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MIAMI, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arrington Capital, a thesis-driven firm investing in digital assets and web3 since 2017, today named Keli Callaghan as a new partner to the organization. Keli most recently led marketing and communications at Algorand as their chief marketing officer. Keli is a seasoned entrepreneur and blockchain operator who joined Algorand in 2018 and was responsible for all aspects of their marketing since inception to what it is today - a thriving community of millions of users, thousands of applications and billions of dollars of value.
In her role at Arrington Capital, she will help grow the overall fund through increased brand awareness, community engagement, and supporting the long list of web3 companies that are part of the Arrington portfolio.
"We met Keli in 2019 when we first invested in Algorand. We have grown closer to Algorand over the years, including the launch of the Arrington ALGO Growth Fund about a year ago to invest even more heavily into that ecosystem. We've worked with Keli countless times on events and product launches, and she's one of the most intelligent, charismatic and energetic entrepreneurs I've ever met. We are extremely happy that she's joined us," said Michael Arrington of Arrington Capital. "Like many before her, Keli is taking the path from successful entrepreneur to investor. It's the same path that I took, and I'm pretty sure she's going to be great at it. She will be a particularly valuable resource for the companies that we invest in."
"I am thrilled to be joining a powerhouse of defi that I have found in the Arrington Capital team," said Keli Callaghan. "I look forward to working with a portfolio of leading web3 companies, continuing to support Algorand, and also diving in on new innovations and ecosystems."
Keli previously held leadership roles at the intersection of marketing and customer engagement with several global technology companies including Avid, Sprint, Zmags, and Rez1. Her roles have included the management of channel sales & marketing, developing marketing strategies and tactical execution plans to drive business awareness and growth, building go-to-market positioning and strategy, and leading cross functional teams.
Keli holds a degree in marketing comms and business ethics from Fairfield University and a MBA from Boston College. Keli can be found on Twitter at @KeliCallaghan.
Arrington Capital is a digital asset management firm primarily focused on blockchain-based capital markets. The firm, founded in 2017 by TechCrunch and CrunchBase founder Michael Arrington and TechCrunch CEO Heather Harde, has over $1 billion under management and has invested in hundreds of startups across the world. Arrington Capital is a seasoned, international team composed of Silicon Valley veterans and operators with deep venture capital experience and crypto native roots. Arrington Capital's first fund was Arrington XRP Capital, and has expanded to multiple funds over time, including the Arrington Algo Growth Fund and the recently launched Arrington Moonbeam Growth Fund. For more information on Arrington Capital, visit https://www.arringtoncapital.com/.
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4-year-old fatally struck by car after wandering onto highway in middle of night
WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. (WFIE/Gray News) – A 4-year-old boy died after he was hit by a car on an Indiana highway Monday morning.
The Warrick County Sheriff’s Office identified the boy as Braxton Freeze of Princeton.
Sheriff Michael Wilder said Braxton was with his mom visiting her boyfriend. The three were staying at a nearby business when Braxton went outside around 4 a.m. while the two adults were asleep.
When Braxton’s mom woke up, she couldn’t find her son. Tragically, he had wandered onto Highway 66 and was hit by a car.
Officials said the driver of the car stopped, immediately called 911 and began CPR on Braxton.
Braxton was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The family of that child, the driver, to have to deal with that, and also all of the first responders on scene and that took the call this morning, it affects it impacts everyone that touches that incident,” WCSO Chief Deputy Paul Kruse said.
Officials said they don’t believe that alcohol or drugs were involved.
No charges have been filed so far, and the investigation is still ongoing.
Copyright 2022 WFIE via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-09T15:44:53+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2022/08/09/4-year-old-fatally-struck-by-car-after-wandering-onto-highway-middle-night/ |
FACT FOCUS: No head trauma or suspicious circumstances in drowning of Obama’s chef, police say
(AP) – The drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef on Martha’s Vineyard this week is sparking a frenzy of false claims on social media, as users share conspiracy theories and baseless speculation about what happened.
Many are suggesting, without evidence, that Tafari Campbell died under questionable circumstances, claiming he knew how to swim and was in calm, shallow water. Others are sharing patently untrue statements, such as that he was found with head injuries or was equipped with a life vest.
But Massachusetts authorities confirmed on Wednesday that Campbell didn’t suffer any head trauma, nor was he wearing a life vest, and there’s no evidence the death was suspicious. They said he lost his balance while standing on his paddleboard and struggled to stay afloat when he fell into the water. Water safety experts also stressed that even strong swimmers can drown, regardless of the type of water they’re in.
Here’s a closer look at the misinformation circulating around the death, and the actual facts.
CLAIM: Campbell suspiciously suffered blunt force injuries to the head and had been wearing a life vest when he died.
THE FACTS: Massachusetts State Police and the state medical examiner’s office say there was no external trauma or injuries on Campbell’s body.
Dave Procopio, a state police spokesperson, also confirmed the 45-year-old Dumfries, Virginia, resident was not wearing a personal flotation device nor was he leashed to his paddleboard when he went under the water on Sunday evening.
In a statement provided Wednesday, he said the agency’s investigation and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s initial post-mortem examination have “found no evidence that the death was suspicious.”
Another paddleboarder told police that Campbell, who had worked as a chef for the Obamas since their time in the White House, had been standing on his board when he lost his balance and fell in.
The other paddleboarder had tried to swim to Campbell as he struggled to stay afloat, but they weren’t able to reach him “in time,” the statement said.
The paddleboarder then swam ashore and notified another person, who called 911.
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CLAIM: Former President Barack Obama was paddleboarding with Campbell when he died.
THE FACTS: The other paddleboarder who witnessed the incident was not Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama nor the couple’s two adult daughters, state police confirm.
Procopio said the family, which has long vacationed on the resort island off Massachusetts, had been elsewhere Sunday evening.
“I won’t comment on where exactly President and Mrs. Obama were, but they were not at the house or with Mr. Campbell that evening,” he said.
The Obamas’ 6,892-square-foot estate sits on 30 acres overlooking Edgartown Great Pond, where Campbell drowned.
Procopio declined to identify the other paddler who had been with Campbell, saying the agency generally does not identify witnesses.
As to exactly where the Obamas were on the island Sunday, a spokesperson for the former president declined to comment Wednesday.
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CLAIM: The medical examiner’s office has “called off” its autopsy.
THE FACTS: That’s false. The initial post-mortem examination of the body is complete, leading officials to conclude the death wasn’t suspicious.
Officials are now just awaiting the results of toxicology tests, which generally take several weeks, according to Procopio.
“For the autopsy to be considered complete, the toxicology tests would be finalized and the results reviewed,” he said.
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CLAIM: Campbell’s death is suspicious because he knew how to swim and was in a pond with access to a paddleboard he could have held onto.
THE FACTS: Water safety experts told the AP that none of these factors would necessarily prevent someone from drowning, a tragedy that often occurs quickly and silently.
Some online are pointing to a video on Campbell’s Instagram account that shows a man swimming laps at a pool as evidence that the chef was an able swimmer.
Although the level of Campbell’s swimming abilities is unclear, Adam Katchmarchi, executive director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, said that even the best swimmers can and do drown.
For example, they may suffer a medical emergency that prevents them from staying afloat, even if they have an object such as a paddleboard to hold onto. Or they may find themselves in an environment they’re not trained to handle — like tides or currents — especially if they overestimate their strength and stamina.
Additionally, a pond is not necessarily safe just because it’s smaller and less volatile than other bodies of water. Murky waters can obscure hazards beneath the surface, and safety equipment or assistance are not always available nearby.
What’s more, Edgartown Great Pond is not all that shallow, as some online had claimed. Campbell’s body was found about 100 feet from shore at a depth of about 8 feet, according to state police.
The pond has an average depth of 3 to 4.3 feet. But people can drown in far shallower water, so long as their mouth and nose are submerged, said Tom Gill, vice president of the United States Lifesaving Association.
“It doesn’t even take 8 feet of water,” Gill said. “It could take 1 foot of water.”
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Associated Press reporter Angelo Fichera in New York contributed to this story.
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This is part of AP’s effort to address widely shared misinformation, including work with outside companies and organizations to add factual context to misleading content that is circulating online. Learn more about fact-checking at AP.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Friday raised the death toll from landsides and flash floods this week across the country to at least 53, including those killed in a mudslide in the capital of Tehran the previous day, state TV reported.
More than 30 people died in two villages, northwest and northeast of Tehran, after the monsoon dumped heavy rains that triggered mudslides there, the report said. Almost two dozen people died in eight other provinces and 21 out of Iran's 31 provinces were affected by the heavy rains.
There were fears the death toll could rise even further as at least 16 people remained missing and more bodies were being uncovered after the rains abated. The report said military personnel had joined rescue efforts and were helping transfer thousands from remote areas to safer places.
Last Saturday, flash floods in Iran’s drought-stricken southern Fars province killed at least 22 people and affected about a dozen villages in the province.
This week's storm is the deadliest among Iran's rain-related incidents in the last decade. In 2019, a flashflood killed at least 21 people in the southern city of Shiraz, and two years earlier, a similar storm claimed 48 lives in northwestern Iran.
However, mudslides in northern Iran in 2001 and in Tehran in 1987 killed 500 and 300 people, respectively.
Before Thursday’s mudslide, authorities had warned residents of Tehran’s mountainous areas about heavy rains and possible floods. More heavy rains were expected in the coming days.
Authorities have blamed the high death toll on a wide disregard of safety measures by people who venture out in the storms while critics cite mismanagement in construction projects as well as late warnings as other causes. | 2022-07-29T18:54:35+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Iran-raises-death-toll-from-mudslides-floods-to-17338700.php |
Recent sightings (through Aug. 2) as reported to Mass Audubon.
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included a razorbill, a Pacific loon, 5 red-necked phalaropes, 11 black terns, 110 roseate terns, 2 Arctic terns, 2 parasitic jaegers, 44 Wilson’s storm-petrels, 285 Cory’s shearwaters, and 2,250 great shearwaters.
Sightings from South Monomoy in Chatham included 2 ruddy ducks, a pied-billed grebe, 3 Hudsonian godwits, 2 marbled godwits, a black skimmer, 2 white-rumped sandpipers, and a little blue heron.
A survey of another remote part of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge produced 12 American oystercatchers, 30 piping plovers, a long-billed dowitcher, 2,200 short-billed dowitchers, 245 red knots, 2 stilt sandpipers, 1,800 semipalmated sandpipers, 2 Western sandpipers, a Wilson’s phalarope, 2 black terns, 250 roseate terns, 1,700 common terns, and 3 Cory’s shearwaters.
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Other sightings around the Cape included four little blue herons at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, at least three continuing blue grosbeaks in Falmouth, a black-headed Gull in Brewster, single little blue herons in West Harwich and Wellfleet, and a Western sandpiper in North Truro.
If you have questions about these sightings, or want to report a sighting, call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 or send e-mail to cape.sightings@massaudubon.org. | 2022-08-10T05:07:15+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/10/lifestyle/bird-sightings-cape-cod/ |
-- Report highlights efforts to deliver sustainable value to patients and communities, foster a diverse and empowered workforce, and operate with exceptional integrity --
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC) today published its first Corporate Responsibility Report, highlighting its long-standing commitment to deliver sustainable value to patients with cancer and blood disorders, as well as the communities in which it operates. The report, which formalizes the company's efforts to track and report environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards and initiatives, includes summaries and performance metrics that demonstrate its purpose-driven culture and socially conscious business practices.
"Since we began operations just over a decade ago, Blueprint Medicines has become a leading precision therapy company, fueled by our profound sense of mission to drive scientific innovation and deliver life-changing treatments to patients, as well as make positive impacts on the multitude of people and communities we touch along the way," said Kate Haviland, Chief Executive Officer of Blueprint Medicines. "As we continue to grow our business, we are committed to being a force for good, and our first Corporate Responsibility Report is an important step toward this goal by providing transparency into our ongoing efforts as well as a foundation for future progress."
The report summarizes the company's activities across five interconnected domains including patient access and community engagement, research and development, employees and culture, environmental sustainability, and governance and integrity, and adopts accounting standards for the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industry from the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). The report was developed by a cross-functional corporate responsibility working group with direction from the Executive Team and oversight from the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Blueprint Medicines' Board of Directors. It is available for download at www.BlueprintMedicines.com/Our-Responsibility.
About Blueprint Medicines
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for systemic mastocytosis, lung cancer and other genomically defined cancers, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding Blueprint Medicines' strategy, goals and anticipated milestones, business plans and focus. The words "aim," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," "potential," "continue," "target" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any forward-looking statements in this report are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this report, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to Blueprint Medicines' business, operations, strategy, goals and anticipated milestones, including Blueprint Medicines' ongoing and planned research and discovery activities, ability to conduct ongoing and planned clinical trials, clinical supply of current or future drug candidates, commercial supply of current or future approved products, and launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability and plans in continuing to establish and expand a commercial infrastructure, and successfully launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand the approved indications for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT and GAVRETO or obtain marketing approval for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT in additional geographies in the future; the delay of any current or planned clinical trials or the development of Blueprint Medicines' current or future drug candidates; Blueprint Medicines' advancement of multiple early-stage efforts; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully demonstrate the safety and efficacy of its drug candidates and gain approval of its drug candidates on a timely basis, if at all; the preclinical and clinical results for Blueprint Medicines' drug candidates, which may not support further development of such drug candidates either as monotherapies or in combination with other agents or may impact the anticipated timing of data or regulatory submissions; the timing of the initiation of clinical trials and trial cohorts at clinical trial sites and patient enrollment rates; actions of regulatory agencies, which may affect the initiation, timing and progress of clinical trials; Blueprint Medicines' ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT, GAVRETO or any drug candidates it is developing; Blueprint Medicines' ability to develop and commercialize companion diagnostic tests for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT, GAVRETO or any of its current and future drug candidates; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand its operations, research platform and portfolio of therapeutic candidates, and the timing and costs thereof; Blueprint Medicines' ability to realize the anticipated benefits of its executive leadership transition plan; and the success of Blueprint Medicines' current and future collaborations, acquisitions, partnerships or licensing arrangements. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Blueprint Medicines' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Blueprint Medicines' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any other filings that Blueprint Medicines has made or may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this report represent Blueprint Medicines' views only as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Except as required by law, Blueprint Medicines explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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Sci-Port Discovery Center and the Mudbugs Hockey Team are proud to
announce a joint venture that aims to cross promote the two brands and bring new elements of
entertainment and education to guests of all ages. This collaboration includes the opening of
the Sci-Port Sensory Room, Sci-Port and Mudbugs themed birthday parties at both locations,
and field trip packages for schools and groups.
In support for Sci-Port Discovery Center, The Mudbugs Hockey Team will introduce the new Sci-
Port Sensory Room designed for fans who need a quiet retreat during the games. This sensory
room will be equipped with items such as coloring sheets, fuzzy rugs, soft lighting, fidget toys,
weighted lap blankets and vests, sensory toys, and more.
“Sci-Port is proud to collaborate with The Mudbugs for this season,” says Sci-Port Executive
Director Dianne Clark, “we want every fan to have a positive experience while enjoying the
hockey games”.
The Sci-Port Sensory Room opens September 23 for the first home game of 2022-2023.
Themed birthday parties are another benefit of the partnership. George’s Pond will offer a Sci-
Port birthday party package designed to offer skating groups educational experiences related to
the science of ice and the rules of hockey. Sci-Port will provide a Mudbug-themed party which
will offer a variety of hockey-themed activities and items such as player visits, jerseys, hockey
sticks, and gift items as provided by the Shreveport Mudbugs hockey team.
The third component of the partnership includes recommendations to both local and out of
town groups to experience what these northwest Louisiana attractions have to offer. Guests
will be encouraged to “make a day of it” says Gracie Dobrosky with the Shreveport Mudbugs
Hockey team. “When a group is planning a trip, adding both stops– George’s Pond to skate and
Sci-Port Discovery Center to experience the exhibits and the IMAX Dome ®–makes for a fun-
filled day,” Dobrosky added.
Both organizations are excited about the economic and educational benefits which will result
from this unique partnership. Sci-Port Discovery Center is located at 820 Clyde Fant Parkway on
the downtown Shreveport Riverfront. For information regarding Sci-Port, call (318) 424-3466
or visit sci-port.org, and for Mudbugs Hockey and George’s Pond, please call Lauryn Keith at
(318) 636-7094 or email lauryn@mudbugshockey.com. | 2022-09-23T01:40:07+00:00 | bossierpress.com | https://bossierpress.com/mudbugs-introduce-new-sci-port-sensoryroom/ |
TX Midland/Odessa TX Zone Forecast for Friday, October 7, 2022
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345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
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Ector-Midland-
Including the cities of Odessa and Midland
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Scattered
showers in the evening, then scattered sprinkles after midnight.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
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345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
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southeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Scattered
sprinkles in the morning, then isolated showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
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345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs around 80. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming east this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Scattered
sprinkles in the morning, then isolated showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
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and Colorado City
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Highs in the mid
70s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows in the mid
50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Isolated
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
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Pecos-
Including the city of Fort Stockton
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then scattered thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with
a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ063-068>070-082115-
Glasscock-Crane-Upton-Reagan-
Including the cities of Garden City, Crane, McCamey, Rankin,
and Big Lake
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Scattered
showers in the evening, then scattered sprinkles after midnight.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered sprinkles with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50
percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows around 60. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy with
highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ281-082115-
Presidio Valley-
Including the city of Presidio
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with scattered showers. Isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then scattered thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15
mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in
the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ059-060-067-082115-
Loving-Winkler-Ward-
Including the cities of Mentone, Kermit, and Monahans
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Lows around 60. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and scattered
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15
mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ274-082115-
Reeves County Plains-
Including the city of Pecos
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Isolated
showers in the evening, then scattered showers after midnight.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and scattered
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in
the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-082115-
Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines-
Dawson-Andrews-
Including the cities of Tatum, Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal,
Seminole, Lamesa, and Andrews
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022 /245 AM MDT Sat Oct 8 2022/
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Highs around 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and scattered
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. Lows
in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. Highs
in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ279-082115-
Central Brewster County-
Including the cities of Big Bend NP, Panther Junction,
and Marathon
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. A chance
of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in
the upper 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ273-082115-
Eastern Culberson County-
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the evening, then numerous showers and scattered
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Scattered
showers in the morning, then numerous showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in
the morning, then showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ276-082115-
Marfa Plateau-
Including the city of Marfa
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds
10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then scattered thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with
a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. A chance
of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ278-082115-
Davis Mountains Foothills-
Including the city of Alpine
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs around 70. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Isolated
showers in the evening, then scattered showers after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and scattered
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with
a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. A chance
of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ275-082115-
Chinati Mountains-
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Scattered
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Breezy with lows in the
lower 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then scattered thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15
mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with
a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ272-082115-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-
Including the city of Van Horn
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Scattered
showers in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Scattered
showers in the morning, then showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in
the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ280-082115-
Chisos Basin-
Including the cities of Big Bend NP and Chisos Basin
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms. Isolated showers in the evening,
then scattered showers after midnight. Breezy with lows in the
mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Scattered
sprinkles in the morning, then scattered showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ277-082115-
Davis Mountains-
Including the city of Fort Davis
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated
thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and scattered
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly
in the evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15
mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. A chance
of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Lows in
the lower 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ271-082115-
Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Including the cities of Guadalupe Mountains NP and Pine Springs
345 AM CDT Sat Oct 8 2022 /245 AM MDT Sat Oct 8 2022/
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Isolated
showers this morning, then scattered showers this afternoon.
Breezy with highs in the mid 60s. East winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Scattered
showers in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight.
Breezy with lows in the lower 50s. East winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Scattered thunderstorms. Showers. Highs in the mid 60s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. Lows
in the lower 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Highs in the
mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's bipartisan elections commission couldn't agree Tuesday on what guidance, if any, to give the state's more than 1,800 local clerks to help them understand how to implement a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling outlawing absentee ballot drop boxes.
The commission, evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, repeatedly deadlocked on what to tell clerks about what the decision meant and how to interpret it ahead of the Aug. 9 primary. Commissioners said they may consider giving guidance later.
The primary will set the field for the Nov. 8 election where Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson are both on the ballot in high-stakes races. Johnson and Republican candidates for governor have called for disbanding the bipartisan elections commission and overhauling how elections are run in the state.
Republican members of the commission argued that it owed it to the clerks who run elections to help them understand the court's ruling, while Democrats said the guidance proposed went too far, would confuse clerks and only invited more lawsuits. Not taking any action means the commission is telling clerks “go out and figure it out for yourself,” said Republican commissioner Bob Spindell.
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The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled 4-3 that absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal and voters must return their ballots in person either to the clerk's office or an alternate site. The Supreme Court did not address the question of who can put an absentee ballot in the mail. State law says an absentee ballot “shall be mailed by the elector” but federal law allows for disabled people to receive assistance with their ballot.
Democrats, voting rights groups, advocates for the disabled and others all decried the ruling as making it more difficult for people to vote, particularly the elderly and disabled. They argue that ballot boxes are safe and secure and a better option than relying on the post office, which can be slow in delivering ballots and unreliable.
The elections commission rejected a Republican-backed motion that would have said voters have to present a photo ID when returning an absentee ballot. It also rejected guidance that quoted state law saying that the elector must be the one to mail a ballot.
“It would be inappropriate for us to start making stuff up and I think that’s what this memo does, unfortunately," Democratic Commissioner Mark Thomsen said of proposed guidance written by commission staff.
Conservatives hailed the court's ruling as a step toward making elections more safe and secure, even though many Republicans in the past had supported and advocated for the use of absentee ballot drop boxes. Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted, without evidence, that absentee voting in Wisconsin was rife with fraud and fueled his loss in 2020.
Biden beat Trump by nearly 21,000 votes in Wisconsin, a result that has withstood recounts in the two most heavily Democratic counties, numerous lawsuits, a nonpartisan audit and a review by a conservative law firm.
Also on Tuesday, state Rep. Tim Ramthun, a Republican candidate for governor, reintroduced a resolution for the GOP-controlled state Legislature to decertify Biden's victory. Trump also renewed his call for decertification on Saturday, citing the Supreme Court ruling.
Ramthun is only calling for the presidential race to be decertified — not his race or anyone else elected in 2020. He's also not calling for decertification of the 2016 presidential race that was won by Trump and where ballot drop boxes were in use. Ramthun’s earlier decertification resolution was not taken up.
“I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I am not," Ramthun said at a Capitol news conference as his supporters responded with “Amen."
Ramthun also suggested that ballot drop boxes, voting machines and other equipment may need to be seized by law enforcement.
Ramthun has been one of the loudest advocates in Wisconsin for decertifying Biden's win. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who was hired by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos under pressure from Trump to investigate the 2020 election, also told lawmakers to consider decertification and then later backed away from it.
Vos and other Republican leaders have rejected decertification as not being legally possible. Attorneys, including conservatives, have also said decertification is unconstitutional and pointless. | 2022-07-13T01:11:04+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/wisconsin-elections-commission-rejects-guidance-for-clerks/article_fa1ea407-e118-5a0c-9117-69758ed0bbb5.html |
VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It is with great enthusiasm that Wondershare, the world-leading creativity software company, announces the launch of Filmora 12, the latest iteration of their award-winning video editing software. With Filmora 12, Wondershare is taking video creation to the next level so that creators can express themselves in new and exciting ways.
Wondershare Filmora 12 helps creators fulfill their vision with its video editing features, its special effects and transitions, and its capacity to transfer files to social media, mobile devices, or DVDs with ease. Wondershare Filmora 12 makes video editing easier and more professional.
While Wondershare Filmora 12 hosts a number of new and enhanced features including video review and collaboration options, a flexible workspace layout, 3D titles, a revamped effects library, and new keyboard shortcuts and royalty-free music, several features stand above the rest:
- Draw Mask: Put your creativity to use with this pen tool. Draw any complex shape around objects in straight lines or curves.
- Enhanced Keyframes: Keyframes in Filmora 12 are available almost to all parameters in every way. Try the enhanced keyframes on texts, filters, and even colors.
- Adjustment Layer: Speed up your editing with the power of adjustment layers. Apply the same effect to multiple clips in a second.
- AI Smart Cut: Precisely select and remove any unwanted object from your video. Free yourself from a time-consuming process
- AI Audio Stretch: Use the AI power to intelligently stretch or cut down an audio clip to match your video duration. No need to cut and fit yourself.
- AI Audio Denoise: Let AI detect and reduce any background noise in your clips, such as talking, humming, static, and wind noise.
In addition to these new features, Wondershare Filmora 12 will be supporting AV1 dual encoders based on the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs, unlocking 2x video exporting speed for video editors.
"In its past iterations, Wondershare Filmora established itself as the most intuitive video editing software for creators who enjoy videography," said Shaan Jahagirdar, Chief Design Officer of Wondershare. "With Wondershare Filmora 12, we wanted to continue down this path and empower creators further by enhancing certain features that would otherwise require years of experience and specific skills to use and making them more accessible with AI. In other words, the inspiration for Wondershare Filmora 12 was to develop advanced features that do the professional work for you, so that you can focus on what you do best: create."
Wondershare Filmora is known as an easy-to-use and trendy video editing software that empowers creators to tell their stories with amazing quality results, regardless of their skill level. In order to simplify the creative process, Wondershare Filmora 12 allows users to edit, add special effects, transition and more to their next videos using the software's simple interface. Wondershare's flagship software is more than just a video editor–it makes the editing experience more efficient and playful than ever before.
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BROWNSBURG — A Brownsburg man will spend the next 60 years in prison after entering a plea agreement following the murder of a man at a Brownsburg dog park in December 2022.
Deamonta McIntyre, 23, faced one count of murder in the shooting death of Christian Arciniega at the Cardinal Dog Park in Brownsburg on December 8.
According to court documents, McIntrye shot Arciniega in the parking lot of the dog park during a drug deal gone wrong.
McIntrye's then girlfriend, Kee Meh, was also charged in the shooting. She has accepted a plea agreement as well and has a hearing scheduled for June 27 in Hendricks County. | 2023-06-16T13:55:30+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/brownsburg-man-sentenced-for-killing-man-during-drug-deal-at-brownsburg-dog-park |
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Despite logging just three hits, the Down East Wood Ducks earned their third straight win with a 3-2 victory over the Fayetteville Woodpeckers on Wednesday at Grainger Stadium.
Down East (18-23) took a 1-0 lead on Yosy Galan’s RBI single that scored Maximo Acosta in the bottom of the second inning. Fayetteville’s Jaxon Hallmark evened the score with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
In the bottom of the fifth, Down East’s Junior Paniagua scored from third base on a fielder’s choice. Later in the inning, Down East took a 3-1 lead when Alejandro Osuna scored on a balk.
Fayetteville’s Logan Cerny scored the final Woodpeckers (18-23) run on a fielding error in the eighth inning.
Emiliano Teodo, Bradford Webb and Leury Tejada combined to hold the Woodpeckers to four hits.
Click here to see what’s next for the Wood Ducks. | 2022-05-26T03:35:06+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/down-east-wood-ducks/wood-ducks-defeat-woodpeckers-3-2/ |
- Financial results for the first quarter ended with revenue of KRW 28.8 billion, up by 20 percent compared to the same period in 2022
- HanAll made a strong start to 2023 with positive Phase 3 study results of anti-FcRn asset batoclimab for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis in China, setting a monumental milestone for anti-FcRn developers in the global market
- HanAll is on track with its ongoing pivotal Phase 3 clinical study of tanfanercept (VELOS-3) in dry eye disease in the first half of 2023
ROCKVILLE, Md. and SEOUL, South Korea, April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HanAll Biopharma Co., Ltd. (KRX: 009420. KS), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing innovative medicines for patients, reported financial results for the first quarter and provided business updates.
HanAll's financial data demonstrated a strong momentum in the start of 2023, with revenues of KRW 28.8 billion, representing a 20 percent sales growth mainly driven by pharmaceutical sales from the first quarter of 2022. The company reported a net loss of 1.3 billion won due to continued investment in R&D.
Following the previous statement from the 2022 full-year financial report, HanAll expects to secure top-line data from the tanfanercept Phase 3 clinical study in dry eye disease in the first half of 2023 and plans to initiate a Phase 3 clinical study of batoclimab in generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) in Japan this year.
"The recent positive top-line result from gMG Phase 3 study by Harbour BioMed suggests the potential of batoclimab as the first anti-FcRn treatment to be commercialized in China, reinforcing our confidence to develop batoclimab in an array of autoimmune diseases. With a strong focus on collaboration and innovation, we will continue to push forward with our R&D programs to deliver groundbreaking medicines that will make a difference in the patients' lives," said Sean Jeong, M.D., MBA, CEO of HanAll Biopharma.
First Quarter 2023 BUSINESS UPDATE
Pipeline Development Highlights
A comprehensive update of HanAll's pipeline development below includes an overview of research along with lists of compounds and targeted indications, along with developmental phase.
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES PROGRAMS
Batoclimab (HL161BKN)
A novel, fully human, subcutaneously administered antibody targeting FcRn, with the potential to address multiple IgG-mediated autoimmune diseases. Batoclimab is designed to selectively bind to and inhibit FcRn, which plays a role in recycling IgG, thus leading to a reduction in IgG antibodies.
- Harbour BioMed, a licensed partner of HanAll in China, announced the first positive Phase 3 top-line results for batoclimab in generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) subjects in March 2023. Data from the trial met the primary endpoint as well as key secondary endpoints. Batoclimab treatment was also found to be overall safe and well-tolerated, without any new significant safety signals identified. Harbour BioMed plans to submit a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for batoclimab together with its sub-licensee CSPC NBP Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (NBP Pharma), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited (CSPC Pharmaceutical), based on the study results. Batoclimab is also being developed for study in China in an array of other autoimmune disorders including thyroid eye disease (TED).
- HanAll is progressing towards initiation of a Phase 3 clinical study of batoclimab in gMG in Japan this year. Additionally, HanAll is exploring options for developing batoclimab in TED and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) in Japan.
- Another licensed partner, Immunovant in the U.S. and Europe, is conducting global Phase 3 trials with batoclimab in gMG and TED. Additionally, the initial data readout for a Phase 2 trial in Grave's disease (GD) is anticipated in the second half of 2023 and an initial Phase 2b results in CIDP is expected in the first half of 2024.
HL161ANS
Another novel, fully human, subcutaneous antibody molecule that inhibits FcRn-mediated recycling of IgG, designed to deliver maximum lgG reductions while minimizing interference with albumin recycling.
- Immunovant anticipates initial results from a Phase 1 trial for HL161ANS, a new FcRn inhibitor (Immunovant project designation: IMVT-1402), in the second half of 2023. Immunovant also plans to evaluate HL161ANS in multiple autoimmune diseases, based on strategic portfolio considerations.
OPHTHALMIC DISEASE PROGRAMS
Tanfanercept (HL036)
A novel topical protein therapy for ophthalmic diseases, including dry eye disease (DED), which inhibits TNF alpha, a key mediator of ocular inflammation
- HanAll Biopharma and Daewoong Pharmaceutical are progressing with the second Phase 3 (VELOS-3) study in the U.S. in subjects with moderate to severe DED to examine the safety and efficacy of tanfanercept. Study enrollment is complete and the top-line results from the VELOS-3 study are expected in the first half of 2023.
- Harbour BioMed, a licensed partner of HanAll in China, closed its Phase 3 China study in DED, based on the Independent Data Monitoring Committee's (IDMC) evaluation of the efficacy data from the second interim analysis. The HanAll U.S. study (VELOS-3) differs from the Harbour Chinese study in a number of ways including key inclusion criteria, primary endpoints, as well as subject demographics. The future development plans for tanfanercept in China are under discussion.
