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(NEXSTAR) – The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing a 7-year-old girl in Texas now faces multiple counts of sexual assault against a child, court records show.
Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, is currently being held at the Wise County Jail after authorities arrested him on charges of capital murder and kidnapping in the death of Athena Strand. His bond is set at $1 million for the murder charge and $500,000 for the kidnapping charge.
Horner, who had been working as a contract driver with FedEx, told authorities that he strangled her after accidentally hitting her with his van while making a delivery at her home, according to an arrest warrant.
Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the three new charges are not related to the Athena Strand case, and stem from a separate investigation by Fort Worth police.
Court documents obtained by the Star-Telegram show that the alleged sex assault crimes happened in 2013, but it’s not known if they involve one or multiple victims.
Horner taken into custody
Horner told investigators that Strand wasn’t seriously hurt after he hit her while backing up Nov. 30, but he panicked and put her in his van. He said she was talking to him and told him her name, according the warrant.
But Horner said he didn’t want her to tell her father what happened, so he first tried to break the girl’s neck and when that didn’t work, he strangled her with his hands in the back of the van, the warrant said. The warrant said Horner took investigators to where he’d left Athena’s body.
Athena was found dead on Dec. 2, two days after she was reported missing from the home of her father and stepmother in Paradise, a town of fewer than 500 people about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Dallas.
Earlier this month, Athena’s mother, Maitlyn Gandy, spoke at a news conference outside Wise County courthouse in Decatur, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Paradise. She said said that the package that Horner dropped off that day was a Christmas present for the “amazing little girl” she wanted everyone to know about.
“I was robbed of watching her grow up,” Gandy said as she stood beside the present, a box of “You Can Be Anything” Barbies.
Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin has said that they knew early on that a delivery had been made at the girl’s home at about the same time that she disappeared. Akin has said she was killed about an “hour or so” after being kidnapped.
Working with employees from the contracting company that was delivering packages for FedEx, investigators determined which van and driver made the delivery, the warrant said. Investigators also learned that the van that delivered the package was equipped with video, the warrant said.
An FBI employee who then watched video from the van could see that the driver had taken a young girl who looked like Athena in the van and had talked to her. The warrant said that when investigators located Horner, he told them Athena was dead and confessed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-12-23T02:45:06+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/sex-assault-charges-filed-against-delivery-driver-accused-of-killing-athena-strand/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Jul. declined 42 cents at $11.1350 a bushel; May corn lost 9.50 cents at $7.6850 a bushel; Jul. oats was off 4.25 cents at $6.8975 a bushel; while Jul. soybeans fell 4.50 cents at 17.2650 a bushel.
Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Jun. live cattle was up .12 cent at $1.3262 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle rose .88 cent at $1.6672 a pound; May lean hogs fell 2.62 cents at $1.0855 a pound. | 2022-05-31T16:32:41+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Grains-lower-Livestock-mixed-17209387.php |
BEIJING, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, while delivering an important speech at the closing meeting of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that the relay baton of building a great modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation has been historically passed on to our generation and we must make due contributions of our generation in accordance with the strategic decisions of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
At a time when the world is full of turmoil, difficulties and confusion, a China that has always been truly centered on the people, dedicated to development, and willing to benefit the world has shown a high degree of stability and certainty. This is the blessing of the Chinese people and the whole world.
The 20th National Congress of the CPC drew a grand blueprint for China's future. The first session of the 14th NPC successfully completed various agendas and elected state leaders and endorsed the new lineup of the State Council, which indicates that the pace of the new journey has already been set. Indeed, after the two sessions, the sense of direction of the Chinese society has become clearer, and confidence and enthusiasm have been consolidated and supplemented. For the international community, the firm belief in peaceful development and win-win cooperation conveyed by China's two sessions, and the vision of promoting high-level opening-up, building a human community with a shared future are all scarce goods and positive energy in today's world.
After the closing of the first session of the 14th NPC, Premier Li Qiang attended a press conference and answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists about the new government's policy goals, China's economic prospects, the future development of Hong Kong and Macao, the development of the private economy, cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation, China-US relations and other fields. He said that the task of the new government is to implement and deliver on the important decisions and plans laid out by the Party's Central Committee, turn the inspiring blueprint drawn up at the 20th Party Congress into an implementation scheme, and work with all the people to step by step turn this blueprint into a beautiful reality. These words are very real, and what they describe is actually the process of the CPC governing the country and the whole Chinese society promoting the development of a great country.
From President Xi's important speech to Premier Li's press conference, it is not difficult to see that the important consensus in China at present is: to put the people first, always act for people and rely on them in everything we do; promote high-quality development, which is the foundation of improving people's well-being and also the realistic way to build a great country; adhere to reform and opening-up, and always stand on the right side of history no matter how the external environment changes... These are the common aspirations of the Chinese people, forming the largest common denominator in Chinese society. Therefore, its power will be infinite.
China has always maintained an attitude of seeking truth from facts - not avoiding problems and pressures, but at the same time, with a positive and promising attitude. It is not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, and dares to confront the challenges. This manner of seeking truth from facts comes from the special nature of the CPC, and once again demonstrates the superiority of the Chinese system. From the inspiring blueprint to the implementation scheme, there is both a top-level design with an eye on the overall situation and a down-to-earth focus on the present. Every link has a structural division of labor, and the connection is becoming smoother and smoother, reflecting the growing maturity of China's political system. The historic achievements made in the past 10 years in the new era have also been translated into the people's full trust and high confidence in the Party and the country.
In fact, as long as China puts forward a strategic plan or long-term goal, not only the Chinese people, but even the whole world believes that China is definitely not just shouting slogans, but will definitely do what it says.
Of course, we also know that there are still various difficulties on the way forward for China, as well as foreseeable and unforeseen storms, but we have always achieved new development through overcoming difficulties. A China that is not afraid of difficulties and struggles in unity has embarked on a new journey toward the grand goal of "building a great country and advancing national rejuvenation." It will continue to achieve self-transcendence, and transform this transcendence into a sense of gain and happiness that ordinary people can see and touch. This will also form a huge appeal and attraction to the outside world, thereby providing new ideas and new methods for the world to solve problems and benefit all mankind.
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SOURCE Global Times | 2023-03-15T12:15:59+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/03/15/china-building-great-country-will-form-greater-appeal-world-global-times-editorial/ |
CHEYENNE – The opening verse to local musician Ty Warner’s newest recorded song is raw and direct.
“Shot rings out
And a song is dashed
A pool of life
And a soul has passed.”
In 2007, Warner’s close friend and bandmate, Robin Munis, was shot mid-performance by her husband. He was a trained Army sniper who later fled and died by suicide in the mountains in the Laramie area, leaving four children behind.
“Blink of an Eye,” scheduled for release on Oct. 31, is written about that tragic event and the impact it continues to have on Warner. If you weren’t listening to the lyrics, the harmony from the 1960s style pop song would fit in the soundtrack to a weekend drive.
Warner's song is a statement to raise awareness of how immediate and life-changing the effects of domestic violence really are.
“Because of what happened, I was peripherally involved,” Warner said in an interview this past Monday. “It gave me an opportunity to be somewhat involved with (domestic violence advocacy), wanting to be a part of it.
“When words fail, music speaks – so this is an opportunity to provide some some sort of reasoning behind it. To tell the story of what happened and maybe connect with somebody.”
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In Cheyenne, this was marked, in part, by the Silent Witness Initiative ceremony, held a few weeks ago at the Blue Federal Credit Union headquarters. At the event, three victims murdered by their partners in approximately the past year were inducted into a hall of remembrance.
At that event, Warner performed “Blink of an Eye” and drew audible emotional responses from attendees. This isn’t the first time Warner has performed the song live – it’s been in his set for years – but this is the first time it will be available to listen to and purchase online.
All profits made from the song will be donated to the local Safehouse Services nonprofit. The organization primarily provides shelter and support for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, elder abuse and trafficking, according to its website. People in need of help from the organization can call 307-637-7233.
“I've played that song for a number of years now," Warner said in the recent interview about “Blink of an Eye.” He added that "I just felt like the timing was right to release it.”
Warner, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, first conceived the song when he was sitting with his fellow airman, Van Qualkinbush, and he said to Warner, “It’s been a week of Mondays.”
And so Warner found the bridge for “Blink of an Eye.”
“When her story is told
We get a week of Mondays
She don’t sing no more
You know she’ll never see a month of Sundays.”
The rest of the song came easily, the musician recalled.
“It just sort of flowed out,” Warner said. “I didn't have to research it and work it, so it could be that it came from deep inside, and I had an idea of what I wanted to say.”
Carla Thurin, executive director of Safehouse Services, said the song is an example of taking the first steps to increasing awareness of domestic violence. Comparing the issue to mental health and suicide awareness, she said that the often “closed door” discussion of domestic violence has a ways to go.
“I've been working in this field for 25 years, and every year we see more and more awareness, but it's still not there,” she said. “We’re still keeping it a family secret. We're not letting victims know they're being heard. And we definitely are not protecting our friends and family members.
“We have a long ways to go to bring that awareness to our community.” | 2022-10-23T13:41:45+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local-musicians-song-seeks-to-raise-awareness-of-domestic-violence/article_4c30803c-50be-11ed-9ce2-a7f3df39b93b.html |
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic lost his doubles match but received a warm welcome from the crowd at the Adelaide International on Monday.
The 21-time major winner was deported from Australia a year ago after arriving unvaccinated against COVID-19 at a time when the country was still subject to strict quarantine regulations and proof of vaccination.
His first match was a low-key doubles encounter alongside Vasek Pospisil, and the pair lost 4-6 6-3 (10-5) to Tomislav Brkic and Gonzalo Escobar.
Questions about how he would be received were quickly answered when Djokovic’s supporters flocked to the stadium to welcome him back.
Djokovic begins his singles campaign on Tuesday against Constant Lestienne as he builds up to the Australian Open, where he is looking for a record-extending 10th title.
Also Monday, Czech teenager Linda Noskova produced one of the first shocks of the 2023 season, beating eighth-ranked Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in the opening round.
The 18-year-old Noskova came through a tough qualifying draw in which she beat world No. 58 Anna Kalinskaya and No. 43 Anastasia Potapova before achieving the biggest win of her career over third-seeded Kasatkina.
The 102-ranked Noskova is competing in only her fifth main draw on the WTA Tour and had never played, let alone beaten, a top-10 player. She had been 0-2 against top-20 opponents.
Her best win before Monday had been over 38th-ranked Alizé Cornet in the second round en route to the semifinals in Prague last July.
Noskova took the first set comfortably in 46 minutes and broke to lead 4-3 in the second before Kasatkina broke back. She served for the match at 6-5 in but Kasatkina again fought back to take the set in a tiebreaker.
But the Czech revived to win the deciding set and the match in just over 2-1/2 hours, finishing with a sweeping cross-court forehand on match point. She broke Kasatkina’s serve eight times overall, hit 57 winners off the ground and won 21 of the 24 points when she came to net.
Kasatkina had an eventful 2022 season during which she broke back into the top 10. She also came out as gay and openly denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Noskova reached a ranking high of 87 in 2022 and qualified for the main draws at the French and U.S. Opens.
“It’s been a lot of ups and downs but I think it was a really good season,” Noskova said. “I started around 300, I think, and then around 100 now, so it’s a pretty good progress.
“Obviously I need to pick it up a little bit to get back into the (top) 100 but hopefully I’m going to achieve it this year.”
Noskova now will face the winner of the match between Australia’s Priscilla Hon and American qualifier Claire Liu.
Later, fourth-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia beat Amanda Anisimova of the United States 6-3, 6-0.
On the men’s side, Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan upset fifth-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
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PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burns & Levinson announced today that partner Sean Coffey, a seasoned environmental attorney, has been named to Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly's "Hall of Fame" and will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award on June 7 to honor his long-time leadership in the profession and in public service.
Coffey has been in private practice for almost 40 years, including 20 years at Burns & Levinson, where he manages the firm's Providence office and previously served for 14 years on the firm's Executive Committee. He is well-known for his creative work bringing innovative environmental infrastructure projects and public/private partnerships (P3) to fruition throughout Rhode Island and across the country, including new and upgraded drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities and a state-of-the-art nursing education center. His clients include municipalities, state agencies, developers, and institutional investors in major energy projects, including hydro-power and off-shore wind energy facilities, transportation and intermodal facilities, as well as major commercial, residential and mixed-use projects, involving environmental, land use, and transactional representation for the remediation and adaptive reuse of brownfield sites throughout Rhode Island.
Coffey began his legal career in public service as staff counsel to the Rhode Island Department of Natural Resources, where he helped develop the legislation that created the Department of Environmental Management. He spent six years as legal counsel and chief legal counsel for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and is widely credited with working to develop environmental programs and for drafting many of the existing environmental laws in Rhode Island, including statutes dealing with hazardous waste management, solid waste disposal, wetlands protection, air pollution control, water pollution control, and groundwater protection.
Soon after entering private practice in 1983, Coffey formed the Providence Mayor's Management Task Force to guide city government, following the resignation of the prior Mayor until a special election could be held. He later served in the Rhode Island Senate from 1985-1991, focusing on environmental and historic preservation issues and civil rights.
Coffey most recently served as chairman of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Special Legislative P3 Commission, which was charged with studying and providing recommendations to promote the upgrade of facilities used for public purposes by encouraging private investment in qualifying projects. He also previously served as President of the Providence Preservation Society, on the Board of Advisors to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as Board Chairman of the United Way of Rhode Island, and as a Board member of Save the Bay among many other activities.
He has received numerous awards, including from Common Cause, the ACLU of Rhode Island, United Way, the Providence Preservation Society, and the Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission for his many contributions to the state. He received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law and his B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University.
About Burns & Levinson LLP
At Burns & Levinson, we provide high-level, client-centric and results-oriented legal services to our regional, national and international clients. We are a full-service law firm with over 125 lawyers in Boston, Providence and London. Our areas of expertise include: business/finance, business litigation, divorce/family law, venture capital/emerging companies, employment, estate planning, government investigations, intellectual property, M&A/private equity, probate/trust litigation, and real estate. We partner with our clients to solve their business and personal legal issues in a collaborative, creative and cost-effective way. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.
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Patriots’ Lawrence Guy pays it forward, helps others with learning disabilities originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Lawrence Guy is more than just a defensive end. This New Englander divides his time wisely so he can be a face of the Patriots and a philanthropic force in the community.
In hopes of inspiring children, Guy spends his free time helping children with learning disabilities and advocating for the importance of asking for help.
At 32 years old, Guy prides himself in talking to and inspiring young people.
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“What can I do for that one child to help them start their year off?” said Guy in an interview with NBC Sports. “What can I do to impact their lives?”
To Guy, it’s all about the domino effect.
“That’s the biggest part,” he said. “Maybe three years down the line, they might not be in the situation but they see a younger classmate in the same situation they were and they do the same thing.”
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Who is Lawrence Guy?
Guy is one of the toughest defenders in the NFL. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft and previously played college ball at Arizona State. He has played with the Indianapolis Colts, the Baltimore Ravens and the then-San Diego Chargers throughout his 12-year career.
In 2017, Guy signed a four-year, $20 million contract with the Patriots, and in his first season with the Pats, the star defensive end helped lead New England to another AFC Championship. The Patriots also won the AFC Championship and made it to Super Bowl LII that year.
The Patriots will take on the Minnesota Vikings Thursday night on Thanksgiving for Week 12 of the NFL season.
Why does Lawrence Guy pay it forward?
The Las Vegas native actually struggled with learning challenges growing up. He didn’t seek help until he entered college, which made all the difference for him in the classroom and on the field.
“There’s a stigma – you can't ask for help – and I’m trying to kill that stigma,” said Guy. “You can ask for help but before you even ask for help, I’m here to help you out without you even saying nothing.”
Guy does everything in his power to show kids that they are not alone in this struggle.
“It’s OK to fail,” he adds. “But it’s not OK to say ‘I can’t get back up.’ It’s never too late.”
How do the New England Patriots help kids today?
Guy and his family created the Lawrence Guy Family Foundation in 2019 to provide resources and opportunities to financially disadvantaged families.
Some of the things Guy does is hand out backpacks with school supplies to kids. The backpacks are filled with school essentials that might seem easily accessible, but to lower-income families, these materials are hard to come by.
“Every year we give out backpacks to a different organization that we can significantly impact,” said Guy. “I tell people – it’s not about how many backpacks you give, it’s about that one backpack you give out that might change somebody’s life.”
Guy gives talks and has hosted various community initiatives, including events at local Boys & Girls Clubs, Thanksgiving giveaways for families in need, back-to-school events and holiday shopping sprees for local children in need.
The defensive end has impacted various US cities, especially in his hometown of Las Vegas, N.V., Baltimore, Md., Miami, Fla. and most recently, Boston, Mass.
The foundation’s mission is “to inspire and help disadvantaged families to achieve their full potential.” | 2022-11-23T18:21:43+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/patriots-lawrence-guy-pays-it-forward-helps-others-with-learning-disabilities/2915961/ |
CONCORD, N.H. -- President Joe Biden may have declared that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, but the long COVID clinic at Dartmouth Hitchcock in Lebanon, N.H., is as busy as ever. Long COVID remains a relatively mysterious disease, with doctors and researchers still trying to understand who is at risk, how to diagnose it, and how to treat it.
Dr. Jeffrey Parsonnet, an infectious disease doctor, founded the Post-Acute COVID Syndrome Clinic in April 2021 with no idea of how long the clinic would be open. Two years later, he’s still working alongside Christina Martin, a nurse practitioner, to see 70 to 80 patients a month. They spoke with the Globe about what is known about long COVID, and the questions scientists are working to answer.
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Q: When the clinic opened two years ago, it was unclear how long it would be needed. How do things look today?
Parsonnet: The number of referrals we’re getting has not declined, which seems paradoxical because deaths and hospitalizations are declining. But the number of patients being referred to our clinic is pretty much holding steady despite widespread vaccination. What’s going on there?
First, if you’ve had COVID before, and get it again, you could get long COVID after the second time. Second, vaccination is really good at preventing serious illness, death, and hospitalization, but it does not prevent you from getting long COVID. Around 200 million people have had COVID now. The symptoms are very nonspecific: Anxiety, depression, fatigue, brain fog. So people are saying, “Oh, maybe it’s because I have long COVID.” We’re getting a lot of referrals for people who have these nonspecific symptoms that may not really be related to long COVID.
Can you diagnose long COVID?
Parsonnet: We try our best. We like to have documentation that a person actually had COVID. But there’s no diagnostic blood test or other kind of tests to know that a person’s symptoms are due to COVID. It’s really just experience and educated guesswork.
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Obviously, the science around long COVID is evolving. Can you talk about what we know for sure at this point about it as a disease?
Parsonnet: Long COVID is basically a neurologic disease, or we could call it a neuro immunologic disease. It’s something that shows that the central nervous system -- the brain and the major nerves, spinal cord -- are somehow adversely affected and causing the symptoms. All of the symptoms stem from the brain and how it’s interpreting signals from the body
What do we know about what causes it?
Parsonnet: The answer is not very much.
There are several theories about what’s happening and it seems to be an immune disease of some kind. Some of it is the body’s reaction to the virus. One theory is the virus remains in the body in some way and continues causing an immune response that causes the symptoms. And maybe that’s just leftover pieces of virus.
There seems to be an immunologic thing going on in the brain. It could be that the blood vessels are affected. It could be that some of the cells are just not working right. But that’s sort of all we know: the brain is somehow affected and there’s probably some inflammation there.
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Who are your patients?
Martin: The majority of patients in our clinic are women -- 70 percent to 75 percent women. We have some suspicion that maybe it’s the differences in immunology between men and women. The men were sicker with acute COVID but the women tended to present more with long COVID symptoms.
What else do we know about who is likely to develop long COVID?
Parsonnet: You have to really be careful about that because we have a lot of patients who are completely healthy -- runners, athletes -- who then get debilitating fatigue and brain fog after COVID. So it’s really hard to know.
How do you treat people experiencing the symptoms of long COVID?
Martin: The first thing is listening to their stories. Often these patients have seen multiple specialists and been told, “This is anxiety” or “You’re having a panic attack.” They start to feel doubtful about the healthcare institution. They’re not sure if you’re going to accept what they say or if you’ll prejudge them and call it mental illness. Their faces change when you’re nodding and saying, “I’ve heard this before, you’re not alone.” Even that is therapeutic for patients.
There’s no Holy Grail. Without knowing what causes long COVID, it’s hard to say “Here’s the magic treatment.” But we do know that patients can manage their fatigue through energy conservation — not over exerting themselves. We often send people to physical and occupational therapy.
If they are anxious and struggling with mental health on top of their other symptoms, they need to manage that to help lower their stress and calm the nervous system. We can help them get counselors and medication as well.
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How long does it take to get better?
Parsonnet: Most patients get better over time. We still occasionally see some people who have had long COVID for two and half to three years, but most of the patients we’re seeing got COVID last year or at the end of 2021. We used to think everybody got all better, but now it’s clear that’s not the case.
Martin: A patient once said to me that they recover, but it’s glacial at times. The ones that can really figure out their fatigue and their energy tend to recover quicker than the ones with the athlete mindset: you ignore the pain, you ignore the fatigue, you push through it.
How can people protect themselves from long COVID?
Parsonnet: You can get long COVID after having been vaccinated. But vaccination prevents COVID and therefore prevents long COVID. Also, people who have been vaccinated and then get COVID are less likely to get long COVID.
Where is COVID science heading next?
Parsonnet: There are very few treatment studies, but there are some coming along.
One of the theories is that the virus is still alive in the body, which suggests treating with an antiviral drug like Paxlovid could be a benefit. Last year, there were a couple case reports of people who had long COVID and then they got COVID again so their doctor prescribed Paxlovid. Lo and behold, all their long term symptoms got better. That’s prompted several groups to plan studies.
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The second is if this is mainly an immunologic process in response to the virus, drugs that suppress the immune system might be a benefit. I’m guessing that there will be studies on that.
Amanda Gokee can be reached at amanda.gokee@globe.com.Follow her on Twitter @amanda_gokee. | 2023-04-04T11:12:34+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/04/metro/those-with-long-covid-many-questions-remain/ |
NEW YORK – The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching the pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 season for the fewest since 14 in strike-shortened 1980-81.
The Met said Wednesday it will have six new productions and 12 revivals, down from seven new stagings and 16 revivals this season and from a recent high of 28 productions in 2007-08. In an effort to spark ticket sales that have lagged since the company reopened in September 2021, 47 of 191 staged performances — just under one-quarter — will be works composed since 1986.
“The main point behind it is to feature more new and accessible works that have proven to attract a broader, younger and more diverse audience,” Met general manager Peter Gelb said. “Opera sat on its hind legs for many decades and now it’s paying the price. For so many decades new music both in classical music and in opera typically drove audiences away, not to concert halls and opera houses, because it was so inaccessible and atonal and being written for an elite group.
“It was the equivalent of singing in the shower, and basically composers were composing for themselves and for academics and critics and not for the public,” he added. "And that has attached a stigma to new music in classical music and opera that really harmed the art form.”
The season opens Sept. 26 with a new production of Jake Heggie’s 2000 opera “Dead Man Walking” with Joyce DiDonato. It includes a new-to-the-Met staging of “Anthony Davis’s “X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” composed in 1986. “X” starts Nov. 3 and features Will Liverman.
There are new productions of Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas,” a 1996 work in a Mary Zimmerman staging that starts Nov. 16, and John Adams’ oratorio “El Niño” from 2000 starting on April 23, 2024, with conductor Marin Alsop making her Met debut.
In addition, the Met has revivals of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” which premiered in 2019, and Kevin Puts’ “The Hours,” which debuted last year and stars Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and DiDonato.
“The reason why we have pruned our season to the degree we have is to concentrate our efforts on operas both new and old that we think are going to sell well,” Gelb said. “We haven’t settled on what the perfect number is. Maybe we never will, but I can’t imagine it being less than 18.”
The season includes a new Carrie Cracknell production of Bizet’s “Carmen” opening on New Year’s Eve and starring Aigul Akhmetshina, and a new-to-the-Met Mariusz Treliński staging of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” opening on Feb. 26 next year.
The “X” production was first seen last May at the Detroit Opera and the “Forza” staging last month at the Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera.
Paid attendance at the Met this season is 63%, up from 60% at this point last season in the return from a 1 1/2-season shutdown caused by the pandemic.
“Single ticket buyers represent 75% of our sales and the average age of a single ticket buyer is now 45 years old, which is remarkably younger than it was,” Gelb said. “My fear, though, is, of course, that some older members of the core audience may never come back. Hopefully some of them will.”
The Met is reducing its high-definition simulcasts to movie theaters to nine by not including “El Niño.” The Met dropped a scheduled 2014 telecast of Adams’ “The Death of Klinghoffer” due to what the company said then was concern over rising anti-Semitism, Gelb said the “El Niño” decision was not related.
Rolando Villazón’s staging of Bellini’s “Sonnambula" was cut and will be presented in the future, according to Gelb.
Michael Mayer’s production of Verdi’s “Aida,” pushed back from the canceled 2020-21 season, will be presented in 2024-25. | 2023-02-22T18:25:13+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/entertainment/2023/02/22/met-cuts-season-to-18-operas-matching-fewest-in-4-decades/ |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian court has sentenced an air defense commander allegedly responsible for the deadly downing of a passenger plane amid Iran-U.S. tensions several years ago, a state news agency reported Sunday.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard mistakenly shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight in January 2020. The missile strike killed all 176 people on board and came as Tehran and Washington teetered on the brink of war.
The Guards commander who officials purport ordered the strike was sentenced to 13 years in prison, the official judiciary news outlet said.
Mizan said the commander did not follow protocols in the moments leading up to the shooting down of the plane. The commander was ordered to pay fines to families of victims, the report added.
Mizan said the court also sentenced two personnel allegedly involved in running the surface-to-air missile system Tor M-1 to one year in prison each.
After a lengthy series of hearings, the court sentenced at least seven other personnel and air defense officers to up to three years in prison. According to Mizan, the verdicts are appealable within 20 days.
The report did not identify any of the defendants by name or further details.
The judiciary news agency also said Iran’s government plans to pay $150,000 for each victim to their families. It did not elaborate on how this money will be delivered to the families.
The hearing sessions have faced international criticism since starting in 2021. At that time, an association of the victims’ families also criticized the hearing and cast doubts on the court’s legitimacy. The group also alleged that none of the defendants were present at hearings.
Just hours before the shootdown in January 2020, Iran had fired ballistic missiles at American bases in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. | 2023-04-16T23:16:34+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/international/iran-jail-terms-for-those-behind-downing-of-ukraine-flight/ |
LANSING, MI -- Only one other Powerball jackpot has ever been larger than the $825 million grand prize that could be won on Saturday, Oct. 29 and that means millions of players are already daydreaming about what they would do with all that money.
And while it’s fun to talk about vacations, cars, helping friends and family, etc., none of that will be possible for very long if you don’t have a solid plan. That plan can include what type out payout you’re going to choose, will you claim it publicly and how to pay your brand new gigantic tax bill.
The first thing you want to do is ... relax.
That might be hard considering you just won an unbelievable amount of money, but not getting overwhelmed is key. You don’t need to rush to claim you prize as most states give you one year to come forward and those that have shorter claim periods still give you several months. That means you have plenty of time to find the right people to help you navigate this process.
If you’re the lucky winner of the $825 million jackpot and you have a physical ticket -- meaning not one purchased online -- place the winning ticket in a secure spot such as a safe or a safe deposit box at a local bank. You’ll want to make sure you take pictures of the front and back of the ticket as proof so that you can search for lawyers and a financial team without having to carry the ticket with you.
Although some people suggest you should sign the back of the ticket to prevent fraud, depending on where you live, that could cause an issue if you want to remain anonymous.
From there, finding the “team” that will help guide you through the process is essential. Hiring a lawyer and financial advisor will make sure you follow all the proper procedures and draw up plans for how to spend the money. Once again, depending on where you live, your lawyer may even be able to claim the prize on your behalf to keep you anonymous.
However, if you’ve signed the ticket already, it may no longer be an option for someone to claim the money on your behalf and then everyone will know your identity as a newly minted millionaire. Some states require the winner’s identity to be public -- including Michigan -- but your team might know of a few ways to legally circumvent those laws if you wish to remain anonymous.
