of the first questions we asked of our writers when they started working on the series was name a quality of yourself you see in one of the characters. The only caveat is it can't be a good quality, and I think if you can look at a lot of the people who are complicit in these horrible things and see times that you've done things out of ambition that go against who you think you are or you've done things for‑‑because you feel valued by somebody in power, which is the reason I think John Mitchell was doing what he was doing, or you've done, you know, things that you wouldn't usually do because you think the ends justify the means, as Liddy does‑‑I mean, Liddy thinks he's, you know, fighting for some sacred principles, you know. And if you can see yourself in those characters, I think it becomes modern because it becomes human, and it becomes less about this singular point in history, which is I think the kind of version of this we've‑‑you know, my generation has really been fed for so many years is that this was the singular point in history. And my tack is more to show how these things keep happening, not because history keeps repeating itself but because the capacity for complicity is in the best of us at all times.
But the foresight of that‑‑
MS. QUINN: Allison‑‑I'm sorry.
MR. PICKERING: ‑‑is the capacity for heroism is in the most flawed of us at all times, which we show with Martha.
MS. QUINN: Allison, how did you work with the rest of the cast? I'm interested in how everybody sort of dealt with the story of Martha Mitchell, and did you find that some of your fellow actors were more positive about her or more negative about her? And did you feel that you were changing as you went along in your views of her?
MS. TOLMAN: I mean, I just think I loved her more and more as Julia brought her to life. I spent almost all my time with Julia Roberts. So I was, you know, primed to really love Martha because I think Julia did such a good job of portraying her. So, I just found her more and more endearing as time went on.
And I think, you know, the last thing that I shot was a scene with both Julia and Sean, and seeing Martha in a different context, within the context of her marriage and in her home, was really heartbreaking and really sad. It made me think a lot about how this kind of vibrant, interesting woman was left destitute. You know, this incident that happened and the fallout from it really ruined her life, ruined her marriage, ruined her relationship with her kids, and I think it's just a really tragic story in the end.
MS. QUINN: Robbie, we have an audience question for you here from Heidi in Canada who asks, do you see parallels between Watergate and "Stop the Steal"?
MR. PICKERING: You know, we didn't really deal with the kind of conspiracy theory part of‑‑I see "Stop the Steal" as a conspiracy‑theory movement, general movement in this country that's pretty alarming. We didn't really dwell on that aspect of that, but this‑‑the scandal, we really wanted to show an insider version of everything that happened, and really, the show, we wanted to concentrate on two marriages, that between John Mitchell and Martha Mitchell and John Dean and Mo Dean, and then characters like Frank Wills that never got their due around the scandal.
We did have an episode about Mae Brussell, who was a conspiracy theorist at the time, but we kind of scrapped that earlier on to focus the series. But there was absolutely‑‑you know, the Watergate period is absolutely the birth of a lot of this widespread conspiracy‑theorist sentiment in the country, the idea that the government is just, you know, plotting against the American people constantly, but‑‑
MS. QUINN: Mignon, how do you think that we should‑‑or we can prevent the kind of fear and paranoia that existed during Watergate and during the Trump administration? How can we prevent that from influencing us in the future?
MS. CLYBURN: By challenging ourselves to learn more, to not just rely on one platform or resource or individual for your news and information. You know, what we see here is how effective having one source or having one power dominate the discussion, dominate the conversation, dominate the narrative, and we‑‑it is comfortable. Often, we retreat. We're complicit because it's easy. It's comfortable, but we have to continue to challenge ourselves to not be so, to question authority, to, again, read and consume more than one point of view because it's growth for us, and again, it challenges those who would otherwise take advantage of that. And so, again, that's the beauty and the strength, and I would say to challenge for all of us, to really go outside of our comfort levels and not only speak truth but to read and learn more about what truth is and where it lies.
[Video plays]
MS. QUINN: Robbie, obviously, Martha Mitchell came across as very outspoken and often very indiscrete, and she was the one who said, "The emperor has no clothes." Did you find it hard to portray her as a credible person? Because you could have gone over the line a little bit and made her seem crazy because sometimes she acted, and that's what Nixon administration people did say about her was that she was crazy. But how did you walk that line between presenting her as someone who was emotional and outspoken but also a credible human being?
MR. PICKERING: I think all the characters in the story are credible human beings.
[Laughter]
MR. PICKERING: I think that‑‑I don't really write crazy people because I don't‑‑I'm very interested in the hot messes of history and this, you know, kind of bumbling stupidity that‑‑you know, the reason I don't really believe in conspiracy theories is I just believe everybody, you know, most of us are just, at the end of the day, pretty, you know, buffoonish. [Laughs]
MS. QUINN: Do you see Gordon Liddy as a credible human being?
MR. PICKERING: Yeah. Yeah. I see him as a‑‑he's the most difficult one to write because he is‑‑you know, in the room, we're all writing people we know, you know? You know, I'm writing church ladies when I write Martha. When I'm writing John Dean, I'm just writing me, myself in my twenties. When I'm writing Frank Wills, I'm writing something‑‑somebody I know, you know, in Hollywood who's gotten a bunch of fame but didn't really want it, you know. Like, that's how you make these characters real.
Gordon Liddy is the hardest one because he is a zealot, but I grew up in a very evangelical Texan family. So I know a lot of zealots, and I know a lot of, you know, people who are very intense about what they believe, almost in a comical way, and‑‑but kind of also a little dangerous.
So, you know, that's how you make these characters fun and funny and also three‑dimensional and dramatic, and that's how you get all those things, by writing people you know and writing yourself. And I‑‑just at the end of the day, I believe not many of us are crazy. Most of us are just‑‑have very relatable reasons we're such idiots, you know, and we do stupid things.
MS. QUINN: So we can all be relieved. I'm relieved to hear that. [Laughs]
MR. PICKERING: What's that?
MS. QUINN: Allison, we have an audience question for you from Scott here in Washington, D.C., who asks, in hindsight, questions have been raised about the journalistic ethics of reporters taking advantage of Mrs. Mitchell's delicate mental state during the Watergate period. What are your thoughts on the subject?
MS. TOLMAN: Yeah. I mean, I think that's a fair question and a fair criticism and one that's certainly, you know, relevant today.
You know, Winnie, as she stands in this series, is sort of a stand‑in for a lot of different reporters and characters and people that were speaking to Martha during this time. So, in my version of Winnie, there's a lot of personal care there. She really cares about Martha and really wants what's best for her. So it's not a question I had to tackle in order to do this work because it just wasn't really a question in the story we were telling within this series.
But I think it's a‑‑I think it's a valid question. I think that taking advantage of someone at their most vulnerable, as a reporter, to get a scoop is‑‑it's a slippery slope that's really dangerous ground.
MS. QUINN: Robbie, why‑‑
MS. CLYBURN: And Washington, D.C., is an opportunistic type of place. So is the rest of the world.
MS. QUINN: Really?
MS. CLYBURN: So it should not surprise us that, you know, people‑‑
MS. QUINN: [Laughs] How shocking.
MS. CLYBURN: ‑‑are going to leverage whatever influence they have in order to break that story or to get that edge.
MS. QUINN: Right.
MS. CLYBURN: So it's unsurprising. It's often tragic but not a surprise at all. We know these household names because they have broken stories. They have embraced individuals and have gotten that scoop, and so that's a part of the beauty and the tragedy of it all.
MR. PICKERING: Yeah.
MS. QUINN: Robbie, what‑‑
MR. PICKERING: And remember that Martha was used in these‑‑
MS. QUINN: Why did you decide to call this movie "Gaslit"?
MR. PICKERING: Well, you know, we were looking for names to differentiate it from the podcast because I really went‑‑I really took the Martha story and then blew that up, and the podcast went to some very interesting places, but it was different than the podcast.
So I was looking at "The Martha Mitchell Effect," which is this clinical‑psychological term which is when a person's accurate perception of reality is deemed illusory, despite being, you know, real, and, you know, I was going to call it "The Martha Mitchell Effect," and then one of our producers, Sam, was‑‑said, "Doesn't that just mean to be gaslit?" And it does, and we just thought that was more punchy, more interesting, tonally more what the show is because the show is fun and it has this thriller aspect to it, this very dark aspect to it. But it's also fun and exciting, and "Gaslit" just seemed to hit that. I don't know. It was kind of a moment where we were all like, "Yeah. That's what we should name our baby," you know.
MS. QUINN: [Laughs]
MR. PICKERING: I didn't name my actual baby "Gaslit."
MS. CLYBURN: Oh, okay. I was wondering. That's not very Southern.
[Laughter]
MS. QUINN: Mignon, we're talking about Martha Mitchell often being portrayed as historical or crazy, and a lot of women in those days were if they spoke out at all. Why do you think these stories have been kept so quiet for so long?
MS. CLYBURN: Because he who has the pen rules, and notice I used the pronoun "he."
MR. PICKERING: Yeah.
MS. CLYBURN: So when you do not have those decision‑makers or this green‑lighters or those editors that will ask about the other part of the story or that would lead with, you know, thinking about what is‑‑you know, what are multiple sides of the story, then you will have this.
So, when you have newsrooms, respectfully‑‑I know you work in one, and I had a weekly newspaper, but if you don't have the sensitivity and being intentional about telling more the one dimension in another story, it is very easy to, again, ride that wave that is the norm, that is historic, you know, that it's always been this way, and we've always spoken to this person and we've always hired that person. Then these stories do not get told.
We don't know as much as we should about Martha Mitchell because they were very effective in demonizing her, but honestly, when you use the word "complicit," there were some outlets that were complicit too that did not go and look and listen to what she was saying in real time. They chose a narrative. They embraced it, and then for them, that was the end of the story.
But "Gaslit," thankfully, is telling another part of the story, which hopefully will motivate those to do more research and learn about this incredibly complex woman who spoke her mind.
MS. QUINN: Robbie, we only have a few minutes, actually a minute. Why do you think suddenly everybody is interested in Martha Mitchell? It's now the 50th anniversary of Watergate coming up, and suddenly, she's everywhere. Why now?
MR. PICKERING: Well, I think the "Slow Burn" podcast really‑‑a lot of people listened to that podcast, and I think, you know, after MeToo, post MeToo, we're reexamining a lot of our history. But I don't think they're only interested in Martha Mitchell.
I wanted to say Mignon was talking about, you know, these characters that get written out of history. You know, I've had a lot of people come up to me and talk about Frank Wills, the security guard who is responsible for busting the Watergate burglars, and if Frank Wills were White, everybody would know his name, and everybody in America would know. There would be songs that‑‑there would be a lot more songs about Frank Wills, but he was Black, and so he was really relegated to the footnote kind of thing. And we, in this series, are trying to bring, you know, lives like Frank Wills' life or Angelo Lano and Paul Magallanes, who were the FBI agents, and the whole Watergate task force busting all this thing, stuff wide open and having the report, three or two reports leaked to Woodward and Bernstein. You know, these people's story have‑‑stories have never been told. Mo Dean's story has never been told. There's a wealth of these stories in a scandal like this that has been‑‑yes, we've examined Watergate so much over the course of history, but we've examined a very narrow version of what this could be. And in that sense, it's a microcosm of how, you know, history is written. It's typically written very narrowly. You don't hear about the media and the movers and shakers and the people who run the country, and the people who just hide these things kind of settle on people.
You know, it's not like a cabal. It's not like a conspiracy, but everybody kind of settles on these people. And they most of the time happen to be White men, and we're trying to tell the other stories.
MS. QUINN: So I think we're just about out of time, and I want to thank you, Robbie and Mignon and Allison, for joining us today.
And I just want to remind our audience that "Gaslit" will premiere on the STARZ on April 24th.
And I will be back in just a minute with my next guest, Don Graham. So please stay with us.
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MS. QUINN: Well, I think Martha Mitchell was probably right when she said, "Jesus Christ wouldn't get past the primaries."
In any case, I want to introduce today Don Graham who is one of my oldest friends. He is the chairman of the board for Graham Holdings Company and founder of TheDream.US, but many of you know Don as the former publisher of The Washington Post.
Don, I'm so happy to have you joining us today. I wanted to‑‑
MR. GRAHAM: [Audio distortion]
MS. QUINN: I wanted to talk to you a little bit about Martha Mitchell because you remember those days. What do you think her significance was in the whole Watergate story, in this telling of that, and as you recall her during those days and how she behaved, what was your‑‑what was your opinion of her then? How did you feel about her?
MR. GRAHAM: She was a truth teller, and you and I‑‑Sally and I knew each other 50 years ago. We knew each other on the day of the Watergate burglary, and that day, I was at a weekend house with Katharine Graham, my mother, the publisher of The Washington Post and one woman who's absolutely central to the story of Watergate, as Sally knows. And if you had asked Katharine Graham, if you had asked Ben Bradlee, if you'd asked Woodward and Bernstein in 1972, the day after Watergate, is this going to lead to the resignation of the president, they'd have all said, "Jesus, we don't‑‑we don't think so. Hell, no." It took a lot of people‑‑and Martha Mitchell was a key one‑‑saying a lot of things that they weren't necessarily supposed to say to break that story, to clue the country on to what really had happened, as you recall, Sally.
MS. QUINN: Yes. And I remember at one point‑‑well, it was for a long time. It was like 16 months where nobody else picked up the story except for The Washington Post, and The Washington Post was sort of hanging out there to dry. And no one would touch the story.
I do remember that Walter Cronkite called my husband one day, Ben Bradlee, who was then the editor of The Post, and he said, "Okay. We're going to do a story on Watergate, but we are sending a cameraman down, and we want to see documents." And Ben said, "Walter, there are no documents. There's nothing to show you," and he said, "Well, how are we going to do this on television?" So, I mean, it was a long time, and you're right. Martha was one of the few people speaking out, and it was clear that the emperor had no clothes.
Did you ever think that she was a crazy person, that she was an alcoholic, that she was hysterical?
MR. GRAHAM: I didn't know her, and I've known enough people in my life who appeared to have something wrong with them and turned out not to.
MS. QUINN: [Laughs]
MR. GRAHAM: That I didn't‑‑I did not form that conclusion, no. I thought she might be none of the above. I thought she might be very, very truthful when others didn't want her to be.
MS. QUINN: Well, you know, I was looking up the word "hysterical" the other day. It comes from the Greek word "hystera," which means womb, and it's often why women are always called hysterical and men are not. And I was thinking about would that happen today, and what if it were reversed? And I thought about George Conway, Kellyanne Conway's husband. Kellyanne Conway worked for Donald Trump, and George Conway spoke out against Trump almost from the beginning and really way out there, and no one ever once said he was hysterical or crazy.
MR. GRAHAM: Well‑‑
MS. QUINN: So I thought that was an interesting comparison.
MR. GRAHAM: Another person from history that you could compare to Martha Mitchell was Cassandra, the daughter of King Agamemnon, who threw out the‑‑daughter of King Priam, who throughout the "Iliad," keeps saying that terrible things are going to happen, and no one believes her. And she's right every time and is never believed.
MS. QUINN: Do you‑‑you know, there was a clip when David Frost did his famous interview with Nixon, and in the clip, Nixon said something to the effect of there would never have been Watergate without Martha Mitchell. And I just spoke with Bob Woodward on the telephone a few minutes before we went on, and he said that's absurd. And he said, you know, the problem with Nixon was that he was always trying to blame other people. He was trying to take attention away from his responsibility in the story, and that Watergate really, he was saying, it happened, started in 1970 with "dirty tricks" and the break‑in at Ellsberg and the antiwar movement, and that Martha Mitchell came on much later. But it was so‑‑it was interesting that he focused on that, Nixon did, "Oh well, without Martha, there never would have been a Watergate." What do you think about that?
MR. GRAHAM: I agree with Woodward, but Martha Mitchell was one of several key people who at a moment when no one else‑‑when a cover‑up was being pretty effective, spoke out and corroborated that there was more going on here than met the eye.
Sally, you and I also knew one woman who was directly threatened by the Watergate, which was Katharine Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post, the principal owner, and some of the‑‑there were threats convened by very important people.
MS. QUINN: Yes, I remember those threats very well. [Laughs]
MR. GRAHAM: You do. You remember them very well.
MS. QUINN: Yeah.
MR. GRAHAM: So Martha Mitchell was a key‑‑but Martha Mitchell was not the only important woman in the Watergate story, and I only mention that because in line with what Mignon Clyburn was just saying, in the movie of "All the President's Men," Katharine Graham does not appear, that the paper doesn't have a publisher. So her role tends to be a little under‑‑underreported.
MS. QUINN: Yes. Well, there was a suggestion that Lauren Bacall play her, as I recall, when Alan Pakula did the movie, and I remember your mother being excited about Lauren Bacall playing her. But then they decided that since Jason Robards was playing my husband, Ben, and they were divorced, that probably wouldn't work.
MR. GRAHAM: That might not have worked too well.
MS. QUINN: [Laughs] But, in any case, you're right that Kay should definitely have been portrayed in that movie, and it was a huge‑‑I thought a huge loss.
MR. GRAHAM: Well, you and I‑‑
MS. QUINN: Don‑‑
MR. GRAHAM: You and I would were‑‑yeah, go ahead.
MS. QUINN: No. I was going to ask you, do you see any similarities between what happened in Watergate, which is now 50 years ago, and what is going on in the Republican Party and with the Trump administration with the Trump followers today?
MR. GRAHAM: Not at this time. I mean, Watergate started with a felony. Watergate started with a breaking and entering, a burglary, and in Washington, D.C., people every single day were going to jail for three to five years for burglary, and to our‑‑to all of our astonishment, this single burglary turned into this massive cover‑up, then the disclosure of the cover‑up, then the disclosure of the tapes, then the disclosure that the highest people in the land, the attorney general, the chief of staff to the president and so on had all been in on it, had all conspired to cover it up, and finally, the disclosure that the president was lying.
So that‑‑you know, there are‑‑I'm aware that there's a New York State investigation of former President Trump. I'm aware that there is an investigation going on in the Justice Department related to January 6th, but as of this time, there's no similar‑‑there's been no allegation that, you know‑‑if you look back at the number of felonies which senior members of the Nixon administration pleaded guilty, no, it's not comparable.
MS. QUINN: Don, you were head of TheDream.US‑‑is it dot‑us or dot‑US?
MR. GRAHAM: Dot‑US, and Lionsgate‑‑
MS. QUINN: Dot‑US. Well, tell me‑‑tell me about that.
MR. GRAHAM: It's a scholarship fund for the most discriminated‑against students in the United States who are the children of undocumented immigrants. We have 4,000 students in college around the United States in low‑cost colleges, the city of‑‑University of New York being an example. The average of one of these students came here at the age of four. They have just one desire, which is to get educated, to remain in the United States, and to work. The largest single concentration, the largest single major among them is nursing. One of the next largest is teaching.
So these are the most motivated group of students I've ever met, and Lionsgate has generously made them the beneficiary of this premier. And I'm beyond grateful to everybody associated with the company and with STARZ, so thank you to all.
MS. QUINN: Terrific. Don, thank you so much for joining us.
I’m Sally Quinn, and to learn more about our upcoming programs, please go to WashingtonPostLive.com, and thank you so much for joining us today.
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“They don’t care at all about those monopolies and the harms it’s doing because it benefits them politically,” Cruz said. | 2022-11-18T03:38:10+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/politics/washington-dc-bureau/taylor-swift-ticket-sales-put-ticketmaster-in-the-hot-seat-as-lawmakers-call-for-doj-investigation/ |
The sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A sea otter launched into the national spotlight after images of her aggressively wresting surfboards away from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California circulated on social media is building a fan club as she continues to evade capture.
A team of wildlife experts with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the nearby Monterey Bay Aquarium have been trying to capture the 5-year-old animal, known as otter 841, since last week because they say she poses a public safety risk.
They say they want to examine her and relocate her at a zoo or aquarium —as yet to no avail.
She now has a growing fan club, with people showing up every day to get a glimpse of her spending time sunbathing on the rocky shore, diving in the water and chomping down on crabs.
Jessica Fujii, Sea Otter Program Manager at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, said the team has faced some challenges in its pursuit, including bad weather.
“The main issue is more just her ability to evade. Because this has been an ongoing effort, she is wary of those nets,” Fujii said.
Federal and state wildlife officials did not return messages from The Associated Press seeking comment Thursday on their effort to catch otter 841.
The mischievous mammal was made famous by a professional photographer who posted photos and videos on social media that show her aggressively approaching surfers and getting on top of surfboards — on at least one occasion biting and tearing chunks off a board.
“They can’t throw a net over her in the water. They can’t tranquilize her because of fear of her drowning. So they really need to get hands on her,” said the Santa Cruz photographer, Mark Woodward.
The team trying to capture her has used a baited surfboard. She’s gotten on it multiple times in the past few days, according to Woodward. But as soon as a wildlife official towing the surfboard carrying her gets near the team’s boat, she dives off, he said.
The otter’s aggressive behavior is highly unusual, and the reason is unknown, federal wildlife officials said.
“Aggressive behavior in female southern sea otters may be associated with hormonal surges or due to being fed by humans,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement last week.
Otter 841 was born in captivity and released into the wild in June 2020. She is tagged with her number and has a radio transmitter that officials have been monitoring to keep tabs on her.
They said it is not the first time the otter has been aggressive toward humans. She was observed approaching people in late 2021. In May 2022, she was spotted with a pup in the Santa Cruz area, and four months later exhibited similar aggressive behavior.
Meanwhile, her fans want her to be left alone.
“Just leave ‘em alone. Just let ‘em have fun. Hasn’t bitten anybody. Roughs up the board. It’s like a dog with a chew, you know?” said Jackie Rundell, a Santa Cruz resident who on Wednesday visited the bay.
Southern sea otters, whose population dwindled to about 50 in 1938, are managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service. They are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and are protected under the Marine Mammal Act and California state law.
Now with a population of about 3,000, sea otters play a fundamental role in maintaining healthy coastal ecosystems by preying on sea urchins that can multiply and eat their way through the kelp forests both marine creatures share, wildlife officials said.
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Danish Qureshi Named President in Addition to Role as Chief Operating Officer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeStance Health (NASDAQ: LFST), one of the nation's largest providers of in-person and virtual outpatient mental healthcare, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ken Burdick as the company's new Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, effective September 7. Burdick succeeds Michael Lester, who has served as the company's founding Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since 2017 and will be retiring. Lester will continue to serve as a Strategic Advisor to the company.
