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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government said it’s imposing emergency measures in the country’s capital, Skopje, and three other cities in order to protect people from severely high levels of air pollution.
No sports events will be staged on Sunday or on any day with high air pollution levels, and other outdoor activities will be curtailed. Starting Monday, construction work will be limited to a six-hour period, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The government has recommended companies excuse pregnant women and people over age 60 from work.
The government also said it would reduce the use of its official vehicles by half, and ordered the health and welfare ministries to provide shelter for homeless people and boost emergency services and home visits to people with chronic illnesses.
The measures were announced Saturday after days of lobbying by environmental groups asking the government to take action. The new rules coincided with an announcement by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company, ranking North Macedonia’s capital as the third-most polluted city in the world for Saturday after Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek and Lahore, Pakistan. The levels of toxic PM10 and PM 2.5 particles in the air measured by IQAir in Skopje were about 28 times higher than the safety threshold established by the World Health Organization.
PM10 particles are particles smaller than 10 micrometers, or 10 one-millionths of a meter that are so-called coarse particles that can irritate the eyes, nose and throat. PM2.5 particles can lodge deeper into the lungs, enter the bloodstream and are considered more dangerous.
North Macedonia has been one of Europe’s most polluted countries for years. Health authorities estimate that more than 3,000 people in this country of just over 2 million die each year as a result of air pollution, which is mostly a result of the heavy use of household wood-burning stoves during cold winters, an aging car fleet and the practice in some areas of garbage disposal by incineration.
The recent spike in energy prices has further boosted wood-burning stove use. | 2022-12-25T20:25:11+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-north-macedonia-takes-emergency-anti-pollution-steps/ |
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Tokyo has gone into a polka dot frenzy for the newly launched collection between Louis Vuitton and contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama. Leading up to the official launch, some of Tokyo’s most iconic locations were turned into art installations and AR experiences to promote the collection. In addition, Louis Vuttion stores across Tokyo have been outfitted with Kusama’s signature polka dot and pumpkin motifs and a special pop-up shop even opened in Harajuku featuring a giant statue of the iconic artist.
While the pop-up shop is now closed, there’s still something very exciting you can check out. If you’re in Omotesando, be sure to walk by Louis Vuitton as a life-like Yayoi Kusama robot has recently appeared in the window display. The robot is similar to the one featured in New York City, which has been turning heads outside the Fifth Avenue store.
Surrounded by her colourful pumpkins, the Kusama robot is set up to look as if she’s painting polka dots on the windows. The robot is even outfitted in a polka dot dress with a matching pumpkin-shaped wig replacing her usual red hairstyle. However, what’s most interesting about the robot are the shockingly realistic facial features and movements. Take a close look and you might even see her give you a small smile.
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Want to be the first to know what’s cool in Tokyo? Sign up to our newsletter for the latest updates from Tokyo and Japan. | 2023-01-24T08:34:31+00:00 | timeout.com | https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/theres-now-a-yayoi-kusama-robot-in-tokyo-012423 |
WFO BUFFALO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 8, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
608 AM EDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING...
There will be locally dense areas of fog across the Western
Southern Tier early this morning. If traveling this morning, be
prepared for variable visibility, sharply reduced at times. The
fog will gradually dissipate by around 9 a.m.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-09-08T11:42:38+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/weather/article/NY-WFO-BUFFALO-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17426893.php |
Today in History
Today is Saturday, June 3, the 154th day of 2023. There are 211 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 3, 1989, Chinese army troops began their sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations.
On this date:
In 1621, the Dutch West India Co. received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.
In 1888, the poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.
In 1935, the French liner Normandie set a record on its maiden voyage, arriving in New York after crossing the Atlantic in just four days.
In 1937, Edward, The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony in Monts, France.
In 1962, Air France Flight 007, a U.S.-bound Boeing 707, crashed while attempting to take off from Orly Airport near Paris; all but two of the 132 people aboard were killed.
In 1965, astronaut Edward H. White became the first American to “walk” in space during the flight of Gemini 4.
In 1977, the United States and Cuba agreed to set up diplomatic interests sections in each other’s countries; Cuba also announced the immediate release of 10 Americans jailed on drug charges.
In 1989, Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died.
In 2008, Barack Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination, speaking in the same St. Paul, Minnesota, arena where Republicans would be holding their national convention in September 2008.
In 2011, physician-assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian died at a Michigan hospital at 83. Actor James Arness (TV: “Gunsmoke”), 88, died in Brentwood, California.
In 2016, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali died at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 74.
In 2020, prosecutors charged three more police officers in the death of George Floyd and filed a new, tougher charge of second-degree murder against Derek Chauvin, the officer who was caught on video pressing his knee to Floyd’s neck. (Chauvin would be convicted on all charges.) Defense Secretary Mark Esper took issue with President Donald Trump’s threats to use the full force of the military to quell street protests.
Ten years ago: The prosecution and defense presented opening statements in the court-martial of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning over the biggest leak of classified material in American history. (Manning was found guilty at Fort Meade, Maryland, of espionage and theft and was sentenced to up to 35 years in prison; her sentence was commuted after seven years by President Barack Obama.) A sharply divided Supreme Court cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrested for a serious crime. A suicide bomber targeting U.S. troops outside an Afghanistan government office killed 9 children and two of the Americans. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died at a New York hospital at age 89. Football Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones died in Anaheim Hills, California, at age 74.
Five years ago: President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, stressed that Trump’s legal team would fight any effort to force Trump to testify in front of a grand jury during the special counsel’s Russia probe; Giuliani also downplayed the idea that Trump could pardon himself. Graduating seniors at the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February received diplomas and heard from a surprise commencement speaker, “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, who urged them to move forward and “don’t let anything stop you;” four families received diplomas on behalf of loved ones slain in the attack. Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, one of the most active volcanos in Central America, erupted in fiery explosions of ash and molten rock, killing more than 100 people and leaving scores of others missing.
One year ago: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reached its 100th day. President Vladimir Putin said when he launched the invasion that his forces would not occupy the country, but Moscow seemed increasingly unlikely to relinquish the territory it had taken in the war, and the Kremlin-installed administrations in both regions talked about plans to become part of Russia. A train accident in the Alps in southern Germany left at least four people dead and many more injured. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, joined other members of Britain’s royal family for a church service honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. It was their first public appearance in the U.K. since stepping back from royal duties two years earlier.
Today’s Birthdays: The former president of Cuba, Raul Castro, is 92. Actor Irma P. Hall is 88. Rock singer Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople) is 84. World Golf Hall of Famer Hale Irwin is 78. Actor Penelope Wilton is 77. Singer Eddie Holman is 77. Actor Tristan Rogers is 77. Musician Too Slim (Riders in the Sky) is 75. Singer Suzi Quatro is 73. Singer Deneice Williams is 73. Singer Dan Hill is 69. Actor Suzie Plakson is 65. Actor Scott Valentine is 65. Rock musician Kerry King (Slayer) is 59. Actor James Purefoy is 59. Rock singer-musician Mike Gordon is 58. TV host Anderson Cooper is 56. Country singer Jamie O’Neal is 55. Writer-director Tate Taylor is 44. Singers Gabriel and Ariel Hernandez (No Mercy) are 52. Actor Vik Sahay is 52. R&B singer Lyfe Jennings is 50. Actor Arianne Zucker is 49. Actor Nikki M. James is 42. Tennis player Rafael Nadal is 37. Actor Josh Segarra is 37. Actor-singer Lalaine is 36. Actor Sean Berdy is 30. Actor Anne Winters is 29. | 2023-05-22T12:01:29+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/today-in-history-june-3-barack-obama-wins-18111885.php |
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — The sheriff’s office in Polk County, Florida, says a 19-year-old “self-proclaimed rapper” has been charged with first-degree murder.
In a news conference Thursday, Sheriff Grady Judd said La’Darion Chandler was charged with the shooting death of 33-year-old John McGhee on Dec. 17, 2022.
The charge comes after Chandler was accused of pointing a gun at someone at the Secret Cove subdivision in Lakeland on Feb. 22. While being held without bond in the Polk County Jail, investigators said witness interviews and tips from the community connected him to last year’s shooting.
The shooting victim belonged to a rival gang, according to the sheriff’s office. He died from his injuries on Jan. 9.
“Our crime is at a 51-year low, and our violent crime was down last year. Shootings like this one don’t represent what’s going on all over Polk County,” Judd said. “But there is a problem with very young gangsters shooting at each other — a problem that we aim to solve. The suspects in shootings like this one aren’t even supposed to have guns.”
Judd said Chandler mentioned the alleged murder in a rap song. “Only the shooter would have known he shot the guy in the back,” Judd said, referencing one of the lyrics.
Deputies searched Chandler’s home and found ammo in a duffel bag, but did not find the gun used in the alleged crimes. Heartland Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who with information that could help law enforcement locate it.
“We will pay $5,000 to recover the gun used in this homicide. Contact Heartland Crime Stoppers: we get the gun, and you get a whole lot of cash,” Judd said.
Chandler has been charged with first degree murder, delinquent in possession of a firearm and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. | 2023-03-03T00:48:15+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/teen-rapper-charged-after-writing-song-about-murder-florida-deputies-say/ |
Age: 61
Education: Attended Laredo Junior College Alumni
Previous elected office: None
1. Why are you the best qualified candidate to take on this position?
Experience makes me stand out in the field of candidates seeking to be elected for City Council District 1. I bring over 30 years of experience as a public servant, having worked nearly twenty years in the Webb County’s Sheriff’s Department and over ten years as Administrative Assistant for Commissioner Precinct 3. The three decades of experience and dedication as a public servant have taught me skills not only in management but recognizing the importance of representing our local government’s needs and interests at the federal and state level, but also the importance of managing a budget and being fiscally responsible to ensure taxes do not increase and are lowered.
2. What is your platform and what issues are most important to you?
South Laredo is an area in our city that is rapidly growing. To grow effectively, we must invest wisely to ensure South Laredo continues to thrive. When elected, I plan to bring more city funds for a new water system to guarantee our families reliable and clean water. Additionally, the safety and wellbeing of our community is key – that is why we must invest in our first responders to safeguard our police and fire protection. Our infrastructure is in much need of betterment, and we must bring more city funds for better streets and roads. Lastly, our trash service needs attention, and we must work diligently to beautify South Laredo and bring cleanliness to our community.
3. The Binational River Park has been pitched as an ecological restoration project that also unites both cities. What are your thoughts on the project and the overall water problems in Laredo?
The Binational River Park would bring quality of life to Laredo which would benefit both cities on the border. This project would be essential towards our ecology and river preservation. I believe our city needs to work diligently with the federal government to secure funding for such project and move it forward as the funding trickles down from them. As per the water problems our city is currently facing, I believe we must identify the infrastructure issues and address them rapidly. The city has already bonded to initiate such process, but we must plan on the acquisition of the additional funds needed to fix the water problem in its entirety, without raising the water rates and ensuring we provide quality water to all consumers.
4. An attempt at building a border wall has been an ongoing project for many Texas leaders for years. What are your thoughts on a potential border wall and the overall current state of the border?
Border security is important, especially for Laredo as we are the #1 inland port. However, I do not think a border wall is the answer to the issues affecting our border. There are other alternatives we can take to address border issues. The city must be at the table, actively engaging with the federal government, to ensure we address border security effectively without imposing a physical barrier which could hinder existing international relations.
5. Have you ever been arrested or convicted of any crime? If so, explain the circumstances and the outcome.
No. | 2022-10-23T22:08:55+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/politics/article/Patty-Tijerina-San-Miguel-17524213.php |
WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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892 FPUS56 KOTX 040823
ZFPOTX
Zone Forecast Product for Eastern Washington and North Idaho
National Weather Service Spokane WA
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
WAZ031-041100-
Northeast Blue Mountains-
Including the cities of Anatone and Peola
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s to upper 70s. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Rainfall amounts
less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms. Rain showers. Lows
in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph in the
evening, becoming light and variable. Gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of precipitation 90 percent. Rainfall amounts up to three
quarters of an inch possible, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain and a chance of thunderstorms. Much cooler. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain. Highs in the 50s. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Rain showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms.
Highs in the 50s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Lows in the
upper 30s to mid 40s.
$$
WAZ034-035-041100-
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-
Including the cities of Moses Lake, Ephrata, Othello, Quincy,
Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, and Coulee City
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
East wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely
overnight. Lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. South wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent. Rainfall amounts up to a half inch possible, except
higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Much cooler. Highs in the mid 50s to lower
60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the lower to mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Highs in the 60s.
$$
WAZ038-041100-
Okanogan Highlands-
Including the cities of Republic, Inchelium, and Wauconda
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the 80s. Gusts up to 20 mph in the morning.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely
overnight. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Gusts up to 20 mph
overnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Rainfall amounts
up to a half inch possible, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain and a chance of thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs
in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cooler. Rain likely. Highs in the mid 40s to lower
50s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Highs in the 60s.
$$
WAZ041-041100-
Wenatchee Area-
Including the cities of Wenatchee, Chelan, Entiat, and Cashmere
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Northeast
wind 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers likely and a
chance of thunderstorms overnight. Lows in the upper 40s to lower
50s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent. Rainfall amounts up to three quarters
of an inch possible, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain. Much cooler. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the 40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to lower
40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance
of rain. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Lows in the upper 30s
to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to
mid 40s. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the 40s. Highs in the 60s.
$$
WAZ044-041100-
Waterville Plateau-
Including the cities of Waterville and Mansfield
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
North wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Northeast wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely
overnight. Lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. South wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent. Rainfall amounts up to three quarters of an inch
possible, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain. Much cooler. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in
the lower to mid 40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Highs in the lower
to mid 60s.
$$
WAZ043-041100-
Okanogan Valley-
Including the cities of Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Bridgeport,
Oroville, Nespelem, and Tonasket
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 80s. North wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely
overnight. Lows in the 50s. East wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Rainfall amounts
up to a half inch possible, except higher amounts possible in
thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain. Not as warm. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows in the mid to upper 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Highs in
the upper 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Highs in the 60s.
$$
WAZ047-041100-
Central Chelan County-
Including the cities of Leavenworth, Plain, and Lake Wenatchee
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers and a chance of
thunderstorms overnight. Lows in the 40s. Northwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation
80 percent. Rainfall amounts up to three quarters of an inch
possible, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain. Much cooler. Highs in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain
snow. Snow level 4500 feet. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. West
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain
snow. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a
chance of rain and mountain snow. Lows in the mid 30s to lower
40s. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain snow.
Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain and mountain snow. Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
$$
WAZ048-041100-
Western Chelan County-
Including the cities of Stevens Pass, Holden Village,
and Stehekin
122 AM PDT Thu May 4 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s to lower 80s. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers and a chance of
thunderstorms overnight. Lows in the lower 40s to lower 50s. West
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation
90 percent. Rainfall amounts up to three quarters of an inch
possible, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain and high mountain snow. Snow level 6500 feet. Much
cooler. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. West wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and mountain snow likely. Snow level
4500 feet. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain
snow. Highs in the 40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and
mountain snow. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and
mountain snow. Highs in the 50s. Lows in the mid 30s to lower
40s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain
snow. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain snow.
Highs in the 50s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain and mountain snow. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Highs
in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
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EVENING...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely
overnight. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Northwest wind 5 to
15 mph overnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Rainfall
amounts up to a half inch possible, except higher amounts
possible in thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Rain. Much cooler. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and high mountain snow. Snow level
6000 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain and mountain snow likely. Highs in the mid 40s
to lower 50s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
and mountain snow. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Highs in
the mid to upper 50s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain
snow. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and mountain snow.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain and mountain snow. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Highs
in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
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NEW YORK -- The video banner above the entrance to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday read: "Welcome Rick Pitino."
More like welcome back for the new St. John's coach.
Back to the Garden, where he once coached the Knicks.
Back to the Big East, the conference that launched his stardom and where he won his most recent NCAA championship.
Back to big-time college basketball after a series of scandals made it seem as if that part of his career was over.
"So, when I went to Iona, I said that Iona was going to be my last job," Pitino said at his introductory news conference at MSG. "And the reason I said that is who's going to hire a 70-year-old ? No matter how much I think I'm Peter Pan, who's going to hire a 70-year-old?"
St. John's gave the Hall of Famer a six-year contract to turn back the clock on a program that once stole New York City tabloid headlines away from the Knicks in the 1980s under coach Lou Carnesecca but has been mired in mediocrity for more than two decades.
The Red Storm once played most of their biggest home games at the Garden. Pitino said the goal is to have all their Big East games played there going forward.
"Lou built a legendary program. Legendary," Pitino said. "I'm all-in with everything that St. John stands for. I'm excited about it. I can't wait to get started.
"And it's going to start with a culture of work."
Pitino, who was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island, has won 832 games in 34 full seasons as a college head coach, including NCAA championships at Kentucky in 1996 and Louisville in 2013.
The title at Louisville was vacated because of NCAA violations, and another NCAA case related to the FBI's investigation into corruption in college basketball recruiting led to Pitino being fired by Louisville in 2017.
The final ruling from the NCAA's outside enforcement arm on the FBI case came down in November and exonerated Pitino.
There was also a criminal extortion case in which Pitino was the victim during his time at Louisville that revealed personal indiscretions.
"Well, it doesn't matter what you believe, what you don't believe," Pitino said. "The one thing all my players have said, because they all wrote letters for me: I've never cheated the game. I never gave a player anything that he didn't deserve in life."
The St. John's president, the Rev. Brian Shanley, said the decision to hire Pitino was his call.
"Yeah, sure, there's some reputational risk because of things that have happened before, but I think Rick is at a point in his life where he's learned from things that have happened in the past," Shanley told The Associated Press. "I think he'd be the first one to tell you he's done things that he regrets. Who doesn't when you get to be that age? I know I have. I'm a believer in forgiveness and new beginnings as a priest, and I think Rick's going to do a great job for St. John's."
Carnesecca, 98 and getting around with the help of a walker these days, sat in the front row of Pitino's news conference.
"I think it's a home run with the bases loaded," Carnesecca said.
Carnesecca was one of the Big East's brightest coaching stars, along with Georgetown's John Thompson and Villanova's Rollie Massimino, when Pitino became Providence head coach in 1985 at the age of 32.
Thirty-eight years later, Pitino's Providence ties helped him land at St. John's after three seasons at Iona, a small Catholic school in New Rochelle, just north of New York City.
Shanley previously was the president of Providence. He helped turn around a lagging men's basketball program by hiring coach Ed Cooley and investing in facilities upgrades.
"If I wasn't a Providence Friar, he would have never even considered it," Pitino said.
Shanley attempted to lure Pitino away from Louisville and back to Providence years ago, but he didn't know much about the coach personally back then. He said he talked to a lot of people about Pitino this time around.
"I'd say my behind-the-scenes wisdom person was Mike Tranghese, the former commissioner of the Big East," Shanley said. "He got me Ed Cooley last time, and I think we came out pretty well this time, too."
Cooley was hired by Georgetown on Monday.
Pitino said he's bringing his entire staff with him from Iona, which earlier in the day announced the hiring of Fairleigh Dickinson coach Tobin Anderson to replace Pitino.
Pitino will try to become the first coach to take six schools to the NCAA tournament as he gets one more shot on the big stage.
"I deserve it," he said, "because I've earned it." | 2023-03-21T22:45:26+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35913003/rick-pitino-welcomed-coach-st-john-earned-it |
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Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with Rosie Hidalgo, senior advisor on gender-based violence for the White House Gender Policy Council, and Deborah J. Vagins, president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, about the contributing risk factors to what has been called a “shadow pandemic,” the public policy response and the use of social media to educate survivors.
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Rays vs. Blue Jays Probable Starting Pitchers Today - May 25
Yandy Diaz leads the Tampa Bay Rays (36-15) into a matchup with Bo Bichette and the Toronto Blue Jays (26-24) at Tropicana Field, on Thursday at 1:10 PM ET. Diaz is at .322, the sixth-best average in the league, while Bichette is fifth at .327.
The Rays will give the nod to Zach Eflin (6-1) against the Blue Jays and Alek Manoah (1-4).
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- Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023
- Time: 1:10 PM ET
- TV: MLB Network
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
- Venue: Tropicana Field
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- Probable Pitchers: Eflin - TB (6-1, 3.45 ERA) vs Manoah - TOR (1-4, 5.15 ERA)
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Rays Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Zach Eflin
- The Rays' Eflin (6-1) will make his ninth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up three earned runs and allowed four hits in seven innings pitched against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
- The 29-year-old has an ERA of 3.45 and 10.0 strikeouts per nine innings, with a batting average against of .237 in eight games this season.
- He has started eight games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in three of them.
- Eflin has eight starts in a row of five innings or more.
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Blue Jays Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Alek Manoah
- Manoah makes the start for the Blue Jays, his 11th of the season. He is 1-4 with a 5.15 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 50 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance came on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, when the right-hander threw 5 2/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing six hits.
- Over 10 games this season, the 25-year-old has a 5.15 ERA and 7.1 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .276 to opposing hitters.
- Manoah has collected two quality starts this season.
- Manoah is trying to pick up his sixth start of five or more innings this year in this outing.
- The 25-year-old's 5.15 ERA ranks 66th, 1.737 WHIP ranks 72nd, and 7.1 K/9 ranks 56th among qualifying pitchers this season.
Alek Manoah vs. Rays
- He will match up with a Rays offense that is batting .271 as a unit (first in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .501 (first in the league) with 97 total home runs (first in MLB play).
- Manoah has a 13.5 ERA and a 2.786 WHIP against the Rays this season in 4 2/3 innings pitched, allowing a .391 batting average over one appearance.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Dan Snyder’s future in the NFL as owner of the Washington Commanders remains in standby mode while his peers gathered at a posh resort for the league’s annual meetings and waited for news on the potential sale of the team.
A discussion on Snyder isn’t on the formal agenda this week, three people familiar with those details told The Associated Press on Monday. Still, Snyder was a hot topic of conversation despite his absence and even while quarterback Lamar Jackson’s trade request dominated headlines.
“I think he’s put the team up for sale. I believe that something is close to happening,” New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said. “I don’t know that for sure. We’ll wait and see what happens.”
Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos recently joined groups led by Josh Harris and Tilman Fertitta to bid on purchasing the Commanders. Once Snyder accepts an offer, he must submit the bidder’s name to the NFL for approval. That hasn’t happened yet, a person told the AP.
Last fall, with multiple investigations ongoing into the team’s workplace culture, finances and Snyder himself, he and wife Tanya hired a firm to “consider possible transactions.” Tanya continues to represent the team at league events.
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has said there’s “merit to remove” Snyder as owner of the Commanders. That would take an unprecedented vote of 24 of the other 31 team owners to happen.
Snyder and his attorneys have demanded that NFL owners and the league indemnify him against future legal liability and costs if he sells the team, a person told the AP. Two owners said they were angered by Snyder’s demand for indemnification but told the AP that they want to let the sale process play out before taking any action.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Snyder’s situation has changed their relationship.
“I think that it’s a little more formal, but I think it’s that way because of the various issues that are involved here,” Jones said. “It’s not ‘lovey-dovey,’ but it’s not really strained in any way.”
Snyder and the team are still under investigation by former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White, who was retained by the league to look into various aspects of the organization stemming from a congressional review into workplace misconduct that also included a referral to the Federal Trade Commission for potential business improprieties.
A spokesperson declined to comment when asked if Snyder had refused to speak with White, saying it’s a confidential matter between the club and the league.
Snyder is facing other civil suits and investigations.
The Attorney General for the District of Columbia filed two suits in civil court against the Commanders late last year: one for a scheme to cheat fans out of ticket money and another naming Snyder, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league, saying they colluded to deceive fans about an investigation into the team’s workplace culture that ended with a $10 million fine and no written report. The Commanders settled with the state of Maryland, agreeing to return security deposits to former season ticket holders and pay a $250,000 penalty.
An investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, launched in October 2021 and including testimony from Snyder, Goodell and many others, said the team fostered a toxic workplace culture.
Other news out of Monday’s meetings included:
LIFE-SAVING COALITION
The NFL has launched The Smart Heart Sports Coalition, a collaboration among various organizations advocating to adopt evidence-based policies that will prevent fatal outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest among high school students.
“The NFL has a history of stepping up on challenging issues,” league executive Anna Isaacson said. “Damar Hamlin’s life was saved. We want to save more lives.”
The coalition includes the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, NHL, NCAA, the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Korey Stringer Institute, National Athletic Trainers’ Association and Damar Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation.
League executive Jeff Miller said it’s critical for schools to have policies in place to deliver CPR effectively and have immediate access to AEDs.
“If a school has an emergency-action plan in place, if they have somebody trained in CPR and they have access to an AED, a lot of the most tragic situations which unfortunately happen may be prevented.”
FUTURE HOSTS
League executive Peter O’Reilly said a vote on host cities for the Super Bowl in 2026 and the NFL draft in 2025 won’t take place this week. O’Reilly said it’s likely to be on the agenda for the May meetings.
Las Vegas hosts the Super Bowl next year and New Orleans will host the following one. Kansas City hosts the NFL draft next month and Detroit will host next year.
PRO BOWL GAMES
O’Reilly said the reimagined Pro Bowl with a week of activities and competition capped by flag football is here to stay. He said 100% of players surveyed favor the new format. ___
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Acquisition Establishes CES Power's 11th Location and Expands Its Already Strong Presence in the Southeast
MEMPHIS, Tenn. and NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CES Power LLC ("CES Power"), a leading global provider of mobile power generation, distribution and temperature control equipment backed by industrial-focused private equity firm Allied Industrial Partners ("AIP"), today announced that it has acquired Global Power Systems ("GPS"), a provider of power generation and temperature control services in Louisiana, Georgia and North Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2008, Global Power Systems has built a reputation as a trusted service provider for the film and television industry. Its management team has broad entertainment business relationships and over 50 years of combined experience. GPS Founders Charley Burnham and Brian Kay will continue in their respective capacities with CES Power.
"GPS will further strengthen our presence in the Southeast and solidify our position as the preferred national provider in the studio power & HVAC space," said Greg Landa, CEO of CES Power.
"Combining forces with CES Power is an incredible opportunity to join a team that understands our niche industry, has a strong brand, and can provide additional equipment and resources to support our growing customer base," said Mr. Burnham and Mr. Kay.
"The acquisition immediately increases CES Power's presence in Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and New Mexico by adding one of the most well-respected movie-silent generator companies in the South," said Josh Mosko, VP Business Development of CES power.
"We are excited about the opportunities GPS will offer CES Power as it continues its growth trajectory. AIP is a believer in the buy-and-build model, and this is the latest example of that strategy," said Bradford Rossi and Philip Wright, Co-Founders and Managing Partners at AIP. "CES Power acquired several strategic add-on acquisitions over the last 18 months. We look forward to the wide range of opportunities our buy-and-build strategy will provide for further growth."
CES Power, which was acquired by AIP in June 2021, will continue to actively seek further add-on acquisitions in areas of strategic interest. The GPS acquisition is CES Power's fourth acquisition, following the company's previously announced acquisitions of Florida-based Production Power in December 2021, California-based West Coast Cinema in March 2022, and Brickworks, a site management software provider, in September 2022.
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Memphis, TN, CES Power has a multi-decade track record of providing reliable and safe power solutions to its blue-chip customer base, including at the world's most complex and highest profile events. The Company offers a full range of technology driven power services to the broadcasting, entertainment, and industrial sectors. For more information, visit www.cespower.com and www.brickworksllc.co.
Founded in 2019, Allied Industrial Partners LLC ("AIP") is a lower and middle market private equity firm that thematically invests in high-growth companies within various industrial subsectors, including industrial rentals, manufacturing, distribution, environmental services and critical infrastructure. AIP seeks to partner with experienced management teams that can benefit from its operational enhancement capabilities and its active, hands-on involvement, which allows the firm to execute on buy and build strategies. For more information, visit www.alliedindustrialpartners.com.
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Eight teenage girls were charged with murder Tuesday in the stabbing death of a 59-year-old Toronto man in what police are calling a "swarming" attack.
The man was found stabbed Sunday shortly after 12 a.m., following a report of an assault in the area of York Street and University Avenue. The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died, police said. Authorities did not release the man's name pending family notification.
The eight girls were found shortly after the attack and taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder, Detective Sgt. Terry Browne of the Toronto Police Service Homicide Unit said during a news conference Tuesday.
Three of the girls are 13, three of them are 14, and two of them are 16, according to a news release from the Toronto Police Service.
The group of teenagers "met each other through social media. They come from varying parts of the city," Browne said Tuesday.
"We don't know how or why they met on that evening and why that destination was downtown Toronto," Browne said, adding police believe the group may have been involved in an "altercation" earlier in the evening before the stabbing.
Browne said he would not call the group of girls a "gang" but noted they participated in a behavior known as "swarming," in which multiple attackers target a victim simultaneously. A number of weapons were also found with the girls, Browne added.
Three of the girls have had "prior contact" with police, Browne said.
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SANTA CRUZ — In a video message to the public Monday evening, Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley announced that, about a week ago, a tumor was detected on his bladder.
“I’m enjoying every moment of being the mayor, and enjoying our beautiful city every day,” said Keeley in the video message. “About a week ago I had a diagnosis. I have a tumor on my bladder and in early August, I am going to have it removed.”
Keeley said that although his doctors found the tumor, they told him he will be able to continue his work as mayor and will make a full recovery, but will have to rest up after the surgery for a short time.
“All is going to be well,” said Keeley. “And I very much appreciate all the best wishes that are coming my way.” | 2023-07-11T17:30:43+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2023/07/11/santa-cruz-mayor-fred-keeley-announces-cancer-diagnosis/ |
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Russia’s retreat from a key Ukrainian city over the weekend elicited outcry from an unlikely crowd – state-run media outlets that typically cast Moscow’s war in glowing terms.
