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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Sophia Smith scored twice in the second half and the U.S. women's national team beat Colombia 3-0 on Saturday night to extend its home unbeaten streak to 68 games.
Taylor Kornieck, making her national team debut, added a late goal.
On Tuesday night, the teams will meet again in Sandy, Utah, as the United States readies for World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF W Championship next month in Monterrey, Mexico. The United States is the two-time defending World Cup champion.
Smith scored her first in the 54th minute off a pass from Rose Lavelle when Colombian goalkeeper Catalina Perez came out of her goal. She added her second in the 60th minute.
Smith, who plays for the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League, has six international goals.
Perez made two penalty saves. She stopped Lindsey Horan's attempt late in the first half, and then saved Lavelle's chance in the 70th.
All eyes were on the team to see if they would make any collective demonstration on field over Friday's Supreme Court ruling rolling back Roe v. Wade. Instead, U.S. Soccer released a statement before the game.
“As our women's national team represents the U.S. on the field today in Colorado, the occasion serves as a reminder of the rights and freedoms that women and their allies have fought for, earned and deserve,” the statement said. “The Supreme Court ruling on June 24 is counter to the freedoms promised as a nation and as a people. U.S. Soccer will advocate at every opportunity for human rights, including the right to make personal healthcare decisions as there is no equality without bodily autonomy.”
Megan Rapinoe made an impassioned plea for abortion rights on Friday in the wake of the high court's decision.
She was asked about the upcoming game in Utah, which she said the team wouldn't refuse to play. Utah had a trigger law that made all elective abortions illegal when the high court ruled. Utah’s law has exceptions for pregnancies from rape or incest, and also make exceptions for women whose health would be compromised.
“I think, as you guys have seen, the most powerful thing we can always do is show up and not only express our supreme skill and talent and joy on the field, but to be able to have that platform,” Rapinoe said.
Ashley Hatch started at forward, flanked by Mallory Pugh and Smith. Hatch replaced Catarina Macario, who tore an ACL while playing for her club team, Lyon, in France. Veterans Rapinoe and Alex Morgan started on the bench.
Morgan replaced Hatch at the half and Rapinoe entered the game to loud cheers with about 15 minutes to go.
Colombia is hoping to secure one of CONMEBOL's spots in the 2023 World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Ranked No. 28 in the world, Colombia missed out on the 2019 World Cup.
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-26T02:38:47+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/sports/2022/06/26/smith-scores-twice-us-women-beat-colombia-3-0-in-colorado/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges on the second day of her trial in a Russian court in a case that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
The abrupt guilty plea by the Phoenix Mercury center and two-time Olympic gold medalist came amid a growing chorus of calls for Washington to do more to secure her freedom nearly five months after her arrest in February amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine.
A senior Russian diplomat said earlier that no action could be taken by Moscow on Griner’s case until the trial was over, and her guilty plea could be an effort by her and her advisers to expedite the court proceedings.
Griner, 31, was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport while returning to play basketball in Russia, and police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage.
Speaking through an interpreter, Griner told the court she had no intention of committing a crime and had acted unintentionally because she had packed for Moscow in a hurry. The trial was then adjourned until July 14.
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Griner emphasized “that she had committed this act through negligence, unintentionally,” her lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, said outside the court in the Moscow suburb of Khimki after the guilty plea.
“We of course hope for the leniency of the court,” she said. "Considering all the circumstances of the case, taking into account the personality of our client, we believe that the admission of guilt should certainly be taken into account.”
Blagovolina added that other defense witnesses would be questioned at a later session.
Griner was escorted to the courtroom in handcuffs and clad in a bright red T-shirt with the name “Crenshaw” and sweat pants. She also held a photo of her wife, Cherelle.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Griner’s guilty plea “will have no impact on any of the negotiations” involving her case.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington would continue to work for the release of Griner, as well as other Americans held by Moscow, including former Marine Paul Whelan.
“We will not relent until Brittney, Paul Whelan, and all other wrongfully detained Americans are reunited with their loved ones,” he tweeted, noting that U.S. Embassy officials attended the trail again Thursday.
Elizabeth Rood, the embassy's deputy chief of mission, said after the hearing that she spoke to Griner in the courtroom and shared with her a letter from President Joe Biden that she read.
“She’s eating well, she’s able to read books and under the circumstances she’s doing well,” Rood said.
“I would like again to emphasize the commitment of the U.S. government at the very highest level to bring home safely Ms. Griner and all U.S. citizens wrongfully detained as well as the commitment of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to care for and protect the interests of all U.S. citizens detained or imprisoned in Russia,” Rood said.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov bristled at the U.S. description of Griner as “wrongfully detained” and warned that “attempts by the American side to make noise in public ... don’t help the practical settlement of issues.”
The White House said Biden called Cherelle Griner on Wednesday to assure her that he’s doing all he can to win her release as soon as possible. They spoke after Biden read a letter from Griner in which she said she feared she’d never return home.
Washington hasn’t disclosed its strategy in the case and the U.S. may have little leverage with Moscow because of strong animosity over its actions in Ukraine. The State Department's designation of Griner as wrongfully detained moves her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
Asked about the possibility of Griner being swapped for a Russian jailed in the U.S., Ryabkov, the senior Russian diplomat, noted that until her trial is over “there are no formal or procedural reasons to talk about any further steps.”
He warned that U.S. criticism, including a description of Griner as wrongfully detained and dismissive comments about the Russian judicial system, “makes it difficult to engage in detailed discussion of any possible exchanges.”
“The persistence with which the U.S. administration ... describes those who were handed prison sentences for serious criminal articles and those who are awaiting the end of investigation and court verdicts as ‘wrongfully detained’ reflects Washington’s refusal to have a sober view of the outside world,” Ryabkov snapped.
Griner's trial was adjourned after its start last week because two scheduled witnesses did not appear. Such delays are routine in Russian courts and her detention has been authorized through Dec. 20, suggesting the proceedings could last months. Griner's legal team, however, said they expect the trial to conclude around the beginning of the August.
Although Griner's supporters initially kept a low profile, calls for Washington to act spiked after the trial's first day on July 1.
An organization called Win With Black Women wrote Biden saying Blinken has called Cherelle Griner, "assuring her and stating publicly that Brittney’s safe return was a matter of personal priority; however, we are concerned that the rhetoric does not appear to align with the actions taken to date. We urge you to make a deal to get Brittney back home swiftly.”
Russian media have speculated repeatedly that Griner could be swapped for Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, nicknamed “the Merchant of Death,” who is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Russia has agitated for Bout’s release for years. But the wide discrepancy between Griner’s alleged offense and Bout’s global dealings in deadly weapons could make such a trade unpalatable to Washington.
Others have suggested that she could be traded along with Paul Whelan, the former Marine and security director serving 16 years in Russia on an espionage conviction that the U.S. has described as a setup.
Whelan’s brother, David, said he did not have enough information to know whether Griner's plea would be good or bad news for her and his brother.
“The conviction rate is so high in Russia, and so certain, that I could see the guilty plea as an attempt to just move the process forward," David Whelan said, noting the Russian government won't discuss “any release of Ms. Griner until she is convicted, sentenced, and potentially appeals or seeks a pardon.”
Her plea probably means that Washington and Moscow "will be able to seek a resolution faster than they could have before. But it doesn’t change the underlying calculus that the U.S. needs to find a concession that Russia will accept in order to return either or both Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan,” he added.
Griner’s agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas tweeted, “Brittney Griner was a model of courage today” who “deserves our compassion, understanding, love, and support.” Colas thanked Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for “confirming their commitment to bring BG and all Americans home and hope that out of respect for the sanctity of sport internationally, BG can return home as soon as possible.”
The WNBA players' union said in a statement that it stood by Griner, noting the 99% conviction rate in Russian courts.
“You can’t navigate it or even understand it like our own legal system,” said WNBAPA Executive Director Terri Jackson. “What we do know is that the U.S. State Department determined that Brittney Griner was wrongfully detained for a reason and we’ll leave it at that.”
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Griner “has the wholehearted and unconditional support of the entire WNBA and NBA family, who eagerly await her safe return, and the league will recognize BG as an honorary starter at this weekend’s WNBA All-Star Game.”
Russia has shown no signs of backing off.
“This is a serious offense, confirmed by indisputable evidence. ... Attempts to present the case as if the American was detained illegally do not hold up," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev said Wednesday.
“The law has been violated, and arguments about the innocent nature of Griner’s addiction, which, by the way, is punishable in some U.S. states, are inappropriate in this case,” he said.
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AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg in New York and Ellen Knickmeyer and Seung Min Kim in Washington contributed. | 2022-07-08T14:52:18+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Griner-s-Moscow-trial-resumes-amid-calls-for-US-17289318.php |
Conley boys and girls come back to beat North Pitt on the road, Panthers Jones speaks about 1,000th point
Jones hit milestone against South Central on Tuesday
BETHEL, N.C. (WITN) - D.H. Conley girls facing North Pitt in a battle of very strong teams in Pitt County. Zamareya Jones got her 1000th point on Tuesday
She went to work hitting threes in the first half she would finish with 17. North Pitt led through three by two scores.
But the Vikings stormed back. Britni Silver on the break they would get it back even.
Conley closed out strong with two double digits runs. Kylah Silver took over at both ends of the court.
D.H. Conley girls get the win 52-41. We still asked North Pitt’s Jones about hitting the milestone.
“It means a lot. I’m from a small school so 1000 means a lot. I did it as a junior so it’s cool. I knew it was coming,” says Jones, “I wanted to hit it in the Currituck game but I went into South Central needing 14. Only having to hit 14. It feels good, North Pitt my family, so I’m around family, a good vibe so it felt real good.”
A moment of silence before the boys game for both school’s former Hall of Fame coach “Cobby” Deans who passed away Tuesday. He led the Panther girls to a state title in 1972.
Panthers led most of the way but Conley clawed back late to take the lead. Jason Herring nails a three to go up 2.
Sam Newkirk did a bunch of work in this one. Gets rewarded with the game-tying two. It was 40-40 final minute
Cooper Marcum scored most of Conley’s points. He hits a big jumper with 40 seconds to play.
Chaos ensued, but finally, North Pitt set up for the last shot. The panthers can’t get the three to go and the put back doesn’t fall either. They fall 42-40.
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Actor Dolph Lundgren reveals cancer diagnosis
Published: May. 12, 2023 at 7:21 AM EDT|Updated: 27 minutes ago
(CNN) - The 65-year-old “Rocky” franchise star recently shared that he has quietly been dealing cancer since doctors found a tumor in his kidney in 2015.
Doctors found more tumors in 2020 after he experienced what he believed was acid reflux.
Those tumors were surgically removed.
Then, doctors said they found another tumor, this time in his liver and that it had grown so large it was inoperable.
That’s when Lundgren decided to get a second opinion.
The second doctor was able to find a mutation that made the cancer treatable by medication, and it reportedly helped shrink the tumor by 90%.
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Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, and Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, are co-chairs of the Gun Safety Caucus in the Maine Legislature.
For the first time in 30 years, Democrats, Republicans and independents have come together to support meaningful gun safety reforms.
On June 21, 64 members of the Senate – including Maine Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an independent – voted in favor of legislation that will help save lives, prevent gun violence, strengthen school security and fund mental health services.
The compromise legislation has been a long time coming. It took the tragedy of another school shooting, this time in at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were murdered by an 18-year-old gunman, for meaningful Congressional action.
As co-chairs of the Maine Legislature’s Gun Safety Caucus, we appreciate that our state’s two senators stepped forward to help lead the U.S. Senate to this important moment.
Though we are not immune from gun violence and gun-related deaths, by some measures our state is safer than many. So it would be easy to look at what happened in New York, South Carolina, Florida, Texas and countless other communities across the country and say that would never happen here.
But Collins and King didn’t do that. Instead, they helped to build a nonpartisan coalition that we hope can withstand pressure from the most radical voices advocating for a firearm free-for-all in our country.
“Our plan will help prevent gun violence while protecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans,” Collins said in a prepared statement.
She’s right.
According to Sen. Chris Murphy, a leader of the bipartisan group: The 80-page bill includes provisions for states and tribes to implement “red flag” laws that can prevent dangerous people from getting guns; investments in children and family mental health services; increased protections of victims of domestic violence, including the closure of the “boyfriend loophole”; funding for school-based mental health and supportive services; money for improved school security; investments in telehealth to increase access to mental and behavioral health for youth and families in crisis; and expanded reviews of gun buyers who are younger than 21 to include mental health and juvenile records.
The bill also increases penalties for criminals who traffic guns or complete straw purchases.
We are proud of the leadership of our two U.S. senators in championing this legislation, and we are also proud of the work we have accomplished in our state’s Legislature.
In Maine, we recently passed a new law that protects children from gun violence by requiring safe storage of firearms when children are present. In 2020, firearm injuries became the leading cause of death among children aged one to 19. This law will help to prevent the tragic accidental shootings that have devastated Maine families.
Thanks to another new Maine law, we have begun to collect data related to firearm fatalities and injuries. The data has already pointed to important public health concerns: this year’s report reveals that 86 percent of firearm fatalities in Maine are death by suicide.
And we now have an active group of legislators working in a bipartisan manner to promote gun safety in our state.
With the work we’ve done in Maine and the ongoing work in Washington, we are making real progress. We also know that we have much work yet to do.
For instance, while the vast majority of Maine’s firearm owners are responsible and safety conscious, our laws still leave us vulnerable to too many gun suicides. Other loopholes allow guns to be bought without appropriate background checks. Comprehensive background check and red flag laws are needed in Maine and across the country.
Wanting to do more does not stop us from supporting — and celebrating — common-sense federal legislation that we know will save lives.
Gun violence continues to take a deadly toll on all Americans, no matter where we live. Although 30 years is a long time to wait, we see this compromise as a victory and an important step toward preventing suicide and making sure every child returns home from school safely. | 2022-06-23T19:38:43+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/06/23/opinion/opinion-contributor/senate-gun-safety-bill-is-a-victory-thanks-to-sens-susan-collins-and-angus-king/ |
Can address abortion pain
Through the blessing of being involved in pro-life volunteering, I’ve met many wonderful individuals, including women who’ve had abortions. I am proud to call these women my friends, and I am glad for them that they have found help.
These friends have suffered the impact of extensive abortion propaganda. One friend who bought into this propaganda had two abortions.
Her suffering included addiction to alcohol, depression, decades of shame, and of course, grieving the loss of her children. After years of drinking to numb the pain, she found Alcoholics Anonymous and has stayed sober for 29 years.
The opportunity to be a foster parent was a major motivator in stopping her drinking.
After holding onto the pain of having aborted her children for over 35 years and having kept this secret from her husband for 25 years, she eventually was able to come to terms with it and find help and healing through a post-abortion recovery program called Rachel’s Vineyard.
After many years of dealing with infertility resulting from her previous abortions, she subsequently was fortunate to have children through adoption.
There is more than one victim in each abortion. There is, of course, the pre-born baby who dies, but there is also the mother and father, and anyone else involved.
Abortion harms everyone connected to it, not just the defenseless babies whose lives are terminated.
There is help and healing for all who seek it. Don’t believe the abortion industry propaganda, an industry that profits from women’s vulnerability. Learn the truth about abortion.
RENEE MULLEN
Champaign | 2022-10-21T16:19:35+00:00 | news-gazette.com | https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letters-editor/letter-to-the-editor-can-address-abortion-pain/article_8e72a19f-d173-5f4a-8920-c80b86de6e3b.html |
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus has undergone surgery on a knee injury that ended his involvement at the World Cup, Arsenal said Tuesday.
Jesus was hurt in Brazil's 1-0 loss to Cameroon in the group stage on Friday.
Arsenal, the Premier League leader, didn't say for how long the striker will be sidelined.
“Gabby will now begin his rehabilitation program,” the London club said. “Everyone at the club is supporting Gabby and will be working hard to get him back on the pitch as soon as possible.”
Brazil advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals after beating South Korea 4-1 on Monday. | 2022-12-06T18:44:14+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Brazil-striker-Gabriel-Jesus-has-surgery-out-of-17634958.php |
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, winner of record 3 World Cups and standard-bearer for ‘the beautiful game,’ has died at 82.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-12-29T22:11:50+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/news/us-and-world-news/brazilian-soccer-legend-pele-winner-of-record-3-world-cups-and-standard-bearer-for-the-beautiful-game-has-died-at-82/ |
A serious medical diagnosis can be life-changing. That’s why many people want another perspective. Second opinions can be expensive, however, and may require travel.
Now, virtual second opinions are offering a lifeline for people, like Dan Walden.
Active for most of his life, Walden knew something was off when he could no longer keep up with his grandkids. He was experiencing heart rhythm issues.
“I finally got to where they did an MRI on my heart,” said Walden.
Walden’s MRI and bloodwork pointed to a rare disease called, AL amyloidosis. The disease can be deadly in months without treatment. However, all of Walden’s biopsies were negative, so doctors in his home state of Georgia couldn't diagnose him. That’s when he reached outside of Georgia to the Clinic by Cleveland Clinic for a second opinion, and he did it virtually.
Walden says that decision saved his life.
“Literally, within just two weeks of engaging the Cleveland Clinic, they responded to me with a positive diagnosis,” said Walden.
Now, he's getting the medical attention he needs.
More people are turning to virtual technologies for quicker access to life-saving treatment. The virtual second opinion market is expected to be worth more than $7 billion by 2024, according to Research Kraft. That's up from roughly $3 billion a few years ago.
However, not everyone has the power to access a second opinion. Getting one of the nation's top doctors to speak with you on Zoom can come at a pretty high cost.
“They do require payment, sometimes out of pocket, sometimes by insurance,” said Howard Kleckner, MD, medical director at thesecondopinion.
That's where Dr. Kleckner is making a difference. He and his team at thesecondopinion are removing all barriers to care. Most of the physicians on staff are retired but still want to practice medicine. They're also willing to do it without a paycheck.
“We have over 70 doctors who volunteer their time,” said Kleckner.
Everything is done via Zoom. An expert panel meets directly with patients and their families to review their case and go over treatment options. Kleckner said it's not about finding other doctors' mistakes. In fact, they rarely do. He said their mission is much more than that.
“They need reassurance that they are doing the right thing and that’s what we can provide, the comfort and understanding that they need to go through their treatment,” said Kleckner.
Currently, thesecondopinion only offers free virtual second opinions to California residents. They hope to see the effort expanded in other states.
“It’s a very worthwhile service that we can provide the community, particularly those people who otherwise wouldn’t have the means or understanding to obtain additional information,” Kleckner said.
As for Dan Walden, he's thankful for his second chance and the time he gets to spend with his grandkids.
“It's important for me to be active enough that I can be a good granddad,” Walden said. | 2022-09-21T20:54:53+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/news/national/virtual-second-opinions-remove-barriers-to-care-offer-hope-to-those-with-nowhere-else-to-turn |
Aaron Rodgers has won plenty of games throughout his career so it’s no surprise he’s been successful on Thursday nights, going 11-5.
Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers need another win this week against the AFC South-leading Tennessee Titans to help them climb into the playoff race after a poor start. The Packers (4-6) snapped a five-game losing streak with an upset over the Dallas Cowboys. They’re back at Lambeau Field to take on the Titans (6-3).
“It’s obviously a big advantage for us to sleep in our own beds and have our crowd, but I think it just comes down to the study time, just being locked in,” Rodgers said. “These are long days. We’re going through a lot of different plays. We’re cramming it in, two days into one day.”
Rodgers has thrown 15 touchdowns with one interception and has a 112.5 passer rating in his past six Thursday games.
With a trip to Philadelphia to face the Eagles (8-1) up next, the Packers have a tough road to get back to .500. Led by Derrick Henry, the Titans have won six of seven after opening with two losses.
The Packers are 3-point favorites, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Pro Picks likes the Packers because they’re already a desperate team in November.
PACKERS, 24-20
Washington (minus 3 1/2) at Houston
The Commanders have won four of five to reach .500 after handing the Eagles their first loss of the season. It’s a tough spot for the Commandeers (5-5) against the Texans (1-7-1). Short week, back-to-back road games, coming off an emotional win against a divisional rival is a setup for a letdown.
UPSET SPECIAL: TEXANS, 20-19
Detroit (plus 3) at New York Giants
Saquon Barkley is facing the second-worst run defense so the Giants (7-2) can run it all day against the Lions (3-6).
BEST BET: GIANTS, 27-20
Carolina (plus 12 1/2) at Baltimore
Baker Mayfield is back under center for the Panthers (3-7). The Ravens (6-3) have won three in a row and coming off a bye.
RAVENS, 28-16
Cleveland (plus 8 1/2) at Buffalo
Josh Allen needs to stop turning the ball over in the red zone or the Bills (6-3) won’t live up to Super Bowl expectations.
BILLS, 30-17
Philadelphia (minus 6 1/2) at Indianapolis
The Eagles (8-1) weren’t going to go undefeated. The Colts (4-5-1) are undefeated under interim coach Jeff Saturday.
EAGLES, 26-20
New York Jets (plus 3 1/2) at New England
The Jets (6-3) bounced back from a home loss to the Patriots with a huge upset over the Bills before a bye. The Patriots (5-4) have won four of five.
PATRIOTS, 20-18
Los Angeles Rams (plus 4) at New Orleans
The Super Bowl hangover bit the Rams (3-6). The Saints 3-7) weren’t supposed to be this bad.
SAINTS, 23-20
Chicago (plus 3) at Atlanta
Justin Fields is showing dynamic playmaking ability for the Bears (3-7). The Falcons (4-6) are only one game out of first in a weak NFC South.
FALCONS, 24-19
Las Vegas (plus 2 1/2) at Denver
Two first-year coaches who’ve been major disappointments. The Raiders (2-7) are going for the season sweep against the Broncos (3-6).
BRONCOS, 23-17
Dallas (minus 1 1/2) at Minnesota
An 8-1 team coming off a road win against a Super Bowl favorite is somehow a home underdog. The Vikings are getting no respect from oddsmakers. This is the ultimate definition of the line dictating the pick.
COWBOYS, 27-24
Cincinnati (minus 4 1/2) at Pittsburgh
Which version of the Bengals (5-4) shows up? The Steelers (3-6) already beat them in Cincinnati in Week 1.
BENGALS, 28-16
Kansas City (minus 6 1/2) at Los Angeles Chargers
The injury-depleted Chargers (5-4) may be getting wideouts Mike Williams and Keenan Allen back. The Chiefs (7-2) have taken first place in the conference and don’t want to look back.
CHIEFS, 30-26
San Francisco (minus 8) at Arizona in Mexico City
The Cardinals (4-6) have a better chance with “home” games outside Arizona considering their record at home under Kliff Kingsbury. The 49ers (5-4) have their sights set on first place.
49ERS, 24-22
2022 RECORD
Last Week: Straight up: 7-7. Against spread: 7-7.
Season: Straight up: 86-64. Against spread: 78-69-3.
Thursday Night: Straight up: 6-4. Against spread: 4-6.
Monday Night: Straight up: 5-6. Against spread: 5-6.
Best Bet: Straight up: 7-3. Against spread: 7-3.
Upset Special: Straight up: 4-6. Against spread: 5-4-1.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-11-17T01:23:54+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/ap-aaron-rodgers-packers-in-desperate-mode-facing-titans/ |
Rivals no longer, a group of the Premier Hockey Federation’s more high-profile players issued a unifying message on Sunday by saying they’re eager to join forces in helping launch a new women’s professional hockey league in January — even as it comes at the expense of their league.
The statement was released by 11 players, featuring at least one representative from each of the league’s seven franchises, and comes three days after the PHF essentially ceased operations. The PHF was bought out by Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, one of the financial backers behind the new league he’s helping establish with the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association.
And the message comes as PHF players sit on the sideline while PWHPA members have until Sunday night to submit their votes to ratify a collective bargaining agreement and constitution.
“Today, all women’s hockey players are united stronger than ever as we enter this new era,” the statement read. “As we embark on another league formation, we bring the power and the infrastructure we fought to build. We are hugely excited to see a unified league that will house all the best athletes that hockey as to offer and aim to build the strongest league that can stand the test of time.”
The players have formed a leadership committee, and include Boston Pride captain Jillian Dempsey, who holds the PHF record for goals, points and games played, Connecticut Whale’s Kacey Bellamy, a former U.S. Olympian and former PWHPA member, and Montreal Force’s Ann-Sophie Bettez, who played on Canada’s national team and is also a former PWHPA member.
If approved, the CBA will run through 2031 and features a salary range of $35,000 to $80,000 for players on active rosters expected to total 23 players. It’s unclear when the PWHPA will announce the result of the vote.
The launch of the new league elicited both excitement that women’s hockey is finally destined to have one pro league, and anxiety over the dissolution of the PHF and the voiding of players’ existing contracts, some of which were worth $150,000 for next season.
An agreement is in place to pay those under contract a portion of their salary through September, two people with knowledge of the information told The Associated Press last week. One of the people said players will receive half their salaries or $5,000, whichever is greater, and that there will be $1 million earmarked to spread around to those who do not make one of the new teams.
The people spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because the details were not made public.
The news of the purchase re-fueled a familiar narrative over the so-called rift between the two sides, which the PHF players wanted to dispel.
“We look to depart from the divisive narrative that too often plagued the many great achievements across professional women’s hockey, and become unified as we collectively create hockey’s future,” the players wrote.
The two sides have been apart since the PWHPA was formed in 2019 following the demise of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. PWHPA members — made up mostly of U.S. and Canadian national teams players — balked at joining the PHF, which was then known as the National Women’s Hockey League, and established in 2015.
The PWHPA instead stuck to its vision of having a controlling interest in a league with a sustainable economic model and fair wages for players.
“The PWHPA was an incredible mirror that asked us to reflect on the changes we desired and fight for them in solidarity, and we will bring that momentum with us,” the PHF statement read.
“We are empowered to be entering an environment that has a union and CBA that lays out a roadmap to continue to build on,” they added. “Although this is the end of the PHF as we knew it, this evolution will never erase the tireless and thankless work of our athletes. … We started this thing and we aren’t done yet. Onwards and upwards, together.”
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Asia’s best restaurant for 2023 revealed
By Karla Cripps, CNN
Bangkok has long been considered a world capital when it comes to street food. But these days, its fine dining scene is proving to be just as alluring.
An eatery in the Thai capital won the top spot at the 2023 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards, which were handed out at a ceremony in Singapore Tuesday night.
Winning restaurant Le Du, led by owner and Thai chef Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn, is a modern Thai-inspired eatery that offers a four- or six-course tasting menu focused on seasonal Thai ingredients. Number four on last year’s list, it rose three spots to take the 2023 crown.
It was a great night for chef Thitid. Not only did his restaurant Le Du win the top spot, but his Bangkok restaurant Nusara, serving what he calls “colorful cuisine” that is “neither traditional nor modern” landed just two places behind it, earning the number three place on the list.
“I’m so honored that I’m standing among the (best) chefs in Asia in this room and this is more than a dream come true,” said Thitid from the stage while accepting his trophy.
“50 Best is something very special to my heart and not just because of the ranking but because of everyone in this room. That is the most important thing. I’m so lucky to be included in this family with you all, with all my chef friends, my brothers and sisters.”
Tokyo restaurant Sezanne, famed for its regionally inspired French cuisine, came in second on the 2023 list. Last year’s first place winner, fellow Tokyo eatery Den, fell to the number four spot this year.
Rounding out the top five was Bangkok-based Gaggan Anand, run by the legendary Kolkata-born chef of the same name.
Street food makes a rare appearance
The list — an offshoot of the global “World’s 50 Best” brand, is compiled by the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, which is made up of more than 300 food writers, critics, chefs and restaurateurs, all selected for their knowledge of Asia’s restaurant scene.
With the devastating effects of the pandemic still lingering in the global restaurant industry, the 90-minute awards ceremony, held in Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa, offered those in attendance a chance to celebrate their peers’ successes.
Special awards handed out at the event included the “One to Watch” trophy, handed to Jakarta restaurant August, which opened in 2021. The “Asia’s Best Female Chef” award went to Johanne Siy, the Philippines-born head chef of Singapore restaurant Lolla.
The Sustainable Restaurant Award was given to Manila’s Toyo Eatery, while Louisa Lim of Odette, Singapore won the Asia’s Best Pastry Chef award.
In terms of cities with the most wins, restaurants in Bangkok and Singapore each snagged nine spots on the 2023 list, while seven Tokyo eateries earned trophies.
Though most of the winners on the list are fine dining restaurants, one street food eatery managed to break through the pack — Bangkok’s Michelin-starred Raan Jay Fai, run by 70-something owner and chef Supinya “Jay Fai” Junsuta.
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2023
1. Le Du (Bangkok)
2. Sezanne (Tokyo)
3. Nusara (Bangkok)
4. Den (Tokyo)
5. Gaggan Anand (Bangkok)
6. Odette (Singapore)
7. Florilege (Tokyo)
8. La Cime (Osaka)
9. Sorn (Bangkok)
10. Narisawa (Tokyo)
11. Labyrinth (Singapore)
12. Sazenka (Tokyo)
13. The Chairman (Hong Kong)
14. Villa Aida (Wakayama, Japan)
15. Mosu (Seoul)
16. Masque (Mumbai)
17. Meta (Singapore)
18. Fu He Hui (Shanghai)
19. Indian Accent (New Delhi)
20. Ode (Tokyo)
21. Zen (Singapore)
22. Suhring (Bangkok)
23. Onjium (Seoul)
24. Burnt Ends (Singapore)
25. Euphoria (Singapore)
26. Cloudstreet (Singapore)
27. Les Amis (Singapore)
28. Mingles (Seoul)
29. Neighborhood (Hong Kong)
30. Avartana (Chennai, India)
31. Ensue (Shenzhen, China)
32. Cenci (Kyoto, Japan)
33. Ms. Maria & Mr. Singh (Bangkok)
34. Da Vittorio (Shanghai)
35. Potong (Bangkok)
36. Born (Singapore)
37. Wing (Hong Kong)
38. Raan Jay Fai (Bangkok)
39. Wing Lei Palace (Macao)
40. Anan Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
41. Mono (Hong Kong)
42. Toyo Eatery (Manila)
43. Sichuan Moon (Macao)
44.L’Effervescence (Tokyo)
45. Mume (Taipei)
46. Baan Tepa (Bangkok)
47. Born & Bred (Seoul)
48. Metiz (Manila)
49. Caprice (Hong Kong)
50. Refer (Beijing)
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LONDON, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OPEN Health, a leading global provider of scientific communication and market access services helping pharmaceutical companies to unlock the full potential of their clinical and commercial assets, majority owned by Astorg, has announced additions to its board of directors, appointing David P. King as non-executive chairman and Paul Carter as an independent board member.
David P. King will be able to draw on his extensive experience within the pharma services industry to support OPEN Health's continued growth and expansion.
"I am honored to be appointed chairman of OPEN Health, and I am excited to partner with the management team and Astorg to support strengthening its position as a global leader in medical affairs and market access. OPEN Health's strong customer relationships and deep commitment to science position it well for continued growth. I look forward to working with OPEN Health's market-leading management team as they continue to provide innovative solutions to positively impact science, medicine, and patients' lives," remarked David.
David P. King served for 13 years as chairman and CEO of LabCorp, where he spearheaded the company's transformation from a pure-play clinical laboratory into a global leader in life sciences, tripling the size of the company to more than $11.5 billion in revenue and nearly 65,000 employees. David was critical in the expansion of offerings for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including leading the acquisition of Covance. Today, LabCorp is a Fortune 250 company with over $15 billion in revenue and 75,000 employees, serving pharmaceutical companies, doctors, hospitals, researchers, and patients worldwide.
Paul Carter will draw on his diverse commercial experience across multiple international markets and leverage the pharma customer perspective to support OPEN Health's continued dedication to science and customer centricity.