LifeStance provides evidence-based, affordable and medically-driven treatment services for children, adolescents and adults experiencing a variety of mental health conditions in an outpatient care setting, both in-person and through its digital health telemedicine offering. LifeStance offers state-of-the-art clinical excellence in a compassionate and safe environment through its network of over 5,000 clinicians operating across 32 states and in approximately 600 centers.
"I have tremendous admiration for LifeStance as one of the nation's largest in-network, outpatient behavioral health companies," said Burdick. "Through its dedicated team of clinicians, tech-enabled hybrid services and patient-first approach, LifeStance is at the forefront of expanding access to care. It's a privilege to be joining the company at a time when our services are more needed than ever, and I look forward to working with the team in pursuit of our vision of a truly healthy society where mental and physical healthcare are unified to make lives better. I am also looking forward to working closely with Danish Qureshi in his new role as President, in addition to his role as Chief Operating Officer."
"Ken is an accomplished industry veteran with a deep understanding of today's healthcare landscape and a history of driving profitable growth at companies that are truly making a difference in people's lives," said the LifeStance Board of Directors. "The entire board thanks Mike for his leadership, passion and dedication over so many years. He has been instrumental in building LifeStance into the innovative, successful company that it is today. We wish him all the best as he transitions to retirement and look forward to continuing our relationship with Mike in his new role as a Strategic Advisor to the company."
Burdick brings extensive healthcare experience to LifeStance, having held several executive and leadership roles over a 40-year career. Most recently, Burdick served as Executive Vice President of National Markets and Products at Centene, where he led all health plans before retiring in January 2021. Prior to that, Burdick served as President and CEO of WellCare from 2015 until it was acquired by Centene in January 2020. He also held numerous roles of increasing responsibility at UnitedHealth Group and Cigna. At UnitedHealth, he served as CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Burdick currently serves on several healthcare company boards and just completed a four-year term as national Board Chair for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
"As a founding team member of LifeStance, I have had the pleasure of working alongside Mike as we built the company together, and I want to thank him for his incredible leadership of the company from inception to over 5,000 clinicians strong in just five years," said Qureshi. "As I step into this new role, I am looking forward to working with Ken and our full executive team, and we remain laser-focused on guiding our business through the next phase of growth."
"LifeStance is a special company that is changing the lives of patients daily through high-quality, personalized and compassionate care," said Lester. "It has been an honor to serve as founding CEO and build this company for the past five years, and I am deeply grateful to the entire team for their unwavering commitment to making high-quality mental healthcare accessible across the country. As we look ahead to the next phase of growth, I know Ken is the right leader to take LifeStance forward. His experience as a seasoned public company executive and his strong reputation with the investor community will serve LifeStance well as we grow into the future. In partnership with Danish as President and COO, I have never been more confident in what the future holds for LifeStance, and I look forward to serving as a Strategic Advisor to the company."
ABOUT LIFESTANCE HEALTH
Founded in 2017, LifeStance (NASDAQ: LFST) is reimagining mental health. We are one of the nation's largest providers of virtual and in-person outpatient mental healthcare for children, adolescents and adults experiencing a variety of mental health conditions. Our mission is to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives by improving access to trusted, affordable and personalized mental healthcare. LifeStance employs approximately 5,200 psychiatrists, advanced practice nurses, psychologists and therapists and operates across 32 states and approximately 600 centers. To learn more, please visit www.LifeStance.com.
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New-construction hotel in Plano, Tex. is the first ground break for the extended-stay brand with 72 hotels in the development pipeline
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,000 hotels across 95+ countries, celebrates today the first groundbreaking of its new extended-stay brand, in Plano, Texas. The all new-construction brand, operating under the working title "Project ECHO" is seeing great momentum with 72 hotels in the development pipeline as of the end of the second quarter.
"This is a milestone moment for Wyndham, as we break ground on our first hotel under this innovative, extended-stay hotel brand," said Geoff Ballotti, president and chief executive officer, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. "Demand for extended-stay accommodations continues to surge as interest continues to grow among both guests and developers. As the nation's leader in economy and midscale hotel accommodations, this is the ideal time to introduce a cost-friendly and all new-construction brand, starting with this important and growing Texas market."
Conveniently located just a few miles from Dallas along the southeast corner of Highway 121 and Rasor Boulevard in Plano, this first groundbreaking for the new extended-stay hotel brand is close to the city's nearby shopping, dining, and outdoor offerings. Named "one of the happiest places in the country," Plano offers incredible nature preserves and a variety of arts and cultural activities. The hotel is owned by Gulf Coast Hotel Management and is expected to open in the second half of 2023.
"This new development will offer a modern, extended-stay product with all the conveniences of home for both leisure and business travelers visiting north Texas," said Ian McClure, chief executive officer, Gulf Coast Hotel Management. "We were attracted to Wyndham for this project due to their expertise, and how this new brand is custom-designed with the developer in mind."
The purpose-built, 124-room Project ECHO prototype requires just under two acres of land, has a highly competitive cost per key, and features multiple characteristics that intentionally separate it from traditional economy brands. Coming in at just over 50,000 square-feet—nearly 74 percent of which is rentable—individual rooms average 300 square-feet. The rooms consist of single- and two-queen studio suites with kitchenettes as well as efficiently-designed public spaces—a lobby, fitness center and guest laundry—that help to limit labor needs.
For more information, including development opportunities, visit www.projectecho.wyndhamhotels.com.
About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) is the world's largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with approximately 9,000 hotels across over 95 countries on six continents. Through its network of approximately 819,000 rooms appealing to the everyday traveler, Wyndham commands a leading presence in the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company operates a portfolio of 22 hotel brands, including Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®, Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®. The Company's award-winning Wyndham Rewards® loyalty program offers over 95 million enrolled members the opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally. For more information, visit www.wyndhamhotels.com.
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The UFC is coming back to Boston this summer, and there will be two titles on the line.
Headlining the Aug. 19 card at TD Garden will be a bantamweight match between champion Aljamain Sterling and “Suga” Sean O’Malley. The co-main event will feature Zhang Weili defending her strawweight belt against Amanda Lemos.
O’Malley (16-1) is unbeaten in his last five fights, while Sterling (23-3) is unbeaten in his last nine, including a split decision win over Henry Cejudo earlier this month at UFC 288. After that victory, O’Malley entered the octagon to confront Sterling and demand a shot at the title. He will get his wish in Boston.
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The rest of the card, which could feature several local fighters, will be announced at later date.
UFC 292 will mark the first time the organization has held an event in Boston since Dominick Reyes defeated Chris Weidman on Oct. 18, 2019. That card featured plenty of fighters with New England ties, with Bridgewater’s Joe Lauzon and Taunton native Randy Costa securing wins.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s attorney general and governor planned to announce details Wednesday of the settlement that the state reached just ahead of closing arguments last month in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria.
The state’s lawsuit was the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial but the terms had to be kept confidential for 30 days until the formal papers were filed publicly with the court.
Juul has faced thousands of lawsuits nationwide but most have settled, including dozens with other states and U.S. territories. The largest settlement came last month when it was announced that Juul Labs will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia to settle lawsuits related to its marketing tactics. As part of that deal, Juul pledged not to market its products to anyone under the age of 35 and to limit the amount customers can purchase in retail stores and online.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said ahead of the state’s trial that he was seeking more than $100 million in damages.
“After three weeks of trial highlighting and bringing into the public record the actions that JUUL and Altria took that contributed to the youth vaping epidemic, we reached a settlement in the best interest of Minnesotans,” Ellison said when he announced the settlement last month.
Juul said then that it would work with the state to finalize the details.
“We have now settled with 48 states and territories, providing over $1 billion to participating states to further combat underage use and develop cessation programs,” the company said in a statement at the time. “This is in addition to our global resolution of the U.S. private litigation that covers more than 5,000 cases brought by approximately 10,000 plaintiffs.”
Attorneys for Minnesota argued that Juul unlawfully targeted young people with vaping products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine. Juul attorneys countered that its purpose was to convert adult smokers of combustible cigarettes to a less-dangerous product — not to lure kids.
Minnesota, which won a landmark $7.1 billion settlement with the tobacco industry in 1998, was the first state to take Juul to trial. It filed its lawsuit in 2019 and added Altria, which formerly owned a minority stake in Juul, as a co-defendant in 2020. Altria completed its divestiture in March and said it effectively lost its $12.8 billion investment.
Washington, D.C.-based Juul Labs launched in 2015 on the popularity of flavors like mango, mint, fruit medley and creme brulee. Teenagers fueled its rise, and some became addicted to Juul’s high-nicotine pods. Amid a backlash, the company dropped all U.S. advertising and discontinued most of its flavors in 2019, losing popularity with teens. Juul’s share of the now multibillion-dollar market has fallen to about 33% from a high of 75% in 2018. | 2023-05-17T18:26:13+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/minnesota-to-announce-details-of-settlement-with-e-cigarette-maker-juul/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Which storage ottoman is best?
A storage ottoman is an excellent opportunity to combine fashion and function in a room where you might not have a ton of space. This dual-purpose ottoman serves as a practical piece of furniture while giving you a place to tuck away clutter or large items you’d prefer to keep out of the way.
Ottomans come in a wide variety of sizes, styles and fabrics, meaning there’s something out there suited to every stylistic need. Check out the Lark Manor Zakhar Tufted Rectangle Storage Ottoman for a sturdy, elegant bench that looks stunning just about anywhere.
What to know before you buy a storage ottoman
Types of ottomans
Most storage ottomans come in three sizes, but all of them stand about 15-20 inches tall. Types include:
- Stool: This accent ottoman is square, rectangular or round and measures about 10-35 inches wide. It seats one person and is great for small spaces.
- Bench: This rectangular ottoman is longer than a stool at 30-55 inches across and usually seats two to four people.
- Table: This ottoman can be round, square or even hexagonal in shape and is often 20-40 inches across.
Construction
The standard storage ottoman has a metal, wood or modified density fiberboard frame with a fabric exterior. Since an ottoman is meant to be as stylish as it is functional, the fabrics used to upholster ottomans usually have a striking color or texture that draws the eye.
Fabrics such as cotton, polyester, velvet linen and faux leather are durable and easy to clean. Leather and viscose can require more care, but leather has rich tones and viscose provides an elegant shine, so they’re worth considering.
Some ottomans have legs or feet while others sit flush against the floor. Legs are made from metal, wood or fiberboard and can be basic or crafted with attractive curves.
How it works
A storage ottoman features a lid that can either be removed entirely or propped up on hinges when you want to go through or rearrange the contents. Some hinged lids also have a locking mechanism so that the lid stays propped up for as long as you want.
What to look for in a quality storage ottoman
Decorative accents
The best ottoman has a little something extra. This can be an eye-catching fabric print, elegant feet, a tufted cushion or a nail-studded trim. These accents aren’t usually used all together, but one or two can add visual interest. The smaller the ottoman, the more decorative you can afford to be with colors and patterns.
Reversible lid
A storage ottoman is already pulling double duty, but a reversible lid means you can flip the cushion around and use it as a convenient serving tray or table. Most popular with footrests or table ottomans, a double-sided lid has a cushion on the top and a flat wood or faux wood surface on the other side.
This tray is great for remotes, drinks, snacks or anything else you might want close at hand. When you’re done, just turn it over and the ottoman is back to being a footrest or seat.
Collapsible
A collapsible ottoman is great for temporary storage. It can be moved easily from room to room or home to home, making it especially useful for dorm rooms or rented spaces. It’s lightweight and folds up flat when you don’t need it. Setup and breakdown are simple, with no tools required.
How much you can expect to spend on a storage ottoman
The price varies greatly depending on the style and size, so a storage ottoman costs anywhere from $25-$700.
Storage ottoman FAQ
How do you clean a storage ottoman?
A. Most ottomans benefit from spot cleaning only. A damp cloth usually does the trick, but check the instructions to make sure water won’t ruin the fabric.
What does ‘bonded leather’ mean?
A. It’s a blend of faux and real leather. Leftover scraps from each are taken and combined to create a recycled material that looks like real leather.
What’s the best storage ottoman to buy?
Top storage ottoman
Lark Manor Zakhar Tufted Rectangle Storage Ottoman
What you need to know: This button-tufted velvet bench is 18.89 inches tall and 50.3 inches wide with a weight capacity of 400 pounds.
What you’ll love: It’s stylish, with seven color choices and small but sturdy birch wood feet. It’s well-made and spacious. The interior is 19.29 inches deep and the lid has a hinge for opening and closing.
What you should consider: The legs have to be assembled.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Top storage ottoman for the money
Youdesure Folding Storage Ottoman
What you need to know: This rectangular, dark gray linen bench is 15 inches tall and 30 inches wide, with a weight capacity of 350 pounds.
What you’ll love: It’s collapsible with a breathable fabric and a cushioned lid. The tufted top adds visual interest to an otherwise low-key design. It’s lightweight but durable and easy to assemble.
What you should consider: The lid comes entirely off but is not reversible.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
OSP Home Furnishings Augusta Round Storage Ottoman
What you need to know: This round leather table is 18 inches tall and 32 inches across with a weight capacity of 200 pounds.
What you’ll love: It comes in six colors, with dark wood legs and faux and bonded leather upholstery. It’s spacious with a stylish nail-studded trim. The lid is reversible so it can be used as a bench or a table. It’s durable and easy to assemble.
What you should consider: It holds less weight than some ottomans of the same size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Kohl’s
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana said Wednesday he will seek reelection to a fourth term in 2024, a boost to Democrats’ hopes of maintaining a seat in the Republican-leaning state as they try to hang on to their narrow Senate majority.
Tester, 66, said he was seeking reelection to continue standing up for veterans and to “lower costs,” which his campaign said referred to rising expenses for housing, health care, child care and other needs.
“I know that people in Washington don’t understand what a hard day’s work looks like or the challenges working families are facing in Montana,” the Democrat said Wednesday in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. “Montanans need a fighter holding Washington accountable.”
As a third-generation farmer and former music teacher, Tester has leaned on a folksy speaking style and populist-themed messages to overcome his Republican opponents in each of the last three elections. He narrowly prevailed each time by drawing independents and centrist Republicans while distancing himself from party leaders in Washington.
The state’s political landscape has shifted sharply since Tester was first elected in 2006, and he has been the sole Democrat holding statewide office for the past two years.
The race could draw a fierce GOP primary contest between U.S. Reps. Ryan Zinke and Matt Rosendale. Zinke, who served as interior secretary in the Trump administration, said he will consider a Senate campaign, while Rosendale has declined to say if he will run.
Rosendale, a hard-right conservative, tried and failed to unseat Tester in 2018, with then-President Donald Trump making repeated appearances in Montana on the Republican’s behalf. Trump won Montana by 20 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election and 16 percentage points in the 2020 election, but Tester defeated Rosendale by 3.5 percentage points.
In his past elections, Tester stressed a handful of issues — agriculture, health care, reproductive choice and support for veterans. He avoided direct confrontations with national Republican figures such as Trump, who bore a grudge against Tester for derailing his Veterans Affairs nominee, then-White House doctor Ronny Jackson, with revelations of misconduct.
In 2018, Tester was the only Democratic senator from a Republican-leaning state to win his reelection bid after voting against Trump’s Supreme Court picks.
Tester, who chairs the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, sponsored legislation that expanded health care services for millions of service members exposed to toxic smoke from burn pits at military bases.
He’s advocated for campaign finance reform but has sometimes ranked as the top congressional recipient of campaign donations from lobbyists, including in 2012 and 2018, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. His campaign has raised more than $4 million in cash since his 2018 reelection and had almost $3 million remaining as of Jan. 1, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Before running for the Senate, Tester, who still works on his family farm, taught music at an elementary school in the small town of Big Sandy in central Montana and was later elected to the town’s school board. He served in the state Senate from 1999 to 2007, spending the last two years as the chamber’s president. | 2023-02-23T03:17:40+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-democratic-sen-jon-tester-to-run-for-4th-term-in-montana/ |
NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dfinity Foundation today filed a lawsuit against The New York Times, Times reporters Andrew Ross Sorkin and Ephrat Livni, Arkham Intelligence, Inc, Arkham's founder and Chief Executive Officer Miguel Morel, and other current or former Arkham officers, agents and employees, for defamation and unfair business and trade practices. It is expected that additional defendants will also be added to the lawsuit as the situation evolves.
The Dfinity Foundation is a Swiss not-for-profit organization, headquartered in Zürich, with additional research centers in California and remote teams around the world. It currently employs a team of more than 270 people, which consists primarily of senior engineers, research scientists, and cryptographers, many of whom are famous in their respective fields, and who have earned more than 86,000 research citations. The organization's purpose is to advance technology that supports the "Internet Computer", advocate for its wider use, and assist thousands of entrepreneurs and developers currently using the platform to build Web3 online services and decentralized applications ("dapps"), including next-generation social media, gaming and metaverse ventures, and millions of end users.
The Internet Computer is one of the most disruptive innovations in tech. It is a public compute platform that provides an open alternative to centralized traditional IT, such as Amazon Web Services cloud computing, server computers, databases and web servers. This compute platform is in fact an advanced blockchain, powered by revolutionary mathematics, that runs at web speed, with web-levels of efficiency, that is capable of processing almost any amount of data and computation. Using this open platform, entrepreneurs and developers can build almost anything exclusively using next-generation blockchain code ("smart contracts") that directly serves interactive content to end users over the World Wide Web. The use and management of the blockchain network involves its ICP token, which enables participation in network governance, and produces fuel that powers computation. ICP tokens were made publicly available in February 2017, and became transferrable when the blockchain underwent "genesis" on May 10th, 2021 – whereupon the blockchain transitioned into full production mode and became part of the public internet.
The lawsuit alleges that wealthy and powerful individuals used the Times and the willingness of its star business reporter, Andrew Ross Sorkin, who together knowingly published, with actual malice, a false and defamatory story about a "hit piece" report (the "Arkham Report") on June 28th 2021—a report that was secretly bought and paid for by wealthy elites who sought to personally profit from the scheme. As a direct result of the Times publishing the story, which relied upon and promoted the bought-and-paid-for Arkham hit piece, the scheme harmed the Internet Computer ecosystem's operations and reputation. The lawsuit also alleges that the defamation scheme involves unfair business and trade practices, because it was motivated by a desire to reduce the threat that the Internet Computer poses to competitive blockchains. The lawsuit resulted from recent revelations made by Crypto Leaks (https://cryptoleaks.info).
According to the Dfinity Foundation's Founder and Chief Scientist, Dominic Williams, who has been working on the Internet Computer for many years: "After the Internet Computer network underwent genesis May 10th last year, a large number of vicious attacks were directed towards us. Most of these were motivated by a desire to harm and undermine the Internet Computer's ecosystem to reduce the threat it poses to competitive blockchains. One of the worst attacks was Arkham Intelligence's hit piece report, which made many false and baseless claims, which I believe was carefully crafted to defame the project and cause maximum harm. Arkham was an unknown outfit, with no track record, which had never produced a report before, and has never produced a report since, which would have gone unnoticed had the New York Times not published and promoted it with malice. I am grateful for the Crypto Leaks case investigation that shed light on the real goings-on, which has spurred us to seek a remedy by pursuing the perpetrators. We at Dfinity will use all means to defend the Internet Computer, the thousands of entrepreneurs and developers building on the network, the end users of services and applications they build, and the incredible and brilliant teams of engineers, computer science researchers and cryptographers that work tirelessly on supporting technology."
A copy of the lawsuit can be found here: https://dfinity.org/complaint.pdf
The lawsuit was filed by renowned defamation and media attorney Charles Harder of Harder LLP.
According to the lawsuit:
"This action shows how wealthy and powerful individuals specifically used the Times and the willingness of its star reporter, Andrew Ross Sorkin, to knowingly publish with actual malice, a false and defamatory story about a "hit piece" report (the "Arkham Report")—a report that was secretly bought and paid for by the wealthy elites who sought to personally profit from the scheme. As a direct result of the Times, through its celebrity reporter Sorkin, publishing the story which relied solely on the false Arkham bought-and-paid for hit piece, the scheme worked and Dfinity suffered extraordinary damages.
"The Times Defendants' actual malice in publishing the Arkham Report is demonstrated by a number of facts, including:
a. "Arkham is a self-proclaimed "crypto analysis" firm that has released only one single report—the Arkham Report—in the entire duration of its existence. Arkham and its purported founder and CEO, Morel, were previously completely unknown within the world of cryptocurrency analysis.
b. "Arkham's Twitter account has a total of seven (7) tweets, the first one dated on June 28, 2021—all of them concern the Arkham Report.
c. "Like Morel, the other authors of the Arkham Report all appear to be in their 20's with zero experience reporting on the blockchain industry, but many of whom have connections to Dfinity's competitor, Reserve Protocol ("Reserve").
d. "On information and belief, one of Arkham's investors is a billionaire who has significant investments in competing crypto projects. On information and belief, the Times Defendants consciously disregarded that Arkham was paid by an as-yet- unidentified individual or individuals to produce the defamatory Arkham Report hit piece.
e. "Simply stated, even minimal journalistic diligence would have demonstrated that the Arkham Report was created for only one purpose: to cause reputational and financial damage to Dfinity and the Internet Computer Protocol.
f. "The article published in the Times does not include any facts relating to the unknown status and inexperience of Arkham, even though such information was surely known to Times reporters. Nor does the article contain any significant information about Arkham's motives, or who was funding Arkham, even though the Times reporters surely had suspicions or obvious reasons to suspect such motives and funding.
g. "The Times Defendants decided not to disclose to Dfinity the existence or contents of the Arkham Report when it sought comment from Dfinity on the Sunday night before the article was published the next day on Monday, June 28, 2021.
h. "Before publication, Dfinity provided detailed information to the Times refuting key aspects of the article. Rather than take the time to investigate the claims made by Dfinity to determine whether the article could still be published or would need to be substantially modified or spiked, the Times Defendants went ahead and published the article based on the defamatory Arkham Report, complete with false statements of fact, the next day. In maliciously publishing the article, the Times Defendants knew that the article would have an immediate, negative impact on the infancy of the decentralized Web3 technology that Dfinity is pioneering. And, in fact, that is precisely what happened as alleged herein.
