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Cheyenne, Laramie Set High Temperature Records Monday
It was a record-setting day across southeast Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle on Monday.
That's according to the Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service, which posted this on Monday evening:
Record heat was widespread today across southeast Wyoming and Nebraska Panhandle. Numerous daily maximum temperatures were broken across southeastern Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle! Another warm, breezy and very dry day expected Tuesday, but nothing near what we experienced today. Highs Tuesday range from 88 at Laramie to 99 at Sidney.
In fact, for Cheyenne, it was not only a record for the date, but it made the all-time list as well:
''Just how hot was it yesterday? Several of our stations with sufficiently long records recorded a top 10 hottest day all-time! The 99F reading in Cheyenne tied for the 5th hottest day all-time with records back to 1872. The impressive 111F in Chadron tied for the second hottest day all-time, with records back to 1915. Scottsbluff tied for the 4th hottest day all-time, with records back to 1893.''
The good news is that while Tuesday will be another very warm to hot day, it won't quite be on par with yesterday:
''A “cool” front is pushing through this morning and will bring slightly less hot temperatures in for today and tomorrow, even though we will still be above average for this time or year. Another round of low to mid 90s with upper 80s west of the Laramie range and near the Pine Ridge can be expected today. It will be very dry and breezy, so the fire danger will remain very high despite cooler temperatures! The heat builds in once again tomorrow, with 90s expected along and east of I-25, and upper 80s to the west. It'll be less windy, but we may see some isolated thunderstorms in the higher terrain and near the Colorado border.'' | 2022-07-19T17:08:10+00:00 | k2radio.com | https://k2radio.com/cheyenne-laramie-set-high-temperature-records-monday/ |
Judge to release parts of Georgia special grand jury report
Judge to release parts of Georgia special grand jury report
South Carolina Senator lindsey Graham has been ordered to testify before *** grand jury investigating attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential elections here in Georgia thursday, *** federal appeals court ruled prosecutors can indeed question him about phone calls he made with Georgia. Election officials, as former president trump complained there had been voter fraud here in the state. Graham has been fighting that subpoena, arguing that he is protected under the Constitution from testifying because he made the calls as part of his official duties on the Judiciary Committee. Senator Graham could take his argument to the Supreme Court to fight further if he chooses to.
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Judge to release parts of Georgia special grand jury report
A judge has ordered the release of parts of a report produced by a special grand jury that investigated efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his narrow 2020 election loss in Georgia.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney announced the decision on Monday, three weeks after hearing arguments from prosecutors, who urged the report be kept secret until they decide on charges, and a coalition of media organizations, which pressed for its release.McBurney said the introduction and conclusion of the report, as well as a section in which the grand jurors expressed concerns that some witnesses may have lied under oath, will be released Thursday.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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A judge has ordered the release of parts of a report produced by a special grand jury that investigated efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his narrow 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney announced the decision on Monday, three weeks after hearing arguments from prosecutors, who urged the report be kept secret until they decide on charges, and a coalition of media organizations, which pressed for its release.
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McBurney said the introduction and conclusion of the report, as well as a section in which the grand jurors expressed concerns that some witnesses may have lied under oath, will be released Thursday.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | 2023-02-13T16:11:34+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/georgia-special-grand-jury-report-parts-to-be-released/42858403 |
Robert Wickens last weekend used hand controls in an IMSA sports car race for his first victory since a 2018 spinal cord injury temporarily ended his racing career.
In England, former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt completed the hill climb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in a special McLaren 720S Spider. The car was modified by Arrow Electronics, primary sponsor of the Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar team, so that Schmidt, a quadriplegic since a 2000 crash, could use a straw-like “sip and puff” device to accelerate and brake.
Also at Goodwood, motorcycle racer Wayne Rainey rode the same bike he used while winning his final championship in 1992. Rainey was paralyzed from the chest down in a 1993 crash, and the modifications to his motorcycle include pseudo training wheels that allow him to ride using only his hands.
“It was a great weekend for disability awareness,” Wickens said.
Schmidt and Rainey have been part of previous projects modifying vehicles they can pilot. Wickens’ situation is completely different in that he has returned to competition this year after thinking his career was over following his airborne IndyCar crash at Pocono nearly four years ago.
He drives a Hyundai Elantra N-TCR for Bryan Herta Autosport in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge that has been fitted with hand controls. He shares the car with co-driver Mark Wilkins, a fellow Canadian who closed out Saturday’s victory at Watkins Glen.
The duo debuted in January with a podium finish at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
“It’s like riding a bike, but it’s a very different bike, I guess is the best way to describe it,” Wickens said of racing with hand controls. “Racing has been my life since I was 7 years old. It’s something I worked very hard to get to the level I was at when I was racing in IndyCar in 2018.
“And after the accident, I just knew I had to work harder to try get back to that. I didn’t know what it would look like for me. I didn’t know if I could return straight into IndyCar or if I would have to start off in go-karts, like you do as a kid. The whole recovery just was a bit of an unknown.”
Because he needs to be physically carried out of the car during driver changes, he has not been behind the wheel yet to cross the finish line and close out a race. Herta told The Associated Press that could change, as early as Saturday when Wickens races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Herta said it’s faster for Wickens to start a race because removing him from the car is more efficient than carrying him over the pit wall and getting him into the seat during the driver change.
“Robbie will close races this year, he can do it,” Herta said. “He might even do it this weekend.”
Wickens is simply thrilled to be racing again and, at 33, enjoying one of the greatest times of his life. Herta and Hyundai have him racing again, and Wickens and his wife, Karli, are expecting their first child in the next two weeks.
He is racing in Canada for the first time since 2018, when he finished third on the downtown streets of Toronto. He suffered his spinal cord injury two races later.
“It just feels great. I’ve always been my happiest when I’m behind the wheel of a race car,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a stressful race with a lot of PR and a lot of press around it. The second you put your helmet on and close that door, it’s just peace for me and I can finally just get into the zone and get into the race and it’s been my happy place for most of my life.
“Life’s great, it almost feels like you’re living in a dream sometimes.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-01T00:38:38+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/sports/ap-sports/wickens-aims-for-another-victory-racing-at-home-in-canada/ |
IMPACTED. FIRST, WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, WINSTON-SALEM POLICE SAY THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON BRETON STREET AROUND 830. A WOMAN WAS STANDING OUTSIDE WHEN SHE WAS SHOT BY AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT IN THE ARM. SHE WAS TREATED FOR A NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURY. AS ALWAYS, WE WI
19-year-old woman shot and injured on Bretton Street, police say
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Winston-Salem police are investigating a shooting that left a 19-year-old woman Wednesday night.Officers responded to reports of a shooting on Bretton Street at 8:27 p.m. Top Stories18-year-old shot and killed on Sullivan Street, police say3 men arrested after firing shot at someone and leading officers on chase, police sayCourt documents reveal more information about heavily armed man on NC A&T's campusWatch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsInvestigators said a woman was standing outside when unknown suspect(s) fired shots, hitting her once in the arm. The victim was treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening injury.This investigation is ongoing and appears to be an isolated incident. No additional information is available to be released at this time.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereNAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We Love |Trending StoriesKeep up with the latest news and weather by downloading the WXII app here.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem police are investigating a shooting that left a 19-year-old woman Wednesday night.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting on Bretton Street at 8:27 p.m.
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Investigators said a woman was standing outside when unknown suspect(s) fired shots, hitting her once in the arm.
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a safe and germ-free way to use an ATM," said an inventor, from Coram, N.Y., "so I invented the SANITARY WIPE. My design eliminates the need to directly touch the screen and keypad areas on public ATMs."
The invention provides a disposable sanitary barrier product for use on the touchscreen and keypad areas of an ATM. In doing so, it helps to prevent the transfer of germs and viruses between users. As a result, it increases safety and sanitation. The invention features a simple design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for businesses, banks and other commercial locations with ATMs.
The original design was submitted to the Long Island sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-LGI-2912, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s request for more than $47 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine and tackle COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters is encountering deep skepticism from Senate Republicans, signaling a showdown ahead.
The early resistance on the size and scope of the spending request points to the fraught negotiations to come as Congress labors to pass a stopgap spending bill that would keep the federal government running past Oct. 1 or risk a federal shutdown.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that while Ukraine aid “is obviously a priority,” he downplayed the need for other funding — even in his Kentucky home state hit hard by devastating floods.
“It’s a big ask without much explanation,” said Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., a member of GOP leadership.
Lawmakers are eager to avoid another government shutdown just weeks before November’s midterm election when voters will decide which party controls Congress. But their plan to pass a short-term bill to keep government funded could run into trouble unless the parties can strike an agreement on what additional priorities, if any, should be included.
The budget showdown is fast emerging as a showcase for party priorities at home and abroad that will define the lawmakers as they face voters in the fall.
The White House request includes $11.7 billion for security and economic assistance for Ukraine, on top of some $40 billion Congress has already approved to help the country battle’s Russia’s invasion. Closer to home, the Biden administration is seeking $22 billion to respond to COVID-19, and additional funds for monkeypox and natural disasters.
Republicans object to much of it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., endorsed Biden’s request and said “it’s disgraceful that Republicans are playing political games with this.”
“Ukraine needs more help. We want to give it to them,” Schumer said Wednesday. “And on monkeypox and on COVID relief, we need to be prepared.”
This latest round of proposed funding for Ukraine comes as the country depends on support from the U.S. and allies in battling the Russian invasion.
The White House says more than three-quarters of the money approved for Ukraine has already been dispersed or committed, creating an urgent need for more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has struck up relationships with members of Congress this year, many of whom have traveled to the region and rallied to his aid. Zelenskyy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke earlier this week.
Republicans said they still support Ukraine and are open to more funding, but want more details about how the earlier money has been spent.
“I would be interested in why they feel this is an emergency, why they need to do it now, but certainly, I would not slow down our support for what Ukraine is doing,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
But few Republicans seemed willing to even entertain Biden’s request for $22.4 billion in emergency funding to deal with COVID-19.
While the administration says the money is needed for additional COVID-19 vaccines, testing programs and research and development, Republicans say the federal spending on the virus needs to wind down, not ramp up.
Blunt said that people can pay for their vaccines like they pay for other aspects of their health care, and “there’s really no reason that the government should be paying for all of that.”
GOP lawmakers are sticking with the view that dedicating more money to the country’s COVID response should be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere.
“The problem is they want to keep spending more money and throw more gasoline on the inflation fire,” Cornyn said. “I think that’s a bad idea.”
The White House is also asking for $4.5 billion to bolster efforts to fight monkeypox. Officials said they have already depleted significant reserves from the national stockpile to provide over 1.1 million vials of vaccine.
On disaster relief, the Biden administration is seeking about $6.5 billion to help states such as Kentucky recover from recent flooding. Aid would also help residents of California, Louisiana and Texas rebuild from major disasters.
Schumer also indicated that he supports adding a measure from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that is designed to speed up the permitting process for energy infrastructure projects. But including it could trigger opposition from House Democrats who see it as rushing projects to approval before the environmental ramifications are clear.
Still, there’s wide agreement on both sides that even a temporary government shutdown before the election is out of the question.
Democrats want to keep the focus on legislative victories designed to bolster the country’s infrastructure, semiconductor production and address climate change and health care costs. Republicans want voters to focus on inflation, gas prices and crime.
“There might be a couple of emergencies we’re going to need to deal with, but my guess is that with an election coming, you won’t see a lot of interesting brinksmanship,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. | 2022-09-08T14:35:14+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-gop-gives-thumbs-down-to-bidens-47b-emergency-request/ |
‘Action hero’ breaks windshield, saves children from car teetering on embankment
An Oregon state worker is being praised as a hero for his quick-thinking actions that helped save a mother and her three children from a car that was teetering on the edge of an embankment.
The Oregon Department of Transportation said the terrifying incident happened on June 8.
Authorities said the mother was driving when she veered off OR-58, Willamette Highway. Her vehicle landed in trees and on the edge.
Josh Frazier, an Oakridge Transportation Maintenance Coordinator with ODOT, was nearby and saw that the car was about to fall over the edge.
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Authorities said Frazier pulled his ODOT truck close and hooked a winch cable to the car, keeping it in place.
A picture of the ODOT truck used to help the trapped family. (Credit: ODOT)
Frazier then punched out the windshield and carried two of the children up the hill while additional first responders helped rescue the others and provided medical care.
"It's one of those action hero movie tropes: a car, teetering on the edge of an embankment, when the hero saves the day by rescuing the vehicle's occupants. Predictable by movie standards, but extraordinary in real life," ODOT said in a Facebook post.
"On what was likely one of these travelers' worst days, we're glad Josh was at his best," the post continued.
This story was reported from Los Angeles. | 2022-06-20T18:44:41+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/action-hero-breaks-windshield-saves-children-from-car-teetering-on-embankment |
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Car IQ® Inc., a leading provider of vehicle payment solutions, today announced a partnership with Verra Mobility (NASDAQ: VRRM), a leading provider of toll management and smart mobility technology solutions, that will expand the company's current offerings beyond fuel payments to provide fleet customers with a complete toll payment suite.
Car IQ's partnership with Verra Mobility will allow fleets to seamlessly connect with tolling solutions via Verra Mobility's extensive network and pay without the use of a credit or debit card. With Car IQ Pay fleets will now have a simplified and unified billing platform that facilitates payment of multiple types of services supporting a fleet company's back-end accounting systems.
"Working with Verra Mobility allows us to provide fleets with a single solution for all payment types," said Sterling Pratz, CEO at Car IQ. "Our collaboration with Verra Mobility enhances our payment suite to improve and streamline the tolling experience for our partners while offering bundled mobility payment services along with nationwide fuel and parking that is currently available through Car IQ Pay today."
"We are delighted to be partnering with Car IQ to enable more commercial fleets direct access to toll roads, reducing toll violations, simplifying vehicle transactions and providing an innovative approach to better manage the total cost of fleet ownership," said Steve Lalla, EVP of Commercial Services at Verra Mobility. "We are always focused on simplifying mobility challenges for fleets and are excited to explore future endeavors."
Car IQ will now offer new payment services that provide toll violation protection for vehicles that do not normally use tollways by registering license plates nationally with toll agencies and managing the on-time, direct payment of a fleet's tolls, to avoid violations, penalties or additional fees from a managing toll agency. Car IQ continues to innovate across all payment categories and this partnership will enable fleets to connect, without the use of a credit card, to toll management platforms created and managed by Verra Mobility.
Verra Mobility (NASDAQ: VRRM) is a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions that make transportation safer, smarter and more connected. The company sits at the center of the mobility ecosystem, bringing together vehicles, hardware, software, data and people to enable safe, efficient solutions for customers globally. Verra Mobility's transportation safety systems and parking management solutions protect lives, improve urban and motorway mobility and support healthier communities. The company also solves complex payment, utilization and compliance challenges for fleet owners and rental car companies. Headquartered in Arizona, Verra Mobility operates in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit www.verramobility.com.
Car IQ® Inc. has created a payment network for cars that eliminates the need for physical credit cards and enables vehicles to connect to merchants and transact securely. Car IQ's payment solution delivers value by reducing fraud and risk for fleets and participating merchants.
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Hollywood writers, slamming ‘gig economy,’ to go on strike
NEW YORK (AP) - Television and movie writers declared late Monday that they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era.
The Writers Guild of America said that its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will head to the picket lines on Tuesday. Negotiations between studios and the writers, which began in March, failed to reach a new contract before the writers’ current deal expired just after midnight, at 12:01 a.m. PDT Tuesday. All script writing is to immediately cease, the guild informed its members.
The board of directors for the WGA, which includes both a West and an East branch, voted unanimously to call for a strike, effective at the stroke of midnight. Writers, they said, are facing an “existential crisis.”
“The companies’ behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing,” the WGA said in a statement. “From their refusal to guarantee any level of weekly employment in episodic television, to the creation of a ‘day rate’ in comedy variety, to their stonewalling on free work for screenwriters and on AI for all writers, they have closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession. No such deal could ever be contemplated by this membership.”
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the trade association that bargains on behalf of studios and production companies, signaled late Monday that negotiations fell short of an agreement before the current contract expired. The AMPTP said it presented an offer with “generous increases in compensation for writers as well as improvements in streaming residuals.”
In a statement, the AMPTP said that it was prepared to improve its offer “but was unwilling to do so because of the magnitude of other proposals still on the table that the guild continues to insist upon.”
The labor dispute could have a cascading effect on TV and film productions depending on how long the strike persists. But a shutdown has been widely forecast for months due to the scope of the discord. The writers last month voted overwhelming to authorize a strike, with 98% of membership in support.
At issue is how writers are compensated in an industry where streaming has changed the rules of Hollywood economics. Writers say they aren’t being paid enough, TV writer rooms have shrunk too much and the old calculus for how residuals are paid out needs to be redrawn.
“The survival of our profession is at stake,” the guild has said.
Streaming has exploded the number of series and films that are annually made, meaning more jobs for writers. But WGA members say they’re making much less money and working under more strained conditions. Showrunners on streaming series receive just 46% of the pay that showrunners on broadcast series receive, the WGA claims. Content is booming, but pay is down.
The guild is seeking more compensation on the front-end of deals. Many of the back-end payments writers have historically profited by – like syndication and international licensing – have been largely phased out by the onset of streaming. More writers — roughly half — are being paid minimum rates, an increase of 16% over the last decade. The use of so-called mini-writers rooms has soared.
The AMPTP said Monday that the primary sticking points to a deal revolved around those mini-rooms — the guild is seeking a minimum number of scribes per writer room — and duration of employment restrictions. The guild has said more flexibility for writers is needed when they’re contracted for series that have tended to be more limited and short-lived than the once-standard 20-plus episode broadcast season.
At the same time, studios are under increased pressure from Wall Street to turn a profit with their streaming services. Many studios and production companies are slashing spending. The Walt Disney Co. is eliminating 7,000 jobs. Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting costs to lessen its debt. Netflix has pumped the breaks on spending growth.
When Hollywood writers have gone on strike, it’s often been lengthy. In 1988, a WGA strike lasted 153 days. The last WGA strike went for 100 days, beginning in 2007 and ending in 2008.
The most immediate effect of the strike viewers are likely to notice will be on late-night shows and “Saturday Night Live.” All are expected to immediately go dark. During the 2007 strike, late-night hosts eventually returned to the air and improvised material. Jay Leno wrote his own monologues, a move that angered union leadership.
On Friday’s episode of “Late Night,” Seth Meyers, a WGA member who said he supported the union’s demands, prepared viewers for re-runs while lamenting the hardship a strike entails.
“It doesn’t just affect the writers, it affects all the incredible non-writing staff on these shows,” Meyers said. “And it would really be a miserable thing for people to have to go through, especially considering we’re on the heels of that awful pandemic that affected, not just show business, but all of us.”
Scripted series and films will take longer to be affected. But if a strike persisted through the summer, fall schedules could be upended. And in the meantime, not having writers available for rewrites can have a dramatic effect on quality. The James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” was one of many films rushed into production during the 2007-2008 strike with what Daniel Craig called “the bare bones of a script.”
“Then there was a writers’ strike and there was nothing we could do,” Craig later recounted. “We couldn’t employ a writer to finish it. I say to myself, ‘Never again’, but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes — and a writer I am not.”
With a walkout long expected, writers have rushed to get scripts in and studios have sought to prepare their pipelines to keep churning out content for at least the short term.
“We’re assuming the worst from a business perspective,” David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, said last month. “We’ve got ourselves ready. We’ve had a lot of content that’s been produced.”
Overseas series could also fill some of the void. “If there is one, we have a large base of upcoming shows and films from around the world,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-chief executive, on the company’s earnings call in April.
Yet the WGA strike may only be the beginning. Contracts for both the Directors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, expire in June. Some of the same issues around the business model of streaming will factor into those bargaining sessions. The DGA is set to begin negotiations with AMPTP on May 10.
The cost of the WGA’s last strike cost Southern California $2.1 billion, according to the Milken Institute. How painful this strike is remains to be seen. But as of late Monday evening, laptops were being closed shut all over Hollywood.
“Pencils down,” said “Halt and Catch Fire” showrunner and co-creator Christopher Cantwell on Twitter shortly after the strike announcement. “Don’t even type in the document.”
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(The Hill) – Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) announced Thursday evening that she has reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) that could pave the way for Democrats to pass their budget reconciliation package.
The deal would remove a provision closing the so-called carried interest loophole from the package announced last week by Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
Sinema said she and Schumer have also reached agreement on protecting manufacturing from the impact of a proposed 15 percent corporate minimum tax, which business leaders in Arizona warned would dampen economic growth.
The announcement paves the way for Sinema to vote Saturday for a motion to proceed to a budget reconciliation package that would reform the tax code, tackle climate change, reduce the cost of prescription drugs and shrink the federal deficit.
“We have agreed to remove the carried interest tax provision, protect advanced manufacturing, and boost our clean energy economy in the Senate’s budget reconciliation legislation,” Sinema said, signaling that she plans to vote to begin debate on the bill.
“Subject to the parliamentarian’s review, I’ll move forward,” she said.
A Democratic source familiar with the agreement said it would include a new excise tax on stock buybacks that would bring in more than enough revenue to cover the removal of the carried interest provision.
The Democrat said the bill will still reduce the deficit by $300 billion, citing a number that Schumer and Manchin have touted over the past week.
Senate Democrats had waited anxiously for days for a positive sign from Sinema, whom they feared was angry after being left out of a final round of talks.
With Sinema’s vote, Democrats now have the support of all 50 members of their caucus to pass what would become President Biden’s biggest domestic legislative achievement. It would reduce the federal deficit by between $100 billion to $300 billion, according to various estimates, an accomplishment Democrats can pitch to voters at a time of 40-year-high inflation.
“I am pleased to report that we have reached an agreement on the Inflation Reduction Act that I believe will receive the support of the entire Senate Democratic conference,” Schumer said in a separate statement confirming the deal.
He said the agreement “preserves the major components” of the deal he announced with Manchin last week to lower drug costs, fight climate change, close tax loopholes and reduce the deficit.
“The final version of the reconciliation bill, to be introduced on Saturday, will reflect this work and put us one step closer to enacting this historic legislation into law,” Schumer said.
Biden called for Senate Democrats to pass the package as soon as possible following Sinema’s announcement.
“Tonight, we’ve taken another critical step toward reducing inflation and the cost of living for America’s families,” Biden said in a statement.
“The Inflation Reduction Act will help Americans save money on prescription drugs, health premiums and much more,” he continued.
Democrats expect to vote to begin debate on the more-than-700-page bill sometime Saturday afternoon.
That will begin up to 20 hours of floor debate followed by an open-ended series of amendment votes, known as a vote-a-rama, and then a vote on final passage of the legislation.
Sinema in her statement promised to work with colleagues to address the carried interest preferential tax rate, which allows asset managers to pay a 20 percent capital gains rate on income they earn from advising clients on profitable investments.
“Following this effort, I look forward to working with Sen. [Mark] Warner [D-Va.] to enact carried interest reforms, protecting investments in America’s economy and encouraging continued growth while closing the most egregious loopholes that some abuse to avoid paying taxes,” she pledged.
The announcement capped off several days of intense discussions between Sinema, Schumer and Manchin.
Democratic senators said Sinema wasn’t happy about being left out of the secret negotiations Schumer and Manchin held last month to add sweeping tax reform and climate provisions to the budget package.
The Arizona senator had previously made clear that she opposed eliminating the carried interest tax rate as well as reforms that would effectively raise corporate taxes and threaten economic growth. Those priorities appeared to be somewhat overlooked in the Schumer-Manchin deal.
Sinema held back her support for the legislation and insisted on changes to soften the tax hit on manufacturers from a 15 percent corporate minimum tax, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Manchin held at least two long conversations with Sinema on the Senate floor in recent days to win her over.
Multiple people familiar with the issue said Sinema wanted to exempt U.S. manufacturing companies from the 15 percent corporate minimum tax that Schumer and Manchin inserted in the Inflation Reduction Act. That bill caught almost every senator — including Sinema — by surprise when it became public last week
Exempting manufacturing companies from the book minimum tax would cost about $45 billion over ten years, according to one Senate estimate floated this week.
Book is a tax accounting term that in effect would make it harder for companies to avoid declaring profit and therefore increase what they would pay in taxes.
Sinema also told colleagues that she opposed closing carried interest loophole, which critics say allows wealthy money managers to pay a lower effective tax rate than many middle-income Americans.
And the Arizona senator wanted $5 billion in drought resiliency funding for her home state, according to two Democratic senators.
The statements released by Sinema and Schumer Thursday evening made no mention of drought relief. However, her pledge to vote to move forward indicates her concerns on the corporate minimum tax structure, carried interest and drought have been satisfied.
Sinema declined to answer reporters’ questions when she emerged from her Capitol basement hideaway Thursday afternoon.
She came under heavy pressure from business leaders in Arizona to oppose the corporate minimum tax.
“In the face of record-high inflation, supply chain backlogs and a major labor crunch, now is not the time to hammer manufacturers with new taxes,” Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Danny Seiden said in a statement earlier Thursday.
“Arizona job creators will continue to urge lawmakers to reject this manufacturers tax and instead focus on policies that encourage job growth and strengthen our state and economic competitiveness,” he said.
The Schumer-Manchin deal would have established a 15 percent minimum tax for corporations with more than $1 billion in annual profits, though it exempted green-energy and microchip manufacturing tax credits from getting wiped out by that minimum tax threshold.
Republicans said that proposal would have hit manufacturing companies especially hard by superseding a key reform of former President Trump’s 2017 Tax Credits and Jobs Act allowing companies to fully expense capital expenditures for a given year.
Full expensing under the Tax Credits and Jobs Act is due to phase out over the next four years.
Sinema told the Arizona Chamber of Commerce in April that she would be “unwilling to support any tax policies that would put a break on … economic growth, or stall business and personal growth for America’s industries.”
She made clear to senior White House officials and Senate Democratic colleagues early during the negotiations over the budget reconciliation bill that she would not support increasing the 21 percent corporate tax rate, a key achievement of the 2017 tax reform law.
“The entire country knows that I am opposed to raising the corporate income tax. That was true yesterday and it is true today,” Sinema told the Arizona Chamber of Commerce earlier this year.
Republican critics of the Schumer-Manchin deal said that preventing full and immediate expensing of capital expenditures would effectively increase taxes on many corporations.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who worked closely with Sinema in drafting last year’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law, warned in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal that it would “essentially” place a “tax on manufacturing.”
He pointed out that the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that nearly 50 percent of the new tax would hit manufacturers.
“Imposing this new tax on U.S. companies, and restricting certain U.S. manufacturers from writing off investment costs immediately, would make America less competitive and drive investments and jobs overseas,” he warned.
Sinema’s request for $5 billion in drought resiliency funding also loomed as a potential problem, sources warned.
Guaranteeing access to more water to states lower in the Colorado River basin such as Arizona, Nevada and California may come at the expense of upper-basin states such as Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.
“We are facing historic drought in Colorado. The state has had the worst wildfires in our state’s history. There is very little water in the Colorado River. And I think it would be great if we could do something on drought, but it has to be something that meaningfully improves the situation in Colorado and in the upper basin of the Colorado River,” said Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who is up for reelection in November.
Bennet warned that any drought resiliency language must provide an “enduring solution to the problem, otherwise it’s not worth doing.” | 2022-08-05T12:08:32+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/sinema-announces-deal-with-schumer-on-taxes-and-climate/ |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The families of two transgender teenagers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block enforcement of Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors.
The ban, which was signed into law in April and scheduled to take effect in January 2024, violates the federal constitutional guarantee of equal protection for the teens and due process for their parents, the families said in the filing in U.S. District Court.
“Governor Brad Little signed the bill into law in the name of ‘protecting minors.’ But lawmakers and the Governor ignored the extensive legislative testimony that the Healthcare Ban harms children,” the court filing asserts.
The plaintiffs, whose legal representation includes lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union, note that the law makes it a felony for doctors to provide puberty blockers, hormone treatment and surgery for minors only in cases in which it is to help align their bodies with their gender identities. The same treatments are allowed for other purposes.
The lawsuit was expected even before the ban was signed, and follows a pattern in Republican-controlled states. At least 20 have enacted laws or policies barring gender-affirming care in recent years; several are so new they haven’t taken effect yet. Most of the bans have been challenged in court.
The legal challenges are also so recent that there’s not a clear trend for outcomes. A court put enforcement of a Missouri policy on hold — and then officials terminated the rule entirely last month. Lawmakers there have separately passed a ban, though it has not been signed into law so far. Oklahoma has agreed not to enforce its ban while opponents seek to have it blocked.
In the Idaho case, the plaintiff families were not named. Both teens are receiving gender-affirming care. In the court filing, one of the families said the treatment has improved their daughter’s life: She no longer has days when her gender dysphoria is so severe she feels she cannot get out of bed; she’s happy to look into mirrors; her grades have improved and her mother said the girl was glowing as she prepared for her school’s prom.