Your advisors will also help you determine if you want to take the lump sum or the annuitized prize. A lump sum allows you to pay all the taxes on the money right away and gives you access to the entirety of the prize. In the past, after taxes and other deductions, the lump sum was worth approximately 60% of the total jackpot. However, with inflation rates climbing the actual lump sum value is much smaller than it has been in the past with the current cash option being worth less than half ($410.2 million) of the jackpot total .
The annuity option lets you receive the full value of the jackpot, however you receive the money in structured yearly payments and you will not be able to access all of your winnings at once. An annuity also has the advantage of forcing you into a budget of sorts as you only receive so much money each year.
Your financial team will also ensure you pay your taxes and help those you plan on giving money to. Even though you may want to be generous with the money and you’ve already paid taxes on it, those who you’re donating to may also have to pay taxes on the money. A financial expert will be able to protect you and the benefactors.
You will also want to work with the team to determine a plan for the money in the event of your death or other issues that might prevent you from being to manage the money. That can be especially important if you choose the annuitized prize and you die before all of the payments have been made.
Once all that is complete, you can sit back, hop on a travel website and start planning that dream vacation.
For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out the official Michigan Lottery site, which also offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games.
The last players from Michigan to win a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot is the Wolverine FLL lottery club which claimed a $1.05 billion jackpot in March 2021. With their winnings, the group plans to give back to the community.
And while they were lucky winners, it’s smart for players to check their tickets immediately as a winner worth $1 million sold in Warren last year went unclaimed. The money instead went to the state’s School Aid Fund. | 2022-10-28T16:40:24+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/lottery/2022/10/heres-what-to-do-if-you-win-the-2nd-largest-powerball-prize-ever.html |
Reminiscent of baba ganoush, this dip features lightly charred zucchini for a subtle smoky flavor that pairs beautifully with zingy lemon, yogurt and feta along with fresh herbs. Serve it with pita chips, warmed pita bread, sliced crudité or as a flavorful spread for sandwiches, wraps and pita pockets.
This is a flexible recipe, so feel free to substitute other herbs or spices to mix it up a bit. The dip can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to one week. When serving, sprinkle with some fresh herbs and drizzle with olive oil.
Charred Zucchini Yogurt Dip
Makes about 1 cup
INGREDIENTS
2 to 3 zucchini (about 1½ pounds total), sliced lengthwise into 1-inch slabs
Olive oil
2 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup Greek yogurt
1/3 cup crumbled feta
¾ teaspoon sherry vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
Freshly cracked black pepper
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1/3 teaspoon ground coriander
¼ cup fresh chopped parsley
2 tablespoons fresh chopped mint
DIRECTIONS
Place the zucchini slabs on a baking sheet and drizzle with a little olive oil, spreading on both sides with your fingers. Place under broiler 4 to 6 inches under the flame and broil for 3 to 6 minutes per side or until the flesh is medium brown in most places and lightly charred in a few places.
Place the charred zucchini in a large food processor and add the remaining ingredients. Blend on high until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning to preference. Serve drizzled with olive oil and a light sprinkling of fresh herbs.
Registered dietitian and food writer Laura McLively is the author of “The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook.” Follow her at @myberkeleybowl and www.lauramclively.com. | 2023-07-20T18:37:10+00:00 | dailycamera.com | https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/07/20/quick-cook-like-baba-ganoush-try-this-charred-zucchini-yogurt-dip/ |
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The 2023 Greater Toledo LPGA Classic Odds & Preview: Minjee Lee
Minjee Lee will be in the 2023 Greater Toledo LPGA Classic in Sylvania, Ohio at Highland Meadows Golf Club from July 13-16.
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Minjee Lee Insights
- Over her last 20 rounds, Lee has shot better than par on 10 occasions, while also posting one bogey-free round and 15 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has carded the best score of the day three times while finishing in the top-five five times and with a top-10 score in eight of her last 20 rounds played.
- Over her last 20 rounds, Lee has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round six times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 12 occasions.
- Lee has finished in the top five in one of her past five appearances.
- In her past five appearances, Lee finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back twice. She carded a score better than average five times.
- Lee has finished in the top 20 in each of her past five tournaments.
- Lee has made the cut 12 times in a row, and hopes to continue that run this week.
Over the last year
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Greater Toledo LPGA Classic Insights and Stats
- Lee last competed at this event in 2022 and finished 49th.
- In the past year, the Tour has played on courses with an average length of 7,014 yards, 453 yards longer than the 6,561-yard par 71 at this week's tournament.
- Players have recorded 69.5 strokes per round and an average score of -5 in the past year on Tour. Events hosted on this course have a lower scoring average of -8.
- The average course Lee has played in the past year (6,584 yards) is 23 yards longer than the course she'll be playing this week (6,561).
- The tournaments she has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -8.
Lee's Last Time Out
- Lee finished in the 23rd percentile on the 16 par-3 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open, with an average of 3.31 strokes.
- She averaged 4.05 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 40) at the U.S. Women’s Open, which was good enough to land her in the 93rd percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.22).
- On the 16 par-5 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open, Lee shot better than 82% of the competitors (averaging 4.81 strokes).
- Lee did not card a birdie on any of the 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open (the other participants averaged 1.5).
- On the 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Lee carded more bogeys or worse (four) than the tournament average (3.0).
- Lee's five birdies or better on the 40 par-4s at the U.S. Women’s Open were more than the tournament average (3.0).
- In that last tournament, Lee's par-4 showing (on 40 holes) included a bogey or worse seven times (better than the field's average, 8.4).
- Lee ended the U.S. Women’s Open bettering the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (2.8) with seven on the 16 par-5 holes.
- On the 16 par-5s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Lee carded four bogeys or worse, more than the tournament average of 2.6.
Greater Toledo LPGA Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: July 13-16, 2023
- Course: Highland Meadows Golf Club
- Location: Sylvania, Ohio
- Par: 71 / 6,561 yards
- Lee Odds to Win: +1400 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Kate Dougherty got the win, giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out 15 and walking one as Rutgers Prep downed rival Wardlaw-Hartridge, 8-7, in Somerset.
Wardlaw-Hartridge (3-3) scored seven runs in a wild fourth inning for a 7-6 advantage that went away in the fifth inning when Rutgers Prep (3-2) scored twice.
Cali McCoy went 1-for-2 with a double, two RBI and run while Ella Klopfer added two hits, two RBI and two runs in the victory.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A person was shot Friday at an Indianapolis shopping mall in the second shooting there this year, police said.
“IMPD officers are on scene of a report of a single person shot at Castleton Square Mall,” the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department tweeted in the late afternoon. “Officers used a tourniquet on the victim for first aid. The suspect is no longer on scene.”
The person who was shot was taken to a hospital. No additional information was immediately available about their condition.
The mall will remain closed throughout the evening.
“We will be out here for some time trying to piece together what exactly occurred,” IMPD Officer William Young said.
The mall, on the far northeast side of Indianapolis, is the largest mall in the state of Indiana, according to its website. Mall representatives and the mall’s owner, Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, did not immediately return calls seeking comment on the shooting.
On Jan. 3, a 16-year-old boy died and a man was hospitalized after a shooting in a parking lot outside an entrance to the mall. | 2023-02-17T22:42:08+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/2nd-shooting-this-year-at-largest-indiana-mall-wounds-1/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
NPR's Melissa Block talks with New York Times reporter Brooks Barnes about the feud between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis and the power that Disney holds in the state of Florida.
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NPR's Melissa Block talks with New York Times reporter Brooks Barnes about the feud between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis and the power that Disney holds in the state of Florida.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-04-28T21:16:14+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-politics/npr-politics/2023-04-28/disney-flexes-its-legal-muscle-in-latest-feud-with-desantis |
Here & Now hosts Deepa Fernandes and Scott Tong discuss the week in politics with NPR’s Ron Elving and MSNBC columnist Jesse Holland, including how elected leaders are marking three years since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police
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Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-05-26T19:25:59+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/2023-05-26/how-george-floyds-death-at-the-hands-of-police-changed-our-politics |
A man pointed a firearm at a father and his 11-year-old son on Interstate 283 in Dauphin County Sunday night, according to Pennsylvania state police.
Troopers say the man with the gun was driving a burgundy 2014 Chevrolet Equinox on interstate 283 southbound near Exit 2 in Swatara Township, on April 30 at 8:17 p.m., according to the release. It’s unknown what interaction, if any, preceded the gun incident.
The victim, a 48-year-old man, walked into a state police building to report the incident on Monday.
Police released information about the incident Wednesday. No arrests have been made.
Last year, a similar incident occurred on the same highway on a Friday afternoon.
Troopers based in Harrisburg got a report that someone pointed a handgun at another driver while on the Interstate 283 North on Aug. 19 around 3:08 p.m.
In that case, police identified both drivers, interviewed them and charged a 27-year-old Harrisburg man with simple assault by physical menace and harassment.
It was among at least three gun-pulling incidents on central Pa. highways last year, all on Fridays.
Another road rage incident occurred on I-81 southbound near mile marker 72 around 4 p.m. on April 15. State police said the driver who pointed the gun was in a “2007 body style Honda Pilot with a Pennsylvania license plate. The victim was a driver from Massachusetts.
In another case, a victim told police a road rage incident happened around 7:45 a.m. September 23 on Route 322, near Clay School Road, in Clay Township.
The aggressive driver was in white BMW sedan. No shots were fired and no one was hurt, according to police.
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Body found in Pa. woods off of I-80: reports | 2023-05-03T17:57:28+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/05/driver-points-gun-at-father-and-son-while-on-i-283-in-dauphin-county-police.html |
International Cloud Computing Awards program announces SHIFT Cloud, Next Pathway's code translation software, as a finalist
TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Next Pathway Inc., the Automated Cloud Migration company, is a finalist in the 2022-2023 Cloud Awards program in the Best Cloud Automation of the Year category.
Now in its 12th year of celebrating cloud-based innovations across a wide range of industries, the Cloud Awards program received entries from hundreds of organizations worldwide, including the U.S., Canada, Australasia, EMEA and UK.
"Next Pathway is at the forefront of innovative solutions for automated cloud migration," said Chetan Mathur, CEO of Next Pathway. "We are honored to receive this recognition, which celebrates business growth, creativity and ingenuity. With the fierce competition, being named a finalist in the Best Cloud Automation category is a considerable achievement, and we are thrilled to be included with the other nominees."
Next Pathway's most recent offering, SHIFT Cloud, transforms how customers move legacy applications from data warehouses and data lakes to the cloud, eliminating the complexity that stalls many enterprises from migrating to the cloud.
With SHIFT Cloud, Next Pathway introduces a revolutionary approach to how customers move legacy workloads from data warehouses and data lakes to the cloud. Now, customers can upload, analyze and translate their entire legacy code base, including SQL code and ETL pipelines, to the cloud target of their choosing in a self-service capacity. "SHIFT Cloud puts the power of automatic code translation into the customers' hands while ensuring the high degree of accuracy and performance necessary to streamline the cloud migration process," said Mathur.
The company's products, which along with SHIFT Cloud include Crawler360, and TESTER, automate the full end-to-end process of migrating legacy workloads to the cloud, from planning to translation and testing. Next Pathway's products automatically migrate a multitude of sources, such as Teradata, Netezza, SQL Server, Hive, Oracle and DB2, and ETL pipelines, such as DataStage and SSIS, to leading cloud targets, like Snowflake, Azure Synapse (including Azure Data Factory), Google BigQuery and AWS Redshift.
"Cloud computing is now an essential tool helping businesses reach benchmark results. Yet we continued to see a remarkable number of further innovations this year," said James Williams, head of operations for the Cloud Awards.
"Advancing to the next stage of The Cloud Awards program is a remarkable achievement and we're excited to celebrate with all those finalists who made the cut," said Williams. "Next Pathway deserves to be named a Cloud Awards finalist as its creative solution exceeded all expectations. With such a strong shortlist, for Next Pathway to move on to the next stage is a huge result."
The Cloud Awards will announce its final winners on February 7, recognizing excellence in the cloud across all industry verticals. It will then open for entries to its 2023-24 program, alongside The SaaS Awards and The Cloud Security Awards, which are open for 2023 entries.
About the Cloud Awards
The Cloud Awards is an international program which has been recognizing and honoring industry leaders, innovators and organizational transformation in cloud computing since 2011. The awards are open to large, small, established and start-up organizations from across the entire globe, with an aim to find and celebrate the pioneers who will shape the future of the Cloud as we move into 2023 and beyond. Categories include the Software as a Service award, Most Promising Start-Up, and "Best in Mobile" Cloud Solution.
Winners are selected by a judging panel of international industry experts. For more information about the Cloud Awards and SaaS Awards, please visit https://www.cloud-awards.com/.
About Next Pathway
Next Pathway is the Automated Cloud Migration company. Powered by Crawler360™, SHIFT™ Cloud and TESTER, Next Pathway automates the end-to-end challenges companies experience when migrating applications to the cloud. For more information, please visit nextpathway.com.
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Albert Pujols taking his final swings in October, Julio Rodríguez stepping in for the first time. Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom facing Manny Machado and Juan Soto.
Bryce Harper, back at last. José Ramírez and his Cleveland teammates trying to break a long drought — with a new name.
And Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts and other top stars looming next week.
All of a sudden, the entire Major League Baseball playoff picture came into focus Tuesday night. The matchups were finally set, right before the last day of the regular season.
The postseason, expanded from 10 teams last year to 12 this season, begins Friday with a newly created wild-card round. All four series are best two of three — three days in a row, no breaks, with the higher seed hosting every game.
At Citi Field, the New York Mets figure to throw aces Scherzer and deGrom at the San Diego Padres, featuring big-hitting Machado and Soto. The Mets' bid to win the NL East ended when they were eliminated by the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves, so New York wound up as the top NL wild-card team.
“We have to go on the road and play against a tough team and beat some of the best pitchers in the game,” Machado said. “It is about going out there and enjoying the moment.”
At Busch Stadium, soon-to-be retired St. Louis stars Yadier Molina and Pujols host Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cardinals won the NL Central, but as the No. 3 seed don't get the benefit of an early bye.
A two-time champion with the Cardinals, the 42-year-old Pujols has looked like a 24-year-old version of himself down the stretch, topping 700 career home runs and passing Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time RBIs list.
A two-time MVP, Harper makes his first playoff appearance since 2017 with Washington. He missed two months in the middle of the season because of a broken thumb, but is ready to swing away for the Phillies.
In Cleveland, Ramírez leads a young team that includes rookie sparkplug Steven Kwan and hard-throwing closer Emmanuel Clase as the AL Central champs host the Tampa Bay Rays.
This will be Cleveland's first postseason appearance as the Guardians. The team hasn't won the World Series since 1948. Randy Arozarena, already established as a playoff star, will try to boost the Rays to the first championship in franchise history.
The Guardians went 4-2 against the Rays this year, winning two of three last week at Progressive Field. All three games in the series were decided by one run, with two going to extra innings.
“It will be a good environment,” Tampa Bay second baseman Taylor Walls. "It’s a good thing that we just went there. ... I know the guys are amped up. We’re ready to be there.”
In Toronto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the top AL wild-card Blue Jays take on the Seattle Mariners and their rookie sensation, Rodríguez. The series also matches Robbie Ray, who won the Cy Young Award with Toronto last year, against his former team.
All four matchups are scheduled to end Sunday. The best-of-five Division Series in both leagues begin Oct. 11.
Judge, fresh off hitting his 62nd home run to set the AL record, and the Yankees will host the Tampa Bay-Cleveland winner in Game 1. Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros start at home against the Seattle-Toronto winner.
In the NL, Freddie Freeman, Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have set a franchise record for wins, host the Mets-San Diego winner in the opener. Ronald Acuña Jr., injured last fall when the Braves won the World Series, will start at home against the St. Louis-Philadelphia winner.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rayquawndis Mitchell had 29 points and UMKC beat St. Thomas 81-60 on Thursday night.
Parker Bjorklund led the Tommies (13-7, 4-3) in scoring, finishing with 10 points. Riley Miller added 10 points for St. Thomas. In addition, Andrew Rohde had 10 points.
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CHIPPEWA FALLS (WQOW) - The Chippewa Steel hope a strong start to the 2022-23 season is a sign of things to come.
After winning three of four games at the North American Hockey League's showcase event last weekend, the Steel will skate at home for the first time on Thursday against the Anchorage Wolverines.
The three-game series should be another solid test for Chippewa, which is hoping to reach the postseason for the first time in franchise history.
At the trade deadline last season, the Steel made a number of deals to 'turn the page' on the roster. Head coach Casey Mignone said Tuesday many of the younger players took on leadership roles and understand the expectations for this season.
Mignone said the team has further developed than what he anticipated for this point in the year, in large part due to the work players put in over the summer.
The Steel will be a solid defensive team thanks to talented defensemen and a trio of talented goalies: Adam Gajan, Colin Rowbotham and Carter Wishart.
Mignone said the Steel are built to play any style of hockey.
Thursday's home opener is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Chippewa Area Ice Arena. The first 250 fans will receive a rally towel.
Former Steel president signs with Janesville Jets
The Janesville Jets have hired former Chippewa Steel President Brad Stepan as its Vice President of Business Development and Operations, the team announced Tuesday.
Stepan served the Steel for 15 months. In a release, he thanked team owner Kelly Kasik and the organization for the opportunity to work in Chippewa Falls.
A Steel spokesperson told News 18 the team currently does not plan to fill the position Stepan held. | 2022-09-21T07:57:08+00:00 | wqow.com | https://www.wqow.com/sports/steel-have-high-expectations-with-young-talented-roster/article_aac3f312-396d-11ed-a58f-2b66b077932a.html |
Phoenix student gets accepted to 4 Ivy League schools; announces pick on National Decision Day
Published: May. 1, 2023 at 9:56 AM PDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - It’s National Decision Day, meaning that students from across America are about to make some life-altering decisions about the future of their academic journey.
One student from Betty Fairfax named Alani Goins came to Good Morning, Arizona, to talk about her experience being accepted into 4 separate Ivy League schools: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown. While on the show, she announced her decision to attend Harvard University!
Goins said she plans to study psychology on a pre-med track with hopes to own her own psychiatry office. She plans to study mental illnesses, psychoanalysis, and other techniques to bring others the help that they need.
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- Existing, single-family home sales totaled 295,460 in July on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, down 14.4 percent from June and down 31.1 percent from July 2021.
- July's statewide median home price was, $833,910 down 3.5% percent from June and up 2.8% percent from July 2021.
- Year-to-date statewide home sales were down 13.6 percent in July.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Housing demand in California cooled further in July as the effects of rising interest rates and high home prices hit would-be homebuyers, dragging home sales below the annualized 300,000 benchmark level for the first time since May 2020, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.
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Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 295,460 in July, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations and MLSs statewide. The statewide annualized sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2022 if sales maintained the July pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales. July's sales pace was down 14.4 percent on a monthly basis from 344,970 in June and down 31.1 percent from a year ago, when 428,980 homes were sold on an annualized basis. July marked the fourth consecutive monthly decline and the 13th straight annual decline.
"In the midst of the peak home-buying season, high home prices and rising interest rates depressed housing affordability to the lowest level in nearly 15 years, which in turn dampened home sales," said C.A.R. President Otto Catrina, a Bay Area real estate broker and REALTOR®. "However, buying opportunities remain in the coming months for those who have been waiting on the sideline as more listings become available, competition continues to cool off and rates begin to stabilize."
California's median home price declined 3.5 percent in July to $833,910 from the $863,790 recorded in June. The July price was 2.8 percent higher than the $811,170 recorded last July and was the smallest year-over-year price gain in more than two years. The price moderation is largely attributed to a change in the mix of sales in July, as million-dollar home sales plummeted nearly 25 percent from June.
"Home sales have taken a trouncing as the market has shifted in response to the recent surge in interest rates, and pending sales suggest that the market could remain soft in August," said C.A.R. Vice President and Chief Economist Jordan Levine. "The pace of sales declines is expected to slow in the coming months, however, as rates continue to stabilize, market volatility begins to subside and supply conditions further normalize."
With the market shifting, consumers were less positive in July about the state's housing market conditions, according to C.A.R.'s monthly Consumer Housing Sentiment Index. Conducted in July, 76 percent of respondents believed that the overall economic conditions in California will not improve in the next 12 months, while 81 percent believed that interest rates will not fall within a year. Only 16 percent of the respondents thought it was a good time to buy a home, a slight increase from 14 percent in June, and slightly down from last July's 17 percent. Nearly two-thirds (60 percent) believe it is a good time to sell a home, pushing the Housing Sentiment Index to 59, which was significantly lower than the Index of 71 in July 2021.
Other key points from C.A.R.'s July 2022 resale housing report include:
- At the regional level, sales continued to decline sharply with three of the five major regions dropping more than 30 percent from last year. The Central Coast region experienced the biggest drop of all regions, with sales plummeting 37.3 percent from a year ago. The San Francisco Bay Area followed closely with the second largest decline (-37.2 percent), as sales in eight of the nine counties in the region fell more than 30 percent in July. Southern California also recorded a 36.9 percent drop from July 2021, while the declines in Central Valley (-27.3 percent) and the Far North (-19.0 percent) were less severe.
- All but three counties tracked by C.A.R. posted sales drops from a year ago in July 2022. Of the 48 counties that experienced a sales decline, 40 of them fell by more than 20 percent from last year, and sales in 30 counties plummeted more than 30 percent year-over-year. Santa Barbara experienced the biggest sales drop from last July at -50.3 percent, followed by Santa Clara (-46.1 percent) and San Bernardino (-42.3 percent). Counties that experienced a sales decline decreased an average of -30.2 percent in July. The number of counties with a year-over-year sales increase remained at two in July, the same as in June. Lassen recorded the largest sales increase of the two counties at 52 percent, while Plumas posted a sales gain of 9.1 percent from last year. For the first seven months of 2022, San Luis Obispo had the sharpest sales drop of -28.9 percent, while Yuba (+17.7 percent) continued to have the best sales performance of all counties.
- Nearly 80 percent of all California counties continued to record an increase in their median prices on a year-over-year basis. Price growth rates, however, were more moderate compared to a couple of months ago when the state set its new record high. Sixteen counties recorded double-digit price surges from a year ago but was less than half of the 31 counties recorded in May. Mariposa (57.3 percent) had the biggest increase in price of all counties, followed by Lassen (20.9 percent) and Napa (17.9 percent). Eleven counties recorded a dip in their median price from July of last year, with Tehama dropping the most at -19.3 percent, followed by San Francisco (-8.2 percent) and San Mateo (-6.9 percent).
- The overall supply conditions in California loosened again, with the statewide unsold inventory index (UII) rising from 1.9 months in July 2021 to 3.2 months in July 2022, the highest level since May 2020. The improvement in the index was primarily due to a pullback in demand. The index indicates the number of months it would take to sell the supply of homes on the market at the current rate of sales.
- Forty-six of the 51 counties tracked by C.A.R. registered a year-over-year increase in active listings in July, compared to 44 counties in June. Five counties had triple-digit year-over-year gains in for-sale properties, with Yuba leading the pack with a growth rate at 169.8 percent, followed by Merced (157.0 percent) and Solano (129.5 percent). On the other end of the spectrum, five counties experienced a decline in active listings from a year ago, with Del Norte dropping the most again at -45.7 percent, followed by Plumas (-11.8 percent) and Lassen (-7.5 percent).
- The median number of days it took to sell a California single-family home was 14 days in July and 8 days in July 2021.
- C.A.R.'s statewide sales-price-to-list-price ratio* was 100 percent in July 2022 and 103.8 percent in July 2021.
- The statewide average price per square foot** for an existing single-family home was $413, up from $394 in July a year ago.
- The 30-year, fixed-mortgage interest rate averaged 5.41 percent in July, up from 2.87 percent in July 2021, according to Freddie Mac. The five-year, adjustable mortgage interest rate averaged 4.29 percent, compared to 2.49 percent in July 2021.
Note: The County MLS median price and sales data in the tables are generated from a survey of more than 90 associations of REALTORS® throughout the state and represent statistics of existing single-family detached homes only. County sales data is not adjusted to account for seasonal factors that can influence home sales. Movements in sales prices should not be interpreted as changes in the cost of a standard home. The median price is where half sold for more and half sold for less; medians are more typical than average prices, which are skewed by a relatively small share of transactions at either the lower end or the upper end. Median prices can be influenced by changes in cost, as well as changes in the characteristics and the size of homes sold. The change in median prices should not be construed as actual price changes in specific homes.
*Sales-to-list-price ratio is an indicator that reflects the negotiation power of home buyers and home sellers under current market conditions. The ratio is calculated by dividing the final sales price of a property by its last list price and is expressed as a percentage. A sales-to-list ratio with 100 percent or above suggests that the property sold for more than the list price, and a ratio below 100 percent indicates that the price sold below the asking price.
**Price per square foot is a measure commonly used by real estate agents and brokers to determine how much a square foot of space a buyer will pay for a property. It is calculated as the sale price of the home divided by the number of finished square feet. C.A.R. currently tracks price-per-square foot statistics for 50 counties.
Leading the way…® in California real estate for more than 110 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States with more than 217,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.
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Wisconsin Republicans do not secure a supermajority
Republicans came up short in their quest for a supermajority in the state Legislature Tuesday, which would have given lawmakers the power to override Gov. Tony Evers' vetoes.
Assembly Republicans needed to flip five seats and Senate Republicans needed to flip one.
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans flipped the one seat they needed in far northwestern Wisconsin where Romaine Quinn will replace Democratic Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, who did not seek reelection.
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But in the Assembly, Republicans flipped just three seats. Two were in northwestern Wisconsin. Chanz Green will replace Democratic state Rep. Beth Myers, who did not seek reelection. And Angie Sapik replaces outgoing state Rep. Nick Milroy.
In eastern Waukesha County Republican Tom Michalski replaces Democrat Sara Rodriguez who was elected Lt. Governor Tuesday.
With Evers winning reelection Tuesday and the GOP still having a legislative majority, the next four years will likely mean a continued stalemate between the governor's office and Legislature.
Evers has vetoed more bills than any governor before him, symbolizing the bitter divisions that have defined the statehouse in recent years.
In the weeks leading up to the midterm election, Republicans signaled they were eager to bring back bills Evers vetoed, including legislation that would have added new restrictions on voting practices and curtailed public school officials’ abilities to set their own curriculum.
The last time either party had a supermajority in the state Legislature was in 1977 under Democratic lawmakers.
Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer praised voters for stopping a Republican supermajority.
“With the Governor’s veto power intact, Republicans in the Legislature will be prevented from turning Wisconsin into ground-zero for dismantling our democracy,” Neubauer said. “Despite their best efforts, Republican Legislators were unable to silence the people of Wisconsin."
During an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said a supermajority would be the "best-case scenario to move forward the conservative agenda in Wisconsin."
More:Robin Vos easily wins reelection over Trump-backed write-in candidate Adam Steen
"If Tim Michels is not successful, then we’ll have to find a way around Tony Evers' lack of leadership," Vos said. "He never brings people together; he rarely talks to the Legislature and he doesn’t have the ability to push ideas through the legislature."
Reporter Molly Beck contributed to this report | 2022-11-09T17:08:47+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/09/wisconsin-gop-fails-in-bid-to-win-supermajority-in-legislature/69610622007/ |
Harmony Venture Labs (HVL) has launched ListedKit, a real estate project and transaction management tool created in collaboration with agents that equips professionals to manage the client experience from contract to closing.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmony Venture Labs (HVL), a Birmingham-based venture studio that launches and develops high-growth startups, has announced the launch of their most recent studio venture–ListedKit.
ListedKit helps demystify real estate transactions and takes the complexity out of closing. With their task list and progress tracking feature, document storage and custom workflows, both agents and clients have a new level of transparency throughout the home buying and selling process. The mobile-friendly suite of integrated real estate solutions improves efficiency and transparency, reduces administrative tasks and increases customer satisfaction.
"ListedKit is a win-win for real estate professionals and their clients. Realtors who use ListedKit will be able to manage more transactions and grow their business while saving time and money. And their clients will have better visibility into the process, every step of the way," said Derrick Magnotta, CEO of ListedKit.
