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A local man who admitted robbing the same South Buffalo bank branch twice in a week was sentenced Wednesday in Erie County Court to serve up to six years in prison for his crimes, the Erie County District Attorney's Office reported.
Donald R. Thie, 60, of no permanent address, must serve a minimum of two years in prison following his Dec. 15 guilty plea to three counts of robbery that included a third incident at another branch.
Prosecutors say Thie's crime spree began just before 10 a.m. Dec. 20, 2021, when he passed a note to a teller at a bank on Seneca Street. The note threatened the use of a weapon and Thie gestured as if he had one on him, authorities said. He stole $1,300 in cash in this robbery.
Then, at 11:20 a.m. Dec. 27, 2021, Thie returned to the same branch and, this time, stole $1,000 in cash after passing a threatening note to the teller.
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One month later, at about 10:25 a.m. Jan. 24, 2022, Thie went to a bank branch on Dorrance Avenue, and ordered a teller to give him money, prosecutors say. He made off with $1,700 in this robbery.
Prosecutors did not further identify the two branches.
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2023-02-02T15:30:54+00:00
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buffalonews.com
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https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-sentenced-to-prison-for-three-south-buffalo-bank-robberies-in-one-month/article_0dd6abc4-a300-11ed-8b2b-8385dfae1944.html
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CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME STATE OF MIN
CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME STATE OF MINNESOTA Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 333 ASSUMED NAME: Ruby’s on the Lake PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: 227 W. 1st St., Suite 650 Duluth MN 55802 NAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Ruttgers Ruby’s Dining Room, LLC Address: 227 W. 1st St., Suite 650 Duluth,, MN 55802 By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath. DATE: 06/29/2023 SIGNED BY: /s/ Susan Lindgren MAILING ADDRESS: 227 W. 1st St., Suite 650 Duluth,, MN 55802 EMAIL FOR OFFICIAL NOTICES: shauro.bagchi@gtlaw.com (July 19 & 22, 2023) 242331
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2023-07-19T07:54:17+00:00
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duluthnewstribune.com
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https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/legal-notices/certificate-of-assumed-name-state-of-min-stratica-legals-242331
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BREMERTON, Wash. — Editor's note: The above video on the Bremerton School District reinstating a football coach who was fired for inviting players to pray with him on the field originally aired on Oct. 26, 2022.
Joe Kennedy, the former Bremerton High School football coach who won a U.S. Supreme Court case over the summer against the Bremerton School District, has been reinstated.
Kennedy lost his job in 2015 over his refusal to stop holding prayers with players on the field.
BSD released a statement about the status of the case on March 6.
Mr. Kennedy will be an assistant football coach for Bremerton High School for the 2023 season. Mr. Kennedy has completed human resources paperwork and we are awaiting the results of his fingerprinting and background check. Mr. Kennedy will need to complete all training required by WIAA. Football coach contracts are approved by the Board at the August 3, 2023 board meeting, and begin in mid-August. As with any other assistant coach, Mr. Kennedy will be included in coaching staff communication and meetings, spring football practice and other off-season football activities.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Kennedy's favor that his prayers were protected under the First Amendment.
“The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike,” wrote Justice Neil Gorsuch for the majority.
Kennedy said in an interview with KING 5 after the ruling that he would be on the "first flight back" to return to his position once he had the chance.
“We are thrilled that Bremerton and Coach Kennedy are back together and we hope they go undefeated,” the First Liberty Institute, which helped represent Kennedy in the case, said in a statement.
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2023-03-13T23:10:17+00:00
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king5.com
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https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bremerton/former-bremerton-coach-reinstated/281-d5852071-c231-4207-97cf-0a50dec50104
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You've probably seen Geoffrey zooming past pedestrians on sidewalks in Miami with special deliveries.
The heart-eyed pink robots were developed by Canadian company Tiny Mile.
“We’re able to operate in dense areas, tight-knit areas, at a low cost because we are using robots," Omar Elawi of Tiny Mile said.
The robots can be used within a certain radius as a courier service to send documents, books, gifts and items weighing less than 20 pounds. Right now the “peer-to-peer” service is free of charge.
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"It is completely free to use," Elawi said. "We look at it as a free public utility and the way we are able to offer that is by our sponsors. Our sponsors sponsor our robot and wrap their brand around the robot.”
The robots have cameras as well as sensors for safety and security. Each robot is remotely controlled by a person, working from home or an office in different parts of the world.
“They are always keeping a close eye on their surroundings, controlling the robot and making sure we are following the right pedestrian rules and traffic rules," Elawi said.
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Within the next three weeks, Tiny Mile will also launch a restaurant delivery service option. This will feature a combination of human couriers and the pink robots will be used for shorter distances.
"So it’s not free, but we actually help save the restaurant thousands of dollars through their Uber Eats commissions," Elawi said.
Right now the robots are mostly in downtown and Brickell, but the Tiny Mile team hopes to expand their service areas in the coming years.
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2023-05-06T18:39:32+00:00
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nbcmiami.com
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https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/miamis-tiny-pink-robots-set-to-expand-its-delivery-services-heres-what-to-expect/3028406/
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DETROIT — It was a year ago that Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White tore his ACL in the Thanksgiving night win over the New Orleans Saints.
For the first time, he returns to the active gameday roster as the Bills prepare to face the Lions here at Ford Field.
White's status was far from certain until the Bills released the roster at 11:00AM.
It's been a long road back.
White started the year on the PUP list, and was activated ahead of Buffalo's week six match-up at Kansas City.
That opened a three week practice window at the end of which, the Bills, as expected, moved him to the active roster.
Since then, Bills head coach Sean McDermott has said they were dealing with White on a "day to day" basis in terms of his return to game action. He took the same approach as of Tuesday saying only that White would play when he was ready.
That time has obviously come, although it remains to be seen how much action White will actually see.
The Bills will in fact be without starting center Mitch Morse in this game due to elbow and ankle injuries. Morse had been listed as questionable.
Starting linebacker Tremaine Edmunds had already been declared out with groin and heel injuries.
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2022-11-25T00:00:15+00:00
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wgrz.com
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https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/nfl/bills/bills-cb-tredavious-white-active-vs-lions/71-aa1a95e5-8740-408d-b3a1-7128ca3e8a51
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Takeaways: Johnson vs. Barnes in Wisconsin, narrow Squad win
By BRIAN SLODYSKO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Johnson, the most vulnerable Republican senator up for reelection, will take on Wisconsin’s Democratic lieutenant governor in November in one of this year’s most closely watched Senate contests.
Meanwhile, a member of the Squad of progressive lawmakers survived a tough primary challenge from a Democratic rival running on a pro-police platform, while voters in Vermont are poised to send a woman to Congress for the first time in the state’s 231-year history.
Takeaways from election results Tuesday night:
SQUAD VICTORY
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s detractors spent heavily to oust the divisive lawmaker and member of the progressive Squad.
They failed. Again.
Omar narrowly defeated her centrist challenger, former Minneapolis City Councilmember Don Samuels, all but guaranteeing her victory in November in an overwhelmingly Democratic district centered around Minneapolis. It was the second time a well-financed group had mobilized unsuccessfully against her.
Almost since her arrival in Congress, Omar has been a lightning rod for bipartisan criticism. First, she drew condemnation after suggesting in 2019 that Israel’s supporters were pushing U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge of “allegiance to a foreign country” and claiming congressional support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins, baby,” which many saw as an antisemitic trope about Jews buying influence.
That drew a $2.5 million negative advertising blitz, which was financed by the pro-Israel lobby, attacking her ahead of the 2020 election.
This year, pro-police groups as well as a mysterious super PAC spent over $750,000 criticizing Omar and backing Samuels. His north Minneapolis base suffers from more violent crime than other parts of the city, and he helped organize a campaign to stop sharp cuts in police funding pushed by progressive activists, including Omar, following the killing of George Floyd by police.
Other members of the Squad — Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — had easier victories last week.
TOUGH FIGHT IN WISCONSIN SENATE RACE
If you take his word for it, Johnson shouldn’t be running. The Wisconsin Republican had pledged to step down after two terms, only to reverse himself this year.
Now, after coasting to victory in his primary Tuesday, Johnson’s reward will be a hard-fought campaign against Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes that could determine the balance of power in the narrowly divided U.S. Senate. It’s also certain to saturate the airwaves as millions of political advertising dollars flood the state.
It will be the first time Johnson won’t be running against former Sen. Russ Feingold, the Democrat he ousted from office and defeated again six years later. He’s also the only Republican senator up for reelection in a state Joe Biden won in 2020.
The matchup offers a study in contrasts. Johnson, 67, is a multimillionaire businessman whose father was a corporate treasurer. At 35, Barnes is close to half his age and the product of a working-class Milwaukee family. He would be the first Black senator from Wisconsin if elected.
Johnson has the former president’s backing. He has also been a major ally.
After the 2020 election, an aide to Johnson told then-Vice President Mike Pence’s staff in a text message that he wanted to hand-deliver to Pence fake elector votes from his state and neighboring Michigan. Pence’s staff rebuffed their request.
Johnson met with Wisconsin lawmakers in 2021 and talked about dismantling the state’s bipartisan elections commission and having the GOP-controlled Legislature take over presidential and federal elections.
VERMONT’S GLASS CEILING
Vermont has been represented in Congress by white men ever since it became the 14th state to join the union in 1791.
That’s poised to change after state Senate leader Becca Balint advanced from Tuesday’s Democratic primary to face Republican Liam Madden in a general election contest that will determine who will be Vermont’s next representative in the U.S. House.
Vermont is a liberal-leaning state and a Republican last won the seat in 1988, making Balint the overwhelming favorite in November. If she wins, Balint will not only be the first woman to represent Vermont in Congress, but the first openly gay person, too.
It may seem unusual that such a liberal-leaning state has not elected a woman to Congress. But there hasn’t been much opportunity. As the second-least populated state, Vermont gets to send only one representative to the U.S. House.
Current Democratic Rep. Peter Welch has held the seat for the past 15 years, giving it up to run for the Senate. Current U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had it the 15 years before that. And Republican Jim Jeffords also held the seat for 15 years before he was elected to the Senate.
Although the pace of turnover has moved at glacier speed, there is an upside for Balint: The seat offers a reliable springboard to the U.S. Senate. Sanders’ term is up in 2024. So far, the 80-year-old has not said whether he intends to run again.
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2022-08-10T05:21:40+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/news/2022/08/09/takeaways-johnson-vs-barnes-in-premier-us-senate-race/
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WA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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209 AM PDT Mon Oct 3 2022
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Dense fog will reduce visibility to 1 mile or less at
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* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
* WHEN...Until 11 AM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Low visibility will make navigation difficult.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you must navigate, proceed with caution. Use proper fog
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2022-10-03T10:32:34+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/weather/article/WA-Marine-Warning-and-Forecast-17482689.php
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Is Josh Shapiro really the most talented politician in Pennsylvania
Doug Mastriano, John Fetterman, and Mehmet Oz have all drawn the national spotlight this year.
But Josh Shapiro is quietly running the strongest campaign — and potentially building the biggest future.
With a relentless and largely by-the-book effort, Shapiro, the Democratic attorney general, has built a double-digit lead over Mastriano in the governor’s race, according to all major recent public polls. If that holds up, and he wins big, it would be an eye-catching swing-state victory that could vault him to national prominence.
Some people are already forecasting that Shapiro, 49, could be the first Jewish president.
“The Democrats nominated probably their A1 guy in the country, and the Republicans kind of sent in a replacement player,” said Ryan Boyer, leader of the Laborers’ District Council of Metropolitan Philadelphia & Vicinity, a 40,000-strong union group in Philadelphia and its collar counties. “I think that Josh is probably a potential presidential candidate one day.”
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Shapiro, of course, isn’t talking about that before he even sets foot in the governor’s mansion. But few who know the meticulous and ambitious attorney general doubt that he has plans for the biggest prize in American politics.
Even a top adviser to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, another likely future presidential candidate, recently tweeted that if Shapiro wins by as much as polls suggest, his campaign will be one for Democrats to learn from.
“Josh is the most focused and talented politician and elected official in my lifetime in Pennsylvania,” said Larry Ceisler, a longtime Democratic insider.
Ceisler compared Shapiro’s focus and intensity to the same qualities he witnessed in the late Kobe Bryant while sitting courtside at a Lakers-Sixers game.
That Mamba-like approach has helped Shapiro go from a congressional aide to state legislator to Montgomery County commissioner to attorney general in an inexorable climb. (Shapiro, a wannabe baller from the same home county as Kobe, would probably particularly appreciate that compliment).
It has helped that Shapiro has a far-right opponent running a sometimes shambolic campaign. Shapiro actively advertised to help Mastriano in the GOP primary, calculating that he’d be easier to beat. Mastriano has taken maximalist positions on abortion and voting laws, is an avid election denier, and has associated with antisemites. His scant fund-raising has allowed Shapiro to pound Mastriano and promote his own accomplishments on TV with little pushback.
Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race is perhaps the most consequential in the country. The next governor could sign, or veto, severe restrictions on both voting rights and abortion rights (as Shapiro reminds supporters). He would appoint the commonwealth’s secretary of state, who could decide if democratic rules hold during the 2024 presidential election, when Pennsylvania is again likely to be a pivotal battleground.
Republicans say Shapiro is benefiting from a weak opponent, not an extraordinary campaign. Some argue he has yet to withstand a truly tough election, and that a politician as ambitious as Shapiro will have his weaknesses exposed if and when he faces real opposition.
But Shapiro has also won over some prominent Republican supporters (though they are mostly from an earlier, pre-Trump version of the GOP), as he builds a sweeping coalition and works seemingly every room.
While Fetterman has his memes and unorthodox persona, Oz has built-in celebrity, and Mastriano draws attention like a car crash, Shapiro — campaigning in the classic weekend political uniform of jeans and a button-down (sleeves rolled, of course) — has done what you’d normally expect from a major statewide candidate in Pennsylvania. While others might have more flash, Shapiro is often described as simply “a machine.”
He has pledged to be a firewall against restrictions on voting and abortion. He’s pitched a vision of funding schools, expanding internet access, hiring more police, raising the minimum wage to $15, and supporting labor rights.
And he’s kept a tireless schedule that has taken him not just to Democratic strongholds but also to rural areas where his party has struggled. Sunday alone, he made four stops, all in small cities and small towns in the Northeastern part of the state.
He’s even a rare Democrat who got a standing ovation from business executives at a recent Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce event, when he pledged to speed up plans to cut the state’s corporate taxes.
It was a sign of the broad platform Shapiro may claim if he really does win.
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2022-10-14T15:40:10+00:00
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yorkdispatch.com
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https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2022/10/14/is-josh-shapiro-really-the-most-talented-politician-in-pennsylvania/69563370007/
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LAS VEGAS, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The AC200P power station, made by BLUETTI, a leading provider of portable power solutions, continues to be a top choice for outdoor enthusiasts and homeowners alike even three years after its initial release. With a 2,000W inverter, a 2,000Wh LiFePO4 battery, 7 charging methods, and 17 outlets, the AC200P meets the power needs of users in nearly all scenarios, whether indoors or outdoors.
Great mobile power
What makes the AC200P stand out among competitors is its great capabilities. The AC200P with 2,000W output (4,800W surge) can power various outdoor activities such as camping, RVing, and boating. During power outages, the AC200P is a lifesaver, keeping critical appliances running, such as medical equipment, working devices, refrigerators, and lights, giving users peace of mind at all times.
Durable and expandable battery
The AC200P also features a durable LiFePO4 battery that is a safer, longer-lasting, and more eco-friendly battery type than the Lithium-ion variation. At over 3,500 charge cycles, the AC200P outlasts its competitors' Lithium models with around 500 cycles. Moreover, the AC200P offers expandable capacity, with the ability to connect additional batteries, such as the B230 or B300 expansion battery pack, to increase its capacity to 4,048Wh and 5,072Wh, respectively. This feature is particularly useful for longer trips, glamping, overlanding, prolonged power outages, or whenever extra power is needed.
Multiple charging methods
BLUETTI AC200P offers various charging options, either separately or in combination. The AC200P supports up to 1,200W dual AC+Solar input, or 1000W dual AC input with optional T400 or T500 adapters at a low cost. With a max 700W solar input when connected with BLUETTI PV200, PV350, or other brand solar panels, the AC200P can offer endless solar energy on the move. It can maximize the Sun's rays at 1,200W if there is a D050S charging enhancer plugged into solar panels for an additional 500W.
Cost-effective solar solution
Supporting a more durable battery and many useful features, the AC200P is also more budget-friendly than other brands that provide around 2 kWh capacity. BLUETTI's recent offerings of special solar generator kits, AC200P with either PV420 or PV350 solar panels, even provide a more favorable chance to go solar.
About BLUETTI
BLUETTI has been committed to promoting sustainability and green energy solutions since its inception. By offering eco-friendly energy storage solutions for both indoor and outdoor use, BLUETTI aims to provide exceptional experiences for our homes while also contributing to a sustainable future for our planet. This commitment to sustainable energy has helped BLUETTI expand its reach to over 100 countries and gain the trust of millions of customers worldwide.
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2023-05-30T14:27:00+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2023/05/30/bluetti-ac200p-remains-popular-choice-mobile-power-needs-2023/
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"Join Crown Royal and Honor the Special People Who Deserve a Crown in your Life with a Unique Digital Collectible That Pays it Forward"
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Giving Tuesday, Crown Royal, in partnership with Salesforce NFT Cloud, Crossmint and Vayner3, will expand its tradition of generosity into Web3 through the launch of the brand's first digital collectible. Beginning Thanksgiving week, Crown Royal invites all U.S. fans 21+ to pay it forward and nominate someone deserving in their life to receive a digital crown collectible. For each crown digital collectible claimed between November 24 and December 31, 2022 (up to 75,000 total), one signature Crown Royal purple bag will be packed and sent as a care package to American military active duty members overseas as an extension of the Crown Royal Purple Bag Project, an initiative designed in partnership with Packages From Home.
On this Giving Tuesday and throughout the holiday season, Crown Royal is removing the physical barriers of their iconic bag-packing program that may stand in the way of amazing acts of generosity and allowing people to digitally honor those most generous as part of "That Deserves A Crown." Now any eligible person can give the gift of giving with this one-of-a-kind digital collectible. Crown Royal partnered with Crossmint—whose mission is to bring digital collectibles to life, by empowering brands and creators to build streamlined checkout and payment experiences—to bring this digital collectible to life. This digital collectible will be open to U.S. resident 21+ adults and will not require a digital wallet, making it easy for consumers to engage. While supplies last, for each claim of a digital crown, one iconic Crown Royal purple bag will be packed in honor of the recipient. Generosity is at the core of the Crown Royal brand that prides itself on honoring individuals "that deserve a crown" year-round by providing support to help communities thrive through selfless acts of service.
"Crown is built on the belief that if you live generously, life will treat you royally! Our mission is to activate in a way that inspires generosity all year round," said Sophie Kelly, Sr. Vice President of Whiskeys Portfolio in North America at Diageo. "This launch takes Crown Royal's spirit of generosity to a new level. We're excited to use web3 technology to not only help consumers recognize special people in their lives who deserve gratitude, but also to support active duty service members through the Purple Bag Project."
The dynamic digital collectible was created by visual and motion designer, Adam Verhasselt whose wide breadth of work spans in-studio photography, video production and NFTs. "Nothing feels better than making something amazing and creating experiences that 'wow' people," said Verhasselt. "Being able to partner with Crown Royal to use this art to help give back makes it even more fulfilling."
Crown Royal has a deep tradition of giving back, and as a long-standing supporter of many from hospitality, service and military industries, they pride themselves on being strong supporters of the most generous people in our communities who selflessly serve others. For over a decade, Crown Royal has ignited exceptional generosity within our communities by giving back to the people and places that support them. Through partnerships with organizations like Packages From Home, the brand has supported over 1 million servicemen and women through the Purple Bag Project that provides food, hygiene, and entertainment items to active duty service members worldwide.
Vayner3, the Web3 consultancy under the umbrella of VaynerX, orchestrated this collaboration around Giving Tuesday and the brand's foray into Web3. "We are honored to join forces with Crown Royal to support this incredible initiative during the Giving Season. The initiative will help fuse the brand's purple bag heritage with today's consumer's modern and digital preferences," said Avery Akkineni, President of Vayner3. This "give first" approach stands out amongst other branded NFTs as an innovative form of brand engagement, paving the way for loyalty program integration in the near term.
Visit web3.crownroyal.com to learn more and participate. Crown Royal reminds everyone 21+ that living generously is not about what you have, but about what you give. And, most importantly, to always drink responsibly.
**Offer is open to U.S. residents only, 21 years or older. Maximum of 75,000 bags donated; minimum of 5,000 bags donated. Bag will only be donated with first claiming of digital token; to the extent a user otherwise receives an NFT, including on the secondary market, they are not eligible to access, use, receive, or enjoy any utility, including, without limitation, any donation. Donation contingent upon recipient's compliance with NFT Terms. Donation to be made on/after 3/2023. No charitable benefit to individual participants.
About Crown Royal
Crown Royal Canadian Whisky is the number-one selling Canadian whisky brand in the world and has a tradition as long and distinctive as its taste. Specially blended to commemorate a grand tour of Canada made by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain in 1939, Crown Royal's smooth, elegant flavor and gift-worthy presentation reflect its regal origins – it is considered the epitome of Canadian whisky. For more information, visit crownroyal.com. Crown Royal encourages all consumers to please enjoy responsibly.
About Diageo North America
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: DGE) and their products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world.
For more information about Diageo, their people, brands, and performance, visit www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice. Follow on Twitter and Instagram for news and information about Diageo North America: @Diageo_NA.
About SalesForce NFT Cloud
Salesforce NFT Cloud is one of Salesforce's latest innovations, which allows for brands to quickly and easily create and distribute NFTs, while also enabling them to manage and leverage NFT data across the rest of their solutions: everything from marketing to sales, service, and commerce. The Salesforce Customer360 is all the more powerful when powered by Web3 data.
About Vayner3
Vayner3 is a consultancy under the umbrella of VaynerX exclusively focused on guiding the world's leading enterprises and intellectual property owners in the next iteration of consumer behavior, and navigating the ground-breaking and ever-evolving world of Web3. For more information, you can visit: www.vayner3.com.
About Crossmint
Crossmint provides infrastructure for developers and enterprises to create and distribute NFTs at scale, in minutes, without the need for wallets or crypto. Crossmint's suite of APIs and tools includes products for minting and delivering NFTs, a fiat on-ramp, and custodial wallets. For more information, visit www.crossmint.io
About Packages From Home
Packages From Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to send care and comfort packages to Active Duty military members stationed or deployed overseas (to include military working dogs & military K9 teams) as well as homeless, transitioning, and at-risk veterans by providing them with requested food, hygiene, and entertainment items to boost morale and quality of life. The care packages and supplies provided by Packages From Home are tokens of love and gratitude to these heroes for their many sacrifices in service of our freedoms as Americans.
Diageo Contact:
Michelle Gattenio, michelle.gattenio@diageo.com
Taylor:
Crown Royal, crownroyal@taylorstrategy.com
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2022-11-29T17:51:08+00:00
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wagmtv.com
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https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/29/crown-royal-partners-with-salesforce-crossmint-vayner3-launch-first-entry-into-digital-collectibles-this-giving-tuesday/
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- Fast casual concept celebrates grand opening in West Little Rock on Nov. 15th -
ATLANTA, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicken Salad Chick, the nation's only fast casual chicken salad restaurant concept, announced today the grand opening of its newest restaurant in West Little Rock, Arkansas. This location marks Chicken Salad Chick's sixth restaurant in Arkansas and third in the Little Rock area, following an opening in North Little Rock last May. Located at 17400 Chenal Parkway, Chicken Salad Chick West Little Rock features a drive-thru and patio seating. The new restaurant celebrates its grand opening on Tuesday, Nov. 15, and will offer free chicken salad for a year to the first 100 guests.
During grand opening week, guests can expect to experience the Southern hospitality that Chicken Salad Chick is known for with specials and giveaways that include:
- Tuesday, Nov. 15 – Free Chicken Salad for a Year – The first 100 guests will receive one large Quick Chick of chicken salad per month for an entire year, with one of those lucky guests randomly selected to win one large Quick Chick of chicken salad per week.* Guests may arrive starting at 7 a.m. for grand opening day only.
- Wednesday, Nov. 16 – The first 50 guests to purchase a Chick Trio will receive a free Chick Cutting Board.**
- Thursday, Nov. 17 – The first 50 guests to purchase a Chick Trio will receive a free Chick Tumbler.**
- Friday, Nov. 18 – Buy 2 Quick Chicks and receive 1 free Quick Chick all day long.**
- Saturday, Nov. 19 - The first 50 guests to purchase a Chick Trio will receive a free Chick Tote Bag.**
Emily Gray and business partner Hudson Sandefur of Little Rocking Chick, LLC are the multi-unit franchising duo behind Chicken Salad Chick's expansion in Little Rock. The two met when Gray was working as a corporate trainer for the brand and Sandefur was opening several Chick locations across Mississippi and Tennessee. Pairing her background in education and inside knowledge of the brand with his previous ownership experience has been a recipe for success as the two focus on leading a business that can spread positive change and enrich the Little Rock communities where they develop.
"Hudson and I opened our first Chicken Salad Chick together in June 2020, and the Benton community really supported us throughout all of the pandemic challenges that came with that timing," said Emily Gray. "We are forever grateful for those guests and our amazing team members who share our passion for service. It's been an honor to keep growing this business, expanding into North Little Rock and now this new location on the west side of our great city."
Gray added, "My first experience working with Chicken Salad Chick in college was also when I fell in love with the feeling of joy and opportunity each restaurant exudes. Chicken salad is a beloved staple that people turn to for celebration and for comfort. Our teams take a lot of pride in preparing these fresh ingredients by hand and making someone's day with a smile and a delicious meal. We can't wait to open our doors in West Little Rock."
Chicken Salad Chick in West Little Rock will be open Monday – Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 8 p.m. For more information, visit www.chickensaladchick.com. Follow Chicken Salad Chick on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest news and trends.
