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MADRID — (AP) — Polls closed Sunday in a general election that could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the political right.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is trying to win a third consecutive national election since taking power in 2018. But his Socialists and the other party in his leftist coalition took a beating in regional and local elections in May.
The mainstream conservative Popular Party, which led most polling during the campaign, is hoping that its first national victory since 2016 could let candidate Alberto Núñez Feijóo unseat Sánchez. But it may need the help of far-right Vox to do so.
Such a coalition would return a far-right force to the Spanish government for the first time since the country transitioned to democracy in the late 1970s following the nearly 40-year rule of dictator Francisco Franco.
Voters braved soaring summer temperatures to cast ballots in the election for 350 members of the lower house of Parliament. Near-final results were expected before midnight.
A PP-Vox government would mean another EU member has moved firmly to the right, a trend seen recently in Sweden, Finland and Italy. Countries such as Germany and France are concerned by what such a shift would portend for EU immigration and climate policies.
Spain’s two main leftist parties are pro-EU participation. On the right, the PP is also in favor of the EU. Vox, headed by Santiago Abascal, is opposed to EU interference in Spain's affairs.
The election comes as Spain holds the EU's rotating presidency. Sánchez had hoped to use the six-month term to showcase the advances his government had made. An election defeat for Sánchez could see the PP taking over the EU presidency reins.
Sánchez was one of the first to vote, casting his ballot in a polling station in Madrid.
Commenting later on the large number of foreign media covering the election, he said: “This means that what happens today is going to be very important not just for us but also for Europe and I think that should also make us reflect.”
“I don’t want to say I’m optimistic or not. I have good vibrations,” Sánchez added.
An embargoed tracking poll published by Spanish public broadcaster RTVE on the closing of the voting pointed to an uncertain outcome.
According to the poll, the conservative Popular Party would win the elections with between 145-150 seats. The far-right Vox would get between 24-27.
But they would both have to get results at the high end of those possible outcomes to reach the 176 needed for a majority.
The tracking poll said that Sánchez’s Socialists are heading toward a result between 113-118, not far below the 120 won in 2019. But Sánchez’s path to remaining in power once again would rely on both a new coalition with the leftist Sumar, or Joining Forces, tipped to fill 28-31 seats, as well as winning the support of myriad small parties, including Basque and Catalan regionalist and separatist parties.
The tracking poll based on 17,500 phone calls was carried out in the two weeks prior to the election. It has a 3.5 percentage point margin of error.
Sumar, which brings together 15 small leftist parties, is led by second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz, the only woman among the top four candidates.
Díaz called for everyone to vote, recalling that the freedom to vote didn't always exist in Spain.
“A lot is at risk," Diáz said after casting her ballot. "For people of my generation, they are the most important elections.”
At stake is “waking up tomorrow with more rights, more democracy and more freedom,” she said.
The Interior Ministry said voter turnout at 6 p.m. local time stood at 53%, compared to 56% at the same point in the the country's last national election, in November 2019.
The election was taking place at the height of summer, with millions of voters likely to be vacationing away from their regular polling places. However, postal voting requests soared before Sunday.
With no party expected to garner an absolute majority, the choice is basically between another leftist coalition and a partnership of the right and the far right.
For poll favorite Feijóo, “It is clear that many things are in play, what model of country we want, to have a solid and strong government.”
Vox's Abascal said he hoped for "a massive mobilization (of voters) that will allow Spain to change direction.”
Alejandro Bleda, 45, did not say who he voted for but indicated that he was backing the leftist parties. “Given the polarization in this country, it's to vote either for 50 years of backwardness or for progress,” he said.
The main issues at stake are "a lot of freedoms, social rights, public health and education," Bleda said after voting in the Palacio de Valdés public school polling station in central Madrid.
Voters are to elect 350 members to the lower house of Parliament and 208 members to the Senate.
Carmen Acero, 62, who voted for the Popular Party, compared Sánchez to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and said she voted because “to continue with Pedro Sánchez is hell."
Sporting a Spanish flag on her phone, Acero accused Sánchez of being an “assassin” for allying with the small Basque regional party Bildu, which includes some former members of the now-defunct armed separatist group, ETA.
The government said that all polling stations were running as normal.
A fire in a tunnel forced the suspension of all trains entering and leaving the eastern city of Valencia, indicating many people there might not have made it to their voting station.
Coming on the tail of a month of heat waves, temperatures were expected to average above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), or 5 to 10 degrees Celsius above normal in many parts of the country. Authorities distributed fans to many of the stations.
“We have the heat, but the right to exercise our vote freely is stronger than the heat,” said Rosa Maria Valladolid-Prieto, 79, in Barcelona.
Sánchez's government has steered Spain through the COVID-19 pandemic and dealt with an inflation-driven economic downturn made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But his dependency on fringe parties to keep his minority coalition afloat, including the separatist forces from Catalonia and the Basque Country, and his passing of a slew of liberal-minded laws may cost him his job.
The right-wing parties vow to roll back dozens of Sánchez’s laws, many of which have benefited millions of citizens and thousands of companies.
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Associated Press writer Joseph Wilson reported from Barcelona. AP journalists Aritz Parra, Renata Brito, Iain Sullivan, María Gestoso, Alicia Léon and José María García contributed to this report.
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LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- King & Spalding today announced that Dale Giali, Keri Borders and Michael Resch have joined as partners on its FDA and Life Sciences team. Giali and Borders will be based in the firm's Los Angeles office, and Resch will be resident in the San Francisco office.
Giali, Borders and Resch focus on representing food and beverage companies in consumer deception litigation matters, including defending false advertising claims associated with nutrition labeling, ingredients and marketing claims. Giali and Borders join from Mayer Brown, where they co-led the food and beverage practice, and they are reuniting with Resch, a former Mayer Brown partner who most recently served as general counsel at Amy's Kitchen, a leader in the frozen food and soup categories. Together, they further enhance King & Spalding's industry-leading food and beverage focus area, within the firm's renowned FDA and Life Sciences team.
"Further enhancing our outstanding food and beverage practice with high caliber, specialized litigation strength has long been a high priority for the firm," said Mark Brown, chair of King & Spalding's FDA and Life Sciences team. "In recent years, the plaintiff's bar has increasingly targeted the food and beverage industry with false advertising and consumer deception class actions. To successfully defend against these actions, defense counsel require a deep understanding of food science, regulatory issues and consumer protection requirements. Dale, Keri and Mike bring this combination of skills, and we are thrilled they have joined us."
Giali has represented many of the world's largest multinational corporations in complex food, beverage and consumer packaged goods false advertising counseling and litigation, including defending consumer class actions and prosecuting and defending competitor lawsuits. Ranked nationally in Chambers USA and Legal 500, Giali is also recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a Litigation Star for class actions, and by BTI as a Super All-Star. The National Law Journal recognized him as a Litigation Trailblazer, and Law360 named him an MVP in the field of class action litigation in the United States. Giali, who co-led his previous firm's food & beverage group, received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Borders concentrates her practice on defending food, beverage and consumer packaged goods manufacturers, retailers and distributors in complex false advertising, competitor, and consumer class action litigation. Borders co-led her previous firm's food and beverage practice. She is ranked nationally in Chambers USA and was recognized by Law360 as a Product Liability MVP. Borders received her undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and her J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Following law school, she clerked for Judge Robert J. Timlin in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Resch has substantial litigation and regulatory experience in the food and beverage industry, including as general counsel, as well as in other industries. His practice has focused on defending false advertising class actions, representing clients before FDA and USDA, and handling complex matters involving trade secret misrepresentation, accountant liability and white-collar criminal defense, with an emphasis on cases involving accounting and financial issues. Resch received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, graduating in two years from Pepperdine University, and his J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law.
"King & Spalding's unmatched reputation on FDA and life sciences issues, its global platform and its longtime commitment and standing in the food and beverage industry, combined with its efforts to strategically grow its food litigation prowess, made this a clear decision for Keri, Mike, and myself," Giali said. "We're eager to join forces here and to work with our esteemed King & Spalding colleagues."
Celebrating more than 130 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 1,200 lawyers in 23 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality, and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.
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DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 40 points and a career-high 27 rebounds in yet another triple-double to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Hornets 119-115 on Sunday night.
Jokic also had 10 assists for his fifth triple-double of the season and 81st overall. He had 20 rebounds in the first half.
Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player with at least 40 points, 27 rebounds and 10 assists in an NBA game. He did it four times, the last when he had 53 points, 32 rebounds and 14 assists for Philadelphia on March 18, 1968.
Jokic sealed the victory with two free throws with 13 seconds left. Nuggets coach Michael Malone said he didn’t realize the numbers Jokic was putting up during the course of the game, particularly the amount of rebounds. “I didn’t know it was a 40-27-10 nightm but I knew he was having another Nikola Jokic stellar performance, efficient,” Malone said. “And it’s not just about Nikola. It’s about his ability to make every one of his teammates better. Yeah, Nikola is a generational talent.”
Jokic’s rebounds supercharged the other aspects of his game, helping the Nuggets get defensive stops and igniting Denver’s transition game with quick outlet passes to teammates off the rebounds. But many of the rebounds also came from just happening to be in the right place at the right time, Jokic said.
“To be honest, I think it’s because of our defense and I was just in the right spot to rebound the ball,” Jokic said. “It’s not that I was grabbing for them or whatever, chasing for them. It just happened, you know? I wish it could be every night, to be honest.”
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 20 points and Aaron Gordon had 19 as the Nuggets sent the Hornets to their eighth consecutive loss.
LaMelo Ball had 31 points for Charlotte. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 16 points and Gordon Hayward had 15.
Up by three at the half, Denver stretched its lead to 94-80 going into the fourth quarter, fueled by Jokic’s 11-point third period.
Charlotte fought back, though, getting to 107-104 on Ball’s fadeaway jumper with 3:29 remaining. The Nuggets regained a cushion when Gordon went in for a reverse layup off a feed from Jokic before Jokic put in a hook shot on the Nuggets’ ensuing possession for a 111-104 lead with 1:57 remaining.
Jokic completed the triple-double with a pass setting up Bruce Brown’s 3-pointer that gave Denver an eight-point advantage with 1:20 left.
But again Charlotte got back within two on a dunk by Washington before Jokic hit a pair of free throws and Charlotte could not get a shot off in the final moments after turning the ball over.
SMALL CLUB
Others have come close, but not matched the 40-27-10 stat line. Elgin Baylor had 52 points, 25 rebounds and 10 assists on Dec. 13, 1961. DeMarcus Cousins had 44 points, 23 rebounds and 10 assists on Jan. 22, 2018. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a 44-point, 20-rebound, 11-assist game on Feb. 26, 1972, and Oscar Robinson finished with 42 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a game on Jan. 9, 1965.
TIP-INS
Nuggets: F Michael Porter missed a 12th straight game with a left heel strain but has made steady progress in his rehabilitation and is nearing a return, coach Michael Malone said. “He’s been doing more and more with the training staff,” Malone said. “Maybe there’s a chance in the next week to 10 days we can try to get him back and work him back into that rotation. We miss Michael Porter. He’s a big part of what we’re trying to do here.”
UP NEXT
Hornets: Continue six-game trip Monday night at Sacramento.
Nuggets: Host Memphis on Tuesday night.
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-12-20T04:03:32+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/sports/sports-news/ap-nuggets-jokic-has-career-high-27-rebounds-in-triple-double/ |
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — An Elmira business has been fined by the Chemung County Board of Health after it was discovered they were selling banned nicotine products, according to meeting minutes from the CCBH.
In the minutes taken from the Sept. 8 meeting, it was discovered that in March and May of 2022, multiple instances were noted that Queen City Deli & Grocery, aka, Southside Deli, had been in possession of flavored nicotine vapes and were offering them for sale behind the store counter.
According to the notes, a sanitarian reviewing the store had inventoried and documented 636 total vapes in possession by the business, with all but six containing nicotine. The clerk was advised to relocate the products and not to offer them for sale, because of New York State’s ban on flavored vape products.
A fine of $15,900 was brought up by the board to account for every illegal vape in possession by the business, with a price of $25 per unit being determined to be the cost per vape.
The board redacted six of the vapes that didn’t clearly contain nicotine from the fine, bringing the fine down to $15,600. That number was amended and approved by the board from the previous fine of $15,900, with the motion being approved with eight in favor to one abstained.
Director of Public Health Pete Buzzetti made note that discussion with the county attorney will happen prior to sending any fine to the owners. | 2022-09-22T21:25:27+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/top-stories/local-business-fined-over-15k-for-selling-illegal-nicotine-products/ |
KALAMAZOO, MI – Abby Fichnter may remember Tuesday night for a long, long time.
And that’s largely because the senior shortstop blasted not one, not two, but three home runs as part of a 5-for-5 day at the plate including seven RBIs to kick off Delton Kellogg’s throttling sweep of Martin, 31-3, 20-1. The Panthers bombed six homers in the opener, as Jordan Lyons, Mya Brickley and Alli Brandli all also went yard.
Lyons added a home run in the nightcap to go along with a four RBI night, as the Panthers used a nine run first inning to take firm control.
Delton Kellogg (6-0) hosts Watervliet on Thursday for a doubleheader, while Martin travels to Fennville on Friday.
Other softball action
Kalamazoo Christian offense explodes in sweep over Lawton
Kalamazoo Christian used a combined 30 hits including six from Aubrey Herder to go along with her six RBIs to cruise to a 17-1, 13-2 home sweep over Lawton on Tuesday. The Comets tallied four runs in each of the second, fourth and fifth innings to pull away in the opener, including a triple and a double in the second inning from Holland DeVries and Herder. Carien Ybema and Herder combined to take the pair of wins in the circle, with Ybema fanning seven in three innings while allowing three hits and one earned-run and Herder collecting five strikeouts over four innings pitched.
Kalamazoo Christian (4-5) hosts Coloma for a doubleheader on Thursday.
Gull Lake, Kalamazoo Central split
In a pair of polar opposite games on Tuesday, Gull Lake took the opener, 3-1, behind Jaicey Harty’s one run, one hit, 11 strikeout complete game and K-Central returned the favor in hanging on to a once six-run lead, winning a high scoring nightcap, 11-10. Three Blue Devil runs in the first two innings proved to be the difference to start things out, as Elizabeth Adams’ RBI-single in the second padded the lead. K-Central’s Emma Schramm belted a solo homer in the fifth.
Schramm continued with a hot back in the second game, hitting a triple as part of a three-hit night with three RBIs as the Maroon Giants tallied 15 team hits to build its lead to 9-3 in the fourth inning. Gull Lake would score a combined seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but K-Central’s Kendle Ivy got the Blue Devils to go 1-2-3 in the seventh to earn a split.
Kalamazoo Central is in action on Thursday, hosting a doubleheader with Portage Central, while travels to Lakeview the same day, also for a twin bill.
Clutch hitting gives Mattawan a sweep of St. Joseph
Mattawan received a clutch two-run double from Camryn Jilek in the opener and Selah Bollinger provided three hits and four RBIs in the nightcap to spark a 7-6, 14-9 sweep over St. Joseph on Tuesday night. Ashlynn Bloomfield’s first inning solo shot kicked off the Wildcats’ scoring in the opener, but Jilek’s full count two-run double in the sixth was part of a three run inning as pitcher Madison Vrba would close the door in the seventh to secure the win.
And in the nightcap, the Wildcats used a five run first and a six run third to pounce on St. Joseph early, including Eliana Ruhrup’s grand slam in the third.
Mattawan (4-2) travels to Lakeshore on Thursday for a doubleheader.
Vicksburg sweeps Paw Paw to stay perfect
Audrie Dugan and Kennedy Davis combined for complete game shutouts and Vicksburg continued its sizzling start to the season, sweeping Paw Paw 12-0, 10-0 on Wednesday. Brooklyn Ringler smacked a solo homer in the opener’s first inning, Peyton Smith added three hits and Kayla Chisholm collected a pair of hits and three RBIs as the Bulldogs used a combined seven runs in the fourth and fifth innings to seal the win. Dugan allowed just one hit while adding four strikeouts in six innings.
And it was Maddison Diekman led the charge in the nightcap, piling up three hits and two RBIs as a six run second inning proved the difference for the Bulldogs. Vicksburg (14-0-1) will play Wayland on Saturday, while Paw Paw hosts Parchment on Thursday for a doubleheader.
BASEBALL
Green’s walk-off gives Portage Central thrilling win
Trailing by a run in extra innings, ice water in the veins of Nick Green ignited Portage Central to a frenzy on the diamond on Tuesday night. In the bottom of the tenth inning, Green blasted a two-run double for a thrilling 8-7 victory, after a back-and-forth, tightly-contested affair. The two teams weren’t ready to go home, as each scored runs in the eighth to extend it. But it was Green’s dramatics that were part of a three-hit day including three RBIs and three steals that proved the difference.
Portage Central (4-4) visits Kalamazoo Central for a doubleheader on Thursday.
Comstock cranks up the offense, sweeps Bangor
A 13-run fifth inning in the opener and Tyler Caswell’s combined six hits, five RBIs and five stolen bases paved the way for a 24-8, 15-0 sweep over Bangor on Tuesday. Tyler Baker, Caswell and Dominic Narwick each delivered RBI singles in the opening 13-run fifth inning, while Issac Villa added a double. The Colts’ Zach Gregg and Baker combined for a three inning shoutout in the nightcap, as an eight-run third inning was the key turning point to seal the sweep.
Comstock (5-5) next plays Lawrence for a doubleheader on May 1, while Bangor travels to Hartford for a twin bill on Thursday.
Kalamazoo Central, Gull Lake split
An eight-run seventh inning opened the flood gates for K-Central’s opening 13-4 win, but Gull Lake responded with 12 runs in the first four innings of the nightcap for a 12-6 victory and a hard-fought split on Tuesday night. K-Central’s Joey Spada hit an RBI double in the sixth inning broke a 4-all tie, as Aidan Luckett and Devin Webster’s run-scoring singles and a double by aidon Bowman were part of the eight-run seventh. Luckett also added a homer in the game.
It was Landon Evans’ single in the third that broke open a close game, as the first baseman had two hits and a team-high five RBIs to lead the Blue Devils.
Gull Lake (7-5) travels to Lakeview on Thursday, while Kalamazoo Central (7-1) hosts Portage Central for a twin bill on Thursday.
Keller, Moralez shutout Lawton, hand K-Christian sweep
Mario Moralez and Isaiah Keller each tossed gem-like shutouts as K-Christian racked up 26 hits to power to a 12-0, 16-0 sweep over Lawton on Tuesday. Moralez allowed just three hits and three walks while adding eight strikeouts over five innings in the opener, as the Comets’ bats came alive in part of a nine-run third inning to cruise to victory. Patrick Vance collected a pair of hits with four RBIs to lead K-Christian.
And Keller allowed just one hit and four walks over four innings in the nightcap. Jacob Munson led the team with four hits including a homer in the fourth inning as K-Christian scored four runs in each of the first four innings for the win.
K-Christian (5-3-1) hosts Coloma on Thursday, while Lawton (0-7) visits Bloomingdale on Thursday. | 2023-04-20T17:51:43+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/sports/kalamazoo/2023/04/walk-off-3-hr-game-highlight-kalamazoo-area-baseball-and-softball-roundup.html |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio.
The state Medical Licensing Board voted that Dr. Caitlin Bernard didn’t abide by privacy laws when she told a newspaper reporter about the girl’s treatment in a case that became a flashpoint in the national abortion debate days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer.
The board, however, rejected accusations from Indiana’s Republican attorney general that Bernard violated state law by not reporting the child abuse to Indiana authorities. Board members chose to fine Bernard $3,000 for the violations, turning down a request from the attorney general’s office to suspend Bernard’s license. The board issued no restrictions on her practice of medicine.
Bernard has consistently defended her actions, and she told the board on Thursday that she followed Indiana’s reporting requirements and hospital policy by notifying hospital social workers about the child abuse — and that the girl’s rape was already being investigated by Ohio authorities. Bernard’s lawyers also said that she didn’t release any identifying information about the girl that would break privacy laws.
The Indianapolis Star cited the girl’s case in a July 1 article that sparked a national political uproar in the weeks after last summer’s Roe v. Wade decision put into effect an Ohio law that prohibited abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Some news outlets and Republican politicians falsely suggested Bernard fabricated the story, until a 27-year-old man was charged with the rape in Columbus, Ohio. During an event at the White House, President Joe Biden nearly shouted his outrage over the case.
Medical board President Dr. John Strobel said he believed Bernard went too far in telling a reporter about the girl’s pending abortion and that physicians need to be careful about observing patient privacy.
“I don’t think she expected this to go viral,” Strobel said of Bernard. “I don’t think she expected this attention to be brought to this patient. It did. It happened.”
Bernard’s lawyer Alice Morical told the board Thursday that the doctor reported child abuse of patients many times a year and that a hospital social worker had confirmed with Ohio child protection staffers that it was safe for the girl to leave with her mother.
“Dr. Bernard could not have anticipated the atypical and intense scrutiny that this story received,” Morical said. “She did not expect that politicians would say that she made the story up.”
Amid the wave of attention to the girl’s case last summer, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who is stridently anti-abortion, told Fox News he would investigate Bernard’s actions and called her an “abortion activist acting as a doctor.”
Deputy Attorney General Cory Voight argued Thursday that the board needed to address what he called an “egregious violation” of patient privacy and Bernard’s failure to notify Indiana’s Department of Child Services and police about the rape.
“There’s been no case like this before the board,” Voight said. “No physician has been as brazen in pursuit of their own agenda.”
Voight asked Bernard why she discussed the Ohio girl’s case with the newspaper reporter and later in other news media interviews rather than using a hypothetical situation.
“I think that it’s incredibly important for people to understand the real-world impacts of the laws of this country about abortion,” Bernard said. “I think it’s important for people to know what patients will have to go through because of legislation that is being passed, and a hypothetical does not make that impact.”
Board member Dr. Bharat Barai opposed finding that Bernard violated privacy laws, saying that she released no direct protected identifying information such as the girl’s name or address. He disagreed with the board majority’s view that the combination of information about the rare instance of a pregnant 10-year-old girl could have exposed her identity.
“We are trying to suppose that yeah this could have been done and maybe somebody could have discovered it,” Barai said.
During Thursday’s hearing lasting some 13 hours, Rokita’s office kept up a running commentary on its official Twitter account, with one post saying: “When Bernard talked about the high priority she puts on legislation and speaking to the public, she did so at the expense of her own patient. This shows where her priorities are as an activist rather than a doctor.”
Bernard objected to Voight saying her choice to publicly discuss the case led to the misconduct allegations.
“I think if the attorney general, Todd Rokita, had not chosen to make this his political stunt we wouldn’t be here today,” Bernard said.
Lawyers for the attorney general’s office repeatedly raised questions about whether the policy of Bernard’s employer, Indiana University Health, to report suspected child abuse to authorities in the state where the abuse occurred complied with Indiana law. Officials of IU Health, which is the state’s largest hospital system, testified that the Indiana Department of Child Services has never objected to the hospital policy.
The Indiana board — with five doctors and one attorney present who were appointed or reappointed by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb — had wide latitude under state law allowing it to issue reprimand letters or suspend, revoke or place on probation a doctor’s license.
Ohio’s law imposing a near-ban on abortion was in effect for about two months, before being put on hold as a lawsuit against it plays out. Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved a statewide abortion ban weeks after the Ohio girl’s case drew attention, but abortions have continued to be permitted in the state while awaiting an Indiana Supreme Court decision on the ban’s constitutionality.
Bernard unsuccessfully tried to block Rokita’s investigation last fall, although an Indianapolis judge wrote that Rokita made “clearly unlawful breaches” of state confidentiality laws with his public comments about investigating the doctor before filing the medical licensing complaint against her. | 2023-05-26T12:23:18+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/indiana-doctor-reprimanded-for-talking-publicly-about-ohio-10-year-olds-abortion/ |
Scoring was up in the NBA this season, to a level not seen in more than a half-century.
NBA teams averaged 114.7 points per game. That’s the ninth-highest figure in the league’s 77 seasons and the most since teams averaged 116.7 per game in 1969-70.
It represents a jump of 3.7% over last season.
A record 282,127 points were scored this season, smashing the previous mark of 273,573 set in 2018-19.
FREE THROW RECORD
The NBA has never had a better season from the foul line. Again.
The league-wide record for accuracy will fall for the third time in the last four seasons. Teams have combined to shoot 78.2% from the line this season.
That topped the 77.8% mark from two seasons ago. And while that difference — a mere 0.4% — doesn’t look like much, it is. NBA teams could have combined to miss their first 200 free throws on Sunday when the regular season was ending and still have been on pace to set a season record.
A BOSTON FIRST
When you’ve done something that’s never been done before in Boston Celtics history, that’s impressive.
So, take a bow, Jayson Tatum.
The forward averaged 30.1 points per game this season — the most ever by a Celtics player. John Havlicek and Isaiah Thomas each averaged 28.9 in their best seasons in Boston, and Larry Bird averaged 29.9 in 1987-88, but Tatum is the first to average 30.
Bird technically averaged 29.93 points that season, and two more points would have given him 29.95, which many would have rounded up to 30.0. He was five points shy that season of averaging exactly 30 per game.
BRIDGES’ STREAK
Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges technically missed a game this season, but his consecutive games-played streak — now 392 games and counting — lives on because he wasn’t eligible to play while the Nets were completing the process of acquiring him in a trade with the Phoenix Suns.
Regardless, he still played in a league-best 83 games this season. It’s quirky, since a season is 82 games, but the Nets had more games to play than the Suns did when the trade happened. And it lived on in Sunday’s season finale because Bridges appeared for the first 4 seconds to extend the streak, then checked out for the day.
Bridges didn’t miss a game at Villanova, either. His last missed game was in high school.
Bridges is the first player to appear in 83 games in a season since Josh Smith in 2014-15. Bridges was one of 10 players to not miss a game this season — Houston’s Tari Eason and Kenyon Martin Jr., Chicago’s Nikola Vucevic and Patrick Williams, Boston’s Derrick White, Golden State teammates Kevon Looney and Jordan Poole, New York’s Isaiah Hartenstein and Sacramento’s Harrison Barnes also played in all 82 for their clubs this season.
The NBA’s all-time record for games in a season probably is one of those records that’ll never be broken. Walt Bellamy played in 88 games in 1968-69 — 35 with New York, then 53 with Detroit.
SCORING MARGIN
San Antonio was outscored by just over 10 points per game this season — the worst margin in Spurs history.
It was the 20th time in NBA history that a team had been outscored, on average, by double digits for an entire season.
3’s DOWN
For nine straight seasons — 2012-13 through 2020-21 — the NBA saw a record set annually for 3-pointers made per game.
It seems the growth era from beyond the arc has plateaued.
For the second consecutive year, 3-pointers made dropped this season, albeit slightly. The league saw an average of 24.7 3s per game this season, down from 24.9 per game last season and the record 25.4 per game in 2020-21.
The league finished the regular season with 30,359 3s made — just off the record total of 30,598 last season. But teams also attempted, on average, about 3% fewer 3-pointers this season than they did a year ago.
3s UP
That said, there were more highly prolific 3-point shooters this season than ever before. The league finished with 20 players with at least 200 3-pointers — the most ever, just ahead of the 18 who made at least 200 3s last season.
The 20 in the 200 Club this year: Golden State’s Klay Thompson, Indiana’s Buddy Hield, Golden State’s Stephen Curry, Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell, Portland’s Damian Lillard, Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Brooklyn’s Malik Beasley, New York’s Julius Randle, Dallas’ Tim Hardaway Jr., Portland’s Anfernee Simons, New Orleans’ CJ McCollum, Golden State’s Jordan Poole, Toronto’s Fred VanVleet, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Sacramento’s Keegan Murray, Miami’s Tyler Herro, Sacramento’s Kevin Huerter, Chicago’s Zach LaVine, New Orleans’ Trey Murphy III and Utah’s Lauri Markkanen.
AND 3s RECORDS
The Warriors finished with 1,363 3-pointers as a team, the most by any team in an NBA season. The previous record was 1,323 by the 2018-19 Houston Rockets.
Four of the six most prolific 3-point seasons in NBA history happened this season: The Warriors broke the record for a team, Boston (1,315) finished eight behind Houston’s 2018-19 mark, Dallas (1,246) made the fifth-most in a season and Milwaukee (1,217) made the sixth-most in a season.
Golden State, Boston, Dallas and Milwaukee obviously also set their franchise single-season record for total 3s made. So did Brooklyn, Indiana, the Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Sacramento.
BETTING STATS
Those who bet the Oklahoma City Thunder all season long probably did quite well.
The Thunder covered the spread a league-best 58.5% of the time this season, just ahead of Orlando and Philadelphia (57.3%).
The Los Angeles Lakers were a perfect 50% against the spread — 41 times covering, 41 times not.
Dallas and San Antonio bettors likely weren’t happy. Those clubs both covered only 39% of the time, just a bit worse than Miami and Detroit (both 40.5%).
ONE OF EACH
Golden State’s 56-point win over Portland on Sunday was the biggest of the season. The biggest rout going into the season’s final day was a 45-point win by New Orleans on Nov. 21 — against the Warriors.
That made the Warriors the first team since the 1997-98 Trail Blazers to win a game by at least 45, and lose a game by at least 45, in the same season.
Portland beat Dallas 120-75 on Nov. 17, 1998. The Blazers lost to Indiana 124-59 on Feb. 27, 1998.
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JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola has been elected to a full term in the House, months after the Alaska Democrat won a special election to the seat following the death earlier this year of longtime Republican Rep. Don Young.
Peltola defeated Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, as well as Libertarian Chris Bye in the Nov. 8 election. Results of the ranked choice election were announced Wednesday. Palin and Begich also were candidates in the special election.
"It's a two-year contract," Peltola told the Anchorage Daily News after her victory — a 55%-45% margin over Palin in the final tabulation round — was announced. "I will be happy to work for Alaskans again, as long as they'll have me."
Peltola, who is Yup'ik, with her win in August became the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first woman to hold Alaska's House seat. The win also buoyed her fundraising, outpacing those of her rivals in the lead-up to this month's election.