Founded by Shegun Otulana in 2020, the HVL team specializes in creating new ventures and helping founders build their own. By generating new solutions and supporting entrepreneurs, HVL's goal is to foster an ecosystem of empowerment and economic opportunity within the community.
"Buying or selling a home can be one of the most stressful moments in life. Realtors play such an important role in supporting their clients through the ups and downs of the process. ListedKit is one of the first tools built to support agents in this crucial part of their job," said Shegun Otulana, Founder of Harmony Venture Labs.
About ListedKit
ListedKit is a real estate project and transaction management tool created in collaboration with agents that equips professionals to manage the client experience from contract to closing. Real estate transactions can be complex -–but with task lists, a progress tracking feature, document storage, custom workflows and vendor management tools, agents and clients alike have visibility into the real estate journey, every step of the way. Learn more at www.listedkit.com.
About Harmony Venture Labs:
Harmony Venture Labs (HVL) is a venture studio led by a team of experienced founders and experts who launch startups, grow our portfolio of brands, support SaaS entrepreneurs and invest in our people and community. HVL believes that technology platforms should be used to benefit people and their communities and that new venture creation is a powerful vehicle to deliver value. Through strategy, marketing, design and product guidance, HVL helps its portfolio companies navigate their journey to faster, sustainable growth.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The federal government is spending more money on improvements at Dallas-Fort Worth International and other airports that officials say will increase safety by reducing the number of times that planes on the ground must taxi across active runways.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stood before a bulldozer and mountain of dirt Thursday as he announced that DFW, the nation’s second busiest airport behind Atlanta, will get $29 million more for a new “end-around taxiway.”
DFW officials say that when work is completed in 2025, it will eliminate the need for planes to taxi across two of the airport’s main runways.
“Every time a plane has to cross an active runway to get to where it’s going, that’s a source of risk,” Buttigieg told reporters.
Buttigieg said the most serious runway incursions — when planes or ground vehicles are too close together — are happening twice a month now instead of once a month.
“We want to get that to zero, and so there is also a paradigm shift of treating the close calls with the same level of seriousness that we treat actual incidents,” he said — declining to even utter the word “accidents.”
Plans for the new taxiway were in the works before the recent spate of close calls between planes at airports around the country. And it won’t prevent incidents like the one in January at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, when an American Airlines crew took two wrong turns and crossed a runway in front of a departing Delta Air Lines jet.
But Buttigieg and the Federal Aviation Administration are eager to show the public they are responding to increasing concern about air safety.
The FAA’s acting administrator, Billy Nolen, held a “safety summit” of airline-industry groups two weeks ago and called for more data about the recent close calls. Nolen followed that with an alert to pilots and everyone else in aviation — in effect, telling them to pay more attention to safety procedures.
At DFW Airport, the FAA has promised to provide $180 million for a recently completed taxiway on the north side of the terminals and the new one on the south side. Officials say they will reduce the amount of time passengers must spend in planes taxiing between gates and runways.
DFW is one of four airports Buttigieg is touring this week to tout infrastructure projects supported by the Biden administration. The others are Charlotte, North Carolina, where a similar end-around taxiway is being built; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Oklahoma City. | 2023-03-30T18:52:30+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/buttigieg-touts-airport-projects-to-boost-safety-efficiency/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Viral researchers believe someone in central Ohio has been infected with COVID-19 for at least two years, and they’re hoping to find that person.
While the researchers believe there is no threat to public health, they hope this case holds much-needed answers to treating long COVID.
Molecular virologist Dr. Marc Johnson, a microbiology professor at the University of Missouri’s medical school, spent much of his career studying HIV.
That changed in early 2020 when Missouri health officials asked him to lead the state’s wastewater sampling program to help track COVID outbreaks. At the time, Johnson said there was not much data available on the genetic material of the virus.
“There was no protocol established at that point for sequencing SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater, so I developed my own,” Johnson said.
As the virus evolved into different variants, like Delta and Omicron, sequencing its genetic material helped identify which strains were more prevalent in different areas. That’s when Johnson discovered what he calls “cryptic” strains, or “cryptics.”
“(Cryptics) have certain patterns; there are certain mutations that they regularly accumulate that are not in a circulating lineage,” Johnson said.
Johnson found that these unique versions of the virus would linger in one wastewater system for a period of time and suddenly disappear. At first, he could not understand why these mutated sequences weren’t spreading, even in densely populated areas like New York City.
“I thought it was coming from the rats, simply because I couldn’t think of anything else that…had enough mass in the sewer shed that wouldn’t move around,” Johnson said. “We’ve tested more rat feces than I care to remember.”
The rat fecal tests were negative.
As sequencing became more common in sewer systems across the United States, Johnson started looking at publicly available data. A cryptic in Wisconsin led to Johnson’s next discovery: these sequences might be linked to just one person.
“We started tracking it,” Johnson said. “So, we started from the main treatment plant of over 100,000 people, and sort of like checked all the lines. And all of them, only one of the lines had the lineage. And so we would just keep going, checking… all of the pieces of the web, figuring out, following it up, up the line until we got to a single manhole. That manhole actually only got waste from one place, which was a company (that) had about 30 employees.”
Johnson said the trail went cold after two-thirds of the employees at the Wisconsin company agreed to be tested for COVID with nasal swabs, and all of the tests came back negative. While he and his colleagues spent months studying the cryptic strain and gaining approval to collect stool samples from the employees, the strain vanished.
“We don’t know why,” Johnson said. “Either they left the job, or got better, or is in remission – we don’t know. But we’re still monitoring it. And we’ve actually now gotten started collecting stool samples from the company.”
This spring, Johnson found another cryptic in Columbus’s sewer shed. He said the same sequence appeared in Washington Court House and has a lineage that pre-dates the Delta variant, the strain most prevalent in the summer of 2021.
Johnson believes this indicates that someone has been carrying and shedding the COVID virus for more than two years. He went as far as to predict that this person lives in Columbus and commutes to Washington Court House for work.
“I just know that they regularly shed into both sewer sheds often on the same day,” Johnson said.
The researcher hopes that by sharing this story, that person will come forward to help him answer a lot of important questions.
“How many cases are there like this? What are their symptoms? Is this related to long COVID?” Johnson said. “There are a lot of people who got COVID and never really got over it, and we don’t know why. It’s probable most of them are not chronic infections, but some of them might be, which would actually be good, because that’s theoretically treatable, and they actually get better.”
Johnson stressed that this is not a threat to public health, explaining that the virus is inactive once it passes through the gastrointestinal tract.
If you frequently commute between Columbus and Washington Court House, you can email Johnson at marcjohnson@missouri.edu.
A spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Health said health officials are not fully convinced that the cryptic strain is linked to only one person, and they are not investigating it because it poses no threat to public health. | 2023-06-06T23:28:30+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/ohio-resident-sought-by-scientists-may-have-had-cryptic-covid-strain-for-2-years/ |
HBCU College Fair, Parade of Bands, Battle of the Bands and ESPN First Take live broadcast among event's key components; Record number of HBCU college scholarships expected to be awarded on the spot
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- High school students from across the Southeast and beyond will descend on Walt Disney World Resort next month for the largest-ever HBCU Week featuring a huge college fair, a parade of high-stepping marching bands, a fierce battle of the bands and a live ESPN broadcast.
A record number of high school students (more than 5,000) and Historically Black Colleges and University representatives (nearly 50) will take part in the weekend event, October 7-9, 2022, when more than $10 million in scholarships are expected to be awarded, which would be another event record. Since 2017, more than 3,500 on-the-spot admissions have been offered, along with more than $23 million in scholarships.
This is the first time in its five-year history that the HBCU Week Foundation is hosting its annual event at Walt Disney World Resort, which is expanding the foundation's ability to stage new and more high-profile activities for its attendees. As a result, this year there will be a parade of HBCU bands down Main Street, U.S.A. at Magic Kingdom Park; a battle of the bands at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex along with the college fair; a live broadcast of ESPN's First Take show featuring HBCU Week ambassador Stephen A. Smith and show host Molly Qerim; and several Lunch and Learn seminars for students to gain educational and career insights.
Delaware State, Bethune Cookman, North Carolina A&T, Winston-Salem State and Alcorn University will participate in the parade at Magic Kingdom and compete in the Battle of the Bands.
"We are pleased to share in the mission to highlight the rich history and cultural significance of HBCUs, creating educational and, ultimately, career opportunities for students," said HBCU Week Founder and CEO Ashley Christopher. "Hosting this national event at Walt Disney World Resort helps amplify the mission of HBCU Week, attracting more parents and students throughout the country to our events and helps make an even greater impact in fostering opportunities for thousands of students."
Disney's involvement in HBCU Week is part of a relationship between HBCU Week Foundation and Disney on the Yard, an initiative focused on deepening Disney's engagement with HBCUs. By working more closely with HBCUs, Disney aims to continue building a long-term pipeline of Black employee talent through the development of student internships, mentorship opportunities, career and employee spotlights, scholarships and more.
"This event is an ideal collaboration in that it highlights Disney's commitment to supporting HBCUs and the mission of HBCU Week," said Avis Lewis, Vice President Human Resources, Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Parks International. "We are pleased with the immense momentum we are seeing already, with unprecedented attendance at the college fair and a host of exciting events planned. We look forward to seeing students and parents from all over the Southeast enjoying this event and all the magic of Disney while they are here."
Disney theme park admission and reservations are required for entry to Magic Kingdom Park for the HBCU Week band parade. Tickets are also required for the Battle of the Bands at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. There is no admission charge for all other HBCU events.
For more information about HBCU Week and for students to register for the College Fair, visit www.HBCUWeek.org. Follow HBCU Week at Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About HBCU Week
HBCU Week was founded by Ashley Christopher, Esq. in 2017. It is managed by the HBCU Week Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. HBCU Week consists of multi-day events held throughout the nation each year, designed to encourage high school-aged youth to enroll in HBCUs, provide scholarship dollars for matriculation and sustain a pipeline for employment from undergraduate school to corporate America. A highlight of our events is the College Fair, which offers on-the-spot college acceptance and scholarships to qualified high school seniors. www.HBCUWeek.org. Follow HBCU Week at Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, located at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, is a premier site for amateur sports in the nation. The complex has hosted more than 100 entertainment and sporting events each year and has accommodated 70 different sports featuring athletes from 70 different countries. Designed to provide professional, amateur and youth athletes with experiences synonymous with the names Disney and ESPN, the 220-acre facility features multiple competition venues, including 16 baseball/softball fields, a 9,500-seat ballpark, 18 multi-purpose outdoor fields for soccer, football, and field hockey, three indoor venues for basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, dance and other indoor sports, a track and field facility and a cross country course. For more information, visit disneysportsnews.com for news releases, photos and videos, follow on Twitter at @ESPNWWOS and at Facebook at ESPNWWOS.
About Disney on the Yard
Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do at The Walt Disney Company. Disney on the Yard was established to deepen engagement and relationships to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We are energized and committed to creating meaningful connections through student internships, networking, mentorship opportunities, career showcases, and more. We will continue to make a difference and move in a more inclusive direction where everyone can be their authentic selves.
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GENEVA (AP) — Independent human rights experts working with the U.N. on Tuesday called for an investigation of possible abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by government forces in Mali and the Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian military contractor.
More than a dozen experts, who focus on issues as various as the use of mercenaries, torture, and violence against women and girls, cited accounts of “horrific executions, mass graves, acts of torture, rape and sexual violence” and other alleged crimes over the last two years by government forces and “their allies” in the area of central Mopti and elsewhere in the restive West African country.
“We are particularly worried by credible reports that over the course of several days in late March 2022, Malian armed forces accompanied by military personnel believed to belong to the Wagner Group, executed several hundred people, who had been rounded up in Moura, a village in central Mali,” the experts said in a statement.
The experts said they were “disturbed by the apparent increased outsourcing of traditional military functions to the so-called Wagner Group in various military operations.”
Western officials say hundreds of fighters from the Wagner Group began working more than a year ago alongside Mali’s armed forces to try to stem a decade-long insurgency by Islamic extremists in the West African country.
Diplomats, analysts and human rights groups say indiscriminate violence against civilians has grown since the mercenaries arrived, warning that extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have only become stronger.
The outside experts, who aren’t U.N. staff, work under a mandate from the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council in Geneva to help keep tabs on a vast array of human rights concerns around the world.
“The lack of transparency and ambiguity over the legal status of the Wagner Group, combined with reprisals against those daring to speak out, create an overall climate of terror and complete impunity for victims of the Wagner Group’s abuses,” the experts said, adding that they’ve relayed their concerns directly to the government in Bamako. | 2023-01-31T20:11:02+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-experts-seek-investigation-of-wagner-group-mali-forces/ |
(Our Auto Expert) – Research shows that American adults of all ages and income levels are getting swept up in the luxury goods boom, including cars, that is currently underway. But what exactly is a luxury car?
A luxury vehicle promises quality, craftsmanship, exclusivity, and a high price tag. Luxury car makers BMW and Mercedes grew during 2022, when many car companies declined at the end of the pandemic.
According to Bain & Co research, millennials and younger generations will make up 80 percent of luxury spending by 2030, showing the growth in luxury cars.
This year, according to Forbes’s real-time billionaire ranking, Bernard Arnault, the CEO of Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, even overtook tech emperor Elon Musk as the richest person on Earth with an estimated $232 billion. This is a demonstration of the importance of luxury to the market.
The average price of luxury items has spiked by 25 percent in the last year. Mercedes-Maybach presents Night Series – the next chapter in the brand’s mission of evolving its curated portfolio and creating moments in which magic is born.
It showcases striking details such as dark chrome elements, surfaces that catch the light like a cut jewel, and interiors that elevate Maybach’s design to new heights.
The progressive design package is available across the Mercedes-Maybach model range – EQS SUV, GLS, and S-Class. Maybach is expecting a new and younger audience with these vehicles. The price tag of the night edition will be around $30,000 more than the regular Maybach vehicles for this exclusive luxury trim level.
BMW is one of the world’s strongest luxury brands. The 2023 BMW i7 xDrive60 is just the latest in a growing line of new BMWs that are as startlingly good to drive as they are startling to look at.
Given the company’s history, you’d expect any all-new 7 Series to be a great car, but getting the electric version so right on the first go-round is worthy of commendation.
Rolls Royce will launch their new hyper luxury all-electric car later this year, “Spector.”
Spector is worth around $600 million annually in income for Rolls Royce. Alfa Romeo, the historic Italian luxury brand, will be making a new play in the American market with the sub-compact plug-in hybrid CUV, the Tonale.
Alfa Romeo will continue to promote its limited edition cars and SUVs, including the high-performance Stelvio special editions.
Luxury car sales are on the rise, and with new models being introduced, it’s clear that the market is expanding.
Whether you’re a fan of BMW, Mercedes, Maybach, Rolls Royce, or Alfa Romeo, there’s something for everyone in the luxury car market, despite your age or Income level. | 2023-05-30T18:29:28+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/consumer-reports/luxury-car-sales-are-on-the-rise-with-millennials/ |
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast. | 2022-05-29T13:26:55+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/2022-05-29/week-in-politics-bidens-commencement-address-background-checks-midterm-elections |
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Crowds gathered at town halls across France Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of violence touched off by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in suburban Paris.
The unrest, which appeared to be easing on Sunday night, was driven by a mainly teenage backlash in the suburbs and urban housing projects against a French state that many young people with immigrant roots say routinely discriminates against them. In all, 99 town halls have been attacked in the violence, the Interior Ministry said, including a weekend attempt to ram the home of one mayor with an explosives-laden car.
There has been little in the way of organized protests beyond a march last week for Nahel, the 17-year-old of Algerian descent who was killed on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Instead, the anger has manifested in young people targeting police, with both sides using increasingly aggressive tactics.
The average age of the 3,354 people arrested over the past week was 17, the interior minister said. But the problem of discrimination strikes all ages, according to Ahmed Djamai, a 58-year-old born in Nanterre who attended Monday’s solidarity gathering at the town hall.
Djamai said police stopped him not long ago and demanded a residence permit, even though he neither has nor needs one as a French citizen. He said the problem won’t go away even as the violence subsides.
“Our second, third and fourth-generation children face the same problem when they go out to get a job, when they go to prestigious universities,” he said. “They’re not accepted. So even now, the problem is social, but it’s also one of identity. It goes much deeper than that.”
French President Emmanuel Macron was meeting Tuesday with mayors of 220 towns from across the country. Across France, 34 buildings — many of them linked to the government — were attacked from Sunday into Monday, along with 297 vehicles.
Macron last week blamed social media for the spread of the unrest and called on parents to take responsibility for their teenagers. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti told France Inter radio that parents who abdicated that responsibility, “either through disinterest or deliberately,” would be prosecuted.
The anger has descended into attacks against symbols of the state, widespread arson and nighttime looting. About 45,000 officers were deployed nationwide overnight.
“We know all too well that this violence penalizes first and foremost the children, the people and the families of our neighborhoods and all of the residents of our city,” said Nanterre Mayor Patrick Jarry. “We want justice to be done for Nahel and for the appeal by the family and notably by his grandmother for an end to the violence and destruction to be heard and respected.”
A car packed with explosives struck the home of the mayor of the Paris suburb of L’Hay-les-Roses over the weekend, an unusually personal attack that authorities said would be prosecuted as an attempted homicide. The attack prompted an outpouring of support for local governments in many towns where the city hall is often literally central to public life.
L’Hay-les-Roses Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun said his wife and one of his children were injured and criticized the government for doing too little, too late — and said blaming social media or parents was papering over a bigger problem.
“The base ingredients are still there. For several years now, all summer long, explosives go off that keep people from sleeping, that make them crazy,” he told BFM television on Monday. “We are powerless summer after summer.”
In all, according to the Interior Ministry, there were 157 arrests overnight out of a total of 3,354 since last Tuesday, and two law enforcement stations were attacked, among other damage.
The interior minister said children as young as 12 or 13 had been detained for attacking law enforcement and setting fires.
In the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, where a fire also struck the town hall, residents over the weekend said anger had simmered for years and many said the government had done little to help them.
“Young people are afraid to die by the hands of police. They are hopeless. They are bored and they need something to distract them so they don’t hang out in the streets,” said Samba Seck, 39.
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Jade Le Deley contributed from Clichy-sous-Bois, France. Lori Hinnant contributed from Paris. | 2023-07-03T17:24:56+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-french-rioting-appears-to-slow-6-days-after-teens-death-in-paris-suburbs/ |
Woman accused of abandoning autistic son sentenced
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Indiana mother accused of having abandoned her 5-year-old autistic son on a dead-end street in Ohio earlier this year has been sentenced to six months in a lockdown facility where she will receive mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Heather Adkins, 33, of Shelbyville pleaded guilty last month in Hamilton County Court to child endangerment. A kidnapping charge was dropped as part of a plea agreement.
Prosecutors said Adkins drove from Indiana to Tennessee in February to drop off two of her three children with a friend but on the way back abandoned her son on a dead-end street in Colerain Township near Cincinnati, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from her home.
Officials said the boy, who is nonverbal, was spotted by passing motorists as he tried to wave down cars in the rain. Adkins was arrested at a gas station in Georgetown, Ky., on an unrelated warrant. In court, Adkins acknowledged the facts of the case but denied that she intended to harm her son, WCPO-TV reported.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that after her release from River City Correctional Center, Adkins will be on probation for three years. Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Branch also ordered her last week to stay away from her son.
For more Tennessee news, click here. | 2022-10-02T20:22:36+00:00 | wbbjtv.com | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/10/02/woman-accused-of-abandoning-autistic-son-sentenced/ |
Swift's new album, which chronicles 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout her life, includes a bracing amount of clear-headed thoughts about love and life as a pop star.
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Swift's new album, which chronicles 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout her life, includes a bracing amount of clear-headed thoughts about love and life as a pop star.
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Pirates' Keller exits against Red Sox with shoulder fatigue
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Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller left his start against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night after two innings because of right shoulder fatigue.The Red Sox scored four runs off Keller in the first inning and added an unearned run in the second to take a 5-0 lead. He wound up allowing five runs, four earned, and five hits while walking three and striking out two.Keller entered the game with a 4-8 record and 4.25 ERA in 22 games, including 20 starts, this season. He pitched into the sixth inning in his previous seven starts.
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Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller left his start against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night after two innings because of right shoulder fatigue.
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Keller entered the game with a 4-8 record and 4.25 ERA in 22 games, including 20 starts, this season. He pitched into the sixth inning in his previous seven starts. | 2022-08-17T04:56:49+00:00 | wtae.com | https://www.wtae.com/article/pirates-mitch-keller-shoulder-fatigue/40903473 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — KSN News sent a questionnaire to each candidate facing a challenger in the August primary election. We have not made any edits to the candidate’s answers.
Biographical Information:
Jason Goetz was raised by Stan & Suzi Goetz along side his amazing younger brother & sister Andrew & Brittany. He was raised in a faith based fourth generation farming family which helped form his conservative roots through faith in Jesus Christ and the value of hard work.
Overall he hopes to bring a strong biblical worldview to the Kansas State House of Representatives by standing firm for Faith – Family – Freedom! He believes a representative needs to live among their constituents in order to speak and act on their behalf from a place of genuine community.
Jason graduated from Dodge City High School in 1998. He has fond memories of his basketball teammates and great coaches who pushed him to excel at the sport he loved and receive athletic scholarships. He graduated from Sterling College located in Sterling, Kansas in 2002 with a Bachelor’s Degree in religious & Philosophical Studies. It was during these years in college he made the commitment to pursue a career as a Pastor.
Jason served the congregation of Dodge City Church of the Nazarene for nine years in positions of Pastor to Families with Youth, Life Mission Pastor and Executive Pastor.
In 2012 he married his lovely wife Myrna and has been blessed to help raise his step-son Noel, step-daughter Jaclyn and their son together Mayson. Myrna was in the medical field for 16 years and transitioned to becoming a Real Estate Agent with Remax Villa of Dodge City after Mayson was born. Noel is pursuing a career in nursing and Jaclyn a career in elementary education. Mayson was born with down syndrome and is the cutest ball of joy any family could receive. His
Jason then served as bi-vocational Senior Pastor of Wilroads Gardens Christian Church for 6 years while also working full-time at his family business Goetz Farm’s Inc which spans throughout Ford, Gray and Clark counties. He has a passion for mentoring and helping anyone in need and loves to build community across cultural lines.
A major shift happened in Jason’s life in 2021 when he decided take a break from Pastoring and step away from the family farm and pursue the position of Chief Operating Officer of Christian Brothers Construction, which is now a production home building company with developments in Dodge City, Garden City, Minneola and Hugoton. Jason had helped start this company fives years prior and now the company has grown to a place where his skills with people are needed to continue to scale the business for continued growth. Most of the state of Kansas is in a housing shortage and he has pride and purpose in building quality homes for the people he serves.
In his free time Jason enjoys swimming and running down hills with Mayson, and watching College Basketball with friends. Hiking in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado with his family is one of his favorite ways to to take a break and enjoy the great outdoors. Leading and attending bible studies rejuvenates his soul and date nights at Prime on the Nine restaurant with Myrna refresh his heart and belly.
Campaign website/Facebook/Social Media:
JasonGoetzForKansas.com
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Twitter: Goetz4house
What is your opinion of the Value Them Both Amendment? What changes would you like to see regarding abortions in Kansas?
I am in favor of the Value Them Both Amendment which would help put needed regulations on the abortion industry in Kansas. Our state is increasingly becoming a destination for late term abortions which I strongly appose. Every child in the womb needs to be protected and the Value Them Both Amendment is a step in the right direction both for the child and the mother.
What is your stance on the legalization of medical marijuana?
The legalization of medical marijuana is a slippery slope and I would caution the state on making this legal. I am not against medical marijuana in it’s pure intension but the collateral of legalizing it has statistically shown a rise in recreational use in others states. Until we can find a safe way to prohibit recreational use while providing medical marijuana I believe our state needs to wait on legalization.
Do you think KanCare should be expanded? Why or why not?
I do not believe Kancare should be expanded. Larger government has not proved to be efficient in anyway in our history. I am for smaller government and especially when it comes to government having oversight on personal health I do not have confidence in.
What are the issues you would address for farmers and ranchers?
Issues I would address for farmers would primarily be focused on inflation and cost of goods. Being raised and involved in a fourth generation farming family I have personally witnessed the strain of inflation and high fuel prices has on the ability for farmers to continue to grow the resources we all depend on.
What are the key education issues in Kansas for K-12? For universities?
I believe the education system as it is promotes sustaining the system more than equipping the student for success. The government education system needs more competition and the solution that has worked in other states has been School Choice programs where the money gets to follow the child into the best educational system for them.
What do you think needs to be done to promote social and racial justice?
On the topic of race retaliations in our communities I take a simple stance of relating to each other based on the content of our character rather than the color of our skin. This is the heart of the matter, character. Solving discrimination against different races will never be solved without a core baseline morally that we can all unite around. Unity and justice needs to flow to all races and where some are experiencing pain the rest of us should be quick to listen and slow to speak and then we will find real solutions.
What do you think should be done to help Kansans dealing with high costs?
I believe the higher cost of living we are currently experiencing is directly related to our government federally and in the state not knowing how to do more with less. The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil and our hope should not be in our ability to print and spend money. I would lower taxes on citizens and help reduce government spending every chance I received. | 2022-07-13T21:14:43+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/your-local-election-hq/candidates/jason-w-goetz-republican-for-kansas-house-district-119/ |
WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, May 26, 2022
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...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY...
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Ozone Action Day for the El Paso Area, from 7 AM to 8 PM MDT
Thursday.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone pollution in the El Paso area. You can help
prevent ozone Pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a
bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes,
conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned.
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OZONE: THE FACTS
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Matthew Stafford is questionable for the Los Angeles Rams' home game against Arizona while working through the NFL's concussion protocol.
The quarterback has been “making good progress and steady progression” since being placed in the protocol Tuesday, Rams coach Sean McVay said Friday.
Stafford worked out and threw the ball Thursday, and he participated in the Rams' practice Friday on a limited basis. None of that progress means Stafford will play for Los Angeles (3-5) against the Cardinals (3-6) at SoFi Stadium, however.
“It could go all the way up until 90 minutes before kickoff," McVay said on the decision to allow Stafford to play.
“When you’ve got a guy that’s a veteran player like him, you’re not going to risk at all,” McVay added. “We’re not going to skip any steps. I don’t want that to be misunderstood. But I think it would be silly of me to rule him out when you’re talking about our quarterback, the guy that means so much to us, if there’s a possibility (for him to play) while not (putting him at risk).”
The Rams say they had no indication Stafford had concussion symptoms last Sunday during their loss at Tampa Bay. Stafford was sacked four times by the Buccaneers, and he has been sacked 28 times in eight games this season behind a patchwork offensive line consisting of eight different starting lineups in eight games.
Stafford went into the concussion protocol Tuesday after the usual postgame medical examinations, the Rams said.
Despite his poor protection, Stafford is completing a career-best 68.4% of his passes for 1,928 yards with eight touchdowns against eight interceptions, including just three picks in the past six games. He has been one of the NFL's most durable quarterbacks during his career, missing only eight games — all of them in the 2019 season with Detroit — over the past 12 years.
John Wolford is expected to start for the Rams if Stafford can't play. Wolford, a four-year backup in McVay's offense, has played only in mop-up duty since he started two games for Los Angeles during the 2020-21 season, including a playoff game.
The Rams got positive injury news about offensive lineman Coleman Shelton and rookie running back Kyren Williams, who will both play against the Cardinals. Shelton, who has started at right guard and center this season, missed four games with a high ankle sprain.
Williams, a fifth-round pick out of Notre Dame, has yet to play on offense after injuring his ankle on his only special teams snap during the Rams' season opener against Buffalo.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-11-12T01:01:47+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Rams-QB-Stafford-making-progress-in-concussion-17578596.php |
Verna McAllister, 84, formerly of Palmersville
Funeral services for Verna L. McAllister, age 84, formerly of Palmersville, will be Sunday, March 26, 2023, at 2:00 at Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden.
Burial will be in the Thompson Cemetery in Dresden.
Visitation will be Sunday, March 26, 2023, from noon until service time.
Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden is in charge of arrangements. | 2023-03-21T21:43:06+00:00 | thunderboltradio.com | https://www.thunderboltradio.com/verna-mcallister-84-formerly-of-palmersville/ |
South Carolina basketball team cancels BYU games over racist harassment at volleyball match
By Wayne Sterling, CNN
The South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team has canceled its home-and-home series with the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars following the racial incident involving Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson at a BYU game last week, Dawn Staley, head coach for the defending national champions said on Friday.
“As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,” Staley said in a statement. “The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series.”
Richardson said BYU officials did not act quick enough to stop the racist harassment she and other Black players were subject to during a match last week. Richardson tweeted that she and some of her teammates “were targeted and racially heckled throughout the entirety of the match. The slurs and comments grew into threats which caused us to feel unsafe.”
BYU issued an apology the day after the game and said it banned a fan.
South Carolina was scheduled to open its season at home against BYU on November 7. The Gamecocks said they are looking for another opponent for the season opener at Colonial Life Arena.
BYU said it is “extremely disappointed” with the decision.
“We are extremely disappointed in South Carolina’s decision to cancel our series and ask for patience with the on-going investigation,” BYU women’s basketball team said in a statement on Twitter. “We believe the solution is to work together to root out racism and not to separate from one another. #LoveOneAnother.”
Both teams were set to play each other at the Utah university next season.
BYU said it has no proof that the fan banned used a racial slur. The investigation is ongoing.
“We are still investigating fan behavior as well as investigating our own response to the reported behavior,” Jon McBride, BYU associate athletic director said in a statement to CNN on Saturday. “The individual who was banned was the person identified by Duke as using racial slurs. However, we have been unable to find any evidence of that person using slurs in the match. We continue to investigate that specific situation.”
On Thursday, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe wrote an opinion piece for the Deseret News stating that the school is “committed to zero-tolerance of racism” and will be defined by its response to the racial incident.
“Let me be clear where BYU stands on this issue: racism is disgusting and unacceptable,” he wrote. “We have worked to understand and follow-up on Rachel’s experience with sincere commitment and ongoing concern. To say we were extremely disheartened by her report is not strong enough language. BYU and BYU Athletics are committed to zero-tolerance of racism. Any fan found engaging in racist insults will be banned from our athletic venues.
Holmoe added: “While some will try to define BYU by this incident, we will ultimately be defined by how we respond. The BYU I know and love rejects racism.”
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Sharks hire Mike Grier as NHL’s first Black GM
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Sharks have hired longtime NHL forward Mike Grier to become the first Black general manager in NHL history.
Grier fills the spot that opened when Doug Wilson stepped away for health reasons earlier this year.
Grier spent three of his 14 seasons in the NHL with the Sharks from 2006-09, and he has spent the past decade filling various roles as a coach and scout around the league. He was most recently the hockey operations advisor for the New York Rangers.
Grier was the pick after a lengthy search that included dozens of candidates and lasted nearly three months since Wilson announced he was stepping down on April 7. Wilson had taken a leave of absence in November.
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The barrier-breaking hire comes less than a week after interim general manager Joe Will announced that head coach Bob Boughner and three of his assistants wouldn’t return next season. Will said he made the move two months after the season ended to give the new general manager a clean slate.
Grier has a tough task in San Jose in trying to rebuild a team that has missed the playoffs for three straight seasons for the first time in franchise history.
Grier will have to get to work quickly, hiring a new coach and dealing with the draft Thursday and Friday and the start of free agency next week. San Jose has the 11th pick in the first round.
Grier comes from a family of successful sports executives. His brother, Chris, serves as general manager of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, and his father, Bobby, served as a longtime coach and front office executive for the New England Patriots and Houston Texans.
Grier went into hockey instead, playing 1,060 games in the NHL for Edmonton, Washington, Buffalo and San Jose. He had 162 goals and 221 assists in his career.
The NHL has been stressing diversity with several women also getting opportunities in front office positions and on coaching staffs.
The Arizona Coyotes announced Tuesday that Kelsey Koelzer and Kori Cheverie will serve as coaches under head coach André Tourigny during the team’s development program next week. | 2022-07-05T22:00:28+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/sports/sharks-hire-mike-grier-as-nhls-first-black-gm |
Man arrested, charged with attempted murder after shooting in Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - One person was hurt after a shooting in Spartanburg on Wednesday morning on Clinchfield Street, according to Spartanburg Police.
According to police, officers responded to a home on Clinchfield Street on July 13 and found a woman sitting on a bench in front of the building with a gunshot wound to her left leg.
Police say the woman tells officers that she returned home and got into an argument with her boyfriend, 56-year-old Ricky Rector, over food stamps. She told officers he wanted to sell her food stamps, but she did not tell him that she had any food stamps.
Police say the woman told them she then went outside to the porch and he followed her and shot her in her left leg. He then went back inside the house.
Rector was arrested and charged with attempted murder, police say.
Stay with Fox Carolina as we work to learn more.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk is now facing a trial over a company he didn’t.
Long before Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October, he had set his sights on Tesla, the electric automaker where he continues to serve as CEO and from which he derives most of his wealth and fame.
Musk claimed in a August 7, 2018 tweet that he had lined up the financing to pay for a $72 billion buyout of Tesla, which he then amplified with a follow-up statement that made a deal seem imminent.
But the buyout never materialized and now Musk will have to explain his actions under oath in a federal court in San Francisco. The trial, which begins on Tuesday with jury selection, was triggered by a class-action lawsuit on behalf of investors who owned Tesla stock for a 10-day period in August 2018.
Musk’s tweets back then fueled a rally in Tesla’s stock price that abruptly ended a week later, after it became apparent that he didn’t have the funding for a buyout after all. That resulted in him scrapping his plan to take the automaker private, culminating in a $40 million settlement with U.S. securities regulators that also required him to step down as the company’s chairman.
Musk has since contended he entered that settlement under duress and maintained he believed he had locked up financial backing for a Tesla buyout during meetings with representatives from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
The trial’s outcome may hinge on the jury’s interpretation of Musk’s motive for tweets that U.S. District Judge Edward Chen has already decided were a falsehood.
Chen dealt Musk another setback on Friday, when he rejected Musk’s bid to transfer the trial to a federal court in Texas, where Tesla moves its headquarters in 2021. Musk had argued that negative coverage of his Twitter purchase had poisoned the jury pool in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Musk’s leadership of Twitter — where he has gutted the staff and alienated users and advertisers — has proven unpopular among Tesla’s current stockholders, who are worried he has been devoting less time steering the automaker at a time of intensifying competition. Those concerns contributed to a 65% percent decline in Tesla’s stock last year that wiped out more than $700 billion in shareholder wealth — far more than the $14 billion swing in fortune that occurred between the company’s high and low stock prices during the Aug. 7-17, 2018 period covered in the class-action lawsuit.
The lawsuit is based on the premise that Tesla’s shares wouldn’t have traded at such a wide range if Musk hadn’t dangled the prospect of buying the company for $420 per share. Tesla’s stock has split twice since then, making that $420 price worth $28 on adjusted basis now. The shares closed last week at $122.40, down from its November 2021 split-adjusted peak of $414.50.
After Musk dropped the idea of a Tesla buyout, the company overcame a production problem, resulting in a rapid upturn in car sales that caused its stock to soar and minted Musk as the world’s richest person until he bought Twitter. Musk dropped from the top spot on the wealth list after the stock market’s backlash to his handling of Twitter.
The trial is likely to provide insights into Musk’s management style, given the witness list includes some of Tesla’s current and former top executives and board members, including luminaries such as Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder, as well as James Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The drama also may shed light on Musk’s relationship with his brother, Kimbal, who is also on the list of potential witnesses who may be called during a trial scheduled to continue through Feb. 1. | 2023-01-17T04:48:01+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/ap-elon-musks-next-drama-a-trial-over-his-tweets-about-tesla/ |
Top Ai firm brought in to fight the digital information war by predicting, shaping and repelling false narratives
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NWO.ai, a leading predictive AI platform that helps prominent enterprises anticipate major changes in micro-trends, today announced its partnership with The Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security within the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.
This new partnership which, marks NWO.ai's expansion into the government and national security sectors, is being coordinated in conjunction with technologist and national security experts, OODA, and is intended to support Ukraine in its efforts to maintain independence.
The Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security of Ukraine is at the forefront of defending Ukraine and the world against a global misinformation war.
Mykola Balaban, Deputy Head of the Centre, said:
"Russia has dedicated vast resources to distort the information space and help achieve its military and geopolitical goals. Part of the strategy is to flood the world with misinformation to confuse citizens as well as business and government leaders. NWO.ai's platform is powerful, but also very user friendly, that's a rare and potent combination that makes our job easier. The technology has already proven to be helpful in our war efforts."
Pulkit Jaiswal, co-founder NWO.ai said:
"In the war for words, narrative is king and todays information battle is digital. NWO.ai's advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) engine continuously transforms petabytes of unstructured narrative data into intuitive, visual metrics and clear intelligence that can be used on the digital front line. Our ability to understand and bring order to massive amounts of complex data is key for all users of our platform, but we're especially proud when it helps world leaders make better informed decisions on matters of critical national and global security. In a world where fast moving narrative and language corrupt thoughts in real time it's very important to get ahead. NWO.ai is committed to supporting Ukraine in its fight for freedom"
Bob Gourley, OODA co-founder & former CTO of the US Defense Intelligence Agency notes: "NWO.ai is an exciting platform because it helps decision makers keep a tight OODA loop, the cycle of observe–orient–decide–act, developed by military strategist and United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd. With so much at stake in Ukraine, we commend NWO.ai for making its technology and services available to support this mission.
NWO.ai, OODA, and The Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security of Ukraine work together to help provide insights into areas of strategic focus, including anticipatory signals surfaced by the NWO,ai platform. As Sourav Goswami, co-founder of NWO.ai notes, "Now is not the time for any ambiguity and it is well known that aggressors cannot live with the truth. We're proud to do our part to help promote the facts and make sure that the world knows exactly what is going on. Sitting on the sidelines simply is not an option in such times of increasing global tensions."
About NWO.ai: NWO.ai is a leading strategic intelligence platform that is revolutionizing the future of external data for enterprises. Using its proprietary artificial intelligence technology, NWO.ai is able to anticipate major changes in micro-trends, before they occur, providing companies with the critical insights needed to compete in today's ever-changing ecosystem. As organizations and enterprises continue to rely on data as part of their growth strategies, NWO.ai delivers data intelligence, culled from the most diverse data sources, that tackles major questions including the "who, what, when, and why now" for global businesses and governments. With access to more than 93 million signals at a given moment, NWO.ai is helping platform users remain at the forefront of their industry. For more information about NWO.ai, please www.nwo.ai.
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About The Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security: The Centre was established under the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine as one of the mechanisms for countering disinformation by joint efforts of the state and civil society. The Centre is focused on communication that is aiming to counter external threats, in particular information attacks of the Russian Federation. For more information about The Centre, please visit www.spravdi.gov.ua.
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A good mall is a centralized location for a wide variety of stores. But a great mall supplies all the consumer goods one's heart could ever desire. With more than 300 retailers, Aventura Mall is a great mall — to the point where leaving empty-handed often feels like Mission Impossible. High-end designers? Gucci, Valentino — check! A spot for local sneakerheads? Kick Essentials — check! Fast fashion? There's a two-story Zara — check! Even if you felt like you've lapped the mall enough times to know its blueprint by heart, new stores are constantly added to the roster, including the popular women's boutique Aritzia (which opened this past spring) and new athleisure brands Vuori and Alo Yoga (coming soon). With sit-down and fast-casual restaurants, such as Pubbelly Sushi, Motek (and its street-food offshoot Yalla Motek), "shopping till you drop" is no longer a worry. Be sure to check out the Aventura Slide Tower before you leave — no trip to Aventura Mall is complete without a 93-foot glide down German conceptual artist Carsten Höller's steel-and-glass structure. | 2023-06-20T18:04:46+00:00 | miaminewtimes.com | https://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2023/shopping-and-services/best-mall-17207198 |
Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in 2021 dropped to the lowest number in a decade; case filing trends revealed the disparate effects of the pandemic on different Chapter 11 bankruptcies
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, today releases its Bankruptcy Report. The report examines trends in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, which include the entire dockets in any bankruptcy proceeding filed in a United States Bankruptcy Court under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. It focuses on the five-year period from 2017 to 2021 and surveys emerging trends in case filings, courts, judges, law firms, parties, and timing metrics. The report often focuses on different sets of data, filtering cases in order to provide analytics on business debtors, individual debtors, involuntary petitions, confirmed plans, and bankruptcy cases sorted by total liabilities.
"This was a fascinating report to produce, both because it showcases data and analytics from our newest court system, but also because the analytics revealed some powerful insights and intriguing trends," said Laura Hopkins, Lex Machina's bankruptcy legal data expert and editor of the report. "Not only could we see the quantifiable effect the pandemic and its aftermath had on Chapter 11 proceedings, but our filters also highlighted the different effects the pandemic had on bankruptcy filings depending on the type of debtor and total amount of liabilities."
Findings from the report include:
- After a brief spike in 2020, the number of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings filed in 2021 (4,526 cases) was the lowest number of any year in the past decade.
- The most active bankruptcy court for Chapter 11 proceedings over the last five years was the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
- The court with the most Chapter 11 confirmed plans in the last five years was the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.
- Judge David R. Jones from the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas presided over the highest number of total Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings over the five-year period from 2017 to 2021.
- Jackson Walker represented debtors in the highest number of Chapter 11 proceedings over the past five years, while Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones represented creditor committees in the highest number of cases during the same period.
- The median time to plan confirmation was 393 days for Chapter 11 proceedings terminated from 2017 to 2021.
Lex Machina's reports and software enable practitioners to devise data-driven litigation strategies. The metrics in this report may help readers decide who to pursue as clients, how long a matter may take, or what level of counsel experience you are facing. This research supplements traditional legal research and anecdotal data for a competitive edge in court.
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Lex Machina is hosting a webcast to discuss the report on November 17, 2022 at noon ET/9am PT with Guy Fustine (Shareholder at Knox Law Firm), Laura Hopkins (Lex Machina's Legal Data Expert in Bankruptcy), and Aria Nejad (Lex Machina's in-house counsel). Register for the event or view a recording: https://pages.lexmachina.com/2022-Bankruptcy-Report-Webcast_LP.html
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Lex Machina fundamentally changes how companies and law firms compete in the business and practice of law. The company provides strategic insights on judges, lawyers, law firms, parties, and other critical information across 20 federal practice areas and a rapidly growing number of state courts. Lex Machina allows law firms and companies to predict the behaviors and outcomes that different legal strategies will produce, enabling them to win cases and close business.
Lex Machina was named "Greater Bay Area Top Workplaces 2022" (The San Francisco Chronicle Top Workplaces in the Bay Area 2022), "Legal Tech Company of the Year 2021" (CIO Review, 2021), "2021 Legal Technology Trailblazer" (National Law Journal Trailblazer Awards, 2021), Winner of the "Media Excellence" Award for Analytics/Big Data (13th Annual Media Excellence Award, 2021). Based in Silicon Valley, Lex Machina is part of LexisNexis, a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics. For more information, please visit www.lexmachina.com.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Students at a Florida high school got a grisly sight after a gutted shark was found hanging from their school’s rafters.
NBC affiliate WTLV reported that the shark carcass was found Thursday morning at Ponte Vedra High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, possibly as a senior prank.
For reference, the school’s mascot is a shark.
Photos show the carcass suspended by cords above a walkway at the school.
Students told WTLV that they were upset about the animal’s death.
“Some people think it’s funny. I’m not sure why; I don’t think it’s funny,” one student told the station.
WTLV reported that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed that five high school students killed the shark Tuesday night before hanging its body at the school at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
School officials said the carcass was removed at around 8 a.m. Thursday.
Experts were still trying to identify the species of shark at the time of the report. Meanwhile, the school is investigating the situation and is planning to discipline the students.
The type of offense could lead to possible expulsion or other punishments, according to WTLV. | 2022-05-06T16:39:56+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/dead-shark-found-gutted-hanging-from-florida-schools-rafters/ |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA put Memphis on three years of probation with a public reprimand and a fine Tuesday, but declined to punish Tigers coach Penny Hardaway or hand down an NCAA Tournament ban.
The NCAA had accused Memphis of four Level I and two Level II violations, considered the most serious infractions, and a total of seven alleged violations including lack of institutional control, head coach responsibility and failure to monitor.
The Independent Accountability Review Panel put the blame on Memphis failing to monitor Hardaway as an athletics booster or educate him better after hiring him as the Tigers’ men’s basketball coach. The panel also ruled Memphis provided impermissible benefits of meals to athletes and publicity benefits to recruits.
The panel also ruled Memphis failed to cooperate with the investigation by delaying handing over requested documents but decided these were Level II and III violations.
“There would have been no difficulty with with this panel arriving at that conclusion if they had been satisfied that the evidence demonstrated that there was conduct that reached the Level I,” IARP administrative officer Hugh Fraser said in a news conference. “But in this case, we did not find that.”
Memphis will be fined $5,000 plus 0.25% of its average men’s basketball budget — based on the average of the program’s last three total budgets. Probation starts Tuesday and runs to Sept. 26, 2025. Memphis also must send at least one member of its Office of Legal Counsel to two NCAA Regional Rules Seminars and inform all prospect men’s basketball recruits in writing that the Tigers are on probation.
Fraser said the panel did not want to punish current Memphis athletes.
“We respect and will fully comply with the IARP’s decision,” said Memphis president Bill Hardgrave, who was hired in November 2021.
The lack of a tournament ban or suspension for Hardaway is key for a program that just ended a long NCAA Tournament drought in March with its first berth since 2014. Hardaway said in a statement that brighter days are ahead and thanked the IARP for making its decision based on the facts.
“We have finally arrived at the end of an extremely challenging period, and I could not be more grateful,” Hardaway said. “I would like to thank our players and their families, as well as our coaches and our support staff, for continuing to focus on what we could control as this process lingered.”
The NCAA investigation started in May 2019 and continued into February 2021, with an amended notice of allegations sent to Memphis in July 2021. Fraser noted the pandemic was a contributing factor slowing down the investigation.
The probe began over the recruitment and the short time that James Wiseman spent at Memphis after receiving $11,500 from Hardaway in 2017. That’s when Hardaway was coach at East High School in Memphis. He wasn’t hired as Memphis’ coach until March 2018, and Wiseman committed to the Tigers in November 2018.
The NCAA originally ruled the money wasn’t allowed because Hardaway was a booster for the program. The former NBA All-Star gave $1 million in 2008 to his alma mater for the university’s sports hall of fame named for Hardaway. The IARP noted Hardaway had been helping people in Memphis since first going to the NBA in 1993.
Wiseman played the first game of the 2019-20 season before the NCAA ruled Wiseman ineligible. He played two more games after filing a restraining order against the NCAA.
The IARP says Memphis was informed Oct. 31 that Wiseman and two other athletes were not eligible because they received money from Hardaway after he became a booster. The IARP said Hardaway wasn’t told until after the opening game Nov. 5.
The IARP also wants Memphis to vacate all wins and records of the three games Wiseman played with those reflected in Hardaway’s career records.
On Nov. 20, 2019, the NCAA suspended Wiseman for 12 games and ordered him to repay $11,500 in the form of a donation to the charity of choice. Wiseman withdrew from Memphis in December 2019 and now plays for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.
Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch, hired Oct. 1, 2019, thanked Tigers’ fans for their patience and support through a “long and arduous process.” Veatch also made clear Memphis has enhanced its athletic compliance structure.
“To that end, we are thankful to the IARP for recognizing and reflecting that in its decision,” Veatch said. “As we prepare for a new season, we are all excited and ready to move forward, together.”
The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association fined East High School nearly $15,000 earlier this month and ordered the school to forfeit all games Wiseman played in for Hardaway, vacating its 2018 state championship and 2019 state runner-up trophy.
This was only the IARP’s second decision Tuesday, with cases involving Louisiana State, Arizona, Kansas and Louisville still on the group’s docket. North Carolina men’s basketball also was put on probation in the IARP’s first decision in December 2021.
Derrick Crawford, the NCAA vice president for hearing operations, said decisions on the remaining four cases will come by early summer 2023 at the latest, since the IARP is coming to a end.
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Kyle Westmoreland shoots 1-over 71 in round one of the Sony Open in Hawaii
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Kyle Westmoreland hit 14 of 18 greens in regulation during his first round at the Sony Open in Hawaii, finishing at 1 over for the tournament.
After a tee shot at the green on the 194-yard par-3 11th, Westmoreland missed a birdie attempt from 8-feet taking a par. This left Westmoreland to even for the round.
On the 194-yard par-3 17th, Westmoreland's tee shot went 219 yards to the left rough and his chip went 13 yards to the green where he rolled a two-putt for bogey. This moved him to 1 over for the round.
At the 551-yard par-5 18th, Westmoreland got on in 2 and missed his birdie putt from 5 feet to finish with a 3-putt par. This left Westmoreland to 1 over for the round.
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Which chest binder is best?
Whether you’re new to chest binding or an old hand at it, finding the right binder is important. Regardless of your reasons for needing it, you want to feel comfortable in your body and like what you see in the mirror. It’s a good idea to do a lot of research about chest binding to ensure you find one that gives you the results you want without compromising your safety. You should also try on multiple kinds and have someone handy to help you in case you get stuck. The Underworks FTM Gynecomastia Ultimate Chest Binder Tank 997 is a great choice.
What to know before you buy a chest binder
Safety
When it comes to chest binding, there are risks involved. Buying the right chest binder can mitigate some of these risks, but not all. If you have previously bound using bandaging for instance, you should probably consider switching to a binder, as it’s very easy to bind too tightly. When you do this, you risk restricting blood flow to your chest, especially if you wear the binding for over eight hours. You can also potentially crack a rib or damage your lungs, or just get painful chafing and blisters. Try to avoid binding when engaging in any strenuous physical activity. If you do decide to bind while exercising, use a binder that is the next size up from your usual size and always wash it afterward. Chest binding is important for a lot of folks, but make sure you’re not taking unnecessary risks and compromising your physical safety.
Tissue density
An important thing to keep in mind when shopping for a chest binder, is that chest size and tissue density will affect how well a binder will work. Larger chests, and chests with very dense breast tissue, are going to be harder to bind than smaller and less dense chests. You do not want to get a binder that is too tight, due to the aforementioned risk factors, but just be prepared that your results might not be ideal. Knowing whether your breast tissue is dense or not will help you shape your expectations accordingly.
Care
Due to the nature of chest binders, they should only be washed by hand. Washing them in a machine and with excessive heat could cause them to shrink, making them much less safe to wear. Be prepared to wash yours by hand, and consider getting backups for when one is dirty.
What to look for in a quality chest binder
Correct Size
A chest binder should fit firmly and compress your chest, but it should not be so tight that you can’t still breathe easily. Ideally you can put it on and take it off without assistance. You should absolutely not be in pain while wearing it. It should also not cause chafing or blisters.
Breathability
Whatever binder you get needs to have a certain amount of stretch to allow normal movement of your ribcage. It’s also better to get a binder that only binds in the front and has thinner material in the back. This will allow your skin to breathe better, which will make the binder more comfortable and safer to wear.
Effectiveness
As long as the binder is safe and comfortable to wear, you can assess how effective it is at actually binding your chest. As mentioned, depending on the size and density of your chest the binder may not be able to flatten you out perfectly, but you should still feel some satisfaction in how it looks under clothes at least.
How much you can expect to spend on a chest binder
A good, safe binder can range from $20-$40.
Chest binder FAQ
Can a chest binder smooth my hips too?
A. It can! You would just want to get a longer binder that goes down to your hips. As with a chest binder, make sure it is comfortable to wear and breathe in, and doesn’t restrict your range of motion.
Would a sports bra count as a chest binder?
A. If it gives you the results you want then absolutely.
What’s the best chest binder to buy?
Top chest binder
Underworks FTM Gynecomastia Ultimate Chest Binder Tank 997
What you need to know: The tank style of this binder means it is meant to fit over the hips, perfect for those who want all over smoothing and shaping.
What you’ll love: This one has extra layers on the front and sides but a thin mesh on the back to keep it breathable. It’s designed to not show under clothes and can be pulled over the top of the head or stepped into.
What you should consider: Because of its length, it might not fit as comfortably on someone with a shorter torso. It goes up to size 4X.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top chest binder for the money
Idtswch Chest Binder For Transgender Breast Binder Half FTM Binder
What you need to know: Featuring a cotton blend panel on the inside and mesh on the back, this shorter binder is very breathable.
What you’ll love: The elastic band at the bottom helps prevent any gapping, especially for folks with larger chests. It can be washed in a machine, just take care not to expose it to excessive heat. It goes up to 6XL.
What you should consider: Some customers report quality issues and lack of stretch. It may not have enough of a flattening effect on people with larger busts or especially dense tissue.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Underworks FTM Econo High Power Chest Binder Top
What you need to know: This one is a shorter version and is great for those who just need to smooth out their chest area and not their hips.
What you’ll love: It is redesigned with cotton lining for added comfort. It’s a great option for shorter folks and is fairly comfortable for casual use.
What you should consider: It might not be an ideal fit if you have a longer torso. It only goes up to 3XL.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Restaurant owner uses robot to combat staffing shortages
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A restaurant owner in North Carolina is turning to robots to help combat staffing shortages.
Nigel Langstone, the owner of aRtisano Pizza & Gelato in Wilmington, brought on a new staff member named Chris – a robot that was created by a former engineer for Google.
Chris can bus tables, deliver orders, help with hosting, sing to the customers and help make the staff’s jobs easier.
“Chris is an outstanding employee because he’s never late, never complains and looks as smart as a computer,” Langstone said.
Job openings and labor turnover are at their highest point at over 10,000 openings across America, whereas it was 6,000 in 2020.
The restaurant industry is still recovering from COVID-19 and can take anywhere from 2023 to 2025 to fully recover, WECT reports.
That’s why some restaurants are switching to robots to fill in the holes.
Langstone wants to clarify that he brought on Chris to help ease the stress on his restaurant employees not to replace anyone’s job.
Langstone has also noticed that most of his employees are younger and are looking for pocket money rather than a profession, making the need for a robot even greater.
Over the past year, they have been through eight managers and countless employees because people come and go quickly in the restaurant business.
Chris is certified by the health department to work in restaurants and is the first robot to work in a Wilmington restaurant.
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Updated October 4, 2022 at 8:37 AM ET
As the week begins, here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
What to watch this week
Russia's parliament will ratify its attempted annexation of four Ukrainian territories, widely condemned internationally as illegal. On Monday, the lower house unanimously approved it. The upper house is expected to pass it on Tuesday.
Following Ukraine's recapture of Lyman in the east, Ukrainian forces appeared to break through Russian lines in the south on Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin turns 70 Friday.
What happened last week
Sept. 26: The first troops called up in Russia's new mobilization in Ukraine arrived at military bases, many with no prior training and with few trainers on hand, according to British defense intelligence. Putin later said "mistakes" in the call-up should be corrected.
Sept. 27: Russia claimed that staged referendums in four occupied regions of Ukraine showed the people chose to join the Russian Federation. United Nations leaders and many countries called the process a sham and a violation of international law.
Sept. 28: Moscow-backed officials in occupied parts of Ukraine made appeals for the regions to join the Russian Federation. Putin's approval rating fell 6 points to 77% in a poll by the Levada Center. The U.S. Defense Department, meanwhile, announced $1.1 billion in additional security aid to Ukraine.
Sept. 29: Star Wars actor Mark Hamill threw his support behind a fundraiser to buy drones for Ukraine in the "war with the evil empire," he said.
Sept. 30: Putin signed documents claiming Russia is annexing four regions from Ukraine, but world powers refuse to recognize it. Ukraine applied for "accelerated" NATO membership.
Oct. 1: Russian forces retreated as Ukraine recaptured the city of Lyman, located in one of the eastern regions the Kremlin claimed to annex.
Oct. 2: Leaders of nine European countries made a joint statement in support of Ukraine joining NATO. And Pope Francis made a strong plea for Putin to end the war.
In-depth
Jewish Ukrainian father and son soldiers mark holy days under cloud of Russia's war.
With Ukraine at war, officials hope to bring tourism back to areas away from fighting.