Commenting on his appointment, Paul Carter said, "OPEN Health is a formidable company, and I look forward to working with the board and management team to help guide the company's development plan and further strengthen its position as a leading commercialization partner for pharma and biotech companies globally."
Paul Carter served as executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Gilead, where he oversaw unprecedented growth and commercial success in the US, Europe, Japan, and other geographies. In his prior role as head of commercial operations for international markets at Gilead, Mr. Carter built out the Gilead commercial infrastructure across 38 countries over eight years.
"We are delighted to welcome Dave and Paul to the OPEN Health board of directors, both stalwarts in the pharma ecosystem," Rob Barker, OPEN Health CEO, said. "Dave and Paul are experienced leaders with excellent track records in the healthcare and life sciences industry. Their leadership and market insights will help OPEN Health to continue to grow and scale."
Astorg partner and head of healthcare Judith Charpentier added, "Dave and Paul are bringing a unique set of skills and knowledge drawing on decades of experience and leadership in the healthcare ecosystem. As members of the strong Astorg Healthcare leadership network, we have admired Dave's and Paul's thought and market leadership for years, and we are excited to have them join the OPEN Health board as independent directors. The addition of their commercial and customer knowledge, strong networks, and experience in growing companies will further strengthen OPEN Health's market position."
OPEN Health unites deep scientific knowledge with wide-ranging specialist expertise to unlock possibilities that improve health outcomes and patient well-being. Working in partnership with our clients, we embrace our different perspectives and strengths to deliver fresh thinking and solutions that make a difference. OPEN Health is a flexible global organization that solves complex healthcare challenges across HEOR and market access, medical communications and creative omnichannel campaigns. To learn more, visit www.openhealthgroup.com.
Astorg is the majority shareholder of OPEN Health. A European private equity firm with over €18 billion of assets under management, Astorg works with entrepreneurs and management teams to acquire market-leading global companies headquartered in Europe or the US, providing them with the strategic guidance, governance, and capital they need to achieve their growth plans. Enjoying a distinct entrepreneurial culture, a long-term shareholder perspective, and a lean decision-making body, Astorg has valuable industry expertise in healthcare, software, technology, business services, and technology-based industrial companies. Astorg has offices in London, Paris, New York, Frankfurt, Milan, and Luxembourg.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks want to establish a hard-working identity, especially at home.
They took a step in that direction Friday night.
Max Domi stole the puck from Lucas Raymond and scored 2:16 into overtime, lifting Chicago to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in the Blackhawks' home opener.
“I think back-to-back wins, I think we've showed some good resilience,” Andreas Athanasiou said. “Just not giving up on it. It just kind of shows the group we have in here.”
Athanasiou, Philipp Kurashev and Connor Murphy also scored for Chicago in its first game in six days. Petr Mrazek made 15 stops before departing with an unspecified injury, and Alex Stalock had 10 saves in the third period and overtime.
The Blackhawks trailed 3-1 after two periods. They also trailed by two in their previous game before rallying for a 5-2 victory at San Jose.
“They really showed a lot of character in that room,” first-year coach Luke Richardson said.
Richardson said Mrazek felt he had a “small injury” at the end of the second.
“Probably tomorrow he won't be on the ice,” Richardson said. “We'll just keep him off and just see how it settles, and then take steps from there.”
Dominik Kubalik had a goal and an assist for Detroit, which dropped its second straight game in overtime. Dylan Larkin and Pius Suter also scored, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves.
“We just let our foot off the gas," Larkin said. “They came out to play in the third. We didn’t.”
It was Kubalik’s first game against Chicago since he signed a $5 million, two-year contract with Detroit in July. Kubalik spent his first three NHL seasons with the Blackhawks, getting 62 goals and 54 assists in 202 games.
The 27-year-old forward got his second goal with his new team when he tipped Olli Maatta's shot past Mrazek on the goaltender's glove side, making it 3-1 with 8:42 left in the second.
Athanasiou converted a penalty shot 5:41 into the second for his first goal with his new team. It was the first penalty-shot goal for the Blackhawks since Jonathan Toews got one on March 11, 2019, against Arizona.
Chicago then tied it at 3 with two goals in the third. Kurashev beat Nedeljkovic with a backhand on a rebound at 3:46, and Murphy scored a short-handed goal off a faceoff at 10:06.
“A lot of mistakes ended up in the back of our net," Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. "The reality is, they’ve got to go through things like this to learn.”
Toews and Patrick Kane each got a loud ovation when they were introduced before possibly their last home opener with Chicago. Each of the star forwards is in the last year of his contract and could be moved by the rebuilding Blackhawks at some point this season.
Kane got a good look with about four minutes left in the second, but he shot it off the post.
Detroit jumped in front with two goals 67 seconds apart in the first. Suter scored his first of the season when Robert Hagg's rebound went off his left skate and in, and Larkin added a power-play goal on a wrist shot from the high slot at 10:33.
Larkin departed with an upper-body injury with about seven minutes left in the first, but he returned for the start of the second.
“I’m OK," Larkin said. "It was an awkward play, an awkward fall. I’m all right.”
HE'S BACK
Veteran defenseman Jake McCabe made his season debut for the Blackhawks, replacing Filip Roos in the lineup. The 29-year-old McCabe is coming back from cervical spine surgery.
UP NEXT
Red Wings: Host the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.
Blackhawks: Host the Seattle Kraken on Sunday.
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White Sox the focus of Guardians' celebrations originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The Cleveland Guardians took the AL Central with pride and plenty of determination over the White Sox on Sunday.
As the team celebrated with champagne showers and camaraderie in the clubhouse, they couldn't help but rub their division win in the face of the White Sox.
The video, taken by closer Emmanuel Clase, captures the team chanting "F--k the White Sox." In a separate video in the replies, the Guardians hopped onto the "Fire Tony [La Russa]" train.
The White Sox are finishing out their season miserably. They've lost six straight games, swept by the Guardians and the Tigers in that span. As of this writing, the team's fallen back under .500, with a 76-77 record.
Luis Robert was placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season. La Russa will not return to manage for the rest of the year. And, Tim Anderson will likely sit out not to risk further injury on his left middle finger.
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But, they're not out of the woods yet.
The team still has to play two, three-game series against the San Diego Padres and the Minnesota Twins before ending the regular season. | 2022-09-26T16:48:09+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/white-sox-were-the-focus-of-the-cleveland-guardians-celebrations/2949991/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metro police crews are responding to an officer-involved shooting on the city’s northeast side.
IMPD’s official Twitter account tweeted around 4:30 p.m. Sunday that crews were “on-scene of an officer-involved shooting” and that media staging would be at the intersection of Winding Way and Kessler Blvd. on the city’s northeast side.
IMPD said no officers were injured in the incident.
Around 5:10 p.m., IMPD tweeted the following traffic alert:
“Binford Blvd is closed Southbound, North of Kessler Blvd.,” IMPD said. “Kessler Blvd is closed in both directions. Drivers are asked to find alternate routes.”
Around 5:20 p.m. officers on scene provided an update on the situation.
A preliminary investigation by IMPD shows that officers attempted to pull over a vehicle involved in a prior criminal incident around 4 p.m. at the intersection of 38th Street and Fall Creek Blvd. The suspect car did not stop and IMPD officers engaged them in pursuit.
The police pursuit ended when the suspect car crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Binford Avenue and Kessler Blvd. No one, IMPD said, was injured in that crash.
There were two occupants in the suspect car that led officers on the chase, IMPD said, and both of them got out of the car following the crash and ran.
Officers chased the two people and eventually at least one of the suspects began shooting at IMPD crews. IMPD officers returned fire and struck one of the two people running away.
The suspect that was shot by officers, IMPD said, was taken to a local hospital and their condition is unknown. The second person involved in the chase was not shot but was taken to a hospital for a complaint of chest pain.
IMPD investigators located two guns on the scene and are working to determine if they were used during the incident.
Police said that there is no active threat to the public and that all parties involved are accounted for. This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as it becomes available. | 2023-01-29T23:56:33+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-on-indianapolis-northeast-side/ |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied again in downtown Belgrade on Friday, demanding the resignation of Serbia’s populist president and warned of “radicalization” of the peaceful protest if their demands aren’t met — all in the wake of two mass shootings that stunned the nation.
The protesters carried posters of President Aleksandar Vucic and his close ally Prime Minister Ana Brnabic dressed in black-and-white striped prison uniforms.
They chanted slogans “Vucic Go Away” and protest leaders said their demands, which include the resignation of top security officials and the withdrawal of national broadcasting rights to pro-government TV stations that promote violence, must be met by the end of the next week.
They said that if their demands were not fulfilled by the deadline, the peaceful protests will assume a new, more radical form. They didn’t reveal what the “radicalization” of the protests could include.
Belgrade and some other Serbian cities have seen mass demonstrations since two deadly shooting rampages in early May that killed 18 people and wounded 20 others, including elementary school pupils. The protest on Friday was the sixth in the Serbian capital since the killings.
“We cannot return the lives to the victims, but we can make sure that this doesn’t happen again,” actor Milan Maric said while addressing the crowd. “We want Serbia without violence, Serbia with hope.”
The opposition has accused Vucic of fueling intolerance and hate speech against his opponents during his increasingly 11-year autocratic rule, while illegally seizing control of almost all state institutions. Vucic has denied this, saying that opposition groups want him toppled by force or even killed.
The Serbian president earlier this week promised an early parliamentary election, in an apparent attempt to defuse the growing public discontent with his rule. Most of the opposition parties, however, have rejected holding an election while Vucic maintains a firm grip on almost all leverages of power, including the mainstream media.
The two shootings on May 3 and 4 stunned the nation, especially because the first one happened in an elementary school in central Belgrade, when a 13-year-old boy took his father’s gun and opened fire on his fellow students. Eight students and a school guard were killed and seven other people were wounded. One more girl later died in hospital from head wounds.
A day later, a 20-year-old used an automatic weapon to randomly target people in two villages south of Belgrade, killing eight people and wounding 14.
A new protest is planned for next week in what is becoming an increasingly serious challenge to Vucic, perhaps the biggest one he has faced since coming to power. | 2023-06-09T23:38:11+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/business/tens-of-thousands-rally-against-serbias-populist-leader-warn-of-protest-radicalization/ |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three men whose fishing boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast were rescued after surviving for more than a day despite being attacked by sharks that inflicted deep cuts on their hands and shredded one of their life jackets, according to their rescuers.
Rescue crews found them only after one of the fishermen managed to send a text message from a nearly drained cellphone, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Keefe said.
“It’s difficult for us to describe how lucky they were," Keefe told NBC's “Today” show on Tuesday. "All these things happened in their favor.”
The fishermen left Venice, Louisiana, during the weekend and became stranded when their 24-foot (7.3-meter) boat sank. The Coast Guard launched a search after a family member called Saturday night saying they hadn't returned.
Using boats, planes and helicopters, the Coast Guard spent hours searching an area of the Gulf larger than Rhode Island, but found no sign of the missing fishermen.
Then, a relative a forwarded the Coast Guard a text message that the relative had received from one of the men. It was a screenshot of a Google map showing their approximate location in the water.
“He told me he had 2% battery and he fired off that text message,” Keefe said of the fisherman who sent the message.
When rescuers spotted the men Sunday afternoon off the coast of Empire, Louisiana, they saw two of them fighting off sharks circling in the water. All three were pulled from the water, with the two injured men taken by helicopter to a New Orleans hospital in stable condition.
“They had multiple lacerations on their hands, almost down to the bone,” Lt. Katy Caraway, a Coast Guard co-pilot, told “Today.” She added: "We actually were able to recover one of the life jackets that had been eaten through by a shark.”
The Coast Guard did not release the names of the fishermen. Keefe said had the three men not been wearing life jackets, they might not have survived. | 2022-10-11T14:24:45+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/How-lucky-Fishermen-rescued-fighting-off-17501292.php |
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Latch, Inc. f/k/a TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. ("Latch" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LTCH, LTCHW).
Class Period: May 13, 2021 – August 25, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 31, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Latch lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at https://www.glancylaw.com/cases/latch-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that there were unreported sales arrangements related to hardware devices; (2) that, as a result, the Company had improperly recognized revenue throughout fiscal 2021 and first quarter 2022; (3) that there were material weaknesses in Latch's internal control over financial reporting related to revenue recognition; (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, Latch would restate financial statements for fiscal 2021 and first quarter 2022; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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- Record average daily volume (ADV) of 2,456,246 SOFR futures and options contracts traded in August
- Record ADV of 606,225 SOFR options contracts
CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that open interest (OI) in SOFR options reached a record 10.36 million contracts for the first time on August 9. The single-day OI in SOFR futures and options hit a record 17.66 million contracts, as ADV for SOFR futures and options reached a record 2,456,246 in August.
"SOFR options open interest has grown at a record pace in 2022 for any listed options on a fixed income product," said Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Rates and OTC Products. "With open interest of 10 million contracts, SOFR options have now joined the top three largest fixed income listed options markets, becoming a highly liquid and leading risk management tool for our clients."
To date in August 2022, SOFR options average daily volume (ADV) has grown to a record 606,225 contracts per day, up from 386,018 contracts per day on average during July 2022. SOFR futures ADV in August is equivalent to 150% of Eurodollar futures ADV and SOFR options ADV is equivalent to 138% of Eurodollar options ADV in August.
SOFR options are now among the world's deepest and most consistently liquid options markets, with broad participation from global banks, hedge funds, asset managers, principal trading firms and other types of traders.
SOFR futures and options are listed with and subject to the rules of CME. For more information on SOFR futures and options, please visit www.cmegroup.com/sofr.
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By ISABEL DEBRE (Associated Press)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities said late Friday that at least one person was killed and six were wounded in a suspected attack in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub.
The exact nature of the attack was not immediately clear, but the Foreign Ministry referred to it as a “terror attack,” a term Israeli officials use for assaults by Palestinians.
A car rammed into a group of people near a popular seaside park before flipping over, police said. Israel’s rescue service said a 30-year-old man was killed, while four other people were receiving medical treatment for mild to moderate injuries.
Police said they shot the driver of the car. The driver’s condition was uncertain, but social media videos shows a body on the ground beside an overturned car while multiple gunshots ring out.
The attack came against the backdrop of heightened tensions after Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian militant targets in both Lebanon and Gaza, as well as a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank that killed two Israelis. That followed days of violence and unrest in Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, the compound of the Al-Aqsa mosque in the Old City.
The Hamas militant group that rules Gaza praised the attack in Tel Aviv as a response to Israel’s “crimes against Al-Aqsa Mosque and worshippers.”
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
JERUSALEM (AP) —
Israel unleashed rare airstrikes on Lebanon and bombarded the Gaza Strip on Friday, an escalation that sparked fears of a broader conflict after days of violence over Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
Later in the day, there were signs that both sides were trying to keep the hostilities in check. Fighting on Israel’s northern and southern borders subsided after dawn, and midday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem passed peacefully. But a Palestinian shooting attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank killed two British-Israeli sisters just hours later — a grim reminder of the combustible situation.
The early morning Israeli strikes followed an unusually large rocket barrage fired at Israel from southern Lebanon — some of the heaviest and most serious cross-border violence since Israel’s 2006 war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants.
The violence erupted after Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem earlier in the week, sparking unrest in the contested capital and outrage across the Arab world.
The Israeli strikes seemed designed to avoid drawing in Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shiite group that Israel considers its most immediate threat. Israel’s military said its warplanes struck infrastructure belonging to Hamas militants that it accused of firing the nearly three dozen rockets that slammed into open areas and towns in northern Israel on Thursday.
Nonetheless, Israel said it believed the Palestinian militants acted with the knowledge of Hezbollah, which holds sway over much of southern Lebanon.
There were no reports of serious casualties, but several people in the southern Lebanese town of Qalili, including Syrian refugees, said they were lightly wounded.
“I immediately gathered my wife and children and got them out of the house,” said Qalili resident Bilal Suleiman, who was jolted awake by the bombing.
A flock of sheep was killed when the Israeli missiles struck a field near the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh, according to an Associated Press photographer. Other airstrikes hit a bridge and a power transformer in nearby Maaliya, and damaged an irrigation system providing water to orchards.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel’s military pounded what it said were weapons production sites and underground tunnels belonging to Hamas, which rules the Palestinian enclave. A children’s hospital in Gaza City was among sites sustaining damage, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
After the retaliatory strikes, Israelis living along the southern border returned home from bomb shelters. Most missiles that managed to cross into Israeli territory hit open areas, but one landed in the town of Sderot, sending shrapnel slicing into a house.
There were no reports of casualties on either side of the southern border.
The Israeli military said everyone wanted to avoid a full-blown conflict. “Quiet will be answered with quiet,” said spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht. A Qatari official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the emirate was mediating.
The Palestinian shooting attack in the West Bank, near an Israeli settlement in the Jordan Valley, killed two sisters in their 20s and seriously wounded their 45-year-old mother, Israeli officials said. The women killed were British citizens, the Foreign Office said, expressing remorse for their deaths and calling for both sides to de-escalate. The family lived in the Efrat settlement, near the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, said Oded Revivi, the settlement’s mayor.
The girls’ father was driving in a separate car behind his wife and daughters and witnessed the attack, Revivi added. Medics said they dragged the unconscious women from their smashed car, which appeared to have been pushed off the road.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant toured the site late Friday and vowed to catch the attacker. “It’s just a matter of time, and not much time, until we settle the score,” Netanyahu said.
He also said his Security Cabinet had passed a series of measures overnight. “We acted in Lebanon, we acted in Gaza, we beefed up forces in the field,” he said, promising additional actions.
No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. But Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem hailed it as “retaliation for the crimes committed by Israel in the West Bank and the Al-Aqsa mosque.”
Jerusalem’s holy site of Al-Aqsa, a tinderbox for Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sits on a hilltop sacred to both Muslims and Jews. In 2021, an escalation triggered by clashes there spilled over into an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers.
On Friday, over 130,000 worshippers poured into the compound for midday prayers, which ended without incident.
Before dawn prayers, chaos had erupted at an entrance to the esplanade as Israeli police wielding batons descended on crowds of Palestinian worshippers who chanted slogans praising Hamas as they tried to squeeze into the site. An hour later, according to videos, people leaving the prayers staged a large protest on the limestone courtyard, raising their fists and shouting against Israel. Israeli police forced their way into the compound, inflaming tensions during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Police said security forces entered the holy compound after prayers in response to “masked suspects” who threw rocks toward officers at one of the gates. Israeli authorities control access to the area but the compound is administered by Islamic and Jordanian officials.
The unrest comes at a delicate time for Jerusalem’s Old City, which was teeming with pilgrims from around the world. The Christian faithful retraced the route Jesus is said to have taken for Good Friday, Jews celebrated the weeklong Passover holiday, and Muslims prayed and fasted for Ramadan.
The current round of violence began Wednesday after Israeli police twice raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque — in one case fiercely beating Palestinians, who responded by hurling rocks and firecrackers. That led Thursday to rocket fire from Gaza and, in an unusual escalation, the barrage from southern Lebanon and the Israeli retaliation.
Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry said it had instructed its mission to the United Nations to submit a complaint to the U.N. Security Council against the “deliberate Israeli bombing and aggression,” which it condemned as “a flagrant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty.”
Israel, meanwhile, appealed to the international community to condemn the rocket fire from Lebanon and Gaza and what it said was incitement to violence by Hamas. It urged U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a Security Council condemnation of Lebanon and Hamas.
The Israeli foreign minister, Eli Cohen, spoke by phone with his counterparts from Turkey and Bahrain — both countries that only recently improved ties with Israel — about how to calm tensions.
Even as a fragile calm took hold along the Lebanese and Gaza borders, the West Bank remained volatile. Violence has surged to new heights there in recent months, with Palestinian health officials reporting the start of 2023 to be the most deadly for Palestinians in two decades.
Nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the start of the year, according to an Associated Press tally. During that time, 16 people have been killed in Palestinian attacks on Israelis — all but one of them civilians. Israel says most of the Palestinian victims have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting police incursions and people not involved in the confrontations have also been killed.
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Associated Press writer Abby Sewell in Beirut, Jill Lawless in London and Joseph Krauss in Ottawa, Canada, contributed to this report. | 2023-04-07T19:49:44+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/07/israeli-authorities-say-attack-kills-1-wounds-6-in-tel-aviv/ |
SPRINGVILLE- North Pontotoc put themselves in a good position to advance in the opening round of the Division 2-4A Tournament against Ripley last Tuesday, but a cold streak in the fourth quarter led to the Tigers prevailing 53-45.
The Vikings held a 12-9 lead at the end of the first period. Nick Burchfield had a strong opening quarter with 7 points on a jumper, a 3-pointer, and two free throws. Drew Winfun also drained a 3-pointer, while Amari Hubbard made a pair of free throws.
It went back and forth in the second quarter. Eli Baker drove for a layup to give North a 14-13 lead, and Omaree Scott twice broke ties with jump shots to put the Vikings up 16-14 and 18-16. After Ripley’s Elijah Edgeston knotted it up at 18, Baker gave North a two-point lead with a pair of free throws. Burchfield then made 1 of 2 from the foul line before Scott drove and found Burchfield open for a layup to make it 23-18 at the 2:47 mark. Free throws from Sir Justin Marshall (2), Baker (2), and Burchfield, as well as a driving basket by Scott, allowed the Vikings to open up a 30-22 halftime lead.
After a baseline drive and reverse layup from Baker to start the second half, North went on to take a 12-point lead. Ripley gradually chipped away, however, getting to within 39-36 by the end of the third. Edgeston heated up with 10 points in the quarter, including a pair of threes.
Missed shots, as well as turnovers, hurt the Vikings down the stretch. North managed only three free throws over the first seven minutes of the fourth. Ripley went up for good when a jumper by Edgeston made it 44-42 to 2:28 to play. Quintarious Irving followed with a baseline jumper, and Edgeston knocked down two free throws before Baker made North’s lone field goal of the final quarter- a 3-pointer that put North right back in it at 48-45 with 41 seconds remaining. However, the game ended with Ripley scoring the final five points to pick up the win.
Edgeston finished with 24 points. Baker and Burchfield had 14 and 13 points respectively for the Vikings.
North, who went 3-25 a year ago, improved to 10-16 this year and was a competitive club all season.
“I thought they bought into what we wanted to do,” said first-year head coach Rob Browning. “We improved a lot over the course of the year. Changing things is a long-term plan. We had some young kids that got a lot of playing experience, so now we’ve got to build on this.
“We are going to miss (seniors) Eli Baker and Nick Burchfield for sure. Those two guys kind of led everything for us in practice and in games.” | 2023-02-15T15:41:07+00:00 | djournal.com | https://www.djournal.com/pontotoc/vikings-season-ends-with-tough-loss-to-tigers/article_88128197-ea21-561d-9a99-0339759e29f1.html |
New Plant Based Heavy Whipping Cream Is A Versatile Alternative That Adds Depth and Richness
NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Country Crock® today announced the launch of their Plant Cream, a new plant-based alternative to dairy heavy whipping cream that can be used in endless cooking and baking recipes. The newest innovation offers a no-sacrifice substitute with an easy 1:1 swap with dairy, elevating meals to be more rich and flavorful.
Their new Plant Cream is the latest extension of the Country Crock Plant Based line of dairy-free and vegan products. In addition to being dairy-free, Country Crock Plant Cream is soy-free and certified plant-based by the Plant Based Foods Association (PFBA). With 29% less saturated fat than dairy heavy whipping cream, it's the perfect plant-based heavy cream replacement.
"Country Crock Plant Cream is a must-have, secret weapon ingredient to have in the kitchen. Its versatility and delicious taste make it perfect for vegetarians, dairy intolerant or plant curious consumers," said Natalie Cooper, Brand Lead, Country Crock. "We believe that once consumers make the switch, they will find surprising ways to enjoy it, including reheating leftovers, making ultra-creamy pastas, or baking a delicious dessert."
To celebrate the new Plant Cream, Country Crock recently launched the "We Defied Dairy" campaign. This campaign demonstrates how Country Crock Plant Cream along with Country Crock Plant Butter is made with delicious plant-powered ingredients, giving customers all the taste of heavy whipping cream and butter but without the heaviness of dairy. The campaign includes spots on Connected TV, Linear TV, and digital platforms.
Country Crock Plant Cream is available nationally at Kroger and soon to be Publix as well as regionally in retailers including Price Chopper, Piggly Wiggly Alabama, Albertsons, Safeway and United Supermarkets. To find a retailer near you, please visit: https://www.countrycrock.com/store-locator. To learn more about Plant Cream, visit https://www.countrycrock.com/our-products/plant-cream.
Country Crock has created rich and creamy spreads from the middle of the country to the middle of your table. For over 30 years our products have started with farm-grown ingredients that we slow-churn to perfection with ingredients like plant-based oils, water, and a touch of salt. Our portfolio includes our Original Spreads, Plant Butter, and Plant Cream. To learn more, please visit https://www.countrycrock.com/ and check out @countrycrock on Instagram for recipe inspiration.
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This new banking product allows users to earn interest, pay reduced fees on international remittances and get reimbursement of international transaction fees when using the card outside the US
BOSTON, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sendwave, the remittance brand making sending money across borders easy and affordable, announces Sendwave Pay. Sendwave Pay is a banking product available to select Sendwave customers based in the United States.
Sendwave Pay provides existing Sendwave users access to a FDIC-insured bank account* with an accompanying debit card. This makes Sendwave the only major remittance provider with such an offering in the US.
Account holders will have:
- a bank account* with no hidden account creation, maintenance or minimum balance fees;
- access to up to 0.4% improvement on exchange rates and up to 25% savings on transaction fees on remittances to Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, and Liberia when using the funds in their accounts account funds;
- a Sendwave Pay debit card to use on every day transactions;
- reimbursements for international transaction fees when using their Sendwave Pay debit card outside of the US;
- earn up to 0.51% APY on the money held in their Sendwave Pay account
For migrants, opening a bank account is an important step to establishing themselves and helps to achieve financial autonomy. Sendwave Pay provides an opportunity for our customers to build cross-border wealth and recognizes the demand for a product that better serves customers' needs than a standard bank account.
"The way that people use and access money has drastically changed over the last decade," said Eric Huynh, Product Lead, Sendwave Pay, Zepz. "We created Sendwave Pay to better meet the needs of our customers, who are dynamically considering how they manage their money both for themselves and for loved ones abroad."
Sendwave Pay is the first neobank offering within Zepz, the Group powering global remittance brands Sendwave and WorldRemit. As an organisation dedicated to providing millions of customers around the world with fast, safe and easy-to-use solutions for getting their money home to loved ones,
Sendwave Pay is an important product innovation within the portfolio. This product offering is the first of an exciting future, where Zepz intends to continually invest in migrant-focused financial offerings.
"Investing in meaningful innovations to serve the needs of cross-border communities is part of our purpose and at the heart of everything we do," said Mark Lenhard, CEO of Zepz. "Sendwave Pay enables US-based migrants to take their money farther, creates financial empowerment through interest schemes and competitive benefits, and firmly establishes Sendwave as a heavy hitter in the fintech space."
Sendwave Pay is being rolled out to select users via the Sendwave app, available on iOS and Android.
*Sendwave is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by Piermont Bank; Member FDIC. The Sendwave Visa® Debit Card is issued by Piermont Bank pursuant to a licence from Visa U.S.A. Inc. and may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.
About Sendwave Pay
Sendwave's mission is to make sending money as easy and affordable as sending a text. Our app sends transfers securely from North America and Europe to Africa, Asia and the Americas. Sendwave is committed to reaching more people around the world, which is why we created Sendwave Pay, a unique neobank product available to select Sendwave customers based in the United States. With Sendwave Pay, users have access to better rates and lower fees on all remittances from the US to Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria and Liberia. Financial inclusivity is a pillar of our brand, and Sendwave Pay is a key product in our portfolio that enables users to earn up to interest monthly on the monies held in their Sendwave Pay account. We believe in borderless access to funds, so users can benefit from reimbursements for international charges when using their Sendwave Pay debit card outside of the US.
Sendwave Pay is designed to help immigrants build wealth that they can access across borders.
*Sendwave Pay is the first neobank offering within Zepz, the Group powering global remittance brands WorldRemit and SendWave. Sendwave is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by Piermont Bank; Member FDIC. The Sendwave Visa® Debit Card is issued by Piermont Bank pursuant to a licence from Visa U.S.A. Inc. and may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.
About Zepz
Zepz Group is the group powering leading global remittance brands: WorldRemit and Sendwave. Since 2021, Zepz Group has been disrupting an industry previously dominated by offline legacy players by reducing the barriers to finance and increasing safety and convenience for users. Every day, Zepz Group and its brands work towards unlocking the prosperity of cross-border communities through finance and technology - driven by the vision of a world that celebrates migrants' impact on prosperity, at home and abroad.
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SOURCE Zepz Group | 2023-06-27T10:39:45+00:00 | waff.com | https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2023/06/27/sendwave-announces-sendwave-pay-us-customers/ |
KUNSHAN, China, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arctech, the world's leading solar tracking, racking, and BIPV provider welcomed the senior management from ACWA Power and China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (hereafter "CEEC") at a business meeting in Arctech's headquarters, Kunshan, China.
ACWA Power is the largest independent power and desalination water company in the Middle East, and CEEC is one of the largest comprehensive solutions providers for the power industry in the globe.
Cai Hao, President, and Chairman at Arctech extended a hearty welcome to Mohammad A. Abunayyan, Chairman of ACWA Power trip to China. He remarked: "Arctech and ACWA Power have carried out fruitful cooperation on previous projects, we expect to strengthen cooperation and innovate the cooperation mode with ACWA Power under the Road and Belt Initiative and Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, becoming a pair of role models for Belt and Road cooperation."
Mr. Abunayyan said: "The Road and Belt Initiative echoes Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. The deep synergy between these two initiatives creates even wider prospects for bilateral exchanges and cooperation. Arctech and ACAW Power have forged a solid foundation for cooperation, we hope both sides can give full play to their advantages and continue to deepen the cooperation in the future."
On 19th February, ALHARBI SAMI MUGBEL S, ACWA VP & Chairman of ASB 1&2 Project Company, and Xiong Gaoxia, Deputy General Manager of CEEC led a team to visit Arctech's headquarters in Kunshan and discuss future cooperation. Mr. Cai said: "We have established a solid foundation for long-term cooperation among ACWA Power, CEEC, and Arctech, and aims at expediting carbon neutrality in the Middle East."
Mr. ALHARBI said: "Solar industry is ready to take off in the Middle East, ACWA Power expects to become a role model of China-Saudi Arabia cooperation in the renewable industry."
Mr. Xiong said: " We have been impressed by Arctech's professional service and reliable products in the past cooperation. We expect to sustain and deepen the cooperation."
Arctech has accumulated over a 3GW project portfolio in the Middle East market since entering the market in 2017.
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ROME, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ENEL – Società per Azioni (the "Company"), today announces that, in connection with its previously announced cash tender offer (the "USD Tender Offer") for its U.S.$1,250,000,000 8.750% Capital Securities due 2073 (X Receipts ISIN: US29265WAA62, N Receipts ISIN: US29265WAB46) (the "USD Securities"), U.S.$411,060,000 in aggregate principal amount of USD Securities was validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to 11:00 p.m. CET (5.00 p.m. New York City time), on January 23, 2023 (the "Early Tender Deadline"), in the aggregate amounts as shown in the table below. The Company has accepted for purchase all of such early tender securities (U.S.$411,060,000) in aggregate principal amount of USD Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the Early Tender Deadline, and as a result the relevant tendered USD Securities may not be withdrawn.
The terms and conditions of the USD Tender Offer are described in the Offer to Purchase dated January 9, 2023 (including appendices and exhibits thereto) ("Offer to Purchase") and remain unchanged. Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set out in the Offer to Purchase.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the USD Tender Offer for the USD Securities:
The settlement of the early tender securities is expected to occur on January 26, 2023 (the "Early Tender Settlement Date"). Holders of USD Securities that did not tender before the Early Tender Deadline can still tender prior to 11:00 p.m. CET (5:00 p.m., New York City time), on February 7, 2023 (the "Final Tender Expiration Date"), but they will not be entitled to the Early Tender Payment (as defined in the Offer to Purchase).
