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Baby Got Brunch is back with dozens of chefs and plenty of booze
This is a must for brunch lovers.
Some of Indy’s top chefs and restaurants will be preparing brunch in one spot next month as a popular hip-hop brunch festival returns to the scene.
Baby Got Brunch is back after a two-year COVID-related absence.
The Aug. 13 event features dozens of chefs serving brunch items and drinks to ticket holders.
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The festival gets new digs this year; taking place on Victory Field’s concourse and stadium seating area.
“It’s a really good option for just coming out of the pandemic, with people wanting to be outside and still feel safe,” said coordinator Ashley Brooks, co-founder of Milktooth and Indy Women in Food leader.
Brook’s A. Rose Hospitality is hosting, alongside Bridget Davis Events.
The festival was launched in 2017, when Jack’s Donuts had a serve-yourself doughnut wall, and took place at the Pan Am Pavilion.
The team expects about 1,200 people attendees, about the same size crowd that came out in 2019, when about 30 vendors participated.
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Guests can vibe to golden age hip hop, and 90s R&B and pop – Mr. Kinetik will deejay – while sampling innovative takes on brunch staples.
They can vote for their favorite dishes.
Access to an open bar, featuring spirits from Mirth & Myrrh; Jeptha Creed, 8th Day Distillery, Hi & Mighty and Hiatus; and a build-your-own Bloody Mary bar from Goose the Market are included with the $65-$95 tickets.
Works from local artists and goods from vintage shops also will be available for purchase.
Among vendors for the 2022 fest are the likes of Bluebeard, Milktooth, and Gallery Pastry Shop, Gallery Pastry Bar and Gallery on 16th as well as newbie Big Bear Biscuits, farmer’s market mainstay Mrs. Murray’s Naturals and chef Michael Burgin-led pop-up Black Lemon.
A few food trucks, including Black Leaf Vegan, are in the mix this year, as well.
“I'm really excited to showcase what Indy chefs are doing right now,” Brooks said.
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Baby Got Brunch has a mission to support local restaurants and help eradicate childhood food insecurity.
Some proceeds from the event will go to The Milk Bank, an Indianapolis non-profit that receives, pasteurizes, freezes and distributes human milk throughout the U.S.; and to the Chef Greg Hardesty Scholarship Fund, created to assist Ivy Tech culinary students.
The event is 21 and up.
Baby Got Brunch takes place Aug. 13, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. – with 10 a.m. admission for VIP ticketholders – at Victory Field, 501 W. Maryland St.
Tickets are available at babygotbrunch.net/tickets.
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on Twitter: @cherylvjackson.
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2022-07-08T13:33:55+00:00
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indystar.com
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https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/dining/restaurants/2022/07/08/indianapolis-baby-got-brunch-feature-top-chefs-open-bar-indiana-food/7808295001/
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DALLAS, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading immigration firm BAL ranks in the highest Tier 1 category among all immigration law firms nationwide, according to the newly released rankings by The Legal 500.
BAL "remains a market leader" in immigration and "continues to advise leading names in the industry, including global blue-chip clients on complex business immigration matters," declared The Legal 500, a pre-eminent publication that conducts comprehensive research of law firms worldwide.
"We are thrilled to be recognized as a top ranked firm once again," said Jeremy Fudge, Managing Partner. "Every day, our nationwide team works through ever-evolving immigration obstacles to make a positive difference in lives all over the world. It's personally and professionally meaningful for us to make such an impact, and we appreciate our clients who took the time to voice their appreciation to The Legal 500."
BAL clients who were interviewed by The Legal 500 hailed the firm as "a leader in collaboration and technology innovation to address and meet new interpretations of regulatory requirements, more so than any other immigration law firm."
Clients were particularly impressed with BAL legal team members "providing current, accurate and critical regulatory activity risks and advocacy support," and credited BAL for achieving "approval rates for filings [that] are very high."
Recent immigration challenges have proven the success of the firm's "oneBAL" philosophy that incentivizes all BAL offices to work together as one unit to maintain agility and responsiveness to workload surges. Clients recognized the benefits of this structure and BAL's collaborative spirit, saying, "They are always open to exploring new ways to partner together, maintain compliance, improve our program, and improve the immigration experience for our foreign national employees."
Nine BAL attorneys are recognized for their standout contributions. Managing Partner Jeremy Fudge continues his honored position in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame. BAL Partner Lynden Melmed, who oversees the firm's Government Strategies Team in the Washington D.C. office, was named a Leading Lawyer, with clients commenting, "The BAL government affairs team is exceptional. They proactively inform us of news developments that could impact our immigration program, and strategies to navigate any changes or challenges."
Several BAL Partners ranked as Key Lawyers, including Frieda Garcia in San Francisco, Maggie Murphy in Austin, Delya Ghosh in San Francisco and Roberto Caballero, who heads the Houston, Austin and New York offices. Partner Nassim Mahzoon in Santa Clara was lauded as a "critical, valued thought partner." Partner Kortney Gibson, who leads the Dallas Center of Excellence, is named a Next Generation Partner and called "the key name for non-immigrant visa applications." The Legal 500 noted that BAL "further bolstered its practice" by hiring COO Leslie Rohrbacker, recognized as a Key Lawyer. Senior Associate Tiffany Martinez in San Francisco is recognized as a Rising Star.
A client summed up BAL's extraordinary approach to corporate immigration: "What makes Berry Appleman & Leiden unique in the legal market is their collaborative approach and their firmwide pursuit of the exceptional."
For 34 years, The Legal 500 has analyzed the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive annual research program providing the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions. The rankings are based on a series of criteria, including feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, but simply put, we highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.
BAL, the world's leading corporate immigration law firm, is singularly focused on meeting the immigration challenges of corporate clients around the world in ways that make immigration more strategic and enable businesses to be more successful. Established in 1980, BAL has consistently provided immigration expertise, people-centered client services, and leading technology innovation. BAL's Cobalt® digital immigration services platform won the 2020 CODiE Award for Best Legal Tech Product, the prestigious CIO100 award for Innovative Use of Intelligent Automation in Immigration Services, and Legalweek's Most Innovative Law Firm Operations Team of 2021. In 2018, BAL entered into a first-of-its-kind strategic alliance with Deloitte U.K. to create the world's first global immigration service delivery model. BAL has ranked #1 on multiple industry rankings for diversity, equity and inclusion, including #1 on the Diversity Scorecard by The American Lawyer (2020 and 2021), Law360's Diversity Snapshot (2020 and 2021), and the #1 Law Firm for Women according to the National Law Journal (2019, 2020 and 2021). BAL and its leaders are highly ranked in every major legal publication, including Best Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, and Who's Who Legal. See website for details: https://www.bal.com.
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2022-06-10T18:36:36+00:00
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kcrg.com
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https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2022/06/10/bal-named-top-immigration-law-firm-market-leader-by-legal-500/
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Sweltering through the Louisiana summers of my childhood, I discovered that reading about great polar explorers could at least make me feel a little cooler. As the mercury climbed, I’d plow through the adventures of Roald Amundsen, Robert Peary and Richard Evelyn Byrd.
I’m reconnecting with that tradition this summer as I read “Battle of Ink and Ice,” Darrell Hartman’s new book about competing claims by Peary and Cook in 1909 about who had been the first to reach the North Pole. Their rivalry sparked a parallel contest between The New York Herald and The New York Times, with each paper backing a different explorer in the celebrity feud. It’s a fun read — and a cautionary tale about what happens when journalistic objectivity goes out the window.
Reading “Battle of Ink and Ice” reminded me how deeply my early reading tastes have continued to shape my summer book choices.
Dirigibles were another boyhood fascination, an interest I developed after spotting vintage airships like the Hindenburg in old newsreels. It’s been neat to revisit that history with “His Majesty’s Airship,” S.C. Gwynne’s new book about a luxury vessel the British built to soar the skies of the world. It was the biggest aircraft of its day until a 1930 accident sealed its fate. In Gwynne’s masterfully told tale, the characters behind the making of the prosaically named R101 are at least as vivid as the airship itself.
To extend the pleasure of my boyhood summers with Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn,” I’ve started reading “The Child and the River,” a 1945 novel by Frenchman Henri Bosco that, like Twain’s classic story, also involves the adventures of a boy afloat on a dangerous voyage. New York Review Books is publishing a new edition of “The Child and the River” later this summer.
Although my summer reading topics this year chime a lot with the books I first read as a kid, I have no illusions that I’ll become a boy again as I fetch each evening’s title from the nightstand. But seeing these small patterns in my summer reading life has underlined for me why I read in the first place. What I’m looking for most of the time is an immersive interlude in a world not quite my own.
It's why I’ve been drawn to “Spring Rain,” Englishman Marc Hamer’s beautiful new memoir about his life as a gardener. I’ve also been dipping into “A Place in the World,” in which Frances Mayes of “Under the Tuscan Sun” fame muses about how her frequent travels have deepened her sense of what truly makes a home.
At a time when some reading choices are the focus of divisive political debates, it’s good for us to remind each other that at their best, books create spaces where we can find common ground. That’s one reason I share my summer reading list each year. Here’s hoping you’ll share your own.
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2023-05-28T12:50:58+00:00
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theadvocate.com
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https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/a-summer-reading-list-to-chill-and-thrill/article_76b45cde-f4f6-11ed-bc73-77cfad067ebe.html
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Russia's call-up of additional troops has prompted many men to look for ways to avoid military service. Some of them are packing flights to Turkey.
Copyright 2022 NPR
Russia's call-up of additional troops has prompted many men to look for ways to avoid military service. Some of them are packing flights to Turkey.
Copyright 2022 NPR
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2022-09-24T12:15:14+00:00
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iowapublicradio.org
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https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2022-09-24/russian-men-are-flying-to-turkey-to-avoid-military-service-in-ukraine
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U.S. Army parachute team member dies in training accident
HOMESTEAD, Florida (AP) — A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team has died after sustaining injuries during a training jump at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Ty Kettenhofen died Monday, the Army said in a news release. He joined the Golden Knights parachute team in 2020 and had over 1,000 jumps with the Army.
“The U.S. Army Parachute Team is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own,” said Lt. Col. Andy Moffit, Golden Knights Parachute Team commander. He noted that Kettenhofen is being remembered “for his sense of humor, joy of life and accomplishments as a senior non-commissioned officer and demonstration parachutist.”
The accident remains under investigation. The Army said no additional details are available.
“Our hearts and faith are with his family and friends as we grieve and heal with them. Ty will be honored and remembered as a Golden Knight, Soldier, and friend.”
The Golden Knights are made up of several expert teams, including parachute teams, aircraft pilots, and people behind the scenes who handle jump logistics.
Homestead Air Reserve Base is 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Miami.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2023-03-16T16:26:44+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/2023/03/16/us-army-parachute-team-member-dies-training-accident/
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2023-07-16T04:12:47+00:00
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Woody Harrelson is reacting to the viral photo of a baby with an uncanny resemblance to him, with a poem that's a serious dose of cuteness overload.
The 61-year-old actor took to Instagram and posted the side-by-side photo showing 9-month-old Cora and the actor. It's quite the spitting image. Cora's mother, Dani Grier Mulvenna, posted the photo on Twitter, and it quickly gained more than 400,000 likes.
Well, the three-time Oscar-nominated actor got wind of the photo, and he did more than just acknowledge Cora's adorability. He wrote a poem in which he also takes a subtle jab at himself.
"Ode to Cora," the White Men Can't Jump star begins. "You're an adorable child. Flattered to be compared. You have a wonderful smile. I just wish I had your hair."
Cora's mother couldn't believe the actor took notice, much less dedicated a poem to her little one. Mulvenna took to Twitter and wrote, "It's not every day Woody Harrelson writes your daughter a poem."
She also responded to Harrelson's post on Instagram, saying, "You've made our day ❤️ can't wait to show her this when she's older, you have another fan for life."
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2022-08-06T04:34:00+00:00
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9news.com
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https://www.9news.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/woody-harrelson-reacts-to-look-alike-baby-with-hilarious-poem/603-32d3ef74-2044-474d-95cc-ba0c0520e2a0
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A sexual assault survivor chooses sterilization so that if she is ever attacked again, she won’t be forced to give birth to a rapist’s baby. An obstetrician delays inducing a miscarriage until a woman with severe pregnancy complications seems “sick enough.” A lupus patient must stop taking medication that controls her illness because it can also cause miscarriages.
Abortion restrictions in a number of states and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade are having profound repercussions in reproductive medicine as well as in other areas of medical care.
“For physicians and patients alike, this is a frightening and fraught time, with new, unprecedented concerns about data privacy, access to contraception, and even when to begin lifesaving care,’’ said Dr. Jack Resneck, president of the American Medical Association.
Even in medical emergencies, doctors are sometimes declining immediate treatment. In the past week, an Ohio abortion clinic received calls from two women with ectopic pregnancies — when an embryo grows outside the uterus and can’t be saved — who said their doctors wouldn’t treat them. Ectopic pregnancies often become life-threatening emergencies and abortion clinics aren’t set up to treat them.
It’s just one example of “the horrible downstream effects of criminalizing abortion care,” said Dr. Catherine Romanos, who works at the Dayton clinic.
MEDICAL DILEMMAS
Dr. Jessian Munoz, an OB-GYN in San Antonio, Texas, who treats high-risk pregnancies, said medical decisions used to be clear cut.
“It was like, the mom’s life is in danger, we must evacuate the uterus by whatever means that may be,” he said. “Whether it’s surgical or medical — that’s the treatment.’’
Now, he said, doctors whose patients develop pregnancy complications are struggling to determine whether a woman is “sick enough” to justify an abortion.
With the fall of Roe v. Wade, “the art of medicine is lost and actually has been replaced by fear,’’ Munoz said.
Munoz said he faced an awful predicament with a recent patient who had started to miscarry and developed a dangerous womb infection. The fetus still had signs of a heartbeat, so an immediate abortion — the usual standard of care — would have been illegal under Texas law.
“We physically watched her get sicker and sicker and sicker” until the fetal heartbeat stopped the next day, “and then we could intervene,’’ he said. The patient developed complications, required surgery, lost multiple liters of blood and had to be put on a breathing machine “all because we were essentially 24 hours behind.’’
In a study published this month in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, doctors at two Texas hospitals cited the cases of 28 women less than 23 weeks pregnant who were treated for dangerous pregnancies. The doctors noted that all of the women had recommended abortions delayed by nine days because fetal heart activity was detected. Of those, nearly 60% developed severe complications — nearly double the number of complications experienced by patients in other states who had immediate therapeutic abortions. Of eight live births among the Texas cases, seven died within hours. The eighth, born at 24 weeks, had severe complications including brain bleeding, a heart defect, lung disease and intestinal and liver problems.
Before it overturned Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court never allowed states to ban abortion before the point when a fetus can survive outside the womb — roughly 24 weeks.
Chicago diversity executive Sheena Gray survived a harrowing pregnancy-ending experience last year, when doctors discovered she had an embryo in a fallopian tube and an eight-week fetus in her womb. They removed the embryo along with the affected fallopian tube, and told her they needed to abort the other fetus to save her life.
The decision to proceed with treatment was hers — abortion is still legal in Illinois. In fact, the state provides greater access to abortion than most others, and has been flooded with patients seeking abortions following the recent Supreme Court decision.
Gray said she’s heard about similar care being denied or delayed in other states, and fears the high court ruling will force other patients to face the same fate.
“No one should make these choices for a woman, period,” she said.
Her story has a much happier ending: Gray became pregnant again and gave birth July 8 to healthy identical twin girls.
CHOOSING STERILITY
Julie Ann Nitsch, a sexual assault survivor and community college trustee in Austin, Texas, is among many women in states with restrictive abortion laws who are taking drastic steps.
Nitsch says she chose sterilization at age 36 rather than risk getting pregnant by another rapist.
“I ripped my organs out’’ to avoid that, she said.
Nitsch said she “saw the writing on the wall” after Texas enacted a law last year banning most abortions after six weeks, even in cases of rape or incest. She said she sensed that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, so she had surgery to remove her fallopian tubes in February.
“It’s sad to think that I can’t have kids, but it’s better than being forced to have children,’’ Nitsch said.
Dr. Tyler Handcock, an Austin OB-GYN, said his clinic has heard from hundreds of patients seeking sterilization since the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision. Many choose this route because they fear long-acting birth control or other contraceptives could also become targets, he said.
His clinic scheduled a July 9 group counseling session to handle the surge, and every one of the 20 patients who showed up to hear about the risks and ramifications of fallopian tube-removal made an appointment to have the surgery.
Some physicians are reluctant to perform the surgery on young women with many reproductive years left, fearing they will change their minds later. Handcock said he heard from one 28-year-old woman who said six OB-GYNs declined to sterilize her.
Handcock said the choice should be up to patients.
“I will protect my patients and their rights however I can,’’ he said.
TARGETING MEDICATION
Becky Schwarz, of Tysons Corner, Virginia, found herself unexpectedly thrust into the abortion controversy even though she has no plans to become pregnant.
The 27-year-old has lupus, an autoimmune disease that can cause the body to attack tissue surrounding joints and organs, leading to inflammation and often debilitating symptoms. For Schwarz, these include bone and joint pain, and difficulty standing for long periods of time.
She recently received a notice from her doctor saying she’d have to stop taking a medication that relieves her symptoms — at least while the office reviewed its policies for methotrexate in light of the Supreme Court ruling. That’s because the drug can cause miscarriages and theoretically could be used in an attempt to induce an abortion.
“For me to have to be essentially babysat by some policy, rather than being trusted about how I handle my own body … has made me angry,’’ she said.
The Arthritis Foundation and American College of Rheumatology have both issued statements of concern about patients’ access to the drug. Steven Schultz of the Arthritis Foundation said the group is working to determine how widespread the problem is. Patients having trouble getting the medication can contact the group’s helpline, he said.
CONFUSING LAWS
Many abortion laws are vague and they vary by state. That can leave physicians in a quandary.
“We’ve asked some legislators, ‘How are medical providers supposed to interpret the laws?’” said Dr. Dana Stone, who is based in Oklahoma, a state that recently banned almost all abortions.
“They say, ‘They’ll figure it out,'” she said.
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Associated Press Medical Writers Carla K. Johnson and Laura Ungar contributed to this report.
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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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2022-07-17T11:50:10+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/national/ap-us-news/abortion-laws-spark-profound-changes-in-other-medical-care/
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(KTLA) — KFC is giving out free chicken nuggets for Mother’s Day, the fast-food chain announced Thursday.
Starting May 10, customers who purchase the KFC Nuggets of Appreciation meal will receive 12 chicken nugget pieces for free. The limited-time deal will be available until Mother’s Day, May 14.
The Nuggets of Appreciation meal includes eight pieces of chicken tenders or chicken on the bone, two large homestyle sides, four biscuits and KFC dipping sauces.
The meal will be exclusively available on the KFC app or website.
“Moms love their little nuggets – both their kids and their fried chicken,” Nick Chavez, the chief marketing officer of KFC U.S, said in a statement.
“The KFC Nuggets of Appreciation meal makes it easy for her to enjoy both with a meal the whole family will love this Mother’s Day. With new KFC Nuggets included for free, it’s KFC’s way of showing appreciation for moms everywhere.”
The price of the KFC meal will vary by location, according to the news release.
The limited-time offer will also include a free downloadable Mother’s Day card in English or Spanish. The card will be emailed to customers when the meal is ordered.
KFC permanently added nuggets to its menus in March after removing other items.
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2023-05-05T13:07:36+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/national/kfc-to-give-out-free-chicken-nuggets-for-mothers-day/
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The Biden administration’s leadership on many issues affecting Americans is just terrible, but unless Americans truly pay attention to what is going on, they will be sucked into a disastrous left-wing agenda before they know it.
The front-page article in the Nov. 23 South Jersey Times print edition (“Inflation, rent hikes driving soaring demand at N.J. food banks”) correctly cites concerns about inflation and the high cost of living that is making it difficult for New Jerseyans to put basic food on their tables.
Most Americans know that high inflation is attributable to some degree to higher energy prices across the board. I believe the higher energy costs are attributable to the policies of the Biden administration, which, on Day One, decided to cancel permits that stopped the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada.
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2022-11-27T14:14:00+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/11/bidens-anti-energy-tone-costs-all-of-us-letter.html
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A Ukrainian soldier at a farm destroyed by a Russian attack on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 28. The United Nations has failed in nearly all of its efforts to bring peace to the world but wants to tell people how to eat.
Let’s see if we have this straight. The United Nations was founded in 1945 with a primary purpose of preventing the “scourge of war,” according to the organization’s charter. After two world wars, that seemed like a good idea to a lot of people.
But the U.N. has been a terrible failure on that score. Since that time, there have been 62 international wars, conflicts, invasions, military operations or whatever else you might want to call them.
That’s not a good track record. Pitiful, in fact. And it has costs millions of lives — 5 million in the Korean War alone.
Right now, Ukraine is fighting for its very existence after Russia invaded unprovoked. Civil wars continue in a handful of nations around the world. North Korea continues to launch missiles as ballistic threatens to South Korea and Japan. China still wants to take over Taiwan. Myanmar is a mess. So are Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Nigeria. ...
One would think the U.N. would have its hands full trying to find peace on such a war-torn planet.
Here’s the problem. Instead of doing their No. 1 job, the U.N. would rather tell you how to eat. A new U.N. report reckons that about one-third of greenhouse gases come from food production. Because of that, all of us are supposed to change the way we eat.
Among other ideas, the U.N. proposes doing that by taxing the offending foods, such as animal protein, based on their carbon emissions. The idea is that eventually almost everyone — except the rich — will have to become vegetarians.
Really.
This sort of idea has been rattling around in the heads of New Zealanders for quite some time and promises to do massive damage to that nation’s 50,000 or so farmers, ranchers and dairy producers.
It’s obvious New Zealanders have been targeting livestock producers for years. According to the government, the number of ranches there shrank by more than 25% between 2002 and 2016.
Now some in the New Zealand government want to do even more damage by taxing farms based on the greenhouse gases their animals produce.
The idea, of course, is the 7 billion people on the planet should become vegetarian if we’re going to “fight” climate change. The only catch is that won’t help. The worldwide number of cattle, sheep, hogs and goats stays about the same, and the greenhouse gas they burp is methane, which lasts about 10 years.
That means the amount of livestock-caused methane in the atmosphere won’t increase.
In other words, the U.N. is just displaying its ignorance about agriculture in an effort to promote an agenda that won’t impact climate change.
Putting aside the fact that livestock produces high-quality protein on land where other food crops cannot be grown, the U.N. has another problem.
The odds of growing enough soybeans, grains — or anything else — to feed everyone are slim to none. The amount of arable land continues to shrink worldwide.
This brings us back to the U.N.’s top priority: peace. Instead of yapping about what people should eat, maybe U.N. leaders need to figure out a way to make peace. After all, that’s their main job.
Without peace, all of the other worries such as climate change are meaningless.
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2022-11-10T19:57:55+00:00
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capitalpress.com
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https://www.capitalpress.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-un-needs-to-do-its-job/article_0ece7c3e-5c77-11ed-b0b6-fbb41bd207f5.html
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspirational leader, champion of gender equality, author and star of Bravo's Below Deck Mediterranean Captain Sandy Yawn has signed what is thought to be a "one of a kind" deal with Azuna. Azuna manufactures one of the top product lines of plant-based, all-natural household products in the world. With thousands and thousands of customers across the country utilizing Azuna 's various products for homes, boats, cars, sports, college dorms, laundry dryers and various other applications, the Company see's Captain Sandy as a unique star. CEO and Founder Scott Dancy contemplated working with Captain Sandy for over a year before the connection was made and a partnership forged. Dancy saw this as an absolute fit, "We love Captain Sandy. She is honest, authoritative and authentic. We wanted an ambassador with a wide demographic and broad appeal to represent the Azuna brand. Captain Sandy has avid fans of every age group representing every type of consumer. We consider ourselves an inclusive company and no personality on the current landscape that we connected with reaches such a broad and diverse audience. We are so proud to take this journey with Captain Sandy" said Dancy.
Azuna manufactures natural tea tree oil-based products with no harmful chemicals or additives. Azuna's plant-based, all natural household products harness the antimicrobial power of tea tree oil to help neutralize bacteria, mold, mildew and other microbes and deliver fresh, clean, healthy indoor environments. Azuna offers healthier, more effective alternatives to many chemical-heavy household products. Azuna's flagship products are their odor eliminating and air purifying treatment pods that eliminate odors at their source by neutralizing mold, mildew, fungus and bacteria in the air. Captain Sandy immediately fell in love with the products, "I have spent my life in close quarters. Boats, ships, superyachts or my house all deal with very similar things when it comes to air conditioning and the quality of air. I have spoken with Scott and his team and feel very confident their products are what they say, and in the world we live in today finding a product that fights odors, mildew and mold is absolutely essential. I am so honored to work with Azuna to deliver the message that you can fix a problem without subverting your beliefs in using great ingredients. Being a cancer survivor and just a human being, I want the best products in my home and on my boats. Azuna is just that!"
Azuna will launch monthly digital ads with Captain Sandy's image as well as leveraging her massive audience across all social channels. Evan Morgenstein, CEO and founder of The Digital Renegades (Captain Sandy's agency) saw this as the "perfect storm", "I have known and worked with Scott for years. He is honorable and a really smart businessman. I know the power of Azuna as I use it in my home. When we first signed Sandy, there was no question Scott was my first call. The credibility of the products and the fact that it is all-natural really spoke to me for Sandy. Once we did our first call it was the perfect storm. I saw Sandy's passion being a cancer survivor as well as an advocate to want to find a signature partnership that wasn't just about payment but about the product. Azuna checked every box. We are going to make some waves in this industry."
As Captain Sandy films all over the world she will bring her Azuna with her to help keep her air fresh and clean on land and at sea. Azuna is launching with a special, limited time only offer to celebrate this partnership with a 15% discount when you visit their website www.azunafresh.com and use the code SANDY15.
For more information about this partnership, products or Captain Sandy contact Evan Morgenstein at evan@celebexperts.com or Linkedin with him at (1) Evan Morgenstein | LinkedIn.
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2022-08-04T08:34:42+00:00
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ksla.com
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https://www.ksla.com/prnewswire/2022/08/04/ahoy-captain-sandy-comes-board-with-azuna/
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Purdue University student arrested in killing of roommate in campus dorm room
A Purdue University student was arrested Wednesday in the killing of his roommate in their campus dorm room, authorities said.
Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old cybersecurity major from Seoul, South Korea, was arrested on a preliminary murder charge in the killing of 20-year-old Varun Manish Chheda, a 20-year-old data science major from Indianapolis, Purdue Police Chief Lesley Wiete said.
Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello said an autopsy determined that Chheda died of "multiple sharp-force traumatic injuries."
Wiete said Sha, who goes by the nickname "Jimmy," called police at around 12:45 a.m. "alerting us to the death of his roommate" in their first-floor dorm room on the campus in West Lafayette, which is about 65 miles northwest of Indianapolis, Wiete said.
He has not been formally charged. Wiete said investigators don't know why Chheda was killed, but they think he was awake at the time.
"I believe this was unprovoked and senseless," Wiete told reporters outside the residence hall.
Students living near the crime scene were moved to other rooms, and the university provided counselors for those who need it, Purdue spokesman Trevor Peters told the (Lafayette) Journal & Courier.
Purdue President Mitch Daniels said in a statement that "this is as tragic an event as we can imagine happening on our campus and our hearts and thoughts go out to all of those affected by this terrible event."
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2022-10-06T21:12:20+00:00
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koat.com
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https://www.koat.com/article/purdue-university-student-killed-roommate-arrested/41547501
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BRUSELAS (AP) — Zelenskyy dice que Ucrania y la UE luchan juntas contra Rusia, que es "la fuerza más antieuropea" del mundo.
- A 53-year-old McDonald’s dessert to return to menus nationwide
- Don't drive to Tahoe on these 4 days in February
- Public banned from California superbloom site
- 49ers legend Joe Montana clearly isn't a big Tom Brady guy
- Some NorCal counties now 'hot spots' for disease-carrying ticks
- ‘Our go-to place’: Tahoe grocery store closing after 60 years
- McCarthy shushes unruly Greene during State of the Union
- This Hawaiian island has more shark attacks than any other
- Pizza chain founder lists $48.5M California mansion
- Greene, Sinema roasted for strange State of the Union outfits
- I tried Costco’s wildest food court hack
- Bay Area tech giant head takes 98% pay cut amid mass layoffs
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2023-02-09T11:14:16+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/zelenskyy-dice-que-ucrania-y-la-ue-luchan-juntas-17773533.php
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Disruptive tool for TV 3.0 takes gold in the Remote Production category
MIAMI, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NAB Show has announced the winners of the fifth annual Product of the Year Awards during a live awards ceremony at the 2023 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The awards recognize some of the most significant and promising new products and technologies exhibited at the show in the Create, Connect, and Capitalize categories.
Streann Media is proud to announce that its Streann Studio has won Product of the Year 2023 in the Remote Production category.
Streann Studio is a cloud-based, multi-platform software that enables content creators and broadcasters to produce and distribute live and on-demand video content in less than one minute, build their TV Channel, monetize, and own the data. It provides a suite of tools and features for TV 3.0, including distribution, engagement, monetization, and analytics, making it the best comprehensive solution for creating and managing video channels.
The platform includes MyChannel, a unique content management system (CMS) that allows any content creator to build and monetize a TV channel in a matter of clicks. Streann Studio has the best UIUX to upload, organize, and schedule video content. The company also offers a white-label version for Enterprises, including a ground-breaking integration with LiveU and Zixi.
"We are thrilled to receive this recognition from the NAB Show," said Gio Punzo, CEO of Streann Media. "Streann Studio is the beginning of TV 3.0, and the culmination of years of hard work from our team. We keep pushing the boundaries of storytelling, adding AI and AR in Q2 2023."