ONCOLOGY PROGRAMS
HL187/ HL186
Monoclonal antibodies that respectively target T cell immunoreceptors with Ig and ITIM {Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif} domains (TIGIT) and T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-3 (TIM-3) are being developed in collaboration with Daewoong Pharmaceutical. as potential oncology treatments
- HanAll is continuing with the pre-clinical development of HL187 asset and plans to evaluate the further development of HL186 based on the strategic portfolio review.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONSOLIDATED)
Key Highlights
Sales recorded 28.8 billion won in the first quarter of 2023, a 20 percent increase compared to the first quarter of 2022. Pharmaceutical sales remained strong with major products including Normix, Eligard, along with the newly launched products such as Abcito and Glucofree.
Research and development expenses for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 were 5.9 billion won, up 88 percent from 3.1 billion won for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to continued progress in VELOS-3 study, along with the investment to the ongoing oncology projects.
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 recorded 1.3 billion won from the 0.1 billion won for the same period in 2022.
About HanAll Biopharma Co., Ltd.
HanAll Biopharma (KRX: 009420.KS) is a global biopharmaceutical company founded in 1973, with a mission of making meaningful contributions to patients' lives by introducing innovative, impactful therapies to address severe unmet medical needs. HanAll has been operating a portfolio of pharmaceutical products in areas ranging from endocrine, circulatory, and urologic diseases for more than 50 years.
HanAll has also expanded its focus to ophthalmology, immunology, oncology and neurology to discover and develop innovative medicines for patients with diseases for which there are no effective treatments. Its lead pipeline asset, HL161 (INN: batoclimab), an anti-FcRn antibody, is being developed in Phase 3 and Phase 2 trials across the world for the treatment of autoimmune diseases including myasthenia gravis (MG), thyroid eye disease (TED), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and Graves' disease (GD). Another main asset, HL036 (INN: tanfanercept), a TNF-alpha inhibitor protein, is being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical studies in the US and China for the treatment of dry eye disease. For further information connect with us on linkedin. For any media inquiries, please contact HanAll PR/IR (pr@hanall.com, ir@hanall.com).
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This weekend, head to Middle C Jazz for the Billie Holiday: God Bless the Child show featuring vocalist Maria Howell and Justin Varnes on drums and narration. The show is this Saturday, February 5th. Starting at 5pm guests can enjoy cocktails and small plates, and then the big show starts at 6pm.
According to the Middle C Jazz website, Holiday's traumatic childhood and fight to be treated as an equal both on and off the bandstand weren't fully appreciated in her time. But once the world caught up to her, they discovered a trailblazer and one of the most gifted storytellers in American music.
Seating at Middle C Jazz is first come first serve so try to arrive early. If you'd like more information or tickets, go online to MiddleCJazz.com.
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If you have a question for the Charlotte Today team, feel free to email them at charlottetoday@wcnc.com | 2023-02-01T18:36:16+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/entertainment/television/charlotte-today/billie-holiday-god-bless-the-child-show-middle-c-jazz/275-0a3e3b9e-f34d-43b7-a183-c57bb44bbcc0 |
California, beleaguered by earlier storms, gets fresh snow
RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Fresh snow fell in the California mountains on Wednesday, adding to a staggering total that had blocked roads and stranded visitors for days.
The Sierra Nevada range in the north and Southern California mountains were under blizzard warnings for a storm that was expected to add several feet of snow overnight into early Wednesday, dumped more rain in many areas and chilled much of the state.
Record cold temperatures were possible with lows down to 28 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 2.2 degrees Celsius) and the National Weather Service issued freeze and frost warnings into early Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere.
The homeless and those without electricity were at special risk from the cold, the weather service said.
California wasn’t the only area battered by fierce weather. The National Weather Service predicted that a powerful weather system would affect most of the lower 48 states into Thursday, with heavy snow across the Southwest and some portions of the High Plains but record high temperatures in the Gulf Coast into the Ohio Valley. Areas in the dividing line between hot and cold, such as the lower Mississippi Valley and Tennessee Valley, could see heavy rain, thunderstorms and some flash flooding.
The high could top 100 degrees F (38 degrees Celsius) across far south Texas and windy, dry conditions would make for a critical risk of wildfire conditions across southeast New Mexico into the Southwest to West Texas for the next few days, according to the weather service.
In Southern California, San Bernardino County declared a state of emergency as crews struggled to plow blocked roads.
Jennifer Cobb and her husband, vacationing in the San Bernardino Mountains, found themselves trapped for a week by a relentless series of storms.
“We hear the phantom sounds of plows, but they never come,” said Cobb, 49. “Being stuck up here in this beautiful place shouldn’t be awful, but it is.”
In the mountain town of Crestline, some people unable to drive trudged on foot to the grocery store.
But Michael Johnstone said his family’s store was running low Tuesday on key inventory.
“We’re completely out of bread. Milk is getting really light. We’re almost completely out of produce,” Johnstone said. Authorities escorted two full grocery trucks up to the mountain community, he said, but just in time for the new storm to add more snow.
The latest storms have bookended the country, with snow closing or delaying the opening for hundreds of schools in the Northeast, which saw the most significant snowfall Tuesday of what has been a mild winter.
And Michigan again fought a battle with an ice after a storm Monday left thousands of customers without power in the central part of the state. To the southeast, around Detroit, some customers still lacked power nearly a week after a prior storm.
The storms have delayed travel, shuttered schools and overwhelmed crews trying to dig out of the snow and repair downed power lines. More than 72,000 customers were without power Tuesday night in Michigan and more than 59,000 in California, according to the website poweroutage.us.
Weather also continued to play a role in the cancellation of hundreds of flights and delays of thousands more around the country.
In California’s Sierra Nevada, the weather service warned that travel could be difficult to impossible because blowing snow could cause whiteout conditions on roadways, while wind chill could drop temperatures to minus 30 F (minus 34.4 C) “could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.”
The Lake Tahoe area that straddles the California and Nevada borders in the Sierra Nevada was expected to have blizzard conditions with winds gusting to 100 mph along the ridgetops, while the lake itself could see waves large enough to capsize small boats, the weather service warned.
“If you risk travel you could become stranded in vehicles for hours,” the weather service warned.
Yosemite National Park, closed since Saturday because of heavy, blinding snow, postponed its planned Thursday reopening indefinitely.
The University of California, Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Laboratory near Donner Pass reported that nearly 41.7 feet (12.7 meters) had fallen since October, more than in any snow year since 1970 and second only to the record of 66.7 feet (20.3 meters) in 1952.
For California’s skiers and snowboarders, the parade of storms was too much of a good thing. Many ski resorts suspended operations on Tuesday, hoping to use the day to dig out so they could reopen Wednesday.
Mammoth Lakes, traditionally one of the snowiest places in California, had nearly 4 feet (1.2 meters) of snow over the past three days. Snow drifts were taller than houses and crews were working around the clock trying to keep roads and sidewalks clear.
The Mammoth Mountain ski resort has received 41.5 feet (12.6 meters) of snow since October and could be on a path to break the all-time snow season record of 55.7 feet (17 meters) set in 2010-2011.
But California also benefited from the back-to-back dumps of heave snow. The Sierra snowpack provides about a third of the state’s water supply and the water content of the snowpack Tuesday — in a state grappling with years of drought — was 186% of normal to date. It was 162% of the average on April 1, when it is historically at its peak, according to the state Department of Water Resources’ online data.
Elsewhere, in a pattern that’s lasted more than a week, much of the West and Northeast battled wintery weather while it simmered in Southern states.
Parts of Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island had heavy snow forecast through Tuesday afternoon. Some areas of western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut got about 7 inches (18 centimeters). The Albany, New York, area saw less snow than expected — 2 inches (5 centimeters) to 5 inches (13 centimeters) — but it was enough to close schools.
Highs in the 70s and 80s were recorded in Georgia, and a south Alabama man was arrested on reckless murder charges after his 2-year-old child died Monday after being left in a hot car, police said.
The nation’s high Tuesday was 98 F at Zapata, Texas. The low for the day was -21 at 4 miles east-southeast of Estcourt Station, Maine.
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Taxin reported from Orange County, California, and Pratt from suburban Boston. Contributing to this report were Associated Press journalists Ben Finley in Virginia, David Sharp in Maine, Dave Collins in Connecticut, Julie Walker in New York City and John Antczak and Chris Weber in Los Angeles, along with other AP journalists around the country. | 2023-03-01T12:22:10+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/california-beleaguered-by-earlier-storms-gets-fresh-snow/ |
Former President Barack Obama shared his summer playlist with the world on social media this week, and most folks thought it was a pretty banging list.
“Like I do every year, here are some songs I’ve been listening to this summer — a mix of old and new,” Obama wrote. “Look forward to hearing what I’ve missed.”
The list is 40 songs deep with artists like Drake, Luke Combs, 2Pac, The Pretenders, The Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and Marvin Gaye making the cut.
It’s a solid lineup. You can check it out in Obama’s tweet below.
Not everyone was feeling the list, though.
“Not Strong Enough,” by Boygenius made the cut, too, and it appears the band, or at least singer-guitarist Lucy Dacus, isn’t as big of a fan of Obama as he is of it.
And we know this because Dacus responded to Obama’s list by retweeting it and writing, “war criminal :(.”
Boygenius has been active since 2018. It released it’s album, “The Record,” in January and has developed a strong following.
And, as expected, Dacus’ dunk on Obama had folks talking.
“Not enjoying the era where even musicians brains are broken,” one person tweeted.
“Barack Obama is not a war criminal,” another person wrote. “War Crime is an actual legal term, not just a buzzword for foreign policy you dislike.”
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There were plenty more where that came from with Twitter users defending Obama.
Of course, there was also a large group of users who loved Dacus’ tweet and thought it was spot on.
“Finally people saying it,” one person wrote in response to Dacus. “This guy has gotten away with so much.”
“Applause for you madame,” another wrote.
And it’s still going back-and-forth on Twitter.
Dacus has not commented further, though, and neither has Obama.
It will be interesting to see if Boygenius makes that 2024 playlist. | 2023-07-22T11:40:45+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/07/barack-obama-releases-summer-playlist-and-one-band-included-responds-with-a-disturbing-accusation.html |
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It’s been an exciting offseason for the NHL with blockbuster trades and some of the league’s biggest stars signing with new teams. The Colorado Avalanche are still the favorites to win this year’s Stanley Cup after taking down the Tampa Bay Lightning to win it last season, who had won the previous two. One of the teams the Avalanche defeated on their way to the Cup was the Nashville Predators. They’ll be opening the season against the San Jose Sharks on Friday, October 7 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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The Preds were without goaltender Juuse Saros in that series, who currently carries the third shortest odds to win the Vezina Trophy for the league’s best goaltender. Worse yet, they were without their backup goalie, so third-stringer David Rittich had to make his first career start against the high-flying Avs.
Not only will Nashville have a healthy Saros against the Sharks, but they were also able to re-sign elite goal-scorer Filip Forsberg over the summer. Despite missing some time last year, he still provided the team with 42 goals and 42 assists. On top of that, the Preds have arguably the best defenseman in the game - Roman Josi. He led all defenders with 96 points last season and had the fourth-most assists overall with 73.
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LONDON, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel International, a subsidiary of Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL), has appointed Dan Martin as managing director of distribution strategies and business development (DS&BD). Martin takes on the role from Pat Murphy-O'Connor who will transition to a consultancy capacity ahead of his retirement at the end of 2022, demonstrating Markel's focus to bring distribution to the forefront of its strategy, and the continued drive for profitable growth.
Martin will support Markel's long-term ambitions of sustainable growth, and operational effectiveness by working with the wholesale leadership and underwriting divisions to continue to progress a structured approach to distribution, the expansion of DS&BD, while enhancing the future digital framework within Markel's Wholesale offering in the London and Asian markets.
Martin will be based at Markel's London office, and report to Andrew McMellin, managing director of Wholesale at Markel International.
With more than 25 years in the underwriting and risk management industry, Martin joins from American International Group (AIG), where he was head of broker engagement with responsibility for AIG's London Market offerings, including the Talbot Lloyd's platform and multi-year strategic initiatives. He has a diverse background with experience spanning the Lloyd's and UK retail and wholesale markets, with extensive expertise in alternative distribution strategies with major trading partners.
Martin said: "Markel's DS&BD in the Wholesale division has been going from strength-to-strength under Pat's exceptional leadership, and I am looking forward to working with Andrew and the team on the next phase of its evolution. Markel is known as a leader in most of its classes and to operate with a culture that prioritises integrity and respect, which provides the right backdrop to achieve its ambitious strategic goals."
McMellin added: "Dan's wealth of experience, long-standing trading relationships, and his strong reputation for working with underwriters, makes him the perfect successor to Pat, and is testament to Markel International's ability to attract market-leading talent. His appointment and the expansion of the DS&BD team will allow us to partner with brokers in a more commercial and cohesive manner. I'd like to thank Pat for his contribution in fostering excellent working relationships and making DS&BD as successful as it is today, and I'm delighted to welcome Dan to the team, as we continue this journey of sustained growth."
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Reports: Rally car driver Ken Block dies in snowmobile accident
(Gray News) - A Utah sheriff’s office reports that rally car driver Ken Block died from his injuries after a snowmobile flipped and landed on top of him.
According to a release from the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office, a snowmobile accident was reported at about 2 p.m. Monday near Mill Hollow, Utah.
Authorities say 55-year-old Kenneth Block “was riding a snowmobile on a steep slope when the snowmobile upended, landing on top of him.” He was pronounced dead from his injuries at the scene.
Block had been riding with a group but was alone at the time of the accident, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Utah Medical Examiner’s Office will determine Block’s cause of death.
Block was a pro rally driver and the co-founder of Hoonigan, a motor racing team, and DC Shoes, which specializes in footwear for action sports. He won five X Games medals in rallycross.
Hoonigan released a statement confirming Block’s death.
“Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most importantly, a father and husband. He will be incredibly missed,” read the statement in part.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-03T05:31:57+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2023/01/03/reports-rally-car-driver-ken-block-dies-snowmobile-accident/ |
Updates create an inclusive experience for digital banking users
SAN RAMON, Calif., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a part of its commitment to constant improvement and evolution, Lumin Digital (Lumin) has announced new improvements and changes to its User Interface with the introduction of a Glassmorphic Interface (Glass UI) and the launch of its New Form Experience (NFX). These changes will even further positively impact financial institutions and their digital banking users by further enhancing how they are able to access and navigate Lumin's cloud-native platform.
These improvements to Lumin's user experience were made with mobile users in mind. On average, over 70% of all Lumin's user sessions take place in native mobile apps.
Glass UI is a card-based interface used for designing websites, smartphones, web apps, and mobile apps based on transparency (frosted-glass), vivid or pastel colors, and a light border. Among some of the changes to Lumin's Glass UI are "micro" improvements such as new visual design elements which follow current trends and best practices in today's fintech app space. These updated design elements feature modern and brand-reinforcing gradients for clients, clearer typography, and enhanced visual distinction between account types. User navigation was also retooled to include elevation through Glassmorphic shapes and boundaries that interact with the new gradient backgrounds.
Lumin's New Form Experience (NFX) includes improved clarity and definition of form elements, enhancements in components like password fields, visual alerts, account status display, tooltips, and more. Notably, both the new Glass UI and NFX were vetted and tested in partnership with Lumin's Design Advisory Group, a group of clients that gives input and feedback on current and desired products and services that benefit both the financial institution and end-user through beta testing, user testing and surveys. Many changes were also made to improve ADA compliance, including text-to-speech updates and color palettes distinguishable for those with color blindness.
"Every single enhancement we create is made with our clients and their users in mind, implementing their specific feedback and needs at every junction," said Jeff Chambers, founder and CEO of Lumin Digital. "We are constantly working with clients and partners to improve our cloud-native platform, which accelerates innovation and positive impact."
Lumin Digital is a PSCU-majority-owned fintech company specializing in digital banking solutions. Through a fundamentally different approach to technology, service, and people, we're creating the next generation of financial solutions each and every day. Lumin helps credit unions and financial institutions build and deploy next-gen digital experiences that help to continually serve, engage, and grow their membership base. While other platforms are partially adapted or retrofitted for the cloud, Lumin is 100% cloud-native. It was built specifically for the cloud environment, allowing us to more fully realize the advantages it offers. It's a difference that financial institutions and their users will see and feel almost immediately. For more information, visit lumindigital.com.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced the appointment of Richard Rodgers, MBA to its board as an independent director. Mr. Rodgers brings extensive experience in biopharmaceutical management to his role on the Novavax Board of Directors.
"Rick's deep experience in the pharmaceutical industry coupled with his extensive acumen in building rapidly growing companies and financial leadership will be invaluable as we continue the commercialization of our COVID-19 vaccine and expand our vaccine pipeline," said Stanley C. Erck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novavax.
From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Rodgers was co-founder, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer of TESARO, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that was acquired in January 2019 by GSK for over $5 billion. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Rodgers served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Abraxis BioScience, Inc., a biotechnology company that was acquired by Celgene for $2.9 billion. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Rodgers served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of MGI PHARMA, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that was acquired in January 2008 by Eisai for $3.9 billion.
Mr. Rodgers currently serves on the boards of directors and as the chair of the audit committee and member of the compensation committee of Ocuphire Pharma, Inc., Sagimet Biosciences, Inc., and Ardelyx, Inc.
"This is a very exciting time to be joining the Novavax Board," said Mr. Rodgers. "I look forward to working with my fellow directors to support Novavax as it commercializes its first globally-approved vaccine and continues its growth into new vaccine areas."
Mr. Rodgers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Accounting from St. Cloud State University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Business.
About Novavax
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The company's proprietary recombinant technology platform harnesses the power and speed of genetic engineering to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles designed to address urgent global health needs. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, has received authorization from multiple regulatory authorities globally, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Commission, and the World Health Organization. The vaccine is currently under review by multiple regulatory agencies worldwide, including for additional populations and indications such as adolescents and as a booster. In addition to its COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax is also currently evaluating its COVID-19-Influenza Combination vaccine candidate in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, its quadrivalent influenza investigational vaccine candidate, and an Omicron strain-based vaccine (NVX-CoV2515) as well as a bivalent format Omicron-based / original strain-based vaccine. These vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax' proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.
For more information, visit www.novavax.com and connect with us on LinkedIn.
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Statements herein relating to the future of Novavax, its operating plans and prospects, the timing of clinical trial results, the ongoing development of NVX-CoV2373, NVX-CoV2515, a bivalent vaccine candidate, a quadrivalent influenza investigational vaccine candidate, and a COVID-19-Influenza Combination investigational vaccine candidate, the scope, timing and outcome of future regulatory filings and actions, additional worldwide authorizations of NVX-CoV2373 for use in adults and adolescents, and as a booster, the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the potential impact and reach of Novavax and NVX-CoV2373 in addressing vaccine access, controlling the pandemic and protecting populations, the efficacy, safety, intended utilization, and expected administration of NVX-CoV2373 and Novavax' other vaccine candidates are forward-looking statements. Novavax cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, challenges satisfying, alone or together with partners, various safety, efficacy, and product characterization requirements, including those related to process qualification and assay validation, necessary to satisfy applicable regulatory authorities; unanticipated challenges or delays in conducting clinical trials; difficulty obtaining scarce raw materials and supplies; resource constraints, including human capital and manufacturing capacity, on the ability of Novavax to pursue planned regulatory pathways; challenges meeting contractual requirements under agreements with multiple commercial, governmental, and other entities; and those other risk factors identified in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Novavax' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We caution investors not to place considerable reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this press release. You are encouraged to read our filings with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov and www.novavax.com, for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this document, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of the statements. Our business is subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including those referenced above. Investors, potential investors, and others should give careful consideration to these risks and uncertainties.
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SOUTH COAST METRO, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden State Wealth Management is excited to announce the addition of Justin Peek, who operates under the DBA, PEEK WEALTHTM, and is the seventh advisor coming from Edward Jones. Justin serves as President of PEEK WEALTH and is a Certified Financial Planner®. The office is located in Carlsbad, CA and Justin has been providing the financial planning and investment needs of client families for nearly 20 years. He began his career in 2004 with Edward Jones. Over that time, he learned that the most impactful partnerships—where real 'magic' happens between client and advisor—is when there is alignment on values and philosophy.
"Having a strong desire to serve clients more thoroughly and individually with an independent firm environment allows me to provide clients with a wider range of resources, investments, and financial planning technology. This, coupled with the autonomy and nimbleness of a boutique office, I can provide a next-level experience for my clients aiming to accomplish what is most important to them," says Justin.
"We are more than pleased to add Justin and PEEK WEALTH to the Golden State Wealth Management team. I have personally known Justin for over 20 years. Understanding his business acumen, approach to financial planning and the care he takes with each and every client is exemplary, says Daniel R. Catone, Founder and CEO of Golden State Wealth Management, "I am excited to see how far he takes PEEK WEALTH," he continues.
PEEK WEALTH is backed by the resources and technology of LPL Financial, the nation's largest independent broker-dealer1 and by Golden State Wealth Management, an investment adviser with over $1.5 billion in assets under management2 that provides personalized support systems such as compliance oversight, technology, marketing and operations. As a partner to Golden State Wealth Management, PEEK WEALTH is afforded multi-custodial flexibility through Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade. Justin operates under a fiduciary standard and his firm serves a limited number of families to ensure they provide the highest level of comprehensive advice. Learn more about PEEK WEALTH at www.peekwealth.com.
About Golden State Wealth Management
Golden State Wealth Management is a Registered Investment Adviser that is dedicated to financial professionals and their clients. The firm's initial company was founded in 2013 by a group of executives who collectively contribute over 50 years of industry experience and has partnered with advisors serving over $1.5 billion in assets under management2. Golden State Wealth Management's infrastructure provides an extensive support network through succession planning, compliance oversight, dedicated transition support, and a Turnkey Asset Management Program. Golden State Wealth Management maintains business alignments with LPL Financial, the nation's largest independent broker/dealer1, TD Ameritrade Institutional and Charles Schwab, some of the nation's largest independent custodians, who provide comprehensive tools and research necessary in today's complex markets.
Recognized as one of Orange County's largest RIAs3, Golden State Wealth Management's flagship office is located in South Coast Metro, California. With offices across the country, the firm is committed to creating an atmosphere that benefits both advisors and their investors.
1 As reported in Financial Planning magazine, June 1996-2021, based on total revenue.
2Source: SEC filing as of April 30, 2022; Golden State Wealth Management
3As reported in Orange County Business Journal, June 1, 2021, based on assets under management.
Justin Peek and Daniel R. Catone are registered representatives with and securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through Peek Wealth, an investment adviser registered with the SEC. Peek Wealth, Golden State Wealth Management and LPL Financial are separate entities. Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training. For information pertaining to the registration status of our firm, you may refer to the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website (www.adviserinfo.sec.gov).
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Spies from China breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says
(AP) - Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday.
“This is the broadest cyber espionage campaign known to be conducted by a China-nexus threat actor since the mass exploitation of Microsoft Exchange in early 2021,” Charles Carmakal, Mandiant’s chief technical officer, said in a emailed statement. That hack compromised tens of thousands of computers globally.
In a blog post Thursday, Google-owned Mandiant expressed “high confidence” that the group exploiting a software vulnerability in Barracuda Networks’ Email Security Gateway was engaged in “espionage activity in support of the People’s Republic of China.” It said the activivity began as early as October.
The hackers sent emails containing malicious file attachments to gain access to targeted organizations’ devices and data, Mandiant said. Of those organizations, 55% were from the Americas, 22% from Asia Pacific and 24% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa and they included foreign ministries in Southeast Asia, foreign trade offices and academic organizations in Taiwan and Hong Kong. the company said.
Mandiant said the majority impact in the Americas may partially reflect the geography of Barracuda’s customer base.
Barracuda announced on June 6 that some of its its email security appliances had been hacked as early as October, giving the intruders a back door into compromised networks. The hack was so severe the California company recommended fully replacing the appliances.
After discovering it in mid-May, Barracuda released containment and remediation patches but the hacking group, which Mandiant identifies as UNC4841, altered their malware to try to maintain access, Mandiant said. The group then “countered with high frequency operations targeting a number of victims located in at least 16 different countries.”
Word of the breach as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for China this weekend as part of the Biden administration’s push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing.
His visit had initially been planned for early this year but was postponed indefinitely after the discovery and shootdown of what the U.S. said was a Chinese spy balloon over the United States.
Mandiant said the targeting at both the organizational and individual account levels, focused on issues that are high policy priorities for China, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. It said the hackers searched for email accounts of people working for governments of political or strategic interest to China at the time they were participating in diplomatic meetings with other countries.
In a emailed statement Thursday, Barracuda said about 5% of its active Email Security Gateway appliances worldwide showed evidence of potential compromise. It said it was providing replacement appliances to affected customers at no cost.
The U.S. government has accused Beijing of being its principal cyberespionage threat, with state-backed Chinese hackers stealing data from both the private and public sector.
In terms of raw intelligence affecting the U.S., China’s largest electronic infiltrations have targeted OPM, Anthem, Equifax and Marriott.
Earlier this year, Microsoft said state-backed Chinese hackers have been targeting U.S. critical infrastructure and could be laying the technical groundwork for the potential disruption of critical communications between the U.S. and Asia during future crises.
China says the U.S. also engages in cyberespionage against it, hacking into computers of its universities and companies.
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AP Business Writer Zen Soo contributed from Hong Kong.
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AUSTIN, Texas — On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reiterated his belief that the U.S. Supreme Court wrongly decided the 2015 case that legalized same-sex marriage.
His comments come as some speculate the basis behind the opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade could impact other rights, including gay marriage and contraception.
The 5-4 June 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges made it illegal to deny same-sex couples a marriage certificate in the U.S., citing the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
In the Supreme Court’s 6 to 3 decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization last month to overturn abortion rights as establish by Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas argued the judicial body should also “correct the error” of the Obergefell decision.
Cruz made his comments during a conversation with conservative political commentator Liz Wheeler on Saturday on his “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast.
"Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation's history," Cruz said in his podcast. "Marriage was always an issue that was left to the states. We saw states before Obergefell – some states were moving to allow gay marriage; other states were moving to allow civil partnerships. There were different standards that the states were adopting."
"I think that decision was clearly wrong when it was decided. It was the court overreaching," he said.
Cruz said he was not sure the court would revisit the Obergefell precedent, agreeing with the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, who said Roe was unique because it concerned “potential life.”
Cruz said he thought the current state of marriages in the U.S. would "counsel restraint" on the court.
"You've got a ton of people who have entered into gay marriages and it would be more than a little chaotic for the court to do something that somehow disrupted those marriages that have been entered into in accordance with the law," Cruz said. "I think that would be a factor that would counsel restraint, that the court would be concerned about. But to be honest, I don't think this court has any appetite for overturning any of these decisions."
But Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs said the Supreme Court “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence and Obergefell,” saying those precedents were “demonstrably erroneous.”
Griswold v. Connecticut was a 1965 decision that established the right of married couples to purchase and use contraception without government interference. Lawrence v. Texas was a 2003 decision that ruled criminal penalties are unconstitutional for sodomy or private, consensual sexual acts.
“After overruling these demonstrably erroneous decisions, the question would remain whether other constitutional provisions guarantee the myriad rights that our substantive due process cases have generated,” Thomas wrote.
Cruz has long expressed opposition to same-sex marriage and criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell.
In an NPR interview in 2015, Cruz said he would make opposition to same-sex marriage “front and center” of his GOP presidential primary campaign.
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Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95
ROME (AP) — Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international film stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said. She was 95.
The agent, Paola Comin, didn’t provide details. But Lollobrigida had surgery in September to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall. She returned home and said she had quickly resumed walking.
A drawn portrait of the diva graced a 1954 cover of Time magazine, which in an article about Italian movie-making likened her to a “goddess.” More than a half-century later, Lollobrigida still turned heads with a head full of auburn curly hair and her statuesque figure.
“Lollo,” as she was lovingly nicknamed by Italians, began making movies in Italy just after the end of World War II, as the country began to promote on the big screen a stereotypical concept of Mediterranean beauty as buxom and brunette.
Besides “The World’s Most Beautiful Woman” in 1955, career highlights included Golden Globe-winner “Come September,” with Rock Hudson; “Trapeze;” “Beat the Devil,” a 1953 John Huston film starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones; and “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell,” which won Lollobrigida Italy’s top movie award, a David di Donatello, as best actress in 1969.
In Italy, she worked with some of the country’s top directors following the war, including Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Pietro Germi and Vittorio De Sica.
Two of her more popular films at home were Comencini’s “Pane Amore Fantasia” (Bread Love Fantasy) in 1953, and the sequel a year later, “Pane Amore Gelosia” (Bread Love Jealousy). In each of them, her male foil was Vittorio Gassman, one of Italy’s most leading men on the screen.
Lollobrigida began her career in beauty contests, posing for the covers of magazines and brief appearances in minor films. But her sexy image quickly propelled her to roles in major Italian and international movies.
While Lollobrigida played some dramatic roles, her characters were most popular in lighthearted comedies, like the “Bread Love” movies.
Lollobrigida also was an accomplished sculptor, painter and photographer, and eventually essentially dropped film for the fine arts. With her camera, she roamed the world from what was then the Soviet Union to Australia.
In 1974, Fidel Castro hosted her as a guest in Cuba for 12 days as she worked on a photo reportage.
She was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, a picturesque hill town near Rome, where her father was a furniture maker,
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BOSTON, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (The National Council) issued a comment on proposed amendments to U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13.
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls is the only national advocacy organization founded and led by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. The founders came together in the prison yard at FCI Danbury because they were frustrated that policy makers were focusing their attention exclusively on men. They also wanted the voices of incarcerated people to be heard – those who understand the harm the current system inflicts and have the expertise to create an alternative system that recognizes each person's humanity. The prison experience increases trauma in women and, if they are mothers, to the children they are separated from. It deepens poverty in the individual lives of incarcerated people and the overall economic stability of their communities.
Although The National Council's long-term goal is to end the incarceration of women and girls, we are also working to address conditions of confinement for those still living inside prisons. We support women seeking compassionate release and work to raise awareness of the horrific conditions in our prisons and jails. Through our "Reimagining Communities" project, a national infrastructure for supporting community-based initiatives led by incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, and directly affected women and girls, we are supporting community organizing, economic development, and participatory budgeting. Our work will expand opportunities for those in low-income communities to keep residents out of the criminal legal system.
The National Council would like to share the "boots on the ground" perspective of how compassionate release works in practice. Since the First Step Act was passed, we have received hundreds of emails from incarcerated women describing their situations and seeking help. We have set up a network of law students and have supervised the filing of nine compassionate release motions: one is pending, two were granted, six were denied, although two of those movants were transferred to home confinement under the CARES Act. We are honored to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves and are grateful for the Commission's promise that their voices "will be heard."
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For more information on The National Council, please visit www.nationalcouncil.us.
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PARIS (AP) — Loewe’s ever-creative director, Jonathan Anderson, became the toast of Paris Fashion Week on Friday with his subtly provocative, concept-driven runway show triumph that had critics and VIP guests, including Karlie Kloss and Alexa Chung, bowled over.
Meanwhile, U.S. Vogue’s Anna Wintour announced that next year’s Met Gala in New York will be a homage to the late Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.
Here are some highlights of spring-summer 2023 collections:
IN LOWE WITH LOEWE
Loewe, the hip heritage brand whose “w” is pronounced “v,” is going from strength to strength under the artistic stewardship of Northern Irish designer Johnathan Anderson.
Friday’s concept-driven collection — the highlight of the season so far — was a case in point. Like old school collections used to be, Anderson takes one main theme and develops it until it spawns others creatively within the show like a symphony, all held together with invisible strings. A giant bright red tropical flower, identified as an anthurium, was the centerpiece of this minimalist runway — producing thoughtful variations on the flower theme.
It was at times literal, such as the giant white anthurium serving as the front piece on an A-line minidress. At other times it was conceptual: The minimalist shape of a black bustier dress opening the show evoked the purity of the single waxy petal — and its silhouette itself resembled an upside-down flower, like a take on 1940s Dior.
Distortions were everywhere. An ash bustier gown sported an inside peplum to create a surreal curtain-shape in the skirt. The 1940s was also apparent in the babydoll gowns whose myriad-colored stripes confused the eye.