Holders of USD Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase by the Company will be eligible to receive the Total Consideration for the USD Tender Offer, including the Early Tender Payment (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). In addition to the Total Consideration, all payments for USD Securities purchased on the Early Tender Settlement Date in connection with the USD Tender Offer will also include accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of USD Securities purchased from the last applicable interest payment date up to, but not including, the Early Tender Settlement Date. The total accrued and unpaid interest is expected to be U.S.$29.652777777778 per $1,000 in nominal amount of USD Security accepted for purchase on the Early Tender Settlement Date.
Subject to applicable law, the Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend, extend or terminate the USD Tender Offer with regard to any or all series of USD Securities. In case of termination of the USD Tender Offer, the USD Securities tendered pursuant to the USD Tender Offer will be promptly returned to the tendering holders.
Removal of Capped Maximum Amount
On January 17, 2023, the Company announced that the Capped Maximum Amount for the purposes of the USD Tender Offer, as described in the Offer to Purchase is U.S.$1,250,000,000 (the "Capped Maximum Amount") and was removed. As the Capped Maximum Amount is equal to the outstanding amount of the USD Securities, the Company will accept any and all validly tendered USD Securities. Therefore, no proration is expected to be applied in connection with the USD Tender Offer.
Other Purchases
The Company or its affiliates may from time to time, after completion of the USD Tender Offer, purchase additional USD Securities in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, through tender or exchange offers or otherwise, or the Company may redeem USD Securities that are redeemable pursuant to their terms. Any future purchases may be on the same terms or on terms that are more or less favourable to holders of USD Securities than the terms of the Offers.
Information Relating to the USD Tender Offer
BNP Paribas, BofA Securities Europe SA, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC Continental Europe, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and NatWest Markets N.V. are acting as dealer managers in relation to the USD Tender Offer (the "Dealer Managers").
Acupay System LLC ("Acupay") is acting as tax certification and tender agent in respect of the USD Tender Offer.
Questions regarding the USD Tender Offer should be directed to the:
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell with respect to any securities. The solicitation of offers to sell the Securities is only being made pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase. The USD Tender Offer is not being made in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. None of ENEL or its affiliates, their respective boards of directors or similar governing bodies, the Dealer Managers, the information and tender agent or the applicable trustee is making any recommendation as to whether or not holders should tender their Securities in connection with the USD Tender Offer, and neither ENEL nor any other person has authorized any person to make any such recommendation.
Holders of USD Securities should also be aware of the tax formalities below.
None of the Company, the Receipt Issuer, the Dealer Manager, trustee or Acupay assumes any responsibility for any holders that miss any applicable deadlines (including those related to the Early Tender Payment) as a result of a rejection due to failure to comply with the tax procedures laid out in Appendix A of the Offer to Purchase.
The USD Securities are evidenced by one or more global securities (the "Global Securities") registered in the name of Monte Titoli S.p.A. ("Monte Titoli"), as operator of the Italian central securities clearing system. All of the book entry interests in the Global Securities are credited to a third-party securities account in Monte Titoli of the Company and operated by Citibank N.A., London Branch as receipt issuer (the "Receipt Issuer"). Beneficial interests in the Global Securities are represented by one or more global receipts in registered form evidencing the book entry interests in the relevant Global Securities (the "Global Receipts") which have been issued and delivered by the Receipt Issuer to The Depository Trust Company ("DTC").
The Receipt Issuer holds Global Receipts as custodian for DTC, and the Global Receipts are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as DTC's nominee, for the benefit of DTC's participants.
Under Italian law, interest in respect of the USD Securities may be subject to substitute tax in Italy, currently at the rate of 26.0%, upon (i) payment of interest, premium and other income in respect of the USD Securities or (ii) transfer or redemption of the USD Securities, unless an exemption applies. In the case of beneficial owners eligible for the exemption, Italian law requires Monte Titoli, as a second level bank and holder of the Global Securities, to obtain from each eligible beneficial owner (as referred to in Italian Legislative Decree No. 239 dated April 1, 1996) a certification of its eligibility to receive interest, premium and other income in respect of the Securities free from Italian substitute tax upon the investor's first purchase of a beneficial interest in the Securities or the Receipts, represented by one or more Global Receipts (either at the time of the issuance of Securities or, if purchased thereafter, upon a purchase of Securities in the secondary market), and to make that certification available to the Italian tax authorities. The Company has arranged certain procedures with Acupay and Monte Titoli to facilitate the collection of certifications through the relevant participants in DTC.
Furthermore, in addition to any valid Tender Instruction (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), DTC participants which have electronically transmitted acceptances of the USD Tender Offer with respect to interests in X Receipts must also transmit, through the Acupay System, reports (or confirmations of reports submitted by financial intermediaries that are downstream correspondents of such DTC Participant) of all changes in holdings with respect to the interests in X Receipts (and related DTC Contra-CUSIPs representing gross-paying holdings of blocked positions in the X Receipts) held by or through such DTC participants. Such reports must be transmitted via the Acupay System by the following deadlines: (x) if the tender of X Receipt is submitted via ATOP on any day of the USD Tender Offer (except on the Early Tender Deadline or the Final Tender Expiration Date), on or prior to 9:45 a.m. New York City time on the first business day following the submission of tenders of X Receipts via ATOP; and (y) if the tender of X Receipt is submitted via ATOP is submitted on the Early Tender Deadline or the Final Tender Expiration Date, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Early Tender Deadline or the Final Tender Expiration Date, as applicable. Transmissions must be undertaken in accordance with the Tax Certification Procedures (see Appendix A of the Offer to Purchase).
Beneficial Owner Information (as defined in the Tax Certification Procedures) must include the unique VOI reference from the tender acceptance transmitted through DTC ATOP. Once received by Acupay such information will be reconciled, by Acupay, against tender acceptances transmitted through ATOP and the related Self-Certification information lodged within the Acupay System.
Failure to properly comply with the Tax Certification Procedures will result in the rejection, by Acupay, of the acceptance of the USD Tender Offer submitted via DTC ATOP. In the event of such rejection, the DTC participant must resubmit an acceptance of the offer on a net paying Contra-CUSIP and the respective participating beneficial investor as being subject to Italian substitute tax. See "Important Information Regarding the Tender Offers" and "Certain Italian Tax Considerations" and "Appendix A" included in the Offer to Purchase.
DTC participants which have electronically transmitted acceptances of the USD Tender Offer with respect to interests in N Receipts do not need to transmit any tax certification through the Acupay System, and the respective holders will be subject to Italian substitute tax.
About ENEL – Società per Azioni
Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the world's power and gas markets, with a particular focus on Europe and South America. It manages a highly diverse network of power plants; hydroelectric, thermoelectric, nuclear, geothermal, wind, solar photovoltaic systems and other renewable sources. Press releases and financial information of ENEL/ENEL S.p.A. are available at www.enel.com.
Forward-looking Statements
The Company and its representatives may from time to time make certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 in this press release. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "plan," "expect," "target," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "forecast," "projected," "guidance," "outlook," "looking ahead," and other words of similar meaning. All statements that address our future operating performance or events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future are forward-looking statements.
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DENVER (KDVR) — A sharp rise in vehicle thefts at Denver International Airport has travelers on high alert.
Jake Mattern said he returned to the airport on July 2 only to find his truck stolen out of the Economy West parking lot at DIA.
“I walked around for probably two hours almost, just walking around thinking I was crazy,” Mattern said.
His gray 2015 Ford F-150 is now gone, but he said what was inside stung the most.
“I had all of my patches from all of my deployments and teams I had worked with,” Mattern said. “It doesn’t sound like much, but when you’re embedded with teams overseas and you do a good job and get to know them, you trade team patches and it’s a memento, a reminder of what you did.”
Mattern served in the U.S. Air Force as a Special Operations Joint Terminal Attack Controller.
“As you get further from being off duty, those little things are the only last memories you have,” Mattern said.
Denver airport auto theft on the rise
DIA has a long history of vehicle thefts. According to data from the Denver Police Department, there’s been a rise in auto thefts over the years.
Just in the last month, there have been 186 auto thefts recorded.
Mattern said the truck had been with him through a lot, moving with him from place to place during his deployments.
“We always said goodbye in front of my truck,” Mattern said.
While the truck can be replaced, his military patches cannot.
“Hopefully someone can be aware and take those super sentimental items out of their vehicle and if it happens to them, then hopefully it’ll just be a truck and not something like mine that was more near and dear,” Mattern said.
Mattern’s truck was stolen out of the Economy West parking lot sometime between June 11-July 2. It is a gray 2015 Ford F-150 truck with black tires and a United States Parachute Association sticker on the back right window.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to reach out to Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 (STOP). | 2023-07-05T05:00:07+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/local/veterans-truck-military-patches-stolen-from-denver-airport-parking-lot/ |
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A main roadway into Death Valley National Park will remain closed into next week as crews clean up after record-breaking rains damaged the roadway and choked it with mud, rocks and debris.
Flash flooding in the park last week trapped hundreds of hotel guests and partially buried about 60 cars and trucks in mud. No injuries were reported.
The California Department of Transportation said about 30 miles (48 kilometers) of State Route 190 were partially or fully buried with debris and about 20 miles (32 kilometers) have been cleared.
However, the route will remain closed at least through Aug. 17 from Trona Wildrose Road/Panamint Valley Road to State Route 127 in Death Valley Junction, Caltrans said in a statement.
“As our crews continue to remove debris. They have found several damaged sections of highway with complete shoulder loss, damage to asphalt, and undercutting of the roadway,” Caltrans District 9 Director Ryan Dermody said.
Some of the debris collected will be used to fill in eroded road shoulders, Caltrans said.
On Monday, flash flooding from a monsoonal moisture system also closed a 5-mile (8-kilometer) stretch of road and prompted the evacuation of the southern portion of Joshua Tree National Park, another desert park about a 4-hour drive south of Death Valley.
No injuries were reported.
Death Valley National Park, located near the California-Nevada state line, has over 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) of roadway across 3.4 million acres (1.3 million hectares).
The record-breaking rains last Friday dumped 1.46 inches (3.71 centimeters) of rain at the Furnace Creek area. That’s about 75% of what the area typically gets in a year, and it is more than has ever been recorded for the entire month of August.
Since 1936, the only single day with more rain was April 15, 1988, when 1.47 inches (3.73 centimeters) fell, park officials said. | 2022-08-09T13:12:37+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/death-valley-route-buried-in-floods-closed-for-another-week/ |
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Rusha Latif, who embedded herself with Egyptian revolutionaries, and writes about what the world can learn from a defeated revolt in Tahrir's Youth.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Rusha Latif, who embedded herself with Egyptian revolutionaries, and writes about what the world can learn from a defeated revolt in Tahrir's Youth.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-06-30T09:47:42+00:00 | nprillinois.org | https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-06-30/tahrirs-youth-follows-the-trajectories-of-some-young-revolutionaries-in-egypt |
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won a record 83rd race on the women's World Cup circuit Tuesday. She passed fellow American Lindsey Vonn as the all-time winningest woman alpine skier.
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American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won a record 83rd race on the women's World Cup circuit Tuesday. She passed fellow American Lindsey Vonn as the all-time winningest woman alpine skier.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement with a New Jersey county over language barriers for Spanish-speaking voters, emphasizing a growing challenge for certain minority communities nationwide.
The agreement with Union County comes after federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit alleging it failed to make registration and voting notices, forms, instructions and ballots available in Spanish, violating sections of the federal Voting Rights Act.
“We know firsthand how language barriers hurt our community,” said Hector Sanchez Barba, chief executive of Mi Familia Vota, a national group seeking to boost Latino political influence. “Eliminating language barriers is not only legally sound but also the right thing to do to strengthen our democracy.”
The county, which has nearly 28,000 Spanish-speaking citizens of voting age, will be required to print all election materials in English and Spanish, and ensure that someone is available to assist Spanish-speaking voters in person. It also will have to assist voters with disabilities, who have long been overlooked in the fight for access to the polls.
The consent decree, announced Tuesday, will need approval from a federal judge.
New Jersey is one of several places across the U.S. where language barriers hamper access to the ballot for minority communities, according to voter advocacy groups. Some Asian American and Asian immigrant communities are particularly affected, said Susana Lorenzo-Giguere, the associate director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Democracy Program.
“Despite a long history in the U.S., Asian Americans still face bias that views them as perpetual foreigners who aren’t ‘real Americans’ and don’t deserve to be a part of the fabric of our democracy,” she said.
Under the federal Voting Rights Act, communities must provide language assistance for voting if more than 5% of the voting-age citizens — or over 10,000 — have limited English proficiency.
It can be harder for Asian-speaking communities to be covered under federal law because there are so many languages to consider, said Bob Sakaniwa, director of policy and advocacy of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote. Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong and Vietnamese are just some, he said.
For example, Asian communities make up a significant portion of Mercer, Hudson and Somerset counties in New Jersey, but the populations don’t meet the federal threshold for providing assistance. Arabic-speaking communities also are not reflected in New Jersey’s voting rights legislation, which state advocacy groups are still fighting to change.
Union County did not immediately respond when asked how it intended to implement the consent decree.
The New Jersey agreement underscores the importance of the federal Voting Rights Act, despite the landmark law being undermined by Supreme Court decisions and voting restrictions in Republican-led states. Henal Patel, law and policy director at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, said it’s important for local officials to comply with the act and for the federal government to enforce it.
“This is necessary for voters in these areas so that they can cast their ballots with a full understanding of what they’re voting for,” Patel said.
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Nearly all the world’s 2 billion children will be exposed to frequent heat waves by 2050, according to a new report from UNICEF.
Already today, around 559 million — or 24 percent — of the world’s children are exposed to high heat wave frequency, or an average of 4.5 or more heat waves annually, the report found.
It added that some 624 million children encounter one of three other high heat measures: high heat wave duration, high heat wave severity or extreme high temperatures.
“The mercury is rising and so are the impacts on children,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement.
“Already, one in three children live in countries that face extreme high temperatures and almost one in four children are exposed to high heat wave frequency, and it is only going to get worse,” Russel warned.
The authors define a heat wave as any period of three days or more in which the maximum temperature each day falls in the top 10 percent of the local 15-day average.
High heat wave duration, when the average heat wave lasts 4.7 days or longer, currently impacts 538 million — or 23 percent — of children worldwide, according to the report.
This figure is poised to rise to 1.6 billion children in 2050 if the planet warms by 1.7 degrees Celsius, or 3.06 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial averages. And in a scenario of 2.4 degrees Celsius — 4.32 degrees Fahrenheit — of warming, 1.9 billion children could be facing high heat wave duration, the authors found.
Millions more children will also be exposed to high heat wave severity, in which the average heat wave event is 2 degrees Celsius or more above the local 15-day average, according to UNICEF.
Also poised to rise are extreme high temperatures, when more than 83.54 days a year exceed 35 degrees Celsius — 95 degrees Fahrenheit — per the report.
Children who live in northern parts of the world, particularly in Europe, will experience the most dramatic surges in high severity heat waves, the authors noted.
By 2050, almost half of all children in Africa and Asia will face sustained exposure to extreme high temperatures, per the report.
While today just 23 countries fall in the highest category for childhood exposure to extreme high temperatures, that figure is expected to rise to 33 countries by 2050 under a low emissions scenario and 36 countries under a very high emissions scenario.
The nations most likely to fall in the highest category under both scenarios include Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan, according to UNICEF.
“More children will be impacted by longer, hotter and more frequent heat waves over the next 30 years, threatening their health and wellbeing,” Russel said.
“How devastating these changes will be depends on the actions we take now,” she added.
Russel urged governments to double their funding for climate adaptation measures by 2025 and ensure that global heating does not rise 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial averages — a goal of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
“This is the only way to save children’s lives and futures — and the future of the planet,” Russel said. | 2022-10-26T16:39:16+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/hill-politics/almost-every-child-on-earth-will-face-frequent-heatwaves-by-2050-unicef/ |
Majority of US renters saw price hike in the past year, study says
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT|Updated: 14 minutes ago
(CNN) - Renters in the U.S. are facing more worries about paying for housing.
Nearly 60% of people were hit with a rent increase during the past year, according to a study from Freddie Mac.
Just 38% of those renters said they saw an increase in take-home pay.
The study also found higher housing costs and inflation have altered the plans for many potential home buyers.
Nearly three-quarters of renter households who were planning to buy a home say that’s become more out of reach over the past year.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-16T14:46:41+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/08/16/majority-us-renters-saw-price-hike-past-year-study-says/ |
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) — Plumes of thick, black smoke and flames could be seen billowing into the sky from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Monday.
Viewers and Nexstar’s WKBN were able to capture video of the initial explosion of flames, followed by smoke rising up from the area. Those videos can be seen above.
It was all part of a controlled release of chemicals to mitigate any risk of an explosion from the site.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced the plan on Monday morning, telling those in the area to evacuate immediately. There was a risk of an explosion as well as risks from the fumes that may be released into the air.
Scott Deutsch of Norfolk Southern Railway said doing this during the daytime would allow the fumes to disperse more quickly and prevent the rail cars from exploding and sending shrapnel and other debris from flying through the neighborhood.
The process involved using a small charge to blow a hole in the cars, allowing the material to go into a trench and burning it off before it was released in the air, he said. The crews handling the controlled release have done this safely before, Deutsch said.
Norfolk Southern said that release was successful Monday afternoon. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is monitoring air quality, and remediation work will continue at the site.
Cars involved contained vinyl chloride, combustible liquids, butyl acrylate, benzene residue, and nonhazardous materials such as wheat, plastic pellets, malt liquors and lube oil, Norfolk Southern said in a statement Sunday.
The cars were among a total of 50 cars that derailed in a fiery crash Friday night, according to rail operator Norfolk Southern and the National Transportation Safety Board. No injuries to crew, residents or first responders were reported.
Federal investigators say the cause of the derailment was a mechanical issue with a rail car axle.
Chandler Hodges and The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-02-07T01:51:33+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/fire-smoke-seen-billowing-as-toxic-chemicals-released-from-derailed-ohio-tanker-cars/ |
Editor’s note: October marks the start of “Paranormal PA,” a PennLive series that delves into Pennsylvania-grown stories of spirits (like the ghost of a murdered girl whose cries can be heard in one of Penn State’s library); cryptids (Bigfoot); oddities and legends; and the unexplained.
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Many Pennsylvanians still believe the truth is out there.
The state retains its status as being among the top 10 states with the most UFO sightings.
The travel experts at Travel Lens perused data from the National UFO Reporting Center in order to deduce which states gave visitors the highest chances of spotting extraterrestrial activity.
“There have been almost 5,000 reports worldwide this year and counting, which shows that there is still a very clear belief in UFOs,” explains a Travel Lens spokesperson.
“Now, we’re not saying that if you visit these states it’s guaranteed you’ll catch an alien in the flesh. But the numbers show us that the states in the top 10 are yielding a huge number of sightings year after year.”
Without further ado, those top 10 states are: Michigan (number 10); Illinois (number nine); Ohio (number eight); Arizona (number seven); Pennsylvania (number six); New York (number five); Texas (number four); Washington (number three); Florida (number two); and California (number one).
Pennsylvania has retained this ranking since PennLive last reported on this back in January.
“It’s definitely worth doing some research and visiting these states if you have a real interest in extraterrestrial life,” adds the spokesperson. “Even if you don’t, it can be great fun with friends and family to visit new places and explore all they have to offer.” | 2022-10-21T16:06:04+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/life/2022/10/pas-ufo-sightings-still-among-highest-in-us-study.html |
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police took action Tuesday after the latest case of abuse against Vinícius Júnior, arresting seven people accused of racially insulting the Real Madrid player.
Spanish soccer officials also acted, fining Valencia 45,000 euros ($48,500) and closing part of the team’s stadium for the next five games.
Three people were detained in Valencia for alleged abuse against Vinícius in Sunday’s match between Valencia and Madrid. Four were arrested in Madrid for allegedly hanging an effigy of the player off a highway bridge in January.
The arrests came after an outpouring of support for Vinícius after he said he was abused in Valencia. The case prompted widespread reaction from sports figures and government officials in Spain and worldwide.
The section of Mestalla Stadium that will be closed is where the insults against Vinícius came from, behind one of the goals. It’s also where the club’s more hardcore fans usually are located.
The Spanish federation’s competition’s committee also made the unusual decision to annul the red card shown to Vinícius after an altercation with Valencia players late in Sunday’s match. The committee said video review failed to show the referee the entire altercation, including the part in which Vinícius was grabbed from behind by an opponent.
Vinícius had complained that his red card ended up being a reward to the racists who insulted him.
Spain has been criticized for its lack of action in racism cases in soccer. Brazilian government officials, including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had publicly expressed their concerns.
“It’s a crucial moment, a moment to take drastic measures,” Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Tuesday. “Now that the issue has visibility, the institutions have to take this opportunity to try to fix this problem.”
All seven were arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime, police said. None of them were publicly identified, and police did not discuss the timing of the arrests.
Vinícius, who is Black, has been subjected to repeated racist taunts since he arrived in Spain five years ago and especially this season after he began celebrating his goals by dancing.
The 22-year-old Brazilian has heavily criticized Spanish soccer for not doing more to stop racism. He posted a message on Twitter on Tuesday saying racism existed in Spanish stadiums even before he was born, referring to images of former Real Madrid and Brazil defender Roberto Carlos being subjected to racist insults back in 1997.
“What has changed until today?” Vinícius asked.
The match against Valencia was temporarily stopped after Vinícius said a fan behind one of the goals called him a monkey and made monkey gestures toward him. Vinícius considered leaving the field but eventually continued playing.
The effigy of Vinícius was hanged by the neck on the morning of a derby match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey. Along with it was a banner with the words “Madrid hates Real.”
The perpetrators used a black figure with Vinícius’ name on it, tied a rope around its neck and hanged it from an overpass while still dark in the Spanish capital.
Police said three of those arrested belonged to one of Atletico’s fan groups, and the other was a follower of the group. Some had prior bookings with police for other crimes.
The hate message on the banner is often used by Atletico’s hardcore fans, though at the time they denied being responsible for the display.
The men arrested in Madrid are between the ages of 19 and 24. Authorities said some were previously identified during matches considered at high risk of violence. Police showed images of them arriving in handcuffs and escorted by agents on Tuesday.
Spanish media said police had used security cameras to identify the perpetrators but no action had been taken until now. Valencia and authorities worked together to identify and detain the suspects in the match against Madrid. The club said it banned the suspects from its stadium for life.
The lights at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro were turned off Monday night in a show of solidarity for Vinícius, who did not practice on Tuesday citing a minor injury.
“It’s an action of solidarity that is moving,” Vinícius said on Twitter. “But more than everything, what I want is to inspire and bring more light to our fight.”
Vinícius gave thanks for the support he has received.
“I know who you are,” he said. “Count on me, because the good ones are the majority and I’m not going to give up. I have a purpose in life, and if I have to keep suffering so that future generations won’t have to go through these types of situations, I’m ready and prepared.”
Real Madrid reported the Valencia case as a hate crime, and club president Florentino Pérez said Tuesday his club “will not tolerate any more racist incidents against its players.” He called for a restructuring of the refereeing in the country.
The Spanish league has filed nine similar criminal complaints of racial abuse against Vinícius in the last two seasons, with most of them being shelved by prosecutors.
The league said Tuesday it will seek to increase its authority to issue sanctions in cases of hate crimes during games.
Supporters have been fined and banned from stadiums for their abuse against Vinícius, but so far only a Mallorca fan may end up going on trial.
The first trial against a fan accused of racial abuse in Spanish professional soccer is expected this year; the case involved Athletic Bilbao forward Iñaki Williams, who was insulted by an Espanyol supporter in 2020.
The Spanish federation, Spanish league and the government’s top sports authorities on Tuesday launched an anti-racism campaign. It will include the messages “racists out of football” and “together against racism” on broadcasts, logos and advertising boards and players’ armbands.
“The three institutions want to unanimously show their absolute and unequivocal rejection of any racist behavior,” they said in a statement, adding the aim is “to bring together the strength of everyone: institutions, clubs, athletes and fans with the goal of eradicating racism and its agents from our football.”
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Audi has revealed teaser photos for the fourth and final member of a family of “premium mobility” concept vehicles.
The teasers show the Audi Activesphere concept, which is due to be revealed on Jan. 26. It’s a coupe-like crossover designed for active lifestyles, Audi says, and it’s set to join the Grandsphere, Skysphere, and Urbansphere in the concept family. The other concepts include a fastback sedan, a sports car, and a minivan.
All the concepts, including the upcoming Activesphere, are electric vehicles based on Volkswagen Group’s PPE platform, which Audi will first use in a new Q6 E-Tron compact crossover due in 2023 or early the following year. The concepts also feature fully self-driving systems, giving an occupant the option to drive or to sit back and relax during a journey.
Features specific to the Activesphere will include off-road capability, possibly a rugged design, and according to Audi, some communication technology that will create a unique experience beyond the vehicle itself.
The concepts were developed by Audi’s Artemis skunkworks team that was established in 2020 to help accelerate vehicle development in an attempt to compete with more agile startups in the EV race. The responsibilities for Artemis were scaled back considerably in 2021, but at least one of the vehicles it was developing is expected to reach production around the middle of the decade. The vehicle is expected to be a production version of the Grandsphere, which is rumored to serve as a replacement for the A8, though given the current craze for crossovers, the Activesphere may end up being the concept given the green light.
While the concepts aren’t intended for production, mostly, elements of the vehicles are likely to influence the design of future EVs. Audi will introduce multiple EVs in the coming years as the automaker has committed to introducing its final vehicle with an internal-combustion engine as soon as 2026.
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U.S. News Assault by prison workers often goes unpunished, study finds By Carrie Johnson Published February 5, 2023 at 7:04 AM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flipboard Email A new study finds most prison workers who sexually abuse people in their custody face little or no punishment. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-02-05T13:18:05+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/u-s-news/2023-02-05/assault-by-prison-workers-often-goes-unpunished-study-finds |
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning rookie defenseman Nick Perbix signed a $2.25 million, two-year contract extension on Monday.
Perbix, 24, has three goals, five assists and is plus-8 in 29 games this season. He is tied for second in goals among Lightning defensemen and is fourth in scoring,
Perbix was a sixth-round pick, 169th overall, by Tampa Bay in the 2017 draft. The Elk River, Minnesota, native signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Lightning before the start of this season.
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New York City Earth Day Event to include exhibits and programming by environmental nonprofits and sustainable businesses in transportation, fashion and energy sectors
HERNDON, Va., April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen of America, Inc. is proud to announce an integrated sponsorship with Earth Day Initiative, making Volkswagen the presenting partner of Earth Day 2022 at Hudson Yards. The three-day event will be held April 22-24 through a partnership with the Shops at Hudson Yards, and will showcase sustainable solutions and expert activist voices to help shape a better path toward climate action.
"We are so proud of this partnership with Earth Day Initiative," said Cameron Batten, Chief Communications Officer for Volkswagen Group of America. "Our commitments to being a global citizen and reaching net-carbon neutrality go well beyond building electric vehicles. We aim to be a role model for managing the environmental impacts of our mobility solutions and are pleased to align with another organization working for a better tomorrow."
Earth Day Initiative promotes environmental awareness and aims to offer solutions for how the public can tackle the climate crisis. Earth Day 2022 at Hudson Yards will include exhibits by environmental nonprofits and sustainable businesses in the transportation, energy, and fashion sectors.
Exhibitors will feature a range of activations, including the Earth Day Initiative reading list and an at-home window solar panel for charging devices purely by the power of the sun. On display for the first time to the New York City general public will be Volkswagen's ID. Buzz, an electric, zero direct emissions reimagining of the brand's iconic Microbus. Taking cues from the DNA of the original Type 2 Microbus, the ID. Buzz will deliver an agile and dynamic driving experience. Riding atop Volkswagen Group's Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) platform, it will offer maximum cargo space on a minimal footprint.
"Earth Day Initiative is happy to build the conversation around the systemic transformation we need to see to allow for widespread adoption of electric vehicles," said John Oppermann, Executive Director of Earth Day Initiative. "Our supporters are always seeking to understand how they fit into a more sustainable future and transportation is a big piece of the average person's environmental footprint. So we're happy to bring this conversation with Volkswagen to the forefront of our Earth Day 2022 events."
Programming on the Earth Day stage at Hudson Yards from April 22nd-24th will include performances such as "A New Generation Sings for Sustainability: Young Singers Lift Their Voices in Solidarity with Our Earth," coordinated by Cassie Okenka (School of Rock, Wicked); discussions of the latest trends in sustainable fashion; and new technology in green building design. The stage will also feature a stream of the Earth Day 2022 Virtual Stage, which features conversations with people such as actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Representatives Adam Schiff and Pramila Jayapal, 350.org founder Bill McKibben, and the former President of Ireland and climate activist Mary Robinson.
In addition to the ID. Buzz, Volkswagen will also showcase its all-electric ID.4 SUV in special, Earth Day-themed prints by New York-based illustrator, muralist and designer, Steffi Lynn.
A full schedule of events and ticket registration can be found here.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. is an operating unit of Volkswagen Group of America, which is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Volkswagen Group of America's operations in the United States include research and development, parts and vehicle processing, parts distribution centers, sales, marketing and service offices. Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of VWGoA, operates a state-of-the-art assembly facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while VW Credit, Inc., another wholly owned subsidiary of VWGoA, provides financial services. The Volkswagen Group is one of the world's largest producers of passenger cars and Europe's largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Arteon, Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport, Golf GTI, Golf R, ID.4, Jetta, Jetta GLI, Taos, and Tiguan vehicles through more than 600 independent U.S. dealers. Visit Volkswagen online at www.vw.com or media.vw.com to learn more.
Earth Day Initiative is a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes environmental awareness and solutions through partnerships with schools, community organizations, businesses, and governments. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million people (10 percent of the population of the country at the time) turned out, Earth Day has been a catalyst for ongoing awareness and action. Earth Day Initiative's mission is to bring the spirit of the first Earth Day into the 21st Century.
Contact: Will Gock; william.gock@vw.com
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VAIL, Colo. — The Vail Police Department (VPD) is investigating the death of a 40-year-old woman after her body was found in Gore Creek near Vail on Saturday morning.
According to VPD, around 8:24 a.m. on Saturday, someone called the Vail Public Safety Communications Center after they spotted a body in Gore Creek near the East Vail park-n-ride lot at Bighorn Road.
VPD, Vail Fire, Vail Mountain Rescue and Eagle County Paramedic Services responded to the area and located the body of a 40-year-old woman. Police have not identified the woman but said she was not local to the area.
Police have not released how the woman died or if they believe the death was suspicious or not.
VPD is asking anyone with additional information in the investigation to contact Detective Sgt. Lachlan Crawford at 970-479-2201.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Bethany Balcer and Jess Fishlock each scored a pair of goals to lead OL Reign to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Red Stars on Saturday.
The win at Lumen Field gave the Reign (3-1-0) their best start since 2014.
Balcer scored the first two goals in the 15th and 20th minutes with Veronica Latsko and Lauren Barnes assisting. No player has scored more goals at home since 2019 than Balcer, who now has 20 in Reign home matches.
Arin Wright got a goal back for Chicago (1-3-0) in the 32nd minute, pouncing on a ball in the box that the Reign couldn’t clear.
In the final minutes of the first half, Fishlock scored her first goal. Emily Sonnett won a ball that was bouncing around after a corner by the Reign and passed it to Fishlock for the assist.
Chicago rookie Ally Schlegel scored her first NWSL goal early in the second half, winning a challenge in the box and sliding her shot into the lower right corner.