"Despite what clearly was almost no due diligence into Arkham, the Article cites Arkham's CEO Morel and the Arkham Report as its primary sources... The Article relies on Morel and Arkham even though both were completely previously unknown in the crypto industry and plainly unreliable sources with ulterior motives.
"Notably, the Arkham Report itself states that Morel is the co-founder of Reserve. The Article states this important fact in passing but does not mention that as of the date of publication of the Arkham Report and the Article, Reserve was a wannabe competitor of Dfinity in the cryptocurrency industry or the inherent unreliability of a competitor's statements about another crypto company. Nor does the Times mention the fact that Arkham has, as its "angel" investor, a noted billionaire investor in other crypto projects—or that an undisclosed third party paid to commission the defamatory Arkham Report. And of course, the Article does not mention that Arkham had no previous existence covering the crypto industry, or any of the other dubious facts about the Arkham Defendants, their lack of experience and qualifications, and malicious ulterior motives in attacking and defaming Dfinity.
"(I)t can be reasonably inferred that Arkham was founded and capitalized for only one purpose, to cause reputational damage to Dfinity and its investors. Simply stated, there is no way that the Arkham Defendants, acting alone, could have gotten access to Sorkin, let alone coordinated this scheme and convinced Sorkin and his editors to publish the Article based on the intentionally false facts contained in the bought-and-paid for Arkham Report.
"In June 2022, online investigative video footage posted on Crypto Leaks shows Arkham representatives admitting that Arkham was in fact hired and paid a significant sum by a wealthy individual to create the Arkham Report. On information and belief, this wealthy individual has investments in the cryptocurrency space that are competitive with Dfinity, and paid Arkham and Morel to create the Arkham Report, knowing that the report would make false and defamatory statements about Dfinity therein, and with the intent and purpose that the report and statements would be shared with Sorkin and Livni at the Times and republished in an article, to provide instant legitimacy to and bolster the Arkham Report's supposed reliability, and publicize throughout the world the false and highly damaging statements in the Arkham Report.
"In a taped interview available at Crypto Leaks, Nick Longo of Arkham, when asked if Arkham has an 'angel', responds in the affirmative, naming a billionaire crypto investor.2
"On information and belief, Defendants carried out their malicious actions—simply put, a coordinated hit job—to intentionally harm Dfinity and its reputation, interfere with its business dealings and relationships, including to gain a competitive advantage for the Arkham Defendants and their financier(s) in the cryptocurrency industry, and potentially bankrupt Dfinity in the process. On information and belief, the named Arkham Defendants and their sponsors also profited in additional ways from their actions. or reputations for their alleged expertise or any legitimate basis for their supposed and very serious "findings" about Dfinity and ICP.
"The Times Defendants doubted or had obvious reasons to doubt the veracity of their sources and the sources' claims about Dfinity. Nevertheless, on the very same day the Arkham Report was released, the Times Defendants, without any serious investigation into the backgrounds, ulterior motives, and obvious conflicts of interest of the Arkham Defendants, and also without investigating the truth or falsity of the claims contained in the Arkham Report, even though it would naturally cause tremendous reputational and economic harm to Dfinity, published and repeated the false and defamatory statements about Dfinity contained in the Arkham Report. The Times Defendants purposefully avoided investigation or further investigation, with an intent to avoid the truth. Any "investigation" by the Times Defendants was deliberately skewed to avoid uncovering the truth—or, worse yet, simply ignored the truth.
"The fact that Sorkin, who writes about the influence the uber-wealthy has on the media,3 and Livni (a lawyer), conducted no diligence on their primary (and apparently only) source for the Article is alarming and strongly suggests undue influence by a third party, causing these seasoned reporters to ignore the Times' own standards for reporting and ethics. Dfinity finds it highly suspicious that a company with no track record (Arkham) and an individual with limited work experience (Morel) managed to convince veteran Times reporters to base an entire story on a dubious paid-for report that made unsubstantiated and defamatory allegations unless the Times reporters were unduly influenced by a third party with direct access to the reporters. Dfinity believes discovery will reveal that Sorkin and/or Livni were unduly influenced by an uber-wealthy and influential third party to be an accomplice in this coordinated hit job along with Arkham and its financier(s) (competitors to Dfinity who, on information and belief, also used their inside and advanced knowledge that Sorkin and the Times would maliciously publish the Article based on the Arkham Report to personally profit in additional ways) to cause substantial damage to Dfinity's business and reputation.
"In June 2022, online investigative video footage posted on Crypto Leaks shows Arkham representatives admitting that Arkham was in fact hired and paid a significant sum by a wealthy individual to create the Arkham Report. On information and belief, this wealthy individual has investments in the cryptocurrency space that are competitive with Dfinity, and paid Arkham and Morel to create the Arkham Report, knowing that the report would make false and defamatory statements about Dfinity therein, and with the intent and purpose that the report and statements would be shared with Sorkin and Livni at the Times and republished in an article, to provide instant legitimacy to and bolster the Arkham Report's supposed reliability, and publicize throughout the world the false and highly damaging statements in the Arkham Report.
"In a taped interview available at Crypto Leaks, Nick Longo of Arkham, when asked if Arkham has an "angel", responds in the affirmative, naming a billionaire crypto investor.2 On information and belief, Defendants carried out their malicious actions—simply put, a coordinated hit job—to intentionally harm Dfinity and its reputation, interfere with its business dealings and relationships, including to gain a competitive advantage for the Arkham Defendants and their financier(s) in the cryptocurrency industry, and potentially bankrupt Dfinity in the process. On information and belief, the named Arkham Defendants and their sponsors also profited in additional ways from their actions to further his second career in the content creation industry.
1 https://cryptoleaks.info/case-no-2
2 https://cryptoleaks.info/case-no-2
"Defendants' false and defamatory statements and tortious conduct have caused, and will continue to cause, extraordinary damages to Dfinity and the Internet Computer Protocol. Defendants must be held accountable for the harm they foreseeably caused Dfinity and the Internet Computer Protocol by their defamatory statements made with actual malice and their tortious conduct."
A copy of the lawsuit can be found here: https://dfinity.org/complaint.pdf
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after listening to relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack.
The sentencing hearing for Payton Gendron was disrupted briefly when he was charged by a man in the audience, who was quickly restrained. It resumed after about 10 minutes, with more emotional testimony from people who talked about losing loved ones in the attack.
Peyton Gendron, whose hatred was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, cried during some of the testimony and apologized to victims in a brief statement. The judge imposed separate sentences of life without parole, one for each victim, to run concurrently. She also denied giving Gendron youthful offender status, which might have given him a chance to reenter society.
"There was nothing hasty or thoughtless about your conduct. There are no mitigating factors to be considered," Judge Susan Eagan said.
Gendron pleaded guilty in November to crimes including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate, a charge that carried an automatic life sentence.
Gendron, 19, wore bullet-resistant armor and a helmet equipped with a livestreaming camera as he carried out the May 14 attack with a semiautomatic rifle he purchased legally but then modified so he could load it with illegal high-capacity ammunition magazines.
Gendron also faces separate federal charges that could carry a death sentence if the U.S. Justice Department chooses to seek it. His defense attorney said in December that Gendron is prepared to plead guilty in federal court as well to avoid execution.
The sentencing in the attack, which was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, resumed shortly after the disruption, which happened as Barbara Massey Mapps excoriated him for killing her 72-year-old sister, Katherine Massey. As Mapps shouted and pointed at Gendron, a person in the audience took a few steps toward him before getting held back.
“You don’t know what we’re going through,” a man shouted as he was led away by court officers. For several minutes thereafter, family members hugged and calmed each other.
Eagan then ordered Gendron back in and let the proceeding resume after admonishing everyone to “conduct ourselves appropriately.”
“I understand that emotion, and I understand the anger, but we cannot have that in the courtroom,” she said.
The sentencing was a chance for loved ones of the dead, as well as people wounded in the attack last spring, to pour out their loss, anguish and ire.
Some, like Massey Mapps, angrily condemned him; others quoted from the Bible or said they were praying for him. Several condemned him for his deliberate attack on a Black community far from his nearly all-white hometown.
“You’ve been brainwashed,” Wayne Jones Sr., the only child of victim Celestine Chaney, said as sobs rose from the audience. “You don’t even know Black people that much to hate them. You learned this on the internet, and it was a big mistake.”
“I hope you find it in your heart to apologize to these people, man. You did wrong for no reason,” Jones said.
Kimberly Salter, the widow of security guard Aaron Salter, explained that she and her family were wearing "red for the blood that he shed for his family and for his community, and black because we are still grieving.”
Christopher Braden, a Tops Friendly Market employee who was shot in the leg, said he was haunted by seeing the victims where they lay as he was carried out of the store.
“The visions haunt me in my sleep and every day,” he said.
At one point, Gendron began crying himself.
Gendron, now 19, wore bullet-resistant armor and a helmet equipped with a livestreaming camera as he carried out the May 14 attack. He killed his victims with a semiautomatic rifle, purchased legally but then modified so he could load it with high-capacity ammunition magazines that are illegal in New York.
There were only three survivors after he shot 13 people, specifically seeking out Black shoppers and workers.
His victims at the Tops market included a church deacon, the grocery store's guard, a neighborhood activist, a man shopping for a birthday cake, a grandmother of nine and the mother of a former Buffalo fire commissioner. The victims ranged in age from 32 to 86.
In documents posted online, Gendron said he hoped the attack would help preserve white power in the U.S. He wrote that he picked the Tops grocery store, about a three-hour drive from his home in Conklin, New York, because it was in a predominantly Black neighborhood.
The mass shooting in Buffalo, and another less than two weeks later that killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school, amplified calls for stronger gun controls, including from victims’ relatives who traveled to Washington, D.C. to testify before lawmakers.
New York legislators quickly passed a law banning semiautomatic rifle sales to most people under the age of 21. The state also banned sales of some types of body armor.
President Joe Biden signed a compromise gun violence bill in June intended to toughen background checks, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws making it easier for authorities to take weapons from people adjudged to be dangerous. | 2023-02-15T17:41:02+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/buffalo-mass-shooting-gunman-gets-life-sentence |
Following the success of its “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” series, Netflix now has in production a six-part mini-series on the life of one of F1’s greatest drivers: Ayrton Senna.
The streaming service is working on the series with production company Gullane, based in Senna’s native Brazil, and last week it confirmed Brazilian actor Gabriel Leone for the lead role. Brazilian filmmakers Vicente Amorim and Julia Rezende were named as directors.
“It is a huge responsibility and also a great honor to be able to represent an icon who inspired so many people throughout his life, showing the world Brazilian sporting talent,” Leone said in a statement. “Knowing that we will bring this story to millions of people in so many countries, through Netflix, inspires me to see this as one of the great roles of my career.”
The series will go by the title “Senna,” which was the title of a 2010 biopic that focused on Senna’s time in F1, from his debut in 1984 to his death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. The new series will cover Senna’s entire professional racing career, starting with his move to the U.K. in 1981 to compete in the F1600 racing series, followed by further junior categories in 1982 and 1983 and finally his 1984 F1 debut with Toleman.
There will also be more personal aspects from Senna’s life, with Netflix mentioning the three-time world champion’s personal relationships, as well as triumphs and disappointments.
The streaming service hasn’t mentioned a release date, but considering filming hasn’t started a release before 2024 is unlikely.
Senna is considered one of the greatest drivers to ever slide into an F1 cockpit, scoring 41 wins and the 1988, 1990, and 1991 Drivers’ Championships.
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- Perez leads Red Bull one-two at 2023 F1 Saudi Arabian GP | 2023-03-27T23:23:50+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/automotive/internet-brands/netflix-working-on-ayrton-senna-mini-series/ |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was cited for third degree assault by Denver police following the team’s season-ending loss to the Nuggets, after he allegedly swung a folding chair and struck two women who were working at the time at Ball Arena.
Denver beat Minnesota 112-109 on Tuesday night to win the first-round NBA playoff series in five games. Edwards missed the tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer, a 27-footer that hit the back iron.
According to the report received by Denver police, Edwards was walking off the court to the locker room when he swung the chair and injured the employees. Their injuries were not serious, Denver police spokesman Jay Casillas said.
According to police, Edwards was cited for misdemeanor third degree assault, defined as “knowingly or recklessly” causing bodily injury. Edwards was scheduled for a court appearance on June 9.
The Timberwolves, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said they were “aware of the alleged incident” and “in the process of gathering more information.” The club had no further comment. Timberwolves players and team officials were scheduled to hold season-ending news conferences this week.
Edwards was fined $40,000 by the NBA for homophobic comments he made in a video posted to his Instagram account shortly before the season began. He recorded a group of men on a sidewalk from a vehicle he was inside and could be heard in making a disparaging, profane comment about what he assumed to be their sexual orientation. The Timberwolves reprimanded him, and Edwards apologized.
“Man, I respect everybody. I know what I posted was immature, and I’m sorry for that if I hurt anyone,” Edwards said at media day on Sept. 26. “I’m working to be better.”
The 21-year-old Edwards, who was the first overall pick in the 2020 draft, was an injury replacement selection for the All-Star Game earlier this season. He’s eligible this summer for a five-year rookie-scale contract extension that would be in the $200 million range.
Edwards had 158 points in the five games against Denver, the fifth-most in a playoff series in NBA history for a player under age 22. The other four who scored more — LeBron James (214 in six games in the first round and 186 in seven games in the second round in 2006), Luka Doncic (186 in six games in the first round in 2019) and Donovan Mitchell (171 in six games in the first round in 2017) — all played in more games.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-04-27T01:02:51+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/edwards-cited-for-allegedly-striking-arena-staff-with-chair/ |
The congregation of a longtime United Methodist Church in Watson has voted overwhelmingly to leave the denomination, one of more than 40 Louisiana churches to take that step, in a historical split of the United Methodist Church over same-sex marriages and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy.
While neither are currently allowed by the denomination, some conservative churches, like the formerly named Live Oak United Methodist Church, founded more than 150 years ago in Watson, are leaving.
The church, on La. 16, is now named Live Oak Church and has no plans to join any other denomination, according to a church letter sent out recently to its more than 2,800 members.
The Live Oak congregation voted Oct. 30, by a 99 percent margin, to disaffiliate from the United Methodist denomination.
"We are beyond thankful and humbled by the immense support of countless believers and churches that have stood with our congregation this weekend through prayer," Live Oak Church posted on Facebook on Oct. 30.
The vote is expected to be affirmed at a Nov. 12 meeting of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, which is based in Baton Rouge; churches planning to leave had an Oct. 30 deadline for a congregational vote, in order to be considered at that upcoming meeting of the conference.
"It's been a really huge process," Rev. David Orges, executive pastor of Live Oak Church, said Thursday. "It's been on the horizon for the denomination for about a decade."
Over the last two years, leaders of the church began speaking with its 45-member administrative board about the possibility of leaving the United Methodist denomination, in addition to holding meetings with church members about the issue, Orges said.
"Back in April, we decided it would be in the best interest of our church to disaffiliate," he said. "Any time something comes up that does not support what the Bible teaches, we've committed to saying that this is sin."
"Jesus has paid for all our sins," Orges said. "We will try to help people in those situations to be in a right relationship with God."
A Mandeville church, formerly named St. Timothy on the Northshore United Methodist Church, with one of the denomination's largest congregations in Louisiana, also voted on Oct. 30 to disaffiliate.
The church is now named St. Timothy on the Northshore.
Van Stinson, assistant to Bishop Cynthia Harvey of the Louisiana Conference, said in a recent interview, "There's a sadness in this."
"If one congregation leaves, no matter how big or small, it's a loss to all of us in a connectional system that joins hands in ministry and mission," Stinson said.
One of the steps to come for disaffiliated churches will be the surrender any items illustrated with the cross-and-flames symbol of the United Methodist Church, as well as United Methodist hymnals, Orges said.
"Any time there's a separation of ways, there's going to be some sadness there," he said. "For us, we have our doors open to anyone who comes to church, to love and minister to them." | 2022-11-04T17:11:10+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_4ea90752-5b82-11ed-ad3b-3b39f5fdb68f.html |
When Gwendolyn Stulgis was shopping for her wedding dress, the two most important things were the price and the cut.
After trying on different options at a bridal shop, nothing quite struck a chord with her. Just as she was about to leave, the saleswoman asked her to look at one more gown.
"The lady that was helping us had said, 'Well, hold on a second. I think I have something for you,'" Stulgis said.
"It was champagne in color. It had long sleeves, sparkly lace all over it. It had these buttons that literally started down the middle of the back, all the way down into the train, which I absolutely loved. I stood there and kind of got tears in my eyes because it really was the dress that I really wanted."
It was a bit over her budget, but after encouragement from her mother-in-law, Stulgis bought it. And after wearing the dress down the aisle, she decided it deserved a better fate than sitting in her closet collecting dust.
"I couldn't figure out quite how I was going to do it. I ended up putting something on Facebook," she said.
Stulgis was bombarded. She received more than 70 messages, with each future bride describing what receiving the dress would mean to them.
She eventually settled on a woman who lived nearby — but a movement was born. Stulgis got messages from other women who also wanted to donate their dresses, as well as those looking for a dress for their own wedding.
Stulgis created a Facebook group called "Dream Dresses." She estimates that since June, more than 200 dresses have been exchanged, and the impact of the group continues to grow.
Diana Bowman was one of the women who donated her dress through the Facebook group, and said that it gave her an opportunity to help someone else with the stress she had experienced during her dress search.
"For me, it was also a different experience because I'm a plus-sized woman and finding a wedding dress in plus sizes is really, really difficult," she said. "So if I could take that stress away from somebody by passing along a beautiful plus-sized gown, I was like, I have to do it."
Bowman donated her dress on one condition: that it continues to get passed on.
"I hope that this dress gets passed from bride to bride to bride, and it just gets worn out and is in tatters at the end of its life because of all the celebrating that's done in it," she said.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-22T10:19:09+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/2022-07-22/this-woman-gave-her-wedding-dress-to-a-stranger-for-free-and-inspired-a-movement |
Which ‘Encanto’ Funko Pop is best?
For over 10 years, Funko’s vinyl figurines have delighted fans of film, TV, music and all areas of pop culture. The small, adorable collectibles are a popular way to express love and support, whether you own just a couple or hundreds. With so many drawn from countless stories, there are Funko Pop toys for all to enjoy, including fans of beloved Disney animated movies.
Characters from the popular 2021 film “Encanto,” which tells the story of a magical Colombian family, are offered in Funko form. The best “Encanto” Funko Pop figurine, of Luisa Madrigal, showcases a relatable role model from the charming tale.
What to know before you buy an ‘Encanto’ Funko Pop
‘Encanto’ story
“Encanto” is a 2021 Disney animated musical about the Madrigals, a multigenerational family living in a quiet mountain town in Colombia. Each member of the family possesses a special power, except for 15-year-old Mirabel, the story’s central figure. However, when the mystical house in which they live starts to fall apart, Mirabel takes it upon herself to find the cause and save her family.
There are seven Funko Pop figurines in the “Encanto” series, representing the main family. They are Mirabel, Luisa, Julietta, Isabela, Antonio, Abuela Alma and Bruno, all of whom we get to know during the film.
Characteristics
Most Funko Pop figurines, including all from the “Encanto” series, stand just under 4 inches tall. An oversized head makes up about two-thirds of the figurine. Despite the big head and exaggerated eyes Funko Pops are known for, each toy is designed to be instantly recognizable as the character it is depicting.
Funko Pops are made from polyvinyl chloride, a cheap, durable form of plastic. That’s why Funko Pops are also referred to as Funko vinyls.
Use
Funko Pops do not have any points of articulation; they are not posable action figures but collectibles meant to be put on display and simply observed. As they are small and sturdy, they easily fit on a shelf, nightstand, office desk or countertop. They are lightweight and durable as well, so they are easy to transport.
While most people take them out of the box to showcase, avid collectors may keep them in a box or display case to preserve their quality, hoping they gain value over time. While popular, though, “Encanto” Funko are not so rare and beloved that they will increase significantly in worth.
What to look for in a quality ‘Encanto’ Funko Pop
Trusted seller
Collectible figurines in general and Funko Pops in particular are susceptible to fakes, forgeries and scams due to their popularity. Only buy from trusted sellers to ensure authenticity and quality.
Sealed box
Purchase only new figurines sold in a sealed, authentic box. This will also protect against any potential fraud or defects. Each box has a number on the top right corner; this is the mold number. In some cases, the same vinyl mold is used to produce multiple figurines with different finishes. As there are only seven characters in the “Encanto” series, there are seven different molds used.
How much you can expect to spend on an ‘Encanto’ Funko Pop
They cost about $12-$30, depending on popularity and availability at the time of purchase.
‘Encanto’ Funko Pop FAQ
How do I clean my Funko Pop vinyl?
A. The vinyl coating makes cleaning Funko Pops quick and simple. Dust regularly with a soft, non-abrasive cloth. For a deeper clean, wash for a few minutes with mild soap and warm water. For stubborn dirt, use a toothbrush to agitate the surface until clean. Avoid using any harsh chemical cleaners, as they can cause discoloration.
Are there any chase variants or special Funko Pops in the ‘Encanto’ series?
A. This small series does not feature any variants, unique finishes or large collectibles. All seven figurines are the same size, with colors faithful to the film.
Will Funko release any new ‘Encanto’ figurines?
A. Funko regularly releases series of collectibles alongside new stories or new characters. For example, there are over 25 different Thor Funko Pop vinyls inspired by various appearances on screen. As “Encanto” was just one film and there are no spinoffs or sequels planned, it’s unlikely new toys will be released.
What’s the best ‘Encanto’ Funko Pop to buy?
Top ‘Encanto’ Funko Pop
Funko Pop Disney: “Encanto” Luisa
What you need to know: The super-strong, anxious Luisa is depicted here in a stoic pose and colorful dress.
What you’ll love: Luisa plays a prominent role in the film and is a fan favorite for her song “Surface Pressure,” in which she admits trying to be strong while coping with anxiety. The subtle design conveys bravery and poise.