Putin plans to formally annex 4 regions from Ukraine Friday.
Ukraine's offensive in Kharkiv was hard and bitter, say soldiers who did the fighting.
War didn't stop Hasidic pilgrims from gathering in Ukraine for the Jewish new year.
With staged referendums in Ukraine complete, Russia begins the annexation process.
Occupied regions of Ukraine vote to join Russia in staged referendums.
Russian men flee the country. Many are showing up in Istanbul.
Seismologists suspect explosions damaged undersea pipelines that carry Russian gas.
Special report
Russia's war in Ukraine is changing the world: See its ripple effects in all corners of the globe.
Earlier developments
You can read past recaps here. For context and more in-depth stories, you can find more of NPR's coverage here. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR's State of Ukraine podcast for updates throughout the day.
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RenaCARE Study to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of Renasight in the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, today announced full enrollment for the RenaCARE (Renasight Clinical Application, Review and Evaluation) study, a real world, prospective, multi-center clinical study to assess the clinical utility of Natera's Renasight™ genetic testing panel, which analyzes more than 380 genes related to kidney disease. Enrollment in the study was completed early as a result of statistically meaningful interim data analysis. The study includes more than 1,700 patients across 30+ sites, representing leading academic and private nephrology clinics in the U.S. A publication for the RenaCARE study is expected to be submitted in early 2023.
The RenaCARE study aims to demonstrate how genetic findings impact the clinical management of patient care and examines outcomes of patients tested with the Renasight genetic testing panel. It will also assess patient satisfaction, health knowledge and genetic literacy. The study follows a 2019 publication1 in The New England Journal of Medicine showing that approximately 10% of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a genetic diagnosis.
"RenaCARE is the only large-scale prospective multi-site study, to our knowledge, looking at the clinical utility of performing routine genetic testing on CKD patients," said Sangeeta Bhorade, M.D., chief medical officer for organ health at Natera. "We're optimistic this study could have the potential to optimize the management of patients with chronic kidney disease and ultimately improve outcomes."
Ali Gharavi, M.D., the study's principal investigator, serves as the chief of the Division of Nephrology at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, director of the Center for Precision Medicine and Genomics in the Department of Medicine, and interim director of the Institute of Genomic Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Gharavi is also a close collaborator with Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes foundation (KDIGO) and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF).
The Renasight™ test is a germline genetic test that screens for hereditary causes of kidney disease. It is indicated for patients with diagnosed kidney disease and is run from a patient's blood or saliva sample. Providers can use the Renasight test to identify a genetic predisposition, clarify a clinical diagnosis, or identify the etiology of an unknown kidney disease to help inform medical management. Additionally, genetic counseling and familial testing can be offered based on the test result. The test has been developed and its performance characteristics determined by the CLIA-certified laboratory performing the test. The test has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CAP accredited, ISO 13485 certified, and CLIA certified.
Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, dedicated to oncology, women's health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that help lead to longer, healthier lives. Natera's tests are validated by more than 100 peer-reviewed publications that demonstrate high accuracy. Natera operates ISO 13485-certified and CAP-accredited laboratories certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) in Austin, Texas and San Carlos, California. For more information, visit www.natera.com.
All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements and are not a representation that Natera's plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Natera's expectations as of the date of this press release, and Natera disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including with respect to whether the results of clinical or other studies will support the use of our product offerings, our expectations of the reliability, accuracy and performance of our screening tests, or of the benefits of our screening tests and product offerings to patients, providers and payers. Additional risks and uncertainties are discussed in greater detail in "Risk Factors" in Natera's recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q and in other filings Natera makes with the SEC from time to time. These documents are available at www.natera.com/investors and www.sec.gov.
Contacts
Investor Relations: Mike Brophy, CFO, Natera, Inc., 510-826-2350
Media: Brian Symmons, SVP of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Natera, Inc., pr@natera.com
References
- Groopman EE, Marasa M, Cameron-Christie S, et al. Diagnostic Utility of Exome Sequencing for Kidney Disease. N Engl J Med. 2019; 380:142-151 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1806891
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The street in front of Antonio Hueso's two-story, yellow-daisy-colored home in Pajaro, about an hour south of San Francisco, turned into a deep muddy river in the early morning hours of March 12. The waters submerged his Ford F-150 truck and his first floor flooded.
"In Pajaro, nothing is going to change because poor people live here," said Hueso, 72, a retired farmworker. He recounts more than three decades of requests from the community for local, state and federal officials to fix the aging levee on the Pajaro River, four miles upstream from his town.
The levee failure forced more than 3,000 Pajaro residents to flee in the predawn darkness. Now, Hueso is beginning the arduous task of renovating his flood-damaged home.
Hueso is just one of the thousands of people across the state reeling from this winter's string of storms that engorged rivers, breached levees and even restored a dried-up inland lake in California's Central Valley.
Climate scientists say heavy rain and snow storms brought on by atmospheric rivers that park over the state are nothing compared to what's predicted in a warmer world. With aging levees and a wetter future ahead, some Pajaro residents question whether this part of California is a viable place to call home.
Over the nearly five decades Hueso's lived in Pajaro, this is the second time he has had to renovate his home. He lived through an equally devastating flood in 1995. Officials say a significant levee update could begin as soon as late 2024. Hueso questions, though, whether such plans will account for human-caused climate change and the increased frequency and ferocity of the storms expected.
Heuso is now considering leaving. "I'm going to fix my house, and when people forget about the flooding, I will sell my house and move to Madera or Fresno," he said.
'Nowhere near' a worst-case scenario
Climate scientists warn that what Californians have lived through in recent months — atmospheric river after atmospheric river, catastrophic flooding, and one of the largest winter snowpack in years — is just a preview of what's to come, with exponentially worse flooding predicted in future years. When atmospheric rivers reach land, they act like a hose dumping heavy moisture on the land, which can cause issues like flooding, landslides and power outages.
"As disruptive as this year's events have been, we're nowhere near to a plausible worst-case storm and flood scenario for California," said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.
Before cities and farmland dominated valleys and flatlands across the state, much of California was perpetually wet, with a vast system of rivers and waterways running through its core. Catastrophic floods reshaped the landscape every few centuries.
Swain is unequivocal about the links between a warming climate due to the burning of fossil fuels and the significant increase in extreme flooding. A 2022 study Swain co-authored found that the warming climate has already doubled the probability of a megaflood caused by a string of extreme atmospheric rivers.
Every degree of new warming increases that likelihood even more, he said.
In other words, what was once considered unlikely to happen in our lifetimes "has become quite likely," Swain said. He wouldn't be surprised, he said, if as many as four megafloods happened in this century.
"We're not necessarily talking about 100 years from now. We're talking about the next 20 or 30 years," Swain said. "We've gotten a taste of widespread flooding, but I do think it's only a taste."
The West Coast has already been hit by more than 30 atmospheric rivers since October, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. But to be categorized as part of Swain's extreme scenario, those storms would have had to take place in rapid succession, with little or no time in between.
This year, by contrast, there were breaks of up to a month between each storm. Despite the storms' havoc, none that hit California were technically considered "extreme," Swain said.
"This winter, we've gotten lucky, believe it or not, because things could have been significantly worse than they were," he said. "It is possible to have years where there are multiple atmospheric rivers in a row that are much stronger than what we saw at any point this year."
Swain said the recent storms dropped only about half the precipitation and less than a quarter of the runoff than in the "plausible worst-case scenario" he describes in his study. The resulting "megaflood" conditions, he said, would cause widespread levee failures that would impact not just agricultural land but urban areas, too.
A KQED analysis of the National Levee Database found that only 10% of the nearly 600 levees in the greater Bay Area have a flood-risk rating. The small percentage that do have a rating includes the breached levee on the Pajaro River, which is rated "moderate." Another levee on the Salinas River failed in January also had a "moderate" rating. Other levees rated "moderate" in more urban areas like San José are also at risk of significant flooding.
"We've definitely gotten a taste in some areas of what a much lesser version of this would look like," Swain said. "But we need to be preparing for and stress-testing our infrastructure for much greater events than the ones you've seen this year."
Flood modeling
California is taking Swain's predictions seriously. Michael Anderson, the state's climatologist, is trying to convince the California Department of Water Resources to fund a flood-modeling project in partnership with Swain and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The goal would be to understand the impact an extended series of extreme storms would have on existing infrastructure, like levees.
"This is a flood model that would resolve the flood risk at one corner of someone's house versus another corner, for example," Swain said. "That's how detailed it would be for the whole state."
The project involves recording several factors, including soil conditions, river flows, forecasted precipitation, real-time snowmelt and runoff, in an effort to calculate the extent of flooding that could result from storms.
Such predictions could help the state understand what areas are at the greatest risk of flooding and who should evacuate, Anderson said.
"The other thing we can do is start saying, 'Wow, if that happened, how do we recover?"' Anderson said. "How do we take that really horrible situation and try and turn it into a chance to maybe rethink how we do some things?"
Once approved, the project could take up to a year to complete and cost about half a million dollars. Anderson acknowledges such modeling is coming too late for the many thousands of people already displaced by this winter's floods.
"Unfortunately, Mother Nature kind of beat us to the punch here," he said. Anderson believes such modeling, though, could help the state scale the "right level of response" for future floods.
Living in the shadow of an aging levee
The climate crisis is all too real for Armando Alvarado, who now lives in the shadow of a broken levee. A week after flood waters covered Pajaro, the 22-year-old returned home to find his garage coated with a thick layer of sticky, putrid mud. The rest of the elevated home his family rent was unscathed.
The wet mud in the garage ruined a number of family heirlooms, including his collection of red, white and black ostrich-leather ranchero boots.
"They were emotional gifts from my family in Mexico, like uncles that passed away," he said.
Alvarado said he's worried about how costs to repair the damage will affect his family's rent in an area of California where a one-bedroom apartment can cost as much as $2,800.
Denia Escutia, a high school senior who lives a few blocks away from Alvarado, woke up early in the morning on March 12 to the sound of water pouring into Escutia's purple bedroom adorned with K-pop posters.
"I touched my feet to the rug, and the rug was wet," said Escutia, who prefers not to use pronouns. Escutia's entire house was filled with a thin layer of smelly, muddy water.
"I woke up my dad, and we started unplugging a bunch of stuff," Escutia said.
Now, weeks later, the climate activist is questioning whether there's a future in Pajaro because of the familiar risks — including droughts, heat waves and flooding — that will likely only worsen with a warming climate.
Escutia, whose hometown is Pajaro, dreams of living safely on a nearby hill, surrounded by family. But Escutia fears Pajaro has no future because of climate change and the decisions made by those in power that devalue the people who live in the community.
"I think Pajaro deserves climate justice," said Escutia. "I call this my home, but is it really my home if they don't want to help us?"
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New York City FC (16-11-7, third in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Philadelphia Union (19-5-10, first in the Conference during the regular season)
Chester, Pennsylvania; Sunday, 8 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Philadelphia -117, NYCFC +295; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Union host New York City FC in the Eastern Conference finals.
The Union are 16-4-7 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Union lead the league with a +46 goal differential, scoring 72 goals while giving up 26.
NYCFC is 14-10-4 against Eastern Conference opponents. NYCFC has a +16 goal differential, scoring 57 goals while conceding 41.
The teams meet Sunday for the third time this season. The Union won the last meeting 2-1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Daniel Gazdag has scored 22 goals with six assists for the Union. Mikael Uhre has five goals and three assists over the last 10 games.
Heber has scored 10 goals for NYCFC. Gabriel Pereira has three goals and four assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Union: 7-2-1, averaging 2.8 goals, 6.5 shots on goal and 3.3 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.7 goals per game.
NYCFC: 5-4-1, averaging 1.5 goals, 4.2 shots on goal and 4.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Union: Kai Wagner (injured), Alejandro Bedoya (injured).
NYCFC: Tayvon Gray (injured), Alfredo Morales (injured).
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SpaceX is scheduled to launch its fifth crewed space mission to the International Space Station on Wednesday. On board and heading the expedition as mission commander will be Nicole Mann — the first Native American woman to go to space.
She's a Marine Corps pilot and NASA astronaut, as well as a member of the Wailacki tribe of the Round Valley Indian Tribes. Her milestone moment comes 20 years after John Herrington became the first Native American man to walk in space, in 2002.
Mann's Crew-5 mission aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Also on board will be Josh Cassada, Anna Kikina and Koichi Wakata. All four will travel to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, during which they plan to conduct more than 200 experiments, which will include spacewalks and 3D-printing human tissue.
Mann detailed some of the crew's plans to NPR's All Things Considered this past summer.
She said she hoped her trip to space can encourage younger generations.
"These young women, maybe Natives, maybe people from different backgrounds that realize that they have these opportunities and potentially these barriers that used to be there are starting to be broken down," she said. "And so hopefully that will inspire that younger generation."
Mann, who is originally from California, plans to take some items from home with her on her long journey.
"I do have some personal mementos, you know, jewelry charms that I plan to bring. And then I do have this dream catcher that my mother gave me long ago," she said. "And that's always just, you know, a little bit, a piece, a memory, I think, of my family back home. And that's something that I'll keep with me in my crew quarters while I'm on board [the] space station."
As a kid, she said, she never really thought that becoming an astronaut was one of her goals. Only after joining the Marine Corps and flying F-18s did NASA become a possibility to her.
She has a message to those coming in behind her: "Never discount yourself."
"If you don't go after a dream or a goal and if you don't try, you're never going to make it. You know, pursue that topic in school, ask for help, meet people that have done that job to learn more about it. You'll grow so much as a child into an adult, and your interests will vary quite a bit," she said. "And so it's exciting to take this opportunity to just chase down all of those dreams and never discount yourself."
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The new Keep Your Fanxiety Chill campaign will help the most passionate soccer fans stay chill during high-pressure Leagues Cup tournament through new creative campaign, a custom soccer scarf with cooling technology, and more
CHICAGO, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Soccer fans are some of the most passionate in the world but cheering for your favorite soccer team can be stressful. The first-ever Leagues Cup, a monumental World Cup-style tournament including all MLS and LIGA MX clubs, is coming and soccer fans are sure to be running hot this summer. So just in time for the big tournament, Coors Light, the official beer of Leagues Cup, is committed to keeping you chill when fanxiety strikes.
Fanxiety is the tension die hard soccer fans experience when watching their favorite teams take to the field in over 90-minutes of nonstop action. To alleviate fanxiety during the first-ever Leagues Cup, Coors Light is helping fans by upgrading a must-have staple in any soccer fans' wardrobe, the soccer scarf, to have the unique ability to keep fans chill…literally!
While scarves are typically meant to help you stay warm, this summer Coors Light is changing the game with the Chill Fanxiety Scarf — the ultimate soccer scarf with cooling technology to keep you refreshed during the most intense matchups. Plus, each scarf has a built-in neck massager and two beer pockets so you can keep your Coors Light on hand for anytime you want mountain cold refreshment.
"We know sports fans get fired up about their teams and that's especially true of soccer lovers," said Marcelo Pascoa, vice president of marketing for the Coors Family of Brands. "With two major rival leagues going head-to-head for the first time ever at Leagues Cup this year, the matches are sure to be intense, but Coors Light will be there to keep your fanxiety chill."
For a limited time, soccer fans looking to maintain their chill with a Chill Fanxiety Scarf can head over to the Coors Light shop site to buy these hand-made scarves for $30. Quantities are very limited with 22 scarves available per day from July 18 to August 2 starting at 12pm CST, while supplies last. Plus, Coors Light has partnered with soccer star Carlos Vela, a former MLS MVP, to spread the word about this game-changing soccer scarf and connect with soccer fans during this exciting first-ever tournament.
Throughout the summer, Coors Light is furthering its commitment to soccer fans with thematic packaging, onsite activations, and athlete partnerships. Coors Light is also rolling out a new creative campaign that taps into soccer fanxiety and helps fans stay refreshed while they watch their favorite teams compete. The campaign was developed in partnership with creative agency Alma. Watch the new creative here.
Leagues Cup will feature a new, World Cup-style tournament format in which all 47 MLS and LIGA MX clubs will pause their respective league seasons and compete in the official Concacaf competition each summer. This is the first major soccer tournament to feature every club from the two top leagues. The inaugural Leagues Cup 2023 will run July 21 to August 19.
For more information on Leagues Cup, please visit LeaguesCup.com.
Tickets for all matches are available on LeaguesCup.com and are also available to fans via the hosting MLS club. MLS club season ticket holders should contact their club representative for more information or visit LeaguesCup.com and follow @LeaguesCup on social.
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About Leagues Cup
Leagues Cup represents a monumental new chapter for North American soccer. Beginning in 2023, Major League Soccer and LIGA MX will pause their seasons each summer and all 47 first division professional soccer clubs in the U.S., Mexico and Canada will compete in a World Cup-style tournament, which will qualify the top three finishers on to the Concacaf Champions Cup. Leagues Cup 2023 will kick off Friday, July 21 and will feature 77 games hosted at stadiums throughout the U.S. and Canada, with the Final taking place on Saturday, August 19. Fans in over 100 countries* and regions will be able to watch Leagues Cup on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app, which is available on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices from Roku, Amazon, and Google, game consoles, and the web at tv.apple.com. In addition, TelevisaUnivision, FOX Sports, TSN and RDS will be the linear broadcast home for select Leagues Cup matches in the United States and Canada.
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Soccer United Marketing (SUM), the commercial arm of Major League Soccer, is the preeminent commercial soccer enterprise in North America, overseeing the commercialization, marketing, promotion, and operational execution of the region's most successful soccer entities. SUM holds the exclusive rights to Major League Soccer, the Mexican National Teams for the U.S. market (MexTour and MexTour W), Leagues Cup, Campeones Cup, Copa Angelina and Concacaf Properties (including Concacaf Gold Cup™, Concacaf Nations League Finals, Concacaf Champions Cup and Concacaf W). In addition, SUM held the promotional and commercial rights to the highly successful 2016 Copa America Centenario.
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FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WFRV) – Police in Fond du Lac are conducting a suspicious death investigation after a woman was found dead in her home.
According to the Fond du Lac Police Department, on November 12 around 8:15 a.m. officers responded to a welfare check call in the 0-100 block of East Merril Avenue. When officers arrived, a 51-year-old woman was found dead inside her residence.
There is an active investigation into the circumstances that led up to the death of the woman. An autopsy on the victim will be done by the Fond du Lac Medical Examiner’s Office.
The police department is asking for help from the community. Anyone with information related to the incident is asked to call 920-322-3713.
No additional information was released at this time. Local 5 will continue to update this story. | 2022-11-14T19:11:28+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/fond-du-lac-police-find-woman-dead-in-her-home-suspicious-death-investigation-underway/ |
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Rambus Inc. (RMBS) on Monday reported net income of $35 million in its second quarter.
The San Jose, California-based company said it had net income of 31 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 43 cents per share.
The memory chip designer posted revenue of $121.1 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $139.2 million.
For the current quarter ending in October, Rambus said it expects revenue in the range of $132 million to $150 million.
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Which surfboards are best?
Whether you’re an avid surfer or want to get into this daring sport, you need a good surfboard to help you catch some waves. The best surfboard depends on a few factors, such as your skill level and overall size. Plus, there are several types of boards, each designed for a specific purpose. Whichever one you choose should feel right for you, no matter where you’re at in your surfing journey.
Types of surfboards
Here are the four main types of surfboards:
- Shortboards: Often used by professional surfers, these have a narrow shape and are designed to gain speed quickly and make sharp turns with ease.
- Longboards: Great for both new and experienced surfers, these boards have a large surface area that provides more stability than boards with smaller profiles. They’re especially helpful for those who want to practice or hone their skills.
- Funshape: Primarily used by novice surfers, funshape boards excel when it comes to maneuverability. They have less surface area than longboards, though, so they’re a little harder to control on the waves.
- Fish: This type of board is thicker and shorter than other types, so it’s recommended for surfers who already have some experience or who are skilled with certain techniques, such as bottom turns.
Other less common types of surfboards include the Squashtail and SoftTop.
Fins
The fins on a surfboard can help keep you stable while giving you more control over your movements and speed. There are four main types of fins:
- Single: Often found in longboards, the single fin provides decent speed since it doesn’t drag in the water very much. This makes it easier to make slow, smooth turns. They’re not as stable as boards with more fins, though, making them ideal for medium or smaller waves.
- Twin: Boards with two fins offer more stability, maneuverability and speed. The main drawback is that it’s more difficult to make bottom turns with these boards. They also excel at medium or small waves.
- Thruster: Offering both mobility and stability, the thruster fin is a good option. They have three fins in a triangular formation, with the back fin toward the tail of the board. While these are easier to control, they’re usually slower due to drag.
- Quad: With four fins, this type of board offers a lot of speed and is perfect for surfers who want to make quick turns. It’s a good choice for nearly any wave.
Tails
Another form factor to consider is the surfboard’s tail. These are many types of tails that, when paired with the right placement and number of fins, can affect the amount of control, movement and speed you have while surfing. Here are the main tails:
- Square or squashed: Best for overall performance, this lets the surfer take sharp turns and maneuver through the waves with ease
- Round: With less surface area, this tail excels at turning without reducing speed
- Pin: Best for catching big waves, these provide better control and speed than other tails
- Swallow or fishtail: This V-shaped tail promotes speed when the waves are calmer
- Asymmetrical: Built for extreme surfing, this tail can handle nearly any type of turn
- Thumbtail: Rounder than the squashed tail, this design provides more stability while surfing
- Roundtail: With a pinched look toward the tail, this one is best for surfing hollow waves
Volume and size
When it comes to picking the right board, the volume and the size both are important factors to consider.
- Volume: This refers to how much buoyancy the board has. The higher the volume, the more likely you will float on the water, but also the harder it is to make turns and maneuver. Generally, a higher volume is essential for heavier surfers and beginners. Volume is measured in cubic liters and depends on the board type. For example, longboards usually have between 60 and 100 liters, while shortboards have 22 to 35 liters.
- Size: Surfboards can vary immensely in length and width. Many are around 6 feet long, though some are 7 or more feet long. On average, the width ranges from 18 to 21 inches and is between 2 and 3 inches thick. If you weigh 100 to 140 pounds, choose a board that’s around 6 feet long and 19 inches wide.
Materials
Most surfboards consist of materials such as expanded polystyrene and epoxy resin. Both of these are durable and flexible. Polyester is also common, as is fiberglass.
Design
Surfboards come in different colors and patterns, ranging from solid light colors to darker ones. Some are solid, while others are patterned or have graphic prints.
Besides this, most modern boards come with surfboard leashes and a spot to put them. This is helpful because it can prevent you from losing the board.
8 best surfboards
With a sunburst graphic, this 8-foot-long board is brightly colored with a long line of white, yellow and orange surrounded by dark blue. It has three fins and comes with a removable leash. It consists of a strong foam core and has a textured traction pad. It’s a great entry-level board.
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South Bay Board Company Big Betsy
At 5-foot 5-inches, this small board features a five-fin system, making it easy to control. It has 30.9 liters of volume and can support up to 220 pounds. It’s made from wood and has a sturdy expanded polystyrene closed-cell foam core.
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Wavestorm 9-Foot Classic Pinline Surfboard
With a strong expanded polystyrene core and a three-stringer system, this board is highly durable, making it great for novice and intermediate surfers. Since it’s 9 feet long, it’s ideal for bigger waves as it adds stability when surfing at high speeds. It comes with a textured traction pad and can support up to 200 pounds.
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Creative Army Five Sugars PU Longboard Surfboard
Available in either light blue or double stringer white, this board is made from durable polyurethane and can handle most waves. It has a full nose profile, 2+1 fin design and high volume that enhances stability, control and maneuverability.
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South Bay Board Company 8-Foot Verve
This long surfboard is a great choice for anyone new to the sport. It has three fins, 80 liters of volume and can support up to 225 pounds. Reinforcing the board is a durable fiberglass rod and two wood stringers.
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Modern Surfboards Love Child PU Surfboard
This surfboard is ideal for those transitioning from beginner to intermediate surfing. It has a low rocker profile that makes turning and moving on waves easier.
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Available in 6- to 7-foot lengths, this board has a round tail and a single fin design, which gives it great pivot control. As a mid-length cruiser, it’s a great all-around option.
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Thurso Surf Lancer Fish Soft Top Surfboard
At 5 feet, 10 inches long, this soft top, twin fin board is great for smaller surfers or children. It has a strong expanded polystyrene core and is lightweight. It also has two wood stringers and a fishtail bottom that promotes more traction.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Venezuelan woman who rose from being the late President Hugo Chávez’s nurse to the nation’s treasurer has been extradited from Spain to the U.S. to face money-laundering charges.
Federal prosecutors in South Florida are accusing Claudia Díaz, 48, of taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to greenlight lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela’s treasurer a decade ago.
Shackled and dressed in a dark blue jail jumpsuit, Díaz appeared before Judge William Matthewman in West Palm Beach’s federal courthouse on Friday. She did not speak, and her attorney Marissel Descalzo said she had no comment. A bond hearing is set for Tuesday.
Spain’s National Court approved Díaz’s extradition in October despite her attempts to block it with the argument that she could respond to the charges in Spain, where an investigation also has been conducted. The court there decided the allegations were different and that the U.S. investigation was much broader.
Her husband, Chávez’s former security chief Adrián Velásquez, is also facing charges. He is awaiting extraditionto the U.S. after he exhausted judicial appeals in Spain’s National Court.
Díaz and her husband are accused of taking at least $4.2 million in the bribery scheme.
In exchange for the payments, prosecutors say Díaz secured businessman Raúl Gorrín, owner of the country’s last major private TV network, Globovisión, the rights to exchange more than a billion dollars in foreign currencies in the U.S. on behalf of the Venezuelan government. U.S. prosecutors say they and other officials close to Chávez reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in profit.
Gorrín remains in Venezuela and is on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s most-wanted list. The U.S. imposed sanctions on his TV network in 2019.
Records show the couple transferred millions of dollars out of the socialist country by buying gold bars through a shell company in the Caribbean and storing them in a vault in the European country of Liechtenstein.
Díaz was a former petty officer in Venezuela’s navy who took care of an ailing Chávez before the Venezuelan leader died of cancer in 2013. In 2011, Chávez named her Venezuela’s national treasurer, but she was replaced in 2013 when Chávez’s successor Nicolás Maduro was elected. | 2022-05-13T18:31:49+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/hugo-chavezs-ex-nurse-turned-treasurer-extradited-to-us/ |
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Two Dayton-based folk musicians who have been playing benefit concerts for Ukraine are traveling to the war zone with a delivery of life-saving medical supplies.
Brett Hill, also known as Brother Hill, and Benya Stewart are Appalachian musicians from Ohio who have collaborated with Ukrainian musicians to promote traditional folk music and international cultural solidarity.
“If we can show any single Ukrainian that might think that they’re alone in this struggle that they’re not alone, there are people across the world who stand with them, and ready to keep in this fight to tear this empire down, we’ll do whatever we have to get that point across,” Hill said.
Hill aims to clear misconceptions that others may have about Ukraine and its people.
“I think just a lot of people just have this old soviet image of what Ukraine must be like. Just old farmers out in the country, people who are ready to serve the next dictator. But Ukrainians are fiercely sovereign, self-identifying, modern, technologically advanced, savvy, regular people.”
Hill and Stewart began organizing statewide shows through the Ohio With Love Campaign when war broke out after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The campaign’s mission is to send direct support from the people of Ohio to the people of Ukraine. So far, it has raised over $30,000 and allocated these to Ukrainian initiatives, according to their website.
From Ohio With Love has delivered 245 medical kits directly to the Ukranian front. Hill and Stewart made their first delivery in May 2022, and now they are set to make another.
Hill said these kits are difficult to access across Europe and nearly impossible to find in Ukraine. Delivering them from America by hand is one of the safest and most efficient methods to ensure a safe arrival to those who need them most.
They are scheduled to begin the journey on an Oct. 17 flight to Poland. From there, they will make their way back to Ukraine where three members of their folk band live.
Those interested in donating to the Ohio With Love campaign can do so here. | 2022-10-11T20:46:15+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/ohio-musicians-travel-to-ukraine-to-deliver-supplies/ |
Four killed in shooting south of Atlanta
A government official in Henry County, Georgia, says at least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in the town of Hampton.