The NAB Show Product of the Year awards are judged by industry experts and presented annually to the most significant and promising new products and technologies in the broadcasting industry. This year's winners were selected from a pool of more than 500 entries across 11 categories.
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2023-04-25T13:49:27+00:00
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newschannel10.com
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https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2023/04/25/streann-wins-product-year-award-nab-show-2023/
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‘Sent an angel’: 8-year-old suffers severe burns in house fire; family grateful he is still alive
DOERUN, Ga. (WALB/Gray News) - An 8-year-old Georgia boy is currently hospitalized while he recovers from burns suffered in a house fire.
WALB reports the fire happened on Wednesday morning at a home in Colquitt County.
Officials said a person passing by noticed smoke coming from the property and helped get the family out to safety, including 8-year-old Levi Burkett.
“I am very thankful that he [Levi] is still alive because he was unconscious when he was pulled out of the bedroom. It’s like he was sent an angel,” said Jessica Buckner Burkett, Levi’s mother.
Levi has since been in a hospital in Augusta with second- and third-degree burns, but he is expected to survive.
On Thursday, the family said Levi underwent surgery for burns on his hands, back and stomach. The boy has been taken off breathing tubes but has another surgery scheduled for next week.
Tyler Maples, a volunteer fire chief in Doerun, said the fire could’ve been much worse if crews arrived just minutes later.
“We are extremely happy with the people that showed up in minutes,” Maples said.
The family said Levi was likely wrapped up in the blanket at the foot of the bed when the fire started. The 8-year-old was reportedly home with three other family members, including a baby. They were also able to escape.
Maples said that the fire likely started from a space heater.
“They need as much help as possible. The home is unlivable,” Maples said.
The family has been relocated to a rental property, but Christmas will not be the same. They said their presents were also burned in the fire.
“As we celebrate Christmas with our families, let’s remember this family. Let’s do what we can to make this Christmas the best Christmas he [Levi] has ever had,” Maples said.
The Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office said it will help give the children presents this year.
Austin Singletary, the homeowner, said he is using his work to help collect clothes for his daughter, Levi, and other family members who are now without clothes.
“There were so many people trying to help. We are very blessed to have a great community with all the people reaching out to us,” Jessica Buckner Burkett said.
The family has set up a GoFundMe account for assistance while Levi continues his recovery.
Copyright 2022 WALB via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2022-12-23T23:10:24+00:00
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live5news.com
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https://www.live5news.com/2022/12/23/sent-an-angel-8-year-old-suffers-severe-burns-house-fire-family-grateful-he-is-still-alive/
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Wimbledon: Women’s final starts on Centre Court
Published: Jul. 9, 2022 at 8:40 AM CDT|Updated: 58 minutes ago
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The women’s final at Wimbledon between Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina has started.
Jabeur of Tunisia is looking to become the first Arab woman and first African woman to win a major tennis title. Rybakina, who was born in Russia but switched nationalities to Kazakhstan in 2018, would become the first Grand Slam champion from her adopted country.
The men’s doubles final will follow the women’s singles on Centre Court. Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell of Australia will face Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic of Croatia.
On Sunday, Novak Djokovic will face first-time major finalist Nick Kyrgios for the men’s championship.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Gray Media Group, Inc., contributed to this report.
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2022-07-09T14:39:08+00:00
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wsfa.com
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https://www.wsfa.com/2022/07/09/wimbledon-womens-final-starts-centre-court/
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GREAT FALLS — The Newberry in downtown Great Falls is approaching one year since it opened its doors to the public. Since then the venue has made an immediate splash on the nightlife scene in the community.
“We just want to thank all of those who have supported us over this past year,” says general manager Carrie Tobiness. “To not just Great Falls, but the surrounding communities and towns which have traveled to support us.”
In addition to performers from Great Falls and across Montana, The Newberry has hosted Sawyer Brown, Blue October, Steve-O, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Sebastian Bach, King Lil G, and Jefferson Starship.
Initially opened as primarily a concert hall, management has been surprised at the outreach they’ve received from the community to create an all-inclusive space.
“We host community events, fundraisers, and weddings,” said Tobiness. “Before we even finished construction we had weddings booked for nearly the entire year.”
The presence of the Newberry has greatly increased the economic viability of the surrounding area, as nearby hotels, restaurants, and bars have benefited from the ticket sales, some even beginning to host live music of their own.
People have traveled from all across the state to see the acts the Newberry has been able to host.
Known primarily as a venue for country and rock roll, management at the Newberry say they are working to shake that stigma.
“We are known for country and hard rock music but we’ve done some work securing folk acts, jazz, and hip-hop,” says Tobiness, “Our rap concerts are actually quite popular."
The Newberry is located at 420 Central Avenue. As for the name? The building was once home to a "five and dime" store called Newberrys.
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2022-09-09T04:03:35+00:00
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krtv.com
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https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/the-newberry-in-great-falls-approaches-first-anniversary
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HOUSTON, TX (WGHP) — A 28-year-old rapper was shot and killed, allegedly while playing dice in Houston, according to reports.
TMZ is reporting that Takeoff, one-third of the hip-hop group Migos, was killed early Tuesday morning. Law enforcement and witnesses claim that this happened around 2:30 a.m. at a bowling alley.
Takeoff and groupmate Quavo were at the bowling alley and an altercation broke out nearby. Someone opened fire and Takeoff was hit. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other people may have been shot in the altercation as well, but no word on their conditions.
Migos’ breakout smash hit was 2013’s “Versace,” which later featured Drake. The rap trio went on to dominate the charts with other collaborators, including Jay-Z, Beyonce, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Lil Uzi Vert.
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2022-11-01T12:06:04+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/rapper-takeoff-shot-killed-in-houston-tmz-reports/
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CLEVELAND (AP)Without a roof over their heads, the Saints went outside and handled the frightful weather – and the Browns.
They’re still in the playoff mix.
Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill each had touchdown runs and New Orleans left its comfortable dome and withstood Cleveland’s arctic-like conditions in a 17-10 win Saturday over the Browns, who were officially eliminated from the playoffs.
The Saints (6-9) were 0-6 in outdoor games this season before rallying to beat the Browns (6-9) in the coldest game in New Orleans history.
”I didn’t want to be a part of that,” joked Kamara, who were a scuba-like suit under his jersey. ”The elements are the elements, so you just use common sense out there. It was cold. Nothing was going to stop it from being cold. On those long runs, I was really more fired up to get back to the heat on the sideline.”
Quarterback Deshaun Watson drove Cleveland to the Saints’ 15 in the final minute, but he was sacked on fourth down by Carl Granderson – one play after tight end David Njoku let a TD pass slip through his hands – with 19 seconds left, ending the Browns’ postseason hopes.
”Very disappointing,” Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett said. ”It is not where we want to be. It is not where we expected to be at the beginning of the season.”
Kamara scored on a 4-yard run late in the third quarter – set up by Daniel Sorensen’s interception of Watson and 36-yard return – as the Saints, still kicking in the NFC playoff hunt, overcame a 10-0 deficit.
New Orleans came in trailing Tampa Bay by one game in the weak, wide-open NFC South. The Saints, who traveled to Cleveland a day early to acclimate to the bone-chilling weather, aren’t done yet.
”We said this game was going to be about mental toughness, and the mentally tougher team would win,” Saints coach Dennis Allen said. ”Now, Friday morning was an eye opener when we went outside, but we were prepared for this.”
Cleveland is guaranteed a losing season in coach Kevin Stefanski’s third year, which was shaped by Watson’s ban.
Watson had a 12-yard rushing TD but struggled to pass in the blustery conditions (15 of 31 for 135 yards) and fell to 2-2 as a starter since returning from his 11-game suspension for sexual misconduct allegations.
The Browns’ porous rushing defense was a problem once again as the Saints, rotating Andy Dalton and Hill at quarterback and snapping it directly to Kamara, rolled up 152 yards on the ground.
”When you can line up and they know you’re going to run the ball, and you can still do it successfully, that’s big,” said Hill, who ran for 56 yards on nine carries. ”That’s what we came in wanting to do.”
The temperature was 6 degrees at kickoff, making it the coldest regular-season game in Cleveland history. Only the Browns’ 1981 playoff game (1 degree) against the Oakland Raiders was worse.
It was coldest at FirstEnergy Stadium, which opened in 1999. During the first quarter, the Browns invited any fans sitting in the upper deck to move to the lower bowl and hundreds of fans accepted the offer.
The Saints had never been this cold. Their previous coldest game was 24 degrees on Dec. 26, 1993 in Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium.
Kamara’s TD was the 72nd of his career, tying him with Marques Colston for the most in Saints history.
After getting a 23-yard field goal by Wil Lutz on the final play of the first half, New Orleans took the second-half kickoff and drove 67 yards for a tying TD with Hill barreling in from the 8-yard-line to make it 10-all with 9:40 left.
Watson’s TD scamper gave the Browns a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter.
With Cleveland’s offense unable to do anything productive, the defense came through as safety Grant Delpit intercepted a pass by Dalton that went off tight end Juwan Johnson’s hands and returned it 40 yards to the Saints’ 30.
Five plays later, Watson swept left on third down and scored untouched for his first rushing TD with Cleveland.
The Browns then ate up 8:44 on the clock with a drive capped by rookie Cade York’s 30-yard field goal to take a 10-0 led.
INJURIES
Saints: LG Andrus Peat (leg) was carted to the locker room in the first quarter, another blow to New Orleans’ offensive line after guard Cesar Ruiz went on IR earlier in the week. … S Justin Evans (shoulder) didn’t play in the second half. … WR Jarvis Landry (ankle) didn’t get to reunite with his former Cleveland native teammates after going on IR Thursday.
UP NEXT
Saints: At Philadelphia on Jan. 1.
Browns: Visit Washington on Jan. 1.
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2022-12-25T22:24:42+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/sports/nfl-football/saints-overcome-deficit-bitter-cold-to-beat-browns-17-10/
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Letter: ‘Nothing to suggest’ Alito violated ethics standards
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday in a letter to Congress that there is “nothing to suggest” that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics standards following a report that a 2014 decision he wrote was leaked in advance of its announcement.
The letter was in response to an inquiry from lawmakers following a New York Times report earlier this month. That report said that a former anti-abortion leader was told in advance the outcome of the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores case involving health care coverage of contraception. In a 5-4 decision, Alito wrote that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care legislation.
Earlier this year, Alito’s opinion in a different case, the court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, was leaked. But while that leak was a public disclosure of the text, the new report alleged that in the 2014 case, the disclosure wasn’t as broad.
In the Times story, Rev. Rob Schenck said he was told the outcome of the 2014 decision by Gail Wright, a donor to an organization he headed who had dined with Alito and his wife. In the story, Wright denied obtaining or sharing any information and Alito also emphatically denied disclosing the case’s outcome in a statement.
The Supreme Court’s letter Tuesday to Congress included language Alito used previously denying the case’s outcome had been disclosed.
“There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito’s actions violated ethics standards,” Supreme Court legal counsel Ethan Torrey wrote in a letter addressed to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia. The two Democrats chair courts subcommittees.
Alito was appointed to the high court in 2006 by President George W. Bush.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2022-11-29T00:20:18+00:00
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wafb.com
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https://www.wafb.com/2022/11/28/letter-nothing-suggest-alito-violated-ethics-standards/
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Woman pleads guilty to straw purchase of gun used to kill Illinois officer
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the straw purchase of a gun used to fatally shoot one central Illinois police officer and wound another in 2021. Twenty-nine-year-old Ashantae Corruthers entered the plea Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government. She is accused of buying and transferring a gun to 24-year-old Darion Marquise Lafayette and covering up the transaction by falsely reporting to Indianapolis police that the gun had been stolen. Lafayette shot Champaign police Officer Christopher Oberheim on May 19, 2021. The News-Gazette of Champaign reports Corruthers faces up to 25 years in prison when she is sentenced Nov. 6.
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2023-06-23T04:11:08+00:00
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localnews8.com
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https://localnews8.com/news/2023/06/22/woman-pleads-guilty-to-straw-purchase-of-gun-used-to-kill-illinois-officer/
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will stop contract negotiations when the regular season starts.
After Saturday's practice, Jackson confirmed for the first time that he will cut off talks by Week 1 of the regular season, which is four weeks away.
"We're coming up to it. It's coming up," Jackson said when asked about a hard deadline. "The season's coming up. We're going to be good for the season."
Asked if it's fair to say he wants a contract done or not done by Week 1, Jackson replied, "Yeah, for sure."
Jackson, 25, provided no other updates on contract talks. It's not surprising that Jackson wants to pause contract talks before the season begins because he is one of the few high-profile NFL players who does not have an agent. Jackson is representing himself, which means Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta can only negotiate with the former NFL MVP.
He is entering his fifth-year option, which will pay him $23.016 million this season. If a deal isn't finalized by March 7, the Ravens would have to place the franchise tag on Jackson to keep him from becoming an unrestricted free agent.
The sides didn't engage in contract talks for five months after the season because Ravens officials said Jackson didn't show any "urgency" to do so. Jackson and the Ravens then initiated negotiations in June.
The last quarterback to sign a big-money extension was the Arizona Cardinals' Kyler Murray, whose average per year ($46.1 million) and guaranteed money ($160 million) both rank second among quarterbacks. Deshaun Watson tops all quarterbacks with $230 million guaranteed, and Aaron Rodgers ranks first with an average of $50.3 million per season.
Since talking over as Baltimore's starting quarterback midway through the 2018 season, Jackson ranks fourth in victories (37), 11th in touchdown passes (83) and first in rushing yards by a quarterback (3,534).
"I'm very confident that it will get done when it gets done," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "You can't really rush it. I don't think either side wants to rush anything; both sides want to be happy when it's all said and done, and probably both sides unhappy when it's all said and done, to some degree, right? That's kind of how it works."
Harbaugh added, "But he's doing a great job. He's practicing well; he's a great leader; on the sideline, he's right into the game. So, everything, thumbs up."
After skipping voluntary workouts in the spring, Jackson participated in mandatory minicamp and has practiced every day in training camp. The biggest difference in Jackson has been in the weight room. Jackson has added over 10 pounds of lean muscle and has bulked up to 230 pounds.
"I just wanted to look the part, look a little sturdy back there (and0 look a little big," Jackson said. "I feel like it worked. I'm still fast. I'm still moving around like I did before. I just added a little more weight."
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2022-08-13T18:54:17+00:00
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espn.com
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34394537/baltimore-ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-halt-contract-negotiations-regular-season-begins
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CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A driver was killed Friday afternoon after a head-on collision on S.C. 72 north of Chester, authorities say.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2003 Chevrolet sedan was traveling south on 72 when it struck a second car, a Toyota Scion, sitting in northbound traffic. The Chevy then reportedly crossed the center of the roadway and struck a 1998 Toyota sedan traveling south head-on, killing its driver.
The driver of the Chevy was not injured; the Scion driver suffered minor injuries, and the lone passenger was not injured, SCHP said.
The incident remains under investigation by the SCHP.
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2023-05-13T04:17:18+00:00
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qcnews.com
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https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/chester-county/driver-killed-in-head-on-collision-in-chester-county-highway-patrol/
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Reactions to the death of Jeff Beck, rock innovator and guitar virtuoso who died Wednesday.
"The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the spell he could weave around our mortal emotions. Jeff could channel music from the ethereal. His technique unique. His imaginations apparently limitless. Jeff I will miss you along with your millions of fans." — Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who was also a Yardbirds bandmate and close friend of Beck, via Instagram.
"With the death of Jeff Beck we have lost a wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world. We will all miss him so much." — Mick Jagger, via Twitter.
"Jeff was such a nice person and an outstanding iconic, genius guitar player, there will never be another Jeff Beck. His playing was very special & distinctively brilliant!" — Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi on Twitter.
"I'm heartbroken he looked in fine shape to me. Playing great he was in great shape. I'm shocked and bewildered.... He was a good friend and a great guitar player." — Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, via Twitter.
“Jeff Beck was on another planet. He took me and Ronnie Wood to the USA in the late 60s in his band the Jeff Beck Group and we haven’t looked back since. He was one of the few guitarists that when playing live would actually listen to me sing and respond.” — Rod Stewart, via a statement.
"Now Jeff has gone, I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I'm going to dearly miss him. I'm sending much sympathy to Sandra, his family, and all who loved him." — Ronnie Wood, on Twitter.
"No one played guitar like Jeff. Please get ahold of the first two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness." — Kiss bassist Gene Simmons on Twitter.
"From The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group on, he blazed a trail impossible to follow. Play on now and forever." — Kiss guitarist and singer Paul Stanley on Instagram.
"Jeff Beck was the Picasso of Rock & Roll. Unlike every other guitar player, he created music that literally sounded as if he was an alien, following no rules, no clichés, a true master of the instrument." — singer and actor Michael Des Barres on Twitter.
"Oh, My Heart…RIP, Jeff…I miss you already." — Whitesnake singer David Coverdale on Twitter.
"He was loved by everyone in the know; the guitarists guitarist!" — singer Paul Young, via Twitter.
"Rest in peace to the GREATEST off them all: Jeff Beck!!!!" — comedian Bill Burr, via Twitter.
Credit: Evan Agostini
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2023-01-12T00:00:43+00:00
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daytondailynews.com
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https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/jimmy-page-rod-stewart-pay-tribute-after-death-of-jeff-beck/XRIISAIHDBCZPDVT5R7RY6W7KI/
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VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OnActuate, a technology consulting firm specializing in digital transformations, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and inviting others to join the company and experience the true people-first approach that has contributed to its success.
In 2022, OnActuate was certified as a Great Place to Work®. Its culturally diverse and geographically dispersed team is comprised of 100+ employees who work remotely from Canada, the U.S. and India.
- 50% of the leadership team are people of colour
- 40% of the leadership team identify as women
- Team members hail from 7 countries and speak 21 different languages
- Its Global Cohort program fosters emerging talent by teaching young professionals the fundamentals of the tech industry
However, it's not all about the numbers. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion must go beyond just checking a box and filling a seat at the table. We have to constantly work towards removing our unconscious biases. We must create an internal culture that fosters a safe, secure environment and ensures that team members feel whole and respected," said Sharan Oberoi, Founder and CEO. "OnActuate started with very humble beginnings and has grown into a global firm serving some of the world's Fortune 100 brands. This was only possible through our focus on truly putting people first. This means providing all team members with a sense of belonging and joy to create the best outcomes. By centering on people, we have built a culture of trust and respect."
In 2019, OnActuate's entrepreneurial achievements were recognized when it was named in The Globe and Mail's Top Growing Companies. During its 10 years in business, OnActuate has worked with organizations of all sizes, including the City of Columbus, Coca Cola, State of Washington, McDonald's, Volvo and more.
"Our people are what makes OnActuate so great," said Alyssa Morrell, Global People and Culture Lead. "Our strength comes from our diversity. The global nature of our team provides a diversity in thought that means we excel at creating innovative solutions for our customers."
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2023-01-04T15:47:34+00:00
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ksla.com
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https://www.ksla.com/prnewswire/2023/01/04/onactuate-celebrates-10-years-diversity-equity-inclusion-by-truly-putting-people-first/
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Courts' adjourned -- elevator's busted!
Dead elevator forces postponement of trials and hearings
Employees and visitors to the Wichita County Courthouse will get some exercise for a while. The last public elevator in the venerable, rambling building broke down -- for good.
The death of the elevator forced postponed of jury trials.
"We got people who can't make it upstairs. Right now we are completely shut down," said Judge Gary Butler of County Court at Law No. 1.
Seventy-Eighth District Court Judge Meredith Kennedy said the problem has forced postponement of jury trials, criminal dockets and hearings. Jurors who were called for trial this week were dismissed and a new panel of jurors will be called in next week.
County Commissioner Mark Beauchamp, who oversees county buildings, said the 60-year-old elevator began throwing sparks. Repairmen summoned to the scene Monday essentially declared the old car dead, saying it would be too costly to make repairs. Beauchamp had hoped the elevator would last until a new one is delivered, probably at the first of the year.
"Unfortunately we didn't make it to the finish line," Beauchamp said Tuesday.
A second elevator that was near the courthouse entrance no longer functions, but Beauchamp said he's trying to arrange to open a third elevator that is located in the former book-in area of the former jail. Because the area is still used to bring in prisoners from the new county jail for court appearances, Beauchamp has to get permission from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He is also building some temporary walls and taking other steps to make the elevator accessible.
The third elevator is not in the entrance so it will require some walking.
"It won't be terrible," Beauchamp said.
He said said he was hopeful he could have the spare elevator running by Wednesday.
"I had been asking for months of every commissioner I saw, what are we going to do when the elevator goes down because it goes down every once in a while. Here we are scrambling when we should have anticipated that this was going to happen" Kennedy said.
"The problem is, it wasn't planned for. It's like if you go down to one wheel and that thing goes out, guess what -- you don't go anymore," Butler said.
Thirtieth District Court Judge Jeff McKnight said the open courts provision of the Texas Constitution requires courtrooms to be accessible to all parties, spectators as well as the participants in cases. He said the courts will have to remain closed until "an appropriate remedy can be found for those issues.
Beauchamp said the courthouse will eventually have two new elevators operating in the entrance area.
The five-floor courthouse is 106 years old and has been added on to and renovated many times over the years. It's currently undergoing a major renovation on the first floor.
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2022-07-19T22:13:54+00:00
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timesrecordnews.com
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https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/07/19/courts-adjourned-elevators-busted/65377264007/
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Mountain lion climbs over fence of home, found in window cellar
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KGWN) – Animal encounters are not uncommon in Wyoming, but some can certainly be scarier than others.
On Wednesday morning, homeowners in Cheyenne had a wake-up call of a lifetime. Jennifer and Vince Belmont said they had a mountain lion jump their fence and make her way into their window cellar.
“Had I gone out there when she was out there, I don’t know if the story would be the same,” Jennifer Belmont said.
Alarmed at the sight of the animal, the two made their way back into their home and called the Department of Game and Fish to get the lion out safely.
“I almost had a heart attack but she came to the right house to get relocated,” Jennifer Belmont said. “I am not sure if any of our neighbors would have done the same.”
Fortunately, the lion posed no immediate threat to the family, and authorities are working to get the big cat relocated.
“It shows Wyoming at its finest,” Vince Belmont said. “It can be dangerous but at the same time we have good personnel here to take care of everything.”
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2022-11-01T17:55:56+00:00
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wnem.com
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https://www.wnem.com/2022/11/01/mountain-lion-climbs-over-fence-home-found-window-cellar/
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By TARA COPP
PALMDALE , Calif. (AP) — America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber made its debut Friday after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon’s answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China.
The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is classified.
As evening fell over the Air Force’s Plant 42 in Palmdale, the public got its first glimpse of the Raider in a tightly controlled ceremony. It started with a flyover of the three bombers still in service: the B-52 Stratofortress, the B-1 Lancer and the B-2 Spirit. Then the hangar doors slowly opened and the B-21 was towed partially out of the building.
“This isn’t just another airplane,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. “It’s the embodiment of America’s determination to defend the republic that we all love.”
The B-21 is part of the Pentagon’s efforts to modernize all three legs of its nuclear triad, which includes silo-launched nuclear ballistic missiles and submarine-launched warheads, as it shifts from the counterterrorism campaigns of recent decades to meet China’s rapid military modernization.
China is on track to have 1,500 nuclear weapons by 2035, and its gains in hypersonics, cyber warfare and space capabilities present “the most consequential and systemic challenge to U.S. national security and the free and open international system,” the Pentagon said this week in its annual China report.
”We needed a new bomber for the 21st Century that would allow us to take on much more complicated threats, like the threats that we fear we would one day face from China, Russia, ” said Deborah Lee James, the Air Force secretary when the Raider contract was announced in 2015.
While the Raider may resemble the B-2, once you get inside, the similarities stop, said Kathy Warden, chief executive of Northrop Grumman Corp., which is building the bomber.
“The way it operates internally is extremely advanced compared to the B-2, because the technology has evolved so much in terms of the computing capability that we can now embed in the software of the B-21,” Warden said.
Other changes include advanced materials used in coatings to make the bomber harder to detect, Austin said.
“Fifty years of advances in low-observable technology have gone into this aircraft,” Austin said. “Even the most sophisticated air defense systems will struggle to detect a B-21 in the sky.”
Other advances likely include new ways to control electronic emissions, so the bomber could spoof adversary radars and disguise itself as another object, and use of new propulsion technologies, several defense analysts said.
“It is incredibly low observability,” Warden said. “You’ll hear it, but you really won’t see it.”
Six Raiders are in production. The Air Force plans to build 100 that can deploy either nuclear weapons or conventional bombs and can be used with or without a human crew. Both the Air Force and Northrop also point to the Raider’s relatively quick development: The bomber went from contract award to debut in seven years. Other new fighter and ship programs have taken decades.
The cost of the bombers is unknown. The Air Force previously put the price at an average cost of $550 million each in 2010 dollars — roughly $753 million today — but it’s unclear how much is actually being spent. The total will depend on how many bombers the Pentagon buys.
“We will soon fly this aircraft, test it, and then move it into production. And we will build the bomber force in numbers suited to the strategic environment ahead,” Austin said.
The undisclosed cost troubles government watchdogs.
“It might be a big challenge for us to do our normal analysis of a major program like this,” said Dan Grazier, a senior defense policy fellow at the Project on Government Oversight. “It’s easy to say that the B-21 is still on schedule before it actually flies. Because it’s only when one of these programs goes into the actual testing phase when real problems are discovered.” That, he said, is when schedules start to slip and costs rise.
The B-2 was also envisioned to be a fleet of more than 100 aircraft, but the Air Force built only 21, due to cost overruns and a changed security environment after the Soviet Union fell. Fewer than that are ready to fly on any given day due to the significant maintenance needs of the aging bomber.
The B-21 Raider, which takes its name from the 1942 Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, will be slightly smaller than the B-2 to increase its range, Warden said. It won’t make its first flight until 2023. However, Warden said Northrop Grumman has used advanced computing to test the bomber’s performance using a digital twin, a virtual replica of the one unveiled Friday.
Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota will house the bomber’s first training program and squadron, though the bombers are also expected to be stationed at bases in Texas and Missouri.
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican of South Dakota, led the state’s bid to host the bomber program. In a statement, he called it “the most advanced weapon system ever developed by our country to defend ourselves and our allies.”
Northrop Grumman has also incorporated maintenance lessons learned from the B-2, Warden said.
In October 2001, B-2 pilots set a record when they flew 44 hours straight to drop the first bombs in Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks. The B-2 often does long round-trip missions because there are few hangars globally that can accommodate its wingspan, which limits where it can land for maintenance. The hangars also must be air-conditioned because the Spirit’s windows don’t open and hot climates can cook cockpit electronics.
The new Raider will also get new hangars to accommodate its size and complexity, Warden said.
However, with the Raider’s extended range, ’it won’t need to be based in-theater,” Austin said. “It won’t need logistical support to hold any target at risk.”
A final noticeable difference was in the debut itself. While both went public in Palmdale, the B-2 was rolled outdoors in 1988 amid much public fanfare. Given advances in surveillance satellites and cameras, the Raider was just partially exposed, keeping its sensitive propulsion systems and sensors under the hangar and protected from overhead eyes.
“The magic of the platform,” Warden said, “is what you don’t see.”
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This story has been corrected to show the B-2 rollout was in 1988, not 1989.
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2022-12-03T06:14:57+00:00
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bostonherald.com
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https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/12/02/pentagon-debuts-its-new-stealth-bomber-the-b-21-raider-2/
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A bill that would have banned people under 21 from bars looked to address issues that arose in the Madison Brooks case. The legislation faced heavy pushback and is moving forward with a lot of changes.
With significant amendments, 18-20 year-olds can still go into Class A facilities under the bill. The crux of the bill now focuses on stronger verification of IDs and putting the blame on the bars when someone underage is served alcohol.
“If we can acknowledge we’ve created and we’re supporting a culture that’s not in the best interest of our young people. If we can be taken seriously we need to act like we are going to follow our own laws,” said Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton.
After Brooks, a 19-year-old LSU student, was allegedly over-served at a Tigerland bar and was later reportedly raped and killed, the bill by Mizell was created. She hoped that keeping underage people away from bars could help reduce the number of these tragic incidents.
“My niece Madison is not the only soul lost to the culture of underage drinking in Louisiana, and she will not be the last, unfortunately,” said Brooks’ godmother Lauren LeBlanc.
There was fierce pushback from the hospitality industry and college-age students who came to testify. Once the amendments were added on, many waived their opposing testimony.
Bars will have to scan an ID in a verification machine rather than just look at them. There were questions about the liability if a fake ID passes the machine. A member of the Alcohol Tobacco Control Board said there would be a chance to appeal cases like this.
“The bar knows that he’s got a possible right of action by not doing due diligence, the scanner allows the bar owner to make sure that it’s an actual ID. So it’s a cooperative effort that he has to have to buy in,” Mizell said.
The bill also raises the penalties for serving people underage. The amendment reads as follows:
“(i) A first offense, not less than one thousand dollars but not more than five thousand dollars.
(ii) A second offense that occurs within six years of the first offense, not less than five thousand dollars but not more than ten thousand dollars.
(iii) A third offense that occurs within six years of the first offense, not less than ten thousand dollars but not more than fifteen thousand dollars.“
It advanced as amended without objection. Mizell said this is just a stepping stone and she hopes to bring future legislation to crack down on this issue.
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2023-05-10T23:21:00+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/state-news/legislator-removes-proposed-ban-on-people-under-21-in-bars/
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Eddie Rosario Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Brewers - July 30
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 10:24 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
On Sunday, Eddie Rosario (.233 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 66 points below season-long percentage) and the Atlanta Braves play the Milwaukee Brewers, whose starting pitcher will be Colin Rea. First pitch is at 1:35 PM ET.