A series of embarrassing military losses in recent weeks has presented a challenge for prominent hosts of Russian news and political talk shows struggling to find ways to paint Ukraine’s gains in a way that is still favorable to the Kremlin.
Frustration with the battlefield setbacks has long been expressed in social media blogs run by nationalist pundits and pro-Kremlin analysts, and the volume grew after Ukraine’s counteroffensive last month around Kharkiv in the northeast. But it is now spilling out on state TV broadcasts and in the pages of government-backed newspapers.
The less conciliatory tone from state-run media comes as President Vladimir Putin faces widespread Russian discontent about his partial mobilization of reservists and as government officials struggle to explain plans to annex Ukrainian regions at the same time they are being retaken by Kyiv’s forces.
“The Russian defeat in Kharkiv (region) and Lyman, combined with the Kremlin’s failure to conduct partial mobilization effectively and fairly are fundamentally changing the Russian information space,” Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said in a report.
On Sunday, after Ukraine recaptured Lyman, a city in the east that Russian troops had used as a key logistics and transport hub, Putin’s media allies dropped the niceties and more directly criticized his military, saying tougher measures were necessary for the sake of victory.
“What happened on Saturday, Lyman – it is a serious challenge for us,” Vladimir Solovyov, host of a prime-time talk show on state TV channel Russia 1 and one of the Kremlin’s biggest cheerleaders, said on air Sunday. “We need to pull it together, make unpopular, but necessary decisions and act.”
Ukrainian forces retook Lyman one day after Moscow celebrated its illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, including Donetsk, roughly 40% of which — now including Lyman – is under Kyiv’s control.
The move paves the way for Ukrainian troops to potentially push even further into land that Moscow illegally claims as its own. Ukrainian forces scored more gains in their counteroffensive across at least two fronts Monday, advancing in the very areas Russia moved to absorb.
The leader of Chechnya, a Russian region in the North Caucasus, blamed the retreat in Lyman on one general. In an online post, Ramzan Kadyrov, an outspoken supporter of the Kremlin, said the general’s incompetence was being “covered up for by higher-up leaders in the General Staff,” and called for “more drastic measures” to be taken.”
A story about the Lyman retreat in Russia’s popular pro-Kremlin tabloid, Komsomolskaya Pravda, painted a bleak picture of the Russian military. The story, published Sunday, said the Russian forces in Lyman were plagued by supply and manpower shortages, poor coordination, and tactical mistakes orchestrated by military officials.
“It’s like it has always been,” according to an unnamed soldier quoted in the story who was part of the group that retreated from Lyman to Kreminna, another strategically important city that is in the sights of the Ukrainian army. “There is effectively no communication between different units.”
Posting on the social media app Telegram, Russian war correspondents working for state media were also abuzz with reports of the retreat, and some expressed concern about Ukraine’s further push towards Kreminna.
“It turns out that the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed through our defense 30 kilometers in the direction of Luhansk in two days … So they don’t even let (the Russian forces) settle near Kreminna. Wow,” Russia 1 war correspondent Alexander Sladkov wrote on his Telegram channel that currently has almost 940,000 followers.
Hosts of popular news and political talk shows on the state Russia 1 TV channel on Sunday described the loss of Lyman as a “tough situation.”
On Sunday, solders quoted by state-run media gave analyses of the situation that at least partly meshed with Putin’s: They blamed the Russian army’s difficulties on NATO, saying that members of the alliance provided weapons and even fighters to Ukraine.
“It is not a game, it hasn’t been a game for a long time already,” one soldier told a Russia 1 reporter in the Donetsk region. “It is a painstaking, clear offensive of the NATO army.”
To back up his claim, the soldier claimed that communications intercepted by the Russian army feature people speaking Romanian and Polish; he didn’t explain how he or other soldiers could recognize either of the languages.
Media personalities also echoed the argument that Putin has been making.
Prime-time show host Solovyov in his program on Sunday stressed that Moscow is “not dealing with Ukraine – we’re past that. We’re dealing with the entire NATO bloc, with the might of its military industrial complex.”
He warned “not to wait for good news” from the battlefield any time soon. “One must have a long will and strategic patience,” Solovyov said. | 2022-10-03T23:49:14+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-frustration-with-ukraine-war-spills-out-on-russian-state-tv/ |
NEW YORK (AP) _ BrightSpire Capital, Inc. (BRSP) on Wednesday reported a loss of $20.5 million in its third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had a loss of 16 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, came to 25 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 24 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $63.7 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $31.3 million.
Colony Credit shares have dropped 25% since the beginning of the year. The stock has dropped 22% in the last 12 months.
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Boy, 6, burned over 70% of his body in bonfire explosion
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) - A 6-year-old boy is facing a long and painful road to recovery after suffering second and third-degree burns on more than half his body in an accidental bonfire explosion at an Arizona neighborhood gathering.
Mother Chelsea Colvin says her life and that of her 6-year-old son, Carson, are forever changed after the Sunday night incident in Prescott, Arizona. She says Carson went to a neighbor’s house, where they were having a bonfire. An adult reportedly tried to pour gasoline on the fire to make it bigger.
She says the bonfire exploded when the adult set the gas can down, and Carson caught on fire.
“I guess she went to go pour gasoline into the fire, and it went back into the gas tank and blew up. It ended up blowing up all over him because he was close by,” Colvin said.
The 6-year-old was rushed to a hospital in Prescott before being flown to Valleywise hospital in Phoenix to be treated in their burn unit. He suffered second and third-degree burns to 70% of his body, KPHO reports.
“I got to the hospital, and Carson was in there. I fell to my knees because he was burnt everywhere. He looked up at me and said, ‘Mommy, I’m OK. I’m OK,’” Colvin said.
The mother says everything since the incident has been a blur.
“When I went back to see him, with tubes wrapped around his whole entire body, he was not my Carson. He is very swollen right now. They unwrapped his face. You can see his mouth, his nose, and right now, they have his eyes covered,” Colvin said.
For the first three days, Carson was in a medically induced coma. He is now awake but heavily sedated.
“He can’t talk, and he does have a lot of pain. He has a lot of pain going on right now. He can shake his head yes,” Colvin said.
Carson is expected to recover fully, but the road ahead is long and difficult.
“We can’t predict it because there could be infections, sickness. We can’t just know that he is going to be OK. He will be here for months, so I will be here for months. I won’t leave. I don’t want to leave,” Colvin said.
Carson’s mother says the woman responsible for his burns is a friend. She believes this was an accident.
“It was a neighbor. She watches the kids sometimes for my ex-husband. But she loves my kids, and I don’t think any of this was on purpose or anything like that,” Colvin said.
But the mother now wants to make sure other parents know proper bonfire safety.
“Don’t use gasoline on a fire... Don’t be around propane. Just make sure you are aware of all your surroundings, and please make sure the children are safe,” Colvin said.
A GoFundMe set up for Carson’s family has raised nearly $20,000 for medical and other needed expenses as the 6-year-old recovers.
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Police: 3-year-old shoots himself after getting gun from unlocked case
Published: Aug. 25, 2022 at 7:27 PM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) - A toddler in Florida shot and killed himself while playing with a gun he was able to get his hands on, according to police.
The Gainesville Police Department said the 3-year-old child grabbed a gun from an unlocked gun case inside a home in the Lamplighter Mobile Home Community on Wednesday.
WCJB reports the gun went off at around 6 p.m. and hit the child.
Police said two other juveniles witnessed the shooting.
The toddler was rushed to the hospital, where he died.
Detectives are investigating the incident. Authorities gave no immediate word if any charges would be filed.
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Police K-9 dies weeks after being diagnosed with lymphoma
MADISON COUNTY, Ohio (Gray News) - A police department in Ohio is mourning the death of one of its police dogs.
According to the Plain City Police Department, a K-9 named Andor has died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma earlier this month.
Authorities said Andor was diagnosed after his handler first noticed a change in the animal’s behavior during routine training and took him to an animal hospital.
Andor was given an estimate of no more than three months to live, and the veterinarian said it would be best for him to remain active and on duty in whatever capacity he could handle.
Sadly, the 7-year-old German shepherd died about a couple of weeks after his diagnosis.
Andor had been with the Plain City police since March 2018. The department said he helped with multiple searches, drug alerts, arrests and community events.
Police said the team will be holding a funeral service for Andor on Saturday.
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Tuesday, legislative leaders in Salem announced a framework to address the ongoing behavioral health crisis. The state says the $153 million budget will help strengthen the behavioral health workforce, stabilize mobile crisis funding, and support response and recovery resources.
Part of the bill will also expand programming for the national suicide prevention hotline, which launched in Oregon last summer.
State Representative Rob Nosse says this framework will help meet unique needs of people across the state.
“Oregonians were clear that we need to get people the appropriate, high quality, and affordable care they need,” Nosse said. “Behavioral health is not one-size-fits-all, and there is no one way to approach it. But with this amazing budget package, we’re investing in key parts of Oregon’s infrastructure to meet people where they are.”
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WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday thanked far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for Italy’s steady backing of Ukraine, offering a warm welcome to the White House to a leader that his administration saw with some trepidation when she rose to power last year as the head of Italy’s first far-right-led government since the end of World War II.
Biden administration concerns about her ideology have been eased by her support for Ukraine and her seeming openness to pull back from Italy’s participation in China’s infrastructure-building Belt and Road Initiative. Her visit came as Italy prepares to take up the presidency next year of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.
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“Italy and the United States are also standing strong with Ukraine, and I compliment you on your very strong support in defending against Russian atrocities, and that’s what they are," Biden told Meloni at the start of their Oval Office meeting. “And I thank the Italian people. I want to thank them for supporting you and supporting Ukraine. It makes a big difference.”
Meloni, who was making her first White House visit as prime minister, said relations between the US and Italy should remain strong “regardless of the political colors” of who is in power in the two countries. She also underscored that with their response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, “Western nations have shown that they can rely on each other.”
“Those who live in peace should be the first supporters of the Ukrainian cause,” Meloni said.
White House officials said the leaders’ agenda was focused on Ukraine and China as well as the stream of migration from North Africa to Europe’s southern shores. More than 1,900 migrants have died or disappeared in the Mediterranean so far this year, bringing the total of dead and missing since 2014 to 27,675, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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The Biden administration viewed Meloni’s predecessor, the economist and former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, as an intellectual force and one of its strongest allies in Europe. Soon after Meloni’s victory in September, Biden warned about the rise of hard-right populism in Europe and in the United States.
“You just saw what’s happened in Italy in that election,” Biden said in an address to the Democratic Governors Association after Meloni’s victory. “You’re seeing what’s happening around the world. And the reason I bother to say that is we can’t be sanguine about what’s happening here, either.”
Meloni became Italy’s first far-right leader to serve as prime minister in Italy’s post-World War II republic after the Brothers of Italy party she cofounded more than a decade ago emerged as the largest vote-getter in the September 2022 elections.
But before the visit, the White House played down Biden's initial skepticism about Meloni.
“On issues of foreign policy, there’s been a lot of overlapping and mutually reinforcing approaches that we’re taking on with Italy,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. “Italy is a NATO ally and they are a very competent NATO ally and they’ve been a tremendous supporter of Ukraine.”
Before her White House meeting, Meloni headed to the US Capitol to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as other lawmakers.
In remarks to reporters after meeting McCarthy, Meloni said it remained critical for the West to remain united in helping Ukraine defend its sovereignty.
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“For without a world based on the international law, we would live in a world of chaos,” Meloni said. "That's not the world we want to live in. We want to live in a world in which we can respect sovereignty and freedom.”
Her Brothers of Italy party, named after the first words of Italy’s national anthem, has roots in a party founded by nostalgists for fascism following the demise of dictator Benito Mussolini’s regime. But Meloni brushes off any insinuation that she is nostalgic for Mussolini, writing in her autobiography, “I don’t hold the cult of fascism.”
Since coming to power, Meloni has faced criticism for her government’s direction that city halls stop automatically registering both parents in same-sex couples but instead limit recognition of parental rights only to the biological parent of the child.
When Meloni ran for prime minister, she called for a naval blockade of northern Africa to thwart smugglers’ boats overcrowded with migrants determined to reach Europe’s southern shores. But once in office, she quickly dropped talk of any blockade.
On the eve of Meloni’s visit, the White House sought to stress the US and Italy’s close cooperation on Ukraine.
But White House officials note that Meloni has been one of the European Union’s most vocal supporters of Ukraine’s sovereignty, and Italy has hosted some 170,000 Ukrainians who have fled the war. Meloni has also been a champion of a stronger NATO and views the trans-Atlantic alliance as the linchpin of traditionally strong US-Italian relations.
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“From a foreign policy lens, the Biden administration sees this is better than what they could have possibly expected or hoped for,” said Max Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Meloni has also expressed skepticism about Italy’s ties with China through the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2019, Italy became the first and only G7 nation to join China’s ambitious infrastructure building effort, despite objections from the United States.
The project was launched by Beijing in 2013 by President Xi Jinping to link East Asia and Europe through physical infrastructure. The ambition for the project has expanded to Africa, Oceania, and Latin America, significantly broadening China’s economic and political influence. Italy must either renew or abandon the accord by early next year. | 2023-07-27T23:51:09+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/27/world/biden-thanks-far-right-italian-premier-her-strong-support-ukraine/ |
HALETHORPE, Md., May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fzata, Inc., a biotech innovator, is proud to announce that it has been named the winner of the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Innovation Celebration for Biotechnology for its oral Bioengineered Probiotic Yeast Medicines (BioPYM™) platform. The Company is honored to have been selected for this award from among so many highly innovative competitors.
Every year the event, hosted by Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce (NOVA) and BigIdea ConnectPreneur, showcases the region's greatest and most creative minds at work. Innovators can be almost anything, from cutting-edge products that solve business needs to creative shifts that improve employee morale.
Fzata is a near-clinical stage platform biopharmaceutical company in the BioHealth Capital Region. Our vision is to reduce health inequities by expanding patient access to therapeutic biologics with patient friendly oral capsules. BioPYM uses genetically modified live yeast as a 'micro-factory' to make recombinant biologics in the gut to target disease biomarkers and modulate gut function. A first-in-human clinical study for Clostridioides difficile infection is targeted for 1Q2023. BioPYM advantages include: easy manufacturing, no cold-chain, no infusions or injections and a "bottomless" pipeline for gastro-intestinal diseases and related disorders. Fzata's innovation is supported by NIH with over $17M in non-dilutive funding. Fzata is now raising $10M to support the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) BioPYM program through phase 1 clinical trial.
Dr. Zhiyong Yang, President and CEO of Fzata, commented, "Fzata's vision of expanding patient access to therapeutic biologics is only made possible with our scientific innovations. Innovation under-pins our ground-breaking BioPYM platform and its many competitive advantages. Patient-friendly BioPYM will enable oral alternatives for injectable biologics like Humira® and Remicade®. Innovation has further improved BioPYM so that it can be used to express any biologic therapeutic to treat gastrointestinal disorders like infections, inflammation, cancer, and diabetes as well as gut axis disorders."
About Fzata
Fzata (www.Fzata.com) is a near-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, developing oral live biologic-based preventive and therapeutic medicines. The Company owns two proprietary platforms: one to generate fully humanized multi-specific antibodies and a second, BioPYM, for localized delivery of recombinant biologic therapeutics to treat gastrointestinal related diseases.
About Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Founded in 1925 as a Fairfax County-focused business advocacy organization, NOVA is the region's largest Chamber of Commerce, drawing members and impacting policy across the Greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan Region.
Contact: Dr. Elizabeth Smith PhD, Elizabeth_Smith@Fzata.com
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The Royal Bahamas Police Force has released the names of three American tourists who died under mysterious circumstances at a resort last week.
Michael Phillips, 68, of Tennessee and his wife Robbie Phillips, 65, were found dead in a villa at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort in Great Exuma on Friday. In a separate villa at the same resort, Vincent Paul Chiarella, 64, of Florida was also found dead.
There were no signs of trauma found on any of the deceased, according to police, though both Michael and Robbie Phillips "showed signs of convulsions."
Chiarella's wife, Donnis, was also at the resort and fell ill. She was airlifted to a Miami hospital and was last listed in "serious condition," according to Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner Paul Rolle.
What caused the deaths of the Americans is not yet clear, Rolle said, though autopsies were scheduled for Monday.
"The pathologist has extracted samples from all the patients and our forensic scientists have collected those samples for examination," Rolle said at a press conference. "We are actively engaging a lab in Philadelphia ... to assist us with the expediting the toxicological examinations of all of these samples."
Once those examinations are done, the pathologist in the Bahamas will be able to determine the cause of death and resolve the mystery surrounding the sudden deaths, he said. Additionally, samples have been collected from rooms at the Sandals resort to test for contaminants that might be present.
Prior to their deaths, some of the guests sought treatment at a clinic on Thursday for symptoms of nausea and vomiting, Health Minister Dr. Michael Darville told Eyewitness News Bahamas. He said they were seen and then discharged themselves.
Multiple teams, including some environmental scientists, were brought in to ensure there is no public health issue, Darville said. When asked about the resort, Darville said the emergency medical team believes it is a safe environment.
"We feel that what we are seeing is an isolated case, associated in a particular area," Darville said. "We thought we might have to make a makeshift facility, mini hospital — that's proving to be not the case."
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I'm on record as a huge fan of Indonesia's Toge Productions, and previously noted that Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly was my most anticipated game of the year. I thoroughly enjoyed 2020's Coffee Talk, a slice-of-life game where you play a barista serving a diverse cast of fantasy-inspired characters in an alternate version of Seattle. This year, I was looking forward to refilling my cup.
Coffee Talk Episode 2 picks up a few years after the events in the original game, putting you back in the shoes of the faceless barista on a stormy Seattle night. In typical Toge Production style, you're introduced to colorful characters and their storylines, all with a chill original soundtrack that I'll be playing on repeat for the foreseeable future.
We meet several fan-favorite characters from the first Coffee Talk game, and a few new friends, including Lucas, an infectiously energetic influencer, and Riona, an aspiring singer. Gameplay is largely unchanged, and involves talking to people and preparing drinks, (though the new "drawer" feature feels clunky, and thankfully only comes up a few times).
Coffee grounds
I will admit, though, that there's something slightly "off" about Hibiscus and Butterfly. I racked my brain for days trying to figure out, and, for me, it's that the game lacks a common thread to bind its stories together. In the original Coffee Talk, that thread was Freya, a regular customer whose presence provided consistency and comfort, especially in the aftermath of the most emotionally-charged moments.
Spoiler alert: Freya only makes a small cameo in Episode 2, which reminded me just how much I missed her. There are sections of Coffee Talk 2 that drowned me in exposition, where I was desperate for someone to interrupt with a random observation or question to snap my focus back. From behind the coffee bar, you witness such a vast array of events — from arguments about wedding plans, to frustrations over discriminatory practices — but when the dialogue ends, everything just fades to black. There's no one to process what you just saw, to ground you. There's no Freya.
But while Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly didn't live up to my hopes, I still enjoyed it. The bloated plot left me with questions, but it seemed like the developers were planting seeds for future sequels that I hope to play soon. If you want a chill game about coffee and fascinating strangers, check out the original Coffee Talk. And if you want more after that, Episode 2 has its charms.
James Perkins Mastromarino contributed to this story. contributed to this story
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What's at stake with the deal to avoid a fiscal cliff in Milwaukee
Mayor and county executive call potential cuts devastating without state support for sales tax plan
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and County Executive David Crowley met with the Journal Sentinel editorial board Monday, answering a wide range of questions for about 60 minutes.
Most of the discussion centered on the negotiations and impact of a local government funding bill that, among other things, would give the city and county the ability to boost local sales tax revenues to help avoid a fiscal crisis that could force draconian budget cuts, including the layoff of hundreds of municipal workers.
After months of tense negotiations, a tentative deal was struck Thursday between Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, and the Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature that allows the governing bodies in the city and county to approve new sales taxes, with a two-thirds majority vote of the Milwaukee Common Council and Milwaukee County Board.
The original bill approved by the Assembly required a referendum where voters decide on the fate of the sales tax. Revenues from the tax would have to be used for city and county pension obligations and for public safety.
Here are four takeaways from that interview with members of the editorial board, which includes Greg Borowski, executive editor; James Causey, columnist; James Fitzhenry, Ideas Lab editor; Chelsey Lewis, features editor; and Jill Williams, deputy editor for features, sports and new initiatives. Alison Dirr, the Journal Sentinel's City Hall reporter, also took part in the interview.
The city would be forced to layoff a fourth of its workforce
"Devastating" is how Johnson described the severity of budget cuts the city would have to make if it cannot collect revenue from the proposed 2% sales tax, including laying off roughly one quarter of all city employees, such as police officers and fire fighters and across the library system.
"We're not talking about just 50 cops, or 100 officers or 200 officers, we're talking about several hundred police officers," Johnson said. "And so for folks who are concerned about police response presently, just imagine how much that response time would increase if there's 400 or 500 officers who are no longer on the beat."
The mayor described the pride he felt breaking ground on a new library branch on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive last month. Without a sales tax, he said projects like that are in jeopardy.
"So we're finally here, it's happening at MLK. If we don't get the resources necessary, what happens to the library system?" he said. "I don't want it to be that when we put the shovel into the ground to break ground on that library that it wasn't actually digging the grave for the system. I want it to be that that library is open, that we're able to service people that they can continue to be innovative and have some of our youngest learners to come into those places."
Crowley said the county would face similar challenges in public safety, courts, transit and the parks system. He noted the parks system already has half-a-billion dollars in deferred maintenance.
Whether voters or local bodies approve sales tax was a major sticking point
Crowley said 68 county sales taxes have been approved by the county board and the executive, not a public referendum. He said local enabling legislation provides more certainty and a quicker turnaround to begin collecting revenue instead of the delay in scheduling a special election.
The issue has been contentious and divisive, even prompting a public split between the Republican leaders of the legislature. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said his caucus is set on a public ballot while Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu favored a vote by the common council and county board, though he later said he lacked GOP votes to kill referendum requirement. Ultimately, the compromise requires a supermajority vote of the local elected bodies.
"We need to make sure that whatever space we're talking about, through referendum or through enabling legislation that we're informing the public of exactly what is happening," he said.
Multi-pronged strategy needed to reduce violence, including getting at root causes
Johnson said there are no simple solutions to reducing crime in Milwaukee. He said his administration is taking a multi-pronged approach that includes law enforcement, violence interruption and connecting people with programs.
He said there are limits to what the city alone can do, and called on legislators to help with resources as well with gun laws.
"We don't control gun law at the local level in Milwaukee or in any municipality in Wisconsin, that's a state level and federal level responsibility so I need them to come on board and realize that they've got a role to play in reducing gun violence in Milwaukee, too," he said.
Crowley said reducing crime is not a law enforcement issue alone. He said getting at the root causes includes reversing decades of disinvestment in neighborhoods and housing.
"By investing in the social determinants of health, investing in housing, things that we want to do at the county, transportation, employment, we want to be able to use many of those savings that we will see on the back end to make those proper investments," Crowley said.
'No one cares what you know until they know how much you care'
Crowley spoke about the struggles in Milwaukee's Black community and the unique challenges he and Johnson face as the first elected African American leaders in their respective positions in Milwaukee negotiating with lawmakers in Madison and keeping their constituents informed and engaged.
"You have to step outside your comfort zone and actually go build relationships with the people that you're trying to create the biggest impact within their lives, so for me it's making sure that I'm constantly in the community, talking to folks," he said.
As the Covid-19 crisis eased, he said the fiscal challenges took center stage along with managing expectations as millions of dollars in federal aid sent to local communities to cope with the pandemic ended.
A non-partisan public policy organization, the Wisconsin Policy Forum, did a comprehensive review of the city’s finances and declared Milwaukee is facing a fiscal reckoning.
The Wisconsin Policy Forum, a non-partisan research and watchdog underscored the fact that “Milwaukee’s finances are approaching a day of reckoning” in a report last fall. The report spells out that state shared revenue dollars have not kept pace and that Milwaukee cannot take advantage of revenue streams nearly every major city across the country utilizes to pay for services.
"We've been able to do so much good on a shoe-string budget, and right now we're in a position to where we're going to have to cut off a major limb in order to provide these services moving forward, so we have to actually go down to the grassroots level and help make the connection of how this actually affects their household."
Both Crowley and Johnson traveled across the state over many months enlisting allies in other local officials facing similar challenges of stagnant state aid, high inflation and the loss of federal dollars. As the state's largest city and county and tourist destination, they pointed out that Milwaukee has an outsized impact on the overall health of Wisconsin.
"If this house is on fire, it's only going to bring a fire closer to you, but if we can take care of this right now, if we can do this as a community, imagine the ripple effect of how much better that we can be, not just as Milwaukee, but this entire region, this entire state," Crowley said.
Contact Jim Fitzhenry at (920) 993-7154 or jfitzhen@gannett.com. Follow on Twitter at @JimFitzhenry, Instagram at @jimfitzhenry or LinkedIn. | 2023-06-09T13:40:55+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2023/06/09/milwaukee-leaders-talk-about-fiscal-cliff-how-it-would-impact-residents/70290832007/ |
Ukrainian president says at least 500 children killed by war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia’s war, now in its 16th month, has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children.
Zelenskyy provided the number hours after rescue workers found the body of a 2-year-old girl who died in one of the latest Russian strikes.
The president said in a statement that “Russian weapons and hatred, which continue to take and destroy the lives of Ukrainian children every day,” killed the hundreds who had perished since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine started on Feb. 24, 2022.
“Many of them could have become famous scholars, artists, sports champions, contributing to Ukraine’s history,” he said.
Zelenskyy said it was impossible to establish the exact number of children who were casualties due to the ongoing hostilities and because some areas are under Russian occupation.
“We must hold out and win this war!” the Ukrainian president said. “All of Ukraine, all our people, all our children, must be free from the Russian terror!”
Rescuers found the 2-year-old’s body early Sunday while combing through the rubble of an apartment building in the suburbs of the central city of Dnipro.
The regional governor, Serhiy Lysak, said five children were among 22 people injured by Saturday’s attack, which damaged two residential buildings.
The Russians launched more strikes with drones and cruise missiles Sunday, targeting multiple areas of the country, including the capital, Kyiv.
The Ukrainian air force said the country’s air defenses downed three of the five Shahed self-exploding drones and four of the six cruise missiles fired.
Ukrainian air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said two missiles struck a military air base in Kropyvnytskyi, a city in central Ukraine’s Kyrovohrad province. He did not report what damage they caused.
The Russian military said it has conducted a series of strikes in recent days on Ukrainian air defense batteries, air bases and troops depots. The long-range strikes come as Ukraine prepares for a long-expected counteroffensive in which it hopes to reclaim more ground.
In what was seen as part of operations to facilitate the planned counterattack, Ukrainian forces maintained pressure on Russian forces in the eastern city of Bakhmut, which Moscow claimed control of last month after the war’s longest and bloodiest battle.
Elsewhere, groups of Russians fighting alongside Ukrainian forces declared that they launched new attacks in recent days on Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. One of the groups, the Russian Volunteer Corps, released a video Sunday showing a purported raid on the region.
The Associated Press could not independently verify the video’s authenticity.
Previous attacks in Belgorod, which prompted Russian authorities to evacuate thousands of local residents, were seen by some observers as part of Ukraine’s efforts to distract Moscow and to stretch its forces ahead of the planned counteroffensive.
Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov reported more Ukrainian shelling of the border town of Shebekino that sparked several fires on Sunday.
In Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, regional leader Sergei Aksenov reported a Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Dzhankoi early Sunday. He claimed that five of the attacking drones were shot down and four others jammed and were forced to land, adding that there were no casualties.
The latest Russian raids on Ukrainian cities sparked new concerns over civilian safety after officials announced that nearly a quarter of the 4,800 air raid shelters they inspected were locked or unfit for use.
In Kyiv, 44% of 1,078 shelters were found closed up tight or unusable, Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin said Sunday.
The official acknowledgments came after a 33-year-old woman in Kyiv reportedly died while waiting outside a shuttered shelter during a Russian missile barrage on Thursday.
Prosecutors in the capital said four people were detained as part of a criminal probe into the woman’s death as she and others waited to enter a locked shelter. A security guard who allegedly failed to unlock the doors remained in custody. Three others, including a local official, were placed under house arrest.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Saturday that city authorities received “more than a thousand” complaints regarding locked, dilapidated or insufficient air-raid shelters within a day of launching an online feedback service.
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LAS VEGAS , Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Multi-Michelin-starred chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay has made his flavorful mark in Las Vegas with Caesars Entertainment for the sixth time. Ramsay's Kitchen, a concept inspired by Chef Ramsay's travels abroad, made its official debut at Harrah's Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
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During the grand opening celebration, Chef Ramsay greeted invited guests with a special video message as they enjoyed signature bites and cocktails. Chef Christina Wilson, season 10 winner of the FOX hit culinary competition "HELL'S KITCHEN" and Vice President of Culinary at Gordon Ramsay North America, joined Caesars Entertainment executives at Ramsay's Kitchen for a commemorative toast.
"Ramsay's Kitchen marks one of the biggest openings in Harrah's history," said Dan Walsh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Harrah's Las Vegas. "Not only are we excited to offer an incredible dining experience to our guests for lunch and dinner, but Ramsay's Kitchen is also a great, convenient option for those attending meetings and events at CAESARS FORUM Conference Center."