A statement from Henry County officials said police were still investigating an “active shooter incident” that occurred late Saturday morning at a subdivision in Hampton, a city of about 8,500 people about 40 miles south of Atlanta.
“I can confirm that four people are deceased,” county government spokeswoman Melissa Robinson told The Associated Press by phone. “As of right now, the suspect is still at large.”
Police in Hampton, Georgia, planned to release more details at a Saturday afternoon news conference.
Several local law enforcement agencies were assisting, as was the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said she had no information other than that GBI agents had been asked to help.
(Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) | 2023-07-15T20:43:07+00:00 | waka.com | https://www.waka.com/2023/07/15/four-killed-in-shooting-south-of-atlanta/ |
The White House on Friday downplayed concerns about the impact on national security without a House Speaker in place as Republicans in the lower chamber vote for a 12th time to elect a leader.
National security spokesman John Kirby said that “there’s no particular worry or concern,” but added that the White House prefers to “see all of this resolved as soon as possible.”
His comments come after State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday that a lack of a Speaker is likely to compound concerns on Capitol Hill over the ability of lawmakers to carry out their duties related to national security and foreign policy. A Speaker is necessary to swear in members and authorize committee formations, which then allows for members to be credentialed to attend briefings or meetings on sensitive and classified information with administration officials.
Kirby said that even without a Speaker elected, there are vehicles in place to communicate as appropriate with both the House and the Senate.
“We’re confident that we can continue to defend the United States of American while House Republicans are working through this process,” he said.
But Kirby added that he doesn’t want to “suggest that there’s not going to be any national security impacts.”
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also told reporters on Friday that the White House hopes that the House resolves this soon.
“It has been a couple of days now. And we have important work to do for the American people,” she said.
After four days of voting, Republicans made some movement in Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) direction on Friday and he picked up multiple GOP holdout votes on the 12th ballot.
On Thursday, Price also warned it is “much more difficult” for the State Department to take “into account the prerogatives and the perspectives of members of both chambers of Congress” when there is not a seated House of Representatives. | 2023-01-06T20:18:30+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/hill-politics/white-house-downplays-national-security-concerns-during-speaker-fight/ |
BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – A tractor-trailer crash on I-81N in Botetourt County is causing delays, according to VDOT.
Officials say the crash happened at the 164.3 mile marker and has led to all north lanes being closed.
We’re told a detour is in place.
Stay with 10 News for the latest updates on this crash | 2022-08-12T09:33:47+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/08/12/tractor-trailer-crash-closes-all-northbound-lanes-on-i-81-in-botetourt-county/ |
(KTLA) – A Los Angeles Dodgers fan staged an unforgettable marriage proposal on opening day, but it came at a painful price.
The fan, wearing a Mookie Betts jersey, ran onto the field during a break in the game, as seen in footage shared to social media by other attendees. He then dropped down to a knee and held up a ring box for his girlfriend, who was seated in the outfield seats.
The crowd cheered, but those cheers quickly turned to gasps when, seconds later, a security guard blindsided the proposing fan, brutally tackling him to the ground, the videos show.
Other guards then arrived and handcuffed him as he lay face-down.
The man, who appeared to be shaken up, was then escorted off the field and play resumed.
The fan later identified himself as Ricardo Juarez and confirmed on Instagram that his proposal was accepted.
“She said YES,” he captioned the post, which included a photo of he and his fiancée Ramona Saavedra.
Saavedra, too, shared the news on Instagram.
“Tad bit extreme … but he’s a LEO what can you expect,” she wrote. “And of course I said YES!”
The Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Thursday night. | 2023-03-31T22:12:00+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/mlb/dodgers-fan-rushes-field-to-propose-to-girlfriend-gets-pummeled-by-security/ |
B&T Extra: Tom is Moving!Posted on January 16, 2023 On this Bob & Tom Extra: We have a large hat, a volcano, and Tom is moving! | 2023-01-18T04:10:36+00:00 | bobandtom.com | https://www.bobandtom.com/2023/01/16/bt-extra-tom-is-moving/ |
NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Gaia, Inc. (NASDAQ: GAIA) between December 27, 2017 and November 7, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than February 21, 2023.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Gaia securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Gaia class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9917 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than February 21, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose, among other things, that: (1) the Company's first quarter 2019 subscriber count was overstated; (2) the Company lacked adequate internal controls; (3) as a result, defendants had a heightened risk of regularly scrutiny and ultimately subject to an SEC investigation and action; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the truth emerged, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Gaia class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9917 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
5-1-9
(five, one, nine)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
5-1-9
(five, one, nine) | 2022-06-07T05:34:22+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17223921.php |
"Terra Rosa" encourages finding the beauty in everyday small pleasures.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Dunn-Edwards Corporation announced its 2023 Color of the Year as Terra Rosa (DE5096), a scorched-earth, approachable hue with rosy pink tones and a touch of terra-cotta. Its grounding, quiet comfort encourages a life filled with joy. Led by Color Expert + Stylist Sara McLean, Dunn-Edwards takes on an extensive anthropological study of color to annually identify a Color of the Year that is predictive and forward-thinking of the year ahead and beyond.
Drawing inspiration from modern fashion, lifestyle, and culture, Terra Rosa was selected as a refreshing neutral update to browns and burgundies that projects strength and vitality. A medium chroma, the cinnamon rose hue is positive and joyful, reflecting confidence, creativity and coziness.
"We've moved from an introspection of behaviors to empowerment and action, independence and self-reliance. We're putting health and wellbeing first, making time for escapism and embracing nostalgia," said McLean. "In everyday life, this comes through as an appreciation of simple pleasures and a concerted effort to engage in more positive interactions amid the global chaos we experience day to day. This translates to design through lush, sophisticated touches with equal parts prettiness and drama."
Terra Rosa is represented in the Life in Poetry color palette within the 2023 Color + Design Trends identified by Dunn-Edwards. The Life in Poetry palette is equivalent to a vacation that lasts all year long, embracing a relaxed summertime lifestyle, cherishing imperfections, and creating a cheerful, nostalgic retreat.
As a leader in color direction and inspiration, Dunn-Edwards names a Color of the Year to inspire and encourage professionals and consumers to embrace creativity. Terra Rosa is one of 2,006 colors in the brand's designer-preferred Perfect Palette® color system. Backed by a team of category experts, Dunn-Edwards provides a range of tools and sampling opportunities to aid customers in color and product selection.
To learn more about the 2023 Color of the Year, including design and application inspiration, curated color palettes for a variety of design styles, an immersive video representation of Terra Rosa, and the brand's first-ever Color Shop that illustrates the versatility of the color and how it can extend beyond paint, visit www.dunnedwards.com.
Dunn-Edwards is one of the nation's leading manufacturers and distributors of premium architectural, industrial and high-performance paints, coatings and paint supplies. It operates over 150 company stores in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas, and over 100 domestic and 250 international dealer locations in more than 12 countries. Dunn-Edwards is dedicated to preserving and protecting the environment and produces its coatings in a LEED® Gold-certified manufacturing plant. Based in Southern California, the 95-year-old company has approximately 1,800 employees. Dunn-Edwards is a wholly owned subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO 4612), one of the world's largest paint companies. For more information, visit www.dunnedwards.com.
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SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (AP) — A shake of the head, lips pouting… but then all smiles.
Mikaela Shiffrin was quick to take the positives after realizing she had to wait for at least five more weeks before tying the World Cup record for most career wins with victory No. 86.
The American skier finished runner-up to Germany’s Lena Dürr in a slalom Sunday, the last World Cup race before the world championships, and remained one victory short of Ingemar Stenmark’s total on the all-time overall winners list among men and women. The Swede competed in the 1970s and ’80s.
“Life has changed me, but I feel my skiing has improved over the last years,” Shiffrin said. “And I’m maybe a better skier than I’ve ever been in my life. And that’s pretty cool.”
Even though it didn’t happen Sunday, Shiffrin has returned to winning races at a similar pace to that of the 2018-19 season. She racked up a record 17 victories that year, and has already picked up 11 wins from 23 starts in the current season, including three in the past six days.
Shiffrin’s next chance to break Stenmark’s record will be in March when she resumes World Cup racing after the Feb. 6-19 worlds in France. World championship races do not count toward World Cup wins.
“I don’t have any expectations going into it,” Shiffrin said about her next World Cup event, which will be either at the speed races in Kvitfjell, Norway on March 4-5 or tech races in Are, Sweden the following week.
“It’s just like every race of the season, trying to take it all in and enjoy – enjoy my skiing, enjoy when the other athletes are skiing better. Because there is always something to learn from that.”
Shiffrin had broken a tie on the all-time women’s list with former American teammate Lindsey Vonn last Tuesday. Vonn had 82 wins when she retired in 2019.
Shiffrin, however, still set a record Sunday.
Her second place gave her an insurmountable lead in the season-long slalom standings with two races to spare. Her closest challenger, Wendy Holdener, failed to qualify for the second run and didn’t score World Cup points.
It made Shiffrin the first woman to win seven season titles in slalom, surpassing Swiss standout Vreni Schneider, who won it six times in the 1980s and ’90s.
The women’s record for most titles in any discipline is held by Vonn, who won eight crystal globes as the best downhill skier of the season.
Racing at the resort near the Czech-Polish border where she had her World Cup debut as a 15-year-old almost 12 years ago, Shiffrin dominated a slalom on the same course Saturday, posting the fastest times in both runs for her career win 85.
On Sunday, Shiffrin held a commanding first-run lead of 0.67 seconds over Dürr, but posted only the 14th-fastest time in the final run and was edged by 0.06 by the German skier.
“I felt like the first run I skied very well, and I actually skied quite well in the second as well,” Shiffrin said. “And six-tenths is actually not so much time. Lena has been strong all season and she deserves to win.”
It was Dürr’s second World Cup victory, coming 10 years to the day after she won a city event in Moscow.
“Crazy that today is the day,” Dürr said. “It took me a while, I just tried to risk it all. I had a little mistake down in the flat and I just thought: ‘Go all-in.’”
It was the first slalom victory for the German women’s team since Maria Höfl-Riesch triumphed in Levi, Finland, in November 2012.
Zrinka Ljutic was 0.49 behind in third for her first career World Cup podium. The Croatian skier won the junior world title in slalom this month.
Shiffrin’s long-term main rival in slalom, Olympic champion Petra Vlhová of Slovakia, was fifth after the opening run but had a series of uncharacteristic mistakes in the second as she dropped to 13th, more than two seconds behind Dürr and Shiffrin.
It ended a 17-race series in slalom in which Vlhová had not finished worse than fourth.
Sunday’s slalom was the last women’s World Cup race before the worlds, which open with the women’s combined event in Méribel on Monday Feb. 6.
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More AP skiing: https://apnews.com/hub/skiing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-29T16:01:26+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-us-skier-shiffrin-leads-slalom-in-pursuit-of-record-86th-win/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a pre-dawn air raid on Ukraine’s capital Tuesday, killing at least one person and sending Kyiv’s residents again scrambling into shelters to escape a relentless wave of daylight and nighttime bombardments, while Moscow authorities said the Russian capital was attacked by drones.
At least 20 Shahed explosive drones were destroyed by air defense forces in Kyiv’s airspace in Russia’s third attack on the capital in the past 24 hours, according to early information from the Kyiv Military Administration. Overall, Ukraine shot down 29 of 31 drones fired into the country, most in the Kyiv area, the air force later added.
Before daylight, the buzzing of drones could be heard over the city, followed by loud explosions as they were taken down by air defense systems.
In Moscow, residents reported hearing explosions and the Defense Ministry later said that eight drones had been fired at the city in what it called a “terrorist attack” by the “Kyiv regime." It said five had been shot down and the systems of three were jammed, causing them to veer off course.
Ukraine has not commented on the Moscow attack, which would be one of its deepest strikes into Russia so far since Russia invaded Ukraine more than 15 months ago. Since the war began, Moscow has launched unrelenting drone and missile attacks at Ukraine's cities, frequently killing civilians.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a Telegram post that the attack caused “insignificant damage” to several buildings. Two people received medical attention for unspecified injuries but did not need hospitalization, he said.
Residents of two buildings damaged in the attack were evacuated, Sobyanin said.
Andrei Vorobyov, governor of the wider Moscow region, later said several drones were “shot down on the approach to Moscow.”
It was the second reported an attack on Moscow, after authorities said two drones targeted the Kremlin earlier this month in what was labeled an attempt on President Vladimir Putin's life.
In the attacks overnight on Kyiv, one person died and seven were injured, according to the municipal military administration. A high-rise building in the Holosiiv district caught fire after being hit by debris either from from drones being hit or interceptor missiles.
The building’s upper two floors were destroyed, and there may be people under the rubble, the Kyiv Military Administration said. More than 20 people were evacuated.
Resident Valeriya Oreshko told The Associated Press in the aftermath that even though the immediate threat was over, the attacks had everyone on edge.
“You are happy that you are alive, but think about what will happen next,” the 39-year-old said.
Oksana, who only gave her first name, said the whole building shook when it was hit.
“Go to shelters, because you really do not know where it (the drone) will fly,” she advised others. “We hold on.”
Elsewhere in the capital, falling debris caused a fire in a private house in the Darnytskyi district and three cars were set alight in the Pechersky district, according to the military administration.
The series of attacks that began Sunday included a rare daylight attack Monday that left puffs of white smoke in the blue skies.
On that day, Russian forces fired 11 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv at about 11:30 a.m., according to Ukraine’s chief of staff, Valerii Zaluzhnyi. All of them were shot down, he said.
Debris from the intercepted missiles fell in Kyiv’s central and northern districts during the morning, landing in the middle of traffic on a city road and also starting a fire on the roof of a building, the Kyiv military administration said. At least one civilian was reported hurt.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it launched a series of strikes early Monday targeting Ukrainian air bases with precision long-range air-launched missiles. The strikes destroyed command posts, radars, aircraft and ammunition stockpiles, it claimed. It didn’t say anything about hitting cities or other civilian areas.
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Associated Press writer Vasilisa Stepanenko in Kyiv, Ukraine, and David Rising in Bangkok contributed to this report. Kozlowska reported from London.
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Stellar alignment! 5 planets line up for a nightly show in June
June has a few special celestial events to add to your sky-gazing summer bucket list, including a quintet of planets to enjoy.
Throughout most of June, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will stretch across the sky like a string of pearls appearing in the dawn hours before sunrise.
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Sky & Telescope Magazine is calling it a "planet parade" because the planets will also be in the correct order from the sun.
Mercury will be the hardest to spot as the last to appear in the lineup just before it's swallowed by sunlight. However, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn should be easy to see all month.
As a quartet, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have appeared in conjunction over the past few months, but June is the last chance to see the group together before they begin to spread further out in the night sky.
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Look for the planets in the sky before sunrise by gazing southeast.
This celestial event requires no special equipment, but the view will be even better if you have access to a telescope or a local observatory. Binoculars could also help improve your experience.
From images taken by NASA spacecrafts, this picture mosaic was created of six of the planets in our solar system and the Earth's moon. In the foreground is the Earth rising over the lunar surface with the sun flare at the edge of Earth.
If you want to know which planet is which, know that they are arranged in their natural order from the sun: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. A sky-gazing app like Stellarium can also help you identify all the planets.
Early in June, Mercury and Saturn will be the smallest in the sky. As the month progresses, the planets will begin to appear further apart in the sky.
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Mercury will be more illuminated and higher on the horizon by mid-June, making it easier to spot.
Toward the end of the month, the five-planet alignment will add a sixth gem to the show. On June 24, Mercury will pup up above the horizon about an hour before sunrise. As a bonus, the crescent moon will appear between Venus and Mars.
According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Venus and Saturn will bow out as morning objects for most observers by September.
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Bonus: Ancient star cluster on display
Another treat for summer sky-gazing also happens this month. NASA astronomers say June is also an excellent month to view the globular star cluster known as Hercules Cluster M13. This globular star cluster is thought to be nearly 12 billion years old.
This collection of stars is best viewed with a telescope and will appear high in the eastern sky during the first hours of darkness all month.
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No telescope? No problem, find public observing events near through NASA's Night Sky Network.
Moon phases in June
The full moon in June is known as the strawberry moon.
The full lunar display falls on June 14 if you want to enjoy some outdoor time or maybe camp by moonlight. A new moon on June 28 will be the best time to head to a dark sky location away from city lights to look for your favorite constellations. | 2022-06-08T04:48:12+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/stellar-alignment-5-planets-line-up-for-a-nightly-show-in-june |
Who are the Boston Red Sox? How do they operate? What does it mean to be a near-top-of-the-market team chasing sustainable competitiveness?
Those questions have floated throughout the baseball industry for the last three years, ever since the team fired president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski in Sept. 2019 and hired chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom one month later. Now, with the offseason officially underway following the conclusion of the World Series between the Astros and Phillies, the answers to those curiosities will come to light more clearly than at any point in Bloom’s tenure.
When Bloom came to Boston, he inherited a team with several established stars but a payroll that was maxed out with a number of players on pricey long-term deals and a farm system that didn’t have any impact major-league ready prospects. Over three wildly inconsistent years – a surprising ALCS run bookended by last-place finishes in 2020 and 2022 – most of the team’s moves have been framed by self-imposed constraints while trying to gain payroll flexibility and improve a farm system to allow a steady supply of cornerstone big league contributors.
Now, for the first time under Bloom, the Red Sox enter an offseason with a massive amount of financial flexibility – more than $120 million in commitments from last year’s roster is off the books – and a farm system that has Brayan Bello and Triston Casas in the big leagues and others (Ceddanne Rafaela, Brayan Mata, Marcelo Mayer, among others) poised to join them in coming years. They also face the potential departure of a franchise cornerstone in Xander Bogaerts, who as of the beginning of the weekend (according to sources familiar with the negotiations) did not appear close to a deal that would prevent him from opting out of the remaining three years of his six-year, $120 million deal, as well as J.D. Martinez and Nate Eovaldi.
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Bloom and the Red Sox front office have the freedom to pursue very different deals than they have over the past three years.
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“A lot of it basically comes down to us not feeling like we are backed into a corner, so to speak, that we were after 2019,” said Bloom, referencing the organization’s sense that it needed to trade Mookie Betts (in a package with David Price) for Alex Verdugo and prospects Jeter Downs and Connor Wong in an effort to free payroll and start building the team’s young talent base. “Obviously, not everything has gone perfectly, as the 2022 season shows. But we have a lot of different avenues that you can look at ahead and see us playing winning baseball for a long time. And we have the ability to go out and enhance that group that we have.”
The Red Sox face an offseason of far-reaching needs. With Bogaerts expected to opt out, they don’t have a shortstop for next year. Their outfield production in 2022 was woeful. The team’s two primary catchers at the end of the season – Connor Wong and Reese McGuire – both profile as backups, leaving the team in need of a starter. And, of course, the club’s pitching staff fell well short of adequate last year, creating a need to add multiple arms to both the rotation and bullpen.
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The length of that checklist is daunting and certainly will frame what the team does this winter. But at the least, the team sees itself as having greater freedom to pursue a wider range of transactions – whether deploying some of the growing number of prospects to trade for big leaguers or pursuing true top-of-the-market deals for elite talent.
“We’re entering an offseason where we will have more options in front of us,” said Bloom. “Some of that is due to the increased strength of the talent base of the organization. Some of that’s due to having a little more financial flexibility than we’ve had in the past. Now, with that obviously comes a lot of needs and a lot of to-dos. It all goes hand-in-hand. But I think there’s a lot more options that we’ll be able to consider and that we’ll need to consider.”
It is, however, one thing to “consider” a wider array of options, and quite another to order from a different menu than the generally budget-conscious, low-calorie one that has (outside of the six-year, $140 million deal for Trevor Story) been the primary one utilized by the Sox under Bloom.
The team has traded away just one prospect in its top 30 (Aldo Ramirez, who went to the Nationals in the Kyle Schwarber trade deadline move in 2021 and who threw 7 2/3 innings in the Nats system before tearing his ulnar collateral ligament and requiring Tommy John surgery) and none in its top 10 since Bloom came to Boston. Story is the only player the team has signed to a guaranteed deal of more than $20 million.
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It has been a cautious approach, focused on a notion of long-term building toward sustainability. In general, the Sox have worked (not entirely effectively, as the 2022 season demonstrated) to raise their organizational floor, but they have made few moves to improve their ceiling.
To those outside of the organization – particularly agents who were used to having the Sox under Dombrowski pursuing top names on the market – it’s been a puzzling departure.
“This isn’t manufacturing and efficiency. It’s got to be more than that,” said one agent. “At the end of the day, they need to look and say, ‘We’re the Red Sox.’ They should operate as if they’re the Red Sox – period. You make big decisions. You’re the Red Sox.”
What does that mean? Will they behave in a way this winter in which their expression of interest in retaining Bogaerts proves to be more than lip service, in which their vow to explore the higher-end of the starting pitching market results in an established mid-rotation (or better) starter, when they move aggressively in the trade market to address deficiencies?
The Red Sox now have the opportunity to start answering those questions in an offseason that will prove a pivotal one in Bloom’s Red Sox tenure.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will quarantine at home. It’s the second time Austin has gotten the coronavirus.
In a statement, Austin, 69, said he is fully vaccinated and has received two boosters. He said he’ll quarantine for the next five days in accordance with CDC guidelines and “will retain all authorities and plan to maintain my normal work schedule virtually from home.”
Austin said his last in-person contact with President Joe Biden was on July 29.
In January, Austin also contracted COVID and had received a booster in October.
“Now, as in January, my doctor told me that my fully vaccinated status, including two booster shots, is why my symptoms are less severe than would otherwise be the case,” Austin said. “I will continue to consult closely with my doctor in the coming days.”
He added, “Vaccinations continue to both slow the spread of COVID-19 and to make its health effects less severe. Vaccination remains a medical requirement for our workforce, and I continue to encourage everyone to get fully vaccinated and boosted.” | 2022-08-16T07:49:36+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/defense-secretary-austin-positive-for-covid-for-second-time/ |
The BMW 7-Series enters its seventh generation with the redesigned 2023 model unveiled in April, but an Alpina version won’t return this time around, the semi-official BMW tuner has confirmed.
Alpina earlier in September marked the end of production of its B7 based on the outgoing BMW 7-Series, and confirmed the car as the last B7.
No reason was given, but it could be due to BMW, which in March acquired the Alpina brand, preparing to launch its own high-performance 7-Series based on the latest generation of the flagship sedan. These include the M760e xDrive plug-in hybrid with 563 hp and the i7 M70 xDrive electric vehicle with more than 600 hp on tap.
There’s also the issue of sedan sales losing out to SUVs. Alpina’s XB7 based on the BMW X7 outsells the B7, and an updated version has just been announced for 2023.
The B7 has endured through six generations, but the car hasn’t always been based on the 7-Series. The first was launched in 1978 as the B7 Turbo as a version of the BMW 5-Series. The first B7 based on the BMW 7-Series didn’t arrive until 2001.
A documentary released last November shows how the B7 is built, and provides a bit of a history on Alpina and an interview with company founder Burkard Bovensiepen.
With the Alpina brand now under the ownership of BMW, future Alpinas will be built at BMW’s own plants, while Alpina will focus on vehicle development and the parts and service side of the business.
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Raffaelle Breaks has created top-rated digital products used by millions worldwide
NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite Us, the enterprise technology company connecting health and social care, welcomes internationally recognized product leader Raffaelle Breaks to serve as Chief Product Officer.
Ms. Breaks joins Unite Us at a pivotal time for the company as it expands its coordinated care network to all 50 states and continues to innovate with its end-to-end technology solutions to identify and address social determinants of health. In her new role, Ms. Breaks oversees the expansion of Unite Us' suite of products and leads a growing team of product managers, designers, and researchers.
For the past 20 years, Ms. Breaks spearheaded the digital transformation of payments leader American Express. Leading a team of nearly 400 people, she oversaw the launch of new payment, servicing, and lending features to more than 28 million customers worldwide. She also led the product development of the American Express mobile application, which repeatedly ranked first place by J.D. Power for customer satisfaction in the financial services category, and its website received the same distinction in 2021.
"Bringing leaders like Raffaelle Breaks to the Unite Us team allows us to expand our impact and connect more individuals across the country with the services they need," said Dan Brillman, CEO and Co-Founder of Unite Us. "Since she joined the team, Raffaelle has put her considerable talents to work to enhance the Unite Us Platform for our customers and partners, and to advance our product roadmap to drive success for our communities."
The timing was perfect for Ms. Breaks' transition to the Unite Us team. "At this stage of my career, I am eager to be part of a mission-driven company that connects individuals to social care and has a real impact on the health of entire communities," Ms. Breaks said. "This is an opportunity to build products and services to address gaps in the nation's existing social care framework."
Learn more about Raffaelle Breaks and Unite Us at uniteus.com.
About Unite Us
Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers. With Unite Us' end-to-end solution, providers across sectors identify social care needs, send and receive secure, electronic referrals, report on tangible outcomes, and transform payment models within a secure and collaborative ecosystem. Unite Us' community engagement teams build sustainable partnerships with local organizations to ensure their networks have solid foundations, launch successfully, and continue to grow and thrive. This HITRUST-certified, social care infrastructure helps communities address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Follow Unite Us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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BEIJING, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quhuo Limited (NASDAQ: QH) ("Quhuo" or the "Company"), a leading gig economy platform focusing on local life services in China, announced a partnership with Baidu on April 24 to gain access to their recently unveiled ERNIE Bot, a new-generation large language model (LLM). Quhuo will soon have full access to the massive capabilities of ERNIE Bot, which can interpret human languages and deliver accurate, logical, and fluent responses almost on a par with humans. This strategic collaboration marks Quhuo's commitment to harnessing cutting-edge AI technology that can empower multiple business scenarios including front, middle, and back-office functions, while continuing to innovate based on its existing technology solutions.
ERNIE Bot is a generative AI product introduced by Baidu based on its Big model ERNIE family. The company has been developing its artificial intelligence capabilities for over ten years and has developed an industrial-grade, knowledge-enhanced Big Model ERNIE with cross-modal and cross-linguistic deep semantic understanding and generation capabilities, designed to facilitate intelligent transformations across various industries such as finance, energy, media, and public affairs.
Mr. Pan Fan, CTO of Quhuo, commented, "In recent years, the rapid development of technologies such as deep learning and natural language processing has enabled AI technology to be widely used in many fields. As CTO, it is imperative to keep up with the development of AI technology and through this cooperation with Baidu's ERNIE Bot, we expect to be better positioned to apply AI technology to process a large amount of data and information that previously required manual processing, improve the intelligence and automation of our business, and provide multi-product support. We will continue to closely follow the development of AI and explore more application scenarios to enhance momentum and opportunities for Quhuo's development."
Powering up Quhuo's products, front- and back-end business functions with ERNIE Bot
By implementing Baidu's ERNIE Bot, Quhuo+ and SaaS technology, Quhuo will be better placed to serve and empower localized life service providers in China. Through this cooperation, Quhuo will access ERNIE Bot's semantic computing technology and intelligent dialogue engine to improve front-end business efficiency by providing personalized assistants to complete tasks that previously required manual input thereby providing customers with a more intelligent service experience. Specifically, Quhuo will utilize ERNIE Bot's memory mechanisms, contextual understanding, and dialogue planning abilities to improve the customer service level of its front-end Chengtu homestay business by connecting with customers in a timely manner to solve issues they may have.
Quhuo will also use artificial intelligence to support middle and back-end business functions, including business review support, data support and predictive analysis. The Company will empower administrative departments to improve the efficiency of their routine work, complete data and report generation, preparation and review, as well as low-code generation and development of middle and back-end systems.
By integrating the capability of ERNIE Bot into Quhuo's products, more personalized services can be provided, while simultaneously bringing users a more efficient and convenient experience. The application of AI technology is expected to help Quhuo to process a large amount of data and information and provide accurate analysis and prediction, realize business automation and intelligence, and improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Leslie Yu, Quhuo CEO said, "Technology optimizes efficiency. It is crystal clear to us that AI technology is integral to Quhuo's future development hence we have already been testing AI technology for online communication with workers and operations to improve communication efficiency. In this context, we firmly believe the introduction of Baidu's ERNIE Bot will further enhance Quhuo's technical capability to realize multi-scenario business intelligence. We expect that the addition of ERNIE Bot will complement and remold Quhuo's technology in the future."
