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- 40 nonprofits serving communities of color will receive $25,000 grants for general operating funds.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy today announced the third year of its $1 million grant opportunity through the Duke Energy Foundation for North Carolina nonprofit organizations working for social justice and racial equity.
Applications will be reviewed through a competitive grant cycle, and $25,000 grants will be awarded for general operating funds at eligible nonprofits.
"For many years, we have supported and partnered with nonprofits across the state working to eliminate systemic barriers," said Stephen De May, Duke Energy's North Carolina president. "As we recognize there is more work to do, these grants will support organizations on the front lines advocating for racial equity."
The North Carolina Social Justice and Racial Equity grant cycle will operate with the following strategic principles:
- Nonprofits with a history of championing social justice and racial equity work on behalf of people of color, as represented in their mission statements and previous bodies of work, are the priority for this program.
- Nonprofits led by people of color, a historically underfunded group across philanthropy, will be given additional consideration in the grant review process.
- Organizations awarded a Social Justice and Racial Equity grant in 2020 and 2021 are eligible to apply again in 2022.
- The nonprofit applicant may be a governmental entity if the organization meets the strategic principles listed above.
- All regions of North Carolina served by Duke Energy Progress or Duke Energy Carolinas are eligible.
"It is time for low-wage earners of color to be part of the technology explosion," said Sharon C. Goodson, executive director, North Carolina Community Action Association, a 2021 grant recipient. "Technology moves at an incredible pace. Those not immersed in it get left behind – and fast. Our goal is to ensure that families in communities of color are equipped with the high-tech training required to compete in the digital workplace and ultimately be lifted out of poverty. Duke Energy's support of these initiatives is significant in moving this work forward."
Grant applications should come from organizations with primary missions of addressing social justice and racial equity. Initiatives of focus for interested organizations may include but are not limited to:
- Trainings and policy reform.
- Environmental justice.
- Civic engagement for communities of color.
- Reducing disparate outcomes for people of color through education and workforce development.
- Legal assistance, including pathways to citizenship.
- Criminal justice reform, including community policing.
The grant application is open now through Aug. 31, 2022. Eligible nonprofits should visit duke-energy.com/RacialEquity to access the application and materials. Nonprofits can also register and join us for a webinar to learn more about this grant opportunity. Applicants will be notified about the outcome of their applications before Oct. 31.
Duke Energy Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation provides more than $30 million annually in philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The foundation is funded by Duke Energy shareholders.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business and at least a 50% carbon reduction from electric generation by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The 2050 net-zero goals also include Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 emissions. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "America's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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SOURCE Duke Energy | 2022-06-28T17:31:28+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/prnewswire/2022/06/28/duke-energy-announces-grant-opportunities-nonprofits-dedicated-social-justice-racial-equity-north-carolina/ |
CBI investigating allegations of possible elder abuse against actor John Amos
WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (KRDO) - An investigation is underway in Custer County following allegations of elder abuse against famed actor John Amos.
According to a press release by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on behalf of the Custer County Sheriff’s Office, the sheriff’s office received an allegation that Amos "could be" a victim of a crime.
Amos, 83, is known for his work in Roots, Good Times, and The West Wing. The sheriff’s office said Amos has been a beloved member of the community. He’s also been a supporter of the Custer County community and the sheriff’s office.
The CBI, the Custer County Sheriff’s Office, and the Department of Human Services are investigating the allegation. The sheriff’s office has also been in contact with Amos and his attorney.
On her public Instagram page, Amos’s daughter Shannon Amos released a lengthy statement claiming she received a “distressing call” from her father on May 14 stating that he was hospitalized in Tennessee. She goes on to allege Amos is a “victim of elder abuse and financial exploitation.”
The CBI said they've confirmed with Amos’ publicist has released information that he is currently a patient at a hospital in Tennessee.
His daughter also shared a link to a GoFundMe for the “care and support” of Amos.
A representative for Amos however denies the claims. Per TMZ, Amos told the media outlet that the details laid out by his daughter are a lie and “no one is abusing him.” Additionally, they don’t know why the GoFundMe was started. His rep did confirm he’s in the hospital - but he’s recovering.
In Colorado, there is no specific charge titled ‘elder abuse.’ However, there are underlying crimes in Colorado that would commonly be perpetrated. Those include the following:
- Criminal negligence — CRS 18-6.5-103(2),
- Assault — CRS 18-6.5-103(3),
- Robbery — CRS 18-6.5-103(4),
- Theft — CRS 18-6.5-103(5),
- Caretaker neglect — CRS 18-6.5-103(6),
- Sexual assault — CRS 18-6.5-103(7), and
- Exploitation — CRS 18-6.5-103(7.5)
There is also a penalty enhancement for certain crimes against victims aged 70 and older.
Our Denver news partner 9News report Amos played football at Colorado State University and briefly signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos before he was waived with an injured hamstring.
Read the full press release from the CBI below: | 2023-06-09T22:47:29+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/2023/06/09/cbi-investigating-allegations-of-possible-elder-abuse-against-actor-john-amos/ |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Many people are starting off the New Year with new goals and resolutions.
On Sunday, we asked people in Albuquerque to share theirs, and whether they delivered on their promises last year.
Watch the video above to see what people had to say. | 2023-01-02T06:15:45+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/did-you-stick-to-your-last-years-resolution/ |
Blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick,”“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” and pop stars like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna just got one step closer to getting Oscar nominations.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Oscars, including documentary feature, international film, makeup and hairstyling, score, original song, sound, visual effects and shorts.
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” was along the 15 films shortlisted in the international film category, one of the most competitive. The category also includes already decorated films like “Holy Spider” (Denmark), “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany), “Saint Omer” (France), “Corsage” (Austria), “EO” (Poland), “Return to Seoul” (Cambodia), “Decision to Leave” (South Korea), “Close” (Belgium) and “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina).
The inclusion of “Joyland” marks the first time Pakistan has ever made the shortlist. Most of the directors are first-timers on the shorlist too, with the exception being Iñárritu.
India’s official submission was not S.S. Rajamouli’s popular action epic “RRR,” but rather Pan Nalin’s “Last Film Show” which made the cut becoming the first film from the country to do so in over 20 years. “RRR” could get nominations in other categories, including for the shortlisted original song “Naatu Naatu.”
Jafar Panâhi was also not put forward to represent Iran, whose selection was not among the 15 and Russia did not submit a film this year.
Documentaries advancing to the next stage of voting include Laura Poitras’s Venice-winning “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about photographer Nan Goldin’s work and activism, Brett Morgen’s David Bowie film “Moonage Daydream,” Daniel Roher’s “Navalny,” about the Russian opposition leader, “The Janes ” about pre-Roe v. Wade activists, “All that Breathes,” “Descendant,”“Fire of Love” and “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song.” It is a rather diverse group of stories and filmmakers: Eight were directed by women and four by people of color.
With many below-the-line categories at hand, big budget sequels like “Avatar,”“Top Gun,” and “Black Panther” were well represented in the effects and sound categories, as well as original song which included Gaga’s “Hold My Hand,” The Weeknd’s “Nothing is Lost” from “Avatar: The Way of Water” and Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther.”
Also on the original song shortlist are Swift’s “Carolina” from “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Drake’s “Time” from “Amsterdam,” LCD Soundsystem’s “New Body Rhumba” from “White Noise,” Selena Gomez’s “My Mind and Me” from the documentary of the same name and Rita Wilson’s “Til You’re Home” from “A Man Called Otto.” Diane Warren also gets another shot at a competitive Oscar with “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.” Doja Cat’s song from “Elvis” was not eligible.
For the most part shortlists are determined by members in their respective categories, though the specifics vary from branch to branch: Some have committees, some have minimum viewing requirements.
“All Quiet on the Western Front” got quite a few spots on the shortlist, including original score, makeup and hair, sound and visual effects.
Among the visual effects selections were “Jurassic World Dominion, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” while makeup and hairstyling includes films David Cronenberg’s body horror “Crimes of the Future.”
Other films advancing in makeup and hairstyling include “The Whale,” in which Brendan Fraser transforms into a 600-pound man, “Elvis, “Emancipation,” “The Batman” and the Marilyn Monroe film “Blonde.”
The 15 original scores selected were winnowed for from 147 eligible and include “Women Talking” from Hildur Guðnadóttir, “The Fabelmans” from John Williams, “The Banshees of Inisherin” from Carter Burwell, “Babylon” from Justin Hurwitz, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” from Alexandre Desplat and “The Woman King” from Terence Blanchard. Also in the mix are Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”), Nicholas Britell (“She Said”) and Son Lux (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”).
Guðnadóttir’s “Tár” score was not eligible, nor was the “Top Gun: Maverick” score, written by Hans Zimmer, Harold Faltermeyer, Lorne Balfe and Gaga.
Nominations for all categories will be announced on Jan. 24. The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12 and broadcast live on ABC. | 2022-12-21T22:05:25+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/entertainment-news/ap-top-gun-black-panther-advance-in-oscars-shortlist/ |
ZURICH, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor (NYSE: AMCR, ASX: AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has received two accolades recognizing its more sustainable packaging innovations. Amcor respectfully won a silver award at the 2022 Australasian Packaging Innovation and Design Awards (PIDA) and was named a 2022 Sustainability Leader in the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) annual list.
The AFR listed Amcor as a 2022 Australian Financial Review Sustainability Leader in the Manufacturing and Consumer Goods category, in association with BCG. The AFR Sustainability Leaders list recognizes Australian businesses making progress in tackling sustainability challenges over the past year. Amcor's Australian business was recognised for its multiple achievements over the last financial year, including converting more than 85% of products to recycle-ready formats, with almost 95% of products designed to be recyclable. Amcor's contribution to create Australia's first, food grade recycled flexible wrapper for Nestle's KitKat helped to underscore its commitment to innovation and sustainability. In addition, Amcor spends more than $100 million on research and development every year to develop and produce more sustainable packaging solutions.
Amcor additionally won the silver award in the Sustainable – Industrial Design of the Year category at PIDA for its for PrimeSealTM Eco-Tite® Recycle-Ready Shrink Bag, an innovative packaging product for fresh and processed meat, poultry and cheese that has been designed-to-be-recycled. The PIDA, organized by the Australian Institute of Packaging, recognizes packaging innovations across Australia and New Zealand with award categories covering sustainability, accessibility and intelligent packaging technology. Additionally, Amcor's PrimeSeal Flow-Tite™ packaging was named a finalist in two categories - Best Food Packaging Design of the Year and Accessible and Inclusive Packaging Design of the Year.
Simon Roy, Vice President and General Manager for Amcor Australia and New Zealand, said: "It's terrific to see Amcor's innovative and more sustainable packaging solutions be recognized by the industry and community in the local market. We are a global company with a proud local history that enables us to leverage research and development at scale to produce best-in-class innovations that can be applied either globally or locally, to help meet our customers' needs. Our commitment to innovation is second to none and we're proud to be driving a more sustainable and circular packaging value chain for our local customers, end consumers and the environment."
These accolades are only the latest this year recognizing Amcor's work in developing innovative and more sustainable packaging. In March, Amcor came away with three awards at the 2022 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards, while in April the business won the Gold Innovation Award at the Packaging Innovation Awards for its AmLite® HeatFlex Recyclable packaging.
About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures and services. The Company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. Around 46,000 Amcor people generate $13 billion in annual sales from operations that span about 225 locations in 40-plus countries.
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SOURCE Amcor | 2022-07-21T11:01:19+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2022/07/21/amcors-more-sustainable-packaging-innovations-recognized-with-two-accolades/ |
Marvel Studios’ newest TV show "Moon Knight" has quickly become the biggest show in the world since its release March 30, according to Parrot Analytics.
While that sounds promising on the surface, it shouldn’t really come as a surprise considering that all of Marvel’s Disney+ TV shows have reached the top spot as the most popular show in the world. The issue is that even though these shows have been as popular as even Disney could expect, they don’t seem to be drawing in many new subscribers anymore.
One of the potential reasons that Disney+ has seen its subscriber growth start to slow down is that all of the major Marvel fans are likely already subscribers. And while families with kids have been drawn to the service for its family-friendly content, older subscribers are seem more interested in channeling their streaming service budget toward alternatives with more mature content, like HBO Max or Shudder.
This is why Disney is planning on releasing more mature content in the future that’s unrelated to any of these properties, like the true crime series “Under the Banner of Heaven” — which is being released on Disney+ overseas.
Taking this a step further, Disney+ has recently modified its parental controls and added a second tier of content for more violent and mature TV shows. This is where mature audiences will be able to watch the Marvel shows that used to be exclusively on Netflix moving forward.
Time will tell if these strategies help the media behemoth dominate the streaming wars in the months and years to come. | 2022-04-29T20:52:38+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/Moon-Knight-success-disney-plus-subcribers-17136859.php |
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged Saturday that Iran took the oil from two Greek tankers last month in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf.
The confiscations were retaliation for Greece's role in the U.S. seizure of crude oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker the same week in the Mediterranean Sea over violating Washington’s harsh sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
“They steal Iranian oil off the Greek coast, then our brave men who don’t fear death respond and seized the enemy’s oil tanker," Khamenei said during an 80-minute speech on the anniversary of the death of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. “But they use their media empire and extensive propaganda to accuse Iran of piracy.”
“Who is the pirate? You stole our oil, we took it back from you. Taking back a stolen property is not called stealing,” he added.
The seizures ratcheted up tensions between Iran and the West already simmering over Iran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Tehran has been enriching more uranium, closer to weapons-grade levels than ever before, causing concern that negotiators won’t find a way back to the accord and raising the risk of a wider war.
Iran’s seizure of the tankers was the latest in a string of hijackings and explosions to roil a region that includes the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil passes. The incidents began after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear deal, which saw Tehran drastically limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
The U.S. Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members in 2021.
Iranian hijackers also stormed and briefly captured a Panama-flagged asphalt tanker off the United Arab Emirates last year and briefly seized and held a Vietnamese tanker in November.
Tehran denies carrying out the attacks but a wider shadow war between Iran and the West has played out in the region’s volatile waters. Tanker seizures have been a part of it since 2019, when Iran seized the British-flagged Stena Impero after the United Kingdom detained an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar. Iran released the tanker months later as London also released the Iranian vessel.
Iran last year also seized and held a South Korean-flagged tanker for months amid a dispute over billions of dollars of frozen assets Seoul holds.
Satellite images analyzed by the AP on Wednesday confirmed that one of the two tankers remained off the coast of the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas. The Planet Labs PBC images from Tuesday showed the Prudent Warrior between Bandar Abbas and Iran’s Qeshm Island near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all the world’s oil traded passes.
It remained unclear where the second ship, the Delta Poseidon, was.
Talks in Vienna on the nuclear deal have been stalled since April. Since the deal’s collapse, Iran has run advanced centrifuges and has a rapidly growing stockpile of enriched uranium. Nonproliferation experts warn Iran has enriched enough up to 60% purity — a short technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90% — to make one nuclear weapon if it chooses.
Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes, though United Nations experts and Western intelligence agencies say Iran had an organized military nuclear program through 2003.
Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, in his speech Saturday also accused the U.S. of supporting recent protests in Iran sparked by price hikes and the slashing of subsidies by the government. Teachers for weeks also demonstrated in favor of better pay and working conditions.
The value of the Iranian currency, the rial, has been weakening for years but recently tumbled to new lows, reflecting growing anxiety over Iran’s economy,
Khamenei criticized what he called the decades-long U.S. opposition to the nation and said Washington pins its hopes to such protests. Khamenei, 82, said Iran's enemies try to pit Iranian citizens “against the Islamic system” through psychological warfare, the internet and financial support. | 2022-06-04T10:05:57+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Supreme-Leader-acknowledges-Iran-took-oil-from-17219431.php |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Sleep plunges the soldier back into the horrors of Ukraine’s battlefields. He can hear bombs falling again and picture explosions. He imagines himself frantically running, trying to save himself and others. The nightmares are so vivid and frightening that he pleads with his doctor for help. “It will blow my mind,” he warns. “So do something.”
“Very, very, very stressful,” Witalij Miskow, 45, says of the night terrors he’s fighting with tranquilizers and therapy at a mental health treatment center for soldiers on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
When peace eventually returns to Ukraine, many thousands of other soldiers are likely to come home like Miskow with a condition known as post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Psychologists, veterans affairs officers and former combatants who have struggled with nightmares, distressing flashbacks and other PTSD symptoms are already working to head off a potential mental health crisis among soldiers and their families from the particularly gruesome, intense and grinding war.
Whether it’s increasing awareness and funding for mental health care or training counsellors to help soldiers talk through psychological traumas, the goal is to prevent potentially destructive PTSD-related problems, including suicides, family violence, alcohol and drug abuse, from taking root.
Ex-paratrooper Sgt. Maksym Pasichnyk says civilian life was “very complex” for him after years of fighting pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine and once Moscow then launched its full-blown invasion, now in its tenth month. His long exposure to combat, death and destruction left the 28-year-old with an array of PTSD symptoms. He fears many other servicemen and their families could likewise suffer.
“The repercussions come later. You have a din in your ears, you start vomiting, you come home and have constant shifts of blood pressure and you lash out at your family members, your kids, your wife,” he says.
”You constantly think that someone is watching you, you overthink, you abuse drugs and drink, you lose yourself,” he adds. “If you want to get help, you are interned in a psychiatric hospital, where they turn you into a vegetable. If you show flashes of anger, they give you tranquilizers and you just sit there.”
Pasichnyk saw his last combat at the very start of the Feb. 24 invasion. His unit was inserted by helicopter at night to defend an airfield on Kyiv’s outskirts. The firefights and ensuing long slog back to the capital butchered his feet. The bleeding, bruising and bone fractures were so severe that he was discharged from further service.
Outwardly, the muscular veteran looks a picture of health. But physical integrity can hide soldiers’ inner suffering, Pasichnyk cautions.
“They look fine,” he says, “but they’re not.”
On Nov. 12, Pasichnyk went back to the damaged Hostomel airbase where he fought, a return that again stirred flashbacks of the events he endured there. Setting off from the disemboweled remains of what before the battle had been the world’s biggest aircraft, he ran a half-marathon to raise awareness of PTSD and to fund the treatment costs for 10 veterans with symptoms.
Pasichnyk says he worries not only about the risk of traumatized soldiers taking their own lives but also that they could turn guns on others and “might resort to terrorist acts.”
Ukraine’s Veterans Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Iulia Vorona says statistics on suicides and PTSD among veterans and their families aren’t being made public during the war for security reasons.
But speaking five months before the invasion, the veterans affairs minister, Yuliia Laputina, said there had already been “great demand” from military families for psychological support as a result of fighting since 2014 against Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
The minister, who has a Ph.D. in psychology, expressed particular concern that many are going back to “remote villages where there is no psychologist.”
“We must build a system where emergency psychological assistance will work in the most remote corners,” she said.
In a subsequent interview this month with The Associated Press, one of her deputies, Eugen Kotyk, said the ministry is “actively working” on a suicide and alcohol risk-reduction program.
Based on figures from previous conflicts, around 20% of troops exposed to intense fighting in Ukraine could develop PTSD, estimates British psychiatrist Neil Greenberg, a professor of defense mental health at King’s College university in London who previously served as a Royal Navy medical officer for 23 years, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the wake of the Russian invasion, he has also done online training for the Ukrainian military on managing traumatic events.
Unlike soldiers who fought in Afghanistan or U.S. troops in the Vietnam war, Ukrainian soldiers are fighting in and for their homeland, with evident public support, a clear enemy and solid goals and justifications. All that could help lessen the mental heath fallout for Ukrainian veterans, says Greenberg, who describes it as “a psychologically good war for Ukraine.”
But a victory for Ukraine, returning soldiers being well-treated afterward and reconstruction will also play roles in determining whether psychological illnesses cause “mass, mass casualties” among veterans “or just a large number,” Greenberg adds.
Anticipating that many will need help, Ukrainian psychologist Andrii Omelchenko is training volunteers — 300 so far and aiming for a total of 2,000 — to provide counselling to soldiers.
Omelchenko also does hands-on counselling with troops in the field and continues that work online when he is back in Kyiv, talking them through battlefield traumas on video calls from his 17th-floor office. One recent call was with a frontline commander who was suffering from debilitating panic attacks, after he’d seen a missile strike that severely injured three soldiers.
Russia’s heavy reliance on artillery bombardments is exacting a psychological toll on Ukrainian solders, Omelchenko says. He says social media are another psychological stress because they show soldiers that while they’re in trenches, loved ones and friends may be enjoying comparatively normal lives.
“It’s really painful,” Omelchenko says. “Civilian life has a lot of good things which are not proper to show.”
On the other hand, Omelchenko says he is also fielding calls from families asking how best to deal with soldiers who are coming back changed from battle — taciturn, distant, on edge and in their own worlds. Omelchenko previously experienced that himself with his grandfather, who’d fought as a young teenager in World War II.
“My grandfather never smiled,” Omelchenko says.
At the Forest Glade rehabilitation clinic outside Kyiv, Miskow is continuing his recovery. As well as pharmaceuticals, the facility uses yoga, acupuncture, soothing sounds and other therapies on its 220 patients.
“I’m happy, I’m still alive,” Miskow says.
Still, he then cries when talking about an artillery strike that killed several of his friends.
“I’m getting used (to) these feelings, but it’s still very, very difficult,” he says. “If you’re not here, you don’t understand at all, you won’t understand.”
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Follow AP coverage of the war in Ukraine at: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-12-02T04:59:09+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-do-something-ukraine-works-to-heal-soldiers-mental-scars/ |
Stephen Hansell realized his true calling while working as a campus custodian during the night shift at Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas. While he’s still employed by the school district, he is stepping into a new role this month. Hansell is now a seventh-grade Texas History teacher at Krimmel Intermediate School.
Hansell, a Klein High School graduate, says his new job is literally a dream come true.
“I know it’s going to sound cliché,” Hansell told the Houston Chronicle, “I had a dream. I can’t remember real details, but I do remember I was teaching in the dream. I woke up with a grin from ear to ear. I was like, you know what, this is what God wants me to do. I know that this is going to be awesome and just the thought from moment one made me smile and makes me smile every single day since.”
The high school shared the news about its former custodian’s new role on Twitter.
Former Custodian Hopes to Inspire Students in New Teaching Role
Read more: https://t.co/FZhubE1oWO https://t.co/FZhubE1oWO
— Klein Oak HS (@KleinOak) July 22, 2022
The U.S. Navy veteran returned to his hometown after serving and obtained a business degree. After working in a few different industries, he felt pulled to work with students in some capacity, so he took on the custodian role.
“I wanted to work for Klein ISD so that I could do something for the kids,” Hansell said in a Klein Independent School District news release. “Anything would do, as long as I could do my part, so I happily took the custodian job. I eventually researched what I needed to do to become a teacher and am now in the Inspire Texas certification program with Region 4.”
Over the two years he remained in the custodian position, Hansell developed relationships with the staff and students, which inspired him to complete his alternative teaching certification. He credits his wife, family and his “Klein Oak work family” for their support and motivation along the way.
Now, he is striving to reach another goal.
“I’m excited for that first ‘lightbulb moment’ where the student doesn’t understand something, I explain it, and they finally get it,” Hansell told Klein ISD. “It’s going to be the coolest thing ever — that I got to be a part of that and have that opportunity.”
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | 2022-08-11T16:55:12+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/former-school-custodian-gets-his-dream-job-teacher |
LEIGHTON — Joyce Gibson Barnes, 85, Leighton, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Visitation will be Sunday, March 26, from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. A memorial service will immediately follow in the funeral home chapel with Tony McKelvey officiating.
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WASHINGTON, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An unparalleled roster of dynamic leaders from across business, law, politics, and the arts will address and celebrate 3,400 American University graduates this spring. The speakers include CEOs, a governor, and trailblazing creators who have deep ties to the Washington, D.C. region.
In a unique student-focused tradition, AU brings together a diverse group of high-profile commencement speakers each year to address the individual themes of its seven schools and colleges. This year's commencement speakers are Alice Albright, chief executive officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation; Adena T. Friedman, chair and chief executive officer, Nasdaq, Inc.; the Honorable Larry Hogan, 62nd governor of the State of Maryland; the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice, Supreme Court of the United States; Julie Kent, artistic director, the Washington Ballet; and Ted Leonsis, founder, chair, principal partner, and chief executive officer, Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
Commencement ceremonies will be held on May 12 and 13 for undergraduate and graduate students across most AU schools and colleges and May 20 for the Washington College of Law. The graduates will enter Bender Arena to a traditional bagpipe processional. The events will be streamed live.
This year's ceremonies mark the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's historic address to AU graduates in June 1963, where he called for a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. Kennedy's landmark speech, "A Strategy of Peace," left an enduring legacy at AU and around the world.
"Only at American University do six changemakers of this caliber come together to celebrate our graduates and charge them to continue their pursuit of the change our world needs," said AU President Sylvia Burwell. "Our commencement speakers set examples for us all through their lives and experiences, and they will provide an inspiring conclusion for our Class of '23 Eagles."
Speakers on May 12:
Theodore John Leonsis is the founder, chair, principal partner, and chief executive officer of Monumental Sports & Entertainment and owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards, NHL's Washington Capitals, WNBA's Washington Mystics, and Capital One Arena. Mr. Leonsis will address graduates of the School of Communication and School of Education on Friday, May 12 at 10:30 a.m.
Alice P. Albright is chief executive officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. She has held many leadership positions, including executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and chief financial and investment officer for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations. Ms. Albright will address graduates of the School of International Service on Friday, May 12 at 3 p.m.
Speakers on May 13:
Adena T. Friedman, chair and chief executive officer of Nasdaq, Inc., has been named among Forbes magazine's annual list of "Power Women." Ms. Friedman will address graduates of the Kogod School of Business and Professional Studies on Saturday, May 13 at 9 a.m.
The Honorable Larry Hogan, 62nd governor of the State of Maryland, served two terms as a Republican in a state with a Democratic majority. He was only the second Republican governor in Maryland history to win reelection. He will address graduates of the School of Public Affairs on Saturday, May 13 at 1:30 p.m.
Julie Kent, artistic director of the Washington Ballet, is the first American to win the Erik Bruhn Prize and the Prix Benois de la Danse. She also holds a Lifetime Achievement Award from Dance Magazine. Ms. Kent will address graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences on Saturday, May 13 at 6 p.m.
Speaker on May 20:
The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was nominated by President Biden to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer and was sworn into office on June 30, 2022. Justice Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court, will address graduates of the Washington College of Law at noon.
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SOURCE American University | 2023-04-13T19:35:05+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/prnewswire/2023/04/13/justice-jackson-former-md-gov-hogan-ted-leonsis-speak-american-universitys-spring-commencement/ |
Navajo police fatally shoot man following standoff in Tuba City
The Navajo Police Department fatally shot a man on Monday following a domestic violence call which resulted in a standoff in Tuba City.
Just before 11:30 a.m., the Navajo Police Department Tuba City District received a call about a domestic violence dispute at the Navajo Housing Authority housing. It was reported that the suspect was seen with a weapon and a woman was screaming for help, said Navajo police.
When officers arrived, the suspect pointed a firearm in their direction and an officer fired a shot that missed the suspect. The suspect then retreated into the residence. The officers set up a perimeter and began calling out for the suspect to surrender, according to police.
An unknown woman approached the residence, making it to the front door, which resulted in a second engagement between the suspect and the officers. That is when shots were fired that struck the suspect, according to Navajo police.
Police did not say what the woman's relationship was with the suspect or why she approached the front door.
The suspect was rushed to a hospital from the scene, however, he succumbed to his injuries. The female and the officers were not harmed. | 2023-05-09T18:40:25+00:00 | azcentral.com | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2023/05/09/navajo-police-shoot-kill-man-following-standoff-in-tuba-city/70199461007/ |
The Los Angeles Sparks have been on roll lately, battling their way to just below .500 after a slow start to the season.
Los Angeles (10-11) has won four of its past five games and a big reason why is the play of All-Star Nneka Ogwumike and free agent signee Liz Cambage.
“I’m happy we’re on a little streak and hope to keep it rolling in July,” Cambage said.
The 6-foot-8 Australian struggled for most of June but os playing much better during the Sparks’ recent run. She has scored in double figures the past four games — something she hadn’t done once since May 31.
During their current winning stretch, the Sparks earned the 500th win in franchise history. The most by any WNBA organization.
The Sparks have also had time over the last few weeks to adjust to interim coach Fred Williams, who took over for Derek Fisher when he was let go on June 7.
“Each game is a step in the right direction,” Ogwumike said, adding that the coaching changes have helped the team and players find their identity individually and collectively. “The coaching staff lets us understand what we’re great at.”
It also has helped that the Sparks have been able to play many of their games at home lately after starting the season with nine of 12 on the road.
“Looking at May, you just got to get to July,” Cambage said. “I was like if we could survive May it would be cool. …I’m proud for us staying together. That first month could have seen teams go the other way.”
Cambage is proving to be a solid complement to Ogwumike, who is having another stellar season. She’s averaging 18.8 points — tied for second most in her career.
The Sparks moved up three spots to No. 6 in the AP WNBA power poll this week.
POWER POLL
This week’s WNBA poll:
1. Chicago (15-5): The Sky have won five straight and eight of nine and are the top team in the league right now with so many offensive options.
2. Las Vegas (15-6): The Aces have dropped four of six after starting the season 13-2. They need to get more consistent play off the bench to help give their starters some rest. Las Vegas’ reserves are averaging about 11 points a game.
3. Connecticut (14-7): The Sun are looking to get off to better starts after being outscored 58-35 in the first quarter in their last two games. .
4. Seattle (13-8): Newly signed post Tina Charles got off to a slow start averaging 5 points and 5 rebounds in her first three games with the Storm.
5. Washington (13-10): The Mystics have gone 3-4 in their past seven games and are winless in the three games that Elena Delle Donne sat out to rest her back during that stretch.
6. Los Angeles (10-11): Lexie Brown has provided stability in the backcourt for the Sparks this season and is averaging a career-best 7.6 points a game.
7. Atlanta (10-11): The Dream are getting healthy and had wins over New York and Seattle last week. Tiffany Hayes played for the first time this season after recovering from a knee injury for the first two months of the season.
8. Minnesota (7-15): The Lynx have been playing better lately and their depth has been a reason why. Five different players have led Minnesota in scoring in the Lynx’s past six games. The Lynx are 4-2 in that stretch.
9. Phoenix (9-14): Skylar Diggins-Smith has had an All-Star season averaging 19.1 points, but the Mercury have had little consistency on offense besides her.