Starter dishes at Ramsay's Kitchen include Tuna Tartare, made with chili garlic soy, sour cream, avocado and wonton crisps, and Jumbo Lump Crab Cake, served with citrus herb aioli and frisée salad. The restaurant also offers Chef Ramsay's signature items, such as Pan Seared Scallops with house-cured pork belly, apricot purée, pomegranate, orange and chicken jus; Beef Wellington with potato purée, glazed baby root vegetables, red wine demi and Crispy Salmon with purple cauliflower purée, harissa roasted cauliflower and beurre blanc. Additionally, dishes exclusive to the Ramsay's Kitchen at Harrah's Las Vegas menu include Beef Carpaccio with horseradish panna cotta, cured egg yolk, artichoke chips and English mustard sauce; Onion Soup with oxtail brandade, Gruyère gratinée and baguette and Roasted Chicken Breast with herb butter, creamed corn polenta, seasonal mushroom fricassee and chicken jus.
"I can't wait to introduce one of my newer restaurant concepts and the first of its kind on the West Coast to Harrah's guests," said Ramsay. "The menu features some of my favorite dishes I've created at home in my own kitchen, but with that special Vegas flair."
Ramsay's Kitchen offers a variety of beer, wine and specialty cocktails, including The Spiced Pear, with Absolut pear vodka, pear liqueur, cinnamon-cardamom vanilla syrup and lemon, and the Boston's Inferno, with Maker's Mark whisky, Smoke Wagon small batch whiskey, dark maple syrup and angostura bitters. For a sweet treat, desserts range from the fan-favorite Sticky Toffee Pudding to the Eton Mess, which features baked meringue, cranberry jam, Chantilly cream, winter citrus and pistachio dust.
Designed by architecture and interior design firm AO, Ramsay's Kitchen seats 244 guests immersed in an ambiance that reflects the celebrated chef's personality with simple yet sophisticated décor. The dining establishment features an open and inviting bar that welcomes guests and sets the tone for the upscale feel of the restaurant. An attention-grabbing focal point is a collection of glass-blown copper-colored pendants that cascade from a reflective ceiling in the main dining area. A theater kitchen and seven-seat seafood counter and raw bar anchor the lower dining area, which features a floor-to-ceiling custom wine display highlighting the vast selection. The space features a three-dimensional art piece made of coasters that depict Chef Ramsay. A private dining room seats 12 and offers a glimpse of the action on the cook line.
Ramsay's Kitchen at Harrah's Las Vegas is open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the former Oyster Bar space. Guests may visit www.caesars.com/harrahs-las-vegas/restaurants/ramsays-kitchen for more information and to book a reservation.
A hidden gem in the heart of The Strip, Harrah's Las Vegas features 2,542 redesigned guest rooms, a remodeled casino floor and direct access to CAESARS FORUM Conference Center. The renovated hotel rooms and suites feature bold purple and blue hues that complement the cream-colored décor, dark wood accents and contemporary fixtures. The resort offers 87,000 square feet of casino space, the Caesars Race & Sportsbook at Harrah's Las Vegas, The Spa at Harrah's Las Vegas and more than 25,000 square feet of meeting and convention space. Dining options encompass everything from Ramsay's Kitchen – Chef Gordon Ramsay's sixth Las Vegas restaurant with Caesars Entertainment – and PizzaCake by Buddy Valastro, to the chef-driven Fulton Street Food Hall featuring Bobby's Burgers by acclaimed Chef Bobby Flay, to the upscale setting of Ruth's Chris Steak House, a romantic venue with breathtaking views of The Strip. Harrah's outdoor bar, Carnaval Court, brings high energy to the Las Vegas Strip with live music and some of the world's top flair bartenders who juggle and pour to perfection. A wide variety of entertainment options include the first-ever solo residency from Donny Osmond, as well as AGT's Tape Face, Menopause the Musical and X Country. Harrah's Las Vegas is operated by a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR). For more information, please visit harrahslasvegas.com or the Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas media room. Find Harrah's Las Vegas on Facebook and follow on Twitter and Instagram. Must be 21 or older to gamble. Know When To Stop Before You Start.® If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling or texting 1-800-GAMBLER ©2021, Caesars License Company, LLC.
Gordon Ramsay North America comprises the North American restaurant business of acclaimed chef, restaurateur, TV personality and author Gordon Ramsay. In 2019, Gordon Ramsay inked a deal with private equity firm Lion Capital to expand Gordon Ramsay restaurant concepts across the U.S. The company currently has 17 restaurants across Las Vegas, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston, Orlando, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Lake Tahoe and Kansas City, several of which are in partnership with Caesars Entertainment.
The group is scaling dining concepts including outdoor and take-out, as the company taps into several of Gordon Ramsay's successful U.S. and international key brands including Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips, Gordon Ramsay Burger, Gordon Ramsay Street Pizza, Gordon Ramsay Steak and Gordon Ramsay HELL'S KITCHEN.
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On May 24, a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Over an hour passed from the time officers followed the 18-year-old gunman into the school and when they finally entered the fourth-grade classroom where he was holed up and killed him.
Meanwhile, students trapped inside repeatedly called 911 and parents outside the school begged officers to go in.
Questions continue to swirl about why police armed with rifles and bulletproof shields waited so long. Authorities have given shifting and sometimes contradictory information about what happened and how they responded. The fallout has driven recriminations and rifts between local and state authorities, and angered many who live in the small South Texas city.
On July 17, a damning report was released by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives and the city released hours of officers’ body camera footage, further laying bare the chaotic response, which included 376 officers. The findings were the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities, for the bewildering inaction by the heavily armed officers.
During a May 27 news conference, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steve McCraw put the blame on the commander at the scene — school district police Chief Pete Arredondo — saying he made the “wrong decision” not to send officers in sooner.
McCraw also gave a detailed timeline during a state Senate hearing on June 21, calling law enforcement’s response an “abject failure.” He said that three minutes after the gunman, Salvador Ramos, entered the school, enough officers and firepower had been deployed to stop him. McCraw also noted that while officers spent time searching for a key to the classroom, they would have found it unlocked if they had checked.
So far, only two responding officers are known to have been put on administrative leave pending investigation of their actions: Arredondo and Lt. Mariano Pargas, a Uvalde Police Department officer who was the city’s acting police chief during the massacre.
The state House report said that according to the school district’s active shooter policy, Arredondo should have assumed command at the scene, but Arredondo told the committee he didn’t consider himself in charge.
The report said that despite the “obvious deficiencies in command and control at the scene,” no law enforcement responders offered Arredondo command assistance.
Below is a minute-by-minute look at the tragic events that day.
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Sometime after 11 a.m. — Ramos shoots his grandmother in the face. Gilbert Gallegos, 82, who was in his backyard across the street from Ramos’ and his grandmother’s home, heard the shot. He sees Ramos speed away in a pickup truck as Ramos’ grandmother pleads for help. Covered in blood, “She says: ‘Berto, this is what he did. He shot me,’” says Gallegos, whose wife calls the police.
11:21 a.m. — Ramos says in a text message to a teen in Germany that he just shot his grandmother and is going to go “shoot up” an elementary school, McCraw tells the state Senate hearing on June 21.
11:27 a.m. — Video shows a teacher, who authorities haven’t publicly identified, propping open an exterior door of the school, McCraw says on May 27.
11:28 a.m. — Ramos crashes the pickup into a drainage ditch near the school, state police say in a timeline released June 21, citing footage from a funeral home opposite the school.
11:29 a.m. — Two men at the funeral home run out to see what happened, the footage shows. They see Ramos jump out of the passenger side carrying an AR-15-style rifle and a bag full of ammunition. Ramos shoots at the men three times but misses, McCraw says on June 21. One of the men falls but both make it back to the funeral home, McCraw says on May 27. The teacher calls 911 and reports a man with a gun, state police say in their June 21 timeline, citing phone recordings. DPS spokesman Travis Considine says on May 31 that after propping open the door, the teacher had run back inside to grab her phone to call 911 but when she came back out she realized Ramos had a gun. She removed the rock propping open the door and it closed behind her, but the door did not lock, Considine says.
At some point just after the crash, Robb Elementary coach Yvette Silva, who was outdoors with a group of third graders, saw Ramos toss his backpack over a school fence and climb over, then raise a gun and begin to shoot, the state House report says. Running from the field toward her classroom, she reports what she’d seen to the school office via a school radio. Principal Mandy Gutierrez tries to initiate lockdown using the school’s alert software but has trouble with the school’s Wi-Fi signal, the report says. She didn’t announce a lockdown over the intercom but told the head custodian to ensure all doors were locked. The report says the custodian started locking doors from the outside but heard gunshots and went to the cafeteria, where he remained.
About 11:30 a.m. — Teachers start to lock down based mostly on word-of-mouth reports about the gunman, the state House committee says. Teachers told the committee of hearing Silva yelling and the sounds of gunshots. One teacher in room 105 says she did receive the school’s lockdown alert, at 11:32 a.m.
11:31 a.m. — Ramos shoots at the school and a patrol car accelerates into the parking lot, driving by Ramos, the funeral home video shows. The Uvalde school district police officer on duty wasn’t on campus, contrary to previous reports, McCraw says on May 27. The officer drives to the school after getting a report about the shooting and approaches someone at the back of the school who he thought was the gunman. As the officer sped toward the man, who turned out to be a teacher, McCraw says the officer “drove right by the suspect who was hunkered down behind” a vehicle.
11:32 a.m. — Ramos fires multiple shots outside the school, according to state police on June 21, citing school surveillance. In audio of the 911 call from the teacher obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, she can be heard shouting: “Get down! Get in your rooms! Get in your rooms!”
Around this time, the state House report, says, Uvalde police Staff Sgt. Eduardo Canales, commander of the SWAT team, arrived at the school and saw a man firing a gun. He grabbed his rifle, put in a magazine, grabbed an extra magazine and heard someone say the attacker was in or near the building. He entered an open gate and met up with city police Lt. Javier Martinez. Another city officer, Sgt. Daniel Coronado, soon arrived and heard gunfire while getting out of his patrol car.
Another officer, who was not identified, told the state House committee that he believed the shooter was firing in their direction. When he saw a person dressed in black that he thought was the gunman, he raised his rifle and asked Coronado for permission to shoot. Coronado said he heard the request but hesitated because there were children present. The officer who made the request said there was no opportunity for Coronado to respond before they heard on the radio that the attacker was running toward the school. The officers told the committee that it turned out the person in black wasn’t the attacker, but elementary school coach Abraham Gonzales, who was headed to the parking lot for his lunch break.
The committee said this contradicts a report released July 6 by a training center at Texas State University for active shooter situations, which said that a city officer had watched Ramos walk toward campus but didn’t fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot. On July 8, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin disputed the training center report, saying no city police officer saw the gunman outside the school and none had an opportunity to shoot him. He said that while an officer did see someone outside, the officer could not tell who it was.
11:33 a.m. — Ramos enters the school through the unlocked door on the school’s west side and begins shooting into adjoining fourth-grade classrooms 111 and 112, school surveillance footage shows. Ramos then enters, exits and re-enters classrooms 111 and 112. The state House report says Ramos spent about two and a half minutes rapidly firing over 100 rounds between the two rooms. The report says it is most likely Ramos entered through the door to room 111, finding it unlocked or unsecured. The report says there’s evidence that one of the two teachers in room 112, Irma Garcia, who died in the attack, did lock her door. The report says there’s substantial evidence that the door to room 111 didn’t secure properly. The report says the teacher in room 111, Arnulfo Reyes, who was shot but survived, told the House committee he had no recollection of getting a lockdown alert or any memory that he took the “special effort” needed to get his door to lock before the attacker arrived. The state House report says problems with the room 111 door lock had been reported to the school administration, but no one placed a work order for a repair.
11:35 a.m. — Three city police officers enter the school through the west door, the same door Ramos entered, according to school surveillance footage. The state House report says that these officers were Martinez, Canales and city officer Louis Landry. The report says that Martinez said he heard gunfire from inside the building before entering and then heard “a few muffled shots.”
11:36 a.m. — Arredondo, another school district officer and two more city police officers enter through the building’s south door, according to school surveillance footage. The state House report says that city officer Donald Page and school district officer Adrian Gonzalez were the first to enter, followed by Arredondo and Coronado. The report says Page and Gonzales heard rounds, as did Coronado, who yelled, “shots fired.” Surveillance footage shows three more city police officers and another officer from the school district then entered through the west door.
11:36 a.m. — Uvalde police dispatch gets a report that a woman, who turned out to be Ramos’ grandmother, had been shot in the head, the state House report says. Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco told the committee that while on his way to the school, he learned about the woman from a man who flagged him down. The committee said other information suggests he learned of the shooting by other means, possibly earlier, and are requesting additional records.
11:37 a.m. — The officers converge from both sides of the hallway on rooms 111 and 112, the state House report says. Ramos fires as officers approach the classroom doors, according to school surveillance footage. McCraw says on June 21 that Ramos fired 11 rounds at this time and two officers were “grazed.” The state House report says Martinez was grazed on the top of his head by fragments of building material, while fragments also hit Canales on his ear. Both retreated, along with Landry. The report, without giving an exact time, says that after the initial shock of taking gunfire, Martinez returned down the hallway toward rooms 111 and 112 but no other officers followed him. He later helped evacuate children and was ultimately among the officers when the classroom was finally breached.
11:38 a.m. — An unidentified officer says, “He’s contained in this office,” according to state police, citing body camera footage on June 21. McCraw testified the same day that the school floor plan showed no office in the classroom. Canales can be heard saying on his body camera after retreating down the hall, and as he walked in and out of the building: “Dude, we’ve got to get in there. We’ve got to get in there, he just keeps shooting. We’ve got to get in there.” Another officer can be heard saying: “DPS is sending their people.” The state House report says Coronado’s body camera shows him making a request by radio for ballistic shields and helicopter support.
11:40 a.m. — Arredondo calls a Uvalde police landline, state police say, citing phone records. Thirty-five seconds later, Ramos fires one round, according to school surveillance footage. According to a transcript of Arredondo’s call released by state police, he says he’s in the building and a man “has an AR-15, he shot a whole bunch of times.” He says they’re inside the building and the shooter is in a room, adding: “I need a lot of firepower, so I need this building surrounded. Surrounded with as many AR-15s as possible.” He tells the dispatcher that he doesn’t have a radio with him. Arredondo says he’s in the hallway and that the shooter is in rooms 111 and 112. “We need this place surrounded and if you have SWAT I need them set up,” Arredondo says. “We don’t have enough firepower right now, it’s all pistol and he has an AR-15.” He says he needs a radio and a rifle.
The state House report says Arredondo arrived at the school with his radios but he dropped them by the school fence because they bothered him, and he knew Coronado had his.
11:41 a.m. — A city police officer says, “We believe that he is barricaded in one of the offices, there’s still shooting,” according to body camera footage. When dispatch asks if the door is locked, a city police officer replies by referring to a specialized crow bar, saying, “I am not sure but we have a hooligan to break it.” School surveillance footage shows two constables, a fire marshal and a Uvalde city police officer. After arriving on the north end of the hallway, Constable Johnny Field began communicating by phone with Arredondo, who was on the south end, the state House report says. Arredondo told the committee that the only direction he gave, through Field, was to evacuate kids and to test keys. The report says the city’s acting police chief that day, Pargas, dominated the north end of the building. Pargas told the committee he figured Arredondo was in command but he was never in communication with him and did not coordinate with any other responding agencies.
11:42 a.m. — A state trooper and two city police officers enter from the east hallway, according to school surveillance footage.
11:43 a.m. — After radio traffic indicates the attacker is in room 112 and the question is asked whether students are in there, Coronado asks for a mirror to look around corners. A voice on the radio says, “the class should be in session,” the state House report says, citing Coronado’s body camera footage. The report says that after the initial responders took fire, Coronado remained outside for about 30 minutes, advising officers about potential crossfire in the hall and helping evacuate students through windows on the west side of the building.
11:44 a.m. — Ramos fires one round, according to school surveillance footage. A city police officer says,: “Have some officers that are available get everybody back,” according to body camera footage.
11:48 a.m. — Body camera footage shows school district officer Ruben Ruiz, the husband of one of the teachers in the classrooms, enter the building through the west door and tell other officers, “She says she is shot.” His wife, Eva Mireles, who was in room 112, later dies. McCraw says on June 21: “What happened to (Ruiz) is he tried to move forward into the hallway, he was detained and they took his gun away from him and they escorted him from the scene.” He did not say exactly when that was.
11:50 a.m. — Body camera footage shows an unknown officer saying, “They need to get out of the hallway.” The state House report says Coronado replies: “Chief is in there. Chief is in charge right now.” The report says that suggests Arredondo was in control and in communication with the other side of the building.
11:51 a.m. — Seven Border Patrol agents enter through the west door, according to school surveillance footage.
11:52 a.m. — The first ballistic shield is bought into the building through the west door, according to school surveillance footage. Body camera footage captures a city police officer saying, “Units just showing up, can you help with crowd control?” McCraw says on June 21, “So, officers after 11:52 were being diverted to crowd control activities.”
11:53 a.m. — Body camera footage shows an unknown officer telling a DPS special agent that all they currently need is perimeter. Someone asks whether there are still kids inside, and the DPS special agent responds: “If there is then they just need to go in.”
11:54 a.m. — According to body camera footage, a DPS agent asks an unknown officer, “Are kids still in there?” The officer responds, “It’s unknown at this time.” A city police officer says: “He’s in classroom 111 or 112. But chief is making contact with him. No one has made contact with him.”
11:56 a.m. — According to body camera footage, an unidentified officer says, “Y’all don’t know if there’s kids in there?” The state House report says that DPS Special Agent Luke Williams replied, “If there’s kids in there, we need to go in there.” The unknown officer says: “What’s that?” The DPS special agent says, “If there’s kids in there, we need to go in there.” The unknown officer says, “Whoever is in charge will determine that.” The state House report says Williams then resumes clearing classrooms, which he’d started upon his arrival after disregarding a request to assist on the perimeter. The state House report notes that at this time, according to a timeline released by DPS, radio communication of unknown origin says it’s “critical for everybody to let PD take point on this.” The state House report says none of the witnesses interviewed indicated any knowledge of that communication, nor did they know what it meant. The report says the consensus of those interviewed was that officers on the scene either assumed Arredondo was in charge or couldn’t tell that anyone was in charge.
11:58 a.m. —- According to a phone recording, when an unidentified officer asks where the shooter is, another unidentified officer replies: “The school chief of police is in there with him.” According to body camera footage, a DPS special agent says: “It sounds like a hostage rescue situation. Sounds like a rescue, they should probably go in.”
12:01 a.m. — According to body camera, when a DPS special agent says he wants to clear more rooms, an unidentified officer says, “Don’t you think we should have a supervisor approve that?” The DPS special agent replies, “He’s not my supervisor.”
12:03 p.m. — A 911 call from a student inside the classroom comes in, and that is relayed on police radio, the state House report says. The girl was in room 112, and was the only uninjured child in that room, according to McCraw. Eight children and two teachers were killed in the classroom and nine children were injured, he says on June 21. Surveillance shows a second ballistic shield being carried into the building through the west door, where as many as 19 officers were in the hallway outside the classrooms where Ramos was holed up.
12:04 p.m. — School surveillance shows a third ballistic shield being carried into the building.
12:06 p.m. — Anne Marie Espinoza, a school district spokeswoman, posts on the district’s Facebook page: “All campuses are under a Lockdown Status. Uvalde CISD Parents: Please know at this time all campuses are under a Lockdown Status due to gunshots in the area. The students and staff are safe in the buildings. The buildings are secure in a Lockdown Status. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus. As soon as the Lockdown Status is lifted you will be notified. Thank you for your cooperation!”
12:09 p.m. — According to body camera footage, a city police officer says, “Go around and get the master key to the rooms.”
12:10 p.m. — Members of a U.S. Border Patrol tactical team arrive, according to body camera footage. The first group of deputy U.S. marshals from Del Rio arrive from nearly 70 miles (115 kilometers) away to assist officers on the scene, according to the Marshals Service. The female student who called 911 at 12:03 p.m. calls 911 again and says there are multiple dead, McCraw says on May 27.
12:11 p.m. — Arredondo requests the master key, according to body camera footage.
12:13 p.m. — The female student calls 911 again, McCraw says on May 27.
12:14 p.m. — Arredondo tells officers to have a sniper on the east roof, according to body camera footage.
12:15 p.m. — A Border Patrol tactical team member enters the building, according to school surveillance footage.
12:16 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says, “I just need a key.” The female student who called 911 earlier calls again and says there are eight to nine students alive, McCraw says on May 27.
12:17 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “Tell them to (obscenity) wait. No one comes in.”
12:19 p.m. — A girl in room 111 calls 911 and ends the call when a fellow student tells her to hang up, McCraw says May 27.
12:20 p.m. — A fourth ballistic shield is brought into the building through the west door, according to school surveillance footage. It is the only shield that was rifle-rated, the state House report says.
12:21 p.m. — Ramos fires four rounds, according to school surveillance footage. According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “Can you go get a breaching tool? Like for a trailer house?” McCraw says during his June 21 testimony, “So if this is a barricaded subject, why is he still firing?”
12:23 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “We’ve lost two kids. These walls are thin. If he starts shooting we’re going to lose more kids. I hate to say we have to put those to the side right now.”
12:24 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo tries to communicate with Ramos in English and Spanish. “The entire communications was always one way. The suspect never communicated. So it wasn’t communication, we’re talking at,” McCraw said on June 21.
12:26 p.m. — According to body camera footage, an unknown officer says: “There’s a teacher shot in there.” A city police officer replies, “I know.”
12:27 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “People are going to ask why we’re taking so long. We’re trying to preserve the rest of the life.” He then said: “Do we have a team ready to go? Do we have a team ready to go? Have at it.”
12:28 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “There is a window over there obviously. The door is probably going to be locked. That is the nature of this place. I am going to get some more keys to test.” He then says: “These master keys aren’t working here, bro. We have master keys and they’re not working.”
Just before 12:30 p.m. — The state House report reports a burst of activity on the north side, including officers apparently preparing to breach the classrooms, indicating the Border Patrol tactical team had assumed command.
12:30 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “OK. We’ve cleared out everything except for that room. We still have people down there just past the flag to the right. But, uh, we’re ready to breach but that door is locked.”
12:33 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “I say we breach through those windows and shoot his (obscenity) head off through the windows.”
12:35 p.m. — A breaching tool is brought into the building through the west door, according to school surveillance footage. The state House committee says it received no evidence that the arrival of the breaching tool was ever communicated to Arredondo.
12:36 p.m. — A 911 call that lasts for about 21 seconds comes in. Around this time a student calls 911 and is told to stay on the line and stay very quiet, McCraw says on May 27. “He shot the door,” the girl says.
12:38 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo tries again to communicate with Ramos in English and Spanish.
12:41 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “Just so you understand, we think there are some injuries in there. And so you know what we did, we cleared off the rest of the building so we wouldn’t have anymore besides what’s already in there, obviously.”
12:42 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “We’re having a (obscenity) problem getting into the room because it is locked. He’s got an AR-15 and he’s shooting everywhere like crazy. So, he’s stopped.”
12:43 p.m. — The girl who called 911 and was told to stay on the line urges the dispatcher to “please send the police now,” McCraw says on May 27. According to body camera footage, Arredondo says: “They gotta get that (obscenity) door open, bro. They can’t get that door open. We need more keys or something.”
12:46 p.m. — According to body camera footage, Arredondo says, “If y’all are ready to do it, you do it but you should distract him out that window.” McCraw says on May 27 that at this time, the girl who called 911 and was told to stay on the line says she can “hear the police next door.”
12:47 p.m. — A sledgehammer is brought into the building through the east hallway, according to school surveillance footage. McCraw says on May 27 that the girl still on the line with the 911 dispatcher says, “Please send the police now.”
12:50 p.m. — Officers breach the classroom and fatally shoot Ramos, according to surveillance footage. McCraw asserts on May 27 that they breached the door using keys they got from the janitor because the door was locked. But on June 21, he says the classroom door could not be locked from the inside and there was no indication officers tried to open it during the standoff. He also says a teacher reported before the shooting that the lock was broken.
Arredondo tells the state House committee that he didn’t send in the Border Patrol tactical team that eventually breached the classroom. Paul Guerrero, the acting commander of the Border Patrol team, tells the committee that after obtaining a master key, he had another agent use the rifle-rated shield to cover him as he placed a key in the door to room 111 and opened it. The committee notes there’s reason to question if the door was actually locked. Guerrero says Ramos was standing in front of a closet in the corner of the room 111 when the officers rushed in. He said Ramos fired at the officers, who returned fire and killed him.
State police say an hour and 14 minutes went by from the time police entered the school to when Ramos was killed.
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Associated Press writer Sean Murphy contributed to this report.
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What started out as a pun has become a worldwide art challenge beloved by countless illustrators.
This is MerMay, the monthlong art challenge in which artists are invited to create a work depicting a mermaid every day and then post it online with the hashtag #mermay.
In 2016, Tom Bancroft, a former Disney animator, drew two lounging mermaids looking at their "shell phones," a scene inspired by his own daughters. When he posted the image on social media, it went viral, he told NPR.
"And I realized that 'Oh, wow, people really like mermaids.' And there's nobody kind of tapping that area of fantasy," he said.
The image's popularity inspired Bancroft. He came up with the idea to try posting a mermaid drawing every day – with weekends being optional – for the entire month of May 2016. Bancroft invited fellow creators to join him. He already had a significant online following thanks to his work with Disney, so it caught on quickly.
Hundreds of thousands of people participated in the first year of MerMay, Bancroft said. To help inspire artists every year since, he comes up with a list of daily prompts to incorporate into their works.
Bancroft said a lot of people enjoy this aspect of the challenge, especially since they can check the day's hashtag, where they can see how other artists approached the prompt.
People can now also tag their works to be entered into the MerMay 2022 art contest, which offers prizes like a Wacom Cintiq drawing tablet.
Part of MerMay's success might be on account of its subject matter. Disney's The Little Mermaid was a commercial hit when it was released in 1989. Some of the kids who saw it in theaters grew up to be artists who now participate in MerMay.
"I've drawn mermaids since I was a very little girl, probably since I was four years old, because that's when Little Mermaid came out for me," character designer and illustrator Liana Hee told NPR. "I just fell in love with their design."
Hee, who is based in Los Angeles, has done MerMay every year since it started. This year, she was brought on to help judge the contest.
She doesn't follow MerMay's daily prompts, but she finds other ways to challenge herself. Sometimes Hee draws mermaids based on real types of fish or the pattern of her clothing. This year, she's doing all of her works as mini gouache paintings; each piece is just 2 ½ by 3 inches.
"It's really neat to be able to bond with strangers over the internet like this," Hee said. "It really is artists supporting artists. And I think for us to have such a small community – it's really special."
For artists like Felix d'Eon, MerMay is a chance to show that mermaids don't look a certain way. The Mexico City-based artist celebrates queer, trans and fat bodies in his work.
"I think that when people usually look at mermaids, there's a lot of the same thing, which is like sexy white ladies. And mine are not," d'Eon told NPR.
It's not uncommon to see mermaid art with partial nudity during MerMay. Usually, the mermaid is thin and based on Western beauty standards.
D'Eon said he had his Instagram account deactivated after posting a painting of a fat mermaid. He said he still hasn't recovered as his income has dropped by 60%. He sees this as censorship of bodies that aren't accepted by society.
He considers it a double standard that his piece was reported when so many others aren't. He said its great that others can post their mermaids, but "when I post queer mermaids, when I post mermaids who are kissing ... when I post fat mermaids, trans mermaids — I get in trouble."
Mythological beings like mermaids hold significance for queer people who feel they don't fit within the culture in which they live, d'Eon said.
"You kind of see yourself reflected there, you know," he said. "As these people who are, you know, both and neither at the same time ... they encapsulate these really beautiful fantasies of being people who are in between."
For the last two years, MerMay has had a mascot. Artist and toy designer Whitney Pollett, who is helping Bancroft run the challenge this year, designed both.
Pollett incorporated elements of toy design in her concept for the mermaid mascot: fun, fashion, friendship. She drew the mermaid wearing starfish friends all over her body, each with different personalities.
"This one's like a tough guy. And this one's an explorer. And this one's really sweet and quiet," Pollett said. "The more I started drawing new starfish, the more I was kind of giggling to myself, like having a lot of fun."
This year, the mermaid's name is Harmony.
"Because we felt like the world needed a little more harmony, right now," Bancroft said.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A fight over fishing led to shots being fired at the Haulover Beach marina.
The victims of the shooting weren’t physically injured but they say they are now emotionally scarred.
“He was walking on the grass, he ordered two of my friends on the boat and he just started firing off rounds,” said one of the victims, who asked not to be identified. “This is insane, it’s a crazy world we live in.”
Evidence of bullet after bullet at the scene tells the story.
It all happened Sunday evening.
You don’t hear about a story like this every day.
It all started because one of the victims told someone there was no fishing allowed there.
The next thing he know, he was under fire.
“Obviously (I’m shaken up), I was almost murdered the other night,” the victim said.
Authorities are investigating the incident.
Anyone with information is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. | 2022-09-15T00:00:38+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/09/14/shots-fired-at-haulover-beach-marina-over-fishing-disagreement/ |
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The publisher of a weekly newspaper in New Hampshire is accusing the state attorney general’s office of government overreach after she was arrested on charges that she published advertisements for local races without properly marking them as political advertising.
The six misdemeanor charges allege that Debra Paul, publisher of The Londonderry Times, failed to identify the ads with “appropriate language” indicating that they were ads and saying who paid for them as required by state law, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said in a news release, after reviewing cases that go back to 2019.
“This is clearly a case of a small business needing to defend itself against overreaching government,” Paul, 62, who’s also a member of the town council in Londonderry, responded in a statement.
“I would like to think the attorney generals office has more important matters to deal with than to send press releases out on misdemeanors such as this,” the statement said. “With multiple unsolved homicides over the past year, this seems a bit absurd.”