Shoes became ruffles of white fabric like petals brushing the floor — or a mop? — while stilettos were intentionally oversize and awkward.
This collection shows that Anderson is a rare designer who manages to mix classical fashion with perplexing ideas without sacrificing any visual beauty.
MET GALA TO CELEBRATE KARL LAGERFELD
U.S. Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour convened a huddle of top Paris Fashion Week insiders Friday to announce that the theme of next year’s annual Met Gala will be the work of the late Karl Lagerfeld.
Taking place on the first Monday in May, the world-famous fund-raiser — also billed the Oscars of fashion — will celebrate the work of the German-born couturier, who worked at Chanel, Fendi and Chloe and died in 2019, aged 85.
As ever, the Met Gala theme is borrowed from the exhibit running at the museum. Next year’s will be entitled “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” and will see some 150 of his creations assembled together to see his “stylistic language.” Lagerfeld’s original sketches will also be on display.
ISSEY MIYAKE: A TRIBUTE
The Japanese techno-fabric-loving house of Issey Miyake marked the end of an era on Friday, presenting its first collection since the death of the house founder. Fashion icon Issey Miyake died last month in Tokyo at age 84.
A heartfelt tribute to him was included in the show notes from current designer Satoshi Kondo and the design team. It read: “We see design as a process driven by curiosity, built upon a comprehensive exploration — bringing joy, wonder, and hope to life, and of course with a touch of playfulness.”
The spring show was fittingly contemplative.
Against the set of a huge glowing obelisk, draping and gentle curves defined the soft aesthetic. Models walked a hazy, white and blue backlit runway, appearing as if through clouds.
A loose white shirt had additional layers of fabric on the shoulder that fluttered like wings, while a neon-yellow trench with voluminous arms dazzled like the first ray of sun.
The best looks in the otherwise play-it-safe collection were classic Miyake styles. One torch-red gown was made of horizontal veins of fabric that bounced stylishly as the model paraded past. Its asymmetrical skirt flowed down one leg like moving lava.
GIAMBATTISTA VALLI, THE WICKER MAN
Bejeweled Roman sandals, rope-like hem detailing and tunic-style minidresses.
The spring collection by Giambattista Valli was a nod to ancient Rome, reminding fashion insiders that despite showing in Paris with a very Parisian aesthetic, Valli does actually hark from Rome (albeit not the Ancient variety, having been born there in 1966).
Spring saw the talented couturier’s usual sexy 60s fare — youthful, baring inches of flesh. But there were creative flourishes among these styles that demonstrated how he keeps more than one eye on the trends.
Friday saw designs using raffia and perforations resembling wicker to create styles that have been seen in other collections this season, too.
The best looks were the least try-hard: One black full skirt in all out perforations had a sort of sporty-ethnic vibe with the mode’s flesh visible, sensually, through the holes. | 2022-09-30T19:23:18+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/entertainment-news/ap-met-gala-to-honor-lagerfeld-loewe-bowls-over-paris-fashion/ |
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The new president of Cyprus is meeting informally with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots on Thursday to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island’s ethnic division that has been a source of instability in the east Mediterranean for decades.
The meeting, hosted by the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission on the island, will be the first for President-elect Nikos Christodoulides following his election victory earlier this month. The fact that it’s taking place even before Christodoulides formally assumes office on March 1 aims to underscore a campaign pledge to keep a peace deal as an overriding priority.
But the meeting itself is no harbinger of a breakthrough anytime soon, because seemingly insurmountable obstacles still stand in the way of a peace deal. Chief among those obstacles is an about-face by Turkey and the minority Turkish Cypriots regarding the agreed-upon shape of a deal after the most recent failed push for peace at a Swiss resort in the summer of 2017.
The island’s division came about in 1974 when Turkey invaded in the wake of a coup aimed at union with Greece. Only Turkey recognizes a Turkish Cypriot declaration of independence in the island’s northern third and it maintains more than 35,000 troops there. Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, but only the Greek Cypriot south enjoys full membership benefits.
There had been a long-held understanding that any deal would reunify Cyprus as a federation composed of a Turkish-speaking zone in the north and a Greek speaking zone in the south. But Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots are now seeking a two-state deal that recognizes separate Turkish Cypriot sovereignty, something that Greek Cypriots reject out of hand and which has been rejected by the European Union, the United Nations, the U.S. and other countries.
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said this week that he’s open to dialogue, but warned there’s “no flexibility or retreat” from the two-state proposal as well as a permanent Turkish troop presence on the island and military intervention rights for Ankara — all non-starters for the Greek Cypriot side.
“You can never impose on us a settlement saying that ‘this is what the EU says,’ burying your head in the sand,” Tatar was quoted as saying. “Our red line is our sovereignty.”
Tatar said he would raise in Thursday’s meeting the possibility of the two sides working together on dealing with potential earthquakes on the island.
Christodoulides told The Associated Press that he’s “fully aware” of the obstacles, “but that doesn’t mean that we mustn’t do everything possible to break the current deadlock.”
The president-elect said key to any peace deal would be the EU’s active involvement in U.N.-led peace talks through the appointment by EU leaders of a “strong political personality.”
He said Turkey could be made more amenable to a deal if things that it has long sought from the EU — including upgrading its customs union with the bloc, visa-free travel for its citizens and unfreezing its EU membership bid — can be put on the negotiating table.
A potential deal could expedite the development of sizable natural gas deposits off Cyprus’ southern shores amid Europe’s energy crunch and remove a major thorn in the rocky relationship between NATO allies Greece and Turkey.
“The EU has all the tools that could create a beneficial state of affairs in which all sides will have nothing but to gain from a Cyprus settlement,” Christodoulides said. | 2023-02-23T10:52:08+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/divided-cyprus-new-president-scopes-out-peace-talks-reset/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Racial justice was at the forefront of President Biden’s agenda when he took office. Yet despite signing an executive order on advancing racial equity, critics say he’s made little progress since his election, including on voting rights and police reform, two major concerns for Black voters. He now faces a GOP House that is set to take a radically different position on such issues.
Still, the Biden Administration has seen some success in passing parts of its racial justice agenda.
Here’s where key aspects of the agenda stand:
Criminal justice reform
One of Biden’s major campaign pledges was to “strengthen America’s commitment to justice and reform our criminal justice system.” Part of that included reducing the number of incarcerated people.
Since 2021, Biden has pardoned only nine individuals for crimes ranging from possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine to second degree murder while armed.
But in October, he took another step forward by pardoning everyone convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law.
The American Civil Liberties Union reports Black Americans are nearly four times more likely than white Americans to be arrested for marijuana possession.
But the pardons didn’t release anyone from jail — there is no one in federal custody for simple possession of marijuana.
Still, for those who had a felony conviction, the pardon will restore civil rights, like voting, that had been stripped away. And while the pardon doesn’t erase the convictions from anyone’s record, it will make it easier for those convicted to apply for a job or try to rent an apartment.
But other key aspects of Biden’s criminal justice reform agenda have not passed: Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level and cash bail remains the standard for most states, though some have begun debating ending it.
Biden has also not established his promised Task Force on Prosecutorial Discretion. The task force would look at how decisions are made on when to charge someone and with what crimes, both of which vary widely across jurisdictions. Because of this, some individuals end up with longer sentences, parole or probation, while others might be forced into taking a plea deal.
White supremacy
Black voters have consistently identified racism as one of the top concerns they want to see addressed. Part of that includes having white supremacy declared a national security threat.
While this has not happened yet, Biden’s Jan. 20, 2021, executive order instructed the Department of Homeland Security to address white supremacists and other domestic terrorists.
The goal was to improve the federal government’s understanding of white supremacy, prevent groups from being mobilized and counter the use of the internet in recruiting domestic terrorists.
In a report soon after, the DHS identified white supremacists as the biggest terror threat to the United States.
“White supremacists will not have the last word and this venom and violence cannot be the story of our time,” Biden said at the United We Stand summit last September.
But white supremacist-perpetuated violence has persisted.
A white supremacist gunman attacked a supermarket in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo, New York, killing 10, in May last year. In June, 31 people affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front were caught on their way to a Pride parade in Iowa.
Asian/Pacific American hate crimes
Misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic led to a rise in hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Attacks have been perpetuated against adults, students and AAPI businesses, according to Stop AAPI Hate.
Biden took steps to address the increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans in May 2021 when he signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill into law. The law aims to make reporting hate crimes at the local and state levels easier.
It also directs the Department of Justice to appoint a designated officer to expedite the review of hate crimes related to COVID-19. It would authorize grants to state and local governments to create programs for preventing and responding to hate crimes.
In their most recent data, Stop AAPI Hate reported more than 9,000 hate incidents against members of the AAPI community between March 19, 2020, and June 30, 2021. Verbal harassment and shunning were the top two types of hate incidents against AAPI members.
“We heard how too many Asian Americans have been waking up each morning this past year genuinely — genuinely — fearing for their safety just opening the door and walking down the street, and safety for their loved ones,” Biden said at the signing. “The moms and dads who, when they let their kids out the door to go to school, were worried.”
“For centuries, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders — diverse and vibrant communities — have helped build this nation only to be often stepped over, forgotten or ignored. You know, lived here for generations, but still considered, by some, the ‘other’ — the ‘other.’ It’s wrong. It’s simply — to use the phrase — it’s simply un-American.”
Racial wealth gap
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the impact of the racial wealth gap. During the pandemic, Black families were more likely than white families to face financial hardships and to have less access to resources, according to The Center for American Progress.
So, on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, an incident in which a thriving Black business community was destroyed as a mob of white people killed hundreds, Biden announced his administration would take action to address racial discrimination in the housing market, a huge win for Black communities that have faced widespread discrimination in housing appraisals.
According to a report by The New York Times, homes in majority white neighborhoods are appraised for $371,000 more than those in neighborhoods where the majority of residents are people of color — a 75 percent increase since 2013.
But Biden’s plan also announced using the federal government’s purchasing power to grow federal contracting with small businesses by 50 percent.
Meanwhile, Biden’s decision to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans was also a major step toward erasing the racial wealth gap.
About 24 percent of Black adults have federal student loan debt, compared to only 14 percent of white adults, according to CNBC + Acorn’s Invest in You Student Loan Survey.
On average, Black college graduates owe $7,400 more than their white peers when they graduate, according to the Brookings Institution. Four years after graduation, Black borrowers owe an average of $52,726, compared to $28,006 for white college graduates.
Still, advocates say upwards of $50,000 forgiveness is needed to truly begin addressing the racial wealth gap. And now, Biden’s loan forgiveness plan faces challenges before the Supreme Court. | 2023-01-21T15:00:07+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/where-bidens-racial-justice-agenda-stands/ |
Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's (CA): Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits - WCC Tournament
The No. 1 seed Saint Mary's Gaels (26-6, 14-2 WCC) are 2.5-point underdogs in the WCC championship game, as bookmakers think the No. 2 Gonzaga Bulldogs (27-5, 14-2 WCC) will claim the automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket. The title game tips off Tuesday at 9:00 PM, live on ESPN. The point total in the matchup is set at 138.5.
Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's (CA) Odds & Info
- Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- TV: ESPN
- Where: Paradise, Nevada
- Venue: Orleans Arena
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Gonzaga vs Saint Mary's (CA) Betting Records & Stats
- So far this season, the Bulldogs have compiled a 12-17-0 record against the spread.
- Gonzaga has a record of 19-2, a 90.5% win rate, when it's favored by -150 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- The implied probability of a win from the Bulldogs, based on the moneyline, is 60%.
- Saint Mary's (CA) has gone 16-12-0 ATS this year.
- The Gaels have been listed as an underdog of +125 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Saint Mary's (CA) has a 44.4% chance of pulling out a win.
Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's (CA) Over/Under Stats
Additional Gonzaga vs Saint Mary's (CA) Insights & Trends
- Gonzaga has a 6-4 record against the spread while finishing 9-1 overall over its last 10 contests.
- The Bulldogs have hit the over in eight of their last 10 games.
- Saint Mary's (CA) has gone 8-2 over its past 10 games, with a 3-7 record against the spread during that span.
- In their past 10 contests, the Gaels have gone over the total six times.
- The Bulldogs average 28.2 more points per game (87.8) than the Gaels give up (59.6).
- Gonzaga is 12-15 against the spread and 26-5 overall when scoring more than 59.6 points.
- The Gaels' 72.0 points per game are only 1.6 fewer points than the 73.6 the Bulldogs allow.
- When it scores more than 73.6 points, Saint Mary's (CA) is 11-2 against the spread and 14-1 overall.
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "My wife used an extension cord to plug in her USB power cube on the nightstand and it would either fall out of the extension cord or behind the nightstand. I thought there should be an easier way to keep the USB outlet close, secure and accessible on the lamp cord without using zip ties or struggling with a jumble of wires," said an inventor, from Sarasota, Fla., "so I invented the CLAMP N CHARGE. My design enables you to easily add USB power outlets anywhere along any lamp cord or other AC line cord where USB outlets are needed."
The invention provides a USB power outlet feature at any point along the length of an AC line cord. In doing so, it ensures that USB charging outlets are easily accessible. It can be used with cords on bedroom nightstands, office desks, and lamp-table combinations. It also eliminates the hassle of using additional extension cords and power cubes. The invention features a durable and safe design that is easy to apply and use, making it ideal for households, offices, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations, patent pending and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the St. Petersburg sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-TLS-254, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a man on Friday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state resumed lethal injections after two failed executions prompted the state to conduct an internal review.
James Barber, 64, was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison.
Barber was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2001 beating death of 75-year-old Dorothy Epps. Prosecutors said Barber, a handyman, confessed to killing Epps with a claw hammer and fleeing with her purse. Jurors voted 11-1 to recommend a death sentence, which a judge imposed.
Before he was put to death, Barber told his family he loved them and apologized to Epps' family.
“I want to tell the Epps' family I love them. I'm sorry for what happened," Barber said. “No words would fit how I feel.”
Barber said he wanted to tell the governor “and the people in this room that I forgive you for what you are about to do."
It was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state halted executions last fall. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced a pause on executions in November to conduct an internal review of procedures.
The move came after the state halted two lethal injections because of difficulties inserting IVs into the condemned men's veins. Advocacy groups claimed a third execution, carried out after a delay because of IV problems, was botched, a claim the state has disputed.
Barber’s attorneys unsuccessfully asked the courts to block the execution, saying the state has a pattern of failing “to carry out a lethal injection execution in a constitutional manner.”
The Supreme Court denied Barber’s request for a stay without comment. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissent from the decision that was joined by Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. She said the court was allowing “Alabama to experiment again with a human life.”
“The Eighth Amendment demands more than the State’s word that this time will be different. The Court should not allow Alabama to test the efficacy of its internal review by using Barber as its ‘guinea pig,’” Sotomayor wrote.
After his last words, Barber spoke with a spiritual adviser who accompanied him into the death chamber. As the drugs were administered, Barber's eyes closed and his abdomen pulsed several times. His breathing slowed until it was no longer visible.
Much of of the last-minute legal battle centered on Alabama's ability to obtain intravenous access in past executions. Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said the two intravenous lines were connected to Barber with "three sticks in six minutes."
“Justice has been served. This morning, James Barber was put to death for the terrible crime he committed over two decades ago: the especially heinous, atrocious, and cruel murder of Dorothy Epps,” Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama plans to execute an inmate Friday morning for the 2001 beating death of a woman, in what would be the first lethal injection since the state paused executions following a string of problems with inserting the IVs.
James Barber, 64, is scheduled to be put to death at a south Alabama prison. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Barber's request for a stay shortly after midnight and cleared the way for the execution to begin.
It is the first execution scheduled in the state since Gov. Kay Ivey paused executions in November to conduct an internal review after two lethal injections were called off because of difficulties inserting IVs into the condemned men's veins.
Barber was convicted in the 2001 beating death of 75-year-old Dorothy Epps in Harvest, Alabama. Prosecutors said Barber, a handyman who knew Epps’ daughter, confessed to killing Epps with a claw hammer and fleeing with her purse. Jurors voted 11-1 to recommend a death sentence, which a judge imposed.
Barber's scheduled execution comes hours after Oklahoma executed Jemaine Cannon for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center.
Barber's attorney's asked the Supreme Court to halt the execution, citing Alabama's recent problems.
Attorneys for inmate Alan Miller said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they unsuccessfully tried to connect an IV line to him and at one point left him hanging vertically on a gurney during his aborted execution in September. State officials called off the November execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith after they were unsuccessful in connecting the second of two required lines.
Advocacy groups claimed a third execution, carried out in July after a delay because of IV problems, was botched because of multiple attempts to connect the line, a claim the state has disputed.
Ivey announced in February that the state was resuming executions. Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said prison system had added to its pool of medical professionals, ordered new equipment and conducted additional rehearsals.
Attorneys for Barber argued his execution “will likely be botched in the same manner as the prior three."
The Supreme Court denied Barber's request for a stay without comment. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the decision in a writing joined by Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“The Eighth Amendment demands more than the State’s word that this time will be different. The Court should not allow Alabama to test the efficacy of its internal review by using Barber as its ‘guinea pig,’" Sotomayor wrote.
The Alabama attorney general's office had urged the Supreme Court to let the execution proceed.
The state wrote that the previous executions were called off because of a “confluence of events—including health issues specific to the individual inmates and last-minute litigation brought by the inmates that dramatically shortened the window for ADOC officials to conduct the executions."
“Dorothy Epps, Smith’s victim, has survivors who have already waited overlong to see justice done,” the office added.
In the hours leading up to the scheduled execution, Barber had 22 visitors and two phone calls, a prison spokesperson said. Barber ate a final meal of loaded hashbrowns, western omelet, spicy sausage and toast.
One of the changes Alabama made following the internal review was to give the state more time to carry out executions. The Alabama Supreme Court did away with its customary midnight deadline to get an execution underway in order to give the state more time to establish an IV line and battle last-minute legal appeals. The state will have until 6 a.m. Friday to start Barber’s execution.
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Forest to play Huddersfield for place in the Premier League
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest will play Huddersfield for a place in the Premier League after reaching the Championship playoff final thanks to a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Sheffield United. Forest lost the second leg 2-1 after extra time, making it 3-3 on aggregate, but won 3-2 on penalties at the City Ground after three saves by goalkeeper Brice Samba. Forest is a two-time European champion and was last in the top flight in 1999. The team can return there by beating Huddersfield at Wembley Stadium on May 29. Huddersfield was promoted to the Premier League in 2017 after 45 years in the lower league, before getting relegated in 2019. | 2022-05-18T01:15:31+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/05/17/forest-to-play-huddersfield-for-place-in-the-premier-league/ |
Here’s why retirement age matters for Social Security
Early retirement will permanently decrease Social Security payments
(InvestigateTV) — The Social Security Administration (SSA) allows individuals to start claiming retirement benefits at age 62 but the monthly payout will be reduced by 25-30%, depending on age.
Full retirement age is when people are entitled to 100% of the Social Security benefits they have earned over their lifetime.
The Social Security Amendments of 1983 required the gradual increase in full retirement age over time.
Per the SSA, those born between 1943 and 1954 receive full retirement at age 66. After that, the full retirement age increases by two months each year. If you were born 1960 or later your full retirement age is 67.
The SSA retirement age table can be viewed here.
Retirees who choose to delay receiving Social Security benefits can qualify for delayed retirement credits that could boost benefits by 8% each year until 70 years old.
While Social Security is facing a shortfall, the latest projections show the program will collect enough to pay full retirement benefits through 2033, then 77% of scheduled benefits after depletion.
While Social Security benefits are an important part of any retirement plan, the government encourages Americans to invest in employer based retirement plans, such as 401ks and Individual Retirement Accounts.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has a Retirement Savings Toolkit available with comprehensive information and resources.
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LEAWOOD, Kan., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- J.R. Buckner, president and CEO of First Federal Bank of Kansas City, was elected and installed as chairman of the Missouri Bankers Association at the organization's 132nd Annual Convention held June 8-10 at the Hilton Branson Convention Center.
As chairman, Buckner's duties include overseeing and directing activities of the MBA Board of Directors and representing MBA's membership with elected officials and regulators at the state and national level. Buckner will serve as chairman for one year.
"J.R.'s knowledge of community banks and their role in strengthening economic prosperity in their communities will serve him well as he guides our association," said Jackson Hataway, MBA president.
"Legislation enacted by lawmakers in Jefferson City and Washington, D.C., enables community banks to better assist their customers with their financial goals of owning a home, sending their children to college or expanding their business," Buckner said. "Our association will continue to seek changes, both in the legislature and regulatory agencies, to ensure economic growth in communities throughout Missouri."
Buckner joined First Federal Bank of Kansas City in November 2012 and was named president and CEO in April 2014. Throughout his nearly 30-year career, Buckner has worked in three community banks. He is a member of the American Bankers Association's Mutual Institutions Council and has served on the Mutual Savings Association Advisory Council to the Office of the Comptroller of Currency. Buckner is a graduate of the Missouri School of Banking and the Graduate School of Banking in Boulder, Colorado, where he was an instructor for nine years. A participant in MBA's Washington Visit, Buckner has served on MBA's Board of Directors since 2019, MBA's PAC Committee and the Bylaws Task Force.
At MBA's convention, Adrian Breen, executive chairman and CEO/president of The Bank of Missouri in Perryville, was elected and installed as MBA chairman-elect. Wade "Pee Wee" Bartels, president and CEO of Alliance Bank in Cape Girardeau, was elected and installed as treasurer.
Since 1934, First Federal Bank of Kansas City has pursued the vision of "prosperity and a home for all" by creating lasting customer relationships, through financial education, and a commitment to community support. As a mutual bank, community growth is company success. First Federal Bank offers retail banking and consumer, mortgage, and construction lending, serving more than 25,000 customers across 11 locations in the KC metro area and thousands of mortgage customers nationwide.
www.ffbkc.com
The Missouri Bankers Association is a statewide trade and professional organization in Jefferson City that represents the interests of 235 banks and savings and loans in Missouri. MBA serves as the principal advocate for the Missouri banking community and provides educational opportunities, products and services that assist bankers with enhancing their banking operations. For more information, visit mobankers.com or follow MBA on Twitter @mobankers.
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The sharp-witted standup comic, who died Feb. 19, got his start in comedy clubs in the 1970s, but was perhaps best known for playing Det. Munch on Law & Order: SVU. Originally broadcast in 1987.
Copyright 2023 Fresh Air
The sharp-witted standup comic, who died Feb. 19, got his start in comedy clubs in the 1970s, but was perhaps best known for playing Det. Munch on Law & Order: SVU. Originally broadcast in 1987.
Copyright 2023 Fresh Air | 2023-02-24T20:02:56+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/2023-02-24/remembering-comic-and-law-order-actor-richard-belzer |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox had 33 points and seven assists and the Sacramento Kings extended their winning streak to six games with a 137-129 win over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night.
“This is the best basketball he’s played in his career," Harrison Barnes said of his teammate. "He’s playing at an All-Star level. He’s doing it on the offensive end, the defensive end ... it’s a credit to him and the amount of work he put in this summer.”
Fox scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, including a pair of free throws with 22.6 seconds remaining that extended Sacramento's lead to six points. The Kings have won eight of their last 10 games after starting the season 0-4.
Sacramento closed the game on a 15-5 run.
“We can score with the best of them,” Kings coach Mike Brown said. “We have to figure out a way to get stops and not just in the last three minutes.”
Barnes had a season-high 27 points with nine rebounds. He hit two free throws with 14.6 seconds left to help secure the victory.
“We’re kind of clicking," Barnes said. “We have that continuity that, at the beginning of the year, we didn’t have. It’s amazing that the offense has clicked on that end.”
Kevin Huerter hit four 3-pointers and finished with 24 points as all of the Kings' starters scored in double figures. Domantas Sabonis had 15 points and 13 rebounds.
“He had another big game for us,” Brown said. “He had a tough (defensive) assignment tonight. He did a good job.”
Pistons rookie Jaden Ivey, the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft, had 24 points.
“Ivey is aggressive when you need him to be,” Cory Joseph said. “He has great confidence for a rookie.”
Bojan Bogdanovic added 21 points for Detriot, which has lost seven consecutive games and 10 of its last 11.
“They’re playing their hearts out,” Pistons coach Dwane Casey said. “I see growth and improvement ... we have to stay together and stay positive.”
Alec Burks had 16 points off the bench and Marvin Bagley lll added 15 for the Pistons.
TIP-INS
Pistons: G Cade Cunningham (left shin injury) didn’t play Sunday and has been out since Nov. 11. ... F Marvin Bagley lll returned to Sacramento for the first time. Bagley was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 2018 Draft. He was traded to Detroit at last season’s trade deadline. ... Detroit outscored the Kings reserves 55-25.
Kings: Murray returned to the starting lineup after missing the last game against San Antonio with back soreness. ... Malik Monk was given a technical foul with 5:32 left in the third quarter and picked up his second with 7:26 left. He was ejected. ... Sabonis recorded his ninth double-double of the season.
UP NEXT
Pistons: Continue a five-game trip at Denver on Tuesday.
Kings: Travel to Memphis on Tuesday.
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Seven years ago, Phil Levin and his girlfriend, Kristen Berman, pondered a common question: Should we move in together?
Levin assumed they’d take a predictable path and find a more affordable apartment outside of pricey San Francisco. But Berman, a behavioral scientist, shared her reservations about leaving their friend network – and some facts to back it up.
“All the behavioral science research shows that that’s one of the worst things you can do for your happiness,” Levin says.
Instead, the couple rented a Victorian-era mansion in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood and invited nine friends to move in. Today, they co-own a multiunit property in Oakland, California, called Radish, which houses 17 adults and two infants.
It took some effort to find the right property and figure out finances. But the now-married couple couldn’t imagine designing their life — or raising their daughter — any other way.
“Being able to have this extended family of ‘aunties’ and ‘uncles’ close by has been wonderful,” Levin says.
Many co-buyers operate on a smaller scale. But no matter the size of your group, co-buying requires extra planning and paperwork. If you’re willing to get vulnerable about your finances and long-term goals, the payoff of companionship can be worth it.
KEEP AN OPEN MIND
In the National Association of Realtors’ 2022 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, a record-high 5% of first-time home buyers were “other household compositions” – that is, something different than single, married or coupled.
“It can be a great situation, and a way to enter the market that they wouldn’t be able to enter otherwise,” says Don Koonce, a real estate agent in Seattle who has helped dozens of co-buyers during his eight years in real estate.
Many co-buyers Koonce has worked with are platonic friends who have been living together for years. But they’re as diverse as the types of homes they buy, which range from traditional single-family homes to condos and duplexes.
The right home depends on your group’s size and tolerance of personal versus shared space. Houses with basements work well for separate living spaces, Koonce says, or you could remodel.
Recently, Koonce helped a mother and daughter buy a split-level that they renovated into two distinct units, including separate kitchens.
“It was beautiful,” he says. “I don’t see any problem with a resale on that, because somebody could rent it out.”
STRESS-TEST YOUR RELATIONSHIP
Even for family members or experienced roommates, the financial commitment of co-buying raises the stakes.
Ashley Agnew is a n investment advisor and financial therapist with Centerpoint Advisors, a wealth management firm in Needham, Massachusetts. When working with co-buyers, she role-plays worst-case scenarios to “stress test” the relationship, such as how they’d handle major home repairs or theft.
“You really do have to get a little bit financially naked with the person that you’re buying with,” she says. “There has to be a lot of transparency.”
Agnew always recommends that co-buyers seek legal counsel. An estate attorney can draft a cohabitation agreement — something that’s not just for romantic partners, she notes. That way, all parties know what to expect if someone wants out of the homeownership commitment.
“It’s almost like running a minibusiness, especially if it’s not a coupleship,” Agnew says.
An estate attorney can also help co-buyers understand options for titling the home, such as joint tenancy or tenancy in common. Each arrangement has pros, cons and legal obligations.
FIND THE RIGHT RESOURCES
To move your plans from dream to reality, it’s essential to find a lender that is familiar with — and supportive of — co-buyers’ unique needs. That’s often the first hurdle, Koonce noted. Some realtors hesitate to work with co-buyers, too.
“It’s a lot more paperwork,” he says, “and a lot more coordinating and getting people to agree.”
To provide better service, Koonce earned a professional certification established by Seattle-based real estate startup CoBuy. The company offers education for real estate agents, attorneys and lenders, as well as services for co-buyers themselves.
After establishing Radish, Levin found his inbox flooded with questions about co-buying and co-living. The interest exposed an information gap: People craved trusted guidance on how to do this successfully.
So in 2020, Levin teamed up with close friend Gillian Morris to co-found the Substack newsletter Supernuclear. It provides advice, templates and tools to navigate common challenges of co-buying and co-living.
“We didn’t invent this concept,” Levin says. “We’re sort of standing on the shoulders of other people, so there’s sort of a pay-it-forward element where we wanted to have other people experience the happiness and meaning that we’ve gotten through this.”
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Abby Badach Doyle is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: abadachdoyle@nerdwallet.com.
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In July 2022, the National Association of Realtors mailed a 129-question survey using a random sample weighted to be representative of sales on a geographic basis to 153,045 recent home buyers. The recent home buyers had to have purchased a primary residence home between July 2021 and June 2022. Respondents had the option to fill out the survey via hard copy or online. The online survey was available in English and Spanish. A total of 4,854 responses were received from primary residence buyers. After accounting for undeliverable questionnaires, the survey had an adjusted response rate of 3.2%. The sample at the 95% confidence level has a confidence interval of +/-1.41%. | 2022-12-07T17:35:12+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Co-buying-a-house-How-platonic-partners-make-it-17636978.php |
All sales help support Certified B Corp "Best for the World™" company's effort to plant 5,000 avocado trees in Peru.
LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of National Avocado Day, Avocado Green — makers of certified organic and eco-luxury products — is launching a one-weekend flash sale with exclusive savings on their certified organic mattresses, 100% reclaimed wood bed frames, adjustable bed frames, organic certified linen sheets and pillows, bath collection, luxurious loungewear, and clean skin + body products.
As part of Avocado's Giving initiative, through which they donate 1% of all revenue to 1% For the Planet, all sales during the National Avocado Day sale will support the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation's effort to plant 5,000 avocado trees along the Napo and Amazon rivers in remote jungles in Peru.
From July 29 to August 1 only, customers can save up to $880 on Avocado's top-rated certified organic mattresses. Customers can save 10% on the Organic Green Mattress, Organic Luxury Mattress, and radically affordable Eco Organic Mattress, using code AVODAY, at AvocadoMattress.com.
Using the same code, shoppers can also save up to $340 on bed frames, including solid wood frames handcrafted in Avocado's own sustainable woodshop or adjustable bases that quietly glide into the most restful, supportive position.
Shoppers will save up to $65 on bedding, which covers luxurious, naturally breathable, GOTS certified organic sheets, duvet covers, and pillowcases. The AVODAY code is also good for 10% savings on all pillows, toppers, dog beds, and bath products.
The savings keep going. The code AVODAY is also good on Avocado's responsible loungewear and skin + body lines. Customers can save on insanely comfortable organic cotton, modal, and alpaca fiber apparel collections, as well as a Grounding Dry Body Oil, Supercharged Reishi Body Melt, and Snoozy Bath Soak with Magnesium Flakes.
Every order also comes with free carbon negative shipping. As a Climate Neutral certified brand — and one of B Corp's "Best for the World™"brands — Avocado reduces its footprint, offsets all of its scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, and advocates for legislation that will help mitigate the climate crisis.
From the beginning, Avocado just wanted a new kind of mattress. One that was greener — better for people and the planet — affordable, and comfortable. It was a simple idea rooted in a much bigger vision. Five years later, Avocado continues to expand — from bedding, to furniture, to their skin + bath collection, and their line of responsible loungewear. As the company grows, Avocado continues to redefine what it means to be a sustainable, ethical brand. The company is a Certified B Corporation, a Climate Neutral® Certified business, and a member of 1% For the Planet, remaining true to its original purpose: to be one of the most sustainable companies on Earth. Learn more at AvocadoGreen.com.