He hit a home run while going 1-for-4 in his last game against the Brewers.
Eddie Rosario Game Info & Props vs. the Brewers
- Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
- Stadium: Truist Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Brewers Starter: Colin Rea
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Eddie Rosario At The Plate
- Rosario is batting .252 with 17 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 21 walks.
- Among qualified hitters in MLB action, his batting average ranks 86th, his on-base percentage ranks 128th, and he is 38th in the league in slugging.
- In 60.0% of his games this season (54 of 90), Rosario has picked up at least one hit, and in 21 of those games (23.3%) he recorded multiple hits.
- In 15.6% of his games this season, he has hit a long ball, and 4.9% of his trips to the plate.
- In 28.9% of his games this season, Rosario has notched at least one RBI. In 13 of those games (14.4%) he recorded two or more RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team's runs in five contests.
- In 36.7% of his games this season, he has scored at least once. And he's had seven games with multiple runs (7.8%).
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Brewers Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Brewers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league.
- The Brewers have the 11th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.03).
- The Brewers rank 23rd in baseball in home runs surrendered (131 total, 1.2 per game).
- Rea (5-4 with a 4.53 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 91 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Brewers, his 18th of the season.
- In his most recent time out on Tuesday, the right-hander tossed six innings against the Cincinnati Reds, giving up two earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 33-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.53, with 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings, in 18 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .237 batting average against him.
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2023-07-30T15:38:16+00:00
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live5news.com
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https://www.live5news.com/sports/betting/2023/07/30/eddie-rosario-mlb-player-prop-bets/
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(NEXSTAR) – Deep in the center of the Earth is the inner core, which spans roughly 746 miles and is composed of primarily pure, solid iron, NASA explains. Though we’ve long believed – and research has shown – that the inner core rotates, a new study suggests it may have “paused” its spin and could even have reversed.
The liquid outer core that surrounds the inner core causes Earth’s magnetic field. According to NASA, as the molten iron and nickel in the outer core move, they create electrical currents that result in a magnetic field. The outer core also allows the inner core to spin on its own, Nature explains.
Though scientists can’t track the core directly, they can analyze seismic waves caused by earthquakes – and Cold War-era nuclear weapon tests – as they reach the core. That’s what study co-authors Yi Yang and Xiaodong Song, seismologists at Peking University in Beijing, did for their new research, which was published in the Nature Geoscience journal on Monday.
Based on their analysis of seismic waves caused by similar earthquakes dating back to the 1960s, Yang and Song said they found that the inner core’s rotation seems to have “paused” between 2009 and 2020 and could even be reversing “by a small amount.”
Sounds concerning, right? Don’t be alarmed – this likely isn’t the first time our inner core has come to a halt. Instead, they believe the change is “associated with a gradual turning-back of the inner core as part of an approximately seven-decade oscillation.”
According to Yang and Song, results from their study also suggest “another overturn or a slowdown of the rotation around the early 1970s.”
The seismologists said their findings – changes in how fast seismic waves traveled through the inner core – coincide “with changes in several other geophysical observations, especially the length of day and magnetic field,” which are both areas that are impacted by the inner core’s movement, research has shown.
While the changes are “valid,” what Yang and Song found may not be exactly what’s happening in the depths of our planet. John Vidale, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Southern California that wasn’t involved in the study, noted “several competing ideas” about the Earth’s core to The Wall Street Journal.
This includes theories that the inner core reverses its rotation more frequently than the 70 years Yang and Song determined and that it stopped rotating in the early 2000s.
“No matter which model you like, there’s some data that disagrees with it,” Vidale told The New York Times.
Vidale recently co-authored a study that showed the inner core changed its spin between 1969 and 1974, and that it seems to oscillate “a couple of kilometers every six years.”
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2023-01-24T05:33:38+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/news/earths-inner-core-may-have-paused-its-rotation-and-reversed-new-study-suggests/
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Powerball selected winning numbers in its Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, drawing for a jackpot estimated at $206 million.
The numbers are 9-10-20-22-52 Powerball 25 Power Play 3x.
The Classic Lotto numbers are 13-18-23-31-40-45 Kicker 454805. The jackpot is $35.9 million for the drawing on Saturday, Sept. 17.
Wednesday’s winning Ohio Lottery numbers are:
Pick 3 evening: 805 (midday, 112)
Pick 4 evening: 2604 (midday, 8026)
Pick 5 evening: 41144 (midday, 53788)
Rolling Cash 5: 4-9-16-18-25
Lucky for Life: 4-12-25-39-43 Lucky Ball 7
Pick 3 winners receive $500 for a $1 straight bet and the odds of winning are 1-in-1,000. Pick 4 winners receive $5,000 for a $1 straight bet and the odds of winning are 1-in-10,000.
The Rolling Cash 5 jackpot for the next drawing is $227,000 for hitting all five numbers and the odds of winning are 1-in-575,757.
Drawings for Pick 3, Pick 4 and Pick 5 are twice daily, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m. The drawing for the Rolling Cash 5 is each night at 7:35 p.m.
Classic Lotto draws at 7:05 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $1 ticket are 1-in-13,983,816.
Lucky for Life draws at 10:30 p.m. each night. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $2 ticket are 1 in 30,821,472.
Powerball draws on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $2 ticket are 1 in 292,201,338.
Mega Millions draws on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $2 ticket are 1-in-302,575,350.
The official Ohio Lottery site offers more information on instant tickets, raffles & other lottery games.
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2022-09-15T03:26:45+00:00
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cleveland.com
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https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2022/09/powerball-winning-numbers-for-wednesday-sept-14-2022-jackpot-206-million.html
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The National Women's Soccer League opened its first free agency period Friday amid a dispute over which players are qualified.
Players with expiring contracts and at least six years of service and are eligible for free agency for the first time under the collective bargaining agreement. The NWSL put out a list of 26 free agents, including national team players Megan Rapinoe and Becky Sauerbrunn.
Teams are allowed to negotiate with available players but cannot officially sign them until Nov. 15.
But the NWSL players' association says that the list should include players with an option year on their current contracts — adding an additional 22 players.
The league says those players aren't free agents until teams exercise their options, while the NWSLPA says any player who has six years of service with a standard player agreement should qualify.
"As someone who's been in this league since Day 1, it is extremely disappointing that the league is trying to obstruct our right to free agency," Angel City forward Jasmyne Spencer said in a statement. “Free agency was one of the most important issues that we fought for when negotiating the CBA. Players should have free autonomy over their careers.”
The dispute will be worked out in arbitration in September.
“In my first four months as commissioner, we have worked closely with the NWSLPA to resolve disagreements where possible and have had many instances where we have found solutions. However, we have always known that will not always be the outcome, particularly in a first-ever collective bargaining agreement between the parties, and that’s why labor agreements typically have neutral arbitrators to determine interpretation disputes. We look forward to the resolution of this open question in a respectful manner," NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said.
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2022-08-26T23:36:06+00:00
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expressnews.com
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https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/NWSL-s-1st-free-agency-period-opens-with-17401414.php
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MIAMI GARDENS — There was one play in the Miami Dolphins’ Saturday practice where the defense brought more pass rushers than the offense had blockers. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, as soon as he took the shotgun snap, had to get the ball out of his hands, and it resulted in him throwing almost blindly to a spot over the top and missing wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
It wasn’t a sack. It didn’t create a turnover. But, as Tagovailoa made the safe decision throwing incomplete, the heavy blitz completely disrupted the offensive play design at its origin.
As the Dolphins have gone deeper into training camp, the defense has incorporated more of its patented blitzing under defensive coordinator Josh Boyer after going with a series of vanilla looks through much of the first two weeks.
It has the Miami defense feeling like it’s getting closer to its dominant self that flourished the second half of the 2021 season.
“I think we’re constantly striving to get to that point where we’re really feeling dominant as a defense, so every day is really an opportunity to get better,” said Dolphins outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips. “I think we’ve all been working our [butts] off, so it’s exciting to see everything come together, for sure.”
But it’s still a process in camp for this defense, even as it returned all starters from last season’s second-half surge.
“It’s really a day-by-day thing, and you’re never fully ready. You always got to bring it every day, and that’s really our mindset,” said defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, who wore the orange jersey at Saturday’s practice for being the player of the day in Friday’s session.
“There’s always wrinkles or things we might adjust, but really, it starts with the leaders and just bringing it and having that mindset you’re never really complete as a defense. You’re always looking to improve.”
Aside from merely bringing pressure, the Dolphins’ defensive front has been tested in lateral quickness with Miami’s wide-zone scheme testing the edges.
“That’s been an emphasis for us,” Wilkins said. “We set the tone on the D-line, just kind of running to the ball. As D-linemen, if you set the tone running down the field on a big play, no one else has any excuse. That’s kind of just the standard, pursue the ball always.”
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But the defense has also gotten a glimpse of why new coach Mike McDaniel’s offense, with its West Coast elements combined with that outside-zone rushing attack, is so difficult to contain.
“This is probably one of the toughest offenses that we’re going to go up against, just in terms of schematics,” said Phillips. “Being able to train that this early in camp, is really crucial for the rest of the season. Mike McDaniel’s a hell of a play-caller, for sure.
“[The offense] is just very multiple, and they have a lot of movement and a lot of things that are specifically meant to mess with your eyes. Being able to read your keys is one of the most important things about my position and a defense as a whole.”
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The defense is now Boyer’s show after he had former coach Brian Flores to lean on his first two years as defensive coordinator. With McDaniel’s offensive background, Boyer, despite holding the same title, takes on more of the overall responsibility for his unit.
“He’s just really confident and assertive,” Phillips said. “He really instills into us that camaraderie that I talk about and just being able to play together and play fast and hard. He’s definitely comfortable in his position, and we have all the trust in the world in him.”
Added Wilkins: “Same guy. Josh is a heck of a coach, and it means a lot to him. He brings it and has a high standard for us defensively.”
The Dolphins defense will truly be whole when cornerback Byron Jones, still on the physically-unable-to-perform list, returns to play opposite Xavien Howard while Miami brings its exotic blitzes.
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2022-08-06T21:34:13+00:00
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sun-sentinel.com
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https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-notes-sat-20220806-yi6rfepbhzhffhwojr6nyfs3wu-story.html
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Juul on Friday asked a federal court to block a government order to stop selling its electronic cigarettes.
The e-cigarette maker asked the court to pause what it calls an “extraordinary and unlawful action” by the Food and Drug Administration that would require it to immediately halt its business. The company filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington as it prepares to appeal the FDA’s decision.
The FDA said Thursday that Juul must stop selling its vaping device and its tobacco and menthol flavored cartridges.
The action was part of a sweeping effort by the agency to bring scientific scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry after years of regulatory delays.
To stay on the market, companies must show that their e-cigarettes benefit public health. In practice, that means proving that adult smokers who use them are likely to quit or reduce their smoking, while teens are unlikely to get hooked on them.
The FDA said Juul’s application left regulators with significant questions and didn’t include enough information to evaluate any potential health risks. Juul said it submitted enough information and data to address all issues raised. The company said the FDA refused its request to put its order on hold to avoid a massive disruption to its business.
While Juul remains a top seller, its share of the U.S. e-cigarette market has dipped to about half. The company was widely blamed for a surge in underage vaping a few years ago, but a recent federal survey showed a drop in the teen vaping rate and a shift away from Juul’s products.
The devices heat a nicotine solution into a vapor that’s inhaled, bypassing many of the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco.
The company said in its Friday court filing that it submitted a 125,000-page application to the FDA nearly two years ago. It said the application included several studies to evaluate the health risks among Juul users.
Juul said that the FDA cannot argue that there was a “critical and urgent public interest” in immediately removing its products from the market when the agency allowed them to be sold during its review.
The company noted that the FDA denied its application while authorizing those submitted by competitors with similar products.
The FDA has OK’d e-cigarettes from R.J. Reynolds, Logic and other companies, while rejecting many others.
In 2019, Juul was pressured into halting all advertising and eliminating its fruit and dessert flavors after they became popular among middle and high school students. The next year, the FDA limited flavors in small vaping devices to just tobacco and menthol.
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2022-06-24T18:59:21+00:00
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wnct.com
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https://www.wnct.com/news/business/ap-business/juul-seeks-to-halt-fda-order-banning-e-cigarette-sales-in-us/
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AVERAGE HIGH FOR APRIL 7TH: 54°
AVERAGE LOW FOR APRIL 7TH: 30°
FRIDAY’S SUNRISE: 6:40 AM
FRIDAY’S SUNSET: 7:40 PM
Elmira, N.Y. (WETM) – Sunshine returns today with cooler conditions. When do we warm up? Details below:
TODAY:
It is a mostly clear start to the day and this sets the stage for a mostly sunny day. We are a little bit cooler today as well with temperatures slightly below average. Winds will be a bit breezy today out of the northwest which keeps that cooler air in place. Due to the breezy and dry conditions, there is an elevated fire risk for part of the area this afternoon and evening.
TONIGHT:
Overnight, we are on the colder side and remain mostly clear.
THIS WEEKEND:
Plenty of sunshine is in the forecast for this weekend with a big area of high pressure in control. Temperatures gradually increase through the weekend.
NEXT WEEK:
Our area of high pressure does not really move much into next week which keeps us dry and quiet. Plenty of sunshine on Monday with just some passing high clouds on Tuesday and Wednesday. We are still mostly sunny by Thursday. Temperatures turn mild next week.
Have an amazing day!
FRIDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY
HIGH: 49 LOW: 23
SATURDAY: SUNNY
HIGH: 51 LOW: 26
SUNDAY: SUNNY
HIGH: 57 LOW: 31
MONDAY: SUNNY
HIGH: 66 LOW: 39
TUESDAY: HIGH CLOUDS
HIGH: 70 LOW: 47
WEDNESDAY: HIGH CLOUDS
HIGH: 75 LOW: 51
THURSDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY
HIGH: 81 LOW: 52
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2023-04-07T13:02:46+00:00
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mytwintiers.com
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https://www.mytwintiers.com/forecast/sunshine-returning-today-staying-dry-and-sunny-into-the-weekend/
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
0-9-9
(zero, nine, nine)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
0-9-9
(zero, nine, nine)
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2022-05-16T17:53:21+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-3-game-17176307.php
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, a campaign to deliver huggable bears is bringing comfort and connecting survivors more than a thousand miles apart.
Beverly King, a survivor of a shooting that killed more than 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip in October 2017, and a team of volunteers traveled to Uvalde to give 1,000 Comfort Cubs to children and families affected by the May 24 shooting.
Students, families and staff at Robb Elementary School, the site of the shooting, received their Comfort Cubs, and Uvalde’s first responders were next on the list, King told the Las Vegas Sun.
“I’m grateful that we were able to bring a little comfort to this devastated community,” King said. “If I helped one person, (then) it was worth it!”
King took to Facebook in late May asking for donations of $50, the cost of a single bear. She received not only monetary support, but the backing of people who offered whatever they could to help.
For two days, 75 volunteers packed boxes of bears, some of which were transported to the southwest Texas town for free by United Airlines, King said.
The Uvalde Leader-News s tored boxes in its loading dock and local police officers drove them to the memorial site at Robb Elementary.
King, the Oct. 1 survivors and the Comfort Cub group worked with Uvalde community members, like Gloria Resma, an executive assistant for the city of Uvalde.
A donor paid for King’s plane ticket from her hometown in Malone, New York, to Uvalde, and she flew to meet the five other volunteers who helped make this happen: Comfort Cub founder Marcella Johnson; board member Liz Tyson; ambassador Frania Black; and two fellow Oct. 1 survivors — Marianne Crane from Tennessee and Darlene McKnight from California.
Comfort Cub is a nonprofit organization based in Encinitas, California
“Being able to see the looks on not only the kids, but the adults as well … when we would hand them a cub, they would smile,” Crane said. “In the midst of the tragedy and the sadness, they smiled.”
King’s Facebook fundraiser is now filled with pictures of children and adults alike gripping plush bears.
“It was an amazing experience to see how strangers come together to help one another,” Resma told the Sun. “This is a huge comfort and gives (the children and families) something physically to hold and help them cope with what is going on. Having someone care that they have never met will be a long-lasting memory and give them the chance to hold onto something positive during a tragic event.”
The Comfort Cub is a “specially weighted therapeutic” stuffed bear for those who have experienced severe trauma, especially relating to the loss of a child.
According to Johnson, the bear’s weight is intended to help those suffering from Broken Heart Syndrome — a condition that occurs when severe emotional or physical stress causes the heart’s pumping chamber to weaken.
A study conducted by the Institute for Palliative Medicine at the San Diego Hospice found that Comfort Cubs “led to profound relief” when given to mothers suffering from Broken Heart Syndrome.
King discovered the California-based company four years ago while in intense trauma therapy as a result of the Oct. 1 shooting. She believes these bears have “such a calming effect,” and that “gifting these bears to others was even more healing” than using one herself.
Since becoming company ambassadors, Johnson and King have sent Comfort Cubs to the elderly, intellectually challenged children, those with medical challenges and people living with mental illness. They also have gifted bears to people affected other mass shootings throughout the country.
“We normally just made a connection in the area and shipped bears,” King said about the process of her sending out Comfort Cubs. “When Uvalde happened, we knew we had to go.”
Johnson and King planned to send 60 more bears to the teachers, faculty and staff at Robb Elementary. Another 65 bears will go to first responders, Johnson said.
King and Crane planned to return to Las Vegas in October for the five-year remembrance of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting that killed 58 at a concert venue. Officials say at least two other people died later of their gunshot wounds.
King said she plans to bring enough bears to honor each person who died.
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2022-07-17T17:30:10+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Vegas-Strip-shooting-survivors-send-Comfort-17310627.php
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) -- A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after police said he stole a car that had a four-year-old child sitting in the backseat.
Around 5:30 p.m., Metro Police said a woman left her vehicle unattended with her son in the backseat at the Shoppes at Hamilton Crossing. The 14-year-old suspect saw the car running with the child int he backseat, according to police.
The teen then took the child out of the car and put him on a sidewalk, entered the vehicle and drove away, according to police.
Detectives contacted OnStar to assist in finding the vehicle.
The 14-year-old suspect drove to several locations, including a gas station and a motel, while a police helicopter tracked him.
Officers used spike strips in an attempt to stop the car, police said, and OnStar was able to shut down the vehicle.
The teenage boy ran from police but was eventually taken into custody. Detectives said the boy admitted to taking the vehicle and removing the child.
Frank Lombardo lives near where the carjacking happened and said he’s concerned but thankful the child wasn’t hurt.
Lombardo said he has started double checking the locks on his car and parking near security cameras after a similar carjacking happened last week at his nearby apartment complex. That suspect took a car the owner left running to warm up.
“You don’t know if it’s their parents not paying enough attention or what it is,” Lombardo said. “It’s happening a lot more often. It’s not an isolated thing.”
Lombardo said he is now considering moving out of the area because of the crime and wants more done to protect the local shopping centers.
“To see it happening so often, especially around the holidays, because people are working hard for what they have, especially the stuff they are looking to give on the holidays,” Lombardo said. “When things like this happen, it impacts everybody.”
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2022-12-15T16:59:23+00:00
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abc12.com
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https://www.abc12.com/news/teen-took-4-year-old-boy-out-of-car-before-carjacking-police-say/article_c8779d9c-ff95-5258-9a9c-b356e4c48045.html
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Las Cruces gears up to settle the 2023 budget. Here's what to know
This is the first in a series of articles about the 2023 budget. Do you have questions about how Las Cruces collects money and where it goes? Email JEGarcia@gannett.com
LAS CRUCES – City government will enter the next fiscal year in a strong position with myriad requests for expending its $500 million budget.
City of Las Cruces staff delivered that message along with a slew of budget data during a two-day workshop on Feb. 22 and 23. The budget retreat initiated the months-long process dictating how the city will collect and spend over $500 million next year.
The budget – and the people who create it – determines everything from funding public safety efforts to the cost of filling potholes to anti-poverty initiatives and the design of Las Cruces' streets.
An assemblage of department leaders, city analysts and six councilors met for two days. They discussed how the city spent money last year and what to expect next year. Department heads also began the process of pitching funding requests.
Here are some of the event's biggest takeaways.
What is a fiscal year? And when does it start?
While most people live in yearly increments divided by New Year's Day or birthdays, municipalities live from fiscal year to fiscal year. The City of Las Cruces – like many but not all municipalities – places that line between June 30 and July 1.
The city currently operates under the 2022 budget, which expires on June 31, 2023. The city will move into the 2023 budget on July 1, 2023, which begins the 2023 fiscal year.
Strong general fund revenue expectations bolstered by state law changes
The city expects more money for next year's general fund than in previous years. That's important because the general fund is the city's primary bucket of money to fund public works, public safety, and cultural services.
Specifically, the city anticipates having about $140 million in revenue in its general fund compared to last year's predicted $130 million.
According to Finances Director Leeann DeMouche, increased collections of gross receipts taxes are one of the leading drivers for that expectation. Gross receipts taxes are paid by businesses and are typically assessed to consumers during a purchase. When property, goods, or services exchange hands, the city levies a tax.
As online transactions grew in popularity in the last two decades, municipalities and state governments across the U.S. enacted laws to collect taxes on those sales.
In New Mexico, the state legislature passed laws that made the state a "destination-based sales tax" state.
For Las Cruces, it means more money in the city's coffers.
Police want 20 new officers as staffing issues and property crime swell
Miguel Dominguez, the chief of the Las Cruces Police Department, was one of several department heads to present requests during the retreat.
Specifically, Dominguez wanted about $3 million to permanently hire 20 more officers and increase the size of LCPD.
The department currently operates with a roster size of about 200 officers. However, the department has struggled to maintain a full roster since the pandemic. Dominguez said that LCPD works with about 170 officers presently. He added that he expects that number to increase to about 190 after LCPD's academy graduates a class of cadets later this year.
Dominguez said that a small roster prevents the department from conducting proactive operations and lowers response times. It also limits how long an officer can spend per call, Dominguez said, adding that the rise in property crime rates exacerbates the problem.
Several council members, including Johana Bencomo and Becki Graham, said they supported Dominguez's request.
Pedestrian safety could be a 2023 priority
The city brought in outside presenters for the second time in two weeks to raise pedestrian safety issues.
The first instance involved a work session on Feb. 13 and featured a presentation from civil engineers with Toole Design. The presentation pitched the city council and staff a way of thinking about uncentering vehicles from city road planning.
The design philosophy includes erecting barriers between sidewalks and roadways, installing street infrastructure that protects pedestrians crossing roads, and remodeling streets to force drivers to slow down.
Las Cruces sees a higher rate of pedestrian deaths than the national average, although the presenters pointed out problems with data collection in New Mexico.
What's next
The council will host two work sessions as city staff finalizes budget requests in the next two months.
Then, the city will host a series of public meetings in the first two weeks of May before voting to adopt the budget on May 15.
Justin Garcia is public safety and local government reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News. He can be reached at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com
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2023-02-25T00:49:13+00:00
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lcsun-news.com
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https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/24/public-pedestrian-safety-budget-las-cruces/69936268007/
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Dear Amy: I am an atheist. I believe in practicing kindness and respect for other people’s views.
In recent years, I have been working on becoming more honest about religious activities I would prefer not to attend. (These ceremonies make me very uncomfortable.)
I used to tell lies to preserve the feelings of people I love when I didn’t want to attend a baptism or other religious event (I’ve also attended many and have been very uncomfortable).
Now that I’m in my 50s, I want to be more honest.
A friend invited me to attend her twins’ Bar-Mitzvahs. This is a tough one.
I am not particularly close to these twins, but the mother’s friendship means a great deal to me.
I really don’t want to attend the ceremony, but I don’t want to hurt her feelings either.
Can you think of an honest but very kind way to bow out respectfully?
I’d rather send a gift and thoughtful note acknowledging the milestone.
This friend is likely to ask me why I am not going, and I am leaning toward giving her a more honest answer *because* our friendship (I hope) is strong and I think it would feel more respectful to have her know the truth if I can do it kindly. I value your input!
— Done with Religion
Dear Done: The honest and kind way to bow out respectfully would be to RSVP: “I’m so sorry I can’t attend, please pass along my congratulations to the twins. Now — they are men!”
My point is that when you are declining an invitation, you don’t need to supply a reason. It is somewhat unusual for a host to follow up to ask, “Well, why can’t you attend?”
If your friend does ask, you can say, “As you know, I’m an atheist. I don’t attend religious ceremonies. I realize this might be somewhat awkward, and I recognize this is extremely important in your family, but I need to decline. But I’m also very honored by the invitation.”
Dear Amy: My husband and I had children later in life.
We moved closer to our family to raise our children with relatives.
Around my younger girl’s first birthday my older sister started dating a man. They are a toxic brew.
I don’t like his past, which includes multiple arrests for domestic violence and robbery, and I don’t like who my sister becomes when she’s around him.
They drink and have big fights.
The holidays are coming up and I don’t want this man in my life.
However, I have a second sister who will be hosting the holiday events, and it will break her heart if I refuse to go if that man is in attendance.
Should I suck it up and go, or stick to my conviction and celebrate the holiday with my husband and daughters?
I grew up around a violent and abusive man and witnessed the repercussions of alcoholism via my grandmother.
I don’t want my girls experiencing that trauma.
What is your advice?
— Torn
Dear Torn: Only you can realistically assess your ability to handle the stress and anxiety that being in this man’s presence will engender.
But you also need to decide whether you will let him control you and keep you away from family gatherings.
If you want to be with your family but choose to stay away because he will be there — then he has bullied you into a corner.
If you truly want to stay away — definitely do that. But you could also stake a claim to go where you want to go, and if the occasion takes a turn that you don’t like — you can leave. As I often say (especially around the holidays), always keep track of your coat and keys.
Your children will not experience the trauma you were exposed to in childhood because they have you as a mother and you will protect them. Of course you will!
Dear Amy: “Can’t Handle Critiques” went into a tailspin when her boss pointed out minor errors.
Bosses need to make workers feel good about the important work they do and not get so stressed out that they make even more mistakes.
Giving praise: “I did see one very minor thing amongst all the great work you did…” will go a long way.
To err is human. I’m the head of quality assurance at a high-tech company, and make a pretty good living because of this human trait.
— Charlie from Silicon Valley
Dear Charlie: Quality wisdom! Thank you.
(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)
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2022-09-25T11:41:59+00:00
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denverpost.com
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https://www.denverpost.com/2022/09/25/ask-amy-kindly-atheist-just-wants-to-say-no/
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Luxury resort connects guests with Hawaii's vibrant culture through an array of added complimentary activities set for September 1 – November 17, 2023
WAILEA, Hawaii, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As travelers look ahead to the upcoming fall season, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea invites resort guests to immerse themselves in the newly launched 'Getaway' experience from September 1 – November 17, 2023.
Designed for those seeking meaningful ways to connect to the tropical destination and its extraordinary culture, Four Seasons Resort Maui's Getaway experience features a variety of complimentary activities available daily. From new activities like a Poi Pounding Workshop and a round-robin Pickleball Power Hour to tried-and-true seasonal experiences like evening Hawaiian Star Stories and a Poke Pop-Up party, there is something for every kind of traveler.
"We are excited to reintroduce our Getaway experiential programming that provides guests with an authentic connection to the destination and culture," says General Manager Ben Shank. "With a variety of new activities, as well as a few guest favorites, we're certain these experiences will provide lifelong memories."
The robust Getaway schedule, which includes complimentary experiences from cultural to culinary to wellness to environmental, is offered in addition to the Resort's always full calendar of activities, allowing travelers of all interests and ages a personalized island getaway at Maui's premier luxury resort destination.
2023 GETAWAY EXPERIENCE:
Puka Perri Pop-Up Jewelry Bar
Meet one of Maui's favorite jewelry designers, Puka Perri, who will handcraft a design that is uniquely for you, using ocean treasures like Maui-picked puka shells and hand-selected pearls with earth elements like gold and diamonds.
Hawaiian Star Stories
Talk story with famed navigator Kala Babayan Tanaka as she recounts the history of Polynesian wayfinders who used the stars, wind, and swells to journey to the Hawaiian Islands.
Poke Pop-Up
Sample different variations of one of Hawaii's most beloved dishes: poke. Paired with Maui Brewing Co.'s handcrafted beer, this not-to-be-missed pop-up featuring the Resort's talented culinary team is a guest favorite.
Boot Camp
Start the day with a freestyle cardio and strength class that incorporates intervals, circuits, drills, weights, core, and functional moves.
Art of Botanical Block Printing
Drawing inspiration from the island's natural beauty, design a botanical stamp and print stationery with fine art block artist Susanna Cromwell.
Wine Tasting
Learn how your palate works and discover new wines in a tasting experience led by Resort Wine Director Aaron Wood-Synderman.
Coral Reefs 101
Learn about the delicate ocean ecosystem and how to restore and protect it through an onshore class and a snorkel experience led by the experts from Maui Undersea Adventures.
Pickleball Power Hour
Join a round-robin power hour of pickleball with other guests. This easy-to-play game is open to all levels and will begin with a short lesson.
Sunrise Photo Walk
Join award-winning fine art landscape photographer Scott Reither for an interactive 90-minute photo workshop along the picturesque Wailea Beach path.
Poi Pounders Workshop
Sample Hawaii's famous staple food, poi, in an interactive poi pounding demonstration that highlights kalo (taro), a "canoe plant" first brought to Hawaii by Polynesians wayfinders.