For more information on giveaways and specials, visit https://www.facebook.com/ChickenSaladChickWestLittleRockAR/.
*Guests should start arriving at 7 a.m. to get checked in. The first 100 guests will be assigned a number and a designated return time between 10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Upon return, guests will make a purchase of "The Chick" or anything of greater value and enter a code on the Chicken Salad Chick app to officially secure your spot. If you are late, or miss the return time, your spot will be awarded to the next in-line. Guests will receive their first free Large Quick Chick electronically to your App the Monday following Grand Opening Day.
**Must download the CSC App and be 16 years or older to purchase. Not valid with any other offers. Limit 1 reward per guest present.
Chicken Salad Chick serves full-flavored, Southern-style chicken salad made from scratch and served from the heart. With more than a dozen original chicken salad flavors as well as fresh side salads, gourmet soups, signature sandwiches and delicious desserts, Chicken Salad Chick's robust menu is a perfect fit for any guest. Founded in Auburn, Alabama by Stacy and Kevin Brown, in 2008, Chicken Salad Chick has grown to more than 220 restaurants in 17 states. Today, under the leadership of Scott Deviney and the Chicken Salad Chick team, the brand is continuing its rapid expansion with both franchise and company locations. Chicken Salad Chick has received numerous accolades including rankings in the 2022 Entrepreneur Franchise 500, Franchise Times' Fast & Serious for the second consecutive year, Fast Casual.com's top Movers and Shakers from 2018 to 2022, QSR's Best Franchise Deals in 2019, 2020 and 2022, and Franchise Business Review's Top Food Franchises in 2020. See www.chickensaladchick.com for additional information.
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2022-11-04T15:02:56+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/11/04/chicken-salad-chick-expands-arkansas-opening-third-little-rock-restaurant-with-local-owners/
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather anodyne and backed with a soothing view of a snowy Kremlin. This year, with soldiers in the background, he lashed out at the West and Ukraine.
The conflict in Ukraine cast a long shadow as Russia entered 2023. Cities curtailed festivities and fireworks. Moscow announced special performances for soldiers’ children featuring the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus. An exiled Russian news outlet unearthed a video of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, now the Ukrainian president despised by the Kremlin, telling jokes on a Russian state television station’s New Year’s show just a decade ago.
Putin, in a nine-minute video shown on TV as each Russian time zone region counted down the final minutes of 2022 on Saturday, denounced the West for aggression and accused the countries of trying to use the conflict in Ukraine to undermine Russia.
“It was a year of difficult, necessary decisions, the most important steps toward gaining full sovereignty of Russia and powerful consolidation of our society,” he said, echoing his repeated contention that Moscow had no choice but to send troops into Ukraine because it threatened Russia’s security.
“The West lied about peace, but was preparing for aggression, and today it admits it openly, no longer embarrassed. And they cynically use Ukraine and its people to weaken and split Russia,” Putin said. “We have never allowed anyone and will not allow anyone to do this.”
The Kremlin has muzzled any criticism of its actions in Ukraine, shut independent media outlets and criminalized the spread of any information that differs from the official view — including diverging from calling the campaign a special military operation. But the government has faced increasingly vocal criticism from Russian hardliners, who have denounced the president as weak and indecisive and called for ramping up strikes on Ukraine.
Russia has justified the conflict by saying that Ukraine persecuted Russian speakers in the eastern Donbas region, which had been partly under the control of Russian-backed separatists since 2014. Ukraine and the West says these accusations are untrue.
“For years, the Western elites hypocritically assured all of us of their peaceful intentions, including the resolution of the most difficult conflict in the Donbas,” Putin said.
Western countries have imposed wide sanctions against Russia, and many foreign companies pulled out of the country or froze operations after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine.
“This year, a real sanctions war was declared on us. Those who started it expected the complete destruction of our industry, finances, and transport. This did not happen, because together we created a reliable margin of safety,” Putin said.
Despite such reassurances, New Year’s celebrations this year were toned down, with the usual fireworks and concert on Red Square canceled.
Some of Moscow’s elaborate holiday lighting displays made cryptic reference to the conflict. At the entrance to Gorky Park stand large lighted letters of V, Z and O – symbols that the Russian military have used from the first days of the military operation to identify themselves.
“Will it make me a patriot and go to the front against my Slavic brothers? No, it will not,” park visitor Vladimir Ivaniy said.
Moscow also announced plans to hold special pageant performances for the children of soldiers serving in Ukraine.
The Russian news outlet Meduza, declared a foreign agent in Russia and which now operates from Latvia, on Saturday posted a video of Zelenskyy, who was a hugely popular comedian before becoming Ukraine’s president in 2019, performing in a New Year’s Day show on Russian state television in 2013.
Zelenskyy jokes that the inexpensive sparkling wine Sovietskoe Shampanskoye, a popular tipple on New Year’s, is in the record books as a paradox because “the drink exists but the country doesn’t.”
Adding to the irony, the show’s host was Maxim Galkin, a comedian who fled the country in 2022 after criticizing the military operation in Ukraine.
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Elise Morton contributed to this report from London.
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2022-12-31T20:49:42+00:00
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fox44news.com
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https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/ap-on-new-years-putin-slams-west-for-hypocrisy-aggression/
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Video captured an off-duty South Carolina police officer rushing to save a woman from a burning vehicle on the highway.
Driving home from a shift at the Mt. Pleasant Police Department early in the morning on May 28th, Field Training Officer Doug Richards came across a fiery scene around 1:30 a.m. on I-26.
A car crashed with a truck causing, the car to burst into flames.
“I saw a car that was wrecked in the road. I saw a fire in the engine compartment,” said Richards.
He immediately jumped into action grabbing a fire extinguisher from his patrol car and running towards the car. “I went to the vehicle, checked to see if anybody was in the vehicle, didn’t hear anything at first,” he recalled.
But while Richards worked to put out the fire, he heard a voice from inside the car.
“Felt like I might have gotten the fire out, went back around and heard somebody inside, made my way to the passenger side cause the driver’s side wouldn’t open and there was a female inside,” he said.
Body and dash cam footage from FRichards shows the tense moments and calls for help from the woman.
“Are you the only one in the vehicle?” asked Richards.
“Yes I am,” the woman responded.
“I’m gonna try to get you out.”
“I can’t move…I can’t…”
The crash caused the woman’s foot and legs to be wedged under the steering wheel.
“Please help me,” she cried.
“It’s okay, I got you,” FTO Richards responded.
“I don’t wanna die.”
The two worked together to loosen the grip and FTO Richards was able to pull her out to safety.
“She was afraid. I wanted to ensure her that I was going to do everything I could do to make sure she was safe, to get her out of the vehicle,” he said.
Throughout the ordeal, Richards communicated with dispatch to call for fire and EMS. A good samaritan also stopped to help.
Richards said his training kicked in and he knew what to do. He said situations like this highlight the importance of first responders always being prepared, even when they’re off-duty.
“Always be prepared. You never know. You can roll up on something when you think you’re going home. You’re checked out ready to get to bed, you’re gonna run into a situation and you gotta be prepared to handle it.”
First responders determined the other driver involved was not injured and did not need to be transported to a hospital.
The woman, whose identity was not shared, was taken to an area hospital.
Richards received a Life Saving Award from the Mt. Pleasant Police Department and a pin to wear on his uniform to symbolize his heroic actions.
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2022-07-20T19:04:36+00:00
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kron4.com
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https://www.kron4.com/news/national/watch-off-duty-officer-saves-woman-from-burning-car/
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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — Wildlife advocates predict this summer will bring another record high number of a rare species of bird to Maine's beaches.
The piping plover nests in Maine and is listed as threatened along the East Coast by federal authorities. Recent signs, however, are encouraging.
Just 10 pairs of the birds were found in Maine in 1981, the first year of monitoring. Last year's total swelled to 125.
Laura Minich Zitske, coastal bird program director for Maine Audubon, told the Portland Press Herald that this year looks likely to yield another record high.
There are a couple thousand piping plover pair nests from North Carolina to eastern Canada. They are small shorebirds that are vulnerable to predation from numerous animals, including larger wild birds and feral cats.
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2022-05-30T15:05:33+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Audubon-expects-record-high-number-of-piping-17207709.php
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried walked out of a Manhattan courthouse Thursday with his parents after they agreed to sign a $250 million bond and keep him at their California home while he awaits trial on charges that he swindled investors and looted customer deposits on his FTX trading platform.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos said in federal court that Bankman-Fried, 30, “perpetrated a fraud of epic proportions.” Roos proposed strict bail terms including the $250 million bond — which he said is believed to be the largest federal pretrial bond ever — and house arrest at his parents’ home in Palo Alto.
An important reason for allowing bail was that Bankman-Fried, who had been jailed in the Bahamas, agreed to be extradited to the U.S., Roos said.
Reunited with his parents and lawyers inside the courthouse, an apparently silent Bankman-Fried shook the hands of a supporter before heading out the door, where photographers and video crews rushed him until he left in a car.
Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein agreed to the bond and house arrest, though he required that an electronic monitoring bracelet be affixed to Bankman-Fried before he left the courthouse. Roos had recommended it be attached Friday in California.
Bankman-Fried was shackled at the ankles when he entered the courtroom in a suit and tie to take a seat between his attorneys. He did not speak during the hearing except to answer the judge. Near its end, he was asked by Gorenstein whether he understood he would face arrest and owe $250 million if he chose to flee.
“Yes, I do,” Bankman-Fried answered.
Soon afterward, the hearing ended and Bankman-Fried, his hands in his front pants pockets, was led out by two U.S. marshals. His next court date was scheduled for Jan. 3, when he is to appear before the judge who will preside over the case.
His bail conditions also require that he not open any new lines of credit, start a business or enter financial transactions larger than $1,000 without the approval of the government or the court.
The bond was to be secured by the equity in his parents’ home and the signature of them and two other financially responsible people with considerable assets, Roos said. The bail was described as a “personal recognizance bond,” meaning the collateral did not need to meet the bail amount.
Bankman-Fried, arrested in the Bahamas last week, was flown to New York late Wednesday after deciding not to challenge his extradition.
While he was in the air, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan announced that two of Bankman-Fried’s closest business associates had also been charged and on Monday had secretly pleaded guilty.
Carolyn Ellison, 28, the former chief executive of Bankman-Fried’s trading firm, Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, 29, who co-founded FTX, pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud, securities fraud and commodities fraud.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a video statement that both were cooperating with investigators and had agreed to assist in any prosecution. He warned others who enabled the alleged fraud to come forward.
“If you participated in misconduct at FTX or Alameda, now is the time to get ahead of it,” he said. “We are moving quickly, and our patience is not eternal.”
Prosecutors and regulators contend that Bankman-Fried was at the center of several illegal schemes to use customer and investor money for personal gain. He faces the possibility of decades in prison if convicted on all counts.
In a series of interviews before his arrest, Bankman-Fried said he never intended to defraud anyone.
Bankman-Fried is charged with using money, illicitly taken from FTX customers, to enable trades at Alameda, spend lavishly on real estate and make millions of dollars in campaign contributions to U.S. politicians.
FTX, founded in 2019, rode the crypto investing phenomenon to great heights, quickly becoming one of the world’s largest exchanges for digital currency. Seeking customers beyond the tech world, it hired the comic actor and writer Larry David to appear in a TV ad that ran during the Super Bowl, hyping crypto as the next big thing.
Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire, however, abruptly collapsed in early November when customers pulled deposits en masse amid reports questioning some of its financial arrangements.
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2022-12-23T13:19:40+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/tech-news/ap-ftx-founder-bankman-fried-to-make-1st-us-court-appearance/
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Water usage reduction urged by Regional Water Authority due to drought
NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - A drought declaration for Connecticut prompted water officials to ask customers tp conserve water.
Persistent dry weather and the State of Connecticut’s Stage Two Drought Declaration lead to the announcement from Regional Water Authority to ask its customers to voluntarily reduce their water use by 10 percent.
Stage Two of the state’s drought plan is identified as an emergent drought event, potentially impacting water supplies, agriculture, or natural ecosystems, the RWA explained. Less rainfall and the rising summer temperatures have a compounding effect, and taking steps to conserve water voluntarily can positively affect the system.
“Residents should be mindful of their water consumption and take sensible steps to reduce impacts on other water uses and on the environment,” said Gov. Ned Lamont, “We must begin early steps now to mitigate the potential for harm should the drought become prolonged.”
“While we currently have an adequate supply of water in our reservoirs, our request to customers to voluntarily reduce their water use by 10 percent not only supports the governor’s appeal, and protects our vital supply of clean, safe drinking water, but it also helps consumers save money on their water bill,” said Larry Bingaman, RWA President & CEO. “Just a few simple steps to conserve 10 percent of water use will help prolong available water supplies, reduce demand on the system and stress on local water resources as well as on the environment, and lower customer bills.”
“With less rainfall and higher temperatures, it’s important for each of us do our part to eliminate non-essential water use, and the little things we do every day make a big difference,” said New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker. “Whether it’s taking shorter showers, turning the faucet off while brushing your teeth, making sure the dishwasher and laundry loads are full before putting them on, all those individual actions by each us add up to make a big collective impact and will help our city, region, and state manage through this drought declaration in a safe and responsible manner.”
The RWA asked its customers to be mindful of water usage this summer by eliminating non-essential water use. Here are some simple things customers can do:
- Check for any dripping faucets or running toilets. A leaky faucet that drips at the rate of one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons of water per year. The average leaky toilet can waste about 200 gallons of water per day. That’s over 6,000 gallons of water a month.
- A bath typically uses up to 70 gallons of water, whereas a five-minute shower will use only 10-25 gallons, depending on the efficiency of your showerhead. So shower to save water.
- Turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth can save as much as four gallons of water. If you brush your teeth in the morning and at night, that adds up to saving 200 gallons of water a month. The same is true when you wash your hands.
- When cleaning dishes, scrape your dirty dishes into the trash and then put them into the dishwasher. The average dishwasher uses six gallons of water per cycle; more efficient dishwashers use four gallons per cycle. A running faucet uses about two gallons per minute.
- Wash only full loads of clothes. Older top-loading machines use 40 gallons of water to wash a full load. Today’s newer standard models use 27 gallons, and more efficient Energy Star washers use 14 gallons per wash.
- Use a broom instead of a hose to clean patios, sidewalks, and driveways. Water flows from a hose at about six gallons of water a minute. If it takes 30 minutes to clean a patio or deck, using a broom saves 500 gallons of water.
- Wash your car at a car wash. Washing your car at home can use between 40 and 140 gallons of water. Washing your car at a car wash where water is cleaned and recycled uses about 15 gallons of fresh water for each wash.
- Use only non-potable water to water your lawn and gardens. Use a bucket to catch extra water when you run the water before a shower. If you take a bath, use the bath water to water trees, shrubs, and non-edible plants (not your vegetable or herb gardens).
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2022-07-15T17:50:09+00:00
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wfsb.com
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https://www.wfsb.com/2022/07/15/water-usage-reduction-urged-by-regional-water-authority-due-drought/
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Assay for Research and Clinical Use Now Globally Available for the BD MAX™ System
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and CerTest Biotec have announced Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for Mpox virus detection.
The VIASURE Monkeypox Virus Real Time PCR Reagents for BD MAX System* is now available for BD MAX™ System users.
"The Mpox outbreak continues to be designated as a global health emergency — the World Health Organization's highest level of alert," said Nikos Pavlidis, vice president of Molecular Diagnostics at BD. "The large installed base of the BD MAX™ System in hospital labs provides broad access to testing for a wide range of infectious diseases, now including the mpox virus. EUA for the assay enables it to be used for timely diagnosis and may help avert further global spread of the disease."
The BD MAX™ System is a fully integrated, automated platform that performs nucleic acid extraction and real-time PCR providing results for up to 24 samples across multiple syndromes in less than three hours. BD offers an extensive menu of tests on the system covering health care associated infections, respiratory infections, sexually transmitted infections, gastrointestinal infections and women's health.
"We were able to quickly develop the VIASURE mpox molecular test by leveraging the BD MAX™ System's open system reagent suite," said Nelson Fernandes, managing director of CerTest Biotec. "The EUA for the assay enables use for clinical diagnosis of the disease, in addition to surveillance and the research and development of vaccines and treatments."
As with all CerTest assays, the VIASURE Monkeypox Virus PCR Detection assay for the BD MAX™ System is offered in a lyophilized format. Accordingly, the assay will come in a tube that snaps into the test-specific position on the BD MAX™ ExK™ TNA extraction strip, which is supplied by BD.
About BD
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. The company supports the heroes on the frontlines of health care by developing innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers. BD and its 77,000 employees have a passion and commitment to help enhance the safety and efficiency of clinicians' care delivery process, enable laboratory scientists to accurately detect disease and advance researchers' capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics. BD has a presence in virtually every country and partners with organizations around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues. By working in close collaboration with customers, BD can help enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care. For more information on BD, please visit bd.com or connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/bd1/ and Twitter @BDandCo.
About CerTest
CerTest Biotec is a European company established in 2002 for the development and manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic medical devices. Today, CerTest is a global company structured around seven business units offering one of the widest portfolios for human In Vitro Diagnostic and Pharma. The company bases its future on a strong technical knowledge and expertise in the detection of human diseases. CerTest last generation laboratories, state-of-the-art technical equipment and skilled professionals are the keys for providing reliable solutions for the medical diagnostic professional.
*This product has not been FDA cleared or approved, but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA under an EUA for use by the authorized laboratories; this product has been authorized only for the detection of nucleic acid from monkeypox virus, not for any other viruses or pathogens; and the emergency use of this product is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of infection with the monkeypox virus, including in vitro diagnostics that detect and/or diagnose infection with non-variola Orthopoxvirus, under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the declaration is terminated or authorization is revoked sooner.
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2023-01-09T13:23:03+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2023/01/09/bd-certest-biotec-announce-emergency-use-authorization-mpox-diagnostic-test/
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
https://claimyourloss.com/securities/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28681&from=4
The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Amazon between February 1, 2019 and April 5, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 5, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Amazon.com, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Amazon engaged in anticompetitive conduct in its private-label business practices, including giving Amazon products preference over those of its competitors and using third-party sellers' non-public data to compete with them; (ii) the foregoing exposed Amazon to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (iii) Amazon's revenues derived from its private-label business were in part the product of impermissible conduct and thus unsustainable; and (iv) as a result, the defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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2022-06-17T10:24:54+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/06/17/amzn-shareholder-alert-jakubowitz-law-reminds-amazon-shareholders-lead-plaintiff-deadline-july-5-2022/
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The ERP Biomarker Qualification Consortium announced today the successful completion of a pharma industry-sponsored study to measure the electrophysiologic effects of ketamine on healthy brain function.
The study (EBS-B) included 24 healthy subjects who made three visits to the CenExel Hassman Research Institute (HRI) study site (located in Marlton, NJ), where they were administered a sub-anesthetic dose of ketamine on two of the three visits and placebo on the other visit. The sequence of ketamine or placebo dosing was randomized across the three subject visits. All subjects were counseled by a site clinician with expertise in ketamine experiences / side effects (e.g., dissociation) before each dosing session, and all sessions were monitored by qualified site staff to monitor participants' dosing safety. While the subjects were under the effect of ketamine, electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP) recordings were performed using the COGNISION® System. After dosing was discontinued and once the site Principal Investigator (PI) or qualified designee had determined that the subject was no longer under the influence of the ketamine, they were discharged from the clinic.
The primary objectives of the study were to collect data on the electrophysiologic effects of ketamine on brain function and to quantify the variability of those effects across multiple dosing sessions.
Recently, ketamine-like compounds have been a focus of attention across the pharma industry, especially with the market release by Janssen Pharmaceuticals of SPRAVATO® (esketamine) to treat treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Esketamine is a closely-related compound to ketamine and targets some of the same brain networks. Arketamine, another closely-related compound is being trialed by Atai Life Sciences for the treatment of depression.
Ketamine administration is also thought to be a model for the impairments associated with schizophrenia and is used in "ketamine reversal" studies where a novel drug is intended to reverse (or block) the schizophrenic-like effects of ketamine.
"We have been studying how ketamine and similar compounds affect brain function in our research labs for many years. This study will enable us to take what we have learned in the lab and make it available to pharma companies who are developing drugs to treat many serious conditions," said Dr. Dan Mathalon, a scientific advisor to the Consortium.
Quantification of the magnitudes and variability of the EEG/ERP biomarkers collected during this study will facilitate the use of these biomarkers in future studies of ketamine or ketamine-like drugs being developed to target depression, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric and neurological disorders.
"Combined with our study in subjects with schizophrenia, EBS-A, conducted at CenExel CNS, CenExel HRI, and Columbia University, this repeated-dose design will provide some clarity to the inconsistent results of previous ketamine-challenge studies," said Dr. Marco Cecchi, Scientific Lead for the EBS-B study.
Results of the study will be provided during an upcoming scientific presentation.
The EBS-B study was sponsored by the ERP Biomarker Qualification Consortium, whose membership includes; Merck, Novartis, AbbVie, Astellas, Lundbeck, Anavex, Sage, Alkermes, Neurocrine, and Takeda. The Consortium is dedicated to performing "precompetitive" studies in neuro-related areas that provide results that benefit large near-term drug programs. These results might include quantification of brain-related deficits that can be used as drug targets, quantification of the brain effects of well-understood compounds, or development of normative databases of brain-based biomarkers. The Consortium also intends to publish all data and results from these studies to provide value across the drug development industry.
CenExel (www.CenExel.com) provides unparalleled medical and scientific support in the design and execution of clinical trials. Our therapeutic area focus, attention to detail, and auxiliary services assure quality, reliable results and help CenExel consistently achieve and exceed patient recruitment goals. CenExel Centers of Excellence have conducted thousands of studies, the variety and complexity of which have resulted in a vast depth of experience and insight for the Principal Investigators and research staff in each facility. The CenExel Centers of Excellence deliver the engagement, expertise, and results to ensure that their clients achieve their clinical research goals.
Contact:
K.C. Fadem
ERP Biomarker Qualification Consortium
1044 E. Chestnut St.
Louisville KY 40204
(502) 561-9040 X7001
kfadem@cognision.com
www.erpbiomarkers.org
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2023-03-01T22:56:11+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2023/03/01/pharma-industry-consortium-completes-brain-wave-study-ketamine-effects-healthy-volunteers/
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When their rare Siberian tigers proved to be "just friends," the National Zoo turned to artificial insemination in hopes of creating a next generation.
Copyright 2023 NPR
When their rare Siberian tigers proved to be "just friends," the National Zoo turned to artificial insemination in hopes of creating a next generation.
Copyright 2023 NPR
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2023-03-27T22:30:02+00:00
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nprillinois.org
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https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-03-27/national-zoo-steps-in-after-amur-tiger-pair-prove-to-be-just-friends-and-wont-mate
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Brewers vs. Reds: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
Jonathan India and the Cincinnati Reds will try to beat Joey Wiemer and the Milwaukee Brewers when the teams square off on Monday at 7:10 PM ET.
The Reds are -115 moneyline favorites for this matchup with the Brewers (-105). Cincinnati (-1.5) is favored on the run line. The over/under is 9.5 runs for the matchup.
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Brewers vs. Reds Odds & Info
- Date: Monday, June 5, 2023
- Time: 7:10 PM ET
- TV: BSOH
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Venue: Great American Ball Park
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Brewers Recent Betting Performance
- The Brewers have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 3-3 in those contests.
- In their last 10 matchups with a total posted by sportsbooks, the Brewers and their opponents are 3-6-1 when it comes to hitting the over.
- The Brewers' ATS record is 3-5-0 over their last 10 contests (oddsmakers set spreads in eight of those matchups).
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Brewers Betting Records & Stats
- The Brewers have won in 14, or 50%, of the 28 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- This season, Milwaukee has won 14 of its 26 games, or 53.8%, when it's the underdog by at least -105 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Brewers have a 51.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- Games involving Milwaukee have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 25 of 59 chances this season.
- The Brewers are 4-5-0 against the spread in their nine games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.
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2023-06-05T12:56:32+00:00
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uppermichiganssource.com
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/sports/betting/2023/06/05/brewers-vs-reds-mlb-betting-trends-stats/
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A legend among muscle cars is set to go under the hammer for the first time. The 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE known as the “Black Ghost” will appear at Mecum’s sale at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis running May 12-20.
The car was originally owned by Godfrey Qualls and was passed to his son Gregory in 2015. It has officially been part of the National Historic Vehicle Register since 2020. Gregory Qualls has now decided to part ways with the car.
The Challenger R/T SE is special in its own right, due to a one-of-one specification with a gator skin-style vinyl roof, a white tail stripe, and 426 Hemi V-8 under the hood. However, what really makes it stand out is its original owner.
Qualls, Sr. was a Detroit police officer by day and mysterious street drag racer by night. He would show up to local Detroit haunts like Woodward Avenue and Telegraph Road, win a street race, and then disappear for weeks or months at a time, a habit that earned the car its nickname.
Qualls, who was also a Purple Heart-awarded military veteran, finally parked his Dodge in 1975 and kept it hidden for decades, as his attention turned to more important things, like helping to raise his young family. Qualls finally introduced the car and the stories behind it to his son in 2014. Qualls passed away a year later, though not before handing over the keys and paperwork to his son.
No price estimate has been given but a figure approaching seven figures would not be surprising.
“When you have the combination of a Purple Heart-awarded military veteran and a unique ’70 Challenger with the mythical street racing of a clandestine Detroit cop, the muscle car, drag racing, and Mopar enthusiasts take notice,” Frank Mecum, Mecum’s vice president of consignments, said in a statement.
Anyone who misses out on a successful bid for the original Black Ghost may still be able to snap up a modern tribute. The modern car is one of the Last Call special editions Dodge is rolling out for the 2023 model year to mark the end of the road for the current Challenger and Charger muscle cars. A total of 300 examples will be made, all in the same black exterior and with a gator skin-style roof vinyl to match the original.