Megan Rapinoe scored on a free kick in the 75th minute, splitting her shot between two Red Stars players before it deflected off another Chicago defender and slipped into the near post.
Fishlock scored the Reign’s final goal in the 76th minute, finishing with one touch on an assist by Balcer.
SPIRIT 0, DASH 0
Washington and Houston remained undefeated to start the season after playing to a scoreless draw at Audi Field in Washington.
The Dash improved to 1-0-3, while the Spirit moved to 2-0-2.
It was a tight, defensive battle. The Spirit finished with 11 shots, while Houston had 10.
Ashley Sanchez hit the left post in the 57th minute.
In the 70th minute, Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury made a quick reaction save to push Sophie Schmidt’s header off the crossbar. Kingsbury pushed another shot by Schmidt from distance over the bar in the 94th minute to keep the match scoreless.
THORNS 2, RACING 0
Christie Sinclair and Morgan Weaver both had first-half goals and the Portland Thorns remained undefeated with a victory over Racing Louisville.
Sinclair scored for the Thorns two minutes into the match at Portland’s Providence Park. The Canadian forward, who has been with the Thorns since the league’s first year in 2013, became just the second NWSL player to score 60 regular-season goals.
Weaver added a goal for the Thorns (3-0-1) in first-half stoppage time. Sophia Smith, last season’s league MVP, assisted on both goals.
Louisville was undefeated going into the match with three straight draws to open the season.
U.S. national team coach Vlatko Andonoski was at the match. He is monitoring players across the league before he finalizes the roster for the Women’s World Cup this summer.
GOTHAM 1, COURAGE 0
Lynn Williams scored her 60th regular-season goal and Gotham downed North Carolina in a match that was delayed two hours after halftime by lightning.
Williams joined Sam Kerr and Christine Sinclair as the only players with 60 or more career goals in the NWSL. Sinclair scored her 60th earlier Saturday night.
The match was scoreless at halftime before the delay because of lightning near Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. The second half was played in heavy rain.
Williams has three goals in four matches for Gotham (3-1-0).
The Courage (1-2-0) haven’t won since the season opener.
Abby Smith stopped a pair of shots from North Carolina’s Brittany Ratcliffe in the 58th minute. Smith finished with three saves.
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LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Dentsply Sirona Inc. ("Dentsply" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: XRAY).
Class Period: June 9, 2021 – May 9, 2022
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The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) they had improperly recognized revenue tied to certain dealer incentive or rebate programs to allow management to meet certain incentive-based compensation targets; and (2) as a result, Dentsply's financial statements were not prepared in accordance with applicable rules, and the Company's internal controls over financial reporting were deficient throughout the Class Period.
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The Latest on U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the Mideast:
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat on Saturday downplayed talk of normalization with Israel after the kingdom opened its airspace to Israeli commercial flights and hammered out a complex deal over islands in the Red Sea that required Israeli assent.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Farhan bin Faisal spoke to reporters after a four-day visit by President Joe Biden to the region, including two days that the U.S. leader spent in Saudi Arabia, where he held talks with the Saudi king and the crown prince, the de facto ruler of the kingdom, and took part in a summit of regional leaders.
Prince Farhan stressed there was no discussion at the summit of any military cooperation with Israel or talk of a so-called “Arab NATO.”
“There is no discussion about a defensive alliance with Israel,” he repeated.
Ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia have been inching closer amid shared concerns over Iran. The kingdom’s public stance is that it has long welcomed normalization with Israel so long as Palestinian rights and demands for statehood are guaranteed.
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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
Biden meets with Arab Gulf countries to counter Iran threat
In West Bank, Biden embraces ‘two states for two peoples’
As Biden visits, a look at those targeted in Saudi Arabia
Israeli politics a backdrop to Biden’s visit to the Mideast
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TEHRAN, Iran — Dozens of Iranian hard-liners rallied on Saturday at a square in downtown Tehran, burning U.S. and Israeli flags and denouncing President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East.
The small crowd also erupted in chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” typical at anti-American rallies in Iran. The demonstrators also protested against the normalization of ties between Israel and several Arab nations that started under the previous U.S. administration.
Biden said at a wider regional summit in Saudi Arabia on Saturday that the United States would not walk away from Middle East’s security and leave a vacuum that Russia, China or Iran could try and fill.
Separately, Iran announced on Saturday that it was imposing sanctions on 61 Americans, including Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state, and John Bolton, the former national security advisor, over their support for foreign-based dissident Iranian groups.
Iran has in recent years imposed several times such symbolic measures on Americans who Tehran says are acting against Iran. In June, an Iranian court also ordered the U.S. government to pay over $4 billion to the families of Iranian nuclear scientists who have been killed in targeted attacks in recent years.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abullah met on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, with the White House announcing that the United States has committed to a new assistance package for Jordan of no less than $1.45 billion a year.
The announcement was made after the two leaders met on the sidelines of a wider regional summit in which Biden vowed that the U.S. will not walk away from Middle East’s security and is not going to leave a vacuum for Russia, China or Iran to try and fill.
Jordan, which hosts Palestinian and Syrian refugees, shares borders with Israel and the West Bank. Its stability is seen as crucial to the region, but its economy has struggled under the weight of inflation and from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has faced public protests, and the king’s brother, Prince Hamza, is under house arrest following a public rebuke of the country’s leadership.
In 2017, the U.S. committed to no less than $1.27 billion per year in bilateral foreign assistance to Jordan, beginning in 2018 and ending in 2022. The new annual package to Jordan is an adjustment of that annual U.S. support for the country.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — President Joe Biden says he’s clear-eyed about challenges in the Middle East and the United States intends to stay engaged in the region.
Speaking Saturday in Saudi Arabia at a summit of Gulf leaders, as well as leaders from Iraq, Egypt and Jordan, Biden said: “We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran.” He added that “the United States is going to remain an active engaged partner in the Middle East.”
Biden is outlining the principles of his strategy for the region, focusing on regional cooperation to stand up to threats.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — President Joe Biden has invited the Abu Dhabi ruler who steers policy in the United Arab Emirates to visit the White House before the end of the year.
The two met on Saturday ahead of a wider summit in Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed was unanimously appointed as the autocratic nation’s president in May following the death of his brother.
Even as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, he had long been seen as the force behind the UAE’s “Little Sparta” reputation for its outsized influence in policies that stretch from the Horn of Africa, through North Africa and beyond. Under his influence, the UAE became the first Arab state in more than two decades to normalize relations with Israel.
Much like Saudi Arabia, though, relations between the Biden administration and Abu Dhabi have been strained. The UAE has called on Biden to reverse a decision he made early in his presidency to de-list Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terror group. The UAE has been a party to the war in Yemen, which has killed thousands of civilians and spawned a humanitarian disaster.
Abu Dhabi was targeted by rebel Yemeni missile and drone strikes earlier this year. The attacks, which killed three migrant workers and targeted an area near a base that hosts U.S. forces, rattled the small country’s image as a bastion of stability and economic prosperity in the region.
Emirati officials were reportedly disappointed by the Biden administration’s response to the attacks. They are also wary of U.S. efforts to revive Iran’s nuclear accord and frustrated by some conditions on U.S. weapons sales. While the UAE is the first foreign customer of the Lockheed Martin THAAD anti-missile system, it has long sought U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets.
Meanwhile, the U.S.-based DAWN rights group said one of its board members, who was also a close friend and lawyer to slain Saudi critic Jamal Khahshoggi, was detained while in transit in Dubai and taken to Abu Dhabi. The group says Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen, has been detained since Thursday on murky charges of “money laundering.”
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi citizens will soon be able to obtain 10-year visitor visas, double the current validity, in an agreement during U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia announced Saturday the agreement extends the validity of visitor visas for Saudi citizens from five years to a decade as of August 1.
The announcement said travel contributes significantly to both of countries’ economies and strengthens ties between citizens.
Biden is on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia that began on Friday with a meeting with King Salman. That was followed by a highly-watched face-to-face meeting with the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The two fist-bumped one another as they met for the first time during Biden’s presidency.
Biden said he raised the issue of human rights in his meeting with the prince, but stressed that the visit’s aim is to reassert U.S influence in the region.
The Saudis say 18 cooperation agreements and memorandums were signed by the two delegations late Friday, including an accord with NASA allowing Saudi Arabia to undertake the joint exploration of the moon and Mars in cooperation with the American space agency.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. President Joe Biden met with Egypt’s president in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since Biden took office in 2021.
Biden was heard thanking President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for Egypt’s role in a ceasefire to Israel’s war with Hamas last year in the Gaza Strip, an acknowledgement of Cairo’s role in the region.
Egypt’s president, who came to power following mass protests and a military takeover that ousted the divisive Muslim Brotherhood government in 2013, is facing an economic crisis as inflation from rising fuel and food prices hits the Arab world’s most populous nation particularly hard. Around a third of Egypt’s 103 million people live in poverty.
Although the former military strongman has been credited with stabilizing Egypt’s economy following several years of political turmoil, the country is among the world’s largest importers of wheat, with much of that from now-blocked Ukrainian ports.
Meanwhile, el-Sissi’s government has not hesitated to deploy brute force while jailing thousands of people, mainly Islamists, but also secular activists in an effort to quash dissent.
In recent months, his government released hundreds of detainees and embarked on a so-called national dialogue with various groups, but the government continues to hold many high profile detainees, including pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah. Egyptian security forces have been accused of torturing detainees, including concerns economist Ayman Hadhoud was among those beaten to death while in police detention this year.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — President Joe Biden began his final day in Saudi Arabia by meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who survived an assassination attempt with explosive drones last year.
Some in the country have blamed the attack Iranian-backed factions. It came amid soaring tensions and a stand-off between Iraqi security forces and pro-Iran Shiite militias over election results.
Biden said he wanted to support Iraq’s democracy.
“I want the press and you to know we want to be (as) helpful as we can in doing that,” he said.
Al-Kadhimi spoke about the “strategic, friendly relationship” between the U.S. and Iraq, and he thanked the U.S. for providing support to combat terrorist groups.
An estimated 2,500 U.S. troops remain in Iraq to support the country’s fight against the Islamic State.
Biden is in Jeddah attending a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The leaders of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan are also attending. | 2022-07-16T22:20:25+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/ap-top-headlines/the-latest-biden-meets-with-iraqi-pm-in-saudi-arabia/ |
The iconic brand will continue their partnership with non-profit organizations to celebrate National Cleanup Day and National Public Lands Day
HORSHAM, Pa., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following successful volunteer trail cleanup events in 2021, the Thomas'® brand, creators and bakers of the original Nooks & Crannies® English Muffins, has partnered for the second consecutive year with local non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest to host two volunteer-fueled trail cleanup events taking place on National Cleanup Day (September 17, 2022) and National Public Lands Day (September 24, 2022). Volunteers in the area are invited to join Thomas' in the great outdoors to preserve and beautify nature's Nooks & Crannies and prepare each region's local hiking trails for year-round enjoyment.
As part of its multi-year partnership, Thomas' will once again team up with well-known local organizations, Friends of Lake Sammamish Park in Issaquah, Washington and the Forest Park Conservancy in Portland, Oregon, to encourage residents to support local environmental sustainability efforts and show love to the treasured trails that sustain the community and its nature-enthusiasts.
The partnership between Thomas' and these impactful local organizations represents a commitment to restore and improve public lands and is part of their shared missions and dedication of supporting and protecting Pacific Northwest trails. In addition to the cleanup events, Thomas' will make a $10,000 donation to each organization to support habitat restoration and future expansion projects to maintain the integrity of trails for current and future residents.
On-site, volunteers will work to enhance opportunities for outdoor recreation, expanding the park's designated walking trails and creating ADA accessible paths to accommodate all abilities. Additionally, volunteers will maintain and improve the ecological health of the forest through maintenance, beautification, weeding, and trash removal. Following the cleanup efforts, Thomas' will treat volunteers to a catered breakfast featuring local foodie favorites Portage Bay Cafe and The Daily Feast.
"After the impressive impact volunteers had on these parks during our 2021 trail cleanup events, we are thrilled to partner once again with these organizations to give back to local communities and celebrate National Cleanup Day and National Public Lands Day," said Michael Jensen, Brand Manager for Thomas'. "It is humbling to see what can be achieved when we come together to support the environment and we're proud to be able to raise awareness through these efforts."
Thomas' dates back to 1880 when Samuel Bath Thomas created his original English Muffin in New York City using a secret process that included griddle baking to create a Nooks and Crannies® English Muffin. The company has since added bagels and breakfast breads, including a line of swirl breads and mini croissants, to its breakfast offerings. Today, Thomas' sells the #1 English Muffin and #1 grocery bagel in the U.S. For a full list of Thomas' products and where to buy them, please visit www.ThomasBreads.com.
About Bimbo Bakeries USA
Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU) is a leader in the baking industry, known for its category leading brands, innovative products, freshness and quality. Our team of 20,000+ U.S. associates operates 62 manufacturing locations in the United States. Over 11,000 distribution routes deliver our leading brands such as Arnold®, Artesano®, Ball Park®, Bimbo®, Boboli®, Brownberry®, Entenmann's®, Little Bites®, Marinela®, Mrs Baird's®, Oroweat®, Sara Lee®, Stroehmann® and Thomas'®. BBU is owned by Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B de C.V., the world's largest baking company with operations in 33 countries.
About Forest Park Conservatory
The mission of the Forest Park Conservancy is to protect and restore Forest Park for future generations. We engage with and educate over 2,000 volunteers and 150 private landowners each year. Forest Park and the land surrounding it are part of a larger ecosystem (over 15,000 acres) which play a vital role in mitigating the impacts of climate change in the Portland area and provide numerous ecosystem services including cleaner air, cleaner water, carbon sequestration and significantly lowering the urban heat island effect. Our organization serves the Portland/Vancouver region and is currently focusing more specifically on ways in which to serve historically marginalized communities through our work.
About Friends of Lake Sammamish
Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting, enhancing and promoting Lake Sammamish State Park for the benefit of the entire community. Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park advocates for capital improvements, communicates about activities and amenities, supports habitat restoration, and brings visitors to the park year-round for special events and programming.
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The Boston Celtics are attempting to earn the best record in the NBA and the No. 1 seed ahead of the Eastern Conference playoffs, while the Washington Wizards also have something to play for Tuesday at Boston.
The Wizards (33-42) were in a tie with Indiana for 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings following Sunday’s 114-104 loss to Toronto.
Washington has seven regular-season games remaining and still has a slim chance to extend its season. The Wizards will need to be seeded No. 7 through No. 10 to qualify for the NBA’s play-in round and were 3 1/2 games outside of the No. 10 spot heading into league play Monday.
The setback against Toronto was Washington’s eighth loss in its last 10 games. The Wizards played Sunday’s game without guard Bradley Beal (left knee), forward Kyle Kuzma (right ankle) and guard Monte Morris (left groin). Beal has missed Washington’s last three games, and Kuzma has been unavailable for the team’s last four contests.
Beal, who has played in 50 games this season, is the team’s leading scorer (23.2 points per game) and is averaging 5.4 assists. Kuzma is Washington’s No. 3 scorer (21.2 points).
“Us without our main guys … it’s a difficult task,” said Washington’s Kristaps Porzingis, who scored a team-high 26 points in Sunday’s loss.
A hip injury prevented Jayson Tatum from playing in Boston’s 137-93 victory over San Antonio on Sunday night. Tatum leads the Celtics (52-23) in scoring (30.1) and rebounding (8.9).
Jaylen Brown filled the scoring void by pouring in 41 points against the Spurs.
“He’s the best shooting guard in the league,” Boston’s Malcolm Brogdon said. “He’ll be All-NBA. He’ll make one of the teams this year. His game really speaks for itself. When (Tatum) is out, he’s the No. 1 option. He’s showing that he can be that. He’s put in the work, he’s evolved and taken giant steps forward every year and he’s playing at an extremely high level.”
Entering Monday’s game against Detroit, Milwaukee had a 1 1/2-game lead over Boston for first place in the Eastern Conference. The Bucks and Celtics have split a pair of games this season and will meet for the final time during the regular season Thursday at Milwaukee.
“I think we’re getting more and more locked in,” Brogdon said. “I think it’s apparent when Milwaukee took the No. 1 seed from us after the (All-Star) break, it was sort of a shock to us that we had dropped because we had created some separation between us and them.
“That’s something we want – we want the No. 1 seed. I think this team understands the importance of having home-court advantage in the playoffs, so that’s something we are going after.”
Tuesday’s matchup will be the third game between the Celtics and Wizards this season. The Celtics prevailed 112-94 on Oct. 30 and 130-121 on Nov. 27. Both games were played in Boston.
Brown was Boston’s leading scorer in each game. He tossed in 24 points and had 10 rebounds in the first game, and scored 36 points in the second contest.
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UVALDE, Texas – The smallest gesture can have a huge impact.
That was reaffirmed to the San Antonio Spurs when the team held an open practice and community fair in Uvalde, Texas.
It was 137 days ago that the small town, 88 miles southwest of downtown San Antonio, was the sight of an elementary school shooting. On May 24, 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary.
The Spurs held an open practice Saturday at Uvalde High School in support of the students of Robb Elementary and those affected by that tragic day.
“It’s extremely sad,” San Antonio guard Tre Jones said. “We wish everybody was with us, still being able to enjoy this moment. We are just trying to bring joy to the families and all the kids who were friends with those kids that died and help the teachers as well. We want to bring a moment of happiness into their lives again and try to just bring a smile to their faces.”
With a transformative roster brimming with young players, San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich received the loudest ovation as the team took the court for a brief practice. The Spurs then literally lifted the community, raising toddlers on their shoulders to bring them closer to the rim for a basket.
The true elevation was felt off the court.
Monica Flores’ eldest daughter is still understandably traumatized by the day’s tragedy. Her daughter was in the fourth grade, the same classification as those who died. Her daughter’s classroom was directly across the hall from the two adjoining rooms where the shooting took place.
“She has her moments, but we will never forget,” Flores said. “Sudden hands, different people that look like the shooter — she did see the shooter through her classroom window. She is terrified by people who look like him, not that she judges, but people have (similar looks), and it’s just scary.”
Flores’ daughter is scared to leave her home. She is terrified of certain situations. But that was pushed aside for a few hours, thanks to the Spurs.
Flores’ daughter eagerly anticipated Saturday afternoon once she heard the Spurs were coming to Uvalde just to see her and the other kids from Robb Elementary.
Dressed in the Manu Ginobili jersey her uncle purchased for her a few years ago, Flores’ daughter and the crowd were surprised and delighted to see the Spurs’ hall of fame guard in attendance. Now a special advisor with the Spurs, Ginobili spent the entire event signing autographs and taking pictures with those in attendance.
Flores’ daughter sprinted directly for Ginobili at midcourt when it was her group’s turn to take the court and meet the players.
And just as hundreds of fans have done for more than a decade, Flores’ daughter was beaming in delight as she posed with Ginobili.
“I am so glad she got to experience this with Manu,” Flores said.
The feeling was mutual for the Spurs.
“It’s big for me to be able to come out here and see the kids smile,” San Antonio forward Keldon Johnson said. “We know it’s been tough. If we can just come out here and bring just a little bit of joy, it’s a successful day for us.”
The tragedy of May 24 is something the Uvalde community will never get over, but they are trying to get through it.
“Tomorrow, on the court and off the court, we will fly,” Dr. Kara Allen, Spurs chief impact officer, said. “We will do the work and we will fly, but today, today is just doing joy. So, on behalf of the brilliant humans on the court and the brilliant humans you are, thank you for letting us choose to just do joy with you today.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 34 points and the New Orleans Pelicans outlasted the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-100 on Monday night.
Oklahoma City had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but Isaiah Joe’s 3-pointer bounced away at the buzzer.
Ingram helped New Orleans win, even though high-scoring guard CJ McCollum sat out with a sprained right ankle.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Jalen Williams scored 22 points and Joe added 16 for the Thunder.
Ingram scored 23 points in the first half to help the Pelicans take a 60-51 lead at the break. New Orleans led by 20 in the second quarter.
Oklahoma City chipped away in the third. A steal by Josh Giddey led to a fast break, and Williams' perfect behind-the-back pass to Gilgeous-Alexander led to a two-handed dunk that cut New Orleans' lead to 72-71. The Pelicans took a 76-73 advantage into the fourth.
New Orleans scored the first eight points of the final quarter, but the Thunder rallied again. Oklahoma City gained possession trailing 101-98 with 35 seconds remaining, but the Thunder turned it over.
The Pelicans took a 103-98 lead with 9.5 seconds to play on a pair of free throws by Trey Murphy III. Williams went downcourt for a quick dunk with 5.3 seconds left, then the Thunder forced a turnover on the inbounds pass to gain possession and set up the final sequence.
TIP-INS
Pelicans: Ingram scored New Orleans' first 12 points, all in the first 3 1/2 minutes. He finished with 16 in the first quarter. ... New Orleans shot 65% in the first quarter to take a 33-25 lead.
Thunder: Gilgeous-Alexander was named Western Conference Player of the Week for helping Oklahoma City win two of three last week. ... The Thunder started rookies Jalen Williams and Jaylen Williams together for the fifth time this season. ... F/C Jeremiah Robinson-Earl returned after missing 25 games with a sprained right ankle. He went scoreless in 18 minutes.
UP NEXT
Pelicans: Visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
Thunder: Host the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.
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Pictureworks Entertainment, Director Tracey Deer, and Casting Director Rene Haynes announce an open casting call for the portrayal of Jim Thorpe in the upcoming feature film Thorpe.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pictureworks Entertainment, Director Tracey Deer, and Casting Director, Rene Haynes, announce an online open casting call event to find the next Jim Thorpe for the upcoming feature film Thorpe.
Deadline reported on November 21, 2022 that award-winning Indigenous director Tracey Deer (Beans) will direct Thorpe, written by William N. Collage (Emancipation). This will be the first time in history Thorpe will be portrayed by a Native man in a major motion picture.
Thorpe is an inspiring sports drama about the Indigenous multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe. Aided by the legendary coach, Pop Warner, Jim attempts to overcome the devastation of the Native American boarding school system to achieve Olympic glory at Stockholm in 1912 and fulfill the words of his father to "show the world what an Indian can do."
Rene Haynes (Prey, The Revenant, The New World, and the upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon) is recognized, internationally, as one of the foremost experts in Native American/First Nations/Indigenous casting.
ROLE: JIM THORPE, male, to play age 22-25. The acclaimed Sac and Fox and Potawatomi athlete as a young man (circa.1910 – 1913). For information on how to submit an audition, go to thorpemovie.com.
Producer Chris Taylor, Chitimacha Tribe of LA, said: "The challenge with this project has always been deciding which part of Jim's story to focus the movie on. Previous versions of the script portrayed an older Jim, but what's so exciting about Collage's script is how youthful it is. We are very much looking forward to finding the right young Native man to step into Jim's giant shoes. We invite every tribe in the U.S. and Canada to encourage their young people to audition."
Deer, the first Indigenous Filmmaker to get the TIFF emerging talent award, said she was "honored and thrilled to bring Jim Thorpe's incredible story to the screen so audiences worldwide can experience the tremendous hurdles he overcame to become the greatest athlete of the 20th century. His resilience, passion and pride are shining examples of the greatness that Indigenous people are capable of but that the dominant society has tried so hard to quash over the years. The residential school system is just one of the injustices Jim and so many of our people have had to survive. Just as Jim has now been rightfully restored to his proper place as an Olympic champion, so too it is time for the world to face the realities of systemic racism and persecution that have permeated North American society so that we can begin to heal as a nation. My goal for Thorpe is to create a film that offers hope and inspiration, in spite of so much darkness, to show what is possible when you dare to dream. This is the gift of Jim's legacy to us all."
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EVANS, Ga. (AP) — Rose Zhang lived up to her billing as the best female amateur in the world by playing bogey-free and handling the par 5s at Champions Retreat on Wednesday for a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
For the last two champions, it was a day to forget.
Anna Davis, who won last year at age 16, didn't realize she could only lift, clean and place her golf ball in the short grass. Her opening two shots were in light rough, and she picked up the ball to clean off the mud both times.
That became a two-shot penalty for each instance. She was told on the fourth hole there likely would be a penalty. Davis made double bogey there.
“If you look at my score on 4, you'll see how it affected me,” Davis said with a smile. “I was taken aback. I had a good round if you don't count the first hole.”
When she finished, her 5 on the opening hole turned into a 9. Her hard-fought 72 — she was 3 under over the last 14 holes — turned into a 76.
“I tried to forget the first hole happened,” Davis said. “All I can really do is have that give me motivation to do well tomorrow. I'm playing well. I have confidence I can do well tomorrow.”
It was worse for Tsubasa Kajitani, the 19-year-old from Japan who won the Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2021. She was not able to return last year. She failed to make a birdie Wednesday and wound up with an 84, leaving her in last place among the 72 players.
Another favorite, Pernilla Lindblad of Sweden, didn't make birdie until her final hole and finished with a 78. Lindblad finished one shot behind the winner in each of the last two years at Augusta.
The 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur runner-up and LSU senior will make her third appearance in this championship. In each of the past two years, she finished three rounds one stroke behind the champion.
Zhang had a one-shot lead over Andrea Lignell of Sweden, a senior at Mississippi. Only 10 other players broke par on a windy day with soggy conditions. That included Emilia Migliaccio, who lost in a playoff to Kajitani in 2021.
The top 30 and ties after Thursday at Champions Retreat make the cut. Everyone in the field gets a practice round at Augusta National on Friday ahead of the final round on Saturday.
Zhang, a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford, has been the dominant amateur in women's golf by winning the Mark H. McCormack medal as the No. 1 amateur for the last three years. She already has won the U.S. Women's Amateur and the NCAA title.
Missing is the Augusta National Women's Amateur, already considered in its fourth year the premier amateur event for women.
Her goal was to keep it simple, and it was simply great golf. Her birdies on all the par 5s included a 50-foot putt on the 14th early in her round.
“From the start, I really just wanted to make pars because at Champions Retreat, you never know what you're going to get,” Zhang said. “With the ground being so soft and so muddy, I can't expect anything more than my game today.”
The big birdie putt came with an assist from her father, who is caddying for her. The wind left debris in the line of her long putt. She says he was sweeping away debris “like a maniac” and she was trying to keep him calm.
“It turned out for the best,” she said with a laugh. “I have him to thank for that.”
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Speed Limit to decrease on stretch of old Lakeport Road
Published: May. 23, 2023 at 9:59 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved a measure Tuesday night that will reduce the speed limit on a portion of Old Lakeport Road from 50 mph to 35 mph.
The portion of Old Lakeport road that will be impacted will be the stretch between Glen Ellen Road and 210th Street.
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Empowering the Next Generation of Professional Drivers
BLAIRSVILLE, Pa., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PGT Trucking, Inc., a leader in the transportation industry, is excited to announce the opening of their new truck driver training center in Blairsville, PA. This expanded facility has been designed to equip incoming drivers with the necessary skills, knowledge, and hands-on experience required to build safe and successful careers in transportation.
"With the growth of our organization, we needed a larger facility where we could develop our driver training programs," said Chris Cousins, PGT Trucking, Director of Training. "The demand for skilled and qualified truck drivers has never been higher, and our new driver class sizes have been growing week over week. This new location has given us the opportunity to create an environment with advanced resources, expert instruction, and real-world training that closely mirrors the challenges drivers face on the road."
The new training center is located less than one mile from PGT's Blairsville Terminal, within the New Village Institute campus, at 500 Innovation Drive, Blairsville, PA 15717. This facility offers incoming drivers:
- Comprehensive Curriculum: Designed to cover all aspects of flatbed trucking, including pre- and post-trip inspections, truck maintenance, navigation, trip planning and regulations, PGT's incoming drivers receive a well-rounded education that prepares them for the demands of the profession.
- Extensive Hands-On Training: Under the guidance of experienced instructors, drivers develop the necessary maneuvering techniques, driving strategies, securement standards and safety protocols essential for success in the trucking industry.
- Leading Technology: PGT embraces technology that enhances the driver lifestyle and helps drivers perform their daily duties safely and efficiently.
"This larger space provides us with the resources to train and support our drivers and solidifies our commitment to their growth and success here at PGT Trucking," added Cousins.
About PGT Trucking:
PGT Trucking, Inc., founded in 1981, is a multi-service transportation firm offering flatbed, dedicated, international and specialized services. Headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT is the leader in progressive freight transportation and fleet evolution. PGT operates over 1,000 power units and 1,500 trailers, exceeding customer expectations, focused on the Future of Flatbed®. PGT was recognized as a 2023 Best Fleets to Drive For®. At PGT Trucking, "Safety is Everyone's Job – All the Time." Visit www.pgttrucking.com.
Contact: Katie Irvine, PGT Trucking
Phone: 724.987.1812 Email: kirvine@pgttrucking.com
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METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints, fittingly, became the first team to trade up in this year's NFL draft by moving up from No. 16 to No. 11 to select Ohio State wide receiver Chris Olave on Thursday.
The Washington Commanders received a third-round pick (No. 98) and a fourth-round selection (No. 120) while moving down five spots. The Saints have now traded up a staggering 24 times in the past 16 drafts, including their move earlier this month to acquire the 16th pick from the Philadelphia Eagles. New Orleans also holds the 19th pick in Round 1.
Meanwhile, the Saints haven't traded down since 2007.
"For us, it's an opportunity to get another good player a year ahead of time," Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said of the trade during his predraft news conference.
Receiver was a glaring need for the Saints after they finished 32nd in the NFL in passing offense last year. Much of that was because receiver Michael Thomas missed the entire season with an ankle injury and quarterback Jameis Winston tore his ACL in Week 8. Still, they needed to add at least one more premium pass-catcher -- and got aggressive in doing so.
Olave (6-foot, 187 pounds) caught 65 passes for 936 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior in 2021 -- and caught 32 TD passes over his final 33 college games.
The Saints have insisted that they don't plan to rebuild under new coach Dennis Allen and that they expect to make another playoff run after barely missing out at 9-8 during last year's injury-plagued season. At the same time, they have shown rare restraint with their free-agent spending after beginning the offseason about $75 million over the salary cap. Having two first-round picks this year allows them to add impact players at an affordable price. | 2022-04-29T02:37:01+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33823651/new-orleans-saints-trade-no-11-bolster-receiving-corps-selecting-ohio-state-chris-olave |
“The truth of all wars is that they never really end,” writes George Black in “The Long Reckoning,” his well-researched account of Vietnam’s lasting legacy. Think of the Civil War and today’s virulent battles over Confederate names and monuments. Or World War II and Vladimir Putin’s obsessive fear of NATO troops, especially German tanks, deployed along Russia’s western border.
Black cites one estimate that 30,000 books have been written about Vietnam, so the bar is high. But this volume proves a useful addition to the canon by documenting how that conflict continues to cloud our national consciousness, 50 years after the Paris Peace Accords officially ended the fighting. One of the most tangible and terrible symbols of Vietnam’s enduring impact is Agent Orange, the lethal chemical used by American forces to destroy the jungles that hid Viet Cong forces and ravage the fields that fed them. Exposure to the poison can cause many diseases, from 20 forms of cancer to Type 2 diabetes and serious birth defects like cleft palates and club feet.
For decades Washington stubbornly refused to admit the damage it had caused to the Vietnamese people and their land and to U.S. troops. It was not until 2018 that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who spent 44 years as a Marine, promised to allocate $150 million in Pentagon funds to clean up the toxins Americans had left behind at the Bien Hoa air base outside Ho Chi Minh City, one of many untreated “hot spots.” It was, writes Black, “the first time the Pentagon had openly acknowledged responsibility for the legacy of Operation Ranch Hand,” the code name for the defoliation campaign.