The attorney general’s office first issued Paul a letter pointing out the language omission in a political ad that ran in the weeks leading up to an election in March 2019, according to a police affidavit. The letter asked her to include the language going forward.
It issued a second letter in March 2021 after receiving a complaint about another political ad that didn’t receive the required “paid for” language, and that an investigator from the office followed up with with a phone call to her, the affidavit said.
The office sent another letter to her in September saying another ad “failed to contain” name and address information, and did not mark it as “political advertising.” She was notified that this was her “second and final warning” and if the law was violated again, the attorney general’s office “may pursue appropriate enforcement action.”
After the attorney general’s office received more complaints this year, the February and March issues of the paper were reviewed, the affidavit said. Two political ads leading up to a local election in March did not contain the “paid for” language and a third had no “political advertisement” designation, it said.
Two candidates who had placed ads during that time told the investigator that they had worked with Paul on them. They said they were not aware of language requirements and that any omissions were unintentional.
Paul, who along with her husband are the only two employees at the paper, was contacted by the investigator in May and said she originally believed the state’s complaint involved advertising rates, the affidavit said. She said she was trying to review the ads and believed that the “paid for by” address information was only required on political signage, not ads, the affidavit said.
The affidavit said altogether, nearly 60 violations in the Times and a related publication were counted between 2020 and this year.
“My understanding is that I’m accused by someone of neglecting to use the phrase, “Political Advertisements,” when it was an obvious political ad,” Paul said in her statement.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail. Paul, who is not in custody, is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 19.
“The Londonderry Times is among the dwindling numbers of small newspapers in New Hampshire, as well as around the country,” her lawyer, Tony Naro, said in a statement Friday. “The Londonderry Times does their absolute best to put out a quality publication with limited staff and a limited budget. Ms. Paul acted with no criminal intent, denies the allegations, and is presumed innocent.”
A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office said the office could not comment on the case further but said its election law unit receives hundreds of calls or complaints about political advertising each election cycle, and that the overwhelming majority of them are resolved without opening a matter for formal investigation.
As an example of another matter the office investigated, the spokesperson provided a letter dated Aug. 8 and sent to the publisher of a periodical who is running for office regarding a complaint it received about the publisher’s own campaign ad. The letter said the candidate was not complying with campaign finance obligations and didn’t mark ads as political advertising.
– | 2022-08-27T03:25:13+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-newspaper-publisher-cries-foul-over-political-ad-arrest/ |
VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the Indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help.
One controversial stretch cuts a more than 68-mile (110-kilometer) swath through the jungle between the resorts of Cancun and Tulum, over some of the most complex and fragile underground cave systems in the world.
It is one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s signature projects and has drawn objections from environmentalists, archaeologists and cave divers, who have held protests to block backhoes from tearing down trees and scraping clean the thin layer of soil.
But for the largely Maya inhabitants of the village of Vida y Esperanza – a clutch of about 300 people and 70 houses whose name means “Life and Hope” – the train is going to run right by their doors. They fear it will pollute the caves that supply them with water, endanger their children and cut off their access to the outside world.
A few miles away from the acres of felled trees where the train is supposed to run, archaeologist and cave diver Octavio Del Rio points to the Guardianes cave that lies directly beneath the train’s path. The cave’s limestone roof is only two or three feet thick in some places, and would almost certainly collapse under the weight of a speeding train.
“We are running the risk that all this will be buried, and this history lost,” Del Rio says.
López Obrador dismisses critics like Del Rio as “pseudo environmentalists” funded by foreign governments.
As with his other signature projects, including a new airport in the capital and a massive new oil refinery on the gulf, the president exempted the train from environmental impact studies and last month invoked national security powers to forge ahead, overriding court injunctions.
Many critics say López Obrador’s obsession with the projects threatens Mexico’s democratic institutions. But the president counters that he just wants to develop the historically poor southern part of Mexico.
“We want to take advantage of all the tourism that arrives in Cancun, so they can take the Maya Train to see other natural beauty spots, especially the ancient Mayan cities in Yucatán, Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco,” which are poor neighboring states, López Obrador said earlier this month.
But the Maya themselves are people scraping a living from the limestone bed of the dry tropical jungle. The ancient Mayan civilization reached its height from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. on the Yucatan Peninsula and in adjacent to parts of Central America, and they are best known for constructing monumental temple sites like Chichen Itza.
The Mayas’ descendants continue to live on the peninsula, many speaking the Mayan language and wearing traditional clothing, while also conserving traditional foods, crops, religion and medicine practices, despite the conquest of the region by the Spanish between 1527 and 1546.
“I think that there is nothing Maya” about the train, said Lidia Caamal Puc, whose family came from the Mayan town of Peto, in the neighboring Yucatan state, to settle here 22 years ago. “Some people say it will bring great benefits, but for us Mayas that work the land, that live here, we don’t see any benefits.”
“Rather, it will hurt us, because, how should I put it, they are taking away what we love so much, the land.”
When marines showed up last month to start cutting down trees in preparation for the train on the edge of the village, residents who hadn’t been paid for their expropriated land stopped them from working.
The head of the village council and a supporter of the train, Jorge Sánchez, acknowledged that the government “had not paid the people who were affected” even though the government has said they will get compensation.
But it’s not just about the money, Sánchez said. “It will bring back jobs for our people.”
The 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) Maya Train line will run in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, connecting beach resorts and archaeological sites. But in Vida y Esperanza, the train will cut directly through the narrow, rutted four-mile (six-kilometer) dirt road that leads to the nearest paved highway.
For more than two years, Mayan communities have been objecting to the train line, filing court challenges arguing the railway violated their right to a safe, clean environment, and to be consulted; in 2019, the Mexico office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights found that what consultations the government did do were flawed.
The question about the economics of the train, and tourism income, is more complex, in part because no credible feasibility studies were done. The project is expected to cost about $8 billion — but appears likely to rise to as much as $11 billion — while the government calculates it will bring in $9.5 billion in revenue or “benefits.”
But those estimates are widely doubted because López Obrador is essentially betting on luring sun-and-sand beachgoers to the ruins and Indigenous towns for so-called “cultural tourism.” It is not clear how many want to combine those two activities, especially if the highspeed train zooms past the beauties of the low jungle.
International tourism to the country has started to recover from pandemic losses, with the strongest showing from U.S. visitors. In the first half of 2022, just over 10 million tourists arrived from January to June, 1.5% higher than the first half of 2019. But overall tourist spending remains below pre-pandemic levels.
Unless the army, which is building the train line, constructs a large overpass bridge above the tracks, villagers would be forced to take a back road four times as long to get to the highway. It would no longer make economic sense to live there.
The government tourism agency that oversees the train project, Fonatur, says an overpass will be built for Vida y Esperanza. But such promises have gone unfulfilled in the past.
And the army plans to fill the underground caves to support the weight of the passing trains, which could block or contaminate the underground water system.
The high-speed train can’t have at-grade crossings, and won’t be fenced, so that 100-mile per hour (160-kph) trains will rush past an elementary school. Most of the students walk to get there.
Just as bad, the train project has divided Vida y Esperanza.
Luis López, 36, who works at a local store and opposes the train, said “it might bring minor benefits, but it has downsides.”
“The cenotes will be filled or contaminated,” he said, referring to the sinkholes that villagers rely on. “I survive on the water from a cenote, to wash dishes, to bathe.”
Many residents of Vida y Esperanza, who rely on diesel generators, would much rather have electricity than a tourist train that will rush by and never stop there.
Mario Basto, 78, a wiry resident who works as a gardener, said he’d rather have decent medical care than the train.
“It seems like the government has money it just needs to get rid of, when there are hundreds of hospitals that don’t have medicine,” Basto said.
And there are some people in Vida y Esperanza who support the train project, almost entirely because of jobs it has brought during construction.
Benjamin Chim, a taxi and truck driver who is already employed by the Maya Train, will also lose part of his land to the project. But he says he doesn’t care, noting “it is going to be a benefit, in terms of jobs.”
“They are taking a bit of land, but it’s a bit that doesn’t have any symbolic value, for me it doesn’t mean anything,” Chim said.
While the president’s supporters have claimed that anybody who opposes the train isn’t really Mayan, that would be news to people in Vida y Esperanza, where residents swear that Mayan spirits, known as “Aluxes,” inhabit the forest.
Locals pacify the spirits by leaving a small drink of wine out for them.
Bright blue-green Toh birds, tarantulas, blue morpho butterflies, iguanas and the occasional jaguar cross the roads and jungle.
And it would also threaten something older than even the Mayas.
Del Rio, the archaeologist, discovered human remains of the Maya’s ancestors that may date as far back as 13,700 years in another cave network – but it took him and other divers 1 1/2 years to snake through a single cavern system. “This is work that takes years, years,” he said.
López Obrador wants to finish the entire train in 16 months by filling the caves with cement or sinking concrete columns through the caverns – the only places that allowed humans to survive in this area.
But for the villagers, much of the damage has already been done.
“They have already stolen our tranquility, the moment they cut through to lay the train line,” Caamal Puc said. | 2022-08-22T21:24:44+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/ap-top-headlines/maya-villages-water-future-threatened-by-mexican-train/ |
Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay to fill prescriptions.
The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live. Lilly's changes also come as lawmakers and patient advocates pressure drugmakers to do something about soaring prices.
Lilly said it will cut the list price for its most commonly prescribed insulin, Humalog, and for another insulin, Humulin, by 70% in the fourth quarter, which starts in October. The drugmaker didn't detail what the new prices would be.
List prices are what a drugmaker initially sets for a product and what people who have no insurance or plans with high deductibles are sometimes stuck paying.
Patient advocates have long called for insulin price cuts to help uninsured people who would not be affected by price caps tied to insurance coverage.
Lilly's planned cuts "could actually provide some substantial rice relief," said Stacie Dusetzina, a health policy professor at Vanderbilt University who studies drug costs.
She noted that the moves likely won't affect Lilly much financially because the insulins are older and some already face competition.
"It makes it easier for Lilly to go ahead and make these changes," she said.
Lilly also said Wednesday that it will cut the price of its authorized generic version of Humalog to $25 a vial starting in May.
The cost of a prescription for generic Humalog ranges between $44 and close to $100 on the website GoodRx.
Lilly also is launching in April a biosimilar insulin to compete with Sanofi's Lantus.
Lilly CEO David Ricks said in a statement that it will take time for insurers and the pharmacy system to implement its price cuts, so the drugmaker will immediately cap monthly out-of-pocket costs at $35 for people who are not covered by Medicare's prescription drug program.
The drugmaker said the cap applies to people with commercial coverage and at most retail pharmacies.
Lilly said people without insurance can find savings cards to receive insulin for the same amount at its InsulinAffordability.com website.
The federal government in January started applying that cap to patients with coverage through its Medicare program for people age 65 and older or those who have certain disabilities or illnesses.
American Diabetes Association CEO Chuck Henderson said in a statement he applauded the steps Lilly was taking and called for other insulin makers to also cap patient costs.
Aside from Eli Lilly and the French drugmaker Sanofi, other insulin makers include the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.
Neither company immediately responded to a request for comment Wednesday morning from The Associated Press.
Insulin is made by the pancreas and used by the body to convert food into energy. People who have diabetes don't produce enough insulin.
People with Type 1 diabetes must take insulin every day to survive. More than 8 million Americans use insulin, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Research has shown that prices for insulin have more than tripled in the last two decades, and pressure is growing on drugmakers to help patients.
President Joe Biden brought up the cost cap during his annual State of the Union address last month. He called for insulin costs for everyone to be capped at $35.
The state of California has said it plans to explore making its own cheaper insulin. Drugmakers also may face competition from companies like the nonprofit Civica, which plans to produce three insulins at a recommended price of no more than $30 a vial, a spokeswoman said.
Drugmakers may be seeing "the writing on the wall that high prices can't persist forever," said Larry Levitt, an executive vice president with the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies health care.
"Lilly is trying to get out ahead of the issue and look to the public like the good guy," Levitt said.
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. became the first company to commercialize insulin in 1923, two years after University of Toronto scientists discovered it. The drugmaker then built its reputation around producing insulin even as it branched into cancer treatments, antipsychotics and other drugs.
Humulin and Humalog and its authorized generic brought in a total of more than $3 billion in revenue for Lilly last year. They rang up more than $3.5 billion the year before that.
"These are treatments that have had a really long and successful life and should be less costly to patients," Dusetzina said.
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Study: Majority of trans children who transition socially keep new identity
(CNN) - A new study has found that most transgender kids who go through a social transition tend to stick with it.
A social transition means when a child changes their name or pronoun or wear clothes aligned with their chosen gender identity.
The study followed 317 transgender youths, from the ages of 3 to 12. Five years after their initial transition, 94 percent were still living as transgender girls or boys.
A small percentage re-transitioned, either re-identifying as their birth sex or identifying as non-binary. Most often, that happened before the age of 10.
This is the first large-scale study focused on children transitioning more than once.
It was published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — It’s been five years since carnage and death sent his family running into the night, leaving them separated and terrified as a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.
The memories don’t fade, they sharpen, William “Bill” Henning said as he prepared for ceremonies in Las Vegas marking the date of the Oct. 1, 2017, massacre.
“Chaotic and unreal,” he recalled. “A human stampede. People were bleeding and screaming and running. We all got separated. We didn’t know who was alive. That was the most difficult.”
He’s now part of a survivor community thousands strong, one that’s helped him sort through the horror of what happened during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 850 were injured among a crowd of 22,000.
In the years since, the grim drumbeat of mass shootings has continued: schools in Uvalde, Texas, and Parkland, Florida; grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and Boulder, Colorado; bars in Dayton, Ohio, and Thousand Oaks, California; a city building in Virginia Beach, Virginia; a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Meanwhile, the debate over gun laws in the U.S. rages on, including a renewed challenge to the federal regulation sparked by the Las Vegas shooting.
Nevada U.S. Rep. Dina Titus on Saturday called again for a federal law banning bump stocks, the devices used by the Las Vegas shooter that allow a semi-automatic rifle to fire repeatedly with just one pull of the trigger. They were outlawed by rule by the Trump Administration but face court challenges.
And President Joe Biden also called for renewed efforts to tighten firearms laws Saturday while mourning the victims and praising residents who came together in the aftermath of the shooting.
The president noted executive action he’s taken to crack down on ghost guns and rogue gun dealers and the passage of the first significant firearms legislation in 30 years. That bipartisan law signed by Biden in June in part boosts protections for domestic violence victims, funnels cash to states for firearms crime prevention and has money for mental health services.
“But, we’re not stopping there,” Biden said in a statement. “I am determined to seize this momentum and work with Congress to enact further commonsense gun violence prevention legislation, including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, which have enabled shooters to slaughter so many innocents.”
The Las Vegas massacre is part of a horrifying uptick of shootings with especially high numbers of people killed, said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston. Five of the nine mass shootings in modern U.S. history with more than 20 people killed have taken place since 2016, starting with the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and continuing through the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
“The severity of public mass shootings has increased in the past few years. That’s clear,” Fox said. “And worrisome.”
Fox oversees a database maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University that tracks mass killings involving four or more people slain, not including the perpetrator. The information is drawn from media reports, FBI data, arrest records, medical examiners’ reports, prison records and other court documents.
Watching the steady stream of shootings in the U.S. is tough for survivors, said Tennille Pereira, director of a Clark County recovery and support program called the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center.
“I know when it keeps happening, people often express feelings of hopelessness,” Pereira said. “I think the big thing for Las Vegas is to be able to share with those other communities that healing does occur, and that there is hope.”
For people like Henning, part of that hope has been the bond formed with other survivors. The retired computer technician was celebrating his 71st birthday at the Route 91 Harvest Festival with friends, his wife, daughter and three teenage grandchildren when the gunfire began. He suffered a knee injury while escaping that required surgery, but his group made it out without being struck by gunfire.
“At first, the first few years, it’s not really sinking in,” he said. “The more we organize ourselves, the more that we see each other, it actually brings us back to how serious this situation was.”
Many in Las Vegas who won’t name the man who police said fired 1,057 bullets from 32nd floor windows of the Mandalay Bay resort during a span of time now memorialized in a Paramount+ streaming service documentary called “11 Minutes.”
“We don’t want to give him any more power, credibility, infamy,” Pereira said. “In this survivor population, words matter. We don’t use the word ‘anniversary.’ We use ‘remembrance.’ We try not to use the word ‘victims.’ We try to use the word ‘survivor.’”
Police and the FBI spent months investigating and concluded that gunman Stephen Paddock acted alone, meticulously planned the attack and intentionally concealed his actions. He amassed an arsenal of 23 assault-style rifles in his hotel room, including 14 fitted with bump stock devices that help the weapons fire rapidly.
Caches of weapons also were found at Paddock’s homes in Reno and Mesquite, Nevada. But he killed himself before police reached him, and local and federal officials said they never identified a clear motive for the attack.
Shortly after the shooting, the administration of then-President Donald Trump banned bump stocks under the same federal laws that prohibit machine guns. Gun-rights advocates sued, saying the weapons didn’t qualify as machine guns and it would take an act of Congress to ban them.
The ban has survived several court challenges. But a federal appeals court in New Orleans revived a case there in June, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling expanding gun rights. That case marked the high court’s first major gun decision in more than a decade and has sparked a wave of court challenges to gun laws around the country.
Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, survivors are working toward a permanent memorial on a corner of the former Las Vegas Strip festival ground.
A sunrise remembrance ceremony is scheduled Saturday at the Clark County Government Center, and the names of those killed will be read 10:05 p.m. — the time the shooting started — at a downtown Las Vegas Community Healing Garden.
Survivor Sue Nelson, 67, said she fled from her front-row seat and hid for hours on the Las Vegas Strip, forming deep bonds with others who escaped. She declared she has “survivor sorrow, not survivor guilt” because she didn’t do anything wrong.
Nelson drives two hours to Las Vegas from her home in Lake Havasu, Arizona, for memorial events and gives out lapel pins shaped like little guitars and rubber wrist bands stamped with: “We Remember 10.1.17 #Honors58.”
“I’m not afraid anymore,” she said. “It makes a big difference in healing when you’re not afraid anymore.”
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Whitehurst reported from Washington. | 2022-10-02T18:50:34+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-vegas-survivors-signal-hope-even-as-mass-shootings-persist/ |
Maserati is set to return to sports car racing this year with a new GT2-spec race car based on its MC20 supercar.
The new race car is officially called the Maserati GT2, and it made its debut on Friday on the sidelines of the 24 Hours of Spa, the highlight of the SRO-sanctioned GT World Challenge Europe.
While that series is open to GT3-spec cars, the Maserati is set to contest SRO’s GT2 European Series. The series is open to customer teams and includes race cars based on the Audi R8, KTM X-Bow, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT, Porsche 911, and more.
Maserati’s GT2 will start racing at the tail-end of 2023 and participate in the full 2024 season, the automaker said.
The GT2 is closely linked to the MC20 road car. It runs the same twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 (output is dependent on Balance of Performance rules), though the race car adopts a much wilder aerodynamic design with larger side intakes and an adjustable rear wing attached via swan-neck struts. It also has its own front splitter and rear diffuser, and according to Maserati a fully flat floor helps improve airflow.
The race car’s entire body shell is made from lightweight composite materials. The body panels feature a quick-release design to ensure new components can be swapped in quickly, Maserati said. The fenders sport a new design to accommodate a wider track. They feature louvers up front and the aforementioned larger side intakes at the rear, the latter aimed at radiators.
Other components specific to the race car include the adjustable dampers, adjustable anti-roll bars, 6-speed sequential transmission, quick-release steering wheel, and 6.5-inch driver information display. The ABS system is also specific to the race car and can be calibrated by the driver from behind the wheel.
The GT2 has some big shoes to fill. Some readers will recall the MC20’s predecessor, the Ferrari Enzo-based MC12, competed in the FIA GT Series during the 2000s and won three 24 Hours of Spa races (2005, 2006, and 2008).
Maserati’s return to motorsports kicked off this year with a factory-backed team competing in the Formula E World Championship. The automaker is also working on an MC20 track car that’s based on the MC20 and could potentially be a precursor for a race car designed for the GT classes of the IMSA SportsCar Championship or FIA World Endurance Championship.
“Our DNA and our spirit have always lain in racing,” David Grasso, Maserati’s CEO, said in a statement. “Now more than ever we want to rekindle and nourish that competitive passion that has always characterized and motivated us to achieve major milestones.”
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- Someone paid almost $6M for Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari Enzo | 2023-07-01T01:25:49+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/automotive/internet-brands/maserati-mc20-based-gt2-revealed-starts-racing-in-2023/ |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic ties has wide-reaching effects across the Middle East and beyond, and reduces the chance of armed conflict between regional rivals.
Here’s a look at some of the countries that could be affected by the deal, struck this week in China:
— YEMEN: Both Saudi Arabia and Iran are deeply embroiled in Yemen’s yearslong civil war. Saudi Arabia entered the conflict in 2015, backing the country’s exiled government, while Iran has backed the Houthi rebels who in 2014 seized the capital, Sanaa. Diplomats have been seeking a way to end the conflict, which has spawned one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters and turned into a proxy war between Riyadh and Tehran. The Saudi-Iran deal may provide a boost to efforts to end the conflict.
— LEBANON: Iran long has backed the powerful Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, while Saudi Arabia has backed the country’s Sunni politicians. Easing tensions between Riyadh and Tehran could see the two push for a political reconciliation in Lebanon, which is facing an unprecedented financial meltdown.
— SYRIA: Iran has backed Syria’s President Bashar Assad in his country’s long war, while Saudi Arabia has backed the rebels seeking to topple him. But in recent months, particularly after the earthquake that devastated both Syria and Turkey, Arab nations have moved closer to Assad. The diplomatic deal on Friday could make it more palatable for Riyadh to interact with Assad — and further strengthen the autocrat’s hand.
— ISRAEL: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has wanted to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, but the deal with Iran, his longtime nemesis, will complicate that. It also could make Israel feel more alone if it decides to carry out a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program as it creeps closer to weapons-grade levels. Already, the United Arab Emirates, which has normalized relations with Israel and long has been suspicious of Tehran, already has sought to ease tensions with Iran.
— IRAN: Iran has faced withering international sanctions amid the collapse of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The Saudi-Iran deal could provide Tehran new avenues to skirt sanctions. Already, Iran has deepened its ties to Russia and armed Moscow with bomb-carrying drones in its war on Ukraine.
— SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants to spend tens of billions of dollars on megaprojects to pivot the kingdom off crude oil amid threats imposed by climate change. Worrying about cross-border attacks only puts these projects in more doubt.
— UNITED STATES: The Biden administration insists that it has always been in favor of any arrangement that can help reduce tensions in the Mideast, including a restoration of Iran-Saudi ties. However, U.S. officials say they are skeptical Iran will follow through on its commitments but say they will be watching closely. China’s role in mediating the rapprochement may be a concern as it relates to the battle between Washington and Beijing for influence in the region and beyond, but the officials said it was far from clear if the Chinese efforts would be successful. | 2023-03-11T01:12:56+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/countries-that-could-be-impacted-by-renewed-iran-saudi-ties/ |
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A man won’t face charges after he opened fire on a pool cleaner who he mistook for an intruder, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, the two homeowners called 911 around 9 p.m. on Sunday after spotting a man on their lanai.
The sheriff said the man was hired by the homeowners to clean their pool and had been working for them for around six months to a year.
The victim had been busy with other appointments and showed up at their home later than expected. Deputies said the pool cleaner did not notify the homeowners that he was coming that late at night. He usually stops by on Thursday or Friday afternoon, Gualtieri said.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, one of the homeowners said she was in the family room when she saw a man she did not recognize through the sliding glass doors. She locked the door and told her husband that a random person was on their property.
The homeowner yelled for the person to get out and go away. Then he heard noises. The woman called 911 while the man, a former Army lieutenant colonel, grabbed his AR-15 rifle from their bedroom closet and fired shots at the victim, who was on their pool deck with a flashlight, authorities said.
The sheriff said the flashlight made the homeowner think a burglar was entering his home. The husband fired two rounds through the sliding glass door, and the victim was hit by the glass.
He was unaware the victim had fled the backyard and fired additional rounds. He fired a total of 30 rounds in 90 seconds.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, the homeowner “acted within the law,” referring to the Stand Your Ground Law in Florida, so no crime occurred.
“It was lawful but awful,” the sheriff said.
The pool technician told WLFA he’s hired an attorney following the incident. | 2023-06-27T14:12:31+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/lawful-but-awful-florida-homeowner-shoots-at-pool-cleaner-he-mistook-for-intruder-wont-face-charges/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some hospitals in Texas have reportedly refused to treat patients with major pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state’s abortion ban, the Texas Medical Association said in a letter this week.
The association did not name the hospitals but said it’s received complaints that hospitals, administrators and their attorneys may be prohibiting doctors from providing medically appropriate care in some situations, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Texas law bans most abortions after about six weeks of a pregnancy. A total ban — that includes an exemptions if a woman’s life or health is danger — will take effect in the coming weeks following last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
The letter, sent Wednesday to the Texas Medical Board, cited several examples in which medical care was delayed.
In one case, a central Texas hospital reportedly told a physician not to treat an ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured, the letter said. An ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a fertilized egg attached outside of the uterus, is not viable.
“Delayed or prevented care in this scenario creates a substantial risk for the patient’s future reproductive ability and poses serious risk to the patient’s immediate physical wellbeing,” the letter said.
The Texas Medical Board confirmed it received the letter but a spokesperson said the board cannot confirm or deny any specific complaints.
The Biden administration issued guidance this week that said hospitals must provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.
Texas sued Thursday over that guidance, arguing that the federal government isn’t authorized to require emergency healthcare providers to perform abortions. | 2022-07-16T03:26:03+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/texas-hospitals-delaying-care-over-abortion-law-letter-says/ |
QINGDAO, China, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 3rd Qingdao Multinationals Summit, co-organized by China's Ministry of Commerce and the Shandong provincial government, was held in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on June 19. The report, Multinationals in China: New possibilities in Reshaping of Global Supply Chains, compiled by the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC), a consultative body directly under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce, was published during the summit to elaborate on the opportunities afforded by changes to global supply chains amid a new situation, with topics on the reshaping of global supply chains, the investment confidence of multinational companies in China, the role of China in global supply chains, and how China would fit in to the evolving global supply chain structure in the future.
According to the report, despite the accelerated restructuring of global supply chains, multinationals still see China as an important destination for global investment due to its strong core competitive strengths with a mature industry supporting environment, huge headroom for market growth and high labor productivity.
In 2020, FDI inflows into China's manufacturing sector declined to US$31 billion due to the pandemic. However, the amount increased 8.8% year-on-year to US$33.73 billion in 2021 following the government's success in COVID-19 prevention and control. The increase is 1.1 percentage points higher than the growth rate of global manufacturing FDI.
Large foreign investment projects maintained rapid growth in China. Of the newly approved foreign investment or capital increase contracts, the number of large projects valued at more than US$100 million surged from 834 in 2019 to 1,177 in 2021, continuing double-digit growth for three consecutive years.
Thanks to the improving investment structure, China's high-tech manufacturing sector sustained high growth with the support of foreign investment, accounting for over one-third of the total FDI, while the number of major foreign investment projects maintained double-digit growth for three years in a row. With rapid economic development, some central and western provinces and cities are emerging as new contributors to the manufacturing sector by attracting additional foreign investment. Multinationals witnessed an increase both in revenue and profits.
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Times Charities: Faith Mission helps person with clothes for new job
Throughout the holiday season, Times Record News will be sharing stories of how Times Charities has aided our partner nonprofit organizations in helping individuals throughout the past year.
An individual receiving help at the Faith Mission got a job but could not afford some required clothing.
The person needed non-slip shoes and a black belt for their new job.
They said they looked at the resale shop but could not find these items.
Through the generosity of Times Charities donors, the Mission was able to help this person get the needed clothes and a great start at their new job.
Times Charities, a nonprofit created by the Times Record News more than 20 years ago, raises money during the holiday season to address financial woes throughout the calendar year. Times Charities also helps area veterans get back on their feet.
Donations to Times Charities go to the four partners: Faith Mission, Interfaith Outreach Services, The Salvation Army and Grace Ministries in Burkburnett.
Overhead expenses are not paid from donations.
No money is spent from the Times Charities account until the situations of those seeking help are verified by our partners.
Donations can be made in the form of cash, checks and debit or credit cards. Online donations are also welcome through https://wichitacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate
Make checks payable to Times Charities/WFACF, and mail them to 2405 Kell #100, Wichita Falls, TX 76308. | 2022-12-15T19:07:34+00:00 | timesrecordnews.com | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/12/15/times-charities-faith-mission-helps-person-with-clothes-for-new-job/69731905007/ |
VigiLanz Research will help hospitals and clinical research staff increase the number of patients identified for clinical trials, while reducing time and staff effort needed for manual screening
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VigiLanz, a clinical software surveillance company, has announced the launch of a new solution that will empower researchers to accurately identify more eligible candidates for clinical trial enrollment in near real time. By automating the patient identification process, VigiLanz Research will provide help for clinical trial sites seeking to accelerate patient recruitment, meet time-sensitive enrollment targets, and gain insights on patients screened for eligibility.
Clinical trial screening is often an inefficient, costly, and labor-intensive process for clinical trial sites. More than half of all clinical trials fail to meet their enrollment targets, and nearly a quarter close because of insufficient patient enrollment.
"VigiLanz Research is streamlining the clinical trial recruitment process," said Dr. David Goldsteen, Chief Executive Officer at VigiLanz, noting that for years clinical research sites have struggled to enroll enough patients. "This new solution leverages our two decades of clinical surveillance expertise into a system that empowers researchers to screen more qualified candidates. For hospitals, this increases the likelihood for clinical trial success, and for sponsors, this potentially saves millions of dollars and helps get products to market faster. Most importantly, it also connects people with opportunities for life-changing treatments that could help them live longer, healthier lives."