What you should consider: This popular figurine is expensive.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top ‘Encanto’ Funko Pop for the money
Funko Pop Disney: “Encanto” Mirabel
What you need to know: The heart of the film, this figure of Mirabel captures her hope and playfulness.
What you’ll love: In her signature outfit with iconic glasses, Mirabel is seen with her hips askew holding a magical butterfly. Mirabel is the heart of the film and a strong role model for young ones.
What you should consider: This popular Funko can be hard to find in stock.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Funko Pop Disney: “Encanto” Bruno
What you need to know: This mysterious family member is the topic of one of the most popular Disney songs of all time.
What you’ll love: The outcast of the Madrigal family, Bruno is depicted with his faded clothes, disheveled hair and pet rat. His expressionless face and shy pose hint at the film’s big reveal.
What you should consider: Bruno isn’t as colorful and vibrant as other figurines.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell and 23 Oaks Investments, Leiferde/Lower Saxony, Germany, signed an agreement to create Source One Plastics, a joint venture that will build an energy efficient, advanced plastic waste sorting and recycling facility in Germany. Using renewable energy from wind and biomass, the new unit is designed to process the amount of plastic packaging waste generated by approximately 1.3 million German citizens per year. This waste is not recycled today and is mostly incinerated.
The Source One Plastics facility will produce processed waste that will provide a material part of the feedstock for an advanced recycling plant that LyondellBasell plans to build at its Wesseling, Germany, site. Using LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec technology, this plant will be the first commercial scale, single-train advanced recycling plant, designed to demonstrate its capability for further scalability. LyondellBasell already operates a semi-industrial scale MoReTec plant at its Ferrara, Italy, site.
LyondellBasell's new plant is designed to convert hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste into feedstock for new plastic materials. Once in operation, it will enable recycling of most types of plastic materials such as multi-layered food packaging items or mixed plastic containers. The final investment decision on this project is scheduled for the coming months. Both projects contribute to LyondellBasell's sustainability ambition to end plastic waste in the environment.
"We are committed to supporting our customers to meet their demand for renewable and circular solutions," says Yvonne van der Laan, LyondellBasell Executive Vice President, Circular and Low Carbon Solutions. "To truly achieve a circular economy, we have to find creative solutions to meet society's needs. We are taking an important first step into the upstream side of the business to secure access to plastic waste that we will convert into new plastic materials at our advanced recycling plants. This will enable us to meet our circularity ambition and produce two million tonnes of polymers from recycled or renewable resources annually by 2030."
23 Oaks Investments is a strategic solution provider in the upcycling of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic waste with extensive experience in the plastics industry. The Source One Plastics joint venture will provide a broad portfolio of services including waste procurement, sorting, and pre-treatment to deliver feedstock suitable for producing high-quality PCR material for a range of applications.
"With our global experience at all levels of the circular economy and our extensive knowledge in all areas of the plastic recycling value chain combined with our strong hands-on approach, we feel we have right mix of competencies to make Source One Plastics a success," says Kai Hoyer, Managing Partner of 23 Oaks Investment. "Together with LyondellBasell's commitment to expand on its circular polymer product offering and its work to develop advanced recycling into an industrial scale technology, 23 Oaks can contribute its part to make this a reality."
In addition to its advanced recycling semi-industrial scale plant, LyondellBasell holds a 50% share in Quality Circular Polymers (QCP). QCP uses a mechanical recycling process to produce premium plastic pellets from post-consumer packaging waste for use in such applications as electrical appliances, washing detergent bottles and suitcases.
As a leader in the global chemical industry, LyondellBasell strives every day to be the safest, best operated and most valued company in our industry. The company's products, materials and technologies are advancing sustainable solutions for food safety, access to clean water, healthcare and fuel efficiency in more than 100 international markets. LyondellBasell places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. The company takes great pride in its world-class technology and customer focus. LyondellBasell has stepped up its circularity and climate ambitions and actions to address the global challenges of plastic waste and decarbonization. In 2022, LyondellBasell was named as one of FORTUNE Magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" for the fifth consecutive year. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.
23 Oaks Investment GmbH is a holding company that aims to create the global infrastructure for a closed-loop circular economy through financial and operational investments in sustainable companies in the plastics industry. It invests in resource-saving product development and in the design and construction of innovative collection, sorting, and recycling systems. 23 Oaks combines environmental and economic gains in the Circular Economy, providing solutions for the environmentally and climate responsible use of plastics. 23 Oaks was founded in June 2019 by Kai Hoyer in Leiferde/Lower Saxony, Germany.
The statements in this release relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions of management of LyondellBasell which are believed to be reasonable at the time made and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially based on factors including, but not limited to, our ability to meet our sustainability goals, including the ability to increase production of recycled and renewable-based polymers; our ability to procure energy from renewable sources; potential governmental regulatory actions; and the successful construction and operation of the joint venture facilities described in this release. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which can be found at www.LyondellBasell.com on the Investor Relations page and on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov. There is no assurance that any of the actions, events or results of the forward-looking statements will occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on our results of operations or financial condition. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made and are based on the estimates and opinions of management of LyondellBasell at the time the statements are made. LyondellBasell does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change, except as required by law.
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A grassroots wealth redistribution effort in Portland, Ore., helps white homeowners purposefully sell their homes at well under market value. It links Black and Indigenous buyers with these sellers.
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A grassroots wealth redistribution effort in Portland, Ore., helps white homeowners purposefully sell their homes at well under market value. It links Black and Indigenous buyers with these sellers.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Unity Software Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of U during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: March 5, 2021 to May 10, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) deficiencies in Unity's product platform reduced the accuracy of the Company's machine learning technology; (ii) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on the Company's revenues; (iii) accordingly, Unity had overstated the Company's commercial and/or financial prospects for 2022; (iv) as a result, the Company was likely to have to reduce its fiscal 2022 guidance; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/unity-software-u-lawsuit-form/?id=30694&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of U during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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The Hispanic Technology Executive Council (HITEC) and Illinois Institute of Technology collaborate on pathways to accelerate representation in technology
CHICAGO, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hispanic Technology Executive Council and Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) are working to accelerate the representation of Hispanic leaders in the technology field by highlighting educational opportunities and scholarships that sit at the nexus of technology and business.
HITEC's Foundation Scholars and HITEC corporate Emerging Executive Program Graduates who are ready to pursue a Master of Business Administration or Master of Science degree from the STEM-focused Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business in the fall of 2023 will be considered for prestigious scholarships from a combined pool of up to $2 million, alongside prospective Stuart School of Business students. Stuart School of Business programs offer flexible, fully online, hybrid and in-person modalities for learners.
This initiative aligns at the intersection of Illinois Tech's and HITEC's missions to empower students and emerging leaders in technology by developing a path to achieve their ambitions through access to education, lifelong learning opportunities, scholarships, and mentorships.
HITEC's vision is to accelerate the power and impact of Hispanic technology leaders achieving lasting equity from the classroom to the boardroom.
"We are committed to creating new programs that support the growth of Hispanic tech talent. I am excited about our collaboration with Illinois Tech to fuel the representation of Hispanic technology leaders in corporate America and beyond," stated HITEC's Chairman, Guillermo Diaz Jr. "Our mission is to connect, inspire and grow influential Hispanic technology executives while developing the next generation of leaders."
Central to Illinois Tech's future is a new path to excellence driven by four principles: first, strengthening the university's role as an engine of opportunity and national leadership in economic mobility; second, pursuing growth through reimagining education to serve learners at all stages of life; third, fueling future innovation by empowering students; and fourth, exemplifying purpose-driven citizenship in service of Chicago, and the world.
"Illinois Tech is recognized as a national leader in students' return on investment from education – in terms of elevating its graduates' early-career, mid-career and lifelong earnings through experiential learning and by promoting career success; the Stuart School of Business offers students a unique access point to STEM education, bridging business and technology as the ultimate combination for a career edge," said Liad Wagman, John and Mae Calamos Dean of the Stuart School of Business.
"We welcome HITEC to Illinois Tech and look forward to furthering our collective mission by enabling access to the education, skills, and community needed to drive scientific and technological advancement to succeed in the digital age on a global scale," said Illinois Tech President, Raj Echambadi.
The HITEC Foundation's vision is to be a transformative leader, connecting rising Hispanics to the increasingly important digital skills of the new economy.
"During my journey as an Illinois Tech student, I received an academic scholarship for my Master's degree, which paved the way for me to join the tech industry," said Patricia Rios, HITEC Foundation Board Member. "I am passionate about paying it forward to support our Hispanic youth and students from underserved communities to achieve their dreams. Illinois Tech's collaboration with HITEC to increase access to innovative education will create a lasting impact for generations to come."
Applications are open December 14, 2022. Please contact Kelley Francis for more information at kelley@hitecglobal.org
HITEC is a global executive leadership organization comprised of senior technology and business executives. HITEC works to empower Hispanic technology professionals to accelerate leadership capacity through access to a network of business leaders and decision-makers at the highest levels of the globally economy.
Based in the global metropolis of Chicago, Illinois Tech was born to liberate the collective power of difference to advance technology and progress for all. It is the only tech-focused university in the city, and it stands at the crossroads of exploration and invention, advancing the future of Chicago and the world. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in business, engineering, computing, architecture, design, science and human sciences, and law. Illinois Tech students are guaranteed opportunities to pursue hands-on experiences, personalized mentorship, and job readiness through the university's one-of-a-kind Elevate program. Its faculty and alumni built the Chicago skyline. And every day in the living lab of the city, Illinois Tech fuels breakthroughs that change lives. Visit iit.edu.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Set your hearts on Norfolk, Virginia, because beginning June 2, Breeze Airways will be adding the city as another low-priced nonstop flight!
The new route is seasonal for the summer, through September 5, and is now on sale for an introductory fare of $39 one way.
“We are excited that Breeze Airways has announced seasonal nonstop service from Syracuse to Norfolk,” said Syracuse Regional Airport Authority Executive Director Jason Terreri. “Our growing partnership with Breeze Airways further diversifies the portfolio of destinations our travelers can conveniently fly directly to from Syracuse.”
Breeze offers 143 nonstop routes between 35 cities in 21 states nationally.
“Here we grow again,” said David Neeleman, Breeze Airways’ Founder and CEO. “We always look for routes that people are traveling today but can’t get there nonstop. Now Guests flying from Syracuse can get to Norfolk twice as fast, for about half the price!”
And of course, guests who choose Breeze may pick from the three fare bundles they offer: “Nice”, “Nicer” and “Nicest”.
From Syracuse, N.Y.:
- Norfolk, V.A. (Thursday and Sunday, starting June 2 through September 5, Nice from $39 one way; Nicer from $79)
In addition, Breeze has three existing routes on sale for travel through March, starting at $44* one way from SYR:
- Charleston, SC (from $44 through March 7, or from $49 from March 22 through 31)
- Las Vegas, NV (from $99 through March 7, or from $110 from March 22 through 31)
- Tampa, FL (from $54 through March 7, or from $59 from March 22 through 31) | 2023-02-14T17:01:07+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/breeze-airways-adds-new-stop-norfolk-va/ |
CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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National Weather Service Medford, OR
305 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2023
CAZ080-020000-
Western Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Somes Bar, Happy Camp, Callahan, Etna,
Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
305 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s. Windy. Southeast
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow showers likely. Snow level
3000 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Windy. South winds 25 to
35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Snow level 3500 feet rising to 4500 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Breezy. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph until early afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Snow may be
heavy at times in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s to lower
50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow showers. Lows in the lower to mid
30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow showers. Snow may be heavy at times in
the morning. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
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CAZ081-020000-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
305 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2023
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. In the
shasta valley, southeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Elsewhere, southeast
winds 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Windy. In the
shasta valley, south winds 20 to 30 mph increasing to 25 to
40 mph in the afternoon. Elsewhere, south winds 30 to 40 mph
decreasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Snow level 2700 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
Windy. South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Snow level 3300 feet in the morning. Highs in the lower
40s to lower 50s. Windy. South winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to
10 to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 30.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning,
then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow showers likely.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow showers. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow
showers in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
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CAZ082-020000-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
305 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. South winds 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
and snow showers. Snow level 3100 feet. Lows in the mid 20s to
lower 30s. Breezy. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around
40 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Snow level 3200 feet rising to 4000 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Breezy. South winds
15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then rain and snow showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Rain and snow showers. Lows around
30. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers in
the evening. Colder. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to
mid 40s. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
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CAZ083-020000-
North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
305 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Windy. South winds
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Windy. South winds
25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 55 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Windy. South winds 25 to
35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph
with gusts to around 40 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning,
then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow showers likely.
Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s to lower
40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the
evening. Colder. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
$$
CAZ084-020000-
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
305 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Breezy.
Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower
30s. Windy. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs around 40. Breezy. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers in the
morning, then rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 40.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in
the evening. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 40.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
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CAZ085-020000-
Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
305 AM PST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows in
the lower to mid 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower
30s. Breezy. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs around 40. Breezy. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning, then
snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in
the evening. Colder. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
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A year after Oklahoma expanded Medicaid eligibility, the state's uninsured rate has fallen significantly but still remains relatively high, according to a report the Oklahoma Policy Institute released last week.
"We still have a ways to go," said Emma Morris, Oklahoma Policy's health care and revenue policy analyst. "A lot of folks don't have insurance. A lot could have better insurance."
OK Policy said it calculated the percentage of Oklahomans without insurance, which includes Medicaid, as 9.6% on April 25. That compares to 14.4% prior to July 1, 2021, when a ballot initiative adding Medicaid expansion to the state constitution became effective.
The report says 280,000 Oklahomans were enrolled in expanded Medicaid during the first 10 months; Morris said the figure is now around 300,000.
Two-thirds of those people are new to Medicaid; one-third were transferred from other forms of Medicaid, including Insure Oklahoma, a program for low-wage workers.
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Morris said expanded Medicaid has had "a huge impact in its first year," but she said Oklahoma remains in the bottom half of states for the percentage of its population with some form of medical insurance.
Exactly who that remaining 9.6% is, Morris could not say. She said some Oklahomans undoubtedly still fall in a gap between qualifying for even expanded Medicaid and earning enough to afford private insurance.
Previously, few working-age adults qualified for Medicaid unless they were disabled. Expanded Medicaid extends benefits to adults ages 19 to 64 with incomes less than 133% of the federal poverty level — $31,781 for a single parent with two dependent children.
That's still limited compared to other states, but Oklahoma Policy Institute Policy Director Carly Putnam said that "six states expanded Medicaid by ballot initiatives, and Oklahoma is by far the most successful. In every other state it's been a fight."
Putnam said lawmakers and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, whatever personal reservations might have been, acted quickly to put expanded Medicaid into operation and to actively sign up participants.
The report, citing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, says prescription drug services have been the most-used of expanded Medicaid services, followed by physician services and outpatient services. It notes that several services, including dental and behavioral health, are not available to traditional Medicare patients and suggests that they should be.
Morris said it is too soon to know the financial or economic impact of expanded Medicaid on the state and that its implementation during the height of the COVID-19 epidemic further complicates interpretation of the available information.
In the short term, at least, it is partially responsible for an $800 million-plus balance in the Medicaid accounts, which has led to considerable discussion on how to go forward.
According to the OK Policy report, the expansion has cost $808 million. The state has been responsible for 8% of that, most of which has been paid from hospital fees, the state tobacco tax and federal dollars. | 2022-07-01T04:48:02+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/oklahomas-uninsured-rate-cut-by-one-third-during-first-year-of-expanded-medicaid/article_5167206c-f8a6-11ec-ad04-ab9fd743491b.html |
14 hurt, including 3 children, in Chicago Halloween shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — As many as 14 people were injured in a drive-by shooting, including three children, in the city’s Garfield Park neighborhood on Halloween night, Chicago police said.
According to WLS-TV, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said there were three juvenile victims: a 3-year-old, an 11-year-old and a teenager who may be 13 years old. The rest of the victims were adults who ranged in age from their 30s to their 50s. Additionally, one person was struck by a car. The Chicago Fire Department said it had sent at least 10 ambulances to the scene.
Brown said the shooting, which occurred around 9:30 p.m., was a drive-by that was over in a matter of seconds and was captured on POD video, which police are reviewing.
Brown said preliminary information indicates there were at least two shooters seen on the video, though that number could change. They appeared to fire indiscriminately into the crowd.
Brown said there were several large groups at the corner, which is a popular gathering spot in the neighborhood. Some were reportedly attending a vigil that appears, at this time, to be unrelated to the shooting.
The victims were taken to several local hospitals and Brown said their conditions range from non-life threatening injuries to critical condition. There are not yet any reported fatalities.
There is no known motive for the shooting at this time, and Brown said there were no known conflicts at the corner Monday night. Police are waiting for victims to finish being treated so they can interview them.
There is also not yet a description of the car involved or of the offender or offenders, and no one in custody, according to Brown.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-01T11:11:23+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/11/01/14-hurt-including-3-children-chicago-halloween-shooting/ |
The fall high school sports season is officially over but for the teams who walked away with state titles, the memories will live on for years to come.
We look back at some of the best moments from the high school soccer and football playoffs.
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The Bangor High School girls soccer team faces Camden Hills High School in a Class C North semifinal game on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine.
Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Bangor High School’s Emmie Streams (right) protects the ball from Camden’s Kierra McKinnon in a Class C North girls soccer semifinal game on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
The Bangor High School girls soccer enjoys a celebratory moment against Camden Hills High School in a Class C North semifinal game on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine. Camden won the game 3-1.
Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
The Bangor High School girls soccer team faces Camden Hills High School in a Class C North semifinal game on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Camden Hills High School goalie Maddy Tohanczyn blocks a shot in a Class C North girls soccer semifinal game against Bangor High School on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine.
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Camden Hills High School girls soccer players celebrate during a Class C North semifinal game against Bangor High School on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine. Camden Hills won 3-1.
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Camden Hills High School’s Britta Denny in a Class A North girls soccer semifinal game against Bangor High School on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine.
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The Bangor High School girls soccer team faces Camden Hills High School in a Class C North semifinal game on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine.
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Bangor High School goalie Emma McNeil in a Class C North girls soccer semifinal game against Camden Hills High School on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine.
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Members of the Bangor High School girls soccer team console one another after falling to Camden Hills High School 3-1 in a Class C North semifinal game on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine.
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The Camden Hills High School girls soccer team celebrates during a Class A North semifinal game against Bangor High School on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine. Camden Hills won 3-1. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
The Camden Hills High School girls soccer team celebrates its 3-1 victory over Bangor High School in a Class C North semifinal game on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine.
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Houlton’s Amelia Callnan runs through the ball while guarded by Bucksport’s Meg Morrison during the Nov. 2, 2022, girls Class C North soccer championship. Houlton/GHCA fell 2-1. In the background are Shires Macy Cram, Ella McCarthy and Gabby Gentle. Credit: Joseph Cyr / Houlton Pioneer Times
Collecting the ball with her body is Houlton/GHCA’s Lydia Byron (right) during the Class C North girls soccer championship. In the background is Shire Gabby Gentle. The Shires fell to Bucksport 2-1. Credit: Joseph Cyr / Houlton Pioneer Times
Houlton’s Maddie Marino (right) tries to maneuver around Bucksport’s Rylee Coombs during the Class C North championship. Houlton fell 2-1. Credit: Joseph Cyr / Houlton Pioneer Times
Hermon’s Lyndsee Reed (#21) drives the ball down the field by Old Town’s Allyson Caron in second half action of the girls Class B North regional championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Hermon won the game 2-0. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Hermon’s Madison Stewart (#17) and Old Town’s Sadie May charge after the ball in second half action of the girls Class B North regional championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Hermon’s Natalie Tardie (#16) and Old Town’s Kayleigh Johnston (#3) battle for the ball in second half action of the girls Class B North championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Tardie scored the second goal of the game. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
The Hermon Hawks celebrate their 2-0 victory over Old Town to win the Class B North girls regional championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Hermon High School’s Izzy Byram brings the ball down the field in the Class B girls soccer state championship game against Yarmouth on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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The Yarmouth High School girls soccer team defeated Hermon High School 3-2 in the Class B state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy in Bangor, Maine.
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The Yarmouth High School girls soccer team defeats Hermon High School 3-2 in the Class B state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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A Hermon High School girls soccer player eyes the ball during the Class B state championship game against Yarmouth on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy. Yarmouth won 3-2 in double overtime.
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Members of the Hermon High School girls soccer team celebrate during their Class B state championship game against Yarmouth at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Hermon High School’s Izzy Byram tries to defend a Yarmouth player in the Class B girls soccer state final on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy. Yarmouth won 3-2 in double overtime. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Hermon’s Lyndsee Reed runs down the ball against a Yarmouth defender during the Class B state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Yarmouth’s Neena Panozzo (left) and Hermon’s Madison Stewart vie for the ball during the Class B state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Yarmouth’s Ava Feeley (10) hugs a teammate after scoring a goal during the Class B state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy. Feeley scored all three goals in Yarmouth’s 3-2 double overtime win.
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The Yarmouth High School girls soccer team celebrates during the Class B state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. Yarmouth defeated Hermon 3-2.