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More information sought on sexual assault suspect
CARPINTERIA – Detectives from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year-old Carpinteria resident Luis Antonio Ibarra Delgadillo, aka Anthony Ibarra, on March 9 for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a child under 10, dating back to 2015.
Mr. Ibarra Delgadillo was arrested after an extensive confidential criminal investigation without incident. He is currently being held without bail at the Main Jail in Santa Barbara.
Based on their investigation, detectives believe there may be additional survivors of alleged sexual assault by Mr. Ibarra Delgadillo who have not been identified. The Sheriff’s Office would like to encourage anyone with knowledge of additional alleged crimes associated with him to contact Detective Swank by phone at 805-681-4150. If you would like to be anonymous, you can submit information online at sbsheriff.org/home/anonymous-tip or by calling 805-681-4171.
Sheriff’s detectives coordinate closely with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office’s Victim-Witness Program to ensure the needs of survivors are not overshadowed by the focus on the investigation and prosecution of the accused. Victim advocates are available to ensure that survivors are kept informed and supported throughout the criminal justice process. Survivors have the option of contacting the Victim-Witness Assistance Program directly at 805-568-2400 or toll free at 855-840-3232.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind survivors that they can also find support services through its community partner, Standing Together to End Sexual Assault. Services offered by STESA include a confidential 24-Hour hotline, legal and medical advocacy and accompaniment, and counseling. You can reach a STESA advocate at any time by calling 805-564-3696.
For more information, go to sbstesa.org.
– Neil Hartstein
Police arrest transient
SANTA BARBARA – Police arrested a transient after he allegedly entered several commercial properties illegally, broke into two vehicles, and damaged property around 800 E. Ortega St. and 600 N. Milpas St.
The Santa Barbara Police Department received a 9-1-1 call Sunday around 10:17 a.m. about a suspicious subject and his alleged criminal conduct, police said.
“Officers arrived and contacted a subject exiting through a window of a business in the 800 block of East Ortega Street,” Sgt. Ethan Ragsdale, the SBPD public information officer, said. “The subject attempted to flee from officers but was quickly detained.”
The subject was identified as Phillip Spencer Vinke, a 37-year-old transient. He was arrested on suspicion of commercial burglary, two vehicle burglaries, vehicle tampering, and vandalism.
Mr. Vinke was booked in Santa Barbara County Jail, with bail set at $20,000.
– Neil Hartstein
Airplane lands in Santa Ynez vineyard
SANTA YNEZ – A single-engine aircraft went down Saturday morning due to engine trouble, and had to land in Sanja Cota Vineyard, adjacent to Santa Ynez Airport, Santa Barbara County Fire Department officials said.
The single-engine 1971 Maul M4 had to land shortly after takeoff, around 10:12 a.m., officials said.
The pilot glided toward the runway and made an emergency landing in the vineyard. There were four passengers on board, but no medical transport was required. There were no fuel leaks.
– Neil Hartstein | 2023-03-22T01:25:41+00:00 | newspress.com | https://newspress.com/traffic-crime-and-fire-blotter-637/ |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Amtrak's vision for the future, Amtrak has pledged to achieve netzero greenhouse gas emissions across the Amtrak Network by 2045. This net zero emissions target focuses on expanding efforts across Amtrak's entire carbon footprint to reduce environmental impacts from operations while safely moving people.
"Not only are trains convenient and comfortable, they are also one of the most sustainable modes of transportation," said Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner. "With new equipment, modernized stations and net zero emissions, Amtrak can lead the drive toward sustainable transportation throughout the nation."
"We congratulate Amtrak for this ambitious commitment to further reduce its carbon footprint, cementing its place as a leader in the clean transportation revolution," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "As we continue working to implement President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we look forward to working with Amtrak to demonstrate the key role of passenger rail in fighting climate change."
Climate change requires collective action to curb emissions and mitigate irreversible environmental and societal damage. Amtrak plans to take the following actions, which would provide significant benefits to the customers and communities we serve:
- Achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across Amtrak's network by 2045: Begin with efforts to increase energy efficiency, followed by the implementation of renewable fuels and energy.
- Reduce diesel fuel use through advanced technologies: Leverage industry-leading research and testing in collaboration with state partners and experts to progress innovation and research in fuel-cells, hydrogen, batteries and other zero-emission technologies.
- Achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by 2030: Continually focus on energy efficiency upgrades to reduce consumption and gradually meet all remaining needs using carbonfree electricity through renewable energy generation and power purchase agreements.
"We are seeing a new generation of travelers who are conscious of their environmental impact. This is providing a significant opportunity to attract rail riders well into the future," said Amtrak President Roger Harris. With a historic investment in improving and expanding passenger rail, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) signifies the important role trains play in the future of sustainable transportation. Funds from BIL will be used to support this target by helping us procure a more sustainable fleet and make other improvements to our aged assets. Additionally, BIL funding will help improve and grow Amtrak service around the nation, creating more low-carbon alternatives to high-carbon flights and car trips.
Alongside these ambitious goals for the future, Amtrak is continuing to create innovative solutions today that reduce energy consumption, emissions, and waste even further. Examples of this work, along with the company's latest performance metrics for greenhouse gas emissions, electricity use, recycling and diesel fuel use, can be found in the FY21 Sustainability Report and Performance Scorecard which includes Amtrak's Sustainability and Climate Resilience program. Positioning the company to withstand climate impacts across all functions and asset types, the climate resilience plan enables Amtrak to continue providing reliable and safe service as climate conditions change.
Learn more about Amtrak's approach to sustainability at Amtrak.com/sustainability.
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‘This day is very special to me’ | Ceremony for immigrants as they become U.S. citizens in East Tennessee
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area hosted a Naturalization ceremony for 66 new U.S. citizens.
SCOTT COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - Becoming a United States citizen might be a dream for people overseas.
On Thursday, that dream came true for dozens of people in East Tennessee.
“This day is very special to me,” Soha Ragab said, a brand new U.S. citizen from Egypt.
Ragab is one of 66 people who became U.S. citizens at a ceremony at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. They came from all over the globe to the United States, representing 35 different countries.
Some of those countries were Cuba, El Salvador, and Iraq.
People from those countries are now living in the melting pot of the world.
“I dreamed to be an American citizen for more than 30 years,” Ragab said.
Ragab said she has a lot of family members living in East Tennessee already, and is excited to join them. Plus, she wants to experience what America has to offer.
“Especially freedom,” Ragab said. “I like to be free of everything as all Americans.”
Ragab celebrated the day with her husband, Moustafa Kassab, who became a US citizen in 1997.
“I dreamed about this day since the first time I met her,” Kassab said. “I was like, ‘well what do you think? Do you want to be an American citizen?’ She said, ‘I would love to,’ so it was really exciting for me as well.”
The new U.S. citizens got certificates, and American flags. They recited the Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner at the end of the ceremony too.
Becoming a U.S. citizen can be a years-long process for everyone. They all had to pass an English, U.S. history and government test too.
Copyright 2023 WVLT. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-28T15:02:46+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2023/04/28/this-day-is-very-special-me-ceremony-immigrants-they-become-us-citizens-east-tennessee/ |
LONDON (AP) — It was quite a collection of tennis luminaries sharing the black indoor hard court for a Laver Cup doubles practice session Thursday, 66 Grand Slam titles among them, a group collectively nicknamed the Big Four: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on one side of the net; Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray on the other.
This team event founded by his management company marks the end of Federer’s career, and his last match will come Friday night alongside longtime rival Nadal for Team Europe against the Team World doubles pairing of Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock.
“I’m not sure if I can handle it all. But I’ll try,” the 41-year-old Federer said about his sure-to-be-emotional on-court farewell after 20 major championships, a total of 103 tournament titles and hundreds of weeks at No. 1 across nearly a quarter of a century as a professional tennis player.
“Sitting here,” Federer said Thursday at a team news conference, with Nadal, who is 36, to his left, and Djokovic and Murray, both 35, a couple of seats down to his right, “it feels good that I go first from the guys. It feels right.”
Federer is ending his playing days following a series of operations on his right knee. He hasn’t competed since a quarterfinal loss at Wimbledon to Hubert Hurkacz in July 2021.
In February of this year, when word emerged that Federer would be in London this week, he said Nadal messaged him suggesting they play doubles together again. They teamed up to win a doubles match during the first Laver Cup in 2017.
“I saw him playing on TV before I arrived on tour. I saw him having success on TV, and then (we were) able to create an amazing rivalry together. And on the other hand, something that probably we are very proud of is having a friendly rivalry,” Nadal said Thursday. “Tomorrow is going to be a special thing. Difficult. Going to be difficult to handle everything, especially for Roger, without a doubt. But for me, too. At the end, one of the most important players — if not the most important player — in my tennis career is leaving.”
They played each other in singles 40 times (Nadal won 26), including 14 Grand Slam matchups (Nadal won 10). Nadal came out on top in their classic 2008 Wimbledon final, considered by some the greatest match in history; Federer won their last showdown, in the 2019 semifinals at the All England Club.
“To be part of this historic moment,” Nadal said about Friday, “is going to be something amazing, unforgettable.”
Tiafoe, a 24-year-old American who beat Nadal en route to his first Grand Slam semifinal at the U.S. Open this month, deadpanned: “Yeah, I’m just excited to play two up-and-comers tomorrow.”
Added Tiafoe: “It’s going to be iconic to be a part of that. Both guys are absolute legends. And obviously, (it’s) Roger’s last dance.”
The full lineup for Day 1 of the three-day Laver Cup was announced Thursday.
The singles matches will be Sock against two-time 2022 Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud of Team Europe, Diego Schwartzman of Team World against 2021 French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas of Team Europe, and Alex de Minaur of Team World against three-time major champion Murray, before the Federer-Nadal doubles match closes the schedule.
Everyone knows what the main event will be: Federer’s goodbye.
“For me,” Murray said, “it feels right seeing him and Rafa on the same side of the net together.”
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-09-22T20:42:26+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/ap-federer-nadal-to-team-up-in-doubles-at-laver-cup-on-friday/ |
Bills to wear ‘3′ patches on jerseys at Sunday’s game to honor Damar Hamlin
(Gray News) – The Buffalo Bills will be wearing a patch with the number “3″ on their jerseys at their next game on Sunday against the New England Patriots at Highmark Stadium.
In a news release, the team said the jersey patches are just one of many ways the Bills will be honoring safety Damar Hamlin, who remains in the hospital after he suffered cardiac arrest on the field this week.
Hamlin’s number will also be represented on the Bills’ T-shirts for pregame warm-ups, which will read “Love for Damar 3.”
The team said business staff will be wearing “3″ lapel pins.
The “3″ in each 30-yard line number on the field will be outlined in Buffalo Bills blue for Sunday’s game, the team said.
The Bills are encouraging all NFL teams to join them in wearing “Love for Damar 3″ warm-up T-shirts and outline their “3″s in each 30-yard line number on their fields in blue.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-06T20:35:36+00:00 | wfsb.com | https://www.wfsb.com/2023/01/06/bills-wear-3-patches-jerseys-sundays-game-honor-damar-hamlin/ |
A 34-year-old Morris County man has been charged with beating a homeless man to death with a rock on train tracks in Dover earlier this week, authorities said.
Wilfredo Cabrera-Masariegos, of Dover, faces charges of manslaughter and weapons offenses, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday.
Cabrera-Masariegos attacked Rene Rivera Hernandez, 47, on the tracks under a highway bridge late Tuesday or early Wednesday before fleeing the area, authorities said.
Rivera Hernandez was dead when police were called to the tracks near West Clinton Street shortly before 2 a.m Wednesday. A motive for the attack wasn’t disclosed, though the prosecutor’s office said Rivera Hernandez often spent time in the Dover area.
Cabrera-Masariegos is being held at the Morris County jail ahead of a court appearance. Attorney information wasn’t immediately available.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office at 973-285-6200 or Dover police at 973-366-2200.
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Jeff Goldman may be reached at jeff_goldman@njadvancemedia.com. | 2023-07-27T17:03:04+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/morris/2023/07/nj-man-charged-with-beating-another-man-to-death-with-rock-on-train-tracks.html |
Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open; can’t travel to States
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States.
Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.
“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open,” Djokovic wrote, wishing luck to his fellow players, and said he would “keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again.”
Play is scheduled to begin at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
Djokovic is a 35-year-old from Serbia who owns 21 major championships, one behind Rafael Nadal for the men’s record. Three of Djokovic’s Slam trophies came at the U.S. Open, in 2011, 2015 and 2018.
He also was the runner-up there a half-dozen times, including last season, when his pursuit of the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969 ended with a loss in the final to Daniil Medvedev.
Foreign citizens who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are currently unable to enter the U.S or Canada, and Djokovic has said he won’t get the shots, even if that prevents him from playing in certain tournaments.
The U.S. Tennis Association has said all along it will follow government rules about vaccination status for this year’s Open. There is no vaccine mandate at the tournament for players or their support teams — meaning that an unvaccinated American would be allowed to compete — and spectators will not be required to wear masks.
“Novak is a great champion and it is very unfortunate that he will be unable to compete at the 2022 U.S. Open, as he is unable to enter the country due to the federal government’s vaccination policy for non-U.S. citizens,” said Stacey Allaster, the U.S. Open tournament director. “We look forward to welcoming Novak back at the 2023 U.S. Open.”
Djokovic missed the Australian Open in January after a protracted legal saga ended with his deportation from that country because he isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. He also sat out four significant tournaments in North America in 2022, including in Montreal and Cincinnati recently.
He did play in the French Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Nadal, and at Wimbledon, where Djokovic won the title.
After beating Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon final on July 10, Djokovic said he “would love” to participate in the last Grand Slam tournament of the year at Flushing Meadows, but he also acknowledged, “I’m not planning to get vaccinated.”
About three weeks later, Djokovic posted on social media that he was holding out hope of getting the chance to play in the U.S. Open, writing: “I am preparing as if I will be allowed to compete, while I await to hear if there is any room for me to travel to US. Fingers crossed!”
Djokovic has spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone else in the history of the ATP rankings. He is No. 6 this week, in part because no rankings points were awarded at Wimbledon this year.
Among the other players who will not be at the U.S. Open for various reasons are No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev, the 2020 runner-up in New York; 2016 champion Angelique Kerber; 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova; Gael Monfils and Reilly Opelka.
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Cardinals first. Lars Nootbaar doubles to deep center field. Tommy Edman singles to left field. Lars Nootbaar scores. Nolan Arenado strikes out swinging. Corey Dickerson reaches on error. Tommy Edman scores. Fielding error by Diego Castillo. Juan Yepez reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Corey Dickerson out at second. Alec Burleson grounds out to second base, Rodolfo Castro to Diego Castillo.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.
Cardinals third. Lars Nootbaar grounds out to second base, Rodolfo Castro to Diego Castillo. Tommy Edman doubles to left field. Nolan Arenado singles to right field. Tommy Edman scores. Corey Dickerson reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Nolan Arenado out at second. Juan Yepez reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Corey Dickerson out at second.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cardinals 3, Pirates 0.
Pirates third. Ji Hwan Bae hit by pitch. Kevin Newman grounds out to shallow infield, Tommy Edman to Juan Yepez. Ji Hwan Bae to second. Rodolfo Castro singles to left field. Ji Hwan Bae scores. Ke'Bryan Hayes grounds out to shallow infield. Rodolfo Castro out at second.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cardinals 3, Pirates 1.
Pirates fourth. Miguel Andujar triples to deep left center field. Miguel Andujar scores. Oneil Cruz walks. Diego Castillo doubles to deep center field. Oneil Cruz scores. Jack Suwinski walks. Jason Delay out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Matthew Liberatore to Alec Burleson. Jack Suwinski to second. Diego Castillo to third. Ji Hwan Bae grounds out to shallow infield to Alec Burleson. Jack Suwinski to third. Diego Castillo scores. Kevin Newman singles to shallow left field. Jack Suwinski scores. Rodolfo Castro reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield. Kevin Newman out at second.
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The 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic Odds & Preview: Matt Wallace
Matt Wallace will play at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, Michigan at the par-72, 7,370-yard Detroit Golf Club from June 29 - July 2.
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Matt Wallace Insights
- Wallace has finished below par on three occasions, completed his day bogey-free once and finished five rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 14 rounds played.
- He has carded a top-five score once and a top-10 score twice in his last 14 rounds.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Wallace has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round twice, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on four occasions.
- In his past five events, Wallace's average finish has been 57th.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut twice.
- Wallace has had an average finish of 57th in his past five tournaments.
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- In Wallace's past two appearances at this event, he has finished in the top 20 every time, including one top-10 finish. His average finish has been 11th.
- Wallace has made the cut in each of his last two trips to this event.
- Wallace finished 10th in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2022).
- At 7,370 yards, Detroit Golf Club is set up as a par-72 for this event. In the past year, tournaments on the Tour have been played on courses with a shorter average distance of 7,024 yards.
- Detroit Golf Club has seen an average tournament score of -11 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The average course Wallace has played i the last year (7,278 yards) is 92 yards shorter than the course he'll be playing this week (7,370).
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -5 among finishers, higher than the -11 average at this course.
Wallace's Last Time Out
- Wallace was in the 19th percentile on par 3s at the Travelers Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.17-stroke average on the 24 par-4 holes at the Travelers Championship was poor, putting him in the fifth percentile of the field.
- Wallace shot better than only 29% of the competitors at the Travelers Championship on par-5 holes, averaging 4.75 strokes per hole in comparison to the field average of 4.55.
- Wallace carded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Travelers Championship (the other golfers averaged 2.0).
- On the eight par-3s at the Travelers Championship, Wallace had more bogeys or worse (two) than the field average (1.7).
- Wallace's six birdies or better on par-4s at the Travelers Championship were less than the tournament average of 7.6.
- In that most recent tournament, Wallace's par-4 performance (on 24 holes) included a bogey or worse eight times (worse than the field average, 4.8).
- Wallace ended the Travelers Championship with a birdie or better on three of the four par-5s, more than the tournament average of 2.9.
- On the four par-5s at the Travelers Championship, Wallace recorded more bogeys or worse (one) than the tournament average (0.6).
Rocket Mortgage Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: June 29 - July 2, 2023
- Course: Detroit Golf Club
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Par: 72 / 7,370 yards
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Which magnifying lamp is best?
Magnifying lamps are useful for many reasons, such as having poor eyesight or needing to be up close for painting miniatures. Or maybe you just like them. But there are several kinds of magnifying lamps and several price ranges, not to mention varying levels of brightness and magnification.
The best magnifying lamp is the Brightech LightView Pro Magnifying Floor Lamp. Its height is adjustable so you can use it seated or standing, and the handles around the lens make it easy to tweak the position till it’s just right.
What to know before you buy a magnifying lamp
Magnifying lamp types
There are two main types of magnifying lamps.
- Desk lamps are more common. They’re small and better for hunching over a desk.
- Floor lamps are less common and better for more general tasks. For example, they’re great for use in a reading nook.
Base type
There are two types of bases.
- Weighted bases are just that, weighted. They’re better for those who like to easily reposition their lamp, both on the desk or around the home.
- Clamp bases are screwed in tight on the edge of your desk or table. Some desks and tables are designed in a way that makes using a clamp difficult or even impossible, so think carefully before buying a clamp base.
What to look for in a quality magnifying lamp
Lens
There are four aspects of the lens to consider.
- Magnification: This is how much bigger the object you’re looking at will be. The smallest is usually 1.5 times magnification and the largest can be up to 10 times magnification.
- Focal length: This determines how far from the lens your object needs to be for you to see it clearly. Most focal lengths are 12 to 15 inches.
- Material: This determines how durable and clear a lens is. Glass is always the best, in terms of both durability and clarity. Acrylic and plastic are the other options and should only be considered if you don’t often need your magnifying lamp.
- Size: This determines how much you can see. For example, a larger lens means you can see an entire page as opposed to a few lines.
Battery
Most magnifying lamps are powered by a cord, but some include a battery backup or run only on batteries. The battery could be replaceable or rechargeable.
Light
There are two aspects of the light to consider.
- Type: There are three common types of lights. LEDs are the most common as they last the longest, don’t use much power and stay cool, but they can be dim. Fluorescent bulbs aren’t as durable but their light is a little more natural. Halogen bulbs are uncommon as they heat up quickly and their light is warmer.
- Brightness: This is measured in lumens, with more lumens being brighter. The best magnifying lamps have adjustable levels of brightness.
Lens cover
Some magnifying lamps include a lens cover so the lens can last as long as possible. You can also purchase covers after the fact, though finding a good fit may be tricky.
How much you can expect to spend on a magnifying lamp
Small, dim lamps typically cost no more than $30, with better lamps costing a little more, up to $50. The best lamps for those who need them daily start at around $50 and can cost more than $100.
Magnifying lamp FAQ
Can the lights and the lens be replaced?
A. It’s possible, but, in nearly all cases, more trouble than it’s worth. Most magnifying lamps use special built-in lights that are not only hard to find replacements for but are difficult to access to perform the replacement. The lens is in a similar predicament. All told, it’s far easier and likely more affordable to simply buy a new lamp.
Do magnifying lamps require any assembly?
A. They usually require some, such as piecing together neck segments or needing to be attached to the base. Other than this they typically come fully assembled, so there’s no need to worry about doing any wiring.
What’s the best magnifying lamp to buy?
Top magnifying lamp
Brightech LightView Pro Magnifying Floor Lamp
What you need to know: Multiple avenues of adjustability make this lamp perfect for the widest range of tasks.
What you’ll love: The height can be adjusted up to 3.7 feet and the neck is 17 inches long and fully adjustable. There are two magnification options: 1.75 and 2.25 times magnification. The lights have a brightness of 540 lumens and they can last for up to 20 years.
What you should consider: A few reviewers did not receive all of the parts. Others said the base wasn’t as secure as it should be.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Home Depot and Kohl’s
Top magnifying lamp for the money
Brightech LightView Flex Magnifying Desk Lamp
What you need to know: This is an excellent budget lamp for the odd project.
What you’ll love: The lights have a brightness of 570 lumens and they can last for up to 20 years. It has a 1.75 times magnification and comes in white and black.
What you should consider: A few customers found both the power cable and the adjustable neck too short, making it hard to find a comfortable position.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
Worth checking out
Lancosc Two-In-One Magnifying Glass With Light and Stand
What you need to know: This is among the most adjustable lamps.
What you’ll love: It comes with both a weighted and a clamp base, plus there are three points of adjustment along the neck. The brightness is adjustable with a maximum lumen count of 960 and there are three colors of light. Magnification is 2.25 times.
What you should consider: Some purchasers noted that the weighted base isn’t heavy enough and needs some extra weight to fully extend the arm.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2022. Key results include:
- Total revenues decreased 1% to $6.7 billion in comparison to the third quarter of 2021, resulting from a 1% decline in global product sales, which reflected 8% volume growth offset primarily by 5% lower net selling price and 2% negative impact from foreign exchange. Excluding the 2% negative impact of foreign exchange on product sales, total revenues increased 2%.
- GAAP earnings per share (EPS) increased from $3.31 to $3.98 driven by a decrease in operating expenses due to a $0.4 billion licensing-related upfront payment to Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (KKC) in Q3 2021 and lower weighted-average shares outstanding in Q3 2022.
- Non-GAAP EPS increased from $4.08 to $4.70 driven by a decrease in operating expenses due to a $0.4 billion licensing-related upfront payment to KKC in Q3 2021 and lower weighted-average shares outstanding in Q3 2022.
- The Company generated $2.8 billion of free cash flow for the third quarter versus $2.2 billion in the third quarter of 2021.
- 2022 total revenues guidance revised to $26.0-$26.3 billion; EPS guidance revised to $11.46-$12.17 on a GAAP basis, and $17.25-$17.85 on a non-GAAP basis.
"Our medicines generated 8% volume growth in the quarter globally, with 11 products achieving record quarterly sales," said Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer. "This growth reflects the strong underlying demand for our medicines and the value they bring to patients."
Non-GAAP EPS has been recast due to an update to our non-GAAP policy effective January 1, 2022, resulting in a $0.59 reduction of previously-reported non-GAAP EPS for the third quarter of 2021. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for further discussion.
References in this release to "non-GAAP" measures, measures presented "on a non-GAAP basis," "free cash flow" (computed by subtracting capital expenditures from operating cash flow) and "total revenues adjusted for foreign currency impact" (computed by converting our current period local currency product sales using the prior period foreign currency exchange rates and comparing that to our current period product sales) refer to non-GAAP financial measures. Beginning January 1, 2022, the Company's non-GAAP financial measures no longer exclude adjustments for upfront license fees, development milestones and IPR&D expenses of pre-approval programs related to licensing, collaboration and asset acquisition transactions. For purposes of comparability, the non-GAAP financial results for the third quarter of 2021 have been updated to reflect this change. Adjustments to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and other items are presented on the attached reconciliations. Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for further discussion.
Product Sales Performance
Total product sales decreased 1% for the third quarter of 2022 versus the third quarter of 2021. Unit volumes grew 8% but were more than offset by 5% lower net selling price, 2% negative impact from foreign exchange, 1% lower inventory levels and 1% unfavorable changes to estimated sales deductions.
General Medicine
- Prolia® sales increased 7% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by 8% volume growth.
- EVENITY® sales increased 35% year-over-year to a record $201 million for the third quarter, driven by strong volume growth across our markets. U.S. volumes grew 45% year-over-year and volumes outside the U.S. grew 30%.
- Repatha® sales increased 14% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by 52% volume growth, partially offset by lower net selling price. In the U.S., sales grew 2%, driven by 32% volume growth, offset by lower net selling price resulting from higher rebates to support and expand access for patients. Outside the U.S., sales grew 26%, driven by 73% volume growth partially offset by lower net selling price; this volume growth and lower net selling price were both impacted by the inclusion of Repatha on China's National Reimbursement Drug List as of January 1, 2022. Repatha remains the global proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) segment leader, with over 1.2 million patients treated since launch.
- Aimovig® (erenumab-aooe) sales increased 35% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by favorable changes to estimated sales deductions and higher net selling price, partially offset by a 7% decline in volume.
Inflammation
- TEZSPIRE® (tezepelumab-ekko) generated $55 million of sales in the third quarter, driven by continued strong adoption in the U.S. by both allergists and pulmonologists across patients with all types of severe asthma. Healthcare providers acknowledge TEZSPIRE's unique, differentiated profile and its broad potential to treat the 2.5 million patients worldwide with severe asthma who are uncontrolled, without any phenotypic and biomarker limitation.
- Otezla® (apremilast) sales increased 3% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by 9% volume growth, partially offset by lower inventory levels and unfavorable foreign exchange impact. We expect continued volume growth given Otezla's unique, broad indication to treat patients suffering from mild, moderate or severe psoriasis.
- Enbrel® (etanercept) sales decreased 14% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by lower net selling price, a 5% decline from unfavorable changes to estimated sales deductions, and a 3% decline in volume. The 5% unfavorable impact of changes to estimated sales deductions results from a $114 million favorable adjustment in the third quarter of 2021, more than offsetting a $47 million favorable adjustment in this quarter. Going forward, we expect net selling price to continue to decline year-over-year, driven by increased competition.
- AMGEVITA™ (adalimumab) sales increased 5% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by 27% volume growth, partially offset by foreign exchange impact and lower net selling price resulting from increased competition. AMGEVITA continued to be the most prescribed adalimumab biosimilar in Europe.
Hematology-Oncology
- LUMAKRAS®/LUMYKRAS™ (sotorasib) generated $75 million of sales for the third quarter, driven by volume growth. Quarter-over-quarter sales declined 3% driven by lower net selling price due to an unfavorable price adjustment resulting from a reimbursement approval in Germany, partially offset by 15% volume growth. In the U.S., LUMAKRAS has been prescribed to over 3,700 patients by over 2,200 physicians in both academic and community settings. Outside the U.S., LUMYKRAS has now been approved in over 45 countries around the world. We are actively launching in 30 markets and pursuing reimbursement in the remaining countries.
- KYPROLIS® (carfilzomib) sales increased 9% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by 11% volume growth.
- XGEVA® (denosumab) sales decreased 4% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by a 3% decline in volume, lower inventory levels, and unfavorable foreign exchange impact, partially offset by higher net selling price.
- Vectibix® (panitumumab) sales increased 24% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by volume growth. In the third quarter, volume growth benefited from the timing of shipments to Takeda, our partner in Japan.
- Nplate® (romiplostim) sales increased 5% year-over-year for the third quarter, primarily driven by 12% volume growth, partially offset by unfavorable changes to estimated sales deductions. In the third quarter, volume growth benefited from increased shipments to KKC, our partner in Japan.
- BLINCYTO® (blinatumomab) sales increased 14% year-over-year for the third quarter, driven by volume growth.
- MVASI® sales decreased 24% year-over-year for the third quarter, primarily driven by lower net selling price. The most recently published Average Selling Price (ASP) for MVASI in the U.S. declined 37% year-over-year and 12% quarter-over-quarter. Looking forward, we expect continued net selling price erosion and declining volume driven by increased competition and continued ASP erosion.
- KANJINTI® (trastuzumab-anns) sales decreased 38% year-over-year for the third quarter, primarily driven by lower net selling price and decline in volume, partially offset by favorable changes to estimated sales deductions. The most recently published ASP for KANJINTI in the U.S. declined 38% year-over-year and 11% quarter-over-quarter. Going forward, we expect continued net selling price deterioration and volume declines driven by increased competition and continued ASP erosion.
Established Products
- Total sales of our established products, which include Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim), NEUPOGEN® (filgrastim), EPOGEN® (epoetin alfa), Aranesp® (darbepotein alfa), Parsabiv® (etelcalcetide), and Sensipar®/Mimpara™ (cinacalcet), decreased 17% year-over-year for the third quarter, primarily driven by lower net selling price and lower inventory levels. In the third quarter, the published ASP for Neulasta in the U.S. declined 24% year-over-year and 7% quarter-over-quarter. In the aggregate, we expect the year-over-year net selling price and volume erosion for this portfolio of products to continue.
Product Sales Detail by Product and Geographic Region
Operating Expense, Operating Margin and Tax Rate Analysis
On a GAAP basis:
- Total Operating Expenses decreased 8%. Cost of Sales margin remained flat. Research & Development (R&D) expenses decreased 22% primarily due to a $400 million licensing-related upfront payment to KKC in 2021. Selling, General & Administrative (SG&A) expenses decreased 1%.
- Operating Margin as a percentage of product sales increased 5.0 percentage points to 42.6%.
- Tax Rate decreased 2.2 percentage points primarily due to the prior year nondeductible Acquired In-Process Research & Development (Acquired IPR&D) expense arising from the acquisition of Five Prime Therapeutics and net favorable items, partially offset by a nondeductible loss from a nonstrategic divestiture.
On a non-GAAP basis:
- Total Operating Expenses decreased 8%. Cost of Sales margin increased 0.3 percentage points driven by changes in product mix, partially offset by lower manufacturing cost and lower costs associated with COVID-19 antibody shipments. R&D expenses decreased 22% primarily due to a $400 million licensing-related upfront payment to KKC in 2021. Without the one-time KKC upfront payment, R&D expenses increased 10% primarily due to higher late-stage program support and research and early pipeline spend, partially offset by lower marketed product support. SG&A expenses increased 1%.
- Operating Margin as a percentage of product sales increased 4.2 percentage points to 52.5%.
- Tax Rate decreased 0.4 percentage points primarily due to net favorable items during the quarter as compared to the prior year.
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
- The Company generated $2.8 billion of free cash flow in the third quarter of 2022 versus $2.2 billion in the third quarter of 2021 primarily driven by favorable changes in working capital.
- The Company's third quarter 2022 dividend of $1.94 per share was declared on August 3, 2022, and was paid on September 8, 2022, to all stockholders of record as of August 18, 2022, representing a 10% increase from 2021.
- During the third quarter, 1.5 million shares of common stock were retired in connection with the final settlement of accelerated share repurchase agreements that the Company entered into in February 2022.