Black, a journalist and the author of eight books, repeats the all-too-familiar story: a cunning and ruthless North Vietnamese army defeating the blind and brutal Americans and their feckless South Vietnamese allies. But the author uncovers in that narrative the seeds of the next and less-visible chapter, and the primary focus of his book: the ongoing work of public accountability and private penance pursued by a motley militia of civilian volunteers. Some were veterans, returning to Vietnam to heal the “hole in the soul” that crippled their postwar lives. Others were motivated by faith or science, profit or charity. All were determined to defy the official denials of American culpability and find the truth, “to do what their government couldn’t or wouldn’t do.”
The enormous challenge they faced started with a mind-set, implanted in young recruits but running right to the top of the military and civilian command structures. Chuck Searcy, one of those veterans who has lived for years in Vietnam, tells Black that his Marine training taught him to hate the “faceless” Vietnamese: “The enemy is not a human being. He has no mother or father, no sister or brother.” This dehumanizing hostility, this “othering” of the enemy, enabled the cruelty of Operation Ranch Hand, first authorized by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and made fully operational four years later, a campaign that “was something without precedent in history, using all the tools of science, technology and airpower to lay waste to a country’s natural environment.”
Demonization of the enemy was compounded by the persistent self-delusion that the chemicals used in Ranch Hand were safe. “Some pilots tossed back a shot glass of Agent Orange as an initiation ritual,” Black notes, and the same corrosive cynicism that caused officials to inflate the number of dead enemies and pacified villages led to leaflets assuring peasants that the chemicals were harmless weedkillers. In fact, Dow Chemical’s chief toxicologist determined in 1965 that the dioxin in Agent Orange was “exceptionally toxic” to humans. Molecular geneticist Matthew Meselson of Harvard Medical School, one of the first scientists to visit Vietnam later and contradict the official government line, denounced the poison in the strongest terms, saying, “An evil genius could not devise a toxin with more evil properties.”
One key conspirator in the cabal of truth-tellers was Lady Borton (“Lady” was a childhood nickname for Adelaide), the field director for the American Friends Service Committee, the first American in the 1980s “allowed to live in a village, to harvest rice, to ride a bicycle.” Tom Boivin, another scientist whose fieldwork helped prove the dangers of Agent Orange, said: “There’s no way we could have done the survey without Lady. She … never took any credit, never asked to be paid. . . . She was our technical assistant, our bodyguard, our translator and interpreter. She could do anything from taking liver samples from a tilapia to getting the ear of the prime minister, and everything in between. I think of her as a kind of Mother Teresa, who also happened to like knocking back tequila shots in the evening.”
A critical role was also played by American charities, especially the Ford Foundation, and Charles Bailey, who was sent to Hanoi in 1997 to run the foundation’s Vietnam program. Agent Orange “was the furthest thing from his mind” when he arrived, reports Black. But Bailey was converted to the cause by Searcy, the resident veteran, who told him that the toxin triggered the “greatest frustration” among the military because “no one in the American government would even talk about it.” Bailey and Ford eventually invested $17 million in projects aimed at alleviating the fallout from Agent Orange and raised $30 million more from other sources. One effort involved building a fortification around a former air base to prevent dioxin from seeping into neighboring areas. As Bailey put it, “The Ford Foundation had never spent so much money on cement.”
A few American officials did grasp the moral obligation incurred by Operation Ranch Hand; then-Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and his aide Tim Rieser spent years stocking appropriations bills with millions of dollars to aid Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. As Black notes, however, a great deal of “unfinished business” remains, and he gives one example: Forty-four provinces in Vietnam were defoliated, but “humanitarian aid for dioxin-related disabilities was reaching only eight of them.” Mattis insisted that America, with its latest financial package, was finally “exorcising our last ghosts” from the Vietnam era. But he was clearly wrong. Ghosts, like other vestiges of war, never really die.
Steven V. Roberts, who teaches journalism and politics at George Washington University, covered the antiwar movement for the New York Times.
The Long Reckoning
A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam
By George Black
Knopf. 478 pp. $35
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots leading rusher Damien Harris injured a hamstring in the first half of Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions and was ruled out at halftime.
Harris entered the day with a team-high 246 yards on 53 carries (4.6 average) with three touchdowns. The injury thrust Rhamondre Stevenson into the top role Sunday as the only other running back on the team's game-day roster.
Harris and Stevenson have split time through the first four games of the season, with Harris -- the fourth-year pro from the University of Alabama -- as the starter.
Stevenson entered the game with 211 rushing yards on 43 carries (4.9 average) and one touchdown. Stevenson also had 11 receptions for 57 yards entering the game.
If Harris' injury keeps him out beyond this week, the Patriots also have rookie running back Pierre Strong Jr. -- a fourth-round draft pick from South Dakota State -- on their 53-man roster. Strong was a healthy scratch for the Lions game.
In addition, rookie running back Kevin Harris, a sixth-round pick from South Carolina, is on the practice squad along with third-year running back J.J Taylor. | 2022-10-09T19:37:35+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34761818/patriots-leading-rusher-damien-harris-injures-hamstring |
Developed in partnership with Kroger, the new loaf is available in stores as of Sept. 7, 2022
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, La Brea Bakery announced its newest everyday artisan bread: cinnamon raisin. Studded with raisins and pockets of sweet cinnamon, La Brea Bakery's Cinnamon Raisin Loaf launches at Kroger stores and is available to purchase as of Sept. 7, 2022.
"This loaf is a great addition to our portfolio, as it brings a slightly sweet option to our product line," said Brie Buenning, Director of Marketing for La Brea Bakery. "We've also seen more consumers interested in breakfast at home and nostalgic flavors right now. This new product is a perfect fit, and we're excited to bring an elevated cinnamon raisin bread experience to the market."
The Cinnamon Raisin Loaf was developed through a Kroger-La Brea Bakery partnership, which identified a gap in the in-store bakery category. "As a classic bakery favorite, cinnamon raisin bread is versatile and continues to grow in popularity, but you don't see it in the in-store bakery fresh artisan bread offerings," said Christy Benken, Kroger Category Manager, Bakery – Bread and Rolls. "This delicious new loaf fills an unmet consumer need."
In addition to Kroger stores, La Brea Bakery's Cinnamon Raisin Loaf will be available at other Kroger-owned stores, including Fred Meyer, Fry's, Harris Teeter, King Soopers, Ralphs, Roundy's, Smith's Food and Drug and more.
The Cinnamon Raisin Loaf complements both sweet and savory flavors, pairing well with white cheddar and Brie cheeses, chardonnay, and Belgian-style ales. For a few delectable recipes, check out the following La Brea Bakery suggestions:
- Grilled Cheese with Brie and Raspberry Chipotle Sauce
- Cinnamon Raisin French Toast with Apple Cider Syrup
- Grilled Cheese with Brie, Green Apple and Honey
La Brea Bakery is North America's No.1 artisan bread brand. Since 1989, La Brea Bakery has focused on crafting true artisan bread with its original recipe, high quality ingredients and dedication to the artisan process. Based in Los Angeles, the brand has revolutionized the modern artisan bread movement and won over the culinary community and consumers with its hearth-baked, handcrafted breads sold at online retailers and grocery stores across the country.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 23, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
413 AM EST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
expected.
* WHERE...In New York, Chenango, Otsego, Tioga, Broome, Delaware
and Sullivan counties. In Pennsylvania, Susquehanna and
Northern Wayne counties.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 5 PM EST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A strong cold front will cross the region
on Friday. A lull in the winds may occur Friday morning, but
winds will pick up again after frontal passage and shift to the
southwest.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST
* WHAT...Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph
expected. Winds shift southwest on Friday with continued gusts
up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...Oneida, Seneca, Southern Cayuga, Onondaga, Tompkins,
Madison, and Cortland counties.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM EST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Southeast to South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55
mph expected. Winds shift Southwest Friday afternoon.
* WHERE...Portions of southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey
and southeast New York.
* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 10 PM EST Friday.
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM FRIDAY TO NOON EST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as
20 below zero.
* WHERE...In New York, Northern Oneida, Yates, Seneca, Southern
Cayuga, Onondaga, Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, Madison,
Southern Oneida, Cortland, Chenango, Otsego, Tioga, Broome,
Delaware and Sullivan counties. In Pennsylvania, Susquehanna,
Northern Wayne, Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike and
Southern Wayne counties.
* WHEN...From 5 PM Friday to noon EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on
exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...In addition to cold wind chills,
temperatures will quickly drop below freezing late Friday
morning and through the afternoon. This will likely result in a
flash freeze and icy road conditions.
Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills possible. Wind chills as
low as 25 below zero.
* WHERE...In New York, Steuben county. In Pennsylvania, Bradford
county.
* WHEN...From Friday afternoon through Saturday morning.
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees were poised to extend their recent misery on a long night against the Rays. Then one swing from Josh Donaldson changed everything.
Donaldson hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning as the clock struck midnight, and struggling New York salvaged an 8-7 win over Tampa Bay on Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
Gleyber Torres singled leading off the 10th off Jalen Beeks (2-2) and Anthony Rizzo walked before Donaldson lifted a one-strike, 97 mph fastball to the short porch in right field. He flipped his bat and raised his arms immediately after he connected.
“The guys were pumped,” Donaldson said. “I think just how the game progressed and how the back-and-forth battle happened there, and we were able to kind of come back there with our backs against the wall. I definitely think there was some release of some joy and some frustration over the past couple of weeks for sure.”
Oswaldo Cabrera, recalled from the minors earlier Wednesday, was in the on-deck circle, and Donaldson gave the 23-year-old third baseman a chest bump as part of his celebration.
It was Donaldson’s eighth career game-ending homer and first since Sept. 27, 2015, with Toronto — also to beat Tampa Bay.
“I felt like off the bat right away (it was gone),” New York manager Aaron Boone said. “Right away I felt like it was a homer but I needed to see it go over.”
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Donaldson became the third Yankee — joining Babe Ruth and Jason Giambi — to hit a game-ending grand slam with New York trailing by at least three runs in extra innings.
“There’s not too many better feelings in the world than hitting a walk-off home run,” Donaldson said.
Aroldis Chapman (2-3) gave up three runs in the top of the 10th for New York, which entered having lost three straight and 12 of 15.
But the Yankees finally got some help from their offense, scoring more than three runs in a game for the first time since Aug. 8. New York had totaled one run in its previous three games.
.The Rays led 4-2 when the game was stopped by rain with one out in the top of the seventh. The ensuing 1-hour, 3-minute delay was worth it for the Yankees, who ended Tampa Bay’s four-game winning streak.
Although the Yankees are 9-16 since the All-Star break, their AL East lead moved back to 10 games over Tampa Bay and Toronto. New York has led the division by double digits for all but two days since June 13.
“For being the regular season and being August, that was a special one,” Boone said.
Rizzo led off the eighth with a homer off Brooks Raley to tie it at 4-4. The game went to extra innings when Ryan Thompson retired major league home run leader Aaron Judge on a warning-track flyball.
Chapman relieved Scott Effross with one out in the 10th and issued two walks to load the bases. With two outs, Francisco Mejía sliced a 101 mph, 0-2 fastball down the right-field line for a bases-clearing double.
“It’s that kind of block hit over there and it’s just inside the line,” Boone said. “It’s kind of like a gut punch right there but credit to the guys it’s like, ‘Hey, let’s keep fighting.’”
The Rays were three outs away from completing a three-game sweep in New York for the third straight season and fifth time in team history.
“He got me,” Beeks said. “It was a good swing.”
Yandy Díaz matched a season high with three RBIs, hitting an RBI double in the third and a two-run double in the fifth off Yankees starter Domingo Germán.
Tampa Bay’s Harold Ramírez added a solo homer in the sixth in his second game back from a fractured right thumb.
Torres started New York’s comeback with a two-run homer in the sixth off Corey Kluber. Judge’s bases-loaded walk in the seventh got the Yankees within 4-3, but Pete Fairbanks got Torres to hit into an inning-ending double play.
Kluber allowed two runs and four hits in six innings.
Germán allowed three runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Tampa Bay jumped ahead with one out in the first when Díaz doubled over left fielder Andrew Benintendi and Jose Siri scored from first when the Yankees missed the cutoff man.
The Rays had three straight one-out hits in the fifth and took a 3-0 lead when Díaz doubled down the left-field line. Ramírez opened the sixth by reaching the left field seats for his fifth homer.
A NINETIES FIRST
For the first time in franchise history, the Yankees started three players wearing jersey numbers in the 90s.
Besides Judge’s No. 99, Cabrera was given No. 95 and Estevan Florial was wearing No. 90.
New York has four players with numbers above 90. Reliever Ron Marinaccio wears No. 97.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: SS Wander Franco (right hamate bone) was held out of Triple-A Durham’s lineup with soreness in the hand. He is expected to resume his rehab assignment Thursday.
Yankees: INF DJ LeMahieu (right big toe) did not start for the fourth straight game singled as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. LeMahieu said he expects to start Thursday. … OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (Achilles tendon) could begin a rehab assignment this weekend and may return next week. … RHP Clay Holmes (back), who last pitched Friday, was placed on the injured list.
UP NEXT
Rays: Open a four-game series against visiting Kansas City Thursday. The Rays did not announce a starter.
Yankees: RHP Frankie Montas (4-9, 3.59 ERA) will make his home debut in the opener of a four-game series against Toronto RHP José Berríos (8-5, 5.61) on Thursday.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Iscoe Law Firm, one of Florida's leading personal injury attorney teams, knows that hit-and-run accidents are common in the state of Florida. In fact, about 25 percent of all accidents are hit-and-run accidents.
"If you find yourself involved in a motor vehicle accident anywhere in the state of Florida, stay at the scene. It's the law," said Gary T. Iscoe, Esq. Founding Partner of Iscoe Law Firm. "Call the local law enforcement authorities to make a report. Even if you believe you are at fault for the collision, being accountable will save you the possibility of fines, jail time, and having your license revoked."
Florida law enforcement officials instruct anyone associated with a motor vehicle incident to:
- Do their best to stay calm
- Call 911
- Obtain as much information from the driver as possible
- Try to sketch the scene to keep track of the vehicle crash locations
- Help the injured if possible
- Call an attorney as soon as you can
These situations can get increasingly complex and are naturally distressing. There can be a variety of variables in each accident. If you have more questions involving a pedestrian accident or an auto accident that involved a hit and run situation, please contact Iscoe Law for a free initial consultation at one's home, office, hotel, or hospital.
About Iscoe Law
Since 1991, Gary T. Iscoe, a Trial Lawyer, has been dedicated to holding the powerful accountable for taking advantage of the powerless. From representing clients in severe injury cases, wrongful death cases, class actions, and other lawsuits including medical malpractice, and product liability. Gary and his team understand Florida's complex personal injury laws.
Iscoe Law fights hard for the injured and holds auto insurers like State Farm, Allstate, Progressive, GEICO, Liberty Mutual accountable for the pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, and other damages suffered by its clients.
For more information or schedule a free consultation, call 800-800-6500 or visit www.iscoelaw.com
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This past week, University of Wisconsin-Madison limnologist Hilary Dugan came across heaping piles of road salt throughout campus.
She found salt covering the university’s streets, walkways, bike paths and even the parking lot of the Center for Limnology, steps away from Lake Mendota. Dugan saw a stark contrast from the city’s maintained roads, which are typically kept clear of snow without the use of excess salt.
As an assistant professor who studies aquatic biology, water quality and ecology, she said the university’s “rampant over-salting” has left her frustrated. While using salt can keep people safe from falling on icy pavement, its overuse could have detrimental effects on the environment, as noted in UW-Madison's own outdoor salt use policy.
“If you walk down the sidewalk or bike path and see just mounds of salt, at that point, it's salt pollution,” Dugan said. “You can still maintain a high level of safety while drastically reducing salt use.”
UW-Madison salt policy
According to UW-Madison spokeswoman Kelly Tyrrell, the university tries to minimize its salt use to protect the city’s waterways. Some of those efforts include closing redundant sidewalks and steps, removing snow prior to salting and using a liquid brine solution before snow falls.
The university also tries to avoid salting during active snow events and uses sand when temperatures are too cold for salt to be effective in melting snow, Tyrrell said. The city of Madison took that approach during last weekend’s snowstorm, opting to plow the streets and use sand in place of salt.
Yet it appears UW-Madison still chose to spread large amounts of salt on campus this weekend, Dugan said.
UW maintenance staff who operate salt spreading machines are certified in salt usage through the city of Madison, according to Tyrrell. They also are trained to use the minimum effective amount of salt, which is about one coffee mug for every 10 sidewalk squares.
But “exceptions can occur on machines intended to distribute bulk salt,” Tyrrell said. “For example, plow trucks upon start up can unintentionally drop a bit more salt.”
City of Madison works to reduce salt use
Dugan said UW-Madison should look to the city of Madison’s policies on outdoor salt, which she thinks have been effective in reducing salt usage. A study from Public Health Madison & Dane County found the city used 60% less salt per year from 2015 to 2020.
According to the city’s winter snow and ice procedures, the Streets Division spreads sand on certain routes instead of salt when temperatures are below 20 degrees to provide traction.
This winter, the city also issued a new ordinance that includes fines for property owners who use too much salt. In addition to removing snow and ice, residents must not use excess salt and chemical melting agents under the new rules. They must also remove any salt after the ice or snow melts.
The city’s Engineering Division, which is in charge of salt use, did not respond to the Cap Times request for an interview, but the new ordinance says that excess use of salt creates hazards on the sidewalk, particularly for some with disabilities, and that excess chemicals which migrate into the city’s storm and surface waters are a public health concern.
Residents are still responsible for clearing snow off of their sidewalks, according to the city’s snow regulations.
“The city has been very forward-thinking in reducing (its) salt use,” Dugan said. “It's frustrating when you cross over from city-maintained paths to campus-maintained paths because the sudden change in practice is just so noticeable.”
What’s wrong with too much salt?
According to Wisconsin Salt Wise, 1 teaspoon of salt can pollute 5 gallons of water at a level that is toxic for freshwater ecosystems. The coalition works to reduce salt pollution in lakes, streams and drinking water.
Salt is also toxic to some small aquatic life and pollutes drinking water wells. The situation can be especially dire on campus, Dugan said, because salt, rainwater and snowmelt drain into the storm sewer system, which then discharges into Lakes Mendota and Monona.
“You just know that all of that is ending up in the lakes,” Dugan said.
The Environmental Protection Agency additionally estimates that the U.S. spends $5 billion per year repairing highways, bridges and other infrastructure due to salt corrosion.
UW-Madison outlines the extensive environmental and public health effects of road salt in its outdoor salt policy, though Dugan said the campus is not making enough of an effort to reduce its salt use.
“I hope all of this just encourages campus to be more of a leader in sustainability,” she said. “When it comes to salt use, there's definitely room for improvement.” | 2023-02-01T22:01:01+00:00 | captimes.com | https://captimes.com/news/education/uw-madison-policy-says-road-salt-is-toxic-so-why-did-it-dump-so-much/article_c8b06148-d077-520f-9e42-6e46d9e35128.html |
CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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From a palm oil alternative and a handheld x-ray to an animal-free egg white and a repurposed airport, the seventh annual awards honor creative solutions to some of the biggest issues facing us today.
DARIEN, Conn., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The winners of Fast Company's 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring sustainable designs, innovative products, bold social initiatives, and other creative projects that are changing the way we work, live, and interact with the world.
Smile Compostable Solutions is an honoree under the energy and sustainability category for its compostable coffee pods. The company's main mission – to bridge sustainability and convenience. Whether for consumers or companies, Smile is bringing patented, plant-based innovations to link the almost-hard-to-believe pair. The honoree sells compostable solutions to counter the plastic pollution building up in landfills from our make-take-waste society. Smile offers compostable alternatives to two of the top three most polluting single-use plastics – straws and coffee pods.
This year's World Changing Ideas Awards showcases 45 winners, 216 finalists, and more than 300 honorable mentions—with health, climate, energy, and AI among the most popular categories. A panel of Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 2,200 entries across urban design, education, nature, politics, technology, corporate social responsibility, and more. Several new categories were added this year including rapid response, crypto and blockchain, agriculture, and workplace. The 2023 awards feature entries from across the globe, from Italy to Singapore to New Zealand.
Fast Company's Spring 2023 issue (on newsstands May 9, 2023) will showcase some of the world's most inventive entrepreneurs and forward-thinking companies that are actively tackling global challenges. The solutions cover everything from water reuse in urban environments and modular housing to an initiative combating book bans and a program that spotlights trans-friendly salons around the world.
Smile's CEO Michael Sands states, "We are honored to be included in this remarkable list of innovative solutions. Sustainability is imperative – and we are proud to be recognized for our materials that are helping to reduce single-use plastic."
"It's thrilling to see the creativity and innovation that are so abundant among this year's honorees," says Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. "While it's easy to feel discouraged by the state of the world, the entrepreneurs, companies, and nonprofits featured in this package show the limitless potential to address society's most urgent problems. Our journalists have highlighted some of the most exciting and impactful work being done today—from housing to equity to sustainability—and we look forward to seeing not only how these projects evolve but how they inspire others to develop solutions of their own."
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About the World Changing Ideas Awards
World Changing Ideas is one of Fast Company's major annual awards programs and is focused on social good, seeking to elevate finished products and brave concepts that make the world better. A panel of judges from across sectors choose winners, finalists, and honorable mentions based on feasibility and the potential for impact. With the goals of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps them expand their reach to inspire more people to start working on solving the problems that affect us all.
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(The Hill) – The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation expanding care for veterans who suffer from illnesses because of exposure to toxins during their military service, ending a standoff after Republicans blocked the bill last week.
The Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act passed with a vote of voted 86-11 and aims to expand benefits from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to 3.5 million veterans.
The bill now heads to President Biden’s desk and he is expected to sign it.
Tuesday’s vote comes after Senate Republicans unexpectedly blocked the bill during a procedural vote last week. The upper chamber on Wednesday voted 55-42 in favor of the bill, failing to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster. Twenty-five Republicans who initially voted to advance the bill in June changed their votes.
The upper chamber previously passed the bill in June by a vote of 84-14, and the House passed the bill in July on a bipartisan 342-88 vote. The measure had to go back to the Senate, as the House version included changes.
Republicans have argued that the bill would create a “budgetary gimmick” by moving $400 billion spent by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to mandatory spending, where it wouldn’t be subject to annual appropriations like discretionary spending would.
Earlier on Tuesday, GOP Senators reached a deal for votes on three amendments, with 60 votes needing to pass the measures, followed by a vote on final passage of the bill.
Veterans’ groups have been camping outside the Capitol since last Thursday in a bid to pressure the Senate to pass the bill. Those same veterans, joined by comedian Jon Stewart, sat in the Senate Gallery to observe the vote.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) thanked the advocates for their efforts, saying they could “go home knowing the good and great things you’ve done for America.”
In addition to expanding VA eligibility for toxic exposed-veterans, the legislation also adds 23 burn pit and toxic-exposure-related connections to the agency’s list of presumptive service connections.
The bill also expands presumptions related to exposures to Vietnam War-era Agent Orange to veterans who served in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Guam. | 2022-08-03T02:19:24+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/senate-sends-veterans-toxic-exposure-bill-to-bidens-desk/ |
Oklahoma’s red cedar eradication effort and study planned for the North Canadian River watershed next five years is unprecedented in its scope.
The Terry Peach North Canadian Watershed Restoration Act tasks the Oklahoma Conservation Commission to complete a 10,000-acre hydrology study targeting native red cedar trees, a variety of juniper that, left unmanaged, takes over landscapes.
Experts say red cedar forms sweeping water-hog monocultures that crowd out valuable grazing lands, are of little benefit to wildlife and create costly wildfire hazards.
Over decades of red cedar warnings from land managers and debate in the statehouse, the act marks an unprecedented singular effort by any agency in the state with the attempt to roll in science while changing miles of landscape through public perception, land-management practices and future policymaker action.
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Organizers note that the study area won’t uncover a cure-all for drought. Still, it could reveal factors that will inspire more landowners statewide that red cedar removal is worth the effort to conserve water, increase available grazing lands, improve wildlife habitat and reduce wildfire danger.
According to Trey Lam, Conservation Commission executive director, with federal matching funds, the $3.2 million approved by legislators could grow to well over $4 million focused across a seven-county area from Oklahoma City to the Panhandle. Cooperative efforts with other state and federal agencies and adjacent municipal and private landowners inspired by the state’s work could significantly boost the total time and money spent when all is said and done.
“The basic idea is to show if and how it can work,” Lam said. “If we show how it can work, that can inspire people to do it to help themselves, and it shows the government, the policymakers, an economic payback, a return on the investment.”
Where the money goes
The first $1 million will fund red cedar eradication teams, Lam said.
“We’re putting out four sets of equipment, skid steers with mulchers and tree shears, and staff, two above Canton Lake and two downstream,” he said.
Creating brush-free zones around communities is the early priority for those teams, so if wildfires take off, they are less of a threat.
The second phase is public education programs and financial and training boosts for rural fire departments and regional prescribed burn associations. Lam said training with Oklahoma State University and the Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association experts would focus primarily on planning and executing prescribed burns.
“We can mechanically control a lot of cedars, but the only real economical way to cover large areas is through prescribed burns. A problem is a lot of people are afraid of fire,” he said.
About $1.5 million will cover the grant portion of the program, including funding for prescribed burns and cooperative funding with landowners to remove red cedars, with higher rates used to clear watersheds that will be part of the hydrology study.
Another roughly $400,000 of the state’s money paired with an expected two-thirds match, or approximately $800,000 more in federal matching funds through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will fund the science.
Earlier studies much smaller in scale
OSU and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Oklahoma Water Science Center have studied the state’s red cedar encroachment since 2008. The studies show that red cedar monocultures use more water than diverse grassland landscapes and that they create wildfire danger.
However, the details of the hydrology results of those long-term studies remain debated and include a list of variables that can influence exactly how much red cedar removal means for groundwater and flowing streams, according to Chris Zou, who has worked on the OSU studies as a professor in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management.
Zou said that average annual precipitation, soil types, geological formations, climate trends, the average rainfall for a given area — and whether rain arrives in flood events or soaking events — are just a few factors scientists must consider when measuring the overall hydrologic impacts on a landscape.
Comparisons of a heavy red cedar cover compared to grassland showed the woody vegetation resulted in more evaporation of rainfall before it could soak into the landscape to increase soil moisture or recharge groundwater and streamflow. The trees also showed greater uptake of water from the soil. Still, Zou and fellow researchers noted varied streamflow results, even among watersheds of similar cover types.
At least one major difference between what OSU has done and what the Conservation Commission will do is the sheer size of the project, he said.
“What we were able to do involved a few hectares,” he said. “Our studies are done with competitive grants, so there are funding limitations.”
That red cedar and salt cedar encroachment statewide impacts the state water resources is not in doubt but is not a simple thing to quantify. He said what OSU continues to do on a handful of acres and whatever role the University might play in cooperation with the Commission on the Terry Peach area could better define that impact statewide.
“If what (The Commission) does is big enough, they may see some real differences. I’m very interested to see it,” he said.
Hydrology study complicated
Lam said it is a tall order to work with landowners and lay out a patchwork of 5,000 acres to be cleared and compared to a nearly identical 5,000 more where heavy red cedar stands remain for the length of the study — be they seasonal wetlands, springs, or other tributaries. It will take time.
While hydrology is the focus, that discipline necessitates a broad look at everything from aquatic life to soil health and siltation to evaporation, in addition to how vegetation rebounds after red cedar removal.
“It would be nice to be quicker with the study, but we need the methodology to be correct, and it will take time to work with landowners and map that out,” he said.
Still, he said he expects the work to begin within the first year and added that the North Canadian watershed is a good test subject.
“If you look at it, it is a relatively long, narrow watershed with the higher areas on either side breaking south to the Canadian River and north to the Cimarron,” he said. “I think if we can get in there and make some headway and get people aware of the program and get those resources from other federal and state agencies, we can start making a difference.”
Focusing on the river upstream from Oklahoma City includes most of the 440-mile North Canadian watershed and addresses growing water supply concerns.
The North Canadian headwaters are in Beaver County. It flows eastward and southward through Woodward and is dammed in Blaine County to form Canton Lake, a water supply lake for Oklahoma City. A 7-mile stretch through Oklahoma City is channelized and renamed the Oklahoma River, associated with the city’s Boathouse District. The remainder of the river flows as a braided sandy river 100 miles east and south through Shawnee to its confluence with the Canadian River as part of Lake Eufaula. | 2023-07-17T03:05:35+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-regional/red-cedar-eradication-effort-planned-in-oklahoma-would-be-a-first-help-begin-statewide-change/article_175929b8-2273-11ee-b59c-f3caf2ec835b.html |
Here’s just a little context to how thuggishly Meta (Facebook) and Google are conducting themselves in Canada.
In response to new Canadian legislation designed to divert roughly $300 million a year into supporting journalism, both companies have announced bans on search and sharing of Canadian news on their sites.
What the hell kind of people act this way? These are mob tactics. “Nice little newspaper you’ve got there — be a shame if something happened to it.”
In case $300 million sounds like a lot of money, or that the Canadian government is being draconian, consider this: In 2021, Google and Facebook extracted almost $10 billion in ad revenue from Canada. That’s according to a report by the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project.
So we’re talking 3% here. For companies that are not taxed in Canada on this income, as far as I’ve been able to determine.
It’s not like they’re strapped for cash. In 2022, they generated combined global earnings of some U.S. $400 billion. That’s more than half a trillion in Canadian dollars, thank you very much.
In one year.
By contrast, the business of journalism in Canada is on its knees. According to available public financial statements, Postmedia and Torstar have cut more than $600 million from their annual payrolls in the last dozen years. Bell Media just slashed 1,300 jobs and closed six radio stations.
Those journalists pay taxes in Canada. They support schools and hospitals and pensions. They report on child care, cancer, municipal councils and climate. They deliver verified, fact-checked information to voters.
They volunteer on kids’ sports teams and in soup kitchens. They shop in local businesses. They live here. Their money stays here. They’re Canadians.
Journalism holds the lifeblood of democracy, and it’s bleeding out in the street. While we squabble about which ambulance to take, foreign tech behemoths are chasing it down to bludgeon it more, in case it’s not dead yet.
And we’re supposed to cave to this?
Make no mistake, this attack is a proxy fight by these tech giants. A very similar bill, the California Journalism Preservation Act, is making its progress toward passage in that state with bipartisan support. It’s facing similar threats, no doubt because legislatures everywhere will do the same.
In other words, the world is watching how we respond.
This is going to be painful, but we can’t back down. Every time we’ve ceded ground to social media giants, it’s come back to bite us. We have more power than we think in this fight.
Given all the damage they’ve done — all the lies and rage and misinformation they’ve spread for traffic and money — they should count their blessings that they’re not facing a licensing surcharge that functions like a tax on tobacco. Meanwhile, we can all switch to Bing or one of the other good search alternatives to Google.
If this were up to me, I’d have three words about Facebook and Google:
Hit. Them. Harder.
This column was originally published in Canada’s National Observer, an online, for-profit news organization founded in 2015 and incorporated in British Columbia. It is featured this week in The Seattle Times’ Voices for a Free Press newsletter; sign up to receive it at the Save the Free Press website, st.news/SavetheFreePress. | 2023-07-05T23:00:29+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/canada-must-not-cave-to-big-techs-mob-tactics/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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Since a car crashed into Antonio's Bar & Grill on Oct. 28, restaurant manager Ashleigh Lee said business has been slow.
"People still think that we're closed," she said. "It's been a real struggle, to be 100% honest."
The building crash a few weeks ago damaged one wall and a window near the entry of the restaurant. No one was injured.
The 78-year-old driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was cited for a civil infraction on Oct. 28 from the Midland Police Department.
A mason company from Lapeer, Northern Construction, boarded up the window space.
Mason Lance Kirker said he replaced blocks for the outside wall within a day and a half.
"I go there regularly for breakfast," he said. "They were good. It was quick, went well. Pretty standard procedure for getting hit by a car."