Messages were sent to Palin's campaign Wednesday.
Begich congratulated Peltola in a statement, adding: "Our nation faces a number of challenges in the coming years, and our representatives will need wisdom and discernment as they work to put America on a more sound path. My message to Alaskans is to continue to be involved and engaged."
Peltola embraced Young's legacy as she sought the two-year term and was endorsed by his daughters, one of whom presented her with a bolo tie of Young's at an Alaska Federation of Natives conference where Peltola was treated like a rock star. Young held the seat for 49 years.
"Now, I'm a real congressman for all Alaska," she said. Young often referred to himself that way. Peltola has described his legacy as one of bipartisanship and building support for Alaska interests in Congress.
Peltola was a state lawmaker from the small rural hub community of Bethel for 10 years, ending in 2009. She surprised many with her fourth place finish in the June special primary, in which she emerged from a field of 48 candidates that included current state and local officeholders. That finish was enough to send her to the special election.
During the campaign, she cast herself as a coalition builder, emphasized a desire for more civility in politics and sought to stay out of the sniping between Palin and Begich. Peltola, who most recently worked for a commission whose goal is to rebuild salmon in Alaska's Kuskokwim River, raised concerns with ocean productivity and cited a need to preserve struggling fisheries.
She also stressed her support of abortion rights.
During a speech in October, she talked about the need for unity and lamented what she said have become pervasive messages in politics "about hate and fear and self-pity. And yes, those resonate, those are compelling motivators. But they're destructive, they're acidic, they tear us down."
She said her priorities for the new term included committee assignments and "working very hard on getting our inflation rates down, our shipping costs down, getting costs down for working families and all Alaskan households."
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- If approved, linaclotide would be the first prescription therapy for functional constipation in children and adolescents 6 to 17 years of age 1
- Submission is based on positive Phase 3 study data demonstrating linaclotide (72mcg) resulted in increases in frequency of spontaneous bowel movements (SBM) and improved stool consistency in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for linaclotide (LINZESS®) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of children and adolescents 6 to 17 years of age with functional constipation (FC). The sNDA submission is based on results from a Phase 3 clinical trial, which met the primary and secondary endpoints, evaluating linaclotide (72 mcg) for increased frequency of spontaneous bowel movements (SBM) and improvement in stool consistency in patients aged 6 to17 years. LINZESS is developed and marketed by AbbVie and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals in the United States and is currently indicated for the treatment of adults with chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) or irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C).
"Although functional constipation is common among pediatric patients, it has long been difficult to manage due to a lack of approved prescription treatment options," said Celine Goldberger, MD, PhD, vice president, head of US medical affairs, AbbVie. "This milestone demonstrates our tireless work to advance the standards of care in order to make a difference in patients' lives."
In the multicenter double-blind Phase 3 study evaluating LINZESS in patients 6 to 17 years of age with functional constipation, a total of 330 patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio between linaclotide or placebo. Linaclotide showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement compared to placebo in 12-week SBM frequency rate (SBMs/week), the primary endpoint. Linaclotide-treated patients demonstrated a greater than two-fold least squares mean change from baseline in SBMs/week (2.220) compared to placebo (1.050) (p<0.0001).
The Phase 3 study demonstrated acceptable safety in the pediatric population. The most common adverse event in the pediatric Phase 3 study was diarrhea which occurred in 4.3% of linaclotide-treated patients versus 1.8% in the placebo group.
FC in children is defined as a condition with hard, infrequent bowel movements that are often difficult or painful to pass.2 FC is a common problem in children of all ages, with a worldwide prevalence ranging between 0.7% and 29.6%.3 Core symptoms of FC include decreased stool frequency, harder stool consistency, painful passage of stools, and fecal incontinence.2
About Linaclotide
Linaclotide is a guanylate cyclase-C (GC-C) agonist that is thought to work in two ways based on nonclinical studies. Linaclotide binds to the GC-C receptor locally within the intestinal epithelium. Activation of GC-C results in increased intestinal fluid secretion and accelerated transit and a decrease in the activity of pain-sensing nerves in the intestine. The clinical relevance of the effect on pain fibers, which is based on nonclinical studies, has not been established. In the United States, Ironwood and AbbVie co-develop and co-commercialize LINZESS® for the treatment of adults with IBS-C or CIC. In Europe, AbbVie markets linaclotide under the brand name CONSTELLA® for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe IBS-C. AbbVie is partnered with Ironwood for the development and commercialization of linaclotide in all other territories worldwide. LINZESS® and CONSTELLA® are registered trademarks of AbbVie. Any other trademarks referred to in this press release are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
LINZESS Important Safety Information
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
LINZESS (linaclotide) is indicated in adults for the treatment of both irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC).
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Contraindications
- LINZESS is contraindicated in patients less than 2 years of age due to the risk of serious dehydration.
- LINZESS is contraindicated in patients with known or suspected mechanical gastrointestinal obstruction.
Warnings and Precautions
Pediatric Risk
- LINZESS is contraindicated in patients less than 2 years of age. In neonatal mice, linaclotide increased fluid secretion as a consequence of age-dependent elevated GC-C agonism resulting in mortality within the first 24 hours due to dehydration. There was no age-dependent trend in GC-C intestinal expression in a clinical study of children 2 to less than 18 years of age; however, there are insufficient data available on GC-C intestinal expression in children less than 2 years of age to assess the risk of developing diarrhea and its potentially serious consequences in these patients. The safety and effectiveness of LINZESS in patients less than 18 years of age have not been established.
Diarrhea
- Diarrhea was the most common adverse reaction in LINZESS-treated patients in the pooled IBS-C and CIC double-blind placebo-controlled trials. The incidence of diarrhea was similar in the IBS-C and CIC populations. Severe diarrhea was reported in 2% of 145 mcg and 290 mcg LINZESS-treated patients, and in <1% of 72 mcg LINZESS-treated CIC patients. If severe diarrhea occurs, dosing should be suspended, and the patient rehydrated.
Common Adverse Reactions (incidence ≥2% and greater than placebo)
- In IBS-C clinical trials: diarrhea (20% vs 3% placebo), abdominal pain (7% vs 5%), flatulence (4% vs 2%), headache (4% vs 3%), viral gastroenteritis (3% vs 1%) and abdominal distension (2% vs 1%).
- In CIC trials of a 145 mcg dose: diarrhea (16% vs 5% placebo), abdominal pain (7% vs 6%), flatulence (6% vs 5%), upper respiratory tract infection (5% vs 4%), sinusitis (3% vs 2%) and abdominal distension (3% vs 2%). In a CIC trial of a 72 mcg dose: diarrhea (19% vs 7% placebo) and abdominal distension (2% vs <1%).
See full Prescribing Information including Boxed Warning:
http://www.allergan.com/assets/pdf/linzess_pi
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @AbbVie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release are, or may be considered, forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project" and similar expressions, among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. AbbVie cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, failure to realize the expected benefits from AbbVie's acquisition of Allergan plc ("Allergan"), failure to promptly and effectively integrate Allergan's businesses, competition from other products, challenges to intellectual property, difficulties inherent in the research and development process, adverse litigation or government action, changes to laws and regulations applicable to our industry and the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, such as COVID-19. Additional information about the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that may affect AbbVie's operations is set forth in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of AbbVie's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. AbbVie undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
References:
- Data on file. AbbVie, Inc. 104746
- Di Lorenzo C, Hyams JS, Saps M, et al. Chapter 16: Childhood Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Child/Adolescent. In: Drossman DA, Chang L, Chey WD, et al. Rome IV: Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction. Raleigh, NC: Rome Foundation; 2016.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Affirm Holdings, Inc..
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What are the best books to read in celebration of Women’s History Month?
While March officially became known as Women’s History Month in 1987, courageous women have been fighting for rights and opportunities since the beginning of time. One of the best ways to gain insight is through reading, from history books that recount the stories of inspirational women, such as Abigail Adams and Rosa Parks, to fictional characters written by talented female authors.
Even though you don’t need to wait until March to celebrate the achievements of phenomenal women, it’s a great reason to cancel plans and cuddle up with an exciting book. So, whether you’re looking to learn about real-life heroines or get lost in a motivating fictional novel, we asked BestReviews book expert, Ciera Pasturel, to recommend the top books for children, teens and adults to read during Women’s History Month.
In this article: “Mae Among The Stars,” by Roda Ahmed, “Last Night at the Telegraph Club,” by Malinda Lo and “Lessons in Chemistry,” by Bonnie Garmus.
Women’s History Month and the importance of telling women’s stories
“Women’s stories deserve to be heard and read,” said Pasturel. “From real-life heroes like Michelle Obama to fictional characters like Katniss Everdeen, books about and by powerful women are essential tales to inspire future generations of female leaders.”
The first unofficial celebration of women was a weeklong event full of contests and parades in Sonoma, California in 1978. After years of building on the hard work of many individuals and groups, congress proclaimed March 7, 1982 as Women’s History Week and eventually declared the entire month of March as Women’s History Month in 1987.
Not only have women played a significant role in building the country, they also continue to create opportunities and inspire women, both young and old. But for years, girls have read womanless history books that have precluded female contribution to society. However, thanks to countless women who have gone before us, women are now being recognized as influential leaders or educated scientists, and that’s why it’s important to tell women’s stories.
Whether you’re staying up late to devour these inspirational stories or are reading them to your children or classroom, you’ll find a book for every circumstance. “The number of books celebrating Women’s History Month is endless,” said Pasturel. “It is vital to continue to lift up and honor women who have changed history through the art of storytelling.”
Best books for children to read during Women’s History Month
“Play Like A Girl,” by Misty Wilson
When boys tell a girl they can’t do something, the only thing to do is prove them wrong. This book chronicles a young girl’s experience as the only girl on the town’s football team while learning about passion, teamwork and friendship.
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“Mae Among the Stars,” by Roda Ahmed
As the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison is the inspiration for this book written for young readers with big dreams. It contains gorgeous illustrations and inspiring words that are perfect for the classroom or as a bedtime story.
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“Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice,” by Nikki Grimes
With inspirational verses and stunning illustrations, this book recounts the phenomenal story of Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrants and the first woman, Black person and South Asian American elected Vice President of the United States. It encourages young people to fight for each other and the American dream.
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Books for teens to read during Women’s History Month
“Squire,” by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas
Teens will love this fantasy graphic novel about a girl who dreams of becoming a knight and gaining full citizenship. But while undergoing rigorous training and navigating friendships, she has to choose between her heritage or loyalty to the empire.
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“Last Night at the Telegraph Club,” by Malinda Lo
In this story based in America in 1954, two teenage girls must navigate love during a dangerous time, especially for Chinese Americans. They battle for their place in the world in the face of deportation, citizenship and prejudice.
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“We Deserve Monuments,” by Jas Hammonds
Three girls learn about friendship, love and whether it’s more important to know the truth or keep the peace in this contemporary romance novel. It’s a slow-burn mystery exploring the effect of racial violence on generations of families.
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Books for adults to read during Women’s History Month
“Maame: A Novel,” by Jessica George
Follow along in this novel as it explores contemporary themes in modern life with humor, including racism, the complexities of love, friendship and familial duty. It also details the hardships of being torn between home and culture and celebrates finding where you belong.
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“Lessons In Chemistry,” by Bonnie Garmus
The main character of this historical fiction romance book is a gifted research chemist in the early 1960s. With the unpredictability of life, she finds herself a single mother and the star of a beloved cooking show who’s not just teaching women to cook, but challenging them to fight.
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“Know My Name,” by Chanel Miller
When she stunned the world with her letter giving her statement as a survivor, she was known as Emily Doe. Now she wants everyone to know her name and story while challenging beliefs about assault and encouraging fellow survivors.
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TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — News 18 is helping you out by tracking down the lowest gas prices on both sides of the river.
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SAN ANTONIO, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RealTime Software Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for the clinical research industry, is excited to announce its acquisition of Devana Solutions, LLC, an innovative SaaS provider specializing in clinical trial workflow and analytics solutions. This strategic move delivers the most comprehensive and advanced end-to-end site platform available to the market.
By integrating Devana's solutions into RealTime's Site Operations Management System (SOMS), clinical research organizations will gain access to an unparalleled suite of capabilities that bridge centralized operations with site-based clinical teams. The combination of these solutions establishes seamless connectivity between Devana's industry-leading business development and data analytics platform and RealTime's fully integrated suite of products that includes CTMS, eRegulatory solutions, eSource, eConsent, Payments, Texting solutions, the MyStudyManager Participant Portal and other eClinical solutions and services.
"Devana's platform perfectly complements our already robust suite of clinical trial software solutions," said Stephen Johnson, CEO of RealTime. "Devana has been a trusted partner since 2018, offering CTMS-integrated study startup and pipeline administration capabilities that streamline data collection by eliminating the need to input critical study information into separate systems."
Originally designed to address the operational gap before participant recruitment, screening and CTMS-managed clinical workflows, Devana's PROPEL products automate pipeline management and trial startup workflows while capturing timing and performance metrics for analysis and action. By connecting centralized research professionals with decentralized site-based clinicians, Devana's platform enhances efficiency in site network operations. PROPEL has garnered significant adoption by the leading site-focused research organizations in the world.
"RealTime recognized the opportunity to integrate our complementary technologies and improve the clinical trial process when Devana Solutions was just launching," said Barry Lake, CEO and Co-Founder of Devana. "Our customers and study participants are the real winners today, as the Devana and RealTime cultures are completely aligned and dedicated to supporting our customers' efforts to expedite therapeutic advancements for study participants."
With this acquisition, RealTime Software Solutions reinforces its commitment to delivering innovative solutions that empower the clinical research industry and further streamline the development of life-changing treatments. The combined expertise and capabilities of RealTime and Devana will propel the industry forward and set a new standard for end-to-end site platforms.
About RealTime
RealTime Software Solutions, LLC provides innovative software solutions for clinical research sites, site networks, sponsors and CROs to manage complex clinical research processes with powerful, user-friendly interfaces that are revolutionizing how research gets done. The company's products include Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), eRegulatory document management (eDOCS), electronic data capture for source documents (eSOURCE), participant payments (SitePAY/GlobalPAY), participant engagement solutions (TEXT, eCONSENT and Participant Portal) and Complion eISF. To learn more, visit the company's website at realtime-ctms.com.
About Devana
Devana Solutions, LLC is an innovative cloud-based clinical trial software company that supports real-time collaboration between central research operations professionals and site-based clinicians serving patients in diverse communities. Its platform bridges the technology access and data divide by seamlessly and securely connecting decentralized researchers to other mission-critical clinical trial systems. Learn more at www.devanasolutions.com.
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A court-designated “sexually violent predator” has moved to Longmont.
Cliff Raymond Lehmkuhl has moved to 815 Meeker Street #A, according to a Facebook post by Longmont police.
Lehmkuhl has a 2001 conviction for sexual assault on a child out of Larimer County.
Law enforcement agencies are required to notify the community when an offender designated by the courts as a “sexually violent predator” is released. The designation is a lifelong title applied to sexual offenders who meet certain criteria and are deemed risks to reoffend.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A gold judicial collar made of glass beads that belonged to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being auctioned to benefit a charity, the first time any of the her signature neckwear will be available for purchase.
The piece is part of a collection of about 100 items being sold in an online auction that begins Wednesday. It concludes Sept. 16, just days before the two-year anniversary of the liberal icon's death at 87.
In addition to the collar, the items being auctioned include a pair of Ginsburg's opera glasses, a wooden gavel and artwork that hung in her Washington apartment.
There are quirky items too. Her son, James, said in an interview that in talking about the collection "it's hard not to mention about the cake topper. " The fondant sculpture was commissioned by friends for one of the justice's birthdays and depicts her standing in a judicial robe with her arms outstretched on the bow of a battleship dubbed "The Notorious RBG," the justice's nickname. Ginsburg said it reminds him a little bit of a scene from the movie "Titanic."
The auction also includes other Ginsburg fashion pieces: a white handbag, a shawl, scarves and two sets of fishnet lace gloves. She began wearing gloves in the the late 1990s after undergoing colon cancer treatment. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court's first female justice, suggested them as a way to prevent illness while shaking hands, but Ginsburg liked gloves so much she just kept wearing them.
But it was Ginsburg's collars — which she wore on the bench as an accessory to her black robe — that were her most notable fashion item. She had dozens, her son and daughter-in-law said. The family donated several to the Smithsonian, including a sparkly black one she wore on the bench when she dissented in a case. Speaking at an event in 2020, Ginsburg — who became a pop culture figure in later years — said that at the time she was getting a collar "at least once a week" from fans worldwide.
The auction had initially been planned to include two of Ginsburg's collars. The other, made of fabric, was a gift from her law clerks. Stitched inside is a family motto: "It's not sacrifice, it's family." But the family said in a statement Tuesday that they had decided to keep the collar and permanently loan it to "an appropriate institution where it can be displayed for all to see." The family did not provide additional details.
The auction is the third this year of items owned by the justice, and her son said that it will be the last. In April, some 150 items — including art Ginsburg displayed in her home and office — raised more than $800,000 for Washington National Opera, one of the late justice's passions.
Bonhams, which is conducting the latest auction, estimated the current group of objects as selling for a total of just under $50,000. In January, however, an online auction of her books also conducted by Bonhams brought in $2.3 million, almost 30 times the pre-sale estimate.
Bonhams said it expects the collar to sell for $3,000 to $5,000. In the earlier book auction, however, a copy of the Harvard Law Review from 1957-58 with Ginsburg's annotations sold for more than $100,000, shattering Bonhams' estimate of $2,500 to $3,500.
Proceeds from the current sale will fund an endowment in Ginsburg's honor benefitting SOS Children's Villages, a organization that supports vulnerable children around the world. Ginsburg's daughter-in-law, Patrice Michaels, is on the organization's advisory board. Michaels, a composer and singer, said the gavel being auctioned is one Ginsburg gave her to use while performing a composition she had written about Ginsburg's dissents. The gold beaded collar was also one she chose from Ginsburg's collection.
"I thought it was just literally so beautiful," Michaels said. "The aesthetic of it and the feel of it being as elegant as my mother-in-law was appealed to me very much." | 2022-09-07T20:07:40+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-fashion-collar-to-be-auctioned-for-childrens-charity |
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Zach Edy scored 20 points and had 13 rebounds, Braden Smith scored 20 and Purdue overtook Marquette for a 75-70 win on Tuesday night.
Smith went on his own 6-0 run in a 56-second span to turn a 62-59 Purdue deficit with 5:46 left into a 65-62 advantage and the Boilermakers (3-0) led the rest of the way.
Edey's jumper with 47 seconds to go made it 71-62. David Joplin responded by burying a 3-pointer and sinking two foul shots to get the Golden Eagles within 73-70. Ethan Morton sealed it for Purdue making two foul shots with six seconds to go.
Smith and Edey combined to make 14 of 19. David Jenkins Jr. scored 10 points off the bench for Purdue.
Joplin, a reserve, scored 21 points on 7-for-11 shooting for Marquette (2-1). Kam Jones added 19 points and Oso Ighodaro 10.
It's the second straight 3-0 start after last year’s team opened the year 8-0 and reached No. 1 in the AP poll in early December. Purdue has played all its games at home this season.
Purdue has won 17 straight non-conference games at Mackey Arena.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NK Seeds unveiled new field data today highlighting the superior performance of their 2023 Field Forged Series™ lineup of corn hybrids and soybean varieties, which combines the strongest performers, old and new alike. No longer do farmers have to decide between planting their go-to favorites and using innovative new hybrids and varieties. Across the Corn Belt, NK Seeds Field Forged Series products consistently outyielded key competitors in 2021 harvest trials. The national yield average numbers tell the story:
- Fifty-one NK® Field Forged Series corn hybrids landed in the top 10 in 2021 Farmers Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) tests.
- Thirty-eight NK Field Forged Series soybean varieties landed in the top 10 in 2021 FIRST tests — and 13 of those placed within the top three.
"Every season and every crop matters, but given the agronomic and economic pressures that farmers are facing this season, they want to be confident that the products they plant will maximize profit potential this fall," says Jim Shertzer, Head of NK Marketing. "Of these industry-leading yields, six hybrids and 14 varieties are available for the first time commercially for the 2023 growing season. That kind of performance should give farmers confidence and reduce some of the risk that's inherent in farming."
The 2023 Field Forged Series class packs high standards and proven results into every seed.
"Each seed is forged in the lab and in the field to ensure that we're bringing not just the highest yield potential, but also agronomically stable crops that work across an array of diverse acres to help drive farmers' profit potential," says Shertzer. "Our powerful R&D process allows us to deliver our high-performing seed with leading traits faster than ever for corn and soybean products that come tested and proven to perform."
With 34 NK Field Forged Series hybrids in the 2023 lineup, there's a match for all geographies and growing environments. Popular corn standouts include:
- NK0007-AA offers excellent yield potential, strong roots and stalks, and leading drought tolerance. This hybrid has a 5.5 Bu/A advantage over all DEKALB® products (N = 348), a 4.0 Bu/A advantage over all Channel® products (N = 125), a 2.1 Bu/A advantage over all Beck's products (N = 130) and a 1.1 Bu/A advantage over all Wyffels products (N = 87).
- NK0243-AA is a great option for farmers looking for excellent agronomics in a broadly adapted hybrid. Noteworthy for its season-long standability and strong late-season plant health, it has a 3.5 Bu/A advantage over all DEKALB products (N = 821), a 5.8 Bu/A advantage over all Channel products (N = 179) and a 4.6 Bu/A advantage over all AgriGold® products (N = 20).
- NK1188-AA features consistent yield potential and agronomics across environments. Farmers will notice its attractive plant height and ear placement, along with improved test weight and grain quality. This hybrid also features dependable drought tolerance. It beat Channel by 2.0 Bu/A (N = 33) in Iowa in 2021.
- NK1523-V is notable for its high-end yield potential with agronomic stability. With a strong and robust root structure, it offers excellent yield potential with increased management. This hybrid beat Pioneer by 3.3 Bu/A (N = 28) in Iowa in 2021.
The performance results don't end there. NK1701-V has an impressive 11.1 Bu/A advantage over all Pioneer products (N = 34), NK8005-V has a 9.4 Bu/A advantage over all DEKALB products (N = 38), and NK9175-DV has a 4.8 Bu/A advantage over all Pioneer products (N = 313).
All hybrids in the 2023 Field Forged Series class are available with industry-leading trait stacks, including DuracadeViptera™ and Viptera™, to meet specific field needs.
"These multi-year results show what happens when high standards meet proven results," says Joe Bollman, NK Corn Products Manager. "Farmers who choose to plant Field Forged Series hybrids in 2023 can expect to see strong yield potential in their area of adaptation, as well as strong roots and stalks, consistency and excellent disease tolerance."
Proprietary genetics meet diverse traits in the NK Field Forged soybean portfolio. The 2023 NK Field Forged portfolio includes 14 Enlist E3® and 14 XtendFlex® varieties. Each made the cut for demonstrating consistently outstanding yield potential, paired with resistance to soybean cyst nematode, proven Sudden Death Syndrome tolerance, resistance to Soybean White Mold and strong Phytophthora Root Rot resistance.
In third-party trials, Field Forged Series soybean varieties came out on top: NK Enlist E3 varieties had a 1.1 Bu/A advantage over Pioneer® Enlist E3 varieties, and NK Field Forged Series XtendFlex varieties had a 1.8 Bu/A advantage over Asgrow® XtendFlex varieties in 2021.
"For the 2023 growing season, we're turning things up a notch, with yield and agronomic strength in every seed," says Eric Miller, NK Soybean Product Marketing Manager. "Each product in our latest lineup was hand-selected in response to grower demand for innovative agronomic traits, proven yield and herbicide trait flexibility. It's proving to be a powerful combination that's really driving farmers' profit potential."
NK Seeds will share 2022 corn and soybean yield results later this year on their website, social channels and blog, The Amplifier.
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Yield advantages are composites based on the results of 2020-2021 Syngenta first-party, FIRST and other independent third-party trials, when available. For more information regarding yield comparisons against an individual product, ask your Syngenta representative. No product recommendation by FIRST is implied.
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Some physicians working at Eskenazi Health will be freed from existing non-compete agreements by the end of the month. But, the majority of physicians at Eskenazi Health won’t see any change — at least for now.
Under SEA 7, Indiana will soon start banning employers from putting some doctors under non-compete agreements. Any non-competes created before July 2023 are unaffected. And it only prohibits the agreements for primary care doctors, not those in other specialties like podiatry or gynecology.
In May, Indiana Public Broadcasting reported the Eskenazi Medical Group (EMG) told staff in a memo it will remove non-competes from the employment contracts of its nearly 150 physicians by June 30 in anticipation of the new law.
The author of the memo is Dr. Curtis Wright, president and CEO of EMG. A spokesperson confirmed in an email that the memo is real and said Wright is unavailable for an interview at this time. Wright did not explain the rationale for the change beyond the law in the memo.
90 of the physicians employed by EMG are primary care doctors, but they are all already employed by the group — meaning they would all not be covered by the new ban. The other 50 doctors EMG employs that are specialists would also not be covered by the ban.
So, by freeing all of them from non-competes, EMG is going well beyond what the new law requires with a change that will affect all 140 of the group’s doctors.
It's not clear if this move will shift the employment landscape for doctors in the state. So far, EMG's decision hasn't resulted in similar changes for at least one other major medical group with close ties.
The non-profit Eskenazi Medical Group is somewhat separate from the Eskenazi Health system, despite sharing a name and being “solely aligned” with each other.
Eskenazi Health does not directly employ any doctors. All its providers either come from the Eskenazi Medical Group or IU Health Physicians, another medical group. The Eskenazi spokesperson confirmed the vast majority of doctors serving patients through the health system come from the latter.
An IU Health Physicians spokesperson confirmed in an email the group has no public plans to strip out non-compete requirements not banned by the new law. So, for now, the status quo remains for a majority of doctors at Eskenazi Health.
“IU Health will comply with the new version of the law,” Brian Kremer, chief operating officer, IU Health Physicians, said in an emailed statement. “We will continue to evaluate this topic and its impact on IU Health’s ability to make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest states.”
Along with providing doctors to serve patients at Eskenazi Health, IU Health Physicians also employs the physicians that work at the health system it shares a name with, IU Health. The statement suggests things also won’t change for all the doctors not covered by the ban at IU Health’s over 600 locations statewide.
Adam is our labor and employment reporter. Contact him at arayes@wvpe.org or follow him on Twitter at @arayesIPB. | 2023-06-21T20:10:35+00:00 | wboi.org | https://www.wboi.org/2023-06-21/some-eskenazi-doctors-freed-from-non-competes-most-unaffected |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy is well-placed for another Race to Dubai title after his 7-under 65 on Saturday left him three shots off the lead heading into the final round at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
Jon Rahm holds a one-stroke lead after a bogey-free 65 put the Spaniard at 15-under 201 overall at Jumeirah Golf Estates as he seeks to win the event for a third time.
The top-ranked McIlroy will battle U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick on Sunday for the Harry Vardon Trophy.
“If I’m able to go out there tomorrow and shoot a good score and get the job done, it would be a really nice way to end what’s been a great year,” said the Northern Irishman, who is trying to become the European tour’s leading player for the fourth time in his career.
Fitzpatrick trails Rahm by one shot after a 70 that included two bogeys on the front nine at the Earth Course, where he is a two-time winner.
The Englishman can clinch what would be his first Race to Dubai title if he wins Sunday and McIlroy finishes below second. A second-place finish would also be good enough for Fitzpatrick if McIlroy finishes lower than seventh.
“It would mean the world,” said Fitzpatrick, who lamented a slow start Saturday. “I’m going to need a lot of things going my way. I’ve given myself a chance going into tomorrow and that’s all you can do from the start of the week.”
Alex Noren (68) is two shots off the lead, and McIlroy is tied for fourth with Tyrrell Hatton (72).
McIlroy went bogey-eagle-bogey on the first three holes and had seven birdies the rest of the way.
“Overall, just hit it in the fairway a bit more today which made a big difference,” he said. “I was able to get control of my approach shots and hit them close and make some easy birdies. (I) just need to do more of the same tomorrow.”
McIlroy is trying to win the FedExCup and Race to Dubai in the same year for the first time, having won each event on three occasions. His last Race to Dubai title came in 2015, having also won it in 2012 and 2014.
Rahm was pleased with his third round.
“I don’t think I could have shot any lower today,” he said. “(I) wasn’t my best off the tee, but I was able to actually get some birdies out of some not-so-good situations. I didn’t hit any of the fairways on the par 5s and still played them 3-under par. I’ve had some good Sundays out here, so hopefully I can tidy up the mistakes off the tee and have a smooth round.”
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Is the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit worth it?
There’s nothing quite like sitting around a fire pit. It creates an atmosphere that brings people together, invites exchanges and creates memories. However, unless you’re having a backyard picnic, fire pits can be cumbersome to transport, and the smoke can sting your eyes whenever the wind changes, while the odor can linger in your clothes.
Solo Stove has a solution. The company’s Bonfire 2.0 is a fire pit that’s engineered with a 360-degree airflow that “super-heats air to burn off smoke before it can get to your clothes and hair.” It’s easy to set up and weighs approximately 23 pounds, so it’s highly portable.
We wanted to see if the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit was really as effortless to use as the company claimed, so we decided to test it. Here’s what we found.
Testing the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit
Growing up, our tester was a scout. They camped out often and spent many nights and weekends around a campfire or camping stove. As an adult, our tester frequently entertains outdoors but uses a more traditional bowl-shaped fire pit. They were very interested in the smokeless feature and ease of setup and cleaning that the Bonfire 2.0 promised.
What is the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit?
The Bonfire 2.0 is a modern-looking fire pit that almost appears too fancy at first glance. It has a double-walled stainless steel construction and is shaped like a large can that’s 19.5 inches in diameter and 14 inches high. The fire pit only weighs 23.3 pounds and comes with a carry bag to make it easy to transport. It uses wood for fuel and has a signature airflow design that increases the burning efficiency to reduce smoke during use.
Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit price and where to buy
While the MSRP for the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit is $399.99, it’s currently available for $344.99 on Amazon and $259.99 at Solo Stove.
How to use the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit
When we unboxed this unit, we found the main body, an ash pan, a bottom grate and a flame ring for the top. It was obvious how the pieces assembled, and we had it ready to use in about two minutes.
Once assembled, you must make sure the top piece, the flame ring, is facing upward to create optimum airflow. Choose kiln-dried or seasoned hardwood for your fire, because this will start and burn more easily as well as burn longer. Make sure you have kindling and fire starters on hand to make starting even easier and create an ember bed before adding larger pieces of wood to the fire pit. When adding firewood, make sure never to stack it above the air holes located at the top of the unit.
When we were starting the fire, we found there was a little smoke while the unit heated up. However, once the fire got going, the Bonfire 2.0 was virtually smoke-free. There’s a faint trace of smoke that you can detect when sitting downwind, but it wasn’t bothersome, in our opinion.
The big change from the previous version is that the Bonfire 2.0 has an ash pan. While this may seem like a minor upgrade, it really makes things a lot easier. With the old model, you had to wait for it to cool and then flip the entire unit upside-down to clean. Since this model weighs roughly 23 pounds, it can be a little awkward to do that. It’s even tougher with the largest model, the Yukon because it weighs over 40 pounds. With the Bonfire 2.0, however, you just lift up the bottom grate after the unit has completely cooled, remove the ash pan and dump. It makes cleaning nearly effortless.
Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit benefits
The Solo Stove has many benefits over a traditional fire pit. It’s portable, easy to set up and produces a good amount of heat. The Bonfire 2.0 doesn’t create enough smoke to be troublesome — we hardly even noticed it. The temperature seems to be hotter than other fire pits, as there is very little ash remaining when the fire is done. Lastly, cleanup is easy. All you have to do is lift the grate, remove the ash pan and dump.
Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit drawbacks
The biggest drawback to purchasing this impressive fire pit is the price. But on the plus side, you do get more for your money, so it’s still a solid value. Obviously, the fire pit gets hot during use, so just be careful and wait until it has completely cooled before emptying and packing it up for transport. All in all, though, there were no flaws that we discovered with the design or operation of this fire pit.
Should you get the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit?
If you have the budget and you want the best, the Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 Fire Pit is worth every penny. Solo Stove has engineered a product that’s simply better than a normal fire pit. The low-smoke alone makes it more than worth the price.
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Other fire pits to consider
If you love Solo Stove but prefer something more portable, The Ranger 2.0 is just 15 inches in diameter and 12.5 inches high. This is the company’s smallest model, but it still has all the features of the larger sizes: smokeless fire, removable ash pan and efficient heating.
Sold by Solo Stove
If you prefer a larger fire pit, the Yukon is the company’s largest option. It’s 27 inches in diameter and 17 inches tall, making it a suitable gathering point for family and friends.
Sold by Solo Stove and Amazon
Sunnydaze Decor Folding Wood-Burning Fire Pit
Sunnydaze has a bowl-shaped fire pit with collapsible legs that comes with a carrying case. It weighs only 12 pounds, so it’s very portable and easy to store. The fire pit is made of steel and is finished with high-temperature paint. It also comes with a mesh spark screen and a poker.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Endless Summer Gas Fire Pit with Electronic Ignition
If you prefer a more permanent model, this gas fire pit is a beautiful piece of furniture. It’s made with weather-resistant steel and the base elegantly hides the propane tank (not included) and control panel. The fire pit comes with lava rocks and requires no tools for assembly.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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Parents arrested after allegedly encouraging their son to fight students sue school
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - Parents who were arrested last year and accused of encouraging their son to fight other students at a Tennessee high school, filed a lawsuit Thursday saying that their son was assaulted first and not protected by school officials, WVLT reported.
They are asking for $5,00,000 in damages, according to the lawsuit.
Knox County, the Board of Education, Farragut High School’s principal, two school resource officers and a deputy with the sheriff’s office were named as defendants in the documents.
Brent and Monica Pelusio say that their son was assaulted by a group of five athletes last September.
“During the assault, [the minor] was repeatedly hit and punched, including to his head and face,” the report said.
The next day, the parents say when they arrived to pick their son up from school, they saw him surrounded by approximately 10 or more students.
During the incident, the parents said that a school resource officer did not act at the beginning, but pepper sprayed their child once he tried to defend himself against the assault.
The school resource officer said in a 2021 police report that she was outside directing traffic when she heard and saw several students and Monica Pelusio yelling and causing a disturbance in the parking lot.
The officer said she recognized that a fight was about to start, so she ordered them to stop numerous times, but they refused. Brent Pelusio then allegedly entered the disturbance and was yelling for his son to fight another juvenile, officials said.
Both parents were ordered by the officer to return to their vehicle three times but continued, and encouraged their son to fight, according to the 2021 police report.
The officer said a fight between Brent and Monica Pelusio’s child and another student broke out despite refusing numerous orders to stop.
The parents were accused of refusing to stop their son from fighting and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child, according to authorities.
As a result, the child and parents were arrested and charged. No members of the group were charged due to the incident, according to the documents.
The charge against the child was dismissed.
The parents have sued for a “violation of their right to be free from illegal seizure and prosecution.”
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-18T13:49:24+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2022/09/18/parents-arrested-after-allegedly-encouraging-their-son-fight-students-sue-school/ |
TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, November 17, 2022
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424 FPUS54 KSJT 180944
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Zone Forecast Product for Texas
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
TXZ127-182145-
Taylor-
Including the city of Abilene
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Much cooler with highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of sprinkles in the evening,
then areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow and
drizzle after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of freezing drizzle, a slight
chance of snow and sleet in the morning, then a slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ072-182145-
Tom Green-
Including the cities of Carlsbad, San Angelo, and Wall
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 40s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow and drizzle
after midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of freezing rain, sleet with areas of
freezing drizzle in the morning. Cloudy with a chance of rain
showers. Little or no sleet accumulation. Ice accumulation around
a trace. Highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ140-182145-
Brown-
Including the cities of Brownwood and Indian Creek
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cooler with highs in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
evening, then a chance of rain showers with possible freezing
drizzle and drizzle after midnight. Ice accumulation around a
trace. Cold with lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of freezing rain, sleet with areas of
freezing drizzle in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain showers. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs in the lower
40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ054-182145-
Nolan-
Including the city of Sweetwater
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of sprinkles in the evening,
then areas of very light freezing drizzle, a slight chance of
rain and snow after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Areas of freezing drizzle, a slight
chance of snow and sleet in the morning, then a slight chance of
rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 30. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ169-182145-
Kimble-
Including the cities of Cleo, Junction, London, Roosevelt,
Segovia, and Telegraph
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Lows
in the mid 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain and freezing rain likely in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Ice accumulation
around a trace. Highs around 40. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 60s. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of
showers. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ154-182145-
McCulloch-
Including the cities of Brady, Fife, Lohn, Rochelle, and Voca
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 40s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Areas of
freezing drizzle with patchy drizzle after midnight. Ice
accumulation around a trace. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain, freezing rain with possible sleet and
freezing drizzle likely in the morning, then a chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs
around 40. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ098-182145-
Haskell-
Including the cities of Irby and Haskell
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 40s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of very light freezing drizzle
and flurries after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Not as cool with lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ099-182145-
Throckmorton-
Including the cities of Throckmorton and Woodson
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Much cooler with highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of very light freezing drizzle
and flurries after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Not as cool with lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ049-182145-
Fisher-
Including the cities of Rotan and Roby
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of very light freezing drizzle
and flurries after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with areas of freezing drizzle, a
slight chance of snow and sleet in the morning, then partly sunny
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds around
10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 50. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ113-182145-
Jones-
Including the cities of Stamford, Stith, Anson, Funston, Truby,
Tuxedo, and Hamlin
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 40s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of very light freezing drizzle
and flurries after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with areas of freezing drizzle, a
slight chance of snow and sleet in the morning, then partly sunny
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 50. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in
the evening, then a chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows
in the mid 30s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ114-182145-
Shackelford-
Including the city of Albany
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Much cooler with highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of very light freezing
drizzle, rain and snow after midnight. Cold with lows in the
upper 20s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with areas of freezing drizzle, a
slight chance of snow and sleet in the morning, then partly sunny
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 50. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
upper 30s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ128-182145-
Callahan-
Including the cities of Clyde, Eula, Dudley, Baird,
and Cross Plains
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Much cooler with highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of sprinkles in the evening,
then areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow and
drizzle after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow, sleet, areas of
freezing drizzle with a chance of freezing rain in the morning,
then a slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ064-182145-
Sterling-
Including the cities of Broome and Sterling City
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs around 40.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of sprinkles in the evening,
then areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow and
drizzle after midnight. Cold with lows around 30. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain, sleet with areas
of freezing drizzle in the morning, then a slight chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast around
5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs around 60.
$$
TXZ065-182145-
Coke-
Including the cities of Robert Lee, Sanco, Silver, Bronte,
and Tennyson
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Much cooler with highs in the lower 40s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
evening, then areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow
and drizzle after midnight. Cold with lows around 30. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain, sleet, areas of
freezing drizzle with a chance of snow in the morning, then a
chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast
around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs around 60.
$$
TXZ066-182145-
Runnels-
Including the cities of Ballinger, Benoit, Hatchel, Rowena,
Crews, Winters, and Pumphrey
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cooler with highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
evening, then areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow
and drizzle after midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of freezing rain, sleet, areas of
freezing drizzle with a chance of snow in the morning, then a
chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs around 40.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ139-182145-
Coleman-
Including the cities of Coleman, Echo, Fisk, Valera, Voss,
and Trickham
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cooler with highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
evening, then areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow
and drizzle after midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of freezing rain, sleet with
areas of freezing drizzle in the morning, then a chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast
around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ071-182145-
Irion-
Including the cities of Barnhart, Arden, Mertzon, and Sherwood
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 40s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
evening, then areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow
and drizzle after midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 30s. East
winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of freezing rain, sleet with areas of
freezing drizzle in the morning. Cloudy with a chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
southeast in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING DAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs around 60.
$$
TXZ073-182145-
Concho-
Including the cities of Eden, Live Oak, and Lowake
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 40s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow and drizzle
after midnight. Ice accumulation around a trace. Lows in the
lower 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
30 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of freezing rain, sleet with areas of
freezing drizzle in the morning. Cloudy with a chance of rain
showers. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ155-182145-
San Saba-
Including the cities of Chappel, Cherokee, Harkeyville,
and San Saba
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 40s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
evening, then a chance of rain showers with patchy drizzle after
midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain, freezing rain likely with areas of
freezing drizzle in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs in the
lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs around 50. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 60s. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of
showers. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ076-182145-
Crockett-
Including the city of Ozona
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
a slight chance of rain showers with possible drizzle and
freezing drizzle after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. East winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain, freezing rain, sleet with
areas of freezing drizzle in the morning, then a chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs
in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper
30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ077-182145-
Schleicher-
Including the city of Eldorado
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 40s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
areas of freezing drizzle with possible rain, snow and drizzle
after midnight. Ice accumulation around a trace. Cold with lows
in the lower 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain, freezing rain likely with areas of
freezing drizzle in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Ice accumulation around a trace. Highs in the
upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the lower 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ168-182145-
Menard-
Including the cities of Erna, Fort Mckavett, Hext, and Menard
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 40s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
a slight chance of rain showers with possible freezing drizzle
and drizzle after midnight. Ice accumulation around a trace. Lows
in the lower 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain and freezing rain likely in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Ice accumulation
around a trace. Highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ170-182145-
Mason-
Including the cities of Fredonia, Katemcy, Koockville,
Loyal Valley, Mason, Pontotoc, and Streeter
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers this
afternoon. Cooler with highs around 50. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Lows
in the mid 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain and freezing rain likely in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Ice accumulation
around a trace. Highs in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of
showers. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ078-182145-
Sutton-
Including the city of Sonora
344 AM CST Fri Nov 18 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
a slight chance of rain showers with patchy drizzle after
midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain and freezing rain likely in the morning,
then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Ice accumulation
around a trace. Highs around 40. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers in
the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in
the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-11-18T11:11:39+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/weather/article/TX-San-Angelo-TX-Zone-Forecast-17594354.php |
JASPER COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A man died in a single-vehicle crash that happened Wednesday night, according to Illinois State Police.
Driver of a 2009 Silver Buick Sedan, 24-year-old Jarrett Zumbahlen, was traveling northbound on North 775th Street at County Road 1200 North when his car, for unknown reason, left the roadway to the right and hit a large tree. The driver was pronounced dead on scene by the Jasper County coroner.
ISP said the roadway was closed for about two hours.
The investigation on this incident is ongoing. No further information is available at this time. | 2022-05-12T17:46:56+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/isp-man-dies-in-single-vehicle-crash/ |
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Rapper Nelly sells half of song catalog, including hits like 'Hot in Herre,' 'Dilemma' for $50M: source
The 48-year-old artist has partnered with investment firm HarbourView Equity Partners for the purchase of "select recorded assets," including hits like "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland, "Hot in Herre" and "Ride Wit Me," all from the early 2000s.
Nelly said in a statement, according to Variety, "As artists, we put our heart and soul into each track and there comes a time when you consider preservation of that artistry. My music is my legacy which I want to last beyond me, continuing to make my existing fans happy while reaching new generations and new audiences."
He added that he was "excited to partner with HarbourView to create opportunities for discovery of my music decades from now."
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Nelly, who performed during the Grammys’ 50 Years of HipHop celebration in February, has three of his own Grammys for "Dilemma," "Hot in Herre" and "Shake Ya Tailfeather," among other awards.
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HarbourView has also bought song catalogs from artists like Lady A, Brad Paisley and Incubus in recent years, according to Variety.
"The beloved multi-Grammy winning, diamond-selling hip hop superstar and entrepreneur with the million-watt smile, is having another great year with his business ventures as he heads into the studio to record a new album entitled Heartland 2," the source told Fox Business. "Heartland was the artist’s first full country inspired album that produced a triple platinum single, ‘Lil Bit’ as well as collaborations with Breland amongst others."
FILE-Musicians Nelly (L) and Kelly Rowland perform onstage during Day 1 of Jazz In The Gardens at Sun Life Stadium on March 15, 2014 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Larry Marano/Getty Images for Jazz In The Gardens)
The source added that "Heartland 2" would be an "all-female collaboration."
"He started the year performing on the Grammys tribute to 50 Years of HipHop Celebration, performed to over 4000 fans [at] Stagecoach, and after 23 years of putting out hit after hit, there is no sign of Nelly slowing down," the source added.
Fox Business has reached out to HarbourView Equity Partners. | 2023-07-07T15:18:03+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/rapper-nelly-sells-half-of-song-catalog |
LEWES, Del. - The Center for Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine's billboard in Lewes has caused some controversy, as it depicts a naked woman to advertise their services.
"To use a naked woman's body and to advertise," says Kae Johnson of Milford. "It just looks like you know, and I'm not a prude, but I just, I don't like I don't like in the me too movement and all the things going on I mean women should not be exploited like that so."
Johnson hopes that the billboard will come down, contacting many state agencies to make it happen. Dr. Abdullah Malek, who put up the billboard, claims that outrage was not the intention.
"The intentions of the billboard is to endorse a healthy and happy lifestyle and body through exercise," said Abdullah, "better eating and procedures to enhance an individual's beauty with our practice that we've been doing for over 30 years"
Abigail Ewell is an employee at a salon right next to the billboard, and believes it is not a big deal.
"It really shouldn't be too offensive. I guess like to little kids. I could see why they might not like the signing up there. But I don't see a problem with it," said Ewell.
Regardless, it has still elicited a reaction from Delawareans that drive by the billboard.
"A little bit over the top to me in a marketing position for public view," said David Ennis of Lewes. "I thought if it were in a magazine that people were buying that might be a little bit different. But out on the public billboard, it seems a little outside that over the top
As of now, there are no plans to take down the billboard. | 2022-12-14T01:10:11+00:00 | wrde.com | https://www.wrde.com/news/lewes-billboard-depicting-naked-woman-causes-controversy/article_a1cc9e22-7b2f-11ed-8420-4bfedfb388e5.html |
The Klickitat/Skamania League of Women Voters is hosting a Klickitat County Sheriff’s Candidates’ Forum on Monday, October 17, 7-8 p.m. This forum will be a virtual webinar, with the public invited to view by using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89061418580.
Both candidates running for Klickitat County Sheriff will attend. The public is asked to submit questions for the forum for consideration. Questions may be submitted to lwv.klickitat.skamania@gmail.com. | 2022-10-11T21:17:06+00:00 | columbiagorgenews.com | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/klickitat-county-sheriff-candidate-forum-scheduled-oct-17-on-zoom/article_aff2264e-4983-11ed-8c0a-131b7395da6a.html |
Biden's COVID-19 symptoms were still mild as of late Thursday night, top White House adviser says
President Joe Biden's COVID-19 symptoms remained mild as of late Thursday and he continues to convalesce at the White House, a top adviser told CNN on Friday.
"I got an update last night at 10 p.m., and he was doing just fine," said Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response coordinator, during an interview with John Berman on CNN's "New Day." Jha added that he would touch base with the White House medical team and speak with the president "directly this morning."
Biden's symptoms, Jha said, were "basically the same" as of Thursday night.
"The symptoms were basically the same — again, he's got a little runny nose, he's got a bit of a dry cough," Jha said.
Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, becoming the second U.S. president to contract the virus during the two-and-a-half-year pandemic. In a video posted to Twitter, Biden told Americans that he is "doing well" and that he was continuing to work while in isolation at the White House.
The president is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, and has been prescribed Paxlovid — Pfizer's antiviral drug — because his advanced age makes him high risk for experiencing severe illness. Biden is 79 years old.
But to this point, Biden has only experienced mild symptoms, according to a statement from White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor and a briefing from Jha and press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday. The duo is expected to speak to reporters again Friday afternoon.
Jha said they still "don't know much" about where the president contracted the virus but said that tracing was underway for any close contacts of the president. He said he was not aware of any subsequent cases. First Lady Jill Biden, who is considered a close contact but has tested negative, will stay in Delaware through the weekend and "following (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines," he said.
Asked again whether any of Biden's symptoms were getting worse, Jha told CNN, "Nope. As of 10 p.m. last night, no. it was the same symptoms, about the same level of mildness. But I'll check in with them (the White House medical unit) this morning, I'll check in with him this morning."
Jha downplayed concerns that the White House press corps has yet to be briefed directly by Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, after one journalist at Thursday's briefing said the White House is playing a game of telephone.
"Dr. O'Connor is his personal physician. You have heard from Dr. O'Connor in the letter. We are fully committed to transparency here. You're going to hear every day from Dr. O'Connor through written communication. He was going to put out his own statement with this assessment of how the president's doing," he said.
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He said that many officials are in contact with Biden and "the American people will have a very full complete picture of how the president is doing."
Pressed again by Berman on whether there were plans to make O'Connor available to the press or the public, Jha said that O'Connor "is going to be sharing his information" and that a "variety of administration officials" would share information.
White House officials have been preparing for months for what many viewed as the inevitability that Biden would come down with COVID-19.
A wave of cases has swept Washington through the spring and summer, and as more and more of his top officials and members of his family contracted COVID-19, officials came to believe it was possible the president himself would get sick, even as they took steps to shield him from the virus.
Officials had a loose plan in place for the day Biden tested positive, including informing the public when the tests were confirmed and releasing a letter from Biden's physician — which both took place on Thursday. | 2022-07-22T13:09:57+00:00 | kcra.com | https://www.kcra.com/article/biden-covid-19-updates-july-22/40688736 |
3 Nevada men convicted in prize notification scheme
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KOLO) - A federal jury convicted three Nevada men of perpetrating a prize notification scheme that stole more than $6 million from victims.
The notices led victims to believe they could claim a large cash prize if they paid a fee of $20 or $30. Many of their victims were retirees or other older adults.
Mario and Miguel Castro, as well as Jose Luis Mendez produced the fake notices at their business in Las Vegas. Money from the victims was then used to print and mail prize notices. They also received a share of the profits.
“The defendants mailed fraudulent prize notices to prey upon and trick victims, many of them elderly, out of millions of dollars,” said U.S. Attorney Jason M. Frierson for the District of Nevada. “This guilty verdict should be a warning to individuals who commit fraudulent acts. We are committed to working together with the Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to identify and hold fraudsters accountable. We will continue to protect older Americans and prosecute individuals who seek to carry out fraudulent schemes targeting seniors.”
The three men operated the scheme from 2010 to February 2018 before search warrants were executed and the DOJ obtained a court order shutting down their operation.
They and their co-conspirators ignored multiple cease and desist orders from the U.S. Postal Service. The men then changed the name of their business and used straw owners to continue their fraud scheme.
Mario Castro was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and seven counts of mail fraud. He was found not guilty of five counts of mail fraud. Miguel Castro was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and five counts of mail fraud. He was found not guilty of seven counts of mail fraud.
Jose Luis Mendez was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and eleven counts of mail fraud. He was found not guilty of one count of mail fraud.
A fourth defendant, Salvador Castro, was acquitted by the jury on all charges.
Those convicted will be sentenced on Aug. 23 and face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each count of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Four others also previously pleaded guilty in connection with this prize notice scheme: Patti Kern, 65, of Henderson, Nevada; Andrea Burrow, 43, of Las Vegas; Edgar Del Rio, 45, of Las Vegas; and Sean O’Connor, 54, of Las Vegas.
Copyright 2023 KOLO. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-26T22:38:20+00:00 | fox5vegas.com | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/04/26/3-nevada-men-convicted-prize-notification-scheme/ |
HAMBURG — Pierce Mason led Hamburg with 120 rushing yards and two touchdowns as the Hawks defeated Kutztown 42-7 Friday night in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Five game.
Hamburg started the game with a four-play scoring drive that ended in a 31-yard touchdown run by Mason.
Hamburg extended its lead with a second-quarter touchdown pass from quarterback Xander Menapace to receiver Mason Semmel.
The Hawks returned to the end zone on their next possession, this time on a 32-yard run by Mason.
After a three-and-out by Kutztown, Menapace connected with receiver Cohen Correll for a 62-yard touchdown. It was Correll’s third catch of the quarter.
Menapace completed 16-of-22 pass attempts for 248 yards and three touchdowns.
Correll was involved all night in the passing game, finishing with nine catches for 144 yards no a touchdown.
Hamburg threatened to score again at the end of the half, but Mason fumbled the ball at the 4-yard line.
Kutztown scored on the opening drive of the second half. Dakota Thomas capped off a 12-play drive with a 2-yard touchdown run.
The Cougars did find success on the ground, with quarterback Jacob Lafferty running 21 times for 119 yards, and Brenden Ackley carrying the ball 17 times for 69 yards.
Thomas finished with 54 yards and a touchdown on eight rushing attempts.
The Hawks scored the final two touchdowns of the game in the fourth quarter. Ty Werley caught a 28-yard pass from Menapace, and Derek Ruiz scored on a 15-yard run. | 2022-09-24T05:20:57+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/sports/highschool/football/pierce-mason-xander-menapace-spark-unbeaten-hamburg-to-section-5-win-over-kutztown/article_7f67bb66-3bb8-11ed-a420-43e4abda95de.html |
TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, CEO: Michel Vounatsos, "Biogen") announced today that Eisai has completed the rolling submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a Biologics License Application (BLA) under the accelerated approval pathway for the investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody lecanemab (BAN2401) for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD) with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology in the brain. As part of the completed rolling submission, Eisai has requested Priority Review. If the FDA accepts the BLA, the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date (target date for completion of examination) will be set. While Eisai is currently submitting lecanemab under the accelerated approval pathway, the lecanemab Phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical trial conducted with 1,795 patients will report out in the Fall of 2022. The FDA has agreed that the results of Clarity AD, when completed, can serve as the confirmatory study to verify the clinical benefit of lecanemab. Dependent upon the results of the Clarity AD clinical trial, Eisai may submit for full approval of lecanemab to the FDA during fiscal year 2022.
The BLA submission for lecanemab is based on clinical, biomarker and safety data from the proof-of-concept Phase 2b (Study 201 Core) in 856 people with early AD with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology, biomarker and safety data from the Study 201 OLE (open-label extension study, 180 subjects), and blinded safety data from the confirmatory Clarity AD Phase 3 study (1,795 subjects). The large number of participants across these studies provides the FDA with extensive safety data. Study 201 explored the impact of treatment with lecanemab on reducing amyloid plaque and clinical decline. At 18 months of treatment, 10 mg/kg biweekly lecanemab reduced brain amyloid by a mean of 0.306 SUVr units (from a baseline mean of 1.37), and over 80% of subjects became amyloid negative by visual read. Furthermore, the extent of reduction in amyloid was correlated with slower clinical decline on ADCOMS (Alzheimer's Disease Composite Score), CDR-SB (Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum-of-Boxes), and ADAS-cog (Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale) at the treatment group and patient level. In the Core study, the overall rate of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities-edema/effusion (ARIA-E), an adverse event associated with anti-amyloid beta antibodies therapies was 9.9% (16/161) of patients treated with lecanemab 10 mg/kg biweekly compared with 0.8% (2/245) of placebo patients. The results from Study 201 were published in a peer-reviewed journal Alzheimer's Research and Therapy in April 2021.
"We would like to thank the people living with early AD and the healthcare professionals who participated in the lecanemab 201 study for their cooperation allowing completion of this BLA to the U.S. FDA. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and devastating disease with few treatment options," said Haruo Naito, Chief Executive Officer at Eisai Co., Ltd. "Eisai employees have spent time with people living with Alzheimer's disease and their families to truly understand their feelings and challenges and have been working to create new treatments for many years. Our comprehensive medicine creation approach along the Alzheimer's disease continuum reflects Eisai's long-term commitment to providing innovative treatments to the people living with AD, their families and healthcare professionals who urgently need new treatment options."
"With Alzheimer's disease, patients and their loved ones don't have the luxury of time. There is an enormous unmet need in this space, and we continue to make progress in advancing additional treatment options for people living with this devastating disease," said Michel Vounatsos, Chief Executive Officer at Biogen. "Anti-amyloid antibodies are a new wave of important medicines, which could provide patients and their physicians more options in addressing this complex disease."
Lecanemab was granted Breakthrough Therapy and Fast Track designations by the FDA in June and December 2021, respectively. In March 2022, Eisai initiated submission of application data to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) under the prior assessment consultation system in Japan with the aim of obtaining early approval for lecanemab, and aims to file for the manufacturing and marketing approval based on the results of Clarity AD during Eisai's fiscal year 2022.
Eisai serves as the lead of lecanemab development and regulatory submissions globally with both Eisai and Biogen co-commercializing and co-promoting the product and Eisai having final decision-making authority.
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1. About Lecanemab (BAN2401)
Lecanemab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody for Alzheimer's disease (AD) that is the result of a strategic research alliance between Eisai and BioArctic. Lecanemab selectively binds to neutralize and eliminate soluble, toxic amyloid-beta (Aβ) aggregates (protofibrils) that are thought to contribute to the neurodegenerative process in AD. As such, lecanemab may have the potential to have an effect on disease pathology and to slow down the progression of the disease. Currently, lecanemab is being developed as the only anti- Aβ antibody that can be used for the treatment of early AD without the need for titration. With regard to the results from pre-specified analysis at 18 months of treatment, Study 201 demonstrated reduction of brain Aβ accumulation (P<0.0001) and slowing of disease progression measured by ADCOMS* (P<0.05) in early AD patients. The study did not achieve its primary outcome measure** at 12 months of treatment. The Study 201 open-label extension was initiated after completion of the Core period and a Gap period off treatment of 9-59 months (average of 24 months, n=180 from core study enrolled) to evaluate safety and efficacy, and is underway.
Currently, lecanemab is being studied in a confirmatory Phase 3 clinical study in symptomatic early AD (Clarity-AD), following the outcome of the Phase 2 clinical study (Study 201). Since July 2020 the Phase 3 clinical study (AHEAD 3-45) for individuals with preclinical AD, meaning they are clinically normal and have intermediate or elevated levels of amyloid in their brains, is ongoing. AHEAD 3-45 is conducted as a public-private partnership between the Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium that provides the infrastructure for academic clinical trials in AD and related dementias in the U.S, funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, Eisai and Biogen. Since January 2022, the Tau NexGen clinical study for Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD), that is conducted by Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is ongoing. Furthermore, Eisai has initiated a lecanemab subcutaneous dosing Phase 1 study. Eisai obtained the global rights to study, develop, manufacture and market lecanemab for the treatment of AD pursuant to an agreement concluded with BioArctic in December 2007.
* Developed by Eisai, ADCOMS (AD Composite Score) combines items from the ADAS-Cog (Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale), CDR (Clinical Dementia Rating) and the MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) scales to enable a sensitive detection of changes in clinical functions of early AD symptoms and changes in memory. The ADCOMS scale ranges from a score of 0.00 to 1.97, with higher score indicating greater impairment.
** An 80% or higher estimated probability of demonstrating 25% or greater slowing in clinical decline at 12 months treatment measured by ADCOMS from baseline compared to placebo.
2. About the Collaboration between Eisai and Biogen for Alzheimer's Disease
Eisai and Biogen are collaborating on the joint development and commercialization of AD treatments. Eisai serves as the lead in the co-development of lecanemab.
3. About the Collaboration between Eisai and BioArctic for Alzheimer's Disease
Since 2005, BioArctic has had a long-term collaboration with Eisai regarding the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of AD. The commercialization agreement on the lecanemab antibody was signed in December 2007, and the development and commercialization agreement on the antibody lecanemab back-up for AD, which was signed in May 2015. Eisai is responsible for the clinical development, application for market approval and commercialization of the products for AD. BioArctic has no development costs for lecanemab in AD.