- Cash and investments totaled $11.5 billion and debt outstanding totaled $38.7 billion as of September 30, 2022.
2022 Guidance
For the full year 2022, the Company now expects:
- Total revenues in the range of $26.0 billion to $26.3 billion.
- On a GAAP basis, EPS in the range of $11.46 to $12.17, and a tax rate in the range of 11.0% to 12.5%.
- On a non-GAAP basis, EPS in the range of $17.25 to $17.85, and a tax rate in the range of 13.5% to 14.5%.
- Capital expenditures to be approximately $950 million, unchanged from previous guidance.
- Share repurchases in the range of $6.0 billion to $7.0 billion, unchanged from previous guidance.
Third Quarter Product and Pipeline Update
The Company provided the following updates on selected product and pipeline programs:
General Medicine
Repatha
- An abstract based on data from the Repatha FOURIER and FOURIER-open label extension studies highlighting the association between the significant and sustained achievement of low and very low, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and lower rates of major cardiovascular events has been accepted as a late-breaking abstract at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (AHA) in November.
Olpasiran (AMG 890)
- An abstract based on the end-of-treatment analysis data from a Phase 2 study of olpasiran, a small interfering RNA molecule that reduces Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) synthesis in the liver in subjects with elevated Lp(a) has been accepted as a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at AHA in November.
AMG 133
- A Phase 1 study of AMG 133, a multispecific that inhibits the gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor (GIPR) and activates the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor, has completed enrollment.
- Data from the single- and multiple-dose cohorts of this Phase 1 study will be presented at the 20th World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease (WCIRDC) Hybrid Conference in December.
Webcast call Monday, November. 7, 2022
- David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen, along with members of Amgen's R&D team and a clinical investigator, will discuss the Phase 2 data on olpasiran, data from the Repatha FOURIER and FOURIER-open label extension studies and will provide an update on a Phase 1 study of AMG 133 during the call. The webcast will be broadcast over the internet simultaneously and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public.
Inflammation
Otezla
- In September, results were presented from:
- Based on these results, discussions with the FDA are ongoing for DISCREET to add clinical data to Otezla U.S. prescribing information. Discussions with regulatory authorities globally for SPROUT are forthcoming.
TEZSPIRE
- In September, TEZSPIRE was approved
- Regulatory reviews continue in other jurisdictions.
- In severe asthma, the PASSAGE Phase 4 real-world effectiveness study, the WAYFINDER Phase 3b study, and the SUNRISE Phase 3 study are enrolling patients.
- A Phase 3 study continues to enroll patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.
- Planning is underway for a Phase 3 study in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.
- A Phase 2b study in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria is fully enrolled, with data readout anticipated in H1-2023.
- A Phase 2 study continues to enroll patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Rocatinlimab (AMG 451 / KHK4083)
- In September, data were presented
- The ROCKET Phase 3 program evaluating rocatinlimab in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis was initiated in June. Following additional discussions with regulators and our partner, we are amending the studies to further improve patient convenience and investigate a range of doses. Amendments are not related to safety or efficacy issues.
Rozibafusp alfa (AMG 570)
- A Phase 2b study of rozibafusp alfa, an antibody-peptide conjugate that simultaneously blocks inducible T-cell costimulatory ligand (ICOSL) and B-cell activating factor (BAFF) activity, continues to enroll patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Efavaleukin alfa (AMG 592)
- A Phase 2b study of efavaleukin alfa, an interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutein Fc fusion protein, continues to enroll patients with SLE while a Phase 2b study continues to enroll patients with ulcerative colitis.
Ordesekimab (AMG 714 / PRV-015)
- A Phase 2b study of AMG 714, a monoclonal antibody that binds interleukin-15, continues to enroll patients with nonresponsive celiac disease.
Oncology
LUMAKRAS/LUMYKRAS
- In August, data were presented demonstrating that
- In September, data were presented demonstrating that
- The Company is planning to initiate a Phase 3 study of LUMAKRAS plus chemotherapy in first-line KRAS G12C mutant and PD-L1 negative advanced/metastatic NSCLC.
BLINCYTO
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ECOG-ACRIN) Cancer Research Group announced that a National Cancer Institute sponsored, registration enabling BLINCYTO randomized controlled trial (E1910) in adults with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome negative B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, met the primary endpoint of statistically significant improvement in OS at a predefined interim analysis. This study investigated the addition of BLINCYTO to standard of care chemotherapy. Data were submitted to a medical congress taking place later this year and will be submitted to regulatory authorities in due course.
Vectibix
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) guidelines in the U.S. and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines in Europe were updated to indicate anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies are preferred treatment over bevacizumab in patients with RAS wild type (RAS/BRAF wild type by ESMO) metastatic CRC and left-sided tumors. These updates were based on the Vectibix PARADIGM study that was presented at ASCO, where data demonstrated that the mFOLFOX6 + Vectibix combination provides a statistically significant improvement in OS over the mFOLFOX6 + bevacizumab combination as first-line treatment for metastatic CRC patients with a left-sided primary tumor and in the overall population.
Bemarituzumab
- FORTITUDE-101, a Phase 3 study of bemarituzumab a fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b (FGFR2b) targeting monoclonal antibody, plus chemotherapy, versus placebo plus chemotherapy in first-line gastric cancer with FGFR2b overexpression continues to enroll patients.
- FORTITUDE-102, a Phase 1b/3 study of bemarituzumab plus chemotherapy and nivolumab versus chemotherapy and nivolumab in first-line gastric cancer with FGFR2b overexpression is enrolling patients in the Phase 3 portion of the study.
- FORTITUDE-103, a Phase 1b study of bemarituzumab plus oral chemotherapy regimens in first-line gastric cancer is enrolling patients.
- FORTITUDE-201, a Phase 1b study of bemarituzumab monotherapy and in combination with standard of care therapy continues to enroll patients with squamous NSCLC with FGFR2b overexpression.
- FORTITUDE-301, a Phase 1b/2 basket study evaluating the safety and efficacy of bemarituzumab monotherapy in solid tumors with FGFR2b overexpression is enrolling patients.
Tarlatamab (AMG 757)
- In August, Phase 1 data from DeLLphi-300 were presented demonstrating that in heavily pretreated patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), tarlatamab, a half-life extended (HLE) bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE®) molecule targeting delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3), delivered a confirmed ORR of 23%, a median duration of response of 13.0 months and a median OS of 13.2 months. DeLLphi-301, a potentially registrational Phase 2 study of tarlatamab continues to enroll patients in this setting.
- DeLLphi-300, a Phase 1 study of tarlatamab, continues to enroll patients with relapsed/refractory SCLC.
- DeLLphi-302, a Phase 1b study of tarlatamab in combination with AMG 404, an anti-programmed cell death-1 monoclonal antibody, continues to enroll patients with second-line or later SCLC.
- DeLLphi-303, a Phase 1b study of tarlatamab in combination with standard of care in first-line SCLC, is enrolling patients.
- DeLLpro-300, a Phase 1b study of tarlatamab, continues to enroll patients with de novo or treatment-emergent neuroendocrine prostate cancer.
AMG 509
- A Phase 1 dose-escalation study of AMG 509, a bispecific molecule targeting six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate 1 (STEAP1) continues to enroll patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
AMG 340
- A Phase 1 dose-escalation study of AMG 340, a lower T-cell affinity BiTE molecule targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), continues to enroll patients with mCRPC.
AMG 193
- A Phase 1/1b/2 study of AMG 193, a novel small molecule methylthioadenosine (MTA) cooperative protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) molecular glue, continues to enroll patients with advanced methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP)-null solid tumors.
Biosimilars
- In August, the Company announced positive top-line results from the DAHLIA study, a randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, two-period crossover Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ABP 959, a biosimilar candidate to SOLIRIS® (eculizumab), compared with SOLIRIS in adult patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
- The primary analysis of a randomized, double-blind, active controlled, Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ABP 938, an investigational biosimilar to EYLEA® (aflibercept) compared with EYLEA met its primary endpoint in subjects with neovascular age-related macular degeneration; final analysis is expected in 2023.
- A Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ABP 654 compared to STELARA® (ustekinumab) in adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis has completed, and these data were submitted to the FDA to support U.S. approval.
- A Phase 3 study to support an interchangeability designation in the U.S. for ABP 654 is ongoing.
- A Phase 3 study to support an interchangeability designation in the U.S. for AMJEVITA™ (adalimumab-atto) is ongoing.
TEZSPIRE is being developed in collaboration with AstraZeneca.
Rocatinlimab, formerly AMG 451 / KHK4083 is being developed in collaboration with KKC.
Ordesekimab formerly AMG 714 and also known as PRV-015 is being developed in collaboration with Provention Bio.
AMG 509 is being developed in collaboration with Xencor.
STELARA is a registered trademark of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV.
EYLEA is a registered trademark of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
SOLIRIS is a registered trademark of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In this news release, management has presented its operating results for the third quarters of 2022 and 2021, in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and on a non-GAAP basis. In addition, management has presented its full year 2022 EPS and tax guidance in accordance with GAAP and on a non-GAAP basis. These non-GAAP financial measures are computed by excluding certain items related to acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring and certain other items from the related GAAP financial measures. Beginning January 1, 2022, following industry guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company no longer excludes adjustments for upfront license fees, development milestones and IPR&D expenses of pre-approval programs related to licensing, collaboration and asset acquisition transactions from its non-GAAP financial measures. For purposes of comparability, the non-GAAP financial results for the third quarter of 2021 have been updated to reflect this change. Reconciliations for these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the news release. Management has presented Free Cash Flow (FCF), which is a non-GAAP financial measure, for the third quarters of 2022 and 2021. FCF is computed by subtracting capital expenditures from operating cash flow, each as determined in accordance with GAAP. Management has also presented Total Revenues Adjusted for Foreign Currency Impact, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, for the third quarter of 2022. Total Revenues Adjusted for Foreign Currency Impact is computed by converting our current period local currency product sales using the prior period foreign currency exchange rates and comparing that to our current period product sales.
The Company believes that its presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplementary information to and facilitates additional analysis by investors. The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to enhance an investor's overall understanding of the financial performance and prospects for the future of the Company's ongoing business activities by facilitating comparisons of results of ongoing business operations among current, past and future periods. The Company believes that FCF provides a further measure of the Company's liquidity. Further, the Company believes Total Revenues Adjusted for Foreign Currency Impact provides supplementary information on the Company's product sales performance by excluding changes in foreign currency exchange rates between comparative periods.
The Company uses the non-GAAP financial measures set forth in the news release in connection with its own budgeting and financial planning internally to evaluate the performance of the business, including to allocate resources and to evaluate results relative to incentive compensation targets. The non-GAAP financial measures are in addition to, not a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
About Amgen
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Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
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Eastern Sierra Slopes-
Including Aspendell and Whitney Portal
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Windy. Numerous snow showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms late in the evening, then scattered snow showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy blowing
snow late in the evening. Areas of blowing snow after midnight.
Snow accumulation generally 1 to 3 inches. Lows 11 to 21. West
winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Scattered snow showers in the morning. Patchy
blowing snow in the morning. Highs 22 to 32. West winds 20 to
30 mph becoming northwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
snow 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature around
18. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 26 to 36. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
lower 20s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool.
Highs around 44. Lows 27 to 32.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 45.
Lows around 32.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 47.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 31. Highs
43 to 48.
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White Mountains of Inyo County-
Including Westgard Pass and Bristlecone Pine
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Isolated snow showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms late in the evening, then isolated
snow showers after midnight. Lows 15 to 25. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 28 to 38. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 16 to 26. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 28 to 38. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 16 to 26. Northwest winds up
to 10 mph.
.VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 40.
Lows 25 to 30.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 44.
Lows around 30.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 45.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 29. Highs
42 to 47.
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Owens Valley-
Including Bishop, Independence, Lone Pine,
and Olancha
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy late in the evening then
becoming partly cloudy. Scattered snow showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms late in the evening, then isolated snow showers
after midnight. Lows 29 to 32. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A trace to no accumulation. Highs around 50.
West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 50. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 55.
Lows around 35.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 57.
Lows 35 to 38.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 58.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 38. Highs
around 58.
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Death Valley National Park-
Including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells,
and Shoshone
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. A 20 percent chance of
thunderstorms late in the evening. Lows around 30 in the
mountains...around 54 at Furnace Creek. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 42 to 45 in the mountains...around
70 at Furnace Creek. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30 in the
mountains...around 49 at Furnace Creek. Northwest winds up to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 42 to 45 in the mountains...around 71 at
Furnace Creek. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30 in the mountains...
around 47 at Furnace Creek. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.VETERANS DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 48 in the mountains...
around 70 at Furnace Creek.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 34 in the mountains...around 47 at Furnace
Creek.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 51 in
the mountains...70 to 73 at Furnace Creek. Lows around 35 in the
mountains...around 50 at Furnace Creek.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 52 in the mountains...around
73 at Furnace Creek.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 35 in the
mountains...around 50 at Furnace Creek. Highs 50 to 53 in the
mountains...around 73 at Furnace Creek.
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Western Mojave Desert-
Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Windy. Partly cloudy with isolated rain
showers. Lows 40 to 43. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of
showers 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 54 to 57. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 39. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 56 to 59. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 38. North winds up to
10 mph.
.VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 60.
Lows around 39.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 62.
Lows 39 to 42.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 63. Lows
around 42.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 63.
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CAZ524-091200-
Eastern Mojave Desert-
Including Baker, Mountain Pass,
and Mitchell Caverns
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Numerous rain showers
and slight chance of thunderstorms late in the evening, then
scattered rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Snow accumulation generally 1 to 3 inches. Lows 42 to
45. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A trace to no accumulation. Highs 54 to 57.
West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 39. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 55 to 58. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 38. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 62.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 41.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 63 to 66. Lows
around 42.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 43.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 63.
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Morongo Basin-
Including Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley,
and Twentynine Palms
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers late
in the evening, then partly cloudy with isolated rain showers
after midnight. Lows 46 to 49 in Twentynine Palms...42 to
45 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. West winds 10 to
20 mph. Chance of showers 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 64 in Twentynine Palms...55 to
58 around Yucca Valley...around 59 near Joshua Tree. West winds
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 64 in Twentynine Palms...56 to
59 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around
64 in Twentynine Palms...around 59 around Yucca Valley and near
Joshua Tree. Lows around 42.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 64.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 43.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 66. Lows
around 44.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 44.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 65.
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Cadiz Basin-
Including Vidal Junction
1156 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with scattered rain
showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows 50 to 53.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 64. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 42 to 45. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 65. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 42 to 45. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Highs around 66.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 44.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 68.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear. Lows around 45. Highs around
69.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 45. Highs
around 69.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 46.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 69.
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The complex 17-hour operation included experts from almost every pediatric surgical subspecialty and is one of two successful separations in less than a year at Texas Children's
HOUSTON, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital is pleased to announce that formerly conjoined twin brothers Lucas and Mateo Villalobos Barrera are doing well at home nearly a year after they were successfully separated on August 17, 2022. Connected at the lower abdomen and pelvis, the boys shared multiple organs, including small intestines and a single colon, a condition known as ischiopagus twins.
Lucas and Mateo's case represents one of two successful separations in less than a year at Texas Children's. The very complex operation, led by Dr. Alice King, a pediatric surgeon at Texas Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, lasted 17 hours and included a multi-disciplinary team consisting of:
- 4 pediatric surgeons
- 2 plastic surgeons
- 2 orthopedic surgeons
- 1 neurosurgeon
- 4 anesthesiologists
- 8 registered nurses
- 5 surgical technicians
"This incredibly complex case utilized nearly every single surgical subspecialty at Texas Children's Hospital," said King. "The size and scope of the teams involved with Mateo and Lucas's care was vast, and there are very few hospitals that could perform a procedure this multifaceted. I could not be more proud of the team responsible for this excellent outcome, and I am excited for what the future holds for these brothers."
"The success of this separation can be attributed to the tireless dedication and unparalleled work ethic of our team," said Dr. Larry Hollier, Surgeon-In-Chief at Texas Children's Hospital and Vice Chair of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. "Countless hours of preparation went into this incredibly intricate surgery, and we are beyond grateful with the result: two healthy, happy boys."
Upon hearing that she was expecting twins, Lorena Barrera and her husband, Alejandro Villalobos, were surprised and excited. Already parents to three other boys named Aaron, Gerardo and Cesar, they were looking forward to adding more sons to their family. However, their happiness soon turned to concern when they learned their babies were conjoined. The family, who lived in Las Vegas, decided to relocate to Houston halfway through Lorena's pregnancy so they could receive prenatal care from world-renowned maternal-fetal medicine experts at Texas Children's Fetal Center.
Lorena underwent extensive prenatal imaging beginning at 24-weeks' gestation to determine if the boys could be separated after birth, including fetal MRI and weekly ultrasounds that also informed the team planning her Cesarean section. Additionally, a labor and delivery simulation conducted at 31 weeks allowed the team to rehearse all the necessary protocols for planning the babies' delivery.
"Every set of conjoined twins poses unique anatomical challenges that require extensive planning for a safe delivery for both mom and babies," said Dr. Michael Belfort, Obstetrician and Gynecologist in-Chief at Texas Children's Hospital and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine. "Once Lorena was referred to our team, she underwent diagnostic imaging that allowed us to successfully coordinate delivery and help the immediate postnatal management of the twins. With very detailed planning and simulation training, we were prepared for this complex delivery."
The babies were born at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women on January 18, 2022, at 10:29 a.m. and weighed a combined 8 pounds and 4 ounces. Shortly after birth, the twins transferred to Texas Children's l level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where they would spend the next seven months growing in preparation for their separation.
"We knew from their first interaction with the Fetal Center that the team needing to care for Lucas and Mateo was going to be massive, and we have all of the necessary experts in one place," said Dr. Rita Shah, a neonatologist at Texas Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine. "Throughout their NICU stay, the boys had nearly 30 different teams taking care of them, including urologists, orthopedists and other surgical specialists; neonatologists, radiologists and numerous other medical specialists; nurses, occupational and physical therapists; Child Life specialists; and chaplains — all providing the expert care they needed to make it through their journey to successful separation and then going home."
Prior to their separation, the boys underwent a procedure on June 8, 2022, to place tissue expanders, similar to balloons that allow the skin to stretch gradually, which gave the twins additional skin ahead of that operation.
Following their successful separation surgery, which included extensive orthopedic reconstruction to their hips that would allow them the chance to walk, the boys returned to the NICU for two more months.
At nine-months old, after spending their entire lives in the hospital, the boys were discharged from the NICU on October 26, 2022. The family remained in Texas for several months following their discharge, and after a final operation for each brother individually on June 28, 2023, the family has returned home to Las Vegas.
Lucas and Mateo are now starting to walk and continue to amaze their parents, who never lost hope that the day their babies took their first steps would arrive.
"I don't know what else we can ask for in life," Lorena said. "We have our boys here, and that is God's gift to us. We are eternally grateful to the specialists at Texas Children's. It is from the hand of God that my children are here. The nurses and the specialists were excellent. We are very grateful indeed. This may be a long journey, but we ask that life and God give us the strength to keep looking after them and doing all the hard work."
ABOUT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Texas Children's, a nonprofit health care organization, is committed to creating a healthier future for children and women throughout the global community by leading in patient care, education and research. Consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas and among the top in the nation, Texas Children's has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthroughs in pediatric and women's health. The system includes the Texas Children's Duncan NRI; the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston. The organization also created Texas Children's Health Plan, the nation's first HMO for children; Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that's channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. For more information, visit www.texaschildrens.org.
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Group14 will leverage funding to further scale its Battery Active Materials factories in Washington state to accelerate battery production and bolster American supply chains
WOODINVILLE, Wash., Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, announced today that it has been selected as a recipient of the first set of projects funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic battery manufacturing for electric vehicles and the electrical grid. As an awardee of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), Group14 will receive $100 million for Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing to support surging electric vehicle and energy storage demand.
In accordance with the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the DOE is deploying its first phase of more than $7 billion of total investments to boost the production of the advanced battery technologies critical to strengthening clean energy industries. MESC's portfolio of projects will leverage support from the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Office and will focus on the domestic processing of materials and components currently imported overseas to increase U.S. economic competitiveness, energy dependence and national security. As part of the investment, the DOE solicited qualified proposals from battery materials manufacturers pursuing the creation of new, retrofitted and expanded domestic factories to produce battery materials, and selected Group14 for its established modular manufacturing approach to delivering commercial-scale quantities of lithium-silicon battery materials.
Group14 launched its first commercial-scale Battery Active Materials factory (BAM-1) in Woodinville, Washington in April 2021. Engineered to produce 120 tons per year of Group14's flagship silicon-carbon battery technology, SCC55™, BAM-1 currently delivers to more than 60 customers representing 90% of worldwide battery production. In order to satisfy the rapidly growing market, Group14 raised $400 million led by Porsche AG to fund its second U.S. BAM factory (BAM-2) to be located in Moses Lake, Washington. BAM-2 is engineered for modular manufacturing, and each module will have an annual production capacity of 2,000 tons per year, equivalent to powering at least 100,000 electric vehicles.
"With this most recent award from the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, Group14 is continuing our proud history of partnering with the DOE to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain," said Group14 CTO and co-founder Dr. Rick Costantino.
Group14 will leverage the funding from the DOE to build two 2,000-ton-per-year commercial manufacturing modules in BAM-2. With rapid implementation timelines, Group14 expects to hire 500 employees for the construction, commissioning and operation of BAM-2, hiring from the skilled talent pool interested in clean energy jobs in Moses Lake, Washington.
"Achieving President Biden's ambitious decarbonization goals all comes down to resilient battery supply chains anchored on U.S. soil to ensure our energy independence," said Rick Luebbe, CEO and co-founder of Group14. "With our growing footprint in the Pacific Northwest, we're answering the call for 'all-American' batteries and remain steadfastly committed to building out a fully end-to-end domestic battery supply chain to help the U.S. stay ahead in the electrification race."
About Group14 Technologies
Founded to enable the coming electrification of everything, Group14's breakthrough technology for silicon batteries elevates the performance for all applications to accelerate the global transition to an all-electric future. Group14 currently operates a commercial-scale Battery Active Materials factory in Washington state with two forthcoming factories: one in South Korea as part of a joint venture with SK Group (coming online in 2022) and a second U.S. factory (coming online in 2023). To date, Group14 has raised $441 million in financing from Porsche AG, OMERS Capital Markets, Decarbonization Partners, Riverstone Holdings LLC, Vsquared Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), BASF, Cabot Corporation, Showa Denko, OVP Venture Partners and SK Inc. Visit us at www.group14.technology.
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SELLERSBURG, Ind. (WXIN) – A months-long mystery involving a young boy found dead inside a suitcase in southern Indiana has been solved.
Indiana State Police revealed Wednesday that they’ve identified the child as 5-year-old Cairo Ammar Jordan, of Atlanta.
Police said one person, 40-year-old Dawn Elaine Coleman, of Louisiana, was arrested in San Francisco in connection with the case. The boy’s mother, identified as 37-year-old Dejuane Ludie Anderson, of Georgia, remains at large. Attempts to locate her have been unsuccessful so far.
Both were wanted on charges of neglect of a dependent and obstruction of justice, with the warrants being issued on Oct. 14. A subsequent murder warrant for Anderson was issued on Oct. 25, according to Sgt. Carey Huls with Indiana State Police.
Huls described the announcement as a “bittersweet day,” with investigators relieved they’re moving toward resolution in the case while also lamenting the death of the 5-year-old.
Anderson was last known to be in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, California. She has also been to Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, Huls said. Anderson remains at large.
Indiana State Police have coordinated with several other agencies, including authorities in California and Georgia, as they’ve worked to piece together what happened. The case also utilized federal resources.
Huls said physical evidence led them to identify the suspects as well as the 5-year-old Cairo, who would have turned 6 on Monday.
The case had baffled investigators since April 16, 2022, when a mushroom hunter in a heavily wooded area of Washington County came across a suitcase containing the body of a young boy.
The mushroom hunter called 911, kicking off the months-long investigation. The suitcase had a prominent Las Vegas logo on it, and investigators went through several missing person cases in an attempt to find a match.
Cairo had never been reported missing and wasn’t in a national database, police said.
Indiana State Police had previously said the body was that of a Black child who was approximately 5 years old with a slim build and short hair. In May, an autopsy found he died due to “electrolyte imbalance” most likely from a “viral gastroenteritis.”
There was a lack of significant traumatic injuries and no “anatomical cause of death,” according to the autopsy report. Toxicology results came back negative.
ISP received thousands of tips after setting up a hotline to generate leads about the child’s identity.
Mourners gathered in June for a memorial service in memory of the then-unnamed child, whom they called “Angel.” He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Salem with a marker bearing the image of an angel and the inscription, “In loving memory of a beloved little boy known but to God. Asleep in the arms of Jesus.” | 2022-10-26T21:12:10+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/bittersweet-day-police-id-body-of-boy-found-inside-suitcase-in-indiana-1-person-in-custody-another-at-large/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Gadea, CEO of the workplace platform Envoy, founded his company a decade ago to solve inefficiencies around front desk management. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down offices, the San Francisco-based company had to adapt fast.
Envoy launched tools to help clients manage workplace safety, including contact tracing. Now, as more companies bring employees back to the office, Envoy is helping them navigate hybrid work models that have become the norm. A new app allows workers to see who is coming in, book conference rooms, desks and parking spaces. An analytics tool collects data on attendance, helping companies determine how much office space they really need.
Envoy’s services are used in 16,000 offices around the world by clients including Slack and Lululemon. The company raised $111 million in new funding last year that brought its valuation to $1.4 billion. Gadea recently spoke to The Associated Press about the future of work.
Q: At the beginning of the pandemic, what was your company’s focus, and how did you pivot?
A: We created a desking product, which was all about keeping people away from each other … But as time went on, it was less about companies keeping people away from each other because of the pandemic and sickness. It’s now about bringing them together on similar days and having teams organize each other and allowing the flexibility and the hybrid portion of it all … There’s an app where you can see the availability of things, and you don’t have to walk around in circles in the office for 20 minutes trying to find a room … The pandemic was not great for us at first, but we were able to pivot it. There was a lot of drama internally.
Q: What was the internal turmoil?
A: Internally, people were like, ‘Is this still a business?’ ‘Will this still work?’ I had to give the confidence that yes, obviously it will work, look at all these things, but I don’t know the future either, nobody does. It’s a very tricky thing to balance.
Q: There have been more prominent companies getting serious about bringing employees back. How do you see this moment?
A: We are one of those companies that have brought people back in, and it’s not easy. It’s not easy for any company. I have bunch of learnings and I could literally list them, but the main thing is companies need to be clear on who they want to be. None of this ‘suggest that you come in, or strongly recommend it.’ We did all that stuff. None of it works, and it just causes further frustration for people.
Q: What is your policy now on in-person work?
A: Our policy is three days a week, and those days are specifically Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. We don’t want people randomly picking days because when they randomly pick a day, everybody picks a random day, which means that on average, the office is pretty empty.
Q: You have a policy about gamifying return to work. How are you implementing it?
A: One of the things we’ve noticed over time is that it really sucks to just give a whole bunch of downsides to not coming into the office, like, ‘your performance reviews will be impacted,’ ‘we’re going to be looking at the numbers,’ ‘we’re going to be turning off Zoom.’ That kind of stuff is not very great and it’s a very negative way of dealing with it. For what it’s worth, with all policies, there’s always a plus and a minus. But one of the things that we were really pushing ourselves to think about is what positive reinforcement can we do … So, they have to do at least three days but for the teams that actually do it, they will get a day off the following month.
Q: Do you think hybrid work is here to stay?
A: Even before the pandemic, there was this concept of ‘no meeting Tuesdays,’ ‘no meeting Wednesdays,’ and that kind of thing. Companies were already aggressively trying to do this kind of thing. I think this just makes it easier. One thing that will change, and will be very clear, is the data collection in all of this stuff. Knowing which teams are in which days and planning for that and seeing the trends among all your 100 offices — not just your HQ — is the really big part and the part that is really changing. | 2023-07-10T17:36:43+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-hybrid-work-is-evolving-but-its-here-to-stay-says-envoy-ceo-larry-gadea/ |
FREMONT, Calif., March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leopard Imaging Inc. (Leopard Imaging), a global leader in intelligent embedded camera design and manufacturing launched its new state-of-the-art camera LI-ADL-ADP-IMX415-MIPI-081H based on Intel Atom processors x7000E Series, Intel Core i3 processors and Intel Processors N-Series..
Founded in 2008, Leopard Imaging has supported thousands of well-known companies in advanced imaging solutions with its experienced engineering teams, high-quality manufacturing capabilities in both "Made in U.S.A" and offshore, and quality management certifications such as IATF16949 for the automotive industry and AS9100D for the aerospace industry.
Powered by Intel processors, Leopard Imaging has designed, manufactured cameras, developed camera driver software, and provided image tuning for global customers in robotics, edge AI, industrial machine vision, and autonomous machines applications.
Intel Atom processors x7000E Series and Intel Core i3 processors [CD17] break new ground for x86 processors in the 6W to 15W base processor power range. Built with the same Efficient-cores and Intel UHD Graphics as 12th Gen Intel Core processors, the series supports Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (Intel AVX2) and Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost) for accelerated deep learning inference and media processing.
"We are very excited collaborating with Intel," said Bill Pu, president and co-founder of Leopard Imaging. "We are looking forward to meeting our partners and more high technology companies who are seeking advanced image solutions at Embedded World 2023."
The Leopard Imaging U.S. and European team will be at Embedded World March 14 - 16 at Nuremberg Convention Center in Nuremberg, Germany. Please reach out for meetings at the event.
About Leopard Imaging Inc.
Leopard Imaging is a global leader providing high-definition embedded cameras and AI-based imaging solutions—focusing on core technologies that improve image processing in automotive vehicles, aerospace vehicles, drones, IoT, and robotics. A partner of Intel, an elite member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, and a member of the AWS Partner Network, Leopard Imaging works closely with the most established sensor companies in producing advanced camera solutions for global customers. With original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and original design manufacturer (ODM) services, Leopard Imaging provides camera solutions for the most established organizations. Company Mission: Intelligent Vision for a Better World. Company Vision: To Be the World Leader in Intelligent Vision.
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The National Retail Federation is calling on Congress to intervene in case rail unions cannot reach an agreement with operators.
The NRF said a rail strike during the holidays would be “devastating for American businesses, consumers and the U.S. economy.”
“American businesses and families are already facing increased prices due to persistent inflation, and a rail strike will create greater inflationary pressures and will threaten business resiliency. Congress must intervene immediately to avoid a rail strike and a catastrophic shutdown of the freight rail system,” said NRF CEO Matthew Shay.
The sides agreed to postpone any strikes until Dec. 9. Twelve rail unions have banded together to say if one strikes, they all strike. As of now, four unions rejected terms.
The possibility of a rail strike has been on the horizon for months. The Biden administration got involved during the summer by getting the sides to hold off on a strike during a 60-day cooling-off period in July. That period expires in September.
During that time, the Presidential Emergency Board came up with a recommended contract for the sides, which included a 24% compounded wage increase during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, with a 14.1% wage increase effective immediately for union employees. The retroactive pay increase would provide an average of $11,000 per employee in back pay.
The recommendation also would give employees additional paid time off and cap employee insurance contributions at 15%.
In September, the Biden administration worked out talks between union and business leaders. The sides at the time reached a tentative deal.
“It is a win for tens of thousands of rail workers who worked tirelessly through the pandemic to ensure that America’s families and communities got deliveries of what have kept us going during these difficult years,” President Joe Biden said. “These rail workers will get better pay, improved working conditions, and peace of mind around their health care costs: all hard-earned.”
While Biden is unable to prevent a strike, Congress can intervene if need be. It is a scenario that the Association of American Railroad foresees.