10. New York (8-12): After a solid June, the Liberty have struggled dropping two in a row. New York has two more road games (at Las Vegas and at Phoenix) before the All-Star break.
11. Dallas (9-12): The Wings have struggled with four losses in their last five games; their lone victory was against last-place Indiana.
12. Indiana (5-17): The Fever are getting valuable experience for their rookies and Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith have shown flashes of excellence.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ogwumike of Los Angeles was voted the AP Player of the Week. She averaged 21.7 points, 6 rebounds and 2.3 assists to help the Sparks go 3-0. Candace Parker of Chicago, Diggins-Smith of Phoenix and Aerial Powers of Minnesota also received votes.
GRINER UPDATE
Brittney Griner’s trial in Russia began last week and on Monday she sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him not to “forget about me and the other American Detainees.” The trial will resume Thursday.
MAKING A COMEBACK
Three-time All-Star 3-point champion Allie Quigley left the door open to potentially returning to defend her title in Chicago this weekend.
“I don’t think so, but never say never,” she recently told The AP. “We’ll see. Chicago definitely makes you think a little bit more about it. I haven’t been asked yet.”
Quigley said last year after she won in Las Vegas that she wasn’t going to compete in the contest anymore.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
Team Stewart vs Team Wilson, Sunday. It will be the last All-Star Game for Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles when the league plays its midseason showcase in Chicago.
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More AP women’s basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-06T02:33:11+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/sports/ap-sports/surging-sparks-on-roll-behind-play-of-ogwumike-cambage/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say officers shot and killed a man brandishing what appeared to be a rifle in the street after a dispute with his family in South Los Angeles.
Two officers responded Saturday afternoon following a domestic violence call at a home about nine miles south of downtown LA, police said.
The man, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, came out of the residence carrying a type of rifle, according to police.
At least one officer opened fire, striking the man, who died at the scene, police said.
Investigators later determined the man was holding a realistic-looking airsoft rifle, ABC 7 reported.
Officials didn't release details on the exact nature of the man's confrontation with police or say whether both officers opened fire.
No officers were hurt. The shooting is under investigation. | 2022-09-18T15:40:32+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Police-officers-shoot-armed-man-in-South-Los-17450048.php |
Ed Reed, a Super Bowl champion and nine-time Pro Bowl selection with the Baltimore Ravens, announced Saturday he will no longer be the head coach at Bethune-Cookman.
Reed tweeted an announcement which detailed, "After weeks of negotiations I've been informed that the University won't be ratifying my contract and won't make good on the agreement we had in principle, which had provisions and resources best needed to support the student athletes.
"I was committed to coaching and cultivating a relationship with the University, Players, Community and the Fans. It's extremely disappointing this won't be happening," Reed said.
Bethune-Cookman announced that the school and Reed had "entered an agreement in principle ... to be its 16th head football coach" on Dec. 27. Its previous coach, Terry Sims, was fired in late November after going 2-9 in back-to-back seasons.
Bethune-Cookman, an HBCU in Daytona Beach, Florida, won six MEAC championships since 2000, but has struggled since joining the SWAC in 2021.
Reed, 44, has spent the past three seasons in a support staff role at his alma mater, Miami, most recently as a senior football adviser under head coach Mario Cristobal. | 2023-01-21T17:18:20+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35496576/ed-reed-coach-bethune-cookman-negotiations-fail |
CHICAGO, Ill. (WAND)- Governor Pritzker signed a series of amendments and clarifications to the landmark SAFE-T Act, on Tuesday.
HB1095 was originally passed in 2021.
The bill addresses misinformation related to the Act, including clarifying the detention net, expanding processes for transitioning to cashless bail on January 1st, and specifying definitions of willful flight and dangerousness, among other changes.
“I’m pleased that the General Assembly has passed clarifications that uphold the principle we fought to protect: to bring an end to a system where wealthy violent offenders can buy their way out of jail, while less fortunate nonviolent offenders wait in jail for trial,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Advocates and lawmakers came together and put in hours of work to strengthen and clarify this law, uphold our commitment to equity, and keep people safe.”
The newly signed bill clarifies multiple aspects of the SAFE-T Act, which ends the cash bail system in Illinois effective January 1st, 2023 and creates a more equitable system where pre-trial detention is based on community risk rather than financial means.
A bi-cameral legislative group along with other advocates, public defenders, state’s attorneys, victim advocates, and law enforcement officials collaborated on the clarifications to the SAFE-T Act.
According to State Officials the changes to the Act clarify court authority in controlling electronic monitoring and escape, outline specific guidelines for trespassing violations, and create a grant program to aid public defenders with increased caseloads. The amendments strengthen and clarify the main principle of the SAFE-T Act- to ensure that individuals who pose a risk to the community aren’t released from jail just because they are able to pay bail while people without financial means sit in jail regardless of whether they pose a risk at all.
“The SAFE-T Act, including these important clarifications, will help right the wrongs of policies that have disproportionately harmed low-income, marginalized communities while helping to keep Illinoisans safe," said Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton. "I commend members of the General Assembly for coming together to make these changes and provide us a clear path to ensure both accountability and justice. We must stop criminalizing poverty, and that is our goal as we end cash bail in Illinois and uphold human rights for all in our legal system."
“It’s vital the pretrial system in Illinois remains equitable and that all individuals are treated fairly, regardless of financial status,” said State Senator Scott Bennett (D-Champaign). “After collaboration between a diverse group, we were able to create a measure that ensures public safety and maintains the intent of the Pretrial Fairness Act. I am proud of everyone’s collaborative effort and their commitment to make Illinois safe.”
Copyright 2022. WAND TV. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-06T23:45:57+00:00 | wandtv.com | https://www.wandtv.com/news/pritzker-signs-safe-t-act-trailer-bill/article_ebee9b2a-75b4-11ed-ad7d-7fc42bfa4cea.html |
Arizona lottery numbers, July 22
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Friday:
Pick 3
0-7-9
Fantasy 5
03-24-31-36-41
Estimated jackpot: $150,000
Triple Twist
02-04-08-13-29-39
Estimated jackpot: $955,000
Mega Millions
14-40-60-64-66, Mega Ball: 16, Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $660 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $119 million | 2022-07-23T06:38:42+00:00 | azcentral.com | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/07/22/arizona-lottery-numbers-july-22/10133701002/ |
Private Equity Firm Virgo Capital provides Seed Capital to Launch
Established by Seasoned Entrepreneur and Executive Sid Yenamandra, Surge Ventures Recruits an A-list of Advisory Board Members Encompassing Wealth and Tech Industry Leaders to Guide Firm's Strategic Vision
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surge Ventures (Surge), a new SaaS venture studio initially targeting the financial services and wealth management industry, announced its launch today with a significant seed investment from Virgo Capital, a global private equity firm. Surge will work on building the next generation of game-changing SaaS companies to tackle emerging compliance risks such as advisor data governance, client privacy obligations management, user entitlement management and holistic Personally Identifiable Information (PII) posture assessments.
Sid Yenamandra, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Surge Ventures said, "As the wealth tech and financial services industry adopts more technologies based in Data and AI and is dealing with an increase in recent data-related enforcement actions from regulators, we identified a serious product innovation gap in the market and a lack of new technologies coming from established tech providers to pro-actively address data compliance risks unique to this industry."
"We created Surge Ventures to not just provide investment capital but actually build-up and grow multiple start-ups with hands-on operational support from Day 1. Whether it's helping to design a high-quality product for the wealth management space on an accelerated 'go-to-market' timeframe, or recruiting the co-founders and executive team, or making first client introductions, we believe Surge Ventures is filling a major void in the venture investment and wealth landscape today."
Mr. Yenamandra has a history of successful exits as a Silicon Valley based entrepreneur. Most recently, he was CEO and Founder of Entreda, acquired by K1 Investment Management and Smarsh in 2020. He was the visionary behind Entreda's award-winning cybersecurity compliance software and worked closely with regulators for years before unveiling its platform to specifically address SEC and FINRA guidance. Before being acquired by Smarsh, Entreda was the #1 provider of cybersecurity compliance software by market share to financial services and wealth management firms. Clients included industry leaders such as Advisor Group, LPL Financial and Kestra. Prior to Entreda, Mr. Yenamandra served as VP of Product and Marketing at venture-funded, Plato Networks, which was acquired by Netlogic and then Broadcom for $4B in 2012. He also led an NSA-funded project at HIFN to build data security technologies to protect US-critical infrastructure.
Virgo Capital, the well-respected software private equity firm, is the founding investor in Surge Ventures and has provided initial seed capital of $10 million. Beyond the seed capital, by partnering with Virgo capital, Surge benefits from decades of SaaS investment, growth and scale experience as well as access to capital to do targeted add-on acquisitions. Founded in 2005 in Austin, Texas, Virgo Capital is focused on investments in software and technology-enabled services companies. Virgo Capital has made 11 platform investments to date plus several add-on acquisitions made by its portfolio companies. Virgo's investments include leading software companies like Korbyt in the workplace experience space and Zello in the voice-first communication space. Virgo has successfully exited five investments with cumulative exit value of well over $300 million, including the recapitalization of Sayers Technology by Mosaic Capital Partners and the sale of Accruent to TA Associates.
Hemanth Parasuram, co-founder and Managing Partner of Virgo Capital said, "We are excited to provide seed capital for a venture studio platform like Surge Ventures. We have known Sid for years and have followed his career closely. His track record as an entrepreneur and executive is impressive. We recognized that Surge Ventures was developing a new kind of innovation platform and we needed to be a part of it."
Surge has established an Advisory Board comprised of seasoned executives and influencers from across the FinTech and wealth management sectors. The Board will serve as strategic counselors to Surge's leadership, as the firm executes its unique vision and growth plans. The inaugural members of the Board include:
- Jason Lish - Chief Security Officer, Lumen Technologies. Mr. Lish has over 25 years of experience in global IT environments and is a prominent information technology executive with demonstrated success in developing secure business-focused services while adhering to regulatory requirements. In his current role at Lumen Technologies, he provides leadership, strategic direction, and oversight for all corporate security functions, including physical security, fraud management, and corporate cybersecurity. Prior to Lumen Technologies, Mr. Lish served as Chief Security, Privacy, and Data Officer at Advisor Group, Chief Information Officer at Alight Solutions and held senior security-oriented leadership positions at Charles Schwab and Honeywell International. He also proudly served in the United States Air Force as a Systems and Intelligence Analyst.
- Larry Roth, CPA, JD - Managing Partner of RLR Strategic Partners a strategic consultancy and M&A advisory firm affiliated with Berkshire Global Advisors. In addition to leading strategic investments on behalf of the firm in closely held wealth management and wealthtech businesses, he also advises senior management teams and boards of directors across the financial services industry. Additionally, Mr. Roth provides comprehensive mergers & acquisitions solutions, delivered in association with Berkshire Global Advisors. Having previously served as CEO of both Advisor Group and Cetera Financial Group – two of the largest independent wealth management firms in the country – Mr. Roth continues to serve as a Board member for multiple public and private wealth management and wealthtech companies. He has structured dozens of value-creating transactions as an investment banker, and has successfully acquired, grown and sold financial services businesses as an entrepreneur and private investor.
- Neil Daswani, PhD- Chief Information Security Officer, QuantumScape and Co-Director, Stanford Advanced Cybersecurity Program. Mr. Daswani has served in a variety of research, development, teaching, and executive roles at Symantec, LifeLock, Twitter, Dasient, Google, NTT DoCoMo USA Labs, Yodlee, and Bellcore. He has been both a security entrepreneur, having co-founded Dasient, which was acquired by Twitter, and has also served as a Chief Information Security Officer at LifeLock and at Symantec's Consumer Business Unit. Mr. Daswani has dozens of technical articles published in top academic and industry conferences (ACM, IEEE, USENIX, RSA, BlackHat, and OWASP), and he has been granted over a dozen U.S. patents. Neil is also co-author of two security books including Big Breaches: Cybersecurity Lessons For Everyone and Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs To Know.
- Matthew Martin - Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, LPL Financial. In this role, Mr. Martin leads LPL's Advisor Security program, security M&A, nearshore & offshore security, and the business information security officers. A proven executive leader within information security and risk management, he is focused on enabling the business to grow by proactively discovering, monitoring, assessing, and prioritizing risks. Mr. Martin looks to drive accountability, authority, and responsibility for security within organizations, while balancing the need to take on risk through business growth. He has extensive experience leading and implementing various security functions at Fortune 100 financial services organizations. Mr. Martin also holds several Information Security and Risk Management certifications.
- Geoff Moore – CIO, Valmark Financial Group. Mr. Moore has over 25 years of experience in technology and financial services. In his role, Mr. Moore works with ValMark's multiple lines of business to drive efficiency and help streamline processes through digital innovation. In 2020, the Valmark tech team was awarded runner up for Tech Team of the Year by the Greater Cleveland Partnership, for their innovative internal MyCase platform. Prior to joining Valmark 13 years ago, he held information technology leadership positions at Cohen & Company and Sequoia Financial Group. He was also a managing partner at CyGem, Ltd. Mr. Moore has spoken at numerous industry conferences on topics ranging from cybersecurity to advisor practice management. He is also a regular contributor on LinkedIn.
- John Rostern – Senior Vice President and Global Lead - Cloud & Infrastructure Security Services at NCC Group. Mr. Rostern has more than 40 years of experience in IT and information security, specializing in areas related to governance, risk and controls (GRC). In his role at NCC, a global provider of cyber security and software resilience services, Mr. Rostern is responsible for the Global Cloud Security and GRC practice areas as a member of the global leadership team. His prior roles include leadership positions at Ernst & Young and KPMG US, as well as Jefferson Wells International, Health Management Systems and Coalfire Systems. Over his career, Mr. Rostern's technical background and expertise has been successfully applied to clients of all sizes in a variety of industries.
"I am extremely excited to be part of the Surge Ventures team given their unique and efficient model of bringing together investment capital, deep industry knowledge, a strong industry advisory network and a smart operations team to offload start-ups to focus on product and clients. The Financial Services and Wealth Management industry needs innovative, yet usable, data governance and compliance solutions and Surge is positioned to bring multiple innovative companies to market that address various facets of the data compliance conundrum," said Mr. Lish.
Surge Ventures will co-found and invest in promising start-ups that are using innovative technology to address rapidly intensifying data and privacy needs across wealth management firms and other financial services businesses. Consistent with the venture studio model, Surge Ventures will go beyond providing investment capital and strategic guidance to its portfolio companies. The firm will leverage its decades of technology expertise, best practices for bringing nascent innovative products to market in the wealth management space, customer acquisition and deep operational knowledge to grow multiple software companies from the ground up to serve as a "shared services" backbone to its portfolio companies, offering scalable operations, foundational technology building blocks, demand generation, corporate finance and enterprise sales support, among other solutions.
The firm has developed a set of proprietary methods, known as the "Surge Method," to rapidly test business ideas, detect early signs of product-market-fit and track on-going growth to de-risk investments by focusing on only the most promising products and solutions.
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(WGHP) — A strong geomagnetic storm caused by the sun could impact Earth later this week, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center said Tuesday that it is monitoring the sun and solar winds following a series of coronal mass ejections that began Sunday.
Space weather forecasters have predicted a strong geomagnetic storm for late Thursday and a moderate geomagnetic storm on Friday, prompting geomagnetic storm watches.
Forecasters are monitoring a “small, but compact and magnetically complex grouping” designated as Region 3078. The region produced frequent flares early Tuesday morning, according to NOAA. Flares are still possible from Region 3078, but recent imagery indicated possible signs of weakening and potential decay.
Forecasters continue to monitor NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite and its real-time solar winds for signs of the arrival and strength of the coronal mass ejections.
NOAA reports that despite the number of coronal mass ejections, “most are expected to have little to no impact at Earth” as they are expected to “pass ahead or south of Earth’s orbit.”
Earlier this month, NOAA noted a coronal hole in the sun’s atmosphere could trigger a geomagnetic storm.
Geomagnetic storms can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on the surface, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellites.
Coronal holes are “cooler, less dense regions than the surrounding plasma and are regions of open, unipolar magnetic fields,” NOAA explains. “This open, magnetic field line structure allows the solar wind to escape more readily into space, resulting in streams of relatively fast solar wind.”
While some headlines make the occurrence sound like a doomsday-inducing hole in the sun, Rob Steenburgh of NOAA’s Space Weather Forecast office told Nexstar, “They happen all the time and are no cause for alarm.”
Minor geomagnetic storms may cause weak fluctuations in the power grid, impact satellite operations on spacecraft, and make aurora displays in the sky visible at high latitudes, such as in parts of Michigan and Maine.
Auroras for this week’s storm may be visible if the weather conditions are favorable as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa, and portions of Oregon. Check NOAA’s latest aurora forecast here.
The Space Weather Prediction Center will issue additional warnings related to this week’s storm if necessary, NOAA said Tuesday.
While the solar cycle is not yet at its peak, NASA said activity has already surpassed predictions. Solar flares and eruptions will likely increase from now until 2025 as we reach “solar maximum,” writes Nicola Fox, the director of NASA’s heliophysics division.
Yet experts say there’s no need to fear a doomsday scenario.
“Some people worry that a gigantic ‘killer solar flare’ could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth, but this is not actually possible,” NASA explains.
Plus, solar cycles repeat every 11 years. That means anyone over the age of 11 has already lived through a solar maximum (and probably didn’t notice its occurrence). | 2022-08-17T14:10:05+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/geomagnetic-storm-watches-in-effect-due-to-coronal-hole-how-it-could-impact-earth-this-week/ |
A Henderson woman died as the result of a one-car crash in St. Landry Parish on Sunday afternoon.
Melissa A. DeJean, 55, died when her 2022 Buick Encore left the roadway for an unknown reason while traveling north on LA 71 just north of LA 361, state police said.
The vehicle ran off the roadway to the left and entered a ditch before striking an embankment and overturning, police said. DeJean, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Landry Parish Coroner’s Office.
Impairment is unknown and a toxicology sample was obtained for analysis. This crash remains under investigation. | 2023-06-04T23:18:06+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/st-martinville-woman-dies-after-vehicle-crashes-into-bayou/article_11f262b8-0320-11ee-93be-a3cab36f800f.html |
As you plan your summer travel, you might be debating whether staying in a hotel or an Airbnb will be more cost-effective. According to a recent Forbes survey, the answer may depend on your destination. It turns out that some cities’ hosts are notorious for adding extra fees.
These fees can often be shocking for guests who aren’t experienced with Airbnb stays. And even longtime Airbnb users are starting to rail against high cleaning fees, saying that it’s not fair that guests have to thoroughly clean their Airbnb before leaving and pay their hosts a cleaning fee on top of it.
So what cities are most likely to shock you with a big bill at the end of your trip?
Forbes found that the top five cities with the highest average Airbnb fees include:
- Atlanta (48% average fees)
- Phoenix (47%)
- Fort Myers Beach, Florida (46%)
- Davenport, Florida (45%)
- Memphis, Tennessee (45%)
In their analysis of more than 32,000 Airbnb listings, Forbes found that Atlanta Airbnb hosts topped the list by adding fees that will add on average 48% to your nightly rate, including a 16% cleaning fee, 16% service fee and 17% in taxes. (You can read the full list at Forbes.)
Last year, Airbnb promised that they were taking guests’ concerns about fees seriously. They added a new feature to their website that allows people to see the total cost of listings, including fees, making the booking process more transparent.
The company also said that its hosts should not be putting undue chores on their guests before leaving.
In a thread of messages on Twitter in November, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that Airbnb hosts need to be reasonable and upfront about any tasks they ask their guests to perform before leaving. The start of the thread shows Airbnb’s new feature that lets guests see the full price of their stay — including fees — immediately as they’re browsing.
I’ve heard you loud and clear—you feel like prices aren’t transparent and checkout tasks are a pain. That’s why we’re making 4 changes:
1. Starting next month, you’ll be able to see the total price you're paying up front. pic.twitter.com/58zodrzU3g
— Brian Chesky (@bchesky) November 7, 2022
“You shouldn’t have to do unreasonable checkout tasks, such as stripping the beds, doing the laundry, or vacuuming,” Chesky wrote in the thread. “If Hosts have checkout requests, they should be reasonable and shown to you before you book.”
But even if you aren’t traveling to a city with high Airbnb fees, be prepared to pay more than you previously did for lodging. Airbnb prices skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, theaverage Airbnb stay cost 35% more in 2021 than in 2020. Yet hotel guests also felt the sting of higher prices: A survey from Hopper earlier this year showed that a hotel room in January 2023 cost 54% more than it did in January 2022.
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RIGA, Latvia — A Russian court sentenced former investigative journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in prison on charges of treason, a grim resolution of one of the most high-profile prosecutions of a journalist in Russia in years.
Safronov was arrested in July 2020 and has been held in pretrial detention ever since. Investigators with the FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence service, accused him of passing on state secrets to German and Czech agents between 2015 and 2017, during his tenure as a reporter covering military and space for business daily Kommersant. The trial was held behind closed doors and the evidence was not made public.
Safronov’s supporters say the FSB drummed up the charges in retaliation for his journalistic work that focused on secretive Russian arms trade dealings and disclosed the mishaps of the country’s Defense Ministry.
In a clip from the courtroom, published by the TV Rain channel, Safronov’s supporters clapped and chanted “Freedom!” after the verdict was handed down. “I love you,” Safronov replied before he was led out of the courtroom cage.
A leaked indictment, published by the Russian investigative outlet Proekt, suggests that the materials Safronov allegedly obtained from “people with access to state secrets” and passed on to Western intelligence were in the public domain.
According to Proekt, Safronov agreed to contribute to a publication that employed his friend, Czech national Martin Larysh, and later for political analyst Dmitry Voronin who worked for a German-Swiss consulting company. The analytical pieces Safronov sent to Larysh and Voronin, whom the FSB accuses of being Czech and German agents, respectively, were the basis for the indictment against him.
Proekt says that the information contained in Safronov’s pieces was already available in Kommersant, a number of Russian and international outlets, state news agency RIA Novosti, and the Russian Defense Ministry website.
The report also notes that during the pretrial investigation, Safronov unsuccessfully requested that prosecutors allow him to access a computer so he could pull up the purportedly classified information from online sources.
“It is clear to us that the reason for Ivan Safronov’s persecution is not ‘treason,’ that is not supported by anything, but it is his journalistic work and articles he published without taking into account the opinion of the Ministry of Defense and the Russian authorities,” Russian investigative outlet Kholod, said in a letter calling on Russian authorities to release the journalist.
The prosecution initially requested 24 years in prison, just one year short of maximum punishment. Safronov’s lawyer, Yevgeny Smirnov, said last week that moments before announcing their sentencing request, the prosecutor turned to the journalist and offered him a deal: if he pleaded guilty, the term would be slashed in half. Safronov refused.
Safronov’s career in Kommersant spanned a decade. He first joined the paper as an intern but quickly rose through the ranks and became one of the most high-profile Russian correspondents covering the defense and space industries. His father, also named Ivan, worked for the same paper covering military affairs and died under mysterious circumstances after falling from a window of his Moscow apartment building.
Friends and family of Safronov told Proekt that he regularly received job offers from the ministries and state companies — often the very same ones he covered — but turned them down to stick to journalism.
In 2019, Safronov left Kommersant after a scoop about the upcoming resignation of Russia’s speaker of the parliament, an apparent leak that angered officials who then pressured the paper to fire the reporter. Safronov then worked as an adviser to the head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos for a few months before his arrest.
State treason cases are rare in Russia, but they are increasingly seen as a way for the security services to pressure journalists, scientists and other individuals researching sensitive government matters. The trials are always held behind closed doors and the reasons for the prosecutions are rarely made public.
Ivan Pavlov, who was representing Safronov until the Russian authorities charged him with disclosing details from a preliminary investigation and forced him to flee the country, once specialized in defending espionage and treason cases.
In a 2018 report, he wrote: “There are more and more ‘spy’ cases in Russia each year, but very little is known about them, and when information does come out, it raises significant doubts.”
“[Charges] intended for punishing foreign intelligence officers are applied to housewives, saleswomen, scientists and pensioners,” Pavlov said at the time. “Such cases are investigated and considered under a veil of secrecy, which makes it easy for law enforcement officers to violate the rights of the accused and generally invent cases out of the blue, for show. We tried to lift that veil.”
Another of Safronov’s lawyers, Dmitry Talantov, who took over from Pavlov, was detained on charges under Russia’s “fake news laws” and is facing up to 10 years in prison.
In another grim milestone for Russian media, one of the last independent Russian news outlets, Novaya Gazeta, was officially stripped of its media license on Monday, making it impossible for the newspaper to legally operate inside the country.
Novaya Gazeta, a key investigative outlet established in 1993 and edited by Nobel Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, ceased operations in March soon after the start of the war in Ukraine after getting warnings from Russia’s tech and communications regulator.
Part of its staff left Russia to launch a new publication, Novaya Gazeta Europe, but the regulator has also banned its website in Russia. | 2022-09-05T15:09:26+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/05/russia-ivan-safronov-treason-trial-verdict/ |
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A local dog rescue is overwhelmed after an animal shelter refuses to accept new pets.
The Brownsville Animal Regulation and Care Center (BARCC) shut down its operations because of a highly contagious virus.
“They want to dump it on us, and they don’t want to even ask if that’s okay with us. We’re drowning as it is, we do not have the ability to take on any more than we already are doing,” Tracy Voss the owner of Tracie’s Paws Rescue said.
The local rescue shelter is busier than usual after the BARCC decided to stop taking in animals.
A highly contagious virus shut down the animal shelter for six weeks.
“When they decided to shut down intake, the public was not initially notified which was upsetting to me. Because you know, if your garbage date changes, you get a notice from the city,” Voss said.
To help contain the number of animals in its shelter they gave a RGV rescue resource list to people dropping off unwanted animals or strays.
On that list was the names and home address of the non-profit rescue organizations, Donja’s Dogs.
“The overwhelming demand that we’ve received in the last week. No, I didn’t sign on for that,” Donja Rodriguez, owner of Donja’s Dogs said.
Rodriguez says no one contacted her about placing her personal home address, or verified if the address was still active.
“They took our personal private home address and started handing it out to citizens who want to destroy their animals. And I wouldn’t have known except a man came with kittens to dump them at my house,” Rodriguez said.
The video Rodriguez provided shows a person with the RGV rescue resource list taking him directly to her front door.
“Worst thing is that they just drop them off and leave. Because then we’re going to have more stray animals in our in our neighborhood. We don’t need that our neighbors don’t need that,” an anonymous resident said. | 2023-06-09T05:17:45+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/brownsville-animal-shelter-releases-home-addresses-of-pet-rescue-organizations/ |
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SoniVie, an Israeli company developing a novel proprietary Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound System (TIVUS™) to treat a variety of hypertensive disorders, announced that on May 5th 2022 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted IDE approval for its "REDUCED1" Pilot study to treat Resistant Hypertension Patients with Renal Artery Denervation using TIVUS™, its innovative Ultra-Sound Ablation System.
Resistant hypertension is defined as blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg despite use of three antihypertensive medications of different classes at the best tolerated doses, one of which must be a diuretic. Millions of people world-wide suffer from resistant hypertension which substantially increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney failure.
"We are very pleased that FDA has approved the REDUCED1 (Renal Denervation using Ultrasonic Catheter EmitteD energy) study. Sites initiation has started, and many clinical teams have responded very favourably about participating to the study. There is a significant number of patients that may benefit from our technology and we are genuinely happy for this important step towards the introduction of TIVUS™ in the US. There is a lack of effective therapeutic solutions for patients suffering from resistant hypertension, and physicians are looking forward to a safe, effective and easy to use device treatment," says Christian Spaulding, CMO, SoniVie Ltd.
"This is a significant US Regulatory milestone for SoniVie, starting the feasibility study using the Ultra-Sound ablation platform in the US for the Renal Denervation indication. This is a major step and priority in the company's history," says Tomaso Zambelli, CEO, SoniVie LTD.
The REDUCED1 study will further expand the Company's clinical experience based on two clinical trials in Renal Denervation performed using the earlier generation of the TIVUS™.
Renal Denervation with TIVUS™ is a minimally invasive procedure that uses high-frequency non-focused Ultra-Sound energy to ablate nerves in the renal artery. This causes a reduction in the nerve activity, which may decrease blood pressure. This procedure is designed for patients who suffer from resistant hypertension.
About SoniVie
SoniVie is a medical device company developing the TIVUS™, the only Ultra-Sound Denervation platform with active development programs in three therapeutic areas: pulmonary artery denervation for pulmonary hypertension, renal artery denervation for resistant hypertension, and lung denervation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with chronic bronchitis. These diseases affect millions of patients in the United States and Europe.
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LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew has lost another ceremonial honor as groups throughout Britain cut ties to the royal disgraced by allegations of sexual misconduct.
The council in the northern city of York on Wednesday night voted unanimously to withdraw the prince’s “freedom of the city.” The honor was awarded to Andrew in 1987 after Queen Elizabeth II made him the Duke of York.
Andrew is the first person to be stripped of the status, a purely ceremonial honor that dates back to medieval times when “freemen” enjoyed special privileges. Honorees include the actress Judi Dench and Princess Anne, Andrew’s sister.
Andrew was stripped of his honorary military roles in January amid the furor surrounding a lawsuit alleging he had sex with a 17-year-old girl and fears that the scandal would taint the House of Windsor. The queen also removed his honorary leadership of various charities, known as royal patronages, and barred him from using the title “his royal highnes” in official settings.
Andrew later settled the lawsuit, agreed to pay his accuser an undisclosed sum that the British media has suggested could be as much as 12 million pounds ($15 million). He denies the allegations.
York City Councilor Darryl Smalley said the city was just following the example set by the queen in removing Andrew’s titles.
“She saw that it was doing serious reputational damage to those military institutions and charities and so stepped in to remove him from those positions,” Smalley told ITV News. “We believe very strongly, and many residents agree with us, that we should be removing all links between our city and Prince Andrew.”
Smalley and other local leaders have argued that Andrew should also lose the title of Duke of York.
“York has a fantastic relationship with the monarchy going back hundreds of years. It’s something we cherish,” he said. “We can’t cherish it whilst we have Prince Andrew as our most senior royal.” | 2022-04-28T12:02:42+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/entertainment-news/prince-andrew-stripped-of-freedom-of-city-by-york-council/ |
The company is among the first utilities in the United States to produce zero-carbon hydrogen for blending with its natural gas supply
MINNEAPOLIS, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) today announced that its green hydrogen project in Minneapolis is operational. The project uses renewable electricity to safely split hydrogen from water, and the zero-carbon hydrogen is then blended at low concentrations with natural gas in the utility's local distribution system.