About Quhuo Limited
Quhuo Limited (NASDAQ: QH) ("Quhuo" or the "Company") is a leading gig economy platform focusing on local life services in China. Leveraging Quhuo+, its proprietary technology infrastructure, Quhuo is dedicated to empowering and linking workers and local life service providers and providing end-to-end operation solutions for the life service market. The Company currently provides multiple industry-tailored operational solutions, primarily including on-demand delivery solutions, mobility service solutions, housekeeping and accommodation solutions, and other services, meeting the living needs of hundreds of millions of families in the communities.
With the vision of promoting employment, stabilizing income and empowering entrepreneurship, Quhuo explores multiple scenarios to promote employment of workers, provides, among others, safety and security and vocational training to protect workers, and helps workers plan their career development paths to realize their self-worth.
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Porsche is out testing prototypes for an updated version of its Cayenne mid-size SUV, which is confirmed to launch in the spring as a 2024 model. The German sports car brand released images of the Cayenne undergoing testing on Wednesday.
The automaker said there will be tweaks to the powertrain lineup, chassis, connectivity, and list of standard features. The goal for engineers, the automaker said, is to deliver a vehicle with an even wider range between on-road performance, comfort, and off-road capability.
There will be design tweaks, too. The popular performance SUV is set to take on a radical—at least for Porsche—new look judging by the changes spotted on the prototypes.
The front end has been completely revised and features new headlights with a flatter, more angular shape similar to the design used on the Taycan electric car. The headlights are Porsche’s latest matrix LED design, featuring four individual projectors instead of the single main unit on the current Cayenne range.
The taillights have also been concealed, suggesting a new concept here. We can also see that the tailgate has been revised, as the recess for the license plate has been moved onto the rear fascia. This design is already used on the related Cayenne Coupe, which is about to undergo a similar update.
Porsche hasn’t provided a look inside the new Cayenne, but it will be updated to integrate a fully digital dash similar to the one in the Taycan. A 12.7-inch screen is expected to serve as the instrument cluster, while a 12.3-inch touchscreen is expected to serve as the infotainment hub.
In the chassis department, Porsche will make adaptive dampers a standard feature across the range. Larger diameter tires will also help improve comfort and grip levels.
It isn’t clear what updates Porsche has planned for the powertrains, though there are rumors the Cayenne S will drop the current twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6 in favor of Porsche’s twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8.
Typically, Porsche dials up the horsepower on most grades with its updates, so powertrain tweaks in other grades are also likely. The lineup currently tops out with the Turbo S E-Hybrid grade, which is rated at a stout 670 hp.
While the Cayenne Coupe has a new Turbo GT grade with a twin-turbo V-8 that delivers 631 hp on its own, it isn’t clear if this grade will make it into the regular Cayenne lineup.
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The best Father’s Day gifts you can still get on time
Father’s Day is quickly approaching, but if you haven’t had a chance to shop for gifts, there’s still time to get the special people in your life something thoughtful. Amazon offers thousands of excellent products that’ll arrive on time for Father’s Day, but it’s prudent to order something as soon as possible to ensure it does. You can shop for many neat items on Amazon, such as eye massagers and golf rangefinders, but there are thousands of other products, too, so you can find the perfect gift for dad.
Shop this article: Renpho Eyeris 1 Eye Massager, Cosori Electric Gooseneck Kettle and Nautica Men’s Robe.
What kind of Father’s Day gift should I get?
The best Father’s Day gift is a thoughtful one, so it’s best to consider the likes and interests of the person you want to gift. For example, some fathers may appreciate simple gifts such as clothing or shoes, while others may prefer electronics such as streaming devices or smart speakers. Handypersons might appreciate tools, and those who love getting busy in the kitchen will love kitchen products designed to make their lives easier.
Best Father’s Day gifts
Dads who work in an office staring at a computer screen all day will appreciate this eye massager as a Father’s Day gift. It uses oscillating pressure, rhythmic percussion massaging and heating pads to reduce eye strain and relieve the skin around the eyes. Plus, it has Bluetooth speakers.
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Cosori Electric Gooseneck Kettle
While boiling water the old-fashioned is still fine for many, this electric kettle makes it even easier and ensures dads never burn their coffee again. It has five preset temperature settings and a hold-temperature function to keep water warm for up to one hour. Also, the spout is designed for easy pouring and prevents spilling.
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This robe is made with 100% brushed cotton for a soft feel and has a traditional tie closure for an adjustable fit. The side seam pockets are perfect for keeping hands warm and cozy or holding a phone, and the knit waistband offers superior comfort. Also, it’s available in 11 colors.
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Lodge Cast-Iron Pre-seasoned Skillet
Dads with a knack for whipping up meals in the kitchen will love this 10.25-inch pre-seasoned skillet. It’s versatile enough for various cooking methods, including searing, sautéing, baking, broiling, braising, frying and grilling, and can also be used in the oven or over a campfire.
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This blower has an electric brushless motor and offers up to 28 minutes of run time at 15,800 revolutions per minute. It’s an eco-friendly power tool that doesn’t cause any emissions and has a six-stage air velocity and volume selection dial with a variable speed control trigger.
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Midland X-Talker Two-Way Radio
This two-way radio has a 38-mile range and is an excellent gift for dads who love going on outdoor adventures. It offers 36 family radio service channels, a Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System with 2,662 channel options to help block other conversations and a weather scan function.
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Canon Zoom Digital Monocular Kit
This monocular is excellent for zooming in on objects during sporting events or hiking adventures. It’s compact enough to fit in most pockets, and it offers one-touch three-step telephoto magnification from 100-millimeter optical to 400-millimeter optical zoom and 800-millimeter digital zoom. Plus, it has a shake correction and autofocus function.
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The PS5 is the latest Sony gaming console, and it offers spectacular graphics and an immersive experience. It has haptic feedback, adaptive triggers and 3D Audio technology and high-end internal specs such as a high-powered CPU and premium GPU. The fan works quietly, and cross-play with other consoles is supported for some titles.
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Blue Tees Golf Series 3 Laser Rangefinder
Golf-loving dads will appreciate this high-quality laser rangefinder. It provides distance readings from the tee to the flag and helps golfers determine which club to use for their next shot and how to execute it. This rangefinder has slope technology that accounts for elevation in its readings, seven times magnification and a 900-yard range.
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This Echo Dot smart speaker offers improved sound over its predecessor and lets you control smart devices in your home. You can play music from popular streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music and get live sports and weather updates from Alexa. Plus, it has an integrated button for turning off the microphone.
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If the person you want to gift this Father’s Day is reluctant to abandon their older TV for a newer smart TV, you can help them step things up with this streaming device. It supports Wi-Fi 6 for fast download speeds, and the Alexa voice remote lets you search for titles across all apps.
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iRobot Roomba 694 Robot Vacuum
A robot vacuum cleaner is an excellent gift for anyone who wants to spend less time housekeeping. This robot vacuum has a three-stage cleaning system and works on various surfaces, including carpets and hardwood floors. The advanced sensors prevent it from falling down steps, and it runs for up to 90 minutes on a full charge.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Terry Francona is back managing the Cleveland Guardians on Friday following a health scare that led to him being hospitalized in Kansas City and missing three games.
The 64-year-old Francona, who missed significant time in the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to poor health, became lightheaded before Tuesday's game against the Royals. He spent one night at The University of Kansas Health System.
The team said tests taken on Francona came back “within normal ranges.” He rejoined the Guardians for Thursday's series finale but remained in his office during the game because of excessive heat at Kauffman Stadium.
Francona is in his 11th season with Cleveland. He led the Guardians to an AL Central title last season and was named manager of the year.
Bench coach DeMarlo Hale filled in for Francona during the series against the Royals. Hale also guided the Guardians for the final 63 games in 2021 after Francona had to step away due to health issues.
The Guardians enter the weekend tied with Minnesota for first place in the division. After three games with the Cubs, Cleveland returns home for seven games before the All-Star break.
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to undergo TO on Wednesday after the team said that all tests “came back within normal ranges,” but he was advised by physicians to remain away from the ballpark and rest. | 2023-06-30T16:52:56+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio/guardians-manager-terry-francona-back-running-club-after-health-scare-to-start-road-trip/ZXLAY7HJGJC37PUY54UOO7ZNFE/ |
- Revenues at 5.088 trillion won, operating loss at 3.402 trillion won, net loss at 2.586 trillion won
- Operating loss continues due to weak demand and price fall of memory chips; Revenues expected to improve in Q2
- "Company to lead premium memory market with flagship products including DDR5, LPDDR5, HBM3"
SEOUL, South Korea, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. The company recorded revenues of 5.088 trillion won, operating loss of 3.402 trillion won (with operating margin of negative 67%), and net loss of 2.586 trillion won (with net profit margin of negative 51%) in the first quarter of 2023.
"As the memory chip downturn continued through the first quarter, the company posted a sequential drop in revenues and widened operating loss on sluggish demand and falling products prices," SK hynix said. "But we expect revenues to rebound in the second quarter after bottoming out in the first, driven by a gradual increase in sales volume."
The company forecasts an improvement in market conditions from the second half of 2023, as memory inventory levels at customers declined throughout the first quarter, while inventory across the memory industry is expected to improve from the second quarter with production cut by suppliers taking into effect.
The company also expects the growing high-performance server market for artificial intelligence including ChatGPT and a wider adoption of high-capacity memory products by customers to have positive impact on the market.
SK hynix, accordingly, plans to focus on the sales of high-performance DRAM products including server DDR5 and HBM, as well as 176-layer SSD and uMCP products in NAND, and plans to maintain investments in high-end memory products that are believed to change the landscape of the memory market, such as chips for AI, even as the company cuts capital expenditure.
Moreover, the company will invest for mass production readiness of 1b nanometer DRAM (the fifth generation of 10nm technology) and 238-layer NAND to support a quick business turnaround once the market conditions improve.
"With SK hynix having secured a top-notch competitiveness for the lineup of products, of which growth in demand is materializing from this year, such as DDR5/LPDDR5 and HBM3, the company will solidify its leadership in the premium market by increasing the sales volume of such products," said Kim Woohyun, Chief Financial Officer at SK hynix.
"The memory market, which is still under tough conditions, seems to be bottoming out," Kim said. "We will make all efforts to restore the corporate value by focusing on improving profitability and technology development as we believe that the market will soon find a balance."
- 1Q23 Financial Results (K-IFRS)
"These materials are not an offer for sale of the securities of SK hynix Inc. in the United States. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. SK hynix Inc. does not intend to register any offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States."
About SK hynix Inc.
SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world's top tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips ("DRAM"), flash memory chips ("NAND flash") and CMOS Image Sensors ("CIS") for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company's shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com, news.skhynix.com.
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(KRON) — The San Rafael Police Department is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies to investigate a “swatting” incident at a local high school yesterday. San Rafael PD dispatchers got a call at around 2 p.m. on Monday from a person stating that a shooting had taken place at a school and students were injured, police said in a news release.
During the call, dispatchers noticed inconsistencies between what was being reported and the tone of the caller making the report. It was also learned that the call was part of a series of hoax calls being made throughout California and the U.S., police said.
The police department responded to the school as a precautionary measure and quickly determined that no shooting had taken place. All students and faculty were safely accounted for, police said.
SRPD detectives then contacted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to try and determine the identity of the suspect responsible for the call.
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“False calls cause needless emotional trauma to our community and tie up first responder resources that need to be available for real emergencies and community needs,” said SRPD Lieutenant Scott Eberle.
The party responsible for making the call could face a number of charges, including:
- Making a false police report
- Nuisance calling a 911 dispatch center
- Interfering with the ability to receive real emergency calls
False calls endanger the public and the emergency personnel responding, police said. Due to the nature and risk of these types of calls, they are investigated and forwarded to the Marin County District Attorney. | 2023-04-04T20:52:23+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/high-school-swatting-incident-being-investigated-by-san-rafael-pd-fbi/ |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The sunrise Easter service at Burnet Park is a decades-long tradition for many Central New Yorkers.
The mass overlooking the city of Syracuse looked a little different this year as it was the first year a different church offered the mass with a new officiant.
Father Fred Daley of All Saints Church continued the Easter morning service in place of Father Jim Matthews of St. Lucy’s Church who has delivered the mass for 36 years.
“It’s such a beautiful way to begin this Holy morning of Easter. Many people asked us if would we carry on the tradition and we have been honored to do so,” said Father Fred Daley.
Hundreds of parishioners filled the upper parking lot at Burnet Park. Some prayed quietly while others absorbed god’s presence through the sunrise.
“I’m just amazed. I never imagined that this would really happen it’s wonderful. It’s very very joyful. It was 26 degrees in my car when we pulled in and who would think, there are hundreds of people here this morning,” said Father Fred Daley.
All Saints parish and St. Lucy’s church work hand in hand as today’s offertory collection is going to support a joint ministry helping the people of Nicaragua.
“Lucy’s and All Saints work together to reach out and welcome others in so many ways. One of our joint projects is a healthcare clinic in the rural areas of Nicaragua and Villanueva. It’s a health care clinic where, in that rural area of Nicaragua, there are fewer deaths of mothers during childbirth than there are in the city of Syracuse,” said Father Fred Daley.
All who attended reflected on why they were there to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.
“Jesus rose from the dead proving he was God. For us and Easter of 2023, we’re called to experience the Resurrection in our lives, and we experience Resurrection by love. Love and encounter with one another and the energy, the harnessing of the energy of love is Resurrection,” said Father Fred Daley. “Together, we can make our city, make our nation, we can make our world much more the way god intended, so resurrection is something that is continuing to happen.” | 2023-04-09T19:49:26+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/burnet-park-easter-mass-continues-with-a-new-priest-after-36-years/ |
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The Associated Press has declared Democrat Jonathan Jackson the winner in the 1st Congressional District race, filling the seat of longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, who chose not to run again.
The son of famed civil right activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jackson on the campaign trail argued he wouldn’t “be a regular freshman congressperson,” due to the relationships he’s developed with sitting House members while working around the nation on voter drives for his father’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
In the race to succeed retiring Rush, the Jackson family name gave Jonathan Jackson a leg up as he won the Democratic primary for the 1st District seat against 16 other hopefuls.
And it helped make Jackson the overwhelming favorite in the general election in a district where, according to a Daily Kos analysis, President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump 70.5% to 28.1%.
Also bolstering Jackson’s candidacy has been the history of the 1st District, which elected the first Black person to Congress in the 20th century and the first ever in the North. The district, which stretches from the South Loop deep into the south suburbs to the edge of Kankakee County, is now 49.7% Black, according to state Democrats who designed the latest Illinois congressional map.
On the Republican side, Eric Carlson touted his outreach to Black voters who he says the Democratic Party has taken for granted. As he ran for public office, Carlson, of Lemont, had to address that he spent nearly six years in prison after being convicted 27 years ago of sexually assaulting a woman following the South Side Irish Parade. | 2022-11-09T07:12:31+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-illinois-congress-1-jackson-carlson-20221109-ualzwysjdjfqvi3p44dlataeb4-story.html |
Music has been a part of Joe Hasseltine’s life since he was young. However, nobody, himself included, realized the depth of his talent until he started writing and recording his own songs during the pandemic lockdown. The 2014 Centerville High School graduate’s debut full-length, “Take a Sip,” was released May 31 under the moniker Cuppa’ Joe.
There is nothing amateurish about the engaging collection of pop songs on Hasseltine’s earlier projects, which all offer a blend of acoustic instruments, synthesizers and other electronic elements. After sharing songs on social media, he formalized the process with the release of the four-song project, “Counting Sheep,” in Jan. 2021. An expanded six-song version of the EP followed in Feb. 2022. The three-song release, “Bumblebee” dropped in Oct. 2022.
Hasseltine earned an associate of science degree from Bowling Green State University and a bachelor’s degree in health communications from Ohio University. He was working for Teach for America in New Mexico when he started writing and recording. The experience of creating music was life-changing for Hasseltine, who more recently was living in Columbus and working as a nurse recruiter.
Hasseltine is preparing to begin his studies at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, Arizona. He recently discussed his career with Dayton.com.
Q: When did music come into your life?
A: I’ve honestly been playing music my whole life. It has always taken a different form depending on where I’m at and what I’m doing. In college, I was in the Marching 110 at OU. I was in the band at Centerville as well. I played saxophone so I did jazz ensemble and things like that. Earlier on, in fourth grade, I was in the xylophone club. When I got out to New Mexico, I wasn’t sure I was going to do music. Then COVID hit and a good buddy of mine, Quincy Coomes, and I started recording. He wanted to make music, but I didn’t know the first thing. I knew how to play music, but I didn’t know anything about the production side. We just took the leap, got the equipment and started from there and it kind of took form.
Q: How did you feel when you two started figuring it out?
A: It was exciting and a little frustrating. Production was a whole new ball game. The very first time we tried to set up the microphones it took about two-and-a-half hours. We didn’t know how they worked or anything. We plugged it in, and we couldn’t get any sound out of it. Finally, we got it working but everything has been a little bit of a challenge. There’s a big learning curve to do it on your own. There is always YouTube and things like that, which have been great resources, so it was exciting. It’s been really enjoyable and it kind of brought me back to it. I realized I actually missed doing music.
Listen to “Hudson Bae” from the album, “Take a Sip,” from Cuppa’ Joe:
Q: It’s impressive you figured all that out and started releasing material so quickly. Were you writing songs before this?
A: I hadn’t written any songs before. I’d do a lot of instrumentals with piano, saxophone and guitar and things like that. I never recorded them, but I was kind of getting my creative spirit on to see what I could make myself. I did want to write my own songs, but I didn’t really know how to write a song. I did a lot of research into that and then I just tried to be honest in the tracks I’m writing. I’m trying to follow the formula but kind of do it my way. I spent a lot of time doing it. I’ve always been working full time since I got out of college, but I’d get home and I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to work on the songs and see where we could get them, which is always nice. It’s kind of like a before and after thing. I love watching HGTV and seeing what the houses are like before and after and it’s the same with songs. That was enjoyable for me. It doesn’t really feel like work.
Q: What does it feel like to start off with an abstract concept and end up with a finished song?
A: It’s actually one of the greatest things. One of my favorite things about music production is that you have nothing and then you end with something that didn’t exist before. There are always trials and errors at the beginning. You write something and then you really like it. Then, halfway through, you’re writing the instrumental and you’re like, “I don’t know if this is really working for me anymore,” or, “I don’t know if this good.” It’s kind of like writing a paper. You’re not sure what to say but if you just put something down, you can work on it. It’s about finding little moments of inspiration and that goes a long way.
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Q: Are you working on new music now?
A: Right now, I’m pretty loaded up. I’ve got about nine songs in the works, four with Quincy and some with some other artists. I’m excited to get them released here soon. Quincy and I have a little four-song EP coming out. We haven’t decided on a name yet. It’s got a little more of a somber tone. It’s not all slow songs but it’s a little more heartfelt and just kind of talking about personal experiences. Any time I can find a way to work with Quincy and collaborate, it feels good. It feels familiar so I love doing that. He’s become a great friend of mine. He’s a good influence and I’m really happy we’re continuing to do that together.
Q: When do classes start?
A: I start audio engineering school on July 28. I felt my music was going decently so I wanted to learn more, formalize the process and really dive into it. I picked the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences because that’s where my buddy Quincy went. He’s out in L.A. right now working for a studio. I think I’ll have an internship at the end of school. In something like the music industry it’s good to get your foot in the door and work through it. I did a little bit of teaching and some recruiting, and I enjoyed all the jobs, but I didn’t feel they had longevity for me. If I can find a way to get my foot in the door in something I really enjoy then I’m going to go and try to get it.
Artist info: https://linktr.ee/cuppajoe2
Contact this contributing writer at 937-287-6139 or donthrasher100@gmail.com.
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Austin Riley Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Cardinals - April 3
Published: Apr. 3, 2023 at 1:25 PM CDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
Austin Riley -- 1-for-4 in his last game -- will be in action for the Atlanta Braves against the St. Louis Cardinals, with Jake Woodford on the mound, on April 3 at 7:45 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-4) against the Nationals.
Austin Riley Game Info & Props vs. the Cardinals
- Game Day: Monday, April 3, 2023
- Game Time: 7:45 PM ET
- Stadium: Busch Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on fuboTV!
- Cardinals Starter: Jake Woodford
- TV Channel: BSMW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +195)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Austin Riley At The Plate (2022)
- Riley collected 168 hits and slugged .528.
- He ranked 38th in batting average, 35th in on base percentage, and eighth in slugging among the qualified hitters in baseball last season.
- Riley got a base hit in 105 out of 163 games last year (64.4%), with at least two hits in 50 of those games (30.7%).
- In 37 of 163 games last year, he hit a home run (22.7%). He went deep in 5.5% of his trips to the plate in 2022.
- Riley drove in a run in 36.2% of his 163 games last season, with more than one RBI in 13.5% of them (22). He drove in three or more runs in 10 games.
- He came around to score 75 times in 163 games (46.0%) last season, including 15 occasions when he scored more than once (9.2%).
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Austin Riley Home/Away Batting Splits (2022)
Cardinals Pitching Rankings (2022)
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals had a collective 7.4 K/9 last season, the worst in MLB.
- The Cardinals' 3.79 team ERA ranked ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Cardinals pitchers combined to allow 146 home runs (0.9 per game), the third-fewest in the big leagues.
- Woodford will make his first start of the season for the Cardinals.
- The 26-year-old right-hander came out of the bullpen and threw two scoreless innings when he last appeared Wednesday, Oct. 5 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- In his 27 appearances last season he put together a 4-0 record, had a 2.23 ERA, and a 1.117 WHIP.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Beckage Firm PLLC, a women-owned, boutique data security and privacy law firm proudly announced the addition of three new members to The Beckage Firm Team. Brandi M. Bennett, Esq. CIPP/US, seasoned data security and privacy compliance attorney, oversees data privacy solutions. Scott M. Lupiani, Esq., years of experience in federal and state courts, oversees litigation, including putative class actions, and regulatory investigations. Shawn Ford, LLM, Esq., experienced data security lawyer and Canadian counsel, focuses on Incident Response.
"The team that we are building at The Beckage Firm are truly passionate thought leaders in their respective fields," boasted Jennifer A. Beckage, Esq. CIPP/US, CIPP/E founder of The Beckage Firm. "The data security and privacy industry has changed a lot since when I started and in launching The Beckage Firm we wanted a team that had unique, experienced backgrounds to deal with the new challenges that our corporate clients and insureds face. Brandi, Scott and Shawn all embody these important characteristics."
Brandi Bennett is a seasoned technology and data protection attorney with deep experience leading in house legal and data protection teams. Ruthlessly pragmatic, Brandi combines operational and business experience with the rapidly expanding body of global privacy laws to counsel businesses through dynamic and challenging environments.
Scott Lupiani draws on his extensive experience in health law, including serving as general counsel for a health care organization to assist clients with HIPAA and other health care compliance matters. He has an extensive background in federal and state court litigation to defend clients in putative class actions, civil litigations. Scott is also a U.S. Army Veteran.
Shawn Ford is experienced working with technology-focused organizations at varying stages, including as general counsel for an international health tech company. As a Canadian citizen and lawyer, Shawn works closely with clients on compliance with Canadian data security and privacy matters. Leveraging his background as a data security technology business owner, Shawn has worked with organizations, and high net worth individuals on data security and privacy compliance and incident response matters.
The Beckage Firm is headquartered in New York. Its services include Incident Response/Data Breach, Data Security and Privacy Compliance, Personal Privacy, and Data Due Diligence.
About The Beckage Firm: The Beckage Firm is a women-owned law firm. Its attorneys and technology professionals counsel clients on matters pertaining to data security and privacy compliance, government investigations, litigation and class action defense, incident response, technology, personal security and privacy, data due diligence, and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). In addition to women-owned, the Beckage Partnership Team also includes military veterans. Learn more at TheBeckageFirm.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — In recent years, it’s almost become an October ritual: Astros top Yankees. Astros take pennant.
Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman delivered big hits and Houston advanced to the World Series again, finishing a four-game sweep in the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 victory Sunday night aided by another defensive gaffe from New York.
Taking advantage of a costly error by second baseman Gleyber Torres to produce the go-ahead rally in the seventh inning, the Astros won their second consecutive pennant and fourth in six years.
Rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña hit a three-run homer off ailing Yankees starter Nestor Cortes to help the AL West champions overcome an early 3-0 deficit. Peña was picked as the ALCS MVP.
“It’s surreal. You dream about this stuff when you’re a kid,” he said. “We’re a step away from the ultimate goal.”
Perfect in the playoffs, Houston opens the World Series at home Friday night against Bryce Harper and the wild-card Philadelphia Phillies, who beat San Diego to close out the best-of-seven NLCS in five games.
It was the first time both pennants were decided on the same day since 1992.
After losing to Atlanta in last year’s World Series, Houston is 7-0 this postseason, earning the fifth pennant in franchise history and another chance at its second championship.
The team’s 2017 title was tainted by a cheating scandal.
“A lot has been said but there’s not a lot to say anymore, man. We keep coming here. We keep facing the best of the best and we keep winning,” pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. said.
“When everything happened a few years ago, we knew the one thing that we could do is we could win and we could win and win a lot. I understand people are still not going to like us. They’re going to boo us, but at some point you have to respect what we’re doing.”
New York remained without a World Series appearance for 13 years as Aaron Judge’s sensational season ended with a whimper. After setting an AL record with 62 home runs, the star slugger can become a free agent next month.
“I could sit here and make excuses about if a ball falls this way, a ball drops that way or a pitch is made here and there. But what it comes down to is they just played better than us,” Judge said.
With the playoffs expanded to 12 teams this year, the Phillies became the first club in baseball history to finish third in the standings and reach the World Series. Philadelphia was 87-75 during the regular season — Justin Verlander and the Astros went 106-56 under manager Dusty Baker, seven games better than any other American League team.
“These are the greatest guys that I’ve ever been around!” Baker said during the postgame celebration on the field. “They come to play every day, all day.”
After racing to a 61-23 record in early July, AL East champion New York was no match for the Astros in October — again.
Houston went 9-2 against the Yankees overall this year and has eliminated them from the playoffs four times in the past eight seasons, including in the ALCS in 2017 and 2019.
In fact, New York has lost in its last five trips to the AL Championship Series and hasn’t claimed a pennant since winning its record 27th World Series championship in 2009.
No. 28 has proved most elusive.
“This is as bad as it gets,” manager Aaron Boone said.
Back in the leadoff spot, Harrison Bader had three hits and scored three times for New York. He connected off winning pitcher Hector Neris for his fifth home run of the playoffs, giving the Yankees a 5-4 lead in the sixth.
They couldn’t hold it when they absolutely had to.
Peña hit what should have been an inning-ending double-play ball to Torres in the seventh. But his flip to second base went wide of shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa as the crowd of 46,545 groaned, and the Astros had two runners on.
Alvarez singled home the tying run on the next delivery from losing pitcher Jonathan Loáisiga, and Bregman put Houston ahead with an RBI single off Clay Holmes.
It was the sixth error of this postseason for the Yankees, who also gave the Astros a pivotal gift in Game 3. Chas McCormick hit an early two-run homer off New York ace Gerrit Cole after Bader, a Gold Glove outfielder, dropped a two-out fly when he nearly collided with Judge in right-center.
Bryan Abreu, Rafael Montero and Ryan Pressly shut the door with perfect relief.
Pressly retired Judge on a comebacker for his third save of the series and fourth this postseason, sending the Astros rushing out of the dugout for ecstatic hugs and handshakes on the infield.
Moments later, a throng of orange-clad Houston fans chanted “Sweep! Sweep!” behind the team’s third base dugout in a mostly empty Yankee Stadium.
Astros players and coaches then headed inside their clubhouse for a booze-filled party, dancing to loud rap music and drinking beer out of Peña’s MVP trophy.
“They beat us in every facet,” Cole said.
DUSTY’S QUEST
The 73-year-old Baker is headed to his third World Series in 25 seasons as a major league manager, still seeking his first championship as bench boss. He did win as a player with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“It’s a very exciting time for me and the organization,” Baker said before the game. “These guys have come to expect winning. Winning breeds winning.”