“Congress has historically intervened to prevent rail system disruptions. If the four unions remain unwilling to enter agreements within the bounds of the PEB’s framework, Congress must be prepared to act and institute the terms supported by the majority of the unions, guaranteeing certainty for rail customers and the broader economy,” the organization said. | 2022-11-22T20:22:56+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/national/retailers-say-congress-should-intervene-if-rail-unions-go-on-strike |
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Sheetz is making headlines after it was revealed that the convenience store chain may be using a person’s bad teeth as basis for declining employment based on a policy in their handbook.
The unusual policy is tucked away in the company’s employee handbook, according to Business Insider, which obtained a written version of the policy.
The report said that Sheetz’s employee handbook states applicants with “obvious missing, broken, or badly discolored teeth (unrelated to a disability) are not qualified for employment with Sheetz.”
As for current employees, the handbook reads that they have 90 days to solve the issue.
A former employee told Insider they feel the policy is “disgusting and classist.”
Sheetz confirmed the policy is now under review.
“Your inquiry has prompted a more specific review to ensure our policies are aligned with Sheetz’s commitment to foster a culture of respect,” Nick Ruffner, a public-relations manager for Sheetz told Insider.
In a statement sent to Nexstar’s WTAJ, Sheetz touted its benefits, including “financial assistance” for employees. The company also said that throughout its history, Sheetz has “embraced an appearance policy,” saying they believe a smile is important for customers.
You can read the full response from Sheetz below:
“When Bob Sheetz founded Sheetz in 1952, he built a company based on community and taking care of people. We’re a company who cares, we care about our employees, we care about our customers and we care about the communities we serve. As a family-owned and operated company, our employees and communities are the core of Sheetz. If someone is struggling, we’re there to help with paid time off, flexibility and more. When someone has a baby, we’re there to foster that precious time with 12 weeks of fully paid time off. If someone is sick or needs dental care, we’re proud of our benefits but, if necessary, will provide financial assistance as well.
Throughout our history to date we have embraced an appearance policy, because we know how important a smile is to the customer experience when serving hospitality. However, we are always reviewing our standing policies to make sure they best deliver on our values and our commitment to our customers and employees. Therefore, this appearance policy will continue to be under review.
We have always strived to treat our employees as our most valuable asset, because at Sheetz, we believe they are.” | 2023-01-30T21:32:29+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/convenience-store-chain-sheetz-under-fire-for-controversial-smile-policy/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rep. Mike Garcia, a former Navy fighter pilot, scored an upset U.S. House win Wednesday, handing Republicans control of the chamber and giving the GOP a rare reason to celebrate in a state dominated by Democrats that is also home to the likely future speaker, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy.
Garcia was elected to a third term in a Democratic-leaning district that then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden carried by double digits in the 2020. It was Garcia’s third consecutive victory over Democrat Christy Smith, a former legislator.
With nearly 75% of the ballots counted, Garcia has 54.2%, to 45.8% for Smith.
Garcia, who flew over 30 combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom, is the sole GOP House member with a district anchored in heavily Democratic Los Angeles County.
It takes 218 seats to control the House. With the addition of the latest California results, Republicans locked down 218 seats so far, with Democrats claiming 211.
In another key win in the state, Rep. Mike Levin beat back a tough challenge from Republican businessman Brian Maryott in a Southern California district that straddles Orange and San Diego counties.
With nearly all of the votes counted, Levin had 52.65%, to 47.4% for Maryott.
Levin said he was eager to return to Washington to continue working on affordable health care, climate change and assistance for veterans. Biden had come to the district in the election’s closing days in hopes of giving Levin a boost.
Garcia’s win, which gave Republicans House control, came with a splash of political sass, arriving in a state so solidly Democratic that a Republican hasn’t won a statewide race since 2006 that is also home to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco. California is known nationally as a liberal monolith, but pockets of conservative strength remain, mainly in the Southern California suburbs and rural and farming stretches.
But even with the wins, Republicans will remain a small minority within the state’s congressional delegation.
Of the 52 seats — the largest delegation in Congress — GOP candidates had captured just nine districts as of Wednesday. Counting continued in five districts, although one was a match-up between two Democrats.
Garcia was first elected in a special election in May 2020, then was reelected two years ago by just 333 votes. He faced an even tougher challenge this year, after his left-leaning district was redrawn and became more solidly Democratic.
Smith, a former legislator, had argued Garcia was out of step with district voters: He was endorsed by then-President Trump in 2020, then joined House Republicans who rejected electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania and opposed Trump’s impeachment after the Capitol insurrection. She also highlighted Garcia’s opposition to abortion rights.
Garcia emphasized his military service and pointed to his vote supporting $2,000 stimulus checks as one example of his political independence. He’s also stressed local issues, including concern over illegal marijuana cultivation.
In California, the primary House battlegrounds are Orange County — a suburban expanse southeast of Los Angeles that was once a GOP stronghold but has become increasingly diverse and Democratic — and the Central Valley, an inland stretch sometimes called the nation’s salad bowl for its agricultural production.
The tightest remaining contest in the state emerged in the Central Valley, where Democrat Adam Gray seized a tissue-thin lead after Republican John Duarte jumped ahead by 84 votes in a fight for an open seat in District 13.
Underscoring the closeness of the race, Gray’s campaign formed a committee to begin raising money to finance a possible recount. The latest returns showed Gray leading by 600 votes, with nearly 85% of the ballots tabulated.
In Orange County, Democratic Rep. Katie Porter was holding a nearly 3-point edge over Republican Scott Baugh in one of the nation’s marquee races. Baugh had slashed her lead in half earlier this week as counting continued. But Porter, a star of the party’s progressive wing, rebounded. About 90% of the votes had been counted.
In the Central Valley’s 22nd District, where about two-thirds of the votes have been counted, Republican Rep. David Valadao, who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump, had a 5.6-point margin over Democrat Rudy Salas.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said in a private conversation that expanding Medicaid to people working low-wage jobs would be in the best interest of the state, but that he refuses to support the policy for political reasons, a former chancellor of the University of Mississippi said Thursday.
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Dr. Dan Jones is a physician who led the University of Mississippi Medical Center before serving as chancellor of the university from 2009 to 2015. During a news conference organized by Democratic state lawmakers on Thursday, Jones said that Reeves acknowledged in a private conversation with him in 2013 or 2014 that expanding Medicaid would benefit Mississippi's economy, and provide health care to more residents of a state bedeviled by poor health outcomes.
Jones said he was trying to persuade Reeves, who was the lieutenant governor at the time, to take advantage of a 2010 health care law signed by President Barack Obama that allowed for Medicaid expansion, with the federal government covering most of the cost. Jones said the conversation took place in Jones' office at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
“The governor after a few moments put his hands up and said, ‘Chancellor, I recognize that it would be good for Mississippians, that it would be good for our economy, good for health care to expand Medicaid,’" Jones recounted. "I had a big smile on my face, and I said ‘I’m glad to hear that and I’m glad to hear you’ll support Medicaid expansion.’ His response was, ‘Oh no, I’m not going to support it because it’s not in my personal political interest.’”
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Reeves wrote on Twitter Thursday that Jones' remarks were “obviously a lie.”
"I’d bet I hadn’t talked to this dude since well before he was fired by Ole Miss, and I never would have said this," Reeves wrote. “Do you believe he has held this ‘juicy scoop’ for 8 years? Through 2019? And remembered it just before a presser with Democrats in 2023?”
Jones returned to the University of Mississippi Medical Center after the state college board chose not to renew his contract as chancellor. He retired two years ago, and said that since then, he has more freedom to speak publicly.
Reeves is seeking a second term as governor this year. He has frequently said that he does not want to add people to a government health program. A Democrat running for governor, Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, is making Medicaid expansion a central promise in his own campaign.
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During his State of the State speech Monday, Reeves said Mississippi should shore up health care resources by cutting bureaucracy, increasing medical residency programs and relying on technology.
Mississippi is among 11 states that have not taken the option from the federal government to expand Medicaid coverage to people working low-wage jobs without health insurance. At least 15 bills that would have done so expired under a Tuesday deadline without a legislative debate or a vote in the Republican-controlled legislature.
Mississippi has the nation’s highest fetal mortality, infant mortality and pre-term birth rates. At a Jan. 13 legislative hearing, Dr. Daniel Edney, the state health officer, said Mississippi doesn’t have the medical workforce to address a wide range of poor health outcomes. Some hospitals are on the brink of permanent closure due to staff shortages and population decline in poor areas.
At the state Capitol on Thursday, Jones said he is sharing details about his conversation with Reeves now because he has never before seen Mississippi’s health care system under the strain it is now, even with a $4 billion surplus in the state budget.
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“Shame on us for allowing the citizens of Mississippi to have health care problems and not have access to health care solutions,” Jones said. “Shame on us in a state with billions of dollars in its coffers to not act on this to make health care available to all of our citizens. It is immoral.”
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Michael Goldberg 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. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/mikergoldberg. | 2023-02-02T23:00:38+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/doctor-gop-governor-clash-over-private-medicaid-17760454.php |
Summer’s on its way, which means potato salad might be on the menu. This side dish goes so well with grilled foods like burgers, hot dogs and chicken with its creamy and comforting texture. Whatever you put in it — like eggs to make the mayo creamier, mustard for a little tang, or celery and onions to add a bright crunch — there’s one secret ingredient you should not omit.
Because classic potato salad is basically a softened potato mixture with mayonnaise, its flavor can be slightly bland. According to The Kitchn, you can perk up your potato salad with an easy, tasty hack, and it doesn’t require any extra work: simply add pickle brine.
Plenty of potato salad recipes already include some pickle flavor by way of adding pickles or relish, which makes a lot of sense. Pickles add sugar, salt, dill and other herby flavors to any dish. However if you’re wondering how to use up the liquid your pickles came in (salad dressing is another great option), adding it to your potato salad is a great way to help reduce food waste.
The Kitchn doesn’t advocate any particular method. However, according to Food52, the best way to incorporate pickle flavor into your potato salad is to toss your potatoes with a quarter cup of strained pickle brine right after you’ve cooked and drained them. Then you can let the potatoes cool and mix more brine into the dressing.
Kaitlyn Yarborough of Southern Living, who says her grandmother’s recipe uses pickle brine and her potato salad recipe is the talk of the neighborhood, advocates using about 5 to 7 tablespoons of dill pickle juice for a small batch, and double that amount for a larger batch. That meshes well with Food52’s recipe, which adds a quarter cup (4 tablespoons) to the potatoes and then another quarter cup to the dressing.
The best thing about this hack is that you don’t have to cook up a batch of potato salad to use it — after all, preparing and cooking the potatoes takes a while, and other ingredients like hard-boiled eggs are also a bit work- or time-intensive. Simply buy a batch of potato salad from the store, doctor it with your favorite pickle brine, and you have a better-tasting side that friends and family won’t realize isn’t homemade.
Of course, you could also add pickle relish to perk up your potato salad. Other ingredients that will level up your potato salad include vinegar, bacon, basil and other herbs. And if you’re feeling particularly experimental, consider adding potato chips in your favorite flavor: some recipes use barbecue-flavored chips, but we think sour cream and onion or salt and vinegar chips would taste pretty perfect, too.
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MALMO, Sweden (AP) — With election day in Sweden approaching, Joakim Sandell, the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the city of Malmo, pulled on a jacket with his party’s rose emblem and headed out to ring doorbells and urge people to vote.
Many people in the Mollevangen district, an ethnically diverse neighborhood with roots in the labor movement, support Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats. But Sunday's election is expected to be very close and the center-left party is fighting for every last vote as it faces a strong challenge from the right.
Sandell, who is running for reelection to the national parliament, the 349-seat Riksdag, began his campaign thinking voters would want to discuss health care after the COVID-19 pandemic, which took a heavy toll among the elderly. He also expected them to bring up NATO, after the historically non-aligned Scandinavian nation -- which hasn’t fought a war since the Napoleonic era -- decided to join the alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
But Swedish voters are mostly focused on rising energy costs in the wake of the war in Ukraine and violent crime at home.
Andersson, who became Sweden’s first female prime minister less than a year ago, enjoys high approval ratings. Her party is a defender of Sweden’s generous welfare state but its support has been declining for years.
“We lost many, many votes in the last 20 years. We’ve been struggling on our way down," said Ines Pentmo, a 62-year-old nurse who was canvasing with Sandell this week in Malmo. She was welcomed in Sweden after fleeing Chile’s dictatorship with her family in the 1970s and doesn’t want Sweden to abandon its traditional openness to refugees.
“The threat is very strong from the right," she said.
The Sweden Democrats, a right-wing populist party that takes a hard line against immigration and crime, is on the rise as other parties move closer to its approach. The prime minister herself campaigned on promises to increase the police force.
The Sweden Democratic party was founded by people from the neo-Nazi movement decades ago. They party has sought a more moderate course but many Swedes remain wary of that shift. When the party first won seats in parliament in 2010, other parties refused to work with them.
But polls now suggest that the party could get its best result yet with around 20% of the vote, which gives it a chance to overtake the Moderates, a traditional center-right party, to become the dominant party on the right.
If a right-wing bloc of four parties emerges ahead of the left-wing bloc of four parties, the Sweden Democrats would gain unprecedented power. Recent polls show the race as too close to predict.
The Sweden Democrats are “now considered a possible party to cooperate with when it comes to government formation. This was not the case in previous elections, but things have changed,” said Anders Sannerstedt, a political scientist at Lund University in southern Sweden.
The catalyst for this shift came in 2015, when large numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers from Syria and Afghanistan overwhelmed the county’s resources, Sannerstedt argued. The country of 10 million people took in a record 163,000 refugees that year.
The Sweden Democrats accuse Andersson and her left-wing allies of not doing enough to stop the shootings and explosions that have taken place largely in underprivileged neighborhoods that have many people from immigrant backgrounds who have not assimilated into Swedish society.
The violence has lately been spreading. In one high-profile case, a 15-year-old boy fatally shot a gang member inside an upscale shopping center in Malmo in August. A woman nearby was injured.
Mattias Sigfridsson, Malmo's deputy police chief, said there's actually been a decrease in violent crimes in recent years.
“But of course ... when the crimes are very spectacular, when you shoot somebody in a shopping center in the middle of day” or when there are detonations, it creates feeling of insecurity for everyone, he said.
Even in the nearby town of Lund, a peaceful cobblestoned university town near Malmo, safety is a key concern. Victoria Tiblom of the Swedish Democrats in Lund, who was out meeting voters at a town square, was pleased that other parties are now speaking more openly about crime in immigrant neighborhoods, something long viewed as a taboo.
“You can only solve the problems in a no-go zone if you talk about them. And we feel like a lot of the other parties, they have just neglected the problems. Same thing with immigration,” she said. “So we have brought a lot of problems to the surface so we can talk about them and also solve them.”
Despite the Sweden Democrats' attempts to clean up their image, party members sometimes still are accused of racism. One lawmaker recently tweeted a photo of a Stockholm metro train along with the message: “Welcome to the return train. You hold a one-way ticket. Next stop, Kabul!”
In a separate incident, a party employee sent an email encouraging people to celebrate the Nazi invasion of Poland 83 years ago on Sept. 1.
Karolin Lunden, a 40-year-old surgeon, said she always voted conservative. But as she visited the campaign stands in Lund with her 8-year-old daughter, she said she was voting for the left this year due to the willingness of other conservative parties to work with the Sweden Democrats.
“I don’t want them to have any influence," she said.
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Poster Presentation to Include 24-Month Follow-Up Results from Original 10 kHz Arm of SENZA-PDN Randomized Controlled Trial
SENZA-PDN Study Results Selected to be Featured in ADA's Official Press Program
Company to Participate in ADA's Product Theater Presentation
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevro Corp. (NYSE: NVRO), a global medical device company that is delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced that data from the SENZA Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), the largest RCT to evaluate spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to treat PDN, will be presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 82nd Scientific Sessions to be held June 3-7, 2022 in New Orleans, LA. Nevro will also showcase the company's HFX™ platform of SCS solutions in Exhibit Booth #1119 and in an ADA product theater presentation by Dr. Erika Petersen and Dr. George Grunberger.
During the poster presentation, Dr. Erika Petersen will present the 24-month follow-up results from the original 10 kHz arm of the SENZA-PDN RCT. The objective of this study was to compare Nevro's proprietary high-frequency (10 kHz) SCS plus Conventional Medical Management (CMM) to CMM alone in 216 patients at 18 centers in the United States. Previously published complete 12-month results in Diabetes Care demonstrated significantly improved and sustained outcomes with high-frequency 10 kHz Therapy, including substantial, sustained pain relief and improved health-related quality of life in patients suffering from PDN.¹
Details for the poster and product theater presentation are included below:
Poster #22-LB, 24-Month Results for 10 kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) in Treating Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN)
Presenting Author: Dr. Erika Petersen
Date & Time: Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CT (Poster will be available from June 4-6, 2022 in the Poster Hall)
These SENZA-PDN study results were selected to be featured in the Official Press Program for the ADA's 82nd Scientific Sessions. This study was selected based on overall excellence in furthering the research and treatment for people with diabetes.
ADA Product Theater Presentation, Revolutionizing the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy with High Frequency (10 kHz) Spinal Cord Stimulation
Presenters: Dr. George Grunberger; Dr. Erika Petersen
Date & Time: Sunday June 5, 2022 at 10:15 AM CT
Location: ADA Product Theater #2, Main Exhibit Hall
Note that only registered attendees of the ADA Scientific Sessions will be able to access the poster presentation and the exhibit hall. If you are registered, embargoed text of abstracts will be made available on May 31, 2022.
The company expects the complete 24-month data from the SENZA-PDN RCT to be available in the fourth quarter of 2022 and plans to submit this data set for presentation at NANS in January 2023 and publish as soon possible thereafter.
About Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN)
The World Health Organization estimates 422 million adults with diabetes worldwide and prevalence (8.5%) that has nearly doubled over four decades.2 Diabetes may cause systemic damage with profound impact on health-related quality of life and is potentially life-threatening. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a common complication presenting as pain and other dysesthesias, including numbness, burning, or tingling. Approximately 20% of patients with diabetes will develop PDN, a progressive, potentially debilitating chronic neuropathic pain condition.3 In the U.S., it is estimated that there are approximately 140,000 to 200,000 PDN patients each year that become refractory to conventional medical management, representing an annual total addressable market opportunity of approximately $3.5 billion to $5.0 billion.4,5
About the ADA Scientific Sessions
The American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions offer researchers and health care professionals from around the globe an exclusive opportunity to share ideas and gain knowledge about the recent advances in diabetes research, treatment, and care. Attendees will have access to more than 3,000 original research presentations, take part in thought-provoking speaking engagements with leading diabetes experts, and expand their professional networks. For more information, please visit the ADA Website: https://professional.diabetes.org/scientific-sessions
Internet Posting of Information
Nevro routinely posts information that may be important to investors in the "Investor Relations" section of its website at www.nevro.com. The company encourages investors and potential investors to consult the Nevro website regularly for important information about Nevro.
About Nevro
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Nevro is a global medical device company focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment. The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 80,000 patients globally. Nevro's comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic trunk and limb pain and painful diabetic neuropathy.
Senza®, Senza II®, and Senza Omnia™ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy. Nevro's unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach™ throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud™ insights for enhanced patient and practice management.
Senza, Senza II, Senza Omnia, HFX, HXF Coach, HFX Cloud, HFX Connect, Nevro and the Nevro logo are trademarks of Nevro Corp.
To learn more about Nevro, connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements reflecting the company's current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including: our expectation that the complete 24-month SENZA-PDN clinical trial results will be available later in the fourth quarter of 2022. These forward-looking statements are based upon information that is currently available to us or our current expectations, speak only as of the date hereof, and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including our ability to successfully commercialize our products; our ability to manufacture our products to meet demand; the level and availability of third-party payor reimbursement for our products; our ability to effectively manage our anticipated growth and the costs and expenses of operating our business; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and proprietary technologies; our ability to operate our business without infringing the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties; competition in our industry; additional capital and credit availability; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and product liability claims. These factors, together with those that are described in greater detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 23, 2022, as well as any reports that we may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future, may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied by our forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any obligation, except as required by law, or undertaking to update or revise any such forward-looking statements.
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Nevro Corp.
Chief Corp Communications and Investor Relations Officer
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LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading custom packaging company, Impress Communications, is proud to bring home the "Best of Category (Printing)" Award at Printing Industries Association of Southern California (PIASC) Excellence Awards, hosted at the Pacific Palms Resort City of Industry, CA.
PIASC is the largest graphic arts trade association representing printers, print brokers, vendors, and creative marketing professionals in Southern California.
Impress Communications received the PIASC 'Best of the Category' Award for the exemplary work done for its longtime client, Discovery Land. The company has been responsible for planning and executing print materials associated with Discovery Land's campaigns throughout the years.
"It's a real privilege to share the stage with such interesting, award-winning companies. There's no secret formula for success; with the collective efforts of our team, clients, and collaborators, we have managed to deliver the work that we take pride in and celebrate," said Paul Marino, CEO of Impress Communications.
"Our goal is to help our clients build strong visibility through stunning designs, innovation, and craftsmanship. This award is evidence that our team doing just that." he further adds.
The judging panel at the 2022 PIASC Excellence Award is compiled of hand-picked professionals and consultants with more than 10+ years of experience in the art, graphic, and print industry. The platform follows an anonymous judging process to ensure an objective and fair outcome. In addition, the panel was tasked with selecting the best of the thousands of work samples submitted from around the country.
An entry must display a unique combination of innovation, creativity, and outstanding quality to get noticed. Judges consider the quality of printing, degree of difficulty, and technical expertise, including registration, ink coverage, the density of solids, dot structure, crossovers, paper usage, finishing techniques, and overall visual appearance.
Impress Communications, a recognized leader in the custom printing and packaging industry is renowned for its branded, innovative, and sustainable solutions. They recently introduced 100% compostable and 100% biodegradable PCW paper. Currently, 100% PCW paper is exclusively provided by Impress Communications in North America.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two explosions Monday at a counterterrorism police facility in northwest Pakistan killed at least 12 people and wounded at least 50, police said.
Senior police officer Ataullah Khan said an initial blast at the facility in the Swat Valley district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was followed by a larger, more intense one.
Associated Press images from the blast scene showed destroyed cars and downed trees, and at a local hospital bloodied victims being carried inside on stretchers.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but the Pakistani Taliban have claimed similar attacks since ending a cease-fire with the government last year.
The explosions came hours after police said a counterterror operation in the province’s Lakki Marwat district took place in which three militants and one police officer were killed. It was not immediately clear if the attacks were related.
Khan said part of the counterterrorism police building collapsed and rescue workers retrieved the bodies of dead and wounded. He said the death toll could increase.
The police complex also houses the Kabal city police station and the headquarters of a reserve police force but the main damage was done at the counterterrorism department building, Khan said.
The picturesque Swat Valley was once the stronghold of Islamic militants who imposed strict Sharia, or Islamic, rule in the region. The army carried out a massive operation there in 2007 that flushed out the militants and restored normalcy.
The Pakistani Taliban, formally known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, is a separate group from Afghan Taliban but linked to them.
The TTP has been emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 when U.S. and NATO troops were leaving the country after 20 years of war. Many of its leaders and fighters have found sanctuaries in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover there. | 2023-04-25T03:41:49+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/pakistani-police-say-2-blasts-at-facility-in-nw-kill-7/ |
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The Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade has made it harder for many pregnant people to access abortion services — at least on land. One California-based doctor and activist has an idea: Why not offer them at sea?
Dr. Meg Autry, an OB-GYN and professor at the University of California at San Francisco, has been mulling over this question since long before Dobbs decision. She says she was inspired by the casino boats she would see in the Mississippi River while growing up in the south.
As many states tightened their restrictions on abortion — and dozens now move to ban it altogether — Autry assembled a legal team to look into whether it might be possible to offer that care by boat. After assessing their options, they're working towards the goal of providing abortion services in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico (though not without anticipated legal challenges and safety concerns).
Autry created and runs the nonprofit PRROWESS, whose acronym stands for Protecting Reproductive Rights of Women Endangered by State Statutes. She says their planning was years in the making, since they anticipated the Supreme Court might issue such a ruling and wanted to be ready to go public as soon as that happened.
PRROWESS is now fundraising to buy and retrofit a boat that can serve as a floating health clinic. The group hopes the clinic will offer all sorts of reproductive health and wellness services, including contraception, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and surgical abortions up to 14 weeks.
But making that clinic a reality will take time, raise questions and involve risks. Autry says it's worth it — after all, as she tells Morning Edition's Rachel Martin, this is her life's work.
"It's just not OK for people to not have bodily autonomy," she says. "And the people in these states that are losing their rights are poor people and people of color and marginalized communities ... People are stepping up and have stepped up forever. But we have to be innovative and creative in order to allow these patients to get the care that they deserve."
How it would work — and what happens if it doesn't
The nonprofit needs to clear significant financial and logistical hurdles before it can color in the exact details of the proposed operation.
First and foremost, they need to raise enough money to acquire a vessel, with a preliminary goal of $20 million. That vessel will need to be retrofitted to meet clinic standards, which Autry says could take 6 to 12 months. In an ideal world, she says, the vessel would be operational in a year.
And it's still unclear what exactly that would look like, since the size of the team and number of procedures they'll be able to perform will depend on factors like the size of the vessel, union rules and fuel costs. But Autry estimates the crew could provide for about 20 patients a day, which comes out to roughly 1,800 people in six months.
The vessel would operate in the swath of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, where its activities wouldn't be restricted by state laws. The exact distance from the coastline depends on the state, but Autry says it would be between 3 and 12 miles offshore.
The nonprofit's website says once patients complete a pre-screening process, it will make arrangements to transport them to the vessel — and promises more information about how to make appointments soon.
It anticipates primarily serving patients who reside in Texas, Louisiana and other states along the Gulf Coast, many of which had trigger laws that immediately banned abortions.
In fact, according to PRROWESS, people in the southern parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas may be closer to the coast than to facilities in bordering states where abortion and reproductive health care are accessible.
"It is often very difficult and expensive for individuals who live close to the Gulf Coast to easily access care in a short time frame, due to distance to the nearest clinics and the need for connecting flights," its website reads. "Flying out of state often requires patients to secure child care and time off work for multiple days, and may not be an option at all for people who are undocumented."
The nonprofit's goal is to offer care at little to no cost to patients, depending on need. And according to an FAQ page on its website, "If at any point along this journey it appears that the floating medical clinic will not be successful, remaining funds will be distributed to other projects addressing access to abortion."
Organizers brace for potential legal challenges and security concerns
Autry and her nonprofit are also hesitant to provide too much detail about how people will be able to access the vessel, citing safety concerns. Without elaborating, she says she anticipates that her group will be a part of the many existing networks trying to coordinate abortion care for people who can't get it in their state.
People seeking or providing an abortion could face prosecution or, Autry fears, violence. She calls security her group's top concern.
And she says that while their team is secure in their understanding of the law, it's bracing for potential legal challenges "along the way, all the time." That's in part because of ever-changing laws and lawsuits unfolding in restrictive states.
Amanda Allen, senior counsel and director at the Lawyering Project — which represents PRROWESS — tells NPR over email that there's no doubt about the legality of providing abortions at sea, because states don't have jurisdiction over the care provided in federal or international waters. She compares it to the way that an abortion provider in New York would care for a patient traveling from a restrictive state.
Still, she says their team is exploring the same questions that they would look at in the case of a provider looking to open a clinic in a state where abortions are not banned.
Those include whether there are rules governing the facility where the care is provided, and what kind of licensure and staffing is required. They're also looking at the threats that could face abortion providers — floating or otherwise — who treat patients traveling from restrictive states.
"Given the climate of abortion access post-Dobbs, nothing is zero-risk," Allen writes. "Because of that we are concerned about the same types of extraterritorial questions that are already creating chaos and legal uncertainty onshore. While a state's criminal laws should not reach a provider at sea, a rogue prosecutor could choose to target PRROWESS, or a hostile state authority could open an investigation."
There's precedent for this kind of care, and enthusiasm for this plan
Autry and her team are much less concerned about the medical aspects of it all.
Less than 1% of patients require emergency care from an abortion-related complication, PRROWESS says, adding that it has planned for medical emergencies and will be prepared to transport patients to land by water shuttle or helicopter depending on the urgency.
The nonprofit says the military and relief organizations have used floating clinics for years, and that its research indicates patients are willing to seek this type of care.
Autry also points to a Dutch group called Women on Waves, which sails a ship to countries where abortion is illegal, docks about 12 miles off their coasts and provides patients with abortion pills and contraceptives.
Since its founding in 1999, it has completed campaigns — not without controversy — in countries including Ireland, Spain, Morocco, Guatemala and Mexico. (Its founder, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, created another organization several years ago that ships abortion pills to Americans from abroad.)
"Medical care on the water and surgical terminations are incredibly safe and there's precedent for that," Autry says. "So we have no reason to believe that providing care on the water is more dangerous than providing care on the land, other than it's the water."
And while the project is still in planning stages, it sounds like many volunteers are already on board.
Autry says the response to their plan has been "almost overwhelming," with people offering donations as well as their own volunteer services. She praised the legal and medical communities for their services, and notes that she's had many volunteer offerings from maritime crew as well.
"The most heartwarming and overwhelming is all of the offers of help from people in the restricted states," she adds. "We know that the majority of the country doesn't believe in what's happening, the outpouring we've received really emphasizes that."
This story was produced by Claire Murashima and David West, and edited by Simone Popperl.
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LONDON (AP) — Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached a settlement in a longstanding legal dispute over the safety of the A350 jetliner and billions of orders for other planes.
The companies said in a joint statement Wednesday that the settlement was “amicable and mutually agreeable.’’
“A repair project is now underway and both parties look forward to getting these aircraft safely back in the air,’’ the companies said in a statement.
Qatar Airways had grounded Airbus A350s over what it described as fuselages “degrading at an accelerated rate” in the long-range aircraft. The airline had raised questions about the A350s’ carbon composite fuselage, designed to make the twin-aisle aircraft lighter and cheaper to operate by burning less jet fuel.
In December 2021, Qatar’s national carrier announced it was suing Airbus in London over what it described as the “accelerated surface degradation” of the wide-body A350.
The next month, European planemaker Airbus terminated a multibillion-dollar order by Qatar Airways for 50 of its smaller single-aisle in-demand A321neo jets. The termination of the contract for the Airbus 321neos followed Qatar Airways’ refusal to take any more A350s until the problem was fixed.
Now that the dispute has been resolved, Airbus will “reintegrate” Qatar’s 50 A321neo orders, with deliveries due to resume in 2026, Airbus spokesman Justin Dubon said. The Toulouse, France-based planemaker also will resume deliveries this year of 23 A350s that that airline had put on hold because of the dispute, he said.
The details of the settlement are confidential, and there was no admission of liability.
“This agreement will enable Qatar Airways and Airbus to move forward and work together as partners,” the companies’ statement said. | 2023-02-02T17:50:21+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/ap-qatar-airways-airbus-reach-settlement-in-a350-legal-case/ |
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. (WDAF) — A driver delivering for Amazon was found dead after a suspected dog attack in Missouri on Monday night.
Ray County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about an Amazon truck that had been parked in front of a house off Highway O for several hours in the area of Excelsior Springs.
When deputies arrived, they found the driver dead in the front yard.
The sheriff’s office said the victim had injuries consistent with an animal attack, and two dogs that appeared to be aggressive were spotted at the scene.
Deputies shot one dog outside, after which it went inside the home through a dog door. The fire department said they could hear dogs in the house.
The sheriff and two others went inside the house and killed both dogs.
The sheriff’s office could not immediately confirm whether the dogs were the cause of death but said the animals acted aggressively toward deputies.
“Due to the fact of the nature of some of the injuries to the male driver, we can’t confirm or deny if they were the cause of the death of the driver,” Sheriff Scott Childers said, referring to the dogs. “However, we wanted to be safe.”
Amazon told WDAF that the company is “looking into this horrible tragedy and will work with law enforcement as they continue to investigate.”