Available throughout the Getaway experience, the Resort also looks forward to welcoming the nationally acclaimed mezcal brand Dos Hombres to its sunny shores for guests, visitors, and residents to experience the 'Dos Hombres Cocina' pop-up from August 25 – December 2, 2023. Diners and visitors to the Resort will be able to enjoy a unique culinary journey for the senses set in the lush tropical gardens of the Fountain View Lawn. The Oaxacan-inspired menu will utilize the freshest local Hawaiian-grown ingredients effortlessly paired with inspired Dos Hombres craft cocktails.
To make reservations to experience a Getaway at Four Seasons Resort Maui, guests can reserve directly via the Concierge team at concierge.maui@fourseasons.com or call (808) 874-8000.
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2023-07-31T15:53:08+00:00
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witn.com
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https://www.witn.com/prnewswire/2023/07/31/four-seasons-resort-maui-announces-ten-ways-perfect-fall-getaway/
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teenager has documented how it feels to be young and transgender for a film set to debut at a festival as transgender people around the world celebrate visibility and lawmakers across the country look to restrict their rights and care.
Carys Mullins, 19, who is gender non-conforming and uses she and they pronouns, said their experience inspired conversations with community members for a documentary, “You’re Loved.” The film directed and produced by Mullins is set to premiere Friday at the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival on International Transgender Day of Visibility.
“That’s a big part of what the festival is,” Mullins said. “A big part of the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival is: Look at us.”
“You’re Loved” debuts at a time where access to gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary young people is under assault across the United States. Florida, Missouri and Texas have regulations banning puberty-blocking hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for minors. At least 11 other states ban gender-affirming care for minors by law: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Utah, South Dakota and West Virginia.
Federal judges have blocked enforcement of laws in Alabama and Arkansas, and nearly two dozen states are considering bills this year to restrict or ban care.
When describing how it feels to be a gender-nonconforming person in their home state, Mullins draws many comparisons.
“It feels like you’re under a microscope.”
“It feels like we’re all in a circus.”
“It almost feels like you’re a guinea pig of sorts for people who have no idea what it’s like to be trans, to be nonbinary, to be gender-nonconforming. They don’t see us as people.”
Mullins interwove perspectives from three young transgender people in Florida, Texas and Illinois, along with mental health providers, advocates and allies. They sent participants a set list of questions, depending on their role in the documentary, and edited together their recorded answers.
Topher Malone, a Black transgender high school student in Round Rock, Texas, said participating in the documentary gave her space to be herself.
“I could share my story,” Malone said. “And, you know, those opportunities don’t come often, especially for Black trans youth.”
Malone spoke at a Texas House committee hearing on Monday about a measure seeking to restrict care. The hearing started around 8 a.m. Malone said she wasn’t able to speak until after 11 p.m.
“I’m a youth. I go to public school. I’m supposed to be supported by my government,” Malone said, “And so, that not being true is just so difficult.”
The bills have a measurable impact on the well-being of transgender youth. Half of transgender adults ages 18 through 34 say they have had suicidal thoughts in the past year, and about a quarter said that they have engaged in self-harm, they had an eating disorder and they misused alcohol or drugs, according to a Washington Post-KFF poll of transgender adults in the U.S.
The poll shows nearly 8 in 10 transgender adults overall say living as a gender that is different from the gender they were assigned at birth has made their lives more satisfying.
But the poll also shows transgender adults say they are satisfied with their lives at a lower rate than the U.S. adult population as a whole.
Transgender adults are especially likely to report feeling anxious, depressed or lonely in the past year. About two-thirds say they have faced discrimination because of their gender identity or expression. And 78% say that growing up, they experienced serious mental health problems such as depression or anxiety.
“The landscape right now is urgent,” said Jonah DeChants, senior research scientist at The Trevor Project.
However, while the numbers are grim, DeChants does not want them to be the sole focus in conversations about transgender youth. He said polls and surveys have also shown that access to adult role models and communities that affirm their identity can play a significant role in lowering suicide risk.
“For me especially as a scientist and a former youth worker, it’s really exciting to see data that firmly shows that being an ally to young people matters,” DeChants said.
Florida-based psychologist Dani Rosenkrantz, who also participated in the documentary, sees herself as part of this larger support system for the young transgender and nonbinary people she works with. Despite the challenges she faces operating as an LGBTQ+ therapist in Florida, Rosenkrantz wants to give space for her clients to not only process their grief, but also to find joy in their identities.
“Our life isn’t just these awful, sad, real statistics that are really important to know about and resist, but it’s also these beautiful, thriving people.” Rosenkrantz said.
Mullins hopes their documentary resonates with transgender people and with the community at large. They see the message of love as universal.
“At the end of the day, if you take away these labels and these identities, the whole point of this film is you are loved and you are seen, no matter what experiences you go through,” Mullins said.
In Texas, Malone finds her joy in many places: at underground ballroom events, in online communities, and even Monday after the hearing. Malone said there was a rally as they were leaving the state Capitol after midnight, with people shouting, laughing, and dancing.
“There was a sense of community,” Malone said. “There was a sense of trans joy in that moment.”
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2023-03-31T21:57:13+00:00
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wnct.com
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https://www.wnct.com/entertainment-news/florida-teen-debuts-trans-visibility-film-as-bans-spread/
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers and governments reached a deal Tuesday that would ban the import of products which contribute to deforestation around the world.
The preliminary agreement, which still needs to be formally adopted by the EU parliament, requires companies to verify that the goods they sell in the EU have not led to deforestation and forest degradation anywhere in the world as of 2021.
Companies need to show that goods they import comply with rules in the country of origin, including on human rights and the protection of indigenous people.
Forests around the world are increasingly under threat from clearance for timber and agriculture, including soybean and palm oil. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 420 million hectares (1.6 million square miles) of forest – an area larger than the EU – were destroyed between 1990 and 2020.
Pascal Canfin, who chairs the European Parliament’s environment committee, said the agreement by the 27-nation bloc marks a “world first.”
“Europe will close its doors to the everyday products that have the highest impact on deforestation in the world if their importers are not able to demonstrate, with supporting documents, that they do not come from deforested areas,” he said. “It’s the coffee we drink in the morning, the chocolate we eat, the charcoal we use in our barbecues, the paper in our books. It’s radical, and that’s what we’re going to do.”
More than 100 countries pledged last year to halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030, as part of efforts to combat climate change. Forests are an important natural means of removing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, since plants absorb carbon dioxide when they grow.
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2022-12-06T19:37:59+00:00
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nwahomepage.com
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https://www.nwahomepage.com/science/ap-science/ap-eu-agrees-deal-to-ban-products-which-fuel-deforestation/
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BILLINGS — A cold snap dominates the weather Tuesday through Wednesday morning. A warmer Thursday leads to snow showers by Friday.
High pressure from the north helps to clear the sky but brings colder temperatures over the next couple days. Lows Tuesday morning will drop to the single digits and low teens, then stay in the teens all afternoon.
Wednesday morning lows with a clear sky adding cooling will be just on either side of zero. Wednesday, highs climb back into the upper 20s although cold from the Big Horn basin could follow the river valleys and keep some areas chillier...including Billings.
A few snow showers could bring an inch to the high country, Tuesday's bigger concern is light snow causing slick roads and sidewalks. By Wednesday, winds increase again in the mountain foothills with gusts to 60+ mph possible in the Livingston / Nye areas.
A weak high pressure ridge brings a brief Thursday warm up back to seasonal temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. Snow showers arrive Thursday night and Friday is colder.
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2022-11-29T00:38:07+00:00
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ktvq.com
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https://www.ktvq.com/weather/todays-forecast/q2-billings-area-weather-more-cold-with-a-chance-of-snow-behind-it
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Light snow expected this evening; Colder air arrives for Saturday
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – We enjoyed some pleasant and mild weather today, but it won’t stick around long as colder air moves in for the start of the weekend. Ahead of an approaching cold front, light snow will move into southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa after 5 pm, reaching Rochester around 6-7 pm, and gradually taper off after 9 pm. Minor accumulations are possible with totals under 1/2″ of snow.
Cold Arctic air and strong winds move in on the back side of the cold front. Temperatures will fall overnight, dropping into the single digits. Winds will out of the northwest at 15-25 mph with gusts between 40 and 50 mph. Due to the strong winds, a Wind Advisory will be in place from 6 pm Friday until 3 am Saturday.
A cold and windy day is in store for Saturday as afternoon highs struggle to warm above the upper teens. Winds will be breezy out of the northwest at 10-15 mph with gusts near 25 mph. Temperatures become more seasonal for Sunday as highs return to the low 30s. Mainly sunny skies are expected on both days.
Isolated light snow showers are possible Monday morning with minor accumulation. Temperatures remain seasonal in the low 30s on Monday with mainly cloudy skies.
The rest of the week looks to be mainly quiet with widespread sunshine. Temperatures will be seasonably cool in the 20s. Isolated snow showers are possible Thursday.
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2022-12-03T01:11:32+00:00
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The birth of a female bison in Kent, England was a great surprise for the conservation organization trying to improve wildlands in the UK. Bison ranger Tom Gibbs explains why.
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The birth of a female bison in Kent, England was a great surprise for the conservation organization trying to improve wildlands in the UK. Bison ranger Tom Gibbs explains why.
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2022-10-29T13:22:28+00:00
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that Electronic Caregiver, a digital health technology and services company, is No. 968 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
The Inc. 5000 recognition puts Electronic Caregiver, based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in the top .07 percent of all privately-owned companies in America in terms of multi-year growth and the top 20 percent of the Inc. 5000 list. Companies that made the list are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. Over the past three years, Electronic Caregiver experienced a 669 percent increase in revenue growth due to expanding services and high demand for its digital health solutions.
"Recognition as an Inc. 5000 member is a monumental marker of validation," said Electronic Caregiver CEO and founder Anthony Dohrmann. "It confirms Electronic Caregiver has been able to sustain remarkable rates of growth consistently over several years. It's a testament to the confidence we've developed with our customers and our ability to attract capital to grow along with a highly skilled, loyal, and diverse workforce."
Inc. also revealed that Electronic Caregiver ranked No. 1 in Las Cruces and the state of New Mexico, as well as No. 55 in Health Services.
"To rank No. 55 in Health Services is amazing," said Electronic Caregiver President Joe Baffoe. "With our current customer contracts, we believe our growth over the next three years will only accelerate. Being No. 1 in New Mexico is near and dear to our hearts because our goal is to become the first Fortune 500 homegrown company based in New Mexico; this is a great start."
By making the 2022 Inc. 5000 list, Electronic Caregiver now stands among several well-known companies that gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000, such as Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and others.
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," said Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Electronic Caregiver, continued to thrive and expand its services. It not only provided innovative telehealth solutions to the public but provided remote patient monitoring technology to hospitals in New Mexico and Tennessee, freeing up hospital beds and allowing Covid-19 patients to get the care needed from home. Electronic Caregiver has also never wavered in its dream to revolutionize the health care industry. It is currently developing a Virtual Caregiver, named Addison, designed to engage with and help monitor the health of aging and chronically ill clients, as well as child patients via an audio/visual console in patients' homes.
Additionally, the company has steadily increased its workforce over the years. What began as a handful of employees in 2009 has grown to nearly 300 today. Recently, Electronic Caregiver received state funding to add 770 jobs over the next five years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
About Electronic Caregiver
Founded in 2009, Electronic Caregiver is a privately held digital health technology and services company headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Electronic Caregiver's mission is to design and deliver innovative, impactful telehealth products and services that bridge the chasm between the doctor's office and patient's home to improve outcomes, expand access, and optimize resource allocation. Electronic Caregiver has been qualified as a technology solution provider in the AWS Partner Network (APN). The company's solutions are available through health care organizations, physician practices, care management firms, homecare agencies, and senior housing providers to deliver hospital-at-home, chronic care management, and remote patient monitoring programs.
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Methodology
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Inc.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc.
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TRURO, Mass. — As millions of Americans begin planning trips to their favorite beaches this summer, many people might be surprised to learn that some of this country's most tranquil pieces of coastline aren't always open to the public.
But there is a growing push to make sure more beaches are open and accessible to everyone.
Among them is Julian Cyr, a state senator from Massachusetts who grew up on Cape Cod and now represents the district which includes hundreds of square miles of coastline.
"Government needs to make sure the public can access these special places," Cyr said, standing alongside the Atlantic Ocean recently.
Cyr is part of an ongoing push to make sure beaches continue to be part of the public's realm.
"It is jarring to be communing with nature, and you come across a sign or someone who says you can't be there," he added.
To understand how it came to be that individual property owners could own the beach in some states, you have to travel back when some of this country's first settlers created the Colonial Ordinances of 1641–1647. Those laws allowed for the building of private wharves to bolster maritime trade. Still today, that same colonial ordinance is often interpreted to mean any homeowner can own a parcel of beach that is part of their private property.
"At a time when those who are the most fortunate have access to everything, it's incumbent on those of us in government to make sure people can access these special places," said Cyr who is working on legislation to allow greater public access to beaches in Massachusetts.
Andrew Kahrl, a professor at the University of Virginia, has done extensive research on why not every beach in this country is considered public land. He Said it serves the greater public good to have coastal pieces of property not be owned by any one individual.
"The public loses out on a common resource," he said.
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2022-05-30T19:05:26+00:00
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — When international track and field officials wanted to place their world championships in the U.S. for the first time, the running mecca that embedded Nike into American culture was the easy choice.
But pictures of half-empty stands in a sparkling new 25,000-seat track stadium in Eugene, Oregon, and readouts of TV ratings that didn’t beat a routine NASCAR race re-emphasized a decades-old reality: When it comes to spectating, not competing, track is a niche sport in the United States.
Track and field's leaders would like that to change over the next six years, especially in view of sagging viewership totals and flat revenue across the broader Olympic world. It's critical, they say, to bring the cornerstone sport of the Summer Games back to its former glory in the U.S. before Los Angeles hosts in 2028.
“For the games to really work, the U.S. needs a really powerful track and field presence,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said. “You have the best athletes in the world. You have all those other assets. And we have to make sure that people understand a whole heap more about our sport by the time we get to 2028.”
The U.S. entered the last day of worlds with 28 medals and is almost certain to break its world-championships record of 30. And yet, track is, at best, the eighth most popular sport in the United States, according to research commissioned by World Athletics. Coe said he'd like to get it into the top four — more in the realm of the NBA and baseball.
These discussions are similar to the hand-wringing that plays out in U.S. soccer circles during World Cups. If the U.S. teams are successful and millions of people play recreationally, what would it take for this to become more than a niche sport for fans?
“You've got to go to where the young people are. And the base of your sport, you've got to go where those people are, too,” said Sheryl Shade, a longtime agent in the Olympic space, while noting the relatively light social media presence of track athletes and a dearth of human-interest stories connected to this year's worlds.
There is a potential audience out there. A Sports & Fitness Industry Association study estimated 50 million Americans (about one-seventh of the U.S. population) are runners.
The National Federation of State High School Associations says there are nearly 1.1 million students participating in track — more than the 1 million playing football — and nearly 500,000 in cross country. And that doesn't account for the sizable number of kids who run, but aren't on high school teams.
“You have to look at the assets you have and figure out how to pour gas on them," said marketing expert Joe Favorito. "You have to make sure you're showcasing personalities, and make sure everyone's doing it. More than the TV ratings, my question would be, what's the TikTok strategy, and how are people measuring that?”
There is no Usain Bolt-like personality on the horizon for the U.S., save the tantalizing possibility of the gregarious 200-meter champion Noah Lyles.
“They’re quite boring,” track legend Edwin Moses said of the current crop of athletes.
The newly crowned 100-meter champion Fred Kerley is a seemingly likeable character with a remarkable backstory — raised with 12 other kids by his aunt, who stepped in after Kerley's parents encountered troubles. But he has done little traditional media and his social media posts leading into worlds were mainly a string of one-liners: “Let's get it,” and “Yessir.”
In an Instagram video posted shortly after his victory, Kerley declared himself “ the greatest of all time ” to his 134,000 followers. Bolt, retired for five years, has 11.5 million followers.
Sydney McLaughlin is a once-in-a-lifetime athlete who shattered her own record in the 400 meter hurdles on Friday and is the Olympic and national champion. McLaughlin is 22 — some 10 years younger than Allyson Felix when she broke out of her shell and became a vocal advocate for women in sports — and has mostly chosen to let her hurdling to the talking.
Moses said the personalities now are a far cry from the 1980s and ’90s, when outsized personalities such as himself, Carl Lewis, Evelyn Ashford and Florence Griffith-Joyner could often be seen on the track during the day and on Johnny Carson's show at night.
Moses believes a flaw today is that top runners set their schedules based not on where they can go head to head against the best competition, but on where ranking points and appearance fees are available. Those venues are rarely, if ever, in the U.S.
“Eugene is great, but the stadium is a couple years old, and it's already had one of everything,” Moses said of the national championships, Olympic trials and world championships that have been held in Oregon. “I don't think track and field is going to be big until they restore it in Los Angeles, and that becomes the track and field capital of the country."
LA will be the track capital of the world for 10 days in 2028. And Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the organizing committee for those Olympics, is well aware of the importance of bumping up track’s profile.
“The American market is such an important economic and fan market for them,” he said of the sport. “They need to come to the States with their biggest events and their most important athletes.”
Los Angeles will mark only the second time this century that the Summer Games have been in a U.S. time zone, which might generate more buzz and viewers despite the realities of the growingly fractured TV audience. While the IOC has a multibillion-dollar TV deal with NBC locked in through 2032, the ratings from last year's Tokyo Games and the Winter Olympics earlier this year in Beijing were abysmal.
In Colorado Springs, Colorado, the home of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, there's a growing awareness that things are not the way they used to be.
“We saw a troubling trend toward people being less engaged with the games," chair Susanne Lyons said in a recent interview. “And, to me, that is the ultimate issue. Because if people are not engaged with the games, they don’t watch, then sponsors don’t sign up, you don’t get money and, eventually, the whole thing doesn’t work.”
NBC also did not hype track worlds nearly the way it would leading into an Olympics, and it showed in the opening-weekend ratings. The most-watched session on NBC averaged 2.24 million, which was about 160,000 fewer viewers than a NASCAR race on USA Network at the same time. The final round of the British Open, which aired in the morning and led into the track coverage, drew almost double the audience.
“The U.S. has its challenges for us, and we’ve been completely open about that,” Coe said. “But being here is really important.”
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2022-07-24T19:41:18+00:00
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The Ford Bronco driven by legendary off-road racer Rod Hall is still kicking. It’s now being driven in various off-road events by racer Amy Lerner, who recently brought it to Jay Leno’s Garage.
Lerner was trained in off-road driving by Hall, who died in 2019 at age 82, and he produced a documentary called “One More Win” chronicling Hall’s life and career. Hall competed in 50 consecutive Baja 1000s, starting in 1967, the first year of the legendary off-road race, which was then know as the NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. He started his 50th and final Baja 1000 just days before his 80th birthday.
Hall won the 1969 Baja 1000 in this Bronco, which remains the only production 4×4 vehicle to ever take an overall victory in the race, according to Lerner. He continued racing Broncos for several years before switching to Dodge, and eventually Hummer.
Most racing vehicles have a short shelf life, but this Bronco was recommissioned in 2014 for vintage off-road racing at the request of Hall’s granddaughter, Shelby Hall. Its first outing was a vintage rally covering the Baja 1000 route; Lerner and Shelby Hall have since scored a podium at the Mint 400 as well.
Because it’s still a working racer, the Bronco isn’t all-original. It got a modern Ford V-8 crate engine as part of its 2014 recommissioning and now puts out about 350 hp. That’s a big improvement over the original engine, which only produced about 100 hp, and it propelled the Bronco to 100 mph on the flatter sections of the Mint 400, Lerner noted. Power is sent to all four wheels through a 4-speed manual transmission.
An off-road racer is definitely out of its element in Los Angeles-area traffic but, as Leno pointed out, it’s not as fragile as some of the supercars featured on his show. If you want to see this Bronco doing what it was built to do, check out the documentary One More Win, which is streaming on Amazon Prime and iTunes.
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2023-01-03T18:38:42+00:00
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LONDON (AP) — Revised figures from the Office for National Statistics on Thursday painted a grim picture for the U.K. economy, which was shown to have contracted by more than was initially estimated between July and September.
Gross domestic product fell by a revised 0.3% in the third quarter of 2022, against the estimated 0.2% decline, as business investment performed worse than anticipated. Growth figures for the first half of 2022 were also revised down, with figures showing the UK mustered growth of just 0.6% in the first quarter and 0.1% in the second quarter.
The ONS additionally reported that GDP is now estimated to be 0.8% below pre-pandemic levels, revised down from a prior estimate of 0.4% below.
“Our revised figures show the economy performed slightly less well over the last year than we previously estimated, with manufacturing and electricity generation notably weaker,” said Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS.
The coming months look far from bright, as experts predict the economy will shrink further in the final quarter of 2022, which would see the U.K. fall into recession — when an economy shrinks for two quarters in a row — with forecasts that it will experience contractions of a similar size in both the first and second quarters of 2023. The effects are already hitting consumers hard, with household spending dropping by 1.1% after inflation over the third quarter — the first fall since January to March of 2021, when the U.K. was in lockdown.
“Household incomes continued to fall in real terms, albeit at a slower rate than in the previous two quarters,” Morgan said.
Compared with other advanced economies, the U.K. is faring especially poorly.
“The national accounts confirm that the U.K. was the only G-7 economy in which third-quarter GDP still was below its pre-COVID level,” said Samuel Tombs of Pantheon Macroeconomics.
“Looking ahead, the U.K. likely will continue to underperform; we expect Britain to suffer the deepest recession among major advanced economies in 2023.”
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2022-12-23T03:55:59+00:00
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cbs42.com
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https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-uk-economy-shrank-more-than-thought-in-third-quarter/
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(WGN) — Disconnecting half the brain to stop seizures sounds unthinkable, but it’s an actual procedure to help children with a rare form of epilepsy.
R.J. Walters is one of those kids. He is 8 years old and loves to play basketball.
“April 2019, when he was 4 years old, is when he had his first generalized seizure,” said his mother, Jamilah Doyle-Walters.
And they kept coming.
“With focal seizures, you see a kid (and) they are just staring off into space, and you think they are daydreaming,” said his father, Randall Walters, Sr. “And they are still able to respond to you. I wanted to be that dad, the sports dad, ‘let’s go climb a tree’ dad. And that was all taken away.”
The atrophy in RJ’s right brain led to a diagnosis of Rasmussen’s encephalitis, a rare and progressive neurologic condition.
“The right side of the brain doesn’t quite look like the left side of the brain,” said Dr. Sandi Lam, a neurosurgeon at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. “There’s less brain matter on the right side than the left side.”
“The seizures were coming from one side of his brain,” Lam continued.
RJ’s mother said, “I knew whatever damage was done was done. I didn’t want him to experience anything further than that.”
To prevent the disease from robbing RJ of any further function, Lam offered what’s called a hemispherectomy.
“Really the goal of the surgery is disconnecting the bad side from the good side,” she said. “So seizures from the bad side of the brain do not get through to the good side.”
In other words, an entire half of a patient’s brain is disconnected at four specific points to stop a seizure in its tracks.
Lam is one of only a few surgeons to use a less-invasive endoscopic approach. Instead of a large incision, a smaller entry hole is made in the skull to accommodate her instruments.
“It sounds disturbing that you can cut off one whole side of the brain from the other side and expect a good outcome,” she said. “In a child, because they are still learning and developing, the good side of the brain can learn to take over some of that function. So that is why in this type of surgery, the earlier the better.”
“Once I had that conversation with Dr. Lam and she reassured me and I read her research, I was game on,” Doyle-Walters said. “And it didn’t take much convincing after that to give him the best possible life I could possibly give him.”
RJ underwent the procedure in December 2020.
“By her making sure we were aware that his growth and potential would still be better than it would be if he didn’t have the surgery, it made it a lot easier to accept and go for it,” said RJ’s father.
RJ has been seizure free since then.
The third grader does have some challenges, including weakness along the left side of his body.
“He had to learn how to read all over again as well as count math,” Doyle-Walters said. “So he definitely struggles.”
But RJ is not backing down.
“He’s amazing. He’s in taekwondo. He just earned his yellow belt,” Doyle-Walters said.
RJ also participates in Special Olympics.
“I try my best to let him understand that you can do everything everybody else can do. It just may take you a little longer, and that is ok,” Doyle-Walters said.
“I got my son back. Just to see his growth and development and where he’s come from to where he is now is remarkable to me,” Walters said. “And I tell everyone in the world that’s the strongest person I know and he’s only an 8-year-old boy.”
The surgery is not effective in adults since only a child’s developing brain can compensate for the loss of an entire hemisphere.
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2023-03-27T16:30:20+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/disconnecting-part-of-the-brain-helps-kids-with-rare-form-of-epilepsy/
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BOSTON (AP) — One of the trains involved in a crash on the Boston subway system that sent four workers to the hospital earlier this month did not stop at a red signal and was traveling at speeds higher than the posted limit, an investigator said Monday.
The Green Line train that caused the contact in the June 1 crash was traveling to the Government Center station at approximately 9 mph (14.5 kph), Steven Culp, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's chief investigation and safety assurance officer, told the MBTA board's Safety, Health & Environment Subcommittee.
The other train was traveling at 5.7 mph (9.2 kph), he said. The speed limit in the area is 7 mph, a spokesperson said.
The impact derailed both trains and disrupted service.
Four operators were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. None of the 20 to 25 passengers on board the train that caused the contact required medical treatment. Per protocol, all four employees were placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation.
The investigation remains ongoing, but the MBTA has issued an “attention to duty" reminder to operators, telling them to remain vigilant about their surroundings and signals, Culp said.
The collision occurred amid a federal review of the MBTA's safety following several recent accidents that led to injuries or death.
MBTA Chief Safety Officer Ron Ester told the subcommittee that Federal Transit Administration investigators are expected to wrap up their work this week, but have already issued four recommendations. They are making sure control center staffing levels are adequate, ensuring safety of train operations at yards, up-to-date track maintenance and current operator certifications.
“We’ve had multiple conversations with FTA on these matters and are already at work on mitigations that we will share with the FTA shortly,” Ester said.
The agency has had several safety problems in recent months. A 39-year-old man died in April when he was dragged after his arm got stuck in a malfunctioning subway car door. Nine people were injured in September when an escalator at a station malfunctioned, and more than two dozen people went to the hospital last July when a Green Line train rear-ended another trolley.
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2022-06-13T21:26:44+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Investigator-updates-board-on-latest-Boston-17238901.php
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Zendesk (a world-leading customer support platform) recognizes Qtrac's consistently exceptional customer experiences
VALENCIA, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qtrac® by Lavi Industries, a world-leading provider of virtual queue management and appointment scheduling systems, today announced it has received a Zendesk Customer Satisfaction Badge, a milestone that highlights how Qtrac customers can depend on reliable and knowledgeable support personnel for exceptional customer service during every engagement.
"Achieving this recognition of exceptional support is a testament to our people, process, and flexible, user-friendly software," said Yoni Lavi, president of Qtrac. "This designation is fully controlled and managed by Zendesk, which ensures credibility and transparency for the recognition. The badge is a form of assurance that our customers are receiving the best-in-class support they deserve."
World-class support is essential with SaaS platforms, and receiving customer feedback, even when service is exceptional, can be a challenge for any organization. Qtrac awards badges to its most engaged customers, which provides positive reinforcement for interacting with the company and incentivizes them to do more.
To determine eligibility for a Customer Satisfaction Badge, Zendesk reviews a partner company's customer ratings. If a partner company has 120 satisfactory ratings overall, and the most recent 100 ratings are satisfactory and above, the partner is awarded the badge.
"Delivering world-class service is critical to our organization's success, and, more importantly, to our customers' success," added Alek Nikolovski, Qtrac's helpdesk manager.
Qtrac customer service is fully accessible for all customers via telephone, email, and live chat. Customers can also find an extensive self-help library through an online help center.
ABOUT ZENDESK
Zendesk is a cloud-based CRM company that builds software designed to improve customer relationships. Tools are fully customizable and can be integrated with a variety of other apps like Google Analytics. The company was founded in 2007 by three friends sitting around a kitchen table and now has more than 5,400 employees located in 160 countries. More information is available at zendesk.com.
ABOUT QTRAC®
Qtrac® provides virtual queue management systems to companies of all sizes and across many different industries around the world. Its virtual queuing technology enhances the customer experience by focusing on the way people interact with businesses in order to eliminate lines, increase sales and improve service. Qtrac was founded by Lavi Industries, the premier provider of public guidance and crowd control solutions. Building on Lavi's 40+ years of experience and success in helping the world's leading companies effectively guide people in, through and out of their facilities, Qtrac helps organizations improve their operations by improving the customer journey. More information is available at lavi.com and qtrac.com.
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Heinze, Byron
May 3, 2023, Age 70
BURLEY—Byron Heinze, age 70, passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Cassia Regional Medical Center. He was born in Burley on September 2, 1952, to Ruben and Larine Heinze.
Byron was a 1970 graduate of Burley High School. He was a member of the Burley B.P.O.E. for a short period of time. He enjoyed hunting, especially when he could hunt with his sons. He was very proud of his sons, who recently retired from the Air Force, and extremely proud of his beautiful grandchildren.
Byron worked in construction most of his life. He worked for Holmes/Maverick Construction and Ralph Thornton Construction. He was a great equipment operator. He was employed with Jones Farms at the time of his death.
He is survived by his mother, Larine Heinze; sister, Janet Yerrington (Rich); brother, Kelly Heinze (Patty); sons, Jonathan Heinze (Bethany), and Jeremy Heinze (Erika); grandson, Jackson Heinze; granddaughters, Jaiden and Emmalyn Heinze; and his dog and companion, Rosco. He was preceded in death by his father, Ruben Heinze.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Remember Byron as you will and celebrate his life as you wish.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.