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2023-01-09T17:03:05+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/automotive/internet-brands/black-ghost-1970-dodge-challenger-r-t-se-heads-to-auction/
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California 6-year-old experiences snow for the first time
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - For Lorena Alva and her 6-year-old daughter, Mia, this is a first. Snow!
And what better way than experiencing it than with a snowball fight between Mia and her dad Ryan.
You could call it a little field trip before school.
"I got canceled from work today, so she has to go in and she's got school. But I told them we could run a little late and come see the snow," said Ryan.
The family stopped to enjoy the snow in San Bernardino.
"It's really, really fun. And it's still cold, but it's fun," 6-year-old Mia said.
RELATED: Southern California to get hit with powerful storm bringing rain, mountain snow, gusty winds
When asked, "What's the fun part?" Mia replied, "Where you get to throw snowballs!"
Around 9 a.m. Thursday morning, light and steady snow flurries continued to blanket the area. They started just before midnight in the Barstow, San Bernardino and Victorville areas. They have caused quite a traffic mess, though, as winter weather and winter storms usually do.
Inland Empire communities above 2,000 feet began to experience the storm's impact overnight with a Winter Advisory in effect through 10 a.m. Thursday.
In Yucaipa, snow showers started overnight and will sustain through Thursday night.
The snow hit Highway 18 between Crestline and Lake Arrowhead and for now, the roadway remains open. On Highway 189, one of the steepest in the area, over two dozen vehicles became stuck after a multi-car pileup.
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2023-02-23T21:02:35+00:00
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fox29.com
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https://www.fox29.com/news/california-6-year-old-experiences-snow-for-the-first-time
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Don Tyson School of Innovation in Springdale (DTSOI) has received a $130,720 grant from the Arkansas Department of Education.
Kelly Boortz, Don Tyson School of Innovation principal, says the Perkin's Innovation Grant is to improve and expand the school’s Medical Professions program of study.
Boortz says the grant will go towards purchasing equipment such as an Anatomage Table, phlebotomy arms, electrocardiogram machines, and mobile medical computer carts.
“DTSOI students will have use of an Anatomage Table, which is the world's first virtual dissection table,” said Kelley Williamson, Springdale Public Schools Career and Technical Education Coordinator. “Students in Biology and Anatomy and Physiology will be able to view the body as a cadaver.”
Anatomage Tables allow students to see digital imagery of the anatomies of healthy human bodies who donated their bodies to science. These tables allow students to see the body anatomies in great detail. Williamson says these high-tech tools increase student engagement.
“The Anatomage Table will really bring students together in discussing the body and how it works,” Williamson said. “I envision great conversations to take place with students at the table as students gain curiosity as to how their bodies work, how to help people with medical issues, and medicine's effects on the body. Teachers will be able to inspire students to look closer and understand more effectively the ten systems of the body.”
Boortz says this training equipment will help students prepare for high-demand medical professions in Northwest Arkansas. These include certified nursing assistants, phlebotomists, medical interpreters, pharmacy technicians, and emergency medical responders,
“We have strong partnerships with our medical community and post-secondary institutions, and we have worked with them to align our programs to provide entry-level positions and internships for students,” Boortz said. “This grant will allow us to provide the training our students need onsite at DTSOI for high-demand, high-skill, and high-wage careers.”
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2022-04-08T19:29:48+00:00
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5newsonline.com
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https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/springdale-school-receives-innovation-grant-don-tyson-innovation/527-9c049b80-d204-4439-a696-658b9679826e
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(NewsNation) — Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the Idaho college killings, is behind bars after DNA from the crime scene was linked to DNA from trash at his parent’s home. But how do investigators use genetic evidence to find a suspect?
Investigators say the key, in this case, was a sample of DNA from the crime scene being compared to the trash at the Kohberger’s Pennsylvania home. They used DNA belonging to Kohberger’s father to show a familial link, which led to Kohberger’s arrest.
Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore told NewsNation she thinks there’s probably more to the story than that, but it’s likely investigative genealogy played a role.
“They don’t have to include everything in the affidavit and genetic genealogy should not be used for the basis of an arrest,” Moore said.
It can be used to vet tips, like the one about the white car seen near the crime scene, she said. Police would have taken trash from the Kohberger home and used DNA from that to essentially perform a paternity test against DNA taken from the knife sheath found at the crime scene.
Kohberger is accused of killing four Idaho college students, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. All four were stabbed as they slept and as weeks went by with no suspect, speculation and rumors ran rampant online.
The first break in the case came as police began searching for a white Hyundai Elantra. That car, along with forensic evidence, led to Kohberger’s arrest.
Moore said technology has increased in sensitivity over the years, allowing investigators to recover DNA even in the absence of blood. Kohberger’s DNA could have been left at the scene in a number of ways, she said, including shed skin cells or hair.
“We know from the witness statement that at least his eyebrows were showing, and it sounds like his hair wasn’t even covered. So he may have left hair behind as well, which also contains DNA,” she said.
While an arrest has been made, Moore said the search for forensic evidence isn’t over as both prosecution and defense teams will be scouring the crime scene evidence for information that can be used in court.
“There’s been a lot of work on that crime scene already, gathering any possible physical evidence to the prosecution’s case, try to support their case, or in the defense’s case, to try to find somebody else’s DNA that they can try to pin this crime on,” Moore said.
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2023-01-08T17:49:02+00:00
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nwahomepage.com
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https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/idaho-college-killings-how-dna-led-to-the-kohberger-arrest/
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DENVER, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxine Moreau, president of Mass Markets at Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), will present at the Wells Fargo Streaming & Connectivity Day on June 13. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. ET.
A live webcast link to the investor presentation will be made available on the Lumen Investor Relations website at https://ir.lumen.com/events-and-presentations.
About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 500,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences.
Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks in the United States.
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2022-06-06T14:40:03+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/06/06/lumen-technologies-present-wells-fargo-streaming-amp-connectivity-day/
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTHR), a globally recognized fine jewelry company specializing in lab grown gemstones, will host an investor conference call and webcast presentation to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 1, 2022. The Company will release its financial results after market close the same day.
The investor conference call and accompanying presentation slides will be webcast live and can be accessed in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://ir.charlesandcolvard.com/events.
To participate via telephone, callers should dial 844-875-6912 (U.S. toll-free) or 412-317-6708 (international) and ask to be connected to the "Charles & Colvard, Ltd. Conference Call" a few minutes before 4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 1, 2022.
A replay of this conference call will be available until September 8, 2022 at 877-344-7529 (U.S. toll-free) or 412-317-0088 (international). The replay conference ID is 5034150. The call will also be available for replay in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://ir.charlesandcolvard.com/events.
About Charles & Colvard, Ltd.
Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTHR) believes fine jewelry can be accessible, beautiful and conscientious. Charles & Colvard is the original creator of lab grown moissanite, a rare gemstone formed from silicon carbide. The Company brings revolutionary gemstones and jewelry to market through its pinnacle Forever OneTM moissanite brand and its premium Caydia® lab grown diamond brand. Consumers seek Charles & Colvard fashion, bridal and fine jewelry because of its exceptional quality, incredible value and shared beliefs in environmental and social responsibility. Charles & Colvard was founded in 1995 and is based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. For more information, please visit www.charlesandcolvard.com.
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2022-08-18T13:45:56+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/18/charles-amp-colvard-host-its-fourth-quarter-fiscal-year-2022-investor-conference-call-september-1-2022-430-pm-et/
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President Biden this week will talk to congressional Democrats about pushing back on Republican policies, as well as building on their own work.
Biden will deliver remarks at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Baltimore on Wednesday, and on Thursday he will attend the Senate Democratic Caucus lunch in Washington, D.C.
“The President will speak to congressional Democrats about building on the progress they have achieved making the economy work from the bottom up and the middle out, as well as combating Republicans’ top-down policies that hurt working Americans,” a White House official said, previewing the remarks at both events.
“He will also highlight the congressional Republicans are now threatening to trigger a catastrophic default if they are unable to take health coverage away from millions of families,” the official added.
Biden and White House officials have said Congress should raise the debt limit without conditions, while some Republicans have argued any vote to raise the debt ceiling should include cuts to government spending.
Biden has also leaned into attacks on the GOP over Social Security and Medicare, battling with Republicans during his State of the Union address over spending cuts to entitlement programs in order to raise the debt ceiling. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said that any cuts to Social Security and Medicare as part of that deal would be “off the table.”
The president plans to release his budget on March 9 and has called on Republicans to do the same.
Biden this week also plans to thank House and Senate Democrats for “the strength of their unified caucus on both of those core priorities,” the White House official said.
The president will discuss priorities like bringing jobs back to the U.S. and cutting the deficit but making large corporations pay more in taxes.
Biden and the White House have also recently highlighted GOP calls to repeal provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, which they argue could add to the deficit. The White House says repealing tax increases on corporations would add $296 billion to the debt and that repealing provisions of the law that lower the price of prescription drugs would add $159 billion to the debt.
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2023-02-27T16:13:41+00:00
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everythinglubbock.com
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/hill-politics/biden-to-talk-to-congressional-democrats-this-week-about-combatting-gop-policies/
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
0-9-9-7, Fireball: 7
(zero, nine, nine, seven; Fireball: seven)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
0-9-9-7, Fireball: 7
(zero, nine, nine, seven; Fireball: seven)
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2022-08-14T18:47:14+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17372791.php
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient storage solution for items typically stored near the bedside," said an inventor, from Union, Ky., "so I invented THE BEDSIDE CADDIE. My design ensures that devices like remote controls and cell phones are close by and it could help to reduce clutter in the bedroom."
The patent-pending invention provides an easy way to store and access a remote control, cell phone or other items while in bed. In doing so, it offers an alternative to placing items on a nightstand. As a result, it increases organization and convenience. The invention features a practical and adjustable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CCT-4735, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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2022-11-14T19:37:43+00:00
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wsfa.com
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https://www.wsfa.com/prnewswire/2022/11/14/inventhelp-inventor-develops-convenient-storage-solution-bedside-items-cct-4735/
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NEW DELHI – India’s prime minister had been scheduled to inaugurate an electrical semi-high-speed train equipped with a safety feature — another step in the modernization of an antiquated railway that is the lifeline of the world's most populous nation.
Instead on Saturday, Narendra Modi traveled to eastern Odisha state to deal with one of the country's worst train disasters that left over 280 dead and hundreds injured. The massive derailment on Friday night involving two passenger trains is a stark reminder of safety issues that continue to challenge the vast railway system that transports nearly 22 million passengers each day.
India, a country of 1.42 billion people, has one of the world’s most extensive and complicated railways built during the British colonial era: more than 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) of tracks, 14,000 passenger trains and 8,000 stations. Spread across the country from the Himalayas in the north to the beaches in the south, it is also a system that is weakened by decades of mismanagement and neglect. Despite efforts to improve safety, several hundred accidents happen every year.
From 2017 to 2021, there were more than 100,000 train-related deaths in India, according to a 2022 report published by the National Crime Records Bureau. That figure includes cases in which passengers fell from the trains, collisions, and people being mowed by speeding trains on the tracks.
Official data also suggests derailments are the most common form of rail accidents in India, but have been on a decline in recent years.
According to India’s Comptroller and Auditor General, Indian Railways recorded 2,017 accidents from 2017 to 2021. Derailments accounted for 69% of the accidents, resulting in 293 deaths.
The report found multiple factors including track defects, maintenance issues, outdated signaling equipment, and human errors as main causes of the derailments. It also said lack of money or non-utilization of available funds for track restorations led to 26% of the accidents.
Even though the railway safety in India has improved compared to earlier years when serious crashes and accidents near unmanned crossings were more frequent, scores have still died and hundreds have been injured.
In 2016, a passenger train slid off the tracks between the cities of Indore and Patna, killing 146 people. A year later, a derailment in southern India killed at least 36 passengers.
The Modi government, in power for nine years, has invested tens of billions of dollars in the railways. The money has been spent on renovating or replacing the old tracks laid by the British in the 19th century, introducing new trains and removing thousands of unmanned railway crossings.
The train Modi was supposed to inaugurate Saturday was India’s 19th Vande Bharat Express, connecting the western city of Mumbai and the southern state of Goa.
The modern trains are designed to help reduce the risk of crashes and derailments. They will be paired with a countrywide automatic train collision protection system, a technology that will make travel safe, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
But the system was not yet installed on the track where Friday’s crash took place. It wasn't clear what caused the trains to derail and an investigation has started.
Experts suggest that the country’s railway system needs to prioritize safe tracks and collision protection.
“India has achieved some success in making train journeys safer over the years, but a lot more needs to be done. The entire system needs a realignment and distributed development. We can't just focus on modern trains and have tracks that aren't safe,” said Swapnil Garg, a former officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers.
Garg said the crash should “shake up the whole railway system” and prompt authorities to look at the “lax safety culture."
“I don't expect authorities to turn the key and fix things quickly. The Indian railway system is huge and it will take time to make it more safer. But there needs to be a will," he said.
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2023-06-03T19:25:22+00:00
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clickorlando.com
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https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/2023/06/03/indias-deadly-train-crash-renews-questions-over-safety-as-government-pushes-railway-upgrade/
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FAIRFAX, Va., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Knowesis Inc. (Knowesis) is pleased to announce its selection as an awardee of the Artificial Intelligence Talent (AIT) 2.0 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This prestigious contract, issued under the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), establishes Knowesis as a trusted partner in supporting the Department of Defense's (DoD) future-state mission of responsible artificial intelligence technology adoption.
The AIT 2.0 IDIQ contract provides the Chief Digital and AI Officer (CDAO) with a vehicle through which industry experts can be contracted to support the DoD's efforts in integrating and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies. Leveraging its extensive expertise and deep understanding of AI and ML applications, Knowesis aims to assist the government in overcoming existing and anticipated obstacles in AI adoption and utilization.
Sheilah O'Brien, Managing Principal of Knowesis Inc., stated, "Knowesis is committed to helping the government achieve its future state mission of implementing AI and ML technologies by offering specialized expertise and innovative solutions in these areas. By providing cutting-edge AI and ML technologies, consulting services, and training programs, Knowesis will empower government decision-makers with data-driven insights. We will collaborate closely with government agencies to develop tailored solutions that address specific challenges and contribute to the overall advancement of AI and ML adoption in the public sector."
Under this five-year contract, Knowesis will provide personal and technical support services and products to DoD programs, the defense cyber community, and customers. These services will encompass a wide range of areas, including agile development, cyber analytics, cybersecurity and risk management, integration, Security / Development / Operations (SecDevOps), systems engineering, systems maintenance and sustainment, systems security engineering, ML model development, ML operations, applied data science, testing, graphic design, logistics, and training.
Knowesis, Inc., founded in 2007, offers services in analytics and information management, planning and operations, as well as communication and engagement from its offices in Fairfax, VA with 200+ employees. Knowesis is a Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA-certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB). Knowesis maintains ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certifications, ensuring the highest standards of quality and information systems security. More information about the company can be found at www.knowesis-inc.com as well as Facebook and Twitter.
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2023-05-23T19:04:08+00:00
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kwch.com
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https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2023/05/23/knowesis-awarded-joint-artificial-intelligence-center-artificial-intelligence-talent-20-jaic-ait-20-idiq/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe someday Julius Randle will savor one of the best offensive nights in Knicks history.
Not on Monday. Not when it came in a losing effort.
And not when he blamed himself for the crucial rebound that got away.
Randle scored 57 points, matching the third-highest total in franchise history, but New York lost 140-134 to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
“I’m such a results-driven person, I try to focus on the process a little bit more and taking the necessary steps to get better and build as a team,” Randle said. “So hopefully I will be able to. Tonight, probably not. I’m a little upset about the loss.”
Randle tied Richie Guerin behind the only two 60-point games in Knicks history, Carmelo Anthony’s 62 on Jan. 24, 2014, and Bernard King’s 60 on Christmas Day in 1984.
Randle had 52 through three quarters, already surpassing his previous best of 46 points.
The All-Star forward poured in a team-record 26 points in the third quarter, bringing the Knicks back into the game. The Wolves led 109-108 after being ahead by 17 in the first half.
His final basket, a three-point play with 42 seconds remaining, cut Minnesota’s lead to 137-134, but Randle was beaten to a rebound by Kyle Anderson on Minnesota’s next possession, and a cutting Taurean Prince scored inside with 10.1 seconds left before Mike Conley made a free throw after Randle was called for a technical foul.
That left Randle kicking himself for not making the defensive play on a night when the offenses ruled.
“Jalen (Brunson) got a defensive stop, we’re down three, it’s my job to come up with that rebound, 14 seconds left,” Randle said. “If we do that, we have a chance to win the game — or not win the game, but at least tie the game. So I didn’t get the job done.”
Randle was 19 for 29 from the field and 8 for 14 from 3-point range.
“It’s a shame to waste a performance like that,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said.
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2023-03-21T05:53:02+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/sports/ap-sports/julius-randle-scores-57-points-ties-3rd-highest-for-knicks/
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Oscar Health, Inc. ("Oscar" or the "Company") (NYSE: OSCR) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-04103, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering ("IPO" or the "Offering"). Plaintiff pursues claims against under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act").
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock, pursuant and/or traceable to the company's IPO, you have until July 11, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Oscar is a health insurance company that claims to be the first such company "built around a full stack technology platform" which will "allow [Oscar] to continue to innovate like a technology company and not a traditional insurer."
On March 4, 2021, the Company filed its prospectus on Form 424B4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which forms part of the Registration Statement. In the IPO, the Company sold 36,391,946 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $39.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $1.3 billion from the Offering. The proceeds from the IPO were purportedly to be used to repay in full outstanding borrowings, including fees and expenses, under Oscar's Term Loan Facility ($167 million), and the remainder proceeds were to be used for general corporate purposes.
The complaint alleges that, the Registration Statement was materially false and misleading and omitted to state: (1) that Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) that Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) that Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation ("RADV") result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) that Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant Special Enrollment Period ("SEP") membership growth; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
On August 12, 2021, Oscar disclosed that the Company's Medical Loss Ratio ("MLR") for the second quarter of 2021 was 82.4%, an increase of 2170 basis points year-over year. The Company claimed that "[t]he MLR increased to 82.4% in 2Q21 from 60.7% in 2Q20, primarily driven by meaningfully lower utilization in 2Q20 as a result of COVID-19, as well as higher COVID-19 testing and treatment costs and a return to more normalized utilization in 2Q21." The Company also disclosed that its net loss for the quarter was $73.1 million, an increase of $32.1 million year-over-year.
On November 10, 2021, Oscar disclosed that its third quarter 2021 MLR increased 920 basis points year-over-year, to 99.7%. The Company claimed that the MLR increase was "primarily driven by higher net COVID costs as compared to the net benefit in 3Q20, an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) result, and the impact of significant SEP membership growth." The Company also disclosed that its net loss for the quarter was $212.7 million, an increase of $133.6 million year-over-year.
During a conference call held the same day, Scott Blackley, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, stated: "We recognized approximately $20 million of risk adjustment expense this quarter related to our risk adjustment data validation audit or RADV results. The RADV exercise is atypical this year due to COVID. It spans two years, 2019 and 2020. The majority of the RADV headwinds relate to the 2019 audit results, which were recently completed."
On this news, Oscar's share price fell $4.05 per share, or 24.5%, to close at 12.47 per share on November 11, 2021.
By the commencement of this action, Oscar stock has traded as low as $5.47 per share, a nearly 86% decline from the $39.00 per share IPO price.
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2022-07-06T02:54:12+00:00
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live5news.com
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https://www.live5news.com/prnewswire/2022/07/06/shareholder-alert-pomerantz-law-firm-reminds-shareholders-with-losses-their-investment-oscar-health-inc-class-action-lawsuit-upcoming-deadline-oscr/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will return to his alma mater New York University for a teaching job.
De Blasio, who is spending the fall term as a teaching fellow at Harvard University’s schools of government and public health, will join NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service as the 2023 Marnold Visiting Fellow, the university announced.
“Bill de Blasio’s presence offers students, faculty, and graduates an incomparable opportunity to learn from someone with enormous experiences and many hard-won successes in the political arena and in policymaking and management, Sherry Glied, dean of the Wagner School, said Monday.
Officials with the school said de Blasio will give talks and meet with students and faculty starting in January and will teach a graduate course in the spring.
De Blasio, a Democrat, left office at the end of 2021 after two terms as mayor of the nation’s largest city. He previously served as a City Council member and as public advocate.
“When I graduated from NYU in the 1980s, I never dreamed of a path that would lead me to City Hall and then back to my alma mater,” de Blasio said. “Now I get to help others develop their dreams. I’m truly excited to work with the next leaders of NYC, and the nation, who are getting a top-of-the-line preparation for public service at the Wagner School.
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2022-10-18T17:51:33+00:00
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seattletimes.com
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https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/former-nyc-mayor-de-blasio-will-teach-nyu-graduate-course/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world
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MANANJARY, Madagascar (AP) — Battered by three intense cyclones in the space of a year, southeast Madagascar is experiencing the knock-on effect of those climatic disasters: “catastrophic” hunger in remote, inaccessible areas that is gaining little international attention, humanitarian groups say.
Cyclone Batsirai hit in February 2022, followed two weeks later by Cyclone Emnati. Then, Cyclone Freddy made landfall on the Indian Ocean island in February of this year. The combined impact left 60%-90% of farming areas in the southeast badly damaged and food crops largely destroyed, according to a report by UNICEF and Madagascar’s National Office for Nutrition.
The suffering is felt by people like Iavosoa, a desperate young mother whose 10-month-old daughter, Soaravo, was at risk of not living to see her first birthday because of acute malnutrition. Iavosoa, who only gave her first name to protect her privacy, also has a 3-year-old son suffering from moderate malnutrition.
A team from the humanitarian organization Doctors of the World brought her children and two other badly malnourished children, both under age 2, to a hospital in the city of Mananjary on Madagascar’s east coast last month after a group of parents and their children were found walking through the bush to try to reach the nearest health center.
At the hospital, Soaravo moaned weakly as her mother rocked the baby in her arms to soothe her. The child weighed barely 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) and had the appearance of an infant born prematurely, her eyes almost too big for her tiny skull. At her age, she should weigh four to six times more, doctors said.
“If my daughter is in this state, it’s because we don’t have enough food where we live,” Iavosoa said. “I had dysentery for two months. I had almost no milk. I was exhausted. The first basic health center is three hours’ walk from my village. I could not treat myself. … I was unable to travel such a distance.”
“And then she (Soaravo) got sick, too. And then Cyclone Freddy came. (It) ravaged our village and completely destroyed our house,” she said.
Iavosoa, who said she wasn’t sure of her own age but thought she was between 21 and 24, wore a torn T-shirt and a piece of fabric wrapped around her waist. She had no shoes. Everything she owned was wrapped up in a cloth bundle on the hospital floor. She is a single mother.
With a look of dismay on her face, Iavosoa glanced at her little girl. “She just turned 10 months old,” she said.
The families found walking about 30 miles from the hospital were discovered by chance when a Doctors of the World team went to evaluate the state of health facilities in areas outside Mananjary, said Joaquin Noterdaeme, a coordinator with the group known by its French name, Médecins du Monde.
Soaravo was treated for an infection and diarrhea and received a special milk formula to address the malnutrition. Doctors said she would have to stay in the hospital for at least a month. Her mother and brother lived with her there because they had nowhere to go.
More than a quarter of the population in the southeastern region of Madagascar, approximately 870,000 people, don’t have enough food and are at risk of hunger, according to the Feb. 28 report by UNICEF and the National Office for Nutrition.
Soaravo and the other hospitalized children are a drop in the ocean, aid groups say.
“This is a nutrition emergency clearly,” Jean-Francois Basse, the UNICEF representative in Madagascar said, calling the situation in rural areas “catastrophic.”
The hospital where doctors worked to save Soaravo’s life also bears the scars of the cyclones. Some of its buildings are little more than a shell. The walls were just about standing, but parts of the roof were gone. Some patients were treated in a tent outside.
In and around Mananjary, which took the brunt of the cyclones roaring in from the Indian Ocean and where Freddy made landfall, few trees stand upright. The cyclones ripped them out or left them lurching at 45-degree angles, revealing the force of the wind the storms carried.
Homes were destroyed, rebuilt and destroyed again.
People living in remote districts like coastal Nosy-Varika and the mountainous region of Ikongo were extremely vulnerable to hunger before the cyclones, and children across southeast Madagascar experienced chronic malnutrition, according to Brian Willett, head of mission in Madagascar for Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières.
“But with the repeated climate shocks of the past year, their resilience has been exceeded,” he said. “Today, 1 in 4 children is acutely malnourished. Without medical support, these children are at risk of dying.”
Mothers who couldn’t feed their children might engage in “acts of desperation,” Willett said, referring to reports that some were selling their children in hopes of saving them from hunger.
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2023-04-19T19:29:54+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/madagascar-faces-catastrophic-hunger-after-3-cyclones/
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
12-21-35-40-41-47
(twelve, twenty-one, thirty-five, forty, forty-one, forty-seven)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
12-21-35-40-41-47
(twelve, twenty-one, thirty-five, forty, forty-one, forty-seven)
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2022-07-03T00:32:11+00:00
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lmtonline.com
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https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Double-Play-game-17281661.php
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Jamie Tarabay
After reporting from Iraq for two years as NPR's Baghdad Bureau Chief, Jamie Tarabay is now embarking on a two year project reporting on America's Muslims. The coverage will take in the country's approx 6 million Muslims, of different ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and the issues facing their daily lives as Americans.
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2022-06-07T04:39:21+00:00
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upr.org
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https://www.upr.org/npr-news/2006-04-22/iraqi-parliament-agrees-on-senior-leadership
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –New Mexico veteran Diana Wong has found a new way to serve her county and help the men and women who proudly defend it. You can almost always find Wong helping someone somewhere in the Raymond G Murphy Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
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Wong, a veteran herself, always wanted to serve her country. After joining the United States Air Force in 1982, she served for eight years. “I had to get out because coming out of “Desert Storm” I went to an airbase in Ft Dixon, New Jersey, and I passed out in the field one day. They brought me to the hospital and found out I had malignant tumors in my intestinal tract in my colon,” said Wong.