But debate over and passage of the ban took a toll, leading to depressive thoughts and telling her parents she feels the state where she’s lived her whole life is telling her to leave — something the family is considering doing so she can continue her treatments.
Defendants in the lawsuit include Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, a county prosecutor and members of the Idaho Code Commission. Labrador’s office, which would likely defend the law in court, said in a statement that it does not comment on pending litigation. | 2023-06-01T21:52:04+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-us-news/families-sue-to-block-idaho-law-barring-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/ |
Oklahoma (6-5, 3-5 Big 12) at Texas Tech (6-5, 4-4), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. (FS1)
KEY MATCHUP
Tyler Shough vs. Oklahoma defense. The Texas Tech QB has missed most of the season with a shoulder injury, and the Red Raiders are coming off a season-low 246 yards in a 14-10 win over Iowa State. Shough led two long scoring drives despite the offense’s struggles. Venables won a national title as defensive coordinator at OU before getting two more in that role at Clemson. But his reputation hasn’t followed him back to Norman. The Sooners have the second-worst defense in the Big 12.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Oklahoma: RB Eric Gray had a four-game run of 100-yard games stopped in a 90-yard effort in last week’s 28-13 win over rival Oklahoma State. Gray did have a touchdown against the Cowboys, extending his TD streak to five games. Gray is season in the Big 12 at 109 yards rushing per game. The Sooners lead the conference and rank 13th nationally at 217 yards rushing per game.
Texas Tech: Marquis Waters has 11 1/2 tackles for loss, already the most for a Texas Tech defensive back since at least 2000. Waters leads all DBs nationally in tackles for loss.
FACTS & FIGURES
Texas Tech LB Tyree Wilson is skipping his final season of eligibility and declaring for the NFL draft. He sustained a season-ending foot injury two weeks ago against Kansas. ... Oklahoma is averaging 52 points, 594 total yards and 264 rushing yards during the 10-game winning streak in the series. ... The 14 points for the Red Raiders at Iowa State were their fewest in a road victory since a 13-10 win at Texas A&M in 1996. ... The Sooners can clinch a winning record with a victory. OU is the only Power Five school without a losing season since 1999.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With heat waves spreading across the United States, President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to unveil new steps to protect workers, improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible, the White House says.
The announcement comes as nearly 40% of the U.S. population faces heat advisories, according to the National Weather Service. High temperatures have already scorched the Southwest this month, and more heat is expected in the Midwest and the Northeast in the coming days. Washington won’t be spared, and the heat index could reach 110 on Friday.
It’s a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
Biden’s plans represent an effort to address the immediate effects of climate change as he faces pressure from fellow Democrats and labor groups to do more to safeguard vulnerable populations. The steps supplement his long-term agenda for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and deploying clean energy technology, policies that may not pay dividends for years to come while global temperatures continue to rise.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the heat waves as “a difficult time” and said Biden was treating climate change with “the urgency it requires.”
Biden is directing the Department of Labor to increase inspections of potentially dangerous workplaces such as farms and construction sites. He also wants heightened enforcement of heat safety violations.
As part of the initiative, the department will issue a hazard alert notifying employers and employees about ways to stay protected from extreme heat, which has killed 436 workers since 2011, according to federal statistics.
The Biden administration plans to spend $7 million to develop more detailed weather predictions to anticipate extreme weather like heat waves, plus $152 million to boost drinking water infrastructure and climate resilience in California, Colorado and Washington.
Biden will be joined on Thursday by the leaders of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The mayors of Phoenix and San Antonio, two cities that have suffered from the heat waves, are expected to participate in the White House event virtually.
Phoenix has seen at least 27 days in a row of temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius). No other major city — defined as the 25 most populous in the United States — has had any stretch of 110-degree (43.3-degree) days or 90-degree (32.2-degree) nights longer than Phoenix, said weather historian Christopher Burt, of the Weather Company.
Maricopa County, where Phoenix is located, reported recently that there were 18 heat-associated deaths between April 11 and July 15. Another 69 deaths remain under investigation. There were 425 heat-associated deaths in the county last year.
San Antonio saw at least 15 straight days of 100-plus F (38-plus C). At least 13 deaths in Texas have been blamed on the extreme heat.
Thursday’s announcement follows other steps that the Biden administration has taken to adapt to increasing threats from extreme heat. Among those it is highlighting:
The Department of Labor is developing a standard for how workplaces deal with heat. The proposed rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would require employers to provide adequate water and rest breaks to outdoor workers, as well as medical services and training to address signs and symptoms of heat-related illness. OSHA is holding meetings this summer to hear comments on how the heat standard would affect small businesses.
To keep low-income populations cool, the Department of Health and Human Services expanded its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide more access to air conditioning and cooling centers such as libraries, senior centers or other public buildings. The Environmental Protection Agency also has provided assistance to help communities develop cooling centers within schools.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been helping cities and towns map “heat islands” with dense buildings and fewer trees, and the Department of Agriculture issued guidance for creating more tree canopy coverage, which helps with cooling environments.
In addition, the administration launched a website called heat.gov with interactive maps, weather forecasts and tips for keeping cool amid record-breaking heat.
More than 100 members of Congress, led by Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Sylvia Garcia of Texas and Judy Chu of California have called on the administration to implement the new heat standard for outdoor workers as quickly as possible.
“We know extreme weather events such as heat waves are becoming more frequent and more dangerous due to climate change. Urgent action is needed to prevent more deaths,″ the lawmakers wrote in a letter Monday.
The United Farm Workers and other groups also called on OSHA to immediately issue a nationwide rule protecting outdoor workers after farm worker deaths this month in Florida and Arizona.
“Farm workers need and deserve the access to shade, water and paid breaks,” said UFW President Teresa Romero. “How many more workers will we let dangerous heat and callous employers kill before this nation acts?”
Douglas Parker, assistant Labor secretary for occupational safety and health, called heat illness prevention a top priority. As OSHA works toward a final rule, the agency is enhancing enforcement efforts “to make sure employers and workers understand the dangers of heat illness and how to prevent it,” Parker said in a statement.
Casar, a freshman lawmaker from Austin, staged a “thirst strike” on Tuesday outside the U.S. Capitol, forgoing water breaks for nearly nine hours, to protest a new Texas law that bans local governments from requiring water breaks and other safety measures for outdoor workers. Casar called the law “insane″ and accused Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of being “on the wrong side of history.” Republican lawmakers and other supporters of the law say it eliminates a patchwork of local regulations that are burdensome to businesses, and they say it won’t stop workers from taking breaks.
At least 42 workers died in Texas between 2011 and 2021 from environmental heat exposure, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Democrats are going to stand up for common sense and for working people,″ Casar said.
Ladd Keith, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona who studies heat policy and governance, said the record-breaking heat much of the nation is experiencing “is very much in line with climate change projections.” While not surprising, “they’re certainly a continuation of a concerning trend of climate impacts that we’ve seen,” he said.
Despite the recent headlines, rising temperatures have typically not received the same level of attention as other climate risks, such as flooding and wildfires, Keith said.
“Heat has just not been a topic at the national level or local level that we’ve even considered addressing until the last couple of years,” he said.
However, Keith said the administration has ramped up its focus because of searing weather events, such as the heat dome in the Pacific Northwest in 2021 that prompted record temperatures and dozens of deaths across the region.
OSHA fined a Florida farm supervisor last month for exposing workers to excessive heat after a worker from Mexico died at a farm in Parkland, Florida. Investigators determined the worker’s death could have been prevented if a labor contractor had followed established safety practices regarding heat-related hazards.
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Costley reported from New Orleans. AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein contributed to this report. | 2023-07-27T15:35:28+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-biden-looks-to-provide-relief-from-extreme-heat-as-record-temperatures-persist/ |
An Oregon man was stopped by police Tuesday after he tried to "gift" strangers money by tossing hundred dollar bills on a busy highway from his car window.
Police received multiple phone calls about bills "floating" on busy Interstate 5 toward the south end of Eugene, about 120 miles south of Portland, around 7:30 p.m. PT Tuesday, according to a news release from the Oregon State Police.
Multiple vehicles stopped in the road and people left their cars to grab the cash, which was reportedly in the form of hundred-dollar bills, witnesses told police.
Police say the person behind the free cash was 38-year old Colin Davis McCarthy, who told officers that he wanted to "gift the money." He estimated that he'd thrown about $200,000 in bills from his car window, authorities say.
Officers asked McCarthy to stop tossing out the cash "because it was causing a significant traffic hazard," the news release said. He was "cooperative" and agreed to stop, according to the release.
Police say no criminal charges are currently being considered against McCarthy and motorists appeared to pick the road clean of any bills left behind.
"Motorists did a thorough job of gathering the loose money as troopers were unable to locate any further currency after the incident," police said in the release. "Troopers followed up the next morning and were still unable to locate further bills along the roadway."
The police department urged residents to "avoid the temptation to go looking for money along the highway."
"These searches create a hazardous condition and put both the searchers and motorists at risk," they added.
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For as long as she can remember, Tonya Mosley, the new co-host of Fresh Air, always wanted to be a journalist. It's a passion she traces back to her grandfather.
"[My grandfather] loved newspapers. He loved watching television. He had the radio on in his home all the time," Mosley says. "And because of how he exposed me to news, I then became interested in it ... and the rest is history."
Mosley grew up in Detroit in the 1980s and '90s, and attended the University of Missouri with the intention of becoming a print journalist. But in her senior year of college, she landed a job as a teleprompter operator at the local ABC affiliate, which launched her into TV news. She worked her way up to became a producer for the morning and afternoon shows in Columbia, Mo., then branched out as a TV reporter in several cities, including Seattle and Louisville.
Through it all, Mosley was frequently the only Black person in the newsroom, which left her feeling scrutinized, "like I had to be better than everyone else, or I had to make sure that I was twice as good, because if I make one mistake, everyone, their eyes are on me," she says.
In meetings, coworkers sometimes dismissed stories about the Black community as not interesting or newsworthy. "I kind of became someone who had to explain Black culture to newsrooms or fight a little bit harder to cover stories on certain parts of town," Mosley says. "I always had to fight against who I was in this moment to tell teams why we should care, which was pretty exhausting towards the end of my career in television."
In the 2000s, Mosley shifted into public radio. She worked as the Silicon Valley bureau chief of KQED in San Francisco, and was an anchor of the midday news show Here & Now. She is also the creator and host of Truth be Told, a Webby Award-winning podcast designed to be a safe space for Black people to talk to each other about a variety of subjects, including family, work, trauma and joy.
The newest season of the podcast examines the use of psilocybin to heal racial trauma; as part of her reporting, Mosley went to a retreat in Jamaica to take mushrooms in a therapeutic setting. She vows to continue to lean into her own life experiences and curiosities as she joins the Fresh Air team.
"If it's truly coming from my curiosities, then that will allow people to see things in a new and different way, or experience a topic that they thought they knew in a new way," she says. "That lets them not only understand the person I'm interviewing, but also understand my point of view as a Black person in this country."
Interview highlights
On being judged for her appearance when she worked in TV news
I always consider myself on the edge of "TV attractive." I believe that I'm attractive, but in the TV world, I was on the edge of that. I'm Black. I'm not skinny. I prefer to wear my hair short. I wear glasses. It was difficult for me. We'd have consultants come in and talk with us about how to speak, what to wear, how to style our hair, what makeup to use. And while I really love adornment and I love expressing myself through my hair and makeup and clothing, for the purposes of my job, all I really cared about were the stories.
And so I was a very nervous television reporter. ... There was always like a script in my mind that was happening, two of them at the same time. So the first was the story that I was sharing with the public, but the other was my appearance. I was always very aware of it and it was very stressful. It really is part of the reason why I transitioned out of news, because something happened in the mid 2000s where the look for television became even more vampy. And at that time, I knew I could not really compete in that sphere. And I also could feel it in my career like I wasn't exactly the look of the time.
On feeling like Black communities were being overlooked by white newsrooms
I remember when I was working in Seattle, the first week I started, a photographer, very well-meaning guy, we were driving through a neighborhood that was considered a Black neighborhood, and he said to me, "So, you know, I want to give you the lay of the land. This neighborhood is not the place to be, and this is not the area that you want to cover." And I thought, like he has no understanding of who he's talking to. I mean, this is exactly where I want to be. And this is exactly the community I want to cover. And it really says a lot that you actually don't see this community as part of the greater coverage that we're supposed to do to serve this community.
On covering George Floyd's murder
Every time a Black person is killed by police and I have to cover it, it affects me personally. It affects me profoundly. I don't think there is a story about police violence that I don't cry over when I go home at night. And it's because it's so close to me. I've seen it all of my life. ... It is a life that is lost and it's another tick on our history with Black people in interactions with law enforcement. ...
[Floyd's murder] was particularly hard because I had been ... covering some of the worst news in the history of our nation, and here we were with another one. And this was a flash point because the entire nation seemed to rise up. There was something about the quiet and the stillness of the pandemic that allowed us to see ourselves a little more clearly. That's the positive thing that I saw come out of it. But with that, I was also faced with a reality that I've seen in every single newsroom that I've been in.
You asked me [if] there were times where I was the only Black person in a newsroom. Yes. And there's a cost that comes with that. Oftentimes, there's not an understanding. And so when George Floyd was murdered and people were taking to the streets again, I had to be a translator for my team and I was broken. I did the job, but it was so tremendously hard. I was almost to the point of talking to my husband about, "Is there something else I could do? Could we still survive and not have to cover this? Like, what are our finances like?" It was a really dark period.
On the problem with "objectivity" in journalism
It's interesting because oftentimes we have this warped notion of what objectivity is in this country, and especially when it comes to journalism. Somehow we feel like not having a connection to something makes us better at covering it. But we all have connections to everything that we cover. You have a point of view. Bias is a natural human trait. I had heard for many years, even before George Floyd, that, "Oh, will you be able to cover stories that involve your community? Black people, can you be objective? Can you be neutral?"
It makes me a better journalist to have experienced firsthand some of the things that I'm covering because I understand all sides of it. And I'm able to maybe tap into parts of a story that others don't think about.
Which, there's no such thing. And how I would always think about that is we don't say that to white reporters or to white journalists. We don't say, "You covering the day-to-day events where you only talk to white people, can you do that and still hold your objectivity?" And so I actually think it makes me a better journalist to have experienced firsthand some of the things that I'm covering because I understand all sides of it. And I'm able to maybe tap into parts of a story that others don't think about. ...
I think the misconception that we often have in journalism is that the white way is the right way. The white way is the neutral way, is the objective way. And everything else is kind of like a side view. It's not the main view. And that's flawed because if we all think of ourselves as equal, that's not true, all of our vantage points really sit in the center, but it's making space and room for that experience and that lens on the world.
On growing up living both with fear and community connection
My mom said when she knew that I was doing this [interview], she said, "Please don't talk bad about Detroit." And I think everyone feels that way about where they live, but especially with Detroit, because growing up there in the '80s, in the '90s, with so much economic divestment, people were just desperate and there was so much crime, it was constant. And I will say, that is the complexity of being from a place like Detroit. I did live in fear, but it was also a place with so much love. And so I felt a combination of things, like I felt held and safe and connected to community, but I did feel fearful constantly and mostly fearful for my future. In the moment, I felt like I'm just doing what I need to do to get through and dreaming about a future where I could be out of this place and feel safe. And so if I'm honest with myself, it's part of why I've never gone home permanently, because there was so much desire as a child to get out of there so that I could feel safe.
I still hold a tremendous amount of survivor's guilt around being able to make it out. It has allowed me, though, to see that these types of things happen everywhere. I've lived in seven cities and states, and in every case, there's crime that happens there, people who die randomly, people who were targeted, and it's just part of life, and it's the way that life works. And in many ways, that has given me solace, but in many ways, it also re-traumatizes me every time I experience or see a shooting that happens, a school shooting, for instance, or a wave of crime that happens.
On losing peers to violence growing up, and confronting her trauma in with psychedelics
After January 6th, I felt completely broken down. A lot of the things that I had experienced in my life started to surface, and I think it was in combination with the quietness of the pandemic and being stuck in the house and alone with my thoughts more really brought them to the surface for me. So I had already been dealing with so much of that consciously. But when I went to Jamaica and I was afraid of what would come up for me, I thought like, "Oh my gosh, now I'm really going to sit in it."
What actually ended up happening was that I had an experience with my family, my grandparents, my aunts, my uncles. It was a beautiful thing because I didn't understand before I took psilocybin that that would be the thing that I need to contend with, is my relationship with my family and that connection.
I have been running for so long, and when I say running, it's in two ways. One, running away from the trauma that I experienced as a child, but also just trying to find myself. And seeing [my grandmother] in my journey, I think allowed me to come back to myself to say, you don't have to be dictated by fear in your life. You need to come back to who you are and the foundation of who you are is us, your family. And what my grandmother represents is myself. She represents me.
On how the psychedelic trip helped her be less of a workaholic
One thing that is true about me, it may be one of my greatest attributes and also my greatest weaknesses is that I am a workaholic. I am a perfectionist. I love to be in control. I love to know all the answers. I'm going to research so that I know all the answers. If I need to be somewhere at 7:00, I'm going to be there at 6:15 or 6:30, and something happened where I just can't do that anymore. I'm much more normal and balanced. It's almost like my body doesn't allow me to do that. And I think that what that meant was that I was able to process a lot of my trauma, the trauma that was kind of fueling that type of workaholic behavior, that sense of always having to be up on it. I feel much more balanced now. I'm now learning how to sit in that balance because it's counter to who I've been all of my life.
Ann Marie Baldonado and Susan Nyakundi produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Beth Novey adapted it for the web.
Copyright 2023 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air. | 2023-07-11T19:24:30+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/2023-07-11/fresh-air-hosts-terry-gross-and-tonya-mosley-talk-news-detroit-and-psychedelics |
WVa bill would give tax credits to ex-residents to move back
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill moving through West Virginia’s Legislature would give $25,000 in tax credits to former residents who move back to the state to work. The state Senate passed the bill Monday and sent it to the House of Delegates. Those eligible for the tax credit had to live and work in West Virginia for at least 10 years or were born in the state. They had to live outside of the state for at least 10 consecutive years prior to 2023. State officials have tried other cash enticements in the past few years to try to beef up West Virginia’s sagging population. | 2023-02-27T23:12:49+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/02/27/wva-bill-would-give-tax-credits-to-ex-residents-to-move-back/ |
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) — An auto plant in northern Illinois is expected to close early next year with hundreds of workers being laid off due to the challenge of rising costs related to the electric vehicle market and other factors.
Stellantis says Friday that its Belvidere Assembly Plant will be idled effective Feb. 28 as the automaker “considers other avenues to optimize operations.”
“This difficult but necessary action will result in indefinite layoffs, which are expected to exceed six months,” Stellantis said in a statement, adding that notices have been sent to hourly and salaried workers.
About 1,350 people are employed at the plant, which produces the Jeep Cherokee.
“The company will make every effort to place indefinitely laid off employees in open full-time positions as they become available,” it said.
Belvidere is about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of Chicago.
In 2016, then-Fiat Chrysler announced it would invest $350 million in the plant to produce the Jeep Cherokee. Production on the Cherokee began there in 2017.
A Stellantis spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Friday that the automaker is not commenting on the future of the “Cherokee nameplate.”
“This is an important vehicle in the lineup, and we remain committed long term to this mid-size SUV segment,” Jodi Tinson said in an email.
Stellantis, which also pointed to the coronavirus pandemic and global microchip shortage as challenges to the auto industry, said it is working to identify opportunities to repurpose the Belvidere facility. | 2022-12-09T21:25:12+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Stellantis-to-idle-Illinois-assembly-plant-lay-17643610.php |
(Bloomberg) — Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania and an ally of former President Donald Trump, is asking a federal court to block the House’s Jan. 6 panel from forcing him to sit for a deposition.
The legal complaint, filed Thursday in US District Court in Washington, D.C., asserts that the select committee investigating the 2021 Capitol riot is not — at least in technical terms — a bipartisan committee because it does not have a designated ranking minority member or other representation picked by House Republicans to be an adversarial voice.
Mastriano argues that the panel thus falls short of meeting the requirements of the Regulations for Use of Deposition Authority, which involves the rights and protections of witnesses, and lacks authority.
There was no immediate comment from a committee spokesman.
Mastriano was subpoenaed earlier this year because of his involvement in a plan to arrange for an “alternate” slate of presidential electors from Pennsylvania for Trump, and because he had direct conversations with Trump himself “about postelection activities,” according to a February letter from Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat.
Mastriano’s lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, said Thursday in an interview before filing the complaint that “we’re asking for a declaratory judgment on whether the committee has a right to compel depositions, under any of the rules.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi selected all nine members of the committee, including its two Republicans. That occurred after she rejected two of House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s initial choices, and he responded by pulling his other picks from participating.
Mastriano, whose Democratic opponent is Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, abruptly ended a virtual deposition before the committee last month, before it even began, in a dispute over how the questioning would be conducted. Parlatore then promised he would be filing a legal challenge.
Parlatore insists the challenge being raised now by Mastriano presents a different issue than those pressed unsuccessfully by others who contested panel subpoenas on the grounds the committee is itself not legitimate.
“It is not Plaintiff’s intent to circumvent Congress’ legislative power to address the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021,” the lawsuit states. “Instead, Plaintiff has been forced to bring this lawsuit in order to ensure that the events of that day are not used as a pretense to manipulate the American public and predetermine electoral outcomes by disregarding the Constitutional rights of members of the Republican Party.”
Parlatore has told the committee that Mastriano could testify voluntarily if the panel agreed to some other protections. Those include agreeing to not edit video of Mastriano’s answers for release to avoid misleading or out-of-context snippets being used to harm his campaign for governor. They also suggested the panel could allow Mastriano or some outside observers to do their own recordings. But he said the committee rejected those.
An October 2021 Senate Judiciary Committee report said Mastriano raised “a litany of false and debunked claims of widespread election fraud in Pennsylvania.”
According to the report, he took a lead role in the “Stop the Steal” movement, spending thousands of dollars from his campaign account to charter buses to Washington for a Trump rally near the White House before the siege of the Capitol. Mastriano also was on the Capitol grounds as the riot unfolded, the report said, although he has emphasized that he never entered the building.
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A woman who fell to her death from an escalator at Empower Field at Mile High at the end of a Kenny Chesney concert has been identified.
The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner on Wednesday identified the woman as 48-year-old Jimi Goodman. An autopsy has been completed and Goodman died from “multiple blunt force injuries.” The manner of her death has been ruled an accident.
The accident happened at about 10:52 p.m. Saturday after Goodman had attended a Kenny Chesney concert at the stadium.
She was sitting on a railing of the escalator when she fell to the concourse below, police said.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to the loved ones of the woman involved in the tragic incident,” Empower Field said in an earlier statement.
Goodman died at the scene, according to the medical examiner.
In a statement Sunday, Chesney said: “I was devastated to learn of the loss of someone after our show. There had been so much joy, so much heart coming from the people of Denver last night — and to hear this is heartbreaking.” | 2022-08-03T23:04:41+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/03/jimi-goodman-kenny-chesney-empower-field-fatal-fall/ |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The fate of Belarus and Ukraine are “interconnected,” and both countries must fight together to safeguard their very existence because Russia doesn’t view them as independent sovereign states, Belarus’ opposition leader said Friday.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled to Lithuania after Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in disputed August 2020 elections that many thought she won, said in an interview with The Associated Press that “there will be no free Belarus without free Ukraine.”
As long as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in power, she said on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, there will be constant security threats to Ukraine — and to Belarus’ western border.
Tsikhanouskaya said neither country wants to be part of another Russian empire.
“So Belarus is part of this problem and this problem, this crisis, has to be solved in this context,” said.
Lukashenko had to support Russia after its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, she said, because Putin supported him after the 2020 contentious elections that sparked mass anti-government protests against the official election results that gave him a sixth term with 80% of the vote. Many Belarusians and international observers denounced the results as a sham.
Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has used Belarus as a staging ground to send troops into its smaller neighbor, and Moscow and Minsk have maintained close military ties.
Lukashenko, who has been president since 1994, said last month that Belarus’ warplanes have been modified to carry nuclear weapons in line with its agreement with Russia. And he warned the United States and its allies against carrying out a “provocation” against Belarus, saying “targets have been selected” for retaliation.
Tsikhanouskaya said the war in Ukraine was “extremely unexpected” and some Belarusians are especially opposed to the war “against Ukrainians, our brothers and sisters.”
More than two years since fleeing to Lithuania, Tsikhanouskaya said the opposition has notched “a lot of achievements” — first and foremost that “people are not giving up” despite the Lukashenko regime’s “terror and repression” and its imprisonment of more than a thousand political prisoners, including her own husband.
The opposition has “managed to build a coalition of democratic countries who are fighting alongside with us, fighting this regime, creating multiple points of pressure,” she said.
There are now six packages of sanctions, pushed for by the opposition, against the Lukashenko regime. The sanctions have put stress and pressure on the president, making him focus solely on remaining in power instead of what’s best for the country, she said.
But Tsikhanouskaya said Lukashenko and his followers are adept at circumventing sanctions, using third parties. One way to prevent this is having the European Union follow the United States and impose secondary sanctions, she said.
She urged the international community to both keep up pressure against Lukashenko — suggesting new sanctions on Belarus’ exports of wood, potash and steel — and help Belarusian civil society, including human rights defenders, “people of culture, politicians who are fighting with this regime so as to have the energy to continue.”
Thousands of people have been imprisoned since Feb. 24 for opposing the war in Ukraine, she said, praising saboteurs who disrupted rail traffic heading from Russia to Ukraine through Belarus and who sent information about shipments to the Ukrainian military, an act that risked the death penalty.
“People are scared, of course,” Tsikhanouskaya said. “We live like in a gulag actually in Belarus, but people have this energy to continue.”
The opposition has organized something like a government in exile, Tsikhanouskaya said. Thanks to technology, she said she can communicate with people in Belarus, and now they are staying “in safe mode,” ready for a “new wave of revolution when the moment comes.”
She predicted that there will be a “window of opportunity” for the Belarus people, likely connected with victory in Ukraine, but nobody knows how long it will take.
“Our task is not to be exhausted when the time comes, to have this energy, to continue to have this mobilization plan, transitional plan,” Tsikhanouskaya said, “and we hope it will not take too long because time is very important for Ukrainians, time is very important for our political prisoners, and time is important actually for the world,” she said.
Tsikhanouskaya stepped in to lead the opposition after her husband, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, was arrested two days after he declared his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election. The popular video blogger and activist known for his anti-Lukashenko slogan “Stop the cockroach” was sentenced last December to 18 years in prison on charges widely seen as politically motivated.
She said her husband has been in a tiny punishment cell for more than a month, adding that conditions for political prisoners are far worse than for ordinary criminals. She fears for him and for thousands of other political prisoners as winter approaches as the temperature inside their cells is no warmer than the outdoors.
Tsikhanouskaya said she came to the annual meeting of world leaders to give voice to the people “who are fighting the dictatorship” and to urge that Lukashenko be held accountable for his crimes.
She said she really understands the importance of focusing on Ukraine, “but we don’t have to forget the role of Belarus in this regional crisis, and we don’t have to forget about the people in Belarus who are also fighting and are also suffering because of the war and because of the dictator ruling our country.”
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Edith M. Lederer is chief U.N. correspondent for The Associated Press and has been covering international affairs for more than half a century. For more AP coverage of the U.N. General Assembly, visit https://apnews.com/hub/united-nations-general-assembly. | 2022-09-24T19:48:58+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/ap-belarus-opposition-says-fate-of-country-ukraine-intertwined/ |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily Derby" game were:
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Nancy Pelosi kicks off high-profile Asia trip with Singapore visit
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other Congress members are visiting Singapore on Monday, their first official stop in a high-profile Asia tour that has attracted international attention over speculation she may visit Taiwan.
The delegation's two-day visit to Singapore will include meetings with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, along with a number of cabinet ministers, according to Singapore's Foreign Ministry.
Pelosi is also expected to attend a cocktail reception held by the American Chamber of Commerce in the city-state on Monday afternoon.
Before arriving in the Indo-Pacific, Pelosi's delegation stopped by Hawaii, according to a statement from her office on Sunday.
The delegation also plans to visit Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, where high-level meetings would be held to address "shared interests," including trade, the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis, according to Pelosi's office.
The statement made no mention of Taiwan.
Speculation has swirled for weeks that Pelosi, who is second in the line of presidential succession behind the vice president, might be planning to visit the self-governing democratic island.
China's Communist Party, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory -- despite never having controlled it -- has repeatedly warned against Pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take "resolute and forceful measures" if the trip goes ahead.
Some U.S. officials are worried that the reported visit would be met with a military response from China, potentially triggering the worst cross-strait crisis in decades.
During a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping last Thursday, Xi warned the U.S. not to "play with fire" on the Taiwan issue -- though neither side confirmed if Pelosi's reported plans were discussed. Preparation for the call predated reports of the possible trip.