VigiLanz recently partnered with Sharp HealthCare to implement VigiLanz Research for an acute cardiac clinical trial, which has a complex protocol and challenging patient enrollment requirements. VigiLanz Research automated screening processes using data in Sharp's electronic health record (EHR), vastly increasing the number of patients screened to include all patients in all units, and reducing staff time needed to screen patients by 50%. This not only led to more patients being successfully enrolled in the study, but also improved staff satisfaction by giving them more time to focus on other high-value tasks.
"VigiLanz Research has not only improved our team's efficiency but also has helped us make a difference in patients' lives. This solution solved the biggest challenges we had in screening patients for this study – the short enrollment windows. With near real-time updates, we can now identify and enroll subjects who may have otherwise been missed," said DeAnn Cary, PhD, Director of Research at the Outcomes Research Institute at Sharp HealthCare.
Sharp HealthCare and VigiLanz will be presenting an overview of the research process and the results at the WCG MAGI West 2022 conference in Las Vegas in mid-October. To learn more about VigiLanz Research, visit vigilanzcorp.com/research.
About VigiLanz
Founded in 2001, VigiLanz is a privately held, rapidly growing provider of SaaS-based clinical surveillance, safety, quality, and risk solutions. The firm is focused on transforming the delivery of quality care by aggregating disparate EHR transactional workflow and documentation data across health systems to identify real-time clinical issues that avoid or minimize harm, optimize clinical outcomes, and support preventive care. VigiLanz is a clinical partner to a large and growing community of hospital CMOs, CMIOs, CIOs, quality and safety teams, infectious disease and control specialists, pharmacists, and other clinicians dedicated to innovative, real-time inpatient care.
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Focus Restaurant Concepts announces purchase of Mama Russo’s
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - In an effort to continue serving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with fresh and authentic food options, Focus Restaurant Concepts has announced the addition of Mama Russo’s to its family.
Focus operates all four Border Grill locations, as well as Yoop Coop in Marquette.
Chris Conklin, the CEO of Focus Restaurant Concepts says the organization is honored to have the opportunity to continue the tradition of service and quality that John and Jean Korhonen and the entire Russo family have created over the past several decades in the retail and catering business. Conklin emphasizes the intent to maintain all of Mama Russo’s original recipes and looks forward to adding to the existing offerings.
Under the guidance of Certified Executive Chef Nathan Mileski and Area Manager Gavin Rourke, Focus Concepts has established a team of culinary experts with extensive experience in both catering and retail.
Mileski has over 33 years of experience operating restaurants, food and beverage management, event planning, and menu development through fine dining, catering and fast, made-to-order experiences. A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, he’s worked on Drummond Island and served as director of event and catering operations at Northern Michigan University.
Rourke began his culinary career over 20 years ago, in Minneapolis, attending culinary school and working at an Italian family owned restaurant chain, with 10 locations. Rourke moved to the Upper Peninsula, working in event planning and catering at Northern Michigan University before joining Focus Concepts. Together, with their team, dispersed at locations throughout the U.P., Focus Concepts is looking forward to the future, with plans for new offerings and new opportunities in retail.
Focus Restaurant Concepts was established in 2018 with the purchase of Border Grill, a U.P. original since 1997. Yoop Coop was added to the group in 2021.
Copyright 2023 WLUC. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-10T19:52:57+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/04/10/focus-restaurant-concepts-announces-purchase-mama-russos/ |
Top Player Prop Bets for Rockies vs. Braves on June 17, 2023
The Atlanta Braves host the Colorado Rockies at Truist Park on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET. Those looking to place a player prop bet can find odds on Ronald Acuna Jr., Ryan McMahon and others in this contest.
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Rockies vs. Braves Game Info
- When: Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 4:10 PM ET
- Where: Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia
- How to Watch on TV: BSSE
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MLB Props Today: Colorado Rockies
Ryan McMahon Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -256)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +100)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +350)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +150)
McMahon Stats
- McMahon has put up 68 hits with 20 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 31 walks. He has driven in 38 runs with four stolen bases.
- He has a slash line of .271/.352/.494 so far this season.
- McMahon will look for his ninth straight game with a hit in this contest. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .342 with four doubles, a triple, a home run, six walks and four RBI.
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Elias Díaz Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -250)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +135)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +160)
Diaz Stats
- Elias Diaz has 65 hits with 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 19 walks and 34 RBI. He's also stolen one base.
- He has a .300/.356/.470 slash line on the season.
- Diaz has picked up at least one hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is batting .350 with a double, a triple, a home run, two walks and five RBI.
Diaz Recent Games
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Bryce Elder Props
- Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 5.5 (Over Odds: +110)
Elder Stats
- The Braves will hand the ball to Bryce Elder (4-1) for his 14th start of the season.
- In 13 starts this season, he's earned seven quality starts.
- Elder will look to finish five or more innings for the 14th start in a row.
- He has finished four appearances without allowing an earned run in 13 chances this season.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 24-year-old's 2.69 ERA ranks seventh, 1.182 WHIP ranks 31st, and 7.6 K/9 ranks 50th.
Elder Recent Games
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Ronald Acuña Jr. Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +130)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -213)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +235)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +100)
Acuna Stats
- Acuna has collected 92 hits with 21 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 34 walks. He has driven in 45 runs with 30 stolen bases.
- He's slashing .327/.401/.569 so far this season.
Acuna Recent Games
Ozzie Albies Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -141)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +390)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +120)
Albies Stats
- Ozzie Albies has 69 hits with 13 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs, 19 walks and 47 RBI. He's also stolen three bases.
- He has a slash line of .260/.314/.487 so far this year.
Albies Recent Games
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© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-17T13:56:54+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/sports/betting/2023/06/17/rockies-vs-braves-mlb-player-prop-bets/ |
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, announced today that it will be participating in the upcoming Morgan Stanley 20th Annual Global Healthcare Conference in New York, New York.
Members of PacBio's management are scheduled to participate in a fireside chat on Wednesday, September 14 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The live webcast can be accessed at the company's investors page at investor.pacificbiosciences.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for at least 30 days following the presentation.
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Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) is a premier life science technology company that is designing, developing and manufacturing advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical researchers resolve genetically complex problems. Our products and technology under development stem from two highly differentiated core technologies focused on accuracy, quality and completeness which include our existing HiFi long read sequencing and our emerging SBB™ short read sequencing technologies. Our products address solutions across a broad set of research applications including human germline sequencing, plant and animal sciences, infectious disease and microbiology, oncology, and other emerging applications. For more information, please visit www.pacb.com and follow @PacBio.
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Our spending habits say a lot about the state of the American economy. New government data and reports from some of the biggest retailers show Americans still shopping, and prioritizing necessities.
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Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is calling for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached, joining other members of the progressive “Squad” who have called for the conservative justice to be reprimanded following a bombshell report on his relationship with a Republican donor.
In a statement on Tuesday, Bush said Thomas “holds a complete disregard for law and ethics that is incompatible with the trust and confidence placed in federal judges.”
“For these reasons, and because the federal judiciary has failed to hold Justice Thomas accountable, I am calling for impeachment proceedings to begin regarding Justice Thomas’s apparent violations of federal law,” she said.
ProPublica reported earlier this month that Thomas, who has served on the bench since 1991, went on luxury vacations with Republican donor and real estate developer Harlan Crow. The donor paid for the trips, which have been happening for more than two decades, according to ProPublica.
Supreme Court justices are required by federal law to file annual financial disclosures that include gifts, unless they fall under certain exemptions. In a statement following the report, Thomas said that he “was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable.”
Days later, ProPublica reported that Thomas did not disclose a 2014 real estate deal he did with Crow. The donor reportedly purchased a series of properties in Savannah, Ga., from Thomas, his mother and his late brother’s family for $133,363. On Monday, CNN reported that Thomas plans to amend his financial disclosure forms to disclose the real estate deal.
And The Washington Post reported that Thomas has reported that his family received rental income from a real estate firm launched by his wife and her family that has not existed since 2006.
The revelations regarding Thomas have angered judicial watchdog groups and congressional Democrats, leading some to call for the justice’s impeachment, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and now Bush.
Bush in her statement on Tuesday said Thomas “has made a mockery of his ethical obligations and disgraced himself and the entire judiciary,” and said recent discoveries “are just the latest in a pattern of lawless and shocking behavior that has characterized Justice Thomas’s career.”
Ocasio-Cortez, who was among the first House Democrats to call for Thomas’s impeachment amid the recent revelations, acknowledged in an interview with CNN that it is “very difficult” to see a path where Thomas is impeached by a House controlled by Republicans.
But Bush, nonetheless, wants the chamber to plow forward with impeachment. And if that does not work, she called on the Judicial Conference of the United States to refer Thomas to the attorney general.
“History will judge how Congress responded during this crisis in our federal judiciary. House Republicans must move forward with impeachment proceedings,” she said. “But if they continue choosing not to act, the Judicial Conference of the United States must immediately exercise its authority and refer Justice Thomas to the Attorney General for further action.”
In addition to impeachment, Bush on Tuesday called on Congress to approve Supreme Court ethics reform, to expand the court, institute term limits “and take other actions to rein in this unaccountable, anti-democratic, and dangerous institution.”
“Holding judges accountable for their behavior is a matter of life-or-death for our communities. They wield enormous power, and the current hands-off approach to the judiciary has only emboldened lawless, corrupt, far-right judges to strip away our rights and make our lives worse off,” she added. | 2023-04-18T23:14:33+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/hill-politics/cori-bush-joins-fellow-squad-members-in-calling-for-clarence-thomas-impeachment/ |
The Owasso Chamber of Commerce announced it will soon host its first annual Redbud Festival Days.
The inaugural event, presented by TTCU Federal Credit Union, will be held Thursday-Saturday, May 4-6, in the heart of Owasso’s newly developed Redbud District.
“Redbud Days is opportunity to gather, interact and celebrate in downtown Owasso,” Owasso Chamber President Chelsea Feary said. “Communities need festivals to cultivate economic and cultural activity. We hope everyone will come out to have fun and enjoy the variety of events.”
Redbud Festival Days is the rebranding of the former Trail Days, which started as Progress Days in 1953 and then to its most recent title in 1984.
Held in conjunction with Owasso’s first Gathering on Main of the season, Redbud Festival Days will kick off Thursday with vendors, food trucks, a kids’ play zone, music and more, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the event.
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The next evening — called “Fine Arts Friday” — will feature music by Owasso’s steel drum group, art displays by Owasso and Rejoice Christian students, vendors and food trucks and a live mural contest in Redbud Festival Park.
The festival will wrap up on Saturday with a children’s parade, led by grand marshals Boba Fett and Owasso Mayor Kelly Lewis, along with Owasso Fire Department’s color guard, featuring King Cabbage Brass Band sponsored by the Presence in Owasso.
The weekend will also play host to a sidewalk sale and Owasso’s first farmers market of the season on Saturday.
For more information about Redbud Festival Days, visit redbudowasso.com/redbud-days-2023 or call the Owasso Chamber at 918-272-2141. | 2023-04-28T19:49:10+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/community/owasso/news/owasso-chamber-to-host-inaugural-redbud-festival-days-in-downtown-owasso-may-4-6/article_9da42948-e5f4-11ed-957f-2faafaf5e6a9.html |
Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections, and is expected to again in 2024.
But Southern Baptists are weighing their options in the GOP presidential primary field — some already lining up behind Donald Trump, others wary of the former president, whom most evangelical voters supported in previous elections despite his vulgar language, serial marriages and sexual bravado. Some are looking at what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or other candidates might offer.
But even critics of many Baptist voters’ embrace of hard-right politics have little doubt where this is headed in November 2024 — support for whichever candidate emerges from the GOP nomination process. The only question is the extent of the fervor they bring to the polls.
In addition to Trump and DeSantis, other GOP candidates have made a point of proclaiming their Christian convictions, including former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. Pence spoke to the SBC annual meeting in 2018.
“There is a segment of the white evangelical populace, they’re looking for a way to distance themselves with the deal with the devil they made in 2016″ in supporting Trump, said the Rev. Joel Bowman Sr. of Louisville, Kentucky, who was among several Black pastors who left the SBC in 2021 in dismay over what they saw as a racial backlash in a denomination that had once formally repented of its forebears’ racism.
“Whether that’s Ron DeSantis or Mike Pence, one thing you can be assured of is most of the white evangelical populace is going to be in alignment with some GOP candidate, whoever that might be,” said Bowman, pastor of Temple of Faith Baptist Church, which maintains ties to SBC churches on the state and local level.
Albert Mohler — longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary also in Louisville, and one of the denomination’s most prominent leaders — said he hopes “the Republican Party nominee will be someone not named Donald Trump.”
Mohler said opposition to abortion is non-negotiable.
“It’s unclear where Donald Trump is placing himself vis a vis that issue,” Mohler said. He’s looking for someone “sharper on the issues and carrying less baggage.”
It’s the latest turn in Mohler’s response to Trump. In 2016, he said evangelicals’ support for Trump undermined their credibility. But he later said he was pleased with Trump’s actions in office, particularly in appointing the Supreme Court justices who provided the tipping point needed to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision.
But Trump has since said the abortion issue should be decided by the states, drawing criticism from some seeking a federal ban.
Mohler acknowledged that Democrats have benefited politically from the backlash to the Supreme Court decision. He’s looking for candidates who can navigate that political reality without compromising. “I’m not going to support any candidate who is not prolife in conviction and with an honest and straightforward strategy to lead a prolife effort,” he said, and noted that the GOP has a “good number of attractive candidates,” putting DeSantis at the top of that list.
But if Trump becomes the nominee, “I’ll revisit that question” of whom to vote for.
DeSantis formally entered the race last month and is the leading alternative to Trump, who remains the dominant force in GOP politics at the moment. But if the Florida governor were to ultimately capture the Republican nomination and face Joe Biden, two Catholic presidents would face off for the first time in U.S. history.
One of Trump’s staunchest supporters in this and past elections is Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas.
“When Trump first announced his re-election bid last November I predicted that some evangelicals would ‘kick the tires’ of other candidates but would eventually coalesce around Trump as they did in 2016,” Jeffress said via email. “However, ‘eventually’ happened even more quickly than even I expected.”
Jeffress, who began backing Trump during the 2016 primary season, said evangelicals are concluding that only Trump can defeat Biden. Jeffress cited issues traditionally important to evangelicals in calling Trump “the most pro-life, pro-religious liberty, and pro-Israel president in history.”
The political season is heating up even as Southern Baptists head to their mid-June annual meeting roiled by internal conflicts and scandals over the mishandling of sexual abuse — the subject of a Department of Justice investigation. While theological debates will be prominent — particularly over whether to uphold the ouster of churches with female pastors — many proposed resolutions in recent years have reflected debates in secular politics.
A key question is how much energy and fervor Southern Baptists will be able to muster for the GOP presidential primary.
The denomination continues to experience long-term declines in membership and other measures of spiritual vitality, such as baptisms, according to its own statistics. Like other religious groups, it has struggled to regain pre-pandemic attendance levels. And like many historically white Protestant denominations, Southern Baptists are graying, with the average age at 55, according to the 2020 Cooperative Election Study. All this would affect any get-out-the-vote campaign among a flock that is smaller than in previous elections and that has its hands full of challenges.
And Southern Baptists are experiencing the same media fragmentation that the nation is as a whole. Whereas the denominational press and state Baptist newspapers once wielded strong influence, members now get competing views and news from a wide array of social media and niche sites.
Pastor Mike Stone of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Georgia — a candidate for SBC president from its more conservative wing — said he doesn’t use the pulpit to endorse candidates.
But as a pastor, “I unapologetically address issues that Christians should consider in making their own personal choices,” he said. “These include the sanctity of human life, Biblical marriage and issues of sexual morality, and a Scriptural understanding of the role of government” to punish evil and promote good, he said.
“Christians should prefer righteous men and women for public office,” he said. “Because no perfect candidate exists, that often means voting for the better or best of the available options.”
SBC President Bart Barber declined to comment for this story.
At the local church level, pastors navigate pressure from members who want them either to be more political from the pulpit — or less.
“These days it’s almost impossible to avoid it, more than it used to,” said Eric Costanzo, pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “We’ve had to cross those lines in different ways because of the issues we’re involved in,” such as advocating for immigrants or for reforms in how Southern Baptists deal with issues of abuse.
“During COVID it was tricky, and after Jan. 6 it was tricky,” he said. “I try to lead by example by not endorsing or not disparaging by name. Sometimes we have to dig into issues that have no choice but to have political implications.”
For Bowman, efforts by many in Republican and Southern Baptist circles to focus on criticizing “wokeness” have served to distract attention from realities of systemic racism, as well as the SBC’s own internal conflicts.
“If the SBC attaches itself again with the GOP and continues to focus on wedge issues and culture wars, there will begin to be an exodus from the SBC on the part of white members who would be considered more moderate or centrist,” he said. “The SBC is in many ways backing itself in to the corner. It is not going to help its professed cause to bring people to Christ.”
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The United Auto Workers has not made a presidential endorsement yet. The union is also engaging in contentious negotiations with automakers.
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The United Auto Workers has not made a presidential endorsement yet. The union is also engaging in contentious negotiations with automakers.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) today announced that it will implement a reverse split of the ETNs listed in the table below, expected to be effective as of December 2, 2022.
The table below indicates the ETNs that will be subject to the reverse split, their respective trading symbols, the applicable reverse split ratio, their current CUSIP numbers, and the CUSIP numbers that they will receive after giving effect to the reverse split:
The reverse splits will be effective at the open of trading on December 2, 2022. Each ETN will begin trading on the NYSE Arca on a reverse split-adjusted basis on that date. Holders of an ETN who purchased that ETN prior to December 2, 2022 will receive one reverse split-adjusted ETN for every 10 pre-reverse split ETNs.
In addition, investors that hold a number of ETNs that are not evenly divisible by the applicable number will receive a cash payment for any fractional ETNs remaining (the "partials"). The cash amount due on any partials will be determined on December 12, 2022 and will equal, for each remaining ETN, its closing indicative value on that date. Bank of Montreal will pay these amounts on or about December 15, 2022.
The closing indicative value of each ETN on December 1, 2022 will be multiplied by 10 to determine the reverse split-adjusted closing indicative value. Following the reverse split, each ETNs will have a new CUSIP, as set forth above, but will continue to trade under their current respective ticker symbols.
The reverse splits will affect the trading denominations of each of the ETNs, but it will not affect the aggregate principal amount of the ETNs, except that the aggregate principal amount will be reduced by the corresponding aggregate amount of any cash payments for the "partials."
Illustrations of a Reverse Split
The following table shows the effect of the 1-for-10 reverse split on the hypothetical closing indicative value of the ETNs. The closing indicative value of an ETN is not the same as its principal amount or the trading price of that ETN.
None of the other exchange traded notes issued by Bank of Montreal are affected by this announcement.
The ETNs are senior, unsecured obligations of Bank of Montreal.
Investment suitability must be determined individually for each investor, and the ETNs may not be suitable for all investors. This information is not intended to provide and should not be relied upon as providing accounting, legal, regulatory or tax advice. Investors should consult with their own financial advisors as to these matters.
The leveraged ETNs discussed in this press release are intended to be daily trading tools for sophisticated investors to manage daily trading risks as part of an overall diversified portfolio. They are designed to achieve their stated investment objectives on a daily basis. The returns on the ETNs over longer periods of time can, and most likely will, differ significantly from the return on a direct short investment in the index underlying those ETNs.
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By THOMAS ADAMSON
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French voters went to the polls Sunday in the final round of parliamentary elections that will demonstrate how much legroom President Emmanuel Macron’s party will be given to implement his ambitious domestic agenda.
Polls are being held nationwide to select the 577 members of the National Assembly, the most powerful branch of France’s Parliament.
In last week’s first-round vote, a coalition led by hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon made a surprisingly strong showing, sending jitters through Macron’s centrist and center-right allies who fear they could lose their current parliamentary majority.
They fear that a strong performance by Melenchon’s coalition could turn Macron into a shackled second-term minority leader who spends his time bargaining with politicians instead of governing freely. Macron’s coalition has been campaigning to keep its majority — a share of over half the seats — to enable him to implement the agenda he was reelected on in May, including tax cuts and raising France’s retirement age from 62 to 65.
But these parliamentary elections have once again largely been defined by voter apathy — with over half the electorate staying home for the first round, and broadsides between candidates further turning people away. In Sunday’s parliamentary runoff, turnout was 38% by 5 p.m. (1500 GMT; 11 a.m. EDT) — even lower than in the first vote.
Audrey Paillet, 19, who cast her ballot in Boussy-Saint-Antoine in southeastern Paris, was saddened that so few people turned out.
“Some people have fought to vote. It is too bad that most of the young people don’t do that,” she said.
Though Macron’s alliance is projected to win the most seats, observers predict that it could fall short of maintaining a parliamentary majority — the golden number of 289 seats. In this case, the new coalition composed of the hard left, the Socialists and the Greens could make Macron’s political maneuvering harder, since the lower house of parliament has the final say in passing laws.
Macron made a powerfully choreographed plea to voters earlier this week from the tarmac ahead of a trip to Romania and Ukraine, warning that an inconclusive election, or hung parliament, would put the nation in danger.
“In these troubled times, the choice you’ll make this Sunday is more crucial than ever,” he said Tuesday, with the presidential plane waiting starkly in the background ahead of a visit to French troops stationed near Ukraine. “Nothing would be worse than adding French disorder to the world’s disorder,” he said.
Some voters agreed, and argued against choosing candidates on the political extremes who have been gaining popularity. Others argued that the French system, which grants broad power to the president, should give more voice to the multi-faceted parliament and function with more checks on the presidential Elysee palace and its occupant.
“I’m not afraid to have a National Assembly that’s more split up among different parties. I’m hoping for a regime that’s more parliamentarian and less presidential, like you can have in other countries,” said Simon Nouis, an engineer voting in southern Paris.
Polling agencies estimated that Macron’s centrists could ultimately win from 255 to over 300 seats, while the leftist coalition led by Mélenchon, called Nupes, could win more than 200 seats. The far-right National Rally party of Marine Le Pen, runnerup in the presidential election, is expected to boost its small parliamentary presence but remain well behind.
“The disappointment was clear on the night of the first round for the presidential party leaders,” said Martin Quencez, political analyst at The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
If Macron fails to get a majority, it will not simply affect France’s domestic politics, it could have ramifications across Europe. Analysts predict that the French leader will have to spend the rest of his term focusing more on his domestic agenda rather than his foreign policy. It could spell the end of President Macron the continental statesman.
If he loses his majority, “he would need to be more involved in domestic politics in the next five years than he was previously, so we could expect him to have less political capital to invest at the European level or international level… This may have an impact for European politics as a whole in European affairs,” Quencez said.
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Jade Le Deley and Jeffrey Schaeffer contributed to this report.
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It's Your Business | Get ready for Restaurant Week
The first time La Bahia Grill took part in the annual Champaign County Area Restaurant Week last year, this Mexican restaurant in downtown Champaign was just about brand new.
Wait till you see what the owners, Magely Azila and Leonel Carmona, have in store for their second venture into Restaurant Week — which is coming up Jan. 27 to Feb. 4.
They’re still finalizing the menu, Azila said, but the plan is to serve two appetizers, two entrees (one of them a new dish) and two desserts.
This will be the seventh annual Restaurant Week, a nine-day celebration of what restaurants throughout Champaign County have to offer — featuring Filipino, Indian, Cambodian, Thai, Laos, Mexican, Caribbean, Italian, Zambian, vegetarian, vegan, soul food, farm-to-table, and standard American fare, according to Visit Champaign County.
Every year, more restaurants participate, so expect the tentative list of participating restaurants that the agency has posted to grow next month, according to Terri Reifsteck, Visit Champaign County’s vice president of marketing and community engagement.
Azila said La Bahia Grill at 132 W. Church St., C, is tentatively planning to serve nachos supreme and papas locas for the appetizers, a dish featuring a mix of seafood in a homemade sauce, and a brand new dish still lacking a name (but it’s probably going to be Volcan, Spanish for volcano, Azila said) for the two entrees and churros and fried cheesecake (chimichanga style) for the desserts.
LaBahia Grill recently added breakfast to its menu. The restaurant is now open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for breakfast, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch and 3 p.m. until closing for dinner.
Restaurant customers who want to participate in Restaurant Week can check out the list of participating restaurants at visitchampaigncounty.org/events/restaurant-week, then make reservations or check out carry-out options.
And for a chance to win a $100 gift card to the Champaign County restaurant of your choice, share your dining experience with pictures with #CCRestaurantWeek.
Holiday grants from Ameren
Ameren Illinois announced that it awarded $120,000 to 12 nonprofit organizations in its service area through its Ameren Cares program.
Two of the recipients of the $10,000 grants in the local area included the Well Experience, Urbana, and Survivor Resource Center, Danville.
Game day special
Where will you watch the Illinois vs. Mississippi State game Monday morning?
The folks at Aspen Tap House in Champaign are hoping you’ll head their way.
Manager Rachel Rosenbaum said the restaurant/bar will open an hour early Monday morning, at 10 a.m., in advance of the 11 a.m. game.
“We want to give Champaign-Urbana the best opportunity to see all the game,” she said.
During the game, she said, burgers will be buy one, get one free.
How big a crowd to expect, Rosenbaum said she doesn’t know. It’s going to be a Monday morning, when a lot of people will be working. Then again, she said, a lot of people are still on winter break.
“But we are planning on a big crowd,” she said.
Craft chocolate made locally
Introducing Chikondi Craft Chocolate, a new Savoy-based venture of Miranda Church and Shawnae Cook.
The chocolate is described as “bean to bar” using single-origin cacao beans, with “fine quality cacao” as the star ingredient.
Chikondi sources its fair trade cacao beans from tropical countries, and uses a process involving hand-sorting and careful roasting of each batch “to bring out the origin’s distinct flavor profile,” according to the business website.
“The beans get winnowed to remove their outer husks, and then stone-ground with organic cane sugar and cocoa butter for at least 24 hours before being tempered into bark and other Chikondi confections,” it goes on to say.
The cacao roasters are the two owners’ husbands, Dan Church and Phillip Cook.
The chocolate is made in a commercial kitchen in Savoy, and is sold online in three-ounce packs of chocolate bark, according to Dan and Miranda Church.
The business is also offering pop-up markets and classes.
One event coming up: A craft chocolate and whiskey pairing event at The Venue CU at 51 E. Main St., C set for Jan. 27.
It will include a brief history on the chocolate-making and artisan process used by Chikondi and an overview of various whiskeys, followed by a sampling of various pairings of chocolate and whiskey.
Miranda Church said Chikondi’s sipping chocolate, a dessert drink, is currently available at Maize Mexican Grill’s Maize at the Station, 100 N. Chestnut St, C.
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ALBANY — F&W Forestry Services is a recipient of the Forest Stewardship Council’s 2022 Leadership Award. The annual award was established by FSC in 2010 to recognize uncommon excellence that advances responsible forest management and forest conservation.
F&W received the award for its work in offering clients FSC certification for more than 20 years, meeting group members’ diverse objectives across more than 500,000 acres of certified forests.
The awards celebrate forest owners, builders, architects, retailers, paper mills, manufacturers, environmental organizations, and others across Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. who contribute to the movement toward responsible sourcing and forest management. Categories under which submissions are taken include design and build projects, FSC-certified company/organization, FSC trademark license holder, nonprofit organization, uncommon partnership, and individual champions.
Other 2022 winners include American Green Consulting, Appalachian Mountain Club, Bio Pappel, Cascades, Ejido Noh Bec/Ejido Caoba/Ejido Nuevo Becal, Element5, Greenerprinter HP Inc., Lafcadio Cortesi, The Longleaf Alliance/American Forest Foundation/The Nature Conservancy, Melissa & Doug, Meta, Peter Hayes and Family, REI, West Elm and World Wildlife Fund-US.
FSC was formed in 1993 to create standards by which forests are certified, offering assurance to consumers and businesses that the wood products they buy originate from well-managed forests. More than 4,000 companies and 160 million acres of forestland are FSC certified in the United States and Canada.
Established in 1962, F&W Forestry Services, Inc. of Albany is one of the nation’s oldest and largest forest resource consulting and management firms. The company handles timber sales, provides comprehensive forest management and consulting services, and offers real estate services through its affiliate, Fountains Land. Through its network of offices, F&W provides services to landowners in 26 states comprising the Southern Pine Belt, the Central and Appalachian regions, the Northeast, and Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. F&W also manages private forestland internationally through offices located in Uruguay, Brazil, France and the United Kingdom. | 2022-11-03T21:58:08+00:00 | albanyherald.com | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/f-w-forestry-service-receives-2022-fsc-leadership-award/article_7d34d710-5bb2-11ed-8958-a33161085c09.html |
Minnesota regent resigns leadership over diversity question
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minnesota House speaker is stepping down as vice chairman of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents following increased criticism over his question about whether the Morris campus is “too diverse.”
Steve Sviggum has resigned his leadership position, but will remain on the board until his term expires when the state Legislature holds its regents election during the 2023 session, according to a statement from the University of Minnesota.
Sviggum, 71, faced mounting pressure over comments he made nearly two weeks ago during a regents meeting. In talking about declining enrollment at the Morris campus, Sviggum asked acting Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen whether the campus was “too diverse,” from a marketing standpoint.
Currently, Morris has 1,068 students enrolled. Of those, 41% are people of color.
Sviggum said that after meeting with board Chairman Ken Powell over the weekend, he came to the “realization” that he should resign as vice chairman immediately, the Star Tribune reported.