Wong’s Air Force career was over. She spent a lot of time going through treatment at the VA. “So I thought maybe God was trying to tell me something,” said Wong.
Angry and lost, the message was unclear until she got sick again. She says it was the second time she was sick that his message came through.
From that day forward, Wong has been volunteering at the hospital. She wears many hats, and one of her jobs is collecting donations for the volunteer service popcorn program. The VA isn’t the only place she volunteers.
Wong is an active member of many veteran organizations, including the American Legion, the DAV, and the Women Veteran Warriors.
On top of that, she’s also DJ’d for the American Cancer Society. Wong’s original plan might not have worked out, but she found a way to serve the community she loves.
Wong has been recognized a dozen times for her volunteer work. She is the only volunteer at the New Mexico VA Hospital to revive the National Volunteer of the Year Award.
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2022-11-05T21:06:31+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/news/veterans-voices/new-mexico-veteran-finds-a-different-way-to-serve-her-country/
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Warm, Warm, and Warm
Published: Mar. 5, 2023 at 3:00 PM CST|Updated: 49 minutes ago
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Today is a reminder that spring is right around the corner with highs building into the 70′s and 80′s across the area with some fairly breezy conditions as well. Winds will calm tonight with temperatures dipping into the low to mid 40′s. Tomorrow will likely be yet another warm day in the area with a mix of sun and clouds with temperatures building into the 70′s once again. A rain chance for Wednesday night into Thursday that once looked promising is dwindling by the day. Some rain showers are still possible, but a soaking rain is looking less and less likely.
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2023-03-05T21:50:15+00:00
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newschannel10.com
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https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/03/05/warm-warm-warm/
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8 wounded, 3 in critical condition, after Louisiana lounge shooting, police say
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC/Gray news) - Eight people were shot at a lounge on Broad Street overnight, authorities said.
Three people are in critical condition following the shooting at the VVS1 Hooka Lounge, according to Deputy Chief Franklin Fondel, spokesman for the Lake Charles Police Department.
One person is in custody, Fondel said. Police are investigating whether there were other shooters, KPLC reported.
Police were called to the shooting at 1:35 a.m. Wednesday, Fondel said.
An ambulance took one victim to the hospital, while the rest were taken by officers and other people to the hospital.
Two victims have been treated and released, and three are in stable condition, authorities said.
Copyright 2022 KPLC via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2022-11-30T18:11:47+00:00
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wymt.com
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https://www.wymt.com/2022/11/30/8-wounded-3-critical-condition-after-louisiana-lounge-shooting-police-say/
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More than 43% of Hispanics either didn’t respond to the question asking them to select their race or selected the “some other race” box on the 2020 census form, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday, lending support to arguments that the federal government should change its race and ethnicity categories.
The percent of the Hispanic population reporting a single race went down to 57.8% in the 2020 census from 81.6% in 2010 census, according to the Census Bureau.
At the same time, around a third of the Hispanic population reported being two or more races in the 2020 census, compared to around 5% in the 2010 census.
There were more than 62 million Hispanic individuals in the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident, or almost 19% of the U.S. population. A post-census report card on the quality of the count showed that Hispanics were undercounted by almost 5%.
The latest figures on Hispanic racial identity in the once-a-decade census back up arguments from proponents of changing the federal government’s race and ethnicity categories. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget is set to decide on new classifications next year and is accepting public comment on its proposals through next month.
The proposed changes would combine the race and ethnic origin questions into a single query because some advocates say the current method of asking about race and separately about ethnic origin often confuses Hispanic respondents. With the revisions, the government would try to get more detailed answers on race and ethnicity by asking about country of origin.
The preliminary proposals also would create a new category for people of Middle Eastern and North African descent, also known by the acronym MENA, who are now classified as white but say they have been routinely undercounted.
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2023-03-29T15:50:10+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/large-numbers-of-hispanics-didnt-pick-single-race-in-census/
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Mower County remains in burn ban, rain and snow coming this weekend
Published 9:29 am Friday, April 14, 2023
Even though the National Weather Service has dropped its red flag warning for southeastern Minnesota, a burn ban remains in effect for Mower County.
According to Mower County Sheriff Steve Sandvik, the Department of Natural Resources and Sheriff’s Office will advise after re-assessing the updated weekend forecast. Mower County will continue to restrict burning permits Friday.
According to the National Weather Service winds are still expected to be gusty today with lower humidity values and high of 80 possible. However, these conditions will give way to a variety of conditions this weekend with showers possible tonight and then into Saturday with the added possibility of thunderstorms.
On Sunday, a wintery mix is likely featuring snow and sleet and a high in the high 30s.
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2023-04-14T18:27:51+00:00
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austindailyherald.com
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https://www.austindailyherald.com/2023/04/mower-county-remains-in-burn-ban-rain-and-snow-coming-this-weekend/
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Bieber goes 7 strong innings, Giménez homers as Guardians blank Astros 5-0 in series finale
Posted/updated on: June 12, 2023 at 5:06 amCLEVELAND (AP) — Shane Bieber could be down to a handful of starts with the Guardians. If so, he’s going to make the most of them. Bieber had his most dominant outing this season, striking out nine while not allowing a run over seven innings and Andrés Giménez homered in a 5-0 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday. Bieber (5-3) gave up just three hits, walked two and was in command from the outset. The right-hander came in with only eight strikeouts combined in his previous three starts before matching his season-high set against Detroit on May 9. Bieber has been the subject of trade speculation as the defending AL Central champions consider whether to move the 28-year-old, who is only under team contractual control through 2024. It appears the chance to sign him long-term has passed, leaving the other options to hang on to Bieber or try to get something for him.
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2023-06-12T13:19:08+00:00
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ktbb.com
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https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1234200
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(NewsNation) — Desperate to find missing newcomer Irene Gakwa, the Gillette, Wyoming, community has showed up with searches covering hundreds of miles. The search is being led by volunteer Stacy Koester.
Gakwa’s fiancé, Nathan Hightman, a person of interest in the case, sought a protective order against Koester. They squared off in court Thursday with the judge ultimately ruling in favor of Koester. How did the lead searcher end up here?
Social media posts by Koester about the search for Gakwa raised the ire of Hightman, resulting in him pushing for a protective order.
“I think he is worried that we’re closing in on him by sharing Irene’s story so much,” Koester said.
In court Thursday, the judge addressed Hightman, saying, “I can’t find that, sir, you met your burden of proof to prove that an act of stalking occurred in this case.”
Koester hopes the judge’s decision will give the community a better chance at finding Gakwa. Vindicated, she will be back out searching and sharing her opinions of Hightman on TikTok once again, all in the hopes of finding Gakwa or her body.
“I am searching for his missing fiancée, because I made a promise to Irene’s family, who is my family now, that I won’t stop searching until we bring her home and she has answers,” Koester said.
Gakwa, 32, is a recent immigrant from Kenya who lived with family in Idaho before moving to Wyoming with Hightman, who she reportedly met on Craigslist.
Her family grew concerned when they noticed Gakwa’s text messages had changed from a mixture of English and Swahili to solely English. They reported her missing in March.
Hightman told police that Gakwa packed clothing into two plastic bags and announced that she was leaving Gillette, Wyoming. He said she entered a dark-colored SUV and left the area.
Soon after that, police arrested Hightman and charged him with draining Gakwa’s bank accounts, deleting her email account and using her credit card at Walmart to buy a shovel, a pair of boots and a pair of pants. Police report that Hightman said he did it to force her to contact him in the event she needed money.
Hightman entered not guilty pleas to the charges he used Gakwa’s bank account and credit card.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the Gillette Police Department at 307-682-5155.
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2022-09-19T15:11:50+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/news/missing-womans-fiance-loses-case-against-lead-searcher/
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Which advent calendar gifts for adults are best?
Looking for the perfect advent calendar this winter season? Advent calendars go on sale earlier than you might think and can sell out quickly. The tradition of marking an advent calendar for the 12 or 24 days leading up to Christmas originated in the 19th century and calendars now come in a variety of styles and forms. They can dispense sweets, beauty products, collectibles and more. Whether you want a ready-made advent calendar or a kit to make your own, you are sure to find one that brings holiday cheer.
Edible advent calendars
Pukka Herbs Tea Advent Calendar
This organic hanging tea advent calendar is festive and features 24 herbal tea sachets. It’s the perfect set for the tea lover in your life.
Sold by Amazon
Speciality Division Christmas Coffee Advent Calendar (Keurig Compatible K-Cups)
If you have a Keurig coffee maker, consider this coffee advent calendar that comes with 12 Keurig compatible K-cups in assorted flavors. For those who don’t drink coffee, there is a hot chocolate version as well.
Sold by Amazon
Godiva Chocolatier Holiday Gourmet Chocolate Advent Calendar
This 24 count chocolate advent calendar features a tasty array of gourmet milk, white and dark chocolates. They come in a holiday themed gift box.
Sold by Amazon
Bonne Maman Limited Edition Advent Calendar
This advent calendar offers 24 assorted Bonne Maman fruit spreads in cute little jars. The calendar opens for display and is beautifully illustrated.
Sold by Amazon
Pop culture advent calendars
Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar
Great for kids and adults alike, this “Star Wars” advent calendar comes with fun surprises for 25 days as you countdown to Christmas. Little presents include buttons, paper ornaments, souvenirs and more.
Sold by Amazon
Friends: The Official Advent Calendar Edition
This calendar displays trinkets and keepsakes that celebrate the hit television series “Friends,” including paper ornaments and recipe cards. Each day includes fun art and illustrations from the show.
Sold by Amazon
NerdyByLadySween DnD Advent Calendar
DnD fans will love this advent calendar that can be customized with a wide array of dice, figurines, soaps and more that celebrate DnD. It’s a fun and unique spin on the advent calendar that you won’t find anywhere else.
Sold by Etsy
The Office TV Show 12 Days Of Socks Advent Calendar Set
This advent calendar comes with 12 pairs of socks with different illustrations based on the popular tv show, “The Office.” Socks are designed for men’s shoes size 8 to 12.
Sold by Amazon
Bath and body advent calendars
Man’Stuff Toiletry Advent Calendar for Men
This advent calendar is filled with men’s toiletries that follow a 24 day countdown. Featured items include face moisturizer, body lotion, shaving cream, nail clippers and more.
Sold by Amazon
Sephora Collection Holiday Vibes Advent Calendar
This colorfully wrapped beauty box features 24 boxes filled with beauty products from one of the most popular beauty stores. Items include lip gloss, an eye mask, creams and hair accessories.
Sold by Sephora
L’Occitane Signature Holiday Advent Calendar
This box includes 24 L’Occitane beauty products plus colorful holiday illustrations. Items like creams and lotions are featured in assorted sizes.
Sold by Amazon
RITUALS The Ritual Of Advent Countdown To Christmas Calendar Set
This 24 piece set comes with assorted RITUALS beauty products in a very festive package. The display looks like a little holiday village with tall trees and snow-covered houses.
Sold by Macy’s
Home and decor advent calendars
Mindmade The Advent Calendar for Crossword Lovers
This advent calendar features 24 windows, each of which includes a different crossword puzzle to solve. Puzzles are accompanied by fun photos and open out from the calendar to reveal the clues.
Sold by Amazon
IAmGretchenBoutique Classic Crystal Lover’s Advent Calendar
There are 24 assorted crystals and stones in this box, each with a different energy. Fans of the metaphysical and rock collecting will enjoy this set.
Sold by Etsy
DesignsUndone Candle Advent Calendar
This advent set has 12 boxes, each of which includes a different 4-ounce soy candle. Scents include pumpkin, gingerbread, chai latte, cinnamon eggnog and more seasonal flavors.
Sold by Etsy
Villeroy & Boch Christmas Toys Memory Advent Calendar Set
This classic set includes a porcelain Christmas tree, a green and red set of drawers to open and 24 small ornaments (one for each drawer). The tree is fitted with hooks so each day you can hang a different ornament.
Sold by Amazon, Wayfair and Bed Bath & Beyond
Fill-your-own advent calendars
D-FantiX Christmas Advent Calendar
This rustic set comes with 24 numbered burlap bags and is designed to hang like a rope garland. Each small bag comes with a red ribbon for tying. Sold by Amazon
RusticRestyle Alcohol Christmas Tree Advent Calendar
This beautiful Christmas tree rack is constructed from solid oak with 24 numbered spots to place mini alcohol bottles. The tree stands 15 inches by 10 inches. Alcohol not included.
Sold by Etsy
Best Choice Products Wooden Christmas Shooting Star Advent Calendar
This wooden set features two beautifully detailed Christmas village scenes plus 24 drawers for storing holiday treats. There are even battery-powered LED lights so that the background lights up. Batteries not included.
Sold by Amazon, Home Depot and Wayfair
JollieTCreation Wooden House with 25 Drawers Advent Calendar
This festive calendar shaped like a house is complete with a roof that lights up. The house’s exterior is outfitted with 25 drawers with assorted winter detailing so you can store away a little treasure for each day. Batteries not included.
Sold by Etsy
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2022-11-16T06:50:00+00:00
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pix11.com
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https://pix11.com/reviews/br/toys-games-br/holiday-costumes-br/best-advent-calendar-gifts-for-adults/
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Brittney Griner has made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.”
Griner's agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas said the letter was delivered on Monday. Most of the letter's contents to President Biden remain private, though Griner's representatives shared a few lines from the hand-written note.
″…As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I'm terrified I might be here forever," Griner wrote.
“On the 4th of July, our family normally honors the service of those who fought for our freedom, including my father who is a Vietnam War Veteran," the Phoenix Mercury center added. “It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year.”
The two-time Olympic gold medalist is in the midst of a trial in Russia that began last week after she was arrested on Feb. 17 on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for her Russian team. The trial will resume Thursday.
Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted, and unlike in U.S. courts, acquittals can be overturned.
Griner pleaded with Biden in the letter to use his powers to ensure her return.
“Please do all you can to bring us home. I voted for the first time in 2020 and I voted for you. I believe in you. I still have so much good to do with my freedom that you can help restore,” Griner said "I miss my wife! I miss my family! I miss my teammates! It kills me to know they are suffering so much right now. I am grateful for whatever you can do at this moment to get me home.”
Griner has been able to have sporadic communications with family, friends and WNBA players through an email account her agent set up. The emails are printed out and delivered in bunches to Griner by her lawyer after they are vetted by Russian officials. Once the lawyers get back to their office, they'll scan any responses from Griner and pass them back to the U.S. to send along.
She was supposed to have a phone call with her wife on their anniversary but it failed because of an "unfortunate mistake," Biden administration officials.
Griner’s supporters have encouraged a prisoner swap like the one in April that brought home Marine veteran Trevor Reed in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy. The State Department in May designated her as wrongfully detained, moving her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
Griner isn't the only American being wrongfully detained in Russia. Paul Whelan, a former Marine and security director is serving a 16-year sentence on an espionage conviction.
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Credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko
Credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko
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2022-07-04T21:43:04+00:00
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springfieldnewssun.com
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https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/griner-sends-letter-to-president-biden-pleading-for-his-help/L3W4LXRBNFECPHBOMPZENATHSQ/
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is launching a presidential bid, joining a crowded Republican field in the race for the 2024 GOP nomination. Ahead of an announcement event in Fargo, N.D., the two-term governor called for a new type of leadership.
"We need a change in the White House. We need a new leader for a changing economy. That's why I'm announcing my run for president today," Burgum wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday evening.
Burgum is a former tech CEO and businessman who first entered politics in 2016 when he launched his successful run for governor. He previously founded Great Plains Software, a technology company that Microsoft bought more than two decades ago for $1.1 billion in stock.
Like most of the announced Republican field, Burgum's poll numbers are eclipsed by former President Donald Trump, who currently polls ahead of the rest of the field by a wide margin.
The North Dakota governor will face off against a handful of current and former Republican governors gunning for the nomination, who descend from more politically influential states, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
That said, Burgum enters the race with a handful of recent legislative wins that align with the far-right conservative base he's looking to attract.
In April, he signed a near-total abortion ban that only allows for exceptions within the first six weeks of pregnancy. He also ushered through a series of bills that curb the rights of transgender people, including legislation that criminalizes gender-affirming care for children under 18 years old.
Burgum's wealth could also be a factor in his campaign. He has indicated he may partially self-finance his run, putting him in the same camp as businessman and primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy, the only other major candidate to report self-contributions.
Both longshot candidates join a long line of affluent businessman-turned-politicians who have poured personal funds into their campaign bids — which have been largely unsuccessful in recent major elections.
And the GOP primary field is likely not done growing — a handful of Republican figures continue to weigh their options. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie jumped into the race Tuesday and Burgum shared the spotlight with former Vice President Mike Pence, who also announced Wednesday.
At the same time, the countdown to the first Republican primary debate slowly inches closer, with the first showdown set for August in Milwaukee.
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2023-06-07T19:57:51+00:00
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kgou.org
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https://www.kgou.org/politics-and-government/politics-and-government/2023-06-07/north-dakota-gov-doug-burgum-announces-presidential-bid
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(NewsNation) — The Virginia teacher who rushed her students out of the classroom to safety after being shot by a 6-year-old was released from the hospital this past week, a hospital spokesman has confirmed.
“Abby (Zwerner) was released earlier this week from Riverside Regional Medical Center, a Riverside Health System facility in Newport News, VA,” according to a statement provided to NewsNation affiliate WAVY. “She continues her recovery as an outpatient with the support of family, friends and health professionals. The Zwerner family respectfully asks for privacy during this time.”
Zwerner, 25, was teaching at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News on Jan. 6 when a student, 6, shot her with a gun brought from home. She still was able to get her students out of the room before being rushed to the hospital.
The parents of the child accused of pulling the trigger also released a statement this week.
“Our son suffers from an acute disability and was under a care plan at the school that included his mother or father attending school with him and accompanying him to class every day,” the statement said.
However, the boy’s parents said the shooting occurred the first week they were not in the classroom.
“Our family has always been committed to responsible gun ownership and keeping firearms out of the reach of children. The firearm our son accessed was secured,” the statement continued. The family’s lawyer says the gun was on a top shelf over 6 feet high, and had a lock that requires a key.
The 6-year-old’s family said the child has been under hospital care for treatment.
An investigation is ongoing. No charges have been filed against the first grader or his parents, and given his age, it’s unlikely any will come.
Police say the school, Richneck Elementary, received a tip the day of the shooting that the boy had potentially brought a weapon to school, but his bag was searched, and nothing was found.
Now, parents and teachers are demanding better security.
“I want behaviors held accountable. I want change,” one teacher said. “I don’t want to have another family dinner where I talk about where my kids will hide in school. I would rather be discussing archery practice or the adventures of a fourth-grade safety patrol.”
Newport News uses metal detectors in middle and high schools. Now, metal detectors will be installed in its elementary schools.
In a message to Richneck Elementary families sent on Thursday, Jan. 19, interim principal Karen Lynch said the school, which is currently closed, will soon announce a date for students to begin transitioning back into the building.
NewsNation local affiliate WAVY contributed to this report.
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2023-01-21T16:13:34+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/shot-by-6-year-old-virginia-teacher-is-out-of-the-hospital/
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Beginning in late summer, some people raised alarms about a potential nationwide shortage of Adderall, a stimulant medication commonly used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD.
“If you take this medication I’d recommend you talk to your doctor ASAP,” said one doctor in a warning about the Adderall shortage on Twitter. “There is no release date as of right now meaning we don’t know when it’ll be back in stock.”
THE QUESTION
Is there a nationwide shortage of Adderall?
THE SOURCES
Trilliant Health, a health research company
Spokesperson for Teva Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of both name brand Adderall and some generic versions, and the largest supplier of the drug in the U.S.
THE ANSWER
Yes, there is a nationwide shortage of Adderall. This includes generic versions of the drug.
WHAT WE FOUND
Both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) report a nationwide shortage of mixed amphetamine salts, commonly referred to by the brand name Adderall, on their separate drug shortage databases.
The FDA announced a nationwide Adderall shortage on Oct. 12, saying it was limited to the immediate-release formulation of the name-brand drug and its generic versions. ASHP, which uses different criteria from the FDA for identifying a drug shortage, says the shortage has been ongoing since July 27, 2022, for immediate-release formulations of Adderall and since Aug. 24, 2022, for the longer-lasting, extended-release formulation.
“The current shortage of amphetamine salts is due to manufacturing delays by one of the larger manufacturers of the product,” an ASHP spokesperson said. “Other manufacturers are unable to make enough supply to keep up with demand.”
The FDA clarified the manufacturer experiencing delays is Teva Pharmaceuticals, which produces both brand-name Adderall and generic versions of the drug. Teva, the largest supplier of Adderall in the U.S., told NBC News back in August that a labor shortage on its packaging line was to blame for delays in delivering orders to some pharmacies.
This shortage follows another Adderall shortage that began in 2019 and ended in spring 2022, according to the FDA and ASHP. “We received a lot of shortage reports from patients during the shortage earlier this year, but we are receiving many more reports from patients about the current shortage, so it appears to be worse,” the ASHP spokesperson said.
Back in August, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) said that 64% of surveyed community pharmacies had trouble getting ahold of Adderall this year.
Teva may remain behind on fulfilling demand until December 2022, according to the FDA.
“Teva has active supply of both branded Adderall and its generic version and continues to produce and refill the channel regularly at levels above historical demand,” a Teva spokesperson told VERIFY in an emailed statement. “It is possible that some people may encounter a backorder (intermittently) based on timing and demand, but these are only temporary. We are actively shipping both branded and generic Adderall to customers, and we expect inventory recovery in the coming months.”
Even with the manufacturing delays and labor issues, the FDA says Teva has been producing a larger supply of Adderall than it would typically expect to “due to increased market demand.” According to health research company Trilliant Health, Adderall prescriptions nationwide have increased since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. This trend is driven entirely by a sharp increase in prescriptions for adults.
The FDA said that patients who take Adderall should talk to their doctor about alternative treatment options if they have difficulty getting their medication.
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2022-10-18T20:44:29+00:00
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5newsonline.com
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge tried to hold up his swing on a 2-2 fastball from Boston’s John Schreiber that was darting high and outside through the afternoon shadows.
Chris Conroy signaled strike three, and Judge pointed his left arm at the first base umpire, then waved in disgust toward the ump while walking back to the Yankees dugout.
“Judgy reacts. He just doesn’t go argue with you,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Saturday after Judge went homerless for the fourth straight game and remained one shy of Roger Maris’ American League record of 61. “It was a case of he felt like he held a swing, A simple reaction, but he was locked right back in.”
New York beat the Red Sox 7-5 to close in on its first AL East title since 2019, getting a tiebreaking, two-run homer from Anthony Rizzo in the seventh off Schreiber (3-4).
Judge was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts, a flyout to medium center and a walk. Since hitting No. 60 to spark a ninth-inning comeback on Tuesday night, Judge is 3 for 13 with two doubles, five walks and six strikeouts.
His batting average dropped to .314 as Boston’s Xander Bogaerts went 2 for 4 and took over the AL lead at .315. Judge leads the major leagues with 128 RBIs and is in contention for the first Triple Crown since Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012.
With the Maris and Judge families again in attendance, the sellout crowd of 47,611 stood and buzzed each time Judge walked to the plate, then quieted for each pitch, as if focusing on a circus attraction called on to perform some feat. Each foul was met with groans, pitches out of the strike zone with boos.
“Even for a guy that hit 60 home runs, he still doesn’t hit them every day,” Boone said. “A lot of things got to line up to go deep, even for the best of the best. So as long as he continues to take good at-bats and make good swing decisions, it’ll happen sooner rather than later.”
Rizzo drove a changeup into the right-field bleachers two pitches later to break a 5-5 tie, reaching his career high of 32 homers for the fourth time.
Judge was on deck when the eighth inning ended, and a large percentage of fans rooted for the Red Sox to overcome a two-run deficit in the ninth. Scott Effross sidelined by a strained right shoulder since Aug. 20, allowed Boston to load the bases before getting his third save when Bobby Dalbec grounded into a game-ending forceout.
“Actually it was kind of weird. The last inning there was a section towards right field, they started chanting ‘Let’s Go Red Sox!’ and it was a bunch of Yankee fans,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “They were wearing their jerseys.”
Already assured a playoff berth, New York (93-58) has won six straight and 10 of 12, surpassing last year’s wins total and opening an 8 1/2-game division lead. The Yankees have 11 games remaining, finishing the four-game series Sunday before heading to Toronto for three games.
Oswaldo Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the fourth against Nick Pivetta, the rookie’s fourth since his Aug. 17 debut, and Gleyber Torres hit his 24th homer.
Boston (72-79) is on a four-game skid and likely headed to its second losing record in three years.
Triston Casas and Reese McGuire homered in the second against Domingo Germán, who allowed three runs and three hits in five innings. Alex Verdugo tied it at 5 with an RBI single in the seventh against Lucas Luetge (4-4).
Casas, Boston’s 22-year-old rookie first baseman, spoke with Judge after the Yankees star walked.
“I just tried to tell him I’m a fan,” Casas said, “let him know I appreciate what he’s doing and he’s such a great guy.”
BRITTON’S BACK
New York reliever Zack Britton, recovered from Tommy John surgery, entered in the sixth with a 5-3 lead in his first big league appearance since Aug. 19 last year. He reached 94.7 mph and walked three of five batters with a hit and a strikeout, forcing in a run.
“Very anxious, warming up and stuff,” he said. “It’s about getting back to being who I want to be, throwing late in games, contributing, having good innings.”
He used PitchCom for the first time to get signals.
“I feel like everyone in the stadium can hear what I’m throwing,” he said.
WEB GEM
Yankees center fielder Harrison Bader sprinted to make a diving catch on Abraham Almonte in short center for the second out of the eighth with two on.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (shoulder inflammation) will be evaluated Monday after making a three-inning rehab start for Triple-A Worcester on Friday.