When asked about Pelosi's possible visit on Monday, Taiwan's Premier Su Tseng-chang did not confirm whether she might stop there and reiterated that Taipei welcomes foreign guests. "The government warmly welcomes any foreign VIP friends to visit our country," Su told reporters.
Traveling alongside Pelosi as part of the Congressional delegation are Chairman Gregory Meeks (Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee), Chairman Mark Takano (Chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs), Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Congressman Andy Kim. | 2022-08-01T10:08:13+00:00 | wmur.com | https://www.wmur.com/article/nancy-pelosi-kicks-off-high-profile-asia-trip/40766023 |
Child killed after being ran over in Marshall County
Published: May. 17, 2022 at 5:44 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
BAXTER, Iowa (KCRG) - Tuesday, May 17th, at approximately 9:10 am, the Iowa State Patrol responded to a report of an accident in the 3300 block of Fairman Ave.
Officials say the driver of a 2011 GMC Sierra was traveling in reverse from their garage on private property when they hit a child on a tricycle that was behind the vehicle. The driver reportedly looked but did not see the child and traveled over them with the tire.
The child died at the scene.
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LAS VEGAS — (AP) — Fifty-eight towering, candlelike beams will cast a blanket of warm light on visitors in the design concept chosen Wednesday at an emotional meeting of a committee tasked with creating a permanent memorial at the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
The number 58 represents the toll of people who were killed in the Las Vegas Strip massacre in October 2017, when a gunman opened fire from a high-rise suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel, targeting people at a country music festival below. Two people who initially survived died in subsequent years from causes that were attributed to the gunshot wounds they suffered.
The announcement marks a major step forward for the 1 October Memorial Committee, which began the planning process more than three years ago. The panel is expected to submit a full recommendation including an alternate design to the Clark County Commission in September.
“I will not lie that this has been a simple process, because it hasn’t," committee member Mynda Smith said through tears. “But at the end of the day, I know this will become something of beauty and healing and love.”
Smith's sister, Neysa Tonks, a 46-year-old mother of three from Las Vegas, was killed in the shooting.
Another committee member, Karessa Royce, was among the more than 850 others who were injured in the attack. A junior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, at the time of the shooting, she said her work on the committee helped guide her through the aftermath.
“When I woke up in the hospital in 2017 the day after the shooting, I never could’ve imagined the journey we’d be on together,” Royce said, her voice cracking as she clutched a tissue in her hand.
“This was a job that was far bigger than those of us sitting up here,” she said.
The memorial design is the work of local firm JCJ Architecture, chosen from five proposals unveiled last month at an exhibit in downtown Las Vegas.
It envisions a park in the shape of an infinity symbol on the northeast corner of the concert venue where the festival was held, and 22,000 lights for the number of concertgoers that night. A looping path will take visitors through a garden area, past a 58-foot (18-meter) glass tower and to a “remembrance ring” with the 58 candles. Each beam will display the name and a photo of a victim.
The alternate design features 15 large horse statues representing the home states and countries of the victims, as well as two smaller horses in honor of the dozens of children whose parents were killed.
The permanent memorial will be separate from a community healing garden that was built downtown in the days after the shooting by more than 1,000 volunteers.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ken Blanchard Companies®, a global leader in management training, consulting, and coaching, released the results of its 2022 Manager Challenges Survey. Its purpose was to gain real-time insight into the lives of today's working managers, given the heightened pace of change, the broad impacts of COVID, and the shift of power from employers to employees.
This is Blanchard's first year conducting the survey. Polling was carried out via email during May and June 2022. More than 800 managers participated from around the world and from all levels within organizations. Participants represented the experiences of frontline and middle managers, together with senior managers, directors, and executive managers.
The Blanchard survey included both structured and unstructured questions. Over 70,000 data points were included in the analysis.
Jay Campbell, Chief Product Officer with The Ken Blanchard Companies, analyzed the responses and shared three key themes in an August webinar debuting the results.
Theme #1: Managers are suffering from fragmentation. The majority of manager respondents say they have too many priorities to focus on, are spread across too many projects, have too many goals, and are unclear on priorities. As a result, managers find themselves being pulled in multiple directions with 62% of managers feeling this simultaneous squeeze and stretch.
Theme #2: Managers are overworked. Respondents reported working an average of 48.5 hours per week. But that didn't mean managers were getting all their work done. When asked, "How long would it take to complete your work?" managers estimated it would require 62.5 hours weekly. Not surprisingly, two out of three managers have experienced burnout in the last 12 months.
Theme #3: Managers give themselves a mixed grade on effectiveness. On a scale of 1 to 10, managers rate their overall effectiveness at 7.55. Effectiveness scores were gathered on 15 additional dimensions with ratings ranging from a high of 7.9 on listening skills to a low of 5.4 out of 10 for recruiting skills. This showed many areas where managers rated their effectiveness as surprisingly low, including important areas like encouraging innovation, dealing with conflict, and tracking progress against goals.
"Today's managers are carrying a heavy load. They feel overburdened with responsibilities, overworked, and do not feel very effective in their roles. They are squeezed between their responsibilities to achieve organizational goals, support their direct reports, and pursue their own goals. It's a high-pressure vortex of work and stress for many managers," said Campbell.
He went on to say, "Organizations can help by honoring their requests for more time to complete their tasks and mentor their people, along with additional budget for hiring and upskilling staff. If that's not possible, protect them from being overly fragmented by providing more vision and clarity to help them manage and prioritize."
The Ken Blanchard Companies is a global leader in management training, consulting, and coaching. For more than 40 years, Blanchard has been helping organizations develop inspired leaders at all levels and create cultures of connection that unleash talent and deliver extraordinary results. Blanchard's SLII® powers inspired leaders and is the leadership model of choice for more than 10,000 organizations worldwide. Blanchard also offers a suite of other award-winning leadership development solutions through flexible delivery modalities to meet the specific needs of its clients. Learn more at www.kenblanchard.com.
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Civil rights attorneys in Mississippi are trying to strike a provision from the state constitution that dates back more than a hundred years to 1890. They say it is a discriminatory law that blocks some Black Americans from voting.
They plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case now after losing in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The case centers on an old Mississippi law that blocks people convicted of certain felonies from ever voting again.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Rob McDuff, an attorney with the Mississippi Center for Justice who brought the case.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rudy Gobert will miss the Minnesota Timberwolves’ game against Houston on Saturday after being placed in the league’s health and safety protocols.
Gobert played Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks with an illness, and the Timberwolves ruled him out Saturday afternoon for the game against Houston. Anthony Edwards, who was also listed with an illness on Friday, is not on the team’s injury report.
Minnesota coach Chris Finch said he wasn’t concerned about Gobert — whose positive test for the coronavirus triggered the halting of the NBA season in March 2020 — playing through an illness and then showing up in the protocols, which refer to a player dealing with COVID-19. Finch wasn’t sure how long Gobert would miss and deferred to the league’s regulations for Gobert’s return.
Gobert, in his first season after being acquired from Utah, is averaging 12.6 points and leads the league with 13.9 rebounds per game.
Finch said Naz Reid or Taurean Prince will start in Gobert’s place against the Rockets.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he wants state regulators to decide whether to impose the nation’s first penalty on oil companies for price gouging, pivoting after months of negotiations with legislative leaders failed to reach an agreement on a bill aimed at reining in the state’s notoriously high gas prices.
Gas prices in California are always more expensive than the rest of the country because the state has higher taxes and fees than other states and requires a special blend of gasoline that is better for the environment but more expensive to make.
But last summer, the average price for a gallon of gas in California was more than $2.60 higher than the national average — a difference state regulators said could not be explained simply by taxes and fees. Meanwhile, oil companies recorded supersized profits.
Newsom, a Democrat, responded by asking state lawmakers to pass a law that would impose hefty fines on oil companies if their profits surpassed a certain threshold — with all of the money generated from the fines going back to drivers. The bill was so important to Newsom that he took the rare step of calling lawmakers into a special session to pass it, a maneuver that allows them to focus on just one issue instead of being distracted by hundreds of other bills in a regular session.
But the proposal never got traction in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, where the oil industry is one of the top contributors to lawmakers’ campaign accounts.
Wednesday, the governor announced he was changing course and instead will ask lawmakers to empower the California Energy Commission to decide whether such a penalty is necessary and, if it is, how much it would be. The commission would be aided by a new, independent agency made up of experts, economists and lawyers that would have subpoena power to monitor the gasoline market and make recommendations.
If the commission imposed any fines, the money would not be returned to drivers.
“What we’re asking for is simple: transparency and accountability to drive the oil industry out of the shadows,” Newsom said. “Now it’s time to choose whether to stand with California families or with Big Oil in our fight to make them play by the rules.”
The modified proposal means it’s possible California wouldn’t penalize oil companies at all. But it would give Newsom more control over what happens because he appoints all five members of the California Energy Commission, who must also be confirmed by the Democratic-controlled state Senate.
That did not win over the oil industry, which has been battling Newsom over this proposal and a host of other environmental proposals aimed at transitioning the nation’s most populous state away from fossil fuels.
“It sounds like the governor wants to create a new state agency and empower unelected bureaucrats to impose more taxes and increase costs,” said Kevin Slagle, spokesperson for the Western States Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade association that represents the industry. “At the end of the day, this proposal does not solve Californians’ gasoline supply problem and will likely lead to the very same unintended consequences legislators have reiterated to the Governor: less investment, less supply, and higher costs for Californians.”
State legislative leaders have not yet agreed to Newsom’s proposal. But the governor’s office expects lawmakers to hold public hearings on it soon, ideally before the summer months when gas prices usually increase. The Newsom administration did not view the new proposal as a concession, saying the governor made the changes after consulting with experts.
“We feel like this is stronger from where we started,” said Dana Williamson, Newsom’s chief of staff. “It is the only one of its kind in the country. And it’s really going to set up a watchdog entity that is going to watch the industry every single day. And then the (Energy Commission) will be able to then act upon the findings.”
Top legislative leaders, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, did not comment on the new proposal Wednesday night. Republicans, who don’t control enough seats to influence votes in the Legislature, decried the proposal as a tax that would inevitably be passed on to drivers.
“If Democrats give unelected bureaucrats the authority to impose this new tax, they will be responsible for the shortages, rationing, gas lines and price spikes that come with it,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said. | 2023-03-16T03:44:48+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/california-regulators-could-decide-oil-profits-penalty/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
As remote work continues to grow, Remote Office Inspection enables companies to easily meet evolving guidelines, laws and regulations
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ActiveComply, a provider of cloud-based solutions that help companies in highly regulated industries stay compliant, has launched Remote Office Inspection, a new digital service that utilizes the latest encrypted technology to help companies document their compliance with agency guidelines and state and federal laws when using remote employees.
While a growing number of banks, mortgage lenders, credit unions and investment banking firms allow employees to work from home or a remote office, they remain subject to stringent industry rules and regulations that make compliance difficult to manage remotely. For instance, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires lenders to meet certain rules about protecting FHA loan files, which has proven difficult for employers to prove their due diligence.
Remote Office Inspection is an easy, affordable, and accessible way for companies with remote employees to ensure compliance, workplace safety and supervision. It includes a customizable survey that enables organizations to remotely inspect branch offices to ensure they have the proper signage, business license display and adequate security, which saves the expense of sending someone out to do a physical inspection. Remote Office Inspection's survey features can also be tailored to prove the compliance of at-home employees, which is especially useful for regulated institutions subject to governmental oversight.
"When it comes to consumer privacy, the same rules apply whether an employee is working from their company's headquarters or their living room couch," ActiveComply Co-Founder and CEO Rob Nunziata said. "Given the recent increase in privacy violations and data breaches—some of which resulted in regulatory enforcement and multi-million-dollar class action settlements—ensuring that remote offices and employees do not create liability is a sound strategy."
Remote Office Inspection also ensures a company's remote workers and branches are compliant with individual state remote office requirements by using GPS location tracking as well as on-site image and video captures delivered through a user-friendly virtual assessment. The network quality of a branch or employee's office can also be assessed, and companies can document their compliance on demand.
"ActiveComply is paving the way for lenders, real estate companies and other organizations to manage compliance safely and effectively," said Mike Prince, Co-Founder and CTO of ActiveComply. "We expect more states will soon be changing their guidance on the protection of consumer privacy and the use of social media. When they do, our new Remote Office Inspection service, like our Social Media Monitoring and LicenseLink tools, will evolve with those new policies."
To learn more about Remote Office Inspection, visit www.activecomply.com/remote-office-inspection.
ActiveComply helps financial institutions, mortgage companies and real estate firms keep their employees and their remote offices compliant with state and federal laws and agency guidelines. Using the most advanced technology and encryption tools, the Orlando, Florida-based company enables organizations in highly regulated industries to monitor social media posts by employees and ensure compliance by work-from-home staff. ActiveComply also enables companies to document their compliance on demand through its web-based archival platform. For more information, visit www.ActiveComply.com.
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Recently, as I was driving along the Kalanianaole Highway, I noticed that there were two newly painted walls in vivid colors along the highway near Waialae Iki community park. The painted walls were not unpleasant but they appeared to be an advertisement nonetheless. Hawaii has been an exemplary state where street-side advertising is shunned and banned.
We see distasteful advertising on the mainland from the very moment we land, extending to the remote countryside, and graffiti is pervasive in many Western cities.
Even if this wall painting is claimed to be a war against graffiti, it is advertising without reservations. I vividly remember civic organizations like The Outdoor Circle won a tough war against outdoor advertising more than 50 years ago. Advertising is once again showing its ugly morphed head.
If anyone wants to make Hawaii beautiful, please do so by planting more trees and flowering foliage. Please do not paint our roadside walls under the pretext of so-called art. We must resist these insidious advertising efforts. We are already bombarded with electronic advertising every minute of our waking hours.
Please give us a break and plant real greenery and real flowers.
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Ozzie Albies Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Royals - April 14
Published: Apr. 14, 2023 at 2:23 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Atlanta Braves, including Ozzie Albies (hitting .200 in his past 10 games, with two home runs, a walk and five RBI), battle starting pitcher Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his most recent game (1-for-4) against the Reds.
Ozzie Albies Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Friday, April 14, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +165)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130)
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Ozzie Albies At The Plate
- Albies has two home runs and two walks while batting .231.
- Albies will look to extend his five-game hitting streak. He's batting .263 with one homer over the course of his last outings.
- Albies has had a base hit in 11 of 13 games this season, and multiple hits once.
- In 13 games played this season, he has homered in two of them.
- Albies has driven in a run in four games this season (30.8%), including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- He has scored in four of 13 games so far this season.
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Ozzie Albies Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Royals have the 14th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.30).
- The Royals rank 13th in baseball in home runs surrendered (14 total, 1.1 per game).
- The Royals will look to Singer (1-0) in his third start this season.
- His last appearance came on Saturday against the San Francisco Giants, when the right-hander tossed six innings, surrendering five earned runs while giving up eight hits.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at the San Antonio International Airport confiscated a portable anti-tank rifle from a male passenger’s checked luggage Monday, according to a Twitter post.
The passenger was scheduled to fly from San Antonio to Las Vegas, where he planned to attend the Shooting and Hunting Outdoor Trade Show. He was planning to exhibit the weapon — a de-militarized 84MM Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle — at the show, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
TSA said the passenger didn’t declare the weapon, prompting its confiscation. Once the anti-tank rifle was discovered, TSA officers identified the passenger and escorted him to their office.
The passenger was able to provide paperwork verifying the rifle’s de-militarized status. An on-duty TSA explosives specialist also corroborated that it was no longer in use.
TSA declared he would not be able to fly with the prop anti-tank weapon, however, so he arranged for a family member to retrieve it, according to police. The traveler was able to rebook his flight to Nevada.
The San Antonio Police Department said no charges are pending at this time.
It is currently permissible to travel with a firearm as long as a passenger declares it, keeps the weapon unloaded, and stores it in a locked, hard-sided container within a checked bag, according to TSA regulations.
The 84MM Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle is a portable rocket launcher developed and produced by SAAB Bofors Dynamics, a Swedish defense giant, according to Military Today.
Texas code on weapons also indicates that it is illegal to own a rocket launcher unless registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives. | 2023-01-17T22:29:03+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/tsa-confiscates-an-anti-tank-weapon-from-passengers-luggage-at-texas-airport/ |
WASHINGTON — From 1965 to 1970, an Air Force mission code-named "Operation Ranch Hand" sprayed around 12 million gallons of the toxic defoliant, Agent Orange, over 4.5 million acres in Vietnam.
Because the herbicide was used so heavily during that time, the government now presumes that 15 illnesses are service-connected for Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, including Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Parkinson's Disease and Lung Cancer.
But for decades, the Department of Veterans Affairs has denied most disability claims by Vietnam veterans for three other conditions associated with exposure to Agent Orange: nerve damage, skin cysts, and blistering.
The VA insisted that those conditions must have manifested within one year of service in Vietnam for the VA to presume a connection between the condition and exposure.
Now, the Government Accountability Office in a new report, says VA "claims processors didn't consistently understand what evidence could be used to support that connection. This could lead to wrongly denying benefits to some veterans."
"We did see inconsistencies that those that are tasked with reviewing medical evidence did not always rely on evidence that is allowable," said Elizabeth Curda, a director in the GAO's Education, Workforce, and Income Security team and the author of the report.
In an interview with 13News Now, Curda added: "We hope that claims processors in the future make accurate decisions and we have made specific recommendations that VA fix their guidance so it is very, very clear."
The GAO recommends that the VA clarify its guidance for evaluating these specific Agent Orange claims. The VA agreed with the GAO's recommendation.
Around 1.5 million Vietnam vets from that era receive VA benefits today. The GAO estimates that the VA granted benefits to about 11,000 veterans for benefits to cover the three specific Agent Orange conditions in question. | 2022-09-07T02:11:41+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/national/military-news/report-va-may-have-mishandled-vets-agent-orange-benefits-claims-vietnam-veterans/291-70b8f08d-cdd3-4944-bbf1-ac27602703c5 |
The Importance of Sleep and Mental Health
Tips to Protect our Mental Health with Daylight Savings Time
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(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Sleep Awareness Week begins on March 12 at the start of Daylight Savings Time, when Americans lose an hour of sleep. This week raises awareness to the benefits of sleep on our mental health and serves as an important reminder about the importance of sleep and the impact it has on how we feel and perform daily. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Sleep Awareness Week. More information including practical tips to help people get enough of the quality sleep they need can be found on the National Sleep Foundation website.
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the transition into and out of Daylight Saving Time increases the risk of sleep disruption, mood disorders, and suicide. Another study found that the transition to standard time increases the number of depressive episodes by 11%. A possible explanation is that time change disrupts our circadian rhythms. That is our body’s internal clock that runs on a 24-hour cycle. One of the most important circadian rhythms is the sleep-wake cycle, which influences when we feel tired, fall asleep and wake up. Another impact is the alteration in our normal pattern of daylight exposure. So, a one-hour change disruption in this cycle can have a serious impact on mood and even increase our anxiety. The shift to daylight saving time in March, in particular, can lead to reduced sleep quantity and quality
In short, the switch to daylight saving time shouldn’t be taken lightly. Paying attention to sleep hygiene is especially important this time of year.
Here are some practical tips for sleep hygiene:
- Maintain a fixed sleep schedule on both weekdays and weekends
- Keep a stable routine to get ready for bed each night
- Limit or avoid caffeine and alcohol, especially in the afternoon and evening
- Go “device free” for at least 30 minutes before bed
- Block out unwanted noise and light from your bedroom and/or use accessories like a sleep mask and ear plugs
- Choose a supportive mattress and comfortable bedding
To learn more about County of Santa Barbara Department of Behavioral Wellness, please visit http://countyofsb.org/behavioral-wellness. For assistance accessing Behavioral Wellness services, call the 24/7 toll free Crisis Response and Services Access Line at (888) 868-1649. | 2023-03-13T22:34:59+00:00 | independent.com | https://www.independent.com/2023/03/13/the-importance-of-sleep-and-mental-health/ |
OU's Tom Love Innovation Hub to lead new program
NORMAN, Okla., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oklahoma Biotech Startup Programs, or OKBioStart, is one of the six initiatives that make up the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster sharing in a $35 million award from the U.S. Economic Development Association's Build Back Better Regional Challenge.
Under the direction of the University of Oklahoma's Tom Love Innovation Hub (I-Hub), OKBioStart will bring together key partners across academia, investors, corporate, government, and entrepreneurial support organizations to launch and grow biotech startups across Central Oklahoma.
"While the Central Oklahoma region has benefited from isolated biotech startup successes, the lack of a holistic, integrated approach to launching and supporting biotech startups has constrained Central Oklahoma's opportunity to equitably scale into a regional hub for biotech," said Tom Wavering, I-Hub executive director and the principal investigator for the OKBioStart Programs. "Promising startups have left the ecosystem and many more ideas have never moved beyond the lab. With efforts like OKBioStart and the other initiatives of the Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster, we are well positioned to become a recognized national leader for bioscience and biotechnology."
The I-Hub is Oklahoma's only Economic Development Administration University Center and is part of OU's Michael F. Price College of Business.
"Since its launch in 2016, the I-Hub's local, statewide and regional programs have generated an estimated economic impact of more than $400 million by inspiring, connecting, supporting and launching startups," said Corey Phelps, dean of the Price College of Business. "This new initiative and award will allow Price College and OU to grow its impact within the biotech industry and fits squarely within our college's strategic priority to strengthen and expand resources for both OU and the state of Oklahoma's entrepreneurial ecosystems."
OKBioStart programs are built upon a foundational coalition of partners from across the Central Oklahoma biotech startup ecosystem, including public- and private-sector entities. The suite of programs offered will accelerate innovation, commercialize research and grow new biotech startups in Central Oklahoma in ways that can easily scale for long-term growth.
"For decades, Oklahoma has conducted significant biotechnology research and development. We already have an incredible foundation through academia, our health system and a variety of biotech companies," said Elizabeth Hutt Pollard, Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Innovation. "Through the formation of OKBioStart, we can build upon that foundation and grow this sector as we elevate new business to diversify Oklahoma's economy and become a leading state in the biotechnology and life sciences industry. I look forward to seeing the growth that is to come and being directly involved as a member of the OKBioStart Technical Advisory Board."
OKBioStart consists of four primary efforts: to engage and build a diverse, equitable and inclusive community; to create and implement a concept program that will provide focused entrepreneurial training, leveraging OU's top-ranked business programs and startup expertise across the entire ecosystem; to create and implement a launch program designed to drive entrepreneurs toward the key milestones to secure investment; and to evaluate and publish findings to allow for the continuous improvement of these comprehensive efforts.
"The OKBioStart program funded though the Build Back Better Regional Challenge is a key element that will drive the coalition of our biotech entrepreneurial ecosystem in Central Oklahoma," said Dr. Craig Shimasaki, co-founder and CEO of Moleculera Labs, a biotech company that began from work at the OU Health Sciences Center.
"We have seen the emergence of many supportive entrepreneurial components, but this program is essential to accelerate the synergy and focus on life science and biotechnology innovation in our state," Shimasaki added. "Often our development stage biotech companies need to look to the coasts for support and growth, but through this program we believe that it will be a transformative investment that sparks further economic growth and diversity in our region."
"OCAST has been involved with the growth of the Biotech industry in Oklahoma since its inception. Our early-stage funding is an important component for several existing companies. With the formation of OKBioStart, and the involvement of our partners, we will see better returns on initial investments and more funding for biotech companies in critical stages of their development. Biotech and Life Sciences is one of OCAST's key technology areas as outlined in the Oklahoma Science and Innovation Strategic Plan. We could not be more excited about this convergence of partnerships and funding opportunities and what it does for the Biotech industry in Oklahoma," said Jennifer McGrail, executive director of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST).
The first OKBioStart programs will launch in spring 2023 and the first cohort for the "Concept" phase will be accepted in summer 2023.
Founded in 2016, the Tom Love Innovation Hub, a part of the OU Michael F. Price College of Business, originated as a cutting-edge facility to foster the creation, development and implementation of innovative ideas. Today, the Innovation Hub stands as a leader in the Oklahoma entrepreneurial ecosystem. Purposed with advancing innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Oklahoma and across Oklahoma, the Innovation Hub has helped to launch many new ventures and entrepreneurial projects. Its programs have rapidly grown the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Oklahoma by providing top-tier talent and launching promising businesses into the economy. For more information about the Innovation Hub, visit ou.edu/innovationhub.
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Avalanche kills hiker in California mountains
By Rebekah Riess, CNN
(CNN) — One hiker was killed and two others injured in a “wet, loose avalanche” on Split Mountain in California, authorities said Friday.
The incident occurred Sunday afternoon near Big Pine, according to the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center and the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office.
The mountain is about 80 miles east of Fresno in the Sierra Nevadas.
Around 4:30 p.m. the sheriff’s office was told about an avalanche at about 12,500 feet on Split Mountain, above Red Lake. Three hikers were caught in the avalanche while coming down the mountain they had climbed.
One of them sustained major injuries and later died, the avalanche center said. The other two had minor to moderate injuries.
The two survivors were evacuated Sunday evening.
Monday morning, a California Highway Patrol helicopter was called in to try to recover the body of the third hiker, but weather was too bad. Instead, rescuers climbed to the site.
The avalanche center said it was “a very small wet, loose avalanche,” large enough to cause all three hikers to fall in steep and rocky terrain.
According to the sheriff’s office, warm temperatures are creating “very unforgiving” snow conditions. “If you slip while on a steep, soft snow slope, you likely will not be able to stop your fall. Furthermore, melting snow can suddenly release rocks on steep slopes, creating an unusually high risk of rockfall,” the release warned.
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TOKYO (AP) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team arrived in Tokyo on Monday for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, a plan that has been strongly opposed by local fishing communities and neighboring countries.
The team, which includes experts from 11 countries, will meet with officials from the government and the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, and visit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during their five-day visit, the economy and industry ministry said.
Japan announced plans in April 2021 to gradually release the wastewater following further treatment and dilution to what it says are safe levels. The release is expected to begin within a few months after safety checks by Japanese nuclear regulators of the newly constructed water discharge facility and a final report by IAEA expected in late June.
The plan has faced fierce protests from local fishing communities concerned about safety and reputational damage. Nearby countries, including South Korea, China and Pacific Island nations, have also raised safety concerns.
Japan sought IAEA’s assistance in ensuring the release meets international safety standards and to gain the understanding of other countries.
Japanese officials say the water will be treated to legally releasable levels and further diluted with large amounts of seawater. It will be gradually released into the ocean over decades through an undersea tunnel, making it harmless to people and marine life, they say.
Some scientists say the impact of long-term, low-dose exposure to radionuclides is unknown and the release should be delayed.
Japan’s government has stepped up campaigns in Japanese media and at food fairs to promote the safety of seafood from Fukushima, while providing regular briefings to foreign governments including South Korea and members of the Pacific Islands Forum.
A massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and releasing large amounts of radiation. Water used to cool the reactor cores accumulated in about 1,000 tanks at the plant which will reach their capacity in early 2024.
Japanese officials say the water stored in the tanks needs to be removed to prevent accidental leaks in case of another disaster and to make room for the plant’s decommissioning. | 2023-05-29T12:26:04+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-science/ap-iaea-team-in-japan-for-final-review-before-planned-discharge-of-fukushima-nuclear-plant-water/ |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks suggested Tuesday that 115,000 rail workers should get 24% raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses as part of a new agreement to avert a strike.
Railroads and unions will use those recommendations as the basis for a new round of negotiations over the next month. It remains to be seen, however, whether railroads will agree to the higher wages or find ways to address union concerns about working conditions.
If the two sides can’t agree on a new deal by mid September, federal law would allow a strike or lockout. But Congress is likely to intervene before then to keep the supply chain moving.
A railroad strike could devastate businesses that rely on Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX and other major freight railroads to deliver raw materials and ship their products. In past national rail labor disputes, lawmakers have voted to impose terms on the railroads before workers could strike.
A White House official said Biden is optimistic the report will provide a good framework for successful negotiations because avoiding a rail shutdown is in the nation’s interests.
The report was distributed to the parties Tuesday, and The Associated Press obtained a copy of it, but the railroads and the unions didn’t immediately comment on any details.
The railroads entered the Presidential Emergency Board process a month ago far apart from the 12 unions taking part. The unions have been seeking a 31% raise over the five years of the deal while the railroads were offering only 17% in compounded raises. The unions also don’t want to see the cost of their health care coverage go up much in a new contract.
According the report, the board is recommending 24% wage increases and $5,000 in bonus payments over the life of the contract while adding one additional paid day off each year. The report also recommends keeping the same basic health insurance plan but having employees take on a larger share of the costs through higher monthly premiums.
The board says it believes workers are entitled to higher wages than the railroads have proposed because of current high inflation, tight labor markets and railroads’ strong profitability. The report also says that railroad work has become more demanding in recent years because of the pandemic and cost-cutting at the railroads.