“I owe that position to my colleagues who have shown disapproval in my actions,” he wrote in a letter to Powell. “I do so humbly and thoughtfully, with knowledge that the success of the University of Minnesota is the most important focus and is much more important than any one person or position.”
Regents James Farnsworth and Mike Kenyanya said this was the right move for Sviggum. Both said they’d recently been in discussions with others about Sviggum’s future as a leader on the board. The Morris Campus Student Association also called for Sviggum to step down as vice chairman.
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LAKE FOREST, Calif., Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL), the global leader in dental lasers, today announced that the Company has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor by the Orange County Register Top Workplaces. The award is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner, Energage LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization, including alignment, execution, and connection, to name a few.
"Earning a Top Workplaces award is a badge of honor for companies, especially because it comes authentically from their employees," said Eric Rubino, Energage Chief Executive Officer. "That's something to be proud of. In today's market, leaders must ensure they're allowing employees to have a voice and be heard. That's paramount. Top Workplaces do this, and it pays dividends."
"We endeavor to be an organization our team members are proud to be a part of, and we strive to provide an appealing and supportive work environment," commented Matthew Wilson, BIOLASE Vice President of Human Resources. "Dedicated and motivated team members lead to happy customers, so attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent is a very high priority for us."
"I am extremely proud of the BIOLASE team. I am grateful for their feedback through the survey and for the contributions they make each day," said John Beaver, BIOLASE President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our team plays a critical role in our efforts to enable dental professionals to elevate their standard of care, and improve patient-reported outcomes with our technology. BIOLASE employees truly care about each other and our customers, and it shows."
BIOLASE is a medical device company that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells laser systems in dentistry and medicine. BIOLASE's products advance the practice of dentistry and medicine for patients and healthcare professionals. BIOLASE's proprietary laser products incorporate approximately 301 patented and 28 patent-pending technologies designed to provide biologically and clinically superior performance with less pain and faster recovery times. BIOLASE's innovative products provide cutting-edge technology at competitive prices to deliver superior results for dentists and patients. BIOLASE's principal products are revolutionary dental laser systems that perform a broad range of dental procedures, including cosmetic and complex surgical applications. From 1998 through December 31, 2021, BIOLASE has sold over 43,300 laser systems to date in over 80 countries around the world. Laser products under development address BIOLASE's core dental market and other adjacent medical and consumer applications.
For updates and information on Waterlase iPlus®, Waterlase Express™, and laser dentistry, find BIOLASE online at www.biolase.com, Facebook at www.facebook.com/biolase, Twitter at www.twitter.com/biolaseinc, Instagram at www.instagram.com/waterlase_laserdentistry, and LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/biolase.
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DelDOT receives $21 million in federal funding to complete a trail in Sussex County.
The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity or RAISE grant program will kickstart construction of the final phase of a trail about 17-miles in length that will connect Georgetown to Lewes.
The multi-use path has approximately 6 miles left to be completed on the project that started in 2016, and is slated to be finished by the end of 2025.
This project is an 80%-20% funding split with the federal government paying the larger portion, this last piece is 100% federally funded thanks to this grant.
"If we hadn't received the award then we probably would have been upwards of 10 years before we could have completed it given the amount of money that would require. So having the grant award is going to give us the opportunity to have this thing done within say two, two and a half years. It's a great tourism tool for the state. It's a great community connector,” said Jeff Niezgoda, assistant director for DelDOT’s Division of Planning.
The part that’s open is heavily traveled with 1,500 to 1,600 riders and walkers using the trail per day according to Niezgoda.
"Once completed you'll have connection from Cape Henlopen State Park all the way through Lewes all the points along the route all the way to Georgetown, and it'll be completely off-road with road crossings in between but other than that it's all off-road on the railroad corridor," said Niezgoda.
New Castle County also received RAISE grant funds of 23-million-dollars to connect the Markell trail to Newport. | 2023-06-29T20:22:22+00:00 | delawarepublic.org | https://www.delawarepublic.org/delaware-headlines/2023-06-29/deldot-gets-federal-funding-from-u-s-department-of-transportation-to-complete-sussex-county-trail |
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorkLLama, technology provider of a single, modern, AI-driven talent marketing, relationship management, engagement, and direct sourcing suite, is thrilled to announce it was awarded the TIARA Talent Acquisition Award for Contractor Solution of the Year. WorkLLama was also highly commended in The Workforce Solution of the Year Award. Winners were announced at the TIARA Awards Ceremony held Thursday, December 1 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia.
WorkLLama believes candidates are customers, regardless of work arrangement (i.e., full-time, contractor, freelancer, SOW-based worker). We enable organizations to treat them as such, so they become brand ambassadors and create a sustainable source of high-quality talent. WorkLLama takes a holistic, mobile-first approach that enables our customers, deployed across four continents, to be involved in every aspect of the candidate journey—from job discovery, post-placement engagement, redeployment, and participation in a personalized talent community forum. This translates to greater efficiencies, lower cost to retain talent, and a scalable, repeatable, global process.
"We're thrilled to be acknowledged with a TIARA Talent Acquisition Award," said Sudhakar Maruvada, CEO of WorkLLama, who accepted the award. "I want to thank and congratulate the entire WorkLLama team for their passion to innovate and to provide the best solution possible to talent, customers, and partners."
"The TIARA Talent Acquisition Awards are a prestigious recognition in our industry," said Chief Executive of TALiNT Partners, Ken Brotherston, "WorkLLama has proved itself a market leader in contractor solutions, and we're happy to honor their innovation in this area."
WorkLLama is a total talent management and engagement suite. We create communities of highly engaged talent with a single, modern, AI-driven talent marketing, relationship management, and direct sourcing platform. Visit us at www.workllama.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.
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Convictions: March 6-13
Published 6:31 pm Friday, March 17, 2023
— Victor Hugo Alonzo Raymundo, 27, Austin, was sentenced to two years supervised probation for gross misdemeanor interfere with emergency call. He must follow several conditions and pay a $900 fine. Failure to do so could result in 365 days in jail. He was also sentenced to two years supervised probation for gross misdemeanor DWI second degree driving while impaired; two or more aggravating factors. He must follow several conditions. Failure to do so could result in 365 days in jail. Sentences to run concurrently.
— Nathaniel Stone Elwoods, 26, Rochester, was sentenced to three years supervised probation for felony domestic assault by strangulation. He must follow several conditions and pay a $1,000 fine.
— Dezirae Leigha Huff, 21, Owatonna, was sentenced to two years supervised probation for gross misdemeanor domestic assault. She must follow several conditions and pay a $50 fine. Failure to do so could result in 349 days in jail. She was given credit for 16 days served.
— Preston James Lein, 30, St. Paul, was sentenced to three years supervised probation for felony third degree drugs-sales of narcotic. He must follow several conditions and pay a $1,000 fine.
— Emmanuel Rojas Maldonado, 24, Austin, was sentenced to one year supervised probation for gross misdemeanor DWI-operate motor vehicle-alcohol concentration .08 within two hours. He must follow conditions and pay a $500 fine. Failure to do so could result in 178 days in jail. He was given credit for two days served.
—Jenna Kay Peterson, 36, Austin, was sentenced to one year supervised probation for gross misdemeanor DWI operate motor vehicle-alcohol concentration .08 within two hours. She must follow several conditions and pay a $500 fine. Failure to do so could result in 180 days in jail.
— Bryan Dominic Lavern Ray, 33, Austin, was sentenced to one year supervised probation for gross misdemeanor fifth degree drugs possession. He must follow several conditions. Failure to do so could result in 365 days in jail.
— Sabrina Elizabeth Stotlar, 32, Austin, was sentenced to two years supervised probation for gross misdemeanor domestic assault. She must follow several conditions and pay a $50 fine. Failure to do so could result in 351 days in jail. She was given credit for 14 days served.
— Yashica Shenay Thomas, 44, Austin was sentenced to 86 months and 110 months in prison for two counts of third degree murder-drugs. She must also pay $1,000 in combined fines.
— Christopher John Marcks, 30, Rochester, was sentenced to three years supervised probation for felony drugs-fifth degree possess schedule 1,2,3,4-not small amount of marijuana.
— Marty Lynn Morrison, 44, Dilworth, was sentenced to three years supervised probation for gross misdemeanor second degree DWI-any amount schedule I/II drugs. He must follow several conditions and pay a $900 fine. Failure to do so could result in 365 days in jail. | 2023-03-18T04:38:58+00:00 | austindailyherald.com | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2023/03/convictions-march-6-13/ |
It's been a year since Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott bungled away a 23-17 wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
And according to Prescott, it's a game that still haunts him.
As you may recall, Prescott took off on a designed quarterback draw in the waning seconds of a furious fourth-quarter comeback in Arlington last year. He slid at the end of a 17-yard run with eight seconds to go, then bumped into umpire Ramon George, who was trying to spot the ball to allow the Cowboys to clock it and take one final shot at the end zone.
The bump forced George to re-spot the ball and left announcer Jim Nantz stunned: “Oh! I don’t think this is gonna work out!”
Time expired before the Cowboys could even hike the ball from the San Francisco 24. Cowboys fans threw bottles at the officials. Prescott and head coach Mike McCarthy "expressed dismay."
Asked during Friday's media availability if he's motivated by how last year ended, Prescott did not hesitate.
"Damn right. Damn right. Obviously after a game like last week, that helps remind you," he said.
Just as they were against the 49ers in the playoffs last year, the Cowboys were also embarrassed in the final game of this regular season, a 26-6 rout at the hands of the woeful Washington Commanders that eliminated any chance of the Cowboys' winning the NFC East. Prescott laid a massive egg, completing just 14 of his 37 passes for 128 yards; plus, he threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown.
Despite playing in just 12 games this season, Prescott somehow still leads the NFL in interceptions thrown with 15. His 91.1 passer rating is the second worst of his career.
"You don’t get a lot of opportunities just to play this game in general, but especially to be in the playoffs, to have the team we have, knowing that we have to make sure it counts now," he said.
Prescott still has just one win in his playoff career to go with three first-game flameouts. Dallas has not reached the NFC championship game in 27 years. The Cowboys travel to Tampa Bay to face the 8-9 Bucs on Monday. Kickoff is set for 5:15 p.m. | 2023-01-14T02:11:19+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/dak-prescott-playoff-loss-49ers-17716802.php |
NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX).
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According to a filed complaint, Netflix, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – NASA was forced to delay the launch of its moon rocket after some technical issues on Monday. The highly-anticipated flight is still expected to happen eventually.
Before the Artemis I launch window officially opened, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket had issues with fuel leaks and engine cooling. That led to engineers and officials making the call to postpone the launch.
“We don’t launch until it’s right,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. “It’s just part of the space business and it’s part of, particularly, a test flight.”
Engineers are working on fixing the problems. The plan is to try the launch again soon, potentially as early as this Friday.
“They’re going to work it. They’ll get to the bottom of it. They’ll get it fixed and then we’ll fly,” Nelson said.
Vice President Kamala Harris was there for the planned launch. She says that despite the delay, she’s excited about the project and what it could accomplish in the future.
“This is with the goal of humans being able to live and work on the moon and with the next step being to travel to Mars,” Harris said.
If NASA can successfully launch the test flight, the next step will be getting astronauts on board a flight around the moon. They they hope to send astronauts on a third mission to land on the moon in 2025. | 2022-08-29T23:01:01+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/nasa-forced-to-delay-historic-moon-launch-mission/ |
HANGZHOU and SHAOXING, China, July 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672, "Ascletis") today announces that the clinical study of PD-L1 antibody ASC22 in combination with Chidamide for functional cure of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which was initiated by Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, has completed the first patient dosing recently.
Previously, Ascletis announced the completion of the first patient dosing in the Phase II clinical trial of ASC22 as a monotherapy based on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for immune restoration/ functional cure of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection (https://www.ascletis.com/news_detail/179/id/716.html). This investigator-initiated trial, which has completed the first patient dosing recently, will further explore the potential of ASC22 in combination with Chidamide. Clinical trials on ASC22 as both monotherapy and combination are all conducive to enhancing Ascletis' pipeline on HIV functional cure.
ASC22 is a subcutaneously administered single domain antibody against PD-L1 and has the potential to restore virus-specific immune responses in patients with chronic viral infection such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV. Latently infected cells by HIV are a major barrier to curing HIV infection. Recent data [1] demonstrated that blocking PD-1/PD-L1 pathway resulted in reversing HIV latency in the clinical trial and supported the rationale for combining PD-1/PD-L1 antibody with other drugs to reduce the HIV reservoir of latently infected cells. Chidamide is the global first approved subtype-selective histone deacetylase oral inhibitor (HDACi) mainly targeting the subtype 1, 2, 3 of Class I and subtype 10 of Class IIb histone deacetylase (HDAC), with a mechanism against epigenetic abnormality.
"I'm very glad that the study of PD-L1 antibody ASC22 in combination with Chidamide for functional cure of HIV infection entered the clinical stage with the first patient dosed. Previous studies have suggested that PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors may be very promising drugs for achieving a functional cure for HIV, and I expect the results of the study could benefit more HIV-infected patients." said Jun Chen, MD, Deputy Chief Physician, Infection and Immunity, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and the principal investigator of the study.
"The completion of the first patient dosing marks a new milestone of the study of PD-L1 antibody ASC22 in combination with Chidamide for functional cure of HIV infection. Functional cure of HIV/AIDS remains a challenge in China and globally despite the improved access of standard ART treatment. PD-1 and PD-L1 expressions are elevated in HIV-1 infected patients compared to healthy subjects. Recent data indicated that blocking PD-1/PD-L1 pathway reversed HIV latency in patients, and hopefully clear the HIV reservoir." said Dr. Jinzi J. Wu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis.
Dr. Lu Xianping, Founder, Chairman and General Manager of Chipscreen Biosciences, stated, "The major obstacle that impedes HIV eradication is the persistence of latent reservoir, while current treatments are still ineffective in eliminating HIV reservoir. Data showed Chidamide safely and vigorously disrupts HIV latency, and therefore it is expected to play a key role in treatment. I expect that the results of Chidamide combined with ASC22 will bring more positive benefits to patients with HIV/AIDS."
[1] Uldrick et al., Sci. Transl. Med. 14, eabl3836 (2022) 26 January 2022
About ASC22 (KN035)
Ascletis Pharma Inc (1672.HK) retains the global and exclusive rights to develop and commercialize ASC22 (KN035) on viral indications. Positive progress has been made from clinical trials of ASC22 (KN035) including:
1) Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) functional cure: interim results from the Phase IIb clinical trial in China showed 1mg/kg of KN035 (ASC22) plus NAs for 24-week treatment were well-tolerated in CHB patients. 42.9% of patients with baseline HBsAg≤100 IU/mL obtained sustained HBsAg loss, which indicates the potential of functional cure. The abstract has been selected to oral presentation at EASL ILC 2022.
2) HIV functional cure: Phase II clinical trial is ongoing with first subject dosing completed recently in China. The Phase I/II clinical trial in the U.S. has obtained IND clearance from U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The clinical trial of ASC22 (KN035) in combination with Chidamide, initiated by Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (investigator initiated trial) also completed first patient dosing.
About Ascletis
Ascletis is an innovative R&D driven biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1672.HK), covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Led by a management team with deep expertise and a proven track record, Ascletis focuses on three therapeutic areas with unmet medical needs from a global perspective: viral diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and oncology. Through excellent execution, Ascletis rapidly advances its drug pipeline with an aim of leading in global competition. To date, Ascletis has three marketed products, i.e. ritonavir tablets, GANOVO® and ASCLEVIR®, and 20 drug candidates in its R&D pipeline. The most advanced drug candidates include ASC22 (CHB functional cure), ASC10 and ASC11(oral small molecules for COVID-19 treatment), ASC40 (recurrent glioblastoma), ASC42 (PBC, primary biliary cholangitis), and ASC40 (acne).
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP)Cole Doyle passed for 411 yards and five touchdowns and St. Francis (Pa.) beat Merrimack 52-23 on Saturday to claim the Northeast Conference championship.
St. Francis (9-2, 7-0) won its ninth straight game to finish undefeated in conference play. Its the first Red Flash team to go undefeated in league play – and ninth in NEC history. St. Francis is FCS Playoffs bound.
Dawson Snyder and Makai Jackson each had 100-plus yards receiving and QuaSean Holmes reached the century mark on the ground for St. Francis. Snyder had seven grabs for 163 yards and two touchdowns and Jackson added 116 yards. Holmes carried it seven times for 109 yards and two touchdowns.
Gavin McCusker was 7 of 17 for 109 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for Merrimack (8-3, 6-1).
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Here are your Oscar nomination predictions ... By Glen Weldon Published January 21, 2023 at 3:16 PM MST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:29 Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday. A number of films are up for top awards. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-01-22T01:38:33+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/2023-01-21/here-are-your-oscar-nomination-predictions |
BEIJING, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM; HKEX: 2518) ("Autohome" or the "Company"), the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 25, 2022. The annual report on Form 20-F, which contains the Company's audited consolidated financial statements, can be accessed on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov as well as through the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.autohome.com.cn.
The Company will provide a hard copy of its annual report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request. Requests should be directed to Investor Relations Department, Autohome Inc., 18th Floor Tower B, CEC Plaza, 3 Dan Ling Street, Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
The Company has also published the same annual report today for Hong Kong purposes pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "HKEx"), which can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.autohome.com.cn as well as the HKEx's website at http://www.hkexnews.hk.
About Autohome Inc.
Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM; HKEX: 2518) is the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China. Its mission is to engage, educate and inform consumers about everything auto. Autohome provides original generated content, professionally generated content, user-generated content, and AI-generated content, a comprehensive automobile library, and extensive automobile listing information to automobile consumers, covering the entire car purchase and ownership cycle. The ability to reach a large and engaged user base of automobile consumers has made Autohome a preferred platform for automakers and dealers to conduct their advertising campaigns. Further, the Company's dealer subscription and advertising services allow dealers to market their inventory and services through Autohome's platform, extending the reach of their physical showrooms to potentially millions of internet users in China and generating sales leads for them. The Company offers sales leads, data analysis, and marketing services to assist automakers and dealers with improving their efficiency and facilitating transactions. Autohome operates its "Autohome Mall," a full-service online transaction platform, to facilitate transactions for automakers and dealers. Further, through its websites and mobile applications, it also provides other value-added services, including auto financing, auto insurance, used car transactions, and aftermarket services. For further information, please visit www.autohome.com.cn.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will travel to Texas on Saturday, venturing into the territory of one of his chief political foils while seeking to boost his own profile amid a noncompetitive reelection campaign back home.
Newsom is on his way to an easy victory for a second term as governor of the nation’s most populous state, facing a little known and underfunded Republican challenger one year after defeating a recall attempt.
With little pressure at home, Newsom has been looking elsewhere to spend some of the $23 million he has in his campaign account. So far, he has bought TV ads in Florida urging people to move to California, newspaper ads in Texas decrying the state’s lax gun laws, and billboards in seven conservative states — including Texas — urging women to come to California if they need an abortion.
Now, Newsom is scheduled to speak at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, billed as a talk “on what the nation’s most populous state can teach the other 49 — including (Texas).”
Newsom’s actions come after he blamed his own political party for being too soft, urging them to stand up more firmly in light of recent conservative victories at the U.S. Supreme Court that overturned federal abortion protections and loosened restrictions on guns.
“Our donors are asking for more of that,” Newsom told reporters last week when asked if his attention on other states signaled he wasn’t taking his reelection campaign seriously. “The people in the state of California are asking for more leadership in this space.”
Newsom spent most of this week in New York City, speaking at various climate change conferences while taking time to poke conservative governors he says are “doubling down on stupid.” He specifically called out Texas republican Gov. Greg Abbot on Tuesday during a brief interview at the Clinton Global Initiative, saying he and other Republican governors are “as dumb as they want to (be).”
Last week, Newsom asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Abbot and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tor transporting migrants to other states, something Newsom called “disgraceful.” DeSantis dismissed Newsom’s request at a news conference, saying Newsom’s “hair gel is interfering with his brain function.”
Newsom fired back on Twitter, challenging DeSantis to a debate, declaring: “I’ll bring my hair gel. You bring your hairspray.”
Nationally, Democratic President Joe Biden has been less vocal in these political battles, creating an opening for someone like Newsom to step in and take on the Republican Party’s most vocal leaders, said Eric Schickler, co-director of the Institute of governmental Studies at the University of California-Berkeley.
“(Biden) is less out there in a lot of ways than many presidents have been,” Schickler said. “It creates a kind of vacuum where ambitious Democrats who want to be in the national conversation have that kind of space to maybe say things they want Biden to say that he doesn’t feel is either appropriate as president to say or just not his style to do.”
Newsom’s aggressiveness could end up helping Abbott, who is locked in a more competitive race with former Congressman Beto O’Rourke. Kenneth Grasso, a political science professor at Texas State University, said there has been concern among some in the Republican Party that Abbott is “not conservative enough.” Newsom’s attacks against Abbott “only helps him with those people,” Grasso said.
“If you stress that they’re right-wingers, you call them extremists, using that kind of language, all you are going to do is enhance their popularity in their own base,” he said.
Despite that risk, Texas Democrats seem to be welcoming Newsom’s attention.
“I like this guy,” Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa said of Newsom. “I like the way he’s showing the contrast between what y’all do in California and what the narrow-minded, extremist positions that occur here in the state of Texas.” | 2022-09-24T21:30:50+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-california-governor-travels-to-texas-amid-feud-with-gop/ |
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and SHANGHAI, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- I-Mab (the "Company") (Nasdaq: IMAB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of pioneering immunotherapies, today announced the publication of a manuscript entitled "CLDN18.2 and 4-1BB bispecific antibody givastomig exerts antitumor activity through CLDN18.2-expressing tumor-directed T-cell activation" in the latest issue of The Journal for Immuno-Therapy of Cancer (JITC).
Givastomig is engineered to bind to CLDN18.2-expressing cancer cells and co-stimulatory receptor 4-1BB on adjacent T cells, with the aim of activating T cells specifically within CLDN18.2-expressing tumors and triggering a potent tumor-killing effect. This innovative approach offers the potential for effective and targeted immuno-therapy in gastric cancer, a disease characterized by a poor prognosis and limited treatment options.
Results from this study demonstrated that 4-1BB+ T cells co-exist in close proximity to CLDN18.2+ gastric cancer cells in patients. Moreover, givastomig bound to tumor cells across a wide range of CLDN18.2 expression levels and induced 4-1BB activation only in the context of CLDN18.2 binding, indicating the targeted effect of 4-1BB activation in the presence of CLDN18.2+ cells. In the in vivo CLDN18.2-expressing tumor model, givastomig induces localized immune activation in tumors, increasing the ratio of CD8+/Treg cells, resulting in superior anti-tumor activity and long-lasting memory response against tumor rechallenge.
"The findings from our research demonstrate the significant potential of givastomig in treating gastric cancer patients with varying levels of CLDN18.2 expression," said Dr. Lin Shen, Professor of Clinical Oncology at the Beijing Cancer Hospital of Peking University, and Director of SIP LifeLink Oncology Research Institute. "By activating 4-1BB signaling in a CLDN18.2 engagement-dependent manner, givastomig can avoid the risk of liver toxicity and systemic immune response commonly observed with other 4-1BB stimulating agents in previous clinical trials."
"We are excited to see this manuscript published in JITC, as it showcases the innovative design and remarkable anti-tumor activity in preclinical models of givastomig," said Dr. Andrew Zhu, President of I-Mab. "This molecule has demonstrated promising results in this study by effectively activating T cells and triggering a localized immune response within the tumor microenvironment. With ongoing clinical studies, we aim to build upon these findings and ultimately make this innovative therapy accessible to patients with gastric cancer."
Givastomig is currently undergoing Phase 1 clinical studies both in the U.S. and in China. Encouragingly, the Phase 1 study has shown favorable safety profile and promising efficacy signals thus far. The Company intends to report additional clinical data from the study at a major medical conference in the second half of the year.
About Givastomig
Givastomig, also known as TJ-CD4B/ABL111, is a Claudin 18.2 and 4-1BB bispecific antibody capable of binding to tumor cells expressing Claudin 18.2, i.e., gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer cells, and stimulating intra-tumoral T cells by the 4-1BB arm designed to be activated only upon tumor engagement while silent elsewhere. Givastomig effectively maintains a strong tumor binding property and anti-tumor activity attributable to a synergistic effect of both Claudin 18.2 antibody and 4-1BB antibody while avoiding or minimizing liver toxicity and systemic immunotoxicity commonly seen with 4-1BB antibodies as a drug class. Being developed under collaboration between I-Mab and ABL Bio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company in South Korea, givastomig is currently being investigated in a phase 1 clinical study in the U.S. and China. In March 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation for givastomig for the treatment of gastric cancer, including cancer of gastroesophageal junction.
About I-Mab
I-Mab (Nasdaq: IMAB) is a dynamic, global biotech company focused on discovery, development, and commercialization of novel or highly differentiated biologics in the therapeutic areas of immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases. The Company's mission is to bring transformational medicines to patients around the world through innovation. I-Mab's innovative pipeline of more than 10 clinical and pre-clinical stage drug candidates is driven by the Company's Fast-to-Proof-of-Concept and Fast-to-Market development strategies through internal R&D and global partnerships and commercial partnerships. I-Mab has established its global footprint in Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Lishui and Hong Kong in China, and Maryland and San Diego in the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.i-mabbiopharma.com and follow I-Mab on LinkedIn, Twitter, and WeChat.
I-Mab Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws, including statements regarding data from clinical studies of givastomig, the potential implications of clinical data for patients, and I-Mab's advancement of, and anticipated clinical development, regulatory milestones, and commercialization of givastomig. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including but not limited to I-Mab's ability to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of its drug candidates; the clinical results for its drug candidates, which may not support further development or NDA/BLA approval; the content and timing of decisions made by the relevant regulatory authorities regarding regulatory approval of I-Mab's drug candidates; I-Mab's ability to achieve commercial success for its drug candidates, if approved; I-Mab's ability to obtain and maintain protection of intellectual property for its technology and drugs; I-Mab's reliance on third parties to conduct drug development, manufacturing and other services; I-Mab's limited operating history and I-Mab's ability to obtain additional funding for operations and to complete the development and commercialization of its drug candidates; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's clinical development, commercial and other operations, as well as those risks more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section in I-Mab's most recent annual report on Form 20-F, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in I-Mab's subsequent filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to I-Mab, and I-Mab undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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Missing woman found alive after more than 30 years; family reacts
ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) - A Pennsylvania man who has been searching for his wife for over 30 years has just learned that she is alive and well and has been living in Puerto Rico for decades.
It’s a missing persons case that’s sat unsolved inside Ross Township police for over 30 years.
“I come home one night and she’s just gone, and nobody knows where she’s at,” said Bob Kopta, who struggled to talk about the journey to search for his missing wife Patricia Kopta.
He said she had some mental health issues and talked about wanting to go to Puerto Rico where it was warm.
“It’s been going on almost 31 years, and it’s been bad,” he said. “It cost me a lot of money. I even put advertisements down in the paper in Puerto Rico looking for her.”
While none of that worked, she was right where he thought she might be.
“We were contacted by an agent from Interpol as well as a social worker from Puerto Rico who believed they had her in an adult care home in Puerto Rico,” Ross Township Police Deputy Chief Brian Kohlhepp said.
“They reported to us that she came into their care in 1999 where she was found in need in the streets of Puerto Rico, where she had been wandering around. While there she refused to discuss her private life or where she came from,” he said.
Years later, with dementia, she started to divulge some details that connected the dots back to Ross Township.
Through DNA samples, they confirmed a match. She is Patricia Kopta.
“Shock. I didn’t believe it. It was total shock,” said Gloria Smith, Patricia Kopta’s sister.
It’s a case closed, and a family reconnected.
Copyright 2023 WPXI via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-03T10:58:20+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/03/03/missing-woman-found-alive-after-more-than-30-years-family-reacts/ |
FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leopard Imaging Inc. (Leopard Imaging), a global leader in intelligent embedded camera design and manufacturing, is going to VISION - the World's leading trade fair for machine vision – taking place at Stuttgart from October 4th to 6th.
Exhibiting with onsemi, a leader in intelligent power and sensing technologies, Leopard Imaging will showcase advanced imaging solutions and machine vision solutions applicable in robotics and machine vision imaging solutions for two markets: factory automation and IoT. The company will discuss innovative solutions with its partners, industry experts, and customers to develop more advanced imaging solutions.
Leopard Imaging is showcasing several embedded vision system demos based on high performance image sensors from onsemi. The 2D/3D stereoscopic Hawk Camera, LI-AR0234CS-STEREO-GMSL2-30, integrates two AR0234CS global shutter image sensors from onsemi with an active pixel array of 1920(H) x 1200(V), delivering 120 frames per second and offers a wide horizontal field of view of 120 degrees. Stereoscopic cameras require high performance from image sensors as the accuracy of depth calculations depend on precise calibration. The AR0234CS from onsemi combines cutting-edge global shutter efficiency technology with optimized MTF and SNR, perfect for sensitive applications such as 3D imaging. Additionally, 2D/3D camera also couples with a 6-axis IMU for highly accurate (sub-microsecond) timestamping of the camera frames relative to the IMU also needed highly accurate robotics perception.
With the same AR0234CS CMOS image sensor, Leopard Imaging will also showcase a 2D robotic vision camera Owl. LI-AR0234CS-GMSL2-OWL has a wide horizontal field of view of 202 degree and runs 120 frame per second with an active pixel of 1920 (H) x 1200 (V). Equipped with GMSL2 Serial coax interface with PoC, the Owl camera can be implemented into different application systems, such as IoT, robotics, automation, etc.