CenterPoint Energy is one of the first natural gas utilities in the United States to produce and add green hydrogen to its distribution system. Because there are no carbon emissions from either its production or end-use, green hydrogen has the potential to be an important zero-carbon supplement to conventional natural gas.
CenterPoint Energy is Minnesota's largest natural gas utility, serving approximately 900,000 residential and business customers in the state. The green hydrogen project is located on existing company property near downtown Minneapolis. The system was designed and packaged by a Minnesota company and the major equipment for the project was made in the U.S.
"CenterPoint Energy is committed to evaluating innovative solutions that reduce carbon emissions and advance a clean energy future," said Scott Doyle, Executive Vice President, Utility Operations. "With this pilot project, we are exploring the potential of green hydrogen as a safe, zero-carbon energy resource that can be delivered through our local gas distribution systems to benefit both our customers and the environment."
The primary goal of the pilot project is to gain operational experience with the technology for making green hydrogen and how it can be integrated most effectively into the local natural gas distribution system to lower the carbon content of delivered energy.
The project's one-megawatt electrolyzer is powered by renewable electricity and can produce up to 60 Dekatherms (432 kilograms) of hydrogen gas per day, using approximately two gallons of water per minute. The water is sourced from the municipal water supply and highly purified before it enters the hydrogen production system.
The green hydrogen produced by the system is added in low concentrations, up to five percent, to the natural gas in a low-pressure section of CenterPoint Energy's local distribution pipeline system. As a substitute for natural gas that would otherwise be used, the green hydrogen is expected to avoid approximately 1,200 tons of CO2 emissions per year.
In 2021, CenterPoint Energy successfully sought passage of the Natural Gas Innovation Act, a landmark new energy law in Minnesota that will allow the utility to invest further in innovative clean energy resources and technologies to reduce emissions, including green hydrogen and renewable natural gas. Later this year, the utility expects to submit its first "innovation plan" under the new law for review and approval by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
Last year, CenterPoint Energy announced industry-leading enterprise-wide carbon reduction goals. They include achieving Net Zero by 2035 for direct emissions resulting from the company's own operations and energy use. The company has also made a goal to reduce its Scope 3 emissions by 20 to 30 percent by 2035.
More information can be found at CenterPointEnergy.com/CleanEnergyMN.
As the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas. As of March 31, 2022, the company owned approximately $35 billion in assets. With approximately 8,900 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com.
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Progressive lawmakers are emerging as the fiercest defenders of TikTok on Capitol Hill as the push to ban the popular video sharing app heats up in Washington.
A handful of left-leaning lawmakers — including members of the so-called “Squad” — have voiced support for TikTok and opposition to banning the platform, taking on a vocal coalition of bipartisan members who believe the app should be prohibited in the U.S.
The anti-TikTok ban crowd — while recognizing that the app poses concerns — has advocated for a broader conversation about data privacy and social media, arguing that zeroing in on TikTok would not alleviate the issues at hand. Members have also pointed to free speech concerns and the practical and political positives that come with the platform.
“I think what you’re seeing is [the] progressive caucus coming out, you know, one, on behalf of the First Amendment, two, more importantly, that we want to do something across all social media platforms around privacy of data,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), a former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told The Hill in the Capitol last week.
He said, however, that the group has not formally discussed the matter and support “just happens” to be within the caucus.
The congressional campaign to ban TikTok hit a fever pitch last month when the CEO of the app, Shou Zi Chew, testified before a House committee for five hours. Lawmakers from both parties grilled him on concerns regarding national security, data privacy, the dissemination of misinformation and safety for children.
TikTok is owned by Chinese-based company ByteDance, which has led to fears among some lawmakers that the app could be subject to Chinese laws when it comes to how U.S. data is handled.
Members in both chambers have sponsored legislation that would either ban the app or give the Biden administration the ability to do so if deemed necessary. But a small, yet growing, group of Democrats and at least one Republican — Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) — is pushing back against a prohibition, setting the scene for a high-stakes and high-profile clash over social media in the U.S.
Calls for a ‘comprehensive conversation’ about social media
Some of TikTok’s progressive defenders argue the concerns posed by the app are no different than those of other social media companies, calling for a “comprehensive conversation” about all internet platforms.
“We have seen numerous examples of harmful data privacy and misinformation tactics by large social media companies, and at no point has an outright ban on their platforms been considered until now,” Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) said in a statement. “I have concerns about the potential privacy and misinformation risks posed by TikTok, but I also have similar concerns about Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and other for-profit social media companies.”
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), the first high-profile lawmaker to back the app amid the campaign to ban it, expressed the same concerns at a press conference last month alongside TikTok creators.
“Let’s have a comprehensive conversation about legislation that we need, federal legislation, to make sure people who use social media platforms are safe and their information is secure and their information is not being shared or sold to third parties,” Bowman, a TikTok user himself, said.
That argument, however, has come under some scrutiny. Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Center for Technology Innovation, told The Hill that while other social media companies do “collect an extraordinary amount of data on customers,” concerns regarding TikTok are on a higher level because it is owned by a Chinese-based company.
“They collect a lot of information about consumers,” West said of platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter, “but of course the concern about TikTok is it’s owned by a Chinese company and so therefore, you know, is there a risk of the information being shared with Chinese authorities?”
“Facebook does not operate in China so, you know, there’s little risk of that,” he added.
Some say a TikTok ban would not address concerns at hand
Lawmakers have argued that banning TikTok would not help address the concerns at hand, namely how much data social media companies are allowed to collect.
“To me, the solution here is not to ban an individual company, but to actually protect Americans from this kind of egregious data harvesting that companies can do without your significant ability to say no,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said.
The congresswoman posted her first video on TikTok last month to stake her opposition to a ban.
During a press conference with TikTok creators last month, Pocan said “there is a real problem and we should be addressing it and it includes TikTok and Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and other platforms, about our data and our privacy of our data and selling our data and allowing misinformation — but that is not what’s being addressed when people say they want to ban TikTok.”
West, the Brookings fellow, agreed with that sentiment, saying that “banning one app is not going to deal with the wide range of privacy and security concerns that are out there.”
The practical — and political — benefits of TikTok
Progressives have also cited the practical and political benefits of TikTok when pushing against a ban.
Bowman, Pocan and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) held a press conference last month with TikTok creators, who outlined how the app helped turbocharge small businesses and create communities.
“TikTok is a lot of things to a lot of different people,” Garcia, who called himself a “TikTok superconsumer,” said. “First and foremost, it is entertainment, it is fun.”
“But also, the thing to think about is what it’s done for small businesses, the amount of revenue it’s actually beginning back into the system for all of these content creators, for brands, for businesses across the country, and for the profiles it’s raising of folks who would not have the same voice on any other platform,” he added.
Lawmakers have also recognized the power TikTok holds in speaking with voters. Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), who is against a TikTok ban, called the app “an incredible organizing tactic,” and Bush said it “served as a platform for organizing.”
Some have speculated that Democrats may be opposed to a TikTok ban out of fear of losing support among Generation Z voters, who helped the party perform better-than-expected in last year’s midterms.
Asked about that idea last week, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) — who made history last year as the first Generation Z individual to be elected to Congress — told reporters “it’s something to think about but it’s not the driving factor.”
“There’s real concerns about data and privacy, but those same concerns exist for all big tech, for all social media, and I think it’s important that we look at it,” he added.
Lawmakers seek more information
Lawmakers who are against banning TikTok also said they want more information. They noted that despite hearing about national security concerns with the app, Congress has not yet received a briefing.
“Usually when the United States is proposing a very major move that has something to do with significant risk to national security, one of the first things that happens is that Congress receives a classified briefing,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “And I can tell you that Congress has not received a classified briefing around the allegations of national security risks regarding TikTok.”
“So why would we be proposing a ban regarding such a significant issue without being clued in on this at all? It just doesn’t feel right to me,” she added.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified last month that TikTok “screams” of national security concerns, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he believed the platform was a national security threat and “should be ended one way or another.”
Bush, however, said she has not seen any evidence to back up such claims.
“As Congressmembers, we have not received a single briefing–classified or otherwise–on national security risks posed by TikTok, and at this time, I have not seen sufficient evidence to justify a nationwide ban,” she said in a statement. | 2023-04-10T14:56:33+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/hill-politics/why-progressive-lawmakers-are-fighting-against-a-tiktok-ban/ |
BEIJING (AP) — People across China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with large family gatherings and crowds visiting temples after the government lifted its strict “zero-COVID” policy, marking the biggest festive celebration since the pandemic began three years ago.
The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Rabbit. For the past three years, celebrations were muted in the shadow of the pandemic.
With the easing of most COVID-19 restrictions that had confined millions to their homes, people could finally make their first trip back to their hometowns to reunite with their families without worrying about the hassles of quarantine, potential lockdowns and suspension of travel. Larger public celebrations also returned for what is known as the Spring Festival in China, with the capital hosting thousands of cultural events — on a larger scale than a year ago.
“He has never experienced what a traditional new year is like because he was too young three years ago and he had no memory of that,” said Si Jia, who brought her 7-year-old son to the Qianmen area near Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to experience the festive vibe and learn about traditional Chinese culture.
Nearly 53,000 offered prayers at Beijing’s Lama Temple but the crowds appeared to be smaller compared to pre-pandemic days. The Tibetan Buddhist site allows up to 60,000 visitors a day, citing safety reasons, and requires an advance reservation.
Throngs of residents and tourists swarmed pedestrian streets in Qianmen, enjoying snacks from barbecue and New Year rice cake stands, and some children wore traditional Chinese rabbit hats. Others held blown sugar or marshmallows shaped like rabbits.
At Taoranting Park, there was no sign of the usual bustling new year food stalls despite its walkways being decorated with traditional Chinese lanterns. A popular temple fair at Badachu Park that was suspended for three years will be back this week, but similar events at Ditan Park and Longtan Lake Park have yet to return.
The mass movement of people may cause the virus to spread in certain areas, said Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at China’s Center for Disease Control. But a large-scale COVID-19 surge will be unlikely in the next two or three months because about 80% of the country’s 1.4 billion people have been infected during the recent wave, he wrote on the social media platform Weibo on Saturday.
The center reported 12,660 COVID-19-related deaths between Jan. 13 and 19, including 680 cases of respiratory failure caused by the virus and 11,980 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19. These are on top of 60,000 fatalities reported last week since early December. The statement on Saturday said the deaths occurred in hospitals, which means anyone who died at home would not be included in the tally.
China has counted only deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a narrow definition that excludes many deaths that would be attributed to COVID-19 in much of the world.
In Hong Kong, revelers flocked to the city’s largest Taoist temple, Wong Tai Sin, to burn the first incense sticks of the year. The popular ritual was suspended the last two years due to the pandemic.
Traditionally, big crowds gather before 11 p.m. on Lunar New Year’s Eve, with everyone trying to be the first, or among the first, to put their incense sticks into the stands in front of the temple’s main hall. Worshippers believe those who are among the first to place their incense sticks will stand the best chance of having their prayers answered.
Resident Freddie Ho, who visited the temple on Saturday night, was happy that he could join the event in person.
“I hope to place the first incense stick and pray that the New Year brings world peace, that Hong Kong’s economy will prosper, and that the pandemic will go away from us and we can all live a normal life,” Ho said. “I believe this is what everyone wishes.”
Meanwhile, the crowds praying for good fortune at the historic Longshan Temple in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, were smaller than a year ago even as the pandemic has eased. That is partly because many had ventured to other parts of Taiwan or overseas on long-awaited trips.
As communities across Asia welcomed the Year of the Rabbit, the Vietnamese were celebrating the Year of the Cat instead. There’s no official answer to explain the difference. But one theory suggests cats are popular because they often help Vietnamese rice farmers to chase away rats.
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Leung reported from Hong Kong. Associated Press journalists Henry Hou, Olivia Zhang in Beijing, Alice Fung in Hong Kong and Taijing Wu in Taipei, Taiwan contributed to this report.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. , May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new position paper published today by the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) outlines disparities in healthcare that affect patients with heart failure, including race and ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and social determinants of health. The statement also presents actions that can be taken to address those disparities at the individual, institutional, community and population levels.
Heart failure (HF) is the most common cause of hospitalization in patients over age 65, with 5-year mortality as high as 75% in patients with a prior hospitalization. These statistics are particularly sobering when you consider that HF disproportionately affects Black, Hispanic, and other vulnerable individuals wherein social determinants of health are barriers to receipt of guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) as well as advanced HF therapies such as heart transplantation (HT) and left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
"As the prevalence of heart failure continues to rise, we must address healthcare disparities in order to improve care for all those living with this devastating disease," said lead author Alanna Morris MD, MSc. "This position paper identifies key areas where data suggest inequities exist and sets forth objectives and measures that should be used to help mitigate these disparities going forward."
Published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure (JCF), this position paper by HFSA specifically focuses on racial and ethnic disparities within HF and the role of healthcare societies and systems to help mitigate healthcare disparities. Some of the solutions to eliminate healthcare disparities for patients with HF include providers eliminating racism, bias, and/or microaggressions; price transparency and improved access for GDMT and device therapies in health systems; equal opportunities for promotion/leadership; and diversity in editorial boards [Fig. 3].
"HFSA is committed to promoting equitable systems of care for all people with heart failure, regardless of their identity or circumstances," said Mark Drazner, MD, MSc, FHFSA, HFSA President. "Through this position paper and other recent initiatives, we will work to achieve a world in which everyone with heart failure has access to the best possible care."
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.04.008
Morris A, et al. J Card Fail 2022
About the Heart Failure Society of America
The Heart Failure Society of America, Inc. (HFSA) represents the first organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient care. The mission of HFSA is to provide a platform to improve and expand heart failure care through collaboration, education, innovation, research, and advocacy. HFSA members include physicians, scientists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, trainees, other healthcare workers and patients. For more information, visit hfsa.org.
About the Journal of Cardiac Failure
The Journal of Cardiac Failure publishes peer-reviewed manuscripts of interest to clinicians and researchers in the field of heart failure and related disciplines. These include original communications of scientific importance and review articles involving clinical research, health services and outcomes research, animal studies, and bench research with potential clinical applications to heart failure. The Journal also publishes manuscripts that report the design of ongoing clinical trials and editorial perspectives that comment on new developments pertinent to the field of heart failure or manuscripts published in other journals.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
9-3-0
(nine, three, zero)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
9-3-0
(nine, three, zero) | 2022-06-13T03:51:49+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17237196.php |
If you missed this week’s edition of the FOX8 Friday Football Frenzy live on TV, you can see all the highlights from the show here. The Game of the Week, featuring Southern Guilford vs. Eastern Guilford is in the player above. Highlights from all other games are below.
Ledford vs. Oak Grove
Mount Tabor vs. Glenn
Southwest Guilford vs. Grimsley
Randleman vs. Southwestern Randolph
Eastern Randolph vs. Providence Grove
Walkertown vs. McMichael
Page vs. Northern Guilford
Davie County vs. West Forsyth
East Forsyth vs. Reynolds
Northwest Guilford vs. Ragsdale
Rockingham County vs. Dudley
Reidsville vs. West Stokes
Forbush vs. East Surry
Atkins vs. Northeast Guilford
South Davidson vs. East Davidson
North Davidson vs. Asheboro | 2022-10-15T04:44:25+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/sports/friday-night-football/game-of-the-week/highlights-from-week-9-of-the-fox8-friday-football-frenzy-2/ |
Leading Home Service Franchise Group Achieved Strong Development in 2022, Acquiring Four New Home Service Brands and Experiencing a 15% Increase in System-Wide Revenue
COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Authority Brands announced today that it achieved significant success in 2022, acquiring four strong home-service brands and experiencing a jump in year-over-year growth across its entire brand portfolio. With the addition of Woofie's, DRYmedic Restoration Services, The Junkluggers, and Color World Painting, Authority Brands celebrated its fifth year in business by continuing to build a portfolio of brands that perfectly complement each other and are committed to being the best in their industry.
"At Authority Brands we firmly believe in supporting each franchisee's growth. We offer unparalleled marketing programs and support, top-of-the-line technology in each brand's respective industry; playbooks and formulas for operational and financial success and other resources aimed at driving strong returns for our franchisees. Our success in 2022 is a strong testament to these efforts," said Craig Donaldson, Chief Executive Officer of Authority Brands. "Our team is looking forward to building on this incredible momentum as we venture through 2023. We have big plans that include looking for new opportunities that will expand our footprint with up-and-coming home service brands."
Highlights of the success and milestones these brands achieved include:
- America's Swimming Pool opened 12 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 13% YoY growth
- Benjamin Franklin Plumbing opened 8 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 8% YoY growth
- The Cleaning Authority opened 14 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 16% YoY growth
- Color World Paining opened 10 new franchises and broke previous same store revenue records with 8% YoY growth
- Homewatch CareGivers opened 10 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 10% YoY growth
- The Junkluggers opened 16 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 14% YoY growth
- Mister Sparky opened 8 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 21% YoY growth
- Monster Tree Service opened 6 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 19% YoY growth
- Mosquito Squad opened 4 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 13% YoY growth
- One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning opened 14 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 16% YoY growth
- STOP Restoration broke previous revenue records with 16% YoY growth
- Woofie's opened 10 new franchises and broke previous revenue records with 40% YoY growth
Combined, the Authority Brands franchise brands operate more than 2,000 locations with an expansive network of more than 1,000 franchise owners. Authority Brands' family of franchise companies include leading home service brands America's Swimming Pool Company, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, The Cleaning Authority, Color World Painting, DoodyCalls, DRYmedic Restoration Services, Homewatch CareGivers, The Junkluggers, Mister Sparky, Monster Tree Service, Mosquito Squad, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Screenmobile, STOP Restoration, and Woofie's.
Authority Brands is looking to expand with qualified franchisees across the United States. To learn more about franchising opportunities within the Authority Brands portfolio, please visit: https://www.authoritybrands.com/franchising/.
About Authority Brands
Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands' companies include 14 leading home service franchise brands: America's Swimming Pool Company, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, The Cleaning Authority, Color World Painting, DoodyCalls, DRYmedic Restoration Services, Homewatch CareGivers, The Junkluggers, Mister Sparky, Monster Tree Service, Mosquito Squad, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Screenmobile, STOP Restoration, and Woofie's. Together, these brands provide home services through more than 2,000 territories operated by more than 1,000 franchise owners. Authority Brands is dedicated to supporting individual franchise owner growth by providing strong marketing, technology, and operational support. See www.authoritybrands.com for more information.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — College football coaches are pushing for changes to NCAA rules to help stabilize rosters depleted by transfers.
The proposals would lift the yearly cap on how many players a school can sign and create designated windows in which a player must enter the transfer portal and retain immediate eligibility.
Support for the changes appear to be gaining “momentum.”
Todd Berry, the executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said Tuesday after a meeting of the group’s board of directors that the changes would help bring some order to what has become a chaotic time in college football.
The coaches’ proposal would scrap the current cap that limits schools to signing 25 players per year. Those players can be either high school recruits or transfers. The overall scholarship cap of 85 would remain in place.
The problem is, Berry said, a large number of players transferring out can leave rosters well short of 85 scholarship players if only 25 can be signed in a single year.
“We’ve always been real supportive of (the yearly cap) because we felt like that it had some controls to it, but we’re in kind of in an uncontrollable space right now,” Berry said. “For the health and safety of our athletes, not being able to try to get to an 85 number at the FBS level, that’s hard.”
The proposed transfer windows would require football players to enter the portal from the final Sunday in November until the early signing date in mid-December or from April 15 to May 1.
Berry said both coaches and players would benefit from more certainty.
“When you have an open portal like that, it’s hard for young people sometimes to make great decisions because they don’t know the impacts of their move. They don’t know what their competition is at another school, they don’t know about competition coming into their own program,” said the former head coach at Louisiana-Monroe and Army.
The NCAA changed its rules last year to allow all college football players to transfer one time as undergraduates without sitting out a season at the new school.
That move, along with lifting a ban on athletes being compensate for their names, images and likenesses, has created unprecedented transfer movement in major college football.
The number of FBS football players entering their names in the transfer portal in 2021 was 1,427, up from 896 in 2020, according to the NCAA.
Ohio State football coach Ryan Day doesn’t have any concerns filling out his roster, but can see how problems doing so can quickly mount for a coach. Especially, one taking over a program. Coaching changes tend to trigger transfers.
“For some programs, and certainly for guys who are going into new spots, that’s almost an impossible feat if you only 25 spots to fill,” Day said. “So what are they supposed to do?”
West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons, who is the chairman of the NCAA Division I Council and also part of the NCAA’s Division I transformation committee, said he would like to see the changes go through the legislative process instead of a temporary waiver being passed.
“There’s a lot of momentum going into it,” Lyons said of the proposals.
He added that he believes the changes could in place by the upcoming football season.
“You can even put a caveat on it, saying we’re going to lift the cap limit and go to 85 scholarships, and we’re going to continue looking for two years and then come back and revisit it,” Lyons said. “And maybe it’s working in two years. Maybe it’s not.”
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More AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://twitter.com.AP_Top25 | 2022-05-04T10:53:37+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/momentum-for-dumping-yearly-scholarship-limits-in-football/ |
Greece is making hundreds of beaches wheelchair-friendly, according to reports.
The country is tapping the Greek-designed Seatrac to offer free, unassisted sea access to people with disabilities and mobility issues through its innovative beach ramps.
According to the Greek Reporter, officials at a press conference said a total of 287 beaches across Greece will be fully accessible with features like wheelchair-friendly parking and bathroom and changing facilities. Ramps and corridors to sun loungers and refreshment bars will also be installed.
Of those, officials said 147 beaches have already undergone the transformations to make them more accessible.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said the project, which will cost around $16 million, will be funded by the European Union and national resources, according to the Greek Reporter.
"Equal access to the sea is an inalienable human right," Kikilias said at the press conference.
Greece has been making strides in creating more wheelchair accessible spaces. Despite pushback from archaeologists, the country recently added concrete pathways to the Acropolis.
SEE MORE: More than 30 years after ADA, cities fail to be accessible
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-15T20:21:10+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/greece-is-making-hundreds-of-beaches-wheelchair-accessible |
HOUSTON (AP) — Star slugger Bryce Harper could return to the Philadelphia Phillies lineup as early as Tuesday if an exam on his surgically repaired right elbow goes well.
On Monday in Los Angeles, the two-time National League MVP will visit Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who performed Tommy John surgery on Harper last November.
“It’ll be tomorrow and then we’ll see what happens,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Sunday. “I don’t think, just talking with Harp, I don’t think he’ll play tomorrow even if he’s cleared. But hopefully, he gets cleared.”
The Phillies open at three-game series at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
If Harper returns Tuesday, it would be significantly ahead of the timetable offered soon after he had surgery on Nov. 23. He was initially expected to return around the All-Star break.
Harper, who has been facing pitching for a few weeks, will be the team’s designated hitter when he gets back.
“He’s pretty geeked up about getting out there and playing,” Thomson said. “He’s itching.”
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-01T11:57:55+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/us-world-sports/harper-could-return-to-phillies-lineup-tuesday-at-dodgers/ |
Urban League of Greater Atlanta hosts its Centennial+ Celebration featuring Anthony Hamilton
ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Urban League of Greater Atlanta (ULGA) will host its Centennial+ Celebration on Friday, December 9 at 8 p.m. to honor 100+ years of serving the Atlanta community.
The Urban League of Greater Atlanta was founded in 1920 as an affiliate of the National Urban League to support the multitude of African American families migrating from the rural communities of Georgia to the newly industrialized city of Atlanta during segregated times.
Today, 102 years later, ULGA, led by CEO Nancy Flake Johnson, strives to continue serving as an advocate for education, civic engagement, economic development, and a voice for the underserved in the Atlanta community.
The celebration will include a Reception, Program, and Concert featuring Anthony Hamilton and Afterglow
The Urban League of Greater Atlanta is a dedicated person-to-person organization invested in the civil rights, economic success, and overall well-being of people who have been oppressed and marginalized. We coach our clients to a better life by focusing on six fundamental tenets: Education and Job Skills Training; Employment, Careers, and Entrepreneurship; Housing and Community Development; Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation; Youth Empowerment; and Policy and Legislative Affairs. The League began operating in Atlanta in 1920. Please visit www.ulgatl.org for more information about the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.
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Puzzling highway death part of West Virginia police probe
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man who died after struggling with law enforcement on a West Virginia interstate was hit by a trooper’s Taser, a police official said Tuesday in disclosing new details of one of a series of incidents that prompted Gov. Jim Justice to order a sweeping investigation of State Police.
State Police Capt. Eric Burnett in Charles Town confirmed a Taser was used on Edmond Exline, 45, of Hagerstown, Maryland, who died at a hospital after the Feb. 12 incident near Martinsburg.
A State Police news release cited by news outlets at the time said Exline was walking along the interstate when he got in a “struggle” with troopers, became unresponsive and later was pronounced dead at a hospital.
“He ran into traffic and wouldn’t listen to any commands from the trooper,” Burnett said Tuesday. “That’s something I probably don’t want to get into right now. I don’t want to get too far into this because we’re still doing a full investigation into it and I don’t want to taint anything.”
Exline’s cause of death hasn’t been released. It’s unclear whether he was having a medical or other type of episode, and Burnett said his office has not received the results of an autopsy and blood analysis. Three troopers remain on paid administrative leave as investigations continue, he said.
The Republican governor on Monday called the death alarming and cited that and two separate incidents involving State Police in announcing the investigation. The same day, Justice accepted the resignation of State Police Superintendent Jan Cahill.
Justice said he watched the police video of the Exline encounter and that it was “very, very concerning.”
Still unanswered was why Exline was on the interstate, including whether he had been in a vehicle.
“I guess the best thing for me to say is I don’t want to cast judgment on this guy,” Burnett said. “The best thing for someone to do once it comes out, and it’s going to come out, is to view the video and people can make their own determination as to how he was acting. I don’t want to speculate on anything.”
State Police on Tuesday denied a request by The Associated Press to review the video, citing the ongoing investigation.
Justice announced the investigation of State Police on Monday. He said after appointing Jack Chambers, deputy director of the Capitol police, as the interim State Police superintendent in place of Cahill that Exline’s death would be part of the overall review.
Troopers from the same Eastern Panhandle county where Exline died were involved in a November 2018 incident that Justice previously said “cast a dark shadow” on law enforcement.
A police dashcam video showed an officer kicking and punching a handcuffed teenage boy on the ground and kneeling on his shoulder during a traffic stop. State Police said the teen was involved in a crash with a sheriff’s cruiser before a pursuit ensued, his vehicle crashing again before he was apprehended. Two troopers were fired before one of them won his job back. Two sheriff’s deputies also were fired and later reinstated.
The governor said that besides Exline’s death, Chambers also will look into allegations that a State Police employee hid a video camera in the women’s locker room at a State Police facility in Kanawha County and that money was stolen by a trooper from a man at a casino in a Charleston suburb.
“We need to clean up our own houses when we have a problem,” Justice said. “It’s a bad day. It’s been a bad day ever since people started coming out with allegations. And the more we dug, the worse it stunk.”
Justice did not specify when the lockerroom situation occurred but indicated it was several years ago, perhaps before Cahill took over, and that the employee involved has since died.
Justice said three troopers eventually found a thumb drive “and from that they found the video.” At least one of the troopers “jerked the thumb drive out, threw it to the floor and started stomping on it,” destroying the evidence.
Justice acknowledged that “maybe we won’t be able to recover much information. Maybe many troopers are long gone. Maybe there’s no way to recover evidence. But we ought to try, because we’re better than this.”
In the casino incident, a man was playing a video machine with a trooper close by, Justice said. As the man got up to go to the restroom, an envelope with him fell out of his seat. The trooper picked up the envelope and kept the money inside.
The governor said State Police should have immediately begun a investigation, but “we didn’t do that.” The governor did not specify whether the trooper was disciplined.
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Lawmakers hopeful for downtown hotel high-rise
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis is moving forward with plans to secure $625 million in bonds to construct a new hotel at Pan Am Plaza. The city believes it can secure the funding at a lower rate on the bond market.
“To the taxpayers at home, (this plan has) been manipulated and said to them that taxpayers are going to be on the line for this project if the revenue doesn’t support it,” said Jared Evans, a Democrat on the City-County Council. “That is a lie. The bonds that are paying for this project are non-recourse revenue bonds.”
This project was originally going to be privately funded through Kite Realty Group, but when Kite told the city it was unable to secure funds, the city took over the project.
Republicans on the council opposed the project.
Republican Minority Leader for the City-County Council Brian Mowery said, “I understand the implications of not doing this project however, it’s the idea of the city owning a hotel and then competing directly against the private sector that has me concerned and voting against this proposal.”
The hotel will be an 800-room four-star hotel across the street from the convention center.
Kristin Jones, a council Democrat, says that this hotel will help Indianapolis join the ranks of the top host cities in the nation.
“We’re going to be a top host city in this nation, and we can have those innovative ideas that all of my colleagues have brought forth. This administration and these partners, they’re listening and they’re listening to you,” Jones said.
The proposal to obtain the bond funding passed 20 to 5 in the full council meeting on Monday. After the vote, Mayor Joe Hogsett issued a statement in favor of the move, while Republicans criticized the quickness and lack of transparency. | 2023-06-07T03:01:08+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/lawmakers-hopeful-for-downtown-hotel-high-rise/ |
Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis & its iConquerMS People-Powered Research Network to Collaborate with Quest Diagnostics and the National MS Society to Launch COVER-MS Sub-Study of Immune Responses to COVID-19 Vaccinations
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelerated Cure Project (ACP, www.acceleratedcure.org) for multiple sclerosis (MS), with its iConquerMS™ People-Powered Research Network (www.iConquerMS.org) initiative, is collaborating with Quest Diagnostics and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (www.nationalMSsociety.org) to study immune response to COVID-19 vaccinations of people living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
"Understanding the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine doses in a longer-term study in people with MS will provide tremendous insights into not only optimal vaccine dosing for this population, but it will shed light on how vaccines may affect people with immune disorders or who are taking immunomodulatory therapies," says Bruce Bebo, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Research, National MS Society. "We have had a long and productive collaboration with Accelerated Cure Project and its iConquerMS network and we're looking forward to working with them and with Quest Diagnostics on this important project."
This research project is a sub-study of the larger COVID-19 VaccinE Response in MS Project (COVER-MS Project). Suggested by members of the iConquerMS community through the "Our Questions Have Power" initiative in which members can suggest and vote on research questions, COVER-MS is designed to gain real-world data on the effects of COVID-19 vaccination in people with MS via patient-reported survey data. The project will involve 300 sub-study participants from the 1600 COVER-MS project participants.