4. About Eisai Co., Ltd.
Eisai Co., Ltd. is a leading global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan. Eisai's corporate philosophy is based on the human health care (hhc) concept, which is to give first thought to patients and their families, and to increase the benefits that health care provides to them. With a global network of R&D facilities, manufacturing sites and marketing subsidiaries, we strive to realize our hhc philosophy by delivering innovative products to target diseases with high unmet medical needs, with a particular focus in our strategic areas of Neurology and Oncology.
Leveraging the experience gained from the development and marketing of a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, Eisai aims to establish the "Eisai Dementia Platform." Through this platform, Eisai plans to deliver novel benefits to those living with dementia and their families through constructing a "Dementia Ecosystem," by collaborating with partners such as medical organizations, diagnostic development companies, research organizations, and bio-ventures in addition to private insurance agencies, finance industries, fitness clubs, automobile makers, retailers, and care facilities. For more information about Eisai Co., Ltd., please visit https://www.eisai.com.
5. About Biogen
As pioneers in neuroscience, Biogen discovers, develops, and delivers worldwide innovative therapies for people living with serious neurological diseases as well as related therapeutic adjacencies. One of the world's first global biotechnology companies, Biogen was founded in 1978 by Charles Weissmann, Heinz Schaller, Sir Kenneth Murray, and Nobel Prize winners Walter Gilbert and Phillip Sharp. Today, Biogen has a leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is providing the first and only approved treatment to address a defining pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Biogen is also commercializing biosimilars and focusing on advancing the industry's most diversified pipeline in neuroscience that will transform the standard of care for patients in several areas of high unmet need.
In 2020, Biogen launched a bold 20-year, $250 million initiative to address the deeply interrelated issues of climate, health, and equity. Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives™ aims to eliminate fossil fuels across the company's operations, build collaborations with renowned institutions to advance the science to improve human health outcomes, and support underserved communities.
The company routinely posts information that may be important to investors on our website at www.biogen.com. To learn more, please visit www.biogen.com and follow Biogen on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.
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These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such statements, including without limitation unexpected concerns that may arise from additional data, analysis or results obtained during clinical studies, including the Clarity AD clinical trial and AHEAD 3-45 study; the occurrence of adverse safety events; risks of unexpected costs or delays; the risk of other unexpected hurdles; regulatory submissions may take longer or be more difficult to complete than expected; regulatory authorities may require additional information or further studies, or may fail or refuse to approve or may delay approval of Biogen's drug candidates, including lecanemab; actual timing and content of submissions to and decisions made by the regulatory authorities regarding lecanemab; uncertainty of success in the development and potential commercialization of lecanemab; failure to protect and enforce Biogen's data, intellectual property and other proprietary rights and uncertainties relating to intellectual property claims and challenges; product liability claims; third party collaboration risks; and the direct and indirect impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Biogen's business, results of operations and financial condition. The foregoing sets forth many, but not all, of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from Biogen's expectations in any forward-looking statement. Investors should consider this cautionary statement as well as the risk factors identified in Biogen's most recent annual or quarterly report and in other reports Biogen has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are based on Biogen's current beliefs and expectations and speak only as of the date of this news release. Biogen does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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Cubs third. Christopher Morel singles to deep right field. Zach McKinstry singles to right field. Christopher Morel to third. Nico Hoerner grounds out to shallow infield, Nolan Gorman to Paul Goldschmidt. Zach McKinstry to second. Christopher Morel scores. Ian Happ walks. Seiya Suzuki singles to shallow center field. Ian Happ to third. Zach McKinstry scores. Franmil Reyes strikes out swinging. Rafael Ortega strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cubs 2, Cardinals 0. | 2022-08-23T22:37:56+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/St-Louis-Chicago-Cubs-Runs-17393224.php |
Ford’s Pro Electric Supervan concept is set to tackle the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and the Blue Oval has teed up current Pikes Peak record holder Romain Dumas to do the driving.
The French racing driver posted a blistering time of 7:57.148 in 2018 behind the wheel of Volkswagen’s ID.R electric time attack special, and while the Supervan isn’t expected to set a new record, it may come close.
The concept was unveiled at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed with a powertrain consisting of four electric motors that together deliver 1,972 hp, more than Rimac’s Nevera hypercar. The multiple motors enable the wild van to sprint to 62 mph from rest in less than 2.0 seconds.
The concept is based on Ford’s E-Transit Custom electric van but shares very little with that production model. For example, its unique body is made from composite materials, and the platform is a purpose-built steel space frame with front and rear subframes housing unequal-length double wishbone suspension front and rear.
Ford built the concept to serve as a demonstrator for new technologies, both in electric powertrains and in connectivity and other digital features that can benefit businesses. Similarly, the automaker in 2020 presented a Mustang Mach-E with 1,400 hp, and earlier this month it teased another EV performance concept, this time expected to be based on the F-150 Lightning.
The 2023 Pikes Peak is scheduled for June 25. This will be Dumas’ eighth appearance at the Race to the Clouds. His first outing was in 2012. Ford’s history at the annual race just outside of Colorado Springs goes back to 1916, when a Model T made the climb up to the finish at 14,115 feet above sea level in a time of 28:03.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year’s midterm elections.
The strategy: Vote in person on Election Day or — for voters who receive a mailed ballot — hold onto it and hand it in at a polling place or election office on Nov. 8.
The plan is based on unfounded conspiracy theories that fraudsters will manipulate voting systems to rig results for Democrats once they have seen how many Republican votes have been returned early. There has been no evidence of any such widespread fraud.
If enough voters are dissuaded from casting ballots early, it could lead to long lines on Election Day and would push back processing of those late-arriving mailed ballots. Those ballots likely would not get counted until the next day or later.
“It just slows everything down,” said Noah Praetz, the former election clerk in Cook County, Illinois, who now advises local election offices on best practices and security. “In many places, if you don’t get mail ballots in hand until Election Day, you are not counting them until after Election Day.”
There is no evidence of widespread fraud, cheating or manipulation of voting machines in the 2020 election. Exhaustive reviews in the states disputed by Trump upheld Democrat Joe Biden’s win, and legal challenges pursued by the former president and his allies were rejected by numerous judges, including ones appointed by Republicans.
That hasn’t stopped conspiracy theories that have spread over the last two years, fueled by Trump, allies including MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and a crop of Republican candidates seeking office this year. The calls to hold onto ballots until the last minute have grown louder in recent weeks, according to a review of social media accounts by The Associated Press.
“It’s a lot easier to catch any fraud,” Lindell, who has promoted the last-minute voting strategy on podcasts, told the AP in a recent interview. Lindell, through various events, has sought to prove that voting machines were manipulated to favor Biden in 2020.
Trump also has weighed in, saying at a recent rally that voting on Election Day was best because “it’s much harder for them to cheat that way.”
The strategy push by conservatives comes after the use of mailed ballots soared during the 2020 election amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The end of pandemic restrictions, Trump’s attacks on mailed ballots and new voting restrictions in some Republican-led states has led to a decline in the use of mailed ballots this year, but it still remains a popular option for many voters.
Experts say a last-minute crush of ballots could end up creating delays that can be used by a bad actor to undermine confidence in the election.
“It’s an opening for people to begin questioning and stoking mistrust and distrust,” said Chris Piper, former commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections.
Discouraging early voting and encouraging voters to hold onto their mailed ballots until Election Day runs counter to efforts by most campaigns. Republican and Democratic candidates alike typically want to have as many ballots in hand as possible heading into Election Day so they can focus their efforts on getting stragglers to the polls and persuading undecided voters.
The dueling approaches have resulted in a confusing array of messages for Republican voters.
In Georgia, a recent online flier by one grassroots group read: “Voting in person and on Election Day is the only way to overwhelm the system.” A conservative group in the state, VoterGA, told its members to “protect” their votes by applying for an absentee ballot early and waiting to deliver it until Election Day.
The chair of the state Republican Party, David Shafer, recently tweeted on the party’s official account: “Voting in-person early is just as safe as voting in-person on Election Day!”
The cross-messaging also is hitting Republican voters in Arizona, which has high-stakes races this year for U.S. Senate, governor and secretary of state. Mail voting has been popular there among voters of both parties for years.
State Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican who backed a partisan review of 2020 ballots in Maricopa County, told viewers of One America News Network earlier this month that “we need to vote on the last day, the day of Election Day, so they don’t know how much to cheat by.”
But her party’s top candidates — who also have embraced false claims about the 2020 election — have recently tried to counter that strategy.
“If you have a mail-in ballot, I think that you should mail it in. I want people to vote,” Kari Lake, the Republican nominee for governor, told reporters this month. “And vote whatever way you want to vote, but vote.”
Lake has been among those calling for a rollback in mailed ballots and early voting, favoring instead a single day of in-person voting. Blake Masters, the Republican candidate for Senate in Arizona who also has Trump’s support, said it’s fine to vote by mail if that’s what a voter prefers.
“I want to know results on election night,” Masters told reporters earlier this month. “I’m telling people vote in person, if you can. If not, vote early and return via mail. And let’s know the result.”
It’s unclear whether the messaging for Republicans to hold onto their mailed ballots is having an effect. In two politically important states, the return rate for mailed ballots is slower than in previous elections — although it also could mean voters there remain undecided.
In Georgia, about 23% of mailed ballots have been returned with just over two weeks before Election Day compared to about 35% at about the same time in 2020 and almost 37% in 2018. As of Oct. 19 in Wisconsin, 45% of mailed ballots had been returned compared to 56% in at the same point 2020 and 2018.
Some Democrats also have advocated submitting ballots at the last minute — but based more on a political strategy than claims of fraud.
Pam Keith, an attorney, Democratic activist and former congressional candidate in Florida, said she thinks the predictability that Democrats will vote by mail gives Republicans an early hint at turnout levels. That’s why she is advocating for a surge of ballots at the last minute, catching Republicans off guard.
“By voting early, we are showing our hand,” Keith said. “We show what our turnout number is going to be. And if they know that the overwhelming majority of vote-by-mail ballots are in, then they know what they need to do to win.”
Keith’s advice strayed from that of many Democratic candidates, who have encouraged their supporters to vote early and by mail.
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Swenson reported from New York. Associated Press writers Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix and Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the elections at: https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections. And check out https://apnews.com/hub/explaining-the-elections to learn more about the issues and factors at play in the 2022 midterm elections. | 2022-10-22T13:04:43+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-gop-voters-told-to-hold-onto-mail-ballots-until-election-day/ |
Could a diamond ring help identify human remains found in Mississippi?
FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Rings may be the clues needed to help identify human remains found in Forrest County, Mississippi.
The Forrest County Sheriff’s Office posted photos of the two rings on their Facebook page, saying they were found in close proximity to the remains.
Based on testing, preliminary findings show that the remains, which were discovered on government land the week of October 24, have most likely been there for three to five years.
A certified jeweler, they said, has verified that, due to the cut of the stones and the setting, the diamonds are real and the diamond ring is most likely vintage.
If you have information as to who these rings may have belonged to, the sheriff’s department says to contact the FCSO at 601-544-7800 or CrimeStoppers at 601-582-STOP.
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The contract includes the creation of survey grade 3D models of the existing electrical distribution network.
DAYTON, Ohio, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Woolpert has been contracted to collect high-density lidar data for more than 6,800 square miles of rural Texas to map electrical distribution poles and wires along with surrounding natural and man-made infrastructure. The data will be collected via fixed-wing manned aircraft. The high-density point cloud will be classified and used to construct survey grade 3D models and provide analysis and engineering for the existing electrical distribution network. This will assist Texas electric utilities in permitting joint-use agreements for broadband expansion and will help accelerate the development and implementation of broadband internet throughout the region.
Woolpert Energy Market Director Mike Battles said this high-density, highly accurate point cloud project streamlines data collection to improve scheduling efficiency, supporting the application of state-of-the-art technology to advance energy operations for utility clients and broadband access for consumers across the U.S.
"Woolpert's airborne lidar mapping capabilities are innovative in that we can obtain highly accurate survey points of an existing distribution network for areas as large as an entire U.S. state on an accelerated schedule," Battles said. "With this approach, we are able to drastically improve efficiency and accuracy, and therefore provide a cost-benefit for our clients."
The contract is currently underway.
About Woolpert
Woolpert is the premier architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG), and strategic consulting firm, with a vision to become one of the best companies in the world. We innovate within and across markets to effectively serve public, private, and government clients worldwide. Woolpert is a Global Top 100 Geospatial Company, a Top 100 ENR Global Design firm, earned six straight Great Place to Work certifications, and actively nurtures a culture of growth, inclusion, diversity, and respect. Founded in 1911 in Dayton, Ohio, Woolpert has been America's fastest-growing AEG firm since 2015. Woolpert has over 2,000 employees and more than 60 offices on five continents. For more, visit woolpert.com.
Media contact: Jill Kelley, jill.kelley@woolpert.com
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Annual Field of Dreams harvest gives back to rural healthcare systems
WABASHA, Minn. (KTTC) – Harvest season is in full swing, and some local farmers are using their skills to give back to rural healthcare systems. Tuesday, Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Wabasha received a donation with the help of these farmers.
For the past 25 years, Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s has been putting on its Field of Dreams project. It’s where local farmers plant and harvest crops in a field right in front of the hospital and the money from the crops is donated to the hospital.
Many farmers say harvest season is off to a good start, and despite the growing season ending, some farmers are hoping to see a bit more rain, and soon.
“I think every farmer would tell you right now we could take some rain. We need some moisture around here,” farmer and county commissioner of Wabasha Brian Giohl said.
But while we wait for some more rain, some southeast Minnesota farmers are hitting the fields to give back to their communities.
“I try to give back way more than I ever get back or ask for in return. That’s just who I am and what my family’s about,” Giohl said.
Tuesday, local farmers harvest soybeans from this field outside of Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Wabasha as a part of a donation to the hospital.
“They dig in and get dirty and they’re willing to do whatever help we need to help fundraise and take care of patients down the road,” Gunderson St. Elizabeth’s rehab services manager Carla Theusch said.
The crops brought in around $30,000 to go toward expanding and relocating its rehab services department.
“They’re currently in the basement and we wanted to bring them up to the main floor and closer to the front of the building so that would improve accessibility and visibility,” Theusch said.
Past projects have helped build a new emergency room and expand the hospital’s operating room.
“This is just a tradition that continues on. The farmers have been very, very generous. When they’re generous, the business community is also very supportive,” Gunderson St. Elizabeth’s senior consultant Tom Crowley said.
Giohl, who helped harvest the crops, has a personal connection with the hospital, so helping out for the past two years was an easy decision.
“I used to bring my dad down here for dialysis for a lot of years and my grandpa was in the nursing home system and my mother comes down here so for me, it’s pretty easy to give back,” he said.
Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s serves a wide rural community and plans to continue investing into its services.
“Everyone is really on the same page in terms of trying to help maintain high quality healthcare in the rural area. That’s difficult in small areas. We’ve lost a lot of hospitals. We don’t want to lose ours. We have no intention of that,” Crowley said.
The rehab services department expansion project costs around $7 million. So far, the hospital has raised nearly $3.5 million, half of the project’s cost. Hospital staff members hope to break ground by next spring and open up the new facilities within a year and a half.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the last two weeks, the world-leading Asian food delivery platform HungryPanda cooperated with CrazyLaugh Comedy to successfully hold two stand-up comedy shows in Mandarin in New York. Over the last two weeks, the world-leading Asian food delivery platform HungryPanda cooperated with CrazyLaugh Comedy to successfully hold two stand-up comedy shows in Mandarin in New York.
CrazyLaugh Comedy is New York's first Chinese stand-up comedy club and it has organized dozens of events since March 2022. The partnership between HungryPanda and CrazyLaugh Comedy is to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the second important festival for Chinese.
This event was hold on 4th and 9th September, with the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Besides stand-up comedians, CrazyLaugh also invited the New York Hanfu Corporation and the New York Chinese community to further showcase traditional Chinese culture through festivals and events.
Kitty Lu, Director of Public Affairs at HungryPanda, said that: "Chinese stand-up comedy has developed rapidly in recent years, and Chinese performers have started to appear in many countries where we are operating. Through the event, more overseas Chinese, especially the young generations, can express their views and attitudes; on the other hand, hearing Chinese stand-up comedy overseas also brings people closer to each other and feel the warmth and happiness brought by Chinese in a foreign country."
She added: "HungryPanda is always trying new methods to further enhance the cohesiveness and sense of national belonging of overseas Asian. This cooperation with CrazyLaugh Comedy can constantly introduce more traditional Chinese culture during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day of family reunion, while also conveying the life of the Chinese community in a joyful way and relieving the anxiety caused by the pandemic and inflation."
Rachel (47) from CrazyLaugh Comedy mentioned: "As the first Chinese stand-up comedy club in the Greater New York area, we have now become a Chinese cultural exchange platform for all and we welcome all Chinese speaking friends from all backgrounds to inspire cohesion with laughter and help reshape so-called "mainstream" culture."
As the largest overseas Asian food delivery platform, HungryPanda is committed to improving the quality life and supporting the development of overseas Asian communities. In the future, HungryPanda expects to expand its service for more Asian communities and bring more joys with various festival events.
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Pioneer in Yoga Expanding Mission Through Increased Accessibility and Focus on Community
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, North America's leading yoga retreat center and educational non-profit, is celebrating its 50th year serving people and communities to realize their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga.
Founded in 1972 based on the core teachings of Swami Kripalu, writer, teacher and inspirational speaker, Kripalu – which means compassion – has played a leading role in driving the evolution of yoga in the West. Originally based in Pennsylvania, Kripalu relocated to its permanent location in the Berkshires in 1983 on a 125-acre property in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Today, Kripalu serves thousands of guests each year through in person retreats, programs, and trainings at its Center as well as online through live and on demand programs.
As Kripalu celebrates its past and looks ahead to the future, the organization will host a series of "Summer Wisdom Chats" to engage current and future guests with its mission and vision. These free online conversations will each feature former and current Kripalu faculty, who will discuss Kripalu's milestones of the last 50 years. Dates, topics, and guests will include:
- June 26 at 7PM ET: "Pilgrim on the Path of Love" featuring Stephen Cope, Kripalu Scholar Emeritus and best-selling author well known for making the practice of yoga accessible to the mainstream reader, and Kevin "Moose" Foran who has been with Kripalu since its inception and will discuss Swami Kripalu's legacy of love.
- July 31 at 7PM ET: "In Service to the Collective" featuring Legacy Faculty Member Aruni Nan Futuronsky and Dr. Rasmani Orth who will speak about Kripalu's legacy of service and community and what the next 50 years of service looks like for the organization.
- August 28 at 7PM ET: "Living From the Wisdom of Silence" featuring Kripalu faculty members Edi Pasalis and Jess Frey who facilitate the popular Kripalu Silent Retreat will speak about the power of silence and how it deepens our awareness and opens us to the fullness of life.
Then, on September 17th, Kripalu will commemorate its 50th anniversary with a live streamed panel discussion from its beloved Main Hall on campus. This discussion will be hosted by Kripalu CEO Robert Mulhall and feature Scholar Emeritus Stephen Cope, Lead Faculty Member Monique Schubert and other leaders in yoga and mindfulness to discuss Kripalu's focus on personal and societal transformation and vision for the future.
Learn more about Kripalu's 50th anniversary, history, timeline, and upcoming events at Kripalu.org/50.
"For 50 years, Kripalu has been a beacon of love and community for those who have sought healing and transformation," said Robert Mulhall, CEO, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. "As we look ahead, we are committed to increasing the accessibility and reach of the practices of yoga. Together we will move closer toward our vision of a world united in service to well-being, justice, and peace."
Kripalu's leadership team and Board of Trustees developed a new strategic plan for the organization in 2020. As part of Kripalu's new purpose – to ignite personal and societal transformation – the organization is championing several new initiatives focused on accessibility, equity, and social impact.
Toward the goal of expanding access to its mission and practices, in 2021 Kripalu engaged members of its faculty with many of the world's yoga luminaries, thought leaders and wellness experts to create Kripalu Online Live and On-Demand Programs. These programs focused on topics including yoga, mindfulness, cooking, wellness, and social justice. Today, Kripalu Online Programs engage people across the U.S. and in 50+ countries. Additionally, Kripalu introduced a tiered based pricing model for many of its online programs allowing those who may be experiencing financial difficulties access to these workshops.
As Kripalu looks to the future, it is committed to upholding its new equity statement to reaffirm its commitment to inclusivity and accessibility world-wide. The intention behind Kripalu's equity work is to ensure that anyone who wants access to what Kripalu has to offer is able to obtain it, feel like they belong as part of our community, are seen in their fullness, and that their personal growth process is supported.
An example of this practice of equity in action was Kripalu's leadership of the free online series, "Amplify the Voices of the Global Majority." Donor-funded, this powerful series of programs brought together changemakers from around the globe focused on dismantling inequity and harm, stewarding the planet, and prioritizing the collective well-being.
In 2017, Kripalu introduced RISE™, a social-impact program to bring stress-resilience training to frontline providers and leadership in some of the most critical social institutions in North America: human services organizations, K–12 schools, correctional facilities, law enforcement, and healthcare.
Looking to the future, Kripalu is expanding its RISE program to extend its impact on workplace productivity, charities, and social change agents:
- Non-Profits: Kripalu's new "Non-Profit Leadership Program" supports the inner and outer leadership development of nonprofit leaders. Additionally, with support from the Yawkey Foundation, Kripalu has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Boston to offer RISE to staff and children.
- Social Activists: Kripalu is hosting "Activists-in-Residence" retreats for people working for change to societal issues to help them care for themselves and return to work with fresh clarity and energy.
Kripalu has served 25,000 guests since re-opening its campus in August 2021.
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to serving people and communities in realizing their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga. Founded in 1972 and located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Kripalu is the leading yoga retreat center in North America. As the field leader in whole-person education for body, mind, heart, and spirit, Kripalu offers onsite and online programs and retreats across a wide range of topics including yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, cooking, outdoor mindfulness, social, and environmental justice. For more information, visit www.kripalu.org.
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A new restaurant has opened in Springfield.
Bell’s Family Restaurant-A Southern Eatery has opened at 714 Springfield Road. The restaurant is next door to Dollar General.
"We try to have a family atmosphere," restaurant owner Joseph Bell said. "When you walk in, you feel welcome."
"In a small town of Springfield, you would have never see things like having a greeter at the door," Bell said. "You have waitresses that come around and make sure they clean your table and take your plates. I try to make it like you are at home -- a family-home style with good eating and good food."
Bell's is open Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The restaurant is closed Monday through Wednesday.
The 70-seat restaurant is both dine-in and take-out. The restaurant employs 25 and is entirely family-owned and operated.
The Southern home-cooking restaurant has a laid-back and casual atmosphere.
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A sample menu includes fish, chopped barbecue, fried chicken, sausage, with sides to include green beans, corn, yams, turnips, tomatoes, okra, coleslaw, hash and rice and macaroni and cheese. Desserts include banana pudding and Oreo delight. Menus can vary.
The restaurant also seeks to provide a different flair to the town by bringing in live entertainment.
"Before this opened there was no buffet restaurant here," Bell said. "The closest one was probably five or 10 miles away."
""There is another restaurant in Springfield but they close early, so after 2 p.m. you have nothing to eat in Springfield," Bell said. "When we opened this, we had people bringing in flowers and all kinds of things with gratitude that we were opening back up."
A restaurant has been in the location for about 20 years and has been through two other owners.
Bell's family has served as the staff for the restaurant under both of the previous owners. The restaurant was Goodland Barbecue and then became Old Country Table. It was vacant for about three to four years.
"Once it closed down, it had been sitting for a while," Bell said. "I asked my family, 'Do ya'll want to take the restaurant and we own it?' They were like, yes, so I bought the restaurant for my family."
Joseph Bell is no stranger to the business world.
He is owner of three daycares and a thrift store, all in Pelion. He also owns a website for candles and essential oil. If that is not enough, Bell is also a third-grade teacher at a Columbia elementary school.
He is planning to open another daycare in North, with a targeted opening date in August.
It is Bell's first time owning a restaurant.
"It has been great," Bell said. "Our busiest time is Sunday. If you come in Sunday, you will not find a table. Sunday is a totally different menu. You have things from turkey and dressing, ham, pork chops, roast beef. Normally Sunday is a lot."
For more information, call 803-291-1010. | 2022-07-09T21:27:44+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/news/local/family-owned-eatery-adds-flair-in-springfield/article_6ed5c672-2193-56da-88d9-acdd1edc61df.html |
Architect & Interior Designer Campion Platt Tapped to Design First Capsule Collection
NEW YORK, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning architect and interior designer Campion Platt is collaborating with House of Ecologie to design a sustainable luxury capsule furniture collection that will use a new generation of advanced recycled materials. Ecogensus, a global sustainable resources technology company, will supply the proprietary materials.
The House of Ecologie, a sustainable furniture and home goods brand specializing in responsible design, is the brainchild of Ecogensus founder and CEO Bjørnulf Østvik, who conceived its first product, the "Eco-Table", as a limited furniture project to demonstrate the value of waste derived lumber. The Eco-Table's "wood" boards are made from average U.S. household solid waste, including all the organics such as food and yard. The boards are produced using Ecogensus' Rhino Recycler for the materials processing and then compression molding techniques. From there, the "lumber" can be worked by using standard woodworking tools to produce furniture. As a final step, the Eco-Table is enhanced with copper-toned features and a unique glossy finish.
After receiving an overwhelmingly positive response, Bjørnulf had the idea to launch a luxury brand that combined truly unique sustainable materials and modern design. The 'House of Ecologie' is an homage to Ecogensus (Ecologically Generating Sustainable resources), while also capturing the feeling of the European fashion houses.
New York City architect AD100 recipient Campion Platt has been tapped by the House of Ecologie to design the premier collection utilizing the company's proprietary sustainable raw materials and finished products that replace wood, plastic, and other fossil-derived or first-use materials. Platt has designed eco-collections for HBF Textiles and Jim Thompson. He is considered the epitome of attainable luxury living and has crafted homes for such celebrated clients as Al Pacino and Meg Ryan and also co-developed glamorous hotels including the Mercer in Manhattan and the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. His holistic approach to design has led him to consult on several planned resort communities in recent years and has spawned textile, carpet, and furniture collections.
The House of Ecologie - Campion Platt collaboration will feature a number of timeless, handcrafted pieces to complement the modern, functional home guided also by Ecogensus' commitment to prioritizing the well-being of people and the planet.
"I am honored and delighted that Campion will be working with the House of Ecologie on this special collaboration that uses Ecogensus' sustainable materials," Østvik, CEO of House of Ecologie said. "Campion is a recognized leader in combining sustainability and excellence in design. I am confident that Campion's deep understanding of our commitment to waste reduction and the circular economy, along with his unique fusion of luxury and contemporary design, will lead not just to a successful collection for the House but help establish us as an authority in sustainable design."
"When I was first approached to design luxury furniture from garbage, I got excited and thought, finally. My own trajectory over years of creating has always been a fascination with the natural and organic, channeling honest materials and finishes in all aspects of my work," said Campion Platt. "The genius of repurposing our daily refuse to make bespoke furniture captured my environmental spirit in this otherwise throw-a-way world. Ecogensus is solving real world waste management problems at scale in other areas of their business, but together we have now focused on making beautiful objects for the home from purified materials, like a lotus that blossoms from muddy water."
About House of Ecologie
The House of Ecologie is a sustainable furniture and home goods brand specializing in modern design. Offering inspired, unique designs and handcrafted pieces, the House of Ecologie is committed to be a good steward of the planet. To prevent deforestation, the furniture pieces utilize proprietary waste-derived advanced composite materials in lieu of wood and also incorporate other recovered and recycled materials. www.thehouseofecologie.com
About Campion Platt
Campion Platt is the principal of the award-winning eponymously named New York interior design firm, founded in 1990, that has become a leader in boutique hotel design and is renowned for its highly customized interiors. Architectural Digest has named him to its AD100 list of top designers, and New York magazine pronounced him one of "The City's Best Architects and Decorators." His work is featured regularly in Elle Décor, Esquire, Gotham, Travel + Leisure, Wallpaper, and other leading design magazines. Platt's book "Made To Order" highlights his process and eighteen projects that range in size and location from demure city pied-à-terres to chic lofts and grand country estates. www.monacellipress.com/book/made-to-order
About Ecogensus
Ecogensus is an advanced technology company focused on delivering sustainable waste management solutions to customers around the world. Ecogensus' mission addresses public health, environmental, and national security objectives. For more information, visit: www.ecogensus.com
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were:
7-1-6, WB: 1
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were:
7-1-6, WB: 1
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STOCKHOLM, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
July–September 2022
- Total sales MSEK 36 013 (27 338)
- Organic sales growth 7 percent (4)
- Operating income before amortization MSEK 2 330 (1 605)
- Operating margin 6.5 percent (5.9)
- Items affecting comparability (IAC) MSEK –414 (–120), relating to the previously announced trans-formation programs and the acquisition of STANLEY Security
- Earnings per share SEK 2.46 (2.15)*
- Earnings per share, before IAC, SEK 3.24 (2.34)*
- Cash flow from operating activities 122 percent (75)
January-September 2022
- Total sales MSEK 95 146 (79 651)
- Organic sales growth 6 percent (4)
- Operating income before amortization MSEK 5 542 (4 332)
- Operating margin 5.8 percent (5.4)
- Items affecting comparability (IAC) MSEK –774 (–515), relating to the previously announced transformation programs and the acquisition of STANLEY Security
- Earnings per share SEK 6.70 (5.44)*
- Earnings per share, before IAC, SEK 8.15 (6.29)*
- Reported net debt/EBITDA 5.8 (2.1), adjusted net debt/EBITDA ratio 4.0**
- Cash flow from operating activities 66 percent (79)
*Comparatives have been adjusted for the rights issue completed on October 11, 2022. For further information refer to Data per share on page 21.
**Adjusted for rights issue proceeds received in October 2022 and including STANLEY Security's 12 months adjusted estimated EBITDA.
Comments from the President and CEO
"Strong performance in the new Securitas"
The third quarter 2022 marks a major milestone as it is the first time we report as one company together with STANLEY Security. The most transformative acquisition in Securitas' history is concluded and was consolida-ted in Securitas as of July 22, 2022.