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2023-05-09T23:15:51+00:00
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HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US LED, the leading full-service provider of ultra-long-life LED lighting, announced a new partnership with global lighting control company Casambi to emphasize its intuitive mesh network capabilities with its products. By integrating compatible controllers and sensors, US LED can create a wireless solution for individual luminaire or zone level control – all within an interconnected Bluetooth network. Additionally, Casambi's intuitive app controls everything a lighting system requires, including scenes, schedules, and other compatible building solutions like air purification, while minimizing additional hardware and deployment costs.
"US LED is thrilled to partner with Casambi to combine their full range of wireless lighting control capabilities with our ultra-long life LED products," says Ron Farmer, CEO of US LED. "The high quality and performance of our products, combined with the easy commissioning and support from Casambi, will provide an opportunity for North American customers to integrate wireless controls easily and inexpensively into their commercial and industrial lighting applications. Casambi lighting controls can interconnect with other building control systems to future proof their facilities for the ever-expanding Internet-of-Things (IoT)."
"US LED is not only a top-tier LED lighting manufacturer, but they also provide design services and turnkey installations for some of the biggest industrial and commercial projects across the US. We are delighted to be partnering up to bring innovative solutions to this market," said Mark McClear, GM North America at Casambi. "Together, we can cater to the growing demand for seamless LED control solutions in a flourishing market."
For more information on US LED lighting solutions, visit our product pages or learn about our LED lighting controls for commercial and industrial projects.
About US LED, Ltd.
Since 2001, US LED has been a full-service provider of commercial and industrial LED lighting, sign lighting, and other building technology solutions. Thanks to decades of engineering expertise, US LED continuously offers ultra-long-life lighting that approaches or exceeds 200,000-Hour L70 lifetimes, backed by our industry-leading Ten-Year Warranty. Additionally, much of the product portfolio gets assembled in Houston, Texas.
About Casambi
Casambi is changing the way people and businesses light their surroundings. Since 2011, the Finland-headquartered company has established itself as the leading producer of wireless lighting control systems, using technology based on Bluetooth Low Energy. Hundreds of third-party ecosystem providers enjoy dynamic user experience, excellent reliability, and unparalleled performance. Casambi's technology can be integrated into anything from individual lighting fixture controls to industrial-scale solutions with cloud-based remote control, monitoring, and data logging. www.casambi.com.
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HOOD RIVER — On Aug. 25, the Hood River Crag Rats were called to assist Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office on a technical recovery of a fallen hiker below a cliff on Angel’s Rest Trail.
This marked the 49th mission of 2022 for Hood River Crag Rats.
There have been a record number of rescue calls this year for Hood River County’s two volunteer search and rescue (SAR) teams, Hood River Crag Rats and Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue (PNWSAR). Both teams have responded to dozens of hikers this summer in the Columbia River Gorge, and need the public’s assistance.
“We are happy people are enjoying our beautiful land, but we would like people to be prepared,” said Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg, rescue mountaineer with Hood River Crag Rats and Hood River County Public Health Officer.
People will be outside enjoying the Columbia River Gorge over the Labor Day weekend.
Planning for a safe and fun outing might prevent injury and reduce the number of search and rescue deployments. In Hood River County, SAR teams typically respond to hikers who have left the trail, and become lost or stranded on cliffs or in rugged and remote areas, or have sustained significant injuries.
Some tips for safe hiking include:
• Avoid hiking too close to the edge of cliffs and waterfalls
• Don’t leave the trail
• Pack enough food and water
• Plan your trail then carry a map and GPS app on fully charged phone
• Wear proper footwear
• Choose trails that are in the shade or avoid the heat of the day
• Go with a partner
• Don’t underestimate weather changes: Pack a headlamp or flashlight and extra clothing
Busy trails and trailheads, challenging conditions, and unforeseen emergencies can all contribute to hikers being on the trail for more time than anticipated. In the case of an emergency, it can also take searchers awhile to reach the area. For those reasons, “We encourage outdoor enthusiasts to prepare to be out there longer than expected,” said Scott Ransmeier, public information officer with Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue.
Hood River Crag Rats are an all volunteer alpine rescue team established in 1926, and funded primarily by donations; they are certified by Mountain Rescue Association in crevasse, cliff, and avalanche rescue.
Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue (PNWSAR), founded in 1993, is a ground search specialized team with sub-specialist teams trained in technical rope rescue, swift water/river rescue, hasty response trail running and mountain bike teams, as well as drone support and EMS capabilities.
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2022-09-02T23:05:53+00:00
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https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/free_news/hood-river-county-sheriff-be-prepared-when-enjoying-the-outdoors/article_34db0e9c-2af9-11ed-9d6a-a3f7f69e2c16.html
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There was a nervous energy among Gophers softball players on Selection Sunday. They thought they had done enough to get into the NCAA tournament — their gaudy strength of schedule and solid RPI far outweighed their mediocre 26-24 record — but you just never know which way the selection committee will lean in a given year.
“In the locker room, we actually plotted some numbers out and put some teams down,” junior second baseman Sydney Strelow said. “We were getting nervous every time we added another team to our stack.”
“We were all pretty nervous,” senior pitcher Autumn Pease said.
But the nerves didn’t have to last long. Minnesota was the third team announced into the field as the No. 3 seed in the Norman (Okla.) Region. The Gophers will meet No. 2 seed Texas A&M at 4 p.m. Friday in their regional opener.
Strelow noted not all of the players even saw the Gophers’ name pop up — they were still grabbing food prior to sitting down in front of the screen.
The good news was the Gophers were in, and didn’t have to labor over the selection show, which can sometimes feel as though it lasts forever.
The bad news? The Gophers are in a region with Oklahoma, the clear-cut No. 1 team in the country. The Sooners have lost just two games all season, and they run-ruled Minnesota in an early-season meeting.
“No one is going to expect us to do anything,” Pease said.
What else is new? Minnesota has been in the tournament every season since 2013. Yet a rough start to the season — in which the Gophers went 13-12 in nonconference play and then just 7-11 through 18 conference games — made for lots of doubters.
Pease noted the outside talk about her team “hasn’t been too nice this past season.” The Gophers simply weren’t experiencing the same amount of success observers had come to expect.
Strelow recalled a point early in the season in which assistant coach Katie Richardson asked the infield who they were.
“We couldn’t find a groove, and we really didn’t know who we were,” Strelow said. “We couldn’t really put a finger on it.”
The same was likely true for the entire team.
“We started off a little shaky,” Strelow admitted. “Every team has to find what they do best and kind of work through their weaknesses like that.”
Then came a much-needed team conversation in the middle of the Big Ten season that resulted in players putting their trust in one another.
“We’ve kind of stuck together and stopped really caring about what other people say about us,” Pease said. “We’re just playing just to play. We didn’t really have much to lose from how we were playing at the beginning of the season. We had a tough preseason. So just coming out and actually playing as hard as we can has helped us a lot.”
“We found our groove from there,” Strelow said.
Minnesota closed the season strong, battling ranked Michigan tough for three games in Ann Arbor, and winning one of those games. The Gophers then swept Wisconsin and won two of three at home against a Northwestern team that was ranked inside the top 10 in the nation.
That resembled Minnesota softball.
“I do think, at least at the end of April here, the beginning of May, that we’ve really kind of came on strong,” Gophers coach Piper Ritter said.
You want to play your best softball at the end of the season, Ritter said. The Gophers are certainly doing that. They’re also experienced, battle-tested and, as senior outfielder Natalie DenHartog noted, “talented.”
That makes Minnesota dangerous this time of year, no matter how the past three months have transpired, or who the opponent is on the other side of the diamond.
“No matter where we were going to go, we were going to be the underdog. So going to the No. 1 (ranked team) doesn’t really scare us or make us any more worried,” DenHartog said. “I think this team is ready to play free, and ready to just be brave and lay it all on the line, and hopefully ruin some people’s days.”
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2022-05-20T15:37:25+00:00
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twincities.com
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https://www.twincities.com/2022/05/19/gophers-softball-teams-midseason-chat-led-to-strong-finish-and-another-ncaa-tournament-berth/
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Esteemed oncologist to advise on imaging efforts
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Imaging Endpoints (IE) announced today that Dr. Antonio Fojo was chosen to join their Scientific Advisory Board, a global group of leading medical professionals appointed to provide strategic insight and imaging-related expertise for optimizing the opportunity to demonstrate efficacy in clinical trials.
Dr. Fojo is currently a professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the co-director of the Carling Adrenal Surgery Center, the world's largest endocrine surgery center. Known for his research toward reversing cancer chemotherapy resistance, Dr. Fojo's work in tumor growth kinetics (TGK) has been instrumental in advancing the field. His work has shown how a drug's anticancer properties are better demonstrated by tumor growth rate and fraction of tumor killed (as compared to indirect measures such as response rate or progression-free survival).
Dr. Fojo's expertise in adrenocortical cancer, thyroid cancer, and neuroendocrine malignancies — coupled with his involvement in the design, management, and interpretation of clinical trials — makes him particularly passionate about developing additional therapies and expanding treatment options for patients with these cancers.
Dr. Fojo is also particularly interested in the molecular basis of drug resistance and has been integral to several important discoveries in the matter, including the identification of molecular events shown to be influential in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Additionally, as a Principal Investigator for the Medicine Branch of the National Cancer Institute, he established a successful translational clinical program to develop therapeutic treatments for endocrine and neuroendocrine cancers.
Dr. Fojo's new board colleagues are an acclaimed group of clinical experts, including Daniel Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P.; David Sidransky, M.D.; Elliot Fishman, M.D.; Bruce Cheson, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.A.S.; Manuel Hidalgo, M.D., PhD.; and Axel Hanauske, M.D., Ph.D., MBA. The Scientific Advisory Board leverages their expertise to advise Imaging Endpoints on the imaging design for global clinical trials wherein IE is providing its Imaging CRO services.
For more information on the Imaging Endpoints Scientific Advisory Board, visit https://imagingendpoints.com/meet-our-team/scientific-advisory-board/
IE team will be in Paris for ESMO 2022! Schedule a time to meet us at ESMO from Sept. 9th-12th.
Imaging Endpoints (IE) is one of the largest iCROs globally, and the largest focused in oncology. IE is passionately dedicated to its vision to Connect Imaging to the Cure. Every day, IE teams are advancing imaging science, technology, and services to bring curative technologies to humankind.
Having supported many of the most impactful new drug approvals in oncology, IE's experience spans the customization of imaging to facilitate regulatory approval in hundreds of trials across all phases of development. IE also provides additional data to support trial efficacy by integrating advanced imaging technologies such as CD8 imaging, tumor growth kinetics, radiomics, and artificial intelligence — areas in which over fifty peer-reviewed publications have established the company as the industry leader.
Imaging Endpoints is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, with offices in Cambridge, MA; London, UK; Leiden, Netherlands; Basel, Switzerland; Hyderabad, India and Shanghai, China. IE is an affiliate of HonorHealth, one of the largest healthcare systems nationally, and an affiliate of Southwest Medical Imaging, Ltd. (SMIL/RadPartners), part of the largest private radiology group in the U.S.
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2022-09-07T13:54:24+00:00
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https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/09/07/dr-antonio-fojo-joins-imaging-endpoints-scientific-advisory-board/
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Russian attacks are destroying Ukraine's infrastructure as winter nears. President Biden is making more moves to rein in gas prices. Haiti suffers as gangs keep a stranglehold on supply lines.
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Russian attacks are destroying Ukraine's infrastructure as winter nears. President Biden is making more moves to rein in gas prices. Haiti suffers as gangs keep a stranglehold on supply lines.
Copyright 2022 NPR
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2022-10-19T11:43:29+00:00
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https://www.wbfo.org/2022-10-19/news-brief-ukrainian-infrastructure-biden-addresses-gas-prices-haiti-crises
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A new standard for kidney care in Detroit
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Evergreen Nephrology is pleased to announce a joint venture with Hypertension Nephrology Associates, P.C., a nephrology practice specializing in providing kidney care for those in the Detroit metropolitan area.
For the 37 million adults in the US who currently suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD), the healthcare system can often seem confusing and difficult to navigate. Evergreen partners with nephrology groups like Hypertension Nephrology Associates to offer seamless and coordinated support to help those living with the disease – people like John Taylor.
When Evergreen and their nephrology partner started caring for John, he was living with CKD and discouraged with the lack of attention to his needs and overall health management. However, after the team of experts created a plan specific not only to John's health needs, but also his emotional and mental wellness, he started feeling better about his prognosis and quality of life.
"For the first time in 50 years I was able to really share my experience with CKD and have someone listen," John explained. "I have a sense of hope for the first time in a long time that there's someone who cares."
"For too long, people living with kidney disease have had to deal with complex health challenges and a fragmented health system that's often impersonal and hard to understand," explained Scott Lloyd, Chief Development & Strategy Officer at Evergreen Nephrology. "We are proud to team up with Hypertension Nephrology Associates to offer a multi-dimensional approach to caring for those living with chronic kidney disease in Detroit. This involves tailoring care to each patient: from how we deliver care and education, to helping to find transportation to a dialysis center, to supporting a variety of other determinants of health, because we know that each individual will have different needs to live the best life possible."
The US spends an estimated $200 billion dollars a year fighting kidney disease, often because nephrologists are not able to be involved in the patient's care early enough. Evergreen empowers nephrology groups across the country with clinical, technical, and financial support to change the outlook for their patients early on in their kidney care journey.
"Hypertension Nephrology Associates is excited to partner with Evergreen Nephrology to further our commitment to providing our patients with optimal care," said Jason Biederman, DO, President of Hypertension Nephrology Associates. "We believe this partnership will provide unprecedented resources and value to our patients living with chronic kidney disease."
About Evergreen Nephrology
Evergreen Nephrology is taking a patient-centric approach to kidney care. In collaboration with our nephrologist and payor partners, Evergreen focuses on fostering a holistic-care experience for individuals living with chronic kidney disease by empowering them through shared decision making to take an active role in their own health. With over 700 provider partners across 17 states, Evergreen is making personalized, physician-led care the national standard for kidney care. Learn more at EvergreenNephrology.com
About Hypertension Nephrology Associates, PC
Established in 1984, Hypertension Nephrology Associates, PC, is a diverse, privately held practice in Livonia, Michigan. Our team of 12 providers delivers nephrology-specific care to a vast group of patients in the Detroit metropolitan area. Every member of our team strives to meet our goal of providing exemplary management and coordination of acute and chronic conditions affecting our community. Learn more at hnapc.com
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2023-07-18T20:09:01+00:00
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https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2023/07/18/evergreen-nephrology-hypertension-nephrology-associates-pc-partner/
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2023-01-05T13:06:46+00:00
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bizjournals.com
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https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2023/01/04/renovation-downers-grove-office.html
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Congratulations to a winning commissioner
TJ Andrews won a tremendous victory on Election Day to be on the Grand Traverse Board of Commissioners. She will be an outstanding Grand Traverse County commissioner, who will listen and bring people together.
She will bring her diverse experiences and fresh ideas to serve Grand Traverse County and bring civility to the county commission.
All of us can be proud that TJ is on the county commission.
Lee Hornberger
Traverse City
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2022-12-01T15:59:16+00:00
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Malik Nabers threw for a touchdown, caught one and had 163 yards receiving in No. 16 LSU’s 63-7 rout of Purdue in the Citrus Bowl on Monday.
LSU never trailed against the Boilermakers, recording 594 yards of offense and concluding the scoring with Quad Wilson’s 99-yard interception return for a touchdown.
The Tigers (10-4) finished with at least 10 wins for the first time since the 2019 season, when Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson led undefeated LSU to a national title.
The Boilermakers (8-6) were led by interim coach Brian Brohm after his brother, Jeff, left at the end of the regular season to take Louisville’s head coaching job. Ryan Walters, formerly the defensive coordinator at Illinois, will now take over as Purdue’s coach.
Purdue had an up-and-down year, starting 1-2 before rallying to win the Big Ten West and reach the conference title game, where it lost 43-22 to Michigan. The Boilermakers were playing in their first Citrus Bowl.
LSU, after a year in which it beat Alabama and reached the Southeastern Conference title game, controlled the game from the start. And nothing changed when starting quarterback Jayden Daniels was relieved by backup Garrett Nussmeier. After punting on their first drive, the Tigers scored touchdowns on seven of their next eight possessions to take a 49-0 lead.
Daniels led four scoring drives, going 12 of 17 for 139 yards and a touchdown. He also had 67 yards rushing and caught the TD pass from Nabers.
Nussmeier finished 11 of 15 for 173 yards and two TDs. He threw a second-half interception, but LSU was already leading 42-0 at the time and the Tigers’ defense followed by forcing a three-and-out.
Nabers, LSU’s leading receiver this season, had season highs in yards and catches (nine), and his TD toss wasn’t even his most impressive pass of the day. After running wide on a jet sweep, he threw an on-target deep ball to Kyren Lacy for a 45-yard completion that set up a touchdown in the first half.
John Emery Jr. had a 1-yard TD rush, Derrick Davis Jr. had a 12-yard rushing score and Noah Cain had two rushing TDs, which gave the Tigers a school-record 39 rushing TDs for the year.
Austin Burton made his third career start at quarterback for the Boilermakers in place of Aidan O’Connell, who opted out to prepare for the NFL draft. Burton completed 12 of 24 passes for 74 yards with an interception.
Michael Alaimo relieved Burton in the second half and threw a 16-yard TD pass to T.J. Sheffield. Alaimo finished 4 of 11 for 31 yards with an interception.
Purdue crossed midfield four times. The first was on a drive set up by a fake punt, but that ended when Burton threw a pick. The other three ended in a touchdown, interception and turnover on downs. Purdue’s first nine possessions resulted in six punts and three turnovers.
SCARY INJURY
Purdue receiver Deion Burks took a scary hit and had his head stabilized as he was loaded onto a stretcher, carted off the field and taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Burks flashed a thumbs-up on his way off the field, and Purdue officials told ABC reporters that he had movement in his extremities.
THE TAKEAWAY
LSU: The Tigers were without several players, including WR Kayshon Boutte, who recently declared for the NFL draft, but their success demonstrated the program’s depth. LSU had 27 first downs and was 6 of 7 in the red zone.
Purdue: The Boilermakers were outmatched with a roster depleted by opt-outs. Purdue had just 17 first downs.
UP NEXT
LSU: Plays Florida State in Orlando on Sept. 3 to start the 2023 season.
Purdue: Hosts Fresno State on Sept. 2.
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2023-01-02T23:03:18+00:00
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wearegreenbay.com
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Increase productivity for security teams by dramatically reducing manual processes and the costs of legacy vendor solutions, saving organizations over $2.19M
LOS ALTOS, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bolster, Inc., the automated digital risk protection company, announced the release of an economic impact study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study reveals a three-year ROI of 278% percent for the Bolster offering by increasing productivity for security teams by dramatically reducing manual processes and avoiding the costs of managing disparate, legacy vendor solutions.
To combat the new era of digital risk, security teams need to move from manual, fragmented solutions to a consistent, automated digital risk protection platform. Digital risk protection platforms protect organizations from an arrange of security risks such as phishing, scams, fraud, and impersonations but it is always tricky to estimate. The Bolster digital risk platform offers many business benefits such as saving defined budgets, boosting employee productivity, consolidating vendor tools, and helping organizations achieve measurable business value.
"By leveraging automation and offering a comprehensive platform, we make it easy for businesses to extract value out of our solution," said Abhishek Dubey, co-founder, and CEO of Bolster, Inc. "It's fantastic to see the numbers of what we already knew to be true. Our platform offers incredible ROI for businesses protecting their brand across the open web, social media, app stores, and even the dark web."
Bolster commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct this TEI study and assess the cost savings for organizations that utilize social monitoring tools. Forrester noted that additional benefits of the Bolster platform included: brand reputation protection and customer trust, decreased risk of a data breach, and flexibility and ease of use as a trusted security partner.
Forrester noted the following savings over the course of 3 years for a composite organization comprised of interviewees with Bolster customers:
- With Bolster's automated takedown capabilities, the customer could achieve $1.4 million in recouped productivity costs that would have been otherwise spent on investigating and taking down internet threats
- By leveraging just three of Bolster's digital risk modules, the customer could net $615,000 in vendor consolidation costs of various threat intelligence and brand protection tools.
- In just the first year, customers can save $1.16 million in total costs avoided in attempting to build a similar solution to Bolster
From this study, Bolster saved time for heavily burdened security teams by reducing the previous average of about 10 hours per takedown to a zero-touch, automated takedown approach. In addition, Bolster helped the organization avoid hefty costs of tool and vendor management by consolidating their digital risk protection under one roof and achieving $1.6 million in savings. Lastly, Bolster protects against data breaches and reputational loss. According to Forrester data analysis and research, enterprises spend a median of 37 days and a mean of $2.4 million to find and recover from a data breach.
Bolster has already achieved 200 percent year-over-year growth in new customers and signed numerous forward-thinking organizations to their already impressive customer base. To support growth, Bolster recently announced $15 million in funding led by Cervin, Liberty Global Ventures, and Cheyenne Ventures with participation from previous investors Thomvest Ventures and Crosslink Capital.
To learn more about the study and how organizations can save using Bolster please visit: Bolster Forrester TEI Study
At Bolster, our mission is to make the internet safe for everyone. That's why we created the first and only fully automated platform purpose-built from the ground up to detect, monitor, and take down fraudsters on the Internet. We call it Automated Digital Risk Protection. Our comprehensive platform offers the most efficient protection across web, social media, app stores, marketplaces, and the dark web to combat fraudulent sites and content. Bolster was founded in 2017 by security industry veterans with headquarters in Los Altos, CA. To learn more, go to www.bolster.ai.
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2022-12-15T14:13:28+00:00
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/12/15/total-economic-impact-study-reveals-bolster-delivered-278-roi-phishing-scam-protection/
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Democrats say they’re on the brink of passing groundbreaking legislation that will make huge investments in green energy and domestic energy production.
They say it will help lower energy bills for American families. But to do it, they need to lock in the vote of Democrat Kirsten Sinema.
“We’re going to invest $369 billion to address the climate crisis,” President Biden said.
“Senate Democrats are delivering on historic climate change legislation, we’re delivering on lower prices on prescription drugs, we’re delivering on tax fairness,” added Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Republicans like South Dakota Senator John Thune are highly critical of the package.
“I’m not really sure why the federal government is going to be spending money on electric garbage trucks or how that’s going to reduce inflation,” he said.
But Democrats say fighting climate change is worth the investment.
“This bill will cut our carbon emissions by 40% in just eight years,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Calif.).
Those greenhouse gases warm the planet and make natural disasters like droughts, wildfires and hurricanes worse.
“The Inflation Reduction Act will help us avoid the cost both in dollars and in lives,” Warren said.
The congressional budget office estimates the bill will pay for itself and reduce the deficit. But Texas Senator John Cornyn has a problem with how the legislation is being presented.
The first thing is it’s misnamed, it’s not an Inflation Reduction Act, at best it stays constant,” he said.
President Biden said Thursday that savings will be passed on to Americans by bringing down energy costs The legislation also is expected to create good-paying jobs in the green energy sector.
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2022-08-04T22:02:12+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/news/washington-dc/democrats-attempting-to-pass-historic-climate-change-legislation/
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New experience for contingent talent puts worker privacy front and center and allows companies to better meet DEI goals
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beeline, the independent leader in software solutions for sourcing and managing the global extended workforce, today announced an upcoming talent experience which will enable contingent workers to create a private account and take full control of how they are represented in the workforce, allowing them to self-report and maintain their own PII (personally identifiable information). Beeline will be the first and only Extended Workforce Platform to offer contingent workers a private account with this level of autonomy and privacy control.
"Talent is central to the extended workforce and individual privacy is paramount in the workplace. Our new experience will enable talent to take an active role in the process and trust that their data is protected," said Colleen Tiner, SVP Product Strategy of Beeline. "Additionally, establishing this trusted relationship directly with workers increases the accuracy of data collected, which means companies can truly measure and understand diversity in the context of their recruitment process and active workforce."
Mark Farmer, External Talent Lead, Accenture, said, "The new talent-focused experience addresses the challenges of increased data privacy regulations and gives that control to the rightful owner, the talent."
Historically, vendor management systems (VMS) have put the burden of managing talent information on staffing companies as part of the sourcing process. With new privacy regulations underway, suppliers and MSPs need a solution that relieves them of the burden and risk of inputting the information while improving the reliability of the data without disrupting the supplier-candidate relationship.
"As the leading provider of workforce solutions, AGS applauds Beeline's initiative to build and host the tools needed for talent to opt-in and provide data for safe-keeping, thereby removing any risks for us as we continue to help clients deliver on the personal and business imperative of achieving their DEI goals," said Cory Hansen, Regional Vice President, North America, Allegis Global Solutions (AGS).
"Beeline's new talent experience is a huge step forward in accurately managing diversity metrics. I spent 15 years on the client side using multiple VMS systems and was never able to provide conclusive demographics around our non-employees due to concerns around co-employment," said Dan Khublall, Director, Product Strategy, Beeline. "I am excited to see our clients leverage this information to gain transparency and shape hiring manager behavior which ultimately impacts the company's diversity footprint."
The new experience will continue to be tested with select clients and partners throughout this year leading to an official launch in 2023. Once launched, Beeline will introduce the industry's first diversity talent index in partnership with Consciously Unbiased.
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Judge requests hearing in prison health care case
When U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ruled in June that Arizona's prison health care system, and it's use of restrictive housing, was unconstitutional, she asked attorneys representing incarcerated people, and those defending the state, to propose experts to help her remedy the situation.
The ruling came after Silver rescinded a long-standing settlement agreement and held a weeks-long trial in the Jensen v. Shinn prison health care lawsuit between prisoners and the state of Arizona.
After reviewing proposals from both sides, Silver said in an order filed Monday that she was "inclined to appoint" Dr. Marc Stern.
Stern is no stranger to Arizona prison health care. Judge Silver previously hired the correctional health care consultant in 2018 to perform a review of the troubled system.
In his report, Stern found prison health care was severely underfunded in Arizona, and that “privatization of correctional health care costs the state more than self-operation.”
But Stern's recommendations did not prompt the state to come into compliance with court-mandated performance benchmarks established in the Jensen v. Shinn lawsuit.
Now Judge Silver said she is leaning toward selecting Stern "to assist in crafting an injunction regarding medical care."
Judge Silver has said that injunction could take many forms, including receivership, in which she would appoint one or more people to take control of the prison health care system from the state.
Attorneys for the prisoners are pushing for Judge Silver to appoint a receiver to assume oversight of the prison health care system. In a separate notice filed Monday, they cited a recent order from a federal judge in Mississippi giving control of a county jail to a receiver as having circumstances similar to the conditions and legal background in the Arizona prison health care case.
It is unclear how the appointment of a receiver, or other forms of the forthcoming injunction, could impact a new contract the state recently awarded to NaphCare.
The five-year contract is set to begin October 1. NaphCare expects to earn nearly $10 million in annual profits, according to procurement documents published by the state. The contract represents a 74% increase in the amount of money the state pays to provide health care for each prisoner every day.
Silver proposed a hearing to take place this week, where all parties could discuss Stern's potential appointment, as well as "whether Dr. Stern has any preference regarding the appointment of additional experts for assistance in crafting the forthcoming injunction addressing mental health care and conditions in maximum custody."
The proposed dates for the hearing are August 4 or 5. The parties in the case have until Wednesday to decide on a final date and time.
Have a news tip on Arizona prisons? Reach the reporter at jjenkins@arizonarepublic.com or at 812-243-5582. Follow him on Twitter @JimmyJenkins.
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SpaceX Starlink launch planned at Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday afternoon
VANDENBERG, Calif. – SpaceX is planning to launch a Falcon 9 rocket of 46 Starlink satellites from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday afternoon.
The instantaneous launch window is planned at 2:40 p.m., according to SpaceX officials.
The Falcon 9 will launch to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at the base.
There will be a back-up opportunity for the launch on Saturday at 10:40 p.m.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)New York Giants punter Jamie Gillan returned to practice Thursday after remaining in the United Kingdom for a couple of extra days because of a passport issue.
Gillan returned to the United States on Wednesday and was a full participant for New York (4-1) in the workout for Sunday’s home game against the Baltimore Ravens (3-2).
”To clear things up for you guys, there was no `stuck in London’ or anything like that,” Gillan said. ”This is something that we knew we had to do for a while. I just had to get my passport, P1 Visa, extended to get back into the country. So, we did.”
Gillan said he spent the extra days in London with his family. He had a gym for workouts and used his iPad to watch film to prepare for the Ravens.
Gillan ran into problems with his passport because he did not have a work visa. He arrived in the U.S. as a teenager with a NATO visa and never changed it.
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NEW YORK (AP) — David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died. He was 89.
McCullough died Sunday in Hingham, Massachusetts, according to his publisher, Simon & Schuster. He had been in failing health and died less than two months after his beloved wife, Rosalee.
“I think because of David a lot of us feel a twin obligation,” fellow historian Jon Meacham said Monday. “One is to the historical record and to the analysis. And the other is to the reader who would like to be transported, both intellectually and viscerally.”
A joyous and tireless student of the past, McCullough dedicated himself to sharing his own passion for history with the general public. He saw himself as an everyman blessed with lifelong curiosity and the chance to take on the subjects he cared most about. His fascination with architecture and construction inspired his early works on the Panama Canal and the Brooklyn Bridge, while his admiration for leaders whom he believed were good men drew him to Adams and Truman. In his 70s and 80s, he indulged his affection for Paris with the 2011 release “The Greater Journey” and for aviation with a best-seller on the Wright Brothers that came out in 2015.