As an Elite Partner to NVIDIA, Leopard Imaging works closely with NVIDIA to develop embedded vision systems to address increasing demand in robotics, edge AI, industrial machine vision, and autonomous machines applications. At the exhibition, Leopard Imaging will showcase both 3D depth cameras on NVIDIA Jetson Xavier and Orin AI platform.
Leopard Imaging is going to exhibit at Vision Stuttgart 2022 October 4th - 6th in Messe Stuttgart, Germany to meet customers and partners. Please visit us at Booth 30 in Hall 10.
Leopard Imaging is a global leader in embedded vision systems design and manufacturing—focusing on core technologies that improve image processing in autonomous vehicles, drones, IoT, robotics, and AI edge devices. As a NVIDIA Elite Partner and a member of the AWS Partner Network, Leopard Imaging also works closely with SONY, onsemi, OMNIVISION, and established sensor companies in producing advanced camera solutions for global customers. With Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) services, Leopard Imaging provides camera solutions for Microsoft, Google, Amazon, ZOOX, Boston Dynamics, and many other established organizations. More information at https://www.leopardimaging.com.
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Dedicated group focuses specifically on emerging private credit and private infrastructure secondaries markets, building on firm's deep asset class experience
LONDON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FIRSTavenue, a leading global private funds placement agent and investment advisory firm, today announced Nick Chronias, Partner, has been appointed Global Head of the Capital Solutions Group dedicated to servicing the growing private funds secondary market. Based in London, Chronias was previously co-Head of Private Placements for FIRSTavenue.
The Capital Solutions Group builds on FIRSTavenue's deep experience in private credit and private infrastructure by focusing specifically on the secondaries markets within these asset classes.
"Private credit and private infrastructure secondaries are at an inflection point, as the underlying markets mature to the point where they can support an active secondary market for LP interests and GP solutions," said Paul Buckley, CEO and Managing Partner of FIRSTavenue. "In this context, we see a compelling opportunity for FIRSTavenue to provide specialized solutions to clients navigating this dynamic landscape."
"This is an exciting time for both FIRSTavenue and the markets we serve," said Chronias. "We believe that the Capital Solutions Group can continue its role as a first mover as credit and infrastructure secondaries begin to catch up to private equity secondaries markets. We look forward to providing focused advice to existing and new clients."
FIRSTavenue is a leading global placement agent and advisory firm. We are focused on raising capital for private funds and companies and providing advice on private secondary transactions. FIRSTavenue operates across three asset classes: private credit, private equity, and infrastructure. We are a team of over 45 professionals based in five offices across the globe.
For further information: Contact pbuckley@firstavenue.com or review firstavenue.com.
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SOURCE FIRSTavenue | 2022-06-23T10:14:42+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/prnewswire/2022/06/23/firstavenue-appoints-nick-chronias-lead-capital-solutions-group-serving-growing-private-funds-secondaries-market/ |
Updated January 6, 2023 at 5:29 PM ET
Kevin McCarthy's protracted fight for the speaker's gavel has moved decidedly in his favor now that 14 of his 20 detractors flipped to vote for him after four days and 12 rounds of balloting.
"I think I can speak for generally all of us: It is the framework of an agreement in good faith that allows us to keep moving forward," Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., a leading McCarthy critic, told reporters following the 12th ballot in which he voted in favor of the California Republican for the first time.
McCarthy has engaged in negotiations for days with a small but critical group of far right conservative lawmakers who made extended demands for concessions that would essentially make it easier to depose a speaker and weaken the powers of the speaker's office to drive the legislative agenda and assign committee posts.
The House adjourned until 10p.m. ET Friday after the 13th round of balloting ended with a 214-212 tally in McCarthy's favor, with 6 Republicans voting in protest for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio - a McCarthy ally who does not want the job. Democrats voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
McCarthy needs a majority of all members present and voting to win the gavel, which can fluctuate depending on who shows up. At least two McCarthy supporters, Ken Buck of Colorado and Wesley Hunt of Texas, were travelling back to Washington, D.C. to cast their votes Friday evening after missing votes earlier in the day for personal reasons back in their districts.
"We're going to get it done tonight," McCarthy predicted to reporters Friday afternoon.
Among other concessions McCarthy has made include an agreement to institute a 72-hour window for members to read bills before they get a vote and a pledge to vote on legislation to institute term limits for members of Congress.
We’re at a turning point. I’ve negotiated in good faith, with one purpose: to restore the People’s House back to its rightful owners. The framework for an agreement is in place, so in a good-faith effort, I voted to restore the People’s House by voting for @gopleader McCarthy.
— RepScottPerry (@RepScottPerry) January 6, 2023
Along with Perry, the McCarthy holdouts who flipped in his favor on the 12th ballot includes: Reps. Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Michael Cloud of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Byron Donalds of Florida, Mary Miller of Illinois, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Chip Roy of Texas, and Victoria Spartz of Indiana as well as Reps.-elect Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Keith Self of Texas and Andy Ogles of Tennessee. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland joined them on the 13th ballot.
The relief in the chamber was palpable as each dissenter shifted their support in favor of McCarthy, with members and members-elect bursting into applause and offering standing ovations to their colleagues who moved the needle closer to resolution.
Making history
The high-stakes impasse is historic: this is the first time in a century that an election of a House speaker took multiple ballots to complete. The longest vote in U.S. history took place in 1855, lasting 133 rounds over two months.
The drama of not electing a speaker has very real consequences. The House cannot conduct any business, including swearing in new members, until a speaker is chosen.
Without a speaker, lawmakers can't form committees, advance legislation, or participate in intelligence briefings.
On Wednesday, a group of House Republican veterans held a news conference on the speaker standoff, which they referred to as being held hostage.
"This group has now managed to kind of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - and the victory was this Republican majority," said Michael Waltz, R-Fla., of the group of Republicans who did not support McCarthy. "There is negotiations and then there's holding the rest of us hostage and 20 don't get to do that to 201 [members-elect]."
On Friday, the White House emphasized it is eager for the House to resolve the speaker stalemate soon, but downplayed the impact to national security.
"We have vehicles to continue to communicate with both chambers of Congress, and that communication will continue throughout the foreseeable future," said John Kirby, spokesman for the White House national security council. "There's no particular worry or concern that national security will be put at significant risk here."
The impasse could foreshadow the chaos expected during the next two years of divided government on Capitol Hill, where Republicans hold a very narrow majority and the conservative Freedom Caucus has shown its willingness to hold the rest of the Republican conference hostage to its demands.
In the shadow of attack on U.S. Capitol
The possible breakthrough for McCarthy coincides with the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, when supporters of then-President Trump breached the building with the aim of stopping Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden.
The anniversary comes just weeks after the House committee investigating the attack concluded its investigation and released its full report. In it, they recommend the Ethics Committee investigate McCarthy for his refusal to comply with the panel's investigation.
Many of the House Republicans who spurred on gridlock of the speaker elections this week were supportive of Trump's effort to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. The fact that Trump's endorsement of McCarthy--which he reiterated on Wednesday--did not shift significant support from those members suggested the former president's influence over them is waning.
Meanwhile, President Biden awarded 14 individuals with the Presidential Citizens Medal on Friday afternoon for protecting the Capitol two years ago.
Lawmakers awaiting a speaker in the House also weighed in on the significance of the anniversary.
"As we witness a dysfunctional party of election deniers show their complete inability to govern by holding the House hostage over their vote for Speaker, we must fight harder than ever to defend our democracy from those seeking to tear it down," said Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
Three Democrats introduced a resolution to federally recognize Jan. 6 as "Democracy Day," encouraging state and local governments and civil groups to engage in pro-democracy programs and activities. It was sponsored by Reps. Dan Goldman of New York, Dean Phillips of Minnesota, and Jason Crow of Colorado.
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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Autel U.S., a leading provider of automotive diagnostics products, announces its entry into the EV Charging Solutions Provider industry with the release of its MaxiCharger Home and Commercial Level 2 AC chargers. These new chargers, available in 40 amp and 50 amp flexible charging configurations, are compatible with all plug-in electric vehicles and feature innovative software solutions that are the hallmark of all Autel products.
MaxiCharger Home 40 amp chargers are available as either an In-Body Holster or a Separate Holster, with either a NEMA 6-50 or a NEMA 14-50 plug. The MaxiCharger Home 50 amp is an in-Body Holster style and is ready for hard-wire installation. The MaxiCharger Commercial Level 2 AC charger offers 50 amp flexible charging.
The features of the MaxiCharger line include:
- J1772 standard charging port compatible with all EVs
- 25-foot charging cable with specially designed, ergonomic charging connector
- Level 2 (240V) charging with flexible amperage settings
- NEMA =6-50, NEMA 14-50 electrical plug or hard-wire options
- NEMA 3R-rated for indoor and outdoor use
- LED lights show charging status at-a-glance
- Wi-Fi-enabled for remote access and over-the-air firmware upgrades
- Innovative software solutions: =The residential Smartphone app enables scheduled charging for convenience and in-depth charging analysis to ensure you are charging at the best rates. A multi-layered Commercial charger management portal to provide a complete turnkey solution for property and fleet managers, workplace, and commercial spaces.
"As Autel transitions to the exciting new reality of greener technologies, we are eager to use our nearly 20 years of experience in developing technologies that have dramatically changed the way technicians repair vehicles as a foundation for researching and developing new energy solutions," said Chloe Hung, Autel CEO.
Visit www. autelenergy.us or contact an authorized Autel dealer for more information about Autel EV chargers.
Autel U.S., the U.S. subsidiary of Shenzhen, China-based Autel Intelligent Technology Corp, is a leading developer and distributor of professional automotive diagnostic products.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Join the shenanigans as the Indy Irish Fest returns to Garfield Park on Friday and Saturday.
Indy Irish Fest 2022 gives Hoosiers a chance to share and enjoy the art, sports, culture, music, history, and food that make Irish culture unique.
“It’s to honor our Irish culture,” Meg McLaine, Indy Irish Fest event organizer, tells News 8.
McLaine says everyone, not just those with Irish heritage, is sure to have a good time during the two-day event.
“We’ve got a great musical lineup. We started as an Irish music festival and we’ve expanded over the years. We’ve also got our family area back, which is really exciting because we’re an all-ages event. We’ve got sheep herding, we’ve got world demonstrations, we’ve got storytelling, magicians, live music, and all sorts of good things here for everyone to enjoy,” McLaine said.
There are no food and beverage tickets, according to McLaine: “We will take cash or credit card throughout the event so no waiting in line for tickets to buy those.”
Indy Irish Fest runs Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Ticket pricing
- Adult ticket and children 15+: $20/day
- Children 4 to 14: $5/day
- Children 4 and under: Free
- Family Pass: $45/day for two adults and up to four children (under 15) in the same family.
For more information, visit the Indy Irish Fest website here. | 2022-09-23T15:02:53+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/indy-irish-fest-returns-to-garfield-park/ |
Which pirate costumes are best?
It’s almost Halloween. You’re rapidly running out of time to find the costumes you need for your parties or trick-or-treating. If you can’t stand making your own, a great option is a pirate costume. Because of pirate costumes’ enduring popularity, there are plenty of designs to choose from. Plus, there is a pirate costume out there for every age and body type. You don’t have to spend the big bucks to get a solid pirate costume either, but if you want to splurge, you can get a costume you can wear year after year.
What to know before you buy a pirate costume
Complexity
Pirate costumes vary greatly in complexity. The most basic pirate costume is just a head scarf that you can pair with a white T-shirt and black pants that you already own. Some of the most complex can involve more than a dozen articles of clothing and accessories. Child and adult costumes each have simple and complex options.
Color
Most pirate costumes are either brightly or darkly colored.
- Bright costumes use pristine whites and plenty of crisp reds and blues. These lean hard into the cartoonish idea of a pirate. Most children’s pirate costumes use bright colors. These are usually best for events that don’t take costume quality seriously.
- Dark costumes use deep blacks, browns and maroons. These costumes typically have designs that better resemble what pirates may have actually worn during their heyday, though not many would stand up to a historian’s eye. Few, if any, children’s costumes use dark colors.
Cost
Single costume pieces typically cost $10-$20. Basic costumes usually run $15-$50 and higher-quality costumes are as much as $50-$100. The best costumes can cost several hundred dollars.
What are the best pirate costumes to buy?
Ann Arbor T-Shirt Co. Pirate Costume
This pirate-themed T-shirt is perfect for those that don’t like costumes but still need or want to get into the spirit for their upcoming Halloween events. It comes in six sizes.
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Beelittle Captain Pirate Costume Accessory Set
This set includes four pieces: a headband, an eyepatch with the jolly roger, a large clip-on hoop earring and a necklace. There are nine sets, with each having a different headband and necklace.
Sold by Amazon
California Costumes Pirate Queen Of The High Seas Costume
This costume set includes a red and black headband and a one-piece pirate-themed dress with elastic in the shoulders, wrist, chest and waist for comfort and fit. It comes in five sizes.
Sold by Amazon
California Costumes Cutthroat Pirate Costume
This costume set comes with a black and white shirt, a large belt, red and black pants, boot tops, wrist cuffs and a headband. It comes in five sizes, from extra-small to extra-large.
Sold by Amazon
This set includes a pirate hat, an eyepatch, a hook for one hand and a sword for the other. All you need to complete the ensemble is a pair of blue jeans and a white T-shirt.
Sold by Amazon
Forum Novelties Buccaneer Girl Costume
This two-piece costume for young girls includes a red headband and a dress patterned to look like you’re wearing a vest. Pair it with a pirate accessory set to complete the look.
Sold by Amazon
Funny Party Hats Pirate Costume for Kids
This nine-piece set includes a gold medallion necklace, a compass, an eyepatch, a sword, a treasure map, a vest, a pirate hat, a compass and a large clip-on earring.
Sold by Amazon
GiftExpress Pirate Costume Accessories
This five-piece set includes a pirate skull mask, a sword and dagger, a flintlock pistol and a compass. When Halloween is over, your children can continue to play with the set’s pieces.
Sold by Amazon
Leg Avenue Captain Blackheart Costume
Available only in sizes 1X-2X, this costume set includes a cold shoulder shirt vest, striped leggings, a cross-body strap and a headband.
Sold by Amazon
This four-piece set includes a pirate-themed onesie, a black vest with gold trim, a black belt with a large gold buckle and a skullcap. Larger sizes for older kids are also available.
Sold by Amazon
ReliBeauty Pirate Dress Sea Buccaneer Costume
This costume includes a dress with puffy shoulders, a brown and gold bodice and a striped skirt. It also includes a hook for a hand, an eyepatch and a pirate hat headband.
Sold by Amazon
Rubie’s Pirate Captain Costume
Live out your Captain Hook fantasies with this set. It comes in two sizes and includes a large knee-length red coat, pirate shirt, red tricorn hat and sword belt.
Sold by Amazon
Satinior Pirate Head Scarf and Sash
Pair this head scarf and sash with another pirate costume or a T-shirt and jeans for a successful but basic pirate costume. They come in eight colors, including a black and red striped design.
Sold by Amazon
Spooktacular Creations Pirate Costume
This costume set includes a tricorn hat with a feather, a headband, a belt satchel, a white shirt with lace jabot front, a black waistcoat, elastic wrist cuffs, pants and a pair of boot covers.
Sold by Amazon
Spooktacular Creations Child Pirate Costume
This costume set includes a hat, a jacket, a vest, pants, a toy pirate sword, an eyepatch, a belt and a collar. It comes in four age ranges: 3-4, 5-7, 8-10 and 10-12 years old.
Sold by Amazon
This four-piece costume includes a pirate-themed jumpsuit, a pirate hat, an eyepatch and a sword. It comes in three sizes to fit toddlers to 8-year-olds.
Sold by Amazon
Tigerdow Pirate Costume Accessories Set
This three-piece set includes a brown tricorn hat with an attached red headband and black dreadlocks, a large clip-on gold hoop earring and an eyepatch. They can be worn with or without other pirate costumes.
Sold by Amazon
Yewong Captain Pirate Costume Accessory Set
This accessory set includes a headband and waist scarf that comes in either red, wine red, dark wine red or black. It also includes an inflatable sword, an eyepatch, a clip-on hoop earring, a necklace and a bracelet.
Sold by Amazon
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(The Hill) – After three years, the student loan payment pause is officially ending for 40 million borrowers.
The cycle of extensions for the payment pause, which began under then-President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, finally met its end under the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Biden signed the measure on Saturday.
The pause will now end 60 days after June 30, giving borrowers nearly three months to prepare.
Here is what borrowers should begin to do:
Confirm your student loan servicer and the amount owed
It has been a long time since some users checked on their student loan accounts, while many graduated during the pandemic and are logging in for the first time.
Borrowers can log in to the Federal Student Aid website to check on which servicer holds their loans.
Even if users were paying loans before the pause, it is important to check because some servicers dropped their federal contracts and many borrowers had their accounts transferred to another.
Once borrowers figure out who their servicer is, they will be able to check on their account balance to see how much debt and interest is still owed.
Speak with your student loan servicer
Past the basics, it is essential borrowers begin talking to thei loan servicers now about their debt and their options for repayment.
Servicers have been warning for months they do not have sufficient resources to restart student loans.
“The department has meaningfully reduced the amount of resources we have and people we can put on the phones. That’s going to be a challenge where we will probably have longer hold time, and processing time for requests and applications could take a lot longer than usual,” Scott Buchanan, executive director for Student Loan Servicing Alliance, previously told The Hill.
The Department of Education has pointed the finger at Congress for inadequate funding, but Buchanan says there is still money going to other programs where it is not needed.
Once a person is able to get through to their student loan provider, they can talk about different repayment options and what they qualify for based on their income.
They will also be able to talk about the exact day student loan repayments will resume with their servicer.
Look through your payment plan options
The federal government offers multiple repayment options depending on an individual’s income level and profession.
The Department of Education has a loan simulator that can give options if borrowers are struggling to make their monthly payments. A user can look through and decide on options by themselves, with their loan servicers or get a financial adviser.
The department “will give students and borrowers the time they need to plan for restart and ensure a smooth pathway back to repayment,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has said.
Even if you had a certain payment plan set up before the pause began, it is important to be on top of the best repayment options if a financial situation has changed.
And some options could be changing soon, such as income-driven repayment (IDR) plans. If the department’s plans are approved, some borrowers that qualify might not have to pay anything each month. The changes would also shorten the time a borrower needs to repay in order to earn loan forgiveness.
Another option that could lead to debt relief is the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which allows government employees and some who work for nonprofits to get their loans forgiven after 10 years of payment.
Biden’s student loan relief proposal is still at play
While some are skeptical, there is still a long shot for Biden that the conservative-majority Supreme Court greenlights his student debt relief plan.
The proposal would give borrowers making less than $125,000 a year $10,000 in student debt relief. Those who had Pell Grants in school making less than $125,000 would get $20,000 in relief.
While Biden has framed the debt ceiling agreement that ends the pause as a win because it did not include slashing his student debt relief plan, advocates think that point is mute considering it is likely the plan will get the axe.
Biden has admitted it’s easy to see the high court tossing his proposal.
“I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law,” he previously. “I’m not confident about the outcome of the decision yet.”
The Biden administration argued in front of the high court if payments are resumed without debt relief, it could lead many to default on their loans.
The Supreme Court is expected to have a decision on student debt relief by the end of the month. | 2023-06-06T22:56:55+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/what-to-do-now-ahead-of-student-loan-pause-ending/ |
Why Men at Work Struggled With Their Second Album ‘Cargo’
When the second Men at Work album arrived on April 29, 1983, it did so amid great expectations. The Australian pop-rock quintet's debut title Business as Usual had been released the previous year and wound up spending 15 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts, despite their American label’s initial doubt over launching it at all.
In fact, Cargo was already in the band’s past, having been completed in the middle of 1982 but held over because of its predecessor’s continuing success. The lead single “Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive” had arrived a whopping six months earlier, and already illustrated that frontman Colin Hay and company intended to continue on the path established by Business as Usual while displaying a little more texture than before.
“We were more subversive than a lot of people gave us credit for,” Hay told Classic Bands later, noting that their hit single “Down Under” was an exploration of the “plundering” of foreign lands and not really the light-hearted anthem it appeared to be.
Watch the Video for "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive"
“Overkill,” the second and best-selling single from Cargo, was an example of the exception proving the rule. While it features Hay’s Sting-like vocals, it didn’t carry Men at Work’s usual reggae touches, instead displaying a reflective, melancholy texture.
“‘Overkill’ was written when [the band] was really starting to take off,” Hay said in 2017. “And I thought to myself, 'Well, nothing’s going to be the same ever again. We’re not going to able to walk in the same neighborhoods with the same level of anonymity as before,' and I knew that things were happening very quickly. I was also developing quite a challenging kind of drinking habit, you know? So, I thought I was going to have to address this at some point. So there were a few things that were concerning me, about diving in the deep end of life with a drink. Was I up for it?”
Cargo hit No. 1 in Australia but only No. 3 in the U.S., while two more singles – “It’s a Mistake” and “High Wire” – followed later in 1983. There was no doubt it hadn’t achieved the level of success that Business as Usual; but then, that would have been something of a miracle. While reviews continued to hail Hay’s voice and lyrics, accusations of focusing on two strong songs and completing the job with fillers were leveled, while other reviews suggested there were no real hits at all.
Watch the Video for "Overkill"
Hay had a different theory as to why the album suffered from the sophomore jinx. “I think we made the classic mistake of releasing Cargo too soon in America," he said. "But we were being loyal to all our fans. We'd been loyal to our Australian fans, 'cause our first album had been out for a long time. We felt we should release the second album because people wanted it.”
Men at Work became a breakneck-speed phenomenon, but they were to slam to a sudden halt within three years. In fact, the bolts were already beginning to strain during the Cargo era, which was their last album to feature the classic lineup. Reflecting on their 1986 split, Hay admitted: “[I]t was never very easy. There were some very strong, underlying problems that we really didn't address.” | 2022-05-20T04:38:51+00:00 | 1019therock.com | https://1019therock.com/men-at-work-cargo/ |
BILLINGS — The Billings Royals continued their winning ways Wednesday with a Legion baseball doubleheader sweep of Lethbridge at Pirtz Field.
The Royals' 4-3 victory saw starter Reagan walker fan eight in a seven-inning complete-game win. Walker walked one, allowed six hits and gave up three earned runs. Davis Chakos, Kruz Slevira and Davis Mosier all had RBIs for Billings.
In a 16-5 victory, pitcher Lance Schaaf got the win, going six innings while striking out five and allowing one walk and two earned runs. At the plate, Jaiden Turner and Owen Doucette each hit home runs for the Royals. Doucette also doubled and finished with four RBIs. Turner drove in three runs. | 2022-07-07T03:20:46+00:00 | billingsgazette.com | https://billingsgazette.com/406mtsports/baseball/legion/billings-royals-win-two-more-with-sweep-of-twin-bill-against-lethbridge-elks/article_e142446e-fd97-11ec-a335-0b11945f2d14.html |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
9-4-2-3, Fireball: 2
(nine, four, two, three; Fireball: two)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
9-4-2-3, Fireball: 2
(nine, four, two, three; Fireball: two) | 2022-07-09T02:55:10+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Evening-game-17293958.php |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson felt disrespected when he wasn’t named to any preseason all-Southeastern Conference team.
Jefferson’s opening week performance could earn more attention for the player who had the SEC’s second-best touchdown-to-interception ratio last year and was the leading returning rusher at the position in the conference..
Jefferson threw for 223 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another 62 yards and a score to lead No. 19 Arkansas to a 31-24 win over No. 23 Cincinnati on Saturday.
“Seems to me like when the game gets a little tighter, a little closer, when he’s really got to take over the game, he’s got the knack to do it,” Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said. “Seemed to me like most every time we need him to win the game, he makes some kind of play.
Jefferson established himself as escape-artist of sorts last year, his 240-pound frame proving difficult to take down. Little changed there as most of his yards on the ground came after contact against Cincinnati. Through the air, he built a rapport with tight end Trey Knox who caught two of the three touchdown tosses, including one that was quite literally a toss: a jump-pass from five yards to give Arkansas a 14-0 lead at halftime.
Cincinnati’s Ben Bryant, a transfer from Eastern Michigan, ultimately threw for more yards passing (325) and just one fewer touchdown, but an interception at the Arkansas 20 turned into a Razorbacks score on the next possession.
The pick was one of several mistakes the Bearcats made. Four of Cincinnati’s first-half drives ended in Arkansas territory, but the interception halted one and Ryan Coe missed two field goals, including one from 25 yards, as well.
Cincinnati had pulled within a touchdown on Bryant’s throw to Nick Mardner halfway through the third quarter and then recovered a Jefferson fumble inside his own 10 on the ensuing play. The Bearcats started three yards from the end zone, but four penalties later, including two for delay of game, they managed just a 25-yard field goal.
Arkansas followed with a 32-yard field three minutes later and Jefferson threw his third touchdown on the possession that followed, a 32-yarder to Knox, to rebuild the lead to 14 points.
Knox, a senior, was a starting wide receiver his freshman year and had 28 catches and three touchdowns, but had just seven catches his sophomore season in Pittman’s debut 2020 season. He moved to tight end and caught 20 balls as a junior last season. Saturday he had six catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns.
“He’s worked hard at tight end and he believes he’s a tight end. He is. He’s a good one,” Pittman said. “Coming off the field on his second TD and went down their side and I said ‘You happy you moved to tight end?’ Those are special moments because you never know if it’s going to work out.”
The game was Arkansas’ first Top 25 matchup at home since 2016.
The Razorbacks were 9-4 last season, their best finish since 2011 .
“When Cincinnati was put on the schedule I was saying ‘why?’ to be honest with you,” Pittman said. “Am I tickled to death that we’re 1-0 and we beat Cincinnati? Yes. I don’t want to play them. We’ve already played them once. That’s plenty.”
THE PORTAL GIVETH
Most of Arkansas’ big plays not involving Knox and Jefferson came from players picked up via the transfer portal. Domineck (Georgia Tech) and Drew Sanders (Alabama) had sacks. Dwight McGlothern (LSU) had Arkansas’ interception. Matt Landers (Toledo) started and caught three passes for 43 yards while Haselwood (Oklahoma) had three grabs for 42 yards and the score.
BEAT UP
Cincinnati’s rally came in large part because of the passing game. Bryant took advantage of Arkansas losing starting nickel Myles Slusher and starting safety Jalen Catalon late in the second quarter and early in the second half.
The Bearcats’ first touchdown came immediately after Catalon, a preseason first-team All-SEC selection and former freshman All-American, left the game.
Pittman said Slusher should be OK going forward, but he was less sure about Catalon. He did not disclose either injury.
THE TAKEAWAY
Arkansas’ offense, with Jefferson at quarterback, is SEC worthy. The defense struggled in the second half after losing two starters from the secondary.
Cincinnati had the talent to win the game, but its mistakes were too plentiful against a quality opponent.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Arkansas should find itself comfortably still ranked ahead of its SEC opener next week.
Cincinnati is likely to fall out of the Top 25 despite a fair showing.
UP NEXT
Arkansas opens SEC play against South Carolina at home in Week 2. The game will be South Carolina’s first in Fayetteville since 2013.
Cincinnati will host FCS opponent Kennesaw State at Nippert Stadium.
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By NICK PERRY
Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday at the age of 65.
Friends of Beyer said she died peacefully in hospice care. They did not immediately give a cause of death, although Beyer had previously suffered from kidney failure and underwent a kidney transplant in 2017.
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said he didn’t know Beyer well personally but knew she had a large following within New Zealand and had made a lasting impression on the nation’s parliament.
“I certainly think that Georgina has blazed a trail that has made it much easier for others to follow,” Hipkins said.
Friend Malcolm Vaughan said Monday he was still with Beyer, who he had known for decades, and didn’t yet feel ready to talk about her life. He and husband Scott Kennedy instead put out a statement.
“Georgie was surrounded by her nearest and dearest 24/7 over the past week, she accepted what was happening, was cracking jokes and had a twinkle in her eye, right until the final moment,” they wrote.
They said she was a national treasure, or “taonga” in Indigenous Māori.
“Farewell Georgie, your love, compassion and all that you have done for the rainbow and many other communities will live on for ever,” they wrote.
Beyer, who was Māori, worked as a sex worker and nightclub performer before turning to politics. In 1995 she was elected mayor of the small North Island town of Carterton. Four years later, she won national office for the liberal Labour Party and remained a lawmaker until 2007.
She helped pass the landmark 2003 Prostitution Reform Act, which decriminalized sex work.
In a speech to lawmakers at the time, she said the protections the new law offered might have spared her being dragged into the sex industry at the age of 16, and from sex workers being threatened and raped without being able to seek help from police.
“I think of all the people I have known in that area who have suffered because of the hypocrisy of our society, which, on the one hand, can accept prostitution, while, on the other hand, wants to push it under the carpet and keep it in the twilight world that it exists in,” she told lawmakers.
In 2004, she helped pass a law allowing same-sex civil unions. Nine years later, New Zealand passed a law allowing same-sex marriage.
Politicians from both sides of the aisle mourned her death Monday. Nicola Willis, the deputy leader of the conservative National Party, recalled Beyer as brave and gracious.
“We came from different political sides but she had the power to breach the divide,” Willis wrote on Twitter. | 2023-03-06T09:57:25+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2023/03/06/trailblazing-transgender-lawmaker-georgina-beyer-dies-at-65/ |
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.