Railroad workers have gone without a raise since 2019 while the contract talks drug on. The workers expect to be compensated after staying on the job throughout the pandemic and enduring extensive job cuts in recent years. And strikes have become more common over the last two years in a variety of industries because unions generally feel empowered to ask for more.
The major freight railroads have eliminated nearly one-third of their jobs over the past six years as they overhauled their operations to run fewer, longer trains that need fewer locomotives and employees. Unions say the railroads expect more from the workers who remain, and that some railroads’ tightened attendance policies make it hard to take time off because of all the job cuts.
In addition to disagreements over wages and benefits, unions have staunchly opposed a proposal from the railroads to cut the number of workers in a locomotive from two to one. A new proposed federal rule that would require two-person crews in most instances should make it harder for railroads to reduce crew sizes, but the railroads have been pressing for the change for several years. The unions argue that keeping two people on the crews isn’t just about preserving jobs, but also ensuring safety.
Reaching a new agreement would likely make it easier for railroads to hire new employees, which they acknowledge they need to do to improve service and cut down on the delays that have plagued freight shipments this year. The major freight railroads have all said they want to hire hundreds more workers, but worker shortages are making that difficult. | 2022-08-17T10:10:43+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/white-house-receives-plan-on-ending-railway-contract-dispute/ |
Second Whitmer kidnap plotter sentenced to prison
Kaleb Franks, a central figure in the largest domestic terrorism investigation in a generation who admitted to plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, was sentenced to four years in federal prison Thursday.
The sentence represented a big break because Franks pleaded guilty to a charge punishable by up to life in prison. Prosecutors and his lawyer argued Franks deserved the break because he testified against two ringleaders during two federal trials in Grand Rapids and helped convince jurors the would-be kidnappers were not entrapped by a team of undercover FBI agents and informants.
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker credited the 28-year-old Waterford Township resident for pleading guilty, enduring the stress and toll of cooperating and testifying against others.
“Testifying not only once, but twice, where literally the nation is focused on what you’re doing, it does I think take a greater toll and exact a greater price,” Jonker said.
Franks is the second plotter sentenced to prison for their role in a high-profile case that shed light on extremism in Michigan by a group bent on achieving political change through violence. The group, including Hartland Township resident Ty Garbin, who was sentenced to 30 months after being the first person to plead guilty, was angered by restrictions imposed by Whitmer during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic members hoped to spark a second Civil War.
During brief remarks to the judge, Franks apologized to Whitmer.
"I want to start by saying I’m sorry to the governor and her family," Franks said. "I understand that this experience had to have been very traumatizing and difficult. I’m ashamed and embarrassed and I regret every decision I made."
Prosecutors said Franks deserved a substantial sentence that deters people who want to achieve political change through violence.
The sentence “should send a message that people who want to do this are not patriots, they are insurrectionists bent on treason and they should be deterred from doing that," Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler told the judge.
Franks has spent two years in county jails since being arrested during an FBI sweep in October 2020. His lawyer Scott Graham sought a similar 30-month sentence, portraying Franks as a follower, not a leader of the plot.
"What happened here is unforgivable. Certainly, a message needs to be sent to others regarding how inappropriate this is," Graham told the judge. "But I believe that the past two years have shown him an awful lot about himself and an awful lot about, not only this case, but about the world and that he is a different person than he was a couple years ago."
Franks and Garbin played a key role in the trials, providing an insider's view of the plot, the prosecutor wrote, and rebutted defense claims that the kidnap scheme was "'hypothetical or 'live-action role-playing.'"
The plot's ringleaders, Potterville resident Adam Fox, 39, and Delaware trucker Barry Croft, 46, will be sentenced in December. They are part of a broader group of 14 people charged in federal and state courts in connection with the kidnapping plot.
The sentencing Thursday coincided with the trial of three accused plotters in Jackson County. Peter Musico, 43; his son-in-law, Joseph Morrison, 27; and acquaintance Paul Bellar, 22, are charged with providing material support for terrorism in the plot to kidnap Whitmer. They also face gang membership and felony firearm charges.
Franks pleaded guilty to kidnapping conspiracy in February, telling U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip Green the group conceived of the plot.
“Did any law enforcement officers suggest kidnapping the governor?” the magistrate asked.
“No, sir," Franks said.
“Did they suggest committing any other crimes?” Green asked.
“No,, sir," Franks said.
“Did the plot to kidnap the governor originate solely with you and others charged in the conspiracy?” the magistrate asked.
“Yes, sir," Franks said.
In the plea agreement, prosecutors charted Franks’ growing involvement with members of the group.
According to the plea agreement, Franks conspired with four others from June 2020 to October 2020.
Franks connected with members of the Wolverine Watchmen, a Michigan militia, through a Facebook firearms group in spring 2020, was invited to a protest in Lake Orion and met Harris, according to the plea deal.
During a July meeting in Milford, the accused plotters discussed a proposal to “black bag politicians,” according to the court filing.
“The defendant and Harris thought the plan wouldn't work at that time, but later changed their minds,” the plea agreement reads. “The group agreed that it remained an ‘open discussion’ as to when exactly it was appropriate to launch aggressive measures against the government.”
Planning intensified in August when Fox conducted daytime surveillance of the governor’s vacation home in northern Michigan and sent photographs of the house to other members of the alleged plot, prosecutors wrote.
In mid-September 2020, Franks traveled to a remote camp in Luther owned by Garbin and helped him build a firing range and training outpost for the kidnap plotters, prosecutors wrote. They used construction equipment to build the firing range and Franks acquired hundreds of used tires from a tire shop.
“The defendants constructed a ‘shoot house’ and used it to practice breaching a residence with firearms,” the plea deal reads. “Fox and Croft said it would serve as a 'mockup' of the governor's home.”
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Twitter: @robertsnellnews | 2022-10-06T21:58:11+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/10/06/whitmer-kidnap-plotter-sentenced-to-prison/69543937007/ |
Voting rights effort targets those held in jails across US
Chicago — The voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except that these voters in the first round of the mayoral election were all wearing the same beige smocks. And the security at this polling place wasn’t intended to keep disrupters and campaigners out, but the voters in.
When first-time voter Tykarri Skillon finished studying the list of nine candidates, looking for those who shared his priorities on jobs and affordable housing, he marked his ballot and then was escorted with other voters back to their cells in the Cook County Jail.
The 25-year-old, awaiting trial on a weapons charge, is part of a group not always mentioned in discussions about voting disenfranchisement. People serving sentences for felony convictions lose their right to vote. Detainees awaiting trial or serving misdemeanor sentences do retain that right, but face barriers to exercising it in many parts of the United States.
The Cook County Jail, with more than 5,500 inmates and detainees, is one of the largest such facilities in the nation. It is one of several lockups where voting rights advocates have worked with local election and jail officials to offer voting for those held there. The list includes jails in Denver; Harris County, Texas; Los Angeles County; and the District of Columbia.
Expanding jailhouse voting is one of the latest steps to combine voting rights with criminal justice changes.
“It feels good to have a voice,” Skillon said after casting his ballot during early voting, before the race went to an April 4 runoff. “We’re going home someday, so we should have a voice in our community.”
Candidates he chose from included the current mayor, Democrat Lori Lightfoot. Among the issues that damaged her politically was rising crime. She eventually came in third in the election, bumping her from an April 4 runoff between the two top vote-getters, also Democrats.
The most recent survey from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, released last December, showed that 451,400 of the 636,300 people held in jails across the country had not been convicted and thus should retain their right to vote.
Voting rights for pretrial detainees and inmates serving sentences for misdemeanors were upheld in a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 1974, in a case from New York, O'Brien v. Skinner.
Despite that ruling, voting rights advocates say a “de facto disenfranchisement” exists because of mistakes over eligibility and the difficulties that detainees and prisoners face in registering or voting.
In a 2020 report, the Prison Policy Initiative focused on three main reasons: registration is difficult due to issues such as mail-in ballot deadlines and voter ID laws; detention does not meet the criteria for absentee voting in some jurisdictions; and the churn of the jail populations.
At least one state, Tennessee, had a bill introduced this year to address one of the barriers. Being in jail as a pretrial detainee is not one of the reasons considered valid for granting a mail ballot request, said Democratic state Sen. Jeff Yarbro, the bill's sponsor. Yabro, who recently announced he was running for mayor of Nashville, wants that changed.
“Being a full citizen should be the default," he said. "Everybody ought to have the expectation of fully participating in a democracy."
In Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston, about 75% of the nearly 10,000 people held in jail are pretrial. The sheriff's department established a polling place there in 2019, working with the county elections office, and has allowed voting during the past two election cycles. Before that, detainees voted only by mail.
The move started in 2017 with the Houston Justice Coalition and an initiative known as Project Orange that has helped register thousands of detainees and taught them how to navigate the mail ballot process, Nadia Hakim, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Elections Administration, said in an email.
“Previously if detainees wanted to vote, they had to do the legwork,” she said. “They had to know their registration status and make the request for the mail ballot application.”
In-person voting has multiple advantages. The mail ballot application deadline is April 25 for this year's May 6 election. Someone booked after the deadline would not be able to request a mail ballot, Hakim said. With the in-jail polling place, all detainees can vote, as well as members of the staff and public because machines are available in secure and public spaces. In last November's election, 528 people checked in to vote there, including detainees, employees and members of the public, she said.
In California, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Capt. Roel Garcia said staff members let pretrial detainees know they can register and vote and hold voter registration drives. Garcia, who oversees the inmate reception center, said the department works with groups such as the League of Women Voters to get information to the detainees about candidates and issues on the ballot.
The department and the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk have teamed up on a pilot program since 2020 that allows voting in two jails. There are plans to expand it to all eight county jails in 2024.
Registrar Dean Logan said as many as 11,700 people could be eligible at a given time when the voting goes countywide. He said it could serve as a model for other counties.
“I think the in-person vote centers is something where people are watching to see how that’s going to work and whether or not they have the infrastructure, the equipment and the capacity to offer that,” Logan said.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said in an interview that giving detainees a sense of empowerment and finding ways to get them to rethink their place in the world and to inspire them to change are constant challenges. He said engaging them as elections approach presents an opportunity to accomplish that.
“If you are trying to get inside someone’s head … what better way to do that than to say we want you to be a real decision-maker?" he said. “I’m not saying it is magic fairy dust. … But all (these) things start moving the dial.”
A 2019 state law required that jails take steps to enable voting by detainees who have not been convicted. Smaller jails aren't required to have polling stations but must arrange for absentee ballots.
Dart said the jail helps organize classes overseen by university staff and other organizations to instruct inmates and detainees, before they vote, on everything from the electoral process to the rationale behind judicial elections. Detainees also are able to tune into televised debates between candidates.
“Their election IQ is off the charts,” Dart said. “Participation level, turnout — is higher than it is outside.”
The sheriff's office said about 1,500 inmates and detainees — or roughly 27% of the jail's population — voted during the first round of the Chicago mayoral election.
The Chicago Board of Elections brought in several voting booths this year along with a large ballot-collection machine and put them in a section of the jail called “the chapel,” which is normally used for religious services and small concerts.
With just a few guards looking on, half a dozen board of elections staff managed the jail polling stations, first helping with registration.
Among the voters was 20-year-old Tony Simmons, who marked his ballot while a dozen others sat in an adjoining room, waiting their turn. For safety reasons, just four were brought into the polling station at a time.
Simmons, who is awaiting trial on burglary, robbery and other charges in Cook County, said he had seen campaign ads on jail televisions featuring tough-on-crime messages. It didn’t bother him, he said, adding that crimes rates should come down.
Asked what kinds of candidates he voted for, he answered: “Ones who were more lenient” on issues surrounding the law and crime.
First-time voter Skillon, the one awaiting trial on a weapons charge, said he believed what many jaded voters outside the walls don't.
“Your vote matters," he said. "One vote can most definitely make a difference.”
Fields reported from Washington. | 2023-03-26T03:01:27+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/25/voting-rights-effort-targets-those-held-in-jails-across-us/70048985007/ |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, May 19, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
528 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022
...Scattered strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Brown and
southeastern Coleman Counties through 630 PM CDT...
At 524 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking several strong
thunderstorms across Coleman and Brown counties, with the storms
moving northeast at 30 mph. These storms will approach Brownwood.
Trickham, Brookesmith, and the area north of Lake Brownwood through
615 PM.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Brownwood, Early, Santa Anna, Bangs, Blanket, Gouldbusk, Lake
Brownwood Near Thrifty, Burkett, May, Cross Cut, Zephyr, Brookesmith,
Rockwood, Lake Brownwood State Park, Lake Brownwood, Byrds,
Grosvenor, Camp Bowie, Trickham and Mozelle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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With Remarkable Results in the Third Quarter Showing 46.6% YoY Growth in the PRC Market
HONG KONG, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL Electronics Holdings Limited ("TCL Electronics" or the "Company", 01070.HK) announced today its global sales volume for the first three quarters of 2022. Global sales volume of TCL smart screens reached 16.62 million sets, of which 6.47 million sets were sold in the third quarter, a significant increase of 11.8% year-on-year. With the "TCL and FFalcon" dual brand strategy carried out, a series of newly launched high-end and large-screen TCL smart screens were popular among consumers. Driven by the optimisation of distribution channel structure and the upgrade of product mix, sales volume in the domestic market increased rapidly. In 2022 Q3, sales volume of TCL smart screens in the PRC market rose by 46.6% year-on-year.
By adhering to the strategy of "Value Led by Brand with Relative Cost Advantage", TCL Electronics has achieved remarkable results in its product mix upgrades. In the first three quarters of 2022, sales volume of the Company's large-sized smart screens grew significantly. The sales volume of smart screens of 65 inches and above increased by 63.6% year-on-year, with its proportion of the overall sales volume increasing by 6.9 percentage points year-on-year to 17.1%. The overall average size of TCL smart screens sold in the market increased by 2.6 inches year-on-year to 47.4 inches. TCL Electronics has entered a "Golden Age of Development" for its large-sized smart screens.
At the same time, TCL Electronics took the lead in the field of Mini LED technology. With this first-mover advantage, the Company has built a moat around itself in the TV industry. In the first three quarters of 2022, the sales volume of TCL Mini LED smart screens achieved a growth of 12.4% year-on-year, and significantly up by 20.1% year-on-year in the third quarter. TCL Mini LED smart screens are not only well received by consumers but also widely recognized for its industry leadership by industry associations. In August this year, TCL was awarded by the Expert Imaging and Sound Association ("EISA") in the "PREMIUM MINI LED TV 2022-2023" category for its high quality Mini LED 4K TV 65C835. TCL Electronics continued to break new ground and successfully launch the 98-inch TCL Q10G Mini LED TV in September with leading backlight, brightness and light control technologies, allowing consumers to have immersive audio and visual experiences.
In the PRC market, TCL smart screens recorded a 15.9% year-on-year increase in sales volume in the first three quarters. Large-sized products have become a firm favorite with customers, and the trend towards larger screens is particularly obvious in the PRC market. In the first three quarters of 2022, the sales volume of TCL 65 inches and above smart screens accounted for 39.3% in the PRC market, up by 14.3 percentage points year-on-year, while the sales volume of TCL 75 inches and above smart screens accounted for 18.1%, up by 11.9 percentage points year-on-year. The average size of TCL smart screens sold in the PRC market increased from 52.0 inches to 55.7 inches, a significant increase of 3.7 inches year-on-year.
In the international markets, terminal demand of some consumer markets was affected by the factors such as the pandemic, inflation and geopolitical conflicts. In the first three quarters of 2022, the overall sales volume of TCL smart screens in the international markets went down slightly due to the industry-wide impact. However, its sales volume has rebounded in the third quarter, recording a year-over-year increase of 3.4% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 22.9%. In terms of regional sales performance of TCL smart screens in the first three quarters, emerging markets[1] registered a growth of 14.5% year-on-year, of which sales volume in Australia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia increased by 29.3%, 48.8%, 60.7% and 71.0%, respectively, and the market share of TCL smart screens continued to rank first in Australia and Pakistan[2]. On the whole, the sales volume of TCL smart screens in the European markets was flat year-on-year, but the momentum remained strong in Poland and in the UK, with a year-on-year growth of 13.9% and 108.4%, respectively. North American markets recorded decline due to the previously excessive demand caused by the pandemic, however, the market share of TCL smart screens by sales volume in the United States remained firmly in its third place[3].
In addition to smart screens, TCL Electronics sold 13.62 million sets in total of small and medium-sized displays in the first three quarters of 2022. The TCL NXTPAPER 10s smart tablet also won the "TABLET INNOVATION 2022-2023" award from EISA. This was also the first time for TCL to received such EISA Award for its tablet innovation.
With continued efforts to leverage its brand influence and channel advantages and to implement its all-category strategy, the distribution sales volume of the Company's all-category products reached 7.24 million sets in the first three quarters this year, up by 15.8% year-on-year, with the sales volume of air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines increasing by 17.9%, 14.7% and 10.7% year-on-year, respectively. TCL Electronics has always viewed technology as its driving force for development. TCL Home Appliances and Jiangnan University reached a strategic cooperation in scientific research and jointly built a laboratory in August this year with a focus on innovative technologies for food preservation. By developing magnetic refrigeration technology and establishing a database for experimental results, TCL Electronics aims to use smart preservation technologies to produce world-class refrigerators for customers who crave for a full range of absolutely fresh and nutritious food.
In the future, the Company will continue to forge ahead with the strategy of "Value Led by Brand with Relative Cost Advantage". It will further pursue globalization and technological transformation in the mid to high-end market, actively explore innovative reforms and vigorously expand its new track of all-category layout of "intelligent IoT ecosystem" to provide global users with all-scenario smart and healthy living services. TCL Electronics is striving to develop itself into a world-leading enterprise of smart devices.
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About TCL Electronics
TCL Electronics Holdings Limited (01070.HK, incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) was listed on the mainboard of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in November 1999. It is engaged in display business, innovative business and internet business. TCL Electronics actively transforms and innovates under the strategy of "Value Led by Brand with Relative Cost Advantage". Focusing on the mid-to-high-end markets around the world, the Company strives to consolidate the "intelligent IoT ecosystem" strategy and is committed to providing users with an all-scenario smart and healthy life while developing into a world-leading smart technology company. TCL Electronics is part of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program and is included in the Hang Seng Stock Connect Hong Kong Index, the Hang Seng Composite MidCap & SmallCap Index and the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index. Besides, it has received Hang Seng Index's ESG rating of A for four consecutive years since 2018.
For more information, please visit the investor relations web page of TCL Electronics at http://electronics.tcl.com or follow the WeChat Official Page of TCL Electronics investor relations by scanning the QR code below.
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Donation lays foundation for long-term sustainable growth at innovative global institution
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Minerva University has announced that Netflix founder and philanthropist Reed Hastings will support the University with a $20M gift. With this generous donation, Hastings lays the foundation for Minerva University's long-term sustainable growth.
"Minerva University has accomplished so much in a short time: from innovative concept, to small pilot, to U.S. accreditation with over 600 students and nearly 600 alumni. I am excited to support Minerva into its next phase of global growth," said Hastings. "This gift is intended to set Minerva on a trajectory towards educating many more thousands of students from around the world and dramatically increasing its positive impact."
Recognized by WURI as the world's most innovative university, Minerva University prepares new generations of wise leaders and purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Students hail from more than 80 countries, experience immersive living and learning in seven countries and are exposed to complex global challenges across industries and cultural contexts. This global perspective enables students and alumni to develop effective solutions to the world's most intractable problems, such as the climate crisis, future pandemics, and geopolitical conflicts. From a Rhodes Scholar recipient focused on maternal health and a Diana Award recipient tackling accessible education, to entrepreneurs designing solutions for climate change, Minerva students and alumni are already driving meaningful societal change.
"I am honored that Reed Hastings recognizes the uniqueness of our approach at Minerva University and how we educate students to have a profoundly positive impact on the world," said Mike Magee, President of Minerva University. "Reed deeply supports access to quality education for all students, and this incredibly generous gift validates our efforts to provide global higher education for a better world."
"Minerva University proves that the world's most exceptional education can be accessible at half the cost of most selective U.S. universities to students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds from around the world" said Ben Nelson, Minerva's Founder. "Reed's generous gift makes it possible for Minerva University to continue to scale, allowing many more students to obtain the best university education possible."
The $20M gift allows the university to focus on setting its plans for longer-term growth in motion, and to support students with high financial need with scholarships. President Magee looks to boost awareness and enrollment so the institution and its innovations can achieve increased global impact. Magee also intends to scale existing offerings to students and create new ones, ranging from academic programs to lab and research opportunities. Hastings' prior gifts to the institution supported 4-year scholarships for nearly 100 students.
"The more stories I hear about Minerva students and alumni, the more I am convinced that Minerva University should scale to create opportunities for more bold and purposeful students with promising trajectories," said Hastings. "Minerva graduates have a depth of global cultural understanding, intellectual skills that cross disciplines, and problem-solving abilities unique to higher education. I see incredible potential for Minerva University to increase its positive impact in the world."
Minerva also continues to seek partnerships with like-minded individuals, foundations, and organizations from around the globe to enhance the institution, drive innovation, support student scholarships, and increase positive impact for the sake of the world.
Minerva University offers a reinvented university experience for the brightest, most motivated students from around the world. Named the World's Most Innovative University by World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI), Minerva's undergraduate program combines a pathbreaking cross-contextual interdisciplinary curriculum of the highest academic quality, a global immersive residential experience that encompasses seven countries, a cutting-edge digital learning environment, and an accomplished faculty versed in the science of learning. Minerva's graduate degree options incorporate our innovative approach to learning, offering advanced leadership, decision-making, and analytical thinking skills to professionals worldwide. Minerva University is an independent non-profit university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges/Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
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CHICAGO, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Association is appalled that the Biden Administration is extending its unjust decision to deny access to FDA-approved treatments for people living with Alzheimer's — a fatal disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has denied the Alzheimer's Association's request to change its policy, despite significant new evidence published since the release of its decision. CMS covers all FDA-approved drugs except for monoclonal antibodies directed against amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Despite unequivocal evidence confirmed by the scientific community, CMS continues to state it is not reasonable and necessary for people living with Alzheimer's to have access to an FDA-approved treatment without barriers.
"CMS' role is to provide health care coverage. Their role is not to stand between a patient and a doctor when deciding what FDA-approved treatments are appropriate. Their role is not to single out people living with Alzheimer's and decide that their lives, their independence and their memories are not necessary," said Joanne Pike, DrPH, Alzheimer's Association president and CEO.
Bipartisan Congressional leaders have also spoken out in support of CMS changing its policy. This month, Reps. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) led 72 of their bipartisan colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure emphasizing the importance of access to FDA-approved Alzheimer's treatments. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) also led a bipartisan letter in the Senate, signed by 20 bipartisan leaders.
The Alzheimer's Association estimates that each day CMS leaves this misguided policy in place, more than 2,000 individuals aged 65 or older may transition from mild dementia due to Alzheimer's to a more advanced stage of the disease where they are no longer eligible for the new FDA-approved treatments. Treatments taken in the early stages of Alzheimer's would allow people more time to participate in daily life, remain independent and make health care decisions for their future.
"Each day matters to someone living with early stage Alzheimer's disease when it comes to slowing the progression of this disease," said Pike. "CMS's policy to block access to these treatments eliminates people's options, resulting in continued irreversible disease progression and contributes to greater health inequities."
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Lately, drag has been dragged through the mud.
The art form has been cast in a false light in recent months by right-wing activists and politicians who complain about the “sexualization” or “grooming” of children. Opponents often coordinate protests at drag events that feature or cater to children, sometimes showing up with guns. Some politicians have proposed banning children from drag events and even criminally charging parents who take their kids to one.
Performers and organizers of events, such as story hours in which colorfully clad drag queens read books to children, say the protesters are the ones terrorizing and harming children and making them political pawns — just as they’ve done in other campaigns around bathroom access and educational materials.
The recent headlines about disruptions of drag events and their portrayal as sexual and harmful to children can obscure the art form and its rich history.
WHAT IS DRAG?
Drag is the art of dressing and acting exaggeratedly as another gender, usually for entertainment such as comedy, singing, dancing, lip-syncing or all of the above.
Drag may trace its roots to the age of William Shakespeare, when female roles were performed by men. The origin of the term is debated, but one possibility is that it was coined after someone noticed the dresses or petticoats that male actors wore onstage would drag along the floor. Another casts it as an acronym — an unproven notion that notes in scripts would use “DRAG” to indicate the actor should “dress as a girl.”
Drag performances could later be seen on the vaudeville circuit and during the Harlem Renaissance. They became a mainstay at gay bars throughout the 20th century, and remain so.
RuPaul took things a step further with his reality-competition show “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which became an award-winning hit and allowed drag to explode in popularity — and into the mainstream.
IS DRAG SEXUAL?
Many drag opponents cite nudity in their objections. Every performer makes different choices, but drag queens often wear more, not less, clothing than you’d see on a typical American woman of the 21st century, at a public beach or on network TV.
Their costumes tend toward extravagant, sometimes floor-length gowns. Drag queens may use false breasts, wear sheer costumes, and use makeup or other means to show cleavage and appear exaggeratedly feminine.
The difference, performers note, is that opponents of drag see sexual deviance in the cross-dressing aspect.
Drag does not typically involve nudity or stripping, which are more common in burlesque, a separate form of entertainment. Explicitly sexual and profane language is common in performances meant for adult audiences. Such routines can consist of stand-up comedy that may be raunchy — or may pale in comparison with some mainstream comedians.
SHOULD CHILDREN SEE OR DRESS IN DRAG?
It’s up to parents and guardians to decide that, just as they decide whether their children should be exposed to or participate in certain music, television, movies, beauty pageants, concerts or other forms of entertainment, parenting experts say.
Performances in nightclubs and brunches meant for adults may not be suitable for children, while other events, such as drag story hours, are tailored for children and therefore contain milder language and dress.
Drag performers and the venues that book them generally either don’t allow children if a performance has risque content, or else require children to be accompanied by a parent or guardian — basically, how R-rated movies are handled by theaters.
Drag story hours, in which performers read to children in libraries, bookstores or other venues, have become popular in recent years. The events use a captivating character to get their child’s attention — any parent whose kid can’t take their eyes off Elsa from “Frozen” gets the idea. The difference here is that the goal is to get kids interested in reading.
Some children have performed drag at age-appropriate events. One 11-year-old who dons a princess dress and tiara was scheduled recently to perform at a story and singing event at an Oregon pub — but was downgraded to “guest of honor” after protests outside broke out into fighting.
“Part of keeping our children safe is allowing them to be children, to be playful, to take risks, and to be silly, without it necessarily meaning anything deeper or more permanent,” says Amber Trueblood, a family therapist. “Many parents are OK with children dressing as assassins, evil villains or grim reapers, yet they seldom take the costume choice to mean anything more than playful and fun.”
THREATS AND ‘GROOMING’
Opponents of drag story hours and other drag events for audiences of children often claim they “groom” children, implying attempts to sexually abuse them or somehow influence their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The term “grooming” in a sexual sense describes how child molesters entrap and abuse their victims. Its use by opponents of drag, as well as by protesters in other realms of LGBTQ opposition, seeks to falsely equate it with pedophilia and other forms of child abuse.
Perpetrators of the false rhetoric can then cast themselves as saviors of children and try to frame anyone who disagrees — a political opponent, for example — as taking the side of child abusers.
The objections are often religious in nature, with some opponents citing the devil at work. Threats to drag events, and story hours in particular, have increased along with the rhetoric. In addition to the protest in Oregon that failed to suppress one such event, organizers of a recent one in Florida did cancel theirs after what they said were threats from hate groups.
The threats are likely an attempt to scare parents into not taking their children to such events, leading them to fizzle out and push drag back into the closet, observers say. Some organizers, parents and performers have dug in their heels, insisting they won’t cave.
In another tactic to discourage attendance, drag opponents have been known to attend performances, take and post a video that lacks context, and then troll or “dox” the performer or venue.
One such video clip showed a profane drag act in front of a young child and framed it as abuse — though the child was with adults and the venue had advised attendees about coarse content, suggested parental discretion and required any children to be accompanied by parents.
Other undermining efforts include a false claim that a performer flashed children at a Minnesota library and another false claim that the head of the Drag Queen Story Hour organization was arrested for child pornography.
Despite some opponents’ claims, drag cannot “turn” a child gay or transgender, although its playful use of gender may be reassuring to kids who are already questioning their identity. That way, therapist Joe Kort wrote in a blog post in Psychology Today, gender-nonconforming kids can have “other templates as they begin to sort out their feelings about who they authentically are.” | 2022-10-30T11:36:12+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-explainer-drag-queens-and-how-they-got-pulled-into-politics/ |
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ESTA) investors who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now. The firm is investigating possible securities law violations.