Quest Diagnostics will provide several services to support the research initiative, including SARS-CoV-2 serological IgG antibody and T-Cell testing to determine COVID-19 immune response in the study participants.
In addition, the study will employ a decentralized clinical trial model by which Quest's national network of more than 2,100 patient service centers will enable participants to conveniently provide periodic blood specimens.
This unique collaboration between ACP and its iConquerMS initiative, Quest Diagnostics, and the National MS Society will provide proof-of-concept for a model of decentralized biological studies that is convenient, easy, and economical for researchers and participants alike. This model can be applied to future real-world research studies aiming to enroll a broad cross-section of participants, in terms of geographical location as well as clinical and demographic characteristics.
"We are thrilled to contribute our expertise in neuroimmunology and COVID-19 to this important research effort focused on yielding insight into the unique COVID-19 disease risks facing patients with MS. Quest's national network of patient service centers will enable the research team to ease the process of recruiting and retaining participants, surmounting a major challenge of clinical trials and other scientific research," said Michael Racke, M.D., Medical Director, Neurology, Quest Diagnostics, a renowned expert in neurology who has authored over 200 peer reviewed studies on MS.
Past experience has clearly demonstrated that the medications people take to treat MS, rheumatoid arthritis, and other immune-mediated inflammatory diseases may affect immune responses to vaccines such as those for influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia. As COVID-19 is likely to remain endemic across the world, it is imperative to understand in detail the effects of, and persistence of responses to, vaccination in people with MS and how best to vaccinate patients who are immunosuppressed, particularly those taking immunomodulatory therapies for their conditions.
The larger COVER-MS project has been operating for a year and is still enrolling participants. Initial results from this study, published this year in Neurology: Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation,1 encompassed local and systemic reactions to vaccine doses. However, it is not known how strong and how persistent an immune response the body actually mounts following multiple vaccine doses over an extended period of time in people with MS treated with different MS medicines. The future effectiveness of these vaccines as COVID-19 variants evolve is also unknown.
This goal of the study is to learn how the number and timing of vaccine doses effects antibody levels and duration in MS patients to help guide recommendations for protecting this vulnerable population.
"As a person with MS who is treated with an immunomodulator that may affect antibody formation, I want to know how well the COVID-19 vaccines promote antibody development and how long they last compared with people who don't have MS," says Phyllis Klein, Ph.D., R.N., Co-Chair of the COVER-MS Steering Committee. "Knowing this could tell us if we need to change intervals between boosters and perhaps eventually help determine the optimal booster dosing for people with MS."
Reference:
- Briggs FBS et al. COVID-19 Vaccination Reactogenicity in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2022;9:31104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000001104
About Accelerated Cure Project
ACP (www.acceleratedcure.org) is a patient-founded non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating research efforts to improve the health, healthcare and quality of life of people affected by MS. The organization promotes scientific collaboration and accelerates research by rapidly and cost-effectively providing researchers worldwide with people, data and biosample resources they need to explore novel research ideas that can lead to cures and better care for people living with MS. The major programs of Accelerated Cure Project are the ACP Repository, the iConquerMS™ People-Powered Research Network and the MS Minority Research Engagement Partnership Network.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Adam Scott felt he was playing well enough that he should start seeing some better scores at some point. That moment appears to have arrived at just the right time.
Scott put together another tidy round Friday except for one hole — a double bogey on the 17th — for a 2-under 69 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the BMW Championship.
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler opened with three straight birdies and then cooled for 67, while Jordan Spieth’s hopes for a bogey-free round ended by a few inches when his tee shot caught the sticky first cut instead of the fairway. His bogey gave him a 67.
They were one shot behind, along with Cameron Young (68) and Corey Conners (67).
Scott, who was at 8-under 134, wasn’t sure how much golf would be on is plate in August. He was No. 77 in the FedEx Cup, not assured of even making it to the BMW Championship, until a tie for fifth last week in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener.
That was enough of a spark, and now he’s looking to cash in as one of the top 30 players who make it to the FedEx Cup finale next week in Atlanta for the Tour Championship.
“I’m in great shape going into the weekend. I don’t even know when the last time I led a tournament was,” Scott said.
He won at Riviera in 2020. His last 36-hole lead was at Doral for a World Golf Championship in 2016, which he went on to win.
“I certainly haven’t had my best stuff for quite a while. It’s been a battle for sure,” he said. “But that’s how this game is. I’d like to make the most of this position now over the next 36 holes.”
A brief look behind would remind him it won’t be easy, and the Australian knows this.
Spieth has looked solid over two days at Wilmington Country Club, with only one bogey in each round. He missed the cut last week and feels his postseason didn’t start until Monday when he arrived at Wilmington. That’s not just about trying to erase a bad memory.
Spieth headed to southern tip of Baja California after the British Open, wanting a break before the hectic finish to the season. One problem. Upon returning to Dallas, every course he plays was closed, and his only option was hitting from a stall in a practice facility.
Only when he arrived in Tennessee last week did he realize his swing had stayed on vacation, and his coach wasn’t available to join him until Delaware. He turned it around quickly.
“I feel like I’m doing everything good, nothing spectacular, but I feel like in every facet of my game, it’s trending and improving, and I know what to do to get it better and better,” Spieth said. “Certainly feels really good. Coming into the weekend, it’s a good opportunity to just have a lot of trust, focus on trying to win this golf tournament, not think about next week.”
Scheffler also missed the cut last week and joined Spieth and others at Pine Valley on Sunday. And then he opened with three short birdies, didn’t make too many mistakes the rest of the way and will be in the final group with Scott on Saturday.
Conner is at No. 29 and is in a great spot to protect his position for East Lake. Young seems to play great every week — twice contending in majors, five runner-up finishes for the season. One win would tick a lot of boxes on his list of goals.
Xander Schauffele holed out with a wedge on the 17th hole for an eagle and a 69, and he was in he group two shots behind that included defending champion Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy, who chipped in for birdie on his final hole for another 68.
Scott didn’t get a finish quite that good. He was sailing along on a warm, breezy afternoon when he pushed his tee shot near a tree. The lie was clean, but his punch shot toward the fairway hung up in rough. From there he didn’t reach the green or get up-and-down, and all that meant a double bogey.
“It’s a good reminder for the weekend that I’ve really got to keep it under control and don’t want to have too many get off the map and get out of position around here,” Scott said.
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Fabuloso is a popular household cleaning product manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive.
Millions of people use the fragrant multi-purpose cleaner to remove dirt and grime on hard surfaces in their homes.
Recent online searches show some people are wondering if Fabuloso has been recalled.
THE QUESTION
Is there a recall on Fabuloso cleaner?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, there is a recall on certain Fabuloso multi-purpose cleaners in the U.S. due to a risk of exposure to bacteria.
WHAT WE FOUND
There is currently a recall on certain bottles of Fabuloso multi-purpose cleaner in the United States and Canada due to a risk of exposure to bacteria, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada.
On Feb. 8, Colgate-Palmolive issued a voluntary recall on about 4.9 million bottles of its Fabuloso multi-purpose cleaner in the U.S., and around 56,000 bottles in Canada. The company cited a “risk of bacteria growth” in the recalled products because a “preservative was not added at the intended levels during manufacturing.”
Colgate-Palmolive said the recalled products may contain Pseudomonas species bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens, which are environmental organisms found widely in soil and water. The bacteria can enter the body if inhaled, through the eyes or through a break in the skin and potentially cause an infection.
People with weakened immune systems, external medical devices or underlying lung conditions who are exposed to Pseudomonas bacteria face a risk of serious infection that may require medical treatment, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
“Symptoms of a pseudomonas infection depend on where the infection is,” Kaiser Permanente says on its website. “But all pseudomonas infections can make you very sick if they spread through the bloodstream. A serious infection can cause symptoms of high fever, chills, confusion, and shock.”
The following Fabuloso multi-purpose cleaners are included in this recall. The affected batches have a manufacturing (lot) code whose first 8 digits begin with 2348US78 through 2365US78 and 3001US78 through 3023US78.
Lavender Scent
- Fabuloso Original Multi-Purpose Cleaner, Lavender Scent, 22 FL OZ
- Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner 2X Concentrated Formula, Lavender Scent, 56 FL OZ, 128 FL OZ, 169 FL OZ
- Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner, Lavender Scent, 210 FL OZ; 1.65L (Canada Only)
- Fabuloso Professional All Purpose Cleaner & Degreaser, Lavender Scent, 1 GALLON
Refreshing Lemon Scent
- Fabuloso Original Multi-Purpose Cleaner, Refreshing Lemon Scent, 22 FL OZ
- Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner 2X Concentrated Formula, Refreshing Lemon Scent, 33.8 FL OZ, 56 FL OZ, 128 FL OZ and 169 FL OZ
Passion of Fruits Scent
- Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner 2X Concentrated Formula, Passion of Fruits Scent, 33.8 FL OZ, 56 FL OZ, 128 FL OZ and 169 FL OZ
Spring Fresh Scent
- Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner Bleach Alternative 2X Concentrated Formula, Spring Fresh Scent, 56 FL OZ
Ocean Scent
- Fabuloso Professional All Purpose Cleaner & Degreaser, Ocean Scent, 1 GALLON
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says many of the recalled cleaners were sold online at Amazon.com, and in-store at Dollar General, Family Dollar, The Home Depot, Sam’s Club, Walmart and other major retailers nationwide from December 2022 through January 2023.
If you purchased any of the recalled Fabuloso multi-purpose cleaners, you should stop using them immediately and contact Colgate-Palmolive to request a full refund or a free replacement product. The consumer recall form can be found at www.fabuloso.com/recall.
To receive a refund or replacement, consumers should take a picture of the recalled cleaner’s UPC and lot code, and dispose of the product in its container. The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns against emptying out the recalled cleaner before throwing it away.
As of Feb. 9, no incidents of bacteria exposure or injuries have been reported in relation to the current recall. No other Fabuloso products are impacted by this recall.
For more information on the recalled products, visit www.fabuloso.com/recall. | 2023-02-09T22:42:17+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/verify/health-verify/fabuloso-multi-purpose-cleaner-recall-bacteria-exposure-risk-fact-check/536-595f1668-21a4-40a4-bfeb-fc193dd2003c |
Since their historic drubbing in last month’s election, Maryland Republican leaders have talked about rebuilding and reunifying a party whose infighting, disorganization and taste for extremist candidates have seemingly doomed its near-term appeal to many of the state’s voters.
Instead, the state convention is serving as a showcase for acrimony that runs deeper than even many Republicans realized. It has brought to the fore a bitter rift between failed gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox and his running mate, Gordana Schifanelli, who is seeking to become the state party’s chairwoman over Cox’s opposition.
It has turned Republican leaders against one another over a subject that has been at the core of GOP messaging in recent years: election integrity. Schifanelli and others seeking party officer positions say current Republican leaders have manipulated the rules to prevent them from fairly competing for votes, a charge the outgoing GOP chairman denies.
Such internal machinations are typically ignored by most voters, said Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics at Goucher College. But the party apparatus that emerges this weekend will be responsible for trying to reverse the GOP’s path to irrelevance in Maryland.
To do that, Kromer said, the state party’s foremost task will be to recruit and develop candidates capable of competing in a state where Democrats have a greater than 2-to-1 registration advantage. Some of the more promising figures in that mold, including county executive candidates in Anne Arundel and Frederick counties, suffered narrow defeats last month that some blame on the deeply unpopular figures at the top of the Republican ticket.
“They have a problem with this convention, obviously,” Kromer said. “But the biggest problem they’re facing is just a decimated bench of political talent.”
The turmoil in Maryland’s GOP comes after eight years in which Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who is stepping down because of term limits, enjoyed broad popularity. Yet many in the party’s base turned against Hogan during his final years in office, repulsed by the governor’s criticism of former president Donald Trump and, in some cases, his pandemic mitigation policies.
Hogan’s preferred successor, Kelly Schulz, lost the Republican gubernatorial primary to Cox, a backbench freshman lawmaker who had helped organize buses to D.C. on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and attended a conference in Pennsylvania that promoted the discredited QAnon extremist ideology. Hogan called Cox a “whack job.”
Also at the top of the Republican ticket were Schifanelli — a lawyer from Queen Anne’s County who helped lead the campaign against a Black schools superintendent who supported the Black Lives Matter movement — and attorney general nominee Michael Anthony Peroutka, who once led a neo-Confederate group in singing “Dixie,” which he called “the national anthem.”
All three were defeated by their Democratic opponents in a landslide. Cox and Schifanelli lost by more than 32 points.
In addition to Schifanelli, two other candidates are now seeking the party chair position: Nicole Beus Harris, a political consultant who is married to conservative Rep. Andy Harris (R), and Baltimore County Republican activist Tim Fazenbaker.
Many Maryland politics-watchers did a double-take last month when Cox endorsed Harris instead of Schifanelli, who had run alongside him as a candidate for lieutenant governor. But Schifanelli herself said in an interview that it came as no surprise.
“That’s who Dan Cox is,” she said, describing her former running mate as someone who frequently changes his allegiances and positions. “It’s a behavioral issue.”
Schifanelli said Cox frequently bristled at her lack of submissiveness during the campaign and that his move to back Harris arose from an “infantile tantrum” over their huge loss, which she said he blamed on her.
“The bottom line is, it was all my fault that he lost the election, because of my insubordination, among other things,” Schifanelli said, describing Cox’s views. Their relationship soured well before the general election, she said, and for much of the campaign the running mates rarely spoke to each other.
Cox did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Schifanelli and several allies running for state party offices are facing another challenge: Their nomination paperwork was rejected by state party officials, who said it arrived late. That means Schifanelli will have to convince committee members to allow floor nominations at Saturday’s convention if she is to have a chance at running the Maryland GOP.
An email shared with The Washington Post shows that Hollis Albert, a GOP activist and playground safety inspector, submitted the nomination paperwork for Schifanelli and five other office-seekers at 6:58 p.m. on Nov. 9. The deadline was 5 p.m. A committee did not actually meet to review and approve the candidates for state party offices until Nov. 20, according to party emails.
In an email to county central committee members — who vote for officers at the convention — outgoing party chairman Dirk Haire wrote that there had been “ample notice” of the nominating procedures in a convention packet distributed ahead of time and that “the deadline doesn’t ‘sneak up’ on anyone.” He said candidates whose paperwork wasn’t accepted could seek to open nominations from the floor, which can happen with a two-thirds vote.
Schifanelli said there is no specific reference to a time or date for the nomination deadline in the state party’s bylaws and that she should be eligible for the same consideration as her competitors.
“I told everyone I will not be accepting nominations from the floor, because I am not a floor mop,” she said.
Haire did not return calls. In an email to party central committee members a few days after the election, announcing that he would not run for another term as chairman, he said he hoped party officials “will set aside personal agendas and grievances and find a way to work together to elect all of our Republican nominees, and stop with the counterproductive and petty nonsense.”
He concluded with a warning about what could happen otherwise.
“If, instead, you insist on continuing with the circular firing squad, you can be certain that we will continue to have losses in voter registration,” he wrote, “and be unable to compete effectively in meaningful races in swing districts and statewide.”
Erin Cox contributed to this report. | 2022-12-08T11:11:49+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/08/maryland-gop-dan-cox-schifanelli/ |
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Two summers ago, Hurricane Laura wrecked Betty Swope’s modest bungalow at the edge of Lake Charles, a city surrounded by oil refineries in southwest Louisiana. The Federal Emergency Management Agency helped at first, paying for Swope and her son Adrian to stay in hotels, then putting a trailer in their yard and providing $7,000 toward fixing their house.
But that covered a fraction of what repairs would cost Swope, who is 74 and, like many storm survivors, lacked insurance. FEMA denied her appeals for more help. And although Congress approved extra funds for victims of Hurricane Laura, that money has yet to reach Louisiana almost two years after the disaster.
While Swope sought money to rebuild, her son, paralyzed decades earlier in a diving accident, increasingly struggled. Adrian’s room was too small to maneuver into his wheelchair, so he was confined to his bed. Over time, both his spirit and his body deteriorated.
In November, 15 months after Hurricane Laura pushed him out of his home, Adrian died. He was 47. The coroner’s report cited complications from paraplegia, but Swope blamed his isolated life in the trailer. “If we were able to get one room fixed in the house,” she said, “he would have been here still today.”
As the United States struggles to protect its citizens against the worsening effects of climate change, returning survivors to their homes after hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters has emerged as a particular failure. Money, it turns out, is not the problem. Instead, agencies are hamstrung by rules that often make little sense, even to the officials in charge.
The result is a growing class of displaced Americans, a version of domestic climate refugees, scattered across motel rooms and trailer parks, an expanding archipelago of loss.
After a disaster, the two agencies chiefly responsible for helping victims are FEMA, which focuses on emergency shelter and limited home repairs, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which funds long-term rebuilding. But those programs were designed in an earlier time before climate change made disasters more frequent and severe, and they are impeded now by a lack of planning and coordination.
That breakdown is reshaping many American communities: Without affordable options for permanent housing, many survivors just leave, hollowing out cities and towns.
The approach is “revictimizing disaster victims,” said Rep. Garret Graves, R-La.
A city remains in tatters
Few places demonstrate the breakdown in America’s post-disaster housing system better than Lake Charles, 30 miles north of the Gulf Coast.
In August 2020, Hurricane Laura made landfall close to Lake Charles as a Category 4 storm, causing widespread destruction. Six weeks later, Hurricane Delta struck in nearly the same spot.
In the spring of 2021, eight months after Laura, President Joe Biden flew to Lake Charles to talk about making America more resilient. “I promise you, we’re going to help you build back better than ever,” he said.
More than a year later, much of Lake Charles remains in tatters.
‘I know that we can do better’ When Hurricane Laura struck, Rene Wimberly owned a mobile home just south of Lake Charles. The storm left the structure unlivable, and Wimberly had no insurance. So she went to sleep on her mother’s couch.
“She’s got a really small house,” Wimberly said. “I had a hard time.” After six months, FEMA offered her a temporary trailer outside the city.
Wimberly was luckier than most: It took 10 months for FEMA to house all the people eligible for help after being displaced by the storm, according to Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter.
Wimberly said she appreciates FEMA’s help. But she thinks there was a cheaper solution.
FEMA provided about $21,000 toward restoring Wimberly’s mobile home, about two-thirds of total repair costs, she said. The agency also paid more than $3,000 a month for her to stay in a trailer west of Lake Charles, where she still lives, Wimberly said — rent that now adds up to about $45,000, and counting.
It might have been better for everyone if FEMA just bought Wimberly a mobile home, which would have eliminated her need to live away from her property for almost two years, she said.
“It would have been easier to do that than all the blood, sweat and tears,” said Wimberly, who has yet to move back in. “And it would have been less cost to them.”
FEMA says its main role is to supply temporary relief, not to fund permanent repairs or buy new homes for disaster survivors.
But installing and then removing a mobile home on private property costs FEMA an average of $232,800, according to the agency. A big chunk of that is for transportation and maintenance, at $30,900, and administrative overhead, at $41,200. If a trailer is situated at an RV park or other commercial site, the average cost is even higher, at $252,600.
That’s far more than constructing a new single-family home in Lake Charles at an average of $165,280, according to Census Bureau data.
Brock Long, who ran FEMA from 2017-19, said there’s a better way to help survivors.
“What if we gave the homeowner $60,000 to do the repairs to their house?” said Long, now executive chairman of Hagerty Consulting, which helps governments and businesses prepare for disasters. “If we repair the house, they can keep some equity.”
In an interview, Deanne Criswell, the current FEMA administrator, said she agreed the agency should pay to repair homes, but it needs permission from Congress. She said FEMA was working on legislative proposals.
“I know that we can do better,” Criswell said.
Limits on temporary housing
The country’s main tool for rebuilding homes is the Disaster Recovery grant program, run by HUD.
In theory, FEMA and HUD could work together to help and then house disaster victims. But the emergency agency typically limits temporary housing for survivors to 18 months, often before states have received recovery funds from HUD.
In Lake Charles, HUD grants for new homes for Hurricane Laura survivors are expected this summer, said Pat Forbes, the Louisiana official responsible for overseeing that money. It could take two years to rebuild the houses, and as long as four years to replace rental housing that was destroyed, he said.
But FEMA has told Hurricane Laura survivors to move out of its trailers by the end of October.
“The biggest problem we have in disaster-recovery funding is the gap between sheltering, if you will, and permanent housing,” said Forbes, head of Louisiana’s Office of Community Development. “It’s ridiculous.”
Part of the delay is Congress, which didn’t provide HUD with money for Hurricane Laura victims until more than a year after the storm. HUD then began a monthslong process of writing rules for spending the money. Louisiana then submitted a plan to meet those rules, but HUD didn’t approve that plan until this month.
Facing a FEMA eviction
The slow pace of reconstruction money hurts people such as Adeline Bertrand, who was living in a rented duplex in Lake Charles when Hurricane Laura hit.
She fled with her two daughters to a series of hotels in Dallas and then Houston. After she ran out of money, one of the hotels let her work as a security guard, “just to try to have a room for me and my girls to sleep.” Her daughter Jazzy was 3 years old, and her daughter Allison was 20.
Last March, after six months without a home, FEMA let Bertrand and her daughters move into a trailer on a gravel lot west of Lake Charles. She got a job nearby, and wants to move her family into an apartment. But the storm decimated the city’s rental housing, causing demand for remaining units to jump, along with rents.
Bertrand’s old two-bedroom duplex cost $1,000 a month; today, a similar apartment is $1,500, she said, more than she can afford. Still, FEMA has told Bertrand that she and her daughters must vacate their trailer by October.
Bertrand is rooted to Lake Charles, where she also cares for her 70-year-old mother. “I just don’t want to leave her,” she said.
‘Then we’ll all be homeless’
Bertrand’s predicament isn’t unusual. Hurricane Laura destroyed the mobile home near Lake Charles that Gwendelyn Robicheaux, 59, shared with her partner, Carrie Beauregard, and their three children.
The family had no insurance; after eight months of staying with relatives, FEMA provided a trailer. The new home is tight, with three small bedrooms and a central space that is kitchen, living room and dining room.
But since the hurricane, the cost of mobile homes in southwest Louisiana has jumped by 50%; replacing their old home is out of reach. Robicheaux works for the school district, and Beauregard receives disability payments; the family doesn’t earn enough to even rent a home.
This past spring, FEMA notified Robicheaux that her family had until October to clear out. “And then we’ll all be homeless,” she said.
FEMA sells most of its vacated mobile homes instead of reusing them. Most are sold for about 10% to 15% of what it cost FEMA to provide them, including hauling, installation and the trailer itself, based on agency data.
FEMA could extend the time that people such as Robicheaux and Bertrand can stay in their trailers. But Criswell, the FEMA administrator, said that wouldn’t be in their best interest.
“By having a set time frame, it gives people that focus,” Criswell said. “We want to help people get on their road to their permanent solution.”
Among those who have already moved out of their FEMA trailer is Swope.
A few months after her son died, FEMA told Swope to start paying $884 in rent or vacate the trailer. Her house wasn’t finished, but Swope’s monthly Social Security check was just $905, so she moved back into the house anyway.
“I mean, make up your mind,” Swope said. “Are you going to help us, or are you going to get all your trailers back?” | 2022-07-23T22:28:39+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/how-the-government-is-failing-americans-uprooted-by-calamity/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Viking Makes History in 28th Annual World's Best Awards
LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel + Leisure readers have voted Viking® (www.viking.com) to the top of its categories for oceans, rivers and expeditions in the 2023 World's Best Awards, which were announced today. Viking was once again named the #1 Ocean Line for ships with 300 to 799 cabins, as well as one of the best river lines. Additionally, Viking's new expedition ships were voted #1 in their first year of operation. Viking is also rated at the top of its categories for oceans, rivers and expeditions by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler. No other cruise line has ever received these same honors by both publications at the same time.
Since 1995, Travel + Leisure, the largest travel magazine brand in the U.S., has invited readers to cast their vote for the World's Best in cruising with considerations in the following features: cabins/facilities, food, service itineraries/destinations, excursions/activities and value. Viking will also be featured in the magazine's World's Best issue, which will be on newsstands in July; the full results of the 28th annual awards can be found at www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best.
"Thank you to the readers of Travel + Leisure for voting us to the top in these awards. We are proud to be named the best across our categories and particularly pleased to be #1 in our first year of operating expeditions," said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. "We are a bit different at Viking, which is why our guests can always expect elegant small ships, with no children, no casinos and no nickel and diming. For more than 25 years we have been dedicated to creating experiences for thinking people. And, we are already searching for better. Onwards."
The announcement follows Viking's continued celebration of its 25th anniversary and its most successful single month of bookings in January 2023, following recent years of strong growth. Since 2020, Viking has welcomed 17 new ships to its fleet—including eight new award-winning Viking Longships on the rivers of Europe; new vessels on the Mekong, Nile and Mississippi rivers; four new, identical ocean ships; and two Polar Class expedition vessels. Viking has also received other new accolades recently, including being voted "Best Cruise Line" by Food & Wine readers in the publication's inaugural Global Tastemakers Awards, "Best River Cruise line" by Women's Health in its inaugural Healthy Travel Awards and "Best for Relaxation, Worldwide" by Men's Health in its 2023 Travel Awards. Viking also dominated Cruise Critic's 2023 Cruisers' Choice Awards, receiving top honors in six categories including "Best Overall Line," "Best River Line," and "Best Dining" for its ocean and expedition voyages.
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2nd escaped inmate captured after breaking out of Philadelphia prison
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal marshals fugitive task force has recaptured the second of two inmates who escaped from a Philadelphia prison earlier this month, a man who had been held on charges in four slayings, authorities said.
Ameen Hurst, 18, was taken into custody at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in west Philadelphia, according to Robert Clark, supervisory deputy of the U.S. Marshals Service in the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Authorities had been working with the family since Tuesday evening to have Hurst surrender, but several deadlines for that to happen had come and gone, Clark said.
Authorities had staked out several locations where Hurst was believed to be hiding, and when a person believed to be him was seen getting into a car with two other family members, officials moved in and arrested him without incident, Clark said. A relative was also detained for questioning, he said
Hurst and Nasir Grant, 24, escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center on May 7 by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard, the Philadelphia Department of Prisons has said. The two men were gone for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing.
Before the escape, Hurst had been held on four counts of murder while Grant was being held on conspiracy drug charges and conspiracy weapons charges. Officials have said the inmates were housed in the same unit, but different cells.
Grant was arrested Thursday night after members of a fugitive task force who were conducting surveillance in an area of North Philadelphia saw him leave a residence dressed as a woman. He was stopped in a car nearby and arrested without incident.
Three people have been charged with aiding the men in their escape.
Michael Abrams, 21, described by a police official as an “associate” of Hurst, was arrested Monday afternoon in Berwyn and faces charges of criminal conspiracy, hindering apprehension, escape and criminal use of a communication facility. Facing similar charges is 21-year-old Xianni Stalling, who is accused of putting Hurst in touch with a potential getaway driver during recorded phone calls he made from jail hours before the escape, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Authorities have also alleged that the escapees were aided by a fellow inmate who’s charged with murder in a brawl outside a famed Philadelphia cheesesteak shop. Thirty-five-year-old Jose Flores-Huerta is charged with criminal conspiracy and escape. He is one of several people charged in the September 2021 death of 28-year-old Isidro Cortez of Queens, New York, outside Pat’s King of Steaks; his attorney has said other suspects were primarily responsible.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-05-17T15:33:13+00:00 | kaaltv.com | https://www.kaaltv.com/news/us-world-news/2nd-escaped-inmate-captured-after-breaking-out-of-philadelphia-prison/ |
Michael Jones scored 25 points to lead the way for St. Thomas Aquinas, No. 4 in NJ.com’s Top 20, as it defeated East Brunswick 89-36 in East Brunswick.
St. Thomas Aquinas held a large 52-20 lead at the half after a 28-9 run in the first quarter and a 24-11 run in the second. It closed the game out with a 21-5 run in the fourth quarter.
Terrell Pitts also had 16 points with Jaden Kelly adding 13 and Jalen Pichardo posting 10.
Matt Mikulka led East Brunswick (1-6) with 14 points.
St. Thomas Aquinas stays undefeated, improving to 9-0.
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(NewsNation) — Fast food chain Taco John’s has been home to Taco Tuesday for 40 years, but now the company is abandoning its claim to the famous phrase. The company is also using the move to draw attention to a nonprofit organization that supports restaurant workers.
Since May, Taco John’s has been involved in a legal battle with rival chain Taco Bell, who challenged the company’s registration of the “Taco Tuesday” saying, which Taco John’s has held since 1989 (in every state except New Jersey). Taco Bell also enlisted the help of basketball star LeBron James, who previously tried to trademark “Taco Tuesday” himself.
“We’ve always prided ourselves on being the home of Taco Tuesday, but paying millions of dollars to lawyers to defend our mark just doesn’t feel like the right thing to do,” Jim Creel, the CEO of Taco John’s, said.
The company has also pledged to donate $40,000 to Children of Restaurant Employees, an organization that provides financial support to food service workers facing a health crisis or disaster.
The amount works out to $100 per Taco John’s location. The company challenged Taco Bell — its “litigious” competitor — to match the pledge, which would work out to about $720,000.
Taco John’s challenged LeBron James, too, to donate fees from his recent Taco Bell advertising campaign to the organization, and invited other fast food chains and local taco shops to take part in solidarity.
The median salary for fast-food workers is just shy of $28,000 per year as of 2022, data presented by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows.
Taco John’s, based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, got its start as a food truck over 50 years ago. “Taco Tuesday,” according to Taco John’s, began with a franchisee in Minnesota coming up with “Taco Twosday” to promote two tacos for 99 cents on a slow day of the week.
The company also suggested that it will continue to use the Taco Tuesday phrase — without the registration symbol — in its promotions, including an in-app two-for-$2 taco deal to help customers celebrate “Taco Tuesday every day.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-07-18T22:57:44+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/taco-johns-abandons-taco-tuesday-trademark-issues-challenge-to-taco-bell/ |
ATLANTA, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pocketbook, a white label embedded financial solution that provides branded banking options to small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), today announced a new digital wallet solution that will allow customers to accept payments directly from their own branded wallet. Pocketbook offers customers an alternative to legacy payment methods that are expensive, slow and built on outdated processing methods. As costs across businesses continue to rise, the growing digital wallet and payments space provides a low-risk, low-cost alternative to card payments that can eat up to 5% of a merchant's profits on every transaction.