We are facing a global environment with increasing uncertainty and we are, as always, continuously working to ensure preparedness and strength also in more challenging times.
The development in the third quarter showed continued strong demand. Organic sales growth was 7 percent (4), with growth in all business segments, supported by good momentum within technology and solutions sales and by high price increases. Security Services North America returned, as expected, to positive organic sales growth and reported 3 percent. STANLEY Security had mid-single digit estimated organic sales growth in the third quarter.
Our investments in a stronger client offering are generating results with good commercial traction. We re-cently also renewed a significant global contract with expanded scope of services, reaffirming our position as the leading security solutions partner to many of the most well known brands world-wide.
Technology and solutions sales in the third quarter represented 30 percent (22) of Group sales and real sales growth excluding STANLEY Security was solid with double-digit growth throughout the business.
The operating result for the Group, adjusted for changes in exchange rates, increased by 30 percent in the third quarter with material contribution from the STANLEY Security acquisition and good development in the legacy business. The operating margin improved to 6.5 percent (5.9). Compared to the first half of 2022 the operating margin in the acquired STANLEY Security business improved as a result of pricing recovery, cost control and leverage, and initial execution on the value creation plan.
Our operations in North America delivered margin improvement also excluding STANLEY Security, as did Ibero-America continuing the positive trend from previous quarters. Europe improved with support from STANLEY Security, despite continued pressure from costs related to labor shortage and sickness. We have successfully managed a positive price and wage balance in the Group and a continued dynamic price increase approach is key to ensure quality delivery to our clients.
The Group operating cash flow was 122 percent of operating result in the quarter and will continue to be an important focus area to reduce our leverage position after the STANLEY Security acquisition.
CREATING THE FUTURE SECURITAS
We are now accelerating our journey with STANLEY Security. We have started to execute on our value creat-ion plan and are in line with plan in terms of synergy execution in the third quarter.
Bringing together our two great companies gives us a leading position in the industry. Combining our talent and expertise sets us up for stronger growth thanks to an outstanding client offering and we expect significant margin enhancement opportunities going forward. Together we have great potential to provide tech-enabled security solutions that create long-term value for our clients and shareholders.
The transformation program in North America which was finalized in 2021, is delivering value in the day-to-day operations and is an important enabler of the positive operating margin development. We are executing the business transformation program in Europe, although temporarily at a lower pace, as we are currently calibrating the program with the STANLEY Security integration plan to ensure we are maximising the cost and benefit realization. The corresponding program in Ibero-America is progressing according to plan and we expect to realize financial and operational benefits in the years to come.
After the STANLEY Security acquisition, we announced new financial targets at the Investor update in August to reflect our ambition to build the new Securitas and achieve 8 percent operating margin by the end of 2025. Our strong performance in the third quarter gives us confidence that we are on the right track.
In October we completed the rights issue of MSEK 9 583 related to the STANLEY Security acquisition. The rights issue was well received and oversubscribed and I would like to thank all shareholders for your participation.
Magnus Ahlqvist
President and CEO
PRESENTATION OF THE INTERIM REPORT
Analysts and media are invited to participate in a telephone conference on November 8, 2022, at 2.30 p.m. (CET) where President and CEO Magnus Ahlqvist and CFO Andreas Lindback will present the report and answer questions. The telephone conference will also be audio cast live via Securitas' website www.securitas.com/investors/webcasts.
To follow the audio cast of the telephone conference via the web, please follow the link www.securitas.com/investors/webcasts.
A recorded version of the audio cast will be available at
www.securitas.com/investors/webcasts after the telephone conference.
For further information, please contact:
Micaela Sjökvist, Vice President, Investor Relations +46 76 116 7443
ABOUT SECURITAS
Securitas has a leading global and local market presence with operations in 47 markets. Our operations are organized in three business segments: Security Services North America, Security Services Europe and Security Services Ibero-America. We also have operations in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, which form the AMEA division. Securitas serves a wide range of clients of all sizes in a variety of industries and segments. Security solutions based on client-specific needs are built through different combinations of on-site, mobile and remote guarding, electronic security, fire and safety, and corporate risk management. We adapt our security solutions based on the risks and needs of each client through increased client engagement and conti-nuously enhanced knowledge. Securitas is listed in the Large Cap segment at Nasdaq Stockholm.
Group strategy
At Securitas, we are leading the transformation of the security industry by putting our clients at the heart of our business. We solve our clients' security needs by offering qualified and engaged people, in-depth expertise and innovation within each of our protective services, the ability to combine services into solutions and by using data to add further intelligence. To execute on our strategy to become a security solutions partner with world-leading technology and expertise, we are focusing on four areas: Taking the lead within technology, quality guarding services focused on profitability, creating a global security solutions partner, leveraging a global platform to drive innovation.
Group financial targets
Securitas has four financial targets:
- 8–10 percent technology and solutions annual average real sales growth
- 8 percent Group operating margin by year-end 2025, with a >10 percent long-term operating margin ambit-ion
- A net debt to EBITDA ratio below 3.0x
- An operating cash flow of 70–80 percent of operating income before amortization
Securitas AB (publ.)
P.O. Box 12307, SE-102 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Visiting address:
Lindhagensplan 70
Telephone: +46 10 470 30 00
Corporate registration number: 556302–7241
www.securitas.com
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- Tyson® brand is the official sponsor of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' Tyson 250 on Saturday, May 20, during NASCAR All-Star Race weekend at North Wilkesboro Speedway
- Tyson brand's history with North Wilkesboro Speedway began when the company sponsored a NASCAR Cup Series race, the Tyson Holly Farms 400, from 1990-96; To commemorate the track's illustrious history and its relationship with the brand, North Wilkesboro's Tyson-branded manual leaderboard will return on All-Star Race weekend
- Tyson Foods remains actively involved in the Wilkes County community, employing 2,400 team members in the area, with nearby operations in Monroe, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia
- A limited number of single-day grandstand tickets will be available for purchase on Wednesday, Feb. 22, for the Tyson 250
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NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C., Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A familiar name will return to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the track's first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race since 1996, with the Tyson® brand serving as the official sponsor of the Tyson 250 on Saturday, May 20, during NASCAR All-Star Race weekend.
Tyson Foods has a long relationship with North Wilkesboro's iconic, five-eighths-mile oval. The track's fall NASCAR Cup Series race was known as the Tyson Holly Farms 400 from 1990-96 and as the Holly Farms 400 from 1979-89, prior to Tyson Foods' acquisition of Holly Farms. Today, Tyson Foods remains vested in the Wilkes County community. It employs nearly 2,400 team members in Wilkes County with nearby operations in Monroe, North Carolina, employing over 1,400 team members. Tyson Foods also recently invested $300 million in a state-of-the-art poultry processing facility in Danville, Virginia. The facility is expected to be completed in 2023 and will create 400 jobs for the area.
"Given Tyson Foods' storied history with the North Wilkesboro Speedway, we are delighted to partner with NASCAR and bring fans back to this beloved racetrack for the first time in more than 25 years," said Stephen Silzer, senior marketing director, Tyson brand. "Throughout the years, Tyson Foods has become synonymous with the Wilkes County community, through its job creations, economic development and the significant investments in our processing facility making it an integral part of the Wilkesboro identity. Our company is about bringing people together and this partnership does just that, at one of NASCAR's most historic tracks."
The renewed Tyson-North Wilkesboro partnership also brings with it the return of the iconic, red-and-yellow manual leaderboard, which was synonymous with racing at North Wilkesboro well into the 1980s.
"North Wilkesboro Speedway has a special history with Tyson Foods, so it makes perfect sense for us to grow our partnership with the Tyson brand on NASCAR All-Star Race weekend," said Jessica Fickenscher, the executive director of the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. "The Tyson-branded manual leaderboard makes North Wilkesboro even more of a can't-miss place to be in May."
Race fans looking to experience the excitement of North Wilkesboro can do so on Saturday, May 20, which features the Tyson 250 as well as NASCAR All-Star Race qualifying, with a limited number of single-day tickets going on sale Feb. 22.
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In the 1930s, John W. Tyson moved his family to Arkansas and began delivering farm-raised chickens from his truck. From those humble beginnings, the Tyson brand grew, finding new ways to help feed the nation while staying true to its original belief that every family deserves to have high-quality farm-raised chicken on their table. The brand's portfolio of products includes Tyson® Fresh and Frozen Chicken, Tyson Naturals® Chicken, Grilled & Ready® Chicken, Any'tizers® Snacks, Tyson® Air Fried Chicken, Tyson® Chicken Nuggets and Crispy Strips, giving families more to love every day with its vast portfolio of products.
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Grocery store, church file lawsuit against KFC development in Houghton
HOUGHTON, Mich. (WLUC) - A Kentucky Friday Chicken (KFC) franchise owner is facing lawsuits over the construction of a new location in Houghton.
According to a press release from the owner’s legal counsel, the city provided the necessary approvals for the construction of the planned restaurant, which is to be owned and operated by Glen Flewelling, a KFC franchisee, and his family members who live in Houghton.
The landlord for Tadych’s Marketplace filed suit in the 12th Circuit Court, in an effort to stop construction. However, the judge ruled in favor of the development and construction has been underway.
The landlord filed an appeal in the Michigan Court of Appeals, which is pending at this time but Flewelling feels confident the court will uphold the original ruling.
The Evangel Baptist Church of Houghton has additionally filed its own suit against Flewelling, lobbying for construction to be halted and for the property to be deconstructed back to a parking lot.
A decision has yet to be made on the church’s filing.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Documents released Tuesday provided a scathing account of what authorities called the “blatantly unprofessional” conduct of five officers involved in the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop last month — including new revelations about how one officer took and shared pictures of the bloodied victim.
The officer, Demetrius Haley, stood over Nichols as he lay propped against a police car and took photographs, which Haley sent to other officers and a female acquaintance, according to documents released by the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission.
“Your on-duty conduct was unjustly, blatantly unprofessional and unbecoming for a sworn public servant,” the Memphis Police Department wrote in requesting that Haley and the other officers be decertified.
Haley’s lawyer declined to comment, and lawyers for the other four officers either declined to comment or did not respond to requests from The Associated Press.
The five officers — Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Tadarrius Bean, Justin Smith and Emmitt Martin III — have all been fired and charged with second-degree murder. The new documents offer the most detailed account to date of each officer’s actions.
Another officer has also been fired and a seventh has been relieved of duty in connection with the latest police killing to prompt angry nationwide protests and an intense public conversation about how police officers treat Black residents.
As many as 13 Memphis officers could end up being disciplined, officials said Tuesday.
The newly released documents are part of a request by the Memphis Police Department that the five officers who have been charged with murder be decertified and prohibited from working in law enforcement again. Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis signed each of the five requests to decertify the officers.
Haley, who was driving an unmarked car and wore a black sweatshirt hoodie over his head, forced Nichols from his car using loud profanity, then sprayed him directly in the eyes with a chemical irritant spray, according to the statement.
“You never told the driver the purpose of the vehicle stop or that he was under arrest,” it states.
Haley did not have his body camera on when he stopped Nichols but was on a phone call with someone who overheard the encounter.
Nichols ran from the officers but was apprehended again a few blocks away. At that point, Haley kicked him in the torso as three other officers were handcuffing him. Other officers kicked Nichols in the face, punched him or struck him with a baton. According to footage captured on a utility pole camera, one of the officers appears to quickly take a photo of Nichols on his phone as flashlights are shined on him.
“You and other officers were captured on body worn camera making multiple unprofessional comments, laughing, bragging about your involvement,” the decertification charges against Mills said.
They added, “You admitted you did not provide immediate medical aid and walked away and decontaminated yourself from chemical irritant spray,” and further accused Mills of later failing to give Nichols’ mother an accurate account of what happened.
Martin claimed Nichols tried to snatch the officer’s gun from his holster after another officer forced him out of the vehicle, with Martin helping by grabbing Nichols’ wrist. However, video evidence doesn’t corroborate the gun-grab claim, the documents said.
Audio from a body camera did not capture Nichols using profanity or making violent threats — instead, he appeared calm and polite in his comments to the officers. Martin, meanwhile, cussed at Nichols and threatened to knock him out as he commanded Nichols to put his arm behind his back.
Martin also failed to disclose in a required form that he punched Nichols in the face and kicked him multiple times, and instead added in his later statement to investigators that he gave “body blows,” the documents said. Video showed Martin kicking Nichols repeatedly and punching him in the face five times while two officers held Nichols’ arms.
Police deemed Martin’s oral and written statements deceitful, the charges said.
A hearing officer wrote of Justin Smith: “You admitted you struck an unarmed and non-violent subject with a closed fist two to three times in the face because you and your partner were unable to handcuff him. … You sprayed the subject with your chemical irritant spray and also held the individual’s arm while other officers kicked, punched and pepper sprayed him several times.”
In a letter from Smith included in his file, he defends his conduct, stating that Nichols was “violent and would not comply.”
Bean was accused of holding Nichols by one arm while another officer pepper sprayed and beat him with a baton. It also notes that his indifference to Nichols’ distress in the aftermath was reported by a civilian who took video of the incident.
Nichols died three days after the beating. His family attended the State of the Union address Tuesday as guests of first lady Jill Biden.
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Associated Press reporters Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville and Gene Johnson in Seattle contributed. Mattise and Loller reported from Nashville. | 2023-02-08T19:03:18+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/ap-memphis-officer-took-shared-photos-of-bloodied-tyre-nichols/ |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to change the standard board layout, mechanics, piece movements and player interactivity to create a challenging new connections game that requires strategic thinking and planning," said an inventor, from Kimberley, BC, Canada, "so I invented the SOUL- O- TILES. My entertaining design can be enjoyed by family and friends at parties and during leisure time. It also presents unique psychological approaches, roles and relationships between players."
The patent-pending invention provides a challenging new connections game for individuals of all ages. In doing so, it features adaptable rule variants for dynamic play options. As a result, it offers added fun and entertainment. It also could spark friendly competition and it could encourage social interaction. The invention features an innovative design that is easy to learn, teach and play so it is ideal for ages 6 and older. Additionally, it is producible in design variations including flexible low and high cost production options (collector editions) and it can be branded or adapted for franchises of all kinds. Prototypes are available.
The original design was submitted to the Toronto sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-TRO-307, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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When was the last time you flew too high on a swing and lost your stomach, or busted out laughing so hard that you started crying?
If it's been awhile since you've had this kind of fun, you're not alone.
A lot of us are still recovering from antisocial habits formed in the pandemic. And these days, events outside of our control are taking a serious toll on our health. Last fall, 76% of adults surveyed by the American Psychological Association said stress from politics, race relations, violence and inflation has affected their health. They report experiencing headaches, fatigue, depression, nervousness and exhaustion.
But the antidote may be hiding in plain sight. Two recent books argue that making room for more fun in your life could counteract both the stress and the tendency to escape it by zoning out online.
In The Fun Habit: How The Disciplined Pursuit of Joy And Wonder Can Change Your Life, published in January, psychologist Mike Rucker makes the case that pursuit of fun experiences may be even more valuable than seeking the sometimes abstract goal of happiness.
"Happiness is a state of mind," Rucker writes. "But fun is something you can do. It doesn't require education, money or power. All it requires is intentionality. If happiness is a mirage, fun is your backyard oasis."
And science journalist Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, published in 2021, has a similar view. (She took a break from her latest interest, online blues piano lessons, to take my call.)
"We really trivialize fun and we are so casual and sloppy about how we use the word," Price says, but it is "essential for our happiness and health."
And fun can be so many things. Last year, when NPR asked readers to share what they're really into, more than 1,500 of you responded with a deliciously wide range of pursuits, from hula hooping to home brewing beer to raising reptiles. And more than 800 said you do these activities just because they're fun.
Here's advice from Price and Rucker — and inspiration from NPR readers — for ways to build more fun into your life.
1. Stop worrying about how happy you are
As a founding member of the International Positive Psychology Association, Rucker has put many teachings of happiness science into his life, like keeping a gratitude journal. But after his brother died unexpectedly in 2016, Rucker felt burned out and lonely. He began to feel that the more he pursued happiness, the more elusive it became.
"Happiness is really an evaluation," he says. You are constantly asking yourself what is going right and what is going wrong. It can become a trap, he warns.
People who highly value happiness may end up feeling "disappointed about how they feel, paradoxically decreasing their happiness the more they want it," wrote the authors of a 2011 study in the journal Emotion.
In contrast, fun is relatively easy to achieve yet many adults are conditioned to believe that it isn't important, and experience very little of it. For Rucker, seeking lighter moments helped him through his loss.
"Even if you're not happy, you can have fun, even if that's just having coffee with a friend," he says. "For me, it was certainly going to comedy clubs [after my brother died]. I wasn't happy, but I was really enjoying the jokes."
Science has just begun to study the importance of fun and play, so there's not a strict definition. But Rucker writes that fun generally involves doing something active and intentional (as opposed to mindlessly watching TV), often includes other people, is something you choose for yourself, and can give a thrill that transcends the ordinary.
NPR audience member Lynn Braz found that when she started taking flying trapeze classes at age 42: "Now, at age 61, I am flying every weekend throughout the warmer months. Flying trapeze is the hardest, scariest, most exciting and most fun thing I've ever done."
Price, who also is the founder of ScreenLifeBalance.com, defines fun as a state in which we experience playfulness, connection to others, and flow – that feeling where you lose track of time because you're "in the zone" and not worried about how you look or how well you perform.
2. Find your 'fun magnets'
If you're not sure where to start, Price recommends you ask yourself: What are my "fun magnets?"
"Put your phone away for a while and come up with three to four memories when you had real fun," she advises.
Look for common threads, like which people are involved, what kinds of activities you enjoy, where do they take place. Are there activities that would be fun that you'd like to try? Are there activities you can get rid of that are not fun?
Fun can be many different things, Rucker says. It's really whatever tickles your sense of delight.
NPR's audience shared hundreds of ideas about what turns them on.
Tara Fisher described her love of building and fighting with robots. "It's a great way to learn lots of STEM skills and meet fun, intelligent people," she wrote. "Plus, it's fun to smash each other's 'toys.'"
Nicole Diekow told NPR, that for her, it's thrift shopping. She's been doing it since the 1980s when she and her mom were on a tight budget. "This sparked a fascination that has stuck around my whole life ... You never know what treasures you might find or what friends you may meet."
3. Put fun on the calendar
Once you identify what fun is to you, you can start to schedule more of it. "It's like going on a diet by figuring out what kinds of foods you love, and then eating more," says Price.
I know – groan. Scheduling fun? Isn't it supposed to be spontaneous? And aren't we overscheduled already?
But fun comes more easily when you're young, says Price. When you're older, you don't find yourself in the kind of unstructured environments conducive to fun, like a playground full of kids you don't know.
Sometimes people you could have fun with are waiting for an invitation. "It's like romance," she says of scheduling fun. "You need to light some candles, set the scene."
But it's well worth it. People who take a vacation return to their work less stressed and possibly more creative, and the benefits could extend to smaller adventures.
When you put something fun like a hike on the calendar, you open up to moments of "awe and wonder," like the surprise appearance of a deer on the path, for example, Rucker says. These moments can improve mood and lower stress levels, which can reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Scheduling fun doesn't have to be arduous or expensive. When Price was working on her book during the height of the pandemic, she recruited a virtual group of people — a Fun Squad — to bounce ideas around with.
One Fun Squad friend said that a Taco Tuesday night she held with her friends was the highlight of her week, Price says. For herself, she regularly jams with a group of musicians.
NPR reader Nancy Lomini-Perretta decided to try a beginning mahjongg class for seniors at her local college in 2019. Now she plays every Monday with a group of women she met in that class. They call themselves "The Fabulous Five" or "The Mahvelous Mahjongg Madams."
"Taking this class ... brought five women together who happen to have the same sense of humor and just plain enjoy each other's company," she says.
4. Unplug (no, but seriously!)
Pay attention to how much of your leisure time is spent scrolling on a phone or passively watching TV, Rucker advises. That's "yielding to the nothing," he says, and is a deceptively easy escape from feelings of boredom or discomfort.
Most of us have control over at least two hours of our day for leisure activities, and some of us have up to five hours. But the average American uses up more than two hours on social media per day. Consider using your time instead to do "just one thing that used to bring you joy," suggests Rucker.
Technology can be the enemy of fun. If you're always connected to your phone, checking that one last email or text, you're not present. Rucker says. "We need to "stop being 'on' all the time."
When Rucker realized he was checking his phone often while watching his daughter take gymnastics class, he decided instead that they should take a dance class together. "Now we have amazing memories," he says.
Real fun usually involves sensory experiences and, often, interactions with other people.
NPR listener Rachel Maryam Smith fell in love with making giant soap bubbles when she was in college. She soon started making them in public, eventually hosting events with up to 300 people. She loves that bubbles put a smile on everyone's face.
"Big bubble making [is] more than the jaw-dropping aesthetics, but a reminder that life is brief and beautiful," she wrote.
Action seeker and NPR fan says Mike Ferris practicing handstands "feels like flight at 33 years old." He encourages others to try it too: "Who hasn't tried a handstand once in their life, at least as children? It's simply fun to do a move that our bodies aren't designed to do to survive."
5. Share the fun and amplify it
Another tip Price swears by for more fun is sharing what brings you delight with someone else. Price now has running text chains with several friends who send her photos of upbeat moments throughout their day. Just for fun, she recently sent some friends $10 disco balls she discovered on Amazon so they could delight in their own dance parties.
She borrowed the idea from poet Ross Gay, who wrote an entire book of essays on delights, including odes to handmade infinity scarves, loitering and weeds.
NPR listener Kami Koontz shares her source of fun whenever she can. She bought a ukulele in early 2014 on a whim and taught herself to play it.
"I have since started a local uke group, a local uke band, and have raised money to donate Ukes to schools and libraries," she writes. "Doing all of these things has brought a variety of charming people into my life, a little music family of sorts."
Like any new habit, fun takes practice, as well as trial and error. Experts say start small and build.
"It's harder to get to spontaneity if you have to schedule it on your calendar, but once you do, you're creating more opportunity for spontaneity to happen," Rucker says.
Carmel Wroth contributed to this report.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CATIC has received an upgraded rating of "A-" from the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). According to KBRA, an "A-" rating indicates the insurer's financial condition is sound and the entity is likely to meet its policyholder obligations under difficult economic, financial and business conditions. The outlook is stable. KBRA also upgraded the rating for CATIC Financial, Inc. and affirmed the rating on CATIC Title Insurance Company. Both outlooks are stable.
CATIC's rating upgrade was influenced by the ongoing execution of its strategic plans, which has resulted in favorable premium trends and strong growth in earnings and surplus in recent years. This rating also reflects CATIC's dominant market position in New England, particularly its leading presence in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. CATIC, along with its sister company, CATIC Title Insurance Company, has had a significant growth in direct premiums over the past seven years. This has resulted in The CATIC Family of Companies becoming the 5th largest independent title insurance provider in the U.S., based on direct premiums written.
In response to CATIC's new rating, James M. Czapiga, Esq., President and CEO of The CATIC Family of Companies, stated, "This rating upgrade to an A- is the result of all the hard work and tireless efforts of our associates. The last few years have been challenging and we have met those challenges, head on. I am grateful to work with such outstanding and dedicated individuals each and every day. Our growth, geographic expansion, operating results, and strong balance sheet have gotten us to this point. We are pleased with this rating increase as it helps validate that our vision for the CATIC Family of Companies remains in focus."
According to KBRA, CATIC's investment portfolio is generally conservative with the majority of holdings in bonds with an average credit quality of "AA." The rating agency also noted that CATIC's management team has an extensive legal background and is aligned with the company's core business strategy to maintain the involvement of real estate attorneys and independent agents in every real estate closing transaction.
Based on this new upgraded rating and stable outlook, KBRA expects adequate surplus growth at CATIC over the next few years driven by projected profitability.
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CATIC, along with its sister company CATIC Title Insurance Company, is currently licensed in every state east of the Mississippi and in Texas and is currently doing business through an independent agent network in 15 states. The Company is an underwriting member of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the North American Bar-Related® Title Insurers. For more information about the Company, or to become a CATIC agent, please visit us at www.CATIC.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
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LATAH COUNTY, Idaho — The University of Idaho has paused the demolition of the house on King Road, where four students were fatally stabbed in November 2022.
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Earlier this year, the owner of the property donated it to the University.
The house has since been released by the court, with no opposition from either the prosecution or the defense for the demolition. The trial for the man accused of the murders is currently scheduled to begin October 2.
The demolition will not occur until November, though remediation of the house, including lead and asbestos abatement, will continue to prepare the house to be taken down.
Earlier this month, crews began to remove personal items from the house and is working with the families of to discreetly return any items recovered.
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"We know that every action and decision around this horrific incident is painful and invokes emotions. That is why every decision we have made this far is with the families of the victims and our students in mind," said Scott Green, U of I president. "While we look forward to removing this grim reminder of this tragedy, we feel holding until October is the right thing to do."
The University is also moving forward with the student-driven project, a Vandal Healing Garden and Memorial for the campus being developed by the students in the College of Art and Architecture. The garden is intended to offer a healing space for all who visit. | 2023-07-12T23:06:49+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/university-of-idaho-murders/demolition-delayed-for-house-where-four-university-of-idaho-students-were-murdered |
So, now the Dolphins are even more loaded at cornerback, a position they already had lots of talent, and they remain suspect at positions such as tight end, right tackle and left guard. This is the offshoot of the Dolphins selecting South Carolina cornerback Cam Smith with their second-round pick Friday night.
You could say the same about the running back position after the Dolphins selected Texas A&M’s Devon Achane with their third-round pick.
These selections were the so-called BPA — Best Player Available — as opposed to picking for need.
Sometimes BPA is a welcome approach. On Friday, it was a head-scratcher — according to fans on social media.
But not to the Dolphins. They’re clear and resolute in the reasons for their selections. They want talent, regardless of position.
“You always try to position yourself [to] go into the draft to be able to take the best player, regardless of position,” coach Mike McDaniel said. “Sometimes you have depth more in other places than not, but we’re not going to take away the opportunity to have good players on our team.
“It’s more of the players shape what the team looks like.”
The Dolphins were pretty good at cornerback among Pro Bowlers Xavien Howard and Jalen Ramsey, and reserves such as Kader Kohou, Nik Needham, Noah Igbinoghene, and Keion Crossen.
They didn’t need another cornerback.
They needed another tight end or offensive linemen.
But they chose to add more talent to a position where they say you can’t ever have too much talent, as injuries showed last season when Needham (Achilles) and Byron Jones (leg) were both sidelined.
Dolphins general manager Chris Grier covered this aspect of the draft recently when he was asked about drafting for need as opposed to drafting BPA.
“We always look for the best player,” Grier said. “Then there are some occasions where you do take a position of need, but you try not to draft on need because again, I think that’s where you get in trouble.”
Here’s the issue with what the Dolphins did: quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s blind side, currently protected by right tackle Austin Jackson, is vulnerable, and that’s not an ideal position for a QB who has had concussion issues. Also, tight end remains questionable because neither Durham Smythe nor Eric Saubert, their two most experienced players, are strong receivers. And left guard is being eyed suspiciously among Liam Eichenberg, Robert Jones and possibly Dan Feeney.
Here’s what the Dolphins want you to know about what they did: It wasn’t a necessity to address right tackle, left guard or tight end in Friday’s second or third rounds.
Player additions/acquisitions is a continuum. The Dolphins can add players after the draft, during training camp, and during the season all the way up to the trade deadline.
They’re not worried about finding guys to fill those roles.
“I think you guys are probably more worried than we are, in terms of the position depth at those spots you talked about,” Grier said. “But at the end of the day, we added a good football player. We’re happy.
“And like we say, it doesn’t end with the draft. There’s still guys we’re talking to in free agency, on the streets. So we’re still working through it, and we’ll keep adding the players we think fit for us.”
That explanation might not soothe the segment of the fanbase that’s stunned by the off-the-radar selections their team made Friday.
And, yes, the crowded quarterback picture in the AFC East might have had a little to do with Smith’s selection.
“In this league, and especially in the AFC,” Grier said, “with a lot of talented quarterbacks and teams, we can never have enough corners as we experienced last year with the rash of injuries that we dealt with.”
Talent, not AFC East opponents, was the reason they drafted Achane. The Dolphins’ top running backs are the speedy Raheem Mostert, the slashing Jeff Wilson Jr., and now the speedy Achane. It’s a talented room.
Talent, for the most part, wins games.
Yeah, coaching is also a major factor, but this league is about talent.
The Dolphins think they added to their team’s talent base Friday.
We’ll soon find out whether they did the right thing by skipping over their needs and getting what they considered to be the best players available.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment. But a new poll suggests that investigations in Georgia and Washington could prove more problematic.
Only 4 in 10 U.S. adults believe Trump acted illegally in New York, where he has been charged in connection with hush money payments made to women who alleged sexual encounters, according to the new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. More — about half — believe he broke the law in Georgia, where he is under investigation for interfering in the 2020 election vote count.
The poll finds about half feel similarly about his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and his handling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, which are both under investigation by the Justice Department.
The findings suggest potential future charges in those cases against Trump may resonate more deeply with the American public than his alleged cover-up of payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels and other women at the height of the 2016 campaign — charges that nearly 6 in 10 adults believe were politically motivated. While the case drew intense media coverage and made Trump the first former president in U.S. history to be charged criminally, legal experts have long argued that the other investigations pose far more serious potential risk.
The Georgia case, in particular, concerns even some longtime Trump supporters.
“I just feel like he kind of got himself involved in something that he shouldn’t have. I don’t know if it's necessarily illegal, but just let the votes be the votes," said Stephanie Trinidad, a Republican who lives in Dracut, Massachusetts, and voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020.
The poll offers further evidence that Trump has faced limited political fallout from the indictment, which instead proved a massive fundraising boon. His campaign has raised more than $15 million since news of the indictment broke — much from new donors — and he has rolled out a list of new endorsements.