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On Oct. 19, 2022 Establishment Labs' claims came into question, when analyst Hindenburg Research published a scathing report entitled "Establishment Labs: A Financially Stretched Silicon Safety Charade." Hindenburg accuses the company about misleading investors about safety claims, concluding in part: (1) "almost all key safety studies touted by the company have undisclosed or under-disclosed conflicts of interest;" (2) "Australian and French authorities expressed concerns with the company's data with Australian regulators calling the company's main safety data 'observational uncontrolled studies;'" (3) "[t]he advisor Establishment just hired to support its U.S. launch was sued by the SEC in 2018 for fraudulently lying then destroying records that concealed regulatory and safety issues with breast implants;" and (4) "records show Establishment ships products to entities formerly owned by the CEO and his family, raising questions of conflicts of interest."
In response, the price of Establishment Labs shares closed sharply lower on Oct. 19, wiping out more than $100 million of shareholder value.
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Scattered rains ending overnight
Chances will wind down by early Friday, but clouds will remain
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Scattered showers, which won’t be all that heavy, should continue throughout the evening and into the overnight. However, the amounts won’t be much and much of the rain by Friday morning will be in Oklahoma. We should expect cloudy weather for the start of the day.
Friday afternoon will bring some clearing, so with sunshine and light northeast winds, highs will be back into the 60s for much of the state.
Chances for rain will be off to the southeast over the weekend as the main part of the storm system begins to lift into Arkansas and Missouri. Any leftover clouds will not produce rain, but could slow the warm up down for many areas. Highs will be in the 60s both Saturday and Sunday.
Much warmer temperatures are set to return early next week. Right now, several days will have highs in the 70s, including Halloween.
Wichita Area Forecast:
Tonight: Scattered evening showers, then mainly cloudy. Wind: SE 5-10. Low: 46.
Tomorrow: Cloudy early, then partly cloudy. Wind: E/NE 5-15. High: 66.
Tomorrow Night: Partly cloudy. Light winds. Low: 41.
Sat: High: 64 Turning mostly cloudy.
Sun: High: 65 Low: 43 Partly cloudy.
Mon: High: 71 Low: 40 Mostly sunny.
Tue: High: 74 Low: 46 Sunny.
Wed: High: 73 Low: 53 Sunny to mostly sunny; breezy.
Thu: High: 74 Low: 55 Mostly sunny to partly cloudy; breezy.
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) introduced a resolution Friday that would formally recognize and celebrate diverse family units across the nation.
The introduction of the resolution, which Garcia’s office said is a “direct response” to comments made during a House hearing last month by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that suggested non-biological mothers are not actual mothers, comes on the eve of Mother’s Day weekend.
Greene repeatedly claimed that American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, who is a stepmother, is “not a mother” during an April 26 hearing.
“The problem is people like you need to admit that you’re just a political activist, not a teacher, not a mother and not a medical doctor,” Greene told Weingarten at the hearing, which had set out to investigate the role AFT played in influencing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s school reopening guidance following pandemic closures.
Garcia responded by calling Greene’s comments “unacceptable.”
“It’d be nice if we didn’t attack the witnesses, particularly making a decision about whether or not she’s a mother,” he said during last month’s hearing.
“You are a mother,” he added to Weingarten. “Thank you for being a great parent.”
Garcia’s “Honoring All Families” resolution affirms Congress’s support for all types of families — especially LGBTQ families and families who adopt — as legitimate and deserving of recognition and respect.
“A parent’s ability to contribute to their child’s growth and success is not defined by the circumstances by which they became a parent,” the resolution states, “and families of all backgrounds and circumstances deserve to be recognized, respected, and celebrated.”
Democratic Reps. Raul Ruiz (Calif.), Becca Balint (Vt.), Angie Craig (Minn.) and Mark Pocan (Wis.) are co-leading the resolution, which is also endorsed by the Congressional Equality Caucus, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Voice for Adoption, among other groups.
Garcia, who is openly gay, on Friday noted the significance of “chosen family” and adoptive figures within the LGBTQ community.
“Families come in all shapes and sizes, and they shape who we are in an immeasurable way,” he said in a statement. Greene’s comments, he added, “invalidated the thousands of loving LGBTQ+ and adoptive families across this country.” | 2023-05-12T18:30:16+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/hill-politics/garcia-introduces-honoring-all-families-resolution-after-marjorie-taylor-greene-comments-on-motherhood/ |
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Carlos Beltrán refused to discuss his role in the Houston Astros cheating scandal, preferring to concentrate on his new role with the New York Mets.
“Today’s not about the Astros,” Beltrán said Wednesday. “Today is about the Mets.”
Beltrán was hired by the Mets on Nov. 1, 2019, to replace Mickey Callaway as manager. But the team announced Beltrán’s departure the following Jan. 16 without him managing a game.
Beltrán’s departure was announced three days after he was the only Astros player mentioned by name in Major League Baseball’s report that concluded that Houston broke rules by using electronics to steal signs en route to the 2017 World Series title.
“I felt like that was a moment that needed to happen and I moved on,” Beltrán said.
He joined the Mets last week as a special assistant to general manager Billy Eppler. Beltrán said he didn’t expect to return.
“No chance,” Beltrán said. “No clue. That’s how the world goes around. … When this opportunity came, it was a no-brainer to say yes.”
Beltrán received 46.5% of votes in his first Hall of Fame ballot appearance this year, well short of the needed 75%. His role in the scandal likely impacted voters.
“I felt OK with it,” Beltrán said. “I know that I went through a moment in my career that was tough. I also know I had some fans and now I don’t have those fans anymore. But at the end of the day, I have to live my life. I have to move on.”
Beltrán said several clubs offered him opportunities to be an on-field coach this season. He sees his new role as a bridge between players and the front office, helping players understand the pressure of playing in New York.
“They test you, they push you, but most importantly they push you to be better,” Beltrán said.
Beltrán wants to be the mentor he didn’t have when he coming through Kansas City’s system.
“Because you didn’t have it, doesn’t mean you cannot give it,” Beltrán said. “In my case I feel when you are in the minor league system you need love. You need people to care about you. That’s why I’m motivated. I’m motivated because I didn’t have that person, and I hope that I can be that person for those kids.”
Now 45, the nine-time All-Star played with the Mets from 2005-11 and is sixth on the team’s career list for homers (149) and RBIs (559). Beltrán was the 1999 AL Rookie of the Year with Kansas City. He also played for San Francisco, St. Louis and the Yankees, finishing with a .279 average, 435 homers and 312 bases.
Beltrán spent last season as a game analyst for the Yankees’ YES Network.
“That opportunity created this opportunity, because when you are in the game and you stay relevant, people get to see your face and get to see you around,” he said. “It’s hard for me to disappear for five years and say, ‘OK, I want to get back in the game.’ No chance. I would be a dinosaur. You have to speak the same language baseball is speaking today.”
Beltrán wouldn’t rule out becoming a manager.
“You can never say no when you love the game, and you love being around guys and being able to impact players and make careers better,” he said. “At this point I’m OK where I am, but later on I don’t know.”
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in waters northeast of Taiwan, saying ships would be banned from entering the area on April 16.
The announcement comes after China held large-scale military drills that formally ended Monday in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s transit visit last week to the United States, where she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. Tensions remain high and China sent warplanes flying toward Taiwan more than 200 times over the weekend, while its navy ships circled the self-ruled island.
The announcement designates a rectangular area northeast of Taiwan in the East China Sea.
The notice sheds more light on the no-fly zone that China had warned it was setting up earlier this week. Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation said Wednesday it had received a notice from China’s Civil Aviation Administration that it would establish a control zone to “restrict flights” in parts of northern Taiwan from April 16-18, in effect setting up an area where flights would not be allowed to go.
Taiwan said it strongly protested the notice and was able to get China to reduce the flight ban time from three days to 27 minutes on the morning of April 16. It is unclear what China plans to do at that time. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday it was looking into the matter but could not provide further details.
China claims Taiwan as part of its own territory, and the claim is a point of contention in Beijing’s relationship with the U.S., which is the island’s biggest unofficial ally. The U.S. sells Taiwan weapons and a slew of U.S. lawmakers have visited the island in the past year in a demonstration of support. | 2023-04-13T13:28:40+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/13/china-taiwan-rocket-debris-military-exercises/46ff29c4-d9f3-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html |
MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Merced County Sheriff’s Office says it has a person of interest in custody in the kidnapping of four family members from a business on Monday.
Officials named 48-year-old Jesus Manuel Salgado as a person of interest in the kidnapping of 27-year-old Jasleen Kaur, 36-year-old Jasdeep Singh, 39-year-old Amandeep Singh, and 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri.
Investigators believe the family was taken against their will from their family-owned business “Unison Trucking” in Merced. A man spotted on surveillance video was believed to have been responsible for the kidnapping.
On Tuesday morning, investigators said they learned that one of the victim’s debit cards had been used at an ATM in Atwater.
Detectives said the person who used the card looked similar in appearance to the individual seen on the surveillance video that was captured during the kidnapping.
With the help of other agencies, authorities were able to identify the man as Salgado.
Officials said he tried to take his own life before they took him into custody. Salgado is now receiving treatment at a local hospital, where officials said he is in critical condition.
Authorities are still working to find all four of the kidnapping victims.
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office will be holding a press conference at 10:00 a.m. PT Wednesday to provide updates on the case.
Anyone with information about the kidnapping or information about the victims’ whereabouts is asked to call the Merced County Sheriff’s Office at (209) 385-7547. | 2022-10-05T02:13:25+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/man-in-custody-as-search-for-kidnapped-california-family-continues-deputies-say/ |
Anyone who has spent an afternoon patiently cleaning their windows with vinegar and newspapers has no doubt wondered if there might not be a better way to perform this decidedly unglamorous chore. Happily, there is a better way. Steaming is a more efficient window cleaning method that uses the power of an old, tried-and-true energy source.
Why should I steam my windows?
While requiring more in the way of tools than newspaper and vinegar, steam cleaning your windows has the advantage of being much more efficient and thorough. Steam cleaning removes grime and disinfects. It doesn’t rely on synthetic detergents that can seep into groundwater and is therefore better for the environment. Steaming windows also leaves no streaks, and when you finish, your arms won’t be nearly as sore.
Choose the right time to clean
First, consider the season and the temperature. Windows are more sensitive than they look and will crack if they encounter steam when too cold, so this is a job for spring, summer or fall.
What kind of steamer do I need?
Like vacuums, steam cleaners for the home generally come in hand-held models and models with a separate canister and a wand or attachment. Hand-held models produce less robust steam, and though they can be operated with one hand, they can require a lot of effort if you have many windows to clean. Stretching to reach top corners of windows gets old quickly if you’re lifting a hand-held steamer.
On the other hand, models with a canister that rolls on the floor offer thicker and steadier steam. These models often feature a long wand attachment perfect for reaching far corners. The wand is typically much lighter than a hand-held steamer. The downside of this option is that you’re dragging the canister behind you, which can be awkward. Using a steamer with a canister outside presents extra challenges as you try to roll over different surfaces.
What attachments are helpful?
Most hand-held and canister steamers come with an assortment of attachments, including various head attachments that distribute the steam evenly over the glass in addition to tubes or hoses to deliver the steam from the canister. Some steam cleaners include the option to add detergent to your steam for cleaning particularly stubborn windows. A few also include a squeegee-style attachment with a thin rubber blade that scrapes dirt and grime away.
How to steam clean your windows
First, fill the tank of your steamer, and let the water heat to the correct temperature. This process can take around 10 minutes, depending on the model. Next, set your steamer on a low pressure setting. When holding the wand or hand-held steamer, press the button to start the steam flowing, and pass the attachment head (or hand-held steamer) back and forth across the width of the window. Work from the top of the window to the bottom.
After cleaning, a fine mist settles on your windows. Grab a microfiber cloth and wipe the moisture away, and admire the view from your newly cleaned windows.
Several steam cleaners have a squeegee attachment specifically designed for window cleaning. Use this attachment in the same way you would other steamers: Use wide horizontal strokes, and work from top to bottom.
Best steam cleaners
This model offers variable steam pressure for maximum versatility. It heats steam up to 293 degrees.
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Karcher SC 3 Portable Multipurpose Steam Cleaner
This steam cleaner heats up in just 40 seconds. It removes fingerprints and dirt from windows in a single pass.
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Steamfast Deluxe Canister Steam Cleaner
This steamer heats up in 10 minutes and includes an extension wand and an attachment for windows.
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Steamfast Multipurpose Steam Cleaner
This powerful canister model steam cleaner has a flexible hose and a 6-inch squeegee attachment that thoroughly cleans dirty windows.
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DBTech Multipurpose Pressurized Bagless Hand-held Steamer
This inexpensive model from DBTech is versatile and handheld. It cleans sofas and carpets, and it has an attachment for windows.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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I could list all the pluses and minuses of the new “The Little Mermaid.” I could detail what does and doesn’t work about Disney’s attempt to turn its beloved 1989 animated film into live action, as it did with “The Lion King” and “Beauty & The Beast.”
But come on. “The Little Mermaid” wasn’t meant for me. It was meant for the little girl in my row who excitedly yelped “Dad! Mermaids! Dad! Mermaids!” over and over during the first few minutes of the movie.
On that wide-eyed level, Rob Marshall’s movie certainly recaptures the magic of the original film. But, as with the other recent Disney live-action reboots, “The Little Mermaid” seems unnecessary, an 83-minute gem plumped up to 135 minutes by some new Lin-Manuel Miranda songs.
“The Little Mermaid” opens Friday in Madison theaters at Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, AMC Fitchburg 18 and Flix Brewhouse Madison.
While an opening quotation (“But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more”) hints that this “Mermaid” might swim in the darker currents of Hans Christian Andersen’s original fairy tale, the movie, written by David Magee, sticks to every familiar beat of the animated film.
That said, Halle Bailey delivers a star-making turn as Ariel, the mermaid who can’t suppress her curiosity about what goes on in the world above. Bailey has a beautiful voice, and her performance is so guileless and open-hearted that we really buy her as a mythical creature, gazing with yearning at the surface as she sings “Part of Your World.”
But the humans think mermaids are malicious creatures who lure sailors to their deaths. And the feeling is mutual for her father, King Triton (Javier Bardem), who forbids Ariel from reaching the surface. Bardem is great casting as the king, imbuing the part with Shakespearean majesty even as he’s forced to tread water and deliver lines like “He’s a human! You’re a mermaid!”
The human in question is Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King), who Ariel rescues from a shipwreck and immediately falls for. The sea witch Ursula (Melissa McCarthy) offers to make her human for three days (although voiceless) to see if she can make Eric fall in love with her, but of course Ursula’s not playing fair. She’s a sea witch! One big change from the 1989 movie is that Ursula is now King Triton’s little sister, making her Ariel's aunt. McCarthy hams it up in a performance that’s part Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard,” part Phyllis Diller on an old episode of “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson.”
While Hauer-King is handsomely bland (in the tradition of Disney princes for generations), the mermaid-out-of-water scenes of Hauer-King and Bailey together on land are the strongest in the movie. Bailey is particularly winning given the fact that Ariel can’t talk during the sequences, relying on the actress’s silent-movie-star expressiveness.
There’s been much online cringing over images of the CGI versions of the original’s beloved creatures. But in fact Daveed Diggs ends up stealing the movie with a very funny vocal performance as the put-upon crustacean Sebastian, now given a Jamaican patois instead of a French accent. Less successful is Awkwafina as the seagull Scuttle, who is irritating even before she delivers a rap written for the movie by Miranda.
While there are some colorful sequences in the film, particularly as Ariel dances in a Caribbean market or dances with sea creatures in “Under the Sea,” too much of “Little Mermaid” looks drab and monochromatic for a Disney film. The climactic fight with Ursula, in particular, is a murky blur.
The youngsters will like it, their parents won’t mind it. But when the original cartoon is right there on Disney+, it’s hard to justify this dive into very familiar waters. | 2023-05-26T21:08:28+00:00 | captimes.com | https://captimes.com/entertainment/screens/the-little-mermaid-review-a-dive-into-familiar-waters/article_871b467d-1640-5a75-acb5-8d12ec4f3d6a.html |
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Genomadix today announced it has entered into a know-how license agreement and stock purchase agreement with Mayo Clinic to advance its point of care molecular analyzer technology. The Genomadix CubeTM uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology in a small and portable footprint to generate timely (one hour), accurate test results, expanding the reach beyond centralized labs.
The Genomadix CubeTM testing system already delivers environmental testing for potentially deadly Legionella bacteria in water sources such as building cooling towers and CYP2C19 genotype guided antiplatelet therapy in Europe with efforts underway for US authorization. Additionally, a COVID-19 product has been developed with introduction slated (pending authorization) for later in 2022.
"We are extremely proud to be collaborating with Mayo Clinic to progress our technology and mission to make highly accurate molecular testing available for the benefit of patients. This collaboration seeks to seed new product developments with focused expertise provided by Mayo Clinic experts" commented Steve Edgett, Genomadix's CEO
Mayo Clinic has a financial interest in the technology referenced in this press release. Mayo Clinic will use any revenue it receives to support its not-for-profit mission in patient care, education, and research.
About Genomadix
Genomadix Inc. is a pioneer in real-time RT-PCR point of use technology, dedicated to the highest level of customer satisfaction, quality, and support, maintaining ISO 13485 medical device development and manufacturing standards certification. Based in Ottawa, Canada, the Genomadix CubeTM automates complex and tedious manual procedures, advancing sample to result DNA/RNA testing in clinical, environmental, infectious disease, and precision medicine. For more information, visit www.genomadix.com.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has become one of the few nations in the world to recognize the independence of two Russian-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine in support of Russia’s war against its neighbor.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry cut off diplomatic ties with North Korea in response and condemned Pyongyang’s decision as undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
North Korea has repeatedly blamed the United States for the crisis in Ukraine, claiming the West’s “hegemonic policy” justified Russia’s offensive in Ukraine to protect itself.
North Korea’s state media said Thursday that the country’s foreign minister, Choe Sun Hui, sent letters to leaders in the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk a day earlier to convey the North’s decision to recognize their independence and its willingness to develop diplomatic relations with both.
Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin acknowledged North Korea’s decision Wednesday.
Luhansk and Donetsk together make up the Donbas region, a mostly Russian-speaking region of steel factories, mines and other industries in Ukraine’s east. Separatists have controlled parts of both provinces since 2014, but Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized their independence only shortly before the invasion began in February. Syria has since recognized their independence as well.
Ukrainian Foreign Minster Dmytro Kuleba said Russia’s appeal to North Korea for support shows Moscow has “no more allies in the world, except for countries that depend on it financially and politically.” Ukraine had already suspended its political and economic contacts with North Korea because of international sanctions imposed on the North over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program.
“The level of isolation of the Russian Federation will soon reach the level of isolation of the DPRK,” Kuleba said in a statement, using the initials of North Korea’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has effectively paralyzed the U.N. Security Council, where Russia is a veto-wielding permanent member, leaving an opening for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to push forward his weapons development as he tries to cement the North’s status as a nuclear power and negotiate a removal of crippling U.S.-led sanctions from a position of strength.
North Korea has test-fired more than 30 missiles in 2022 alone, including its first flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile in nearly five years. There are also indications the North is restoring tunnels at a nuclear testing site that was last active in 2017 in possible preparations to resume nuclear explosive tests. | 2022-07-14T21:16:25+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/n-korea-backs-independence-of-breakaway-regions-in-ukraine/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.
Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Bennett’s death to The Associated Press, saying he died in his hometown of New York. There was no specific cause, but Bennett had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.
The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create “a hit catalog rather than hit records.” He released more than 70 albums, bringing him 19 competitive Grammys — all but two after he reached his 60s — and enjoyed deep and lasting affection from fans and fellow artists.
Bennett didn’t tell his own story when performing; he let the music speak instead — the Gershwins and Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern. Unlike his friend and mentor Sinatra, he would interpret a song rather than embody it. If his singing and public life lacked the high drama of Sinatra’s, Bennett appealed with an easy, courtly manner and an uncommonly rich and durable voice — “A tenor who sings like a baritone,” he called himself — that made him a master of caressing a ballad or brightening an up-tempo number.
“I enjoy entertaining the audience, making them forget their problems,” he told The Associated Press in 2006. “I think people … are touched if they hear something that’s sincere and honest and maybe has a little sense of humor. … I just like to make people feel good when I perform.”
Bennett was praised often by his peers, but never more meaningfully than by what Sinatra said in a 1965 Life magazine interview: “For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business. He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He’s the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more.”
He not only survived the rise of rock music but endured so long and so well that he gained new fans and collaborators, some young enough to be his grandchildren. In 2014, at age 88, Bennett broke his own record as the oldest living performer with a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart for “Cheek to Cheek,” his duets project with Lady Gaga. Three years earlier, he topped the charts with “Duets II,” featuring such contemporary stars as Gaga, Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse, in her last studio recording. His rapport with Winehouse was captured in the Oscar-nominated documentary “Amy,” which showed Bennett patiently encouraging the insecure young singer through a performance of “Body and Soul.” | 2023-07-21T12:54:43+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/legendary-crooner-tony-bennett-dies-at-96/ |
The brand is expanding its distribution in response to the growing demand for authentic Mexican products and new flavors
HOUSTON, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tajín International Corporation announced today the expansion of the distribution of its two leading sauces, Tajín Mild Hot Sauce and Tajín Fruity Chamoy Hot Sauce, at Walmart locations. As part of this expansion, the products are found in their international/Hispanic aisle across Walmart shelves nationwide.
This expansion responds to the growth in the demand of products that have been influenced by the increasing trend of trying new flavors in the U.S. For example, chamoy, a Mexican condiment made of dried chilies, lime juice and fruits like apricots, was named the Flavor of the Year 2022 by Food Network Magazine.
"We are excited to announce the continued expansion of Tajín Mild Hot Sauce with its unique hint of lime and Tajín Fruity Chamoy Hot Sauce with its hint of apricot. Both Hot Sauces are already widely available at all Walmart stores nationwide. This step helps us reach our goal of making Tajín products available to consumers coast-to-coast," said Luis Alfaro, Brand Marketing Manager Sauces & New Developments for Tajín® USA.
This year, the brand launched a marketing campaign to reinforce the market presence of its two hot sauces and to demonstrate the different ways consumers can pair them. For example, Tajín Mild Hot Sauce is great in companion with savory snacks like tortilla chips, chicken wings, pizza and even micheladas, while Tajin Fruity Chamoy Hot Sauce is a great way to enjoy with sweet snacks like fruits, smoothies, mangonadas and ice pops.
As part of the new trends, Tajín has been inviting consumers to mix Tajín Clásico's chili-lime powder with either of these two sauces to create unique flavor combinations. The resulting message "MIX IT" is gaining great acceptance among consumers.
Tajín Mild Hot Sauce and Tajín Fruity Chamoy Hot Sauce are also available nationwide in supermarkets and retailers like Kroger and HEB and on Amazon.
About Tajín Hot Sauce
Tajín Mild Hot Sauce, with the red cap, is made with a blend of 100% natural chilies, lime juice and sea salt, but presented in a sauce product format and larger size of 15.8 ounces. Tajín Fruity Chamoy Hot Sauce (orange cap) is made with the same natural ingredients but offers a unique fruity and tangy flavor that comes from apricots. Unlike other sauces in the market, Tajín brand sauces have no added sugar or coloring which make them perfect for the entire family.
About Tajín
Industrias Tajín is a Mexican-owned company and market leader in both Mexico and the United States in the chili powder category, in addition to being one of the most important brands in the production and commercialization of products derived from chili worldwide. Today, it has a presence in more than 65 countries around the world. Tajin was founded in 1985, surprising consumers with the perfect blend of lime, chili, and sea salt. In 1993, Tajín made its first export to the United States and Tajin International Corporation was established in Houston, TX, from where all commercial activity of the brand in the U.S. is managed. The brand arrived in Central American and European markets in 2006.
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The dawn of a new spring sports season for Maine high school teams brings with it some lingering accommodations for the presence of COVID-19 as well as some scheduling changes for the regional and state championship games in baseball and softball.
Open tournaments are planned for the Heal point sports being contested — baseball, softball, tennis and lacrosse — for the second straight spring, with all teams being eligible to participate in postseason play.
Teams will have the option of declining those playoff opportunities, but won’t be penalized if they are unable to play all the games on their schedules due to issues related to the coronavirus.
Under Maine Principals’ Association rules, normally if a team doesn’t complete its schedule once it starts the regular season, it is suspended from varsity competition for the following two years.
“The number of COVID cases and the impact they’re having on schools has declined significantly but it hasn’t gone away,” MPA interscholastic executive director Mike Burnham said. “So we decided to take one more season and if schools are having to deal with it then we’re not going to remove their teams from the playoffs. We’re very happy that we’re able to move forward with a somewhat normal type of season, but I think we’d be kidding ourselves if we thought there wasn’t the potential for some impact.”
Open tournaments have been held since last spring, including the 2021 fall and 2021-22 winter sports seasons, with an additional round of postseason play added when necessary and the traditional preliminary round expanded to a Round of 16 to accommodate teams that wanted to participate in tournament competition.
Plans call for a return to the traditional postseason system in Heal point sports this fall, with teams then needing to complete their regular-season schedules to be eligible for postseason play and the top 67 percent of the teams in each division qualifying for the playoffs.
One change for the high school baseball and softball seasons will be the staging of all regional championship games on the same Tuesday, this year on June 14.
In the past those games have been split between the Tuesday and Wednesday of championship week, but the potential of games having to be rescheduled due to inclement weather could postpone regional games until Thursday, leaving just one day for the winners between that game and the state final.
Under the new schedule, all regional finals will be scheduled for Tuesday of state championship week, with Wednesday as a rain date.
That change was approved in 2020 for use beginning with the 2021 season but because of continuing COVID-19 complications and the limited availability of some facilities to accommodate the extra games on the same day last year, it was postponed until this spring.
“The request came from the schools themselves,” Burnham said. “We quite often have needed to postpone games on either Tuesday or Wednesday and reschedule them to Thursday. That only left one day for teams before the state game, and that can have an impact on pitching. Scheduling all of the games on Tuesday just puts everybody on the same schedule.”
The need for more baseball and softball fields to accommodate all the regional finals on the same day has added some new host sites to the mix, with the University of Southern Maine in Gorham and the University of Maine in Orono joining the rotation this year.
Northern Maine regional baseball finals will be played Tuesday, June 14, at the following locations: Class A, Morton Field in Augusta; Class B, University of Maine; Classes C and D, Mansfield Stadium in Bangor.
In southern Maine, St. Joseph’s College in Standish will host the baseball regional championships in Classes A and C while USM will host the Classes B and D finals.
State championship baseball games are set for Saturday, June 18, at Morton Field (Class A), Mansfield Stadium (Class C) and the University of Southern Maine (Classes B and D).
Northern Maine softball finals will be held at Cony High School in Augusta (Class A), the University of Maine (Class B) and Brewer High School (Classes C and D), though Burnham said with construction planned at the UMaine softball complex once the Black Bears’ season concludes it’s possible the Class B final could be shifted to Brewer High School as part of a championship tripleheader.
The Classes A and C South softball finals will be held at Saint Joseph’s College while the B and D games will be played at USM.
State championship softball games will be played on June 18 at Cony High School (Class A), Brewer High School (Class C) and USM (Classes B and D). | 2022-04-16T06:30:24+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://bangordailynews.com/2022/04/16/sports/high-school-sports/maine-high-school-sports-playoff-accomodations-stay-for-another-year-joam40zk0w/ |
4 shot in drive-by outside Schurz High School on Chicago's Northwest Side
CHICAGO - Four teens were shot in a drive-by attack outside an ice cream shop across the street from Schurz High School on the Northwest Side Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police.
The group was in the patio area of the shop in the 4300 block of West Addison Street when a dark-colored SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire around 2:45 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Roberto Nieves told reporters.
- A 15-year-old boy was shot in the face and neck and was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago police said. He was listed in critical condition.
- A second 15-year-old boy was taken to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back, police said. He was reportedly in good condition.
- A third boy, 17, was grazed in the leg and was taken to Community First Hospital, where he was in good condition.
- An 18-year-old man was shot in the leg and was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he was also listed in good condition.
Nieves said he believed the four were Chicago Public Schools students, but couldn’t say if all of them went to Schurz. He said some students had been dismissed from the high school before the shooting.
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Mily Garcia was waiting outside the school to pick up her daughter when she spoke with another parent who saw someone open fire from a passing SUV at a group at La Michoacana ice cream shop, a popular hangout spot for students after school.
She said the school was locked down and she was still waiting for her daughter to be released from classes at 3:30 p.m.
Garcia said La Michoacana has been a sore spot for parents because fights between students break out there regularly. She said she’s spoken to several parents who want the restaurant to be closed.
An employee inside the restaurant said she was working when she and a co-worker got down to the floor after hearing at least four shots ring out. Moments later, the worker — who didn’t want to be identified — heard screams outside.