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Bucksport’s Lily Chiavelli (left) battles a Maranacook opponent for the ball during the Class C girls soccer state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Bucksport’s Ella Hosford (left) attacks the ball during the Class C girls soccer state championship game against Maranacook at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Bucksport’s Lanie Stubbs throws the ball inbounds during the Class C state championship game against Maranacook at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Bucksport’s Addison Goss (15) tries to take the ball from a Maranacook player during the Class C girls soccer state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Maranacook goalie Anna Clauson (left) collides with a Bucksport player during the teams’ Class C girls soccer state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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The Bucksport girls soccer team defeated Maranacook 2-1 in the Class C state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Soccer players from Bucksport and Maranacook battle for the ball in the Class C girls soccer state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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The Bucksport girls soccer team celebrates during its Class C state championship game against Maranacook at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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The Bucksport girls soccer team celebrates during its Class C state championship game against Maranacook at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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The Bucksport High School girls soccer team celebrates its Class C state championship win over Maranacook at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Winslow’s Lucas Boucher (left) slides in to kick the ball from John Bapst’s Ellis Columber in second half action of the boys Class B North regional championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Bapst won the game 2-0. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
John Bapst’s Kyle Sidaway (#17) keeps the ball from Winslow’s Tyler Nadeau (#3) in second half action of the boys Class B North regional championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
Winslow’s Lucas Boucher (left) slides in to kick the ball from John Bapst’s Ellis Columber in second half action of the boys Class B North regional championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Bapst won the game 2-0. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
John Bapst teammates celebrate their 2-0 victory over Winslow to win the Class B North championship game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN
The Yarmouth boys soccer team defeated John Bapst 3-2 in the Class B state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Yarmouth’s Sam Lowenstein (left) celebrates with goaltender Ian O’Connor en route to a 3-2 win over John Bapst in the Class B boys soccer state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Kyle Sidaway (17) of the John Bapst boys soccer team defends a Yarmouth opponent during the Class B state championship soccer game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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John Bapst Memorial High School boys soccer goalie Matt Fitzpatrick goes to block a shot from a Yarmouth opponent in the Class B boys soccer state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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John Bapst’s Jon Pangburn (3) celebrates with teammate Kyle Sidaway (17) during the Class B boys soccer state championship game against Yarmouth on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy. Yarmouth defeated John Bapst 3-2.
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John Bapst captain Hunter Clukey scored his team’s second goal in the Class B boys soccer state championship game against Yarmouth on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Yarmouth goaltender Ian O’Connor smothers the ball during the Class B boys soccer state championship game against John Bapst on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Yarmouth’s Adam McLaughlin (left) faces a John Bapst opponent head on during the Class B boys soccer state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Yarmouth High School senior captain Stevie Walsh (10) celebrates during his team’s Class B boys soccer state championship game against John Bapst Memorial High School at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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The Yarmouth boys soccer team defeated John Bapst 3-2 in the Class B state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Yarmouth’s Sam Lowenstein (right) battles a John Bapst player for control of the ball during the Class B boys soccer state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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The Yarmouth High School boys soccer team defeated John Bapst 3-2 to secure its third consecutive Class B state championship title at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Waynflete’s Nils Burton-Johanson (center) dribbles the ball away from a slew of Fort Kent players during the Class C boys soccer state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Waynflete goalkeeper Nico Kirby secures the ball during the Class C boys soccer state championship game against Fort Kent on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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The Waynflete boys soccer team defeated Fort Kent 6-1 to capture the Class C boys soccer state championship on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Waynflete goalie Nico Kirby (right) jumps in the air alongside a teammate to celebrate during the Class C boys soccer state championship game against Fort Kent on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Waynflete’s Roan Hopkins (left) battles a Fort Kent opponent during the Class C boys soccer state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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The Waynflete boys soccer team defeated Fort Kent 6-1 to capture the Class C boys soccer state championship on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Fort Kent’s Kaden Theriault (left) fights to keep the ball from Waynflete’s Dudley Holdridge during the Class C boys soccer state championship game on Nov. 5, 2022, at Hampden Academy.
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Waynflete’s Myles Culley celebrates during the Class C state championship boys soccer game against Fort Kent at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022. Culley scored five goals in the 6-1 victory. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Waynflete celebrates its 6-1 victory over Fort Kent in the Class C boys soccer state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022.
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Players from the Fort Kent and Waynflete boys soccer teams battle for the ball in the Class C state championship game at Hampden Academy on Nov. 5, 2022. Waynflete won 6-1.
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Foxcroft Academy’s Caden Crocker carries the ball during the Class D state championship football game against Lisbon at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Foxcroft Academy and Lisbon High School face off in the first half of the Class D state football championship on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at Cameron Stadium in Bangor. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Lisbon’s Colby Levasseur carries the ball during the Class D State Championship game between Lisbon and Foxcroft Academy at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Foxcroft Academy’s Kemsley Marsters carries the ball during the Class D state championship football game against Lisbon at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Foxcroft Academy fans cheer on their team during the Class D state championship football game between Foxcroft Academy and Lisbon at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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The Foxcroft Academy football team enters Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, for the Class D state championship game against Lisbon on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Lisbon’s Jimmy Fitzsimmons attempts a pass under pressure from Foxcroft Academy’s Landon Smith during the Class D state championship football game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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The Foxcroft Academy football team celebrates after beating Lisbon 41-22 to win the Class D state championship for the second straight year at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
The Foxcroft Academy football team celebrates with the gold ball after winning the Class D State Championship in a game vs Lisbon at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 29, 2022. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Leavitt’s Dayton Calder enters the end zone for a touchdown during the Class C state championship football game against Medomak Valley at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Medomak Valley’s Hayden Staples carries the ball as Leavitt’s Nick Morin goes in for the tackle during the Class C State Championship Football Game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Nov. 19, 2022. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Leavitt’s Mason Twitchell celebrates with teammate Beau Mayo after Mayo scored a touchdown during the Class C state championship football game against Medomak Valley at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Leavitt’s Brett Coburn attempts to evade a tackle by Medomak Valley’s Ethan Wood during the Class C State Championship football game at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Nov. 19, 2022. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
Medomak Valley’s Hayden Staples approaches the end zone for a touchdown late in the Class C state championship football game against Leavitt at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Leavitt quarterback Noah Carpenter prepares to pass the ball during the Class C state championship game against Medomak Valley at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Medomak Valley’s Chase Peaslee carries the ball during the Class C state championship football game against Leavitt at Cameron Stadium in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 19, 2022.
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The Leavitt Area High School football team celebrates with the gold ball after winning the Class C state championship in a game against Medomak Valley at Cameron Stadium in Bangor on Nov. 19, 2022. Credit: Kim Higgins / BDN
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NEW YORK (AP) — Creed Taylor, a prolific and innovative force in the evolution of jazz who worked with John Coltrane, Ray Charles and many others and a popularizer of Brazilian music who oversaw the recording of such classics as “The Girl from Ipanema” that helped made bossa nova a worldwide phenomenon, has died. He was 93.
Taylor’s son John W. Taylor said he died Monday in Winkelhaid, Germany. The cause was heart failure, after he had suffered a stroke.
“Creed Taylor was one of the most incredible producers of our time,” George Benson said in a statement Wednesday. “Most of all, he was my friend and I will miss him.”
Creed Taylor was a white man raised in the Jim Crow South, Lynchburg, Virginia, who had a broad musical impact — as a packager who helped introduce laminated covers and gatefold sleeves for LPs, as a producer with an ear for emerging talent and new trends and as the founder of Impulse! and CTI Records. He helped discover Herbie Mann, produced early music by Benson, Quincy Jones and Grover Washington Jr. and produced or released albums by Coltrane, Charles, Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery among hundreds of artists.
Commercially, he had his greatest success recording bossa nova, the softened, upscale variation of samba which had emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1950s. Taylor was lead producer at Verve Records when he got a phone call in 1961 from the jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, who had been on tour in Brazil for the State Department and wanted Taylor to hear some tapes of the new sound. Taylor soon contacted his friend Stan Getz, the jazz saxophonist, and suggested he and Byrd work on an album together.
“I knew instantly that something new was happening there,” Taylor told Marc Myers of JazzWax in 2008.
Their collaboration became the landmark “Jazz Samba,” produced by Taylor and featuring two contributions from the gifted Brazilian songwriter and musician, Antonio Carlos Jobim: “Desafinado” (Off Key or Out of Tune) and “Samba de Uma Nota Só.” Recorded in a few hours at a Black church in Washington, D.C., the album came out in 1962 and kept gaining attention, topping the Billboard pop chart the following year and selling more than 1 million copies. Getz won a Grammy for best jazz performance on “Desafinado.”
In 1964, Taylor produced one of the decade’s most acclaimed and influential records, “Getz/Gilberto,” another million seller that stayed on the Billboard charts for nearly two years and confirmed bossa nova’s appeal. “Gilberto/Getz” featured Getz, Jobim and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, and included such bossa nova standards as “Só Danço Samba” and “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars).” “Getz/Gilberto” received four Grammys, including album of the year and record of the year, for its most famous track, “The Girl from Ipanema,” the spare, wistful ballad featuring Jobim singing in Portuguese and a deadpan, English language cameo by a little known Brazilian performer, Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto’s wife.
“Including her vocal on ‘The Girl from Ipanema’ was an afterthought by Stan,” Taylor told JazzWax. “No female vocal had been planned. I didn’t even know who she was until Jobim introduced me to her at the session. I think at the time, Jobim and Joao may have been against her singing. She was viewed simply as João’s wife and not a trained singer. I think they were afraid she was going to bring the session down or something. But Stan pushed.”
“Stan treated a lot of people not well,” he said of the troubled and unpredictable Getz, who died in 1991. ”(But) there was no tension in the studio that day whatsoever. At the end of the session, Stan said, ‘Astrud, you’re going to be famous.’”
A shortened version of “The Girl from Ipanema,” with only Astrud Gilberto’s vocals, became a top 10 hit. “The Girl from Ipanema” has since been covered by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Amy Winehouse and is often ranked just behind “Yesterday” as the world’s most recorded pop song.
Taylor worked with numerous labels, beginning with Bethlehem Records in the 1950s, and eventually formed his own. He started Impulse! in 1960 as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, and reached deals with Coltrane and Charles among others before leaving for Verve a year later. Impulse! would eventually release Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme,” one of the top selling jazz albums of all time.
In 1967, Taylor launched CTI, initially in partnership with A&M Records, then as an independent company. He released albums ranging from Freddie Hubbard’s soul-jazz favorite “Red Clay” to George Benson’s commercial breakthrough “Bad Benson,” and records by Jobim, Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Nina Simone, Milt Jackson and Chet Baker. CTI was not only a leader in establishing “smooth jazz,” blending jazz with soul and funk and other sounds, but was recognizable for its album covers by photographer Peter Turner, often using silhouettes, moody closeups and stark color designs.
Taylor struggled after the mid-1970s, especially after a distribution deal with Motown ended with his filing for bankruptcy. He did resurrect the label in the late 1980s and had some success with Larry Coryell’s “Fallen Angel” album. More recently, he presided over the reissue of dozens of CTI albums, including releases by Benson, Ron Carter and Esther Phillips.
Jazz critic-musician Leonard Feather, writing in the Los Angeles Times in 1988, praised Taylor as “a man of unique vision, with an ear for great talent as well as for good sound quality.”
Taylor was married twice, most recently to Harriet Schmidt. He had four children.
A mill owner’s son, Taylor was a musician himself who joined his high school’s marching band and played trumpet in two jazz groups while majoring in psychology at Duke University. Upon graduation, in 1951, he was drafted into the Marines Corps and for a year served in combat as an artilleryman in the Korean War.
After the 1953 armistice in Korea, he initially returned to Virginia. His father wanted him to become a doctor, but he soon moved to what had become his home before he had even seen it — New York City — and pursued what had long been his passion — jazz. Even as he grew up around blue grass and country music, he was moved by the sounds he had discovered through listening to New York jazz DJ Sidney Torin, aka “Symphony Sid,” on WJZ (later WABC).
“Everything he talked about was so cool and clear in my head, not just about the music but also the social surroundings of the jazz players,” he told JazzWax. “All I could think of was, “Wow, this music is something else.” I couldn’t wait to get up to New York and start meeting the people Symphony Sid was talking about.” | 2022-08-25T00:29:50+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/entertainment-news/ap-creed-taylor-the-girl-from-ipanema-producer-dead-at-93/ |
- In collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of leading experts, FertilityWise offers a convenient, tech-based solution for fertility information.
- This new offering underscores Ferring's commitment to helping educate healthcare providers by compiling innovative, evidence-based content related to fertility care into easy-to-access modules.
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ferring Pharmaceuticals U.S. today announced the launch of FertilityWise, a digital, on-demand series of e-learning modules developed specifically for fertility nurses and advanced practice providers. Through a comprehensive online library, which includes modules on reproductive endocrinology to cryopreservation and embryo development, FertilityWise provides a single point of access to this information for new and experienced staff members, at no cost.
"For clinic staff caring for individuals and families going through their fertility journey, in-depth knowledge across a wide range of topics is essential to providing the guidance and support aspiring parents seek," said Elizabeth Garner, M.D., MPH, Chief Scientific Officer, Ferring Pharmaceuticals U.S. "We believe we understand the needs of the clinic staff and are pleased to offer FertilityWise to help make important information more accessible, which can lead to an enhanced patient experience."
Curated in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of leading experts, including nurses, physicians, educators and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) specialists in the fertility field, the inclusive, research- backed curriculum leverages their category expertise and multiple points of view to build a strong foundation of knowledge. This allows the viewer to adapt and implement the in-depth content based on their individual needs. Further, interactive and engaging features delivered through premium quality technology elevate the experience.
"As a practicing reproductive endocrinologist for more than 15 years, I know how important it is that all fertility clinic staff receive the proper information to help them feel confident in their knowledge base and ability to provide high-quality patient care," said Eve Feinberg, M.D., Northwestern Medical Group. "It was an honor to be part of the content development of FertilityWise and to offer my perspectives and clinical experience to create this new offering that will address an unmet need for flexible training in the clinic setting."
Powered by EngagedMD, a leader in the field of fertility specialty education, FertilityWise aims to provide user-friendly content available for viewing based on each individual's schedule and at their own pace.
For more information, visit www.ferringusa.com/fertilitywise.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals is a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group committed to helping people around the world build families and live better lives. In the United States, Ferring is a leader in reproductive medicine and maternal health, and in specialty areas within gastroenterology and orthopaedics. Ferring has been developing treatments for mothers and babies for over 50 years and has a portfolio covering treatments from conception to birth. Founded in 1950, privately owned Ferring now employs around 6,000 people worldwide, has its own operating subsidiaries in nearly 60 countries, and markets its products in 110 countries. Learn more at www.ferring.com, or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert gave Utah the lead with an alley-oop dunk with 11.0 seconds left and the Jazz held off the Dallas Mavericks 100-99 on Saturday in Game 4 to tie the first-round series.
Dallas star Luka Doncic had 30 points, 10 rebounds four assists in his return from a three-game absence because of strained left calf. Jalen Brunson added 23 points, and Dorian Finney-Smith, Dwight Powell and Reggie Bullock had 11 points apiece.
Game 5 is Monday night in Dallas.
After going 3 1/2 minutes without a basket, the Jazz took a 95-94 lead on Mitchell’s layup with 1:27 remaining. Doncic answered with back-to-back baskets to put Dallas up 99-95.
Mitchell converted a three-point play to bring Utah within one. Powell missed a pair of free throws with 19.8 seconds left, opening the door for Gobert’s winner.
RAPTORS 110, 76ERS 102
TORONTO — Pascal Siakam scored 15 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, Gary Trent Jr. added 24 points and Toronto beat Philadelphia to a avoid a series sweep.
Game 5 is Monday night in Philadelphia. No team has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series.
Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid started despite a right thumb injury that required him to wear a brace. Embiid shot 3 for 10 in the first half. He finished 7 for 16 and scored 21 points in 39 minutes. Before the game, 76ers coach Doc Rivers said Embiid is expected to undergo an MRI.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. —
NWA Book Fest will be hosting a brand-new event for book lovers in Springdale on September 9. This Book Swap event will be held at the Apollo on Emma Avenue starting at 6 p.m.
With this book swap, NWA Book Fest hopes to lessen book waste while also bringing readers together. The event will also feature a “Recommendation Station” for those swapping books.
Other activities such as local snacks, drinks, dessert and a mini-makers market will be available at the event.
Early bird tickets will be on sale through Aug. 1 and include a tote bag with purchase. For more information on the event and for ticket sales, click here.
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Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker, but investigation continues
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The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues.
Eight months after Politico published its explosive leak detailing the draft of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court said its investigative team "has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence."
Never before had an entire opinion made its way to the public before the court was ready to announce it.
Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation the next day into what he termed an "egregious breach of trust."
Investigators “conducted 126 formal interviews of 97 employees, all of whom denied disclosing the opinion” in sworn statements, the court said in a 23-page document posted on its website.
Some employees had to amend their written statements after they “admitted to telling their spouses about the draft opinion or vote count,” the report said.
The court said it could not rule out that the opinion was inadvertently disclosed, “for example, by being left in a public space either inside or outside the building."
Investigators looked closely at connections between court employees and reporters, and they found nothing to substantiate rampant speculation on social media about the identity of the leaker.
The investigation concluded that it “is unlikely that the Court’s information technology (IT) systems were improperly accessed by a person outside the Court,” following an examination of the court’s computers, networks, printers, and available call and text logs.
The “risk of both deliberate and accidental disclosures of Court-sensitive information” grew with the coronavirus pandemic and shift to working from home, the report said. More people working from home, ”as well as gaps in the Court’s security policies, created an environment where it was too easy to remove sensitive information from the building and the Court’s IT networks,” the report said.
Investigators are continuing to “review and process some electronic data that has been collected and a few other inquiries remain pending,” the report said.
Roberts also asked former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, himself a onetime federal judge, to assess the investigation. Chertoff, in a statement issued through the court, described it as thorough.
Politico published the draft decision on May 2. Less than 24 hours later, Roberts confirmed the draft’s authenticity and said he had directed the court’s marshal, former Army Col. Gail Curley, to lead the investigation.
Since then, there had been silence from the court — until Thursday.
The court had declined to say anything about the status of the investigation or whether an outside law firm or the FBI has been called in or whether it had taken steps to try to prevent a repeat. Speaking in Colorado in September, Justice Neil Gorsuch said he hoped a report was coming “soon” but he did not say whether it would be made public.
Gorsuch joined Roberts in condemning the breach of trust the leak engendered. Justice Clarence Thomas spoke in even starker terms about the leak’s effect on the justices.
“When you lose that trust, especially in the institution that I’m in, it changes the institution fundamentally. You begin to look over your shoulder. It’s like kind of an infidelity that you can explain it, but you can’t undo it,” he said while speaking at a conference in Dallas less than two weeks after the leak became public.
The leak itself sparked protests and round-the-clock security at justices’ homes. Alito said it made the conservative justices who were thought to be in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade “targets for assassination” that “gave people a rational reason to think they could prevent that from happening by killing one of us.”
In early June, a man carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Maryland after threatening to kill the justice. The man told police he was upset by the leaked draft.
Responding to protests outside the court, officials ringed the building with hard-to-climb fencing, the same barrier that was in place for months following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
When the final decision was released on June 24, it was remarkably similar to the draft that was leaked. Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Justice Amy Coney Barrett voted to overturn Roe.
Speculation has swirled since the draft’s release about who might be the source. Only the justices, a small number of staff and the justices’ law clerks, young lawyers who spend a year at the court helping the justices with their work, would have had access to the document.
Conservatives pointed fingers at the liberal side of the court, speculating that the leaker was someone upset about the outcome. Liberals suggested it could be someone on the conservative side of the court who wanted to ensure a wavering justice didn’t switch sides.
It would have taken just one conservative justice to side with Roberts to alter the decision. Instead of overturning Roe entirely, Roberts favored weakening abortion rights. | 2023-01-19T22:20:56+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/supreme-court-leaked-draft-abortion-opinion-nvestigation/42575294 |
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s been 26 years since James Loxley underwent a life-saving kidney transplant after a donation from his father.
“I have been able to live life to the fullest with that transplant,” Loxley said.
It’s also when he began taking 25 milligrams of the drug Neoral, which is an immunosuppressant commonly used to prevent organ rejection after a transplant. The drug is imperative to the continued success of Loxley’s transplant, and when he suddenly couldn’t get ahold of it, he became concerned.
“The pharmacist said to me, ‘We have a situation going on. There’s a national shortage of this medication,'” his wife, Linda Loxley, recalled.
“I am scared,” her husband added. “If this medication [isn’t available], what is going to happen to the life-saving transplant that I received from my father?”
With the help of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the couple received an emergency supply of Neoral, though only enough to last James Loxley two weeks.
“I don’t want to lose him,” his wife said. “I am going to do everything in my power to get this medication for him because it is that important. He could die [without] it.”
The drug’s manufacturer, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, told Nexstar’s WPRI there is no longer a shortage of Neoral.
“There was a backorder of Novartis Neoral 25 milligrams earlier this year, but as of Feb. 16, it is available and no longer on backorder,” a company spokesperson said. “As this is so recent, there may be a lag in the market to get product backfilling the channel.”
That’s the case for James Loxley, whose pharmacy still has a limited supply.
“It’s essential,” Jeffrey Bratberg, a pharmacy professor at the University of Rhode Island said. “If you don’t tell the immune system to not reject the organ, you have a much higher likelihood of rejecting the organ.”
Bratberg said patients impacted by medication shortages should work closely with their prescribing doctor or pharmacist to discuss both short- and long-term solutions.
Generic medications may also be available in place of the brand-name drugs, Bratberg added.
James Loxley, meanwhile, said he doesn’t want to take chances with a generic medication, especially 26 successful years with Neoral. | 2023-03-09T21:04:05+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/why-life-saving-organ-transplant-drug-was-in-short-supply/ |
Colorado gay club shooting suspect to be at court hearing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The alleged shooter facing possible hate crime charges in the fatal shooting of five people at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is scheduled to make their first court appearance Wednesday from jail after being released from the hospital a day earlier.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, who was beaten into submission by patrons during Saturday night’s shooting at Club Q, was scheduled to appear by video at the hearing. The motive in the shooting was still under investigation, but authorities said Aldrich faces possible murder and hate crime charges.
Hate crime charges would require proving that the shooter was motivated by bias, such as against the victims’ actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. The charges against Aldrich are preliminary, and prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges. Aldrich is represented by Joseph Archambault, a chief trial deputy with the state public defender’s office. Lawyers from the office do not comment on cases to the media.
Defense attorneys said late Tuesday that the suspect is nonbinary. Standard court filings submitted by the defense team refer to the suspect as “Mx. Aldrich,” and the attorneys’ footnotes assert that Aldrich is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. The motions deal with issues like unsealing documents and evidence gathering, not Aldrich’s identity and there was no elaboration about it.
Aldrich’s name was changed more than six years ago as a teenager, after filing a legal petition in Texas seeking to “protect himself” from a father with a criminal history including domestic violence against Aldrich’s mother.
Aldrich was known as Nicholas Franklin Brink until 2016. Weeks before turning 16, Aldrich petitioned a Texas court for a name change, court records show. A petition for the name change was submitted on Brink’s behalf by their grandparents, who were their legal guardians at the time.