UP NEXT
LHP Nestor Cortes (10-4, 2.67 ERA) starts Sunday night’s series finale for the Yankees and RHP Brayan Bello (2-6, 4.75 ERA) for the Red Sox. The teams meet for the 19th time this year, six more than under the 2023 balanced schedule.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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2022-09-25T16:16:56+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-judge-still-at-60-homerless-in-4th-straight-as-yanks-win/
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On October 13, 2021, the nonagenarian and popular culture icon William Shatner went to the place where his TV character, Captain Kirk, spent much of his time: Space. He was sent there by a craft designed by Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin. The whole business was billed as the moment that the imagination (the leader of the fictional USS Enterprise) touched (in a manner that had the same grandeur as The Creation of Adam) the unbelievably vast reality (and possible opportunities) of outer space. A major part of what early 20th-century German sociologist Max Weber called the "spirit of capitalism" was vividly revived to the citizens of a world globalized by what the Turkish-born American economist Dani Rodrik named "capitalism 3.0." What could go wrong?
When Star Trek first aired in 1965, thanks to the determination of Lucille Ball, the Soviet Union had already launched the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space and the US was soon to land humans on the moon. But these 20th-century extraterrestrial explorations were funded and developed by the state, and so represented a form of capitalism (2.0) that emerged in the 1930s, a capitalism planned and managed by Big Government. This new economic system connected the US and the USSR. As key members of the Frankfurt School determined in 1941, both had huge budgets and formulated "a general plan [that compelled] its fulfillment." Shanter's trip returned the Schumpeterian figure eliminated by private and public technostructures to the center of the religion of progress, the entrepreneur (capitalism 1.0).
But what did Shatner experience when he went to space? Nothing but nothingness. His words, which are taken from his new book, Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder:
I continued my self-guided tour and turned my head to face the other direction, to stare into space. I love the mystery of the universe. I love all the questions that have come to us over thousands of years of exploration and hypotheses. Stars exploding years ago, their light traveling to us years later; black holes absorbing energy; satellites showing us entire galaxies in areas thought to be devoid of matter entirely… all of that has thrilled me for years… but when I looked in the opposite direction, into space, there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold . . . all I saw was death.
His trip to space "was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral," and not because he is an old man—a man, who unlike young people, has no illusions about his mortality, who goes to sleep with no certainty that he will wake up, and if he does wake up, feels surprised that has lived for so long. No. That was not the source of his existential dread. It was instead the shuttle's view of all there is right next to all that it's not and can never be or become. There's really nothing out there for us. Everything that will ever and can happen is on "the warm nurturing of Earth below..."
I'm sure Jeff Bezos, one of the emperors of capitalism 3.0 (also known as neoliberalism), did not expect this negative response from Captain Kirk, but socialist and social democratic states of capitalism 2.0 did not abandon human space travel in the 1970s for no good reason. They really found not much out there for us. Space belonged to Sputnik (communication robots), not to Gagarin (colonization).
As for the moon, which on these clear September nights can be seen crossing Seattle's sky with Jupiter? Can we do anything with our nearest celestial neighbor? The men sent there in the late-'60s and early '70s discovered lots of dust. It's just everywhere, get's into everything, and, if given the chance, will drive you mad. Selenographers call this the moon's "dirty secret." The Apollo astronauts could not stop talking about how the moon "was dust, dust, dust." And this wasn't the kind of dust we find floating through the sunlight in our grounded houses, much of which is alive and carrying microbial life. Moondust, which looks like sharp shards of glass, is as dead as the space William Shanter saw through Bezos' windows.
Let's conclude this rather bleak post, and bleak not because space is, as Shanter saw, almost entirely a "cold, dark, black emptiness," but because "every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth [AKA All There Is] at our hands," with Brian Eno's ethereal "An Ending (Ascent)"?
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2022-10-11T01:31:58+00:00
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thestranger.com
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https://www.thestranger.com/news/2022/10/10/78592515/captain-kirk-went-to-space-and-saw-absolutely-nothing
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Things to Do in Pueblo Nov. 4-15: First Friday art, veterans salutes, holiday parties
Friday, Nov. 4
'A Life Well Spent' at Bloback Gallery
131 Spring St. | Noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday | Pueblo son and mother duo Tom and Jean Latka created a conceptual sculpture featuring 15,000 personal checks that span 35 years. The piece is a visual exploration of a rapidly vanishing banking practice.
'Home is where the Art is' show at Steel City Art Works
216 S. Union Ave. | Visit with Santa 3-6 p.m. | Opening reception and art demo 5-8 p.m. | New art featuring five local artists. Deb Howard will provide a free demonstration on how to make three-dimensional sculptural bowls and complimentary refreshments will be served. Picture with Santa sessions are $20.
New art show at Liminal Gallery
107 S. Grand Ave. | Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Friday | Five artists will showcase their work at the Pueblo Arts Alliance Liminal Gallery. Show continues noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
New art exhibits at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center
210 N. Santa Fe Ave. | 4-7 p.m. opening receptions | Exhibits feature collage work by Canon City artist Joan Sindler, a Colorado State Fair professional artist, and the "Altar: Albert Pachak" exhibition featuring the 2021 Colorado State Fair Emerging Artist's paintings. Both exhibits run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday until Feb. 25. Opening receptions are free.
Dance to live music at Eagles Lodge No. 145
1615 S. Prairie Ave. | 7:30-10:30 p.m. | Local band Sierra Gold will perform. Cost is $5 for members or $10 for non-members.
Saturday, Nov. 5
Holiday Bazaar at Our Lady of the Meadows Catholic Church
23 Starling Drive | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and again 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday | Event features 30 tables of unique hand-crafted gifts and decorations plus a Confections Corner bake sale. Refreshments include breakfast burritos as well as kolbasi, pulled pork sandwiches and more.
Holiday Bazaar at Colorado State Fairgrounds
1001 Beulah Ave. | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and again from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday | More than 150 booths filled with handcrafted gifts, holiday decor, food items and more. Free admission and parking.
Pueblo West Women's League Community Food Drive at Keller Williams Realty
Corner of McCulloch and Joe Martinez | 9 a.m to 3 p.m. | Drop off non-perishables such ascanned goods, boxed meals, macaroni and cheese, rice, boxed potatoes, soups, crackers and peanut butter. All food goes to the food bank at Ecumenical Church of Pueblo West. Cash donations can be made at ecopw.org.
Veterans Day and bison celebration at the Pueblo Zoo
3455 Nuckolls Ave. | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | All veterans, active military and immediate family members are admitted free. The zoo also celebrates National Bison Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pueblo Zoo supports the Laramie Hills Bison Conservation Herd and efforts to return the native icon to the shortgrass prairie of northern Colorado. Pueblo Zoo is home to two male bison — father, Cody, and son, CJ (Cody Jr.). In addition, Wilder, from Great Outdoors Colorado, will make his Pueblo debut from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be educational talks, crafts and free giveaways while supplies last. Zoo admission ranges from $3 to $14.
Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce Veterans Day Parade
10 a.m. | Union Avenue and B Street | The 21st annual Veterans Day parade begins at Union Avenue and B Street, heads down Union and takes a right on City Center Drive, and then turns left on Main Street and ends at Third Street. The Parade Marshal is Leroy Garcia, special assistant to the assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs. Honorary Parade Marshal is Benjamin (Benny) Casias, 93, a Korean War veteran, foster father and commander of the VFW in Boone from 1988 to 1989.
Southern Colorado Comic Con at Colorado State Fairgrounds
1001 Beulah Ave. | 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. | A one-day toy, anime and pop culture festival. Tickets are $5 online at sococomiccon.square.site or $10 at the door.
Pueblo Holistic Fair at the Pueblo Convention Center
320 Central Main St. | 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and again from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday | Event will feature psychic readers, holistic healers, crystals and gems and more. Cost is $5 for adults or free for children 12 and younger.
Femme Fatale Feste at Bloback Gallery
131 Spring St. | noon to 11 p.m. | Event is a one-day, multigenre, do-it-yourself music festival with two stages and 12 bands showcasing people who are historically excluded from the spotlight. Cost is $25 per person.
The Nutcracker Before Christmas at Pueblo Memorial Hall
1 City Hall Place | 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6 | This Second Street Dance Co. event will get you in the holiday spirit. Cost ranges from $19 to $36. Tickets are on sale at pueblomemorialhall.com.
Knights of Columbus Council Mass at Mount Carmel Catholic Church
421 Clark St. | 4:30 p.m. | The mass will honor the memory of past Grand Knight Art Samson of Denver who was instrumental in assisting Pueblo councils. Pastor Don Malin has extended an invitation to all knights to attend and is asking attendees to wear knight's attire.
Pueblo Polynesian Performance and Luau at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center
210 N. Santa Fe | 5-8 p.m. | Authentic Polynesian experience with performances and luau dinner that will take you through the Pacific Islands. There will be a cash bar along with merchandise tables at the family friendly event. Tickets range from $35 to $55 at unation.com.
Paint N' Bubbly at Pueblo West Recreation Center
230 E. George Drive | Two sessions: 3 p.m. for children and families; 6:30 p.m. for adults 21 and older | This Pueblo West Metro District event features social painting. Early session is a turkey-themed painting while the later session is a winter pets theme with wine and beer served. The event also is a food drive. Registration is required at paintnbubbly.com. Use discount code WEST.Cost is $28.50.
Sunday, Nov. 6
Dia de los Muertos Show at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center
210 N. Santa Fe Ave. | 2:30 p.m. | Grupo Folklórico del Pueblo's year-end performance will take you on a journey to Mictlan (the underworld). Tickets are $10 for adults or $5 for children.
Tuesday, Nov. 8
'Lights, Camera, Christmas' exhibit at the Buell Children’s Museum
210 N. Santa Fe Ave. | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Dec. 31 | Learn about the filming process for some favorite holiday films. There will be an indoor “frozen” lake where kids will be able to safely glide while staying warm. The ice castle and log cabin will set the scene for kids to stage a snowball fight. A Christmas tree and a make-believe hot cocoa stand will finish off the holiday scenes. The exhibit includes an Animation Station that is designed to teach advancements that changed Christmas movie animation. Patrons will also be able to spot some of their favorite animated characters like Snoopy and the Grinch. Admission to the Buell costs $10 for adults or $8 for children and seniors.
Friday, Nov. 11
Holiday Craft and Bake Sale at Ecumenical Church of Pueblo West
434 S Conquistador Ave. | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday | Event features Christmas decorations and gifts, handmade crafts and baked goods. Breakfast, lunch and snacks are also available.
Pueblo County Veterans Day Ceremony at the Riverwalk
Veterans Bridge near Gateway Park, behind 120 Riverwalk Place | 11 a.m. | The annual event will honor all local veterans who have served. Master of Ceremonies is Col. Jeff Chostner, who served in the U.S. Air Force. Guest speakers include Brian McCain of the Air Force, Paul Hendricksen of the U.S. Army, Mike Herrera of the U.S. Marine Corps and Zach Swearingen of the U.S. Navy. The event will include a presentation of colors, a flyover, 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps.
Warren Miller's 'Daymaker' film screening at Pueblo Memorial Hall
1 City Hall Place | 7 p.m. | A screening of Warren Miller's latest ski and snowboard film. Door prizes will be awarded. Cost is $18.
Saturday, Nov. 12
Top Hats and Tiaras Toy and Food Drive at Eagles Lodge No. 145
1615 S. Prairie Ave. | 6 p.m. cocktail hour, 7-10 p.m. dancing | Dress in your holiday finest and start the season by giving to those less fortunate. Bring a new, unwrapped toy plus a nonperishable food item. Proceeds and items will go to the Migrant Education Program of Southeast Colorado. Cost is $15 per person and light snacks are included.
Sunday, Nov. 13
Indigenous Film Festival at El Pueblo History Museum
302 N. Union Ave. | Noon to 4 p.m. | This free event features two documentary screenings followed by a panel discussion.
Sunday, Nov. 15
Stargazing telescope viewing at Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center
5200 Nature Center Road | 6:30 p.m. | Members of the Southern Colorado Astronomical Society Club will lead a telescope viewing session. Alternate date is Nov. 17 if weather does not cooperate Nov. 15.
Want us to include your event in this calendar? Send details by email, with "Things to Do" in the subject line, totharmon@chieftain.com. The calendar is available online and is published in the paper on Fridays.
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2022-11-04T02:37:14+00:00
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chieftain.com
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https://www.chieftain.com/story/entertainment/2022/11/03/things-to-do-in-pueblo-nov-4-15-include-art-shows-veterans-salutes/69606921007/
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(NewsNation) — Being “hangry” isn’t just in your head: A new report suggests there is a connection between people’s levels of irritability and their hunger.
“The colloquial term “hangry” refers to the notion that people become angry when hungry, but very little research has directly determined the extent to which the relationship between hunger and negative emotions is robust,” the study’s authors said. But after studying 64 participants from Central Europe, who reported their hunger, anger, irritability, pleasure and arousal levels five times a day, researchers found that greater levels of self-reported hunger were associated with greater feelings of anger and irritability, and with lower pleasure.
Even after accounting for people’s gender, age, body mass index and dietary behaviors, these findings remained significant, researchers said.
In other words, as the study said, “being hangry is real.”
The word was even added to the Oxford English Dictionary in January 2018. Katherine Connor Martin, then the head of U.S. dictionaries at Oxford, wrote in a blog post that “hangry” is a blend of hungry and angry, used to mean “bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger.” It’s really only been in the 21st century that the word hangry has been used colloquially, Martin, now the head of product for Oxford Languages, said.
“However, the earliest known evidence for the word dates from 1956, in an unusual article in the psychoanalytic journal American Imago that describes various kinds of deliberate and accidental wordplay,” she said.
One of the researchers in the recent report, Viren Swami, a social psychology professor at Anglia Ruskin University in the U.K., told USA Today that theirs is one of the first studies to examine the relationship between hunger and anger.
“While we acknowledge that hunger is complex, involving physiological, interoceptive, and environmental inputs, self-reported or subjective ratings are reliable and valid indicators of the experience of hunger,” the study’s authors said.
Before the study, which was published in the journal Plos One on Wednesday, it had been assumed that hunger evokes negative emotions, but that evidence had been “somewhat equivocal.”
Other studies have, however, shown that in non-human species, food deprivation increases people’s motivation to engage in escalated and persistent aggression to get something to eat.
“We show, for the first time in a non-laboratory, real-world setting, that feeling hungry is associated with greater anger, irritability and lower levels of pleasure,” Swami said in USA Today.
The study doesn’t include ways to mitigate against negative hunger-induced emotions, but authors noted that existing research suggests that being able to label an emotion can help individuals regulate them.
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2022-07-13T15:01:36+00:00
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kxnet.com
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https://www.kxnet.com/news/being-hangry-is-real-study-links-hunger-and-irritability/
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LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis and Oumar Ballo finished with double-doubles and No. 14 Arizona shot nearly 80% in the second half to beat Cincinnati 101-93 on Monday night, closing out the first day of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
Tubelis finished with 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds for Arizona (4-0). Ballo matched his career high with 21 points. Ballo sank 8 of 11 shots from the floor but just 5 of 10 at the free-throw line. The 7-footer added 10 rebounds.
Landers Nolley II hit a 3-pointer for Cincinnati to open the scoring. The lead changed hands six times until Cedric Henderson buried a 3-pointer to give Arizona a 14-13 lead with 13:43 left in the first half.
Tubelis helped Arizona stay in front, scoring 10 of his 14 first-half points from there as the Wildcats built a 40-24 lead with 2:59 left. The Bearcats closed with a 6-0 run to get within 10 at halftime.
Cincinnati (3-2) stayed in the game by sinking 13 of 19 shots from 3-point range in the second half. The Bearcats got within seven points three times, the last at 81-74 with 5:29 left to play on a Mika Adams-Woods 3-pointer. But Courtney Ramey scored seven in a 12-3 run over the next 2:06 and the Wildcats withstood the rally.
Ramey scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half for Arizona. Kerr Kriisa had 11 points and seven assists.
Nolley scored 23 of his career-high 33 points after intermission for Cincinnati. He made 9 of 14 shots from beyond the arc, including 7 of 10 in the second half. Viktor Lakhin finished with 17 points, while Adams-Woods hit three 3-pointers and scored 11.
Arizona came in shooting 63% from the floor, tops in the nation. The Wildcats made 23 of 29 shots (79.3%) in the second half and shot 62.3% (38 of 61) for the game. Cincinnati shot 63% overall in the second half and 47% for the game. The Bearcats made 17 of 34 from distance.
Arizona will play 17th-ranked San Diego State in a Tuesday semifinal. No. 10 Creighton (5-0) plays No. 9 Arkansas (4-0) in the other semifinal.
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2022-11-22T09:00:14+00:00
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Deere & Company Announces Quarterly Dividend
Published: Aug. 31, 2022 at 11:02 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
MOLINE, Ill., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $1.13 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable November 8, 2022 to stockholders of record on September 30, 2022.
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2022-08-31T17:38:12+00:00
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LAS VEGAS, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for January 2023.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) is an integrated travel company with an airline at its heart, focused on connecting customers with the people, places and experiences that matter most. Since 1999, Allegiant Air has linked travelers in small-to-medium cities to world-class vacation destinations with all-nonstop flights and industry-low average fares. Today, Allegiant's fleet serves communities across the nation, with base airfares less than half the cost of the average domestic roundtrip ticket. For more information, visit us at Allegiant.com. Media information, including photos, is available at http://gofly.us/iiFa303wrtF
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
430 AM PDT Sun Apr 30 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM PDT
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph
expected. Localized gusts up to 65 mph along the mountain passes
and slopes.
* WHERE...San Bernardino County Mountains, Riverside County
Mountains, San Diego County Mountains, Apple and Lucerne
Valleys, Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts and San
Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Monday to 1 AM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down. Dust and sand could severely restrict
visibility in the deserts.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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2023-04-30T13:00:04+00:00
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FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION
FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
MAN BITES OFF MORE THAN HE CAN CHEW WITH COMMENTS
DEAR ABBY: Every year my girlfriend and I take each other out for dinner on our birthdays and bring a gift. This year, even though I am currently experiencing financial hardship, I bought her a gift and offered her dinner.
At the restaurant, she ordered the largest portion of what she wanted. She stated it's what she always orders in that restaurant. I responded that she always takes half of it home, and that I had offered to buy her dinner for that night, not for two days. She got very angry and said I was ruining her birthday.
She then said she'd pay for her own meal. I declined her offer and paid, but now I'm wondering if I was wrong. She did pay for half the appetizer, which I didn't want or eat, and she left the tip. Should I have told her before we went out to dinner that I was on a tighter budget? Can our relationship be saved? -- LOSING IN LAS VEGAS
DEAR LOSING: Strong relationships thrive when there is honest communication. You and the Birthday Girl have been seeing each other for an extended period of time. If money is tight, you should have mentioned it long before her birthday rolled around. Yes, she should have been aware of it before you invited her to dinner. Because she wasn't, I can understand why she might have been put off by what she may have interpreted as a snide comment rather than a cry for help. Can your relationship be saved? Yes, as long as you two REALLY start talking to each other.
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DEAR ABBY: I am in my early 40s. I have reconnected with a girl I dated in high school. Things are wonderful. I have come to understand that she was "wronged" by other men more than once in the years in between. But I have also learned it was happening during our relationship as teens. I cannot stop ripping myself in half for not realizing it was happening and doing nothing to stop it. I wasn't damaged; she was.
I am hesitant to do anything that makes her revisit her pain, but it is something I can't let go of. I am not sure how I should proceed in the present, so that I don't let the past damage a future that seems so bright. Could you please give me a woman's point of view? -- CAUTIOUS IN MICHIGAN
DEAR CAUTIOUS: Understand that you and this woman were very different people when you dated more than 20 years ago. I suspect my point of view is similar to what you would get from a man: If you plan to proceed with this romance, the two of you should get at least six months of couples counseling from a licensed professional.
A lot has happened to you both in the intervening years since high school. There was nothing you could do to stop anything that happened. She was a willing participant in those failed relationships. Your future with her will be brighter once you know each other better as adults, which will involve frank communication on both of your parts.
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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2022-09-05T22:06:43+00:00
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Paris: Notre Dame Cathedral set to reopen in December 2024
PARIS (AP) — The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said Monday.
The cathedral’s iconic spire, which collapsed in the blaze, will gradually start reappearing above the monument this year in a powerful signal of its revival, the army general in charge of the colossal project, Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin, said.
“The return of the spire in Paris’ sky will in my opinion be the symbol that we are winning the battle of Notre Dame,” he told the Associated Press.
The reconstruction itself started last year, after more than two years of work to make the monument stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it.
Authorities have made the choice to rebuild the 12th century monument, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, the way it was before. That includes recreating the 93-meter-high (315 ft) spire added in the 19th century by architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc.
Meanwhile, an exhibition called “Notre-Dame de Paris: at the heart of the construction site” is to open to visitors on Tuesday in an underground facility in front of the cathedral. Accessible for free, it highlights ongoing operations on the site and the expertise and skills of workers. It also features some remains from the fire and works of art from the cathedral.
Gen. Georgelin said the cathedral will reopen in December 2024, in line with the goal set by President Emmanuel Macron just after the fire — yet it will be too late for the Paris Olympic Games scheduled in summer next year.
“My job is to be ready to open this cathedral in 2024. And we will do it,” Gen. Georgelin said. “We are fighting every day for that and we are on a good path.”
This “means that the archbishop of the capital will be in a capacity again to celebrate the Catholic liturgy in his cathedral” and the monument will also “be open for tourists to visit,” he said.
Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malak told the AP that this doesn’t mean all the renovation will be finished then. “There will still be some renovation work going on in 2025,” she stressed.
Meanwhile, the new exhibition near the cathedral will allow visitors, including those coming for the Olympics, “to live what could be this experience of visiting Notre-Dame in a brand new way,” she said. In addition to the free visit, a virtual reality show will allow paying visitors to dive into the history of the cathedral. “That will help also tourism in Paris,” she added.
Everyday in the capital and across the country, about 1,000 people work to rebuild Notre Dame, Gen. Georgelin said.
“The biggest challenge is to comply precisely every day to the planning we have done,” he stressed. “We have a lot of different works to achieve: the framework, the painting, the stones, the vault, the organ, the stained glass and so on.”
Philippe Jost, managing director of the government agency overseeing the reconstruction, noted that the result “will be faithful to the original architecture” both because “we are sticking to the vanished shapes of the cathedral” and because “we are also sticking to the materials and construction methods” of medieval times.
“We don’t do concrete vaults that look like stone, we do stone vaults that we rebuild as they were built in the Middle Ages,” Jost said, adding that the roof framework will also be made from oak like it initially was.
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2023-03-06T20:44:29+00:00
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kttc.com
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred defended the sport’s treatment of minor leaguers, prompting immediate criticism from a players’ advocacy group.
“I kind of reject the premise of the question that minor league players are not paid a living wage,” Manfred told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America before Tuesday’s All-Star Game.
“I think that we’ve made real strides in the last few years in terms of what minor league players are paid, even putting to one side the signing bonuses that many of them have already received. They receive housing, which obviously is another form of compensation.”
MLB raised minimum salaries in 2021, increasing Class A pay from $290 to $500 per week, Double-A from $350 to $600, and Triple-A from $502 to $700 over the roughly five-month season. Players are only paid in-season, with salaries ranging from roughly $5,000-$15,000 annually.
Amateur players residing in the United States and Canada who are selected in this week’s amateur draft have slot values for their signing bonuses, which clubs use as guidelines, ranging from $8.8 million for the first pick to just under $150,000 for the last selections of the 10th and final round. MLB says it spends about $450 million each year on signing bonuses for first-year players.
Last November, MLB announced it was requiring teams to provide furnished accommodations, with a single bed per player and no more than two players per bedroom. Teams are responsible for basic utility bills.
“Most minor league baseball players work second jobs because their annual salaries are insufficient to make ends meet,” Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, said in a statement responding to Manfred. “His suggestion that minor league pay is acceptable is both callous and false.”
Papers filed Friday in federal court revealed MLB agreed to pay $185 million to settle a lawsuit by minor leaguers. MLB agreed in the deal to rescind any prohibitions against teams paying wages to minor league players outside of the season.
An early estimate is that perhaps 23,000 players could share the money with an average payment of $5,000 to $5,500, with $55.5 million going to the players’ lawyers.
Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked Manfred to explain by next Tuesday the impact of potential legislation stripping the sport’s antitrust exemption from covering the sport’s relationship with minor league players.
While players with major league contracts are unionized, players with minor league contracts are not. The Major League Baseball Players Association gave Advocates for Minor Leaguers $50,000 last November, according to a federal disclosure statement.
“It is exciting to see players recognizing and appreciating the power of their collective voice in effecting positive change in things that they live day to day,” union head Tony Clark, a former first baseman, told the BBWAA in a question-and-answer session prior to Manfred’s. “Harry Marino and the Advocates for Minor Leaguers have done a tremendous job in engaging and educating the the minor leaguers and helping them to find their voice. … We are watching. We are providing support when and where possible.”
In other news:
— Manfred said the Oakland Athletics need to quickly reach a binding agreement for a new ballpark, and that relocation — the team is exploring Las Vegas — could be considered if a deal isn’t struck for a facility in the Bay Area. “It needs to happen now. It needs to be done.”
— His preferred location for a new Rays ballpark would be on the Tampa side of the bay rather than in St. Petersburg, but he says the site alone won’t be a determining factor.
— MLB is moving ahead with plans for advertising on uniforms next season. The new labor contract agreed to in March allows teams to add uniform and helmet advertising patches. San Diego in April became the first team to announce a deal for 2023, with Motorola. “I think that jersey patches advertisements on jerseys are a reality of life in professional sports,” Manfred said.
— Clark is worried about the sport’s increased commercial deals with sports gambling companies. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which outlawed sports betting. A BetMGM Retail Sportsbook opened this year at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., and DraftKings is building a sports book scheduled to open next year at the southeast corner of Wrigley Field. “We’re entering a very delicate and, dare I say, dangerous world here,” Clark said. “When you have players suggest that no sooner was PASPA repealed, that they started to have book houses following them on social media, that gets you a little twitchy pretty quick.”