Two students said they were locked down in their classroom after the shots rang out.
"We thought it was a drill at first," said one student, who asked not to be named. Five minutes after being told to remain in their classrooms, the students said they realized it was more serious.
Nieves said police patrols would be enhanced at the school during the arrival and dismissal of students Thursday. He asked anyone with information to call Area 5 detectives.
Schurz High School is located in the Old Irving Park neighborhood. In 2019, a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed when a gunman standing on a corner near the school shot at his car. In 2006, three students were shot across the street from the school. | 2022-08-24T22:58:04+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/3-shot-outside-schurz-high-school-on-chicagos-northwest-side |
Less than two weeks after his great rival Lionel Messi lifted the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo has completed a move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr and likely signalled the end of his career in elite club soccer.
In agreeing a contract until 2025, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner has ended speculation about his future after having his contract terminated by Manchester United last month.
“I am fortunate that I have won everything I set out to win in European football and feel now that this is the right moment to share my experience in Asia,” Ronaldo said.
Al Nassr described the deal as “history in the making,” however, it is likely to raise questions about Ronaldo’s ambition at this stage of his career.
While Messi finally won the one major trophy that had evaded the two men widely regarded as the greatest players of their generation, after leading Argentina to the World Cup in Qatar, Ronaldo will be playing outside of top level European soccer for the first time in his career.
Media reports have claimed the 37-year-old Portugal international could earn up to $200 million a year from the move, but he will miss out on the chance to extend his record as the all-time leading scorer in the Champions League with his record currently standing at 140 goals.
Messi is on 129 goals in the competition.
Ronaldo is also unlikely to add to his Ballon d’Or collection – the trophy awarded to the best player in the world.
Meanwhile, Messi will be among the favourites to win that trophy for an eighth time next year after his World Cup triumph.
He also has the chance to win the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain, having lifted European club soccer’s biggest prize on four occasions with Barcelona.
Ronaldo won the Champions League five times during spells with United and Real Madrid.
Six months ago Ronaldo wanted to join a team playing in the Champions League after United failed to qualify for this season’s competition.
However, a move never materialized, with the most serious interest in him coming from an unnamed Saudi Arabian club.
It is not known what other serious offers were made after he became a free agent last month, but the move to Al Nassr represents a significant step down compared to the level he has operated at throughout his career.
Still it is a major coup for soccer in the Middle East and will add to the debate over Saudi Arabia’s attempts to use so-called “sportswashing” to improve its reputation internationally after its sovereign wealth fund led a buyout of Premier League club Newcastle United last year.
“This is more than history in the making. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves,” Al Nassr posted on social media.
Ronaldo remains one of soccer’s biggest global icons, but the move comes at a time when he has faced questions over his ability to still produce his best form at the highest level.
He managed just three goals for United in 16 games this season, with one of those coming from the penalty spot.
He became the first male player to score in five World Cups with his penalty in Portugal’s 3-2 win against Ghana in Qatar, but ended the tournament having been dropped for his country’s last two games before going out to Morocco in the quarterfinals.
By comparison Messi inspired Argentina’s third World Cup triumph, scoring seven goals, including two in the 4-2 penalty shootout win against France in the final after a 3-3 draw through extra time.
Ronaldo and Messi have had their achievements compared throughout their careers.
Messi’s World Cup win saw him emulate soccer greats Pele and Diego Maradona by lifting the sport’s biggest prize.
To many, it will also have given him the edge in his personal rivalry with Ronaldo. And at the age of 35, he still has time to further embellish his career in top level soccer.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo has earned headlines in recent months for his antics away from the field.
He was dropped and made to train away from United’s first team when refusing to come on as a substitute in a game against Tottenham in October.
He then conducted an explosive interview with Piers Morgan in which he criticized manager Erik ten Hag and United’s owners the Glazer family.
It led to the termination of his contract, his eventual move to Al Nassr and the next chapter of his career away from the glare of top flight European soccer.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas children have been charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government, according to federal court records unsealed in Honolulu.
Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, both in their 60s, who allegedly lived for decades under the names Bobby Edward Fort and Julie Lyn Montague, respectively, were arrested Friday in Kapolei on the island of Oahu.
Prosecutors are seeking to have the couple held without bail, which could indicate the case is about more than fraudulently obtaining drivers’ licenses, passports and Defense Department credentials.
Those documents helped Primrose get secret security clearance with the U.S. Coast Guard and as a defense contractor and old photos show the couple wearing uniforms of the KGB, the former Russian spy agency, Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Muehleck said in court papers. Faded Polaroids of each in uniform were included in the motion to have them held.
A “close associate” said Morrison lived in Romania while it was a Soviet bloc country, Muehleck said.
Morrison’s attorney said her client never lived in Romania and that she and Primrose tried the same jacket on as a joke and posed for photos in it. Even if the couple used new identities, attorney Megan Kau told The Associated Press, they have lived law-abiding lives for three decades.
“She wants everyone to know she’s not a spy,” Kau said. “This has all been blown way out of proportion. It’s government overreaching.”
Prosecutors said there is a high risk the couple would flee if freed. They also suggested that Primrose, who was an avionics electrical technician in the Coast Guard, was highly skilled to communicate secretly if released.
The couple is also believed to have other aliases, Muehleck said.
A lawyer for Primrose declined comment. A bail hearing was scheduled for Thursday in U.S. District Court.
The secret clearance Primrose had provides access to information that is “enormously valuable to our enemies,” said Kevin O’Grady, a Honolulu defense attorney not involved in the case.
The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country’s maritime border patrol, said O’Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate.
“The Coast Guard has a unique perspective on our vulnerabilities,” he said, including how to infiltrate the country through water ports. Hawaii, a major military center, “is a prime target for a lot of espionage and such,” he said.
For one family whose deceased child’s name was stolen, the news Wednesday came as a shock.
John Montague, who lost his daughter Julie in 1968 at 3 weeks of age, was stunned to learn someone had been living under her name for so long.
“I still can’t believe it happened,” Montague, 91, told AP. “The odds are like one-in-a-trillion that they found her and used her name. People stoop to do anything nowadays. Let kids rest in peace.”
Primrose and Morrison were born in 1955 and they attended high school together in Port Lavaca, Texas, and then went to Stephen F. Austin University, according to court records. They married in 1980.
There is no indication in court papers why the couple in 1987 assumed the identities of deceased children who would have been more than a decade younger than them. But an affidavit filed by Special Agent Dennis Thomas of the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service noted that the couple lost their home in Nacogdoches, Texas, to foreclosure that year.
They remarried under their assumed names in 1988, Thomas said.
Court records don’t provide any information about what happened from the time they assumed their new identities until 1994, when Primrose, then about 39, enlisted in the Coast Guard as Fort, who would have been about 27.
If there was an obvious age discrepancy between what Primrose looked like and the birth certificate he presented, “that’s an abject failure,” O’Grady said.
“That’s something if they can figure it out now, they should have caught it then,” he said.
Montague said that “somebody’s not doing their jobs.”
Primrose and Morrison applied for and received multiple passports under their assumed names, according to court records. But in 1999 Primrose also applied for and was issued a passport under his legal name while also holding a passport in Fort’s name.
Primrose was in the service until 2016, when he began work for an unnamed defense contractor at the U.S. Coast Guard Air station at Barbers Point.
“While he held that secret clearance with the U.S. Coast Guard, defendant Primrose was required to report any foreign travel,” prosecutors wrote. “Investigation has revealed that defendant Primrose did not report several trips to Canada while he did report other foreign travel.”
The couple lived in a Honolulu suburb in a modest two-bedroom bungalow beneath palm trees. They owned a neighboring house they rented to military personnel, said Mai Ly Schara, who lived next door.
She knew them as Bob and Lynn, with Morrison apparently Julie Lyn Montague’s middle name.
Primrose did yard work for Schara for $50 a month, she said. Morrison took in, fed and spayed and neutered cats. She also had several rabbits and dedicated a room to the pets.
“They kept to themselves, but they were friendly,” Schara said. “They just kind of were, like, a little nerdy.”
Schara wasn’t sure what Primrose did for a living, but thought it was military related. Morrison once worked as a parking attendant at a Waikiki hotel but had been tutoring neighborhood children.
The FBI created a scene in the quiet neighborhood when they searched the house and took photos.
“It was just shocking, like, oh my gosh,” Schara said. “It was pretty crazy.”
The State Department declined to comment on the arrests.
The couple is charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S., false statement in passport application and aggravated identity theft.
Fort, who lived fewer than three months, died in October 1967 at the same hospital where Julie Montague passed away about three months later in January 1968. They are buried 14 miles (23 kilometers) apart.
When Tonda Ferguson learned from her father that Morrison had used her late sister’s birth certificate to create an alias, she thought of her mother, who died in 2003, and how many years had gone by.
“For all the mothers who are living and have to know this happened to their babies, I can’t even begin to imagine,” Ferguson said. “I’m glad my mama’s with the Lord. This would be so traumatic for her.”
Ferguson was in eighth grade when her sister died. She never got to see her little sister or hold her. She was buried in Burnet, Texas, the small town where they lived at the time outside of Austin.
“She came from a place of love, deep love,” Ferguson said. “For someone to turn around to steal her identity for evil, it’s tough. It’s hurtful. … I hope they rot.”
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Melley reported from Los Angeles. Caleb Jones in Kapolei, Hawaii, and Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this report. | 2022-07-28T15:22:02+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national/hawaii-pair-accused-of-conspiracy-taking-ids-of-dead-babies/ |
CHENGDU, China and FREMONT, Calif. , March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd (SZSE: 300502), a leading provider of optical transceiver solutions and services, today announces the extension of its multimode product portfolio with BIDI MM transceivers. The portfolio consists of 800G SR4.2, 400G SR4.2 and 100G SR1.2 transceivers. The 800G and 400G versions are available in both OSFP and QSFP-DD800 form factors.
The 800G SR4.2 transceiver uses 850nm and 910nm VCSELs with 106Gbps wavelengths. Two wavelengths are combined bidirectionally onto a single fiber. The 800G SR4.2 uses 4+4 fibers in an MPO-12 connector interface. This enables a smooth upgrade path from 400G to 800G without the need to replace the fiber infrastructure.
The 400G SR4.2 transceiver operates at 53Gbps wavelengths and follows the same architecture of the 800G SR4.2. It can be configured for 400G point to point connectivity or as 400G to 4x100G with breakout connectivity. Both 100G MM bidi modules and 100G SR1.2 legacy modules based on IEEE KP4 FEC are supported in the 4x100G breakout application.
The 100G SR1.2 modules use a QSFP28 form-factor with duplex LC interface. The 850nm and 910nm wavelengths are combined onto a single fiber to guarantee interoperability with the 400G SR4.2 modules. The line side FEC follows the IEEE KP4 FEC.
"Our customers have reached out to us and asked us to develop these modules," explains Sean Davies, Eoptolinks VP Sales, "By introducing multimode BIDI optical transceivers capable of supporting 800G, 400G, and 100G, we have enhanced our comprehensive line of Multi-Mode transceivers and AOC cables supporting data rates from 10G to 800G."
Live demonstrations will be shown at Eoptolinks booth 3327 at OFC 2023 in San Diego.
For Media Enquiries:
James Zhang
james.zhang@eoptolink.com
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FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --IntelliDyne, LLC, a market-leading Government Information Technology firm is pleased to announce its Defense Health Agency (DHA) Network Support Services (NSS) program has been appraised at ISACA's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)-Services (SVC) Maturity Level 3.
CMMI is a proven, outcome-based performance model and the globally accepted standard for improving capability, optimizing business performance, and aligning operations to business goals. The appraisal was performed by ATKOTT, Inc. in June 2022.
An appraisal at Maturity Level 3 indicates IntelliDyne is performing at a "defined" level, demonstrating to clients a dedicated focus on achieving both project and organization performance metrics. IntelliDyne programs have been rated at CMMI-SVC Maturity Level 3 since 2016, validating the company's commitment to continuous process improvement and mature process implementation. At Level 3, processes are well characterized and understood and are described in standards, procedures, tools, and methods. IntelliDyne's set of standard processes, which is the basis for Maturity Level 3, is established and improved over time.
General Manager, Ted Moroney stated, "IntelliDyne's CMMI-SVC Maturity Level 3 rating is a reflection of the company's culture of perpetual improvement and focus on the delivery of high-quality, mission-aligned services to our government clients. This rating provides us with a competitive edge as a requirement on many government programs." He went on to say, "Thank you to everyone who contributed small and large to this successful appraisal, you truly exemplified our culture of excellence by going above and beyond throughout the entire audit process."
For more information about CMMI performance solutions, visit www.isaca.org/enterprise/cmmi-performance-solutions.
IntelliDyne, LLC is a market-leading Government Information Technology firm enabling better mission performance through innovative technology solutions. We manage public sector programs that deliver higher operational efficiency and measurable value to clients. We advise, develop, and execute effective solutions in IT Infrastructure Management, Automation, Analytics, Cyber Security & Information Assurance, Application Development, and Cloud Computing. Learn more at intellidyne-llc.com.
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DALLAS (AP) — Include the extra rebound, or don’t.
It doesn’t really matter with Luka Doncic’s logic-defying stat line that had current and former NBA stars, along with current and former teammates, buzzing on Twitter.
Doncic had 60 points, a Dallas franchise record, a career-best 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a wild 126-121 overtime victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.
Set up by his improbable tying jumper in the final second of regulation off his intentionally missed free throw, Doncic had the first 60-20-10 triple-double in NBA history.
Plenty of peers noticed, including former European sidekick Kristaps Porzingis, traded to Washington last season to break up the pairing that never really clicked as planned.
Porzingis referenced their shared playing roots in Spain, with a tweet in Spanish that translated to “This guy is not normal.”
And the 7-foot-3 Latvian skipped that extraneous rebound on a night when he could celebrate a double-double of his own with 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Wizards beat Philadelphia.
Doncic broke Dirk Nowitzki’s franchise record of 53 points from 2004 two days after the Mavericks unveiled a statue of the retired German star outside the arena.
Nowitzki is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history (sixth overall). The 23-year-old All-Star could hold that title some day.
“It’ll be another statue in Dallas,” Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett wrote on Twitter.
Kyle Kuzma included the extra rebound while calling Doncic’s numbers “INSANE!!!!!!!”
Brooklyn star Kevin Durant felt the need for an expletive in comparing Doncic’s night to video-game numbers.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he’ll never see another night like it, and teammate Christian Wood, whose 3-pointer sparked the rally from nine points down in the final 30 seconds of regulation, said he was sending a “GOAT” to Doncic’s farm in his native Slovenia.
“Everybody is still in shock,” coach Jason Kidd said after the game. “ The history of the game is written by the players and it was written again tonight for a player — Luka — doing something that’s never been done before.”
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-12-29T02:11:09+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/sports/ap-its-no-typo-60-21-10-stat-line-for-mavs-doncic-goes-viral/ |
LONDON (AP) — A British-Iranian charity worker who was detained in Tehran for almost six years says she was forced by Iranian officials to sign a false confession to spying before she was freed two months ago.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said British government officials were present at Tehran airport when “under duress” she signed the false admission to spying. She said she was told by Iranian officials that “you won’t be able to get on the plane” unless she signed.
“The whole thing of me signing the forced confession was filmed,” Zaghari-Ratcliffe told the BBC in an interview broadcast Monday. “It’s a tool. So I’m sure they will show that some day.”
Opposition Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, who represents Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s home district in London, said the revelation raised “serious questions” for the British government. She said Foreign Secretary Liz Truss “must set out in Parliament what she knew about this shocking revelation and what consequences it could have for my constituent.”
Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained at Tehran’s airport in April 2016 as she was returning home to Britain after visiting family in Iran. She was employed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the news agency, but she was on vacation at the time of her arrest.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to five years in prison after she was convicted of plotting the overthrow of Iran’s government, a charge that she, her supporters and rights groups denied. She had been under house arrest at her parents’ home in Tehran for the last two years.
She and another dual citizen, Anoosheh Ashoori, were released and flown back to the U.K. in March. Their release came after Britain paid a 400 million pound ($503 million) debt to Iran stemming from a dispute over tanks that were ordered in the 1970s but were never delivered. | 2022-05-23T18:14:05+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/freed-uk-woman-says-iran-forced-her-to-sign-false-confession/ |
PARMA, Ohio -- While construction continues on Parma Wellness Center, LLC’s $1.3 million medical marijuana growing facility at 12795 Corporate Drive, the company recently agreed to annually donate funds to the city.
“The main idea was to make a donation to alleviate anybody’s fears that allowing such operations would have an increase in local drug use, illegal drug use and be at taxation on safety forces,” Parma Community Services Director Erik Tollerup said.
“The meat of this agreement is basically that Parma Wellness will do certain security and operational improvements to guarantee it’s a safe, secure and nondescript facility that is cultivating marijuana.”
This includes an annual donation of $2,500 to the city’s special recreation fund along with a maximum $50,000 annual donation to compensate for increased demands on city services.
“They’re making a donation to make sure people understand the difference between medical marijuana and hard drugs,” Tollerup said.
The 25,000-square-foot indoor growing facility will yield roughly $40,000 annually in property tax. As for income tax, Tollerup wasn’t sure of the estimated figure related to its 18 full-time positions.
As far as the operation of medical marijuana cultivation and processing facilities, the city changed its zoning years ago to accommodate such economic development in the Parma Commerce Center industrial park off W. 130th Street.
While roughly a year ago seven companies submitted marijuana dispensary applications to open in Parma, all were denied with only Parma Wellness Center, LLC’s obtaining a cultivator’s license.
In a nutshell, marijuana will be grown and cultivated in Parma before being transported to dispensaries located outside of the city.
“It’s a highly secure environment,” Tollerup said.
Read more news from the Parma Sun Post here. | 2022-11-17T14:10:59+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/11/parma-marijuana-grower-and-cultivator-planning-donations-to-city.html |
Abortion clinics in 3 states sue to protect pill access
(AP) - Abortion providers in three states filed a lawsuit Monday aimed at preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone, even as the drug is threatened by a separate Texas lawsuit winding its way through U.S. court system.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia on behalf of clinics in Virginia, Montana and Kansas, is the latest legal action over the decades-old pill, which is part of the two-drug regimen used in most U.S. abortions.
A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling last month that would have revoked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s longstanding approval of the pill, an unprecedented challenge to the federal drug regulator. But the Supreme Court blocked that decision and other limits from a lower court from taking effect while the lawsuit continues.
Abortion-rights advocates and their opponents continue jostling for a legal foothold on the issue across the country.
The clinics in Virginia, Montana and Kansas sued the FDA on Monday in federal court to force the agency to drop several longstanding restrictions on how mifepristone can be prescribed.
But from a practical standpoint, the groups said they are seeking a court order that would shield mifepristone access in their states as the litigation over the drug proceeds. That is what 18 liberal states achieved last month when a federal judge in Washington state issued a ruling ordering the FDA to preserve access to mifepristone in those states, regardless of any conflicting court decisions. The ruling came shortly after the Texas decision, creating confusion for abortion providers and their patients.
The plaintiffs in Monday’s lawsuit said they hope to prevent similar chaos as the legal battle over mifepristone accelerates. An appeals court in New Orleans is set to hear arguments in the Texas case later this month.
“Plaintiffs cannot retool their practices overnight with no notice — healthcare has no on-off switch. They and their patients require clarity around their continued provision of mifepristone,” states the lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the clinics by the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based legal and advocacy group that works to ensure access to abortion.
The group said it included abortion providers in Virginia, Montana and Kansas in the lawsuit because those states are not parties to either the Texas or Washington cases, but they have many lawmakers who are hostile to abortion access and “are caught in the middle of this maelstrom.”
The FDA approved mifepristone, in combination with a second pill, as a safe and effective means of ending pregnancy in 2000. Mifepristone is sometimes used for alternate reasons, including managing miscarriages.
At the time of the approval, the FDA imposed a number of restrictions on the drug, including requiring that prescribers undergo certification and that women sign an agreement form before taking it.
In recent years, the FDA has made mifepristone easier to get, dropping a two-decade-old requirement that women pick up the pill in person. But the FDA has repeatedly concluded that the remaining requirements — including prescriber certification and patient forms — are necessary.
In their lawsuit, the clinics argue that these restrictions “stigmatize and undermine access to medication abortion.”
The abortion providers who are suing include: Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization that operates healthcare facilities in Charlottesville and Alexandria, Virginia; Whole Woman’s Health of the Twin Cities, LLC, in Minnesota, which provides telehealth services for medication abortion in Virginia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico and Illinois; and Blue Mountain Clinic, a family practice in Missoula, Montana, which first opened in 1977 as the first and only abortion clinic in the state.
Other providers named as plaintiffs include: Helen Weems, a certified nurse practitioner licensed to practice in Montana and owner of All Families Healthcare, a sexual and reproductive health clinic in Whitefish, Montana; and Trust Women, which operates clinics in Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Marleau walked to the stage as the fans chanted his name and began tearing up.
The emotions carried through the entire ceremony until his No. 12 jersey was raised to the rafters Saturday night as the first to be retired in San Jose Sharks history.
“It was surreal,” Marleau said after the ceremony. “It just flashes before your eyes that everything I did led up to that moment. I was just so appreciative that it went so well, that I had the career that I had, that I had the support I had. It just all flashed before me. All that hard work finally paid off.”
Marleau had the most accomplished career of any San Jose player so it was only appropriate that his jersey was the first to be raised to the rafters at the Shark Tank.
The weekend long celebration was capped by the ceremony that featured about two dozen former teammates, video tributes from former coaches and teammates, and an appearance by Bay Area sports greats Barry Bonds, Rollie Fingers and Chris Mullin.
The jersey retirement puts a coda on a remarkable career in which Marleau set several franchise records and also played in an NHL-record 1,779 games — breaking the previous mark of 1,767 set by Gordie Howe.
"I don't know if I have a favorite moment because I was living my dream every day and I got to do the majority of that right here in San Jose,” Marleau said in his speech.
He night started with a “teal carpet” ceremony that featured throngs of cheering fans — many in Marleau jerseys — cheering as about two dozen former Sharks walked in before Marleau and his family arrived.
Marleau signed autographs for the adoring fans and posed for pictures with his wife, Christina, and four sons, before heading inside for the jersey retirement.
He was the franchise's first homegrown superstar after being drafted second overall in 1997. He holds the Sharks records for games played (1,607), goals (522) and points (1,111) as he helped make the team into a perennial contender and a fixture in the South Bay.
“I’m so happy to be a part of that that story to be part of the evolution of hockey in the Bay Area,” he said.
Marleau ranks 23rd with 566 goals and 52nd with 1,197 points for San Jose, Toronto and Pittsburgh. He also won Olympic gold medals for Canada in 2010 and '14.
It was as a celebratory weekend for Marleau, starting with a ceremony at San Jose City Hall on Thursday when a teal flag featuring Marleau's number and silhouette were raised.
San Jose mayor Matt Mahan officially declared Saturday, “Patrick Marleau Day.”
“You can’t mention San Jose without mentioning the Sharks, and you can’t mention the Sharks without thinking of Patrick Marleau,” Mahan said.
There then was an alumni game played Friday night featuring Marleau, his sons, and several of his former San Jose teammates before the jersey raising ceremony on Saturday.
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Suspected Russian FSB officer charged in U.S. sanctions case
NEW YORK (AP) — A suspected officer with Russia’s Federal Security Service was among seven people charged by U.S. prosecutors Tuesday with smuggling sensitive electronic components to help Russia’s military effort.
Prosecutors claimed the seven worked with two Moscow-based companies controlled by Russian intelligence services to acquire electronic components in the U.S. that have civilian uses, but can also be used to help make nuclear and hypersonic weapons and in quantum computing.
The exporting of the technology involved is heavily regulated and occurred in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to a 16-count indictment unsealed Monday in Brooklyn.
Five Russian nationals were charged, including Vadim Konoshchenok, a suspected officer with Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB. He was arrested in Estonia last week and will undergo extradition proceedings to the United States, U.S. authorities said.
“The Department of Justice and our international partners will not tolerate criminal schemes to bolster the Russian military’s war efforts,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement announcing the charges.
About 375 pounds of ammunition originating from the United States was found by Estonian authorities in a warehouse used by Konoshchenok, according to federal prosecutors.
The four other Russian nationals remain at large.
Also arrested and charged were Alexey Brayman, a lawful U.S. resident living in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and Vadim Yermolenko, a U.S. citizen living in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
Brayman’s attorney David Lazarus said in an email that his client has not been convicted of anything and is entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Yermolenko’s attorney said via email she had no comment.
Attorney information was not immediately available for the other defendants.
U.S. officials said the arrests had disrupted the procurement network allegedly used by Russian intelligence services, which they said had been operating as far back as 2017.
U.S. scrutiny of efforts to evade sanctions on Russia intensified after the invasion of Ukraine last winter.
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Grady Hospital Public Safety Officer arrested in I-20 ‘road rage’ incident
Published: Dec. 2, 2022 at 10:25 AM EST|Updated: 37 minutes ago
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Douglas County police arrested a Grady Hospital Public Safety Officer after he fired at another driver on I-20.
Alfred Watkins shot at another driver while they were both traveling west on I-20 between Fairburn Road and Chapel Hill Road. Both drivers pulled over and cooperated in the investigation. Watkins was in his Grady Hospital Public Safety uniform when he shot at the other driver.
Watkins was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, discharging a firearm from or on a roadway and reckless conduct. No one was injured and no property was damaged.
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Joshua Pearl, Co-author of Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs and The Little Book of Investing Like the Pros and Founder of Hickory Lane Capital Management will participate in the closing bell ceremony at the Nasdaq Stock Market on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. He will be joined by co-authors Joshua Rosenbaum and Joseph Gasparro alongside publisher Wiley, partners from Nasdaq, Latham & Watkins, Datasite, and Altrum, and key book contributors.
The event marks the celebration of the book publications and collaborations with Nasdaq, the leading U.S. exchange and technology provider for IPOs and new listings; global law firm Latham & Watkins, the #1 IPO adviser and #1 public M&A adviser; Datasite, the #1 provider in M&A lifecycle software, and Altrum, the global leader in custom deal toys and financial tombstones.
"It's an incredible honor to be granted this opportunity by Nasdaq," said Mr. Pearl. "I am thrilled to share this moment with my co-authors, publisher, and partners and so pleased that our books have helped numerous individuals land their dream jobs in investment banking and corporate finance."
Where: Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When: July 7, 2022 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
Webcast: A live stream of the Nasdaq Closing Bell will be available at:
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JOSHUA PEARL is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Hickory Lane Capital Management, a long/short equity asset manager. From 2011-2020, he served as a Managing Director and Partner at Brahman Capital. Previously, he structured high yield financings, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings as a Director at UBS Investment Bank. Prior to UBS, he was an investment banker at Moelis & Company and Deutsche Bank. He received his BS in Business from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. He is also the co-author of Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs and The Little Book of Investing Like the Pros.
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STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A serial killer may have ambushed five men in central California separately in recent months, shooting them to death alone in the dark, and police are baffled as to why the victims were targeted.
None of the men were robbed or beaten before their killings — which all took place within a radius of a few square miles — and none appear to have known each other, Stockton Police Officer Joseph Silva said Monday. The shootings also do not seem to be related to gangs or drugs.
The city of Stockton, Stockton Crime Stoppers and a local construction company owner offered a total of $95,000for information leading to an arrest in the slayings, which date back to July 8.
Police released a grainy still image of a “person of interest,” dressed all in black and wearing a black cap, who appeared in videos from several of the crime scenes.
The San Joaquin County’s Office of the Medical Examiner identified the victims on Monday as Paul Yaw, 35, who was killed on July 8; Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, who died on Aug. 11; Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, who died on Aug. 30; Juan Cruz, 52, who was killed on Sept. 21 and Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54.
Lopez was shot shortly before 2 a.m. last Tuesday in a residential area just north of downtown.
He “was just a person who was out here at the wrong place, at the wrong time, at the wrong circumstance,” his brother, Jerry Lopez, told KXTV-TV. “It’s hard to process that this has happened.”
None of the shootings were captured by video cameras and no firearms have been recovered.
“We don’t have any video of anybody holding any gun or actually committing a crime,” Silva said in a phone interview Monday.
Still, the available footage, as well as ballistics evidence, link the five killings, he said. All five men were shot by a handgun, though it’s not yet clear if it was the same gun was used in each crime.
“It definitely meets the definition of a serial killer,” Silva said. “What makes this different is the shooter is just looking for an opportunity and unfortunately our victims were alone in a dark area.”
There may even be multiple people involved in the violence.
“To be honest, we just don’t know,” he said. “This person or people who are out doing this, they are definitely very bold and brazen.”
Police said four of the victims were walking alone and a fifth was in a parked car when they were killed in the evening or early morning in the city of 320,000 residents, located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the state capital, Sacramento. | 2022-10-04T21:33:32+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-us-news/ap-police-5-california-killings-may-be-work-of-serial-killer/ |
Lori Vallow-Daybell’s legal team files a motion to dismiss the death penalty
The trial is set for April 3rd in Fremont County District Court.