“Minor wishes to protect himself and his future from any connections to birth father and his criminal history. Father has had no contact with minor for several years,” said the petition filed in Bexar County, Texas.
The suspect’s father is a mixed martial arts fighter and pornography performer with an extensive criminal history, including convictions for battery against the alleged shooter’s mother, Laura Voepel, both before and after the suspect was born, state and federal court records show. A 2002 misdemeanor battery conviction in California resulted in a protective order that initially barred the father, Aaron F. Brink, from contacting the suspect or Voepel except through an attorney, but was later modified to allow monitored visits with the child.
The father also was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in custody for importation of marijuana and while on supervised release violated his conditions by testing positive for illegal steroids, according to public records. Brink could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Aldrich’s request for a name change came months after Aldrich was apparently targeted by online bullying. A website posting from June 2015 that attacked a teen named Nick Brink suggests they may have been bullied in high school. The post included photos similar to ones of the shooting suspect and ridiculed Brink over their weight, lack of money and what it said was an interest in Chinese cartoons.
Additionally, a YouTube account was opened in Brink’s name that included an animation titled “Asian homosexual gets molested.”
The name change and bullying were first reported by The Washington Post.
Court documents laying out Aldrich’s arrest were sealed at the request of prosecutors. Aldrich was released from the hospital and was being held at the El Paso County jail, police said.
Local and federal authorities have declined to answer questions about why hate crime charges were being considered. District Attorney Michael Allen noted that the murder charges would carry the harshest penalty — life in prison — whereas bias crimes are eligible for probation. He also said it was important to show the community that bias motivated crimes are not tolerated.
Aldrich was arrested last year after their mother reported her child threatened her with a homemade bomb and other weapons. Ring doorbell video obtained by The Associated Press shows Aldrich arriving at their mother’s front door with a big black bag the day of the 2021 bomb threat, telling her the police were nearby and adding, “This is where I stand. Today I die.”
Authorities at the time said no explosives were found, but gun-control advocates have asked why police didn’t use Colorado’s “red flag” laws to seize the weapons Aldrich’s mother says her child had.
The weekend assault took place at a nightclub known as a sanctuary for the LGBTQ community in this mostly conservative city of about 480,000 about 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of Denver.
A longtime Club Q patron who was shot in the back and thigh said the club’s reputation made it a target. Speaking in a video statement released by UC Health Memorial Hospital, Ed Sanders said he thought about what he would do in a mass shooting after the 2016 massacre of 49 people at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
“I think this incident underlines the fact that LGBT people need to be loved,” said Sanders, 63. “I want to be resilient. I’m a survivor. I’m not going to be taken out by some sick person.”
The attack was halted by two club patrons including Richard Fierro, who told reporters that he took a handgun from Aldrich, hit them with it and pinned them down with help from another person until police arrived.
The victims were Raymond Green Vance, 22, a Colorado Springs native who was saving money to get his own apartment; Ashley Paugh, 35, a mother who helped find homes for foster children; Daniel Aston, 28, who had worked at the club as a bartender and entertainer; Kelly Loving, 40, whose sister described her as “caring and sweet”; and Derrick Rump, 38, another club bartender known for his wit.
A database run by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University that tracks every mass killing in America going back to 2006 shows this year has been especially bad. The U.S. has now had 40 mass killings so far this year, second to the 45 that occurred for all of 2019. The database defines a mass killing as at least four people killed, not including the killer.
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Bedayn is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Associated Press reporters Bernard Condon in New York, Jake Bleiberg in Dallas, Amy Forliti in Minneapolis, Matthew Brown in Billings, Montana, Jill Bleed in Little Rock, Arkansas, Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles and news researcher Rhonda Shafner from New York contributed.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-23T15:44:58+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/11/23/colorado-gay-club-shooting-suspect-be-court-hearing/ |
A company-wide effort to "support progress towards resiliency and net zero" – Chubb Chairman and CEO Greenberg
Chubb leaders appointed co-heads of new business
ZURICH, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb (NYSE: CB) announced today the launch of a new global climate business unit, drawing on the company's extensive technical capabilities in underwriting and risk engineering and bringing together Chubb units engaged in traditional, alternative and renewable energy, climate tech, agribusiness and risk engineering services. The new business unit will provide a full spectrum of insurance products and services to businesses engaged in developing or employing new technologies and processes that help reduce the dependence on carbon. It will also provide risk management and resiliency services to help those managing the impact of climate change. Together these businesses already generated more than $675 million in premium revenue for Chubb in 2022.
"After many months of thoughtful deliberation, today we are announcing an expanded commitment to support the transition toward net zero in response to rising climate challenges," said Evan G. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "In the coming months, expect to see additional capabilities from Chubb to support our customers across all industries as they seek to become more carbon neutral and resilient from the threat of a changing climate."
The new Global Climate Business Unit will be co-led by two experienced Chubb senior leaders. Matthew McMullin, based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, has been named North America Leader of the Chubb Global Climate Practice. Matthew Hardy, based in London, has been named Chubb Overseas General (COG) Leader, representing all markets outside the U.S., Canada and Bermuda.
"In addition to already underwriting one-third of the Global CleanTech 100 companies, we've been writing renewable and alternative energy businesses for more than 20 years, keeping pace with rapidly evolving technologies over that time," said McMullin. "The new business will see expanded appetite and additional tailored insurance products and related services to further assist the transition from hydrocarbon-based fuels to environmentally friendly and renewable natural resources."
"Our local presence in 54 countries and territories allows us to be on the leading edge of new technology developments, including AgriTech in Latin America, electric vehicles in Europe and manufacturing in Asia, as each area is contributing to the global net zero goal and innovating in different ways," added Hardy. "With a full spectrum of solutions, dedicated underwriters and risk engineers, we can scale to our customers' needs, however complex."
McMullin, who will maintain his role as Energy Industry Practice Leader for North America, joined Chubb in 2008. He held several roles with Global Casualty before joining the Commercial Insurance Energy Industry Practice in June 2021, where he was responsible for the division's underwriting portfolio.
Hardy, formerly Executive Vice President, Energy, for COG, has nearly 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. Since joining the company in 1996, he has held various energy positions, including Head of Onshore and Chief Underwriting Officer, Energy, for COG.
McMullin and Hardy will work with Chubb's new Global Climate Officer, Margaret Peloso, who will be joining Chubb from Vinson & Elkins where she practiced law and served as the firm's Lead Sustainability Partner and is a board member of the Environmental Law Institute. Peloso holds a PhD in Environment from Duke University.
You can learn more about Chubb's new Global Climate Business at www.chubb.com/climate.
Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 34,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.chubb.com
Forward-looking statements made in this press release, such as statements regarding Chubb's product and service offerings, risk management, including climate-related risks and opportunities, commitments, and Chubb's expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts, reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Additional information regarding factors that could cause differences from these forward-looking statements appears in Chubb's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made.
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BOSTON (AP) — Hackers stole personal data including Social Security numbers, addresses and account numbers of home mortgage holders at KeyBank, the bank reports, in the breach of a third-party vendor that serves multiple corporate clients.
The hackers obtained the information on July 5 after breaking into computers at the insurance services provider Overby-Seawell Company, according to a letter that Cleveland-based KeyBank sent to affected residential mortgage customers.
KeyBank, which operates in 15 states and has close to $200 billion in assets, would not say how many of its customers were affected or answer any other questions about the breach. In a statement, it said it was notified of the data theft on Aug. 4 and KeyBank systems and operations were unaffected.
Overby-Seawell did not respond to phone messages and emails sent to executives seeking comment. In the statement sent Friday to The Associated Press, KeyBank said Kennesaw, Georgia-based Overby-Seawell “suffered a cybersecurity incident that compromised data of its corporate clients.” It did not elaborate.
According to its website, Overby-Seawell’s customers include banks, credit unions, mortgage servicers, finance companies and property investors. Its products include a tracking system for real-time insurance monitoring that can be integrated with other financial industry software platforms.
It is a subsidiary of the Breckenridge Group, also of Kennesaw.
In an Aug. 26 letter shared with the AP by an affected mortgage-holder, KeyBank said the information acquired in the Overby-Seawell breach related to their mortgage includes their name, address, mortgage account number and the first eight digits of their nine-digit Social Security number.
That’s plenty of information for identity thieves to commit serious fraud.
“We take this matter very seriously and have notified all affected individuals,” KeyBank said in the letter.
KeyBank said Overby-Seawell had notified law enforcement and was investigating the breach with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts. It encouraged the mortgage holder to sign up for free fraud monitoring. | 2022-09-04T03:16:49+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/technology/ap-keybank-hackers-of-third-party-provider-stole-customer-data/ |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Some Democrat lawmakers are disappointed with the Biden administration’s decision to approve the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska.
“We have to go all in on clean energy,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said.
President Joe Biden is facing backlash from Democrats, like Bowman, for giving the green light to the project.
“This is the equivalent of putting two million cars back on our highways,” Bowman said.
The Willow Project, in Alaska’s North Slope, is expected to produce 180,000 barrels of oil a day.
Bowman says that reverses progress made by climate reform in the Inflation Reduction Act.
“Why are we taking these two huge steps back right now and drilling for more oil,” Bowman said.
Bowman says the decision shows how much power oil companies still have.
“The fossil fuel lobby wields incredible money and incredible power into the Democratic party and into members of Congress,” Bowman said.
On the other hand, the oil industry says the Willow Project will provide a much-needed boost to American energy and the local economy.
“It provides generational economic stability for the Alaskan people,” API Senior Communications VP Megan Bloomgren said.
Even though Bloomgren celebrates the approval, she isn’t happy with the Administration’s simultaneous announcement to cut off 16 million acres from future oil and gas development.
“I think that’s a troubling move at a time when the administration has been calling on American energy producers to produce more energy,” Bloomgren said.
Bloomgren says energy is safer and cleaner when it’s produced in the U.S. | 2023-03-17T20:30:40+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/health-2/alaska-oil-drilling-project-approved-democrats-disappointed-with-presidents-decision/ |
The first week of the softball season is officially underway and we’re starting to get a fuller sample size and clearer picture of who’s been lighting it up around the state on a consistent basis.
Here’s a conference-by-conference look at the season stat leaders so far across all 15 conferences and across seven statistical categories: hits, extra-base hits, home runs, runs, RBI, stolen bases and strikeouts. | 2023-04-10T18:40:51+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/04/individual-softball-season-state-team-and-conference-stat-leaders-through-april-9.html |
MIAMI, Fla., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXS LAW expands its legal intern program with the additions of Rochelle Hamman and Sam Kramer.
Rochelle further expands AXS LAW's slate of foreign-trained legal professionals. She graduated in the top 15% of students from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, where she earned her LL.B. law degree. Rochelle also received an award for best student in Alternative Dispute Resolution during her legal studies. After graduating, she went on to work as a Legal Advisor and Human Resource manager for Africa Union Holdings, where she worked in their Johannesburg and Dubai offices on cross-border commercial transactions and joint ventures, and dispute resolution. Rochelle is currently working towards her J.D. and LL.M. in International Arbitration at UM Law.
Sam is a rising 3L at the University of Miami School of Law who previously interned with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and clerked with the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. He has also worked with the University of Miami Children and Youth Law Clinic. Sam was recently elected as an Articles and Comments Editor for the Inter-American Law Review and his student note was selected for publication in Volume 54 of the Review.
AXS LAW strives to disrupt the traditional law model not just in the way it handles client matters, but also in how it trains and elevates the next generation of lawyers. As Summer Associates, Rochelle and Sam will be integral parts of preparing for state and federal court jury trials. Over the next several months, our Summer Associates will get hands-on experience in drafting motions, preparing for depositions, and litigating cases in court so that they are prepared and confident as they begin their legal careers after graduation.
About AXS LAW
AXS LAW is dedicated to providing practical and comprehensive solutions to complex matters. After decades of BIG LAW, we created AXS LAW with a view to disrupting the traditional law model to better address the needs of the modern business law consumer. We do this first and foremost by bringing our own expertise as entrepreneurs. Our attorneys are encouraged to pursue entrepreneurship and this, in turn, gives us the perspective and the "guts" to help our clients navigate, not avoid, risk. And, unlike most law firms, we have personality. We are not tethered to our chairs and desks; we are out there continually forging new and strengthening existing relationships in the business and the wider community. In addition, AXS LAW is committed to giving back to the community through its philanthropic arm AXS ART which supports the local South Florida arts community through programs, events and legal representation. For more information, please visit www.axslawgroup.com.
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Brady Tkachuk scored the tiebreaking goal in Ottawa's three-goal third period and the Senators beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Monday night for their fourth straight win.
Thomas Chabot, Shane Pinto and Derick Brassard also scored for the Senators, scored four straight over a 12:07 stretch after falling behind 1-0 in the first period. Magnus Hellberg stopped 30 shots in his season debut.
Joel Kiviranta and Wyatt Johnston scored for the Stars and Scott Wedgewood finished with 28 saves. Dallas (4-1-1) lost in regulation for the first time this season.
Tkachuk skated through the left circle and got past Stars defenseman Nils Lundkvist and beat Wedgewood for a 2-1 lead at 4:17 of the third.
Pinto made it 3-1 nearly six minutes later as he scored for the fifth consecutive game.
Brassard, also making his season debut, went down the ice and wired a shot past Wedgewood for a three-goal lead with 8 1/2 minutes remaining.
Johnston pulled the Stars back within two with 2:16 remaining.
Dallas had the first eight shots of the game and Kivirianta got the Stars on the scoreboard at 6:31 of the first period.
Chabot tied it with 37 seconds remaining in the second as he ripped a point shot past Wedgewood while the Senators were on their third power play of the period.
NOTES
With starter Anton Forsberg sidelined, Kevin Mandolese was the backup goaltender for the Senators as he was called up from Belleville of the AHL. ... Dallas has not lost any man games to injury so far this season.
UP NEXT
Stars: At Boston on Tuesday night to complete a four-game trip.
Senators: Host Minnesota on Thursday night to finish a five-game homestand. | 2022-10-25T02:41:11+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Tkachuk-helps-Senators-beat-Stars-4-2-for-4th-17531896.php |
WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, October 31, 2022
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WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Reno NV
1014 AM PDT Mon Oct 31 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 8 PM
PDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches
for elevations above 5500 feet west of US-395. Elsewhere, up to
2 inches expected. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph on Tuesday.
* WHERE...Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties.
* WHEN...From noon Tuesday to 8 PM PDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. Gusty
winds could bring down tree branches.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A band of steady snow with snow levels
crashing from 6500 feet to valley floors on Tuesday can be
expected. This will be followed by periods of snow showers on
Tuesday night through Wednesday. These showers may bring rapidly
changing conditions with a quick 1 to 2 inches of accumulation
possible.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Even light snowfall causes major travel delays, especially during
periods of high traffic volume. Be sure to allow extra time to
reach your destination. Leave extra space between vehicles since
it takes longer to stop on slick roadways.
The latest road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches,
except 3 to 9 inches above 7000 feet. Winds gusting as high as
50 mph with 80 to 100 mph gusts along the Sierra crest.
* WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. Very
strong winds could cause extensive tree damage.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow levels will crash on Tuesday with snow
expected for all elevations. There will be an initial band of
heavy snow pushing through Tuesday afternoon into the evening.
This will be followed by periods of snow showers Tuesday night
through Wednesday. These showers may bring rapidly changing
conditions with a quick 1 to 2 inches of accumulation possible.
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 6 inches
west of US-395. Elsewhere, 0 to 2 inches of snow. Winds gusting
as high as 65 mph for wind prone locations with 80 to 100 mph
gusts for the Sierra crest.
* WHERE...Mono County.
starting at 7000 feet lowering to valley floors by Tuesday evening.
This will be followed by periods of snow showers on Tuesday
night through Wednesday. These showers may bring rapidly
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NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating:
- UserTesting, Inc. (NYSE: USER), relating to its proposed acquisition by Thoma Bravo and Sunstone Partners. Under the terms of the agreement, USER shareholders are expected to receive $7.50 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/usertesting-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
- ForgeRock, Inc. (NYSE: FORG), relating to its proposed acquisition by Thoma Bravo. Under the terms of the agreement, FORG shareholders are expected to receive $23.25 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/forgerock-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
- Benefitfocus, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNFT), relating to its proposed acquisition by Voya Financial, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, BNFT shareholders will receive $10.50 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/benefitfocus-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
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LONDON (AP) — They want money — that’s what they want, that’s what they want. Well, now the Rolling Stones can say they’re also ON money, the face of a new collectible coin issued by Britain’s Royal Mint to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary.
The new 5-pound ($6.04) coin features a silhouette image of the iconic band performing — frontman Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and the late drummer Charlie Watts — as well as the band’s name in what is described as their classic 1973 font. The mint said it was one of the last coins of the year to be released bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September at age 96.
The Rolling Stones were back on the road this year with their 2022 European “Sixty” tour, ending in Berlin in August.
“We are delighted to be honored by way of an official UK coin,” the band said in a statement included in the Royal Mint’s announcement. “Even more significant that the release coincides with our 60th anniversary.”
The new coin is the fifth in the mint’s “Music Legends’” series, which celebrates legendary British artists. Others so honored have been Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, and The Who.
While the best things in life are free, as the Stones sang in their cover of the Motown hit “Money (That’s What I Want),” the coins will cost something. Similar coins on the mint’s website from the Music Legends series range from 15 pounds ($18.12) to 465 pounds ($561.92).
“Our Music Legends series is creating a new generation of coin collectors,” said Rebecca Morgan, director of collector services at The Royal Mint. “We hope this provides a fitting tribute to the band’s 60 years of rock and roll music for their millions of fans across the globe … The Rolling Stones are UK rock legends, and we anticipate this coin being incredibly sought-after by coin collectors and music lovers alike.
“The coin is also one of the last to be released bearing the effigy of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, marking a significant moment in history,” Morgan added in the statement.
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Online: https://www.royalmint.com/ | 2022-12-01T02:13:27+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-rolling-stones-60th-year-honored-with-uk-collectible-coin/ |
TOKYO (AP) — All equipment needed for the release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has been completed and will be ready for a safety inspection by Japanese regulators this week, the plant operator said Monday, as opposition to the plan continues in and outside Japan over safety concerns.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said it installed the last piece of an undersea tunnel dug to release the water offshore, completing the construction of the necessary equipment that began last August.
A mandatory safety inspection of the equipment will begin Wednesday, said Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinichi Yamanaka, who visited the Fukushima Daiichi plant last week.
If everything goes well, TEPCO is expected to receive a safety permit for the release about a week after the inspection ends, officials said. Discharge of the treated water is expected to begin this summer, although the exact date has not been set.
The plan has faced fierce protests from local fishing groups concerned about safety and reputational damage. Nearby countries, including South Korea, China and some Pacific Island nations, have also raised safety concerns.
Government and utility officials say the wastewater, currently stored in about a thousand tanks at the plant, must be removed to prevent any accidental leak in case of an earthquake and to make room for the plant’s decommissioning. They say the treated but still slightly radioactive water will be diluted to safe levels and will be released gradually into the ocean over decades, making it harmless to people and marine life.
Some scientists say the impact of long-term, low-dose exposure to radionuclides is unknown and the release should be delayed. Others say the release plan is safe but call for more transparency, including allowing outside scientists to join in sampling and monitoring the release.
Japan has sought support from the International Atomic Energy Agency to gain credibility and ensure that safety measures meet international standards.
A massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and their cooling water to be contaminated and leak continuously. The water is collected, treated and stored in the tanks, which will reach their capacity in early 2024. | 2023-06-26T14:00:49+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/science/fukushima-nuclear-plant-operator-says-equipment-to-release-treated-wastewater-into-sea-is-complete/ |
12-year-old Chiefs fan to see Make-A-Wish come true at Super Bowl
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A 12-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan battling a nervous system disorder will have his dreams fulfilled through the Make-A-Wish Foundation this weekend.
Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas in partnership with the NFL will grant the wishes of Gavin and 16 other wish kids who will be traveling to Phoenix for Super Bowl LVII from 15 different states.
Gavin’s experience began with a welcome celebration Wednesday where Gavin met and got to know the other wish kids and their families, KWCH reported.
On Thursday, Gavin will brush shoulders with the NFL’s biggest stars on the red carpet at the NFL Honors event.
Friday will see Gavin get a private, behind-the-scenes tour of State Farm Stadium and have free time to show off his football skills at the Super Bowl Experience.
The experience will end with Gavin stepping inside the stadium to watch as the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head on Sunday.
Brian Miller, Vice President of Marketing & Communications with Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas, said Super Bowl weekend means more to the foundation’s staff, volunteers and supporters who can help grant wishes at the game.
“For Gavin, we hope that the trip provides him with the strength and inspiration needed to face whatever challenges come his way,” Miller said.
For more information on the Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas Foundation or to donate, visit their website.
Copyright 2023 KWCH via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-08T22:44:56+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2023/02/08/12-year-old-chiefs-fan-see-make-a-wish-come-true-super-bowl/ |
U.S. Business receives employee-driven honor
HERSHEY, Pa., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is proud that its U.S. business has been Certified™ by Great Place to Work®. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Hershey. This year's survey of current Hershey employees noted justice, pride and leadership as particular strengths for the company. Hershey's U.S. business joins operations in Brazil and India in earning this certification honor.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
"Great Place to Work Certification™ isn't something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience," said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place to Work. "It's the only official recognition determined by employees' real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that The Hershey Company is one of the best companies to work for in the country."
"Being named a Great Place to Work-Certified company further validates our culture and our 128-year legacy of making moments of goodness," said Michele Buck, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hershey Company. "Inspired by our remarkable people who bring our purpose to life, we are committed to living our values every day and ensuring our company remains a great place to work."
The certification underscores Hershey's on-going commitment to foster a positive employee experience, with inclusivity, equity and mentorship initiatives driving tangible results. Hershey empowers people to be themselves while owning and growing their own careers to their full potential. In 2022, the company launched an enterprise-wide career development program so employees could learn and practice new ideas, behaviors and skills. Additionally, Hershey is committed to supporting employees through a set of competitive and wide-ranging benefits to help them be well, plan for their future, and balance work and life. To continue supporting employees and their growing families, Hershey will increase salaried parental leave to up to 20 weeks in 2023.