While the poll finds only 30% of Americans, including 55% of Republicans, say they want Trump to run for president again in 2024, those numbers have changed little since an AP-NORC poll conducted in January. Trump's favorability has also held constant: 34% of U.S. adults overall and 68% of Republicans say they have a favorable opinion of him, similar to three months ago.
Still, Trump, who remains the undisputed front-runner for the Republican nomination, would face substantial headwinds if he wins the Republican nomination. About half of Americans — 53% — say they will definitely not support him in the general election if he emerges as the GOP nominee, according to the poll.
When it comes to the New York case, the poll found 41% say Trump did something illegal. Thirty-three percent say they believe he did something unethical but not illegal. Only a small minority — 14% — say he did nothing wrong.
A majority of Americans – 57% — say Trump’s indictment in the case was justified, the poll shows, but just as many say they believe the charges were politically motivated.
They include Gino Lentine, a loyal Trump supporter from Akron, Ohio, who said he doesn't “give two hoots” about the case.
“If you’re going to lock up every guy in the world — and every girl — who cheated on their spouse and paid them off, you’re going to have to lock up the whole country," said Lentine, 57.
“In my book, he’s innocent — well, maybe guilty, but who cares?" he said. "Who cares if he spent $100,000? Nobody cares. It's costing me $100,000 to put gas in my car. Come on."
The poll's New York findings represents a rosier picture for Trump than in Georgia, where Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been investigating whether Trump and his allies illegally meddled in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. The foreperson of a special grand jury convened to hear evidence in the case said the panel recommended that Willis indict over a dozen people, including possibly Trump, who was recorded asking state election officials to “find 11,780 votes” to help him win. It is now up to Willis to decide whether to pursue charges.
But already in the Georgia case, the poll finds 53% say they think Trump broke the law. Twelve percent say he did something they consider unethical but not illegal, while 17% said he did nothing wrong.
Trinidad, 36, said she sees the flurry of investigations Trump faces as a politically motivated distraction aimed at keeping him from winning the White House again. But when it comes to the Georgia case, she said, “I just feel it is a little bit different."
"Once you start getting into our voting system and counts, then I start to get a little wary because that’s literally our right as an American citizen. So once you start to fiddle with that, it sort of becomes a little bit more of an issue for me, personally," she said, adding that she hasn't thought much yet about whom she plans to support in 2024.
In the federal cases, about half of Americans — 47% — believe Trump acted illegally in his handling of classified documents, while 49% say he broke the law in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. About 2 in 10 say they think he did something unethical but not illegal in those cases, and close to that many say they think he did nothing wrong.
The poll makes clear that Americans' views of the investigations are deeply partisan. In the Georgia case, 86% of Democrats but just 22% of Republicans say they think Trump did something illegal. In the New York case, 68% of Democrats and 13% of Republicans say they think he broke the law.
Meanwhile, 9 in 10 Democrats but only a quarter of Republicans say they think the indictment in the New York case was justified. Nearly 9 in 10 Republicans — but only about a third of Democrats — say they think the charges were politically motivated.
That includes Nicole Sawyer, a registered independent from Middletown, Pennsylvania, who typically backs Democrats and praises President Joe Biden. While she believes Trump has done “a lot of immoral things” that are worth investigating, she also sees the probes as driven by politics.
“I think people are sort of just throwing stuff at him, anything they can," said Sawyer, 45, who views the investigations as a distraction from more important issues, like Social Security and health care. Those issues, she said, are "kind of being overshadowed with all this drama with Trump."
Still, Sawyer said that if Trump is found guilty, “he doesn’t deserve to be our president."
“I think that kids should be able to look up to the president of America and not have a whole bunch of drama overshadowing the real things that need to be taken care of," she said.
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Colvin reported from New York.
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The poll of 1,230 adults was conducted April 13-17 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. | 2023-04-20T05:11:52+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/article/more-say-trump-broke-law-in-ga-case-than-ny-s-17907681.php |
With apologies to the original writer of the classic poem “T’was the Night Before Christmas,” I offered up this modernized, outdoorsy version in 2003. Now updated, I offer it to put you in the spirit of Christmas.
T’was the morning of Christmas and in one corner of the cabin, the presents were stacked, all ready for grabbin’.
The Labradors lounged by the woodstove and stared, in hopes that some meat scrap soon would be snared.
The children were unusually late in their napping, lucky for me since last gifts I was wrapping.
With my wife in her robe and me in my scuffs, we hurried and scurried with more stocking stuffs.
Then out in the forest there was a loud hullabaloo. I opened the door to see a fat guy on a Ski-Doo.
Dressed in red Gore-Tex, white beard on his jaws, if I didn’t know better, I’d say he was Claus.
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He asked for directions, he said he was lost. His GPS had malfunctioned, his walkie-talkie got tossed.
He tried to use his compass, but his map was too old. He was real mad, disheveled and a little bit cold.
So I invited him in to warm by the fire. I gave him hot cocoa ‘cause he looked so dire.
The drink it seemed brought a glint to his eyes. For in no time he was telling some whopping good lies.
He told of huge trout, amazing shots and big bucks. He had eight four-wheelers, two motorcycles, two trucks.
My wife rolled her eyes, she’d heard it all before. He was just like my hunting buddies, a real giant bore.
He finished his drink reared his head back and belched. We had enough, these lies must be squelched.
I took up a broom and prodded him out the door. He lifted his cap and apologized for being a boor.
“Let me make it up to you,” was what the guy said. “I’ve got just the gifts for you in my sled.”
He rummaged around, back under the cowling, and hauled out a shotgun for waterfowling.
It was that new shotgun for which I’d been wailing, an autoloader with some engraved detailing.
And then to my wife he gave fishing gear, including new waders and a hat for her ears.
I could hardly believe it, what had just transpired? My wife was uncertain, she sat stunned by the fire.
I ran for the door to express my thanks, too, but the red rider was already astride his Ski-Doo.
He cranked up his sled and roared off in a flash. And I just couldn’t catch him, though fast I did dash.
But I swear that I heard, above that snow sled’s din, that he yelled, “Merry Christmas to you and all your kin.” | 2022-12-22T02:57:18+00:00 | billingsgazette.com | https://billingsgazette.com/outdoors/have-an-outdoorsy-christmas/article_e8c558da-7753-11ed-8ba8-8313e7ec3eaf.html |
The San Francisco 49ers added a league-high seven compensatory picks in next month’s NFL draft, giving them 11 total selections.
The NFL awarded 37 compensatory picks to 16 teams on Thursday for the upcoming draft on April 27-29 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Picks are awarded to teams in the third-through-seventh rounds with 32 of the picks based on teams losing more or better free agents than they acquired last offseason and the other five given for minorities hired as head coaches or general managers for other organizations.
The 49ers got three of those five diversity picks in the end of the third round as rewards for developing Robert Saleh, Martin Mayhew, Mike McDaniel, Ran Carthon and DeMeco Ryans in the last three hiring cycles.
Cleveland and Kansas City got the other two diversity picks for general managers for Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Ryan Poles.
The Super Bowl-champion Chiefs also got two picks through the free agency formula to give them three total comp picks.
San Francisco got the maximum four picks awarded through the free agency formula, with those selections coming at the fifth and sixth rounds, as well as two in the seventh.
The Niners turned a seventh-round compensatory pick last year into quarterback Brock Purdy, who helped San Francisco reach the NFC title game by winning his first seven starts as a rookie.
San Francisco won’t make its first pick until No. 99 near the end of the third around after giving away their first-rounder for Trey Lance and second and third-rounders for Christian McCaffrey.
The Rams added four compensatory picks through free agency, with Arizona and Dallas getting three; Green Bay, Las Vegas, New England, Tampa Bay, Washington and the Giants getting two each, Minnesota and New Orleans getting one.
Arizona and Washington got the only third-round picks based on free agency, with the Cardinals adding the 96th pick after losing receiver Christian Kirk, and Washington getting the 97th pick after losing guard Brandon Scherff.
Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. Not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered by this formula.
Chicago and Houston got supplemental selections as the final two picks in the draft because only 30 picks were handed out through the free agency formula.
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In a tight and competitive housing market, the first barrier for many are rental application fees. States and cities have passed laws to limit them, but it's proving hard to enforce.
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In a tight and competitive housing market, the first barrier for many are rental application fees. States and cities have passed laws to limit them, but it's proving hard to enforce.
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HAWKINS, Carolyn B.
Moved to her heavenly home to be with her Savior and Lord Jesus Christ on April 28, 2022. She was born July 20, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, MO, to William and Ruth Buckhanon. She grew up in Chaffee, MO, and there is where she met her high school sweetheart Bill Hawkins.
Carolyn worked as a secretary until 1985 when she retired to become a homemaker. She enjoyed volunteering in the gift shops of both Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Al, and most
recently Sycamore Hospital in Miamisburg, OH.
She was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her parents, sisters-in-law Sue Hoskins and Pat Gibbons and niece Alayna Wylie. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law Karin and James DuMond of Indianapolis and Kristin and Dan
Passidomo of Springboro; grandchildren Megan and husband Michael Manger of Cincinnati, Kari Daugherty of Bremerton, WA, and Chloe, Gabrielle, Mariena and Jonathan Passidomo of Springboro, great-grandchildren Easton and Greyson
Manger of Cincinnati, nieces Laurie McCaffrey of Oklahoma City and Kathy Gibbons of Wheeling, IL; nephews Steve
Gibbons of Mundelein, IL, and Travis Jones (Trish) of Bethesda, MD; sisters Ruth Welborn of San Marcos, TX, Darla Buckhannon-Britain (Richard) of Chaffee, MO, and Jo Rutz (Donald) East Troy, WI; brothers-in-law Carroll Gibbons of Mattoon, IL, and Doyle Hawkins (Kathleen) of Green Valley, AZ. She was looking forward to welcoming Baby Manger into the family in November.
In 2015 She and Bill moved to Springboro, OH, to be close to family. She was a member of the Springboro Baptist Church. She was a very caring and loving person who always put the needs of others before hers.
A visitation will be held Friday, May, 20, 2022, from 1:00 pm till 3:00 pm at Anderson Funeral Homes, 40 North Main Street, Springboro, OH 45066. A funeral service will immediately
follow at 3:00 pm at the funeral home with Pastor Connie Hancock officiating. A Graveside Service will be held the
following day at 11:00 am at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens,
Indianapolis, IN.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.andersonfunerals-Springboro.com for the Hawkins
family.
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40 North Main Street
Springboro, OH
45066 | 2022-05-15T05:28:23+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/obituaries/hawkins-carolyn/OZMA7XA65RGW5FVV24TA5CWHHY/ |
RICHMOND, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday.
Emergency response teams made 100 rescues overnight of people trapped in cars on flooded roads or in inundated homes in the Sydney area, State Emergency Service manager Ashley Sullivan said.
Days of torrential rain have caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing a fourth flood emergency in 16 months to parts of the city of 5 million people.
Evacuation orders and warnings to prepare to abandon homes were given to 50,000 people, up from 32,000 on Monday, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said.
“This event is far from over. Please don’t be complacent, wherever you are. Please be careful when you’re driving on our roads. There is still substantial risk for flash flooding across our state,” Perrottet said.
The New South Wales state government declared a disaster across 23 local government areas overnight, activating federal government financial assistance for flood victims.
Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke credited the skill and commitment of rescue crews for preventing any death or serious injury by the fourth day of the flooding emergency.
Parts of southern Sydney had been lashed by more than 20 centimeters (nearly 8 inches) of rain in 24 hours, more than 17% of the city’s annual average, Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Jonathan How said.
Severe weather warnings of heavy rain remained in place across Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday. The warnings also extended north of Sydney along the coast and into the Hunter Valley.
The worst flooding was along the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system along Sydney’s northern and western fringes.
“The good news is that by tomorrow afternoon, it is looking to be mostly dry but, of course, we are reminding people that these floodwaters will remain very high well after the rain has stopped,” How said.
“There was plenty of rain fall overnight and that is actually seeing some rivers peak for a second time. So you’ve got to take many days, if not a week, to start to see these floodwaters start to recede,” How added.
Residents of Lansvale, in southwest Sydney, were surprised by the speed at which their area became inundated and the growing frequency of such flooding.
“Well, it happened in 1986 and ’88, then it didn’t happen for 28 years and, so, 2016 and 2020 and now it’s happened four times this year,” a Lansvale local identified only as Terry told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television of his home being flooded.
The wild weather and mountainous seas along the New South Wales coast thwarted plans to tow a stricken cargo ship with 21 crew members to the safety of open sea.
The ship lost power after leaving port in Wollongong, south of Sydney, on Monday morning and risked being grounded by 8-meter (26-foot) swells and winds blowing at 30 knots (34 mph) against cliffs.
An attempt to tow the ship with tugboats into open ocean ended when a towline snapped in an 11-meter (36-foot) swell late Monday, Port Authority chief executive Philip Holliday said.
The ship was maintaining its position Tuesday farther from the coast than it had been on Monday with two anchors and the help of two tugboats. The original plan had been for the ship’s crew to repair their engine at sea. The new plan was to tow the ship to Sydney when weather and sea conditions calmed as early as Wednesday, Holliday said.
“We’re in a better position than we were yesterday,” Holliday said. “We’re in relative safety.”
Perrottet described the tugboat crews’ response on Monday to save the ship as “heroic.”
“I want to thank those men and women who were on those crews last night for the heroic work they did in incredibly treacherous conditions. To have an 11-meter (36-foot) swell, to be undergoing and carrying out that work is incredibly impressive,” Perrottet said.
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McGuirk reported from Canberra, Australia. | 2022-07-05T12:28:43+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/sydney-floods-impact-45000-around-australias-largest-city/ |
Novel Prescription Wearable Proven Effective as a Preventive and Acute Treatment for Adolescents and Adults with Migraine
NETANYA, Israel and BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Theranica, a prescribed digital therapeutics company developing advanced neuromodulation devices for migraine and other pain conditions, today announced that the Nerivio® prescription wearable recently received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance as a dual-use acute and preventive treatment for migraine with or without aura in people 12 years of age or older. In a randomized placebo-controlled study, the drug-free Nerivio, used every other day, demonstrated significant reduction in monthly migraine days and other prevention endpoints.
Nerivio previously received clearance as an acute treatment for migraine in the same patient population, based on previous clinical studies demonstrating consistent relief of pain and associated migraine symptoms.
Research shows that for some people, prescription drugs can be poorly tolerated or ineffective. In addition, if consumed too frequently, some drugs may lead to medication overuse headache. Nerivio offers an alternative drug-free treatment.
Nerivio is a novel, physician-prescribed treatment for migraine that is discreet and non-disruptive to everyday living. Controlled with a smartphone and self-administered, Nerivio wraps around the upper arm and uses non-painful remote electrical modulation (REN) to activate peripheral nerves, inducing the internal pain management mechanism called conditioned pain modulation (CPM) in remote body regions. In simpler terms, the upper arm is stimulated to control the migraine pain in the head. Each treatment lasts 45 minutes and is recommended for use every other day for prevention or at the start of a migraine attack for acute treatment.
With Nerivio's new dual-use indication, patients may use the wearable more frequently in an effort to proactively prevent migraines. To better support existing and new Nerivio users alike, Theranica is increasing the migraine treatments per unit by 50% from 12 to 18 treatments.
Migraine is a non-curable neurological disease that can cause chronic headache, nausea, sensory hypersensitivity, and many other symptoms, affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide and about 10 percent of children, with the prevalence rate increasing in their teenage years.
For Alon Ironi, Theranica CEO and co-founder, the expanded FDA indication for preventive treatment in adolescent patients has personal meaning. His daughter was diagnosed with migraine as a teenager; in her case, available pharmaceutical treatments led to unpleasant side effects. Ironi co-founded Theranica in 2016 to address the need for effective drug-free solutions, especially for young people.
"Nerivio was purposely built to meet the real-life needs of people living with migraine," says Ironi. "While there is an established desire for effective non-drug options, especially for adolescents, migraine care needs to treat the whole person given the nature of this long-term disease. With this in mind, we developed an innovative wearable with a personalized wraparound care plan. Nerivio is paving a bold path forward in migraine treatment and prevention for adolescents and adults. We are hopeful this expanded dual-use indication will have a tremendous impact on mitigating the burden of migraine symptoms and improving patient quality of life."
Beyond the wearable, the Nerivio app allows users to customize their migraine treatments, receive reminders for preventive treatments, track their migraine patterns, and optionally share migraine data with their doctor. The application also leads users through a Guided Intervention of Education and Relaxation (GIER), utilizing techniques such as diaphragmatic breathing, muscle relaxation, and guided imagery.
Nerivio's Proven Results for Preventing Migraine
The new FDA indication for Nerivio is supported by statistically significant results from Theranica's preventive clinical trial, which was peer-reviewed and published in the journal Headache, the journal of the American Headache Society, demonstrating the efficacy and safety of Nerivio used every other day for the prevention of migraine.
The double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial consisted of a four-week baseline observation phase, followed by an eight-week double-blind intervention phase, in which 248 participants used either REN with Nerivio or a placebo (sham) wearable every other day. Participants who used Nerivio experienced a mean reduction of 4 migraine days per month from baseline compared to a reduction of only 1.3 days in the placebo group, a net therapeutic gain of 2.7 days per month. Participants also experienced statistically significant reductions from baseline in the mean number of headache days of all severities and in the number of days on which they required acute migraine medication.
"The high efficacy of Nerivio compared to placebo in this well-controlled and well-executed study shows the significant potential of REN as a solid non-pharmacological option to treat and prevent migraine," says Stewart J. Tepper, MD, lead author of the study, Professor of Neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Director of the Dartmouth Headache Center at Dartmouth Health in New Hampshire, USA.
"Nerivio already has a well-established efficacy and safety profile in acute migraine treatment," says Andrew Blumenfeld, MD, Director of the Los Angeles Headache Center and a co-author of the paper. "Effective preventive treatment is key to managing migraine, but it is often underutilized. The trial data demonstrates Nerivio can now cover the full treatment spectrum and provide access to migraine prevention and relief, especially for the adolescent population, who have a strong preference for clinically effective, drug-free treatment solutions. With FDA clearance of the device, its availability and potential use for preventive and acute treatment is welcome news for both physicians and patients."
About Theranica
Theranica is a prescribed digital therapeutics company dedicated to creating effective, safe, affordable, low-side effect therapies for idiopathic pain conditions. The company's award-winning flagship product, Nerivio®, is the first FDA-cleared, smartphone-controlled, physician-prescribed wearable device for acute and preventive treatment of migraine and already serves more than 40,000 people with migraine in the USA, including adolescents and veterans. Theranica is expanding its proprietary technology to develop solutions for additional idiopathic pain conditions. Learn more by visiting our websites, theranica.com and nerivio.com, and following us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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Lucy Darling magic show "Indulgence" opens new Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park. The building used to be the Mayne Stage.
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Cuban American artist Celia Cruz will be the first Latina singer to feature as part of the American Women Quarters Program, the U.S. Mint announced.
Music legend Cruz, known as the Queen of Salsa, will be honored along with four others by appearing on a quarter in 2024.
Cruz was born in Havana in 1925 and died in 2003 in New Jersey.
The American Women Quarters Program "celebrates the achievements and contributions of America's women," according to the Mint. It's scheduled to last four years from 2022 until 2025.
In addition to Celia Cruz, the program's 2024 class includes:
- Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color to hold a seat in Congress;
- Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Civil War surgeon, women's rights advocate and abolitionist;
- Pauli Murray, poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest, as well as a staunch defender of civil rights;
- Zitkala-Ša, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, a writer, composer, educator, and political activist who championed Native Americans' right to American citizenship and other civil rights long denied to them.
"All of the women being honored have lived remarkable and multi-faceted lives, and have made a significant impact on our Nation in their own unique way," Mint Director Ventris C. Gibson said in a statement.
"The women pioneered change during their lifetimes, not yielding to the status quo imparted during their lives. By honoring these pioneering women, the Mint continues to connect America through coins which are like small works of art in your pocket."
The designs for the coins will be published later this year.
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Forecasters warn of tornado threat in parts of the South
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of the potential for strong tornadoes in parts of the South on Tuesday as a potent storm system moves into the region.
Northern Mississippi will be at highest risk of the strongest storms, along with the northeastern corner of Louisiana, according to the national Storm Prediction Center.
The storms are expected to strike the region Tuesday afternoon and evening, with the possibility of severe weather continuing into Wednesday and moving into Alabama.
“A few strong/long-track tornadoes will be possible,” the Storm Prediction Center’s forecast states.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency urged residents to have multiple ways of receiving weather alerts and know in advance where to go to stay safe.
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Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said poems “elevate our soul.” Here are a few that she has written over the years:
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“For My Granddaughter” (2016)
Men running for office
Bellow about the future,
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Punch the air,
Wave their arms,
Yell on the tv.
While in the delivery room,
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It is the fist you notice first,
The quiet fingerlets
That cling to one another
With invisible strength
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Clutching their own new skin,
forming a circle
Only she understands.
Then the face, wrinkly,
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The little body,
A sturdy belly,
knees and feet
in miniature.
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Eyes and ears
Ready to know
Everything that is new,
Everything that is.
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A brain ready
To learn,
A heart ready
To love.
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That is your god
Warming your own heart,
That is your god
holding your hand
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So tight,
Never letting you
Go.
“Every government
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Ought to have
A Department of the Future,”
Kurt Vonnegut said.
And here, she is.
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Clenching all our
Tomorrows.
—
“For Stan” (2015)
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There are things I have seen I cannot explain –
The way a child cries and laughs
At things only it knows.
The way autumn always brings
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the smell of fries and donuts, musty hay,
the baying of old animals, the carnies and barkers,
the crowd in the grandstand shouting with a single voice,
the chill of a new wind.
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The way spring brings everything back we’ve
Sheltered all the long dark days—
Grass in the field,
water in the stream,
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hope in the heart.
And the way a dying person sometimes
has one last good day.
Our friend Harry had one last good day.
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In deep coma, it was the end, they said,
as they pulled the tubes,
and he awoke with a smile.
And when you and I went to say goodbye,
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He was having the best party,
Telling such stories with his
Firefighter friends, his wife, his neighbors,
Before he died.
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There are other things,
Like red lights in the sky
That twice appeared when I was on
An old road on a dark night.
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Like the music we heard at the lake
That came from swift bats, tall trees,
naked loons at dusk.
Like the man lost three days in deep woods,
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given up for dead, who
Walked out, following the river
To the trail.
Like the time I found you, love,
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and two lives changed.
Like you, when we came to say goodbye.
Laughing like lightning,
You knew us, you saw us, you held us,
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And thanked us, every one,
knowing it was the end.
And like me now
holding in my hands
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your old smile,
missing that music,
looking,
following the river
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to another trail.
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“This Fussy Fatality” (from “Balancing Act: A Book of Poems by Ten Maine Women,” 1975)
This fussy fatality I have found must
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belong to some god-like dog-day dreamer
who, falling under the frequency of
the full moon, forgets us,
blinded by forgeries of the past,
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his eyes two telescopes of time turned inward.
Pink and scarlet of dusk’s purgatorial
keeps us in-and-out, flame-bent for
purposes priceless and unfathomed.
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We return from forms of perfect mind
to under zero, acknowledging the
conditions of the day,
harboring in undergarments our wares
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preserved with secret sacrifice.
Logic makes checker squares on all that’s touched
feigning bravado from every face I see;
yet from the crevice of all eyes
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come these spiralling scarlet circles,
mad-apple crimson.
—
“So What” (from Island Journal, 2021)
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You are Miles Davis
disinterred, a Hamlet
of Hypothermia,
Part Faberge cloud,
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One piece of sky,
a little amputation of eagle
Hiding strong wide wings,
wild offspring of Canada,
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queen of camouflage,
perched like a coyote
waiting for dark.
Cynical archangel,
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy that includes determination to possess “counterstrike” capability to preempt enemy attacks and double its spending to gain a more offensive footing and improve its resilience to protect itself from growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia. The new strategy marks a historic change to Japan’s exclusively self-defense policy since the end of World War II. Here is a look at Japan’s new security and defense strategies and how they will change the country’s defense posture.
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COUNTERSTRIKE CAPABILITY
The biggest change in the National Security Strategy is possession of “counterstrike capability” that Japan calls “indispensable.” Japan aims to achieve capabilities ”to disrupt and defeat invasions against its nation much earlier and at a further distance” within about 10 years.
This puts an end to the 1956 government policy that shelved capability to strike enemy targets and only recognized the idea as a constitutional last-ditch defense.
Japan says missile attacks against it have become “a palpable threat” and its current interceptor-reliant missile defense system is insufficient. North Korea launched missiles more than 30 times this year alone including one that overflew Japan, and China fired ballistic missiles into waters near southern Japanese islands.
Japan says the use of counterstrike capability is constitutional if it’s in response to signs of an imminent enemy attack, but experts say it is extremely difficult to conduct such an attack without risking blame for striking first. Opponents say strike capability goes beyond self-defense under Japan’s pacifist constitution.
“(Japan’s) exclusive self-defense policy is hollowed,” the liberal-leaning Asahi newspaper said.
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DOUBLING DEFENSE SPENDING
Japan aims to double its defense spending to about 2% of its GDP to a total of about 43 trillion yen ($320 billion) through 2027. The new spending target follows the NATO standard and will eventually push Japan’s annual budget to about 10 trillion yen ($73 billion), the world’s third biggest after the United States and China.
Kishida said his government will need an extra 4 trillion yen ($30 billion) annually and proposed tax increases to fund a quarter of it. His tax-raise request backfired and the five-year defense buildup plan had to be released without full funding plans while the governing party continued discussing how to pay for the shortfall.
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LONG-RANGE MISSILES
Over the next five years, Japan will spend about 5 trillion yen ($37 billion) on long-range missiles, whose planned deployment begins in 2026. Japan will purchase U.S.-made Tomahawks and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles, while Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industry will improve and mass-produce a Type-12 surface-to-ship guided missile. Japanese defense officials said they are still finalizing Tomahawk purchase details.
Japan will also develop other types of arsenals, such as hypersonic weapons and unmanned and multi-role vehicles for possible collaboration with the F-X next-generation fighter jet Japan is developing with Britain and Italy for deployment in 2035.
Several standoff missile units are underway at undisclosed locations.
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CYBERSECURITY
Japan, lacking sufficient cybersecurity and intelligence capability, will have to heavily rely on the United States in those areas in launching long-range cruise missiles at intended targets, experts say.
“Without cybersecurity, Self-Defense Force superiority or Japan-U.S. interoperatibility is difficult to achieve,” according to the five-year defense program also adopted Friday, acknowledging the need to ensure cybersecurity at the SDF and Japanese defense industry.
This is a welcome development for the United States as the Japanese government’s weak cybersecurity has been “a critical impediment to deeper alliance cooperation and expanded information-sharing,” according to Christopher Johnstone, senior advisor and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Japan will spend 8 trillion yen ($58 billion) over the next five years on cross-domain defense including cybersecurity and space.
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CHINA AS ‘GREATEST STRATEGIC CHALLENGE’
Fear of a regional security environment described as “the severest and most complicated” in the postwar era has been a driving force behind the revision to Japan’s strategy.
China, with its rapid arms buildup, increasingly assertive military activity and rivalry with the U.S., presents “an unprecedented and the greatest strategic challenge” to the peace and security of Japan and the international community, the strategy states.
Russia’s war on Ukraine sparked fears of a Taiwan emergency, accelerating the move to bolster Japan’s deterrence within the next five years. While North Korea keeps advancing its nuclear and missile capabilities, the main threat is still China, for which Japan has had to prepare “by using North Korea’s threat as a cover,” said Tomohisa Takei, a retired admiral in Japan’s navy.
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STILL EXCLUSIVELY SELF-DEFENSE?
Because of its wartime past as aggressor and devastation after its defeat, Japan’s postwar policy prioritized the economy over security by relying on American troops stationed in Japan under their bilateral security agreement, in a division of roles known as “shield and dagger.”
Prospects for even closer operation with the U.S. military under the new strategy has prompted concerns that Japan would take more offensive responsibility.
Japan says it will keep its pacifist principle of high standards for arms equipment and technology transfer. But some easing is planned to allow currently restricted exports of offensive equipment and components, including those of the next-generation F-X fighter jet, as a way to strengthen the country’s defense equipment industry. | 2022-12-17T11:18:32+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-explainer-why-japan-is-boosting-its-arms-capability-budget/ |
The rain that poured down on St. Louis shattered all-time records going back more than a century. Flooding was so deep on some streets that the tops of cars peeked out like alligator eyes above the water.
Vehicles appeared to float along a portion of Interstate 70. Firefighters paddled along streets in rubber rafts to rescue residents. One person was reported dead.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Sarah Fentem of St. Louis Public Radio.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Daisy M. (Johnson) Kuhfeldt, 91, of Luther Acres, passed away on December 12, 2022.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Alma Johnson.
She was the loving wife of the late Ralph Henry Kuhfeldt, with whom she spent 59 wonderful years of marriage.
Daisy is survived by her children, Gary M. (Erika) of Bedford, VA, Laurel A. (Dennis) Kluck of Ephrata, PA, and Paul C. of Hopewell Junction, NY. She was predeceased by her son Jonathan L. In addition, she is survived by nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was primarily a homemaker, but as the children got older, she became an office manager at two dental offices. In addition, she did volunteer work. Yet, most of all she loved to sing and have a good time.
A memorial service will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, 1331 West Main St., Ephrata, PA on January 7, 2023 at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Daisy's memory may be made to Salem Lutheran Church at the above address. To send a condolence, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com | 2022-12-18T07:23:51+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/daisy-m-johnson-kuhfeldt/article_cfca8150-9076-5e22-b8a7-c419245d689e.html |
Texas vs. Miami (FL): Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
The No. 2 seed Texas Longhorns (29-8) and No. 5 seed Miami Hurricanes (28-7) will both be vying for a spot in the NCAA Tournament Final Four when they meet on Sunday at T-Mobile Center. The game starts at 5:05 PM.