Kirkland Property Solutions will finish the interior walls, put windows in and additional electrical work to finish repairs. Owner Brendan McConkey said the project will begin this week.
"It shouldn't take us more than a week and a half total, maybe two weeks, to get that done," he said.
Until then, Lee said the hours for operation remain normal.
Antonio's Bar & Grill is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at 1716 West Wackerly Street in Midland. The weekend hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
"People call us on a daily basis to see if we're open," she said.
However, Lee said customers are confused and severs are looking for relief.
"Our servers rely on their tips," she said. "When we're not busy, they don't make tips. It is a very trying time for our servers. It's been a very big struggle for us." | 2022-11-18T02:08:58+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Midland-Antonios-recovers-from-crash-into-building-17574919.php |
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Amy Fischer, an organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, about their efforts to help migrants bused into Washington, D.C.
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NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Amy Fischer, an organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, about their efforts to help migrants bused into Washington, D.C.
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The Most Innovative Indoor Entertainment Brand Expands Its Presence in Southern California
ALHAMBRA, Calif., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sky Zone, the leader in the indoor active entertainment industry, today announced multi-unit franchisee Mohammed Zia will open a new Sky Zone in Alhambra, CA, further strengthening the industry leader's presence in Southern California. Zia currently owns and operates three Sky Zone locations in California and Nevada.
"The continued success of my three Sky Zone parks encouraged me to expand with a new location, bringing jobs and a place for San Gabriel Valley families to have fun in a healthy way," said Mohammed Zia, Sky Zone franchisee. "We are designing the park with the latest attractions and for the ultimate birthday party experience so we can't wait to celebrate with the community once we open our doors."
For nearly 20 years, Sky Zone has been at the forefront of innovating and reinventing the family entertainment center industry. Constantly modernizing, the category-leader offers a collection of over 60 attractions at its network of parks around the country. Sky Zone offers something for everyone, including the Toddler Zone perfect for kids under the age of six, Air Courts that give tricks and sports a boost for kids and teens, and thrilling Slick Slides (exclusive to Sky Zone) that offer an exhilarating free-fall along with a social media-worthy landing. In addition to monthly memberships, Sky Zone offers birthday parties, fundraising events, school field trips, corporate outings, and countless opportunities to make memorable moments.
"As families look for new, interesting things to do away from screens and static environments, the active entertainment industry continues to grow exponentially," said Mike Revak, SVP of Franchise and Park Operations at Sky Zone. "With this trend, we are seeing increased interest from existing franchisees to reinvest in their parks and open new ones. We are excited to expand our footprint with Mohammed as Southern California continues to be a profitable region for our franchise network."
With aggressive expansion plans, Sky Zone is searching for engaged community and business leaders to add to its ever-growing roster of new franchisees. To learn more about Sky Zone and to become a franchisee, please visit: www.skyzone.com.
About Sky Zone:
Sky Zone, founded in 2004, is the global leader in indoor active entertainment. Offering nearly unlimited ways to play for its 40+ million yearly visitors and hundreds of thousands of park members, Sky Zone helps families make memorable moments with more than 60 smile-inducing attractions. The award-winning franchise also elevates celebrations from ordinary to extra, hosting millions of kids at unforgettable birthdays and parties every year. As the largest brand offering the latest and greatest activities and attractions, Sky Zone is the active play destination for kids, and kids at heart. For more information about Sky Zone and to find your local park, visit www.skyzone.com.
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Australian police use Taser on 95-year-old with dementia who had knife, walker
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 95-year-old woman was in critical condition Friday, two days after police shocked her with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home.
The extraordinary police takedown of dementia sufferer Clare Nowland in the New South Wales state town of Cooma on Wednesday has prompted a high-level police internal investigation.
It has also sparked debate about New South Wales state police use of Taser-brand conducted energy devices, or stun guns. They are a less lethal option than firearms, but have occasionally proved more dangerous than other policing options.
Two police officers went to Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home that specializes in residents with higher care needs including dementia, after staff reported that the great-grandmother had taken a serrated steak knife from the kitchen.
Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter declined to say whether he thought a police officer with 12 years experience had used excessive force by firing a stun gun at an elderly woman who stands 1.57 meters (5 foot, 2 inches) tall and weighs 43 kilograms (95 pounds).
“At the time she was Tasered, she was approaching police. But it is fair to say at a slow pace. She had a walking frame. But she had a knife. I can’t take it any further as to what was going through anyone’s mind,” Cotter told reporters.
Nicole Lee, president of advocacy group People with Disability Australia, said she was shocked by the violence.
“She’s either one hell of an agile, fit, fast and intimidating 95-year-old woman, or there’s a very poor lack of judgement on those police officers and there really needs to be some accountability on their side,” Lee told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Police said Nowland received her critical injuries from striking her head on the floor, rather than directly from the Taser’s debilitating electric shock.
Cotter described video from the two police officers’ body cameras of Nowland being shot as “confronting footage.” But he said the video was part of an internal police investigation and it would “not be in the public interest to be releasing that.”
Cotter said the police officer who fired the stun gun was currently “not in the workplace,” but it is unclear whether the officer has been suspended.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-19T08:30:22+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2023/05/19/australian-police-use-taser-95-year-old-with-dementia-who-had-knife-walker/ |
U.S., China remain at odds on numerous issues as Blinken finishes first day of meetings in Beijing
U.S. officials say Secretary of State Antony Blinken was able on Sunday to secure a visit to Washington by Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang during a nearly 6-hour meeting.
The United States and China have failed to overcome their most serious disagreements but were able to discuss them in a potentially constructive way and have agreed to continue talks, U.S. and Chinese officials said Sunday.
U.S. officials said Secretary of State Antony Blinken was able during a nearly 6-hour meeting to secure a visit to Washington by Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. But both sides said advancement on the issues that divide them remains a work in progress while the Chinese foreign ministry said “the China-U.S. relationship is at the lowest point since its establishment.”
China confirmed that Qin had accepted the invitation at a “mutually convenient time” but no date was set.
The State Department said that Blinken had stressed “the importance of diplomacy and maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of misperception and miscalculation.”
The Chinese, meanwhile, restated their position that the current state of relations “does not serve the fundamental interests of the two peoples or meet the shared expectations of the international community,” according to the foreign ministry.
Blinken, the highest-level American official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office, will have more senior level contacts with the Chinese on Monday, including potentially with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Despite Blinken’s presence in the Chinese capital, the prospects for any significant breakthrough on the most vexing issues facing the planet’s two largest economies was slim.
And neither side showed any inclination to back down on their entrenched positions.
Blinken’s trip followed his postponement of plans to visit China in February after the shootdown of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the U.S.
The talks could pave the way for a meeting in the coming months between Biden and Xi. Biden said Saturday that he hoped to be able to meet with Xi in the coming months to take up the plethora of differences that divide them.
That long list incudes disagreements ranging from trade to Taiwan, human rights conditions in China and Hong Kong to Chinese military assertiveness in the South China Sea and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
In his meetings on Sunday, Blinken also pressed the Chinese to release detained American citizens and to take steps to curb the production and export of fentanyl precursors that are fueling the opioid crisis in the United States.
Blinken “made clear that the United States will always stand up for the interests and values of the American people and work with its allies and partners to advance our vision for a world that is free, open, and upholds the international rules-based order,” the State Department said.
The Chinese foreign ministry countered in its statement that “China hopes that the U.S. will adopt an objective and rational perception of China, work with China in the same direction, uphold the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and handle unexpected and sporadic events in a calm, professional and rational manner.”
Shortly before leaving Washington, Blinken emphasized the importance of the U.S. and China establishing and maintaining better lines of communication.
Biden and Xi had made commitments to improve communications “precisely so that we can make sure we are communicating as clearly as possible to avoid possible misunderstandings and miscommunications,” Blinken said Friday.
Xi offered a hint of a possible willingness to reduce tensions, saying in a meeting with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates on Friday that the United States and China can cooperate to “benefit our two countries.”
Since the cancellation of Blinken’s trip in February, there have been some high-level engagements. CIA chief William Burns traveled to China in May, while China’s commerce minister traveled to the U.S. And Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Wang Yi in Vienna in May.
But those have been punctuated by bursts of angry rhetoric from both sides over the Taiwan Strait, their broader intentions in the Indo-Pacific, China’s refusal to condemn Russia for its war against Ukraine, and U.S. allegations from Washington that Beijing is attempting to boost its worldwide surveillance capabilities, including in Cuba.
And, earlier this month, China’s defense minister rebuffed a request from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for a meeting on the sidelines of a security symposium in Singapore, a sign of continuing discontent.
Underscoring the difficulties, China rejected a report by a U.S. security firm, that blamed Chinese-linked hackers for attacks on hundreds of public agencies, schools and other targets around the world, as “far-fetched and unprofessional”
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson repeated accusations that Washington carries out hacking attacks and complained the cybersecurity industry rarely reports on them.
Meanwhile, the national security advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines held their first joint talks Friday and agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation, in part to counter China’s growing influence and ambitions.
This coincides with the Biden administration inking an agreement with Australia and Britain to provide the first with nuclear-powered submarines, with China moving rapidly to expand its diplomatic presence, especially in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific island nations, where it has opened or has plans to open at least five new embassies over the next year.
The agreement is part of an 18-month-old nuclear partnership given the acronym AUKUS — for Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim in Washington and Huizhong Wu in Taipei, Taiwan contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced an update to its Security Directive regarding oil and natural gas pipeline cybersecurity. This revised directive will continue the effort to reinforce cybersecurity preparedness and resilience for the nation's critical pipelines.
Developed with input from industry stakeholders and federal partners, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Transportation, the reissued security directive for critical pipeline companies follows the initial directive announced in July 2021 and renewed in July 2022. The directive includes updates that seek to strengthen the industry's defenses against cyberattacks.
"TSA is committed to keeping the nation's transportation systems secure in this challenging cyber threat environment. This revised security directive sustains the strong cybersecurity measures already in place for the oil and natural gas pipeline industry," said TSA Administrator David Pekoske. "Earlier versions required the development of processes and cybersecurity implementation plans. This version requires that operators test and evaluate those plans. We will continue to work with our partners in the transportation sector to increase cybersecurity resilience throughout the transportation system and acknowledge the significant work over the past year to protect critical infrastructure."
Following a May 2021 ransomware attack that disrupted the supply chain, TSA issued security directives mandating that critical pipeline owners and operators implement urgently needed cybersecurity measures in light of the significant cyber threat facing the industry. Since that attack, the threat continues to evolve and intensify. With these revisions to the security directives, TSA continues to take steps to reduce risks to pipeline infrastructure through collaboration with the agency's public and private sector partners.
This security directive requires that TSA-specified owners and operators of pipeline systems take necessary action to prevent the disruption and degradation to their infrastructure. Updates to the security directive require oil and natural gas pipeline owners/operators to:
- Annually submit an updated Cybersecurity Assessment Plan to TSA for review and approval.
- Annually report the results from previous year assessments, with a schedule for assessing and auditing specific cybersecurity measures for effectiveness. TSA requires 100% of an owner/ operator's security measures be assessed every three years.
- Test at least two Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan (CIRP) objectives and include individuals serving in positions identified in the CIRP in their required annual exercises.
Remaining in place are previously established requirements to report significant cybersecurity incidents to CISA, identify a cybersecurity point of contact, and conduct a cybersecurity vulnerability assessment (Security Directive Pipeline 2021-01C).
To view TSA's security directives and guidance documents, please visit: the TSA Cybersecurity Toolkit.
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MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Tuesday, May 2
Today's MLB schedule has plenty of exciting matchups on the docket. Among those contests is the Pittsburgh Pirates taking on the Tampa Bay Rays.
In terms of live coverage, we have what you need to know regarding today's MLB action here. Take a look at the links below.
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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
The Tampa Bay Rays (23-6) host the Pittsburgh Pirates (20-9)
The Pirates will look to pick up a road win at Tropicana Field versus the Rays on Tuesday at 6:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TB Key Player: Randy Arozarena (.327 AVG, 7 HR, 28 RBI)
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.320 AVG, 5 HR, 23 RBI)
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The Miami Marlins (16-13) play the Atlanta Braves (19-10)
The Braves will look to pick up a road win at LoanDepot park versus the Marlins on Tuesday at 6:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIA Key Player: Luis Arraez (.438 AVG, 1 HR, 11 RBI)
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.363 AVG, 5 HR, 15 RBI)
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The Detroit Tigers (10-17) play the New York Mets (16-13)
The Mets will hit the field at Comerica Park against the Tigers on Tuesday at 6:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- DET Key Player: Nick Maton (.159 AVG, 4 HR, 13 RBI)
- NYM Key Player: Pete Alonso (.248 AVG, 11 HR, 28 RBI)
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The Washington Nationals (10-18) take on the Chicago Cubs (15-13)
The Cubs will hit the field at Nationals Park versus the Nationals on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- WSH Key Player: Luis Garcia (.235 AVG, 2 HR, 13 RBI)
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.323 AVG, 2 HR, 17 RBI)
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The New York Yankees (15-15) host the Cleveland Guardians (14-15)
The Guardians hope to get a road victory at Yankee Stadium against the Yankees on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.245 AVG, 4 HR, 10 RBI)
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.279 AVG, 3 HR, 17 RBI)
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The Chicago White Sox (8-21) host the Minnesota Twins (17-12)
The Twins will take to the field at Guaranteed Rate Field versus the White Sox on Tuesday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- CHW Key Player: Andrew Vaughn (.255 AVG, 3 HR, 20 RBI)
- MIN Key Player: Byron Buxton (.258 AVG, 7 HR, 17 RBI)
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The Boston Red Sox (16-14) face the Toronto Blue Jays (18-11)
The Blue Jays hope to get a road victory at Fenway Park against the Red Sox on Tuesday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- BOS Key Player: Alex Verdugo (.311 AVG, 5 HR, 18 RBI)
- TOR Key Player: Bo Bichette (.344 AVG, 7 HR, 21 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (7-22) host the Baltimore Orioles (19-9)
The Orioles will hit the field at Kauffman Stadium versus the Royals on Tuesday at 7:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Vinnie Pasquantino (.279 AVG, 5 HR, 10 RBI)
- BAL Key Player: Jorge Mateo (.347 AVG, 6 HR, 17 RBI)
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The St. Louis Cardinals (10-19) take on the Los Angeles Angels (15-14)
The Angels will take to the field at Busch Stadium versus the Cardinals on Tuesday at 7:45 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- STL Key Player: Paul Goldschmidt (.306 AVG, 4 HR, 14 RBI)
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.294 AVG, 7 HR, 18 RBI)
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The Texas Rangers (17-11) face the Arizona Diamondbacks (16-13)
The Diamondbacks will take to the field at Globe Life Field versus the Rangers on Tuesday at 8:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.268 AVG, 5 HR, 23 RBI)
- ARI Key Player: Corbin Carroll (.320 AVG, 4 HR, 9 RBI)
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The Houston Astros (16-13) take on the San Francisco Giants (11-17)
The Giants will take to the field at Minute Maid Park versus the Astros on Tuesday at 8:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet SW
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Kyle Tucker (.277 AVG, 5 HR, 20 RBI)
- SF Key Player: Thairo Estrada (.333 AVG, 4 HR, 10 RBI)
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The Colorado Rockies (9-20) play the Milwaukee Brewers (18-10)
The Brewers will look to pick up a road win at Coors Field versus the Rockies on Tuesday at 8:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:40 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- COL Key Player: Charlie Blackmon (.276 AVG, 2 HR, 8 RBI)
- MIL Key Player: Rowdy Tellez (.247 AVG, 8 HR, 20 RBI)
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The San Diego Padres (16-14) face the Cincinnati Reds (12-17)
The Reds hope to get a road victory at PETCO Park versus the Padres on Tuesday at 9:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- SD Key Player: Xander Bogaerts (.304 AVG, 6 HR, 13 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Jonathan India (.276 AVG, 1 HR, 11 RBI)
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The Oakland Athletics (6-23) play the Seattle Mariners (12-16)
The Mariners will look to pick up a road win at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum versus the Athletics on Tuesday at 9:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- OAK Key Player: Brent Rooker (.353 AVG, 9 HR, 22 RBI)
- SEA Key Player: Jarred Kelenic (.308 AVG, 7 HR, 14 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers (16-13) play the Philadelphia Phillies (15-14)
The Phillies will hit the field at Dodger Stadium versus the Dodgers on Tuesday at 10:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAD Key Player: Max Muncy (.238 AVG, 11 HR, 22 RBI)
- PHI Key Player: Nicholas Castellanos (.319 AVG, 4 HR, 19 RBI)
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GLASGOW, Scotland, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has joined Scottish tech startup Songbox after falling in love with its secure music-sharing capabilities.
Glasgow-based Songbox is a platform that is changing the way musicians handle their audio files. It allows musicians and other audio content creators to securely store and share their files with anyone they choose, be it co-creators, collaborators, industry figures, media outlets – the possibilities are endless.
The platform allows the content creator to know that the file has been received and whether it has been listened to – even confirming which tracks have been played and for how long. And it's all done with built-in privacy and security.
Multi Platinum Recording Artist & Grammy Award Winner Bryan Adams was one of the first renowned names to use the newly-launched Songbox for his work and has helped to add new features to the product.
He says: "Songbox allows me to share new music that I'm working on in a way that I couldn't before. I don't need to send out MP3 files or physical products, so it keeps my ideas and early versions safe and secure until I'm ready to officially release the songs. It was exactly what I was looking for. I'm delighted to join Songbox and to help tell other people in the music business how great this tool can be for their work."
The idea for Songbox came from a Scottish musician's frustration at trying to get attention for his work in the traditional ways – burning CDs and putting them in the post, only to be met, for the most part, with silence. Songbox founder Michael Coll also saw this from the other side of the fence, when he later worked as a web developer at a major music industry player.
Michael says: "Like many other bands, we'd send out demos and never even know whether they had been received, yet alone listened to. And in my job, I'd see people's hard work in the form of hundreds of demos arrive every week, only to pile up in a corner without ever being opened. We called it 'the corner where dreams went to die.' I knew there had to be a better way."
His idea led to the creation of Songbox, which was launched without any external funding and already has thousands of global users, including Grammy winners and hobbyists alike. It's designed for anyone who works with audio files, with various pricing options including a free package for those who want to give it a try without commitment. Michael and co-founder Ciaran O'Toole are looking to grow Songbox and will soon begin a series of funding rounds.
Michael adds: "Bryan coming on board as a co-founder has been a great boost to the company. And as a Songbox collaborator, he has also helped organically grow the product through adding new features that he knew would benefit fellow Songbox users. That kind of insight has been invaluable."
For more info or to request a photo, contact Stef Lach, Communications Manager, on stef@songbox.com
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With the Front Porch Arts Collective and The Huntington leading the field, the Boston Theater Critics Association announced its nominees Wednesday for the Elliot Norton Awards.
Front Porch, a Black theater company founded just seven years ago, captured a total of 30 nominations, for “Chicken & Biscuits,” “K-I-S-S-I-N-G” (co-produced by The Huntington), and “Ain’t Misbehavin’ ” (co-produced by The Nora @ Central Square Theater and Greater Boston Stage Company). Huntington productions and co-productions, including “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” “Clyde’s,” and “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” received 29 nominations in all.
After a three-year disruption due to the pandemic, the Nortons return to a live, in-person awards ceremony May 8 at the Huntington Theatre. That night, longtime Boston-based actor and director Bobbie Steinbach will receive the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. She’s also a 2023 Norton nominee — as a featured performer in Moonbox Productions’ “Torch Song.”
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This year’s Norton Awards have been expanded to include separate design categories. However, for the first time acting categories are not divided by gender. Here is the complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Production, Large Theater
“Clyde’s,” The Huntington in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
“K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
“Much Ado About Nothing,” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
“Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,” American Repertory Theater
Outstanding Production, Midsize Theater
“Fairview,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
“Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
“The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
“Seven Guitars,” Actors’ Shakespeare Project
“Torch Song,” Moonbox Productions
Outstanding Production, Small Theater
“Black Super Hero Magic Mama,” Company One Theatre, presented in collaboration with American Repertory Theater, Boston Public Library, and Boston Comics in Color Festival
“Chicken & Biscuits,” The Front Porch Arts Collective
“Don’t Eat the Mangos,” Apollinaire Theatre Company and Teatro Chelsea
“Into the Breeches!,” Hub Theatre Company of Boston
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Outstanding Musical Production
“Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
“Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
“Little Shop of Horrors,” North Shore Music Theatre
“Matilda,” Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University
Outstanding Leading Performance, Large Theater
Tia James, “Much Ado About Nothing,” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
James Milord, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
Clare Perkins, “The Wife of Willesden,” American Repertory Theater
Regan Sims, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Sharmarke Yusuf, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Outstanding Featured Performance, Large Theater
Patrese D. McClain, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
April Nixon, “Clyde’s,” The Huntington in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Maurice Emmanuel Parent, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
Ivan Cecil Walks, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Debra Wise, “Much Ado About Nothing,” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Outstanding Leading Performance, Midsize Theater
Mark H. Dold, “The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Anthony T Goss, “Seven Guitars,” Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Peter Mill, “Torch Song,” Moonbox Productions
Sophorl Ngin, “The Chinese Lady,” Central Square Theater in partnership with CHUANG Stage
Eddie Shields, “The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Outstanding Featured Performance, Midsize Theater
Johnnie Mack, “Seven Guitars,” Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Victoria Omoregie, “Fairview,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Bobbie Steinbach, “Torch Song,” Moonbox Productions
Jae Woo, “The Chinese Lady,” Central Square Theater in partnership with CHUANG Stage
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Mishka Yarovoy, “The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Outstanding Leading Performance, Small Theater
Ramona Lisa Alexander, “Black Super Hero Magic Mama,” Company One, presented in collaboration with American Repertory Theater, Boston Public Library, and Boston Comics in Color Festival
Thomika Bridwell, “Chicken & Biscuits,” The Front Porch Arts Collective
Chris Everett, “can i touch it?,” Company One Theatre, produced in partnership with the City of Boston’s Office of Arts and Culture
Jacqui Parker, “Chicken & Biscuits,” The Front Porch Arts Collective
Kathleen Pickett, “Into the Breeches!,” Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Outstanding Featured Performance, Small Theater
Schanaya Barrows, “can i touch it?,” Company One Theatre, produced in partnership with the City of Boston’s Office of Arts and Culture
Lorraine Kanyike, “Chicken & Biscuits,” The Front Porch Arts Collective
Luz Lopez, “Don’t Eat the Mangos,” Apollinaire Theatre Company and Teatro Chelsea
Anderson Stinson, III, “Black Super Hero Magic Mama,” Company One Theatre in collaboration with American Repertory Theater, Boston Public Library, and Boston Comics in Color Festival
Mishka Yarovoy, “Chicken & Biscuits,” The Front Porch Arts Collective
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Musical
Neil A. Casey, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Skye Vaux Fuller, “Matilda,” Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University
Liza Giangrande, “Little Women,” Greater Boston Stage Company
Tim Lawton, “Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
Jared Troilo, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
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Amy Barker, “Little Women,” Greater Boston Stage Company
Johanna Carlisle-Zepeda, “Matilda,” Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University
Aimee Doherty, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Jackson Jirard, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
Anthony Pires Jr., “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
Outstanding Musical Direction
Ryan Cantwell, “1776,” American Repertory Theater
David Freeman Coleman and Dan Rodriguez, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
David Freeman Coleman, “Matilda,” Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University
Tim Lawton, “Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
Matthew Stern, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Outstanding Choreography
Maurice Emmanuel Parent and Ilyse Robbins, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
Briana Scafidi, “Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
Misha Shields, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Outstanding Director, Large Theater
Lili-Anne Brown, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
Taibi Magar, “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,” American Repertory Theater
Taylor Reynolds, “Clyde’s,” The Huntington in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Megan Sandberg-Zakian, “Much Ado About Nothing,” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Dawn M. Simmons, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Outstanding Director, Midsize Theater
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Paul Daigneault, “The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Pascale Florestal, “Fairview,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Maurice Emmanuel Parent, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
Maurice Emmanuel Parent, “Seven Guitars,” Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Fred Sullivan Jr., “The Play That Goes Wrong,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Outstanding Director, Small Theater
Bryn Boice, “Into the Breeches!,” Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Lindsay Allyn Cox, “Chicken & Biscuits,” The Front Porch Arts Collective
Mariela López-Ponce, “Don’t Eat the Mangos,” Apollinaire Theatre Company and Teatro Chelsea
Outstanding Scenic Design, Large Theater
Wilson Chin, “Clyde’s,” The Huntington in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Mark Kanieff with projections by Hsuan-Kuan Hsieh, “Letters from Home,” Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lawrence E. Moton, III and Daniel Allen, “Much Ado About Nothing,” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Arnel Sancianco, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
Jason Ardizzone West with projections by Yee Eun Nam and Hannah Tran, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Outstanding Scenic Design, Midsize or Small Theater
Scott Martino, “Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
Kathy Monthei, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Greater Boston Stage Company
Jon Savage, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
Jon Savage, “Seven Guitars,” Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Cristina Todesco, “The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Outstanding Lighting Design, Large Theater
Jorge Arroyo, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Chu-Hsuan Chang, “Letters from Home,” Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Jason Lynch, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
Jennifer Schriever, “1776,” American Repertory Theater
Eric Southern and Maximo Grano de Oro, “Much Ado About Nothing,” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Outstanding Lighting Design, Midsize or Small Theater
Jeff Adelberg, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
Matthew Brian Cost, “Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
Karen Perlow, “The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
Corey Whittemore, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Greater Boston Stage Company
Kat C. Zhou, “The Chinese Lady,” Central Square Theater in partnership with CHUANG Stage
Outstanding Costume Design, Large Theater
Kathleen Doyle, “Much Ado About Nothing,” Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Dominique Fawn Hill, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Samantha C. Jones, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
Karen Perry, “Clyde’s,” The Huntington in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Emilio Sosa, “1776,” American Repertory Theater
Outstanding Costume Design, Midsize or Small Theater
Sandra Zhihan Jia, “The Chinese Lady,” Central Square Theater in partnership with CHUANG Stage
Katherine Lawrence, “Into the Breeches!,” Hub Theatre Company of Boston
Scott Martino, “Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
Elisabetta Polito, “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
Elisabetta Polito, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Outstanding Sound Design, Large Theater
Jonathan Deans, “1776,” American Repertory Theater
Anna Drummond, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Chris Porter (with music by Chinary Ung), “Letters from Home,” Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Jane Shaw (sound design and original music), “The Art of Burning,” The Huntington
Jane Shaw (sound design and original music), “Our Daughters, Like Pillars,” The Huntington
Outstanding Sound Design, Midsize or Small Theater
Kai Bohlman, “The Chinese Lady,” Central Square Theater in partnership with CHUANG Stage
Elizabeth Cahill, “The Great Leap,” Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Abe Joyner-Meyers (soundscape) and Dewey Dellay (music), “Seven Guitars,” Actors’ Shakespeare Project
David Remedios, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Greater Boston Stage Company
Outstanding Solo Performance
Paul Melendy, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Greater Boston Stage Company
Kalean Ung, “Letters from Home,” Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Outstanding New Script
Inda Craig-Galván, “Black Super Hero Magic Mama,” Company One Theatre in collaboration with American Repertory Theater, Boston Public Library, and Boston Comics in Color Festival
Francesca Da Silveira, “can I touch it?,” Company One, produced in partnership with the City of Boston’s Office of Arts and Culture
Ryan Landry, “Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors,” Gold Dust Orphans
John Minigan, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Greater Boston Stage Company
Lenelle Moïse, “K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
Outstanding Ensemble
“Ain’t Misbehavin’,” The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora @ Central Square Theater, and Greater Boston Stage Company
“Chicken & Biscuits,” The Front Porch Arts Collective
“Clyde’s,” The Huntington in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
“Don’t Eat the Mangos,” Apollinaire Theatre Company and Teatro Chelsea
“Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
“The Inheritance,” SpeakEasy Stage Company
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” The Huntington
“K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” The Huntington and The Front Porch Arts Collective
“Seven Guitars,” Actors’ Shakespeare Project
“Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,” American Repertory Theater
In addition to releasing its list of nominees, the Boston Theater Critics Association announced the following awards:
Outstanding Visiting Play
“On Beckett,” a production by Octopus Theatricals presented by ArtsEmerson
Outstanding Visiting Musical
“Into the Woods,” presented by Ambassador Theatre Group
Outstanding Visiting Design
“The Orchard,” produced by Cherry Orchard Festival in association with Arlekin Players Theatre and (zero-G) Lab, Groundswell Theatricals and ShowOne Productions
Outstanding Visiting Performance in a Play
Travis Alabanza, “Burgerz,” presented by ArtsEmerson
Outstanding Visiting Performance in a Musical
Gavin Creel, “Into the Woods,” presented by Ambassador Theatre Group | 2023-04-05T16:39:14+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/05/arts/front-porch-huntington-lead-list-elliot-norton-award-nominees/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar owner Roger Penske says he is certain series officials will investigate what led to a wheel coming loose during a crash in the Indianapolis 500, which ended up sailing over the catch fence and grandstands before landing on a parked automobile.
“We haven’t had a wheel come off in a long time,” Penske said. “We were very fortunate we didn’t have a bad accident.”
The cars are supposed to have a tether that keeps the wheel attached even in the event of a wreck. But when Felix Rosenqvist hit the wall in Turns 1 and 2 in the closing laps Sunday, and Kyle Kirkwood launched off the rear of his car into the catch fencing, the wheel went soaring over the fence and the corner of the grandstand before landing in the parking lot.
The wheel traveled about 350 yards before crushing into the front of a fan’s parked Chevrolet. With a crowd of more than 300,000 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and a full grandstand in Turns 1 and 2, it was fortunate nobody was injured.
“I saw what happened, saw it bounced on top of a building and went and hit a car over there, which obviously is very concerning,” said Penske, whose driver Josef Newgarden won the race, giving Team Penske its 19th Indy 500 victory.
Penske closed on the purchase of IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway about three years ago.
“We have tethers on the wheels, and it was a rear wheel that came off,” Penske said after Sunday’s victory celebration, “and I’m sure the guys at IndyCar will look at it, will determine what really happened.”
During the 1987 Indianapolis 500, one fan was killed when a tire flew into the top row of the grandstands. It had come off Tony Bettenhausen’s car, then bounced off the front of Roberto Guerrero’s car, before landing among the fans.
During a 1998 race at Michigan International Speedway involving CART — which later became part of IndyCar — Adrian Fernandez crashed and a tire and other parts flew into the stands. Three fans were killed and six others were hurt that day.
The next year, three fans were killed and eight injured at Charlotte Motor Speedway when a tire and other debris flew into the stands during an Indy Racing League event. The race was canceled, and IndyCar has not returned to the speedway.
Those incidents resulting in the development of the tethers that are supposed to keep the wheels attached.
The owner of the Chevrolet that took the brunt of the damage Sunday was Robin Matthews, a race fan from Indianapolis. Her car, which she calls “snowball,” had to be towed away because of the damage. She was treated with a chance to kiss the yard of bricks, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway President J. Douglas Boles gave her a lift home.
IndyCar said one person was struck by other debris from the crash but was checked and released from the infield care center.
“I was in this turn,” tweeted John Green, an author from Indianapolis. “Hugely relieved everyone appears to be OK. Watching a wheel fly over my friends at 150 miles per hour is not an experience I’m anxious to repeat.”
Rosenqvist and Kirkwood also were uninjured in the wreck, though the latter went on quite a ride. Kirkwood went airborne after contact and landed upside down against the wall, skidding several hundred yards as sparks flew from his car.
“That’s the scary part,” Kirkwood said. “You’re upside-down and you’re kind of stuck at that point.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-30T12:31:45+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-penske-indycar-sure-to-investigate-wheel-that-flew-over-stands-from-indy-500-wreck/ |
Stock market today: Asian markets track Wall Street decline
By ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
Asian shares declined Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street ahead of a decision on interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices were little changed.