"This honor directly reflects the thoughts and opinions of our employees, which is the highest praise we could receive," added Chris Scalia, Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, The Hershey Company. "To address the challenges of the past two years, our leadership team has harnessed the power of continuous and active listening, created a safe and open workplace through public acts of vulnerability, and fostered value creation through putting our employees' well-being first. These initiatives are making a difference, and we will continue to engage our people to create a workplace that's welcoming, inclusive and reflective of our purpose and values."
According to Great Place to Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company's profits and have a fair chance at promotion.
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The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pa., and is an industry-leading snacks company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands, remarkable people and enduring commitment to help children succeed. Hershey has approximately 19,000 employees around the world who work every day to deliver delicious, quality products. The company has more than 100 brand names in approximately 80 countries around the world that drive more than $8.9 billion in annual revenues, including such iconic brand names as Hershey's, Reese's, Kit Kat®, Jolly Rancher and Ice Breakers, and fast-growing salty snacks including SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty and Dot's Homestyle Pretzels.
For more than 125 years, Hershey has been committed to operating fairly, ethically and sustainably. Hershey founder, Milton Hershey, created the Milton Hershey School in 1909 and since then the company has focused on helping children succeed.
About Great Place to Work Certification™
Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive "employer-of-choice" recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place to Work-Certified.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™. Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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The Democratic-led Senate handed a stinging rebuke to President Biden on Thursday, passing a measure that overturns his student debt relief plan to give 40 million borrowers up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness — though a presidential veto is likely on the way.
The Senate passed the measure in a 52-46 vote just days after it cleared the GOP-majority House. Democratic Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) joined Republicans in voting to nix Biden’s proposal.
As a Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure, only 50 votes were required instead of the usual 60 to overcome a filibuster.
The White House has made it clear a veto is coming, and neither chamber can provide the two-thirds vote to override.
Biden’s proposal, however, is still at the mercy of the conservative-leaning Supreme Court, which seemed highly skeptical of it during oral arguments earlier this year.
While student debt forgiveness has strong support among progressives, its bicameral rejection would not have been possible without help from moderate Democrats.
In a statement, Manchin said the nation “simply cannot afford to add another $400 billion to the national debt.”
“There are already more than 50 existing student loan repayment and forgiveness programs aimed at attracting individuals to vital service jobs, such as teachers, health care workers, and public servants. This Biden proposal undermines these programs and forces hard-working taxpayers who already paid off their loans or did not got to college to shoulder the cost,” he said.
The votes in the House and Senate happened quickly as the Republicans were able to fast-track them after the Government Accountability Office said Biden’s plan is subject to the CRA.
The debt relief is currently set to cost taxpayers an estimated $400 billion. The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that reversing course on the relief would reduce the deficit by $320 billion over 10 years.
Liberals have said they not only disagree with efforts to overturn the measure but have concerns doing so would make it so borrowers owe backpay on the interest for payments not made over the pandemic.
“I’ve seen different legal opinions about whether it is retroactive or exactly how it would affect borrowers, but I think it is clear that it would be very disruptive and very confusing and make it challenging for borrowers to return to repayment successfully,” Education Department Under Secretary James Kvaal said during a House hearing on the issue.
Republicans have denied their bill has any retroactive concerns and have promoted the measure to end student debt relief as an act of fairness to American taxpayers.
“Our resolution prevents average Americans, 87 percent of whom currently have no student loans, from being stuck with a policy that the administration is doing not to be fair to all, but rather to favor the few,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
Despite this measure’s certain death at the White House, Republicans this week are claiming another victory against Biden’s student loan actions.
The House on Wednesday passed the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement, which includes a hard cutoff of the pandemic-era student loan payment pause at the end of the summer, nixing any chance advocates had of convincing Biden to continue the moratorium on payments.
Although the president already said payments would begin again 60 days after June 30, at the latest, he has gone back on his word before about restarting them.
“While I wish I could take his words at face value, his past actions have showed me otherwise. Passing the Fiscal Responsibility Act is the only sure-fire way to force a return to repayment and prevent the president from issuing another illegal extension,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.
And Republicans are optimistic that their challenges to the debt forgiveness will prevail at the Supreme Court. | 2023-06-01T21:50:13+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/hill-politics/senate-passes-measure-to-halt-bidens-student-debt-forgiveness/ |
ALLEGAN, Mich., June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Padagis today announced the launch of Tazarotene Gel (generic to Tazorac® Gel) and Methylphenidate Transdermal System (authorized generic to Daytrana®).
Tazorac® Gel 0.05% and 0.1% are indicated for the topical treatment of patients with plaque psoriasis of up to 20% body surface area involvement. Tazorac® Gel 0.1% is also indicated for the topical treatment of patients with facial acne vulgaris of mild to moderate severity. Annual market sales for Tazorac® Gel were approximately $11 million in the 12 months ended April 2023 as measured by IQVIA.
Daytrana® is a prescription central nervous system (CNS) stimulant indicated for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Annual market sales for Daytrana® were approximately $43 million in the 12 months ended April 2023 as measured by IQVIA.
Padagis President, Pam Hoffman, stated, "Padagis enters as the second generic prescription product to launch in each of these markets, demonstrating our ability to select and execute on pipeline products that bring value to our customers and patients alike. Many thanks to the development, regulatory, supply chain and commercial teams at Padagis for their work on these important launches."
About Padagis
Padagis is dedicated to improving the well-being of patients and consumers by providing high quality, affordable, specialized healthcare products. The company is a leading provider of extended topical and other specialty pharmaceuticals to its primary markets of the United States and Israel. Padagis employs over 1,300 people worldwide. Visit Padagis online at (http://www.padagis.com).
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Body dead for several months found in SC donation bin
LUGOFF, S.C. (AP) — A body found inside a donation bin in South Carolina had likely been dead for at least several months, Kershaw County authorities said.
Someone found the body after checking the rusty bin well off U.S. Highway 1 in Lugoff after smelling a bad odor, investigators said.
Investigators first thought the body might be from someone seeking shelter from the recent cold snap, but quickly determined the remains had been in the bin for at least several months, Kershaw County Coroner David West said.
The bin appeared to have not been emptied for years and had VHS tapes inside, West said.
Investigators for now are treating the death as a homicide and took the bin and the body away for further investigation, Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan said.
An autopsy has been scheduled for Wednesday, authorities sad.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid mounting pressure from Republicans, a bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana that was narrowly killed by a legislative committee last week has been resurrected.
In a rare occurrence, the Senate voted to recommit the controversial bill to a different committee, giving it a second chance at life. The measure, which was rejected by the Senate Health & Welfare Committee last week, received statewide and national attention after a Republican cast the tie-breaking vote to kill the bill.
Sen. Fred Mills, the Republican chairman of the Health & Welfare Committee who cast last week’s decisive vote, told his colleagues on the chamber floor Thursday that he opposed reviving the bill, adding that if lawmakers respect the vote of the majority of the committee, they will uphold the decision. But the Senate voted 26-11 — along party lines, with the exception of Mills – to recommit the bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to meet Friday afternoon.
The bill has already passed in the House. If the Senate Judiciary Committee advances the bill, it will then move to the full Senate for debate. Upon final passage, the measure would be sent to the desk of Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who opposes the bill. Edwards has not said whether he would veto it.
“Do what you need to do,” Mills told lawmakers Thursday. “We can talk about the merits of the bill for a long period of time, and I know people are saying that they want (the bill) to be heard on the floor. I do understand that. But I will tell you that this committee did a heck of a job.”
Tensions over the legislation reached a boiling point last week after Attorney General Jeff Landry, who is a GOP gubernatorial candidate this year, and the Republican Party of Louisiana pressured lawmakers to resurrect the proposed gender-affirming care ban and pass it.
Additionally, anti-transgender activists took to social media, including conservative political commentator Matt Walsh, who tweeted to his nearly 2 million followers that Mills would regret his decision and that it is “the biggest mistake of his political career.”
Mills, who sided with Democrats on the committee vote, has repeatedly said he stands by his decision.
“As I have always done in my 16 years as a legislator, I relied on science and data and not political or societal pressures,” Mills, a pharmacist in rural Louisiana, said last week. “I prioritized the value of the physician-patient relationship, I put my trust that the physicians in Louisiana know better that I do regarding how to treat these children, and I decided that this is such a small unique subset of medical needs of the entire population that I should not take away approved and appropriate medicinal options.”
Opponents of Louisiana’s bill argue that gender-affirming care, which is supported by every major medical organization, can be lifesaving for someone with gender dysphoria — distress over gender identity that doesn’t match a person’s assigned sex. Research suggests transgender children and adults are prone to stress, depression and suicidal thoughts. Advocates for the LGBTQ+ community fear that without the care, transgender children could face especially heightened risks.
According to a report by the Louisiana Department of Health, just a few dozen minors received gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy and puberty blockers, between 2017 and 2021. This data only factored Medicaid-enrolled youths. Additionally, the report found that there have been no gender-affirming surgeries performed on Medicaid-enrolled minors during that timeframe.
Currently, children in Louisiana need parental permission to receive any gender-affirming health care before they turn 18.
Proponents of the legislation argue that the proposed bans would protect children from life-altering medical procedures until they are mature enough to make such serious decisions.
So far, at least 18 states have enacted laws restricting or prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors, and all three of Louisiana’s bordering states have enacted bans or are poised to do so.
The ban in Arkansas, the first state to prohibit such care, has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. Mississippi’s governor signed a ban into law in February. Texas’ governor has said he will sign a ban that lawmakers have sent him. | 2023-06-02T20:28:45+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/bill-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youths-in-louisiana-resurrected/ |
KYIV, Ukraine — Drones that the Kremlin said were launched by Ukraine flew deep inside Russian territory, including one that got within 100 kilometers (60 miles) of Moscow, signaling breaches in Russian defenses as President Vladimir Putin ordered stepped-up protection at the border.
Officials said the drones caused no injuries and did not inflict any significant damage, but the attacks on Monday night and Tuesday morning raised questions about Russian defense capabilities more than a year after the country's full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
Ukrainian officials did not immediately take responsibility, but they similarly avoided directly acknowledging responsibility for past strikes and sabotage while emphasizing Ukraine’s right to hit any target in Russia.
Although Putin did not refer to any specific attacks in a speech in the Russian capital, his comments came hours after the drones targeted several areas in southern and western Russia. Authorities closed the airspace over St. Petersburg in response to what some reports said was a drone.
Also Tuesday, several Russian television stations aired a missile attack warning that officials blamed on a hacking attack.
The drone attacks targeted regions inside Russia along the border with Ukraine and deeper into the country, according to local Russian authorities.
A drone fell near the village of Gubastovo, less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow, Andrei Vorobyov, governor of the region surrounding the Russian capital, said in an online statement.
The drone did not cause any damage, Vorobyov said, but it likely targeted “a civilian infrastructure object.”
Pictures of the drone showed it was a small Ukrainian-made model with a reported range of up to 800 kilometers (nearly 500 miles) but no capacity to carry a large load of explosives.
Russian forces early Tuesday shot down another Ukrainian drone over the Bryansk region, local Gov. Aleksandr Bogomaz said in a Telegram post.
Three drones also targeted Russia’s Belgorod region on Monday night, with one flying through an apartment window in the capital, local authorities reported. Regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said the drones caused minor damage to buildings and cars.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine used drones to attack facilities in the Krasnodar region and neighboring Adygea. It said the drones were brought down by electronic warfare assets, adding that one of them crashed into a field and another diverted from its flight path and missed a facility it was supposed to attack.
Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency reported a fire at the oil facility, and some other Russian reports said that two drones exploded nearby.
While Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod have become a regular occurrence, other strikes reflected a more ambitious effort.
Some Russian commentators described the drone attacks as an attempt by Ukraine to showcase its capability to strike deep behind the lines, foment tensions in Russia and rally the Ukrainian public. Some Russian war bloggers described the raids as a possible rehearsal for a bigger, more ambitious attack.
Andrei Medvedev a commentator with Russian state television who serves as a deputy speaker of Moscow’s city legislature and runs a popular blog about the war, warned that the drone strikes could be a precursor to wider attacks within Russia that could accompany Ukraine’s attempt to launch a counteroffensive.
“The strikes of exploding drones on targets behind our lines will be part of that offensive,” Medvedev said, adding that Ukraine could try to extend the range of its drones.
Russia hawks urged strong retaliation. Igor Korotchenko, a retired Russian army colonel turned military commentator, called for a punishing strike on the Ukrainian presidential office in Kyiv.
Another retired military officer, Viktor Alksnis, noted that the drone attacks marked the expansion of the conflict and criticized Putin for failing to deliver a strong response.
Also on Tuesday, authorities reported that airspace around St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, was temporarily closed, halting all departures and arrivals at the main airport, Pulkovo. Officials did not give a reason for the move, but some Russian reports claimed that it was triggered by an unidentified drone.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it was conducting air defense drills in western Russia.
Last year, Russian authorities repeatedly reported shooting down Ukrainian drones over annexed Crimea. In December, the Russian military said Ukraine used drones to hit two bases for long-range bombers deep inside Russian territory.
Speaking at Russia’s main security agency, the FSB, Putin urged the service to tighten security on the Ukraine border.
In another development that fueled tensions across Russia on Tuesday, an air raid alarm interrupted the programming of several TV channels and radio stations in several regions. Russia’s Emergency Ministry said in an online statement that the announcement was a hoax “resulting from a hacking of the servers of radio stations and TV channels in some regions of the country."
Meanwhile, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press appeared to show a Russian warplane in Belarus that Belarusian guerrillas claimed to have targeted as largely intact.
Tuesday’s high-resolution images from Planet Labs PBC showed no immediate signs of damage to the Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft after what Belarusian opposition activists described as an attack on the Machulishchy air base Sunday outside the Belarusian capital of Minsk.
Belarusian activists supporting Ukraine alleged that the aircraft was seriously damaged. Russian and Belarusian officials did not comment on the claims.
In Ukraine, four people were killed and five others wounded Tuesday by renewed Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said in a Telegram.
A 68-year-old man was also killed as Russian forces shelled Kupiansk, a town in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
The fiercest fighting continued to be in eastern areas of Ukraine, where Russia wants control over all four of the provinces it illegally annexed in September.
Ukrainian officials said Russian forces have deployed additional troops and equipment, including the latest T-90 battle tanks, in those areas.
In a video address, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked U.S. industrialists for supporting Ukraine and voiced hope for their support in rebuilding the country after the war. Zelenskyy noted that the country faces a “colossal task” to restore hundreds of thousands of damaged sites, including “whole cities, industries, productions." | 2023-03-01T22:12:27+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/drones-russia-putin-orders-border-tightened/507-2b5e1921-9882-4b05-8d25-6b0eba01ff77 |
Idaho sued over law making it a crime to help minors get abortions without parental consent
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two advocacy groups and an attorney who works with sexual assault victims are suing Idaho over a new law that makes it illegal to help minors get an abortion without their parents’ consent.
Abortion is already banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy. But the law enacted in May -- dubbed a “travel ban” by the advocacy groups and an “abortion trafficking ban” by the lawmakers who passed it -- seeks to prevent minors who don’t have parental approval from getting abortions in states where the procedure is legal. Violating the law is a felony, punishable by at least two and up to five years in prison.
The Legal Voice activist group filed the lawsuit in federal court Tuesday on behalf of Nampa attorney Lourdes Matsumoto, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund, and the Indigenous Idaho Alliance. All of the plaintiffs work with and sometimes assist minors who are seeking abortions, and they want to continue that work without the threat of prosecution.
They contend the law is overly vague and violates both their First Amendment right to discuss abortion with minors and their Fourth Amendment right to travel freely between states.
“Ignoring that some of the minors may seek an abortion because they were sexually abused by a parent or guardian, that they have consulted with trusted adults who support their position, or that they are actual victims of human trafficking,” the Legislature instead tried to stop pregnant minors from crossing state lines for care, the plaintiffs wrote in the lawsuit.
Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador’s office declined to comment on the case because it is still pending. But spokeswoman Emily Kleinworth wrote in an email that the office is always prepared to vigorously defend laws passed by the Legislature.
Labrador has previously said that his office has the ability to charge people with violating the law even in cases where the local prosecutor, who would normally handle such decisions, declines to prosecute.
In the lawsuit, Matsumoto and the advocacy groups call Idaho’s abortion laws “draconian” and “the worst in the nation.” The ban on helping minors obtain abortions is poorly written and infringes on the right to talk about and fund a minor’s abortion, they contend.
Matsumoto, who works with survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, said she would like to help her minor clients obtain abortions if they choose, but she’s not sure exactly what type of conduct would violate the law.
“The law is so uncertain that Plaintiffs cannot tell if it is criminal to operate a motor vehicle on the streets and highways of Idaho because a pregnant minor is in the car,” Matsumoto’s attorneys wrote in the lawsuit.
Abortion remains legal in the neighboring states of Washington, where no parental consent is required, and Oregon, where people over age 15 can get abortions without parental consent.
Even before abortion was criminalized in Idaho, some residents traveled to neighboring states for the procedure just because that was the closest clinic. But in the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion rights ruling in Roe v. Wade, the states surrounding Idaho saw a significant increase in abortions, including almost 1,500 in Washington, more than 1,300 in Oregon and nearly 2,600 in Nevada, according to data from the Society of Family Planning.
The Idaho law attempts to sidestep violating a constitutional right to travel between states by making illegal only the portion of the trip that takes place in Idaho. Another clause of the Constitution requires states to respect the laws of other states, and yet another restricts the ability of the states to impair interstate commerce.
Idaho’s law is also structured as an “affirmative defense” statute, which means anyone who helps a minor that is not their own child arrange an abortion can be charged with a felony, but they can later attempt to defend themselves in court by proving that the minor had parental permission for the trip.
Last year, the Northwest Abortion Access Fund assisted 166 Idaho residents, including some minors, obtain abortion care, according to the lawsuit. Now the organization is worried its staffers and volunteers could be subjected to prosecution if they continue those efforts.
The Indigenous Idaho Alliance has also helped adults and minors facing unwanted pregnancies obtain abortions. In some of those cases, the pregnant person was sexually abused by a close family member, a law enforcement officer or another person in an authority position, making it unsafe to involve a parent, according to the lawsuit.
“Although many minors faced with an unintended pregnancy choose to involve their parents, many do not,” the groups wrote in the lawsuit. “There are minors who cannot or do not have access to their parents. There are minors who are afraid to anger or disappoint their parents, as well as those who face the threat of violence in their homes.”
Many minors seeking abortions have to rely on an adult to drive them to another state. Even in the most populated part of the state, there are no public transportation options to travel the roughly 56 miles (90 kilometers) from Boise to the closest abortion provider in Ontario, Oregon, according to the lawsuit.
Matsumoto and the advocacy groups are asking a judge to declare the law unconstitutional and bar the state from enforcing it.
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The NFL Players Association is calling on six venues to change their current playing surfaces, saying the turf in those stadiums results in “statistically higher in-game injury rates” involving non-contact and lower-extremity injuries.
“The NFL and its experts have agreed with this data and acknowledge that the slit film field is less safe,” Tretter said. “Player leadership wrote a letter to the NFL this week demanding the immediate removal of these fields and a ban on them going forward, both in stadiums and for practice fields. The NFL has not only refused to mandate this change immediately, but they have also refused to commit to mandating a change away from slit film in the future at all.
“The injuries on slit film are completely avoidable — both the NFL and NFLPA experts agree on the data — and yet the NFL will not protect players from a subpar surface.”
Jeff Miller, the executive vice president of communications, public affairs & policy for the NFL, disputed the NFLPA’s conclusions.
“As the NFLPA knows from the meeting of our Joint Field Surface Safety & Performance Committee earlier this month, there was no difference between the number of injuries on synthetic surfaces versus grass,” Miller said in an emailed statement.
“While slit film surfaces, one type of synthetic material, have two to three more injuries per year, most of them are ankle sprains — a low-burden injury — whereas slit film also sees a lower rate of fewer high-burden ACL injuries compared to other synthetic fields.”
Miller said joint experts for the league and NFLPA did not recommend any changes to surfaces at the committee meeting, but agreed more study is needed.
The NFLPA requested that the league no longer allow games to be played on fields with clear visual abnormalities. He pointed to a preseason game between Chicago and Las Vegas that had “chunks of grass torn up.”
“This is an embarrassment,” he added.
Tretter also called on the league to “clear the excess people and dangerous equipment from the sidelines.”
“It really should be a simple fix,” he said. “Give the players their space to perform. Year after year, the NFL tells us they will look into it; and year after year, nothing ever changes.
“The players are frustrated. We simply want a safer workplace. The NFL has an obligation to provide the safest work environment possible. They are not living up to that standard. We play one of the most dangerous sports in the world; it shouldn’t be more dangerous because the clubs won’t do anything to remove the simple injury risks on practice and playing surfaces.”
Several players took to social media to back Tretter’s comments.
“Nfl says they care about player safety yet they can’t put us on a natural surface,” San Francisco 49ers pass rusher Nick Bosa said.
Added Niners tight end George Kittle: “Field conditions impact everyone, from players to fans to coaches and GMs. No one wants to see players sidelined by injury because owners choose to save money over a bad field.”
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New research finds SaaS revenue will continue to grow at a 25% annual rate and will reach $279 billion in 2024, emphasizing the need for an enterprise-wide SaaS DevOps platform
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Opsera, the Continuous Orchestration platform for DevOps, today announced its enterprise-wide SaaS DevOps capabilities to manage and modernize software releases. It also announced a new study commissioned from Vernon Keenan, senior industry analyst at Salesforcedevops.net. The research affirms the need for a single, enterprise-wide SaaS DevOps platform with annual SaaS spending reported as $125 billion in 2021.