Beyond his books, the handsome, white-haired McCullough may have had the most recognizable presence of any historian, his fatherly baritone known to fans of PBS’s “The American Experience” and Ken Burns’ epic “Civil War” documentary. “Hamilton” author Ron Chernow once called McCullough “both the name and the voice of American history,” while on Monday Burns tweeted that McCullough was a friend and “gifted teacher” to him.
McCullough’s celebrations of the American past also led to the toughest criticism against him — that affection turned too easily to romanticization. His 2019 book “The Pioneers” was faulted for minimizing the atrocities committed against Native Americans as 19th century settlers moved westward. In earlier works, he was accused him of avoiding the harder truths about Truman, Adams and others and of placing storytelling above analysis.
“McCullough’s specific contribution has been to treat large-scale historical biography as yet another genre of spectatorial appreciation, an exercise in character recognition, a reliable source of edification and pleasant uplift,” Sean Wilentz wrote in The New Republic in 2001. Interviewed that same year by The Associated Press, McCullough responded to criticism that he was too soft by saying that “some people not only want their leaders to have feet of clay, but to be all clay.”
But even peers who found flaws in his work praised his kindness and generosity and acknowledged his talent. And millions of readers, and the smaller circle of award givers, were moved by his stories. For years, from a wireless cottage on the grounds of his house on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, McCullough completed works on a Royal Standard typewriter that changed minds and shaped the marketplace.
He helped raise the reputations of Truman and Adams, and he started a wave of best-sellers about the American Revolution, including McCullough’s own “1776.” Well into his 80s, his books remained popular and seemed to inspire renewed interest in the subject.
“Often, as I wrote on an old typewriter in the small shed in which I work, I would think of David, writing on an old typewriter in a small shed very like mine, and feel a sense of comradeship,” Robert Caro wrote in an email statement to The Associated Press. “I have lost a friend. The world has lost a great man of letters.”
McCullough received the National Book Award for “The Path Between the Seas,” about the building of the Panama Canal; and for “Mornings on Horseback,” a biography of Theodore Roosevelt; and Pulitzers for “Truman,” in 1992, and for “John Adams” in 2002. “The Great Bridge,” a lengthy exploration of the Brooklyn Bridge’s construction, was ranked No. 48 on the Modern Library’s list of the best 100 nonfiction works of the 20th century and is still widely regarded as the definitive text of the great 19th century project. Upon his 80th birthday, his native Pittsburgh renamed the 16th Street Bridge the “David McCullough Bridge.”
McCullough also was a favorite in Washington, D.C. He addressed a joint session of Congress in 1989 and, in 2006, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Politicians frequently claimed to have read his books, especially his biographies of Truman and Adams. Jimmy Carter cited “The Path Between the Seas″ as a factor in pushing for the 1977 treaties which returned control of the Panama Canal to Panama, and politicians on both sides of the issue cited it during debate. Barack Obama included McCullough among a gathering of scholars who met at the White House soon after he was elected.
“David brought some of the most important people and events of our past back to life with rich research, vivid writing, and his wonderful, recognizable, trustworthy voice,” former President George W. Bush said in a statement. “While we and our country will miss David, we need only reach for the bookshelf to be with him again.”
The historian was non-partisan for much of his life, but spoke out against Donald Trump in 2016, leading a group of peers that included Burns and Chernow in denouncing the Republican presidential nominee as a “monstrous clown with a monstrous ego.” McCullough also had one emphatic cause: education. He worried that Americans knew too little about history and didn’t appreciate the sacrifices of the Revolutionary era. He spoke often at campuses and before Congress, once telling a Senate Committee that because of the No Child Left Behind act “history is being put on the back burner or taken off the stove altogether in many or most schools, in favor of math and reading.”
Impassioned about the past, McCullough was active in the preservation of historical regions. He opposed the building of a residential tower near the Brooklyn Bridge and was among the historians and authors in the 1990s who criticized the Walt Disney Company’s planned Civil War theme park in a region of northern Virginia of particular historical significance.
“We have so little left that’s authentic and real,” McCullough said at the time. “To replace what we have with plastic, contrived history, mechanical history is almost sacrilege.”
McCullough took on a few rascals in his books, notably the conniving New York politicians involved with the Brooklyn Bridge, but he preferred to write about people he liked, comparing it to the choice of a roommate. Revulsion at the private life of Pablo Picasso drove him to abandon a planned book on the artist, while his biography on Adams was originally supposed to be on Adams and Thomas Jefferson, whose character also proved too flawed.
McCullough, whose father and grandfather founded the McCullough Electric Company, was born in Pittsburgh in 1933. He loved history as a child, recalling lively dinner conversations, portraits of Washington and Lincoln that seemed to hang in every home and the field trip to a nearby site where Washington fought one of his earliest battles. He majored in English at Yale University and met playwright Thornton Wilder, who encouraged the young student to write. McCullough worked at the United States Information Agency, Sports Illustrated and the American Heritage Publishing Company before deciding that he wanted to try a book about an event that took place in his home state in 1889 — the Johnstown Flood, which killed more than 2,000 people and was as much a disaster in its time as Hurricane Katrina was more than a century later.
McCullough researched the book in his spare time, and pleaded in vain with Little, Brown and Company to publish him. He ended up with Simon & Schuster, which released the book in 1968 — for an advance of $5,000 — and remained his publisher for the rest of his career.
“The Johnstown Flood” was successful enough that McCullough worried he would be typecast as an author of failure, “Bad News McCullough.” Publishers were asking him to write about the Chicago Fire and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. So for his next book, “The Great Bridge,” he told a story of success. “That I knew little or nothing about civil engineering, that I had never done well in math or physics or had much interest in things mechanical didn’t deter me in the least,” he later wrote. “I was too excited. There was so much I wanted to know.”
McCullough followed with “The Path Between the Seas”; and “Mornings on Horseback,” published in 1981 and praised by Gore Vidal as “part of a new and welcome genre: the biographical sketch.” “Mornings on Horseback” won the National Book Award, but, Vidal noted, was overshadowed by the release of Edmund Morris’ Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.” It would be the last time a McCullough book received second billing.
He had considered a biography of Franklin Roosevelt, but instead related to Roosevelt’s less dynamic, more forthright successor, Harry Truman. McCullough spent the next decade writing the book, living for a time in Truman’s hometown, Independence, Missouri, and making a daily routine, as the former president did, of a morning walk.
“Truman,” published in 1992, was a million seller that capped and confirmed a long rise in the standing of a man who had left office 40 years earlier with an approval rating under 30% and now was virtually canonized as an honest and tenacious leader. Among the book’s fans were presidential hopeful Ross Perot, who bluntly compared himself to Truman, and the first President Bush, who even consulted with McCullough during his unsuccessful bid for re-election.
“John Adams,” published in 2001, was just as popular and just as helpful to its subject, with Congress passing legislation later that year to build a monument in honor of the second president. “1776″ came out in 2005, followed by an illustrated edition two years later. An HBO miniseries based on “John Adams,” starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, aired in 2008. Tom Hanks was planning a miniseries based on McCullough’s book on the Wright brothers.
McCullough had five children and an affinity for happily married politicians such as Truman and Adams that could be traced to his wife, Rosalee Barnes, whom he married in 1954 and who died in June. She was his editor, muse and closest friend. At his home in Martha’s Vineyard, McCullough would proudly show visiting reporters a photograph of their first meeting, at a spring dance, the two gazing upon each other.
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Palestinian attacker wounds 8 in Tel Aviv as Netanyahu signals West Bank operation could soon end
JENIN, West Bank (AP) — A Hamas militant rammed his car into a crowded Tel Aviv bus stop on Tuesday and began stabbing people, wounding eight in an attack that Palestinian armed groups said was revenge for an Israeli military offensive in the occupied West Bank. A bystander shot and killed the attacker.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated the operation in the Jenin refugee camp, one of the most intense in the territory in nearly two decades, was winding down. But he gave no details on when it would end and vowed to carry out similar operations in the future.
“At these moments we are completing the mission, and I can say that our extensive operation in Jenin is not a one-off,” during a visit to a military post on the outskirts of Jenin. “We will continue as long as necessary to cut out terrorism.”
Israel struck the camp, known as a bastion of Palestinian militants, early Monday in an operation it said was aimed at destroying and confiscating weapons. Palestinian health officials said 11 people have been killed and dozens wounded.
Massive military bulldozers have torn through alleyways, leaving heavy damage to roads and buildings in their wake, and thousands of residents fled the camp. Residents said electricity and water were knocked out.
The Israeli military said Tuesday afternoon that fewer than 10 targets remained in the camp and that it hoped to complete the operation within 24 hours.
The large-scale raid comes amid a more than yearlong spike in violence that has created a challenge for Netanyahu’s far-right government, which is dominated by ultranationalists who have called for tougher action against Palestinian militants only to see the fighting worsen.
Over 140 Palestinians have been killed this year in the West Bank, and Palestinian attacks targeting Israelis have killed at least 25 people, including a shooting last month that killed four settlers.
With airstrikes and a large presence of ground troops, the raid bore hallmarks of Israeli military tactics during the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s.
But the current violence is also different from the intense years of what was known as the second intifada, a period that claimed thousands of lives. It’s more limited in scope, with Israeli military operations focused on several strongholds of Palestinian militants.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a hard-line settler leader, rushed to the scene of Tuesday’s attack in Tel Aviv.
“We knew that terror would raise its head,” he said. He praised the person who killed the attacker and called for arming more citizens with guns, as he was heckled by an angry onlooker.
The attacker was identified as a 20-year-old Palestinian man from the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The Islamic militant group Hamas praised him as a “martyr fighter” and called the ramming “heroic and revenge for the military operation in Jenin.” Islamic Jihad, a militant group with a large presence in Jenin, also praised the assault.
It was not immediately clear if the man was dispatched by Hamas or acted on his own.
In Jenin, rubble littered the streets, and columns of black smoke periodically rose above the skyline over the camp, which along with an adjacent town of the same name has been a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years.
Jenin Mayor Nidal Al-Obeidi said that around 4,000 Palestinians, nearly one third of the camp, had fled to stay with relatives or in shelters.
Kefah Ja’ayyasah, a camp resident, said that soldiers forcibly entered her home and locked the family inside.
“They took the young men of my family to the upper floor, and they left the women and children trapped in the apartment at the first floor,” she said.
She claimed that soldiers would not let her bring food to the children, and blocked an ambulance crew from entering the home when she yelled for help.
“I told them that one of my relatives was sick and needed medicine before she lost consciousness,” Ja’ayyasah said. She said the soldiers eventually allowed the family to leave. The Red Cross brought the family to a hospital, and from there they went to the home of a relative.
Across the West Bank, Palestinians observed a general strike to protest the Israeli raid.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday that the two-day death toll rose to 11. The Israeli military has claimed at least 10 were militants, but did not provide details. It had no immediate information on the latest death, a 17-year-old boy who died from wounds sustained in earlier fighting.
During Tuesday’s operations, the military said it seized weapons and explosives and demolished tunnels beneath a mosque in the refugee camp. Israeli media reported that the army had arrested at least 120 suspected Palestinian militants since Monday.
Israel says that militants use civilian structures to conceal their activities. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the military’s chief spokesman, told reporters Monday that Israel used the massive military bulldozers because the roads of the camp were booby-trapped with explosives.
Palestinians say the violence is the natural outcome of 56 years of Israeli military occupation.
The Palestinian self-rule government in the West Bank and three Arab countries with normalized ties with Israel – Jordan, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates – have condemned Israel’s incursion, as did the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
At a news conference in Ankara with his Jordanian counterpart, Turkey’s new foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, called on Israeli authorities “to exercise common sense” and refrain from attacks.
In Berlin, Germany’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Tel Aviv attack, but also expressed concern about the situation in the West Bank. It called on Israel to ensure the safety of civilians and maintain access for humanitarian aid.
Israel has been carrying out near daily raids in the West Bank in response to a series of deadly Palestinian attacks in early 2022. It says the raids are meant to crack down on Palestinians militants and thwart attacks. The Palestinians say such violence is inevitable in the absence of any political process with Israel and increased West Bank settlement construction and violence by extremist settlers.
Israel says most of those killed have been militants, but stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and people uninvolved in confrontations have also died.
Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek those territories for their hoped-for independent state.
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McLaren is updating its supercar lineup. It started with the “entry-level” Artura, and now it extends to its top series production model, which gets the name 750S.
The 2024 McLaren 750S replaces the 720S, the supercar maker announced on Wednesday, providing information on both the coupe and Spider body styles. The 750S will not be an entirely new car. Instead it will use 30% new or revised parts and deliver improvements in power, engagement, and technology, according to McLaren.
Located behind the driver in this mid-engine supercar will be an updated version of the M840T 4.0-liter turbo V-8 that increases output to 740 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque, up from 710 hp and 568 lb-ft. The improvements come by way of more boost, twin fuel pumps, lighter pistons, and a new engine management system. A new center-exit exhaust is 4.9 pounds lighter than the outgoing version, and new engine mounts are tuned to enhance engagement during startup and performance driving and improve comfort when cruising.
McLaren says the 750S will accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.7 seconds, 0-124 mph in 7.2 seconds (7.3 seconds for the Spider), 0-186 mph in 19.8 seconds (20.4 seconds for the Spider), and cover the quarter-mile in 10.1 seconds (10.3 seconds for the Spider). Both body styles will also top out at 206 mph.
A 7-speed dual-clutch transmission with shorter gear ratios, quicker shifts, and rev limit downshifts helps make the car faster, as does a 15% shorter final drive ratio. Another reason is lighter weight. McLaren says it cut about 66 pounds out of the car versus the 720S and it weighs in with a curb weight of 3,062 pounds for the coupe and 3,170 pounds for the Spider. That makes it the brand’s lightest series production car (McLaren also offers more performance-focused models that could weigh less).
The 750S uses the brand’s carbon-fiber tub as the basic structure. It’s called Monocage II for the coupe and Monocage II-S for the Spider, and there is no difference in structural rigidity between the cars. The Spider has a power hard top that takes 11 seconds to go up or down and can be controlled at speeds up to 31 mph.
The McLaren Proactive Chassis Control linked-hydraulic suspension returns, this time in its third generation. The handling balance is slightly adjusted with front springs that are 3% softer and rear springs that are 4% stiffer, which should help the rear end feel more lively. New twin-valve dampers are also 4.4 pounds lighter. The car gets a 0.2-inch wider front track, and rides on Pirelli Corsa P Zero or optional P Zero Trofeo R tires. McLaren says the wheels are the lightest yet on a series production car from the brand, and they save 30.4 pounds. The hydraulic-assist power steering has a quicker ratio and a new power steering pump. The brake tuning is also revised for better performance and feel with a new brake booster and vacuum pump. Buyers will be able to opt for a track brake upgrade with carbon-ceramic brakes from the Senna hypercar.
An updated nose lift system takes four seconds instead of 10 seconds to lift the front end for curbs and steep driveways.
A new McLaren Control Launcher setting acts like an Individual drive mode in other cars and lets drivers pick their preferred settings for the aerodynamics, handling, and powertrain at the press of a button. McLaren says it also aimed for more adjustability in the throttle, brakes, and steering, and notes that the suspension changes were made to retain the 720S’s comfort while increasing performance.
The new design is an update on the look of the 720S. It gives the car more downforce, but McLaren says that wasn’t the point. Instead, the company says it aimed to improve the car’s balance with its aero changes. A new front bumper extends the front splitter, wider rear wheel arch vents increase downforce, and new lower air intakes in the sides enhance cooling. The carbon-fiber rear wing is 2.4 inches longer, which gives it 20% more surface area to better act as an airbrake or an F1-style drag reduction system. The car also gets narrower intakes that enclose the headlights.
The headlight surrounds will be offered in body color or carbon fiber, and the front and rear bumper vents will also be offered in carbon fiber. The Spider will be offered with an electrochromatic glass roof that can dim or brighten to let in light even with the top up.
Inside, the 750S has a revised driver interface that moves the powertrain and handling mode adjustments from the center console to the binnacle like in the Artura. It gets upgraded infotainment with an 8.0-inch touchscreen that now has Apple CarPlay, plus ambient lighting. Nappa leather and Alcantara upholstery options will be offered, and carbon-fiber seats that save 38.6 pounds will come standard. Even lighter carbon-fiber seats will be available, as will a Bowers & Wilkins audio system. Coupe buyers will have the option of a glass panel in the rear package shelf that shows the top of the powertrain in the cabin.
The 750S goes on sale later this year with a starting price of $331,740 (including a $5,500 delivery fee and a $2,240 Americas Accessories Pack) for the coupe and $352,740 for the Spider. Interested buyers can reserve their cars now at McLaren dealers.
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Annual report demonstrates progress made on commitments to all our stakeholders and the growth opportunity ahead
NEW ORLEANS, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Entergy announced the release of its 2022 Integrated Report, an overview of the company's performance and highlights for the year, progress on its goals and the opportunities ahead for 2023 and beyond. The report, titled "Pathway to Premier," outlines Entergy's unique position to grow and support a rapidly expanding industrial base while creating a cleaner, more resilient system for all its stakeholders.
"After a strong 2022, Entergy and our nearly 12,000 employees are ready to take our performance even higher in the coming years," said Drew Marsh, chairman of the board and CEO of Entergy. "We're actively investing in solutions our customers demand: accelerated system resilience as well as clean and renewable energy. We're harnessing a rapidly expanding industrial base to support economic growth and improve affordability in our communities. We're hard at work attracting and retaining a high-performing and diverse workforce. And we're continuing to deliver steady, predictable financial results for our owners. These focused efforts will benefit all our stakeholders, and we are working together with them on the pathway ahead — the pathway to premier."
Key drivers of Entergy's business strategy and 2022 performance include:
- Starting with the customer. We are partnering with our customers to identify opportunities to help them achieve their own sustainability goals with innovative, effective products and solutions. The drive for carbon reductions across the entire value chain, and the potential for electrification as a key driver of this outcome, is unprecedented. We see this as a growth opportunity that will continue for years to come as our customers need our help to achieve their own large-scale emission reduction goals.
- Creating a carbon-free future. Our transition to cleaner generation resources continues to have a positive climate impact. Our utility carbon dioxide emission rate was 31% lower than in 2000. We released an updated climate report detailing our milestones and progress toward our commitment of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. We're also actively expanding our renewable energy capacity, with requests for proposals for 5,500 megawatts of renewable projects issued last year.
- Implementing a talent and culture strategy. We're working to foster a workforce with a diversity of ideas, backgrounds, perspectives and skills in an inclusive culture. We also introduced four drivers of talent and culture outcomes — diversity, capability, culture and commerce — to help build a premier team ready for anything.
- Being a strong community partner. We amplified our longstanding initiative to improve lives, build businesses and create prosperity through a number of customer and community assistance programs. Our 2022 corporate citizenship initiatives delivered $180 million in benefits to our communities — a 41% increase over our $127 million impact in 2021.
- Expanding our region's economic footprint. Entergy helped attract or expand 45 economic development projects within our utility service area representing a capital investment of almost $6.4 billion and more than 5,100 new jobs created in our region.
- Delivering on our financial commitments. We delivered again on our financial commitments. Our 2022 adjusted earnings per share of $6.42, or $5.37 on an as-reported basis, was in the top half of our guidance range for the seventh year in a row. Our steady, predictable financial results are the result of our strategies and actions to create value for our four key stakeholders — our customers, employees, communities and owners. See page 58 of the report for reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures and a description of adjustments.
For Entergy, our sustainability strategy is our business strategy. In 2014, we were the first U.S. electric utility to combine an annual shareholder report with a sustainability report. We are one of only a few leading U.S. companies to consolidate these reports into a single integrated report that measures advancements in clean, reliable and affordable energy delivery and innovation, financial performance, climate action, customer opportunities, environmental stewardship, governance, workforce development and community partnerships. This 2022 report relies on the guidance of the Global Reporting Initiative, the world's most widely used sustainability reporting framework.
Read Entergy's 2022 Integrated Report and learn how we power life for all our stakeholders at integratedreport.entergy.com.
About Entergy
Entergy (NYSE: ETR) is a Fortune 500 company that powers life for 3 million customers through our operating companies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. We're investing in the reliability and resilience of the energy system while helping our region transition to cleaner, more efficient energy solutions. With roots in our communities for more than 100 years, Entergy is a nationally recognized leader in sustainability and corporate citizenship. Since 2018, we have delivered more than $100 million in economic benefits each year to local communities through philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy. Entergy is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has approximately 12,000 employees. Learn more at entergy.com and follow @Entergy on social media. #WePowerLife
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2023/04/11/pathway-premier-entergy-releases-2022-integrated-report/
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The High Five returns after a week off to finish up our series on the biggest SEC games each month.
Of course, the biggest game in this SEC season will be in December because the SEC will play a championship game for the 31st straight year, the 29th straight in Atlanta.
But that is then and this will be the set-up, the glorious final month of the regular season. Every time I hear people complaining about how the new college football is going to be apocalyptic, I think about how awesome a November will be with 16 SEC teams and an expanded playoff.
That’s still a ways off and we are getting more and more fired up for the start of this season with a mere 14 teams and four-team playoff.
Here are the five games that should be the biggest of a November to Remember:
1. Alabama at Ole Miss, Nov. 12
If Ole Miss is still in the West race, this one could be epic. Those fans in Oxford remember winning in 2014 and ’15 and scoring 48 on the Tide two years ago. So, you’re saying there’s a chance.
2. Florida at Texas A&M, Nov. 5
It may not be fair that Florida will be playing its third game in College Station compared to Georgia playing zero, but there’s nothing you can do about it. This will show us a lot about Billy Napier’s first team because this is a week after the Georgia game.
3. LSU at Texas A&M, Nov. 26
Last week of the regular season and we know about the history between these two teams. The question is how important it will be. There’s a chance it could be massive, but it could be for the Citrus Bowl.
4. Tennessee at Georgia, Nov. 5
This is a sneaky good game that will be a test of wills. Nobody could slow down Tennessee in the last half of 2021. Except, of course, Georgia (41-17).
5. LSU at Arkansas, Nov. 12
If I had to pick this game this far out, I would go with the Razorbacks. LSU is a mystery team and you know Arkansas fans will be ready for this one.
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2022-07-17T03:11:54+00:00
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wruf.com
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https://www.wruf.com/headlines/2022/07/14/pat-dooleys-high-five-july-14th/
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Data show that Black and Hispanic patients on dialysis in the U.S. have higher risks of developing staph bloodstream infections than their white counterparts, federal health officials say, adding that reducing inequalities can save lives.
A report released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sheds light on the risks and disparities associated with dialysis for end-stage kidney disease, in which a machine does the work of those organs by removing waste and excess fluid from blood.
"More than half of people in the U.S. receiving dialysis belong to a racial or ethnic minority group — about 1 in every 3 people receiving dialysis is Black and 1 in every 5 is Hispanic," the CDC said in a release. "CDC data found patients on dialysis in these groups have higher rates of staph bloodstream infections than White patients on dialysis."
Dialysis treatment is necessary for individuals whose kidneys are failing — often as the result of high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus or other conditions — but comes with risks, the CDC says.
Because patients are connected to the machines with needles or catheters, Staphylococcus and other bacteria can enter their bloodstream. Dialysis facilities reported more than 14,000 bloodstream infections to a national tracking system in 2020, 34% of which were due to staph. Some 560,000 Americans with end-stage kidney disease received dialysis that year.
Some staph infections are resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat them, and can be deadly.
Between 2017 and 2020, the CDC found that adults on dialysis for end-stage kidney disease were 100 times more likely to have a staph bloodstream infection than adults who did not receive the treatment. Hispanic patients had a 40% higher risk of those infections than white patients during that period.
After adjusting for age, sex and other factors, the study concludes that Hispanic patients and those between 18-49 years old face the highest risk, as do people living in areas with higher poverty, household crowding and lower education.
The CDC outlined other common challenges for many patients on dialysis, including lack of access to preventive care for conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure and lack of patient education about treatment options for end-stage kidney disease.
The unadjusted rate of staph bloodstream infections among Black patients was 23% higher than white patients, but when the CDC adjusted for other factors the rate was not statistically significant, CNBC reports.
"It is still important to highlight these elevated rates because staph bloodstream infections do occur at a higher rate in Black patients on dialysis but there are other factors that contribute to this elevated rate outside of race alone," CDC spokesperson Martha Sharan told the outlet.
There is some encouraging news, however: Bloodstream infections in dialysis patients have decreased since 2014, and there are steps that patients and healthcare providers can take to try to avoid them.
"Dialysis-associated bloodstream infections are preventable — not inevitable," said Dr. Shannon Novosad, the dialysis safety team lead at the CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
What public health and healthcare professionals can do
The CDC says the best way to prevent staph bloodstream infections is by detecting chronic kidney disease early enough to put patients needing dialysis at all.
"Healthcare providers can promote preventative practices, including methods to manage diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as providing education on treatment options among all patients and particularly those at greatest risk, to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease," says CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry.
The report stresses the importance of reducing barriers to healthcare by offering transportation assistance, insurance coverage expertise, social work services and educational resources in multiple languages.
While chronic kidney disease is generally irreversible, certain nutritional, lifestyle and medical interventions may help slow its progression. Those include limiting sodium, quitting smoking and improving blood pressure control.
When dialysis is necessary, the CDC says providers should prioritize methods that pose a lower infection risk, including using proven infection prevention and control practices. That could also mean using fistulas or grafts instead of higher-risk catheters.
"Education and implementation of established best practices to prevent bloodstream infections are critical to protecting the entire [dialysis] patient community," the study concludes, "including those most at risk."
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2023-02-07T18:35:48+00:00
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kgou.org
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https://www.kgou.org/health/2023-02-07/hispanic-dialysis-patients-are-more-at-risk-for-staph-infections-the-cdc-says
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Anna Gret Asi capped Oklahoma State's best 3-point shooting night of the season with a clutch, tightly contested shot in the final minute and the Cowgirls topped No. 20 Iowa State 73-68 on Wednesday night in a showdown for third place in the Big 12 Conference.
Asi made the score 71-66 as the shot clock expired with 49 seconds to play, making Oklahoma State 8 of 12 behind the line.
The Cyclones had a chance to tie the game but air-balled a 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds to play and then had to foul three times before sending the Cowgirls to the line. Lexy Keys wrapped it up with .4 to go.
Terryn Milton scored 15 points to lead Oklahoma State (20-7, 10-5), which has won six straight. Taylen Collins added 14 points and Asi had 10. The Cowgirls hit at least half of their 3s for the fourth time this season and it's the first time they finished above 60%.
Ashley Joens scored 20 points for the Cyclones (17-8, 9-6) to move into 18th place on the NCAA scoring list with 2,880 points. Morgan Kane added 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting. The Cyclones also had eight 3-pointers but on 21 attempts.
Lexi Donarski pulled ISU with 68-66 with a layup at the 2:12 mark and had a chance to tie after an OSU turnover but missed a shot. Asi missed a layup for the Cowgirls but the ball went out of bounds off ISU with 1:09 to play. Oklahoma State ran the clock down before Asi's clutch shot.
Joens converted an offensive rebound into two free throws at 41 seconds to make it 71-68 but after an OSU miss the Cyclones missed the tying attempt.
Naomie Alnatas hit a 3-pointer in the final minute of the first quarter to give the Cowgirls a 22-19 lead and then the Cyclones went 5 of 18 in the second quarter to fall behind 42-33 at the half.
The Cyclones put together an 11-0 run early in the third quarter, taking a 46-44 lead on a Joens layup. The game stayed tight with the Cowgirls making four free throws in the final minute for a 57-53 lead going into the fourth quarter.
Iowa State is home against TCU on Saturday and Oklahoma is at Kansas on Sunday.
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2023-02-23T05:33:11+00:00
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kimt.com
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https://www.kimt.com/news/oklahoma-state-upsets-cyclone-to-take-3rd-in-big-12-73-68/article_2ac91594-b329-11ed-9e75-77941aec8109.html
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Customers see online reviews as a two-way dialogue and want brands to participate; technology like ChatGPT and the Metaverse offer opportunities for innovation
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when enterprise CMOs and marketing leaders are taking a hard look at what will drive ROI and developing strategies for growth in increasingly competitive markets and a tightening economy, the online review stands alone in its ability to impact the bottom line. Today, Chatmeter, the only reputation management and brand intelligence company to combine AI-powered deep listening with real-time CX agility, released a new consumer survey report highlighting how online reviews offer tremendous potential for brands.
The survey, which was conducted in January 2023, included 1,369 consumers – all of whom have used a review to help in the decision-making process and 94.5% of whom have posted a review in the last 12 months. The findings point to key areas of opportunity for brand leverage:
- Brand love and loyalty through a two-way dialogue with consumers
- Brand trust through online review engagement, volume, and authenticity
- Brand innovation through channel and technology usage trends
- Brand intelligence through deep listening across customer feedback
- Brand growth through competitive intelligence
The survey also looked at consumer behavior and perceptions across four vertical industries: retail, restaurant, healthcare, and financial services. The results are informative: consumers have significantly different expectations and requirements across industries, and trust of online reviews varies greatly.
Additional key findings include:
- Reviews are part of everyday decision-making: Over 89% of respondents use online reviews to evaluate quality, and over 67% see it as an important part of deciding what to buy and want specific details such as pricing, features, options, and quality.
- Review timeliness is important: More than 56% of respondents feel that reviews need to be posted within the past month to be trusted as relevant; only 6% believe that when a review is posted doesn't matter.
- Review quantity matters: 25% of respondents want to see more than 20 reviews in the last two-months in order to build trust and have influence; another 20% want to see at least 11 reviews.
- Consumers like new tech: 39% of respondents like the idea of using technology like ChatGPT for review information, and more than 30% of respondents like the idea of brand reviews through an engaging Metaverse experience.
- New channels are emerging: Almost 13% of respondents use gaming platforms like Roblox, or games like Fortnite, for reviews, and more than 20% use chat tools.