The Federal Reserve will wrap up a two-day policy meeting later in the day. It is widely expected to raise its key rate by a quarter percentage point to 5%-5.25% to try to finally tamp down inflation.
Meanwhile, a political stalemate has left the U.S. edging ever closer to what would be a catastrophic default on government debt. President Joe Biden invited the top four congressional leaders to face-to-face talks at the White House next week to try to resolve the problem.
“Risk sentiments are back to a cautious mood this week, having digested many of the big tech earnings and a series of uncertainties are now back onto the radar for the bulls to tackle,” Yeap Jun Rong of IG Research said in a commentary.
Markets in Japan and China were closed Wednesday for holidays. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index lost 1.6% to 19,608.54. South Korea’s Kospi shed 0.9% to 2,500.50 and the S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney declined 1.1% to 7,184.90.
India’s Sensex lost 0.4% and shares also fell in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 1.2% to 4,119.58 and the Dow dropped 1.1% to 33,684.53. The Nasdaq composite gave up 1.1% to 12,080.51.
Some of the sharpest drops came from smaller- and mid-sized banks, which have been under heavy scrutiny as the banking system cracks under the weight of much higher interest rates.
PacWest Bancorp dropped 27.8%, Western Alliance Bancorp fell 15.4% and Comerica sank 12.4%.
Three of the four largest U.S. bank failures in history have come since March, and investors are hunting for the next likely to topple or suffer a debilitating exodus of customers.
Regulators seized First Republic Bank at the start of this week and sold most of it to JPMorgan Chase, which had raised hopes that the turmoil could ease.
Adding to worries, a report showed U.S. employers advertised the fewest job openings in nearly two years during March. The job market has been one of the main pillars supporting a slowing economy, and a drop-off there would likely mean a recession.
High rates have already hit the housing market sharply and hurt the banking system. Many investors are preparing for a recession to hit later this year.
Adding to the gloom, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said late Monday that the U.S. government could default on its debt as early as June 1 unless a divided Congress allows it to borrow more. That’s an earlier “X-date” than previously thought.
Much of the financial system is built on the assumption that U.S. government debt is the safest investment available. The hope is that Congress will strike a deal before the deadline, as it has many times before, because the alternative would be so dire.
With only weeks to go before June 1, Congress could be forced to agree to an extension of just a few months, rather than a long-term deal.
“There could be a few debt ceiling deadlines prior to the 2024 elections,” UBS strategists led by Michael Cloherty wrote in a report.
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury slumped to 3.42% from 3.57% late Monday. But early Wednesday it was at 3.54%.
In other trading Wednesday, U.S. benchmark crude oil lost 3 cents to $71.63 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It tumbled $4 on Tuesday.
Brent crude, the basis for pricing international oils, gained 3 cents to $75.35 per barrel.
The dollar fell to 136.07 Japanese yen from 136.54 yen late Tuesday. The euro rose to $1.1019 from $1.1003. | 2023-05-03T11:42:39+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/news/2023/05/02/stock-market-today-asian-markets-track-wall-street-decline/ |
BEIJING, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quhuo International announced the successful implementation of its first business collaboration in Jordan. The objective of this collaboration is to facilitate the exportation of Chinese new energy vehicles to the international market and provide advanced on-demand delivery technology support to the Jordanian market. Moreover, Quhuo International is also planning to establish a global vehicle trading platform to innovate the forms of vehicle transactions. To date, Quhuo International has established a partnership with Alsamih Trading Company in Jordan and aims to expand its collaborations with more partners to jointly promote the development of new energy vehicles in the Jordanian market.
According to the latest statistics from CAAM(China Association of Automobiles), in 2022, China's exports of new energy vehicles reached 679,000 units, representing a year-on-year growth of 120%. In the first four months of 2023, Chinese automotive companies exported 1.37 million vehicles, marking an impressive year-on-year growth of 89.2%. This achievement signifies that in the first quarter, China has surpassed Japan as the world's largest exporter of automobiles for the first time. Jordan, being a market with substantial demand for automobiles and relying heavily on vehicle imports, holds significant potential for the expansion of Chinese new energy vehicles in the international market. Quhuo International has chosen Jordan as its first collaborating country, aiming to leverage the influential Chinese brand presence in the new energy vehicle(NEV) industry and the technical and product strength of the Quhuo platform to meet the demand for new energy vehicles in the Jordanian market.
Quhuo International plans to export approximately 3,000 pre-owned NEVs to Jordan this year. These vehicles will include models from GAC New Energy, such as the GE3, and BAIC New Energy, including the EU5. Additionally, the selection will also incorporate pre-owned new energy vehicles previously operated on Quhuo's domestic car-hailing platform. By exporting these pre-owned vehicles, Quhuo International aims to effectively capitalize on the residual value of the vehicles, thereby securing stable profits. Collaborating closely with Jordanian dealers, they aim to foster the prosperity and growth of Jordan's pre-owned car trading market.
With over 10 years of experience in on-demand delivery within the domestic market, Quhuo has established a mature and validated model for managing food delivery services nationwide. Quhuo International plans to offer the Quhuo+ food delivery system and on-demand delivery solutions to the Jordanian market, providing distributors with diverse revenue opportunities. By partnering with Jordanian distributors, Quhuo International aims to enter the realm of internet-based delivery and transportation, effectively filling market gaps. Furthermore, the integration of Quhuo's food delivery technology and on-demand delivery solutions will enable distributors to make full use of idle vehicles and maximize the economic value of their vehicle inventory to a certain extent.
Quhuo International's strategic business expansion in the Jordanian market goes beyond automotive sales and on-demand delivery technology support. It encompasses a broader vision of utilizing internet technology to build a global vehicle trading platform. This platform will integrate the distributor resources of Quhuo International across 58 countries and regions, providing Chinese automotive manufacturers with additional export channels and offering diversified supply sources to overseas distributors. Through innovative transaction models, Quhuo International aims to bring forth more business opportunities and collaboration prospects for all stakeholders in the industry, fostering the development of international automotive trade.
Mr. Liang Bo, the General Manager of Quhuo International, believes, "This collaboration is not only our first project involving overseas countries since our establishment but also a crucial step in expanding our overseas business strategy. The current demand for vehicles in Jordan presents favorable development potential for the exportation of Chinese new energy vehicles, offering an opportunity to promote the growth of Chinese new energy vehicles in the international market. Quhuo International will leverage the influential Chinese brand presence in the NEVs industry and the technical strength of Quhuo to meet the demand for NEV in the Jordanian market while providing additional internet technology support. We look forward to this collaboration with Jordan, which serves as a starting point, and we will continue to seek further partnership opportunities to jointly drive the prosperity and development of the new energy vehicle industry."
Leslie Yu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quhuo, emphasizes the significance of this business collaboration: Quhuo will continue to uphold the concept of open cooperation and expand partnerships with more countries and regions, jointly driving the sustainable development of the global automotive industry. Through open collaboration, Quhuo Internatonal aims to go beyond simply assisting manufacturers and distributors in addressing vehicle supply issues. Quhuo will also share their proven on-demand delivery technology with their partners, fostering collective progress within the industry. Quhuo believes that through collaboration with partners, the global automotive industry will experience greater prosperity and sustainable development.
About Quhuo Limited
Quhuo Limited (NASDAQ: QH) ("Quhuo" or the "Company") is a leading gig economy platform focusing on local life services in China. Leveraging Quhuo+, its proprietary technology infrastructure, Quhuo is dedicated to empowering and linking workers and local life service providers and providing end-to-end operation solutions for the life service market. The Company currently provides multiple industry-tailored operational solutions, primarily including on-demand delivery solutions, mobility service solutions, housekeeping and accommodation solutions, and other services, meeting the living needs of hundreds of millions of families in the communities.
With the vision of promoting employment, stabilizing income and empowering entrepreneurship, Quhuo explores multiple scenarios to promote employment of workers, provides, among others, safety and security and vocational training to protect workers, and helps workers plan their career development paths to realize their self-worth.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Three men have been banned from doing business in Kansas and fined after separate violations, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
Benjamin Thayer of Cambridge, Wisconsin, and Ryan Metzker of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, have been banned from doing business in Kansas in the capacity of roofing contractors. In a separate case, Travis Hollingshead of Goodland, Kansas, has also been banned from operating as a roofer in Kansas, according to the attorney general.
Thayer and Metzker, who work for Copperhead Contracting LLC of Milton, Wisconsin, were given a default judgment by Shawnee County District Court Judge Mary E. Christopher on Oct. 27. The men were ordered to pay $230,000 in penalties and banned from doing business in Kansas as roofing contractors.
The AG’s Office filed a petition in 2022 alleging that Thayer and Metzker conducted door-to-door solicitations and entered into contracts with seven people and one business for roofing services after a 2018 hail storm. Investigators say the defendants were ordered to pay $70,000 in civil penalties for allegedly failing to register with Kansas as required by the Kansas Roofing Registration Act.
Thayer and Metzker were also ordered to pay $160,000 for allegedly failing to provide consumers’ right to cancel transaction notices and failure to provide notice of cancellation forms advising the consumers of their three-day right to cancel. These violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, according to the AG.
In the case of Hollingshead, who was doing business as Holly Enterprises, he was ordered to pay a $10,000 civil penalty and is banned from operating as a roofer in Kansas. This was handed down by Sherman County District Court Judge Scott Showalter, who approved of a consent judgment reached between Hollingshead and the AG. The AG’s Office filed the petition in 2022 alleging that Hollingshead had solicited and performed 36 roofing contracts in Kansas without holding a valid Kansas roofing registration certificate.
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Hybrids are a great choice for reliability, according to a the latest Consumer Reports survey, with the Ford Maverick, Toyota Corolla, and Lexus NX rated among the most reliable.
Hybrid cars and hybrid SUVs ranked first and third, respectively, in the nonprofit’s Annual Auto Reliability Report, released Tuesday. The Maverick, Corolla, and NX all achieved high reliability ratings in that survey, which is based on responses from owners of vehicles from the last three model years between redesigns. And, of course, they deliver better fuel economy than their gasoline-only counterparts.
While hybrids carry an average price premium of $1,700 over non-hybrid internal-combustion vehicles, that can be offset by improved fuel savings, CR said, noting that in its testing most hybrid SUVs now get more than 35 mpg overall, while most hybrid sedans achieve 45-mpg average fuel economy. That could allow drivers to pay back the extra cost of a hybrid after four years, assuming $4-per-gallon gas and 12,000 miles driven annually, according to CR.
Based on that metric, the Lexus NX returns $650 in annual savings over a non-hybrid NX, according to CR. That’s calculated from observed fuel economy of 38 mpg for the hybrid and 25 mpg for the non-hybrid. The EPA rates the NX 350h hybrid at 39 mpg combined, and the NX 250, which has the more efficient of the two non-hybrid powertrains, at 28 mpg combined.
CR observed 37 mpg with its Ford Maverick hybrid test vehicle and 23 mpg for the non-hybrid version, equating to $800 in annual savings for the hybrid. In this case CR matched the Maverick hybrid’s EPA combined fuel-economy rating, but the gas-only version fell short of its 26 mpg combined maximum.
Finally, the Toyota Corolla Hybrid achieved 48 mpg in testing, while the non-hybrid version returned 33 mpg, which would save the hybrid driver $450 annually. The Corolla Hybrid is rated at a maximum 50 mpg combined in existing front-wheel-drive form, but for 2023 it gains an all-wheel-drive option that drops EPA fuel economy to a maximum 48 mpg combined.
Interest in hybrids is growing, CR noted. The organization said 36% of prospective buyers in its latest survey said they were considering a hybrid for their next car or truck, up from 29% in 2019.
EVs proved more problematic in the latest CR reliability survey. In previous surveys, CR noted numerous problems with infotainment systems and other connectivity tech, which automakers tend to roll out in EVs before other models. Those problems remained in the most recent survey, but were accompanied by additional problems with EV components, according to CR. The Ford Mustang Mach-E in particular was singled out as having “declining reliability.”
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NEW YORK — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that voters are “looking for new leadership” following the disappointing midterm elections for Republicans, who are now openly debating whether his onetime boss, Donald Trump, should maintain a leading role in the party.
In an interview with The Associated Press just hours after Trump announced another White House run, Pence declined to say whether he thinks the former president is fit to return to his old job. But he implicitly positioned himself as a potential alternative for Republicans seeking conservative leadership without the chaos of the Trump era.
“I think we will have better choices in 2024,” Pence said. “I’m very confident that Republican primary voters will choose wisely.” He said that he and his family will gather over the holidays “and we’ll give prayerful consideration to what our role might be in the days ahead.”
Asked whether he blamed Trump for this week’s Republican losses, he said, “Certainly the president’s continued efforts to relitigate the last election played a role, but ... each individual candidate is responsible for their own campaign.”
Pence, while considering a presidential campaign of his own, has been raising his profile as he promotes his new memoir, " So Help Me God,” which was released on the same day that Trump made official his long-teased White House bid. If Pence moves forward, he would be in direct competition with Trump, a particularly awkward collision for the former vice president, who spent his four years in office defending Trump, refusing to criticize him publicly until after Jan. 6, 2021.
That’s when a mob of Trump’s supporters — driven by Trump’s lie that Pence could somehow reject the election results — stormed the Capitol building while Pence was presiding over the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. The vice president was steered to safety with his staff and family as some in the mob chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!”
Still, Pence on Wednesday remained largely reticent to criticize Trump beyond the insurrection. That hesitance reflects the reality that the former president remains enormously popular with the GOP base that Pence would need to win over to be competitive in primary contests.
“It wasn’t exactly the style of presidency that I would have advanced had I been the first name on the ballot,” Pence said of his unlikely partnership with Trump. “But it was his presidency and I was there to support him and help him. And until that fateful day in January 2021, I sought to do just that.”
Pence said he hadn’t watched Trump’s full announcement speech on Tuesday, but made the case that voters are looking for a new, less contentious direction.
“You know, the president has every right to stand for election again,” he said. But after traveling the country campaigning with midterm candidates, “I have a genuine sense that the American people are looking for new leadership that could unite our country around our highest ideals and that would reflect the respect and civility the American people show to one another every day, while still advancing the policies that we advanced during those years of service,” he said.
Trump’s campaign launch comes as Republicans grapple with fallout from elections in which they failed to wrest control of the Senate and are on track to win only the narrowest majority in the House. Those results came despite voters’ deep concerns over inflation and the direction of the country under Democrat Biden.
Trump endorsed a long list of candidates in competitive states including Pennsylvania and Arizona who then lost their general election races. While Pence said he was pleased Republicans were taking the House, he acknowledged the election “wasn’t quite the red wave that we all had hoped for.”
“My conclusion,” he said, “is the candidates that were focused on the future, focused on the challenges the American people are facing today and solutions to those challenges did quite well.” But those still questioning the 2020 results — as Trump demanded — “did not do as well.”
In his new book, Pence writes in detail about his experience on Jan. 6, and he expounded on that Wednesday.
“I’ll never forget the simmering indignation that I felt that day, seeing those sights on the cellphones as we gathered in the loading dock below the Senate chamber. I couldn’t help but think not this, not here, not in America,” he said.
In the interview, he recalled his reaction to Trump’s tweets “that criticize me directly at a time that a riot was raging in the Capitol hallways.”
“The president’s words were reckless, and they endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol building,” he said. “The president had decided to be a part of the problem. I was determined to be a part of the solution.”
Asked what consequences Trump should face for his actions, however, Pence punted.
“That’s up to the American people,” he said he believes. “I truly do. And look, I’ll always be proud of the record of the Trump administration for four-and-a-half years. President Trump was not just my president. He was my friend. And we worked closely together to advance the policies that we’d been elected to serve.”
“It didn’t end well,” he acknowledged, in an understatement. “And that tragic day in January will always be a day of great sadness for me, a sadness about what had happened to our relationship, to the bad advice the president was accepting from a group of lawyers that, as I write in my book, should never have been allowed on the White House grounds, let alone in the Oval Office. "
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Pence and Trump were always an odd couple — a pugilistic, crude New York celebrity and a staid Midwestern evangelical who once wrote an essay on the evils of negative campaigning and who, as a rule, says he will not dine alone with a woman who is not his wife. Asked why he so rarely spoke up when Trump launched deeply personal insults against figures such as the late Sen. John McCain, Pence said, in effect, that that was what he had had signed up for.
“As his vice president, I believed it was my role to be loyal to the president,” he said. “And so every step of the way, the way I squared it was I believe that I had been elected vice president to support the presidency that Donald Trump had been elected to advance.”
Indeed, Pence in the book writes that even after Jan. 6, the two men “parted amicably when our service to the nation drew to a close.”
“And in the weeks that followed, from time to time, he would call me and to speak and check in,” Pence said in the interview. “But when he returned to criticizing me and others who had upheld the Constitution that day, I just decided I’d be best to go our separate ways. And we have.”
Asked why he would part “amicably” with Trump given the president’s actions — including his decision not to call Pence to check in on his safety while the riot was underway — Pence said he believed the president had been genuinely regretful when they met for the first time after the 6th.
“For the balance of about 90 minutes, we sat, we talked. I was very direct with the president. I made it clear to him that I believe that I did my duty that day, and I sensed genuine remorse on his part,” Pence recalled. “The president and I had forged not only a good working relationship, but a friendship over four-and-a-half years. We worked together literally every day. But he was different in that time. I encouraged him to take the matter to prayer.”
As for his plans for the future, as everyone asks whether he plans to run, he and his family will gather over the holidays “and we’ll give prayerful consideration to what our role might be in the days ahead.” | 2022-11-17T14:32:58+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-mike-pence-interview-20221117-znb3c3khincddkrweaocyxaj3q-story.html |
When everything came to a screeching halt at the beginning of the pandemic, parents had no choice but to start in-home care. Ever since, childcare facilities have been facing many changes and trials trying to get back to pre-pandemic levels of children and staff.
Sunset Academy is one of the hundreds of thousands of childcare facilities across the nation that hit a major roadblock at the start of the pandemic. Director Samantha Emmer says Sunset Academy reopened after two months, but with very few kids and teachers.
"We went from actually being at an enrollment of 120 students, which is full capacity, to 27 when we reopened," Emmer said.
Emily Bustos leads Denver's Early Childhood Council, a nonprofit that is part of a national network called Child Care Aware of America.
"We all work to do systemic change in early childhood, as well as provide governmental grants, funding, coaching and training to early-learning providers," Bustos said. "[The pandemic] has been really rough on childcare providers. We did see some sites closing permanently after the pandemic. And right now, what we're experiencing is more of a workforce shortage crisis, if you will, around having enough qualified teachers to actually open, reopen classrooms or keep them open."
She says the best way to attract teachers is to offer a living wage and career pathways to grow. That's exactly what Emmer says they had to do at Sunset Academy.
"We would provide things like sign-on bonuses," Emmer said. "We provided opportunity for staff to be able to reach their credential of becoming a lead teacher if they reached that credential during a certain time period. We would give them another extra bonus, and so that would help us to retain them and it would give them a solid job as well."
However, paying teachers more means parents must pay more.
"The cost of child care was already unaffordable for many families, especially if they have more than one child," Bustos said. "The pandemic has sort of increased that challenge in that there again are fewer teachers, but really there is a movement to pay them more of a living wage."
According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, childcare providers made an average of $12.40 an hour in the year 2021. Bustos says the industry needs more public investment.
"I think, in general, there's a broad need for recognition of early learning services as essential for working parents, and I think we need to engage with the business community," Bustos said.
Bustos says incentive for well-trained educators is especially important due to kids returning with greater social-emotional needs.
"There's a lot more challenging behaviors that we're finding amongst the little ones," Emmer said. "So just being able to teach them and to show them positive ways of interacting with one another now, because they didn't have that, you know, some families had one child, no siblings. That child was at home alone. They didn't learn those social-emotional ways."
Emmer says there were a few benefits to the pandemic. It gave Sunset Academy an opportunity to restructure and now they're working toward becoming an English-Spanish bilingual school. She says it also helped parents to feel more sympathetic toward providers after child care was temporarily taken away.
"It can be emotionally draining sometimes," Emmer said. "Of course, it's very rewarding, but it is a lot. I think that they have a little bit of more appreciation, gratitude and understanding at what early childcare teachers really do." | 2022-11-25T21:23:17+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/how-child-care-has-changed-since-before-the-pandemic |
NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Serrano narrowly missed becoming an undisputed champion last year when Katie Taylor edged her at Madison Square Garden.
She has another chance at undisputed on Saturday. Win that and she might get a second shot at Taylor, too.
Serrano (43-2-1, 30 KOs) returns to Madison Square Garden, this time back in her own weight class, to face Erika Cruz (15-1, 3 KOs) with all four belts in the featherweight division on the line. A champion in seven weight classes, she can become the first Puerto Rican to hold all four in one division simultaneously if she adds Cruz’s to the three she currently owns.
“So to me, that was definitely a goal I wanted to accomplish,” Serrano said. “Honestly, once I accomplish this goal, I think I’ve pursued everything in my career, I can retire and be happy. But I won’t.”
Not with a rematch with Taylor possibly up next.
They fought for Taylor’s four lightweight titles in April in the first women’s boxing match to headline at the Garden in front of a sold-out crowd of 19,187 that was divided between Puerto Rican and Irish fans. Taylor won by split decision in what organizers called the most significant bout in women’s boxing history.
Eddie Hearn, who promotes Taylor, was back at MSG on Tuesday to watch LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Knicks in overtime. As he walked around the arena, he found himself thinking back to the moments before that fight.
“And I thought to myself, this is one of the biggest basketball games that can take place here. The atmosphere for Taylor-Serrano was a thousand times better,” he said. “I know it’s a different sport, but what I’m trying to say is like, that was such a special sporting occasion that doing it back in Ireland, like, we have to see it again.”
If Serrano wins, the goal is to get them back in the ring in May at a venue in Taylor’s home country, where she has never fought as a pro. If she loses, perhaps the opportunity would go to Alycia Baumgardner, who could become the undisputed champion at 130 pounds with a victory Saturday over Elhem Mekhaled earlier in the event that will stream on DAZN.
Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KOs) has owned three belts in the division since edging Mikaela Mayer in October in London, and the vacant WBA belt will become hers with a victory over Mekhaled (15-1, 3 KOs).
“As I walked in the gym as an 8-year-old girl, I had a vision, I had a plan to become the best and that’s what I’m doing,” Baumgardner said. “Now, here just seeing it come alive, I’m just, I’m hungry and I love to fight.”
This card is in the smaller Hulu Theater, not the main room where Serrano fought last time, but she said it’s no less meaningful. She began this current run atop the featherweight division in the Hulu Theater when she beat Heather Hardy in September 2019.
Eight months earlier, she had claimed a title at 115 pounds to become a champion in a seventh weight class, then told her team it was time to stick at 126, where she feels most comfortable. She added the third piece by rebounding from the loss to Taylor with a victory over Sarah Mahfoud in September.
The 34-year-old Serrano has fought anywhere from 115 to 140 pounds and would like to stay at 126. But she doesn’t have many matches left before planning to retire at 36 — she pushed the original intention of 35 back a year due to the pandemic — and probably none would be bigger than Taylor-Serrano II.
That would require going back up to 135 pounds again.
“I say featherweight is where I want to be at, but the only way I’m going to go up is to fight Katie Taylor for the rematch,” Serrano said. “But right now I’m focused on Erika Cruz. I’m focused on becoming undisputed and then after that, it’s game time. So we’ll see, we’ll see.”
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More AP boxing: https://apnews.com/hub/boxing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-02-04T01:31:57+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/ap-for-serrano-second-shot-at-undisputed-then-maybe-at-taylor/ |
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — When Diane Swonk first attended the Federal Reserve’s annual economic conference in Jackson Hole in the late 1990s, there was a happy hour for women who attended the event. It barely filled a single table.
Now, the “Women at Jackson Hole” happy hour draws dozens of female economists and high-level decision-makers, from the United States and overseas.
“I’m just glad that now there’s a line for the ladies’ room,” said Swonk, a longtime Fed watcher who is chief economist for the accounting giant KPMG.
It’s not just at Jackson Hole but also in the Fed’s boardroom where its leadership has become its most diverse ever. There are more female, Black and openly gay officials contributing to the central bank’s interest-rate decisions than at any time in its 109-year history. Many are also far less wealthy than the officials they have replaced.
Over time, economists say, a wider range of voices will deepen the Fed’s perspective as it weighs the consequences of raising or lowering rates. It may also help diversify a profession that historically hasn’t been seen as particularly welcoming to women and minorities.
“Broadly, that’s helpful,” said William English, a former senior economist at the Fed who teaches at the Yale School of Management. “There’s evidence that diverse groups make better decisions.”
The central bank, as it is doing now, raises its benchmark short-term rate when it wants to lower inflation, and reduces it when it wants to accelerate hiring. Such moves, in turn, affect borrowing costs throughout the economy — for mortgages, auto loans and business loans, among others.
On Friday, in his speech to the Jackson Hole symposium, Chair Jerome Powell stressed that the Fed plans further rate hikes and expects to keep its benchmark rate high until the worst inflation bout in four decades eases considerably — even if doing so causes job losses and financial pain for households and businesses.
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, an economist who is president of the Women’s Institute for Society, Equity and Race, said she welcomed the broadening of the Fed’s leadership. Sharpe said she’s “hopeful that a more diverse group of people will pay attention” to what the Fed does and aspire to high-level economic roles.
Colleges and universities, she suggested, should do more to encourage and prepare students for economic careers, including steering more of them to study mathematics.
The change at the Fed has been a rapid one, with three African Americans and three women having joined the central bank’s 19-member interest-rate committee just this year. (Under the Fed’s rotating system, only 12 of the 19 committee members vote each year on its rate decisions.)
The Fed’s influential seven-member Board of Governors, based in Washington, now includes two Black economists, Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson, who were both nominated by President Joe Biden and were sworn in this May. They are the third and fourth Black people on the board. Governors get to vote on every Fed rate decision.
Biden also elevated Lael Brainard, a governor since 2014, to the board’s powerful vice chair position.
In addition, two of the presidents of the Fed’s 12 regional banks are now Black — Raphael Bostic of the Atlanta Fed and Susan Collins of the Boston Fed. Collins, formerly provost of the University of Michigan, became Boston Fed president this year. Bostic took office in 2017.
Just last week, Lorie Logan, a former senior official at the New York Fed, became president of the Dallas Fed. Five of the regional bank presidents are women.
Nela Richardson, chief economist at the payroll processing firm ADP, noted that the education and experience of the new policymakers are similar to their predecessors, with Cook, Jefferson and Collins all Ph.D. economists — an above-average proportion among new Fed officials, she said.
Richardson suggested that having more women in the Fed’s leadership is particularly important now, because many of the problems the central bank faces — including very low unemployment that is fueling wage increases and inflation — are related to women’s ability to join the workforce. Fewer women, particularly mothers of young children, are working now compared with pre-pandemic trends.
That shortfall is driven, in part, by a drop in the number of childcare workers since the pandemic. With fewer women working or seeking work, many businesses must raise pay to compete for a smaller pool of labor. Those higher wages are then often passed on to consumers as higher prices, thereby fueling inflation.
Swonk credits Esther George, president of the Kansas City Fed, for driving change at the Jackson Hole conference by inviting more women over the years, including Cook and Collins, to attend and participate in panels. Each year, about 130 influential central bankers and economists gather at Grand Teton National Park in Jackson Hole at the end of August to network and discuss the economy’s challenges.
Even as it has significantly diversified its leadership, the Fed has yet to address one issue: A Hispanic American has never served on the Fed’s rate-setting committee — a frequently voiced complaint of Sen. Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat. For that reason, Menendez voted this year against confirming Powell’s reappointment for a second four-year term as Fed chair.
This year, Biden also named Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official, as a Fed governor, filling all seven seats on the board for the first time in nearly a decade.
Vincent Reinhart, a former Fed economist who is now at Dreyfus and Mellon, said it’s unusual for the Fed to have experienced so much turnover so quickly. Fed governors serve staggered terms that are intended to result in one vacancy every two years. The regional bank presidents have five-year terms that can be renewed.
“This has got to be the most dramatic change in Fed leadership in one year on record,” he said.
The new members, including Barr, are more likely to favor lower rates to support the economy and hiring, Reinhart said. Yet for now, with inflation near a 40-year high, the Fed’s policymaking committee is moving unanimously to sharply raise rates to try to cool the economy and lower inflation. There’s little sign of any dissent from that approach, for now.
Tim Duy, chief U.S. economist at SGH Macro, suggested that the Fed is unlike the Supreme Court in one important respect: Just because a president has nominated several new Fed board members doesn’t necessarily affect the central bank’s policymaking.
The Fed is a more technocratic institution, Duy said, “where you’re more likely to see people’s views evolve over time,” in response to changing economic data. At its July meeting, all 12 members of the Fed’s policy committee voted for a large three-quarter-point rate hike — an unusually large increase.
Still, Reinhart said, if inflation should fall substantially and appear to be under control and if unemployment began to rise as the Fed’s rate hikes squeeze the economy, some of Biden’s appointees could start to argue for an end to the increases — or even to cut rates.
The result might be less unanimity around the Fed’s decisions, Reinhart said. Or Powell might end up suspending rate hikes earlier than he would prefer, to preserve consensus.
“There’s a lot more opportunity for differences of opinion as we get longer into this rate-hiking cycle,” he said. | 2022-08-27T17:05:39+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-fed-tackles-inflation-with-its-most-diverse-leadership-ever/ |
The cold front that brought us rain yesterday will keep moving southward toward the coast of The Gulf of Mexico as we go through the day. Behind the front today and tomorrow we are going to see the dominance of high pressure for a few days in our area.
The temperatures during the daytime hours will not change much, however due to the drier behind the front we will see much cooler lows for the overnight hours. We will also see dry conditions for most areas through our Friday evening. So if you have to be outside the heat will be slightly more tolerable.
We will see the old cold front move its way north by later portions of Friday. This will bring back into our area some plentiful moisture once again. This will bring back into our weather forecast for this weekend and into next week, some more changes for mostly scattered showers and thunderstorms. So if you have any outdoor plans for Labor Day holiday weekend.
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BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown knocked down his shots in the fourth quarter. And then he knocked down Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Brown scored 13 of his 29 points in the fourth, and Jayson Tatum scored 41 for Boston on Sunday to help the Celtics beat Milwaukee 139-118 in a matchup of the top two teams in the NBA.
Tatum scored 20 in the third quarter, when the Celtics turned a one-point lead into a 100-86 edge. Brown took over in the fourth, contributing on defense with a pick that sent Antetokounmpo to the floor before he bounced back up and shoved Brown in the back.
“I thought I was playing pretty physical defense, nothing dirty. It seemed like it was a clean play,” Brown said. “Maybe he was a little but frustrated. He got up and threw an elbow at me, for whatever reason.”
After some jawing back and forth, Antetokounmpo was given a technical foul and went to the bench. The teams played the last 3:41 without further incident.
“There’s a difference between trying to be a tough guy and letting your opponent know that I’m not backing down, I’m not afraid of any challenge or any matchup whatsoever,” Brown said. “In that moment I was just letting him know that.”
Antetokounmpo, who fell hard on his hand on Friday night but was cleared to start, scored 27 points with nine rebounds. Asked about his team’s ability to limit the damage done by Antetokounmpo, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said, “Limiting’s crazy. He had 27.”
“He’s a great player,” he said, “and you’ve got to be disciplined against him.”
Jrue Holiday scored 23 for Milwaukee, which lost a third straight game for the first time this season. The Celtics have also struggled lately, losing five of six before winning back-to-back games.
Still, Boston (24-10) has the best record in the league, followed by Milwaukee (22-11).
“Obviously, we lost to them last year in the playoffs and we’ve had battles with them since I’ve gotten to Milwaukee,” said Bucks forward Pat Connaughton. “So they’re two teams that are very familiar with each other.”