Hanover Borough
Datts Seafood and Carryout, 120 E Chestnut St, Nov. 20, Fail. The Person in Charge does not have adequate knowledge of food safety in this food facility as evidenced by this non-compliant inspection. Observed hood system over griddle and fryers with heavy accumulation of grease and dust. Observed interior of Sharp Microwave equipment, in cook area, with a heavy accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, debris on non-food contact surfaces. Observed two ceiling vents in the cook/prep area with heavy accumulation of static dust and can potentially contaminate food and equipment. Mops are not being hung to air dry and are, instead, being left in dirty water in mop bucket. Observed flour and cajun spice food ingredient storage containers, in the second food prep area, are not labeled with the common name of the food. Funnels observed stored in the Flour and Cajun Spice bins. Observed the following: Slicer, a food contact surface, was observed to have food residue and was not clean to sight and touch. Ice Machine, a food contact surface, with mold-like substance on the interior housing of the dispenser. Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink in the cook area. Ceiling tiles in the food area of the facility are falling down and buckling and being held up, partially, with red tape, and need to be replaced. Food facility inspection indicates evidence of rodent/insect activity in back cook and prep areas, but the facility does not have a pest control program. Loose/deteriorated rubber door gaskets observed on the baine marie cooling unit, upright two door True refrigerator, and upright two door True upright freezer. Numerous floor tiles are cracked, missing, chipped or broken making the floor not easily cleanable. Soap was not available at the hand wash sink in the cook area. Old unused equipment stored in dry storage areas should be removed from the food facility. Raw Chicken and Raw Shrimp in the two door upright True refrigerator stored open with no covering. Commercially processed refrigerated, ready to eat, time/temperature control for safety food, located in all cooling units, and held more than 24 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened. Refrigerated ready to eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared in the food facility and held for more than 24 hours, located in all cooling units, is not being date marked. Non-food contact surfaces not cleaned at a frequency to preclude accumulation of dirt and soil. The hand wash sink in the front serving area is being used as a food preparation sink as evidenced by observed food debris in the sink. | 2022-12-03T11:19:22+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/business/restaurant_inspections/york-county/evidence-of-rodent-and-insect-activity-york-county-restaurant-inspections-dec-3/article_5d261f2a-726d-11ed-8edf-63183f14434c.html |
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) today announced that it will present at the following investor conferences:
- The Needham 17th Annual Technology & Media Conference on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time
- The J.P. Morgan 50th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:30 am Eastern Time
Webcasts of the events will be available live and accessible for replay on the "Events & Presentations" section of the Company's website at http://investor.gopro.com.
About GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO)
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2022, GoPro helps the world to capture and share itself in immersive and exciting ways.
For more information, visit GoPro.com. Open roles can be found on our careers page. Members of the press can access official logos and imagery on our press portal. GoPro customers can submit their photos and videos to GoPro Awards for an opportunity to be featured on GoPro's social channels and receive gear and cash awards. Connect with GoPro on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and GoPro's blog The Current.
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LA Galaxy (2-6-3, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Columbus Crew (4-4-3, fifth in the Eastern Conference)
Columbus, Ohio; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLS LINE: Columbus -118, Los Angeles +293, Draw +281; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Crew face the LA Galaxy in a non-conference matchup.
The Crew are 3-1-2 in home games. The Crew are 2-0-1 when they record two goals.
The Galaxy are 0-3-2 in road games. The Galaxy have a 1-2 record in games decided by one goal.
Wednesday's game is the first meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lucas Zelarrayan has four goals and three assists for the Crew. Christian Ramirez has scored three goals over the last 10 games.
Dejan Joveljic has scored two goals and added one assist for the Galaxy. Marky Delgado has one goal and one assist over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Crew: 4-3-3, averaging 2.0 goals, 5.4 shots on goal and 5.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.0 goal per game.
Galaxy: 2-5-3, averaging 0.9 goals, 4.5 shots on goal and 7.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Crew: Will Sands (injured), Jimmy Medranda (injured), Milos Degenek (injured), Eloy Room (injured), Luis Diaz (injured), Kevin Molino (injured), Josh Williams (injured).
Galaxy: Douglas Costa (injured), Chris Mavinga (injured), Sega Coulibaly (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2023-05-16T06:35:51+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio/columbus-crew-host-the-la-galaxy-in-non-conference-action/B2AINBGZ5VE3JFHNLESDXAW4BY/ |
Nebraska mom pleads guilty to giving daughter pills for an abortion and helping bury the fetus
MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska mother pleaded guilty Friday to giving her 17-year-old daughter pills for an illegal abortion last year and helping to burn and bury the fetus.
Under a plea agreement, Jessica Burgess, 42, of Norfolk, admitted to providing an abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, false reporting and tampering with human skeletal remains. Charges of concealing the death of another person and abortion by someone other than a licensed physician were dismissed.
Burgess was accused of helping her then-17-year-old daughter, Celeste Burgess, end her pregnancy. Madison County District Court documents show she ordered abortion pills on the internet.
After the teen aborted the 29-week-old fetus, the two burned the remains and buried them in a field north of Norfolk in northeastern Nebraska. Authorities later found the burned fetus.
Madison County Attorney Joe Smith has said it’s the first time he has charged anyone with illegally performing an abortion after 20 weeks, a restriction that was passed in 2010. In May, Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed a 12-week abortion ban,
Jessica Burgess is set for sentencing Sept. 22. Two of the counts against her are felonies; one is a misdemeanor.
Celeste Burgess, now 18, was charged as an adult and pleaded guilty in May to removing, concealing or abandoning a dead body. She is scheduled to be sentenced July 20. She faces up to two years in prison.
Via Facebook messages, the two discussed terminating the pregnancy and plans to destroy the evidence. The messages, which law enforcement acquired using a search warrant, were detailed in court documents.
According to the documents, the daughter talked in the messages “about how she can’t wait to get the ‘thing’ out of her body.” She also said “I will finally be able to wear jeans.” In one message, Jessica Burgess told her daughter she had obtained the pills and gave her instructions on how to end her pregnancy.
Last summer, a man pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor for helping the women bury the fetus on his parents’ land. He got probation.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-07-08T00:28:32+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/news/health/nebraska-mom-pleads-guilty-to-giving-daughter-pills-for-an-abortion-and-helping-bury-the-fetus/ |
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday codifying LGBTQ protections into the state’s civil rights law, permanently outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state.
Whitmer’s signature Thursday ensures that the high court’s ruling cannot be reversed in the future and goes one step further in extending protections to include gender identity or expression. It comes at a time, Whitmer said, when there’s a “nationwide assault on our LGBTQ-plus community, especially our trans neighbors, family and friends.”
“There are state legislatures across this country dedicating themselves to legalizing discrimination,” Whitmer said. “In Michigan, we will keep expanding freedoms and getting things done on the issues that actually make a difference in people’s lives.”
Democrats took full control of the state government this year for the first time in 40 years and have worked quickly to undo decades of Republican measures. The Michigan Legislature advanced a repeal of the state's “right-to-work” law earlier this week. On Thursday, the Senate passed an 11-bill gun safety package.
Michigan was previously one of 29 states that did not have laws explicitly protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination, according to the gay rights group the Human Rights Campaign, and Michigan Democrats made it a top priority this year after seeing the effort blocked by Republicans for years.
The Michigan House and Senate passed the LGBTQ protections earlier this month with the large majority of Republicans voting in opposition, claiming that it could infringe on religious groups’ rights.
The bill’s sponsor, Jeremy Moss, the state’s first openly gay state senator, said Thursday that amending the state’s civil rights act to include LGBTQ protections has been 40 years in the making. “This baton has been passed from generation to generation,” he said.
The Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act also prohibits discrimination based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status and marital status.
Former Republican Rep. Mel Larsen, who helped author the civil rights act alongside Democratic Rep. Daisy Elliott in 1976, attended the bill signing in Lansing and said the “original intent, and the intent still, is that every citizen of Michigan has the right to be protected under the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act.”
The anti-discrimination legislation also comes at a time when advocates for LGBTQ rights say Republican-led states across the country are trying to erase the legal existence of people who are trans and to restrict the expression of those who are nonbinary, gender-fluid or who perform in drag.
Earlier this month, Tennessee became the first state to severely limit drag show performances as other Republican-led states consider similar measures. An increasing number of states have also banned, or are considering banning, gender-affirming medical care for young people. | 2023-03-16T22:03:35+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/16/lgbtq-elliott-larsen-michigan-whitmer-discrimination/676a1cf8-c442-11ed-82a7-6a87555c1878_story.html |
NEW YORK — New York State is soon going to be offering a new custom license plate and lawmakers want your help to pick a design. The new license plate is being put out to recognize the 30th anniversary of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.
There are three designs for you to choose from. And according to the state, the designs were created to "reflect the strength and resilience of survivors and the commitment New York State makes to support them."
"We are proud to offer New Yorkers this opportunity to select a new license plate that will strengthen our message to end domestic violence and that will offer support to survivors. A portion of the proceeds goes directly to support domestic violence awareness initiatives," said Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Mark J.F. Schroeder.
The winning design will be announced in October, and can be ordered from the DMV website or from your local DMV location.
You can vote for your favorite design by clicking here.
"In New York, there is no place for violence, and that undoubtedly includes mental, physical, and emotional domestic violence," Gov. Kathy Hochul said. "Survivors are the strongest among us, and as we celebrate OPDV's anniversary we remember how far we've come and the work still to be done in eradicating this abhorrent violence.
"My administration will never stop advocating for victims of violence and I encourage New Yorkers to show their support by voting for their favorite commemorative plate."
Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Executive Director Kelli Owens said, "What survivors of domestic and sexual violence need has expanded greatly over the last 30 years, but services have not kept up to meet these ever-evolving needs. On OPDV's 30th anniversary, Governor Hochul is directing OPDV to transform the domestic and sexual violence service delivery system to be more survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. Voting for the new "End Domestic Violence" license plate design is how any New Yorker can show their support and help end gender-based violence in New York." | 2022-07-22T23:04:24+00:00 | wgrz.com | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/ny-holding-license-plate-redesign-contest-to-commemorate-30-years-of-responding-to-domestic-violence-in-the-state-dmv/71-f7aeee29-041e-444e-9bb2-117fef2a83ec |
Which yoga shorts are best for women?
Yoga shorts keep wearers cool and comfortable as they move through poses and flows. While you typically wear them for hot or Bikram yoga classes, they’re also popular to wear during other types of low-impact training.
Like yoga leggings, the best yoga shorts use soft, stretchy materials to give wearers a free range of motion. Many styles have unique features, like chafe-free designs or sweat-wicking properties. Gaiam Women’s Om Yoga Shorts, for example, remain a top choice and a customer favorite for their sweat-wicking material and stay-put design.
What to know before you buy women’s yoga shorts
Popular materials
Yoga shorts are available in various materials and blends that affect how they fit, feel and perform. More often than not, you’ll come across cotton or polyester blends.
Cotton blends for yoga shorts usually contain polyester, spandex or elastane. They’re soft and breathable, plus they’re less likely to irritate the skin. However, shorts with high cotton content can shrink in the wash.
Polyester blends, which include spandex, elastane and sometimes nylon, are lightweight and quick to dry. They’re also colorfast and shrink-resistant. Unfortunately, they eventually warp in shape toward the end of their lifespans.
Inseam
Yoga shorts for women are available in varying inseam lengths that range from 2-8 inches. Some wearers are partial to styles with shorter inseams, noting that less material keeps them cooler during class. Other wearers prefer longer inseams, which may reduce chafing.
Ease of washing
Ideally, yoga shorts are low-maintenance and easy to wash. Most styles are machine-washable, though you should let them hang to dry. As many yoga shorts utilize stretchy materials, prolonged exposure to heat in a dryer may cause them to deteriorate prematurely.
What to look for in quality yoga shorts for women
Flatlock seams
Yoga shorts sometimes have comfort features, including flatlock seams, which eliminate friction. These seams are flat enough to glide across the skin in the event that they move. Regular seams, on the other hand, are more pronounced and can chafe skin and leave indentations.
Compression
Compression yoga shorts offer a tighter fit that boosts circulation around the hips and thighs. They reduce fatigue and facilitate recovery. Some wearers indicate that compression yoga shorts provide support, plus they’re more effective at staying put through movement than regular shorts.
Sweat-wicking
Like some polyester and nylon blends, moisture-wicking materials sweep sweat away from the body to keep wearers cool and dry during practice. These materials dry quickly, which means wearers won’t feel weighed down by wet, sweaty clothing. Many yoga shorts also have odor-trapping properties.
How much you can expect to spend on yoga shorts for women
Basic yoga shorts made with cotton blends cost $20 or less, while mid-range shorts made with polyester and spandex blends run $25-$40. Premium yoga shorts with unique features like compression or wick-away material cost $40-$70.
Yoga shorts for women FAQ
Should I buy yoga shorts with pockets?
A. Many yoga shorts have side pockets that hold a phone, cards or keys. While this feature seems convenient, downward or tilted poses may cause items in pockets to fall out. However, if you’re wearing yoga shorts for other low-impact activities where you’re not bending down, these items usually stay put inside pockets.
Should I wear underwear with yoga shorts?
A. More than anything, it’s a matter of personal preference. Many wearers decide to forego underwear with yoga shorts so they can enjoy uninhibited movement. Others prefer wearing underwear, namely styles that are seamless or have athletic cuts. Additionally, they stick to underwear made with moisture-wicking materials as opposed to cotton.
What are the best yoga shorts for women to buy?
Top yoga shorts for women
What you need to know: Soft and comfortable with plenty of stretch, they’re great for serious yogis, those just starting their practice and everyone in between.
What you’ll love: They have features that make them great for yoga, such as a stay-put waistband that rises slightly higher in the back so you won’t show off more flesh that you want to. They’re made from a moisture-wicking fabric that’s great for medium-impact exercise. The flat seams minimize the chance of chafing.
What you should consider: They only come in black and with a 9-inch inseam.
Where to buy: Sold by Kohl’s
Top yoga shorts for women for the money
Baleaf Women’s High-Waist Compression Biker Shorts
What you need to know: Although sold as biker shorts, they’re an excellent choice for yoga as well.
What you’ll love: The high-rise waist stays put while you practice yoga. The breathable, flexible material keeps wearers cool. They have two convenient side pockets.
What you should consider: Some wearers felt the size chart was slightly off.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
SweatyRocks Women’s Workout Yoga Shorts
What you need to know: While they have a relaxed fit, these boxer-inspired yoga shorts stay put and won’t shift too much through poses.
What you’ll love: Wearers appreciated the adjustable waistband. The soft cotton and spandex blend retains its shape well in the wash and the versatile design doubles as athleisure or a beach cover-up.
What you should consider: The looser fit occasionally rides up in certain poses, but it’s not a deal-breaker for buyers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of engaged in “unlawful conduct” aimed at sowing doubt about his bid to buy the social media company.
The lawsuit filed late Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims the billionaire Tesla CEO has sought to drive down Twitter’s stock price because he wants to walk away from the deal or negotiate a substantially lower purchase price.
San Francisco-based Twitter is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, which seeks class action status as well as compensation for damages.
A representative for Musk did not immediately respond to a message for comment on Thursday. Twitter declined to comment.
Musk last month offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion, but later said the deal can’t go forward until the company provides information about how many accounts on the platform are spam or bots.
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The lawsuit notes, however, that Musk waived due diligence for his “take it or leave it” offer to buy Twitter. That means he waived his right to look at the company’s non-public finances.
In addition, the problem of bots and fake accounts on Twitter is nothing new. The company paid $809.5 million last year to settle claims it was overstating its growth rate and monthly user figures. Twitter has also disclosed its bot estimates to the Securities and Exchange Commission for years, while also cautioning that its estimate might be too low.
To fund some of the acquisition, Musk has been selling Tesla stock and shares in the electric carmaker have lost nearly a third of their value since the deal was announced on April 25.
In response to the plunging value of Tesla’s shares, the Twitter shareholders' lawsuit claims Musk has been denigrating Twitter, violating both the non-disparagement and non-disclosure clauses of his contract with the company.
"In doing so, Musk hoped to drive down Twitter’s stock price and then use that as a pretext to attempt to re-negotiate the buyout,” according to the lawsuit.
Twitter's shares closed Thursday at $39.54, 27% below Musk's $54.20 offer price.
Before announcing his bid to buy Twitter, Musk disclosed in early April that he had bought a 9% stake in the company. But the lawsuit says Musk did not disclose the stake within the timeframe required by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
And the lawsuit says his eventual disclosure of the stake to the SEC was “false and misleading” because he used a form meant for “passive investors” — which Musk at the time was not, because he had been offered a position on Twitter's board and was interested in buying the company.
Musk benefited by more than $156 million from his failure to disclose his increased stake on time, since Twitter's stock price could have been higher had investors known Musk was increasing his holdings, the lawsuit claims.
“By delaying his disclosure of his stake in Twitter, Musk engaged in market manipulation and bought Twitter stock at an artificially low price,” the lawsuit says.
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Dev Shah wins National Spelling Bee, going out on top after up-and-down spelling career
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Soft-spoken but brimming with confidence, Dev Shah asked precise questions about obscure Greek roots, rushed through his second-to-last word and rolled to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title Thursday night.
Dev, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn’t make it out of his regional bee last year. He got through his highly competitive regional this year for a third and final try at the national title, and he ended up holding the trophy over his head as confetti fell.
His winning word was “psammophile,” a layup for a speller of his caliber.
“Psammo meaning sand, Greek?” he asked. “Phile, meaning love, Greek?”
He soaked up the moment by asking for the word to be used in a sentence, something he described a day earlier as a stalling tactic. Then he put his hands over his face as he was declared the winner.
Charlotte Walsh, a 14-year-old from Arlington, Virginia, was the runner-up, and she gave Dev a congratulatory hug. Dev, who previously appeared in the bee in 2019 and 2021, was close with many of his fellow finalists.
“They’ve all been in many online bees and many Scripps National Spelling Bees, and I felt like a spark and a camaraderie between all of us,” he said. “I’m very grateful and I’m privileged that I could be in a spelling bee with them one final time.”
When the field had been narrowed to just Dev and Charlotte, Scripps brought out the buzzer used for its “spell-off” tiebreaker, and Dev was momentarily confused when he stepped to the microphone.
“This is not the spell-off, right?” Dev asked. Told it was not, he spelled “bathypitotmeter” so quickly that it might as well have been, the latest example of his unassuming onstage swagger.
Dev wins more than $50,000 in cash and prizes and is the 22nd champion in the past 24 years with South Asian heritage.
The bee began in 1925 and is open to students through the eighth grade. Spellers qualify by winning regional competitions around the country. There were 229 kids onstage at the beginning of this year’s national bee — and each was a champion many times over, considering that 11 million participated at the school level.
While the spelling bee is smaller and the field not as deep as in pre-pandemic years, this year’s finalists demonstrated an impressive depth of knowledge as they worked their way through a sometimes diabolical word list.
The selection proved that the competition can remain entertaining while delving more deeply into the dictionary than in the past — especially in the second spelling round of the finals, when Scripps peppered contestants with short but tough words like “traik” (to fall ill, used in Scotland), “carey” (a small to medium-size sea turtle) and “katuka” (a venomous snake of southeastern Asia).
With the field down to four, Shradha Rachamreddy was eliminated on “orle,” a heraldry term that means a number of small charges arranged to form a border within the edge of a field, (she went with “orel”). And “kelep” — a Central American stinging ant — ousted Surya Kapu (he said “quelep”).
While sometimes Scripps’ use of trademarks and geographical names can anger spelling traditionalists who want to see kids demonstrate their mastery of roots and language patterns — and even the exceptions to those patterns — Scripps has made clear that with the exception of words designated as archaic or obsolete, any entry in Merriam-Webster’s Unabridged dictionary is fair game.
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Ben Nuckols has covered the Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2012. Follow him at https://twitter.com/APBenNuckols
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Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to toss out defamation claims by columnist
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech rights shield him from the defamation claims of a New York columnist were rejected Thursday by a federal judge.
The writer, E. Jean Carroll, can continue to press claims that Trump owes her at least $10 million in damages for comments he made before and after she won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict against him last month, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said in a written opinion.
Trump tried to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds that he is entitled to absolute presidential immunity, his statements were not defamatory and that his statements were opinion protected by free speech rights.
Kaplan said Trump surrendered absolute presidential immunity as a defense by failing to assert it years ago when the lawsuit was filed. The lawsuit was delayed until recently as appeals courts considered legal issues surrounding it.
Trump countersued Carroll this week, claiming that she has libeled him by continuing to insist that he raped her even after a jury found otherwise.
After a jury returned its verdict last month in Manhattan federal court, Trump made comments on a CNN town hall that prompted Carroll to assert new defamation claims in a 2020 defamation lawsuit.
The jury award resulted from a sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit filed last November after New York state temporarily enacted a law allowing sexual assault victims to sue for damages resulting from attacks that occurred even decades earlier.
Trump’s claims in the CNN broadcast mirrored statements he made while president in 2019 when Carroll published a memoir in which she claimed Trump raped her in the dressing room of a luxury midtown Manhattan department store in spring 1996.
Within hours of excerpts from the book being published in a magazine, Trump denied a rape occurred or that he ever knew Carroll.
“Mr. Trump did not merely deny Ms. Carroll’s accusation of sexual assault,” Kaplan wrote. “Instead, he accused Ms. Carroll of lying about him sexually assaulting her in order to increase sales of her book, gain publicity, and/or carry out a political agenda.”
The judge said the main purpose of presidential immunity was to avoid diverting the president from public duties, but it was not a “get-out-of-damages-liability-free card that permits the president to say or do anything he or she desires even if that conduct is disconnected entirely from an official function.”
Kaplan said he took into consideration that Carroll is now 79 years old and has pursued claims against Trump for 3 1/2 years.
“There is no basis to risk prolonging the resolution of this litigation further by permitting Mr. Trump to raise his absolute immunity defense now at the eleventh hour when he could have done so years ago,” he said.
In rejecting claims that Carroll’s lawsuit was about protected speech, Kaplan explained how libel and slander are handled in the courts and why Trump’s statements could be construed to fit the legal definition for defamation, including that a jury had already found it so.
Trump’s lawyers did not immediately comment.
Attorney Robbie Kaplan, who represents Carroll and is unrelated to the judge, said in a statement that the judge’s ruling “confirms that once again, Donald Trump’s supposed defenses to E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claims don’t work.”
She added: “Today’s decision removes one more impediment to the January 15 trial on E Jean’s defamation damages in this case.”
The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Carroll has done.
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7News First Alert Weather: The heat dome strengthens keeping triple digit heat in place
Rain chances limited next several days
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - For tonight, mostly clear with good viewing conditions of the Buck Supermoon. Overnight lows will fall into the low 70s and winds will be out of the northeast at 5-15 mph.
On Thursday, mostly sunny skies with highs soaring back into the triple digits. There will be the chance for pop up showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon & evening mainly south of the Red River. Storms that develop will be capable of heavy downpours and gusty winds. The overall coverage of rain for Texoma will be limited. Winds will be out of the southeast at 5-15 mph.
The ridge of high pressure will expand across the Southern Plains allowing for temperatures to remain 5-10° above average and rain chances to shut off to end the workweek. Lower dewpoints will return early next week allowing temperatures to soar as high as 109°.
Rain chances will be extremely low over the weekend and for the beginning of next week. Drought conditions are expected to steadily worsen to end the month of July.
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ZAGREB, Croatia — Salzburg kept its unbeaten run in the Champions League going with a 1-1 draw at Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday but relinquished the top spot in its group.
Robert Ljubičić leveled for Croatian champion Dinamo in the 40th with a deflected shot from the edge of the penalty area at a corner after a lengthy wait for video review to check whether any of the three offside Dinamo players had blocked the goalkeeper’s view.
Both teams had shots which clipped the crossbar late in the second half.
Salzburg stayed unbeaten but its record of three draws and only one win — a 1-0 victory over Dinamo last week in Austria — saw it slip behind Group E leader Chelsea, which beat AC Milan 2-0. Salzburg is aiming to reach the knockout stages for the second season in a row.
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Just months after the devastating mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, students are set to return to class on Tuesday. But survivors will never return to the building where 19 of their classmates and two teachers were massacred in May.
Robb Elementary School will be demolished, Uvalde's mayor, Don McLaughlin, said during a July city council meeting, according to CNN affiliate KSAT-TV.
"We could never ask a child to go back, or a teacher to go back into that school ever," said McLaughlin.
Demolishing schools after a mass shooting has become common enough that there is a federal grant process available, according to Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez.
That such a process even exists is depressing, Gutierrez told KSAT-TV in May.
"What kind of world are we living in that legislation was created for razing these schools?" he said.
Other schools have also taken the path of destroying buildings after a mass tragedy.
"In many cases, these schools are closed or entirely renovated in an attempt to decrease the traumatic reminders that they have become for community members," said the Center for Violence Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
It's not clear when Robb Elementary School will be razed and if it will be replaced with another school or whether a memorial or other building will take its place.
In the meantime, survivors of the attack will attend classes at other schools in the school district.
The district's superintendent, Hal Harrell, has laid out plans to make schools safer.
But some families still don't feel comfortable returning and are transferring to other districts or taking classes online. A total of 416 students have transferred out of the district, and 136 have enrolled in virtual education, according to KSAT-TV.
Here's a look at what happened to other schools after horrifying attacks:
Sandy Hook Elementary School
Date of attack: December 14, 2012
Location: Newtown, Connecticut
Number of victims killed: 26 (including 20 children ages 6 and 7 and six adults)
What happened to the school: The entire school was razed and rebuilt.
Three weeks after the gruesome attack, Sandy Hook students traveled to the nearby city of Monroe and started attending classes at Chalk Hill Middle School, which was no longer being used as a middle school.
Four years after the massacre, a newly rebuilt Sandy Hook Elementary opened to students -- including fourth graders who were kindergarteners during the bloodbath.
Columbine High School
Date of attack: April 20, 1999
Location: Littleton, Colorado
Number of victims killed: 13 (including 12 students and one teacher)
What happened to the school: Columbine High School closed for the rest of the school year. Officials said the attack damaged about 23,000 square feet of the school and left an estimated 900 to 1,000 bullet and shrapnel holes in the walls and ceilings.
Four months later, at the beginning of the new school year, most of the school reopened -- except for the library, where most of the carnage took place. It was demolished and replaced with a newly built school library, called the Hope Library.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Date of attack: February 14, 2018
Location: Parkland, Florida
Number of victims killed: 17 (including 14 students and three staff members)
What happened to the school: Students returned to the campus two weeks after the massacre. But the school's Building 12, where most of the victims were killed, was closed off behind emergency tape with its windows covered.
A new building later replaced the temporary classrooms students had been using in the wake of the slaughter.
Santa Fe High School
Date of attack: May 18, 2018
Location: Santa Fe, Texas
Number of victims killed: 10 (including eight students and two teachers)
What happened to the school: Students returned 11 days after the bloodshed.
Even though there were only two days left in the school year, senior Kaitlyn Richards said she didn't want her high school career to end with the massacre.
"I don't know if we'll ever be ready to go back to school," she told CNN affiliate KTRK the day school resumed.
"But I don't want that last day to be my last memory of my senior year. I just want to know I can see all my classmates once again."
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For the first two centuries of U.S. history, outgoing presidents simply took their documents with them when they left the White House. The materials were considered their personal property.
But for the past four decades, every presidential document — from notebook doodles to top-secret security plans — is supposed to go directly to the National Archives as the material is considered the property of the American people.
So when former President Donald Trump left office on Jan. 20, 2021, all his records should have traveled from the White House to the National Archives, according to Jason Baron, who served as director of litigation at the National Archives for 13 years.
"No president has the right to retain presidential records after he or she leaves office," Baron said. "And so it is an extraordinary circumstance if presidential records are found in a former president's residence or anywhere else under his control."
But some records – both paper and electronic – were being kept at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Officials found 15 boxes worth of documents from Trump's property in January.
And on Monday, the FBI collected 11 more sets of documents, including five marked "top secret," three marked "secret" and three labeled "confidential." Those are the three separate levels for classified government documents.
In addition, one set of the top secret documents was labeled "top secret/sensitive compartmented information." That means the material is considered so sensitive that event those with a top secret security clearance wouldn't be able to see it unless they had a need to know.
The warrant that authorized the search said the FBI was investigating a number of possible crimes, including violations of the Espionage Act. Trump has not been charged with any crime and denies any wrongdoing.
Why can't presidents keep their documents these days?
The rules changed for one reason: Watergate.
When President Nixon resigned amid the 1974 scandal, he wanted to take his documents to his home in California — including his infamous tape recordings.
Congress realized it would not have access to that material, and they also feared it could be destroyed. So legislators passed the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act, which made all of Nixon's material public property.
However, that measure applied to Nixon only. In 1978, Congress passed the more sweeping Presidential Records Act that has been the standard ever since.
"Every president, when they leave office, those records that have been created by the president and his staff are presidential records that go to the National Archives," Baron said. "The owner is the American people."
This includes all presidential material, whether it's routine, unclassified notes or top-secret national security documents.
Before these laws, there were really no rules covering presidential records. Presidents just took what they wanted as they were leaving office.
"Early on, presidents like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were very attuned to their place in history and their legacy," said presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky, the author of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. "And so they were very thoughtful about maintaining their documents, cataloging their documents, and then, of course, sort of making sure that what remained was what they wanted to remain. So that also includes some erasure."
Also, presidential libraries did not exist until President Franklin Roosevelt opened his in 1941.
Trump's controversies with documents
Throughout his presidency, anecdotes surfaced about Trump's handling of documents. For starters, he did not like to read them, and there were reports that he would sometimes rip them up or even flush them down the toilet.
Trump spoke about, or put on Twitter, sensitive material that was believed to be classified. Such material was also reportedly shared with people who did not have the authorization to read it.
Before Trump, outgoing presidents have been described as fully cooperative with the records process, experts told NPR. Baron said he was only aware of minor episodes, where a former president might be asked to turn over a small gift he had received while in office.
There have been a few cases involving former presidential aides. In one instance, Sandy Berger, who had served as the national security adviser to President Bill Clinton, was accused of smuggling classified documents out of the National Archives in his pants. He was ultimately fined $50,000.
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