— MLB says it is unable to let former and current major leaguers who defected from Cuba play for their nation in the World Baseball Classic. The Association of Cuban Professional Baseball Players was formed with the goal of gaining entry to the WBC, which will be played next March 8-21.
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2022-07-21T06:44:28+00:00
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Fire department believes south side fire was set on purpose; man's body found next day
Man found dead in building after fire identified as Grant Forbes, 70
Fire department believes south side fire was set on purpose; man's body found next day
Man found dead in building after fire identified as Grant Forbes, 70
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Fire department believes south side fire was set on purpose; man's body found next day
Man found dead in building after fire identified as Grant Forbes, 70
The Milwaukee Fire Department believes a fire near Layton Boulevard and Greenfield Avenue last Tuesday was set on purpose. The next day, workers found the body of 70-year-old Grant Forbes while cleaning out the garage. Firefighters said the garage was filled with items wall to wall. According to a new report from the medical examiner, the owner was letting Forbes live there.Workers found his body inside a pit.According to the medical examiner, there were no burns on Forbes' body.As of now, there is no official cause of death.
MILWAUKEE —
The Milwaukee Fire Department believes a fire near Layton Boulevard and Greenfield Avenue last Tuesday was set on purpose.
The next day, workers found the body of 70-year-old Grant Forbes while cleaning out the garage.
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Firefighters said the garage was filled with items wall to wall.
According to a new report from the medical examiner, the owner was letting Forbes live there.
Workers found his body inside a pit.
According to the medical examiner, there were no burns on Forbes' body.
As of now, there is no official cause of death.
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2023-01-13T03:10:00+00:00
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wisn.com
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https://www.wisn.com/article/fire-department-believes-south-side-fire-was-set-on-purpose-mans-body-found-next-day/42479680
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–The Authentic Jamaican-Inspired, Caribbean-Flavored Sauce Already Loved By A-List Celebrities –
DALLAS, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mama Kingston™ and Dave's Gourmet are thrilled to announce the highly-anticipated launch of Mama Kingston's Everything Everyday Sauce, an irresistible blend of sweet and tangy tropical flavors, Caribbean spices, and a touch of smokiness that adds an exotic twist to every dish. Already adored by A-list celebrities, music artists, and food enthusiasts, this buzz-worthy sauce promises to elevate various cuisines and tantalize taste buds.
Created by Chef Janice Turner, fondly known as Mama Kingston, renowned for her passion for Jamaican cuisine and her talent for crafting mouthwatering dishes, Mama Kingston's Everything Everyday Sauce has rapidly gained popularity for its flavorful profile of Caribbean spices, gluten-free composition, and vegan credentials. Influenced by Janice's Jamaican heritage and her expertise as a celebrated chef, this sauce brings the taste of paradise to your plate.
Over the years, Mama Kingston, the mother of superstar singer Sean Kingston, and daughter Kanema Kingston and son Kirk Kingston has delighted high-profile red-carpet events and renowned artists such as Justin Bieber, Wiz Khalifa, Soulja Boy, Amber Rose, Stefflon Don, and Chris Brown with her delectable Jamaican dishes. Her innate warmth and charisma, combined with her culinary prowess, have left a lasting impression on the taste buds of these A-listers, fueling the growing demand for her gastronomic creations. Dave's Gourmet, an innovative pioneer and a legacy brand in the food industry with three decades of experience, partnered with Janice to bring Mama Kingston's sought-after flavor to the commercial market.
"I'm beyond thrilled to share my Everything Everyday Sauce with food enthusiasts worldwide," said Turner. "This sauce is not just for cooking; it's a condiment that can enhance the flavor of any dish. My motto is: 'If you ain't got the sauce, you ain't got the flavor!' And this sauce is bursting with flavor, enjoyed by world celebrities, and now will be available to all!"
While famously used for grilling chicken, this versatile sauce can infuse a Caribbean kick into everything. It complements crispy tofu or jackfruit, glazed veggies, meats, or seafood, adds a delightful twist to stews, or can be used as dipping sauce for fries or wings.
"When Janice presented her prized recipe to us, we were instantly captivated by the opportunity to transform it into a commercial-ready product. The immense love and dedication she pours into her food is palpable, and we knew we had to partner with her," stated David Neuman, CEO of Dave's Gourmet. "Through extensive collaboration and development efforts with Janice, we have achieved something truly extraordinary. It's like capturing lightning in a bottle! I eagerly await the moment when consumers can find this finger-licking sauce on store shelves and online later this year."
About Mama Kingston's Kitchen: Mama Kingston's Kitchen is a culinary venture founded by Jamaican-born entrepreneur and chef Janice Turner. Inspired by her passion for Jamaican cuisine and her father's musical legacy, Mama Kingston delivers the authentic flavors of Jamaica to food enthusiasts worldwide. Their signature product, Mama Kingston's Everything Everyday Sauce, is a sweet and tangy blend of Caribbean spices that adds an exotic touch to any dish.
About Dave's Gourmet: Dave's Gourmet was the first to enter the super-hot segment of the hot sauce category. The Company's iconic Dave's Insanity Sauce is the original "hottest hot sauce in the universe." Their expertise in making super-hot sauces landed Dave's Gourmet Sauce on the first season of the hit YouTube channel Hot Ones. To expand its offerings, Dave's Gourmet launched a line of premium creamy hot sauces. The entire line is vegan, gluten-free, low-sodium, low-calorie, and bottled in the USA. The wide selection of Dave's Gourmet's sauces caters to any heat level desired by customers delivering bold and versatile flavors.
Dave's is also a leader in the premium pasta sauce segment with unique award-winning varieties. In early 2023, Dave's Gourmet launched single-estate grown, 100% Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Chili Olive Oil line carefully curated with intention by O.N.A.O.O. certified tasting experts. Olives from the grove are hand-picked and crushed within hours. The line offers a range of intensities and flavors that are rare in the United States. Dave's Gourmet serves both retail and foodservice customers in the US and internationally.
For more information, please visit the brand at davesgourmet.com. You can also follow @mamakingston and @davesgourmetllc on Instagram.
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2023-06-20T13:19:27+00:00
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Against the squeeze of rising home prices and low inventory, many homebuyers need solutions to ease the anxiety associated with purchasing a new home.
CHERRY HILL, N.J., July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- While more than half (54%) of homebuyers say now is a good time to purchase a home, it's still very much a nerve-wracking process. According to TD's 2023 Mortgage Service Index, 64% of respondents indicated their most recent homebuying experience was stressful.
TD Bank surveyed more than 1,800 homeowners across the country to examine perceptions around the homebuying and mortgage experience, as well as the housing market.
As expected, inventory and interest rates were the biggest factors for many
Home inventory challenges (24%) and mortgage rates (24%) tied as the leading factors that negatively impacted home purchasing decisions. Additionally, a majority (68%) of homebuyers cited shifting interest rates over the last year as a factor in their decision to buy. As inventories in many markets remain inconsistent, almost a third (29%) purchased newly constructed homes.
"The Federal Reserve has increased rates every time it has met for over a year, so the pause on rate hikes last month and the fact that we've likely reached a near peak may offer some respite for buyers," said Steve Kaminski, Head of U.S. Residential Lending for TD Bank. "But given the competitive market and already high home prices, it's understandable that the headache persists for many looking to purchase a home. If inflation continues to tumble and the economic outlook improves, we hope to see the longer end respond favorably and assist in more affordable options. The key to alleviating that stress is speaking to a knowledgeable, trusted lender before beginning a search to ensure buyers are looking within their budget and tapping into all the resources that can save them money."
Despite these inventory and rate challenges, three-fourths (75%) of those surveyed said that the mortgage process did not prevent them from closing on their home within their desired time frame.
With age comes wisdom: experience matters when navigating homebuying
When it comes to navigating the overall homebuying process, sentiment varies between generations:
- Gen Z respondents (81%) and Millennial respondents (71%) were most likely to find the process stressful.
- Baby Boomers, on the other hand, found the process of purchasing a home to be a less taxing experience, with 47% of these respondents indicating they didn't find homebuying to be stressful.
- While an overwhelming majority of Millennials (84%) and Gen Z (90%) respondents reported interest rates were a factor in their decision to buy, the majority of Baby Boomers (58%) said fluctuating interest rates were not a factor in their decision.
"Right now, it's important for buyers that are entering the market to focus on what they can control, such as the fundamentals of preparation," said Kaminski. "This includes meeting with a mortgage professional early in the process, knowing your financial position, and gathering documents early, which can help ease some of the concern around price and rates. Connecting with a knowledgeable lender to understand requirements and the process can also help buyers learn about affordable product options that can assist with payments, another potential de-stressor in the process."
While the mortgage process remains intimidating for some, many homebuyers are also comfortable seeking guidance and tapping into automation, to perhaps simplify the experience:
- A majority of homebuyers (95%) shared they have sought information or opinions on products and services offered by different lenders, with over half of respondents (54%) indicating they talked to a realtor in seeking additional information.
- As automation in the mortgage lending process also continues to become more prevalent, 68% of homebuyers say they are very or somewhat familiar with automation being used by some banks to streamline the lending process.
Flexible Lending Remains a Strong Option for Buyers
As the traditional down payment of 20% or more becomes less of a priority for homebuyers, many are continuing to educate themselves on low down payment and affordability-based options, with 65% of respondents indicating they were familiar with programs designed to help homebuyers seek flexible options.
Interestingly, 40% of respondents spent $2,000 – $5,000 in unexpected charges during the homebuying process and another 10% say they paid over $5,000. This reinforces the importance of leaning on experts like realtors and loan officers who can provide valuable insight on the total cost of homeownership and affordability programs that allow for down payments as low as 3%, saving buyers money on out-of-pocket expenses.
Among low down payment programs, TD Bank's newest mortgage option, TD Home Access Mortgage, recently expanded its lender credit to $10,000 for purchase transactions which may be applied to closing costs and the down payment, two areas that can be roadblocks to homeownership. The lender credit can also be used to buy down a borrower's interest rate, which can also help with affordability.
"Purchasing a home is one of the paths to building generational wealth for many, and trusted lenders are focused on making the process more accessible," said Kaminski. "As factors like uncertain economic conditions, low home supply and fluctuating interest rates continue to make potential homebuyers feel sidelined, it's important for them to know that lenders and many home professionals are continuing to evaluate processes and products to ensure homeownership is more equitable and inclusive."
Survey Methodology
This report presents the findings of a CARAVAN® survey conducted by Big Village Insights among a sample of 1,813 U.S. homeowners who last purchased a home within the past 10 years and acquired a mortgage when they bought their most recent home. The survey was live from May 16 – 26, 2023.
About Big Village
Big Village Insights is a global research and analytics business uncovering not just the 'what' but the 'why' behind customer behavior, supporting clients' insights needs with agile tools, CX research, branding, product innovation, data & analytics, and more. Big Village Insights is part of Bright Mountain Media. Find out more at https://big-village.com/.
About TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®
TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., providing over 9.9 million customers with a full range of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services at more than 1,100 convenient locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Metro D.C., the Carolinas and Florida. In addition, TD Auto Finance, a division of TD Bank, N.A., offers vehicle financing and dealer commercial services. TD Bank and its subsidiaries also offer customized private banking and wealth management services through TD Wealth®. TD Bank is headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J. To learn more, visit www.td.com/us. Find TD Bank on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TDBank and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TDBank_US and www.twitter.com/TDNews_US.
TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, is a member of TD Bank Group and a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Canada, a top 10 financial services company in North America. The Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the ticker symbol "TD". To learn more, visit www.td.com/us.
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2023-07-12T13:25:15+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/07/12/majority-homeowners-nationwide-felt-stress-their-most-recent-homebuying-experience-td-bank-survey-finds/
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Pelosi portrait unveiled, historic 1st of a female speaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s portrait was unveiled Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, a traditional honor bestowed on a tradition-breaking leader who was not just the first woman to hold the gavel but among the most consequential House speakers in American history — one who “got it done.”
The ceremony at the ornate Statuary Hall drew current and former members of Congress, friends and family. The guests included the Democratic leader’s husband, Paul Pelosi, who is recovering from a brutal attack by an intruder who broke into their San Francisco home seeking the speaker in the weeks before the midterm election.
Former President Barack Obama said in a videotaped message that Pelosi has “inspired a generation of women to run, win and lead because they’ve seen her, what someone like her — and someone like them — can do.”
Obama recounted how his signature Affordable Care Act was all but abandoned after a Senate election defeat, except for Pelosi’s persistence. “The only thing she wasn’t willing to do was give up. And like always, she got it done.”
But it was the former Republican speaker, John Boehner, known for teary eyes at times like these, who did not disappoint.
Choking up as he talked about his own two adult daughters, Boehner said: “My girls told me, tell the speaker how much we admire her.”
Pelosi’s portrait was painted years ago after her first tenure as speaker from 2007 to 2011 but was held back. She regained the gavel in 2019, the first House leader in some 50 years to twice become speaker.
Pelosi announced after the November midterm election, when the Democrats lost power to Republicans, that she would not seek another term as leader, ending 20 years helming the party in the House. She is staying on as the representative from San Francisco.
Among those in the audience was Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who is struggling to round up the votes to replace her as speaker when the new Congress convenes in January. He sat alongside Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who Democrats elected as their new party leader, the historic first Black American to lead a major political party.
“The younger generation today has the saying: Game recognizes game,” Boehner said. “And the fact of the matter is no other speaker of the House in the modern era Republican or Democrat — has wielded the gavel with such authority or with such consistent results. Let me just say, You’re one tough cookie.”
Painted by the late Ronald Sherr in 2014, the portrait of Pelosi will hang in the Speaker’s Lobby, a room adjacent to the House chamber, filled with the portraits of past speakers, all of them white men.
In her own remarks, Pelosi said she was honored her colleagues “had the courage to elect a woman speaker.”
“This painting will stand out as a woman in that Speaker’s Lobby,” Pelosi said. “I’m honored to be the first, but it will only be a big of accomplishment if I’m not the last.”
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2022-12-15T01:40:28+00:00
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jaren Jackson had 36 points, Luke Kennard added 19 and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 137-114 on Friday night to wrap up the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference for the second consecutive season.
Memphis entered the game with a two-game lead over Sacramento for second place in the West, but the Kings owned the tiebreaker. Denver took the No. 1 seed in the West on Wednesday night.
After trailing by one point at the half, Memphis took command with a 24-7 run to start the third. The Grizzlies led by 24 in the quarter and held the Bucks at bay throughout the remainder of the game.
Lindell Wigginton had 25 points and Jae Crowder a season-high 24 to lead Milwaukee. Wigginton had a total of eight points in limited action this season prior to Friday’s output. He also had 11 assists.
The Bucks, who clinched the NBA’s best record and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference with a victory over Chicago on Wednesday, sat six players, including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez.
Antetokounmpo, who also sat out Wednesday, was listed on the injury report with a sore right knee. Holiday and Lopez rested, while Middleton was held out with a right knee issue.
Grayson Allen and Pat Connaughton also sat out with ankle injuries.
The Bucks' makeshift lineup got off to a hot start and led by nine in the first quarter before the Grizzlies pulled ahead and led 36-31 after the period.
After the Grizzlies charged to an 11-point lead in the second, the Bucks rallied to take a 72-71 lead at the half, paced by 18 points from Crowder, who made all seven of his shots from the field, including four from 3-point range. Milwaukee shot 15 of 30 from deep over the first two quarters, which allowed them to hold the lead despite Memphis shooting 65% overall in half.
TIP-INS
Grizzlies: Kennard, who came in averaging 9.1 points per game, had 11 in the first quarter. … Jackson had 22 first-half points. … Outscored the Bucks 62-34 in the paint. … Finished 16-24 on the road.
Bucks: Antetokounmpo was honored in a pregame ceremony for his accomplishments this season, including becoming the franchise leader in points, assists and games played. He was joined on the court by Middleton, former Bucks star Paul Pressey and one-time general manager John Hammond, who selected Antetokounmpo with the 15th pick in the 2013 draft.
UP NEXT
Grizzlies: At Oklahoma City on Sunday.
Bucks: At Toronto on Sunday.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Hurricanes vs. Panthers Stanley Cup Semifinals Game 3 on May 22, 2023
Matthew Tkachuk and Martin Necas are two of the players with prop bets on the table when the Florida Panthers and the Carolina Hurricanes meet at BB&T Center on Monday (at 8:00 PM ET).
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Hurricanes vs. Panthers Game Info
- When: Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT
- Where: BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida
NHL Props Today: Carolina Hurricanes
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- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -135, Under Odds: +105)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +155, Under Odds: -189)
Necas has recorded 28 goals and 43 assists in 82 games for Carolina, good for 71 points.
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- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -125, Under Odds: -105)
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Brent Burns has earned 18 goals on the season, chipping in 42 assists.
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- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +160, Under Odds: -196)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -141, Under Odds: +110)
Tkachuk is Florida's leading contributor with 109 points. He has 40 goals and 69 assists this season.
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Aleksander Barkov Jr. Props
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Ushering in a new era of luxury, Vivrelle and Four Seasons come together to open an on-property amenity with first locations in Houston and Los Angeles.
NEW YORK, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivrelle, the first-of-its-kind membership club that offers access to a shared closet of designer handbags and accessories, today announces a partnership with Four Seasons Hotel Houston and Four Seasons Private Residences Los Angeles. The partnership provides hotel guests with complimentary access to Vivrelle's closet of accessories from brands including Prada, Gucci, Dior and more, regardless of their membership status.
Vivrelle's innovative partnership with Four Seasons Private Residences is the first of its kind available at a luxury residence. Homeowners of the property will have exclusive access to Vivrelle's closet, and can swap luxury items on site, at their own convenience.
Furthermore, guests of Four Seasons Hotel Houston have the option to borrow Vivrelle's luxury accessories during their stay, free of charge. Similar to a courtesy car, Four Seasons hotel guests can borrow items on property throughout their stay, regardless of membership status. Guests can swap out styles throughout the duration of their stay or sign up on-site and borrow from the larger Vivrelle closet, providing the ultimate flexibility for luxury vacationers. Additionally, as an extension of the partnership, Vivrelle members will receive exclusive rates at Four Seasons Hotel Houston.
"Four Seasons is a like-minded partner that we have always admired and loved," says Blake Geffen, co-founder of Vivrelle. "We are thrilled to be partnering with select properties and are eager to grow the relationship with The Four Seasons. Our brands have a shared affinity for providing a luxury experience rooted in convenience, care, and customers first. This partnership will expand our reach across the country, and we're excited for this new era of accessory accessibility in today's travel and luxury landscape."
"Offering exclusive access to Vivrelle's shared closet of luxury accessories is an exciting and innovative way to enhance our guest experience," says Tom Segesta, General Manager at Four Seasons Hotel Houston. "We see this partnership a perfect fit, further defining Four Seasons Hotel Houston as the place where urban elegance and southern charm collide."
The partnership comes on the heels of Vivrelle's closure of its Series B round of funding in late 2022, raising $35MM with participation from celebrities Nina Dobrev, Lily Collins and Morgan Stewart McGraw.
Vivrelle continues to build on the changing landscape of the shared closet and luxury resale experience and drives forward its status as a vanguard in advancing accessibility and circularity. Vivrelle's inventory and membership options can be found on Vivrelle.com.
About Vivrelle
Founded in September 2018 by newlyweds Blake and Wayne Geffen, Vivrelle is a first-of-its-kind membership club that provides access to a shared closet of coveted designer handbags, jewelry and diamonds for a monthly membership fee. With a dedication to making luxury accessories fun, flexible, affordable, and sustainable, Vivrelle provides members with the ability to borrow items with no return date. In a fresh take on the try-before-you-buy model, Vivrelle members are also able to purchase items they love from Vivrelle's closet at exclusive members-only discounted prices. Encompassing the true meaning of a membership club, Vivrelle offers exclusive club perks, further transforming the way consumers experience luxury in everyday life.
About Four Seasons Hotel Houston
Four Seasons Hotel Houston has been completely transformed through a multi-year, multi-million-dollar enhancement. As Houston's downtown destination, the Hotel now features 468 guest rooms, suites, and residential suites; the acclaimed bourbon concept Bayou & Bottle; Richard Sandoval's new Pan-Latin steakhouse Toro Toro; the new Krigler boutique, the first in Texas for the famed perfumery; Topgolf Swing Suites, the immersive virtual entertainment experience; The Spa, a zen-like haven for pampering; 16,522 square feet of Houston's most elegant meeting and event space, and Bandista, cocktail laboratory.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Knoxville Police say one of their officers was arrested on suspicion of DUI, the second officer arrested on that charge reported in just hours on Thursday.
Officer John Morris was arrested by Pigeon Forge Police Department. Morris was stopped for speeding while off-duty and in a personal vehicle, said a spokesman for Knoxville Police. Morris was accompanied by another off-duty KPD officer who was not arrested and was allowed to leave the scene.
The announcement of this arrest came on the heels of another arrest shared by KPD. Officer Adam Parnell was also arrested by Jefferson City Police on a DUI charge. Both officers have had their patrol duties suspended and are on administrative duty, Noel said.
“Quite frankly, I am furious and at a loss for words. The alleged actions of these officers run in complete opposition to our mission and values as a department,” said Knoxville Police Chief Paul Noel. “Effective immediately, we are suspending the police powers for both officers and they will be reassigned from the Patrol Division to an administrative assignment as we continue to gather information. We will work swiftly to comprehensively and definitively handle this matter.”
Morris has been with KPD since March 2021 and is assigned to the Patrol division. Internal affairs will conduct an internal investigation pending the outcome of criminal proceedings, the department said.
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Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Dara Massicot, senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, about the potential damage to Ukraine’s air defenses and the continuing battle for the city of Bakhmut.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tronox Holdings plc (NYSE: TROX) announced today the following schedule for its fourth quarter 2022 earnings release and webcast conference call:
Earnings Release: Wednesday, February 15, 2023, after the market close via PR Newswire and the Tronox Holdings plc website: tronox.com
Webcast Conference Call: Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. ET (New York). The live call is open to the public via internet broadcast and telephone.
Internet Broadcast: investor.tronox.com
Dial-in Telephone Numbers:
United States: 1 (844) 200-6205
International: +1 929 526 1599
Access code: 301185
Conference Call Presentation Slides will be used during the conference call and are available on our investor relations website: investor.tronox.com
Conference Call Replay: Available via the internet and telephone beginning on February 16, 2023, by 11:00 a.m. ET (New York), until February 21, 2023, 5:00 p.m. ET (New York)
Internet Replay: investor.tronox.com
Replay Dial-in Telephone Numbers:
US Toll Free: 1 (866) 813-9403
International: +44 204 525 0658
Replay Access Code: 643926
Tronox Holdings plc is one of the world's leading producers of high-quality titanium products, including titanium dioxide pigment, specialty-grade titanium dioxide products and high-purity titanium chemicals, and zircon. We mine titanium-bearing mineral sands and operate upgrading facilities that produce high-grade titanium feedstock materials, pig iron and other minerals. With approximately 6,500 employees across six continents, our rich diversity, unmatched vertical integration model, and unparalleled operational and technical expertise across the value chain, position Tronox as the preeminent titanium dioxide producer in the world. For more information about how our products add brightness and durability to paints, plastics, paper and other everyday products, visit tronox.com.
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CLARENCE, N.Y. — A 2,554-pound pumpkin grown in upstate New York has set a new U.S. record for the heaviest.
State and national records fell over the weekend at the Great Pumpkin Farm in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, when Scott Andrusz's entry broke the previous national record of 2,528 pounds, The Buffalo News reported.
The previous New York state record was 2,517 pounds, a news release said.
The winning gourd will be on display at the Great Pumpkin Farm fall festival through Oct. 16.
A grower in Italy holds the world record for heaviest pumpkin. He grew a 2,702-pound squash in 2021, according to Guinness World Records.
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 11, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
451 AM PDT Sat Sep 10 2022
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...the Antelope Valley, the Los Angeles County Mountains
excluding the Santa Monica Range, and the Ventura County Mountains.
* WHEN...Through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Moisture from the remnants of what was tropical system Kay
will linger across the region through this evening. Showers
are expected to become more numerous later this morning and
this afternoon, and there is a chance of thunderstorms. Heavy
downpours are possible, increasing the risk of flooding,
especially in the mountains.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute about the legacy of influential economist William Spriggs. Spriggs died last week.
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
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2023-06-11T13:10:10+00:00
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HIGH SCHOOL
Harrison tops Logansport 46-29
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Saddled up and ready to go, Harrison spurred past Logansport 46-29 in an Indiana girls basketball matchup on February 4.
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Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency
Linda Black Horoscopes
Today’s Birthday (07/20/23). Everything seems possible with friends this year. Grow your exploration with determination and intention. Share delightful family fun this autumn before the greetings and goodbyes of changing winter team rosters. Springtime inspires domestic cleaning and renovations, nurturing your professional flowering. Teamwork realizes the wildest dreams.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Work for a prize. Stay flexible with changes. Delegate or do it yourself? Avoid distractions, confusion or chaos. Choose stability over illusion. Nurture your health.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Express yourself creatively through your preferred medium. Focus on basics, like love, family and sunshine. A walk outside clears the cobwebs. What are you grateful for?
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Visions of domestic renewal inspire action. Adjust for changes. Consider color, art and lighting. Share stories, treats and diversions with family. Contribute harmony.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Jump into the action. You’re especially persuasive. Apply talents and charms to benefit a stirring cause. Listen, observe and monitor conditions carefully.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Have faith in your own capabilities and imagination. Flexibility allows for adaptation and improvisation. Dreams may clash with reality. Adjust and mind the gap.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Follow your heart. Take charge for the results you want. Discuss dreams and visions, wishes and desires with friends. Support each other to advance.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — You’re especially sensitive. Can you work from home? Savor your favorite peaceful rituals. Strategize and prepare for what’s ahead. Clean and organize. Dream and envision.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Cultivate dear friendships with loving attention. Share what you’re learning. Collaboration blooms. To grow, try something you’ve never done before. A prize lies within sight.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Listen to your heart and intuition. Amplify and grow the fun and passion in your work. Develop a dreamy professional project. Imagine the possibilities.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Avenues toward a long-held dream beckon. An educational exploration reveals hidden treasure. Investigate a mystery to get to the source. Explore another angle.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Collaborate for common gain. Fortune follows initiative. Fun doesn’t need to be expensive. Pursue lucrative ventures. Contribute to build wealth and profits together.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Stay flexible, especially with your partner. Action gets results but maybe not as planned. Adapt with changes. Share gratitude and appreciation. Invent romantic possibilities.
Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @LindaCBlack. For more astrological interpretations like today’s Gemini horoscope, visit Linda Black Astrology by clicking daily horoscopes, or go to www.nancyblack.com.
©2023 Nancy Black. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Starting this summer, Indiana will lift its ban on throwing stars.
Under Senate Enrolled Act 77, Indiana will regulate throwing stars the same way as any other knife-like weapon, which includes a ban on school property.
Some business owners in Indiana say they’re planning to take advantage of the change in state law.
“We get people coming in every single day and asking us about it,” said Ryan Gustin, the owner of Flying Squirrel Axe Throwing in Speedway.
Gustin said he is planning to start a throwing star league after Indiana lifts its ban. The activity is offered at axe-throwing businesses in other states.
To help protect his customers, Gustin said, he plans to dull the edges of the stars’ blades.
“We’ll train you how to do it,” he said. “We’ll teach you how to do this safely.”
When the legislation was first proposed this session, it limited them only to recreational businesses. But House lawmakers broadened the bill before it was signed into law, allowing them in almost any environment.
State Sen. Linda Rogers (R-Granger), who pushed for the legislation, said she approves of the final version.
“No matter what type of recreational activity, you want to make sure that there’s safety precautions in place, and I know these businesses will certainly make sure that that’s the case,” Rogers said.
“I really kind of want to grow the sport and kind of deeply root it here in Indianapolis and grow our leagues and help grow axe-throwing leagues at other venues here in Indiana,” Gustin said.
The new law takes effect July 1.
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2023-05-19T23:55:40+00:00
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https://cbs4indy.com/in-focus-indiana-politics/indiana-to-lift-its-ban-on-throwing-stars-this-summer/
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Former Vice President Mike Pence reveals in a new book that he was angry but not afraid on Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters at the U.S. Capitol were chanting for him to be hanged.
In the memoir “So Help Me God,” Pence details the anger he felt despite the threat to his life if the rioters found him.
“I was angry at what I saw, how it desecrated the seat of our democracy and dishonored the patriotism of millions of our supporters, who would never do such a thing here or anywhere else,” Pence wrote on the back cover the book, which was obtained by Axios.
“I was not afraid, but I was angry,” he said.
Pence was one of the main targets during the riot after he refused to go along with former President Trump’s idea that the vice president did not have to certify the votes of the Electoral College.
Pence’s refusal to go along with Trump’s plan and denunciation of the riot since has made a strong dent in his relationship with Trump.
The last couple chapters of Pence’s book focus on the Capitol riot, while the rest detail Pence’s journey as a Christian, how he saw his role as vice president and policy areas he helped with in office such as abortion and national security, according to Axios.
Since leaving office, Pence has spoken at numerous conservative events, with many speculating he will be making a run for office in 2024.
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2022-09-14T15:30:04+00:00
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Byron Donalds emerges as GOP alternative for House speaker
MIAMI (AP) — As Republicans struggled for a second day to elect a House speaker, Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida emerged as the choice of conservative holdouts who are refusing to support Kevin McCarthy’s bid.
During three rounds of balloting Wednesday, Donalds received 20 votes to McCarthy’s 201 — enough to keep McCarthy short of the 218 needed to win the speakership in a full House.
On Tuesday, Republicans opposing McCarthy nominated a slew of candidates, including Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and even former Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York. Donalds joined the insurgent Republicans on the final vote Tuesday, switching his vote from McCarthy to Jordan.
So just who is Byron Donalds?
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
Donalds, 44, was elected in November to his second term representing Florida’s 19th District, in the state’s southwest. For his first election in 2020, Donalds won a nine-way GOP primary and defeated his Democratic opponent to succeed retiring Republican Rep. Francis Rooney.
A native of Brooklyn, Donalds was raised by a single mother and graduated from Florida State University in 2002. He was working as a financial adviser when he was appointed to the board of trustees at a state college by then-Gov. Rick Scott, which helped elevate his profile in Florida’s GOP circles.
His wife, Erika Donalds, is an advocate of the school choice movement in the state. Byron Donalds has acknowledged being arrested as a young man on a marijuana distribution charge that was later dismissed, and said he turned his life around.
He unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House in 2012, winning a state House seat four years later.
HOUSE SPEAKER VOTES
In December 2021, Donalds told CBS that McCarthy had “done tremendous things” for Republicans in the House. “So right now, the question is, who’s going to be the person that’s going to take us to the next level?” Donalds said. “Kevin’s proven he can do that.”
In the first two rounds of votes on Tuesday, Donalds cast his vote for McCarthy before opting for Jordan in the third round. In doing so, Donalds tweeted that the “reality is … McCarthy doesn’t have the votes.”
“This will take time, Democracy is messy at times, but we will be ready to govern on behalf of the American people,” Donalds added. “Debate is healthy.”
On Wednesday, when his own name was placed in nomination, Donalds cast votes in favor of himself. On Fox after one of those votes, Donalds said he had briefly spoken with McCarthy and called for leadership that “actually reflects where the American people are, and that leadership is something that is earned here in the nation’s Capitol, not just given.”
PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP PURSUIT
Donalds has previously sought GOP leadership posts. In November, he unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York for conference chair, the No. 4 position in Republican House leadership, losing a closed-door vote.
VOICES FROM THE FLOOR
Rep. Chip Roy of Texas was the sole member to vote for Donalds for speaker on Tuesday, before subsequently supporting Jordan. In his Wednesday speech nominating Donalds, Roy said the sophomore represented a move toward something different, both for Washington and the Republican Party.
“Here we are, and for the first time in history, there have been two Black Americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the House,” Roy said, referring to Donalds and Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries. “This country needs a change. This country needs leadership that does not reflect this city, this town that is badly broken.”
Donalds is currently one of only four Black Republicans in the House.
Cori Bush, a Black Democratic congresswoman from Missouri, called Donalds a “prop.”
“Despite being Black, he supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy. His name being in the mix is not progress — it’s pathetic,” she tweeted.
Nominating Donalds in the fifth round, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado said the House’s job “is not to coronate the biggest fundraiser, or rubberstamp the status quo or keep on going along to get along. It’s to use our votes to elect a speaker who will enable us to get our country back on track.”
Speaking with reporters on the Capitol steps, Donalds on Wednesday called the ongoing debate “an invigorating day for America” but noted that “there’s a lot of members in the chamber who want to have serious conversations about how we can bring this all to a close and elect a speaker.”
“Once we get this organized and figured out, we’ll get back to business,” he said. “It’s only Day Two, y’all. Settle down. We’re going to be all right.”
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Kinnard reported from Columbia, S.C. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington contributed to this report.
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Lionel Messi makes it official and signs with Inter Miami, Major League Soccer
(AP) - Lionel Messi has finalized his deal to join Major League Soccer, and after years of planning and pursuing, Inter Miami has landed a global icon.
Messi’s contract became official Saturday, a little more than five weeks after he declared that he would be coming to Inter Miami. The team will introduce him Sunday night at its stadium in Fort Lauderdale, and the first home match of the Messi era could be as early as Friday in a Leagues Cup match against Cruz Azul.
A formal news conference is scheduled for Monday, and his first training session with his new club is expected on Tuesday. The club previously announced that Messi’s deal will be for 2 1/2 seasons and will pay him between $50 million and $60 million annually — putting the total contract value between $125 million and $150 million in cash alone.
“BIENVENIDO 10,” the team posted Saturday on Twitter.
Welcome, Messi, indeed.
“We are overjoyed that the greatest player in the world chose Inter Miami CF and Major League Soccer, and his decision is a testament to the momentum and energy behind our League and our sport in North America,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said in a statement. “We have no doubt that Lionel will show the world that MLS can be a League of Choice for the best players in the game.”
It is, in many ways, an unusual marriage. Messi — still perhaps the biggest star in the game — is signing with a team that entered Saturday in last place in the MLS’s Eastern Conference standings. It’s a club in just its fourth season that plays in a temporary home that will seat only about 22,000 people when some rushed renovations like adding extra bleacher seats get completed.
Doesn’t matter. Soccer royalty now plays for Inter Miami.
Messi arrived in South Florida on Tuesday following vacation, then started the process of physicals and paperwork on Wednesday and the deal got finalized Saturday afternoon. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner — the trophy given annually to the world’s best player — is making his Miami move after two years with Paris Saint-Germain.
“I’m very excited to start this next step in my career with Inter Miami and in the United States,” Messi said in a statement. “This is a fantastic opportunity and together we will continue to build this beautiful project. The idea is to work together to achieve the objectives we set, and I’m very eager to start helping here in my new home.”
It was widely known that Messi would be leaving PSG. The mystery was where he was going. Some thought Messi eventually would choose to play for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, following longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo to a kingdom where some clubs now are funded by its sovereign wealth fund. Going back to Barcelona, a storied franchise where he spent most of his career, was another possibility.
In the end, Miami won. An idea that co-owner David Beckham began floating publicly in 2021 — two years before, evidently, the team actually started thinking about how to pull this off — has now become reality.
“After winning the World Cup and not being able to return to Barcelona, it was my turn to go to the league of the United States to live football in another way,” Messi said in June when announcing his decision.
He led Argentina to the World Cup title last December. Messi has more than 800 goals in his career for club and country, making him one of the greatest scorers in the sport’s history. He scored twice in last year’s World Cup final against France, a match that ended 3-3 with Argentina prevailing 4-2 on penalty kicks.
He is a four-time Champions League winner and his 129 goals in the top club competition are second to Ronaldo’s 140. Messi has won 10 La Liga titles and two Ligue 1 championships, seven Copa del Reys and three Club World Cups plus a Copa América and Olympic gold medal for Argentina.
“Ten years ago, when I started my journey to build a new team in Miami, I said that I dreamt of bringing the greatest players in the world to this amazing city,” Beckham said. “Players who shared the ambition I had when I joined LA Galaxy to help grow football in the USA and to build a legacy for the next generation in this sport that we love so much.
“Today that dream came true.”
The club had a road match Saturday at St. Louis, yet when word got out that Messi may have been at the team’s facility that morning a couple hundred fans showed up just hoping for a glimpse, not even deterred by a late-morning thunderstorm. Many wore Messi jerseys — some the light blue of Argentina, some the pink-and-black of Inter Miami. Some carried flags; one carried a sign mostly in Spanish, but the words “Messi” and “GOAT” made the messaging clear.
It’s just part of a welcome party that is only getting started.
Messi was seen at a Publix supermarket near Fort Lauderdale — the grocery chain is an Inter Miami sponsor — with his family earlier in the week, and the cart had a few items picked out by the kids: Froot Loops, Cap’n Crunch, Lucky Charms. The scene went viral by the time he hit the checkout lane.
A serial goal scorer is evidently a cereal fan as well.
And now, it’s time for the soccer to start. Inter Miami plans to introduce Messi on Sunday night, at an event the club is calling “The Unveil.” Shakira is rumored to be attending, and tickets are long gone for the show that has been anticipated for weeks.
Hopes for the franchise are now officially sky-high. Inter Miami has never contended for a title; Messi could change everything in a hurry for a team that has won only 34% of its matches in MLS play.
“Lionel Messi is an incomparable talent,” Inter Miami sporting director Chris Henderson said. “What he brings on and off the field will elevate everyone around him and we’re excited to have him at Inter Miami.”
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2023-07-15T19:42:16+00:00
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CHICAGO (AP) — AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a $23 million fine to resolve a federal probe into its illegal efforts to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who also faces new charges for his role in the scheme, prosecutors announced Friday.
Under the agreement, the company admits that it arranged to make payments to an associate of Madigan, who was one of the state’s most powerful political figures at the time, in exchange for Madigan’s help in pushing through legislation favorable to the company, the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago said in a news release. In what could spell trouble for Madigan, prosecutors also said the company agreed to cooperate with any related investigations.
Madigan’s attorney, Sheldon Zenner, declined to comment when reached by phone.
In a separate release, the U.S. attorney’s office said that Madigan, who was charged in March for his alleged role in a nearly $3 million racketeering bribery scheme, was indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in the AT&T scheme. In a separate indictment unsealed Friday, the company’s former president, Paul La Schiazza, was charged with participating in the conspiracy and other offenses.
Madigan, 80, has had a dramatic fall from power since retiring under pressure last year and ending his run as the longest-serving speaker of a state House of Representatives in modern history. As the Democratic speaker of the solidly Democratic-led Illinois House, Madigan, nicknamed the velvet hammer, wielded immense power. His reward of campaign cash and choice legislative assignments helped let him determine which bills received a hearing and which didn’t.
In March, he was charged in an alleged racketeering bribery scheme involving utility Commonwealth Edison. According to prosecutors, Madigan used his speaker role and various other positions of power to further his alleged criminal enterprise. Those charges were filed after federal prosecutors announced in 2020 that the utility had agreed to pay $200 million and cooperate with an investigators of a years-long bribery scheme. McClain is charged in that case as is a lobbyist, a consultant and a former ComEd CEO.
The allegations against Madigan involving AT&T are similar. In their news release, prosecutors allege that Madigan and his close friend Michael F. McClain, who is also charged in both alleged schemes, “conspired with AT&T Illinois’s then-president to corruptly arrange for $22,500 to be paid at the direction of the company to the Madigan ally.”
According to prosecutors, AT&T admits that in 2017, it arranged for a Madigan ally to receive the payments through a lobbying firm that had done work for the company. Prosecutors contend that arrangement was made to “disguise” why the ally, who didn’t work for the company, was being paid.
On Friday, prosecutors announced that in exchange for agreeing to pay the fine, they suspended their criminal case against AT&T, which alleges that it used an interstate facility to promote legislative misconduct. If, after two years, the company “abides by certain conditions, including continuing to cooperate with any investigation related to the misconduct alleged in the information,” the charges will be dropped.
In a brief statement, AT&T said: “We hold ourselves and our contractors to the highest ethical standards. We are committed to ensuring that this never happens again.”
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2022-10-15T10:38:24+00:00
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everythinglubbock.com
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/politics/ap-att-illinois-to-pay-23m-to-settle-federal-probe/
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Here at the intersection of the news media, policy and politics, the unsubtle destabilizing — and sometimes deliberate sabotaging — of our democracy is proceeding on pace.
America’s please-lie-to-me voters, who prefer to get their news and their political promises from folks who know how to make them feel good, knew where they could turn on State of the Union night. And all of us who want to understand how our political games are really being played these days need to take the time to watch along with them. Or at least read this.
For today we will be looking at the essentials that the polls won’t tell you about how voters’ minds are being massaged and manipulated and molded — before their voting decisions would show up in the polls and on Election Day.
An hour before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday State of the Union address, Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson was presenting a carefully choreographed opinion message massage aimed at molding viewer impressions that there’s lots that’s wrong with Biden.
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In what looks like an unusual start, Carlson’s cameras show the 8-foot-high metal fence that security has placed around the Capitol just for that night only, for the third straight year, to safeguard dignitaries from the executive, legislative and judicial branches in the hall.
“In the new America, Congress is surrounded by walls,” Carlson says. Fox correspondent Kevin Corke claims the security fence created a “nightmarish commute for many Americans.” He reminds us of an irrelevancy — that Biden had called his predecessor’s border wall “costly and ineffective.” And he adds: “Some would say that is a bit hypocritical.”
“Yeah,” says Carlson. “If you’re afraid of the people you govern, maybe you’re not doing a good job. Just a thought!”
After comparing a temporary one-night security fence with Donald Trump’s border wall, Carlson switches suddenly to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s government-controlled media and government-praising pundits had been peddling something former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett claimed in a rambling, five-hour interview. Bennett, who mediated a failed peace effort last spring, said he believes “the West” had “blocked” peace negotiations he thought Russia and Ukraine agreed to try.
But Carlson never mentioned that Bennett also contended Russia’s slaughter of civilians in Bucha was what really ended the peace effort. Carlson said the news that “the Biden administration” apparently blocked peace in Ukraine was “a huge story.”
“How can The New York Times, The Washington Post, how can all the cheerleaders for this refuse to acknowledge this fact?” Well, because it was unclear and imprecise just who Bennett was saying did what. Bennett had also said that it was Russia’s slaughter of many civilians in Bucha, a city near Kyiv, that ended the peace initiative. Indeed, Bennett tweeted a walk-back of his earlier claim: “It’s unsure there was any deal to be made.”
But Carlson was nowhere near done with his inflammatory use of that topic in his pre-speech message massage. He introduced former Hawaiian Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a onetime Democrat who has found an audience on right-wing shows. Gabbard said: “Our leaders … could have prevented this (war) and they didn’t. ... It just shows they never cared about the Ukrainian people … the American people, or democracy, or freedom. … It reveals what they really wanted all along … to overthrow the Putin regime.”
She warned the conflict in Ukraine “increased the risk of nuclear war" and added: “We know who is profiting from this … expenditure of taxpayer dollars.” Her list began with Biden’s administration and ended with the military industrial complex. Interestingly, her attack from the right sounded identical to the themes we heard a half-century ago from the left-wing Vietnam War protesters.
By then Fox viewers had been craftily massaged and molded to suitable skeptical outrage — in time for President Biden to begin speaking for himself. Biden’s speech was laden with the populist programs targeted to appeal to the blue collar, non-college degree Americans who have been a major part of Trump’s base. And when Biden finally got to his carefully conceived words where he said some Republicans wanted to sunset Social Security and Medicare, the Republicans in the chamber erupted in howls of outrage.
“Liar!” That’s what a number of Republicans shouted — even though every one of them knew that just last year, the Senate Republican campaign chairman, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, had proposed that very thing. And they knew many others in that room had too. But they aren’t for that any more. So they chose to call the president a liar — even though they knew his words were absolutely true.
And at home, their faithful core of please-lie-to-me voters may well have been moved to join in as they shouted at the president: “Liar!”
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2023-02-11T00:53:19+00:00
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greensboro.com
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https://greensboro.com/opinion/columnists/martin-schram-massaging-the-anti-biden-message/article_4ba05692-a99c-11ed-938a-239ab640d72e.html
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College on Central Florida holds 4th annual administrative professionals event
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - CF Business and Technology Department officials will host the 4th annual administrative professionals event on the College on Central Florida Ocala campus on Friday.
The event is a great way to celebrate administrative professionals and provides networking opportunities.
There will be breakout sessions on topics like effective communication and presentation skills.
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The keynote speaker is Lisa Lombardo, chief culture and strategy officer at hotel development and management group.
The cost per participant is $35 and includes breakfast, lunch, and gifts.
It will run from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
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2023-04-21T08:43:56+00:00
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to improve dental hygiene in children," said an inventor from Bremerton, Wash., "so I invented the ANI-FLOSS. My idea would make it fun for kids to floss."
The patent-pending invention provides an easy way of cleaning the teeth and gums. It makes the cleaning process more fun for children and encourages young persons to develop good dental hygiene, which could last a lifetime. This device would be safer for children compared to standard spooled dental floss products. Made of biodegradable materials to contribute to an eco-friendly product it is easy to use, convenient and functional.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-FED-2435, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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2022-12-29T20:07:20+00:00
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Rebrand represents the company's evolution and strength as a top agency to B2B brands across North America
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WebEnertia, an industry-leading digital agency that drives results through impactful web and brand experiences for the world's top B2B brands, has relaunched as Clear Digital. The rebrand is a testament to the growth, innovation, and evolution of the company and its clients since its inception.
Founded in 1999 as WebEnertia by Steve Ohanians and Valod Amirkhanian, the company has become the go-to Silicon Valley digital agency for brands looking to expand their reach and awareness among sophisticated B2B buyers. Over the past two decades, the agency has worked with some of the world's top B2B brands, including Cisco Systems, McAfee, and Splunk.
WebEnertia has experienced significant growth over the past 24 years, both internally and externally. This expansion warrants an equally progressive, forward-thinking rebrand rooted in the company's core mission of confidently navigating change by building impactful B2B digital brand experiences. The rebrand to Clear Digital aligns internally with corporate culture and represents the complete portfolio of services offered by the company. The sophisticated, modern name is designed to grow the client and employee footprint and position the company among the most well-known agencies.
"WebEnertia was built on a passion for building and designing websites," said Steve Ohanians, co-founder and CEO of Clear Digital. "And although we are extremely proud of where we began, there has been a significant shift in our company as we continue to build influence, authority, and leadership in the B2B space. As our clients have grown in size and stature, so have we. The rebrand supports the evolution and breadth of our offerings and elevates us to better compete with global agencies for new business and talent acquisition. We are incredibly excited about our direction in the months and years ahead. We believe it is the right time to rebrand and capitalize on our market position."
The name, Clear Digital, represents an intelligent and genuine agency dedicated to bringing clarity and confidence in navigating the path to improved B2B digital experiences. Ones that drive results and take enterprises to the next level. More than just great-looking design, compelling copy, and skillful programming, Clear Digital's connected solutions deliver results and foster strong relationships. The circle in the logo represents the completeness of offerings, collaboration focus, and transformation of businesses.
"What started as a niche web design agency has now evolved into a full-service Silicon Valley digital agency providing solutions for the world's most recognizable B2B brands," said Valod Amirkhanian, co-founder and Director of Technology at Clear Digital. "We pride ourselves as leaders in providing creative solutions for innovative clients. Our new name represents that vision more clearly."
While Clear Digital's business principles remain the same, it connects all of its capabilities to foster solid and lasting relationships that help B2B businesses navigate change confidently. The company employs 90+ individuals across the globe who support the company's digital strategy, brand strategy, user experience design, creative services, and development and technology functions.
Clear Digital has earned a net promoter score (NPS) of 81, is considered excellent among B2B service providers, and has a client retention rate of 94%. The company has been listed on the Inc. 5000 List for Fastest Growing Private Companies (2021), received numerous awards from the American Advertising Federation (AAF), and boasts an internal culture that results in 90% retention.
About Clear Digital
Clear Digital is a full-service Silicon Valley digital brand experience agency headquartered in San Jose. With 20+ years of experience in delivering award-winning results for its clients, Clear Digital specializes in building strategic digital brand and web experiences for B2B organizations. Clients include Cisco Systems, McAfee, and Splunk.
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2023-02-22T15:03:14+00:00
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Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, whose beguiling rendition of "The Girl From Ipanema" made her world famous, has died at 83. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 6, 2023.)
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Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, whose beguiling rendition of "The Girl From Ipanema" made her world famous, has died at 83. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 6, 2023.)
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2023-06-07T10:33:14+00:00
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https://www.kunm.org/2023-06-07/astrud-gilberto-the-girl-from-ipanema-singer-dies-at-83
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WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) – Connecticut is known for great pizza, and it looks like the word has spread to the skies.
Nature Photographer Doug Gemmell captured the moment a juvenile bald eagle swooped down and snatched a pepperoni pizza slice at Wethersfield Cove this week.
Check out the pictures in the gallery below!
It’s a good thing New York City’s famous pizza rat lives underground, otherwise, he might end up as part of a meal for this eagle. The city’s lollipop racoon isn’t as lucky and may need to watch the skies.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, bald eagles eat small animals such as waterfowl, turtles, rabbits and snakes, but their staple food is fish — which is why they typically live near rivers, lakes and marshes.
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2023-03-10T14:28:09+00:00
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kfor.com
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https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/pie-in-the-sky-juvenile-bald-eagle-snatches-pizza-slice-in-connecticut/
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An immersive art exhibit placing visitors in a projected sea of pieces by Vincent van Gogh will arrive in Hartford next month.
The exhibit is one of several in recent months that have aimed to captivate audiences with visual representations of art and stories of historic figures, including the “Beyond King Tut” exhibit now open in Boston.
Open Aug. 10 through Oct. 2 at the Connecticut Convention Center, “Beyond Van Gogh” will surround visitors with detailed projections and music that organizers say will make the famous 19th-century artist’s work “come alive.”
The exhibit is a “truly immersive experience,” organizers said. “Our show breaks barriers by incorporating both still and moving art. Masterpieces, now freed from frames, come alive, appear, and disappear, flow across multi-surfaces, the minutia of details titillating our heightened senses.”
The artwork — 300 van Gogh pieces — will be projected on every surface surrounding visitors, the exhibit’s website said, making it feel “as though you have stepped directly into a Van Gogh painting.”
Tickets are available on the exhibit’s website, BeyondVanGoghHartford.com, and must be purchased in advance. A walk-through of the exhibit takes about an hour, the site said.
Organizers warned the exhibit would feature moving images, sounds and lights that could cause dizziness, motion sickness, vertigo or discomfort for people with photosensitive epilepsy or other medical conditions.
Earlier exhibits from the same producers included the “Beyond King Tut” exhibit focusing on the famous pharaoh’s life, death and entombment in Ancient Egypt.
Another immersive van Gogh exhibit created by separate producers also visited Boston over the winter.
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- ‘Imagine Van Gogh the Original Immersive Exhibition in Image Totale’ extended in Boston until March due to popular demand
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2022-07-25T14:00:44+00:00
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masslive.com
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https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/07/beyond-van-gogh-immersive-art-exhibit-where-paintings-that-come-alive-announces-hartford-visit.html
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Center for Strategic and International Studies' Max Bergmann about Ukraine's planned counteroffensive and what it will take to be successful.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Center for Strategic and International Studies' Max Bergmann about Ukraine's planned counteroffensive and what it will take to be successful.
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2023-05-15T21:24:30+00:00
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kgou.org
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STAMFORD, Conn., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emeren Group Ltd ("Emeren" or the "Company") (www.emeren.com) (NYSE: SOL), a leading global solar project developer, owner, and operator, today announced that management will be attending 9th Annual Roth London Conference, which will be held at Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane.
Management will be also available for one-on-one or small group meetings with institutional investors during the conference on June 20 - 22, 2023. For more information or to request a meeting, please contact a Roth sales representative.