Pocketbook is partnering with Bond, the leading embedded finance platform, to enable Pocketbook's SMB clients to offer a seamless experience to their customers by embedding an end-to-end white-label digital wallet hosted on the client's domain or app to complement its core product. Using Bond's Accounts and ACH APIs, Pocketbook digital wallets lower transaction costs through multiple payment methods and create an omni-transactable platform. Customers of these small businesses can send and receive payments from any account and also use the wallet as a store of value.
"After many years in banking at BBVA and at SMB neobank Azlo, I was able to see the needs and desires of SMB owners and operators first hand. Coming out of those experiences we knew that we needed to build a platform that not only addresses affordable and expedited payment processing but also provides the tools and integrations necessary for today's small businesses," said Pocketbook's Co-Founder and CEO, Bryan Crumpler. "After meeting with the Bond team, it was clear we had found the right partners to help us launch and execute the solution we designed quickly."
"We are excited to partner with such an experienced team at Pocketbook and see their digital wallets power transactions across a wide variety of industries," said Bond's General Counsel Jonathan Grayson, who previously worked with the founding team at BBVA.
About Pocketbook
Pocketbook is a payment processing platform that provides branded banking options to small and medium-sized businesses. In addition to processing payments, Pocketbook assists its clients in managing their customer relationships by providing invoicing, vendor payments, a stored value digital wallet, and connections to multiple digital payment methods. Pocketbook was founded in 2022 by a team of banking and fintech veterans and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
About Bond
Bond enables any company to become a fintech. Through Bond's full-stack embedded finance platform, customers can offer personalized and compliant financial products to their end users, with a focus on high-value-add products such as consumer and commercial charge cards. Bond was founded in 2019 by industry veterans from Blackrock, Goldman Sachs, SAP, SoFi, and Twilio, with deep roots in financial services, technology and enterprise software. Bond is a remote-first company, with office locations in San Francisco, New York City and Salt Lake City. Visit http://www.bond.tech to learn more.
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SOURCE Bond Financial Technologies, Inc. | 2023-03-09T18:12:33+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/prnewswire/2023/03/09/pocketbook-launch-branded-finance-solutions-its-smb-clients-partnership-with-bond/ |
Jamie Chadwick, the three-time W Series champion, has at last parlayed her success in the all-women series into a bigger ride.
The British racer on Thursday was selected the driver for Andretti Autosport in the Indy NXT Series next season. Indy NXT is the new name of the rebranded Indy Lights Series, the final step on the ladder system before IndyCar.
Chadwick will make her debut in an American racing series in March, driving the No. 28 for Andretti Autosport with sponsorship from DHL. The 24-year-old will become the first female in 13 years to compete fulltime in the Indy NXT championship.
Chadwick joined the female free-to-enter W Series in its inaugural 2019 season, winning two races and the first of three consecutive championships. She has been a reserve driver for the Williams Formula One team and will continue in that role in 2023.
Despite her success, Chadwick hasn’t landed a bigger ride in F3 or F2 and her break didn’t come until Michael Andretti contacted her and offered a test in an Indy NXT car.
The final three races of this year’s W Series schedule were canceled when funding fell through, but Chadwick still believes the all-female series was the right path for her.
“W Series has always been and will continue to be an opportunity to be racing for every female driver, so for my side I looked at it while perhaps I would have liked to step up maybe earlier, at the same time being able to have that chance to race, get that experience, have that development, seat time… I was constantly learning,” Chadwick told The Associated Press.
“In that sense, I wasn’t frustrated at all. But on the flipside of it, now I’ve had that experience testing in the United States in Indy NXT and this is something I’m really excited about.”
Chadwick is also expected to have an enhanced role as a development driver next season with Williams, which chose American driver Logan Sargeant to fill its open seat on next year’s F1 grid.
“Andretti Autosport is proud to be supporting Jamie alongside DHL,” said Michael Andretti. “Jamie’s successful career speaks for itself, but Indy NXT gives Jamie the opportunity to continue her development in a new type of racing.
“We’ve turned out five Indy NXT champions over the years and look forward to continuing our role in developing new talent.”
Andretti next season will field two drivers it developed in Indy NXT in its IndyCar program: Kyle Kirkwood, the 2021 champion, will return to Andretti after one season in IndyCar driving for A.J. Foyt Racing, and Devlin DeFrancesco is back for a second season.
Chadwick will be teammates in Indy NXT with Hunter McElrea and Louis Foster. She becomes Andretti’s second fulltime female driver alongside Catie Munnings, who competes for Andretti United in the Extreme E Series.
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AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-12-01T15:51:13+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-jamie-chadwick-parlays-w-series-success-into-andretti-ride/ |
BANGKOK (AP) — A model from Myanmar who denounced her country's military rulers last year from the stage of a beauty pageant in Thailand said Friday she fears she may be forced back home.
Thaw Nandar Aung, also known as Han Lay, told The Associated Press by phone that she has been stuck at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport since being denied reentry to Thailand when she arrived Wednesday night from a short trip to Vietnam. She has been living in Thailand but needed to exit and reenter in order to extend her stay.
She said she met Friday with representatives of the United Nations refugee agency in an effort to avoid being sent back to Myanmar, where she fears harsh punishment from the military government she has criticized.
People denied entry to Thailand are usually deported to their last point of departure, but the U.N. agency advised her she would be arrested in Vietnam and then repatriated to Myanmar.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanee Sangrat confirmed in a text message that Thaw Nandar Aung was denied entry into Thailand "due to an issue with her travel document."
"The relevant authorities did not make an arrest and have no plans to send her anywhere at this stage," he said.
Myanmar's military seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and has cracked down heavily on widespread opposition to its rule. It used lethal force to quash demonstrations and has arrested critics, including actors and other celebrities, under various laws with potential penalties ranging from three years' imprisonment to death. In July, authorities executed four activists who were accused of involvement with terrorist activities.
Thaw Nandar Aung said she was charged in absentia in September last year under a section of Myanmar's Penal Code covering sedition for speaking out against the military takeover at the pageant and online. The statute criminalize attempts to "bring into hatred or contempt, or excite or attempt to excite disaffection towards the government," and the military or its personnel, and carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
She said that on arrival in Bangkok, Thai immigration authorities entered her name in their online database and then asked her if she had reported her passport missing in Vietnam, to which she replied "no." She said they then showed her a screen they said indicated there was an Interpol Red Notice out for her, which means the police force of a member country had asked for her to be detained.
It could not be immediately confirmed whether Interpol has posted such a notice. However, Myanmar's military government has unilaterally revoked many of its leading opponents' passports in an effort to restrict their activities.
On Thursday night, Thai police told her that Myanmar police had come to see her, but she declined to meet them, Thaw Nandar Aung said.
Thaw Nandar Aung used her platform as the Myanmar contestant at last year's Miss Grand International beauty pageant in the Thai capital, Bangkok, to speak about the killings of pro-democracy protesters in her homeland.
"Every citizen of the world wants the prosperity of their country and the peaceful environment," she said. "In doing so, the leaders involved should not use their power and selfishness."
"Today in my country, Myanmar, while I am going to be on this stage, there are so many people dying, more than 100 people died today. I am deeply be sorry for all the people who have lost their lives," she said, pausing frequently to fight back tears.
She added: "I want to say for here that, please help Myanmar. We need your urgent international help right now."
Thaw Nandar Aung said she was optimistic after meeting Friday with representatives of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' office that she would not be sent back to Myanmar. She said they told her they were working as quickly as possible to find her a country she could go to for asylum, possibly in a few days.
Meanwhile, she must stay in a room in the departure section of the international area of the airport, with guards provided by the Thai government, she said. | 2022-09-24T00:46:28+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/model-who-criticized-myanmars-military-fears-repatriation |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Friday, President Joe Biden told Democratic governors that he’s looking at every available option to protect abortion access, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.
“A terrible and extreme decision in my view upending lives and impacting the health and safety of millions of American women,” the President said.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) says states like hers are stepping up to help.
“Now just a handful of states are now going to have to take care of the healthcare of women from other states,” Hochul said.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) agrees Democrat-led states are vital to protecting women’s rights.
“We are in fact that brick wall against this horrific Supreme Court decision,” Lujan Grisham said.
But, the President warns that Republicans aren’t satisfied and will push for a nationwide ban on abortion if they regain control of Congress.
“Congress is going to have to act to codify Roe into federal law,” President Biden said.
But the president doesn’t have the votes to get that through the Senate.
Gov. Roy Cooper (D-N.C.) says this should remind Americans why they need to go out and vote.
“You have U.S. Senators, you have U.S. members of Congress who are not willing to codify that protection into federal law. It’s time to change up,” Cooper said.
For now, President Biden is looking at what federal options are available. | 2022-07-01T21:35:41+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/washington-dc/president-biden-discusses-abortion-options-with-democrat-governors/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — School is back in session, meaning it’s the perfect time for parents and students to learn more about the leaders of local school districts and their plans for the academic year.
Dr. Scott Wyndham is the superintendent of the Avon Community School Corporation. He became the district’s superintendent in fall 2020, taking over for Dr. Maggie Hoernemann upon her retirement.
Wyndham stopped by Daybreak on Wednesday to talk about the new school year, the continued growth of Avon Schools, and how the district is navigating the statewide teacher shortage.
Avon students returned to the classroom on July 28, a bit earlier than some of the other school districts in the area.
“We’re starting week three of a new school year. It’s been great, a really positive start to the school year and we’re excited to be back in school,” Wyndham said.
Avon Schools has more than 10,500 students, making it one of the fastest-growing school districts in the state.
“Over the last couple of years, we’ve had the third-highest enrollment growth of any school district in the state of Indiana,” Wyndham said. “We’re constantly looking at, ‘How do we continue to serve more kids and more families that want to be a part of our great community?’”
The surge in enrollment is leading to big changes at Avon High School.
“We are getting ready to start a pretty significant expansion at Avon High School to add classrooms to that school. But, also, the core parts of that building are almost 25 years old and they weren’t designed for the number of students that are projected to come in our doors,” Wyndham said “We’re also looking at projects to expand one of our elementary schools that we haven’t touched yet.”
Even as enrollment grows, the district is not immune to the effects of the statewide teacher shortage, Wyndham says.
“This is the toughest environment we’ve ever faced and we’re fortunate to be a suburb of Indianapolis and a growing community that people are coming to, but it’s still hard, even for us. So we worked really hard to, number one, retain the great teachers and staff that we have, but then also make sure that we’re starting early to recruit new teachers.”
Despite the teacher shortage, the district’s educators are dedicated to making sure students succeed, according to Wyndham.
“We’ve seen, especially coming out of a challenging couple of years with COVID-19, we’ve seen our teachers just really go above and beyond to help kids and fill in gaps that maybe kids developed that weren’t there a couple of years ago. We have built in time every week for our teachers to collaborate with one another and help one another in supporting the needs of their students, and we’re seeing that that’s really paying off in student learning.”
Visit the Avon Community School Corporation website to learn more. | 2022-08-10T13:31:04+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/meet-dr-scott-wyndham-superintendent-of-avon-community-school-corporation/ |
Tribal elder chosen as the 2023 Old Spanish Days Grand Marshal
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - 84-year old Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto has been named the 2023 Old Spanish Days Grand Marshal in Santa Barbara.
She is a Barbareno Chumash tribal elder with family history dating back many generations. The announcement was made at the Ambassador Park location on Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara which was, in 1542 the location of the first recorded sighting of the Chumash Tribe at that site by Spanish explorers.
Then it was the Syujtun Indian Village.
For Ygnacio-De Soto, she stressed as part of the honor she will help to educate the public about her ancestry. "We are right here. This entire coast," she said.
The 2023 Old Spanish Days El Presidente David Bolton said, "Ernestine's great great grandmother was the last surviving member that had lived here at Syujtun. Her mother Mary Yee was the last native speaker of the Chumash language. Ernestine has spent a lifetime keeping alive the culture of the Chumash."
This honor is also a chance to educate the public about the Indian presence on the coast and when they were first recognized by explorers in 1542.
"We are reviving, we are trying to save not only ourselves but all of you. We are now engaged in what you call cultural circles where we are bringing back the foods the basketry, all the things that were utilized then," said Ygnacio-De Soto.
In 2016 Old Spanish Days also remembered the Chumash with a poster that included a tomal on the ocean just off the same coastal spot as the poster. It was presented with a recreation of the tomal at sea with then Grand Marshal Jean Michel Cousteau.
Now in 2023 the public will again learn about the Barbareno Indians deep connections in our area.
"We are reviving, we are trying to save not only ourselves but all of you. We are now engaged in what you call cultural circles where we are bringing back the foods the basketry, all the things that were utilized then."
These days our new Fiesta Grand Marshal is focusing on preserving the tribal heritage and the environment.
Ygnacio-De Soto said, "I am spending my time trying to support all the programs I am called into like the ocean preservation, creeks the environment above us and that's what we do. "
Along with the Grand Marshal honor comes a prestigious place in the Fiesta Parade el Desfile Historico.
"Ernestine will be riding in a carriage very prominent as our parade grand marshal accompanied by her nephew and her daughter and niece as well it's going to be a great moment," said Bolton.
Old Spanish Days Fiesta will be August 2-6 in Santa Barbara.
For more information go to: Old Spanish Days
(More details, photos and videos will be added here later today) | 2023-05-11T00:04:17+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/lifestyle/community/2023/05/10/tribal-elder-chosen-as-the-2023-old-spanish-days-grand-marshal/ |
Nikola wants to use mobile hydrogen stations to support its fuel-cell trucks.
The company on Wednesday that it had developed a trailer-mounted mobile fueling rig that can deliver hydrogen at 10,000 psi. It plans to display the rig publicly next week. The first unit “has completed commissioning and testing and has been released for market operation,” according to a Nikola press release.
Additional units are scheduled for completion later in the first quarter of this year, forming part of a “mobile fueler program” to supplement permanent hydrogen stations. This program will use a mix of Nikola-owned mobile hydrogen stations and some owned by third parties, according to the company.
Nikola previously said it plans 60 hydrogen stations by 2026, aided partly by government incentives, but this may help it get trucks out in the meantime and meet their needs. It’s looking for natural gas to power some fueling hubs and trucks.
This network will provide hydrogen for customers operating the Nikola Tre, a Class 8 fuel-cell semi truck with a claimed range of 500 miles, which Nikola plans to build at a new factory in Coolidge, Arizona. Per an agreement announced in 2021, those U.S.-assembled trucks will use fuel-cell components from Bosch. Nikola also has a joint venture with truck maker Iveco to assemble Tre semis at that firm’s Ulm, Germany, plant.
Nikola has refocused on fuel-cell commercial trucks recently after some mission creep under founder Trevor Milton, who was charged with securities fraud in 2021 for allegedly misleading investors. Milton pursued a pickup truck called the Badger and a partnership with General Motors, but Nikola has since walked back many of these projects.
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- Natural gas may power Nikola hydrogen hubs, fuel-cell trucks | 2023-01-21T04:56:36+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/automotive/internet-brands/nikola-has-a-mobile-hydrogen-station-for-fuel-cell-trucks/ |
Check out our recap of Asia's 50 Best Bars 2023 in the reel below:
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For its eighth annual edition, Asia's 50 Best Bars 2023 held its live ceremony in Hong Kong for the first time in partnership with the Hong Kong Tourism Board. It was a night of exhilarating surprises as the best in the industry eagerly awaited their moment in the spotlight at Rosewood Hong Kong on July 18. For the first time since the world was gripped by uncertainty, the region's bar community came together in full force, united by their shared love for the craft.
Since the launch of Asia’s 50 Best Bars in 2016, Hong Kong and Singapore have always topped the list. This year, Oaxacan-inspired bar Coa continued to reign in the top position of the list. Other notable bars that represented Hong Kong on the prestigious list, which includes innovative bar Argo at number 8, Rosewood Hong Kong’s jazz bar Darkside at number 9, modern izakaya The Aubrey at number 17, eco-conscious bar Penicillin at number 26, multi-sensory mixology bar Quinary at number 31, omakase-style cocktail bar Mostly Harmless at number 33, Ernest Hemingway-themed venue The Old Man at number 47, and The Pontiac’s Beckaly Franks for the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender award.
Additional special awards announced during the ceremony include Hiroyasu Kayama from Tokyo awarded as the Roku Industry Icon, Analogue Initiative from Singapore selected for the Ketel One Sustainable Bar accolade, Virtù from Tokyo being chosen for Disaronno Highest New Entry, Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar from Bangkok honoured with the London Essence Best New Opening award, Sago House from Singapore chosen for Mitcher’s Art of Hospitality Award, Zest from Seoul recognised for the Nikka Highest Climber, The Cocktail Club from Jakarta appointed for Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu, Night Hawk from Singapore as the Campari One To Watch and Jigger & Pony earned the Rémy Martin Legend of the List.
The prestigious Asia's 50 Best Bars list for 2023 was curated by an Academy composed of 250 industry leaders, including writers, educators, journalists, bartenders, and bar owners. This year's voting rules considered the travel limitations during the last 18 months, allowing voters to nominate up to seven bars, with a maximum of five from their own country.
Here’s the full list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023:
1 Coa, Hong Kong, China (Best Bar in Hong Kong)
2 Jigger & Pony, Singapore (Best Bar in Singapore, Rémy Martin Legend of the List)
3 BKK Social Club, Bangkok, Thailand (Best Bar in Thailand)
4 Bar Benfiddich, Tokyo, Japan (Best Bar in Japan)
5 Zest, Seoul, Korea (Best Bar in Korea, Nikka Highest Climber)
6 Tropic City, Bangkok, Thailand
7 Nutmeg and Clove, Singapore
8 Argo, Hong Kong, China
9 Darkside, Hong Kong, China
10 Sago House, Singapore
11 Indulge Experimental Bistro, Taipei,Taiwan (Best Bar in Taiwan)
12 Vesper, Bangkok, Thailand
13 Cham Bar, Seoul, South Korea
14 The SG Club, Tokyo, Japan
15 Analogue Initiative, Singapore (Ketel One Sustainable Bar)
16 Republic, Singapore
17 The Aubrey, Hong Kong, China
18 Sidecar, New Delhi, India (Best Bar in India)
19 The Cocktail Club, Jakarta, Indonesia (Best Bar in Indonesia, Best Cocktail Menu)
20 Virtù, Tokyo, Japan (Disaronno Newest Entry)
21 Manhattan, Singapore
22 Mahaniyom Cocktail Bar, Bangkok, Thailand (Best New Opening)
23 Lamp Bar, Nara, Japan
24 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore
25 Le Chamber, Seoul, South Korea
26 Penicillin, Hong Kong, China
27 Atlas, Singapore
28 Alice, Seoul, South Korea
29 Pantja, Jakarta, Indonesia (new entry)
30 Employees Only, Singapore (re-entry)
31 Quinary, Hong Kong, China
32 Stay Gold Flamingo, Singapore (new entry)
33 Mostly Harmless, Hong Kong, China (new entry)
34 The Curator, Manila, The Philippines (Best Bar in The Philippines)
35 The Bombay Canteen, Mumbai, India (new entry)
36 Bar Trigona, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Best Bar in Malaysia)
37 Southside Parlor, Seoul, South Korea (new entry)
38 Copitas, Bengaluru, India
39 Hope & Sesame, Guangzhou, China (Best Bar in Mainland China)
40 Smoke & Bitters, Sri Lanka (Best Bar in Sri Lanka)
41 Vender, Taichung, Taiwan
42 Native, Singapore (re-entry)
43 The Public House, Taipei, Taiwan (new entry)
44 Bee’s Knees, Kyoto, Japan
45 High Five, Tokyo, Japan
46 Soko, Seoul, South Korea (new entry)
47 The Old Man, Hong Kong, China (previously Number 81 in Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022
48 The Living Room, Mumbai, India (new entry)
49 The Bellwood, Tokyo, Japan (new entry)
50 Penrose, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Relive the highlights of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023 ceremony on 50 Best Bars TV YouTube channel and 50 Best Bars Facebook page.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The expulsion of two Tennessee Democrats over a gun control protest is an extraordinary showcase of how the levers of single-party power in America’s statehouses can be pulled not only to shut down opponents, but to also punish them.
On any given day in Tennessee, Republicans have the commanding majority to pass just about any law they want. The lopsided dynamic is common in many U.S. statehouses — including where Democrats are in charge — and it has widened under gerrymandered voting maps that redraw legislative district boundaries to dilute the opposition party’s votes.
But in ousting Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson altogether from the Tennessee Legislature on Thursday, Republicans went beyond their typical ability to steamroll Democrats. They instead maximized their parliamentary power to exact retribution.
Not only did Republicans have the votes to oust the lawmakers — one of the few times such drastic action has been taken since the Civil War — they suspended legislative rules of procedure to hasten the process.
The expulsions reverberated far beyond Tennessee, with Democrats in states where they’re similarly outnumbered taking notice. GOP leaders defended their actions as necessary to send a message that disruptive protests in the Tennessee House would not be tolerated.
A third Democrat, Rep. Gloria Johnson, was narrowly spared expulsion by a one-vote margin.
“The erosion of democracy in the state Legislature is what got us here,” Pearson said after his ouster. “It wasn’t walking up to the well, it wasn’t being disruptive to the status quo, it was the silencing of democracy and it’s wrong.”
THE TENNESSEE VOTE
In Tennessee, Republicans hold a supermajority control in both the House and Senate and have wielded full control of the Legislature since 2008.
But in the House, GOP members have increasingly used parliamentary maneuvers to cut off debate – particularly on controversial topics ranging from abortion to LGBTQ+ issues and guns. Republicans have used a legislative tactic known as “calling the question,” which forces an immediate vote on a bill and cuts off debate that can otherwise stretch on for hours.
In the days leading to the expulsion hearing, Republicans also employed what’s known as “suspending the rules,” which allows lawmakers to sidestep usual procedure — such as what happened on Thursday, when lawmakers suspended rules to allow the so-called “Tennessee three” to defend themselves.
Suspending the rules is not always divisive — it can be used to speed up passage of uncontentious bills, for example — but it can also inflame tensions.
Democrats who spoke during Thursday spent most of their time calling on Republicans to pass some sort of gun control legislation in the aftermath of the Nashville school shooting. But they also accused their GOP colleagues of having used the rules to keep debate to a minimum on other topics throughout the legislative session.
Several Democrats joked Thursday how they normally weren’t allowed to talk at such length but got a minor break of sorts during the hearing because of to the national attention it had attracted.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a Republican, dismissed suggestions that Democrats have been silenced, saying lawmakers have many opportunities to speak up during legislative committee hearings and on the House floor.
“We haven’t had anybody complain,” Sexton said. “People raise their hands to be recognized. I don’t know who is going to call the question.”
LEGISLATIVE TACTICS
The aggressive actions by Tennessee Republicans demonstrated a flip side to parliamentary tactics that lawmakers in the minority often use to as a last-ditch effort to thwart the other side. Among the most common are filibusters, in which lawmakers try to run out the clock on a bill through lengthy speeches.
In Nebraska, a filibuster brought lawmaking to a standstill for weeks this year over GOP legislation that would impose restrictions on transgender rights. State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat, introduced amendment after amendment to every bill on the Senate floor and took up all eight debate hours allowed by the rules each day.
Two years ago, Texas Democrats temporarily stalled passage of new voting restrictions for weeks by breaking quorum and going on a 38-day walkout. They had quietly walked out of the House chamber one by one while facing the potential of Republicans calling the question for a decisive vote before a midnight deadline to pass the bill.
‘NUCLEAR OPTION’
Texas state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, who helped spearhead the Democrats’ walkout in 2021, described calling the question as a “nuclear option” and criticized it an offensive tactic to stop debate.
On Friday, he called the expulsions in Tennessee a warning for lawmakers in minority parties to keep their guard up. He said he was especially mindful of how state legislators act at a time when there is gridlock in Washington and the Supreme Court is throwing contentious issues back to the states to decide.
“If you can willy-nilly silence voices by changing rules, then I think that is a significant assault on our democracy,” Fischer said.
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Weber reported from Austin, Texas. | 2023-04-08T12:23:47+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/how-tennessee-gops-majority-used-power-to-expel-democrats/ |
Qantas Airways, Australia’s largest airline, is turning to its executive staff to help with baggage handling delays.
According to Fortune, the airline sent a memo to staff seeking at least 100 managers and senior staff members interested in volunteering. The company asked for help over the next three months to reduce their ground baggage delays.
Executive employees will fill various positions, such as loading and unloading baggage from aircraft, driving baggage tug vehicles on the airfield and sorting or scanning bags. Approximately 200 staff members have already volunteered during busy periods since April.
A spokesperson from Qantas told Fortune that the airline is pulling out all the stops to improve operational performance.
“The high levels of winter flu and a Covid spike across the community, coupled with the ongoing tight labour market, make resourcing a challenge across our industry,” Qantas’ chief operating officer, Colin Hughes, said in an email to the BBC. “There is no expectation that you will opt into this role on top of your full-time position.”
Last month, The Guardian reported that Qantas had lost or failed to load a daily average of 10% of luggage on domestic flights at the Sydney airport. The publication also revealed that one of the primary companies Qantas outsourced for baggage handling services had to contract with two separate firms to find workers.
In 2020, Qantas decided to outsource approximately 1,700 jobs, claiming it was a necessary financial measure. However, the Transport Workers Union sued the airline in federal court, arguing that it targeted the employees based on their union membership. Although the court found the decision unlawful, Qantas is challenging the finding in the high court.
Since that time, the company has experienced a shortage of baggage handlers. Workers have reportedly claimed they are overworked, inadequately paid and unable to handle the boost in baggage caused by increased travel.
Qantas is not the only airline coping with labor shortages. JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said the airline is over-hiring staff to keep up with workers leaving the industry.
A recent survey of airport and airline industry workers found that more than 41% are considering leaving their positions due to stress and insufficient pay.
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Meta mum on election misinformation efforts as midterms loom
Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches.
It’s a sharp departure from the social media giant’s multibillion-dollar efforts to enhance the accuracy of posts about U.S. elections and regain trust from lawmakers and the public after their outrage over learning the company had exploited people’s data and allowed falsehoods to overrun its site during the 2016 campaign.
The pivot is raising alarm about Meta’s priorities and about how some might exploit the world’s most popular social media platforms to spread misleading claims, launch fake accounts and rile up partisan extremists.
“They’re not talking about it,” said former Facebook policy director Katie Harbath, now the CEO of the tech and policy firm Anchor Change. “Best case scenario: They’re still doing a lot behind the scenes. Worst case scenario: They pull back, and we don’t know how that’s going to manifest itself for the midterms on the platforms.”
Since last year, Meta has shut down an examination into how falsehoods are amplified in political ads on Facebook by indefinitely banishing the researchers from the site.
CrowdTangle, the online tool that the company offered to hundreds of newsrooms and researchers so they could identify trending posts and misinformation across Facebook or Instagram, is now inoperable on some days.
Public communication about the company’s response to election misinformation has gone decidedly quiet. Between 2018 and 2020, the company released more than 30 statements that laid out specifics about how it would stifle U.S. election misinformation, prevent foreign adversaries from running ads or posts around the vote and subdue divisive hate speech.
Top executives hosted question and answer sessions with reporters about new policies. CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote Facebook posts promising to take down false voting information and authored opinion articles calling for more regulations to tackle foreign interference in U.S. elections via social media.
But this year Meta has only released a one-page document outlining plans for the fall elections, even as potential threats to the vote remain clear. Several Republican candidates are pushing false claims about the U.S. election across social media. In addition, Russia and China continue to wage aggressive social media propaganda campaigns aimed at further political divides among American audiences.
Meta says that elections remain a priority and that policies developed in recent years around election misinformation or foreign interference are now hard-wired into company operations.
“With every election, we incorporate what we’ve learned into new processes and have established channels to share information with the government and our industry partners,” Meta spokesman Tom Reynolds said.
He declined to say how many employees would be on the project to protect U.S. elections full time this year.
During the 2018 election cycle, the company offered tours and photos and produced head counts for its election response war room. But The New York Times reported the number of Meta employees working on this year’s election had been cut from 300 to 60, a figure Meta disputes.
Reynolds said Meta will pull hundreds of employees who work across 40 of the company’s other teams to monitor the upcoming vote alongside the election team, with its unspecified number of workers.
The company is continuing many initiatives it developed to limit election misinformation, such as a fact-checking program started in 2016 that enlists the help of news outlets to investigate the veracity of popular falsehoods spreading on Facebook or Instagram. The Associated Press is part of Meta’s fact-checking program.
This month, Meta also rolled out a new feature for political ads that allows the public to search for details about how advertisers target people based on their interests across Facebook and Instagram.
Yet, Meta has stifled other efforts to identify election misinformation on its sites.
It has stopped making improvements to CrowdTangle, a website it offered to newsrooms around the world that provides insights about trending social media posts. Journalists, fact-checkers and researchers used the website to analyze Facebook content, including tracing popular misinformation and who is responsible for it.
That tool is now “dying,” former CrowdTangle CEO Brandon Silverman, who left Meta last year, told the Senate Judiciary Committee this spring.
Silverman told the AP that CrowdTangle had been working on upgrades that would make it easier to search the text of internet memes, which can often be used to spread half-truths and escape the oversight of fact-checkers, for example.
“There’s no real shortage of ways you can organize this data to make it useful for a lot of different parts of the fact-checking community, newsrooms and broader civil society,” Silverman said.
Not everyone at Meta agreed with that transparent approach, Silverman said. The company has not rolled out any new updates or features to CrowdTangle in more than a year, and it has experienced hourslong outages in recent months.
Meta also shut down efforts to investigate how misinformation travels through political ads.
The company indefinitely revoked access to Facebook for a pair of New York University researchers who they said collected unauthorized data from the platform. The move came hours after NYU professor Laura Edelson said she shared plans with the company to investigate the spread of disinformation on the platform around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which is now the subject of a House investigation.
“What we found, when we looked closely, is that their systems were probably dangerous for a lot of their users,” Edelson said.
Privately, former and current Meta employees say exposing those dangers around the American elections have created public and political backlash for the company.
Republicans routinely accuse Facebook of unfairly censoring conservatives, some of whom have been kicked off for breaking the company’s rules. Democrats, meanwhile, regularly complain the tech company hasn’t gone far enough to curb disinformation.
“It’s something that’s so politically fraught, they’re more trying to shy away from it than jump in head first.” said Harbath, the former Facebook policy director. “They just see it as a big old pile of headaches.”
Meanwhile, the possibility of regulation in the U.S. no longer looms over the company, with lawmakers failing to reach any consensus over what oversight the multibillion-dollar company should be subjected to.
Free from that threat, Meta’s leaders have devoted the company’s time, money and resources to a new project in recent months.