“But it’s also December 25th. The NBA season is a long season, and we will be a much better basketball team by the end of this year than we are right now,” he said. “And I’m sure they will be, too.”
The Celtics led by 10 in the first quarter and 11 in the second, when Antetokounmpo fired back-to-back bricks from 3-point range and in the middle got dunked on by Jayson Tatum.
Their lead was down to one point, 62-61, before Bobby Portis fouled Brown on a desperation 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer. Brown missed all three free throws; he missed another in the third quarter before hitting the second and finished 2 for 6 from the line.
Boston pulled away in the third, opening up a double-digit lead that Milwaukee only briefly chipped into.
The teams met in the second round of last year’s Eastern Conference playoffs, and the Celtics won in seven games en route to the NBA Finals. It’s their first meeting since then. Last Christmas in Milwaukee, the Bucks beat Boston 117-113.
TIP-INS
Antetokounmpo hurt his hand after a foul against the Nets on Friday night. X-rays were negative. … Connaughton, a native of nearby Arlington, Massachusetts, made his first start of the season and scored 15. … The Celtics made five of their first six 3-point attempts. … Khris Middleton sat out his fifth straight game with a knee injury. He also missed the first 20 games of the season. … Sam Hauser banked in a long 3-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer off an inbounds pass with 1.7 seconds left. … Derrick White hit a 3-pointer in the third quarter. He had missed 15 straight over six games.
UP NEXT
Bucks: Visit Bulls on Wednesday night.
Celtics: Host Rockets on Tuesday night.
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-12-26T18:23:28+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-tatum-has-41-celtics-push-back-on-giannis-bucks-139-118/ |
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A fire that ripped through part of Chile’s Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said.
The high temperature of the forest fire accelerated the process through which the stone carvings will eventually turn into sand, the mayor of the island locally known as Rapa Nui said.
The damage is “irreparable and immeasurable as well,” Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa said.
The Chilean island that lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has some 800 moais, half of which are inside the Rano Raraku volcano.
The fire this week blazed through 104 acres and particularly affected an area inside the volcano where there are around 100 moais, around 20 percent of which have been damaged, Edmunds Paoa said. There are also some damaged structures outside the volcano.
The high temperatures calcinate the stone of the moais, which leads it to “crack” and with time “it starts to collapse,” Edmunds Paoa told a local radio station.
The mayor blamed locals who raise cows and horses in the island and regularly burn grassland.
Edmunds Paoa accused the state of abandoning the island.
“The work of avoiding accidents and fires involves a prevention plan that requires resources and that’s what we don’t have,” he said.
Ninoska Huki, the local head of the National Forest Corporation, had said earlier that the island lacked firefighters.
Officials are currently working to determine how much the fire has affected the island, which is around 3,700 kilometers from mainland Chile and is inhabited by some 7,700 people.
The island is known around the world for its moais, stone structures that are thought to weigh around 14 tons, and the Rapa Nui National Park covers around 40 percent of the island.
Since 2019, Easter Island is locally known as Rapa Nui-Easter Island.
The island only reopened to tourists in August after it was closed off for more than two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | 2022-10-09T06:54:00+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-chile-easter-island-fire-damages-some-statues/ |
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Will Cannon does more to sequester carbon than the average U.S. farmer.
After he harvests his corn and soybeans, he plants cover crops, which sequester carbon all winter long, on his entire 1,000-acre operation in Prairie City, Iowa. He's avoiding tilling, or plowing, his soil as much as possible, which helps keep carbon stored in the ground.
"I've kind of had a passion for conservation all my life," he says. "We've always been pushing the envelope on what we're trying to do."
Cannon is getting help to finance this climate-friendly way of farming, which costs him thousands of dollars for additional machinery and seed, from the kinds of companies that ultimately buy his product. Footing the bill in his case is PepsiCo and Unilever, which own food brands ranging from Lay's and Gatorade to Hellman's and Ben & Jerry's.
This kind of cross-supply chain partnership could become increasingly common. A consortium of 12 food companies, including Mars, PepsiCo and McDonald's, announced a plan to triple the amount of regenerative farmland by 2030. The plan was released just days before the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt.
While the practices regenerative agriculture encompasses are nothing new, it's becoming an increasingly popular climate change mitigation tool, especially among mega food corporations.
"I think [regenerative agriculture] has a tremendous but under-tapped opportunity to have a major impact on climate change," says Jim Andrew, PepsiCo's chief sustainability officer.
The food system accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and the private sector largely controls that system. Corporations, including Mars and PepsiCo, have made commitments to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. But the industry is inextricably tied to emissions, with an enormous, multi-million ton carbon footprint. Part of that stems from rampant deforestation. The corporate food industry also relies heavily on plastic packaging — another big source of emissions.
"They're invested in the system which generates greenhouse gas emissions, and essentially they are trapped by the need to continue to not only be profitable, but to grow their profits," says Ricardo Salvador with the Union of Concerned Scientists.
This isn't the first regenerative agriculture commitment PepsiCo has made. Last year, the company, which earned $9.7 billion over the past year, committed to converting its entire 7 million acre agricultural footprint to regenerative practices by 2030. The company says that will eliminate at least 3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the farmland in that footprint grows potatoes, whole corn, oats, and oranges
In its first year, PepsiCo inched only 5% of the way through that goal, enrolling 345,000 acres in its various regenerative agriculture programs.
Still, Andrew is optimistic. While he won't reveal 2022 acreage yet, he calls it "a decided step up."
The scale-up challenge
Currently, only 15% of global farmland is cared for using regenerative practices, according to the new action plan and report from the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI). The group's goal is to scale that up to 40% over the next eight years. And that won't be easy, especially given the current global agriculture market.
"The commodity system tells [farmers]: Yield at all costs," says Sarah Carlson with Practical Farmers of Iowa. "And yield at all costs means that Mother Nature then pays. Climate change is her telling us: No more."
Converting to regenerative agriculture is a financial risk for farmers. It can cost tens of thousands of dollars to buy new equipment and additional seed, fuel and labor. And in its current state, the commodity crop market doesn't provide incentives to incur that cost.
"We need to invest in those farmers to de-risk that transition," she says. "I do think that companies have a huge role to play in making a big shift on the landscape."
That could manifest in a number of ways, but Carlson says one of the most effective would be to bake it into procurement contracts. In other words, the onus would be on the company to buy an ingredient (corn, rice, potatoes, etc.) only if it was grown using sustainable practices.
"That's absolutely an essential part of this plan," says Grant Reid, outgoing CEO of Mars and chair of the SMI taskforce.
The plan, while lacking in specificity, lays out five general strategies to financially incentivize farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture. The strategies range from direct payments to farmers to encouraging governments around the world to commit policy and public money.
Reid, former chief procurement officer for Mars, says another strategy is to change the way companies buy their products.
"We used to buy a spec against the quality and price," he says. "Now I think we need to have our sustainability teams and our procurement teams working closely."
Reid acknowledges prescribing any one fix across twelve of the largest global food companies is unrealistic. What works for a fast food chain might not work for a beverage corporation. And, along the same lines, what works for a rice farmer in India might not work for a corn farmer in Iowa.
"There's no one size fits all, right?" he says. "There's not one crop, one company, one country that's identical. So you can't be too prescriptive."
But that lack of precision could make it difficult to track the coalition's climate progress. Especially because there's no standardized definition of regenerative agriculture. There's no step-by-step guide or menu dictating what constitutes a regenerative farm.
"We're satisfied so far when somebody tells us that they're using a regenerative practice, say, reduced tillage or cover crops, without then asking the question: How do you know that? What is the actual, quantifiable, verifiable result?" says Salvador with the Union of Concerned Scientists.
In other words, there's no standard for how much carbon is sequestered on one acre of cover crops, for instance. That number will vary by region, crop and farmer.
"In addition to being verifiable, it needs to be permanent," says Salvador. "Because if it's not permanent, then in essence it's not really helping us with climate change."
Despite his cautionary notes, Salvador acknowledges the important role of private industry in scaling up regenerative agriculture across the food system.
Ultimately, if the world wants more farmers to farm like Will Cannon, food companies need to send those market signals. While most of his farming neighbors still look at him and his untilled ground funny, Cannon thinks that could change if the private industry keeps putting their money where their mouth is.
"As farmers, we've got to offer a bountiful crop again in the future, and I'm hopeful for the seeds that a lot of these companies are trying to plant right now," says Cannon.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-11-03T18:41:19+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-11-03/big-food-companies-commit-to-regenerative-agriculture-but-skepticism-remains |
Milwaukee Alderwoman Lewis misconduct plea; to be removed from office
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee alderwoman will lose her seat. Chantia Lewis pleaded guilty on Monday, July 18 to a felony – misconduct in public office.
Per state statute, the judge will send an official order to Milwaukee City Hall. It will say Lewis forfeited her office – and that will officially remove her from the position.
"I consider Chantia a dear friend, but we all know what the rules are and none of us are above that," said Milwaukee Alderman Mark Borkowski.
Prosecutors claim Lewis took more than $21,000 in campaign funds – and false travel reimbursements with the city. They say Lewis used campaign funds to pay for family trips and other personal expenses. She pleaded guilty to misconduct in office.
Chantia Lewis
Lewis also pleaded no contest to intentionally accepting illegal disbursements. The state dismissed three other charges – for theft (embezzlement), theft by fraud, and intentionally filing a false report.
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"There’s a lot of checks and balances. That’s how her situation was found out. But, I think that all know what we’re supposed to do. We all give it our best shots, but, no, I don’t think there should be any lack of confidence in this community. I’m sorry former Alderperson Lewis went the way she did," Borkowski said.
Milwaukee Alderman Mark Borkowski
Lewis represented Milwaukee's northwest side in the 9th aldermanic district. If you are in her district, Lewis' staffer will still help you.
"It’s never ideal when you don’t have a council member representing you in that very direct, democratic way that we have. So, from that voice perspective, that’s never desirable. No one is going to kid you about that. However, we are providing the services," said Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee City Clerk. "We are going to work very, very hard and diligently, if you have a call for a service, if you have a concern about your neighborhood, if you have a police concern, a DPW concern, garbage concern, to make sure those are addressed."
Those who live in Lewis' district will not have a vote on the Common Council for months.
Chantia Lewis
"It’s actually more dramatic than that, the statute says in order to get in on the fall ballot, that notice has to be provided in May," Owczarski said.
Voters elected Lewis in 2016 and 2020. She was next up for re-election in 2024. Now it is up to the Common Council president to set the date for the special election to fill her term.
FOX6 asked about the timeline: "It’s probably going to be 2023 at this point?"
"By law, yes," answered Common Council President Jose Perez.
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"One of the conversations that will be had is trying to synchronize this. We have a spring election in April of 2023," Owczarski said.
That would save the city the estimated $15,000 thousand dollars it might cost to host a special aldermanic election at a different time than an already-scheduled election.
When FOX6 asked Perez for his reaction to the guilty plea, he responded, "I’ll wait. I’m processing that to figure it out."
"If people are losing trust in the common council, what do you say to the city residents?" FOX6 further asked.
"I don’t see why. This was just a personal decision. I have faith in my colleagues and we’re doing our jobs," Perez responded.
Lewis' departure will leave three of the 15 Milwaukee Common Council seats vacant. Two will be filled this fall – the seats of former alderman and now mayor, Cavalier Johnson – and former alderman Nic Kovak, who became the city's budget director.
As for Lewis, she could face jail time. The judge set sentencing for Aug. 25.
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"I believe in accountability for people who violate the law, and today’s guilty plea by Alderwoman Chantia Lewis is an important step forward in holding her accountable for her financial misdeeds.
"City officials hold a public trust, and every one of us has an obligation to the people of Milwaukee to operate with the highest level of integrity. I expect that of every member of my administration and of all my colleagues in elective office." | 2022-07-19T16:09:14+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-alderwoman-chantia-lewis-removed-misconduct |
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CoHousing Houston is months away from becoming a reality, but a key element of the project is its plan to use the earth's heat to create electricity. Here's what developers hope to achieve.
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, Colo. — In Colorado’s quest to transition to renewable energy, the state’s leaders want to take an old-school approach: Drill, baby, drill.
They won’t be prospecting for oil, though, but instead mining the Earth’s underground heat to power geothermal electricity plants. Other Western states are paying close attention.
“Anything we can do to reduce time and cost associated with being able to drill for the purposes of geothermal energy is something that we're very excited about,” said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, in an interview with Stateline. “There's been great interest from other governors in the West.”
Polis, who chairs the 22-member Western Governors’ Association, is spearheading an initiative to increase use of geothermal energy in the region. Last month, the group convened a workshop at the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, bringing together several dozen state and federal officials, industry leaders and utility representatives to discuss the future of geothermal energy.
Backers think geothermal can play an important role in the clean energy transition, but they say its potential won’t be unlocked without government investments, utility regulations and other policies to encourage development and help the industry become more cost-competitive over time. Most of the industry’s U.S. potential for power generation — which relies on underground permeable rock with fractures that contain hot fluid — is in Western states.
The industry has drawn significant interest from oil and gas companies, which see the potential to convert existing fossil fuel wells into geothermal sites and transition their drilling expertise, equipment and workforce to clean energy projects. Development of geothermal projects is currently more expensive than other renewables, but backers note that wind and solar became commercially competitive after decades of government support.
Geothermal plants provide a steady, on-demand source of electricity, known as dispatchable generation. They pump steam or hot water from wells hundreds or thousands of feet underground to power turbines. Some leaders think such projects will complement wind and solar farms, whose production can vary based on weather conditions or the time of day.
“To go all the way to 100% clean at the same time that we're electrifying transportation, buildings and industry — if you wanted to do it purely through wind and solar, you'd have to overbuild the system pretty significantly,” said Will Toor, executive director of the Colorado Energy Office. “You need something to complement that, to close that last gap, and geothermal is one of the very promising technologies there.”
Energy experts also note that the expansion of wind and solar projects can create land-use conflicts, while geothermal — with a footprint that’s mostly underground — can produce power without threatening forests and farms. However, geothermal drilling has raised some environmental concerns, including the depletion of underground reservoirs and increased risk of earthquakes.
Geothermal plants currently provide less than half a percent of the nation’s power, mostly concentrated in California and Nevada. At present, building new geothermal projects is much more expensive than building other renewables such as wind and solar farms.
But some state and industry leaders think geothermal will have to grow significantly to meet the need for steady, dispatchable power that’s currently provided by natural gas and coal plants. And they point out that geothermal has not enjoyed the same level of government subsidies and investments that helped wind and solar get off the ground.
“No energy technology has scaled up or commercialized without government support,” said Bryant Jones, executive director of Geothermal Rising, a trade association that advocates for the industry. “Geothermal is playing catch-up, and we need policymakers to think about the specific needs of geothermal when they're looking at energy policy.”
Colorado is taking a stab at those needs, Toor said, with a suite of legislative proposals that will be filed in the coming weeks. Among the state administration’s proposed bills is a “clean firm” standard that would direct utilities to invest in dispatchable low-carbon generation, such as geothermal.
The Colorado bill follows a 2021 order from the California Public Utilities Commission that directed utilities in that state to build out more clean energy projects from “firm,” on-demand resources, calling for 1,000 megawatts of dispatchable power projects like geothermal, in addition to cheaper wind and solar.
“With all of these states driving toward 100% grid decarbonization, at some point reliability becomes a massive issue,” said Sarah Jewett, vice president of strategy with Fervo Energy, a geothermal developer. “The rest of the states in the West haven’t felt the pain on reliability in the way California is, but at some point, they will.”
Jewett said the Colorado bill is the first new proposal outside of California to mandate development of “24/7” carbon-free electricity, but she hopes to see similar requirements throughout the region.
Colorado lawmakers will consider another bill this year to establish a regulatory process for approving geothermal wells.
“We basically want to approach geothermal permitting in a way that’s more analogous to oil and gas permitting than it is to traditional power plant permitting,” Polis said.
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Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, foreground, left, tours the Energy Systems Integration Facility at the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory last month in Golden, Colo.
Controlled Thermal Energy is working to build the first geothermal power plant by the Salton Sea in more than a decade. It would supply lithium as well as round-the-clock clean power in Imperial Valley, Calif. | 2023-03-12T21:37:34+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/west-warms-to-geothermal-energy-as-a-path-to-clean-power-goals/article_7dad5dbb-340d-5db5-9e30-cea52d1748d8.html |
Vote on charity registration postponed, advocates call it 'ridiculous' and 'criminalizing'
A proposal that would require people to register with the city to hand out donations on public streets was called “ridiculous,” “an attack,” and “criminalizing,” on Wednesday by critics who say it hinders people from helping Indianapolis’ poor.
Proposal 256 mandates a person or group intending to deliver food, clothing or other donations to at least 10 people on public property or a right-of-way undergoes a free registration process first with the city with at least 48 hours’ notice. Those found in violation will be given a written warning, and could face a civil penalty of $250 or more for subsequent offenses.
The proposal, introduced in July by three Democrats, has drawn pushback from advocates and aid workers in recent weeks who say it creates barriers in helping people. It was slated to undergo a vote by the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday, but Chairman Leroy Robinson postponed any action on the proposal to give more time for community input.
The committee allowed people Wednesday night to weigh in on the proposed measure during public comment, which drew dozens of people who delivered sharp critiques.
Stephen Lane, of Indy Hope Packages, said during the meeting the proposal is a way to “criminalize neighbors helping neighbors.”
The proposal mirrors a similar one sponsored by a Republican in 2020 that was voted down in committee. The new proposal is sponsored by Council President Vop Osili, Council Vice President Zach Adamson and Councillor Kristen Jones.
Council members argue the registration process is a way to better collaborate with organizations and keep track of where the city can provide resources. The proposal further cites excessive litter as a reason for people to register. If the Office of Public Health and Safety receives three reports of littering after a distribution, a person’s registration status can be revoked.
The City-County Council also said the process would be a way to encourage people to make use of existing distribution sites at Old City Hall and Babe Denny Park. Earlier in the meeting, the committee voted in support of another proposal about the sites, which would approve $76,000 in funding for a restroom at each location, to be heard in the full council for another vote.
Abby Vesga, whose organization provides free laundry services and food in Lawrence, said finding a way to get to these sites is a hardship for many of the people they serve because they don’t have transportation.
“The homeless situation is not just here in Indianapolis,” she said.
Recent cases of violence also was cited by council members in the proposal as a reason behind the measure.
In May, Taylor George was fatally stabbed while she was downtown handing out food to unhoused people. Court records indicate George died after an argument broke out between her boyfriend and the accused stabber, who was alleged to have been taking pictures of George near the Indiana World War Memorial.
Some members of the public argued targeting charitable organizations after George’s killing is misguided.
“I don’t think (she) would want her legacy to be used to crush mutual aid workers and the homeless,” Keith "Wildstyle" Paschall said.
Jill White, president of the Cole-Noble Neighborhood Association that's east of the City-County Council building, said she came to the meeting expecting to endorse the proposal but later rescinded that support after hearing from members in the community.
“I’d like to see better thought put into the measure,” she said. “I do want to stress that trash is a real issue and something needs to be done about it. But not this measure.”
Contact Sarah Nelson at 317-503-7514 or sarah.nelson@indystar.com. | 2022-08-26T13:09:21+00:00 | indystar.com | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2022/08/26/council-committee-postpones-vote-on-charitable-giving-proposal/65418280007/ |
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced recently that doses of the well-known Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine are no longer available in the U.S.
The CDC said U.S. government stock of the vaccine expired on May 7, and ordered that any remaining stock be disposed of to comply with state, local and federal rules.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that on Feb. 27, 2021 it issued an emergency use authorization for the Janssen single dose COVID-19 vaccine to prevent people 18 years old and older from contracting COVID-19.
The CDC said those who received one dose of the Janssen vaccine are considered to have received a single primary dose.
The health agency said that those 18 and older who received one or two Janssen vaccine doses should receive one bivalent mRNA dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at least two months after their previous dose.
SEE MORE: What will change when the COVID-19 public health emergency expires?
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-16T00:52:00+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/cdc-says-janssen-covid-19-vaccine-no-longer-available-in-the-us |
Rolls-Royce is willing to indulge the whims of any client with enough money. That includes painting a Ghost sedan in a decidedly non-standard color.
The automaker recently unveiled a pink Ghost for an Internet personality, known primarily by her Instagram handle @ChampagneRose. The car is finished in a bespoke shade of pink called, appropriately, Champagne Rose, and was developed specifically for the buyer. It will be reserved for her exclusive use, according to a Rolls-Royce.
The car’s creation shows how much time Rolls is willing to dedicate to bespoke build requests. The customer spent four days sampling Rolls’ vehicle lineup, then composed a “mood board” of hundreds of color swatches that was sent to Rolls’ bespoke department. That was eventually narrowed down to 30 paint samples, from which the final color was selected.
The exterior is matched by pink leather upholstery, which took six months to develop, including testing to ensure the pink hue wouldn’t fade in the sun. The interior also features pink wool carpets and piano black trim.
The divider between the rear seats has a painted rose motif that required several days of prototyping, while the final design required 14 hours to complete, according to Rolls. The rose is repeated on the Ghost’s built-in picnic tables, each requiring 5,500 individual stitches and over 30 hours of work. Finally, the rose design was incorporated into the Starlight Headliner, which features 1,132 fiber-optic lighting elements that simulate a night sky.
This isn’t the first pink Ghost. In 2013 Rolls painted a previous-generation Ghost pink as part of a program to foster support for breast cancer care. In 2017, car collector Michael Fux also commissioned a Rolls-Royce Dawn in his signature fuchsia.
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The Beartooth Highway between Red Lodge and Cooke City will need extensive repairs after rain fell on the pass' snowpack causing rapid flooding and washing out the highway in at least six places.
Massive rainstorms in the Greater Yellowstone Area Monday had the flooding Stillwater and Yellowstone rivers tearing out bridges and roadways, leaving thousands of people stranded.
Runoff in the Beartooth Mountains turned Rock Creek into a torrent early Monday morning, forcing dozens of residents from their homes and closing secondary highways.
Flood damage closes northern half of Yellowstone National Park for the rest of the summer, including Lamar Valley, Tower Falls and Mammoth Hot Springs.
“This is absolutely crippling for our small communities that rely on so much of the park..."
“This is a nightmare,” said Carbon County Commissioner Bill Bullock. “There’s no other way to say it.”
After massive river flooding wiped out all roads to Gardiner on Monday, huge crowds of travelers and residents are trapped in the mountain town.
Billings officials will be keeping a close watch on Yellowstone River levels as it reaches it peak height on Tuesday but believe the city should be able to weather it.
Alvarez & Marsal secured a $2.2 million contract in April to stabilize and manage health care facilities run by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.
One day after historic flooding raged through Yellowstone and area communities, residents downstream braced for high water.
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Lamborghini on Wednesday revealed the Revuelto as its replacement for the Aventador.
The new name doesn’t follow Lamborghini’s practice of using names of Spanish fighting bulls, though it comes from the Spanish language, in this case meaning “scrambled” or “unruly.”
Unruly is probably the meaning Lamborghini wants drivers to imagine when thinking about the Revuelto. The striking supercar is the latest evolution of Lamborghini’s mid-engine V-12 legacy, which dates back to the Miura of the 1960s. However, there’s a twist this time around.
The Revuelto couples its V-12 with plug-in hybrid technology. The system comprises a newly developed V-12 (only the third in Lamborghini history) and a trio of electric motors, which results in a combined output of 1,000 hp, or enough for 0-62 mph acceleration in 2.5 seconds (0.3 seconds quicker than the Aventador) and a top speed of more than 218 mph.
Two electric motors power the front wheels independently, while the third electric motor is integrated with the transmission, in this case a new 8-speed dual-clutch automatic, and drives the rear wheels. This third motor can work independently or with the engine, depending on the driving mode, of which there are 13.
The driver can swap between the various modes using two dials on the steering wheel. One dial controls the powertrain and the other the chassis. One of the modes is electric all-wheel drive, made possible by a 3.8-kwh lithium-ion battery that sits in the middle of the car where a traditional all-wheel-drive system’s driveshaft is normally found. Lamborghini estimates the electric range of the Revuelto to be about six miles, making this mode suitable only for short city trips. The most potent mode is when the powertrain is set to its Performance setting and the chassis set to Corsa.
Here, the powertrain delivers its full 1,000 hp, with the 6.5-liter V-12 engine always active to ensure the battery has charge. The chassis systems are also set up to deliver their sharpest responses. For ultimate performance, the driver can also disable the electronic stability control in this mode so no power is cut to the wheels while driving at the limit.
A newly developed carbon-fiber tub sits under the body, and mounted to the front is a carbon-fiber frame that’s lighter than the Aventador’s aluminum front frame but also stiffer. The front frame also incorporates new carbon-fiber crash structures. The rear frame is made from aluminum, like on the Aventador. Despite these measures, the Revuelto still weighs approximately 490 pounds more than the Aventador in its final guise, with the newcomer’s dry weight coming in at 3,906 pounds. Weight distribution is 44-56 front to rear.
The car’s design is clearly an evolution of the Aventador, but multiple new elements are present and said by Lamborghini to have been inspired by modern fighter jets. The front end is also reminiscent of 2017’s Terzo Millennio concept car.
Aerodynamic elements have also been incorporated in the design, such as the side fins behind the front wheels which help direct air to the side intakes. The recessed roof also helps channel air to the rear wing which is an active element. The rear wing also has a manual control with three settings that lets the driver shift between various levels of downforce.
Inside, the Revuelto sports a floating 12.3-inch digital screen for the instrument cluster. A second screen with a portrait layout sits on the center stack and serves as the infotainment hub, and a third screen sits in front of the passenger. Information can be shared across the three screens via swiping, with Lamborghini emphasizing the passenger’s role as a co-pilot.
Revuelto deliveries are scheduled to start late this year, though Lamborghini hasn’t said when deliveries will start in the U.S.. Pricing also hasn’t been announced but is expected to start around 500,000 euros (approximately $542,000).
With the arrival of the Revuelto, Lamborghini’s transition to a fully electrified brand is about to accelerate. By the end of 2024, every Lamborghini will be electrified. A plug-in hybrid Urus arrives in the first half of 2024 and later that year Lamborghini will launch a plug-in hybrid successor to the Huracán. Both models are expected to feature twin-turbo V-8 engines.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 years old on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions.
North Korea has invited delegations from China and Russia as it prepares to stage huge celebrations with thousands of citizens who have rehearsed for months to commemorate the armistice it sees as a victory in the “Grand Fatherland Liberation War.” The festivities are likely to be capped by a giant military parade in the capital, Pyongyang, where leader Kim Jong Un could showcase his most powerful, nuclear-capable missiles designed to target neighboring rivals and the U.S. mainland.
The mood is more somber in South Korea, where President Yoon Suk Yeol has invited dozens of foreign war veterans to honor the fallen soldiers of the 1950-53 conflict, which killed and injured millions and set the stage for decades of animosity among the Koreas and the United States.
Yoon, a conservative condemned by Pyongyang as a “traitor,” will likely use this week’s events to highlight the North’s growing threat and double down on his goals of strengthening the South’s defense and its alliance with the U.S.
Tensions between the rivals are at their highest point in years, as the pace of North Korean missile tests and U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises has intensified in a tit-for-tat cycle. The dueling military activities have been punctuated by verbal threats, including North Korean talk of preemptive nuclear strikes and U.S. vows to “end” Kim’s regime in the event of such an attack.
The frictions provide a renewed reminder that the armistice has left the Korean Peninsula in a technical state of war. Through their 70 years of diplomatic ups and downs, the Koreas have consistently seen each other as existential threats, which is essentially why the armistice was never replaced by a peace treaty as originally intended.
Managing tensions is now more complicated than ever as Kim continues to reject dialogue with the U.S. while aggressively expanding a nuclear arsenal he sees as his strongest guarantee of survival.
Kim is also pushing for deeper cooperation with authoritarian allies China and Russia, which are locked in their own confrontations with Washington over regional influence and the war in Ukraine, as he aims to counter U.S. efforts to tighten trilateral security cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo.
North Korean state media on Wednesday highlighted the arrival of a Russian delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was greeted at Pyongyang’s airport by senior North Korean officials including Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam. China’s ruling Communist Party is also sending a mid-level official, Li Hongzhong, in hopes of further facilitating bilateral exchanges.
For Kim, bringing Shoigu and Li to his balcony at Pyongyang’s main square to watch a massive parade featuring goose-stepping soldiers, tanks and missiles would be the biggest accomplishment he could show to his domestic audience for the anniversary, said Park Won Gon, a professor at Seoul’s Ewha University.
Kim already displayed his most powerful missiles during a previous parade in February and there might not be meaningful new hardware to show after the North failed in its first attempt to launch a military spy satellite into orbit in May. Economic achievements have been scarce after pandemic-related border closures decimated an economy already crippled by decades of mismanagement and U.S.-led sanctions over Kim’s nuclear ambitions.
Park said the invitations of the Chinese and Russian delegations could also reflect Kim’s unease about the strengthening security cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea, which have included larger joint military exercises, increased deployments of strategic U.S. military assets and new rounds of nuclear contingency planning meetings.
Thursday’s anniversary comes after North Korea conducted three separate rounds of ballistic and cruise missile firings since last week, apparently to protest the U.S. sending major naval assets to the South in a show of force. They include the USS Kentucky, which last week became the first U.S. nuclear-armed submarine to dock in South Korea since the 1980s.
“The strengthening of nuclear deterrence strategies between South Korea, the United States and Japan and military moves like the docking of the ballistic-missile submarine (in South Korea) are a huge burden and threat for North Korea,” Park said. “Since North Korea has limited ability to deal with these moves on its own, emphasizing cooperation with Moscow and Beijing for a combined response would be important (for Kim).”
Moscow and Beijing have already thwarted U.S.-led efforts since last year to strengthen U.N. Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang over its intensified missile testing activity, underscoring a divide between the council’s permanent members deepened over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
When asked about the visits, U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel urged Beijing and Moscow to play a more constructive role in defusing tensions and to bring Pyongyang back to dialogue.
The Korean War was triggered by a North Korean sneak attack on the South. The North was backed by forces from the newly created People’s Republic of China, which was aided by the then-Soviet air force. South Korea, the U.S. and troops from various countries under the direction of the United Nations fought to push back the invasion.
For South Koreans, the major outcome of the 1953 armistice was the subsequent signing of the U.S.-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty, which was mainly aimed at calming South Korean security jitters about the truce and continues to serve as the foundation for the countries’ military alliance. Facing growing nuclear threats, Yoon is now seeking stronger U.S. assurances that it would swiftly and decisively use its nuclear weapons to defend the South in the event of a North Korean nuclear attack.
Thousands of people are expected to attend an armistice ceremony Thursday in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan, which is the location of a cemetery honoring the U.N. soldiers killed during the war.
While there have been several skirmishes between the Koreas along their border in past years, the armistice has prevented a return to large-scale hostilities. A recent border incident involving an American soldier who bolted into the North through the truce village of Panmunjom — named after a town where the armistice was signed — has highlighted how the agreement could serve as a safety valve when relations are strained.
The U.S.-led U.N. Command, which was created to fight the war and then remained in the South to supervise the armistice’s implementation, says it is using the armistice’s communications mechanisms to negotiate the release of Pvt. Travis King. It’s likely referring to the so-called pink phone, a telephone line between the command and the North Korean People’s Army at Panmunjom.
“Despite innumerable provocations, challenges, misunderstandings and even deaths that resulted since the signing of the armistice agreement, it has in general withstood the test of 70 years,” Andrew Harrison, a British lieutenant general who is the deputy commander at the U.N. Command, said during a news conference Monday. | 2023-07-27T02:44:21+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-rival-koreas-mark-armistice-anniversary-in-two-different-ways-that-highlight-rising-tensions/ |
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