To learn more and submit a registration request, visit https://www.roth.com/london2023
About Emeren Group Ltd
Emeren Group Ltd (NYSE: SOL) is a leading global solar project developer, owner, and operator with a ~3 GW pipeline of projects and IPP assets across Europe, North America, and Asia. The Company focuses on solar power project development, construction management and project financing services with local professional teams across multiple countries. For more information, go to www.emeren.com.
Emeren Group filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2023. The Annual Report on Form 20-F can be accessed on Emeren Group Ltd's investor relations website at https://ir.emeren.com/ or on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Shareholders and holders of American depositary shares representing Emeren's shares have the ability to, upon request to Emeren's Investor Relations Department at IR@emeren.com, receive a hard copy of Emeren's complete audited financial statements, free of charge, within a reasonable period of time following the request.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Mark Cancian, senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies' International Security program, about government oversight of U.S. aid to Ukraine.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Mark Cancian, senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies' International Security program, about government oversight of U.S. aid to Ukraine.
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2022-12-02T10:47:22+00:00
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wyomingpublicmedia.org
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https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-12-02/the-u-s-aims-to-ensure-that-the-aid-to-ukraine-goes-where-its-supposed-to-go
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*Tune into FOX 17 Unfiltered tonight at 7 & 11 p.m. for the full story!*
After record-setting snowfall over the weekend, Bittersweet Ski Resort in Otsego celebrated an early opening to the season.
Just one year ago, Bittersweet wasn't able to welcome folks to the hill until the back-end of December. This year, a much different story, as they turned on the lifts before Thanksgiving.
"We're excited to be open," said General Manager Nick Ross. "We're excited to offer a little skiing a little earlier this year. Kind of get everybody out. I know everybody's been cooped up all weekend with all the snow, so to get them out here today was a good opportunity."
Two lifts were open on Monday. In the coming weeks, Ross said they hope to have Snow Flyer, their brand new, high-speed quad chairlift, up and running as well.
As for this early start to the season, Ross said it took a lot of work to make it happen, but they were ready.
"it was just kind of hard to it was a hard struggle," he said, "but we were able to pull everything off. It seems like every year we pull it off no matter what we what our circumstances are. It's kind of our goal — to make sure we can get open as early as we can and put on a show for everybody and give them something to do."
Ross said, while the snowstorm was a welcomed sight, that late-November blessing can also be a curse.
"With the high humidity over the weekend, that kept the temps up a little bit — I think we were low to mid 20s all weekend, which doesn't fully get us to open our snow guns up all the way, but it makes it able to get going," he said.
Ross said he hopes to stay open through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but he knows it's not his decision — the weather will dictate whether or not that can happen.
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2022-11-21T23:30:06+00:00
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fox17online.com
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https://www.fox17online.com/fox-17-unfiltered/bittersweet-ski-resort-celebrates-an-early-opening-day
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company added to its already substantial Apple investment at the end of last year while slashing a new investment in computer chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor and two longtime bank holdings.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. revealed several changes to its stock portfolio in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday. Many investors follow the company’s moves closely because of Buffett’s remarkably successful investing record over the decades.
Berkshire picked up nearly 21 million more shares in the iPhone maker during the final three months of last year to give it 915.6 million shares at the end of 2022.
Buffett has called Apple one of the four giants that drive Berkshire’s results even though it is only a stock investment. Berkshire’s other main drivers are companies that it owns outright: its insurance unit that includes Geico, its energy company that owns several major utilities, and BNSF railroad.
During the quarter, Berkshire slashed its investments in Taiwan Semiconductor, US Bancorp and Bank of New York Mellon.
Just three months after revealing a 60 million-share stake in the chipmaker, Berkshire cut its Taiwan Semiconductor investment down to 8.3 million shares.
Berkshire also cut its US Bancorp investment drastically from 52.5 million shares to 6.7 million by the end of the year.
Berkshire Hathaway cut its investment in Bank of New York Mellon again and sold off more than 37 million shares during the quarter to leave it with just over 25 million shares of the bank.
The quarterly filings Berkshire submitted Tuesday don’t make clear which investments Buffett is responsible for and which ones were made by the company’s two other investment managers, but Buffett generally handles all of Berkshire’s biggest investments worth $1 billion or more. Buffett doesn’t regularly comment on these stock filings.
Berkshire also added to one of its smaller investments that it first revealed three months ago when it picked up more than 1.2 million Louisiana Pacific shares to give it control of nearly 10% of that maker of building products.
During the quarter, Buffett continued to trim Berkshire’s investment in Activision Blizzard to 52.7 million shares. He has said that he bought that stock as a way to bet that Microsoft’s acquisition of the video game maker will ultimately go through.
The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate Buffett leads also trimmed its investments in the grocer Kroger and Ally Financial.
Buffett’s biggest investment over the past year in oil producer Occidental Petroleum remained unchanged during the quarter. Berkshire held 194.4 million Occidental shares and warrants to buy another 83.9 million shares at the end of the year.
Berkshire did pick up nearly 2 million more Chevron shares during the quarter to give it control of 8.7% of the oil giant.
One of the biggest changes in Berkshire’s portfolio isn’t reflected in the SEC filings because its investment in Chinese electric car maker BYD is held on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Since August, Berkshire has sold off 95 million of the 225 million BYD shares it bought back in 2008.
Besides stocks, Berkshire owns an eclectic mix of dozens of different manufacturing, retail and service businesses.
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2023-02-15T03:39:45+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-buffetts-firm-buys-apple-slashes-chipmaker-and-bank-stakes/
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Waukesha Parade suspect Darrell Brooks' attorney files motion to withdraw from case
Brooks to ask court to allow him to represent himself in the trial scheduled for Oct. 3
Brooks to ask court to allow him to represent himself in the trial scheduled for Oct. 3
The attorney for Waukesha Parade suspect Darrell Brooks filed a motion Thursday to withdraw as Brooks' attorney.
WISN 12 News has obtained a letter to victims' families from the Waukesha County District Attorney's office. It says Brooks will ask the court to allow him to represent himself in the trial scheduled for Oct. 3.
Attorney Jeremy Perri filed the motion to withdraw on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Brooks announced he was dropping his insanity defense, changing his plea in the upcoming trial to not guilty.
Brooks is accused of driving into the Waukesha Christmas Parade in November, killing six people and injuring dozens more.
On Thursday, the media was given a pre-trial walkthrough.
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2022-09-23T01:45:54+00:00
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wisn.com
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https://www.wisn.com/article/waukesha-parade-suspect-darrell-brooks-attorney-files-motion-to-withdraw-from-case/41344387
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Brand New Show Including New Celeb and Charity Partner
PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Major changes coming to a staple art show in Palm Beach. Art Palm Beach is the longest running fair dedicated to contemporary, emerging, and modern art in the area. But this year the owners of the LA Art Show, the most prestigious and innovative art show in America are bringing their knowledge and expertise to Palm Beach. "We will be creating a new and completely revamped Art Palm Beach said Kassandra Voyagis, the producer and director of the show. "Under our leadership, we will be taking this show in a new and exciting direction marrying both fairs in a dynamic state-of-the-art bicoastal enterprise."
Art Palm Beach has been acquired by Scott Diament and Rob Samuels of the Palm Beach Show Group.
Art Palm Beach will be held January 25th to the 29th, 2023 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. There will be more than 80 prestigious contemporary, emerging and modern art galleries including for the first time in South Florida, a platform with a rotating group of art institutions named DIVERSEartLA. DIVERSEartLA engages local communities by generating innovative ideas and driving social change through art. Renowned art curator Marisa Caichiolo and international artists like Marcos Lutyens will be in attendance focusing on immersive art experiences. Lutyens forward thinking artwork focuses on consciousness and disrupting patterns of thinking, associations, and ways of existing in the world through exhibitions and performances. "Having Marcos Lutyens' artistic practice in this year's Art Palm Beach show is indicative of the level of artist and show we are bringing to Palm Beach," said Voyagis.
Art Palm Beach is also pleased to announce a first of its kind local partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Art Palm Beach will donate 15% of the entire shows proceeds to St Jude including the night of the star-studded VIP opening night premier event. Ticket sales for opening night are $150. The exclusive red-carpet event will feature the who's who of Palm Beach county along with trendsetters, influencers and alpha consumers. Special celebrity guest appearances will also be announced shortly.
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2022-12-05T16:52:17+00:00
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Video from News 6 partner WPLG-TV’s helicopter showed a waterspout Friday afternoon off Hollywood Beach.
The waterspout was 2-3 miles offshore before coming on land as a brief tornado.
The spout formed as thunderstorms moved in off the coast.
Sky 10 video showed a beachgoer and umbrellas being knocked over by the twister.
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2023-04-21T19:44:35+00:00
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clickorlando.com
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Noda hit a tying grand slam in the seventh inning, Esteury Ruiz drove in the winning run with an infield single that bounced off Arizona shortstop Nick Ahmed in the 12th and the Oakland Athletics beat the Diamondbacks 9-8 on Tuesday night.
The A’s came back from deficits of 2-0 and 8-4, winning on a walkoff hit for the second time in five days. Austin Pruitt (1-1) pitched the final three innings for the victory.
“We just keep coming in every day believing that we can beat anybody who comes out on that field against us,” Noda said.
Both teams wasted scoring opportunities late.
Arizona had two on in the eighth and one on in the 11th but couldn’t cash in. The A’s had two on in the 10th and 11th but also failed to score.
With Ramón Laureano starting the 12th at second base, Scott McGough (0-4) struck out Shea Langeliers before an intentional walk to Jace Peterson. Nick Allen, who homered in the fourth, then reached on an infield single before Ruiz’s winner in front of another sparse crowd of 3,261 at the Coliseum.
“We’re all just going through it together and fighting together,” Allen said. “We’re just trying to put quality at-bats together and quality innings on the mound. We’re all just doing it as a team.”
The low attendance continued an ongoing trend in Oakland since the team purchased land to build a stadium in Las Vegas.
The A’s drew 25,547 total for a four-game series against the Rangers, then opened the set with the Diamondbacks on Tuesday with an announced crowd of 2,064, their smallest for a home game fans were allowed to attend since drawing 1,037 against Texas on Sept. 19, 1979.
Laureano also connected for the A’s, who won for the second time in 10 games.
“It feels like every win lately has been a win where we talk about using the whole team,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “Tonight is the same. Several guys had good nights. Pruitt’s night, coming in and throwing three innings there and holding the Diamondbacks to zero runs is pretty remarkable.”
Christian Walker and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homered for Arizona.
Gurriel’s home run off reliever Garrett Acton was his second in two nights and seventh in 38 games this season after having five in 121 games in 2022. It also extended Gurriel’s hitting streak to 10 games.
Noda’s first career grand slam, and the first for the A’s this season, came off reliever Kyle Nelson in the seventh and erased Arizona’s four-run lead. That came two pitches after Carlos Pérez reached on a two-out fielding error by third baseman Evan Longoria.
“Just try to get a good pitch and drive it,” Noda said of his thinking in the at-bat. “That’s the approach most of the time but especially right there.”
Dominic Fletcher singled in the fifth and became the fifth player in Diamondbacks history to have at least 20 hits in their first 15 career games.
That was big on a night when Arizona starting pitcher Tommy Henry failed to make it out of the fifth. Henry allowed six hits and four runs in 4 2/3 innings and left after giving up a two-out RBI single to Carlos Pérez that cut the Diamondbacks lead to 6-4.
GLOVELY PLAY
Allen made a tremendous play on Gabriel Moreno’s grounder up the middle, going behind second base to grab the ball. The A’s shortstop did a 360-degree spin and made a one-hop throw to first baseman Jesús Aguilar for the out.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: RHP Mason Miller has been diagnosed with a mild UCL sprain, although the team hopes he can return to the mound this season. … RHP Trevor May (anxiety) was sent to Triple-A Las Vegas to begin a rehab assignment.
UP NEXT
Arizona RHP Ryne Nelson (1-2, 6.20 ERA) pitches the series finale Wednesday afternoon. Nelson has lost six consecutive starts dating to his only win April 9 against the Dodgers. RHP Luis Medina (0-2, 8.18) gets the call for the A’s and is seeking his first career victory in the majors.
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2023-05-17T07:15:24+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/noda-hits-tying-grand-slam-in-7th-a-s-beat-18103691.php
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Mills wins Republican nomination in contentious, crowded race for Florida's 7th Congressional District
LAKE MARY, Fla. - Florida voters will elect at least six new members of Congress this year – four because incumbents are retiring or seeking higher office and two because of the creation of a new district and the redrawing of a current district, which pits two incumbents against each other.
One of those incumbents who is retiring is U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Democrat representing Florida's U.S. House District 7. That district has been redrawn by a Republican-led Florida Legislature that will likely favor a Republican in November.
Cory Mills was projected to win the Republican nomination in a contentious primary that also featured another high-profile Republican, State Rep. Anthony Sabatini. With over 92% of the vote reporting, Mills was leading Sabatini 38% to 24%.
Karen Green, a former Florida Democratic Party vice chair, has won her primary. Green and Mills will face off in November to represent the district that extends from Seminole County to the Atlantic Coast.
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2022-08-24T03:29:30+00:00
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fox35orlando.com
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https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/mills-wins-republican-nomination-in-contentious-crowded-race-for-floridas-7th-congressional-district
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[Breaking news update, published at 1:01 p.m. ET]
Recaptured Alabama fugitive Casey White intended to have a shootout with law enforcement, and would have done so had pursuing officers not forced White to wreck in a ditch Monday in Evansville, Indiana, a sheriff said Tuesday.
"Had we not (forced him into the ditch), the fugitive was going to engage in a shootout with law enforcement," Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding told reporters, citing White's interviews with investigators after his capture.
"That action may have saved many of my deputies' (and other officers') lives," Wedding said.
Investigators found guns and about $29,000 in cash in the vehicle White was driving Monday, Wedding said.
Authorities preliminarily believe that White's passenger, former Alabama corrections officer Vicky White, shot herself "once the vehicle crashed," Wedding said. She died at a hospital later Monday.
A coroner will confirm whether Vicky White shot herself, Wedding said.
"(Casey White) said he was probably going to have a shootout at the stake of both of them losing their lives," Wedding said.
[Original story, published at 12:21 p.m ET]
Authorities are releasing new details of the final moments of Monday's police chase that ended fugitive Alabama inmate Casey White's 11 days on the run with a former corrections officer -- who investigators say may have ended her own life during the pursuit.
As Casey White tried to drive away from pursuing officers in the southern Indiana city of Evansville, his passenger -- the former corrections officer Vicky White -- indicated during a call with police dispatchers she had a gun, a sheriff said Tuesday.
By the time the chase ended in a wreck and officers approached the car, Vicky White "was unconscious with a gunshot wound to her head, and (Casey White) gave up without incident," Dave Wedding, sheriff of Indiana's Vanderburgh County, told CNN on Tuesday.
Authorities preliminarily "believe that she may have taken her own life, but we will wait until the coroner's office examines the body to make a confirmation," Wedding said.
That ended a manhunt that began April 29, the day authorities say Vicky White, 56, let murder defendant Casey White, 38, out of the Alabama jail where she was about to retire as assistant corrections director.
In dispatch audio from Evansville police, a dispatcher noted during Monday's chase that "we could hear her on the line saying she had her finger on the trigger." The dispatcher earlier can be heard saying "they're calling into 911."
It's not clear who made the 911 call. Authorities have not released the audio that they believe contains White's voice.
Investigators looking for the pair -- who investigators said were not related -- zeroed in on Evansville following a tip that came from the public Sunday, said Rick Singleton, sheriff of Alabama's Lauderdale County and Vicky White's former boss.
Officers conducting surveillance spotted Vicky White exiting a hotel Monday with a wig on, US Marshal Marty Keely said. Then, she and Casey White got into a car and drove away.
Authorities continued to watch them until a vehicle pursuit began, ending when a US Marshals task force member drove a vehicle into the Cadillac the pair were in. The car wrecked and rolled over, Keely said. Casey White was driving the car, according to the US Marshals.
Officers were able to remove the inmate from the wrecked car, but Vicky White was pinned inside with a gunshot wound to her head, Keely said.
Casey White reportedly told authorities to help "his wife" who had shot herself in the head and told them he didn't do it, according to Keely. Casey White and Vicky White were not married to investigators' knowledge, Keely said.
No law enforcement officers fired any shots during the chase, according to Singleton.
Live updates: The latest on the Alabama fugitive case
Plenty of questions remain, including precisely why Vicky White would have left Alabama's Lauderdale County with the inmate. Authorities have said the pair may have had a romantic relationship, which they suspected only after the escape, in part from what other inmates have said.
"What in the world provoked her, prompted her to pull a stunt like this, I don't know. I don't know if we'll ever know," Singleton said Monday.
Casey White waives extradition hearing
In jail in Indiana Tuesday, Casey White waived his right to an extradition hearing.
"I want to go back to Alabama," Casey White, wearing a yellow jumpsuit and orange slides, said while appearing virtually before a judge from Indiana's Vanderburgh County jail.
When he returns to Alabama, he will immediately go before a judge for an arraignment, and then be transferred to state Department of Corrections custody instead of county custody, Singleton said Tuesday.
Casey White has been speaking freely with investigators after his capture, Wedding said Tuesday.
"He was pretty candid with the investigators last night. They had a fairly lengthy interview," Wedding said.
Tip led to their capture
The officer and inmate are believed to have been in Evansville since May 3, Wedding said.
Sunday night, investigators were told a 2006 Ford F-150 had been discovered at a car wash in Evansville, which is about 175 miles north of Williamson County, Tennessee, where the pair is believed to have abandoned a vehicle they drove away in after ditching Vicky White's patrol car near the jail. Marshals traveled to Indiana to pursue the lead, the service said.
Investigators released photos Monday of a person they believe is Casey White caught on surveillance camera at the car wash. Vicky White is not seen in the images.
The pair initially disappeared April 29 when Vicky White said she was taking Casey White to the courthouse for a mental evaluation. But they never arrived at the courthouse and authorities later discovered they drove to a shopping center parking lot, abandoned the officer's patrol car and escaped in a vehicle Vicky White staged there the night before, officials said.
Casey White will be brought back to Alabama, where he was facing murder charges before his escape and already serving a 75-year sentence for other crimes. Before her death, Vicky White was charged with permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree, in addition to forgery and identity theft charges connected to her use of an alias to purchase the 2007 Ford Edge the pair initially escaped in, officials said.
The veteran officer has been described by Singleton as "an exemplary employee" with an "unblemished record" who had the trust and respect of her colleagues. As the investigation unfolded, the sheriff acknowledged her apparent behavior is inconsistent with the person her colleagues thought they knew.
"Obviously there was a side to Vicky White that we weren't aware of," he told CNN previously.
Search was challenging for investigators
Vicky White "was basically the mastermind behind the whole plan," Singleton said Tuesday.
"He was behind bars. He really couldn't plan too much behind bars, but, yes, I think -- personally, I think she was the one to put the plan together," he told CNN's John Berman on Tuesday.
As the second in command at the detention center, White used her position to execute the plan, Singleton said.
"She scheduled the van transport that morning, made sure all the other armed deputies were out of the building and tied up in court. Knew the booking officer wouldn't question her ... when she told her she was going to take him to court and drop him off with other employees," Singleton said.
"She arranged -- purchased the getaway car, she sold her house, got her hands on cash, she went shopping, bought clothes for him. She just -- she just obviously put the plan together," Singleton said.
"Casey White didn't escape from the facility; he was basically just let out," the sheriff said.
Vicky White's years of law enforcement expertise presented unique difficulties for authorities.
"This escape was obviously well planned and calculated," Singleton said Monday, noting that escapes from county jails are usually spontaneous. "A lot of preparation went into this. They had plenty of resources, had cash, had vehicles, had everything they needed to pull this off, and that's what made this last week and a half so challenging. We were starting from ground zero, and not only that ... they got a six-hour head start on us."
Investigators previously released video of Vicky White at a Quality Inn in Florence, Alabama, where they say she stayed the night before the escape. Singleton also said they have footage of her shopping for men's clothing at a department store and at an "adult store," adding that she "obviously had a change of clothes" for the inmate.
Before her disappearance, Vicky White submitted her retirement papers, sold her home for well below market value and purchased the car the pair would use to escape, officials have said.
The day of the disappearance was set to be her last day of work, but her retirement papers were never finalized, according to Singleton. The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office announced last week that she was no longer employed there.
Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly, who said he worked with the officer almost daily for 17 years, told CNN last week he "would have trusted her with my life."
"I am so disappointed in her," he said. "She was trusted and she exploited that trust."
Counselors will be made available at the Lauderdale County Detention Center for staff who may need them after Vicky White's death, according to Singleton.
"It's a small agency, like family," he told CNN. "Some of these younger deputies she was like a mother figure to them and I know they're going to take it hard."
Casey White will likely need to return to the detention center in the future for court hearings related to his murder charges. Singleton said the inmate will be isolated in a cell.
"He's going to stay in chains and handcuffs and when he leaves that facility, I guarantee you there's going to be two deputies with him," he said. "And he's not going to get out of this jail again. I don't want him here any longer than he has to be."
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described the location of Vanderburgh County; it is in Indiana. The story also had the wrong first name for US Marshal Marty Keely.
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2022-05-10T21:36:46+00:00
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- Advancement of AZD2936, a PD-1/TIGIT bispecific antibody derived from COM902, into Phase 2, triggers $7.5 million milestone payment from AstraZeneca
HOLON, Israel, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGEN), a clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company and a pioneer in computational target discovery, announced today that it expects to receive a milestone payment of $7.5 million from AstraZeneca, after AstraZeneca dosed the first patient in its ARTEMIDE Phase 2 study with AZD2936, a PD-1/TIGIT bispecific antibody derived from COM902, Compugen's clinical-stage anti-TIGIT antibody.
"The advancement of AZD2936 into Phase 2 by AstraZeneca, a global leader in the development of oncology therapeutics, builds our confidence in the therapeutic potential of our anti-TIGIT antibody, COM902," said Anat Cohen-Dayag, Ph.D., President, and Chief Executive Officer of Compugen. "Like COM902, AZD2936 was engineered to reduce Fc effector functionality, with the potential to enhance anti-tumor activity. We believe that this is the optimal design and look forward to seeing how it plays out in the clinic."
Dr. Cohen-Dayag added, "Our license agreement with AstraZeneca is part of our strategy to broaden opportunities for our pipeline and specifically capitalize on the potentially emerging promise of bispecific products while maintaining our focus on the development of COM902 as part of various combinations either by Compugen or in collaboration with future partners, including in combination with COM701 our potential first-in-class anti-PVRIG antibody."
About the Compugen-AstraZeneca License Agreement
In 2018, Compugen and AstraZeneca entered into an agreement by which Compugen provided an exclusive license to AstraZeneca to use Compugen's monospecific antibodies that bind to TIGIT, including COM902, for the development of bispecific and multi-specific antibody products, excluding such bispecific and multi-specific antibodies that also bind to PVRIG, PVRL2 and/or TIGIT. AstraZeneca is responsible for all research, development, and commercial activities. AstraZeneca has the right to create multiple products under this license. To date, Compugen has received a $10 million upfront payment, an additional $8 million in milestone payments and is entitled to an additional $7.5 million payment triggered by Phase 2 initiation, out of up to an aggregate milestone amount of $200 million that the Company is eligible to receive in development, regulatory and commercial milestones for the first product, as well as tiered royalties on future product sales. If additional bi or multi-specific products are developed based on Compugen's monospecific antibodies that bind to TIGIT, additional milestones and royalties would be due to Compugen.
About the Study
Details are available on ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT04995523
About Compugen
Compugen is a clinical-stage therapeutic discovery and development company utilizing its broadly applicable predictive computational discovery capabilities to identify new drug targets and biological pathways for developing cancer immunotherapies. Compugen has developed two proprietary product candidates: COM701, a potential first-in-class anti-PVRIG antibody and COM902, a potential best-in-class antibody targeting TIGIT for the treatment of solid tumors. Partnered programs include bapotulimab, an antibody targeting ILDR2, in Phase 1 development, licensed to Bayer under a research and discovery collaboration and license agreement, and a PD-1/TIGIT bispecific derived from COM902 (AZD2936) in Phase 1/2 development by AstraZeneca through a license agreement for the development of bispecific and multi-specific antibodies. In addition, the Company's therapeutic pipeline of early-stage immuno-oncology programs consists of programs aiming to address various mechanisms of immune resistance, including myeloid targets. The most advanced program, COM503 is about to enter pre-IND enabling studies. COM503 is a potential first-in-class, high affinity antibody targeting cytokine biology to enhance anti-tumor immunity in a differentiated manner. Compugen is headquartered in Israel, with offices in South San Francisco, CA. Compugen's shares are listed on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CGEN.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions of Compugen. Forward-looking statements can be identified using terminology such as "will," "may," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "potential," "plan," "goal," "estimate," "likely," "should," "confident," and "intends," and similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our expectation to receive the milestone payment from AstraZeneca, COM902's contribution to the clinical success of AZD2936, our anticipation of the advancement of the AZD2936 clinical program and our belief that reduced Fc effector functionality has the optimal design to potential enhance anti-tumor activity. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Compugen to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Among these risks: the effect of the global COVID-19 pandemic may continue to negatively impact the global economy and may also adversely affect Compugen's business; Compugen's business model is substantially dependent on entering into collaboration agreements with third parties and Compugen may not be successful in generating adequate revenues or commercializing aspects of its business model; Compugen's approach to the discovery of therapeutic products is based on its proprietary computational target discovery infrastructure, which is unproven clinically; and Compugen does not know whether it will be able to discover and develop additional potential product candidates or products of commercial value. These risks and other risks are more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Compugen's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as other documents that may be subsequently filed by Compugen from time to time with the SEC. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent Compugen's views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Compugen does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements unless required by law.
Company contact:
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Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Email: ir@cgen.com
Tel: +1 (628) 241-0071
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2022-11-16T12:48:35+00:00
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kalb.com
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