Zuckerberg dived into this massive rebranding and reorganization of Facebook last October, when he changed the company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc. He plans to spend years and billions of dollars evolving his social media platforms into a nascent virtual reality construct called the “metaverse” — sort of like the internet brought to life, rendered in 3D.
His public Facebook page posts now focus on product announcements, hailing artificial intelligence, and photos of him enjoying life. News about election preparedness is announced in company blog posts not written by him.
In one of Zuckerberg’s posts last October, after an ex-Facebook employee leaked internal documents showing how the platform magnifies hate and misinformation, he defended the company. He also reminded his followers that he had pushed Congress to modernize regulations around elections for the digital age.
“I know it’s frustrating to see the good work we do get mischaracterized, especially for those of you who are making important contributions across safety, integrity, research and product,” he wrote on Oct. 5. “But I believe that over the long term if we keep trying to do what’s right and delivering experiences that improve people’s lives, it will be better for our community and our business.”
It was the last time he discussed the Menlo Park, California-based company’s election work in a public Facebook post.
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Associated Press technology writer Barbara Ortutay contributed to this report.
Saturdays just got more interesting. | 2022-08-05T17:50:43+00:00 | whyy.org | https://whyy.org/articles/meta-facebook-election-misinformation/ |
DORSET, Vt. — Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.
Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams' motorcycle in the town of Dorset, according to a statement from Vermont State Police.
"Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead," according to the statement.
Williams was wearing a helmet, police said.
The SUV's driver received minor injuries and wasn't hospitalized. He had signaled the turn and wasn't immediately detained although the crash investigation continued, police said.
Williams, whose full name was Richard Treat Williams, lived in Manchester Center in southern Vermont, police said.
His agent, Barry McPherson, also confirmed the actor's death.
"I'm just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented," McPherson told People magazine.
"He was an actor's actor," McPherson said. "Filmmakers loved him. He's been the heart of the Hollywood since the late 1970s."
The Connecticut-born Williams made his movie debut in 1975 as a police officer in the movie Deadly Hero and went on to appear in more than 120 TV and film roles, including the movies The Eagle Has Landed, Prince of the City and Once Upon a Time in America.
He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role as hippie leader George Berger in the 1979 movie version of the hit musical Hair.
He appeared in dozens of television shows but was perhaps best known for his starring role from 2002 to 2006 in Everwood as Dr. Andrew Brown, a widowed brain surgeon from Manhattan who moves with his two children to the Colorado mountain town of that name.
Williams also had a recurring role as Lenny Ross on the TV show Blue Bloods.
Williams' stage appearances included Broadway shows, including Grease and Pirates of Penzance.
Colleagues and friends praised Williams as kind, generous and creative.
"Treat and I spent months in Rome filming Once Upon a Time in America," actor James Woods tweeted. "It can be pretty lonely on the road during a long shoot, but his resilient good cheer and sense of humor was a Godsend. I really loved him and am devastated that he's gone."
"Working with Treat Williams in Mamet's Speed the Plow at Williamstown in '91 was the start of great friendship," tweeted writer, director and producer Justine Williams. "Damn it, damn it. Treat, you were the best. Love you."
"Treat Williams was a passionate, adventurous, creative man," actor Wendell Pierce tweeted. "In a short period of time, he quickly befriended me & his adventurous spirit was infectious. We worked on just 1 film together but occasionally connected over the years. Kind and generous with advice and support. RIP."
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ATLANTA — Atlanta Police need help identifying a man who may have witnessed a homicide.
Officers were initially flagged down early on May 20 at 1955 Campbellton Road SW about a person down in a nearby store. Police went inside Star Grocery and found a man lying on the floor.
He was shot and later pronounced dead by Grady EMS, according to a release from the Atlanta Police Department.
Officers learned that a second man was taken to Grady with gunshot wounds. In addition to learning about a second person, investigators were able to obtain security footage of the man who was killed.
He was seen walking into a business with another man, who may have witnessed the homicide, the release said.
If you have any information about the man’s whereabouts, call the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477), or submit an online tip at www.StopCrimeAtl.org.
Tips can be submitted anonymously and a $2,000 reward may be given for the arrest and indictment of a suspect, the release added.
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DENVER, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Magellan, the leader in engineering and building next-generation broadband networks, will kick off construction next month on the City of Chesapeake, Virginia's next-generation fiber network, Chesapeake Connects. The city and Magellan have partnered over the past three years to plan and design the network, which spans 160-miles and connects over 200 local government sites.
The City of Chesapeake understood its need for connectivity was never going to decrease and its current network solutions were under performing and costly. The city led a master planning process to aggregate all city, utility, public safety, traffic, schools, libraries and behavioral health sites to a single network that will operate as Chesapeake Connects, a City of Chesapeake enterprise.
Under the agreement, Magellan will provide turnkey project management, construction management and construction inspection services, overseeing daily construction activities as Owner's Representative for the city while buildout occurs over the next 24-30 months.
The city initially will deploy the network internally to connect its facilities and sites. Chesapeake eventually plans to work with service providers and enable them access to the network to complete last-mile distribution projects in areas of the city where unserved and underserved households are located.
"Magellan's partnership on the Chesapeake Connects broadband project will help provide critical infrastructure to enable greater educational opportunities, drive economic development and expand high-speed internet access to underserved areas in our city," said City of Chesapeake Councilwoman Susan Vitale.
"We look forward to extending our relationship with the City of Chesapeake into the construction phase of this critical project," said Magellan President and CEO John Honker. "Chesapeake sees the value a fiber-optic backbone will have for the city, and we are glad to play a key role in bringing that to fruition by leveraging our highly skilled team in every aspect of the process. This project continues Magellan's commitment to working with partners and clients to provide broadband access to everyone."
Construction is expected to begin in September and be completed in late 2024/early 2025.
Magellan provides planning, engineering, grant development, implementation and management of the fastest, most technologically advanced fiber and broadband networks. Our mission is to connect every community, one at a time, to the digital economy so that no one is left behind. Our goal is to find practical broadband and technology solutions that our clients can implement in their communities. Through Magellan's services, more than $1 billion in new broadband investments has connected more than 1,000 schools, hospitals, libraries and governments and passed nearly 1 million homes with fiber-optic broadband. Learn more at www.magellan-advisors.com.
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Dear Amy: My wife has advanced dementia.
After four years of being her sole caregiver, I had to place her in assisted living memory care last year.
After five months of psychotherapy and antidepressant medication I’ve finally conquered my deep guilt and sense of having failed her.
Time has shown it was the right thing to do. Our 55-year history together and our four children have faded from her memory.
That is the source of my dilemma. Our high school graduating class has a virtual group on social media.
I wrote about my wife’s dementia and my loneliness without her.
Last week I received an email from a woman with whom I had a lengthy, very steamy, lusty affair in 11th grade, suggesting that we might re-establish our acquaintance. We haven’t communicated since we went our separate ways, many decades ago.
I am sorely tempted to accept her suggestion.
I have a photo of us at our prom, my arm around an exceptionally pretty girl in a strapless gown who liked to make out in secluded places. She played my teenage libido like a yo-yo.
I know it’s a fantasy memory. She’s probably gray, wrinkled, and overweight like me. But still….
I haven’t responded yet because I took an oath of fidelity to my wife “until death do us part,” which I have honored.
But I wonder if her dying brain doesn’t meet that standard?
Am I not entitled to some happiness, even as my wife descends into a deepening fog?
Can you help me?
– Extremely Conflicted Husband
Dear Conflicted: Your decision to place your wife in a memory care facility was so agonizing that it sent you into a serious depression. You were wise to seek therapy and treatment.
If you override your own values and respond to this assertive advance, your mental health would likely be affected. Discuss this in therapy (use your therapy to discuss your choices in advance, versus responding to events after the fact).
Communicating with old friends from high school will help you to reconnect with the man you once were, before this disease took so much from your family.
But any person who would respond to your report of grief and loneliness by immediately implying a sexual reconnection is once again “playing your libido like a yo-yo.”
Elder libido is strikingly similar to teenage libido. The rush of attraction feels dangerous and wild.
As long as you don’t abandon your wife, I don’t view this situation as adultery, but I believe that your emotional needs would best be served by a relationship that is supportive, kind, and careful.
Yes, you absolutely deserve some happiness, but you should be discerning about where you are most likely to find it.
This might be the kind of trouble you long for right now, but keep in mind that any relationship you engage in could have far-reaching consequences for your entire family.
Dear Amy: Some of my loved ones are going through difficult times.
It breaks my heart. I’m helping out financially and being emotionally supportive, but it doesn’t seem enough.
I’m so sad. I’ve heard the term “emotionally detached,” but can’t seem to separate myself from their pain. Now it is affecting my health.
Suggestions?
– JW
Dear JW: One aspect of healthy detachment is the realization that while you can – and should – be supportive and compassionate, you lack the power to change the course of many human events.
Detachment is a humbling surrender to reality, and if you achieve detachment, you will start to love people “through” their painful trials, with no overwhelming attachment to a specific outcome. The frail person may not survive their illness, the house might wind up in foreclosure, or the divorce might happen, despite your efforts.
You becoming overwhelmed and ill with worry will not help anyone – in fact it lowers your own capacity to be of service. In this context, your deep attachment to your own thoughts is making you ill.
Meditation and training on how to feel your own feelings and then let them go will help you to regain your strength.
Dear Amy: I was extremely disappointed in your response to “Open Minded Daughter,” who discovered she was conceived via sperm donation, even though her parents had never told her.
You should have blasted her for contacting her DNA donor before talking to her parents about this!
– Upset
Dear Upset: The culture of privacy/secrecy in her family led her to take matters into her own hands. I understood her impulse.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Olo Inc. (NYSE: OLO) between August 11, 2021 and August 11, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important November 28, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Olo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Olo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8131 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 28, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No.1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Subway was ending its contract with Olo; (2) Olo's key business metric – active locations – could not continue to grow as defendants touted due to the loss of Subway's business; and (3) as a result of the above, defendants' statements about Olo's business, operations, and prospects were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Olo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8131 mailto:or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP (NYSE: KRP) ("Kimbell" or the "Company"), a leading owner of oil and gas mineral and royalty interests in over 16 million gross acres in 28 states, today announced that it has closed the previously announced purchase of mineral and royalty interests (the "Acquired Assets") held by Austin-based Hatch Royalty LLC in a cash and unit transaction valued at approximately $270.7 million (the "Acquisition"). The purchase price for the Acquisition was comprised of $150.4 million in cash (approximately 56% of the total consideration) and approximately 7.3 million common units of Kimbell Royalty Operating, LLC, which are valued at $120.3 million (approximately 44% of the total consideration). Kimbell is entitled to all cash flow from production attributable to the Acquired Assets since October 1, 2022. Revenues and certain other operating statistics under generally accepted accounting principles will be recorded for the Acquisition beginning on the closing date of December 15, 2022.
Kimbell estimates that, as of October 1, 2022, the Acquired Assets produced approximately 2,072 Boe/d (1,198 Bbl/d of oil, 372 Bbl/d of NGLs, and 3,012 Mcf/d of natural gas) (6:1)(2). For the full year 2023, Kimbell estimates that the Acquired Assets will produce approximately 2,522 Boe/d (1,439 Bbl/d of oil, 461 Bbl/d of NGLs, and 3,730 Mcf/d of natural gas) (6:1). The Acquired Assets are located in the Permian Basin, with high interest locations concentrated in the Texas Delaware Basin (82%), New Mexico Delaware Basin (8%) and Midland Basin (10%).
About Kimbell Royalty Partners
Kimbell (NYSE: KRP) is a leading oil and gas mineral and royalty company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Kimbell owns mineral and royalty interests in over 16 million gross acres in 28 states and in every major onshore basin in the continental United States, including ownership in more than 123,000 gross wells with over 47,000 wells in the Permian Basin. To learn more, visit http://www.kimbellrp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding the anticipated benefits of the Acquisition and operational data with respect to the Acquisition, involve risks and uncertainties, including risks that the anticipated benefits of the Acquisition are not realized; risks relating to Kimbell's integration of the Acquisition assets; and risks relating to Kimbell's business, prospects for growth and acquisitions and the securities markets generally. Except as required by law, Kimbell undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this news release. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in Kimbell's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). These include risks inherent in oil and natural gas drilling and production activities, including risks with respect to low or declining prices for oil and natural gas that could result in downward revisions to the value of proved reserves or otherwise cause operators to delay or suspend planned drilling and completion operations or reduce production levels, which would adversely impact cash flow; risks relating to the impairment of oil and natural gas properties; risks relating to the availability of capital to fund drilling operations that can be adversely affected by adverse drilling results, production declines and declines in oil and natural gas prices; risks relating to Kimbell's ability to meet financial covenants under its credit agreement or its ability to obtain amendments or waivers to effect such compliance; risks relating to Kimbell's hedging activities; risks of fire, explosion, blowouts, pipe failure, casing collapse, unusual or unexpected formation pressures, environmental hazards, and other operating and production risks, which may temporarily or permanently reduce production or cause initial production or test results to not be indicative of future well performance or delay the timing of sales or completion of drilling operations; risks relating to delays in receipt of drilling permits; risks relating to unexpected adverse developments in the status of properties; risks relating to borrowing base redeterminations by Kimbell's lenders; risks relating to the absence or delay in receipt of government approvals or third-party consents; risks relating to acquisitions, dispositions and drop downs of assets; risks relating to Kimbell's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from and to integrate acquired assets, including the assets acquired in the Acquisition; and other risks described in Kimbell's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC, available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release.
Contact:
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Dennard Lascar Investor Relations
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(713) 529-6600
(1) Purchase price reflects Kimbell's $16.54 / unit closing price as of 12/15/2022.
(2) Based on estimated Q4 2022 run-rate production for the Acquired Assets as of October 1, 2022, which is the effective date of the Acquisition.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Blake Masters wasn’t posting the numbers of votes he needed in Election Day ballots as they were counted and released by officials in Arizona’s biggest county.
The Republican challenger was significantly outpacing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly only in a small number of vote batches coming in from Maricopa County; in nearly all other cases, Kelly had a slight or substantial edge.
That’s what led AP to call the race for Kelly after Maricopa County released another batch of 80,000 votes late Friday.
Now elected to his first full term, Kelly has been one of the most successful Democrats to run statewide in Arizona. In 2020, he won a 2020 special election by more than 2 percentage points over Republican incumbent Martha McSally.
There were some Republican activists in Arizona who advocated that voters intentionally wait until Election Day itself to drop off their ballots. Some of this push was based on unfounded theories that fraudsters could manipulate voting systems and rig results for Democrats, once they had seen how many GOP votes had been returned early.
Experts had also warned that such a last-minute crush of ballots could end up creating delays that can ultimately be used by a bad actor to undermine confidence in the election. There were some hang ups this year. About a quarter of voting centers in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous, had a printing problem Tuesday, in which marks weren’t showing up correctly when voters showed up to print out their ballots. Officials said the problem was addressed within hours and everyone was able to vote.
Arizona has a long political history of voting Republican, but changing demographics have made the state friendlier to Democrats.
With Kelly’s victory, the Senate remained evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, with two races — in Nevada and Georgia — yet to be decided.
With Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote, Democrats can retain control of the Senate by winning either the Nevada race, which remains too early to call, or next month’s runoff in Georgia between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
Republicans now must win both those races to take the majority. If Republicans pick up the Nevada seat, overall control in the Senate would yet again come down to the Georgia runoff, as it did two years ago.
AP has not made a call in Arizona’s governor’s race between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs.
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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
107 PM MST Tue May 2 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...For the first Wind Advisory, southwest winds 20 to 30
mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. For the second Wind
Advisory, southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Southwest corner of Imperial County.
* WHEN...For the first Wind Advisory, from 6 PM this evening to
5 AM PDT Wednesday. For the second Wind Advisory, from 5 PM
Wednesday to 5 AM PDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger
vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between
30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and
58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially
for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert
areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under
a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra
caution.
* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph
* WHERE...Salton Sea, Western Imperial County and Imperial
Valley.
* WHEN...From 5 PM Wednesday to 5 AM PDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions to due reduced visibility
from ares of blowing dust plus more difficult handling,
especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with
crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne.
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Doctor, nurses stabbed at California hospital; man arrested
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward on Friday and remained inside a room for hours before police arrested him, authorities said.
The man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley shortly before 4 p.m., Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison said.
The man had parked his car in the middle of a street and went to the emergency room, where he asked for treatment for anxiety before stabbing the doctor and nurses, authorities said.
Fire officials said three victims were taken to a trauma center in critical condition. Police later said one was in critical condition and underwent surgery.
All three were later listed in stable condition at Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
The first floor of the Encino hospital and some nearby offices were evacuated, police said.
“We’ve moved patients out of the danger zone,” LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said at a news conference.
There was no evidence that the man knew the victims, Hamilton added.
The man remained inside a room in the hospital for about four hours as SWAT team members tried to unsuccessfully to negotiate with him before he was finally arrested, police said.
He was taken to another hospital for treatment of self-inflicted injuries to his arms, authorities said.
The man’s name wasn’t immediately released, but Hamilton said he had a lengthy criminal record, including two arrests last year for battery of a police officer and resisting arrest.
Benjamin Roman, an ultrasound technician, told KNBC-TV that before the stabbing, he saw the man, who had a dog with him and who might have been high on drugs because he looked anxious and was drenched in sweat.
After the hospital issued an “internal triage” code, Roman said he saw a doctor and a nurse who had been stabbed.
“The doctor looked (like) she was in pain,” he said. “There was a lot of blood and it looked like ... he might have got her abdomen.”
The attack comes only two days after a gunman killed four people and then himself at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The assailant got inside a building on the Saint Francis Hospital campus with little trouble, just hours after buying an AR-style rifle, authorities said.
The man killed his surgeon and three other people at a medical office. He blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after a recent back operation.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three men have been arrested in South Africa for stealing a 2.5-meter (8-feet) long Nile crocodile worth about $1,300 from a farm in the North West province, police said Monday.
The men, who are all aged between 20 and 35, are believed to have used a pick-up truck to take the animal from a crocodile farm in the Hartbeesfontein area about 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of Johannesburg.
The crocodile was found tied up with rope and wire in an abandoned farmhouse. The men had covered it up with tree branches in an attempt to hide it, police said. Police also found the pick-up truck. The men were arrested last week and are due to appear in court on Monday.
Police are investigating how they managed to get the large crocodile out of the farm, which had secure fencing, police spokeswoman Col. Adele Myburgh said.
“How did they slip this animal out?” she said. “It’s not a baby crocodile by any means.”
Myburgh said the crocodile was badly dehydrated when it was found by a team of police officers and animal conservation officials.
The crocodile has been “returned to its rightful owner,” police said. They released a photo of it swimming in its pool at the farm.
While South Africa has a problem with poaching, crocodiles are not normally targeted because of how dangerous they are.
Myburgh said that the motive of the theft was still under investigation but crocodile body parts like the skin, nails and teeth do have value and the men might have been planning to kill the animal and sell its parts.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – After noticing a disconnect, one Tri-Cities woman made it her mission to connect Hispanic and Latino people in the Tri-Cities, not just with each other, but with local businesses.
“I call myself the Latino Yellow Pages,” said Maria Aramburu, Bilingual Realtor. “Through social media, I created a group called Tri-Cities Latinos, it all started about two years ago. It’s just a way for us to network with each other, get to know who we are get to know our businesses, and at the same time, support each other and help each other grow.”
Maria Aramburu is a bilingual realtor in the Tri-Cities, but her commitment to the community goes beyond putting a roof over people’s heads.
Aramburu moved to the Tri-Cities 16 years ago — just a teenager at the time — she said she sometimes felt isolated.
“If I heard somebody remotely speaking Spanish, like, on the other end of a Walmart, I will get excited, because it’s like, there’s somebody else here that speaks Spanish,” said Aramburu.
Now, she’s made it her mission to connect Hispanics and Latinos living in the Tri-Cities not only to each other but to essential businesses and new restaurants.
“If you speak Spanish and you don’t speak much English, we have a place where you can share with each other where to go get health insurance, where to go find the best deal with mortgage rates, where can you go open a bank account,” said Aramburu.
When it comes to banking questions Aramburu has Yesenia Viramontes, a friend and Regions Bank Branch Manager.
“People are afraid of going into financial institutions to just open a checking account or a savings account because the language barrier exists here in the Tri-Cities area,” Viramontes said. “So I came in to provide that peace of mind that it’s okay to come in and ask me questions. And we’re going to treat you the same way we treat everybody.”
Growing up in Southern California, Viramontes said she never thought being bilingual could prove so useful to help others.
Both women will tell you they’re willing to offer help outside their expertise.
“I’ve had people call me to help them do homework,” said Viramontes. “You try to do what you can and you tell them the resources available, but it feels really good.”
For some, reaching out online or over the phone can be intimidating. Aramburu came up with a solution: creating a presence at Hispanic and Latino-owned businesses, health fairs, and local schools to support local businesses and opening space for easy conversation.
“It’s a different conversation,” said Viramontes. “It just feels right, instead of you going into an institution and you don’t know what to ask. You’re afraid.”
Their most recent gathering was at the opening of Cafetos Coffee Shop on Market Street in Johnson City.
For owner Alejandra Romero, it was a welcome surprise.
“I was happy like it’s… we didn’t expect that but I was very surprised,” Romero said. “We’re doing good so far. It’s been steady all day.”
The Tri-Cities Latinos group continues to make little online connections to build bigger and better futures.
“Not only are they trusting you with their finances, but they’re trusting you with their family and their dreams that they have,” said Viramontes.
“The goal is to help those dreamers become doers, and get to that finish line and hit their goals,” said Aramburu.
To join the Tri-Cities Latinos Facebook page, click here.
Maria Aramburu can be contacted at her website.
Yesenia Viramontes can be contacted at yesenia.viramontes@gmail.com or by phone at (423) 398-6723. | 2022-10-03T18:27:25+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/hispanic-heritage-month/tri-cities-latinos-building-connections-and-community-online-and-in-person/ |
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PHOENIX (AP) — California communities exposed to hazardous dust by a drying lake bed have found themselves at the center of tensions between Arizona and California over how to conserve water along the overtaxed Colorado River.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat facing reelection, wants the federal government to withhold money for environmental cleanup at the Salton Sea until California agrees to use less of its share of the river. He also faulted the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for not being clear about when and how it will act if the seven Western states that rely on the river fail to significantly lower their use.
“We are out of time,” Kelly wrote Tuesday in a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior. “The longer the Department waits to press for an agreement ... the more difficult this crisis will be to solve, leading only to tougher choices and litigation.”
Federal officials in June said the states must dramatically cut usage as key reservoirs risk dropping so low they can't produce hydropower or supply water users. But the states blew through an August deadline without a plan. Congress has dedicated up to $4 billion in part to pay farmers and cities to use less water, but its impact remains unclear.
Much attention is on California, the largest holder of the river's water and the last to lose in times of shortage. The state's users said recently they would cut use up to 9% contingent on federal money and a plan to clean up toxic dust around the Salton Sea.
The lake formed in 1905 when the river overflowed and is mainly fed by runoff from southeast California farms. As it dries, wind kicks up particles that worsen air quality. When the farms use less river water, less excess flows into the sea.
California officials and the community group Alianza Coachella Valley were surprised by Kelly's letter. They said it's unfair to use communities exposed to environmental harms as a bargaining chip.
“The Colorado River system is in crisis, what we need is less finger pointing and more actual water conserved," Wade Crowfoot, secretary of California's Natural Resources Agency, said.
Kelly's letter comes amid a tough reelection bid against Republican Blake Masters, a contest that will help determine control of the U.S. Senate.
As farmers and cities across the West face diminishing water supplies, anxiety about Arizona’s future water access has become a major issue particularly in cities like Phoenix and Tucson.
Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado, tribes and Mexico also hold rights to the river's water. It helps supply drinking water to an estimated 40 million people plus countless farms that grow vegetables and crops for the nation.
Latest federal projections show that the dam at Lake Powell — a critical reservoir on the Arizona-Utah border — won't be able to produce power by the end of next year if rain and snowfall is minimal.
Already, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico have endured mandatory supply cuts. California eventually would be looped in to those cuts if Lake Powell and Lake Mead continue to drop as projected.
The savings California offered in October — 400,000 acre-feet of water annually — make up about about one-fifth of the minimum amount federal officials say needs cutting across the basin.
Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, said Wednesday he didn't consider California's offer a firm commitment. Arizona has saved some water beyond its mandated cuts since June but hasn't settled on how much more it would offer, he said by email.
Any federal money given to California to address the Salton Sea should be tied to a promise by the state to keep water in Lake Mead, Buschatzke said.
Withholding money for cleanup projects around the lake “would affect real communities already suffering from higher rates of asthma and other health problems," Silvia Paz, executive director for Alianza Coachella Valley, said in a statement.
Kelly said Wednesday it’s wrong for California to demand money for the Salton Sea to resolve a crisis on the Colorado River.
“I’m not going to let California get away with that,” Kelly said after a campaign stop in Phoenix. “You can’t hold the Colorado River hostage with funding for something else. Doesn’t matter what it is. I mean, this is water we’re talking about.”
Kelly also wants specifics about when California will be limited from taking out water it stores in the lake.
The Interior Department declined to comment on Kelly’s letter, spokesman Tyler Cherry said.
Masters, Kelly's Republican rival, calls for an even more aggressive confrontation with California, saying during a recent debate, “we can solve this problem with technology and sharp elbows.”
“Why is California even putting its straw into the Colorado River?” Masters said, suggesting the state instead should be removing salt from ocean water to increase its supply.
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Ronayne reported from Sacramento, California. Associated Press writer Felicia Fonseca in Flagstaff, Arizona, contributed. | 2022-10-26T23:35:47+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Arizona-s-Kelly-hits-California-on-Colorado-River-17537094.php |
García’s walk-off homer gives Rangers 3-2 win over Nationals
Posted/updated on: June 26, 2022 at 4:51 amBy Schuyler Dixon Ap Sports Writer
The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Give Adolis García a bat late for the Texas Rangers, and there’s a good chance he’ll do something to change the game.
Exhibit 13 came Saturday.
The Cuban slugger homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Rangers a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Garcia drilled a 2-2 slider from reliever Kyle Finnegan (2-2) into Washington’s bullpen, just to the left of the hitting background in center field. He took several steps with the bat in his hand before dropping it, spreading his arms toward his teammates in the dugout and breaking into a jog to first base.
It was his 13th tying or go-ahead homer in the sixth inning or later since the start of 2021, the most in the majors in that span. It also tied high-priced shortstop Corey Seager for the team lead this season with 15 homers.
“You can see he feels the moment and takes a big, deep breath,” Texas manager Chris Woodward said. “You’re like, ‘I would not want to be pitching right now.’ A calm, low-heartbeat Adolis García in that situation is … Good luck.”
Nelson Cruz hit a tying two-run homer for the Nationals against for his former team in the sixth inning after Nathaniel Lowe had given Texas the lead with a two-run shot in the second.
Finnegan faltered the day after striking out two in the eighth for his team-leading 11th hold in the Nats’ 2-1 win in the series opener. The first strikeout came against García on a 99 mph fastball.
“I’m going to take this more as he made a play for his team,” said Finnegan, who is from the Houston area and pitched at Texas State. “I’m going to keep doing what I’ve been doing and keep that confidence and not let this outing take away from how I’ve been feeling and how I’ve been throwing.”
García’s winner came after he caught Keibert Ruiz’s flyball at the base of the wall in right field to start the ninth, and made a running catch on a liner from César Hernández for the second out.
Joe Barlow (3-1), the only right-hander to pitch on a bullpen day for Texas, finished the ninth with a strikeout of Victor Robles.
“Usually when I play really good defense, I come up and have really good at-bats right now,” García said through a translator.
The parade of lefties for Texas — four in a row — stumbled with the third choice when Brock Burke gave up Juan Soto’s leadoff double and Cruz’s ninth homer of the season with one out in the sixth.
Taylor Hearn, in his first appearance since being pulled from the rotation, retired the final 11 batters he faced following consecutive walks with a wild pitch in the second inning after opener Brett Martin issued a pair of free passes in the first.
A 24-year-old left-hander who has struggled to stay in the rotation each of the past two seasons, Hearn had allowed 17 runs in 18 2/3 in four June starts before his four hitless innings with one strikeout.
Hearn was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock after the game along with rookie infielder Ezequiel Durán. The Rangers will make corresponding roster moves before the series finale Sunday.
Martin made his third appearance as an opener for Texas, but first since the left-hander’s rookie year in 2019, after Matt Bush was scratched when he was deemed unavailable a day after a 10-pitch relief appearance.
Lowe’s 432-foot drive off to center was his 10th of the season and seventh in June. The number this month is now tied for the team lead after García matched him.
Washington’s Josiah Gray didn’t allow his second hit until Leody Taveras had the first of consecutive singles with two outs in the fifth. The right-hander struck out nine in a career-high seven innings and still hasn’t lost on the road in 12 career starts over two seasons.
GONNA NEED A NEW PHONE
A fan’s phone was crushed by a high pop foul ball from Washington leadoff hitter Lane Thomas in the seventh inning. The ball went just over the netting behind home plate. The fan’s phone was on a table in the field-level boxes.
300 ELSEWHERE
The homer for Cruz, who turns 42 next week, was his 300th for teams other than Texas. Of his 457 career long balls, the first 157 were with the Rangers. Cruz spent eight seasons in Texas from 2006-13 after a brief debut with Milwaukee.
UP NEXT
Texas RHP Glenn Otto (4-2, 4.24 ERA) is set to face RHP Jackson Tetreault (1-1, 5.73) in the series finale. Otto hasn’t pitched since June 4 after getting scratched and going on the COVID-19 list before a scheduled start on June 10. Otto made one rehab appearance. He has won three consecutive starts. Tetreault is set for his third career start.
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BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Commerce is adding 36 Chinese high-tech companies, including makers of aviation equipment, chemicals and computer chips, to an export controls blacklist, citing concerns over national security, U.S. interests and human rights.
The inclusion of the companies in the trade “Entity List” means that export licenses will likely be denied for any U.S. company trying to do business with them. In some cases, companies based in other countries are also required to comply with the requirements to prevent technologies from being diverted to uses banned under the export controls.
The move signals a hardening of U.S. efforts to prevent China, especially its military, from acquiring advanced technologies such as leading edge computer chips and hypersonic weapons. It’s the latest in a years-long escalation of U.S. restrictions of Chinese technology that began with President Donald Trump and has continued under President Joe Biden’s administration.
At the same time, the Biden administration has been moving to beef up American manufacturing capabilities for semiconductors and other advanced technologies.
The changes to the Commerce Department’s entity list were entered in the Federal Register, scheduled for publication Friday.