Authorities said the homeowners who own the dogs were out of town when the incident occurred. | 2022-10-25T18:16:08+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national-news/amazon-driver-found-dead-after-suspected-dog-attack-in-missouri/ |
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CAZ081-252300-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
325 AM PDT Sat Mar 25 2023
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph
shifting to the northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Lows in the lower to
mid 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow
showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph shifting to the east well after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. In the shasta valley,
south winds 20 to 25 mph. Winds southeast around 5 mph in the
morning. Elsewhere, 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Snow likely in the evening, then snow after
midnight. Breezy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Snow in the morning, then rain and snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows
in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then slight chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower
30s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 40s
to lower 50s. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
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CAZ082-252300-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
325 AM PDT Sat Mar 25 2023
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. A
30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows 15 to 20. North winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. A 10 percent chance of snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of snow
showers in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows
15 to 25. North winds around 5 mph shifting to the northeast
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s. East winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the south early in the afternoon, then
increasing to 10 to 20 mph late in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times.
Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s. Highs in the lower 30s to
lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then
chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 20s to
lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the
morning, then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow
showers in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Slight chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
$$
CAZ083-252300-
North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
325 AM PDT Sat Mar 25 2023
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 10 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
10 percent chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 30s to lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. West winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
north late in the evening, then shifting to the east after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph shifting to the south 15 to 20 mph late in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Snow, breezy. Snow may be heavy at times after
midnight. Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Highs
in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then
chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid
20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers
in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Slight chance of snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
$$
CAZ084-252300-
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
325 AM PDT Sat Mar 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to
northwest 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph becoming
west 5 to 10 mph late in the evening and overnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 20. West winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
southeast well after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph increasing to south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Snow likely in the evening, then snow after
midnight. Breezy. Lows around 30.
.TUESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the evening,
then slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Colder. Lows
in the lower to mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 20.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
40s. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
$$
CAZ085-252300-
Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
325 AM PDT Sat Mar 25 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower to mid 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph decreasing
to 5 to 10 mph late in the evening and overnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. North winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds
around 5 mph shifting to the northeast late in the evening, then
shifting to the southeast after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph shifting to the south 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Snow likely in the evening, then snow after
midnight. Breezy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY...Snow, breezy. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the evening,
then slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Colder. Lows
15 to 25.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs
in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows
around 20.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
$$
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
9-0-0
(nine, zero, zero)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
9-0-0
(nine, zero, zero) | 2022-09-07T18:19:41+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17425168.php |
Illness interrupts O’Rourke campaign for Texas governor
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O’Rourke said Sunday that he had cleared his campaign schedule after receiving treatment at a San Antonio hospital for an unspecified bacterial infection.
In a statement tweeted Sunday by his campaign, O’Rourke said he sought treatment at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio after feeling ill Friday.
Intravenous antibiotic infusions improved his symptoms, O’Rourke said.
“While my symptoms have improved, I will be resting at home in El Paso in accordance with the doctors’ recommendations,” he said. “I am sorry to have had to postpone events because of this, but (I) promise to be back on the road as soon as I am able.”
O’Rourke continues to trail Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in opinion polls before the Nov. 8 general elections.
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Michigan judge denies ex-officer’s bid to drop murder charge
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) —
A Michigan judge on Friday refused to dismiss a second-degree murder charge against a former Grand Rapids police officer who was fired after shooting a Black motorist in the back of the head during a struggle over a Taser.
Christopher Schurr is scheduled for trial March 13 in the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya last April. Circuit Judge Christina Elmore rejected a defense motion to throw out the case. Defense attorney Matthew Borgula said after the hearing that his team would appeal.
Schurr’s lawyers argued he acted in self-defense and that Michigan law allows police officers to use deadly force to stop someone from fleeing and to make an arrest. Video recordings showed Schurr was straddling Lyoya’s body as the Congolese refugee lay face down beneath him.
Prosecutors said the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding probable cause to proceed to trial. A judge at a preliminary hearing found sufficient evidence that a jury could conclude Schurr did not reasonably believe his life was immediately at risk. Elmore agreed.
Schurr was fired last June after spending months on paid leave. He spent one night in jail, then posted bond.
Attorneys for Lyoya’s family have filed a separate civil lawsuit against Schurr and the city of Grand Rapids.
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WATCH: Man points gun, robs elderly woman at ATM
Published: Jun. 17, 2023 at 7:52 AM CDT|Updated: 20 hours ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis Police are looking for help to identify a man accused of robbing an elderly woman at gunpoint at an ATM last month.
It happened on May 13 around 5 p.m. at the Orion Federal Credit Union ATM on Millbranch Road.
Dramatic images show a black man wearing a blue hoodie with a Puma logo, white/tan sweats, and tan flip-flops pointing a gun in the woman’s face.
Police say the suspect took off in a 2015 red Hyundai Elantra.
Right now, no arrests have been made.
If you have any information you are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 528-CASH (2274).
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The stakes were high in the quarterfinals for St. Peter’s Prep, but their even-keeled certainty calmed the moment down for a few breaths.
As the third seed in the NJSIAA Non-Public A tournament, the undefeated Marauders were looking to reach the semifinals for just the second time in program history. All eyes were on the 7-0 squad as they raced to six victories to help pave a 94-76 win over sixth-seeded Pingry on Tuesday in Jersey City.
“Obviously there was some pressure. But we kept it light and were pretty jovial because we didn’t want to be neither too cocky nor too nervous. We kept a good level of confidence,” Marauders senior captain Evan Briggs said, who won the 200 individual medley at 2:00.95.
“The culmination of all our hard work is paying off and I’m ecstatic we got to experience today.”
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A turning point for St. Peter’s, ranked No. 6 in the NJ.com Top 20, was during the 100 freestyle.
Following two straight losses in the 50 free and 100 fly in tight contests, junior Frankie Prekop was called upon to square off against a familiar foe.
Facing Pingry’s Derek Cheng in multiple club races, Prekop knew his hands were full against one of the best freestyle swimmers in the Non-Public group.
After the initial 50 yards, Prekop held a slim 0.03 lead over Cheng. But that was all his head coach needed to see in a booming natatorium to believe he’d pull out the win and bring the momentum back on the Marauders’ side.
“I told Frankie yesterday that we needed him winning that race. Once I saw him just ahead in the first 50, I knew he had it and it was super rewarding,” St. Peter’s head coach Jay Imus said.
The 46.71 win gave Prekop a sigh of relief, inching past Cheng’s 46.76 clip.
“I was very aware of Derek next to me. I’ve had plenty of races against him and I think it’s the first time I’ve ever beaten him in a freestyle,” Prekop said.
“After that race, we could feel the energy shift. I didn’t expect to win there but it really worked out and we were definitely pumped up after that.”
St. Peter’s went on to win three of the next four events to pull ahead by 20 points. Will Heinze led an exceptionally quick group of long-distance swimmers in the 500 free, clocking out at 4:48.17 in a four-point swing. Marauders swimmers Tristen Whitworth and Jonah Briggs notched third and fourth-place finishes to gain the much-needed points.
“I knew I just had to get out in front there. Once I was up there, I was confident I wouldn’t let anyone catch up,” Heinze said.
The meet-clinching event came in the 100 breaststroke. St. Peter’s freshman Issac Rivers, who’s reeled in four wins this season in the respective event, knew the magnitude of the race he was about to dive into. He didn’t let the lights shine too bright in front of him, however, pacing the field to a 1:02.63 victory. This put St. Peter’s over the hump, walking into the final race with 88 points.
“It felt amazing. I was a bit intimidated in the beginning because the guy next to me looked really big. So as a freshman, the nerves hit you a little. But I knew I to nail the race and Evan [Briggs] just told me before the race to remember who we swim for,” Rivers said. “I had to go all out there.”
“Issac is a huge addition. He’s such a great leader and so talented in everything. He adds so much to the overall team dynamic,” Imus said.
No. 13 Pingry (7-3) kept their foot on the gas throughout the meet. Rallying to five victories, Big Blue didn’t let St. Peter’s get into too much of a rhythm.
“I was very impressed with how we performed. I talked to my guys at the end of the meet saying that we were less than 20 points away from the third seed and it was really exciting to see,” Pingry head coach Megan Bull said.
All-State swimmer Roman Jones scooped a pair of individual victories in his final dual meet with Pingry. The senior star won his fourth race of the winter in the 100 back (50.85) and his fifth in the 50 freestyle (21.48).
“There’s no other word to describe Roman’s career other than it being incredible. He can swim any event and was just a great role model for the younger swimmers,” Bull said.
“It was a great season. We did a lot better than we expected overall and we had an amazing time together this year,” Jones added. “Our team atmosphere was very solid. We all just try to hype each other up because every place matters and I’m proud of what we did.”
St. Peter’s Prep moves on in the tournament and will oppose second-seeded Christian Brothers (8-2) on February 20.
“It was our goal all year to get to get to the semifinals. It took so much hard work and effort get here, and our guys showed up,” Imus said.
“We have been increasing our power points through each passing meet. We’re peaking at the right time and hoping to put St. Peter’s on the map. But we’re not done yet.”
The Marauders, jumping with joy after Tuesday’s win, will look to maintain the team’s philosophy in hopes of reaching the state finals.
“We swim for each other. We swim for our teammates. We didn’t want this to be our last meet and everyone was prepared for the moment,” Evan Briggs finished.
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Jokic and Murray both have triple-doubles, Nuggets beat Heat 109-94 for 2-1 lead
MIAMI (AP) - Never had two players from the same team had 30-point triple-doubles in the same game. Never in the regular season. Never in the playoffs. Certainly never in the NBA Finals.
Until now.
Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray made history Wednesday night — and have the Denver Nuggets two wins away from making some real history as well.
Jokic and Murray became the first teammates in NBA Finals history to both record triple-doubles, and the Nuggets reclaimed the lead in the series by beating the Miami Heat 109-94 in Game 3.
“By far, their greatest performance as a duo in their seven years together,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said, after his team moved two wins away from Denver’s first title.
Jokic finished with 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists — the first such game in NBA Finals history, or at least the first since assists were tracked. Murray had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, getting the rebound he needed with 9 seconds remaining.
The Nuggets outrebounded the Heat 58-33, and took a 2-1 lead. Game 4 is Friday in Miami.
“I’m just glad that we won the game,” Jokic said. “It was a big one for us because they won in our arena. We just didn’t want to go down 2-1.”
Jimmy Butler scored 28 points for Miami, and Bam Adebayo finished with 22 points and 17 rebounds. Caleb Martin added 10 points for Miami.
Miami has been the comeback kings of these playoffs — seven rallies in games after trailing by at least 12 points. The Heat were down by 14 going into the fourth, and Malone reminded his club of Miami’s penchant for comebacks.
“First two games, they won the fourth quarter,” Malone said. “Tonight, we win the fourth quarter, we win the game.”
His team listened.
The lead eventually reached 21, the outcome never seriously in doubt, and Jokic looking very much like he’s back in cruise control. The Heat got within nine on a 3-pointer by Duncan Robinson with 1:22 left, but there was no epic finish for Miami. Murray and Jokic had the Nuggets too far ahead to get caught.
“You have to expect there to be elite talent in the finals,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And both those guys are elite-level talent.”
Officially, Jokic is now the seventh player to have two triple-doubles in the same finals. Magic Johnson and LeBron James each did it in three different finals. Draymond Green, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird and Butler all had one title series with two triple-doubles.
It was his 10th triple-double of these playoffs, extending his single-season record, and he was unbothered by whatever Miami threw his way. Jokic finished 12 for 21 from the floor, 7 for 8 from the line, playing 44 minutes.
“We were more locked in, more focused,” Jokic said.
Christian Braun was tremendous off the bench for the Nuggets, scoring 15 points on 7-for-8 shooting in 19 minutes. Aaron Gordon added 11 for Denver.
Miami never led in the second half. A dunk by Adebayo put the Heat up 44-42 with 3:18 left in the half, before a 3-pointer by Murray represented the seventh and final lead change of the night. It was 53-48 at halftime, before Denver pushed the lead to double digits for the first time early in the third and wound up leading by as many as 19 later in that period.
“We took care of business,” Braun said.
TIP-INS
Nuggets: Denver used Reggie Jackson in the first quarter, going nine deep in the opening 12 minutes for the first time since Game 2 of the West finals. ... Denver hadn’t lost two consecutive games to Miami since March 14 and Nov. 30, 2016. Jokic played in both of those games, Murray in the second one early in his rookie season.
Heat: It was the first finals game in Miami since 2014. The Heat didn’t have any “home” games in the 2020 finals, which were held in the NBA’s restart bubble near Orlando. ... Wednesday was the 11th anniversary of LeBron James’ 45-point, 15-rebound, five-assist game at Boston in Game 6 of the East finals — staving off elimination. The Heat won Game 7 and went on to beat Oklahoma City for James’ first title.
HASLEM RECORD
Miami’s Udonis Haslem — in his 20th and final season — set a record. He became the oldest player to appear in the NBA Finals, breaking the mark of 42 years, 58 days set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on June 13, 1989.
Haslem turns 43 on Friday. He played the final 29.8 seconds.
RARE COMPANY
Jokic had 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists in the first quarter. The only other players in the last 25 years to have that in any quarter of a finals game — Stephen Curry (12-7-5) for Golden State in the third quarter against Cleveland on June 4, 2017 and Shaquille O’Neal (12-7-3) for the Los Angeles Lakers in the second quarter against Philadelphia on June 8, 2001.
CELEB WATCH
Former Heat player and NBA champion Mike Miller — now an agent — was at the game, along with one of his clients, Rookie of the Year Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic. Banchero tweeted “game ain’t even started yet i’m in here star struck.”
DJ Khaled was in attendance, along with soccer greats Neymar and Paul Pogba (on the day Lionel Messi committed to play for Inter Miami), Shakira, Magic Johnson, J. Cole (who played a role in getting Caleb Martin to the Heat) and Dwyane Wade — who starred for Miami’s title teams in 2006, 2012 and 2013.
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Smart home devices can improve your daily life and make many tasks easier. Still, some may worry that the technology is too challenging to set up or use. Luckily, there is a variety of accessible smart home devices. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices.
According to Vazquez, “Most smart technology is designed to be accessible to anyone. If you have an older loved one that you hope will enjoy the benefits of smart tech but aren’t sure how they’ll feel about adopting the technology, there are several products that are designed to be user-friendly for them.”
In this article: Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen), Ring Video Doorbell and Sideclick Universal Remote Attachment for Roku
Voice commands
When buying a smart home device, it’s important to consider how well the voice commands work. These commands are ideal for those with difficulty using touchscreens and physical buttons. If they are already familiar with Amazon Alexa, it’s best to purchase an Alexa-compatible device, such as an Amazon Echo. You’ll want to consider a Nest device if they regularly use Google Assistant.
Many smart home devices have apps that let you control them using voice commands on your phone. These ensure that the user doesn’t have to be in the same room as their smart device to use it.
Safety features
Nowadays, many smart home devices can help keep you safe. Some have built-in smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and temperature alerts. You can often program them to alert family members if danger is detected.
Video doorbells allow people to see who is at their door before answering it. If they feel uncomfortable, they can alert a family member or the police. There is also a range of smart devices that can detect the sound of broken glass or when a door or window is opened.
Large screens
Smart speakers with large built-in screens are generally easier to use and control. Most have video calling features that are great for keeping in contact with friends and family. Additionally, many can be used as digital photo frames to display pictures of precious memories throughout the day.
Loud speakers
It’s best to buy a smart speaker that gets loud enough to hear with ease. Many newer smart home devices can be heard even when you’re in a different room. Speakers like the Echo Studio and Echo 4th-Gen can be connected to other smart speakers, letting you create a multi-room audio experience that makes them even easier to use.
Integration
In the near future, Matter and Thread technologies will make it easier for smart home devices to communicate with each other. However, in the meantime, it’s important to buy devices that integrate with others. Alexa and Google Home products have the broadest range of compatible products. For example, Alexa can pair with a wide range of smart lights, video doorbells, smart thermostats and other handy devices that make life easier.
When you buy smart home products that integrate seamlessly, you can control all devices from your phone or with a singular smart speaker; this eliminates the need for multiple smart home hubs and ensures you can use the home’s smart devices without hassle.
Best smart home devices with accessibility features
This features a large screen that’s perfect for video calls with loved ones. The speaker can get relatively loud. It is available in black and white. It adds an extra layer of privacy with its microphone-off button and camera cover.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
This sizeable device is ideal for video calls and streaming your favorite shows. It resembles a picture frame and is excellent for displaying pictures. You can purchase it with or without a remote.
Sold by Amazon
This easy-to-use smart speaker is loud and can be paired with other speakers for a richer sound. It can be used as an intercom to talk to family members in other rooms. The sound is top-notch, and the Alexa voice commands are intuitive.
Sold by Amazon
It is compact, but the sound is surprisingly great. The setup process is straightforward. It’s an excellent choice for listening to music, podcasts and audiobooks.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
This lets you talk to guests from the comfort and safety of another room, making it an excellent choice for those who can’t reach the door immediately. You can use it alongside an Echo Show to see who is at your door.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
This is both a smoke detector and a carbon monoxide detector. You can share access with family members, so they’re alerted when something goes wrong. It tests itself automatically and displays a bright green light if it still has power.
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Attorney General Nessel refuses to use office to defend Michigan's abortion ban
Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday that she would not defend Michigan's 1931 abortion ban against a suit filed by Planned Parenthood of Michigan against her office.
In a highly unusual move, the Democratic attorney general said she will not even set up a conflict wall in her office to defend the case, not unless or until she is ordered by a court.
"I don't want to use the resources of my offices and I don't think I should be made to use the resources of my office to enforce a law that I know will result in women dying in this state," Nessel said. "I didn’t become attorney general so I could head an office that put women in a position in which some of them would likely die."
Right to Life of Michigan accused Nessel of "violating her oath of office."
"Gov. Whitmer wants to cheat," the group said in a tweet. "The question is if the (Michigan) Supreme Court wants to torch their credibility as well. They should think about how these precedents they want to set will be used in the future by other officials."
Nessel noted it was possible a court could order her to set up a conflict law for the defense of the state's law or, more likely, that the GOP-led Legislature would intervene to defend the law.
"They move to intervene even in cases where we are defending the law," Nessel said. "I would suspect that even if I did erect a conflict law, they would try to intervene in the matter.”
Both Planned Parenthood of Michigan and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed suits Thursday seeking to overturn the state's 1931 ban on abortions, seeking court orders opining that the state constitution already included the right to abortion and prohibiting prosecutors from enforcing the law should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.
Nessel prefaced her decision not to defend against the Planned Parenthood case in a press call Thursday by relating the story of an abortion she had in 2002. She was pregnant with triplets through artificial reproductive technology when physicians advised her to abort one in a bid to save the lives of the other two, whom she later delivered.
"I didn't work as hard as I did to become pregnant only to have an abortion, but like most people I was faced with what felt like an impossible and incredibly difficult decision," Nessel said. "Because of that procedure, it allowed me to carry those other two babies long enough for them to be born alive."
The attorney general said she was unaware of other Michigan attorney generals refusing to defend a state law, including through a conflict wall. But she said it has occurred in other states during the same sex marriage debate as attorneys general refused to enforce state bans on gay marriage.
Nessel also is avoiding involvement with Whitmer's lawsuit filed Thursday in circuit court seeking to overturn the state's abortion ban. Others from her office filed the suit on behalf of Nessel, but the attorney general is not involved.
Nessel, a Democrat, is running for re-election. Three Republicans are seeking to become her challenger at an April 23 state nominating convention, including former House Speaker Tom Leonard of DeWitt, who lost to Nessel by less than 3 percentage points in 2018.
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More than 1,000 US flights delayed Sunday as major airports urge passengers to arrive early
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More than 1,000 US flights delayed Sunday as major airports urge passengers to arrive early
Related video above: Rossen Reports: Top ten apps to make you a savvy travelerA severe weather system across several parts of the United States has prompted the three major airports servicing New York City to urge passengers to arrive early for flights on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year.As of early Sunday, 1,056 flights into, out of, or within the United States have been delayed Sunday, according to FlightAware, and 48 U.S. flights have been canceled, the website noted.A rather large storm system will shift from the Mississippi River Valley Sunday morning into the Northeast bringing with it widespread rain and gusty winds. The heavy showers and high winds are expected to impact millions of travelers from the Midwest to the Northeast and down to the Southeast Sunday.New York's LaGuardia Airport has urged passengers to pre-book parking spaces, which operators said are filling up. "We can't stress this enough — plan ahead and arrive early if you're traveling during the #Thanksgiving holiday travel period," the airport tweeted.Newark Liberty International Airport echoed LGA in suggesting passengers should plan ahead and aim to arrive at the airport early. It warned roadways into the airport were already congested Sunday morning. "The holiday season means high passenger volumes. If you're planning to travel through Terminal A or B, take advantage of the FREE EWR VirtuaLine service and secure your spot in the security checkpoint line in advance," the airport said on Twitter. "Due to the increased number of travelers during the holiday, allow extra time for travel, check-in and security."John F. Kennedy Airport also said passengers traveling Sunday should plan ahead and arrive early. JFK tweeted from its verified account, "Budget extra travel time to arrive at #JFK Airport, park in your reserved spot, check in, and get through security."
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A severe weather system across several parts of the United States has prompted the three major airports servicing New York City to urge passengers to arrive early for flights on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year.
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As of early Sunday, 1,056 flights into, out of, or within the United States have been delayed Sunday, according to FlightAware, and 48 U.S. flights have been canceled, the website noted.
A rather large storm system will shift from the Mississippi River Valley Sunday morning into the Northeast bringing with it widespread rain and gusty winds. The heavy showers and high winds are expected to impact millions of travelers from the Midwest to the Northeast and down to the Southeast Sunday.
New York's LaGuardia Airport has urged passengers to pre-book parking spaces, which operators said are filling up. "We can't stress this enough — plan ahead and arrive early if you're traveling during the #Thanksgiving holiday travel period," the airport tweeted.
Newark Liberty International Airport echoed LGA in suggesting passengers should plan ahead and aim to arrive at the airport early. It warned roadways into the airport were already congested Sunday morning. "The holiday season means high passenger volumes. If you're planning to travel through Terminal A or B, take advantage of the FREE EWR VirtuaLine service and secure your spot in the security checkpoint line in advance," the airport said on Twitter. "Due to the increased number of travelers during the holiday, allow extra time for travel, check-in and security."
John F. Kennedy Airport also said passengers traveling Sunday should plan ahead and arrive early. JFK tweeted from its verified account, "Budget extra travel time to arrive at #JFK Airport, park in your reserved spot, check in, and get through security." | 2022-11-27T18:39:24+00:00 | wmur.com | https://www.wmur.com/article/flights-delayed-sunday-as-airports-urge-passengers-to-arrive-early/42077310 |
GREENSBORO, N.C. — It's the end of February. In less than two weeks, we will be springing forward due to Daylight Saving Time. If that doesn't bother your sleep patterns, you're one of the few.
The experts at Consumer Reports reveal simple adjustments you can make now to help you sleep better all year long. Consumer Reports’ surveyed more than 2,000 adults in the U.S., and 9 out of 10 said they had experienced at least one sleep challenge in the previous 12 months.
"Getting a good night’s rest is really about also minimizing the disturbances, " said Tanya Chastain of Consumer Reports. Chastain says the light, temperature, and air quality all figure in.
TEMPERATURE
Set your thermostat to 65° F, the ideal temperature for sleeping. Your core body temp cools down slightly as your body prepares for sleep.
AIR QUALITY
The quality of the air in your bedroom can also affect your sleep; especially if you have allergies or asthma. In CR’s tests the Honeywell InSight HPA5300B air purifier, $290, did an impressive job of removing dust, pollen, and smoke from the air.
And if the air in your bedroom is too dry, a humidifier can help add moisture back in and allow you to breathe easier. Position the humidifier near the bed, raised at least 2 feet above the floor. This allows more moisture to dissipate into the air.
KEEP THE LIGHT OUT
Keep out light—which can signal your body to wake up—with blackout shades or an eye mask. The items in your room shouldn't be able to be seen well. If they are, it is too light in your room.
PILLOWS & YOUR BED
If you’re uncomfortable, consider a new pillow. The best pillows stabilize your neck and align it with the rest of your body.
For back and side sleepers, CR recommends the Coop Home Goods the Original, $72, which you can tailor to your sleep position and comfort level by adding or removing fill.
CR says even the best pillows and perfect conditions won’t help if you’re not sleeping on the right mattress, so if you’re consistently waking up sore, tired, and achy and you’ve made other adjustments, it may be time to start looking for a new mattress. | 2023-02-27T19:50:26+00:00 | wfmynews2.com | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/2-wants-to-know/1-in-9-americans-has-had-trouble-sleeping-in-the-last-12-months-consumer-reports-temperature-light-65-degrees-humidifier-purifier-air-quality/83-c50f4eff-f357-4a00-8d6b-abaa7b805777 |
New Hampshire families to hold more than 80 events during the twelfth annual celebration of school choice
CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gov. Chris Sununu has officially declared Jan. 22-Jan. 28 to be School Choice Week in New Hampshire. During the Week state, city, and county leaders nationwide will join parents, students, and educators to raise awareness of the importance of customizable education options.
Gov. Sununu's proclamation comes on the heels of a year of historic school choice expansions nationwide. The proclamation highlights the importance of high-quality education options for the success of New Hampshire kids. It also recognizes the importance of parents knowing all the types of schools available in their state in order to identify the best educational option for their child.
"School Choice Week in New Hampshire" is timed to coincide with National School Choice Week, a weeklong national celebration of K-12 education that takes place during the last week of January. The full text of the proclamation can be found on the School Choice Week website at schoolchoiceweek.com/proclamations-2023.
For the Week, parents, schools, and other organizers have planned 88 activities across the state of New Hampshire–– rallies, in-school celebrations, and a school fair in Manchester–– all of which aim to spark conversations about the opportunities parents have, or want to have, for their children's education.
More than 25,000 events have been independently planned for the week nationwide, raising awareness about school choices of every type.
"New Hampshire continues to shine with its enthusiasm and devoted commitment to expanding opportunities for children," said Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week. "Gov. Sununu's proclamation recognizes how important options are to families across the state, and we are excited about the different activities planned across the state this year."
National School Choice Week shines a spotlight on effective K-12 education options for children. As a not-for-profit effort, the Week focuses equally on traditional public, charter, magnet, online, private, and home education options. Every January, participants plan tens of thousands of events and activities –– such as school fairs, open houses, and student showcases –– to raise awareness about school choice across all 50 states. Year-round, National School Choice Week develops resources and guides to assist families searching for schools or learning environments for their children. The effort is nonpolitical and nonpartisan and does not advocate for legislation.
For more information, visit schoolchoiceweek.com/new-hampshire
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***WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 5 PM FRIDAY***
A winter storm and an arctic cold front will blast across the region tonight delivering snow, icy conditions and frigid temperatures. Clouds will break a bit on Friday, but we still will have a few flurries along with blowing and drifting snow as winds gust close to 50 mph. Travel will be dangerous with the snow and near 0 temperatures.
TONIGHT: Windy and sharply colder with snow, heavy at times, accumulating 3 to 6 inches, blowing and drifting snow. Low -6
FRIDAY: Mixed clouds and sun, very windy and bitterly cold with few flurries, blowing and drifting snow. Wind gusts to near 50. High near 0 with wind chill 20 to 30 below zero
FRIDAY NIGHT: Windy and bitterly cold with a few flurries possible. Low -2
SATURDAY/CHRISTMAS EVE: Mixed clouds and sun, windy and very cold with a slight chance of a few flurries. High near 10
It will remain frigid through Christmas. We will see a lot more sun on Sunday. Morning lows will be 0 to 5 and high temperatures only reach the mid teens. | 2022-12-23T00:50:18+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/weather/daily-forecast/snow-and-an-arctic-blast/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The Raleigh Police Department has recovered three out of seven cars that were reported stolen from a car dealership.
This all happened at Brother Auto Sales at 2216 Trawick Road. Monday, cars were parked bumper to bumper in order to keep anyone else from stealing them.
“I stopped my business completely because all the keys out. Even I make more new keys…but I can’t trust these people (that) have keys to my cars,” co-owner Ehab Bashay said.
Surveillance video from early Sunday morning shows a group of five people breaking the lock off the back door before entering the dealership.
Once inside they take down the surveillance camera before rummaging through the office.
Bashay saw the video early Sunday morning after hearing about a car crash near the dealership.
“Me and my wife come here. This door is locked, that door is open, it’s completely broken,” Bashay said. “I find the safe is open, I can’t find any key. I lost my mind once there were no keys.”
Seven of his cars were stolen. Surveillance video from another camera shows the thieves driving off in several of them.
At one point, one of the cars swipes two other parked cars in the lot, damaging them.
Beshay said between the cars and keys stolen he’s having to shut down the business for the time being.
“What we spent and we lost, it’s over $100,000, and the problem is, we don’t have enough coverage.”
As of Monday, two of the recovered cars are back at the dealership. It had damage to the front. Bashay told CBS 17 it was found in Zebulon.
He’s asking anyone who may know something to contact Raleigh police. | 2022-09-22T22:38:36+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/crime-and-public-safety/3-cars-recovered-after-thieves-steal-7-from-nc-dealer-lot/ |
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If the thought of the Christmas shopping season coming to an end has you wishing it was Black Friday again, Bath & Body Works Semi-Annual Sale is here to make your holiday wishes come true!
Beginning Christmas Day online and Dec. 26 in stores, the Semi-Annual Sale includes 75% off select products with new deals and markdowns every week of the sale.
While Bath & Body Works does not say how long the sale will last, previous semi-annual sales have lasted for around four weeks. If you have specific items in mind, however, you may want to shop early to make sure your favorites don’t sell out.
The sale is your last chance to stock up on your favorite holiday and winter scents before they’re gone until next year, along with scents perfect for New Year’s Eve, like Champagne Toast and Smoked Vanilla Whiskey. Of course, it’s also a great time to use any gift cards you got for Christmas!
While we don’t know for sure which items will be on sale or what you’ll find for 75% off, we do know some of the items that will be featured, including three new celestial-inspired scents and the return of five most-requested nostalgic fragrances. You can also get an early start on spring smells with Whipped Rose and Vanilla, Pink Lily and Bamboo and Blackberry and Basil.
Take a look at some other scents that will be included in the sale:
Cucumber Melon
One of the five most-requested nostalgic fragrances returning for the semi-annual sale is Cucumber Melon.
With fragrance notes of cucumber, honeydew, cantaloupe, grapefruit and “sheer woods,” you’ll find the scent in a soap, fragrance mist, body cream, hand sanitizer and more.
Sapphire Moon
One of the three new celestial-inspired scents, Sapphire Moon is hitting stores just in time for mercury in retrograde (which takes place from Dec. 28-Jan. 18, in case you needed to know). Sapphire Moon has fragrance notes of pear, freesia and musk.
The other two scents include Prismatic Stars, which has fragrance notes of raspberry, plum and cashmere, and Golden Eclipse, which features scents of berries, blossoms and woods. You’ll find all three of these in a body cream, fragrance mist, shower gel and body lotion.
Twas the Night Before Christmas
While we can’t promise Bath & Body Works’ entire Christmas collection will be on sale, there’s a good chance you’ll find many of the products marked down now that the season is over.
Along with returning scents like Fresh Balsam, new scents this year include Twas the Night Before Christmas, available as a Wallflower refill, room spray, single-wick candle or 3-wick candle. The scent has fragrance notes of “Santa’s fresh-baked cookies and a warm mug of milk,” plus cinnamon and nutmeg, according to the description.
Will you be shopping the Bath & Body Works Semi-Annual Sale?
This story originally appeared on Don't Waste Your Money. Checkout Don't Waste Your Money for product reviews and other great ideas to save and make money. | 2022-12-21T15:30:14+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/bath-body-works-semi-annual-sale-starts-soon |
Texas fights federal rule that would outlaw LGBTQ discrimination in state adoptions and foster care
Texas allows religious groups that are part of the state’s child welfare network to refuse to assist LGBTQ couples seeking to foster or adopt. That could put critical federal funding at risk.