OPENING ACT
Needing a win to extend their season, the Yankees got off to a fast start in the first inning following an 84-minute delay due to a threat of rain. Giancarlo Stanton laced an RBI single off McCullers, and Torres blooped a run-scoring single into center.
Anthony Rizzo’s two-out RBI double made it 3-0 in the second, but Stanton struck out with runners at second and third. Rizzo also delivered a two-out RBI single that tied it 4-all in the fourth.
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Verlander is likely to start his third World Series opener. The 39-year-old ace went 18-4 with a 1.75 ERA this season in a hugely successful comeback from Tommy John surgery, making him a favorite to win his third Cy Young Award. He was hit hard in the Division Series opener against Seattle, then struck out 11 in six innings of one-run ball to win Game 1 of the ALCS. He is 0-6 in seven World Series starts.
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. — FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Community Healthcare Trust Inc. (CHCT) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations.
The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 56 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had a loss of $6.9 million, or 32 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $27.2 million in the period.
The company’s shares have risen nearly 1% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $36.07, a drop of almost 1% in the last 12 months.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Oneida County in central New York...
* Until 100 PM EDT.
* At 1207 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Camden,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Camden, Boonville, Steuben, Florence, Ava, Delta Lake, Taberg,
Stokes Corner, Hawkinsville and Delta Lake State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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- Achieves Record-high Bitcoin Mining Computing Power of 3.8EH/s Installed as of February-end 2023 -
BEIJING, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) ("Canaan" or the "Company"), a leading high-performance computing solutions provider, today announced its unaudited financial results for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2022.
Fourth Quarter 2022 Operating and Financial Highlights
Total computing power sold was 1.9 million Thash/s, representing a decrease of 45.8% from 3.5 million Thash/s in the third quarter of 2022 and a decrease of 75.8% from 7.7 million Thash/s in the same period of 2021.
Revenues were RMB391.9 million (US$56.8 million), representing a decrease of 59.9% from RMB978.2 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a decrease of 82.1% from RMB2,184.6 million in the same period of 2021.
Mining revenue was RMB72.2 million (US$10.5 million), representing an increase of 16.3% from RMB62.0 million in the third quarter of 2022 and an increase of 368.2% from RMB15.4 million in the same period of 2021.
Full Year 2022 Operating and Financial Highlights
Total computing power sold was 15.1 million Thash/s, representing a year-over-year decrease of 32.4% from 22.3 million Thash/s in 2021.
Revenues were RMB4,378.9 million (US$634.9 million), compared to RMB4,986.7 million in 2021.
Mining revenue was RMB218.6 million (US$31.7 million), compared to RMB21.7 million in 2021.
Mr. Nangeng Zhang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canaan, commented, "We went through a tough fourth quarter as the further sinking bitcoin price during the quarter led to lackluster market demand for mining machines as we expected. Amidst the hard time, we delivered topline results of RMB392 million, exceeding our previous guidance range, thanks to our improved mining business operation and our constant exploration of clients' needs. To mitigate demand risks during the market downturn, we have been diligently improving and developing our mining business. Our efforts yielded more progress in early 2023 with 3.8 EH/s hash rate installed1 for mining as of the end of February. We strive to endure the present arduous period while simultaneously positioning ourselves for the market's resurgence. Accordingly, we have made decisive investments in bolstering our production capacity and expanding our mining operations to more varied geographic regions that offer advantageous conditions. We believe the growth of these high-quality assets will bring us tremendous bitcoin rewards and substantially appreciate in value when the bitcoin price increases."
"Despite the challenging market environment, 2022 was a notable year of milestones for our company. We expanded globally and established overseas supply chains and headquarters in Singapore. Our teams gained experience in operating our mining business in various overseas locations. We have also debuted our new mining machine series incorporating the latest cutting-edge process node, driving our computing power and efficiency to a new level. Leveraging our extensive understanding of the industry cycle, along with our talented team and valuable experience accumulated over the years, we are confident of overcoming challenges and capturing more market opportunities in the rising bitcoin cycle," Mr. Zhang concluded.
Mr. James Jin Cheng, Chief Financial Officer of Canaan, stated, "In the fourth quarter of 2022, we achieved better-than-expected total revenues under the severe conditions of low bitcoin price and weak sales demand. Due to improved power supply and better mining operations, revenue from this segment further grew 16% sequentially to RMB72 million, contributing to 18.4% of our topline for the quarter. Our gross loss was partially due to greater depreciation as a result of our growing bitcoin mining fleet. Considering very soft market demand and low selling price, we incurred an additional inventory write-down of RMB205.3 million, which also dampened our gross margin. In conjunction with one-time higher research and development expenses relating to the tape-out for our A13 series, our bottom line suffered losses during the quarter. In preparation for the approaching cyclical upswing in the bitcoin price, we made substantial prepayments to secure wafer production capacity in support of our continued mining scale growth and machine sales. Our enhanced mining machines, wafer supplies, and prepayments demonstrate our investment in key strategies to deploy our computing power in advance, capitalizing on market opportunities to come."
Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022 were RMB391.9 million (US$56.8 million), representing a decrease of 59.9% from RMB978.2 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a decrease of 82.1% from RMB2,184.6 million in the same period of 2021.
Products revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB319.6 million (US$46.3 million), representing a decrease of 65.1% from RMB916.0 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a decrease of 85.3% from RMB2,168.9 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease compared to the third quarter of 2022 and compared to the fourth quarter of 2021 were mainly due to the decrease in total computing power sold and the lower selling price, which resulted from the declined bitcoin price. AI product revenue decreased from RMB2.4 million in the third quarter of 2022 to RMB1.6 million (US$0.2 million) in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Mining revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB72.2 million (US$10.5 million), representing an increase of 16.3% from RMB62.0 million in the third quarter of 2022 and an increase of 368.2% from RMB15.4 million in the same period of 2021. The increases in mining revenue over the third quarter of 2022 and the fourth quarter of 2021 were mainly attributable to the increased computing power energized for mining.
Cost of revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB622.8 million (US$90.3 million), representing a decrease of 17.9% from RMB758.9 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a decrease of 10.7% from RMB697.6 million in the same period of 2021. The sequential and year-over-year decreases in cost of revenues were in-line with the decrease of product revenue and were partially offset by RMB205.3 million of inventory write-down recorded and RMB74.9 million of depreciation for mining machines deployed for the Company's mining business in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Gross loss in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB230.9 million (US$33.5 million), compared to a gross profit of RMB219.3 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a gross profit of RMB1,486.9 million in the same period of 2021.
Total operating expenses in the fourth quarter of 2022 were RMB393.5 million (US$57.0 million), representing an increase of 43.1% from RMB275.0 million in the third quarter of 2022 and an increase of 43.8% from RMB273.7 million in the same period of 2021.
Research and development expenses in the fourth quarter of 2022 were RMB223.5 million (US$32.4million), representing an increase of 89.3% from RMB118.1 million in the third quarter of 2022 and an increase of 99.5% from RMB112.0 million in the same period of 2021. The sequential increase was primarily attributable to RMB96.0 million one-off research and development expenditure for A13 series products. The year-over-year increase was primarily attributable to increased research and development costs for new products and increased staff costs in technology-related departments, partially offset by decreased share-based compensation expenses. Research and development expenses in the fourth quarter of 2022 also included share-based compensation expenses of RMB14.1 million (US$2.1 million).
Sales and marketing expenses in the fourth quarter of 2022 were RMB7.6 million (US$1.1 million), representing a decrease of 46.5% from RMB14.2 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a decrease of 75.2% from RMB30.7 million in the same period of 2021. The sequential and year-over-year decreases were mainly due to decreased staff costs. Sales and marketing expenses in the fourth quarter of 2022 also included share-based compensation expenses of RMB4.4 million (US$0.6 million).
General and administrative expenses in the fourth quarter of 2022 were RMB162.4 million (US$23.5 million), representing an increase of 13.8% from RMB142.7 million in the third quarter of 2022 and an increase of 24.0% from RMB131.0 million in the same period of 2021. The sequential increase was mainly due to increased staff costs, partially offset by decreased share-based compensation expenses. The year-over-year increase was mainly due to increased share-based compensation expenses and office expenses, which were partially offset by decreased staff costs. General and administrative expenses in the fourth quarter of 2022 also included share-based compensation expenses of RMB77.6 million (US$11.3 million).
Loss from operations in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB624.4 million (US$90.5 million), compared to a loss from operations of RMB55.7 million in the third quarter of 2022 and an income from operations of RMB1,213.2 million in the same period of 2021.
Non-GAAP loss from operations in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB527.8 million (US$76.5 million), compared to a non-GAAP income from operations of RMB49.5 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a non-GAAP income from operations of RMB1,289.6 million in the same period of 2021. Non-GAAP (loss)/income from operations excludes share-based compensation expenses. For further information, please refer to "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this press release.
Impairment on cryptocurrency in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB11.3 million (US$1.6 million), compared to RMB11.3 million in the third quarter of 2022 and nil in the same period of 2021. The impairment was mainly due to the declining bitcoin price during the fourth quarter of 2022.
Foreign exchange gains, net in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB26.6 million (US$3.9 million), compared with a gain of RMB101.2 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a gain of RMB4.2 million in the same period of 2021, respectively. The foreign exchange gains were due to the US dollar appreciation against the Renminbi since the second quarter of 2022.
Net loss in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB438.3 million (US$63.6 million), compared to a net income of RMB46.1 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a net income of RMB1,196.5 million in the same period of 2021.
Non-GAAP adjusted net loss in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB341.8 million (US$49.6 million), compared to a non-GAAP adjusted net income of RMB151.3 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a non-GAAP adjusted net income of RMB1,250.7 million in the same period of 2021. Non-GAAP adjusted net (loss)/income excludes share-based compensation expenses and change in fair value of warrant liability. For further information, please refer to "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this press release.
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax, in the fourth quarter of 2022 was a loss of RMB47.2 million (US$6.8 million), compared with an income of RMB94.0 million in the third quarter of 2022 and a loss of RMB19.9 million in the same period of 2021, respectively. The loss in the fourth quarter of 2022 was due to the US dollar depreciation against the Renminbi during the fourth quarter of 2022.
Basic net loss per American depositary share ("ADS") in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB2.61 (US$0.38). In comparison, basic net earnings per ADS in the third quarter of 2022 and in the same period of 2021 were RMB0.27 and RMB6.90, respectively. Each ADS represents 15 of the Company's Class A ordinary shares.
Diluted net loss per ADS in the fourth quarter of 2022 was RMB2.61 (US$0.38). In comparison, diluted net earnings per ADS in the third quarter of 2022 and in the same period of 2021 were RMB0.27 and RMB6.81, respectively. Each ADS represents 15 of the Company's Class A ordinary shares.
Full Year 2022 Financial Results
Revenues in the full year of 2022 decreased to RMB4,378.9 million (US$634.9 million) from RMB4,986.7 million in 2021. The decrease was mainly due to the decline in total computing power sold, which in turn was the result of bitcoin price drop that began in the middle of 2022.
Products revenue in the full year of 2022 decreased to RMB4,159.6 million (US$603.1 million) from RMB4,956.9 million in 2021. Mining equipment product sales revenue in the full year of 2022 decreased to RMB4,150.2 million (US$601.7 million) from RMB4,939.9 million in 2021, and AI product revenue in the full year of 2022 decreased to RMB9.3 million (US$1.4 million) from RMB17.0 million in 2021.
Mining revenue in the full year of 2022 increased to RMB218.6 million (US$31.7 million) from RMB21.7 million in 2021. The increase was mainly due to the increased computing power energized for mining.
Cost of revenues in the full year of 2022 increased to RMB2,631.0 million (US$381.5 million) from RMB2,136.0 million in the full year of 2021. The increase was mainly due to RMB421.9 million of inventories write-down recorded and a depreciation of RMB198.5 million from the Company's growing mining machine fleets for the mining business in the full year of 2022.
Gross profit in the full year of 2022 decreased to RMB1,747.9 million (US$253.4 million) from RMB2,850.7 million in the full year of 2021.
Total operating expenses in the full year of 2022 increased to RMB1,190.1 million (US$172.6 million) from RMB1,022.4 million in the full year of 2021.
Research and development expenses in the full year of 2022 increased by 64.2% to RMB546.6 million (US$79.3 million) from RMB332.8 million in the full year of 2021, primarily due to the increased research and development costs for new products and the increased staff costs in technology-related departments, partially offset by decreased share-based compensation expenses.
Sales and marketing expenses in the full year of 2022 decreased to RMB63.0 million (US$9.1 million) from RMB100.5 million in the full year of 2021. The decrease was mainly attributable to decreased staff costs, partially offset by increased share-based compensation expenses.
General and administrative expenses in the full year of 2022 decreased to RMB580.5 million (US$84.2 million) from RMB589.1 million in the full year of 2021. This year-over-year decrease was mainly due to decreased share-based compensation expenses.
Income from operations in the full year of 2022 was RMB557.8 million (US$80.9 million), compared to an income from operations of RMB1,828.3 million in the full year of 2021.
Non-GAAP income from operations in the full year of 2022 was RMB965.2 million (US$139.9 million), compared to RMB2,319.8 million in the full year of 2021.
Impairment on cryptocurrency in the full year of 2022 was RMB53.0 million (US$7.7 million), compared to nil in the full year of 2021.
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of nil tax, in the full year 2022 was an income of RMB97.1 million (US$14.1 million), compared to a loss of RMB22.1 million in the full year of 2021.
Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders in the full year of 2022 was RMB658.2 million (US$95.4 million), compared to a net income of RMB2,000.3 million in the full year of 2021.
Non-GAAP adjusted net income in the full year of 2022 was RMB1,041.0 million (US$150.9 million), compared to a non-GAAP adjusted net income of RMB2,301.6 million in the full year of 2021.
Basic net earnings per ADS in the full year of 2022 was RMB3.86 (US$0.56), compared to basic net earnings per ADS of RMB11.90 in the full year of 2021.
Diluted net earnings per ADS in the full year of 2022 was RMB3.83 (US$0.56), compared to diluted net earnings per ADS of RMB11.65 in the full year of 2021.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company held cryptocurrency assets that comprised 757.14 bitcoins, with a carrying value of RMB87.3 million (US$12.7 million).
As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of RMB707.3 million (US$102.5 million), compared to RMB2,684.3 million as of December 31, 2021.
Shares Outstanding
As of December 31, 2022, the Company had a total of 158,327,979 ADSs outstanding, each representing 15 of the Company's Class A ordinary shares.
Recent Developments
Development of the Company's mining business
The Company has been developing the bitcoin mining business as the second engine to capitalize on the bitcoin ecosystem and synergize with its bitcoin mining machines sales. As of the end of February 2023, the Company has installed a total hash rate of 3.8EH/s for mining in Central Asia and North America. With the continued operation, the Company expects its total installed mining computing power to be in the range of 5EH/s to 5.5EH/s by the end of the first quarter of 2023. The Company also endeavors to improve the power supply and the energized hash rate to enhance its mining business.
The Company's Share Repurchase Update
On March 16, 2022, the Company announced that its board of directors authorized a share repurchase program (the "Share Repurchase Program") under which the Company may repurchase up to US$100 million worth of its outstanding (i) ADSs, each representing 15 Class A ordinary shares, and/or (ii) Class A ordinary shares over the next 24 months starting from March 16, 2022.
From November 5, 2022, to February 28, 2023, the Company used approximately US$5.2 million to repurchase 1.8 million ADSs. As of February 28, 2023, the Company has repurchased a total of 8.2 million ADSs with an aggregate value of US$27.1 million and an average repurchase price of US$3.32 per ADS under the Share Repurchase Program.
The At-the-Market ("ATM") Offering
The Company has filed a prospectus supplement, dated November 25, 2022, setting up the at-the-market equity offering program, under which the Company may sell up to an aggregate of US$750,000,000 of its ADSs, each representing fifteen Class A ordinary shares of the Company.
The Company expects the ATM program to be a flexible mechanism for the Company to access public capital markets in the future. The timing and extent of the use of the ATM Program will be at the discretion of the Company. The ADSs will be offered through H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC as the exclusive sales agent.
Business Outlook
For the first quarter of 2023, the Company expects total net revenues to be approximately RMB450 million (US$65 million), considering the challenging market conditions across the industry. This forecast reflects the Company's current and preliminary views on the market and operational conditions, which are subject to change.
Conference Call Information
The Company's management team will hold a conference call at 8:00 A.M. U.S. Eastern Time on March 7, 2023 (or 9:00 P.M. Beijing Time on the same day) to discuss the financial results. Details for the conference call are as follows:
Event Title: Canaan Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Earnings Conference Call
Registration Link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIf997ef77282c4bc59b8d6ed4a449cf39
All participants must use the link provided above to complete the online registration process in advance of the conference call. Upon registering, each participant will receive a set of participant dial-in numbers and a unique access PIN, which can be used to join the conference call.
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at the Company's investor relations website at investor.canaan-creative.com.
About Canaan Inc.
Established in 2013, Canaan (NASDAQ: CAN), is a technology company focusing on ASIC high-performance computing chip design, chip research and development, computing equipment production, and software services. The Company's vision is "super computing is what we do, social enrichment is why we do it." Canaan has a rich experience in chip design and streamlined production in the ASIC field. In 2013, it released and mass produced its first ASIC Bitcoin mining machine. In 2018, Canaan released the world's first 7nm ASIC chip, providing energy efficient computing equipment to the cryptocurrency mining industry. In the same year, Canaan released the world's first RISC-V architecture commercial edge AI chip, further harnessing the potential of ASIC technology in the field of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.
Exchange Rate Information
This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars ("US$") at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise stated, all translations from RMB to US$ were made at the rate of RMB6.8972 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on December 30, 2022, in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board. The Company makes no representation that the RMB or US$ amounts referred could be converted into US$ or RMB, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward−looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward−looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Canaan Inc.'s strategic and operational plans, contain forward−looking statements. Canaan Inc. may also make written or oral forward−looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on Forms 20−F and 6−K, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Canaan Inc.'s beliefs and expectations, are forward−looking statements. Forward−looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward−looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; the expected growth of the Bitcoin industry and the price of Bitcoin; the Company's expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of its products, especially its Bitcoin mining machines; the Company's expectations regarding maintaining and strengthening its relationships with production partners and customers; the Company's investment plans and strategies, fluctuations in the Company's quarterly operating results; competition in its industry in China; and relevant government policies and regulations relating to the Company and cryptocurrency. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its registration statement on Form F−1, as amended, and its annual reports on Form 20−F, as amended. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Canaan Inc. does not undertake any obligation to update any forward−looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In evaluating Canaan's business, the Company uses non-GAAP measures, such as adjusted net income/(loss), as supplemental measures to review and assess its operating performance. The Company defines adjusted net income/(loss) as net income/(loss) excluding share-based compensation expenses and change in fair value of warrant liability. The Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about the Company's results of operations, enhance the overall understanding of the Company's past performance and future prospects and allow for greater visibility with respect to key metrics used by the Company's management in its financial and operational decision-making.
The non-GAAP financial measures are not defined under U.S. GAAP and are not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and investors should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for net income, cash flows provided by operating activities or other consolidated statements of operations and cash flows data prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. One of the key limitations of using adjusted net income is that it does not reflect all of the items of income and expense that affect the Company's operations. Share-based compensation and change in fair value of warrant liability have been and may continue to be incurred in Canaan's business and are not reflected in the presentation of adjusted net income. Further, the non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore their comparability may be limited. The Company mitigates these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP performance measures, all of which should be considered when evaluating the Company's performance.
Investor Relations Contact
Canaan Inc.
Ms. Xi Zhang
Email: IR@canaan-creative.com
ICR, LLC.
Robin Yang
Tel: +1 (347) 396-3281
Email: canaan.ir@icrinc.com
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A majority of Californians support the state’s goal of banning sales of new internal-combustion vehicles by 2035, but opinions are highly partisan, according to a new poll conducted by UC Berkeley.
A newly passed state law requiring all new vehicles sold in California to be all-electric or plug-in hybrids received the backing of 55% or respondents, with 33% strongly in favor. In comparison, 39% said they opposed the plan, which gradually works up to a complete phaseout of the sales of new, non-plug-in gasoline and diesel vehicles over the next 12 years.
However, opinions were sharply divided by political party and ideology. While 77% of registered Democrats and 88% of voters considering themselves “strongly liberal in politics” supported the plan, 81% of Republicans and 79% of those identifying as strongly conservative were against it.
“The findings show how everyday issues, such as what type of car to drive, can become highly partisan in our contemporary, politically polarized reality,” Cristina Mora, director of the poll, said in a statement.
Despite that, Americans overwhelmingly see EVs as better for the environment, according to a poll conducted in 2021. It found that two-thirds of Americans agreed that EVs were better for the environment, while another poll from around the same time showed bipartisan support for increased use of renewable energy.
A survey last year found that there was widespread, bipartisan support for EV adoption—although the ban wasn’t something asked about, and it might be the point that strikes a nerve for Republicans.
Energy independence used to be something more widely preached by Republicans. Resistance from the Trump administration regarding EV policy might have played into this polarization.
Yet even at the height of the previous administration’s antagonism against green cars, a 2019 survey found that 77% viewed EVs positively—including 70% of Republicans. So perhaps the prospect of a gas-car ban has altered the situation.
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Greensboro's AAA Four-Diamond award-winning golf resort selects Wyndham Grand as its global sales and marketing partner; Joins Wyndham Rewards, the #1 hotel loyalty program
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company with more than 8,900 hotels across 95+ countries, today announced the expansion of its flagship Wyndham Grand® brand, adding Greensboro's award-winning Grandover Resort & Spa to its growing global portfolio.
Named one of North Carolina's Best Golf Hotels by U.S. News & World Report and ranked Greensboro's No. 1 Resort by TripAdvisor, Grandover Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Hotel, offers guests a sophisticated and secluded retreat just minutes from the heart of downtown Greensboro. Nestled on 1,600 wooded acres, the 244-room resort features two 18-hole championship golf courses, a world-class spa, tennis courts, fitness center, fine dining and more than 45,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space. The resort is also the official host hotel of this week's Wyndham Championship, the sixth-oldest event on the PGA TOUR, excluding the majors.
"Grandover Resort & Spa is a spectacular property that masterfully captures the essence of what makes every stay with Wyndham Grand so special," said Jurgen Schafers, Wyndham Grand group vice president and brand leader. "Elevated yet approachable, personable yet polished, it caters to travelers with welcoming, tailored experiences that allow them to make the most of every moment. It's a tremendous addition to the Wyndham Grand brand and one we know guests, particularly those with a passion for golf, are absolutely going to love."
Guests of Grandover Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Hotel, will begin seeing nods to the hotel's new brand affiliation starting today with full integration into Wyndham's award-winning loyalty program, Wyndham Rewards®, expected later this Fall. Once integrated, guests will be able to earn points on qualified resort stays and redeem for free nights or a wide-array of other rewards. Wyndham Rewards has the distinction of having more free night redemption options than any other major hotel rewards program, offering stays at over 50,000 hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally.
Through its affiliation with Wyndham Grand, Grandover will also become the newest hotel to join The Meetings Collection, Wyndham's curated collection of hotels and resorts in highly sought-after meetings destinations across the U.S. Elevating Wyndham's support of meeting planners, The Meetings Collection delivers a simple, streamlined way for organizers to source and book exceptional resorts, all while receiving competitive rates and generous rewards.
"As a proud partner of the Wyndham Championship, this move is a natural evolution of Grandover's longstanding relationship with Wyndham," said Kelly Harrill, executive vice president of Hospitality at Koury Corporation. "Wyndham is known the world over not only for its iconic brands but what is arguably one of the most compelling rewards programs in our industry today. Being able to tap into the program's more than 95 million enrolled members, as well as best-in-class technology, sales and distribution platforms, all while maintaining the individuality, character and charm that is the Grandover, made the decision to align with Wyndham Grand an easy one."
As a Wyndham Grand hotel, Grandover Resort & Spa joins an exclusive and growing brand portfolio of nearly 70 upper-upscale hotels located in some of the most sought-after destinations around the world, including Shanghai, Istanbul, Doha, Salzburg and Orlando. Approachable by design, hotels are known for the spectacular locales, striking architecture and intuitive service. Learn more and book your next stay at www.wyndhamgrand.com.
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About Grandover Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Hotel
Nestled on 1,600 wooded acres, Grandover Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Hotel, is one of North Carolina's premier golf destinations and Greensboro's first-ever AAA Four-Diamond Award hotel. Offering 244-rooms, including five luxurious suites, the resort is just minutes from downtown Greensboro and features two 18-hole championship golf courses, a world-class spa, tennis courts, fitness center, fine dining and more than 45,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space. The resort is the centerpiece of Grandover, a multi-experience community developed and managed by family-owned Koury Corporation offering shopping, dining and recreation as well as business and residential spaces. For more information, or to book your next stay, visit www.grandoverresort.com.
About Wyndham Grand
Travel is the best excuse to enjoy the grand things in life. With locations in some of the world's most sought-after vacation destinations – including Shanghai, Istanbul, Doha, Salzburg and Orlando – Wyndham Grand® hotels transform ordinary moments into unforgettable experiences. Approachable by design, Wyndham Grand helps travelers make every moment count. Book your next escape at www.wyndhamgrand.com. You can also like and follow Wyndham Grand on Facebook and Instagram. For hotel development opportunities, visit www.development.wyndhamhotels.com.
About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) is the world's largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with approximately 9,000 hotels across over 95 countries on six continents. Through its network of approximately 819,000 rooms appealing to the everyday traveler, Wyndham commands a leading presence in the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company operates a portfolio of 22 hotel brands, including Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®, Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®. The Company's award-winning Wyndham Rewards® loyalty program offers over 95 million enrolled members the opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally. For more information, visit www.wyndhamhotels.com.
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The 2023 RBC Heritage Odds & Preview: Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley is in 16th place, with a score of -9, after the third round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links.
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- Over his last 14 rounds, Bradley has finished better than par seven times, while also carding nine rounds with a better-than-average score.
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- Bradley has recorded a score within three shots of the day's best in three of his last 14 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day seven times.
- Bradley has finished in the top 10 once in his past five appearances.
- He has qualified for the weekend in three of his past five events.
- In his past five appearances, Bradley has finished within five shots of the leader one time and with a better-than-average score twice.
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RBC Heritage Insights and Stats
- In his past two appearances at this event, Bradley has had an average finishing position of 52nd.
- Bradley has made the cut in each of his last two trips to this event.
- Bradley finished 60th in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2023).
- Measuring 7,213 yards, Harbour Town Golf Links is set up as a par 71 for this event. In the past year, tournaments on Tour have averaged 7,295 yards.
- Harbour Town Golf Links is 7,213 yards, 120 yards shorter than the average course Bradley has played in the past year (7,333).
Bradley's Last Time Out
- Bradley finished in the 10th percentile on the 16 par-3 holes at the Masters Tournament, with an average of 3.25 strokes.
- He averaged 4.1 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 40) at the Masters Tournament, which was strong enough to land him in the 77th percentile of the field on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.14).
- Bradley was better than 89% of the field at the Masters Tournament on par-5 holes, averaging 4.44 strokes per hole, compared to the field average of 4.6.
- Bradley recorded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the Masters Tournament (the tournament average was 1.9).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Masters Tournament, Bradley recorded six bogeys or worse (the tournament average was 2.5).
- Bradley had fewer birdies or better (three) than the tournament average of 3.5 on the 40 par-4s at the Masters Tournament.
- At that last competition, Bradley's showing on the 40 par-4s included a bogey or worse seven times (the field's average was worse, at 8.4).
- Bradley ended the Masters Tournament bettering the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (5.8) with nine on the 16 par-5 holes.
- The field at the Masters Tournament averaged 1.3 bogeys or worse on the 16 par-5s, but Bradley finished without one.
RBC Heritage Time and Date Info
- Date: April 13-16, 2023
- Course: Harbour Town Golf Links
- Location: Hilton Head, South Carolina
- Par: 71 / 7,213 yards
- Bradley Odds to Win: +12500 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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All statistics in this article reflect Bradley's performance prior to the 2023 RBC Heritage.
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