FREMOUNT COUNTY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The attorney’s representing Lori Vallow Daybell have filed a motion to dismiss the death penalty according to court records.
According court documents dated Sunday, March 5th, Vallow Daybell’s legal counsel , James Archibald and John Thomas, cited a variety of reasons for the dismissal request.
Court documents say that media saturation in the case is still a persistent issue and that potential jurors are still exposed to prejudice and bias against the defendant.
They also say there have been multiple discovery violations by the government, and that they have not been supplied with “statements of a co-defendant” and that “such discovery failures will cause any death verdict to be vacated and the case will start over.”
Her attorney’s also floated the idea that the government wanting to put a mentally ill person to death is troubling.
“This past week the government submitted an opinion that maybe the defendant wasn’t mentally ill, but just evil....even if the government’s new opinion of the defendant has some believe that the defendant is just evil, we don’t kill witches in America,” said Lori Vallow Daybells Attorneys.
Lori is accused of killing her two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan and conspiring with her husband, Chad Daybell, in the murder of his first wife, Tammy.
The trial is set for April 3rd in Fremont County District Court.
Copyright 2023 KMVT. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-07T23:27:32+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2023/03/07/lori-vallow-daybells-legal-team-files-motion-dismiss-death-penalty/ |
SALTON CITY, Calif. (Border Report) — Don’t let the size of the Border Patrol’s Salton City checkpoint fool you.
When it comes to vehicle traffic, it’s relatively small, but when it comes to drug seizures, it’s huge.
“Since October of last year, we’ve seized a little over 1,900 pounds of methamphetamine,” said Border Patrol Agent John Mendoza. “Number two is fentanyl; we have seized 164 pounds, which is a significant increase of 180 percent compared to last year.”
Border Patrol officials say that on a yearly basis, about 2 million commercial trucks, cars and agricultural vehicles go through the checkpoint, which is not a lot when compared to other facilities of its kind.
Yet, more and more drugs are making their way to this remote checkpoint.
“Agents and K-9 units are trained to detect hidden human beings, illegal narcotics and U.S. currency,” Mendoza said.
The Salton City checkpoint sits on the western edge of the Salton Sea on Highway 86, between California’s Imperial Valley to the south and Palm Springs to the north.
Mendoza said the area’s desolate location is considered a shortcut to Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas, and that’s why smugglers take a chance going through the checkpoint.
“If you travel north of the checkpoint it will eventually merge to Interstate 10, it spans about 2,400 miles connecting areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tucson, San Antonio, El Paso and Las Cruces … you can see it’s critical infrastructure for a lot of people involved in illicit activities.”
Mendoza says the tiny checkpoint is open year-round except during inclement weather, and that agents are also seizing large amounts of cocaine, heroin and marijuana. | 2022-09-21T01:15:53+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/border-report/small-checkpoint-on-desolate-california-highway-making-big-time-drug-seizures/ |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — We have a programming note for Friday’s newscasts.
This afternoon CBS will be airing the PGA Golf Tour, beginning at 4 p.m. CT, so we will not be joining you for First at Four.
You’ll still be able to watch KELOLAND News at 5 and 6 on KELOXTRA.
KELOLAND News at ten will air on KELO-TV. | 2023-01-27T15:31:02+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/kelo-tv-newcast-schedule-change-for-friday/ |
REINBECK — A Reinbeck woman is dead following a UTV accident Saturday.
Lori Knaack, 53, was thrown from the vehicle when it rolled two miles northeast of town around 8:40 p.m., according to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office.
Paying attention to streets is becoming critically important these days because of how dangerous they have become for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists alike.
She was taken to Grundy County Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Two others were taken to MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.
Patrick Knaack was driving the vehicle, which was carrying six people when he lost control, deputies said.
Crews with Reinbeck Ambulance assisted with the call. The crash remains under investigation.
Counties with the most motor vehicle fatalities in Iowa
Counties with the most motor vehicle accident fatalities in Iowa
Media outlets were quick during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdowns that defined the summer and fall of 2020 to note just how little traffic there was as a result. Simple logic would suggest that less traffic equals a lower likelihood of accidents and thus fewer injuries and fatalities. Sadly, this was not the case.
Nationwide, traffic fatalities rose 7.2% in 2020 to nearly 39,000. That number was the highest recorded since 2007. Qualifying this disturbing fact is a sticky wicket—common denominators behind traffic deaths such as impaired driving, failure to use a seat belt, and excessive speed were certainly contributing factors, but they alone do not account for a rise in deaths commensurate with a 430-million-mile drop in the number of miles people traveled across the course of the year. What can be qualified, however, is where fatal crashes took place.
Citing data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System , compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Stacker identified the counties in Iowa that had the most fatalities from motor vehicle crashes in 2020. The number of accident fatalities are ranked by the number of deaths per 100,000 people, with the raw number functioning as a tiebreaker. The analysis only looked at counties with at least five deaths during 2020. Additional data is included on pedestrian, bicyclist, and drunk-driving-related deaths. In counties where at least five fatalities happened on the same street or interstate, the road with the most deaths is also included.
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#19. Linn County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 5.3 per 100K people (#1,635 nationally, 12 deaths)
- 2 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 5 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#18. Black Hawk County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 6.8 per 100K people (#1,561 nationally, 9 deaths)
- 2 pedestrian deaths
- 2 bicyclist deaths
- 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#17. Polk County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 7.8 per 100K people (#1,507 nationally, 38 deaths)
- 6 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 11 deaths involving drunk drivers
- Road with most fatalities: I-80 (5 fatalities)
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#16. Dallas County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 8.3 per 100K people (#1,481 nationally, 8 deaths)
- 1 pedestrian death
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#15. Woodbury County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 9.5 per 100K people (#1,409 nationally, 10 deaths)
- 1 pedestrian death
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 3 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#14. Scott County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 12.1 per 100K people (#1,234 nationally, 21 deaths)
- 3 pedestrian deaths
- 1 bicyclist death
- 4 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#13. Warren County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 13.5 per 100K people (#1,152 nationally, 7 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 1 death involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#12. Pottawattamie County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 13.9 per 100K people (#1,120 nationally, 13 deaths)
- 2 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#11. Marion County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 15.0 per 100K people (#1,048 nationally, 5 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 1 bicyclist death
- 3 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#10. Boone County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 18.7 per 100K people (#830 nationally, 5 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 1 death involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#9. Mahaska County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 22.6 per 100K people (#659 nationally, 5 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 0 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#8. Lee County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 23.7 per 100K people (#629 nationally, 8 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 6 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#7. Cedar County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 27.0 per 100K people (#507 nationally, 5 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 3 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#6. Mills County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 34.1 per 100K people (#336 nationally, 5 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 5 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#5. Plymouth County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 35.2 per 100K people (#307 nationally, 9 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#4. Hardin County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 35.3 per 100K people (#304 nationally, 6 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 3 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#3. Iowa County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 36.2 per 100K people (#280 nationally, 6 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 1 death involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#2. Madison County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 36.6 per 100K people (#273 nationally, 6 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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#1. Adair County, Iowa
- Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 80.7 per 100K people (#40 nationally, 6 deaths)
- 0 pedestrian deaths
- 0 bicyclist deaths
- 0 deaths involving drunk drivers
- No roads with at least five fatalities
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Police: More than 100 teens involved in massive fight at amusement park
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - Police were called to an amusement park in Missouri after a large brawl broke out over the weekend.
KCTV reports that the Worlds of Fun amusement park celebrated its 50th season on Saturday but by the end of the day, it was forced to remove dozens of teens for unruly behavior.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the park for reports of a fight that involved over 100 teens.
Security said they tried to break up the crowd and move the group out of the park, but the fight continued.
A deputy ended up being punched in the face by a girl who was arrested and turned over to her parents.
According to Kansas City police, the group was eventually moved to the parking lot. However, they started fighting again.
Deputies and Worlds of Fun security were able to clear the group about an hour after they were first called.
Rumors of one of the juveniles involved having a gun were not able to be verified, police stated.
Authorities said none of the teens involved in the fight appeared to be accompanied by an adult.
Copyright 2023 KCTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-11T21:03:12+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2023/04/11/police-more-than-100-teens-involved-massive-fight-amusement-park/ |
BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. ("First High-School Education Group" or the "Company") (NYSE: FHS), an education service provider primarily focusing on high schools in Western China, today announced that on November 7, 2022, it was notified by the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") that the staff of the NYSE Regulation has determined to commence proceedings to delist the American depositary shares, each representing three Class A Ordinary Shares (the "ADSs") of the Company. Trading in the ADSs was suspended after the market close on the NYSE on November 7, 2022.
The NYSE Regulation reached its decision to delist the ADSs pursuant to Section 802.01B of the NYSE's Listed Company Manual because the Company had fallen below the NYSE's continued listing standard requiring listed companies to maintain an average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30 trading day period of at least US$15,000,000.
The NYSE will file a Form 25-NSE with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which will remove the ADSs from listing and registration on the NYSE. The Company expects that the ADSs or the underlying Class A Ordinary Shares will be eligible to be quoted on an appropriate tier of the OTC Markets. To the extent the ADSs or the underlying Class A Ordinary Shares are quoted on the OTC Markets, the Company expects that such markets may provide less liquidity than the NYSE and that the trading price of the securities may decline.
About First High-School Education Group
First High-School Education Group is an education service provider primarily focusing on high schools in Western China. The Company aspires to become a leader and innovator of private high school education in China, with the focuses on a comprehensive education management integrating education information consulting, education research project development, education talent management, education technology management, education service management, and general vocational integration development services. For more information, please visit https://ir.diyi.top/.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xoolit LLC launched the Xoolit app, a mobile application that redefines the shopping experience. It is a one-stop shop to find deals and credit card discounts. With Xoolit, users can browse products and deals from their favorite stores in one place while maximizing discounts based on the credit cards they carry. Xoolit offers nearby deals based on the user's location. The app is free for iPhone and Android users and available for download on App Store and Google Play. One user said, "Walk/drive around with the Xoolit app on your phone; you feel the magic of stores and deals coming along with you." For more info, search for Xoolit on the App Store or Google Play or visit https://xoolit.app
Xoolit sends smart notifications about credit card recommendations for maximum savings. For example, Sam, a grocery customer in Seattle, said, "I just walked past my favorite grocery store, and I received a mobile notification about a great deal. So I just went inside the store and was happy with the purchase."
With Xoolit, users get real deals from all their favorite retailers. Deals are updated regularly and grouped for the best deal browsing and seasonal experience. The Holiday (Christmas and New Year) exclusive deals page is currently live on the app.
Most shoppers use credit cards to complete their purchases. However, less than 10% of shoppers fully leverage their cards' discounts and cashback. It is overwhelming even for an experienced credit card user to understand and stay up to speed with all the discounts offered. Thanks to Xoolit, which simplifies and recommends a credit card for shopping. Amy, a user from Houston, said, "I received real-time notification of credit card recommendations when I walked into my favorite local retail store; this is just amazing."
Xoolit will launch a website for local businesses soon; businesses can promote real-time and location-based deals to Xoolit users with just a button click. Website registration for new businesses is a breeze; business owners can fully control what deals to promote, when to promote, and what discounts to offer. Terry, a local business owner who tried the Xoolit business portal in beta, said, "I was able to promote and execute a deal within a minute."
For further information about Xoolit, please visit https://xoolit.com or https://xoolit.app or search for Xoolit in the App Store or Google Play.
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WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Impairment is suspected in a deadly wreck in Watauga County after a car overturned and landed in a creek, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said on Saturday.
Troopers responded to calls regarding the incident on Monday around 1:20 a.m. on US-421 near Ward Greene Road. 52-year-old Elk Park resident Dena Comer was found suffering from injuries and was transported to an area medical center where she was later pronounced dead.
An initial investigation revealed Comer’s Buick SUV drove off the road and struck a boulder before overturning and going into a creek, according to the trooper’s report.
Comer was wearing a seatbelt and impairment is suspected, Highway Patrol said.
Roadways were shut down for about an hour. | 2023-05-06T17:46:20+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/watauga-county/impairment-suspected-in-deadly-watauga-county-wreck/ |
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee’s use of restrooms at her workplace are illegal, in a landmark decision that could promote the rights of LGBTQ+ people in a country without legal protections for them.
It was the court’s first ruling on the working environment for LGBTQ+ individuals.
The judges said in a unanimous ruling that the Economy and Trade Ministry’s restrictions, which forced the employee to use either a nearby men’s room or women’s restrooms at least two floors away, were “extremely inappropriate.” It said the approval of the restrictions by the National Personnel Authority, which is supposed to serve the interests of government employees, was “illegal” and an “abuse of power.”
The victory by the plaintiff, identified only as a transgender female ministry official in her 50s who sued the government over toilet access, was good news for the LGBTQ+ community in Japan, the only member of the Group of Seven industrialized nations where same-sex marriage is not legal.
“All people should have the right to live their lives in society based on their own sexual identities,” the plaintiff said after the ruling. “The significance of that should not be reduced to the usage of toilets or public baths.”
The ministry had imposed the two-floor bathroom restriction to limit the chances that the plaintiff’s coworkers might use the same restroom and be embarrassed. The ruling said the ministry was excessively considerate of other employees, while “unjustly neglecting the plaintiff’s inconvenience” even though there had been no trouble or complaint.
“Even if awareness is lacking among the public, the administrative branch must promote understanding and prohibit discrimination,” said the plaintiff’s lawyer, Toshimasa Yamashita. “The government now must deal with the workplace environment more appropriately to protect the rights of minorities.”
The decision comes at a time of increased awareness and support for the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Activists have increased their efforts to achieve an anti-discrimination law since a former aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in February that he wouldn’t want to live next to LGBTQ+ people and that citizens would flee Japan if same-sex marriage were allowed.
But opposition to equal rights remains strong within Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, known for its conservative values. In June, parliament passed a contentious law to promote awareness of sexual minorities without providing legal rights.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the government will need to carefully examine the ruling before responding to it. “We will firmly work to achieve a society where diversity is respected, and everyone, including those who are members of sexual minorities and those in the majority, value each other’s human rights and dignity and enjoy a vibrant life,” he said.
Transgender people in Japan must undergo surgery to remove their reproductive organs in order to have their gender changed on official documents, a requirement that human rights groups call inhumane.
Kishida insists that public views vary on same-sex marriage, and that its legal recognition would have a broad impact on society and therefore must be discussed carefully.
A court in Fukuoka in southern Japan ruled last month that the lack of legal protections for LGTBQ+ people appears to be unconstitutional. It was the last of five court cases brought by 14 same-sex couples in 2019 that accused the government of violating their equality. Four of the courts ruled that current government policy is unconstitutional or nearly so, while a fifth said a ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional. | 2023-07-11T16:54:03+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/ap-japans-top-court-says-government-restrictions-on-transgender-employees-use-of-restrooms-illegal/ |
Combined Heat and Power Generation with Propane is the Clean Solution
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The third annual National Summit on Combined Heat and Power convenes in Washington D.C. on Nov. 2 and 3 to debate how technology advances in combined heat and power (CHP) generation could replace diesel-fueled units by the end of the decade. CHP systems operate independently of the electric grid and produce significantly fewer emissions than diesel options.
A panel of experts led by Dr. Gokul Vishwanathan, Director of Research & Sustainability for the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) will discuss how the tremendous growth in CHP generation driven by grid fragility along with decarbonization mandates are converging to create a sea change in both the prime and backup power generation industries.
"Extreme weather events, ozone pollution, and carbon emissions are re-wiring the power generation market," said PERC's Dr. Gokul Vishwanathan. "Average homeowners are now adding resiliency to their remodeling or new construction checklists, and because of climate change regulation and future tax credits, the clean energy solution for their backup power is going to be propane."
Relative to diesel, propane engines provide an excellent option in improving air quality, particularly by reducing NOx and particulate matter. CO2 emissions reduction can be significantly enabled using optimized propane engines as well. One example is the Siemens SG series lean burn engine that operates with a variable compression ratio of 25. It is an excellent example of how dedicated propane engines can provide an up to 13% reduction in CO2 emissions relative to diesel.
Renewable propane is another significant advancement. It is structurally and functionally identical to conventional propane and is produced from renewable feedstocks. The CHP panel will discuss how policymakers could make an impact in the uptake of renewable propane for power generation applications leading to a 50%-70% reduction in lifecycle CO2 emissions compared to conventional diesel.
As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, tax credits for CHP projects have increased from 10% to 30% for systems that are in service by the end of 2024, making now an attractive time to invest in CHP technology.
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"Rust" assistant director Dave Halls was sentenced Friday after pleading no contest.
Halls entered a plea of no contest to the misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer accepted the plea. The prosecution requested a suspended sentence, which is a conviction.
Halls' attorney argued his sentence should be deferred. Lisa Torraco explained that Halls did not have control over how individual people handled safety on the set.
"In his mind, he was checking for dummy rounds or blanks," she explained. "He, like many others, is extremely traumatized." He's "rattled" with feelings of guilt, she added.
She also emphasized that Halls came in early to the court and pleaded no contest so that everyone can move on and begin processing what happened.
However, Sommer was not convinced and gave him a suspended sentence. The assistant director will not serve jail time and instead was given six months of unsupervised probation.
Halls' probation includes testifying truthfully at any trials or hearings, a $500 fine, participation in a firearms safety course with proof of completion within 60 days of his plea, agree to take responsibly, obey state and local laws, no alcohol, 24 hours of community service and no contact with any potential witnesses or co-defendants.
Halls' original hearing was scheduled for March 29.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN ALEC BALDWIN ‘RUST’ CASE STEPS DOWN, MAKES MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT PROSECUTION
Halls and the district attorney reached the plea agreement on Jan. 20.
Halls was one of three people to be charged in connection to Hutchins' death.
Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were both charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Halls allegedly handed Baldwin a .45 revolver, telling him that it was "cold," or safe. Prior to that, Gutierrez-Reed spun the cylinder to show Halls what was in the gun, her lawyer previously said.
Baldwin has maintained that he did not pull the trigger of the gun – once during a prime-time interview shortly following the deadly shooting and again on a podcast episode. The actor originally said he had pulled the hammer of the gun back as far as he could and released it, but did not pull the trigger.
Halls' attorney previously claimed the assistant director did not hand off the gun to Baldwin, despite search warrants confirming he had told police he did.
"This idea my client grabbed the gun and handed it to Baldwin absolutely did not happen," Lisa Torracco said shortly after the shooting during an appearance on "The Story." She later dodged questions during the interview about whether Halls handed the gun to Baldwin, despite Martha McCallum asking whether Halls "doesn't know if he handed the gun to Alec Baldwin."
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The investigation into Hutchins' death went on for over a year.
The prosecution has also been plagued with issues as Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed's lawyers fight for a fair trial.
Most recently, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies stepped down as the prosecutor after Jason Bowles, Gutierrez-Reed's attorney, argued she could not serve as co-counsel alongside a special prosecutor under New Mexico law.
In response, two new special prosecutors were assigned to the case – Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis.
"Morrissey's and Lewis' extensive experience and trial expertise will allow the state to pursue justice for Halyna Hutchins and ensure that in New Mexico everyone is held accountable under the law," Heather Brewer, spokesperson for First New Mexico Judicial District Attorney, said in a statement.
New Mexico State Representative Andrea Reeb was previously serving as the special prosecutor before she stepped down on March 14.
Baldwin's attorneys filed a motion arguing Reeb's appointment was unconstitutional and that she could not serve as a legislative member and prosecutor at the same time under New Mexico law.
A preliminary hearing for Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed is scheduled to begin on May 3. | 2023-03-31T19:43:14+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/alec-baldwins-rust-assistant-director-sentenced-in-fatal-shooting-of-halyna-hutchins/article_a95d49c6-f1a4-5274-9ad6-f32511d3580a.html |
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian forces press their offensive to take the eastern Ukrainian cities of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, civilians who have managed to flee say intensified shelling over the past week left them unable to even venture out from basement bomb shelters.
Despite the attacks, some managed to make it to the town of Pokrovsk, 130 kilometers (80 miles) to the south, and boarded an evacuation train Saturday heading west, away from the fighting.
Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighboring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under Ukrainian control in the Luhansk region. Luhansk and the Donetsk region to its south make up the Donbas, Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland which is the focus of Russia’s current offensive. Moscow-backed separatists have controlled parts of the Donbas for eight years and Russian forces are now trying to capture at least the whole Donbas.
Bouncing her 18-month-old son on her lap, Yana Skakova choked back tears as she described living in a basement under relentless bombing, and having to leave her husband behind when she fled with her baby and 4-year-old son.
Initially after the war broke out, there were quiet times when they could come out of the basement to cook in the street and let the children play outdoors. But about a week ago, the bombing intensified. For the past five days, they hadn’t been able to venture out of the basement at all.
“Now the situation is bad, it’s scary to go out,” she said.
It was the police who came to evacuate them Friday from the basement where 18 people, including nine children, had been living for the past two and a half months.
“We were sitting there, then the traffic police came and they said: ‘You should evacuate as fast as possible, since it is dangerous to stay in Lysychansk now,’” Skakova said.
Despite the bombings and the lack of electricity, gas and water, nobody really wanted to go.
“None of us wanted to leave our native city,” she said. “But for the sake of these small children, we decided to leave.”
She broke down in tears as she described how her husband stayed behind to take care of their house and animals.
“Yehor is 1 1/2-years old, and now he’s without a father,” Skakova said.
Oksana, 74, who was too afraid to give her surname, said she was evacuated from Lysychansk on Friday by a team of foreign volunteers along with her 86-year-old husband. There were still other people left behind in the city, she said, including young children.
Sitting on the same evacuation train as Skakova, she broke down and cried. The tears came hard and fast as she described leaving her home for an uncertain future.
“I’m going somewhere, not knowing where,” she wept. “Now I am a beggar without happiness. Now I have to ask for charity. It would be better to kill me.”
She had worked for 36 years as an accountant, a civil servant, she said, and the thought of now having to rely on others was unbearable.
“God forbid anyone else suffers this. It’s a tragedy. It’s a horror,” she cried. “Who knew I would end up in such a hell?”
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Follow all AP stories on the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine. | 2022-05-30T05:26:15+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/ap-top-headlines/now-i-am-a-beggar-fleeing-the-russian-advance-in-ukraine/ |
There’s no Iron Throne, but the stakes feel just as high.
“Succession,” the critically acclaimed drama chronicling a Murdoch-esque feuding billionaire family, wraps its four-season run on Sunday with a highly anticipated 88-minute finale.
And just like another tentpole HBO show, “Game of Thrones,” there’s no shortage of theories over how the series will end and who will prevail. But instead of a throne, the Roy siblings are battling over the sprawling Waystar Royco media empire.
The Shakespearean-level intrigue has prompted speculation among fans looking for clues in past episodes, characters’ names and elsewhere. Even the final episode’s title, “With Open Eyes,” has critics poring through the John Berryman poem that has been used for each season finale’s title.
Here are some of the questions that remain as the finale nears.
WHERE DO THINGS STAND WITH THE ROY FAMILY?
“Succession” has been about who will ultimately run the media conglomerate founded by Logan Roy, the belligerent and profane Roy family patriarch played by Brian Cox.
For most of the series, three siblings have been vying for the crown: Kendall, played by Jeremy Strong; Roman, played by Kieran Culkin; and Shiv, played by Sarah Snook. A fourth sibling — Connor, played by Alan Ruck — instead mounted an ill-fated run for president.
By the end of season three, the siblings had buried their differences enough to attempt a corporate coup of their father — only to be betrayed by Shiv’s husband Tom Wambsgans, played by Matthew Macfadyen.
The series’ most shocking twist came early this season, when Logan died on his way to close a deal with GoJo, a tech company.
Logan’s death and the power vacuum it created have led to renewed struggle among the siblings, with Kendall and Roman hoping to block the GoJo deal.
WHO WILL PREVAIL?
Show creator Jesse Armstrong told The New Yorker earlier this year “there’s a promise in the title of ‘Succession,’” a sign that there’ll be some certainty at least on this question.
The finale could live up to Logan’s statement in season 3 that life is “a fight for a knife in the mud.”
Kendall appeared in the penultimate episode to be on track to follow in his father’s footsteps, delivering an impromptu eulogy at Logan’s funeral after Roman was too grief-stricken to do so.
After aligning himself with the far-right presidential candidate Jeryd Mencken — who the Roys’ network questionably declared the winner — Roman’s fortunes appeared to be falling and was seen fighting with protesters in the streets in the final scenes.
Shiv, meanwhile is still trying to shepherd the GoJo deal with a plan she’s concocted that would install her as the company’s chief executive in the United States.
Connor, after losing every state and endorsing Mencken, is instead planning for his hoped-for ambassadorship.
There are a few wild cards that remain, within and outside the Roy family. The biggest one of all is Greg, the cousin and fan favorite played by Nicholas Braun, known for his awkward quotes and verbal abuse he endures from Tom.
WHO WON THE ELECTION?
All of this is happening with the backdrop of an unsettled U.S. election that may have been swung to Mencken (Justin Kirk) with the help of the Roys’ cable network and a seemingly not-coincidental fire at a vote center in a swing state.
The scenario and the series’ Election Night episode has echoed the conversations revealed among Fox News executives and talent during the defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems that led to a nearly $800 million settlement with the network.
“Succession’s” fictional election results have both professional and personal implications for the Roy family, with protests over Mencken erupting throughout the city. But even Shiv seems willing to put her moral qualms aside at the prospect of making a deal with Mencken.
WHAT ABOUT TOM AND SHIV?
Tom and Shiv’s marriage had been on shaky ground before he betrayed her to Logan at the end of last season.
This season it’s even more so, with the two holding a no-holds-barred argument at a pre-election party where the two traded grievances and insults.
Shiv’s revelation to Tom on Election Night that she’s pregnant prompted one of the most gut-wrenching responses, with Tom asking her whether she was telling the truth or just using a new tactic against him.
The show continues to offer some signs of affection between the two, with Shiv telling an exhausted Tom to sleep at her apartment after the funeral, but it remains to be seen whether their marriage is salvageable.
IS THIS REALLY THE END?
There are plenty of examples of shows that lived on after their finales. “Game of Thrones” spawned a popular prequel series, “House of the Dragon,” while “Seinfeld” got a second try on its much-maligned finale on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Even “The Sopranos,” known for one of the buzziest finales of all time, came back with a movie looking at Tony Soprano’s beginning.
Armstrong has left open revisiting his characters in another fashion, and the possibilities for doing so are endless. A Tom and Greg buddy comedy? Or maybe a Logan Roy origin story, just to reveal the first time he said his signature vulgar phrase. | 2023-05-27T18:18:36+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-5-questions-to-consider-as-you-get-ready-for-the-succession-finale/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean McVay has decided to return for a seventh season with the Los Angeles Rams after taking a break to contemplate his future following the first losing season of his career.
The youngest head coach in NFL history to win the Super Bowl has decided not to take a break from coaching after his Rams finished 5-12 in the worst season ever by a defending champion. The Rams confirmed his decision with a tweet Friday.
McVay, who turns 37 later this month, became the youngest head coach in modern NFL history six years ago Thursday. Everything about McVay’s coaching career has been precocious, but he decided not to get an early start on retirement as well.
McVay is sticking with the Rams at their lowest point in his tenure after a year of what he described as heavy mental fatigue and stress. The Rams’ innovative offensive mind has also spoken frequently about his desire to start a broadcasting career, although this break didn’t appear to be about weighing a move to the booth.
McVay openly acknowledged a near-constant feeling of burnout near the end of the past few seasons, even while his coaching fortunes soared. He went 67-41 with the Rams, who racked up five winning seasons, four playoff berths, three NFC West titles, two Super Bowl appearances and one championship in his first half-decade in charge before everything crashed down in the past year.
McVay was still the NFL’s youngest head coach after six seasons holding the title, but the job weighs heavily on a coach who laments his obsessive work habits and an inability to delegate responsibilities. He has spoken repeatedly in recent weeks about the exhaustion and frustration of this difficult season being compounded by the mental stresses of his grandfather’s death and his worries about his wife’s family in Ukraine.
“Tom Brady had a quote before about (how) he hopes that his kids can find something that they’re as passionate about as he is about football, but he wouldn’t wish that torment on anybody else, and I can really relate to that,” McVay said Monday.
After the Rams beat Cincinnati in their home stadium to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl title last February, McVay’s fame ballooned, and he landed endorsement deals that included a series of national television commercials. He also got a new contract from the Rams that reportedly made him one of the top-paid coaches in North American sports.
McVay said Monday that he would take time to think about his decision instead of following his naturally impulsive instincts, but he also allowed his assistant coaches to look for new jobs this week.