(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the federal government to preserve Texas’ ability to include religious groups that won’t place kids with same-sex couples in the state’s adoption process without losing federal funding.
With his lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Galveston, Paxton continued a yearslong, cross-country legal fight over anti-discrimination rules for adoption and foster programs drafted under the Obama administration that languished under former President Donald Trump and have never been enforced.
The rule on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination, known as the SOGI rule, prohibits recipients of federal funds for adoption and foster programs from discriminating on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation or same-sex marriage status.
A Texas law passed in 2017 allows religious organizations that contract with the state to refuse to work with LGBTQ couples who are seeking to foster or adopt. The law requires the state to ensure there are other providers to work with LBGTQ children or families who are refused help by a religious provider, although there is no specific process for ensuring that happens.
Losing federal funding would be a major blow for Texas’ foster care budget. Federal money accounts for nearly a quarter of the $550 million the state spends on residential care each year, and another $58 million supports case work for foster children who qualify for the funds, according to the attorney general’s complaint.
“There are so many vital religious institutions in Texas and around the country that can aid in making sure foster children are protected and able to find good homes,” Paxton said in a statement. “The SOGI Rule would force them either to adopt a radical woke agenda or surrender their mission of helping children.”
The anti-discrimination rule has been the subject of court battles. In 2019, Texas joined the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to sue the federal government over the rule, arguing it would prevent the religious group from becoming a provider of child welfare services. Shortly after the suit was filed, the Trump administration announced a rollback of the rule.
But Paxton is now seeking to have the rule thrown out preemptively as other groups are suing to compel its enforcement.
LGBTQ child welfare service providers have sued the government in two courts seeking to revive the SOGI rule. Earlier this year, a federal district judge in Washington, D.C., vacated the Trump-era guidelines that would rescind the anti-discrimination guidelines. In another case in New York’s Southern District, a judge ruled that LGBTQ service providers lacked standing to sue; that case is on appeal.
Legal advocacy group Democracy Forward represented LGBTQ service providers in both cases. Robin Thurston, the group’s deputy legal director, called the Trump administration’s rollback of the rule “attempts to allow government subsidized discrimination.”
“The bottom line is, all families should be a part of and feel safe in the foster care and adoption system, not just certain families,” Thurston said. “With this lawsuit, Attorney General Paxton is once again showing his true colors by advocating for discrimination.”
The Texas law also allows religious providers to refuse to take in LGBTQ foster children, and for religious organizations operating residential treatment centers for high-risk youth to provide “religious education” to the children they do take in. LGBTQ advocates have argued that this clause opens up LGBTQ children to “conversion therapy” tactics.
“The point isn’t about the political stuff,” state Rep. James Frank, the bill’s author, said at a committee hearing before the bill passed. “It’s about having as many quality homes as possible.”
In recent years, Texas has rolled back protections for LGBTQ children in the child welfare system, including a little-known change in the Foster Care Bill of Rights, a document that informs foster youth of their rights. In 2017, a line requiring fair treatment regardless of a child’s “gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, medical problems or sexual orientation” was removed, and in its stead generic language around the right for foster youth to “be treated fairly” and “have their religious needs met” was added.
A Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokesperson refused to comment, and when asked about policies around finding alternate accommodations for foster youth in nonaffirming placements, sent a link to that bill of rights, which has no specific language around LGBTQ children in care.
Bryan Mares, the government relations director at the National Association of Social Workers Texas, said the state law allowing religious providers to refuse services to LGBTQ couples creates a supply issue for the LGBTQ children in the foster system who need affirming homes.
“It makes it much more difficult to find families who might already identify as part of the LGBTQ community to bring children that are in the system into their home,” Mares said of the law. “It really just impedes our ability to prioritize LGBTQ youth placements into homes where they are being supported in a way that they need.”
A 2018 analysis of Texas licensed child-placing agencies by the Center for American Progress found that nearly half of them had statements of faith listed on their websites, but only 10% had expressed specific willingness to work with LGBTQ foster and adoptive parents. “Given this landscape, and the religious exemptions and lack of legal protections … prospective parents may understandably become discouraged about finding a welcoming agency and choose to abandon their efforts,” the report concluded.
Texas’s carveout for religious providers is part of a broader wave of such bills across the country. Nearly 50 similar bills have been introduced, and 10 have been passed, since 2010, according to the Family Research Council, an Evangelical lobbying group that’s a major supporter of such legislation.
Texas is one of 10 states without any explicit protection for foster youth against discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity in any of its child-welfare statutes or policies, according to a 2017 Lambda Legal report. LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in foster care around the country, and research has shown that LGBTQ youth of color stay in foster care longer and are at higher risk of violence in the system than their peers.
Despite the increased risk of violence for LGBTQ children in the foster system, Texas continues to fight in court to make the state’s child protective services agency investigate the families of trans children receiving gender-affirming care for potential child abuse.
In a statement announcing the suit Monday, Paxton said, “It’s a disgrace that the Biden Administration is playing politics with our foster care and adoption services.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 787th career goal to break Gordie Howe’s record for scoring with one team, but the Arizona Coyotes scored three times in the third period to rally for a 3-2 win against the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.
Nick Ritchie had two goals, including the tiebreaker with 36 seconds remaining, and Josh Brown also scored for Arizona, which trailed 2-0 early in the third. Shayne Gostisbehere had two assists and Karel Vejmelka stopped 34 shots.
Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist for Washington, which has lost four straight (0-2-2) while giving up a lead in each. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves.
“No excuses, obviously,” Ovechkin said. “It starts from us leaders, and we can’t blame (injuries) on it. Every player who plays in the NHL has some level to play, and obviously, we miss those guys. But right now, the situation is we have to pull on the rope with all our hands and don’t panic and don’t think it’s over. We just have to bounce back and play together as a team and as a group.”
With the Capitals on their third power play of the game, Ovechkin fired a one-timer off a pass from Trevor van Riemsdyk past Vejmelka with just under 9 minutes left in the second period to open the scoring. It moved Ovechkin past Howe for the most goals with one franchise in NHL history.
“Obviously, it’s a huge moment,” Ovechkin said. “The last couple games, it was big milestones and unfortunately, we didn’t get the win, but it’s a special moment and it’s nice to have both my kids, my wife, all the fans (here). My parents watched in Moscow. So it’s a special moment.”
Ovechkin is now 14 goals away from tying Howe for second on the NHL’s all-time goals list and 107 from Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record. The 289th power-play goal of his career extended his point streak to five games.
Mantha made it 2-0 at 3:23 of the third with an unassisted goal before the Coyotes began their comeback.
Brown got Arizona on the board as he scored on easily after Kuemper collided with Christian Fischer and Connor McMichael battling in front. The goal was challenged for goaltender interference, but it stood after a review.
Ritchie tied it at 9:45 with a shot that went off the crossbar and completely across the goal line. The goal light had gone on, but play continued and there no goal was called on the ice. During an ensuing stoppage in play, the officials reviewed it and credited the tally.
Ritchie then got the winner in the final minute as he crashed the net and buried a rebound for his second of the game and sixth of the season.
“We’re down 2-0 and we just stayed with it,” Coyotes head coach Andre Tourigny said. “We kept going and scored big goals and (found) a way to win.”
INJURIES
Washington also suffered another big loss as defensemen Dmitry Orlov suffered a lower-body injury in the second period and did not return. The Capitals are now down eight skaters, with Orlov joining Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson, T.J. Oshie, Connor Brown, Carl Hagelin, Beck Malenstyn and John Carlson on the shelf.
UP NEXT
Coyotes: At Buffalo on Tuesday night to continue a 14-game trip.
Capitals: Host Connor McDavid and Edmonton on Monday night.
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi's second-largest city has announced his choice for a new police chief.
Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes says that he wants to promote Adam Cooper to the top job, WLOX-TV reported. Cooper has been working for Gulfport Police Department since 1995 and is currently the commander of operations.
Chris Ryle recently retired as police chief. Gulfport City Council members on Tuesday will consider whether to confirm Cooper. If they do, he will become chief May 1.
Hewes said in choosing a chief, the city considered candidates from inside and outside the police department.
“He has committed his professional career to public safety and serving this city," Hewes said Thursday. "Adam’s dedication, internal knowledge, and integrity make him the perfect fit to lead our police force moving forward.”
Cooper is a 1989 Gulfport High School graduate. He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Southern Mississippi. He was hired by the Gulfport Police Department in 1995 as a community service technician, then became a fulltime patrol officer in 1996. | 2022-04-16T15:56:48+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Gulfport-mayor-taps-longtime-officer-to-become-17085348.php |
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Ten electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles will be eligible for a $7,500 U.S. tax credit, while another seven could get $3,750 under new federal rules that go into effect Tuesday.
But under the Treasury Department rules and other provisions of last year's Inflation Reduction Act, most of the more than 60 electric or plug-in hybrids on sale in the U.S. won't get any tax credits.
That could slow acceptance of electric vehicles and could delay reaching President Joe Biden's ambitious goal that half of new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. run on electricity by 2030.
The new rules, which govern how much battery minerals and parts can come from countries that don't have free trade agreements with the U.S., bumped nine vehicles off the tax credit eligibility list that went into effect Jan. 1.
The 10 vehicles eligible for the full $7,500 credit include Tesla's Model 3 Performance model, the Tesla Model Y, Ford's F-150 Lightning pickup, the Chrysler Pacifica and the Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrids. Also, General Motors will have five models eligible this year including its top-selling Chevrolet Bolt and Bolt EUV, as well as the Cadillac Lyriq, the Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup and the upcoming Chevy Equinox small SUV.
The seven models that could get a $3,750 credit include the Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee plug-ins, Ford's Mustang Mach-E SUV, Escape plug-in and E-Transit electric van, the Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring plug-in and the standard range rear-wheel-drive version of Tesla's Model 3.
Consumers can check to see if the EV they're considering is eligible for a credit at www.fueleconomy.gov.
SEE MORE: Inflation reduction act pushes financial incentives, reduced costs
To be eligible, electric vehicles or plug-ins have to be manufactured in North America. SUVs, vans and trucks can't have a sticker price greater than $80,000, while cars can't sticker for more than $55,000. There also are income limits for buyers.
The Treasury Department says the new list shows that families who want to buy an electric or plug-in vehicle "will continue to have a number of options to receive a full or partial tax credit in the near term" under rules designed to build electric vehicle production and supply chain in the U.S.
The reduction in eligible EVs also could conflict with the administration's proposed strict new automobile pollution limits announced last week. The new standards would require up to two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032. That's a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales.
Many of the vehicles that aren't eligible for the credit are made outside of North America, but their manufacturers are building assembly and battery plants in the U.S., which means more vehicles will become eligible.
Some auto industry analysts say that while $7,500 would be enough to entice people away from internal combustion vehicles, a $3,750 tax credit might not be enough to offset the average U.S. new EV price.
Kelley Blue Book says the average U.S. new EV costs about $58,600, nearly $10,000 more than the average new vehicle price. To be sure, average EV prices are falling as more people buy less-expensive models. The average EV price was $63,500 a year ago.
Jeff Schuster, executive vice president of LMC Automotive and Global Data, said half of the full tax credit isn't enough. "You're shrinking the market essentially by the vehicles not being affordable," he said, adding that the average combustion engine vehicle isn't affordable either.
The big issue in the rules that are effective Tuesday is a new set of limits on the percentage of battery parts and minerals that come from countries that don't have free trade or mineral agreements with the United States.
This year, at least 40% of the value of battery minerals must be mined, processed or recycled in the U.S. or countries with which it has trade deals. That rises 10% every year until it hits 80% after 2026.
Also, at least 50% of the value of battery parts must be manufactured or assembled in North America this year. That requirement rises to 60% next year and in 2025 and jumps 10% each year until it hits 100% after 2028.
In addition to the price limits, there also are income limits aimed to stop wealthier people from getting the credits. Buyers cannot have an adjusted gross annual income above $150,000 if single, $300,000 if filing jointly and $225,000 if head of a household.
In addition, starting in 2025, battery minerals cannot come from a "foreign entity of concern," mainly China and Russia. Battery parts cannot be sourced in those countries starting in 2024; minerals can't come from those countries in 2025.
Even though the rules are effective Tuesday, the Biden administration is taking public comments, and they can be modified later, including the addition of countries that negotiate trade agreements with the U.S.
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EMBARK ON A MAGICAL MATCH 3 ADVENTURE TODAY!
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Neopets is thrilled to announce the launch of their highly anticipated Match 3 game, Neopets: Faerie's Hope.
Starting today, Neopets fans in the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, and Germany can dive into a captivating Neopian world full of intriguing characters, daring adventures, and compelling storylines.
Set in the enchanting world of Neopia, Neopets: Faerie's Hope offers players a chance to build their own slice of New Faerieland while they venture on a magical journey to help the lost Light Faerie find their way.
With thousands of exciting Match 3 puzzles at their fingertips, players can solve dynamic puzzles, construct and decorate a unique home in Faerieland, meet new Neopian characters, and reunite with some classic Neopets heroes!
"We're thrilled to announce this launch," said Jim Czulewicz, CEO, JumpStart Games. "Faerie's Hope is the perfect translation of Neopets to mobile: engaging gameplay, decoration and customization features, and integration with classic Neopets storylines and characters. We wanted to create a game for Neopians that will ensure they never want to leave New Faerieland."
In conjunction with this exciting launch, Neopets is also hosting the Neopets: Faerie's Hope Neocash Giveaway, which will give 3 lucky winners a chance to win 20,000, 10,000 or 5,000 in Neocash that can be redeemed on Neopets.com!
The Neopets: Faerie's Hope Neocash Giveaway will run through 12/19.
For all the details on Neopets: Faerie's Hope, how to enter the Neocash giveaway, and to continue the Neopets journey, follow our social channels:
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About Neopets
JumpStart® Games is the leader in creating interactive family experiences that enrich, entertain and educate. For over 20 years, Jumpstart Games has produced high quality products that are engaging, social, creative, and, most importantly, fun! JumpStart builds mobile, web and console games and experiences under its flagship brands - JumpStart®, Jumpstart Academy®, School of Dragons®, Neopets® and Math Blaster®. JumpStarts' dedication to providing positive, safe, and enriching experiences has earned it the trust of millions of teachers, parents, and respected organizations such as Common Sense Media and The National Parenting Center.
JumpStart is a subsidiary of NetDragon, a global leader in building internet communities, and is based in Los Angeles, California. For more information, please visit www.jumpstart.com.
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NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0777) is a global leader in building internet communities with a long track record of developing and scaling multiple internet and mobile platforms that impact hundreds of millions of users. These include China's number one online gaming portal, 17173.com, and China's most influential smartphone app store platform, 91 Wireless, which was sold to Baidu for US$1.9 billion in 2013 as the largest Internet M&A transaction in China. Established in 1999, NetDragon is one of the most reputable and well-known online game developers in China with a history of successful game titles including Eudemons Online, Heroes Evolved and Conquer Online. In recent years NetDragon has also started to scale its online education business on the back of management's vision to create the largest global online learning community and to bring the "classroom of the future" to every school around the world. For more information, please visit www.netdragon.com.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. has announced the appointment of Rocco Impreveduto as Vice President of Transactional, Retirement and eCommerce, effective June 1.
Rocco brings more than 20 years of experience spanning the media, digital, and tech industries to his new role. He joined Wolters Kluwer five years ago and has served as Vice President of Marketing for the past two years, leading the company's data-driven marketing transformation, enhancing its business intelligence function, and aligning marketing systems and processes to support sales. In his new role Rocco will lead the company's Transactional, Retirement and eCommerce portfolios, focusing on extending the value of their legal and regulatory content and scaling best-in-class expert solutions, including ftwilliam.com.
"We are delighted for Rocco to lead the Transactional and Retirement businesses and our eCommerce channel," said Atul Dubey, General Manager of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. "With his strong customer focus and track record of driving business performance, I am confident that he will continue to successfully serve our customers."
Rocco has driven growth and facilitated critical change at some of the best known brands in the world. Prior to Wolters Kluwer, he held leadership roles at NBC Universal, Nielsen, LexisNexis, and Kaplan. During his time at Wolters Kluwer and throughout his career, he has been a force for change, advancement, and evolution, keeping a keen eye on the needs of customers, building and implementing rigorous data-driven strategies, and improving business performance.
"I'm honored to take on this new role and continue delivering maximum impact to our customers via industry-leading solutions like ftwilliam.com," said Rocco. "Our commitment to our customers is well-established, and we look forward to providing even greater value with the energy and expertise they've come to expect from us."
About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
Wolters Kluwer (WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
Wolters Kluwer reported 2021 annual revenues of €4.8 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,800 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, January 16, 2023
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AREAL FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
244 PM PST Sun Jan 15 2023
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST MONDAY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall and runoff is
occurring.
* WHERE...A portion of northern San Benito County near Dunneville.
* WHEN...Until 800 AM PST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is occurring. Numerous roads remain
closed due to flooding. Streams continue to rise due to excess
runoff from earlier rainfall. Low-water crossings are inundated
with water and may not be passable. It will take several hours for
all the water from these storms to work through local drainage
systems in urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 234 PM PST, Emergency management reported flooding is
occurring.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Areas in the vicinity of Shore Road, Frasier Lake Road, Lake
Road, Lovers Lane, San Felipe Road near Dunneville.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Sacramento River at Ord Ferry.
* WHEN...Until late tonight.
* IMPACTS...At 110.3 feet, Head cuts in 3Bs silt weir start overflow
into Butte Basin, flooding dips on Ord Ferry Road west of River
Road. Persistent flows at or above this level increase flooding in
Butte Basin. Ord Ferry Road and additional roads in Glenn and
Colusa counties are closed due to flooding.
At 113.8 feet, Design overflow level for M&T, 3Bs and Goose Lake
flood control facilities to divert flood flows into Butte Basin.
M&T overflows close River Road from Ord Ferry Road to Chico Road.
Ord Ferry Road is already closed.
At 114.0 feet, Designated flood stage left bank.
- At 1:45 PM PST Sunday the stage was 113.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 114.5
feet late this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
late this evening.
- Flood stage is 114.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
114.8 feet on 03/21/2011.
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Which cold brew concentrate is best?
The smooth, rich taste of cold-brewed coffee provides a delicious coffee flavor with less of the bitterness of a traditional brew. Extracting coffee from ground beans with cold water is a gentler process that leaves some of the stronger flavors behind, which highlights the beans’ more delicate undertones. Cold brewing coffee takes time, but cold brew concentrate means you can have this java experience whenever you like.
If you prefer a smooth, complex cup of cold brew, Javy Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate is a great choice.
What to know before you buy a cold brew concentrate
Concentrate strength
Cold brew coffee makers can get you started on the 12-hour cold brew process, but when you need something in a hurry, it’s best to pick the concentrate that makes the strength you prefer. Concentrate strength varies from mild to bold.. Even if you can adjust each cup’s strength based on your concentrate to water ratio, you’ll stretch your coffee further if you choose the strength you like as a base.
Sweetened vs. unsweetened
- Sweetened: This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with your coffee at all — just add water and hit the road. However, some sweetened concentrates are too sweet or not sweet enough. It’s a challenge to find that “just right” Goldilocks spot when you’re not the one adding the sweetness..
- Unsweetened: This lets you customize your morning brew exactly how you like it. You do need to add your own sugar, but that’s a small price to pay for the perfect cup.
What to look for in a quality cold brew concentrate
Pure coffee
Of the two main types of coffee beans, Robusta and Arabica, Arabica are considered the superior choice. They have less caffeine, but a smoother taste with naturally sweet flavor notes of sugar, fruit and chocolate. Using 100% Arabica beans make an even smoother cup of cold brew.
Free from additives
Additives such as artificial coloring, flavoring and preservatives are unnecessary in a product that most people consume well within its shelf life. Select concentrates that don’t muddy their flavor with these things.
Allergen-free
It’s hard to imagine adding gluten or soy to a cold brew concentrate, but some have these sneaky allergens. If you have dietary restrictions, check the labels to make sure they are free from not only gluten and soy but also:
- Corn
- Wheat
- Dairy
Fair or direct trade
Fair trade coffee is coffee that is purchased with a long-term agreement between buyer and seller on a price that does not fluctuate, even if the harvest is poor. This is a good start, but these agreements are sometimes made with a co-op that represents coffee farmers but does not always have their interests in mind. The best cold brew concentrates are direct trade. In these arrangements. Companies deal directly with farmers, removing the person in the middle to increase a farmer’s profit on their crop.
How much you can expect to spend on cold brew concentrate
The price of cold brew concentrate is all over the road, mainly due to the type of bean and the size of the package. Expect to spend $10-$25.
Cold brew concentrate FAQ
Can you drink straight cold brew coffee concentrate?
A. Yes, it is possible to drink the concentrate without diluting it. It won’t be as bitter as brewed espresso, but still pairs well with dessert or as a quick afternoon pick-me-up.
How long does cold brew concentrate stay fresh in the fridge?
A. Unlike freshly brewed coffee that starts to taste old and stale after just a few hours, cold brew concentrate can stay fresh and delicious in the fridge for up to two weeks.
However, it’s important to only mix as much coffee as you can drink in one sitting. When cut with water, the shelf life plummets to just two to three days.
Is there anything else you can do with cold brew concentrate?
A. Cold brew coffee concentrate can be diluted as directed on the bottle for either a hot or cold coffee drink, but that’s not all you can do.
- Add to chocolate cake recipe instead of water for deeper chocolate flavor.
- Use in an espresso martini.
- Flavor buttercream frosting or macaron filling.
- Add a swirl to homemade ice cream.
- Craft delicious mocha truffles.
Essentially, if you are a baker who loves to make coffee-flavored treats, cold brew concentrate is a great shortcut.
What’s the best cold brew concentrate to buy?
Top cold brew concentrate
Javy Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
What you need to know: This sustainably sourced cold brew concentrate gives back to the environment with every cup.
What you’ll love: This 100% Arabica bean coffee has a 6-month shelf life. Each bottle has up to 30 servings. It’s available in three other flavors, plus decaf, and it is gluten- and sugar-free.
What you should consider: If you prefer a stronger cup of coffee, you’ll use this up faster. The flavor is delicate and the strength mild.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top cold brew concentrate for the money
Califia Farms Unsweetened Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
What you need to know: This is an affordable way to try cold brew to see if you like it.
What you’ll love: This coffee is sourced directly from farmers in Central America and East Africa. The beans deliver a mellow, medium-roast flavor with underlying hints of fruit and sugar. It is non-GMO, kosher and vegan, and is also free from common allergens and preservatives.
What you should consider: This container only makes five servings of coffee.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: At a 4:1 ratio, this bottle makes up to 160 ounces of coffee.
What you’ll love: This is a more complex brew, with a flavor profile of molasses, walnut and cocoa. It’s made in small batches and steeped for 12 hours to extract maximum flavor. It’s free of preservatives and made from 100% Arabica coffee beans.
What you should consider: The price is higher than other concentrates, and for less coffee.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Judge refuses to put hold on order limiting Biden administration contact with social media companies
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in Louisiana refused Monday to put a temporary hold on his own order limiting Biden administration officials’ contacts with social media companies.
Biden administration attorneys had asked U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe to stay his own order, which was issued last Tuesday, while they pursue an appeal. That order came in a lawsuit filed by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, as well as a conservative website owner and four individual critics of government COVID-19 policies.
The lawsuit claimed the administration, in effect, censored free speech by using threats of regulatory action or protection while pressuring companies to remove what it deemed misinformation. COVID-19 vaccines, legal issues involving President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and election fraud allegations were among the topics spotlighted in the lawsuit.
Doughty was nominated to the federal bench by former President Donald Trump. His injunction blocked the Department of Health and Human Services, the FBI and multiple other government agencies and administration officials from meeting with or contacting social media companies for the purpose of “encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.”
“Defendants do not identify any specific conduct that they claim is lawful but prevented by the injunction,” Doughty said in Monday’s ruling. He refused to block his own order while it is appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The administration can also ask the appeals court for a stay.
Government lawyers have argued that the companies control their own policies regarding misinformation and that the lawsuit casts officials’ comments on issues and policy as threats. The administration said Doughty’s July 4 order was unclear about who in the executive branch it covers and what they can or cannot say about important topics discussed on social media platforms.
The order could cause “grave harm” by preventing the government from “engaging in a vast range of lawful and responsible conduct,” government lawyers said in requesting the stay Thursday night.
Doughty’s order said the administration “seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.’” The order, which was to remain in effect pending further arguments in Doughty’s court, was hailed by conservatives as a victory for free speech and a blow to censorship. But critics said the order and accompanying reasons, covering more than 160 pages, were broad, unclear and could chill government efforts to fight misinformation on important topics.
The criticisms were echoed in the government’s Thursday night request for a stay. “The potential breadth of the entities and employees covered by the injunction combined with the injunction’s sweeping substantive scope will chill a wide range of lawful government conduct relating to Defendants’ law enforcement responsibilities, obligations to protect the national security, and prerogative to speak on matters of public concern,” the government’s motion said.
The lawsuit’s plaintiffs countered with a weekend filing opposing a stay. Among the arguments are that the July 4 injunction carves out exemptions allowing officials to contact social media companies about postings involving criminal activity or public safety threats; national security threats; election-related issues including voter suppression attempts, voting infrastructure threats and illegal campaign contributions; and saying officials can continue “exercising permissible public government speech promoting government policies or views on matters of public concern.”
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Here's a list of personalized license plates Kansas rescinded in 2022
Personalized license plates are always interesting to look at and try to decipher. Pondering their meaning can become a game, of sorts, while on the road with friends and family.
Have you ever wondered how some plates are approved, and how the Kansas Department of Revenue manages its hundreds of applications for them each year?
Each state, of course, has their own rules and regulations for personalized plates. In Kansas, a personalized plate allows for a total of seven letters, numbers and or spaces for autos and trucks and no more than five letters, numbers and or spaces for motorcycles.
Additionally, no type of symbol can be used on personalized plates in Kansas, which are issued on five year cycles.
Rescinded personalized plates in 2022
To filter out plates that could be considered obscene, profane or offensive, the Kansas Department of Revenue runs each personalized tag request through a massive list of 28,562 objectionable combinations — a growing list the Salina Journal obtained through an open records request.
If a requested combination is on the list, the KDOR system automatically rejects that tag. Because of this, the state does not have a full list of rejected requests each year. But it does keep track of what plates were rescinded after initially passing their combination check system.
Some entries on the massive list of objectionable combinations include "BADASS," "2HOTFU" and thousands of combinations that include explicit language. But others are more obscure and require some work to distinguish their message.
Here is a list of 12 personalized plate requests that were rescinded after initially passing through the KDOR system in 2022:
P FKN R4FSSAKENOFNGASPHUUKITFKITOS1FN2LOUDSHYTBOXPIPEHOES--TBOXWETFARTHISPUTAIDNTFWU | 2023-01-27T01:39:11+00:00 | salina.com | https://www.salina.com/story/news/state/2023/01/26/heres-the-list-of-personalized-plates-kansas-rescinded-in-2022/69832844007/ |
Stalled contract jeopardizes relations between new Disney governing body, firefighters
By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s governing district earlier this year, its firefighters were among the few employees who publicly welcomed them with open arms. But that warm relationship is in jeopardy as a new administrator has reopened negotiations on an updated contract promising pay raises and manpower increases for the more than 200 unionized firefighters and other first responders. The contract isn’t on the agenda for an upcoming board meeting of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and was absent from the previous meeting in May. | 2023-06-18T05:10:09+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/2023/06/17/stalled-contract-jeopardizes-relations-between-new-disney-governing-body-firefighters/ |
It was tiny when it left the zoo and nearly 8 feet long when it returned: A Texas woman says she got an alligator from a zoo some 20 years ago, and has been raising it in her backyard ever since.
The woman, who lives in Caldwell County in central Texas, told Texas Parks and Wildlife officials that she treated the alligator as a pet, naming it Tewa. Authorities did not release the woman's name.
It's not clear whether the large reptile came when it was called. But, Texas Game Warden Joann Garza-Mayberry told NPR, "The gator was compliant with her as she had raised it since a hatchling."
It was Garza-Mayberry who first spotted the unlikely pet last month. Videos from the scene show the gator was living in a fenced-in area with an artificial pond — the type of water feature often found in a landscaped garden.
"I observed the alligator when I visited the house unannounced during an unrelated law enforcement hunting investigation," she said.
Texas Game Wardens — the agency that handles law enforcement for the state's Parks and Wildlife Department — released videos showing the gator being carried to a truck. From there, it was taken to the Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo in New Braunfels, near San Antonio.
The woman who raised the alligator used to volunteer at that same zoo. She apparently took the gator home with her at least 20 years ago, when it was either an egg or a hatchling, the zoo said in a video on its Facebook page.
Texas law forbids anyone from possessing live alligators without also having an alligator farmer permit — a hurdle that comes with a number of requirements. After determining that the woman wouldn't be able to get the needed permits to have an alligator on her property, the state agency reached out to the zoo, which sent staff members to help transport the reptile to its new home, where it now lives among other gators.
The wildlife agency says the alligator was apparently well taken care of, according to TV station KHOU. But its erstwhile owner is now facing two tickets for illegal possession of the alligator, each with a maximum fine of $500, Garza-Mayberry said.
"Alligators naturally shy away from humans," the wildlife agency notes in its guidelines on the animals. "Problems arise when alligators are fed by people. The alligator loses its fear of humans and begins to associate people with food."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-03-08T13:37:34+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2023-03-08/a-texas-woman-raised-an-alligator-as-a-pet-for-20-years-now-its-been-seized |
Moon rocket launch looms as NASA evaluates hurricane damage
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA started the countdown Monday for this week’s planned liftoff of its new moon rocket, although hurricane damage could cause yet another delay for the test flight.
Hurricane Nicole’s high winds caused a 10-foot (3-meter) section of caulking to peel away near the crew capsule at the top of the rocket last Thursday. Mission managers want to make sure the narrow strip won’t damage the rocket if it breaks off during liftoff. A final decision was expected Monday evening.
Liftoff is scheduled for the early morning hours of Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, with test dummies rather than astronauts on board. It’s the first test flight for the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA, and will attempt to send the capsule into lunar orbit.
The nearly monthlong $4 billion mission has been grounded since August by fuel leaks and Hurricane Ian, which forced the rocket back into its hangar for shelter at the end of September. The rocket remained at the pad for Nicole; managers said there wasn’t enough time to move it once it became clear the storm was going to be stronger than anticipated.
The space agency plans to send astronauts around the moon in 2024 and land a crew on the lunar surface in 2025.
Astronauts last visited the moon in December 1972, closing out the Apollo program.
A microwave oven-size NASA satellite, meanwhile, arrived Sunday in a special lunar orbit following a summer liftoff from New Zealand. This elongated orbit, stretching as much as tens of thousands of miles (kilometers), is where the space agency plans to build a depot for lunar crews. The way station, known as Gateway, will serve astronauts going to and from the lunar surface.
The satellite, called Capstone, will spend six months testing a navigation system in this orbit.
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Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-14T18:00:14+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2022/11/14/moon-rocket-launch-looms-nasa-evaluates-hurricane-damage/ |
Federal judge in Oklahoma says state’s lethal injection method is constitutional
Published: Jun. 6, 2022 at 11:43 AM EDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma says the state’s three-drug lethal injection method is constitutional.
Judge Stephen Friot’s ruling on Monday paves the way for the state to request execution dates for more than two dozen death row inmates who were plaintiffs in the case.
Attorneys for those inmates are expected to appeal Friot’s ruling to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
The ruling follows a six-day federal trial earlier this year.
Attorneys for the death row inmates argued that the first of the three drugs, the sedative midazolam, is not enough to render an inmate unable to feel pain.
Attorneys for the state rejected that argument.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-06T16:37:30+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/06/06/federal-judge-oklahoma-says-states-lethal-injection-method-is-constitutional/ |
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