To learn more about the state of SaaS DevOps, download the full research: https://opsera.io/SaaS-
Apps-DevOps-Whitepaper
For fast, secure and flexible delivery of all SaaS apps enterprises need (i.e. Salesforce, Snowflake, Apigee, Adobe Experience Manager, Boomi, SAP, Informatica, Snaplogic etc.), Opsera takes the brute force out of SaaS application releases with no coding required. With Opsera, IT organizations can deliver flawless and secure SaaS releases up to 80% faster while saving hundreds of developer hours, operating seamlessly across all major cloud environments. Opsera also offers the broadest and deepest integrations with SaaS apps on the market, with its multi-cloud SaaS architecture that is extensible and can easily integrate with any SaaS not already in the ecosystem.
"Opsera has enabled our small team to set up automated CI/CD pipelines across various SaaS applications – Salesforce, Boomi, Oracle Fusion and AWS Data services," said a Director of DevOps from a leading business intelligence software company. "With Opsera's SaaS DevOps platform, our releases are more predictable and we have improved the overall release quality and productivity by 50%. Opsera has also helped us improve the agility and velocity while meeting the needs and requirements of the business."
Opsera's SaaS DevOps platform offers the following benefits:
- Brings disparate data and siloed development practices together under a singular focus.
- Alleviates the need to build separate development teams, metadata, configurations, profiles, permissions and packages and release management tactics for end-to-end visibility across the SaaS DevOps ecosystem.
- Opsera's multi-SaaS and multi-cloud architecture enables enterprises to leverage the Opsera platform to accelerate SaaS DevOps maturity in multiple SaaS applications (CRM, ERP, Data & Integration services, Marketing applications and ITSM etc).
- Enterprises can leverage Opsera's no-code platform and reusable microservices to improve the overall release velocity, time to market, security and quality posture.
- Gain end-to-end visibility across SaaS DevOps environments to make intelligent decisions.
"The increased pace of SaaS and the public cloud replacing on-premises solutions will have a global impact on IT operations," said Vernon Keenan, senior industry analyst at SalesforceDevops.net and author of the study. "As organizations add more critical SaaS applications to their inventories, the need for a cohesive SaaS management strategy, or SaaS DevOps, will grow dramatically in the next five years. With today's announcement, Opsera is well positioned to help enterprises to streamline their SaaS DevOps and help improve their agility, velocity, security posture and visibility."
Key findings from Keenan's report that support the need for a single, enterprise-wide SaaS DevOps platform include:
- SaaS revenue will continue to grow at a 25% annual rate and will reach $279 billion in 2024.
- 35 new SaaS companies have entered the public market since 2018, indicating growth is partly fueled by SaaS application expansion.
- The skill with which an organization manages multiple SaaS systems impacts organizational agility, velocity, security, quality and time to market.
- Operational SaaS systems need to be managed with a SaaS DevOps platform to ensure proper governance.
Read more from Keenan's research: https://salesforcedevops.net/index.php/2022/08/16/saas-devops-grows-to-critical-importance/
"The challenges with the proliferation of SaaS are a growing pain point we see with our customers. At Opsera, we quickly recognized the need for a SaaS DevOps solution to help enterprises orchestrate their SaaS app releases and provide the visibility for them to make smart decisions," said Kumar Chivukula, co-founder and CTO of Opsera. "As the SaaS market continues to expand, managing and orchestrating SaaS DevOps across many applications will be mission critical to success. Enterprises with a single SaaS DevOps platform will enable them to improve agility and productivity significantly, go to market faster and improve their overall security and quality posture."
About Opsera
Opsera is the first Continuous Orchestration platform for next-gen DevOps that enables choice, automation, and intelligence across the entire software life cycle. It offers simple, self-service toolchain integrations, drag-and-drop pipelines, and unified insights. With Continuous Orchestration, development teams can use the tools they want, operations teams gain improved efficiency, and business leaders have unparalleled visibility. Opsera believes DevOps has transformed from an aspiration to a practical science, and Continuous Orchestration is the future to help organizations accelerate DevOps adoption and reach peak innovation velocity.
About Salesforcedevops.net
SalesforceDevops.net is the only source of independent news and analysis on the Salesforce and SaaS devops ecosystems. The site was founded in 2021 by Vernon Keenan, who is a 45-year computer industry veteran and senior industry analyst.
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New SwitchPoint™ Technology provides simple and fast "Chair in the Air" activation in the event of a fall; SwitchPoint suspension innovation designed for professionals working at height
ITASCA, Ill., Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Werner, the world leader in ladders and the manufacturer of climbing products and fall protection equipment, today announces the ProForm™ SP Full Body harness with SwitchPoint technology, designed for post-fall safety and rescue. The new high-performing harness was developed for specialized professionals and takes the Werner patented "Chair in the Air" technology to the next level by providing fast and easy activation before rescue workers arrive. It features a hip level deployment cord that makes activation simple and puts the suspended worker into a comfortable seated position with freedom of movement for improved rescue operations.
"With safety being our number one priority at Werner, we are thrilled to unveil this new technology that will help people get into a safe position and allow them freedom of movement to assist in their own rescue", said Chris Hillman, product manager at Werner. "We know that our customers require fall protection that can be trusted and the ProForm SP harness was designed to provide a higher level of safety to protect workers in high-risk environments from fall-related injuries."
Higher Level Safety for Higher Level Work
Werner was first to market and currently there is no other harness available that provides this type of immediate and controlled post-fall relief in case of an accident. Engineered with patented built-in safety features and manufactured with precision craftsmanship, the user can easily activate the dorsal D-Ring of the harness, which immediately transitions from back to front for easier access. Professionals that have a traumatic fall experience are now allowed more freedom of movement for improved rescue. The athletic design of the harness is made with fabrics that breathe and conform to the user's body to provide all day comfort and productivity on the jobsite. The comfort and freedom of movement also reduce the chance of harnesses being modified or misused by the user.
Additional product highlights:
- Evenly distributed weight to reduce the effects of suspension trauma.
- Features patented SwitchPoint suspension technology.
- Specially designed leg straps for freedom of movement.
- SRL bumper protects the users lower back from contact when wearing personal SRL's.
- Manufactured with enhanced padding and moisture wicking mesh lining that rolls over the edge of the pad for heat reduction and maximum comfort.
- Aluminum Cam Torso Adjuster provides easy adjustment for the ultimate fit.
- Comes equipped with a stamped steel chest D-Ring and integrated gear loops.
The Werner ProForm SP harnesses are available nationally online and in-stores at professional distributors. For more information or to find a dealer, please visit wernerco.com/switchpoint.
ABOUT WERNER
Werner, a WernerCo Professional Brand, is the world leader in ladders and has a complete line of climbing products designed for working at heights. The portfolio includes ladders, attic ladders, scaffolding, pump jacks, stages, planks, stepstools, accessories and fall protection equipment, including harnesses, lanyards, anchors and compliance kits. From ladders to fall protection, Werner provides a full imine of climbing equipment that is engineered to give you maximum safety, durability and productivity at every height. All Werner products meet or exceed applicable international safety standards. For more information, visit www.wernerco.com.
ABOUT WERNERCO PROFESSIONAL BRANDS
WernerCo Professional Brands is a privately owned, fully-integrated, international manufacturer and distributor of access products, fall protection equipment, secure storage systems and light duty construction equipment. WernerCo's business model and growth is defined by innovation and continuous improvement of the products, processes and services they deliver. WernerCo products are Trusted Everywhere Work Gets Done™! For a full list of industry leading global brands, visit www.wernerworldwide.com.
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Snakes in the walls: First-time homebuyer discovers snake infestation
DENVER, Colo. (KMGH) – Owning a home can be very stressful, but a first-time home buyer in Colorado discovered a massive snake infestation in the walls of the house.
After weeks of looking at homes, Amer Hall knew a home in Centennial was the one she wanted when she walked inside.
Her family and their two dogs moved in at the end of March. But settling in has taken more time than she thought.
Their dog found a snake in the back of her garage, but that was just the beginning. Hall said there were more hidden in the wall.
She hired a snake wrangler who said there’s likely a den somewhere underground and they’ve been living there for at least two years.
“My kids and I are afraid to sleep in our beds,” Hall said. “We’re afraid to use the restroom because snakes may come out of the toilet.”
She’s not sure when, or even if, that feeling will ever go away.
“It’s rough. I’m 42 years old, and this is my first home. I’ve worked my whole life for it, and I can’t enjoy it. My kids can enjoy it. I’m scared to death,” Hall said.
Hall said she wants to rip up the concrete and find out where the reptiles are before she can escape from the snake saga that’s her new home.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A teen went missing from Knoxville on Sunday, according to police and the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers.
Daytona Justus, 16, was last seen on Sunday around 5:15 p.m. She is around 5’5″, 145 pounds, with brown/red hair and blue/gray eyes. An East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers post said there is concern about her safety and well-being.
The post was shared by both Knoxville Police Department and Alcoa Police Department.
Crime Stoppers said she may be trying to get to Memphis with a friend or to a previous home near Carpenter’s Campground Road in Maryville or Reagan Springs Road in Seymour.
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers urges anyone who sees Justus to call 9-1-1. Anyone with information about Justus’ whereabouts is asked to contact the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers.
There are multiple ways you can provide anonymous information to Crime Stoppers. You can call 865-215-7165 or **TIPS, and go online at www.easttnvalleycrimestoppers.org, via the free mobile app, P3 Tips, or on the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers Facebook page. Tipsters can remain anonymous and are eligible to receive a cash reward. | 2023-04-11T21:43:10+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/missing-people/police-seek-teen-missing-from-knoxville/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hallmark has announced Esther L. George, retired president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, is elected to its board of directors.
George joined the Federal Reserve in 1982 and throughout her 40 years of leadership, has held many responsibilities. In 2009, during the Great Financial Crisis, she was called to Washington, D.C. to serve as the Federal Reserve's acting director. There, she led supervision of all banks, including the largest bank in the United States. She was appointed president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in August 2011.
As president and CEO, George directed Federal Reserve activities in a seven-state region with offices in Kansas City, Omaha, Oklahoma City, and Denver. In her role, Esther saw all facets of the economy, developing a deep understanding of consumer motivations, trends, and market segments across a wide range of businesses. The most visible part of her job as president was participating in the Federal Open Market Committee's policy deliberations. As a voting member, she helped set U.S. monetary policy.
Under her leadership, the Bank was known for developing high-performing, strategic leaders, a very strong innovative culture, research expertise and deep competencies in technology services.
Esther was recognized for her work to ensure that the Bank forged a strong connection to communities and businesses as well as being a champion for inclusion and diversity. She formed the Division of Community Engagement and Inclusion, increasing the Bank's focus on its employees and the communities it serves.
"I have known Esther for years and feel fortunate to have someone with her unique business acumen and experience join our board," Hallmark's Executive Chairman Don Hall, Jr. said. "Having led at the highest levels of our economy during some of the most economically turbulent times, we believe Esther's experience, strategic skills, understanding of culture, values and the Kansas City community will be a great compliment to our board."
"I am honored to be named to the board of directors at Hallmark," George said. "It means a great deal to me to be a part of such enduring brands and a company whose purpose is to enrich lives."
A Missouri native, George currently serves as chair of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Board of Trustees in Kansas City. She received a B.S.B.A. degree in Business Administration from Missouri Western State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She is also a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
George joins seven other directors on the Hallmark board, including David Dillon, retired CEO of the Kroger Company; Pauline Fischer, founder and principal of PMF Media Group; Nancye Green, founding partner, Donovan/Green; Janet Rollé, CEO of the American Ballet Theatre; Mike Perry, Hallmark president and CEO; David Hall, Hallmark executive vice-chairman of the board; and Don Hall, Jr., Hallmark executive chairman of the board.
About Hallmark
For more than 100 years, private and family-owned Hallmark Cards, Inc. has been dedicated to creating a more emotionally connected world. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri and employing 20,000 worldwide, the multi-billion company operates a diversified portfolio of businesses. The Hallmark Global business sells greeting cards, gift wrap and related products in more than 30 languages with distribution in nearly 100 countries and 100,000 rooftops worldwide, including a network of company-owned and independently owned Hallmark Gold Crown stores in five countries. Crayola® offers a wide range of art materials and creative play toys designed to spark children's creativity around the globe. Hallmark Media operates three cable channels – Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama, and Hallmark Movies Now, a subscription-based streaming service. Crown Center is a real estate development company that manages the 85-acre hotel, office, entertainment and residential campus surrounding Hallmark's headquarters. For more information, visit Hallmark.com. Connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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Virtual rapper dropped by record label after racism complaints
(CNN) - Major music label Capitol Records has dropped a newly-debuted “robot rapper” amid criticism that the virtual character was offensive to Black artists.
FN Meka, using the avatar of a Black male cyborg with a partly shaved head and green braids, debuted its first single under the record label earlier this month.
But Capitol Records said Tuesday that it has “severed ties with the FN Meka project, effective immediately” and called its decision to sign the project “insensitive.”
The label also apologized for “not asking enough questions about equity and the creative process behind it.”
The decision comes after industry professionals said the character was fashioned out of reductive stereotypes.
A nonprofit activist group posted an open letter to Capitol Records, calling on the label to drop the character and remove it from all platforms. The group also demanded that all funds spent on the project be directed toward causes that support young Black artists.
FN Meka is a project of the label Factory New, the first in what the company hoped would be a roster of virtual music artists. It is generated partly by artificial intelligence but voiced by a real human.
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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case No.: D-202-CV-2022-00442 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1, Plaintiff, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES OF HENRY C ARMIJO, DECEASED; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendants. NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION STATE OF NEW MEXICO to Defendant, The Unknown Heirs, Devisees and Legatees of Henry C Armijo, Deceased to be published on: You are hereby notified that the above-named Plaintiff Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not Individually but Solely as Trustee for Finance of America Structured Securities Acquisition Trust 2018-HB1 has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof being to foreclose a mortgage on real property located at 1907 Isleta Blvd SW Unit 6, Albuquerque, NM 87105. The real property which is the subject matter of this action is legally described as follows: A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND SITUATE IN SECTION 36, T 10 N, R 2 E, N.M.P.M., WITHIN THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF ATRISCO GRANT, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. BEING IDENTIFIED AS ALL OF TRACT NO. 196 B 13, AS SHOWN ON THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT’S PROPERTY MAP NO. 43. BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS SURVEY AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING TIE ON THE EAST 1/4 CORN OF SECTION 36, T 10 N, R 2 E, N.M.P.M., AS SHOWN ON BERNALILLO COUNTY SURVEY SHEET NO. 6, BEARS N. 60° 51′ 35" E., 2123.41 FEET DISTANCE; THENCE, N. 88° 07′ 30" E., 580.41 FEET; THENCE, S. 02° 04′ 30" W., 145.07 FEET; THENCE, S. 72° 30′ 15" W., 50.80 FEET TO CORNER NO. 1 THENCE, N. 71° 22′ 00" W., 50.00 FEET TO CORNER NO. 2 THENCE, S. 03° 32′ 00" W.., 71.87 FEET TO CORNER NO. 3 THENCE, S. 89° 34′ 40" E., 50.00 FEET TO CORNER NO. 4 THENCE, S. 04° 38′ 00" W., 87.40 FEET TO POINT OF BEGINNING. If there is a conflict between the legal description and the street address, the legal description shall control. Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the Complaint in said cause on or before thirty (30) days after the last publication date, judgment by default may be entered against you. McCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP By: Jason Bousliman Daniel Higgins II Attorneys for Plaintiff 6501 Eagle Rock NE, Suite A-3 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 Telephone No.: (505) 219-4900 dhiggins@mccarthyholthus.com IDSPub #0178225 5/3/2022 5/10/2022 5/17/2022
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WGN) — The parents of the alleged Highland Park July 4 parade shooter have retained the law office of R. Kelly’s defense attorney to represent them.
In a statement posted on Twitter Tuesday evening, Steve Greenberg, who currently represents R. Kelly in his Chicago case, said the Crimo family has retained attorneys Tom Durkin and Josh Herman to represent their son.
Additionally, the parents have retained Steve Greenberg’s firm to represent them and released the following statement through him:
“We are all mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, and this is a terrible tragedy for many families, the victims, the paradegoers, the community, and our own. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to everybody.”
Crimo III’s father, Robert Crimo, ran for mayor of Highland Park in 2019.
In a press conference Tuesday evening, seven counts of first-degree murder charges were announced against Crimo III. More charges, like aggravated battery, are expected in the coming days. | 2022-07-05T23:37:34+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/parents-of-alleged-july-4-parade-shooter-release-statement-retain-attorney/ |
Nissan Leaf batteries are lasting a long time, according to an executive with the automaker, and that may push mass reuse and recycling further into the future.
“Almost all of the batteries we’ve made are still in cars,” Nissan UK marketing director Nic Thomas said last month in an interview with Forbes (via Charged EVs). Recall that Nissan was among the first automakers to launch a modern electric car, delivering its first Leaf hatchbacks in the U.S. in December 2010.
This follows comments made by Nissan in 2019 when, based on then-current charging and degradation data, the automaker predicted that most battery packs would easily outlast the vehicles—and not just the ones that are crashed.
Nissan doesn’t have a stockpile of batteries to be recycled or converted to other uses, Thomas said in the interview.The automaker has used EV batteries as stationary power sources in a handful of demonstrations, and Thomas said a new UK factory currently under construction will use EV batteries to store power generated by solar panels and wind turbines.
But it seems Nissan EV batteries are mostly still being used for their original purpose. Anecdotally, the same might be true for original Tesla Model S vehicles, which had water-cooled battery packs that arguably kept the cells more thermally protected than early Leaf batteries, although the battery management system (BMS) plays a strong role in the long-term health of the pack as well.
The auto industry continues to weigh whether to reuse or recycle older battery packs. The predicted lifespan of packs in vehicular use is just one of the factors in calculating which approach is better.
Second-life energy-storage uses remain attractive as a way to increase use of renewable energy sources like wind and solar by storing excess power and discharging it whenever peak demand might be. The auto industry’s EV ramp-up, and accompanying concerns about the cost and environmental impact of sourcing battery raw materials, has led to increased interest in recycling.
Over the past several years, large-scale recycling companies—like Redwood Materials—have emerged. Redwood has now partnered with Ford, Volkswagen/Audi, Toyota, and others.
Some are predicting the market for battery recycling won’t heat up until 2030. And by then, solid-state batteries may have been introduced, hopefully with lower resource and materials demands. That means that the Biden administration’s push to develop a local supply chain and a battery-recycling ecosystem might actually be well ahead of the curve.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NCAA asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject a legal effort to make colleges treat Division I athletes like employees and start paying them an hourly wage.
Lawyers for the student-athletes said that weekly, they often spend 30 hours or more on their sport and often need money for expenses, even if they are on full scholarship. And they believe the athletes deserve a share in the millions that are spent on coaches, college administrators and facilities — and the billions that networks pay to televise college sports.
They are not seeking pay equivalent to their market value, but only a modest across-the-board pay rate similar to those earned by work-study students, the lawyers said.
“This does not open up a circumstance in which there’s a bidding war (for top talent),” lawyer Michael Willemin said.
The NCAA urged the court to uphold the tradition of college athletes being unpaid amateurs. Critics of the pay-for-play scheme also fear the cost could lead schools to cut sports that don’t generate as much or any revenue while sending more resources to their profitable football and basketball programs.
Lawyer Steven B. Katz, arguing for the NCAA, said a finding that athletes are employees “launches you on the edge of a slippery slope that rapidly takes you to someplace that you don’t want to go.”
As an example, he said that the cost to attend some of the private colleges involved in the case exceed $70,000 a year. The value of a full scholarship would far outweigh the $10,000 to $15,000 the athletes might earn if they were paid a modest hourly wage, he argued.
Katz also said the scholarships could become taxable if the students are deemed employees. And he questioned how teams would function if some students were “paid employees” on scholarship while walk-ons without a scholarship were not.
At least one person on the panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Theodore McKee, seemed to think at least some student-athletes may be employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act — while acknowledging such a finding would create “so many practical problems.”
Would football players at powerhouse schools earn more than swimmers at small schools? What about Division II athletes?
“Maybe that’s where we end up — that the quarterback at the SEC school is an employee and the woman who’s running cross-country track at Alabama, they’re not an employee,” McKee said.
When Katz raised the potential risk of back taxes being owed, McKee cut him off, saying “the case is complicated enough without us going down that” rabbit hole.
A lower court judge had declined to dismiss the lawsuit before it went to trial, prompting the NCAA to appeal. The three-judge panel did not indicate when it would rule.
Willemin, arguing for the students, said the NCAA burdens athletes with rigid rules on gambling, earning outside income and free speech while their school teams further restrict their choices by controlling their class schedule, study halls and at times even their college major. The NCAA could loosen its grip on student-athletes and the case might go away, he suggested.
“The NCAA has turned the idea of student-athlete on its head, even in non-revenue generating sports,” he said. “These are regulations the NCAA can change. They’ve chosen not to change them.”
The case is just the latest one to test the NCAA’s traditional amateurism model — and comes as the organization already faces complicated issues stemming from the advent of “name, image and likeness deals that can top $1 million for the most popular college athletes.
The NCAA also hopes that Congress might weigh in, given a series of setbacks in the courts. They include the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that lifted the ban on compensation beyond full scholarships, and lets colleges give athletes education-related benefits such as computers and study abroad program fees.
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Follow AP Legal Affairs Writer Maryclaire Dale at https://twitter.com/Maryclairedale | 2023-02-16T01:54:34+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/sports/ap-ncaa-asks-us-appeals-court-to-block-pay-for-student-athletes/ |
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning and was receiving an antiviral drug treatment.
Lujan Grisham said in a statement that she was experiencing mild symptoms and is working in isolation from the governor's mansion in Santa Fe.
It was the first positive coronavirus test for the 62-year-old Democratic governor and former congresswoman. Lujan Grisham says she has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, including two booster shots.
“I am very grateful to be experiencing only mild symptoms,” she said in a statement. “Per medical guidance, I have also started a course of the antiviral Paxlovid."
The governor last tested negative for COVID-19 on Aug. 24. People in close recent contact with the governor were notified.
Lujan Grisham spokeswoman Nora Meyers Sacket says the governor traveled to Colorado on Monday and Tuesday for campaign-related activities.
Lujan Grisham is vying for a second term in the November election against Republican nominee Mark Ronchetti, a former television meteorologist. | 2022-08-25T18:02:28+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/New-Mexico-governor-tests-positive-for-COVID-17398045.php |
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