McVay denied speculation that he was thinking about walking away because of the work that will be necessary to return the Rams to contention. Even though the Rams don’t have their first-round pick after trading it to Detroit for Matthew Stafford, McVay said he doesn’t believe the Rams need a major rebuild with Stafford, Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp and star cornerback Jalen Ramsey all returning healthy for 2023.
Los Angeles also hopes to have seven-time All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who hasn’t said what he’ll do after he missed the final six games of this season with a sprained ankle. Donald, who will be 32 in the fall, strongly contemplated retirement last year after winning his first ring.
McVay’s success riveted the rest of the NFL, particularly after he led the Rams to a Super Bowl loss against New England in just his second season in charge. That led to heavy yearly turnover on his staff: Four of McVay’s former assistant coaches have already become head coaches who have led their teams to the playoffs, and several more assistants have left him for better jobs.
On Monday, McVay lost another key assistant when offensive coordinator Liam Coen returned to the same job at the University of Kentucky. Defensive coordinator Raheem Morris is among the interviewed candidates for the vacant head coaching jobs in Denver and Indianapolis.
But Coen’s departure opens the door for McVay to hire a strong offensive coordinator who could take some of the burden off McVay, an offense-minded coach who calls the Rams’ plays. McVay’s hard work was no match for the Rams’ injuries this season: Los Angeles finished last in the NFL with 280.5 total yards per game.
That struggle to reload his coaching staff each season contributed to McVay’s stress, and the short offseason following the Rams’ championship run last year led to a haphazard offseason that left McVay notably uncomfortable last summer. He still began a new season with optimism — but the Rams were blown out by Buffalo in their season opener, and a cascade of significant injuries soon unraveled any hopes of contention for a Super Bowl repeat.
The Rams were 27th in scoring with 18.1 points per game, lifted up mostly by a 51-point performance in a Christmas victory over Denver that cost Nathaniel Hackett his job with the Broncos.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2023-01-13T23:50:28+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/ap-sean-mcvay-decides-to-keep-coaching-stays-with-la-rams/ |
Hollywood writers, slamming ‘gig economy,’ to go on strike
NEW YORK (AP) — Television and movie writers declared late Monday that they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era.
The Writers Guild of America said that its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will head to the picket lines on Tuesday. Negotiations between studios and the writers, which began in March, failed to reach a new contract before the writers’ current deal expired just after midnight, at 12:01 a.m. PDT Tuesday. All script writing is to immediately cease, the guild informed its members.
The board of directors for the WGA, which includes both a West and an East branch, voted unanimously to call for a strike, effective at the stroke of midnight. Writers, they said, are facing an “existential crisis.”
“The companies’ behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing,” the WGA said in a statement. “From their refusal to guarantee any level of weekly employment in episodic television, to the creation of a ‘day rate’ in comedy variety, to their stonewalling on free work for screenwriters and on AI for all writers, they have closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession. No such deal could ever be contemplated by this membership.”
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the trade association that bargains on behalf of studios and production companies, signaled late Monday that negotiations fell short of an agreement before the current contract expired. The AMPTP said it presented an offer with “generous increases in compensation for writers as well as improvements in streaming residuals.”
In a statement, the AMPTP said that it was prepared to improve its offer “but was unwilling to do so because of the magnitude of other proposals still on the table that the guild continues to insist upon.”
The labor dispute could have a cascading effect on TV and film productions depending on how long the strike persists. But a shutdown has been widely forecast for months due to the scope of the discord. The writers last month voted overwhelming to authorize a strike, with 98% of membership in support.
At issue is how writers are compensated in an industry where streaming has changed the rules of Hollywood economics. Writers say they aren’t being paid enough, TV writer rooms have shrunk too much and the old calculus for how residuals are paid out needs to be redrawn.
“The survival of our profession is at stake,” the guild has said.
Streaming has exploded the number of series and films that are annually made, meaning more jobs for writers. But WGA members say they’re making much less money and working under more strained conditions. Showrunners on streaming series receive just 46% of the pay that showrunners on broadcast series receive, the WGA claims. Content is booming, but pay is down.
The guild is seeking more compensation on the front-end of deals. Many of the back-end payments writers have historically profited by – like syndication and international licensing – have been largely phased out by the onset of streaming. More writers — roughly half — are being paid minimum rates, an increase of 16% over the last decade. The use of so-called mini-writers rooms has soared.
The AMPTP said Monday that the primary sticking points to a deal revolved around those mini-rooms — the guild is seeking a minimum number of scribes per writer room — and duration of employment restrictions. The guild has said more flexibility for writers is needed when they’re contracted for series that have tended to be more limited and short-lived than the once-standard 20-plus episode broadcast season.
At the same time, studios are under increased pressure from Wall Street to turn a profit with their streaming services. Many studios and production companies are slashing spending. The Walt Disney Co. is eliminating 7,000 jobs. Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting costs to lessen its debt. Netflix has pumped the breaks on spending growth.
When Hollywood writers have gone on strike, it’s often been lengthy. In 1988, a WGA strike lasted 153 days. The last WGA strike went for 100 days, beginning in 2007 and ending in 2008.
The most immediate effect of the strike viewers are likely to notice will be on late-night shows and “Saturday Night Live.” All are expected to immediately go dark. During the 2007 strike, late-night hosts eventually returned to the air and improvised material. Jay Leno wrote his own monologues, a move that angered union leadership.
On Friday’s episode of “Late Night,” Seth Meyers, a WGA member who said he supported the union’s demands, prepared viewers for re-runs while lamenting the hardship a strike entails.
“It doesn’t just affect the writers, it affects all the incredible non-writing staff on these shows,” Meyers said. “And it would really be a miserable thing for people to have to go through, especially considering we’re on the heels of that awful pandemic that affected, not just show business, but all of us.”
Scripted series and films will take longer to be affected. But if a strike persisted through the summer, fall schedules could be upended. And in the meantime, not having writers available for rewrites can have a dramatic effect on quality. The James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” was one of many films rushed into production during the 2007-2008 strike with what Daniel Craig called “the bare bones of a script.”
“Then there was a writers’ strike and there was nothing we could do,” Craig later recounted. “We couldn’t employ a writer to finish it. I say to myself, ‘Never again’, but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes — and a writer I am not.”
With a walkout long expected, writers have rushed to get scripts in and studios have sought to prepare their pipelines to keep churning out content for at least the short term.
“We’re assuming the worst from a business perspective,” David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, said last month. “We’ve got ourselves ready. We’ve had a lot of content that’s been produced.”
Overseas series could also fill some of the void. “If there is one, we have a large base of upcoming shows and films from around the world,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-chief executive, on the company’s earnings call in April.
Yet the WGA strike may only be the beginning. Contracts for both the Directors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, expire in June. Some of the same issues around the business model of streaming will factor into those bargaining sessions. The DGA is set to begin negotiations with AMPTP on May 10.
The cost of the WGA’s last strike cost Southern California $2.1 billion, according to the Milken Institute. How painful this strike is remains to be seen. But as of late Monday evening, laptops were being closed shut all over Hollywood.
“Pencils down,” said “Halt and Catch Fire” showrunner and co-creator Christopher Cantwell on Twitter shortly after the strike announcement. “Don’t even type in the document.” ___
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Ever-Glory") (NASDAQ: EVK), a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider, reported its financial results today for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Mr. Yihua Kang, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ever-Glory, said, "During the second quarter, we maintained our focus on developing the retail business through our multi-brand strategy and store network optimization initiative, while improving our wholesale business by upgrading customer portfolio and enhancing our account receivables."
"During the second quarter of 2022, our retail brands continue to attract new customers and retain existing customers by focusing on design, quality and value," Mr. Kang continued. "We operated a nationwide network of 816 stores as of June 30, 2022."
"Looking at our wholesale business, we maintained focus on upgrading customer portfolio to reduce credit risk and improve margin in light of weak micro-environment and enhancing our account receivables. Going forward, we will implement a stricter client evaluation system and remain diligent in our account receivables collection. We believe the enduring strength of our wholesale business will support its long-term profitability," Mr. Kang concluded.
Mr. Jason Jiansong Wang, Chief Financial Officer of Ever-Glory, added, "The second quarter results are coupled with our ability to increase operating leverage. Going forward, we remain confidence in the long-term prospects of our business and we will continue implementing our margin enhancement and cost control measures to further strengthen the profitability of our business."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total sales for the second quarter of 2022 were $63.8 million, an increase of 5.4% from $60.6 million in the second quarter of 2021. This increase was primarily attributable to a 60.5% ($16.0 million) increase in our wholesale business, offset by a 37.3% ($12.7 million) decrease in our retail business.
Sales for the Company's branded fashion apparel retail division decreased by 37.3% to $21.4 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to $34.1 million for the second quarter of 2021. This decrease was primarily due to outbreak of COVID-19. The outbreak in China resulted in the reduction of customer traffic and temporary closures of shopping malls as mandated by the provincial governments in various provinces of China, which had adversely affected our retail business with a decline in sales.
Sales for the Company's wholesale division increased by 60.5% to $42.4 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to $26.4 million for the second quarter of 2021. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in sales in Mainland China, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, partially offset by a decrease in sales in Japan.
Total gross profit for the second quarter of 2022 increased by 11.0% to $20.4 million, compared to $18.4 million for the second quarter of 2021. Total gross margin for the second quarter of 2022 increased to 32.0% from 30.4% for the second quarter of 2021.
Gross profit for the retail business decreased by 16.0% to $12.4 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to $14.8 million for the second quarter of 2021. Gross margin for the second quarter of 2022 was 58.1% compared to 43.4% for the second quarter of 2021.
Gross profit for the wholesale business increased by 122.1% to $8.0 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to $3.6 million for the second quarter of 2021. Gross margin for the second quarter of 2022 increased to 18.8% from 13.6% for the second quarter of 2021.
Selling expenses for the second quarter of 2022 decreased by 19.5% to $11.7 million, or 18.3% of total sales, compared to $14.5 million, or 24.0% of total sales for the second quarter of 2021. The decrease was attributable to the decreased average salaries and decreased business trips.
General and administrative expenses for the second quarter of 2022 decreased by 27.9% to $5.5 million, or 8.7% of total sales, compared to $7.7 million, or 12.7% of total sales for the second quarter of 2021. The decrease was attributable to the decreased publicity expense and the depreciation of RMB.
Income (loss) from Operations was $3.2 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to ($3.8 million) for the second quarter of 2021.
Net income (loss) for the second quarter of 2022 was $2.4 million compared to ($1.8 million) for the second quarter of 2021. Basic and diluted loss per share were $0.16 for the second quarter of 2022 compared to ($0.12) for the second quarter of 2021.
Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2022, Ever-Glory had approximately $32.9 million of cash and cash equivalents, compared to approximately $56.6 million as of December 31, 2021. Ever-Glory had working capital of approximately $51.3 million as of June 30, 2022, and outstanding bank loans of approximately $65.6 million as of June 30, 2022.
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 12, 2022(8:00 p.m. Beijing Time on August 12, 2022). Listeners can access the conference call by dialing +1-877-704-4453 or +1-201-389-0920 and using the access code 13732317. The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at the Company's website at http://www.everglorygroup.com.
A replay of the call will be available from 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 12 through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 19 by calling +1-844-512-2921 or +1-412-317-6671 with pin number 13732317.
About Ever-Glory International Group, Inc.
Based in Nanjing, China, Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. is a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider. Ever-Glory is the first Chinese apparel Company listed on the American Stock Exchange (now named as NYSE MKT) in July 2008 and then transferred to The NASDAQ Global Market on December 31, 2015. Ever-Glory offers apparel to woman in China under its own brands "La go go", "Velwin", "idole" and "Jizhu". Ever-Glory is also a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider with a focus on middle-to-high end casual wear, outerwear, and sportswear brands. Ever-Glory services a number of well-known brands and retail stores by providing a complete set of supply chain management services, including: fabric development and design, sampling, sourcing, quality control, manufacturing, logistics, customs clearance and distribution.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the "Company") are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and the Company's future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. The forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, market acceptance of the Company's products and offerings, development and expansion of the Company's wholesale and retail operations, the Company's continued access to capital, currency exchange rate fluctuation and other risks and uncertainties. The actual results the Company achieves (including, without limitation, the results stemming from the future implementation of the Company's strategies and the revenue, net income and new retail store projections set forth herein) may differ materially from those contemplated by any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties (many of which are beyond the Company's control). These statements are based on management's current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements. Readers should carefully review the risks and uncertainties described in the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents that the Company files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon is set to take place Sunday, April 23.
Kalamazoo Public Safety and city officials want to make sure community members and visitors plan ahead because there will be road closures throughout the day.
Runners and walkers will start and end at Arcadia Creek Festival Site in downtown Kalamazoo.
Participants can choose from a marathon, half-marathon, 10K or 5K Walk and Run.
The marathon and half-marathon start at 7:30 a.m. Sunday with the 5K Walk and Run and 10K to follow.
Marathon Course Map:
Half-Marathon Course Map:
10K Course Map:
5K Course Map:
Drivers should prepare for delays— local law enforcement and course monitors will hold traffic until there are big enough breaks in groups of runners and walkers.
Additionally, spirit stations will be set up throughout the race courses to provide encouragement boosts for runners along the way— including the infamous "Bacon Station" and "Gummy Bear Forest."
Events kicked off Saturday, April 22 with the PNC Kids' 1K.
All runners and walkers should be off the courses by 2:30 p.m.
For more information or to register for a race, check out the Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon's website. | 2023-04-22T21:20:16+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/zeigler-kalamazoo-marathon-expect-road-closures-delays-sunday |
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek was scratched for Game 4 of their first-round NHL playoff series against Dallas on Sunday because of an injury that cut short his Game 3 after just one shift.
Wild coach Dean Evason confirmed before the game that Eriksson Ek would not play. He declined to elaborate on a timeline for the return of the team’s third-leading scorer.
Eriksson Ek, who had 23 goals and 38 assists in the regular season, missed six games — including Games 1 and 2 against the Stars — with a lower-body injury after the seventh-year player was hurt blocking a shot on April 6.
The Wild have not confirmed that Eriksson Ek aggravated the same injury, but Evason said he thought he “probably just drove a little harder” than he had been skating with the adrenaline rush of being back on the ice.
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CA Reno NV Zone Forecast for Thursday, January 26, 2023
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Which Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship is best?
Getting your significant other a gift can be a challenge in itself. However, finding the perfect Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship is even harder. Long-distance relationships take extra work and creativity in every aspect. If you’re looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship full of creativity and personality, consider the Lovebox Spinning Heart Messenger.
What to know before you buy a Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship
A memorable experience or physical gift
Before purchasing a present, decide if you want to get a physical gift, create a memorable Skype date night or combine both. With the streaming and video conferencing options available, your Valentine’s Day can be unique and budget-friendly. For instance, you could buy ingredients and cook a meal together over Skype or FaceTime, then enjoy a romantic, homemade meal.
Shipping cost
If you decide to ship a gift, you must consider the shipping costs. Whether state lines or several countries separate you, shipping can be costly. So even though a 20-foot plush teddy bear and a dozen roses are what your partner wants, your heart may sink when you see the charges. The best Valentine’s Day gifts don’t have to break the bank. Often in long-distance relationships, the thought and feeling behind it matter more than the gift itself.
Personality
Consider your partner’s personality. With the rise in the number of long-distance couples, many companies are offering gifts catering to lots of personality types. Whether you’re looking for something humorous, sexual, romantic or even for the best gift basket, you can find the perfect gift.
What to look for in a quality Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship
Personalization
Jewelry makes an excellent gift, and you can take it a step further by getting it personalized. That way, every time they look at your present, they read a message to put a smile on their face. And you don’t have to go to the mall to find a shop that will engrave a heartfelt message.
Interactive gifts
Being in a long-distance relationship can feel lonely without your partner’s physical contact. Interactive presents are the perfect solution. There are bracelets that vibrate with your partner’s touch, shirts that mimic the feeling of being hugged and lamps that make you feel like your partner’s lying beside you. But an interactive gift doesn’t have to involve technology. It could be as simple as an exciting message in a bottle.
Create a memorable experience
Late-night phone calls and extended FaceTime sessions are regular activities in long-distance relationships, but why not take it a step further? You can have a much more memorable holiday than many same-location couples by going on a virtual tour in Positano or Paris or cooking that meal together.
How much you can expect to spend on a Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship
Depending on how creative you get and the technology involved, your present could be free, or you could spend hundreds of dollars.
Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship FAQ
How can I show my partner I care in a long-distance relationship?
A. While surprise visits are always welcome, it’s not always possible. The best gifts for long-distance couples incorporate their personality and your creativity. For example, a diamond necklace might not mean as much as a girlfriend or boyfriend pillow they can cuddle. The receiver feels the love and care in a gift when they see that their partner understands them.
Is it expensive to ship gifts in a long-distance relationship?
A. Depending on the frequency and distance, it can add up. That’s why it’s important to make the most of every gift you send, so it’s one they can cherish until the next. You may be able to find sellers located in your partner’s state or country to ship the gift to them at a local rate. This can be much more cost-friendly than shipping a present from the U.S. to Eastern Europe.
What are the best Valentine’s Day presents to buy for a long-distance relationship?
Top Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship
Lovebox Spinning Heart Messenger
What you need to know: Instead of checking your phone 100 times a day, get a special alert when your partner sends you a message.
What you’ll love: This wonderful gizmo helps you stay connected with your partner as long as there’s Wi-Fi. Using their Android or iOS app, you can send your partner a love note for them to wake up to or to put a smile on their face any time of the day. The box has a pixelated heart that spins when it receives the note and keeps turning until the box is opened.
What you should consider: It costs extra for colors and to send or receive photos.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Valentine’s Day present for a long-distance relationship for money
Lea Redmond “Letters to Open When … Write Now, Read Later, Treasure Forever”
What you need to know: Give your significant other a gift to make them feel as if you’re right there, even if you can’t hold their hand.
What you’ll love: This love letter book is a gift that keeps on giving. Write down words of encouragement for your partner to read when they’re feeling down. Unlike text messages and emails, your partner can read this book when they’re lonely in places with limited service.
What you should consider: Some buyers reported a loose binding.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
DreamField Linen Bamboo Full Body Pillow
What you need to know: Your long-distance valentine will appreciate being able to cuddle up to this body pillow when you’re not around.
What you’ll love: It has a natural bamboo cover and is filled with shredded memory foam that’s comfortable and doesn’t cause users to feel too hot, like solid memory foam can. The cover is removable and machine-washable.
What you should consider: It may be a little short for very tall users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it test-fired long-range cruise missiles in waters off its eastern coast a day earlier, adding to a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations as its rivals step up military training.
The U.S. and South Korean militaries didn’t immediately confirm the exercise, which North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said were intended to verify the reliability of the missiles and the rapid-response capabilities of the unit that operates those weapons.
The launches would have taken place as the United States and South Korea held a simulated military exercise in Washington aimed at sharpening their response to North Korean nuclear threats.
KCNA said the exercise involved four missiles, which flew for nearly three hours, drawing oval and figure-eight patterns above the sea, and showed that they can hit targets 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) away.
North Korea first tested a long-range cruise missile system in September 2021 and has implied they are being developed to be armed with nuclear warheads.
It also test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday and a pair of short-range missiles Monday to demonstrate dual ability to conduct nuclear strikes on South Korea and the U.S. mainland.
North Korea said Monday’s short-range launches were a response to the United States flying B-1B bombers to the region for joint training with South Korean and Japanese warplanes on Sunday in a show of force following the North’s ICBM test.
Prior to the ICBM launch, North Korea vowed an “unprecedentedly” strong response over a series of military drills planned by Seoul and Washington. North Korea for decades has described the annual U.S.-South Korea drills as rehearsals for a potential invasion, although the allies say their exercises are defensive in nature.
North Korea is coming off a record year in weapons demonstrations with more than 70 ballistic missiles fired, including ICBMs with potential to reach the U.S. mainland. It also conducted what it described as simulated nuclear attacks against South Korean and U.S. targets in response to the allies’ joint military exercises.
Leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his nuclear push entering 2023, calling for an “exponential increase” in nuclear warheads, mass production of battlefield tactical nuclear weapons targeting “enemy” South Korea and the development of more advanced ICBMs.
The U.S. Department of Defense and South Korea's Defense Ministry said the U.S. and South Korean militaries conducted a simulation at the Pentagon on Wednesday that was focused on the possibility of the North Korean use of nuclear weapons. The allies also discussed various adoptions to demonstrate their “strong response capabilities and resolve to response appropriately” to any North Korean nuclear use.
The Americans during the meeting highlighted the Biden administration’s 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, which states that any nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies and partners is “unacceptable and will result in the end of that regime,” the U.S. Department of Defense said. It was referring to a legislatively mandated document that spells out U.S. nuclear policy and strategy for the next five to 10 years.
The U.S. and South Korean delegations also visited U.S. nuclear submarine training facilities at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia, where they were briefed on the mission of Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. U.S. officials at the base described such forces as key means of providing U.S. extended deterrence to allies, referring to a commitment to defend them with the full range of its military capabilities, including nuclear ones.
In face of the North’s growing threats, South Korea has been seeking stronger reassurances from the United States that it would swiftly and decisively use its nuclear capabilities to defend its ally from a North Korean nuclear attack.
“The United States will continue to work with (South Korea) to ensure an effective mix of capabilities, concepts, deployments, exercises, and tailored options to deter and, if necessary, respond to coercion and aggression by (North Korea),” the Department of Defense said in a statement.
The U.S. and South Korean militaries have another joint computer-simulated exercise and field training scheduled in March, which South Korean officials say would involve the allies’ biggest live-fire training in years. | 2023-02-24T02:49:48+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/north-korea-test-fired-long-range-cruise-missiles/507-456fcb1a-935d-4788-9687-084b171505d9 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a bill Thursday aimed at easing the baby formula shortage for families participating in a government assistance program that accounts for about half of all formula purchased in the United States.
The House passed the bill the day before, so it now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
Participants in a program known as WIC get vouchers that are redeemed for specific foods to supplement their diets. The vouchers usually can only be used to purchase one brand of infant formula, which encourages the manufacturer to offer big discounts to secure a state's business.
The bill makes it possible in extenuating circumstances for the Department of Agriculture to waive certain requirements so that WIC participants can purchase whatever brand is available.
“Now, millions of parents will have an easier time finding the baby formula that they need," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said after the bill was passed.
Lawmakers are also considering boosting staffing at the Food and Drug Administration with a $28 emergency spending bill. That legislation also passed the House this week, but faces uncertain prospects in the Senate.
The baby formula shortage was caused by the safety-related closure of the country's largest formula manufacturing plant. The head of the FDA told lawmakers Thursday that the factory could be up and running as soon as next week. | 2022-05-19T21:59:19+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/senate-oks-overhaul-of-baby-formula-rules-in-aid-program/WH4VP3TSQVA5VNLLIVD7XQFNLM/ |
Deflated tires one day protest in the streets the next.
Climate justice advocates hit the city again with Extinction Rebellion Boston members saying they have mixed feelings about an international eco-warrior group claiming it deflated the tires of 43 SUVs on Beacon Hill.
Just under 48 hours after the group, the Tyre Extinguishers, ventured into the wealthy city neighborhood, Extinction Rebellion held its own rally Friday afternoon, calling on Gov. Maura Healey to suspend fossil fuel infrastructure projects across the state.
The group marched from City Hall to the State House, calling for help from city and state officials to put residents ahead of profit from large corporations that encourage the use of fossil fuels.
Extinction Rebellion Boston, in the past, has blocked city roads, trespassed into the lobby of Healey’s office at the State House and forced the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to close for a day. During some events, group members have been arrested.
But deflating car tires is a measure that the group likely won’t pursue, Allen McGonagill, of Somerville, told the Herald.
“That’s really not the kind of thing the Extinction Rebellion does,” said McGonagill, who admitted he’s been arrested five times in “climate actions” in the past. “We’re trying to get the public on our side. I don’t think the goal there is to get people to agree with you. We’re looking to get more people involved.”
The Tyre Extinguishers deflated the tires of 43 luxury SUVs late Wednesday night to address what they say is a climate emergency felt around the world, spurred by inaction from governments and politicians – a stance shared by the Extinction Rebellion.
Boston Police made no arrests during the Beacon Hill incident, which occurred near Louisburg Square, where John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, owns a home.
The Tyre Extinguishers did not return a Herald inquiry on whether the group knew Kerry has a home in the neighborhood it targeted, and if so, how that knowledge influenced its decision.
Kerry’s communications team also did not respond to a Herald request for comment.
While the Extinction Rebellion rally on Friday largely focused on what climate advocates can do locally and statewide, McGonagill said he’s seeing the feds mirror what is being done in Boston and in Massachusetts.
McGonagill highlighted the Willow Project, a major oil endeavor on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that could produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day. Biden approved the project last month.
“They’re saying climate change is a real thing, it’s important,” McGonagill said, “but then Biden just approved drilling in the Alaskan wilderness.”
John Walkey is the director of climate justice for environmental justice nonprofit Green Roots, which works in East Boston and Chelsea. He attended Friday’s rally and those in the past, important tools to raise awareness among lobbyists who can then pressure politicians.
As to what he thinks about deflating tires, he said he doesn’t put his energy in such acts but he came short on condemning the Beacon Hill incident.
“Having a flat tire is a bad thing,” Walkey said. “Having the entire (expletive) South Boston waterfront underwater, that’s going to be a hugely bad thing that’s going to affect people. We all know when (expletive) hits the fan, certain people get bailed out and certain people pay for it.” | 2023-04-22T00:21:54+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/21/boston-climate-justice-advocates-express-mixed-feelings-on-deflating-car-tires-to-get-their-message-out/ |
Overdraft fees getting less expensive, but still used by the majority of banks
Financial expert offers tips to avoid incurring the extra cost
InvestigateTV - Despite a trend towards more consumer-friendly overdraft policies, a recent study by Bankrate.com found that 96% of banks charge overdraft fees and 87% also charge non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees.
Greg McBride, the chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com, said the average overdraft fee is $29.80, which is down 11% from last year’s record high of $33.58.
McBride explained that the downwards trend is likely because banking fees are being scrutinized by regulatory and legislative bodies.”This is a fee that has been in the regulatory and legislative crosshairs for a while, McBride said. “So, banks realize that they better adopt change.”He had several tips for consumers to avoid these fees:
Check your balance before you spend money: Make sure you have enough to cover the transaction.
Set up email or texts alerts for low balances: You can move money among accounts before there is an overdraft
Set up a link between your checking and savings account: This feature will cover any shortfall with your funds, instead of using the bank’s money.
Some banks will charge a fee for moving money for you, so check with your financial institution for specific details on your accounts.
For more information, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s website is filled with articles and advice on banking and financial institutions. They have a comprehensive article about overdraft fees and many other help topics available.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-01T21:02:47+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/11/01/overdraft-fees-getting-less-expensive-still-used-by-majority-banks/ |
Amazing NEW flavors from a celebrity chef, ambitious growth plans and a cool new app near release are making it even easier to enjoy Pei Wei Asian Kitchen
DALLAS, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The woks are burning bright at Pei Wei Asian Kitchen! After being acquired in 2019 by West Coast Capital, Pei Wei has been busy with enhancements to the flavor, growth and technology of the brand.
Pei Wei's partnership with Celebrity Chef Jet Tila has helped reinvent the menu with a wide variety of craveable pan-Asian flavors, including their top selling Firecracker Chicken. Even more new dishes will be introduced in 2023, starting with the all NEW Firecracker Chicken Nachos. Combining Pei Wei's sweet and spicy Firecracker sauce with crispy wonton chips, house-ground chicken, Sriracha mayo, red bell peppers and scallions, this craveable flavor fiesta will be available for a limited-time from 4/24 – 5/7 for $6.95, or just $5 when you purchase a Feast!
To add to the excitement, Pei Wei will be incorporating a fresh new design into 10-15 NEW locations this year, and has agreed to a partnership with a leading college campus operator to open another 9 university locations across the US. Fan of Jet Tila? Watch him live on Thursday, April 20th on the TODAY Show. Follow Pei Wei on social media for announcements on where he'll be next!
Ease of use navigation and engaging images are on full display at Pei Wei's new website and completely redesigned App, releasing in the coming months. The new Pei Wei App is being built to be more user friendly and much easier to navigate. Key features include a variety of loyalty rewards, the ability to save and recall recent and favorite orders, and the option to purchase and add gift cards.
With so many new dishes to try, locations to visit, and incoming technology to enhance the user experience, get your chopsticks ready for an amazing new experience at Pei Wei Asian Kitchen.
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Pei Wei Asian Kitchen is the second largest Chinese fast-casual restaurant chain in the US. Their delicious and innovative wok'd to order recipes are prepared with fresh ingredients and bold sauces. Pei Wei currently operates nearly 200 units throughout the US.
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SOURCE Pei Wei | 2023-04-18T22:36:38+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/04/18/pei-wei-energizes-brand-with-new-flavors-an-ambitious-growth-plan-new-app-way/ |
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