Yangtze Memory Technology Co., a computer chip maker based in the central city of Wuhan, and its Japan unit were included in the list for “posing a significant risk of becoming involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States,” according to the document.
It said Yangtze Memory Technologies and Hefei Core Storage Electronic Ltd. were included because they allegedly might act as suppliers to Huawei Technologies, the world’s biggest maker of network equipment, and to Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, another company subject to U.S. sanctions.
Late last month, the U.S. banned the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some China-made video surveillance systems, including Hangzhou Hikvision, citing an “unacceptable risk” to national security.
Companies in the Anhui Cambricon Information Technology group, some affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Electronics Technology group, were said to be or have “close ties” to government institutions supporting the Chinese military and defense industry, it said.
Some of the companies were included in the list for being at “risk of diversion” to other companies on the entity list or are accused of illegally exporting U.S. electronics subject to export controls to Iran for military use.
Some major aviation suppliers were included to prevent them acquiring know-how and products that would aid China’s development of hypersonic weapons and other military capabilities.
Tianjin Tiandi Weiye Technologies Co. was listed, the document said, because it was implicated in high-technology surveillance, detentions and other human rights violations of Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region.
There was no immediate comment from the Chinese government Friday. However, when asked Wednesday about reports that Washington was planning to change the trade blacklist to include more than 30 companies including Yangtze Memory Technologies, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the U.S. was “stretching the concept of national security, abusing export control measures, engaging in discriminatory and unfair treatment against enterprises of other countries, and politicizing and weaponizing economic and sci-tech issues.”
“This is blatant economic coercion and bullying in the field of technology,” Wang said, adding that it also undermined regular business activities. “It is not in the interests of China, the U.S. or the whole world.”
Earlier this week, China filed a lawsuit with the WTO against the United States over its export control measures for computer chips.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Beijing did so to protect its “legitimate interests.”
A statement from the ministry, reported by the official Xinhua news agency, said such controls were protectionist and threatened the “stability of the global industrial and supply chains.” | 2022-12-16T11:29:38+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-puts-3-dozen-more-chinese-companies-on-trade-blacklist/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
Which Stretch Armstrong toy is best?
The original Stretch Armstrong has returned, along with lines of related flexible figures. While most will be more interested in the classic Stretch Armstrong than the Flex Fighter products, Hasbro has created a variety of flexible figures in response to the demand.
If you are looking for the best Stretch Armstrong toy, you can’t go wrong with the rereleased original Stretch Armstrong Figure. His durable and stretchy design makes him fun and easy for kids to safely play with.
What to know before you buy a Stretch Armstrong toy
Do you have a Stretch Armstrong?
If you already have the original Stretch figure, you might be looking for supplementary flexible figures for your collection. If not, the main hero who spawned a line of products is probably the best option. If this is a gift for a kid who wants Stretch Armstrong, they most likely want the classic figure.
What is your idea of an action figure?
Stretch Armstrong is a bendable and flexible figure that can take on tons of poses and return to its original shape. However, if part of the appeal for the user is posing an action figure, remember that Stretch can’t hold different poses or positions. The limbs have points of articulation, but they are filled with gel, so there are no joints for overall stability that would allow the figure to pose.
What to look for in a quality Stretch Armstrong toy
Durability
The best options are official Stretch Armstrong products made by Hasbro. You could find similar flexible figures, but they will likely not be as durable and hold up to rough play. It is important for a stretching figure to easily bend and flex without sustaining permanent damage.
Size
Depending on the child’s size, a smaller figure may be easier for them to hold and handle. If durability was a concern though, larger figures could be more difficult for children to damage or stretch beyond their limits. There is no ideal size that works best for everyone, but it is an important feature to consider before you buy.
Style
Newer flexible figures can have fancier visual styles or designs. Some have unusual color schemes or translucent parts. If you enjoy the retro style of the original Stretch Armstrong, that is probably the best option. Figures do not need to be visually complex to be fun.
How much you can expect to spend on a Stretch Armstrong toy
Smaller flexible figure toys can be found for under $20. If you are looking for a larger figure like the original Stretch Armstrong, expect it to cost a bit more.
Stretch Armstrong toy FAQ
Can kids break Stretch Armstrong?
A. The figure is very stretchy and bendy, but if you are too rough or force it to stretch beyond its limits, the figure will break. Even a small hole or damage to Stretch will be hard to repair or patch. There are possible ways to fix a damaged Stretch Armstrong figure, so check out the solutions others have found and shared online. If a kid does damage the figure, it may be possible to repair it.
Is Stretch Armstrong dangerous?
A. While the figure is soft and not a particularly dangerous toy to play with, there is a potential hazard to consider. The gel inside is corn syrup and not toxic, but the outer body of the figure is made with latex rubber. If a child has a latex allergy, it is not be the best option for a toy. Consider allergy safety before buying a Stretch Armstrong toy. If allergies are not an issue, then the figure is relatively safe. In terms of choking hazards, Stretch Armstrong does not have small parts that come with many action figures.
What’s the best Stretch Armstrong toy to buy?
Top Stretch Armstrong toy
What you need to know: The original Stretch Armstrong figure is a stretchable and durable bendy figure safe for kids ages 5 and older.
What you’ll love: Stretch retains his classic retro appearance. He can be stretched out up to four times his size and it is highly unlikely that a child would manage to damage the toy with its high durability and elasticity. It returns to its original shape after being stretched out.
What you should consider: Some customers have reported receiving the incorrect size figure or a flawed copy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Stretch Armstrong toy for the money
Stretch Armstrong Multi-Color Mini
What you need to know: This affordable and compact version of Stretch Armstrong is easily portable and works just like the original.
What you’ll love: This smaller version is 7 inches tall and easily wiped clean with soap and water. It returns to its original shape and size after being stretched or tied in knots. It is safe for children ages 5 and older.
What you should consider: Some users found that the paint chips or peels off too easily. It is a little less durable than the normal size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This stretchy and translucent monster would be an equally stretchy foe for a Stretch Armstrong figure to battle.
What you’ll love: It is about 12 inches tall and as stretchable as the original figure. The material is somewhat see-through. It automatically retracts to its original size and shape after being stretched. It can be used by kids ages 5 and up.
What you should consider: Some users had issues with the durability and damaged figures leaking the internal gel.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Probation warrant leads to arrest for drug possession in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - An Alexandria man, who was wanted by the Louisiana Department of Probation and Parole for a probation violation, has been accused of possessing illegal drugs.
According to the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office, Keon Devont’e Gaines, 26, has been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of alprazolam, possession of drug paraphernalia, having illegal narcotics in the presence of a minor and the probation violation.
RPSO said Gaines had been at large from Probation and Parole for approximately a year. On August 15, LDPP made contact with him. They searched his vehicle and found ¼ a pound of marijuana and various drug paraphernalia.
RPSO’s RADE Unit would go on to search the home he was at, where they said they located approximately 2.1 pounds of marijuana, alprazolam, various drug paraphernalia and $34,135.
Gaines was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center. He remains in jail at the time of this post, being held on a probation violation hold.
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(The Hill) — Twitter chief Elon Musk announced on Monday night that he would delay the relaunch of his new Twitter blue check program until the platform develops a strategy with “high confidence of stopping impersonation.”
“Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation,” wrote Musk.
Musk’s $8 subscription-based verification plan launched earlier this month has come under scrutiny for the ease with which it can be misused to impersonate public figures.
Legitimate users could lose their verified checkmarks because they choose not to pay, allowing other accounts to deceptively use their information under the guise of a blue check.
A range of accounts impersonated public figures and companies after the rollout of Twitter Blue, causing signups for the program to be suspended to “help address impersonation issues.”
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO responded to the chaos by instating a new rule that parody accounts must include the word “parody” in their names rather than just bios.
“To be more precise, accounts doing parody impersonations. Basically, tricking people is not ok,” he wrote.
The multi-billionaire said on Wednesday that the new version of Blue Verified would be unveiled on Nov. 29, but that start date may be delayed according to Monday’s announcement.
“Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals,” Musk revealed Monday night. | 2022-11-22T20:26:50+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/technology/musk-puts-twitter-blue-check-relaunch-on-hold-until-there-is-high-confidence-of-stopping-impersonation/ |
Groundbreaking Collaborative Research Program Will Explore Common Characteristics of Glaucoma, Alzheimer's
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF), a national non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for glaucoma, has launched the fourth phase of its flagship collaborative research program, Catalyst for a Cure.
The Catalyst for a Cure Initiative to Prevent and Cure Neurodegeneration will investigate the common characteristics of diseases that occur when key cells in the central nervous system — eye, brain, spinal cord — deteriorate and die, causing a loss of function. Neurodegenerative conditions include glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The Neurodegeneration Initiative was launched through a transformative $2.4 million gift to GRF from the Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Foundation. Philanthropist and former GRF board member Frank Theodore (Ted) Barr and his wife Melza have supported GRF for 40 years.
"We had been thinking about the challenge of neurodegeneration ever since the first Catalyst for a Cure initiative identified it as a factor in glaucoma, in 2006," says Mr. Barr. "We thought it was time to understand neurodegeneration in a fundamental way and develop solutions based on that knowledge."
The Barrs' gift will enable four talented investigators with diverse areas of expertise to collaborate for an initial period of three years. Consortium members are:
Sandro Da Mesquita, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Meningeal Lymphatics and Neurological Disorders Lab, Mayo Clinic
Milica Margeta, MD, PhD
Physician and Surgeon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Karthik Shekhar
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; Member, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California Berkeley
Humsa Venkatesh
Assistant Professor, Program in Neuroscience
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
With the Neurodegeneration Initiative under way, GRF is now funding two simultaneous Catalyst for a Cure consortia that could change the lives of people with glaucoma. Ongoing since 2019, the Catalyst for a Cure Vision Restoration Initiative has made enormous strides that could soon result in the ability to protect, preserve, and even regenerate retinal ganglion cells — optic nerve components that degenerate and die with glaucoma, causing blindness.
About Glaucoma Research Foundation
Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for glaucoma. To learn more, visit glaucoma.org/about-us/
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Poster presentation at 39th Annual Symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society
ATLANTA, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroTrauma Sciences, LLC (NTS), a private biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of disease-modifying therapeutic candidates to treat the devastating effects of stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI), today reported data on its novel neuroactive small molecule NTS-105 in a poster presentation at the 39th Annual Symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society in Atlanta, GA. Conducted by a research team led by Barclay Morrison, III, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, New York, NY, the study demonstrated the ability of NTS-105 to reduce cell death at a wide range of concentrations in preclinical models of TBI.
NTS-105 is a novel, neuroactive steroid that crosses the blood-brain-barrier and reduces damage caused by inflammation and hypoxia. NeuroTrauma Sciences is developing NTS-105 for treating patients suffering from TBI and stroke. In this study, several concentrations of NTS-105 were compared to progesterone, which has demonstrated some promising results in TBI preclinical studies and clinical trials but did not provide statistically significant improvements in patients. As the authors discuss, progesterone can be difficult to dissolve in water, making it challenging to deliver clinically. A neuroprotective steroid with improved properties, such as NTS-105, may serve as a better option.
In this study, 1nM progesterone and a wide range of NTS-105 concentrations between 0.1nM and 30nM were significantly neuroprotective. 300nM NTS-105 was not as neuroprotective as lower concentrations and like progesterone, NTS-105 may have a U-shaped dose response curve.
The poster is available on the NTS website, www.neurotraumasciences.com. An abstract also will be published online in the Journal of Neurotrauma.
"Our research clearly illustrates the ability of NTS-105 to decrease cell death in this in vitro model of TBI," said Dr. Morrison. "These early results support continued research and development of NTS-105 for traumatic brain injury."
"The leading cause of death and disability in children and adults aged 1 to 44, traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is responsible for nearly 64,000 deaths annually," said D. Carl Long, Chief Executive Officer. "NeuroTrauma Sciences is dedicated to developing therapies for TBI, a field in medicine with one of the greatest unmet needs. We look forward to advancing NTS-105 into clinical trials."
NTS-104 is a novel molecule that has demonstrated efficacy in preclinical models of acute TBI and ischemic stroke. NTS-104, a soluble prodrug, is readily delivered to the bloodstream where it is converted to the active neurosteroid NTS-105. NTS-105 rapidly enters the brain at concentrations sufficient to modulate key target receptors, protecting neurons from inflammation, ischemia and programmed cell death.
Columbia Engineering, based in New York City, is one of the top engineering schools in the U.S. and one of the oldest in the nation. Also known as The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School expands knowledge and advances technology through the pioneering research of its more than 220 faculty, while educating undergraduate and graduate students in a collaborative environment to become leaders informed by a firm foundation in engineering. The School's faculty are at the center of the University's cross-disciplinary research, contributing to the Data Science Institute, Earth Institute, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Precision Medicine Initiative, and the Columbia Nano Initiative. Guided by its strategic vision, "Columbia Engineering for Humanity," the School aims to translate ideas into innovations that foster a sustainable, healthy, secure, connected, and creative humanity.
NeuroTrauma Sciences (NTS) is a biopharmaceutical company advancing its mission to address the range of deficits caused by traumatic brain injury and stroke. These remain areas of high unmet need for millions of patients worldwide who have limited therapeutic options to alleviate the cognitive, functional, and neurobehavioral effects resulting from these insults. By following the science and leveraging our insights into the pathophysiology of the injured brain, NTS is advancing a pipeline of candidates targeting acute, subacute and chronic TBI and stroke. For additional information, please visit www.neurotraumasciences.com.
NTS is a proud sponsor of the 39th Annual Symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society.
Columbia Engineering
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Here’s a look at Friday’s business headlines with Jane King.
Student debt keeping many millennials from starting families
Millennials say student debt is keeping them from having children.
That could have a negative impact on the U.S. economy for decades.
Forty-three million Americans have student loan debt, totaling $1.6 trillion. With monthly payments averaging $800, many say they aren’t sure how they would afford child care.
About 70% percent of millennials and Gen Z who have student loans say they delayed a major financial decision as a result of the debt.
Live Nation proposes concert reforms
Live Nation is calling on the government to deter scalpers.
It says elected officials should give artists more control over ticket sales and limit scalper activity.
The company also says artists should be able to decide how tickets can be resold and by whom.
Live Nation says that, across the entire industry, ticket sellers should more openly disclose the full price of tickets, including fees they charge.
Study: AI will perform 40% of household chores by 2033
Researchers from England’s Oxford University suggest that by 2033, many household chores will be automated, decreasing the average amount of time we spend on “a domestic task” by 39%.
The time spent doing housework will decrease by 44% over the next 10 years, they said, with time spent washing dishes decreasing by 47% and cleaning and cooking by 46%.
Experts also estimated that laundry will be 43% automated, and the time it takes to fold laundry will decrease by 44%.
Indy neighborhood ranked among nation’s most affluent
Crows Nest, with 26 households and a population of 75, has an average household income of $549,000, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. That’s the eighth-highest average income in the country.
Crows Nest is south of Kessler Boulevard, east of Lieber Road, and west of the White River near Butler University and the Highland Golf and Country Club. | 2023-02-24T14:29:34+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/business/fridays-business-headlines-223/ |
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
145 PM CDT Tue Apr 19 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Jackson, southeastern Harmon and northern Hardeman Counties through
215 PM CDT...
At 145 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Goodlett, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Eldorado and Goodlett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Severe weather is not expected and no warnings are anticipated at
this time.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3451 10000 3456 9961 3433 9957 3433 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 263DEG 37KT 3443 9994
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...
At 150 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake View, or 7
miles north of Del Rio, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Del Rio, Lake View, Black Brush Point, Val Verde Park, Laughlin AFB,
Long Point, Diablo East, San Pedro Canyon, 277 North Campground, Lake
Ridge Ranch, 277 South Boat Ramp and Escondido Estates.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If on or near Lake Amistad, get away from the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-04-19T20:23:47+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-NORMAN-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17091187.php |
AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The town of Amherst has been awarded a huge grant for accessible trail improvements.
The $280,000 of grant money from the state will help to improve the town’s recreation facilities, including trail improvements at the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course.
The trail will be designed and constructed to meet or exceed the U.S. Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines to allow users of all ages and abilities to enjoy the trail. | 2022-09-27T00:08:56+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/amherst-awarded-grant-for-trail-recreation-improvements/ |
Swarm of quakes at Alaska volcano could mean eruption coming
By MARK THIESSEN
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the past few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible indication of an impending eruption.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert level to advisory status for Tanaga Volcano late Tuesday after the quakes became very vigorous.
“We started seeing a whole lot of earthquakes occurring, one after the other, several per minute,” said John Power, a research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey stationed in Anchorage at the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
There have been hundreds of small earthquakes, none larger than magnitude 2.75, but they are concentrated beneath the summit of the volcano, he said.
“That indicates that we’re seeing significant unrest at the volcano,” Power said.
“Whether or not this will lead to an eruption is something we can’t say at this point in time,” he said. “But we are concerned about it enough that we have gone and elevated the warning level.”
While the increase causes concern, he said many times earthquake activity will drop off with no eruption.
“It’s anybody’s guess as to where this particular round of earthquake activity may end up,” he said.
The volcano is on an uninhabited island in the western Aleutians, about 1,250 miles (2,012 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage. There are no communities or structures there, but Adak, a city of about 170 residents on another island, is about 65 miles (105 kilometers) away and could see ashfall.
If the volcano were to erupt, the biggest threat would be to aircraft. The Aleutians are below the routes that jets fly between North America and Asia. Volcanic ash is angular and sharp and can cause an airplane engine to shut down. Previous eruptions had both ash clouds and viscous lava that moves very slowly away from the mountain, much like what happened at Mount St. Helens in Washington state in 1980.
“It’s very different than what you would see, for example, in Hawaii, Kilauea or Mauna Loa, where you see these beautiful red rivers of lava flowing down the side of the volcano,” Power said.
Tanaga is actually part of a three-volcano complex on the island. It’s the tallest of the three at 5,925 feet (1,806 meters). It sits in the middle, with Sajaka, a 4,443-foot volcano to its west. Sajaka had an older cone that collapsed into the North Pacific Ocean with a new cone that has emerged.
To the east of Tanaga is Takawangha, a 4,75-foot (1,449-meter) volcano that is mostly ice-covered except for four craters, the Alaska Volcano Observatory says.
The last known eruption for Tanaga was in 1914. It erupted twice in the late 1700s and again in 1829.
The observatory in a release said there are no known eruptions of Takawangha or Sajaka. However, field work has indicated that eruptions may have occurred from those volcanos and were attributed to Tanaga. | 2023-03-09T03:21:06+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/03/08/swarm-of-quakes-at-alaska-volcano-could-mean-eruption-coming/ |
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRS Medical, a healthcare startup based in South Korea and a member of the Born2Global Centre, recently announced that it has raised approximately $20M in Series B funding. The round of Series B funding welcomed new investors Q Capital Partners and Hanwha Life and additional funds from Klim Ventures, which had contributed to the startup's Series A funding.
Co-founded by graduates of Seoul National University in October 2018, AIRS Medical is a startup that uses digitalized, AI-based diagnostic tests and robotics technologies to provide a better clinical experience for both patients and healthcare providers.
AIRS Medical has been recognized for its deep learning MR image reconstruction technology, winning both the 2019 and 2020 fastMRI Challenge co-hosted by Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and NYU Langone Health. Following these wins, the startup successfully developed and commercialized its technology, called SwiftMR™, and has been using it to benefit the broader healthcare community.
SwiftMR™ is an AI-powered MRI reconstruction software that enhances MR images acquired under various conditions, contributing to a higher level of data accuracy and a better patient experience. In 2021, the software was approved by both the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and the US FDA. Since its official commercial launch in Korea in the fourth quarter of 2021, SwiftMR™ has been used for an average of 30,000 monthly MRI exams and a grand total of more than 130,000 MRI exams. Following the successful implementation of the software's business model in the domestic market and with the support of Born2Global and the KOSME-MATTER US Market Adoption Program, AIRS Medical is now introducing its software in other parts of the world including the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, and South America.
In March 2022, AIRS Medical acquired artiQ, an AI- and robotics-based startup that shared AIRS Medical's vision of a world without any sickness. Through the acquisition, AIRS Medical successfully added in-vitro diagnostics to its technology portfolio, which also includes venipuncture automation. Moving forward, AIRS Medical aims to use its exceptional technology and clinical expertise to introduce consecutive diagnostic test solutions that innovate the cost structure of the medical industry.
"We believe we can transform the healthcare ecosystem by solving the current dependency on analog machines by replacing them with data-driven medicine," said Hye-seong Lee, CEO of AIRS Medical. He continued, "Through the Series B funding we've secured, we will be taking our innovative diagnostic solutions to the global market."
About AIRS Medical
AIRS Medical Inc., founded in Oct 2018, is a medical AI startup based in Seoul, Korea, that develops innovative products and services to improve patient experience and to achieve greater institutional efficiency in areas in which a lack of productivity limits clinical value.
For more information, visit airsmed.com
About Born2Global Centre
The Born2Global Centre, operated by Born2Global, is a full-cycle service platform that supports the global expansion of promising companies. Established in 2013 under the Ministry of Science and ICT, Born2Global has been setting the standards for a successful startup ecosystem in Korea and continues to expand and transform startups so that they are engaged, well equipped, and connected with the global market.
For more information, please visit born2global.com
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DENVER — At the rather unassuming street corner of 38th and Tennyson in Northwest Denver – down the street from Sprouts and nestled amongst a cozy townhome development – sits a building that holds as much history as any in Colorado.
To a passerby, it’s a large, blue wooden structure, adjacent to a courtyard browned by fetch-playing dogs and small neighborhood gatherings.
It’s no surprise that many across the Denver metro – and even some that live mere blocks away – don’t know the building’s illustrious history, its decades of dormancy, or its recent revival.
It’s the Historic Elitch Garden Theater, dubbed “Denver’s oldest cultural venue.” I visited the theater with Historic Elitch Theater Board President Greg Rowley to learn more about its fascinating past.
"Somehow, you can feel 130 years of history [here],” he said. “This building just has this magic to it.”
Built in 1891, the theater was part of the original Elitch Gardens – which, unlike the downtown amusement park Denverites know today, was actually a botanic garden and zoo that John and Mary Elitch had opened the year prior.
John Elitch passed away in the theater’s first year, Rowley said, leaving the zoological gardens and the theater in Mary’s hands.
She ran it for about a quarter-century before retiring in 1916, and trust me when I say she did just about everything one could at that park. Several photos that remain inside the theater show her kinship with the bears at the zoo.
“Mary Elitch is kind of this forgotten figure,” Rowley said. “She was an entrepreneur before women could be entrepreneurs. And here she was doing this amazing thing.”
“She was so well loved. [So] this is kind of her legacy. She's kind of our muse now, because we want to, we want to continue the amazing spirit that she created here.”
The theater predates iconic buildings across the state like the Brown Palace, the State Capitol and the current Union Station building.
“The amazing thing is, those are all stone and brick buildings,” Rowley said, “and here we have this wooden building that has somehow lasted 132 years.”
It didn’t take long for the theater to make history, either.
Renowned inventor Thomas Edison was in Denver in 1896, and came to the Elitch Garden theater to debut his Vitascope – an early ancestor of the projector – to show the first short film in Colorado history, if not the first west of the Mississippi.
“The theater itself was actually more for plays. It was never really a movie house. Denver had tons of amazing movie houses,” Rowley said. “But we did get to have the honor of being the very first moving picture in Colorado.”
And while the list of world-renowned inventors to stop there may well end with Edison, the list of acting alumni is as lengthy as it is impressive. Elitch’s was once one of the premiere theaters in the country, and was home to Broadway stars and future silver screen standouts alike.
When you walk in the theater’s front doors, you’re met with rows of headshots that line the concourse. Among them are names like William Shatner, Cybill Shepherd, Vincent Price and more.
You’ll also see Robert Redford, who was a student at CU Boulder for one year in 1955 before dropping out to get his start at the theater.
“Robert Redford's, a funny story, because we don't actually have a record of him ever performing here,” Rowley said. “But he says he performed here, so we gladly claim him. I'm not gonna argue with Robert Redford.”
Some that appeared here would become stars of the Golden Age of Film, like Joan Fontaine, Debbie Reynolds and Grace Kelly.
Kelly, who was essentially “an unknown” when she performed at Elitch’s in the summer of 1951, got a call while in Denver to come to Hollywood and play Gary Cooper’s wife in the movie High Noon.
She was afraid to break her contract at Elitch’s, but leading man Whitfield Connor let her go, and Kelly never looked back.
“She got into High Noon, and [three years later] she won an Oscar,” Rowley said. “After that she was a princess and the rest is history. So yeah, she’s one of the biggies.”
The incredible claims to fame date back more than 100 years.
Antoinette Perry, the namesake of the Tony Awards, got her start at the Elitch Theatre in the early 1900s at the age of 11. A couple of years later, Cecil B. DeMille – who is credited with later creating the Hollywood industry – was part of the summer stock cast at the theater.
Before there were the theater’s saviors of the 21st century, there was Helen Bonfils. She acted at Elitch’s for many years, was a longtime manager of The Denver Post, and, in the 1950s, was the richest woman in Denver.
She financed an expansion of the theater that saw new seating added as well as the addition of a fly building backstage that allows for complex mechanics when it comes to props and other production techniques.
The theater closed in 1991. Elitch Gardens closed in 1995 and moved to the downtown location where it remains today.
And while the theater was saved from redevelopment by a historical designation shortly thereafter, it was abandoned and fell into disrepair.
Denver
Photos: Denver's historic Elitch Theatre through the years
“The No. 1 search term people used to find our website was ‘abandoned buildings near me,’” Rowley said. “And so for many, many years, we didn't look very ready for prime time.”
Getting the theater ready for prime time became the mission of the Historic Elitch Theatre Foundation.
Last year marked 20 years of renovation efforts. Approvals can take months, and the requirements of historic recognition spare no attention to detail.
Rowley recalled the individual removal of every decorative rafter on the front of the building. Each had to be traced onto a new piece of wood, down to every notch and dent, he said, before it could be replaced.
“The nice thing is, you know what you're looking at is what was here 100 years ago,” he said. “And so as much as the process is a little painful, it's the thing I love about it is that you know that this is legit, and, and it's historic.”
While the renovation is not complete, the theater has reopened for business.
It’s hosting free summer movie nights every other Friday this summer, as well as what they call “First Friday history tours” where you can see and feel the magic of 132 years for yourself.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for the movie nights, and each “First Friday” event includes two different tour times. You can find more about the schedule for those events on the theater’s website here.
Up next for the foundation is the hopeful return of live theater.
“This summer, we kept it kind of manageable, but we're really hoping next summer [...] to get live theater back on the stage,” Rowley said, adding that the mission could include partnerships with local theater groups.
Then he said, the foundation hopes to complete work on things like lighting, rigging and sound to make high-quality theater happen again inside Elitch’s.
“Our hope is that the theater kind of becomes a cultural arts hub for the the neighborhood and for the area,” Rowley said. | 2023-07-11T13:11:54+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/the-denver-theater-where-grace-kelly-got-her-start-was-abandoned-for-decades-now-its-being-revived |
Sept. 30, 1947 - Aug. 27, 2022
SPRINGFIELD — Philip John Harris was born on September 30, 1947, in Decatur, IL, the only child of Harold and Jessie Harris. After a long journey with cerebral palsy and other medical conditions, Phil passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 27, 2022 in Springfield, IL.
Phil resided for many years at Brother James Court in Springfield, IL, and recently moved to a different group home in the area. Philip loved coloring, working puzzles, and most of all, the St. Louis Cardinals. Phil enjoyed spending time with his aides, friends, and loved ones, and he will be dearly missed. Phil was an important part of our family; he brought much love and light into our world, and we take comfort knowing that Phil's memory, and our memories with him, will live on in our hearts.
Philip is survived by his uncle, Roger Baldwin, of Edmond, OK; and cousins: Leslie Baldwin of Cabin John, MD, Heidi Hassinger and Kim Baldwin, both of Plattsburgh, NY, Cheryl Baldwin Frech and husband Roger of Norman, OK, and Lynne Matzell of Edmond, OK; as well as dear family friends: Marilyn Oftedal and her daughter, Michele Usinger, of Decatur, IL.
A celebration of Phil's life will be 10:00 AM on Friday, September 9, 2022, at Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home, 2827 N. Oakland Ave., Decatur, IL.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cerebral Palsy Foundation or the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Condolences and memories may be shared with the family in care of Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Homes at www.brintlingerandearl.com. | 2022-09-05T18:51:49+00:00 | herald-review.com | https://herald-review.com/obituaries/philip-john-harris/article_06a886d1-812a-5fd9-8357-b2bf182906e5.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National Security Council spokesman John Kirby; Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Reps. Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.
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CBS’ “Face the Nation" — The nominees for Arizona governor, Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs; Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz.
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CNN’s “State of the Union” — Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va.; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn
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“Fox News Sunday” — Stacey Abrams, Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia; former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
In Other News | 2022-10-07T23:13:33+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/guest-lineups-for-the-sunday-news-shows/JKQZJBK67RAR5DSDFJZZESFKUA/ |
The North Miami Beach Police Department is investigating a shooting Tuesday that left two people dead and one person critically injured, officials said.
The incident occurred in the area of 1523 170th Street in northeast North Miami Beach, where there has been enormous police presence since early Tuesday morning.
First responders arrived at the scene shortly after 4.m. where North Miami Beach officers spoke with residents on the street and examined the area for evidence.
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Just after 5 a.m., officers brought in the North Miami Beach Mobile Command Center, and set it up in front of a home.
Neighbors told NBC6 they woke up to flashing lights and officers swarming their neighborhood.
“I didn’t hear anything,” said Mark Tavares who lives on the street. “I’m in shock.”
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Police have not released any information on the identity of the victims, but did confirm two people died as a result of the shooting.
The victim who was critically injured was taken to Aventura Hospital.
At this time there is no additional information on any potential suspects or the events that may have led to the shooting.
This is a developing story. Please check back with NBC6 for updates. | 2023-06-20T12:14:46+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/2-dead-1-critically-injured-after-apparent-shooting-at-north-miami-beach-home/3056792/ |
The 2023 Last Fling will be held Labor Day Weekend Sept. 1-4 along Jackson Avenue in downtown Naperville, according to a news release.
Hairbangers Ball headline opening day at 8 p.m. Sept. 1. Mix Tape Junkies perform at 5 p.m.
Too Hype Crew is the top name for Sept. 2, performing at 8 p.m. Opening acts for that day are OMTs at 12 p.m., the PriSSillas at 2:30 p.m. and ‘90s Pop Nation at 5:15 p.m.