In this article, you can find odds and spreads for the Texas vs. Miami (FL) matchup across multiple sportsbooks.
Texas vs. Miami (FL) Game Info
- When: Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 5:05 PM ET
- Where: T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri
- How to Watch on TV: CBS
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Texas vs. Miami (FL) Odds, Spread, Over/Under
See the odds, spread and over/under for this matchup available on several sportsbooks.
Texas vs. Miami (FL) Betting Trends
- Texas has covered 19 times in 37 games with a spread this season.
- The Longhorns and their opponents have combined to go over the point total 17 out of 37 times this season.
- Miami (FL) has covered 20 times in 34 chances against the spread this year.
- A total of 16 Hurricanes games this season have hit the over.
Texas Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +360
- In terms of its odds to win the national championship (+360), Texas is third-best in the country. It is two spots below that, fifth-best, according to computer rankings.
- In terms of their national championship odds, the Longhorns have had the 74th-biggest change this season, improving from +2200 at the start to +360.
- Texas has a 21.7% chance of winning the national championship, based on its moneyline odds.
Miami (FL) Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +1100
- In terms of their national championship odds, the Hurricanes have had the 53rd-biggest change this season, improving from +10000 at the beginning to +1100.
- Based on its moneyline odds, Miami (FL) has an 8.3% chance of winning the national championship.
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Bethune-Cookman has agreed in principle to hire Ravens legend Ed Reed as its head football coach, the school announced Tuesday.
Reed, who had most recently served as the chief of staff for Miami, reportedly turned down a head coaching offer from another historically Black college last year. According to CBS Sports, the Pro Football Hall of Fame safety was Grambling’s top choice in December 2021 but declined the opportunity.
Reed told the Ravens-centric site Baltimore Beatdown last year that he hoped to become a defensive coordinator or a head coach, not a position coach. He worked under former Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan as a Buffalo Bills assistant defensive backs coach in 2016 but was not retained after Ryan’s dismissal.
“It’s not a position that I want because for one, I’m working with guys that are probably younger than me,” Reed told the site. “[They] haven’t played the game and just won’t even hear my voice [if I’m] put as a position coach. My voice won’t even be heard. So that’s why I tweeted about being a [defensive coordinator] or head coach. I know what I’m capable of, I know what I aspire for. You gotta know your worth.”
Reed’s hiring comes just weeks after another legendary defensive back, Deion Sanders, was hired by Colorado after helping to turn around Jackson State, which plays in the Southwestern Athletic Conference with Bethune-Cookman.
The former Miami star will replace Terry Sims, whom the program parted ways with last month. The Wildcats, based in Daytona Beach, Florida, went 2-9 in 2022 for the second straight year.
This story will be updated.
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The York City Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation after a video circulated online of officers using force to arrest an assault suspect in York on Friday afternoon.
According to a report from the department, crews spoke to a woman around 12:15 p.m. who reported that Anthony Balbi-Reyes was attacking a woman at a home in the 100 block of West Maple Street in York.
The woman claimed to be able to hear the attacks occurring inside the home and had allegedly chased Balbi-Reyes out of the home with a baseball bat, authorities said.
Police say the witness showed officers a video of Balbi-Reyes at her home, in which he threatened to kill the victim.
According to police, they spoke with the victim, who claimed that Balbi-Reyes was armed with a pistol when he broke into her home through a window.
The victim told police that the two began arguing, and Balbi-Reyes then struck her in the head with the pistol and dragged her across the floor by her hair before being chased away by the witness. Before Balbi-Reye ran away, he took the victim’s phone and glasses.
Officers say that the victim had injuries consistent with her claims.
Crews said they went to an address in the 100 block of West Jackson Street to speak to Balbi-Reyes, where he admitted to breaking into the victim’s home and that he “gripped her up.”
When police attempted to arrest Balbi-Reyes, he resisted and fought with them, according to officers.
Police said Balbi-Reyes punched one of the officers in the face, causing an injury to the right side of his face, police said.
Officers said they had to use force to get Balbi-Reyes into handcuffs, and that an internal affairs investigation is underway for the use of force after a video of the arrest circulated online.
Balbi-Reyes was arrested for burglary, assault on a police officer, terroristic threats, simple assault, and resisting arrest. | 2023-06-17T00:25:26+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/06/central-pa-police-investigating-use-of-force-after-video-of-arrest-goes-viral.html |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
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Democracy Reignited series explores the past, present, future of the American ideal
Participants in the upcoming “Democracy Ignited” series say they are hopeful people can move past partisan and political polarization.
The series will explore the past, present and future of the American ideal. It will be presented by the Florida Humanities and The Village Square, and will feature three dynamic and diverse voices who will discuss different ways people can work across the aisle to heal the country's divisiveness and embrace civil discourse.
The series kicks off at 7 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 15) with Rob Willer, Ph.D., director of the Polarization and Social Change Lab at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. All sessions will be free and presented via ZOOM. Registration is required.
Willer said he has been working on understanding the moral underpinnings of accelerating anger, and that his research shows people may not be communicating effectively — like speaking different languages, and it makes him think of zombie apocalypse movies, wondering if everyone is acting like foot soldiers in the army of the undead in political conversations. During his presentation, Willer said he will give advice on how to improve the quality of political conversations.
To register for the presentation, email liz@villagesquare.us.
The presentation at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 will feature Monica Guzman, a journalist, author and director of Digital and Storytelling at Braver Angel, a non-profit working to cause change by fighting back against the confusion, heartbreak and madness of a seriously divided time, according to the nonprofit's website at https://braverangels.org/.
The title of Guzman's presentation will be "I Never Thought of It That Way: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times."
To register for Guzman's presentation, email liz@villagesquare.us.
The presentation at 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 will feature Chloe Valdary, a writer and founder of The Theory of Enchantment," which is an innovative framework for compassionate anti-racism that combines social-emotional learning, character development and interpersonal growth as tools for leadership development in the boardroom and beyond.
To register for this presentation, email liz@villagesquare.us.
The Florida Humanities was established in 1973 to preserve, promote and share the history, literature, culture and personal stories that offer Floridians a better understanding of themselves, their communities and their state. To date, Florida Humanities has awarded $16 million toward grants and public projects.
The Village Square, which is a non-partisan public educational forum on local, state and national matters, is dedicated to maintaining factual accuracy in civic and political debate by growing civil dialogue on divisive issues and recalling the history and principles at the foundation of democracy. | 2022-09-13T23:09:08+00:00 | gainesville.com | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/guardian/2022/09/13/democracy-reignited-series-explores-the-past-present-future-of-the-american-ideal/8035404001/ |
Cold weather can wreak havoc on car batteries, according to AAA, but what about the heat?
VERIFY viewers Mia and Julia sent texts to our team asking if they should be more concerned about their car batteries failing in the summer due to hot temperatures than from cold weather in the winter.
THE QUESTION
Is hot weather worse for car batteries than cold weather?
THE SOURCES
- AAA
- David Bennett, manager of AAA Repair Systems
- Jiffy Lube of Southern California
- Firestone Complete Auto Care
THE ANSWER
Yes, heat is worse for car batteries than cold. Heat is the number one culprit behind car battery failure because high temperatures can evaporate your battery's vital fluids and weaken its charge.
WHAT WE FOUND
David Bennett, the manager of AAA Repair Systems, told VERIFY that it’s true that heat is worse for batteries than cold weather. Jiffy Lube of Southern California and Firestone Complete Auto Care agree.
“Life feels more demanding when it’s hot outside. All of a sudden you need a glass of water after a short walk around the block! Turns out, your car battery can also get ‘parched’ in the summer. High temperatures can evaporate your battery's vital liquids and weaken its charge,” Firestone wrote in a 2018 blog post.
Firestone and Jiffy Lube both say heat is particularly tough on batteries because it can cause battery fluid to evaporate, which can lessen its ability to hold a charge over time. Structural damage caused by battery fluid evaporation can also lead to acid leaks that can corrode the battery terminals and connections. If left untreated, the corrosion can cause ignition problems, according to Jiffy Lube.
“When the temperature drops and the engine oil gets thicker, battery damage initially caused by summer heat prohibits the engine from starting,” Jiffy Lube says.
Where you live can affect the lifespan of your car battery. Bennett and Jiffy Lube say a car battery typically lasts three to six years in normal weather conditions. A map published on AAA’s website estimates that car batteries in the warmest areas of the United States need to be replaced after about three and half years. Meanwhile, drivers located in colder regions of the country typically need to replace their car batteries after around the four to five-year mark.
Firestone and Jiffy Lube say there are several ways to determine whether your car battery may be failing:
- The engine cranks slower than normal when you start your car.
- The check engine light or battery light is illuminated on the dashboard.
- There is a grinding, clicking, or buzzing sound when you turn the ignition on.
- When you look at your battery, you see the fluid level is low.
- The battery case looks swollen or bloated.
- The battery posts (where the cables connect) are corroded.
- Your headlights or interior lights are dim but brighten when you rev the engine.
- Your battery is more than three years old.
To help prolong your battery’s lifespan, Firestone says it’s important to limit short car trips, double-check that you turned off interior and exterior lights when you leave the car, and keep your battery and battery posts clean. They also warn against using electronics, like the radio, when the engine is off. Also, be sure to park in the shade or in a garage to protect your car from direct sunlight.
Firestone says the best defense against a sluggish car battery is a new car battery. On its website, AAA also shares tips on what to do when your car needs a new battery.
“When your car needs a new battery, always purchase one from a high-volume seller with fresh stock. You do not want a battery that has already lost a good portion of its service life sitting on a shelf. Also, look for a battery with an extended full-replacement warranty. Quality batteries offer free replacement for three or more years if there is a problem within that period,” AAA says. | 2022-07-12T20:14:48+00:00 | wfmynews2.com | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/verify/weather-verify/hot-weather-heat-car-batteries-summer-cold-weather-winter-comparison-fact-check/536-014a3582-22a8-413f-a5d7-700e125947a4 |
NEW YORK (AP) — The popular television western “Yellowstone” with Kevin Costner will end this fall and be replaced almost immediately by a sequel. But like any good drama, there’s some mystery involved.
The sequel, still untitled, will premiere December on the Paramount cable network, which also televises “Yellowstone,” Paramount said on Friday.
Behind Costner, who plays Montana rancher John Dutton, series creator Taylor Sheridan launched a phenomenon. The opening of its fifth season last November was seen by 12.1 million viewers on the night of its debut, more people than any other scripted series last fall — a remarkable feat for a show not on a broadcast network.
“We’ve been able to create a show that didn’t start out being popular but did it on its own terms,” Costner told The Associated Press last fall.
“Yellowstone” will wrap up with new episodes airing in November; how many was not announced on Friday. Those episodes haven’t been filmed yet, and it’s not clear whether Costner will participate following reports that he may want out of the series.
Paramount would not comment on that Friday, with a spokesperson saying only, “Kevin Costner is a big part of ‘Yellowstone’ and we hope that’s the case for a long time to come.”
David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios, which produces “Yellowstone” with MTV Entertainment, said the new series “will be picking up where ‘Yellowstone’ leaves off in another epic tale.” While the series hasn’t been named, the word “Yellowstone” will be part of the title — an important distinction because that wasn’t the case for spinoffs like “1883” or “1923.”
Paramount has denied published reports that actor Matthew McConaughey is signed to star in the sequel. But a spokesperson said Friday that McConaughey “is a phenomenal talent with whom we’d love to partner.”
Following its debut on the cable network, the sequel will also air on the Paramount+ streaming network.
That’s a hugely important distinction for the company. “Yellowstone” streams on NBC Universal’s Peacock service, owned by Comcast, meaning a big chunk of revenue created by the popular drama has been going elsewhere. | 2023-05-05T23:32:58+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/yellowstone-to-end-in-november-sequel-starts-in-december/ |
Investment will Extend ASIC and GPU Computing Capabilities at Facility in Pennsylvania
NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solteir (Formerly known as Y2X Digital Solutions), a special purpose data center company providing full service, full lifecycle hosting of ASIC and GPU mining equipment, today announced the completion of a multi-million dollar Series A funding round. The financing will allow the company to continue to develop into one of the largest centers for high capacity computing in the U.S.
The company, led by co-founders Jesse Fastenberg and Andrew Insignares, has grown to 3.5 megawatts of continuous electrical output. The Series A financing will allow for construction of its own substation and scaling to 25 megawatts over the next 18-24 months. Solteir has achieved seven figure revenues and profitability, driven by favorable hedges against bitcoin volatility, 70% of revenue in long term contracts, and favorable cost versus deployment spreads.
"Our vision goes beyond crypto. We got our foot in the door as a major player disrupting the energy space, with the high square foot:wattage ratio from Bitcoin, but we're thinking beyond that," said co-founder Jesse Fastenberg. In addition to Bitcoin, Solteir is developing monitoring software as well as immersion cooling solutions. "We're creating a cutting edge team for the data center industry. Immersion is the future - we are going to support it," co-founder Andrew Insignares reported.
Solteir was created to respond to America's need for trusted on-soil mining and high-intensity data hosting solutions. Located on the perimeter of a 1100MW power plant in Pennsylvania, the site provides ample room for expansion. The secure facility will house ASICs and GPUs for cryptocurrency miners as well as provide infrastructure for cloud rendering, AI farms, and machine learning services.
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CVS Health is asking pharmacists in some states to verify that a few of the prescriptions they provide will not be used end a pregnancy.
A spokesman said Thursday that the drugstore chain recently started doing this for methotrexate and misoprostol, two drugs used in medication abortions but also to treat other conditions.
Spokesman Mike DeAngelis said the policy started the first week in July in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The drugstore chain's request comes after the U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
DeAngelis said state laws that restrict the dispensing of medications used for abortions have forced the company to start the validations. He noted that some of the laws come with criminal penalties.
The drugstore chain, which is based in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is asking care providers to help by including their diagnosis on the prescriptions.
DeAngelis said CVS Health will still fill prescriptions for miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies, which grow outside the womb and are not viable.
“We will continue to focus on delivering care to our patients while complying with state laws and federal guidance that continues to evolve,” DeAngelis said in an email.
The Supreme Court decision has put pharmacies in the middle of an intense national debate. Earlier this month, the Biden administration warned pharmacies not to discriminate against women over the prescriptions they seek.
The administration noted that examples of discrimination could include a pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription of misoprostol prescribed to help deal with a severe stomach ulcer.
Methotrexate also is used to treat several types of cancers as well as rheumatoid arthritis, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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(Motor Authority) — A redesigned Fiat 500e electric hatchback heads to U.S. showrooms in early 2024, and it may be accompanied by a feisty Abarth model when it arrives.
The new 500e Abarth was revealed on Tuesday and is set to go on sale next year in markets where the latest 500e is already available. It was revealed with just one powertrain: a 153-hp electric motor that drives the front wheels.
Performance claims include 0-62 mph acceleration in seven seconds, which is roughly two seconds quicker than the stock 500e rated at 117 hp in its most potent guise. No top speed was mentioned.
Perhaps what’s more impressive is the 500e Abarth’s mid-range punch. In most instances, it’s quicker than the older gas-powered 500 Abarth 695, which had 177 hp, according to Fiat. The company said 12-25 mph and 37-62 mph acceleration are both about one second quicker in the 500e Abarth, and a lap of parent company Stellantis’ Balocco test track also yielded a one-second quicker time for the EV.
Handling has also been improved thanks to the bigger footprint and lower center of gravity of the latest 500e’s platform. The vehicle measures roughly 2.4 inches longer and 2.4 inches wider than the gas-powered model. The wheelbase has also been stretched by 0.8 inches.
The battery is a 42-kwh unit. While no range estimate was given, Fiat said an 85-kw charger will enable 25 miles to be added in five minutes of charging. Charging from 10-80% will also be possible in about 35 minutes.
To help maximize range, drivers can select a Turismo mode that drops power and torque slightly, and offers full force regenerative braking that enables one-pedal driving. A Scorpion Street mode designed for urban use also features one-pedal driving, but with power and torque at max levels. The car also has a Track mode that maximizes performance in all areas.
On the outside, the vehicle sports all the typical Abarth cues like a roof-mounted spoiler; upgraded wheels, tires, and brakes; plus a sporty design for the front intake’s grille. Inside, the Abarth gets all the 500e’s top features, including a 10.3-inch infotainment screen with graphics unique to the Abarth model. The steering wheel and pedals also sport Abarth’s scorpion logo.
When asked, a spokesperson for Fiat said the company is focused on the launch of the regular 500e in the U.S., though he didn’t rule out the 500e Abarth coming here. We also know Fiat is coming out with additional modern Abarth models. Olivier Francois, who heads both Fiat and Abarth, has hinted that he expects there to be more than one Abarth model on sale at any time. One possibility for a second Abarth is a hot version of a future electric Fiat 500X, though Francois said that model will end its run in the U.S. after this generation and the U.S. will only have the 500e. | 2022-11-27T16:23:59+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/automotive/us-bound-fiat-500e-spawns-feisty-abarth-version-with-153-hp/ |
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief warned Sunday of a coming spending crunch and tax increases for cash-strapped Britons as he bids to fill the “black hole” in the country’s finances.
Billing himself as a “Scrooge” figure ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement, when he will update Parliament on the government’s budget measures, Jeremy Hunt said he was forced to make “very difficult decisions” in his attempt to curb inflation and put the British economy back on an even keel.
He told British broadcasters that he was determined to make an expected recession as shallow as possible, and warned that everyone could expect to pay more tax.
“I’m a Conservative chancellor and I think I’ve been completely explicit that taxes are going to go up. And that’s a very difficult thing for me to do, because I came into politics to do the exact opposite,” he told the BBC, using his official title, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Hunt is seeking to make up to 60 billion pounds ($71 billion) in savings and extra revenue in a bid to tighten up public finances and undo some of the damage that economists say was done by his predecessor, Kwasi Kwarteng, and former Prime Minister Liz Truss.
According to the Resolution Foundation, a think tank, Truss and Kwarteng blew 20 billion pounds ($23.7 billion) on unfunded cuts to national insurance taxes and stamp duty taxes on real estate transactions, with a further 10 billion lost to higher interest rates and government borrowing costs.
Britain’s economy, like that of many other countries, is struggling as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up food and energy costs, pushing consumer price inflation to 40-year highs.
Britain’s economy shrank in the three months to September, official statistics said Friday, as forecasters warned of many months of contraction to come. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product fell by 0.2% between July and September, which seemed to signal the start of a long recession.
Earlier this month, the Bank of England rolled out its biggest interest rate increase in three decades, saying the move was needed to beat back stubbornly high inflation. The central bank boosted its key rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 3%.
Hunt said he would continue his predecessor’s pledge to help Britons with soaring energy bills, but added government departments could expect to see cuts.
“I’m Scrooge who’s going to do things that make sure Christmas is never canceled,” he told The Sunday Times. | 2022-11-14T05:27:54+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-uks-self-billed-scrooge-promises-tax-rises-spending-cuts/ |
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genie Energy Ltd., (NYSE: GNE), (NYSE: GNEPRA), a leading retail energy and renewable energy solutions provider, will announce financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2022 on Monday, November 7, 2022.
Genie Energy will issue an earnings release over a wire service and post it in the "Investors" section of the Genie Energy website (https://genie.com/investors/quarterly-earnings/) at 7:30 AM Eastern. The release also will be filed in a current report (Form 8-K) with the SEC.
At 8:30 AM Eastern, Genie Energy's management will host a conference call to discuss financial and operational results, business outlook, and strategy. The call will begin with management's remarks followed by Q&A with investors.
To participate in the conference call, dial 1-877-545-0523 (toll-free from the US) or 1-973-528-0011 (international) and provide the following participant access code: 643413.
Approximately three hours after the call, a call replay will be accessible by dialing 1-877-481-4010 (toll-free from the US) or 1-919-882-2331 (international) and providing the replay passcode: 46970. The replay will remain available through November 21, 2022. A recording of the call also will be available for playback on the "Investors" section of the Genie Energy website.
In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those in which we use the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate, "target" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors, including, but not limited to, those described in our most recent report on SEC Form 10-K (under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"), which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports on SEC Forms 10-Q and 8-K. We are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Genie Energy Ltd., (NYSE: GNE, GNEPRA) is a retail energy and renewable energy solutions provider. The Genie Retail Energy division supplies electricity, including electricity from renewable resources, and natural gas to residential and small business customers in the United States. The Genie Retail Energy International division supplies customers in selected markets in Europe. The Genie Renewables division is a vertically-integrated provider of commercial, community and utility-scale solar energy solutions. For more information, visit Genie.com.
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Fall-off-the-bone oven-baked ribs are one of the comfort foods. While ribs are often thought of as something easy to slap onto the grill, not everyone has access to one or wants to brave the weather to grill in the colder, wetter months of autumn. Oven-baked ribs are the way to achieve tender meat-candy goodness without setting foot outside — and they aren’t the least bit intimidating to put together.
Ribs cooked in the oven won’t have the smokey flavor that stems from being cooked over an open flame, but they will be sweet, sticky and tender if cooked correctly. If you want to add a touch of smokey flavor to imitate a grilled taste, you can add a few dashes of liquid smoke.
Oven-Baked Ribs: What To Get At The Grocery Store
When it comes to beef ribs, you can pick them up as a full slab or short ribs. Pork ribs are often easier to find. If you have trouble locating the exact kind you want, talk to someone in the meat department at your local grocery store. Look for racks with an even layer of meat. While you’re at it, ask them to remove the skin membrane on the ribs to save yourself a step at home. (It makes the ribs easier to chew.)
If you’d rather remove the membrane yourself, grab a paper towel and flip your rack over so the meaty side is face down. Using your fingernail, separate the shiny membrane from the bones starting on the smaller end. Once you have a grip on it, use your paper towel to get a better handle on it and slowly peel it back.
Prepping Your Ribs
Dry rubbing with simple seasonings and slowly baking them lead to a scrumptious meal with minimal effort. Grab your seasonings and your favorite sauce. You’re going to want to use both for maximum flavor.
Preheat your oven to 225 degrees Fahrenheit. If your rack is too long to fit, simply cut it in half. Your seasoning might contain salt. If it doesn’t, add a teaspoon of coarse kosher salt before adding your chosen seasoning. Then rub your seasoning all over the rack to create a nice even layer. Wrap each portion in foil and place them on a sheet pan.
Slow Cooking Is Key
Roast the ribs for at least two hours before checking the doneness by unwrapping and jiggling the middle of the rack with a pair of tongs. If the surface cracks to reveal an inch or so of meat, they are ready. You can also twist them to check. Either way, if the meat starts to tear, it’s not ready yet.
Set and Forget
It can take several hours of slow cooking for a thick slab of oven-baked ribs to get done. Anywhere from three to five hours is common.
Finish With a Broil
Finish your ribs with a quick broil. Once these oven-ready ribs are done, brush the boney side with sauce and stick it back in the oven using the broil setting. Once the sauce starts to bubble and carmelize, usually after about 2-5 minutes, flip the rack over and brush the other side with sauce. Broil for another 2-5 minutes and then you are ready to dig in.
Some people find eating ribs to be too an messy experience to fully enjoy, with sauce ending up all over their face. You can dig in unabashedly or use utensils; it just depends on how casual you want the experience to be. Serve them however you like!
You can find a full recipe for oven-baked ribs on Lifehacker.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | 2022-10-14T15:56:37+00:00 | news5cleveland.com | https://www.news5cleveland.com/how-make-oven-baked-ribs-when-chilly-outside |
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Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Deer, Otoboke Beaver, Nikki Lane, BLK ODYSSY, and more recommended live shows
By Christina Garcia, Kriss Conklin, Kevin Curtin, Michael Toland, Raoul Hernandez, Julian Towers, and Derek Udensi, Fri., Oct. 21, 2022
The Deer Album Release
Parish, Saturday 22 (w/ Them Coulee Boys, Batty Jr.)
The Deer, at their hypnotic, gothic best, weave dark pastoral folk on an angel's golden loom. There's hemlock and morphine among their sunny fields of lilacs, with Grace Rowland's sweet voice striking gentle tension. The Beautiful Undead, fourth studio effort from the Austin band, is dreamy and delicately articulated as ever – chiming, plucked, and poppy, if less overtly dark. The first of two incoming albums created by a band frustrated and stuck at home during the pandemic, Undead finds heart in a soft, magnetic swirl. Wisconsin's Them Coulee Boys stop in on tour to provide banjo stomp. Singer Zeke Jarmon rounds up Wild Child cellist Sadie Wolfe, Ringo Deathstarr drummer Daniel Coborn, and bassist Ry Black for the jazzy, left-field folk adventure of Batty Jr. – Christina Garcia
Nikki Lane
The White Horse, Friday 21A Lucktoberfest cancellation couldn't keep kickass singer-songwriter Nikki Lane out of this town. The Nashville-based sometimes-Austinite returns for a 10pm Eastside performance ahead of a Saturday opening slot for Turnpike Troubadours at New Braunfels' Whitewater Amphitheater. Donning fourth studio album Denim & Diamonds, the Libra star sign weaves glamour and grit with stunning poise, resulting in gold-spun outlaw country with a rock & roll flair. Lead single "First High" paints Lane's craving for the titular rush over moody basslines and a carefree airiness. Aaron McDonnell & the Neon Eagles and Kathryn Legendre also offer dazzling dualities with their own renditions of buttery-smooth ballads and toe-tapping honky-tonk. – Kriss Conklin
BLK ODYSSY, Eimaral Sol
Antone's, Friday 21BLK ODYSSY's debut masterpiece, BLK VINTAGE, arrived 14 months ago, and since then the funk/soul/hip-hop project – helmed by vocalist/visionary Juwan Elcock – has been on fire. Following a national tour with Cordae, the project signed with label/distributor Empire, which released an expanded edition of the record including collaborations with Griselda rapper Benny the Butcher and the Albert Einstein of funk, George Clinton. Last week, public radio tastemakers KEXP released a live set showing off the evolved band, now with Sir Woman drummer Amber Baker, where future star Eimaral Sol enthralls vocally on "Big Bad Wolf/Sober." – Kevin Curtin
Indian Roller's Farewell Concert With David Ramirez, Heavenly States
Indian Roller, Saturday 22When Indian Roller opened in 2014, the surrounding stretch of Menchaca Road wasn't the vibrant strip of spacious beer gardens it is today. The boutique roadhouse now calls it quits, unable to keep pace with the more deep-pocketed bars surrounding it, owner Brenna Robertson tells the Chronicle. Thus, its eighth anniversary concert doubles as a farewell show starring David Ramirez, the songwriter/rocker who can gently pull heartstrings or rage loud and rowdy, and Weed Martyr – aka the Bright Light Social Hour, fresh off the release of stirring Riders Against the Storm collaboration "The Sheriff." The bye-bye bash, free entry and running 6pm to close, also taps H-Town guitar iconoclast Kelly Doyle, majestic California indie rock veterans Heavenly States, and the cathartic rock of Sarah Castro's latest band, Heartchaser.
– Kevin Curtin
Pale Dīan Album Release
Hotel Vegas, Sunday 23Shoegazing true believer Ruth Ellen Smith and her band Pale Dīan help keep the dream-pop flame burning brightly in ATX. Heralded by excellent, fuzzily melodic single "MeLt," the trio celebrates the release of their long-awaited second album, Feral Birth, at psych-rock haven Hotel Vegas with a gang of fellow travelers. The Stargazer Lillies – the sweet yang to Pale Dīan's spiky yin – bring their own brand-new LP, Cosmic Tidal Wave, to town from their Largo, Fla., home base. Even more overtly psychedelic, Austin's Daydream Twins also wield new music in the form of their self-titled debut. – Michael Toland
Otoboke Beaver, Peelander-Yellow
Mohawk, Tuesday 25Japan Nite at South by Southwest helped build a skyway between Otoboke Beaver's originating Kyoto and Austin. Hatched in 2009, the band didn't venture internationally until almost a decade later, touching down here in March 2017. Since then, the grind-punk gals continued to bloom on May LP Super Champon – title-dropping a Japanese noun meaning "jumble" – with most tracks under two minutes and a clutch under 20 seconds. Live, the four detonate a grinning grindcore. What they write on Bandcamp of their super eruption applies to Otoboke Beaver itself: "We hope that it will be our masterpiece of chaos music!"
– Raoul Hernandez
La Dispute, Sweet Pill, Pictoria Vark
Mohawk, Wednesday 26It's rare for La Dispute vocalist Jordan Dreyer to pause in one of his blistering emo-punk monologues, unless there are dire grammatical concerns afoot. Halfway through the opening track to Wildlife – the beloved 2011 sophomore effort his band will be performing at Mohawk in full – Dreyer takes a break from addressing a departed friend to wonder out loud whether he's just deployed the correct form of past tense. Thankfully, nobody gives Dreyer time to find an answer. The throbbing hardcore pulse slows for only a second. A decade later, that's still La Dispute: making beautiful music out of the tension between poetic eloquence and punk passion. – Julian Towers
Grace Sorensen
The ABGB, Friday 21Spellbinding Austin R&B singer-songwriter – whose vocals run through the intro to BLK ODYSSY'S debut, BLK VINTAGE – precedes recent ACL Fest debutant Jake Lloyd. – Derek Udensi
The Heavy Heavy
C-Boy's, Thursday 20Continental Club, Friday 21
Brighton, United Kingdom rock band signed to ATO Records finishes out a three-stop Austin leg of their tour. – Derek Udensi
KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park
Amphitheater at Lake Park, Friday 21The free, family-friendly series continues with this month's show featuring pop artist Primo the Alien. Arrive before 7:15pm to catch Extragrams! drag and Karate Dance Party. – Derek Udensi
Roddy Ricch
Moody Center, Saturday 22Premonitions of the Compton hitmaker's demise lessened after the release of "Stop Breathing." The quick-hitting September single sees the soon-to-be-24-year-old return to an old flow. Longtime Billboard resident Post Malone headlines. – Derek Udensi | 2022-10-23T03:44:00+00:00 | austinchronicle.com | https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2022-10-21/crucial-concerts-for-the-coming-week/ |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A trial in a lawsuit accusing three major U.S. drug distributors of causing a health crisis throughout West Virginia was postponed Tuesday, a day after the companies prevailed in another case in the state.