"Consumers see online reviews as a two-way dialogue. This study reinforces that reviews are a golden opportunity for brands to strengthen their customer relationships," said Cynthia Sener, President, Go-to-Market, Chatmeter. "Consumers want to engage and want to do so across a multitude of platforms. It's critical for marketers to arm themselves with technology that can optimize both solicited and unsolicited customer feedback. Consumer preferences and habits are evolving, but the right tools can help translate the data into a direct competitive advantage."
It's estimated that 80-90% of the world's data is unstructured – unorganized chatter dispersed across emails, social media, online reviews, images, photos, chats, messages and more. One of the most powerful things a brand can do for its reputation and profit margins is filter through this content and be responsive. When asked "how brands can build better relationships with customers through online reviews, 58% of respondents say that companies should acknowledge comments and fix problems quickly. Furthermore, 76% said they would go back and update a negative review if a company satisfied their complaint.
To download the Survey Report, please visit: https://go.chatmeter.com/2023-consumer-survey-report
About Chatmeter
Chatmeter is the only reputation management and brand intelligence company to combine AI-powered deep listening with real-time CX agility to drive customer loyalty and growth for multi-location enterprises. Chatmeter understands the challenges of multi-location, and omnichannel reputation management, and has created a scaled platform that enables end-to-end visibility for everyone, from local owners to executive leadership. With a 93% customer retention rate, Chatmeter is the brand reputation partner of choice across the retail, restaurant, healthcare, and financial services industries, and more. For more information, visit www.chatmeter.com
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2023-02-22T14:01:24+00:00
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witn.com
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https://www.witn.com/prnewswire/2023/02/22/new-survey-reveals-consumer-usage-perceptions-preferences-around-online-reviews-highlights-opportunities-brands/
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SILVER SPRING, Md., April 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Urban One, Inc. (the "Company"), reported that it received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") notifying the Company that it was not in compliance with requirements of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) as a result of not having timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the "2022 Form 10-K"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
This notification has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq. However, if the Company fails to timely regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule, the Company's common stock will be subject to delisting from Nasdaq.
Under the Nasdaq rules, the Company has 60 calendar days to file the 2022 Form 10-K or to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule. If Nasdaq accepts the Company's plan, then Nasdaq may grant the Company up to 180 days from the prescribed due date for filing the 2022 Form 10-K to regain compliance. If Nasdaq does not accept the Company's plan, then the Company will have the opportunity to appeal that decision to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.
The Company is working diligently and expects to file its 2022 Form 10-K within the 60-day period, which ends on June 2, 2023, which would eliminate the need for the Company to submit a formal plan to regain compliance.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The Company cautions you certain of the statements in this Form 8-K or in its press release may represent "forward-looking statements" as defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are based on assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable and speak only as of the date on which such statements are made. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" or "estimate," or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date and cautions investors not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the statements based on a number of factors, including but not limited to the following: the extent of the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic or any other epidemic, disease outbreak, or public health emergency, including the duration, spread, severity, and any recurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the duration and scope of related government orders and restrictions, the impact on our employees, economic, public health, and political conditions that impact consumer confidence and spending, including the impact of COVID-19 and other health epidemics or pandemics on the global economy; the rapidly evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures, including changes in unemployment rate; the impact of political protests and curfews imposed by state and local governments; the cost and availability of capital or credit facility borrowings; the ability to obtain equity financing; general market conditions; the adequacy of cash flows or available debt resources to fund operations; and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's Forms 10-K, Forms 10-K/A, Forms 10-Q, Forms 10-Q/A and Form 8-K reports (including all amendments to those reports).
About Urban One:
Urban One Inc. (urban1.com), together with its subsidiaries, is the largest diversified media company that primarily targets Black Americans and urban consumers in the United States. The Company owns TV One, LLC (tvone.tv), a television network serving more than 59 million households, offering a broad range of original programming, classic series and movies designed to entertain, inform, and inspire a diverse audience of adult Black viewers. As of September 30, 2022, we owned and/or operated 66 independently formatted, revenue producing broadcast stations (including 55 FM or AM stations, 9 HD stations, and the 2 low power television stations) branded under the tradename "Radio One" in 15 urban markets in the United States. Through its controlling interest in Reach Media, Inc. (blackamericaweb.com), the Company also operates syndicated programming including the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, the Russ Parr Morning Show, and the DL Hughley Show. In addition to its radio and television broadcast assets, Urban One owns iOne Digital (ionedigital.com), our wholly owned digital platform serving the African American community through social content, news, information, and entertainment websites, including its Cassius, Bossip, HipHopWired and MadameNoire digital platforms and brands. We also have invested in a minority ownership interest in MGM National Harbor, a gaming resort located in Prince George's County, Maryland. Through our national multi-media operations, we provide advertisers with a unique and powerful delivery mechanism to the African American and urban audiences.
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2023-04-07T20:20:02+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2023/04/07/urban-one-inc-receives-nasdaq-notification-non-compliance-with-listing-rule-5250c1/
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Election Day saw few major problems, despite new voting laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into this year’s midterms, voting rights groups were concerned that restrictions in Republican-leaning states triggered by false claims surrounding the 2020 election might jeopardize access to the ballot box for scores of voters.
Those worries did not appear to come true. There have been no widespread reports of voters being turned away at the polls, and turnout, while down from the last midterm cycle four years ago, appeared robust in Georgia, a state with hotly competitive contests for governor and U.S. Senate.
The lack of broad disenfranchisement isn’t necessarily a sign that everyone who wanted to vote could; there’s no good way to tell why certain voters didn’t cast a ballot.
Voter advocacy groups promoted voter education campaigns and modified voting strategies as a way to reduce confusion and get as many voters to cast a ballot as possible.
“We in the voting rights community in Texas were fearing the worst,” said Anthony Gutierrez, director of Common Cause Texas, on Wednesday. “For the most part, it didn’t happen.”
False claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump undermined public confidence in elections and prompted Republican officials to pass new voting laws. The restrictions included tougher ID requirements for mail voting, shortening the period for applying for and returning a mailed ballot, and limiting early voting days and access to ballot drop boxes.
There is no evidence there was widespread fraud or other wrongdoing in the 2020 election.
An estimated 33 restrictive voting laws in 20 states were in effect for this year’s midterms, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. The most high-profile and sweeping laws were passed in Georgia, Florida, Iowa and Texas. Arizona also passed new voting rules, but those were largely put on hold this year or will take effect later.
Of the four states with major voting law changes in effect, a preliminary analysis shows a decline in turnout among registered voters in Florida, Iowa and Texas, while Georgia turnout declined slightly. Several factors can affect turnout, including voter enthusiasm and bad weather.
In Texas, the bumbling rollout of new voting restrictions in the state’s March primary resulted in officials throwing out nearly 23,000 mailed ballots as confused voters struggled to navigate new ID requirements.
But preliminary reports after Tuesday’s election showed rejection rates reverting to closer to more normal levels, which election officials attributed to outreach and mail voters figuring out the new rules. In San Antonio, county officials put the preliminary rejection rate at less than 2% — a sharp reversal from the 23% of mailed ballots they threw out in March.
Groups such as the Texas Civil Rights Project, working through churches and other organizations, focused on ensuring voters knew how to properly complete their mail ballots under the law known as Senate Bill 1.
“As a Texas community we’ve worked very hard to prepare for SB1,” said Emily Eby, the group’s senior election protection attorney.
Florida last year added a host of new rules around mail and early voting. They included new ID requirements, changes to how many ballots a person can turn in on behalf of someone else and limiting after-hours access to drop boxes. This year, lawmakers created a controversial new office dedicated to investigating fraud and other election crimes.
Still, voting appeared to be relatively smooth this year, before and on Election Day. Election officials reported no major problems.
Mark Earley, president of the Florida Supervisors of Elections, said the new laws did not greatly affect voter turnout or access this year, but said the rules, taken together, posed a challenge.
“When you put all of these together — the cumulative effect — it becomes confusing, difficult to communicate and educate the public about, difficult for the public to understand,” said Earley, who oversees elections in Tallahassee’s Leon County. “It becomes a big logistical and educational burden, and more hurdles for people to be able to jump over before they can get their ballots together.”
Iowa’s new law shortened the period for voters to return their mailed ballots, reduced polling place hours and early voting days, and prohibited anyone but close relatives, a household member or caregiver from dropping off someone else’s ballot.
More than 1.2 million voters cast ballots in the Nov. 8 election. State officials said it was the second highest in state history for a midterm, but voting groups expressed concern that Latino participation may have declined due to the changes.
“We historically have had a fair amount of Latino voters who did the absentee ballot, which allowed LULAC volunteers to pick up those early ballots and return them to the county election offices,” said Joe Henry, a board member of the Iowa chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
In Georgia, more votes were cast in this general election than in any prior midterm election — although with more voters on the rolls than four years ago, the actual turnout rate was lower.
Gabriel Sterling, interim deputy secretary of state, noted that most of the changes in the election law, known as Senate Bill 202, affected pre-Election Day voting — “and they blew away every record in that.”
He said more votes were cast early — both in person and by mail — than in any previous midterm election in the state. It was Election Day turnout that was lower than expected.
After Democrats won the 2020 presidential contest and two U.S. Senate runoff elections, the Republican-controlled Georgia Legislature passed a sweeping overhaul of the state’s election laws in 2021.
The law shortened the time period to request an absentee ballot and required voters to sign absentee ballot applications by hand, meaning they needed access to a printer. It also reduced the number of ballot drop boxes in the state’s most populous counties and limited the hours they were accessible.
Critics said the changes made it more difficult to cast mail ballots. Democrats urged people to vote early and in-person this year instead. Kendra Cotton, CEO of the New Georgia Project Action Fund, said she believes the election law did have a negative effect in a state where key races have been decided by narrow margins in recent elections.
“The narrative that’s out there is that SB202 was trying to depress the vote writ large, and we submit that that was not, in fact, the case,” she said. “It was trying to stop just enough people from voting that the electoral outcome here in Georgia would shift.”
This year, Republicans swept the statewide constitutional offices, and a Dec. 6 runoff will be held to decide the winner in the U.S. Senate race.
While she acknowledged there weren’t many problems on Election Day, Cotton said the law created a lot of “noise” that drained energy and resources from organizations such as hers.
“We’re having to go out and help voters fight to remain on the rolls,” Cotton said.
Voter advocacy groups already are mobilizing to support Georgia voters heading into the Dec. 6 Senate runoff. Previously, runoffs were held nine weeks after an election. The new law shortened that to just four weeks, a period that also leaves too little time for new voter registrations.
“These types of tactics aim to suppress votes,” Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org, said in a statement. “But Georgians have shown that they are ready and willing to navigate tough voting environments in order to make their voices heard.”
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Associated Press data journalist Aaron Kessler in Washington, D.C., and writers Kate Brumback in Atlanta; Anthony Izaguirre in Tallahassee, Florida; Geoff Mulvihill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey; David Pitt in Des Moines, Iowa; and Paul J. Weber in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2022-11-13T16:02:13+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/2022/11/13/election-day-saw-few-major-problems-despite-new-voting-laws/
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Warnock or Walker? Georgia runoff to settle last Senate seat
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters on Tuesday are deciding the final Senate contest in the country, choosing between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican football legend Herschel Walker after a four-week runoff blitz that has drawn a flood of outside spending to an increasingly personal fight.
This year's runoff has lower stakes than the two in 2021, when victories by Warnock and fellow Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff gave Democrats control of the Senate. The outcome of Tuesday's contest will determine whether Democrats have an outright 51-49 Senate majority or control a 50-50 chamber based on Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote.
As the polls opened Tuesday morning, cold, rainy conditions greeted voters in the Atlanta area. At an elementary school in suburban Johns Creek, voters lined up before the polls opened to cast their ballots, undeterred by a 40-degree wind chill and steady rain. The line moved swiftly.
John Fetterman, now headed to the US Senate, prepares for governing
Democrats kept the Senate this year, but 2024 may be harder
The runoff brings to a close a bitter fight between Warnock, the state's first Black senator and the senior minister of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, and Walker, a former University of Georgia football star and political novice who has waged his bid in the mold of former President Donald Trump.
A victory for Warnock would solidify Georgia's status as a battleground heading into the 2024 presidential election. A win for Walker, however, could be an indication that the Democratic gains in the state might be somewhat limited, especially given that Georgia Republicans swept every other statewide contest last month.
In that election, Warnock led Walker by about 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million cast but fell shy of a majority, triggering the second round of voting. About 1.9 million votes already have been cast by mail and during early voting, an advantage for Democrats whose voters more commonly cast ballots this way. Republicans typically fare better on voting done on Election Day, with the margins determining the winner.
Last month, Walker, 60, ran more than 200,000 votes behind Republican Gov. Brian Kemp after a campaign dogged by intense scrutiny of his past, meandering campaign speeches and a bevy of damaging allegations, including claims that he paid for two former girlfriends’ abortions — accusations that Walker has denied.
Warnock, whose victory in 2021 was in a special election to serve out the remainder of GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson's term, sounded a confident note Monday during a packed day of campaigning. He predicted that he had convinced enough voters, including independents and moderate Republicans who supported Kemp, that he deserves a full term.
“They’ve seen that I will work with anybody that helps me to do good work for the people of Georgia,” said the 53-year-old senator. “I think they’re going to get this right. They know this race is about competence and character.”
Walker campaigned Monday with his wife, Julie, greeting supporters and offering thanks rather than his usual campaign speech and full-throated attacks on Warnock.
“I love y’all, and we’re gonna win this election,” he said at a winery in Ellijay, comparing it to championships he won as an athlete. “I love winning championships.
Warnock's campaign has spent about $170 million on the campaign, far outpacing Walker's nearly $60 million, according to their latest federal disclosures. But Democratic and Republican party committees, along with other political action committees, have spent even more.
The senator has paired his push for bipartisanship with an emphasis on his personal values, buoyed by his status as senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. And, beginning with the closing stretch before the Nov. 8 general election, Warnock added withering takedowns of Walker, using the football star’s rocky past to argue that the political newcomer was “not ready” and “not fit” for high office.
Walker, who used his athletics fame to coast to the GOP nomination, has sought to portray Warnock as a yes-man for President Joe Biden. Walker has sometimes made the attack in especially personal terms, complete with accusing Warnock of having his “back bent” and “being on his knees, begging” at the White House — a searing charge for a Black challenger to level against a Black senator about his relationship with a white president.
A multimillionaire businessman, Walker has inflated his philanthropic activities and business achievements, including claiming that his company employed hundreds of people and grossed tens of millions of dollars in sales annually, even though later records indicate he had eight employees and averaged about $1.5 million a year. He has suggested that he’s worked as a law enforcement officer and said he graduated college, though he has done neither.
Walker was also forced to acknowledge during the campaign that he had fathered three children out of wedlock whom he had never before spoken about publicly — in direct conflict with Walker’s yearslong criticism of absentee fathers and his calls for Black men, in particular, to play an active role in their kids’ lives.
His ex-wife has detailed violent acts, saying Walker once held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her. Walker has never denied those specifics and wrote of his violent tendencies in a 2008 memoir that attributed the behavior to mental illness.
Warnock has countered with his individual Senate accomplishments, touting a provision he sponsored to cap insulin costs for Medicare patients while reminding voters that Republicans blocked his larger idea to cap those costs for all insulin-dependent patients. He hailed deals on infrastructure and maternal health care forged with Republicans Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, mentioning those GOP colleagues more than he did Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer or other Democrats in Washington.
After the general election, Biden, who has struggled with low approval ratings, promised to help Warnock in any way he could, even if it meant staying away from Georgia. Bypassing the president, Warnock decided instead to campaign with former President Barack Obama in the days before the runoff election.
For his part, Walker was endorsed by Trump but avoided campaigning with him until the campaign’s final day: The pair conducted a conference call Monday with supporters, according to a Republican National Committee spokesperson.
Walker’s candidacy is the GOP’s last chance to flip a Senate seat this year. Dr. Mehmet Oz of Pennsylvania, Blake Masters of Arizona, Adam Laxalt of Nevada and Don Bolduc of New Hampshire, all Trump loyalists, already lost competitive Senate races that Republicans once considered part of their path to a majority.
Walker has differentiated himself from Trump in a notable way. Trump has spent two years falsely claiming that his loss in Georgia and nationally was fraudulent, despite the fact that numerous federal and local officials, a long list of courts, top former campaign staffers and even his own attorney general have all said there is no evidence of the fraud he alleges.
At his lone debate against Warnock in October, Walker was asked whether he’d accept the results even if he lost. He replied with one word: “Yes.”
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2022-12-06T15:13:51+00:00
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yorkdispatch.com
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https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2022/12/06/warnock-or-walker-georgia-runoff-to-settle-last-senate-seat/69704457007/
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 5 Midday" game were:
5-4-4-1-7
(five, four, four, one, seven)
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 5 Midday" game were:
5-4-4-1-7
(five, four, four, one, seven)
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2023-01-27T18:34:11+00:00
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springfieldnewssun.com
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https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/ohio/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-5-midday-game/JHKAW7JXHFDBJPXFRC5U633JDA/
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Flowers are a 'go-to' gift for Valentine's Day, but if you wait too long this year, the prices might just break your heart.
A dozen roses can cost $50, $60 or $70 at many florists these days as inflation takes its toll. When factoring in delivery costs, roses can now cost over $100.
But other options are affordable and just as sweet. Carol Ruffin owns a floral design shop, Blossoms Florist, and knows many people can no longer afford the high price of long-stem roses. She says many alternatives can be just as beautiful.
"If you like carnations, that's an option," she said. "Tulips are great too, or you can do lilies."
Those are often half the price of roses.
"And they still look pretty," she said.
Smart shopping expert Trae Bodge said buying flowers can be tricky this time of year because some retailers appear to offer discounts on already elevated prices.
"So, they can look like they're on sale," she said, "but they might be more expensive than usual."
Ruffin said customers need to know that she is not raising prices to profit but is simply passing along her inflated costs, which hit every year around February 1.
Beware of delivery fees online
While it's tempting to order a large bouquet online to save some money, the $15 to $25 dollar delivery fees add up. Instead, Bodge said take time to shop around.
"Compare prices across a few different flower retailers," she said, as prices can vary widely between florists.
If roses are your flower of choice, she suggests looking for a great in-store deal that you can take home to your sweetie.
Both Edible Arrangements and Whole Foods will be offering a deal of two dozen roses for $24.99.
But supplies are limited, and for Whole Foods, you have to be an Amazon Prime member.
Alternates to pricey roses
You will find even better deals on mixed bouquets at stores like Walmart, Trader Joe's, Kroger, Publix and Costco. You can buy a vase at the dollar store to go with it.
Or consider spring tulips or lilies, as Ruffin suggests.
Meanwhile, Bodge says don't rule out a basket of plants or garden starter kits that are just as special and last much longer.
Finally, Ruffin said if money is tight, there is nothing wrong with just one or two roses.
"To me, if someone even gives me a single rose, it's the thought that counts," she said
And that way you don't waste your money.
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2023-02-08T12:20:21+00:00
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krtv.com
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https://www.krtv.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/how-to-save-on-valentines-flowers-as-inflation-hits-roses-hard
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BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook part of southwestern China on Monday afternoon. It wasn’t immediately clear if there was damage.
The 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding county in Sichuan province at 12:52 p.m., Xinhua news agency reported.
The 6.6 magnitude earthquake was centered at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Preliminary measurements by different agencies often differ slightly.
Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage.
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2022-09-05T05:44:08+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Strong-earthquake-shakes-southwestern-China-17419724.php
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It's just about time to exercise that civic duty of yours.
Election Day for the 2022 midterm election in Illinois takes place Nov. 8. And while mail-in and early voting across the state is fully underway, and many in Illinois opt to vote on Election Day itself.
Whether this is your first or your fortieth time voting in Illinois, let's brush up on some of the "do's" and "don't's" before you enter the ballot booth.
Do Bring Identification — If You Are Registering to Vote, or Need to Change Your Address
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If you are taking advantage of grace period registration, you need to bring two forms of ID, one with your address, like a utility bill, bank statement, pay stub, etc.
If you are already registered to vote at your current address, you do not need a government-issued photo ID to vote under Illinois law. But it can be helpful to bring one should any questions about registration, address, signature, or more arise during the voting process.
If you aren't sure whether or not you're registered to vote in Illinois, you can check here by entering your name, address and birth date. To register to vote in Illinois, you must be a U.S. citizen, 18 years old by the date of the general election and not serving a sentence in a penal institution because of a criminal conviction.
If you're not registered yet, it's not too late.
While the deadline to register online was Oct. 23, you can still take advantage of grace period registration in-person during early voting or at your polling place on Election Day. To do so, you have to bring two forms of identification, one with your current address (like a utility bill), and be prepared to cast your ballot at the same time.
If you've moved since the last time you voted, you can also use grace period registration to update your registration to your current address. A full list of locations where you can take advantage of grace period registration can be found here.
Top races, voting FAQ and more. Get everything you need before Election Day with our Voters Guide.
Don't Take a Ballot Selfie
In Illinois, ballot selfies are prohibited by state law. It's a felony to mark your ballot so another person can see how you voted, carrying a potential prison sentence of one to three years.
State election officials have long said it's "unlikely" anyone would be prosecuted for a ballot selfie, but you should play it safe and take a picture of your "I Voted" sticker or pose next to the polling place sign instead.
Do Bring Notes Into the Ballot Booth
You are legally allowed to bring written or printed materials into the voting booth to assist you. This includes items on your phone.
Don't Get Out of Line, Even If Polls Have Closed
Polls open at 6 a.m. statewide, and will stay open through 7 p.m.
But remember - if you are IN LINE when polls close, you can still vote! So if you're rushing to your polling place at the last minute, don't worry if you see a line - and don't let anyone try to dissuade you from casting your ballot.
Do Ask for Help if You Need it
Multiple poll workers are on site at each polling location to assist voters with questions that come up. They'll also help direct you wear to submit your ballot.
While millions of people will cast their ballots without any issues, some may be challenged on their voting eligibility, experience voter intimidation, or have trouble at their polling place.
If you run into any issues at all, or simply have questions about the process, you are encouraged to call the Election Protection hotlines at:
- 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683): English
- 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (1-888-839-8682): Spanish/English
- 1-888-API-VOTE (1-888-274-8683): Asian languages/English
- 1-844-YallaUS (1-844-925-5287): Arabic/English
The hotline is run by a nonpartisan coalition of more than 100 organizations, led by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Don't Wear Campaign-Related Clothing
According to the State Board of Elections, residents wearing any campaign-related clothing or material may be required to remove or cover them while voting. Campaign signs and pamphlets cannot be displayed.
Do Pay Attention to the Results
Live Election Day coverage will air on NBC 5 throughout the evening and at 10 p.m. You can also track up-to-the-minute race results live right here on NBCChicago.com or through the NBC Chicago app, where you can turn on notifications to be the first to know about winners of the biggest races.
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2022-11-04T19:29:24+00:00
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nbcchicago.com
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https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-midterm-election-2022/in-person-voting-dos-and-donts-ahead-of-election-day-in-illinois/2987304/
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Today’s 20-year mortgage rates climb past 30-year rates | August 10, 2022
Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as "Credible" below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders, all opinions are our own.
Check out the mortgage rates for August 10, 2022, which are mixed from yesterday. (Credible)
Based on data compiled by Credible, two key mortgage refinance rates rose, one fell, and another remained unchanged since yesterday.
- 30-year fixed-rate refinance: 5.125%, down from 5.500%, -0.375
- 20-year fixed-rate refinance: 5.250%, up from 5.000%, +0.250
- 15-year fixed-rate refinance: 4.750%, unchanged
- 10-year fixed-rate refinance: 4.750%, up from 4.625%, +0.125
Rates last updated on August 10, 2022. These rates are based on the assumptions shown here. Actual rates may vary. With 5,000 reviews, Credible maintains an "excellent" Trustpilot score.
What this means: Rates for a 30-year mortgage refinance fell more than a quarter point today. Meanwhile, rates for 20-year terms rose a quarter point, and 10-year rates also edged slightly up. At 5.125%, homeowners looking to refinance to a longer term stand to save the most on interest with 30-year rates. This longer repayment term offers the combination of a relatively low interest rate and manageable monthly payment.
Today’s mortgage rates for home purchases
Based on data compiled by Credible, two key mortgage rates for home purchases have risen and two remained unchanged since yesterday.
- 30-year fixed mortgage rates: 5.125%, up from 5.000%, +0.125
- 20-year fixed mortgage rates: 5.250%, up from 5.000%, +0.250
- 15-year fixed mortgage rates: 4.750%, unchanged
- 10-year fixed mortgage rates: 4.750%, unchanged
Rates last updated on August 10, 2022. These rates are based on the assumptions shown here. Actual rates may vary. Credible, a personal finance marketplace, has 5,000+ Trustpilot reviews with an average star rating of 4.7 (out of a possible 5.0).
What this means: Rates for 20-year mortgages rose a quarter point today, climbing past 30-year rates. With rates for 10- and 15-year loans holding below 5%, borrowers who can afford higher monthly payments should comparison shop and consider shorter repayment terms to find their best possible rate. But with 20-year rates now higher than 30-year rates, buyers who want a longer repayment term should stick with a 30-year mortgage.
To find great mortgage rates, start by using Credible’s secured website, which can show you current mortgage rates from multiple lenders without affecting your credit score. You can also use Credible’s mortgage calculator to estimate your monthly mortgage payments.
How mortgage rates have changed over time
Today’s mortgage interest rates are well below the highest annual average rate recorded by Freddie Mac – 16.63% in 1981. A year before the COVID-19 pandemic upended economies across the world, the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for 2019 was 3.94%. The average rate for 2021 was 2.96%, the lowest annual average in 30 years.
The historic drop in interest rates means homeowners who have mortgages from 2019 and older could potentially realize significant interest savings by refinancing with one of today’s lower interest rates. When considering a mortgage refinance or purchase, it’s important to take into account closing costs such as appraisal, application, origination and attorney’s fees. These factors, in addition to the interest rate and loan amount, all contribute to the cost of a mortgage.
Are you looking to buy a home? Credible can help you compare current rates from multiple mortgage lenders at once in just a few minutes. Use Credible’s online tools to compare rates and get prequalified today.
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How Credible mortgage rates are calculated
Changing economic conditions, central bank policy decisions, investor sentiment, and other factors influence the movement of mortgage rates. Credible average mortgage rates and mortgage refinance rates reported in this article are calculated based on information provided by partner lenders who pay compensation to Credible.
The rates assume a borrower has a 740 credit score and is borrowing a conventional loan for a single-family home that will be their primary residence. The rates also assume no (or very low) discount points and a down payment of 20%.
Credible mortgage rates reported here will only give you an idea of current average rates. The rate you actually receive can vary based on a number of factors.
Factors that influence mortgage rates (and are in your control)
Many factors affect what mortgage interest rate you can qualify for, and some of them are within your control. Improving these factors could help you qualify for a lower interest rate.
- Credit score – Generally, the lowest interest rates go to borrowers with the highest credit scores.
- Debt-to-income ratio – DTI is a percentage that compares your total debts with your income. To calculate DTI, divide your monthly gross income by the total of all your monthly minimum debt payments. Generally, lenders prefer a DTI of 35% or less.
- Down payment amount – Generally, lenders (and many sellers) look favorably on a higher down payment amount. If you put down less than 20% of the home’s purchase price, many lenders will require you to pay for private mortgage insurance, which protects the lender (not you) if you fail to repay the mortgage.
- Home location/price – Interest rates can vary depending on what state you live in and where in the state you’re buying. Likewise, if you need to borrow a lot more than average (a jumbo loan) or very little, you may get a higher interest rate.
- Repayment term – The lowest rates typically come with 10- or 15-year terms, while 30-year terms usually have the highest interest rates.
If you’re trying to find the right mortgage rate, consider using Credible. You can use Credible's free online tool to easily compare multiple lenders and see prequalified rates in just a few minutes.
Have a finance-related question, but don't know who to ask? Email The Credible Money Expert at moneyexpert@credible.com and your question might be answered by Credible in our Money Expert column.
As a Credible authority on mortgages and personal finance, Chris Jennings has covered topics that include mortgage loans, mortgage refinancing, and more. He’s been an editor and editorial assistant in the online personal finance space for four years. His work has been featured by MSN, AOL, Yahoo Finance, and more.
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2022-08-10T23:04:36+00:00
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fox29.com
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https://www.fox29.com/money/todays-mortgage-rates-august-10-2022
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New Division Will Offer Comprehensive Suite of Services: Branding & Creative Strategy, Content Development & Delivery, and Acquisition & Transition Marketing
WESTPORT, Conn., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edge Partners™ announced today the formation of a new marketing division called Edge Creative Growth. This new venture will offer a comprehensive suite of RIA marketing services, available as a stand-alone capability for marketing clients or as an integrated capability supporting Edge's private equity growth partnerships. Edge Partners™ makes private equity investments in independent RIAs to augment and accelerate growth using inorganic and organic strategies.
Edge Creative Growth is a full-service, in-house creative agency delivering four main capabilities, each with its own extensive package of services:
- Acquisition & Transition Focused Marketing: online and offline programs for attracting and acquiring potential business partners, as well as supporting pre- and post-acquisition communication campaigns.
- Digital Content Strategy: multichannel campaign creation and distribution; content development and curation; digital presence; publishing, social media presence, and advertising strategy.
- Account-Based Marketing (ABM): marketing and sales integration; design and execution through advanced segmentation and targeted outreach.
- Brand Development: brand identity conceptualization and design, as well as messaging refinement and deployment.