Sixteen Candles Band tops the night at 8 p.m. Sept. 3. Openers are Naperville locals Within 4 Days at 12 p.m., The Country Night at 2:30 p.m., and The Ron Burgundy’s at 5:15 p.m.
On Sept. 4, Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones opens at noon and Hi Infidelity closes out Last Fling at 3:45 p.m. There will also be a complimentary lunch for military veterans, in the Sponsors’ Area, near the Jackson Avenue Stage.
Details can be found via lastfling.org. | 2023-03-27T21:23:08+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-last-fling-bands-st-0329-20230327-rrx7gzr6k5h2pb4e4jg725uh6q-story.html |
HOUSTON (AP) — After collecting his MLB-leading 12th win Saturday, Justin Verlander wasn’t ready to reflect on how far he’s come this season.
But the 39-year-old did take a moment to note how his almost two-year absence from the game after Tommy John surgery has made him appreciate his success a bit more.
“I’ve said the word perspective here a lot, and I don’t take it for granted,” he said. “I think in the past I took a lot of things for granted, my health and some success when I was young, certainly not since I’ve been an Astro. But I think age and going through some stuff, has a way to help you grow up and realize some real positives that maybe you wouldn’t have taken a moment to realize before.”
Verlander struck out 10 in six sharp innings and the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0.
Martín Maldonado hit a second-inning grand slam as the AL West-leading Astros bounced back after a 5-1 loss in the series opener Friday night. The A’s actually outhit Houston 7-6, but had little to show for it.
Verlander (12-3) allowed six hits without a walk and lowered his ERA to 1.89, which ranks third in the majors. Phil Maton, Hector Neris and Bryan Abreu each pitched a scoreless inning to complete the shutout against the team with the AL’s worst record.
Verlander, who leads all active players in strikeouts, now has 3,121 in his career, moving him past Curt Schilling (3,116) and Bob Gibson (3,117) into 14th place on the all-time list.
He was selected to his ninth All-Star game and will attend next week’s festivities in Los Angeles but will not pitch in Tuesday’s game after throwing 106 pitches Saturday.
“He has that inner drive that you can’t really teach somebody, especially with a guy that’s had the success that he’s had,” manager Dusty Baker said. “A lot of people would have just called it in but this guy, he loves to pitch and he loves to compete. We’re glad that he’s put in the time and effort and glad that we’ve got him back.”
Added catcher Maldonado: “That guy, I feel like he’s 25 years old.”
Verlander laughed when told of Maldonado’s assessment of him.
“I appreciate it,” he said. “There’s a lot of hard work that goes into trying to fight the good fight and rage against the dying of the light as long as possible. And I’ll continue to do that as long as I possibly can.”
Five of the six hits Verlander allowed were singles and the only time the Athletics got more than one hit in an inning came when Dermis Garcia and Nick Allen hit consecutive singles to start the fifth. But Vimael Machín grounded into a double play before Verlander retired Ramón Laureano to end the threat.
“That’s classic Justin,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. “Life on the fastball and he threw a lot of breaking balls today.”
Houston second baseman Jose Altuve was in the lineup at designated hitter after missing Friday’s game dealing with soreness after being hit by a pitch in the left knee Thursday. Altuve said he was still sore Saturday and would not participate in the All-Star game because of the injury.
There were two outs in the second when Yuli Gurriel and Jake Meyers hit consecutive singles before Chas McCormick walked to load the bases.
Maldonado then connected off rookie Jared Koenig (1-3) for his third career grand slam on a shot to center field to make it 4-0.
Aledmys Díaz walked to start Houston’s fourth and Gurriel singled, setting up an RBI single by McCormick.
Koenig yielded six hits and five runs in a career-high seven innings for his third loss in five starts this season.
“The second inning kind of blew up, but after that he settled down,” Kotsay said. “Just one bad inning.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: RHP Lance McCullers Jr., who has been out all season with a right forearm strain, said he felt good after throwing about 40 pitches in a two-inning simulated game Saturday. The team hasn’t determined his next step, but he could begin a rehabilitation assignment soon. “This is like the end of my rehab,” he said. “This is that end point, the end of the tunnel for where we feel like we were hoping to be by this point in the calendar. That’s a good thing. As far as my next step, I have to wait and speak to the training staff and the Astros.”
UP NEXT
Houston’s Jake Odorizzi (4-2, 3.38) is scheduled to start in the series finale Sunday. The Athletics have yet to name a starter.
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Which Blinc mascara is best?
Our eyes express so much about us: our mood, our thoughts and, depending on the makeup we use, our style. That’s why, for most people who wear makeup, mascara ranks as the top product we simply would never live without. Blinc mascara, in particular, has risen to the top of the market with its unique “tubing” formula and stylish brush and wand. For a mascara that’s sure to have you shining day or night, the Blinc Original Tubing Mascara is a top pick.
What to know before you buy a Blinc mascara
Formula
Blinc’s claim to fame is their “tube-forming” mascara, which dries and locks around your eyelashes so that your makeup holds for hours. It’s waterproof, buildable mascara that doesn’t flake off, smudge, clump or run. Most mascara is oil-based, which can cause it to flake or run as paint would. With tubing mascara, you’re also less likely to have eye irritation or infections. It’s mascara flaking and getting into your eyes that normally causes those issues. One potential downside, though, is that tubing formula does tend to dry out in the tube faster than regular mascara.
Volumizing vs. lengthening mascara
With any mascara, you’ll get some amount of va-va-voom. However, if you’re looking to make a real statement, Blinc offers volumizing mascara, which will help build more mascara on your eyelashes.
On the other hand, if you’re more interested in length, you can try a mascara that focuses less on volume and more on drawing out your eyelashes. You can also try using a priming mascara before your Blinc mascara. Additionally, combining mascara with a smoky eye makeup look brings out your eyes even more. It is especially good for a night out.
Good for sensitive eyes and skin
While the Blinc’s tubing formula is waterproof, it’s surprisingly delicate on your eyes and the sensitive skin around them. Blinc mascara is clinically-tested, hypoallergenic and entirely vegan.
What to look for in a quality Blinc mascara
Brush
Though a mascara’s formula makes a huge difference in how long it stays on, the brush itself controls the application, so be sure to pick one that suits your lashes. Volumizing, anti-clump and lengthening brushes all address different preferences.
Wand shape
Aside from the brush itself, the shape of the wand may help you angle and form your eyelashes. Go for a wand that’s sturdy but not brittle, and make sure it’s made of solid materials so that it won’t break if you drop it. The wand’s flexibility can also help give you extra control when you apply your makeup.
Color
Blinc mascara is available in black and brown, so there are options to choose from if you’d prefer a lighter or darker finish for your lashes.
How much you can expect to spend on Blinc mascara
Blinc mascara costs the same per tube no matter the type. Blinc mascara costs $26 per tube. If you buy in bulk or order a subscription, it brings the cost per individual mascara down a few dollars.
Blinc mascara FAQ
If Blinc mascara is waterproof and smudge-proof, how do I take it off?
A. While Blinc mascara can’t be smudged or washed off, the combination of gentle pressure and warm water is enough to safely remove your makeup.
How long does mascara last?
A. All mascara lasts three to six months once it’s been opened. Once your mascara has passed that time, throw it out. Old mascara is prone to flaking, drying out or even becoming unsafe to use. Tubing mascara, in particular, can be quicker to dry out. Be sure to keep an eye on your mascara so you can replace it when the time comes.
What can I do to make my mascara pop?
A. Aside from investing in a quality mascara, there’s more you can do to get the most out of your makeup.
- Start with a primer. A priming mascara will prep your eyelashes, coating them so that the mascara stands out even more. What’s more, it conditions your lashes and helps prevent smudging and running.
- Apply your mascara in layers to build up volume and lengthen eyelashes for maximum glam.
- End by brushing out your lashes with a small eyelash brush to separate your lashes and prevent any clumping.
What’s the best Blinc mascara to buy?
Top Blinc mascara
What you need to know: You can’t go wrong with a classic. This is the mascara that put Blinc on the map, and customers still rave that it has changed their makeup game.
What you’ll love: Blinc has produced this original mascara since the ’90s, and it has remained a fan favorite. The tubing formula locks into lashes. You can wear this mascara for hours without worrying about smudging, even if you wear glasses.
What you should consider: It doesn’t specifically volumize or lengthen, if you’re looking for those effects. Some buyers wish it offered more volume.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sephora
Top Blinc mascara for the money
Blinc UltraVolume Tubing Mascara
What you need to know: This glamorous and buildable mascara won Allure magazine’s Best of Beauty award in 2021.
What you’ll love: This mascara offers all the pluses of the original Blinc mascara with added volume. The delicate, small bristles on the brush help separate your lashes. The matte jet-black finish leaves you with a striking eye look.
What you should consider: It may be more prone to clumping than the original mascara. It’s only available in black.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sephora
Worth checking out
Blinc Amplified Tubing Mascara
What you need to know: This volumizing mascara adds more pizazz and comes in two colors (black and brown).
What you’ll love: Wear this eye-popping mascara all day and night without having to worry about it wiping off. It is less wet than the original formula, so it may be easier for some buyers who are more accustomed to traditional mascara.
What you should consider: Some fans of the Blinc’s original formula dislike this mascara’s different texture, even though it also is a tubing mascara.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sephora
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BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday inaugurated Germany’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, declaring that the speed with which it was put into service is a signal that Europe’s biggest economy will remain strong.
The top three officials in the government — Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner — attended the inauguration in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven in a sign of the importance that Germany attaches to several new LNG terminals that it is scrambling to build following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The terminals are part of a drive to prevent an energy crunch that also includes temporarily reactivating old oil- and coal-fired power stations and extending the life of Germany’s last three nuclear power plants, which were supposed to be switched off at the end of this year, until mid-April.
Scholz announced days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February that the government had decided to build the first two LNG terminals quickly.
“When we said that, for example, such a terminal should be built here in Wilhelmshaven this year already, many said that’s never possible, that would never succeed,” the chancellor said at Saturday’s ceremony. “And the opposite is true.”
Port facilities were completed a month ago and a specially equipped ship, a so-called “floating storage and regasification unit,” docked on Thursday with 165,000 cubic meters of LNG. The Economy Ministry said that regasification is expected to start in the coming days and “regular service” in January.
Two more terminals are slated to open this winter, with another three expected to be available next winter. Scholz said their total capacity will be well over half the amount of Russian pipeline gas that was supplied last winter.
Sluggish planning processes have long been a concern in Germany. Scholz proclaimed on Saturday that “this is now the new German speed with which we are moving infrastructure forward.”
“This is a good day for our country and a good signal to the whole world that the German economy will be in a position to continue being strong, to produce and to deal with this challenge,” he said.
Efforts to make Germany independent of Russian gas were well underway before Russia started reducing supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was its main supply route, in mid-June. Russia, which used to account for more than half of the country’s natural gas supply, hasn’t delivered any gas to Germany since the end of August.
Scholz underlined the importance of pursuing Germany’s transition to renewable energy sources, and stressed that a new pipeline to Wilhelmshaven was planned in such a way that it can in the future be adapted to transport hydrogen.
Still, the new gas terminals have drawn criticism from environmental groups.
And while they have broad mainstream political support, a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, Tino Chrupalla, argued on Saturday that the Wilhelmshaven facility wouldn’t solve the energy crisis and called for the government to drop sanctions against Russia. | 2022-12-17T22:09:33+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-scholz-inaugurates-1st-liquefied-gas-terminal-in-germany/ |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MCRA, LLC, a leading medical device focused regulatory advisory firm and clinical research organization (CRO) integrating U.S. and International Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Trial Operations, Reimbursement and Market Access, Healthcare Compliance, Cybersecurity, Quality Assurance and Japan Distribution Logistics (DMAH) support is pleased to announce the addition of anesthesia and critical care as new therapy specializations, led by former FDA Assistant Director Todd Courtney. With the growth in the number of medical devices for anesthesia and critical care, MCRA has hired Mr. Courtney as the Vice President of Anesthesia Regulatory Affairs.
Mr. Courtney joins MCRA from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he spent over 15 years with the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, most recently as Assistant Director of the Anesthesia Devices Team. In this role, Mr. Courtney led his team through the total product lifecycle review of marketing submissions for anesthesia technologies. In addition, Mr. Courtney's time at the FDA includes positions as FDA Fellow at Fogarty Innovation, Acting Branch Chief for the Circulatory Support Devices Branch and Lead Reviewer for the Peripheral Interventional Devices Branch. These experiences have allowed Mr. Courtney to work closely with medical teams and stakeholders across various medical device submission types to provide thorough and expert feedback throughout the submissions process.
At MCRA, Mr. Courtney will lead the Anesthesia, Respiratory, and Sleep Team under the Regulatory Affairs division. This team will provide expert consultation to clients on medical device submissions in the anesthesia and critical care space. These consultations include regulatory strategy, design and review of clinical testing plans and working interactively with clients to overcome FDA questions and issues. Mr. Courtney and his team will work closely with all stakeholders, including FDA, to provide strategic feedback and expertise to MCRA regulatory clients to create successful outcomes.
David Lown, MCRA's President said "With the growth in anesthesia-based medical devices, MCRA is proud to expand its therapy specializations to include anesthesia and critical care. By hiring Todd Courtney as the Vice President of Anesthesia Regulatory Affairs, we can now lead these clients through the medical device submission process, a space where MCRA maintains a consistent track record of success, with 17 PMA approvals to date. We are thrilled to have Todd Courtney join MCRA as the Vice President of Anesthesia Regulatory Affairs."
Glenn Stiegman, Senior Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs at MCRA said "As the number of submissions related to anesthesia, respiratory, and sleep products continue to grow, we at MCRA wanted to provide the same vigor of regulatory expertise and leadership to these clients as we do across our other therapy areas. With Todd Courtney on board, our regulatory offerings now encompass this critical space. Todd's 15 years of experience at the FDA has provided him with a well-rounded and respected standing in the realm of anesthesia devices, but also circulatory and peripheral interventional devices, as he led in-depth reviews in each division. Todd's vision, expertise and resounding leadership will be of great benefit to our clients as they work on anesthesia and critical care device submissions."
Mr. Courtney said, "I am extremely excited to join the team at MCRA to use my knowledge of regulatory science to assist clients large and small in navigating the at-times challenging, and always evolving, regulatory landscape. This will contribute to bringing safe, effective, and innovative technologies to the public in a dynamic and collaborative manner."
MCRA is proud to continue supporting innovation in the medical device industry by helping clients navigate regulatory submissions in the anesthesia and critical care space, both at the FDA and globally.
About MCRA, LLC: MCRA is the leading privately held independent medical device, diagnostics and biologics Clinical Research Organization (CRO) and advisory firm. MCRA delivers to its clients industry experience, integrating its six business value creators: regulatory, clinical research, reimbursement, healthcare compliance, quality assurance, and distribution logistics to provide a dynamic, market-leading effort from innovation conception to commercialization. MCRA's integrated application of these key value-creating initiatives provides unparalleled value for its clients. MCRA has offices in Washington, DC, Hartford, CT, New York, NY, and Tokyo, Japan and serves nearly 1,000 clients globally. Its core focus areas of therapeutic experience include orthopedics, spine, biologics, cardiovascular, diagnostic imaging, wound care, artificial intelligence, dental, anesthesia, general surgery, digital health, neurology, robotics, oncology, general and plastic surgery, urology, and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices and medical device cybersecurity. www.mcra.com
About Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC: Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC (VB), founded MCRA in 2004. VB is headquartered in New York City and specialized in funding venture capital, private equity, and merchant banking activities for the neuromusculoskeletal industry. VB is dedicated to financing healthcare innovation. www.vbllc.com
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police have released photos of two men who are persons of interest after a woman was shot in Broad Ripple in March.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department have released photos of two men who may know what led up to the shooting.
IMPD said the shooting happened near Westfield Boulevard and Guilford Avenue on March 5.
Anyone with information on the men or the shooting are asked to call 317-327-3475 or email here.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS (8477). Tips may be eligible for a cash reward. | 2022-04-18T12:30:32+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/impd-seeking-persons-of-interest-after-woman-shot-in-broad-ripple/ |
Romanian defense minister quits, cites issue with president
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s defense minister Vasile Dincu has resigned, citing difficulties working with the country’s president who’s chief of the NATO country’s armed forces. Dincu’s resignation Monday comes a week after sparking controversy by suggesting that Ukraine’s only chance for peace would be in negotiating with Russia. Romania, a European Union and NATO member that borders war-torn Ukraine, has become an increasingly important western ally since Russia invaded Ukraine nine months ago and hosts multinational battlegroups and air defense systems for the 30-nation security alliance. No interim minister or successor has yet been announced. | 2022-10-24T15:02:55+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/10/24/romanian-defense-minister-quits-cites-issue-with-president/ |
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into mourning again in the wake of its third mass killing in eight days.
Officers arrested a suspect in Monday’s shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.
Seven people were found dead and an eighth injured at a farm and another location several miles away, the Sheriff’s Office said. Officials believe Zhao worked at one of the facilities and that the victims were workers as well, Corpus said. Officials haven’t determined a motive for the shooting.
Aerial television images Monday showed police officers collecting evidence from a farm with dozens of greenhouses, which appeared to be the location where police found four dead. On Tuesday morning, police continued to block off the location.
California is still reeling from an attack on a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park that killed 11 and cast a shadow over an important holiday for many Asian-American communities. Authorities are still seeking a motive for the Saturday shooting.
“For the second time in recent days, California communities are mourning the loss of loved ones in a senseless act of gun violence," President Joe Biden said Tuesday morning. “Even as we await further details on these shootings, we know the scourge of gun violence across America requires stronger action.”
The new year has brought six mass killings in the U.S. in fewer than three weeks, accounting for 39 deaths. Three have occurred in California since Jan. 16, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. The database tracks every mass killing — defined as four dead not including the offender — committed in the U.S. since 2006.
The killings occurred on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of San Francisco.
Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez said the victims included Chinese and Latino farmworkers. Some workers lived at one of the facilities and children may have witnessed the shooting, she said. Corpus said it wasn’t immediately clear how the two locations were connected.
The Sheriff’s Office first received reports of a shooting in the afternoon and found four people dead and a fifth wounded at the first scene. Officers then found three more people fatally shot nearby, Capt. Eamonn Allen said in a news release.
About two hours later, a sheriff’s deputy spotted Zhao’s car parked outside a sheriff’s substation in a strip mall and arrested him.
A video of the arrest showed three officers approaching a parked car with drawn weapons. Zhao got out of the car, and the officers pulled him to the ground, put him in handcuffs, and led him away. A weapon was found in his vehicle, officials said. The video was captured by Kati McHugh, a Half Moon Bay resident who witnessed the arrest.
The sheriff’s department believes Zhao acted alone.
“We’re still trying to understand exactly what happened and why, but it’s just incredibly, incredibly tragic,” said state Sen. Josh Becker, who represents the area and called it “a very close-knit” agricultural community.
Half Moon Bay is a small coastal city with agricultural roots, home to about 12,000 people. The surrounding San Mateo County is a mixture of coastal cities and hills dotted with farms, included floral and tree nurseries as well as ranches. The county also allows marijuana to be grown in greenhouses and at nurseries in some areas.
It’s a majority white community. About a third of the population is Latino and about 5% is Asian, according to Census data.
“We are sickened by today’s tragedy in Half Moon Bay," said San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine said. “We have not even had time to grieve for those lost in the terrible shooting in Monterey Park. Gun violence must stop.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted that he was "at the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting. This time in Half Moon Bay. Tragedy upon tragedy."
On Jan. 16, a teenage mother and her baby were among six people killed in a shooting at a home in California's Central Valley. | 2023-01-24T20:23:07+00:00 | niagara-gazette.com | https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/7-dead-as-california-mourns-3rd-mass-killing-in-8-days/article_aab617aa-9c06-11ed-a20c-671ced1020a2.html |
What you need to make delicious breads
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- All-Clad Pro-Release Nonstick Bakeware Set
- Homearray Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls Set
- Nordic Ware Proform Cake Pan
The traditional bread-making process involving yeast and dough kneading can be cathartic. It’s also tricky and potentially time-consuming. Denser breads that don’t need to proof or rise — like banana bread — are much easier to throw together with bakery-quality results. With a good recipe, that is.
We consulted life-long bakers from the South to get these family recipes for sweet breads that are easy to make even for beginners. These loaves have been made for bake sales, brought to family gatherings, delivered to new neighbors, and enjoyed on many mornings.
Take a look at these tried-and-true recipes and tips if you want to elevate your breakfast options. Or if you’re just looking for a rewarding way to fill your time at home.
Wilma’s Banana Nut Bread
Take those blackening, overripe bananas and turn them into crowd-pleasing banana bread. The great news about this recipe is that you can freeze ripe bananas and save them until you’re ready to bake. Just thaw them out and mash before adding them to the batter.
A note from the baker: “This recipe requires a few extra steps, but the moistness and depth of flavor are well worth the effort. This is a family recipe, and we assume Wilma is a friend of my husband’s grandmother.”
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups sugar.
- 1 cup shortening.
- 4 eggs, separated.
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda.
- 1 teaspoon salt.
- 6 tablespoons buttermilk.
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
- 2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 5 medium bananas).
- 1 cup chopped toasted pecans and/or walnuts.
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour two loaf pans.
- Whip the egg whites with a beater until soft peaks form, then transfer to a mixing bowl and set aside. Cream the shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and buttermilk.
- In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the flour mixture to the shortening and sugar alternately with the yolk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until blended (but be sure not to overmix).
- Add vanilla, bananas, and pecans. With a spatula, fold in the egg whites carefully. To make smaller loaves, divide the batter between two loaf pans and bake for one and a half hours. To make one big sheet cake, pour batter into a larger tube pan at 325 degrees for one and a half hours.
Tips
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Stopping periodically and wiping down the sides of the mixing bowl with a spatula will yield a well-blended batter.
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Very ripe bananas are key to this recipe. They’re easier to mash and impart a sweeter flavor to the bread. You can peel and freeze bananas to use them later in recipes; just take them out of the freezer and allow them to defrost before you begin. An alternative idea is to ripen bananas by placing them (unpeeled) on a pan in a 300-degree oven for 30 minutes. Let them cool to room temperature before using.
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Buttermilk is purchasable in powdered form at the grocery store. When properly stored in the refrigerator, its shelf life is six to 12 months. Add the powder to the dry ingredients, and the appropriate amount of water to the wet ingredients.
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Greasing the pans with butter and dusting them with sugar can create a delicious crust. Make sure to coat every surface well.
Glazed poppy seed bread
If you’re a fan of poppy seed muffins, try this sweet, orange-glazed poppy loaf. The best part: Cleanup is easier if you opt to make bread rather than muffins, as bread tins have fewer surfaces.
A note from the baker: “While you can simplify and leave off the glaze, that extra step really elevates this recipe, and the orange juice adds a nice zest.”
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour.
- 2 1/2 cups sugar.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder.
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten with a whisk or fork.
- 1 1/2 cups milk.
- 1 1/8 cups neutral oil.
- 1 1/2 tablespoons poppy seeds.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring.
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil, poppy seeds, and vanilla and beat for two minutes.
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Pour into two large greased and floured loaf pans and bake for one hour.
Glaze ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar.
- 1/4 cup orange juice.
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- 1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring.
- 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring.
Directions
- Mix all ingredients and heat over low heat until sugar melts.
- Pour the mixture over the hot loaves and cool in pans.
Spiced zucchini bread
Though this bread has zucchini in it, it’s not a savory recipe. It’s more like a sweet cinnamon-and-pineapple-flavored bread. It helps you sneak in some fruits and vegetables (though we won’t pretend it’s healthy). This is also a wonderful way to use a bumper crop of zucchini.
A note from the baker: “This bread batter freezes well. When you know guests are coming, pull a bag out to make a dessert without all of the trouble of making the bread. You’ve already done all of the work!”
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour.
- 2 teaspoons baking soda.
- 1 teaspoon salt.
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder.
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon.
- 3/4 cups chopped walnuts or pecans.
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten with a fork or whisk.
- 2 cups sugar.
- 1 cup vegetable oil.
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
- 8 ounces crushed pineapple, drained.
- 2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini.
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Using shortening, grease and flour two large loaf pans.
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Combine flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nuts in a bowl. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
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Beat eggs lightly in the bowl of a mixer. Add sugar, oil, and vanilla, then beat until creamy. Stir in zucchini and drained pineapple, then add the dry ingredients. Stir only until the dry ingredients are moistened.
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Pour batter into the loaf pans and bake for one hour or until done. Start checking at around 40 minutes by inserting a knife in the center. If it comes out clean, the loaf is done. After you pull the bread out of the oven, cool for 10 minutes in the pans, then remove from the pans and place on a cooling rack until completely cooled.
Tips
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You can pour this batter into a zip-top bag and freeze. When ready to bake, place in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight until defrosted, then bake as directed above.
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Baked zucchini bread also freezes well. Be sure to let loaves cool completely, then wrap them securely in aluminum foil or in freezer bags.
Best baking equipment
The All-Clad Pro-Release Nonstick Bakeware Set comes with every kind of pan you could need.
The Rachael Ray Loaf Pan has wide handles and an interior lifting pan.
The OXO Good Grips Egg Beater has a soft, non-slip grip.
The Homearray Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls Set contains six bowls. The quantities range from three-quarters of a quart to 8 quarts.
The OXO Good Grips Whisk is 9 inches long and dishwasher-safe.
The Nordic Ware Proform Cake Pan is made to last for many years and many recipes.
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(The Hill) — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, detailed his change of heart on abortion laws on Tuesday after GOP members of the committee pointed out his past desire to overturn Roe v. Wade.
At the committee’s hearing on legal concerns in a post-Roe America, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) submitted a copy of a letter Durbin wrote in 1989 in which he condemned “abortion on demand” and wrote, “I continue to believe the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade should be reversed.”
“The doomsday calls from those on the left are ignoring common sense,” Lee said. “They’re ignoring what human instinct tells us about protecting the most vulnerable among us. Members of this committee, including some who are now attacking the Dobbs decision, once shared these views.”
The Supreme Court last month overturned the federal right to abortion in a case from Mississippi, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, leaving it up to states to set abortion laws. More than a dozen GOP-led states have since moved to ban abortion with few exceptions, though courts have blocked a number of the laws amid legal challenges.
At the end of Tuesday’s hearing, Durbin told the committee and the panelists that the letter and his past views on abortion were not new but went on to explain how his mind had been changed on reproductive rights during a meeting with young people in Illinois.
“I sat down with two young women who were about to turn 18 — one a victim of incest, one a victim of rape — and they told me their stories. I didn’t ask them to, but they wanted to tell me. I left that meeting with a kind of understanding that I had never had before about the complexity of the decision behind the abortion procedure,” Durbin said.
“I thought to myself, ‘As an individual member of Congress, are you ready to pass a law that applies to every woman in America?’ No. It really has to be her decision. And we can regulate it as we should, but at that point I made my break,” he added. | 2022-07-13T14:56:21+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/no-2-senate-democrat-explains-his-change-of-heart-on-abortion/ |
DALLAS, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ashford Inc. (NYSE American: AINC) ("Ashford" or the "Company") today announced details for the release of its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Ashford plans to issue its earnings release for the second quarter after the market closes on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, and will host a conference call on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. ET. The number to call for this interactive teleconference is (201) 689-8263. A replay of the conference call will be available through Thursday, August 10, 2023, by dialing (412) 317-6671 and entering the confirmation number, 13739431.
The live broadcast of Ashford's quarterly conference call will be available online at the Company's website, www.ashfordinc.com, on Thursday, August 3, 2023, beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET. The online replay will follow shortly after the call and continue for approximately one year.
Ashford is an alternative asset management company with a portfolio of strategic operating businesses that provides global asset management, investment management and related services to the real estate and hospitality sectors.
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SOURCE Ashford Inc. | 2023-06-19T17:50:11+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2023/06/19/ashford-sets-second-quarter-earnings-release-conference-call-dates/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams has reached her break point — she caught up on her rest following her last match at the U.S. Open.
The 40-year-old Williams posted a photo on Instagram Monday of herself under a “Moana” blanket and seemingly asleep as she used a stuffed animal as a pillow. The mother of 5-year-old Olympia, Williams wrote, “How was your weekend? This was mine.”
Her career seemingly came to an end when she lost last week in her final U.S. Open. Williams won 23 Grand Slam titles and was celebrated by celebrities, fellow competitors and fans throughout her matches at Flushing Meadows. The tributes from tennis players to the NFL stretched into Monday.
Rising American standout Frances Tiafoe recalled after his upset win Tuesday over Rafael Nadal the inspiration he received from watching Serena and her older sister, Venus.
“At that time watching Serena and Venus play finals of Grand Slams at that time, when I was super young, I was like, how cool would it be to play Wimbledon, to play on Arthur Ashe and stuff like that,” Tiafoe said after his big win at Ashe.
Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady — like Williams, another age-defying championship athlete — praised Williams on Monday on his weekly podcast.
“What a joy it was to watch her play,” Brady said. “She didn’t play for a little while, and I think she realized it’s a lot of fun to play. And I think sometimes when you’re in the middle of it, you take it for granted to a degree, like, ‘Oh, it will be there.’ And then it’s not there for a year and you go, ‘God, I really love it. I really want to play.’ And then you get out there and play and you enjoy it.”
Williams turns 41 on Sept. 26 and says she wants to grow her family and pursue business interests.
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More AP coverage of U.S. Open tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/us-open-tennis-championships and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-09-06T22:02:56+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/us-world-sports/ap-serena-williams-gets-well-earned-rest-following-us-open-exit/ |
CANFIELD, Ohio (WKBN) — Canfield standout pitcher Malena Toth has committed to continue her softball career at the Division-I level at the University at Buffalo.
Toth made the announcement on social media on Sunday.
“I am super excited to announce my commitment to the University at Buffalo, continue my academic and athletic career!!!” Toth said in her post. “I am beyond grateful, and couldn’t get to where I am today without my mom and dad by my side, and for them believing in me every single day.”
Last May, Toth tossed a perfect game in the Division II Sectional Final over Geneva, striking out 13 in 5 innings.
A week later, she would strikeout 13 Poland Bulldogs in 7 shutout innings en route to a District crown.
Recently, Toth led her travel team to a 7th place finish out of 98 teams in California, pitching 45 innings and striking out 61 batters.
She finished her travel ball season with the Batbusters with 45 wins and 389 strikeouts and was recently ranked #105 in the nation by Extra Inning Softball. | 2022-09-27T17:07:40+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/ohio/ohio-softball-standout-commits-to-d1-level/ |
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