Attorneys who represented Cabell County and the city of Huntington on the losing end of a verdict announced in federal court Monday were granted a continuance of a trial a day later in Kanawha County Circuit Court. The trial involves more than 100 other cities and counties statewide against the same defendants: AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp.
Attorneys for the municipalities and the companies met in the judge’s chambers just prior to the start of the hearing. Once in the courtroom, attorneys for the plaintiffs asked that the start of the trial be continued. The defense had no objections and the request was approved.
In the federal bench trial, U.S. District Judge David Faber said the plaintiffs offered no evidence that the companies distributed controlled substances to any entity that didn’t hold a proper registration from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or the state Board of Pharmacy. The defendants also had systems in place to monitor suspicious activity, as required by the Controlled Substances Act, he said.
“Plaintiffs failed to show that the volume of prescription opioids distributed in Cabell/Huntington was because of unreasonable conduct on the part of defendants,” Faber wrote in a decision that came nearly a year after closing arguments in that case.
The Cabell County-Huntington lawsuit alleged the distributors created a public nuisance by flooding the Ohio River community with 81 million pills over eight years. The suit sought more than $2.5 billion that would have gone toward abatement efforts. But Faber said West Virginia’s Supreme Court has only applied public nuisance law in the context of conduct that interferes with public property or resources. He said to extend the law to cover the marketing and sale of opioids “is inconsistent with the history and traditional notions of nuisance.”
The companies blamed an increase in prescriptions written by doctors along with poor communication and pill quotas set by federal agents.
Huntington has long been an epicenter of the nationwide opioid addiction and overdose epidemic that has been linked to more than 500,000 deaths over the past two decades. That status led West Virginia to being aggressive in lawsuits over the trauma earlier than most states. It settled with the three distributors in 2017 and 2019 in deals worth a total of $73 million.
But the state did not participate in a $21 billion nationwide settlement with those companies that was finalized this year and would have resulted in a larger payout for West Virginia than what the state received in the earlier deals.
The nationwide impact of Monday’s ruling in West Virginia could be muted because the companies have struck the broader settlement, which is intended to have most of the funds go to fighting the opioid crisis.
In another lawsuit, the state of West Virginia reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement in May with Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc., AbbVie’s Allergan and their family of companies and a $26 million settlement in March with Endo Health Solutions.
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This story has been edited to correct the name of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Associated Press writer Geoff Mulvihill contributed to this report. | 2022-07-05T23:20:06+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/health/ap-health/after-west-virginia-opioid-verdict-another-case-postponed/ |
Michigan softball NCAA postseason run ends with 9-4 loss to UCF in regionals
Michigan softball gave up three runs on three RBI walks in the first inning of a must-win game and never recovered.
The Wolverines lost 9-4 to No. 16-seed and host UCF in the NCAA Tournament regionals on Sunday, ending their season. They used four pitchers and Kristina Burkhardt had two RBI. Michigan left nine runners on base. For the Knights, it marks the program’s first trip to the Super Regionals.
Michigan, led by Alex Storako’s 12 strikeouts, defeated South Dakota State, 4-1, in an elimination game earlier on Sunday after the game was postponed Saturday night because of severe weather. UCF swept Michigan during the regional, having defeated the Wolverines 3-2 in 11 innings on Saturday in the double-elimination Regional.
Advancing in the NCAA postseason has been challenging in recent years for the Wolverines. They have not won a Regional since 2016 – there was no NCAA Tournament in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic – also the last year they made a World Series. Michigan has not hosted an NCAA Regional since 2019.
The Knights took a 3-0 lead in the first inning as the Wolverines’ pitching struggled. Starting pitcher Meghan Beaubien walked in two runs then was replaced by Annabelle Widra who walked in another run before getting out of the inning.
They built a 5-0 lead in the third inning, but in the bottom of the inning, Burkhardt, a graduate transfer from North Carolina, singled up the middle to score two runs. The Wolverines pulled within 5-2 but stranded runners at second and third.
Lexie Blair scored another run in the fifth inning on a single up the middle to make it 5-3. Michigan did not capitalize, though, leaving runners on second and third.
UCF added another run on a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Michigan, which finishes the season 38-18, also added a run in the final inning. Michigan coach Carol Hutchins, who completed her 38th season with the Wolverines and is the game’s winningest coach, hugged each of her players after the season ended. | 2022-05-22T23:47:31+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/2022/05/22/michigan-softball-ncaa-postseason-run-ends-9-4-loss-ucf-regionals/9883963002/ |
Schools can apply for feminine hygiene product grants starting in September
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Beginning this school year, schools can receive free feminine hygiene products for their students. This is thanks to a bill that was signed by Gov. Kay Ivey in April that allocates $200,000 for the products to be put in Title I schools.
“You wouldn’t be here if it was not for a period,” said the sponsor of the legislation Rep. Roland Hollis, D-Jefferson County.
If a box of Tampax cost $7.97 depending on where the products are bought, what type, and what brand, that’s just enough to buy over 25,000 boxes of tampons. But it won’t be the state that’s going to the store.
“Schools were getting these products,” said Hollis. “It was coming out of the principal, counselors, nurses, teachers out of their personal pockets.”
So starting in September, Title I schools can apply for the feminine hygiene product grant program to get tampons and pads for 5th through 12th graders.
“We can’t sweep it under the rug, because it’s life and it happens every day in a woman’s life,” said Hollis.
Through their foundation Women in Training, Twins Brooke and Breanna Bennett provide free period products for girls in the state.
“Brooke and I were named period heroes by Procter and Gamble for donating 15,000 WITKITS to menstruators in Alabama in the past three years,” said Breanna.
They and other “she-heros” helped Rep. Hollis pass this legislation.
“We all have empathy when it comes to people who are in other circumstances and situations than we’re in,” said Breanna.
“We can put pads across Alabama and start helping with other states,” said Brooke.
Schools must apply for this money through the Alabama State Department of Education.
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Copyright 2022 WSFA. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-26T23:34:21+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2022/08/26/schools-can-apply-feminine-hygiene-product-grants-starting-september/ |
KNOXVILLE, TN. (WATE) – Top trends are hitting the toy market and online site is giving you the best deals.
Zulily is excited to show off a wide variety of playtime fun for children of all ages. Zulily’s toy expert, Joe Glass, is taking you through them all. “Shopping for the holidays can be stressful, and with ongoing inflation, shopping early is more important than ever to lessen your stress and capture the best deals,” he says. According to recent studies, retailer Zulily shows that inflation has impacted 92% of household budgets, but parents are saving room in those budgets for toys.
From little boys to little girls, anyone can feel confident when buying from a retailer that offers up to 50 percent off top toys this holiday season.
For more information on the products Joe spoke about, visit Zulily’s website. | 2022-11-06T08:30:43+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/living-east-tennessee/zulily-offering-deals-on-holiday-toys/ |
Homeownership company focused on making homeownership achievable for Little Rock homebuyers; Crye-Leike to serve as first partner in the state
NEW YORK, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ribbon, the homeownership company, today announces its expansion to Arkansas beginning with Little Rock. With Ribbon, Arkansas homebuyers can now make all-cash offers through Ribbon's Cash Offers, waiving mortgage, appraisal, and home sale contingencies.
For many, purchasing a home is part of the American dream. However, a combination of low inventory, bidding wars, Wall Street investors, and increased rent prevents buyers from buying or saving for a home— sometimes preventing their homeownership dreams.
Homebuyers in Arkansas have felt similarly. Despite a 30.2% increase in new listings compared to last year, there were 24.6% fewer homes for sale in February in Arkansas than the year prior, and the median days a home was on the market was cut nearly in half from 58 days to 30 days year over year. Housing trends in Little Rock are following state and national trends. Across the country, home prices were up 15.2%, while the number of homes available for sale was down 33.2% in December 2021 compared to the year prior.
"The quick pace of homes sold in Arkansas indicates the hard competition buyers face, driven by Wall Street investors and high net-worth individuals with all-cash offers. Having access to cash offers through RibbonCash will empower Arkansas homebuyers to compete on equal footing with institutional investors," said Shaival Shah, CEO and co-founder of Ribbon.
"Ribbon's mission is to help ease these challenges, and - with the power of our cash offers - we're leveling the playing field for Arkansas homebuyers and their agents."
Arkansas is also home to five US military bases, including the Little Rock Air Force Base. In 2021, 12,396 Arkansas Veterans applied for home loans, compared to 5,525 in 2019, according to Veterans United Home Loans. Veteran homebuyers often face unique challenges as sacrosanct VA loans can face headwinds given the misperceptions, lengthy process, and increased cash offers and investor activity. With Ribbon as an advocate, Veterans can win their dream homes.
With RibbonCash Offers, homebuyers can make an all-cash offer on their dream home: waiving mortgage, appraisal, and home sale contingencies. Ribbon's guaranteed close gives buyers, sellers, and agents added predictability.
Ribbon and Crye-Leike partner to empower homebuyers in Arkansas
To offer as many prospective buyers a competitive advantage as possible on day one, Ribbon's first launch partner in Arkansas will be Crye-Leike, ranked the third largest independently-owned real estate company in the nation. With RibbonCash, Crye-Leike agents will have a powerful tool to help everyday buyers compete - even in the most competitive market conditions, head-to-head with investors.
"We're excited for our agents and buyers in Little Rock, as leveraging Ribbon will allow them more success their offers," said Angie Johnson, Managing Broker of Crye-Leike in Benton, Arkansas. "By making offers not contingent on appraisal and the equivalent of cash, they can compete with investors. It's a win for the buyer, the seller and our agents who show fewer houses to get an accepted offer."
In addition to Arkansas, Ribbon operates in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia and Indiana, with plans to expand to half of the U.S. by the end of 2022. For more information about Ribbon, visit www.ribbonhome.com.
About Ribbon:
Founded in 2017 in New York and Charlotte, Ribbon is on a mission to make homeownership achievable. A tech-enabled homeownership company, Ribbon allows everyday families to compete on a level playing field with high-net-worth individuals and institutional buyers by upgrading their offers to winning RibbonCash Offers. Ribbon empowers agents, brokerages, and lenders to create a world-class experience for home buyers and sellers through powerful financial products and digital workflow software. Visit ribbonhome.com.
About Crye-Leike:
Crye-Leike is a full-service real estate company founded in Memphis in 1977. Today it is ranked the third largest, independently-owned real estate company in the nation and the largest real estate company serving markets in Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike has a network of more than 3,200+ licensed sales associates, 600+ staff members and over 130+ branch and franchise offices located throughout an eight-state region of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Crye-Leike also has a franchise location in Puerto Rico.
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Joro spiders are showing up in parts of South Carolina
If you have noticed big, yellow spiders around your home or garden, you are not alone.
They are called Joro spiders and are a non-native species first found in northern Georgia in 2014.
But now they are showing up in the Upstate and parts of the Midlands in South Carolina, according to the Clemson Cooperative Extension.
We first told you about them in March.
Here are a few stats the CCE passed along about the spiders:
- These spiders can be nearly 3 inches across with their legs spread.
- Joro spiders overwinter as eggs, which hatch in late spring.
- Juvenile Joro spiders can be seen beginning in early May, making webs on practically anything: homes, decks, porches, landscape plants, and natural areas.
- Webs and spiders will get progressively larger until about September, when the large adult females are very noticeable due to their bright coloration.
- Males are much smaller, drab brown in color, and can often be seen in the webs along with the females.
The University of Georgia Extension reports that the spiders can fly and form parachutes out of their webs and can travel up to 50 to 100 miles through the wind.
Because the Joro spider is not native to the United States, the Clemson Cooperative Extension says they do not know what kind of impact it will have on animal life.
They said it is unlikely to be dangerous to humans or pets other than being a nuisance in some situations.
If Joro spiders are a nuisance and somewhere they need to be removed, researchers say to simply use a stick to move the web and spider to another location.
Pesticides will kill individual spiders, but if you kill one, more are likely to move into that area.
They said they do not recommend using fire (due to safety reasons) as a management tactic.
If you see a Joro spider, researchers are asking you to report it to the iNaturalist project “Orb weaving spiders in the Southeastern USA.”
iNaturalist is a free online community platform for reporting flora and fauna sightings.
Your contributions will help them learn much more about this species. | 2022-07-21T14:56:52+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/joro-spiders-south-carolina/40676999 |
Livingston Parish Public Schools will host its 2023 STEAM Expo on April 29, giving students and their family members an opportunity to experience and access hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering, art and math.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Denham Springs High School STEM & Robotics Center, 1129 S. Range Ave.
The goal of STEAM education is to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the 21st century by fostering creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration, a news release said. STEAM education helps students to see how these subjects are interconnected and how they can be applied to real-world problems.
Livingston Parish Public Schools aims to help students develop skills that are in high demand in today's job market, such as critical thinking, problem-solving and creativity, the release said.
Last year’s event attracted nearly 1,000 community members and more than 40 vendor participants. District organizers anticipate this year’s event to be even larger.
Local businesses interested in participating as event vendors can email amanda.robinson@lpsb.org for more information. | 2023-04-03T09:48:31+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/livingston_tangipahoa/livingston-parish-schools-to-host-2023-steam-expo/article_3c8c364e-c292-11ed-a588-cf8c059b9fcb.html |
If you ask anyone on TikTok what happens when you die, there's a decent chance they'll put it this way: You appear in a waiting room. You're wearing a bathrobe. And you're greeted not by St. Peter or Mother Mary, but by a gum-snapping, keyboard-clacking New Yorker named Denise.
As heaven's receptionist, Denise will hand you a welcome packet and ask what you want your ghost outfit to be. She'll fill you in on heaven's amenities (there's a free margarita bar), and she'll likely leave you with a little bit of gossip, lowering her voice to gripe about Paul Revere's latest email (all caps, subject line: URGENT) or that time in the nail salon when Jackie Kennedy met Marilyn Monroe ("like two cats on a hot tin roof").
But for all her office-gal kvetching, Denise is a people person. When someone shows up in the waiting room with fear or confusion — having died too young or too soon — it's Denise who's there to scoop them up in a hug and show them all of heaven's silver linings.
And for the TikTokers watching along, she has become a tool for thinking through the afterlife — and for grieving those who've already made their way there.
The real Denise is a 26-year-old pageant queen
Though arguably just as poignant as The Good Place or Field of Dreams, the world of heaven's reception is a low-fi, short-form experience. And like most TikTok series, it's the imaginings of one person alone: Taryn Delanie Smith.
The 26-year-old, better known as @taryntino21, considers herself first and foremost a content creator — she has gained 1.2 million TikTok followers in two years of posting. But she's an offline celebrity in her own right as well, having been crowned 2022's Miss New York and runner-up in the Miss America competition.
But before Smith had any sort of platform, she herself was a receptionist, working long hours to pay her way through a master's degree in international communication. It's that experience that she pulls from to inform Denise's character.
"I got promoted to the call center eventually, which was definitely not the promotion I thought it'd be," Smith said in an interview with NPR.
Even heaven's receptionist has to go through the same mundane daily dramas as any earthly office worker.
There's the slew of entitled folks who think they deserve the Angel Premium Plus package but are short on the cost: 7,899 good deeds. But then there's the creepy resident with red eyes who keeps abusing a downstairs pass to terrorize a suburban family.
"Why can't we just let women do it all?"
It's these types of creative, world-building details that keep Smith's audience so hooked. But like all great ideas, Denise's character was born in the least grandiose of ways — as a stray thought in the shower.
"I was standing there thinking, 'If I die in a chicken suit, then I have to wear the chicken suit forever.' Can you imagine a ghost coming to you in a chicken suit?" Smith said. "And I just couldn't stop giggling."
She hopped out of the shower and into a robe and towel, found the first stock image of heaven that came up on Google and made what she thought would be the stupidest video on the internet.
Today, the heaven's receptionist videos have been viewed over 37 million times on Smith's TikTok page, and at least 22 million times on other platforms. Smith gets recognized on the street as Denise more often than she does as Miss New York.
Holding those dual identities might be incongruous in some minds, but for Smith, it just works.
"Why can't we just let women do it all? Just let them be their beautiful, silly, authentic selves," she said. "I didn't really think I'd be pushing the envelope just by being myself and being a beauty queen."
The same authenticity that plays well with today's Generation Z audiences helped her stand out onstage. Shunning archaic Black beauty standards, Smith competed in Miss New York with her natural hair, a move that ultimately earned her more praise than criticism.
If anything, she said, she has faced more criticism for her comedy than her looks.
"For people that are fans of pageantry, they don't get my TikTok characters. Some of them would be like, 'I don't get it. Why is she being so weird?' And I'm not being weird. I'm having fun. I'm being silly."
"I would love for more adults to be able to release that inhibition, even if it's just in private," she said. "I think humans were meant to create things. We just get in our own way."
When Denise gets personal, the comments get real
And the more Smith shows up as her uninhibited self, the more the audience adopts the same mindset. If you're not careful, the humor can chip away at the hardened edges of grief, revealing something soft and raw underneath.
"I don't want to kill the vibe," one user wrote in the comments section early on, "but these make me so happy because I imagine someone sweet like you greeted my mom."
Without warning, Smith broke with the humor in her sixth Denise video. As the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" ran low in the background, she tenderly welcomed another commenter's mother into heaven by name.
"No, it's all right. Come forward. I know who you are. You're Gerry, right?" Denise says as she looks up from her laptop, her face full of sheer kindness. "You are so loved. I'm already getting prayer mail for you."
For such a personal message, it had wide resonance. The video has racked up over 10,000 comments, many of them filled with heart emojis and stories about even more lost loved ones — people missing mothers also, coincidentally, named Gerry, but also lost babies, aunts, great-uncles, older brothers, younger sisters, grandparents, celebrity idols and beloved pets.
Smith said she receives many, sometimes "hundreds," of emails and comments every week requesting that she insert specific people into her videos. The stories are so touching that she can't read them all because of how much she'll cry. But some days she still tries.
"I'm actually very spiritual. I believe in this stuff. I've lost people that I talk to all the time," she said. "Because love just doesn't ... it can't go away. It's too big. When you love somebody the way my mom loves me, the way I love my friends, it can't be contained in this boring earthly body."
Grief arises on TikTok the way it does in the real world: randomly
In the real world, we carry a persistent expectation that our grief will expire. Funerals come and go. Bereavement leave ends. Friends stop asking how you're doing out of fear of saying the wrong thing.
But on TikTok, in what can often be an endless sea of noise and distraction, images of grief can arise randomly in the algorithm just as easily as reminders of your loved ones pop up uninvited as you move through the day.
The difference on the platform is that you're often, by default, not alone in the experience. The video may be confessional, theatrical or didactic, but there's a good chance it's going to feature a human you can see and connect to.
"It's like each successive generation breaks a boundary when it comes to sharing grief," said Megan Devine, a psychotherapist who studies grief and is the author of It's OK That You're Not OK.
"On TikTok, you get rewarded for immediacy, which feeds into the sense of, 'We should be talking about this more,'" Devine said. "It's making big overwhelming issues digestible. ... It's safer to explore the edges of what we can tell the truth about."
The hashtag #Grief is among TikTok's most popular, with over 9 billion individual posts. And even in that huge conversation, Smith's videos about Denise manage to stand out.
What she does so intuitively well is pair grief with a dose of playfulness, and also with secularity and spirituality, authenticity and vulnerability, the personal and the universal — all combining into a potent catharsis cocktail.
But above all, "she's speaking to the most human need: the need for connection," Devine said.
Thankfully for Denise's fans, Smith, too, is in it for the human connection.
"The only reason I do this is because of the collaborative nature of it," she said, adding that she has found the most inspiration for the videos in the comments section. "As long as we're still doing this together as a team, then I'm here for it."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-05-18T11:56:23+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/arts-culture/arts-culture/2023-05-18/heaven-has-a-bathrobe-clad-receptionist-named-denise-shes-helping-tiktok-grieve |
Colon Cancer Patient Graduates From a Leading Proton Therapy Center in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California Protons Cancer Therapy Center celebrated its 5th Anniversary with the treatment of its 4,000th patient with proton therapy. Proton therapy is a form of radiation treatment that is less invasive than traditional x-ray radiation. Protons stop at the tumor site and do not travel past it, resulting in less radiation dose to surrounding healthy tissues and organs, and a decrease in side effects and risks of secondary cancers. Primarily used for cancer treatment, in some cases proton therapy can also be used to treat non-cancerous tumors.
"We are honored to have had 4,000 patients entrust us with their care," said Tom Wang, president of California Protons Cancer Therapy Center. "San Diego is fortunate to be one of only two cities in California to have this cancer modality available in their area. Because of this, people travel from all over California and neighboring states to access proton therapy treatment."
The center has been in operation for eight years, with California Protons operating it since December 2017. California Protons' oncology team consists of some of the most experienced radiation oncologists in the proton space, internationally recognized and sought out by patients from around the world. With decades of combined experience in proton therapy, these physicians have treated more than 17,000 patients with proton therapy.
In addition to treating adults, California Protons has treated more than 400 pediatric patients with proton therapy. Proton therapy benefits children because the radiation is able to be stopped before reaching healthy tissues and organs. In the case of spine treatments for children, this means no radiation to the heart, lungs, reproductive organs and intestines, drastically reducing damage to those areas and reducing the incidence of secondary cancers.
For more information about our treatment center, visit www.californiaprotons.com.
According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated that there have been over 100,000 new cases of colon cancer diagnosed in 2022. Carl Rossi, MD, medical director of California Protons, says the precise nature of proton therapy to treat colon cancer can greatly reduce side effects such as nausea, vomiting, heartburn, malabsorption, diarrhea and dehydration.
"Proton therapy is a valuable tool in the treatment of many types of cancer," said Dr. Rossi. "Because of the nature of protons and our pencil beam scanning technology, we are able to maximize the radiation dose to the treatment area while limiting radiation dose to adjacent critical structures. This in turn allows for fewer side effects and secondary cancers in future years."
When Sandi Coero was in her early 50s, she underwent a screening colonoscopy and was surprised to find she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She had been having some minor digestive changes, but nothing she was overly concerned about. Further testing showed the cancer had spread to her liver. After undergoing 42 rounds of chemotherapy, her physician recommended it be followed by radiation therapy. Sandi researched treatment options and found proton therapy.
Sandi, who lives in Northern California, discovered proton therapy online and talked with an acquaintance who works in medical research and clinical trials. After receiving an unbiased opinion from someone who works in the medical field, she decided to look into it further. Sandi says she then took a "leap of faith" and traveled to San Diego with her dog Elvis for 28 treatments of proton therapy at California Protons. Sandi finished her final treatment and rang the bell as the center's 4,000th patient on December 7 – which also was the 5th Anniversary of California Protons.
Sandi says the only side effects she experienced were some fatigue and slight digestive upset. She was relieved that she felt well enough to take Elvis on walks every day and frequent trips to the dog beach… which he thoroughly enjoyed. When her husband and a friend visited, they spent time enjoying San Diego through trips to local restaurants and museums, including the Hotel Del Coronado and Gaslamp Quarter.
Sandi, a marketing and graphic design consultant in the wine industry, is thankful for the California Protons team who were exceptionally kind, caring, positive and fun – making her feel like she was in good hands throughout her treatment.
"While I was undergoing chemotherapy, I felt bad, so it felt like it was doing something. With proton therapy, I had so few side effects that I sometimes wondered if it was actually doing anything," Sandi shared.
While she is looking forward to settling in at home for the holidays, she's grateful that she felt well enough during treatment to enjoy her time in San Diego.
California Protons Cancer Therapy Center is one of only two proton therapy centers in California and 40 nationwide. The Center leverages revolutionary intensity-modulated pencil-beam scanning technology to release a high dose of cancer-killing radiation that conforms precisely to the unique shape and size of the tumor. This approach effectively targets and treats even the most complex and aggressive cancers, sparing surrounding healthy tissues and organs. California Protons utilizes proton therapy to treat many cancer types including: prostate, breast, head and neck, pancreatic and bile duct, lymphoma, lung, gastrointestinal, pediatric, sarcoma, colorectal and more. For more information, please visit www.californiaprotons.com.
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SPIELBERG, Austria — Max Verstappen comfortably won the sprint race from pole at the Austrian Grand Prix while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. almost collided as they scrapped behind him on Saturday.
“It was a decent race,” Verstappen said. “Tomorrow will be an interesting battle. The car is good.”
Verstappen’s second sprint win of the season gave him an additional eight points. Leclerc picked up seven points for second place and Sainz got six for finishing third with the top eight scoring points.
Verstappen improved to 189 points in the overall standings and leads his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez by 38 points and Leclerc by 44.
George Russell collected five in fourth place. Perez drove superbly from 12th to finish fifth and score four points. Esteban Ocon was sixth for Alpine followed by Kevin Magnussen of Haas and Lewis Hamilton, who scored one point the day after crashing in qualifying.
The final positions from the sprint set the grid for Sunday’s grand prix. Verstappen will start at the front as he aims for a fifth win at his team’s home track in Spielberg.
Sainz overtook Leclerc at the start, only for Leclerc to quickly overtake him back and reclaim second place.
The Ferraris brushed each other when Sainz tried to pass his teammate on lap six, with Leclerc holding him off. Sainz went for it again on the next lap, going through on the inside but Leclerc dived back on the inside as the tension rose between them.
“I had a good start, a couple of fights at the beginning with Max into Turn 3, and then Charles,” Sainz said. “It was good fun, like it should be . . . racing.”
Leclerc did the hard work and Sainz didn’t get another go, cooling his tires instead.
“Probably overheated a bit the tyres, running behind Charles,” Sainz said. “I had to back off and finish the race.”
Hamilton attacked Mick Schumacher in the closing laps but Schumacher defended aggressively until Hamilton zoomed past him on lap 21.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso was eighth on the grid but there was a problem with his Alpine car and he did not start.
“Five minutes before the start we saw the car was not starting,” the Spanish driver said.
Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu’s engine cut out on the formation lap and forced the Alfa Romeo driver to start from the pit lane one week after surviving a crash at the British GP.
Four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel retired when Aston Martin told him to bring the car to the garage on lap 22. He was then summoned to appear before stewards for his behavior at a drivers’ meeting, although it was not immediately clear why.
Earlier, British GP winner Sainz led the second practice ahead of Leclerc with Verstappen finishing third. Ferrari raced with its original Prancing Horse logo on the 90th anniversary of its first appearance in motorsport, at Spa-Francorchamps in 1932.
Russell placed seventh in practice with Hamilton ninth. Mercedes had to repair both cars after they crashed near the end of Friday’s qualifying session.
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-09T16:38:17+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/auto-racing/max-verstappen-cruises-from-pole-to-win-austrian-gp-sprint/2022/07/09/06bdb106-ff9b-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html |
I’m old enough to remember when teaching was an honorable profession. However, after watching three hours of Fox News Prime Time, I felt this inexplicable urge to walk up and punch the first teacher I saw.
I learned that teachers no longer “educate” students, but instead “indoctrinate” them to hate America. They do so by teaching third graders some obscure law school concept known as “critical race theory.” Furthermore, certain teachers were not really teachers at all but were, in fact, vile, despicable “groomers” targeting our children for their own salacious predilections. When did all this happen?
I wish my observations were simply “tongue in cheek” sarcasm, but sadly, they are not.
Fox News knows that, to increase ratings, the rage machine must keep churning. This is why viewers watch Tucker Carlson each night to learn who they should hate in the morning. This month, the targets under attack are schoolteachers, but we have seen mainstream media, science, and even democracy undermined in the past. I urge people of good will to resist the hate bait before you wake up one fine morning and feel the inexplicable urge to punch Mickey Mouse right in the face.
Neal O’Donnell,
Cleveland | 2022-05-11T22:15:31+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2022/05/resist-the-hate-baiters-before-they-turn-you-against-mom-and-apple-pie.html |
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s army on Monday accused opponents of the military-imposed government of responsibility for an explosion that injured 17 people on a ferry boat in the country’s largest city, Yangon.
A statement by the army’s information office blamed the People’s Defense Force, the armed wing of Myanmar’s banned main pro-democracy movement, for the blast Sunday, but presented no evidence. No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Myanmar has been engulfed in what some U.N. experts have characterized as a civil war since the military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The army is engaged in brutal large-scale counter-insurgency operations in the countryside, while authorities also contend with urban guerrillas in the cities who target people and institutions associated with the ruling military with assassinations and bombings.
An urban guerrilla group named the Yangon District People’s Brigade expressed sadness about Sunday's explosion on its Facebook page and said that fighters for democracy would never harm civilians. Such groups have at least a loose affiliation with the People’s Defense Force.
The statement issued by the army’s Tatmadaw True News Information Team said a homemade bomb exploded at 6:40 p.m. Sunday on the state-owned ferry traveling across the Yangon River from Yangon to the suburban township of Dala.
The injured people were taken to Yangon General Hospital. A volunteer rescue worker who helped the victims said they were injured in the lower parts of their bodies and five were in critical condition. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being arrested by the authorities.
The worker and the army both said the explosion took place on the bottom deck of the boat. Photos that were circulated on social media showed bloodstains on the floor of the boat and some mangled bicycles. Photos said to be of victims showed them with leg wounds.
The ferry service is a major mode of public transport linking Yangon with four townships to the south.
The army’s 2021 takeover was met with massive resistance which security forces quashed with deadly force, driving the opponents of military rule to take up arms.
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring organization, says security forces have killed at least 2,604 civilians and arrested 16,557 others since the military takeover.
The military government has denounced the People's Defense Force as “terrorists” and said in the statement Monday that it has been “arresting and killing monks, government employees and civilians and committing bomb attacks using handmade bombs on public roads, bridges and passenger buses and ferry boats.”
In May, a civilian was killed and nine others were injured when a bomb exploded at a bus stop in Yangon. The military government and its opponents traded accusations over the blast. | 2022-12-19T14:43:42+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Myanmar-military-accuses-opponents-of-bombing-17663742.php |
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