"The goal of marketing should be to ignite action-driven communication with qualified leads and potential partners and to create new business alliances," said Silvia Roa-Madan, Chief Marketing Officer, who will head up Edge Creative Growth. "The key is action, not marketing for marketing's sake. Our goal is to help wealth management firms create and communicate a differentiated identity, one that makes them stand out as an attractive destination for clients and business partners—and then reliably convert those interactions to growth in AUM, clients, and wallet share."
EDGE PARTNERS™ is a boutique private equity, and strategic growth firm focused on the independent RIA market. The firm makes direct equity investments in RIAs and provides capital, strategic guidance, and execution in support of long-term growth strategies. EDGE PARTNERS™ creates bespoke growth plans for each partner engagement. The firm helps RIAs generate growth in a tailored way through a combination of approaches such as advisor acquisition, mergers, service line expansion, strategic alliances, and organic client acquisition. The EDGE PARTNERS™ team comprises industry veterans and experts with the knowledge, experience, and connections to design and implement a range of growth initiatives.
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2022-08-11T16:45:38+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/08/11/edge-partners-launches-in-house-marketing-division-wealth-management-firms-edge-creative-growth/
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1 dead in Ishpeming hit-and-run; suspect still at large
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WLUC) - A 31-year-old Marquette man has died after a report of a car vs. pedestrian crash in Ishpeming, according to City of Ishpeming Police Department.
The City of Ishpeming Police Department was dispatched to 440 Ready Street around 7:14 p.m. This road is also known as BR 28 or County Road.
When they arrived, police said they located the male subject with life-threatening injuries and rendered aid until EMS arrived. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The name of the victim is not being released at this time.
The suspect vehicle is believed to be a pickup truck, possible a Ford Super Duty, with damage to the front grill on the passenger side, as well as damage to the headlight.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the City of Ishpeming Police Department.
The City of Ishpeming Police Department said it was assisted on scene by MSP Negaunee Post, MSP Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit, City of Negaunee Police Department, Ishpeming City Fire Department and UP Health System EMS.
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2022-11-24T04:12:56+00:00
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uppermichiganssource.com
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/11/24/1-dead-ishpeming-hit-and-run-suspect-still-large/
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NEW YORK — President Joe Biden is ready to make the case to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly that Russia's “naked aggression” in Ukraine is an affront to the heart of what the international body stands for as he looks to rally allies to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian resistance.
Biden, during his time at the U.N. General Assembly, also planned to meet Wednesday with new British Prime Minister Liz Truss, announce a global food security initiative and press allies to meet an $18 billion target to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
But White House officials say the crux of the president's visit to the U.N. this year would be a full-throated condemnation of Russia as its brutal war nears the seven-month mark.
OTHER NEWS: Another big interest rate hike expected today
“He’ll offer a firm rebuke of Russia’s unjust war in Ukraine and make a call to the world to continue to stand against the naked aggression that we’ve seen these past several months,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in previewing the president's address. “He will underscore the importance of strengthening the United Nations and reaffirm core tenets of its charter at a time when a permanent member of the Security Council has struck at the very heart of the charter by challenging the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty.”
The address comes as Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine have announced plans to hold Kremlin-backed referendums in days ahead on becoming part of Russia and as Moscow is losing ground in the invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization to call up 300,000 reservists and accused the West of engaging in “nuclear blackmail.”
Biden is confronting no shortage of difficult issues as leaders gather this year.
In addition to the Russian war in Ukraine, European fears that a recession could be just around the corner are heightened. Administration concerns grow by the day that time is running short to revive the Iran nuclear deal and over China's saber-rattling on Taiwan.
When he addressed last year’s General Assembly, Biden focused on broad themes of global partnership, urging world leaders to act with haste against the coronavirus, climate change and human rights abuses. And he offered assurances that his presidency marked a return of American leadership to international institutions following Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy.
But one year later, global dynamics have dramatically changed.
Stewart Patrick, senior fellow and director of the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Washington think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, wrote in an analysis that Biden’s task this year is “immense” compared to his first address to the U.N. as president.
“Last year, the U.S. leader won easy plaudits as the ‘anti-Trump,’ pledging that ‘America was back,’” Patrick said. “This year demands more. The liberal, rules-based international system is reeling, battered by Russian aggression, Chinese ambitions, authoritarian assaults, a halting pandemic recovery, quickening climate change, skepticism of the U.N.’s relevance, and gnawing doubts about American staying power.”
Beyond diplomacy, the president is also doing some politicking. This year's gathering comes less than seven weeks before pivotal midterm elections in the United States. Shortly after arriving in Manhattan on Tuesday night, Biden spoke at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser for about 100 participants that raised nearly $2 million, and he's set to hold another fundraiser on Thursday before heading back to Washington.
His Wednesday address comes on the heels of Ukrainian forces retaking control of large stretches of territory near Kharkiv. But even as Ukrainian forces have racked up battlefield wins, much of Europe is feeling painful blowback from economic sanctions levied against Russia. A vast reduction in Russian oil and gas has led to a sharp jump in energy prices, skyrocketing inflation and growing risk of Europe slipping into a recession.
Biden's visit to the U.N. also comes as his administration's efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal appears stalled.
The deal brokered by the Obama administration — and scrapped by Trump in 2018 — provided billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for Iran’s agreement to dismantle much of its nuclear program and open its facilities to extensive international inspection.
Sullivan said no breakthrough with Iran is expected during the General Assembly but Biden would make clear in his speech that a deal can still be done "if Iran is prepared to be serious about its obligations." He added that administration officials would be consulting with fellow signatories of the 2015 deal on the sidelines of this week's meetings.
This year's U.N. gathering is back to being a full-scale, in-person event after two years of curtailed activity due to the pandemic. In 2020, the in-person gathering was canceled and leaders instead delivered prerecorded speeches; last year was a mix of in-person and prerecorded speeches. Biden and first lady Jill Biden were set to host a leaders' reception on Wednesday evening.
China's President Xi Jinping opted not to attend this year's U.N. gathering, but his country's conduct and intentions will loom large during the leaders' talks.
Last month, the U.N. human rights office raised concerns about possible “crimes against humanity” in China's western region against Uyghurs and other largely Muslim ethnic groups. Beijing has vowed to suspend cooperation with the office and blasted what it described as a Western plot to undermine China’s rise.
Meanwhile, China’s government on Monday said Biden’s statement in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tried to invade the self-ruled island was a violation of U.S. commitments on the matter, but it gave no indication of possible retaliation.
The White House said after the interview that there has been no change in U.S. policy on Taiwan, which China claims as its own. That policy says Washington wants to see Taiwan’s status resolved peacefully but doesn’t say whether U.S. forces might be sent in response to a Chinese attack.
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2022-09-21T13:36:37+00:00
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5newsonline.com
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https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-united-nations/507-1dee0d1b-99c4-4a98-b4e3-4d0dcdb4841f
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BOSTON — A New Jersey lawyer charged with sexually assaulting four women in Boston about 15 years ago was ordered held on $500,000 bail Monday during a hearing in which a prosecutor said authorities helped tie him to the attacks by getting DNA from a drinking glass he had used.
Matthew Nilo, of Weehawken, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty in a Boston courtroom to several charges, including three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape and one count of indecent assault and battery. The charges stem from four attacks that happened in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood from August 2007 through December 2008 — a time that authorities say Nilo lived in the city.
Nilo, 35, was arrested last week.
During the hearing Monday, prosecutor Lynn Feigenbaum said that in some cases, the assailant said he had a gun and threatened to kill the victim. In one case, he showed the victim a knife, she said.
The first two victims, who were both 23 years old when they were attacked, had been at bars in downtown Boston. One woman accepted a ride from a man she thought she knew and who offered to help her look for her car, but instead he drove her to Charlestown and raped her, Feigenbaum said.
The second woman got into what she thought was a taxi or livery vehicle driven by a male driver, who also took her to Charlestown and raped her, she said.
A 36-year-old woman who was panhandling was also raped by a man who offered her money if she got in the car with him, the prosecutor said.
The fourth victim, a 44-year-old woman, was attacked from behind while out for an early morning run. She fought back, poking her attacker in the eye with her gloved hand before he ran away, Feigenbaum said.
Investigators collected DNA from all four victims, including the fourth victim’s glove.
Police revisited the case last year using forensic genetic genealogy, which combines DNA analysis with publicly accessible genealogy research and historical records to narrow the pool of potential suspects, authorities said.
That identified Nilo as a person of interest. During a corporate event earlier this year, the FBI recovered utensils and drinking glasses the defendant used, authorities said. They obtained DNA from his glass that matched the DNA from the three rape victims and was a likely match to the DNA from the glove, prosecutors said.
Nilo’s attorney, Joseph Cataldo, questioned the manner in which his client’s DNA was gathered.
“I do understand that the procedures used by law enforcement are somewhat suspect,” he said outside of court Monday. “It seems that they obtained DNA evidence without ever obtaining a search warrant. If that turns out to be true, that’s an issue that will be pursued vigorously.”
If Nilo makes bail, he would have to wear a GPS tracking device, surrender his passport and stay away from the area where the attacks occurred. He is due back in court next Monday.
Nilo worked for a New-York-based cybersecurity company. He was hired in January after passing a background check and was suspended following his arrest pending further investigation, the company said in a statement.
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2023-06-05T21:28:01+00:00
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bangordailynews.com
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https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/06/05/news/new-england/dna-links-lawyer-to-string-of-boston-sexual-assaults/
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MCKINNEY, Texas, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Globe Life Liberty National Division raised $66,036 as part of their inaugural Make Tomorrow Better Award competition, with all proceeds going to Lend a Hand Bahamas. The competition, which ran throughout May 2022, challenged Liberty National Division Agency Owners to drive donations, culminating in the final amount being presented on June 3 at the Company's annual Convention in Nassau, Bahamas.
This year's competition was won by the Angela Hanson Agencies of Alabama and Georgia, which raised $12,145.
"I'm proud to be a part of an organization that always challenges us to make a positive impact," Hanson said. "I had full faith my team would step up because I see every day just how committed they are."
This first-ever Make Tomorrow Better Award donation will support Lend a Hand Bahamas' service programs, as well as a 4,800-square-foot community center that will feature a STEM Lab, Computer Room, Reading Room, Recording Studio, and Culinary Training Kitchen.
"We honor and thank Globe Life Liberty National Division for their generosity," said Shelagh Farrington-Pritchard, Volunteer Treasurer and Director, Lend a Hand Bahamas. "Their amazing donation will help us with our community center in Nassau, send kids to camp, and equip students with school supplies. Together we will continue to dream big, bigger and better."
Lend a Hand Bahamas works to nurture and implement community development efforts focused on sustainability and resiliency in Bahamian communities through enhanced collaboration with local, national, and global nonprofits, corporations, foundations, and individuals.
"We recognize the invaluable impact Lend a Hand Bahamas makes on the community and are grateful to have partnered with them to help Make Tomorrow Better for so many," said Steve DiChiaro, Liberty National Division CEO.
Globe Life strives to Make Tomorrow Better in the places we live, work, and visit. We make a promise to leave each place better than when we arrived.
About Globe Life:
Globe Life (NYSE: GL) is headquartered in McKinney, TX and has more than 11,000 insurance agents and 3,000 corporate employees. With a mission to Make Tomorrow Better, Globe Life is the top volume issuer of ordinary individual life insurance policies in the U.S. (as reported by S&P Global Market Intelligence) and has more life insurance policyholders than any other insurance company. Globe Life's insurance subsidiaries include American Income Life, Family Heritage Life, Globe Life And Accident Company, Liberty National Life, and United American. More information is available at GlobeLifeInsurance.com.
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2022-06-20T21:45:34+00:00
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wcjb.com
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https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/06/20/globe-life-helps-make-tomorrow-better-lend-hand-bahamas/
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Juliana Macedo do Nascimento signed up for an Obama-era program to shield immigrants who came to the country as young children from deportation, she enrolled at California State University, Los Angeles, transitioning from jobs in housekeeping, child care, auto repair and a construction company.
Now, a decade later at age 36, graduate studies at Princeton University are behind her and she works in Washington as deputy director of advocacy for United We Dream, a national group.
“Dreamers” like Macedo do Nascimento, long a symbol of immigrant youth, are increasingly easing into middle age as eligibility requirements have been frozen since 2012, when the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was introduced.
The oldest recipients were in their early 30s when DACA began and are in their early 40s today. At the same time, fewer people turning 16 can meet a requirement to have been in the United States continuously since June 2007.
The average age of a DACA recipient was 28.2 years in March, up from 23.8 in September 2017, according to the Migration Policy Institute. About 40% are 30 or older, according to fwd.us, a group that supports DACA.
As fewer are eligible and new enrollments have been closed since July 2021 under court order, the number of DACA recipients fell to just above 600,000 at the end of March, according to government figures.
Beneficiaries have become homeowners and married. Many have U.S. citizen children.
“DACA is not for young people,” Macedo do Nascimento said. “They’re not even eligible for it anymore. We are well into middle age.”
Born out of President Barack Obama’s frustration with Congress’ failure to reach an agreement on immigration reform, DACA was meant to be a temporary solution and many saw it as imperfect from the start. Immigration advocates were disappointed the policy didn’t include a pathway to citizenship and warned the program’s need to be renewed every two years would leave many feeling in limbo. Opponents, including many Republicans, saw the policy a legal overreach on Obama’s part and criticized it as rewarding people who hadn’t followed immigration law.
In a move intended to insulate DACA from legal challenge, the Biden administration released a 453-page rule on Aug. 24 that sticks closely to DACA as it was introduced in 2012. It codified DACA as a regulation by subjecting it to potential changes after extensive public comment.
DACA advocates welcomed the regulation but were disappointed that age eligibility was unchanged.
The rule was “a missed opportunity,” said Karen Tumlin, an attorney and director of Justice Action Center. DACA, she said, was “locked in time, like a fossil preserved in amber.”
The administration weighed expanding age eligibility but decided against it, said Ur Jaddou, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the program.
“The president told us, ‘How do we preserve and fortify DACA? How do we ensure the security of the program and how best to do that?’ and this was the determination that was made after a lot of thought and careful consideration,” Jaddou said Monday in Los Angeles.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering a challenge to DACA from Texas and eight other states, asked both sides to explain how the new rule affects the program’s legal standing.
Texas, in a court filing Thursday, said the rule can’t save DACA. The states conceded that it’s similar to the 2012 memo that created the program but that they “share many of the same defects.”
The executive branch has “neither the authority to decide the major questions that DACA addresses, nor the power to confer substantive immigration benefits,” the states wrote.
The Justice Department argued the new rule — “substantively identical” to the original program — renders moot the argument that the administration failed to follow federal rule-making procedures.
DACA has been closed to new enrollees since July 2021 while the case winds its way through the New Orleans-based appeals court but two-year renewals are allowed.
Uncertainty surrounding DACA has caused anxiety and frustration among aging recipients.
Pamela Chomba, 32, arrived with her family from Peru at age 11 and settled in New Jersey. She worries about losing her job and missing mortgage payments if DACA is ruled illegal. She put off becoming a mother because she doesn’t know if she can stay in the U.S. and doesn’t want to be a “burden” on her children.
“We’re people with lives and plans, and we really just want to make sure that we can feel safe,” said Chomba, director of state immigration campaigns for fwd.us.
Macedo do Nascimento was 14 when she arrived with her family from Brazil in 2001. She has not seen a brother who returned to Brazil just before DACA was announced in 10 years. International travel under DACA is highly restricted.
Like Biden and many DACA advocates, she believes legislation is the answer.
“Congress is the ultimate solution here,” she said. “(Both parties) keep passing the ball between each other.
The uncertainty has affected her, the eldest of three siblings.
“The fear of being deported has come back,” Macedo do Nascimento said, because “you never know when this policy is going to end.”
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Sainz reported from Memphis, Tennessee.
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TX Brownsville TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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National Weather Service Brownsville TX
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
TXZ253-212100-
Southern Hidalgo-
Including the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission,
and Weslaco
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ255-212100-
Inland Cameron-
Including the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ355-212100-
Coastal Cameron-
Including the cities of Port Isabel and Laguna Vista
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny with highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 90.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ455-212100-
Cameron Island-
Including the cities of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the lower
80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny with highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear with lows around 80. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
80. Highs in the mid 80s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the upper 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ252-212100-
Starr-
Including the cities of Rio Grande City and Roma
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the mid 90s.
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TXZ254-212100-
Inland Willacy-
Including the city of Raymondville
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ354-212100-
Coastal Willacy-
Including the city of Port Mansfield
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 90.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ248-212100-
Zapata-
Including the city of Zapata
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ249-212100-
Jim Hogg-
Including the city of Hebbronville
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds around 5 mph,
increasing to east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ250-212100-
Brooks-
Including the city of Falfurrias
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ353-212100-
Northern Hidalgo-
Including the city of San Manuel
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Highs
in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ251-212100-
Inland Kenedy-
Including the city of Sarita
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ351-212100-
Coastal Kenedy-
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 90.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
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TXZ454-212100-
Willacy Island-
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to around 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
80. Highs around 90.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ451-212100-
Kenedy Island-
357 AM CDT Wed Sep 21 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to around 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY...Sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
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Jean Segura hits game-ending single as Marlins beat Cubs 3-2 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
MIAMI (AP) — Jean Segura hit a game-ending RBI single, lifting the Miami Marlins to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.
Jorge Soler sparked the winning rally with a leadoff single. Michael Rucker (1-1) then plunked Luis Arraez and Avisaíl García before Segura hit a grounder back up the middle and through a drawn-in infield.
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“Every time you put a ‘W’ on the board is always good,” Segura said. “It’s not about me. It’s about the team winning baseball games and playing good baseball.”
Segura is in his first season with Miami after finalizing a $17 million, two-year contract in January. The veteran infielder entered Friday’s game with a .203 batting average.
“I don’t remember having a tougher stretch,” Segura said. “At some point, it happens to all major leaguers. I have to continue working hard and do my best to get out of it.”
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A.J. Puk (3-0) got three outs for the win. Chicago put two runners on with two out in the top half of the ninth, but Nelson Velázquez bounced into a forceout at second.
Miami improved to 8-0 in one-run games this season. The Marlins also are 3-0 in their teal jerseys this year.
“We have a lot of winners in our clubhouse,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “They know what winning looks like.”
The Cubs wasted a strong start by Marcus Stroman, who allowed two runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Chicago went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled twice and stole two bases for the Marlins. Jesús Luzardo also pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball.
“We have tremendous confidence in our bullpen and tremendous confidence with our batters as well,” Luzardo said. “It doesn’t matter that we are losing by two, three, five runs. Everyone in the dugout is optimistic we are going to score.”
The Cubs grabbed a 2-1 lead on Eric Hosmer’s pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh. Hosmer drove in Cody Bellinger, who tripled with one out on a line drive to left.
The Marlins tied it in the bottom half of the inning. Arraez walked, advanced to third on García’s single and scored on Segura’s single to left.
“I feel like I’m starting to catch my stride and as the year progresses, I won’t have those spurts where I kind of lose it with a batter on four pitches,” Stroman said of his walk to Arraez.
Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner singled in the third, extending his on-base streak to 23 games. It is the third longest active streak in the majors.
Chicago jumped in front on Velázquez’s solo shot in the third. Velázquez drove Luzardo’s first pitch over the wall in left for his third homer.
Miami tied in the bottom half when Jesús Sánchez scored from third on a double-play grounder by Jon Berti.
HITTING THE ROAD
Chicago played 16 of its first 24 games at home. The series opener against Miami began a stretch of 16 of the next 22 away from Wrigley Field.
ROSTER MOVES
The Cubs reinstated Bellinger from the paternity list and designated catcher Luis Torrens for assignment.
The Marlins promoted right-hander Johan Quezada from Triple-A Jacksonville and designated left-hander Devin Smeltzer for assignment.
TRAINERS’ ROOM
Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (right shoulder strain) allowed six runs and six hits in 1 2/3 innings in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Iowa on Thursday.
Marlins: INF Joey Wendle (strained right intercostal) went hitless in three at-bats in a rehab game with Triple-A Jacksonville on Thursday. ... RHP Johnny Cueto (right biceps tightness) is scheduled to throw 60 pitches in an extended spring training outing Monday.
UP NEXT
RHP Caleb Kilian will make his season debut for the Cubs in the second game of the series Saturday. The 25-year-old Kilian is currently at Iowa but manager David Ross confirmed his pending promotion on Friday. The Marlins will go with RHP Edward Cabrera (1-2, 4.91 ERA).
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2023-04-29T04:25:19+00:00
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — “New leader … 84.”
Jimmie Johnson sent a jolt through the track when he shot to the top of the leaderboard in practice for the Daytona 500. Ol’ seven-time has returned to NASCAR after a humbling two years in IndyCar as part owner and sometimes driver at what’s called Legacy Motor Club.
Legacy is the Johnson-led rebrand of what began as Petty Enterprises in 1949 — a year after NASCAR began. The Daytona 500 on Sunday starts NASCAR’s celebratory 75th season and all eyes are on Johnson, who just over three months ago did an about-face, returned to NASCAR and energized Richard Petty’s limp race team.
Johnson is not driving the No. 48, the only number he’s ever used at NASCAR’s top level; that now belongs to Daytona 500 pole-sitter Alex Bowman, Johnson’s successor at Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson is in the No. 84 Chevrolet.
Everything is different at this new Legacy organization, which Petty said Saturday would be completely run by Johnson within five years. But Johnson showed he still knows his way around Daytona International Speedway, even if FanDuel lists him as 40-1 longshot for Sunday.
“The large majority of it is familiar. I’m remembering little details as I make laps and get into the zone,” Johnson said. “It drives like a stock car. It doesn’t drive like an IndyCar, thank God. We know how that went.”
Try no podium finishes in two seasons.
As a team owner, Johnson is a stabilizing figure for the two-car organization of Erik Jones and Noah Gragson. The two-time Daytona 500 champion turns 48 this year, and is a mentor for Gragson — who has the wattage to be a superstar but struggled with maturity issues during his climb into a Cup ride.
He signed last year with what he thought was Petty GMS, a mediocre team with a legend in Petty in the team masthead. In reality, the 24-year-old has gotten is unrestricted access to one of the greatest sportsmen of his generation. Gragson is soaking in every bit of wisdom Johnson has to offer, and the deal came with spotter Earl Barban, who debuted with Johnson in that 2006 Daytona 500 victory.
“New leader … 48,” was Barban’s trademark call as Johnson led nearly 19,000 laps in his career.
Johnson didn’t want a new spotter, but made a business decision to help his young, new driver.
“Wearing my team owner hat and knowing the experience that Earl has and what he can share with Noah … I just sensed it was the right thing to do,” Johnson said.
Although Petty won the Daytona 500 seven times, the last Petty-owned car to win the Daytona 500 was in 1979. Johnson has the organization in the conversation for Sunday.
“I’m glad we’re at the top of the board and not at the bottom,” Johnson said. “I’m sure the headlines would read a little differently if we were on the other end of it.”
Other things to watch on Sunday:
BUMPER CARS
NASCAR is in the second year of its new Next Gen car and still seeking solutions to a problem with the bumpers that caused several concussions last season.
The rear bumpers were supposed to be softened this year so that the car would absorb more energy during routine contact, but drivers earlier this month complained the hits were just as hard in the exhibition race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Racing at Daytona requires deliberate bump drafting and it’s an aggressive race in which the stakes are higher than a typical Sunday.
“Daytona has its own set of rules that everyone plays by,” said Brad Keselowski, who was fastest in Saturday’s final practice. ”At the end of the race at Daytona, you have to ask yourself, ‘What am I willing to do to win this race?’ More often than not, especially over the last three years, it’s taken wrecking the leader to win the 500.”
HAMLIN’S HISTORY
Denny Hamlin seeks a fourth Daytona 500 victory in a career he already finds beyond fulfilling.
The knock on Hamlin is that he’s never won a Cup championship in 17 tries. But when asked this week whether he’d trade a Daytona 500 trophy for just one title, Hamlin snapped: “No. I got asked that last year. No way. No chance.”
Hamlin finished ninth in his qualifying race and the entire Toyota fleet sat out of Saturday’s practice. Both the Ford and Chevy camps seemed both fast and organized — Hendrick Chevys Bowman and Kyle Larson start on the front row, Ford drivers Joey Logano and Aric Almirola start on the second — but Hamlin still likes his chances.
“I LOVE my car,” he wrote on Twitter.
WHO TO WATCH
IndyCar driver Conor Daly and action sports star Travis Pastrana make their Daytona 500 debuts in a twist of fate for the good friends.
Pastrana always wanted to start the Daytona 500 to add to his long and storied resume. A decade after running one full season of NASCAR at his second-tier level, he gets the chance in a Toyota fielded by 23XI Racing.
“A lot of the guys that follow NASCAR, just the fans, they know me as a TV personality or a stuntman,” Pastrana said. “Really in my heart, racer, motorcross racer, built the reputation as a race car driver as well.”
He anticipates he’ll draw new eyes, too.
“When I announced I was going to come over here, the action sports community jumped onboard 110%,” Pastrana said. “So many people are saying ‘Man, I’m watching the 500.’ I haven’t been excited since I was a kid for our industry to see this.”
Pastrana was part of Daly’s 30th birthday celebration in Las Vegas in late 2021 that saved Daly’s career. There, Daly met with a potential sponsor and that chat over cocktails led to a full season of IndyCar funding for Daly. Bitnile is now heavily involved in all of Ed Carpenter Racing and is funding Daly’s effort at Daytona with The Money Team, a fledgling organization owned by Floyd Mayweather.
Daly barely made the race, and the No. 50 is probably the least prepared in the field, but like Pastrana he’s excited to showcase motorsports.
“As a race fan first, I love this race, and I love the Indy 500, of course,” Daly said. “That’s the true gem in my heart and mind. But the Daytona 500 is the Daytona 500. I always think in my lifetime that I wanted to do the Le Mans 24-hour race, the Indy 500, and the Daytona 500. Now I’m going to have two of those crossed off the list.”
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2023-02-19T04:07:52+00:00
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cbs4indy.com
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https://cbs4indy.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-johnson-provides-early-daytona-thrills-in-nascar-comeback/
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CHESWICK, Pennsylvania — Up until two years ago, it would only take 12 hours for coal mined deep in a labyrinth operation 60 miles from here to go from that underground mine, through a high-tech cleaning procedure, and be loaded on a barge or rail car and brought to the Cheswick Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, to light communities along the Allegheny River for generations.
That efficient process came to an end in September 2021 when owner GenOn Holdings announced the then-51-year-old facility, one that environmental groups had in their sights for years, decided to retire the plant. The company cited “unfavorable economic conditions, higher costs including those associated with environmental compliance, an inability to compete with other generation types, and evolving market rules that promote subsidized resources.”
In short, the company was driven out of business in part by the “climate justice” movement within the federal and state governments that made doing business unfair, expensive and impossible and, at the same time, made it very favorable for other energy resources they approve of — solar and wind — to get sweetheart subsidies.
For the past two years, the facility and the two towers that defined this curve of the Allegheny River — one 750 feet tall, the other 552 feet tall, both standing like sentinels of the industry — remained standing. Then, they didn’t stand anymore: A week ago, their end of life became a reality when a controlled demolition brought them down.
Neighbors who have lived below them all of their lives, and the few who left town in search of greener pastures, all gathered, watching the towers’ undistinguished death in a heap of dust and dirt.
Some praised their demise and applauded the change. But those were few. Most people mourned the loss of jobs and how government callously picks winners and losers.
For over 50 years, this facility heated homes, small businesses, manufacturers, strip malls and churches in the surrounding area, and anyone who came up the Allegheny River, or drove past them along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, would remark that their towering presence rivaled in size and purpose any skyscrapers that graced Pittsburgh or Philadelphia.
Twenty years ago, there were 23 coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania. Today, there are five. The economic impact of this demolition is not without casualties: This plant had 60 employees, to whom the company doled out nearly $9 million every year in wages and benefits. That’s a lot of money no longer going into the community, the tax base and the small businesses downstream of the plant.
The end of the line here came a few weeks after the Environmental Protection Agency proposed never-before-seen federal regulations for coal-fired power plants that, if made into law, would nearly eliminate the industry’s ability to be sustainable.
More local coal-fired power plants have announced imminent closures: the Homer City power plant and Conemaugh Generating Station in Indiana County and the Keystone Power Plant in Armstrong County. Both blamed strangling environmental regulations, such as the one proposed by the EPA, along with cheaper natural gas.
Between 2010 and May 2019, 290 coal power plants, or 40% of the U.S. coal-generating capacity, closed permanently, while China was robustly constructing new coal-fired power plants.
In late 2022, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air said China is on track to build 43 coal-fired power plants and 18 blast furnaces powered by coal over the next few years to support the country’s economic expansion — a coal boom that does not coincide with that country’s pledge to go carbon neutral.
Twenty years ago, perhaps even less, Democrats running for office or in office would have been standing in the way of the implosion that happened here and chained themselves to the towers or used all of their muscle to halt this industry’s demise. Back then, Democrats were the party of the working class, and no one symbolized that more than the boilermakers who worked here.
But that party has taken its muscle and protest signs and moved on to be the party of the multiple categories of supposed injustices as defined by the “social justice” movement. Hardworking, no-nonsense boilermakers have been replaced by SEIU social justice aggrievers.
The day after the implosion of the towers, most of the hierarchy of the Democratic Party in this state was marching in the Pride parade in Pittsburgh. As far as I could see, none of them came to this spot to reassure the people who live, work and pray here that the officials have their back and would move mountains to make sure something would replace what they lost.
Salena Zito is a CNN political analyst and a staff reporter and columnist for the Washington Examiner.
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2023-06-17T05:30:31+00:00
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bostonherald.com
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https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/17/zito-dems-ditch-blue-collar-workers-for-social-justice-warriors/
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